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Keri Hilson, born and raised in nearby Decatur, is a rising music star. Pretty and well proportioned, she's adored by R&B fans all over the world. Jovita Moore is the face of Atlanta's WSB-TV newscasts. Respected and admired, she can light up a room with her smile. Both women have little in common beyond their local connection.
Then again, neither counted on plastic surgery-enabled lookalikes. Should they be worried?
Most women have specific goals when they decide to pursue cosmetic surgery. Sometimes the goal is modest, such as a rhinoplasty procedure to finally "fix" her nose, making it more in balance with the rest of her face. Sometimes the goal is restorative, such as a breast lift with an augmentation to restore her figure to her pre-pregnancy years.
Occasionally, though, we see a woman who wants Atlanta plastic surgery to do more for her than fix or restore … she wants a complete makeover. As a result, we get requests from well-intended individuals for body procedures that aren't only impossible; they're dangerous. We get requests for facial makeovers that more closely resemble a remodeling than a reupholstering.
This is one reason ethical Atlanta plastic surgeons require a consultation before agreeing to operate on a patient. A consultation isn't the law, but it is a good idea. A very good idea. No surgeon will operate on a patient without a consultation first. It is, of course, an opportunity for you to get to know the surgeon and describe what it is about your face or body that dissatisfies you. It is also, however, an opportunity for the surgeon to impart realistic expectations and assess you as a patient.
A consultation is a two-way street. If one lane is blocked, then the meeting breaks down. Both you and your surgeon must take time to listen as well as to speak honestly. This exchange of information sets the foundation for a successful plastic surgery procedure. You want to trust your doctor to deliver the results you are looking for, and the surgeon wants to trust that you understand what he can and cannot do.
So if you go into a consultation asking to look like Keri Hilson or Jovita Moore, the surgeon is going to have to spend the first part of your visit talking you down from your heights of fancy to find out what specifically you want him to do. Do you want a flatter tummy? Rounder curves? Brighter eyes? Fuller lips?
Once you have agreed on a procedure or on combining a few procedures, you must understand what realistic results you can expect. If you believe a few tweaks here and there will turn you into Keri II or Jovita Junior, then you may not be an ideal candidate for Atlanta plastic surgery, even if you're physically healthy. Your plastic surgeon may decide not to proceed, knowing that no matter what he does, you will not be satisfied.
Just as you want your surgeon to do what he promised, he wants you to be ecstatic when he does. Listen to your surgeon during your consultation. Look at the before and after photos available to you in order to get a good idea what you may look like after your procedure. Most importantly, have realistic expectations. A good plastic surgeon does not try to make you look like someone else; a good plastic surgeon tries to make you look like you, only better.


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Abstract: By the time they finished high school at age 17 or 18, I sent my 3 children to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), New York City (NYC), to do their Graduate Gemologist (GG). And they have a keener nose for business than me. Probably, an old dog needs to learn new tricks, occasionally.
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In the mid 2000s, Marilyna, my eldest daughter and Calvin, my second son, were doing their undergraduate degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), in New York City while William the youngest son was doing his GG at the GIA, NYC. They were then 20, 19 and 17 of age. So, they were young, enthusiastic, saw the world from a different perspective, and with some experience to boot in the chaotic and frenetic Big Apple, New York City.
The best thing I could do was to give them more exposure in the jade and gemstones trade. They could just skip a day or two from their universities and helped out. So we often participated in the Gems and Jewelry Trade Shows in the good old US of A., in New York City, Las Vegas and Tucson, Arizona where the annual February show was being held.
我能做到最好的事情便是给他们更多的曝露在玉石和宝石贸易的机会。 他们可以跳过一两天大学课程来帮帮我. 所以我们经常都有参加在美国每年二月份在纽约市,拉斯维加斯和亚利桑那州, 图森举办的宝石和珠宝展览会展会.
Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
We participated in one of the Gems & Jewelry Show in Mirage Hotel & Casino, one late spring month. Our merchandises consisted of mostly Burmese jade and corundum (rubies and sapphires), jewelry, rough, semi-cut, cut, carvings and boulders. Apart from the Hong Kong Pavilion, where a number of the booths exhibited high quality jade jewelry, we were the only booth selling Burmese stones. So I thought I could sell my jade well and get some long term customers.
有一个春天, 我们参加了一个在美国拉斯维加斯, 米拉奇赌场酒店举办的珠宝玉石首饰展会. 我们的商品包括了大多来自缅甸的缅甸玉和刚玉(红宝石和蓝宝石),珠宝首饰,粗糙,半切,切,雕刻和石块都有。那边, 除了香港馆,其中许多展位都展出了高品质的翡翠饰品,我们是唯一卖缅甸宝石的的展位。所以我想我会能拉得到一些良好的长期客户。
The trade show was held for 5 days. For the first two days, our sale was dismayed. We could not make enough even for a decent family dinner in Las Vegas and my initial outlay and cost for participating was astronomical. We did have great comments from those who browsed at our booth, the 'Ohs' and the 'Ahs', 'it's so beautiful", "I love jade", "Mmm, I am considering getting some for my wife," this and that, and after a while I had heard them all. But there was no show time in getting these people to pull their wallets to flash their credit cards or cash.
那次展会举办了5天。开始的前两天,我们对我们的销售感到非常的失望.,我们甚至无法能赚到足够的钱在拉斯维加斯去享受一餐体面的晚餐,因为我们的投资成本和参与费用是天文数字般的昂贵. 不过我们在我们的摊位里面听到了许多在浏览我们展位顾客的好评,好相…."哦!"和"啊!","真漂亮","我好爱玉石","我正在考虑为我的妻子买一些"… 等等, 经过一段时我们全都都听过了. 虽然好评很多, 但是就是不能使他们来刷卡或支付现金去买.
We had our buffet dinner at Cravings, Mirage that night. So, I threw open the question to the 3 kids (they are and will always be kids to me, anyway), "What are we going to do?"
There was no recriminations from them. They did not say that I had not done my homework by researching the market. Though they had warned me much earlier that the market for jade was very thin in USA, they did not say so. This was a brain-storming session, and not a blame-storming one.
那天晚上,我们在Cravings,Mirage吃自助晚餐。 我问他们3个小孩(反正他们永远是我的小孩)…."我们怎么办?
他们没有指责我. 他们没有说我没有详细研究过市场, 没有做功课等等. 虽然他们早些时候已经提醒过我,美国的玉石市场不太好,但他们并没有这么说. 这是一个洗脑谈话,而不是一个相互谴责的谈话.
"Dad, can you give us a free rein on what to do tomorrow?" Calvin said.
I thought hard for a moment. These 3 kids may have been discussing what to do next. I said, "Since you have been with me on several trips to Burma, you know our acquisition cost and our overheads. Do what you all think is best for tomorrow."
我想了一会儿, 这3个孩子可能已经讨论过下一步该做什么. 我说:"既然你们和我都去过缅甸多次,你就知道我们的收购成本和我们的开销, 那明天就遵循你的意见去做拉."
On the third day morning, we took out our merchandises from the security room and displayed them on the counters in our booth.
Calvin said, "Dad, you mind the stall, we have work to do." And the three of them disappeared for almost the whole day, dropping by occasionally to collect our brochures we brought to the exhibition.
For that day there were the usual on-lookers, people passing by, asking the price on some merchandises, taking our brochures and name cards, making enquiries and small talk, but they kept their wallets on a tight lease. I thought to myself, that if they didn't buy now they ain't buy no more through emails.
The co-ordinator, a gorgeous lady, for the exhibition organizer popped in once in a while to enquire "Arthur, how is the going?" I smiled, shrugged my shoulders and said "I am doing fine, Julie". Ha! She should know better as every credit card sales ran through the organizer's POS terminal.
那天,照常经过的旁观者,他们只是问问一些商品的价格,拿我们的小册子和名片,进行查询和小聊天,但是他们仍然紧紧地把他们的钱包抓紧不放。 我自己想,如果他们现在不买的话,他们定然不会再通过电子邮件购买。
We had take-away dinner that night, then we walked to the singing fountain at Bellagio Hotel & Casino and the various casinos on The Strip. There was no business talk. But I could sense that the kids were quite optimistic about something, which I could not pin-point.
那晚, 我们打包外卖晚餐吃,然后我们走到了Bellagio Hotel&Casino赌场和The Strip的各间赌场旁边的唱歌喷泉。 那晚我们没有谈论销售成果。 但是,我可以感觉到但是无法指出,孩子们对于某些事情非常的乐观。
On the fourth day, we had a small crowd already when we opened up. A number of them called Calvin and Marilyna by their names, as if they were old friends. I noticed then that these were exhibitors from the various stalls by the badges they wore. Instead of the 'Ohs' and the 'Ahs' they said,"" "Alright, Calvin I take these and that,", "Marilyna, can you go down some more," "I take the whole lot, Calvin".
第四天,当我们开摊位的时候,已经有一小群人在摊位外面等待着了. 他们中的一些人叫着卡尔文和玛丽莲娜他们的名字,好像他们是老朋友一样. 从他们穿着的徽章看来, 我注意到,他们都是这里各种摊位的参展商.
这次绝对不是几天前的 "哦!" 和 "啊!"…而是 "他们说,""好吧,加尔文我拿这些,", " 玛莉莲呢,你能再减价一点吗?。 当你是卖家的时候,我感觉到这些都是我耳朵里甜蜜的音乐,就像一个小零售商的收银机开开关关的声音。
Business was coming in and at a real hectic pace. These buyers did not linger long. They had their own booths to mind. They came, they saw and they negotiated. Each deal was done by the kids expediently. Marilyna and Calvin were calling the shots. William and I were collecting cash and writing out receipts. Occasionally, I ran to the Organizer's Processing Center to draw on some of the buyers' credit cards.
By the close of the business day, we had done quite well.
销售进入了一个真正忙碌的步伐。 这些买家没有停留太久, 因为他们有自己的摊位要照顾。 他们来了,看了,也谈判了。 每个交易都是由孩子们顺利地完成的. 玛丽莲娜和加尔文正在操纵销售, 威廉和我在忙于收取现金和写出收据. 偶尔,我会跑到主办单位的处理中心去会刷一些买家的信用卡。
We had our dinner at Cravings, Mirage. Our moods were exuberant. We were not exhausted by the day's hectic event. We were all charged up, we ate wolfishly, my appetite was more so whetted by the dollars in my bag.
Calvin fired the first salvo with the opening gambit, "Dad, you told us that they are more than 500 over exhibitors at the Show. We are competing head on with them."
Oh! Suddenly I lapsed into selective amnesia. Heck! Did I say that before we came? But the dollars in my bag were real. So I kept my counsel and let them talked.
"Dad, they are our customers, not competitors!" said Marilyna seriously.
我们再次在Cravings,Mirage吃晚餐。 我们每个人的心情都很兴奋。 我们当天尽管很忙碌但是我们没有觉得累。 我们大家都好像刚被充电过似的,我们都狼吞虎咽地吃了一个丰富的晚餐,我的胃口更像是被在我们包包里的美元敲醒似的。
加尔文开场打开了第一个话题,"爸爸,你告诉我们参展人数超过500人, 我们正在与他们迎头竞争 ?"
哦! 突然,我选了一个选择性的遗忘. 哎呀! 在我们来之前我有这样说过吗? 但看到我包包里的美元确实是真的, 所以我保留了我的辩护,让他们继续说下去。
Calvin continued in a more amiable tone, "These exhibitors come from all over the world. We have worked out that most of them do not carry jade items in their business. They can increase their retail merchandises by adding an additional item. And we can be their supplier of choice because we have our direct resources in Burma for many years."
Wow! Such beautiful marketing terms well said by this young lad, all piss and vinegar, so to speak.
加尔文继续以一种更加亲切的语调说, " 这些参展商来自世界各地, 我们已经确定,他们大多数人都不会在他们的商业讨论中携带玉石物品。因此他们可以增加另一个额外的项目,即是缅甸翡翠玉零售商品。我们可以成为他们的首选供应商,因为我们在缅甸有直接资源多年。"
哇! 这几个年轻的小伙子能够说出这样漂亮的营销术用语, 很好! 我只能张开嘴巴没什么可说了 ! 哈哈 !
The drift of our conversation was now very animated. They described how they sectioned all the various booths among themselves, leaving out the Hong Kong pavilion, and each of them armed with our brochures went from booth to booth to tell them who we were. By Jove! Even some Hong Kong dealers came to see us, more like nosing around than really buying from us. These were the big boys in the trade.
Now, that called for a celebration. I ordered a bottle of red wine from the menu, I didn't know much about wine but I just chose one with a median price range. These kids could not even walk into a pub in NYC because they were underage for liquor consumption.
On the last day of the exhibition, most of our jade items were sold.
Good work, Kids!
现在我们谈话漂移的非常生动了。 他们描述了他们如何划分所有的各个摊位,排除香港馆,每个装有我们的小册子的摊位我们都去告诉他们我们是谁。 感到惊讶的是…. 即使香港的经销商也来看望我们,他们不是想要买东西, 好相是想要从我们那里得到一些消息。 我的这三个「小孩子」都是商业领域贸易中的大男孩呢!
现在是时候要庆祝了 ! 我从菜单上点了一瓶红葡萄酒,我对葡萄酒不太了解,所以我选择了一个中档价格范围的。 这三个「小孩子」甚至还不能走进纽约市任何的一家酒吧,因为他们还未成年不能喝酒。
孩子们!干的好 !


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ON the north side of Prospect Heights in northwestern Brooklyn, construction workers are busy building the Barclays Center, the future home of the New Jersey Nets.
On the neighborhood's south side sit several of the borough's most venerable cultural institutions and attractions.
And in between is an evolving neighborhood that is also a blend of the old and the young, the established and the newcomers.
When Honey Moon Ubarde and her husband were moving to New York from San Francisco in 2007, they knew they needed space. They had lived in Manhattan before, but now with two young girls and several pets, they set their sights on Brooklyn. They ended up in Prospect Heights, buying a town house for about $1.3 million.
Some friends questioned the location, Ms. Ubarde, 34, said, but she had no doubts. "We were surprised that more people hadn't moved here," she said, "that more people didn't see everything that's around this location."
Her home is just a few blocks from some of Brooklyn's most heavily trafficked destinations, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Prospect Park.
Brokers and residents say that in the last decade there have been many families of new arrivals sharing Ms. Ubarde's response to the area.
As Michael Ettelson, an agent for Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, put it, Prospect Heights "went from a neighborhood many people hadn't heard of to a place that a lot of people want to be."
Stephen Shames, who runs L.E.A.D. Uganda, a nonprofit education program, arrived in 1997, having paid about $180,000 for a three-bedroom co-op. He has since made friends with his neighbors, many of whom have lived in the area for more than 30 years, he said. "It's just the kind of place where you stop and chat with people," he said, "where people on the street say hello."
When Mr. Shames first arrived, he recalled, drug dealers could be seen roaming street corners. But those days, he said, "are long gone."
Major crimes in the 77th Precinct, which includes Prospect Heights, have dropped more than 80 percent in the last 20 years, according to data from the police, and more than 40 percent in the last decade.
Another big change is the Atlantic Yards development, Bruce C. Ratner's 22-acre residential and commercial project, which includes the Barclays Center and has many vocal critics. So far, several brokers said, the project has not substantially affected real estate prices. The arena is scheduled to open in September 2012.
Atlantic Yards, Mr. Ettelson said, was a bigger concern among prospective buyers four or five years ago, when all people had to go on about the development was drawings and the like. Now, he said, "they see a stadium going up, and people are not necessarily positive about it, but they feel more confident."
Because of the project, the community decided to organize and formed the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council. In 2009, the residents and the group led a successful effort to designate a large section of the neighborhood, about 850 buildings in total, as a historic district.
But Gib Veconi, the council's treasurer, says the group still has its focus on Atlantic Yards, including the development's plans for affordable housing. "We're just trying to ensure that we're delivered all of the expected benefits," Mr. Veconi said.
In New York a neighborhood's boundaries often creep outward as it becomes a more desirable location. Prospect Heights' boundaries are no exception, especially on its east side. Still, its traditional boundary line is Washington Avenue to the east, Eastern Parkway to the south, Flatbush Avenue to the west and Atlantic Avenue to the north.
The half-square-mile neighborhood has about 18,000 residents, with blacks and whites making up the vast majority, according to recent census figures. (Hispanics make up a much smaller part of the population.)
The housing is also quite mixed. Rows of brownstones can be found in the northwestern part of the neighborhood, among other spots, while larger apartment buildings line some streets on the southern border. Town houses and apartment buildings of different sizes are interspersed throughout the rest.
The most prominent new residential development is On Prospect Park, on the Heights' southwestern corner, at 1 Grand Army Plaza, a Richard Meier-designed building finished in 2008. Its glass-covered facade stands in stark contrast to many of the neighboring prewar buildings. For buyers who can afford the $1 million-plus price tags, the building offers amenities more commonly found in a Manhattan luxury building, including a lounge and a children's playroom.
Cheryl Nielsen-Saaf, who is in charge of sales for the building, said they had been sluggish at first because the opening took place just as the real estate market cooled. But business has picked up in recent months, she said, adding that the building was now about 70 percent sold.
The primary commercial strips, on Vanderbilt and Washington Avenues, have experienced an infusion of business in recent years. Among the new shops is 1 of a Find, a vintage clothing store owned by Ms. Ubarde.
"Even just a few years ago not much business happened here," she said. "But now everyone is out on the streets."
The price of housing varies quite widely, in large part because of the many housing options. One-bedroom condos, for example, can be found for $325,000, while brownstones easily eclipse $1.5 million. A recent search found eight single-family homes for sale and about 80 two-bedroom condominiums; the range was $430,000 to $2 million.
Brokers say that the area did not suffer as much as other parts of the city during the recent downturn. That was especially true for single-family brownstones, which are consistently in demand because there is a small supply.
Mr. Ettelson of Elliman said that although prices in Prospect Heights had dropped slightly on condos and co-ops, the biggest difference during the downturn had been fewer homes on the market and fewer prospective buyers. Traffic has picked up considerably in the last six months, he said.
One-bedroom apartments command as much as $1,800 in rent, said Mia Bize Bailey, the owner of Space Realty, an agency in the neighborhood. Rent for a two-bedroom can run as high as $2,500.
There are, of course, the big-name cultural spots. But the neighborhood also has less-well-known options, including the half-acre Underhill Playground, an appealing meeting place for children and their parents.
New restaurants and cuisines have popped up in recent years, including Cheryl's Global Soul, on Underhill Avenue. But the lines for brunch on Saturday are still longest at Tom's Restaurant.
Public School 9 serves students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. Last year, 54 percent of fourth graders met standards in math, 53 percent in reading.
Intermediate School 340 has about 275 students; last year 65 percent of its eighth graders met standards in math, and 56 percent in reading. The city's Department of Education has proposed phasing out Middle School 571 by June 2013 because of poor performance.
Brooklyn High School of the Arts, the first academic arts school in Brooklyn, is just to the west of the neighborhood. It has an 81 percent graduation rate, which compares favorably with the 63 percent average citywide. SAT averages were 417 in math, 416 in reading and 425 in writing, versus 462, 439 and 434 citywide.
The area has subway stops leading in practically every direction. At its northwest corner the Atlantic Avenue station offers access to the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, R and Q subway lines, as well as the Atlantic Terminal of the Long Island Rail Road. Getting to Midtown Manhattan from there takes roughly half an hour.
The A and C lines are slightly north of the neighborhood, and the S line is a couple of blocks east. Some stops for the 2, 3, 4, B and Q trains are found along the western and southern borders. Several buses serve the area as well.
The composer Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn in 1900 and grew up at 630 Washington Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue, according to "Aaron Copland: a Reader: Selected Writings, 1923-1972" (Routledge). He and his family lived above a dry-goods store that they ran, and he attended what is now Brooklyn Academy High School.


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They had been waiting a long time for this moment and it was finally here.
Everything was in place. Each had been anticipating this for quite some time and they knew success was pretty much in the bag if they could manage to push her far enough. If they could overwhelm her for just so long…
It was almost a no-brainer that the two would need little to no assistance once they were given a good kick-start. In fact, they figured they could get her to decide to take things to the climax herself even. And that would make her free-fall even more spectacular; mostly because she would have unwittingly helped dig her own pit anyway.
It was so deliciously ironic.
Yes indeed. Every invaluable party to the implementation of this long time plan was on standby. Her id, her emotions, her fears, her lusts, her weaknesses – everyone was in anticipation of some excitement.
She let out an adorable laugh and took a small sip from her glass of juice as he made a wisecrack about his arrogant, underqualified boss. He had just closed from work and they were having a great time at his very stylish bachelor pad in an estate a few blocks from his office complex. He had finally won. Since they'd begun dating seven months ago, he'd tirelessly made one attempt after the other to get her to come over but she'd turned him down every time. In her opinion, it wouldn't have been decent, since they barely knew each other – and he lived alone. Thus, visiting her at the apartment she shared with two other 'sisters' from church had to suffice, aside from their other rendezvous at restaurants, malls and the like.
Now however, she was more comfortable with him. She knew him to a reasonable extent and was certain he was the last person on earth who'd try taking advantage of anyone – least of all her. He was a gentleman before he was even human as far as she was concerned and she trusted him completely…as she did herself. Obviously she wasn't a baby. There was no way she would let her heart out-yell her head in the permanent squabble they seemed to be in these days – especially whenever she was near him.
As he talked she zoned off and found herself imagining those excellently crafted lips of his making an impression on hers – and oh, what an impression she was certain they'd make! When he had to laughingly wave a hand in front of her face to regain her attention she shook off her distracting fantasies and chastised herself for letting them roll once again. Ever since they'd met, she'd gradually begun loosening the ribbons of scriptural discipline with which she'd kept her mind wrapped since she got saved, till it was left completely uncovered. Now she couldn't seem to keep one sensual or sexually unattached thought out of her head once she was near him, or she thought of him, or she heard his voice….
He seemed to like it that way though, saying she needed to be more open-minded and buttressed the point by ensuring she joined him on cinema trips were movies heavily pregnant with profanity and sex-worship were free to proceed through those open-doors of her mind to birth all they carried.
Done with his humorous tale of his boss, he fixed on her a steady, relaxed gaze and casually began adorning her with several compliments concerning her looks; each compliment more intimate than the former. Uncomfortable as she kept getting with his detailed expressions of admiration of her exterior, she laughed and widened her eyes appropriately at each inappropriate comment, letting him know that he was overdoing it and yet simultaneously rationalizing his actions internally by reminding herself that he'd always been the forward and honest type – and didn't God recommend honesty as a necessary element in the life of one saved?
Anyway, at his offer to replenish her near exhausted juice supply, she shook her head and suggested he give her a tour of the outdoor premises of his home instead. Really all she wanted was a little distraction.
And maybe some fresh air as well…it was getting a tad too hot.
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Hi All & Brian,
I have a doubt regarding declaring a variable in one macro script and then using the variable's value defined by the end user in the first macro in the second macro. To give you more perspective this is the code i am working on:
Macro 1:
Option Explicit
Global sFilename As String
( The variable sFilename then will contain the name of the database selected by the user, it was taken from your field mapping script template )
Macro 2:
Sub Main
Call TopNExtraction() 'sFilename is the variable database name
Call ExportDatabaseXLSX() 'KPI 1.IMD
End Sub
' Data: Top Records Extraction
Function TopNExtraction
Set db = Client.OpenDatabase(sFilename) ' I get get an error code here, saying the database was not found or is in use.
Set task = db.TopRecordsExtraction
Dim dbName As String ' Made an addition while using sFilename as a variable
task.AddKey "CREDIT", "A"
dbName = "KPI 1.IMD"
task.OutputFileName = dbName
task.NumberOfRecordsToExtract = 30
task.CreateVirtualDatabase = False
Set task = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
Client.OpenDatabase (dbName)
End Function
My end goal is that the after the user selects the database and maps the neccesary fields in the dialogue box, the 2nd Macro which has the actual analysis to be run, then selects that database from the variable defined in the 1st Macro i.e. sFilename.Please help me here, i am stuck.
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In our previous posts on Psalm 1:1 we looked deep into verse 1 of Psalm 1 and we saw how this Psalm is very specific about whatblessedness (happiness, fulfillment, joy, completeness) is not; that is to say, we saw where blessedness is not to be found. Tonight, we will look at the first of the following:
1) Nature of blessedness (Whatblessedness is – vv.2-3).
2) Source and standard (Who provides the source (where) blessedness can and must be found – provides an eternally, divinely inspired foundation for "delight" and prosperity).
We have seen what blessedness is not, let's now see what blessedness is.
"….but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:2).
1) Nature of Blessedness (vv. 2-3).
In the previous post we saw the nature of blessedness in its negative form. I don't mean by that that there is a bad side to blessedness, I mean that we looked at what blessedness is not; blessedness is not to be found in "the counsel of the wicked….the way of sinners….[or] the seat of scoffers" (v. 1). The "righteous" (v. 5) are told that they will not find righteousness inwickedness, they are told not to "walk….stand….[or] sit" in wickedness (sinfulness, mockery, ungodliness, unrighteousness) (v. 1). They are told that they will never find blessedness there, but only damnation (vv. 4-6).
Blessedness does not equal unrighteousness, sinfulness, ungodliness, etc. Blessedness must therefore be its logical opposite: righteousness, faithfulness, and godliness.
Let's look at what the Bible has to say about the nature of God-given blessedness through the "law of the LORD" (v. 2):
-It is rooted in the "fear of the LORD" and in delighting in and loving "his commandments." Verse 2.
- "Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delightsin his commandments!" (Ps. 112:1, ESV).
- "Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it" (Psalm 119:35, ESV).
- "….for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love. I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love" (Psalm 119:47-48, ESV).
- "If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (Psalm 119:92, ESV).
- "Blessed are those whose way is blameless [that is, free of the sin of the wicked, unspotted], who walk in the law of the LORD! Blessed are those who keep histestimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong [do no wickedness, have nothing to do with it], but walk in his ways!" (Psalm 119:1-3, ESV).
- "Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies….Yourtestimonies are my delight; they are my counselors" (Psalm 119:22, 24, ESV).
- "…Put false ways far from me….I have chosen the way of faithfulness; [and what is this "way of faithfulness"?] I set your rules before me" (Psalm 119: 30, ESV).
- "My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! When I told of my ways, you answered me [how?]; teach me your statutes!….My soul melts away forsorrow; strengthen me according to your word! Put false ways far from me andgraciously teach me your law!….I cling to your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame! I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!" (Psalm 119: 25-32, ESV).
What a beautiful expression of utter dependence and vulnerability to the LORD! The entirety of Psalm 119 is a letter of childlike hunger and dependence on the LORD's doctrine, statutes, commandments, precepts, and rules. Please, take the time to read the entire Psalm 119 to get a better understanding of this.
-It cannot be received unless there is deep study of His Word.
"…but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:2, ESV).
Understanding His law does not come only through constant prayer, but also through constantcommunion with God through deep, rigorous, exegetical (interpretative: taking meaning out of the Bible, not into), study of His Word. There is a manner of thinking in the modern Church today that "doctrine divides, but love unites." To that I say, is not love a Biblical doctrine? Are we, then, to do away with love as the Bible clearly outlines it in Scripture because it is also a doctrine? Where else should we then turn for a godly definition of what love is? The answer is clearly: no!And to the second question, I quote the Apostle Peter,
"Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68, ESV).
The above verses are enough to refute this idea that doctrine in and of itself is "unloving" and even "ungodly" because it "divides." The truth is that doctrine will divide AND unite, but that is a subject for another entry. My main point here is that the above Psalms clearly show that doctrineand "delight" and "love" go hand in hand; it is not a matter of either/or, but both/and; it is not a matter of "balance," (for that would imply 50% doctrine and 50% spirit) but 100% doctrine and 100% spirit, where both unite to drive the heart ever closer to God, to love Him for who He is (for which reason we cannot do away with doctrine because that would mean doing away with the Bible itself, our only way to actually know who we're worshipping!), to delight in Him, to enjoyHim, to praise Him, to fear Him, to defend His Word (Jude 3) because He is our God. Think about that for a moment! For more on this point, please read my entry on Psalm 148. Also, read the entirety of Psalm 119 to better understand this fully doctrine, fully spiritual relationship that should be in the heart of every true believer.
Hear what Martin Luther has to say about Psalm 119 and "the external Word" as He calls the "law of the LORD,"
"In this psalm [119] David always says that he will speak, think, talk, hear, read, day and night and constantly – but about nothing else than God's Word and Commandments. For God wants to give you His spirit only through the external Word" – Martin Luther, Preface to His 1539 Works.
Martin Luther comments further on the arrogance and sinfulness of thinking that not studying the Word (engaging the mind) is a virtue,
"It is a sin and shame not to know our own book or to understand the speech and words of our God; it is a still greater sin and loss that we do not study languages, especially in these days when God is offering and giving us men and books and every facility and inducement to this study, and desires his Bible to be an open book. O how happy the dear fathers would have been if they had our opportunity to study the languages and come thus prepared to the Holy Scriptures! What great toil and effort it cost them to gather up a few crumbs, while we with half the labor – yes, almost without any labor at all – can acquire the whole loaf! O how their effort puts our indolence to shame!" – Martin Luther "To The Councilmen of All Cities in Germany that they Establish and Maintain Christian Schools."
Once again, Luther comments on Psalm 1:2,
"To "meditate," as it is generally understood, signifies to discuss, to dispute, and to exercise in words, as in Ps. 37:30, "the mouth of the righteous shall meditate wisdom." Hence Augustine, in his translation, has "chatter,' a beautiful metaphor, as chattering is the employment of birds, so a continual conversing in the law of the Lord, since talking is peculiar to man, ought to be the employment of man. But I cannot worthily and fully set forth the gracious meaning and force of this word, for this 'meditating' consists first in an intent observing of the words of the law, and then in a comparing of the different scriptures, which is a certain delightful hunting, nay, rather a playing with stags in a forest or mountains, where the Lord furnishes us with the stags and opens to us their secret coverts, Ps. 29:6. And from this kind of employment there comes forth at length a man well instructed in the law of the Lord to speak unto the people." 1
Thinking that studying is a waste of time is saying that deep study is an overrated task limited only to the Prophets, the Apostles, Christ, and God's faithful men who have studied and given their lives under pain of torture, toil, and death, for the exposition of the Word of God. It is like looking at the ashes of the burned bodies of men who were burned at the stake for preaching the truth of God's Word (given to them through engaging the mind and pleading to the LORD for understanding) and walking by as if it is of no importance. Even worse, it is as if we walked up to the Cross and saw our Lord hanging on it, disfigured, beaten, bloody, and walking by to the next best thing; as if the Bible does not say the following,
"I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word" (Psalm 138:2, ESV).
HIGHLY recommended book for more in-depth understanding of the relationship between the mind and the spirit, John Piper's "Think."
In our next entry we will look at the second and final aspect of what blessedness is, stay tuned!
1 Luther, Martin, 1483-1546; Lenker, John Nicholas, 1858-1929. Luther's commentary on the first twenty-two Psalms : based on Dr. Henry Cole's translation from the original Latin (Kindle Locations 647-651). Sunbury, Pa. : Lutheran's in All Lands Co..


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Fly entertaining and informational missions in Prepar3D covering the area of Paris, France! Listen as your tour guide gives you information on the landscape, landmarks, history and general tourist-like information as you fly! A new type of add-on for P3D giving you another way to fly!
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- Another way to fly!
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Compatible with Prepar3D v2, v3, v4.


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Kineski restoran Hao Hao 5858 food delivery Novi Sad
Chinese food, Pasta, Fish and sea food, Restaurants, Asian food, Vegetarian food
Bulevar Oslobođenja 133, Novi Sad 0606122200
Delivery 10:00 until 22:30
Takeaway 10:00 until 22:30
Small portions are 60% of the large ones.
Fried chicken
Chicken with peanuts and vegetables
Chicken with mushrooms and vegetables
Chicken with bamboo and Chinese mushrooms
Chicken with cashew
Chicken with almond
Chicken with pineapple
Emperor's chicken
Chicken with potato
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Chicken with leek
Chicken with potatoes and peppers
Chicken with zucchini
Chicken with fruit
Chicken with shitake mushrooms and Indian walnuts
Chicken with eggplant
Fried tofu with chicken
Chicken with peanuts and mushrooms
Chicken with black Chinese mushrooms and onion
Fried chicken with paprika and carrot in sour hot sweet sauce
Small portions are 60% of the large ones.
Veal with potato
Veal with vegetables
Veal with mushrooms
Veal with bamboo and Chinese mushrooms
Veal with vegetables and peanuts
Veal with onion
Veal with broccoli
Veal with peas, carrot and corn
Shredded veal saute (on a hot pan)
Veal with paprika
Veal with mushrooms and shiitake
Mixed meat with mushrooms
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Fried tofu with veal
Chinese hot cabbage with veal
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Sotes from mixed meat
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Small portions are 60% of the large ones.
Pork with potato
Pork with vegetables
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Pork with eggplant
Pork with black Chinese mushrooms and onion
Spaghetti with pork and vegetables
Chinese spaghetti with pork and vegetables
Spaghetti with mushrooms and chinese cabbage
From this menu all of meals are fasting.
Mushrooms with broccoli and carfiol
French fries
Stewed vegetables
Mushrooms with vegetables
Vegetarian meat with sauce
Soy pieces with peanuts in sauce
Chinese bamboo with mushrooms and cabbage
Mixed vegetables with peanuts
Tofu cheese with Chinese cabbage and bamboo
Tofu cheese with mushrooms and vegetables
Sea food
From this menu all of meals are fasting except meal C5.
Squids with vegetables
Shrimps with vegetables
Mussels with vegetables
Fried squids with leek
Squids with mushrooms
Hake fillet with mushrooms and vegetables
Hake fillet with potato
C9 Sotes of shrimp with onion
Squid with leek
Squids on a hot pan
Fish in Chinese yellow wine
Shrimp with vegetables and cashew
Sour hot soup
Chicken soup
Seafood soup
Soup wit meat balls and vegetables
Cabbage salad
Sea algae salad
Tomato salad
Chinese style cucumber
Cucumber salad
Cucumbers, thin chinese mushrooms, peanuts
Salad with vegetables and peanuts
Salad with carrots and peanuts in soy sauce
Salad of black mushrooms
White rice
Rice with soy sauce
Rice with vegetables
Rice with eggs
Rice with curry
Integral rice
Cooked noodles
No salt.
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Soy sauce
Fried banana
Fried pineapple
Fried ice cream
Flavour of vanilla.
Fried apple
Fruit salad
Rice pudding with chocolate
Fried chocolate
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When I was a kid playing tennis in California in the '70's, I wore amongst other shoe brands, Stan Smith's. I don't remember particularly liking or disliking them but I certainly wore lots of other brands, who remembers Bata's? A really ugly shoe, but super light and comfortable. The 'big thing' was poly-urethene soles, they were supposed to last longer etc.
Now, 40 years on, I see quite a few pairs of Stan Smith's being worn by kids today. Apparently they never went away.
The island of Hilton Head in South Carolina is shaped like a sneaker, and Stan Smith lives on the laces, right off the river. Inside his house, the six-foot-four retired tennis player with the straightest back I've ever seen walks out of the second of his two closets and into the living room carrying five pairs of Stan Smiths, the sneaker, but he still can't find the one he's looking for. He has 40 pairs in 30 different styles, more or less.
The sneaker's fame — and its longevity — takes even its namesake by surprise. You see, the Stan Smith is really the most basic of all possible sneakers. Its narrow white leather body is cushioned at the front with an almost-orthopedic round toe. Its three understated Adidas stripes are nearly missable perforations, as if they don't care to be recognized, and it has just two spots of color, most classically in green: a tab on the back of the ankle and Smith's face printed on the tongue. They are essentially anonymous, the saltine cracker of tennis shoes. They were endorsed by Stan Smith just after he won his first Grand Slam singles title in the summer of 1971 and just before he won his second, and last, the next year. He was, in other words, no Serena Williams, not even a Rod Laver.
Nothing about Smith or the simple design of the sneaker itself — neither has changed much since 1971 — explains how Adidas was able to sell 7 million pairs by 1985. Or how that number had grown to 22 million pairs by 1988. Or why Footwear News named it the first-ever Shoe of the Year in 2014. Or how it surpassed 50 million shoes sold as of 2016. Or how the sneaker grew far beyond its start as a technical athletic shoe and became a fashion brand, its basic blank slate evolving and taking on new meaning and purpose.
In the United Kingdom, soccer fans in Liverpool and Manchester fight over who got into Stan Smiths first. In Greece, Smith says, where it is traditional to give babies white shoes on the day of their christening, Stan Smiths became the white shoe of choice. There's a professor of theoretical physics in Sweden who owns more than 200 pairs. Both Will Arnett and Hugh Grant have said they kissed their first girl while wearing Stan Smiths. Stan Smith the man once met a reporter from GQ Japan who told him he's worn his eponymous shoes every day for the past 13 years. (Smith's response: "I said, 'You gotta be kidding me.' ") More recently, they've been taken up by Céline's Phoebe Philo, as well as Marc Jacobs, A$AP Rocky, and North West, coming to define both a retro and minimalist movement in fashion just a few years after they were sold on the bargain shelves.
"Margie!" Smith calls out to his wife of 42 years, who's planning his surprise 70th-birthday party in the kitchen. "You know that shoe with the white bag? Do you know where that is?"
Smith's U of blonde hair is brushed perfectly down, as is his mustache, which he's had since he could grow it, except for a few weeks when Adidas happened to take the picture that would go on to appear on the tongue of every Stan Smith shoe. His red-and-gray-checked shirt is neatly tucked into blue pants that match his blue suede Stan Smiths. It's his eyebrows that stand out, the only unruly thing about him; each single hair living its own best life, swooping in and curling out, flailing like one of those blowup guys outside a car dealership, just trying to find somewhere to land.
For the community of the sneaker-obsessed, there is an event called "unboxing" — its closest relative is porn. It goes down on YouTube: A reviewer, or whoever's first to get his hands on a new release, analyzes the sneaker from the moment he opens the shoe box. The person comments on how it looks tucked into the packaging, how it feels when touched for the first time, examining and fawning over each of its new and improved features.
Smith seems to know about this. Margie brings him the shoe, and he leans forward from his plush floral-printed chair toward the white bag, which also has his name on it, and begins the unboxing ceremony. "So this is kind of neat."
He pets the bag, rubbing it between his fingers: "This is a parachute material." He uses both hands to take the shoe box out and then slides one palm across the top. "And there's a special white box, with three stripes made of holes, just like my shoe." He opens the box: "You see this paper? They had special wrapping paper made with my signature on it." It's the same signature you'll find on all Stan Smiths; there's a single, extra-tall S that acts as the first letter for both his first and last name, a firsty-lasty so sure of itself it is ever connected in writing. Finally, he lifts the paper and pulls out the shoe. It's the very pair of structured white leather sneakers with a green back tab and three understated stripes you can't walk but five blocks in New York without seeing.
But here the leather is grayer and thicker. The picture on the tongue is different too. Smith has a mustache in it, as he does sitting in front of me today. He looks much older. "So they sent me this shoe with my current picture." He smiles wide. All his teeth show. "I like the old one better." Smith is the only person in the world who owns this pair. They were sent to him in January 2014, in the very early stages of what has become the greatest sneaker-revival story of all time.


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Our Brea wrap top is one versatile little piece! She looks equally fab paired with a high waisted skirt and flats, as she does with a pair of jeans and heels! With her soft linen blend fabric, flattering sleeve and tie front, she's the perfect addition to your transeasonal wardrobe. Great for breastfeeding mamas!
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Please find a copy of the Parents' Evening Letter issued last week.
Dear parent,
You are invited to make appointments for the P5/6 Parents' Evening, which will be held on Wednesday 23rd January 5:00pm – 7:00pm and Thursday 24th January 3:30pm – 5:30pm.
If you wish to attend the Parents' Evening, please complete and return the slip below and hand it in to the Class Teacher no later than Wednesday 16th January. Letters will then be sent home confirming your time on Friday 18th January.
Please get in touch with the Class Teacher if you have any questions.
Yours Faithfully
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RELEASE DATE: Decenber 18, 2017
Episode Three of TBD With LDT is about representation and narrative…and it's the first of a series on representation/narrative.
I hope to hear from some of you who would like to be guests in the Representation/Narrative series on TBD With LDT.
I'll leave you with a quote from the last few minutes of this episode:
"When you're missing from the story, people don't have to worry about you. They don't have to think about you as a human being, they don't have to think about legislation that benefits you, they don't have to think about going out of their way to help you on the street, they don't have to think about your troubles and your own human issues and the fact that you, like them, have feelings, right?
If you are missing from the story, then nobody has to give a shit about you. But if you are in the story, then people cannot ignore you."


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Napier Port revealed it needs to raise more than $200 million on the share market to help ease congestion woes.
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council is to list a 45 per cent stake of the country's fourth largest port after consultation with rate payers.
Funds raised will go to paying back debt and construction of a new wharf.
An indicative share price of between $2.27 and $2.60 was set today.
Hawke's Bay residents, local iwi and port workers will have first priority to the 90 million available shares.


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Carry On
Day Breaks is the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released on October 7, 2016, through Blue Note Records. The album features nine original songs and three covers. Jones returned to a piano-driven sound as heard on releases early in her career. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200, becoming her sixth album to reach the top ten. Day Breaks received positive reviews from music critics, with many praising the album's production and Jones' vocals with many comparing it favorably to her debut album Come Away with Me.
Eight songs on the album are composed or co-written by Jones; composing on piano, she intended the album as a return to the sound of her 2002 debut, Come Away with Me. The album was co-produced by Jones and Eli Wolf and features drummer Brian Blade, organist Lonnie Smith and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Jones explains the songs were composed by drawing on jazz music influences and were recorded live without any overdubbing.
There are three cover songs on Day Breaks: "Peace", by Horace Silver (first recorded by Jones in 2001), "Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)", by Duke Ellington and "Don't Be Denied", originally by Neil Young, whose lyrics were recast in the third person by Jones. The album also includes "Sleeping Wild" written by Sarah Oda, who co-wrote three other tracks on the album and co-produced.
The album was released on October 7, 2016 and the first single was the title song, "Day Breaks". Subsequent singles included the songs "Flipside" and "Tragedy".


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The Halliwell family is falling apart, and if something isn't done there will be long-standing repercussions. With Prue on the verge of exploding, Coop on the verge of punishment, and Paige on the verge of divorce, the happy days of the past seem long gone.
Note: This recap may contain spoilers!
First up, let's focus on the most normal domestic disturbance. That would be Henry and Paige. The danger that she brings into their home continues to wear on Henry and he's trying to figure out any way to keep his family safe. His latest idea is to get away from it all. He's been offered a raise and a transfer to LA and he's thinking about taking it. If the entire family moves, then he thinks that will keep the dangers away. Unfortunately, Paige doesn't see it that way, and she doesn't want to leave her sisters either. What will become of the couple? Does this spell the end of the marriage?
Next up, there's the whole Ben / Cole, Prue, and Kyra situation. Ben's been having nightmares about Cole, and his desire to rescue his son remains. He even tries to talk Kyra into helping him to return to the Wasteland in hopes he can find Cole. That would be all well and good if there wasn't also the other situation with escaped demons and what they escaped from. Prue finds that the Wasteland isn't a place, but rather a thing. It is actually an Old One, Heremus, and all vanquished demons are living in its bowels. Very gross, but fitting.
And then we have the horrible situation that Coop and Phoebe are in. The fact that he took sides in the fight did not sit well with the Cupids, and he will be sentenced for his crime in two weeks time. We skip right to the sentencing fairly quickly, though the outcome is not something anyone is pleased with. He will be taken away from the mortal world and only allowed to see Phoebe once a year, on their wedding anniversary. Any violation of this order means that he and the kids will have their powers stripped. And unlike Whitelighters, being stripped of his powers means that Henry will age rapidly up to the age he would have been had he been mortal. This means death in Henry's case. So, they're in a no-win situation. And it's made even more complicated by the revelation that Phoebe makes at the end of the issue, after arriving home alone. She reveals to Elise that she's pregnant with a little girl.
Will Phoebe have to go through her pregnancy alone? Will Heremus prove to be a danger to the sisters? Will Prue explode? Will Paige be able to save her marriage? And will Ben recover Cole in the end? All these questions remain until next issue.
Rating: 4 / 5 Stars
About Kimberly Lynn Workman
In her youth, Kimberly could be found in the library, devouring books that covered everything from WWII History to Dr. McCoy's latest adventures aboard the Enterprise, with some X-Men thrown in for good measure. Saturdays were often reserved for PBS re-runs of Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. More recently, she's been riding along with the Winchester brothers, and she hopes the Impala doesn't run out of gas for a long time.


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Fri 29 Feb 2008
City of Men (Cidade dos Homens)
By Ian Forbes
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I just saved a lot of money by switching my car insurance!
Theatrical Release Date: 08/31/2007 (Brazil), 02/29/2008 (USA)
Director: Paulo Morelli
Cast: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos
Here's the trick with "City of Men". It's not a sequel to Fernando Meirelles' amazing film, "City of God" (though he is a producer here). Yes, the film deals with the seedy underground and turf war culture of Rio de Janeiro, delving the audience into the legendary favelas of the city. And yes, the two main characters were in "City of God" but they're playing different people in this film. However, "City of Men" is actually a continuation of the television series of the same name, which was loosely based on the concept and style of "City of God".
Usually, when a bait and switch is done like this, I would thumb my nose at the filmmakers and make some snide comment. But after watching "City of Men", that's something I just won't do. In fact, this is perhaps the best film to be released in 2008 so far.
Throwing aside comparisons to "City of God" for the moment, the film centers on two best friends (Ace and Wallace), who have grown up together and been like brothers. Each grew up without a father and live in one of the many favelas in Rio. Ace is newly married and the father of a young boy while Wallace seeks the attention of a girl with ties to a rival gang.
As the gang war escalates, the boys find themselves caught up in the middle of it, trying to salvage whatever they can of their dignity and future. They also go in search of their fathers, to find out where they came from, and to try and keep from repeating their paternal figures' mistakes.
Considering this film clocks in at under two hours, I was almost astonished at the amount of back story and character development director Paulo Morelli was able to include. As this is a continuation of the Brazilian TV series (which is available for rent), the film uses flashbacks to illuminate the boys' friendship and strong brotherly bond. All done like passing thoughts or memories, these served to enrich the scope of the film quite well and make it easy for people who haven't seen the series to see where these boys are coming from.
Of course, as this is about rival gangs, this isn't quite the tourism package Brazil highlights in its brochures. I heard more than a few people leaving the theater thanking their lucky stars we live far away from Rio, and while I have known people to go and vacation there, you can go ahead and count me out. Yes, I'm a scaredy cat … but I'll be much more comfortable on the beach in Sydney, Australia where I'm not as concerned a shooting match will erupt in the neighborhood causing me to high tail it out of there.
As the production budget could not have been too high, while there is a lot of tension and gun play, there isn't too much blood and there is no nudity. While I like blood and nudity (not necessarily mixed together), considering someone brought their 5 year old and an infant to the film, I'm glad the film won't end up traumatizing them too much in comparison to a gritty FX TV show. (I'll refrain from going off on my rant about bringing young children to adult-oriented films … this time.)
This lack of overt gore and violence actually didn't bother me, as the elements that were shown more than gave the impression of what life in these favelas is like and provided a stark counterpoint to the story of the two main characters.
The acting is not necessarily stunning in the typical awards fashion but more appropriately, it feels genuine and sincere. Rather than casting the hot kids from the Brazilian version of "The O.C." (though who knows if they aren't basically), it feels more like the casting department held open auditions in the neighborhood. This pays off big time in helping to immerse the audience in the culture being presented.
If you like gritty films, set in dangerous neighborhoods but with a lot of heart, "City of Men" is the ticket you've been waiting for and I'm giving it a 4 out of 5. I think "City of God" is a more complete story with a tighter script and better overall film making, but that's not to knock on this film. I thoroughly enjoyed it and this is something actually worth your ten bucks.


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Reports of BlackRock's annual letter to CEOs have largely focused on Larry Fink's exhortation that companies must serve a social purpose and "make a positive contribution to society" in addition to delivering on financial performance.
The letter also focused on "a new model for corporate governance," since index investors who cannot walk away from companies that they disapprove of must be active and engaged agents for their clients. Shareholder engagement, Fink states, have been too focused on annual meetings and proxy votes, rather than a year-round conversation about long-term value. The firm intends to double the size of its investment stewardship team over the next three years, to more than 60 people, so that discussions with companies can be "deeper, more frequent and more productive."
As in previous letters, BlackRock asks that companies explain their strategic framework and explicitly affirm that it has been reviewed by the board of directors. The lack of definitive information about corporate long-term strategies is blamed as the "central reason for the rise in activism." Directors are expected to be deeply involved with a company's long-term strategy, and able to describe the board's process for overseeing strategy when they meet with BlackRock. Directors are also "essential" to helping a company "articulate and pursue its purpose" and respond to questions from various stakeholders, in furthering BlackRock's expressed desire to see companies advance larger societal issues. Stakeholders include employees and the community.
When a company discusses strategy, it should address the effect of "societal impact" and "structural trends" on its business. One example is the impact of tax reform, in particular what companies intend to do with their increased cash flow. Otherwise, "tax changes will embolden those activists with a short-term focus to demand answers on the use of increased cash flows." If a company is targeted by activists, BlackRock encourages it to "begin discussions early" with shareholders.
BlackRock's views remain influential, as reports indicate that the three largest index-fund providers, which include Vanguard and State Street, owned more than 18% of the S&P 500 at the end of the third quarter of 2017.


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Beach weddings are increasing in popularity, for many reasons. A wedding on the beach can be arranged to be as formal or as casual as you like. The sun, surf and sand can combine for a beautiful backdrop as you make your vows. Planning a wedding on the beach can be an option to reduce costs, while still having a gorgeous ceremony. There are many wedding planning guides available to you to find an officiant that can work with you to plan your special day.
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