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Chapter 3 is the pay-off chapter. I barely comprehended chapter 2, but chapter 3 was excellent and clarifying. In reading it, bits and pieces I’d picked up here and there were brought together and tied together with a beautiful bow. Even if you aren’t following along, chapter 3 is worth reading as a stand-alone essay.
However, I must say that as I read more, I become more and more annoyed with the translator’s use of punctuation.
Pieper spent this chapter establishing what leisure is, mostly based on contrast with what leisure is not.
So, leisure, in his use of the word, is a state of soul rather than of body. It is rest, the rest whose source is Christ, and that rest opens up the soul to hearing and receiving truth. “Rest” has been our pastor’s “thing” for a couple years now, so I have already gone through the circles and thoughts and conversations on what that does and doesn’t mean. Therefore, as soon as Pieper used the word “rest” and defined leisure as a state of the soul, it all immediately clicked.
Leisure is not only not idleness, it is actually opposed to idleness and sloth. Pieper demonstrates how idleness and sloth are actually the flip side of the coin with the workaholic — both the workaholic and the lazy bum are restless souls. Both reject who they are created to be and how God made the world. They try to drown out their soul’s distress or despair through either incessant industry or through zoning out. In Pieper’s model, these are two manifestations of the same problem.
So, leisure is a soul at peace, with a deep faith and trust, open to accept and affirm the world and life as it is given him with a glad heart. Not-leisure is acedia, that old medieval word for apathy of the soul, which generally leads to depression and despair. The man at leisure in soul is a man in harmony with the world as a whole and his own little fragmented part of life, willing to receive it with joy, looking to connect his life to the big grand picture God is painting, looking and watching and waiting with baited breath to see how all these seemingly random bits fit together and see also what God will do next. Acedia, on the other hand, is ultimately “disagreement with oneself,” refusing to define yourself in God’s terms, to match your life and actions and mind to God’s decrees. You refuse to be what you are, and so you either cover it up by being something else and doing so industriously to cover up the disquiet in your soul, or you simply refuse to be much of anything at all.
Leisure is not necessarily present in all the external things like “breaks,” “time off,” “weekend,” “vacation,” and so on — it is a condition of the soul.
Leisure is a form of that stillness that is the necessary preparation for accepting reality; only the person who is still can hear, and whoever is not still cannot hear.
Leisure is the disposition of receptive understanding, of contemplative beholding, and immersion — in the real.
So leisure isn’t automatic in times of inactivity, and leisure isn’t automatically excluded in times of labor. After all, almost all the examples so far in the book club entries about moments of “enlightenment” came while the hands were usefully occupied. Leisure is the disposition to be quiet in soul, receptive to God’s will, to be contemplative and observant and interested. Times of physical rest and quiet are necessary, too, but are not the gist of what he’s talking about.
Leisure is not the attitude of the one who intervenes but of the one who opens himself; not of someone who seizes but of the one who lets go, who lets himself go, and “go under,” almost as someone who falls asleep must let himself go.
“Submit” means to place yourself under, so leisure is a form of submission to the way the world works and to life — as providentially ordered.
Leisure is the condition of considering thing in a celebrating spirit.
I loved the connection between leisure and celebration. Traditions, celebrations, and decorations are on my “to figure out” docket for 2010, so my eyes brightened when it came up in this context. Leisure is the mindset necessary for real celebration. Yet how often do parties and celebrations seem like another huge weight, another to-do, a heavy burden? Pretty often. Something has got to be wrong, then, I figure, but what is it? It’s the state of soul, the state of mind. In the utility model, celebrations are a big waste of time and effort and money. In the productivity model, celebrations are a huge opportunity to show off and be uber-productive and add a million more extra things to the to-do list. In the leisure model, celebrations recover their child-like excitement, anticipation, and enthusiasm for life.
Leisure is only possible in the assumption that man is not only in harmony with himself but also that he is in agreement with the world and its meaning. Leisure lives on affirmation. It is not the same as the absence of activity; it is not the same thing as quiet, or even as an inner quiet. It is rather like the stillness in the conversation of lovers, which is fed by their oneness.
“Rest” from your anxieties and worries and hurry-up mentality, not from performing your actual duties, and you are close to a life of leisure.
Leisure is not justified in making the functionary as trouble-free in operation as possible…but rather in keeping the functionary human…and this means that the human being does not disappear into the parceled-out world of his limited work-a-day function, but instead remains capable of taking in the world as a whole, and thereby to realize himself as a being who is oriented toward the whole of existence.
The times of inactivity and absolute quiet can be the testing moments. In those moments, are you at peace or are you lost and restless and searching for your electronic devices? Can you take a walk and look at trees and birds and people and buildings and enjoy it without music, without an agenda on the mind to think about?
To festival belong, “peace, intensity of life, and contemplation all at once.” The holding of a festival means an affirmation of the basic meaning of thre world, and an agreement with it, and in fact it means to live out and fulfill one’s inclusion in the world, in an extraordinary manner, different from the everyday. The festival is the origin of leisure, its inmost and ever-central source.


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My journey at Oxford began with the Women Transforming Leadership course in 2016, where I met many new friends who were all looking to better lead the world around them, both personally and professionally. It was then when I realized the conversations I had at Oxford with students and professors alike, were relevant and intriguing, I learned so much in so little time. A sense of awareness had dawned on me, I’ve travelled the world, so I thought. I realized that I was just getting a glimpse of what is really out there, and I wanted to see more.
During that time, I learned of the EMBA, a programme that has everything I was looking for to advance, learn about different industries, interact with an international community and expand my horizon. I want to change my way of thinking, rather than looking at everything at face value, and learn how to look at the world around me with an analytical lens, forward and innovative. My time outside of my family and research is spent with a non-profit organization, Children of War Foundation. Our mission at COWF is to provide life altering surgical care and sustainable aid to children in need, globally. It’s been almost seven years since the inception of the organization, the state of the international community has changed drastically, volatile at times, with barriers torn down and many more being built. With the complexities and challenges I face within my organization today, I felt the need to change things up and pursue a vision that I am hopeful will be defined at Oxford. When I left Oxford at that time, I felt like my mind was free, a “Matrix” moment, as if I could stop time and take a closer look at everything around me, and rather than walking a path, I knew the path.
Fast forward a couple of months and now I’ve now left Oxford again, completing Module 1 of the EMBA, a whirlwind experience, it was exactly what I anticipated & wanted and so much more. The EMBA cohort is dynamic, diverse and truly unique, I felt that we as a cohort are already life time friends, collaborators and at the rate we’re going, business partners. We covered a wide range of subjects within a week, from debate, leadership fundamentals, analytics, to questioning theories and ideology presented to us.
One of the guest speakers presented the idea that the modern world is going through “a second renaissance” and I find myself digging in, wanting to know more and if in fact we are, then how do I apply it to my vision coming out of the EMBA? I found myself learning and exploring different ways of business, most of it from exchanging ideas and experiences, in both intimate and group discussions. The first week was intense and invigorating, but this time, that “Matrix” moment shook me up and reality hit me.
Upon returning home, I felt that I was given a small portion of the “red pill,” landing in bustling Los Angeles, hitting the ground running, it was like a “Matrix” awakening. I came home to my kids, my husband, two old dogs, a lot work, and the constant breaking news with anything and everything President Trump! And then I realized, I chose the “red pill,” a Hollywood culture symbol from the famed “Matrix” movie, and I am now questioning the world around me. I feel that others are moving at a slower pace, I’m analyzing, thinking & looking deeper, really paying attention to everything around me, as if everyone else is living in the “blue pill” illusion. This “red pill” experience is exactly what I needed right now, a stimulant to “think, fast and slow.” I look forward to Module 2 and digging deeper into the rabbit hole………. At least for now.
Well done Amel! Nicely written and proud to be part of your red-pill experience. You are doing a fantastic job, providing relief and hope to the despaired of this world.

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We are shining here as a created being by the previous birth of Brahma, but in fact, the reflection of soul shines forever as nothing else. 4 Owing to the omnipresence of consciousness, all beings exist as reality everywhere, and if consciousness rises from unreal knowledge, consciousness as real knowledge destroys the unreal one. 5 Therefore whatever comes from these five elements is only transitory, but owing to the firm belief of ego, we enjoy a firm faith that it is real.
17 In the three worlds we see wonderful objects, such as undersea fire burning in the water. 18 A good many cities exist in emptiness, and birds and stars remain in the sky. We find a lotus in stone, like trees growing without earth. 19 One country gives every kind of object to the seeker, like a wish-fulfilling tree that gives all objects to the seeker. We see a stone or rows of jewels like fruit from a fruitful tree. 20 Life like frogs exists within a stone. A moonstone gives water. 21 In a dream, many things are made and unmade within a minute, all of which, in fact, are as unreal as one’s death in a dream. 22 The natural water of the elements is suspended in the sky (cloud) when the heavenly Mandakini River remains in emptiness. 23 A heavy stone or a winged mountain flies in the air. Everything can be obtained through a stone when everything can be secured from the philosopher’s stone. 24 In Indra’s garden of bliss, every desired object can be obtained, but when one is liberated, such kind of desire for objects is lacking. 25 Even dull matter acts like a machine, hence every object acts like wonderful false magic. 26 By magical art we see even impossible objects such as two moons, headless trunks (kavandhas), mantras, drugs, and pisacha ghosts. All these are the works of wonderful false magic and are, in fact, nothing.

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Nikki & Ryan both see THE OFFICE as a comfort show, and thus are marathoning through it constantly.
So, on this episode, Nikki and Ryan break down their favorite seasons of THE OFFICE, along with the moments they enjoyed the most.
Ryan makes a quick entry to cap off the Top 5 Week and discusses the lessons he has learned while podcasting.
How to survive. How to have fun. How to never turn down an idea.
On the eve of his four year anniversary, here's hoping there are at least another four years.
Today, Ryan presents the Top 5 Cold Openings to his show.
To celebrate the Decade Anniversary of The Uncanny X-Cast, Ryan discusses the pivotal lessons he has learned as he has absorbed nearly 200 episodes of the wonderful show about two guys and their comics.
What does it mean to be a nerdy dad? How can you achieve your dreams? Who wrote Uncanny X-Force?

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On Friday September 23, Interim Director of Public Safety Dave Zylak held the first of a regular open hour at the Campus Center to address student concerns about Public Safety’s pending police commissions. A dozen students attended and asked questions about the commissions, sexual assault, and officer training.
Bon Appetit, the food service management company the College contracts with, obtained the wrong liquor license for The Pub on the advice of Bon Appetit’s corporate lawyers, delaying sale of beer and wine at the Pub for several months.
Student Government Association (SGA) elections began this Friday September 23 and will run through Thursday September 29. Although there have been a plethora of students who have started campaigning, a large amount of positions remain open.
The Sustainability Fellow position, formerly held by Lisa Neu ’10, has been split into three student internships to be held by two upperclassmen and one first-year student for the academic year.
The decision was announced last semester, when less funding was available for the position due to the recent increase in required staffing positions for the College.


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text: Kwong Wah, Yit Poh (2012) Call Chinese university student support transformation programme. (9 May 2012). in Kwong Wah Yit Poh, p. B9.


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Piedmont Plastics in Denver, CO is approximately 20 minutes from downtown Denver. Denver, the capital of Colorado, is an American metropolis dating to the Old West era. Larimer Square, the city’s oldest block, features landmark 19th-century buildings. Museums include the Denver Art Museum, an ultramodern complex known for its collection of indigenous works, and the mansion of famed Titanic survivor Molly Brown. Denver is also a jumping-off point for ski resorts in the nearby Rocky Mountains.
Our Denver location accepts approved recyclable material. The plastics industry continues to make significant strides in the field of sustainability. Plastics provide lightweight alternatives that have replaced glass, metal and wood in a multitude of industries, not only delivering solutions that are more viable, but also reducing the resulting environmental impact. Piedmont Plastics, we recognize that our customer’s plastics needs extend beyond their own finished and semi-finished parts. Our customized recycling programs are customer tailored programs that allow us to continue our long-term commitments to cost savings, sustainability, and our customers. We are able to recover and recycle many of the products that we distribute, including scrap waste. So let us help you have an impact on the environment.
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Prime downtown suites are available for lease in the StruXture office building. The building is located on East Fourth Street near Jameson’s Public House and Cu Restaurant among others. The 1st floor suite could be positioned as an office or retail space with a waiting/reception area, 3 large private offices, a meeting room, restrooms and basement storage. The 4th floor is perfect for a professional office user. Both spaces feature beautiful mix of exposed brick walls and hardwoods with modern finishes.
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text: Shri/Retired Sergeant Major Chaturbhuj Gidwani passed away on 11 November 2017 (Veteran Day) at Inova Hospital in Alexandria VA. The funeral service, with Full Military Honors will be held on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 3 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) VA. We request you to attend the ceremony if possible.The service will be Graveside (burial of the urn) and will be Full Honor. Please plan to arrive by 1:15 PM.


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Your garden is looking lovely! You're so right - this is the time of year when we southerners are finally relieved of the sweltering summer and high heat. It is a pleasure now to go outside and just breathe.
It has been the coolest Summer here for many years. garden looks very nice.
Your garden looks beautiful! What a treat to be able to enjoy such color and life this time of year!
Your description of fall here in the east is spot on. I'm loving being outside right now too as the days are just perfect temperature to work in but there's that bite in the air saying it won't last long before the white stuff flies.
I am sure I sound like a broken record. I am always telling my customers that fall is the best time for planting. With the heat and drought we have been having, planting in spring is very stressful for the plants.
I am glad you are enjoying your garden again, it looks great. Here fall is wonderful too, but we still can't plant until the rains begin and the ground softens a bit. You smell roses because the petals (mostly) contain volatile oils which are warmed by the sun and evaporate in the heat. When the temperatures cool down, the oils are around longer because they don't evaporate as fast.
You're back! Hooray! Your garden looks great! August in SC is so brutal. Too damn hot to do anything. Fall is fabulous here. Warmish but not too much so.
Casa Yep! Back! I have to take a break every summer... I've come to accept this of myself.
Masha, learn something new every day. Its interesting, because its actually warmer in fall than in spring on first flush, but something is going on there, because absolutely the roses are much more fragrant in the fall. I'm convinced of it. Maybe we have more moderate overall temps in fall, as in spring the nights are very 'cool'.
Hi Jess, your garden is looking beautiful! I truly love this time of year. Fall colors are showing more and more each day, and the temperatures are great. Of course, we will soon be buried in a sea of leaves!
Thanks for stopping by my own blog. You asked about sun requirements for tea olives. They like sun to partial shade, though either full sun or full shade may not be best. Flowering is less in full shade, and the plants may be leggier there.
You've got me feeling the pressure now as I have a bed I want to redesign and plant and I've just been saying, "oh, I can leave that to the spring." You have lots of nice foliage in your garden, can't believe a garden can look so well at this time of year.
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Anyone around the President should presume they are being actively recorded by hostile powers, unless they are absolutely positive the phone is out of the room.
The video was initially heralded as proof that the raid in Yemen, in which a US military operator was killed along with several civilians, was a success.
Trump has 43 confirmed appointees to senior posts, compared with the 151 top political appointees confirmed by mid-June in President Barack Obama’s first term and the 130 under President George W. Bush, according to data tracked by the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition.
“You’d think we would be a part of it,” one US military official explained.
Trump promised not to touch tax benefits for 401(k)s and other retirement accounts.
Tiffany Brown is the sole owner and employee of the company, Tribute Contracting LLC, who initially won the contract from FEMA.
Trump's 23% turnover rate in his first year is more than three times as high as Barack Obama's in the same period, and twice as high a Ronald Reagan's which until now was the modern record holder.
"I actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about."

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With both Mars and the Sun both ingressing into Leo towards the end of this week, there’ll be tons of fiery energy and enthusiasm around. This should be put to good use at the Leo New Moon on Saturday (23 July) to begin a fresh stage in your personal or domestic affairs. This New Moon also favours new efforts related to performance or the creative arts, as well as leadership initiatives.
See this soli-lunar event as a signal that your time to shine is coming – good news for many of us after what has been a rather demanding few months filled with challenging aspects.
This suggests impetuousness and a state in which one is ‘overcome’ with passion. Almost the opposite of the Strength card in the Tarot deck, one loses control and allows the heart to rule the head.
Ambition. Becoming fired-up. Charging off in all directions at once. Dizziness and disorientation. Nervous breakdowns. Not acting like one’s usual self. Events coming to a head. Feeling like one will explode at any moment. Too many obligations to live up to. Feeling incapable of action. Too much excitement to contain safely. Headaches. Blood pressure. Erections. Animal passions.
Together with the Venus-Saturn opposition, which peaks on late on Sunday night-Monday morning, it seems very likely that certain awkward, tense or difficult situations involving the emotions could come to a head now. It is possible that you may find yourself letting go of certain outdated values or relationship patterns too. Going it alone after a relationship break-up may be a distinct possibility.
However, with Mercury also set to trine Uranus on Monday evening, it’s possible that anything you blurt out or say in the heat of the moment, perhaps during an argument, may have been necessary to restore a measure of honesty and authenticity to proceedings. As a result, it may serve to clear the air, albeit on a potentially explosive way, and enable you to start speaking from the heart, rather than merely saying what you think other people want to hear.
See this New Moon as a precursor for the Leo solar eclipse due to take place on 21 August in the final degrees of this fixed fire sign. New chapters are on the horizon, especially for those born under fire and air-ruled planets.
So don’t be afraid to shed old skins and get honest about who you are and what you want from life. It’s time to re-centre and focus on living your truth. Just try not to let this be too much at the expense of others if you possibly can.


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You can run PyTorch Geometric with CUDA 9.0 inside a docker image. The creation of our dockerfile refers to the dockerfiles provided by NVIDIA and PyTorch.
Download the dockerfile to your host server.
$ docker build -t "custom image name"
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Despite what you see in the movies, retail banks don’t actually keep millions of dollars sitting in a vault. The vast majority of banks in the country are required to keep only enough cash to cover 3% of the total transactions on reserve. That means your local bank probably only has a few thousand dollars in the vault, which is enough for day-to-day transactions.
The number 13 shows up a lot on the dollar, in honor of the first 13 original American colonies. Images of 13 olive branches, stars, stripes, and arrows are all included.
According to the FBI, bank robbers get away with an average of only $4,410.
The government isn’t the only place that prints their own money. For years, Disney printed its own “Disney Dollars”, which could be used only at the company's theme parks. Disney stopped making them in 2014, but the fake money is still accepted at Disney parks and resorts as currency. However, anyone who still has their old Disney Dollars would actually get a better deal on eBay. Collectors sell these gift certificates for a few dollars each, all the way up to thousands of dollars.
A few of the original metal printing blocks from the 1600s used for early U.S. colonial money were discovered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while doing construction around Harvard University. They are now on display at the Museum of American Revolution in Philadelphia.
In Holland during the 1600s, people went crazy over tulips. People began to trade bulbs for the rarest types of tulips, which drove them to pay insane prices to acquire them. Tulip bulbs would sell for six times an average annual salary. By 1636,they were even traded on the stock exchange. By 1637, tulips began to lose their value, and the prices crashed.
A man named Frank Bourassa from Quebec, Canada, printed $250 million in fake American dollar bills that were incredibly realy, based on the authenticity requirements on the U.S. government websites.
The key to his success was obtaining the authentic paper from a Swiss supplier. In 2012, he was caught.
Bourassa gave his printing equipment and $200 million of fake currency to the Canadian government. He also paid a $1,500 fine, and spent only six weeks in jail.
For years, the biggest source of counterfeit American money was North Korea. People there created “super dollars” — fakes that were incredibly accurate.
However, the U.S. Secret Service cracked down, and cases of counterfeiting significantly dwindled in the early 2000s.
The faces on dollar bills are very important, because it’s part of anti-counterfeit efforts. People tend to recognize faces better than anything else, so they will notice when a portrait looks a little strange. This is why they made Benjamin Franklin’s face even bigger on the new $100 bills.
A man named John Shepherd-Barron invented the idea of the ATM machine while he was relaxing in the bathtub. He gave the idea to Barclays Bank, who installed the first machine in London in 1967. As there were no debt cards in 1967, bank customers would withdraw funds by inserting a slightly radioactive (detectable by the machine to determine authenticity) punch card protected with a six digit pin.
In 1860, just before the Civil War, the U.S. Treasury distributed paper currency called “demand notes” and “United States Notes” which were nicknamed “greenbacks”. It was the first time the government distributed paper money, a practice that has continued to this day.
During the Civil War, the Confederacy came up with its own form of money called "The Confederate States of America Dollar." Today, these notes are bought and sold as collector’s items. If you want to try to get your hands on a Confederate $100 bill on eBay, it will cost you $29,500.
From 1865 to 1933, the U.S. Treasury circulated gold certificates, a form of currency that could be redeemed for gold coins. Starting in 1878, similar silver certificates were issued. Those lasted until the 1960s.

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At Sabre Insurance Services, we believe that a relationship built on trust between you and your insurance adviser is paramount. As such, we provide personal and commercial insurance solutions coupled with direct dial access to your own personal adviser. We have many satisfied clients all over the UK and Devon, including Kingsbridge, Salcombe, Dartmouth, Totnes, Ivybridge and South Hams.
From studio flats to stately homes, we can help you find the policy to suit your needs at very competitive prices. We have access to the UK’s leading insurers and specialist facilities for properties such as holiday homes, either let commercially or own use, thatched, unoccupied pending sale, under renovation or refurbishment.
Sabre Insurance Services will search the market from the UK’s leading insurers to find you the best possible deal for your motor insurance and as an independently owned insurance intermediary we use our experience to negotiate competitive rates and comprehensive terms.
We have been providing commercial customers with their insurance needs locally and nationally for over 20 years. We have access to the majority of the UK’s leading commercial insurance providers. Combined with facilities from specialist-underwritten schemes for more complex risks, we feel we are well placed to understand this market.
Commercial Insurance can be complex so to ensure that our customers have appropriate cover in place we prefer to discuss individual requirements on a more personal basis. A meeting at your premises (where possible) is paramount to carry out an initial ‘pre-risk survey’, which allows us the opportunity to look at your business in its entirety.
We have special and bespoke facilities with some of the UK's largest insurers and we can provide competitive prices for the following types of insurance.
In this age of impersonal service and frustrating call centres we offer a very refreshing change to our clients. It is our aim to provide good old fashioned personal service combined with the latest behind the scenes technology to give our clients experience, expertise and efficiency.
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Sabre Insurance Services is a trading name of Sabre Hind Ltd. Sabre Hind Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.


text: At Sea Garden Resort you will stay in affordable, comfortable accommodation right in down town Haad Rin. Sea Garden Resort offers free breakfast, spa and massage services and is located in the most vibrant part of Koh Phangan, the centre of Haad Rin town. The resort is just a short walk from Sunrise beach where the massive monthly Full Moon Party takes place.


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WebSafety, Inc. provides mobile device software solutions. The WebSafety software and apps allow parents to monitor their children's mobile device activities. These include mobile device, Apps downloaded, SMS messaging, Websites visited, device location throughout the day, geo fencing, posting to social networks, and curfew. The company was formerly known as Blindspot Alert, Inc. and changed its name to Websafety, Inc. in September 2009. Websafety, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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What is Websafety's stock symbol?
Websafety trades on the OTCMKTS under the ticker symbol "WBSI."
Has Websafety been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media coverage about WBSI stock has been trending positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Websafety earned a daily sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.
Who are some of Websafety's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Websafety include 01 Communique Laboratory (OCQLF), 1mage Software (ISOL), 30dc (TDCH), 3D Systems (SYV), 3TL Technologies (TTM), Absolute Software (OU1), ACS Motion Control (ACSEF), Adacel Technologies (AELTF), Advanced Credit Technologies (ACRT), Advantego (ADGO), Adyen (ADYYF), AG&E (AGNU), Agora (AGHI), Aixtron (AIXXF) and Alpha Network Alliance Ventures (ANAV).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Websafety investors own include Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), SLS International (SLS), Lendlease Group (LLC), Velocity Data (VCT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Rocket Fuel (FUEL) and AbbVie (ABBV).
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2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris by First Class Customs, Inc.
The Mercedes Metris CEO Truck offers all of the comfort and convenience of a luxury Sprinter but with a smaller package. More usable space and car like ride than any full size SUV (Navigator/Escalade) with great value. This AMAZING vehicle is around the price of a loaded Escalade or Navigator by itself without any conversion.
Chassis is loaded passenger Metris is dual power sliding doors and long list of standard options.

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I’m packing up our suitcases for our trip to Majorca this week and I’m sure I’ve pretty much packed everything we could ever need. We’re only staying away from home for 5 nights but if you looked at the size of our bags and suitcase you’d think we were going away for at least a month.
Travelling anywhere with a little one is challenging but travelling abroad with a baby is a whole new level. I’ve written lots of lists and gone through what we need on a daily basis to make sure I don’t forget anything. There’s a list for all the things we need when feeding (both formula and weaning), a list for sleeping, a list for changing and staying clean. I know it’s geeky but I like to call it being organised.
There is a lot to consider when taking a small baby abroad especially if you’re not breastfeeding or baby led weaning. I’ve been advised to take with me Little Mr’s powdered formula and will be using the ready-made liquid formula for our train and plane journeys. I’ve packed five days worth of puree for Little Mr but hope to give him suitable finger foods including fresh fruit whilst we’re away. He likes strawberries, pears and banana so I’m hoping I can get some of those on the buffet.
Nappies are pretty universal so I’m taking enough for our journey there and hoping to pop into a supermarket on arrival to stock up on supplies.
So far I’ve got everything we need in my suitcase, a holdall and my changing bag. I’m conscious of the luggage limit that we’ve got so only taking the absolute essentials. Still it does seem like I’m packing everything but the kitchen sink. I’m hoping the baggage handlers are kinder with my luggage than our last holiday abroad. One of our suitcases had the wheel snapped off in transit and the handle all bent out of shape. What do they do to our luggage on a plane? If something similar has happened to you and your suitcase is useless, you can get a great range of discount luggage from various companies online but if you visit Direct Luggage online you can pick out a bargain or two.
I’ll hopefully be blogging about our trip in the week. I’ll let you know how our journey goes and how Little Mr is handling the heat and the Spanish sunshine..Eeeek this is very real now, wish us luck!
Emma I agree on your point that while traveling with baby there are many other things, which have to pack, as I am also a mom of a girl. Now I will just like to say that your trip goes well. Good luck!!!

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Traumatology: the study of wounds and injuries caused by accidents or violence to a person, and the surgical therapy and repair of the damage. Traumatology is a branch of medicine. It is often considered a subset of surgery and in countries without the specialty of trauma surgery it is most often a sub-specialty to orthopedic surgery. Traumatology may also be known as accident surgery.
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Rosacea (pronounced roh-ZAY-sha) is a chronic common skin disease that usually affects the face. It often starts with a tendency to blush more easily compared to other people. From nose and cheeks, the redness gradually spreads to the forehead and chin. Many have observed that this skin condition commonly develops during teenage years and in the 20s, and can worsen into the 30s or 40s.
Although anyone can suffer from rosacea, people with fair skin who blush easily are believed to be at greatest risk. It is more frequently diagnosed in women, but men tend to have more severe symptoms – probably because they often delay seeking medical advice until the disease reaches an advanced stage.
Rosacea affects over 16 million Americans, however, it appears most of them are not aware they have rosacea. According to a survey conducted by National Rosacea Society, 95 per cent of rosacea patients had known little or nothing about its signs and symptoms before diagnosis.
While many people usually mistook early signs of rosacea like blushing, skin redness and bumps for an allergic reaction, acne or other skin problems, this skin condition can be clearly diagnosed by identifying the symptoms.
It is important to note that rosacea symptoms can vary significantly from one person to another. In fact, in most cases, some rather than all of the symptoms appear. The most noticeable warning sign of rosacea is red patches on your nose, cheeks, forehead and chin. Less often, redness can appear on your scalp, ears, neck, chest and back.
Symptoms of rosacea are often characterized by flare-ups and remissions, which means they can come and go depending on how stressed or run-down you feel. In many cases, flare ups may occur for a few weeks, fade and then come back. Although it has no cure so far, rosacea natural treatment and medications are available to manage the symptoms. Fortunately, this skin disease is not contagious.
Derived from Nigella Sativa plant (popularly known as fennel flower, Roman coriander and nutmeg flower), black seed oil is one of the best natural remedies for rosacea. It nourishes the skin with vitamins A,B and C, along with amino acids, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and minerals like calcium, magnesium, zinc and potassium. It also has powerful anti-inflammatory agents that treat rosacea acne, moisturize the skin for repair and it encourages skin regeneration.
Other skin benefits of black seed oil include an ability to fight and reduce acne, infections and fungus. It can also help soften fine lines and wrinkles and lighten dark spots. Its anti-inflammatory properties can help ease skin redness and sunburn.
How to use: Massage black seed oil directly on the affected area and leave on until completely absorbed into skin.
Green tea has potent antioxidant, anti-acne and anti-inflammatory, which help manage rosacea symptoms. It is found to be effective in reducing redness and inflammation. In addition, its ability to help reduce the skin’s reaction to the damaging UV radiation can help prevent papules and pustules from erupting on rosacea-prone areas.
How to use: Put two cups of green tea in the fridge for 30 minutes. Place a tea-soaked cloth over the treated area for several minutes. For best his preparation twice daily for two months.
Oatmeal is a lesser known but effective rosacea natural treatment. Its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties soothe and reduce redness, itchiness and inflammation.
How to use: In a large bowl, take ½ cup of oatmeal and add ¼ cup of water. Apply the mixture to the skin and spread gently. Leave it on for 20 minutes and rinse thoroughly with cool water. Pat dry. Repeat this red face treatment twice daily for a couple of weeks.
Containing natural antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, honey can be used to keep rosacea symptoms at bay. It can tone down redness, regain the skin’s pH balance, get rid of little bumps and moisturizes the skin. Honey is one of the most common home remedies for rosacea because of its popularity and availability.
How to use: Lightly massage 1-2 tablespoons of raw honey on the treated area. Let it stay on your skin for 30 minutes and rinse off with warm water. Follow with a day/night moisturizer. Do this rosacea acne treatment twice a week to help reduce redness and inflammation, as well as to speed up healing.
Made up almost completely of water, a relaxing cucumber mask might just be the ticket to get rid of a facial rosacea outbreak. Cucumber is also one of the most popular rosacea home remedies because it is widely known for its cooling, soothing and healing properties. A number of anecdotal evidences suggest that it can help reduce the facial redness and swelling of rosacea. Vitamins A,C,E and caffeic acid found in cucumber can also help alleviate skin irritation, while silica is a vital component of healthy connective tissue that keeps skin clear and radiant.
How to use: Puree slices of cucumber and mix with 2-3 tablespoons of natural yogurt. Smooth over face and leave it on for approximately 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.
Many foods and drinks can outset a rosacea breakout. To avoid inflammatory responses brought on by this skin condition, it is recommended to remove common allergens from your diet and focus on anti-inflammatory foods.
Sugar and processed food – Sugar can worsen inflammation and increase oxidative stress.
Sun exposure causes inflammation that makes your skin more prone to flushing. It can also make skin drier and clog pores, making rosacea a lot worse. Not surprisingly, the sun is one of the aggravating factors of rosacea. In fact, as much as 61% of people identify the sun as their prime rosacea trigger. With this in mind, slathering on sunscreen should always be a part of your skin care routine, especially when you have rosacea-type symptoms, or any sort of redness on skin.
Unfortunately, not all sunscreens are created equal. For people with rosacea, it is crucial to choose a sunscreen that won’t irritate your skin or kick-off a flare-up. Best of all, if you are currently experiencing a flare-up, your sunscreen should be powerful and soothing enough to help you break the cycle of flushing and redness.
The general rule on how to treat rosacea is to look for a physical sunscreen that is coupled with skin-friendly ingredients that cool the skin, replenish moisture loss and provide high SPFs. Look for ingredients like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, and go with SPF factor of 30 to 50.
You may also opt to go mineral because particles in mineral formula tend to sit on top of the skin and are a little larger, so they won’t absorb and cause inflammation. Of course, the rule of re-applying sunscreen every two hours still applies to keep your face protected throughout the day.
Giving rosacea-prone skin a hydration boost can help restore the skin’s natural barrier while having an anti-inflammatory agent can soothe redness and irritation. However, because rosacea patients have more sensitive skin, the best rosacea treatment must use chemical ingredients and preservatives to an absolute minimum. This is where natural cosmetic products come in.
Many natural cosmetic products for rosacea on face are infused with essential oils, such as tea tree oil, chamomile oil, rose oil, rosemary oil, lavender oil and geranium oil because of their ability to help treat sensitive skin and fight skin inflammation.
Stress can cause your anxiety levels to spike and hot flashes may occur when you are angry – both can bring on rosacea flare-ups. To prevent stress from taking a toll on your skin, try to learn (or master) these stress control techniques. They can help prevent autoimmune reactions and reduce or ward-off inflammation.
Breathe slowly – Silently count to four as you breathe in. Hold your breath and silently count from 1 to 7. Breathe out as you count 1 to 8. Focus on your breathing as you inhale and exhale.
Visualize – Try to picture yourself in your “happy place” where there are no worries.Hold the image for as long as possible until you feel calm.
Stretch – Stretching can relax your muscles. You may also opt for a 20-minute stroll to help clear your mind and reduce stress.
Talk to your doctor about other ways on how to get rid of rosacea, including rosacea medication, creams, gels and phototherapy if natural remedies for rosacea were ineffective.


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Newly published macrofossil discoveries from 4 papers strongly suggest that modern warmth may still be about 3°C colder than nearly all of the last 10,000 years.
According to data from a new study (Sannel et al., 2018), subarctic Northern Sweden has yet to rise out of the range of frigid, permafrost-friendly temperatures coeval with of the Little Ice Age (roughly 1400 to 1900 AD).
Permafrost still exists today in regions where there was no recorded permafrost during nearly all of the Holocene, when temperatures were too warm (3°C higher than today) for permafrost to form.
These findings strongly suggest that modern warmth is nothing unusual, unprecedented, or even remarkable. In fact, it may be said that today’s subarctic warmth may only be slightly warmer than the coldest centennial-scale period — the Little Ice Age — of the last 10,000 years.
The modern forest line position in an Italian Alps study area (Badino et al., 2018) is 2,360 meters above sea level (m asl).
Per the data indicated in the graph below, the forest line position averaged between 2,750 to 2,900 m asl during 7400 to 3600 cal yrs BP — about 460 m higher than today’s forest line.
With a temperature lapse rate of 0.67°C/100 m for the region documented in the paper, this indicates temperatures were about 3.1°C warmer than today [4.6 X 0.67°C] during the Mid-Holocene.
The temperature lapse rate for the Pyrenees region is 0.517°C/100 m according to a newly published paper.
Leunda et al. (2018) have published a study that shows the Mid-Holocene (about 4,500 years ago) Pyrenees timber line was 300-400 meters higher than today’s uppermost limit.
This would suggest that Pyrenees temperatures were about 1.6 to 2.1°C warmer [3.5 X 0.517°C] than today during 4,650-4,200 calendar years before present.
The temperature lapse rate for the Swedish Lapland region is 0.6°C/100 m.
Kullman (2018) found tree debris (trunks, cones, roots, etc.) 600 to 700 meters atop modern tree line positions that were dated to about 9,500 years ago. Accounting for glacio-isostatic uplift, this tree line elevation implies surface air temperatures were 3.6°C higher than today during the Early Holocene.
How does one read tree ring widths of trees that have been dead and gone for centuries, done in by modern cold? Does one just “homogenize,” as with temperatures – you know, make them up? Or does one just ignore the problem, and pretend it doesn’t exist?
Michael Mann selects trees (bristlecone pines from North America) that can show a hockey stick shape when “processed”. Then he claims those trees represent the entire Northern Hemisphere, which earns him the Nobel Prize.
Interestingly, Marcott’s graph of “global” temperatures that makes it look like there was a dramatic increase in recent temperatures never revealed the contradictory data that showed the opposite.
He then calls it “seriously flawed”.
Wow. I didn’t know anyone in academia who wasn’t retired would be so blunt. That’s a pleasant surprise.
Tree ring widths are proxies for many other things besides temperature. Photochemical kinetics would suggest that these include sunlight, cloud cover, ground water, humidity, carbon dioxide, soil nutrients and, just possibly, the length of the growing season, (i.e. temperature).
What Michael Mann and his followers do is to use principal component analysis to weight the various tee ring samples according to how well they pick up the modern, post ~1960, warming. This, almost inevitably, gives a high weighting to those samples that are proxies for carbon dioxide. This in turn, produces a hockey stick.
Actually, PCA should only be used to assess the relevance of different TYPES of proxy – not individual proxies.
The reason why tree rings seem to work as temperature proxies in earlier periods is that temperature pre ~1970 is very dependent on cloud cover and possibly, to a lesser extent, humidity.
This is a good reference, perhaps a little too good as indicated by the fact that it is no longer found without the help of the Wayback Machine.
Some more useful information here. Just watch out for the speculative warmist spin they put on it. While they do list some of the serious problems with tree ring data, they seem to me to brush them aside a little more willingly than they should.
NOTE – not much warmist spin in the last link above. I was being too defensive when first re-reading it. It’s not bad, actually.
A somewhat lively discussion going on at Judith Curry’s place regarding Hockey Sticks and the influence of a few specific series. And whether a graph from RealClimate by Gavin Schmidt is demonstrating the restoration of the MWP when Bristlecones and Tiljander series are removed.
within the northernmost woodlands rather than in the southern tundra.
Has a couple of maps and an old (1958) photo. 9 pages. Many references.
Michael Mann’s Nobel Prize is as fictitious as is his hockey stick.
Yes, indeed! The Nobel Prize was awarded to the IPCC. This was not one of the three scientific prizes but the Peace Prize – which has always been a reflection of what was at the time political correctness. It would have been more appropriate to award the IPCC the prize for literature – i.e. fiction!
More like an anti-peace prize, it would seem.
Older papers that may also be of interest showing more geographically extensive reach for climatically warm periods.
Samples dated at 2500–2000 years ago were not found in the Altai region. A new series of dates is referred already to contemporary era (CE or AD), and our results suggest that the period from the second to the sixth centuries AD was marked by expansion of a forest in the Altai region. This warm period coincides with the “Roman optimum” in Europe. It was interrupted by the glacier advance in the sixth century, which also occurred in Southern Tibet, the Swiss Alps,Southern Alaska, and British Columbia (400–600 AD).
From the eleventh century until the early thirteenth century, the Altai glacier forefields were again covered with forests. The tree line was at the elevation of at least 2450 m. A few waves of cooling and glacier advances resulted in forest mortality about 1206–1256, 1445–1501, and 1642–1736 years ago. The last two dates coincide with an increase in temperatures reconstructed from the Belukha ice core in 1400–1550 and 1650–1750, which in turn coincide with the periods of decreased solar activity.
Glacier advances were recorded in the Swiss Alps in 1100–1200 [12–14], in the Southern Alaska in 1180–1300 , and in British Columbia in 1035–1210 . The following glacier advance occurred in 1350–1450 in Tibet and 1300–1450 in the Alps. In the Altai, the mentioned periods were accompanied by mortality of trees at the tree line and glacier forefields. The following wave of glacier advances started in Alaska and in the Alps in 1600. In the Altai region, the Aktru stage terminated only in 1700s.
A tree-ring width chronology of alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoides) from southern Chile was used to produce an annually resolved 3622-year reconstruction of departures from mean summer temperatures (December to March) for southern South America. The longest interval with above-average temperatures was from 80 B.C. to A.D. 160. Long intervals with below-average temperatures were recorded from A.D. 300 to 470 and from A.D. 1490 to 1700. Neither this proxy temperature record nor instrumental data for southern South America for latitudes between 35° and 44°S provide evidence of a warming trend during the last decades of this century that could be related to anthropogenic causes. The data also indicate that alerce is the second longest living tree after the bristlecone pine (Pinus Iongaeva).
Wow, what cd be more convincing of higher temperature than that the treeline was higher, as demonstrated by fossilized remains?!
Don Easterbrook, writing in 2008, was an early predictor of a cooling trend.

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The space RTS Battlefleet Gotchic: Armada 2, based on the tabletop game from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, gets a release date and beta scheduled this year.
The upcoming space RTS Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 will be coming to PC on January 24 of next year, revealed publisher Focus Home Interactive. It was also announced that there will be two pre-order beta phases starting in December.
The betas will include all 12 of the playable factions, two introductory missions, and various multiplayer modes and features. The first beta will focus on multiplayer and balance, says Focus Home Interactive.
The first beta will also feature the full multiplayer progression system, custom games, 2v2, 1v1, and versus AI. The week-long beta will give Focus Home Interactive the opportunity to acquire feedback on the game including balance and unlock rates.
You can pre-order the game on Steam now to get access to both of the betas as well as a 10% discount. Focus Home Interactive also announced that owners of the original Battlefleet Gothic: Armada will receive a 25% discount. Check out the reveal trailer here and view the gallery of released in-game screenshots below.
Focus Home Interactive's Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 has finally received a series of overview videos explaining its strategic gameplay.

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A. ProQuest uploads deposits of zip files to the content.lib.ua.edu server via ftp into the ftpaccess home directory, and notifies Janet Lee-Smeltzer of the upload. Janet notifies the Metadata Librarian (in this case, Shawn) to process them.
C. Shawn then runs the PERL script "processEtds" which is located in her scripts directory. This script will ask which directory to process, and whether the files are for May, December, or September graduation, so it knows when to start the embargoes. It will create a subdirectory in the "working" directory which matches the name of the selected directory. Within this it will create 3 subdirectories: OPEN, PRQ, and CONTENT. OPEN is where it will open the zip directories. PRQ is where it will put the renamed and altered XML for processing. CONTENT is where it will put the renamed content files.
D. Shawn works with the deposited content to create valid MODS files meeting our local profile, which include the assigned identifier and PURL, and are named for the assigned identifier with a ".mods.xml" extension.
E. Shawn also creates valid MARC files for upload into our OPAC system, which reference the included assigned identifier and PURL.
F. She uploads the finished MODS and the associated renamed content into a datestamp-titled MODS directory in her home area on libcontent1.lib.ua.edu.
G. Shawn runs the relocate_all.pl script in her home directory. This places all the content and MODS (which are not under embargo) into the correct directories in Acumen, as well as copying everything to the deposits directory for upload into the storage archive.
I. Jody runs a script (/srv/scripts/bornDigital/relocatingBd) which will move the files into the correct subdirectories for long-term storage, linking them into the LOCKSS manifests.
J. Janet will batch upload the MARC to WorldCat, in order to obtain OCLC numbers for the records.
K. Janet then submits a batch upload of the MARC records into our catalog system.
L. Janet checks the final display and access via the OPAC.
M. The embargo-checking script "checkEmbargo" will check the database on the 21st of each month for embargoes which are due to lift the next month; this script will email Jody and Shawn with the filename, title, author, and date that the embargo is to lift.
N. Another script, "liftEmbargo" will run on the first of each month, and will copy live anything whose embargo has lifted.
P. Janet will upload the no-longer-embargoed-content into WorldCat and then the local OPAC.
Q. Should the metadata require remediation, Shawn will add a recordChangeDate field, and will upload the altered MODS files to libcontent1 and run relocate_all.pl. This will move the files to the live web directory (except for those under embargo) and also to a deposits directory for archival storage.
P. Jody will transfer these into archival storage using the aforementioned script, relocatingBd.


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Here is the combined solo discography of The Beatles members John Lennon including Plastic Ono Band, Paul McCartney including groups Wings, Suzy And The Red Stripes, and The Fireman, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Here are all of their solo hits and popular songs in tunetimeline order. The greatest solo hit by a member of The Beatles was 1982 number one song Ebony And Ivory, which was by Paul McCartney With Stevie Wonder, and became the top song of the 80's decade.
George Harrison was also in the band Traveling Wilburys which has its own separate page, and is not included here.


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The 18th IIFA awards will be held in New York this year over 14-15 July (15, 16th July, India time).
The two days will be a grand celebration of Indian cinema and all the artists who have contributed in taking Hindi cinema beyond the realm of our own nation. The awards will be held at the MetLife stadium, in the heart of New York.
There will be a live telecast of the celebration on Colors TV.
IIFA rocks will be held on the first day, in which artists from all over the world will come together to mark music composer AR Rahman's 25 glorious years in the industry. Actors Manish Paul and Riteish Deshmukh will be the hosts for the evening.
AR Rahman will be joined by Diljit Dosanjh, Benny Dayal, Javed Ali, Neeti Mohan, Jonita Gandhi and Haricharan Seshadri for a never-seen-before musical medley.
The IIFA awards will be a star-studded event with some epic performances by Bollywood celebrities. This year there will be some performances by Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Shahid Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon, among others.
Alia Bhatt, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif addressing the press at an IIFA conference. Image from Twitter.
Since IIFA awards are known to be a mixed bag of dance, drama and comedy, this year Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar and Saif Ali Khan have been roped to host the main awards. It will be a joy to watch Dhawan, with his impeccable comic timing, match up to Saif's eloquence and Johar's spot-on sarcasm.
Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar at an IIFA press conference in Mumbai.
During a press conference, Johar said that he and Saif have started working on the script already. "The script is never final till the last day, therefore there is going to be a lot of improvisation," he added.
Apart from hosting the night, Dhawan will also be performing to some of his father, filmmaker David Dhawan's songs. Varun had earlier mentioned that his performance will be a tribute to his father, who has been making films for the past 28 years. Varun is currently shooting for Judwaa 2 with Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu. He revealed that one of the songs from his film titiled 'Oonchi Hai Building' will be launched on the IIFA stage. The song is a remake of the 1997 original starring Karishma Kapoor and Salman Khan.
The front-runner films in the race this year are Neerja, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Pink and Kapoor and Sons. Firstpost had earlier done an extensive nomination round-up. Here's a quick guide of who's nominated for which award at IIFA 2017.
With just eight days to go, the excitement around IIFA 2017 is palpable.


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The ancient and historical city of Dubrovnik is nestled right on the coast on the rocky coves of Croatia. It has a rich and fascinating history and is indeed, picture perfect.
With its roots as a roman colony, Dubrovnik has been an important port throughout the historical years. They were the home of merchant ships called “Argosy” which later became the poetic word for wealthy merchant vessels. They were such good Maritime traders that many of their ships sailed all the way across to England and even held colonies as far as India.
Alrighty, let’s get a walking.
The beauty of pot plants, they’re everywhere in the world (as they should be).
Tourists gabble around in one of the main squares within the mighty Dubrovnik walls.
Outside the city walls…the water in Croatia is so clear, blue and beautiful! I remember there’s a bar down the stairs just below me. Perfect spot for a drink!
Delicious looking grapes at the Dubrovnik markets.
Oh…hello kitty! Good spot for a nap.
Ships, ships, ships. Who doesn’t love them?
Hanging off a big anchor down near the port.
Once you walk through Dubrovnik, you come to the port, full of modern yachts and sailing ships alike – it’s a port with a treasured and long history.
We actually stayed just outside of the “old” city of Dubrovnik, a quick bus trip away. This was our swimming hole and we were up there on the mountain!
We actually happened to be there during the casting of extras for the Game of Thrones Season 2. We weren’t going to be there for those dates though, pity, could have been an extra on the epic HBO show and high5’ed all The Lannisters.
It’s a fun city to explore but be warned, tourist groups abound in the historical centre and you won’t exactly get the feeling you’re experiencing the real Croatia, but more like an open air museum version of it. Still, it’s definitely worth a visit but I would stop by for a day or two to bear witness to the beauty and then head on to some of the islands and Split.
Nice pictures Tom. Dubrovnik is a really beautiful city. That cat was seriously posing for the picture. Try getting that one twice.


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Marc Andreessen believes startups are burning cash--but they'll still get funding.
Startups might not be spending responsibly, but that doesn't mean venture capitalists will be giving them less money.
In fact, they might be spending more.
"The argument is that tech is permeating more industries than ever before," said venture capitalist Marc Andreessen at the Wall Street Journal Digital conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.
Last month, Andreessen made headlines for his Tweetstorm critiquing tech startups for blowing through cash, telling them to "worry" about their spending.
Related: Apple Pay signup is "fantastic"
He held firm on his stance on burn rates (how quickly firms spend capital) in a conversation with Jonathan Krim of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
"Cash burn is getting out of hand," said Andreessen. "You want to have a reasonable valuation, reasonable cash burn." But he said founders often got overly excited (or depressed) and spent the money too quickly.
That said, venture capital funding is an "exercise" in finding the unicorns, according to Andreessen. Venture capitalists invest in $20 to $30 billion in about 4,000 companies a year, knowing that only about 15 will be home runs.
"Every 12 months, there are 15 companies created that will generate 90% of all [venture capital] returns," Andreessen said.
But with technology touching more industries -- will that number increase?
"That's the debate we're having internally," said Andreessen. "Airbnb's [valuation] is hard to argue with."
Airbnb was valued at $10 billion earlier this year, and Andreessen called it a "home run" for real estate startups. He said Uber and Lyft (of which he is an investor) were the same for the transportation industry.


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A gunfight broke out between militants and goverment forces at DarGanie-Gund area of Tral in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday.
Police said there was an exchange of fire between forces and militants at Tral.
Earlier, a joint team of Army's 42RR, paramilitary CRPF and special operations group of police cordoned off Darganie-Gund following inputs about presence of militants in the area.
Reports said as government forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, ensuing gunfight.


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Whether they stay dead or just play dead until Congress reauthorizes them, Maine businesses and people will have to endure financial uncertainty.
WASHINGTON — It’s no fiscal cliff, but on Dec. 31 businesses and individuals will lose dozens of temporary tax breaks on everything from wind power production to teachers’ supplies.
Unlike past years, when Congress resuscitated the programs, tax policy observers say Washington’s fiscal climate could mean that the tax credits stay dead in 2014 – or at least have to play dead for longer than normal.
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, is flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who with Senate Budget Committee Chair Rep. Patty Murray, D-Wash., worked out a budget deal. That deal leaves out extension of certain tax credits, which will now expire Dec. 31.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada listens at left as Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., answers questions on the budget Thursday.
For weeks, the focus in Washington has been on striking a bipartisan deal to fund the federal government for the next two years. The Senate appears poised to send that budget to President Obama later this week, thereby avoiding another politically embarrassing and economically harmful government shutdown.
But the budget deal – negotiated by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D.-Wash. – left untouched the tax code, including more than 50 separate tax credits that will expire at year’s end. Those so-called “tax extenders” range from deductions for state and local taxes or plug-in electric vehicles for individuals, to tax credits for new motorsports racetracks and mine-rescue training programs.
In Maine, some of the higher-profile tax programs slated for discontinuation include credits used to help finance commercial wind energy projects, to help offset businesses’ research and development investments, and to leverage economic development projects.
In the latter category, Maine is home to the organization that allocated more New Markets Tax Credits than any other nationally.
Wiscasset-based CEI Capital Management LLC has been awarded $858 million since the New Markets Tax Credit program launched more than a decade ago. That money is then offered to investors in economic development projects in low-income or economically distressed areas as a 39 percent tax credit spread out over five years.
CEI Capital Management, which is a for-profit subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises Inc., has distributed $222 million of that total to projects in Maine, leveraging more than $550 million in investment. CEO Charlie Spies said the firm is closing on another $40 million in investments soon but that after next spring, the available funds will be gone.
Spies said he is hoping Congress will provide some clarity by early next year. “If people aren’t sure where the program is going, that creates uncertainty on the investor side,” Spies said.
One recent recipient of financing through the New Markets Tax Credit program is Mölnlycke Health Care, which is preparing to begin manufacturing in a $47 million facility at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Mölnlycke already produces the special foam used in the company’s high-tech wound care products at a Wiscasset facility that employs roughly 70 people. But the company was sending that Maine-made foam to a facility in Finland for final manufacturing, only to have to ship the products back to the U.S. for sale.
Jim Detert, director of business development at Mölnlycke in the Americas, said the $15 million tax credit arranged through CEI and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority was a key factor in making the business case for another facility in Maine.
“We were competing against other locations not just in the U.S. but in Europe,” Detert said. Mölnlycke hopes to begin manufacture of the foam-based wound dressings early next year in Brunswick with about 50 high-skilled workers, but the company has the space to double or triple the size of the operation.
The fate of the “tax extenders” has become an annual debate in Washington. The tax breaks were set up to be temporary in order to prompt regular review by lawmakers. Congress typically reauthorizes them before Dec. 31 or restarts them retroactively with little scrutiny of the programs, however.
Earlier this fall Sen. Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee, declared that he would not consider a separate tax extenders bill. Instead, Baucus said the temporary tax breaks would be considered as part of a larger, bipartisan endeavor to reform the whole tax code.
Then the government shutdown, the near-default on the debt ceiling and the recent budget negotiations intervened. A committee staffer said Friday that while members are exploring options for the tax extenders next year, the goal remains to handle them as part of a larger tax reform deal.
Some observers are skeptical anything will happen with the tax credits early next year, however.
Howard Gleckman, a resident fellow at The Urban Institute and editor of the TaxVox blog at the Tax Policy Center, said the modest budget deal recently negotiated by Democrats and Republicans will likely quell any desire to wage battle over major reforms to the tax code.
So Gleckman said there is no clear path for the “tax extenders” because the issue is typically attached to another fiscal bill. While that doesn’t mean the time has finally run out on the temporary tax cuts – and Gleckman suspects most will be brought back eventually – he doesn’t see it happening too soon.
Some Maine tax advisers said they have almost come to expect the on-again, off-again nature of the credits.
Markgren said many of the tax programs are relatively minor, so he wouldn’t expect businesses to make major relocation or investment decisions on the tax credits alone. But he said many businesses have come to rely on credits for research and development.
Maine’s growing wind power industry has also come to rely on a production tax credit that offers a 2.2-cent credit per kilowatt hour for electricity produced. Congress changed the qualification requirements to allow projects to qualify earlier in the construction and planning phase.
But some critics have pushed hard in the past to eliminate what they see as an unfair subsidy for the industry. And it is unclear what will happen to the wind power production tax credit next year.
The largest beneficiary of the program in Maine has been First Wind, which operates four major wind power facilities in the state and has another four under development.
First Wind spokesman John Lamontagne said the company hopes to qualify for the tax credits for several of the four projects under development before the end of the year. The annual uncertainty and occasional lapses in the program contribute to the boom-and-bust cycle in the wind industry, he said.


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Rene Alvarado, 26, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2010.
Mr. Alvarado was born in San Antonio, and had been a resident of Laredo for some time.
He was a veteran with the United States Army Company B Rifle Fc in Iraq.
He was decorated with the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar, and Parachutist Badge.
After his tour of duty, he served locally with the Texas National Guard Bravo Company 3rd Battalion 141st Infantry.
He is survived by his wife Ashley Alvarado; parents Emilio Alvarardo and Alejandra R. Vazquez; brothers Arturo Alvarado and Joey Alvarado; in-laws David (Patricia) Chapa; brother and sister-in-law David Chapa Jr. and Yesenia Marie Chapa.
Also, surviving him are grandparents, cousins, many other relatives and many friends.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 2, 2010, from 4 to 9 p.m. and a Vigil of the Deceased will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Hernandez, Lopez and Sons Northside Chapels, 800 Boston St. and San Bernardo Ave.
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The Black Consciousness Movement put its weight behind the labour movement, following a resolution to establish a national trade union project that was adopted at the third Annual Conference of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) in July 1972. Drake Koka a leading member of the Black Peoples' Convention (BPC) working closely with Essau Tshehlo Mokhethi spearheaded the formation of the Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU) which was established in 1972.
Thus, BAWU was initially a union led by Black Consciousness Movement activists with close ties to SASO and the BPC. Saths Cooper was instrumental in setting up the union’s offices in Durban and in enabling the union to open a bank account. The Union followed a Blacks-only policy and stressed that it is basically concerned with African workers.
It no longer has any ties with Black Consciousness groupings, and seems to keep a low profile; at least it's not known to overtly identify itself with political or community issues outside the shop-floor. BAWU is, however, very much against the involvement of whites at any level in the independent union movement. It also has severe reservations about the current federation, COSATU.
The union was viewed as a federation of industrial unions as it was affiliated with many trade unions.BAWU suffered several setbacks during the second half of the 1970s, as many of its members broke away to form community-based trade unions in various parts of the country. For instance, some members who broke away formed the South African Allied Workers’ Union (SAAWU) broke away from BAWU in March 1979.
• Hemson, D., Legassick, M., and Ulrich, N., ‘White Activists in the Revival of the Worker’s Movement’ in The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 2, 1970-1980, (Pretoria ”“UNISA), pp.243-314.


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(FROM Left – Right) DIR. CRISTOPHER ESTIGOY, VP FOR OPERATIONS / DIR. JING CASTRO, VP FOR I.T. /JON RAY ESQUEJO, VP FOR MARKETING/ ALVIN SANTIAGO, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (center from the right) / GREGORIO T. PADILLA JR., PRESIDENT (center from the left) / GERALD A. BAUTISTA, VP FOR FINANCE.
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A technical visit to the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Terminales Rio de la Plata (TRP). Outstanding professional management of the terminal.
Day One of MC11, including a talk on Intelligent trade and technologies: Preparing for the trade facilitation of the future.

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I use a VPN for my usual internet browsing. I forgot to disable it before joining the Mixed Mode MAG server in BF4 and was banned with the stated reason "Sorry Aussies Only".
I disabled my VPN only to find that the ban was permanent, even though my IP should be coming up as from Australia.


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Well it’s a work in progress but I’m finally ready to announce the opening of my Kindergarten All-Stars TpT Store! Right now there is only two items on there; one freebie and one new phonological awareness pack. However new materials are in the works and will eventually be available.
My first item for sale is to celebrate back to school! It’s a no-prep phonological awareness pack that covers initial sound and ending sounds! There are several different activities like matching, cut and paste, letter writing, and picture matching.
This project has been a labor of love and will certainly help you in your classroom. These activities are perfect for morning seat work, literacy workshop, and extra activities for subs or downtime if students need something extra to do! Check out the Phonological Awareness Super Pack here!

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GREAT INVESTMENT!!! ENTRY LEVEL PRICING INVESTMENT. CONDO COMPLEX IS PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED. GREAT LOCATION AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO ENTERTAINMENT, SHOPPING, PARKS AND THE LAKE.
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