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Cost of living comparison between Wuxi, China and Kavala, Greece
WARNING! This comparison is based on only a few data points. At this point it is only a guess. It is based on 166 prices entered by 17 different people.
These prices were last updated on December 16, 2014. Exchange rate: 0.13185 EUR / CNY
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- Cost of living in London is 192% more expensive than in Budapest
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- Cost of living in Budapest is 62% cheaper than in New York City
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- Cost of living in Budapest is 42% cheaper than in Vienna
- Cost of living in Taipei is 54% cheaper than in Hong Kong
- Cost of living in Budapest is about the same as in Bucharest
Cost of living in Wuxi (China) is 20% cheaper than in Kavala (Greece)
For example, to keep the same standard of living that would require €750 in Kavala you would need to make just about €603 (元4,574) in Wuxi.
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Ganga Prasad sworn in as the 16th Governor of Sikkim here at New Raj Bhawan on Sunday. Ganga Prasad succeeds Shriniwas Patil as the 16th Governor of Sikkim.
Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim, Justice Meenakshi M Rai has administered the oath of office to the Governor in the presence of Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, cabinet Ministers, Speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly and other dignitaries.
Ganga Prasad has served as a Member of Legislative Council of Bihar for 18 years and also as the Leader of the Opposition (Bharatiya Janata Party) in the Bihar Legislative Council.
He was also the Leader of the Bihar Legislative Council for the ruling party during the earlier NDA regime.

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- A huge percentage of those who watched Papa Shiradula believe Mary Adhiambo Airo, known in the TV show as Mama Nyaguthie, is a Kikuyu
- This is because she fit the role so well, brought out the accent despite being a Luo, and even accentuated the role with a limp in her walk
- It was all role-playing, as Airo is a 49-year-old legal practitioner who simply mastered her character and did justice to it
Those who interact with Mary Adhiambo Airo at close range know her as a legal practitioner, but the rest of the country know her as Mama Nyaguthie of Papa Shirandula.
That is because Airo took on the role of a Kikuyu landlady who is tough on her tenants and internalised it perfectly.
Thanks to makeup, her exemplary prowess at role-playing, and the signature floral dress accentuated by broken Swahili, Airo made many believe she is elderly and from Central Kenya.
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She is a corporate woman
Away from the glare of the camera, she de-roles from Mama Nyaguthie back to Airo; a pretty-faced, glass-wearing, smartly-dressed corporate mother.
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In an exclusive interview with TUKO.co.ke's Hillary Lisimba, she disclosed that she is a legal practitioner who has practised for over 15 years.
Her big break into TV came in July 2007 when she was doing her legal clinics in Langata women's Prison and the late Charles Bukeko aka Papa Shirandula called her to join a new show he was planning to start.
"I had worked with him before on stage theatre so he knew of my potential. I managed to hook up with him, looked at the script and liked it. That's how I ended in the show," she said.
One interesting revelation she made was that her first role was Wilbroda before the producer changed it to Mama Nyaguthii.
The reason, she says, is that she has a small body and is short, so the producer felt there was no proper balance between her and Papa, hence she was given a different character.
Balances both acting and legal aspects
Asked how she managed to pull the weird walking style on the show, Airo revealed that she internalised her character well, as the character bio also made her know her role.
"Secondly, the character I play depicts a person I know back in childhood so playing it was really easy," she disclosed.
She added that her role on stage never clashes with her real-life because there's a clear cut between the two.
According to her, she de-roles to Mama Nyaguthii only when in her costumes and becomes Mary Airo the moment she takes them off.
"The two have never mixed, you should find me in my office, you will not even know me as Mama Nyaguthii," she said jokingly.
Journey into acting
Airo explained that her acting career was discovered by Legal Resources Foundation, the organization she still works for to date.
She said that it started in 1995 when the organisation was looking for young people to train in Arts in Kangemi who would pass legal information about conflicts between tenants and landlords in Kenya.
The then Project Officer Black Odanyiro happened to meet a young neighbour of Airo and asked him to get young people on board.
"I was one of the young people and we were later trained and I did well. That is how I discovered my acting talent," she disclosed.
There's still a lot in store
Before Bukeko died, the two were working on a new show called Mzee ni Wewe where Airo was playing a major role and a different character of a very sophisticated woman.
The two managed to shoot four episodes before the revered thespian passed on, but the show is on Baze right now.
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"I'm also working on doing legal content just to educate people about the law. I'm working with my colleague Joyce Arigi to see how it goes. I know people will love it," she revealed.
Airo, however, refused to comment on her marital as well as motherhood status, adding that she does not like putting her personal life in public.

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In a slew recent developments in the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem, transactions have now gained better traction and handling, with Bitmain’s Antpool shifting its block size limit to twice its current capacity.
The decision came after Antpool’s senior engineers noticed that while the network itself is handling transactions quite well, more are coming as the popularity of Bitcoin Cash merges and adopts with merchants. The move comes in anticipation of a surge of new Bitcoin Cash users.
Now mining 4MB blocks, Antpool’s upgraded limit indicates the possibility of 8MB blocks in the near future. At this level, the current combined hashrate will have to accommodate the rate of transactions, easing up the Bitcoin Cash memory pool. Because of its wild popularity among users who prioritize utility over store of value, it is highly likely that BCH will face the same congestion issues as legacy Bitcoin, also known as SegWit1x (BTC). The difference, however, is that BCH’s robust network design won’t have to resort to centralized escape routes such as Segwit, or its unscalable cousin, the Lightning Network. Because BCH’s development team (currently six teams at work, compared to just one for BTC) is decentralized, it doesn’t face internal conflicts when it comes to code development, updates are rolled out with a community-approved consensus. Here’s a meme from the twitter account @Bitcoin that properly expresses the philosophical quandary posed by this setup.
Given Moore’s Law, using up the limitation set by a mining pool might break their current infrastructure, requiring unnecessary hardware upgrades to their ASIC miners, as well as requiring more energy to operate. The engineers would then have to seek an equilibrium between the demand to stretch the block limit and the current median of usage for its computing resources. Maintaining smaller block sizes for mining Bitcoin Cash is fairly easy, and minor complications as a result of the performance upgrade can be mitigated with simple updates in the client-side software.
Currently, Bitcoin Cash outperforms BTC in terms of transaction capacity. Doubts over the capabilities of Bitcoin Cash have largely been due to misinformation campaigns launched by the Blockstream-owned BTC.


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Toyah gets her gun
by RACHEL HALLIBURTON, Evening Standard
Now Toyah Willcox smears fake mud on her face to become the bullish cowgirl with a bullet habit, presumably hoping to attract better reactions than "She's a calamity, get me out of here!"
Calamity Jane was devised by Warner Brothers as a retort to MGM, which won enthusiastic audiences in 1950 with its film of the popular Western musical Annie Get Your Gun.
However, the somewhat naive charm of the thigh-slappin' gun-totin' original has dissolved in a production reeking of gingham and lukewarm feminism, which does not have enough tongue-in-cheek humour to carry off Calamity's transition from bar-brawling man-fighter to petticoatwearing man-eater.
When Willcox emerged from I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! she said: "I enjoyed not bathing, I enjoyed not changing my clothes and I enjoyed just getting muddy."
She could have been describing the lifestyle of the woman behind her character - a 19th century tomboy who joined the army, became a scout for General Custer and led a harddrinking existence, sleeping under wagons, camping out in fields, and lurking in men-only bars.
It would be easier to imagine her playing the historical figure than the more sentimental caricature in the musical, not least because 21st century audience members would not have to deal with the scene where Calamity Jane discovers the joys of housekeeping.
The song A Woman's Touch is the lowest point, in contrast to the sub-Cole Porter but nonetheless amusing number where Calamity and her soon-to-be love Wild Bill Hickok (does that make her a Hickok Blonde?), hurl such simmeringly intimate insults at each other as "In the Christian/You're the why/In the ointment/You're the fly".
All right, it's not wordplay at its most sparkling - and perhaps this is the real problem: despite Ed Curtis's lively direction and Sammy Fain's catchy tunes, the script is not nearly sharp enough for Calamity Jane to be admired either as a period piece or as a retro-classic.
As a result, the production lives or dies by Willcox's performance, an unfortunately forced twodimensional affair, which drags the audience through the dust of a quest, first to bring an actress who's all fibs and fishnets to entertain the men of Deadwood, and then to win a man who can deal with the fact that Calamity is the kind of wife who's happier to whip up a fight than a pudding.
Despite Willcox's pop-singing background, other members of the cast shine more as vocalists - Michael Cormick, in particular, as Wild Bill Hickok, has a voice that could have been matured in a whisky barrel.
Calamity Jane may have been better off sticking to her guns, but the producers should bite the bullet and concede that this is little more than a dated romp though the not-so-wild West.
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Along with Cancer Council NSW and the Charles Perkins Centre’s Food Governance Node, Sydney Health Law is hosting an event on regulation of unhealthy food marketing to children.
Protecting children from unhealthy food marketing remains a hot topic, given increasing concern about children’s diet-related health.
In Australia, food marketing to children is regulated largely through two voluntary food industry initiatives. In the lead up to the 10th anniversary of these initiatives, this event will examine their success in improving the food marketing environment, along with the recent ACCC v Heinz decision and developments in food advertising regulation at a state level.
Details for the event are as follows, and you can register to attend here.
Date: Wednesday 7th November
Time: 6-8pm (canapés from 5.30pm)
Venue: Law Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School
- Research on food marketing and children’s health – the state of play: Associate Professor Bridget Kelly, University of Wollongong
- Consumer law and food marketing in ACC v Heinz: Adrian Coorey ACCC, and Jane Martin, Obesity Policy Coalition
- The food industry’s initiatives on marketing to children: Geoffrey Annison, Australian Food and Grocery Council, and Jane Martin, Obesity Policy Coalition
- State government regulation of food advertising on transport infrastructure: Wendy Watson, Cancer Council NSW, and Emily Harper, ACT Health
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3. Common Problems Found With VoIP
Jitter. Assuming that a codec is capable of providing voice packets every 30ms, the person’s to be called telephone appliance or application will have to receive these packets every 30ms. Unfortunately, the delays due to the Internet, with the intervention of dozens of networks and routers, seem to be the cause to the problem. Yet, it looks that buffers in both VoIP applications and appliances are a partial solution to the problem.
Delay. Any delays while coded packets are being created by codecs are added to the one caused by the Internet, adding thus to the appearance of problems. For instance, Internet delay while a VoIP communication is being performed must range between 150 and 450ms and the codec delay to follow must not exceed 40ms while voice packets are being created.
Lost packets. While a data transfer in the Internet is carried out, loss of some packets is expected up to a point and can be dealt with, with the help of certain techniques. In voice transmission though, the margins to the loss of packets are not many, since the problems arising are to be immediately “heard” by both parties involved. The selection of an ISP with a high quality network and an efficient bandwidth may be the most effective measure of precaution to be taken.
NAT/Firewall. Fear for crackers along with hackers has resulted in the addition of firewalls to each PC as well as network, be them either big or small ones. However, both firewalls and NATs are cause for trouble in VoIP connections. All applications provide different ways to override these obstacles.
Echo. The really disturbing echo case [listening to our voice while the voice of the person being called is being heard at the same time], is a common occurrence with VoIP communication and sometimes with mobile telephony calls. The echo is a direct outcome of the delay in communication between the two parties. Various techniques to handle the problem are being provided by all VoIP applications and appliances as well, not to mention communication codecs themselves.
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Voice over Internet Protocol is not just a single, unique protocol. It involves a group of technologies-protocols, devices and applications, which allow voice call compression, coding, transport and routing to IP networks, like, for example, the LAN, theWLAN, theWAN, and naturally the Internet, by means of overriding fixed public telephone networks. Of course, an internet voice call may be commenced or end up to a fixed public service, while VoIP technologies are likely to be set to operational status in some sections of a conventional voice communication. In short, the cases setting VoIP to action are as follows:1st VoIP case
VoIP technologies are being utilized by providers in the telecommunications sector in this case, either in setting up their internal network or in the so-called “last mile.” To facilitate their internal substructure, numerous telecommunications services in the private sector have selected to equip themselves with cheaper TCP/IP-VoIP networks rather than developing a rather extravagant transmission line network.2nd VoIP case
New and profitable services offered by emergent telecommunications VoIP providers are what this case comprises from. They are related to the relatively cheap communication developed between VoIP subscribers throughout the world and fixed as well as mobile networks via the Internet, overriding this way any fixed public telephony services.3rd VoIP case
VoIP user-VoIP user
It has to do with the birth of the Internet telephony, the two VoIP users achieving peer- to- peer communication, through the Internet of course, without being charged. Such a communication can be achieved through a computer, the use of headphones and a microphone or any USB/DECT telephone appliance been required.


SB-2000 MK2 USB Radio Interface
- Control radio operation via CAT, CI/V. You can control your radio if it supports CAT or CI/V protocol from your computer.
- Operate RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, FAX, etc. digital mode.
- From your computer you can easily operate digital mode with proper software. Turn your computer into a professional expensive DTE.
- Transmit and receive CW. You can choose to use software to send or receive CW. Use your computer keyboard instead of paddle or straight key. Read all received Morse code from your computer screen.
- Support ECHOLINK to control remote station.
- Record your SSB voice session.
- Support FSK operation.
Only one port found
Problem: Only 1 serial port is created in the system (Microsoft Windows)
- This is caused by the driver of device is not loaded probably in the system.
- Go to 'Control Panel' - 'System' - 'Device Manager'.
- Under 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers', you could find 'USB Serial Converter A' and 'USB Serial Converter B'.
- Click it, in the 'Advance' tab, choose 'Load VCP'.
- Do the above setting for the both USB serial converters.
- Then save it and restart the system.
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Corporate Tax Residency
Residency governs the jurisdiction for regulation and taxation. Needless to say, location independent professionals, solo entrepreneurs, international consultants, small businesses and others operating in a virtual or cross-border setting seek the best location to manage their personal and business life. These days, the opportunities for personal and corporate establishment are endless. However, corporate tax residency may bring unfair competitive advantages and are thus covered with a layer of codes of conduct and responsibilities.
Although both corporate tax residency and personal tax residency impose tax on income, there is a crucial difference between these two assessments. This distinction finds its justification in the legal personality of the individual and the corporation. Many criticasters fail to recognize the difference between corporate income tax and personal income tax since they consider all taxes identical. To avoid public pressure and private scrutiny the corporate tax residency of a Seychelles offshore company or International Business Corporation (IBC) must be obvious.
Seychelles offshore companies and IBC’s are exempted from the double tax treaties the Republic entered into with other jurisdictions. As such, their position in the Republic must be strong and evident, whilst refraining from the supply of local commercial activities. Local substance and presence is connected with the place of effective management emphasized by the jurisdiction of incorporation. This means that Seychelles offshore companies and IBC’s must put sufficient effort in their local establishment if they wish to maximize the opportunities of the jurisdiction and avoid foreign pressure.
Corporate tax residency in the Seychelles provides for several corporate advantages that help businesses and their owners to focus on building and growing a stable corporation instead of complying with tedious administration and pesky regulation. To qualify for corporate tax residency whilst satisfying foreign authorities, beneficiaries must structure their business accordingly. The establishment of a Seychelles offshore company is therefore more than just the incorporation of the company.
The rules of corporate establishment in offshore financial centers have developed over time. Efforts to minimize abuse and mitigate risk were forced upon the Republic of the Seychelles. These days, international and offshore incorporation requires business planning, regulatory compliance and structural maintenance to utilize the advantages of the jurisdictions at the axis of international and cross-border business activities.
Seychelles Corporate Tax Residency
Setting up an offshore company or International Business Corporation in the Seychelles requires professional craftmanship. Once established correct and appropriate, the company can operate in a highly efficient and effective way. Foreign service providers and professional counterparts are easy to satisfy when the corporate structure is profound, the organization is transparent, and the activities are straightforward.
Seychelles corporate tax residency allows international business professionals to benefit from the local infrastructure and corporate framework, whilst creating synergy between the international activities and organizational structure. As such, Seychelles corporate tax residency has proven to be a valuable solution for global businesses. Like many others, you can as well explore the opportunities provided by the offshore financial industry and the Seychelles.
At the same time as the incorporation of a Seychelles offshore company or IBC, corporate tax residency must be arranged. To discuss your needs and determine the feasibility of your plans, feel free to complete the contact form below. One of our representatives with extensive experience in the offshore financial industry and Seychelles incorporation will get back with you shortly.

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Auto car service elevator /4 post car parking lifters /four poles auto repair lifters
According to different parking sites, the parking car quantities of this model can be changed at will.
It is particularly applicable to enterprise and public institutions, office buildings, residential properties, hotels and families.
Its columns adopt N+1 form which means strong expansion. The more parking spaces, the more economic.
Multiple security detection devices ensure safety and reliability.
It can be used separately or combined to compose a 2 level parking system used for home garage or public parking lot
HTPP205/206/207 Two Post Parking Lifts Technical Parameters
POWER UNIT: ACCORDING TO THE POWER IN BUYER'S CITY
11sets in a 20'' cintainer, 22 sets in a 40'' container
Frequently Asked Auestions
protect the Goods from moisture, rain, rust, corrosion and shock, etc.
Other Asked Auestions
Provide the free training for the engineers from the Buyer on the operation and maintenance of the machine.
Seller should provide following technical documentation not less than in 30 days before before shipment:
- construction and pre-embedded drawings (3pcs)
- installation manual (3pcs)
- operation manual (3 pcs)
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The Bank of Albania’s decision to raise the value of the lek is reflected in the auctions of treasury bills, which result in an increase in the amount of money owed to the government.
A 12-month bond auction was held the day before, and according to Bank of Albania data, 12-month bonds were sold with an average interest rate of 2.19%, up from 1.79% in the previous auction. This increase in interest rates, which benefits all investors by increasing their profit, reflects the shift in the lek’s key interest rate, which the Central Bank increased from 0.5% to 1% in order to contain inflation.
Nonetheless, despite the increased interest, investment offers have been restricted. Even in this week’s auction, the Ministry of Finance’s cash request was not reached. Out of the declared financing amount of ALL 9.7 billion, total requests in the amount of ALL 8.5 billion were made at auction, but the Ministry of Finance approved bids for less than ALL 8 billion.
This shows that there is minimal liquidity in the market, and citizens do not view treasury notes as a desirable investment option.


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Fourth Annual Square Show Exhibit
Our annual Square Show returns! Would you like to contribute your artwork to the show? This exhibit features artists from the South Shore and beyond. Artwork can be in any medium as long as it fits within an 8″ x 8″ square.
If you’re interested in submitting your works for the show, click the button below for the submission form and more info.


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The Principles of Drawing for Beginners: Basic Geometric Shapes to Living Forms
In a step by step manner, be guided through the fundamental principles that lead to a comprehensive proficiency in drawing. In the space of eight weeks, we will develop skills that the beginner can practice over a life time. The underlying assumption is that absolutely anyone can learn to draw. Suitable for both the very beginner and those with some prior experience. Cost of life model included in fee.
- Basic geometric shapes and perspective: We will start by drawing basic shapes, such as circles and squares; followed by spheres, cubes and cylinders. Having observed these shapes, we will attempt to draw them in relation to perspectival space and the directional fall of light. We will end by examining how more complex forms can be understood in terms of these basic shapes.
- Drawing and linear direction: Starting with a stick figure – an invaluable tool in describing the major centre lines of any form – we will gradually work towards conceiving of more complex forms in terms of two directional lines and basic geometric shapes, such as cylinders and cubes.
- The Charles Bargue drawing course and the figure as directional lines: In this class, we will look at how a Nineteenth Century drawing course undertaken by Van Gogh, Seurat and Picasso can help us to better simplify the basic forms of the human figure
- The human figure and the refinement of directional lines: Employing a life model, we will see how we can apply the lessons gained from the Bargue drawing to the life model in terms of basic directional lines. We will integrate this knowledge with the exercises in geometry and perspective addressed in the previous classes.
- Drapery: We will examine how folds fall on drapery, their cylindrical shape and how their form is suggested by light. A basic ink wash will be employed to suggest the comparative lightness and darkness of the cloths form, in either one, or numerous studies.
- Jacopo Pontormo (1494 – 1557) - Basic gesture and action in the human figure: Taking the Renaissance artist Pontormo as a guide, we will see how the figures weight is employed to express movement and action.
- Tintoretto (1518 – 1594) - Gesture and action with basic anatomical masses, landmarks and limited convexed contours: Observing the dynamic forms evident within the work of the Venetian Master Tintoretto, we will introduce some very basic anatomical landmarks to better structure our drawing.
- Raphael Sanzio (1483 – 1520) – the figure as line and contour: We will begin to see the independent role contour plays in articulating both form and volume.
- Composition: In this final class we will look at some historical conventions for composing images. These will include overarching geometric shapes, the fall of light and shade, foreshortened and projected forms verse forms that mirror the picture the plane.
PLANNED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Begin to understand and grasp the processes of conceptualising, selecting and creatively inventing any form.
- Understand the basic principles of suggesting form with line alone.
- Make use of and/or inventing a light source to model form.
- Identify techniques and make use of Old Master drawings within a contemporary drawing practice.
- Learn how to treat the figure as a “mannequin” rather than a static object to mindlessly copy and reproduce.
- 2H pencil (please make sure the pencil is 2H as the lines must be light enough to be drawn over and erased where necessary)
- Oil based hard red chalk sanguine pencil (no chalk sticks)
- A4 sketch book
- Kneadable eraser
- Stanley knife
- Two metal board clips
- Indian ink
- Watercolour brush
- One sheet of watercolour paper
Monday 29 Jan - 19 Mar 2018
72 Bathurst Street
'I have done other art classes before with the WEA. This one is the best course I have had so far. Dominique is a great teacher. I learnt a lot from his well-structured teaching. I am very keen to do his other courses in the following semesters.'


Hi guys! For a moment there, I felt like I was losing touch with my creativity, I think it’s because I have so many things on my mind right now and the guilt of pushing my blog to the back burner was creeping up on me, I almost took a long ass break but here I am, writing/typing again.
I am a social media person (you can follow me on Twitter: @wumituase & Instagram: @wumituase) and I usually find myself involved with discussions that come up, especially on Twitter and I can tell you that TwitterNG has some of the funniest discussions ever. It amazes me that a lot of people can have very diverse outlooks on various issues. Most times, people make a whole lot of sense when discussing these issues but at other times, you would be surprised at the responses some people give but I guess it’s all part of the fun.
Sometime ago, I read some disturbing tweets concerning what is expected from people in relationships. It’s funny really because even though some of the tweets are probably bants, a lot of people actually take their cues from what they see on social media and this can be very unhealthy in my own view. For instance, I tweet something about ‘if your boyfriend cheats on you, drop him like its hot and don’t look back’ but nobody knows if in reality I’ve actually forgiven my boyfriend 5 times and counting! So even though it’s highly hypocritical of me to tweet that, someone on my timeline would read and follow religiously.
So I was thinking of how most of us follow the standards set by social media in all aspects of our lives and mind you, these standards are set by people like you who are probably sitting in the comfort of their homes/offices and are just typing whatever comes to their head and who consider themselves unofficial authority in that field.
That is how most people take on a different attitude than their true ones. So because someone says that ‘when you cry, it means you are weak’ you won’t cry because you are forming hard guy/girl not even considering the level of emotional pains you are putting yourself through. Or when someone that you do not even know says that your boyfriend ought to give you a particular amount of money every month, you start to put unreasonable demands on your struggling boyfriend when the person who shared that might even be the one sponsoring her boyfriends needs. Or when the “Yoruba demon’ trend started and you, that is a normal, nice Yoruba boy reads about the behavior that the supposed demons display, you start to adapt those same behaviors just so you can be exalted to the position of a Yoruba demon. Or when some of the ladies do not even know what feminism truly means but jump on the band wagon with highly unreasonable remarks even though they might not be able to take a stand on their own in reality.
I like social media, in fact I am probably guilty of setting some standards unconsciously too but would I be gullible enough to follow these standards without actually thinking them through first? Nope. I’m not saying some of them are not good, there are a lot of experienced people on social media that you can learn a lot from but you should not follow blindly, weigh the pros and cons and choose the ones that would still effect a good attitude on your life.
That said, I think I’m getting my groove back and thanks to Cassie for the inspiration to keep pushing. I have been lazy all week and my outfits have been really laid back, I’d share my week in pictures tomorrow so wait for it. What are your thoughts on Social Media Standards? Kindly share.
LoveandKisses from TANG


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“Tough guy”, “Thug”, “Menacing”. These are the types of characters Rex Hindrichs is looking to get casted for.
Although when you meet him, that’s not at all what comes across in his warm, gentle personality. And then … he switches into character. He drops his smile and stares at you through his lowered brow and immediately he’s a guy you don’t want to mess with.
Oh, and it just so happens that Rex was blessed with the gift of height. He’s 7 feet tall, so people notice him. His larger than life stature and good looks are what has gotten him cast in several commercials and movies.
I recently worked with Rex Hindrichs, to update his headshots to showcase his tougher side. When he said he wanted grittier photos for his casting portfolio, I knew immediately where to shoot: in the underground tunnel of the Oceanside train station. This location doesn’t look like the sunny surf loving Oceanside that I know so well. This location says back alley. A location where thugs lurk and bad things happen in the dark.
I think he nailed the look of the tough guy in his headshot.
And of course, we did some friendly shots too. We had to capture his natural state of being: the easy going good looking guy.


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Sugar Flowers By Jill Maytham--Discontinued
Book includes many instructions and black and white diagrams for making beautiful sugar flowers.
Over 1,000 easy "look and learn" illustrations for the cration of gumpaste flowers.
Hard covers, 8-1/4" x 11-3/4", 232 pages, many black and white diagrams and illustrations. Published 1998

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The newsworthy story is that Canadians believe immigrants should integrate, two to one, and that they generally like the way they are integrating, two to one.
Much is being made of a new Angus Reid poll on the attitudes of Canadians towards minorities, coming out as it does on the heels of Kellie Leitch’s, pictured right with former Conservative MP Ted Menzies, plan to test immigrants on 'anti-Canadian' values. Polling people’s attitudes on diversity is always a good thing as the mood does change from time to time, depending on the issues that face us. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright


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by Malena Mörling
University of Pittsburgh Press 2006
Reviewed by Melinda Wilson
Dead All Over
Malena Mörling’s opening poem in Astoria, “If There is Another World,” is the best in the book. In it the speaker explores the many worlds that exist within the one world we all live in, concluding that we don’t need to leave this world to find another, and that we certainly shouldn’t wait until death to do so:
Especially since there is a kind of moth
here on earth
that feeds only on the tears of horses.
Sooner or later we will all cry
from inside our hearts.
Who knew? This odd and charming fact coupled with the last two seriously reflective lines make for impressive lyric. With this poem of inspiration and assurance as the opener—one might even see it as a call to action—I expected more in the same vein, but things only got darker. And though the opening poem deals with death to some extent, it does more for the cause of living than it does to examine the possibility of an afterlife. Quickly though, death becomes the subject of and motive for Mörling’s poems.
But before Mörling delves into the aphotic zone she has a short poem called “A Story”(followed by one called “Becoming a Coat” which I mention only because at first glance I read it as “Becoming a Goat” which of course would be a million times better). “A Story” deals with what we hide from the world, our secrets, rather than what the world hides from us—or more accurately, what we are often too ignorant to find. I bring up this poem for the sake of discussing one incredible image:
the rats you once saw standing
on their hind legs
at the dump
late in the dark.
Though I can’t help but picture Templeton here, what interests me most about the lines is what is left untold. What was the unnamed “you” doing in the dump, late and in the dark? That’s the secret, and what is left to be imagined is undoubtedly the most interesting part.
Now, back to death. In “A Wake,” Mörling details a conversation with a friend who has just been to a wake. The friend sounds happy, content with the way his dead friend looked—and beyond that, content with the way he left this world. He explains the deceased was an alcoholic that, despite a number of attempts to give up drinking, always returned to it and ultimately chose his own end. There is something to be said for controlling death in this way, some appeal that comes with power, though by the poem’s end even the speaker doesn’t sound satisfied. She brings up a take on death familiar from Lorca—that it’s a beginning instead of an end, a true celebration. By now, the idea of death as a celebration, though encouraging, is far too conventional to be inspiring.
Early on in the collection is a poem called “Wearing a Death.” Like “A Wake,” this poem is familiar and too predictable. The idea is permissible, but the approach is fair at best. The whole poem is in the title; we wear death like an accessory despite its inevitability. The wordplay in this poem is perhaps the most inconvenient for the reader: “Not the sole of a shoe, a soul.”
I don’t mean to give the impression that Mörling can’t or doesn’t succeed with the Death Poem. She does and sometimes in the most difficult fashions. One example is “Traveling.” Here is the first stanza of this two stanza poem:
stare at us
from the framed
Eerie. You may say it’s been done before and you’d be right, but it’s done well here. The streetlights still lit past dawn take on a sort of extraterrestrial life, and I turn all the photographs in my apartment face down for the day. The idea that the dead are still traveling through time makes death more appealing somehow; death might be interesting if we get to see what happens next.
Mörling is best when she takes death and doesn’t worry about the fact that it is an overwrought topic to begin with, when she just lets it consume her. This is when the refreshing lyric is formed. Too often her speaker is predictable, fearful of death and overcompensating with bravery—like Jack in “Above the Expressway” who nobly wishes to be thrown into ocean when he dies so the fish can eat him. When Mörling is able to look at death from afar, when she’s vague and mysterious about lifelessness and the fact that she’s still living, her verse is most stunning:
There are shadows of scarecrows on the earth
that rise at noon
and vanish into the wilderness
of their own hearts.


text: Volition’s Saints Row: Undercover, a PlayStation Portable game that got cancelled, is now playable. Volition recently unearthed a Saints Row game that got cancelled in 2009. The game was to be a sequel to Saints Row 2. To the amazement of most, Volition received the okay to actually show off this game to the public. On Thursday, they streamed the last build of the game before it officially got axed. However, the Saints Row: Undercover news didn’t stop there. It has now been revealed that Volition has released a playable ISO to Unseen 64. What does that mean? Gamers can now play the game on PC if they have a PSP emulator. What do you guys think? Is it silly for a studio to showcase a buggy and unfinished game or is it PR genius to show fans a game that almost never saw the light of day? Let us know in the comments section below or on social media.

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Rec Room is an Action, Role-playing, First-person Shooter, Sports and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Against Gravity. The game uses full 3D via the motion capture system of a virtual reality headset and two hand-held motion controllers that deliver the complete real-time experience. Choose his one of various characters and get into the challenging game world where he explores the stunning environment, interact with items, craft items and enjoy lots of mini-games including basketball, hidden-objects and more. After progress the game allows the player to unlock paintball guns and start his adventure against series of enemy creatures. In this game, the aim of the player is to mark all the enemies in given amount of time. Be careful is enemy mark the player character he will lose his life. Rec Room is really an addictive VR game that offers a real-time gameplay experience that immerses himself deep into the stunning world. The game includes core features such as multiple modes, mini-games, well-programmed enemies, replayability, superb game setting and beautiful visual details.
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High Impact Paintball is an Action, Sports, 1st-person Shooter, Paintball, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by WizardWorks Group and published by Sunstorm Interactive. It is an enjoyable shooter game in which the player has unique paintball guns to eliminate enemies and other online players. At the start of the game, the player needs to choose his one of several characters and get into the challenging game world where the player is able to freely move in the game world, use his gun and eliminate all the enemies to progress. It offers completely first-person shooter game like experience and offers all the similar modes such as Capture the Flag, Siege, Free for All and more. Each mode has its own objective to complete and progress in the game. During the play, the player must collect all the power-ups and weapons that will help the player to progress. High Impact Paintball also includes core features such as multiple weapons, excellent game setting, replayability, upgrades, objective storyline, smooth controls and stunning visual details.


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After several hours of touring Graceland, my wife and I wanted to grab a quick lunch before driving back to Nashville. Germantown Commissary was more or less on our route out of Memphis, making it a perfect choice. Too bad it wasn't Monday though, since that's when they have all-you-can-eat ribs!
The interior layout of Germantown Commissary makes little sense for a restaurant, with dining areas scattered around the small, confusing floorplan. Their choice of decor is a motley assortment of metal signs, framed pictures, autographed photos, magazine articles, and so forth. Some of it is either barbecue or Memphis themed, but there are also random things like an SR-71 Blackbird poster and a map of Lake Tahoe. If I were a betting man, I'd guess this place hasn't changed since it opened in 1981.
I really considered trying to conquer Germantown Commissary's four-meat Boss Hog Special, but that seemed like quite a lofty goal for lunch. Instead, I settled on a 3 Meat Combo of ribs, pork shoulder, and links. Besides, the Boss Hog would have only added chicken to the mix, and I can certainly live without barbecued poultry. As with the rest of their combo plates, this one comes with two sides. Our waitress said that coleslaw and bbq beans were the automatic side dishes, but she was still in training, so I picked new sides for my combo despite her unconvincing menu knowledge. Potato salad and homemade onion rings sounded great, and I also added a single deviled egg for good measure.
The egg was just mustardy enough for my liking, with a nice flavor from the spices sprinkled on top. To my delight, the onion rings were spectacular. They had a light tempura-style batter and were definitely homemade. Most potato salads I've encountered are full of diced spuds, but this version had a consistency more akin to mashed potatoes. Thankfully the veggies added a good crunchy texture. Here again there was only a mild mustard flavor, which was all that it needed.
Sampling pulled pork has been a very hit-or-miss experience for me since moving to Nashville, but the pork shoulder at Germantown Commissary did not disappoint. The meat was very tender with plenty of bark and pink/red smoke-kissed bits to go around. There was only a mild smoke flavor, but it was definitely present. Even though I'm not a big sauce guy, I enjoyed theirs. It was dark and thick and molassessy with a great Worcestershire taste that didn't overpower the meat.
Their menu description for the links says, "Gotta Please those Texas folks also!" Damn right. The links had a nice char on them. This added to the overall flavor and gave each bite a good snap. I'm not entirely sure if these were supposed to be hotlinks or just plain sausage links. Either way, they weren't the least bit spicy. They also could have used more seasoning, but that's probably not possible since I don't think they were made in house.
When I'm in Memphis I generally like to do a half-wet, half-dry mix on my ribs, but the waitress didn't give me a choice in the matter so I just crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. The ribs had a nice dark crust on them, though no visible dry rub or sauce. There were some sauces set out table-side, but I passed on them. The meat had a nice flavor despite being only moderately smoky. They were juicy and tender and cooked well. Unlike most of the Memphis joints I've visited, Germantown Commissary hasn't fallen prey to the "falling-off-the-bone ribs" misconception. It wasn't until after I'd polished off my last rib that I noticed the container of dry rub available table-side as well. Hmm, maybe that's something the waitress should have mentioned? Adding your own toppings is for baked potatoes; ribs should come either pre-seasoned or pre-sauced. Oh well, it was too late to change anything and at least the meat was good on its own.
I'm really glad we stopped at Germantown Commissary, even if I was too full and sleepy to drive the rest of the way home. Next time I'll be sure to sample the dry rub.
2290 S Germantown Rd
Germantown, TN 38138
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Mrs. Barbecue Fiend and I were staying at The Peabody hotel for one night of Memphis-style R&R, and of course Beale Street was on our itinerary. If I had been flying solo I probably would have picked Rendezvous for dinner, but at least with Blues City Cafe there would be some tasty non-barbecue options for my wife to enjoy.
This place has a very laid back diner feel to it that's right on par with the general Beale Street motif: plastic cups and paper towels. There wasn't much ambiance at all, with the exception of a halved pink Cadillac in one of the dining areas. I hoped this meant they were simply focused on the food.
Our waiter was running on Memphis time (like glacial), so don't come here if you're in a rush. At least they have some good live blues playing every night. These guys were rocking pretty hard and made up for the service somewhat, but not completely.
We had a fairly early lunch, so an appetizer was definitely in order tonight. BBQ Pork Fries sounded like a great option. These are their normal cheese fries topped with pulled pork, as if you couldn't have guessed that without the additional description. I actually had my eye on the Gumbo Cheese Fries, but my wife has an intense aversion to mixing seafood and cheese. Pork was an acceptable compromise.
I can honestly say that this was by far one of the largest appetizers I've ever received. We could have shared this as our meal and still had leftovers. The fries were crisp, though certainly of the frozen store-bought variety. Some parts of the pork were a little dry, but the majority was decently tender. The sweet barbecue sauce gave this dish most of its flavors, and the diced jalapenos really kicked things up a notch. There wasn't any noticeable smoke, though that's likely due to the potent sauce and peppers, at least partially. I liked the gooey cheddar, but it didn't really add much.
For my entree, I couldn't resist their "The Best Meal on Beale Combination Platter," which comes with a half-rack of ribs, a catfish filet, baked beans, coleslaw, and your choice of new potatoes or steak fries. The waiter didn't ask for my preference of spuds before he turned and scampered off, so I crossed my fingers and hoped for steak fries. Our appetizer hadn't been on the table more than a few minutes before our entrees arrived: mine first, then my wife's about five minutes later. The server gave me the option of holding off for a little bit, but since my food would inevitably be sitting out whether it was in the kitchen or on our table, I told him to just go ahead and give me the entree.
The slaw wasn't that great. It had a good crunch, but it also had an odd aftertaste that I couldn't exactly pinpoint. The beans were pleasantly sweet and cooked well. I also liked the onion mixed in. My entree came with steak fries after all, but sadly they ended up being the exact same pre-frozen ones that came with our cheese fries. Oh well.
Catfish is usually either really spectacular or really awful. Interestingly, this filet was right in the middle. The crisp cornmeal batter was great, and the fish tasted fresh. It definitely could have used more seasoning though. The accompanying tartar sauce (I'm guessing) was at least 98% mayonnaise and had less flavor than the packets of tartar sauce you get with a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
Blues City's ribs are supposedly rubbed with their secret seasoning and then slathered with a maple barbecue sauce. I like a combination of wet and dry ribs when I'm in Memphis, but here they only come wet. There was a good crust, or so it appeared. The only flavor I could really taste was the barbecue sauce, with the smallest hint of smoke. Sadly, the ribs were overcooked to the point that the meat was crumbling (not falling) off the bone. Somehow they were also extremely difficult to cut and some bites were tough to chew. After struggling to get through three ribs, I discarded the rest and pretended to be full.
My wife had their Southern Fried Chicken Chopped Salad, which was mostly junk lettuce with some tomatoes and croutons tossed in. The chicken came in tender form and there wasn't very much of it to go around. Much like my catfish, her chicken was in dire need of salt. She took a cue from me and left most of her food on the plate as well.
At the end of our meal we waited nearly twenty-five minutes to pay the bill. In a fit of delirious exhaustion, Mrs. Barbecue Fiend started singing her own blues songs about the flavorless food and how slow our waiter was, which was hilarious and quite apt. I gave up on the waiter ever coming back and fortunately had enough cash on me to throw down and just walk out. I should have given them one measly star considering the crappy service, but I won't. How this place has a four-star rating on Yelp is beyond me. As my wife succinctly put it, "The music is better than the food." I couldn't agree more. Blues City Cafe will continue to make good profits simply because of its Beale Street location, but it doesn't deserve the business.
Blues City Cafe
138 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Monday, March 9, 2015
Austin is home to 10% of the most recent Texas Monthly "Top 50 BBQ Joints" list, with several other spots that you're likely to see on their next unveiling. Of the five list-worthy places in Austin, Lambert's was the only one that had a few non-barbecue menu options for my wife. I didn't think she had any interest in a multi-hour wait for Franklin Barbecue or Micklethwait's, so Lambert's was probably the best pick anyway. Plus it would be a great jumping off spot for perusing some of Austin's quirky downtown shops.
Since Lambert's is an extremely popular restaurant in an extremely popular area of town, I made sure to get reservations for lunch. That's right, this is the kind of barbecue joint that takes reservations, and they're highly recommended. The smell of delicious pit smoke permeates every inch of Lambert's. If you aren't hungry when you walk in, the aroma will change that quickly.
Lambert's is a smaller restaurant with a very cool downtown Austin feel to it. The interior seems like a renovated house, even though the exterior suggests otherwise. Upstairs they have a fantastic bar and music stage (it's Austin, after all), but nothing was hopping this early. We had a very friendly waiter who, in addition to being knowledgeable about the meats, had great advice on beer pairings. The draught of the day was a dark stout Quadraceratops out of Brooklyn, NY. It looked like the La Brea tar pits, but tasted quite nice.
I wanted to save room for a meat-tastic entree, but I couldn't resist trying their Deep Fried Boudin Fritters for an appetizer.
Besides the obvious, the boudin fritters come with crispy fried shishito peppers and a grain mustard dijonaise. The fritters themselves were exceptionally tasty and had a lot of flavor packed into a tiny ball. The soft boudin was both prepared and cooked perfectly. As good as they were on their own, the dijonaise added a nice zest to the fritters. I also loved the crispy batter on the shishitos. These peppers have a sweetness reminiscent of a bell pepper, with a heat level somewhere around a pepperoncini. Supposedly only one out of every ten shishito peppers is spicy, but each of mine had some decent kick to it. The peppers also paired well with the dijonaise, and it also tempered a little bit of their spiciness. Every bite of this dish was outstanding.
My appetizer already had me salivating, so I was pretty anxious for the entree round. I picked Lambert's Three BBQ Meats lunch plate: brown sugar and coffee rubbed brisket, maple and coriander crusted pork ribs, and homemade jalapeno hotlinks. Wow. As if that wasn't enough already, I also got the baked mac and cheese and the classic new potato salad for my two sides. I could hardly wait.
Their mayonnaise-based potato salad had hints of pickle here and there, but wasn't as flavorful as I had hoped. It was also served a little too ice cold for my liking. The mac and cheese, on the other hand, was really wonderful. I enjoyed the tasty cheddar crust just as much as I enjoyed the creamy macaroni below. It was somewhat spicy, which was a pleasant surprise. Overall, this was great comfort food on a cold, rainy day.
Side dishes are a nice addition to any barbecue plate, but I came here for the meat. I started my trio with the brisket. Oh my God! This brisket was really incredible. There was a great smoke level, as well as some beautiful black bark with a ton of flavor. The coffee notes didn't jump out right away, but they crept up nicely on the back end and added an acidic sweetness to the meat. I had asked for a fattier cut of brisket, and this was melt-in-your-mouth tender. All of the fat was perfectly rendered, adding to the juiciness of the meat. I can't express enough how delicious the brisket was.
Rather than traditional East Texas hotlinks, what I found at Lambert's was coarse-ground Central Texas sausage with jalapenos laced throughout. Honestly, I found that much more appealing. The jalapenos added a good heat level, but weren't overpowering. The casings were also crisp with a nice char to them. These links were very enjoyable.
The single, huge pork rib looked fairly menacing on my plate. It had a beautiful crust with a heavy dusting of black pepper and some other tasty spices. The coriander added an unusual but pleasant sweetness to the meat, but the dominant flavors were rather savory. I also thought the moderate smokiness was just right, allowing the other spices to shine. The rib was tender and cooked perfectly, no "falling off the bone" nonsense here.
My tablemates seemed interested in dessert, but I couldn't have possibly eaten any more food. Don't let their reputation for "fancy barbecue" scare you off. Potato salad aside, Lambert's Downtown Barbecue was absolutely spectacular, and I can't wait to go back.
Lambert's Downtown Barbecue
401 W 2nd St
Austin, TX 78701
Sunday, March 1, 2015
I had already stopped for some Memphis barbecue on the drive to Little Rock a few days prior, but for my return trip to Nashville I decided to try out one or two random highway joints instead. I timed my drive so that I hit Forrest City, Arkansas right at 11:00am when Delta Q opened. That would give me enough downtime before a possible mid-afternoon barbecue snack later on.
When I pulled up and saw a drive-thru window on the side of Delta Q's building, I wasn't quite sure if that was a good sign or a bad one. Their dining room is small but comfortable, and it has a rather modern feel to it. They had some good music pumping out of the sound system which made things more lively. By no means is this a hole-in-the-wall barbecue joint. I bet Delta Q is a fairly popular dining option in Forrest City.
Shortly after arriving, the incredibly friendly cashier brought me some complimentary pork rinds for no reason in particular. What a sweetheart.
The pork rinds were crisp, but thankfully they weren't rock hard like so many of the homemade pork rinds I've eaten elsewhere. These had a nice seasoning blend on them, which was a combination of sweet and spicy. It was a very enjoyable start to my meal.
Delta Q doesn't have any multi-meat combos on the menu, so I did my best to create one of my own. I started with an appetizer of Delta Q Loaded Fries, followed by a half-rack dry-rubbed Rib Plate. My plate came with two sides, for which I picked Potato Salad and Mac and Cheese.
The Loaded Fries have a somewhat vague name. You might be inclined to think that they're basic loaded potato wedges, but no. Instead, these spuds are smothered in gravy and topped with cheese curds and chopped pork shoulder. It's sort of like a barbecue poutine. Whatever they are, the Loaded Fries looked amazing. The pork was really juicy with a decent amount of smoke. I also found some good bark mixed in. The spices sprinkled on top added a nice level of heat and another degree of flavor. I also loved the gooey cheese curds, which helped to temper the spiciness well. In short, they were delicious.
I could see some black pepper scattered throughout the Mac and Cheese, but I couldn't really taste it. Even without the pepper, the mac was creamy and really tasty. It was also great comfort food to combat the cold, rainy weather outside. The mayo-based Potato Salad looked more like a German-style potato salad, which is the best kind really. There were a lot of pickles and other veggies that added a good crunch. It was slightly sweet, with a nice bite from the onions.
This was certainly a big serving of ribs for a half-rack. They had a beautifully dark crust, complete with a tasty char from the grill finishing process. I noticed some hints of sweetness on the crust as well. The meat beneath was tender and very juicy. It was only slightly smoky, despite the bright red smoky color on the meat. Thankfully the meat wasn't quite falling off the bone, but it did come off fairly easily. These ribs were much better than the over-seasoned dry-rub sort that I find in Memphis.
My experience level with Arkansas barbecue is somewhat limited, but Delta Q had some of the best I've eaten so far.
1112 N Washington
Forrest City, AR 72335


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Effective Higher Education Recruitment Strategies: Findings from a Research Study of San Antonio College
Cortez, Josie Danini; Cortez, Albert
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Hispanic students value a college education. Among high school graduates, Hispanic students are second only to Asian students in attendance at colleges and universities. Richard Fry of the Pew Hispanic Center summarizes, "There can be no doubt that Latino families are willing to invest in their children?s education" (2002). Much of what accounts for the gap between enrollment and graduation is a lack of support systems that are available to other students. This, coupled with "underfunded, understaffed, and under performing high schools," sets up Hispanic students for failure rather than success (Fry, 2002). With this as a backdrop, the Intercultural Development Research Association recently completed research to identify effective strategies for recruiting Hispanic and low-income students to enroll in San Antonio College. San Antonio College commissioned IDRA to identify best practices for recruiting Hispanic and low-income students. IDRA conducted focus group and individual interviews to gather insights on what the target groups perceived to be issues, concerns, and effective strategies. The findings are informing strategies that the college will use to improve its recruitment of Hispanic, low-income students. This article summarizes briefly the methodology and outlines the results of the literature review and interviews with several "best practices" universities. [This document is Part 1 of 3. For Part II, see ED484935. For Part III, see ED484933. This document originally appeared in the "IDRA Newsletter", however some accompanying charts and graphs may not be provided here.]
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, High School Graduates, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Groups, Higher Education, Enrollment Management, Community Colleges
Intercultural Development Research Association 5835 Callaghan Road, Suite 350, San Antonio, Texas 78228-1190. Tel:210-444-1710; Fax: 210-444-1714.
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Two Year Colleges
Sponsor: The DuPont Foundation
Authoring Institution: Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
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July 26th, the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, is a day to celebrate the vital role that mangroves play for nature and the wellbeing of coastal communities throughout the world, as nursery grounds for fish; as barriers against storms and as sources of wood for building and cooking.
However, mangroves are disappearing rapidly, driven by land conversion for aquaculture and agriculture, coastal development, pollution and overexploitation. Estimates indicate that a quarter of mangroves have been lost in the past 40 years, which has significant impacts upon numerous species of birds, fish, mammals and insects and means huge losses for the millions of people that regularly use and depend upon mangroves across the world’s tropical regions.
The consequences of mangrove loss include impoverished livelihoods, lower economic growth, declining human security, and a poorer quality of life for local communities and coastal populations.
Here are 5 facts that show why we must protect and restore mangroves for people and nature:
1. Mangroves, like the Amazon rainforest, are a type of tropical forest yet they have evolved to thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions that would quickly kill most plants.
2. Mangroves help mitigate climate change and help people and nature adapt
Although mangroves make up less than one per cent of all tropical forests around the world, they have a critical role in mitigating climate change. Mangrove soils are highly effective carbon sinks, locking away large quantities of carbon and stopping It from entering the atmosphere. In addition, they are vital in helping society adapt to climate change impacts, reducing the impact of storms and sea-level rise.
3. Mangroves are hotspots of biodiversity
Mangroves form the foundation of highly productive and biologically rich ecosystems; providing a home, nursery and feeding ground for a wide range of species of fish, birds, insects, reptiles and even a “mangrove tiger” in India. In fact, over 40 bird, 10 reptiles, 1 amphibian, and 6 mammal species are only found in mangroves, the majority of which are found in Asia and Australia.
4. Mangroves are vital for millions of people
Millions of people live close to and directly rely on mangroves for food, wood for building and fires, for income from fishing and tourism, and for mental and spiritual wellbeing. They provide benefits to and are used by societies across the world; irrespective of wealth, gender or age, in many communities all individuals routinely use and benefit from these amazing forests. Mangroves contribute to international goals for poverty reduction, gender equality and clean water and sanitation
5. Mangroves have a huge economic and societal value
The role mangroves play in the wellbeing and livelihoods of people around the world can not be fully quantified. Yet, in terms of the goods and services they provide – including fisheries and wood – they are contributing an estimated US$33-57 thousand per hectare per year to the national economies of developing countries with mangroves. As such, the loss of mangroves harms both national and global economies. Increasingly governments around the world are recognising the long-term benefits that mangroves provide to their economies and people and are actively taking steps to protect and restore them, however, there is a long way to go!
As the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) approaches, mangrove ecosystem health and productivity must be a part of global efforts to eradicate poverty, strengthen food security and reduce vulnerability to climate change.

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How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
In How Should We Then Live? Francis Schaeffer analyzed the reasons for modern society's state of affairs and presented the only viable alternative: living by the Christian ethic, acceptance of God's revelation, and total affirmation of the Bible's truth, morals, values and meaning. This edition commemorates the 50th anniversary of L'Abri Fellowship and includes a new foreword.
The Westminster Confession states that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. When men, beginning in the Fall, pervert the end to which they are created, by self-deception, to live for themselves, to be gods, as the center of the universe, they find themselves living in the world around them in horror, chaos and misery. This is Dr. Schaeffer's observation of modern and post-modern men, though he seems to lump them together as "modern men".
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‚ÄčReview of books that are related to Nigerians, Africans, and Africans in the Diaspora.
More than any region in Nigeria, northern Nigeria is honeycombed with deep-rooted and seemingly unceasing ethno-religious tensions that episodically snowball into fratricidal upheavals, often between so-called settlers (who are invariably Hausa-Fulani Muslims) and so-called indigenes (who are usually non-Muslim ethnic minorities).
African cultural and economic markers and techniques will be exported abroad, naturalized and recalibrated and then re-exported back to the continent in a process that one may call Afroglobalization — a fascinating process of cultivating and exportin
“In one powerful essay after another, ideas come as torrents of rainfall to expose the undercurrents of African politics, the surface of global geopolitics, the skyline of underdevelopment, and the clouds of hope and aspiration of the struggling African masses. The voice is neither that of radical right or left populism nor optimism, but of caution, balance, and excellence.”
There are many reasons to like Foreign Gods, Inc. From the first page, Ndibe employs many literary tricks to hold the reader’s fickle attention to the end.
Okey Ndibe's second novel titled Foreign Gods, Inc. is a great story that traces the vicissitudes and vagaries of life as they apply to Ike Uzondu, a highly educated African immigrant in America. Ike’s fortunes and misfortunes mirror the experiences of many an immigrant in the United States, Europe or Asia.


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An employee at Breadeaux Pisa in Syracuse was injured Saturday when a pickup truck smashed into the building.
Otoe County Sheriff's Office investigators say the driver of the pickup was suffering from a medical condition when the truck crossed the parking lot and struck the building.
Rescue squad took one employee to the hospital and another was self-admitted.
A 1990 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Bruce A. Meadows, 55, of Syracuse left Park Street around 8:13 p.m. on Jan. 19 and smashed into the Breadeaux Pisa building.
The Otoe County Sheriff's Office reports says Meadows was suffering from a medical condition when the truck left the roadway and traveled through a gravel parking lot near 11th Street.
The building suffered significant exterior and interior damage.
At the time of the crash there were two employees in the restaurant. Syracuse Rescue transported one to Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital and the other was later self admitted. Both were treated and released for minor injuries.
Meadows was taken by Syracuse Rescue to Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released for minor injuries.


DETROIT – Barack Obama’s Labor Day visit to the Motor City – a presidential tradition from a generation ago which seems to have been mostly forgotten in recent decades – comes during a period in his term of office when the president and organized labor might benefit from spending some time together. ..
WASHINGTON (PAI) –Twelve building trades unions – all but, so far, the Teamsters – have decided not to financially support or send members as delegates to next year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. ..
Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a parade. ..
KINGSFORD – Built just above the Wisconsin border, construction was wrapping up late last month on the Oldenburg Group’s new Technology Center. ..
The so-called “Fair and Open Competition in Government Contracting Act” is not fair and adversely affects the ability of contractors signatory to collective bargaining agreements from winning work. ..
- Prevailing wage repeal action suspended by Supreme Court
- Bipartisan U.S. House again says 'no' to dumping wage law
- State pipe trades apprentices reach for the top of their trade
- Insulators wrap up regional skills match
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- Trades need to corral assets, keep high standards, and push for infrastructure now, NABTU chief says
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HARTFORD — State House Republicans' chief of staff George Gallo resigned Thursday amid a federal investigation into whether GOP legislative candidates were improperly directed to use a Florida direct-mail and printing company — which...
| Mar 21, 2014
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Last Friday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated 16 attorneys to fill vacancies on the Superior Court bench and two judges to serve on the Appellate Court. None of these nominees is Republican, according to the state's Voter Registration Lookup site.
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Those who worked closely with him added: "a first-class human being," "a great boss" and "a very kind man devoted to the causes of...
| Apr 6, 2014
John G. Rowland, as he introduced himself on his WTIC-AM NewsTalk1080 afternoon talk show, announced Thursday that he is leaving the station to "take care of some personal issues."
Although the former governor did not say what those "personal issues"...
| Apr 4, 2014
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Nursing home magnates Brian Foley and Lisa Wilson-Foley caught a nasty case of affluenza in politics. The wealthy couple spread some of their fortune around in places it shouldn't have gone. That brought them to a federal courtroom last week to plead...
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On March 18, 2005, ex-Gov. John G. Rowland stood before a federal judge who in a moment would sentence him for corruption and spoke of his desire to redeem himself and serve others, as he did in the past.
"I began my life in politics as someone who...
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Courant crime reporter Gerald J. Demeusy probably didn't realize at the time that he would chronicle a historic moment in Connecticut on the night of May 17, 1960.
The veteran journalist watched 2,000 volts of electricity surge through the body of...
| Apr 13, 2014
On Tuesday night, The University of Connecticut Women's Basketball program won a record ninth national championship, finishing the season 40-0. Ho hum. Cue the confetti. Throw a parade.
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Beware of charisma, Ralph Waldo Emerson said. If only former Gov. John G. Rowland had listened. If only the voters who elected him three times had listened.
Mr. Rowland was indicted Thursday for violating federal election law in connection with two...
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Former Gov. John G. Rowland was indicted Thursday on conspiracy and other charges associated with two federal election campaigns, one of them involving a sham contract written to conceal $35,000 he was paid for political advice to congressional...
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HARTFORD — Former Gov. John G. Rowland, identified Monday in federal court as a co-conspirator in an alleged campaign financing scheme, announced Thursday that he was leaving as WTIC-AM's afternoon talk-show host.
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|}Each year up to 1 billion children experience some form of physical, sexual or psychological violence or neglect. Being a victim of violence in childhood has lifelong impacts on education, health, and well-being. Exposure to violence can lead to educational underachievement due to cognitive, emotional, and social problems. Because children who are exposed to violence are more likely to smoke, misuse alcohol and drugs, and engage in high-risk sexual behaviour, they are also more likely to endure a range of illnesses later in life. These include depression, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and HIV.
Given this reality, preventing violence against children is squarely on the international development agenda. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 5.1 calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against girls, and SDG target 16.2 calls for ending all forms of violence against children. Access to education is equally prominent within the SDGs, with SDG target 4.a to build and upgrade education facilities that provide safe, non-violent learning environments for all.

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The UFC has come a long way since the 1990s when Senator John McCain led a campaign to ban the sport. Fortunately for fighters and fans alike, UFC has climbed to the peak of the sports social status record and stamped itself as a novelty event-based entertainment action. People from around the globe watch UFC and see the events. Odds Shark’s Ultimate Fighting Championship pages are full of UFC betting tips, odds and more to give you a better knowledge of the way to bet UFC and (hopefully) win some cash.
A Brief History of the UFC
The first-ever UFC occasion (a pay-per-view affair) was held in the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. It was in 1993 and the winner was Royce Gracie of this legendary Gracie family — they are like the Kardashians of MMA. After UFC 1, the sport began to create interest from patrons and its fan base started to grow. Fighting for a place in the professional sports arena, UFC expanded from just pay-per-view and created The Ultimate Fighter, a reality television show for Spike TV about up-and-coming MMA fighters. Due to this UFC’s mainstream vulnerability, fighters such as Georges St-Pierre became family names. Dana White, who’s held the position of UFC president since 2001, has contributed to the sport’s mainstream appeal by ensuring cards comprise notable fighters and occasions are greatly promoted. As of 2018, there was over 400 occasions and female stars such as Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg are becoming just as popular as their male counterparts. Names like Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, T.J. Dillashaw and Rose Namajunas have become as popular as other stars of the sports world such as Tom Brady, LeBron James, Serena Williams and Sidney Crosby.
The Way to Bet on the UFC
If it comes to gambling on the UFC, there are two chief kinds of bets you can make. Both gambling options provide you a chance to put smart wagers on the matchups and fighters of your selection.
A moneyline bet is a bet you place on the fighter you believe will win the fight. Every fighter is given the label of underdog or favorite depending on if they are predicted to win or lose the game. For this example, we’ll use made-up fighters. Frankie”Frankenstein” Frankowitz is recorded at -600 and his competitor Manny”Manners” McManus is recorded at +450. Within this scenario, Frankenstein is the preferred and Manners is the underdog. In order to win $100 on Frankenstein, you’d need to wager $600. But if you wager $100 on Manners, you’d web $450 if he wins. FYI, he is named Manners because he is super polite.
UFC betting odds will be supplied for OVER/UNDER round gambling wagers. This is a bet that can be made on how many rounds a bout will survive. To get a three-round competition, a bet will usually be OVER/UNDER 1.5 rounds. For five-round matchups, the OVER/UNDER is typically 2.5 rounds. A good example would be if M. Bison and Colonel William F. Guile from Street Fighter were siphoned off to get a five-round competition. The UFC betting odds for this particular pretend fight are +120 if the match goes over 2.5 rounds, and -140 when the match goes beneath 2.5 rounds. If you believe it’ll be a quick fight, you’d take the UNDER and need to wager $140 to create $100. If you feel the battle will continue more than 2.5 rounds, you’d take the OVER and you would have to wager $100 to win $120. If Colonel Guile KOs Bison at the middle of the second round, should you gamble the UNDER, you’d win your wager. Sonic Boom!
For a more in-depth”the way to wager on the UFC” page, have a look at our Best UFC Betting Sites.
The Difference Between UFC and MMA
The difference between mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship is that MMA is the sport and UFC is an organization. Mixed martial arts is your style of fighting used from the UFC. It is exactly the same as how the NFL is a league and football is the sport. MMA is a combination of various styles of fighting like boxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu and kickboxing. Mixed martial arts has existed since the early 1900s but it wasn’t until the 1980s that it gained steam. In 1993, upon the formation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, MMA became the powerhouse it’s today. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas. John Wick will probably be the surface of this UFC when he was a real man because he knows how to battle and could probably win all of his fights. Do not touch with his dog.
When learning how to bet on the UFC, you should get accustomed to the language.
Cage: The ring where the competition occurs. This eight-sided enclosure is officially known as the Octagon.
Card: The card is your list of games which are occurring for a specific event. The most important event is called the Main Event. A struggle between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are the Main Event.
Disqualification: When a fighter uses an intentional illegal move, ending the match. The other fighter is then declared the winner by default.
Forfeit: After a fighter ends the fight or fails to compete at the first position, they’re guaranteeing their opponent’s victory. Reasons for forfeiting a game range from injuries sustained at the last minute or even a fighter not showing up on the afternoon of the fight for private reasons.
Knockout: When a fighter is sent into a state of unconsciousness in their competitor’s legal strike.
No Contest: When a fighter performs an accidental illegal move leaving their opponent unable to continue, the match will be declared NC.
Rounds: Rounds are just five minutes, with a one-minute break between each. Championship fights and Main Events consist of five rounds and all others use a three-round arrangement.
Submission: This takes place when a fighter pops the mat or his opponent or verbally communicates that he/she is in too much distress or pain to keep the game.
Technical Knockout: When a fighter can not continue with the bout. There are three Kinds of TKOs:
Referee stoppage: Whenever the ref stops the fight because one of the participants Can’t defend themselves anymore Doctor stoppage: When the ringside doctor deems that it is unsafe for a fighter to continue with the game Corner stoppage: When a fighter cornerman — you know, Mickey from Rocky — signs for the struggle to finish because his very own fighter cannot continue
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Didn't sing this one on the Venice boardwalk, cause I usually did softer songs, that come off better for passers-by -- and liked more uplifting songs, BUT, after my recent doctor exam, by L.A. City appointed forensic psyciatrist, regarding my damages claims; regarding Venice Beach boardwalk performing...it reminded me; THIS ONE used to be HUGE when I would perform it in Malibu, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks karaoke gigs. Here's a well-known, former Venice Beach peformer ROCKING the KITCHEN KARAOKE, and reliving the heyday. (Before some bitch-ass, greedy, politician ruined it all, for all.) And let's face it, this song ain't no accident, either.
BUT, I DID REMEMBER TO SING THIS ONE, TOO. ("Boardwalk Friendly," too.)
ENCORE!: My BEST karaoke memory, ever, was when ZD rocked this one at Malibu Inn, and the crowd (mostly college students) rushed the stage and lifted ZD into the air, as I continued to rock the crowd. I HAD MY MOMENTS, Y'ALL!!!


LA police to withhold info on celeb hoax 911 calls
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police said Thursday that they will no longer routinely issue news releases or offer immediate confirmation on hoax 911 calls targeting the homes of celebrities.
The announcement comes after several high-profile "swatting" incidents in recent months that have sent emergency responders to the homes of celebrities including Tom Cruise, Justin Bieber and Ashton Kutcher.
The move is intended to deny the publicity that motivates the prank callers.
"We're going to try to reduce and eliminate their recognition," LAPD spokesman Officer Christopher Ngo said.
The department will not immediately confirm the incidents for news organizations either, police Cmdr. Andy Smith told the Los Angeles Times. Media outlets will instead be required to file formal public records requests.
The term comes from the pranksters' desire to have heavily armed special weapons teams dispatched to their calls.
The calls, sometimes made by children, can tie up resources ranging from dispatchers, patrol officers, detectives helicopters and police dogs.
In December, police arrested a 12-year-old boy suspected of placing swatting calls at numerous homes, including Kutcher's. That call summoned many heavily-armed officers to the house, brought widespread media coverage and prompted the actor to leave the set of his TV show "Two and a Half Men."
The Beverly Hills Police Department estimated more than half of its emergency resources were occupied with the Cruise swatting call on Jan. 17.
A rash of hoaxes aimed at celebrities followed the Cruise call.
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- Bob Brenly, D-backs TV commentator - Thursday July 31D-backs TV commentator Bob Brenly says who he thinks are the teams to beat in MLB after the trade de
- Derrick Hall, D-backs President & CEO - Thursday July 31D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall talks about the trade deadline.
- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN MLB insider - Wednesday July 30ESPN MLB insider Tim Kurkjian discusses the MLB trade deadline.
- Kevin Towers- D-backs GM - Wednesday July 30Kevin Towers talks about the trade deadline and the state of the youth in the organization.
- Kirk Gibson- Dbacks manager - Tuesday July 29What else can Major League Baseball do to enforce the blocking the plate rule?
- Keith Law, ESPN MLB Insider - Tuesday July 29ESPN MLB Insider Keith Law gauges the value in the D-backs’ potential trade pieces.
- Derrick Hall - D-backs president and CEO - Thursday July 24Derrick Hall talks about the approaching trade deadline.


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These changes typically occur so slowly that they are barely detectable over the span of a human life, yet even at this instant, the Earth's surface is moving and changing.
As these changes have occurred, organisms have evolved, and remnants of some have been preserved as fossils.
The point of this article isn’t to stereotype all single women or men or to put anyone in a box.
However, for people, particularly those over 30, who are looking for answers to the puzzling question “why am I still single?
Dating online in addition to having a mental illness or physical disability can make finding the right person tough but not impossible.

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We have just released another new promotional video for the club!
At our final session before breaking for Christmas and new year, we did a little filming. The brief was “do something cool in front of the camera”, because we believe that with even just a session or two of training, everyone is capable of doing something cool with a sword.
In Liverpool HEMA, we know that the more advanced students and instructors are probably more able to perform more complicated techniques and sequences, but we think that every single member brings something of value to the club and to the club culture that we share. Therefore, rather than showcasing just the instructors, we want to show our members doing techniques and exercises remembered from training sessions.
Over the last year, we have been introducing various different disciplines of HEMA as well as just the longsword. We have looked at dussack, singlestick, sabre, wrestling, dagger, montante, and armoured combat. Individuals within the club have been looking in more detail at sword and buckler, messer, sidesword, mounted combat, and doubtless a variety of other things as well!
In this video we also wanted to show that although our club’s focus is the longsword, we also learn a little about other disciplines as well, in our pursuit of becoming knowledgeable and well-rounded martial artists.
Please enjoy the video, share it with friends, and let’s look forward to another year of playing with swords with each other!
Keith Farrell teaches HEMA professionally, often at international events, and has an interest in coaching instructors to become better teachers. I teach regularly at Liverpool HEMA, and help behind the scenes with running HEMA in Glasgow at the Vanguard Centre. I have authored Scottish Broadsword and British Singlestick and the award-winning AHA German Longsword Study Guide, and maintain a blog at www.keithfarrell.net where I post regularly.

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