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Snowshoeing LAQLOUQ with DALE CORAZON
- Sunday Jan 06 2019 from 07:30 am until 05:00 pm
- Laqlouq, Lebanon [See map]
- Sports & Outdoor, Family & Kids
Snowshoeing at LAQLOUQ with DALE CORAZON-LEBANON EXPLORERS
SNOWSHOEING LOCATION : Laqlouq West/ Byblos/ In the North
1750 to 2000 meters above sea level.
69 km from Beirut.
WHEN : Sunday, January 06, 2019
ENCOUNTER PLACE : Mar Maroun Church Parking, Dora @ 7:30 AM
Driving directions to Mar Maroun https://dalecorazon.com/contact/
FEES : 50,000 LL per person including transport, guides, insurance, 5 minutes warming up, stretching, pictures & snowshoes. Special price 45,000 LL for young under 18 years old. Cancellation requests must be received at least 24 hours prior to the event start date. Cancellations received with less than 24 hours' notice will forfeit the amount of 15,000 L.L. as provision for liquidated damages.
Make your group of 4 persons (& more) and get a 20% discount/person. (40,000 LL per person)
WHAT TO TAKE : Take some light snacks that will boost up your energy such as dried fruits. Pack your backpacks with lunch, water, sunglasses, sunscreen, woolen hat and gloves. Don't forget anything waterproof to prevent your clothes from getting wet. Wear waterproofing walking shoes (Professional brand is recommended). DC members get a 20% discount on sports equipment from Sports 4 Ever branches.
There will be a breakfast stop along the way.
FOR RESERVATION AND INFO: Please Call 00961-70-986118 / 00961-70-997062 and by sending SMS, mentioned your name, surname and the event you wish to join us on.
and the reservation preferable until 2 days before the event.
Gleaming! This is the meaning of the name Laqlouq, the gleam of the year-round snows!
Laqlouq is a winter resort, encircled by jagged ridges and terraces bearing thousands of trees. In addition to alpine skiing, Laqlouq is also one of the best resorts suited for cross-country skiing. Mostly visited by families, Laqlouq had its first ski lift installed in 1958, followed by major enhancements to the slopes and the creation of a (very) qualified ski school.
Walk on the white peaks of our beautiful country and enjoy the fresh air and the great landscape.
As usual, there will be two levels of difficulty.
Level 3: About 6 KM (3 hours) An easy walk, with very light ascents and descents. It is ideal for picture taking. It will be a great snowshoeing session and a lovely day with the group.
Level 5: About 10 KM (3.5 hours) It is a moderate walk with long ascents, but not steep ones. This level is strictly for advanced walkers; long delay is not an option.
Photos shall be taken on the move or when we stop for a break.
You will be able to see rare views particular to this altitude terrain. The scenery is great! Changes from this stage, you will pass through white peaks, giving the impression of being in the sky. The trail will take you to a beautiful lake, it's quiet and you will have lunch in this beautiful area.
Laqlouq is a destination for vacationers all year long thanks to its beautiful scenery, dramatic views and pedestrian village.
The hidden treasures and beauty of Lebanon are yet to be unveiled.
Note: All Ecotourism Rules should be followed included Safety Regulations. Otherwise all accidents will not be recognized by the insurance. And occasionally, due to reasons beyond our control, slight modifications to the event may occur.


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1. Head Court-side at Wimbledon
WHAT IS IT? Providing you're willing to stand in the queue for a couple of hours (okay maybe more), it'll be well worth the tickets to see some of the best action the tennis world has to offer! From sipping on champagne, to indulging in strawberries and cream you'll be sorry if you don't make it. If you don't fancy hitting the queue you can also pay for grounds admission and watch from Murray Mound (if you're scottish).. or Henman Hill (if you're not).
WHERE: The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, SW19 5AE
NEAREST TUBE: Wimbledon Park
2. Soak Up the Summer Series at Somerset House
WHAT IS IT? A world-class line-up of music artists in the stunning surroundings of one of London's most iconic landmarks. Come rain or shine this is always a great event to chill with friends, enjoy some good music in a great location. There's still tickets left so go go go!
WHERE: Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
NEAREST TUBE: Temple
3. Take in a Tipple at Juniper Manor
WHAT IS IT? If you've not got your tickets already for the full experience I'm afraid the time is up for that, but fear not! You can still head to the bar at Juniper Manor and enjoy the Gin Experience from there. Whilst you might not get to have the full-fledged 4 course meal, the Gingerline are bound to impress with their extravagant bar setting and it'll be well worth a visit.
WHERE: Secret Location
NEAREST TUBE: Somewhere on the Gingerline (London Overground) Check website for full details!
4. Get Dayzed over Brunch
WHAT IS IT? Two of the hottest restaurants in London have teamed up, Duck and Waffle and SUSHISAMBA, to bring the best brunch party in town on Saturday 29th July. An all day party, with views across the city, impeccable food, unbelievable DJs and unreal cocktails! It's a winner. Who wouldn't want to indulge in brunch and spend the rest of the day partying in the sky?
WHERE: Heron Tower 110 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AY
NEAREST TUBE: Liverpool Street
5. Take a Zip Across the City
WHAT IS IT? Catch never-before seen views of the London's iconic skyline including Big Ben! Zip World's newest ride will be opening over the Southbank on 6th July. It's 100ft tall, 700ft long, takes just over 30 seconds, and it's definitely not for the faint-hearted.
WHERE: Archbishop's Park, Southbank, Lambeth Palace Road. SE1 7JY
NEAREST TUBE: Lambeth North or Waterloo
6. Dip into the New Nobu
WHAT IS IT? he angular exterior to the landscaped terraced garden to the luxurious 143 bedrooms, featuring walk-in rain showers and gold sinks, Nobu's east-meets-west design is at the heart of the hotel. Nobu have opened hotels across the globe, but this is their first European one, right in the heart of Shoreditch. And, of course, that means Shoreditch is getting a Nobu restaurant too.
WHERE: 10-50 Willow St, London EC2A 4BH
NEAREST TUBE: Old Street
7. Get Sweaty with Lululemon
WHAT IS IT? Release everything and step into a powerful day of mind altering, body-stoking sweat, endorphins, knowledge and connection. Mindfully designed by lululemon London, featuring a lively crew of local sweatxperts in yoga, boxing, pilates, spin, barre, bootcamp, dance, rowing and crossfit, we'll be fired up to see you sweating your whatever off.
WHERE: Tobacco Dock, Tobacco Quay, Wapping Lane, E1W 2SF
NEAREST TUBE: Wapping or Shadwell
8. Double Dip your Magnum
WHAT IS IT? If you haven't managed to get to the Magnum pop-ups for the last couple of years – have you been living under a rock? But seriously.. if you've not made it already, this is the year to go, because they're DOING THE DOUBLE! Yes, you can make your own custom magnum, with a cheeky double dip! Custom toppings, two layers of chocolate, a real indulgent treat, what are you waiting for? They've also gone all designer on us, and teamed up with Moschino for some extra chic.
WHERE: 21-23 Earlham St, WC2H 9LL
NEAREST TUBE: Covent Garden
9. Parade Your Pride
WHAT IS IT? The Pride rainbow is back spreading its love and open arms across the city for July. With the main parade taking place 8th July at Trafalgar Square it doesn't stop there. Restaurants throughout the city will be serving up Pride specials, there will be talks throughout the city and Pride-focussed events happening all over the shop. Get involved and spread some joy!
WHERE: Throughout London
NEAREST TUBE: Check website
10. Slip & Slide at Ally Pally
WHAT IS IT? Other than the longest waterslide in London (as if that's not enough of a reason in itself to head there), it's an eclectic summer festival with variety of events. From outdoor cinemas, Florence & the Machine and the Libertines performing to the Red Bull Soapbox race, there's something for everyone! It's an epic venue, and perfect for a day to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.
WHERE: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY
NEAREST TUBE: Wood Green
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Clouds to keep temps below normal throughout work week
Posted September 23, 2014 12:41 p.m. EDT
Raleigh, N.C. — Clouds and scattered showers will linger across central and eastern North Carolina through late Wednesday, helping keep temperatures well below normal for late September.
Highs Tuesday will struggle to reach the 70-degree mark, and afternoon highs on Wednesday could stay in the upper 60s, according to WRAL meteorologist Nate Johnson. North-northeasterly winds will make those temperatures feel even cooler.
"We're about 20 degrees cooler than normal in some spots," Johnson said at noon. "It's a noticeable change from what we saw over the weekend and even on Monday. A passing shower is possible this afternoon, but it won't be a washout."
The average high temperature at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Sept. 23 is 80 degrees, while the low is 59 degrees. The Triangle may not see the 80-degree mark again until Sunday, although overnight lows will hover near normal for the remainder of the work week.
Wednesday's weather will continue to be cloudy, and showers could begin to form during the afternoon.
"We could see rain during the morning, but our rain chances will go up through the day," Johnson said. "By the evening commute, our rain chances could be up near 50 percent."
After two dreary days, more sunshine will return in earnest later in the week, helping push daytime highs back into the mid-70s by Thursday and Friday.


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A pensioner is fighting for their life in hospital after being the victim of a hit and run in South Norwood.
Police were called to a crash yesterday (November 12) around 6pm to the junction of Park Road and Whitehorse Lane, next to Selhurt Park stadium.
Officers found a 77-year-old man who had been hit by a car while the driver had not stopped at the scene.
The pensioner was taken to a central London hospital where his condition has been described as "critical".
There have been no arrests at this time. Enquiries are underway to trace the driver and the vehicle involved.
Anyone who either witnessed or has information relating to this incident are asked to contact the Met's serious collision investigation unit at Catford on 0208 285 1574 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Hackers are stepping up their game continually and causing damage to unprotected links and equipment. A VPN should therefore be an significant component of your cyber security arsenal, and smartphones are no exception to being an IT tool like any other.
Failure to protect it, and they may steal any precious information you store on your computer. But not enough smartphone consumers understand that it also has other advantages and go beyond cybersecurity meat and potatoes:
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Get more video streaming bandwidth
One of the advantages of using a VPN is being able to simultaneously use more than one link. Do you not hate it when buffering interrupts your favourite streaming service or when you disconnect during a major conference call? Whether it's business or leisure, getting more bandwidth sure does come in handy, and it's a bi-product of using a VPN.
Remove regional constraints
Some nations like to impose boundaries on what kind of material you can access while you're on their land. Slot machines and online gambling are a common pastime activity for many individuals, but when traveling to another nation, sadly, too many are on the receiving end of internet censorship. A VPN is a excellent way to safeguard your freedoms and work around constraints and censorship imposed by the government.
Keep secure
If you go out to visit your favorite coffee shop, it feels like the best thing on earth to get that free Wi-Fi, isn't it? Well, if you're not cautious, it might just be the thing that allows the bad people to go through your private information for a free ride. This is because these government Wi-Fi networks are not deemed secure and because anyone can connect to them, others may listen to your discussions or attempt to intercept any sensitive information you send through them (such as login credentials, files, or private emails).
Since a VPN routes your link through an encrypted tunnel, it becomes infinitely more difficult, if not impossible, to snoop on whatever bits and pieces of information you exchange through the internet.
Improve your knowledge with gaming
If you enjoy playing a competitive multiplayer game from time to time, you are well acquainted with how your gaming experience can be completely tarnished by latency. To put it slightly, it is unnerving to see your moves being performed and having an effect on the setting much later than they should be. Enhancing your latency is one of the hidden advantages of using a VPN. Stick to selecting a place that is nearest to the gaming servers you are attempting to link to to in order to get the highest findings possible.


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Supervolcano eruptions are a terrifying destructive force – which can blanket huge areas in ash and change the climate for decades.Trump holds China 'fully responsible' for hiding coronavirus and 'unleashing it' on world
The Yellowstone supervolcano under America could expel up to 250 square miles of volcanic rock and ash at once, possibly plunging Earth into a 'volcanic winter'.
NASA has said that supervolcano eruptions are a bigger threat to life than any asteroid – and new research hints that the eruptions happen faster than we thought.
Yellowstone's last super-eruption happened 631,000 years ago, but until now scientists believed that the 'build up' to such eruptions took thousands of years.
But researchers from Arizona State University, analysing rocks in Yellowstone, say that the process might take just decades.
Graduate student Hannah Shamloo says, 'It's shocking how little time is required to take a volcanic system from being quiet and sitting there to the edge of an eruption.'
The odds of any supervolcano erupting in the near future remain small, the researchers say – but the forces that drive these rare events may move faster than anyone thought.


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Unless this is a case of me not doing my damn job, the geniuses who brought you Chop and Steele and Chef Keith really are being sued by Gray Television, essentially because they were made to look bad when one of their television stations didn't do *its* damn job. Help them out if you can. Nothing they did here is against the law, and we really do deserve better from our media. Yes, even the shitty ass morning show part of it.
Hi, we're Joe and Nick from the Found Footage Festival and we need your help. Last November and again in January, we appeared on local morning news shows as a strongman duo called Chop & Steele . We lifted cinder blocks, chopped sticks in half with our bare hands, and crushed baskets with our feet. And in March, we posted short snippets from some of these segments online, hoping to entertain and make a point about how easy it is to get on certain news programs who aren't doing basic fact checking. Then on April 13th, we found out in the New York Post that the parent company of one of the news stations, Gray Television, had filed a lawsuit against us in federal court, claiming copyright infringement, fraud, and conspiracy.
These claims are totally baseless and we've secured a great lawyer, Anderson Duff (that's his real name!), who's working well below his rate to take on these corporate bullies who are trying to suppress our criticism of the news. But even at discount rates, our legal bills are piling up and are expected to reach $100,000 by the end of the trial. We are confident we will win this important First Amendment case but we are suddenly faced with a very real possibility that we'll bankrupt ourselves in the process. In order to continue doing what we do and secure the future of the Found Footage Festival, we need to raise $80,000.
If you've enjoyed our live show or our news pranks or even How to Have Cybersex on the Internet , please chip in what you can. If we meet our goal, we promise to continue serving up the most unintentionally funny videos ever committed to VHS and calling out lazy news stations whenever possible. Maybe in the form of incompetent cat trainers, we'll see.


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So, I bit the bullet! After lots of angst, research, and beating myself up for not "needing" a new machine, I decided to get the Bernina 830 LE. Ever since I looked at her last Saturday and allowed myself to even think about getting her, it's become an obsession. I scoured the message boards of all my favorite groups, searched all the blogs, contacted the folks who I knew owned one for feedback and looked for all the good, bad, and the ugly. It seemed that the first machines that came out in 2008 had some tension issues, but all the folks I spoke with had either had their issues resolved by the company or had their machines replaced. Since 2010, it didn't appear anyone was having issues.
It seemed that everyone that owned one, loved it and didn't regret the purchase. Now, I can do guilt like nobody's business (thank my parents for sending me to a Catholic school growing up), so when I read all the messages about folks that thought it was insane to spend that kind of money on a sewing machine, I of course, started to feel guilty for even considering it. Then I thought long and hard about it on Thursday. Thursdays are normally my late day/night at the clinic. I go in at 1:00 and see clients until 9 p.m. This allows some after work options for those who can't come in with their itchy pets during normal hours. I started off my day by going to an equine hospital and doing a skin test on a horse at 10 a.m. and found myself ending my day and driving home at 10:30 p.m. I thought, you know, this is crazy…you work your tail off…if you can afford to buy this (48 month interest free financing which is how I bought my 440 QE!) and it makes you happy, then the heck with what everyone else thinks! You're almost 44 years old, why the HECK do you give a rat's "bleep" what anyone thinks? You don't have children, you have a husband with an equally expensive hobby…does this make you happy? YES! Then consider it therapy! So, Friday morning, I walked into my dealer and placed my order. After hyperventilating for a bit (thank you Katie @ Katie's Quilting Corner for calming me down and telling me it was ok, lol) I went home and started preparing for her arrival. I actually got a call Friday night telling me she MIGHT be ready by the time sewing circle and software sampler were over on Saturday afternoon!
So, yesterday I brought her home! Emmie doesn't know what to think…she's bigger than Bernie (the 440 QE) and "purrs" differently. She spent most of the evening stalking her. She would hop up on the table, crouch down, and slink around her on all sides. She even hissed at her once, lol. I was trying to think of names for her (because the "big hussy" seemed oh, so inappropriate for such a pretty girl) and luckily, Katie came to my rescue again with "Scarlett". Given her red face plate, I think that name is PERFECT! Thank you Katie….now you just need to come schedule a visit to Indiana to play 🙂 The IQF is in Cincinnati in April…wanna come? 🙂
So, Emmie and I stayed up until midnight playing with Scarlett and finished Block 2 of Swoon. Thanks to Pam @ Hip to be a Square for her pressing tips! (go here). Block 2 turned out much better than block 1 with only one seam ripping event I'm happy to say. I can tell piecing on a 9 mm feed dog is a lot different from piecing on my 5 mm Bernie. I bought the single stitch throat plate, but I need a lot of practice! Looks rainy here today so it would be the perfect day for some sewing IF I didn't have to finish taxes, do laundry, go to the grocery store, get horse feed, clean stalls….sigh. Oh well, I played all day yesterday, so today I shall do my chores 🙂 I have my first class with Scarlett from 10-3 next Friday…I can't wait. Oh, and with my purchase came an all expenses paid trip for a 2 day seminar on the 830 LE with the Bernina Educators in Chicago in August or December! I'm a lucky girl 🙂


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5 Ways to Use your ISIC Without Leaving the U.S.
You may think that an International Student Identity Card "ISIC" is just something you get when you are going to study abroad. Of course it's a globally recognized ID, plus you can find discounts all around the world- all true- but did you know- even if you aren't going abroad and you're in your college town or home town in good ol' USA you can find ways to use your ISIC without needing to use your passport!
Exams, colder weather and TV commercials filled with holiday ads ALREADY! You're probably thinking about your winter break from classes and what you are going to do for those few weeks to avoid your parents... We have some ways to score some family points while staying busy AND saving money.
Here are some tips:
- Book your flight or bus home for the holidays with STA Travel or Flix Bus
- Buy some gifts for your family online with your discounts…something for the little bro from Flex Watches, some yoga for Mom from YogaVibes, something for your bestie from Lulus or X Suit and a coffee subscription for Dad from Driftaway Coffee, or gear for the outdoorsy Dad from Outdoor Tech.
- Visit a place you wouldn't normally go in your city over winter break- check out the 9/11 museum in NYC or the Skyscraper museum. In Boston check out the Paul Revere House. From DC? go to the Newseum or take an Old Town Trolley Tour.
- Sick of buying gifts for everyone else? Treat yourself with an upgrade to a new Macbook with 10% off Apple
- Plan out your spring semester abroad and where you want to visit. We have tons of discounts in London (like the London Party Pub Crawl!), Sydney and MANY more!
Hungry for more? Just grab yourself a pizza and keep it simple: 30% off Papa Johns
Don't have an ISIC yet? Grab yours here for only $20 for the year
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GET TO KNOW- Ep. 15 – Surah Al-Munafiqun – Nouman Ali Khan
by Bayyinah Podcast / Tuesday, 21 February 2017 / Published in Get To Know, Nouman Ali Khan
Sponsored by Zakat Foundation of America
Get to know the surah that gives a comprehensive overview about what hypocrisy is all about. No one feels safe from hypocrisy except a hypocrite and no one feels scared of it except a believer.
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The Friends & Members of 750 Words
750 Words exists because of mutual good will between the people that run this site (Buster & Kellianne) and the people who use it (you). The site wouldn't exist without the generosity, patience, and humor of everyone involved. For the first 3+ years that the site was running (Dec 2009 to May 2013), the site was free to use but with some encouragement to donate. That served us well (and most importantly, generated enough income to keep the site up), but as the site grew the need for support also grew.
On June 12th 2013, all existing users of the site were given lifetime free accounts (we hope you'll continue to donate when you can). New accounts created after June 12th, 2013 are now required to become members within 30 days after signing up in order to keep writing. Everyone will always have access to previous writings, stats, etc, even if they choose not to become members.
We're listening to your feedback and want to make sure that first and foremost, we offer a friendly and safe place for people to dump their private thoughts. I expect that we'll continue to adjust the way this all works for the near term. Thanks for being an awesome community!
Who runs this site?
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I think I was too hard on my partner today new guy, he did some muay thai about 2 years ago, he was pretty good technically, he likes push kicks, but just been out of shape, and I just low kicked him time after time... plus a couple of high kicks, one even on the back of his head. I mean not hard kicks or anything - we were wearing pads and doing light sparring - but still... Now I'm pretty sorry, I hope he won't quit.
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I had a dream;
I was all alone; in a box, a pitch black box. I wasn't sure if I had put myself in there, or if they had put me in there; but I was there nonetheless. Cold, dark, lonely; i wanted to cry out, not that I couldn't, but I didn't. The darkness was my home, the cold my shelter. This was my space, my place. I figured I'd just stop fighting; its okay to lose…
Yet at that moment the box began to move, it began to drop; it was an elevator… Maybe it wasn't; but I was descending; descending at a steady pace. Flickers of light making their way through; darkness was dissipating. I as sank further, I made out figures of people, couples holding hands, giggling… They looked at me, and smiled. They were beaming; i wasn't sure why. Then I noticeably slowed down, I was reaching the bottom..
I heard a voice; "there she is…"
'Who?' I asked.
But there she was. Her beaming smile putting darkness to flight. She was warm. And as she held out her hand, time began to freeze; as if to give me a chance to think, to consider, to hesitate, to be sure; I am the second-guesser.
This time it was different. This time, more than ever, I wanted this. With all the life in me, I grabbed that hand, with zero intent to let go; not now not ever. And just like that, all the doubts; all the 'if's and 'what if's, all the plan B's, dissolved. Into thin air, into clear water, they were gone; they were no longer necessary. Like when two fists of ninja clash and the intent in their hearts is made clear; the feeling of our two hands touching connected the feelings of our two hearts. At that moment, something was passed. It rushed through my body, my sub conscience, my soul; like a drug, with a calming, yet reassuring effect. I'm not letting go.
Words were never uttered; they weren't needed. But they loudly reverberated within my being.
"It's going to be okay; because I love you too."
Vlad's Resolve
I can bring myself to all the 'gives' ; except one. I can do the 'aways' and the 'outs' and the 'tos', but I wont give up. You grazed my heart bruised my soul as you passed through my invisible self with the least of notice. I don't know whether to cry or to laugh; I saw this coming from a mile away. But for the sake of you I will refrain from the sweet fruit of revenge, for your sake I'll be the one to break that cycle of selfishness, the cycle of hate and retaliation. I'll be Naruto because you are my Sasuke, I'll be Allen Walker because you are an Akuma, I'll be the receiver, I'll make use of the empty shell i've become to cushion all your pain and anguish. For the sake of happiness I must walk deeper through pain. And if I don't succeed I'll still be OK, for I am Vlad and this is my resolve..
The fear of a genius
*If you can make this up, you're good. May be confusing.
Alone. Dark. Cold. Silence. No life; no flora no fauna…just him. The pestering he loved was gone. So were those who needed help. And the heartbroken too. The world grew larger, or so he thought. And so he gathered the little strength he had and stood up. Started walking towards the faint light ahead.
He approaches. It leads to a dimly lit corridor. On the walls, posters. Banners. Graffiti tattooed all over with his name in context. For all the wrong reasons. "MIA". "Buster". "Liar". "Cheat". "Loser". "Trash". "Waste of space".A god of his kind had been reduced to nought. With no explanation; no reason; no cause. He had become average. He walks down the Hall of Shame in disbelief..
He gets to a door. He opens it. Bright light stuns him. Headache. His eyes adjust. The world at large; more splendid than before; full of life and vigour..but he is sad. He's right in the midst of the human traffic. But he's invisible. No one sees him. Even they that badly needed him; that depended on him for survival…that bond was savoured. He gets slighty happy when a man knocks him and he and falls to the dirt. And when he gets up, he makes up the sign the man hung on his neck. "Free hugs". He needed someone to realise him. Nil. He hates the world. His work is done. He figured it was time for him to die. That solitude. That feeling of being unwanted; invisible; "a waste of space" was unbearable. No one to care; no one to be cared for. No one to love, no one to be loved by. "Why am I here?" "If the world is already a better place, then what's my purpose for living?" And he decides that he might be of use in the afterlife, for the world no longer needs him.
But he wakes up. From the nightmare. Sweating. His aching head feels twice the size. And so does his heart. Another chance to prove his worth. And so he goes forth, burning with the flame of youth, broad minded and open hearted. For he's still scared…but he knows what he must do.
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Daily Stormer
February 7, 2019
OY. The goyim must never forget the slave gorillas.
Russell Contreras, a member of AP's race and ethnicity team, wrote about how Portugal honors the memory of slavery.
To the casual visitor, Lagos is a striking beach town of charming coastlines and sightly sandstone cliffs. A medieval castle sits alongside boutique cafes and outdoor restaurants serving boiled and baked octopus. One can speed along the shore in a watercraft during the day and catch an intimate Fado show at night.
Lagos is also where the African slave trade took root in Europe.
And once you go looking for that, nothing erases its legacy — not the pristine waters, not the soft chords of a Portuguese guitarra.
Across Portugal, cities and residents are coming to terms with the country's role in a trade that ultimately enslaved an estimated 12.5 million Africans around the world. Activists and elected officials have debated placing memorial markers or establishing slavery museums. Like the state of New Mexico in the United States, Portugal is examining its conquistador past and the effects it had on subjugated peoples.
In Lagos, the community has made its move.
At the spot where the slave market began, a slavery museum has been erected. El Mercado de Escravos, or the Slave Market, sits in a building that once housed enslaved Africans. The museum tells the story of the first captured black slaves and the economic boom that followed. A striking sculpture of King Amador, who started a slave revolt on the island of Sao Tome in 1595, grabs your attention on the first floor. It stands next to a bench that some museum officials say is where slaves once waited to be sold.
El Mercado de Escravos
Check out some pictures from the slave museum below.
Now check out this following picture.
Do you see the… irony? Blacks immersed in the white man's world using the white man's inventions dressing in the white man's clothes looking at some white man's map in a white man's museum about how terribly evil the white man is.
Blacks enslaved in white countries were the luckiest blacks in history
The fate of the ones that were not enslaved in white countries is something the media avoids mentioning because if it's mentioned, the goyim start to notice, and when the goyim start to notice, the goyim get very close to knowing.
You don't have to shut the conversation down if you don't start it.
The fact is that every black living in non-white countries is living in conditions that are unimaginable to the entitled blacks born and raised in white countries.
When the media does report on what's happening in Africa or such shit-holes, it always frames it as if the problems were somehow the result of white people's actions somewhere in time, either colonialism or slavery or lack of "humanitarian aid" or whatever.
There's also examples of blacks born and raised in white countries ruining white countries, such as the case of Brazil, where the worst parts of the country are the blackest.
When you show the facts, it's easy to notice this pattern of black people coincidentally being around shitholes every time you look. Places like Europe or the United States of America are still resisting the shithole generating power of blacks, and blacks living in these places enjoy the best black experience at black living available for blacks in the world today and in anytime in history.
Slavery was a blessing for them. It saved them.
It made them useful by forcing them to work, it brought them to countries that are so ahead of African shitholes that is not even fair to make the comparison.
Slavery gave them everything good they enjoy today.
If they don't like the gifts of the white man then how about they go back to being proper blacks? They don't need any money for that, nor any clothes, nor any belonging. Not even a house.
Just some mud and excrement hut and some body piercings.


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|Video game designer
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A transplant to San Francisco from Colorado, Patrick is a video game designer working at Most Dangerous Games and living in the Lower Haight. Recently out of a six-month relationship (with a guy who's now engaged), the 29-year-old is something of a "boy next door" and spends his time with buddies Dom and Agustín and surfing dating websites like OKCupid, where he's looking for love.
Season 1Edit
Looking for NowEdit
The pilot starts with Patrick hooking up at the park with a man before going to meet his friends. It is revealed that he had a bad breakup with his boyfriend and is trying to meet someone new, which leads to his frequent visits to OkCupid. After a disastrous date at Press Club, he heads to meet Dom for drinks and meets a man named Richie on the Muni. The two hit it off and Patrick learns that Richie is a bouncer at Estas Noches in Mission. Feeling an attraction to the bouncer, the episode ends with Patrick visiting the bar the latter works at.
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Patrick and Dom help Agustin move to Oakland, and the trio talk about Patrick's new "friend," Richie. Patrick's friends laugh when he says that the two could just be "fuck buddies," and Agustin retorts that Patrick would not be prepared for a sexual relationship with a Latino man. After returning to San Francisco from the move, Patrick decides that he will take the initiative and invites Richie for a night out.
Patrick's advances are neither totally welcomed nor rejected, but it does end with the two going back to his apartment. In the middle of them hooking up, Patrick makes the wrong move and Richie decides to leave, stating that they are "looking for different things." Patrick ends the night by calling Agustin to tell him what happened and by eating a bowl of mac and cheese.
Looking at Your Browser HistoryEdit
Patrick decides to go to a party with his friend/co-worker Owen, and, upon arriving, decides that he is going to let loose and have fun. He ends up meeting a British man named Kevin that he is absolutely sure is gay and also is attracted to. The two end up in a side room on the boat where the party is to play an arm-wrestling video game, and Patrick drunkenly decides to make a move. To his dismay, Kevin is already in a relationship and might just be Patrick's new boss.
The next day, Patrick tries to salvage the situation by apologizing to Kevin and asking to be on his design team for the new game, but the latter then reveals that every employee's internet use is tracked. Kevin is not sure if Patrick is the right fit for his team since most of his days are spent on sites like OkCupid and ManHunt, which leaves Patrick embarrassed, especially since his phone rings at that moment. Later, he goes back to Kevin with some designs to prove that he is capable of being a good addition to the team, and Kevin relents before confessing that he would have wanted Patrick on his team anyway.


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MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola
BY THE time this return leg was coming to Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, it was expected that Zesco would have done much of the work in Zanzibar. But having failed to do so, Zesco have made things a little awkward for themselves going into this CAF Champions League preliminary round return leg fixture against novices Jeshi la Kujenga Uchimi (JKU).
Zesco have never failed to go past the preliminary stages of either the CAF Champions League or Confederation Cup since making their debut in 2006. Therefore, failure to do so against the minnows of Zanzibar will be considered a spectacular failure even by neutrals.http://epaper.daily-mail.co.zm/
Zesco go for kill against Islanders
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Ăsta-i DORUL™
The Eagles Football Academy is a Romanian football academy in London. 10 youth teams (with players aged between 6 and 17) regularly train here, as well as taking on other teams in tournaments across Europe.
MoneyGram, the second-largest provider of international money transfers in the world, has been offering a comprehensive spectrum of services to Romanians in the United Kingdom for many years. In keeping with the motto Ăsta-i DORUL™ the company is now playing an active role in supporting the football-loving Romanian community. For one year, MoneyGram is the principal sponsor of the Eagles Academy, which not only nurtures budding young footballers but also offers an important hub in which parents, coaches and fans can all meet and exchange experiences and views.
MoneyGram was happy to sponsor the "Eagles Football Academy Awards" this year, where the young players get rewarded for their outstanding engagement during training and tournaments. MoneyGram was happy to provide the trophys and christmas-giftbags for all of the Children. This years honorary guest who was handing out the awards was none other than the legendary Goalkeeper of Steaua Bukarest, Romanian Football Legend Helmut Duckadam, the "Hero of Sevilla".
150 young players and 300 Parents where taking part in the event – and of course Santa Clause, who was handing out the MoneyGram gifts to the Children.
Everybody had a lot of fun and the partnership between MoneyGram and the Eagles Football Academy in London showed once more: football truly unifies!
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Assistant Professor, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Medical Director of gynecology services at UNC Hillsborough Hospital
Michelle Louie completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Pittsburgh, PA at Magee-Womens Hospital. Over the course of her residency, she gained an deep appreciation and love for caring for patients with complex gynecologic conditions including chronic pelvic pain, uterine fibroids, and endometriosis. Michelle began her fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at the University of North Carolina in 2015 and upon completion became assistant professor in the division as of July 1, 2017, where she continues to care for women with complex conditions and pursue clinically relevant research. Her research interests include perioperative care and patient outcomes as well as techniques to optimally evaluate and treat common gynecologic conditions such as uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Michelle is also taking classes to obtain her Master's in Science and Clinical Research. Originally from New York, Michelle enjoys exploring the beauty of North Carolina by trail-running, dining, and going to the beach!


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Hospitalizations and Costs in Primary Prevention ICD RecipientsWho Determines the Outcomes?
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- Michael H. Kim, MD, MMM∗ (mkim45{at}siumed.edu)
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- antitachycardia pacing
- healthcare resource utilization
- hospitalization
- implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) when used in appropriate patients improve survival and are an accepted data-driven therapy (1). Most ICD recipients today receive the device for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) that they are at risk of developing, but have not experienced, which is broadly defined as a primary prevention ICD indication. The ICD can deliver shocks and antitachycardia pacing (ATP) to treat VA. These therapy options, shocks or ATP, are triggered by appropriate VA or other inappropriate causes including supraventricular arrhythmias, noise/oversensing, or lead-related problems. Currently, available devices allow for a myriad of programming options related to the choice of shocks and ATP.
Data from primary prevention trials have shown an increased risk of mortality following appropriate and inappropriate shocks (2,3). More recently, the data have shown a more favorable outcomes benefit with reduced mortality if the therapy was ATP only rather than a shock for VA (4). The benefits of optimal ICD programming, the use of ATP as an initial therapy to reduce shocks, and a description of studies, such as PainFree Rx II, PREPARE, and others, are well described in a recent consensus statement (5). In practice today, there is a clear movement toward the benefits of more optimal ICD programming options using ATP and less aggressive VA therapy programming by using higher detection rates, longer detection intervals, arrhythmia discriminators, and other modalities all with the purposeful intent of reducing both appropriate and inappropriate shocks.
When evaluating cardiovascular outcomes related to ICD shocks or ATP only, data on health care resource utilization as measured by hospitalizations or costs have not been well described. In this issue of JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, Sanders et al. (6) use the PROVIDE database, which had previously demonstrated a reduction in mortality with optimal ICD programming (7), to report the effects of the type (ATP or shock) of ICD therapy on the rates of cardiac hospitalization and associated costs stratified by ATP only, at least 1 shock, multiple shocks, and no therapy.
The main finding of Sanders et al. (6) is that ATP only, when compared with shocks, does not seem to result in negative cardiovascular outcomes as defined by increased hospitalizations, costs, or mortality. The mortality information is not new, but the focus on hospitalizations and costs are of significant interest because such events also represent negative outcomes that may be improved on through process changes in the delivery of care. A total of 1,670 primary prevention patients were analyzed over a mean follow-up period of 18 months. The ATP-only group was comparable with those who received no therapy and had significantly lower rates of hospitalizations (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.4) and costs ($2,873/patient-year less) than the shock group. Notably, only the delivery of at least 2 appropriate shocks increased the mortality rate above ATP only or no therapy. The excess hospitalization rate and costs related to shocks were not accounted for by solely the direct response to an acute shock episode.
From a clinical perspective, it would not be an unexpected finding that shocks, especially multiple, would result in a higher hospitalization rate and subsequently increased costs because the cost of an inpatient hospitalization is generally the main component of health care expenditures. This investigation demonstrated consistency with the beneficial effects of ATP similar to prior studies, but also highlighted the cost savings with a strategy of using ATP to avoid shocks. The data strongly suggest that clinicians can impact outcomes, such as mortality, by appropriate programming of ICD parameters including ATP, but also the rate of hospitalizations and thus health care resource utilization. Despite the data on the optimal programming of ICD therapies for primary prevention recipients, there remain gaps of resistance to such messaging among ICD implanters who may not use the programming recommendations. In addition, there are areas where process improvement can be leveraged to improve the quality of care and relevant clinical outcomes. Areas of potential collaboration include educating providers that are not directly responsible for ICD management, but are commonly asked to care for these patients (8) and implementing systems of care using advanced technology, such as remote monitoring, both in-office and at the hospital including emergency departments (9). Through the synergy of care coordination and technology, unnecessary admissions for some ICD therapies, such as an uncomplicated shock presenting to the emergency room, or reduction of inappropriate therapies through earlier detection of arrhythmias may be achieved.
After ICD shocks, health care utilization over the next week is increased in the outpatient setting and hospitalization occurs in 1 out of 7 cases (10). Costs for inappropriate and appropriate shocks were not significantly different and Turakhia et al. (10) suggested that strategies to reduce shocks could achieve savings in health care costs. It seems logical that shocks would lead to increased use of health care resources following an acute shock episode. The data provided by the current investigation assessed health care utilization and costs throughout the continuum and not just following a shock episode. The findings support the concept of shocks, especially for appropriate VA, as a surrogate for a marker of advanced disease or poor substrate that extends beyond the period surrounding the shock event.
Only the delivery of 2 or more appropriate VA shocks significantly increased the risk of death above ATP and no therapy. Two uncertain or at least inconsistent findings were the absence of worse outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation and no difference between patients receiving ATP versus no therapy. Some of this may be the result of small numbers within the dataset, short follow-up period, lack of patient matching on clinical variables, or other unknown confounders. The OMNI study with a larger number of ICD recipients and a longer follow-up period (39 months) indicated that all appropriate therapies including ATP only (HR: 1.46), single shock (HR: 2.11), and multiple shocks (HR: 2.55) were associated with a greater risk of mortality (11). A separate OMNI study demonstrated that patients with shock-terminated VA are at a 3-fold higher risk of a subsequent shock event in the following 6 months than an ATP-terminated VA (12). The relationship between ATP, shocks, and mortality was recently reported in a large sample of 69,000 patients on remote monitoring. This investigation noted higher mortality rates in ICD recipients receiving only ATP compared with no therapy and those receiving shocks having a higher mortality than ATP only (13).
The concept of shocks for VA as a marker of myocardial disease severity and worsened prognosis has been previously reported (14,15). More advanced cardiac disease or more severe myocardial substrate is reflected by the enhanced propensity to VA requiring ICD shocks. Faster VA rates and less response to ATP are also a potential component of the more severe substrate concept supported by both this investigation and the main PROVIDE study (7). Thus, clinicians cannot solely determine the outcomes, but the individual patient plays a major role because their clinical outcomes are partly dependent on their "substrate." Atrial fibrillation has had similar implications regarding a marker for worsened cardiovascular and noncardiovascular outcomes regarding health care costs (16) that were not reflected in this investigation.
Sanders et al. (6) advocate for ATP-capable devices based on the data on ATP and outcomes as a measure to improve clinical outcomes, such as mortality, but also health care resource utilization. Although the data in a typical transvenous ICD population of primary prevention patients with cardiomyopathy and heart failure may support this recommendation, the utility of the subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) should not be directly compared or extrapolated based on ATP. The population of S-ICD recipients is composed of a different population in terms of demographics and clinical factors and a matched comparison would be more meaningful; furthermore, the outcomes of the S-ICD seem safe and effective (17). Both the ICD and S-ICD treat VA with similar efficacy in terms of shocks; however, they differ regarding the main reason for inappropriate therapies: supraventricular arrhythmias for the ICD and oversensing for the S-ICD (18). In the future, there may be leadless ATP-capable S-ICD systems (19).
Sanders et al. (6) provide valuable information on the impact of ATP on hospitalization rate and health care costs in the primary prevention ICD population. These data should provide guidance on methods of how clinicians can impact cardiovascular outcomes through optimal programming of ICD and process improvements on delivery of care surrounding ICD shocks. It seems that clinicians can favorably determine the outcome of ICD recipients, but I suspect that the "substrate" or the patient factors may be more deterministic.
↵∗ Editorials published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology or the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Kim has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
The author attests he is in compliance with human studies committees and animal welfare regulations of the author's institutions and Food and Drug Administration guidelines, including patient consent where appropriate. For more information, visit the JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology author instructions page.
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In retrospect, Mario Draghi will be remembered as the central banker who was always willing to go the extra mile to backstop the historic asset bubble that the ECB inflated since he replaced Jean-Claude Trichet in 2011, making the European Central Bank the biggest hedge fund in the world with more than $5 trillion in assets assets.
As shown below, since his arrived, the ECB's balance sheet more than doubled from €2 trillion to above €4.5 trillion by Draghi's departure in Oct 2019.
But if one asks Draghi, the man who once famously declared he would do "whatever it takes" (a phrase that has since been so overused by central banking peers it no longer has any impact) to keep the Eurozone (and Euro) intact, if he would do anything different, he would likely say he didn't do enough... which is why Draghi was never all that popular in the notoriously austere Germany which remembers very well what happens when one prints money with reckless abandon in hopes of "fixing" things. Incidentally, Draghi's critics will also say that the former ECB head rushed into every crisis, no matter how severe even if it was a modest 5% drop in the Stoxx 600, ready and willing to print more money, and he did just that so often.
Which is why with Europe now facing a truly existential crisis, its economy on the verge of a depression and total shutdown due to coronavirus lockdowns, there are those who say there is nothing in the ECB's arsenal that has any real potency left, and is also why last week's announcement of the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme barely registered in risk asset prices.
So with Europe desperate to truly shock and awe, where does it go to? Why to Draghi's arsenal of course, and specifically what Bloomberg dubbed is "its most powerful" bond buying tool, one which was never tested even at the depths of the financial crisis.
We are talking about the infamous OMT, also known as Outright Monetary Transactions.
According to Bloomberg, while the OMT was briefly mentioned at last week's emergency meeting of the Governing Council, which focused on agreeing a different purchase program, the far more modest Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme which has "only" €750BN in firepower, "it is clear there would be broad support", Bloomberg's sources said (although that may be yet another trial balloon to preemptively test Germany's resistance to an ECB facility that could in theory inject unlimited liquidity into the system.
Activating OMT - which is contingent on countries securing from a European bailout fund - would benefit euro-area members whose strained public finances risk limiting their ability to cushion the blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Greek bonds rallied after the report, with the yield on 10-year securities falling 11 basis points to 2.35%.
The OMT was designed in the late summer of 2012 after Draghi pledged to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro during the region's debt crisis. It allows the ECB to buy nearly unlimited quantities of a nation's sovereign debt, pushing down bond yields that risk making much-needed fiscal stimulus unaffordable.
Unlike the rest of the ECB's facilities, the OMT - which was challenged in German court - was never used, as a result of stern pushback from Germany's Bundesbank, which was worried it would breach EU law against monetary financing of governments. Such worries appear trivial now that Europe - and even Germany - is seeking to issue trillions in debt to bridge the current shutdown of its economy. And since someone has to buy all that newly issued debt, the most likely buyer is none other than the ECB as yet another continent joins the helicopter money race.
And indeed, as Bloomberg tongue in cheek notes, "due to the nature of the current shock though, officials no longer expect the Bundesbank to be strongly opposed."
The OMT, which is basically a wholesale adoption of helicopter money and assures that going forward the ECB would monetize most if not all European debt, is being discussed at a time when the Euro Area is struggling to find the right way forward in funding its impacted member states. One such approach is using credit lines backstopped by the European Stability Mechanism, a step Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau has already urged them to take. But that form of assistance "requires governments to sign up to reforms, a stigma that could deter some" Bloomberg notes, and by some it means those governments that never actually pursued any real reforms. As such, European governments are currently considering how they might provide credit lines with limited or no conditionality.
The central bank maintains that any EU decision on ESM credit lines shouldn't explicitly state that OMT could follow, one person said. That judgment would be made by the ECB as an independent central bank.
Meanwhile, Italy, which has been hardest-hit by the pandemic and which as always is most in need of unlimited, no-strings-attached funding, has predictably argued that credit lines can only be a temporary solution. The country has the euro zone's second-highest debt burden after Greece, making higher yields especially hard to cope with. The nation's annual refinancing needs on public debt already amount to 20% of GDP.
Instead, Italy has been pushing for an alternative solution, namely the Euro-wide coronabond, which would be backstopped by all member states. Read Germany, which is also why Germany has been vocally against this route as otherwise German taxpayers could riot. As Bloomberg adds, during a teleconference of euro-area finance ministers last night, Lagarde made a strong push for that kind of joint debt issuance, though it fell short of garnering sufficient support with Germany refusing to even consider the option.
This is where the OMT comes in, because being an "emergency tool", it would bypass all the traditional bickering Europe is so known for and allow the ECB to monetize pretty much anything; furthermore if the OMT is activated, it would not be bound by the limits of existing bond-buying operations, which require buying debt in proportion to the size of individual economies. In an analysis of how long the ECB can buy bonds under its existing framework before it runs out of eligible bonds, Bank of America found that "as is" the ECB has space until September at best (and likely sooner) before it is limited by structural considerations.
That said, even the OMT is subject to limits on how much of each government's bonds the ECB can hold, though policy makers have already said they're willing to consider raising those limits. Purchases would be made in the secondary market.
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And speaking of the tsunami of debt that is coming Europe's way, late on Wednesday, perhaps realizing that his star is shining again and it may be time to come out of retirement, Mario Draghi penned an FT oped titled "We face a war against coronavirus and must mobilise accordingly", and in which - predictably makes the case for a lot more debt. In fact, a deluge of debt: "it is already clear that the answer must involve a significant increase in public debt. The loss of income incurred by the private sector — and any debt raised to fill the gap — must eventually be absorbed, wholly or in part, on to government balance sheets. Much higher public debt levels will become a permanent feature of our economies and will be accompanied by private debt cancellation."
Of course, even Draghi realizes that what he advocates is unleashing a tidal wave of debt in a continent already drowning in it (and where the cause of every recent crisis is precisely the record amount of debt). However, to Draghi that makes no different, and as he says:
Either governments compensate borrowers for their expenses, or those borrowers will fail and the guarantee will be made good by the government. If moral hazard can be contained, the former is better for the economy. The second route is likely to be less costly for the budget. Both cases will lead to governments absorbing a large share of the income loss caused by the shutdown, if jobs and capacity are to be protected.
Public debt levels will have increased. But the alternative — a permanent destruction of productive capacity and therefore of the fiscal base — would be much more damaging to the economy and eventually to government credit. We must also remember that given the present and probable future levels of interest rates, such an increase in government debt will not add to its servicing costs.
Of course, the question here is whether moral hazard can be contained, and as the past month has shown, it can't because now virtually every company demands a bailout. And should the ECB follow the Fed in backstopping everything, it will only ensure that Moral Hazard is a de facto standard of life in perpetuity. As for Draghi's assumption that present and future levels of interest rates are too low, we have already seen a surge in bund yields following Germany's surrender to the forces of fiscal spending. We can only wonder how high they will reach once Europe bends over to Draghi's latest idea and unleashes virtually infinite debt. And since at much higher rates only a price indescriminate buyer will purchase European debt, it also answers our question of who will be forced to fund Europe's deficit going forward. The answer: the ECB.
And just like that, Europe is now en route to joining the helicopter money parade, as one nation after another starts the countdown to the final destruction of fiat currency. No wonder nobody can find any physical gold, anywhere.
Draghi's full op-ed is below (FT link here).
We face a war against coronavirus and must mobilise accordingly
Higher public debt levels will become an economic feature and be accompanied by private debt cancellation
The coronavirus pandemic is a human tragedy of potentially biblical proportions. Many today are living in fear of their lives or mourning their loved ones. The actions being taken by governments to prevent our health systems from being overwhelmed are brave and necessary. They must be supported.
But those actions also come with a huge and unavoidable economic cost. While many face a loss of life, a great many more face a loss of livelihood. Day by day, the economic news is worsening. Companies face a loss of income across the whole economy. A great many are already downsizing and laying off workers. A deep recession is inevitable.
The challenge we face is how to act with sufficient strength and speed to prevent the recession from morphing into a prolonged depression, made deeper by a plethora of defaults leaving irreversible damage. It is already clear that the answer must involve a significant increase in public debt. The loss of income incurred by the private sector — and any debt raised to fill the gap — must eventually be absorbed, wholly or in part, on to government balance sheets. Much higher public debt levels will become a permanent feature of our economies and will be accompanied by private debt cancellation.
It is the proper role of the state to deploy its balance sheet to protect citizens and the economy against shocks that the private sector is not responsible for and cannot absorb. States have always done so in the face of national emergencies. Wars — the most relevant precedent — were financed by increases in public debt. During the first world war, in Italy and Germany between 6 and 15 per cent of war spending in real terms was financed from taxes. In Austria-Hungary, Russia and France, none of the continuing costs of the war were paid out of taxes. Everywhere, the tax base was eroded by war damage and conscription. Today, it is by the pandemic's human distress and the shutdown.
The key question is not whether but how the state should put its balance sheet to good use. The priority must not only be providing basic income for those who lose their jobs. We must protect people from losing their jobs in the first place. If we do not, we will emerge from this crisis with permanently lower employment and capacity, as families and companies struggle to repair their balance sheets and rebuild net assets.
Employment and unemployment subsidies and the postponement of taxes are important steps that have already been introduced by many governments. But protecting employment and productive capacity at a time of dramatic income loss requires immediate liquidity support. This is essential for all businesses to cover their operating expenses during the crisis, be they large corporations or even more so small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed entrepreneurs. Several governments have already introduced welcome measures to channel liquidity to struggling businesses. But a more comprehensive approach is needed.
While different European countries have varying financial and industrial structures, the only effective way to reach immediately into every crack of the economy is to fully mobilise their entire financial systems: bond markets, mostly for large corporates, banking systems and in some countries even the postal system for everybody else. And it has to be done immediately, avoiding bureaucratic delays. Banks in particular extend across the entire economy and can create money instantly by allowing overdrafts or opening credit facilities.
Banks must rapidly lend funds at zero cost to companies prepared to save jobs. Since in this way they are becoming a vehicle for public policy, the capital they need to perform this task must be provided by the government in the form of state guarantees on all additional overdrafts or loans. Neither regulation nor collateral rules should stand in the way of creating all the space needed in bank balance sheets for this purpose. Furthermore, the cost of these guarantees should not be based on the credit risk of the company that receives them, but should be zero regardless of the cost of funding of the government that issues them.
Companies, however, will not draw on liquidity support simply because credit is cheap. In some cases, for example businesses with an order backlog, their losses may be recoverable and then they will repay debt. In other sectors, this will probably not be the case.
Such companies may still be able to absorb this crisis for a short period of time and raise debt to keep their staff in work. But their accumulated losses risk impairing their ability to invest afterwards. And, were the virus outbreak and associated lockdowns to last, they could realistically remain in business only if the debt raised to keep people employed during that time were eventually cancelled.
Either governments compensate borrowers for their expenses, or those borrowers will fail and the guarantee will be made good by the government. If moral hazard can be contained, the former is better for the economy. The second route is likely to be less costly for the budget. Both cases will lead to governments absorbing a large share of the income loss caused by the shutdown, if jobs and capacity are to be protected.
Public debt levels will have increased. But the alternative — a permanent destruction of productive capacity and therefore of the fiscal base — would be much more damaging to the economy and eventually to government credit. We must also remember that given the present and probable future levels of interest rates, such an increase in government debt will not add to its servicing costs.
In some respects, Europe is well equipped to deal with this extraordinary shock. It has a granular financial structure able to channel funds to every part of the economy that needs it. It has a strong public sector able to co-ordinate a rapid policy response. Speed is absolutely essential for effectiveness.
Faced with unforeseen circumstances, a change of mindset is as necessary in this crisis as it would be in times of war. The shock we are facing is not cyclical. The loss of income is not the fault of any of those who suffer from it. The cost of hesitation may be irreversible. The memory of the sufferings of Europeans in the 1920s is enough of a cautionary tale.
The speed of the deterioration of private balance sheets — caused by an economic shutdown that is both inevitable and desirable — must be met by equal speed in deploying government balance sheets, mobilising banks and, as Europeans, supporting each other in the pursuit of what is evidently a common cause.


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Report by Rachel Clarkson (Co-Captain)
Starting line up: GS- Ellie, GA- Emma, WA- Becky, C- Izzi, WD- Beth, GD- Rachel Clarkson, GK- Khalia (Sub-Rochelle)
We were facing possibly our toughest County match to date in this contest, Prolek Steel were recently relegated into the league and have a number of great players. We had a new line up due to illnesses/injuries/Christmas trips, with many of the team never having played together before.
We made a good start to the first quarter, playing calmly, scoring off of our centres. We managed a couple of turnovers at the centre pass and the first quarter finished 11-9 to Eclipse.
Although we had started to take a lead, we had to work hard for every goal. Khalia, I and Beth were working hard to turnover the ball in the defence, we had to keep calm and work the ball in the attack, Izzi, Becky and Ellie often used the reset successfully and the half-time score was 27-22 to Eclipse.
Half-time changes: GA- Rochelle; WA-Emma (Sub- Becky)
A few changes were made to adapt the movement and drives in the attack which paid off with Emma working tirelessly to move the ball down from the defence and to support Izzi playing the ball into the shooters. Newbie Rochelle had some magical moments and shot with precision, Ellie continued to stand tall and consistently sink her shots, mixing things up with a few long feeds in from defence we began to pull away and had a 47-37 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Steel came back on with renewed energy and were playing hard in attempt to change the impending result. The umpires were pulling a number of players at both ends which interrupted the flow of play and required us to adapt. Becky came on to replace Beth in the final minutes, she played well in the WD position, supporting myself and Khalia with keeping the ball out of their goal. We stuck to our game plan and fought hard under pressure, finishing with a winning score of 58-52.
We remain undefeated in the County league and have finished the year top of the table. We have a well earned rest ahead and look forward to continuing the season in 2017. Merry Christmas!


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For each year from 2007 to 2016 we take all new trainees in the ITO's we follow. From these trainees, we track their primary activity each year prior to starting training within the period of 2007 to 2016. We rank activities in order of:
- ITO training
- Tertiary study
- Polytechnic study
- Secondary schooling
- Employer (Workforce)
- Employee (Workforce)
- Beneficiary
- Overseas
For this analysis we aggregate across the new ITO trainees each year and their primary activities each year prior to starting training. ITO training areas are defined through the qualification details provided by the Ministry of Education.


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Map and how to get there
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What's nearby:
How to get there
Nearest travel links
|Orlando International Airport
|Tampa 100 km
|Train station
|Kissimmee 35 km
|Car advised
Activities near Davenport
|Golf course on site or within 15 min walk, Tennis in town, Water sports, Horse riding, Waterpark, Fishing
|Great for
|Rural or countryside holidays, City breaks, Nightlife, Beach or lakeside relaxation, Cycling holidays
How to get there
Our home is centrally located and within easy reach of theme parks, shopping malls as well as local shops.
Driving Directions to Regal Palms, Orlando, Florida
The address of the resort is:
Regal Palms Resort & Spa
2700 Sand Mine Road
Regal Palms is located on Sand Mine Road, just off Highway 27 in the Davenport area of Central Florida, some 6 miles from the main entrance to Disney
From Orlando International Airport take the 528 West Bound towards Tampa until you reach the I4
Continue on I4 to Exit 64 for Hwy 192 West - take exit and go west for 9 miles to Hwy 27
Head south 2 miles on Hwy 27 to Sand Mine Road (Publix on right) - turn right at Sand Mine Road and entrance to Regal Palms is approx 800 yards on the right.
For Orlando Sanford Airport join I4 west in Sanford and follow same instructions from Exit 64


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Missing an Issue (and Possibly a Kidney)
Fuck. Not five minutes after I left my Criminal Appeals exam did I realize that I had completely neglected to talk about sentence modification as a potential ground for post-conviction relief. Not that the fictional judge was likely to have granted it, as my fictional client had no fictional cards in his fictional hand, but fuck - I missed an issue.
I have two choices at this point. First, I can start studying right now for my last final and do my damnedest to get the top grade in the class to try and make up for my idiocy. Alternatively, I can get mind-blowingly drunk, have anonymous sex with a strange girl who looks remarkably like a hot Margaret Thatcher, wake up in Panama, tied-up in a bathtub full of ice sans kidneys, stow away on a ship passing through the canal while unaware that it's actually a pirate vessel bound for Indonesia, and spend the rest of my days pillaging fat merchants and using my three semesters of law school to revolutionize efficiency in the white slave-trade.
Is there a happy medium between these two extremes? Absolutely not.
UPDATE: As it turns out, I did get the top grade in my other class. And more importantly, I still have both of my kidneys. Fucking sweet.


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Wholesale Grocery Supplier in Trinidad
Turkey is a staple in just about every restaurant and grocery store, and when you're in search of a wholesale grocery supplier in Trinidad to supply your turkey, contact Westco Foods! We have incredibly fresh selections, whether you need boneless turkey breast, drumsticks, turkey ham, wings, and more! Not only that, but we also offer turkey cut to your specifications, as well as free delivery to Trinidad and convenient 24/7 online ordering. To learn more about what we offer and to get started, contact us today. One of our friendly customer care representatives will guide you through the process. When you need a wholesale grocery supplier, contact Westco Foods now!
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Hans Zimmer's score for dunkirk has proved himself to be a musical genius in her own right. Here's a list of his best soundtracks to play on repeat.
We say Zimmer outdid himself. What do you think?
Last track of "The Dark Knight" score. Music by Hans Zimmer and characters by Bob Kane. The beautiful orchestal sound of Dark Knight's soundtrack gives the movie drama and a dark ambience of silence only Zimmer can bring to music.
Tracks like 'Time' and 'A Dream is collapsing' gives the story another dimension full of suggestions and hint into the world of Cobb's mind as we explore the intricate web of his reality riddled with memories of the past.
This breathtaking soundtracks draws you into the drama without you even realising it.
This ambitious movie was just an ambitious project when Zimmer took it under his wings for the musical score and made sure the uniqueness of the movie reflected in his enthralling scores.
This Disney classic wouldn't be the same without the gut wrecking tracks by Zimmer that brought us to an all too human connect to Simba's journey after losing his father.
A suite with the best themes from "The Last Samurai" soundtrack. The score was composed by Hans Zimmer and produced by Edward Zwick and Danny Bramson. In The Last Samurai, Zimmer imbues his score with the somber cries of a culture that has been swept away by time.
Deluxe edition of Man of Steel soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. While tracks like "Terraforming" are absolutely riveting, the softer moments like "This is Clark Kent" are at the heart of the score.
The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2008 film The Dark Knight.
In the pantheon of epic soundtracks, Crimson Tide ranks among the very best and pushed Zimmer into the eyes of top Hollywood directors.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the soundtrack for the Disney movie of the same title, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.


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Used Dodge Avenger for sale in Plymouth, WI
Used Dodge Avenger for sale in Plymouth, WI
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Don't settle for an average used midsized sedan, go with something that puts the thrill back in driving. With a powerful engine, an interior filled with the features you want, and safety features you need, the used Dodge Avenger for sale in Plymouth, WI, is the midsized sedan with excitement. Visit Russ Darrow Direct to take the Avenger for a test drive today! We are conveniently located near Concordia University – Appleton Center at 4400 W. College Drive in Appleton, WI.Directions to Russ Darrow Direct Plymouth
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2 Always sit properly with the head restraint properly adjusted. Never place anything in front of the head restraint.
3 Always drive carefully, consistent with conditions. Always wear your seat belt and obey traffic laws.


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26 April 2018
In what is probably the most noteworthy lineup change for a South African CS:GO team in recent memory, Gareth "MisteM" Ries officially became a part of Energy eSports yesterday. He replaced Jan "takbok" Theron. What made it noteworthy? Who is MisteM? How will this affect the best team in the country? Stick around and I'll get into it all.
Getting all misty-eyed
To my mind, MisteM is one of the most promising young players I've had the privilege of watching or casting this year. He was the first name I thought of when I started planning an article in which I would name a group of young players to watch in 2018. That piece is still coming. It's just that this roster change came up before I could get it published. The kid is good. Really good. Have a look at this clip from the ESEA Semi-Final to give you an idea of his capabilities in a high-pressure situation:
Why takbok?
On balance, I'd say that takbok was the most likely player to be cut by Energy. Throughout the last 9 months, he has been the worst performing player on the team. It's tough to shine in a team of stars. Takbok had some great moments and remained particular fearsome on forcebuys and in clutch situations. It's just that he never quite hit the level of his teammates. One could argue a player not contributing that much in terms of frags is a more supportive element. While takbok is a fairly passive player, I don't really feel that he was setting up other players or being the man throwing the nades for his teammates. He played his role more than adequately.
Energy as a team have higher ambitions than just being the best in this country. In order to do that, they've looked to bolster their player stocks which has meant their weakest link was removed. He would make a magnificent pickup for any team below Energy looking for an experienced campaigner to round out their roster.
Read the full article here.


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The ever increasing importance of social media in corporations, including football clubs, sees the influence of big twitter accounts becoming a major player in all things promotion and marketing. With this comes an extravagant approach of social media which can be perfectly exemplified when AS Roma's English twitter account decided to support the small junior club from Glasgow, St Anthony's FC.
AS Roma English have one of the most vibrant accounts on football twitter with the account starting a cult following of Nigeria's national team but even stranger, a previously unknown junior club from Glasgow. The stunt was part of the non league day event which takes place during international breaks which hopes to get fans out to support their local teams while the big teams have a rest.
St Anthony's F.C. could've never expected the crazy promotion which was to unfold with the twitter account booming from 500 followers to almost 8,000 today. The cult following of AS Roma took to St Anthony's very well and the club have embraced it entirely as they launch a joint merchandise line to support a good cause in Dravet Syndrome UK.
To this day the junior club enjoy interacting with their new following and enjoy a laugh about the ridiculousness of it all. This, to me, perfectly exemplifies what football on twitter is about.


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by Kyle Taylor
This past weekend Bassnectar unleashed the newest remix from his upcoming "NVSB" remixes album. The new remix from Run DMT follows already released remixes from Stylust Beats (with Bassnectar himself) and a new collaborative project, LOCOJA, from Bassnectar and Jantsen.
Taking on the hard-hitting trap tune, "Now", Run DMT twists the track into a insanely massive dubstep form. The Texas producer infuses plenty of the track's original stems, while still icing on plenty of his own production. You may find yourself fooled by a misleading hardstyle intro, but fret not bass heads, because what comes next will surely leave your jaw on the floor. And if the first drop doesn't get you, the second one is sure to.
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