text: Investigation the Effects of Macroeconomic Indices on Stock Returns with a Lag دکتر زهرا پورزمانی ندارد author دکتر علی روحی ندارد author کیوان مام حمه ندارد author text article 2010 per The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship betweenmacroeconomic variables (inflation, growth of stock price index, employment rate,and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)) and stock returns in Tehran Security Exchange(TSE) between the period 1380 to 1387, using the VAR modeling and Grangercausality tests. In this study, seasonal variables were collected and studied.The results showed that employment rate growth can not explain the stock returnsand the causality of any relationship between employment rate growth and stockreturns does not exist and only stock returns with a lag period is able to explainemployment rate growth.GDP with a lag period is able to explain the stock returns and the stock returnswith a lag period can also explain the GDP. The bi-causality relationship betweenstock returns and GDP, as being aware of either of them, the other variable can bepredicted.The stock return with tow lag periods is able to explain the inflation. The monocausalityrelationship between both from stock return to inflation, as being aware ofstock returns, the inflation can be predicted.Growth of stock price index with tow lag periods is able to explain the stockreturns and stock return with tow lag periods can also explain the growth of stockprice index. In addition, the mono-causality relationship between both from stockreturns to growth of stock price index, as being aware of stock return, the growth ofstock price index can be predicted. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 1 17 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4687_521bfffeb13a45c8600eb1de79e58869.pdf Cognition complex organizations دکتر محمد ابراهیم مداحی مسئول مکاتبات author منا صمدزاده ندارد author عباس کاراوند ندارد author text article 2010 per Cognition is one of the most fundamental concepts in complex systems. Thisconcept concerns the soft nature of future changes.Subjective and intellectual abilitiesincrease the manage men capabilities of the organizational and even staff operation.Ignoring the cognition will emerge weakness to confront and coordinate new changesof the future so that all the changes will interpret technologically. Therefore it is betterthat a part of technology budget all costTo researches on cognition and recognizingthe new cultural and social changes. Investigating the history of the past events andthe emergence of new phenomenon based a strong theory presents a new model of thefuture. So that it becamevery important in human and behavioral sciences, including,management, planning, policy making economy and even accounting. This article hasa philosophical and theoretical to the subject. Results show that cognition has changedto a unique necessitate in the organization and future studies. So that scientists andresearchers have special attention on it. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 19 28 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4688_0dd4599f4bcade2b7dc05222b2708f7f.pdf Pathology achieving construction budget in Tehran during the first four years of the fourth development plan کرم اله دانش فرد ندارد author حاجیه رجبی فرجاد طرف مکاتبه author text article 2010 per Policies and programs, infrastructure construction and government, through theconstruction budget as an important and comprehensive Sindhi been applied and isimplemented. Civil Affairs in the development of infrastructure funding and economicinfrastructure, social, plays an important role and its importance is such that in theBudget and Planning Act 1351 specifically Section 5 and 7 of this is expressed. Sostudy the factors affecting the quality and execution of budget construction andimplementation of Pathology, greatly contributed to the realization of programs andgovernment policies will be. In this study, the researcher realized Pathologyconstruction budget in Tehran during the first four years of the fourth developmentplan has paid. The main goal of this study, the lack of recognition of existingproblems in the way of achieving development executive budget development is inTehran province. Research on a four-year period 1384 to 1387 using the Spearmancorrelation coefficient test was performed. Descriptive research methods - Aquestionnaire survey and data collection has used. The study of all staff, financial,housing Vshhrsazy Tehran province, Mines Industries Organization, Tehran Province,Tehran Province Road and Transportation Department is renovating schools in Tehranand sampling all the organizational conditions is considered.Review research findings on the relationship between independent variable (delay incredit allocation, bureaucracy, time prediction programs, structural problems withinthe organization, process cost, estimated improper construction budget) and thedependent variable (civil or non-realization of the budget delay in the implementationconstruction budget) showed, respectively, operating expense and delay in theallocation process credit most effective in achieving non- construction budget anddevelopment budget is the delay in implementation Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 29 40 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4689_cbf356fa5e3b5907bc923e96f59abc59.pdf The effect of inflation and money on non-national economic ford mental variables using regression approach to capture دکتر سید عباس حیدری ندارد author میر فیض فلاح شمس ندارد author حسین فضل الهی ندارد author حمیدرضا کردلویی ندارد author text article 2010 per Importance due to the nature of important economic variables affecting theeconomic system, the relationship between these variables and each of their priorityresearch and studies of political economics and economists. Ford mental variablessuch as inflation important problem affectation the economic system that optimalresource allocation and income distribution over time and prevent fine in theproduction and economic exchange and non-national currency (exchange rate) in termof the countries dependence on income foreign currency from oil sales that thevariable are evaluated and analyzed for their affect on each other and other variablessuch as GDP and volume have been used income volume.In this paper using the vector regression (VAR) in which all variables areendogenous and on any particular economic theory does not rely on the above subject.VAR analysis tools in this article include: immediate response (IRF).Functional and how immediate shock affect on the variable period of desired showand analysis of variance contribution rate due to shocks other variables shows.According to the results of the granger causality response function, the effect ofinflation on exchange rate on inflation but the effect is statistically unique so thatshock in deuced inflation in the third period and the basis of shock induced inflationthird period on folly additive has affected the exchange rate. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 41 50 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4690_52205ac7d8e02c36b93cb67c28b03467.pdf An Investigation of effective factors on ranking of firm disclosure quality and timeliness Tehran stock exchange دکتر بهمن بنی مهد نویسنده مسئول و مکاتبه کننده اصلی author محسن محسنی شریف ندارد author text article 2010 per In this paper, we have examined the determinants of ranking firms in TehranStock Exchange on the bases of timeliness and disclosure quality. Study sample are311 firms. We have found there is no relation between return on asset , auditor type,financial leverage and firm type with financial statements timeliness . But, there is apositive relation between firm size and industry with financial statements timelinessin study sample. We have also found a negative association between auditor reporttype and governmental ownership with the timeliness of financial statements.The results of this study show that in emerging markets such as Tehran capitalmarket, financial statements timeliness is more depend on audit report type. That is,when the audit report is unqualified , financial statements timeliness would decrease. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 51 63 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4691_1d4de795246261a172e92c80d5d6a4b6.pdf An analysis of accounting software based on accounting information systems (AIS) (case study: companies based on zanjan province) دکتر مهرداد علیپور ندارد author حسین بدیعی نویسنده مسئول و طرف مکاتبه author مرتضی رمضانی ندارد author text article 2010 per Accounting software has been used as one of the parameters of accountinginformation systems in companies. As such, a study of whether exist maincharacteristics of AIS in these software or not, is the main interest of this article. Anaccounting information system should have features such as compatibility, flexibility,internal control, general characteristics, training, and reporting structure. The above –mentioned characteristics can be considered as main variables of this study withregard to their impact on. Dependent variable – accounting software.These variables have been selected and a six-hypothesis of research have beenanalyzed. Research method in this article is descriptive – survey and is completelyapplied one. The basis of data gathering consists of primary inputs and secondaryinputs by making use of questionnairs, interviews and documented inputs, derivedfrom traditional and digital libraries. Statistical societies in this study are zanjanbasedbusiness, service and merchandising companies. The sampling method israndom quota sampling which derives from Cochran Formula by using size of sample.Descriptive and inferential statistics have been used for information analysis. Fordescriptive statistics, general characteristics of sample (sex, age, work experience,discipline, kind of activity and the number of human resources) have been described.For inferential statistics by using one- sample T-test and kroskal valis the significancehas been defined. With regard to indentifying the extent of influence of some usedvariables in case companies. All of them except reporting structure have beencharacterized as suitable AIS. All hypotheses indicate that compatibility and controlhave nothing to do with companies' activity and flexibility in the number of humanresources. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 65 77 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4692_e804468160f344655ffd42351f189355.pdf A Review Influence of Corporate Governance on Earning Quality in TSE Companies دکتر علی اسماعیل زاده مقری ندارد author دکتر محمد جلیلی ندارد author عباس زند عباس آبادی ندارد author text article 2010 per In recent years, corporate governance is discussed as an effective strategy inincrement the financial reporting quality and results the various experimentalresearchers shows that ideal corporate governance causes to enhancement the earningquality. This paper (study) evaluates the effect of corporate governance on the earningquality in the accepted corporates in Tehran stock exchange hall during years:1383-1387,too.There is some corporate governance mechanisms which is measured in thisresearch consists of: percent of the institutional shareholders ownership, blocknumbers of the main shareholders ,percent of the unbond managers in the broad ofmanagers ,unavailability the managing director (general director)as manager orassistant manager the broad of managers and auditor size is independent. Theseresearch results shows which there is a positive correlation between percent of theinstitutional shareholders ownership, block numbers of the main shareholders, percentof the unbond managers in the broad of managers, unavailability the company'smanaging director (general director) as manager or assistant manager the broad ofmanagers and auditor size is independent and (with) earning quality. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 79 91 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4693_39252b9e965bebb81f2a98c45a46d6d2.pdf The relationship of levels and components of reported earning to predict the value of the Company دکتر هاشم ولی پور ندارد author وهاب رستمی ندارد author علیرضا شهابی ندارد author text article 2010 per Net income and its components in the profit and loss account are presented, theprimary measure of financial performance is assessed which is very attractive forusers. So it seams essential that should review this attraction leads to an increase invalue for a company or not? Study for examining this issue is needed communitysurvey companies listed in Tehran stock exchange, based on condition intended toselect the sample, 49 companies during 1378, was acted. To gather information from alibrary method is used. Also for data analysis used regression.Research findings suggest indicates that the levels and components of the incomestatement information in connection with determining the value of the company areconsidered other. Result provider indicates that contact surfaces ad components forprofit and loss ratio of market value to book value is higher than Q Tobin. Management Accounting Islamic azad university 2228-5938 3 v. شماره 4(پیاپی 7) no. 2010 93 107 http://jma.srbiau.ac.ir/article_4694_fdf42901c18dca2f61f36ac0361c7507.pdf


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NBA delivers official betting data ultimatum to US sportsbooks
Sports betting operators are officially being strong-armed into paying the National Basketball Association a fee for official data or losing the opportunity to offer a proper roster of in-play wagering markets to bettors.
On Friday, EPSN scribe David Payne Purdum broke the news that US sportsbooks had received a de facto data ultimatum from Sportradar, an official supplier of NBA data to US sports betting operators in states where such activity is legal.
The letter, since obtained by Legal Sports Report, informs Sportradar's customers that "only Authorized Gaming Operators of the NBA are eligible to receive the NBA Official Data Feed" for wagering in betting-friendly states. As of 11:59pm EST on May 28, "all Authorized Data Distributors must cease providing to you NBA Official Data" unless operators prove that they know the NBA's secret handshake.
Earlier this month, rumors circulated to the effect that both the NBA and Major League Baseball were threatening to cut off the official data spigot unless sportsbook operators paid the price – supposedly 0.25% of betting handle on their respective sports – of becoming official league partners (the NBA's ranks of which include FanDuel, The Stars Group and MGM Resorts).
An NBA exec told LSR that US betting operators that have yet to secure partnerships have been operating in a "season-long grace period" but grace was now in short supply. An MLB exec echoed this grace period language, adding that MLB was also looking to monetize "rights to use other MLB intellectual property and access to certain marketing opportunities."
It's unknown whether Sportradar rivals such as Genius Sports are making similar demands of their betting customers. There's also some debate as to whether US-licensed books might opt for unofficial data feeds should the leagues' sharp-elbowed demands prove unpalatable.
The NBA and MLB have been most strident advocates for giving the major North American sports leagues a cut of US betting turnover, which they originally called an 'integrity fee' but has since been rebranded as a royalty. The leagues first sought an absurd 1% of betting handle, which appears to have been a fake-out intended to make their 0.25% demand seem more reasonable.
The leagues have to date unsuccessfully pressed state governments that are considering betting legislation to include league demands for a cut of wagering handle. Finally realizing this was a non-starter, the leagues pressed for making it mandatory for betting licensees to use official league data for in-play wagering purposes.
The leagues scored paydirt earlier this month when Tennessee became the first state to approve a betting bill with a mandatory official data requirement. The state's bill also granted the leagues a veto over what types of wagers licensed sportsbooks can offer their customers.
NBA commish Adam Silver's (pictured, delivering the news) timing is impeccable, given that the NBA Finals are set to kick off on May 30. Figures released last week by New Jersey's gambling regulator showed that basketball wagers accounted for $28.4m (32.5%) of the state's betting handle over the first four months of 2019.
In more mature European betting markets, in-play or 'live' wagering long ago eclipsed pre-match betting in both turnover and operator revenue. Some operators report in-play betting accounting for nearly three-quarters of betting activity, reflecting modern impatience with anything less than instant gratification.
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A new startup in the form of providing images has come up into the scene. The name of this new startup is Earth Now. This startup has been developed to provide pictures of the planet as and when required. It is also been formed to provide high-quality videos as and when required by the clients. Some of the famous personalities have been said to be backing up this startup. Bill Gates, Airbus, Softbank and even Greg Wyler who is the founder member of One Web have been giving full support to this startup.
Job on hand
In its initial stages, this starts up has promised to set up a group of satellites that will deliver high-quality videos of any part of the earth within a few seconds to spare. The people and the fans won't be required to wait for any particular satellite to come within the range or even worry about leaving the range. Anyone of the two will be in a position to view any particular area at any particular time. Subsequently, the view can be passed off to the next satellite if it is at all necessary.
This startup has in its initial stages has targeted high valued commercial enterprises as well as various government agencies. Some of the major scopes of work that is listed in its armory are illegal fishing vessels, storm monitoring, forest fires while tracking and so on. Thus the work of this startup will begin to increase to a huge extent if all these constellations start executing subsequently.
The CEO of the company, Mr. Russell Hannigan, who was previously associated with the Intellectual Ventures, has started this venture and it is very much in its nascent stage. However though in its early stages, the company is short of getting any timeline for prototype or even testing.
The support of OneWeb Connection with EarthNow will mean that it will have a huge platform for a highly developed satellite platform. The company has specified that using these satellites will help them to get equipped with a huge amount of ongoing processing power, which will also include CPUs which will outnumber all other CPUs that are running.
A large portion of this work will be related to video processing as well as compression hardware. The main objective will minimize bandwidth as well as latency but it will ensure that no compromise on the part of quality will be made.


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Social Media Marketing Strategy And E-reputation, The Most Fundamental Aspects Of Digital Communication.
Nicolas Hanh, IIM Digital School professor and social media consultant teaches students about the future of digital communication and how to use it. He uses his experience to give students the keys to succeed in the digital world.
Mastering digital communication has now become essential, no matter the field of expertise.
How to make a social media marketing strategy?
According to Nicolas Hanh, a good social media marketing strategy lies in the capacity to promote a company's or a person's image. Community managers must answer the following questions:
- What is the goal?
Choosing the right main goal (impact of the post, interaction on a post, etc.) is the key to correctly define the KPI and to maximize the success of the strategy.
- Who is the target?
Communicants won't use the same words or the same language if they target teenagers, young adults or seniors. In order to be understood, communicants must know who they are adressing their posts to.
- What social media to choose?
This question goes along with the last one: depending on the targeted demography, communicants will choose the most adapted network by analyzing the social aspects.
- How to correctly analyse stats?
Each social network contains a stats option to allow the user to know all about the account's performances: when is the best time to post, what content did the best performance, etc. Understanding those informations is fundamental!
Paying attention to e-reputation
E-reputation is an important aspect of digital communication to take care of. It can have a huge impact on one's professional life. It is advised to regularly check your name on Google to be sure about what a potential recruiter may find.
"It is essential to both be aware of our personnal information that are broadcat on the Internet and our public informations that anyone can find and that can play a part in the recruiting process", explains Nicolas Hanh.
The future of social networks
According to the expert, no social media is safe from a sudden disinterest from the users (that is what we are currently witnessing with Snapchat, which has lost about 5 million users in 2018). Social networks must never rest on their laurels.
"Social networks evolve according to their users. They make the networks theirs and functionalities adapt to their needs."
One thing that works perfectly nowadays is creating a community and interacting with it. Users want to feel part of something. They are also more and more connected, the Internet is part of their daily life: assistance tools like Siri, Alexa or Google Home lead to a less passive use of media, and therefore, more interactivity.
Another phenomenon that will continue to play a huge part in digital communication is Influencers. Those kings and queens rule the digital world, and brands, as well as their communicants, must know how to use their image in a smart and strategic way.
Interested in Digital Communication? Check out IIM's Digital School majors.


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1 Timothy 6:7-9 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that[a] we can take nothing out of it; 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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If you read part one yesterday our London Representative Richard Blanco spoke about proper tenant checks and the media reaction to the immigration bill. Today he touches upon what landlords face in the future, what if any support landlords are getting from the government and the NLA campaign to revise the bill.
'So what are the concerns? Well let's look first at the main technical one – the requirement to report tenants whose immigration paperwork expires during the course of the tenancy. If this happens to an employer, assuming the employee has been with them for less than two years, they can summarily dismiss them without being accused of unfair dismissal. Although the member of staff would have to leave employment that day, there are no risks to the employer. But as landlords we are subject to housing legislation and cannot summarily evict a tenant, even if we wanted to, for losing the right of abode in the UK. The government says that we should simply report them to the home office. But we know that much of our business relies on good tenant relations, and asking our tenants repeatedly about their immigration status is unlikely to play well. Also tenants could understandably become aggrieved if the landlord reports them to the home office. They may feel desperate, stop paying rent and even become hostile and take out their frustration on the landlord or the property.
NLA campaign
The NLA is campaigning to get the government to change these requirements. I am particularly concerned that landlords would avoid taking tenants with restricted immigration status for fear of repercussions. This is hopeless for prospective tenants who happen to have short visas and hope to renew them and could be unlawful discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity or race. It also flies in the face of a number of other government policies, such as a desire to attract overseas students and the best talent for global businesses based in the UK.
I have worked for many years as a trainer and diversity consultant and I know that lots of people confuse issues of immigration status and ethnicity. A BBC report last week demonstrated the blatant discrimination that black applicants can experience. A white applicant for a flat was offered a viewing by an agent where the black tenant was wrongly told that the same flat had been taken. The agent said that they were complying with the landlord's instructions, but this is unlawful. I hear many anecdotes from landlords who say that they prefer not to house people from certain ethnicities because of one bad experience. Apart from the social injustice, this attitude just makes bad business sense because the landlord is restricting their pool of applicants and perpetuating their own fixed attitude.
I worry that these immigration checks will make finding rented property for black and ethnic minority tenants even more difficult. One of my tenants, who kindly allowed the Channel 4 crew to film in their home, put it well when she said: "it feels like people are being asked to snoop on one another."
Many landlords complain that we are all being turned into the border police. This is not good for community relations.
Government support?
The government argues that there is a lot of support for these measures and that it is simply not fair that people who pay nothing into the system should be able to enjoy the benefits of living in the UK.
This argument is flawed as many people here illegally work extremely hard in the shadow economy and are helping to regenerate the UK. Measures like these checks will push them even further underground and into the hands of exploitative criminal landlords. I would challenge the notion that the threat of a £3,000 fine will be a deterrent. '
Do you agree with Richard's comments over the last few days? Let us know what you think about the immigration bill.


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Dead Centre and Gate Theatre, Ireland
Beckett's Room
by Dead Centre with Mark O'Halloran
A play without performers, Beckett's Room tells the story of the apartment in Paris where Samuel Beckett lived with his partner Suzanne during the Second World War. A story of Art and Resistance, the audience listen through headphones and gaze upon a spectacle of absence - the absence of bodies on stage focuses us more intently on their stories, on the world changing around us, and changed by us.
From the makers of LIPPY, Chekhov's First Play and Hamnet, this is the biography of a room, and an invitation to bear witness to a world as it disappears.
Performed in English, French and German, with English surtitles.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Ireland,
Irish Arts Center and Warwick Arts Centre.
This production is funded by the Arts Council.
Cast and Creative Team
Directed by Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd
Voice Cast: Valentijn Dhaenens, Christoph Gawenda, Brian Gleeson, Moritz Gottwald, Viviane De Muynck, Barbara Probst and Laurence Roothooft
Dramaturgy: Nicholas Johnson
French Translator and Assistant Dramaturg: Céline Thobois
German Translator and Assistant Dramaturg: Peter Krauch
Set Design: Andrew Clancy
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Sound Design: Kevin Gleeson
Video Design: José Miguel Jiménez
Design Assistant: Florentina Burcea
24–26 Sept, 7.30pm
27 & 28 Sept, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
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Posted February 10th 2010
One thing all humans are good for is a mistake. John Mayer just made a huge one and I'm not shocked. It's very hard to walk around on this planet with that perfect good guy image and go to your grave unscathed. I don't think John Mayer is racist and I'd bet he probably is a pretty good guy, but to me he's still just a guy. He's one of the most talented artist of our time so that put's him in a different box and that's why his mistake will be frowned upon to higher degrees.
When your on John Mayer status you can't get drunk and make remarks like he did. The racial remarks aside, you can't even say dick and cock in an interview when your on John Mayer status. John made a human mistake. He will learn and he will grow from this as a person.
And I will say, his remarks were very offensive and he's in for a heap of trouble behind it. And that trouble is mostly with himself. Damn that must of been some good scotch.
John Mayer will receive no judgement from me. He makes good music and that's all I ever needed from him.
Also, he must have a terrible sense of humor. This is why only comedians should make jokes.


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Android Community – Google Play lists Special Cyber Weekend Deals
November 27, 2015 | By team2soft |
Thanksgiving Day may be over. Did you celebrate it with your loved ones? If you didn't, take time today to send a message via any instant messaging platform to express your gratitude to people that matter. After that, spend the rest of your time shopping online forBlack Friday deals. We're not recommending you to go to actual, physical stores because it would be really crowded everywhere you go. There's still Cyber Monday so pretty much, it's gonna be a Cyber Weekend for those in the United States.


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Jim Likes BLOGS! — Play Report
The Skeletons Play Report!
Hangouts Gaming Play Report The Gauntlet
Hey, hey, everybody.Speaking of a bunch of decrepit monsters under a powerful compulsion to protect something terrible even at the cost of their own continued existence, I played Jason Morningstar's The Skeletons today in a pick-up game on The Gauntlet. We played IN SPACE, using the Echoes of War playset, my favorite of the three provided in the book. We had to guard the COSMIC CRYPT, and instead of niches on the walls or pedestals, we emerged from bubbling cryo-tanks to defend the sleeping giant at the center of a carved-out asteroid drifting through the void. I was Tattered Cloak, pictured...


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I love all our five boys and I admit for me it´s hard
to see them separeted.. :tears: i never judged their own reasons
I think it´s important to respect the both sides..
But my heart is in pain missing HoMin too much these days too~
I´m so proud of our boys (the 5 of course)
I´m very happy for JYJ ! They are so brave ...
There are several types of courage and to keep in Sme
is also a manifestation of courage too...then... My HoMin is Brave too !
Because they want to keep the DSBK (TOHOSHINKI)´s name alive ♥
In the End i wanna mean JaeChunSuHoMin are Winners!
Figtho JYJ AND HOMIN my 5 Perfcet Gods
If you want the original pics it´s here ↓
but Yunho has no glasses in original
and Changmin has no Hat in original^^
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|Drones on the ground and in the air
When the structure of the Parisian cathedral burned, the Parisian fire brigade sent a tracked robot inside the burning nave, dragging a 70-litre hose delivering between 1500 and 2000 liters of water per minute, which is too insufficient to extinguish the burning structure.
Of course, I did observe a few small nozzles supplied by 45 mm pipes and delivering no more than 500 liters of water per minute. The fire hoses were positioned outdoors with a limited range.
With current technologies, attacking the fire from elevating platforms would have been more appropriate, however, in order to limit risking the lives of operators, recent technologies offer a new possibility. A drone supporting its supply pipe and navigating at 30 degrees above the fire with about thirty meters from the flames.
Let's first examine the feasibility: The UAV lance monitor holder should be located at an altitude of 70 meters, so that the pressure loss would be at about 8 bars.
The 70mm diameter water-filled hose would require the drone to carry about 80 meters, in other words 3/5 kg. The monitor weighs around 15 kg and batteries for 3 hours of autonomy, weigh more than 100 kgs, all within the framework of the taxi drone projects currently under study.
This project will be undertaken by POK® with its own funds as soon as the ongoing studies offer it the opportunity to do so. It should be remembered that in 42 years the company has developed 4200 products, i.e. about a hundred per year and therefore two per week.
POK started from nothing 42 years ago and started by losing its capital for an innovation, then this capital was rebuilt through hard work.
Today, public firefighters prefer to buy foreign equipment because journalists promote it. New French equipment is unknown to them for several reasons. First of all, because French companies do not have the means to make themselves known on this market and second of all, the French market is too small to make such an operation profitable. However, in other countries, firefighters are keen on innovation and make the effort to get information, which explains why POK sales are mainly made abroad.
So it will take between five and ten years for the information to return to France.
I have not yet heard the question: How do we proceed to innovate?
The principle is to try associations between various phenomena. Once the novelty has proven to have ensured the potential market, the product will be adopted by successive improvements. This is the longest and most expensive part of the research.
This "development" has become essential to produce a product that is accepted by modern customers.
Today with adjustable flow and pressure, a modern monitor has a range 30% greater than forty years ago. When I look back on these forty years, I say to myself that I have lived in a generation, the most extraordinary years of the profession.
With the drones, we will experience a new step forward. The opportunities offered by electronics are immense.


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Hello Say I have 4 nodes: A, B, C and D and wish to have consistency level for writes defined in such as way that writes meet the following consistency level: (A or B) AND C AND !D, i.e. either of A or B will suffice and C to be included into consistency level as well. But the write should not wait for D. Is such a configuration possible ? I tried various combinations of EACH_QUORUM and LOCAL_QUORUM and clubbing the nodes in different DCs but could not really come up with a solution. Maybe I am missing something. Thanks.
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We now have three geldings, all 13 years old. Their names are: Faro, Fyta and Fergus. We started keeping Alpacas with these 3 boys plus a fourth, Fidget, in June 2007 and although we had up to eight boys for several years, we have now reverted to keeping our originals. Sadly Fidget passed away in January 2019. Through this blog we hope to show how much pleasure can be had from owning Alpacas.
Saturday, 31 December 2011
All the best for 2012!
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- Anonymous31 December 2011 at 14:14
lol! Very Festive for a New Year's Celebration!! Happy New Year to you and all the boys! Extra goodies to welcome the New Year would be fun!! ....debbieReplyDelete
Wee-Eck...nous ne comprenons pas d'Eccousais! Mais... nous esperons que 2012 sera une bonne annee pour toi et tous tes amis a Tigh Mhor!ReplyDelete
Almost had to get the old school French phrase book out for that one Judi! Happy New year to you and yours. Take care. Shirley & RobbieReplyDelete
Happy New Year Shirley, Robbie and all at Tigh Mhor...hoping 2012 is a gud un!ReplyDelete
Very best wishes for 2012 to all at Tigh Mhor from Bev, Andy and our boys at Lane House. Really enjoying the new photo skills Shirley..ReplyDelete


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Saturday, March 03, 2007
Where in the world?
When I put the new sitecounter on my blog it added several features. One of the things I can do is check to see where in the world people are who are viewing my blog. There are almost always views from Houston, Spring, Cypress, and other cities in Texas since that is where we know the most people. I can rarely tell who is actually looking at my blog because it doesn't give me names...just server names. It also tells me when people from other states view my blog. Sometimes I can tell who viewed the blog only because I only have one friend in that location. When it says Lancaster, PA I'm pretty confident that I know who looked because I only have one friend there. What I find facinating about the whole thing is that I am getting views from places where I don't know anyone. Now, I am not trying to scare anyone and make them think that I can track their computer business. I can only tell that someone has looked at my blog, and like I said before, most of the time I have no idea who it is. I personally will blog hop at night when everyone else has gone to bed. I have visited numerous blogs of people that I don't know. Usually I get there by clicking on a link in a friend's blog and then clicking on another link and so on. By the time I am done I have visited lots of people I don't know. Some of those I have bookmarked because I really enjoyed the writing style or the topics discussed. So I visit them by going straight to their blog now. And they don't know me! I'm sure they are looking at their sitecounter and thinking...hmmm...Turkey...I don't know anyone in Turkey. I wonder who looks at my blog from Turkey. So here is my list of cities and countries where I know someone has looked at my blog, but I don't know who it is.
Slovenia...I don't know anyone in Slovenia! But, welcome!
Africa...I don't remember which country, but again...I don't know anyone there! And I think this was only once!
New Jersey...Maybe someone I know moved there. Who knows?
North Carolina...now I know several people in North Carolina, but not always in the towns that are listed. Maybe a different server is used sometimes so different cities show up on the map.
Again...this isn't a big deal, and I actually like that people I don't know are looking at my blog. I guess it makes me feel good since I do the same thing! And for those of you I don't know, please feel free to browse the blog. Enjoy!
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Hi, my name is Kristy and I live in Raleigh, NC. I'm sorry I haven't commented on your blog yet, but I've been a fairly regular reader for a few months and I always enjoy your posts. I visited Antalya, Turkey in January 2006 to help with a conference my church was helping to organize and run for workers in Central Asia. I had such a wonderful time and I got to know several of the workers pretty well and I'm pretty sure I linked to your blog from some others who attended that live in Turkey. So anyway, thanks for letting me read your blog. Your stories are interesting and often funny and I really like the cultural stories. I also love blogs that are faithfully posted to and so I've been happy that you've posted a lot recently. Blessings to you and your family and thanks again for letting me visit!
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Hi Kristy and welcome! My husband says I guilted you into commenting. Sorry! Like I said before I like that people I don't know are reading the blog. And I am writing it so I hope it's being read by someone! Otherwise, what's the point? And the more the merrier I say! Thanks for commenting. It made me smile!
Thanks for responding! You didn't guilt me into commenting. I confess that most of the time I am content being a "blog lurker" as some people have called it, but sometimes I get the urge to break out of anonymity and comment. Plus if it was my blog, I know I'd probably be curious as to who was reading it as well! I look forward to continuing to read. Have a great day!


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Color correction is a step that is often missed in a makeup routine as applying the brightest of purples and greens doesn't seem all that natural. Actually, there are many benefits to color correction and it's one of the easiest ways you can combat unwanted pigmentation and skin care concerns. Whether you have dulling and lackluster skin, are suffering from redness or want to combat those dark under eye circles, adding in a color correcting step to your beauty regimen will help you to achieve a flawless complexion.
Combatting redness with green and yellow
Redness is one of the most common skin care concerns and whilst you can invest in a calming skin care routine to combat the causes of redness, adding in green or yellow shade to your makeup base can camouflage redness in the meantime. Yellow color correctors counteract overall redness to the skin whilst a highly-pigmented green will disguise intense areas of deeper redness.
Banishing sallow skin with purple
Brighten a tired and dull complexion with a purple color corrector to bring back life to sallow skin. Varying from light lilacs to deep mauves, purple shades counteract yellow tones in the skin for a more balanced and radiant complexion.
Camouflaging dark circles with pink and red
Whether you've had a few days with a little less sleep than normal or just are naturally blessed with dark under eye circles, adding in a color correcting step before applying your concealer is the best way to neutralize the eye area. Full coverage concealers can crease throughout the day on the delicate eye area so reach for a corrector and medium coverage concealer instead to ensure all day hold to your makeup. Deeper skin tones should use red correctors while fairer skin should use peach and pink shades.
How to use a color corrector
Color correctors come in all different shapes, sizes, and formulations with it not longer just being a trick used by makeup artists. If you're looking to tackle an overall discoloration concern such as sallow skin, reach for a color correcting primer to subtly tint your skin before foundation applying so your base makeup can apply more evenly. Whereas, if you have more targeted pigmentation such as rosacea or acne scarring, highly-pigmented color corrector creams are the best option.
With color correcting becoming increasingly popular, brands are also creating palettes dedicated to the cause so you can tackle pigmentation concerns head-on with one travel-friendly palette. Color correcting palettes often also include concealer shades so you can enjoy a flawless complexion quickly and easily.


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Mother Teresa: My perspective on purity
Transcribed and typed by Mother Teresa through Andrea
Date : 05/06/2007
Purity as the word describes is able to be seen from one perspective only. Where are you in relation to yourself in everything you do? Meaning if I were to give you an example, if you were to hold yourself responsible at all times, and at all costs for what your own individual actions are, you create within yourself firstly a relationship, then trust then purity. Purity is therefore much the same as intimacy and trusting oneself with regards to your actions and deeds, including the words you speak – whether in communication or thought.
Let us first look at the building blocks of purity which firstly as I have mentioned comes from the relationship you have with yourself. Are you willing to firstly understand what it means to develop and nurture the relationship based on purity, trust and responsibility that we have so long forgotten? What does it mean to you to actually stand alone, with nobody but yourself to trust and honour ?
First honour thyself, before you honour those around you. 'First honour thy self ' – This Self I am referring to here, that is required to be honoured as who you are, to be able to honour others as who they really are, is what I will be explaining more in depth here for each one to clearly understand this specific Self as who each human being really is, in honouring themselves as also those around them. This specific Self I am referring to here, which exist within each human being here on earth as who they really are, is Self existing in oneness and equality with all of and in existence as one and equal with who they are. Self which exist in infinite stability and consistency, an infinite silence and nothingness existing within them that is them. Self which stand up and take responsibility for all as one and say as a statement within themselves which they live and apply in every moment with every breath: "'Till here no further. I stand up for who all human beings really are, as who I am within this presence of Self. I do not accept and allow anything less than who I am in all of existence as one and equal with who I am and therefore I stand within this presence of Self, infinitely here with every breath in every moment – and take responsibility for all as one so they may realize their own oneness and equality with all in and of existence as equal and one with who they really are within their own presence of Self expression."
This Self is what is to be honoured within each human being here on earth when they realize who they really are and in this realization they walk in every moment, with every breath and not accepting anything less than who they are in all of existence. This Self being honoured within as who each human being really is in every moment's living and application with every breath, the honouring of other's is possible. Because you have realized yourself, you have realized all other human beings as who they really are, because you have honoured yourself in every moment, with every breath as you lived and applied the statement of who you are, you are able to honour others by not accepting anything less than who they really are, because you have done so within yourself and proved it to yourself also.
Honouring Self and honouring another is not accepting or allowing anything less than who you are and therefore who others are around you – no matter what measures are required to be taken to have human beings realize who they are as you have realized who you are. You will and must be able to go where all had feared in risking everything to have human beings realize who they are as you have realized who you are, the not allowing and accepting anything less that who other human beings are that surround you, is the directive application lived and expressed in honouring who other human beings really are as you have realized who you really are.
This is the only relationship that is to exist within a human being as well as the only relationship that exist with others in their world: Not accepting anything less than who they are including not accepting anything less than who others are and risking everything to have all human beings realize who they are as you have realized who you are.
Simply put, how are you able to honour others when you are not clearly honouring yourself as seen so often within the choices that we make. Honour comes from within, that is not something you are able to get anywhere else. When one loses respect and honour for yourself you might as well die, as nothing else makes this life worth while. To continue without respect and honour for yourself is to carry on without being here, as some might understand it to fully be the total hereness of yourself in everything you do. Respect and honour for yourself based on the truth of yourself, that as the Hereness is when your mind has not left you in the past therefore your stability is that which opens you to the expression of self in every moment.
Once your mind takes you further back or forward then the here moment, with every breath you have split yourself and therefore are not fully present. Presence of self is therefore crucial to forming a relationship with self. How else are you supposed to build and nurture a relationship with yourself when you are not even fully here and present within yourself with every breath to be able to be honest with yourself in realizing where within yourself are you accepting and allowing anything less than who you are to be able to direct yourself, and therefore others effectively? Are you here merely by stating the words? Or are you here when you release all past 'baggage' and move with the tide of life as a whole being, no part of you separated. Speaking and living words as one with who you are. Separation occurs when your mind is someplace else taking you on another journey of experience – continuing within your thoughts on the journey of curiosity which preoccupies you in not allowing you to remain here and present with every breath. Memories and future hopes take you from every here moment and experience and split you into different areas of your so called existence.
Purity is seen when a being firstly understands themselves then is able to give up who they perceive themselves to be. So, to understand oneself is to get to the point within purity that allows one to walk without any influence. Where there is nothing within existence that is separate from who you are that is able to influence you in such a way as directing you anywhere else from remaining within who you are as here.
This is firstly done by getting to know where you have placed yourself in this world, meaning answering the question within yourself of who you are and where you are in this world. Are you currently split into many parts some relating to the past, some to the future? When you've understood the placement of yourself as where you are in the now of consciousness, then you are able to understand who it is you have become based on all past experiences and other influences you have accepted and allowed in your world that you have defined as who you have become.
Look firstly at who you are. Write down all your life experiences and how they have 'changed' you. Write down all your main characteristics from personality to dislike's to appeals, everything that created you into who it is you have allowed yourself to become. Look of course at genetics, and how your choice of friends and those you have acquainted yourself with influences you. How your career determines you're likes or dislike in life and how your 'issues' influence your participation in every moment. Also write down your relationship with all that you have in your world, with your partner, your friend, your acquaintances, your work colleagues and your family. In other words, creating a web on a piece of paper where you see all in your world and your relationship with those in your world, then you will actually start seeing the relationship you have with yourself in this world. I suggest you take everything in your world into consideration, all that has an influence of either importance or influence of 'negativity', anything and everything within your world that creates a form of reaction within you, whether it be 'positive' or 'negative'.
Then once you have written down black on white all that you understand about yourself you are now ready to start the long process of forgiveness. Forgiveness is not however the means to the end of all that you've experienced, it is however the release of the connection and the guilt. Once you've released yourself to what you've forgiven within yourself, it is still necessary to live the correction of forgiveness you have applied for one is still responsible for taking action. Practically walk the talk of not allowing yourself to go back to old applications. Meaning, living the words you speak as a statement of who you are. This is done in every moment not just by 'thinking about it' or meaning well or having well worthy good intentions. This will unfortunately not get you anywhere in this process of getting yourself out of the now of consciousness to the here of awareness with every breath. When faced with old patterns one has to actually walk the new so that it becomes who you are.
Simply put, if you've written down all the traits of what it was you allowed that was predetermined by your participations in this world, now you are able to see what it is that is to be done.
Walk firstly as freedom; don't allow old patterns that belong to this world to influence you. Be therefore in this world but not of this world. Make the decision to participate fully in each moment realising however that without trusting oneself to walk this path, you will always fall back into old patterns. Just make the decision to better understand this world by understanding who you have become and then you'll be able to see and hear where you are able to assist yourself. Listen to the words spoken by yourself and others and you'll soon hear the same nonsense over and over. See the same behavior over and over.
Nothing in this world is free and untainted because who we were designed to be is currently exactly who we are in the now: Pre-programmed machines with specific functions that are linked to a very specific and direct purpose – enslavement. Only once you are able to not experience any of these 'characteristics' as a part of who you really are then you stand before purity. You stand before purity when all that you have placed before you on that piece of paper as the relationships in your world that define who you have become and you have applied forgiveness in living the words you speak and you are no longer influenced by anything or anyone in all of existence: You are able to enter your presence as purity through honouring and respecting Self as who you really are.
The minute your entire experience of yourself is solely based on any one of these traits, experiences or personalities that are of influence or enslavement to who you really are you are indeed not standing within purity as who you are as you are indeed more than just what we have allowed ourselves to become. These things have all been created by our makers as a part of our limitations. It was implanted into us so that we may never fully be free, always holding onto some characteristic of ourselves that we deemed our personality or experience worthy of our undivided attention and participation. Making sure that we defined ourselves according to our enslavement, designing the belief of fear of loss within ourselves to never want to release ourselves from the enslavement of the now of consciousness.
Refer to the FAQ section to learn more about out creators and our enslavement to them. All held in place by the White Light construct.
Once you are able to stand clear of all that remains of who you were within consciousness one may perceive oneself to be…purity. Purifying yourself from within the now of consciousness to the here of awareness as who you really are, the honouring and respecting of Self in directing Self and therefore others by not accepting anything less than who they are.
What is Self not, what and who have human beings become that they are required to release themselves from such an existence of the now of consciousness to the here of awareness as the presence of Purity as who they really are? This that human beings have become is consciousness systems, existing in the past and the future in their mind as thoughts within hopes, dreams and whishes as they define themselves according to relationships they have with others in their world, separate from themselves, where some are more important than others which involve the allowance of emotions and feelings that are system designed energetic movements supporting the enslavement and separation within yourself and therefore with others in your world.
You are not consciousness systems, you are not that which you have allowed and accepted yourself to become through outside sourced influences within relationships you have with others in your world that is supported by emotions and feelings. This is what you are to release yourself from human beings to experience yourself as Self. The aim is to restore the relationship with Self, with who each human being really is, which have long since been forgotten as we have accepted and allowed our self definition to be based on separation as we desire, wish and hope to tie ourselves to relationships separate from who we are.
It is impossible therefore, to have a relationship with anyone else in this world, if you do not have a relationship within yourself, with Self as the presence of purity. The only relationship that exists in this world is the relationship with Self, the presence of purity where you will not accept or allow anything less than who you are and therefore not accept anything less then who any other being in this world is: An equal and one relationship within yourself and therefore with all other human beings in your world – no more separation.
We are not here to fix consciousness, or rectify the already consequences that have manifested due to our acceptance and allowance in defining ourselves as controlled slaves of consciousness – it is impossible. Through forgiveness, we are releasing consciousness within ourselves and in the world so who we really are may step forth, together with living the words we speak as we apply the forgiveness applications done with loudly spoken words. We are here to terminate the existence of consciousness so it may no longer be allowed to flourish within ourselves and in the world so we may prepare the way for the children to come.
Purity of mind is when you have nothing moving within you such as emotions and feelings within the polarity of 'positivity ' and 'negativity', except what you are currently as part of your expression, allowing nothing from past moments, future moments, desires or dreams for the future to exist within you. Stand clear of past influences, influences related to outside sources, influences from relationships you have in your world and work hard at actually clearing memories and that which enslaves and controls you in this world and purity will step forth.
Once you're 'empty' within, all else that had an influence over you will also disappear allowing for actual purity to step forth as the expression of who you really are. Meaning so often do our past memories, continuous thoughts and our allowed habits, allow for us to actu ally constantly strive to correct it drawing us deeper into more 'issues'.
Purity is indeed an ancient old saying. We use the word to describe our inhibitions, our lack of understanding and even our discomfort with another's choices. We consider ourselves pure when we 'reject' that which we have considered to be evil or unkind yet when we live within polarities favouring one trait over another we become that which we have no control over. We will for the rest of our lives live within polarities attempting (unknowing to yourself of course) to actually live within this 'balancing' act pulling different experiences toward us so that we may become the 'balance/stability' between the polarities. This is of course a never ending battle as the two polarities reject one another and they seek to be just that – separate. So for the rest of your life you'll fight with both polarities forgetting who you actually are.
Once we understand ourselves better we perceive ourselves to be that which is not so pure am I right? Meaning that once we start understanding and seeing the consequences we have allowed manifesting in our world and in our relationships because of the words we have used, the actions we have applied and the behaviours within ourselves we have manipulated other's with for instance. Once we realise that while rejecting the potential rapist inside our own polarity draws us closer sometimes to the same nature that the rapist is prone to be. We have thoughts about sex and being the dominant partner in our relationships, all because we've created the polarity and now we become that which we are focusing on. That which you reject/resist in this world, will persist and manifest in your world due to the polarity/balancing act that exist within consciousness.
In oneness, you are not able to deny anything or anyone that is manifested here in existence, no matter in what expression they are – otherwise it would be a sign of separation, signifying your participation in consciousness. Once we see ourselves as the thoughts that live within us as who we've become, we then yet again realise that purity is not within our own choices. Not within our own choices, meaning that all and everything of who we have become, prevalent in our thoughts, the words we speak and the actions as behaviours we live and apply, is all within and of consciousness and not of purity as who we really are. Yet being the beings of infinite creative abilities we are indeed born within that purity, the ability to create ourselves being our infinite point of purity.
So once you accept yourself to be everything in existence as one with who you are then nothing within you is drawn towards one specific polarity therefore yet again we are able to free ourselves with forgiveness. Within oneness, you are not separate from anything or anyone, therefore you become untouchable from the perspective that nothing as an outside source is able to influence or deter you from who you really are as the presence of purity. One is then able to see yourself without judgment in separation and walk beyond yourself as who you've become. Fight within oneself, as so many well meaning spiritual types will teach you to do, and you'll always either remain trapped within the White Light Soul construct of good versus evil or you'll never be able to face yourself due to the rejection of what you've allowed.
The rejection coming from always only focusing on allowing and accepting the 'positive' or the 'good' within oneself, denying and resisting the 'negative' and the 'bad' which is the polarity within consciousness supporting separation within yourself. We start seeing what we have allowed, in turn creating us into the mind set that we are 'monsters'. We're apparently all monsters, yet we're in essence just the expression of that which has been allowed and accepted.
We are in essence innocent, yet we're quick to restart all of our old applications when we're given that choice. When we're confronted with choice we allow the innocence of self to be the 'guiding light' for our decisions to allow old patterns again. Instead of saying 'oh even though I have responsibility in this I'll use the fact that my enslavement means I'm in actuality innocent in this to start again' – we return to what we have allowed because we somewhat enjoy being slaves. This return to what we have allowed only occurs when the realization within self as innocent in essence is abused.
Innocence is able to be abused when you know the truth of yourself as who you really are, yet you continue with all your old applications instead of turning yourself around in transforming yourself to never again allow yourself to return to old applications and habits within consciousness. Abusing innocence in such a way is the ultimate form of deception in existence – frankly you should not then participate in this process in existence if this is what you are going to accept and allow within yourself. Using the realization of innocence creatively would be for instance your support foundation of starting to apply forgiveness, to in this way release yourself from possible guilt and judgement of what you will discover within yourself of who you have become as consciousness.
This being the reason why so many don't actually receive their gift of self, as they are so stuck utilizing that which shows itself to be a lie. Continuously living a lie, speaking a lie of who they are when they know and understand and have realized who they really are as the truth. We are quick in this world to harbor old patterns, taking the gift of our maker, that which was indeed actually our innocence and we turn that into 'the reason' why. The reason why we enslave ourselves is 'oh well we were created that way so we'll continue this way forever'. We're given the most fascinating choice every single day. We are able to see (yes you might deny it) that we were created into slavery and that gives us all the tools we require. Once you realise your own enslavement what are you willing to do then? You have the choice within yourself every day, every moment with every breath to either not accept anything less than who you are through forgiveness and living the words you speak or remain enslaved by consciousness, accepting and allowing such an experience of yourself.
Today you stand before the most important question: Will you forever and always use what our creators did as the enslavement of our innocence and use it to defend that which we allow? Meaning accepting and allowing our enslavement because it's just the way it is, it's how we have been designed? Let's look at my statement from this more practical perspective: Let's say from what you are aware of you've come to realise that your 'creators' (the Annunaki) enslaved you within separation of yourself when you were created. In essence that gives you the most fascinating choice – remain enslaved to that which it is we are, separate from ourselves, or realize that in essence it shows us how to create our own freedom – establishing a relationship within ourselves with ourselves to express the presence of purity as who we are.
That is purity when one is not throwing blame towards others, condemning them or being the 'better person, in fact purity is not exactly what one would call 'man-made'. Purity is as follow: Once all stand within this world as one with nothing between us such as lies and deception, including separation, polarity and denial we as the human race will yet again be considered 'pure'. Who we really are, the Self within each one I have described in the beginning of this discussion, is the presence of purity as who we are.
One is not able to refer to purity as that which belongs to anything that we as consciousness systems have designed, for in our own creational abilities we are flawed. Just look at anybody that claims to create as themselves from a God-like source. Who creates anything but further enslavement to some system or concept, even more so another polarity? We're always creating according to what we perceive is real, according to the generations that have gone before us as enslaved consciousness systems therefore what are we actually using at any given moment as our 'solid' foundation?
We see yet we're not entirely sure what. Our eyes are bombarded with images that tell us we're all living in this particular reality meaning everything is quite 'normal'. Yet, this 'normality' is the accepted and allowed expressions of mankind as consciousness systems, which is derived from our own personal experience in this world. Not looking at the world in totality, remember that that which we allow and accept within ourselves, we allow and accept within others. This being the reason nobody is actually able to see why they should free themselves because our eyes constantly project the image that we're in this world therefore we accept it as it is – because it's the way it has always been as the generations before us has left it and so it shall remain.
Not easy to go up against our own consciousness when we're living in a conscious creation surrounded by beings that are consciousness systems. Our mind, when one is to use such a primitive tool will of course tell you that what you're experiencing (in this world) even though somewhat disturbing is actually right as it should be, because well who else is able to show you anything that is not of consciousness? If each being is of consciousness, each structure, place, event, words spoken, behaviours acted out, relationships formed, media broadcasting etc. then who are we to now tell you that it is all just pre-programmed as part of our enslavement? Difficult when you are not able to see with dimensional eyes like I do, yet if you allow me to share my experience with you it might assist.
This is how I stepped from being Mother Teresa into purity:
Firstly I had to pass over from one 'reality' into another. This so that I would be able to fully comprehend what it means to leave this so called 3D reality that is the focus of our conscious existence, into a different dimension. Call it a bird's eye view of the truth.
Here I am able to see what it is we have allowed as well as do something about it by writing, participating and move and direct myself where needed. In the dimensions we are still here in 3D, on earth within human beings yet we are fully aware of what is going on in the universe at all times…what a wonderful advantage! I have certainly learned a lot about myself and of course this world since I passed 'over' although the correct use of the word would be I passed from consciousness directly into awareness. Either human beings on earth are giving themselves the opportunity to terminate the existence of consciousness as that which they have become here on earth, to become the here of awareness as the presence of purity through forgiveness and living the words you speak, the experience where life will be born from the physical. Or you will have to die and remove yourself (with yo ur Infinite Self's support) from earth through 'death' to realize who you are in the dimensions as I have if you're not going to be able to make it through this process here on earth.
Knowledge without application is useless therefore the dimensions are all about applying what we have come to understand about our existence, even though it is limited (at this stage). The reason why I say limited is because even though there are endless possibilities for us as creators we are however limited within our consciousness, meaning that we are still in consciousness yet we are not of consciousness and seeing as that is what we are (at this stage) it limits us to our sensory input as it is now. What I am stating here is that all of us, here on earth and in the dimensions are in this process together as one and so we shall support each other during the process from the now of consciousness to the here of awareness.
Secondly I was able to learn from others about where we are (as the human race) with regards to our so called perception of 'reality', what our potential is and who I am in amongst all of this. Thirdly I started a process of self recognition and placement that allowed for the following to occur:
As I have described in my previous article (Transcendence) it is a rather simple process yet, given our inept nature to complication, it could be a difficult and tough process to transcend that which we have allowed. Refractionally within each of us there is still the tendency to allow consciousness as that is who we were created to become and be for eons of time. Yet this process is able to be as difficult as you make it to be.
I was then in heaven given the opportunity to expand my awareness, something which here on earth I was not even aware of in the slightest. Here as Mother Teresa I was subject of course mostly throughout my life to specific preparation work that I, myself had put myself through as decided by me before I came here to the dimensions within my belief of a God separate from who I am which enslaved me with hope. This was the relationship within separation that did not allow me to discover or realize who I really am.
I was shown who I am in relation to what I am able to assist with in this world. I became the vessel for change and it was set before me that I should become Mother Teresa so that it was possible for all to do the same. That is what we call in dimensional terms – preparing the way before the rest that will follow.
We as those that are currently experiencing the most extreme of individual experiences are in a way preparing ourselves so that you may walk beside us one day, doing the same. I realized that all that I had seen and complied with even down to the deceits and illnesses was a part of who I was to become here, to realize and discover who I am within the dimensions. It is truly irrelevant whether you discover who you really are either on earth or in the dimensions – yet what differs is your experience thereof.
The reason why I use this as an example in this article on purity is to show you that what you have experienced in your life is either going to be used by you for the benefit of all or you will remain trapped and enslaved by not accepting your innocence and standing up within it to be able to never again allow what you have before.
Either stand for all with that which you have come to understand within self-awareness as one with the process of the world or remain the slave that answers 'yes boss' to the construct of consciousness that exists here now. The longer it takes for all beings to stand up the longer it takes for us to reach purity.
So then once I saw this exceptional universe before me and who does what to make it go round, I was then faced with a very interesting choice: Am I able to stand into infinity with the understanding of what I know about myself? If you were to die now would you hold dear to what you have cherished here as a human on this planet? Or, just for arguments sake let yourself be reborn knowing that heaven is not about greed, money, lies, desires, separation, dishonesty etc. but instead who you have become as a part of the universal being. Where nothing else really exists but the relationship you have with yourself.
That dear friend is something I am only able to describe to you briefly. From my perspective as one who has seen the life that one is able to have as the expression of who you really are once you allow for access to the world beyond this one is astounding.
Once I walked within oneness I was never the same again: Reaching the point of no return within myself. It is a becoming and the most important aspect – is of course to understand who you are in amongst all that exists. For nobody in the dimensions is lost. Every single being stands up as who they really are within purity and then stands within knowing themselves from that point onwards – and applying and living the knowledge as one with who they are as all human beings will become.
How is that possible, when humans here on earth have not had access to this? Well listen to the words of those that have gone before you and stand up. Learn from those that have gone before you, observe those that have gone before you, do not just blindly follow them with naïve trust and blissful ignorance. Don't blindly follow us as our experiences are unique. Beings such as myself and Osho and Jesus are all here existing as who we are, due to our experience of ourselves. Don't look at the fact that we had a perceived 'importance' in this world rather look at how we came to be. That truly is the interesting part. Hear the words we speak and the insight we share coming from within ourselves, our experiences and make it your own, live and apply the words unconditionally within yourself, as one with yourself to experience and express who you really are.
Remember that Jesus was a being like myself who was given certain abilities, much the same as each of you have, when you allow yourself to express that. He was given the ability to speak….simply put actually. Nobody is something more than another it is just that everybody who has gone before you has a story to tell to show you what you are capable of if you allow yourself to live and apply the words as one with who you are.
The beauty of this story of mine is that when I realised that Jesus is my equal I immediately started looking at how I was able to do what he had experienced. Becoming in this way one and equal with who we are. Purity exists within each one's ability to understand that we are all indeed one. Jesus, Osho, Buddha but to mention a few is all waiting to hear your story of how you have experienced yourself.
Now that the White Light does not exist anymore it will be interesting to see what will be the outcome of what is to come. No longer are there pre-programmed constructs directing beings. We have all been freed from that, and we now stand as who we are. It is however up to you to realise that what beings like myself and Jesus did was part of your own story, as what we did was prepared ourselves so that we may prepare you.
Now that the White Light has no more directive control over beings we are standing free. We are the direction and only we are able to decide what we create, who to become and if we'll all make it. We were once human, now we walk beside you without judgment, without knowing what you'll choose – risking everything until each one realizes who they are as the presence of purity. Your decisions are yours to make now, nobody is here to force you to become something more, yet we are all here to show you how to direct yourself should you choose to do so. If you choose to still be directed by the mind consciousness as designed to control you then so be it – you will then simply remove yourself from earth to experience yourself in the dimensions. If however you break free and walk beside me that will be great too!
Purity from my perspective is the ability to make new choices in each moment. Yet the choices that are made is made as all as one together in this world – not only for self empowerment. To honour thyself so that you are able to honour yourself as one with all in existence. Then you are free to create yourself with full understanding of yourself, what it is we have allowed and above all what is best for all…
Osho will soon be doing a piece on Purity; I have introduced human beings to the presence of purity which will support Osho's discussion to follow.
Mother Teresa
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As fall fashion month comes to a close Ohio State students are partnering up with local kids for the annual BuckeyeThon fashion show Thursday.
Created by the Ohio State student organization, BuckeyeThon, the fashion show brings students and BuckeyeThon Kids – many of whom are patients at the Nationwide Children's Hospital – together on the runway to raise awareness for pediatric cancer and the group's philanthropic work.
Colin Quinn, president of BuckeyeThon and a fourth-year in biology, joined the organization his freshman year after losing a friend to pediatric cancer in the sixth grade. Quinn said the fashion show is very inspiring and meant to attract students who are not involved.
"The fashion show is one of our most inspirational events because we try to focus on highlighting kids from the hospital," he said. "These different events, the goal is to target a diverse group of students who normally aren't involved with BuckeyeThon."
The evening will feature food from sponsors such as Fusian and performances by student dance group Movement Variations and Ohio State Jump Rope. The fashion show will showcase students and kids wearing donated clothing from companies such as Homage, Vineyard Vines and Figleaf Boutique.
Overseeing the event is Miranda Koewler, director of events for BuckeyeThon and a third-year in strategic communications.
Koewler said that since registration for the BuckeyeThon Dance Marathon in February closes in mid-November, the fashion show is also a way to encourage people to sign up and learn more about BuckeyeThon as a whole.
Last year, BuckeyeThon raised more than $1.5 million for the hospital.
"The fashion show is really a way to maintain our presence on campus and show we are really working together the entire year long; it's not just something that shows up in February," Koewler said. "The show itself is not really much of a fundraising focus for us. Our goal is more to inform, create connections and show that BuckeyeThon is fun."
Koewler said that apart from seeing the kids interact with students, she is also looking forward to making a "big announcement."
"We want to keep this pretty low-key before the fashion show," she said. "But it's something about increasing our impact at the hospital."
And with the slogan, "Students impacting kids, kids impacting students," the fashion show and BuckeyeThon in general aim to increase the lives of local children battling cancer.
"At the end of the day, our goal is to hopefully change the lives of kids everywhere because we believe every kid deserves the chance to be a Buckeye," Quinn said. "But these kids are also really impacting our lives and making our college experience an incredible, incredible journey."
The BuckeyeThon fashion show will take place Thursday at the Ohio Union Archie Griffin Grand Ballroom. The event is free for all registered BuckeyeThon team members and $5 for non-team members. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Thursday.


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Nightlife in Berlin
There are few destinations in Europe that can compete with Berlin and its incredibly diverse nightlife. From avant-garde bars, to contemporary live-music venues and micro beer brewery taverns, Berlin offers a truly unique night scene not to be forgotten. These spots offer more than just incredible cocktails; they feature panoramic views and designer settings, offering visitors an unrivalled nightlife experience in the faced paced city of Berlin.
Victoria Bar
102 Potsdamer Strasse 10785 Berlin
The sleek and classic Victoria Bar is the perfect place to visit for a pre- or post-dinner cocktail or two, so sit back and relax with its jazz, soul and reggae music. Featuring its award winning interior design of bespoke dark wood panelling, leather iconic stools and modernist art pieces, Victoria Bar is an exclusive experience.
40 Seconds Bar
58 Potsdamer Strasse 10785 Berlin
Featuring three rooftop terraces, 40 Seconds Bar is incidentally named after the 40 seconds it takes to ascend the eight floors of the stylish bar. Rising high above Potsdamer Platz, 40 Seconds Bar boasts spectacular 360 degree panoramic views of Berlin's incredible skyline, and is frequently visited by A-list guests.
Saphire Bar
31 Botzowstr 10407 Berlin
Saphire Bar is one of Berlin's most stylish and sophisticated whisky bar's, offering an exceptional range of rare and vintage malts. There's also an impressive cocktail menu featuring 300 original cocktail inventions created by Saphire bar. Located in the Prenzlauer Berg, this fashionable bar is divided into two elegant lounge areas showcasing its chic décor and futuristic light design.
Buck and Breck
177 Brunnenstrasse 10119 Berlin
Hidden behind a secret door in Brunnenstrasse is the intimate Buck and Breck, one of the city's most exclusive bars. The bar is named after the former American president James Buchanen and vice president John Breckinridge, and only seats 15 illustrious guests. Demurely lit, Buck and Breck offers a truly quintessential 'Berlin' experience.
Brauhaus Georgbraeu
4 Spreeufer 10178 Berlin
Located in the Nikolai quarter in the historical centre of Berlin is the traditional Brauhaus Georgbraeu beer tavern, situated on the banks of the river Spree the incredible tavern offers eight magnificent rooms for both locals and tourists to enjoy. Visitors can experience the iconic Georg-Pils dark or light beer and relax in either the cosy indoor and outdoor lounges.
Tausend Bar
11 Schiffbauerdamm 10117 Berlin
A hidden luxury beneath the tracks of the Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse is the exquisite Tausend Bar, one of Berlin's most fashionable and sought-after chic bars. Renowned for its nondescript façade the Tausend Bar is a secret world of live music and avant-garde design, and is waiting to be discovered.
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Pet Food Evolution
Dog and cat food are the lifeblood of pet specialty stores, providing them with the repeat customers they need to thrive.
Pet food has always been at the heart of pet specialty stores, with cat and dog food serving as the industry's lifeblood, ensuring a steady pulse of sales and profits. Stores that get their pet food strategy right are likely to live a long, healthy life—and stores that do not tend to flat-line quickly.
Yet the category has evolved significantly over the years; what started as one man's idea for a dog biscuit has turned into an industry projected to make $23 billion in 2015, according to the American Pet Product Association. In order for an independent pet store to remain healthy, with strong sales and good profit margins, it is essential that the store create a strategy for using pet food to build a loyal base of repeat customers.
One way to do that, says Michelle Higdon, CEO of Solid Gold Pet, is by carrying good brands that specifically aim to serve the independent pet specialty market. "The broader the distribution of a brand, the less retail loyal the consumer has to be," she says.
Solid Gold Pet is one such independent-focused brand. It offers a variety of holistic pet food options, including 17 new formulas for dogs and cats across the company's grain-free, gluten-free and heritage lines introduced this year. "Pet food is the foundation and key to success for any pet retailer, and therefore, it plays a pivotal role in their long-term viability," says Higdon.
Many retailers do this by establishing their own standards that individual cat and dog food diets must meet in order to be considered for their shelves; for example, some stores choose to specialize in natural products only, and their nutrition selection reflects that.
Other retailers seek to lure customers in with more widely known diets and then work to educate shoppers and trade them up to higher-margin, better-quality brands.
Regardless of which strategy a store chooses, however, it is essential that retailers understand not only the importance of food for the health of their store, but also for the health of the pets their store serves. "People are becoming more health conscious and knowledgeable about proper nutrition, which also influences the way they feed their pets," says Higdon.
"People are increasingly concerned with what they eat and where their food comes from, and this concern has influenced the pet food space as well," agrees Carly White, digital marketing specialist at WellPet, makers of Wellness pet foods. "More and more, pet parents are taking an active role in their pet's nutrition, with a focus on quality ingredients that are [conscientiously] sourced."
In fact, that is what led WellPet to recently add several new products to the Wellness CORE family of grain-free recipes. "All packed with the high-quality protein that consumers expect from CORE, balanced with fresh fruits and vegetables, the additions include CORE Air Dried dog and cat food or topper, CORE Chunky Centers wet dog food, and CORE 95-percent wet dog food or topper," says White.
What You Need to Know About Nutrition
Within the larger trend of pet owners becoming increasingly interested in nutrition, however, retailers are likely to find there are two types of pet food shoppers—the self-educated shopper, who is seeking to find a store that is aligned with their existing knowledge and beliefs around nutrition,;and the want-to-be educated shopper, who seeks out stores as a resource for learning more about nutrition.
In either case, a deep working knowledge of the diets a store carries and how to make good recommendations is essential to maximizing success within the cat and dog food categories. Without this, it becomes impossible to successfully make recommendations and explain the various qualities of the different foods available—and with all the options in the market today, that almost guarantees the shopper will fail to buy, nevermind fail to become a loyal repeat customer.
Fortunately, retailers have a fantastic educational resource available to them that few pet owners have access to—the very companies that make the food. "Retailers should maximize the partnerships they have with manufacturers in an effort to effectively deliver on the challenge [of educating] consumers," says Higdon.
With today's technology, this doesn't even always require face-to-face training—many manufacturers have expanded their available resources to include videos, webinars, website content and more, specifically targeted at helping specialty stores understand their products and providing those stores the tools they need to properly pass that knowledge along to the pet owner.
Still, what specific information should retailers get from manufacturers? White says that WellPet has very specific items it tries to ensure its retail partners are educated on. "Our goal in working with retail partners is to help them understand the order in which ingredients are listed, where the ingredients are sourced, and the nutritional value and health benefits of each recipe," she says.
"The most important values that pet specialty retailers bring to the category are a solid understanding of pet food ingredients and the ability to educate consumers in order for them to make an informed choice when it comes to choosing a pet food for their cat or dog. As more competition evolves in the big-box stores, consumers still rely on specialty pet stores for the variety they offer and the innovative products they carry."
"Independent pet stores have the opportunity to educate and provide high-touch service to the shopper in a way that mass and grocery stores are not able to," agrees Higdon. And it is the combination of having the flexibility to respond to trends and the deep knowledge of product ingredients and nutritional information that have allowed the best pet specialty stores to thrive.
Do Your Homework
It is also important for retailers to look into the history of any brand they carry. The pet food recalls of 2007 were a major driver behind the first wave of pet owners interested in researching the foods they choose to feed their pets.
"Recalls across any industry bring a level of sensitivity and scrutiny amongst all stakeholders," says Higdon. However, she says, the reality is that any sort of recall often pushes manufacturers across the industry to evolve and become better.
"At Solid Gold, we are pleased to employ a multi-step quality assurance program in an effort to avoid food safety issues," says Higdon. "Our safety-first philosophy is focused on consistency, redundancy and transparency."
Many manufacturers now have similarly established safety procedures and have taken increased measures to ensure safety, but understanding these measures is crucial for retailers, in case customers ask—after all, there is no greater impediment than a customer knowing the recall history of a brand you sell better than you do to convincing them you are the expert they were looking for.
Another reason it is important for retailers to talk to manufacturers has to do with the strict guidelines food companies face when creating packaging labels for their products. Holly Sher, president of Evanger's Dog and Cat Food Co., says her company used to label its products GMO and hormone free—both factors that shoppers value.
But then regulators forced her to remove both labels from her products; they said all animal protein tissues contain hormones, and that because there was no official definition of or threshold for "GMO-free," she wasn't allowed to use that term. "[Even though] we do buy non-GMO and antibiotic-free [ingredients], we can't even advertise that which is a shame," she says.
Sher isn't alone; other manufacturers have been forced to revise labeling claims as well, often removing key information shoppers may actually be specifically looking for. When these kinds of label changes happen, it is essential that retailers are aware of what's changing and why—so they can assure customers that the diet itself isn't changing, just the label, and so that they can answer questions about these kinds of buzzwords and explain to customers what regulations exist around their usage.
Of course, pet specialty retailers can't possibly know every single thing about every single product (though the more they know, the better); so how can they determine which things have the highest priority?
Predicting the Next Big Thing
The simplest answer is by staying up-to-date on the latest trends by reading industry publications, attending trade shows, and by talking regularly with distributors and customers.
There are four trends, in particular, impacting the dog and cat food market currently that retailers should all be aware of: the growth of functional ingredients, the influence of human trends, the customization of pet food and a back-to-nature movement.
Functional Ingredients—From diets that include omega-3 fish oil, glucosamine, chondroitin and other supplements to diets with ingredients like sweet potatoes, acai berries, blueberries and more, the industry is seeing a rise in diets that include key ingredients that people recognize as good for their pets. As pet owners examine ingredient panels, it has become increasingly important that every item on the ingredients panel needs a reason to be there that clearly benefits the owner's cat or dog.
Influence of Human Trends—Ever since humanization first took off, trends in the human market have increasingly influenced trends in the pet industry, and nowhere is this more prevalent than in the food category. Watching trends in human nutrition is easily the best way to predict the next big thing—history shows that how pet owners decide what's important for their pets is largely driven by what's important for them and their (human) family. For example, if they decide they should be eating grain or gluten free, then they become interested in having their pets eat that way too.
Customization of Pet Food—The customization of everything is another trend that got its start in the human market and has made its way into pet food. Generic products just don't hold the same appeal when there is another option that is clearly targeted directly at a pet's specific health issues, life stage or breed. This trend has given rise to alternative protein diets for pets with allergies; weight-loss diets for obese pets; puppy and senior diets for pets of specific ages; and even breed-specific diets.
Back-to-NatureMovement—The back-to-nature movement is the driver behind the growth of the freeze-dried and raw food trend. The concept is that dogs and cats evolved eating primarily meat-based diets with very little else. Raw food and freeze-dried food advocates claim feeding these diets allows for optimized nutrition, since these are the diets our furry friends evolved to eat. Regardless of reason, the category has definitely taken off.
Lanny Viegut is CEO of Vital Essentials, which pioneered the ALPHA Prey-Model in 1967. He says the company is currently welcoming thousands of new pet parents to the raw category each week. "Increasingly, pet parents are learning of the health benefits of raw diets and are seeing, first-hand, the real-word impact of a raw diet as they transition from traditional kibble," he says. Viegut predicts raw and freeze-dried are the "category of the future."
While the raw food category often requires some extra investment from retailers in terms of freezers to store product in, it is often seen as the "best" option in a traditional good-better-best model, which means it comes with good profit margins and helps set a store apart from mass and grocery, few of which have even tried to offer any type of fresh or freeze-dried pet foods.
Despite the importance of staying abreast of the latest trends, retailers should by no means try to stock all of them. "Pet retailers need to look at trends with a discretionary lens, which isn't always easy to do," says Higdon. "There have been many trends across the years that helped shape the industry in a meaningful way, while others have merely resulted in passing fads."
Instead, retailers need to know their store's core customer base and seek to stock the items that resonate most with the local demographic. That information, combined with a focus on products that best serve the health of pets, will help ensure dog and cat food sales continue to keep pet specialty stores' bottom lines in a healthy place.


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The Annual Diversity Summit, presented by the Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, aims to create a space for attendees to engage in critical, thoughtful, and challenging dialogue to inform how we understand ourselves, the larger landscape of higher education, and ways to continue building the most inclusive campus climates on individual and communal levels.
The annual summit features workshops, lectures, panels, and poster presentations on a variety of diversity-related topics, including race and racism, bias, sexuality and gender, and religion, faith, spirituality, and beliefs, and more.
We invite attendees to bring their full selves into the space in order to think in deeper and more complex ways about these foci areas.
The full schedule can be found here.