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At one point or another, we will all become victims of our own self desires over what is going to be the best for us. Afterall, why drive the speed limit for 10 hours when going 10 over will get you there in 8 or 9? Below is my list of top 5 things that you can do now that your body will love you for later!
While there is adequate science that shows that smoking, or at least the nicotine FROM smoking, is an excellent appetite suppressant, there are DEFINITELY reasons for you to put them down for good if you intend to live a healthy and long life! Quitting will lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, mouth cancer and will even make your dating life seem a lot more fruitful (no one likes kissing a smoke bomb or sleeping next to an ash tray, after all). According to the 2013 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the health benefits of quitting grossly outweigh any negative impacts of gaining 5 to 10 pounds during the quitting. So put it down! Who knows, maybe your children (past, present or future) will thank you!
Look, I get it. Everyone is getting tired of being told to get off their butts and do something. I’m one of those people! But let’s face it… exercise is VITAL to us as human beings. Not only does it help you lose body fat, but weight training and moderate cardiovascular activity are crucial to the human body’s ability to regulate many unique hormones and enzymes! Exercise programs mixed with a well-balanced diet will help alleviate depression and anxiety, reduces the risk of developing many different diseases (heart disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes… see a pattern here?), helps to build and maintain healthy bones/muscles/joints as well as looking better on the beach. I mean… that’s why I work out, what’s your reasoning?
Alright, I’m looking at all of my closest friends at the bar with this one. Alcohol is delicious, and god do I love a good bourbon on a Friday night after a long week at work. But, there is more and more evidence every day that links the amount that we drink to many different types of cancer, weight gain and psychological problems. With its ability to be a social lubricant and perpetual voice of unreasonable words/actions, it goes without saying that it can lead to some problems in your social life with family and friends when used in excess. Alcohol also spikes blood sugar levels and has been shown to have negative effects on those that have or are at risk of becoming diabetic. Bottom line… if you’re serious about taking control of your health, alcohol is one thing that you can afford to abstain from (at least until a cheat day 😉 ).
This one is a complete no brainer. Fast food has been linked to a myriad of problems and diseases when it comes to our bodies. These include the following (in no particular order…) : Headaches, depression, acne, dental problems, heart disease, stroke, shortness of breath, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, blood sugar spikes/insulin resistance, bloating, digestion problems… If this doesn’t sound like a commercial for a new drug that it’s side effects will kill you, nothing will! Why in the heck do we do this to ourselves knowing these problems? Because fast food tastes so sinfully DELICIOUS! Why? Because it’s loaded with sugar to make you crave it! Quitting fast food by those that eat it daily have described similar withdrawal symptoms to people who are overcoming cocaine addiction. According to a study accomplished by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, fast food addiction stimulates the same neurobiological pathways that are implicated in drug abuse. That being said, kicking this habit is a lot harder in our society where food addiction is as easy as driving through a drive-thru window. It’s easier, faster and more convenient than cooking for ourselves, and that has brought us to the point where we actually need to conduct studies like this one to determine how bad it is for us. Not only does it make you unhealthy, but it triggers the reward centers of our brain to stimulate a desire to eat more of that food when you are unhappy, depressed or even just bored. Quitting fast food will be the number one best thing you will do for your body, but the problem is that it will be one of the hardest things you have done for yourself!
Depression is like a dirty 4 letter word. Those that don’t understand it think negatively of those that do while those that do fear the negative feedback of those that don’t. It’s a bit of a vicious cycle, really!
16.2 million (that’s right, million) Americans (or 6.9 percent of the entire population) suffer from at least 1 depression episode a year that is categorized as major (healthline.com). Of that statistic, at least 25 percent are deemed as psychotic episodes requiring hospitalization. Why is this important when discussing weight loss, though?! Depression and obesity go hand in hand according to research conducted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. In there research, they have discovered that “obesity status was related to peer victimization in younger youth (11 to 14 year olds). A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies between 1978 and 1997 found that victimization is strongly related to depression” (Janssen I, Craig WM, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15121928). With that correlation in mind, adults that suffer from at least mild/moderate bullying as adolescents tend to still carry the emotional scars of their bullying as adults.
Those scars manifest in different ways, though. Some become successful business leaders. Some become fitness models or Olympians. Unfortunately, quite a few become alcoholics (at least moderate in that term, but you get the idea when you walk down the street on trash day and you see the same houses with recycling bins full of cheap wine bottles..). Depression and physical health are something that seem to go hand in hand in this respect. Those that suffer often turn to the bottle as a means of dealing with their demons in their own way, often because they would rather be selfish than ask for help from others. That depressive attitude is what brings us to the struggle.
The struggle being weight loss and control. Alcohol is a sugar, and the body LOVES sugar! Go out for dinner sometime and order the biggest dessert on the menu and you’ll understand afterwards; you feel happy, satisfied, then tired and ready to shut down. These feelings are purely chemical inside of the human body when it comes to how your body processes sugars, and alcohol is no different in this respect. It is the sugar that turns into glucose, which is then stored as fat inside of the body for that rainy day down the road. When that rainy day never comes due to how readily accessible food can be for us, that energy is never used and stays on us as visceral fat. This feeling, though, replaces the depression. It makes life so much more tolerable when you feel happy and satisfied because of the chemical reaction of sugar in your body, which then slowly turns into an addiction that is difficult to break away from.
The only way to get rid of this is to stop the cycle. If you are struggling with your weight but also struggle with depression, seeking help for that depression and removing things out of your life that contribute to negativity will GREATLY increase your chances of success in a healthier body in the long-term. I personally struggle with this aspect due to wanting to have people who I think can appreciate me only to find out that they only keep me around for their own personal gain. This is something that affects my personal life greatly and is hard for me to get through at times due to always wanting to see the best in people and trust them for face value. Unfortunately, I am finding out the hard way that human beings are complex, and they will always have their own motives that they have justified to themselves to be right, even if it wrongs another person that cares about them. My own personal battle that happened as a result of this realization led me to a 2 day set back in my own goals for my body (but MAN is corn whiskey delicious!), but realizing that not everyone in my life will do this is a big step in the direction to getting over it and moving forward as a great man who only deserves the best, especially where I only give my best to those around me!
I hope that you enjoyed reading my discussion on depression and it’s affect on our physical health! Please follow my blog here as well as my Facebook group linked below for further content!
This post is very personal. If you do not wish to read this type of posting, feel free to walk away. This posts discusses some of the harder things that I have gone through and is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I attempt to approach the topic with some humility and humor.
It’s a word that over 90 million people in the United States alone consider themselves every time that they look into the mirror. It’s the look of disappointment in not being the body type that they want to be, but are unsure of what they are or are not doing that is preventing them from being that person that they dream of. It’s the disgusted look that you give yourself when you see how much you binged the night before on a “cheat day”, and the constant reminder that it’s probably going to be a cheat week… followed by a cheat month. The word “failure” creates a cascading effect, and it’s one that so many people have a hard time recovering from.
I’m a failure. Saying those words out loud gives a negative connotation that you cannot recover from what you did wrong and are doomed to never be able to change; or does it? I personally have failed in my own goals in life. I’m divorced, bull-headed/difficult to deal with in a relationship aspect, have unrealistic and somewhat toxic views of who I want in my life (don’t we all at times???), I refuse to settle for less than I think that I am afforded, quit the first career I ever had to pursue something better (that’s a work in progress, I’d like to think!!), I take my closest friends for granted but am forever grateful for their love and support (and strong kicks to my junk from time to time), and I am overweight. Let’s forget the rest of all of that and focus on my gut, though!
I have struggled with my weight for a while now. I wasn’t even aware that I had a problem until 2010 when I weighed in at a whopping 310 pounds! I knew that I couldn’t keep that up and keep my military career, so I was hell-bent on only having half a pizza a night instead of the whole thing.. funny enough, that didn’t work out. So, I dieted and started forcing myself to walk/jog a 5k every day. After a couple of weeks of doing this, I found that my body was able to move faster, that I had more agility and that I could have some endurance. By the end of that month, I was jogging (ish) for the entire 5k. Within 2 months, I was down to 210 pounds. By the time weigh ins came around for my Navy Physical Assessment Test, I was 190 pounds. I smoked that test! I became a long distance runner for about 2 years because of this and it became my escape from all of the problems I had in my life, and pretty soon I stopped dealing with them all together.
Now, you’re probably wondering where I failed at this point. Because it sure sounds like a success story, right? I started to struggle with some inner demons when I was faced with a major career shift in the Navy and I turned back to drinking and eating comfort food. I still ran often, but I was self medicating instead of leaving the problems on the roads. I put a large strain on my marriage because I refused to seek help for this, and it ultimately led me down a very dark road that I almost didn’t come back from. It didn’t matter how good I was at my career, how much recognition from my superiors, how much support I had at home or the appreciation my subordinates occassionally gave me. I was a failure without redemption. As a result, I was divorced, separated from the Navy (on good terms!), up to my shoulders in debt that I couldn’t see my way out of, the bar was my second home, and I had a long string of relationships where I didn’t appreciate the women that wanted to help me get through this phase of my life. I ultimately saw myself as a failure that couldn’t be helped or saved. The mountain of depression eventually buried me and I gave into the thought that I wasn’t worth anything and would never get out of it.
I probably wouldn’t have made it out of this alive if it weren’t for a few people in my life at that point, and I’ll talk about them briefly here. Lexi and Danny, you two were there when I made some of the hardest choices and went through some of the most difficult moments in my life during this period. You were there for me with my dad during and after my divorce court date, when I gave up the most amazing dog to a couple that could be better owners at the time and to help ease my transition into the civilian world. I owe you both debts that I feel are impossible to ever repay. Misty was the first real attempt at a relationship after my divorce, and she showed me that it was ok to struggle, but to open up and talk about that struggle so that I can move forward. Your friendship and want to help me ended up being the catalyst to our close friendship, but your loving and caring self is the biggest reason why I’m still here today. Aaron and Dakota were roommates during this phase at one point or another, and probably some of the best people to talk to during a long night of drinking. They were also fun to be annoyed with in one way or another, too. Your candid friendships with me gave me some of the most endearing memories that I won’t soon forget! My family and close friends ultimately saved me from being unrecoverable, and they refused to let me give up or surrender. Just because I don’t name someone by name doesn’t make them any less important in the process of me growing out of who I was to who I am now. So if you’re reading this and are disappointed to not see your name here, it’s definitely not because I forgot about you!
Why am I telling you ALL of this stuff? Well, I’m open about it. It’s part of my past that I can never change, but I also would never want to. The point is, I failed! But it’s not about the failure that defines who we are, even though a lot of people eventually allow themselves to do so. It’s about what we do to move forward and learn that makes us stronger, healthier and happier. If I could change things, I would in some respects (being a better husband, being able to get help when things were getting overwhelming, treated my friends better in the past… you know, simple things that aren’t so simple at the time). But all of this is to emphasize one important thing. I failed, and it’s ok.
So let’s fast forward to an amazing friend and his desire to see me happy. I got my license for a motorcycle and was ready to hit the road! Problem? I didn’t have a bike! My friend gifted me his and even put in countless hours making sure that it was ready for the road. I was all set; had all of my safety gear, some awesome biker sunglasses and an attitude that could shake Clint Eastwood in a staring match. So how do you think this ended? That’s right, I wrecked the bike avoiding someone crossing over the median in a curve. Some road rash, a couple of broken ribs and a broken wrist later, and I’m back to where I was… angry at myself and full of self loathing. I managed to get back up to 230 pounds (which was the largest I had been in 8 years at that point!) and decided “No more” (in a very Doctor Who tone, if you can imagine).
I’ve been at this for going on 6 weeks now, and I’m averaging 2-3 pounds a week at this point without exercise. I have cheated on my lifestyle change and have rebounded slightly here and there, but I have been consistent about getting back onto it as soon as I can. It’s not glamorous, but it’s enough to see results and to share my experiences. I started to talk to my friends again about the things that I felt, my desires and even goals during this time and was encouraged to start writing. I definitely shrugged off the suggestion because, “Who wants to read what I have to say?!”, but over time the idea really intrigued me. I’ve always enjoyed writing, and I’m not stranger to failure, so why not? And here we are… one incredibly long and very transparent look through the looking-glass at who I am and why I’m here. I very much hope that anyone that reads this can look at themselves and see that their own failures don’t have to be the worst things about them, but more motivational nudges to try harder the next time.Without those failures, how will we ever know that we need to do more, shake it up or try something different to reach our desired results? Life is never an easy, one way or straight road. Sometimes we have to take the side streets to not get stuck in traffic for a while.
Suicide is never the answer. If you or someone you know struggles with their inner demons, please get them to get help or at least confide in someone that they trust.
Bear with me on my first post. This one is going to be a little more “literary” than entertaining or informative.
The biggest question that experts ask when it comes to obesity in the U.S. is “Why?”. In 1991, the obesity/overweight rate in America was at 12 percent, a number that has nearly doubled in the current day at 20 percent and is on track to triple in the next decade. That number is alarming, but in the last 20 years, the percentage of young people that are overweight as nearly doubled as well. We’ve all heard that being overweight comes with a myriad of health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and hypertension (just to name a few).
So, to reiterate the question above… why? What causes us to choose a lifestyle over time that encourages us to be unhealthy for the rest of our lives, and what can we do to mitigate those choices for better ones? Why do we as Americans seem to celebrate those that choose to stay unhealthy and not encourage them to be better to themselves? All great questions! So glad you asked!
We have definitely been led into an inactive lifestyle due to technology, advances in transportation, automation of manual labor… all are quick tickets to easing into a sedentary lifestyle. On top of these, we are bombarded DAILY with so much advertisement for unhealthy foods. Take a walk down any street in a major city and you’ll see amazing food on signs, just begging for you to sink your teeth into. But with these small points in the bigger picture, why still are we choosing to eat those things and to not stay active?
Comfort. We are all fed a lie from a young age that being comfortable is a good thing. That living a life that is free from discomfort should be the life that we all strive for. We have traded pain, sacrifice and exhaustion for complete comfort in every facet of our daily lives. Why cook that delicious and healthy meal when you can grab a frozen dinner out of the freezer or drive thru on your way to work/home? Why walk across town when you can quickly drive there instead (after all, walking gives you blisters…)? Why do something that you can pay someone else to do for you? We are inheritably lazy, and it’s getting worse as time goes by when we have created a society that encourages that laziness. This isn’t to say that some people DO have legitimate medical problems that prevent maintaining a healthy weight, but 20 percent of the population is a bit much to argue that point without putting some of the responsibility on the individual and their choices that got them to that point.
Why does this matter? Identifying the pattern in ourselves that fuels us to stay inactive, to eat the crappily unhealthy foods and prevents us from losing unnecessary body fat is the first step in overcoming those obstacles. Take a moment to think about what your excuses are for why you are doing these things and feel free to leave a comment. Admitting them out loud holds yourself accountable for the future success that you will achieve with discipline and support from this community!
Thanks for joining me! This site will be all about simple nutrition and exercise for weight loss as well as diving into different topics involved with obesity and the struggle we as human beings face with it. I am VERY excited to share my thoughts, experiences and adventures with others and I hope to inspire people to embark on their own journey with their own fitness and dietary needs. So sit back and enjoy my writings, pictures and videos!

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To begin, I send you  "Stray Thoughts on Death and Satan" from his pen.
Editor's Note.  It is with feelings of sincere gratitude that we thank Baron Spadalieri for his most valuable contribution. The late Éliphas Lévi was the most learned Kabalist and Occultist of our age, in Europe, and every thing from his pen is precious to us, in so far as it helps us to compare notes with the Eastern Occult doctrines and, by the light thrown upon both, to prove to the world of Spiritualists and Mystics, that the two systems  the Eastern-Aryan, and the Western or the Chaldeo-Jewish Kabala  are one in their principal metaphysical tenets. Only, while the Eastern Occultists have never lost the key to their esotericism, and are daily verifying and elaborating their doctrines by personal experiments, and by the additional light of modern science, the Western or Jewish Kabalists, besides having been misled for centuries by the introduction of foreign elements in it such as Christian dogmas, dead-letter interpretations of the Bible &c., have most undeniably lost the true key to the esoteric meaning of Simeon Ben Jochai's Kabala, and are trying to make up for the loss, by interpretations emanating from the depths of their imagination and inner consciousness. Such is evidently the case with J. K., the self-styled London "Adept," whose anonymous and powerless vilifications of the Theosophical Society and its members are pertinently regarded by Baron Spadalieri as "tantamount to libels." But we have to be charitable. That poor descendant of the Biblical Levites  as we know him to be  in his pigmy efforts to upset the Theosophists, has most evidently fractured his brain against one of his own "occult" sentences. There is one especially in the Spiritualist (July 22), to which the attention of the mystically inclined is drawn further down as this paragraph is most probably the cause of the sad accident which befell so handsome a head. Be it as it may,but it now disables the illustrious J.K. from communicating "scientifically his knowledge" and forces him at the same time to remain, as he expresses it, "in an incommunicable ecstatic state." For it is in no other "state" that our great modern adept, the literary man of such a "calibre"* that to suspect him of "ignorance" becomes equal, in audacity, to throwing suspicion upon the virtue of Caesar's wife  could possibly have written the following lines, intended by him, we believe, as a lucid and clear exposition of his own psycho-Kabalistic lore as juxtaposed to the "hard words," "outlandish verbiage," "moral and philosophical platitudes," and "jaw-breakers" of "the learned Theosophists."
"In every human creature there lies latent in the involitional part of the being a sufficient quantity of the omniscient, the absolute. To induce the latent absolute, which is the involitional part of our volitional conscious being, to become manifest, it is essential that the volitional part of our being should become latent. After the preparatory purification from acquired depravities, a kind of introversion has to take place; the involitional has to become volitional, by the volitional becoming involitional. When the conscious becomes semi-unconscious, the, to us, formerly unconscious becomes fully conscious. The particle of the omniscient that is within us, the vital and growing, sleepless, involitional, occult or female principle being allowed to express itself in the volitional, mental, manifest, or masculine part of the human being, while the latter remains in a state of perfect passivity, the two formerly dissevered parts become re-united as one holy (wholly) perfect being, and then the divine manifestation is inevitable." Very luckily, J.K. gives us himself the key to this grandiloquent gush: "necessarily" he adds, "this is only safely practicable while living in uncompromisingly firm purity, for otherwise there is danger of unbalancement  insanity, or a questionable form of mediumship."
The italics are ours. Evidently with our immaculate "adept" the "involitional, occult or female principle" was not allowed to express itself in the volitional mental, manifest, or masculine part" of his being, and  behold the results!!
For the edification of our Hindu readers, who are unprogressive enough to refuse reading the lucubrations of "J.K.," or follow the mental "grand trapeze" performed by this remarkable Adept" on the columns of the Spiritualist, we may add that in he same article he informs his English readers that it is "Hindu mystification, acting on Western credulity" which "brought out the Theosophical Society." "Hindu philosophy" according to that great light of the nineteenth century is no "philosophy" but rather mysticism." . . . "Following the track of the mystifying and mystified Hindus they (the Theosophists) consider the four above faculties (Sidhis of Krishna) Anima, Mahima, Laghima and Garima to be the power they (we) have to strive for." "Indeed, what a ludicrous confusion of effect with cause"!
The fracture of the brain must have been serious indeed. Let us hope that timely and repeated lotions of "Witch-Hazel" or "the Universal Magic Balm" will have its good effects. Meanwhile, we turn the attention of our Hindu readers and students of Occultism to the identity of the doctrines taught by Éliphas Lévi (who, too, is contemptuously sneered at, and sent by the "Adept" to keep company with "Brothers," Yogis, and "Fakirs") in every essential and vital point with those of our Eastern initiates.
Death is the necessary dissolution of imperfect combinations. It is the re-absorption of the rough outline of individual life into the great work of universal life; only the perfect is immortal.
Death is the transfiguration of the living; corpses are but the dead leaves of the Tree of Life which will still have all its leaves in the spring. The resurrection of men resembles eternally these leaves.
Perishable forms are conditioned by immortal types.
Our souls are as it were a music, of which our bodies are the instruments. The music exists without the instruments, but it cannot make itself heard without a material intermediary; the immaterial can neither be conceived nor grasped.
Man in his present existence only retains certain predispositions from his past existences.
To be in direct communication with the imagination of nature, one must be either asleep, intoxicated, in an ecstacy, cataleptic, or mad.
The eternal memory preserves only the imperishable; all that passes in Time belongs of right to oblivion.
The preservation of corpses is a violation of the laws of nature; it is an outrage on the modesty of death, which hides the works of destruction, as we should hide those of reproduction. Preserving corpses is to create phantoms in the imagination of the earth;5 the spectres of the night-mare, of hallucination, and fear, are but the wandering photographs of preserved corpses. It is these preserved or imperfectly destroyed corpses, which spread, amid the living, plague, cholera, contagious diseases, sadness, scepticism and disgust of life.6 Death is exhaled by death. The cemeteries poison the atmosphere of towns, and the miasma of corpses blight the children even in the bosoms of their mothers.
Near Jerusalem in the Valley of Gehenna a perpetual fire was maintained for the combustion of filth and the carcasses of animals, and it is to this eternal fire that Jesus alluded when he says that the wicked shall be cast into Gehenna; signifying that dead souls will be treated as corpses.
The Talmud says that the souls of those who have not believed in immortality will not become immortal. It is faith only which gives personal immortality;7 science and reason can only affirm the general immortality.
The mortal sin is the suicide of the soul. This suicide would occur if the man devoted himself to evil with the full strength of his mind, with a perfect knowledge of good and evil, and an entire liberty of action which seems impossible in practice, but which is possible in theory, because the essence of an independent personality is an unconditioned liberty. The divinity imposes nothing upon man, not even existence. Man has a right to withdraw himself even from the divine goodness, and the dogma of eternal hell is only the assertion of eternal free-will.
God precipitates no one into hell. It is men who can go there freely, definitively and by their own choice.
Those who are in hell, that is to say, amid the gloom of evil8 and the sufferings of the necessary punishment, without having absolutely so willed it, are called to emerge from it. This hell is for them only a purgatory. The damned completely, absolutely and without respite, is Satan who is not a rational existence, but a necessary hypothesis.
Satan is the last word of the creation. He is the end infinitely emancipated. He willed to be like God of which he is the opposite. God is the hypothesis necessary to reason, Satan the hypothesis necessary to unreason asserting itself as free-will.
To be immortal in good, one must identify oneself with God; to be immortal in evil, with Satan. These are the two poles of the world of souls; between these two poles vegetate and die without remembrance the useless portion of mankind.
Editor's Note.  This may seem incomprehensible to the average reader, for it is one of the most abstruse of the tenets of Occult doctrine. Nature is dual: there is a physical and material side, as there is a spiritual and moral side to it; and, there is both good and evil in it, the latter the necessary shadow to its light. To force oneself upon the current of immortality, or rather to secure for oneself an endless series of rebirths as conscious individualities  says the Book of Khiu-te Vol. XXXI, one must become a co-worker with nature, either for good or for bad, in her work of creation and reproduction, or in that of destruction. It is but the useless drones, which she gets rid of, violently ejecting and making them perish by the millions as self-conscious entities. Thus, while the good and the pure strive to reach Nipang (nirvana or that state of absolute existence and absolute consciousness  which, in the world of finite perceptions, is non-existence and non-consciousness)  the wicked will seek, on the contrary, a series of lives as conscious, definite existences or beings, preferring to be ever suffering under the law of retributive justice rather than give up their lives as portions of the integral, universal whole. Being well aware that they can never hope to reach the final rest in pure spirit, or nirvana, they cling to life in any form, rather than give up that "desire for life," or Tanha which causes a new aggregation of Skandas or individuality to be reborn. Nature is as good a mother to the cruel bird of prey as she is to the harmless dove. Mother nature will punish her child, but since he has become her co-worker for destruction she cannot eject him. There are thoroughly wicked and depraved men, yet as highly intellectual and acutely spiritual for evil, as those who are spiritual for good. The Egos of these may escape the law of final destruction or annihilation for ages to come. That is what Éliphas Lévi means by becoming "immortal in evil," through identification with Satan. "I would thou wert cold or hot," says the vision of the Revelation to St. John (III. 15-16). "So then because thou art, lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." The Revelation is an absolutely Kabalistic book. Heat and cold are the two "poles," i.e., good and evil, spirit and matter. Nature spues the "lukewarm" or "the useless portion of mankind" out of her mouth, i.e., annihilates them. This conception that a considerable portion of mankind may after all not have immortal souls, will not be new even to European readers. Coleridge himself likened the case to that of an oak tree bearing, indeed, millions of acorns, but acorns of which under normal conditions not one in a thousand ever developed into a tree, and suggested that as the majority of the acorns failed to develop into a new living tree, so possibly the majority of men fail to develop into a new living entity after this earthly death.
Satan is merely a type, not a real personage.
It is the type opposed to the Divine type, the necessary foil to this in our imagination. It is the factitious shadow which renders visible to us the infinite light of the Divine.
If Satan was a real personage then would there be two Gods, and the creed of the Manicheans would be a truth.
Satan is the imaginary conception of the absolute in evil; a conception necessary to the complete affirmation of the liberty of the human will, which, by the help of this imaginary absolute seems able to equilibrate the entire power even of God. It is the boldest, and perhaps, the sublimest of the dreams of human pride.
"You shall be as Gods knowing good and evil," saith the allegorical serpent in the Bible. Truly to make evil a science is to create a God of evil, and if any spirit can eternally resist God, there is no longer one God but two Gods.
To resist the Infinite, infinite force is necessary, and two infinite forces opposed to each other must neutralize each other.9 If resistance on the part of Satan is possible the power of God no longer exists, God and the Devil destroy each other, and man remains alone; he remains alone with the phantom of his Gods, the hybrid sphynx, the winged bull, which poises in its human hand a sword of which the wavering lightnings drive the human imagination from one error to the other, and from the despotism of the light, to the despotism of the darkness.
The history of mundane misery is but the romance of the war of the Gods, a war still unfinished, while the Christian world still adores a God in the Devil, and a Devil in God.
The antagonism of powers is anarchy in Dogma. Thus to the church which affirms that the Devil exists the world replies with a terrifying logic: then God does not exist; and it is vain to seek escape from this argument to invent the supremacy of a God who would permit a Devil to bring about the damnation of men; such a permission would be a monstrosity, and would amount to complicity, and the god that could be an accomplice of the devil, cannot be God.
The Devil of Dogmas is a personification of Atheism. The Devil of Philosophy is the exaggerated ideal of human free-will. The real or physical Devil is the magnetism of evil.
Raising the Devil is but realizing for an instant this imaginary personality. This involves the exaggeration in one's self beyond bounds of the perversity of madness by the most criminal and senseless acts.
The result of this operation is the death of the soul through madness, and often the death of the body even, lightning-struck, as it were, by a cerebral congestion.
The Devil ever importunes, but nothing ever gives in return.
St. John calls it "the Beast" (la Bête) because its essence is human folly (la Bêtise humaine).
Éliphas Lévi's (Bon Memori) creed, and that of his disciples.
We believe in a God-Principle, the essence of all existence, of all good and of all justice, inseparable from nature which is its law and which reveals itself through intelligence and love.
We believe in Humanity, daughter of God, of which all the members are indissolubly connected one with the other so that all must co-operate in the salvation of each, and each in the salvation of all.
We believe that to serve the Divine essence it is necessary to serve Humanity.
We believe in the reparation of evil, and in the triumph of good in the life eternal.

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Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze Review-Revealing The Exact Blueprint Step By Step Strategy That We Personally Use To Create Highly Profitable Engaging Video Content!
Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze-Revealing The Exact Blueprint Step By Step Strategy That We Personally Use To Create Highly Profitable Engaging Video Content!
Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze. Revealing The Exact Blueprint Step By Step Strategy That We Personally Use To Create Highly Profitable Engaging Video Content! Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze, we’ll show you how we get the raw footage and turn it into a compelling final video in that process. You’re gonna see us use all kinds of different techniques and really essentially get an idea of what our actual workflow, workflow is a key word here. At the end of the day creating video can be a time-consuming process but by learning some of the habits that We have built into my workflow you’re gonna be able to speed up your own workflow massively and save a tremendous amount of time.
Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze. You will learn: orkflow hacks: I’ll show you how to speed up your workflow, make the edit look sharper, slicker, and overall just punch with much more excitement. This for me, is the gold to creating a money video. Are you just adding music to your video and that’s it? Well, if so, you’re missing a trick. I’m gonna show you how to actually tell a story, using music. This is vitally, and equally important! See me walking through a real live project, from having just the raw footage, to a final, finished video project. You’ll see how I fix up mistakes, make things cleaner, professional and ready for promotion, all in record time. When we do our own video, the big thing here is not just about watching the specific things that We’re doing, but really about embedding those tactics into your own workflow. This really is about building habits and building a step-by-step process that you can follow every single time you create a video. The stuff that you’re gonna get here you won’t find anywhere else and this isn’t content that we’ve ever actually taught before, this is stuff that we’ve been using for several years.
Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze. This is gonna be an exciting class for people that haven’t learned anything about video from me. Before now one last thing before, we get into how you actually join this class We’re gonna be giving away a little bonus too. If you are a videos user a subscriber or maybe a one-time user, we’re gonna show you how you can maximize your account and actually create incredible video show rules for those of you don’t know what show rule is is essentially like an advert of animation. So What Are you Waiting For? Get Live Interactive Video Workshop With Joey Xoto by Viddyoze Right Now!

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It detects open door, makes a snapshot from two cameras (one camera is located outside, the other one is located inside), and sends a push notification to your mobile phone via the pushbullet service and a pushbullet app. The notification includes a message with time when the door was opened and two camera snapshots, the second notification is sent when the door is closed, it also includes the time and two camera images from inside and outside.
Signup at pushbullet service and get your api key for the code below.
#If using normally open (NO), simply reverse the booleans.
#Setting up connection to SMTP Server for sending email/sms.
#Compile message string to print and send.
#This way is used because it is quickest and we have race conditions!
I have used the code for open door sensor from a guy in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUJgj_pb4E and added some own code to it.
Pushbullet provides limited amount of push notifications, if you would like to send more, you have to purchase their pro service.
But you could use telegram bot to send push notifications almost same way as pushbullet does, and its free.
If anyone interested in telegram bot script post a request here i will share my new script.


text: Township Leases facilitate greater development and investment in remote Aboriginal communities, thanks to the long term security of tenure and the ability to transfer or sell Subleases. All enquiries regarding development in a community covered by a Township Lease must be made in writing to the Office of Township Leasing. All development proposals must be discussed with the Consultative Forum and must adhere to all applicable laws, notably the Northern Territory’s Sacred Sites and Planning Acts.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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Games for Change plans to fund and support teams of game developers in education and other fields with its new accelerator focused on making a difference.
The new program at the University of Southern California will have a big focus on nurturing minority- and female-owned ed-tech companies.
In this week’s dealmaking news, Lincoln Learning, a Rochester, Pa.-based nonprofit online learning and support service organization, acquired supplemental education materials provider Evan-Moor. Also, assessments provider ETS and LearnLaunch have joined forces to fund ed-tech startups.
In this week’s dealmaking news, Frontline Education announced plans to acquire K-12 business information systems provider Prologic. Also, New Markets Venture Partners closed a $68 million fund focused on education technology and innovation.
Digital House, an Argentine company that offers intensive technology courses and executive programs to the Latin American market, has raised $20 million.
European private equity firm IK Investment Partners has agreed to acquire Studienkreis GmbH, a provider of tutoring services in Germany.
WorldStrides, headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., has received a $500 million strategic investment. And math education company Carnegie Learning and assessment provider NWEA have partnered on a new learning platform.
Leaders of the new venture capital firm Brighteye Ventures talk about what they want from companies, and what they see coming in the European ed-tech space.
BrightBytes, San Francisco-based learning analytics organization, acquires Authentica Solutions and vows to provide an “end-to-end” solution for data-driven decisions by school leaders.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Rosie O’Donnell is $5.1 million richer after selling her riverfront mansion in South Nyack.
The home at 1 Gesner Ave. is one of five properties owned by the actress and comedian in South Nyack.
The main house, which originally listed for $5.3 million had served as Rose’s primary residence. The other four, at 1, 2, 4 Washington Ave., have a sale pending, and 5 Washington, which is still on the market.
The listing agent is Hamid Moghadam with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty.
For information contact: Hamid.moghadam@sothebysrealty.com . Cell: 845-216-7670.


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CABAL 2, the free to play MMORPG from ESTSoft, will be adding more content for PvP players later this week on September 10th. The update will add in two new battle arenas and a new rewards system for the top raked players. If you aren’t a fan of PvP, the instanced “Monster Arena” will allow solo players to take on monsters from various areas in combat.
The new PvP arena will give combatants a chance to square off against each other to prove their worth. Players must be at least level 10 to take part in either event.
In addition to these two arenas, there is a new ranking system that will track players in events like the monster arena, PvP arena, and in-game battlegrounds. This feature tracks the amount of points that players rack up during these events and gives them a ranking. At the end of each season, players will be awarded prizes based off of their ranking.
Check out the CABAL 2 site for all the announcements leading up to the new content’s launch.
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industry_corpus2: Gaming


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adam&eveDDB and Manning Gottlieb OMD are behind the supermarket's 'Too Good To Wait' integrated campaign, which encourages folk to get straight to the most important bit of Christmas.
Carol concerts, kisses under the mistletoe, gift shopping, opening presents... all lovely Christmas traditions, but let's face it, they're just a prelude to the main event - which is, of course, all the delicious tucker.
In its 2018 Christmas campaign, created once again by adam&eveDDB, Waitrose & Partners is giving viewers a playful reminder of the role that food plays in our festive rituals. Too Good To Wait centres around six spots, directed by Outsider's James Rouse, each highlighting the important role food plays at Christmas by showing families and friends rushing through a familiar scenario to enjoy their meal.
In Carol Concert [top] a pianist rushes through a super-fast rendition of Jingle Bells, the choir barely able to keep up with her, after the organiser makes the mistake of announcing there will be chocolate and cherry mince pies provided after the concert.
Meanwhile Mistletoe [below] sees a couple at a Christmas gathering pause under the mistletoe for a romantic first kiss. Just as their lips are about to meet, though, there's a call from the dining room that the turkey is ready, and the woman promptly rushes off to stuff her face instead.
The integrated campaign also includes a partnership with ITV, conceived and brokered by Manning Gottlieb OMD. Tying in with the idea of ‘Too Good To Wait’, viewers will see other television ads fast-forwarded until they reach the Waitrose ad when it airs for the first time on ITV1 tonight [Friday 9 November].
In the run-up to the first TV advert airing, ITV will also run a number of teasers for the campaign, during which, the continuity announcer will become distracted by some of the retailer’s delicious food before remembering to announce the next programme.
There are also TV idents, posters, digital out-of-home work and social media activity plus additional contextual ads such as those featured on the All4 channel suggesting ‘time for a mince pie’ when programmes are paused by the viewer.
Commenting on the campaign, Paul Billingsley, managing director, adam&eveDDB, said: "It’s a wonderfully simple idea built around a genuine customer insight; we all have those Christmas rituals that we dutifully observe whilst secretly wishing we could get straight to the good stuff… in this case, the delicious food from Waitrose & Partners."

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CCS has an import feature that allows for quick input of data into the point o sale system database.
When a product or invoice import runs, It then imports all of the items into the transaction. If any of these columns are setup, (besides barcode), CCS will attempt to find the following field relations when importing. If it doesn't find them, it will add them to the system.
Barcode A unique barcode will be generated if one is not provided.
Department for the department column, if the department is not found it will be added.
Sub Category Same as above.
Status Types The current status of the contact.
Contact Types The type of contact, vendor, manufacturer client etc.
Sources Advertising and Referral Sources.
When you import a list of products. This field list is what you can reference to your document. We suggest you use one description field, such as 'class' or 'subclass' with a unique entry in that column to uniquely identify that import. That way if you need to edit the imported items after the fact you can quickly reference them.
BARCODEID Barcode of item, does not need to be unique.
UNITNAME Description of Size or Unit description item is provided in.
UNITPRICE Standard price of the item.
DEPARTMENT Major group of item.
SUBCATEGORY Sub group of item.
VENDOR Name of vendor or supplier.
TAXRATE Current tax rate for this item.
COST Current cost of the item.
PRICE1 Alternate price of item. Can be assigned by time based pricing, or client based pricing.
PRICE2 Alternate price of item. Can be assigned by time based pricing, or client based pricing.
PRICE3 Alternate price of item. Can be assigned by time based pricing, or client based pricing.
MSRP Suggested Retail Price of Item.
CASEPRICE Price of item by case. This or the price categories is use, price categories are used through layout of menus.
CASECOST Cost of case of item.
CASEPRCE1 Like price1, 2 and 3 options but for the case.
CASEPRCE2 Like price1, 2 and 3 options but for the case.
CASEPRCE3 Like price1, 2 and 3 options but for the case.
ITEMTYPE Not used for importing.
ISOPENPRICE Put -1 if the item has no price.
LEADTIME Time it takes to get the product after ordered from vendor.
CURRENTCOUNT Current individual unit count of item.
REORDERLEVEL Amount that indicates the item should be reordered.
PRICECATEGORY Not used for import.
ADUSTTOTAL Tare value of item.
PIECEWEIGHT If this item is for candy, or packaged items on a scale, this is the packaging weight of the item itself, including the package.
All items imported should have a barcode, this can be a self generated sequential number. To create uniqueness, join two fields together, one number and one set of letters unique to the spreadsheet.
If you are importing barcodes, it's suggested you put a letter in front of them. This prevents excel or other spreadsheets form confusing the number with a scientific notation that incorrectly converts the number into something it's not.
Setup one column with a sequential number. This way you can view your import sorted by this number. You will want to use a field such as class, subclass, or style or another field that is not used by your import.
This statement uses the class field as the sequential number and sorts by this number. You can use the results of the statement to verify the import.
If you are importing multiple sheets, use a unique identifier in one of the import columns to help you organize your results. If you need to delete the import because it wasn't improperly done, using the unique identifier greatly helps this. Example of a unique identifier would be to use the 'Style' field and enter 'Sheet1 in for each row. You could then do a product search on Sheet1 and pull up only those items in the results.
Stage 1 To import from CCS a import template must be added.
press enter. Then select the import type: contact, Invoice Transaction, or Products. Pressing \\enter after selecting the type will automatically save the new entry.
2. Select the fields from the center list and press the add arrow button.
3. Press - File - Generate Excel File. A new file will be created with the selected Headers.
4. Using the file, a list of contacts, inventory or transactions will be generated.
1. Select the template to import from the list on the right.
2. From the toolbar go to File - Import. Navigate to the excel file and press open.
*.If this is a Invoice,when a transaction import is completed, the transaction number will be provided.


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Michelle Singleton likes to sew, but she doesn’t fit the common stereotype of apron-clad grannies huddled in a sewing circle from a black-and-white-tinged era. The 20-year-old Sacramento City College student represents a new kind of seamstress coming into the fold.
This is a very belated thank you for all the wonderful hours of enjoyment you’ve given me while listening to your podcasts! I have a very boring, physical job that would be extremely tedious if not for my iPod and the joy of listening to your stories. You’ve made me laugh many times and smile countless others. My children are quite a bit older than yours but you’ve brought back many memories of when they were young and I so love when we can hear them playing in the background while you’re recording 🙂 I am so grateful that people like you and Sister Diane from Craftypod are generous enough to devote some time to educate and entertain us and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I hope to hear a new podcast from you soon, but until then, will listen to your older ones over and over again. Take care!


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get ready, get set, review!
If you are like me, I was always trying to find creative ways to review material with students. I would use manipulative and games and items like a beach ball, white boards, cards, etc. While we were reviewing concepts, I still wanted to ensure that review could still be rigorous! Below are some resources around review ideas for the classroom as well as links to Bloom's Taxonomy as well as Depth of Knowledge.
What else do you do to help students review? please share with us your ideas too!


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Each Sunday, as I get ready for worship with both congregations, my heart smiles when I see children in the pews. I love the energy of children, the surprises in what they say and do, the ways in which their faith can speak to us older folks. Every week, when children who don't receive communion come forward, I trace the sign of the cross on their foreheads, say their name, then "Child of God, know every day that Jesus loves you." Little two year-old Luke at St. Mark always smiles and nods his head when I say those words, as if to reply, "Yes, I do know that." Every time Luke nods and smiles, his faith lifts mine as I am reminded of the power of Jesus' love to reach us all. When does the intuitive knowledge of a child begin to turn into uncertainty or doubt? Sometime this week, pause and consider that you are a child of God and that Jesus loves you day in and day out, no matter what those days may bring. Nod and smile if you want to, for this is most certainly true.
This coming Sunday, November 1, is All Saints' Sunday. On this day, we remember loved ones who have died in the past year and now live in eternal rest in Christ. If you have someone to add to the list that will be included in the bulletin, please let me know by noon tomorrow.
A group of parishioners will be feeding the Habitat for Humanity volunteers on Saturday, November 7, at Zion. Please let Rhonda Womble know if you would like to help: zionstmk@swva.net, 745-2096.
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, November 21 at 3 pm. That's the day and time for St. Mark's community Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, dressing and all the fixings will be served free of charge. All are welcome!
On these beautiful, sunny days our friends, neighbors and parish members survey the damage from last week’s floods and figure out how they are going to fix their homes and possessions. We pray for all who were affected by the historic rains, especially those without insurance or means to do repairs. We pray for those who are already reaching out to help their neighbors in need. And we thank God for acting through caring hands to offer relief and aid. Your donations to Zion’s Community Care fund can help our neighbors who request help now and into the cold days ahead.
The Carolinas have endured catastrophic rainfall that has shattered records and left unprecedented scenes of flooding in its wake. The hardest-hit areas stretch from Columbia, in the middle of South Carolina, all the way to the coast. The flooding has led to the death of more than a dozen people, tens of thousands are without power, major highways and interstates have been closed, and homes have been completely destroyed.
Lutheran Disaster Response will work to bring God’s hope, healing and renewal to those who have been affected by the floodwaters. In the days, weeks and months ahead we will continue to work with our partners on the ground, helping to restore communities. Your gifts will help address the unmet needs of those impacted by the flooding, and together we stand ready to provide assistance for long-term recovery efforts.
Pray for those whose lives were lost, homes destroyed and whose businesses are under water. Grant them peace and healing.
***************************************************************************************Divorce. Now that I have your attention, read what Jesus had to say about it in the attached sermon.
We pray for all in need of God’s healing power, especially Doris McGee, Bonnie Outten and Judy Hill.
_______________________________________________________________________________________You are invited to Plenty!’s Harvest of Gratitude on Sunday, October 25, from 2:00 to 6:00 pm at the Plenty! farm at 182 Elephant Curve Road. Live music, food, activities for the kids, a silent auction and a raffle! All activities are free. To volunteer, bake a dessert or donate auction items, contact Billy Motley or call Plenty! at 745-3898.
Next Monday and Tuesday, I will be at the Gathering of the Ministerium in Virginia Beach, then I’ll be going to my mother’s house until Saturday morning. If you are someone you know needs care during that time, please contact Billy Motley at williammotley@swva.net, 553-1788 or 745-5671.
Nii Anang, who attends Zion, will be traveling home to Ghana in December and staying for several months. Nii Anang supports a number of people in his village. This year, school backpacks are the primary need of children there. He also welcomes shoes of all sizes and summer-weight blouses and t-shirts. Monetary donations are also very appreciated, since Nii Anang will have to ship some of the items. If you would like to donate any items, just bring them to Zion or St. Mark by the first of December.


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Can we get an more options when flagging something as off-topic?
I tried flagging a post as off-topic. When I drilled down through the reasons for flagging it, I wasn't given an option that was suitable.
This was the question which is clearly not about DIY. I flagged it as off-topic and then selected that the question belongs on another site on StackExchange. However, I was only presented with this Meta site. I didn't think it belonged here either. Can we add other options here? Or maybe a generic reason why we think it is off-topic?
This is up to SE, so you'd need to discuss on MSO. At present, the list is only populated with the most popularly migrated sites, and we haven't reached the threshold for any of those to appear yet. See this question on MSO for more details.
Until then, simply flag the question as "off topic because of X" or just "needs moderator attention", and we'll have a look at it.
Are resale/worth questions OK or not?
Are we using the new “On Hold” feature properly?
Is there interest in a separate SE site specific for woodworking?
Will DIY.SE be allowing SE advertising?
Does image data get erased when uploaded?


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“The customer is always right” is an idiom that most businesses live by, and search engines are no different.
When it comes to Google and Bing, however, it can be difficult to determine who the “customer” actually is. Is it the advertisers and merchants who pay to appear atop the search results, placing bids to showcase relevant inventory for a search query? No, search engines’ true customers are the end-users/consumers, because without them, the majority of Google and Bing’s other product offerings would be insignificant.
In order to satisfy search engine users (and keep them from using alternatives, like social networks), Google and Bing look at a whole lot more than just links and keywords to determine rankings. In fact, search engine algorithms may also analyze website performance data. Metrics like bounce rate and site speed are good indicators of whether a Web page should be in the results, meaning that sites delivering good user experiences are more likely to rank higher in the search engine result pages (SERPs) and for more valuable search terms and phrases.
Keep your site in the good graces of the search engines by checking out these four design tips that can increase placement in the SERPs and bring your business closer to its customers.
It can be tempting to add every new and great feature to your site, but too many options can overwhelm visitors and cause them to abandon their sessions. Assuming that a high bounce rate negatively impacts organic search ranking, limiting the bells and whistles can actually improve visibility in addition to conversion rates. According to Marvin Russell, CEO of boutique digital marketing firm The Ocean Agency, designers shouldn’t overlook the power of white space when deciding to de-clutter a website. While many people think white space represents lost opportunities, its actual purpose is to emphasize the content that it surrounds, like a virtual picture frame.
To influence metrics that search engines may take into consideration for ranking, like time-on-site and depth of engagement, it is important that the site’s design be easy for visitors to consume. The best way to do this is by creating a proper visual hierarchy. According to Russell, designers must ensure that important content, like calls-to-action, are the most visually dominant items on the page, which can be done by creating variations in the size of font and images. In addition to making the site’s content easier to consume, creating a visual hierarchy can also lead visitors through the conversion funnel, which benefits those influential metrics that may lead to higher search placement.
Site visitors don’t like slow sites and neither do the search engines. In fact, slow load times lead to both high bounce rates and low conversion numbers — a bad combination by any measurement. In fact, customers expect a website to load in about three seconds or less. Forty percent of website visitors will leave the site if it takes any longer, according to KISSmetrics. There is a long list of potential culprits responsible for slow websites, so make your Web development team aware of the problem and encourage them to use tools to determine the root of performance issues.
SEO isn’t only important on the traditional Web, but the mobile Web too. Fortunately, Google has been clear as to what it expects from mobile sites thus far: speed and accuracy. Google also recommends the responsive design option as it is easier for the search engine to crawl and index a single URL (rather than separate mobile properties). Plus, responsive sites are typically a better option for site visitors because they ensure the user experience is visually consistent across devices.
Like in traditional businesses, the customer is also always right on the Web. This is because optimizing a site for better usability is not only beneficial to site visitors, but also to a site’s placement in search rankings, which is a win-win for your business’s bottom line.


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It seems that New York wishes to treat salt like a controlled substance.
Why can't people make their own health and lifestyle decisions? Why does the state feel the need to say what is good or bad for us? Please excuse me while I find a moment of Zen to help my blood pressure.


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The challenge for Day Twenty-Five is – Find and use a mobile security tool.
I’ve heard mixed responses about mobile security applications, on one hand I’ve heard that Lookout is a good antivirus application – I used it on my first smartphone, a Galaxy S many many moons ago, but managed to brick it – most likely down to me fiddling with settings than contracting a virus.
On the other hand I’ve heard from other people much more clued up than I am that mobile antivirus is a waste of time and can actually leave your phone more vulnerable by opening parts of the phone that would otherwise be closed. I’m not really sure either way.
So, rather than talk about antivirus software, I’ll look into privacy and anonymity in using an android phone (sorry if you have an iPhone, I’ve never owned one).
It seems almost every day we’re met with breaking news about a data breach where thousands if not millions of people have had their data leaked or sold without their knowledge.
With sites and organisations such as Facebook and Google monitoring peoples movements online and profiting from selling this data to advertisers, it’s useful to know that there are ways to help cover your tracks online.
Don’t like Google knowing what apps you’re interested in when you use the Play Store?
If you want to go a step even further you can browse the internet using the Tor network by installing Orbot and Orfox on your handset. This is a massive step in being anonymous online – tinfoil hats are optional. Be aware that the trade-off for using Tor vs browsing the internet using conventional methods is a noticeable decline in browsing speed. Tor isn’t designed to be fast, it’s designed to be secure.
As more and more servers come online for Tor it has the capacity to be faster, but at present if you want to use the internet to stream video etc you might find Tor to be a bit slow.
One last app I found earlier today sounds really interesting, it’s currently in beta and is called Bouncer.
Bouncer is an app permission manager, which allows apps the permissions they require, but only while they are active. This appears to be a double edged blade in protecting your privacy while apps are closed, and extending your phones battery life by running fewer processes while apps are closed.


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Kaizena is a free Google Docs Add-on that makes it easy to add voice comments to your documents and to the documents that students share with you. Today, the Kaizena team announced a new streamlined version of their Google Docs Add-on. The new version lets you record your voice comments without having to ever leave the document.
Once you have the Kaizena Add-on installed and open, you can simply highlight any piece of text in a document and then click the record icon to record a voice comment. Kaizena also supports writing comments.
One other awesome aspect of Kaizena is the option to link your comments to a lesson that you have stored in your Kaizena account. For example, you could highlight a misuse of "their" or "there" in a student's document and then link that highlight to a lesson about homonyms.
Kaizena provides a great way to efficiently deliver feedback to your students about their documents. The combination of voice comments with direct links to a lesson could be very helpful to students who might otherwise be confused by the voice comment alone or the lesson alone.
You can learn more about Google Docs Add-ons in my on-demand course, G Suite for Teachers.


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Grenco’s Industrial refrigeration plant collects sensor data, display on the SCADA system and makes it available in a central location for subsequent processing.
In the past, sensor data from refrigeration plant has taken the form of manual operations and transfer to the local station via RS232 serial lines. This approach limits the capability and efficiency of refrigeration plant data acquisition system, since it is required to build the cable lines and manual operations require the expertise.
Therefore, customer has decided to monitor all SCADA system parameters and communicate Modbus RTU to a GRENCO gateway through network.
In the new system, Grenco communicates via a PLC (Modbus TCP) to the IALink100-Modbus, then from the IALink100-Modbus customer communicates Modbus RTU to a GRENCO gateway, which in turn communicates to their sensors in a Refrigeration plant. Now, Grenco reads parameters such as temperatures, pressures, set points of multiple compressors and displays on a SCADA system via the IALink100-Modbus.
The IALink100-Modbus enables Modbus-based devices at Industrial Refrigeration plant to be easily connected to Ethernet using industry standard Modbus/TCP protocol. In addition, parameters can be recorded, and uploaded to the Grenco’s gateway server through the network.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


text: Minimizing Moving Costs The most essential part of moving is the planning stage. The planning sets the stage for the execution afterward, and if done properly, will make your move not only smoother but cheaper as well, besides saving on time too. Here are a few tips to make your move easier on the clock and on the wallet: 1. Do away with the excess. When we say “do away” we don't necessarily mean throw them away; try to determine first what things you'll be taking with you and the things you'll be leaving behind. Be practical and don't rely too much on sentimental value. This in itself saves you space, and therefore money. You can dispose of the things you'll be leaving behind by putting up a garage sale for some extra funds, which are always handy to have, no matter how small the amount you raise. 2. Make a detailed plan Before you actually do all the physical work, try to put it all down on paper first. Allot significant amounts of time for the heavy tasks like packing. 3. Go for recycled Buying recycled and / or used boxes is way cheaper than buying new ones. Just be sure to check for any damage that might cause the contents to spill out during transit.


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In a state of hysterical fear, a young woman wearing a worn-out, ripped-up, filthy, white, one-piece dress made of itching wool runs over the mucky soil of a dense, but dead, forest. She stumbles over protruding roots and hearty weeds, expression wild. Her skin marred by mud and various cuts and bruises in differing stages of healing. Her long, matted hair, like an angry fire flickering wildly from her head, ruffles in the breeze and bobs with her frantic movements.
The female, appearing no older than a teenager, breathes heavily yet quickly; it is raspy, and her ample chest heaves greatly. Using beaten, yet still very feminine, hands, she pushes herself forward as fast as she can; as fast as her long, slender legs will take her.
Somewhere, an angry mountain crackles. She won’t stop to look.
She won’t stop, even when she’ll become tired and too weary to carry on. She won’t look back to see if anyone’s pursuing her. She doesn’t know where she is. She doesn’t know where she’s headed – she cares not about that, for so long as she heads away from where she’d been held captive for so long. That is all she cares about.
Every noise, though most are from her own self, is frightening. Every little sound threatens to be a menace out to seize her up again. Every light an eye watching her. Every slight motion an enemy ready to strike. That dark, dank, deep that held her hostage for so long. It forces her to continue running, even when her body wants to collapse and die.
After more than an hour at sea, and me at the brink of absolute boredom, little Yolua scampers in, expression wild, saying that a machine is flying around in our area.
“A flying machine, Yoll?” I clarify; her statement sounds like fantasy.
“Yeah. A flying machine, Hal,” she clarifies in return. I’m still stupefied, however.
“That’s probably not good,” responds Uncle from the alcove that is the steering hub just on the other side of the partition separating it from the dinner table, as I am already making my way onto the deck in the hope of seeing what Yoll saw.
My strong heart literally skips a beat, as I scamper madly back toward the cabin. Colliding head-on with Yoll, who was just making her way back out. My momentum causes us both to crash against the now-closed wooden door.
Without hardly any chance on my part to even conceive of my next move, let alone to process it and much less carry it out, I feel something grab gruffly at my backside. The force of whoever had grabbed me, pulling me up and away, was apparently enough to knock me out.
I snap out of my preoccupation, and quickly reach for a plate and utensils. I start putting food on my plate, and I resist the urge to blush obscenely.
I guess that happens after spending many years with Step-dad.
“Think what you will,” I simply reply, returning a smile to her before returning once more to food.
I try to steal another look at Maphis, but no such luck this time. He’s gone elsewhere, beyond my sights now.
“I could help you out with that, you know, given my prowess in dating,” enters Thoe again.
“Rely on a girl who cannot hold a man for more than a year? Yeah…” I remark, confidently for once.
With that, I give her another kind smile, and continue on with my food business.
The girl in the center is named “Hallie.” She is a human-hybrid being with four arms.

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I know this because our catalpa tree is flowering and that’s a sign that June is close. The tree is currently a riot of snowy blossoms and it sits right at the end of our driveway. I can hear the cars slowing out on the road; I’m sure they’re admiring our ancient catalpa.
When we first built our house, a man stopped by one day and asked if he could check the tree for catalpa worms—apparently, they’re great for fishing. Who knew? Catalpas are indigenous to our state, so you see them around a lot. We don’t know how old ours is, but we think it’s pretty old because it’s huge, and this year, it’s particularly lovely. Take a look. How gorgeous is this?
Here’s how the blossoms look close up; their scent is so sweet and heavenly.
I’m an autumn person usually, but when the catalpa blooms, I turn into a springtime girl. How about you? What’s your favorite season and why?
Today’s post is dedicated to my high school classmate, Bill Spurlock, who passed away yesterday. Hope you enjoy your view of my tree, Bill. Soar with the angels, old friend.
My grandma had a big old catalpa tree in her yard. They are beautiful. And I remember my uncles fishing with the worms.
I’ve never heard of a Catalpa tree before, but it’s gorgeous.
Big hugs on losing your high school classmate. That is so sad.

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Ava Knight-Salicka, also known as the “Lady of Boxing”, was born on August 15, 1988 in the small town of Chico, California. Ava is of half polish and half African-American descent and is a former five-time boxing champion currently residing in Las Vegas. Growing up Ava initially never played sports but did do ballet in her younger years. At the young age of 13, she began boxing at Chico Boxing for Fitness in June 2001. Unbeknownst to her, she had a natural talent in boxing and after a year of training in the gym she began to take her training more seriously and elevating to a level in order to compete. In 2002, at only 13 years of age, she began her boxing career as an amateur fighter. Finding it tough to secure opponents, Ava decided to end her career as an amateur in 2007, after just 32 amateur fights (28-4) and turn pro at 19-years old.
Ava was crowned with her ring name, “The Lady of Boxing” by her former coach, Joe Rodriguez, because of the way she carried herself in the gym, always being polite and never cursing. She trained with Joe for 8 years, who helped build the foundation of her fundamentals in the sport along with his son Louis Rodriguez and her father Elliot.
Since turning pro, Ava has been on the pound-for-pound best female fighter of the world on the top ten lists from years 2011- 2015. She has also won female boxer of the year 2016 in Las Vegas and hit the list for hottest female boxer for years 2013-2015 by boxing websites. Another accolade Ava proudly represents is her WBC diamond belt. She made history by becoming the first female from the United States to win a diamond belt by the WBC (World Boxing Council), the most recognizable belt and organization known in the world by fight sports. Ava also accumulated a world title and minor title from the WBC, at 20 years old, she held her first IFBA (International Female Boxing Association) belt in the bantamweight division against undefeated female great, Kaliesha West in 2011, then winning her first IBF (International Boxing Federation) world title a few year later in 2012 against Mexico’s best undefeated prospect at that time. With many of her years of fighting out of the U.S, Mexico nicknamed her the “La distructora de Mexicana’s”.
In 2014, she made her move from the Bay Area to Las Vegas in hopes of catching the attention of promoters for women’s boxing. Since then, she has been training at the Mayweather Boxing Club. Ava is known by the boxing community as one of the best female boxers to set foot in the ring of her time. In 10 years, Knight has successfully accomplished what many wish to conquer in their careers as a professional fighter. She currently has 20 professional fights under her belt and has collected wins against some of the best names in boxing from the United States and Mexico. Outside of boxing, Ava accomplished a bucket list goal of hers, when she entered the fitness world in challenging herself in Body Building Competitions. Continuing her efforts in dedicating her life to health & fitness; Ava stays in the gym as a personal trainer, helping others reach their personal fitness goals, and instructs as boxing coach.
She got her lucky break when she signed with Mayweather Promotions in January 2018. After some time off, Ava made her Mayweather Promotions’ debut on September 22, 2018 when she defeated Nancy Franco by unanimous decision. Knight continues to look forward to putting on a great show for her fans around the globe.

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"Family & Pet Friendly Park on Water & Sewer too!"
Bedrooms: 2 "At opposite ends for maximum privacy"
Bathrooms: 2 "Both 4 piece Bathrooms"
Garage: "Open Parking for 2. RV Parking within Park"
Size: 1,190 sq. ft. "Originally Single-wide with Large Addition"
Economical Living with Lots of Space. Located on the Sunny Keremeos Upper Bench in the K-Mtn Mobile Home park which is one of the only parks on both Municipal Water & Sewer. No age restrictions and Pets are allowed with onsite Park Manager's approval. Walking distance to Keremeos shops and high school.
Originally a single-wide, this 1992 home was tastefully extended and now provides a roomy 1190 sf of living space. The 2 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms are at opposite ends of home to maximize privacy for family or guests. The floor plan is very flexible - your could switch the living room and dining rooms should you prefer to have the cozy gas fireplace/stove in the living room. In that case, you could have a large dining room adjoining the kitchen. There's an insulated multi-purpose 17 x 11 Family and/or Hobby Room accessible from 2 interior rooms and it has an exterior door to the 2 large storage sheds out back. Anyone with bikes will appreciate the ability to park bikes in the shed with the ramp because you can exit the park via the back lane. Home has Central Air and Gas Furnace (2016). Parking out front for 2 cars. RV parking area within Park on space available basis $10/mo. Price includes all appliances. And, the portable dishwasher freezer, 2nd fridge & some furniture may be negotiable. Pad rent of $473/mo includes water & sewer. Note: At owner's request, no signage on property & showings after 10:00 am preferred. Schedule your viewing appointment soon and live your dreams in the beautiful Similkameen Valley.


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If you are trying to find Lakewood CO electrician companies that are hard-working, honest, are dedicated to providing you with the perfect solution to all of your problems, you may want to consider a Telsa Electric Company. There are many companies in the electrical industry for you to choose for services from, however we want to be able to provide you with the cream of the crop. In fact, Telsa Electric Company has consistently received a five-star Google review from every single one of their clients. Now obviously, they are doing something right.
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In Mastermind Dinners (2015), author Jayson Gaignard introduces an innovative way to build networks that last, by inviting influencers and high-level executives to dinner. As a mastermind dinner host, you open up a whole new world of networking possibilities through gathering interesting people around a table to share a meal and connect meaningfully with each other.
Jason Gaignard is a serial entrepreneur who organizes large networking events for entrepreneurs and business people, and also hosts a highly rated business podcast on iTunes.


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Tonaton.com is a Ghana-based online shopping place. Widely known as Ghana’s largest marketplace, the free classifieds e-commerce platform boasts of Tonaton jobs, as one of its major classifieds. As a matter of fact, it primarily ranks as one of the most popular websites where you can find your dream job in Ghana, as thousands of jobs are advertised on a daily basis for applicants to make their choices. Other things that can be done on the website include buying and selling of items (both new and second-hand).
Why Choose Tonation When Searching For A Job?
Tonation is the best place when you are seeking for a job because of the effectiveness of its recruitment space which has easy-to-access portals that allow you build an online profile for a stress-free application experience. The site also offers updated interface with amazing tools and resources that both employers and job seekers will find thrilling.
The first and most important step to take when finding your dream job on Tonaton is comprehensively grasping what your job preference is. This will help know how to target your searches to unveil the opportunities that suit your skills and vocations.
Listing is important so you don’t lose track of the jobs that best match your qualifications and capabilities. This will also help you with easy job search and application.
As mentioned earlier, thousands of private and public job vacancies are ever on display on tonaton.com; ranging from marketing, customer service, IT, oil & gas, to teaching and civil service jobs, among others. Tonaton jobs are classified according to industry, type, and function. It is best to search jobs via any of these categories. This makes the job search much easier and faster compared to when you browse through thousands of job ads one by one.
You can also search jobs according to city, town or region. You can as well search via the search box by typing in the particular job or job type you are looking for. Jobs can also be sorted by date – from new to old and vice versa. You will find the buttons for all these job search categories when you log on to the site.
Once you find a job that is likely to suit your objective, read its description carefully to avoid concluding prematurely only to discover later that it wasn’t what you thought it was. The things to look out for here include the duties or responsibilities, the job scope, job title, working condition and more. This is to ensure you apply for jobs for which you are confident to be a likely candidate.
When you finally find your type of job, the next will be preparing your CV. Here, you need to make both your cover letter as well as the resume to be as convincing as possible. The two documents should basically speak about you with much credibility. They also need to be made to match the job requirements that you are applying for. That is why it is not a good practice to copy CV off the internet or recycle old descriptions.
This is the point you will need to crosscheck all you’ve filled. In doing so, ensure that you’ve done great telling the company about your wealth of experience which will be useful for their company. You also must have explained how you can apply your skills and experiences to the opportunity at hand. This is basically why you need to be sure you are fit for the specified job role that you are applying for.
Click on the jobs icon (you’ll be taken to a new page where job vacancies are advertised).
Search for your desired job through any of the categories mentioned earlier.
Click on any job you are interested in (you’ll be taken to the job description page).
In case you are yet to have a Tonaton account, you can learn how to sign up for free here. After a successful sign-up, you will only need your email and password to log in on subsequent occasions to search and apply for your preferred jobs. You can also download the Tonaton.com App on your mobile phone or PC for easier and quicker access. Good luck!


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