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Economic Value of Data (EvD) Challenges | @BigDataExpo #BigData #Analytics
Data has a direct impact on an organization's financial investments and monetization capabilities
By: William Schmarzo
Apr. 19, 2017 03:00 PM
Well, my recent University of San Francisco research paper "Applying Economic Concepts To Big Data To Determine The Financial Value Of The Organization's Data And Analytics Research Paper" has fueled some very interesting conversations. Most excellent! That was one of its goals.
It is important for organizations to invest the time and effort to understand the economic value of their data because data has a direct impact on an organization's financial investments and monetization capabilities. However, calculating economic value of data (EvD) is very difficult because:
And in light of those points, let me share some thoughts that I probably should have been made more evident in the research paper.
Factoid #1: Data is NOT a Commodity (So Data is NOT the New Oil)
And here's the important factoid about a commodity: every barrel of Texas light sweet is exactly like any other barrel of Texas light sweet. One barrel of Texas light sweet is indistinguishable from any other barrel of Texas light sweet. Oil is truly a commodity.
However, data is not a commodity. Data does not have a fixed chemical composition, and pieces of data are NOT indistinguishable from any other piece of data. In fact, data may be more akin to genetic code, in so much as the genetic code defines who we are (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Genetic Code
Every piece of personal data – every sales transactions, consumer comment, social media posts, phone calls, text messages, credit card transactions, fitness band readings, doctor visits, web browses, keyword searches, etc. – comprises another "strand" of one's "behavioral genetic code" that indicates one's inclinations, tendencies, propensities, interests, passions, associations and affiliations.
It's not just the raw data that holds valuable strains of our "behavioral genetic code", the metadata about our transactional and engagement data are a rich source of insights into our behavioral genetic code. For example, look at the metadata associated with a 140-character tweet. 140 characters wouldn't seem to be much data. However, the richness of that 140-character tweet explodes when you start coupling the tweet with all the metadata necessary to understand the 140-characters in context of the conversation (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: "Importance of Metadata in a Big Data World"
The Bottom-line:
Factoid #2: Can't Use Accounting Techniques to Calculate Economic Value of Data
Instead of using the retrospective accounting perspective, we want to take a forward-looking, predictive perspective to determine the economic value of data. We want to apply data science concepts and techniques to determine the EvD by looking at how the data will be used to optimize key business processes, uncover new revenue opportunities, reduce compliance and security risks, and create a more compelling customer experience. Think determining the value of data based upon "value in use" (see Table 1).
Table 1: Accounting versus Data Science Perspectives
This "value in use" perspective traces its roots to Adam Smith, the pioneer of modern economics. In his book "Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith[3] defined capital as "that part of a man's stock which provides him a revenue stream." Adam Smith's concept of "revenue streams" is consistent with the data science approach looking to leverage data and analytics to create "value in use".
We have ready examples of how other organizations determine the economic value of assets based upon "value in use" starting with my favorite data science book – Moneyball. Moneyball describes a strategy of leveraging data and analytics (sabermetrics) to determine how valuable a player might be in the future. One of the biggest challenges for sports teams is to determine a player's future value since player salaries and salary cap management are the biggest management challenges in sports management. Consequently, data science provides the necessary forward-looking, predictive perspective to make those "future value" decisions.
Sports organizations can not accurately make the economic determination of a player's value based entirely on their past stats. To address this challenge, basketball created Real Plus-Minus (RPM)[4]. Real Plus-Minus is a predictive metric (score) that is designed to predict how well a player will perform in the future.
The Bottom-line:
Economic Value of Data Summary
To exploit the economic value of data, organizations need to transition the conversation from an accounting perspective (of what has happened) to a data science perspective (on what is likely to happen) on their data assets. Once you reframe the conversation, the EvD calculation becomes more manageable, more understandable and ultimately more actionable.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_Intermediate
[2] Edited by Seth Miller User:arapacana, Original file designed and produced by: Kosi Gramatikoff User:Kosigrim, courtesy of Abgent, also available in print (commercial offset one-page: original version of the image) by Abgent – Original file: en:File:GeneticCode21.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4574024
[3] "Wealth of Nations", http://geolib.com/smith.adam/won1-04.html
[4] https://cornerthreehoops.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/explaining-espns-real-plus-minus/
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Emerging research suggests depression in adulthood may be tied to a parent's level of education.
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Ph.D., a medical sociologist from McGill University, and co-researcher Miles Taylor reviewed 29 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
In their analysis, they reviewed associations between a parent's education level and their children's education level, household income and depressive symptoms. They discovered that higher levels of parental education meant fewer mental health issues for their adult children.
"However, we also found much of that association may be due to the fact that parents with more education tend to have children with more education and better paying jobs themselves," said Quesnel-Vallée.
"What this means is that the whole process of climbing up the social ladder that is rooted in a parent's education is a crucial pathway for the mental health of adult children."
Researchers believe these findings imply that improving educational opportunities for everyone, but especially the underprivileged, could stop the vicious cycle between low social economic status and poor mental health.
"Children don't get to choose where they come from. I think we have a responsibility to address health inequalities borne out of the conditions of early childhood," said Quesnel-Vallée.
The paper was recently published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.
Source: McGill University
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I love the magical flames made from expanding foam. But I actually can see these turned upside down to make some truly organic fleshy towers as quick LoS blocking terrain. Use some sort of support in the middle - a plastic coat hanger arm perhaps, attach to a base - wooden disc or CD. Spray on the foam and then build a crater round it so it shows a ruptured demonic tentacle or alien flesh probe bursting from the ground
Great use of the Citadel terrain kits too and also the green fairy lights in the tower on the right. What crazy spells and incantations are being wrought to defend the keep or is it just the largest Warpstone gem ever discovered? Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I just forged a narrative all over the blog, I'll go get a tissue and clean it up, sorry, couldn't help myself.
Every GW has a table set up to showcase the Dark Vengeance box set and run taster games on, but I particularly like Manchester's as the colour scheme is awesome. Granted it's not red, but it's the next best thing and this isn't just yellow, it has plenty of black in there to give a painterly to the table not unlike the artwork in the books.
I love the background too, the dieing star/warp storm in a flame red sky. These are touches the board doesn't need to have but they'v egone the extra mile just to help create that first impression for those kids that drag their parent into the store to see what it's about.
Apologies for the reflection but there's no way to see this Imperatur Titan any other way, except for the back. It's really quite a construction. Scratchbuilding Titans is a massive undertaking. My matel Liam managed to make his Warhound and Warlord brilliantly. The Warhound is a thing of beauty, potentially better than the Forgeworld model but the Warlord was an exercise in understated but effective execution. He didn't get bogged down with the detail, which may have stalled the project, put just enough on to make it interesting and managed to reproduce the design accurately enough so it didn't look daft. So many times you see Titans that are just boxes on legs but his wasn't and I think this Imperator achieves the same goal. It's simple enough to have got made but detailed and accurate enough not to look like wasted effort and resources, the glowing red eyes help too.


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Waiting for my Craftsy class to be released….. no Foolin' around here!Posted: April 1, 2014 Filed under: Education, Embroidery Software, Lisa's Chatter, Machine Embroidery Basics, Projects, Uncategorized 3 Comments
So today is the day…..butterflies in my stomach!
My class on Craftsy is scheduled to be released some time today. When I was told it was to be released on April 1st, I was like "seriously?!?" but then I thought that the timing was perfect 🙂 Today is a day of fun and silliness – so what better day for my first Craftsy Class, Big Embroidery with a Small Hoop, to be released!
So I started this post in the morning….and VOILA!! Here is the announcement! Use the above link to get the class at half price!
So, what's the class about? Thinking, planning and stitching designs that are bigger than your hoop. We will cover templates and alignment lines – the whole process from start to finish. There is no reason to think you are limited to a small embellishments just because you have a small hoop! The design shown above is just one of the hands on projects you can stitch.
So this is no joke! You can stitch big designs with any size hoop – I promise it's really not that scary and I'll be sharing some tips & tricks that make the process fun and easy. I invite you to take advantage of my introductory half price coupon and check out this class.
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Hi! Welcome to The Makeup Look.
My name is Sara and this is my beauty blog. I created this blog with a lot of considerations and I had a lot of thoughts. One day I said, "Let's do it!", and the other day I said, "Don't". But in the end I was encouraged to create this blog because of the amount of wasted time that I've spent during this summer holiday of mine.
So, in this blog I'm going to feature reviews of products that I'm going to post as soon as I can (I have a lot of things that I need to finish first before posting anything). Other than reviews I also would like to do makeup tutorials, talking about new makeup trends, and other beauty-related stuffs.
I also have my other blog, my personal blog, where I pretty much put any random stuffs there. Click here to check it out. I'll make sure to post as soon as possible. Au revoir!


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aspects of their ability to work--including continuing
education requirements for licensure and/or certification and
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appropriate to their position.
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the efforts of all employees to improve proficiency in their
present jobs and to prepare for advancement.
There may be times when a continuing education course is in
the best interest of both the employee and the employer.
Reimbursement of reasonable, documented expenses for such
educational courses will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
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My constant wish is to hold you
A simple desire that makes me blue
My love I have is out of the world
It takes a lifetime to stop this swirl
Even if I die, my life will go on
Gripping on my feelings that move along
Finding myself in pathetic pain
Because my love for you increased again
Holding you tight deep down my heart
Fearing I might loosen my grip
Do not know why I do this
I only know, you! I shouldn't miss
My strange feelings dominate me
I depend on them not breaking free
They enchant me, when on my own
By the thoughts of you, I'm not alone
Is this what one calls real love?
I tried to forget the message sent from above
But why is that I want only you?
Forget her boy! that's something I can't do
Monday, December 28, 2009
I Really Can't Do .......
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These cinnamon buns just scream Christmas morning! They'll fill your home with the warm cozy smells of butter and cinnamon, and they'll be an instant hit with everyone around your tree. Cardamom gives these buns a traditional Scandinavian flair, but if you don't care for it, or don't have it in your pantry, just double up on the cinnamon in its place. To have these buns at hand come Christmas morning, make the dough the night before, and give it a slow rise in the fridge overnight. Just give it an extra half hour to warm up before you proceed with rolling it out. Don't let the lengthy instructions scare you away- this recipe is super fun to make, and everyone can lend a hand in rolling the buns. God Jul & Merry Christmas!
To view the recipe, visit Robyn Moreno's website.


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ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2006, we became aware of a Vermont company using the phrase "Eat More Kale" on T-shirts, which are sold on their website, www.eatmorekale.com. We have co-existed under these circumstances since 2006.
However, in August of 2011, the Vermont company submitted its application to trademark the slogan "Eat More Kale" for use and protection nationally. Because of this new development, we are required to protect "Eat Mor Chikin®," our own brand and trademark.
We support the entrepreneurial spirit of small business, and, in fact, our business model is founded on providing opportunity for small business owners. Every one of our 1,603 restaurants is owned and operated by a local business person who lives in and gives back to their community. Unfortunately, when protecting our trademark, the law does not allow us to differentiate between a large company or a small enterprise.
Our award-winning advertising campaign has been in place for the past 16 years, and we must legally protect and defend our "Eat Mor Chikin®" trademarks in order to maintain rights to the slogan. It is not uncommon for us – or for any corporation – to defend our trademark rights.
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The home secretary, Theresa May, has today (Wednesday) banned all political marches in the City of London for 30 days. This is in addition to the five other London boroughs which face the bans, which were announced last Friday.
Other boroughs affected are Tower Hamlets and neighbouring boroughs Hackney, Islington, Waltham Forest and Newham. The ban begins this Friday, 2 September.
The home secretary and police have used this Saturday's planned march by the racist English Defence League (EDL) as an excuse to force through an unprecedented attack on our right to protest.
This is part of a recent clampdown on civil liberties. Thousands were arrested following the riots in London and across Britain, with draconian prison sentences for the most minor offences. It also follows the huge level of police harassment at Notting Hill Carnival last weekend.
While the EDL is banned from marching, they will still come to Tower Hamlets.
But local people opposed to the EDL thugs will not be allowed to march through their own streets to defend their community against the racists and fascists.
The protest ban also has far wider implications.
It will mean marches to save local hospitals, protest against deaths in custody or support striking workers will be illegal and prevented by the police.
This is the first time such a ban has been proposed for Greater London since the Public Order Act 1986 came into force.
This is not about protecting Londoners against the racist EDL. It is the response of a police force and government shaken by the recent riots. They want to use the law in an attempt to crush resistance to them.
Meanwhile, campaigners continue to build for Saturday's anti-fascist counter-protest.
Trade unionists from east London pledged their support for the anti-EDL demonstration at a meeting on Tuesday called by Tower Hamlets College UCU.
Billy Hayes, general secretary of the post workers' CWU union, pledged the support of his union for the demo. He accused mainstream politicians of "giving the EDL a helping hand" by spreading anti-Muslim prejudice and undermining multiculturalism.
Union reps from Tower Hamlets Unison, East London NUT and health workers in Unite, among others, also spoke out at the meeting to back the anti-EDL protest.
It's vital that every anti-fascist in the country comes to Tower Hamlets this Saturday to show their opposition to the EDL thugs.
Only mass mobilisations like this can defeat organised racists and fascists.
The new assembly point for the joint Unite Against Fascism/United East End demonstration against the English Defence League has been announced.
It will assemble at the corner of Whitechapel Road and Vallance Road near the East London Mosque at 11am (Nearest tube Whitechapel).
Sign the Unite Against Fascism petition demanding our right to march on Saturday. www.uaf.org.uk


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|Beautiful pork belly from our local butcher, note that the top skin is still on but it has been de-boned.
|I carefully remove the top-skin and set it aside, do not discard.
|All the ingredients prepared to cure the pork belly. Star Anise, Juniper berry, Bay leaf, Kosher salt, Brown sugar & wine.
|Lovely cinnamon sticks.
|Detail shot of the curing mixture on the pork belly in preparation to store in the fridge for two days.
|Another shot of the mixture on top of the pork belly in preparation to store in the fridge.
|I love pork belly!
|Place in the deepest, coldest part of your fridge. Use the top-skin as a blanket to prevent from drying out too soon.
|Note how compact the pork belly has become, the colour has also intensified. The pork has become more dense.
|Pork belly in the pot covered in olive oil in preparation to be poached for 5 hours.
|Detail shot of the pork belly cut into pieces to fit the pot. Note that the top-skin is lining the bottom of the pot.
|Make sure that you use enough olive oil to cover the pork.
|Once ready bring the pork belly up to a simmer. Do not cook covered, do not rush this process.
|Just a shot of the pork belly on my range.
|Just a detail shot of the pork as it cooks. Once the colour changes and deepens you are getting close to being done.
|Beautifully cooked and cooled pork belly. Store in air tight container.


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Dear Babel, I started writing this on the 8th of June 2015, you were 6 weeks and 2 days old. You started to say something back to us with sounds. That's very cute. The day before, I experienced that for the first time. I was so happy and jumped in the nursery room, and the whole floor shook. Mommy and Oma Moem were laughing so hard. It was the first time we responded to each other, I couldn't contain myself.
Anyway, now I'm going to talk about the day you were born, 25th April 2015, and the days before that, 4:48pm will be the time we will never forget. Mommy had been feeling contractions since Wednesday that week. I told my work that the contractions started, and labor would be any time soon. Up until this time, I got asked 'Has he arrived yet?' so many times already, by every person I met at work.
Wednesday night Oma Moem came to Buxton, we had a nice takeaway. Wednesday midnight, Mommy was saying to me that I might have to call work, to let them know I would be working from home. She woke up several times that night/morning, and around 5am her pain was strong. We decided that I needed to take the day off.
On Thursday, Mommy fought with the pain all day long, but it wasn't time yet. On Friday, her pain was worse, a midwife came to our house in the morning. The pain got intensified, so the midwife came back in the late afternoon as well. Around 9pm, it got even worse. She was crawling on the floor, couldn't move. I called Triage and an ambulance. That was my first time to call an ambulance in my life. Oh boy, the person on the phone at the ambulance services couldn't have a normal conversation, except their template questions. That drove all of us mad! We all screamed at her.
We waited for 15 minutes or so, and an NHS guy named Glenn came to support us until an ambulance arrived. He was a very nice guy. Mommy got gas and air to numb the pain, and this also made her high. She started introducing herself to Glenn so loudly that the entire apartment complex could learn who she was. We waited at the first floor landing, and finally, after about a 45-minute wait, an ambulance arrived. She lay on the ambulance bed and was carried inside the ambulance. I followed her to the ambulance. Yasmin and Oma Moem followed the ambulance in Yasmin's car.
It was 11pm Friday night. The road was empty. The ambulance didn't have to use the siren. A fast drive, we arrived at Stepping Hill Hospital smoothly. We were taken to a maternity suite. We met a couple of midwives there, also an anesthetist. Mommy told the anesthetist that she wouldn't need him, but he needed to know Mommy's physical restrictions and such, just in case, so in the end she told him. Soon after, Oma Moem arrived. There were only two extra people allowed inside, so Yasmin stayed outside. She was waiting in the waiting room.
Mommy's pain was really bad already. She constantly needed gas and air. Because the device looked like the beak of a duck, she said "Duck, duck duck duck duck!!!!" to us to get it to her mouth. Oma Moem and I, either of us, was always near the gas and air to give it to Mommy quickly. It was very tough for us to see Mommy in pain. I was already ready to say yes to her if Mommy asked for an epidural. Mommy started to say "I can't do this any more" around 1am. Oma Moem and I kept encouraging her. Mommy was thinking that if she takes any medication, she is not a good mother.
Around 2am, her pain was unbearable, she decided to get an epidural. The anesthetist came in with some tools. Mommy needed to fill out the consent form. This kind of form is there to think about the worst case scenario, such as there is a very minor possibility that your legs will get paralyzed. It was scary. He and his assistant put a transparent sheet on Mommy's back, and they injected the epidural. After a short while, Mommy started to feel better. She was able to have a regular conversation again, even though she was sleep deprived, and exhausted. Things got better after that. I had a short nap on a chair, so did Oma Moem.
What scared me a lot was when Dr. Fumi (unsure of spelling) came in on Saturday morning and found out that your breathing record was unstable. He said "Quickly please!" to his assistants, and they were working very hastily. I was very worried. After 10 minutes or so, they found the breathing meter was not attached well, that's why the record was unstable. What a big relief. Around noon, Dr. Fumi and another doctor checked the dilation. It was about 8 cm; 2cm short. They came back again, but the dilation was not much different. We started to talk about C-section. I started to send messages to my parents and Yasmin that we might have to do a C-section. The doctors were talking about the availability of the operating theater. Fortunately, there was another patient who became an emergency and had to go first, so we had to wait a couple of hours. While waiting, we tried to push as much as we could. Mommy pushed, and I encouraged her by saying "Go go go,,," or "Push push push,,,". Because of one hour of this pushing, the dilation became 9.5 cm.
Around 4pm, the doctors decided to take us to the theater to do a C-section. I put on a green gown and a blue hat. It was cool to be inside the theater. Only one person was allowed to be there, so Oma Moem went to the waiting room, and waited with Yasmin. There were more than 10 people in the theater. The doctors gave Mommy an episiotomy and gave us 3 chances to do vaginal birth with the help of forceps. We were very determined to put everything on this last chance.
The first attempt,,, nothing came out.
Second attempt,,, nothing again!
And the third attempt,,, Mommy said to me "Something is coming out, Yasu."
I didn't want to forget this moment, and wanted to remember precisely forever, so I was filming this with my iPhone. I was stroking her face, and hoping I would see something in the doctor's hands. Behind the surgery sheet, which covered Mommy's legs, a grey baby covered with blood and liquid showed up! It was you! I saw you for the first time! I was screaming with joy. Even with blood and liquid, you were shining beautifully. What was different from my expectation was you were not crying, nor breathing. So the medical staff took you to a special bed with a breathing aid machine. I was worried.
After a couple of minutes, they invited me to come to the bed. I touched you, and heard your weak cry. They sent me back to my seat. Mommy couldn't see you there, but she could see my face. Not to panic her, I kept my face straight. I was worried still. After 5 minutes or so, they brought you to Mommy. The first time she saw you close, Mommy started to cry, and gave you some kisses. The time you were born was 4:48pm. We had worked so hard for many hours. I'm sure Mommy did the heaviest lifting, but we were all exhausted yet at the same time extremely happy. It was a start of a new phase of our life.
Then you were taken to the incubation room as Mommy had a fever when you were born. I was taken to a room next to the theater to wait for Mommy. While waiting, a nurse suggested me to talk to Oma Moem and Yasmin. I ran to the waiting room. We group-hugged, and Oma Moem and Yasmin started to cry. I went back to where Mommy was, and we started to make calls to Japan, the Netherlands, and Japan again, as Djamo was in Osaka at the time. It was around 5pm here so was 1am in Japan. My parents and Djamo stayed awake until 3 or 4 am on that day to celebrate your birth.
Around 7pm, we were allowed to go to the incubation room. We were instructed to wash our hands thoroughly. You were put in an incubator, receiving an intravenous drip, and being monitored. We could see a bit of dried blood and liquid on your body and hair. You were sleeping soundly. Mommy and I were only allowed to take one more person with us. So Mommy and Oma Moem went there together, and Yasmin and I.
That is how day 1 of your life went. It is fascinating to see that moment of your life. A life is long, but many old people say it's short. I'm very excited to see how your life will go. Mommy and I put so much love, time, energy, and effort into having you. Finally, you are born and healthy. How fortunate we are to have you. Everything went perfectly, that's why you are there. You are the result of our perfect luck. It's a miracle. You are a miracle.


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Discussion in 'Forex Brokers' started by frank99, Mar 3, 2007.
Does anyone know why Oanda has been down since Friday?
Maybe the took your money and left the Country.
According to cgibson an Oanda employee,
The maintenance of our FXTrade servers has been taking longer than originally anticipated. There are a number of operating system and user-level software patches required in order to properly support this year's adjustment to Daylight Savings Time. The updates raised a number of issues that we are working on resolving, and are confident that we will have resolved in time for regular market trading. This work is progressing at a careful pace, as we need to test all systems to ensure their stability before placing them back on-line for live trading.
We can assure you that this maintenance has no impact on your account funds, positions or records, and that we are working as quickly as possible to bring the servers back on-line.
Thank you for your continued patience as we work to resolve this issue.
Thanks! I'm glad they finally posted something. I wasn't worried until they shut down the thread with all the complaints.
Of course they are going to post something good. You still should be worried. You should start making phone calls first thing on Monday if they aren't up and running.
I do not have all of my money there...Thats how I deal with it...
Michael B.
P.S. Not that I have a lot of money or anything like that...BUt I got some cash in money market account just in case.
Yup, the old adage to "diversify your portfolio" is applicable in other areas besides stock portfolios.
It's very tempting to painstakingly search for the perfect broker and put all of your money there. But I've met several traders who have accounts at several brokerages and move it around periodically. They're hedging against a brokerage failure.
It makes sense but I'm a looooooong way from having so much capital that I need to do that.
For what it's worth, I believe that the panic observed on the Oanda forums will prove groundless come Monday. They're not out of business though they probably should have communicated better about the outage status.
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Let's face it, selfies have a bad rep. You're either self absorbed, using the wrong angle, too obsessed with social media, etc. But for Eva Rut Gunnlaugsdottir, the 35-year-old woman from Iceland, they were a way to help her lose serious weight: 110 pounds!
It Started As A Joke
"I posted the first one almost as a joke," she told Central European News. "I felt really bad about myself and looked bad and I felt if I could start to see the change it might help me to carry on. But in fact I was also so embarrassed about the images that it was something that made me determined to carry on."
Eva started posting her selfies to her Instagram and Facebook in the beginning of last year marking them daily as day 1/365, 2/365, etc. She began paying attention to her diet and made healthier choices each day. Though keeping to her diet wasn't easy, Eva says that her friends were what helped her stay on track. By the next year, she had shed more than 100 pounds.
Research has shown that having a supportive network can go a long way in keeping up with weight loss goals. See more here: Making Friends Online Could Help You Lose Weight.
The idea here is that sharing weight-loss photos on sites like Facebook or Instagram forces you to be more pro-active. If people you're close with see you're trying to lose weight, it makes you more accountable to actually work toward your goal.
"I still find it painful to look at the first few selfies from last year," she admits. "But I always feel better looking at the end of the year."
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Hansen Dam Polar Bear Swim 2009
My secret weapon this year? Practicing a little in a MUCH colder pool during the week. I decided I wanted to try and swim the entire distance rather than walk across or dolphin leap across the 100 meter pool.
At first it felt great, yet little by little my strength started to drain from my arms, as I got closer to the finish of the swim, the harder it became to make forward progress without allowing my feet to touch the bottom of the pool.
Why do I do it? Because it makes me feel alive. It makes the New Year really FEEL like a new birth. It cleanses me and awakens me to new possibilities and new hopes.
Also, it is the comradeship. People whom I see just once a year on this day at this place. The ritual we share: swimming, warming ourselves by the fire, hot chocolate, smiles and an attempt to sum up our past year in a flurry of flowing words and stories. Delightful.
If you haven't tried it already, I recommend a New Year's Day ritual that allows you to feel reborn and new. The polar bear swim at Hansen Dam is one great way to do it.
What's really beautiful for me this year is the fact that I can look out across the Hansen Dam Recreational Area and see where I live at Weathertop Farms, looking south across the big lake in Hansen Dam. It gives an interesting perspective on life when you can see beautiful mountains and hills, unspoiled by development, all around you...even in LA...a paradise to me.
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Cecil L'Ively (Mark Sheppard) is a man with pyrokinesis, or the ability to control fire. He used this ability to murder several important dignitaries in England before doing the same in the United States. He was ultimately defeated by Agents Mulder and Scully with assistance from Phoebe Green.
During the episode Scully finds out that a person in the UK with this name has died two times under hot and strange circumstances. The first person was a kid that apparently was burned alive during a satanic ritual sometime in the '60s. The second person died in 1971 in a terrible fire. In the end of the episode L'Ively spontaneously catches fire and recovers "miraculously" fast in a military hospital. On asked how they can help him further, L'Ively responds to the nurse that he would die for a cigarette.


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The best detail in this strip is Garfield rotating his head to listen to the conversation of two people standing two feet apart.
Panel three: Is it more insulting or pathetic that Jon thinks he can convince Liz that an appointment written in a notebook can be spontaneously cancelled? Myself I'm surprised that Jon owns a daily planner at all. My calendar just says "read Garfield" every day.
What does Garfield's coy smile mean? I'd like to think it's a timely Tale of Two Kitties reference, and because of Garfield's well-known animosity towards the royals, he's glad the Queen cancelled.
So... Panel one: Is Liz about to ask Jon out, before he gets too eager and blows it? Or am I suffering from the same delusions as Jon? It's not because I'm a Jon/Liz 'shipper. I just like the idea of Liz, who knows exactly what kind of bad investment Jon is, making herself unhappy by dating him anyway. Because the lifestuff of tragedy is the dried blood of comedy.


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This is a neat little application of a glitch in the game known (to me) as Pot Head Clipping, which I have described in detail in Thought Dump Thursday 3/3/16.
The procedure is simple:
- Start new game
- Exit Gale's house
- Enter leftmost building
- Set up pots as follows
- Jump
- ???
- Profit (literally, there's a chest with 25 Rai in there )
If you manage to get behind the anchor boxes without the Wooden Bat, there's no way out. Regardless which anchor box(es) you hit with the chest, the box(es) will not move far enough and will not take enough damage to break. Also, because they are anchor boxes, they cannot be pushed like other boxes can.
For the record, my definition of "softlocking" in this game is forcing yourself into a situation that you can only escape by reloading the page. Keeping this definition in mind, the methodology presented above is the fastest way to truly softlock the game, and one of only two. The alternative method is to roll into a small dead-end passageway that ends up blocked off by some sort of container, an example of which is demonstrated in the GIF below.
On the other hand, there are many more ways you can pseudo-softlock; i.e., force yourself into a situation that can only be escaped by reloading the page or dying. In fact, if you remember this image:
This is one such example. Notice that the only way out of the situation is to reload the page or use the Bombs to gradually reduce your HP to 0.
Some other examples of pseudo-softlocking that I can name off the top of my head are: Pot Head Clipping between the two locked doors in Bandits' Lair; Door Pushing the aforementioned two locked doors (or unlocking one and Pot Head Clipping past the other) and entering the boss door (which resets the doors' positions and leaves you with no way back but reloading or suiciding); and initiating the Big Eye fight from outside of the barricades (which leaves you in a cut-off place where you can only stand on the right or fall to the left). Speaking of the last case, if you initiate the Big Eye fight from afar and pass through the doorway on just the right frame, you'll end up on the far right side of the save statue room with an invisible barrier just to the right of the aforementioned doorway. (In this situation, there's not even anywhere to fall.)
That's all for today. I really didn't have anything special to talk about, so I felt like dropping a little Softlocking 101.


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|07 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
I cant shrink volume please help...
My System contains two partitions...
As shown in above figure, my os partition size is 222 GB. Free space in OS partition is 85 GB. I want to Move 80 GB free space of OS partition to second Partion(F:) to do this, I tried to Shrink the OS volume. But size of available space for shrinking is only 707 MB.
But there is 85GB free space in my OS partion. why this occurs? How can i reach my goal? please help... i am waiting for your responses... Thanks
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|08 Nov 2011
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
Sorry I cannot see the picture ... for some reason tinypic doesnt load for me
If your first disk (DISk0) contains less than four primary partitions, you can do the job using Partition Wizard Bootable CD . . For how to do it tutorial, follow the option three of the tutorial Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD , it will work for shrinking from the right side, too.
EDIT : If there are four primary partitions already, dont try it. First convert a non-system partition to logical (Partition wizard can do it), and then try the above. Sorry again that I cannot see the pic you posted .
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|26 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
My System contains two partitions...
As shown in above figure, my os partition size is 222 GB. Free space in OS partition is 85 GB. I want to Move 80 GB free space of OS partition to second Partion(F:) to do this, I tried to Shrink the OS volume. But size of available space for shrinking is only 707 MB.
But there is 85GB free space in my OS partion. why this occurs? How can i reach my goal? please help... i am waiting for your responses... Thanks
One problem that I see is that you are trying to shrink your primary boot partition and that is allowed but: your disk most likely has the page file and hyberfil on the C drive which takes up space and most likely will be at the end of your c drive. That creates a problem where there is not enough space to shrink as your pictures indicate.
One other problme is that even if you can shrink the C drive by the 80 gigs your asking for. It will not be available to the F drive as it will end up in front of the F drive and in MHO, I don't think you can add space to the front of another partition.
If you want to do this, you can copy all the data from your F drive to an external drive and the remove the F partiion, Then you can defragment your C drive temporarily remove your page and hyberfil. then you should be able to shrink your C drive and then that space will be available for your new partion which most likely would be F.
But, I think it is not a good idea to have so little free space on your C drive as most programs require space to install files on your C drive. Also you might not have enough space for system restore files, which can get large. Also you might have several restore files which you could get rid of before the defrag.
Just my opinion on what you want to accomplish
Good luck
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|27 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
Have a look at this article that enumerates the bottlenecks and how to deal with them. Working Around Windows Vista's "Shrink Volume" Inadequacy Problems - How-To Geek These apply to Windows 7 too.
Also download the trial version of Raxco Perfect Disk 12 Professional Defrag Software - PerfectDisk 12 Professional and use it in the final step.
All this is going to be a time-consuming process, but done with due diligence, you should be able to shrink substantially.
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Again, free Partition Wizard CD's Resize function will do this effortlessly - even check the file system on the fly.
It's been used thousands of times without fail here.
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Responding to Negative Customer Feedback on Social Media
by Nathan S
If you have a social media account for your business, be it Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ or some combination of the five, chances are good that at some point, you have or will have to deal with postings which speak poorly of your company. Indeed, this is one of the major necessary aspects of social media marketing. How your company deals with these negative responses goes a long way in determining the success of your social media marketing campaigns.
Recognize the Feedback for What it Is and Respond Accordingly
There are three basic "flavors" of negative feedback: genuine expressed concern for an issue, destructive criticism and spam. While you should always remain professional, understanding what kind of negative feedback the commenter left can go a long way in determining how to answer them.
If genuine concern is expressed, thank them for their advice. If you have a plan for resolving the concern, now is a great time to share it with your followers. This level of transparency does not go unnoticed, and actually improves customer perception of your business. Conversely, ignoring these concerns will almost always damage your reputation, because it makes you appear as though you are ignoring known problems. This translates into a lack of regard for the customer, and they will likely disengage if you demonstrate poor customer service in this way.
Destructive criticism is a little bit trickier. In fact, it is probably the hardest form of negative feedback to deal with. In the event of destructive criticism, the commenter is angry, and has some real reasons to be angry with your company. However, rather than calmly addressing these issues to you, the comment is designed to drive people away from your company.
In this case, your company needs to understand what genuine underlying concerns are present in the criticism, offer solutions, and most importantly, remain calm. It does your company no good to become defensive. Rather, by showing that you see the problem and are willing to take steps to fix it, you show your customers a great deal of integrity and transparency. You probably won't win the customer back, but treating them well will limit the damage.
The last category, spam, is difficult to define precisely. However, the best metric is to read the post and determine if there is a legitimate point being made. If there is, it's destructive criticism and needs to be addressed as such. Otherwise, this constitutes one of the only cases where it is suitable to be dismissive in your response. This is someone who is simply trying to garner attention for themselves. By not giving it to them, you will cut the problem at its source.
However, in deciding to be dismissive, be very certain that the post is not a genuine concern or destructive criticism. Treating either of these posts as spam is highly likely to cause a backlash.


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Animal Jam – Well roared, lion!
Educational Browser Game – Today we have played something absolutely different. Animal Jam, an educational free to play browser game, developed in cooperation with National Geographic. This game tries to combine education and fun and might be the suitable candidate for our younger players. We checked it out and here is our review.
Official Animal Jam Trailer
Game Concept
The game concept of Animal Jam starts like described in the following: At the beginning you create your character, or rather said, you pick the animal of your liking. Once you did that, the game opens a huge and colorful world for you to explore. There are countless mini games, educational panels and other stuff which you might not expect to find. Most of these discoveries provide coins or other rewards that you can use to personalize your animal character or its home, while competing for high scores or engaging with friends. Invite them over to your den or explore the world together – the choice is yours.
Choose the animal of your liking:
Usually we are used to select a character class in the beginning, maybe adjust a few sliders and be done with it. Animal Jam has a way more playful approach. Giving you the opportunity to choose between dozens of different animals, you can literally become almost any animal except for a few exotics. For our test though, we chose to become a little with an eyepatch and a hat – a real gentleman. Another funny thing comes with the name-system of Animal Jam. Instead of having a simple blank field, which requires you to put any given in it, the game offers you three sliders. Each slider contains titles and other prefixed name particles that you can merge into colorful names like "Princess Jellygirl" or "Swimming Berrybear".
Countless of hidden games and activities:
Once you were introduced to the game, Animal Jam leaves you to it. There is this massive world for you to explore. Initially it was a bit overwhelming, since we had no idea where to go and what to do. It was refreshing that were almost no restrictions on what we could do. We went from A to G and from G to B and while doing so we found countless of activities. One of the most common activities are mini games. Some of those game have a close resemblance to gaming classics like Space Invaders, while other are completely unique. Each game does provide a certain amount of currency when played. Money, which you can invest in several things like cosmetics, clothing and even furniture for your personal den.
Learn about nature while playing the game:
Since the free to play browser educational game Animal Jam was developed in cooperation with National Geographic, the game does have a huge educational component too. Even though there are tons of mini games to be played within Animal Jam, there is still so much more to see. Panels with information concerning certain information about animals, insects and flora can be found everywhere and there are even interactive videos, how to do guidelines and other hidden features to add some scientific background to the world you are currently playing in.
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(NewsUSA) – During a tough economic climate, it can be a stressful time for many homebound seniors, if not for their pets. Many seniors, when strapped for resources, choose to feed their pets instead of themselves. This means neither the pet owner nor the pet get the nutrition they need to stay healthy.
To keep both pets and their owners fed, Banfield Pet Hospital and the Banfield Charitable Trust (BCT) partnered with the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), which provides home-delivered meals to people in need, to create a pet-feeding program called Season of Suppers, which is now in its fifth year. As part of the program, more than 760 Banfield locations are collecting pet food and monetary donations to help homebound seniors feed their pets.
Despite the current economy, the BCT hopes to collect 40 tons of pet food and raise $100,000 to fund pet food distribution programs, which is an increase from last year.
Season of Suppers does more than provide meals. The funds it raises each year help sustain and expand pet-feeding programs throughout the country. As a direct result of the Season of Suppers campaign, more than 100 pet-feeding programs have been funded or received much-needed support.
Season of Suppers runs until Dec. 31. There are three ways to help feed hungry pets this year:
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2. Donate money at any Banfield Pet Hospital in the Season of Suppers donation box. To find your nearest Banfield location, visit www.banfield.net
3. Contribute online by visiting www.BCTSOS.org and clicking the "donate now" button. Your donation of $30 will help feed one pet for an entire month.
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Free Scott Ritter
This petition had 80 supporters
June 27, 2013
To President Obama, the World Court, and the American People:
Scott Ritter is a peacemaker who has saved millions of
people from the fate of being casualties of war, and many
of these people are Americans.
The United States Government, and certainly the American
people who now have the backing of the whole world behind
us in resisting the encroachment of the
creeping Fascist coup in our midst,
can show a better form of gratitude
toward Scott Ritter for all of the
wonderful things he's done, than
by locking him up in a Federal prison
on false charges which were hurled
against him repeatedly by a corrupt
political machine. The motives for the
repeated series of despicable frameups
were completely political and had nothing
to do with protecting the public from any
sort of menace.
I have reviewed in detail the case brought against
Scott Ritter by the corrupt political prosecution
machine of Tom Corbett - who is a
fascist, power-mad, well-oiled
late 1980s protege, by way of
Governor Tom Ridge, of the
Bush political machine.
No charges ever brought against Scott Ritter,
or attempted against his good name, have
any merit. The "evidence" was reviewed by a top
data analysis firm and found conclusively to be
flawed, tainted, fraught with reasonable doubt
and in all likelihood tampered with in a way
which is thoroughly malicious. It is an established
fact that there was not only motive, but opportunity
for prosecution to perpetrate these acts of malice.
There is no victim of any conduct of Scott Ritter,
and as far as the charge of intent is concerned,
it is so weak as to be laughably false, when the
evidence in the case is critically examined.
The intent here was to defame Scott Ritter
and to enlist his own co-operation in the
process of discrediting himself.
Scott Ritter's real "crime", if it can be called that,
was to speak out against the Iraq war which
President Bush Jr. announced in advance
(and in this context, you may recall Bush, Jr. stupidly
telegraphing the intended enemy
for WEEKS before starting a war,
in callous disregard
of human life!)
Scott Ritter tried to prevent that war. He said, "We
thoroughly inspected Iraq for nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons." (Scott Ritter led that effort).
He said, "There are none left. This war is being
launched under false pretenses." (Scott Ritter was
giving expert advice). He said that diplomacy was
the way to achieve whatever objectives the United
States has in respect to Iraq. (He was right, of
course.) Scott Ritter also warned over eleven years
ago that a war in Iraq, for the United States, would be
unwinnable. Who was right? Was it the Bush (league)
Administration, which carelessly launched this war that
is still not over or won yet (and probably never will be)
or Scott Ritter, the lone and brave dissenter who
carefully warned against such careless disregard for
human life?
For these outspoken EXPERT opinions,
Scott Ritter was silenced, ignored - and proven right.
When you are right, and when you are dealing with
ruthless people who believe that they cannot afford to
lose an argument with you, they will sense that they
have run out of ideas and that they are on the short
side of truth: AND THEY WILL TRY TO LABEL YOU.
The more desperate they are, the worse the label will be.
If there is ONE CRIME that is as bad as molesting
children, it is FALSELY LABELING SOMEONE
A "PEDOPHILE" - especially in retaliation for
doing something good, or as some type of political
witch-hunt. Such a tactic is either calculated and vile
character-assassination, or hero-fantasy by violent
people who are looking for the nearest scapegoat.
Often, such labeling is a way to discredit an inconvenient
Every forensic expert in the field of child
psychology and pediatric well-being and science
will agree with that statement, unless they themselves
are politically influenced and married to the gravy train
of false prosecution. And every American during these
times of prosecutorial misconduct needs to be mature
enough to realize this:
If there is ever a sure way that any dishonest person
can and will seize upon to destroy a business rival, a political
opponent, or a potential honest witness or
whistleblower, or even a respected person who an
accuser harbors resentment or insane jealousy toward,
it is to either play the nastiest card in the deck
against that person - the "P-word" card - or to allow
the chips to fall where they may when that victim of defamation
is destroyed by someone else, and to do so perhaps
out of realistic fear, or inability to help, or due to moral cowardice.
The accusation is not only the evidence, but amounts to the
conviction and sentence too, from which there is no real appeal.
Imagine yourself in this situation:
You are a critic of Government, or a witness to a
possible violation of law. You are speaking up
against some people who may or may not be
powerful, but they certainly are more ruthless than
you know. Suddenly, one day, you unexpectedly
find yourself in handcuffs - and YOU are labelled
a "pedophile", etc. You know you are innocent
of any and all charges. You know you never broke
the law, or had any intention of doing so.
What defense can YOU, suddenly in such a situation,
come up with? Can you even find an attorney who
is willing to risk their own neck to save yours?
NOW YOU KNOW the predicament Scott Ritter
has found himself in - one of COMPLETE
DEFENSELESSNESS and abject knowledge that
he has been betrayed by a country he loves
and has served well and with honor - and a country
which he tried in vain to spare from an unnecessary war
- a war which Secretary of State John Kerry himself described
in these six words: "wrong war, wrong time, wrong place."
Scott Ritter is a happily married man, absent these
false charges and setups. His wife is a beauty of
Georgian nationality from the former Soviet Union
who...as you might guess....met him through an
intelligence contact initially meant perhaps to
compromise him; and Scott Ritter's behavior in
all that was not only flawless, but gallant and heroic.
I believe Scott Ritter has at least one child who needs
him as a dad, and who doesn't need this political
three-ring circus ruining her life - a three-ring circus
brought to you by the same people who failed to
arrest Jerry Sandusky, who beat up a New York
motorist in Bradford Township, and who failed to
investigate a child procurement ring as described
in the You Tube video, Corbettgate.
Scott Ritter is an intelligence officer, who should be
PROTECTED by any sane, reasonable and honest
government loyal to its own interests and people,
and not THROWN TO THE WOLVES in a petty and
mendacious manner which reeks of treachery.
The process of baiting Scott Ritter in the way he was baited
(and there is NO EVIDENCE that in any case, Scott
Ritter intended to break the law in any way - ALL the
evidence is that some corrupt forces in Government
wanted to pour mud on his good name) is a clear and
present danger to the United States, and could only
have originated by way of authorization from the highest
levels of Government. What kind of Government deliberately
makes war on its own best and brightest intelligence
officers and ad hoc advisors? Of course, the same
one we had in Washington under President Bush, Jr.!
They did not relinquish control when Obama became
President. They tightened their control and pushed
the new President aside on all matters of military
policy, intelligence, and political influence and justice,
as well as banking, finance and other power-centers.
The number of foreclosures in the United States during the
first four years of Obama's White House stay was
DOUBLE what it was under the last four years of
President Bush, Jr. - which is a sure sign that when
it came to implementing "hope and change" for the
American people, President Obama has had absolutely
no traction since becoming President. It isn't the Republicans
in the House of Representatives that have turned Obama into
a powerless and completely weak President. It is normal for
Congress to be a center of loyal opposition, and the President
and his political strategists are looking in the wrong direction.
President Obama, since January 20, 2009, had faced one major
roadblock - the techies in his own Administration.
And now we know what is really going on. The WORLD
knows. And the world is conveying this message to
President Obama loud and clear: It is time for him to
turn over a new leaf - as described in the change dot org
petition: President Obama, Turn Over A New Leaf.
One test of whether President Obama has actually been able
to gain control over his own Administration, other than the
thin veneer of cronies at the top levels (and these prominent
people do not implement policy) is the nature and
frequency of Presidential pardons. The record shows the
ineffectiveness of Mr. Obama on this score, and the way
the pardoning process in the Obama Administration has been
successfully obstructed by worms in the woodwork.
To this date, there may be only two Presidents
who have granted fewer pardons than Obama
(on either a per-capita basis vis a vis
the US population during the time of each President,
or on a ratio of backlog intensity, pressing need or
formal requests) are James Garfield and
William Henry Harrison - both of whom died in office
so soon after becoming President, that neither had time
to make it to their first Christmas pardoning season.
In fact, neither President (the elder Harrison or Garfield)
even had the chance to pardon a turkey!
On the other hand, the list of sparse, stingy Obama pardons
has fewer living Americans who have actually benefited
from Obama's pardons, than the number of turkeys
whose lives have been saved before Thanksgiving since 2009!
We have tens of thousands of Americans whose
lives have been ruined due to deliberate injustices
knowingly perpetrated against them, their families
and their communities, by Government agencies -
including bureaucrats, corrupt prosecutors
and judges who are in tandem with industrial-
scale, profit-driven prosecutorial hoax artists.
We have to start somewhere to reverse this process,
because the credibility of the United States has been
destructively abraded. A growing number of requests
for the extradition of people wanted in the United States
are being refused by foreign governments who have
the good sense to know that if they grant an extradition
request to the United States, the person who they hand
over will not be guaranteed any opportunity for a
fair hearing.
They know that Government prosecutors cannot be punished
or admonished for lying in court in the United States.
The reputation of the USA is at stake no less than that of
the President, as long as the issue of restoration of justice
in America hangs precariously in the balance.
Whatever you think of petitions, whatever you think of
the President, and whether you are a Republican, an
Independent, or a Democrat, or a non-participant in
politics; signing and sharing this petition serves your
own interests, because you will benefit from living in a
society which is more just and more morally coherent.
To nitpick now, only to regret later that you allowed an
opportunity to help wrongfully accused people in
their hour of distress, recalls Scripture in Proverbs 24: 10-12.
Act as though your own life depends on
helping victims of American injustice today -
because tomorrow it could be you, swept into things.
Not only are all of us vulnerable to being victimized
by Government injustice as never before in the USA -
but you, like everyone else in the world, are in increasingly
greater danger every day due to the virulent spillover
of the spreading Syrian war which is increasingly becoming
an international conflict -
and which now, more than ever, calls for the skills and
wisdom of Scott Ritter and other rare people who are
adept at peacemaking, to put an end to it
as quickly as possible.
Everything else has been tried, and failed.
Why not try this?
The 52-part Pardon and Reprieve has been in the
e-mail list of all ranking Democrats and people able to
contact the President, since December 11, 2012.
These are emergency requests on behalf
of people who are in distress and in need of
emergency disaster assistance due to man-made disasters
inflicted upon each of them unjustly, by Government.
Some of these man-made disasters may have been
inflicted accidentally, and with good intentions.
But most are cases of Fascist intentionalism gone
blatantly berserk - often for profit or due to political
Scott Ritter is one of the people listed on the
52-part Pardon and Reprieve.
Every single one of the people on this list is a victim
of at least one Constitutional violation including flaws in the
administration of due process of law. None of the people
listed constitute a danger to society today, and none of the
people listed here ever constituted a danger to society
after reaching adulthood. Only one committed a violent crime
as a child, because she was an impressionable individual
goaded into it by an older neighborhood manipulator;
the sentence imposed on her is contrary to the Eighth
Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Support this process of clemency, for a better America
and for a more law-abiding Government.
What is more important to you as an American and a
person who has a vital interest in world peace?
Is it more important that our Government in Washington
continue to act as a shill for the corrupt Corbett political
machine in Pennsylvania, which is itself a part and parcel
of the military-industrial complex which President
Eisenhower warned against in his Farewell Address?
(This Corbett political machine is not entirely gone as
a result of the election of Tom Wolf as Governor and
Kathleen Kane as State Attorney General.
Its prosecutorial operatives are still going haywire.
It hasn't been rooted out at all. Its cogs are still there.
This political machine was in a big hurry to prosecute
both Scott Ritter and Scott Davis, neither of whom
EVER harmed or even solicited anyone under the
age of 18 for ANY unlawful purpose, and was also the
same political machine which DRAGGED ITS HEELS
on prosecuting Jerry Sandusky, the big Republican
political donor to Tom Corbett's campaigns; and failed to
protect the daughter of Heather Gebhardt in Souderton
in the spring of 2011)
OR - is it more important that at a time when over
100,000 people in Syria and in neighboring lands
have been killed in warfare which includes the chemical
weaponry that Scott Ritter is such an experienced expert
in defining and identifying, that the Administration
in Washington STOP PLAYING GAMES, get down
to the serious business of making peace instead of
spinning its wheels ineffectively,
PARDON and FREE SCOTT RITTER, and allow him
to do what he does best -
Time is of the essence. There is no emergency or
clear and present danger calling for the imprisonment
of Scott Ritter now, or at any time in the past or future.
(Note: Scott Ritter has been reportedly released from
prison in Pennsylvania, on parole. But he is still not free,
and the malignant intention to discredit has triumphed.)
There is EVERY clear and present reason
why Scott Ritter should be freed, and why the
Corbett prosecutorial political machine should be
investigated by the US Justice Department
and by an independent special investigator reporting
directly to the President -
a Federal Independent Special Transgovernment Prosecutor;
or FIST Prosecutor, who can POLYGRAPH these
prosecutorial hoodwinkers all the way up to the top of
that State government now perpetrating a Fascist occupation
of the Cradle of Liberty.
It is time, for the reasons listed above and for many
other reasons, for the President of the United States
to grant unto Scott Ritter (William Scott Ritter Jr.)
a complete pardon, a manumission and commutation
of sentence, an expungement of the record, a
Letter of Declaration of Actual Innocence, emergency
disaster relief compensation without prejudice, and
appointment as a
Special Ambassador for Peace, Justice and Technical
Investigations - and if the President will not do this
very soon, then the World Court should take emergency
remedial action to exoneratively obtain the freedom of
Scott Ritter and other people listed in
the 52-part Pardon and Reprieve,
over any and all objections
of the United States Government.
Please show your personal courage and
fearless resolve to do what is right by
signing and sharing this petition with
others, and sponsoring it if you can.
For a better America and a better world:
Scott Davis
Committee of 37 Peace Initiative
PO Box 877
Edgmont, PA 19028-0877
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Vand Bichon Havanese
Caini de vanzare > Caini talie mica si de companie > Caini de companie 1
Bichon Havanez de vanzare
Vand caine Bichon Havanez
Vand catei Bichon Havanez
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Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bichon Havanese
Nume alternative: Bichon havanez, Bichon habaner, Cainele
matasos de Havana.
Tara de origine: Cuba.
Istoric: aceasta rasa este considerata urmasa Bichonilor europeni
cum ar fi Bolognese si Maltese. Interesul pentru Bichoni s-a
raspandit in porturile Imperiului spaniol, inclusiv Havana. Aceasta
rasa este Bichonul Cubei si a fost dezvoltat pe parcursul secolului
al XX-lea. A fost crescuta ca animal de companie de catre aristocratie,
dar a devenit repede popular si printre oamenii din clasa de mijloc. A
fost adus in S.U.A. pentru prima data odata cu refugiatii cubanezi care
au plecat din tara dupa revolutia din anul 1959.
Descriere fizica: un caine mic, indesat, care este mai lung decat
este inalt. Capul este trapezoidal, usor lat, cu craniul usor rotunjit.
Botul este egal ca lungime cu craniul. Ochii si nasul sunt negrii, iar
urechile sunt lasate. Coada are blana si este purtata peste spate.
Blana dubla are un strat exterior lung, moale. Parul de pe frunte se
lasa peste ochi la unele exemplare.
Inaltime: 20-28 cm.
Greutate: 3-6 kg.
Temperament: este un caine foarte usor de dresat, inteligent si
ascultator. Este tacut si bland, dar in acelasi timp jucaus. Este
afectuos cu stapanul sau, dar este prietenos cu aproape toata
lumea, inclusiv cu copiii, cu alte animale si cu strainii.
Nivel de Activitate: scazut.
Cel mai bun stapan: se descurca cel mai bine cu o familie intr-o
casa de oras sau din suburbie.
Nevoi speciale: atentie, ingrijirea blanii.
Posibile probleme de sanatate: condrodisplazie, surzenie,
displazie de sold, cataracta juvenila, sunt hepatici, luxarea patelelor,
afectiuni ale pielii.
afectiuni ale pielii.
Interpet's International
Vand caine de rasa Bichon Havanez
Fotografii Bichon Havanez de vanzare
FCI-Standard N° 250 / 12.01.2009/ GB
(Bichon havanais)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis, revised by R. Triquet.
ORIGIN : Western Mediterranean basin, development : Cuba.
UTILIZATION : Companion and toy dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 9 Companion and Toy
Section 1 Bichons and related breeds.
Without working trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The breed comes from the
Western Mediterranean region and has developed along the Spanish and
Italian coastal region. It would seem that these dogs were imported early
in Cuba by ocean navigating Italian captains. Erroneously, the most frequent
brown colour of these dogs (tobacco) gave birth to the legend which would
mean it to be a breed originating from Havana, capital of Cuba. The political
events however have led to the total disappearance of the old blood lines of
the Havanese in Cuba; apparently a few dogs could be successfully
smuggled out from Cuba; their descendants have survived in the U.S.A.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : The Havanese is a sturdy little dog, low
on his legs, with long abundant hair, soft and preferably wavy. His
movement is lively and elastic.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : The length of the muzzle (tip of nose
to stop) is equal to the distance between the stop and the occipital
protuberance. The relation between the length of the body (measured
from the point of the shoulder to the point of the buttock) and the
height at the withers is of 4/3.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Exceptionally bright he is easy
to train as alarm dog. Affectionate,
of a happy nature, he is amiable,
a charmer, playful and even a bit of a clown. He loves children and
plays endlessly with them.
HEAD : Of medium length, the relation between the length of the head
and that of the trunk (measured
from the withers to the base of the tail)
is of 3/7.
Skull : Flat to very slightly rounded, broad; forehead hardly rising; seen
from above it is rounded at the back and almost straight and square on
the other three sides.
Stop : Moderately marked.
Nose : Black or brown.
Muzzle : Narrowing progressively and slightly towards the nose
but neither snipey nor truncated.
Lips : Fine, lean, tight.
Jaws/Teeth : Scissor bite. A complete dentition is desirable. The
absence of premolars 1 (PM1) and molars 3 (M3) is tolerated.
Cheeks : Very flat, not prominent.
Eyes : Quite big, almond shape, of brown colour as dark as possible.
Kind expression. The eyes rims must be dark brown to black.
Ears : Set relatively high; they fall along the cheeks forming a discreet
fold which raises them slightly. Their extremity is in a lightly rounded
point. They are covered with hair in long fringes. Neither propeller
ears (sticking sideways), nor stuck to the cheeks.
NECK : Of medium length.
BODY : The length of the body is slightly superior to that of the
height at the withers.
Back : Topline straight, slightly arched over the loin.
Croup : Noticeably inclined.
Ribs : Well sprung.
Belly (abdomen) : Well tucked up.
TAIL : Carried high, either in shape of a crozier or preferably rolled
over the back; it is furnished with feathering of long silky hair.
FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs straight and parallel, lean; good bone
structure. The distance from the ground to the elbow must not be
greater than that between the elbow and the withers.
HINDQUARTERS : Good bone structure; moderate angulations.
FEET : Of slightly elongated shape; small; tight toes.
GAIT / MOVEMENT : According to his happy nature, the Havanese
has a strikingly light-footed and elastic gait; forelegs with free stride
and pointing straight forward, the hindlegs giving them the impulsion
and moving in a straight line.
HAIR : Undercoat woolly and not very developed; it is often totally absent.
The topcoat is very long (12-18 cm in an adult dog), soft, flat or wavy and
may form curly strands. All grooming, the usage of scissors
to even out
the length of the coat and all trimming is forbidden. Exception : tidying
up the hair on the feet
is permitted, the hair on the forehead may be slightly
shortened so that it does not cover the eyes and the hair on the muzzle may
be slightly tidied up, but it is preferable to leave it in natural length.
Rarely completely pure white, fawn in its different shades (slight blackened
overlay admitted), black, havana-brown, tobacco colour, reddish-brown.
Patches in mentioned colours allowed.
Tan markings in all nuances permitted.
Height at the withers : From 23 to 27 cm.
Tolerance : from 21 to 29 cm.
FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered
a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should
be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and
welfare of the dog.
General appearance lacking in type.
Truncated or snipey muzzle, length not identical to that of
the skull.
Bird of prey eyes; eyes too deep set or prominent; rims of eyelids
partially depigmented.
Body too long or too short.
Straight tail, not carried high.
« French » front (pasterns too close, feet turned outwards).
Deformed hind feet.
Coat harsh, not abundant; hair short except on puppies; groomed coat.
Aggressive or overly shy.
Depigmented nose.
Upper or lower prognathism.
Ectropion, entropion; rim of eyelids of one or both eyes depigmented.
Size over or under the indicated norms of the standard.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities
shall be disqualified.
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.


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We read with great interest the nice article by Etemadi and colleagues, in your journal, Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, entitled "Unexplained pulmonary hypertension in peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients".1 In a retrospective study of chronic hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, pulmonary hypertension was found in 14 (41.1%) patients of the hemodialysis group and in 6 (18.7%) patients of the peritoneal dialysis group, where pulmonary hypertension was defined as a systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP)≥35mmHg. They concluded that unexplained pulmonary hypertension seems to be more frequent in patients undergoing hemodialysis than with patients in the peritoneal dialysis group. In this context, I would like to make a few points about pulmonary hypertension in dialysis patients. In a study of 102 maintenance hemodialysis patients, we found pulmonary artery pressure of 41.5±12.6mmHg. In our study, 76.5% of hemodialysis patients had SPAP=35mmHg. In this study we can also see that pulmonary artery pressure had significant positive correlation with the duration and degree of hemodialysis.2 In another study we also observed that pulmonary artery pressure had significant positive correlation with serum intact parathormone.3 Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a serious cardiac complication among patients with end-stage kidney disease, especially patients on hemodialysis as mentioned in the study by Etemadi et al., and we need to look for other aggravating factors among dialysis patients.3–5 In order to achieve better understanding about this aspect of dialysis patients, more clinical studies are suggested.Ethical disclosuresProtection of human and animal subjects
The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study.Confidentiality of data
The authors declare that no patient data appear in this article.Right to privacy and informed consent
The authors declare that no patient data appear in this article.Conflicts of interest
The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.


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This video went up really late, unfortunately I was having some serious technology issues (I'm a bit of a grandma when it comes to technology). But what counts is that it got uploaded in the end and I think the computer issues have been resolved!
At the beginning of August I put myself on a fabric BAN. My obsession was becoming a catastrophe, I had nowhere to store all of the yards and yards (and yards) of fabric I was getting. I bravely decided to force myself to use up five things from my stash before I was allowed to buy anything more.
My ban did not apply to patterns, however most of the patterns that I have been getting lately have been gifted to me by/hand me downs from family. August looks like it's going to be a good month for budgeting.
In total there a six new patterns in this video with a mix of vintage and modern designs!
Hope you enjoy!