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Balloons for all Occasions is the one stop party shop for every celebration.
We are an Oswestry based supplier of balloon decorations, partyware and table decor for your weddings, parties and special events. Balloons for all Occasions has been established in Oswestry for more than a dozen years - over which we've managed to blow around 70,000 balloons!
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There's more than just balloons! Also in-store is everything you'll need for a party or event:
- Table decorations, banners, wrapping paper and cards
- Gifts and decorations for all anniversaries
- lundreds of styles. colours and designs of balloons for all ages
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- Hen and Stag night gear, engagement & wedding
- Greetings cards & CardCraft supplies.
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Not sure what possibilities exist - or would appreciate talking to someone? Drop into our store in the Oswestry indoor market to see what's possible or get advice. There are many designs and colours of decorations that may suite your event.
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You may either collect yourself from our store, or on the day of your event we can also come to the venue to deliver and arrange the decorations for you - all part of the service!
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The purpose of beautiful balloon decorations is to create additional atmosphere for your guests to enjoy when they are seated or standing. Balloons are impressive because they can create both dramatic and high visual impact with color, movement, and excitement that is visible when guests enter, are seated, walking around or dancing. Stunning balloons will paint the air with colour!
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Our Heritage Room Librarian, Laura W. Carter, will provide you with tips and advice for the necessary sojourns to archives, libraries, and courthouses that are part of doing historical research. Starting with the most basic advice, that you know what information you are trying to find before you arrive, Ms. Carter will explain how to get the maximum benefit from your research trips, and how to phrase questions in a way that enable librarians and archivists to help you.
The seminar is free and open to the public, jointly sponsored by the Athens-Clarke County Heritage Room and the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society. No registration is required, and there will be a meet & greet with refreshments in the Small Conference Room next to the Auditorium.
For more information, call (706) 613-3650, ext. 350 or email the Heritage Room. We hope to see you there for this informative and helpful presentation!

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National Boss Day
Sometimes the best way to show your boss just how much you appreciate their fine leadership is by sending flowers. With a National Boss Day gift of flowers from VK Events Floral Planning, your boss will know exactly how you feel. Everyone wants a raise. Raise your boss's spirits this Boss Day with one of the many colorful flower arrangements from VK Events Floral Planning in Omaha, NE.


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Garland Style Kantha Bead Necklace
Regular price $ 38.00
This Garland style necklace is constructed by low income women artisans in India who are improving their lives through their work in a women's cooperative. These vibrant, heritage pieces feature Kantha covered wooden beads and tiny brass spacers, making an easy and stunning complement to any outfit.
- Consciously-crafted from recycled textiles and wooden beads
- Each pieces is unique. Pattern placement and color may vary.
- 36" with a 2" extender
- Tip: Double this piece for a colorful, choker look, or pair it with our Graduated style for a bold statement!
- Fair Trade from India
Available in three beautiful styles, Graduated, Garland, and Flapper. Many customers like to layer multiple styles!


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See the little goblin, see his little feet, see his little nosey wosey, isn't the goblin sweet?
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Developer Frozenbyte has announced not only the release of Trine 2: Goblin Menance onto Steam, but also a limited 15% launch discount for the first two weeks, as well as a 75% discount on Trine and Trine 2 over this weekend.
Goblin Menace introduced six new skills into the Trine 2 world, with a brand new campaign comprising of 6 unique levels, charting the the adventures of Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief in a land of goblinery.
Minor updates also accompany the goblins, including an arrow indicator for multiplayer, enhanced control configuration for gamepads and keyboards as well as a smattering of new Steam achievements.
Trine 2: Goblin Menace launches at $6.79 (€5.94) compared to its 'normal' price of $7.99 (€6.99) until 20th September. Trine and Trine 2 are also discounted 75% from now until the end of Sunday 10th September.
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Spend 14 days on an African holiday exploring the beauty of Botswana in the depths of the iconic Okavango Delta and Linyanti Regions. Botswana is an avid safari enthusiasts' paradise with its remote destinations accessed only by small aircraft offering incredible views of the diverse landscapes. After which you will be…
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Plein Air Convention & Expo - 2015
Monterey, California
Plein Air Expo 2015 was another awesome experience. As I transition from an engineering based career in high energy physics, into a career in ART – as I should have pursued all along - I find that I am increasingly buoyed by the people I meet. The most influential person and one of my closest friends is B. Eric Rhoads the CEO of Streamline Publishing of Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, etc. and the man who is personally responsible for launching the outdoor painting movement called Plein Air in America into the mainstream. Being a humble man he would deny this but most everyone in the business of producing or selling high-quality art would agree with me.Eric is a dynamic individual who shares my passion for art and fans the artistic flames of all those around him. He reaches the artistic soul of countless artists and would-be artists through the annual Plein Air Convention and Expo his company puts on. The inspiration he builds within the folks who attend is impressive and is why I tend to share my experiences of artistic growth with him during my transition. This past week I shared (more) stories which he took the liberty of sharing with others during his early morning Art Marketing Boot Camps. He starts by inspiring positive thinking and outlines ways of getting and keeping your focus on the goal. It is clearly how he lives and how most of us navigate our way to the places we truly want to be in life….when we are enlightened enough to do so.I recently reduced the work hours of my engineering job to allow more time for the creation of more and better art. In 25 years of working at the national laboratory I have never known anyone allowed to work only 3 days a week, but I projected positively that this was what I wanted to do – when an opportunity came up in which it would sound appealing to management, I was ready – proposed it and am now working it!
Back row Left to Right: Rodrigo Zaniboni, B. Eric Rhoads, Mitchell Neto, Sergio Lopez, Anton Pavlenko and Ulrich Gleiter Front row: Carole Gray-Weihman, Karl Bostwick, Brenda Boylan and Tonya Zenin - Selfie at Post-Event party adding M.J. Sarmiento and Thomas Jefferson Kitts to the mix later. I am beginning to incorporate all the loves of my life into what I "do".
I enjoy making wine with friends and the social aspect of sharing these experiences. I recently had my most successful show ever at the Fremont Art Association in January when I was selected to be the "featured artist". I displayed over 30 paintings in this show and since I make both art and wine, I combined the two and produced labels for the bottles featuring my art. I made the show reception as much fun as possible, with good music, good food, good homemade wine and pointed out that the painting on the bottle was located somewhere in the show. I suggested to visitors they should "try to find it" and I think this inspired folks to really look more closely at the art. Before I knew it, folks were lining up to buy my original works (2 buyers at once is a line right? o)Well, Eric expressed disappointment that I had not shared this with him earlier but I told him he could use it next year. When you are the master of ceremonies, running the convention, folks don't easily find the time to share stories with you. As the week went on I met many fantastically talented artists and made many new friends. I felt humbled viewing the art of the many modern-day masters that attended. Many were on-staff as faculty to assist during the daily out door painting excursions. Names such as Brian Blood, Lori Putnam, Shelby Keefe, Camille Przewodek and a host of others were present and extremely helpful.The event ended on Friday but I was invited to attend a small post-event party in the publisher's suite. So I stayed an extra night and went up to find another opportunity to incorporate other things I love in life such as traveling internationally, meeting new people and speaking Brazilian Portuguese. I found a very international crowd there including emerging artists from Brazil such as Rodrigo Zambioni, Raphael Montagnoli and established Brazilian artist (living in New York) and Salmagundi member, Luiz Vilela. Raphael spoke passionately in Portuguese to me about how he is determined to change the face of art in Brazil and gain the respect it deserves. I believe he can do it and many of us are excited to lend our support.I was pleased to find a couple of accomplished artists who were quite intrigued with physics as well – this is a fascinating juxtaposition because I find the folks I work with in the physics community are quite intrigued with my art (and several collect it - yay!). Much to my surprise, being in the middle of these two professions has proven to make my experience more interesting to people on both sides of the fence. The two fellows most interested in laser-driven fusion were local California artist, Karl Bostwick and the super-talented Thomas Jefferson Kitts of Willamette Oregon, whom I enjoyed immensely. I believe they both may be as passionate about wine as I am too - judging from what we managed to put away that evening.Other artists I shared a wonderful evening with included accomplished California artists, Jessie Powell and Carole Gray-Weinham, Oregonian, M.J. Sarmiento, Sergio Lopez, Brenda Boylan, Russian artists, Tonya Zenin, Ulrich Gleiter and Anton Pavlenko. All very outgoing and FUN!Though intimidated by the incredible artistic talent that surrounded me, I am grateful for the exposure to what is truly "spectacular" art. There are many good artists out there and I know I am as good as some - but realize I am also not as good as many.However, in these folks and these newfound friendships I see a clear path forward for becoming one of the best. These people are the best and having ever more increasing opportunities to paint with, and learn from them can only help get me further along the path to also creating "spectacular" art.I am committed to this path - for life!
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It's Always A Good Time At Harlem Food Bar
Monday through Sunday just pick a night for freshly prepared food (MENU- a word from the chef) and a popular bar scene. For those of us living here in Harlem we already know Harlem Food Bar has become…Read More »
Hurricane Sandy Damage In Harlem On FDB – The Gateway Tower
The Gateway Tower on Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 113th and 114th Street was hit by the hard hurricane winds of Sandy and their green awning collapsed. A couple of the unit owners and doormen of the building…Read More »
67 Orange Street – Prix Fixe Menu Available Until 10/15
67 Orange Street is offering their prix fixe menu until October 15, 2012. We have only four more nights to enjoy their spectacular (and dubbed as Harlem's finest) signature cocktails along with an appetizer and entree at a…Read More »
Bier International – OktoBIERfest 2012
Like in München Bier International will be celebrating their third OctoBIERfest weekend with live music, pig roast, lederhosen and obviously tons of bier. It's always a party at Bier but this weekend has started off and will continue…Read More »
HFB Prix Fixe For Harlem Restaurant Week's Oktoberfest
Stop by Harlem Food Bar from 5 – 8pm any night through October 15th for Harlem Restaurant Week's Oktoberfest. They are offering a prix fixe menu for $20.12 *Also check out HFB's Happy Tuesday's Hosted by Jamar Dunn…Read More »
Happy Tuesdays at HFB Hosted by Jamar Dunn
Stop by Harlem Food Bar on Frederick Douglass Boulevard for Happy Tuesdays and get your drink on!Read More »
Harlem Food Bar – A New Hot Spot in Harlem
The just recently opened Harlem Food Bar, owned by Scott Siler and Ernesto Gonzalez is already making a mark for itself on Frederick Douglass Boulevard's "Restaurant Row" in Harlem. Not surprising after the two different experiences I have…Read More »
Bier International – German Beer Week April 23-30th
After speaking with Oujmane Keita, one of the owners of Bier International this past week, he informed us of this weeks upcoming "German Beer Week" Celebrating the 496th Anniversary of the "Reinheitsgebot" German Purity Law. Bier International will be celebrating…Read More »
New Wine Bar coming soon on Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Looks like a new Wine Bar will be coming to Harlem on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Through the grapevine we have been told that the empty retail space between 113th and 114th in the Gateway Towers will soon be…Read More »


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Serie A Match Preview: Parma vs. Internazionale
Match Date: 19 April 2014 (local time)
Venue: Stadio Ennio Tardini
A down the wire match is about to transpire between Parma and Inter. Expect both clubs to fight tooth and nail not only to ensure a stronger finish, but also to determine the squad that deserves to qualify in the Europa League next season.
During their last 6 previous encounters, Parma has won more matches than Inter. But the gap is not the wide to hail the squad as the automatic football betting top pick. Within the said matches, the Crusaders have clinched 3 victories and Inter has won twice, which, if not for a draw, could have enabled them to equalize.
Parma might use its home court advantage to overcome Inter's 2-point lead and therefore, appear in the Europa League next season. Roberto Donadoni and his men brag 10 undefeated streaks at Ennio Tardini. Along with this, the club also takes pride of the low number of total goals accumulated during their battles at home. The total goals scored in Parma's last 5 home matches, were limited to 2.5
But Inter is a club that barely understands what it means to surrender. To counter Parma's impending attacks, Inter will eventually take advantage of its 10 undefeated spree in its last 11 matches.
Given the impressive performances shown of these clubs and what is at stake in the match, there is a high possibility that the clash will end in an even steven finish.
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'It's a miracle': 16-year-old survives plane crash, hikes miles to safety
A 16-year-old girl survived a small plane crash that killed her step-grandparents in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state, and then hiked through thick forest to safety in what a rescuer called a miracle.
Searchers still are looking for the wreckage of the plane, but Autumn Veatch says her step-grandparents Leland and Sharon Bowman of Marion, Montana, died in Saturday's crash, according to Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers, who spoke with Veatch.
See also: How to Survive a Plane Crash
"She said they were flying in the clouds, and in an instant, it opened up and there was the mountain, and they crashed into the trees," Rogers told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The sheriff said pilot Leland Bowman was flying too low.
"He tried to pull up, but it was too late," Rogers said.
Veatch told authorities she stayed at the crash site for a day before deciding to hike down, eventually finding a trail and following it to the trailhead on a highway near the east entrance to North Cascades National Park.
A motorist picked her up Monday afternoon and drove her 30 miles east to a general store, where employees called 911.
Veatch had no life-threatening injuries but was dehydrated and suffering from a treatable muscle tissue breakdown caused by vigorous exercise without food or water, said Scott Graham, CEO of Three Rivers Hospital in Brewster. She stayed at the hospital overnight to rest and get hydrated.
One last photo of plane crash survivor Autumn Veatch from her hospital room. What an incredibly strong young girl!! pic.twitter.com/54AqCeaK0g
— Heather Graf (@HeatherGrafK5) July 14, 2015
Rogers said Veatch would likely be released from the hospital on Tuesday.
"It's a miracle, no question about it," Lt. Col. Jeffrey Lustick of the Civil Air Patrol, who has spent 30 years in search and rescue, told reporters. "Moments of joy like this can be hard to find."
Autumn's father, David Veatch of Bellingham, told reporters outside the hospital late Monday that his daughter was exhausted but doing remarkably well. She was able to joke with him about the survival shows they watched together on television, he said.
"She's just an amazing kid," David Veatch said. "There's more to her than she knows."
The Beech A-35 left Kalispell, Montana, on Saturday afternoon, heading for Lynden, Washington. The plane crossed the Idaho-Washington border about 2:20 p.m. PDT but dropped off the radar near Omak, Washington, about an hour later, officials said.
Navy helicopters searched for the wreckage until late Monday, several hours after fixed-wing planes suspended their efforts. The search would resume Tuesday, weather permitting, said Barbara LaBoe, a Washington state Transportation Department spokeswoman.
Rescuers earlier narrowed down a search area based on cellphone data and typical flight patterns. But there was no sign of the aircraft or its occupants until the teen walked out of the woods.
The girl had been "walking for a couple of days," said Rogers, the sheriff. He called her feat "pretty impressive."
9 am update: Family tells us plane crash survivor Autumn Veath slept on and off through the night and is doing well. pic.twitter.com/adwZQXDo5p
— Heather Graf (@HeatherGrafK5) July 14, 2015
Serena Lockwood, the manager at the Mazama Store, said the girl and a driver came in Monday afternoon, saying she had been in a plane crash.
"She was obviously pretty traumatized," Lockwood said.
Leland Bowman was issued a private pilot license in 2011, and the plane, manufactured in 1949, was registered to him, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.


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Eye Surgeons
Ophthalmic surgery is the treatment of diseases of the eye. There are several sub-specialities that focus on certain parts of the eye including neuro-ophthalmology, ocular oncology for cancers affecting this area, paediatric ophthalmology for specific conditions related to childhood and ophthalmologic pathology.
Ophthalmic surgeons are medical professionals, who after 6 years of undergraduate medical training received focused training in the field of ophthalmic and are members of the Royal College of Surgeons. They chose to specialise in disorders of the eyes and are trained in the surgical procedures associated with this.
Many common conditions that require the expertise of an eye surgeon include cataracts, cornea disease, glaucoma, retinal disorders and ocular cancers.
Those who consult with an eye surgeon are suffering with a disease or disorder of the eye that requires surgical intervention and rehabilitation.
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Reaching Amnesia at 1am meant missing the opening set from Tini Gessler but it did have it's advantages in that the disco bus was a dedicated Amnesia bus and the queue to get in was much shorter – unless you didn't have a ticket & were paying on the door, which seemed to be the case for a lot of people, which created a huge queue – so buy in advance, use our app for the events calendar.
We entered in through the terrace to catch some of Seth Troxler's all night set. He can be hit and miss at times but tonight he was on fire laying down dancy, funky beats that ensured the terrace filled up almost as quickly as the main room and kept the overspill crowd happy.
Then through to the main room which was decorated in true Elrow style and created that special Elrow atmosphere like no other Elrow I've been to overseas.
It packed out very quickly so be prepared to get very cosy with your new dancing neighbours.
Toronto DJ Nathan Barato played a banging set of electro and some vocal house with deep beats that set the crowd up nicely for waff. He brought it down maybe a tad early meaning it plateaued for a while, and Waff then brought it in on the same vibe, but this seems to be a season norm and the party goers lapped it up along with the usual Elrow offerings of bright decor, stilt walkers, actors, aerial artists & inflatable give aways lobbed into the crowd. It was Elrow at its crazy best ably wrapped up by house/ electro stalwart Brit Eats Everything back to back with Spanish techno heavyweight Andres Campo rounding things off with an electro flavoured set with solid techno undertones & banging beats.
The crowd was fun and definitely up for a good time contributing to the amazing party atmosphere Elrow is renowned for.
The lighting, sound & production was flawless as you'd expect from what's become known as not only the most fun party on the island but also now around the world.
A few things to note is that if you're able to afford VIP it allows smoking inside. Also there is Wheelchair access at the side of the dancefloor.
Elrow is without doubt one of the best nights to be had on the island so get your closing tickets in advance for this Saturday night!


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Full Length Album "Less Traveled Road" Available everywhere digitally.
It's one thing to record music... but it's another when you record with people who care just as much about your songs as you do. My songs are my story. A part of my life. When it came down to recording I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (The Valley) at Old Bear Studios I felt the care and support in making it the best song we could make possible. Creativity, instrument options and amazing talent are endless at Old Bear Studios. I'm grateful to be a part of the Old Bear family and each person who played a part in making this song come to life. - Ryan Clair
Born and raised in a small mountain community in southern California, Ryan was the first born child to a young mom who did all she could to raise a kid amidst trials, heartache and broken relationships. Though she didn't play, music was something Ryan's mother shared with him at an early age. Music has a way to help escape reality and bring a sense of joy and peace in the moments of pain and uncertainty.
For Ryan the music became a reality, a part of life and an Identity. Picking up a guitar in his early teens and spending much of his life playing in bands. Ryan believes he has finally reached a place where he feels at home. It's music that is rooted and carry's on through generations. A style that all ages can appreciate.
A family man with 5 kids and a beautiful wife, Ryan writes music that tells his story and faith journey as a follower of Jesus Christ. When Ryan is not playing shows you can find him leading worship at The Journey North Church in Baxter Minnesota.


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The second event in the program series of The Speculative Machine at MOAD, Miami Dade College, Freedom Tower. George Yúdice (Professor of critical theory and cultural studies at the University of Miami, and Director of the Miami Observatory on Communication and Creative Industries), Timothy A. Barber (Executive Director og the Black Archives in Overtown, and former member of the City of Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board) and Mariana Boldu (Landscape Architect, Director of Resilience Design at Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, and Board Member of the City of Miami Sea Level Rise Committee) are invited for a panel discussion on how communities in Miami are affected by the interrelated issues of climate, gentrification, and corruption.
The Speculative Machine II: Specters of Climate, Community and Corruption will be held at Freedom Tower, Miami on 28th February 2019 7pm - 9pm.
The Corrupt Show and The Speculative Machine is a two-part SUPERFLEX work. While the installation The Corrupt Show is currently on display for the SUPERFLEX solo presentation: We Are All In The Same Boat, The Speculative Machine is activated through different events.
The Speculative Machine is a event program consisting of workshops, lectures, discussions and other activities based on reflection and debate where experts from different disciplines are invited to participate. There are several core themes including science, economics and arts. The aim is to organize roundtable to generate links to create new projects that transform their immediate contexts, as well as to expose these processes to the public in order to involve and make him a partaker of this monetary speculation mechanism.
Read more about The Speculative Machine II: Specters of Climate, Community and Corruption: http://www.mdcmoad.org/explore/Event.aspx?EventID=94106
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The behavioural relevance of landmark texture for honeybee homing
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2011;5 DOI 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00020
Journal Title: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
ISSN: 1662-5153 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
LCC Subject Category: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Country of publisher: Switzerland
Language of fulltext: English
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Laura eDittmar (Bielefeld University)
Martin eEgelhaaf (Bielefeld University)
Wolfgang eStürzl (Bielefeld University)
Norbert eBoeddeker (Bielefeld University)
Time From Submission to Publication: 14 weeks
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Honeybees visually pinpoint the location of a food source using landmarks. Studies on the role of visual memories have suggested that bees approach the goal by finding a close match between their current view and a memorized view of the goal location. The most relevant landmark features for this matching process seem to be their retinal positions, the size as defined by their edges, and their colour. Recently, we showed that honeybees can use landmarks that are statically camouflaged, suggesting that motion cues are relevant as well. Currently it is unclear how bees weight these different landmark features when accomplishing navigational tasks, and whether this depends on their saliency. Since natural objects are often distinguished by their texture, we investigate the behavioural relevance and the interplay of the spatial configuration and the texture of landmarks. We show that landmark texture is a feature that bees memorise, and being given the opportunity to identify landmarks by their texture improves the bees' navigational performance. Landmark texture is weighted more strongly than landmark configuration when it provides the bees with positional information and when the texture is salient. In the vicinity of the landmark honeybees changed their flight behaviour according to its texture.


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In this episode of Shades of Intimacy, the couple discusses how shame is used as a tool of manipulation. Shame is something that funnels down into a person's core and can place a burden on those that surround them.
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Lumpy Boo
- Jennie opens this episode by discussing the lump in her Boston Terriers nose. Boo had to have surgery to have it cut out of her face. It was a complicated surgery and she is adorable but looks different. She is so ugly she is cute according to Jason. Boo had to come home with the cone of shame around her head to keep her from scratching at her stitches. The whole situation got Jennie thinking about shame.
- Shame is like a funnel that all feedback goes right into your sensory input, your highest sensing organ, everything you see, hear, smell and becomes all consuming. Shame is the lowest vibrational energy that we can experience. The worst thing you can do is hate yourself.
- During the couples 2nd podcast, Jennie shared a story of when her stepdaughter invited her on a field trip. Jennie was so overwhelmed with everything that was going on her life she didn't go. A listener shamed Jennie for not going on that field trip. Sharing feedback is great, Jennie says, but doing it in a way that shames someone, isn't going to work. Jason adds that shame is a form of manipulation and control.
"If your trying to open someone to possibilities using shame won't work ."- Jason
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The Burden of Shame
- Jason shares a story of being on a men's weekend in the mountains and he was not doing well. His energy was affecting the men. He took a walk and he was filled with visions of his wife who had died and his children. He felt shame, as he felt he let his kids down because he couldn't save their mother.
- He poured out his pain to one of the men and suddenly it was literally lifted from him. In his shame, he was burdening his children with it. Jason wants Jennie to be able to let go of the burden of shame that she has been carrying around about the field trip. He wants her to be liberated from it.
- Jennie remembers a time when she pranced into Jason's office in her underwear where he was intensely working. Jason was irritated at her for a brief moment for breaking his focus and she felt shame. She didn't get the response she wanted and her shame turned to anger. He tried to fix it but it was too late. She had put herself out there in very playful, sexy way, and was made to feel that it was inappropriate in the way her body registered it.
- Jason shares that a year into their relationship he saw a pair of red high heels in her closet. One day Jennie surprised him; they were definitely sex shoes. It pleased and delighted him. A month later he asked if she was going to wear them again and she said that it was a terrible idea and she couldn't believe she did that. She turned on herself and shamed herself. He couldn't believe it, he thought it was a delightful surprise.
"Releasing the shame around the action doesn't mean it didn't happen or that it wasn't shitty, but you need that release."- Jennie
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Core Lies
- A Core lie that we are told is that we are not good enough the way that we are. Nature does not gauge itself against each other. That's a human response. There is a stage scale of maturity: Stage One is Dependence. Stage Two is Independence. Stage Three is Interdependence and Stage Four is Integrated. Within that scale when you are only being sexual for just you, Stage One, it can cause harm. So when we are at Stage One, we are in Dependence, meaning infancy.
- We all have well-meaning rules; don't want teens having sex because it leads to teen pregnancy, kids having kids, societal problems that become shameful Instead of dealing with it in an uplifting, loving way, we tell them it is just wrong. We are fucking lazy, by just shaming people to shut the fuck up and behave. If we just took the time and effort instead of shaming, things would look different.
- It's like twisting someone's arm until they yell uncle. It happens so often in relationships, especially in sex. Your partner will shame you into having sex, pouting until they get what they want. Shame is an effective tool if that's what you're looking for. But outside of that, it has caused so much destruction and collapses. You want to be with someone who is authentic. That can't be done until your honest and stop shaming.
- Shame becomes an internally focused cannibalism, so much pain that you start to chew yourself up. You're not good enough, you hate yourself, you can't even feel anyone; You become that cone of shame. Any love that comes to you filters through this lens that you're not good enough and becomes immune to hearing any good things
"It's what we do to each other, part of the fabric of who we are. If you have a need, ask for it. Don't manipulate and shame to get it."- Jason
Closing Thoughts
- Jason closes with a call to action. It is to become aware, really look at your process and why you do things. Do you feel manipulated? Are you manipulating someone else? If you are you almost certainly are dealing in the shame realm. The next level is, you need to deal with your own pits of shame. There's a systematic sedation of men and women in America. Men are being shamed for being too masculine and women are being shamed for being too feminine. Being shamed for showing vulnerability, which is our greatest strength.
- The ultimate end of shame is getting kicked out of the tribe. And through our evolutionary history, if you got kicked out of the tribe you were isolated, alone. So when people shame you and you feel frozen it's because you feel like your going to fucking die. Which is why it's such a powerful weapon.


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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare releases second season of content
Gregory Sutton, Contributor
February 12, 2020
On the morning of February 11, Call of Duty players received the Season Two update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The newest update to the game came with a new cinematic trailer for players, hinting at a few new things that either were waiting for them or at future concepts. Players saw the return...
NHL '19 tournament showcases skills of Business Of Esports class
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April 26, 2019
Read how the Bussiness of Esports class applied their course work to a real world tournament!
Colonial Esports Club players share thoughts on Fusion Arena
Scott Mcdanel, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
April 4, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP - Comcast Spectacor and The Cordish Companies have announced the plans for their newest project, Fusion Arena. The first purpose-built arena for esports, it is one of many changes coming to the Philadelphia Sports Complex. Fusion Arena will act as a home stadium for Philadelphia Fusion...
Nintendo's Nindies Showcase Recap (3/20)
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March 21, 2019
The March 19 stream featured a variety of games from independent developers. Read about it here!
Inside Xbox Recap (3/12)
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March 13, 2019
Xbox Game Studios hosted Season 2 Episode 2 of their "Inside Xbox" series today, highlighting new games, updates and other projects that they have been working on. A new controller color, "Phantom White," was revealed. The controller will be released on April 2. "Halo: The Master Chief Collection...
Pokemon Direct (2/27) Recap
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February 27, 2019
Nintendo hosted a seven minute long Pokémon Direct today, which focused on the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch mainline iteration of the series. Highlights as well as the full live stream will be down below. "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield" were announced as the off...
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February 22, 2019
Reggie Fils-Aimé has announced his retirement from Nintendo of America on February 21, 2019. Addressing fans through the Nintendo of America page on Twitter, he announced that he will step down from the position at age 57. Fils-Amié had worked at Nintendo for 15 years, and served as Chief Operations...
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February 19, 2019
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February 5, 2019
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January 24, 2019
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Urban Fairways began with a one-off event with golfers Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood as guests back in 2007 in a Club St shophouse. After 15 years working in financial markets, founder Dilip Ghosh had become hooked on golf. 11 years on, Urban Fairways now occupies 2,500 feet space in the iconic Capital Tower in Singapore's downtown CBD. It's now a busy indoor golf club with regular members, a cafe and a fantastic 19th hole for busy office executives to meet and relax. The driving force was a passion for hospitality and golf.
The unique proposition is golf, and around that, there is a casual luxury which starts at the front door. It then permeates into a great ambience when you cross the threshold. Welcomed by a smiling hostess, the distinct smell of coffee or cinnamon, and cool music creates an exclusive oasis by day and then transforms the club into a buzzing venue at night with great products & excellent service.
With partners such as COBRA PUMA and Callaway, and a full time golf coach, it's a golf focussed venue with an outstanding cafe and bar offering.
Now, the vision is for Urban Fairways to be located in some of the world's most vibrant cities. An upmarket collection of indoor golf clubs, which provide a haven for like minded people to meet, relax and have fun while building lifelong relationships. Staff are handpicked and are all honest, caring, passionate, hardworking and multinational.


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While taking my coffee into the garden on a sunny if cool May morning, and listening to the birdsong, it occurred to me that one bird I was not hearing was the cuckoo. The sound of the year's first cuckoo used to be the subject of competitive letters in the national newspapers, though none that I could remember recently.
Many Royal Society correspondents took a great interest in such features of the natural world – for example, William Cole, who wrote to Robert Southwell in 1693 about a cuckoo's egg in a sparrow's nest. In November 1738, a letter from a Mr Cox describes his observations of cuckoos, discussing their characteristic marks and stating that 'They sleep all the winter, and in summer, feed upon insects young birds and eggs.' Cox refers to earlier reports by the naturalist John Ray, who had described cuckoos as 'very indolent … and will not make their own nests, nor hatch their young'; Cox proceeds to observe that 'the species is preserved because they suck wagtails eggs. And lay their own in the same place, so that the wagtail considers them its own and feeds them … when they are arrived to their full degree of magnitude, they eat up the old wagtails, and fly away'.
I love this assertion by Mr Cox – with no proof provided – that these are facts, because he has seen cuckoos in a cage fed by a wagtail, and that the servants of a local landowner would seek them, and always found them 'in wagtails nests and nowhere else'. Cox's account was considered interesting enough to be worth recording in the Register Book in 1738, but it does not appear to have been published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions.
The major article on cuckoos was written by Edward Jenner, who is better known for his researches into vaccination and smallpox than for natural history. Jenner was a pupil of the surgeon John Hunter, who encouraged Jenner to produce an article, 'Observations on the natural history of the Cuckoo', which was read to the Society on 13 March 1788. This was a much more scientific article, based on proper observations and referring also to those of another Fellow, Daines Barrington, the barrister, antiquarian and natural historian.
Jenner describes the first appearance of the cuckoo in Gloucestershire on 17 April, and notes how its song is well known, though that of the female 'is most peculiar' and resembles the call of a 'dab chick'. He lists its habits, and the many small birds' nests into which the cuckoo puts its eggs, including the hedge sparrow, the 'water wagtail', the yellowhammer and the whinchat. Jenner's observations run to 41 handwritten pages, and were considered of sufficient quality to be published in the Philosophical Transactions.
The peculiarities of the cuckoo have always fascinated researchers, none more so recently than Nicholas Davies FRS, who was interviewed on Radio 4 on his current extensive research on how parasitism by cuckoos and rejection behaviour by hosts co-evolve. He is our Croonian Lecturer, and will be presenting his research findings at the Royal Society on 14 May.


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We tried all kinds of meat right? Well, have you ever seen meat that is cooked with fat yet it isn't greasy?
You can find all sorts of cooking techniques but this is actually very surprising and we wish we knew the secret.
It takes years of practice to learn several useful tricks in the kitchen.
If you have a good cooking teacher, you could learn tricks faster.
However, recipes that are taught and handed down are equally amazing.
It might not be the usual cooking techniques that you see in culinary classes but they are quite amazing.
Every good dish starts with the proper use of spices.
We just can't imagine food without the basic salt and pepper.
As you can see, they added a lot of spices other than salt and pepper.
Of course, you need to thoroughly mix the spices in order to get a good seasoning.
After mixing the seasoning, it is slowly applied to the pork.
We can clearly see the seasoning thoroughly mixed together with the pork.
We're going to assume that it is going to be marinated for quite a while.
Since the area seems to be in the countryside, there doesn't seem to be any convenient refrigerators.
The cook or chef is most likely going to use a traditional way of marinating the meat while making sure it doesn't spoil.
If you think about it, there's some history, culture and tradition in the cooking process which is really fascinating.
It would seem that the fats play a huge role in the cooking process.
Although we usually throw away the fats, we do admit that the fats have several uses in cooking.
We're not really cooking experts but we guess that the fats are used to enhance the flavor of the meat.
Of course, it is also possible the fats as a replacement for oil which is also possible.
If you're wondering what those white things are, these white pigments are actually fats that have been hardened.
We did mention that fats have several uses and this is probably one of them.
The fats are used as natural preservatives. After all, they have to somehow make sure that the meat doesn't decompose as it marinates.
These traditional recipes and techniques are amazing. We can really learn a lot just by watching the cooking process.
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Genetic risk factors for sclerotic graft-versus-host disease.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Source:Blood, Volume 128, Issue 11, p.1516-1524 (2016)
Sclerotic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a distinctive phenotype of chronic GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation, characterized by fibrosis of skin or fascia. Sclerotic GVHD has clinical and histopathological similarities with systemic sclerosis, an autoimmune disease whose risk is influenced by genetic polymorphisms. We examined 13 candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have well-documented association with systemic sclerosis to determine whether these SNPs are also associated with the risk of sclerotic GVHD. The study cohort included 847 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with chronic GVHD. Genotyping was performed using microarrays, followed by imputation of unobserved SNPs. The donor rs10516487 (BANK1: B-cell scaffold protein with ankyrin repeats 1) TT genotype was associated with lower risk of sclerotic GVHD (hazard ratio [HR], 0.43; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.21-0.87; P=0.02). Donor and recipient rs2056626 (CD247: T-cell receptor zeta subunit) GG or GT genotypes were associated with higher risk of sclerotic GVHD (HR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.13-2.18; P=0.007, and 1.66; 95% CI, 1.19-2.32; P=0.003, respectively). Donor and recipient rs987870 (5'-flanking region of HLA-DPA1) CC genotypes were associated with higher risk of sclerotic GVHD (HR, 2.50; 95% CI, 1.22-5.11; P=0.01, and 2.13; 95% CI, 1.00-4.54; P=0.05, respectively). In further analyses, the recipient DPA1*01:03~DPB1*04:01 haplotype and certain amino acid substitutions in the recipient P1 peptide-binding pocket of the HLA-DP heterodimer were associated with risk of sclerotic GVHD. Genetic components associated with systemic sclerosis are also associated with sclerotic GVHD. HLA-DP-mediated antigen presentation, T-cell response and B-cell activation have important roles in the pathogenic mechanisms of both diseases.
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GRINNELL, Iowa--God brought out the sunshine for the Les Duke Invitational in Grinnell on Saturday. Since the course was modified to stay on high ground, avoiding the low, wet areas, it ended up being a good running surface for most of the route. To help keep the course from getting muddy, the runners weren't allowed on the course until race time.
Everyone ran exceptionally well, with three additional team members meeting the qualifying mark to earn the privilege of competing in the NCCAA National Cross Country Meet in November! Katlyn Holaday qualified for Nationals last week, and improved her 5K time this week by over a minute, pacing all Eagles runners with a time of 21:36. Chelsea Ratliff was next for the Lady Eagles, with a 5K time of 23:05, improving nearly two full minutes from last week, which was good enough to qualify her for Nationals. Taylor England also beat the qualifying mark of 24:30 with her 5K time of 23:45, which was more than a minute faster than last week. And, while Emily Jo Taylor didn't reach the qualifying mark this week, she improved her 5K time to 25:52, almost 2 minutes faster than last week.
Ryan Hughes ran a great race for the men, completing his first 8K race with a time of 31:39, which was significantly under the national qualifying time of 34 minutes for the men's race.
"Everyone pushed themselves to do their best, giving God the glory, praising Him for the joy of running in the beautiful setting that He created," said Coach Ryan Long. "Please pray with us that our home course around the Faith campus will dry out for next Saturday. We would love to have lots of fan support, so please plan to come join us at 9:30 Saturday morning for the Women's 5K and stay for the Men's 8K race at 10:30!"


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Docker Swarm Tutorial
I am going to go for Learning and hopefully implementing Docker Swarm for my Charming Clients.
When I was introduced Swarm / ECS / Kubernetes, etc I giggled at the concept of needing hundreds or thousands of VMs. Now I understand that the clients needing such services are more charming than spammers.
The link below is to a tutorial on Github.
Source: labs/README.md at master · docker/labs
Wish me luck!


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Bruce County has significant energy assets on which it continues to build. With a base of nuclear power and solar energy, Bruce County is leading the way in Ontario's energy sector. There are many local opportunities to service this vital sector. The sector's main employer is Bruce Power in Tiverton, Ontario. Walkerton is the home of another major energy sector employer - Westario Power, located in the East Ridge Business Park.
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Joey is a fully Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) who has worked in a leading Irish retail bank for over 4 years before joining First Choice in 2018. He is an expert in Mortgages.
His years of experience working in a fast-paced retail bank has given him the knowledge and understanding about the mortgage process from all sides. During his time working in the bank he completed accelerated leadership programmes and wrote mortgage training manuals for new staff throughout the company. He knows exactly what the banks are looking for and can help his clients make their applications perfect.
As a mortgage advisor he likes to keep things as simple as possible. He knows that it's not a black or white process and that no two mortgages are the same. As such he doesn't treat each application in the same way. Although sometimes there can be some hiccups along the way, he is there throughout the application with you. Why not find out for yourself and get in touch with him today:
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A Passion For Horror
So You've Downloaded a Demon (2007)
Directed by Todd Livingston
don't think anyone who has seen it would ever consider So You've Downloaded a Demon
to be a serious horror movie. It is very entertaining to watch, but is
so lighthearted that even the most timid of viewers should be able to
watch it all by their lonesome and without the lights on. To be honest
I had to think twice about even reviewing it, but with a title like So You've Downloaded a Demon,
it seems likely that many horror fans may rent or buy the DVD without
realising exactly what to expect. With this in mind, I
decided to write a review anyway in the hopes that people who are
looking for information about the movie might find my review and be
able to make a more informed choice of whether or not this one is
likely to be to their taste.
The main characters in the movie are four college
students: Miranda, Cat, Dave, and Brian. As well as being students,
goth chicks Miranda and Cat, are also wicken witches. Dave and Brian,
on the other hand, are more straight laced. In fact, Dave is running
for student president, but Brian is the main driving force behind the
campaign. Dave has other things on his mind—he is far more interested
in making a good impression on Miranda that he is in impressing
potential voters.
All good questions, but if you want to find out the
answer you will have to watch the movie because I am not giving away
any spoilers.
On a final note I should probably mention that Actress Xenia Seeberg turns up in a few of the scenes. Seeberg is pretty well known because she played love slave, Xev in Lexx (TV series), the marketing gurus have played up her involvement in So You've Downloaded a Demon. Her name is used as a selling point on the DVD cover, and Amazon's listings show her name in instead of the names of the four mains stars of the movie, but her total time on screen is probably less than ten minutes. That's marketing for you though, and this is the end of my review. So You've Downloaded a Demon is available to buy or rent on DVD, and some sites offer streaming options, but Blu-ray copies were not available at the time of this review.


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Located in Historic Downtown Owatonna, Foremost Brewing Cooperative has set out to accomplish two things: brew really good beer, and continue the revitalization of our downtown community.
We are a community of beer lovers.
What is a brewing cooperative?
Do I have to be a member to eat/drink at Foremost?
Who owns Foremost Brewing Cooperative?
Who is on the board of directors?
Can I read your business plan?
What is a brewing cooperative?
Foremost Brewing is a cooperative association organized under Chapter 308B of Minnesota Statutes. It is formed for the benefit of its members and based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. Its members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, ecological responsibility, and caring for others. You can read the 7 Principles of Cooperatives here.
Basically, we are a group of cool people who love beer, good food and Owatonna. We want a cool place to hang out with other cool people and we are all willing to chip in a few bucks to make it happen.
Do I have to be a member to eat or drink at Foremost?
You do not have to be a member to enjoy dinner or beer at Foremost. Nor do you have to be a member to buy a growler. Everyone is welcome! However, membership does have its benefits--like free beer!
How do I become a member?
Check out our membership page to learn more about memberships.
Who owns Foremost Brewing Cooperative?
The short answer: The members do!
The long answer: Traditional businesses concentrate the power of ownership in a single individual or a small group of partners. This idea is turned completely on its head with the cooperative model, where every member is part owner. Cooperative member owners share equally in control of the organization. They meet regularly to analyze operations reports and elect members from among themselves to a board that hires administrators to tend to day-to-day operations. Read the 7 Cooperative Principles here.
It would be hasty to equate cooperative members directly to shareholders in a traditional company. A single person can seize control of a stock-issuing company by buying a majority of shares, thus gaining superior voting power. With a cooperative, no member can buy or control the share of another. Each member has equal voting power and decisions must be made in conjunction with the wishes of the majority. Power truly rests in the hands of lowest common denominator -- the customer.
Source: Differences Between Cooperatives & Traditional Businesses by Derek Dowell, downloaded from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/differences-between-cooperatives-traditional-businesses-23270.html 4/26/17
Who is on the board of directors and what do they do?
Board members are the fiduciaries who steer the organization toward a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies.
In March 2020 Foremost members elected their first official board of directors.
Board member bios can be found on the Board of Directors page.
When will Foremost be open?
We are excited about Foremost and can't wait until the day we open our doors! People often ask us why it is taking so long for us to get the business up and running. We want to make sure we are doing everything right so that when you invest your money you know you will be getting something good in return.
It took a year and half to get to our MNVest launch. During that time we elected an interim board of directors, secured a building and building investors, written a business plan, dealt with a legal challenge to our old name (Steele Tap), hired an architect, organized our MNVest crowdfunding launch--and so much more! In March 2020 we elected our first official board of directors and in May we began renovations on our building. We plan to open fall 2020.
Can I read your business plan?
Absolutely! We are very proud of our business plan. In it you will find more important information such as financial projections, organizational structure, target market analysis, our competitive advantage and other exciting things.


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So far this year, three humpback whales have been freed from entanglement in shark nets in the inshore waters along Queensland's Gold Coast. And the annual whale migration is still far from over.
The first for the season was on 1 September, followed by another, badly entangled adult less than four weeks later.
The latest was a young six metre humpback, caught in a net off Kirra on 3 October.
A specially trained and equipped team from the Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol and Seaworld took almost three hours to release the animal. Another mature whale was observed nearby during the incident.
At least one of the nets that trapped a whale this season had acoustic 'pingers' attached - devices that emit a repetitive noise intended to alert whales and other non-target species to the presence of nets. Clearly, these do not always work. It is even possible that such devices might attract inquisitive cetaceans.
A number of other strategies have been adopted to try to reduce the number of whales and other marine creatures being caught in shark nets, including replacing some nets with drum-lines - large baited hooks suspended from floats and designed to target large sharks. Unfortunately, these too have been known to snare non-target species such as dolphins and turtles.
There have also been changes to net design, a network of volunteer look-out teams in high-rise buildings overlooking shark-netted beaches, and emergency response teams to deal promptly with entanglements. However, whales, dolphins, turtles, rays and other creatures continue to become trapped and many of these die as a result.
It is unlikely that we will ever devise a shark killing method that is 'safe' for all other marine life. But the issue is broader than that. Perhaps we, as a modern, well informed and environmentally aware society should reconsider our support for such a program - one that is designed to kill sharks simply because our chosen playground happens to overlap with their natural habitat.


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RapidCompute, Pakistan's largest local cloud service provider, and Cloudflare, the leading Internet performance and security company, have signed an enterprise partnership agreement to provide Cloudflare's next-generation performance and security solutions to customers in the local market. The alliance comes at a critical time when the Pakistani market is still reeling from the latest series of cyber-attacks that targeted banks and cost millions of dollars.
The agreement includes all the leading web performance and security tools that Cloudflare excels at, including DDoS protection, WAF, DNS management, CDN and many more.
RapidCompute has been providing cutting-edge services to hundreds of its customers since its inception in 2011. The PCI-DSS and ISO Certified cloud provider plays host to a large number of banks, financial sector organizations and critical public and private sector institutions for whom digital security is of utmost importance.
Mr. Imran Khan, MD RapidCompute, spoke about the strategic partnership: "Organizations need a cloud and security plan that deliver high levels of protection without compromising on performance or speed. By partnering with Cloudflare, RapidCompute is providing a one-stop solution for security capabilities designed to protect web content and applications on the cloud."
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There is definitely more optimism around in the Spanish property market in 2019. And that's also true in the Costa Blanca region. However, it may be too soon to be totally confident that everything is going in the right direction. There is still a possibility that economic and political issues could make the market change course. Firstly, the independence issue in Cataluña is on-going, as is Brexit. Secondly, if the economy slows there it may spill over and negatively affect national growth. Nevertheless, the statistics are looking good. According to 2018 figures property prices rose an average 6.49% in the period. In addition, transaction numbers were up 9.7% nationally with the overseas market registering another all-time record. In 2018, 103,673 foreigners bought in Spain. Of these almost one in three (29.14%), chose the Costa Blanca region. Click on the map to enlarge it for more detail.
These figures are undoubtedly positive. However, the property market was in a deep hole for the last decade and there's a way to go. So far, Palma de Mallorca is the only location in Spain where prices have exceeded pre-recession levels. Elsewhere, in many places prices are still anything between 15% and 25% below pre-crisis highs. Even better, the Costa Blanca region is still 25%-30% below peak levels.
Two Property Markets
However, in our opinion, property buyers from overseas shouldn't focus too much on national price trends. This is because Spain has two property markets and they operate completely independently of each other. And even within the two markets there are further divisions between prime and secondary locations. While prices are growing in the prime areas they remain stagnant in the secondary ones. Average prices tell buyers much more about the domestic market. But 65% of all property purchases take place in just four regions. Unsurprisingly, one of those is Madrid while the rest are where the majority of foreign buyers head for. One of those regions is the Costa Blanca.
The Costa Blanca
The Costa Blanca is the 200 kilometre stretch on Spain's eastern Mediterranean coast. Alicante is the provincial capital and Javea and Denia are the prime locations for overseas buyers. However, the Costa Blanca is also more loosely used to describe everything between Cataluña and Andalucía. Specifically, the provinces of Valencia, Castellón, which make up the Comunidad Valenciana, and Murcia. It's true there are high-rise resorts on this coastline but there are also some of Spain's most stunning beaches. These range from unspoilt white sand beaches to small, rocky coves. Valencia is one of Spain's most beautiful and historic cities.
Taken as a whole, there are more foreign buyers in this region than anywhere else in Spain. The notarial returns for 2018 showed a total of 35,295 purchases made by buyers from overseas in the region's four provinces. This means that 34% of all international buyers in Spain bought in this region. However, this reports focuses on the Alicante region as it is the most active, at least in respect of overseas buyers. As a result, it is an excellent example of what is happening in the different sectors of the property market. It clearly shows why we maintain that the overseas and domestic markets operate to different rhythms.
A Market of Two Halves
Alicante, along with the rest of Spain, has endured the worst economic crisis in Spain's recent history. It's true the unemployment rate is falling but at 16.4% it's still the second worst rate in the E.U. Only in Greece is it worse. And in spite of the improvement the under 35 age group is still suffering disproportionally. In this age group the average rate of unemployment is 38.2%. But we must remember that averages mask regional variations and it's still above 50% in places. The grim reality is that at the end of 2018 five of the ten worst unemployment black spots in the EU were in Spain. (Source: Eurostat) As a consequence, purchasing power remains low in the domestic economy.
Population has decreased in this region because of emigration. In part this is due to other nationals returning to their countries. But Spaniards are still being forced to look for a job abroad. And the bad news is that those Spaniards are the most skilled and best educated. Statistics like these help explain why the domestic property market is still much weaker than the international one.
On the other hand, the overseas property sector experienced continued growth during 2018 on the Costa Blanca. Attracted by the Mediterranean climate and wonderful beaches, overseas buyers are drawn by prices at levels last seen back in 2002. The importance of foreign buyers to the Alicante market is clear from the 2018 statistics. A total of 21,023 overseas buyers purchased property in Alicante province, that's about 65% of all foreign buyers in Valencia and Castellón combined. And while across Spain international buyers accounted for approximately 18.2% market share they make up nearly half the total market in Alicante, 21,023 foreigners compared with 22,717 Spanish residents.
These statistics beg the question: why so many foreign buyers. One answer has to be affordability. We believe the most reliable way to compare prices in different locations and regions in Spain is to look at the price per square metre. With asking prices all over the place this is a much better way to check if you are paying the right price for current market conditions. Across the region foreigners paid an average €1,331 per square metre in 2018, the lowest of all the Mediterranean locations popular with overseas buyers. Compared with the €2,887 average per square metre in the Balearics and €1,705 in Andalucía the Costa Blanca is still affordable for most buyers.
Costa Blanca 2019 – Conclusions
My conclusions are similar to last year's since the factors affecting the property market on Spain's eastern coasts are unchanged. Or changing only very slowly. As regards the domestic market I believe it is going to remain flat or even fall for two reasons. Firstly, unemployment remains around 15% of the active population. A recent report suggested it take an average of six years for a young person to find a job. There are signs of improvement but many new jobs are on temporary or part-time contracts. In addition, there's been a big increase in the number of self-employed. And inevitably, many jobs are seasonal in an area with a large tourist economy, such as the Costa Blanca.
Secondly, although the banks are making encouraging noises that might lead one to think the mortgage drought is over, that's all they are really, encouraging noises. A buyer will need a large deposit as bank valuations remain low relative to the price agreed. In addition, banks are are scrutinising the status of buyers as never before. So, while offers of 80% LTV give buyers hope, the subsequent low valuation often means they have insufficient funds. And the recession and housing crisis seems to have changed attitudes to home ownership in Spain. Many now see renting as an alternative, particularly among young families.
Affordability is key
Nevertheless, the Costa Blanca remains a top location, one of the most affordable on the Mediterranean coast. Indeed, compared with other regions it remains very competitive. Bear in mind that the average price for a second hand property is €119,000 and €224,000 for new constructions. But prices like these are not going to remain for much longer, certainly not in the prime areas that most overseas buyers head for.
This report will be updated throughout 2019 as new data becomes available so do check back for the lastest information. Or you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page. For our report about the Spanish Property Market in general click here. And read our blog which focuses on 10 of the best Costa Blanca Beaches.
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