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These notes are posted at http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/, to contribute background information for associates of the Global Table and its offspring. The Open Research Group hosts Global Table meetings on Wednesdays from 12noon to 2 pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Pfreelace, W1U 3AJ, open to all on a drop-in basis. This weekly forum is a persistent focal point for many who cannot often get to London but are encouraged in bold initiatives by association and collaboration. We all continue to foster the public sense of the search for inclusive justice. We are trying to sense the richness of our networking without overburdening with detail. We collaborate in order that action may flow BOTH in specified targeted initiatives AND in acknowledgement of our shared commitment to ending exploitation – usury – now exponentially rampant! Contact the Open Research Group – firstname.lastname@example.com
Notes of Open Research Group meeting on 20th June 2018: OpenResearchGroup-180620
Report from Cooperative Meetup on 22nd June 2018: OpenResearchGroup-180622
Forthcoming Events: http://www.globaltable.org.uk/wp/forthcoming-events
MOTHER PELICAN -July 2018 Cultural Evolution ~ From Patriarchy to Partnership– Homo Economicus to Homo Ecologicus: "We are no longer in a state of growth. We are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence." — Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) – LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE – some fine articles on our developing themes.
COLLABORATION: Over time our three weekly CCMJ/ORG/ICUK fora have considered important aphorisms that help the development of dialogue and takes us into new understandings of the co-operative task. We revisit those guiding thoughts regularly and always value responses about their use, or about any other enduring wisdom relating to collaboration as they flow in around us. And we welcome new examples of creative collaboration in our search for inclusive justice.
David Bollier is Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. See also: http://www.centerforneweconomics.org/.
KEY POINTS OF THE REGENERATIVE DEVELOPMENT MANIFESTO [for fools in praxis, such as us, when celebrities – the angels !! – fear to tread, in case they lose income or status!] – We won't get where we need to go by making compromises surging through the life of the planet. – Nature doesn't need our protection. She needs our collaboration in the co-creative processes. – The only appropriate response is a local response, in its global context. – Everyone has a role and anyone must be treated with respect. We are in the tough busyness of deepening connections between differing perceptions and their effects: https://regenesisgroup.com/manifesto/
CCMJ: Christian Council for Monetary Justice (www.ccmj.org) – Usury/exploitation lies at the heart of global distress. Things aren't getting any better because so few are addressing what's really wrong – a foundational fault requiring inclusive system change. What we accept today as interest was once called usury, and that through most of history almost everyone was against it." All the great faith traditions forbade usury for thousands of years. The Christian Church emphasised it until, in Calvin's time, 'Interest' was watered down to 'Excessive Interest'. Usury then became exponentially disproportionate in undermining justice throughout the human community. Reports on tackling this prime issue are always welcome: CCMJ and ICUK continue to probe and propose a model of genuinely inclusive Public Policy that involves an integrated social-political-economy that includes the introduction of Annual Ground Rent [ use of theh Commons], the abolition of Usury, a universal right to basic living, and the curtailment of those permanent hierarchies exercising exploitative power over others. www.ccmj.org – recent updates are on: www.ccmj.org/wp Eg Be humble about our knowledge.
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIALISM – this non-hierarchical alternative to capitalism and totalitarianism, continues to campaign for a non-usurious, fair-world approach to the economy, taking forward ideas promoted by CCMJ and The Spirit Level – for background see the papers section of www.interestfreemoney.org. The campaign website – in development – includes videos by John Courtneidge explaining the proposal: http://www.co-operativesocialism.org
FREE CRITICAL THINKING: meets most Tuesdays 7-9pm (last meeting of term 2nd December) – see Events Listing at The London School of Mosaic in the Basement Studio (down ramp), 73-96 Ludham, Southampton Road, Lismore Circus, London, NW5 4SF (Gospel Oak overground /Belsize Park tube): http://www.freecriticalthinking.org • Critical Thinking's scope: http://freecriticalthinking.org/9-general/1518-hierarchy-and-the-political-economy – in pithy summary: "Hierarchy, theft of the Commons and Usury are the fundamental drivers of poverty, wars, environmental destruction and the enslavement of humanity. Once we understand that, we're on the road to recovering humanity." See Clive Menzies' paper in the Islamic Economics Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Reform Proposals in the Monetary System for Attaining Global Economic Stability: http://iei.kau.edu.sa/Files/121/Files/153872_30-02-09-Clive-3.pdf.
Daily Pickings: June/July 2018: • Mon 25th: The cashless society • Tue 26th: The City of London • Wed 27th: Baby boomer conditioning • Thu 28th: Truth and reconciliation • Fri 29th: Deconstructing Jewish power • Sat 30th: Our origins suppressed • Sun 1st July: Usury is evil? • Link to Co-Creative Learning: https://cocreativelearning.org
INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONALISTS UK (ICUK): recognises the necessity of dealing with BOTH the need for many urgent palliatives within a dying system, AND a systemic curative re-design by participative democratic application of an integrated political-economy of trusteeship in the co-evolution of planet earth. It concentrates on the Meta-Narrative within which the UK could shape all its independent but mutually accountable communities. Curative change to the political-economy like "poetry happens in two stages, like sculpting; first the imagination, then the chisel." The specific pursuit of an integral model for public policy originated at the London Global Table and is now pursued as the emergence of 'A PEOPLE'S INTEGRATED SOCIAL-POLITICAL-ECONOMY OF TRUSTEESHIP IN THE CO-EVOLUTION OF PLANET EARTH.' The CURATIVE structural change advocated in the ICUK's Declaration of Purpose is set within PRINCIPLED-PRAGMATISM. It provides an integrated, and therefore interdisciplinary, context for human response-ability. All specialist Disciplines must be seen to make their contribution to this dramatic description of cognitive behavioural therapy applied to public policy and purpose." MP [For those using philosophical and theological studies as an aid, the curative represents a modern perception of bringing the Kin[g]dom into all aspects and language of public policy. 4]. An update of its website is now evolving: http://www.icuk.life. An informal Strategy Forum meets in central London every Wednesday between 12 and 2pm – you are invited to contact Peter Challen – firstname.lastname@example.com – for latest developments and meeting venue.
LETSlink is working on much-needed national and regional hubs to enable dedicated training for individual LETS groups. Newly online groups are being encouraged to work on a county-wide basis. The main website sets out theory and enables enquirers to connect with local groups: http://www.letslinkuk.net/uk-map.htm. See PP presentation – Local Exchange Trading Schemes: Integrated Community Currency Model – ICCmodel – and latest posting on the LETSlink Forum – on Courses in Community Currency. See record of origin of LETS in the UK via a paper by David Weston given at the 1985 TOES Conference.
LONDON COMMUNALISTS, coordinated by John McCone, are engaged in discovering a politics of citizenship based on shared public concern. See notes on Communalism based on Murray Bookchin's: "The Next Revolution" – CommunalismProject00-A4 – They meet 6pm-8pm on the third Monday of each month in the reading room of 88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH – dates on the Events page. See John McCone's written evidence on Land Value Capture submitted to the Housing and Communities and Local Government Committee. Feedback welcomed to John McCone.
POSITIVE MONEY has branches all over the UK to campaign for debt-free issuance of currency, which are often listed on our Events page. They campaign for a fairer, more democratic and more sustainable economy.They held a seminar in association with RSA on Monday 18th Sept 2017 – see report: PositiveMoney-RSA-170918 – see also Positive Money's latest video about the: Bank of England and a new paper, published in January 2018: Escaping-Growth-Dependency-final_print • Recently screened by Greenwich & Lewisham branch is Michael Oswald's film The Spider's Web : Britain's Second Empire, portraying Britain's role in creating a global network of tax havens. • See Latest Message from Positive Money, which we have been asked to forward to our contacts: Dear friend, I'm a supporter of Positive Money. We're a people-powered movement to reform the money and banking system so that we can have a fairer, more democratic and more sustainable economy. There are lots of important campaigns we can choose to support. But this one is all about changing the root causes of many of the things that are important to me and to our society: our housing crisis, soaring inequality, protecting our environment, an unstable economy. I support Positive Money's work because I believe reform of the money and banking system will mean a better world for all of us, and I think you should too! Please click here if you're interested in signing up to Positive Money's fortnightly newsletter too: You'll hear about campaign and research updates, events, and what activities you can get involved in to help. The more of us who join this movement – simply by signing up to their campaign online as a starting point – the closer we'll get to changing things for good. So please will you consider joining me and signing up to Positive Money's fortnightly newsletter now? Just click this link and it will take you less than 30 seconds: Thanks,
Further Reports are invited from our associates in the quest for inclusive justice to stir our awareness and effect change through both palliative and curative means.
PUBLICATIONS & BLOGS – reviews always welcomed:-]
The Summer 2018 issue of The Social Artist (incorporating The Social Crediter) in two pdf formats, one for reading on screen, the other for printing out as a booklet. These are also available on our website: www.douglassocialcredit.com . Two different and valuable reviews of Jeremy Lent's 'The Patterning Instincts -A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for meaning' '
RENEGADE INC: Monday 2nd July 2018: The (not so) free press: Orwell famously said, "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations." With print media's business model in free-fall, newspaper proprietors are increasingly desperate to find ways to ensure financial viability. Does this approach put corporate interests above the interests of readers? Ross Ashcroft is joined by Justin Schlosberg and the editor of Open Media at Open Democracy, James Cusick, to ask how free the UK press really is?: https://www.rt.com/shows/renegade-inc/431459-uk-press-free-fall/
NO TURNING BACK There is the idea of turning back. But there is no realistic possibility of actually turning back. On this journey into a stark and crystalline awareness, the first step was the point of no return. Followed some time later by the confounding surrender of control. That is the way of this. That is the way of freedom. NA


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Because of a growing elderly population and a declining birthrate, more elderly are needing nursing care, and the workload for doctors is growing heavier. Therefore, it's necessary to save labor by using an at-home device to aid nursing. We focus on a device called Patakoro that can stretch and flex the knee joint, and plantar flex and dorsiflex the ankle joint. With electromyography and the Patakoro device, we constructed a system that can increase people's walking abilities in motivation exercise. This motivation exercise can help paralytic people to strengthen their paralytic side by practicing with the non-paralytic side leg. As a result, we found that there is a significant difference in muscle activity within three sitting positions in which the height of the chair is placed at different levels.

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Alexandra Announces new LOI, Re-pricing of Private Placement
Proposed Acquisition of Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc.
Vancouver, B.C. – April 10, 2018 – Alexandra Capital Corp. (CSE: AXC) ("Alexandra" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent ("Letter of Intent") with Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., ("PRT"). PRT is a private Delaware corporation that is developing a system using Wi-Fi radar techniques for threat detection screening in Wi-Fi enabled zones in buildings and places, like airports, shopping malls, schools and sports venues. PRT is also developing a millimetre wave antenna which can be drone mounted to detect weapons such as guns, suicide vests, and explosives in mass gatherings and has both military and civilian applications. PRT is also working on other threat detection systems and technologies that can be integrated into existing screening environments.
Pursuant to the Letter of Intent, the Company, PRT and its shareholders will enter into a definitive agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") whereby the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of PRT in consideration for the issuance by the Company of 3,000,000 common shares of the Company at closing.
All common shares issued as consideration for the PRT shares will be subject to escrow and resale restrictions under securities law and CSE policy
Cancellation of Proposed Acquisition WMC ApS.
Further to the announcement made December 1, 2017, Alexandra announces it will not be completing the proposed acquisition of WMC ApS, a private Danish company based in Copenhagen which brokers and develops payment processes in crypto currency transactions.
Re-pricing of Non-Brokered Private Placement
The Company is amending the terms of the non-brokered private placement previously announced on December 27, 2017. The Company proposes to issue 6,250,000 units at a price of $0.40 for gross proceeds of $2,500,000. Each unit will consist of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.60 for 1 year. The units issued in the offering are subject to a four month hold period.
Finders' fees are payable on a portion of the private placement, in cash and finders' warrants, each equal to six (6%) percent of the amount placed by the finder. The finders' warrants will be exercisable for one year at a price of $0.40 per finders' warrant share.
Proceeds from the private placement will be used for working capital.
"Vivian Katsuris"
Vivian Katsuris
President and Director
For further information contact:
Mr. Jeremy Poirier
+1 (604) 722-9842
Ms. Vivian Katsuris
+1 (604) 729-2500
(Not for dissemination in the United States of America)
Forward Looking Statements
Certain information set forth in this news release may contain forward‐looking statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward‐looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding future financial position, business strategy, use of proceeds, corporate vision, proposed acquisitions, partnerships, joint‐ventures and strategic alliances and co‐operations, budgets, cost and plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Such forward‐looking information reflects management's current beliefs and is based on information currently available to management. Often, but not always, forward‐looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "predicts", "intends", "targets", "aims", "anticipates" or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by statements to the effect that certain actions "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. A number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results or performance to materially differ from any future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward‐looking information. These forward‐looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of the Company including, but not limited to, the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions and dependence upon regulatory approvals. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward‐looking statements. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward‐looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by securities laws.


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Setting up Boundaries
Last month we touched upon ways that adults can help empower children to learn ways to problem solve, specifically in regards to conflict resolution. Dealing with children in the moment is a great way to help children learn to apply new skills. As with all new skills, the best way to teach is through engaging the learner, in this case the child or children involved in a conflict. Engagement of participants is also desirable when we are talking about setting up proactive systems, or rules in our homes and schools which provide structure and boundaries. Setting up rules lays the foundation for conflict resolution if a dispute arises. Let's examine this topic a little more deeply.
First, we need to accept the fact that conflict will arise. When we are living and working with children, these conflicts can escalate quickly as children are first learning to recognize and to control emotions. When setting up rules, we need to set aside time before a conflict occurs to discuss in concrete terms acceptable parameters for behavior. Keep the age of the children in mind when creating rules, the younger the children, the shorter the list. When dealing with young children, a general rule of thumb is one rule for each year old of the youngest child (family), or average age (classroom). Since two year olds are starting to assert their independence, this is a great age to start by repeating the basics when correcting and redirecting behavior, for example (age 2 – 2 rules!) "We do not hurt other people" and "I need to keep you safe." Yes, two year olds will still protest being moved away from a toy or activity, but you are also offering information as to why the rule needs to be enforced. Granted, your words may not always be heard, but you are modeling important behaviors that a young child will internalize before being able to verbalize their own actions.
Second, we need to engage the learner – that is, we need to include children in age-appropriate ways when setting up the rules. In our example in the paragraph above, our two-year-old is not able to participate actively in rule making, however, since we have been verbalizing the rules to the child, by age 3 most children can contribute. Whether at home or in a class setting, start by asking the three-year-old child, or children, to state the first two rules, then ask them for suggestions for a rule #3. I do not mean to imply that a preschooler runs your home or classroom, but that you take the opportunity to hear what the child in your care considers important. You may be surprised. Once several options are presented, as the adult, take charge to openly critique the possibilities and lead the group, or your child, to a final choice. An example may be "Each child is allowed one special toy that needs to be put away when others are around to play." While the rule list may not be all inclusive, every rule on the list should be able to be enforced consistently.
Consistency is paramount when creating rules. Children thrive on predictability. To give rules meaning, a child needs to know the rules will be enforced. Again, let's look at our example above. You are a teacher in a classroom of three-year-old children who are having Show and Tell time. After the activity one of the children wants to play with the toy that someone else brought from home, and tries to invoke the group care mantra "we all share". You can support both children involved by pointing to rule #3 which everyone chose together, "I know you would like to play with Joey's puzzle, but that is his one special toy…. Joey, you need to put your puzzle in your cubby now that Show and Tell has ended and we are all playing together." Neither child is the "winner" or "loser" since both were involved in the creation of the rule, "What does Rule #3 say?". Of course, there still may be disappointment, that's ok to acknowledge, but the solution is not a matter of choosing one child over the other. When children are involved in setting up the rules ahead of time they are more likely to accept the consequence during a dispute, even if they are upset in the moment.
All children will not respond equally. Some of our kids may be living with needs which require a different approach than that which works with most. Rules are important in setting up appropriate environments in which children can thrive, and the needs of each child needs to be considered when we examine our expectations. Next month KIDapp will be hosting a guest blogger, an attorney practicing in education law, who will offer some information on how parents and schools can work together in developing appropriate accommodations for a child who needs special help. Any parent or professional who has concern about a child in their care who just seems to need "more" will want to be sure to read this special article. In the meantime, make some time to truly listen to a child.


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Five WBHS students travelled to Picton last week for the Interislander Optimist Ranking Regatta. Sailing conditions were light and shifty with a lot of rain. Points earned from the Ranking Regattas and Nationals this Easter will decide the sailors to represent New Zealand at international events this year. WBHS sailors performed exceptionally well at the Regatta, with at least three Westlake sailors expected to earn International Travelling Team positions this year.
Results out of 114 Sailors:
4th – Joshua Hyde
9th – Brayden Hamilton
10th – Thomas Mulcahy
26th – Kaan Yazici
50th – Zach Fong
Results out of 35 Sailors:
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Estación Biológica de Doñana
Proyecto Life-Lince
Ventana del Visitante de Doñana
Red de Parques Nacionales, Doñana
Pilgrimage, moving and "sacá" of the mares
Pilgrimage, moving and "sacá" of the mares Since ages, at the end of June, Almonte's mare-ranchers, the «yegüerizos», leave for the marshlands in National Park Doñana to gather the mares and colts that have been grazing there during the whole year, to concentrate them on the beaches near El Rocío. After this work is done, they start the route to Almonte and take a stop in El Rocío to make a small act of presence before the Blanca Paloma statue. On the 26th of June they arrive at Almonte where on the next day the "tuza" starts, which consists of cutting the manes and tails, the marking and selling of some of the specimens.
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The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Among the silent drivers of this upsurge are freelance workers. Not known to many, the country is a breeding ground for freelance work with a reserve of capable talents, digitally aware population, thriving business community, and more. Aiming to maximize this potential, PayPal has announced two projects to empower merchants and freelancers in the country.
With freelance workers amounting to 1.5 million, as divulged by the local Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), PayPal saw it fit to roll out the PayPal Business App and PayPal.Me for business in the country and first in Asia. These will enable micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to scale up their businesses and services, along with allowing them access to a wide network of 210 million active users from more than 200 markets around the world, through easy-to-use mobile services.
The PayPal Business App enables users to review transactions, check balances in all currencies, send customized invoice to clients, track unpaid accounts, and communicate with clients on the fly. Freelancers who are always on the move can download the app via Google Play Store and Apple store and sign up through their existing PayPal Business accounts.
Meanwhile, PayPal.Me for business is a personalized, user-unique link that sellers and freelancers can send to their customers. The link is instant and can be sent from any device on any platforms including text message, e-mail, instant messenger, and social media platforms for faster transactions.
Apart from the services it offers, PayPal also intends to help freelance workers in the country gain a solid footing in the cutthroat industry through its Freelancer Community Program.
Kickstarting this initiative is the introduction of the theme, "Take Control of Your Freelance Money." The program aims to proactively educate Filipino freelancers to help them grow their business.
PayPal has tapped some of the country's top freelance experts to educate and mentor budding freelancers and 'solopreneurs' to expand their reach, better manage their finances and build strong client relationships.
In line with this initiative, PayPal will roll out a series of activities freelancers can be a part of:
- PayPal Philippines Facebook page – PayPal's first dedicated online space for freelancers to exchange ideas and gain insights from experts.
- PayPal Summit – the campaign's kick-off event, hosting freelancers to share best practices and spark dialogue on digital payments, business technology trends and personal branding.
- Freelancer Learning Workshops – a collaboration with co-working spaces to provide closer interaction with freelancers as they discuss a spectrum of thematic topics on business and client servicing.
For more information on the PayPal Business App, visit the page here. Businesses who are keen to set up their own PayPal.Me for Business account can also visit www.paypal.me to find out more. To know more about the PayPal Freelancer Community Program, log on to PayPal's Philippines Facebook page.


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Sample Room Technician
USA - TX - Port Arthur - OCI
High School Diploma
Full Time
SummaryResponsible for collecting and preparing samples for the operation of the laboratory; including some testing of samples and data entry, while participating in the safety, quality and environmental programs of the plant.Essential Job Duties• Collects raw calcined coke samples for quality control analysis. Performs special collections and analyses if needed.• Prepares raw and calcined coke samples for laboratory tests, in accordance with defined ISO procedures.• Cleans up sample room, and spillage, including proper disposal of raw and calcined coke samples and retains.• Performs preventive maintenance on sample room equipment. If needed, may assist maintenance personnel on an as-needed basis in the repair and adjustment of equipment.• Advises the supervisor on matters relating to the improvement and the continued safe functioning of sample room equipment and facilities.• Operates all mobile equipment required to perform job duties and check oil, water, battery and fuel.• Maintains emergency equipment, such as flashlight and rain suit for possible use during a storm.• Reports all injuries, regardless of seriousness, immediately to the supervisor.• Ensures compliance with safety, personnel, timekeeping, payroll, attendance and other plant procedures or guidelines.• Maintains communications with the supervisor and coworkers on matters concerning daily activities.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:• Communicates clearly and concisely by means of verbal or written word, must read and understand instructions and inform detailed instructions to other workers at shift change.• Lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner, able to multitask when needed.• Ability to enter data, and understand data in excel spreadsheets, or other similar forms of data entry.• Must actively complete all ISO/environmental/safety training requirements at the facility.Education and Experience:• Bachelor's Degree preferred. Associate's Degree required.Physical Requirements:• Typically works in plant environment, which may include extreme working conditions and inclement weather conditions.• As needed, lifts, carries or otherwise moves and positions objects weighing up to 50 pounds.• Must be able to handle working with petroleum coke products and be around dusty environments with respiratory protection.• Must be able to pass general physically fit testing, able to load and unload heavy sample buckets, and move about to coordinate work.• Work will require 12 hour rotating shift*, with possible overtime as needed for vacation relief/special projects.*LOCAL Candidates only
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Avenging his team-mate Ilnur Zakarin who crashed spectacularly in yesterday's stage, Katusha's Rein Taaramäe took Estonia's first ever stage victory at the Giro d'Italia. Behind him, Vincenzo Nibali turned the general classification upside down and dethroned Esteban Chaves, while Alejandro Valverde slipped into third place ahead of former Maglia Rosa Steven Kruijswijk.
1 – Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team)
2 – Esteban Chaves (Orica Greenedge) at 52"
3 – Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) at 1'17"
4 – Steven Kruijswijk (Team Lotto NL – Jumbo) at 1'50"
5 – Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) at 4'37"
1 – Rein Taaramae (Team Katusha) – 134km in 4h22'43", ave. 30.603km/h
2 – Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing Team) at 52"
3 – Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team) at 1'17"
Maglia Rosa Vincenzo Nibali: "I knew today's stage. I had climbed La Bonnette at the Tour de France [in 2008]. It's very long and hard but the key point was La Lombarda. With Jakob Fuglsang and Michele Scarponi, we kept the race under control, while Tanel Kangert had gone ahead. After I accelerated, I was kept informed of the gaps. It was my first time racing against Esteban Chaves but I knew from last year's Vuelta that he'd be hard to beat. I've kept pushing till the end. After I crossed the line, I listened to the speaker who was counting down the seconds, and only then did I realize that the Maglia Rosa was mine".
Stage winner Rein Taaramäe: "It's a very important victory. Yesterday, in a flash, we lost everything we had been working for over the previous three weeks. We actually had two hard times in this Giro, firstly when [Ilnur] Zakarin crashed three times in the individual time trial and lost his chances of winning the Giro. Today, over the radio, my sport director told me "Zakarin, Zakarin, think of Zakarin". Today all the hard work has paid off. For Estonia, which is a very small country with only one million people, it's a special day. Jaan Kirsipuu came second once in a stage of the Giro d'Italia, but I'm the first Estonian winner. I've done the Tour de France seven times, and the Vuelta three times. This was my first experience at the Giro and I can say this is the Grand Tour a rider can enjoy the most".


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By now most of the public in the area of the Wixom Reservoir know that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order to Boyce Hydro Power, LLC, the licensee of the hydro power project located on the … Continue reading
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Contrary to uninformed opinion and popular belief, the situation at Sanford Lake in late summer 2010 was an emergency. This is a well-established fact. By definition, emergencies are not planned, not anticipated, and not funded. (See 2010-09-16 Sanford draw down … Continue reading
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When we use auxiliary thread, ie., a 3rd thread, one of the 3 threads is usually Encapsulated or hidden within, and carried along to the point where it is made visible again; and at that time, one of the other threads/colour may become encapsulated. Encapsulation requires Unflipped or Reverse Stitches.
What I attempted was simply to add a 3rd thread of desired colour at a given point, tat 'normally' (without encapsulation) , and then continue along with original 2 threads. No need to carry a 3rd colour for any distance, hidden. Simply bring in where necessary....
Moreover, I didn't have to use knots anywhere. Also, the resin why the blue/auxiliary thread was not joined at base of ring right at beginning, was so I could get the final SSSR loop to become anchored, since the ring is not a 'free' ring - it is joined to the chain picot .
I hope this brings some more clarity ? Thank you so so much for the feedback !
I have not shared stitch counts & other details ... For that please refer to the pattern at L Shelby's site (direct link given above).


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A common thread runs through Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s.
A common thread runs through Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s.
Kid Power aired on ABC during the 1972-73 television season — it was another product of the Rankin-Bass animation machine that relied heavily on transforming the creations of others. Based on Morrie Turner's Wee Kids comic strip, Kid Power centered on a group of kids and its organization — Rainbow Club.
King Kong is a New York City film icon. He climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in the 1933 and 2005 King Kong films. In 1976, he climbed to the top of the World Trade Center.
But the 1966-67 Saturday morning cartoon series King Kong depicted the title character as domesticated with a family in the jungle.
Baby boomers and Generation Xers most likely recall Rankin-Bass as the studio responsible for the stop-motion animation television specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town.
Rankin-Bass also produced two specials that were quite mad. Literally.


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text: If you've started following the new Weight Watchers Beyond the Scale program that uses Smart Points instead of points plus, you've probably noticed that it's a lot harder to enjoy some snacks and sweet treats while staying on plan. When Weight Watchers was using Points Plus, I had my snacking down to a science, especially when it came to on-the-go products. It's taken me a little bit of time, but I finally found a few go to treats that satisfy my sweet tooth without breaking my Smart Points budget for the day. Since I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggled with this low sugar transition, I've decided to share a few of my favorites with you. Many of these options work well with the high-protein, low sugar lifestyle that the beyond the scale plan is encouraging us to live on a daily basis. Read more


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Indonesia's Mandala Airlines files for bankruptcy
Jakarta-based Tigerair Mandala has filed for bankruptcy at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court in early December according to a Jakarta Post report.
February 1, 2015
By admin
Jakarta-based Tigerair Mandala has filed for bankruptcy at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court in early December according to a Jakarta Post report. The defunct carrier has been unable to service over IDR1.5 trillion (US$120.5 million) and IDR7 billion in debt owed to shareholders and creditors respectively, since it suspended operations in July last year.
The decision to stop operations has caused two potential investors, PT Citilink Indonesia and PT Indonesia AirAsia, to retreat from their plan to acquire Mandala's shares. Citilink Indonesia is a subsidiary of state-owned airline company PT Garuda Indonesia, while Indonesia AirAsia is part of Malaysiabased airliner AirAsia Berhad. "We have tried to rise again, but we are not able to face the rising costs of aviation turbine fuel and the depreciation of the rupiah," the company's lawyer Zaky Tandjung was quoted as saying.
Mandala, which operates under the name Tigerair Mandala, is 64.2 per cent owned by equity firm Saratoga Capital — which was cofounded by Sandiaga Uno and Edwin Soeryadjaya — along with PT Cardig International and 35.8 per cent by the Singapore-based Tiger Airways Group of which Singapore Airlines (SIA) is a shareholder.
SIA is now in the process of increasing its stake in Tigerair which pending approvals will result in the LCC becoming a subsidiary of the Singapore carrier. SIA which will likely increase its shareholding from 55.8 to 76.1 per cent has said it is not considering taking over Tigerair entirely but rather, will focus on pursuing synergies, particularly with its long-haul LCC subsidiary Scoot.


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A classic yamaha drum machine with a great sound set and functionality. It contains two user memory slots and can be synced to midi clock or the pads triggered individualy via midi note on.
Although a DD-10 won't yield to rom glitching as is found on a number of other old DD models, a number of features have been added to it to bring it up to spec with some of the more unruly machines listed in the shop. It takes on it's own unique character and is now unlike any of the others. Two oscillators which can be set up as drones or set to follow the amplitude envelope of the drum machine output, an external input with bufferd/none buffered input selection which allows you to feed line level equipment and passives such as guitars, mics and contact mics into the effects chain. The effects chain consists of a resonant low pass filter, a digital delay which is open to abuse and is the heart of the machines ability to create ambient, harsh and noise wall sound scapes as well as data crash type glitching and strange effect. It has a hybrid ring modulator/distortion which can be used to warp and mutilate the sounds to stunning effect. All of these can be used to manipulate the internal sounds as well as anything fed into the external input. The external input can be used while the machine is active and the machine, oscillators and external source can be mixed up as desired in the mixer section. The pitch control features a coarse and fine dial. When the pitch is dropped via the coarse control it dives into dirt and sludge which plays well with the filter and distortion. CV control is implemented giving you control over the filter cutoff and pitch via external equipment. Ideal for hooking it up to a eurorack.
The videos below show the DD10 being put to use in different ways.Automation of pitch and filter cutoff via CV input. Power electronix and harsh noise Evolving percussion
As intended it will serve as an interesting and unique drum machine and source of abstract percussion. Beyond this it also serves as a versatile sound effects, noise and drone generator, power electronics instrument and means with which to warp other pieces of equipment.
CNC machined anodized and engraved aluminium panel work.
Analogue filter - cutoff - resonance - gain.
CMOS ring mod/distortion - level, mix, gate frequency
Digital delay - rate - cutoff - noise.
Pitch control with coarse and fine dialing.
2 x drone oscillators - drone or gated to the audio out envelope.
Internal mixer section.
External input with switchable pre amp.
1/4 inch audio input socket
1/4 inch audio output socket
3.5mm input for CV control over filter cutoff and pitch
Ships with 12v adapter with fittings for use in all regions of the world.
Tracked shipping is provided and a tracking number will be emailed to you upon dispatch.


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I'm attempting to create a new basic auth user using the undocumented dashboard api (please add docs!)
However, even though the user has access to an API via a policy, I'm not able to access that API. Can you please let me know what I'm doing wrong. All calls below:
$ curl -X POST http://192.168.99.100:email@example.com -H 'Authorization: eafe2167d76547777ec75a1f7dc5312a' -d '{"last_check":0,"allowance":1000,"rate":1000,"per":1,"expires":0,"quota_max":-1,"quota_renews":1491497420,"quota_remaining":0,"quota_renewal_rate":31104000,"access_rights":{"151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14":{"api_id":"151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14","api_name":"Login API","versions":["Default"]},"feda9795301d4f4e5f6992ae3a638dcd":{"api_id":"feda9795301d4f4e5f6992ae3a638dcd","api_name":"Portal","versions":["Default"]}},"apply_policy_id":"57058d630b79010001000009","tags":["newuser"],"jwt_data":{"secret":""},"meta_data":{},"basic_auth_data":{"password":"test123","hash_type":"bcrypt"}}'
{"api_model":{},"key_id":"","data":{"last_check":0,"allowance":1000,"rate":1000,"per":1,"expires":0,"quota_max":-1,"quota_renews":1491497420,"quota_remaining":0,"quota_renewal_rate":31104000,"access_rights":{"151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14":{"api_name":"Login API","api_id":"151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14","versions":["Default"],"allowed_urls":null},"feda9795301d4f4e5f6992ae3a638dcd":{"api_name":"Portal","api_id":"feda9795301d4f4e5f6992ae3a638dcd","versions":["Default"],"allowed_urls":null}},"org_id":"570534390b79010001000001","oauth_client_id":"","basic_auth_data":{"password":"test123","hash_type":"bcrypt"},"jwt_data":{"secret":""},"hmac_enabled":false,"hmac_string":"","is_inactive":false,"apply_policy_id":"57058d630b79010001000009","data_expires":0,"monitor":{"trigger_limits":null},"meta_data":{},"tags":["newuser"]}}
$ echo 'email@example.com:test123' | base64
$ curl http://192.168.99.100/login-api/login -H 'Authorization: Basic dGVzdEB0ZXN0LmNvbTp0ZXN0MTIzCg=='
"error": "User not authorised"
$ curl -s -X GET http://192.168.99.100:3000/api/apis/ -H 'Authorization: eafe2167d76547777ec75a1f7dc5312a' | python -mjson.tool | grep -E 'api_id|"listen_path"'
"api_id": "1f7701e7f1c640017b8fd0d66fbac8a7",
"listen_path": "/portal-assets/",
"api_id": "04401112703f49af4d9bd4c2172e8eb9",
"listen_path": "/portal-api/",
"api_id": "feda9795301d4f4e5f6992ae3a638dcd",
"listen_path": "/portal/",
"api_id": "151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14",
"listen_path": "/login-api/",
$ curl -s -X GET http://192.168.99.100:3000/api/portal/policies -H 'Authorization: eafe2167d76547777ec75a1f7dc5312a' | python -mjson.tool
"Data": [
"_id": "57058d630b79010001000009",
"access_rights": {
"151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14": {
"allowed_urls": [],
"apiid": "151222f37e7447f56df39b0f94b8dc14",
"apiname": "Login API",
"versions": [
"active": true,
"date_created": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"hmac_enabled": false,
"is_inactive": false,
"key_expires_in": 0,
"name": "Default API Policy",
"org_id": "570534390b79010001000001",
"per": 60,
"quota_max": -1,
"quota_renewal_rate": 60,
"rate": 1000,
"tags": []
"Pages": 0
Almost there
The object you are sending is wrong to create the key, you need to send a standard object, what you are sending is what the API returns on a key request:
"last_check": 0,
"allowance": 1000,
"rate": 1000,
"per": 1,
"expires": 1460411319,
"quota_max": -1,
"quota_renews": 1460405379,
"quota_remaining": 0,
"quota_renewal_rate": 60,
"access_rights": {
"4f32eb942128475f4f76fe3e3bc34e16": {
"api_id": "4f32eb942128475f4f76fe3e3bc34e16",
"api_name": "Test",
"versions": ["Default"]
"apply_policy_id": "5654566b30c55e3904000003",
"tags": [],
"jwt_data": {
"secret": ""
"meta_data": {},
"basic_auth_data": {
"password": "test123"
Thanks for the update. I was able to create a key with the updated body. Since this is basic auth, what would I use for the username?
Whatever you like - with basic auth you are basically creating a custom token, so long as it is unique to your organisation it's acceptable.
Sorry, I don't think I was clear on my question. Is there another endpoint where I need to create the user and this is just their token? If so, how do I connect this key to a specific user?
If not, how to I specify the username within the POST to /api/keys?
I tried adding username to basic_auth_data like so:
and so:
neither let me access the api using:
curl http://192.168.99.100/login-api/login -H 'Authorization: Basic dGVzdEB0ZXN0LmNvbTp0ZXN0MTIzCg=='
Ah, since it's a custom token you just post to the username:
POST http://domain.com:3000/api/apis/keys/basic/USERNAME-HERE
There is no concept of a "user", a user, in the basic auth sense, is just a token with a password that runs through a specific auth type handler.
The only other concepts of users in the dashboard are administrators (the user that is using the dashboard) and developers - the ones that use the developer portal.
This is mentioned in the section on Basic Auth, but isn't clear enough (nor in the right section):
A note on creating basic auth keys
Basic authentication keys are not created the same way as other keys, since the key ID is not generated by the system a basic auth key cannot use the /tyk/keys/create endpoint, and instead should POST to /tyk/keys/{username}, this will ADD a key to the system. Subsequent requests will overwrite this entry, sending a PUT request will update the entry.
Basic authentication keys are not created the same way as other keys, since the key ID is not generated by the system a basic auth key cannot use the /tyk/keys/create endpoint, and instead should POST to /tyk/keys/{username}, this will ADD a key to the system. Subsequent requests will overwrite this entry, sending a PUT request will update the entry.
Anyway, we'll fill out those docs to make them more useful for people using basic auth.
Ah, thanks for that info.
We're planning on using TIB as a proxy to our auth service in production but just figured basic would be quickest to get a demo up and running, haha, guess I should have chosen OAuth
Quickest would be a simple bearer token - OAuth can be tricky
We're here to help, so just drop us a post if you're lost. We've already add the basic auth docs to the site.
Thanks for all the help Martin!


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McCarty, Peter. (2010). Hondo and Fabian. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Written and illustrated by the same author, Peter McCarty presents a story about similarities. Although a dog and a cat appear different, sleep in different places, eat different food, and play with different people, they lead similar lives. Hondo, the dog, has an adventure at the beach and Fabian, the cat, has an adventure inside the house. The author/illustrator uses simple language and simple sentences to tell a story about two animals that both have fun in different ways. The font size is large enough for children to learn how to connect letters, and learn new words. The illustrations are exquisitely drawn with natural tones and they are framed. McCarty uses pencil on watercolor paper to create the dream-like effect. For children under age 3, who cannot yet read, the book's illustrations can tell the story. Author-illustrator website can be found at http://petermccarty.net/and this book was awarded the Caldecott Honor award.


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Dawn was excited. She said she had always dreamed of going to Cannes. I told Dawn, "Not only are you going to Cannes but you're in the festival." We got two filmmaker passes for our movie to go to the numerous films, parties, etc. Our first night was in Paris at a picnic on a footbridge drinking wine overlooking the full moon behind Notre dame.
On our first night in Cannes we saw Peter Fonda introduce the tribute movie about legendary indy director Roger Corman. Seeing the 85 year old Corman and his wife getting this standing ovation for all their years of creating movies was an epiphany for us as independent filmmakers.
The next day we walked out onto the back deck of the Turkish Film Pavilion.
I put my hand around Dawn's shoulder and pointed to the harbor of the French Riviera and said,
"Dawn.....we're not in Kansas anymore!"
Later that night she said this had been the best birthday she ever had.
On the last night in Paris my Friend Maria took us to a private house art atelier in Montmartre where people discussed art over wine and cheese. It was kind of like the salons Gertrude Stein would have with Picasso and that crowd in the 20s. There were artists, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, and a guy who wrote a recent book about noteable writers in Paris.
This event had been written about in a recent NY Times article about Hidden Paris.
The day after we got back we went and saw the new Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris which we missed at Cannes. A few weeks later she got sick and left us. I'm very saddened but I consider it a privilege that I was as able to make her happy during the last great adventure of her life.
Two photos of Dawn from 1988


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Destiny Analysis Part 4: The story of Pathways into Darkness in reverse
This is part four of four to my analysis of Bungie's Destiny.
Check out Part 1, where I look at visuals, level design, enemy design, etc.; Part 2: where I look at things like story, weapons, and whether it's worth buying; and Part 3, where I talk about how things were named in Destiny
I made a reddit post about this that is a little more succinct, but doesn't cover all the same topics.
I believe that the overarching narrative of Destiny is actually an inverted, or reversed, retelling of the story in Pathways into Darkness, one of Bungie's very first games. Basically, I think that Destiny is the PiD story told from the perspective of the monsters in PiD, and that the heroes in Pathways into Darkness are the villains in Destiny.
If this is true, then this let's us make some predictions about the future of Destiny's overarching story, although not about its gameplay or anything like that.
Let me start with what I think is proof of the strong and deliberate connection between the games. Then I'll move on to the summary of my theory. And then, I'll move into the details and predictions (none of which are terribly spectacular. so, no hype.).
WHAT, TO ME, PROVES THAT DESTINY IS A RETELLING OF PiD
Very briefly, the plot of Pathways into Darkness revolves around how an ancient, alien "god", buried beneath a pyramid, is about to wake up and destroy us all, and you need to travel down through a dark pyramid to put it back to sleep. As the "god" slowly wakes, his dreams become more powerful and manifest themselves in the form of bizarre monsters and strange monsters.
If the story of soldiers descending into a pyramid of monsters to put a powerful alien back to sleep is called Pathways INTO Darkness, then the story of monsters ascending out of a solar system of soldiers to wake up a powerful alien would be called Pathways OUT OF Darkness.
And sure enough, Bungie's announcement vidoc for Destiny was called "Pathways out of Darkness". Some Destiny fans made the connection to Bungie's earlier game, but thought it was just a nod to their past. No one seemed to consider that the title of the vidoc might hint at a real connection between the games.
And why would you? It seems like a throwaway reference.
Around Halloween of last year, players in Destiny were able to get a special, easter egg type item from the vendor Xûr. It was called the Flight of Shadows, and it created a swarm of bats around you every time you respawned. The important part was the flavor text for this item:
"Are you the dream of a sleeping God? Or the nightmare of a dead one?"
Looking at Destiny alone it would seem that the "God" in question would be the Traveler since he "created" or resurrected the player characters.
Of course, the connection to Pathways into Darkness is blatantly obvious. The alien god buried in PiD is both referred to as a "Dreaming God" and a "dead god", and the point of the game is to put it back to sleep.
For me, the title of the announcement vidoc and flavor text of Flight of Shadows solidifies the fact that Destiny is the PiD story told in reverse, from the monsters' perspective.
And we're the monsters. We're the dreams of the Dreaming God.
This all sets up the following parallels; don't worry if some things don't make sense, I'll explain them further on:
the Traveler = the Dreaming God a.k.a. the W'rkncacnter
the Darkness = the Jjaro
the Guardians (player characters) = the monsters in the pyramid and the sentinels
the Vex, Fallen, Cabal, Hive = the Germans, the Cubans, the Americans, and the "surviving" marine (player character), (and possibly the player character in Marathon: Infinity)
the Solar System = the mysterious pyramid
So, let's get into details.
(You probably don't need to read this part if you don't want to.)
In Pathways into Darkness, the United States is contacted by an alien race called the Jjaro which warns them that there is an ancient, nightmarishly powerful alien buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula and it is waking up (later it is revealed that it is called the W'rkncacnter). If this "Dreaming God" wakes completely, then it will alter the reality of Earth and destroy humanity. In fact, if you don't beat the game in the alloted time limit, you get this failure message: "The dreaming god has awakened; you hardly even remember dying."
So, you play one of the marines who is sent to the Yucatan, and who parachutes down to a mysterious pyramid with the intention of putting the God back to sleep with a nuclear bomb.
The game takes place in a pyramid, and you descend deeper and deeper, fighting monsters that are essentially the dreams of the W'rkncacnter. As you descend further into the darkness, you also descend further into the Dreaming God's reality. As it rouses from its sleep, its dreams become stronger, resulting in tougher and tougher monsters.
As you travel through the pyramid, you are able to talk to the dead, such as your fellow marines, Cuban treasure hunters, and Nazi soldiers. From these dead corpses you learn a little about their pasts, the pyramid, and about the past expeditions that failed. There's also the implication that your player character (whose parachute failed) may actually be dead and that you may have been reanimated by the W'rkncacnter itself.
The eons long battle between the Jjaro and the W'rkncacnters is further elaborated in the Marathon series where it's mentioned that at one point the Jjaro trapped one of the W'rkncacnter inside of a sun, because the Dreaming Gods cannot be killed, only imprisoned.
The gameplay and plot of PiD is actually pretty complex and there's still a few mysteries that no one's solved. If you're actually interested in PiD's story, etc., then check out the fan page at (which is where I found the Craig Mullins art at the top of the page): http://pid.bungie.org/
Note: The analysis I'm doing is going to be based mostly off of memory of PiD, so I might get a few things wrong, but I think all the core ideas are correct.
Pid: The Dreaming God was defeated by the Jjaro, and then crashed onto Earth (Yucatan Peninsula) and was buried. It slept for millions of years until finally it begins to wake and summon monsters to guard it.
Destiny: The Traveler was defeated by the Darkness, and then crashed(?) to Earth and "slept" for some lengthy period of time. Now it begins to wake and summon Guardians to fight for it.
Some obvious parallels right there. But there's more parallels between the Traveler and the Dreaming God.
We know the Traveler was able to alter reality, terraforming planets and advancing human technology by incredible degrees. This ability to alter reality is also present with the Dreaming God. Take a look at this text excerpt from the story introduction in the manual of PiD:
"The heat of impact liquefied the rock around it, which later cooled and encased the dead god's huge body far below ground. As it began to dream, it wrought unintentional changes in its environment. Locked deep beneath the Earth, strange and unbelievable things faded in and out of reality. Vast caverns and landscapes bubbled to life within the rock, populated by horrible manifestations of the dead god's dream."
From this I think it's safe to conclude that the Traveler and the Dreaming God are analogous.
From this we can make our first two predictions about Destiny's future narrative:
Prediction #1: Since there are multiple W'rkncacnter in the Pid/Marathon universe, there will be multiple Travelers in the Destiny universe.
Prediction #2: Since in the PiD/Marathon universe we have one confirmed Dreaming God buried on Earth, which is analogous to the Traveler on Earth, and there is a W'rkncacnter trapped within the center of a sun in Marathon, then in Destiny we will find another Traveler trapped in some cosmic structure, like a sun or the event horizon of a black hole.
DESCENDING THROUGH THE PYRAMID vs. ASCENDING THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM
This one is short. It's maybe a weak parallel, but I think it makes sense.
Visually, the level selection screen is inaccurate to the solar system it portrays.
Earth is on the bottom and everything else is above it. Mars, Venus, and the asteroid belt (the Reef) are all basically the same distance from Earth. Presumably, other locations such as Saturn and Jupiter will be above Mars and Venus. It's not even the usual way the solar system is represented, which is horizontally. It doesn't make sense.
I doesn't make sense UNLESS you think of it as a pyramid. You're starting at the bottom of the pyramid and moving your way upwards. Just like the monsters in PiD.
It's not an airtight connection, but I think it's worth pointing out.
In PiD, the monsters guard the Dreaming God from anyone descending into the pyramid. The parallel to Destiny's Guardians guarding the Traveler from anyone descending through the solar system is obvious.
The monsters are also the manifestations of the Dreaming God. They've been brought to life by it, similarly to how the Guardians and Ghosts have been brought to life (or reincarnated) by the Traveler.
There's also the mystery of PiD's Sentinels. Towards the bottom of the pyramid you'll encounter these monk looking guys:
They prevent you from going forward by blocking your path with a forcefield. You have to kill them to continue. It's unclear if these monks are actual humans or whether they're products of the Dreaming God's mind. Either way, it seems like they're protecting the God. When you kill them you learn they're called Sentinels which is a synonym for Guardian.
Throughout the game, there's also some monsters you fight called Zombies and Ghasts. And they look like this:
They look like Sentinels who died and then were resurrected to protect the Dreaming God. Again, this is similar to how the Guardians are resurrected to protect the Traveler.
Also, just as the Dreaming God created a variety of monsters to protect itself and had them occupy different levels of the pyramid, in the same way the Traveler created a variety of Guardians to protect itself and had them occupy different levels of the solar system, such as the Exo, the Awoken further out in the Reef, and the Nine (maybe) who occupy space further out near Jupiter and Saturn.
These parallels help us make our next prediction:
Prediction #3: In Destiny, we will encounter new forms of "humans" as we travel "up" through the different "levels" of the solar system. It's entirely possible that these new races will be playable.
There's three expeditions that travel into the pyramid in PiD (four if you consider the player's journey to be separate from his fallen comrades):
There's German soldiers who were sent to this pyramid, during WWII, to look for alien weapons that could help Hitler win the war.
There's Cuban treasure hunters. One of them was a child when some German soldiers passed through his village and told him of a pyramid in the jungles filled with treasure. Now as adults they are searching for the treasure in that pyramid.
There's the modern (1990s) American Marines who go with a nuclear device to put the Dreaming God back into dormancy.
The player character is technically part of the third expedition, but is a little separate too. He enters the pyramid several hours after becoming separated from his fellow marines who are already dead when the game begins.
So, those are the three groups of dead characters you'll come into contact with in the pyramid. Both the 1930s German government and 1990s American government were contacted by the Jjaro and informed about the Dreaming God; that is why they sent soldiers there. The Cubans were not sent by the Jjaro.
Since the Traveler is analogous to the Dreaming God, then the Darkness is analogous to the Jjaro, and this brings us to our next prediction:
Prediction #4: Since not all of the expeditions in PiD were warned by the Jjaro, then not all of the enemy factions in Destiny were sent by the Darkness. Some of them were sent (or serve) the Darkness, but some of them have come into conflict with humanity by some other, possibly accidental, means.
And also, a flimsy prediction that I'm not too confident in, but here it is:
Prediction #5: One enemy faction in Destiny is not interested in destroying the Traveler, only in stealing its technology for their own power. One enemy factions wants to destroy the Traveler because if it wakes they are afraid that it will destroy them. One of the enemy factions is just looking for wealth, and learned about the great wealth of humanity from one of the other enemy factions.
My guess as to how this would line up if it's true:
The Vex or Hive = German soldiers seeking advanced technology and weapons
The ??? = Cuban treasure hunters
The Cabal (advanced military space marines, that want to destroy Earth by crashing a moon into it) = the American Marines who want to destroy the Sleeping God with a nuke
The Fallen (scavengers) = player character (who literally is fallen because his parachute failed, and has to scavenge to survive in the pyramid, but ultimately wants to destroy the Dreaming God)
None of that works very well and this portion of the story probably would't have a literal connection between the games, but whatever. It's fun to think about for just a moment.
I'm going off of memory here, so I might be misremembering. Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that some of the dead in PiD talk about how miserable they are. They're decomposing and lying in one spot for dozens of years and they hate it. Even though they can't be hurt they're tormented by the sight of monsters roaming the pyramid. The Dreaming God is forcing them to remain conscious even though they're dead.
I remember one of the dead characters asking you to kill the Dreaming God so that they can finally pass on and rest in peace.
Prediction #6: Similarly to the dead characters in PiD, at least one of the enemy factions in Destiny is supposed to be dead, but their race is being kept alive by the Traveler. They are trying to destroy the Traveler so they can escape its control and finally die and rest in peace. Most likely this is either the Hive (for obvious reasons) or the Vex who are hinted at being biological organisms trapped in cybernetic bodies (a kind of undead state, if you ask me), but I'm leaning towards the Hive.
Prediction #6a: I'm leaning towards the Hive for obvious reasons, but here's some more thoughts. I recall there being lots of references to the Hive hungering for the light and "devouring" the light. I believe one of the missions involves the Hive trying to drain the Travelers light through a fragment of itself. I bet that it will be revealed that the Hive are tortured by their hunger for the light and that they want to destroy it so they can be free from that hunger and finally be at peace.
Prediction #6b: Moving away from the PiD connections and making a leap of logic, I predict that some of the alien enemies in Destiny were normal life forms until the Traveler came through their part of the universe and altered them into what they appear like in the game. Some of the alien factions may have even served the Traveler, the way humans serve him now, until the Traveler abandoned them and left them to their fate. They are trying to either destroy the Traveler out of revenge, or they are just trying to serve and protect the Traveler the way they always were and humans are in their way.
Most of this discussion has been about PiD and its connection with Destiny's story. But, Bungie's Marathon trilogy is also set in the same universe as Pathways into Darkness and features the W'rkncacnter (the Traveler) and the Jjaro (the Darkness).
Most relevant to this theory is the third installment, Marathon: Infinity. The game starts with a W'rkncacnter being released from the sun in which it was imprisoned, and now absolute chaos threatens to rewrite the universe in the W'rkncacnter's wake. The player character, a cyborg, travels through alternate timelines looking for a timeline in which the W'rkncacnter never is released; he gains this ability presumably through some sort of Jjaro technology (it's never made clear; it's a very confusing game narrative). Every time he comes to a timeline where the W'rkncacnter escapes the sun prison, the player character goes back in time, and tries a new timeline.
Marathon's cyborg, traveling through time trying to rewrite history to save the universe, is obviously analogous to the time traveling Vex cyborgs.
Which leads us to our next prediction:
Prediction #7: The Vex are not trying to destroy the Traveler so much as they are trying to find alternate timelines in which the Traveler never wakes up nor regains its power, and this is in order to protect themselves and possibly the rest of the universe.
There's a lot of suggestions in the grimoire cards that one of the things the Vex are trying to do is rewrite the universe so that humans no longer exist. It may actually be the case that the Vex don't care about humanity, and that they're simply trying to rewrite the universe where the Traveler is gone and that the negation of the Guardians is simply an unavoidable consequence of that act.
THE PLAYER CHARACTER IN PiD MIGHT BE DEAD AND WAS MAYBE RESURRECTED BY THE DREAMING GOD
In Pathways into the Darkneess there are some hints that the player character may actually have died in his parachute failure.
Your parachute fails when you jump over the Yucatan jungle. When you wake up several hours later, your M16 is bent and broken from the fall… but your bones are fine. When you talk to your dead comrades they are all surprised that you're alive; they all were sure you died.
I think there's some other hints that you died, such as your lack of memory. Presumably the Dreaming God brought you back to life. Why would it do that if you're just going to try to put it back to sleep? Who knows, but who else could have resurrected the player character?
Whatever the case, the player being resurrected by the Dreaming God has obvious parallels to the Guardians being resurrected by the Traveler.
There's two possible predictions I make from this, if the Destiny story is indeed the PiD story told in reverse.
The first is that one of the alien factions died trying to find the Traveler, then the Traveler resurrected them for some reason, and now they're continuing their mission to destroy it (which kind of is already covered by Prediction #6).
Then, my next prediction is this:
Prediction #8: Like the player character in PiD, the Guardians were resurrected by the Traveler, and have lost their memory, but unlike the player character in PiD, the Guardians don't remember that they were trying to destroy the thing that resurrected them. The Guardians were originally fighting against the Traveler.
Maybe that doesn't make sense, but maybe that's because this is late at night and I'm pretty tired.
PiD MIGHT BE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE "THE COLLAPSE" IN DESTINY
One of the mysteries in Destiny is what exactly happened before the Collapse and the Fall of the Traveler. What was going on back then?
It's interesting that the end of PiD sort of matches up with the beginning of Destiny. At the end of PiD, the player successfully arms the nuclear bomb, fights his way out of the pyramid, and then the bomb detonates and puts the Dreaming God back into dormancy for another million years (or some other span of time).
Destiny kind of picks up after this. The Traveler had been attacked and knocked into dormancy for a lengthy span of time. It is just now beginning to wake up again.
I think that if you take what happens in PiD and contextualize it in the Destiny universe that this gives us a rough sketch of what happened right before the Collapse:
Different alien factions try to invade the solar system, but are ultimately defeated at various points. One alien faction, presumed dead, shows up in the solar system and begins successfully defeating every group of humans it encounters. While making its way through the solar system this alien faction collects various artifacts and devices that helps it get past every line of human defenses; it also communicates with the other, defeated alien factions in order to gain information on human tactics, what to expect up ahead, and how to use some of the artifacts and devices it finds. It finally reaches and defeats several waves of human defenders before defeating the Traveler and escaping beyond the borders of our solar system to avoid the consequences of the fall.
Pathways into Darkness is a pretty weird and interesting game. It was a mixture of multiple genres such as RPG, FPS, dungeon crawler, and puzzle/exploration. Kind of how Destiny is a weird mashup of multiple genres.
There were a lot of weird puzzles to solve in the pyramid using a lot of magical items; some of those puzzles were just bonkers. There was also a literal easter egg you could pick up and use to travel directly to the last level of the game. There was a lot of standing on circular runes to make stuff happen, kind of how in Destiny raids you stand on circles to make stuff happen.
So, for no reason, I'm predicting that some of the puzzles in Destiny will be a throw back to some of the puzzles in PiD.
Prediction #9: One raid in Destiny will involve playing a musical instrument, or stopping the aliens from playing a musical instrument which reminds you vaguely of a book you once read as a child.


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While in a meeting with some friends at the weekend we filled out a survey. It was one of those where you answer a set of questions by giving it a score (1 to 5), you then have to add up all of the scores a divide them by the number questions. This survey was in sets of 5 questions.
I filled in a the questionnaire, summed and divided. After a little while another person at the table, who was clearly struggling a bit with the maths said "oooh get you, working it out to the decimal place".
It took me a little while to realise what was happening. They were struggling with their remainders, but I didn't have any remainders, why? Because I was using a short-cut.
I was simply taking the sum of the answers, doubling them and then putting the decimal point in the right place – 17 divided by 5 is easy this way, it's just 17 times 2 = 34 divided by 10 = 3.4.
That got me thinking about shortcuts in general.
We have shortcuts all over the place; keyboard shortcuts, maths shortcuts, we even have acronyms which are shortcuts in speech.
Calling them short-cuts suggest that in some way they aren't normal. If you know a shortcut from Preston to Ribchester you've not going to go the normal way,
Why isn't the shortcut the norm though?
Why would anyone divide 17 by 5 without using the shortcut?
Why would anyone cut and paste on a computer without the keyboard shortcut?
Why do we even teach people how to do things without the shortcut?
If it really is a shortcut then surely it's the best way of doing it? Why bother learning how to go the long way around?


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Fri Feb 15 20:59:21 2019
Computer Science for All: Can Schools Pull It Off?
Source: Benjamin Herold
Alante Klyce wants to be a dancer.
Yet here she is, inside a sun-filled classroom at Lindblom Math & Science Academy on the city's South Side, throwing around tech-industry terms like "ideation" and working with friends to design her first mobile app.
It's all part of the introductory computer-science course that every student in Chicago must now take in order to graduate.
"I'm still not really that into technology," said Klyce, 15. "But this is actually my favorite class now."
This is the promise of the nascent "Computer Science for All" movement: that the nation's K-12 schools can prepare every student, regardless of background or career interests, to thrive in a tech-driven future.
"We're changing kids' minds about who they are and what they can do," said Brenda Wilkerson, the architect of Chicago's groundbreaking computer-science initiative. "Imagine that across millions."
From the White House, Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump have both pledged support for that vision. Companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce have pushed the idea with hundreds of millions of dollars and an extensive lobbying campaign. Dozens of states have gotten on board, adopting new standards and allowing computer-science courses to count towards graduation.
As a result, from Arkansas to California to South Carolina, K-12 computer-science offerings are taking off.
Now comes the hard part.
The movement sits on a clear fault line: Should computer-science education focus on preparing students for jobs, or teaching them new ways to think and solve problems?
Many observers question whether the current emphasis on workforce development makes sense. Hundreds of schools still try to pass off keyboarding classes as computer science. Completing an hourlong coding tutorial won't land anyone a six-figure software-developer gig. And artificial intelligence may soon take over most entry-level programming work.
Then there are the practical challenges.
How, exactly, are the nation's public schools—already stretched thin, riddled with inequities, and oft-derided as failing—supposed to keep up with the dizzying changes in Silicon Valley? Where are schools supposed to find teachers who know how to run a classroom, can program in Python, and are willing to work for $40,000 a year?
It's a fraught moment for K-12 educators and policymakers, said Wilkerson, now president of AnitaB.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the role of women in technology.
Lay a strong foundation, and Computer Science for All has the potential to be life-changing for entire generations of students like Alante Klyce.
"But if we screw this up," she said, "we'll be locking in the status quo, especially for those who have been systematically shut out from opportunity."
The Rapid Expansion of Computer Science
How many K-12 schools currently offer computer science?
It's hard to say.
A 2016 survey by Google and Gallup suggests the figure is somewhere between 40 and 70 percent (depending on whether you only count courses that include computer programming, or you include such offerings as after-school robotics clubs.)
Big-picture, though, the trend lines are clear. Eight years ago, just 19,390 students took an Advanced Placement Computer Science exam. By last spring, that was up to 99,868—a 415 percent jump.
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Not to rub salt in the wound, but Charlie Sheen has had to deal with the rumors of his TV characters "untimely" death alone. TMZ reports that his last remaining "Goddess" Natalie Kenly moved out of Sheen's mansion last week. They report the actor DEMANDED that she return the Mercedes he bought her, then nursed his broken heart by declaring war on the whole world, "conquering" three women from three different countries, Mexico, Australia and Colombia the very night Kenly walked out.
- Hmmm… a girl from Colombia. I could be wrong but I heard they have a lot of Cocaine down there!
- Charlie Sheen is exactly like Hugh Hefner - except for the insanity part.
- The "Goddess" reportedly left after receiving a very special tweet from a "Mr. A. Weiner".


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Friday, February 13, 2015
My friend, she must think me flaky. But i like it light. i like the book i started writing ( yes:) to be light, my articles are light and surely my writings here, they never go to terrible things. You know sometimes i fall apart from loving too much. How could i handle darkness? My mom told me today as she has told me before, you were either great joy or deeply silent, grim or grave. I wasn't there to observe it, so i don't know what i was, also i have nothing to compare me too. If depression entered in our genes it didn't come in through mom. I know the great joy part, i can relate to that. What can i say when i love too much? and... we had so much fun last night, another friend the one who shares my lightness. I friggin love it how we are. You do not see it in movies or on tv, i wonder if one can read it in books? How can you write when... you know? there is an edge in you in me, in all the others, the missing link. Don and i, where are so good these days. We have a weekly date now, friday nights he rubs my feet while we watch a dvd. Not willingly. But it was my ultimatum, "you are my husband, you can friggin once a week rub my feet. " that's it. And he does. It is amazing. Not that he hardly ever rubs my feet, i might even get more pedicural attention, from him, than most. I need so much loving, i don't understand, why i am not adored every single moment of the day. How can you think it is okay to not worship me continuously. Already if you gave me just a little more as you are giving me now, i would be happy. No not depressed, i haven't been for a long time, too much energy running through me continuously these days. We laughed so much, Don and i too tonight, about the movie. but i fall apart for touch, my skin is never saturated enough, i don't know why i choose the desert to be my favorite landscape, the 40 below my temperature. To have a friend is such a blessing, to have a human being around ones own being for even a little bit of the time. I hear Don flip the pages. he loves that book that my not so flaky friend gave me. I could not possibly read it, actually i know my mother likes tragic books too, my light friend likes horror movies. I don't get it. Like i say, when i love a person, which i often do, i do have a good gene for loving easily. So to continue about that thought i had, that everybody in real life is rather weird, never in movies, they always play their part perfect. People must have tried to make movies that portray real people, but maybe even than it becomes a character. Never in my life. I don't even know me, least of all do i know you. Yet i love you with all my heart, i would do anything for you, but somehow i always end up with lovers who do not need my constant devotion, "just let me read." Please feel blessed when you have a lover that always needs you, that you can dote on him or her everywhere and all the time. I somehow never catch those kind of guys. My life is perfect, can you imagine, the cold night, the warm fire, candlelight and wine keys clicking, papers swishing..... If only your skin would touch mine.... It is a rather screaming tantalizing horror feeling, i won't say it, but you know my mantra from... that dark side.. that i know, just not very well.
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This post is a little confusing to me, will have to read it again
Is this a bad thing?
I found a valley of flowers in the mountains
Visit it maybe once a year by myself because I do not want to spoil it and have not found a special person to share it with
You have to walk up into the mountains along a creek to find it
Its always there waiting to brighten my day
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Yesterday, I found another perspective to this in an article remembering the late R' David Sabato:
When the family made aliyah (immigration to Israel) from Egypt, one of the sons asked Saba (grandfather in Hebrew, referring to R' David) if they can change their last name to something more Israeli. Saba answered, "Know this my son - the name does not make the man, however, the opposite is true. You and your brothers will ensure that the name Sabato will be positively mentioned in every place._


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iPhone 5S And iPhone 5C Mockups Revealed [Photos]
The mockups of the upcoming iPhones that Apple will be announcing on 10th Sept have been revealed by Tinhte.vn. These mockup sets are created by case manufacturers to leaked specifications for testing with new case designs.
I see 5C iPhone models have almost exactly the same size iPhone 5, the corners are more rounded, lumpy skin is not smooth but slightly lighter. Notably, the buttons made from plastic, not metal. The biggest difference from the bottom of the machine, we saw two bigger screws, large and small speaker holes cut more. Notably, besides micro sensor of iPhone 5 phone does not appear on the iPhone 5C, only secondary camera. Microphone located next to the camera side has not moved in a circle up (iPhone 5S, too).
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The Milky Way galaxy contains two to six times as many stars as the brain does neurons.
Lesion studies have shed immense light on diverse neuroscientific subjects. An important topic in neuroscience is neuroregeneration, or cell repair and regrowth (neurogenesis refers to new cell growth). While the process differs between the CNS and PNS, generally in the CNS (which comprises the brain) damaged cells are doomed.
Neurodegeneration is the exact opposite, with many neurodegenerative disorders discusses in the literature (including Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and various forms of dementia). From biology, one knows that there are internal cell mechanisms that cause it to undergo apoptosis in certain (traumatic) cases. For example, the process is triggered in auditory receptors (hair cells) in response to very loud noises. The old joke of a person going deaf after listening to too much loud music may have some background after all…
Memory is a topic often explored in both neuroscience and psychology. Skills, such as drawing, fall under the category of implicit memory. Image: Copyright © KoalaAreAussie.blogspot.com
Fan & Fan (2006) explored the neuroregenerative process in Huntington's disease (HD). The authors attest that precursor cells may start the process. Exploring the neurogenic mechanisms in mice, they noticed that NSCs (Neural Stem Cells) exhibit enhanced self-renewal potential shortly after the onset of HD. Further, the capability is inherited by subsequent cell generations, suggesting epigenetic changes.
Studies involving the neuronal correlates of emotion often point to the amygdala. Image: Copyright © KoalaAreAussie.blogspot.com
Enciu et al. (2011) likewise look at the mechanism by which neurons come back to life after significant trauma. Thus, as hinted at above, they confirm that neuroregeneration takes place with the proliferation of endogenous, or implantation of exogenous NSCs, which in turn differentiate and successfully adapt. What's more, the colleagues explain that neuroregeneration may be perceived as a neulogism, involving all the following events: neuroplasticity, neurogenesis and neurorestoration.
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• Enciu, A. M., Nicolescu, M. I., Manole, C. G., Muresanu, D. F., Popescu, L. M. & Popescu, B. O. (2011). Neuroregenerration in neurodegenerative disorders. BMC Neurology, 11 (75): 1-7.
• Fan, M. M. Y. & Fan, J. (2006). Proliferating neural precursor cells as first step toward neuroregeneration in Huntington's disease? The Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (52): 13411-2.


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Here's the summary of all the friendlies played on Friday Russia 0-3 Brazil Brazil's World Cup preparations gathered pace af...
Here's the summary of all the friendlies played on Friday
Russia 0-3 Brazil
Brazil's World Cup preparations gathered pace after they cruised past Russia 3-0 in Moscow.
Miranda, Philippe Coutinho and Paulinho netted during a 13-minute second-half goal rush at the Luzhniki Stadium on Friday.
It was the ideal warm-up for the five-time World Cup winners against this summer's tournament hosts.
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🇧🇷GOAL: Miranda plays the clean-up man, and @CBF_Futebol find their first goal. pic.twitter.com/KdZtTkScmY— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 23, 2018
🇧🇷 GOAL: @paulinhop8 draws the penalty, and @Phil_Coutinho converts. 2-0 to @CBF_Futebol. pic.twitter.com/3cmponHuDF— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 23, 2018
🇧🇷 GOAL: Beautiful service from @willianborges88 finds @paulinhop8, and @CBF_Futebol have run away from @TeamRussia. pic.twitter.com/cmfzbF8u70— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 23, 2018
Argentina 2-0 Italy
Lionel Messi watched from the stands as Argentina began their World Cup build-up with a lacklustre 2-0 win over Italy at the Etihad Stadium.
Ever Banega and Manuel Lanzini both struck in the latter stages to put some gloss on an otherwise underwhelming performance.
Messi, the chief attraction for the majority in attendance at Manchester City's half-full arena, did not feature and sat up high alongside another missing attraction in the injured Sergio Aguero.
The game did liven up in the second half but neither side over-exerted themselves.
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😎 Banega's team goal— Unibet (@unibet) March 24, 2018
😍 Lanzini's screamer
Two brilliant goals from Argentina against Italy last night. 👌 pic.twitter.com/Bz2B8OytHX
England 1-0 Netherlands
England capped a promising display with a deserved victory as an experimental England side secured victory thanks to Jesse Lingard's first international goal.
Time is running out for players to prove their worth with the World Cup just three months away, while the Three Lions boss does not have many more opportunities to tweak things ahead of the opener against Tunisia.
With that in mind Southgate raised eyebrows with some selections for the final game on foreign soil before heading to Russia, but England looked confident against one of the most notable World Cup absentees as Lingard's maiden goal secured a 1-0 win against Netherlands.
Jesse Lingard goal england 1-0 holland https://t.co/1pIJO4Imv8 pic.twitter.com/6ZkkmQsgN1— united world (@UnitedWorld22) March 23, 2018
Southgate will be the first to admit that there is still much work to do, but his side looked in control for the most part at the sold out Amsterdam ArenA as Ronald Koeman's first match in charge of the underwhelming Oranje ended in defeat.
France 2-3 Columbia
Juan Fernando Quintero's late penalty saw Colombia come from 2-0 down to beat France 3-2 in Paris.
The hosts were cruising after 26 minutes thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Thomas Lemar, but Colombia were much the better team in the second half.
Luis Muriel had pulled one back before the break and Radamel Falcao levelled after the hour. Then with only five minutes left, Quintero scored from the spot after a foul by Samuel Umtiti.
It was a hugely disappointing end to the night for France, who began the match showing so much promise.
Portugal 2-1 Egypt
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two stoppage-time headers as Portugal came from behind to win 2-1 against Egypt, who had taken the lead though Mohamed Salah's second-half strike.
Salah brought his superb domestic form to the international arena during a lively showing and opened the scoring in the 56th minute with a sharp left-footed finish from the edge of the area.
Salah goal for Egypt against Portugal pic.twitter.com/iN6o1gtCM4— Ibrahim Naaim #LFC (@Naaim7) March 24, 2018
The Pharaohs, demonstrating superb defensive discipline under Argentine coach Hector Cuper, looked primed to hold on for a famous victory until Ronaldo's late intervention.
The Real Madrid superstar first met a Ricardo Quaresma cross in the 92nd minute to head home past the previously excellent Ahmed El-Shenawy, who fumbled the ball over his line.
Moments later, he added a second when he again rose to divert a free kick into the far corner. Ronaldo's goals take his tally up to 81 in Portugal colours, putting him third in the all-time international scoring list.
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Ronaldo equalizes, then comes right back and heads in the game winner in stoppage time. #POREGY pic.twitter.com/BL65WDza7Y— Jonah Takalua (@Destaquito2) March 23, 2018
Despite losing the lead at the last, Egypt will take encouragement from a strong display in which they held their own against the reigning European champions.
Tunisia, Morrocco Win, Senegal Held
Morocco and Tunisia defeated Serbia and Iran respectively in international friendlies on Friday evening, as the North African duo picked up morale-boosting wins on the road to Russia.
However, Senegal were unimpressive as they were held 1-1 by Uzbekistan in Casablanca, with Moussa Konate equalising after the Teranga Lions had fallen behind.
In Turin, Morocco demonstrated their class and served a reminder of why they might be one of the tournament's dark horses with a 2-1 victory over Serbia.
The influential Hakim Ziyech opened the scoring from the penalty spot just before the half-hour mark after Nikola Maksimovic had brought down Nordin Amrabat, but the Moroccans were pegged back eight minutes later when Dusan Tadic clipped home after beating the offside trap.
It was a rare defensive lapse from Herve Renard's side, who didn't conceded a goal throughout CAF's World Cup qualifying campaign.
However, they responded well before half time, with Khalid Boutaib netting a 40th-minute back-post header from a Ziyech cross to secure a big victory for the steely Atlas Lions over some competitive European opponents.
Morocco begin their World Cup campaign against Iran on June 15, before meeting European champions Portugal in Moscow five days later. They conclude the first round against Spain in Kaliningrad on June 25.
Elsewhere, there was little to separate Tunisia and Iran for over an hour, but the game was settled in the 71st minute when Milad Mohammadi put the ball past his own goalkeeper after fine work from Wahbi Khazri.
The 1-0 win will come as a boost for the Carthage Eagles, who will meet England, Belgium and Panama in a tough World Cup draw.


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Holding for another 15% to 20% pullback. US market is still widely overvalued especially in a higher inflationary environment that Trump and the Republicans are taking us to. you can smell the correction coming - the smart money is dumping out to the trump chumps chasing the end of the 9 year bull.
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