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If Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss is any indication, the Paul Thomas Anderson Fan Club has collected enough fees from its members to buy itself a film camera and make their own movies. There's enough melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera to make PTA proud, but director Muccino's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television. This Italian potboiler not only reduces the mechanisms of late twentysomething love, it also excuses the extra-marital affair with a strange set of conditions: it's okay to cheat if you beg hard for forgiveness, if your lover cheated before you, or if your lover doesn't kiss you goodnight. What with the anxious zoom, non-stop strings on the soundtrack, and rapid-fire chitter-chatter, The Last Kiss certainly looks like Magnolia. But where Anderson cares for his larger-than-life characters, Muccino seems more concerned with casting model faces. The Last Kiss is certainly hornier than Magnolia but it has none of its soul.
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on 6-17-2004 at 5:05pm
|Current mood: curious
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|so since my last depressing journal, that was friends only, haha, shut all you nosey or too cheap to pay for woohu out, the past couple of days have been enjoyable. christina rescued me wednesday night from my bedroom and brought me over to hers to show me her hot short skirt. she fed me oreos and milk, and we watched tv and she got me smiling again. i kept her up til 4 with my picture taking, and all my talking, about things i can't even remember, probably about boys. woke up at 10 to watch reruns of those silly people that run along dawson's creek. i'm almost am hooked, i just need someone to wake me up at 10 every morning to watch it. she made me breakfast and we hung around and then my mom came to pick me up. went home, she left for work, i was happy. after my date canceled on me, i took to the tv and watched movies til 6 when dad came home, finished monster, then he took me out to dinner. came home, and i went to christina's house. watched the end of moulin rouge with them, flipped the channels, talked a bit, went upstairs, talked some more while watching down with love, then i left, went to the guest room, checked to make sure there wasn't a monster in the closet, and went to bed. tina woke me up at 10:30 like i asked her to and i found out that her and christine didn't sleep at all the night before. funny, crazy girls. we watched dawson's creek and then decided to walk to taco bell. mmm... yummy food! we got 4 honks from various cars, 2 times from the mailman, eww. i was a multi-tasker on the way home, got my apartment finder magazine, swedish fish, and soda and walked. we passed these girls and i heard them whisper, "we could take them", they were like in 7th grade, losers. came home and crashed, then i left and now i'm home alone again. yay.
and now i just wonder. everyone goes to summer school next week, but then again, i will be leaving too. family time in north carolina. i'm excited. i will get tan, be more in shape, and happier i hope by the time i get home.
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06-17-04 10:36pm
06-18-04 8:11pm
heh, they didnt know what kind of white/asian girls we are. WE could have taken THEM. it was nice spending time with you :)
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yeah, we could've definitely taken them... NEXT TIME!
06-19-04 12:54pm
06-21-04 10:05pm
awwh, i love the background thingy. i wanna see it. <3

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Looking over the painter's shoulder
Looking over the painter's shoulder
Joris Dik, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Fine Hall 214
Just microns below their paint surface lies a wealth of information on Old Master Paintings. Hidden layers can include the underdrawing, the underpainting or compositional alterations by the artist. All too often artists simply re-used their canvases and painted a new composition on top. Thus, a look through the paint layer provides a look over the painter's shoulder. I will discuss case different subsurface imaging techniques and present case studies from the work of Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt.


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German translation of 'unusually'
unusually for her, she was late ganz gegen ihre Gewohnheit kam sie zu spät
unusually for a big city, it has no cinema obwohl das für eine Großstadt ungewöhnlich ist, gibt es hier/dort kein Kino
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But this should remind us we have been in a time of unusually low inflation.Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He notes that employment has been unusually strong in the housing sector, despite the precipitous decline in activity there.Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If it occurred quickly it could produce an unusually strong but shortlived bounce in quarterly growth.Times, Sunday Times (2009)
January is also a month that always sees unusually strong receipts as taxpayers hit the self-assessment returns deadline.Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Maybe a simpler explanation lies in the fact that inflation has remained unusually low.Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Nor is it obvious that there is something unusually corrupt about the culture in banking generally.Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There was criticism of bills rising at short notice after unusually cold weather last winter.Times, Sunday Times (2010)
China also has endured an unusually harsh winter, with heavy snows across vast stretches of the north and west.Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He explains in some depth what an unusually strong relationship they have with their audience.Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If you're single, a new relationship could put you at the heart of an unusually large family.The Sun (2016)
It comes as households face high costs following the unusually cold winter.Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This spring has been unusually cold.Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Yet the weather turned freezing again through February and the spring was unusually cold.Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An unusually low tide for the second year in a row means large parts of the Italian city are inaccessible.The Sun (2016)
Britain was lucky because much of Europe was unusually cold in October.Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Head teachers claim universities have been unusually harsh this year in not making allowances for applicants who have only just missed offers.Times, Sunday Times (2011)
September has been an unusually strong month for takeover rumours.Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The southern hemisphere winter is turning unusually cold.Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Worse still, the recent enthusiasm for bonds has seen many funds moving into them as yields were unusually low.Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Your new love is part of an unusually large family.The Sun (2010)
Nationalist parties of all kinds perform well and the two main parties poll an unusually low percentage of the vote.Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That combination of factors resulted in an unusually harsh prison term for a blind man accused of damaging government property and disturbing traffic.Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This produces an unusually large difference between what you can see and what colour film will show.Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993)
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British English: unusually ADVERB
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He was an unusually complex man.
- American English: unusually
- Brazilian Portuguese: extraordinariamente
- Chinese: 异常地
- European Spanish: excepcionalmente
- French: exceptionnellement
- German: ungewöhnlich
- Italian: insolitamente
- Japanese: 珍しく
- Korean: 남달리
- European Portuguese: extraordinariamente
- Spanish: excepcionalmente
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Today for our 46th episode, we will talk with Sha Menz, Google penalty recovery expert and founder of the Big Digital Adelaide Conference, which happens next week in South Australia.
In our pre-interview chat, Sha told me about living on Kangaroo island – a place I was hoping to visit when I was in Adelaide last November, but unfortunately ran out of time. Not only does she live there, but she was among the first users of Internet on her island! Talk about a cool feather under her cap.
So it's safe to say that Sha is an early adopter. That has helped her forge a career in SEO and Google penalty recovery. But I will let her tell you all about that.
If you are interested in Google penalty recovery or just how complex it can be to navigate the world of SEO in 2017, then you are going to love my chat with Sha Menz.Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in Android
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Phoenix Restaurant Review
The Sonora Brewhouse is the epitome of a good, clean, moderate, Phoenician pub/restaurant. Which means that I was really hoping for more. I was hoping that this place would be a little lived in, a little less polished, a little less new Phoenix. It's kind of odd that big box chain food spots work at trying to get that aged look by throwing junk up on the walls and hanging it from the ceilings. Not at the Sonora Brewhouse, they'll have none of that here, but that's okay.
Yes, they brew their own beers and yes it's good and more than decent. The food is better than average and always cooked. Even when you ask for your Kobe burger to be cooked medium with the hope that you'll see some red, it'll come out with no pink at all. Sadly, I wasn't expecting anything different.
Do I sound disappointed? Do I sound like I'm sitting in a box of self pity? Oh woe is me, they FULLY cooked my burger. Oh woe is me, the beer is good and the steak fries have the perfect crispness on the outside and mashy-goodness on the inside. The quality at Sonora Brewhouse is what I expect at any of the big box chain restaurants like Gordon Biersch, but never get. The problem here is that they can be so much more. Food + Ambiance (personality) = Greatness. Sonora Brewhouse is missing the heart.
They're polite and not offensive in anyway, walking the definition of middle.
This is both surprising and disappointing since they have been around for a while, but also because just a block to the east, Rosie McCaffrey's is overflowing with heart and soul, more than you can imagine. If they can find it, tourists probably love Sonora, but remember, tourists often love going to another branch of the same TGI Friday's that they have in their own suburbia, while on vacation in a different town.
Okay, so Sonora Brewhouse isn't anywhere near the low level of a TGI Friday's, but it's almost as clean, boring, and devoid of personality, being almost completely unmemorable. Oh. They also probably have the thinnest Kobe burger patties I've ever seen, at least the steak fries and beer are good. My advice? Go a block east to Rosie McCaffrey's and actually have a good time worth remembering.
A Restaurant Reviewers's Worst Case
One of the most interesting things for a Restaurant Reviewer is having a pleasurable experience and then all of a sudden some unexpected thing occurs. After traveling around the United States and Canada for some 5-years I noticed that the service in some of the more respected restaurant chains was quite uneven.
Meaning not only was quality control at one extreme or the other or customer service hot or cold, but that consistency was quite varying from store to store or outlet to outlet. Sometimes the service was fantastic, sometimes ho-hum and on rare occasion horrific. Let me tell you some theories I developed after taking Restaurant News, Franchising Times and C-Store News for years, while also traveling and seeing it all for my self.
The theories of retail dining and the realities of what goes on are light-years from Ray Kroc's motto's for his early stores. First, one of the biggest issues is employee under-training, local store management and secret shopper programs as a catch all. Another issue is with employees who do not care or are simply oblivious to what they are doing.
One of my recent experiences to be discussed along the subject of; a Restaurant Reviewers Worst Case Scenario happened at a Chain Mexican Food Chain. The semi-Fast Food place was an hour from closing on a slow week-night. Getting a jump on the store clean-up I assume was the reason.
An employee came over to the trash area, just a ways from where we were sitting and started pumping ammonia cleaner into the trash can area and had the open trash can sitting between us and her, which was quite smelly. Next she sprayed down the trash can with the toxic fumes and left them there to soak in? Or for dwell time to help in cleaning.
Then proceeded to spray the area or soak the inside of the box where the trash can goes. This was getting quite hard to breath. Next seeing that the trash can had the cleaner dried on, she put more on to loosen it up and then wipe it with a rag, then hang the rag on the seat back nearest us?
Writing Restaurant Reviews
Writing informative and objective restaurant reviews can be tricky if you don't know what to look for or how to structure the review. While everyone has their own level of ambition and knowledge the following guidelines will provide you with a solid base to write informative reviews which are useful to your readers. However, these guidelines can easily be modified for any kind of service or experience and equally well for any other type of media.
Anyway, the guidelines: Keep it centered on the food – Describe it with detail, use adjectives, mention the dishes original name but explain them if it isn't obvious what they are. Other details to note:
- Surroundings – Location, view from window, neighborhood
- Atmosphere – Interior design, décor, cleanliness, other guests, sound volume, mood
- Menu – Menu and Wine list contents broadly described
- Service – Speed, presentation and demeanor
- Exclusives – What makes this restaurant stand out
- Make notes – Mental or in a notebook, if possible take pictures
- No novels – don't work in yourself in the story, keep it factual and unbiased
- Don't go too hard on failures – think of the possible reasons for the failure, is it just an "off" night
- Ask for information – make the staff tell you about the establishment, the food, the menu and so on
- Sample the courses – If you can't sample the whole menu, try to sample a few dishes at least with the help of your friends
- Extras – You can nick (or ask for) press material, menus and so on to use as reference later, this is also often found on the restaurants website if they have one
And don't forget to keep it personal! The review should reflect your experience there, it might sound counter-intuitive to keep it factual, unbiased and personal at the same time, however it really isn't. What it means is that although the dinner might be a part of a big night out or some kind of celebration that you want to write about, those things should not be the backbone of the review even if they might be mentioned. The review is about the establishment, not you.
To illustrate my point I'll finish with an example, an review of the Beirut Cafe in Stockholm. Although my knowledge of Lebanese food is not the best it serves as a good example for a nicely structured review of the compact type:
First off, Beirut Cafe is very popular so book your table in advance. My party showed up a Tuesday at 7pm and it was jammed! The host was very helpful and eventually managed to seat us in the lounge area. The locations is a little bit off, it's not that it's very far from the central parts of Stockholm, it's just that there's nothing else that way except fancy residences. There's a mixed clientele although there's mostly groups probably having some kind of after-work get together.
They have a wide array of mezes with a very good overall quality. The Kras Nana and Sojok stands out as the best mezes. The minced meat beef with mint and lemon (Kras Nana) is perfectly balanced and the lamb sausage with vegetables (Sojok) is without competition the hottest dish with the most punch served (in our selection at least). Most of the other ones just beautifully complement each other without taking over the show. The only thing not quite up on par with the rest was the Sojok bel baid (lamb sausage omelet), it was a little bit soggy and bland, maybe because I only sampled that one towards the end of our sitting.
The wine list is rather limited although they have an impressive selection of the Lebanese producer Chateau Musars champagne from 1956 and forward. A Merlot (Santa Helena Vernus Blend) and two red wines from Chateu Musar are available by the glass, the Merlot is fairly average while the least expensive of the Chateu Musars (can't remember the name though) is very good, full of life without too much tannin and great value for the money.
I cannot stress how good atmosphere they have created, the interior design is just fabulous and never fails in any detail, the music is clear but never intruding, the service is very swift but at no point rushed and the service staff is helpful and friendly.


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Practicing yoga at home is worth it: you can do your practice at your convenience any time of the day or night, wear what you like and no need for much equipment – and there's no travel required (like to our exotic yoga retreat in Bali)! With yoga teacher training at home you can pay attention to your own body, to understand it's needs on any and to practice in a way that supports you both physically and mentally.
To start off:
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Most of us don't have the luxury of a dedicated yoga room. Find a place to practice in your house that's peaceful and quiet. Having a wall nearby can be helpful. The most important thing is that you have enough space to stretch out without bumping into furniture or stuff. If the space you are practicing in is clutter-free, you're more likely to un-clutter your mind.
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in political matters during the constitutional movement and the Pahlavi
era.''54 Zibakalam attributes political activism to the bazaar, but his
preceding statements imply that the bazaar acquires independence and
political clout despite not constituting a real bourgeoisie. The reader is left
wondering what mechanism enabled this class to play such a role in
James Bill's The Politics of Iran is one of the few works that exclusively
studies Iranian politics from a class and group perspective. His 1972
volume studies modernization in terms of class relations and the rise of
Crossick and Haupt discuss how the trading class poses difficulties for most social
theories, Marxist and Weberian alike. Geoffrey Crossick and Heinz-Gerhard Haupt,
The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780–1914 (London: Routledge, 1995).
Jazani, Capitalism and Revolution in Iran, p. 36; and Mohammad вЂ˜Atiqpur, Naqsh-e
Bazar va Bazariha dar Enqelab-e Iran, (Tehran: Kayhan, 1358 [1979]).
Hossein Bashiriyeh, The State and Revolution in Iran 1962–1982 (New York: St. Martin
Press, 1984).
Amir NakhaвЂ˜i, вЂ˜вЂ˜Tahazzob va Sakhtar-e Eqtesadi,'' JameвЂ˜eh-ye Salem 7 (Esfand 1376
[March 1998]), 29, emphasis added.
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the professional-bureaucratic intelligentsia. Although the bazaar plays
only a minor role in his analysis, he refers to the bazaar as the вЂ˜вЂ˜symbol
and center of activity'' of the bourgeois middle class.55 His class analysis
is informed by modernization theory and he adds, вЂ˜вЂ˜In contrast to
Europe where important segments of the bourgeoisie became an early
part of the ruling class, in traditional Iran few members of the bour-
geoisie ever moved into upper-class ranks. In terms of power position,
the bourgeoisie middle class has stood approximately between the
bureaucratic and cleric middle class.''56 Bill places the bazaar in the
middle of Iran's highly stratified class system, but beyond that he does
not elaborate how its class position and inter class relations changed
during the course of the twentieth century.
Ervand Abrahamian's meticulous study Iran between Two Revolutions
begins by positing that politics is the interaction between political orga-
nizations and social forces. In turn, social forces are classes, but class as
conceived by E. P. Thompson's historically specified conception of
class.57 Thus, Abrahamian traces shifts in the class structure across
twentieth-century Iranian history, while focusing on how classes relate to
one another and not only to the modes of production. Within this larger
story the bazaar is a prime component of the social forces participating in
social movements and placing constraints on the state. Abrahamian
classiп¬Ѓes the вЂ˜вЂ˜bazaar community'' during the post-1963 era as part of the
propertied middle class, while in other sections it is referred to as part of
the вЂ˜вЂ˜traditional forces'' or the вЂ˜вЂ˜traditional middle class.''58 вЂ˜вЂ˜Numbering
nearly one million families this class [the propertied middle class] con-
tained three closely knit groups,'' writes Abrahamian. вЂ˜вЂ˜The п¬Ѓrst, which
constituted the core of the class, was the bazaar community with almost
half a million merchants, shopkeepers, traders, and workshop owners.
The second was formed of fairly well-to-do urban entrepreneurs with
investments outside the bazaars. . . . The third group was made up of an
estimated 90,000 clergymen. . . . Although the second and third groups
were not bazaaris in the literal sense of the term, strong family and п¬Ѓnancial
ties linked them to the first group.''59 Thus, the bazaar exists as an eco-
nomic class, but one that is more related to status and wealth than to the
ownership of specific assets.
James A. Bill, The Politics of Iran: Group, Class and Modernization, (Columbus, OH:
Charles E. Merrill, 1972), p. 12.
Abrahamian, however, does not incorporate Thompson's moral economy approach
into his analysis. Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions (Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1982).
Ibid., p. 421.
Ibid., pp. 432–4.
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One important insight of Abrahamian's approach is the spatial attri-
bute of the bazaar. Implicitly, Abrahamian's narrative posits a spatial
component that unites bazaaris as a group and differentiates them from
others. This is, at least, how I think we should interpret his statement
that the urban entrepreneurs are вЂ˜вЂ˜outside the bazaars'' and that bazaaris
have a literal meaning.
A more recent set of studies by Misagh Parsa also conceptualize the
bazaar principally in class terms.60 Parsa's important research investi-
gates the causes of the Islamic Revolution through a resource mobili-
zation model, and probably more than any other author, Parsa views
bazaaris as the critical actors in the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime.
Parsa broadly deп¬Ѓnes the members of the bazaar as capitalists or вЂ˜вЂ˜tra-
ditional entrepreneurs.'' Since Parsa's concern is social mobilization, he
is interested in why bazaars enjoy a high propensity for collective action.
His response is that bazaars enjoy both abundant п¬Ѓnancial resources
(stemming from their class position) and, not unlike Abrahamian,
вЂ˜вЂ˜social solidarity'' emerging out of spatial concentration.
In short, the bazaar-as-class perspective reminds us that the bazaar
first and foremost is an economic unit and as such plays a role in Iran's
politics. However, much of this literature has not explained how the
bazaar's class identity emerges and is reproduced. When scholars have
addressed these issues, as in the case of Abrahamian and Parsa, their
largely astute emphasis on space as a critical characteristic in defining
the bazaars takes away the spotlight from their asset-based under-
standing of bazaars. More generally, Abrahamian's refinements of
strictly economistic notions of class are an acknowledgment that classes
are shaped by forces other than production. But because he includes
such factors as вЂ˜вЂ˜common interactions with the mode of administration''
and вЂ˜вЂ˜common attitudes towards economic, social, and political mod-
ernization'' in his definition, the concept of class becomes so vague as to
dull its analytical power.61 Finally, as Sami Zubaida has pointed out,
class analysis treats social solidarities as the вЂ˜вЂ˜givens to the political
sphere. Political institutions and processes themselves play little part in
the constitution of political forces.''62 Thus, this line of analysis leaves
us little space to ponder the reciprocal relationship between state
Misagh Parsa, Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1989). Misagh Parsa, вЂ˜вЂ˜Entrepreneurs and Democratization: Iran and
Philippines,'' Comparative Studies in Society and History 37 (October 1995); and Misagh
Parsa, States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran,
Nicaragua, and the Philippines (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
Abrahamian, Iran between Two Revolutions, p. 5.
Sami Zubaida, Islam, the People, and the State (London: Routledge, 1989), p. 87.
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institutions and the Bazaar's organization and its apparent solidarity –
factors that this study suggests are crucial.
The Bazaar as informal economy
The informal-economy perspective has recently emerged in studies of
urban marketplaces in the developing world. The central tenet of this
literature is that in the developing world the вЂ˜вЂ˜self-organized'' sector that
escapes the purview of state supervision is an untapped engine for
economic growth and already includes a substantial portion of enter-
prises, nonagricultural labor, the urban credit market, and the value-
added produced. Thus, orthodox evaluations of these economies are
unable to account for the unregistered productive and distributive
activities of the informal sector. Introduced in the late 1960s and early
1970s to study the urban poor in Africa, the hypotheses of the informal
economic literature have quickly been adopted by such organizations as
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to bolster their
neoliberal call for deregulation.
Since the mid-1980s an growing group of scholars working on the
Middle East have begun to use this concept to understand the urban
economies of the region.63 For example, Diane Singerman claims that
the informal networks of central Cairo help вЂ˜вЂ˜their members to penetrate
all levels of society, the economy, and the state.''64 Singerman is
interested in how the urban poor escape heavy-handed government
intervention and maneuver within Egypt's gargantuan bureaucracy.
Using ethnographic methods, she recounts how the urban poor tap into
informal networks to achieve individual needs and aggregate interests,
the latter role rendering them political. These вЂ˜вЂ˜extrasystemic'' net-
works, she argues, distribute goods and services based on shared values
or вЂ˜вЂ˜familial ethos.'' Cairo's urban informal networks are described as a
cooperative and ameliorating force achieving common objectives based
on normative commitments and mutual reciprocity.
Guilain Denoeux is another political scientist who uses the concept of
informal networks to study Middle East urban issues.65 He relates dif-
ferent types of networks to analyze urban social movements in Egypt,
Nicolas S. Hopkins, ed., вЂ˜вЂ˜Informal Economy in Egypt,'' Cairo Papers in Social Science
14(4) (Winter 1991).
Diane Singerman, Avenues of Participation: Family, Politics, and Networks in Urban
Quarters in Cairo (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995), p. 173.
Guilain Denoeux, Urban Unrest in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Informal
Networks in Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon (Albany: State University of New York Press,
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Lebanon, and Iran, including the bazaar. Denoeux identifies four basic
types of networks – clientelist, occupational, religious, and residential –
all of which are informal in that they lack written laws and regulations.
His comparisons show that networks may play both stabilizing and
destabilizing roles in the modernizing process and illustrate the
complexities of modernization, with socioeconomic change eroding
some networks, strengthening others, and leading to the emergence of
others. Thus, he concludes that the traditional–modern dichotomy is
analytically inadequate.
Among Denoeux's cases are the Iranian bazaar's вЂ˜вЂ˜occupational net-
works.'' Not unlike the discussion in Chapter 3, for Denoeux the main
unifying element of the bazaar is the series of occupational and social
networks that helped shape a collective identity and preserve their unity.
During the 1960s and 1970s, these ties were mechanisms that related
the bazaaris to one another, allied them to the clergy, and mobilized
them against the Pahlavi regime. Denoeux studies the prerevolutionary
bazaar structure to show how it remained resilient and adaptable despite
the socioeconomic changes of the post-World War II era.
These important recent works try to identify mechanisms that facil-
itate collective action by members of the urban economy against the
state. They are able to see these areas as more than historical artifacts
and instead study how they face modern concerns by resorting to local
and everyday means of mobilization, self-help, and reciprocity.
Bazaaris, thus, become agents who engage, and even challenge, the
social structure and political system. The bazaar becomes a series of
fluid, independent, and crosscutting networks based on communal
settings and necessities for survival. This makes an important con-
tribution to the study of urban economies in that it introduces networks
and ties, rather than generalized cultural and group psychology, as the
force that unifies marketplaces and allows them to engage in collective
The informal networks approach, however, like the traditional-
modern dichotomy, freezes interactions into two distinct spheres,
namely formal and informal.66 By narrowly defining the bazaar's
activities as informal, many situations that exist in larger, more central
marketplaces like Tehran's bazaar will simply not fit this analysis. For
Keith Hart, one of the pioneers of the informal economy approach, has re-evaluated his
claims: вЂ˜вЂ˜Everywhere, the commanding heights of the informal economy lie close to the
centers of power and reach down to the petty enterprises which п¬Ѓrst caught my
attention.'' Keith Hart, вЂ˜вЂ˜Market and State after the Cold War: The Informal Economy
Reconsidered,'' in Contesting Markets: Analyses of Ideology, Discourse and Practice, ed.
Roy Dilley (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992), p. 219.
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instance, if a member of the Bazaar does not have a license, but pays
taxes and even resorts to his trade association for tax arbitration, as is a
common occurrence in the Tehran Bazaar, is he operating in the
informal or formal sector?67 While this approach might work for the
marginalized urban poor, it is too rigid a strait-jacket to analyze the vast
Tehran Bazaar that includes institutionalized and legal relations with
state agencies. More recently, scholars have attempted to go beyond
definitional debates and quantitative analysis to analyze the relationship
between the вЂ˜вЂ˜formal'' and the вЂ˜вЂ˜informal'' sector and to investigate the
determinants of informality.68 As we will see in the two subsequent
chapters, bazaar communities are useful spheres to reexamine and break
down the informal–formal dichotomy as they highlight how informal–
formal boundaries are permeable and negotiable.
The Bazaar economy as a product of informational scarcity
Mottahedeh's life story of a seminary student in prerevolutionary Iran
includes a wonderful passage about the young seminarian's mother
visiting the Qom Bazaar:
To enter the bazaar was to enter a world of slow formalities and quick wit. It was
a world of old, even ancestral, loyalties. In general it was loyalty that directed his
mother's steps. Whether it was in the small lane of the jewelers or the spacious
barrel-vaulted central avenue of the cloth dealers, his mother always went to the
same merchant in any section, a reliable friend of the family. She did not just march
up to the вЂ˜вЂ˜reliable friend'' and ask for what she wanted. She always walked around
a bit so that the merchant should know that she gave her custom with some
thought. But no woman could really have made up her mind what to buy just by
examining the entrances to the shops.69
The necessity of reliable friends, the repetitive nature of transactions,
and the difficulty of selecting commodities in certain markets became an
analytical question for a number of economists in the late 1960s. George
Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, and others reappraised neoclassical models of
markets by relaxing assumptions about information, and in so doing
showed that models of pure competition are seriously undermined by
situations and commodities that inhibit full and symmetrical knowledge
Asnaf no. 92 (Bahman 1379 [February 2001]), 20–1.
M. Castells, A. Portes, and L. Benton, eds., The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced
and Less Developed Countries (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1989); Ragui Assad,
вЂ˜вЂ˜Formal and Informal Institutions in the Labor Market, with Application to the
Construction Sector in Egypt,'' World Development 21 (June 1993), 925–39.
Roy Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran (New York:
Pantheon Books, 1985), p. 33, emphasis added.
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between exchange partners.70 Thus, practices and formal rules must be
developed to alleviate market imperfections and nonefficient outcomes
related to transaction costs. Often these institutions are sociocultural
constructs, as in the case of the seminarian's mother described by
Mottahedeh. Reliable friends provide and signal information about the
buyer, seller, or commodity (e.g. reputation, quality, and credit-wor-
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The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
Mark 7:24-30
Syrophoenician woman has a lot working against her, yet she persists. Jesus
acknowledges her persistence, her faith, and heals her daughter. There is an
important message not to be missed in this Gospel. This woman is a Gentile, an
outsider. Thus far Jesus' ministry has been focused on the Jewish people. Through
this encounter he opens his ministry to all.
Prayer: I am reminded that you are the Creator of
all, the Lord of all, the Savior of all. We are one family in you.
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The Oliphant Bungalow is an upcoming commercial property in Sri Lanka. It is a part of the Hayleys Group of Companies, affiliated with Kelani Valley Tea Plantations. The Oliphant Tea Estate has a history dating almost two centuries. This article will give you an insight on the history of tea in Sri Lanka as well as what makes this Luxury Boutique Hotel a truly unique experience.
The History – A Tale of Two Tea Estates
The story of Oliphant Bungalow goes back to the year 1838 when Ceylon was under the rule of the Crown of England. It was the era that introduced the strange ways of the west to our eastern culture. It was a time of development and infrastructure that paved the way for Sri Lanka's currently well-established Tea trade and so much more.
- 1838 – British lawyer who was the eighth Chief Justice of Ceylon, Sir Anthony Oliphant, primary resident and owner of the Oliphant Bungalow, owned a massive portion of land in the area now known as Shanthipura.
- 1848 – Lawrence Oliphant, son of Sir Anthony Oliphant (well-known author and International traveller), smuggled in 30 tea bushes and planted on the Oliphant Estate in Sri Lanka.
- 1867 – The first official tea estate was established in Ceylon. This estate was built for commercial purposes (reselling of processed tea) by James Taylor who became known as the Father of Tea in Sri Lanka. The estate is now known as Loolkandura.
However, based on the history passed down the Oliphant family for generations that followed, the controversial aspect of the history of tea in Sri Lanka arises, revealing that the Loolkandura Tea Estate was not, in fact, the first ever estate to grow tea in Sri Lanka.
- 1872 – The Loolkandura Tea Factory was registered. This was the first ever Tea Factory in Sri Lanka, carrying the official designation of being registered as No.1 by the British Government of Sri Lanka, at the time.
- 1886 – A still preserved map of the Oliphant Estate was created and documents a Bungalow within the Estate. This Bungalow is the Oliphant Bungalow.
The map is currently being examined for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of heritance from the Govt. of Sri Lanka, which will later be showcased within the property itself. This map does not show the Oliphant Tea Factory as the map was created before plans were finalized for the erection of the tea factory.
- 1890 – The Oliphant Tea Factory was registered. Making it the third official tea factory in Sri Lanka.
- 1972 – The govt of Sri Lanka took 280 acres of land from the Oliphant Estate for the purpose of creating the Shanthipura Village.
The Oliphant Tea Estate, which was a part of the 280 acres of land, eventually became the village itself, thus ending the operation of the Oliphant Tea Factory. However, the Oliphant bungalow and tea estate remained untouched and maintained over the many years that followed.
The Property
The Bungalow, overlooking the Piduruthalagala Mountain Range is located in Shanthipura, Nuwara Eliya. Shanthipura is documented as the highest elevated town in the country, which makes the Oliphant Bungalow and Tea Estate the highest elevated in Sri Lanka (7600 meters above sea level).
The Average Temperature here is between 11 and Celsius degrees. The very ambience within the property speaks for itself, presenting a welcoming, private and homely feeling that you will notice the moment you step inside. The many fireplaces
that decorate the rooms and hallways provide warmth from the cold atmosphere.
The Oliphant Bungalow is a fully functional boutique hotel consisting of 7 fully decorated, spacious, comfortable, Deluxe Rooms. Each with a four poster king sized bed and in-room fireplace. The bathrooms are fully equipped, spacious, clean and fully functional.
The Cuisine
The Meal Plans available at the Oliphant Bungalow range from the simple ala carte Bed & Breakfast to Full Board basis. The cuisine offered is not limited, so the Resident Manager, Mr Rathnasiri says that whatever the guest desires, can be offered.
The Attractions
The Attractions & Sights within the Oliphant Estate are also something you can look forward to because while being on top of the game in terms of private, luxurious and relaxed indoor accommodation, the outdoor experience is definitely worth checking out and a must-do for all guests.
- Shanthipura Viewpoint – The whole of Nuwara Eliya Town can be observed from one of the highest points in Sri Lanka. You can clearly see Adam's Peak and the Valley of Maskeliya, guaranteeing a breathtaking view of the area. It truly is a spectacular sight to behold and one of the main attractions from the Bungalow.
- Jungle Trail to Nanu Oya – The less explored path is usually the most adventurous, and the most rewarding. There is a footpath on another side of the Oliphant Bungalow that leads to the Nanu Oya railway station, known as the highest elevated Railway Station in Sri Lanka. It is easily one of the most romantic little Railway Stations in Sri Lanka, making the little hike along the path something to look forward to.
- Visit the Peak of Pidurutalagala – The Oliphant Bungalow is located overlooking the Pidurutalagala Mountain. Recent development in the area has brought in a well carpeted road all the way to the peak of Pidurutalagala Mountain.
Apart from the above unique experiences, you can also engage in plenty of other activities such as taking a walk in the now dormant tea factory, visit Horton Plains, etc.
In conclusion, we invite each and everyone to come and experience this amazing property. We can ensure that you will not only be taken care of but will also have a lasting impression of the Oliphant Bungalow that will surely bring you back to this beautiful place time and time again.


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BOYNE CITY - As most 9-year-olds were playing video games, watching cartoons and camping, Caleb Heier of Petoskey learned to roll his first joint.
Smoking pot in elementary school, Heier's drug use escalated to making drug runs. The preteen was abusing alcohol and speed before his first rehab stint at 13.
After years of struggling with his substance abuse addiction, Caleb, now 21, is drug free and sober.
He shared his story with Boyne City High School students this week, relating to the group with his blunt honesty, candor and youthful good looks.
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Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team to Cadel Evans Road Race
The one-day race will be our final outing on Australian soil and our riders will look to be again among the protagonists and get another strong result before returning to Europe.
Quick-Step Floors' seven-man team for the fourth edition of the Cadel Evans Road Race (164 kilometers), an event that was born a couple of years after the Geelong World Championships and which last year become part of the World Tour calendar, will consist of the same riders who raced the Tour Down Under earlier this month: Eros Capecchi, Dries Devenyns, Enric Mas, Michael Mørkøv, Fabio Sabatini, Florian Sénéchal and Elia Viviani.
Most recently, they participated in the Towards Zero Melbourne Race, a 116.6km criterium held on the Albert Part Formula 1 circuit, where Elia came close to scoring his second victory in the Quick-Step Floors jersey. If Thursday's race took place over a pan flat course with few difficulties, the same can't be said of the World Tour one, which will revolve around the Challambra Crescent, a steep and technical climb that the peloton will tackle on four occasions, last time with under ten kilometers to go.
One kilometer in length and having a 10% average gradient, Challambra will really push the riders to their limit, as they'll try to win a double battle, with the pain and their opponents, who will look to make the race-winning move on the double-digit gradients that are expected to cause some serious splits in the peloton before the short and fast descent to Geelong, where Quick-Step Floors took the honors at the inaugural edition, in 2015.
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Federal Reserve Board's Proposal on the Definition of a Deposit
Federal Reserve Board's Proposal on the Definition of a Deposit
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Part 204 (REGULATION D; Docket No. R-0571) Definition of Deposit
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed rules.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to its authority under section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, the board requests comment on proposed amendments to 12 CFR Part 204 (Regulation D--Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions). After considering several requests for interpretations of Regulation D regarding the reservability of certain types of transactions, particularly sales of assets by depository institutions where the depository institution retains conditional liability for the assets sold and certain transactions with affiliates, the board is proposing these amendments in order to clarify when such transactions give rise to deposits for purposes of the regulation.
Under the proposed amendments, the reservability of such transactions generally would depend upon the nature of the liability of the depository institution. Currently, the board's Regulation D provides that the term "deposit' includes any liability of a depository institution on any promissory note, acknowledgment of advance, bankers' acceptance, or similar obligation (written or oral), including mortgage-backed bonds, that is issued or undertaken as a means of obtaining funds. The regulation currently excludes from this general rule certain of these liabilities, most notably repurchase agreements involving federal government and federal agency securities and certain interbank obligations. The regulation also excludes from the definition of "deposit' an obligation that represents a conditional, contingent or endorser's liability. Under the current regulation, most asset sales in which the depository institution retains some risk of loss are considered deposits, but the regulation is not clear on several technical points. The proposal is intended primarily to clarify the application of reserve requirements to these and related situations.
The proposal would amend the definition of "deposit' specifically to include sales of assets where the depository institution issues or undertakes a liability supporting the assets sold or retains a reversionary interest in these assets, regardless of whether the liability or interest is conditional, unconditional, or contingent or whether the liability covers all or a portion of the assets sold. Transactions in which the depository institution's liability on any particular asset is shared with the purchaser as the loss is realized and is less than 75% of the loss would not give rise to a deposit. Where the depository institution's share of risk is 75% or more of losses realized, the transaction would give rise to a deposit. Generally, transactions in which the depository institution's only liability is to reimburse a third-party guarantor of the assets sold also would not give rise to a deposit under the proposal.
Under the current regulation, obligations of affiliates are reservable when they are used to supply or maintain funds to a depository institution, provided the affiliate's obligation would have been considered a reservable liability if it had been issued by the depository institution itself. The proposal would exclude obligations of affiliates from the definition of deposit if the proceeds of an affiliate's obligation are used to purchase assets from a depository institution without recourse; that is, if the depository institution retains no interest in, or liability for, the assets sold. The proposal would include as a deposit an affiliate's obligation if the depository institution undertakes a liability, conditional or otherwise, to support the affiliate's obligation even if the depository institution does not receive the proceeds of the obligation. In addition, the proposal would amend the definition of "affiliate' to include any organization that a depository institution effectively manages or controls even if it does not meet the formal requisites for ownership or control of the organization. …


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Photography of buildings in the city of Krakow. Reinterpreted into a surrealistic shape. © 2015-2016 by Pia Schneider, atelier COLOUR-VISION.
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Wei began his real estate career in 2010 while still in school completing his undergrad at University of Toronto. With nothing to lose, he began investing every dollar he made from his sales back into his business and his clients. It was all or nothing. By 2015 and 2016, Wei became one of the top 5% in Century 21 Canada. Today, he's established a privately owned satellite office with 10 others corporately owned to serve his clients.
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We have seen this question asked all month as it's November. Many people practice #ThankfulNovember or #30daysofthankfulness on social media, sharing small and large things, places and people they are thankful for each day!
We are so lucky to live in beautiful Myrtle Beach! We are lucky to live near the beach, have gorgeous weather most of the year and live a bountiful life lived in short, t-shirt and flip-flops!
What about you? What are you thankful for?
There are many people in this world who do not have basic necessities such as access to clean drinking water, food and a roof over their head. There are many people in this world who live in areas of unrest and war; we are so lucky to live in a place in this world with access to all of these things.
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This alone should be the #1 reason you are thankful for your security system. In case of attack, fire or home invasion, your security system – if connected to our monitoring company C.O.P.S. – can call the authorities for back up, whatever agency is needed (rescue, fire or police).
Minutes and seconds saved can be the difference between a good or a very bad outcome of any of these scenarios.
We are thankful that our security system keeps our loved ones safe!
If you, like us, own a business, you know firsthand how much effort, time and money has gone in to making your business successful. You want that taken away in an instant now, would you?
A fire that would totally destroy your retail store can do that. Employee theft can cripple your bottom line. An accident in your restaurant which results in a lawsuit can do that – but with a security system and security cameras in place, and a monitoring company to back you up, your business is protected.
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In baseball, the bottom of the ninth inning is supposed to be the home team's last chance to win a game they're losing. For Konami, Bottom of the 9th was a last chance as well, since the game will not be updated for the next baseball season. It seems the competition had too much of a lead over the home team.
An E3 meeting with Konami revealed that there would be no follow up to this past spring's Bottom of the 9th baseball game. The first version of the game for the N64 didn't have the MLB license going for it and suffered from sloppy graphics. The animation was decent enough but looking at Bottom of the 9th was a strain on the eyes and all of the players (there was an MLB Players Association license) were missing logos on their hats and uniforms. Poor graphics and a players-only license is not enough when you're going up against baseball brands like All-Star Baseball or the Ken Griffey Jr. games.
It wasn't clear if Konami was going to come up with another title to replace Bottom of the 9th or if they were abandoning the baseball genre all together.


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text: Van S. Wiltz, J.D. '12, has been hired as an associate at Dallas-based firm Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. He is a member of the firm's corporate and securities and mergers and acquisitions practice area and serves as counsel to public and start-up companies in various industries, including oil field services, oil and gas exploration and production, insurance and financial services. Prior to joining Bell Nunnally, Wiltz worked in the corporate and securities practice group for Thompson & Knight LLP. He is a member of several professional organizations and is a frequent author and speaker on the topics of equity-crowdfunding and compliance with SEC rules and regulations.


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I was searching the internet this morning looking for interesting articles to post in this blog and found this good basic outline on how to buy antique jewelry. If you are buying expensive pieces for your collection or for resale - it is important to know exactly what you are investing in!
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Buying Antique Jewelry Guide
By Jared Adams
Buying antique jewelry can be a great way to obtain high-quality stones and pieces that are dazzling, rare and hard-to-find in contemporary retailers. You can also find great deals, though buyers should be wary of any deal that seems too good to be true.
In this article, we'll cover the basics on how to protect yourself when purchasing antique jewelry and what to look for in a good piece. So, if you want to learn more about antique jewelry shopping, keep reading.
So, is it antique or vintage?
There's actually a distinction between vintage pieces and antique pieces. Typically, a vintage piece of jewelry may be about 30 to 70 years old, while an antique piece could be hundreds or thousands of years old (in which case it should be in a museum).
What are the most popular antique jewelry pieces?
Most dealers offer a range of antique pieces, but collectors tend to prize pieces from the Victorian era and the Art Deco period of the early twentieth century. Jewelry from the Victorian period (1837-1901) tends to exude grace and history, while still exhibiting modern craftsmanship and quality. Pieces from earlier periods tend to be cruder and the stones of a lower grade, which is why jewelry collectors focus on the Victorian age.
Meanwhile, the antique jewelry from the Art Deco design era (1920-1930) attracts a lot of attention thanks to its unique shapes and overall style. Because of the industrial aesthetic, these pieces are distinct and highly valued amongst collectors.
What about modern "antiques?" What are they?
Because these styles are so popular, many jewelers are carrying pieces that look like antiques, but are actually made today. They're not original Victorian brooches or Art Deco bracelets, but they're made to look like it. These can be a great option for someone who wants the wearability and durability of a modern piece, but the look and style of an antique.
If I'm buying an antique, how can I be sure it's real?
Always get every aspect of the piece in writing from the retailer, including the stone carats and quality. Then, have the piece appraised by an independent appraiser. If it doesn't match the description given to you by the retailer, return the item for a full refund or ask to renegotiate the purchase price.
To prevent potential fraud or misrepresentation problems, always deal with reputable and respected dealers who offer a clear and easy-to-understand return policy.
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Buying Antique Jewelry Guide
I was searching the internet this morning looking for interesting articles to post in this blog and found this good basic outline on how to buy antique jewelry. If you are buying expensive pieces for your collection or for resale - it is important to know exactly what you are investing in!


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Our 2015 Meritage is a carefully composed blend of four classic red Bordeaux varieties from coveted regions in Napa Valley, including Soda Canyon, Coombsville and Rutherford. We selected vineyard sites whose precise growing conditions and fruit quality help to develop rich, sultry red wines.
The 2015 growing season was another remarkable vintage for all varieties across Napa Valley. Exposure to late fall rain was largely avoided, thanks to one of the earliest harvests on record in the region. Although much of the fruit had already been picked by late August, a significant earthquake struck Napa on August 24, leaving growers and vintners with some unexpected twists during harvest season.
After harvest, the grapes were sorted, gently pressed and fermented at 75°F. Following a 14-day maceration, which aided in the extraction of rich color and flavor from the grapes, the juice was pressed off the stems and seeds and aged in a mix of new and neutral French oak barrels for 18 months.


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- An inspiring item for people to use in their retweets
- One item everyone can actually understand but cannot be physically accomplished
- One item everyone really should do but is completely outside the budget
- One item everyone will do because it's easy though ineffective
- One item everyone wishes they could do but can't because it's too complicated
- One item that everyone already does
- One really stupid item that makes the reader feel smarter you
- At least one synergistic item that is engaging and leverages story telling using web 2.0
- At least one item that references BP, the Old Spice guy, statistics about Octopus Paul, or some other topical item that will get you a lot of hits when you put it in your tag list
- A really funny item at the end that will make people retweet and share the list even though it's as stupid as this list
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Paul the Octopus, Phd in Statistics, Lettered in football
[tweetmeme source="lovestats" only_single=false]The normal curve is an enigma for many people. We speak of good luck and bad luck, hope that we always have good and then curse when it turns out bad. Like when Cinnabon is closed on the same day you forgot to eat breakfast.
So far, Paul the Octopus has had a lot of good luck in predicting World Cup match winners. Perhaps he always goes for the food that is closest to him or the food that is in the best light or the food that moved most live-like or the food next to his preferred tentacle. I'm assuming, of course, that like humans who prefer left or right, Paul too has his own tentacle preferences. I'm also assuming that he isn't juiced up or taking bribes.
Wouldn't it be great fun if someone could collect up all the relevant variables and run some predictive modeling? Time of day, day of week, feeding schedule, lightness, location, direction, colour, and who knows what other selection criteria are of supreme importance to our eight legged friend. What kind of r square do you think we would get? 0.3? 0.8? Woah… too far into geeky stats there.
As fun as it is to listen to the Oracle of Paul, he won't defy the odds. He'll just take his rightful place on the normal distribution whether it's on the extreme right or just slightly to the left of right. But I know we're all hoping for the extreme right.
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The Stock Car Race
Stock car racing is a popular and widespread motor sport in the USA. Looking back in the history stock car racing was born in the Southern Appalachians and has a colorful past. The first formally organized competitions going back to the early 1930s. Each weekend, stock car races attract thousands of spectators. Desoto Speedway in Bradenton Florida is one of the popular race tracks at the west coast of the Sunshine State. The speedway was constructed in the early 1970s and is a 3/8-mile paved oval with 12 degree banking through the turns. Desoto Speedway is a perfect playground to document this largest spectator sport in the USA.
USA West Coast
From towering redwood forests in foggy Northern California to perfectly sun-kissed surf beaches in the south, this 'Golden State' alongside the Pacific simply begs to be explored. My trip started in San Francisco on highway number one along the natural wonders of Big Sur via Morro Bay to Los Angeles.
USA Grand Canyon South Rim
Humbling geological features, fascinating Native American history, forest-covered mountains, and a vast range of activities – its iconic name is The Grand Canyon State but Arizona has much more to offer the visitor than that undeniably grand canyon. My trip took me from Las Vegas via Grand Canyon South Rim to the scenic beauty Oak Creek Canyon and finally a short stop in the Yoshua Tree National Park.


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Govexec.com reports that while Congress is making progress on an FY 2018 omnibus appropriations bill, it's likely that Congress will extend the current continuing resolution for a short period of time before it expires next Friday January 19. Reuters tells us that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R TX) hinted that the omnibus bill may repeal the Affordable Care Act's high cost plan excise / Cadillac tax. Let's hope that Congress also provides relief in that bill from the recently restored ACA medical device and health insurer taxes.
According to Health Payer Intelligence, NCQA has published a list of the top ten performing health plans in 2017 based on the various NCQA metrics.
The FEHBlog has been hearing anecdotally that this year's flu vaccine is less effective than expected. The New York Time's Upshot column explains why you still will benefit from the vaccine.
In 2010, researchers published a meta-analysis of all available flu shot studies. They showed that when a vaccine is considered effective, 1.2 percent of vaccinated people had the flu, while 3.9 percent of unvaccinated people had the flu. That's an absolute risk reduction of 2.7 percentage points. This means that the number of people who needed to be treated for one person to see the benefit — a concept known as N.N.T. — was 37. Given the millions who are vulnerable to flu and the thousands of deaths each year, this is a big payoff in public health.
In studies in which the flu shot was considered ineffective, 1.1 percent of vaccinated people had the flu compared with 2.4 percent of unvaccinated people. The absolute risk reduction was 1.3 percentage points, and the N.N.T. was 77.
Let's say that this year's flu vaccine is even worse than we think. Maybe the absolute risk reduction will be as low as 1 percentage point, making the N.N.T. 100. That's still not that bad. Even at an N.N.T. of 100, for every 100 people who get a flu shot, one fewer will get the flu. That's a pretty low N.N.T. compared with many other treatments that health experts recommend every day. * * *
The negatives of a flu shot are almost nonexistent, and significant side effects are very rare.NBC News reports that "Cough medications that contain opioids like codeine should never be given by kids, and the medicines will now need to be labeled to make that clear, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. They'll also carry bigger warnings about their dangers to adults, the FDA said." This reminds me of a passage from Sam Quinone's Dreamland book where he explained that people addicted to opioids use FDA guidance like a roadmap. When the FDA warned on the Oxycodin label that the pill should be crushed, the addicted people who stole the medicine knew to crush it. Of course, the FEHBlog is not opposed to the FDA guidance which should have been issued years ago. The FEHBlog simply wants to point out how complicated this problem is.
Becker's Hospital Review informs us that healthcare now has surpassed manufacturing and retail as the largest employer of any sector in the U.S. economy. "There were 7 million more workers in manufacturing than in healthcare in 2000. In 2007, at the start of the Great Recession, there were 2.4 million more workers in retail than in healthcare. In 2017, the number of workers in healthcare surpassed workers in both manufacturing and retail." This does not point to a high degree of efficiency in healthcare.


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The streets of Rennes were quiet on that rainy December afternoon. Being the capital of Brittany, the city is historically and culturally significant, invests heavily in the arts, and has many artistic and cultural institutions. Rennes is known for many things, not least for its densely constructed timber-framed structures and large population of university students.
They say that the miserable weather is a natural defense against conflagrations as it dampens the city's timber-framed architecture. It might, I suspect, similarly inhibit the passions of its inhabitants. Maybe it has no effect, as history books often mention a fire that consumed the city in December 1720.
The setting sun blinded us as it reflected off the puddles of water between the cobblestones on the street lined with popular bars and pubs, the so-called Rue de la Soif (The Street of Thirst). There was not much to see anyway. We heard no buoyant if unintelligible conversations. We saw no lively crowd. S– had lived in Rennes for nearly six years, yet she and I felt as outsiders. We caught piercing glances of random passersby. We visited familiar places and walked down familiar streets, but no familiar faces greeted us along the way. The streets were characteristically damp, and the market was uncharacteristically empty. Forgotten memories were waiting to be remembered on those lonely streets, but they did not emerge during our stroll; if they did, there were mere fleeting recollections.


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THE HISTORY of WOMEN in GOLF
by Victoria Minor
Women in Golf was an idea which was born out of the desire for women to get to know each other better and to play more golf together. Therefore, Women in Golf was organized in 1985 under the leadership of WSGA President, Fred Parker. The organization was first named Aid to Women Golfers. The idea of an organization designed specifically with women in mind was widely accepted by women in both the Northern and Southern Areas. Victoria Minor was appointed Chairperson representing the Northern Area women and Earnestine Abraham was appointed Chairperson for the Southern Area.
Both, Victoria Minor and Earnestine Abraham met with the women in their respective areas to introduce the concept. It was enthusiastically welcomed by all. The Chairwomen were asked to write WSGA guidelines for the organization. Having achieved that goal, copies were given to the WSGA Secretary to present to the Board of Directors for its approval. The guidelines were approved by the Board.
The Northern area began to organize by electing officers: a secretary, treasurer, and a tournament chairperson were put in place. Our ultimate goal at that time was to encourage women to play golf. Clinics were held for all levels of women golfers. We had help from Pros at the driving range and the men from our Golf Clubs were very helpful with basic instructions of the game. We held modified tournaments with an advanced golfer in each group to help beginners with rules and how to move the game. We saw progress and great interest from our efforts and women began to join the WSGA Clubs in the Northern area. We also saw stronger and more united Golf Clubs in the area. Our next effort was to work on uniting the Northern and Southern women. Out of this idea the North/South Shootout was born but not named.
Our first trial run was held in Fresno, CA in the late 1980's. It was a great beginning. Earnestine Abraham retired in 1990 after a wonderful five years of service. Millie Chadwick was then chosen as Chairperson for the Southern Area.
In 1990 the first serious Shootout was held and so named under the leadership of Millie Chadwick and Victoria Minor. The site for this tournament was Black Lake Golf Resort in Nipomo, CA. It was hosted by the Northern Area Women. Esther Wilson was the Tournament Coordinator. This tournament generated much love and respect between all of the women and a wonderful time was had by all. It was at this tournament that the decision was made to alternate the hosting of the tournament; i.e. this year the north, next year the south. The 1991 Shootout was hosted by the Southern Area women proving that the alternate year of hosting was a good idea because it enabled us to learn from each other and to improve on our year of hosting. Gus Robinson who was WSGA President in 1990 gave the women his wholehearted support, even to treating the women with his hearty gumbo. He was present with us every year as long as he was in office, never missing the Shootouts. Victoria Minor retired in the early 90's and Esther Wilson agreed to take the position of Aid to Women Golfers in the Northern Area. I cannot write of all the wonderful work done by Faye Williams and B.J. Braswell during Esther Wilson's tenure, we all saw it and I hope it will be included in the history that is still being made in this organization. Someone will write the next chapters and others are living and working the next chapters.


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Ruins of Adventure
The Ride
Base Requirements
- Races: Human
- Classes: Fighter, Barbarian, Berserker, Shaman, Psionicist, Rune Caster, Bard, Thief
- Ability Requirements: Str 12
- Alignments: Any
- Starting Cash: 3d4 x10gp
- Bonus Languages: Erakic
- Recommended Languages: Chardic, Tharian, Uloushinn
- Local Religions: Hoar, Selune, Shaundakul
- Weapon Slots: -1 slot
- Non-weapon Slots: By class
- Available Categories: By class
- Bonus Proficiencies: Land-based Riding, Tracking
- Required Proficiencies: none
- Recommended Proficiencies: Survival
- Forbidden Proficiencies: Etiquette, Literacy
Thief Skills:
- Pick Pockets: —
- Open Locks: —
- Find/Remove Traps: —
- Move Silently: —
- Hide in Shadows: —
- Hear Noise: —
- Climb Walls: —
- Read Languages: —
Overview: The Ride is the home of a race of human horsemen barbarians. They are nomads who travel the length and breadth of the Ride. During their migrations, they often come into conflict with the Zhentarim to the south and the humanoid tribes in Thar to the east.
Description: The people of the Ride, called the "Eraka" in their own tongue, are all healthy, robust humans with tanned skin and bulky, muscular builds. They primarily wear leather and studded leather armor, though warriors-in-training can have padded armor. Broad swords and short bows are the standard weapons. Other favored weapons are those used in both missile and melee combat, like spears.
Role-Playing: The Eraka do not concern themselves with social graces, governments, or politics. They prize individual initiative and the freedom to ride when and where they please.
Special Abilities:
- Each Eraka starts with a short bow, a broad sword, and a light riding horse for free.
- All Erakas may use the broad sword and short bow, regardless of any limitations imposed by their class or kit.
- Erakas only incur a -3 penalty when using the Tracking proficiency, instead of the usual -6 penalty assumed by non-rangers.
Special Disadvantages:
- Eraka suffer a -2 penalty to their starting Intelligence scores, reflecting the general lack of education among these people.
- The Eraka also cannot wear armor any heavier than studded leather, regardless of class.
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Ten Things I Love Meme
For this meme, you are given a letter and must list 10 things you love that start with that letter. Christine of the Sacred Art of Living assigned me "E" (for Eggs) for the "Things I Love" meme.
Ten things I love beginning with E:
Easter. I love it all. The holy celebration, the welcome of Spring, the chocolates, even the eggs and bunnies.
Early Mornings. Quiet evenings are nice, but I prefer the freshness and potential of a just-born day.
Earth beneath my feet...especially barefoot.
Equality, when it exists and when I realize it doesn't but still have hope.
Endorphins, Exercise, and Energy. The three in one package.
Eccentric people. Interesting, authentic and much more than the label.
The End of a good book or movie even though part of me never wants the final scene to arrive.
Education and life-long learning.
Eagles, painting themselves across a canvas of sky.
Well, that's actually Eleven...um, another E


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A low-powered home server is one of the best ways to download files using BitTorrent and Usenet, but if you want to minimise legal hassles you need to anonymise your traffic. Here's how to turn your FreeNAS box into the ultimate downloading machine so you can download safely and monitor its activity from anywhere.
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