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How to Find Your Next Great Idea
Sometimes it's smarter to ditch the dream of finding something brand new. Try riding someone else's wave instead.You've probably heard of Foursquare, the location check-in app that manages to get a lot of interested users but not much money. But you might not be familiar with FearSquare.It's an app that lets Foursquare users know if they're in danger by checking the UK crime statistics for their current locations.This isn't a money-making venture.


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By Gorilla Grunts (97 McR Points) on May 23, 2018
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Written DirectionsFrom Harrison take US 65 North for 11-12 miles and turn left (West) on Burlington Loop. A few miles up Burlington Loop you will turn left (West) on Denver Road. After passing through the community of Denver you will be heading South. Turn right (West) onto County Road 814. CR 814 will eventually "T" and become Arkansas Highway 311 North. Follow AR 311 until it "T"s and becomes AR 21 South at Denver. After making a right turn in Oak Groove to you will stay on AR 21 until you reach Berryville.
SceneryThe first leg is through the little Ozark town of Denver. The country roads here cut across photogenic farmland and through stands of lush timber, running across beautiful rural Arkansas landscapes. At a place called Farewell, you'll arrive on AR 311 for a winding ride north to Blue Eye. In 2010, Blue Eye was edged out of its distinction as the smallest town in Arkansas by Gilbert on the Buffalo River by a score of 30 to 28 residents. Blue Eye is like Texarkana in that it is split right down the middle by the state line, in this case, Arkansas and Missouri. AR 21 south leads to Berryville, home of the Saunders Memorial Museum, containing a world-class firearms and antiques collection.
Drive EnjoymentPlenty of twists and elevation changes. However the road is not an interstate. Expect patches and crushed (not loose) gravel more than plain asphalt.
Tourism OpportunitiesThere aren't any 5 star restaurants but there is a Walmart on each end of this ride. It's Arkansas, so there is pretty much a Walmart on every ride.
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Although there is much in this world that is incomprehensible, you can nevertheless discover a meaning as long as you have managed to limit your field of search.' Fredrik Sjoberg - collector, romantic, explorer - spends his life tracing the smallest details of the natural world. In these two beautifully wrought tales he meditates on the joy of little things, childhood memories, long-forgotten Swedish entomologists, earthworms, wine-making, the National Parks of the United States, the richness of life and the strange paths it leads us on. 'Digressive, discursive and delightful' Daily Telegraph 'A joy ...Fredrik Sjoberg's best-selling memoir The Fly Trap marked him as a maestro of the episodic. Here, he completes a trilogy' Nature 'Thoroughly entertaining, beguilingly uncategorizable ...By his own admission Sjoberg has a "butterfly mind" ...What insures this approach against triviality is the author's patient alertness to pattern, to telling correspondence' Nat Segnit, The Times Literary Supplement
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It is all too common to walk into a room with any team and for them to be confused about where they actually are. They might be very excited to talk about where they're going and what Point Z is going to look like, but they aren't totally honest about where Point A is. When I ask them the state of their team or their company, I might get five or ten different descriptions on the map.
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- What are the opportunities that are before us, based on where we stand right now?
Before we know where we are, we can't chart an effective course for where we're trying to go. The first step in setting the temperature for the culture you want to create is assessing the current temperature right where you are.
Culture change doesn't start "out there." It isn't someone else's problem to solve. Culture change starts "in here" with all involved. It begins with calibrating our own thermostats (collectively and personally) to make sure we know where Point A truly is.
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Back with Riku, the inevitable has happened, and Ansem comes to chat with Riku now that he's embraced the darkness. This chat is rote, and it becomes even more rote when Mickey yet again arrives to save Riku. This is just tedious in the remake where it's happening for the third time – in the original, it's still happening for the third time but remember, Mickey partially failed the second time and is only now returning after a long absence! But there's one difference for this scene that's in both versions, as this time, Mickey is actually here in the castle!
Riku can't believe what he's seeing, and pokes and prods Mickey, tickling him. It's a childish sort of moment you'd expect from KH1, and it's cute to see it from Riku. Riku collapses to the ground in relief, saying it's been too long since he had someone with him who wasn't trying to kill him. This scene establishes Riku and Mickey's new dynamic. Mickey is as you would expect: eager, always giving and encouraging, while Riku addresses Mickey very politely as "Your Majesty" at all times (it's also what he says when summoning him with Friend cards, so it comes to feel familiar). Riku tries to be as friendly as possible but having a bit of personal trouble with that. It really gets his character across.
Riku asks Mickey how he actually got here, and Mickey reveals that it was the same way as Riku: a World card appeared to him and when he touched it, her arrived. But why would Ansem have sent Mickey a card? It's not really surprising to find that the card Mickey found is the card for Twilight Town, so together, the pair proceeds to the next card world.
To our surprise, Twilight Town suddenly returns Riku to the Sora's Story structure of having multiple Key rooms! This is maybe less ironic than it sounds, considering Twilight Town in Sora's story resembled R/R's game structure (with only one key room) more than it did Sora's, so turnabout is fair play. B2's rooms are arranged like a tuning fork, with the Key of Beginnings room at the crook, the Key of Guidance Room on the left prong, and the Conqueror's Respite on the right.
When the world's story begins, Riku finds himself in Twilight Town, and wonders to aloud where the two of them have gone. Except Mickey is missing! During my first time through the game, I presuming that this was just Mickey vanishing the way Donald and Goofy supposedly vanished during Sora's stories, but no: in the GBA version, Mickey is once again out of your deck. That the remake let him stay is comfortable, but for some unbelievable reason, no changes were made to the script: Mickey is described as missing, and reunites with you on the other side, even though he remains in battle. To make up for this gameplay change, the remake's deck is significantly weaker than the original, but Mickey is a larger advantage by far.
After noticing Mickey is missing, Riku is once again confronted by Ansem. Wow, great job keeping him safe, Your Majesty, that lasted all of two minutes! But while Riku arms at first, he soon lowers his weapon, saying this isn't Ansem. He… look, you can say it yourself now, I bet. He smells different. Riku says it's not darkness he smells, but "… something else." Even knowing what I do about this character, that doesn't make any sense to me, but carry on, bloodhound.
Riku then makes a strange announcement: he feels certain that this fake Ansem is the person who gave him "the card," and "pretended to be Ansem […] to make me face the darkness." But what does he mean by "the card?" The world card Riku encountered in the void? That would make sense, because Mickey got another, upsetting the real Ansem's plan. I wonder if perhaps he might mean every instance when Ansem gave Riku world cards (remember how often the localization has singularized the world cards in the past), since the world cards are a physical artifact the real Ansem should have had no way to retrieve. Remember: he's just a figment of Riku's imagination for the time being, so either the cards were just metaphorical all along, or the "Ansem" that gave him the cards can't have been Ansem. This raises the question: how often has Riku actually faced Ansem in this game?
The GBA portrait sprites make things clear, as a different shadow was used before Ansem appeared in most scenes: Riku never faced the Ansem in his heart until the death of Lexaeus! It explains why Ansem was willing to give him powers and tutorials, and also some of the real Ansem's odd choices of words after Riku meets him after the fight with Lexaeus. "That's it, remember me," the real Ansem says, as though reacting to Riku for the first time. "You have been thinking about me," he adds, as though this is news to him. There's also the instance where the fake Ansem told Riku upfront that "darkness is your weapon." Hrm, thinking back on Riku's character arc and the role the fake Ansem played in it, could the fake Ansem have a reason to want Riku to embrace the Darkness?
The false Ansem transforms before Riku's eyes, revealing the most Tetsuya Nomura creation imaginable. Tall, broad, robed and cloaked and scarfed, bound with a ladder-like structure of clasps below the waist, with three separate satchels, and red bandages all over his face like a mummy, orange-yellow eyes (not unlike the Organization members), and on top of the bandages: two overlapping belts. Yes: belts around the head!
The remake ruins any impact this character's introduction might have had by giving him a nonsensical opening line. "DiZ, or so I am known." "DiZ?" What on earth does "DiZ" mean, and why did you feel obliged to convey it with such atypical sentence structure? DiZney parks and hotels? DiZzy from those belts cutting off the flow of blood to your brain? In the original, he says "Call me DiZ… it's as good a name as any," both making it clear that "DiZ" is his name and that it's not a very good name but it will have to do, which is important, because it's not a very good name.
DiZ is voiced here by Swiss army knife Corey Burton, though he's not the character's original voice actor from KH2, but more on that later. I feel it's kind of late to be introducing a new character to the plot, much less a character important enough to be voiced, but whatever you say…
The buckled wonder here tells us that he's been watching Riku, and wants Riku to "choose." He tells Riku that his situation, between the light and the dark, is unique, and that he should find Naminé to learn more about what he should do next. Shit, how and when did Naminé meet this weirdo? Of course, Riku has never heard the name "Naminé," and DiZ is long gone before he can ask. You know, DiZ, I know this is a video game and we're just going to go about the search in the usual video game way, but Riku's in a town full of houses. Is he supposed to bang on every door asking if they know Naminé?
Twilight Town's deck is pretty solid in both versions, featuring a wide spread of cards that seems to be even wider in the remake for duelling purposes. For some reason, the remake includes a Potion, even though that's of no value to you whatsoever (remember: a Potion's function is to reload Sora's deck the same way Riku's does by default), but other than that the deck is a winner. I suppose it's nice that it's so strong, considering it's the last new gimmick deck in the game and we'll be on to the Castle Oblivion deck for the final floor. There's not much more I can say. All the villains are dead and we're running on fuel made of "new character ex machina." It's past time for this game to wrap up.
At the Room of Beginnings, Riku finds himself outside the gate to the mansion, the same spot Sora fought Vexen several floors up. He wonders about the mansion, but is interrupted by the arrival of… oh, god… the Riku Replica. Dude, we've done this five times already. Do we have to do it again?
It seems we do, because the Riku Replica is having something of a personal crisis, which is why I got my jokes out up-front. He compliments Riku on embracing the darkness, and is soon having a pity speech about Riku being real. But it seems the Riku Replica is on the verge of a breakdown about this dead horse issue, and it's hard to make fun of it, because David Gallagher is really pulling out the stops. Whatever complaints I may have had about the poor Replica in the previous scene, this scene is excellent.
The Replica shouts that he's never going to have his own identity, as even his experiences and sensations are just someone else's in duplicate. He's even realized that his powers from Zexion are just borrowed, and I can't help but wonder if he's overcome with guilt for murdering someone and getting nothing but emptiness in return, even if the Disney game won't say it. Reactions to killing people have been a major theme so far, with Sora, Axel and GBA-Riku all on the same slate. You could say that Riku Replica is realizing that he was being manipulated into killing Zexion, just another puppet-act. He raises his Soul Eater to Riku, claiming that "As long as you're around, I'll never be anything better than a shadow!" and Riku raises his own weapon (in the remake he does so with visible reluctantance), and the fight begins.
The final battle with the Riku Replica in R/R is identical to the final one with Sora, except now you have no control over your deck, and in the GBA version (where Mickey is absent), you lack any source of healing outside of the Oogie Boogie card. This seems like it should be a nightmare scenario, but in practice, I find that our Riku's boosted Attack Points and HP tend to carry him through even without Sora's tricks. Don't be completely afraid of using Dark Mode Sleights or Combo Attacks in the GBA version, so long as you can assure the safe use of a Hi Potion later on, and feel free to use Duels to close the gap in the remake. After so many fights with the Riku Replica, I'm sad to say that with a little practice he'll quickly be defeated.
After the battle, the Replica is lying in a pool of leaking darkness. He's staring blank-faced at the sky, which looks creepy for a moment before you realize the remake's animators were using "fish-face" again. It truly undermines the sequence. There are lots of bad instances of fish-face, but having the devs use a low-res model for a death scene is pretty much the bottom of the pit. But despite that one faulty detail, the rest of the scene carries the proper emotions. It's perhaps the most frank conversation about death in the entire series. The remake even says the word "death!" The scene is interesting not just from the Replica's perspective, but how Riku waits with him, not sure what to say, do, or if he should even be there.
The Replica says: "Death doesn't frighten me. Good riddance to a phony life. […] I'm sure even what I'm feeling now is probably all fake." That comes close to melodrama, but then Riku asks: "…What are you feeling?" which surprises me. The Replica replies with an existential question: "What happens when someone who's not real dies? Where will my heart go? That is, if it doesn't disappear completely…" Riku says: "It'll go somewhere. Maybe to the same place as mine." That line could mean many things, and I like it a lot.
While it's not clear what the Replica got from that, he decides to mock the fact that he'll be "a faithful replica until the very end." But then he adds: "That's… okay," as he dies.
In the Key to Guidance Room, Riku finally reunites with Sora.
Which raises a few questions of its own. Sora is in the pod still, floating among mists. Have the pods always been in B1? I thought Naminé said the characters had to get to the 13th floor to have their memories restored. Were the pods moved? Or is this just a mental illusion being sent by Naminé to save Riku the walk?
Riku meets Naminé here in the white room, and poor Meaghan Martin is once again at the mercy of poor lip sync work, a poor voice director, and/or the poor influence of the original Japanese version, as she's introducing all these staggered pauses into her delivery and will continue to do so in every single – I'm not kidding and I'm so sorry, because it's not even the actor's fault – every exposition scene she has as the character for the rest of the series (at the time of writing). Which is sad because she's so good at natural delivery when the voice director releases their vice grip and lets her talk like a human being.
Riku recognizes Naminé from the scene with Kairi right away, though he doesn't make a big deal about it at first. Naminé shows him Sora, and Riku asks what she did with him. "Nothing," she says at once. Except erased his memory! "He has to [sleep], to get his memory back." Which I erased! Muhahahaha!
We cut away as Naminé fills in the blanks for Riku, and Naminé reiterates what DiZ said earlier: that Riku has to make a choice. Naminé explains that Ansem is still in his heart, but that she can use her powers to disconnect Ansem from Riku's memories. She describes it as "put[ting] a tight lock on your heart," but it's clear from the fact that she tells him he'll forget everything that happened after the islands that she's referring to messing with the chain of memories.
Naminé asks that Riku "please choose," despite not really giving him a second option. You can see why. If Sora gives up his memories of the castle or vice versa, someone will be hurt… but if Riku Soma Cruz-es it up as a second Ansem, that could very well end existence, especially with Sora temporarily asleep! Of course she's not giving him an alternative. And yet… It's clear that Naminé and DiZ clearly don't want Riku to go to sleep, despite the potential consequences. Not after all that careful grooming.
Of course, Riku chooses to stick around. His solution to the Ansem problem? To confront Ansem himself, right away. Naminé admits that she wants Riku to face the darkness all along, "because you're the one who can." That's nice to know from her, but what does DiZ get out of this, and why does he seem to want Riku to do this? I guess we're going to have to find out long-term! Of course, Riku has to ruin this moment by explaining how he knew Naminé was behind his vision of Kairi. That doesn't sound like ruining the moment to you? Wait for it… "Somehow you… smell the same." WELP THAT'S CREEPY, C'MON RIKU WE'RE GOING NOW.
On the opposite side of the final Conqueror's Respite, Riku finds Mickey waiting for him on the opposite side of the door. "So, you decided not to go to sleep, huh?' says Mickey. He explains that DiZ was the one who took him away from Riku in the GBA version (or whatever quantum nonsense was taking place with Mickey in the remake) and they've been chatting while Riku made his way through the card-world. DiZ is in the room too, though you won't notice him at first, thanks to a nearby statue in the remake. It's cleverly done.
In the original, Riku calls DiZ "Voice" again, which is cute. He asks who DiZ actually is, and DiZ only replies "Nobody… or anybody. It all depends on whether you choose to believe in me or not." Riku and DiZ go on to have a more entertaining exchange in the original, but the remake is extended with an important detail: DiZ gives Riku a black cloak, identical the ones worn by the Organization, which otherwise appeared out of nowhere in the ending of the original. I always had to assume Riku and Mickey had raided the Organization's closets in the original, and you can't convince me that DiZ hasn't. DiZ also justifies the wearing the cloaks, something else the original failed to do, so we're riding high. He says that the cloaks will protect the wearer from being devoured by the Realm of Darkness, and will protect the wearers from being sensed by the Nobodies. There's no reason the Nobodies would have cloaks that do that, but you have to keep in mind the remake was trying to plug a two-year-old plot hole about Riku digging through Zexion's underwear drawer for no reason whatsoever.
Returning to the original, DiZ gives Riku a new World card, this one for Castle Oblivion itself. DiZ says that the card will draw Ansem out of Riku's heart to be challenged, and sends Mickey and Riku on their way. "Finish your business with Ansem," he says. Dude, you're a little dark for someone who wears pants accessories as a crown.
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This retrospective's 2D screenshots come from RickyC's longplay of the GBA version of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories at World of Longplays (YouTube), while 3D screenshots come from BlueGator's longplay of the 1.5 HD version of Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Memories at Temple of the Azure Flame (segmented version).


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With the renovation of the Horizon building coming along well, the roof of the former convent has been fitted with solar panels. Breda University of Applied Sciences has opted for this sustainable solution to support the environment. Energy saving is one of the five pillars of the sustainability policy of the new campus.
The solar panels (also called PV-panels or Photovoltiac panels) were skillfully placed by Jacobs Elektro Group recently. Sustainability is a very important theme in the development of the new, green campus. A campus which will have a parklike appearance, where public transport travels to and from our workplace and studies are supported and waste is carefully separated. Additionally: heat insulation, LED lightning and glass walls or roofs are part of the whole 'green' plan. The placement of solar panels is the cherry on the cake. It's an appealing advert for the new campus of Breda University of Applied Sciences!
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Despite Brexit away-day, Tories have yet to tackle immigration, says MACER HALL
KITCHEN employees at Chequers may need to ensure the larders and wine cellar remain well-stocked over the coming months. Over a supper of sweetcorn soup and rib of beef at Theresa May's official country residence this week, progress was made at last in resolving the longrunning Cabinet dispute about Britain's future trade relationship with the EU.
Theresa May may need to take cabinet away again to solve the immigration issue
With plenty more bitter Brexit rows looming for the Prime Minister's team, convivial evenings at the 16th-century manor house to try to ease the tensions could become a regular occurrence.
Tory insiders say a fresh Cabinet fight over Brexit is brewing as the squabble over customs arrangements subsides. At issue this time is the far more incendiary question of immigration.
Concern is growing that under Amber Rudd's leadership the Home Office is not doing enough to strengthen the UK's borders ahead of the departure from the EU scheduled for March next year.
"The Home Office has done nothing on immigration since the EU referendum," one frustrated Tory backbencher told me. "The problem is, just like the Treasury, it is a department full of fanatical Remainers. If borders are a disaster after Brexit the Home Secretary will be culpable."
The Chequers meeting solved some issues but not all
The problem is, just like the Treasury, it is a department full of fanatical Remainers. If borders are a disaster after Brexit the Home Secretary will be culpable.
Such worries are growing at Cabinet level. Commons leader Andrea Leadsom is among a number of ministers disturbed by the Home Office's failure to produce any legislative proposals for setting up the new border control system.
An Immigration Bill promised in the Queen's Speech last June has failed to materialise and there is no sign of a Whitehall white paper setting out the policy aims on the issue.
"It will be published in due course," was all a Home Office spokesman would say this week.
The delay in producing border proposals means that the framework for Britain's future relationship with Brussels such as the customs arrangements is being erected around the existing open door to European migration. "
If the future immigration system is not sorted out there will be a big hole in the Brexit programme," one senior source said.
There is a fear that Ms Rudd and Chancellor Philip Hammond, both outspoken Remainers, are manoeuvring to keep EU free movement largely unchanged.
Ms Leadsom, a star of the Vote Leave movement during the referendum campaign, is among ministers anxious to ensure that the voter anger at mass immigration that drove the referendum result does not end up being ignored.
This week's official migration data showed how far the Government remains from reaching the target set by David Cameron nearly a decade ago of reducing the annual influx below 100,000.
For all the headlines about record numbers of EU citizens returning home since the Brexit vote the figures still showed that 90,000 more came to the UK from other EU nations than left in the year to last September.
Overall net migration stood at 244,000 for the 12-month period, equivalent to adding a city the size of Swansea to the population.
Andrea Leadsom is one of the worried ministers over the lack of progress over immigration
Details of the Brexit negotiations with Brussels, focused on transition and customs, have become arcane for many voters.
The one thing that is obvious is the lack of progress on tackling the annual influx, which has been at the heart of popular anger against the Westminster establishment ever since Tony Blair threw open the country's borders to free movement from Eastern Europe in 2004.
Any attempt to put off action risks breeding a renewed voter revolt. If there is one single issue that could fuel the accusation that the Brexit dream has been betrayed it is that of immigration.
While the Home Office dithers some wiser Cabinet ministers are beginning to sound the alarm. Mrs May – who as home secretary warned about the threat to social cohesion posed by mass migration urgently needs to confront the ministerial dispute. It might be time to start planning a few more Cabinet away-days.
Corbyn puts party before integrity and country
Jeremy Corbyn's speech won't reveal his true intentions
FOR once Labour's beleaguered moderate MPs are looking forward to a Jeremy Corbyn speech. The hard-Left Labour leader, whose dogma-drenched rants are usually grating beyond endurance to anyone outside his fan club, is due to make an address on Monday that will at last make clear his vision for Brexit.
Pro-Brussels MPs on the party's soft-Left wing are anticipating a "seismic" shift towards their way of thinking. Mr Corbyn is an old-fashioned socialist and long-standing Eurosceptic in the Tony Benn tradition who sees Brussels as the centre of a sinister capitalist club.
Yet Labour insiders expect him to commit his party to a so-called "soft" Brexit keeping Britain locked in an EU customs union.
It is expected to be a rare U-turn for a politician who has refused to change his mind on virtually anything since the 1970s. But the moderates may be celebrating a little too early.
The Labour leader has a record of failing to articulate policy ideas briefed in advance by his aides when he actually comes to speak. And on Europe at least the Labour leader is always ready to put pragmatism ahead of principle.
Mr Corbyn's approach to European policy echoes that of his predecessor Harold Wilson. Wilson constantly kept his colleagues guessing over his attitude to British membership of the Common Market in an attempt at keeping his feud-riven party from splitting apart.
A few years after his retirement Labour did fracture with European policy as one of the key dividing lines. Mr Corbyn's EU policy is similarly tactical and prone to shift according to circumstance.
With the Left hankering for power his overriding aim is causing maximum damage to the Tories in Commons votes in the hope of toppling Theresa May. What is best for the country in its future relations with Brussels will not form part of the calculation.
Plenty more about-turns on Europe can be expected from Mr Corbyn and his scheming aides. Labour moderates are mistaken if they think his big speech on Monday will be his final word.


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- Telecommunications Giant Vodafone Leaves the Libra Association
- Group of Central Banks Assesses Developing Central Bank Digital Currencies
- South Korea Might Impose 20 Percent Tax on Cryptocurrency Profits
- Report: Terrorists Increasingly Use Crypto to Raise Funds Anonymously
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G20 Countries Opt to Regulate Cryptocurrency to Battle Money Laundering and Terrorism
Money laundering in general and money laundering via cryptocurrency in particular is something that preoccupies any political leadership of industrial nation in the world. The decentralized nature of cryptocurrency, however, makes it very difficult for individual states to fight such cyber-crimes alone, and global cooperation is certainly necessary.
This is why the participants of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina have agreed together (which in itself is quite impressive) to collaborate in order to better regulate cryptocurrency transactions and assets. Another issue of grave concern for virtually all of the G20 countries is how terrorism and also other malicious acts are being financed – and unfortunately how cryptocurrency is exploited for the nefarious financial goals of such terrorists, rogue nations and even hackers.
Section 25 of the mutual declaration, which was signed by the G20 countries, states the following:
We will regulate crypto-assets for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism in line with FATF standards and we will consider other responses as needed.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an international organization (authorized by 37 countries) that is especially designated to detect and repel money laundering, terrorist financing and other threats to the global financial system. To meet the organization's goals in this new crypto era, earlier this year the FATF began discussing rules regarding cryptocurrency exchanges. Now, the FATF has been acknowledged by the G20 nations as the authority that would determine proper cryptocurrency regulations.
Another international body with which the G20 is working and is also cited in the declaration is the Financial Stability Board (FSB); the FSB was tasked by the G20 to initiate the development of the framework for monitoring the cryptocurrency industry. In July, the FSB has reported that although it "believes that crypto-assets do not pose a material risk to global financial stability at this time, it recognises the need for vigilant monitoring in light of the speed of market developments."
If so, it appears that the most industrial nations in the world have begun to pay much more attention to the cryptocurrency industry – with special regard to the ruinous potential it might hold if it would run rampant without any boundaries and oversight.


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"I can't think of a more noble mission than this. We've been all over the world during this time of conflict, but now our mission is to take care of citizens at home ... and depending on where an event occurred, you're going home to take care of your home town, your loved ones."
-Col. Roger Cloutier, 1st Brigade Combat Team Commander referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals (aka: US Citizens)., 9.30.08.
A little-noticed story surfaced a couple of weeks ago in the Army Times newspaper about the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. "Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months," reported Army Times staff writer Gina Cavallaro, "the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks."
Disturbingly, she writes that "they may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control" as well.
The force will be called the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive Consequence Management Response Force. Its acronym, CCMRF, is pronounced "sea-smurf." These "sea-smurfs," Cavallaro reports, have "spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle," in a combat zone, and now will spend their 20-month "dwell time"-time troops are required to spend to "reset and regenerate after a deployment"-armed and ready to hit the U.S. streets.
The Army Times piece includes a correction stating that the forces would not use nonlethal weaponry domestically. I called Air Force Lt. Col. Jamie Goodpaster, a public-affairs officer for Northern Command. She told me that the overall mission was humanitarian, to save lives and help communities recover from catastrophic events. Nevertheless, the military forces would have weapons on-site, "containerized," she said-that is, stored in containers-including both lethal and so-called nonlethal weapons. They would have mostly wheeled vehicles, but would also, she said, have access to tanks. She said that any decision to use weapons would be made at a higher level, perhaps at the secretary-of-defense level.
Talk of trouble on U.S. streets is omnipresent now, with the juxtaposition of Wall Street and Main Street. The financial crisis we face remains obscure to most people; titans of business and government officials assure us that the financial system is "on the brink," that a massive bailout is necessary, immediately, to prevent a disaster. If the economy does collapse, if people can't go down to the bank to withdraw their savings, or get cash from an ATM, there may be serious "civil unrest," and the "sea-smurfs" may be called upon sooner than we imagine to assist with "crowd control."
That's where the sea-smurfs come in. Officially formed to respond to major disasters, like a nuclear or biological attack, this combat brigade falls under the U.S. Northern Command, a military structure formed on Oct, 1, 2002, to "provide command and control of Department of Defense homeland defense efforts."
Military participation in domestic operations was originally OUTLAWED with the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878. The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, however, included a section that allowed the president to deploy the armed forces to "restore public order" or to suppress "any insurrection." While a later bill repealed this, President Bush attached a signing statement that HE DID NOT FEEL BOUND BY THE APPEAL.
We are in a time of increasing economic disparity, with the largest gap between rich and poor of any wealthy industrialized country. We are witnessing a crackdown on dissent, most recently with $100 million spent on "security" at the Democratic and Republican national conventions. The massive paramilitary police forces deployed at the RNC in St. Paul, Minn., were complete overkill, discouraging protests and conducting mass arrests (National Guard troops just back from Fallujah were there). The arrest there of almost 50 journalists (myself included) showed a clear escalation in attempting to control the message (akin to the ban on photos of flag-draped coffins of soldiers). There are two ongoing, unpopular wars that are costing lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz estimates that Iraq alone will cost more than $3 trillion.
In December 2001, in the midst of restricted access to bank accounts due to a financial crisis, respectable, middle-class Argentines rose up, took to the streets, smashed bank windows and ultimately forced the government out of power, despite a massive police crackdown and a failed attempt to control the media. Here in the U.S., with the prospect of a complete failure of our financial system, the people have spoken and do not want an unprecedented act of corporate welfare. We don't know how close the system is to collapse, nor do we know how close the people are to taking to the streets. The creation of an active-duty military force, the sea-smurfs, that could be used to suppress public protest here at home is a very bad sign.
-Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan ("Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs," TruthDig.com, 10.2.08. Image: Poster Illustration of the "People Scoop" in the classic sci-fi film "Soylent Green," directed by Richard Fleischer, 1973).


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5. Amanda Terrell
Now this is just plain cruel. Teachers presumably have some kind of training on how to handle kids with additional needs, so you'd think that someone who'd been teaching for two years would know that a student with Asperger's Syndrome would sometimes need some delicate behavior management. Not Amanda Terrell, of Parkersburg High. She created a special "bad kid fort" out of a cardboard box and made the student sit in there when he misbehaved. She was suspended on charges of bullying, but later reinstated, much to the horror of the student's mother, who had contacted the Department of Health and Child Protective Services about the incident. The school board defended its decision, saying that Terrell was a "good quality teacher" who deserves another chance. They might think that, but you wouldn't leave your special-needs kids with her, would you?
4. Mohammed Sarwar
As if to prove that "Breaking Bad" isn't entirely untrue, here's a real-life teacher with a sideline in drug dealing. Mohammed Sarwar taught IT at Burnage Arts College in Manchester, England. He was admired for his community work but he had a dark side. Using the slightly unsubtle alias "The Teacher", he was head of a drugs gang that supplied cocaine to dealers. His alternate career was discovered when police tailed him to a drugs deal on a retail park, which he'd taken one of his students along to. The police swooped and he was later sentenced to 21 years in jail, with his teaching record failing to help him. The head of the drugs squad said "by masterminding a drugs network he abused his position and set the worst sort of example possible" and the judge commented that he had thrown away his chances of a "decent life". He probably shouldn't have got his student involved…
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Teaching is a stressful occupation and many teachers probably wind down with a glass of wine at the end of the school day. But drinking while you're in charge of the kids probably isn't advisable. Pity no-one explained that to Maria L. Caya, who supervised a field trip to a bowling alley while intoxicated. The teacher from Washington Elementary School, Janesville had a blood alcohol level of 0.27 and became so ill that her husband had to come and collect her from the trip. As she was one of several chaperons on the trip, it seems that the children were never in any real danger from her drunkenness, but it certainly doesn't seem like the best idea. Luckily, she had the summer to sober up.
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There's a lot of contradictions in this next story. He was a qualified teacher, but working as the school bus driver. He was a passionate environmentalist…again, working as a bus driver (that most environmentally-friendly of jobs?) But one fact is clear – Ryan Pleune decided to take matters into his own hands and take students to see a protest instead of just driving them back to school like he was meant to. The students were from Salt Lake City, Utah and they had been on a field trip, driven by Pleune. But on the way back, he made an unscheduled stop at the courthouse so that he could show his students the glory of environmentalists protesting outside the trial of Tim DeChristopher, who was being tried for making fake bids at federal auctions. He thought the school would be "quietly happy" with his actions but they weren't….and he was promptly fired. He defends himself in a guest post on PeacefulUprising.org and continues to fight his cause.
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This last teacher has also been fired but their name has never been released. Which is a shame, cause there's a certain style about this one. The teacher's crime was to give out math puzzles to his third-graders which were a little unusual. One started "John, Jack and Jim lit up their pipes after dinner and began blowing smoke rings". Another asked students to calculate how much blood a hungry vampire was consuming. Then there was the classic conundrum of John, who "swallowed 585 marbles and died" before his grieving father divided the remaining marbles among his friends. The resources were from Homeschooling-Paradise.com (pictured above) and sadly, some parents failed to see the joke and labelled the problems "morbid" and "violent". The take-home message to all aspiring teachers? Never try to make math fun….


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How to set up Android Pay on Android Wear smartwatchSetting up Android Pay on your smartwatch is not a hassle at all since the app is automatically ported to the support Android Wear version. Once you have installed the app on your Android device which is paired to a compatible smartwatch, you will be able to see the Android Pay app icon on the smartwatch as well. Before you begin to use Android Pay on Android Wear for payment, you need to add a card to the app. While you do this, make sure that the smartwatch is connected to your phone, so the Android Pay app on your smartwatch also gets the card details. Once you have added the card of your choice, verify it with your bank and head over to your smartwatch. Launch the Android Pay app on your Android Wear device and tap on "add card" and choose among the cards that have been saved on your Android phone.
How to use Android Pay on Android Wear smartwatchOnce you have the card set up on the phone as well as on the smartwatch, launch the Android Pay app on your watch. Place the top edge of your smartwatch on the payment terminal and you will feel a long vibration on the watch when the payment portal is connected. If you have multiple cards and want to change the default one before paying, simply swipe up the screen and you will be able to view the additional cards. Simply tap on the card that you want to pay with and follow the same process to complete your payment with Android Pay.
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Kobox, is boxing but not as you know it, this now immensely popular initiative teaches boxing by numbers, as the lights dim and the beat drops in their London studios in Chelsea and The City.
Treacle's task was to reflect this ethos and work closely with the founder in the development of the branding and subsequent website, as well as stationery and other print collateral for the initial launch in 2015. Ongoing we support the brand with ad hoc print and design requests as the company grows and grows.
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To determine your residency status for tuition purposes, please review the information below.
In-State Residency: You, the student, must meet at least one of the following requirements to be considered "in-state" for tuition purposes:
- Resided in the state of Oregon at least ninety (90) continuous days prior to the first day of the term.
- You or a member of your immediate family, hold title to property as a permanent Oregon residence.
- Filed an income tax statement with the Oregon Department of Revenue for the most recent reporting year.
- Been a veteran that has established residence within the college district within one (1) year of separation or discharge from the Service.
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Guidelines: Students who graduate from a high school other than in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Montana, or California within the last two years will be considered out-of-state residents and may be required to provide proof of Oregon residency.
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Rights activists in a discussion on Monday said that the violence against women was increasing in the country as the culture of impunity continued letting most of the offenders escape justice.
Human rights organisation Odhikar and women's resource centre Narigrantha Prabartana organised the discussion at the latter's office in the capital to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Speakers in the discussion also said that most of the incidents of violence against women remained unpublished due to patriarchal notions of gender and social stigma.
Odhikar gender expert and senior researcher Taskin Fahmina said that the number of trial of offenders and their punishment was fewer than the number of the violence against women in the country.
Presenting Odhikar's data, she said that between January 2009 and October 2019, 7,895 women and girls were raped while 601 women and girls were victims of acid violence and 3,594 women were victims of violence for dowry.
Presided over by UBINIG director Sima Das Simu, the discussion was also addressed by Grihosramik Odhikar Unnayan joint secretary Kazi Renuara, Samajtantrik Mahila Forum general secretary Sampa Basu, Readymade Garments Workers' Federation president Lovely Yesmin and International Culture University professor Motahara Banu among others.
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Distressed Families Suing Bio Care
Suit Alleges Families Get Ashes, Then Police ID Intact Body
A New Mexico man received what he thought were the cremated remains of his wife's body after donating organs to medical science -- only to learn a few weeks later police found her body, intact, at the company that was supposed to handle the donation to researchers.
Philip Fajardo is now one of two people suing the Albuquerque firm, Bio Care, alleging it gave them ashes represented as the remains of their loved ones.
The lawsuit said authorities later told them at least parts of the bodies had never been cremated.
"I'm pretty sure that they never agreed to the idea that certain organs would be taken out and the rest of their bodies would be dismembered into pieces and put in a container and shipped off to Kansas City," said attorney Sam Bregman. "That was nothing that they bargained for."
Fajardo, of Bernalillo County, and Farrah Fasold of Denton County, Texas, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in state district court in Albuquerque against Bio Care, New Mexico Mortuary Service Inc. and Director's Choice LLC.


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If you're the one who does the supply ordering for you company, you know how complex that process can be. If you're company has multiple locations, it's downright daunting! Weighing each location's needs and wants against organizational policies and budgets, navigating a variety of cumbersome supplier websites, understanding shipping costs and methods, managing product returns, ensuring competitive pricing . . . ARGH!
You only have so many hours in a day, and your time is money. Centralizing the ordering process by using one trusted supplier can make a huge difference. Dealing with only one accounting department; becoming comfortable using one, well-designed website or catalogue; having access to competitive pricing and Canada-wide delivery, and developing relationships with friendly, helpful sales personnel are all huge time, not to mention money savers. Crites & Riddell is just such a company. Through their National Accounts Program, buyers can fill all their office supply needs at one convenient location.
To bring the idea a little closer to home, here's a recent purchasing nightmare. The procurement agent for a large educational institution with campuses throughout Western Canada took a period of leave for a medical issue. Fortunately, he was able to return to work and upon doing so, found his replacement frazzled and stressed out. His co-worker, formerly his assistant, had made the decision to change suppliers in an effort to prove his worth and secure a promotion. "I thought we needed to reduce costs," was his response to his superior's exasperated plea for a reason.
What the assistant had done was diversify the supply purchasing amongst close to a dozen different suppliers. He was spending copious amounts of time researching prices, tracking deliveries, dealing with multiple accounting departments and generally wasting a great deal of time. So much time in fact, that there were now two assistants. The co-worker thought their busyness was testament to his proficiency when in fact it was the result of the beehive of activity he had inadvertently created. Savings indeed!
Horror stories aside, streamlining your supply sourcing processes by finding one quality supplier can not only make life easier for you but will produce cost efficiencies for your employer. One important tip: don't get caught up in having to get every single item at the lowest price, but rather, ensure that overall, the pricing is competitive. Do your homework but once you find a reputable supplier that meets most if not all of your procurement needs, cultivate a working relationship with them and stick with them. The results will please you.


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This EMERGENCY screen will summons help to your location. Most push button devices that someone carries to alert someone in case of an emergency only work when the device is near a base unit. The base unit dials a pre-programmed number to alert emergency personnel and they respond to the programmed address. With this app, the GPS coordinates are sent so that those responding know your location. Family members or others programmed in the app will also be notified that you are in distress.
The Sound Audible Alarm button can help first responders locate you once they are on the scene. Tapping the Notify Emergency Group will notify members of your emergency group list that you need assistance.
Works wherever you have a cellphone signal. Have you ever been on the road and come upon an accident but you didn't know exactly where you were? The app sends the GPS coordinates to 911 so they know where to respond.
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This week's cover story is about a small sea creature that can live forever. Called the "immortal jellyfish," but also referred to as the Benjamin Button jellyfish, it can regenerate itself over and over. Only one man in the world keeps them in a lab, a Japanese scientist named Shin Kubota. As Nathaniel Rich writes, Kubota is currently "our best chance for understanding this unique strand of biological immortality."
When I read about Kubota and his life in Japan — every morning he visits a saltwater hot spring that people have been going to for more than 1,300 years; every afternoon he walks the beach and studies all the organisms that have washed ashore — it brought to mind the ama divers of Japan. The ama (the word translates as "woman diver" or, more colorfully, "sea woman" in Japanese) are free divers who are said to have made their living for some 2,000 years collecting abalone and other food from depths of as much as 80 feet. The majority of them are women because, it is said, the distribution of fat in female bodies makes them better suited than men for swimming in cold waters. Traditionally, the ama wore only minimal clothing, including, more recently, a white shirt, believed to ward off sharks. A wooden barrel, connected to the waist by a rope, acts as a buoy on which they can rest between dives.
Iwase Yoshiyuki, a Japanese photographer born in 1904, spent several decades on the Pacific side of Chiba prefecture producing one of the most comprehensive photo collections of the ama. Rarely exhibited outside of Japan, his portraits are a rare glimpse of a unique culture. A selection follows.


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Claying or the process of cleaning the dirt to the exterior of the car (eg overspray or sticky asphalt) which dirt can not be removed by normal cleaning procedure (ordinary crate washing). For some people maybe this is a new term or a term that is rarely heard. How do we know that we need to do the process claying on our car? how easy, use a plastic bag, then insert the hand into a plastic bag, then palpate the exterior surfaces of your car, if you feel there is a sign that the rough surface of the exterior of the car you need to do claying.
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What is it that Clay? this question may arise in your mind, at the beginning I know the term even this I immediately remember about clay is a kind of clay used for making pottery, is shaped exactly like clay, can harden when dry, and can be soft when wetted with lubricants or fluids / water.
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How much for Clay? the price of about $7 US, in the form of a box in plastic, shaped like a soap bar, hard when dry, cut into 3-4 parts if you want to use, and keep the rest in closed containers that are clean and tight. If you want to use then moisten it with water / special lubricating liquid clay.


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Thailand has a diverse arts scene brimming with artistic crafts that showcase the Thai street fashion style born from the dreams of young and talented designers who remain passionately respectful of their cultural origins. These fashion-forward products encapsulate a rich history of a proud people and while highly desirable, cannot be found easily outside the kingdom.
In 2017, Singaporeans were fortunate enough to briefly connect with these amazingly talented people when Artbox; Bangkok's pop-up creative flea market, came to Singapore. For an ephemeral moment, the Bayfront area was transported to the Land of Smiles, as the event spaces turned into a kaleidoscope of stalls manned by passionate Thai people unveiling their vibrant culture through food, trinkets and lifestyle products.
Artbox Singapore is a whole lot of fun!
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However, the event drew such huge numbers of Singaporeans that many attendees complained that their experience was less than enjoyable simply due to the overcrowding.
(TODAYonline, 2017)
(AsiaOne, 2017)
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Instead of squeezing with the crowds at Artbox, we could take a flight to Bangkok and come back looking stunning with their uniquely fashion-forward clothes. While a trip to Bangkok is always a soul-warming experience, how many of us have the time and the money to fly every time we want to purchase more of their street wear? Thankfully with e-commerce, we don't need to squeeze through crowds or take a flight to gain access to foreign designer products. I had the pleasure of speaking with Mr Michael Ryan Chan; co-founder of ShopJJ, to learn more about how e-commerce is enabling online shoppers to scour local communities from all over the world to discover hidden gems of extraordinarily talented independent designers.
Michael and his fellow co-founders, Mark and Silas, started ShopJJ to shorten the geographical distance between consumers around the world and the gifted but under-the-radar Thai designers. Visit the ShopJJ website to find authentic Thai fashion designer products and pick out something you like, best of all, the product you pick will be shipped directly to your doorstep. No need to fly to Bangkok or contend with the crowds at Artbox.
Trends in the region
One encouraging trend that Michael has observed is the growth in e-commerce users that are not only savvy with buying online but also comfortable buying products online. Platforms like Alibaba and Qoo10 have been a huge force in increasing the trust that consumers have with buying products online and now, online shopping has become commonplace in Singapore. Most notably on Singles' Day 2017, Singaporeans went on a buying frenzy, with Qoo10 receiving more than 130 orders per minute. Lazada also reported that there were four times as many shoppers on their website within the first hour of the sales compared to 2016 Singles' Day (The Straits Times, 2017). In 2015, e-commerce accounted for 2.1% of all retail and by 2025, is expected to account for 6.7% and be worth $7.5 billion (Channel News Asia. 2017).
Riding on the trends
As e-commerce gains popularity in Singapore, more Singaporeans will be looking for foreign products and new platforms like ShopJJ which offer niche products that are not easily found on the bigger platforms like Alibaba and Lazada, will have the opportunity to tap on this growing market. Thai products in particular, are of exquisite quality given that Thailand has a proud history of sculpture and craft which has been flourishing since the 13th century. Today's Thai designers blend respect for the craft, immaculate attention to detail, pride over their heart-work, creativity and passion to craft products with the artistic style of their street fashion while retaining their Thai cultural origins. This defining Thai quality makes their products highly desirable but most of the sellers lack the expertise to bring their products to Singapore. Therefore Michael shared that ShopJJ seeks to connect Singaporeans and others around the world to these talented Thai designers by providing logistics to allow the Thai designers to easily ship their products wherever they are demanded. Additionally, ShopJJ provides expertise in digital content and services to ensure that online shoppers fully appreciate the intricacies of each product from the online listings. For example, ShopJJ provides grain photography and English copywriting to ensure that the Thai products are appealing to online shoppers outside Thailand.
Singapore has become a regional hub for digital creativity; in 2014, around 80% of the work done by the communications sector had a regional scope (The Straits Times, 2014). On the other hand, Michael feels that Thailand offers unique physical creativity, creating exceptional physical products and crafts. Therefore he views the relationship that ShopJJ has with the Thai designers as symbiotic. If the Thais didn't make such desirable products, ShopJJ cannot exist. Conversely, if Michael and his co-founders didn't start ShopJJ, the Thai designers may not have much of a future in the fourth industrial revolution.
As an up and coming e-commerce platform selling a niche product, expanding reach is the main challenge for ShopJJ. They have a brilliant product offering, but if Singaporeans are unaware of their platform, the idea; no matter how brilliant will have limited success. As such, Michael shared that ShopJJ will be focusing more on marketing and one of the best ways to expand awareness is by showcasing their products in "artsy" events. For example, ShopJJ will be selling their products in the Light to Night festival at the Padang which is sure to draw Singaporean hipsters, a key market segment that will be most appreciative of quality Thai products.
Enabling growth
Helping to establish ShopJJ in Singapore, JTC has provided highly subsidised rental of an office space. As a start-up, costs are a key factor and by subsidising rental, ShopJJ can dedicate more resources into infrastructure development and marketing.
Call to Singaporean companies
Our Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance; Indranee Rajah said that "20 years from now, the way people purchase is very different and by that time online platforms will be mainstays" (The Straits Times, 2017) and as detailed in this article, there is plenty of research to back up her prediction. Singaporean companies need to seize the opportunity by finding their niche in this growing e-commerce market and connect consumers with quality suppliers just as what ShopJJ is doing by connecting Singaporeans and the world to the talented craftsmen of Thailand.
AsiaOne. (2017). If you hate crowds, Artbox Singapore may not be the place to go. [online] Available at: http://www.asiaone.com/singapore/if-you-hate-crowds-artbox-singapore-may-not-be-place-go [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].
Channel NewsAsia. (2016). Singapore e-commerce market to exceed S$7b in 2025: Report. [online] Available at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-e-commerce-market-to-exceed-s-7b-in-2025-report-8008460 [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].
The Straits Times. (2017). 'Just too crowded' at hipster market Artbox Singapore. [online] Available at: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/just-too-crowded-at-hipster-market [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].
The Straits Times. (2014). Making Singapore the hub for Asian branding and marketing. [online] Available at: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/making-singapore-the-hub-for-asian-branding-and-marketing [Accessed 1 Feb. 2018].
The Straits Times. (2017). Singapore looking at wider e-commerce levies as one way to diversify tax base: Indranee Rajah. [online] Available at: http://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/singapore-looking-at-wider-e-commerce-levies-as-one-way-to-diversify-tax-base [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].
The Straits Times. (2017). Singaporeans flock to local e-commerce sites in buying frenzy. [online] Available at: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporeans-flock-to-local-e-commerce-sites-in-buying-frenzy [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].
TODAYonline. (2017). Artbox Singapore implements crowd control measures. [online] Available at: http://www.todayonline.com/lifestyle/artbox-singapore-implements-crowd-control-measures [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].


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Unusually for me, I woke at dawn this morning and had to get up. One can get so much more accomplished when you get out of bed! I put in a wash and folded another one before heading to yoga. It was so nice to chat with a friend over tea afterwards.
The middle part of my day was intense as I finished up the edits on an article I'm writing. It's all done and sent, phew.
I needed to loosen up so I went outside to my garden and took some snaps of the cornflowers. It is way too 'buggy' out there right now to sketch on site!
Back inside, I made a cup of tea (funny how that always goes with my sketching process), gathered up a few supplies to my kitchen table and sat to sketch.
It relaxes me. Sometimes I don't know why I make the tea; it's part of the process I guess. Often I forget to drink it though.
Maybe fodder for some textile work.
While outside, I scooted to our shed and took a quick picture of my small planter hanging there. This is a single petunia. Aren't all those petal variations pretty?
Now I'm going to put together my version of a NLT salad that I found on the net for supper. Hubby is golfing, so no pressure.