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Iowa Teachers Stuck with Unwanted Representation
Despite the change in Iowa's public sector bargaining laws, some teachers will still be forced to undergo union representation they did not vote for. Briana PFannenstiel has the story in the Des Moines Register.
Thirteen bargaining units representing nearly 1,300 Iowa teachers and faculty have voted overwhelmingly to maintain their union affiliations in the first wave of elections required under Iowa's new collective bargaining laws.
Iowa Public Employment Relations Board staff tallied votes Tuesday, as the two-week voting period drew to a close.
Of the 1,291 eligible voters, 1,101 voted in favor of maintaining their union's bargaining unit while 27 voted to dissolve them. Sixteen ballots were voided and 147 people did not vote.
Now, public-sector unions must re-certify every time they face a new contract negotiation — typically every two or three years.
Legislative Republicans who crafted the law say the change was intended to make sure unions are being held accountable to all of their members. But labor leaders and union activists say it's an unfair burden designed to reduce the number of unions across the state and weaken their influence.
In this first wave of voting, about 89 percent of all eligible voters participated in the election, the publicly available vote tallies show. Just 147 people did not vote.
The September elections were conducted with mail-in ballots. This next round will be done online and over the phone.


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Recently I had an interview for a web-based instructing job, and listed below are a number of the questions I was asked. Increasingly, whether or not you've been training in distance ed or not, in the event you're a instructor, you may find yourself having to know an increasing number of about find out how to facilitate e-studying.
The UFT Exec Bd meetings, moribund for thus many years, have turned into high drama at instances this year as MORE/New Action have teamed with varied groups to convey their grievances directly to the UFT Ex Bd conferences, usually using a combo of the pre-assembly speaking time for non-EB members and the query and movement period by the MORE/NA highschool reps.
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For those looking for a job or for greener pastures, research is likewise a necessity. Through this process, not only will the unemployed increase their chances of finding potential employers both by job posting sites or employment businesses, but it could actually inform them if work alternatives are respectable. Without research, the gullible, but hopeful jobseeker or migrant employee may fall prey to unscrupulous headhunters who is perhaps involved in unlawful recruitment and/or human trafficking. Indeed, doing analysis can help make vital selections that can affect one's life and future.
There are some things that want to remain the same as time goes on and societies evolve. Education is considered one of them. While there is an argument that on-line studying allows people to be taught at their very own tempo, it's nonetheless not as invaluable because the schooling obtained from a conventional model classroom. Keep in mind, that is only true if the academics and professors are good at what they do and if the coed is willing to be taught. If not, then regardless of the technique, nothing might be discovered. It just does not make sense to pay for online education while you gain more ability sets and information with traditional type learning (which is typically cheaper).

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Gramercy Park History:
November 9, 1853
Birthday of renowned architect Stanford White
See emmy-nominated film about White on WLIW Treasures of New York
Grandson of Stanford White, author and architect Sam White, is featured in the film
Read about the Lost Stanford White House -- No. 121 E 21st St
Edwin Booth
Trustees of Gramercy Park:
Edwin Booth's Birthday to be celebrated Monday November 14th
6:45 p.m. Traditional candlelight walk from The Players (16 Gramercy Park South) to Gramercy Park to lay a wreath at the Booth statue in the center of the Park
Trustees of Gramercy Park:
Park tree care and maintenance program
Bartlett Tree Experts were recently in the Park to prune our trees. This will:
more sunlight to come in
Promote healthy tree growth
Encourage more flowers in the spring
Trustees of Gramercy Park:
Bulb planting
Over the next few weeks, more than ten thousand bulbs, including tulip, daffodil, allium, etc, will be planted in and around the Park. We look forward to seeing the bulbs bloom in the Spring.
Gramercy Park Neighbor:
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Playing November 4 - 20
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Trustees of Gramercy Park:
Gramercy Park Christmas Tree to arrive December 1
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Diet rich in vegetables, nuts, fish and oils can cut the chances of early death in heart patients by 37 per cent
Heart disease is better treated with a Mediterranean diet than cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study has claimed.
Experts concluded that a diet rich in vegetables, nuts, fish and oils can cut the chances of early death in heart patients by 37 per cent.
The study followed 1,200 people who had a history of heart disease and found those who most closely followed a typically Mediterranean diet were less likely to die.
Professor Giovanni de Gaetano, head of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at the IRCCS Neuromed Institute in Italy, said diet had a powerful effect and doctors should consider tackling food intake before resorting to drugs.
"The Mediterranean diet is widely recognised as one of the healthier nutrition habits in the world," he said.
"In fact, many scientific studies have shown that a traditional Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of various chronic diseases and, more importantly, of death from any cause."
"So far research has focused on the general population, which is mainly composed of healthy people. What happens to people who have already suffered from cardiovascular disease?
"Is the Mediterranean diet optimal for them too?"
Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins were previously believed to be the best way to tackle heart disease, but they only help reduce problems by around 24 per cent.
Experts suggest it is best to combine the two and consume a Mediterranean diet along with statins to tackle heart disease.


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Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
October 6, 2017
At least 59 dead, over 500 wounded in shooting attack in Las Vegas
(JTA)—At least 59 people are dead and more than 500 wounded in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
The attack took place at a country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Strip late Sunday night.
The gunman has been identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, who apparently killed himself in a standoff with police. Paddock reportedly shot at the crowd with automatic weapons from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay at around 10 p.m. while singer Jason Aldean was performing. Police said at least 10 firearms were found in the hotel room. Aldean was the final performer of the night and of the festival.
Some 22,000 people were at the venue at the time of the shooting, though not all were at the concert. Among the dead and injured are police officers.
President Donald Trump in a nationally televised news conference called the attack "an act of pure evil." He offered his and wife Melania's condolences to the families of the victims of the attack and prayers for the recovery of the injured.
Trump said the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are working with local officials to investigate the attack. The president said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with investigators, first responders and families of the victims.
Eight Israelis are unaccounted for and considered missing in the wake of the attack, Israel's Foreign Ministry told the nation's Channel 2.
Emmanuel Nachshon, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a tweet sent "love and solidarity from Jerusalem."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement of solidarity with Americans.
"On this terrible day, the people of Israel stand shoulder to shoulder with the American people in mourning and sorrow. Our hearts go out to the victims' families and we wish a speedy recovery to the wounded. We grieve with you."
Some 7,000 Israelis live in Las Vegas, Avner Saban, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, told the Israeli news website Walla. Saban traveled to Las Vegas to help locate the missing Israelis.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that Paddock converted to Islam several months ago, but did not offer any proof, The Associated Press reported. Senior U.S. officials have dismissed the claim. An FBI official at a media briefing in Las Vegas also also said the investigation has determined there was no connection to any international terrorist group but the probe would continue.
The Jewish mayor of Las Vegas, Carolyn Goodman, in a tweet asked her followers to "Pray for Las Vegas." She also thanked the first responders.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo in a news conference said that Paddock was a "local individual" and police were assessing whether the shooting was an act of terrorism. Several news outlets later identified Paddock as being from Mesquite, Nevada, about 80 miles from Las Vegas, along Nevada's border with Arizona.
Paddock reportedly was not known to police, was not a veteran of the military and lived in a retirement community.
There are over 70,000 Jews and at least 19 synagogues located in Las Vegas, according to the JewishVegas.com website.
Jewish groups in aftermath of Las Vegas attack call for tougher gun control laws
(JTA)—Jewish groups responded to the mass shooting in Las Vegas by condemning the violence and calling for gun control legislation.
At least 58 people are dead and more than 500 wounded in the attack at a country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Strip late Sunday night. It is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
The Anti-Defamation League, B'nai B'rith International, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Reform movement were among the groups that called for tougher gun control laws in the attack's aftermath.
"While we are still learning details and do not know the impetus for the killings, one thing is clear: the threat of mass violence against innocent civilians in America has not abated. This threat must be taken seriously," Anti-Defamation League National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. He called for the enactment of "tough, effective gun violence prevention measures."
Greenblatt said its Center on Extremism is investigating the background and activity of shooter Stephen Paddock and whether he may have ties to extremists or was motivated by any extremist ideology.
B'nai B'rith International said it is "well past time for meaningful, bipartisan gun violence legislation in this country." It also said: "Though information about the shooter and his arsenal is still being uncovered, we have long held there is no acceptable, reasonable need for civilians to have access to large rounds of ammunition"
"B'nai B'rith stands in solidarity with the Las Vegas community and with all those impacted by gun violence around the nation," the statement also said.
National Council of Jewish Women CEO Nancy Kaufman in a statement called for Congress to act to "stem the tide of this senseless violence before yesterday's tragedy becomes just another record to be broken."
"Federal lawmakers must act now to restrict access to automatic weapons, reject the current bill before Congress that would make it easier to buy silencers, and instead focus on how to make our communities and our country safer. NCJW expects nothing less from our elected officials," the statement also said.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said the mass shooting cannot be termed a random act of violence.
"Even before all the facts are known we know this: rather than revere gun rights our country must finally revere human life," he said.
"We mourn those callously slaughtered in Las Vegas and pray for the wounded. But our prayers must be followed by action, long overdue limits to the easy access to fire arms."
The Jewish Federations of North America in its statement called on people wherever they are to donate blood.
"These attacks are just the latest instances of senseless violence that terrorizes innocent people everywhere and must come to an end," the group said.
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, also called the attack "senseless."
"On behalf of world Jewry, I condemn this horrific criminal act," he said in a statement.
David Bernstein, president of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, said that while authorities have not determined whether the shooting was an act of terror, "there is no question that it has terrorized and traumatized hundreds of innocent people."
Cheryl Fishbein, the JCPA's chair, added: "It is imperative that we come together to address the underlying causes in the days ahead."
There are over 70,000 Jews and at least 19 synagogues in Las Vegas, according to the JewishVegas.com website.
Brandeis neuroscientist, the son of a cantor, wins Nobel Prize for Medicine
(JTA)—Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University, whose parents fled Nazi Germany and the son of a cantor, was one of three American scientists to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
The prize awarded to Rosbash, 74, and the others announced Monday was for their discoveries about molecular mechanisms controlling the body's daily rhythm. Jeffrey Hall of the University of Maine and Michael Young of Rockefeller University in New York joined Rosbash in receiving the prize.
They used fruit flies to isolate a gene that controls the rhythm of a living organism's daily life. The biological inner clocks regulate functions such as sleep, behavior, hormone levels and body temperature.
Rosbash, 74, came to Brandeis in 1974 and is the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and professor of biology at the Jewish-founded nonsectarian school.
"This morning's unexpected announcement certainly affected my circadian rhythms," Rosbach said in a statement from Brandeis. "I am thrilled to join Jeffrey and Michael in this recognition. I am grateful to my colleagues at Brandeis and to the unusual environment here that allows researchers to explore without boundaries while also engaging students in the process of discovery. This is a very special—perhaps unique—university,"
His parents were immigrants who fled Germany in 1938. His father was a cantor at Temple Ohabei Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Brookline, Massachusetts, not far from the Brandeis campus.
Rosbash and Hall started at Brandeis together in 1974; Hall is a professor emeritus there.
ISIS reportedly threatens Jewish NY museum for hosting Kurdish event
NEW YORK (JTA)—Police increased security at a Jewish museum here after the Islamic State reportedly suggested it as a target for attack for hosting an event about Kurds fighting the terrorist group.
The threats against the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust are unsubstantiated, but security was increased Sunday and Monday as a precautionary measure, NBC reported.
NBC said the recordings had suggested targeting the museum because of a "Kurdish exhibit opening Monday."
The museum is not hosting a Kurdish-themed exhibition, Lisa Safier, the museum's communications director, told JTA. It is, however, screening a movie Monday evening about Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State. Safier declined to comment on the report of the threats.
The film's director, Bernard-Henri Levy, a prominent French-Jewish public intellectual, will be present at the screening of "Peshmerga," for which he traveled to Iraq to meet with the fighters.
Brother of Toulouse Jewish school killer goes on trial for alleged complicity
(JTA)—The trial of the brother of the gunman who killed four at a Jewish school in France in 2012 has begun.
Abdelkader Merah, 35, is being tried for his alleged complicity in the slayings by Mohammed Morah at the Toulouse school, as well as three soldiers.
The trial started Monday in Paris in a special tribunal qualified to review highly classified material presented by the prosecution, the Le Figaro daily reported. The content of the indictment against Merah, whom the prosecution wants imprisoned for life, is subject to a strict gag order.
In addition to Abdelkader Merah, another suspected Islamist, 34-year-old Fettah Malki, also is facing charges of assisting Mohammed Merah carry out terrorist attacks in March 2012. Mohammed Merah gunned down three children and a rabbi at the school. He was killed in a shootout with police at an apartment three days after the school killings.
Both the older brother and Malki have denied having any prior knowledge of Mohammed Merah's planned attacks, but police say they have evidence suggesting both were involved in preparations. Abdelkader Merah also supported his brother spiritually and psychologically in his becoming a terrorist, the prosecution said.
Born to a family of four children, Mohammed Merah was "raised to be an anti-Semite because anti-Semitism was part of the atmosphere at home," his youngest brother, Abdelghani, said in 2013.
Abdelghani Merah has denounced his family publicly, calling their denials and claims of innocence part of their belief in taqqiyah—an Islamic term meaning "subterfuge" in the service of jihad.
The Merahs' sister, Souad, fled France after authorities there questioned her for saying she was proud of her brother. She and her four children were seen three years ago in the Turkish city of Gazyantep, where they are believed to have crossed into Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group, according to the TF1 television series.
Netanyahu apologizes for government no-show at Yom Kippur War memorial
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for no member of the Israeli government attending the annual memorial for soldiers killed during the Yom Kippur War.
Family members of the 2,222 fallen soldiers from the 1973 war attended the ceremony Sunday on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
"I am very sorry that there was no representative of the government present at the memorial service for those who died in the Yom Kippur War," Netanyahu said in the statement issued Sunday evening.
"This is an unfortunate mistake and I apologize to the bereaved families. I instructed the Government Secretariat to ensure that in the future there will be representation in the ceremonies of those killed in Israel's wars. There is no greater duty to our loved ones who fell so that we could live in our country."
Deputy Knesset Speaker Hilik Bar of the opposition Zionist Union was the only lawmaker to attend the ceremony. President Reuven Rivlin also attended and spoke to the assembled.
Swiss lawmaker resigns after comparing pigs to Auschwitz victims
(JTA)—A Swiss lawmaker has resigned after comparing the transportation of pigs for farming to the transportation of prisoners to Auschwitz.
"The (Nazi) deportees had only a slight chance to survive. As for the pigs, they are condemned to certain death," Swiss Green Party lawmaker Jonas Fricker said Thursday during a debate in the National Council, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.
During the debate Fricker, 40, apologized to the parliament and the Jewish community for his "naive" comparison.
The Swiss media was blanketed with coverage of Fricker's comparison, The Jerusalem Post reported.
On Saturday night, Fricker submitted a letter of resignation to his party.
"This comparison was hurtful and unfortunate. Resigning my mandate to parliament is the strongest signal that I can send," Fricker wrote, the news website Swissinfo reported.
He also wrote that he considers the Holocaust to be a "crime without comparison."
Deport ex-Nazi guard, NY Congress members urge Rex Tillerson
(JTA)—The entire New York congressional delegation has sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging him to deport a former Nazi concentration camp guard.
Jakiw Palij, 92, of Queens, was a guard at the Trawniki concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.
The 29 members of Congress representing New York, Democrats and Republicans, signed the letter calling for his deportation, the New York Daily News reported. In August, 21 members of the New York's House delegation wrote a similar letter to Tillerson.
Palij, who has lived in the United States as a war refugee since 1949, has claimed that he was forced into working as a guard and never actually killed anyone. His U.S. citizenship was revoked 13 years ago after a federal judge ruled that he lied on his application for immigration, but Poland, Germany and Ukraine all declined to take him.
"Removing Mr. Palij from American soil will send a message not only to the citizens of New York, but to the entire world," the letter said. "It has been 13 years since Mr. Palij lost his right to remain here, and it has taken far too long for these court orders to be carried out."
Amazon expanding in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Amazon is expanding in Israel, setting up Alexa Shopping teams in two cities.
The company will open research and development groups in Haifa and Tel Aviv with a total of 100 employees at the start, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. Alexa is a digital personal assistant developed by Amazon that allows users to shop online using voice commands.
Amazon said in an announcement that it is seeking to hire scientists, software engineers and product managers for the two offices.
The company recently hired Eyal Itah, former Microsoft Israel development director, as general manager of the Alexa Shopping engineering team, and Yoelle Maarek, who was the former research director at Yahoo! and ran its Haifa development center, as vice president of worldwide research.
Amazon has been active in Israel for the past several years. In early 2015 it purchased the Israeli cloud computing company Annapurna Labs.


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Will be putting up all time Christian Classics and the Latest, with links to buy copies online
When I was at Bible Seminary, when asked what next after studies. Most of the replies were, " I want to climb higher in My studies" Studying is a great thing. But how much will one study to make enough Impact?
What will our scholarship and pastoral ministry be if we are heads without hearts or hearts without heads? Recognizing the need for pastors and scholars to embody both theological depth and practical focus, John Piper and D. A. Carson have boldly advanced what it means to be a pastor-theologian and a theologian-pastor.
Weaving testimony and teaching, Piper and Carson challenge those in academia and in the pastorate to think carefully and holistically about their calling. Piper centers on the importance of careful thinking in his role as pastor, while Carson focuses on the importance of a pastoral heart in his career as scholar.
With insight and balance, Piper and Carson give critical guidance to help us span interdisciplinary gaps to the glory of God and the good of his church. These chapters are revised and expanded versions of the messages originally given following the 2009 Gospel Coalition conference. (Amazon)
D. A. Carson's father was a pioneering church-planter and pastorin Quebec. But still, an ordinary pastor-except that he ministeredduring the decades that brought French Canada from the brutalchallenges of persecution and imprisonment for Baptist ministers tospectacular growth and revival in the 1970s.
It is a story, and an era, that few in the English-speakingworld know anything about. But through Tom Carson's journals andwritten prayers, and the narrative and historical backgroundsupplied by his son, readers will be given a firsthand account ofnot only this trying time in North American church history, but ofone pastor's life and times, dreams and disappointments. With wordsthat will ring true for every person who has devoted themselves tothe Lord's work, this unique book serves to remind readers thatthough the sacrifices of serving God are great, the sweetness ofliving a faithful, obedient life is greater still. (Amazon)
The Book comes as an encouragement to us as modern day Church pastors and church Planters. From all our regular things to do list and flexing our muscles for ministry, this book looks not at how fruitful your ministry was or is, but your faithfulness to God and His Word and His Church and eventually reflecting on God's Faithfulness. A book that I would highly recommend for Pastors and Christians living in a world that is always looking for a best, better and greatest constant result.
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I almost fell asleep, then I fell asleep, then I took a walk on my injured foot.
Today was the one week follow up appointment for my broken toe. I had an appointment slip and my hospital card and that earned me a surprisingly quick check in using an ATM-style device. I was sent right to the waiting room where I turned in all my papers.
I was then surprised when I was called for my x-ray after only a few minutes' wait. At that point I began to hope that I wouldn't be there that long.
That's when the wait began. Several people were ahead of me in line. The hospital has a white board that lists the doctors' names and their rooms and has a couple inexplicable numbers on it that are occasionally changed. I think the numbers have to do with the waiting list but I'm not sure.
While I waited I tried reading but quickly began to drift as my brain began shutting down. I tried watching television, but someone had set it to an NHK documentary which is a bit like injecting barbiturates directly into someone's bloodstream. Eventually I started dozing off and tried to find a position where I wouldn't fall over and land on the floor, fall forward and smack my face on the chair in front of me, or drool on myself.
I finally had to stand up and pace a little, which is funny when you have an injured foot, but right after I sat back down my name was called.
The doctor asked me how my foot was (sore, but usable) and showed me the x-rays which seemed to show little improvement but no new damage, which the doctor seemed worried about. It also seemed to have set in a normal position and were healing normally.
I'm now scheduled to go back for another follow up in two weeks. I'll probably go to that one, but avoid any appointments after that as Japanese doctors tend to try to bring you back as they make money per visit and want you to visit a lot.


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InvisiblePPC is now utilizing Tag Manager (GTM) to apply our codes to your client's websites. GTM lets you launch new tags any time with a few clicks, so you never miss a measurement or marketing opportunity. This will simplify the work for you and your client. After the GTM code is created and implemented on your client's website InvisiblePPC will be able to implement, update, replace and troubleshoot all call tracking, remarketing and conversion tracking codes without any additional work on your part. You will be able to manage all your client's GTM account from the same login you use for your MCC.
To make this happen, there are four items you are responsible for:
- Creating a GTM account for your client
- Getting the client to implement the Tag Manager code
- Providing InvisiblePPC to the client's GTM account
- Notifying InvisiblePPC when the GTM code has been implemented on the client's website
Please review this document completely. We recommend creating the GTM account and providing the codes even before filling out the Client Onboarding Form. This will give the client extra time to get the code implemented. The GTM code must be implemented on the client's website in order to be provided a link to schedule your Onboarding Call.
Create a Tag Manager Account
Video Steps: https://youtu.be/ibj2k4lCf-Q
- Log into your manager account and go to: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/tag-manager/
2. Click Sign in to Tag Manager
3. Click Create Account
Enter your agency name as the Account Name (Company Name), share Data and click continue
4. Enter your client's name or website (without www.) in the Container name, select "Web"under Where to Use Container and click Create.
a. You need one account per domain, use the root domain of the client in this step.
b. If the client is using a landing page and the url is lander.client2.com, you will just used client2.com
c. If the client has multiple domains, you should set up multiple account
5. Click Yes to accept Google Tag Manager Terms of Service
Copy the Install Google Tag Manager implementation instructions and code, then send to the client for implementation.
In order to avoid any issues with the code picking up formatting, please copy the code into a text editor, for sending to your client. It would be best to include the instructions in the text document that you send to your client (see example below). Then click OK
Add New Clients to Existing Tag Manager Account
1. Log into your Tag Manager account
2. Click the three dots on the right-hand side of the existing Tag Manager Account and select "Create Container"
a. Follow steps 3-7 above
Add InvisiblePPC to Access The Client
Grant InvisiblePPC access to the account you've created OR if your client already has GTM they can follow these steps to provide us access to their account.
a. Click the Accounts tab
b. Find the account you would like to give InvisiblePPC access to
c. Click the three dots in the right side of the header of the client
d. Select User Management
e. To add a new user, click the New button
f. Fill in the fields as follows:
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b. Account Permissions: Manage Account Users, Permissions, and Settings
c. Container Permissions: View, Edit, and Publish
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a. Notify [email protected] when the client has implemented the GTM code
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The Weeknd took his rightful place as headliner on Friday night at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Music revelers flooded Empire Polo Field for Abel Tesfaye's third bite at the Coachella apple, having debuted in 2012 and returning in 2015.
With SZA performing an electric set before him with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Trippie Redd, there was much to live up to, and Tesfaye delivered.
There were the crowd-pleasing hits, taking it all the way back to House of Balloons which first put the Canadian hit maker on the music map. "Can't Feel My Face," and "Starboy" featured with more recent chart-toppers like Black Panther's "Pray For Me" mixed in.
But it was Tesfaye's peeled back, emotionally-charged performance of the Frank Dukes-produced "Call Out My Name" from his newly released My Dear Melancholy EP, that created the moment of the night.
While belting out lyrics like, "We found each other/ I helped you out of a broken place/ You gave me comfort/ But falling for you was my mistake," Tesfaye seemed choked up. The song appears to be about his failed romance with Selena Gomez whom he stood by when the "Hands To Myself" singer went through a kidney transplant last year.
All in all, Tesfaye delivered an assured set, now a seasoned veteran of the stage, needing no guest acts to beef up his honest performance.


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Liv Siddall has managed to do almost all the creative things. And she's done them ridiculously well.
Her incredibly impressive list of accolades stems from a graphic design internship at London creative magazine, It's Nice That, resulting in a job as one of their editors and a massive 1,789 articles to stand behind, or in front of (there is a lot to be proud of there). After working in freelance, Liv took on the brave task of creating the Rough Trade record store's first ever magazine. She writes, publishes, produces podcasts, gives advice, talks at big and scary conferences, laughs a lot, talks a lot. She has contributed to, and worked with a number of publications, including Dazed and Riposte – and she has interviewed some of the most fascinating people imaginable, according to anyone (Miranda July, Brown Cardigan and the 13 year old astronaut-in-training, Alyssa Carson).
When I told Liv I had sent her a list of questions for this interview, she said hoped she was clever enough to answer the questions. Here are the silly, amusing, and ever so clever answers she gave me – about being a person, about being a woman.
What interests you about the music industry? How did you get involved with Rough Trade?
Well, the music industry – or at least that term – doesn't reeeeallly appeal to me. Music does. I've listened to music all day every day since I can remember. First thing in the morning, commute, all day at work, commute, all night at home. I've been spending all my money on gigs since I was allowed to leave the house. Strangely, when I was offered my job at Rough Trade they hired me on my past magazine and podcast experience rather than my taste in music. I had been shopping at Rough Trade since I was a teenager when I tentatively bought The Moldy Peaches album in Rough Trade West. Then about ten years later when I was floundering as a lost and lonely freelancer they emailed asking if I wanted to come in and chat about a magazine and some radio shows they wanted to make. Getting hired to do that job was one of the best feelings I have ever experienced. I'll never forget it.
What's the team like you work with? The music industry internationally is characteristically male dominated. So how do you fit in as a woman documenting parts of it? Do you feel like you do?
Well I don't have a direct team. With the magazine I work for about one week per month with the amazing designer Bruce Usher who works remotely. Then on the radio shows I work alongside John Webb who edits and produces. That said, working at Rough Trade East means your "team" is just all the shop staff and mail order and cafe staff that work there. As you can imagine they are a very, very cool bunch of people. All very kind, funny, sweet and knowledgeable. We go to festivals together, have long evenings in the pub, cuddle each other in the cafe, joke around all day – it's very blissful and sociable. I have always adored colleagues – those people you get thrown together with that you would perhaps not hang out with otherwise. The humour you have with them is so, so good. That's why I could never get to grips with freelancing. I was so lonely – there was no one to muck about with. I love camaraderie, that's when I'm at my best.
You worked as editor of It's Nice That for a loooong time, and freelancing since then seems to have given you buckets of writing experience – thousands of article and interviews so it seems. What has the writing industry been like for you as a female?
I have no idea how it's been for me as a woman. It's been great for me as a person. There are times when I wonder if I have only been invited on a panel, or asked to be in a magazine just to make up the female numbers…but I appreciate if that is the case then it's for the good reason that people are actively trying to make their magazines or events more equal. And yeah I have written hundreds of articles for so many magazines. It's such an honour to be asked! I do stuff for tiny zines or big magazines, I sort of say yes to everything. That's the best way, right?
To be honest, recently I have been a little wary of my internet footprint. A lot of my older writing and interviews are a bit dodgy and I sort of wish no one could see them. But I've made my own bed, and for the most part that bed is comfy and fun, so I can't complain too much.
As for why I've done so many, it seems to me that the more you write, the more you get offered to write. People seeing my name in loads of magazines can only be a good thing I suppose, in terms of getting offered more work. I do turn down offers too – mainly when I just think I'm not the best person for the job as opposed to me being too busy.
What was starting Rough Trade like? Did you experience any significant obstacles that seemed to be related solely to your gender?
Well, I was a little taken aback at how few women work here, for sure. But it wasn't an issue for me personally. To be honest when I first started I was so caught up in making a music magazine on my own for a 40 year old company and getting it right, I didn't really notice. I actually went to a school that was 90% boys, then at university I hung around with mainly boys, then at It's Nice That it was very male-heavy as well. I've always been in very male-dominated places throughout my life, and I really like hanging out with and working with men, so it has never been much of a problem for me. I enjoy it.
With the magazine I make, sometimes it can be hard to feature as many women as men. In my monthly spreadsheet full of the magazine contents I make a list of men and women so I have a constant idea of the ratio per issue, but it can often be more male-heavy just due to the genre or the nature of music Rough Trade sells and promotes. There have been times when I have wanted to get rid of a great male feature to insert a woman instead – but then the idea of shoehorning someone in for the sake of it seems strange and unappealing. To get around the problem I tend to commission a lot of female contributors instead, particularly photographers and writers. Working with incredible creative people like Aly Comingore, Cara Robbins, Lydia Garnett and Anna Victoria Best to name but a few is actually some of the most pleasing parts of my day-to-day job.
How does being your own boss lady (because that's really what you are, in all contexts) as editor and creator of Rough Trade, compare to freelancing?
I didn't really like freelancing. I found it lonely and I had to do a lot of things that didn't fire me up just so I could pay the bills. Really what I missed most was colleagues. I adore colleagues.
Working in Rough Trade with the 20 or so amazing, hilarious, weird, different people who make up the staff here is such a pleasure. The kind of mucking around and gossiping reminds me of the better parts of school. We all get drunk together and love each other and go to gigs together – it's the best. Freelancing was just so lonely for me – no one to talk to, and no one to tell me what to do. So I was sad and unmotivated. Without people around me, I'm nothing. Does that mean I'm a show off?
It makes such a difference to me to actually have a purpose, or a job to do. Without someone telling me to get up and do something, I find it very hard to motivate myself and I end up panicking or flapping. By having a job title, and a to do list, I feel a lot calmer. When someone asks me what I do, I can tell them. When I was freelance I'd be like: "Welllllll I do pottery on Mondays and I write for a bunch of magazines and sometimes I do talks and sometimes I run events and I kinda wanna make a magazine but I wouldn't call myself a writer, and yeah I studied design but I don't actually design stuff.." etc etc etc until I am red in the face. Not ideal.
Do you feel taken seriously in your industry? I mean, you seem to be someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously to start with (we like that about you), but do you feel respected and supported in your role as editor of Rough Trade?
I don't take myself very seriously at all but I do take my career very seriously. Even when I give a talk and it's all jokes and swearing I still am trying very hard to get across how much I adore what I do. I like it when people say that the magazine is their favourite because it's not too serious, and I suppose that was the appeal of It's Nice That too. Every day I seek out fun and great people, purely for my own benefit so I can feed off them, and I always have done that. The product of what I churned out at It's Nice That, or the magazine now, is made up purely of the funny and silly relationships I have with like-minded people. It's a great feeling.
I do also feel that perhaps there could be a little bit more fun and silliness in this world. The only reason I give (hopefully) funny talks and lectures is because I have sat through about 1000 boring ones and I know what it's like to be in the audience during someone droning on about their work and giving the people nothing. Also I was born with a hot, burning desire to be liked by everyone. Maybe it's something to do with being the youngest child, I don't know.
How do you feel about being a woman? Are you empowered or challenged by your womanhood? What has your documenting the music industry taught you about being female?
I've always been somewhat masculine. Well, perhaps not masculine actually, but definitely not overly feminine. I wear men's clothes and have done for years, and I sometimes even struggle a bit in the company of women. I think all the hanging out with men my whole life has just made me a little more boyish. I definitely don't feel empowered by my womanhood. It barely crosses my mind. I like to read books and listen to music that deals with the idea of feminism and womanhood, but purely in a bid to grasp what it is I lack in finding it, and feeling it.
Who are the women that inspire you? Which ladies make you feel all gooey inside?
Apart from every woman I have ever worked with or am friends with, the list would be something along the lines of Mum. Sister. Joan Didion. Caroline Aherne. Justine Frischmann. Joanna Lumley. Laura Marling. Susan Sarandon. Tavi Gevinson. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Beyonce. Hope Sandoval. Gillian Wearing. Joni Mitchell. Donna Tartt. Francoise Mouly. Patti Smith. Tracey Emin. French and Saunders. Yoko Ono. Judee Sill. Joanna Newsom. Martha Wainwright. Julia Roberts. Zadie Smith. Kate Tempest. Sharon Van Etten. Ali Smith. Roseanne. Emmylou Harris. Oh my god, there are billions more.
What is the future looking like for you?
I have absolutely no clue. Keep making this magazine for the time being, then who knows! I've been working solidly with no break for nearly a decade and I never took a gap year or anything, so some time off to trade would be my dream. To America I think. Aside from that I just wanna move into radio – it's my calling. I want to be the host of Desert Island Discs.
Finally, do you have any good advice for aspiring female writers/editors/musicians/girls just trying to survive in this world?
I suffer heavily from Imposter Syndrome – I never feel I've deserved any of the opportunities I've been given, and also I really feel like I have no real skills. If someone were to ask me to teach them something, I'd be completely unable to. All I've ever been is myself, and I've never tried to do anything because I felt like I should. With that, I've never done anything I don't want to do. Every job I've had has been a blast – even flipping burgers at Wembley stadium or working in cafes and bars. Perhaps my relentless positivity and quest for fun and cheer has got me quite far, in terms of personal enjoyment at least. In fact, an old friend recently congratulated me on my career and told me that I was great because I had basically built an entire career just off the back of my personality as opposed to academic or tangible skill – which is true. So maybe that's it; just have fun and be yourself. And if the fun stops, or you're not who or where you want to be, just try and work out what you enjoy or what interests you and lean towards that instead. I'd say find something that you find incredibly easy and go from there. If that's talking to and meeting people, great. If it's organising stuff, even better.


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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said that he will not abandon the national assignment given to him as a minister to contest the forthcoming Anambra Central senatorial district election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is set to conduct elections into the vacant seat in the Senate following the Appeal Court's nullification of the election of the former occupier of the seat, Senator Uche Ekwunife, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but last week defected to the All Progressives Congress.
Ngige, who represented the district in the Senate from 2011 to 2015, lost his re-election bid in the 2015 general elections.
Explaining his decision not to contest the senatorial election, which he said is based on both personal and official reasons, the Minister said the task given to him by President Muhammadu Buhari requires a Spartan like him to get the job done.
Speaking with newsmen at the APC national secretariat Wednesday in Abuja, Ngige said despite the economic down turn in the country, his ministry will do everything possible to fulfil his party manifestoes of job creation.
"I am not running because of official and personal reasons. The official reason being that I have an assignment given to me by Mr President as minister of Labour and Employment. As a matter of fact, the job is 60 percent more of employment generation than Labour. Labour matters constitute only about 40 percent which is about Labour and Industrial relations, workers welfare and the rest of them all.
"Unemployment is a very big scourge, a very serious disease in Nigeria now and we need to fight it frontally. I have gone to that ministry, had briefings from relevant officers and top management officers and I fill that Nigeria is at a cross roads.
"The APC manifesto stipulates what we are going to do. We promised Nigerians that we were going to create jobs, we are going to create employment and unfortunately for us, the economy has taken a serious down turn so we need Spartans like me to keep our flag flying and bring out water from the rock and that is what exactly we are going to do".
In response to a question if he actually endorsed Senator Ekwenife to return to the Senate, the former Anambra State governor explained that "as at the time Sen. Ekwunife came in, she was the only person who was an APC person that wanted to do the reruns, if she is the only person, I have no objection but today I'm told that two other people have shown interest, the party would do the normal thing and the normal thing the party is to do is to run a primary, the question of baptizing of blessing now does not arise".
On the chances of APC at the March election, Ngige said "we stand a very good chance, my political structure is there, the party has its own machinery. They're interwoven and if I don't want to over-estimate I will say that if you combine my structure with that of the party, I don't have an Organisation as such but there are certain things that go for me in that senatorial district, the party, before the election starts, has a solid 40-45 percent vote that she can say is her own based on our effect.
"APGA is not a push over in the state, it can boast of say 30 percent. PDP can boast of maybe 10-15 percent. Out of those 10-15 percent, Sen. Ekwunife has some because she has ran a federal constituency two times and won therefore she's not a push over. If you do an additive of all these I mentioned, the chance of the party is bright and we will work hard in taking that seat because we want to show that the state is not an APGA state or a PDP state".
While responding to the court case instituted by the APGA candidate, Chief Victor Umeh against the candidate of both APC and PDP, Ngige advised him to canvass for votes from the electorate rather than busying himself with litigation to stop the candidature of another person.
"It's a fresh election and besides for us in APC we are on very safe ground because section 33 of the electoral act permits us to substitute a candidate who has either died or has withdrawn. The two elections I ran, I came in as a substitute candidate in those two elections. That section has always been there to make allowance for people who for circumstances beyond their control could not continue. The APGA candidate should better go to the field and ask for votes rather than wasting his time in court to stop the candidature of another person", he said.


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I have has a number of good rides this week, my average speed is increasing some more. I feel that my physical condition is getting better, I'm getting better acquainted with my velomobile and the weather has been great with temperature in the mid to high seventies.
I have been using the modified insoles, they are not perfect but I think it helps. I have also taken out my road biking shoes instead of my touring shoes I prefer because I can walk safely in them. I think the road shoes have a stiffer sole and it seem to help with my feet took longer to feel numb and that quickly disappeared shortly after stopping.
I also ordered a new 11-40 cassette to replace the 11-36 cassette when the riding conditions include significant climbing, hopefully I will be able to use it without any significant issue as it is at the maximum capacity for the derailleur. I think that for everyday use I will keep the 11-36 as it provides me a good range and good shifting.
It appears that after 5 weeks working at the factory in Romania, Allert Jacobs, the designer of the QuatroVelo, will not be able to have the velomobile working in time for Cycle Vision as expected. There is just too much work still needed to finish the first one. He also indicated that he had to reinforce the luggage area and unfortunately for beer drinker, a case of beer will no longer fit in the trunk of the QuatroVelo. The reinforcement is not the only reason, the hinges for the lid make the entrance a bit smaller than initially expected.
New video of the DFs shell completed with the new boom all coming below 8.6kg! Daniel thinks that sub 20kg velomobiles for everyday use are now possible. In this case, he expects that the DFs prototype will come in finished at around 16kg. There are a few things to note in this video: first we have a better idea of the integration of the bottom bracket into the middle of the boom; second, you will notice the access holes in the rear idler cover to facilitate maintenance and; finally the scale complete shell with boom 8.578kg, the weight with the seat removed is 7.922kg the weight of the boom including bottom bracket was not shown but Daniel quoted 340g for the weight of the boom minus bottom bracket, the weight does not include the swingarm but the tiller support and linkages and the idlers are installed.
It seems that the idler issues I identified last week have been more common than first thought. A number of people have reported similar problems this week… coincidence? Daniel indicated that he has upgraded his idler to one made by Alligt, the sides are made of stiffer materials to keep the chain centered.


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We still didn't have a flicking game in our collection, but with Fast Shot this gap is filled. Fast Shot is a game for 2 players with 2 game modes. In the first you have to knock your 3 cylinders down by hitting them with your disc. Afterwards you'll have to score in the goal that is shared among the players. In the second game mode you first have to shoot your disc through the gates before you score. In the box we included 20 different setups (10 for each game mode).
Because there is only one goal, it is also important you play a little bit tactical. Focus on your mission won't be enough. You'll also have to make sure your opponent doesn't score. You can position your disc to hinder your opponent, but you can also hit his disc or the goal to move it.
We'll publish 2 different versions and only the colors will be different. With both sets it is possible to play with 4 players.
Fast Shot recently arrived in our warehouse and will be presented at the Brussels Game Festival. Of course it will also be present in Essen.


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A respectable magazine asked me if I could submit some action shots of Matt, to which I promptly replied, "Duh!"
So I go to the kitchen where a wedding tasting is being held. I'm thinking I've got Food Shots! Matt Shots! Kitchen Shots! Even some Tal Shots! In. The. Bag. Bada-Bing! Bada-Boom!!
Not so fast, Oh-Yee-Big-Headed-One. This kitchen has been up since before the sun and they are weary and fatigued and in no mood for photo ops.
This shot that you see is the best I have to offer, and the most serious and sincere. I will try again tomorrow.
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This has got to be one of the most interesting bar type projects. The Unstabalizer is a system similar to the stock market for a bar. When one drink is purchased, it causes the price of the drink to increase, and those drinks not being purchased will drop.
This means that the whole bar would be one large drinking game since the prices can change drastically. This would not only allow people to step outside their comfort zone, but also get cheaper alcohol at certain times. Would definitely be a wonderful social experiment and an interesting conceptual design. The one thing that a friend said was that some people don't like to mess around with the drink price. I think that if you set up a minimum and a maximum price (where maximum is what people pay currently), then people don't mind paying less for anything and if it's automated, they definitely wouldn't care one bit there either.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A Williamson County woman is accused of stealing more than $70,000 from the Austin Police Society.
According to an affidavit, Karolina Camara was the treasurer of the Austin Polish Society. On May 19, the president of the society, Margaret Meub, stated that Camara has used the society's funds for personal use. Meub said that an investigation of the society's funds showed that between Dec. 11, 2014 and April 30, 2018, Camara wrote 54 checks to herself and one to her husband.
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Kolkata: Accusing the Congress and CPI-M of ganging up with the BJP for the coming panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the two parties whether they supported the saffron outfit`s ideology in the state.
"We want one to one fight against BJP, because it is a communal party. We believe in that. CPI-M and the Congress also say the same thing. But in Bengal, they are together. They are three brothers here. Does that mean they (Congress and CPI-M) don`t consider BJP in Bengal as communal? They should clarify?" she told media persons here.
Training her guns on the Congress, Banerjee asked how come they were with the BJP in Bengal, and fighting the party outside. "Congress, rather than fighting (Narendra) Modi and Amit Shah, tied up with the BJP here. They should first answer people how they have joined forces with the BJP overnight here.
"In Bengal they are with BJP. Outside Bengal, they are fighting the BJP. How come is that possible?"
Banerjee lashed out against the Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders for failing to declare `jihad` against the RSS, and held them responsible for the CPI-M people contesting as BJP candidates in the upcoming polls.
"BJP had contested only 11,000 seats in 2013. This time they are in fray in 38,000 gram sabha seats. CPI-M `harmads` (pirates) have joined them. CPI-M should be ashamed.
"Today, CPI-M can`t put up candidates. This has happened for their leaders. They should have declared a jihad against RSS. They should explain it to their cadres."
Denying allegations that the opposition parties were being forcibly prevented from filing their nominations, she said the opposition has put up 90,000 candidates for the around 58,000 Panchayat seats. "Including independents and smaller parties, the figure is 90,000. The opposition could not file nominations in some seats because they lack people, lack a tight organisation. Moreover, many seats have been reserved for Scheduled castes, tribes and Other Backward Classes. It is difficult to find the right candidates for these seats," she said at the state secretariat Nabanna.
Banerjee said in 2003, her party had contested only 30,000 of the 58,000 seats. In 2008, her party could put up only 35,000 candidates.
She also castigated the Left parties for calling a general strike on Friday and said public life would not be disrupted on that day. "It`s only a drama. There will be no strike or shutdown on that day".


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text: From: Justin Gargiulo To: Scott Jenkins, Subject: Listening = Winning Date: Mon Apr 07 00:30:24 MDT 2014 Body: At the AAPC Conference (Pollie Awards) in April of 2012 I attended a discussion featuring panelists from companies offering the best in political technology. There were five presenters; three were democrat and two were non-partisan. One week later, we started building a new data platform for Republican campaigns and causes. We released VoterTrove in September of 2012 and have been working ever since building new features and enhancements based on client feedback. Less than two years later, our little startup has received the Excellence Award for Best New Technology at the 2014 AAPC Conference. The award is the highest distinction offered to any technology company by the American Association of Political Consultants. We are honored to be the first Republican technology company to receive this award. Past winners include NGP-VAN and Catalist, two companies that helped catapult the Democrats ahead on digital and data. Winning is nice. What makes it better is knowing that we received this award in no small part due to the testimonials given to AAPC by our clients. Technology startups are a lot like elected officials. If you don't listen to your clients/constituents, you won't be around very long, but if you really listen, you can achieve great things. We'd like to thank the AAPC and our awesome clients for this award. Not a client? Well… what are you waiting for? Join the Republican campaigns around the country using VoterTrove to build data and win votes. Give us a shout to set up a demo, or simply reply to this email. Cheers, Justin Gargiulo @JustinGargiulo CEO and Founder of VoterTrove (c) 203.988.0829 (o) 1.888.960.5872 ext 700 701 Brazos Street, Suite 1601 Austin, TX 78701 This email was sent using VoterTrove Click here to unsubscribe


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Look at this picture (November 2008) from Alvaro Ybarra Zavala - @alvaroybarra - from a soldier in the civil conflict in Congo.
For me, at first it was just a random picture of a soldier in my newspaper. Until I realized what he is holding in his hand on the right: one hand from another human being (soldier?). Cut-off with the knife he is holding in his mouth? What horror :( My horror became even more evident and felt like a personal attack when I took a closer look at what he is holding in his hand on the left: Cut-Off Penis With Testicles! He deliberately cut off someone else's (external) genitalia. Why?
The soldier seems pretty normal to me. Rare kind of behavior in history? There is a historical parallel in Ancient Egypt. On the Narmer Palette, one of the oldest archaeological finds in Egypt, King Narmer (Old Kingdom) cut-off heads and genitalia from his enemies (source page 22). It's a find dating from the 31st century BC. 3100 + 2000 = 5100 years old! Rare in Ancient Egypt? No. "Mutilation of fallen enemies was commonplace in pharaonic Egypt. During the New Kingdom cut-off hands and genitals were dedicated to Amen-Re and their tally kept by scribes." (source)
Why? Body counting? Humiliation? Deprived of his vital body parts in this world he can never be reborn in the next? Lust for power? Souvenir? Or ...?
Please don't feel offended with this letter. I seek and want to face our human behavior. Even when it hurts.
P.S. @alvaroybarra added this caption (Spanish) to his picture.


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After their sell-out 10th anniversary shows at The Royal Albert Hall and Manchester Bridgewater Hall, award-winning band Bellowhead continue the celebrations on their biggest ever UK tour.
They are performing at Sheffield City Hall on Saturday, November 8.
Bellowhead's most recent album Broadside was awarded Best Album at the 2013 Folk Awards.
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#TakeTheKnee trending hashtag reveals sharp debate over National Football League players' kneeling
- Author: Rogelio Becker Sep 28, 2017,
Sep 28, 2017, 0:20
The tweet stems from a continuous feud between the president and the NFL after 200 pro football players knelt during the national anthem before games on the weekend in defiance of Trump's criticism of the "take a knee protest".
During a Friday night speech in Alabama, President Donald Trump labeled NFL players as "sons of bitches" for failing to stand during the National Anthem.
The protest has grown as more players express opposition to racial injustice and police brutality across the country.
In addition to taking a jab at the league's TV ratings, which Trump said were highest before the games started as viewers watched to see if the "country will be disrespected", he also took a shot at the Dallas Cowboys for their protest on Monday night. On Sunday, NFL teams across the nation acted in solidarity with their fellow athletes, whether they took a knee, stood locking arms or stayed in their locker room during the anthem.
"But we have to choose respectful ways of doing that so that we can achieve the outcomes we ultimately want and do it with the values and ideals that make our country great".
President Donald Trump renewed his onslaught against the NFL, American football's elite league, with a series of Twitter tackles after a series of weekend protests continued.
Trump is now embroiled in a five-day controversy with the NFL since he first commented on players protesting the National Anthem at a rally in Alabama on Friday.
The national anthem has been as big a storyline in the NFL this season as the games themselves.
While the NFL's players haven't been fully united in their forms of expression, or even in their stance on standing for the flag, Thomas doubts division will filter in and poison teams.
Navy veteran Mark Hinton says he wouldn't kneel, but he understands the importance of the message, and just wishes it could be done better.
And I think those men respected the country they fought for and founded - a great deal more than the self-proclaimed patriots who are simply hypocrites - because they want to deny the basic freedom of this great country...
"The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race", Mr. Trump tweeted on Monday morning, reiterating his statement to reporters a day earlier. And for people to disrespect that by kneeling during the national anthem I think is disgraceful.
"I've heard that before about was I preoccupied", Trump said during a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Kaepernick's not even in the NFL right now and the demonstrations during the national anthem have never been more prominent.


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On Saturday morning the dismal performances at Gillingham, Shrewsbury, York and Swindon were merely a dot in the memory of city fans as The Bantams were about to take on Peterborough on the back of a 5 game unbeaten run. Although City should have taken all 3 points against Sheffield the week before, there was an abundance of positives to take from the game and we were beginning to look up the table instead of down.
At 5 o'clock on Saturday, though, it seemed like we were back to square one.
Up until Saturday the team seemed to be finally gelling with partnerships such as Evans/Liddle, Hanson/Cole and Darby/Marshall beginning to blossom. We were playing a better brand of passing football mixed with the quintessential grit of a Parkinson team. In the first half up until Anderson's injury there were further signs of this and at half time, despite a slightly flat atmosphere, everyone in the ground expected the 3 points to follow. Instead what followed, as Parky admitted, was a lack of desire and no response to Peterborough's nauseatingly unprofessional tactics. The early season ghosts of the inability to sustain performances seemed to have come back to haunt City.
This is when we have to ask what's going wrong and try come up with solutions.
1. Lack of goals when we are on top – City's inability to capitalise when we're on top has haunted us, especially at home, for the past two seasons and seemingly isn't going away in a hurry. Previously I would now regurgitate the 'we haven't replaced Wells' line and that would be that but we now have Devante Cole who has proved his efficiency in front of goal. Moreover we have more creativity in the midfield for as long as I can remember, so why don't we score when we're on top?
2. We still leak silly goals – You can win games 1-0 by getting a lucky goal and afford to not score when you're on top, but only if you're not leaking goals at the other end. We finished 7th last season because of this reason and it has cost us, by my reckoning, tenpoints so far this season. Is this just down to the loss of Davies? It happened a lot less when he was on the pitch and the frequency with which it is happening now does point to his absence from the side. Reece Burke did seem to be one solution but he possibly won't be here much longer, and then what? Even if we manage to keep him all season, we're back to square one at the start of next season. Regardless of what division we're in. The problem, though, I believe goes deeper than this. Midfield protection is key to any good defence and ours don't get protected enough.
3. Injuries – Injuries shouldn't be an excuse for poor results, but they are a factor to consider nonetheless.Morais and Clarke were pivotal figures in our team last year and their absence cannot be underestimated. Now Morris, who looks to be a great addition to the squad, and Anderson, who was beginning to find his feet again, are both out. They join Routis who has been sidelined for quite some time now. Squads should be built to withstand injuries, no matter how numerous, but there is no doubt injuries are taking its toll on our squad.
These 3 problems are solvable and these are my solutions:-
- Firstly to address Injury problems. This in a wayhas already been partially answered by Parky in his post-match pulse interview. He admitted he may have to look at the loan market for another winger as Morris is still a few weeks away. This may well be one way to solve it but surely Dylan Mottley-Henry could now be utilised? My first thought when Anderson went down on Saturday was, right Dylan – here's your chance. Instead we saw Davies come on which I still feel was the wrong decision, despite Parky's diligent justifications after the match. I think Mottley-Henry could have a chance for 3-4 weeks to prove himself and if not Davies could be a stop gap solution, or indeed a loanee player. We have a good youth team which we should make use of.
- My proposal to solve goal leakages and lack of goals when we're on top of games could be seen as drastic and controversial, but bear with me.
- I need to make a few things clear. Hanson is one of my favourite players and what he has done for the club will forever live in the memory of City fans. The header at Villa or the goal at Burton to just recall two.I think we need to keep him even if we get promoted as not only does he embody Bradford City values but he can prove a handful for any centre half he comes up against. I have absolutely no problem with having a big man up top because it's one of the most effective and simplest ways to win football matches. My problem is not with Hanson, and not necessarily with our style of play when we deploy him in certain ways but it's his un-droppable status.
The diamond saga is behind us and City are playing with wingers but I propose one more alteration which isn't necessarily permanent. A lot of good attacking teams don't play with two strikers but I think Parky and maybe many city fans may see only one striker as a defensive move. It is definitely not but I can see why you'd think that. On a rare occasion against Sheffield away last year Parky left Hanson up on his own with Halliday, Knott and Clarke behind him with two holding midfielders. What this allowed for was a typical away performance – i.e. a five man midfield on defence and counter attacking wingers with a creative number 10.
This formation can be adapted into an attacking one for home games – i.e. a 4-3-3. This is where the Hanson issue comes in. It worked well with him in the team away from home that day as he can hold the ball up well but it would be more fluid and attacking if we played Cole or Davies there who can do more with the ball and run in behind. Something that you need, especially at home. Also no City fan wants to see Hanson out wide, even if it worked at Stamford Bridge.
My reasoning behind this change in formation is to solve our goal scoring issues and prevent our goal leakages as it gives better protection for the back four and can create more attacking dynamism. On attack Knott can play a more advanced and creative role due to having two more midfielders behind him. This will give him less defensive responsibility and encourage him to take more risks, something that is harder when playing in a two man central midfield pairing. Also the two wingers knowing the midfield is more secure won't need to tuck in as much and can stay wide and push on. Midfield runners have been almost non-existent recently and it is how good teams win football matches. Furthermore when defending Knott can drop in giving the defence a 3 man wall instead of two. Solidity mixed with creativity and flair.
4-3-3 doesn't have to be permanent or used in every game. 4-4-2 has brought us and many other teams success but having two systems up your sleeve is always a bonus. 'Sods law' states we'll batter Colchester and Rochdale playing 4-4-2 but for the right game at the right time having another option could prove paramount.
City are 'Almost there' and obviously promotion is still on the cards. It's only early days. There have been promising signs alongside our problems and set-backs but no team is perfect. Two weeks ago Man City were 'going to win the league' and even with their Millions, they've lost two on the bounce. As the dust has cleared after the transfer window I think our squad is better than what we had last year and is ready to push on. Most importantly with the right man at the helm. IPWT. My proposed changes are more tweaks rather than upheaval that I see as giving us that extra edge. Reaching the play offs is achieved through marginal gains relative to your opponents. It's a marathon not a sprint.


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CARB Removes KTM EXC's and Grn's From Sale
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Posted by Bob on October 17, 2011 at 08:49:31
KTM is an Austrian motorcycle manufacturer that sells on and off road bikes worldwide. CARB has failed to "homologate" (approve) the CA EXC (street legal) and the CA "green sticker" (off road) 2012 models in a timely matter.
Currently, there are hundreds of these models on CA dealer showroom floors that are prevented from being sold. I have pre-paid for a 2012 KTM 500 EXC-F that is sitting at a local dealer unable to be sold.
KTM advises that all of their models have passed CARB testing weeks ago but CARB has no time constraints as to when they will issue the Executive Orders to allow sale of the KTM's. CARB refuses to disclose any information about the KTM testing or status, claiming that this information is confidential and is exempted from the Freedom of Information Act.
Another great job by CARB. The state is broke and CARB continues to ruin business with bureaucratic procedures.
I was told by a salesman at Bert's Mega Mall that Yamaha finally gave up attempting to gain CARB approval on their 2012 boats and finally shipped the CA vessels to other states for sale. I hope that KTM does not follow suit with the 2012 motorcycles.
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