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So, like most Americans, I watched the videos flying around social media that show the arrest of two African-American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks for waiting on a third friend to show up before ordering. And I was pissed for them and for their family and friends. I was pissed that they had to force themselves to be calm and submissive to the police officers who should not have even been called in the first place, because I would have been loud as hell. I was pissed that they were taken down to the precinct and arrested and fingerprinted and held in a cell until 12:30 the following morning, when they were released as though nothing had happened and they should just be okay with it. And I was pissed that EVERY OTHER CUSTOMER IN THE STORE stood up and told these arresting officers that they had not done anything wrong (these were witnesses!) and still they were taken away and humiliated and had their fingerprints put into the automated fingerprint identification system. Due to some itchy and probably subconscious bigotry of a random Starbucks manager and his inability to say, "Order or get out," or even more humanly, to be patient and give these two men the same patience he would have given any other white customer, these two men will now have difficulty getting a security clearance, a job that requires a background check, work with or volunteer with children or elderly. And all for the simple fact that their fingerprints will pop up in the database. I thought that I was as pissed as I could be. I was wrong. Because this morning, I saw this tweet:
I was sort of pissed because I thought, "Well, if no one had said anything, then they would be complicit in their silence. And when we do stand up and say something, we're still getting labeled with the word 'privileged' and damn. What do you want us to do?"
And then I realized Chris Evans' point: HE'S RIGHT.
It's not about me. He's pointing out that this IS the privilege and, while I've always realized that I have it, I never asked for it. I never asked to be born white. He is condemning that one group of people has a privilege that the rest of the world doesn't. Why should any of us have that privilege? It is less a criticism of my whiteness, than it is stating the obvious: The white customers in the same Starbucks were ignored by the cops. Had they been black and argued with the cops, they would have been arrested, too.
And that isn't just an assumption on Chris Evans' part. This is something that we have all witnessed, either in real life or in video in the past. In 2016, an African-American woman called the police in Fort Worth, Texas to report a white man for choking her son because he allegedly threw a piece of trash on the ground. The officer shows up, agrees that the boy shouldn't have littered and did not even address the assault on the child. The mother argued with the cop and was clearly angry but not aggressive and he used the taser on her and her daughter who started to scream at the officer out of fear for her mother. The woman and her two daughters were arrested.
I thought about all of this and other filmed injustices that I have seen over the years. I have come to the conclusion that I am not pissed at what Chris Evans tweeted out. I am pissed that it is true.
But I will continue to use my white privilege to stand up for the injustices of others. It and my voter registration card and my voice are really the only tools in my toolbox that I can use to help the situation. I will continue to speak out. I will continue to write letters. I will continue to teach my kids that bigotry and ignorance and hate will only continue to hold them and everyone else back; that our differences are beautiful and something to be admired and cherished rather than hated or feared. I will continue to be pissed about my fellow countrymen being treated unjustly, because the minute that I don't, I will have become the oppressor via complacency.


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The road we most often walk feels like nowhere.
The area with the best views doesn't really shine on a day like this.
But that view isn't the only reason to walk that road. With your senses peeled you are bound to find plenty of other things to catch your attention. This time it was some of the gnarly old wood I spotted along the road.

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Former Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis is waiting to hear whether or not he has been elected President of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.
Mavroyiannis' election campaign ended on Friday with a large reception held at United Nations Headquarters which was attended by ambassadors and diplomats from more than a hundred countries of the organisation.
The election will be held by secret ballot and the results announced by 5pm (Cyprus time).
Two candidates of geographical Asia-Pacific group, Cyprus Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis and Fiji's permanent representative to the UN, Peter Thomson attended a three-hour interactive dialogue with civil society organised by the World Federation of UN Associations.
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Open in Fairy Tale Land where the royal carriage is moving through the forest with an armed escort. Inside we find Prince Charming smiling at the scenic view outside, when he asks his travelling companion, "What do you think of the view my dear?" Reveal he's not talking to Snow White but rather a Regal Blonde! The carriage comes to a sudden stop when a tree blocks the road. Charming gets out of the carriage leaving a pouch on the seat and goes to investigate. Just as he realizes the tree blocking the road wasn't an accident, a thief steals the pouch from the carriage and rides off on a horse with Charming in pursuit. He catches the thief and knocks them off their horse. Just as Charming is about punch the thief he discovers it's a woman, a woman we know as Snow White, but it's very clear they don't know each other yet. In a moment of hesitation, shocked from discovering the thief to be a woman, Snow White grabs a rock and hits Charming in the chin with it, knocking him off her. She jumps on a horse and speeds away. Charming calls out after her, "You can't hide from me. Wherever you are I will find you." Snow White looks back and smiles as she rides away.
Off Snow White in Fairy Tale Land, we find her as Mary Margaret in Storybrooke on a date with Dr. Whale. As she talks about her hopes and dreams, he's clearly distracted as he ogles Ruby, the diner's pretty waitress. Mary Margaret asks for the check and heads home. It's night as she walks down the street and finds Emma parked in her car. Mary Margaret smiles at the fact that she's decided to stay and offers Emma her spare bedroom as a place to stay. Emma thanks her for the offer but says she's not the roommate type.
The next day we find Mary Margaret with her class at the hospital visiting the sick patients. Henry finds John Doe, the coma patient, who looks exactly like Prince Charming. Henry questions Mary Margaret if she knows who John Doe is. She doesn't know who he is and ushers Henry out.
Henry tells Emma he found her father, the John Doe patient in the hospital. He says they have to tell Mary Margaret they found her Prince Charming. They need to get Mary Margaret to read to him and maybe then he'll remember who he is. Emma agrees but tells Henry, they do it her way. Emma goes to see Mary Margaret and tells her what Henry's plan. Mary Margaret is apprehensive but Emma assures her it's just to play along with Henry to show him that fairy tales aren't real. Mary Margaret agrees to do it because "We get him to the truth without hurting him."
Mary Margaret sits on the John Doe's bed and reads to him their story from Fairy Tale Land. As she reads to John Doe, his hand reaches up and grabs hers. She brings Dr. Whale, her date from the night before, to the room to check on him. He tells her everything is steady, same as it's always been. When asked what she was doing, Mary Margaret says she was just reading him a story. He tells her she probably just dozed off. Dr. Whale sends Mary Margaret home and says he will call her if anything changes. After she leaves, Dr. Whale calls Regina to let her know something has happened with the John Doe patient. When he tells Regina that one of the volunteers said that the patient grabbed her and there was a slight fluctuation in brain activity, Regina looks genuinely concerned. At home, Mary Margaret sits in bed and continues to read the book. We push in on the page she's reading and it takes us back to...
Fairy Tale Land, where Snow White has packed up all her belongings and is leaving her hollowed tree trunk for good. She gets a few steps when Prince Charming's trap is sprung. Snow White is stuck in a net ten feet off the ground. He tells her, "I told you I'd find you. No matter what you do, I will always find you." Snow White sarcastically replies, "Aren't you a real "Prince Charming." He smiles, "I have a name, you know. It's..." she cuts him off. "Don't care. Charming suits you." And now we know – Charming isn't his name, it's a nickname. He tells Snow White he wants the jewels back because there was a ring in there that belonged to his mother. She agrees to help him find the ring or else he'll turn her over to the Queen because he knows she's Snow White.
In Storybrooke, Mary Margaret reports in to Emma and Henry. She tells them that John Doe responded to her! They go to the hospital. When the three get to the hospital they are met by Sheriff Graham who tells him John Doe is missing. Regina is also there and chastises Henry for lying to her about where he's been. Dr. Whale says that John Doe must be found because if not he could be in real danger. Regina orders Graham to find him.
Emma and Graham question Leroy and the security guard from the hospital. While reviewing the security tapes they find that John Dow exited the ward out a side door. Leroy tells them the door leads to the woods.
Back in Fairy Tale Land, Snow White leads Prince Charming through the forest. He notices her toying with a small glass bottle filled with dust on a necklace and asks her what it is. When she tells him not to worry about it, he rips it from her neck. Prince Charming handles the glass bottle cavalierly, Snow White tells him to be careful because it's a weapon. He looks at it dismissively and asks her what kind of weapon is dust. She tells him it's fairy dust. He thought fairy dust was a good thing. Snow White corrects him, "When it comes from a good fairy. This stuff is deadly. It transforms the most fearsome of adversaries into a form that is easily squashed." As they continue on, Snow White tells Charming the charges against her are lies, but it still hasn't stopped the Queen from trying to kill her. The reason she's been stealing from the Queen is to amass enough fortune to escape to another realm where she can never be hurt. He asks her what she did to incur that much wrath. Snow says the Queen blames her from ruining her life. Charming pointedly asks, "Did you?" Snow thinks about, "Yes." When they reach a stream, Snow White asks if she can take a drink of water and Charming tells her to make it quick. But it's just a ruse to escape. She catches Charming off guard by hitting him in the head with a branch and knocking into the current. She escapes Charming, but runs right into the hands of three of the Queens knights, who tell her they're going to take her heart back the Queen.
Emma, Mary Margaret and Graham track the John Doe patient through the woods when Henry shows up. He tells them he knows where John Doe is going, he looks at Mary Margaret and tells her, "He's looking for you."
We're now back in Fairy Tale Land where Snow White is about to have her heart cut out by the Queen's knights when Charming comes to her rescue and in heroic fashion, kills them. She's shocked that he saved her. He tells her, "It seemed like the honorable thing to do." Charming wastes no time, gets back to business and tells her they need to go get back his jewels. Snow White tells him she sold them to some trolls nearby and they head off to find them.
In the woods, Emma, Mary Margaret, Henry and Graham are still searching for the John Doe hospital patient. Henry tells Mary Margaret the hospital patient is looking for her because she's the one who woke him up and he loves her. Graham gets all of their attention when he finds John Doe's bloodied hospital wristband.
Back to Fairy Tale Land where Snow White and Charming find the trolls at their bridge. Snow tries to negotiate and get the ring back but the trolls figure out that Charming is a royal and that she's, Snow White, the one with a price on her head. When they try to escape, Snow White gets away and Charming is almost killed by the trolls. Snow comes back and uses her magic fairy dust to save him by turning the trolls into bugs. Charming thanks her, and tells her, "I told you, I have a name. It's James." Snow White smiles, "Nice to meet you, James."Emma, Mary Margaret, Henry and Graham are still searching the woods for John Doe. As Mary Margaret sweeps the area with her flashlight, she finds John Doe on the banks of a stream. She runs to him, gives him first aid and pleads with him, "Come back to me." John Doe comes to, "You saved me. Thank you." When she asks him who he is, he doesn't know. John Doe is at the hospital being attended to by Dr. Whale when the Regal Blonde from Fairy Tale Land shows up, calling him David. Mary Margaret asks aloud who she is. Regina appears right behind her and says it's his wife. Off that bomb, we're back in...
Fairy Tale Land where Snow White and Charming are parting ways. They both have what they wanted, Charming the ring and Snow White the gold. As they delay their goodbye talking about the ring, there's a connection between them but neither one makes a first move so Charming says, "Goodbye, Snow White." She smiles, "Goodbye, Prince Charming." He corrects her, "I told you. It's James." Snow White gets the last word, "Nah, I still like Charming better." And with that she walks off, Charming watching her go. Clearly torn. And then he turns to leave just as Snow White stops and turns around to stare at him. Having just missed his stare. She sees him go and gives a wistful smile. And off Snow White, life changed, their story only beginning.
In the hospital, Regina tells everyone that John Doe's name is David Nolan. Kathryn, his wife, tells Mary Margaret how they separated. She says that years ago they were not getting along and she takes the blame for telling him that if he didn't like it he could leave. When Emma asks why she didn't look for him, Kathryn explains she assumed David left town. Dr. Whale says David's waking up is something of a miracle and that there is no explanation why he woke up. Kathryn goes back to her husband's side. Henry again tells Mary Margaret that David was looking for her because he was going to the Troll Bridge. Mary Margaret tells Henry, David only went to the bridge because it's the last thing she read to him but Henry says, "No, it's because you belong together." This lands on Mary Margaret.
Before Regina can leave, Emma chases her down and confronts her over the coincidences of her having the contact info for David with no one else was looking for him. She says that after Emma looked at the security tapes, she decided to also look at past tapes and found that David was saying Kathryn's name in his sleep. With that information, Regina was able to find Kathryn. Regina says that all of this has reminded her of something important, "How grateful I am to have Henry. Because not having someone? Well, that's the worst curse imaginable."Kathryn wraps David in a heartfelt embrace while he looks over her shoulder and locks eyes with Mary Margaret. There is that SAME look we saw between them in Fairy Tale Land. As she watches the loving reunion, Mary Margaret absentmindedly plays with something on he right hand. It's the ring we saw Charming bringing to his fiancé, the Regal Blonde, in Fairly Tale Land. Later, Mary Margaret is sitting alone in her apartment deep in thought. She's still absentmindedly playing with the ring on her right hand when someone knocks at the door. It's Emma and she's asking if the spare room Mary Margaret offered her is still available. Mary Margaret smiles warmly and motions for her to come in. And as the door closes, we go off these two women... who have a bond they're both just beginning to discover... finding each other.


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Exercise Science: Medical Emphasis -This degree is designed for future
physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, orthopedists, and other professionals that want a medical emphasis in the exercise science field. A foundation for the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries and issues are built. Additionally, students explore human movement and gain an in-depth understanding of the human body.
Exercise Science: Coaching/Fitness - This program is designed for those who want to coach, train, and prepare individuals to improve their overall health and wellness. Graduates have become professional coaches, personal trainers, group fitness instructors and wellness instructors. Students understand not only the human body, but also how to prepare it for maximum performance considering varied ability levels.
Physical Education Teaching - Students with a degree in Physical Education at Carson-Newman can be licensed to teach Physical Education in grades K-12, High School Wellness, and Middle School Health. Our degree plan allows students to get an additional license in K-12 Special Education or K-5 Elementary Education within the four years to graduation. Our graduates are also prepared for careers in the fields of coaching, group fitness, and youth programming.
Youth Athletics and Recreation Management - This major is designed for students who want to teach physical activity and recreation to children, but do not want to teach Physical Education in schools. Graduates would be well suited as youth activity directors or other children's programing positions. Additionally, graduates will be well suited for a variety of careers in entertainment programming.
Wilderness Recreation Management Minor - The Wilderness Recreational Management Minor provides students experience and knowledge so they can manage wilderness recreation settings and guide excursions. Students learn to lead experiences in hiking and backpacking, kayaking, high and low ropes, and rock climbing. Graduates become knowledgeable in managerial skills, leadership styles, and risk management to lead wilderness based groups and organizations.


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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is a type of behavioral therapy that was introduced in 1955 by Dr. Albert Ellis. It is characterized as revolutionary and a bit different compared to the traditional therapy and counseling types. But despite its modern techniques, it was found to have some similarities with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Both therapy types' focuses more on human behavior and emotions which is correlated to attitudes, ideas, beliefs, and thinking. These factors are believed to have that strong force towards attitude change. But the similarities between the two therapy types end at that. There are five major differences between Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. These differences further distinguish the two kinds of therapy from each other.
"CBT is a relatively brief, skills-focused treatment that has been shown to be effective for a wide variety of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, anger, social skills deficits, and relational problems." –Shelby Harris, PsyD, CBSM
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy focuses more on the philosophic bases concerning disturbance with emotions, and this makes such treatment powerful. REBT points out demands in igniting emotional distress and cognitive distortions, and the said demands lead to addictions, anxiety, guilt, depression, anger, resentment and procrastination.
The only solution to such state is acceptance. The patient must first accept his condition, and secondly, the people around him also must learn to receive the situation as well. As for CBT, this is not the issue.
Secondary Disturbance
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is also considering the idea of secondary disturbance involvement. The person, being conscious all the time with the things that disturb him, can be viewed as a significant factor in having anxiety, depression and panic attacks. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy ponders this while CBT is not following that principle. "Cognitive behavioral therapy, often shortened to CBT, focuses on recognizing negative thought patterns and changing thoughts and behaviors and feelings through concrete skills." explains Hannah Goodman, LMHC
As CBT focuses more on uplifting a person's self-esteem, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, on the other hand, encourages self-acceptance. Instead of identifying the patient's weakness and rating his behavior, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy helps a person to open his eyes and see the positive side in his condition. After seeing it, he has to accept it wholeheartedly. This method is known as the Unconditional Self-Acceptance or USA.
"A good way to keep from destroying your self-esteem is by keeping negative self-talk in check. Catch yourself before you go spiraling down the hole of negative thought." You'll notice a big difference." –Cindy T. Graham, PhD
The USA stirs a person away from self-rating traps. Its philosophy is to accept the human side of each person no matter what their condition. CBT is not like this at all. Although, with CBT, self-esteem is empowered.
Helpful Negative Emotions
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy has a different definition when it comes to negative emotions and self-destruction. REBT urges people to think differently or to see the other side of the situation. One must try to find the right side of a particular circumstance. It will help them calm themselves down and look through things differently. CBT doesn't do this practice.
Inappropriate Anger
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy considers anger as a condemning, commanding, dictatorial and philosophic factor. With that established, this therapy assists a person in exercising his problem-solving skills and his assertiveness at the same time despite his anger issues. Instead of dealing with the anger itself, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy uses anger for the patient's sake to transform and change. CBT doesn't function this way.
These are the significant differences between REBT and CBT. Though both are created with the same motive, still their ways differ on how to face the person's problem. These two have unique impacts on people, and it is now the person's choice on which to therapy program to apply. Anyway, either of the two can help in overcoming a person's behavioral problem.


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On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James Perloff, author of The Shadows of Power and Truth Is A Lonely Warrior, joins us to discuss the 1970 Hollywood/Japanese production, Tora, Tora Tora! We discuss Perloff's recent article on the Pearl Harbor deception, "Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's 9/11″ and the pieces of the Pearl Harbor puzzle that the movie leaves out. We get into the details of where the movie came from and how it paints Pearl Harbor as a tragic accident rather than a devious deception.
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In stok's Healthy Buildings series, we've talked about the need to pivot towards new language when it comes to indoor environments. In an endeavor to infect all indoor environments with "Healthy Building Syndrome," certifications and rating systems are an invaluable tool.
So let's take a look at two frameworks focused on health and wellness: WELL and Fitwel. Despite the banter about competition, we're not-so-secretly thrilled to have two systems to use when designing solutions that improve the health and wellness of building occupants.
We'll start with the history:
WELL was developed by Delos, a wellness real estate and technology firm, and is managed and administered by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation. The WELL Building Standard is third-party certified by the Green Business Certification Incorporation (GBCI), which administers the LEED certification program and the LEED professional credentialing program. It's a system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and wellbeing, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind.
Fitwel was developed by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), and the General Services Administration (the government agency that runs federal office buildings). It is operated by the Center for Active Design, a non-profit entity. It's aimed at helping employers evaluate all the design factors that go into creating a healthy workplace, from proximity to public transit, bike parking, indoor air quality, healthy food access, and stairwell design.
On to the scope, stringency, and ease of use:
WELL sets performance requirements in seven concepts relevant to occupant health in the built environment – Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind.
The scientific rigor of WELL is unquestionable, and although it can be cumbersome, it results in positive human health impacts, which also yields a great ROI on human capital investment through increased worker productivity and decreased number of sick days.
Complex documentation must be gathered for WELL, including annotated project documents, drawings, and letters of assurance from the project team. Performance Verification is required, and includes a site visit from a highly experienced professional called a WELL Assessor, where visual inspections and performance tests to evaluate air and water quality, noise, light and temperature levels, and other environmental parameters may be performed. Upon completion of Performance Verification, the project receives a WELL report that provides a feature-by-feature assessment of WELL requirements. Because the WELL standard highly values ongoing performance of the building throughout its lifetime, a project must re-certify their building every 3 years to ensure it is still performing as originally designed. WELL is designed primarily for commercial office space, and has different requirements for new and existing buildings, new and existing interiors, and core and shell projects.
Fitwel measures health within 12 areas of design and operations: Location, Building Access, Outdoor Spaces, Entrances and Ground Floor, Stairwells, Indoor Environment, Workspaces, Shared Spaces, Water Supply, Cafeterias and Prepared Food Retail, Vending Machines and Snack Bars, and Emergency Procedures.
Although there are more categories in Fitwel than in WELL, the system allows for more flexible and less rigorous compliance paths. For example, it encourages daylighting, but doesn't require the measurement of lumens. This flexibility makes Fitwel more accessible than WELL in many ways, but it could also result in a space that doesn't reach the same performance outcomes as a WELL Certified Building.
To pursue Fitwel, a user can register a building, complete the Fitwel Scorecard using an online portal, and gain a numerical score for a project immediately. This score provides benchmarks allowing users to make improvements. Certification is optional, and can be pursued at any point by uploading documentation for review. Similar to the WELL standard, Fitwell is designed mainly for commercial office buildings, and has different requirements for multi-tenant buildings, single-tenant buildings and commercial interiors spaces.
And finally, the cost:
WELL has registration fees that range from $1,500 to $10,000, depending on the size/type of project. Additional certification fees are assessed on a PSF basis, and range from $0.42/sq ft – $0.58/sq ft for new and existing buildings or interiors. The rigor and complexity of WELL typically requires the engagement of an external consultant.
Fitwel has project registration and certification fees with a total maximum cost of $7,000. The system is designed to be simple enough for those who own or occupy buildings to achieve certification without engaging a consultant.
The conclusion?
Fitwel is an accessible, affordable, and highly practical starting point for benchmarking and optimizing a space for occupant health. By contrast, WELL offers more rigor at a higher pricepoint, yet ultimately allows for a higher level of performance and competitive differentiation for buildings that pursue it.
By subscribing to either system, building owners and corporate users can gain a competitive advantage in the race for buildings that result in healthy and productive people.
Want more? Reach out for more on stok's research on the impact of healthier indoor environments.


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Haute stuff: Neiman Marcus of Boca Raton reveals fall 2012 trends
When it comes to the must-have items for fall, smoking slippers, jackets, clusters of brooches and menswear tailored for women are the hot looks for ladies this season. Neiman Marcus in Town Center at Boca Raton hosted a fashion show Aug. 8 featuring all the style staples for women's wardrobes right now. Navy is the major neutral color of the season and structured, ladylike handbags by Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino are the arm candy to crave. As part of its trend event, Neiman Marcus stores and Neimanmarcus.com is offering a promotion through Aug. 15 if you spend $350 or more on regular-priced women's apparel, shoes, handbags or jewelry. You'll take home a navy blue and green brooch as a gift with purchase. Use the code TRENDNM if shopping online. Contact Joanie Cox at email@example.com or follow her tweets at Twitter.com/joaniecox.


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Society needs economics, politics, and religion to fully function, but what happens when one leg wars with another? In this week's boralogue, John advocates for holding tight to the truth amid the craziness of life. Worldviews intent on destroying the three legs of Western society will waver and eventually fold. We must always remember amid life's distractions our reference points and never forget the important things in life. It keeps us anchored to reality and to truth.
Those who bash freedom are only afforded the ability to do so because of freedom. Dave Huber (www.thecollegefix.com), Assistant Editor at The College Fix, joins us to discuss college course topics like critical race theory and how Western civilization is considered white supremacy. Despite the efforts of freedom bashers, though, there is a pushback to it in the education system.
What are rare earth metals and why are they so important to our future? Silver expert and Founder of the Morgan Report, Dave Morgan (www.silver-investor.com) analyzes how rare earth metals are processed and China's monopoly on them. He also predicts our economy's near future.
The media agenda with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to blame Jews and Christians. Dexter Van Zile (www.camera.org), Christian Media Analyst for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting, examines the Ground Truth Project and their efforts to groom the next generation of mainstream media journalists.
Is Roe v. Wade heading for a downfall? Former Senior Associate at the Department of Education Dennis Cuddy (www.newswithviews.com) discusses the possibilities of Roe being overturned and what would happen if that comes to pass.
John finishes up this week looking at the worldviews and philosophies found in economics, politics, and religion, and the rights that government wants to impose on you that may go against your beliefs.
John's quote of the week:
"What we are seeing in the West is people trying to make things up as they go along, borrowing from Christianity when they need morality, changing it and adding things to it that they want and kicking other things out that they don't want. All of this is done arbitrarily but they demand we all follow through on this terribly destructive nonsense. That's why we're in a bad way."
In this week's Extras segment, we play a double feature of interviews John has given in the past week. First up is an appearance on It Seems To Me with Tom Read where the two speak about the media and how it has changed over the years. The second feature is John's appearance on KYMS where he discusses a variety of issues including hate speech and the persecution of Christians around the world.
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Podcast Episode Chapters – (Segment start time)
1 – Boralogue – Have Faith and Keep Your Reference Points (1:45)
2 – Dave Huber – Western Civilization Called White Supremacy (13:29)
3 – Dave Huber – Pushback Against the Progressive Education Agenda (26:23)
Dave Morgan – Rare Earth Metals (31:04)
4 – Dexter Van Zile – Media Bias Against Christianity (39:46)
5 – Dennis Cuddy – Possibility of Roe v Wade Being Overturned (51:47)
6 – John Loeffler – Us Against the World Regarding Our Rights (1:05:10)
7 – Extras Segment – John on American Christian Network and KYMS (1:18:03)
End of Show (2:03:34)
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More Resources
- Security Weekend
- American Self-Hate
- Contradict
- Logical Fallacies and Critical Thinking
- Debating the Definition
- Monthly Persecution Update with John Loeffler on KYMS
- Battle of Worldviews
- Uptick
- Less Equal


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Franklin D. Roosevelt ( 1933 ) Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States pledging to lead the country out of the Great Depression
Africa and Aids
4th March ( 2005 ) : United Nations releases a report that warns that unless action is taken the HIV virus could become an epidemic in Africa with up to 90 million Africans infected. The current number is an estimated 22 million adults and children ( or 5% of the poplulation ) were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Iran Contra Affair 4th March ( 1987 ) President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging that talks with Iran had turned into an arms for hostages negotiation.
Hindenburg First Official Flight 4th March ( 1936 ) The Hindenburg makes it's First Official Flight in Germany. The Hindenburg built by the Zeppelin Company was 804 ft long filled with highly inflamable hydrogen to provide the lift and four 1,200 hp Daimler-Benz diesel engines giving the airship a maximum speed of 135 km/h (84 mph). To put this in context The Hindenburg was three times the length of a current Jumbo Jet and could carry less than 100 people including passengers and crew. ( Jumbo Jet carries circa 500 including passengers and crew )


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Auto Insurance Rate Factors Auto insurance is required in almost all states, which means that there is no way to avoid paying for your coverage. However, knowing what factors determine your auto insurance rates can help to make sure that you are paying the right price. Keep these car insurance premium factors in mind to see where you can make changes. Age – while everyone has a birthday every year, as long as you are under the age of 25, you will face higher premiums since you are Read More
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Karl Rove, former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, will appear at the fourth annual Savannah Book Festival at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Trustees Theatre in downtown Savannah.
Rove will present the paperback version of his memoir "Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight," which features new material about the current political climate, after which he will field questions from the audience.
"Courage and Consequence" provides a first-person account of recent history's most critical milestones by the architect of President George W. Bush's ascendency to the Governor's Mansion in Texas and ultimately to the White House.
Rove's account takes readers into the meetings and moments that defined Bush's presidency, giving an intimate look at the decision-making and makers. Along the way, he tells of his own evolution as one of the leaders of America's conservative movement.
Rove served as Bush's senior advisor and deputy chief of staff until 2007. Rove now contributes commentary to Fox News on political strategy, writes a weekly op-ed column for the Wall Street Journal, and pens a column for Newsweek magazine.
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Until recently, the sector was seen as a can't-lose proposition for Internet start-ups and investors. New companies have poured into the market, which researchers predict will be worth between $2.7 trillion and $7.3 trillion by 2004.
Business-to-business ventures hope to build online marketplaces for industrial and commercial items. Companies selling specialized software and offering online exchanges promise to decrease the cost of doing business, thereby increasing profits and making new, more economically sound ventures possible.
But in the past month, share prices of some of these companies have slumped, in some ways mirroring the slowdown in the consumer e-commerce market. E-commerce software makers Ariba and Commerce One--the poster children for the business-to-business movement--have lost billions in value since the beginning of March. Some analysts see market caps shrinking further, along with a consolidation of smaller companies in the coming months.
Today, Safeguard Scientifics, a Web site investment firm, said it will stop investing in business-to-business e-commerce to concentrate on "infrastructure" companies. The news drove down stocks of many players.
What's caused the about-face? Analysts say overcrowding and a lack of confidence in unproven business models.
"There's no question that a lot of the air has come out of the B2B stock bubble," said Giga Information Group analyst Andrew Bartels. "What is fueling the deflation of the bubble is the realization that its inflation had been driven by erroneous assumptions" and that, for the most part, these companies aren't going to achieve profits in the billions of dollars.
By the 1 p.m. PT close of regular trading, Ariba was down $12.75, or about 12 percent, to $90.75--well below its 52-week high of $183.31. Commerce One shed $20.50, or about 15 percent, to $119.50--also a far cry from its 52-week high of $331. i2 Technologies tumbled $28.88, or about 21 percent, to $108.06. The stock has hit a high of $223.50 in the past 52 weeks.
"Since last summer, B2B has been a strong performing sector, and now we're seeing consolidation and a pullback as investors rethink valuation (on some B2B companies)," said Michael Dubrow, an analyst at New York-based Jacob Asset Management. "I don't think they'll stay out of favor for long, but investors do want to see some traction with the business models."
Analysts warn that a consolidation of exchanges is expected as start-ups overcrowd the market. Recent moves by established firms--such as General Motors, Sears Roebuck and DuPont--to throw their weight into business e-commerce have raised fears that start-ups will be squeezed by well-heeled brick-and-mortar companies.
Donald Goodwin, president of market research firm Technomic, said the smaller companies will ultimately be gobbled up by megasites, such as the one recently proposed by Ford Motor, DaimlerChrysler and GM, aimed at streamlining automakers' supply chains.
Goodwin said that as pressure mounts for business partners to produce profits and grow quickly, they will likely form megasites comprised of subcategories that focus on specific market segments.
To a certain extent, Technomic's conclusion is shared by other industry analysts, but there is disagreement on when a shakeout will occur.
Laurie Orlov, an analyst at Forrester Research, said she doesn't think critical mass has occurred and that a shakeout won't happen soon--unless the money runs out.
"I'd give it a year before we see any shake out. We're in the launch phase right now, and I think that is going to keep going for sometime. If Wall Street money dries out for some reason, then we would see some form of shake out," she added.
Other factors include a corresponding slowdown in consumer e-commerce stocks and fear that government regulation could stifle growth, analysts said.
Once-heralded Internet start-ups Peapod, Drkoop.com and CDNow each acknowledged they are running short of cash. Last week, health site Drkoop said in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it has "sustained losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception," posing a threat to its future as a business.
Online music seller CDNow said its auditor, Arthur Andersen, has expressed "substantial doubt" about whether the company can continue to stay in business, according to an SEC filing. And after losing its chief executive and a planned $120 million investment, online grocer Peapod said it is soliciting takeover offers.
The rapid growth of the business e-commerce market, combined with the merging of online exchanges, has also raised concerns about the potential need for government regulation, an issue that could lead to bitter disputes over control of the multibillion-dollar industry.
While the predictions are not dire, Giga is warning its clients that the opportunity has passed for short-term gains in business-to-business stocks. Prospects for solid profits are still realistic, but the megaprofits once seen in the sector are not likely to materialize.
Despite a cooling down, Giga's Bartels said that most of these companies will continue to turn high valuations and become profitable.
"This does not mean that these (business-to-business stocks) aren't good companies," Bartels said. "It does mean that investors who may have assumed that some of these companies are going to be equivalent of Microsoft and bid up their price on the basis that they were already Microsoft in maturity are going to have to conclude that this prospect is very uncertain and won't materialize for several more years."
Jacob Asset's Dubrow maintains a positive market outlook.
"We do see investors tiptoeing around the sector right now, but at the same time, we don't see corporations pulling back in investing in B2B marketplaces," he added. "We see a continued rush for industry after industry to get connected (to online marketplaces)."
News.com's Sandeep Junnarkar contributed to this report.


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A brisk and refreshing raspberry flavored Italian soda. Craving a cream soda, we got you covered. Nothing quenches your thirst better than a bubbly drink!
As I stated in the description, there's nothing quite like a bubbly drink to wet your whistle. That's especially true on days like today.
It's definitely a warm Saturday in Northwest Arkansas. Fortunately, we have just the recipe to cool us off.
For today's post, we're sharing our raspberry Italian soda. Kim's love of this drink goes all the way back to her childhood and she's super excited to share this beverage with everyone.
You won't believe how easy it is to make. Oh, we've also included the ingredients and directions to turn this soda into an Italian cream soda.
So, you get two options with this one. Now, how about we get mixing?
Raspberry Italian Soda Instructions:
To begin, grab the ingredients you need. Measure out the club soda, the raspberry simple syrup, and the ice.
Should you decide to make a cream soda, then snag the heavy cream as well.
Once you have everything you need, it's time to start mixing the drink. I'll go over the regular version first.
There's not much of difference, but one thing a time, as they say.
Begin by adding the ice, then the club soda and raspberry syrup.
Stir it all up and your beverage is ready to drink.
Just remember to go slow; otherwise, the soda will bubble over and make a mess.
For the cream soda, you need to do things a little differently. First, add the club soda and syrup to the glass.
Stir them together, then add the heavy cream and stir again. The last step is to add the ice. That's it, this drink is done too.
Kim and I hope you like these simple Italian soda recipes. We wish you all the best 🙂
Italian Soda Tips:
Just because our drink is made with raspberry syrup doesn't mean it can't be modified. For example, you can use cherry or blueberry syrup.
Basically, use whatever flavor of syrup you want. Additionally, play with the amounts as much as you want to create your own version.
Okay, say you want to turn this into an adult beverage. Raspberry and vodka work well together.
I would recommend one and a half (1.5) ounces of vodka per drink. Another option is add Chambord to the beverage, using the same amount as the vodka.
If you decide on a different flavor of soda, then you may want to rethink which liquor or liqueur to use. But, that's what we have Google for, right?
One last thing, you don't have to use heavy cream for the cream soda. Half and half or whole milk should suffice. With that being said, we've never done it, so let us know if it's a viable substitution.
If you enjoyed our raspberry Italian soda recipe, please leave us a comment and rate the recipe card. You can also find us on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram by searching for Berly's Kitchen!
Italian Soda
- 8 Ounces Club Soda
- 3 Ounces Raspberry Syrup
- 2/3 Cup Ice (approximate, by volume)
- 2 Ounces Heavy Cream (optional)
Italian Soda
- In a large glass with ice, combine the club soda and raspberry syrup. Mix to combine.
Italian Cream Soda
- In a large glass, combine the club soda and raspberry syrup. Stir to combine. Add the heavy cream and stir again. Add the ice last to avoid having the fats in the heavy cream stick to the ice. Garnish with whipped cream and fresh raspberries if desired.


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An update for the board: budget, staff, and more
The SPJ national board held an electronic meeting on Saturday, part of a plan President Rebecca Baker announced when she took office: The board would hold meetings at four points during the journo-fiscal year instead of the traditional two (EIJ, on spring).
This was the second of our two additional meetings. The first was in November.
My take: The additional meetings are useful. They help the board talk together to figure things out, rather than rely on lengthy email threads.
Highlights from Saturday's meeting:
• Some SPJ partnerships with other organizations are ending or have already: ACES — The Society for Editing. RTDNA and its foundation (for managing finances). NAHJ (for managing finances — SPJ continues to handle membership and conference planning). But there might be a new partnership soon with another journalism organization.
Similarly, there might be some partnership changes at future EIJs.
• Several staff members at SPJ headquarters left in the last several months. Other people have been hired and the office is expected to be at full staffing shortly. Here is the current staff.
• HQ continues to work to address a budget shortfall that we have known about for several months.
• SPJ's new Journalist on Call, Rod Hicks, has started his work.
• The scope of the Scripps Leadership Institute will change soon. Details on that will be announced later.
• There is no update on the investigation into money that was missing from the Region 10 fund.
• The board agreed to postpone a discussion of a possible change to the new requirements for oversight of regional funds. A task force is working on a comparable review and recommendations for new financial requirements for pro and campus chapters.
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Did you know there's a whole other Spider-Man series that takes place in a multiverse where each universe has its own version of Spider-Man? I'll admit I was not aware of this arachnid-humanoid-related development, but I am now. There's a new movie coming out about one of these Spider-verses, and, for our purposes, the most important thing you need to know about that parallel universe is that Yugos are still being made. What a glorious universe.
Don't believe me? Well, you can see for yourself in this alternate-universe-accurate trailer, at about 0:40 seconds in:
In case you missed it, here's what I'm talking about:
See that billboard? It's advertising an all-new Yugo! I believe this alternate universe takes place in the same year as ours, so that's a 2018 Yugo there.
In our universe, Yugos were built by Zastava in what was Yugoslavia, and even survived the bombing of the factory in 1999, with the cars being built and sold as the Zastava Koral up until 2008.
They haven't been sold in America since 1992 in our universe, but clearly, that's not the case here. The Yugo appears to have kept their logo basically the same as the one we knew in our universe, but they do have more playful taglines, which seem to include "Wherever YUGO, I go," and they're using a powerful and evocative quote "It'll get you from A to B," which I do hope comes from a story on that universe's version of Jalopnik.
The design of the 2018 Yugo appears to be a pretty direct evolution from the boxy little hatch we knew; it's much more aerodynamic looking, with bolder, more agressive wheels and a lower, wider stance. The front end keeps the original's rectilinear simplicity, and the old black plastic bumper is referenced with a wide lower air intake. I like it!
There's some Yugo prototypes and facelifts/updates from our universe that could fill in well as missing links between the old Yugo and the modern one, like these cars:
Also important is the question of does this mean that in this alternate universe, Yugoslavia still exists as a country? Woah.
We've reached out to Sony for comment, and will report back any important alternate-universe Yugo-related information they give us.
(thanks, Chris!)


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Johnnie Walker has been confirmed as the top performing global brand in the spirits sector, but new research also confirms positive findings for brands such as Jack Daniel's, Absolut and Captain Morgan.
The research from The IWSR and just-drinks, entitled The World's Top Performing Spirits Brands, incorporates The IWSR's ranking based on volume, retail value and five-year growth, with a just-drinks reader survey of industry opinion on what have been the best-performing brands of 2010.
One of the stand-out performances was Jack Daniels, the flagship brand of Louisville-based Brown-Forman, which punches above its weight in the global spirits market.
In the overall ranking from The IWSR, Jack Daniel's came in fourth with a total score of 310 (out of a possible 327), and was the only brand not owned by either Diageo or Pernod Ricard to feature in the top eight.


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Hello all,
It is good to be writing again. Had a very good PTO in South Africa but also glad to be home. This was my first week home for a long while. We enjoyed very much South Africa – after all there is amazing wine country, and history to explore, but also great wild country too. I will share out some pictures once I reduce them to a more realistic number!
BTW, I updated my installing Veeam ONE article for 9.0 U1.
I would like to congratulate all of the vExperts who are now NSX vExperts. NSX is pretty amazing but also complex so it is most impressive to be a vExpert NSX.
A friend of mine – Dave Siles, will be at the Nutanix show to demo the next generation of the DataGravity software, and while I have not seen it yet, I certainly have heard it is most cool. So if you are at the show go say hi to Dave, and check out the new software – I think you will be surprised and impressed.
This week I had a chance to see version 2 of vSearch, and I quite liked it. I had a very short look at version 1 before I went on PTO and also quite liked it. To see v2 so quick is nice. This tool is one that consolidates the information of vCenter into one search environment. That allows it to surface up interesting information as well, so there is stuff you don't need to search for but yet you can search for anything. I liked it so much, that I will do a review of it this week sometime – so watch out for it.
I did not wear my Apple Watch while in Africa – due to security issues that never manifested, and I didn't miss it too much with what we were doing, but when I put it back on this week it really felt good. I did miss the power of having it on my wrist after all.
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads reading, and, for everyone, have a great week!
Take care – Express Patch 6 for ESXi 6 can break your Backup (CBT Bug)!
When I saw this, I thought it was something old from the last time we had a CBT issue in vSphere 6 but the date was quick to show me otherwise. Another CBT bug sucks. I hope that this patch gets withdrawn, new version of the patch with no CBT bug, and the QA on CBT improves. What is going on VMware?
RUSH POST: Microsoft Convenience Update and VMware VMXNet3 Incompatibilities
In this article it says to avoid the "Convenience Update" for Win7 and Win2K8 otherwise there will be issues with your virtual networking if you use VMXNet3. It is in fact an old article that has not been updated. Seems like it should be easy to avoid this update – it does have an obvious and easy to see name – right?
esxupdate Error Code 99
This is a good article to read as it is interesting problem and solution but I suspect that this might occur with other extensions and the same solution would work for those I think.
C# Client is officially dead…
Duncan talks about something we have known for a while was going to happen. I started using the vSphere Web Client seriously while at VMware, and I got used to it. It was not ideal but it was functional and in fact had some useful features not found elsewhere. And in vSphere 6 it got better for me. I have been using the embedded host client for a while when I could not use the vSphere Web Client and it was pretty good. I have also been using the HTML5 Client and it is pretty good too. I think the fact VMware is dropping the C# client now is a little early as it might have been good to have the HTML5 client and the host client a little further along before dropping it, but the fact is we will be able to get along without the C# client with the HTML5 and host clients. It is good to have the vSphere Web Client maintained along with the HTML5 client due to the time it will take the plug-ins to be updated – which I suspect will be a while. But, I think there is a bigger issue here. I think we will be fine without the C# client but I think we will still need a thick client and not just a web client – HTML5 or otherwise. There is much more that can be done in a thick client compared to a web page I think.
Want to learn about VMware NSX?
A friend of mine did. This is what I found when looking for resources. Here is a free book, PluralSight Course, and of course there are NSX labs in the HOL. Also, don't forget about the very good vSphere Networking book – which covers off everything vSphere networking except for NSX, called Networking for VMware Administrators.
VM Renamed using PowerCLI Reverts to Original Name After vCenter Restart
Chris has an interesting issue and a good suggestion too! Can you imagine the frustration of renaming a VM, and at some point of time in the future it has the old name? That is a tough one.
Change OS of vCenter 5.5, – change vC 5.5 architecture, virtualize physical vC
An interesting article that steps you through upgrading your vCenter host OS from Win2K8 to Win2k12, and then upgrade to vSphere 6. A good process.
vSphere HTML5 Web Client newly updated
I do quite like this HTML5 Web Client , and it has been updated again. My upgrade went very smooth with no issues.
Log Insight License Interoperability
Steve explains the bundling options for Log Insight, which are varied! Nice that NSX 6.2.2 now includes LI too.
vSphereDSC – Principles of Operation
LucD helps explain how you can do described state config using PowerShell. This article can help you get started on this path, but I suspect it will take a bit of work.
ntpq -p connection refused error message
An interesting article about checking your time status. Good info to know – I quite like the ntpq tool.
Home Lab Fundamentals:
Frank has several good articles that are home lab fundamentals but also just plain useful. First is about DNS Reverse lookups, and the second about time sync. Very good stuff!
Disk format version 4.0 update to 2.0 suggested
Duncan talks in this article about an issue he has heard of in the wild that has to do with doing upgrades NOT in the right order or perhaps not completing upgrades. I have written a number of upgrade articles and I always mention vC gets updated before hosts, and do all the hosts, but also there is an excellent KB article that helps on upgrade order of operation.
Using EFI / UEFI firmware in a VMware Virtual Machine
Someone was asking about this a while back (I said it works and not much else) and here I find a nice write-up on the subject.
Released: NSX 6.2.3 – Packed full of new features!
This really does seem like a big release for NSX – check it out here. Here is the info on how Log Insight is now included with NSX 6.2.2.
New-tagcategory Cannot find a service registration for vCenter service with host name XXXX
I think I have seen this before. I have a best practice of my own that has me make sure this will not happen by checking the FQDN. But see this article for more info.
Test driving VMware Photon Controller
William has an article series about learning how to make Photon work, and you can find part 1 here if you are so inclined.
Playing around with EMC CloudArray on VSAN
Duncan is checking out the CloudArray software and it sounds pretty good. I love the idea on how it can provision NFS / CIFS (hopefully SMB actually) from your local array but yet can use the cloud for archival.
Arkin Acquisition will Further Simplify VMware NSX Operational Planning and Visibility
You can read more about this new VMware purchase that will likely very much help out NSX customers.
Adding a Network Selection Drop-Down in vRA 7
Jad has a nice article to help you add a network selection during the request workflow in vRA and I know that is handy and I suspect you could use the info on it to do a variety of things!
Everything you need to disable in Windows 10
While you may not actually want to disable everything that is mentioned in this article, it is a good intro to a variety of things that is in Win10 and learning is always good.
Veeam v9 and Direct NFS Access
If you are hosting virtual machines on NFS and are using Veeam B&R v9 you may be able to improve performance of the backup by using Direct NFS Access. You can learn more from this TWP, and yes, sorry, it is gated but it is good info. Here is a past webinar that you can still access that talks more about it.
Self-service backup and restore capabilities for VMware vCloud Director coming in Veeam Availability Suite 9.5
I remember when vCD was first released and you could not backup it's VMs properly. Fast forward to today and you have an amazing option with Veeam and backing up VMs properly in vCD and it is done in a way that you can add it to your code or use it standalone. See more in Luca's article.
Microsoft Nano Server updates and new functionality in TP5
Mike has the breakdown of what is new in Nano in TP5, and I must admit I am looking forward to having Nano servers in my lab. I think they will have a much smaller resource footprint and that is most excellent.
PernixCloud Data: FVP Latency Compared to SAN Latency
A nice article by Frank talking about the savings in latency that customers have experienced. I certainly enjoyed having FVP in my lab at my previous employer as it helped make things better! It did not take long to see some substantial savings.
PernixData FVP 3.5 and Architect 1.1 now GA
I first heard that FVP has an appliance now which I thought was great as it would really make it much faster to get implemented. Probably makes updates faster too. Thanks to Pietro Putti I learned that it existed. But after that I saw the PR notice of the upgrade, then I saw Anthony's article on the new features, and one on the new install. This is a very good product, that is simple to install and use, and yet does some very powerful and complex stuff behind the scenes.
NSX Bytes: Trend Deep Security 9.6 DSVA Deployment Gotchya
I am quite fond of Trend Deep Security as it was the first anti – malware software I saw or used that allowed me to protect my virtual machines from outside the VM and I thought that was ideal. Anthony has an article about an issue during install.
Data Corruption – The Silent Killer
You may have heard of spinning rust, or bit rot, but there is truly interesting background to that which is not so common. Check out this article to learn where bit rot comes form, and what is being done about it.
Why you shouldn't share links on Facebook
An interesting security article about how links sent privately via Messenger can be read by anyone.
OS X Hidden Treasures: Copy and Paste
I had to explain copy and paste to someone a while back, and I wish I had this article to help.
Apple Pay: FUD vs. the future
I am a very big believer in Apple Pay. I mean I use it to pay for something, and the vendor I use it with, and their bank, get their money, but never see my credit card. So little chance for something to go astray! Plus when traveling in Africa recently I had to cancel my credit cards. The new ones were ready in Apple Pay in less than a day. Pretty handy that too. Here is a little on Apple Pay and it mentions some of the FUD.
Playing Around with Swift on the iPad
I think that this is particularly cool and something that will be quite popular and useful for young people who are interested in starting to code. Swift and something called Playgrounds will let you code, and test on an iPad without any simulators, and it will be very quick feedback for kids learning to code. Pretty impressive and except for the cost of the iPad it is all free.
Here's how Apple plans to make iOS and macOS more secure
There are a number of changes coming in the future releases that are about security and the full scoop is here.
A few thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
A good read on explaining what Differential Privacy is. This is important as Apple will be using it to have more of our personal information to make decisions that we will appreciate but yet, they want to make sure none of our personal information ends up on Apple servers. So differential privacy is how they will do that. Quite interesting. BTW, this awkward name is not due to Apple!
Not sure if you caught the WWDC keynote or not, but I found a lot to like in it. There is not something net new and earth shattering, but there is a bunch of little things that will be very nice. Things like using my Apple Watch to authenticate with my MacBook or third party API access to Siri are both pretty handy, but also I like having Apple Pay on the web. Wait, I really like Universal Copy and Paste. too. But if you are interested you can get more tvOS, watchOS, macOS, or iOS info.
Thanks for reading or skimming this far – and yes, I know it was far today!


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The Laramie Project
Ethnic and cultural value forms a major theme in the play by Moises Kaufman, The Laramie Project. Members of the tectonic Theatre team acted this play. The play is about the murder of Matthew Shepherd, the main character who was killed while 21 years old. He was murdered because he was a gay, a culture that was viewed at as a crime.
The play depicts Matthew as a student at the university. He was a representative of a culture that was considered unethical and illegal by most residents of Laramie, Wyoming. This was a culture of the gays. As such, most people under the leadership of Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney decided to frustrate this minority group. They planned to kidnap Matthew and then tie him up so that he can be beaten thoroughly. They did this and Matthew was critically injured. He died five days later after being put in a coma for those five days after the beating. This murder angered the Laramie city's citizens especially because of the fact that lesbians and gays' rights have been supported strongly by America.
In this play, Kaufman appears to highlight challenges that lesbians and gays face in the contemporary society. They are discriminated against by the other members of the society because they consider them as promoters of a contrary culture. Due to the death of Matthew, several protests were staged in the entire country with lesbians and gays as well as their supporters sending a clear message that they demand respect for their rights. Kaufman uses this play to highlight the major issues using the words of the characters. He uses their voices to represent the voices of gays as well as those of the minority groups in the society that are treated with contempt just because they are different.
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Apple's Patent Filing Reveals Touch Bar Keyboard for Future iMac
A series of six patent applications from Apple covering their new Touch Bar for the MacBook have been published recently by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), one of which also describes a Touch Bar designed for the iMac keyboard. According to Patently Apple, the patents are divided into two distinct groups. with one group covering the Touch Bar, while the other group covering the Touch ID.
Three patent applications cover a "Keyboard with an Adaptive Input Row" or Touch Bar, in which Apple refers to an electronic device having a keyboard or similar user-input device that includes an adaptive input row. The adaptive input row may include a display used to present a set of indicia or visual cues that correspond to a set of adaptive commands or functions. It may be responsive to a user touch, allowing selection of one or more of the set of adaptive commands or functions.
"Some example embodiments are directed to an input row stack that includes a display positioned below a cover. The input row stack may also include one or both of a touch sensor and a force sensor. The touch and/or force sensor may be used to determine the position of a touch along the length of the row. In some implementations, the input row includes a touch-sensitive region that extends beyond a display region. The extended region may be used to perform dedicated functions or operations".
The second group of three patents covers Touch ID integrated into the bar. Apple notes that the invention "generally relates to buttons that incorporate biometric sensors". The applications also make an interesting point about touch ID not having to be restricted to the Touch Bar, since according to Apple, "a shutter button of a camera device also can be a restricted-access button".
Apple's Touch Bar patents relating to the Touch ID were filed in September 2016.


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category : Museums
The Museum contains eleven different theme rooms containing artifacts, furniture, and other items pertaining to McClain County and Territorial history including family historical records, photographs, and genealogy records.
Admission: Free Admission, donations appreciated
Hours: Open daily, 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm.
Closed weekends and holidays.
Address: 203 W Washington
Phone: 405-527-5894
Group tours by appointment; handicapped accessible; motorcoach parking.
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To these old tales such nymphs as you give credit, and still make them new; the am'rous now like wonders find in the swift changes of your mind.
But, Cælia, if you apprehend the Muse of your incensed friend, nor would that he record your blame, and make it livę, repeat the same; again deceive him, and again, and then he swears he'll not complain : for still to be deluded so is all the pleasure lovers know; who, like good falc'ners, take delight not in the quarry, but the flight,
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SONG. Go, lovely Rose ! tell her that wastes her time and me,
that now she knows, when I resemble her to thee, how sweet and fair she seems to be.
Tell her that's young,
that hadst thou sprung
Small is the worth
bid her come forth,
Then die! that she
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SAMUEL BUTLER, the celebrated author of Hudibras, was born at Strensham in Worcestershire, and baptized Feb. 13, 1612; some say he was born in 1600. His father was a respectable farmer, who had his son educated at Worcester. He was afterwards 6 or 7 years at Cambridge, but was never matriculated. He returned to his native country, and became clerk to Mr. Jefferys, of Earl's-croom, a justice of the peace. This employment left him a considerable portion of leisure, which he devoted to the studies of history and poetry, as well as to music and painting. He was afterwards admitted into the family of that patroniser of learning, Elizabeth, Countess of Kent, where he became acquainted with the great Seldon, to whom he acted occasionally as emanuensis. He next lived with Sir Samuel Luke, a general under Cromwell. It was here that he began to write Hudibras, in which character he intended to ridicule the knight. The poem itself supplies the key, for Hudibras says, p. 1, can. 1, ver. 904.
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for person, parts, address, and beard." In Butler's Posthumous Works there is a ball!!! which tends to confirm this opinion. It is called
Sir Samuel by name;
obtained a mighty fame.
Nor was he much less wise than stout.
but fit in both respects
and to support the sects.
he would not cut his beard,
from kings and bishops clear'd. Which holy vow he firmly kept,
and most devoutly wore a grizzly meteor on his face,
till they were both no more.
of such exceexing worth,
or rhyning bard set forth.
both sober and in liquor; witness the mental fray between
the Cobler and the Vicar.
After the restoration, Butler became secretary to Richard Earl of Carberry, Lord President of Wales, 'who appointed him steward of Ludlow Castle, when the court was revived there. About this time he married a Mrs. Herbert, a gentlewoman of good family, but her property was lost by her money being lent ou bad security. In 1663, Butler appeared in a new character by the publication of the first part of his Hudibras, in 3 cantos. This production became soon known through the influence of that Mæcenas of lit
gature, Charles Lord Buckhurst, earl of Dorset and Middlesex, and the king and the entire royal party received it with enthusiastic applause. The next year the second part was published, and a third in 1678. He had promises of a good place from lord Clarendon, high chancellor of England, but they were never accomplished. It was highly reproachful to


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2018 10U District 4 Tournament
hosted by Nashua Cal RipkenUpdatedMonday April 1, 2019 byNashua Cal Ripken.
Game 1
Amherst 15 vs Milford 1
Tyler Fox had a strong outing on the mound for Milford. Joe Mayo, Matt Nowak, and Brody Smith led the way with two hits a piece for Amherst. It was an early decision for Amherst over Milford.
Game 2
Bow 6 vs Merrimack 9
Pitchers Evan Sousa and Owen Masten had strong outings on the mound for Merrimack, while Luke Bourbeau and Bobby Johnson each scored two runs.. John Sisk and Blake Crowell each scored twice for Bow.
Game 3
Nashua 7 vs Amherst 2
Nashua pitchers Kyle Emmons and Jack Razzaboni both had great outings with five strikeouts a piece, holding and Amherst to five hits and two runs. Andrew Byrne had two RBIs and Jacoby Caissie scored early in the first inning.
Game 4
ConVal 3 vs Merrimack 4
ConVal's Durham Gilligan, and followed up with 2 hits and 2 runs. The team came up just short in the end. Merrimack's Kurt Kabel earned the save.
Game 5
Bow 0 vs Amherst 12
Jon Silk and Peyton Larrabee combined in a no-hitter for Amherst on Father's Day. Amherst jumped ahead early and never looked back. Ryland Raudelunas had two hits of Amherst's three hits and scored twice in the winning effort.
Game 6
Milford 0 vs ConVal 10
Game 8
ConVal 9 vs Amherst 8
Durham Gilligan went 4 strong innings for Conval, scattering 4 hits and allowing only two runs. ConVal jumped to an early lead, gathering 7 of its 8 runs in the first two innings. Dylan Beisang went 5 for 5 at the plate in the win, with Isaac Clough adding 3 more hits. Gilligan and Rocco Lazzaro each had two hits for ConVal. Amherst staged a late rally, scoring 4 in the bottom of the sixth inning before being stopped by ConVal's closer - Gus Hatmaker.
Game 7
Nashua 16 vs Merrimack 4
Merrimack jumped out to an early lead with 3 runs on 3 hits in the first inning, before Jacoby Cassie came in in relief for Nashua in the second. Cassie and a strong Nashua defense held Merrimack to 1 hit and 1 additional run through 4 2/3 of relief. Nashua's offense was led by Taylor Joyal with who was 3 for 3 with a walk and 3 RBI, and 9 of Nashua's starters scored runs. Andrew Byrne and Joe Hebert added doubles in the winning effort. Nashua moves on to the finals on Thursday night.
Game 9
ConVal 3 vs Merrimack 16
Game 10
Nashua 20 vs Merrimack 3
Nashua swept the District 4 Cal Ripken tournament winning 20-3 in the finals over Merrimack. Nashua's offense was a balanced attack with 17 hits in the final. Kyle Emmons, Jack Razzaboni and Michael Witkowski pitched well, holding Merrimack to just 3 hits in the finals. For the tournament, Nashua scored 43 runs in three games on 35 hits, and held its opponents to 9 total runs and just 12 hits overall. Nashua advances to the NH State Championship in Rochester in July.
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Sinus is caused by inflammation or swelling of the air-filled cavities around your nose and eyes which prevent mucus from running out. Sinus by and large results in sinus headache symptoms.
To ensure that you find long-term relief, find the treatment that you think is best. Often sinus headaches impede your daily work. In order to cure sinus headache symptoms you would have to deal with the sinus infection first. Your doctor would typically prescribe nasal decongestants or other antibiotics to help in giving you some relief. This is essential if you have allergies as it could worsen your sinus headache. Over the counter drugs such as ibuprofen or aspirin may help relieve your sinus headache symptoms greatly. If it persists however, you should visit a doctor. An ENT surgeon would be able to tell you what to do after carrying out a thorough check-up.
Generally sinus headache symptoms almost the same as the symptoms of migraine headaches. Some sinus headache symptoms include tenderness in the face and tightness of facial muscles, the forehead and maybe even around the eyes. The pain may increase in severity if you change posture or when exposed to anything that may trigger your allergy, if you have one.
Sinus headache symptoms, such as pain, usually comes with generally followed by by other symptoms of sinusitis such as discharge of mucus, often yellow or green in color, nasal congestion and sometimes even fever. You may notice a pattern in these headaches, although it may differ from one person to another. Mos of the time sinus headache are at its worst in the morning.
It is very rarely that sinus headache symptoms would come about without a cold.
You may want to get yourself a humidifier which is guaranteed to provide you with some relief. Prescription drugs are not enough to help you get rid of these symptoms. You would also need a change in lifestyle. This means that you should keep your home and surroundings free of anything that may set off your allergy. Consider getting yourself involved in yoga or meditation or exercises that would provide relaxation.
Homeopathy and herbs should also be considered if you are one for trying out natural remedies. Equalyptus oil is said to be very goog in curing symptoms of sinusitis.
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Extend the methods of therapy of ADHD children who are the "children of the
Risk" in connection with their educational, emotional and social problems.
The effects of magnesium physiological supplementation on
Hyperactivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Positive response to magnesium oral loading test.
Starobrat-Hermelin B – Magnes Res – 1997 Jun; 10(2): 149-56
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Full Source Title:
Magnesium Research
Publication Type:
Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article
Author Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland.
Starobrat-Hermelin B; Kozielec T
Children with ADHD are 'a group at risk' as far as their further emotional and
Social development and educational possibilities are concerned, and the
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text: The star of the original Life on Mars returns today for his second season as another great detective solving crimes in the BritBox original series from IPT, Grace. John Simm, known for his run as a detective unstuck in time as well as the key villain of Doctor Who, plays Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a cop sent down to desk duty a few years ago for embarrassing the bureau by bringing in a psychic to help solve a crime. Only last year television viewers got to meet the next great TV detective with the airing of the show's first season, and this year he's joined in the second season opener by former Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill. We at borg named it the runner-up for best new TV series of 2022 (see our review here). The second season of Grace begins in the U.S. today, exclusively here on BritBox via Amazon.


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The Dish: Brown Grads Blend Vietnamese Gac Fruit into X.O.I. Juices
Brown University graduates Myron Lam and Linh Tran are introducing a lesser known superfruit to global markets.
Brown University graduates Myron Lam and Linh Tran had no idea that they'd be making juice after graduation. Their interest in social entrepreneurship and economics took them to the highlands of Vietnam, where they were introduced to Vietnamese gac fruit juice, and later came up with an idea for a new product: X.O.I.
"In Vietnam, the gac fruit is used at festivals and weddings, mixed into sticky rice in a dish that's called xoi gac," says Tran. "It's a way to give a blessing for prosperity and happiness, and that's what our company name stands for."
The gac fruit is a round, spiky fruit with a vibrant orange skin and bright red flesh. It's loaded with lycopene, vitamins A, C and E and more, making it beneficial for your eyes, immune system, skin, heart and reproductive health; it is truly a superfruit. The added bonus is that, unlike other superfruits like goji berries, there's not a lot of sugar in it.
Tran says, "The gac fruit has seventy times more lycopene than a tomato, but it's not sugary at all. Compared to superfruit like acai berries or goji berries, which are very sugary, the gac fruit is very low in sugar."
Lam and Tran first encountered the fruit during a research trip to Vietnam, where they were investigating social inequality within minority ethnic communities.
Towards the end of their stay, their host mom approached them with the spiky gac fruit in hand, asking if there was potential to bring the gac fruit's superpowers to the United States and in turn foster growth within her local community.
"She told us that her biggest struggle is that she grows all these things but there's nowhere to sell them. She relies on a few people who have access to markets, but has no idea where her products end up going, and she is paid very little," Lam says. "There are studies that show most of the disparity in wealth in third-world countries is caused by a lack of access to markets."
Because of the initiative of their host mom, Tran and Lam were able to create a business that benefits her and her community. The Brown grads are addressing the root of the problem by paying the growers a fair price for a raw product.
"It was her idea, and she was the one who managed to rally the people," Lam says. "Now we work with several families in her community."
Armed with an idea, multiple grants and fellowships and bags of dried gac fruit juice powder, Lam and Tran set up shop in Tran's kitchen, blending various juices with the gac juice to create flavors and determine what might sell.
"We spent months developing recipes in my kitchen. We were drinking ten liters of juice a day. Our skin looked great, but we peed so much!" says Tran, laughing. "My water bill was like, whoa!"
The resulting flavors include ginger rosemary pear, beets and berries, and apple chamomile cider.
"There was a lot of testing. We talked to our friends, and we are continuing to work on the flavors as we get feedback from people," Tran says.
But one constant will be the low sugar and calorie count, even with other juices added for flavor. "The Beets and Berries has thirteen grams of sugar and seventy calories for the whole twelve ounces," Lam says, "and the ginger one only has ten grams of sugar and sixty calories."
With its low sugar, low-calorie profile and fair-trade production, this is truly a juice you can feel good about drinking.
Headquartered in Boston, the Brown grads are hoping to continue expansion back into their old stomping grounds in Rhode Island. You can try the amazing powers of the gac fruit for yourself all while supporting minority Vietnamese ethnic communities. X.O.I. juices are currently sold at Eastside Marketplace in Providence and Whole Foods in Cranston. xoicompany.com


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Christmas Card 2018.
We are delighted to introduce our first official Christmas card to support our chosen charities.
We feel the image truly reflects the two strands of our campaign, namely:
Our magnificent War Horse, Poppy (created by sculptor Susan Leyland), who signifies the service and sacrifice of millions of horses, mules and donkeys in the First World War, and our national Purple Poppy campaign which will, in time, symbolise ways we can all remember that service and sacrifice and use it as a force for good to help military and equine charities.
And what says Christmas better than falling snow and a cheeky robin!
We are selling our card in packs of ten for £6 plus postage and packaging of £2, and we will take delivery in a couple of weeks. Each card is approximately 23cms x 18cms x 2cms so they fall into the large letter category.
Many of you have been asking when the cards would be available, so this is a call for anyone wanting to pre-order to get it touch with us now. Please email email@example.com
Your support already this year has been truly wonderful so can we be the first to wish you and yours Season's Greetings from the War Horse Memorial team!


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Thesis is one of the biggest academic commitments we get to have in college, so naturally, we'd want to work with the people we trust the most, aka our friends, right? After all, you get along so well that working together will be such a breeze. However, this isn't always the case for many friends-turned-thesis mates. For the group of friends who decided to be thesis mates, will this be the end of your friendship? Here are some precautionary do's and don'ts when working with your friends on thesis.
Do: Set some ground rules for your group.
Your relationship with one another may not have rules, but working on thesis together is an entirely different circumstance. Agree on certain ground rules for your group to make the workload easier on everyone. Set aside a day in the week for thesis meetings and do it when everyone's free (so no one has an excuse to miss meetings) or list down the tasks each of the members are doing to keep track of your group progress and to make sure everyone is contributing work fairly.
Don't: Be too strict with the rules and force your groupmates to agree on something they're not okay with.
If your groupmate suddenly had a make-up class and can't make it to your scheduled weekly meeting, don't stress too much about it. If they don't feel confident working on a certain part of your thesis, try to make some compromises. Do take note that you each have other academic and non-academic commitments outside of thesis so be patient with one another and learn how to give and take.
Do: Voice out your opinion (even if it opposes that of your friends).
Challenging your friends' ideas isn't a bad thing. In fact, it might actually be advantageous for your group if you hold a constructive discussion about your thesis. Make sure that your ideas are built around convincing points, and deliver it in a collaborative—rather than competitive—manner. Remember: It's not a competition amongst yourselves! Thesis is first and foremost a group effort and isn't about who has the best idea within the group.
Don't: Personally attack your friends if you meant to challenge their ideas.
You may be used to bantering outside of thesis, but that doesn't make it okay for you to tease or poke fun at your friends because they suggested an idea you don't agree with. Different viewpoints may be hard to reconcile, but personally attacking your friends' character instead of critiquing their ideas isn't the best way to handle it; this is called Ad Hominem, and it's not a convincing way to argue or prove your point especially in an academic setting. Don't get personal and focus instead on building on their ideas and pointing out parts that could use improvement.
Do: Remember that despite the disagreements, they're still your friends.
You were friends before you became thesis groupmates. Whatever disagreement that surfaced during thesis season, you'll know it in your heart if it's something you can still fix and work out. At the end of the day, and despite the countless squabbles, you are bound to find the same friend who's had your back since day one.
Don't: Be afraid to say goodbye to friendships that did not survive the wrath of thesis.
But if it took working on thesis to make you realize that your friendship is built on an unhealthy foundation, it's okay to take a step back and reassess your personal relationship. If you find that letting go of the friendship is the best way to move forward, don't be afraid to cut ties, or at least, give yourself some space once thesis season is done. Who knows, maybe you can find a different way to resolve your issues then.


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This list of greatest Pakistani scientists prove that Pakistan is not far behind anyone in development of today and has a contribution in the modern world. Even though resources in the country are minimal, yet these brilliant minds were stronger enough to take over the circumstances.
(Following number-list is just for convenience, and it is not meant to rank them on certain positions.)


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Saddam and al-Qaeda
The energetic Reihan Salam has an interesting, and sane, post about the widely-ignored Institute for Defense Analyses study on possible connections between Saddam's regime and Islamist terror organizations. Among other things, the report disproves the orthodox CIA view that ideological and theological differences between Ba'athists and Islamists kept them from cooperating. You can read Eli Lake's story about the report here.


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As CAST's Director of Business Development, Steve Nordmark builds strategic partnerships throughout the global education field to advance the adoption and implementation of Universal Design for Learning. He focuses on strategic growth opportunities for CAST's products, consultancy services, and membership services, including:
- Assisting publishers, technology firms, and other constituents infuse their products with inclusive best practices
- Assisting federal, private, state and local education agencies to identify, acquire, and use inclusive and responsive products and services
- Advancing quality UDL implementation through the promotion and implementation of Learning Designed and affiliated products and services.
Steve has wide-ranging experience with district, state, federal, and corporate initiatives related to UDL, OER, digital learning, competency-based learning, micro-credentialing, MOOCs, and much more. Previous positions include COO of the UDL-IRN, Chief Academic Officer at Knovation, VP for Solutions Management & Development at netTrekker, VP of Research & Development at Failure Free Reading, and Consulting Manager at Andersen Consulting ("Accenture").
Steve's passion is finding ways to intelligently and intentionally leverage technology to increase the effectiveness of teachers and maximize the personalization for learners. Steve has dedicated his career to advancing the conceptual development and implementation of high-value technology solutions for K-12.
It is Steve's hope that his passion for serving learners and his background in technology, product development, strategic planning, and business development will enable him to create systemic, positive change in learning opportunities for all children.


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Hello all from the Umbria Jazz festival in beautiful Perugia, Italy. I'm having a great time taking in the sites and listening to a ton of great music. Some highlights have included the Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter duo, Snarky Puppy, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire and the always swinging Warren Wolf. It's great to be here playing music but it almost feels even better to be inspired by all of the talent here.
In other news this week, the King Pony Album is now available on iTunes and Spotify. Please give it a listen and let us know what you think! Here is the iTunes link, and if you'd like to find us on Spotify just type our name into the search bar.
Enjoy the day,