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Palaces and Pagodas
7 Days
Activity Level
Comfort Level
This is a bit less adventuresome than Laos: Meandering the Mekong and perhaps better suited to those seeking a more moderate pace and additional creature comforts. Each night, you will be based in a comfortable hotel in Vientiane or Luang Prabang, and each day you will take guided excursions to explore the aspects of history, Buddhism, nature, and culture which most appeal to you. Many visitors feel that Laos is the most photogenic and serene country in southeast Asia. Orange-robed monks tending to their rites in golden-roofed temples are commonplace. You will savor the crafts, culture, and hospitality of Laos with a Mekong River trip, visits to ancient Buddhist temples, a gorgeous palace filed with gold objects, and traditional villages. Laos offers superb handicrafts, including beautiful woven silk textiles, which you will be able to purchase directly from local artisans. This trip includes comfortable hotels, intimate cultural encounters, and the services of a skilled, multilingual guide.
Great For
- Connecting Across Cultures
- Markets and Crafts
- Personal Reflections
Day 1 Arrive Vientiane
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met by your guide and given a brief tour of Vientiane, the largest city in Laos. You will visit sights such as Pha That Luang, Lao's most important and imposing monument. Legend has it that Ashokan missionaries from India erected a stupa here to enclose a breastbone of the Buddha as early as the 3rd century BC.
Ansara Hotel or similar
Day 2 Vientiane Temples and Weaving & Dying Center
After breakfast, you'll visit more of Vientiane's temples, including Wat Si Saket, with its thousands of Buddha images, and Wat Ong Teu Mahawihan (Temple of the Heavy Buddha), which is one of the most important in the country. It was built in the early 16th century by King Setthathirat and currently serves as a national center for Buddhist studies.
This afternoon, you will visit a vocational Training Centre – a weaving association for women with two main objectives: Provide training for various skill levels, in weaving, dyeing and tailoring for women from rural areas who are disadvantaged, poor and/or who have a disability and to revive and support Lao's traditional crafts. During the visit, you can learn how to tie and dye your own scarf using natural dyes and learn how to weave using a traditional Lao looming. Return to your hotel, or explore the central market on your own.
Ansara Hotel or similar
Day 3 Flight to Luang Prabang
This morning you'll fly to Luang Prabang, a city known for its historic temples and lovely mountain-encircled setting. In the afternoon you'll visit The Royal Palace Museum, once a residence for King Sisavang Vong and his family, and admire the beautiful silver and gold handicrafts. Afterward, attend a Baci (Soukhouan) ceremony, one of the most popular traditions in Laos, which comes with any important life event: weddings, funerals, births, illnesses, trips, etc. This ceremony usually takes place among a handful of people, with one or two "recipients", the "officiate" and a few "assistants". But for larger occasions, such as weddings, they can gather dozens of people. During the ceremony you attend, the officiating person recalls your souls (according to Lao belief, each human being has 32 souls) to attract beneficial influences towards you, and will then tie a cotton string around your wrist symbolizing the wishes he will formulate in your favor. This solemn moment will allow you to better understand the local beliefs and to continue your trip under a good blessing. After the ceremony, you will enjoy the traditional Laos dinner at the local house.
Breakfast, Dinner
3 Nagas Hotel or similar
Day 4 Villages of the Mekong River
After breakfast, visit the glamorous Wat Xieng Thong on the end of the peninsula. Here you learn about the interesting Lao history and the kingdoms which inherited this place in former times.
Afterwards, set out on a local boat trip along the Mekong River, the longest and most important water route in Laos. You will sail to Tam Tin Cave, a cavern in a limestone cliff filled with Buddha images, and Ban Sang Hai. The village's name means "Jar-Maker Village" because at one time it was the center of the local cottage crafts industry. After a picnic lunch, visit the weaving village of Ban Phanom, a Thai Lu village well-known for its cotton and silk hand-weaving. Afterwards, return to Luang Prabang where you have the rest of the day free. The night market is an interesting place to explore.
Breakfast, Lunch
Nagas Hotel or similar
Day 5 Kuang Sy Waterfall / Khmu Village
Today you will be driven to Kuang Sy Waterfall (about 20 miles from Luang Prabang), a beautiful multi-tiered waterfall tumbling over limestone formations into a series of cool, turquoise pools. On the return to Luang Prabang, you can stop at some local villages where traditional Saa paper and textiles are made.
In Laos, you'll have the rest of the afternoon free to do as you like. Alternatively, spend more time visiting local villages or taking a cooking class (additional cost):
Option 1 – Easy trek to Ban Nong Heo village to Kuang Sy Waterfalls:
After a 50-minute transfer to Ban Nong Heo, you will have some time to discover this charming Khmu village, with its traditional houses, its water buffalos and free-range ducks walking around, and the farmers and master blacksmiths working on their daily tasks. Then, your local guide will take you on an easy trek in the countryside, passing through hill forests and plantations, with nice viewpoints to stop at on the way. You can even ask your guide to pick some fresh sugar cane directly from the field to taste the juice! After a one and a half-hour walk in the beautiful natural environment, you will arrive at Ban Thapene, a village which sits at the foot of the Kuang Sy Waterfalls.
Option 2: Cooking Class at Vanvisa – Kuang Sy Waterfall
The cooking school of Mrs. Vandara is just a few hundred meters from the Kuang Sy Waterfall. The place itself is wonderful – overlooking a small waterfall of turquoise waters which provides a soothing flowing sound. The lush green area where the class takes place brings a relaxed atmosphere to the class. After the transfer from Luang Prabang (8:30 am) to Mrs. Vandara's house, the class will begin around 9:15 am. As she grows all the ingredients herself, there is no visit to the market included. However, you can take the time to see her vegetable and fruit garden and Mrs. Vandara will give you an overview about all kinds of Lao food. The table in the open air kitchen will be filled with unusual ingredients to help you discover Lao food, such as banana flowers, mini-eggplants, sticky rice, exotic flowers and more. The recipes are very healthy and even exploit some medicinal foods. Mrs. Vandara and her assistant take care of the guests by first instructing and then offering to help with the cooking. Mrs. Vandara is a proactive person that creates some original ways to discover Lao food, taking you back into her garden for more explanation if needed. After the preparation of four different dishes, you will have lunch together with her in the dining area overlooking a small waterfall. The cooking class and lunch ends at around 2:00 pm. Overall, it's a very nice atmosphere and the food is delicious! Mrs. Vandara is eager to share her knowledge about healthy food and ecological ingredients with you.
3 Nagas Hotel or similar
Day 6 Luang Prabang / Phone Say Village
After breakfast, you'll set out for Phone Say village, a community hidden on the Mekong River where the women weave and the men fish to feed their families. This charming village cannot be reached by car, but it is only a 30-minute walk from the main road. This is a good chance to talk with the local people and get a feel for daily life in Luang Prabang. The afternoon is at your leisure. If you wish, you may visit the night market and experience the only form of nightlife in this laid-back town. The market is also an excellent place to look at traditional textiles and handicrafts made by the hill tribes.
3 Nagas Hotel or similar
Day 7 Luang Prabang / Onward
Early this morning, witness the alms offering to the monks. This ritual is a way for Buddhists to "make merit" and also how the monks obtain their daily meals. Your hotel will provide you with sticky rice so you do not need to purchase food from the local "alms vendors". You'll join others as they offer food to a line of around 200 monks walking by. We recommend that women cover their arms and legs if giving alms. This is a great way to end your Laos adventure. Afterwards, transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Dates & Price
Custom & private on your dates. Contact an Adventure Specialist to create your dream trip! Schedule a call or tell us more about your dream trip!
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This is a bit less adventuresome than Laos: Meandering the Mekong and perhaps better suited to those seeking a more moderate pace and additional creature comforts. Each night, you will be based in a comfortable hotel in Vientiane or Luang Prabang, and each day you will take guided excursions to explore the aspects of history, Buddhism, nature, and culture which most appeal to you. Many visitors feel that Laos is the most photogenic and serene country in southeast Asia. Orange-robed monks tending to their rites in golden-roofed temples are commonplace. You will savor the crafts, culture, and hospitality of Laos with a Mekong River trip, visits to ancient Buddhist temples, a gorgeous palace filed with gold objects, and traditional villages. Laos offers superb handicrafts, including beautiful woven silk textiles, which you will be able to purchase directly from local artisans. This trip includes comfortable hotels, intimate cultural encounters, and the services of a skilled, multilingual guide.
Rates Per Person
Need to Know
Rates Per Person - 2019
Land Cost (Group size 2-3)
Land Cost (Group size 4+)
Local flight Vientiane to Luang Prabang
+ $100 (estimated)
Single Supplement
+ $650
Rates Per Person - 2019
Need to Know
Pricing and Payment
Reservations are accepted and confirmed after we receive a non-refundable booking deposit and a Traveler Profile Form signed by each adult on the trip as well as by the guardian for each child on the trip, and if space is available. For most group departures, the booking deposit is $500 per person per trip, though for some trips it may be more, as noted in the trip description.
The minimum booking deposit requirement for custom trips is $800 per person, and this deposit is non-refundable. A trip-planning fee of $250 per itinerary is also charged to cover costs of preparing itinerary proposals for custom trips. This fee is credited to the cost of the trip, but is nonrefundable if you do not take the trip. Custom travel during holiday seasons may require a deposit prior to trip confirmation.
An invoice for the total estimated cost of your itinerary will be sent with your reservation confirmation. For both group departures and custom trips, a second deposit of $1,000 per person is due 120 days prior to departure or at the time of booking for reservations made fewer than 120 days before departure. The balance as shown on your invoice is due 60 days prior to departure regardless of whether extensions or other arrangements are pending. Although we do our best to avoid increasing prices after we receive your deposit, in some cases it may be necessary to adjust pricing even after we receive payment to allow for changes in group size, rooming status, currency exchange rate fluctuations, fuel surcharges and other circumstances attendant to international travel. Late payments may jeopardize confirmation of your itinerary and in some cases may result in additional fees. If we have not received final payment 30 days prior to departure your reservation may be canceled and subject to our Cancellation & Refund Policy stated below.
We accept payments by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or check drawn on a U.S. bank account. Payment for airfare is required at the time of ticketing. Discounts that may be available for some trips are not available toward bookings made through travel agencies.
Late Signups
Early reservations are encouraged! Some trips and flights fill several months before departure. We can confirm your space on a trip once we receive your deposit and signed Reservation Form. We try, but cannot guarantee, to accept late signups. In the event that we are able to accept reservations fewer than 60 days before a trip departure, additional fees of $500 or more may apply to cover administrative costs necessary to expedite your reservation confirmation and transmit your departure materials. For reservations made fewer than 60 days before departure, full payment will be due at the time of booking.
Itinerary Changes
We understand that circumstances arise that lead you to inquire about changes to your itinerary, and aim to satisfy your requests. Once activities and accommodations have been confirmed, there will be a $50 change fee, in addition to the difference in costs for the services booked. When changes are requested within one week of departure, the change fee is $100. For changes requested after a trip has begun, the change fee is $200.
Cancellations & Refunds
If you must cancel before departure, you may request a refund according to the following schedule. Some trips require additional non-refundable payments as noted in the trip description or in the trip itinerary.
|Days Prior to Departure
|Cancellation Penalty
|90 or more
|Non-refundable booking deposit and trip planning fee, if applicable
|30% of total land costs
|75% of total land costs
|100% of total land costs
Please note: cancellation of airfare, other transit, and lodging is subject to the policies of the individual carriers or providers and are not included in the schedule above. Additional cancellation fees are the responsibility of the traveler. We strongly recommend that all travelers purchase travel insurance that includes coverage for trip cancellation or interruption which may reimburse you for cancellation penalties and extra trip expenses should a circumstance covered by the policy force you to cancel or interrupt your trip.
Departure is defined as the date on which travelers will leave their home state, province or city, or the trip departure date as indicated on the trip itinerary, whichever comes first. Cancellation date will be considered the date that we receive written notification of your intent to cancel.
Payments due at the time of cancellation remain the responsibility of the client. No partial refunds are possible for unused hotel rooms, air or land travel, trekking days, or other sight-seeing arrangements included in the land cost.
In the event Journeys International cancels a trip, for any reason, all money for services described in the trip description, less airline ticket cancellation fees, will be refunded.
Air Fares
We can help you to secure air travel arrangements to correspond with land travel booked through Journeys International. We work with an airfare consolidator to assist in booking the flights that suit your needs. Journeys International may charge a ticketing fee for this service. For group departures, if you prefer to fly on dates other than those listed as trip dates, or if you arrive at your destination other than at the group arrival time, then you may incur an additional fee to cover the separate transfer, contingency, and coordination costs which frequently arise from arrival and departure on flights different from our regular bookings. We will let you know about these fees ahead of time, if they apply. If you must change your air routing after ticketing, there is a charge of $50 per change, in addition to change or cancellation charges levied by the airline.
If you decide to make your own flight arrangements, you must provide Journeys International with a complete copy of your itinerary showing departure and arrival flights and times. You should plan to arrange your own air travel if you are using mileage credit or originating outside North America, but please be in touch with our office before you finalize ticketing so that we can help you to coordinate the correct arrival and departure dates and times.
Transfers Between Trips
You may transfer between some trips upon written request. More than 90 days before departure, the deposit transfer fee is $100 per person plus any cancellation fees charged by hotels or ground service providers. Less than 90 days before departure, full cancellation penalties from the original trip apply. In the event that Journeys International cancels a trip, you may transfer the full amount of your land payments to another trip without penalty.
Expenses Covered
Normally, our stated land costs include the cost of all guides, leaders, permits obtained after arrival, lodging accommodations, food and entry fees as specified, and all surface transportation associated with the planned itinerary. We do our best to avoid increasing prices after receipt of your deposit, but, rarely, factors beyond our control might require us to change our prices without prior notice, even after you have signed up.
Expenses Not Covered
Costs not included in the price may include: meals not indicated as included in itineraries; meals prior to arrival in starting cities; transfers, if not arriving or departing on the scheduled group flights; soft drinks, bottled water, and alcoholic beverages; medical expenses, costs of hospitalization, or evacuation from remote areas; laundry; airport departure taxes not included on your airline ticket; accommodations en route to starting cities; visas; airfares; gratuities; and insurance.
If a trip must be extended or an itinerary modified due to weather, road conditions, labor interruption, lack of transportation, political or civil disputes, medical emergency, or other causes beyond our control, then the traveler may incur additional costs that are not included in the trip price. We strongly recommend that all travelers obtain travel insurance to cover these risks.
Group-Sized Pricing & Group Minimums
Many trips are guaranteed to depart at prices published on our website with as few as two participants. However, in some cases it is necessary to adjust prices to reflect smaller group sizes. We do everything we can to make a trip operate as planned even with a single participant. Additional costs for small groups amounts vary from trip to trip. Final decision to cancel a trip due to insufficient signups is made 30 days prior to departure.
Environmental Stewardship
Journeys International believes that we have a responsibility to protect the earth for future generations of travelers. International tourism may be responsible for up to eight percent of annual worldwide emissions of greenhouse gasses. Journeys International advocates that adventure travelers who make environmentally-conscious choices when selecting their destinations and activities should also make the environmentally-conscious choice to offset the carbon footprint of their travel to compensate for their personal contributions to global climate change. Every Journeys International trip invoice includes an optional donation to the Earth Preservation Fund's carbon offset program to be used to purchase and permanently retire certified carbon credits to offset the carbon footprints of Journeys' travelers. The Earth Preservation Fund purchases carbon credits that have been certified under a reliable third-party standard. Travelers who choose to make this donation will receive a receipt for 501(c)3 tax deduction. There is no penalty for opting out of this donation.
Pre-Departure Services
We look forward to working with you! After we receive your deposit we will send you a pre-departure information packet containing things like medical and immunization information, visa and other permit forms, a recommendation for travel insurance, packing checklist, reading list, cross-cultural information, and an initial invoice for the balance due. If you would like, we can also book your extended land travel arrangements for before and after your trip. About 2-3 weeks before departure, we will send you a final departure packet including last minute reminders and local contact information for your destination. We send some of our materials by mail, so if you are leaving home before the scheduled trip departure date, please let us know how we can best reach you so that you will receive your materials prior to your departure.
Please call our office at any time if you have questions about your trip or for additional information.
Lodging Accommodations
Lodging accommodations are usually double occupancy in hotel rooms, tents, or other facilities as described or noted in trip itineraries. Please contact our office to discuss pricing and availability of alternative accommodations. We try to honor specific requests for lodging, but in some cases we may have to book and confirm equivalent standard accommodations. If you are traveling alone but would prefer a roommate, then let us know! We are often able to match solo travelers. If a roommate is not available or if you prefer single accommodation, then you must pay the Single Supplement, if one applies. On some trips, it is not possible to guarantee single accommodations.
Fitness to Travel
Good physical and mental health are essential for the enjoyment of Journeys International's trips. In many cases participants travel in rugged areas remote from modern medical facilities. Good physical conditioning is recommended as preparation for all trips, especially those involving trekking. Most trips require some walking. By paying the booking deposit and signing the Reservation Form, the traveler certifies that he/she is fit for rigorous travel and does not have any physical, mental, or other condition that would create a hazard for him/herself or other travelers. It is essential that any participant with a medical condition requiring regular treatment or which may be affected by vigorous activity, prolonged travel, high altitude, heat, cold, natural phenomena, or particular foods, notify Journeys International in writing prior to booking.
We assume no responsibility for medical care and we cannot guarantee meeting special dietary requirements or vegetarian needs. Participants may be required to furnish a physician's statement of good health. Journeys International's or the individual trip leader's or guide's judgment shall provide the ultimate determination of an individual's fitness to embark upon, or to continue, a trip. Journeys International reserves the right to refuse reservations or deny participation prior to departure of anyone whom it deems unsuitable for a trip. Once a trip has been confirmed, medical circumstances will not be considered as exceptions to our cancellation policy. All participants must be covered by a current major medical insurance policy for the duration of their trip. Proof of such coverage may be requested.
Duration 7 Days
The number of days, or duration, in a destination corresponds with the itinerary as published. This is the time period covered by the land cost.
Group Size 2 - 12
The stated range indicates minimum required for guaranteed departure and maximum accepted on the scheduled dates. Exceptions can often be made for private departures.
Comfort Level
Charming 4-star boutique hotels
Activity Level
Activity Level
Match the trip's intensity to your ability and motivation.
Easy walking, with opportunities for low-key physical activity.
Energetic exploration with optional day hikes, leisurely cycling, or light canoeing.
Day-long active excursions and options for demanding activity in varied environments.
Strenuous hiking or other intense activity that may be at high altitude or over rough terrain.
Multi-day trekking and other activities requiring endurance or strength. Steep trails. No technical expertise necessary.
Comfort Level
Choose accommodations and amenities that fit your personal style
Our most natural accommodations. Bath facilities often shared, sometimes rustic.
Comfortable and especially personal. Small to mid-sized lodges, typically with private bath.
Lodges and hotels with additional amenities, refined artistry, or extra-special settings.
Exclusive or luxury lodges, hotels, or safari camps with fine dining options.
The most indulgent accommodations arranged specially for private trips.
Single Supplement
The single supplement is applicable if a roommate is not available or if single accommodation is specifically requested. While single accommodation is not available on all trips, we will try and honor this request whenever possible.


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In the Office of Legal Council, OLC, there was someone who disagreed with the memo from Hell. Bush's US tax payer paid lackeys/torture, two time failed Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld & five deferments from military service Dick Cheney oversaw the application of the John Yoo memo into formal US policy and brooked no interference. No senior people were ever indicted in Abu Gharib or the secret US renditions that picked up innocents that were sent to nations where America outsourced its torture. Read all about the legal wars in side the ironic Department of Justice in Jack Goldsmith's book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration.

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I was 15 years old when Ronald Reagan won his reelection campaign, and after all these years I still remember his legendary "Morning in America" campaign ad. Looking back at it even in this cynical age, one can recapture the feeling. The music seems maudlin, the voice a little too grandfatherly, but the ad told a true story. America was back.
It was back in a very specific way, however, one that in some ways now seems quaint. Yes, the ad speaks of jobs, inflation, and interest rates, but also of homes and marriages — boasting that on that very day 2,000 families would buy new homes and 6,500 men and women would get married. It was painting a picture of an American ideal — of the nuclear family, employed and hopeful, optimistic about the future.
To say that the ad — and the associated campaign — worked is an understatement. Younger Americans can't comprehend a true electoral landslide. They've never seen one. Reagan's victory was breathtaking in scope. He won 49 states and almost 59 percent of the popular vote — a margin of almost 17 million out of 92 million votes cast. In today's polarized times we can't conceive of such margins. Donald Trump could commit a grotesque gaffe every day for the rest of the 2016 presidential campaign and still not sink to Walter Mondale levels.
So, yes, it is understandable that Republicans look back wistfully to Reagan. The economy actually grew. America was strong. It wasn't utopia, of course. America has never been a utopia. But there is not a sensible politician alive who wouldn't be thrilled to emulate not just Reagan's economic record, but also his ability to unite and inspire an entire nation.
It's time, however, for conservatives to turn the page — not so much because there is anything at all wrong with Reaganomics or with Reagan's vision, but because Reagan's America is no more. To echo Barack Obama, the nation has "fundamentally transformed." To paraphrase Bruce Springsteen, that country's gone, boys, and it ain't ever coming back.
When Reagan came to the presidency in 1981, America was a far more culturally and religiously homogenous nation, with more stable families, than it is today. Its culture was strong, but its politics were weak. Nixon's corruption, the various OPEC-driven energy crises, and the looming Soviet threat were all problems well within the capacity of conventional politics to overcome — especially when combined with the immense strength of the American people and the American economy.
To put it another way, when Reagan came to office, the culture was primed for resurgence; a good president had only to create the right conditions for success. And now? Our culture is weak, and our politics are weak. Our nation is far less sound — beset with cultural problems that lie far beyond the capacity of any politician to fix.
One needn't spend much time comparing the regulatory and tax structures then and now. Reagan inherited a much lighter regulatory environment and a much more oppressive tax regime. He slashed taxes, and while they've climbed some, they are still nowhere near the crippling rates of the Carter era, when top earners paid a 70 percent marginal rate and inflation kept pushing Americans into higher tax brackets.
As for regulations — there are now about 350,000 more federal regulations than when Reagan left office, bringing the total estimated impact of federal regulation to more than $2 trillion annually. What is more difficult to do — cut tax rates or unwind hundreds of thousands of complex rules sustaining vast federal bureaucracies?
But economic policy tells only part of the story. Reagan was pushing the throttle on an economy still largely populated by intact families — one that had yet to see the maladies of underclass behavior trickle up to the economically vital American middle class.
In 1980, despite the fact that the sexual revolution was well under way, only 18.4 percent of births were to unmarried women, with those births concentrated in the lower economic classes. By 2014, that number had hit 40.2 percent, with those births spreading up into the middle class. The spike represented a combination of increasing birth rates for unmarried women and decreasing rates for married women. Between 1980 and 2014, the percentage of married women who had children dropped from 97 percent to 89 percent.
The differences in outcomes between intact families and single-parent families are so profound that the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector could rightly describe family differences as creating a "two-caste society." Marriage and education represent the dividing line between prosperity and poverty.
At the same time, Americans no longer agree on many of the most basic tenets of faith and morality. We don't agree on what's right. America's deepest beliefs are shifting, and a largely Christian country is splintering along religious lines. The generational changes are staggering. In a 2013 Brookings Institution survey, a full 78 percent of the "silent generation" — the generation preceding the Baby Boom — classified themselves as religious conservatives or religious moderates. Even Baby Boomers were 70 percent conservative or moderate. Millennials, by contrast, are 45 percent non-religious or religious progressives.
Pew surveys show Christians declining "sharply" as a share of the American population, with the religiously unaffiliated experiencing the greatest growth. Dig deeper into the data, however, and the picture becomes more complex. It turns out that Americans are growing both more religious and more secular. In other words, while the percentage of unaffiliated Americans is experiencing great growth, the number of Evangelical Protestants in the country is also continuing to grow.
This is not a small matter. Contrary to pop-cultural belief, people of different faiths don't "believe the same things, just with different labels." Americans have comforted themselves with this nonsense largely because our religious homogeneity taught us to view religious differences mainly as denominational, not categorical. Yet the difference between Muslim and Christian is far greater than the difference between Baptist and Catholic. Atheists share few core beliefs with Pentecostals.
And that brings me to the final point — fracturing. It should surprise no one that a nation increasingly split by faith and family is also growing ever more polarized politically. The data are overwhelming. The Pew Foundation has amply documented the rise in negative feelings between Democrats and Republicans. The net "cold" rating that members of each major party give the other one — do they feel "very" or "partly" cold about the opposition? — has roughly doubled since the Reagan years, and most partisanship is "negative partisanship." In other words, a person belongs to his party more because he dislikes the other side than because he likes his own. It's polarization based on antipathy.
The political consequences are obvious enough. Reagan passed his economic agenda — including his tax reforms — through a Democratic-controlled legislature. Yes, he made compromises, and those compromises have long been presented as an argument that Reagan wasn't a true "small government" conservative — but he implemented the core of his agenda.
President Obama, by contrast, passed his signal reform, Obamacare, over unanimous Republican objection, and there's no prospect that a potential President Trump would face any less opposition from Democrats in Congress or a President Hillary Clinton less opposition from Republicans. Unwilling or unable to reach compromise, future presidents will be increasingly tempted, like Obama, to resort to executive fiat to implement their policies.
In short, in the new, fundamentally transformed America, political reform isn't agreed to; it's imposed. And the measure of a politician is how quickly or thoroughly he can take advantage of temporary majorities or favorable courts to force permanent or near-permanent change on the temporary minority.
Faced with the grim reality of Trump, it's tempting to wax nostalgic for better days. And a review of Reagan's speeches is both inspiring and depressing. He knew how to connect with the American people — to call out the "better angels of our nature" — but he was connecting with a different nation. We believe different things now, and live different lives. Not only are many millions of families ill equipped to seize economic opportunity — they're less likely to agree on what opportunity looks like.
It can be morning again in America, but that morning won't come primarily through politics. That's not to say that our economy can't grow faster — it can. And that's not to say that the middle class can't do better — it can. But the kind of renewal and unity our nation experienced in 1984 is beyond our political reach.
Instead, now is the time for mourning in America. The fact that our educated upper class can achieve at the highest levels is cold comfort when the daily lives of the working and (increasingly) the middle classes are burdened not so much by bad politics as by bad choices — choices no political "outsider" can overcome.
Reagan helped unleash the enormous human capital of the American nation. But our nation has spent much of the last 30 years squandering that human capital, in the grip of cultural forces that create problems politics can't solve. In 1981, America not only had a new leader, it possessed a people who were ready, willing, and able to shed the burden of bad leadership and unite behind a common vision. In 2016, our leaders are different, our people are different, and our loss of national character has become the greatest burden of all.


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From NC Policy Watch on June 28th:
Jen Mangrum, a college professor and former elementary school teacher, says she has a July 12 appeal date in her bid to challenge Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger this fall.
Mangrum, a Democrat, is seeking to remain a candidate in Senate District 30. The seat's currently held by Berger, a nine-term lawyer and Republican from Rockingham County who's one of the most powerful state lawmakers in North Carolina.
Mangrum said her attorney received confirmation Thursday on the July 12 hearing before the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. (https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2018/06/28/jen-mangrum-challenger-to-sen-phil-berger-gets-july-12-appeal-before-state-elections-board/).
A victory here for Jen Mangrum would be a victory for the democratic process and a victory for public education.
And a civics lesson for Phil Berger.
10AM at the State Board of Elections.


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Samuel Loh
From: Penang, Malaysia
Mr Ringin, our host is one of the most down to earth tour guide I have ever met.also, do not miss out on the wall painting
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Daisy and Gerard
From: Holland
Great experience! Lovely homestay with amazing food,
the best we had in Borneo.
Absolutely will recommend to everyone (already did 8-) )
Thanks (uncle) Ringin and (aunt) Macheree !
We will always remember and hope to be back some day!
Daisy and Gerard
Added: October 29, 2012
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From: Malaysia
I was supposed to sign in the guestbook much earlier but was too busy that I forgot, sorry about that... My friends and I went to Kuching in February, and our 2D1N homestay at Ringin's place was great! The activities were very fun and the guides were very friendly and approachable. Like the food prepared by Ringin's family, really nice. We had fun dressing up ourselves in the Bidayuh traditional costumes, joined in the cultural dance and tranditional instrument learning session. Really cool! Ringin and wife were very nice people and they really made sure we had a comfortable homestay overthere. Thanks to Ringin and family, cheers!
Added: July 14, 2012
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Christine and Max
From: UK
We had a wonderful two night stay with Ringin and Macheree, who made us feel at home from the moment we arrived. They were delightful hosts, eager to share their lifestyle with us, teaching us the intricacies of making bamboo rice and explaining life in the longhouse. The peace and quiet of the area and the friendliness of the locals made it a perfect spot for a few days away from the city. The jungle walk, the bamboo rafting, the fishing - all were great fun, and listening to Ringin's stories while drinking tuak was a very pleasant way to pass an evening. The food was great. We would highly recommend this homestay.
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From: JB, Malaysia.
Me and my families really enjoy it here. A very good place to escape from hectic city life. Peace full, fresh air, friendly people and anything makes us fall in love to this longhouse. My children spend a lot of their times playing in the river with crystal clear water flowing. Hope we can return here someday.
Added: November 10, 2010
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From: Japan
4 days 3 nights stay with lots of fun and memorable activities. I like bamboo rafting. Floating on the river on the bamboo was very relaxing and it was so quite all along the river cruise. Thanks to the host Mr. Ringin and Mdm. Macheree for their excellent service and dressed us in traditional costume during the tribal dance show. Suggest to go in big group like 5-10 as it will be more fun. Hope we can come again next time.
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A very nice place to escape from the chaotic city life. Mr. Ringin (host) taught us a lot of stories about histories of the longhouse whilst and Mr. Pola (guide) brought us for river activities (net fishing, spear fishing and bamboo rafting). The 3 tier waterfall was fantastic. Lots of traditional foods. The 2 nights stay was not enough. I will come again and bring my whole family next year.
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Excellent hospitality from Presto, Macharee, Mr Ringin, Mr Pola and your whole family and Bidayuh community.We had a really wonderful time experiencing nature like never before, cooking the bamboo chicken, experiencing the beautiful waterfall and bamboo rafting. Thank you for providing us an excellent holiday.
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We all make bad career choices at one time or another. However, some choices are more serious than others and can have a far-reaching impact. If you have some career regrets, you're not alone.
Roughly 41% of employees who didn't combine their personal passions with their work regretted their career paths, according to a survey conducted by Philips North America. On the other hand, just 23% of workers who were able to do so regretted their paths. Another study from Officebroker.com found a whopping 77% of workers have made career choices they regret.
The Cheat Sheet asked a few professionals to tell us about the biggest regrets they've had. Here are some career regrets folks wished they could go back and change. Do you have any of the same regrets?
I would advise all employees to keep their dignity and stand up to bullying bosses. At the very least, look for another job. Life is too short to spend eight or more hours a day stressed and miserable. If more people refused to put up with workplace bullying, it would stop.
Jonathan Bennett, founder, The Popular Man
My biggest regret is moving from a human resources management position to a regional human resources manager role from one company to another on a lateral salary move. Breaking down the salary from the human resources manager job plus bonus and the flat salary of the regional position, it was a no-gain in incentive, with additional work and travel. At that time in my career, I wanted a new job so badly that I accepted the first offer they made without negotiating anything.
Looking back, I would have considered all options prior to accepting the position and had a solid understanding about the requirements. I would have spent more time preparing for salary negotiations and walking away from the role if I did not feel comfortable. Always have a plan B, and walk away if you feel uncomfortable with the situation. Do not get desperate and accept the first offer.
Matthew Burr, human resources consultant, Burr Consulting, LLC
One such night we were talking about movies, and she mentioned a new movie she wanted to see, but none of her friends would go with her. I volunteered to go with her. That movie led to multiple dates and a budding romantic relationship. We didn't know what our boss would think, so we kept things very quiet. At some point, her old long-time boyfriend got back into the picture, and our relationship eventually ended.
After our breakup, working around the office became difficult for both of us. I was quite happy when I received a promotion that moved me to another city 130 miles away. Although the episode involved some pain, I learned an important lesson: Dating co-workers is almost always a bad idea. I never did it again.
Timothy Wiedman, associate professor of management and human resources (retired), Doane University
Don't let schooling interfere with your education. I should have dropped out of the program one month in. Our company was growing very rapidly in terms of employees and revenue, and I wished I had more time per week to dedicate toward it. Drop out of school if it makes sense. The work I was doing outside of class was my dream job. I couldn't wait to get out of class and bike over to the office. I was learning so much on a day-to-day basis at work that it rendered my classroom experience completely useless.
Ettore Fantin-Yusta, director of marketing at Securable.io
My biggest career regret was not taking a job opportunity because my current employer created a role for me (only after I told them I was leaving). I thought after being at the company for years that I was truly "valued." [I later found out] they only needed me for a limited period of time and then that job ended. I should have followed my gut instinct that had led me to go after another job offer.
Too often, as employees you forget when it comes down to it, sometimes you're just a title and salary number on a ledger. Getting an opportunity and then staying where it's comfortable typically doesn't work out. Your employer will know you aren't happy, and in the end, the relationship changes.
Don't look for a job hoping your current employer will "wake up" and see how awesome you are. Once you have made the decision, stick with it. If all of a sudden a raise and title change are available, you should be concerned. What was keeping them from doing something sooner? Did they just figure you would stay indefinitely and took your contributions and value for granted? Or, my personal favorite, now that they know you were looking and you took the "new" offer, they'll seek to replace you quietly behind the scenes anyway.
I spent so much time working toward my MBA in finance and pursuing a career in finance that I put off doing what I really loved, which was helping people. I have been an EMT for years and always loved that, but didn't see it as a full-time job until an opportunity presented itself, which led to me start my own company, ParaDocs Worldwide. I won't call it a regret, though, because the things I learned while studying finance and during my short-lived career I use today when running my business. I just wish I had been bold enough to pursue my passion sooner.
If you have a passion for something, pursue it. Your passion and your full-time position don't have to be mutually exclusive. It's possible to combine the two, as is evidenced by the company I started. Forge your own path. Don't follow the one carved out for you.
Alex Pollak, CEO and founder of ParaDocs Worldwide
My biggest regret was waiting until I was 57 to quit the corporate world and start my own business. I worked for a Fortune 200 company. I was compensated very well and challenged daily, but I desired freedom and control over my life.
If I could do things differently, I would have developed a mentoring relationship with other entrepreneurs and listened to their advice. I would have combined my knowledge and entrepreneurial dreams and created a detailed strategic business plan. I would have started the journey. My advice to someone in a similar situation would be don't wait to change careers. Ten years later my life has never been better.
Bob Shirilla, founder of Simply Bags
I regret I wasn't more aggressive in building out my career on TV. I had the window just before and after my book was published, The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide, but I was not systematic in establishing traction. Quite frankly, I didn't know enough to know that a book doesn't sell itself. I was naive in assuming that growth would happen organically and by word of mouth.
Following the publication of my book, I was unprepared to utilize a multi-platform strategy for promotion. Although the book became a best-seller, I didn't understand enough at the time to tap social media and the right traditional PR machine to do the heavy lifting. My advice others in a similar situation is to be bold, proactive, and willing to make an investment.
Roy Cohen, career coach and author
All the signs were there when I was younger for me to become a writer. However, I didn't seriously consider this field as a possible career path until much later in my life. I finally stumbled upon a writing program offered by a local university, registered for classes, and completed my studies.
Returning to school to pursue writing has proven to be one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life. Following my graduation, I have explored freelance writing (and been published in numerous newspapers, magazines, and online markets), been twice chosen as a story contributor for Chicken Soup for the Soul, and written two published books of my own.
My advice to others at any stage of their careers? Don't toil away at a career you dislike or don't find rewarding. Instead, work at something you love.
Rick Lauber, author of The Successful Caregiver's Guide and Caregiver's Guide for Canadians


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One of my totally harmless posts was reported as scam so I have been locked out for over a week. On Friday, my Rheumatologist who I have had since April 2014 when I was first diagnosed with GCA, emailed to say she was moving on and I wouldn't be seeing her. I felt doubly bereft, lost my friends and now this.
However the wonderful Laura on the site has got me back in and I am in contact again.
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Surgical Outcomes
Unless a patient has ongoing spinal cord injury or acute spinal trauma, it is our philosophy that every patient should exhaust non-operative care before considering surgery. Even patients who present with pain and extremity weakness are initially treated with conservative care. In general, we can relieve a person's pain without surgery more than 90% of the time. Many of the remaining patients cannot be helped with surgery and require ongoing pain management. We often have to tell patients who have extreme spine pain that they are not surgical candidates. It is not uncommon for us to spend a significant amount of time talking a patient out of surgery. As much as we would like to help everyone with surgery, the reality is that there are only a select group of patients who will do well with surgery.
Fortunately, there are specific cases when a person's pain can be permanently relieved with an operation to treat a structural problem in the spine. Some operations are larger than others. Surgery can range from a 40-minute outpatient decompression procedure to a four- to six-hour multi-level fusion operation. We always seek to leave the smallest surgical footprint possible to fix the problem. However, certain patients do require fusion operations particularly in the setting of instability or scoliosis (curvature of the spine) to give mechanical stability to the spine. We make every effort to be minimally invasive when possible but do have the capability of doing more extensive surgery when necessary.
It is up to the surgeon's expertise to determine whether a patient is a good candidate for surgery as well as the type of surgery to perform. We believe that the key to getting good surgical outcomes is patient selection and surgical skill. Spine surgeons, like any other skill-based profession, are highly variable. We encourage all patients, regardless of the surgeon they choose to ask surgeons what their surgical outcomes are. We feel that it is unacceptable for a surgeon to subjectively say to a patient, "All of my patients do well and have great outcomes from surgery." Even in the best of hands with the perfect surgical indications, this is simply false.
One of the biggest components of our practice is the development of a spine surgery outcomes registry. We believe that transparency of surgical outcomes in a field where patient's perception is often clouded by social influence and aggressive unindicated surgery is critical. The data should speak for itself.
Tracking outcomes following spinal surgery is not subjective and is done with a series of standardized outcome questionnaires. These outcomes are specific to neck or back surgery. Such questionnaires have typically been collected only for clinical research studies or studies for the FDA. However, their use will be increasingly utilized to provide information that can be used to improve surgical results. The outcome surveys are filled out by the patient before getting surgery and at the six-week, three-month, six-month, and one-year time-point following surgery. We utilize a web-based data collection system called www.kareoutcomes.com to manage the data. The current database has grown to include over 700 patients.
Based on this objective data, we can report that
- 93% of patients who have neck or back surgery for arm or leg pain have some reduction in their pain
- 95% of patients would choose to have surgery again if they had the same problem
This database also allows us to give patients who are considering surgery a "Surgery Specific Report Card" of how other patients who have been operated on by us did after surgery. When our patients ask us what our surgical outcomes are, we show them objective data. An example of specific outcomes for surgery performed by this practice is in the tables below. We are proud of our results and believe that it is a combination of careful patient selection and state of the art surgical technique.
These are the results of a Microdiscectomy procedure, commonly performed for leg pain. This table shows that the average leg pain score was 6.3 before surgery and 1.3 following surgery.
Oswestry Disability Index (A higher number indicates more disability)
VAS Back Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
VAS Max Leg Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
These are the results of a Lumbar Fusion procedure, commonly performed for leg pain as well as instability or scoliosis of the spine. This table shows that the average leg pain score was 6.5 before surgery and 1.9 following surgery.
Oswestry Disability Index (A higher number indicates more disability)
VAS Back Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
VAS Max Leg Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
These are the results of an Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion procedure, commonly performed for neck and arm pain. This table shows that the average arm pain score was 6.1 before surgery and 2.3 following surgery.
Neck Disability Index (A higher number indicates more disability)
VAS Neck Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
VAS Max Arm Pain (Ranges from 0–10 with 10 being the worst pain in your life)
Surgical Patients
If you have surgery scheduled with Dr. Byers or Dr. Su, there are several forms that need to be completed before surgery that you received during your office visit to schedule surgery. As a convenience, we have included these forms on the Patient Resources page under "Patient Forms."


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New Date for Inquest into the Death of Bradley Chapman Announced
Dr. Roger Skinner, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Toronto West Office, today announced that a new date for the inquest into the death of Bradley Chapman has been scheduled.
Mr. Chapman, 43, was a homeless man who died in hospital on Aug. 26, 2015, after being found unresponsive on a city street.
The inquest will examine the events surrounding Mr. Chapman's death. The jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.
The inquest is expected to last 12 days and hear from approximately 23 witnesses.
The inquest will now begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, at the Forensic Services and Coroner's Complex, Court Room A, 25 Morton Shulman Ave., Toronto.
Dr. David Eden will preside as inquest coroner. Prabhu Rajan and Troy Harrison will be counsel to the coroner.


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In the performance Crazy But True, children between the ages of eight and eleven form a panel of experts. A text is whispered to them via headsets. They repeat what they hear, and thus present a growing list of extraordinary facts.
Maarten Vanden Eynde and Alioum Moussa are building a two-part mobile structure, of which one side is the other's opposite. During Performatik17 they set up shop at Place de la Monnaie, where you are invited to visit them – in pairs – for a discussion about dependence and independence.


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Local good causes are getting boost to their funds thanks to an innovative fundraising idea at The Helm (Telereal) site in Bournemouth.
Contractors using the site's car park have been asked to pay a weekly fee to do so. All the funds are then distributed to good causes voted for by local people.
Keiron Davies, Assistant Site Manager, said: "We are always looking for new ways to be an even more considerate constructor. This is a great way to give something back to the local area. I am so pleased that the community is getting involved by voting for the cause they want us to donate to."
The first two charities to benefit from the scheme are the Dorset Children's Foundation and Bournemouth branch of the Salvation Army (Bournemouth branch). Each received £500.
Staff at the Landsdowne Plaza site in Bournemouth also recently received a bronze award at the Considerate Constructor Awards for the second year running.


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Roblox has provided a platform for gamers to participate, play and build their own games for the world. The initial setup is as easy as downloading the application, registering to create an account and get your own avatar with your own collection.
Roblox, as a great place to build, play and have fun with friends online, has tabs to operate for personal messages, avatars, inventory, trading, group creation, and blogging.
Even though the application is free, there is an option to increase to a better level of experience by subscribing. The currency in the application, "Robux", can also be obtained with U.S. currencies.
How to Get Free Robux
- If you are a member of Builders Club, you receive a daily allowance.
- Builders Club members can sell shirts, pants and places and have around 70% of profits.
- You can go directly to the robux page and buy it.
- Builders Club members and not members, both can sell game tickets for Robux. But fortunately for those who are not members, 10% of the members are 70%.
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The main question here is, how do you get a free robux? There are several websites that can help you take free robes too. There is no robux stocking that can be hacked. That makes us especially three powerful ways to get a free robux.
See Tips How to get free robux on 2020 (100% Work).
Earn Free Rixty Codes
Use the rixty point site while there are several sites that offer it. Being one of the most prominent ways, Rixty code allows you to add game credit in several games, including Roblox. You can get a rixty code just by sending your email address to the company bulletin or filling out a survey.
This is no more than one hour to get points. Games like Roblox, World of Tanks, Crossfire, Warframe, and CSGO can use this credit if you get points with PointsPrize. These codes are the latest and don't run out. This is a good roblox robux generator.
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Limited only for Android users, there are site points to get credit on Google Play too. Similar to the Rixty code, you can get credit by sending your e-mail address and filling out the survey and will be credited in one hour.
To get this credit / code, there is a large library of music, games, and movies through Google Play. Code updated.
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IOS users can get credit to get free robux in the same way described for google play and rixty credit codes. Surveys that are easy to complete and send email addresses can make you closer to your free robux in a short time.
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There are also affiliate programs to participate. There is still a large portion of the market left to enjoy Roblox fun, and to penetrate ideas into their minds, affiliate marketing helps. You can introduce other people to Roblox and take bonuses for yourself too.
There are special links for each to share on social media sites or through private messages. And every time someone buys something through your link, you get 5% of the total purchase. Just click on the share button and get your own link to become a Roblox affiliate promoter. If there is no share button, follow the steps below:
- Go to the Trade section. You can find it in the navigation bar on the left side of the screen.
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- Paste the URL into the Roblox URL space.
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This is very unlikely to happen suddenly; it requires patience and luck to be a member of a large group that counts you to do certain tasks. Another thing you can try is to win prizes from various groups or YouTube users. It's impossible to win this.
If you are interested and good at designing graphics, you can make clothes and sell them. You need to have a building club to sell clothes.
Make use of the Endorsement Program of Roblox
This is a process that starts with you sending a link to all your friends. This link will invite people to Roblox. Every player who comes through a link on the game platform when making a purchase, Roblox gives him five percent of the newly purchased robux.
Your friend will not be charged for your benefit. The only disadvantage of this process is that they have to pay in advance to get the robux and receive a small amount of free robux in return. However, you can try it by sending a link to as many people as possible.
It's always possible that some people will join the platform and make purchases to get a robux which in turn will give you a small amount each time.
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Power-up games provide you with many benefits in gameplay. A player can only buy game passes when he can pay for Robux. Ten percent of this amount is guaranteed for game makers. If you are good at making and designing games, people buy tickets for your game. If many people like and enjoy your game, you will have a lot of robux money at high speed.
You can also play high-quality games only for paid access. This step requires the hardest work from you but the results are commensurate, and the results pay off in the end. You can also create artwork and models on Roblox and sell them to different game makers.
This game wants a model for weapons and other items at any time, and they offer a large number of Robux in return. You can also choose to buy a building club. You will get a robe every day in varying amounts depending on the type of subscription you choose. Builder club members or participants can get a Robux Prize every day.
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Besides pointsprize & other methods, there are several other sites available that claim to provide free robux without roblox hack or roblox robux generator where you need to put a lot of time and effort into getting enough points that can be converted into free robuxes. There are many points that must be considered before choosing the site.
- Verify that the site belongs to a registered company. Because millions of dollars in prizes are distributed every year, there is an obligation that these sites be registered to pay taxes. Visit government registrars to check registration.
- Every site that has not been used for a minimum of one year must be trusted to get credit that can be converted into a free robux. Previously check about the server, location, and duration of its existence.
- Also check the reviews and proof of payment to ensure the results of your efforts and time.
- Avoid sites that try to get your bank account details or other sensitive information.
- There are sites that ask you to paste certain urls in your browser. This can't be trusted.
- Try to find out the business model of the site you choose to use. Make sure the model gives you a sense of legitimacy.
- Get enough points to convert it to a free robux.
- Redeem the gift code for free robux in your roblox account.
That was the article about How to get Free Robux easy. You can choose the methods mentioned above to get a free robux. Tell us which is the easiest way to get a free robux in your opinion.


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Hi, I'm having trouble getting PPV to work correctly. I'm experiencing problems similar to what Randit encountered (see this thread) and I can't tell how they were resolved for her, if at all. It appears she finally gave up on PPV and went with another solution.
I want to start off simple by first trying to see if I can make a successful pay per view transaction.
* Selector tool enabled on individual posts
* Facebook and Twitter login is disabled
* Daily Pass and Subscription is disabled.
Other Notes:
* PPV is not network activated
* Membership is not activated
* I'm in PayPal Sandbox mode
Problem #1 – No price display at PayPal
Same as Randit, for me PayPal does not display Price at any point of the checkout process. Hakan inquired whether IPN was set to the default Off, and I assume it is because I don't know where to find it in the Sandbox settings.
Problem #2 – Hidden Content not displayed after purchase
Same as Randit, when the payment is made (and it is successfully made), there's no "success" message and when the visitor is returned to the original page on my site which has the content, the content is still hidden and the buy button is still there. When the buy button is clicked, it links to a page with no content on it. Strange.
Anyhow, that should be enough to start. Please see attached screenshots as well. Thanks.


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They say he played the horn
about as well as Louis Armstrong.
He's forgotten now, playing with bands
That blew way in the winds of time.
The old men and women
who might have danced to the his records
There's almost nobody left from those days.
He drank himself to death in 1942—
He was 33 years old.
Barely at his peak, he couldn't stop the cravings,
Or his thirst for whiskey.
He left a wife and two little girls,
And a lot of broken promises like a whiskey bottles
thrown in the gutter.
Maybe he knew his gift was already rotting
from the booze—the throat roughened,
the breath cut short inch by inch,
A late stage alcoholic by thirty
His mind—obsessed with one thing—
A whiskey bottle—must have destroyed his ability to play.
The doctors told him he had cirrhosis—
No treatment, no cure.
They told him to stop drinking,
and ease off on playing the trumpet
but he couldn't do either.
He came back to New York City.
Two years later,
On June 2, 1942, his liver ruptured,
Sending blood to his lungs, his brain—
Killing him.
Now Berrigan's legacy is confined to records–
78's– that they stopped making 60 years ago.
He recorded I Can't Get Started,
When he was 28.
Fifty years later, the record was inducted in the
Grammy Hall of Fame,
But he was dead thirty years by then.
You might hear him if you listen to jazz oldies
on the radio or Pandora.
When sound engineeers clean up the sound file
He sounds good.
Maybe he could have been as good as Louis Armstrong,
But we'll never know.


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BRITS will have a miserable start to the week as blustery showers and thunder are predicted to strike the UK.
Met Office forecasters said heavy rainfall will move across the country today with downpours accompanied by a "keen breeze".
Meteorologist Becky Mitchell said it will be a "wet start" for the UK as it moves into spring.
The rain will batter mainly in north-west Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.
And Meteogroup warned that Scotland may even see some thunder.
The southeast will be often cloudy though, with rain later in the day.
It's not all bad news though, as Britain could see its warmest ever February day this week as temperatures soar after heavy rain sweeps through on Monday.
Temperatures could range from a balmy 15C-20C later in the week, with the chance the mercury could nudge above the record set in 1998 of 19.7C.
But before we reach such heady heights, blustery showers are predicted for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with more rain and wind in the north today and tomorrow.
The Met Office predicts: "Sunny spells and showers for many today, the heaviest and most frequent showers in the northwest where it will be windy. The southeast will be cloudier with rain.
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"It will be wet and windy across the north on Tuesday while the south will be drier.
"Remaining unsettled further northwest through Wednesday and Thursday, but drier and brighter elsewhere – becoming very mild."
Later this week Britain could be hotter than Australia – where it is summer – as Hobart, Tasmania, is due only 17C highs from midweek.
The Met Office forecast mainly mild temperatures over the month ahead.
Forecaster Simon Partridge said: "The February temperature record is 19.7C – and there's a chance of reaching it, albeit a low chance.
"The mid-teens are likely later in the week ahead, with potential for higher, although it's a bit too early to say.
The February temperature record is 19.7C – and there's a chance of reaching it
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge
"Monday and Tuesday are at 10-12C – still well above average – before southerly winds return from midweek with 15C.
"Temperatures will generally be on the milder side over the next 30 days, with short colder spells at times.
"We never said the 'Beast from the East' was definitely coming. We forecast settled and potentially colder conditions, and we have had colder spells.
"It's mild rather than cold as high pressure is situated a few hundred miles further to our east, giving a southerly rather than easterly flow."
Bookmakers Coral cut odds on summer being the hottest ever to 5/2. Coral spokesman Harry Aitkenhead said: "Last year was a scorcher – but 2019 is already simmering and punters reckon this summer will be even hotter."
Weather experts have scrapped forecasts of a 'Beast from the East' chill, blaming warm southerly winds arriving instead of expected cold easterlies.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: "Computer models show record 20C February temperatures are possible from the coming weekend.
"Families flying abroad for half-term sun could have stayed home and gone to a UK beach instead.
"Plumes of warm air from the Sahara are due in coming days and also in spring. 25C is certainly likely by April.
"There's a good chance of another fine summer due to the past 12 months' continuing pattern of high pressure blocking, which brings hot conditions in summer."
Met Office forecaster Martin Young said: "It will turn generally very mild again. Temperatures will widely be above the seasonal average.
"For the start of March, temperatures are likely to remain mild overall, with many southern and eastern parts predominantly settled. Atlantic frontal systems will affect northern and western parts."
A statement from The Weather Company said: "Warmer-than-normal UK conditions are predicted for March and April."
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Article - Limited access to UNIGE
Other version: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/83/4/1282.pdf
Cardiovascular changes during deep breath-hold dives in a pressure chamber
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|Journal of Applied Physiology: Respiratory, Environmental & Exercise Physiology. 1997, vol. 83, no. 4, p. 1282-1290
|Electrocardiogram, cardiac output, and blood lactate accumulation were recorded in three elite breath-hold divers diving to 40-55 m in a pressure chamber in thermoneutral (35 degrees C) or cool (25 degrees C) water. In two of the divers, invasive recordings of arterial blood pressure were also obtained during dives to 50 m in cool water. Bradycardia during the dives was more pronounced and developed more rapidly in the cool water, with heart rates dropping to 20-30 beats/min. Arrhythmias occurred, particularly during the dives in cool water, when they were often more frequent than sinus beats. Because of bradycardia, cardiac output decreased during the dives, especially in cool water (to <3 l/min in 2 of the divers). Arterial blood pressure increased dramatically, reaching values as high as 280/200 and 290/150 mmHg in the two divers, respectively. This hypertension was secondary to peripheral vasoconstriction, which also led to anaerobic metabolism, reflected in increased blood lactate concentration. The diving response of these divers resembles the one described for diving animals, although the presence of arrhythmias and large increases in blood pressure indicate a less perfect adaptation in humans.
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Kamik and Earth Day Canada are teaming up to celebrate Earth Day 2019 by inviting families to step outside and connect with the environment through play.
According to UN research, children in Canada are losing their connection to nature due to a sharp decrease in the amount of time they spend outside. To help draw attention to this issue, Kamik and Earth Day Canada will be hosting five POP-UP Adventure Playgrounds throughout 2019, encouraging parents and children to experience the joy of unprogrammed, unplugged and unburdened outside free play.
The first POP-UP Adventure Playground will be hosted on Saturday, April 20th at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ontario from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT.
The POP-UP Adventure Playground will provide an experience for children to direct their own play with a collection of natural and upcycled loose parts such as straw bales, rope, spare tires, kitchen utensils and sand.
While kids are creating and inventing, parents will be learning about the value of connecting the next generation with nature and why unstructured play is so essential for their development.
Additional play events will be popping up throughout the year in Ottawa, Montreal, and Calgary.
Families can join the movement and share their own outside free play experiences on social media using #FreeYourPlay and #EarthDay2019.


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Andrew Fielding has been featured in the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 'Geography Professionals' article which highlights the types of jobs and career paths that Geographers can enjoy.
Andrew graduated from Edge Hill University in 2014 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Science. Since graduating, Andrew has gone on to develop a successful career as a Flood Risk and GIS Analyst with JBA Consulting – an environmental, engineering and risk group, helping to improve the environment, business and infrastructure. In the article Andrew addresses a number of key questions including what inspired him to study Geography and the skills and experiences that helped him in developing his current role. Andrew's professional profile can be viewed here
The Royal Geographical Society supports the fact that Geographers remain amongst the most employable university graduates and there has never been a better or more important time to study Geography. With growing interest in issues such as climate change, migration, environmental degradation and social cohesion, Geography is one of the most relevant courses you could choose to study.
To be inspired and find out more about the diverse range of career pathways that studying Geography and Geography related subjects can lead to, visit the RGS (with IBG) 'Geography Professionals' site.


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How often can you use Monistat? You should only need to use a yeast infection cream for one course of treatment. These creams aren't supposed to be used regularly, and you shouldn't need to use them regularly.
Resistant Candida
If you use anti fungal creams on a regular basis you will create a yeast infection in your vagina that is resistant to the cream you're using. If this happens then you'll need to start using oral anti fungal drugs like Diflucan. If you're getting yeast infections regularly then your doctor will just keep prescribing these drugs with no thought about what they're doing to your body.
If you then go on to create resistant yeast with an oral anti fungal drug then your health will definitely suffer. Some women go on to suffer from chronic yeast infections for a very long time before they realize that drugs are no good for yeast infections. It's only by chance they discover a natural cure for themselves, because their doctor will never recommend one.
Using Monistat
You should only need to use Monistat for one course of treatment. If you need to use it more than once then something is causing your yeast infections that needs to be seen to first. Anti fungal creams only treat the symptoms of a yeast infection, and in no way treat the cause.
All these creams and oral drugs do is kill the yeast. If your body is allowing the Candida Albicans yeast to mutate into a fungus then it won't matter how many times you kill the fungus it will just keep coming back.
Your body and yeast infections
The human body is quite capable of preventing yeast infections when it is healthy. This is by far the best treatment for any yeast infection, and also prevents the yeast from mutating in your intestines, which a lot of women don't realize is happening when they have vaginal yeast.
When you get your body back to good health as it can prevent yeast infections your overall health will get a massive benefit from it. You can only get cure and prevent your yeast infections naturally as no drug can do it.
Get well soon.
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Koren featured in Siemens' The Magazine article
ME Professor Emeritus Yoram Koren, the James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing and Paul G.
ME Professor Emeritus Yoram Koren, the James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing and Paul G.
ME Professor Albert Shih has been chosen as a recipient of the 2018 SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal.
This award honors significant published research leading to a better understanding of materials, facilities, principles, operations and their application to improve manufacturing processes.
Additive manufacturing techniques have great potential to improve productivity and energy efficiency during part fabrication. The "bottom up" approach, creating parts layer by layer, "cuts out many steps of the traditional manufacturing process and makes it an appealing method," said Jyotirmoy Mazumder, Robert H. Lurie Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Lightweight composite materials in transportation reduce vehicle weight, which can have a large impact on improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions.
Professor Anna Stefanopoulou has been appointed the William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing.
A new textbook, Analysis of Machining and Machine Tools, has been published based on the lecture material of ME 482 Machining Processes. ME Professor Albert Shih, the co-author of this book, has taught ME 482 and mentored subsequent instructors since 2005.
ME Assistant Professor Chinedum Okwudire has been selected to receive the 2016 Young Investigator Award from the International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA).
Jyoti Mazumder, the Robert H. Lurie Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has won the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal. Mazumder is also a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, as well as the Director of the Center for Laser-Aided Intelligent Manufacturing and the Director of NSF I/UCRC for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing.


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Woodland Park resident jailed following securities law violations
Richard Roop sentenced to 60 days in jail for contempt of court
DENVER (Nov. 10, 2015) – Richard Roop, a resident of Woodland Park, Colorado, was immediately remanded to jail to serve a sentence of 60 days for contempt of court following a hearing held today in Denver District Court.
The sentence, handed down by District Court Judge Michael Martinez, followed a motion for contempt filed October 22 by Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome. The contempt proceedings mark the latest in a string of securities law transgressions and court order violations allegedly committed by Roop since 2008.
Roop has not held a license to sell or recommend securities since his mortgage broker-dealer license was summarily suspended in 2012 following his refusal to provide records or appear at a hearing held before the Colorado Securities Board.
In spite of the license revocation, the Division of Securities, a part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), has alleged through previous complaints that Roop continued to sell promissory notes to investors as an unlicensed broker. The funds from these sales were used to purchase distressed real estate properties without proper disclosure of risk to investors and to pay off earlier investors similar to a Ponzi scheme.
Following a complaint for injunctive and other relief made by the Commissioner, Roop and his company, Bottom Line Results, were permanently barred from the securities industry in March 2015. Roop and the company were directed to cease selling or offering to sell unregistered securities in Colorado. In addition to the injunction, a receiver was appointed to collect all assets related to the conduct of Bottom Line Results' entities.
Records collected by the receiver in pursuit of these assets revealed that in May of 2015, Roop violated the injunction and executed a note modification for one of his longtime investors. The modification extended the maturity date of the note and increased the balance by nearly $30,000 along with changing payment amounts and the applicable interest rate.
According to the Commissioner, the defendant directly and willfully violated the permanent injunction and violated the receivership order in place to collect all assets from the defendant's business.
Despite Roop's claims during the hearing that he did not know he was violating the order, Judge Martinez stated to Roop that he tends to "interpret orders to his own benefit," and that the Commissioner, represented by Jennifer Hunt of the Colorado Attorney General's Office, established contempt beyond a reasonable doubt.
"I appreciate Assistant Attorney General Hunt's diligent work in pursuing an appropriate sanction for defendant Roop's willful disregard of the terms of the injunction," stated Commissioner Rome. "Defendants should understand that the civil injunctions that we obtain directing them to stop violating the Colorado Securities Act are not just a suggestion. There are real consequences for ignoring court orders."
To report suspicious activity or file a complaint regarding the offering or sale of securities in Colorado, you can contact the Division of Securities at (303) 894-2320.
Media Contact:
Jillian Sarmo
Division of Securities
p: 303-894-2878


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Furry Vengeance Roger Kumble
Published Apr 29, 2010In the opening scene of Furry Vengeance, The Daily Show's Rob Riggle drives down a country highway in a hybrid, talking about destroying various ecosystems and habitats while smoking a cigar. After improperly disposing of said cigar and almost starting a forest fire, various forest animals, such as a hawk, a mouse and a raccoon, push a boulder down a hill into his vehicle, effectively knocking him off a cliff where he plummets to his death.
These animals thankfully don't talk, but they do smile and murmur at each other with facial animations much like the demonic woodland creatures in South Park or the fox in Antichrist. This is where the curiosities and intrigue end, however, since this bizarre, family-oriented environmental comedy is monumentally bad, in a Baby Geniuses 2 kind of way.
Following a plot similar to Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko, sans animated raccoon scrotums, things start out with Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser) moving his wife (Brooke Shields) and son (Matt Prokop) from the city to the Oregon wilderness where he is in charge of a housing development. As the title suggests, the local wildlife is none too impressed with his presence, making this known by sabotaging his sprinkler system and hiding acorns in his cereal.
As is the case with all films of this ilk, these initial jabs escalate to a point where Brendan Fraser is repeatedly covered in poop and skunk spray, running around in public in various stages of undress, which is, of course, played as comedy now that he's settled into his Jim Belushi body type.
Perhaps limiting these battles to washroom antics, with an entire crowd of people being pelted with bird excrement during a town festival, and repeated close-ups of a skunk's butt-hole as it sprays in Fraser's face (done with the added bonus of diarrhoea sound effects), will endear the film to a youth audience amused by the impropriety of it all. But since the tone of the film flip-flops between evil irreverence and cornball family fun, it's difficult to really tell whom that audience is supposed to be.
Who knows, maybe the intention was to make a Dadaist version of Ferngully, simultaneously degrading and humiliating Brendan Fraser in any way humanly possible. (E1)