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When was the last time you paid to see a movie you knew had a sad ending? If you’re like me, you have trouble remembering it. There’s a reason for that. It’s because we don’t like sad endings. We want the hero to live, the bad guy to suffer traumatic justice and the girl to be saved in the end. And if we know in advance that something approximating that formula ain’t happenin’, then my cash stays in my wallet and maybe I’ll catch it on Netflicks. (But probably not). A movie with a sad ending is like a chocolate chip cookie made with rabbit poop; you might take a bite unwittingly, but you’re going to slap the guy who gave it to you.
We want our entertainment like we want our cookies; sweet and satisfying. And let’s face it, we are a culture that loves to be entertained. Sports, movies, music, video games, you name it, we’re hard at it, making sure we enjoy ourselves to the fullest. We’re all pretty much addicted to feeling good. It comes with being raised in a me-first consumer culture.
And unfortunately, that’s how most people like their theology. We want it to be positive and entertaining. We want to go to church, enjoy a good donut or cup of coffee (it’s a multi-sensory experience, after all) and sing along with up-tempo songs before we listen to a feel-good sermon, right? We want to hear about answers, not problems. Blessings, not responsibilities. Heaven, not hell.
Bad news. And that’s the problem. The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news precisely because it offers us a way out of hell. You see, the Bible is pretty clear that we’re all doomed unless we can find a way to make up for the debt of justice we owe God for the sin we commit against Him. And it’s also clear that the only way to do that is to turn your life over to Jesus, to recognize His authority over your life—when He’s Lord, He’s your savior. Before that, you, yes you, are going to hell. That’s a problem for a lot of people. It’s not very entertaining. And it’s certainly not a feel good message. To someone addicted to entertaining themselves, it can be quite a shock. But sometimes we need to be shocked.
Apart from Jesus, hell awaits us all. There’s a lot more to the Christian faith than that, but the message that matters most is often the one we least want to hear. It’s not sweet and satisfying like a chocolate chip cookie. We’ve been trained by our culture not to hear it. But we need it. You need it.
Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Want to get to the Father? Want to avoid hell? The answer isn’t very entertaining, but it is positive. It will make you feel good; surrender to Jesus.
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One of Edinburgh Politics and IR’s former undergraduates, Anna Davidson, has recently published an article – originally written during her 3rd year for the honours course ‘Political Theory of European Integration’ – in a high-quality, refereed journal: the ‘Journal of Contemporary European Research’.
Anna Davidson, a recent graduate of Edinburgh Politics and IR, has recently published work that she originally developed in an undergraduate essay. Anna’s article is entitled ‘Through Thick and Thin: “European Identification” for a Justified and Legitimate European Union’. It was recently published, following peer review, in the ‘Journal of Contemporary European Research’ (4/1, 2008; details at: http://www.jcer.net/ojs/index.php/jcer ). Edinburgh’s Dr Lynn Dobson, who teaches the undergraduate course ‘Political Theory and European integration’, for which the essay was originally written, commented: ‘A really marvellous attainment, and a great lesson to our students on what they can achieve if they take their studies seriously, and get on with them’.

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Everyone knows that you need to lather on sunscreen when you are soaking in the sun at the beach in the summer, but many people don’t know that their skin needs just as much care in the winter. Aside from possible sunburns due to the reflection of the sun’s rays on the snow, being at higher altitudes can increase your risk of sun damage. Dr. Roger Koreen from the Dermatology and Cosmetic Laser Center in Huntington, NY, explains the dangers of winter sun and wind for your skin and gives sun protection tips for you to protect your skin during the winter.
Many people may think that they don’t need sunscreen or other sun protection in the winter due to cloudy skies and colder weather. However, anyone enjoying winter outdoor activities such as skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, or even sledding with their kids is at higher risk for skin damage due to exposure to the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays. UV rays can make you look older by increasing wrinkles, fine lines, and dark spots, in addition to the hazardous health risks of skin cancer.
Up to 80 percent of the sun’s harmful UV rays are reflected off snow. This means that you’re getting hit by the same UV rays twice — the rays that hit your skin directly from the sun and the rays that are bouncing back to you from the snow.
Wind and snow can make your sunscreen wear off more rapidly than you expect, exposing your skin even further to damage.
When you are in the mountains, you are at a higher altitude, which increases your UV radiation exposure. In fact, with every 1,000 feet you ascend above sea level, your UV exposure increases by four to five percent, which adds up quickly when you are at the top of a mountain.
Talk to your dermatologist about what sunscreen would be best for you. You should use a water-resistant broad-spectrum sunscreen that has a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher every time you go outside for an extended amount of time, even if it looks cloudy outside.
Extra moisturizing sunscreens can be particularly helpful for fending off dry skin that the winter wind and cold temperatures can bring.
Make sure you apply your sunscreen 30 minutes before going outside, and then re-apply it every two hours or more often if you are sweating heavily.
Use enough sunscreen and cover all exposed areas of your skin. At least a teaspoon of sunscreen should be used on your face alone.
Wear a UV protective lip balm and carry it with you while you are outside so you can re-apply it frequently.
Cover up your body with items that reduce your exposure to the sun: long sleeve coats, hats, scarves, and mittens cover up your body and scalp, and ski masks cover up a large part of your face, so a minimal amount of skin is exposed. Sunglasses or wraparound goggles that offer 100% UV protection are your best bet and will also help eliminate the glare from the snow so you can see better.
Hydrate frequently by drinking water. Increasing your water intake will help keep your skin moist and looking healthy from the inside out!
In addition to the steps above, avoiding the outdoors during peak sun times will also help minimize your exposure and sun damage. You can monitor the UV index scale using a weather website or application on your phone, and if the UV index is high, it is best to avoid the outdoors if possible. If you need to be outside between 10 am and 4 pm or when the UV index is high, try to go indoors throughout the day to take breaks from the sun.
Dr. Roger Koreen at the Dermatology and Cosmetic Laser Center conveniently located in Huntington, NY uses state-of-the art technology in his comfortable office to assess your skin and provide you with effective treatments for sun damage, such as the removal of cancerous spots or cosmetic treatments to reduce the signs of sun-related aging like wrinkles or dark spots. Call Dr. Koreen today at (631) 417-3300 for a consultation on how to minimize sun damage and treat your skin for a healthier, younger appearance.

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Meet at Athens airport and transfer to the hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure. Athens is an amazing city to discover on your own with its numerous museums, parks, and the shopping areas of Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Overnight in Hotel.
After breakfast, pickup from the hotel for your half day morning tour. See Syntagma Square, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Athens Academy, the University, the National Library and the Hadrian’s Arch. Pass by the Temple of Olympian Zeus and visit the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896. On the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally “the harmony between material and spirit”, the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era, the museum of Acropolis. At the end of the tour, drop off at the hotel or at the city centre. Remaining day at own leisure.
After breakfast, pickup from the hotel and transfer to the port for the full day cruise to the 3 Saronic islands of Hydra, Poros, Aegina. Lunch served on board. At each island, get off the boat to discover each island’s own individual character. Hydra: an artists delight, with boutiques, shops and cafes dotted around the harbour. Poros: a pretty island with chance for shopping. Aegina: The largest of the Saronic Islands, famous for BBQ sea food and pistachio nuts. Arrive back at Athens port in the evening and transfer to the hotel.
After breakfast, pickup from the hotel for your 3 days Classical tour. Depart Athens and stop to see the Corinth Canal. Drive onto and visit the ancient theatre of Epidaurus, famous for its acoustics. See the town of Nafplion before arriving in Mycenae. Visit the archaeological site and the Royal Tomb of Agammemnon (The leader of the Troy War). Continue across the central Peloponnese to Olympia, the cradle of the Olympic Games. From here, the original Olympic Flame begins its journey to the Olympic Games. Dinner in the hotel.
After breakfast, visit the original Olympic Stadium and the archaeological museum. Then drive north to Patras and cross the new bridge over the Corinthian Bay from Rion to Antirion. Continue via the towns of Nafpaktos and Itea to Delphi. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Delphi hotel.
After breakfast, visit the archaeological site of Delphi on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. See the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, Castalia Spring and the museum. In the afternoon, depart for Athens. On the way, pass through the picturesque village of Arachova. Return to Athens and drop off at the hotel.
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport included or, extend your stay in Greece.
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Richard Matakovic, and the Matakovic Wealth Management team, provide sound, disciplined and all-encompassing wealth management advice to business owners, professionals and families who seek answers to the challenges in our ever changing world. We endeavor to take the complexity of managing wealth and simplify it through building strong relationships with our clients and through understanding what is truly important to them. Backed by TD Wealth we have access to the expertise that can help guide you to the strategies and solutions that you feel are best suited to your circumstance.
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Richard is honored to have many strong and trusted client relationships that have developed through truly getting to know these families.
Richard is committed to continuous education in order to always try to bring the best to bear for his clients, along with a degree from the University of Ottawa, Richard is proud to have earned the Financial Management Advisor (FMA), Canadian Investment Manager (CIM), and Fellow of Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI®) designations.
Richard is very involved within the community as he volunteers coaching minor soccer and high school football in the Hamilton area.
"I look forward to exploring wealth management strategies and solutions with you as we work together towards achieving your unique financial goals."
Matakovic Wealth Management consists of Richard Matakovic, Investment Advisor. Matakovic Wealth Management is part of TD Wealth Private Investment Advice, a division of TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

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As Harry Potter fans woke up Thursday morning to the heartbreaking news that Alan Rickman has died, those who were involved with the making of the film series are beginning to share their own memories of the man who brought Severus Snape to life. Early in the morning, author J.K. Rowling tweeted about Rickman's death, and Daniel Radcliffe was soon to follow. It didn't take long before Emma Watson shared her own tribute to Rickman on Facebook. It's clear that the entire HP community is mourning this loss together.
And although Rickman, who was 69, had been battling cancer, the news of his death is still very surprising. But in his life, he had such an influence on the people who watched his films and worked with him that it's not surprising at all that so many people are coming forward with nothing but wonderful things to say about him. In her post, Watson talked about how much she's going to miss the conversations she once had with her former costar, and expressed how lucky she felt to have had the opportunity to work with him. It was a short message, but it's easy to see that her words are sincere.
Watson also took to Twitter to share a quote from Rickman on being a feminist as a man — an issue that has remained close to her heart since she launched her He For She campaign in 2014.
It's heartbreaking to see how many people are devastated about the loss of Rickman, but it just goes to show the profound effect his life and his talent had on those who knew him. He may be gone, but it's obvious that he will never be forgotten.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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What is Non-Timber Forest Product?
The answer to this question might surprise you. Our region continues to rely on healthy forests for economic prosperity and quality of life for its inhabitants.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Inspired by Jenga, SocialStax brings all the excitement of carefully removing blocks and getting LIT in one amusing game. Socialize, drink up, and get up to all sorts of shenanigans with your group of friends while playing your childhood classic tabletop game.
That’s just a sneak peak of our 54 unique designs!
We are reaching out to the Kickstarter community to complete our product and to start the party! We have finalised our radiant designs to be printed on our sleek custom blocks from a trusted manufacturer. All we need now is a little kick start to begin mass production. All of your support is greatly appreciated, and will be rewarded with a copy of the game and much more!
Are you itching to share your idea? Follow these steps to submit one!
We’ll be selecting the top 5 ideas to include in our final game and you’ll get a shout out in the rule book!
The biggest risk and challenge we are facing at the moment pertains to manufacturing and shipping time. Before we can place an order and begin printing our blocks, we must be sure on the final design and quantity therefore it may delay reward distribution. We hope to avoid any delays by reaching our stretch goals and then being able to confidently begin the process.
We hope to receive your valuable feedback in the form of pre-orders and explore the option of retail. With your help, you may just see a product YOU made happen on the shelves of your local stores.

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OSTC is a major global financial market team of professional traders active in the major international derivatives exchanges, i.e. NYSE Euronext, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Eurex and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). For years OSTC has been supporting young and ambitious people in fulfilling their dreams of working in the international financial markets. To this end, the company undertakes close cooperation with leading business schools around the world. One form of this cooperation are innovative Trading Laboratories.
The genesis of the company dates back to 1999, when a group of traders opened its first office in London. The dynamic development of the company resulted in OSTC offices opening around the world, including Warsaw in 2005, Gdansk, Poznan, Lodz and Cracow in 2008, Swansea and Brighton in 2009, Madrid, Seville, Lisbon and Bombay in 2011, Montreal in 2012, Moscow and Istanbul in 2014. As of today, OSTC runs 15 offices in 8 countries in which traders invest 122 products listed on global derivatives exchanges with a total volume of trading in 2014 of more than 94 million units.


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Football Flyboy is a collection of non-fiction materials compiled by author Lisa Reinicke which chronicles the life of a single person: Bill “Buster” Cannon, the flyboy of the work’s title. In this audiobook format, the content is performed by the author, Lisa Reinicke, and also Richard Rieman. As a member of the Greatest Generation, Buster was a brave soul who worked as hard at his relationships with other people as he did at fighting the good fight. The story takes us through his personal letters as well as those interesting members of his family and the community which he helped to shape after the war was won.
Author Lisa Reinicke compiles her data well to give a non-fiction story the almost fictional qualities of a wonderful, daring war hero tale at the same time. This is a nostalgic piece full of good things which is sure to warm the hearts of those who were around at the time. For those new to the topic of the Greatest Generation, Football Flyboy gives hope that there was plenty of light at the end of the terrible tunnel which the Second World War created.
In terms of narrative quality, author Lisa Reinicke reads her content confidently and with a lot of heart. I found Richard Rieman’s voice to be engaging and the combination of the two really helped to separate Buster as his own character who leapt off the page every time he came to life. The narration was also well edited and of perfect listening quality. Overall, Football Flyboy is of a high quality and a recommended audiobook.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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I'd like some more information about 3536 Tim Bell Rd, Waterford CA. Thank you.
I'd like to request a showing for 3536 Tim Bell Rd, Waterford CA. Thank you.

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You’ve been busy planting crops and getting work done with the late start this spring, but don’t relax just yet because your alfalfa soon may be ready to cut.
Looking at alfalfa in Nebraska this past week, I saw fields nearly ready to cut and others just recovering from the freeze a couple weeks ago. Folks who need high quality for their dairy cows or for a cash crop may already have started cutting, and others should be looking for the next available good weather period.
Being aggressive on the first cutting is critical if high forage quality is needed. Alfalfa’s forage quality changes faster during the first spring growth than at any other time of the year. Plants are maturing and temperatures are increasing; both cause quality to decline. So don’t delay if quality is needed.
Alfalfa used to feed beef cows may be a little different story, especially if you are trying to build hay reserves. Normally we get our highest total yield by waiting until alfalfa is near full bloom. Not only is yield highest, this also uses what soil moisture is available for the most efficient alfalfa growth. In dryland fields in some areas you may need quite a bit more rain for good summer and fall harvests if deep subsoils remain dry. But with a good first cut you at least will have some hay of good enough quality to feed your beef cows next winter.


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I found this site while I was just driving along minding my own business and decided to come home and explore it. It is quite interesting with lots of pictures too. Check out www.bcghosttowns.com They have put together quite abit of great historic information.
I would love to go and visit these ghost towns. Maybe next year I can venture out to check some of them out.
My dream has been to travel BC and see and learn all I can about this great province of ours. My Dad was one of those who took every opportunity he could to explore it and took thousands of photos and wrote about all his adventures.


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by Fran Ackermann, Colin Eden and Steve Cropper, Management Science, University of Strathclyde. Copyright 1993-1996. All rights reserved.
This is the summary of the mapping guide. Full details are in the Main paper.
Separate the sentences into distinct phrases. These phrases are likely to be no more than about 10-12 words long.
Build up the hierarchy. Get the structure of the model right. By placing the goals (often motherhood & apple-pie type statements eg increase profit and growth) at the top of the map and supporting these first with strategic direction type concepts and further on with potential options.
Watch out for goals. These will end up at the ‘top’ of the map – the most superordinate concepts. It can help to mark them as goals when writing them down.
Look for opposite poles. These clarify the meaning of concepts. Contrasting poles may be added to the concept later on in the interview when they are mentioned. In cases where the meaning of a concept is not immediately obvious, try asking the problem owner for the opposite pole. Alternatively put the word ‘not’ in front of the proffered pole. In interviews we ask the question “rather than” – doing so often suggests the more likely psychological contrast implied by the problem owner.
Add meaning to concepts by placing the concepts in the imperative form and where possible including actors and actions. Through this action perspective the model becomes more dynamic.
Retain ownership by not abbreviating but rather keeping the words and phrases used by the problem owner. In addition identify the name of the actor(s) who the problem owner states are implicated and incorporate them into the concept text.
Identify the option and outcome within each pair of concepts. This provides the direction of the arrow linking concepts. Alternatively think of the concepts as a ‘means’ leading to an ‘desired end’. Note that each concept is therefore can be seen as an option leading to the superordinate concept which in turn is the desired outcome of the subordinate concept.
Ensure that a generic concept is superordinate to specific items that contribute to it. Generic concepts are those for which there may be more than one specific means of achieving it. This follows Guideline 8 and helps ensure a consistent approach to building the data into a hierarchy.
It is generally helpful to code the first pole as that which the problem owner sees as the primary idea (usually this is the idea first stated). The first poles of a concept tend to stand out on reading a map. A consequence is that links may be negative even though it would be possible to transpose the two poles in order to keep links positive.
Tidying up can provide a better more complete understanding to the problem. But ensure that you ask why isolated concepts are not linked in – often their isolation is an important clue to the problem owner’s thinking about the issues involved.
Practical Tips for Mappers. Start mapping about two thirds of the way up the paper in the middle and try to keep concepts in small rectangles of text rather than as continuous lines of text. If it is possible ensure the entire map is on one A4 sheet of paper so that it is easy to cross link things (30-40 concepts can usually be fitted onto a page). Thus pencils are usually best for mapping and soft, fairly fine (eg 5mm) propelling pencils are ideal.


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THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE INTERNAL MINDSCAPE AND THE ENGULFING EXTERNAL LANDSCAPE.
Paul Eggins and I created a living mural over the course of the festivities at this years PITP.
Untitled, Mat Carey & Paul Eggins, Aerosol and Oil on Board, 6x2m, 2018.
I displayed new digital video works from a series entitled Chemical Reactions as part of this group exhibition curated by Paul Eggins. The selected pieces are expressions of psychedelic experiences through my own symbolism and will be displayed in direct conversation with the sculptural work of Alastair Mooney.
Seven galleries. Seven pairs of artists. Seven is an ongoing project curated by Paul Eggins through Sawtooth ARI, an artist run initiative in Launnie. Featuring artwork by Seve de Angelis, Lina Buck, Mat Carey, Steven Carson, Jessica Dorloff, Mae Finlayson, Josh Foley, Michelle Smith, Garth Howells, Erin Linhart, Paul Murphy, Alastair Mooney, Kimberley Pace and Darryl Rogers.
Hail Satxx, Painted for Ring Ring Party's Second Birthday.
Self Portrait Post Vegas, Finalist Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize 2017.


text: All-grain brewing is the traditional way of making beer. It gives you the most flexibility in crafting recipes, and it is the way your favorite commercial beers are produced. You will truly begin to feel like an artisan as you learn the methods and history of producing beer “from scratch”. We have all of the supplies you’ll need to keep your all grain brewing processes running smoothly.

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Can you tell MP to hurry up and advise when this will happen so the "it will never happen" and "oh I heard a rumour we can't afford it" threads are put to bed.
These rumours are unhelpful as they are completely untrue and totally unfounded.
I hope this sets the record straight and will reassure supporters everything remains on track.

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A Gold E's Parker Short in a dark blue wash features raw, frayed, uneven cuffs with light shredding and 5 pocket styling with button fly. The perfect denim cutoff short you've been looking for!
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Floods can happen anywhere but that is something that many homeowners forget about when they are shopping for insurance for their home. Whether they believe that the flood cannot happen to them or if they think they already have it, there are many people who still do not have flood insurance protection. Unfortunately, because a flood can happen anywhere, it is definitely something to consider. Continue reading to see why you should get flood insurance for your home.
Many homeowners insurance policies do not include a flood insurance clause which means that many people are not protected when they think they are. Flood insurance, more often than not, is purchased separately because it is not included. If you think you are covered, you may want to double check by taking a look at your current homeowners insurance policy.
Twenty percent of floods occur in low to moderate flood zones. Just because you may not live in an area that is prone to flooding does not mean that you are not at risk for a flood. They can happen from a burst pipe or even if the above ground pool your neighbor has collapses.
If you live in a new construction area, you are more prone to flooding. This is because the soil that water used to be absorbed into now will flood to other areas because of the new streets and sidewalks. It is something to consider if you live in an area of new construction.
If you would like to learn more, get a quote, or take a look at your existing flood insurance or homeowners insurance policy, please contact us at Progressive Insurance Agency, Inc. today. We will be happy to help and make sure your home is fully protected.


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Do you remember those flip books from when you were a kid that allowed you to mix an alligator’s head with a zebra’s body and a lion’s tail? Vocational trucks are similar in that you can mix and match our trucks and chassis with different work bodies for segment-specific tasks and operations.
In the world of vocational trucking, the upfit is arguably the most important component, while the trucks simply empower the equipment to maintain powerlines, haul heavy loads, and pour cement. At Freightliner, we know and embrace this fact, so we make it a priority to work with truck equipment manufacturers (TEMs) across industry segments to make the upfit process as easy as possible.
Purchasing an off-the-rack truck is not going to work for everyone. We offer a myriad of options and technologies to customize trucks for niche markets and applications. This helps to reduce the time and costs of the upfit and extends the longevity of the truck for your company’s specific use.
SmartPlex™ Electrical System: This is a multiplex electrical system that simplifies chassis-to-body electrical integration and reduces the number of wires needed. It also adds expansion capabilities and allows for custom programming without the purchase of software or additional tools.
PTO Packaging: Front engine, rear engine, and transmission power take-off (PTO) options allow hydraulic packaging and provide an efficient factory chassis layout that helps TEMs to easily and cleanly install the body.

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…and that someone is your age. Someday, that someone will be you.
So have you sought the truth?
And what if it comes to an end too soon?
And what if the sun won’t rise anew?
And what if your vision is askew?
What if there’s nothing more to accrue?
What if you learned to walk but you never flew?
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You can still sign up to join our prediction contest. However, you would have to start with an 0-14 record as of the start of this week. The final deadline is to start during week 8.
Deadline is on Thursday at 5:00pm ET to make your prediction. You can either tweet, DM, tell me personally or comment on my site your prediction.
The Panthers play the Kings on Thursday at home and the Predators on Saturday on the road.
My Pick: I’m confident with how we have been playing of late and the return of Huberdeau and Barkov will only help. I think we can go 2-0.
KG Panthers told me he thinks we will go 2-0 this week.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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I saw something I'd never seen before from the Western films of my youth: a gay man of color fall in love.
Growing up in India, homosexuality was treated like a mysterious foreign disease. Even in the mid 90s, it was not something to be discussed among polite company. When it was, it was whispered about as a shameful, isolating thing.
Like many closeted teenage boys, I sought out anything I could to better understand the life that was possible for a gay person like me. Before widespread internet access, that meant searching for subtext in the limited selection of movies available at our local library in Madras (now Chennai). Suffice to say, the pickings were slim. Or grim.
The Birdcage and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert were too campy and far-fetched to feel realistic. Gay characters that popped up in teen flicks like Clueless and Cruel Intentions were throwaway roles at best. Those in critically acclaimed films—like In & Out (forced out of the closet), As Good As It Gets (a victim of a gay bashing), and The Talented Mr. Ripley (a psycho killer)—hardly painted modern homosexuality in the best light.
For the most part, the gay men I saw in the Western films available to me were white and either American or British. Generally, they were very good-looking, and served as eye-candy. Some were exaggeratedly promiscuous, others nearly virginal. Some found love; more often, they lost it.
As a South Asian, I never felt included in the conversation. We didn't have out gay celebrities or gay characters in Indian media, so I kept searching these foreign films for some sense of representation, of belonging. It seemed impossible to find a character or plot line to which I could really relate.
That all changed the day I stumbled upon a VHS tape of My Beautiful Laundrette in the library's drama section. I remember how the cover set my gaydar on fire: a simple shot of two men in front of a laundromat, one white, the other brown. They stared out at me, and I knew that this movie would be different. I smuggled it home in my backpack.
Set in Thatcher-era England, the 1985 film follows Omar, a young man of Pakistani descent, navigating the expected duties of his family and their launderette business while dealing with constant harassment from a gang of racist white thugs.
Through the first half of the film, while the plot developed (slowly), I felt a sense of disappointment—a sad realization that this might not be about what I had hoped it might. But hey, I thought, that Daniel Day Lewis guy is really cute! He played Johnny, the sympathetic leader of the gang and Omar's childhood friend.
In a scene in an alley, after putting aside their differences, they discuss the possibility of teaming up to make the launderette more successful. Then, suddenly, Johnny pulls Omar toward him and delivers a deep kiss. Omar returns the kiss with both passion and familiarity. They fade back into the darkness, wrapped in each other.
I was dumbstruck, then teary-eyed. My teenage heart raced as I rewound that moment over and over—it was the first time I had seen anyone who looked like me be with another man. It showed me that I could be happy, that there was hope that I too could find love. It wasn't just for one kind of people in this world.
The film itself was no box-office smash. Despite near-universal critical praise and an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, to this day, many of my friends have never heard of it. But even a supposedly dismissible piece of cinema can have a huge impact on the world beyond the audiences it was made for.
Think of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet, in which a gay Chinese man struggles to choose between the male partner he loves and the family he must honor. Or Yossi and Jagger, where an unexpected romance blooms between two male soldiers amid the bloodshed on the Israel-Lebanon border.
India ultimately joined the fray with the 1996 Indo-Canadian English-language film Fire, in which two women in unhappy marriages find solace in a forbidden love. It was lauded internationally and banned locally; I still remember watching news clips of riots outside movie theaters that dared to screen such a blasphemous film. There's no doubt that for all the controversy it caused, the film must have stirred within a generation of young, queer Indian women the same things I felt when I first saw Omar and Johnny embrace.
The West certainly has a long way to go until LGBTQ persons achieve a full measure of equality, but its reached a level that the rest of the world has yet to reach. That progress is reflected in Hollywood today, where queer films are far from taboo—they're celebrated, with Carol, Milk, and Dallas Buyers Club as just a few recent examples.
But now that LGBTQ stories are being told, Hollywood's focus must shift toward showing the world the many faces of our community.
On television, diverse queer storylines abound. Orange Is the New Black and Transparent feature positive portrayals of transgender and queer women of color. How To Get Away With Murder features a gay Asian man in a loving relationship who gets diagnosed with HIV. A slew of LGBTQ characters of color feature on a number of popular shows today, from silly (Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) to serious (American Odyssey, The Good Wife, Empire).
For every Tangerine or Viva that dominates the indie and foreign film circuit comes another whitewashed rehash of queer history, like Stonewall, or pandering attempt at inclusiveness with a mostly straight, white cast, like Jenny's Wedding.
The thumbnails in Netflix's LGBT section primarily show pretty white boys and girls in various states of undress and embrace. It reminds me of when I went to my first Virgin Records in Times Square, not far into the new millennium, and gleefully beelined to the Gay and Lesbian DVD shelf.
Before me laid a sea of creamy-skinned perfection. Beautiful Thing, Come Undone, Edge of Seventeen, Get Real, Trick—I've seen all those movies at some point. They rightfully deserve their place in the history of queer cinema. But it would be nice if they felt a bit more universal. There are millions of people of color who could have been a part of those stories.
That day, I actually ended up buying a copy of My Beautiful Laundrette. I still have it. And even now, years after coming out and after having fallen in love several times over, when that scene in the alley comes up, I hold my breath and feel once again like I'm part of the story.
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People usually like to eat at restaurants. It may be due to the fact that everyone is now engaged in several tasks every day; more fast life. Whereas it may be a trend that people like to eat at restaurants because they enjoy it. Or it may be due to the reason that people are now more interested in eating outdoor rather than cooking at their homes. Whatever the reason may be, it is obvious the due to the inclination of people towards eating in restaurants, this business is growing rapidly.
A restaurant owner has to consider too many things when it comes to survive against other competitors. In old times the major step taken by the owners of restaurants was the quality of food and taste and every restaurant tried its best to make it different from others. This was considered as the uniqueness of each restaurant in those times. Now with the changing world, the criteria of estimating the worth of a restaurant has also been changed.
There are many things which are now considered along with the quality and taste of food supplied by a restaurant. This includes the location, surrounding atmosphere, internal atmosphere, interior design and the attitude of serving staff. Among these many aspects which can have an impact over a restaurant business, interior decor and then the related influence of restaurant furniture chairs is going to be highlighted here.
It is more than important that restaurant furniture chairs must be in accordance to your interior decor, expectation of the class of people which is targeted to be your customer, your food menu as well as your other services and overall your general theme of the restaurant. Resemblance with the interior and the theme does not require any explanation. Simply, it should be the best match with your interior and you can take help of some expert in this regard.
Expectations of the targeted class of people is most important thing in this regard. Suppose you are establishing your food business for high class then your chairs and all other furniture must be worthy enough. It must be cushioned with high quality fabric or pure leather. Similarly if you are providing other services in your restaurant like live music then you must consider the relaxing ability of chairs also. It is obvious that people want to spend more time at such a place and it becomes vital to provide them the ease to sit comfortably as long as they wish.

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Janet is a Lecturer in Psychology and a member of the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Bath in the UK. Her research is about the mental processes that underlie our sensations, attention, movements, and the way we think and feel about our body. She is particularly interested in how these processes are altered in medical conditions like stroke or chronic pain. Her current research aims to use this understanding to find new ways to prevent and treat chronic pain.
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Undeniably one of the most harrowing American films of the 20th century, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer hits Blu-ray with a restoration that cements its reputation as a shocking, thought-provoking nightmare-plunge into the depths of the human soul.
Henry, a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of ex-prison mate Otis. Into this toxic environment comes Otis’s younger sister Becky, who’s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay. Deflecting her brother’s incestuous advances, Becky finds herself attracted to Henry and sees him as a potential lover and herself as his possible savior. What she doesn’t realize is that Otis and Henry are now killing together, sinking to ever more terrifying depths of depravity. As Becky tries to get her life back on track, she looks to Henry for a way out. But is redemption even possible for a man like Henry?
In celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, Dark Sky Films is proud to present Henry in a brand new 4K scan, restored from the 16mm original camera negative and approved by director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones, featuring a new 5.1 mix restoration from the stereo 35mm mag reels. Sure to send shivers of mortal dread through a whole new generation of filmgoers, this new presentation puts Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer firmly back into the vanguard of contemporary cinematic horror.


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Well, I dove back into the world of SOAP services and Objective-C recently, digging back into things and trying figuring out how the pieces could all work together a little more easily.
I guess the most general thing to say is WSMakeStubs (Apple’s code-generating tool for SOAP service proxies) is just sort of broken. It works for the simplest cases, but that’s really it. And to make matters even more frustrating the WebServices CoreFoundation pieces just really don’t have support for SOAP literal encoded document message encoding.
And with SOAP getting more and more excessively complex (I’m really not a fan of SOAP, I’m just trying to figure out how to make the best of an icky situation), the WebServices APIs are just not up to strength. The whole WS-* field of crazy XML based permutations is just enough to make your head spin.
The good news is that Tiger now comes with a really nice XML api library: NSXML. It’s not perfect either mind you, but its pretty effective and complete. And best of all, between NSXML and NSMutableURLRequest, you can pretty much put together your own SOAP proxies without too much pain. Yeah, I’d really rather have a library to make it all easy. But at least I’m not having to go down to the sockets level to make this work.
Now I still haven’t made the breakthrough I’d been hoping to – faking out the default ASP.NET web services into talking with my code – but its a LOT closer than it was previously. My particular target has some extra validation components that I’m not yet satisfying, so it’s still bitchin’ at me. Ah well – that’s what weekends are for, ja?
In the meantime, I’ve got a quick “make all these changes” minidocument stored away in a VoodooPad ‘document’ pending whatever I decide to do with the darn thing.

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Who Invented BJJ competition rules?
People in grappling like to gossip as much as anyone else. This is not helped by the fact that the history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is plagued with inconsistencies. It is often hard to distinguish fact from fiction which leads people to draw conclusions. As time passes, these conclusions become “fact” although they have no solid base behind them. Some of the most rampant BJJ myths have to do with the founding Gracie family and their history. Today, we bring you 10 little known Jiu-Jitsu Facts about the Gracies and the true history of the Gentle Art.
In some of our past articles, we did our best to explain some of the BJJ idiosyncrasies of today. For example, we went over the history of everyone’s favorite Shaka sign, and the reason it is such a BJJ symbol. On another occasion, we talked about the origins of #Everyday Porrada and explained what “Nutella BJJ” is, as well as the difference between Japanese Traditional Jiu-jitsu and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As much as we take such things for granted, unless we understand exactly what they are all about, we’ll contribute to more and more BJJ myths. Today, the focus is on Gracie history. The 10 Gracie Jiu-Jitsu facts below will definitely clear up some common misconceptions people have about BJJ.
The moment BJJ became a worldwide phenomenon (arguably right after the first few UFCs) it was bound to result in many myths and obscurities. The Gracies pretty private history didn’t help. The legendary martial arts family did not divulge much apart from what they wanted people to know. Even then, let’s remember that propaganda was an important marketing tool even back then. All the talk of crazy challenges, undefeated champions with hundreds of bouts, etc were a part of the game. It is thanks to those in largely that BJJ managed to get out of Brazil and conquer the world.
However, Facts are facts, and as fun as some things sound, they’re simply not true. Luckily, as a martial art, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is built on techniques that are as real as it gets. The efficiency of BJJ is beyond questions. The way it was, and is still being portrayed to the world is not so straightforward though. Which is normal.
If we’re being completely honest, BJJ actually has quite little “mysteries’ compared to other martial arts. This is mostly down the practical nature of the ar and the fact it doesn’t leave too much room for speculation. However, some of the things we take from granted, particularly historically are pretty far from the truth. In that sense, if you’re content with what you know about Jiu-Jitsu, stop reading now. If you do like to clear up some things, we bring you 10 little known Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu facts straight out of the history books.
Enough about myths, let’s talk facts. Thanks to the accounts of people that were present, we can now clear up some key misunderstandings about BJJ. In certain cases, it is family members who focused on doing biographies for Carlos, Helio, Rickson, and other standout grapplers. In other cases, it is people who knew them, worked with or for them. All of them offer their recollections on a bunch of Subjects that people usually get wrong.
Did the Gracies really utterly hate footlocks? Who was the better grappler, Carlos or Helio? Was Helio really a weak and skinny guy with absolutely no strength at all? Who is the man behind the Gracie Diet and is he actually a nutritionist? Time to dwell into the realm of Jiu-Jitsu facts rather than fiction to find the answers to these questions, and a few more.
Many people would really like to know the answer to this one. It is actually not complicated at all. While many think Helio and Carlos came up with BJJ and everything associated, the fact is that what they did is modify at best.
The rules we use in competition today are an evolved version of old Judo rules that the Gracies borrowed, much like with many techniques. Pure grappling bouts before the 1950s were usually decided by these common Judo rules. What the Gracies did is refuse to accept some pinning rules in regard to fighting off the back. n essence, Helio and Carlos actually re-introduced some long forgotten old techniques of grappling. They also modified the rules and adhered to Jigoro Kano’s style of methodical and detailed teaching, which not many people did back then. In fact, Helio often denied that he invented anything.
This one is still a hotspot for many discussions today. It is beyond a doubt that the Gracies were tenacious and highly-skilled fighters. They also didn’t shy away from challenges (much) and had the habit of challenging other people often. However, they did not go undefeated for as long as people usually think.
We all know Helio lost to Kimura and a few others. However, that was before he retired from fighting. What actually happened in the period leading up to that is not the supremacy of Jiu-Jitsu over all other martial arts. The Gracies, all of them (yeah including Rickson) both won, lost and drew as part of their fighting record. What the did is introduce a highly unconventional style for the time that gave them a certain edge. However, they did not go undefeated, nor as prolific as many think at any point of their grappling development.
Have you ever heard of the Gracie Hunter? Well, Kazushi Sakuraba certainly deserved that nickname by beating a bunch of the Gracies during the 90s. Check out his winning secrets in the “Kimura Hunter” DVD set. In an instructional like no other, Sakuraba covers everything about his famous Kimura system in four lengthy volumes.
Speaking of Kimura and Helio, time to face the Jiu-JItsu facts about that legendary rivalry. When they first met, Kimura caught helio in a bent arm lock (now bearing his name) and broke his arm. Was Kimura really heavier than Helio? Yes, but only by a small margin, as opposed to what is a common belief.
Another common misconception is that Kimura was so impressed with Helio that he invited him to teach at the Imperial Academy in Japan. All that Kimura did was a comment on Helio’s defensive effectiveness. However, as we all know, Helio was nothing but defensive in that match. Certainly not enough to impress Kimura who had no authority of inviting someone to the emperor’s academy anyway.
There wasn’t one. The man that is behind Gracie Barra and modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in general actually never won a professional fight. Carlos Gracie’s only pro fight came in the shape of a bout with a middle-aged wrestling coach. Carlos lost the match by refusing to even step in the ring and fight. All his other exploits were exhibition matches which ended in draws.
Similar to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the Gracies are not responsible for the birth or development of Vale Tudo. People were setting up striking vs. grappling matches as early as the late 19th century. In fact, it is mostly down to Brazilian circuses and theaters that put together matchups between different arts, like capoeira and catch wrestling, for example.
Helio Gracie himself has only two Vale Tudo fights, coming out of them with a 1-1 record.
Speaking of Helio Gracie, what we often imagine when we think of his is a slim and weak Brazilian, weighing barely 140 lbs. It is undisputed that Helio was not a big guy, but he was not a sickly or weak as people thought. He did like to portray himself as such though, raising the stock of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu along the way. What most people don’t realize is that Helio was a champion swimmer before he took up grappling. As such, he might have been small and an ectomorph by build, but he was by no means weak.
Techniques origins are often the main points of dispute in terms of what is real and what is fiction. As far as Jiu-jitsu facts about the triangle choke go, Rorion claims to have introduced it to BJJ. According to him, he discovered it in some old Judo literature and immediately put it to use.
Fact is that the triangle choke was not just in existence, but in use at the time. Even if it was not a usual move, lots of Japanese fighters had tremendous success with it. Back then, most of the Judoka’s that came to Sao Paolo not only knew the triangle but were also teaching it to others.
We all know that footlocks, just like the triangle have their roots in Judo. Well, at least the ones we still like to practice today. After all, Ashi Garamis is a Japanese term regarding a Jud position that allows for foot lock submissions. Back in the early days of Jiu-Jitsu, everyone practiced leg locks just as much as they did other moves. This included the Gracies who had nothing against foot locks.
Another fact is that people thought foot locks were a “cheap” way of winning. Another anecdote might shed some light here. IN a 10 vs 10 challenge between academies, Oswaldo Fadda’s students beat 9 of Gracie’s student by using leg locks. This, in turn, led to the Gracies developing an eversion for the technique.
This is one of those Jiu-Jitsu facts that are still out there. The fact is that Helio did receive a medal of honor from the Standard Oil Company in 1952. The reason they awarded Helio a medal was that the allegedly saved someone from drowning at great risk to himself. According to a report, helio jumped into shark-infested waters to help save a man that fell from a boat they were in. Whether this was true or just a publicity stunt by Carlos, remains unclear. Given that Helio was a champion swimmer this is not highly believable.
The one fact that’s still used to this day to discredit the Gracie diet is that it is not based on a nutritionist’s efforts. To put things to rest, this is true, as Carlos Gracie was never a nutritionist. Even in the book, he claimed that he has no formal education in the field. Instead, he based all his methods on years of experimentation. The fact is that the found a system that worked great for himself and others with his genetics. Moreover, it is a proven way of eating healthy.
As a source of confusion is perhaps the fact he appeared in several television shows in Brazil, each time called a “dietista”. This prompted many to regard him a nutritionist, which he clearly wasn’t, having only completed primary school education.
I know, we said we’d offer 10 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu facts about the Gracies, but we have a bonus one to offer. This one is pretty close to the “undefeated Gracies” one but form a different perspective. We do know that the Gracies were involved in lots of street fighting during their time.
However, Jiu-Jitsu didn’t seem to be any more effective than other fighting styles in real street fights. In cases of multiple opponents or weapons, the outcome is easy to predict. However, there are no records of the Gracies using BJJ to successfully win a street fight. helio Gracie did, allegedly, pull guard once in a street-fight, and ended up in the hospital.
There’s always going to be a lot of speculation surrounding something that’s a global phenomenon. Fact is that we can’t solve every BJJ history puzzle out there. Nor do we want to. Let’s face it, some of these stories sound much better in their publicity version than the original. However, we need to understand that there are Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu facts and Jiu-Jitsu myths. We can enjoy both, as long as we can make the distinction which is which.


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My experience with Magellan products has been limited to a few months testing a Switch triathlon watch — which I reviewed as being distinctly okay — but I’m more excited about Magellan GPS cycling computers coming into the US than probably any other product this year. For starters, it could make Garmin Edge computers cheaper.
This month Magellan is entering the US with a range of GPS cycling computers, a few of which roughly correspond to Garmin Edge products but at a much lower price. In Europe, the company sells somewhat inexplicably under the brand Mio. Same stuff, different name. Anyhow, as with Garmin, Magellan is a player in the general GPS market, which has seen aftermarket sales of auto units nosedive as more and more vehicles come with integrated GPS units. Outdoor and fitness sales, meanwhile, are headed in the other direction. What all this means is more technology for cycling computers – and more competition from brands like Garmin and Magellan/Mio for your business.
As good as most Garmin products are, the company sorely needs some real competition. Category dominance is great for them — they’re the Coke of cycling GPS — but not so good for us. To really push the envelope of new technology, every Shimano needs a SRAM just like every Mark Cavendish needs a Peter Sagan. Right now, Garmin has… who, exactly? Cat Eye? PowerTap? Not exactly going toe-to-toe on feature set, much less advancing the game.
With its Cyclo 505, Magellan has a GPS computer fairly close to Garmin’s Edge 1000. Although — at least here in the US — Edge 1000 units started to circulate a few weeks ahead of the Cyclo computers, Magellan has made a point of touting that its 505 was ‘first’ to have wireless Shimano Di2 support, WiFi connectivity, text message notifications and more. ‘First’ here being defined I suppose as a completed product, ahead of the 1000 by a few days.
Further, as the underdog, Magellan will have to push ahead with either more features, better prices or, hopefully, both. The fact that Magellan’s Cyclo units are iPhone and Android compatible is already a big plus over Garmin’s iPhone-only status.
As much as we all love looking at (and here, reviewing) the latest and greatest, the reality is that when it comes time to buy, the vast majority of us make reality-based purchases. Most people aren’t buying US$15,000 super bikes; we’re buying a US$2,800 bike with Shimano Ultegra. And as a group, we operate similarly with GPS computers. To use myself as an example, I replaced a lost Garmin Edge 500 last year with… another Edge 500 because the price was right.
For now, Garmin owns the market and can largely price its computers up to what it thinks the market will bear. But that can’t last. My Australian colleague Dave Rome pointed out that as Magellan and Garmin have both found themselves into mass consumption electronics stores — similar to what GoPro did a few years ago — the more brand bias from “the dude behind the counter” is removed, and the more it becomes about features for the dollar. Here, excuse the pun, Magellan has an edge.
For some rough comparison, the Magellan Cyclo 105 is priced about the same as a Garmin 200 but has features similar to the more expensive Garmin 500. The Magellan Cyclo 505 HC Bundle will retail for US$499; compare that to the Garmin Edge 1000 bundle at US$699. This isn’t quite apples to apples — yet, but the feature sets are getting pretty close.
For me, the Magellan Cyclo computers still don’t have the look of a direct Garmin competitor. Some of the features are better, some are worse, but the overall aesthetic of the Magellan is still a little behind. The home screen, to me, just looks cheesy. Maybe it’s just the childlike color palette; I don’t know. But when it comes right down to it, if Magellan can offer a GPS cycling computer that does 90% of what a Garmin does at 60% of the price, you better believe I and a lot of other people are going to give it a good look. And that fact should improve the prices and the product from both companies.


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1. It was widely rumoured to be on the cards yesterday, and today Roberto Di Matteo has been unveiled as the new Aston Villa manager, with former Chelsea team-mate Steve Clarke appointed as Di Matteo’s assistant.
2. Manchester City have signed German international İlkay Gündoğan from Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported to be around the £20m mark. However the 25-year-old midfielder will miss the European Championships and the start of the Premier League season with an injury.
3. Blackburn Rovers have appointed former Bolton and Burnley manager Owen Coyle as their new head coach. 49-year-old Coyle left American side Houston Dynamo last Thursday and succeeds fellow Scot Paul Lambert in the Ewood Park hotseat.
4. José Mourinho has pulled out of his roll as manager of the England team, made up of retired professionals and celebrities, for the Soccer Aid charity match at Old Trafford on Sunday. Sunderland’s Sam Allardyce will replace him.
5. Northern Ireland have reached their all time highest FIFA ranking of 25th. Michael O’Niell’s squad are preparing to take part in their first ever European Championships having last qualified for an international tournament in the 1986 when they reached the World Cup.
6. Giant six foot six Denmark international Jannik Vestergaard of Werder Bremen found out he was just too tall for Japanese shower cubicles whilst visiting on international duty (Metro).
7. A German amateur side have attempted to sign Zlatan Ibrahimović by appealing to his ego; they have promised to make the Swede the King of their town if he snubs Manchester United in favour of them (WhoAteAllThePies).
8. Marin Skender; remember the name as he is about to become your new favourite goalkeeper. Watch as he quite literally used his head to prevent his team conceding a goal (Mirror).
9. Republic of Ireland fans have surpassed themselves with a flag in honour of Jack Grealish choosing to play for England instead of the Republic, and then subsequently being left out of Roy Hodgson’s squad (Joe.ie).
10. And finally…BBC Sport showed footage of Euro ’96 to some 20-year-old fans to mark the anniversary of when football came home. Some of the reactions are remarkable (BBC).


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In 2017, I got to design a course to teach older adults how to play the ukulele, thanks to a grant from Aroha Philanthropies, awarded to the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council in partnership with the Arts Alliance Of Northern New Hampshire. I had fallen in love with the instrument in part because of the community of players. The ukulele seems to inspire social connection. In recent years, ukulele groups have become popular across North America, and every group I have interacted with is warm and inviting. I project those qualities onto the instrument, and it’s fitting. The ukulele is small and easy to hold, and it doesn’t take much skill to start producing pleasant sounds.
When I became aware of a grant to bring arts programming with an emphasis on social engagement to older adults in Northern New Hampshire, there was no question in my mind that the ukulele would be a perfect fit. In the fall of 2017, I presented the 8 part course to students in Littleton, NH. The students came with diverse backgrounds and abilities, but most of the challenge came from managing expectations.
The ukulele is indeed easy to learn, but it’s not without its challenges, and it is certainly not easy to master. However, the basics are relatively simple, and by the end of the course, students had learned a handful of songs to perform at the culminating event, where they shared their experience of the course.
The program was successful, and I returned to Northern New Hampshire in the fall of 2018, this time to offer three classes in two locations, Lebanon, NH, and Haverhill, NH. I also got to work with groups outside of the program, including an introductory class for students of all ages and a sort of “part 2” class for students from the 2017 Littleton group. Teaching has always been an essential part of my life, but these ukulele courses have been truly rewarding. Hanging out in a room full of people who are excited and passionate about music is my happy place. The ukulele is uniquely able to facilitate communities of musicians of all levels, from those who don’t really think of themselves as musicians, to the seasoned professionals. We learn from each other, we encourage each other, and we are better because of it.
I’ve been thinking about developing an online ukulele course for some time, and based on a lot of positive feedback, I’m finally diving in. I’m hunkered down in New Mexico as I write this, compiling and arranging materials I’ve created over the years, tempering them with all the lessons I’ve learned as a private instructor, and especially from the ukulele courses I developed for New Hampshire. I am excited to share this with you.
If you’d like an update when the class is ready, you can reach out to me at tinyvillagemusic@gmail.com with the subject Ukulele Course.
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I've been manning snow for a while and i guess i didn't get much sleep.. from saturday to sunday to now.. as i asked before and received the answer to i now know that tulpas cannot manipulate objects in the real realm.. but can sleep depervation cause like minor hallucinations like for example my mom called me some time ago and i heard static.. but unlike standard static i heard what appears to be breathing and guttural talking in it.. scared the crap out of me. but i knew it wasn't real.. in some way my mom said she heard it too but me coughing i told her i was not coughing on my end.
so is this some sort of group hallucination or just a sort of one time thing? also i saw a shadow of my tulpa wandering around, heard her giggling and saw SOMEthing walk down my hall way. i think it could be anything from sleep depervation or i am just crazy in my old age haha..
I still get weird feelings at night when the light turns off. It's not a fear of the dark, it's as if I'm having two women behind me watching my every move. I get weird tingling sensations in my back, and somehow on occasion, I start hearing some sounds beyond them, but not as major in your circumstance. As for what your mother heard, and what you heard, maybe she really did hear you cough, and she probably wasn't hallucinating.
To be honest with you, if a person wanted to be more receptive to voices, especially from their tulpas, they may have to get used into being a state where they become aware of other noises created from their mind. You could think of it as a double-edge sword kind of experience; being receptive to all sorts of sounds and such from your mind can increase potential with communication with your tulpa, but at the same time, if you let the other voices that aren't them get to you, it may make you worrisome as you are now, and maybe even more.
I wouldn't really call this group hallucination, unless you actually asked your mother if she felt she was having hallucinations (e.g. auditory), and you two have been consistently in circumstances where someone heard something completely different than what was actually there. And if that's really the case, then wow, poltergeist to the max. Or one of you should be concerned as to why one would be hearing something else than the other person. Let's hope she doesn't start getting suspicious and worrisome of you.
as i kind of found out (thanks to red and snow, they kind of..quelled all my worries) it was sleep depervation and it was bad.. i have a tendency to stay up very late on days off and fall asleep at random hours. snow said she manifested just to see what my house looked like and didn't mean to scare me. and for the phone's static and all that..... i have no idea what happened but.... i hope it never happened again.. as for other "hauntings" my mom's iPad was turning on and off, heard faint whispers coming from the basement.. i do believe it was "you should come down here..." or "You need more sleep..." as for red.. she's my newest and i guess i love pandas...they are just so cute.
So i guess I overcame the "hauntings" which where actually based on lack of sleep... or the "ghost" was just passing through to mess with me. i hold no grudges.. ha ha..
Your tulpa wanted to come out just to see how your house was? Man, you're really a lucky person. Eva and Ada came about in a weird way where I thought I was having an over-sensitive back, ha-ha.
But just to throw this out there, and I apologize if this sounds far-fetched, but what if in those moments where you thought you and your mother were hallucinating could be when you were having a false awakening? Not sure if you know about FAs, but they're basically where you feel you wake up in this reality, but you're still dreaming. Sometimes you may end up in a virtual experiential reality that could replicate this one to near perfection, and you either become lucid, or non-lucid (e.g. throughout, sporadically, or after you've become lucid, only to lose awareness later on).
It just seems that with how you had the sporadic schedule and all, maybe it could be moments where you're dozing off, and not being aware that you're probably dreaming, or just hypnagogic hallucinations. Because it really feels odd that if you feel you and someone else was hallucinating, when it could possible just be a dream that emulated your presumptions. But it probably wasn't the case, so you can just ignore this.
I just know it happened to me at times, and it still mind boggles me whenever I have a FA. It seems things are getting more real and crisp in visualization, and other senses in my dreams nowadays. Especially ones where I felt as if a whole day has passed, only to wake up questioning how I'm going to process the length of those experiences, and moving on with the day here sometimes with those thoughts lingering.
You know i was wondering the same thing myself because when i was remotely conscious it felt like ANYTHING could happen.. my right and left hands where pulsing and they only do that in the mindscape i made (and realm i made too.) that was a clear sign i could alter anything but for some reason i was only at half- alert and vaguely aware of my surrounding, at one point i felt like i was going to black out.. i kind of didn't want to black out in the florida room.. the ground is hard and i would of probably got a large bump on the head if i did, lol.
Beyond that i went to bed at 11:17 and i heard a voice in my room at...2:34 am it said "your boring..." it wasn't red snow or my other entities it was just a random... thing that wanted to either scare me or make my "false awakening" more fun.. i had but one other false awakening when i woke up and i couldn't open my door i thought something was holding it shut.. eerie huh?


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"Hey Daddy! Look at my underwear!" That's Eli 3.0 in megaphone mode, dropping trou at a local eatery to demonstrate, quite conclusively, that his big-boy underwear is totally dry. It's the first accident-free day of his young life. I might drop trou myself, I'm so proud of him. We'll have a family trou-dropping celebration in public. If you see us, keep on walking.
There was a time when I thought I might be a secretive superhero, or at least some kind of sidekick in training, but I think this potty-training thing is going to take a while. Give my regards to Spiderman. If you see Batman, ask him why he drives a car.
Why does he drive a car, anyway? There's something very jarring about a superhero piling into a car. A secret agent, sure, but not a superhero. Shouldn't they fly or leap or bounce or swing or something? This is a grown-up in a bat costume with a sidekick who looks like an action figure. I like Batman, because for a superhero, he's a grinder, but the dude definitely has some issues.
Eli 3.0 has this action figure of a fireman, and on the box it refers to the figure as 'Fire-Fighting Hero,' so his name became 'Hero.' Then, and I'm not sure how it happened, Hero lost his head. For an adult, that's a quick trip to the trash can, but Eli absolutely took it stride. No head? No problem. 'Hero' became 'Headless Hero.' He was still capable of performing all his heroic duties, but he did so without the unnecessary weight of a head.
Several days later, we found the head and it was reattached. In a strange twist, though, Eli has not returned to calling him Hero. Now he is 'Headless Hero With a Head.' Eli has these elaborate and imaginative disaster scenarios involving action figures, rescue vehicles, construction equipment, and mermaids, all starting with "OH NO!" and eventually progressing to "Here comes Headless Hero With a Head!"
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16th Floor Marketing : Elevator Speech or Surprise Date?
Elevator Speech or Surprise Date?
It's been a long time since I've been to a networking event. We have had a lot of changes in our house over the last couple years - we had a baby and I added 2 more positions to my resume. Most of the time my glamorous work-at-home-mom life looks like this photo.
I was invited to an event recently that was a great "After Hours" at a local business. I was really excited to attend because as I mentioned, it's been a while since I've been able to get out and meet other business people. I was looking forward to it even more when I walked in because it was a room of faces I had never met.
You're thinking "Oh my goodness, how intimidating!" (read - that's scary I probably would have walked out) Not for me. I am always looking for someone new to connect with so I can add to the list of people I know. I seem to get a lot of random phone calls that start with "Hey Lindsey, I know you know somebody that does ______." And yes, I usually do know someone that does that. I'm like the legit version of Huggy Bear.
I digress, I walked into this event ready to talk to people. All the people. I started with the person I knew of course then worked my way to the drink table (great place to strike up a conversation, just like a high school dance). I started talking to a new acquaintance and realized after 90 seconds of listening "Oh no, we are on a date."
When you are at a networking event, "dates" are BAD. In the first 60 seconds I met this person I figured out what they did and tried asked a question about it. Boom. Crystal clear. But then...I was now being told about every single other thing that business did, how they impacted the community, the list goes on. When they finally asked what I did - I gave them my elevator speech -I told them who I work for, the clients I assist and the kind of work I do. Then I was asked me to sit down with them so they could tell me more about what they do.
See? We were on a date. I politely put my food down and mentioned I needed to speak with someone else and would come back to the table to continue our talk. Guess what happened? Someone else at the event sat next to him and they ended up talking to only each other almost the entire event.
I am by no means saying I'm an "expert networker" because I have TOTALLY been the one that surprised the other person with a date. I'd be talking to someone and before I knew it I was telling them my dog's bathroom habits (again, not a good subject when you first meet someone).
In case you are wondering here are a few cues that the person you are talking to thinks they are on a surprise date: they are looking around the room constantly, shaking their head a lot and saying "yep, mmhmm or I agree," looking at their phone like they have an important call/text/facebook update to respond to, etc.
If that sounds like your situation and you realize you have surprised someone with a date here's how to get out of it - down your drink, check your phone, make a comment about how you didn't realize you've been monopolizing their time, ask for their business card and head back to the drink table.
What's the best way to practice your elevator speech? GO TO LOCAL NETWORKING EVENTS! They are safe, I promise! You can even go with a friend and ask them "Did I sound like I was on a surprised date or in the elevator?"
As a side note - business "dates" are great things! But only if they are planned. You can get to know someone and their business plus learn how to help further each other's goals. The best way to set one up is contact the person after the networking event and tell them you'd love to learn more about their business over lunch.
Have you ever realized you were on a date in the middle of a networking event? Do you have an elevator speech? What are your tips for networking events? Shoot me a comment and let's talk!
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HANDY squaregaiter Majestic Ess Jay is expected to bounce back to the winners’ circle in Launceston on Saturday night.
Triumphant during his first two Tasmanian starts, Majestic Ess Jay then finished second before a fourth last weekend.
While the effort appeared to be solid, trainer Eric Jacobson was disappointed with the son of Majestic Son.
“He was working well before the race but didn’t run to expectations,” Jacobson said. “He finished fourth, but I felt he should’ve gone better than he did.
“He did sweat up a bit and was white after the run, so I got his blood done and it showed nothing.
Majestic Ess Jay’s pending appearance will see the gelding share the 20-metre back mark in the Launceston Trotters’ Cup.
Redason, which Jacobson rates as the main danger, will also come from the 20-metre line.
“It’s only a six horse field over 2698 metres, so there isn’t a big field to get around and plenty of time to make up the handicap,” Jacobson said.
“If he goes as well as I know he can and is working, he will be very hard to beat.
With no major plans in mind for the eight-year-old, Jacobson will search the program for “what I can find”.


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