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PL-259 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONSPosted on January 30, 2013
The PL-259 was invented in the 1930s by E. Clark Quackenbush. It is sometimes known as a "UHF" connector. It is probably the most common RF connector used in any radio service, and arguably the easiest to assemble.
The basic solder on type connector has 2 components: The locking ring, and the main body. This is all that's needed for most ½ inch diameter coax cables such as RG-8 and RG-213.
Smaller diameter coax cables require an additional part known as a "reducing adapter". Though at first glance, they all look the same, there are several different models of reducing adapters – the difference being the inner diameter or "hole size" is matched to the diameter of the coax you intend to use.
RG-58 cable requires the use of a UG-175 reducing adapter. The slightly larger RG-8X cable requires a UG-176.
The following instruction depicts my preferred method of installing a PL-259 onto RG-58 coax using a UG-175 reducing adapter. I've seen other ways to do it, but I'm convinced this method works best. The procedure is identical for RG-8X. Larger coax such as RG-8 and RG-213 do not require an adapter. The assembly procedure is quite different and is beyond the scope of this instruction.
Slide the retaining ring onto the cable first. Be sure the threaded end is towards the end of the cable. Slide it well out of the way, and then slide on the reducing adapter. The large diameter end should be AWAY from the cables end.
Prepare the cable by first removing approximately 1 inch of the outer jacket. The exact amount is not critical. Score the circumference of the cables outer jacket with a sharp knife or a razor, but be sure not to nick or cut the braided wire below. Bend the cable sharply at the incision point until it separates fully – all the way around, and then pull it off of the cable.
Dismantle ½ of the shield, and bend it out 90 degrees. Cut this excess off flush with the cable. Scissors are quite effective.
Slide the reducing adapter so that its small diameter end is even with the end of the cables' outer jacket. Dismantle the remaining shield, and fold it back and over the reducing adapter. You may need to trim the length of the shield to prevent it from getting into the threaded portion of the reducing adapter.
Remove most of the center wires' dielectric insulation (the exact amount is not critical). Use a razor or a sharp knife to score the plastic, and then bend the wire sharply at the incision point until the insulation fully separates, and then pull it off.
It is vitally important that you carefully inspect the cable for loose strands of wire that might cause a short circuit. If the center wire is stranded, twist it tightly; making sure EVERY strand is incorporated, and is as straight as possible. Be sure that ALL of shields' strands are down against the reducing adapter. The 2 wires must remain separated!
Coat the exposed center conductor with flux, then "tin" the wire by melting on a thin layer of solder. This will work to insure that a strand cannot peel back and cause a short circuit.
Hold the reducing adapter, slide the main body onto the cable, and twist it on until it is completely mated with the reducing adapter. Sometimes the shield wire strands will get into the threads, and make the final assembly difficult. In most cases, a little "elbow grease" will get the job done. Otherwise you may have to unscrew the connector, and trim down the length of the shield.
Cut off the excess center conductor – flush with the end of the center pin.
Position the connector so that the tip is pointed downward at a 45-degree angle with the "beveled corner" facing up.
Clean the soldering iron tip, melt a bit of solder onto the tip, and insert the tip into the open end of the center pin. Wait a few seconds for the center pin to heat up, and then melt solder into the center pins' opening. Continue melting in solder until the open end has been completely covered. Remove the iron and allow the solder to cool undisturbed.
I have conflicting opinions regarding the soldering of the coax shield to the connector body. It requires a LOT of heat to get an effective solder joint, and you run the risk of melting the center wires' insulation and creating a short circuit that completely ruins your effort. Arguably, it is the "right " thing to do, but my experiences have convinced me that for most applications, there is little to be gained from soldering the shield – especially if you managed to get the shield strands caught up into the reducing adapters' threads. Consider the fact that most other (arguably superior) connectors, such as the TNC and type-N connectors, do NOT utilize solder to connect the coax shield to the connector body – it's not even an option! It you want to take the "purist" approach, or if the connector will be passing high power, then soldering the shield is probably warranted.
Just remember….
It is vitally important that the cable and connector remain completely stationary during the entire soldering process, until it has cooled to room temperature!!!
You are attempting to solder a fairly large wire (the shield) to a large metal connector. A simple 30-watt iron – by itself – is not up to the task. A soldering gun – even a propane torch, is an option, but far from perfect. I prefer to use a heat gun (or a propane torch) to preheat the connectors' body, and then complete the soldering process with the 30-watt iron. This method has proven to give consistent, superior results, and reduces the odds of inadvertently causing a short circuit.
Begin by mechanically securing the connector. Orient one of the shield holes straight up, and then attach a set of vice grips as shown. This will allow access to 3 holes without having to move the connector. Don't over tighten the vice grips – just get a reasonably firm grip.
Apply flux to the shield through the holes in the main body.
Using a heat gun (or a carefully controlled propane torch), preheat the connectors' body (avoiding the center pin). Keep the heat source in constant motion – heating all sides of the body. It should only take about 10 – 20 seconds.
Quickly clean the soldering iron tip, melt on a bit of solder, and firmly apply it to the exposed shield. Melt in solder until the hole is covered. If you've preheated the connector sufficiently, the solder will melt easily and quickly to the shield and the connector body.
Immediately solder all accessible holes then let the connector rest undisturbed until it has completely cooled. Any movement will allow the wires to move through the hot, soft plastic, and cause a short circuit that ruins the entire effort.
Once the connector has fully cooled, bring the locking ring up to the connector body, screw it fully on, and you're done!
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Dependable Storage in an information driven world
It's become a universal truth that we capture our lives digitally. Whether it's our kid first step, our pets funniest moments or just our daily selfies. We need a reliable place to store these memories from where they can be easily retrieved. To keep your smartphone functioning optimally you need to move your fav' pics to a reliable storage device and that is exactly what the Samsung SSD T5 offers. This portable solid-state drive (PSSD) raises the bar and includes USB–C to C and USB-C to A connection cables forRead More
Gauteng Sport Awards 2017 category renamed
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June 13, 2016
You know your family. You know your spouse's trigger points, what's going on with their day and what bothers them. You know what is going on in your kids' lives: their friends, their favorite activities, their sensitivities. Whoa-wait-do you? When is the last time you sat down and really listened, or scheduled an activity together and really made quality time? Too many times our best intentions to build the connections with our family are overlooked by our busy schedules and outside commitments. Changing just some of our simple daily habits, though, can really help strengthen the most important connections of all.
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The Path to Clarity Reveals the Path to Progress
When meeting our challenges, our absence of clarity limits us and the clearer we become, the higher our likelihood for success. However, becoming clear is not that easy because all our challenges contain elements of relevant information and elements of noise disguised as relevant information.
When noise masquerades as relevant information, we are unconsciously drawn to co-create with it which keeps us stuck in patterns we are unable to see, repeating mistakes we are unable to learn from and are held back from achieving things we know at some level are possible.
However, noise has an unmistakable quality to it and it's in first recognizing this quality and then not acting on it in the way we normally would that helps us glimpse beyond our deeply entrenched patterns that are blocking us.
Jonathan focuses on helping people identify the noise in their current challenge and helps them see the tricky ways it attracts and moves them away from accessing what's most relevant.
Through this process, we get to see the different and unique ways that we identify with and attach to useless, distracting and irrelevant information which raises our levels of awareness around the patterns guiding our perspectives and behaviours.
This de-personalized lens into how we co-create with noise and irrelevant information, allows us to be more receptive to clearly seeing the tendencies and patterns that are blocking us which makes it much easier for us to face and adjust our behaviours.
As we begin to adjust our relationship with our challenges in this way, our perspective of them changes too and options and possibilities that we couldn't see before, begin to emerge and our path forward becomes clear.
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Auctioneer and celebrity chef Wan prompts guests to bid for charity while balancing banter with the cause. Photo: Jay Achiam.
"Do I hear 50 dollars?". The auctioneer, Singaporean celebrity chef Wan is working the room while guests at the dinner party of the international cookbook awards enjoy star fish canapees. The auction is for a framed black and white print showing a bowl of noodle soup and protruding chopsticks next to a pair of sensual feet with laquered nails. The image is from the Gourmand Award winning cookbook "Dead and Fermented" that won the category best photography earlier today. The authors are chef Henrik Yde (Kiin Kiin and Sra Bua) and myself.
A gentlemen in a white shirt bids. "FIFTY!" says chef Wan. The tension is broken by applause. This is the first charity auction ever held at the Gourmand Awards, a red carpet, two-hour ceremony. Any author and publisher of cookbooks can enter their work and be judged for the best in the world competition. It's been going on for twenty years.
Tonight's sum will go to Save The Children Denmark and their work helping unaccompanied refugee children, one of the most important social issues of our time and the theme of my work Deadline Athens. In Yantai the bids pick up. One hundred. Two hundred from Northern Ireland. Two fifty from Germany. Three hundred from India. "My wife will like this picture" says a huge Indian fella wearing a green Lungi. Now, getting to their feet next to him - this is serious business - two Germans are bidding against him. Three fifty! The Indian fella withdraws. Sold to Germany!
Nach Frankfurt! Oliver Schulz and Marcus Basslers win the charity auction with the highest bid of 350 USD for a photographic print 60x40 cm from Dead and Fermented, donated by Eva Frese Rammer (Denmark). Photo: Jay Achiam
Thank you Eva Frese Rammer (Denmark) for donating print and frame.
My new friends: Adriano De Compos Rampazzo, Chitsuru Ohata, myself and Kazumi Terada. Photo: Jay Achiam.
Gourmand Awards president Edouard Cointreau with Henrik Yde and myself. Photo: Jay Achiam.


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Do you have a wardrobe full of clothes and accessories languishing away, some even with their tags intact? Spanish expat Isabella Escobedo might just have the perfect solution to de-clutter your wardrobe without you having to throw away anything. Escobedo is organising a clothes swapping party tomorrow along with Indiranagar-based startup and design studio Kanoa, at their space, where you can bring in clothes and accessories and swap them with those belonging to others. And how does it work? a�?You will get coins in lieu of the value of the clothes you bring, with which you swap. In this case, the value is not based on the brand but according to categories such as pants, dresses and jackets (three points); shirts (two points); and accessories (one point). For each of the categories you get certain points with which you can swap,a�? explains
The expat who has been volunteering with a city-based non profit for over a year, tells us that this swapping party is a pilot and a way to test the market for a soon-to-launch clothes renting library called Clothary. And the reason behind giving a new lease of life to old, pre-loved clothes is a bid to make fashion sustainable and fair, according to Escobedo. She also plans to launch a a�?clothes sharing platform, a giant common wardrobea�� (with an online as well as a physical store) in July, whereby paying a monthly rate, you can rent up to four items of clothing until you get bored and give them back to the store for someone else to enjoy. Her inspiration for starting Clothary came from clothes swapping, a common practice in the United States, according to Escobedo. She believes that her business plan will work on trust, so donations to her clothes library or shop is based on the fact that the clothes and accessories will come in good condition and maintain a high hygiene standard.
At Indiranagar. Details: 9611060109 or log on to theclothary.wordpress.com
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Securities regulator's formula for 2017: accelerate new share offerings, while curbing financing by listed companies
IPO speed in January marks a historical high as the CSRC tries new tactic to crack down on speculation
The country's top securities regulator, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), is pushing ahead with a new tactic that could reverse a long-term issue in the domestic A-share market: accelerating new share offerings, while curbing financing by listed companies.
The speed of initial public offerings (IPO) has started picking up since last November.
A record 43 new flotations were launched in the first 20 days in January, compared with just three in the same period last year.
Official Chinese media, including Xinhua and People's Daily, have started publishing articles in recent weeks, reporting on a renewed "normalisation" of the IPO market.
Last Friday, Zhang Xiaojun, the CSRC's spokesman, said the authority tightened approvals of refinancing applications by listed companies in 2016, and would take further measures to continue to curb frequent and massive financing attempts.
He noted, however, the rules on refinancing by listed companies still "need to be improved".
"To put it simply, the CSRC is shifting towards a policy that accelerates the speed of IPOs, while restricting fund raising by listed companies," Yin Zhongli, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences wrote in his blog last week.
"This will directly weigh on the valuations of shell companies, and curb speculation-based investment behaviour."
Shell companies refer to firms that are listed, but often of poor quality – but they enjoy financing privileges and have value, simply because of their listed status.
Listed companies raised over 1 trillion yuan (HK$1.13 trillion) via private placement of shares in 2016, eight times the proceeds raised through IPOs, according to official Xinhua News Agency.
The sharp contrast highlights the financing privileges of listed entities, but some shell companies have taken advantage of this by seeing their share prices rise as interest in them grows as targets, or they decide to raise funds to develop new or more-valuable business sectors such as tech, health care, entertainment, or sport.
Enjoying the status of being a listed company is attractive to investors, too, regardless of their quality and valuation.
The 245 new listings each on average rose 430 per cent in the first month of trading in 2016, the highest since at least 1999, according to Bloomberg, and an average 454 per cent in the first six months.
The Shanghai Composite Index fell 12 per cent in the entire year.
The risk of losing listed privilege is extremely low in China with only two companies delisted from the domestic A-share market in 2016 – under instruction of the regulator – representing just 0.07 per cent of the total number of listed companies, compared for instance to the Nasdaq's average annual delisting ratio of 8 per cent.
Zheng Zhigang, a finance professor at Renmin University of China said: "For sure, the regulators want to correct the speculation-based valuation system of the A-share market, but it takes time to see whether it can stick to its reform agenda amid a falling market."
Companies on China's Nasdaq-style ChiNext board have been the first to feel the effects of the quickening pace of new floats, with capital being diverted elsewhere from a market already suffering from tightened liquidity, under the authority's overall plan to encourage companies to deleverage.
The ChiNext board, designed to help finance tech start-up companies in Shenzhen, has already slumped more than 9 per cent in the first two weeks of 2017, to a low of 1,805.39 on Monday, before recovering slightly to 1,870.7 by Wednesday's close – although that's still among the worst performing indexes on the global equities market.
ChiNext, however, is widely considered as China's most-inflated market, with price to earnings ratios averaging 49.86, Reuters data shows.
Zheng said the regulator seems to be taking "a short-term pain, for long-term gain" approach to its plans, but noted it would be challenging to stick to its reforms if markets continue to fall.
Its major challenge, say experts, is to prevent financial turmoil, if market continues to fall quickly.
According to David Cui, a strategist with Bank of America, the A-share market's leverage ratio is high compared with when the market crashed in mid-2015, measured by leveraged position as a percentage of total market capitalisation.
"Over half of that leverage is in the form of stock collateral loans (SCLs), which are particularly heavy on the ChiNext and small-and-mid-enterprise boards," Cui wrote in a note issued last week.
As the 2015 stock rout experience showed, with high leverage, a vicious selling circle can quickly develop as stocks tumble.
Brokerages would be the first victims if rapid market falls cause hefty SCL losses. That could lead to a rise in inter-bank rates, Cui said, and/or an unwinding of bond positions by brokers to ease balance sheets, putting huge pressure on both the bond market and the shadow banking system.
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If any of the following six signs apply to you, a) you are not alone, and b) you need to contact me. Together we can form a support group.
Sweathogs Anonymous? The 11 a.m. Breakfast Club? Society for the Advancement of Laziness? The point is, we're trying to slow down, lighten up and find something to do with our time other than exercise and monitor our diets.
Or, on second thought, maybe our support group could just be about appreciating and celebrating our shared experience. Obsessive Exercise Enablers! Yeah, that's it! Here's the criteria for membership:
6. People never look you in the eyes when you're talking to them, because they're too busy staring at a different part of your body. I totally understand what someone like Pamela Anderson must go through every day of her life, except instead of having to say, "I'm up here," it's more like, "over here."
Hmm. Maybe Madonna is a better celebrity comparison, because I'm clearly referring to my arms. Not that I look that freakish. But I just want everyone to know for the record, in case there was any doubt: They're real and they're spectacular.
5. Your bank/credit card statement reads like the phone-book page where all the local gyms are listed. Seriously. It's coming close to Suze Orman Intervention time. No reasonable human should be funneling his/her hard-earned cash to four different gyms.
Three is a good number. No, seriously, I think this might be the reason my mom throws a fit when we tell her we can't afford to have kids.
4. You have more fitness equipment in your apartment than actual furniture. And we're not even talking treadmills or Nautilus machines. We're talking balance balls, yoga mats, dumbbells, aerobic steps, climbing ropes, pull-ups bars and a ceiling-to-floor collection of athletic shoes (adidas brand, if they're still reading!)
Meanwhile, we have two mismatched couches that were passed on to us by relatives, and the futon from my college apartment. Which is perpetually buried in clean gym clothes (it's my fresh-from-the-dryer depository.) Did I mention 90 percent of my wardrobe is gym clothes?
3. You post pictures of your blisters and barbell burns on social media. Sometimes I'll notice that my number of Twitter followers of Facebook friends looks lower than it did the day before. I try to tell myself it's just my imagination, and that it doesn't matter.
Wait. I might actually have a point there.
2. You count burpees instead of sheep. No lie, I found myself doing this the other night when I couldn't sleep. Completely involuntary. I was imagining myself hitting the deck, then jumping up on a weight plate like they do in the CrossFit Games WODs.
No wonder I have a teeth-grinding problem and I always wake up sore!
1. You turn down beer. Or dessert. Pick your pleasure-sucking poison. I think "You go home early from a party because you have CrossFit class the next day" also falls in this category.
Hmm. I'm starting to think the best support group would be something like, Happy Medium Seekers or Up With Even-Keeled People.
Nah, that sounds really boring.


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Here's 7 more recipes using Lean Ground Bison you may not have considered.
Bison Burger Month is still going strong, and in our quest to get as many people trying our favorite ingredient (Ground Bison!) as we can, we thought we'd share 7 more recipes you may not have thought to try with Ground Bison today!
The great thing about Bison Burger (or ground bison) is that it is extremely versatile and easy to cook with. You can use it as a leaner protein option in any of your favorite ground meat recipes. The only thing you'll want to change is just making an effort to cook it a little lower and slower!
So… here are 7 fun recipes to help take us through to the end of Bison Burger Month!
1. Grilled Bison Pizza
Have you tried bison on a pizza yet? Do it! Ground Bison has a slightly sweet flavor which works great on a pizza. Plus, you can feel good about topping a pizza with lean ground bison and vegetables. Talk about a win – win!
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2. Bison Enchiladas
This is among one of the most popular recipes on our site in terms of traffic. This easy bison enchilada dish is quick to make and delicious to eat! Pair it with garden fresh pico de gallo and guacamole and you have a pretty great meal.
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3. Bison Lasagna
Use our Lasagna recipe or your own, our lean Ground Bison Meat makes a great protein choice in this classic pasta dish.
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4. Broccoli & Bison Won Ton Cups
This fun recipe makes great snackers or lunch options with lean meat and vegetables all packed into one bite.
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5. Bison Chili
While our chili recipe is sure to please, we're confident that you'll love the flavor tender ground bison adds to any chili recipe.
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6. Bison Potato Boats
Get a little different take on "meat and potatoes" with these Bison Potato (and Sweet Potato) Boats. This recipe is somewhere between potato skins and twice baked potatoes, adding in a little lean protein to make it a full on meal, if you want!
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7. Bison Cheeseburger Roll Ups
Finally, we have another unique recipe – a new take on the cheeseburger. These roll-ups are great finger foods and so they will work well for parties, appetizers, gameday and snacks while highlighting the great flavor of your favorite meat!


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One of the themes of my blog (along with "Avoid Maidenhead") is that the explosion of choice is rarely beneficial to quality. One of the best pints I've had in recent weeks was in a tourist-driven Spoons that had a minimal, but quality, cask range.
The argument for heading for pubs with many pumps seems to be that anyone who cares about cask would have at least half a dozen on, to which
CAMRA members cask drinkers will gravitate, leaving the local bar with Doom Bar and GK IPA (provided on sufferance) to serve soup to Carling drinkers.
And reading CAMRA magazines it's hard not to be persuaded that more is better, with Pub News focusing on quantity and rarity, with quality barely mentioned. Which made the local Pub of the Year award for Stockport's Boar's Head in 2016 so welcome.
Early micropubs had a formulaic 3 beers at £3, ensuring quick turnover. Increasingly the newer ones seem to have half a dozen beers and half a dozen flavoured ciders, which is quite a challenge to flog within 3 days when you only open 4 till 10 five days a week and seat a dozen boozers.
But I'm happy to be proved wrong, and Cambridge has a couple of classic pubs that can support an ambitious range.
While stuck in Cambridge waiting for GBG18 to be launched, we confirmed the peerless quality of the Cambridge Blue, about which I can never say enough.
The Blue had it's usual bewildering choice on. So bewildering that a couple of foreign language students ended up drinking the German lager having been offered tasters of three ales. You'll know my views on tasters.
Giving the Evil Keg a rest, Mrs RM rated the 3 Blind Mice Juice Rocket highly, before polishing off most of my Dark Star Pale (NBSS 4.5). Even the Wherry was pretty good.
A new menu was being tested, and as is obligatory here's what the risotto, linguini and burger look like. Simple, fresh, and with quality ingredients, they were the pub food of the year by some distance.
You've seen the Bass breweriana, so here's some Butterkist popcorn. And a Bass mirror.
Still the exemplar pub, one of my Top 5 (but what are the other 4).
A few days later we somehow ended up in the Maypole, another of my Cambridge bankers for quality, and a pub transformed since its days as a solid Pubmaster local.
Seemingly full of rich students seeing who could drink the strongest beer (don't knock it, you were young once), it's not a cheap night out, but only in Sam Smiths will you get quality for £2 a pint.
The nice man did me a pint of the Kees West Coast IPA. I hid in the bar and drank it so Mrs RM couldn't steal it and say it tasted like Brew Dog.
She'd seen the Three Blind Mice (them again) though. Dick and Dave will appreciate the pump clip.
The cask was nearly as cool as the keg, clearly selling well enough, and washed down the inevitable salt and pepper squid.
Two great nights in Cambridge. It can be done.


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London, 2eth November 1849. 16in—...4.s the gentlemen who are kind enough to agitate the country upon lite- principles rumples have for themomenrturned their attention ito-the more sentimenal evils of the body politic, the -public -ought to take the opportunity liffordeditol adverting to the material evils of our system, whilst no One is particularly is- terested in distorting or exaggerating the facts. The Protectionists may for the present be safely left to their own dissensions, as They seem bent on refuting each , other's arguments and depreciating each other's talents. Now your suggestion of last-week, that the admitted failure Of -oar Tree-trisle -measures is probably to be accounted for -by some sin of omission lather Maid commissiou,is no doubt correct. It is also possible that the-fault-may not* -Either in the theory for practice of free traele,lint in the neglect of .econothii* considerations affecting ether parts of our social system. However that mie.be, -'it-seems desirable to multiply our Observations of the various symptoms of tie disease, lest we should be -mistaken-as to its exact-nature or appropriate rens* -.and I would accordingly draw your attention tonome fitchrwhicb. Lhavenot hither. to seen noticed.
'The interest of small retail dealera is generally supposed to be identical-with that of their customers, at least as far as the general prosperity of the nation) -concerned: -and it must be admitted, that if the clerk-and inechauie'be out of ex-
filinealente'r - tilhoeuli smeans i e se a n a, the -clerk--mustantremstusriteted.o bfeiorfitzsseitg.if. the it- where however, .we may see a vest improvement in retail sho_ps,--..newswes opeod of a handsome exterior, and old ones renovated with plate-glass and brass-s04 and yet we know that many clerks and mechanics have been long out of emplsz ment, and that wages are reduced, so that -the retail dealers must have hems*. misty effected. A little inquiry -will, I think, confirm and explain to.any one this, at first sigh contradictory statement; which at -any rate is justified by circumstances Olt have come-under my own personaLobservation during the last Sve_years. Plait _glass and hrass-work are no indications of the prosperity of the indiridil tradesman, 'though they undoubtedly -prove that there is a greater Amount -capital now invested in trade than termeily. his possible, -therefore, that class-as a whole may be possessed if more capital, and Jet the -returns may less, and therefore -the-individual be-less prosperous; -and, as it -evidently is the -expectation of an exorbitant -profit that induces this investment of Ca we must conclude that men with (comparatively) considerable capital are ire into the retail-trade by the excessive competition they meet in other passel And Pbelieve it to he a fact, that mud!) money is risked, in addition-to -exertion, forthe prospect of ,no greater return than was lately considered fair thepereonal exertions of the tradesneamassisted by A very trilling-capital.
The returns of the Bank of England, and the reduction of interest lately flounced by that establishment, seem to.indicate that there is sufficient capital
. the conntry to answer all the calls which are likely to be made on it In quence of any increased activity of commerce. Admitting, therefore,that gen prosperity would:favourably affect the retail trader, it is evident.that this a be RS inducement to a further .investment of capital; and !het, .Theref though the class might once again be flourishing, the poorerandividual would ruined by the increased competition to which he would be exposed.
Without being in any way an admirer of the doctrines of Louis Blanc, I confess to a feeling of alarm at this apparent omnii msence as well use trace of capital. ism, Sir, your obedient servant,


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The following guide is updated as of 2018. If you have any more updated information, kindly, let me know and I will update it accordingly.
The Israeli – Jordan border crossing is one of the few overland borders in the Middle East which can be crossed. Jordan and Israel are not the best friends in the world but both countries signed a peace agreement some decades ago so, surprisingly, travel to Jordan from Israel (and vice-versa) is pretty easy and straightforward.
However, this is the Middle East, which means that there is a bunch of confusing rules you should know before crossing such a border.
Israel – Jordan border crossing: The ultimate guide
Things to know before crossing the border
Don't trust any information coming from an official source – If there is something I learned after 3 years of living in the Middle East is that, when it comes to bureaucracy stuff, you can't trust the local authorities. The Middle East is the most chaotic, changing and flexible region, I have ever been. This means that you should always take any information coming from any authority, including embassies, with a grain of salt. For example, the Official Jordan Tourism board says that the Wadi Araba border doesn't issue visas since January 2016. Well, this information is totally wrong, as I got a visa on arrival in April 2017. With this, I am not saying that my information is right and theirs is wrong but, at least, I try to keep this post updated based on information from travelers who crossed the border recently.
Border timings – All borders are open every day, except during some specific Jewish holidays. You can find a very detailed schedule here.
Israeli stamps – Israelis doesn't stamp your passport anymore but, if you enter Jordan overland, the stamp says that you came from Israel. I strongly recommend you read my very updated post: Avoid Israeli stamps – FAQ.
Crossing with your own vehicle – Entering Jordan from Israel (and vice-versa) in your own vehicle is possible but, if you plan to do a road trip in Jordan with an Israeli car, you might find your windows broken on the next day, so it's definitely not a good idea. Israeli people change their license plate to Jordanian one at the border.
Being interrogated by the Israeli authorities – When you cross from Israel to Jordan, the Israeli authorities are pretty friendly and they don't give you too much hassle. It's when you enter Israel from Jordan that you may be interrogated for some time. However, there's nothing to worry about. Just answer their questions and you won't have any trouble. Once, I entered Israel with stamps and visas from UAE, Lebanon, Iraq, Oman and Iran and nothing happened. However, some travelers have reported different experiences. Read more about it: Avoid Israeli stamps – FAQ.
Getting from the different borders to the cities – At all the borders, there will be taxis waiting for you. At the Wadi Araba / Yitzhak Rabin border, you are not allowed to go to Aqaba City by foot (3km). They claim it's a military road but, in my opinion, they just say that, so you are forced to take a taxi. Normally, the taxi fares are set at all the borders and you should find a signboard, saying the price of each destination, including Wadi Rum, Petra and places like that. However, one piece of advice: border taxi fares are fairly expensive. If you are on a budget, you should take a taxi to the nearest city and take a bus from there.
You can pay by card at the border – According to two different travelers, it's possible today to pay by credit or debit card at the different borders, at least at both Allenby and Wadi Araba borders.
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Israel – Jordan border crossing: The rules in each border
For crossing from Israel to Jordan (and vice-versa) there are three open borders.
Which one should you go through? Well, each border has its own specific rules, so it will all depend on your time, money and final destination.
1 – Allenby / King Hussein Bridge
2 – Wadi Araba / Yitzhak Rabin border
3 – Beit She'an / Sheikh Hussein border
1 – Jordan – Israel border crossing at Allenby / King Hussein Bridge
This is the border located in Jericho, which is also very close to Amman.
- Very convenient if you are doing the Amman – Jerusalem itinerary, as the border is located right in the middle, 50 kilometers from each city.
- Jordanian visa is not available on arrival, which means that you'd have to apply for it at the Jordanian Embassy in Ramallah. According to a German traveler who applied for it in March 2017, it costs $100 and you get it at the moment.
- The Israeli exit fee is more expensive than any other border: 176ISL ($50) vs 105ISL ($29).
- It's 220 kilometers from Petra and 320km from Wadi Rum, which means that it's not the most convenient one if you're going in this direction.
Important! If you fly into Jordan, enter Israel overland (from Jordan) and plan to re-enter Jordan again, you need to know that the visas issued at Queen Aila airport are only valid for one single entry. However, one exception applies. You'll be allowed to re-enter Jordan on the same visa ONLY if:
- Your visa is less than 2 weeks old, meaning that you re-enter within the two-week visa validity.
- You exit and re-enter from Allenby / King Hussein Bridge
This is the general rule but, bear in mind that Arabs may be flexible sometimes, which means that, if you are in trouble, you could always try to bribe them. It's your choice. I just told you what's written in the books. If you want to play on the safe side, you can always apply for a double-entry Jordanian visa.
How to get to Allenby / King Hussein Bridge border
From Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, there are direct minibuses. Price: 40ISL ($11) + 5ISL ($1.40) for luggage. Alternatively, you can travel to Jericho (Palestine) on a local bus (it's only a couple of kilometers from the border) and stay there 1 or 2 days.
Read: A travel guide to Beirut.
Where to stay in Jerusalem
Budget Hostel – Abraham Hostel – One of the most famous hostels in Jerusalem. Located in the center of the new part of the city, this hostel is the best place to socialize and meet other travelers alike. The owners are great and they organize all sort of activities: from endless tours to pub crawls and much more. This is one of the greatest hostels I have ever been.
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Budget Hostel – Hebron Youth Hostel – Located in the Old City, this is one of the most budget options. Some people claim that it may not be as clean as Abraham Hostel but this one is definitely cheaper. It's all right for a few days. I stayed here during my first visit to Israel and loved the location very much.
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Mid-range Guest House – Rich's Place – If you want to stay away from a backpacker's hostel, Rich's Place is a lovely, cozy guest house with a great location and awesome reviews. Prices are quite affordable, especially if you are two people.
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If you are looking for more fancy options, check this post: Where to stay in Jerusalem
Where to stay in Jericho
Budget – Sami Hostel – One of the most budget options in town. The owner is a local guy who always invited his friends to have tea and food and invites you to join with them. The common room is pretty new but the rooms are basic. Excellent place, even for longer stays. It's a bit far away from the city center but the local minibus passes right in front of the hostel every couple of minutes.
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Mid-range – AubergInn – It might be pricier than Sami Hostel but the location is excellent and it is one of the best-punctuated hostels in town. It's run by a lovely local family and it even has a pool, which gives it quite an edge, given the fact that Jericho is one of the hottest places in the world.
Book AubergInn through your favorite page: Booking I Hostelworld
Where to stay in Amman
Jordan Tower Hotel – Good for both backpackers and people who like to stay in a private room, this hotel has become a classic in Amman. Great staff, good breakfast and awesome location (in Downtown) are the reason why you should stay here.
Book Jordan Tower through your preferred page: Hostelworld I Booking
Zaman Ya Zaman Boutique Hotel – Far away from the previous one but also an awesome location because it's right next to the amphitheater. This Hostel / Boutique Hotel also serves an amazing breakfast and is one of cleanest ones you'll find in the country.
Book Zaman Ya Zaman through your preferred page: Hostelworld I Booking
Read: A travel guide to the West Bank (Palestine)
2 – Jordan – Israel border crossing at Wadi Araba / Yitzhak Rabin border
This is the southern border, shared between the Israeli city of Eilat and the Jordanian city of Aqaba.
- At this border, there's a FREE VISA available on arrival, with some exceptions (see below). They will give you the Independent Travelers' Entry Manifest through South Wadi Araba Crossing Border", which you need to keep upon your departure. It's very important, so don't lose it.
- The Israeli exit fee is only 105ISL ($29)
- Very convenient if you are going to Petra (130km) and also Wadi Rum (64km)
- It's very far from Jerusalem and Amman (300km and 340km, respectively).
- There's a FREE VISA but, if you are one of the exceptions, it can be really expensive.
IMPORTANT: Exceptions: The visa is free but only if you plan to stay in Jordan for more than 2 nights. This is what would happen if you stayed less than 3 nights:
- If you spend 1 night or less in Jordan and come back to Israel through the same border (Wadi Araba), you'll have to pay a 60JD ($84) fee upon your exit.
- If you stay 2 nights and you also come back to Israel through the same border (Wadi Araba), you'll just pay a 10JD (14USD) fee.
- If you exit through a different border than Wadi Araba, you will always pay a flat fee of 10JD ($14), regardless of the visa type and length of your stay in Jordan.
- Furthermore, if you leave Jordan by plane, you won't have to pay any extra fee, regardless how many nights you stayed there.
How to get to Wadi Araba / Yitzhak Rabin border
There are direct buses from Jerusalem Central Bus station to the Israeli city called Eilat. I'm not sure about the price as I traveled there from Jericho but, from Jericho, I paid 60ISL ($17).
Where to stay in Eilat
Corinne Hostel – This is the only budget hotel in Eilat but it's pretty clean and the beds are comfortable. The staff is also nice and they will give you any further tip you want to cross the border. Eilat is good to stay for just one night, on your way to (or from) Jordan.
Book Corinne through your preferred page: Hostelworld I Booking
Where to stay in Aqaba
Aqaba has great accommodation but it's a little bit pricey and the cool places are meant to relax and stay, at least, for a few days, as they are right next to the beach. However, I do recommend staying in Aqaba for a few days and go snorkeling (or diving) in the Red Sea.
Darna Village Beach Hostel – One of the best-rated hostels in Aqaba and the most backpacker friendly. Darna is just 50 meters from the beach and the coral reefs.
Book it through your preferred page: Hostelworld I Booking
3 – Israel – Jordan border crossing at Beit She'an / Sheikh Hussein
This is the least transited border, located in the north.
- Visa is available on arrival.
- It's very close to the Roman ruins of Jerash (50km).
- The Israeli exit fee is only 105ISL ($29).
- If your destination is Amman and you don't have a visa, you should use this border, instead of Wadi Araba.
- You have to pay for the Jordanian visa, which costs 20JD ($28)
- It's so far away from both Petra and Wadi Rum. If these are your destinations, you shouldn't enter through this border.
How to get to Beit She'an / Sheikh Hussein border
From Jerusalem Central bus station, there are daily buses (except for Shabbat) to Beit She'an (7km away from the border). Price: 42ISL ($9). From here to the border, you will have to take a taxi.
These are the rules that apply on each border. I entered Jordan through Wadi Araba / Yitzhak Rabin border because it was visa-free. It was not the most convenient one for me, as my final destination was Amman (I had my flight to Pakistan on the next day) but, for 6JD ($9), I took a bus from Aqaba to Amman (5-6h). If you have any more up-to-date information or you think there is something wrong, let me know! Safe travels!
Going to from Israel to Egypt instead? Then read: Egypt – Israel border crossing
Also read: Things to do in Jordan
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Pain-free reliever Runzler set to return Wednesday
Dan Runzler returned to the Giants clubhouse Monday, saying he felt no pain in his left knee, which he dislocated July 8.
The rookie left-hander will be activated when rosters expand Wednesday. He made six rehabilitation appearances for Triple-A Fresno, where he allowed three earned runs and struck out five in seven innings.
"I feel good, strong — my arm feels fresh, so I'm ready to go," Runzler said.
Runzler dislocated his knee during a rare at-bat. He added that his spot in the order nearly came up during a rehab appearance. "But I had strict orders not to hit; I don't know why," he said with a smile.
The Giants are currently carrying six relief pitchers. But in addition to Runzler, manager Bruce Bochy said he anticipates getting right-handers Chris Ray (muscle strain on side) and Guillermo Mota (thigh) back when they are eligible.
Ray can come off the disabled list Friday, and Mota can return Sept. 8.
Bochy said the bullpen "is holding up all right," but he will meet with general manager Brian Sabean to discuss the possibility of adding more arms for September's stretch run.
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Great Love stays, status fadesTranslated by Karen L., Written by 盧斯達 (Lewis Loud)
Original: http://dadazim.com/journal/2014/07/cu-cert/
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) opened its branch in Shenzhen a while back. There had been doubts directing at the recognition difference of the two graduation certificates. Before it spread over the city, affirmed by the headquarter, CUHK took the initiative to promise students in differentiating its certificates from CUSZ's.
I have been convinced this whole branch move is meant to imitate American's Quantitative Easing policy, whereas not everyone goes along with this notion. Rather, packed with "too-simple-sometimes-naive" thoughts, they believed in every word of the university.
Such promise are made, just as "One Country, Two Systems", to be violated. "One Country, Two System", being fundamentally deceptive, was meant to soften acts dragging citizens' commitment into HK-China marriage so as to benefit China itself in HK's name. Likewise, the "promise" CUHK made this time, stood as a lie, was a temporary contingency means to save its last drop of dignity. Yet it turned out to be quite successful indeed.
Face-saving mission. Checked. Now's the time to get down to business.
So for CUHK's correction of previous statement, it's nothing but following the book. Bye the yes man cloak. Come the equality status of both graduation certificates of CUHK and CUSZ. That's exactly the plan - passing the sham off as the genuine. By sharing CUHK's academic aureola, the Shenzhen branch and students can meet their "upgrade fever" through a shortcut. If you're still not convinced so far, let me ask you one simple question: If this be error or if this can be overturned, then what's in it for Shenzhen to close the deal?
Now, you may see. C'est la vie. But it's too late.
Bow in front of the honour as one of the Chinese! Surrender! You, educated youth in CUHK, who have been believing in the the CUSZ inferior story. Your day has come. You have finally been paid off of your "love-driven" spirit.
Strike by the reality, huh? Don't you? Go blame your leftist moron fellows or consult your loving-representative Dean Joseph Sung then. He, with his most gentle voice in the world, must be telling the same old story, "Shenzhenese and Hongkongese are tied in blood, Chinese blood. Our hearts beat together, ever. Therefore the Chinese University of Hong Kong should belong to one of the universities of China."
What the Dean have on his lips, from the idea of university to the humanistic quality and romanticism one should put into practice has earned himself a fair reputation amid the CUHK's students. These words to me, value as well. As a dean, per contra to subordinate students' interest to business expanding, he cannot possibly isolate himself from the accountability against ethical norms. Seeing the status quo, it's extravagant of him to waste another breath.
The slogan "CU The Best" now implies "HK-China Integration Impressed" into the bargain. Next time before you taunt the Chinese bling for putting a price on their ancestral shrine, see also the folly among Hong Kong education circles - A deliberate turnabout from a great deal of invaluable credits over the years into calculable dollar signs.
Put on the none-of-my-business-leave-me-alone strategy on rampant smugglers and IVS? Nice try.
Keeping your voice down isn't going to help you dodge bullets. Being snobbish towards persons fighting for local interest doesn't underline your nobleness, but the exhibition of your idiocy ignorant of Hongkongers' imminent death. Behaving yourselves isn't anymore the solitary criteria of living in peace. You are left no options. But if you hesitate to take the high road, you could always get your dear betrayer dean and leftist-moron fellows covered for you. Come what way. things are settled. As a forgone conclusion, your certificates can no longer preserve its unique status, rested in peace ever after echoing your initial wants of "harmony".
One eighth of universities in Hong Kong have already applied Quantitative Easing, casting influence on EACH and EVERY students. Why? Just as the effect of sheep flock, it would be pathetically hopeless for other universities to behave, let alone influences in mainland China to let go of Hong Kong.
You, professors and fellow students, blinded by the "Great Love", uplift your banners that read "No discrimination on CUZS. No discrimination on Shenzhen countrymen. No discrimination on mainland Chinese." to save CUHK's certificates from the critical stage. You, professors and fellow students, immersed in the "Great Love", with full respect of "multiculturalism", get rid of the damned "prejudice" and be open-minded to have McSpicy Chicken Filet Burgers and Chicken McNuggets originated from Shanghai Husi filled your stomachs. You, professors and fellow students, controlled by the "Great Love", blame those who refuse to have these poisoned food for discrimination of ingredients hailed from our motherland and the third world. Salute to the forthcoming day of doom, or else leave the small little pond you've built for yourselves and take the truth lead.
You may wonder how Hong Kong's circumstance of public opinion have divided into this extremeness - only "fight" or "dead" option. Thanks to certain Hongkongers, they flatter themselves of doing favours of the others, but as a matter of fact, all of these resources are from the influences behind. The story now comes to the page of adverse consequences, not just for these people, but all of us who probably receive these good wills, knowingly or not.


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Talented singer Matt Dusk continues his exploration of the great songs of a bygone era with his new disc, out today, My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook (EOne Entertainment). Dusk doesn't call the album a 'tribute' record, which would suggest a copy or aping of Baker's soft singing style, something that Dusk accurately maintains would not fit his crooner voice. Rather, he takes on Baker's catalogue, and finds a happy ground between how he normally swings and how Baker sings. Dusk sat down with Critics At Large's David Churchill to discuss extensively the making of the CD. David also wanted to look a little behind the scenes of how the live performance side of Dusk comes to fruition, so he asked for Steve Macdonald – Dusk's sax player, musical director and "wing man" – to sit in and offer his insights into that side of putting out a disc like this, and ultimately performing the material live.
dc: Matt, for you, what is the appeal of Chet Baker?
md: It's the way he sounds when he sings. It's very quiet and he sings without care. There's a tenderness to his voice, almost simplistic. When I first started listening to Chet Baker as a teenager, I didn't like his voice that much because it was counter-intuitive to what I was doing, which was crooning. Over the course of time, I started exploring different things and his voice became one of those "different things". His style actually helped me discover a new side of singing. Steve would always send me new songs, saying 'hey, we should cover this or that song'. He proposed a Baker song, and I said, 'I don't want to do it', because I guess I just wasn't ready to receive them. So, for me, Chet Baker is a whole different way of singing.
|Steve Macdonald blowing sax
md: It's growing; it's growth. Steve will tell you, the way he plays the saxophone will change over the years. You are going to learn new and exciting things, and you are also going to learn some bad habits too. Over time, hopefully you will figure out the bad ones and weed them out. But sometimes you don't. Chet had a lot of bad habits that he never figured out (laughs). But myself, I'm kind of at a crossroads in my life so whatever I do it has got to be really good. Steve uses the analogy where if you have giant biceps you don't go to the gym and keep working your biceps, you work on other muscle groups. However, that doesn't mean you don't continue to tone those biceps, just not as much. So, whatever project I work on, it's still got to be what I do best. And yet still try to expand upon that.
|Chet Baker, later in life
md: This is part of the issue of choosing songs. I'm very good at crooning. My ability to scat and finding alternative ways to sing things is not my strength. My strength is to swing and sing the melody, so if the lyrical portion of the song was too short, it would turn into an instrumentalist's record, because there are a lot of his songs that are meant for blowing and there are some of his songs meant for singing. So, one of the reasons I chose, for example, "Come Rain, Or Come Shine" was because growing up it was a favourite song for me that Sinatra did, and I also really liked Chet's version too. Now when Chet did it (recorded near the end of his career) he did it very softly and simply. It was him, and I think bass and piano. But I wanted it to be lyrical within myself. So anything I knew I could sing well tended to be the songs he sang that I went 'ha, that's great. Maybe there's some things we can take from it'. But it's still a song that I think people should know that Chet Baker did. Again, coming back to the Songbook idea. One of the songs was "But Not For Me", which was a Gershwin tune, and I just couldn't get behind the lyrics to sing it. And yet, it was one of Chet's most popular songs. So it came down to doing songs that I thought would still be cool and contemporary for today. We, uh, stretched it on some songs (laughs).
|Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval
md: The way the whole Baker Songbook project finally came together was while I was experimenting with what to do for the new album. I had recorded a bunch of contemporary covers, people like Billy Joel to Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams to Norah Jones, just to see what would fit my voice, and I also recorded a whole bunch of old tunes. Terry Sawchuck, who helped me produce the record, got 30 songs from me. I asked him, 'which ones do you like?' He said, 'I hate all the new tunes you are doing. Your voice is suited to the old stuff. I said, 'okay.' I sat down with my manager and we talked about why I would want to do an album of "older material". There had to be a reason beyond the fact that is what works with my voice. I was talking about Arturo to someone about something completely different, and I said, 'there are several artists I loved when I was growing up, why don't we do a songbook of somebody who hasn't been done'?And Chet Baker hadn't been done in ages. We dove into his material and we immediately knew we needed a trumpet player, and Arturo was the first name that immediately came to my mind. Around that time he had a disc out called A Time For Love. On it, he played very softly. He doesn't normally play that way, just like I normally don't sing softly. It seemed just so right that we were both pursuing styles we weren't known for, so I said, 'let's ask Arturo.' And everybody said, 'let's get Chris Botti.' They tried, but it never worked out. And so I said, 'let's go back to Arturo.' And he was just fantastic to work with. As I said, he's not known for that kind of performing, but I think he does an amazing job at it on the track.
(all laugh)
|Steve Macdonald and Matt Dusk, in 2007.
dc: Steve, you not only play saxophone in Matt's band, you are also the Musical Director. Describe both sides of your job with Matt?
|Matt performing onstage with Steve, in 2006
md: Mhmm. Economics breeds necessity [ed. essentially, it is cheaper to use a Russian orchestra than a North American one].
md: There's a promo at First Canadian Place in Toronto at noon on the 12th. RUN now, if you're reading this on the 12th at noon (loud laughter). On JazzFM (91.1) in Toronto that night at 7 PM we have a live to air concert. We're playing on The Marilyn Dennis Show on the 14th, Valentine's Day (CTV, 10 AM in Toronto). Also, on the 14th, we're doing a free gig at Yonge-Dundas Square. March 23rd we play the Randolph Theatre in Toronto at Bathurst and College. It's a gorgeous new venue that only holds abut 500 people. In the fall, we will start to tour the world with the disc. And then next year, a new album (laughs).


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20th Century Fox has premiered both the first trailer and poster for Warren Beatty's period comedy "Rules Don't Apply," Beatty's first directorial effort since 1998's "Bulworth" and first starring role in well over a decade.
Set in Hollywood in 1958, Alden Ehrenreich and Lily Collins star as an ambitious young driver and an aspiring young actress respectfully as they struggle with the absurd eccentricities of the wildly unpredictable billionaire Howard Hughes (Beatty) whom they work for.
Haley Bennett, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Candice Bergen, Steve Coogan, Martin Sheen, Ed Harris, Oliver Platt and Annette Bening also star in the film which opens November 23rd.


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Why would I continue?General StuffPosted by Nicole Sat, September 08, 2018 20:14:44
There's still something left. To just be concerned of my own self (health) now, there's a strong impression that something is wrong with me. When I look back and have to think that I went wrong again, I seriously have to question my sanity anew. Not that it matters all that much given that I have a solution; So, its probably just ... echoes from the movies I've been watching.
What? Well, 'Wasting Away' presents another one of those "Real World/Fantasy World" type of situations.
There are still emotions I'm riddled by, but I think the solution is rather close. I've observing this in a couple of situations and conditions; And these are independent from what I would consider Love. This 'warm burning' feeling - it would appear within circumstances (relationships of thought) that I didn't associate to it in any way. Its I guess a simple heartache over the own loneliness. But more importantly an emotion that 'cracks into' ... well, the heart attacking a certain weakness.
The impression that it is somehow telepathically generated is there since it wouldn't seem like there's another explanation. Its still hard to really put a finger onto it though. In essence it comes up crawling, suggesting that I've deserved some of it. I've just had it before and that really chewed on my strength. I was sitting there, watching stuff, ... and I'm not sure why its there, just that its associated to a person I think of. Well, respectively the one largest on my mind at the time.
Giving into it is like giving into a dream. Well, "I suggest" - since it's really been a long time ago since I really delved in it.
Nowadays its simply a good reminder to turn away and think again.
And it seems like there is no real difference between this and asking for Oracles. Except maybe that Oracles hold a more tangible possibility to live up to a greater expectation. As so, to unfold ones true potential. In the sense that just stumbling around ... isn't any better than stumbling around with a bit of a clue or hint of guidance.
But yet again I get reminded that I'm still anxious, or ... superstitious, regarding worries. After all, things were fine up until ... I started asking. Looking at cards, wondering what they might mean ... is it really an improvement? How could I do any better that way?
Whats up ahead? How would I know? I mean - not in terms of "whats gonna happen", but "what am I to do next?". How could the cards tell me? ... Humm. OK, I remember, ... that they did. Once. Nothing outside of the ordinary though. ...
Do your chores, be a good person, save the world ... the usual stuff.
So ... in essence I've grown beyond it in a way where I wonder how I can challenge the Oracle. To prove its worth to me, basically. Or, to find the reason myself. To find where, when and how ... its ... actually a practical upgrade.
Silly me. So, I've had it. Once. I may not have succeeded, but ... still it was a success in a way. I, to put it to myself clearly, wouldn't have believed that this state of comfort exists, given the situation I thought I was in. To get over it, despite being actually (and still) utterly incapable of the same. So, I should hold on to that.
So the whole aspect of the future - that is maybe a neat little trick. Otherwise, strength is strength; Whether the cards tell me I have it or not. But, objectively, ... its true that we have "objective minds". Words to the trick. Knowing strength may help me incorporate it into my mindset. Its like stumbling upon something good by accident - just a little bit better.
So, yea. So far I've figured that any 'future' aspect is rather ... useless. There isn't much in it. But ... there's still some surge that keeps me looking for something that I'm missing.
And sure - there's that. Choices. I think. So far I didn't get to a point where I'd have to make a choice. Like, this or that. So far - I'm myself and go/do as I would. Maybe it would have been good had I known beforehand what I'd be getting into. So, well. Let me take a trip back in time to see where the point was ... .
So, I was entering psychiatry and something told me that I'd find my Girlfriend there. Thats one of the things that then came back and helped nourish that hope that was building up slowly. From what I've learned and believe I shouldn't be minded of it. It should be as well would I discard this "prophecy" or not. But its fair to suggest that I simply didn't believe. Its my ... hypocrisy I think. I believe ... in a lot of ways. But when it comes to myself, I'm stuck believing that I'll never make it out of "this darkness". Which is a direct contradiction to what I'm supposed to believe about myself. But I just can't see the way. Thinking of Love its clearer that my first goal should be to 'grow' "my "community"". So that there's not only me. But yea, thats what I've been trying all the time - never to any ends of success.
So, I should have layed my cards back then. Concerning that issue. I mean - Segulo is alright, but ... maybe cards are better. So, what does Segulo say? Will I meet my girlfriend there? No! So. There's a problem though. I met 'her' at a different place, somehow. Different part of the place. Does it make the difference? "Apparently". So, me again - weak. I should say yes. And probably the next answer will be that I'll meet her around "here" (there). So, is that the case? Yes!
So, its at this point no different than having it from the cards. Except that the cards now might take me closer to the subject matter. Except that I met her ... and things went fine "up until". But why isn't God telling me to stop? As mentioned - I was heading a direction that was supposedly or practically bad before I did Oracles, ... and then it were Oracles that brought me to this point of peace. Respectively is it still more or less just a matter of time it seems.
But my problem is this: I'm afraid that God turns out ... wrong. Or, trolling me. I don't dare say 'yes' to anything good since I worry that its going to turn out differently - and to a certain extent thats like a mask. That of me doing these things. I have to keep the faith but am in certain regards unwilling to truly believe in it.
But so. Taking it this way ... I've been drawn to draw a few cards - or to shuffle. And what did pop out was the 9 of swords. Which, in this context has a more transparent meaning. It can't say 'no' at this point. So, its more of a sign by which I would know her. I mixed on wondering about ... what else I might need to know and four cards fell out. There's a fight, there's a "crossing" of sorts, there's the page of coins and the hermit. All things that by now are basically already history. So, I could tell that these are the challenges or events along the way.
But now I worry that I was wrong for not being well prepared enough, thus worrying that the 5 of coins is as a death sentence.
"Spiderbrain, Spiderbrain ..."
Or, its just another part of the road. But ... what do I do with it now?
I guess that's where we're back to ... the beginning. There's only one way I would have picked up Tarot Cards; And thats on base of Gods interactions with me. So, that happened when it happened. No sooner or later. The idea was always there, but ... as usual I have a tendency of standing on the wire. Err ... hose.
And when it gets to anything but just surfing through the day, also relatively clumsy.
So, I don't feel like I can get to any other point right now and here but to keep trying - to maybe find what I'm looking for.


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Bender type: Firebender
Shila is a logical girl. She's also very sweet, but can come off as extremely apathetic, which she is, actually. She is only really 'happy' after she gets to have a bit of fun. She tends to snap at people, sometimes, usually when they're bothering her; When she hates someone, she finds it very hard to hide. She follows rules, though, because she thinks it'll help. The more she's here, and the longer she's gone without a kill, of course, the more she'll be subject to snap.
She's a bit arrogant. Her self-assuredness and her bigotry tend to get her into trouble, but her persuasiveness and smarts tend to get her out. She believes all the bad people should simply go away, and since nobody else would do it, she would have to do it herself. She was taught during the three years of her serving the Fire nation prison to follow orders, and to not speak out of term. unfortunately, that last thing never took hold. She's very assertive, and she's known. And she loves it. She'll be the one speaking, and she'll kill anyone who interrupts her.
Shila was born to two factory workers in the Fire Nation, one who quit so she could be a housewife. June was her favorite. She was never close with Ryuu, her father, who was born a firebender. June was non-bender, and Shila was okay with that. They did the best they could for her, even after she accidentally burnt down a tree in their backyard at the age of six, and she appreciated it in her own way. She helped with the chores, and cooked her own means sometimes. Eventually, Shila was old enough to be left alone without having the house burn down, and she was. June went back to work. Shila was careful around the house. She only practiced her fire-bending while she was outside, and she always made sure to have a bucket of water nearby.
Shila was about thirteen when her mother first noticed signs of something. Shila was too laid back, and calm about everything. Sort of distant and put off. She wasn't normal, and she didn't have many friends, either. June put it off as a phase that every girl went through around her age. She never brought it up, but she did keep a close eye on her when she was home. Shila herself started enjoying different things than anyone her age, which is something her mother looked over. She was enjoying playing with animals, and not in the normal way. She burnt them, trapped them, and sometimes killed them. She noticed their suffering made her happy. And her father was the first to notice. Ryuu watched her one day as he came home from work early. Concerned, he attempted to stop it, which really only made it worse. She wanted to make him happy, so she kept it in. She even became more socialized, and got a job at sixteen, the first chance she could. That only made it worse. People irritated her, and though she still did it to animals, it wasn't as satisfying. Soon, she snapped, and one day at work, she tortured and killed a co-worker, though made it look like they attacked first. Shila was caught, of course, put in prison despite her plea of it being in self-defense, and put into a high security prison.
She was nothing really special in her first year there. Except for killing a few inmates, making it seem like self-defense, and trying to escape a few times, all of which had failed. Eventually the guards got sick of it, and figured she could be put to a better use. To stop her from killing people, they started using her as a sort of executor, to kill those who've done a bad enough crime to get killed on the spot. After that, she became much easier in the prison, and eventually, was let go for good behavior- on one condition. They get to use her.
Fire Infantry
Initial Powers
The user's punches and kicks will automatically create small arcs of fire from them as they strike that spills forward in the direction of the attack.
The user is able to shoot small blasts of fire in rapid succession toward something.
The user is able to create a belt of flames which they can use to strike and burn with.
The user is able to increase the heat of the air, objects and liquids.
The user is able to, if timed correctly, break away or deflect other fire attacks.
Basic Powers
(Note: Once a power is chosen, it cannot be changed.)
The user is able to create intense bursts of flames from their hands and feet which can be used to propel them through the air for a short time. (Achieved after 1 week)
The user is able to create small disks that can be used as quick moving projectiles. (Achieved after 2 weeks)
Sun Warrior(Achieved after 1 month)
Initial Powers
The user is able to create thin blades of fire from their melee attacks which are capable of cutting objects as well as burn them. While performing this technique, the user cannot use any other form of firebending techniques.
The user sends forth a massive fireball which explodes into a torrent of flames upon contact. The user must take time to build up this attack and is vulnerable while doing so.
The user's flames become enhanced and burn much hotter than normal. The user is able to change the color of their flames as they wish (excluding black flames) and can simultaneously use two different colors.
The user can launch a stream of fire which they can guide towards the target, allowing them to target more agile opponents. The user is immobile while using this power.
Advanced Powers
(Note: Once a power is chosen, it cannot be changed. Also, Master level powers can only be achieved after 7 months and require 2 open power slots.)
The user is able to pressurize their flames in order to make them semi-dense and have a sort of tangible force when they strike something. (Achieved after 2 months)
The user is able to focus their fire so effectively that it can become lightning. The lightning is far quicker and more unstable than fire and cannot be blocked or redirected by any means other than another person who can Lightningbend redirecting it. Creating lightning takes a huge toll on the user and if used more than a few times without a large break it will likely backfire on the user and injure them. (Achieved after 7 months)


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I have a confession.
It's not going to be pretty. Fair warning.
I got angry today.
I was angry because I heard that some Christians were said to be angry about red cups at Starbucks not representing Jesus well during the Christmas Season. How ridiculous. Seriously? Personally, I don't know anyone who is angry about this but I digress.
Then I became angry that the media, yet again, seemed to be putting down all Christians because of the reactions of some. My eyes rolled. Why must I always defend myself? I vented. It felt great for a few minutes. After all, I wasn't that kind of Christian. And people needed to know!
Then I noticed everyone on social media was venting, too. I began to get a little irritated by that. Now I was angry that everyone was angry. I was even angry with myself. Why did I fall for the hype?
I opened my Bible because I wanted to know what Jesus thought about cups. (smile)
Here's what I found:
Jesus tells us not to be concerned about the outside of the "cup", but more so with the inside (Matthew 23:25-26). Once the inside is clean, the outside will eventually become clean, too. He was actually speaking to the religious folks, the ones who thought they had it all together. I came to the conclusion, based on Scripture, that He's probably not concerned about the outside of Starbucks' cups. Jesus had bigger fish to fry. That's all I needed to know.
I paused. I prayed. I realized....
The inside of my cup was not clean. I was nursing anger. Anger doesn't produce the things of God. God was using this cup hilarity to show me my heart. It had nothing to do with Starbucks. It had everything to do with my heart.
So, I asked God to forgive me. I was angry, I was frustrated and I was self-righteous. Again.
(I told you this wouldn't be pretty)
All of this to say:
Thank you, Starbucks. Thank you for the brilliant marketing strategy that has everyone talking. I fell for it, hook, line and sinker. God used it to reveal my heart to me and even though it wasn't pretty, it was important for me to see.
Oh, and thank you for bringing back Carmel Brulee Lattes. They are amazing.
For you died to this life and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3
Real Life with Leslie Nease
Monday, November 9, 2015
It's Not About the Cups
4 comments:
- Steven Pickett said...
You got it girl! We discussed this in youth last night and pretty much cane to the same conclusion as you did! Keep the Faith!!!
- November 9, 2015 at 3:05 PM
Maybe the cups would be more Christmas like if we paid it forward and bought someone a cup of coffee or tea or hot chocolate.- Patty
- November 9, 2015 at 3:48 PM
I love you Lisa! I always love what you have to say! Thank you!
- November 10, 2015 at 5:50 AM
- Leslie Nease said...
Thanks Steven! I appreciate you more than you know. :) And Patty, I love it! Great idea. Christina, thank you for your encouragement! So glad the blog helped your perspective!
- November 10, 2015 at 7:06 AM
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