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Guatemalan Foreign Minister Says Public Education on Referendum Will be Short
For about two years now, the referendum unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been holding an education campaign in schools and civil society on the pros and cons of taking the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice. That has not been the case in Guatemala where the Foreign Minister says the campaign will be much shorter.
Carlos Raul Morales, Foreign Minister, Guatemala
"In Guatemala, as you mentioned in Belize the issue of Guatemala in Belize is very sensitive and I know that because I lived in Belize for almost eight years. In Guatemala, it is different; we have many problems in Guatemala, Marleni and let me tell you that the issue of Belize is not emotional as Guatemala is in Belize. Of course we have to educate our people, the ministry of education is ready to start with this campaign. It has to be a very short campaign; we cannot do a very long campaign because it costs a lot of money. But we are very positive about the results of the referendum. Belize is not an issue in Guatemala. We know Belize as a very good neighbor and we want to work together with Belize. What we need of course is to go to International Court of Justice and finish with this situation because bilateral…we cannot agree because the constitution of Belize doesn't allow the prime minister to give a political situation and the constitution of Guatemala does not allow my president to agree a political arrangement to the situation. Then we need to go to the ICJ and I am very positive about the campaign in Guatemala."
If Guatemala decides to carry out the referendum in the runoff of the elections, the date would be October twenty-sixth. The education campaign will then start at the end of September.

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| Rachael Taylor
A half hour, $30 Uber trip with your drunk friends leads you to a tiny street in downtown Toronto.
Small business storefronts line the street but your GPS guides you to a nondescript vinyl shop. In the back is where the magic is happening. A red light flashes from the bathroom. The only other light inside is placed beside an industrial fan. Band equipment is lined up against the partition wall, and the patrons are quietly awaiting the first set.
Soon enough, the cement block back room was dripping with sweat from the energy and lack of air circulation. By midway through the evening, the floor resembled a Slip 'N Slide rather than a concrete slab.
This was far from a typical show; it was a night highlighting diversity – a festival created to promote and call attention to the lack of representation in one of the most diverse cities in Canada.
"Festival Lingua Franca represents the diversity that exists in the underground rock scene with a focus on the Black, Caribbean, and Latinx communities. It is meant to highlight and showcase musicians of colour whose contributions to the loud music canon far too often get ignored or erased," the creator of the festival, Daniel G. Wilson said.
As a Caribbean musician, Wilson saw a need within the punk and rock community to promote musicians of colour. Frequently, when you attend a show in your own local downtown venue, diversity is not the top priority. "Unfortunately, more often than not diverse voices get the shaft," Wilson said.
"The indie rock sphere has slowly gotten more diverse over the past 20 years. More visible people of colour are forming and playing in awesome bands. Men, women, and non-binary people who don't fit the all-white stereotype of rock, punk, or indie musicians are making their voices heard but the shows that are getting booked don't reflect this as much as they should," he said."
I GET FACEBOOK NOTIFICATIONS ALL THE TIME LIKE, 'COOL, THE SAME BAND, ALL BOYS, PLAYING THE SAME VENUE AS THEY DID FOUR MONTHS AGO' AND IT'S LIKE, THERE'S MORE. THEY'RE MISSING OUT ON SO MUCH WHEN THEY AREN'T DIVERSIFYING THEIR LINEUPS"– Daniel Wilson, creator of Festival Lingua Franca
In fact, Wilson said Toronto has an issue with all-white bills. "Toronto is the most racially and ethnically diverse city in Canada and the world. By that metric, it should be the norm to have a racially diverse line up on most local band bills. Unfortunately, that is the exception. I cannot tell you how many times I have been to random shows … over a short period of time where I never saw a visible person of colour on stage."
Within the local music communities, this seems to be a well-known and accepted fact, so much so that images mocking all- white sets have become a meme on sites like Facebook and Reddit. If you were to find some of these images and search through the comment section, you will find praise for the creator, friends tagging others saying how accurate it is, and people divulging their own stories about the whitewashed industry and lack of representation.
As the frontwoman to her own band, Averages, Taylor Holden has experienced her own ups and downs with the local industry. "You know there have been instances where we've had to kick people out of shows," Holden said. "We put up signs at every show that was inspired by July Talk (a Canadian alt-rock band), signs that say 'if you're not going to be welcoming then you're not welcome' and maybe like just don't bother coming.'"
Holden said she believes representation of women in bands in local communities is improving. "There's so many [female bands] on the rise right now. It's a strange thing where you're a 'fem-fronted rock band' and that's it. We like to make our lineups very balanced (in terms of) diversity, but it's easier if there are more bands."
"I get Facebook notifications all the time like, 'cool, the same band, all boys, playing the same venue as they did four months ago' and it's like, there's more. They're missing out on so much when they aren't diversifying their lineups. You're just going to get the same thing and the same content because people are all writing from the same place. Even our band, we're just four white kids it's not like we're the peak of diversity," she said.
The importance of a diverse lineup is noted and desired within the local music communities. To look onstage and see someone like you playing the music you enjoy enables others to envision themselves in that role.
"When I was younger, I rarely knew about or saw people who looked like me or came from a similar cultural background playing rock or punk," Wilson said. "While I never personally felt discouraged, I was fully aware that my existence went against the expectations that society imposes on Black people. I would have loved to have seen more Black faces in the rock mainstream as a kid if only so I wouldn't feel so alienated and alone."
"It's weird when the only representation people can point to is a guy who died in 1970 (Jimi Hendrix). It creates this weird subconscious idea that we used to play rock music and we used to play more than just rap and contemporary R&B. It erases the people who, like me , are still making and enjoying aggressive music," he said.
Wilson raises a good point. When thinking of punk bands, the names that come to mind are The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Dead Kennedys. Punk is perceived as a white genre. However, a three-piece Black group called Death is credited with its formation. AJ+, an online news channel, interviewed the band for a video called The Very Black History of Punk Music. They explained their sound switch stemmed from seeing Alice Cooper perform. Although not gaining a lot of momentum in the mainstream, the group became well known among the underground punk community.
After Death dissipated, groups featuring people of colour came into the spotlight.
Notable bands include: Pure Hell, Fishbone, and female fronted British band, X-Ray Spex. By far the most iconic was Bad Brains, popularizing the usage of reggae influences and the faster, more aggressive punk subgenre known as hardcore. During the interview with AJ+, musician and writer Greg Tate claimed that many of these bands didn't gain the same notoriety due to gatekeeping on both the corporate and radio side.
Today most of the diversifying burden lies with promoters and bookers for venues. Adam Magoffin, a graduate of the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College and a promoter and booker for ADM productions. Magoffin explained how exactly the booking process works, "I either have my own ideas for shows, or specific bands reach out to me. I know quite a few bands so I'll personally message them or sometimes I'll put ads or posts out for bands to get a chance to join a bill."
As for diversifying sets, Magoffin said he's "never had a problem because I know how beneficial it is booking a broader range of bands. Most of my shows are heavy but I'll have a female fronted Melodic Thrash band co-headline with a death metal-ish band and it works."
The role promoters play in diverse bills cannot be denied. As Wilson said, "Promoters are an interesting and important part of the musical ecosystems. It is not ridiculous to say they are often the first step in the chain that can decide what is popular or what is not in a scene or in general."
It is the promoter's primary job to find cool bands and musicians and put them on a bill that will be a good experience for everyone. In a perfect world, that means doing research on all the bands in your preferred genre that are in your city or scene regardless of their "level" and booking shows where newer faces can play alongside established ones.
"Promoters rarely take risks on newer bands and even more rarely reach out to them until they have some kind of buzz. Newer bands can't build buzz or get their name out there until they play some shows and the cycle continues. This is even worse with racially diverse bands as people of colour may be nervous or scared of entering what they may see as an all-white scene or get discouraged because they feel they can never get booked in the same way as an all-white band."
But how can we fix the seemingly never- ending cycle?
"The best way to add more diversity is to just change the orthodoxy of booking," Wilson said.
"Actively reach out to these bands and be willing to take risks on them. Give them a chance to grow their audience and make friends in the scene. Because odds are that they don't have the same connections that all-white bands have or the same initial draw at the start because it is difficult to get a large group of friends to your shows at first when you are the only person in your family who listens to rock music and you get called 'whitewashed' by your friends."
"I don't think it is an obligation for promoters to book racially diverse shows," Wilson said. "I think it is their obligation to book awesome shows and that means booking and giving racially diverse [groups] a chance to play and show their stuff. Newer faces and diverse newer faces means more chances for unexpected shows and gems that might have been missed."
"Imagine if Jimi Hendrix or Phil Lynott never got the chance to play their first show because a promoter was happy to settle with the same four all-white bands at every show. Best way to get representation … [is] … simple: reach out to diverse bands, book diverse bands … and make friends with racially diverse people."


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Wow,looks more excellent with each new set of pics, may be a silly question at this point but what do you think it'll carry weight wise?ReplyDelete
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Looks good. The graphite epoxy DOES have a real effect. I have used the system on all my boats, thinking it couldn't hurt; and looked good. But I never had any REAL data to compare. On the last Florida 120 (This is a flottilla style raid event) I ran into a boat that had just gone through a rough Everglades challenge. It had the epoxy graphite bottom. That boat hit a crabpot in a bad way. It hit right on the waterline. The epoxy / graphite part was undamaged. The section above the waterline was badly scraped up. I am really convinced now that the graphite DOES help by sliding over stuff instead of allowing obstacles to get enough of a hold on the bottom to scrape.
I use epoxy-graphite on the bottom of my outrigger and overlap it a little up the sides as Gary did in his photo. Not sure about hardness -- it does seem to get scraped as easily as anything else -- but the graphite is sacrificial and comes off as it slides over rough things. You can see the black streaks it leaves. And yet it has not worn through to the weave of the glass except in spots that took a bad pounding (I launch on a corrugated cement ramp and surf can make a rough momentary landing). I will continue to use it -- easier to touch-up than paint too!--WadeReplyDelete
The va'a motu hull will carry two adults and enough camping gear for a few days. The forward half of the hull is much the same as Tamanu. I have carried four people in the Tamanu with a lot of wind but did not enjoy it.ReplyDelete
Is tht a hole on the side of your hull ? Self bailing system ?ReplyDelete
Yes, there are four holes (scuppers) to self bail the cockpit. I can leave the canoe on a mooring and not have to bail every time it rains.ReplyDelete
Hey, nice site you have here! Keep up the excellent work! Solid TimberReplyDelete


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Handmade Sea Mist Round Glass Earrings
14mm round Softly etched lavender and ivory beads
These earrings will come to you on elegant sterling silver ear wires. All earring fittings are handmade in the UK.
They will be supplied in a 'Beach Art Glass' branded hinged gift box of the highest quality
Please remember, as every bead is individually handmade to order, there will always be differences in their composition


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I was trying to use the fireplace in our home. In trying to light the fire I ran into a problem. There was a dead skunk in the fireplace. We have closed doors on the front. And the chimney has a screen over it. That skunk didn't sneak in there. It didn't find a way on it's own.
I couldn't light the fire without removing the skunk. Removing it was dirty and nasty but necessary before the fire could be ignited and fanned into full flame.
So how did the skunk get into the fireplace? No one snuck into the house and placed it there. I hadn't left the door open.
The truth was I had invited the skunk in. I had allowed him to occupy a place he had no business being. Removing him was messy and difficult but without the removal the fire will never be able to be lit again.
I won't even TRY to explain what this vision means, you will figure it out if you let the Holy Ghost teach you.
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Nowadays it seems we live in a world of throw away products. High quality clothes, shoes, and other similar items can of course still be found, but when they are damaged it can be extremely difficult to find competent people to repair them. It's a hard pill to swallow to replace an expensive suit, pair of shoes, purse or handbag. If you could only find a company with the skill and talent to not only make the repairs but actually return the damaged items to perfect condition, potentially saving their customers hundreds of dollars, that would be worth telling people about.
This is precisely the reason I want to talk about Shoe Repair and Beyond. I give you the following story, which is demonstrative of their commitment to a job well done. Shoe repair and beyond definitely has the type of skill, competency, and expertise reminiscent of the craftsmen of old.
Helen wanted almost nothing so bad as a Coach bag. Specifically, the Swagger Frame Satchel in Calf Leather. According to the story, she could have simply put it on a credit card, but didn't do so until she had the requisite funds. When she got one, it was all she wanted to talk about for several days! She really loved that bag. She still does, thanks to Shoe Repair and beyond!
During a trip to the mall, she and a friend decided to grab some coffee at the food court, which was quite crowded that day. While they were sitting there, they spotted another friend they'd not seen recently, and stood up to talk to her, with their backs to their table. When the conversation ended and they turned around to sit down, Helen's bag had vanished. Needless to say, Helen was devastated. They immediately reported the theft to Mall Security and the police. As Helen put it, though her "entire life" was in the bag, including her wallet containing her license and credit cards, all she really wanted back was her Coach Satchel.
Two days later, Helen received a call from Mall Security. They'd actually found her bag in a trash can in a bathroom in the mall. It was virtually empty of all her belongings, which was expected, but it was there. She was also informed the bag looked to be extensively damaged. Upon arriving to pick it up, she found that to be all too true. The strap was ripped off on one end, pockets were torn, and a couple of small cuts had been made to the outer leather. The joy which she'd felt at hearing it had been found gave way once again to hopelessness. This was not an inexpensive item, and replacing it would be problematic at best.
As it happened, during an internet search for someone…anyone to attempt a repair to her beloved Coach Swagger, Helen discovered shoerepairandbeyond.com. She sent them her bag, never really expecting a successful repair.
I'm sure you've guessed the rest by now! Helen got her Coach Swagger back, in mint condition, with no trace of the damage to be found, for far less cost than purchasing another. Now, all she talks about these days are the wonderful people at Shoe Repair and Beyond!
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Party Piñata Event! - August 2018
Fill up the Piñata to earn fabulous prizes!
Pike has been working on a surprise for Finn and the rest of the islanders - he wants to build a Party Piñata! You will need to use certain items to level up the Piñata (similar principle to previous build events).
How to get
The Party Piñata is available from August 6th 17h UTC (18h BST) and the event runs until August 18th 04h UTC (05h BST).
Event pre-requisites: You must have repaired the Bazaar and "met" Pike in order to start the Party Piñata event.
You can place the base of the Piñata on your island by dragging it in from the game's build menu (free).
Levelling Up and Rewards
To upgrade your Party Piñata you must "feed" it with the following items :
Thread, Dark Chocolate, and Bag O' Candy which are mainly earned by completing TradePost orders.
The make times and heart rewards for these items are shown below :
|Time to make
|Reward gain/h
|5 min
|Dark Chocolate
|2 h
|Bag O' Candy
|Piñata Sundries
Note: Standard make times without Mill Mastery upgrades.
Note: Heart values for manufactured items may be reduced while the "Short Build Time" booster is active.
The special booster item is also available :
- The Piñata Sundries rewards 1000 .
Piñata Prizes are required to buy items at the Bazaar and are obtained :
- From Dock and TradePost trades (sometimes)
- From wildlife and treasure chests (sometimes)
- When another Trademaster drops a Piñata Popper onto your Piñata, 20 , 10 and 25
- When you drop Piñata Popper on another Trademaster's Piñata, 50 and 25
Each time you supply materials to your Piñata you will receive and rewards.
Each time you level up your Piñata you will receive various rewards (see below).
Important : Share your Piñata Popper with other TradeMasters (see Piñata Popper page to see how to do this).
Relationship Levels
|for next level
|Rewards for *completing* level
|1x Bag O' Candy
|1x Bronze Pet Ticket
|3x Axe
|1x Inked Remnants
|3x Ghost Doubloon
|1x Green Dye, 1x Blue Dye, 1x Red Dye
|3x Pearls
|2x Bronze Pet Ticket
|5x Axe
|5x Inked Remnants
|5x Ghost Doubloon
|3x Green Dye, 3x Blue Dye, 3x Red Dye
|6x Pearls
|3x Bronze Pet Ticket
|max level
Build up your Party Piñata!
Build and decorate your Piñata then fill it with candy! The Party Piñata starts as a pile of basic supplies and becomes a frame at Level 3. It gets leg, body, back, and head decoration at Levels 5, 7, 9 and 11. The tree starts growing at Level 9 and grows larger at Levels 11 and 13. The Piñata gets eyes at Level 13 and is hung from the fully grown and flowering tree at level 15 :
|Levels 1+2
|Levels 3+4
|Levels 5+6
|Levels 7+8
|Levels 9+10
|Levels 11+12
|Levels 13+14
|Level 15
Character Dialogue
!!! Attention Spoiler !!! click "Expand" to view all dialogue =>
Pike: "Finn, me lad! Got a minute?"
Finn: "Of course, Pike!"
Pike: "I've been workin' on a surprise fer ye."
Finn: "What kind of surprise?"
Pike: "It's a surprise fer the whole island actually, and I need ye help!"
Pike: "We're gonna build a Party Piñata!"
Pike: "Help old Pike find a place to work on it, eh lad?"
Finn: "Whoa, look at this! How do we build it?"
Pike: "Well, first take a look at the Piñata to see what it needs."
Pike: "Mostly, it needs Bags O' Candy!"
Pike: "We can get that by makin' trades at the '''Trade Post''', with the Trademaster's help, of course."
Pike: "But the '''Party Piñata''' needs other things too. Just have a look!"
Finn: "It's getting bigger already!"
Pike: "Aye, lad, and I think the party energy is spreadin' to other islands as well!"
Finn: "I agree, Pike! And I saw other islanders are building Party Piñatas too!"
Pike: "Well, let's help 'em out! Trademaster, take some Piñata Poppers to our friends on other islands, would ye?"
Finn: "Yes, Trademaster! What a great idea! '''Piñata Poppers''' for everyone!"
Finn: "Hey Pike, why are you building this?"
Pike: "Well lad, you all didn't know old Pike from a hole in the ground, but ye all opened up to an ol' pirate like me."
Pike: "Ye all never asked Pike for nuthin'. Ye welcomed this old sea dog like I were family."
Pike: "It meant a lot. And a pirate never forgets!"
Finn: "The Piñata is looking great!"
Wesley: "What's this, Finn?"
Finn: "A Party Piñata! Me and Pike and the Trademaster are making it to celebrate all our friends on the island."
Finn: "Old Pike says people who were kind to us should be remembered!"
Weslay: "Well, Pike and Keani helped make this place a new home for me too. Can I help?"
Finn: "Of course! Help us with trades to get '''Bags O' Candy''' and other stuff, Wesley!"
Wesley: "Will do!"
Sita: "Finn! This is lovely! What's it for?"
Finn: "It's a Party Piñata! Pike says we should celebrate and this is a great way to bring everyone on the island together for some fun!"
Sita: "My goodness! I haven't heard a word about this!"
Finn: "It's a secret! Only me and Pike know. And Wesley. And the Trademaster."
Sita: "Oh I see. A real surprise. Can I help?"
Finn: "Of course! Help us make some more Bags O' Candy! We'll get this finished in no time!"
Finn: "Pike, do you think everyone is going to like this?"
Pike: "Aye, I do lad. Any reason to bring people together is going to be well received by all."
Finn: "What's going to be inside of the Piñata?"
Pike: "Yer gunna have to find our yerself!"
Finn: "I can't wait to help break it open!"
Sita: "Make sure you're careful!"
Finn: "I'm always careful!"
Keani: "What is this you all are working on?"
Pike: "It be a Party Piñata, lass. A gift to all for takin' a chance on a crusty old pirate."
Wesley: "And a lonely castaway."
Finn: "And a lost boy."
Keani: "It's the most beautiful Piñata I've ever seen!"
Finn: "Why don't you get us started!"
Keani: "Oh, I don't know! You guys worked so hard to make it! And it looks so beautiful."
Keani: "But I do want to know what's inside!"
Sita: "Let's start the celebration!"
Keani: "This makes me so happy. You're all lovely."
Pike: "We're all a part of this family, lass."
Finn: "Can we break it open now?"
Pike: "Finn!!"
Special Promotions
There are three special promotions for this event (price varies):
August 6th : A "Kickstart" bundle with 7x Piñata Sundries (7000) for you Piñata and 2x Piñata Palm harvesters.
August 10th : A "Mid Event" Bundle with 4x Piñata Sundries (4000) for your Piñata and 2x Piñata Palm harvesters.
August 15th : A "Last Chance" bundle with 8x Piñata Sundries (8000) for your Piñata.
Special Bazaar Items
The Bronze Sticker Chest is available at the Bazaar during this event for 1200x . Current available stickers are:
Caution: If you already have all of the above pets maxxed you will receive 2x Dyes or 2x Primo Pet Treats.
After the event
Your Party Piñata will remain in place after the event ends (like previous build events).
You can "feed" your Party Piñata with 1x Board to obtain rewards (which will depend on the friendship level reached at the end of the event).
The waiting time before being able to feed again is also dependent on the friendship level reached at the end of the event :
|Waiting Time
|3 days
|2 1/2 days
|2 days
|1 1/2 days
|1 day
|12 hours
|10 hours
See also
Party Piñata, Piñata Palm, Piñata Popper, Bag O' Candy, Piñata Sundries, Red Rose Hedgerows, Red Rose Hedgerows Gate, Blossom Byway Pink, Blossom Byway Red, Blossom Byway White, Butterfly Balloon Animal, Crab Balloon Animal, Monkey Balloon Animal


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Hey, at least Gotham finally remembered that the Court of Owls is a thing and is way more interesting than pretty much anything else this trainwreck of a series has going for it. It also looks like Carmine Falcone (John Doman) is back to doing mob stuff-- yay? I just need the series to deal with Dr. Mario (James Carpinello) and his apparent Tetch-blood affliction (or something that looks a helluva lot like it) as soon as possible because I don't care anymore. WHY WON'T THEY LET THAT STORYLINE DIE?
Gotham: Penguin and Nygma isn't the progressive storyline fans hoped for (but that's ok)
Poor Mario has never been anything more than an inconvenient hurdle to the true love of Jim Gordon ( Ben McKenzie) and Lee Thompkins ( Morena Baccarin) that Gotham has long insisted on, as well as a way to make Falcone's return to the everyday running of the city feel a little more personal. Unfortunately for Mario, Falcone is delightful and didn't need a reason to return in my book. However, getting saddled with that bane of television storytelling-- the dreaded love triangle-- means my patience for Gotham's inability to do anything worthwhile with Mario is approaching non-existent. Could the series have picked three characters more uninteresting than Lee, Jim, and Mario to force through these motions? Clearly not, because the Butch (Drew Powell)/Tabitha (Jessica Lucas)/Barbara (Erin Richards) and even the dreadful Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor)/Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) romancing is varying degrees of good.
The problem here is that Gotham decided long ago that Jim and Lee are the most important people on this show and their great and tragic love must be end-game, but Jim and Lee just aren't that interesting or sympathetic compared to literally everyone else on this show right now.
Determined to avenge Isabella's death, the dumbed-down-for-the-sake-of-drama Ed Nygma spent much of "Time Bomb" terrorizing Butch and Tabby before Butch FINALLY broke down and admitted to shooting Isabella in the head...except we know and Ed knows that that's not what happened at all. Unfortunately, at that point, Tabby's good killin' hand already paid the price for this infuriating storyline, but yay for Batsh-t Barbara to the rescue. This is the sort of kooky and weirdly sweet love triangle I can get behind. Give us more of this and less of whatever Lee and Jim are doing.
Batsh-t Barbara has turned into one of the best examples of Gotham's ability to evolve and adapt as the situation calls for it-- kinda like the show's source material. Ain't comics grand like that? In the beginning, Barbara Keane was dull and kind of irritating and then Gotham went and turned her into a homicidal maniac with a stint at Arkham under her belt. She's great. I love her.
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Jim himself has the most potential for growth these days. I like to think his Mad Hatter acid trip was the beginning baby steps in the right direction. The fear here is that for every great evolution Gotham gives us — Bruce, Selina, Barbara — there's a Poison Ivy or a Fish Mooney or a Penguin. Instability has always been Gotham's weak point, but the stress fractures are really starting to show these days. The great storylines are really great, but the terrible ones are so terrible that their very existence detracts from all the good the show otherwise has. This isn't about Nygma (or Bruce, or Barbara) getting a better story than Jim. This is about Nygma etc. consistently getting a better story than Jim and Jim's stories being so craptacular that they make watching the show a chore.
Get it together, Gotham.
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HOUSTON (TNS) — It really doesn't matter who quarterbacks the Dolphins at this point.
Ryan Tannehill or Brock Osweiler?
Who cares?
They're not going to beat anybody with what suddenly looks to be the worse defense in football.
Matt Burke's bunch had another stinker Thursday.
And this time, it was on national television.
Deshaun Watson lit them up like a jack-o'-lantern. Lamar Miller ran all over them. And perhaps most tellingly, Adam Gase kicked onsides down eight points with entire fourth quarter to go.
Gase simply didn't trust his defense to get a stop.
Final score: Texans 42, Dolphins 23.
There were so many major defensive breakdowns, big ones like Miller's 58-yard carry almost got forgotten.
The Dolphins had no answer for Watson, either in the pocket or out
Watson had five touchdown passes — on his first 19 passing attempts — and each one exposed the Dolphins major deficiencies on defense.
They can't cover the tight end (Jordan Thomas had two scoring catches).
They can't sack the quarterback (Watson escaped a number of would-be tacklers on his second of two touchdown passes).
And they have inexcusable breakdowns on the back end that led to 73 and 49-yard touchdown passes.
What's up with Bobby McCain? Will Fuller ran right past him time and again.
And while Xavien Howard seemed to hold up OK against DeAndre Hopkins, 'Nuk' still had two scoring catches.
The Texans embarrassed the Dolphins in the second half, with touchdowns on four of their first five possessions.
The Dolphins' 3-0 start? A distant memory.
They reach the season's midway point at .500 for the third time in as many seasons under Gase's stewardship.
And here's why: The Dolphins have allowed 167 points over their last five games.
Even if Osweiler played like Dan Marino, it wouldn't much matter.
And on this night, he was no Marino.
Facing the team that shipped him to Cleveland one year after it gave him a $72 million contract, Osweiler got no revenge.
Instead, he basically proved Bill O'Brien right.
Osweiler completed 21 of 37 passes for 241 yards and an interception. Many of those stats were hollow.
The first half was, frankly, weird.
The Dolphins could have very easily been up 10-7.
And they just as easily been up 21-6.
The Dolphins' only first-half touchdown came after the Texans messed up on a made field goal by Matt Haack. The refs determined that defensive end Joel Heath slugged John Denney in the face-mask, assessing a 15-yard penalty that gave Miami new life. The Dolphins made it count when Kenyan Drake ran 12 yards for a touchdown.
Then it was the Texans' turn to catch a break. A missed defensive hold on Houston safety Mike Tyson resulted in a Osweiler interception. Two plays later, Watson connected with Thomas for a 13-yard touchdown pass.
But that all was just prelude to the strangest exchange of the half: Osweiler's fumble-for-a-touchdown that wasn't.
The Dolphins' two-minute drill appeared to end in catastrophe when Josh Keyes blasted Oweiler in the act of throwing. The ball somehow went straight backwards, and Natrell Jamerson scooped it up for an apparent touchdown. But upon review, the officials determined the pass was incomplete, and Houston had to settle for a 14-10 halftime lead.
The third quarter somehow even topped it.
Twenty-four points.
Two Watson touchdown passes.
One by Danny Amendola.
And a double-ricochet completion to DeVante Parker.
Watson's top play: a perfectly thrown, 73-yard bomb to Fuller, who ran past McCain and had nothing between him and the end zone. McCain motioned as though he was expected help from Reshad Jones, but none was there.
The Dolphins, meanwhile, scored on a double pass from Amendola to Kenyan Drake and on a Jason field goal after Parker pulled in a pass that started in the hands of Jakeem Grant, was knocked loose then took a wild carom forward.
It was the last thing that went Miami's way all night.


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Birdville's season ends with loss in regional final
Published 4/7/2007 11:13:06 PM by Tobias Lopez from Dallas, Texas
Birdville girls soccer coach Eddie Brown didn't blame the regional final loss on his players but rather "the soccer gods."
The Lady Hawks were one step from the state tournament but an unexpected goal-scoring drought saw North Richland Hills Birdville fall 2-0 to Wichita Falls Rider in the Class 4A Region I final.
"I think in the second half we had the effort, the energy," Brown said. "But when I saw that ball hit the crossbar I knew the soccer gods were against us tonight."
The senior-laden Lady Hawks (21-3-4) had opportunities cleared off the line, just high or a few feet wide, but never in the goal. Birdville trailed 1-0 at the half, but most of the final 30 minutes saw the Lady Hawks holding possession in the Rider half of the field. However, Birdville couldn't translate the advantage into shots on goal. The Lady Hawks pushed forward but didn't do so with enough composure.
"I think we kind of frustrated them when they weren't getting good looks," Rider coach Carl Wiersema said.
The lack of poise kept Birdville from finding key forward Sarah Wilkinson with much time of possession or opportunities.
Rider (20-4-2) sealed the match with 17:53 remaining when the Lady Raiders made the most of a Birdville miscue for the 2-0 lead. From that point on Rider was able to pack it in defensively in a wall that couldn't be broken.
Birdville faced 23 mph gusts from a stout headwind in the first half that made the 49-degree temperature feel more like 40. Rider held the better of possession early in the opening half, but the Lady Hawks had a flurry of three quality chances around the 18th minute.
A collision forced Rider starting goalkeeper Kathleen Stewart from the match after a mosh pit in the Rider penalty area. By the 20th minute Birdville had settled down and counteracted the wind by playing the ball along the ground through midfield.
However, Rider opened the scoring against the run of play in the 28th minute. A quick cross from the right flank fell to Madison Grassi from about 8 yards out. Birdville goalkeeper Jane Picarelli got a hand on Grassi's shot but couldn't keep it out.
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Mining Social Media for Community Health
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September 24, 2018, Health Management and Policy, MHI, Big Data, Chronic Disease, Health Informatics, Social Media
Tiffany Veinot sees great potential for technology to improve the health of populations everywhere. As director of the University of Michigan's Master of Health Informatics program, a partnership of the School of Public Health, the School of Information, and the School of Medicine's Department of Learning Health Sciences, Veinot leads a cross-campus educational initiative bringing technology to bear on human health outcomes.
One of the fastest-growing fields in the nation, health informatics uses innovative information technology to improve health and healthcare. Health informatics is a highly interdisciplinary field, and Michigan's program combines the School of Public Health's population health perspectives and world-class expertise in health policy and health behavior with the School of Information's expertise in human-centered design, social computing, and the development and evaluation of novel information resources, as well as the School of Medicine's emphasis on socio-technical infrastructures to build a learning health system.
The project has explored tweets concerning nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior at the census-tract level and correlated census tract–based measures with offline characteristics such as neighborhood disadvantage, fast-food store density, and mortality rates related to specific chronic conditions.
Veinot is especially interested in "social media's potential to characterize the impact of location—the places people live—on their health," she says. As part of the Social Sciences Annual Institute and Mcubed-funded project "A 'Big Data' Approach to Understanding Neighborhood Effects in Chronic Illness Disparities," Veinot and her team of collaborators, including Michigan Public Health's Philippa Clarke and Veronica Berrocal, use Twitter to glimpse the most granular levels of neighborhood resources and attitudes toward health in Southeast Michigan populations.
The project has explored tweets concerning nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior at the census-tract level and correlated census tract–based measures with offline characteristics such as neighborhood disadvantage, fast-food store density, and mortality rates related to specific chronic conditions.
As health systems across the US evolve their digital infrastructures, health informatics professionals will play an increasingly crucial role in the integration of information technology and health care. Veinot's team is now working to establish and validate their social media–based measures, a remarkably complex process considering how unstructured social media signals like natural language tweets are.
Veinot's ultimate goal is "an improved granularity and currency of neighborhood health information that upstream decision makers can deploy to help them make decisions that improve the health of marginalized communities." Though she acknowledges the field is in its infancy and has "a number of steps before we get there," Veinot is inspired by the promise of creating novel measures of health at a community level.


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Three years ago Greater Manchester Police ran what was probably the first Twitter Day. For 24 hours the Force used Twitter to share details of all the calls that it received. There were around 4,000 calls so it was a huge undertaking. It was done for a clear purpose which was to give people an insight into what officers deal with on a daily basis, particularly all the things that are not investigating crime and locking criminals up. But has the so-called 'tweetathon' had its day? Can it really have any impact anymore?
Shortly after #gmp24 happened there were a number of organisations and individuals who took the idea and tried to use it to demonstrate something or reach a bigger audience. They have since done it in local authorities, other emergency services, health and some businesses with varying degrees of success. However, with each new 'tweetathon' there seems to be reduced engagement and a smaller audience.
Of course there are always those people who will be supportive, the loyal fans who enjoy being given extra access and information. But I question whether it is reaching out to a new audience. Undertaking such a tactic may be an answer to question that hasn't been asked. In doing it there needs to be a clear strategy and plan about what is being done, why it is being done and what the aim of it is.
In 2010 the use of social networks was much less and I wrote around that time about when the use of social media would stop making headlines. I think we might be there now. Using Twitter or Facebook to run a campaign or initiative can't make headlines on its own, it has to be doing something more to get national media coverage. So the 'tweetathon' is now just a vehicle to share information and is no longer a story itself.
In a social media savvy world there is more to be gained by making it daily business rather than putting effort into a one-off gimmick or initiative. People using social networks value honesty and having trust in brands. These are things that we need to put effort into everyday that we use social media to support the organisation. These are the things that will serve us well in the longer term.
Twitter days are just a vehicle and in some circumstances can bring results. But they need to be done to meet a clear objective and be providing something new, interesting or different. If they don't then it may be a lot of wasted effort. The. 'Tweetathon' isn't dead but without care and attention it may be laid to rest.


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9 thoughts on "Monday Morning #Haiku 26 — Treehouse"
This si lovely, Sarah. It takes me right back through time, to my childhood. *sigh* 🙂
I don't think children build secret hideouts like that as much these days (not in the UK anyway), so it was lovely to stumble upon such a place. When I was a child (now I'm sounding old), I'd be off outside all day in the summer holidays, in the fields and woods, with no adult supervision. Now parents are frightened to let their children out of their sight because of all the ghastly stuff they see in the News.
How about children where you live, Sylvia? It looks so idyllic. I hope they are let off the leash to go exploring on all those beautiful beaches.
My sister and I were exactly the same as you. Our parents didn't see us, except for meal times, and sometimes we'd take a picnic with us for lunch. I'm afraid those days are long gone. It's no longer safe to let young children out of your sight, especially here where there is so much crime. 😦
I definitely would have made a "club(house)" out of that group of trees, back in the "olden" days when I was a child! There's been quite a bit of talk in the U.S. about the deficit of nature and overall outside-time for children (on NPR just last weekend, on the TED Talks Hour, I think, they mentioned a summer camp geared toward letting children be more independent and getting out in nature and using "dangerous" things like saws, fire, and so forth). I must admit, even here in a (very) small town, I'm sometimes a helicopter mom, at least for the youngest (who's not yet school age), whereas people of my generation and earlier, who weren't required to be child laborers (after that era, thankfully), were more involved with the environment, more active, and more playful overall. It's a sad commentary on society, really, and Western cultures really (with the U.S.' gun violence at the level it is and the sometimes really violent and/or child-related crimes). I could go on about this, but I'll spare you, Sarah. Thanks for the refreshing haiku and picture, regardless of all that.
Sorry, I was attempting to reply to your comment on my mobile and pressed send by mistake before I'd finished saying that too much overprotection ultimately puts children in greater peril.
I agree. I've gotta find that good balance of independence and explorativeness versus safety that works for the kids. I never had a brother, so my son is kind of more difficult, probably, for me to figure out, although I was the "tomboy" of the family.
After two attempts to post a proper reply to you from my mobile, Leigh, I'm finally at my PC, which is more suited to my large hands. The first reply disappeared, which meant the second one that got posted didn't make sense.
Anyway, thank you for your very thoughtful reply. A sad commentary on society it might be, but it needs saying and is worthy of many rants by people who want something done about a situation that stunts an essential part of children's development, leaving them demoralised, dumbed down, unimaginative, hooked on being entertained rather than making their own entertainment, frightened or angry at the world, paranoid, stressed, and lacking in basic survival skills should some cataclysmic event remove technology from them. There, I've had my rant. I think we're in accord about this.
Glad you found my haiku and picture refreshing.
I love those olden days!! We actually used our imaginations!! Great shot Sarah!
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To be completely honest I was a bit bored by the whole thing. The idea that the Cathies would donate to such a group was hardly news; I've heard of them doing things like that at least as far back as my high school years (so more than a decade). They also donate to other causes; back in 20080 they won some kind of award where it was announced they'd given away over $100 million, including to foster homes, camps that give inner-city kids a retreat, and scholarships for their employees. They also had a reputation, at least when I still lived in the South where Chick-Fil-A's were more common (this would have been as late as 2006) of working with smaller poultry-raisers with less ethical problems. I'm no fool; I know fast food always has its problems. But Chick-Fil-A always struck me as better than most, even taking the anti-LGBT thing into account.
To put it more generally: they always struck me as a business with a conscience. I didn't always agree with their values, but I liked the fact that they had them. McDonalds always seemed to be about making money, and I'll take a principled company (or in this case owner) whose principles I disagree with over one whose only principle is mammon, any day of the week. I'm also not a big fan of tempting people to hide their agendas. That's just how I am, and I don't expect everyone to agree. None of that excuses Chick-Fil-A's donations, btw. It always made me a bit uncomfortable; I just had always thought having a country that cared about morals and doing the right thing and genuinely felt like a place that respected its employees was worth supporting.
Not so much anymore. In the fall-out from all of that, Jim Henson pulled Muppets toys from Chick-Fil-A. That's every bit their right and privilege as Chick-fil-A's opposing gay marriage is their founders. He also donated the check from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD; again, their right. (Incidentally: This is how the marketplace of ideas (so much as there is such a thing) is supposed to work: different people advocating for their beliefs and using what resources they have at their disposal to support said beliefs and principles.) Here was Chick-Fil-A's response:
Having principles is good, but it only earns you sympathy in my book if you actually act on them. I don't know if there were problems with the timing of this pull stinks to high-heavens. And blaming your bad press on someone else is not cool (or particularly Christian, for that matter).
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By Eric Marcus, the author of Why Suicide? Questions & Answers About Suicide, Suicide Prevention, and Coping With the Suicide of Someone You Know. Please visit him at www.whysuicidebook.com. He blogs at www.whysuicideblog.com. And follow him on Twitter @whysuicide.
It's just a photograph, I tell myself, as I recover from the unexpected shock of seeing my long-dead father stare back at me from my computer screen. The misleading subject line of the email from Bob, my dad's once-young protégé, read: "Attached is your father's portrait."
My dad painted and, after my parents separated in 1968, my mom offloaded his two dozen or so paintings to a couple of his close friends (I managed to rescue a few, arguing that the ones my dad painted of my brother and me belonged to us and weren't hers to give away). So I thought that Bob, who had recently called to ask if I wanted one of the paintings Mom had given him—a portrait of a yogi—was sending a photo of the painting so I could decide if I wanted it. Instead, what he sent was a black and white portrait of my father that he shot not long before Dad overdosed and died in December 1970. My father was forty-four. I was twelve.
Most of how I remember my dad is from photographs when he was in his twenties and thirties, when he and Mom were newlyweds and then later the parents of young children. There are very few photos of my dad from later in his troubled life, and nothing like the intense—and intensely sad—image on my computer. If you didn't know that my dad suffered from depression and killed himself, you might think that he simply looked thoughtful and contemplative, which he was. But knowing what I know about his death—knowing what I can never forget as much as I would like to forget—I see sadness and heartbreak. His sadness. My heartbreak.
I've ticked off the passing years since my dad's death with something approaching ritual every December 16, although since I marked my own forty-fourth birthday, I no longer worry that I'll wind up killing myself too—which I've learned is something that children of a parent who takes his or her life often fear. And the pain of Dad's suicide has long since faded from crushing and persistent to a simple (simple!) occasional ache. It does indeed get better with time, a long time.
But that photograph makes me more than ache. I see myself in that face, a face that I can see in my own, and Dad looks as sad as I feel when I think of him and what I lost. He's a man I hardly knew, who died eight years shy of the age I am now, yet his absence still has the power to take my breath away and bring tears to my eyes when I look into his eyes.
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I'm 16 in 6 days and 2 days ago my dad hung himself I feel like my whole world has been tore apart and the worst thing is that me and my dad hadn't spoke for a year but we both knew how much we love each other it will always hurt that I never made up with my dad and told him just how much I love him and how much I need him that I feel if my dad couldn't handle life how am I meant to?


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Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
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The rest of the world had considered Dimitri dead. And to a certain extent, he was. But I hadn't been able to forget a conversation he and I had once had. We'd both agreed that we'd rather be dead—truly dead—than walk the world as Strigoi. It was time to honor our words.
Guardian Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same.
The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck, a mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters . . . Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life's vow to protect Lissa—her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or, dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She'll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved?
Now, with everything at stake—and worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her unguarded, vulnerable, and newly rebellious best friend—can Rose find the strength to destroy Dimitri? Or, will she sacrifice herself for a chance at eternal love?
- (I had to put everything else aside for this) I just finished reading it, and I want more!!!! Will post my review probably w/in the week.
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Planning For Your Family's Future
Thinking about our own mortality whilst never cheerful, does enable us to prioritise the things that matter most to us. When considering our finances this is more important than ever.
Indeed, it is true to say that most people do not want to think about what would happen if they were to die, but death just like taxes is one of the few certainties in life, and with a family or dependants to support it is important to take time to plan ahead.
When you consider that it literally could happen at any time to any one of us, this seems strange. People usually think little about what their dependants will inherit.
If you're reading this and you have children, I'm sure you're aware of the effect they have on any major decision. Having children changes everything – you commit to a life where you're no longer the most important thing. The love you feel for your children hopefully takes the edge off the difficulty of having to place their priorities over yours.
At work, the thought that you may need to fund your children's expensive university education, as well as ensuring that they have an enjoyable childhood, is probably what motivates you to work so hard.
There's another thing that should be on your agenda – making sure that you have a financial safety net in place in case you die. By this I mean some kind of buffer that means your loved ones have some kind of provision for their future, should you die unexpectedly.
Make sure you have a generous life insurance policy that will cover your mortgage and any other debts as well as the level of income your family would need in the event of your death.
Beyond this, the size of financial legacy you choose to leave behind depends on your current financial situation and the trajectory your earnings take in the future. Financially planning with your children's future inheritance in mind is essential.
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- What you think we should do to put things right.
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PayBreak accepts all forms of complaints, including complaints raised verbally over the telephone. When the business receives a verbal complaint, we will attempt to resolve the complaint as quickly as possible. If resolved by the third business day, we will issue you with a written summary resolution communication. If we are unable to satisfy your complaint verbally, it will be escalated to the Complaints Team as a written complaint to understand the reasons for this.
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Upon receiving a written complaint, the complaints team will establish the nature and scope of a complaint to firstly understand whether the business is solely or jointly responsible for the matter(s) alleged. If your complaint is relating to the goods and/or services of one of our Retail Partners, or if your complaint refers to the service provided by one of our third-party suppliers, then we will notify them promptly of their responsibility to deal with the complaint.
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If we've not been able to resolve your complaint satisfactorily or within 8 weeks, then you can contact the Financial Ombudsman Service, but you must do this within 6 months from the date of our final response.
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Canada province asks: 'Regulate those calling themselves 'financial planners?'
The Canadian province of Ontario has launched a consultation to determine whether it should increase the regulation of those who offer financial planning services – including whether those who call themselves "financial planners" should meet certain minimum standards of education and/or certification.
In a consultation paper which seeks "comments from a wide range of stakeholders including consumers, consumer advocates, credentialing bodies, individuals operating as financial planners and financial services industry associations" the Ontario Ministry of Finance says it is "seeking input on the regulation of financial planners in the province" over issues it says "represent a clear consumer protection concern".
For example, it notes, Ontario consumers seeking financial planning services "currently…confront an array of titles and credentials related to financial planning", as was revealed by a mystery shopping exercise carried out recently by investment industry regulators in Ontario, which "found 48 different titles used across various industry platforms", titles and credentials that it noted "may not accurately reflect an individual's qualifications or expertise".
"This, in turn, makes the process of obtaining qualified financial planning services unreasonably complex, as consumers are forced to decipher and evaluate the multitude of titles and credentials in the marketplace."
Currently, Canada lacks a country-wide legal framework setting a minimum educational or qualification standard for those who offer financial planning, advice and services to Canadian citizens and residents. This means that for now, in every province (excluding Quebec, which does have such regulations in place) anyone who wants to is able to call themselves a financial planner.
The consultation comes after the Ontario government appointed a committee in 2015 to review the issue, and subsequently reviewed its recommendations.
Among the committee's findings, according to an overview of the consultation posted earlier this month on the Ontario Ministry of Finance's website, is that "there are no uniform standards for the use of titles in [Ontario's] financial services sector", with the exception of the mortgage-brokering sector.
This, the expert committee noted in the report, has created "a lack of consistency" in the market, "which allows individuals to use the title 'financial planner' without necessarily having the expertise to provide financial planning services".
"Titles and credentials are intended to give an impression of expertise and instill consumer trust. When these titles or credentials are not backed up by real expertise, this trust may be misplaced."
The three main proposals the Ontario Ministry of Finance consultation is considering adopting are a restriction on the use of the title 'financial planner' to "those individuals holding a recognised financial planning credential"; a ban on the use of titles similar to 'financial planner'; and the creation of a central database of financial planners.
To read more and comment on the proposals on the Ontario Ministry of Finance's website, click here.
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All one can hear in today's news is Israel pounding Lebanon with bombs, fire in Bahrain. What wouldn't the online news and cable news channel give to get real image videos of such occurrences? Yes there are hundreds of real time videos being uploaded by sites such as Youtube, Grouper, and Guba. One such channel, which has preceded the other TV channels in making use of such user-friendly site, is CNN news. In what is called as Citizen journalism, which is being practiced through various blog sites and real time, video uploads are providing the news channels stiff competition, it is only by sensible tie ups that news channels can provide the news that people require. CNN exchange is coming up with news that would provide such news and video clips uploaded by the users friendly sites like that of Youtube. So gear up for watching some of the most real occurrences in CNN exchange. And stay tune to this web log for more such tips.
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Welcome to the new era of crime, where the robbers or thieves do not require machine guns or knives to get their way through the bank vault. What they require is a possession of a pin code-encoding machine called the MSR206. According to the website, Wired.com, John Dillinger the nickname of the modern day thief has achieved popularity through his new techniques of robbery. He had obtained the 450 or odd pin numbers from an online mate and had proceeded to rob the bank (like Citibank, Bank of America etc). John Dillinger was arrested by accident and is confined to jail on account of hacking, possession of illegal identities or licences but not on count of cashing from the ATM, though he seems to have confessed to many of his crimes. By the way he is not alone in this world of sophisticated robbery, there are many such John Dillinger who are out in the open and pose a threat to the society as a whole. Crime Branch what steps have you taken?
According to an article in news.com, Microsoft is all geared up to welcome the new Internet browser version 7.0. It will be available through the 'Automatic Update' kit of Windows. Till now only 'security features' were available through Automatic update. But officials at Microsoft feel that with the enhanced security features Internet Explorer, is a must to be installed browser for all. There was criticism hurled at Internet Explorer 6 (see my earlier articles), as it was vulnerable to many security flaws. This is one of the major updates available in Microsoft after a span of nearly five years. IE 7 will be available to all the windows users, yet the users would have the choice of installing the browser. There is also an automatic block available in case the user does not wish to update. But officials at Microsoft strongly suggest that Microsoft's IE 7 is one of the strongest as far as the security side is concerned along with many other positive features and so it is imperative that the browser be installed as soon as it available. So guys watch out for that update notification from Windows.
I had previously written on the online advertisement strategy by Google 'Adword'. Well guys rumours were that few companies were unhappy about the entire set up, as Google even charged for the 'invalid clicks'. One such company that went ahead and sued Google was Lane's Gift. Well to bail itself out of such a situation, Google has come up with a method by which these fraudulent clicks are identified from the total number of clicks. The website news.com also goes onto say that Google does not charge for these fraudulent clicks as well as some inadvertent double clicks. This method helps advertisers to filter out the unwanted and invalid clicks and also helps them to pay only for the valid clicks from their advertisements. This method goes back to the beginning of the year till date when such fraudulent clicks can be identified. This comes in the wake of a new court ruling, wherein Yahoo was asked to choke up$5 million to Checkmate strategic group. Well I guess Google has a lot of forethought and is all too careful about legal litigations.
No sooner had the news about the Israel, raids into Lebanon had seeped in that shares of defensive products was on the rise, e.g., health care products. According to Reuters, as far as technology side was concerned the U.S economy took a beating when giants like that of Dell Computers had taken a drop of about 10% and that of Hewlett Packard by about 5%. The drop in Dell computers came about when they had announced a not so bright profit and lower earning. This came as a big blow and had pulled down the stocks on the whole. Thus raising the concern of the technology company as a whole.
In general the stocks had decreased on the whole, example is the Dow Jones Industrial average, which reduced by 0.55%. The Standard and Poor Index had come down to .71%. Thus the economy on the whole is not showing a very rosy picture. One has to wait and see the outcome of the Lebanon crisis and of course the overall earnings of the technology sector.
For those of you, who are thinking that Skype is great but immobile, here is a piece of good news. Skype has announced its new Wi-Fi phones. Skype has partnered with Netgear to sell the Wi-Fi phones at the Electronics Consumer Trade Show in Las Vegas. These new phones come pre loaded with Skype software. The special feature of the phone is that it does not need PC connection. Any calls made through these special phones get automatically credited to Skype user account, and can be assessed anywhere around the world with the use of Wi-Fi networks. These types of phones have gained more popularity because of increasing public placed and even houses being Wi-Fi networked. According to a recent report the Wi-Fi market has more than increased to 116 percent from the year 2004. Steps are being undertaken to make these phones user friendly and cost effective, by bringing the price as low as $100 or Euros. Welcome to the world of Wi-Fi
No prizes for guessing it right! Yes I am talking about the Mittal-Arcelor story. I know guys you must be thinking that you have seen and heard a lot about the story. Here is what is different; I would be just giving you the summary of the 'entire take over' saga, yet you would have the advantage of many sources. Let me start with the background, I need not emphasis on Lakshmi Mittal's background, I know all of you would have done your homework of our 'Marwari' who made it big. But the turning point in L. Mittal's life was that he chose to oversee the international aspect of his family business. Guess he started big. Arcelor was and still is one of the biggest steel producers.
As soon as Mittal's bid for Arcelor began, it was met with resentment and cold shoulders. The major resentment from Arcelor was that an 'outsider' had entered the European Union. But our Mr. Mittal did not care about these and went ahead with the bidding; he even raised his offer to a whooping $32,billion dollars. But in-between the deal Arcelor had declared its partnership with SeverStal. The deal had become even more complicated as Mordashov of SeverStal and Joseph Kinsch, Chairman of Arcelor seem to share a good rapport. But there was a small hitch in the deal; the smaller shareholders of Arcelor seem to take a beating from this deal. Arcelor saw this weak link and immediately began to rally for the support of the smaller shareholders; soon the minority shareholders acceded to Mittal's calling and began to ask for a right to vote in the SeverStal and Arcelor deal. Well you know the rest, the deal failed. This helped Mittal to revive his bid again, well now he had strong supporters in the form of Krecke, Minister (economy and foreign trade) of Luxembourg, Romain Zaleski (who owns about 7.8% in Arcelor shares) and of course the minority shareholders. Well if all goes well then "more than fifty percent of the shareholders will have to give in their shares to Mittal Steel" ('A White Empire'-Outlook Magazine 10 July 2006).
So what does 'our man' gain from all of this. 10% of the world's share of steel (By the way he is not too happy about that, he wants to consolidate more and stabilise his stand!). Mittal will take over as Chairman of Arcelor-Mittal, one's Kinsch steps down as the Chairman, and a new president would be named by Kinsch. Of the eighteen non-executive members, six would be from Mittal Steel, Three members from the Arcelor board and of course the three employee representative. The Mittal family would own about 45% of the Arcelor-Mittal. The big news is that the estimated revenue from the partnership would be $72 billion dollar per year and production of about 120 million tonnes of steel.
About the future, well if sources are to be believed, Mittal would not be stopped at just owning 10% of the total steel production, looks like he wants to own the major chunk in the world and is directing his attention towards China and India, the largest steel consumers. Also as Mittal's country cousins (well at least on the broad perspective of belonging to the same country!) it is time we showed that we could be good businessmen and women too. As the heading goes an Indian has arrived in the global front (of course along with others) and has paved the way for more of us. Mittal's success goes to show that not only the IT sector but we Indians possess skills in other sectors too and do not lack in talent and integrity and of course work ethics which would assure us a major global platform. Also Mr. Mittal's success story goes to show that we possess all the talent and skill to make it big, all we need is a gentle push in the form of encouragement from our Government and we could show the world that 'sky is not the limit'. Good Luck Mr. Mittal and good luck to all of you who believe in hard work and are raring to go global!
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Hackers might detest this guy, Anti virus makers might love him. Whatever it is, he takes his job seriously. HD Moore, a researcher in Internet security and creator of Metasploit Framework has dubbed this month of July as the month of Browser bugs. Moore has already disclosed that there are about three flaws in the Microsoft, Internet Explorer. And one each in Mozilla's Firefox and Apple Computer's Safari. Looks like Microsoft are not taking Moore's prediction seriously, as it had not acted on any of the warnings given by Moore. They have not taken any safety precautions to guard their IE, not in their present versions.
Some of the vulnerable sites are shown in his blog. Guess people should start taking these expert predictions into consideration and launch their own security measures to plug the holes. Let us see if this month Moore is able to come across any more loopholes.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel has decided to invest $600 million in Clearwire, a company into WiMAX services. It is part of the total $900 million investment that Intel is planning to invest. Motorola inc has also invested in Clearwire for about $300 million. It also plans to buy the company' hardware business. Clearwire has withdrawn its initial stock option plans, which would have secured $400 million for Clearwire. That reason for withdrawal is clearly not known. But now with the inflow of money Clearwire might be in a better situation. Clearwire offers wireless technology called WiMAX at a higher frequency level and is expected to cover around one to ten miles as compared to ten feet of Wi-Fi. Wi MAX can be used for both stationery accesses as well as for mobile purposes. Clearwire offers WiMAX to about twenty-six metropolitan economies like the United States, Ireland, Belgium etc. WiMAX, which would be further improved upon to suite the modern needs, is looked as the future of broadband access. With greater advantage than Wi-Fi, WiMAX is set to pave the road for the future.
Intel has another motive for investing in the WiMAX product, this investment would accelerate the increase in demand for laptops and other portables, thereby increase the demand for microprocessors and of course Intel's chips. Intel is trying to wrap up its earlier diversification strategy it adopted by diversifying its business other than chips. But with more companies like AMD offering stiff competition to Intel, it has decided to stabilise its Chip's market and even increase the market for the same.


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Remebering Your Loved Ones
If you've ever lost a loved one as my husband has, then you know that the stress and sorrow that come along with it are simply unbearable. At a time like that, what you don't need is financial stress on top of it all compounding your feelings of despair. Fourteen years ago, he lost his father. He can't even begin to tell you how that hit him like a thick brick wall. To make matters worse for his whole family, they really had no plan on how they would deal with it, and they had little to no money with which to handle the expenses. They ended up just settling for the minimum cost service and burial. It would have been nice if they could have been able to afford a nice bronze grave marker with a nice epitaph. Well, now there is a place you can go to get such things at an affordable price. If you go to Bronze Markers And Plaques, you will see a wide selection of bronze grave markers and bronze plaques that can be used as a grave marker, on a trophy, put on some kind of memorial rock or memorial tree, and much more. What ever the memory (whether happy or sad), Bronze Markers And Plaques has what you need at affordable prices. Their bronze foundry is one of only a few left in this continent, and if you buy directly from them, you leave out the middleman cost that the funeral home (or whoever ), will charge you. If you check out their website, you will see that bronze memorial plaques and bronze grave markers are well within your budget. The reality is, you never know when it is going to be time to take these kinds of actions. Life is unpredictable, and you should be prepared. God bless.
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3 comments:
- The Frugal Angel-Guided Psychic said...
Very interesting! I never thought of it :)
Blessings to you and yours this week and the next!
- April 8, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- Andrea-Memories As A Mom said...
It's so sad to think about. By the way, there is an award for you on my blog. . .but of course you already have it, everyone knows you are the definition! :)
- April 9, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the blog on www.BronzeMarkersAndPlaques.com. Our non-profit group needs a large commemorative bronze plaque and (ugh!) my wife needs to start shopping for a bronze grave marker for her aunt since nobody else in the family is showing interest in helping look for something that's affordable.
- April 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM
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