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by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent
The transition from peace to war is a matter of – logistics. How do you go from being a nation without any real need for large armies to being fully capable of fighting a major war such as described daily in Salem's papers? Though the United States was emerging as the major global economic power, we were utterly incapable of exercising any military power commensurate with our economic power. The size and the wealth of our economy and of our population was not matched by any comparable military infrastructure. In 1915 we did not have a military capable of fighting on the scale of the war being fought in Europe. We did not have a military capable of fighting on that scale even when we entered the war in 1917.
Each of the belligerents had (with the exception of Great Britain) millions under arms. They had standing armies and reserves that could be quickly called to the colors. The United States, protected by oceans to the east and to the west, with a peaceful and non-threatening Canada to the north and a small irritation in Mexico to the south had no need for the infrastructure necessary to play in the trenches of France.
As the war progressed and as it consumed the energy and manpower of the belligerents, it became clear to many in this country that our participation was more a question of when than if. Any involvement by this country would require the creation of a war-fighting structure.
Germany, France, Austria and Russia had compulsory military conscription. Great Britain relied upon a small volunteer force, protected as it was by the iron walls of the Royal Navy. To meet its obligations to France and to Belgium required that she vastly expand her military capabilities. Britain, too, would soon institute conscription.
In the newspapers the issue of volunteer versus conscripted armies was vigorously debated. No sympathy existed for conscription in the absence of conflict. The Statesman addressed this in an editorial, "The Volunteer System:"
The success of Great Britan raising an army of 3,000,000 men in eight months without recourse to conscription is the greatest triumph ever won for the volunteer method. It has a powerfully reassuring effect in this country, and served effectually to quiet the cries of the militarists.
Volunteering is the natural method of a free people, the method that fits best with democracy. It is particularly appropriate to both Great Britain and the United States, which have always opposed large standing armies on principle, and relied on the free, patriotic uprising of their citizens to meet any emergency.
The paper took comfort in Britain's ability to raise as many troops as it did on a volunteer basis, noting that "If Britain can raise 3,000,000 men at call, we can raise twice as many." The editor recognized that patriotism alone does not guarantee time enough "raw material for our defense" and is not an excuse for unpreparedness. "Our preparation," the editor noted, "should not consist in great standing army, but in an established and perfected system for training and equipping the volunteers." Reviewing our past history of preparing for war, the editor wrote:
In every one of our wars we have blundered terribly. there have been plenty of men, but there have been miserable facilities for turning them into soldiers. If we ever have another war we many have to train corps instead of companies; we may need millions instead of the tens of thousands that formerly sufficed. To that end, we ought to have plans for recruiting, mobilization, drilling, equipment and commissary worked out almost as completely as Germany's have been.
Concluding the editorial, the editor noted the need for an officer corps: "And at the same time we ought to have a system whereby every man in the army that is capable of the higher military instruction should be trained for service as an officer."


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GameTap writes: "When the creator of the Halo franchise, Bungie, released its first three-pack of new, downloadable maps (dubbed the Heroic pack) for mega-hit Halo 3 back in December, it was ultimately seen as a disappointment amongst fans. One of the three wasn't entirely intended for straight play (instead it was more of a playground for the game's content editor, known as Forge), while the remaining two were a shrug of the shoulder at best. Meanwhile on Xbox Live, friendly rival Infinity Ward and its shooter, Call of Duty 4, rocketed past Halo 3 into the coveted first place position, where it still remains--a feat that at one point was thought to be improbable at best.
For the second go-around of downloadable content, Bungie is bringing its A-game and delivering what could very well become the three best maps in all of Halo 3. We traveled up to the company's Washington-based studio to check out its latest creations: a remake of an all-time great, a reinvention of a classic, and one brand-new battlefield. After many rounds, we're ready to discuss the beautiful carnage found within."

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Chef Nadia
To be fair, my cooking abilities and anything except possibly food poisoning don't mix well. I am a very bad cook. Not just kind of bad, but really bad. The kind of bad where there is no room for improvement because there is no potential.
But my brain and short-term memory don't seem to comprehend this. And after every failed episode when I tell myself "Well, I won't make that mistake again." Cut to many weeks later. I'm watching an episode of Top Chef, I somehow forget this and think "I bet I can cook like that too!" And I think it doesn't really look that hard. Which to be honest, is really tv's fault. Why would they edit the show to make it look so easy and quick? Doesn't seem like I'm to blame at all. Stupid tv liars.
So after watching the Top Chef Finale (yes, a little late but why I love my DVR), I thought I would make my specialty. Now I'm sure you've heard from many sources that I make a mean macaroni and cheese straight from the Kraft box. And while that is correct, sometimes I make something with more than two ingredients. Ooooh. What could this fantastic (and ethnic) cuisine be? That's right…tacos!!!
Well, now that you have been sufficiently impressed, let's get down to the details. I defrosted some ground turkey, found a bag of taco seasoning (with 30% less sodium), and browned the meat! I did better than the last time because I normally forget that with turkey meat, it's too dry to create its own grease, so you have to spray the bottom of the pan. But I didn't forget! So I didn't burn the meat and pan immediately! Powered by my newly-developed cooking confidence of not completely messing up in the first 30 seconds, I decided to skip the step of seeing if I had the other ingredients.
I ended up just making taco meat.
No shells, no taco sauce, no extra condiments or sides. I sometimes have a hard time with complicated tasks like going to the grocery store. But still, it was still pretty good. I cut some cheese (that was probably still good) and smothered my fantastically made taco meat with lettuce (my favorite). After a couple plates of taco meat, I felt like the Top Chef of my apartment. I basically strutted around saying "Nadia, you ARE Top Chef!" Big pat on the back.
Also, this was at about 11pm after I had gotten back from my run and showered (see previous post about my inability to get in my run at a normal hour). After another hour or so of reading and calming down (and reflecting on my new found skill set), I laid down in bed feeling pretty darn content. One minute later I realized my Crohn's did not like my taco meat.
I spent the next 35 minutes hating my life in my favorite my place in the world-the bathroom. I hate you taco meat! I hate you 30% less sodium seasoning—maybe that 30% sodium would have saved me! I hate you bad cheese that looked ok! I hate you Top Chef for inspiring me to be stupid enough to think I could cook! I hate you Crohn's disease for making me hate everything!
It went on like that for awhile….until my stomach calmed down enough to know to keep quiet.
Needless to say, I felt like I should final put something in writing about what exactly makes it a bad crohn's day. Now you know- I bet you wish you didn't.
Update: I really have no excuse for why I ate the leftover taco meat the next day except for maybe my laziness and thinking that this time, the exact same situation would yield a different result….


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I have found that the men who struggle the most in their relationships are the ones that have an unsteady relationship with their own Masculinity. These days, it is easy to grow up with a complicated and uncomfortable relationship to being a man. Many young men grow up without fathers in their life – or have fathers who are so busy busting their ass at a 60+ hour per week job, that they can't be a present as they like. Boys who are bullied by other boys, and boys who have had too much exposure to, and have internalized, the most toxic forms of feminism all can develop an unhealthy image of what it is to be a man.
We are long past the days when the men around a boy take on the role of mentor and 'uncle' the way they did in our past to make sure that the boy grows up right, and is welcomed into the community of Men in a meaningful way. And because we have all but lost those traditions, we also have lost some of our best tools for helping young men who are emotionally at odds with themselves, or who do not have a good male role model to live up to.
I've talked at length elsewhere about the emotional cost of not developing a healthy relationship to your masculinity, and the incredible benefits to your mental and emotional well-being of developing a positive image of the masculine. Today, though I am going to focus on the importance of having a positive and healthy relationship with your own masculinity in creating a better marriage.
Being a good husband means being a good leader.
Women look to their husbands to be leaders, decision makers, and peace-makers. There is a natural inclination in men to take the lead – we are generally more comfortable with risk, we tend to build relationships with people based on knowing their strengths, and we tend to use communication to solve problems, not process feelings.
A rational discussion of gender means that we must understand that culture and biology shape an inform one another. That our sex doesn't determine absolutely who we are or what we want, but it does inform and shape it. And that however much we might want to change a practice or belief, that change will be slow, if it is possible at all.
And so whether it is expectation or instinct, women expect their husbands to lead. When they are the ones who have to make all of the decisions, it can be stressful. They can feel as if they are parenting an extra child rather than relying on a husband. I know many women who are resentful of their husbands not because he is mean or lazy, but simply because he just follows them all the time, when all that the woman wants is to get a break from an endless barrage of neediness and demands for them to make decisions.
In Western Culture we train young boys to be comfortable making decisions and accepting the consequences through team sports, cooperative games, roughhousing, and the sort of stories we tell them; a man that has grown up in the West usually only feels that making decisions is a burden when those decisions mean that someone else has to be let down or disappointed. Our greatest and most admired men in history have earned their admiration for being good leaders and making tough calls. Healthy masculinity and good leadership are inseparable in our culture. When we are open to the good examples on our culture and the men around us, becoming a good leader is much easier.
Being a good husband and being a good father are inseparable.
Whether is is your own children, nieces and nephews, or friends' children, once kids are on the scene, a man's ability to protect them, teach them, show kindness, and play with them becomes one of the ways a woman judges the man she is with. After all, no healthy woman wants to be with a man who would mistreat or neglect her own children.
She also looks to him to offer a different kind of parenting to her own. Men by both instinct and by training tend to focus on teaching children empathy, teamwork, independence, resilience, and ambition. A father prepares children to deal with people outside the family, and to be happy adults. He can only do that if he has those strengths himself and can be an example.
A man who is at war with his own masculinity is going to struggle to play with children in an authentic way. Watching a man when he interacts with children provides a revealing lens. It shows where he is not comfortable with himself, and where he is lacking in the very character traits men teach children the best.
Keeping conflict under control is easier when you have principles.
Masculinity has always been deeply connected with thinking it terms of universal principles, morals, and logic. Men often think of right and wrong in the abstract; and will often do what's right even when it makes them and those around them unhappy. We understand that being good and decent often comes at the sacrifice of being popular.
This way of thinking has become denigrated in our society. We often talk about it as being one of the greatest flaws and weaknesses of men, and hold it up as an example of "Toxic Masculinity," Young men who have been brought up by toxic and unhealthy men, often find their male role models were rigid, dogmatic, compromising, and unthinking. It it easy to throw the baby of principle out with the bathwater of dogma when the men who treated you poorly did so because it was what they believed was "right," or when you were punished for asking questions.
A healthy man can be principled without being rigid or unreasonable. He can listen to reasoned arguments and make decisions, and he can communicate his thinking without putting his principles up for debate. A man who lives by a code and a set of rules; who can take himself out of the equation when he thinks about what the right course of actions can be trusted to honor his marriage vows, to make sacrifices to car for his family, and to deal honestly with those around him, even when it might pay to cheat. He might not get rich, famous, or powerful quickly, but he will go farther in the long run. It is easy to feel secure around a man who embraces the Masculine art of living by principles. And that makes conflict less likely to happen.
Knowing how to set (the right) strong boundaries makes others feel safer with you.
Fear of being a patriarchal tyrant, being ashamed of our own desires, or a need to cooperate in hopes that others will love us are dangerous pitfalls that can lead a man to being too flexible and too willing to compromise, even when it goes against his principles to do so. They can also make him a pushover who is willing to take abuse, bad behavior, and rudeness from others rather than take the risk of starting a fight.
Men who allow their need for others to like them, and who are willing to make constant compromises to accommodate others show with their actions that they don't feel that they deserved to be loved, and will do almost anything to feel loved at the same time. And while men do this to try to make others feel safer around them, it has the opposite effect. We do not love or respect a man who will do anything for us. We love and respect a man who knows how to say "no". We love a man who is willing to risk us not like him to do the right things. And we trust a man when we know where we stand with him, which we can never do if he is always saying "yes."
When a woman is faced with a man who will do anything to make her feel loved or "comfortable" with him, and also will do anything to avoid an uncomfortable scene, she is right to be suspicious. After all, how can she know that he won;t commit a crime to please his boss? How can she know he won't go hire a prostitute or cheat on her rather than risk being rejected when he asks for sex? How can she be sure he won't throw her under the bus to look good to his family? How can she be certain he lovers her, when he could be just saying that to get sex and affection from her.
The moment we say "no" to someone, they know they have gotten a view of our character. They know that there is some things we won't do, even if it means hurting their feelings. A man who says "no" when unreasonable demands are made of him is someone we can trust is not a fool. A man who says "no" to emotional blackmail is someone we know we can trust to be loyal. And a man who says "no" to someone he cares about is telling them that he won't do anything for love… and that the love he gives them is based on genuine affection that they have earned, and is not something he is giving just to get tit-for-tat. For a wife this is critical to knowing she has a good and loving husband.
To feel really worthy of love, and thus secure enough to stand up to the people you love when they overstep requires you to believe you are a good man. You cannot do that if you do not have a good and healthy view of being a man. You mus see it possible for a man to be worthy of love, and you must know what kind of man is worth loving. Then you have to see yourself in that kind of man.
Having the measure of what it takes to be a Good Man makes us secure and emotionally stable.
A man without a strong sense of what it means to be a Good Man is going to be insecure. We all need to think of ourselves as being good human beings. If we don't have a good role model or ideal of masculinity by which to measure our goodness, we have no choice but to measure whether or not we are a good man by how others interact with us.
A man who knows what a good man looks like and strives to live up to it approaches conflict in a very simple and effective manner. He starts by looking at the other person and asks "Is this person being disrespectful of me?" And if that person is being disrespectful, then that leads to another question – "Was I acting in a way worthy of being respected?" he can then pause and ask himself if he measured up to his picture of a man who is worth respecting. If he didn't, he can start by beginning to live up to it now by apologizing and acting better. If, he was acting in a way that is worthy of respect, then he can only come to one conclusion "This person's behavior tells me more about what is going on in their head than what I was doing."
By comparison, a man with a shaky image of what a man ought to be has a far less reflective approach. He starts by asking "does this persons actions make me feel like a good man or a bad one? Do they make me feel like I am worthy of respect, or are they making me feel disrespected?" And if he feels disrespected, then he has a choice – challenge the other person for being disrespectful and make him stop, so that he can feel like a good man again, or internalize the disrespect and feel bad about himself.
The latter man, based on which of those decisions he makes can either become a thug and a bully who lashes out at anyone that makes him feel bad about himself, or he can become a downtrodden misunderstood victim, or like someone who is rotten and doesn't deserve to be loved. In marriage, you can see the former in the form of guys who get into screaming matches with their wives, who force their children to act like little soldiers, and who abuse their authority at work. You can see the former in guys who are constantly trying to please their wives by spoiling them with obsequious and saccharine displays of love and affection.
Neither is a formula for a happy marriage in the way a man who is secure in his idea of masculinity is, and is honest about whether he lives up to it can be.
So how do we find the lessons that our culture has to teach us about Masculinity, and where do we find good role models? How do we create an ideal that we can measure ourselves by and live up to? I've got some practical steps on that to share tomorrow.


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I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. Originally the purpose of this blog was to uplift and try to create a more positive outlook. Frankly, my positive outlook has been on vacation lately. But...that said, I do have a few confessions to make. First, you know those silly tests you can take on Facebook...."what state should you live in?", etc...well I take those. And it is completely disenchanting, let me tell you. "What NC city should you live in?"..Greensboro. How fun is that?!....HELLO?! I already live here!! What happened to Boone...or Asheville...or even little Black Mountain?! Please. "What state should you live in?"...Nebraska...what?! The 2 or 3 of you that read this probably know me well enough to know that I am happiest when I am on or near a mountain....ARE there any mountains in Nebraska?! I think if I listed the states I wanted to even visit in order of importance, Nebraska would probably be...oh...maybe 52nd!!! And yes, I do know there are only 50 states...that is exactly my point. Oh...and this one..."Which of the seven dwarfs are you?".....Bashful. Well..yeah...maybe that one isn't too far off...but I'm not as bad as I used to be....Older is bolder!! Case in point: If you have not seen the YouTube video of Susan Boyle auditioning for Britains Got Talent...you need to check it out NOW!!! Unbelievable the pipes on that lady....and major kudos to her....like I said...older is bolder!! End of discussion. ;)
Lovin' these sunny days, blue skies and all the colors of spring!


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Its not difficult to install new magento themes, but many of the people confused about setting default magento theme.
First – Let me explain, How to set any new theme as default theme.
e.g The directory structure for magento templates and layout is "app/design/frontend/" then there is package name "default" or "blank" or "anything you have as package "
You can set this package from admin panel
System -> Configuration -> Design -> Package.
(In magento there is "default" so leave it as it is if your package is "default")
Now in our product we provide theme for default package so you do not have to change package, you just have to set theme.


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Undeath Ward
Abjuration ([[[]]]) [[[[]]]]
Level: Cleric 5, Inquisitor 4, Sorcerer 6, Witch 6, Wizard 6
You create a pale silver barrier that repels undead.
Mindless undead and intelligent undead with fewer Hit Dice than your caster level cannot enter the area or penetrate the barrier. Undead of Hit Dice equal to or greater than your caster level can pass through this barrier by making a successful Will save against the spell, but as they do so, they take 3d6 points of damage. Once an undead creature makes its save against this spell and takes this damage, it can come and go without further penalty. This spell may only be used defensively, not aggressively. Forcing an undeath ward against creatures that the spell keeps at bay collapses the barrier.
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Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts by Lyn Gala
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Finally bought the first two in this series today.
The world building and characters are top notch but the dom/sub thing is not really my thing though I did want to give these books a try as I do enjoy Lyn Gala's writing. .
I wonder when I'll read the 2nd book?
I may like it more now that I understand this culture a bit more.
Still 3.5 stars out of 5 for more than just a like.
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KENNY SHIELS claims Kilmarnock could win at Celtic for the first time in 57 years and still not receive the credit that would be due.
Celtic are aiming to extend their lead at the top of the SPL tomorrow, four days on from their agonising last-gasp defeat at Barcelona in the Champions League.
The last time Killie won at Parkhead, in December 1955, Bill Haley and the Comets were No.1 in the charts with Rock Around The Clock and Shiels hadn't been born.
However, even if they repeat that famous 2-0 scoreline Shiels reckons he would see a blue moon before credit is given for the manner of the victory rather than excuses offered for the defeat.
He said: "If we exceed expectations then it will be printed in a way that Celtic were tired.
"That's just the way it is. If they don't match up to an inferior opponent they will be questioned rather than us praised.
"But it's a huge ask of us because Celtic did the country and SPL proud in Barcelona. What they've done is great and it's my ambition to take Kilmarnock into Europe in the next four years.
"Tiredness will not be a factor in Celtic's performance against us because it only lasts 48 hours. The lactate in the muscles will have dispersed by now.
"I've not mentioned 1955 to my players because the motivation is self-explanatory. We have been written off."


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On the heels of controversy involving Scarlett Johansson's upcoming role, a cast of trans men have issued a creative—and clear—response.
The Golden Globe-nominated actress recently came under fire after it was revealed she had been cast in Rupert Sanders' Rub & Tug, a drama centered on Dante "Tex" Gill, who notoriously ran a string of massage parlors in 1970s Pittsburgh that were believed to be fronts for brothels. According to Gill's obituary, Gill was assigned female at birth, but preferred to be known as a man, was called Mr. Gill, dressed in men's suits and was believed to have undergone the initial stages of gender reassignment.
Johansson has faced backlash from trans actors for taking the role considering she is a cisgender female actress. A new video produced by Into and released on Friday further articulates the conflict.
In the clip, Justin Chow, Scott Turner Schonefield, D'Lo and Rocco Kayiatos take turns "auditioning" for Johansson's previous roles, including Samantha in Her, Charlotte in Lost in Translation, Natasha Romanoff in The Avengers and Anna in He's Just Not That Into You.
One by one, each of the men recite famous lines from the films. At the videos' finale, Schonefield lands the role of Samantha, but there is one problem.
"Is this a female role?" he asks someone behind the camera, who replies that yes, it is for a white female.
"Sorry, I'm just having trouble because cis women are actually really marginalized in Hollywood, you know, and I know that there are peple who have lived this experience that would bring a lot of authenticity to it and I feel a little weird about taking that from them," he retorts. "Thank you so much for the opportunity and no thanks."
As for Johansson, she responded to the controversy via her rep, telling Bustle, "Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment."
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It's currently the monsoon season here in Nepal. Although I am told (in a so 'they' say way) that this year's monsoon started late and has been relatively mild at least in Kathmandu. Here in the city throughout the month of August I have nonetheless experienced some impressive downpours and one period of 72 hours straight rain – varying from torrential to heavy drizzle and back again. Unfortunately, elsewhere in Nepal the results of the monsoon this year have been absolutely devastating;
Around August 2nd heavy rains led to a landslide that covered an entire village near Katmandu, killing over 150 people. Around August 14th severe flooding in the West of Nepal led to devastating flash floods washing away homes and infrastructure. The rains in the Surkhet region were the heaviest in 53 years and two schools involved in a 'Sisters for Sisters', 'Girls Education Challenge' VSO project were swept away by a landslide. Fortunately the two VSO volunteers based in the region, their partner organisation staff plus project facilitators and champions are all safe.
"At least 250 people have died and over 14,000 families have been displaced in Nepal after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding, devastating entire villages and leaving thousands homeless…
Water-starved South Asian nations have devised their own answer to the Ice Bucket Challenge taking the social media world by storm, instead filling buckets with rice and other supplies for the needy." #RiceBucketChallenge
For Nepal the challenge has become the #FillTheBucket challenge which started on August 24th aiming to send buckets with vital supplies to the victims of the recent flooding in the far Western region of Nepal. So I thought the least I could do was join in…
#1 Step one: this morning I purchased my shiny new bucket;
#2 Step 2: This afternoon after my Nepali language classes I went shopping for the recommended supplies; water, rice, lentils (the main components of the Nepali staple meal daalbhaat) as well as other food, health & medical basics;
#3 Step 3: One bucket filled and delivered to the nearest drop off point;
#4 Trying to give a feel of the monsoon here in the city: the view from my current front door during one of the downpours – lush but soggy;
#5 Hard to capture the power of the downpours when they happen but this shot of a bucket left out to catch the rainwater for clothes washing gives some idea;
#6 When the downpours come, the best approach is to find some shelter and/or hope you remembered your umbrella – or your complete motorbike rain-cover as demonstrated here in the streets of Patan;


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In Memory of Phyllis Ruffcorn Larzelere
Phyllis Ruffcorn Larzelere passed onto her eternal life five years ago on September 14, 2007, at the age of 83, after a happy, active and spiritual life.
Phyllis was born on July 3, 1924 in eastern Montana to a teacher and a wheat farmer. She was the middle child with an older brother and a younger sister who suffered from Polio. Phyllis took on many of the household duties to help her mother who had to take care of the younger sister, Joyce.
After her family temporarily moved to Los Angeles for Joyce's treatment, Phyllis started attending USC. She took part-time office work with the sociology department to help pay her tuition. During her time at USC, her fellow founding members of the newly formed Alpha Phi sorority elected her as their first national president. She met her future husband, Richard Larzelere, at USC and they were married in 1947.


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Flatter curve, weaker USD. We project the USD to fall another 3-4% from current levels, with the US economy slowing into Q4 working as the catalyst. The rates market is pricing around a 50% probability of the Fed hiking by year end, but with growth expected to dip in Q4, headwinds for the Fed to act are likely to become stronger. We believe weaker US data should not only reprice US front end rates but also flatten the US curve further from here, taking the USD lower.
Liquidity hunting yield. Liquidity conditions remain ample, with Japan's latest flow of funds report suggesting its corporate sector cash position increasing to USD2.2trn. Hence, demand for safe assets remains ample, pushing valuation for these assets to high if not extreme levels. Exhibit 1 shows that DM yields have fallen in recent weeks, increasing the amount of negative-yielding bonds to around USD11trn. Investors seem to have little choice other than piling into yield-enhancing strategies, suggesting accepting high risks relative to returns. However, it is not only the hunt for yield that is putting the USD under selling pressure. Rising USD funding costs coming on the back of rising US LIBOR rates have reduced international demand for USD-denominated debt. Despite foreign accounts slowing their purchases of US bonds, US bond yields have come down, which for us provides additional evidence that the US economy is slowing down.
The message of falling DM yields. When bond yields are falling at the same time as foreign purchases ease, it suggests that the internal supply-demand balance for US capital market is shifting toward the demand side. This in turn suggests that the slowing US economy is creating additional net savings, causing its capital costs to fall. The remaining yield is no longer high enough to attract the same amount of FX unhedged inflows. Instead, these funds go elsewhere looking for higher yield, but this yield comes at a higher risk too.
USD: Two pressures. So far, we have argued from a real rate and yield differential point of view. Exhibit 2 reminds us how real yield differentials have driven USDJPY lower, which is typical for currencies experiencing near zero nominal yields and inflation projections falling faster. Exhibit 3 illustrates the US – EM real yield differential working in favour of the higher-yielding EM currencies. It seems that the current low-yielding environment promotes two types of currency appreciation. First, where nominal yields have limited room to fall further, declining inflation expectations drive real yields higher, pushing related currency higher. Second, high-yielding currencies appreciate with low volatility, allowing investors to increasing exposure without violating VAR rules. The USD stands in between these two currency blocks acting as a funding tool.


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So I can grow my hair, then cut it off, get tattooed all over, get a new career opportunity, but I can't escape the energy of who I am. I've been getting visited still as I remarked previously. I sat yesterday and consulted for a haunted young woman who thought I was full of shit because she was so wrapped up in her story. I understand, I get wrapped up in stories from time to time.
The stories I like to jump right in, dive into, are one's where I ride off into the sunset and it's all peachy keen. That's not my life though and perhaps that's not life itself either. It's not a sad thing, it's just an acceptance I suppose. I've run alot in my life, I've fought alot, and now, here I am, I kneel in order to fly.
Life is some funny, yet poignant (insert). That's fo'sho.
Last week, an older gentlemen, talked to me about suicide and his belief in torture. "Just get more crazy, that usually shuts them up." Tattoo Adam would tell me when I told him because a few days prior to that, I listened to a man preach on about Jesus only to admit there were demons in life begrudgingly and how the Devil will steal my creative pieces so I better copyright, and Satan also drives people to Suicide. I watched as the young woman glared at me, would not accept that Love or Light is out there. I can still feel her eyes. And I stopped trying to help and just allowed her to be as she is. Because that's where she is at. And her Spirit could be quite happy playing out it's existence on the Dark team.
That's life. Light and Dark. How you want to do the Journey, all up to you. And no matter what, Man will let one another down. That's why we need the Spirit. That's why God is still waiting with arms outstretched. That's why Love will prevail. It has to. Otherwise, it's meaningless.
It really is…
I'm tired of explaining why, I don't know how, I guess I just know what it is because I feel it. And It is real, it's the only Truth, the only Peace, the only Love that's kept me going and the deeper I walk, the more it reveals, it's like the layers are endless. And perhaps, that gives this existence more meaning.


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For healthcare covered by taxpayer pocket, the governing law is really wide and covers almost everybody. Some that fall outside could be a resident that makes more than 100k Euros but doesn't pay Social Security (which includes Health Care). Or a Spaniard that is not resident. Nevertheless, if the Spaniard is visiting, he is still covered as long as nothing else does:
- "Los trabajadores por cuenta ajena españoles de origen que no residan en Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, ni en Estados parte del Acuerdo sobre el Espacio Económico Europeo ni en Suiza que se desplacen temporalmente a España tendrán derecho a la asistencia sanitaria en España, con cargo a fondos públicos, a través del Sistema Nacional de Salud cuando, de acuerdo con las disposiciones de Seguridad Social española, las del Estado de procedencia o las normas o Convenios internacionales de Seguridad Social establecidos al efecto, no tuvieran prevista esta cobertura."
I guess that integrates de-facto such a Spaniard in the coverage, although there is a doubt about treating not urgent cases ("go back home and take care of it there").
How about retirement?
Wikipedia, as usual, is a good reference but I think only shows the old regime (which somehow you can choose, if you want?). In the new regulations, it seems that to compute the base of what you get paid you use the last 25 years of data. The formula is tricky and it never gives 100% of your pay (you divide by 350, but there are only 300 months in 25 years). But you can actually start getting paid after paying only 15 years. The kick is that then you get only 50% of the base. The percent increases by 0.19% every month, the first 248 months and then by 0.18% the rest, to cap at 100% after 300 months (25 years). Notice that if you only worked 15 out of 25 years, the first 10 are included on the base but at much lower rate (not zero, though, but minimum salary type stuff). So, if it was zero it would be 50% of 15/25 = 30%, but it'll be a bit higher (as again, it is not zero...) on one side, but lower as you actually owe to compute the base by dividing by 350, not 300 (25 years).
I guess I can decide soon if it is worth... How much is the payment?
A friend suggested to sign up as self-employee (autonomo). To compute how much you would pay, you would choose your salary from a range (between 893 and 3642), and then apply a rate (29.8%). So, say that you want to have the maximum salary at retirement but start paying when you are 52 (15 years before the 67 years of retirement age). You would pick the 3642x29.8%=1085 Euro/month. Nevertheless, you have to make sure you are paying that by the time you reach 47 or otherwise the maximum is limited to 1900. Anyhow, if I am thinking this right, notice that you pay about 1/3 of what you claim to make (which becomes the base eventually). So, when you start getting paid back (after retirement) you actually make about the same per month (in the scenario where you only paid for 15 years). Looks a bit like a break even deal (as you don't know if you are going to live past 67+15=82 years).
The kicker is that my friend was considering doing that while he was actually working on a foreign country (non-EU) so, probably was not legal (?).


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China Is Said to Intervene in Stocks After Tariffs Trigger Rout
(Bloomberg) -- China intervened to support its stock market on Friday, people familiar with the matter said, after fears of a trade war with the U.S. sparked the steepest intraday selloff in six weeks.
State-backed funds bought large-cap stocks including China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and China Life Insurance Co., intensifying purchases in the afternoon, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Both shares erased losses late in the trading session, while the large-cap CSI 300 Index pared its drop to 2.9 percent from 4.6 percent.
China's so-called National Team of state funds has a long history of smoothing swings in the country's $7.7 trillion stock market, particularly during big down days. While the interventions are meant to protect individual investors and prevent excessive volatility, critics say government meddling creates moral hazard and undermines official pledges to move toward a more market-driven economy.
The latest bout of turbulence came after U.S. President Donald Trump outlined fresh tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports and said there's more on the way. Hours later, China unveiled tariffs on $3 billion of U.S. imports in response to steel and aluminum duties ordered by Trump earlier this month.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission didn't immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
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ASC Connections has a number of offices across the UK – you can take a look where we are on the map on our Contact Us page – but you will find us in Redditch, Wolverhampton, Coventry, and at our Head Office in Birmingham. Many of our colleagues commute from other areas within the West Midlands and we can be flexible in working locations to best suit your needs.
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Lindsay: Under the Weather
Beginning Sunday night, the weather changed to colder temperatures and a constant low, thick blanket of dark clouds that have been dumping rain for hours at a time. The classic "I would just like to crawl into my bed and read a book or watch a movie" weather has invaded Quito. Usually, I would not be able to crawl back in bed, but kind-of unfortunately I can. I have been sick with a lovely infection or cold, or something that I am not sure I completely understood when my Spanglish speaking doctor prescribed medicine. I am also in the process of switching my projects, which is a little heart-breaking because I will really miss the girls I met. However, the spot at Ser Joven they had for me to fill was ending up being more of a volunteer position, than the social work experience, both required by my major, and what I desire to further my professional development. The past couple days have been me sleeping, drinking citrus tea, and a battle of trying to write my research paper for my online class versus my desire to do anything but that. I think I actually have a full page written now, so just nineteen to twenty more pages left! I am very much hoping that I will get to have my introduction to my new project tomorrow and get started back up again. However, a regular schedule will not quite happen right away. Ecuador celebrates Carnaval, beginning this Saturday and ending on Tuesday. One of the cities in Ecuador, Ambato, has the Festival of Fruits, and Flowers during this time. Other parts of Ecuador celebrate by visiting family, going to the coast, and having water fights. Although it is technically illegal in the city of Quito to throw water at people on the streets (it is perfectly fine in other cities), I have been warned to just bring an extra pair of clothes and a happy attitude if I am outside. I am planning on going to part of the Amazon for the long weekend, and think that I may not experience quite the full effect of Carnaval because of my trip, but we will see. I do not really know how my next week will end up going, whether I start my new project for a few days, or if the skies continue to generously provide rain, but I have managed to put off writing my paper for a little longer.


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To display Random post in homepage of the blog
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
First Goto Posting-->New Post
See the bottom of the page Post Options will be there near labels
click that Post options then see on right side
The below option will be there with Automatic checked,change the checked option to set date and timethen change the day and date to current day and date,then publish the post and open your homepage the post will be there in home page.You can also change reader comments option here.
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ACN Avis Paris France Positive
Where Did Acn Start
With commitment as well as excellent mentorship, James never offered up. One policy that he educates his group of Independent Business Owners is to discover business. "If you don't learn your business, you'll be out of company; as well as exactly how you discover this business is via training."
What Is Acn And Abn
Brian's job ethic and decision has actually made him the leading placement of Senior Vice President in the business, nonetheless he does not take his success for approved. "Where I am today never would certainly have happened if I had obtained discouraged when I first began out."
It had not been up until ACN that Mathieu was lastly able to place the years of foster care behind him and also start thinking he should have a lot more. "It doesn't matter where you're from or just what has actually occurred in your life. You could still achieve fantastic things."
Luca was birthed early with medical issues requiring him to continue to be in the NICU. As a result of ACN and also the job ethic Mike placed forth in the years prior, both he and Kylie were able to be by his side the entire time, working with their ACN service between the splits of life.
What Acn Means
For Jeff Weber, discovering ACN in 1996 was much even more than a wise career move. "I was 25 years of ages!" he remembers. "First, it forced me to mature, to be liable. I found out stability, personality, the best ways to be sincere, sincere to be reliable." He accepted ACN's objective to assist others and its commitment to long-lasting understanding. "Once you quit growing, you start dying," he says, "ACN is simply a self-development training course with a compensation plan connected to it."
Nekoda was welcomed to an ACN International Convention. "I right away seemed like I was home," Nekoda discussed. "The environment was remarkable as well as absolutely nothing like I 'd seen before. I was blown away that they really educated the principles of the best ways to construct your company the proper way."
Today, like their parents prior to them, Patrick and Michael have actually achieved success through the direct marketing sector. The very best part about ACN according to Patrick? "Taking a person as well as assisting them discover the winner in themselves. This company is significant to human potential as well as exactly what is feasible. When your life adjustments, you change the world."
While in university, Michael An was presented to guide selling, yet really felt that something was not. "I was tired of persuading people around me to purchase items that they didn't require," Michael explained.
However, exactly what matters most to Cody as well as Marlo is returning to their faith as well as investing in their family members. Via the difficult job they have actually placed in over the years, they are now able to stay at home as well as homeschool their three young youngsters
Today, James has exactly what he's always desired: simply the moment to enjoy his life, however he hasn't quit presenting others to the ACN Opportunity. "I really feel everybody should understand regarding this company. The atmosphere alone that ACN develops could make you a much better person."
For over 10 years, the Davises have sponsored eight kids as well as their family members in the countries of Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia, Philippines and also Dominican Republic. "We have actually had the ability to cover their daily expenses for food, clothes, schooling, real estate, clinical and also much more," Debbie claims. Via the years, the entire Davis family members has expected receiving letters and pictures from the families. "What appears relatively tiny to us is whatever to them," Debbie states. "Saying that we feel thankful for the chance to repay is a huge exaggeration."
What Mike worths most is his household. In 2008 he met is wife Kylie, as well as with ACN, they have actually had the ability to construct a strong, Christ-centered marital relationship. They are both able to stay at home with their 3 sons: Noah, Jase and also Baby Luca.
Spencer's advice is this: "New Independent Business Owners need to take this company as severe as a cardiac arrest. It's basic yet the work has to be done. Trust fund the leadership and be coachable. If you want exactly what effective people have, simply do just what effective people do."
"They didn't evaluate my past and also agreed to answer every concern I had regarding my brand-new future with ACN." Danny quickly found that the key to discovering success on the exterior is to personally develop on the within.
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With a history in pharmaceutical sales, James Adlam felt as if he was staying in a ruthless world. While working relentlessly in the sales environment, a buddy asked James to join him in checking out the ACN Business Opportunity.
Acn Commitment To Integrity
Mathieu Ambroise really did not have an easy childhood years. After his mommy obtained ill, he was required to go into foster treatment. Yet with everything, Mathieu discovered the power of difficult job. He put that to good use to obtain right into university, where he had imagine being an expert basketball player. Yet he discovered an additional tough lesson-- his skill may not be excellent enough to take him where he wished to enter basketball. He entered search of a fallback, which can be found in the type of direct selling. Mathieu had big desires but the business closed its doors, smashing those desires, but it wasn't in vain, proving anything was possible if he was determined.
Mike Bisutti is living proof that developing your ACN service is not very easy, yet the hard work is all worth it. Prior to joining ACN, Mike worked numerous jobs as a complete time university student, accumulating debt along the road. When he found ACN, he recognized he discovered a chance that fit well with his unshakable work principles. He really believes in the ACN system as well as wants offering phenomenal services to his consumers, as well as being a leader to his growing group.
With English as his second language as well as no multi level marketing experience, MD Rahman proved that anyone could be successful in ACN. He concerned the United States in 2003 from Bangladesh as well as tried several means to make earnings. He worked in dining establishments, owned a taxi for 5 years, took any task that he might-- even began his very own company with some success, but still, he located himself tired and also bitter.
After being invited to get more information regarding ACN, even this wise businessman could not reject that ACN "simply made good sense". In truth, Michael had witnessed many other people in standard organisation job 40 plus hrs a week yet never experience liberty. To Michael, ACN was the escape.
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Determined to see some revenue in order to make it through, Mark stumbled after ACN. "The first Business Opportunity Meeting I went to, I saw lots of people of different citizenships, ages as well as instructional histories. What thrilled me was to see that every person had an equal right for success in ACN."
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"Sometimes people ask me, 'is it difficult as well as truly difficult to do this company?' My response is this: The system is basic. If a male from Bangladesh that has no network or education below can do it, you could also. Follow the system by obtaining consumers-- and you can discover success."
When MD was introduced to ACN. As well as though he was unfavorable and also nearly gave up multiple times, his upline convinced him to attend an International Event. That event changed every little thing-- his perspective, his enthusiasm forever and wish to prosper.
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Max dedicated himself to ACN and also struck the chance head-on, reaching ACN's top setting of Senior Vice President in his 20s. "People often do not comprehend that much less is much more. It's not regarding being ideal, however being passionate concerning your future and also aiding others be successful."
Where Did Acn Start
Mark's philosophy for success was easy: "Think of a candle. When you make use of one candle to light more candle lights, this candle light never ever sheds its fire. There is only much more light, happiness as well as happiness spread about. And also the exact same for us in ACN-- we require to share our fire with others. Via this, I recognized my goal in life!"
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Danny's goals in ACN are in order to help as numerous ministries as feasible maintain their doors open, and also also extra so, help as many individuals as feasible manage the present economic condition. "I desire to offer individuals hope and also I know that by sharing ACN, this is the lorry that will certainly obtain them there." Why Acn Does Not Work
Michael researched service at Penn State and after that started marketing cars, a job that made him claim, "I was working hard. There is just so much time in a day." Patrick finished from the University of Pittsburgh and after that functioned with his very own merchandising company. Though both brothers had accomplished some degree of success, they really felt there was something missing.
They realized early on that ACN can assist them accomplish their long-lasting goals of philanthropy worldwide. They have added to numerous catastrophe alleviation funds, the Wounded Warrior Project, Ronald McDonald Houses and various other charities. "ACN has actually enabled us to assist with points that have touched our hearts without needing to question if we can pay for to assist," Debbie claims. "It's a valuable sensation to understand that someone's life has actually been made a bit simpler as a result of your ability to give."
I Can Do That
At simply 21, Marc came to be ACN's youngest Regional Vice President when he was advertised in 2012. From his house in Texas, he has a growing customer base and also has constructed a solid group that includes his sister and also his parents; who have actually attained top management placements in the business.
Are Acn And Abn The Same
As the proprietors of 4 effective businesses, Michael and also Jennifer Crowder fit. Possibly too comfy. Michael's downfall came in 2009 when the economy took a dreadful turn, as well as suddenly, this successful entrepreneur saw every little thing he had actually worked so hard for evaporate virtually before his eyes.
It made complete sense to join when he looked at the ACN Opportunity. He liked that the 4 ACN Co-Founders had actually been around given that the first day, taking part in the expansion year after year. He was likewise fascinated that ACN continually made a commitment to returning. With a lengthy performance history of success, Al recognized this was the firm for him.
Art's kids grew up as part of the ACN family members and he's pleased they're starting. "This is a family members service with my other half, kids, brother as well as sister involved," he includes. "The future is brighter than the previous many thanks to the vision for change the business embraces."
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The pleasure Jeff receives from his very own personal flexibility is the factor he shares the ACN opportunity with others. "I can bless the individuals I respect a lot of", he claims, "ACN has shown me how you can be a servant leader, the best ways to put right into others and also not concentrate on myself."
You can begin your ACN service as quickly as you get your Business ID-- also if approval of your Application is still pending. When you obtain a confirmation email from ACN, your distributorship is reliable. It usually takes much less than 24 hrs for us to accept an Application unless we need added information from you (such as a copy of your ID or company documentation). Your verification e-mail will contain duplicates of the Application as well as Terms and also Conditions, the Policies & Procedures, and also the Compensation Plan. You need to save these papers for your documents.
Thrilled with the ACN Opportunity, they both began their occupations." ACN has the opportunity for individual development as well as there's lots of room at the top of the company for every person. ACN is solely concentrated on helping others do well in order for you to be successful, which had not been the exact same in corporate America," described Aaron.
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Yet the most significant incentive of ACN has actually been the possibility to be there for his baby little girl. "Being able to be a full-time father is significant," he says. "When I was maturing, my moms and dads were constantly hectic. I'm able to be there for my daughter as well as that's excellent. My entire focus is to live a happy and also complete life."
Mike Bisutti is living proof that developing your ACN business is not easy, yet the hard job is all worth it. Before joining ACN, Mike functioned numerous tasks as a complete time university pupil, accruing financial debt along the way. When he discovered ACN, he understood he discovered an opportunity that fit well with his unshakable job values. After being welcomed to find out more concerning ACN, even this wise business person could not refute that ACN "simply made sense". You could my link start your ACN organisation as quickly as you receive your Business ID-- also if authorization of your Application is still pending.


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Following a projected $6.59 billion in Cyber Monday sales, Amazon's stock has risen nearly 5 percent over the past week heading into the holiday season.
That sharp increase in value could explain why its founder and chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos, is now estimated to be the richest man in the world with a net worth of over $90 billion, according to industry estimates.
If you had invested in Amazon early on, when it first debuted on the Nasdaq in 1997, you could be worth a lot of money today, too. In fact, if you bought $1,000 in stock even 10 years later, in 2007, your investment would be worth $12,398 as of October 31 of this year.
That's according to financial website How Much, which took a look at some popular stocks in 2007 to find out how much a $1,000 investment in each would be worth now. Of the companies it examined, Amazon's performance was second only to the success of Netflix.
In the graphic below, the blue dots are equivalent to a $1,000 initial investment, and the pink dots equal the investment's current total value.


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By: J.J. Cheesman
No matter how far I think back, that old man had always been in my life. As a young girl, my home would often be visited by Mr. Ahbta. He, my mother, and my father, were all very close friends. Every couple of days or so he would come around to play cards, or help with small projects around the house, or just to sit and talk. I can remember many late nights when he and my father would sit in the den for long hours playing chess, while my mother and I sat on the sofa nearby. As they played Mr. Ahbta would tell us stories about his home country, and he would say that his family back home believed that when we died, our spirits remained here on earth, clinging to the objects we cared for most when we were alive.
Mr. Ahbta was also a doll maker. He would bring some of his creations around sometimes to show them off. They were well-crafted, and made of fine-looking wood. Each one I saw had glass eyes, and they wore all manner of clothing. From fine suits and dresses, to denim suspenders and straw hats. To describe them best, would be to say that they reminded me of ventriloquist dummies, except without the holes in the back.
Personally, I hated them, I always had an admittedly irrational fear of dolls. So, when one Christmas, Mr. Ahbta visited, as he always did on Christmas, imagine my surprise when he brought me a gift. Of course it was a doll, what else would it have been. It was a male doll, if such a thing can be said, with rose red cheeks, a nice brown sweater, with matching slacks and dress shoes.
"Well Elizabeth, do you like it?" He had asked me when presenting the doll.
"Oh… yes, he's fantastic!" I said. My mother and father were very aware of my feelings toward inanimate objects that mimicked people, and they stood behind Mr. Ahbta, both with expressions that said, 'just go along with it'. I smiled and said to him,
"I love him." And he beamed back at me.
"Good! His name is Alonzo! Treat him right and he will return the favor."
For the rest of that day I had to endure while Alonzo sat not far by my side. The doll's amber, glass eyes seemed to follow me everywhere I went. When Mr. Ahbta finally went home, I begged my father to take Alonzo away.
"I will" My dad said, "but whenever Mr. Ahbta visits, we have to put him back in your room."
So that's what we did for a long while. Alonzo spent most of his time in the attic, but when Mr. Ahbta would come and visit, my father would make sure the doll was back in my room. As time went on though, and I grew older, my fear of dolls waned. Eventually it seemed silly to keep moving Alonzo back and forth from my dresser to the attic, and I had actually grown a little attached to him at that point. So on my dresser is where Alonzo stayed for five years. Until the day Mr. Ahbta died in his sleep.
Jeffrey Saunders, the kid Mr. Ahbta had been paying to mow his grass for years, knew something was up when his front door went unanswered for one whole week. When Jeffrey told his parents, his dad took it upon himself to notify the police.
When the first responder showed up and entered the un-locked back door, he found nothing out of place, except for the hundreds of dolls they decorated every shelf of the house. When he entered the bedroom, he found Mr. Ahbta's body. It was what he found on his shelves in the bedroom, that made the cop call for back up. There were hundreds of home-made DVD's, all with dates that went back for five years. Every disc was labeled with one name, Elizabeth. When the police finished the investigation they called my parents down to the station to explain what they found.
I was on summer vacation, and so my friends and I were on a weeklong camping trip when all of this happened. My parents decided to let me have my fun, and didn't mention anything until I got home. They sat me down in the kitchen table, and told me what the police found. Explaining that the position of the camera view, was in my room, on top of my dresser. My blood ran cold as they spoke, and I shivered as I thought about all of the times I changed in front of that doll. When they finished, I felt sick, and thought I might throw up.
"We're sorry honey, but we had to tell you, but he's gone now." My mother said.
"Please tell me you destroyed that doll, and the camera inside." I whispered.
There was a long pause of awkward silence, until my father spoke up.
"I was going to, but when we told the police about the doll and where the camera must be, they said they needed it for evidence."
"So it's in some evidence locker?" I said, a little angry.
There was another long pause, and my father again, broke the silence.
"Well… when the police followed us home and into your room so I could show them the doll… it was gone. We looked everywhere, under your bed, in your closet, and in the attic. We couldn't find it."
I was seventeen when my parents delivered to me that god awful news, and every day since then, when I wake up.
I hear the patter of feet, skitter across my bedroom floor.


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Analyst Profile
Scott Morrison
Managing Vice President
14 years at Gartner
28 years industry experience
United Kingdom
Roles and Responsibilities
Scott Morrison is Managing VP for Cloud and Unified Communications in Gartner's Technology & Service Provider Group. His team's research covers IaaS, PaaS, CDN, hosting, UC, UCaaS, telephony and videoconferencing. He is a contributor to Gartner's Unified Communications forecast and associated research.
Areas of Coverage
- Networking & Communications Services
Scott Morrison's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Morrison ran the consulting group for a U.K. market development firm, MDI Ltd., and was previously director of market strategy with German service provider Telint Global and U.S. broadband technology vendor Narad Networks. Before that, he ran operational consulting for Nortel Networks' broadband division, and was a project manager for triple-play services with U.K. cable operator Telewest. Mr. Morrison started his career in technology inward investment in Scotland.
Professional Background
Market Development International, Director of Market Development & Head of Consulting LOB, 2 years
Narad Networks, Director of Market Strategy & Development, 2 years
Telint Global, Director of Market Analysis & Strategy, 2 years
M.B.A., Henley Management College, U.K.
M.Eng., Electronic Systems, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.


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This numbered edition Acrylic Glass Print, designed by amini54, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Printed on archival-quality photo paper mounted on the back of a 1/8" thick, clear acrylic substrate, this artwork comes ready to hang on a wire attached to a wooden frame fixed on the back.
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Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan starrer Kedarnath have been in the news since the casting news was announced. Mainly because it marks the debut of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh's daughter, Sara Ali Khan. Kedarnath's first schedule went on floors last month in the holy city.
Now, it has been learned that the first schedule has been wrapped up. Director Abhishek Kapoor shared a pretty amazing picture from the sets of the film featuring the lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan. Announcing the wrap-up, he captioned it, "With a lot of hope and excitement we left mumbai for #kedarnath not sure if what we would come back with would do justice to our vision. It was nothing short of an expedition Given the terrain and weather we would face. Having wrapped and on our way back, thanks to a great crew, and supporting producers #kriarjentertainment #arjunkapoor @iprernaarora @pragyadav ..I'm glad our smiles are still intact #kedarnaththemovie @guyintheskypictures."
Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, KriArj Entertainment, and Guy In The Sky Pictures, Kedarnath is scheduled for a release in June 2018.


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Thanks to a double-frequency phase modulation scheme, we report a vector Brillouin optical time-domain analyzer (BOTDA). This BOTDA has a high immunity level to noise, and it features a phase spectrogram capability. It is well suited for complex situations involving several acoustic resonances, such as high-order longitudinal modes. It has notably been used to characterize a dispersion-shifted fiber, allowing us to report spectrograms with multiple acoustic resonances. A very high dynamic range is also reported for 100-ns-long pulses simultaneously with a numerical resolution.
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text: I finally decided to start my own quilt blog at the same time I decided to join up with this quilt-a-long (which I'm so excited about). This is my pile of feed sack fabrics - a mix of Windham Feed sack VI Thirties and Blue Hill Feed sack Thirties fabrics. Love it! P.S. If you happen to find this blog at this stage, be sure to check back in the coming weeks. Maybe I shouldn't be starting this until I have everything set up the way I want it, but I'm afraid that if I don't just dive in and get going, treating this as a work in progress, I may just never get the nerve to start. Here I go . . .


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Oh my.
I mean honestly this sort of thing doesn't happen anymore. the gentlemen singing are Andy Williams, Eddie Fisher, Bobby Darin. Honestly I don't know that pop singers could pull this off.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
2 comments:
- dickie said...
That was really cute.
I've always been a fan of Andy Williams (thanks to my mom) but I never knew what he looked like... until now. ^_^
- November 26, 2007 at 2:12 AM
- Eric & Tony said...
That's an exotic Thanksgiving.
Congrats on finding a new place.
Happy holiday knitting.
- November 26, 2007 at 7:30 AM
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Bay City pins hopes on offensive nucleus
QB Griggs helps make rebuilding process easier
Teams at all levels usually dread rebuilding. Glass-half-full optimists often will refer to it as reloading. But no matter how you put it, it has to be done at some point for all teams, and Bay City is no exception.
But the Black Cats are different from most squads that lose two-thirds of their starters from a playoff team. The few players they have returning are on offense in the form of quarterback DaMarcus Griggs and receivers Cordero Williams and Dorian Williams.
Receivers first-rateGriggs, who was a first-team all-district selection last year as a junior, will lead the offense. Beginning his third season as quarterback, Griggs has the experience, knowledge of the system and skills to make things happen.
"(Griggs) has great thinking abilities," Bay City coach Alan Cherry said. "He throws the ball very well in the short game, deep game and the play action and has done everything else we've asked him to do."
Griggs' job is made easier by having two receivers named Williams.
Both were all-district performers last season — Cordero was 24-4A Offensive Player of the Year and Dorian was a second-team selection — and combined for more than 1,000 yards as a receiving tandem.
"(The Black Cats) have wide receivers who are all fast, especially Cordero Williams," Texas City defensive back Brandon Robinson said. "He's probably the best receiver I've seen come from around here."
Williams also plays defensive back, grabbing six interceptions as a junior last year.
"(Williams) has good speed, good movement, and he's a really talented young man," Cherry said. "We feel like he's one of the top athletes in the area."
Questions on defenseTen starters are gone from a defense that allowed 13 points per game in 2004, so Cherry will be counting on his seniors to point the way.
"We're going to have to do it through our senior leadership," Cherry said. "They've got to help some of our younger kids get in a position to be successful for us at the right time."
The road to contention will kick off Aug. 27 in the Texas Football Classic in San Antonio, where Bay City will play La Marque, the same team that dramatically ended the Black Cats' 2004 season.
In the first round of last year's playoffs, Bay City lost to the Cougars on a blocked extra-point attempt late in the fourth quarter. La Marque ended up winning 21-20 and dashed the high hopes the Black Cats had established with a 9-1 regular season, which included a 20-9 victory over the Cougars in the first game.
"I'm not disappointed in our kids or anything like that," Cherry said. "I'd like to have seen us go farther than what we did, but our kids had a tremendous season. We know it's a big test, but playing teams like La Marque definitely makes us stronger and better."


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There are a lot of books coming out in 2015 that I'm looking forward to, but the following are my most anticipated.
(Date Unknown)
Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo
As some readers may know, Leigh Bardugo is the author of the Grisha Trilogy and now she has a new series coming out set in the same world. Some characters may be Grisha, but it's not going to be about that like the first series. From what I've heard, it's going to be like the Grisha crossed with The Italian Job or The Lies of Locke Lamora. Basically, thieves.
Savages, K.J. Parker
I believe this is supposed to be a limited edition book from Subterranean Press. They often don't post any information on it until they have a pre-order system ready. It doesn't matter as I'll automatically read anything by Parker.
Half the World, Joe Abercrombie
Some people didn't like this very much because it seemed too much like Abercrombie-lite compared to his other work, but I enjoyed it immensely so I'm really looking forward to this one. This is the second book in the Shattered Seas world. It's set some years after Half a King and features two new protagonists, though Yarvi does feature in the story somewhat.
Old Venus, George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
GRRM and Gardner Dozois did another anthology called Old Mars, of stories based on the idea of Mars around the turn of the 20th century. I'm talking about the Mars of canals and long dead civilizations like in Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. This new anthology is the same thing, but of Venus: lush jungles and strange creatures.
The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu
I'm a huge fan of Ken Liu's short fiction so I'm eagerly awaiting his debut novel nominally styled silkpunk.
Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, and shapeshifting gods. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, they each find themselves the leader of separate factions—two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice.
The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi
I've been a fan of Bacigalupi ever since his story collection, Pump Six. After two young adult novels and a middle school book, The Water Knife is his return to adult fiction. One of things I like about Bacigalupi is how he makes a story out of current political ideas and this time it looks to be about the struggle over water rights in the American West,
Nemesis Games, James S.A. Corey
I've really enjoyed all the Expanse books to date. Looks like this one is going to be another roaring good time!
The Dark Forest, Cixin Liu
I was extremely impressed with Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem that I reviewed back in November. This is the second book in China's biggest-selling hard SF series and I'm looking forward to it.
Radiance, Catherynne M. Valente
I believe this is a novel that was expanded from a short story about a steampunk-era movie director investigating a mystery on old-style Venus. It's been a while since I saw any info on this, but I'm still really looking forward to Valente's latest.
The Dinosaur Lords, Victor Milan
This has been described as A Song of Ice and Fire with dinosaurs. For me, more description isn't necessary. It also helps that it has a kick-ass cover.
August:House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard
I snagged this description by the author via Kate Elliot: "It's post-Apocalyptic Paris with Fallen angels and Vietnamese dragons." So far it's only going to be released in the UK with no US publisher yet. Looks like I'll be getting from Book Depository.
Readers of this blog are probably already aware that I'm a huge Paul Kearney fan, having read everything of his except one or two tie-in novels. This is his latest book.
The novel is set in very early 1930′s Oxford, features Tolkien and Lewis as characters, and is told from the point of view of a lonely 11 year old girl. She's Greek, a refugee from the sack of Smyrna, and one day discovers a Romany boy in her attic. The boy is a shape-shifter, and becomes her friend. The two begin to explore the world around Oxford, discovering things they never imagined existed. The girl, Anna, is obsessed by the Odyssey, and likens the Romany boy, Luca, to Odysseus.
The Empire Ascendant, Kameron Hurley
Despite some clunky prose and some political background that could have been better explained, I quite loved the first book in the Worldbreaker Saga, The Mirror Empire. But then I'm a big fan of Kameron Hurley. Octorber can't get here fast enough.


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Relationship Trust Issues
A relationship will never work out if there if there is no absolute trust. I guess people need to learn that life is not a SOAP opear. Soo many ppl try to make it one, but it's just gonna screw you up.
It's not just girls who have trust issues.
I've been out with many a guy who couldn't handle my flirtatious attitude.
I flirt with waiters, bartenders, doormen, cabbies, you name it. if i have to interact, it's in a flirty way.
A lot of guys can't handle that.
so i get the clingy bastards who want to know my every freakin move, or the opposite end of the spectrum, where they cheat like mad.
life is crazy, embrace it, or it'll run off with your money!
My boyfriend broke up with me for trust issue's, because i didn't trust him...i didn't trust him because i was blaming him for a previous relationship i had, he basically cheated on me and i was deeply scared by that, he also lied to me allot, i was deeply hurt. My ex came up to me right after he had broke up with his girlfriend, since it was right after i broke up with my previous boyfriend i didn't give any time to think much less i kinda let myself into the relationship
I didn't trust him even though he spoke the truth...because he seemed odd...like something was going on....once you break a girls trust once...its hard to get it back...but once another guy breaks a girls trust it takes time for a girl to trust someone else...so i didn't trust him basically much at all and...i was latchy also....not going to say anything else because he is on CR ^^;;;
I really wanted to trust him and i knew it...but i couldn't....i tryd ^^ but it didn't work....
But yeah those where my reasons for not trusting...really for anyone else who would date him there would be nothing basically in the way of trust~ but it was me in this case ^^;
Shhh im hideing > 3>
hmm i guess it also depends on their background... like what they did before they became your bf/gf.
Gosh here come the drama -gets tissues-
Well, I think that a relationship CAN work without trust but it's just going to be a bit hard...
toffy, tofu, TOF? huhhh
If a girl seems like she isn't trusting you, it's probably for a good reason. Either you are acting suspicious because you are actually cheating on her, she has been cheated on in the past many times, or you aren't treating her right. Like, if my boyfriend rarely told me he loved me, started playing video games everytime he talked to me on the phone, or didn't do sweet things at all for me in general, I would be like wtf. Do you even like me?
once they've been lied to and depending on the intensity and amount of lies told to a girl, they will have scars for the rest of their dating lives, unless they get over it which they rarely do... so fellas.. treat your girls well, the way you want them to treat you.
It's no good repeating what these two up here said, so....."Yeah, what they said~"
I'm scared of not having a thing for curry. D:
i consider the word "love" very important.. to me it aint just any word you can use... thus since im using it now.. you'd understand how much i love my gf ^^ well.. yeah i love her and trust her with all my heart and vise versa ^^
What what? oh.. okay.
This topic is so perfect for me right now. So because I just love unloading my dirty laundry for all you little strangers to see, I'm gonna tell you a story.
The reason that I couldn't trust my recent ex-boyfriend all through our relationship was because he has absolutely no concept of the meaning of honesty. The entire time we were together, he fed my heart all these lovely pretty words about how much he loved me and how much he cared for me, but the entire time...I was just someone to pass the time with. Truth of the matter was that he was bored with the girl he was dating before me so he dumped her. Started dating me...in my opinion just to sow his wild oats... at least that's how it seems in retrospect before finally deciding that he really wants to settle down with the previous girl.
During our breakup, we were still going to try being friends...but of course he only said that so I would still sleep with him. Then finally he said that he just needed to be by himself for a while, you know, not date anyone until he could figure out what he wanted. So, me still thinking that I could trust his words bowed out of his life...only to find out that he went back to his ex and took her to f'ing Disneyland!!!
I hate liars. And that is the reason that at this moment I don't really trust men right now.
its should be the other way around and why men should not trust their gfs. i have seen way more women cheat on their bf then men cheating on their gf. as for trust issues i know for a fact a lot of girls dont tell their man a lot of stuff because i am friends with several girls and they tell me way more than they tell their man. its both ways with this issue rly but this is just what i have seen
remember men lie the most but women have the biggest lies.
Why do 13 year olds add me, send chain letters, then get pissy when I yell?
if a girls loves a boy and the boy loves the girl, trust each other and tell each other the truth
Pieces of memories fall to the ground...
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What's up with guy's who's girls can't trust them? Stupid punks. Dudes who go around cheating may be male, but they're not men! In my opinion. Some people think that what makes a man is how many girls he can sleep with. I think that's stupid and sexist.
@Kemo… Tee hee. Moody men make me laugh.
aren't you male?
truth to be told i don't trust anyone for the people close to my heart, i let them do whatever they want and i'll do anything if they ask me to...
CR, u restored my faith by having Cat's Eye. u cant find that gem anywhere now
gf and bf should trust each other
i trust my gfwith all my heart , if i dont trust her , how can be called a relationship.... loved her so much
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UPDATE October 12 2017
In my review of Cheetahstand's Quick Stripbox and Lantern I have shown my lighting setups for a different dance troupe. You can view that post here.
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I was recently hired to do an annual studio dance session by one of my long time clients. I'm posting this to show how I use xPLOR, eVOLV, Cheetahstand, CononMark, etc lights and modifiers in a session. This was an all-day session lasting approximately 6.5 hours of nonstop shooting. I had charged both the Xplor and eVOLV lights to full the day before. I never even ran close to running out of battery power on any of the strobes. All of the strobes showed half full at the end of the day. My Canon 1DXII showed 25% battery life left at the end of the day to give you some reference. I was using the WFT-E6A wireless transmitting dongle on my camera to wirelessly tether my rig to my iPad so the client could view the images as they happened. Using the transmitter uses more battery life than without.
There seems to be quite a bit of 'talk' that certain brands of modifiers/lights/etc. must be used in order to 'be a pro.' Nonsense. How one uses gear, how one engages with the talent and how one uses their imagination are the most important part of imagery to my clients. So I post this in hopes that it will help other shooters who are interested in multi light set ups, but not hung up on brand names or scientific theories about what makes a true parabola or other talking points. When people ask me what is the one thing I would have for gear over everything else, I always say your imagination. Years ago I was blessed to be able to spend time with Annie Leibovitz and I asked her "How do I shoot more like you?" Her response? "Don't shoot like me Mark, shoot like you. It's the only way to develop your own style."
Some of my final images.


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Wheel May Develop Cracks And Fractures From Operating On Rough Roads. (spokes Will Primarily Be Affected).
Summary Of Corrective Actions Taken: Upon Inspection, A Redesigned Wheel Will Be Installed Along With A New Inner Tube And The Needed Balance Weights.
Vehicle Description: Motorcycles Equipped With 19 Inch Cast Alloy Front Wheels.system: Suspension; Front Wheel.consequences Of Defect: Wheel Operation Could Be Impaired. Spokes May Break Orthe Inner Tube May Be Damaged.note: If Noise Or Unusual Vibrations Develop, Do Not Operate Vehicle. Furtheroperation Could Result In An Accident.
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