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The US House of Representatives passed the Republican plan to change the tax code much to the overly dramatic outcry of Democrats. No Democrat votes were in favor of a tax bill that actually gives a vast majority of taxpayers relief from their national tax liability.
As opposed to say a Democrat bill that makes it a penalty for not buying health insurance.
This weekend, I reviewed the legislation and calculated I would get somewhere around $2,500 in reduced tax liability assuming nothing changes in the future. Due to some technical issues, there appears to be more changes coming but most likely will have little to no impact on the overall savings. It should all be signed by Friday.
Despite Democrat doom and gloom, one of the major agenda items for Trump and the Republicans has made it through the daunting political process where the benefits will hopefully be seen as soon as early spring in 2018.
Democrats have reason to be Debbie Downers on this legislation: If the economy grows before the November elections, Republican candidates will ride that wave to a larger majority and possibly a filibuster proof Senate which would give unprecedented power to a party that has struggled to use it towards the conservative agenda.
Imagine the campaign slogans against Democrats: "Your paycheck got bigger. The incumbent Democrat voted against it. You think it's a good idea to vote someone back in who doesn't want you to have that money?"
For me and my family, this represents a better outlook with more opportunities. Hopefully, it will help you as well.


text: What is Dust Made of and How Does It Affect Your Indoor Air Quality? Posted June 9, 2016 According to an urban legend, dust is made up of human skin. Of course in reality, it's not true. Although human skin is a part of dust, dust is actually various things. So what exactly is dust composed of and how is it changing your indoor air quality? The Source There are only two locations that dust can form from, indoors and outdoors, and we are the people that are bringing dust inside from the outdoors. The outdoor part of dust is made up of soil particles and pollen tracked in on our shoes or through open doors and windows. This makes up about two-thirds of the dust in your house. The indoor source of your dust is a number of assorted things. A small part of which is, in fact, human skin. Most of it is fibers from your carpet, furniture or bedding, and if you own a pet, there is also some pet dander and fur as well. Dust Mites Whenever we speak of dust, we must also talk about dust mites. Dust mites are little arachnids and their main food source is dead human skin cells and they make up a huge percentage of dust. Dust mite droppings are the most prevalent cause of allergy and asthma symptoms according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Dust mites also prosper in humidity, so by managing a successfully humidified home, you're able to decrease their impact. What Can You Do? Lennox carries a number of products that improve your indoor air quality. We carry a PureAirTM air purification system which is the only single indoor air quality system that fights all three classes of contaminants. We also have whole-home ventilation systems which transports fresh air into today's tightly sealed homes. And, of course, we have numerous whole-home humidity control options. Your indoor air quality is important to us. We will work with you to keep your home environment as comfortable as possible. If you have any questions about your air quality or anything related to the comfort of your home, our professionals are just a phone call away. We make it easy to schedule an appointment with us by giving us a call at 256-270-1196. Back To Blog

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Fans Wants The UK To End Their Ban On Tyler, The Creator
Fans of Tyler, The Creator are trying to convince the U.K. government to lift their "petty" ban on the rapper.
Back in 2015, the Odd Future founder was informed that he was prohibited from entering Britain for the next three to five years. According to legal documents, the decision was due to the rapper's controversial lyrical content, specifically citing songs from the 2009 Bastard and 2011 Goblin projects. He was then issued a letter that referenced the country's Home Office policy on "behaviours unacceptable in the UK"; this was a set of guidelines created in 2005 to prevent suspected terrorists from entering the country.
The UK Home Office addressed the ban in the following statement:
"Coming to the UK is a privilege, and we expect those who come here to respect our shared values. The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds."
The decision came about a month after Tyler announced the cancelation of his Australia tour on his Twitter page. He informed fans he was banned from Oz after feminist organization Collective Shout pressured the government to deny his visa.
"Now [the UK government] are just followers. Everyone is a follower, just following what other countries are doing," Tyler told The Guardian, suggesting the UK was taking cues from Australia in their ban. "Now I'm getting treated like a terrorist. I'm bummed out because it's like, dude, I'm not homophobic. I've said this since the beginning. The "hating women" thing – it's so nuts. It's based on things I made when I was super-young, when no one was listening [to my music]."
Fast forward to today, a fan named Sam Roberts created a petition that asks the UK government to end Tyler's ban immediately. The petition page states that the lyrics in question were "intended as adult humour" and no longer reflect the person Tyler is today, so many years later.
According to the page, this petition needs to receive at least 10,000 signatures to get a reaction from the government, and at least 100,000 signatures to be considered for debate in Parliament.


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Nancy Wilson won't go as far as confirming plans for Heart to get back together this year, but she does have this to say about it.
"Well, I can only say, 'Stay tuned.'"
At the NAMM Show in Anaheim on Friday, she talked about how things are going between she and sister Ann.
"Things are going pretty good. I mean, we're more in touch than we've been, which is great. It's a good thing, you know? I feel like the humor is bubbling up again between us and, you know, time heals and things are good."
Nancy spent much of Friday taking part in a She Shreds magazine panel and a performance with singer-songwriter Emily Wolfe for Gibson Guitars.
She said, "Walking through this Gibson room earlier today, it was so surreal to me, 'cause all you see is, like, this field of guitars, and a field of people playing guitars. The little booths and the little amps and the little headphones all playing at once is just hysterical and great, because guitars and guitar playing and rock 'n' roll and music, it's the power for good. It's what everybody's really craving right now."
Nancy was also presented with an award by NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, on Thursday.
"It was like a Music for Life Award, sort of a Lifetime Achievement, I guess. You know, when you work so hard and so long and in the less than glamorous world of what I've been doing for quite a while now, it's really great to be acknowledged and appreciated."
Heart's Live in Atlantic City album came out on Friday.


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Anyone know if there's a solution for locking a backyard shed, that would let me rekey it to be the same as a normal house key.
The shed is a Tuff Shed with double wood doors like this:
Currently the shed is secured with a basic swivel hasp like this, and padlock.
I'm looking to minimize the number of keys I have and avoid having to fumble with a padlock (especially at night).
I've found keyed hasps like this one: - Prime Line Keyed Hasp
But it seems like the keys they use are tiny ones like on lockboxes, so I probably can't rekey it to my standard house key.
I'm also up for any other keyed/securing options I was thinking about maybe a keypad secured door lock (but that would probably require replacing the basic swinging wooden doors).
I've also seen T-Handle shed locks but again the keys seem like they're smaller than standard house keys (not sure if I could rekey it)


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Finance Act and second Finance Bill 2015
October 12th, 2015
2015 saw George Osborne deliver two budgets with some major changes proposed for the UK tax system. At the time of writing, we are waiting for the proposals from the Summer Budget to finish their passage through the parliamentary process before receiving Royal Assent, but it is clear that there are major changes for the UK tax system, both for the current tax year and in the future.
It is vital that advisers stay up to date and understand the proposals and the impact on their clients. These notes provide a comprehensive insight into the impact of the changes and will be invaluable in helping you to appreciate the impact on your clients.


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Sunglasses: Downtown Threads, Earrings: Kmart (?), Blouse: Goodwill, Belt: TJ Maxx, Faux Leather Leggings: Forever 21, Heels: Steve Madden, Cuff: GiftedIf you follow me on twitter ( which you should) you may have already seen this look. I bought this peplum blouse for the 80's party D and I attended this past weekend, but I'm seriously considering having it altered and rocking it with these high waisted neon pink shorts for the ultimate 80's look this summer. If you look in the window, to the left of my head, you can catch a glimpse of D's 80's DJ look complete with gold chains and a puffy starters jacket, we made quite the pair.
A number of 80's fashions were represented at the party including the slick 80's Wall Street power trader, 80's country club chic, heavy metal headbangers, a few Canadian tuxedos, and one serious pair of Calvin Klein mom jeans. I was going for the whole Grace Jones, she-man meets resort wear vibe. I can't believe it but I loved my silhouette with shoulder pads; add to the fact that I got to test run my new hot pink lipstick (Revlon, Persian Melon, heavily applied post photos) and I couldn't have been more excited. Sometimes all it takes is a bit of dress up to get your creative juices flowing again.
What's your favorite era to channel? Are you feeling peplums for spring?


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The hotels and one of the churches are in the South Asian island nation's capital, Colombo. The other two churches are in Negombo, a Catholic majority town north of Colombo, and the eastern town of Batticaloa.
A local security official told AP that the explosions have caused multiple fatalities among worshipers and hotel guests.
The official said they suspect the blasts at two churches were carried out by suicide bombers.
A source in the police bomb squad said that one of the explosions was at St Anthony's Church in Kochcikade, Colombo. "Our people are engaged in evacuating the casualties," a police source said.
Colombo National hospital said several wounded had been brought in for treatment, Al Jazeera reported.
St Sebastian's church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo posted pictures of destruction inside the church on its Facebook page, showing blood on pews and the floor, and requested help from the public.
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A tea farmer, Mr. Harashima, in Yame makes Gyokuro rice. His recipe is really simple. Just mix used tea leaves with rice and add a little bit of salt. That's it! Easy, but looks good, doesn't it?
I know you don't usually eat a bowl of rice. Then how about tea leaves omelette?
In any case, throwing them away is mottainai (what a waste!)!
|gyokuro rice photo by Mr Harashima
BTW, have you noticed where Mr. Harashima produces Gyokuro? It is Yame. Yes, Yame is one of the best Gyokuro producing areas. No doubt that his tea is great to both drink and eat :-)
*Mr.Harashima's website: Ocha noTiyonoen http://www.yokaocha.com/(English is not available. Sorry! When you are interested in his tea, let me know.)
*About Gyokuro and Yame (from my older posts) http://japaneseteastory.blogspot.jp/search?q=Gyokuro


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Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
Interview by Ed Robertson
Patrick Rothfuss is the author of the bestselling Kingkiller Chronicles, as well as other stories. He is the founder of Worldbuilders International, a charity that benefits various causes while promoting good deeds and geek culture. He is also the co-creator of the board game Tak.
Ed Robertson: Kvothe often contrasts his life story to the way things work in fables or myths. Was this to help ground the fantasy elements of the novel?
Patrick Rothfuss: Hmmmm..... I might have to pass on this question. I can't think of anything interesting to say. It's a good question, it's just really, really big.
Ed: Take the "dragons" in the story. What led you to get into them as flesh-and-blood animals rather than a more conventional monster?
Patrick Rothfuss: What would an animal be made of if not flesh and blood? Pixie dust and happy thoughts? No thanks. I prefer something with a circulatory system. Honestly, I think a better question would be to ask other writers why they insist on asking us to believe implausible stories about huge flying lizards that violate the square cube law and seem to have a Freudian fixation on princesses. You know how people divide science fiction into two camps: hard and soft? Hard sci-fi is where everything is backed by actual math. The science is sound. Soft sci-fi is just a lot of handwaving and technical-sounding terms that don't mean anything. I divide fantasy into the same two groups: hard and soft. Hard fantasy is realistic. The worlds feel stable, solid, and internally consistent. Tolkien, Feist, Gaiman, and Pratchett are good at this. Pullman, Powers, and McCaffrey, too. While all their worlds are different, they are cohesive and make sense within themselves. Soft fantasy worlds have a much looser cause-and-effect relationship. Alchemists can turn lead into gold and nobody wonders about how it will impact the currency system. Someone waves a wand and turns an elephant into a mouse and nobody worries about conservation of mass. And you can drop a ten ton flying carnivore into an ecosystem and not be bothered with how, exactly it manages to survive while eating only princesses. Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in. I'm into realism. I'm a hard fantasy guy.
Ed: Did you work out Kvothe's real story first, or the legends around him?
Patrick Rothfuss: A little of both, actually. Sometimes the legend came first, sometimes the real adventure. Sometimes they developed hand-in-hand. It's kinda like the chicken-and-the-egg thing. Except that isn't really a good analogy, as neither chickens or eggs have hands.... Alright. I've stopped making sense. Next question.
Ed: Did your years at UWSP (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point) give you the background for all the period detail? Was there much research involved?
Patrick Rothfuss: Yeah. I took classes about feudal Japan and Greek philosophy. I studied ancient warfare and anthropology and early goddess religions. I read up on Sumerian mythology and bunraku puppet theatre and psychopharmacology. I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them. I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research. I want to learn how to pick locks, swordfight, throw pottery – it's all research. It's like the curious person's version of James Bond's license to kill. I've got a license to learn.
Ed: Once you've found out how something happened or worked in the real world, do you feel at all bound for your world to follow that? How much room for invention is there?
Patrick Rothfuss: I don't feel beholden to follow the real world at all. The important thing is to know WHY things turned out the way they did. You need to understand the reasons for events, or at least be able to make reasonable guesses about them. Take something like the black death. If my world is struck with a horrible plague that kills a third of the population, will it lead to the same social and economic change that Europe experienced? No. Of course not. But knowing the changes Europe went through will help me make good choices when I decide what path history takes in my world.
Ed: Your blog mentions you'd finished the first draft of the Kingkiller Chronicles in 1999. What was the time between then and The Name of the Wind's publication like?
Patrick Rothfuss: Parts of it were really frustrating. The two years of rejection were frustrating because I knew I wasn't making any headway at all. I was just sucking at writing a query letter. Later, after I finally hooked up with my agent, things were frustrating on a different level. I needed to learn new things about writing. I needed to know how to perform on demand.
Ed: As a teenager, Kvothe bounces between moments of shining confidence and overwhelmed failure, something that's familiar to anyone who remembers those years. What are the difficulties of writing about a kid without sounding like an adult trying to sound like a kid?
Patrick Rothfuss:That's really the writer's ultimate dilemma. How do I write a female character without sounding like a guy trying to sound like a woman? How do I write from the perspective of a musician, or a magician, or a racist, or a poet without it coming across as tissue thin and artificial? Compared to some of the above, writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or an ethnic minority, or a weary old man. If anything, writing from the perspective of a child is probably easier for me. When I was a kid everyone thought I was so clever and precocious. Now that I'm adult, everyone thinks that I'm kinda odd and childish. I don't know if this means that I'm regressing, or if I've always been about sixteen years old in my head and I'm holding steady at that mental altitude.
Ed: Everyone's been a teen, but the list of artists who really get them is practically limited to JD Salinger and Judd Apatow. It's kind of intense but flighty – how do you capture that without trivializing the age? You sound naturally curious; do you think that jibes with the way they can pick up an interest, absorb it, then move right along to the next one?
Patrick Rothfuss: That's a possibility, I suppose. But again, that implies that I'm able to write like a teen because I think like a teen. I hope I'm not trapped like that. A real writer has to be more versatile. I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives. Not just the shallow stuff. I'm not talking about walking a mile in some guy's shoes. I'm talking about getting in behind his eyes, riding around in his head, wearing his skin. How did he sleep last night? Are his eyes scratchy? What does the inside of his mouth taste like? Is he afraid of the dark? When was the last time someone gave him a hug? If you're really sunk down deep into a character, you know these things. Or at the very least you can make good guesses. Sometimes when I get up after writing, I'm surprised at how my body feels. Suddenly I'm not a lanky, hungry young boy any more. It's no fun putting on ten years and fifty pounds all of a sudden. Other times, I get up and I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm not a weary innkeeper, hopeless, with bones that feel like they're made of lead. I really sink into the characters that I write. Settings, too. Sometimes I go outside after a long stretch of writing and I'm surprised it's not raining. Or that it's daylight. Or that it's not the middle of winter. I don't know if that level of immersion is normal, but it's now I do things. I like it. It works well for me.
Ed: For all the tragedy of the book, there's an equal amount of humor, which is rare in epics. Is that something you try to focus on?
Patrick Rothfuss: I don't focus on it specifically, but I don't skirt away either. Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially. If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the reader. That said, humor writing is the hardest kind of writing there is. I say this as someone who's written a humor column for the local paper for over a decade. Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices. The other thing humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader. You also run the risk of getting melodramatic and pretentious. We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that. That's one of the things that Joss Whedon excels at in his storytelling.
Ed: Any significance to the English spelling of "grey" in the book?
Patrick Rothfuss: I just like it better. Grey spelled with an "a" looks weird to me. It looks wrong.
Ed: You've said there will be more books in this world after the original trilogy's printed. Is your current interest mainly in writing fantasy?
Patrick Rothfuss: Yeah. That's where my heart lies. It's what I grew up reading and it's what I like reading these days too. That said, I might go somewhere else for a vacation someday. Maybe explore the different corners of the genre. This series is heroic/epic fantasy, but I think I could have fun writing a humorous urban fantasy. I have an idea for a modern-day faerie tale too. A lot will depend a lot on how I'm feeling as I finish up the trilogy.
Ed: Talking about genre can be tricky – it's almost unfair to shoehorn The Name of the Wind into one category – but what is it that draws you to fantasy?
Patrick Rothfuss: It's a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of idea I'm curious about. I love it because Fantasy is a genre that asks, "What if...?" That's my favorite question.
You can learn more about Patrick Rothfuss at patrickrothfuss.com
Interview conducted by email, June of 2007
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It is no secret that the food and beverage industry is one of the most demanding, often resulting in physical and mental stresses that can take there toll on so many who remain silent.
On the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day, Lifeline Shanghai wanted to bring the dynamic F&B community together, along with their friends and fans, to remind them that help and support is always available.
Established in 2004, Lifeline Shanghai remains the one and only English speaking crisis/helpline service in Mainland China. We operate as a 100% volunteer based non-profit social enterprise. We provide 12 hours of helpline and online chat support everyday, delivering a responsive and empowering service for those facing life challenges, experiencing emotional difficulties or having suicidal thoughts.
Sometimes all that is needed is a listening ear.
We understand crisis can happen to anyone – regardless of economic resources, gender, age or nationality. We listen and support, offering resources and referrals to help and enable callers to take positive steps forward. One of the main goals of Lifeline Shanghai is to reduce the stigma of mental health, this stigma can cause people to feel ashamed for something that is out of their control and prevents many from seeking the help they need and speaking out.
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World Suicide Prevention Day | Working together to prevent suicide September 10, 2018


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Events for August 2, 2018
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There will be an Outdoor Cinema on Thursday, August 2nd @ Place 1604, 243 Gauvin Rd. in Dieppe. Showing tonight will be Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (in English). Movie starts at dusk.Find out more »


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Cumberland County Homelessness Prevention Program
Endeavors® serves Fayetteville's homeless civilian population by providing case management, emergency financial assistance, and employment services to low-income individuals and families facing eviction or who are currently homeless.
This is NOT an emergency housing program, but rather a resource for the Cumberland County homeless population. Rental and utility assistance, if approved, is short-term and limited.
We provide the following services
- Case management
- Development of a housing stability plan
- Assistance in obtaining benefits
- Referrals to community agencies
- Emergency financial assistance based on need (not guaranteed)
- Referrals for financial counseling and legal assistance
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Ever since I started making Sumo Cakes® people have been asking me if I had any mycorrhizae products, and I have always said no. My assumption is that they are looking for the powder versions that they can inoculate their soil with after repotting or whatever.
The Sumo Cakes® Root Elixir doesn't really solve that but what it does do is provide a liquid mixed bag (or bottle in this case) of beneficial microorganisms, micronutrients, and macronutrients.
Sign up for the waiting list
If you would like to sign up for the waiting list please head over to the product page. https://sumobonsaisupply.com/shop/sumo-cakes-root-elixir/
What is Root Elixer?
Sumo Cakes® Root Elixir is a liquid root drench and microbial inoculant. It contains nutrients that are immediately available to plants as well as soil microbes to encourage microbial colonization in the root zone. This colonization of microbes helps the plants to achieve enhanced nutrient uptake.
Sumo Cakes® Root Elixir also supplies the essential macro and micronutrients that can help plants thrive.
Root Elixir has been in the works for a while. A few conversations with my soil consultant, locating the proper ingredients to achieve what I was looking for, followed by lab tests and here is what you get. A micronutrient-rich microbial inoculant root elixir.
Total Nitrogen (N) 0.7%
Available Phosphate (P2O5) 0.15%
Soluble Potash (K2O) 0.5%
Secondary Nutrients
Calcium (Ca) 0.02%
Magnesium (Mg) 0.3%
Sulfur (S) 1.10%
Micro Nutrients
Boron (B) 0.23%
Chloride (Cl) 1.50%
Cobalt (Co) 0.02%
Copper (Cu) 0.6%
Iron (Fe) 0.8%
Manganese (Mn) 0.3%
Molybdenum (Mo) 0.01%
Sodium (Na) 0.043%
Zinc (Zn) 0.45%
Borax, Cobalt sulfate, Earthworm castings, Ferrous Sulfate, Kelp, Magnesium sulfate, Manganese sulfate, Protein hydrolysate, Sodium molybdate, zinc sulfate
Beneficial Fungi:
- Gigaspora margarita
- Glomus aggregatum
- Glomus brasilianum
- Glomus clarum
- Glomus deserticola
- Glomus etunicatum
- Glomus intraradices
- Glomus mosseae
- Glomus monosporum
- Laccaria bicolor
- Laccaria laccata
- Pisolithus tinctorius
- Rhizopogon amylopogon
- Rhizopogon fulvigleba
- Rhizopogon luteolus
- Rhizopogon villosulus
- Scleroderma cepa
- Scleroderma citrinum
- Suillus granulatus
- Suillus punctatipes
- Trichoderma harzianum
- Trichoderma koningii
Beneficial Bacteriea
- Azotobacter chroococcum
- Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
- Bacillus azotoformans
- Bacillus coagulans
- Bacillus licheniformis
- Bacillus megaterium
- Bacillus pumilus
- Bacillus stearothermiohillis
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- Paenibacillus durum
- Paenibacillus florescence
- Paenibacillus gordonae
- Paenibacillus polymyxa
- Pseudomonas aureofaceans
- Pseudomonas fluorescens
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Some other reading on this site about fertilizers and mycorrhizae can be found at the following links.
- Bonsai Fertilizer Basics
- Function of Essential Nutrients
- Mycorrhizae, the Beneficial Symbiotic Relationship
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I intend to post a whole series about the phenomenon of the "Selfie", and started writing a long complicated post. However, I will be out of town next week, so I probably won't post then unless I find something great to "reblog".
So this post is about the film, "Thanks for Sharing", starring Mark Ruffalo and a with a great supporting appearance by the singer/performer Pink who turns out to be a really good actress. Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim Robbins and Joely Richardson. ImDB describes the movie as "A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction."
It's directed and partly written by Stuart Blumberg who is known for writing the movie, "The Kids Are Alright."
This movie did not get much attention before, during or after its run in the movie theaters, however, I went to it and actually really liked it and I think it is very under appreciated. I have told many patients to see it as I work with a lot of people who attend 12 Step Meetings of various kinds and for whom the 12 Step Program is a healing and integral part of their lives and recovery.
Anyway, what struck me the most about the movie is that the 12 Step Program, in this case S.A. Sex Addicts Anonymous (there is also SLA, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) is the main character portrayed on many levels in the flim.
Well, I just learned something: there are 4 different 12 step programs that address this kind of addiction/compulsionnn, not just the above two:
Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)
Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA)
FOr a good description of the differences between these, here is the link I found:
THat's what I love about blogging. I learn as I write! As the main character, SA links all the characters together, not just the main one played by Mark Ruffalo. In the opening shots the camera goes down streets in NYC, and what I found great was that the cinematographer captured the point of view of people with sex addiction in terms of their having a different brain response to stimuli in the environment, especially visual stimuli. As the camera goes down a crowded day time NY street, it captures how just about anything, not just people, but inanimate objects, can be taken in as a sexual stimuli, and gives you an idea of the brain of a sex addict getting "triggered" by anything, even a fire hydrant or street light, as well as any random person walking down the street of any gender.
The movie captures the essence of the 12 Step Recovery System which is not for everybody as it follows an abstinence sobriety model, not a moderation/balance model. It is highly effective for many people with sex addiction issues though. The main human character in the film has about 5 years "sobriety" which means he has had no sexual activity including masturbation in 5 years. The longer recovered addict played by Tim Robbins is his sponser and the Ruffalo character is sponsoring a newly in recovery, forced to go to 12 steps person who is still out of contol. Pink enters the movie later and is also a sex addict with little recovery time. So the movie does a good job portraying the different challenges of 12 Step Receovery for the long recovered married addict, the 5 year person with the challenge of having to stop avoiding dating and relationships to more fully recover, and the struggling beginning addicts who are stumbling along having a lot of trouble staying sober and "slipping" while still going to meetings. What saves the two early recovery people is that they bond and help each other because they are on the same level. Ruffalo refuses to sponsor the new sponsee because he is not actively doing anything in his recovery and not being truthful in the meetings or with his sponsor.
For the long recovered addict played by Tim Robbins, there is a great portrayal of a split that can happen with 12 Step Recovery. His SA sponsor role model self is very dedicated and he has saved his marriage and developped a kind of father son relationship with his sponsee, thus making progress with SA while in his personal life, he is having a lot of trouble with his son who is also an addict. He does not accept or validate his son and his disagreements with his wife are about the son. So his main conflict involves changing as a father and stopping hiding behind the replacement father role of being a better sponsor to his sponsee than father to his son…
The Ruffalo character has the challenge of starting to date someone and figuring out how to "come out" about his sex addiction without scaring away his potential girlfriend, and being challenged by relapse and the messiness of life that he cannot avoid anywya.
THe movie zeroes in on the special fellowship of the people at this SA meeting and the way it can be a supportive community, but the challenge is to go back out in the world and manage on your own with your sobriety. The movie is complex enough that we see several different kinds of challenges faced by the characters in SA, as well as seeing how they fare trying to explain their addiction and recovery to non addicts. Because the movie takes on the challenge of sex addiction, which is not understood by the mainstream culture very deeply and which has a lot of shame associated with it, it does have a lot of gorund to cover and cannot be extensive, so unfortunately it only shows people identified as heterosexual with these struggles, and would have been a deeper movie if there were characters from the LGBTQ community.
Much more can be said, but I will end with a few important 12 Step phrases that were important in the film and quite helpful to anyone. "CLean your own side of the street" said by a non sex addict, the partner of the Tim Robbins character, about how she has managed to stay in her relationship and be growing in it. She is aware that she has her own work to do on herself and that her husband's sex addiction is his "Side of the street" and his problem, not hers. "THanks for sharing" is of course the title and based on what people say in meetings in response to someone sharing their struggles. This phrase is actually very meaningful, it covers the attitude of gratefulness for recovery and rebirth and second and third chances as well as a grateful attitude towards everyone who comes to a meeting. All can equally share no matter how much sober time they have. It is the "Sharing" and community that really aids in the healing process and can be true for any kind of therapeutic healing or group. The mere act of sharing and being validated is very powerful for anyone struggling with mental illness and/or addiction. The two minor characters with little experience sober are sharing with each other outside the meeting and it actually works, because the writer knew not to drama things up and have them sleep with each other. Instead they are learning to have a non sexual relationship through SA, which is incredibly healing for them to "share" in the kind of friendship neither has yet experienced.
So I highly recommend this film as a great effort at portraying some aspects of 12 Step Recovery and the humanity of a person who has done the kind of terrible behaviors sex addicts are compelled to do. This is the other side of it, so we can have compassion for all the characters wherever they are in their recovery, and understand the struggles they have due to a probably biological as well as environmentally caused disorder/imbalance.


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An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Richland-Lexington Airport District, grantee of FTZ 127, requesting authority to reorganize and expand the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09); 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/22/10). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new "usage-driven" FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantee's "service area" in the context of the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on September 23, 2011.
FTZ 127 was approved by the Board on July 2, 1986 (Board Order 333, 51 FR 25075, 7/10/86). The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (109 acres)—Richland-Lexington Airport District, 125A Summer Lake Drive, West Columbia; and, Site 2 (44 acres, expires 3/30/13)—Urban Outfitters, Inc., Edgefield Industrial Park, 30 Industrial Park Blvd., Trenton.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter Counties, South Carolina, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The proposed service area is within and adjacent to the Columbia Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its existing zone project to include Site 1 as a "magnet" site and temporary Site 2 as a "usage-driven site". The ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the "sunset" time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and the applicant proposes Start Printed Page 61076that Site 1 be so exempted. Because the ASF only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application would have no impact on FTZ 127's authorized subzones.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and information presented in the application and case record and to report findings and recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is December 2, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 19, 2011.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the "Reading Room" section of the Board's website, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce @trade.gov or (202) 482-1346.Start Signature
Dated: September 23, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
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Public safety crews were involved in two emergency water rescues Thursday on the east side of St. Joseph as record flooding increased throughout the area.
The Grand River at Chillicothe reached 37.5 feet Thursday, which is less than 2 feet above the all-time crest at that location. In St. Joseph, the Missouri River was at 28.25 feet and was expected to reach a high of 29 feet today.
For the first time, high water near Cook Road forced the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Conservation to conduct a water rescue of two individuals whose home is now surrounded by water.
Around 11 a.m., a state trooper and a conservation agent set out from the gravel road about a mile to the house. They were joined by the landlord of the property. Just before noon, the small boat and five occupants returned to dry land safe and sound. The two individuals rescued were Cheryl Utterback and her husband, Carey.
"The water came up overnight," Utterback said. "It just started getting deeper and deeper."
She said she made the decision to call for help early Thursday morning after the water reached the family's front step.
"Our landlord told us it never flooded here before so we weren't expecting it," Utterback said.
According to Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Griner, he and Missouri State Department of Conservation Agent Parker Rice traveled about a mile and a half to the house. The pair were teamed up for the day as the conservation department sometimes aides in water rescues. And while Parker often deals with wildlife, he said humans could learn something from wildlife when it comes to flooding.
"They don't take an extra five minutes, they just run," he said. Both encouraged those who think they're in trouble to contact emergency services.
According to Buchanan County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Brinton, this is the first time the Platte River caused waters to submerge the area.
A second water rescue occurred around 2 p.m. near Frederick Boulevard and Riverside Road behind Colony House.
A man became stuck in an overgrown area when he attempted to paddle through flood water surrounding his home in a canoe. The individual then tried to walk back to the house but could not move farther due to currents.
Since the area is within city limits, the St. Joseph Fire Department responded to a 911 call made by the man's neighbor. A group of firefighters was able to reach the man and maneuver him back to land using ropes.
EMS checked the man, who was conscious throughout the operation.
The man's wife was still in the home as of 3 p.m., but the fire department did later send in a small boat to rescue her and bring back a change of clothes for the man. The department also rescued the family's dog.
Unlike Elwood, Rosendale evacuates
To the west, the Doniphan County Department of Emergency Management said in a statement that the city of Elwood, Kansas, will only issue a "suggested mandatory evacuation" if the Missouri River maintains a 30-foot crest for 48 hours.
Flooding from the 102 River also caused evacuations in Rosendale, Missouri. According to Andrew County Sheriff Bryan Atkins, his deputies and troopers evacuated 30 people whose age ranged from a few years old to 80.
The 102 River reached a record peak of 24.37 feet near the city on Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service. At least some of those evacuees are temporarily living in St. Joseph.


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Thursday night we had the SE Regional Awards and it was a fantastic evening. Great turn out with some new faces and old friends. Thanks to Fiona Ingvarsson for organising this amazing venue on the Thames. Fiona secured the bridge of the Tattershall Castle boat for no cost. We could then spend some of the budget on snacks and drinks for the reception. Thanks to Karen Massey for her help getting the prints organised and to her wonderful husband Paul for helping to get the prints back to Preston.
The Views of Westminster and the London Eye, for a northern lad, was a real treat. My thanks and congratulations to everyone who attended, to the Merit winners, and all the winners well done. The work was of a very high standard. The Regional Photographer of the year, who at the moment is unstoppable and seems to win everything in every event he goes near, is the very talented Scott Johnson.
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The Dolphins introduced Brian Flores as their new head coach on Monday and they stopped short of declaring Ryan Tannehill their former quarterback a short time later.
General Manager Chris Grier spoke to reporters after Flores' press conference and he was asked about a report that they have decided to move on without Tannehill whether they are able to trade him or just have to cut him.
Per multiple reports from Miami on Monday, Grier said that there has been no call made about Tannehill. He added that the team wants to have Flores and the rest of the incoming coaching staff evaluate the situation before making a decision about how to proceed.
None of that means that Tannehill's on any safer ground than he's appeared to be on since the end of the regular season. It doesn't do the Dolphins any good to say they are done with him regardless of the manner he's dispatched if they hope to trade him and it didn't make any sense to move forward with major personnel moves until Flores was officially on the job.
That happened on Monday and other pieces should start falling into place for the Dolphins and Tannehill in the near future.


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Assassin's Creed Odyssey will offer players more choice than ever, according to its makers.
For the first time, it allows players to choose between being a female or male assassin, and to control characters' conversations.
"We wanted players to make the experience their own," says narrative director Mel MacCoubrey.
The latest game in the franchise has been unveiled at the E3 gaming expo in California.
It is due to be released in October this year on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
Like its predecessors, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is set in an historical world – this time it's Ancient Greece in the year 413 BC.
"It's a world of contrasts," Mel tells Newsbeat.
"We've got war and peace, the land and the sea, the legends and the myths, the heroes. There are a lot of incredible stories that come from that time period."
She and the team have developed a new interactive dialogue system which allows players to control how characters interact.
"For the first time you can lie to characters, be aggressive to characters, or even be romantic with them," says Mel.
Characters include the real-life Greek philosopher Socrates, meaning players can have "a conversation with history as never before".
"We've had to do a ton of research to know these historical figures inside out," explains Mel.
And players will be able a choose between being a man called Alexios or a woman, Kassandra.
"It's an equal opportunity game," says Mel.
"It was extremely important for us to be able to offer them both so that anybody could play."
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Horary astrological view of Germany's future
A horary chart was drawn up on March 26th at 5:05 MDT in Albuquerque NM (106W39; 35N05) to look into the question of Germany's future in light the condition of the Euro and the EU bailouts coming up. As shown by Saturn rising retrograde in the 2nd house of this chart serious and repeated trouble is coming up; it involves money and the need to protect the national security. Saturn mutual reception Venus says that Germany will look for the way out.
Venus is the ruler of the 2nd house. We see her at 29 degrees Aquarius in conjunction with Neptune in the 6th house. The 6th house says the coming matter is distressing. Both Venus and Neptune at 29 degrees is saying that those in distress are at the end of their tolerance. Venus, denoting the money, conjunct Neptune shows loss. Neptune rules the 7th house of international relations. The German economy is being drained by the untenable demands of the EU. This is going to cause big political trouble for the current Government.
The Moon in this chart is forming square aspects to Jupiter and Mercury. Jupiter and Mercury are in the 8th house. Jupiter rules the 4th house and Mercury rules the 10th. The 4th house is the people and the 10th is the Government. The people are at odds with the Government over the matter of economic losses. Frau Merkel's Government is already becoming unpopular. The federal elections coming in 2013 are happening at the time when Pluto is in conjunction with the Euro's Sun at 10 degrees Capricorn. The Euro will be in big trouble. Because of the severe consequences of the bailouts of Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain, involvement in the EU will become extremely unpopular amongst the German people and that will bring them into conflict with the current Government. It is not out of the question if the Mark is restored.
The Moon in this chart is in Capricorn square to Saturn in the 2nd house. This brings severe economic demands on Germany, depresses the markets and makes inroads in German business and industry.
Germany's ties to the EU may be seen in the relation between Mercury and Jupiter in this chart, also between Mercury and Neptune. Mercury rules the Ascendent, meaning Germany itself; Jupiter and Neptune rule the 7th house, meaning the other nations of the EU. The Moon is square Jupiter and Mercury. This brings strife to Germany's relations with the other members of the EU. We also see in the 7th house Mars and Uranus. Mars in the 7th house reaffirms strife, and denotes possible breakings of ties. Uranus is coming to square Pluto. This denotes crisis conditions developing in Germany's relation to the EU. The EU is in a weakened condition. The German people will have had it. We can see the problems in the EU reflected in the degree of strife that is now developing between the German people and the Government.
We also note, Jupiter is in opposition with Saturn. Jupiter rules the 4th house. The 4th house is the end of the matter. The opposition of Jupiter to Saturn spells serious losses of money and a breaking of economic ties. Saturn in mutual reception Venus shows Germany getting out of the burdens. The people will force the Government to change its relation with the EU.
The Moon afflicted in Capricorn in the 5th house also shows the German cultural scene suffering seriously from the imperialistic designs of the EU that have been draining Germany of its wealth. Watch the German people. The days of Merkel's Government and its entanglement with Bruxelles are numbered.
Raphael Simons
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text: Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon\r\n\r\n\u201cFor the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,\u201d Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in its annual worldwide study on trust in institutions like the media, business and government.\r\n\r\nThese international findings are in line with recent data coming out of the U.S. A 2016 Gallup poll reported that just 32 percent of Americans trusted the mass media, while an Ipsos poll from summer 2018 found that nearly one-third of Americans agreed that the news media is the \u201cenemy of the people.\u201d\r\n\r\nHow did it come to this?\r\n\r\nFirst, it\u2019s important to recognize that our national media, just like our politics, has become highly partisan.\r\n\r\nSecond, it\u2019s necessary to acknowledge that existing media business models fuel this polarization. The drumbeat of an us-versus-them narrative has created what Tim Dixon, co-author of a new study titled \u201cThe Hidden Tribes of America,\u201d calls a \u201ccartoonish view of the other side.\u201d\r\n\r\nSo what can be done to remedy this state of affairs?\r\n\r\nMoving forward, I believe that local journalism \u2013 a key focus of my research and journalistic background \u2013 can play an important role in turning the tide and tackling this media malaise.\r\nThe trust factor\r\nTraditionally, the most important function of the Fourth Estate has been seen as watchdog reporting \u2013 journalism that holds authority to account.\r\n\r\nBut, this type of journalism is not exclusive to larger publications.\r\n\r\nThe impact and potential importance of these efforts at a local level can be seen each week in the \u201cLocal Matters\u201d newsletter founded by the journalists Joey Cranney, Alexandra Glorioso and Brett Murphy.\r\n\r\nIt was also recognized last year when Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing. The twice-weekly newspaper in Iowa has nine-person staff and covers a town with a population of 10,000.\r\n\r\nYet Cullen beat fellow finalists from bigger papers - the Houston Chronicle and Washington Post - because he \u201csuccessfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa\u201d in \u201ceditorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing.\u201d\r\n\r\nResearch shows, however, that audiences don\u2019t just want local news outlets to be watchdogs. They want them to be a \u201cgood neighbor\u201d too.\r\n\r\nLocal journalists are often the only journalists that most people will ever meet. So they play a significant role in how the wider profession is perceived.\r\n\r\nFor Caitlyn May, editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel in Oregon, this means \u201cit\u2019s essential that journalists leave the office and go out into the community.\u201d One way she does this is by holding a monthly, informal, \u201cMeet the Editor\u201d discussion at a local coffee shop.\r\n\r\nOther outlets, such as the Dallas Morning News with their Curious Texas project, and KUOW Public Radio in Puget Sound, Washington, are partnering with a start-up called Hearken to encourage audiences to submit questions they want answered or suggest topics that they want local journalists to cover.\r\n\r\nPoynter\u2019s 2018 Media Trust Survey identified that trust in local media is considerably higher than for national media. By blending watchdog reporting with community engagement, newsrooms can build on this foundation.\r\nLocal news on shaky ground\r\nBut what happens when local media disappears?\r\n\r\n\u201cOur sense of community and our trust in democracy at all levels suffer when journalism is lost or diminished,\u201d researchers at the University of North Carolina wrote in a recent report.\r\n\r\n\u201cIn an age of fake news and divisive politics,\u201d they added, \u201cthe fate of communities across the country \u2013 and of grassroots democracy itself \u2013 is linked to the vitality of local journalism.\u201d\r\n\r\nIndeed, data suggests a correlation between consumption of local news and civic engagement. This reinforces earlier research linking local media consumption and \u201cinstitutionalized participation.\u201d\r\n\r\nPut another way, if you consume local news, you\u2019re more likely to vote, contact local officials and participate in other forms of civic and democratic engagement.\r\n\r\nAlthough many local newsrooms are going through a period of reinvention and reinvigoration, the sector needs to be on a more even financial keel if it is to successfully move forward. Outlets have to consistently produce high quality work in order to demonstrate their unique value to communities.\r\n\r\nThis isn\u2019t necessarily easy at a time when their are fewer journalists. Nearly half of all newsroom jobs \u2013 more than 20,000 of them \u2013 have disappeared in the past 20 years.\r\n\r\nRecent research has highlighted the potential impact of these cuts at the local level.\r\n\r\nData produced by Duke University found that \u201cless than half of the news provided by local media outlets is original. Only 17 percent is "truly local\u201d in the sense that it\u2019s actually about events that have taken place within the city or town.\r\n\r\nJournalism professor and researcher Jesse Holcomb has noted that local news outlets are still struggling to adapt to digital. He likens the internet to \u201can ill-fitting suit: functional, but not made for them.\u201d\r\n\r\nHolcomb\u2019s analysis of 1,808 local news outlets revealed that less than half offer video content or newsletters. About one-in-10 local news outlets don\u2019t even have a website.\r\n\r\nThe Expanding News Deserts report, published in October by journalism professor Penny Muse Abernathy, showed that 171 U.S. counties do not have a local newspaper at all.\r\n\r\nNearly half all counties in the U.S.\u200a \u2013 \u200a1,449\u200a \u2013 \u200ahave only one newspaper, and it\u2019s usually a weekly. Their research identified a net loss of almost 1,800 local newspapers since 2004.\r\n\r\nDiminished resources \u2013 which may, in turn, lead to a less ambitious editorial mission \u2013 can have a profound impact on the health of our communities and democracy.\r\nLooking ahead\r\nTo succeed, local news providers must be relentlessly local and offer something different if they want people to pay for their product.\r\n\r\nThey also need to be more visible, embracing opportunities for real life engagement and consciously diversifying the range of people they interview.\r\n\r\nAccording to a 2006 study by journalism professors Don Heider, Maxwell McCombs and Paula Poindexter, this means that investigative and watchdog reporting should appear alongside stories that demonstrate \u201ccaring about your community, highlighting interesting people and groups in the community, understanding the local community, and offering solutions to community problems.\u201d\r\n\r\nThat way, local journalists act as a check on those in power and create an informed citizenry, while also fostering a sense of community.\r\n\r\nAnd local journalists don\u2019t just help communities make sense of the world around them. They\u2019re also a proxy for the wider news industry.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s harder to believe that everything is \u201cfake news\u201d when the journalist you meet at back-to-school night, your kid\u2019s football practice, or in the local coffee shop is not just your neighbor, but someone who is also reporting on important local stories that you know to be true.\r\n\r\nDamian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon\r\n\r\nThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.


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Santo Domingo - The President of the Board of Civil Aviation, Lic. Luis Ernesto Camilo, received in his office executives of the airline Air Panama, interested in exploring and initiating international operations towards the Dominican Republic.
Luis Eletor, Planning Manager and Tomás Cano, Director of Expansion for Europe, presented the airline and its business intentions before Lic. Camilo and Dr. Bernarda Franco, in charge of Air Transport of the JAC.
Air Panama is a family airline of 15 years of foundation that operates internal routes within Panamanian territory and to neighboring countries, such as Costa Rica and Colombia, with a fleet of medium-sized aircraft.
They consider and so they expressed that the Dominican Republic is the ideal destination to develop a constant, affordable and easy traffic between both countries, focusing their marketing efforts on ethnic and business tourism.
The President of the JAC reiterated the policy of skies and open doors that is the hallmark of its management and the aviation sector as a whole.


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In an industry where competition is the prevailing custom, being ranked as the top online gambling site comes with a price. Some of the household names both in the sports betting and casino gambling landscapes have invested more than enough in building their brands. Choosing the best company from the top online gambling sites is often considered an uphill task. This is because nearly all the sites offer the same games, bonus features, payment options, etc.
Carving out an insightful strategy will help you and your company to beat the odds and stay ahead of the competition. Below is how your company can stay afloat and become the top rated gambling site.
As a new player trying to make it in a competitive industry, always map your potential business rivals. Majority of the online gambling sites started from somewhere. Some probably tried copying the big brands while others faked it until they actually made it Regardless of their stories, one thing remains true, they are now enjoying a notable share of the booming market. Before putting up a plan, just know the companies to compete with and those to model. You probably don't want to compete with multi-billion betting firms when you're just getting started.
After sorting out those online gambling firms that are eligible for a competition and those to seek inspiration from; it's time to formulate a solid strategy. The plan should take care of your business from the start to the very end. One of the things to start with is to come up with an impeccable site that has all the necessary features. You should also come up with some competitive objectives that will seek to satisfy the unmet demands in the gambling market.
A business with poor market exposure will hardly do well in a competitive environment. When marketing your online gambling site, take time to study the best marketing techniques. Check how the top online gambling sites are marketing their services. If it means using the adult sites to advertise your company, then implement it- provided it is working. You can also use online banners or ads featuring celebrity models or renowned casino jackpot winners.
One of the challenges facing most casino gambling sites is the inadequacy of capital to compete favorably with the high-end industry leaders. If you're not a keen investor, you may drive your company to debts without the possibility of returns on investment. To avoid this probable calamity, always stick to your initial plan; know whom to compete with so as to avoid financial stress. Furthermore, it's not necessary to pull out those insane bonuses for people to play on your site- just be wise with marketing and the rest will fall in place.
Making it to the high table of top online gambling sites isn't an easy job. It may take years of investing both money and time but the end results will always be worth the wait. To make sure you're doing it right, it's important to work with a competent team of professionals who have prior knowledge in managing and marketing an online casino.


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Electricity Connected, Telephone - In Street, Propane
Carport, Carport Attached, Driveway
Hills View, Mountain View, Trees/Woods View
Turnkey, Bar, Ceiling Fan, Open Floor Plan
Great location close to schools, Oakhurst, Bass Lake and Yosemite! 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. Master bedroom is downstairs with a walk in closet. Master bath is attached with a double sink. Upstairs is a private loft bedroom. Open floor plan. Attached carport. Detached garage. Fenced back yard. Private well. You have to see it to appreciate. Needs a little yard TLC.
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Look, don't touch.
by Lucy O'Brien, published on October 8, 2013
If you are the type who scrolls down a review to see the score before reading the text, know this first: I have never found assigning a number to a game so difficult. This is principally because Beyond: Two Souls takes the vision that writer/creative director David Cage and his team at Quantic Dream have held onto for so long - that interactive drama is the way to make gamers conditioned to meaningless violence feel something in the depths of our brittle souls - to unprecedented extremes. But Beyond is a game that made me feel too much like a passive participant, which made playing it a very confusing and unrewarding experience.
Indeed, if there was ever a game that suggested that Cage is a frustrated film director at heart, its this one. Beyond is an opus a muddy and unfocused one, but an opus packed with so much plot it feels like Cage has indulged his every whim and want in a single project. Unlike Heavy Rain before it, which dipped into silliness but was at least thematically consistent, Beyonds only consistency is its focus on Jodie Holmes, the game's tragic heroine. Shes a character wonderfully realized by actress Ellen Page, who proves to be much of Beyonds saving grace.
Jodies story is told in chapters out of chronological order across 15 years of her life. Beyond dances between these chapters: Jodie as a little girl, Jodie as a stubborn teen, Jodie as a young woman, Jodie as a little girl again, and so on. Her plight is driven by an unwanted tethering to a Poltergeist-like spirit she calls Aiden, whom you can also control depending on the circumstance.
This flitting back and forth across multiple eras of Jodies life presents a couple of problems. It gives Beyond a schizophrenic, alienating feeling, and left me constantly trying to catch up with the progression of the narrative. Next to something like Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction, this experiment with chronology feels unfocused; we are frequently thrust into deeply dramatic scenes that claw at our tear ducts far too early, before weve had the chance to fully invest in characters and their circumstances.
In truth, Beyonds plot would still feel disjointed even if it were told in order. Those familiar with Quantics previous works, most notably Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, should not expect anything more focused here. The story takes us from horror (where the influence of Brian de Palma and Adrian Lyne is strong) to drama, action, and sci-fi, and its peppered with pulp: evil government conspiracies, supernatural enemies, and cackling bad guys from distant climates abound.
Cage has said in interviews that switching between genres and tone was a conscious choice, as nobodys life is ever one flat note. But this is not a real life. This is a story about a girl and her ghost, and there is a reason filmmakers tend to stick with one genre or another: so as to craft a cohesive narrative. It is unfortunate there is no such discipline to be found here.
Occasionally, the plot does sing, and is dotted with moments that compelled me to continue playing. Cages best work comes out in the quieter, more human moments in his stories. Helping a teenage Jodie agonize over which music to choose at a party is one such moment; playing guitar on the streets in the middle of a bitter winter to earn enough money to buy food is another.
In these scenes, Ellen Page has the opportunity to really make us care for Jodie. Page is an eminently likeable and capable actress and gamely takes on Cages crazy twists and turns, delivering her lines with nothing less than utter sincerity. The rest of the cast dont always grant him the same favour, and frequently slip into broad theatrical strokes (for the love of God, shes a monster!) because the writing grants them this luxury. Page and yes, Willem Dafoe, although hes simply doing his Norman Osborne routine here knows when to downplay the crazy and put emphasis on those smaller moments. It is principally thanks to her, although Cage does deserve some credit here too, that I felt a lump in my throat at the end.
Whats missing, then, is the actual game built around this story. The system that allows us to interact with Jodies world has been streamlined for the better since Heavy Rain, and for the most part the action buttons - those much-maligned perpetrators of quick-time events (QTEs) - have been discarded. Theyre replaced with more intuitive contextual interactions on the right thumbstick, or iPhone touchscreen if you choose to play with an even further-simplified control scheme.
Anything you can interact with in the world is indicated by a white dot; move the right stick in the direction that feels natural, and Jodie will do the predictable thing: pick up a doll, take a shower, sit down on a chair. There are the occasional instances of QTE prompts in moments of high tension, although they are relatively unobtrusive and feel natural within that context.
Navigating Aiden, too, is easy enough. You can switch to him when Jodie needs help, and a press of the triangle button will propel you into a first person view with a satisfying woosh. In his form you can pass through walls and ceilings to possess certain enemies (why some but not all is not explained), kill certain enemies (ditto), move certain items and occasionally feed Jodie flashbacks via a telepathic link so she knows how to progress. There is little coherency to the system, for Aidens usefulness is determined on a contextual basis by Quantic. Rarely did I feel as if I was using Aiden to progress based on my own intuition alone.
When he is required, Jodie will use one of a handful of verbal prompts: help me Aiden, get rid of them, Aiden, and so on. His goals tend to be blatantly signposted - a character to possess immediately to the left, an interactive bit of ghost dust in the room above. Further, you cant always switch to him; it seems Aiden is a stubborn spirit. This simplistic gameplay and Aidens limitations are disappointing, particularly if one considers the potential for dynamic puzzle-solving interplay between Jodie and Aiden in co-op mode.
Combat is the weakest aspect of Quantics new control scheme. Time slows down during physical fights, and you must move the right stick in the same direction as Jodies body to block or punch or kick. Her body isnt always easy to read and you only have a couple of seconds in which to do so so frequently I found myself ducking instead of kicking, or moving backwards instead of forwards.
Its no matter: the outcome will be the same regardless. Jodie can get stabbed, beat up, pushed off the side of a building; shell always be fine on the other side. In circumstances where this invulnerability system is overtly nonsensical when she gets shot for example Aiden will simply heal her.
This constant push and pull between our sense that we are impacting the story and the story itself has always been at the heart of everything David Cage has created, but its examples like these that highlight just how passive Beyond made me feel. There are, of course, choices: on Quantics whim, you can choose how Jodie responds in conversation, whether shell dance at a party or not, or take revenge on someone who has wronged her. But unlike the critical decisions you make in Heavy Rain, Beyonds choices feel small, and the story will storm onward no matter how they are played out, never pausing to toss you a crunchy moral quandary to change its direction in any way that feels significant. Its disappointingly unadaptable.
I can illustrate this by comparing two scenarios. In one, Jodie is preparing for a date: you have the ability to choose her outfit, what shell cook for dinner, if she cleans up her apartment or not, and so on. How she completes these tasks will affect the outcome of the date. In another, Jodie is instructed to kill a man. You have no choice in this.
These restrictions are, of course, understandable from a technical perspective. Each time Quantic offers us a major decision, there is more game that must be made to accommodate, plus the developer only had so much flexibility with a solo protagonist. But it is unwise to build up our expectations of being able to choose our actions and then take that away from us where it feels most important.
It should be noted that Beyonds linearity also extends to general exploration, but this is an understandable decision on Quantics behalf; opening up its world would cause chaos with Beyonds tightly scripted story. You still can bask in the beautifully detailed trappings of suburbia Quantic has carefully created, or the glistening sterility of a research base, or the vast desert plains of the Great Southwestern Nowhere. These stunningly realized backdrops are triumphs of technical craftsmanship, but they are indeed backdrops, built for looking at rather than touching; a thought that perhaps encapsulates this game in its entirety.
The Verdict
Scene by scene, Beyond: Two Souls is compelling enough, principally thanks to a remarkable performance from Ellen Page. But never before have I felt like such a passive participant in a video game, my choices and actions merely icing on a dense, multi-layered cake. Playing Beyond is a memorable experience, yes, but a good video game it is not; and while the credits were rolling I admit to thinking I would have been happier to sit back and watch a movie version that was eight-and-a-half hours shorter.
Rating: Okay
Beyond: Two Souls is an ambitious opus, let down by lack of meaningful player choice and an unfocused plot.
+ Terrific performance from Page
+ Beautiful world
Choices feel inconsequential
Unfocused plot
Poor combat mechanics
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Tom Brady will become the NFL's all-time winningest quarterback this season. And it's in your best interest to embrace it now while you still have the chance.
I'm not here to go all Max Kellerman on you and proclaim that Brady is about to "fall off a cliff" in terms of production. Seeing what he's still capable of on Sundays, even after a four-game suspension to begin the season, that proclamation is absurd. But I am here to remind you that success doesn't last forever. And what the New England Patriots are doing right now just isn't normal.
Brady picked up the 200th win of his career on Sunday, tying Peyton Manning for most all-time wins after leading the Patriots on a game-winning fourth-quarter drive, en route to a 22-17 win over the New York Jets at MetLife. He finished the game 30-of-50 for 286 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. Brady now has thrown 18 touchdowns and just one interception in seven games this season.
Turn on the radio or log into your social media account, and you might not realize that the Patriots are 9-2 and currently hold the No. 1 seed in the AFC after Week 12. Constantly looking ahead and comparing the Pats to their upcoming opponents has created a certain type of fear that fans in any other city most likely can't relate to. That's because, in those other cities, the fears they have for their respective football teams are justified.
Maybe it's because I'm a sports-talk radio host and I have to take crazy calls for a living, but sometimes I can't wrap my brain around the negativity that surrounds the Patriots – even after a win.
At 9-2, and with a realistic opportunity to go to a sixth-straight AFC Championship game, there shouldn't be any complaining at all. Do you know how many fans in other cities would like to enjoy a simple playoff berth? Nevermind a trip to the conference championship?
There's a reason why everyone in the world hates the Patriots. All they do is win. And while there may be some spoiled punks out there who will point out to me that the Pats have only won one Super Bowl in the last 11 seasons, please keep in mind that in those 11 seasons, the Patriots have missed the playoffs only once, advanced to the AFC Championship seven times, and went to three Super Bowls.
Add New England's three Super Bowl championships from 2001-2004, and you have a team that's been playing in the NFL's version of the "Final Four" 10 times in the last 15 seasons.
Imagine being from Cleveland, loving football, having to watch Tom Brady play in late January almost every single year, and thinking to yourself, "Why can't that be us?" Or better yet, "Why can't we just make the damn playoffs?"
Well, the answer is simple. They don't have Brady and Bill Belichick.
Still, I sometimes have to listen to people break down a Patriots win as if having Brady and Belichick is some type of burden. It's the usual, "Ok, they got the win, BUT…"
There always seems to be that "but." And I realize this doesn't speak for everyone in New England. There are some who embrace this winning environment and enjoy it for what it is. I've been called "overconfident" and "cocky" when it comes to my Patriots predictions every week. The world I'd like to live in is one where you aren't being arrogant for thinking an 8-2 team with Brady and Belichick could go on the road and defeat a 3-7 Jets team that had only one win in their own building this season.
Well, the Patriots went into MetLife and won their ninth game of the season, just as I expected they would. And with more in-conference wins than Oakland, New England leaps back up into the top seed in the AFC for the time being. All because Brady led the way on a Patriots fourth-quarter comeback with a nine-play, 83-yard touchdown drive for his 200th win.
It wasn't perfect by any means. And they didn't cover the spread. But I just felt the need to remind some people that — regardless of some obvious flaws — what the Patriots are doing right now, it isn't a bad thing.
Might as well embrace it before it's too late.
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I'm interested in models that one can see into or through. Scarboro Square Station was one project where I tried out this idea. It doesn't have any glass components, but you can look through it from many angles. Cedar Heights Station is a simple project where I wanted to use a glass wall as the dominant element.
The concrete base is built from several pieces of 0.080 inch styrene glued up into a single block as was done with the loading dock at the Jones Chemical Company. When solid, the outer surfaces were coated with putty and sanded when dry to help mask the styrene edges.
The glass wall is cut from a piece of thin clear plastic - I seemed to have lost the specification sheet. It's edged with 1/16 inch L-shaped styrene pieces that were painted with Tester's Model Master steel paint prior to gluing to the wall with thick superglue. That job was a nail-biter. I had to be extra careful not to get any glue on areas of glass that could be seen. This may not be the best way to attach these things and I need to look into better methods.
The roof is corrugated Evergreen styrene sheet laminated to a piece of 0.010 inch styrene to give the roof a little more depth and structure.
When I glued-up the various pieces I positioned and held all of them by hand while they dried. I should have used some clamps and templates because things got a little crooked. I pulled things apart a bit and did some re-gluing to square things up, but it only partially fixed the problems. A little strategic camouflaging with figures and scene details helped make things look a little more aligned and righteous.
I'm having a bit of a problem deciding where to place the signboard. I'll post an update when I've made up my mind.
{A rather ominous picture (!) now that I look at it more closely}
Although I like the look of this building, Cedar Heights Station wouldn't stand-up in the real world; way too flimsy and unbalanced for Ontario, and maybe anywhere else. But, that's one of the good things about model building, you can build whatever you want.


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Episode 439 - weather flavour enhancer!
Aug 12, 2019
Tantz's clever idea was that the weather isn't just a backdrop… it's an important prop in it's own right. Weather can be used to drive a plot: the wind snatches a hat and makes a person chase it, which causes them to meet another character. It can be an antagonist: people fighting a storm for example or running form a tornado. It can signal and enhance emotions: rain for a sad funeral or sun for happy for a happy event. Growing shadows can signal an ominous turn of events, wind billowing out a cloak signals a dramatic character! You can just use it for fancy visual effects if you like, snow and rain are great fun to draw, and stormy skies are the best! We chat about all things weather and give examples of how we've used it ourselves.
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Episode 413 - Breaking structure
Feb 11, 2019
It's just Ozoneocean and bouncy Banes today. This time we're chatting about breaking and subverting structures, formulas and conventions in webcomics. Commercial creative projects need to use formulas and familiar structures because that's what audiences expect, it's also what studio executives, creative editors, publishers, producers and all the people that greenlight those projects need and expect as well. The Hero's Journey and other conventions and formulas aren't just used because they make good stories but because of the commercial realities and risk averse nature of the industry (there's a lot of money and jobs on the line). Webcomics don't have those pressures so we're talking about why webcomics shouldn't necessarily adhere to popular formulas and structures and why many don't.
Episode 412 - Hiatusssss D:
Feb 4, 2019
A huge thank you to the fantastic Amelius, creator of Charby the Vampirate! We mined her great newspost on the topic of the comic hiatus for this Quackcast. When you're reading a comic and it goes on Hiatus it's an awful thing… suddenly all progress stops and you don't know for how long it will be gone for. Some authors are great, they'll reach a point where they can't work anymore for some reason or they'll take a little break, but they will tell you they're going on a hiatus and when their comic will return- and Lo, it comes back exactly when they said it would. Crappy authors will say they're going on a hiatus and never return.
Episode 405 - Escape from Tumblr!
Dec 16, 2018
On the 18th of December people who post things with nudity on Tumblr will be kicked off the site. That means all the adult bloggers, comicers and things that made that journalling site stand out above the rest of the vast sea of blog sites and image hosts are being screwed out of what they helped build up! The reason of course is to make the site more attractive to advertisers and so it can more easily fit the standards of puritanical companies like Apple and Google who have taken it upon themselves to scrub the world clean of anything that defines us as adult human beings.
Episode 404 - Strong characters
Dec 10, 2018
We mined Tantz's Saturday newspost for our discussion topic: Strong characters and how to write GOOD ones! What is a strong character? Well it has nothing to do with physical ability, power, command, or anything so obvious and trite. Strong characters are well rounded and well realised, they're often active and opposed to reactive, they make things happen, the story hinges on them. Failed attempts at "strong" characters or obvious and often result in Mary Sues, whether male or female. People hand them traits that they THINK will make the character strong: make them a general, make them a great fighter, make them royalty etc. The problem comes when none of that is ever logically backed up in the story. You can't just title a character something or have other characters talk about how great they are without having them demonstrate a reason for it, or else all you have is a pathetic paper tiger and a really shizzy failed part of your story.
Episode 384 - Brandcast, PR
Jul 23, 2018
You may have read about how a conspiracy theorist dug up some 10 year old tweeted jokes by director James Gunn and got him fired from Disney… Well that incident inspired this Quackcast, which is a re-take on the whole personal brand idea that we discussed in Quackcast 289.
Episode 382 - Suspension of disbelief
Jul 9, 2018
This week we talk about maintaining suspension of disbelief: the way you have to convince people of the world your story is set in and keep them there. Everything you do is done for that, to convince them your characters make sense and the world works. There's a very mistaken idea that this ONLY applies to fantasy or SciFi. No, it applies to ALL fiction and even non-fiction in the case of stories and jokes from your friends, biographies and autobiographies. You have to maintain a suspension of disbelief in all these things in order to fully enjoy and be a part of the story.
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Apr 23, 2018
Everyone tends to have a strong opinion on Political Correctness so I thought why don't we try and have a chat about that and ask what people think. Can it be a problem in comics and other creative works? I was inspired by a video by Youtuber Metaron. He was talking about the decision to put a black actor in the role of Greek mythical figure Achilles in a BBC series about the fall of Troy and questioning the reasoning for it given that being a blonde haired incarnation of the sun-god Apollo is a huge part of the character. My main issue is that the actor is as bald as an egg! At least give him a blonde wig, I don't care how silly it looks. To be fair Achilles has rarely been portrayed well on the big screen, there was Brad Pitt's petulant version in Troy and an even balder Joe Montana in Helen of Troy! Do we spoil creative works by trying to be too inclusive or not being inclusive enough? This week Gunwallace has given us the theme to Wanted dead or dead: Welcome to a much cooler version of the old west… we open on a widescreen panorama shot of a dry, dusty desert scene and a lone cowboy all in black, kicking his toe in the dirt. This music is as warm as the hot desert breeze, the guitar is as hard as gunmetal.


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