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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Cloud Enablers
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Chatter is a new way for people to communicate in the company. It is considered Salesforce.com's collaboration cloud. It allows an individual the opportunity to follow anyone in the company on any project. Everything is in one place, Chatter has the same collaboration features on Facebook or Twitter combined with the sharing and security rules of Salesforce. One of the coolest things about Chatter is the filters, you can follow just your team or you can follow your largest account, it is your call. Twitter is also integrated into this tool, when relevant accounts or topics get mentioned on Twitter it goes into the Chatter feed. Preview and comment on a newly posted project plan directly in the feed. It also allows you to follow back end applications such as HR. Custom apps that are developed on the force.com platform will update automatically to a live feed that filters into Chatter. You can follow everything that goes on inside of the company making sure no one is left out of the loop. With the force.com platform, you can track any data you want, such as orders, discounts, references, competitors... anything. This CRM app reflects your business in a real time feed which, allows developers using force.com to build a social app with just a few mouse clicks. Of course Chatter works with your iPhone and Blacberry. Real time insights that lead to better decisions that is what Chatter stands for!!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Interview with David Skyberg
On 3-30-2010 I talked with David Skyberg an alum of the CSIX Cloud Computing SIG. He is a technical product manager for Ping Identity. His job is to seek out what the market needs and where the market is going. He then delivers his ideas to the engineers that create the product for Ping Identity customers. Ping Idenity has over 125 SaaS customers and Federated Identity is his business. Federated Identity, in a non technical description, allows you to make a reservation for a flight and that same check in (Identity scan) would allow you to make a reservation for a hotel, allowing you to surf the internet with one ID scan. What Dave loves most about the position Ping Identity has in the Cloud is that it makes it viable and accessible. He mentioned to look out for SAML claims based integration of authorization and authentication of Federated Identity. He also mentioned claims based authentication by Microsoft leveraging WCF and WIF smart clients Integration with AZURE. One thing he expects to change is the adoption or migration away from OPENID. A big thanks to David Skyberg for making room in his busy schedule to participate in a short interview, CSIX Cloud Computing SIG wishes him the best at Ping Identity.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Cloud as Disruptive Technology
Friday, March 12, 2010
A Snapshot of the Internet Marketing Industry
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Marketing and the Cloud – II Using Social Media
Using social media as a marketing tool is growing rapidly in virtually all segments of the market today. Marketing teams dream of coming up with a strategy to engage large numbers of potential customers with compelling messaging – the YouTube video that "goes viral"; the Twitter superstar who attracts an instant following; or a Facebook page that creates "fan-demonium". If you are looking for the magic formula here, please move on to the next post. However, I do think that there are three principles that are emerging, that, not surprisingly, echo some of the key learning from internet marketing, and even from good old-fashioned direct marketing, and that make success more likely.
First, let's be clear. Social media marketing is not "free", nor is it "easy". The basic tenets of marketing still apply. Know your audience. Know what you want to say to them. Know what you want your audience to do next. And know what you want to do next. That said, here are three things to consider.
1) Content is king. What you say is important. If what you say is important to your audience, they will follow along. If it looks like a commercial, they will skip it. So, it is critical to create interesting, relevant, and timely content. The goal is to get potential customers to hear your message.
2) Follow-through is the name of the game. Most marketing teams know what to do with someone who responds to an ad, offer, or invitation. Social media contacts are no less important. Deciding how to reinforce the messages that attract fans and followers is one thing. But keeping the interest of the fans and followers is a time-intensive and thought-intensive process. Let them drift away at your peril.
3) Fans and followers don't just happen. And, they are not permanent. From a business perspective, they follow because there's something of value for them. Attracting them takes time, as does finding the right content to keep them around. Once you start the process, the worst thing you can do is let it get stale.As always, comments are welcome, encouraged, solicited, and hoped for.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Shedding Light on the Cloud Phenomenon
Cloud Computing in its various forms like Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) can reduce costs normally associated with setting up a company's technology infrastructure base. The key area the business executives immediately draw attention too is the reduction or elimination of IT personnel and the associated savings saved by not investing in servers.
It is true, putting key services in the cloud can have an impact on head count but you will pay subscription fees for every service you sign up for. We'll come back to subscription fees shortly. An area most companies forget to address as they move more services to the cloud or bring on additional staff is in the actual technology infrastructure needed to get everyone out to the cloud provider(s)! That's right, we're talking bandwidth, switching and routing. Go cheap on equipment and bandwidth you choke productivity and create problems you hadn't expected.
Back to the cost savings by reducing headcount, licenses are less expensive than personnel but there is a breakeven point and it's not the typical support person salary vs. licensed seats. The breakeven point will occur when your business needs to make a change and the current subscription/Service Level Agreement does not cover changes you want/need to make to your business. This becomes very evident when you have several different SaaS applications from different venders and you need to move data and/or expand a key application or add something else to your cloud infrastructure.
Cloud based computing can save dollars via headcount but has associated costs to purchase, maintain, expand and change and access. Understand that the cloud computing arena is still very young and still changing. In my opinion the market has not seen major fallout from merger and acquisition and the usual consolidation that has traditionally occurred in the technology sector.
So what does all this cloud stuff mean to the business owner or CEO? It means you can reduce or eliminate headcount but you will still have operational expenses that will need to be adjusted over time. The cloud is a good thing but seek out an expert if you don't have one on site to help you navigate through the fiction so you don't get rained on under your cloud.
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Event Distance(s) 13.1 Trail Race
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The best coffee shops in South West London
Anyone who knows me will know I do like a GOOD cup of coffee. Emphasis on the 'good' there. I admit I am a coffee snob. I don't drink instant coffee and I don't have more than one coffee a day (usually) and sometimes I don't even have that one cup, believe it or not.
However the most disappointing thing is paying £3 or more for a coffee and it basically tastes like hot water and milk. Yuck. It's come to a point that I'd rather not have coffee than have a dud one. I know, I sound so pretentious. My dream job is actually going from cafe to cafe and tasting the coffee and cakes, it might happen one day! I'm no coffee connoisseur but I know a quality cup of coffee from a rubbish one and I did write this article about coffee once.
I also got an education on coffee from my trip to Coffee Island in Leicester Square, so I know a little!
Anyway I decided to make a list of my favourite coffee shops in South West London where I will go for that special cup and perhaps to do a bit of work or ultimately to catch up with a friend. Sadly I've not been to every coffee shop in South West London or Surrey so if you have any recommendations then please leave a comment below! Drink of choice: Flat white with non-dairy milk (because you know, issues).
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Beanberry — Kingston-Upon-Thames
Relatively new to to Kingston, Beanberry is a coffee lovers paradise. The menu is complicated, I'm not going to lie, even I was a tad confused. They have many different blends, organic coffee, chemex or V60, the focus being on fresh coffee that is bagged within 24 hours of roasting from their roastery in Woking. I went for a simple flat white and loved it. They have a small range of cakes including gluten-free. I had my coffee accompanied by a bakewell style almond cake, it was heaven! I could go here every day.
Artisan — East Sheen
My love affair with coffee started in Artisan. It was a moment where I thought, wow, how did I not know coffee could taste THIS good? Thick and creamy, the piccolo I had was beautiful. I haven't been here for a while but currently trying to find an excuse to go to East Sheen.
My Local Hero — Kingston-Upon-Thames
Another Kingston favourite, My Local Hero was probably one of the first independent coffee shops I'd been to that served non-dairy milk. I absolutely love their decor and menu which is based around rustic, mostly vegetarian, healthy organic food. It's a great little place for lunch and is always busy! The coffee is really yummy and the staff really care about what they do which is an added bonus.
Harris & Hoole — Tesco, New Malden
Yes it's an artisan coffee shop inside Tesco! Not the best location but on the flip side, three hours free parking? Again I wouldn't expect brilliant coffee but these guys are so good at what they do. Originally opened as an independent with Tesco investing in the business, Harris & Hoole have that hipster vibe going on with a chalkboard, free lemon water and comfy sofas making it feel like an independent coffee shop. (It's now partly owned by Caffe Nero). But their coffee is worth it. They also do really good mocha and iced coffee with an array of dairy free options. They have lots of branches scattered around London, and in South West London in Fulham, Twickenham, Sunbury, Guildford and Weybridge.
Tazza — Sutton
Tazza is an unassuming independent coffee shop, again with great customer service. It's focus is responsibly sourced and ethical coffee alongside serving the local community. The menu is not complicated and I recommend their flat white with oat milk, you will not regret it. They also have a loyalty card..so yay!
Gloria Jeans Coffee — Sutton
Gloria Jeans Coffee just opened recently in Sutton High Street. I went in with my daughters for lunch not expecting great coffee. The flat-white was rich and strong, the sandwiches delicious, and plus point that they serve lactofree milk as well as the usual soya, coconut etc. Gloria Jeans Coffee is an Australian chain that I only saw in Karachi so I was pretty excited to see it in Sutton. Apparently this is the only branch in England so if you're in the area do check it out. Best thing is that they use halal meats in their sandwiches. I recommend the brie, onion and turkey ham toastie. In a high street that is flooded with the usual high street coffee chains, this is a welcome addition.
Wafflemeister — Kingston-Upon–Thames
If you can go to Wafflemeister and just have coffee then you have the willpower of a Jedi Knight, I've done it twice before and it was not easy. But their coffee is on par and really worth going in for. It makes it so much better watching your kids eat delicious waffles when your coffee hits the spot. They also do amazing milkshakes as pictured above! I prefer the coffee in this branch than the Wimbledon one.
Gails — Wimbledon Village
Oh yes, Gails is famous for their delicious baked goods and that totally out of this world chocolate cake but their coffee is worth shouting about. They have many branches around London, including one in Barnes but this is the nearest to me. Now obviously Wimbledon Village has lots of cafes and I admit I've not been to every single one but Gails is a sure thing!
Cake & Bingsoo — New Malden
This Korean cafe is absolutely charming with cute pretty furniture and lighting. Cake & Bingsoo use traditional English crockery yet serving up great coffee as well as tea (not interested in the tea!) along with Bingsoo — a Korean ice cream dessert. I'm not a huge fan of bingsoo but most people love it! Bingsoo Cafe is weird and wacky and unsurprisingly in New Malden where there is a 15,000 strong Korean community, so they know what they're talking about. They also do a buffet breakfast here which I've yet to try.
Where do you go, for your favourite cup of coffee?
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Awesome coffee. Awesome pics
Brilliant and so easy. Very tasty too
Thanks for the post, Sharmeen. I had no idea that Gloria Jeans is Australian. And I'm Australian! The coffees all look delicious, but… that Wafflemeister Freak Shake is something else. Looks amazing!
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The biggest and most powerful Targa to date – the T46 is the pinnacle of offshore motorboating and a lasting tribute to boatmaking excellence, with each and every detail speaking to the heart of true seafarers, young and old.
Launched in 2017, the Targa 46 continues the celebrated journey of the Targa 42 and 44. Not only is the T46 bigger than its sister boats, it also features a higher deck that takes lower-deck comfort to a new height. Thanks to a larger engine room, the 46 can even be equipped with twin Volvo Penta D8-IPS800s for breath-taking performance.
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Famous couples having sex with each other, a young actress touching her breasts, and most recently, a veteran singer masturbating on a video call. In less than a month, these video 'scandals' have made their rounds in social media, with Filipinos becoming more and more ruthless in their judgments of those involved.
But, is there really something wrong with lovers having a ball in the bedroom, a young woman exploring her body, and an elderly engaging in what seemed like an act of self gratification? Nothing. Though a lot of people may deem these acts as inappropriate, they're actually not. They're normal expressions of our sexual selves which should be celebrated, not condemned.
The problem with us Filipinos is that we're too quick to judge. We thrive in seeing others make mistakes – especially those who we see have better lives than we do, such as celebrities. Add that to the belief that sex is dirty and immoral, and voila, we have the perfect recipe for persecution. We like throwing stones at people whom we think are better than us, hoping that they would fall down to the ground and be like us. Yes, we're that inggetera by nature.
The real perpetrators here are not those who were filmed enjoying sex, but those who leaked them and violated the privacy of these celebrities. And we, as spectators, watchers, and sharers of the videos are accessories to the crime. Through watching these videos and making them viral and trending, we are violating another person's most private and intimate possession. Not only that, we don't realize it, but in the act of watching these videos, we become voyeurs. Mamboboso. And we like it. Filipinos are the number one porn watchers after all. So it's not surprising that if a local celebrity is seen having sex on video, we watch it, we talk about it, we persecute, we make a big deal out of it. Not only are we natural inggeteras, we're also natural mambobosos. Think about it.
So what if they're having sex? So what if she's touching herself? So what if he's old and still know how to have fun online? It shouldn't be a big deal. They're just enjoying themselves, as much as you are enjoying yourself while watching their videos. The only difference is, they're not doing anything wrong, but you are.
Hence, next time you encounter a sex scandal going around the cyberspace, best to respect these people's privacies and not to share it. And if you don't want to be seen as an envious voyeur, stop judging and keep your eyes on your own business.
Rica Cruz is a Licensed Psychologist, Sex and Relationships Therapist, Sex Educator and a faculty member of the Department of Psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University. She opines that sexual empowerment for Filipinos is sexier than sex. You can catch more of her every Thursday at Boys' Night Out, Magic 89.9 and follow her at facebook.com/TheSexyMind and @_ricacruz on Twitter and Instagram
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11 Sep Windermere Homes & Estates Proudly Welcomes Kim Kershaw Back to Palm Desert
After obtaining a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Cal State – Fullerton, Kim worked as a Marketing Specialist at Beckman Instruments and American Hospital Supply. A job transfer for her husband took her to Denver, Colorado and after five years and the birth of their daughter another job transfer returned the family to Southern California.
Kim decided that real estate was a perfect fit for her educational background and personal goals. After four years serving her clients Kim was tapped for management by a national franchise. Kim's true passion is best realized working with Sellers and Buyers to fulfill their real estate goals.
Fast forward to 2017 which is Kim's 17th year in the business. Providing a personal, professional and positive experience for every client is Kim's main focus. Going to extremes to protect and satisfy her clients is her normal mode of operation. Kim truly is the difference between For Sale and SOLD!"
"We're happy to have Kim back on our Palm Desert office. Her marketing background makes her a great resource for others, and she's the best when it comes to client satisfaction," says Laura Clark, Director of Sales.
To find out more about Kim, or to get information on buying or selling our next home, you can reach her directly at [email protected], or by phone at 951.515.4002.
About Windermere Real Estate
Southern California-based Windermere Homes & Estates is the fastest growing real estate brokerage in California in 2015, according to industry magazine First Tuesday Journal. In just over 4 years, co-owners Rich Johnson and Brian Gooding have opened 18 offices and have had over 400 agents join their team. Their newest achievement, 2016 Brokerage Achievement of Excellence, was awarded to them by the San Diego Association of Realtors® (SDAR). Windermere Homes & Estates was honored to be the first recipient of the new annual SDAR Award given for standard of ethics, commitment to compliance and high regards for running their business.
Windermere Real Estate is ranked the largest regional real estate company in the Western U.S. with over 300 offices and 6,000 agents serving communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Mexico. Last year, Windermere closed over 86,000 sides for more than $31.7 billion in dollar volume. The Windermere family has a proud heritage of serving our neighbors via the Windermere Foundation which funds services for low-income and homeless families. Since 1989, the Windermere Foundation has contributed more than 33 million dollars towards improving lives in the communities where we live and work. For more information, visit www.windermere.com.


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HVAC Drainage Problems
Your HVAC system is designed to operate efficiently and effectively. That is, as long as it is properly installed and regularly serviced. However, problems can still occur in unusual circumstances. Drainage problems are one of the most common HVAC problems in the home. HVAC drainage problems result from problems in the condensate drain.
The condensate drain is one of the key components of the HVAC system. During the cooling process of an air conditioner, the coolant passes through the evaporator, where it expands into a gas. This results in a lowering of temperature in the surrounding area. As the coolant expands, it causes moisture in the air to condense into water. This water flows into a drain pan beneath the evaporator, which connects to the outside via the condensate drainage.
Drainage problems are serious as they can eventually compromise the functioning of the HVAC system. Therefore, they need the attention of a reliable HVAC company when they occur. If you are looking for a reliable contractor for your HVAC drainage problems in Watkinsville, GA, Athena Air Heating and Cooling has got your back.
How do HVAC Drainage Problems Occur?
Drainage problems occur when the condensate drain fails to function properly. This could be due to several reasons. Some of the common causes of HVAC drainage problems include:
- Clogged drain line: The condensate drain pipe can clog due to several reasons. These might include dirt, debris, rust, and algae.
- Disconnected drain line: If care is not taken during the HVAC installation process, the drain pipe fitting may not be properly fitted. Consequently, they may loosen over time and get disconnected from the AC unit.
- Condensate pump problems: The condensate pump functions to pump water through the drainage when it reaches a certain level. If the condensate pump malfunctions, drainage problems will result.
- Damaged condensate drain pan: The drain pan collects water before it moves through the condensate drain to the outside. If the drain pan is damaged through cracking or holes formed from rusting, it will result in drainage problems.
Consequences of HVAC Drainage Problems
HVAC drainage problems can have dire consequences on the AC system and the home in general. These are for example:
Leakage and flooding: This is the most common consequence of drainage problems. When water does not move through the condensate drain to the outside, it results in leaking or flooding. Drainage problems involving the condensate drain will lead to an accumulation of water in the drain pan. Eventually, the pan will overflow resulting in leaking and flooding.
Damage in the home: Leakage and flooding will damage drywall, attic insulation, flooring, and even the HVAC equipment. This is especially when it goes unnoticed for a long period.
Health hazard: Growth of mold in the drainage system poses a health hazard to the occupants of the home. This is because the AC systems will circulate mold spores in the air, resulting in allergies and breathing problems for the home occupants.
How to Handle Drainage Problems
Drainage problems pose a danger to the home and the HVAC system. Therefore, you should fix them immediately to avoid leaking, flooding, and costly damages and repairs. Some of the ways of handling potential and existent drainage problems are for example:
- Regular maintenance: Your HVAC system should have an HVAC maintenance plan. This will allow regular servicing and inspection, to ensure that all the system's components are intact. Regular maintenance will be able to detect and solve drainage problems such as clogged drain and rusty drain pan. Moreover, it will recommend repairs where necessary.
- Prompt repairs: Aside from maintenance, you can avoid drainage problems by repairing HVAC problems promptly. This includes immediate replacement of old and rusty components in the HVAC to ensure optimum function.
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My Trades of the last 2 weeks:
I am challenged with 3 loosing positions AAP, TEVA and M, all are within my parameters, but loosing positions for now. One wisdom a trader never should forget is: Take care of your losers because the winners take care of themself. I made this my own and i am acting like this, that is the good part.
The bad part is it having loosing positions and is there anything a trader can do against that? No there is no way to do against losers (they are part of the game) but there is a certain way to manage your losers according to your tradingplan and to defend the only entry card you need to play this game: money, your own money. This is the job we have as traders.
I got several Options assigned in M, one Option in AAP and having another Option ITM and ATM in TEVA. The highest probably of all of these positions is, that i am and will be in losing positions in all of them, but having the shares. If my hard stop rule (money) is met, i just have to kill them and go to next. Until then i have to manage them best and do all to minimize losses. I did so and sold covered positions in AAP and M and will do more next week.
I sold a new put on CSCO at the same price levels where CSCO was a couple months ago. Fundamentally the stock is not bad and i see some technical support within the wide range of 21-27 area. I would like to buy a stake in that quality stock at those levels.
I got IMO assigned and although it is a small loss (entry 29,15 because of premiums) i feel confortable with that position. Numbers are getting better, margins grow, losses shrink. The main shareholder of this Company is XOM and they are giants. The oil prices wont stay that low for always, although it can go lower for a short period of time.
HAL is another Company i buy in the Oil & Gas Sector. It is my first stake and more will follow may be. I sold a put @ 30 and got assigned @ 42,5. Forward P/E below the average index but not that much Dividend, time will tell.
UPS i took some profits but holding some stocks and still interested to buy more @ 95 levels.
QCOM i like form technical and fundamental analysis. I would like to buy this stock @ 45 area or something in between. Sold new put @ 45 and will watch market reaction.
GWW and IBM i bought the stocks both. I see solid companies with good earnings and IBM is in a downtrend now and i am buying into weakness from fundamental perspective. Technically there is support 110-135 area. GWW is also a solid company with good earnings and technical support @ 130-163 area, time will tell.
INFY is sold with a little profit. INFY is not fulfilling my fundamental criterias anymore so i decided to cut this stock off with a little profit.
The general stock market is weakening, at least for me. I think we can see it both in the SPY and IWM. IWM as a broader market is showing relative weakness to the SPY.
I reduced my options to 25 (coming from over 90 a couple of months ago) and reduced my stocks to under 40, coming from the 60ies. If the market goes down i want to reduce my stocks to 13-25 but quality only, like UPS, GWW, IBM etc.
We live in strage times when seeing Barcelona, Berlin, Tuku and so on. The terrible war in Syria seems to end but new (trade) war begins… We humans are not normal, but the machines are made by us… Market is very nervous, the vix jumped over 30% just because market went down 1-2%. The machines will make the next move and we humans have to trade it. Still staying hedged with SPY short but with a long stock portfolio.
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Shopping at Target, Best Buy, and other retailers using bitcoin may have just gotten a whole lot easier.
One-tap shopping app Pounce has teamed up with Coinbase in order to allow consumers to complete their purchases using the digital currency, opening their doors to a whole new customer base.
Other retailers users can buy from include Lord & Taylor, Toys "R" Us, Macy's and more.
The app's selling point is that consumers need not hassle themselves through checkout processes when ordering from their favorite stores. By allowing users to scan what they see and subsequently purchase it in a matter of seconds, it streamlines the process of online shopping even more so than it already is.
Interestingly, the application is only available for iOS. Given Apple's anti-bitcoin stance, some users aren't pleased.
"Apple only? Fail," wrote one user on Reddit.com.
"Very cool but kind of ironic they are an iPhone only app," another said.
But for the bitcoin enthusiasts who use iOS devices, it's a win.
"We're thrilled to welcome the team at Pounce to the Coinbase family of merchants and believe that the ability for shoppers to buy with bitcoin across such an impressive lineup of major retailers is yet another step toward helping bitcoin become more mainstream," Coinbase said in their announcement.


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Aydin Coban to appeal Dutch blackmail verdict
He also faces 5 charges in relation to the Amanda Todd case
The man wanted in Canada for the online exploitation of Amanda Todd is planning an appeal after being sentenced yesterday to nearly 11 years in a Dutch jail on separate charges.
Aydin Coban, 38, was convicted for fraud and blackmail using the internet on Thursday in the Netherlands.
His sentence of 10 years and eight months was the maximum sought by prosecutors. Dutch authorities said the decision was based on Coban's risk to reoffend.
A press release from the Dutch court said Coban "deceived tenants, committed computer intrusion and blackmailed a man online by pretending to be a boy who was looking for sexual contacts."
Former lawyer
Coban's lawyer Robert Malewicz didn't specify the grounds on which the latest appeal will be based.
But on Thursday, a former lawyer for Coban said he expected the case would be appealed to the European Court, in part because of the surveillance tools used by investigators.
"In my vision, the court made a mistake by accepting the use of the keylogger. The European Court is very strict when it comes to privacy and I expect that if this case will be handled by the European Court, there will be a whole other outcome," Christian van Dijk wrote to CBC News in an email.
"The question will be if the use of secret surveillance tools by governmental organizations are accepted, and if so, what are the requirements. ... This case will have influence on many other judgments in Europe."
Keyloggers are hardware devices that capture computer keystrokes. They can be used to gather personal information like usernames and passwords by tracking each letter and number pressed on a keyboard.
Amanda Todd case
On Friday, Dan McLaughlin with the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch said that process could "further delay his extradition" to Canada.
Coban was charged in relation to the Todd case in 2014.
Two years earlier, Todd — who was 15 at the time — committed suicide after posting a video on YouTube saying she had been blackmailed by someone online.
Charges against Coban include possession of child pornography, extortion, internet luring, criminal harassment and distribution of child pornography.
He is slated to be extradited for that trial after the Dutch proceedings wrap up, although he has appealed to stay in the Netherlands.
The decision on that appeal of the extradition is expected on April 4.
McLaughlin said if that extradition is approved and the appeal on the verdict is dismissed, Coban will be flown to Canada.
"It would not be necessary to wait until his sentence in the Netherlands is served," McLaughlin said.
But if Coban's appeal of his Dutch conviction goes ahead, he will likely remain in the Netherlands until that is resolved.


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Off-Piste Photography
Not to be confused with piste – off photography! Ha Ha! Forgive me! Those of you who have read my blog or follow me on social media have probably already sensed my dry sense of humor. Piste is a skier's term meaning a compacted ski run. Off-piste is to ski off the main runs, through the trees or down a nice untracked powder chute. According to Google, off-piste also means 'To deviate from what is conventional, usual or expected.' Off-Piste Photography is exactly what this blog post is about.
The Pacific Northwest is a wonderful & beautiful place. I believe we have more than our fair share of Mother Nature's spectacular scenery and certainly more than our fair share of landscape photographers to go along with it. With such a high concentration of photographers in a relatively small region, we often see multiple images of the same iconic locations created by hundreds of different photographers. When an iconic scene is so frequently photographed, it becomes very difficult to find a fresh composition that is different from all the others. Granted, these are all beautiful images and they do very well on social media, but for the most part, they are all carbon copies of the same old, same old, iconic tourist place.
Hoofin' it!…
What I want to write about today is the effort to go off-piste and find new and unique locations for landscape photography. I have recently written about my backpacking experiences. I love backpacking, I truly do. It has qualities that I love for the same reasons I love photography. Both offer a one-on-one experience with Mother Nature. Backpacking is the means I use to get off-piste and go beyond the common landscape and into the wild and remote landscapes that few ever see. This is where photography and backpacking synergize. One enhances the other. Photography and backpacking are best when experienced together. They are better together than either one is apart.
Take Your Time… Relax… Stay Awhile…
I realized the best way to plan my backpacking trips is to hike one day and rest one day, without hiking on. This provides many benefits. First of all, it helps my mind transition from the hustle & bustle of city life to the calm awareness of my photographer's frame of mind. When I'm in that frame of mind, the quality and the variety of my images improve. I see better, not just with my eyes but with my heart also.
Staying the extra day doubles your opportunities for good color at sunrise and sunset. It gives you more opportunities to find the best compositions and more opportunities to photograph those compositions in the best light. Staying the second day means you will come home with a wider variety of unique images.
Lastly, staying the extra day provides the body a day of rest from the often-difficult hiking of the previous day. You can plan your whole trip this way, planning 2 nights at each spot along the way. It's such a nice feeling not to rush!
I highly recommend taking the time to make the best use of your backpacking efforts. Stay awhile, enjoy the scenery, and don't rush. It will only make your experience and photography better.
Considering hiking or backpacking with a camera? You might also enjoy my blog post, What Camera to take Backpacking
You can find more of my photos and posts at oregonexposures.com
I hang out on Facebook at Lori Rowland Photography


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Wednesday's Words
Some random thoughts on this first day of July:
- If you claim to be a follower of Jesus Christ, where is He leading you?
- How well are you following – reluctantly, enthusiastically or not at all?
- If you don't know where He is leading you, why not?
- Do you love Jesus Christ for who He is, or what He does for you?
- If He withdrew His blessings, would you still praise, worship and honor Him or withdraw yourself?
- He is worthy to be honored, praised and worshiped because He is the King of Kings, not a genie.
- We owe Him all, He owes us nothing.
- Any blessing He gives is out of mercy and grace but not because we somehow deserve it.
- Peter's declaration should ring true with us. In John 6:68, when the crowds stopped following, Jesus asked the disciples if they would leave also. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God."
- If He withdrew His blessings, would you still praise, worship and honor Him or withdraw yourself?
- Is Jesus, alone, enough for us or are we still looking for something extra?
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Gentle Mary – A Timeless Carol
This beautiful song was written by Joseph Cook in 1919. Mr. Cook was born in England in 1859 but immigrated to Canada where he attended Wesleyan College and McGill University in Montreal.
The lyrics show a progression from wondering if this baby, born to peasants in humble surroundings could really be the Savior of mankind. The answer – just ask those transformed by Him. Surely the people of Jesus' day asked this question too. How could a baby in a manger have more power than King Herod, who ruled from nearby palaces and fortresses?
Yet in his humility, Jesus did have more power than Herod. In today's culture, where the rich are admired and superstars are praised, Jesus is still the humble King who really deserves our adoration. No longer a stranger to the world, people from every nation and ethnic group on earth rejoice at Christmas, singing – "Praise His Name in all the earth, hail the King of glory!"
Gentle Mary laid her Child
Lowly in a manger;
There He lay, the undefiled,
To the world a stranger:
Such a Babe in such a place,
Can He be the Savior?
Ask the saved of all the race
Who have found His favor.
Angels sang about His birth;
Wise men sought and found Him;
Heaven's star shone brightly forth,
Glory all around Him:
Shepherds saw the wondrous sight,
Heard the angels singing;
All the plains were lit that night,
All the hills were ringing.
Gentle Mary laid her Child
Lowly in a manger;
He is still the undefiled,
But no more a stranger:
Son of God, of humble birth,
Beautiful the story;
Praise His name in all the earth,
Hail the King of glory!
The Little Drummer Boy Revisited
Some years ago I wrote this article:
No, he isn't in the Biblical story. Aaron did not travel with the Magi and was not present at the birth of Jesus. Yet, the way the song is written, he could have been. Originally titled "Carol of the Drum", the song is about a young boy summoned by the Magi to go with them to present gifts to the newborn King. Upon arriving, the boy realizes he has no gift that is fit to give a king, much less the King of Kings. All he has is his ability to play the drum, so he asks if he can play it for him. As Mary nods permission, he plays his best for the baby Jesus and is rewarded with a smile from the Lord.
While fiction, the song gives a powerful message. Jesus is the King and is worthy of being honored by us. All that we have to give Him we should surrender to Him. Even our crowns in heaven will be laid back at His feet for He alone is worthy. It isn't just material things, like gold, frankincense or myrrh, that we can give but also our God-given abilities. All that we give Him should reflect our best effort, like the drummer boy's song. And a smile from Him, a show of approval, well … that is definitely reward enough. "Well done, good and faithful servant, well done."
Oh, and in the tv show Aaron is angry at life, owning a heart filled with hatred, and is powerfully changed when he encounters the baby Jesus. In the scene where his pet lamb is healed, why not? Jesus heals spiritually and physically. So watch it with joy, sing along heartily, include it in a cantata. Let the message of giving God our best because He alone is worthy of being praised.
In the years since I wrote this I keep thinking about the song and the cartoon tv special. It continues to hold a special place in my heart. Sing it, and while singing pledge to give your very best to the King of Kings. Give Him back what He has blessed you with, serve Him with your whole heart.
Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum
A newborn King to see pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
So to honour Him pa rum pum pum pum
When we come
Baby Jesus pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give a King pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you? pa rum pum pum pum
on my drum?
Mary nodded pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum
The Christmas Carol That Isn't A Christmas Carol
I first wrote this 4 years ago. I still feel the same about this wonderful song.
It is written about a pious duke and doesn't mention the nativity at all. St. Stephen's feast day, December 26th is spoken of but not December 25th, Christmas. Yet this carol, set to a springtime dance tune, continues to gain devotees each year. Why is Good King Wenceslas sung at Christmas? One reason is because of the feast of Stephen and the other is because King Wenceslas portrays Christianity at its finest – helping the poor and downtrodden. Jesus came to set the captives free, give sight to the blind, lift up those who were bruised and broken and give them hope. Hope of salvation, hope of a life eternal and hope of a better life here and now. When Christ transforms a soul, they no longer think selfishly but think of others, sacrificing so that they can minister in Christ's name. Isn't that what Wenceslas did, in both the carol and real life?
While it is not a Christmas carol in the traditional sense, it does speak of a life that Christ has transformed and isn't that why Jesus came? He came to transform people from death to life, from selfish to spiritual, from lost to found. Those whose lives have been transformed will seek to do good works so that God is glorified and people are brought to His Son. So sing this sort-of, almost a Christmas carol. Sing it the day after Christmas on the feast of Stephen. Sing it and think of what acts of kindness you can do to reflect the love of God that has transformed your life. Sing it and thank God that He does transform people like you and I, and Wensceslas, into saints.
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gath'ring winter fuel
"Hither, page, and stand by me
If thou know'st it, telling
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence
Underneath the mountain
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes' fountain."
"Bring me flesh and bring me wine
Bring me pine logs hither
Thou and I will see him dine
When we bear him thither."
Page and monarch forth they went
Forth they went together
Through the rude wind's wild lament
And the bitter weather
"Sire, the night is darker now
And the wind blows stronger
Fails my heart, I know not how,
I can go no longer."
"Mark my footsteps, my good page
Tread thou in them boldly
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
Freeze thy blood less coldly."
In his master's steps he trod
Where the snow lay dinted
Heat was in the very sod
Which the Saint had printed
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
Wealth or rank possessing
Ye who now will bless the poor
Shall yourselves find blessing
A Foundational Truth
Foundational Truths
Many times, whenever I preach or write on various subjects, someone will invariably say, "why don't you just preach Jesus? No Old Testament stuff, just preach Jesus." My answer to them? No one can know Jesus Christ as He really is if you only know Him as the Redeemer of the New Testament. We must preach Jesus as He truly is – all of Him – or we preach another Jesus than the Bible speaks of.
Jesus was Creator before He became Redeemer or Savior. He became our Savior dying on the cross and rising from the grave on the third day because of mankind's sin. Much, if not all, of that sin is mankind's rejection of God's Word, the denial of Him being the Creator. One truly "preaches Christ" when he first of all preaches Him as Creator.
The great message of Christianity is that the just shall live by faith, speaking of them that believe, to the saving of the soul. But what is this saving, living faith? The faith of which Hebrews speaks of is outlined in chapter 11. It is the faith of Abel, offering an acceptable sacrifice. It is Enoch's faith, pleasing God in obedience. It is Noah's faith, believing and acting on God's Word. It is the faith of Abraham, stepping out on God's promises. But, first of all, it is foundational faith. It is the faith by which "we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear", Hebrews 11:3.
Any meaningful faith for salvation must be founded on God's special creation of all things. The saving gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is founded on creation. The very last reference to the gospel in the Bible is found in Revelation 14: 6-7: "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
The angel has the everlasting gospel and its message is for people to worship the One who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water. The gospel is much more than the cross and the resurrection, it also includes the coming kingdom and God's great creation. Without creation, the gospel has no foundation and no logical end. The gospel is the good news that Jesus came to save who? Those who were made in God's image on the earth and who are now marred by sin. What is the end purpose? So that mankind will live with God and enjoy Him forever in His Kingdom. Death first entered God's finished creation when Adam sinned. Now that Christ is risen, the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul is seeking to assure young Christians at Corinth of the validity of the gospel. He preached to them that which they had believed. In verses 3-11 Paul stresses the witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus. In verses 12-19, Paul says, because Jesus rose from the grave it guarantees a future resurrection to all who have hope in Christ. But then, Paul goes further, In verses 20-28 he says that Jesus' resurrection restores man's lost estate, reverses the consequences of Adam's sin, conquers all enemies of God and destroys death itself. In verses 29-34 Paul says this promise not only gives assurance of eternal life, but strength for godly living and triumph over persecutions and opposition. And then, in verses 35-49, Paul ties it all back to creation.
Everything is tied back to creation. Biological, physical, human – all aspects are discussed. Every individual creation of God has been designed with its own marvelous structure for its own divine purpose, as it pleased God to make it like He did. Since each individual creation is distinct it could not have "evolved" from any other.
I am so amazed at so-called Christians who accept as fact Christ's resurrection from the dead but not the Genesis record of creation in 6 days. Jesus said, "from the beginning of creation God made them male and female," speaking of mankind. Not after 18 billion years of cosmic history or 4 ½ billion years of earth's evolution but on day 6.
Psalm 115:16 tells us the very purpose of earth's creation was that it should be a home for the children of men. A person cannot believe Christ's words and reject Moses'. Listen to Jesus in John 5:46-47, "For had you believed Moses, you would have believed Me, because He wrote of Me. But if you believe not his writings, how will you believe My words?" In the book of Revelation, Jesus says, "I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."
The Apostle Peter, not too long before his martyrdom, wrote a remarkably prophetic passage about the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Listen to the words of 2 Peter 3:3-6,
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lusts saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? Since the fathers fell asleep all things glorifying God continue as they are from the beginning of creation." For this they willingly are ignorant of – that by the Word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out and in the water; whereby the world that was then being overflowed by water perished."
Scoffers arise, those who dismiss the Bible as fairy tales or myths, denying special creation. They replace sudden, special creation by God with uniformity and evolution. They willingly deny a universal flood. Anotherwords, they will deny the Genesis account of creation and the flood and in doing so deny the truth of John 1:3, 1:10 and Hebrews 1:2 which state that God created the world through Jesus Christ.
Creation is a non-negotiable doctrine. What a person believes about creation, about the origins of the earth and mankind, will influence what they believe about the meaning and purpose of life. So many of the great founding fathers of science knew this. Kepler, Galileo, Pascal, Newton, Boyle, Breuster, Faraday, Kelvin and others believed that they were glorifying God as they probed and discovered His marvelous works.
Understand this, belief in the Genesis account of creation is necessary for a correct understanding of who Jesus is as the Bible presents Him. To believe in another Jesus, one who did not create the world in 6 days, one who did not create man in His image, one who is not Lord over creation because you believe He was not the Creator, is to send yourself to hell.
Salvation is found in the Jesus of Holy Scripture, not the Jesus of one's imagination. Salvation is found in believing in Jesus as He is presented in the Bible, not as we wish He was presented. He is either the Creator Lord or He isn't. You cannot straddle the fence on this issue. The New Testament simply will not allow it. From the Gospels to the letters of Peter, Paul, and John, Jesus is clearly presented as the Creator Lord.
At the beginning, I said that many times I am asked, "Why don't you just preach Jesus?" I do. I do preach Jesus. I preach Him creating the world in Genesis as part of the Godhead. I preach Him throughout the Old Testament sustaining the world He created. I preach Him in the New Testament redeeming the world He created. I preach Him in Revelation coming back to claim the world He created. What Jesus are you preaching?


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Okpewho: Scribe lord of orature
It rankles because, in a country without regular literary journals and the necessary soirees that give contemporary arts their great moments, yes, in a society in which those who ruined the economy and the university system are still having a great showing in the public space as if waiting to be given laurels for their destructive engagements, whole armies of our best minds are still being driven off-shore. It makes past encounters that were of little moment, when they first occurred, to begin to spring wider associations.
Surely, one such moment I cant forget was during the burial of Isidore Okpewho's mother at Asaba. It was like a convergence of the Nigerian literati in solidarity with him. Dancing through the streets with the ritual carriage on his head, he was acknowledging our toasting of his scion-ship in ceremonial fashion. Suddenly, he veered off and brought the funeral throng in a virtual stampede to where I stood on the other side of the road. Stomping around me, he lunged, without preambles, into an argument, about an opinion I had just expressed, that weekend, in my Guardian Review of his book, Myth in Africa. It was a review, now part of my book, A House of Many Mansions, which Stanley Macebuh and Yemi Ogunbiyi had thrust upon me as a test of intellectual nerve. Coming face to face with the author on the streets of Asaba, I found I had to step obligingly to the beat of the ceremonial drums, while we entered this intense argument about his aestheticist theory of myth.
The drums and gongs were pounding away. Around us, the women sang and danced and stomped along with us, as we punched the air from one leg of the argument to the other. But the man of ideas was intent on slugging it out over my insistence that a myth without ritual becomes mere metaphor. As ever, full of erudition, he conceded the point but refused to accept the implication I drew from it. Using one example after another, he kept reiterating the view that I missed the point he was making in his book.
I still cant stop laughing each time I recall that some people thought our argument, which the drums were contesting, and his dancing around me, were part of the funeral ritual. He made it look that way to justify his moving the funeral throng off its course. With some embarrassment, I kept nudging him about my not wanting to disrupt the ceremony. He shrugged it off. It was his ken to lead the funeral throng to where it had to go. So we argued some more before I literally had to run from the scene because I was beginning to enjoy the arguments. Surely, it was an incident that we were not going to run away from or let become a mere metaphor. We had to re-enact it again, and gave it ritual content when, some years later, once upon a visit to the United states, I grey-hounded a night-bus journey from New York to Cornel and then to Binghamton, to see him.
We, sure, had another, but more conversational jig, after attending a lecture by Amiri Baraka, who was the visiting lecturer at a University event on that day. We talked about projects and tasks confronting African writers and scholars, a subject on which he never stopped reminding me of Professor Abiola Irele one of the few great legends of his standing, whose passion on the subject of pooling knowledge for Africa, rises from romance to sheer myth in the face of a society at home that seems too far gone.
Assuredly, in fine intellectual fettle, still talking like a Senior Boy from St Patricks Asaba where he had his secondary school education, Isidore had the assurance of someone with so much work still to be done. Although he was recuperating from an illness, also because his wife, Obiageli, was away to see one or other of their four children Ediru, Ugo, Afigo, and Onome, we could talk a little far into the night. It was our last meeting.
I had promised to return to Binghamton again when I would be able to meet the whole family and if need be re-enact the jig. But as such promises go, time disposed otherwise. Here we are. On September 4, 2016, he was gone.
The great part is that, as a creative writer and scholar, Isidore Okpewho, wrote his hands black and left so much that can save many lifetimes, many generations to come, from the wastage that would have hounded their endeavours but for the humungous scholarship that he has left as guard and guide. He was always the great mind, who moved from oceanic dimensions to brooks without losing his swimmingly authoritative stride and stature. He won the 1976 African Arts Prize for Literature and, in 1993, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Africa.
His prestigious fellowships in the humanities include "the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1982), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1982), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (1988), the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard (1990), National Humanities Center in North Carolina (1997), and the Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003). He was also elected Folklore Fellow International by the Finnish Academy of the Sciences in Helsinki (1993)."
Not forgetting that he was a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters and a recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award, it is such a good feeling to know that he was honoured while he was at it.; and especially, that hereafter, his life's work remains secured. His essays, a gargantuan production, will not just remain scattered in journals across the world. They have entered the stream of production by Professor Toyin Falola, assessor per excellence, one of the greatest minds that Nigeria has ever produced, who has promised to take the job in hand.
Blood on the Tides: The Ozidi Saga and Oral Epic Narratology has just been published through his auspices by the University of Rochester Press to be followed by his collected essays. Although the marvellous literary and academic productions by Nigerians abroad hardly manage to enter this country that lacks a respectable bookshop and library culture, it is good to know that when, someday, we catch up with the rest of the world, the work done by Isidore Okpewho and others forced into expatriation in the years of the locust, still in place, will be there as quite a harvest awaiting all of us.
Incidentally, how we could catch up was always part of Professor Isidore Okpewho's unending concern. For his immeasurable contributions to that quest, certainly, he has earned his rest. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Odia, a poet and author, lives in lagos
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It is painfully slow to do disk intensive things in a virtual environment on my laptop. The disk, and hence the laptop, is getting very hot. I forgot to bring my Zalman laptop cooler to work today. A mistake I get punished for now. It is not just hot as h..l it had the sound characteristics of a hairdryer. With the cooler attached I have to stress the laptop a lot before it gets really hot.
I've got an Acer 8204 and the disk is just a 5400 rpm. I think Acer opted for space instead of speed when they specced it. At home I have my virtual disks on an external drive and there I really like working in the virtual environments. Currently I have to force my laptop into the backpack so I have to leave the drive and cooler at home when I go to new workplaces. I think I will have to beg for a new laptop backpack so I can carry all my stuff. It is the closest thin I come to an office so I think it is worth the cost.


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Do viral boycotts lead to real results?
The people who work out at Equinox gyms might pay at least $240 a month for a membership, and the people who jump on bikes at SoulCycle might pay $35 a class. But they don't all donate to Donald Trump. So, when the internet found out that Stephen Ross, the little-known-but-very-rich majority owner of both popular fitness brands had thrown a $100,000-per-ticket fundraiser for the president, they called for a boycott.
All over Twitter and Facebook, acolytes of Equinox and SoulCycle vowed to cancel their memberships and leave their athleisure at home. (Or at least find another place to wear it.)
It all felt a little ... familiar.
After all, right before that, there was the call to unsubscribe from the New York Times (the result of a poor headline) and the boycott of home-goods retailer Wayfair (the company sold mattresses and beds to border detention camps). Those were in the last month or so. In the past couple years, there's been an Uber boycott, an Amazon boycott and a Bulleit Bourbon boycott. People have destroyed Nike sneakers and Keurig coffee machines in protest (and on YouTube). Remember the L.L.Bean boycott? As of last week, people were boycotting Disney's "Mulan," a film that won't even be released until next year, after the lead actor angered Hong Kong protesters by sharing a pro-police propoganda post on social media.
"What people are really craving right now is some sense of control," says Shannon Coulter, a co-founder of #GrabYourWallet, a movement and website started in San Francisco that keeps track of companies and individuals that do business with the president. How you spend your money "is one thing you can control every day."
There's nothing new about boycotts, political or otherwise. But given the whiplash-speed of our never-ending news cycle, it feels harder than ever to keep up with the outrage cycle. Just the other day Coulter caught herself almost ordering something from Wayfair.
"It's hard for me, too," she says.
And then there's the sinking suspicion that a boycott may not be effective at all. Does hopping on a bike at Flywheel instead of SoulCycle or #deletingUber and using Lyft have any lasting impact?
According to various academics, that depends. In 2017, fans of conservative commentator Sean Hannity junked their Keurig coffee machines, outraged that the company had pulled its ads from the talk show. A year later, people set their Nikes on fire after the company came out in support of football player Colin Kaepernick.
The consensus is that those boycotts weren't particularly effective.
Ellen Evers, an assistant professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, likes to frame it in terms of chicken. A few years back a scandal erupted in the Netherlands when consumers found out the chicken they were buying at supermarkets was pumped full of hormones. They boycotted and the stores got rid of what had been nicknamed "exploding chicken" — a colorful reference to the drugs being used to accelerate growth.
In this case, there were no warring factions, Evers says. Nobody wants chickens to be mistreated. But when it comes to Keurig or Nike, the company is, in effect, expressing a political opinion. So, even if some people drop the brand, other customers that support the company are likely to double down. Nike executives, no doubt, knew exactly what response they'd get when they signed Kaepernick to an endorsement deal — both the outrage and the accolades worked as free advertising.
Plus — and this should probably go without saying — buying something only to destroy it is straight-up wasteful. "Keurig isn't going to suffer because you destroyed your coffee machine," Evers says. "They're not going to feel the damage."
It also helps if a boycott has a specific goal beyond a collective venting. When Coulter adds a name to her list on #GrabYourWallet, she does so with a specific ask. Sometimes it's a statement, sometimes it's a heavier lift. Nordstrom was on the list until they dropped Ivanka Trump's clothing line. (The store said it wasn't selling well.) For SoulCycle and Equinox to get off the list, the companies will have to remove Ross as owner. Since Coulter started the website in 2016, some 70 companies have managed to get their names removed.
When the remedy is less obvious, the boycott is often less effective. Ed Walker, a sociologist at UCLA brings up United Airlines. The company received considerable blowback two years ago when a video surfaced showing them forcibly removing a passenger. He left the plane bloody, and their stocks took a hit. Ultimately, though, investors stuck around and their bottom line recovered. (United did, for the record, apologize.)
That's not always how it works, though, Walker says. Sometimes politicians end up returning donations. Reputations take a hit. Political contracts dry up. For instance, studies show Uber likely lost long-term market share following a call to #DeleteUber. This came after the company moved to capitalize on a taxi strike in January 2017. Around the same time, then-CEO Travis Kalanick faced other allegations and was forced out of his job. Ultimately, though, the company is still the go-to ride-hailing app.
It's still too early to tell about Equinox and SoulCycle. But those brands are particularly vulnerable, given the progressive images they've cultivated. "The public is paying attention to the consistency between your own behavior and the values that they associate with your own business," says Jo-Ellen Pozner, professor of management and entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University. When customers hear the company they identify with isn't what they thought it was, it shakes them. "They identify as SoulCycle members and groupies."
"It feels like their identity is being threatened," Walker says.
In the same way, people also begin to identify with the boycotts — their Facebook posts or their Tweets signal their political engagement. "At some level," Pozner says, "people engage in that sort of activism against corporations because it makes them feel like they're doing something in a world that makes them feel relatively powerless."
You can look at that sort of engagement and roll your eyes. Is a canceled gym membership enough to change the world we live in? Probably not. But, as Walker put it, "political consumerism is still politics."
And sometimes it works: Nordstrom doesn't carry Ivanka Trump's clothing line. And Dutch stores don't sell exploding chicken.
Ryan Kost is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: email@example.com. Twitter: @RyanKost


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Rey Vicente Anglada is the new manager of the Cuban National Baseball Team. During the 2019 international campaign, Cuba will play in the Pan American Games and WBSC Premier12
Born in 1953, nicknamed El Rey Azul (The Blue King), Anglada played second base. He performed in the Serie Nacional (1972-1982) and in the Serie Selectiva for the Industriales and other teams of the Capital City Habana. He represented Cuba in two Baseball World Cups: 1976, 1978. As a manager, he led the Industriales to back to back National Championships in 2003 and 2004. He won a third pennant in 2006 as the manager of Santiago de Cuba. He managed the National Team in 2006 and 2007. He won the Pan American Games 2007 and lost the final of the IBAF World Cup 2007 against the USA.
Anglada will work on a pre-selection of 63 players in April and May and then will lead the National Team to 15 games of the Canadian American League in June. After that, Cuba will travel to North America for the International Friendship Series against the USA Collegiate National Team, to be played from 2 to 7 July. More games will be scheduled in preparation for the Pan American Games.
These are the players included in the pre selection:
- PITCHERS: (25): Lazaro Blanco, Yoanni Yera, Vladimir Garcia, Vladimir Baños, Freddy Álvarez, Alain Sanchez, Yariel Rodriguez, Frank Medina, Yadian Martínez, Andy Rodriguez, Ulfrido Garcia, Yosimar Cousin, Wilson Paredes, Yandy Molina, Misael Villa, Yudiel Rodríguez, Livan Moinelo, Raidel Martinez, Pedro Alvarez, Rafael Sanchez, Dariel Gongora, Pablo Guillen, Norge Vera, Yoen Socarras, Yanieski Duardo.
- CATCHERS: (8): Yosvani Alarcon, Oscar Valdez, Frank Morejón, Andy Cosme, Ariel Martinez, Yendry Tellez, Alfredo Fadraga, Yunior Ibarra
- INFIELDERS: (18): Yordanis Samon, Oscar Colas, Yurien Vizcaino, Norel Gonzalez, Wilfredo Aroche, Sergio Barthelemi, Raul Gonzalez, Carlos Benitez, Maikel Caceres, Cesar Prieto, Yurisbel Gracial, Yordan Manduley, Alexander Ayala, Orlando Acebey, Ricardo Ramos, Andres Hernandez, William Saavedra, Jorge Aloma
- OUTFIELDERS: (12): Ariel Sanchez, Frederich Cepeda, Yoelquis Guibert, Alfredo Despaigne, Roel Santos, Geyser Cepeda, Jorge Johnson, Yoelquis Cespedes, Joasan Guillen, Yunieski Larduet, Stayler Hernandez, Robert Luis Delgado
The availability of Despaigne for the Pan American Games is still unclear, due to contractual matters with his team, NPB's Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.


text: Zydus announced that it has received marketing authorization for Twinrab (RabiMabs) from the Drug Controller General of India. The novel biologic which will be marketed under the brand name, Twinrab, is indicated in combination with rabies vaccine for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an orphan drug status to this drug candidate. In 2008, Zydus had entered into an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to explore opportunities in the development of a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of rabies. The use of rabies monoclonal antibodies could emerge as an innovative therapy and form a potent alternative to current blood derived rabies immunoglobulins (RIGs) produced by vaccinating horses (ERIG) or humans (HRIG). WHO encourages the use of monoclonal antibodies over blood derived RIG where available and has identified the development of products containing two or more antibodies that bind to two different sites on the rabies virus as a research priority. Zydus Twinrab is the only therapy that meets this requirement. Speaking on the development, Pankaj R. Patel, chairman, Zydus Group said, After the successful launch of Lipaglyn, our first NCE, we are now ready to launch our Novel Biological Entity, Twinrab. Our journey of discovery and the ability to take NCEs and NBEs from lab to market, is in line with our commitment to innovate and bridge unmet healthcare needs. This approval marks a transformational next-gen therapy for rabies treatment as we take a step forward from RIG to Twinrab. Zydus currently also manufactures and markets the rabies vaccine VaxiRab NTM which is a WHO pre-qualified vaccine.


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ISO 3834 - Quality Requirements for Welding
ISO 3834 is dedicated to welding and defines the guidelines useful both for those who perform the welding activities, both for those who evaluate the ability of the manufacturer to produce welded products according to the requirements of the standard.
For welding activities, quality cannot be totally controlled on the product, from this disadvantage comes the introduction of ISO 3834, which defines the "Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic material". The ISO 3834 is designed so that it can be used both for the manufacture (including any type of welded construction for molding) both for the evaluation.
The quality management system in the welding can be integrated with the quality management system (ISO 9001), obtaining benefits in terms of optimization of the documentation and in efficiency of audits.
The standard allows an univocal definition of the welding characteristics and provides specific guidelines for the verification/qualification of suppliers of welded products.
ISO 3834 certification issued by CSI:
• Is a useful tool to define and maintain quality welding requirements;
• Represents "presumption of conformity" in the sphere of the European Directives (PED, CPR),
• Integrates seamlessly within the quality management system according to ISO 9001 and is preparatory to the production control system according to EN 1090-1.


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Huawei Ascend W2 user guide manual – Huawei Ascend W2 was released on December 2013 with budget price for Windows Phone lovers. Huawei Ascend W2 is upgrade version from Huawei Ascend W1 with Microsoft Windows Phone 8 as the operating system. The Huawei Ascend W2 come with more big screen display size 4.3 inches comparing with the old series. Huawei Ascend W2 itself can hold with comfortable taste on your hand and have same weight like Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon Wireless.
Huawei Ascend W2 equipped with specifications and key features such as: 134 x 67 x 9.9 mm (5.28 x 2.64 x 0.39 inches) in dimension with 160 g (5.64 oz) for weight, 4.3 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display 16 million colors 480 x 800 pixels screen display with multitouch, microSD up to 32 GB, 8 GB internal storage, 512 MB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear facing camera but without front facing camera, run Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, powered by 1.4 GHz Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon 400 processor Adreno 305, Li-Ion 1700 mAH battery with up to 395 hours of stand by time and up to 9.30 hours of talk time.
Huawei Ascend W2 user guide manualavailable to download pdf file format with 3.52 MB size and contains of 32 pages. The manual pdf of Huawei Ascend W2 come with installation and settings for better performance of your smartphone such as: lock and unlock screen, sign in to your phone, setting start screen and back of your stuff.
Table of contents for Huawei Ascend W2 user guide manual:
- Getting to know your phone
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- Make it yours
- See what's new at a glance
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Pho is a Vietnamese dish that is includes noodles, meat or tofu and herbs in a broth or clear soup. This is my super simple version that only takes 10 minutes to prepare but is filled with nutrients.
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April 2, 2019
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Client: "why are you always so happy?" my beautiful client asked today.
A long term client & friend asked a similar thing yesterday.
I'm not going to pretend that every aspect of my life is always unicorns & rainbows, I am NOT happy all the time, but I...
In both my professional and personal life I am surrounded by the most beautiful women; not just in the way they look but in who they are; yet so frequently they struggle to appreciate their own beauty.
I am not saying this is just a female problem eith...
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"And once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed at how much more life she has time for."
In our modern world everything is a rush, in our chaos we forget the beauty of the world.
We try to cram as much into every minute of the day as possib...
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You know all those times we tried to guess the amount of calories in the spoonfuls of cake mixture we ate whilst making those cup cakes we never planned on eating ... .
What a colossal waste of our lives. .
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April 1, 2019
Kefir is a fermented milk drink that I recommend to many of my clients to try as a natural source of probiotics (good bacteria).
It has increased in popularity over the past few years, with more supermarkets selling it alongside fresh milk or yogurts.
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March 12, 2019
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WHO estimates that 6-25% of the population are deficient in the micronutrient IRON.
As a healthy female I am in a higher risk group for this deficiency - along with 50% of the population. (FYI the average amount of blood a female loses during those few...
November 11, 2018
I am a huge advocate of a diet rich in plants.
Plants include wholegrains, vegetables, fruits, pulses, legumes, seeds and nuts.
I also understand the desire to decrease dairy for ethical reasons.
However there has been an increase in children weaned on plant based milk a...
Research shows that we tend to eat more food when we eat with others compared to when we eat alone. It is thought to be the most important and pervasive influence on eating that has yet been identified.
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September 27, 2018
I have started my CPD work in Advanced CBT and we have to do a hell of a lot of inner work. We have to know ourselves inside and out and round the corners in order to be able to support others fully.
One area of work was defining our morals.
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September 18, 2018
Something I hear from my clients again and again is that cooking for just themselves is too much effort. They either pop a couple of bits of bread in the toaster, grab a couple of biscuits with a cup of tea or have nothing.
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September 16, 2018
HALT is a tool we use in recovery process' a lot, whether it is recovery from an addiction, recovery from self-harm or depression or from a disordered eating patterns such as binge eating disorder.
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September 9, 2018
We did it … the big 10.
Today we are celebrating him hitting double figures and a decade of motherhood. It's been a wild ride that's for sure but I am so grateful for every single second.
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August 14, 2018
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Camponotus floridanus
Colonies of this ant species are
monogynous, i.e., contain a single-mated queen. Colonies
are founded claustrally (i.e. queens seclude themselves
in a chamber where they produce the first brood of
workers entirely from body resources). Lab colonies may
reach a size of about 8500 workers, while field colonies
often reach sizes much above that. Queens are
substantially larger than workers, which show a
dimorphic size distribution with allometric size
differences. Large workers are generally referred to as
majors while small workers are considered minors.
Workers do not reproduce in the presence of the queen,
although they do when isolated in groups for more than
60 days. Due to haplodiploidy, the unfertilized eggs of
workers develop into males.
Harpegnathos saltator
Colonies of this species are founded by single queens that mated once. During the production of the first brood, and sometime afterwards, queens go hunting to provision brood. After the first brood is produced her hunting trips will be reduced and finally stopped completely. When the first males are produced, workers will mate with their brothers. They can do this, because in this species workers still possess a spermatheca, which allows them to store sperm just like queens. When the queen dies, up to 70% of the workers will engage in fights for reproductive dominance. Over a period of two to three months a group of workers (about 10% of the colony) will successfully become reproductive and thus assure the continuation of the colony. The interactions for dominance are composed of dueling (a ritualized form of aggression without winner or loser), policing (an attack by usually subordinate workers directed to individuals with activated ovaries that subsequently results in the inhibition of the attacked individual), and biting (the typical dominance behavior of high ranking individuals directed to subordinates).
Zootermopsis nevadensis
This dampwood termite lives in single
piece of wood without foraging outside. This contrasts
with another form of termite organization that is
associated with external foraging and building of nest
structures. Colonies are founded by a queen and king
pair. Larval instars have legs and the later instars are
considered the work force of the colony. Later in
development, larvae will develop into either soldiers,
alate sexuals, or they may become secondary
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Eldon Celtic was founded in 2001 and has become one of the most successful clubs in Berkshire. Its success has been down to the development approach and the dedication and enthusiasm of all the managers and coaches involved with the teams.
In just over ten years the club has won in excess of 200 honours, which includes winning the Berks and Bucks County Cup six times. In addition have also won the Arsenal and Leatherhead International tournaments along with many others.
The Club were proud to be awarded FA Charter in February 2008, and in the 2011/12 Season Eldon Celtic's success within grass roots football was recognised by Reading FC by forming an official Partnership between the clubs.
Why have you formed this Academy Partner link and how has it benefited your club?
We try and prepare our players for future successes.
Our sessions are designed to place a much greater emphasis on improving the player's technical ability and tactical understanding without overloading players with lots of tactical information. Our philosophy is players should be allowed to take risks and learn through their mistakes rather than always been given the solution to all the problems. This should encourage better and more creativity, and understanding for players. Working along side Reading FC has opened many doors.
Have any of your club players progressed and signed for the Royals Academy or any other league club?
1. Rhys Tyler (Reading FC 2002)
2. Paul Gideon (Southampton & Reading FC 2003)
3. Simeon Blackwood (Reading FC 2003)
4. Luke Redman (Queens Park Rangers 2004)
5. Jake Butler (QPR & Wycombe Wanderers 2004)
6. Jarrett Bobb (Queens Park Rangers 2004)
7. Ashley Artwell (Reading FC 2004)
8. Alan Bosman (Reading FC 2004)
9. Gareth Sanashee (Oxford United 2005)
10. Ross Baker (Brentford 2005)
11. Ashley Watson (Watford 2005)
12. Devante Romeo (Reading FC 2005)
13. Kofi Halliday (Reading FC 2005)
14. Liam Ferninand (Reading FC & Wycombe 2005)
15. Leroy Clark (Reading FC 2005)
16. Jonathon Belgrave (Wycombe Wanderers 2006)
17. Raheem Mc Farlane (Wycombe Wanderers 2006)
18. Jack Donaldson (Wycombe Wanderers 2006)
19. Harry Grant (Wycombe & Swindon 2006)
20. Ben Hutchings (Aldershot Town 2006)
21. Callum Nimmo (Aldershot Town 2006)
22. Ian Mc Culley (Aldershot Town 2006)
23. Ben Gladwin (Aldershot Town 2006)
24. Grant Smith (Reading FC & Fulham 2007)
25. Jack Kerrigan (Reading FC 2007)
26. Sam Bangoura (Chelsea FC 2007)
27. Lattrel Greenidge (Reading FC 2007)
28. Umpha Korona (Chelsea FC & Stoke City 2008)
29. William Neighbour (Reading FC 2008)
30. Imani Likita (Oxford United 2008)
31. Stewart McEwan (Reading FC 2008 - RIP15/11/08)
32. Gabriel Feshenfeld (Reading FC 2009)
33. Darnell Fisher (Glasgow Celtic 2010)
34. Abudeen Conteh (Reading FC 2011)
35. Ricardo Gibson (Reading FC 2011)
36. Tamille Roache (Reading FC 2011)
37. Oliver Artwell (Reading FC 2011)
38. Nathan Claxton (Chelsea FC 2011)
39. Rudi Pache (Chelsea FC 2011)
40. Ice Goswell
41. Lewis Hall
42. Gladwin Go-Boatang
43. Ethan Bristow (2013)
44. Anton Miller (Reading 2012)
45. Marquice Morris ( Reading 2012
Darnell Fisher (cousin of Jannai Scott – Current U12) made his debut for Celtic's 1st Team 18th October 2013. He took a rather exotic route to Glasgow, through the Jimmy Johnstone Academy in a match against Reading based Eldon Celtic. After signing in the summer of 2010 he became a regular in the u-17 side before starting to make in-roads into the u-19 side in the 2011/12 season. Darnell Fisher first played for Reading's Eldon Celtic U11's, managed by Dave Artwell in 2002.
We have a summer tournament coming up on Saturday 5th July and Sunday 6th July at Academy Sport, Northumberland Ave, Reading RG2 8DF.
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Greg Elliot is an important link in communications between Australian troops deployed to the Middle East and their friends and families back home.
Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Greg Elliot from Craigieburn is a Telecommunications Systems Engineer in the Australian Army with Formce Communication Unit 9 (FCU-9) posted to Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
The senior soldier joined the Army as an Electronics Apprentice immediately after finishing high school and is two months into his second deployment in three years to the Middle East.
"Our role is to bring Australian strategic communications services to the Middle East, including various Defence computer networks and welfare networks which allow our people to have contact with family and friends at home," Greg said.
"I personally know that that contact is important, because this is my second time deployed on this operation, having also deployed with the 5th Force Communications Unit (FCU-5) in 2011," he said.
He has four months left of his desert deployment, and will then be reunited with his family in Darwin.
"When I get home I am looking forward to having some time off, and spending quality time with my family. I am really missing my Wife, Robyn, and children Kyle (14), Stephanie (12), and Michael (10)," he said.
About 2,400 ADF personnel are deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation SLIPPER, and the ability to communicate an extraordinary quantity of information using a raft of radio frequencies, computer networks and other devices is critical to the success of their mission.
Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, maritime security in the Middle East and countering piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
The current Force Communication Unit is the ninth to deploy to the Middle East in support of the operation.
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12/16/2018 -- Drink to the Stars: A Benefit for Portland Audubon's Lights Out
OFFICIAL BREWERY EVENT FROM Ecliptic Brewing
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Drink to the stars! 10% of Ecliptic's sales in the pub will go to Portland Audubon's Lights Out.Drink and eat to the stars! On Sunday, December 16th, 10% of Ecliptic's sales in the pub will be donated to Portland Audubon's Lights Out program.
Ecliptic's love of the stars pairs perfectly with Audubon's Lights Out, which seeks to preserve the night sky for migrating and nesting birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, plants and human health and culture. Lights Out is a voluntary program in which building owners turn off unnecessary overnight lighting during migration season to minimize bird strikes and fatalities.
Learn more: https://audubonportland.org/issues/hazards/buildings/lo
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The Commission regrets the installation of replacement windows, shutters, garage door, light fixtures, railings, vents and exposed plumbing were completed without review or permit. No objection to issuance of permit for alterations to correct non-compatible features, including replacement of the insulated windows with single-glazed all-wood windows, replacement of the garage door with a wood framed panel overhead garage door, removal of the metal railings, shutters, security cameras and PVC pipes, replacement of the light fixtures and new red cedar louvered operable shutter per drawings received 14 October 2016, PROVIDED dimensions and details of replacement windows are compatible with historic district. Install sample window at first floor opening on Dumbarton Rock Court elevation no later than 9 January 2017 for approval prior to ordering windows. Note: Any subsequent modifications to the approved design, including those made during DCRA technical review, must be resubmitted to the Commission for approval prior to the issuance of a permit.


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PR Newswire
DENVER, July 17, 2018
DENVER, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Antero Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: AM) ("Antero Midstream") and Antero Midstream GP LP (NYSE: AMGP) ("AMGP") today announced plans to issue their second quarter 2018 earnings on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
A joint conference call for Antero Midstream and AMGP is scheduled on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 10:00 am MT to discuss the financial and operational results. A brief Q&A session for security analysts will immediately follow the discussion of the results for the quarter. To participate in the call, dial in at 1-888-347-8204 (U.S.), 1-855-669-9657 (Canada), or 1-412-902-4229 (International) and reference "Antero Midstream". A telephone replay of the call will be available until Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 10:00 am MT at 1-844-512-2921 (U.S.) or 1-412-317-6671 (International) using the passcode 10120012.
To access the live webcast and view the related earnings conference call presentation, visit Antero Midstream's website at www.anteromidstream.com or AMGP's website at www.anteromidstreamgp.com. The webcast will be archived for replay until Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 10:00 am MT.
Antero Midstream is a limited partnership that owns, operates and develops midstream gathering, compression, processing and fractionation assets as well as integrated water assets that primarily service Antero Resources Corporation's properties located in West Virginia and Ohio. Holders of Antero Midstream common units will receive a Schedule K-1 with respect to distributions received on the common units.
AMGP is a Delaware limited partnership that has elected to be classified as an entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Holders of AMGP common shares will receive a Form 1099 with respect to distributions received on the common shares. AMGP owns the general partner of Antero Midstream and incentive distribution rights in Antero Midstream.
For more information, contact Michael Kennedy – CFO of Antero Midstream and AMGP at (303) 357-6782 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Louis Vuitton Fall Winter 2018 Collection Preview
Louis Vuitton is going to rock us again with their Fall Winter 2018 Collection, so it's smart to put some cash aside for the next shopping spree season. The Fall Winter 2018 Runway is one way of getting a preview of what we can expect in the next collection. So what are we going to get? Unlimited beautiful handbags! Let's highlight the best.
Louis Vuitton Round-Shaped Lock Bag
One look at this bag is worth more than thousand words. Meet the latest mini bag for the next season. It's round-shaped, curved but beautified with a jewellery-like chain. The bag can be used as a clutch bag or an evening shoulder. The center features the iconic LV lock with key. There are more leather choices, but you can also carry the bag in Monogram Canvas.
Louis Vuitton Clap Bag
Whenever I think about the Clasp, I think about Fendi. You know, the Fendi 2jours Bag. It's no coincident between Karl being the creative director of Fendi and Chanel, and the introduction of the Chanel Trendy CC Bag. The Trendy CC also features a clasp, it's where the clasp-trend has started. Now there is a Louis Vuitton version available. The top is built with gold clasp for the modern-chic'ness.
Louis Vuitton Classic Trunk-Inspired Tote
Is this the Petite Malle Tote Bag? Well, it might be because the body is embellished with the vintage Monogram Canvas. The newer version of the Monogram Canvas is much more shinier. This bag also comes with a top handle as well as details from the Classic Trunk like the classic lock. It's a beautiful bag; a magnificent fashion piece and will do well to help you impress others.