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A US official denied that President George W. Bush had called President Chen Shui-bian (
The US official told the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington that Bush did not make any such comment.
The statement was made to put to rest concerns over remarks by Jia Qinglin (
Jia said that Bush had described Chen as a troublemaker in his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (
Jia made this comment when he received a Taiwanese delegation, led by Jenny Ma (馬愛珍), chairwoman of the Taiwan Women Entrepreneurs Association, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
It was learned that Taipei's representatives to the US on Wednesday had checked with a US Department of State official who knew the content of the Bush-Hu meeting. After cross-checking the meeting record, the US official said, as far as he understood, Bush did not describe Chen as a "troublemaker."
The US reportedly also felt annoyed by Jia's comment. It is generally believed that Jia has attempted to play the US card to affect Taiwan's presidential election next March, while trying to avoid arousing resentment among Taiwanese by having Beijing intervene directly.
It was understood, according to the US official, that Bush had reiterated the US pledge to abide by the "one China" policy during the meeting with Hu. Bush also expressed his opposition to Taiwan declaring independence, according to the US official.
It is known that "not supporting Taiwan's independence" is the wording Bush's aides used in the information sheets they prepared for the US president. But Bush said both "not supporting Taiwan's independence" and "opposing Taiwan's independence" in his meeting with the Chinese leader. Neither the White House nor the State Department corrected Bush's statement.
However, Bush has never publicly expressed his opposition to Taiwan's independence.
Bush did not clarify himself when Hu told the press after their meeting that Bush had said he "opposes Taiwan independence." Nor did senior White House officials try to offer explanations in the briefing following the Bush-Hu talks.
The US official merely said Bush had told Hu that the US doesn't support Taiwan moving toward independence.
The official also reiterated an earlier statement by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice that the US doesn't want either side of the Taiwan Strait changing the status quo unilaterally in a way that would upset peace and stability.
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REACHING OUT: President Tsai expressed condolences to the deceased man’s family and wished a speedy recovery to those who were wounded in the shooting The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) on Monday called on the US to label organizations associated with the suspect in the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church shooting as domestic terrorists, following accusations that he was a member of a group backing unification with ties to the Chinese government. David Wenwei Chou (周文偉), 68, was arrested on Sunday and is being held in lieu of US$1 million bail at the Orange County Intake Release Center over a mass shooting at the California church that left one dead and five wounded. Local police suspect the shooting was politically motivated after they found notes in
NO CONSENSUS YET: Local governments and the CECC have agreed to change the ‘3+4’ self-isolation policy, but are still mulling what to replace it with The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and local governments have agreed to ease restrictions on close contacts of COVID-19 cases, although the details are still being discussed, the center said yesterday. The discussions follow Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Saturday approving a proposal to shorten the “3+4” policy — three days of home isolation followed by four days of self-disease prevention — for close contacts who have received booster doses. “We did not reach a consensus on how to revise the current restrictions, but we all agreed that the administrative burden must be reduced and the intensity of restrictions must be eased,
OPPOSING CHINESE ‘HOSTILITY’: The bill orders the state secretary to create a plan to regain observer status for Taiwan, saying Taipei is a model contributor to world health US President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bill into law to help Taiwan regain observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA), demonstrating Washington’s support for Taiwan’s international participation. Friday was the deadline for Biden to sign the bill (S.812), which directs “the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO), and for other purposes.” The 75th WHA, the decisionmaking body of the WHO, is scheduled to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, from Sunday next week to May 28. The bill, introduced by US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate
LIVING WITH COVID-19: Close contacts with a booster shot would no longer follow the ‘3+4’ policy, instead practicing ‘0+7,’ or self-disease prevention for seven days Close contacts of COVID-19 cases who have received a booster shot no longer need to isolate at home, but should practice seven days of “self-disease prevention,” effective today, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that starting at 12am today, close contacts — people living in the same household — of those confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 are exempt from home isolation if they have received a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data from other countries show that people who have received a booster shot are


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Burke has completed a multitude of projects for King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light, Microsoft and The Boeing Company. These projects range in complexity and contract value from $150,000 for pump station upgrades, to rehabilitation and construction at the Snoqualmie Falls Redevelopment Project; a sub-contract awarded to Burke Electric LLC worth $17,200,000.
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Barton Street Pump Station Upgrade
The general summary of this project was to replace outdated electrical equipment, pumps, and associated equipment. Increase capacity from 22 million gallons per day (mgd) to 33 mgd. Upgrade heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and construct a new underground vault to house a new backup generator system and a new odor control system. Construct a new underground valve room and installed new valves for the two 24-inch force mains that were installed as part of a 2006 emergency repair project. Burke Electric was subcontractor to Prospect Construction on this project and was responsible for the furnishing and installation of the following: Automatic Transfer Switches, Dry Type Transformers, Fire Alarm System, Leak Detection System, Lighting, Load Bank Receptacle Panel, Motor Control Centers, Panelboards, all raceway, boxes and supports, Medium Voltage Switchgear, Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor, and Variable Frequency Drives.
South Treatment Plant Raw Sewage Pumps and Drives Replacement Project
The purpose of this project was to upgrade three of the six raw sewage pumps; replace the clutches with VFD’s; upgrade the building HVAC system, remove and replace Mediumd and Low Voltage switchgear 137*036 which provides power to the Administration, Maintenance and Influent buildings; replace wiring and cable; add control instrumentation as shown on the drawings. The pumps being replaced were Pump 1, 4 & 6 with their respective drives. The new pumps remained the same sizes 36X36 and capable of flows of 80mgd; 48X48 capable of 110MGD and 30X30 capable of 60mgd. Pumps reused the existing piers with modifications as shown on the drawings. Burke was responsible for providing temporary switchgear capable of operating the Administration Building, the Maintenance building and Influent pumps 2, 3, 4, and 5. Temporary Switchgear was turned over to King County in working condition at the end of construction. Burke was also responsible for the testing and commissioning for all new equipment
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In April 2010, a Puget Sound Energy began a US$200 million project to rehabilitate and upgrade the power plant. The project included retrofitting the first four of the generators in Plant 1 and replacing the fifth. A turbine-generator would be replaced in Plant 2 as well. The weir was lowered to 16 ft (4.9 m) in height, lengthened by 37 ft (11 m) and the water-intake structure was replaced. Lowering the weir will help reduce flood waters upstream of the falls. The penstocks, which feed the power plants with water, were to be upgraded as well. Finally, automatic shut-off and bypass valves were installed for Plant 2. The shut-off valves will better prepare the plant for emergencies and the bypass valves will allow water to flow downstream in the case that Plant 2 is offline. To promote tourism, recreation and culture, several upgrades to include new visitor centers, hiking trails, a boardwalk and improved landscaping were implemented. Renovations on Plant 2 were completed in April 2013. The new 6.5 MW Francis turbine generator in Plant 1 and the entire project was finished in mid-2014. The project raised the installed capacity of the power plant from 44.4 MW to 53.9 MW. Burke Electric was the electrical contractor on this project with scope consisting of the following:
•Temporary power, detail, furnish and install all Electrical equipment, Fire protection and detection, cable tray, cables and wiring, motors and starters, electrical isolation and safety switches, cabinets, junction boxes, terminal blocks and test switches, install programmable equipment including 480VAC MCC, VFDs and hoist equipment in the powerhouses and Gatehouse.
•Complete grounding system for powerhouse, intake structures and transformer yards.
•Furnish, install and commission (2) 5kV class metal-clad switchgear lineups, (3) 15kV class metal-clad switchgear lineups, One generator neutral grounding cabinet and (4) 5kV generator phase cabinets.
•Furnish, install and commission (4) pad-mount, oil filled station service transformers as well as dry type transformers for lighting and controls.
•Furnish, install and commission panel boards, station batteries and chargers as well as UPS system with inverters.
•Furnish, install and commission (2) 250kV liquefied petroleum gas fueled emergency standby generators with (2) generator starting systems comprising batteries and chargers, and (2) fixed load banks
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Chief Joseph Dam
Over the years, Burke has completed numerous contracts with the United States Army Corps of Engineers including several at Chief Joseph Dam in Bridgeport, WA. Below are two notable contracts
480 Volt Distribution Substation Replacement
As a prime contractor, Burke was contracted to remove existing SQ0 and CQ03 480-volt substation, as well as the furnishing, installation, and testing of a new CQ03.1 and CQ03.2 480-volt substation. Work includes conduit, cable tray, wiring, disconnects, transformers, switchboards, enclosures, annunciator panel and core drilling for conduit access.
17-27 Exciter Replacement
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The land plane is very well made and fairly heavy in construction. The welds look good and should never be a problem. There are a lot of adjustments possible with this tool, so I am impressed. The depth of cut can be varied from very shallow to very aggressive and can be varied from side to side. I currently have mine set to cut about 1/4 inch deeper on the right side to help build a crown. It can also be adjusted to run backwards as the bars holding the cutting edges are drilled on both sides. I would have given it five stars plus but for one thing, none of the bolts holding the cutting edges on were tight. Three of them weren't even finger tight. I just happened to have noticed one of the heads being about an 1/8th of an inch high after about 20 minutes of use, so I checked to be sure. I used a 15/16s socket a 1 inch extension and a 15 inch ratchet and tightened them all as much as I could. Some were somewhat tight, none were as tight as they should have been. I would recommend that if you buy one you double check all bolts. I am going to keep an eye on them and maybe invest in a little lock-tite.


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December 31, 2011
Maytag/Whirlpool Merger Ends Up Pro-Competitive - How Do We Know? They Are Using Trade Law to Limit Competition
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol
Maytag/Whirlpool was the rallying cry for "under-enforcement" of mergers under the Bush administration (see for example here but see here for practitioner survey evidence that suggests that some limits to the narrative). Today's WSJ reports that Whirlpool is using the trade laws to claim "injury" from cheap imports (the second time this year)-- the same Korean imports that were critical to DOJ allowing the merger to proceed because imports disciplined price in "white" appliances.
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I have a methodological question prompted by this post. Suppose hypothetical firm W has three rivals: firms M, L and S. The market price is 100, and a hypothetical WMLS monopolist would charge 120. Firms M and W merge. Several years later, the merged firm MW seeks to exclude the remaining rivals L and S. Does this new information discriminate between the following two theories: (1) MW raised price to 110 after the merger, and MW now seeks to exclude L and S in order to raise price further, to 120; and (2) competition from L and S prevented MW from raising price above 100 after the merger, and MW now seeks to exclude L and S in order to raise price to 120?
Posted by: Jon Baker | Jan 1, 2012 7:25:23 PM
Fair point and agreed on your two hypotheticals as alternative explanations. Hypothetical three is that the merged company is addressing competition from the foreign firms at 90 rather than at 110 and uses trade laws as a protectionist measure to get back to 110 or even 120. This reminds me of the article that Sykes had in the early 1990s that advocated replacing antidumping with antitrust.
Posted by: D. Daniel Sokol | Jan 2, 2012 11:26:36 AM
In the real world case, MW and its economists argued that they could not raise price BECAUSE of competition from L and S. Now, MW is attempting to exclude L and S from the market. Isn't this the real point?
For the anti-dumping case to be anticompetitive exclusion (whether or not it is exempt from antitrust challenge), it does not seem to matter whether or not MW raised price after the merger (e.g., to 110).
As for Jon's two hypotheticals, Ashenfelter et al have an empirical article that shows that MW did raise price (to 108, for some appliances, as I recall)in the real world.
Posted by: steve salop | Jan 2, 2012 2:54:29 PM
Yes - the parties argued (as did DOJ) that the foreign entry is what would discipline price - even with the merged firm have 2/3 market share:
Press Release, Dep’t of Justice Antitrust Div., Statement on the Closing of Its Investigation of Whirlpool’s Acquisition of Maytag, 06-187 (Mar. 29, 2006), available at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2006/215326.htm.
25 Elizabeth Armington, Eric Emch & Ken Heyer, The Year in Review: Economics at the Antitrust Division, 2005–2006, 29 REV. INDUST. ORG. 305, 312 (2006)
You made me think about a broader question. I don't remember ever seeing some sort of merger conditionally approved where the merging parties agree not to use trade law for some period of time post consummation of the merger. Has this ever been the practice at either of the agencies? If it has not been policy of the agencies, perhaps it should be.
Posted by: D. Daniel Sokol | Jan 2, 2012 4:45:01 PM
I would take Danny's point this way: Should enforcers discount future
competition from foreign firms based on the possibility that the merged
firm will use the trade laws in the future to exclude these firms (or
force them to raise their prices)? Such use is somewhat predictable.
Given that the antidumping laws use a different test for below cost
pricing than the antitrust laws do for predatory pricing, combining an
antidumping suit with the increased market power from the merger might
allow the merged firm to exclude more efficient rivals and raise prices
in the future. Perhaps such suits are not all that likely; but, in a
very close case (like Whirlpool/Maytag) maybe it should help tip the
This argument seems plausible to me, but I take the report in the WSJ to
be a bit ambiguous on the facts of this case. The story reports that
Samsung and LG now have about 13% of the market, up from zero in 2001.
I take this to mean that their market share has grown both before and
after the merger and that it has taken a number of years for Whirlpool
to file an antidumping suit. So maybe not so predictable in this case.
I like Danny's basic idea of forbidding the parties from filing antidumping suits for some period--another "behavioral remedy"--but there are so many ways for antidumping cases to get filed (it doesn't have to be the merging parties who do it)--that I'm not sure how effective a remedy this would be.
Posted by: Harry First | Jan 3, 2012 1:53:44 PM
A merger which create monopoly in the market is not in the best interest of the consumer
Posted by: Hanusteffy | Jan 17, 2012 11:46:27 PM

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The Oral Hygiene initiative of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, will treat 4,000 workers at the College of Dental Medicine in Dubai Healthcare City.
A free dental screening programme that provided more than 700 labourers with their first check-up is being repeated this year, with thousands of more workers scheduled to have their oral health examined. The Oral Hygiene initiative of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, will treat 4,000 workers at the College of Dental Medicine in Dubai Healthcare City.
Dentists who took part in the project between May 19 and December 8 last year discovered that about 34 per cent of the 2,000 men tested had not previously been for a check-up. This year’s programme is being expanded to offer similar care to factory workers, with an eye on increasing the numbers in future. Although there was less tooth decay than would be expected in an average male population, results have shown there was an above average prevalence of gum disease linked to diabetes and heart disease.
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Dental plaque and tartar, tooth decay and gum disease were found to be the most common oral health problems. Almost half (46 per cent) the workers had persistent dental pain, whilst 44 per cent needed teeth to be removed. Almost 30 per cent had missing teeth, and 81 per cent needed oral hygiene programmes.
Many of the men tested were from Asia, and 10 per cent had diabetes. About 72 different nationalities make up the labour population in Dubai.
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In Astoria, Congressman Joe Crowley and Councilman Costa Constantinedes honored several essay contest winners from local elementary schools at the library's Steinway Branch at 21-45 31st St.
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Ever since the emergence of digital marketing, many companies have started promoting their products and services on media platforms.
Even though social media has proven to be an incredibly fruitful avenue for promoting different products and services, YouTube is considered one of the best platforms for marketing. It is said to be the hub of video marketing due to how it works.
A study done by researchers at Google explored the potential of marketing on YouTube, and the results showed that vendors who promoted their products on the platform benefitted from a 10% increase in the return on investment for their video marketing efforts.
It might not seem like a lot, but a business receiving a bump in its returns is a positive sign that video marketing on YouTube produces favorable outcomes.
However, the video marketing sector within the platform has filled with organizations of all scopes looking to get in on the profits, making it incredibly difficult for vendors who are just creating YouTube marketing videos to get recognized and establish an online presence.
Even though it is entirely possible to improve your marketing channel and slowly gain recognition with time, there are some tools you can incorporate into your content to accelerate the process by setting yourself apart from the competition.
Here is a list highlighting ten of the most effective tools to help you create great content landing you at the top of the trending page in no time!
Top 10 Tools To Enhance Your YouTube Marketing Videos
1. Social Blade
Many of the highest-ranking YouTube marketing channels utilize this tool, being known in the market as one of the best marketing tools for keeping track of various metrics related to the videos, which you can utilize to improve the content you produce.
Not only does social blade allow users to keep track of their average views, but the tool is also integrated with social media. This integration allows the extension to display useful information, allowing you to monitor information regarding your channel’s presence on different platforms, including YouTube.
That is just the tip of the iceberg, and the platform contains an extensive list of different features that can enhance your YouTube marketing videos, such as utilizing filters available on the tool to identify specific queries along with different approaches on how to properly address them.
Additionally, Social Blade helps with content creation, equipped with a consultation feature that you can utilize to improve the scripts within your videos and create captivating YouTube marketing videos.
Nowadays, there are thousands of videos that are uploaded on YouTube daily. While this may provide an abundance of information for marketers to research, there is a downside to this as well.
Buzzsumo has proven time and time again to be an incredibly helpful tool for content creation, with many reputable review sites, including Startup Bonzai, which says: “BuzzSumo lives up to it’s reputation and deserves the title of the world’s number one content marketing platform.”
The content that you include alongside your YouTube marketing videos has a significant impact on your viewership.
However, with countless pieces of information available on the internet, finding the right content for your marketing videos can take up hours upon hours of a marketer’s time. However, Buzzsumo provides a solution to that.
The main function of this digital marketing device is that it allows you to find relevant, high-performing content according to any keyword with the click of a button.
Buzzsumo is equipped with incredibly in-depth knowledge of the YouTube algorithm, which it utilizes to create the best possible content strategy and relevant data that works with the YouTube algorithm.
No list of helpful tools for YouTube content creation is complete without adding Canva to the list. The first thing potential viewers see when scrolling on the platform is the video thumbnail.
This is why a striking, attention-grabbing thumbnail is necessary to bolster the viewer count for your YouTube video marketing videos, and Canva is made for this.
Praised by many as being one of the best tools for creating thumbnails that grab users’ attention, Canva is equipped with a wide array of different features that enable you to create colorful images that successfully set itself apart from others.
With Canva, you can take advantage of many of its options, including extensive graphical enhancements and layouts.
Not to mention various teams behind Canva have collaborated to optimize the platform so that the entire thumbnail creation and editing process is streamlined and user-friendly.
Its drag-and-drop image creation system eliminates the need for hiring personnel responsible for creating thumbnails for your videos, saving you a great chunk of time and finances.
As technology progresses, so are different industries leading to the emergence of interesting concepts, and YouTube content creation is one of them.
The potential for producing animated content for product marketing has considerably impacted the digital YouTube video creation landscape, largely due to its potential.
However, due to the creation of animated content requiring a particular skill set, many YouTube marketing channels cannot create such videos. Still, there is a solution to this: Biteable.
This YouTube video creation tool allows anyone to create marketing videos based on animations without going through the rigorous and time-consuming process of creating them from scratch.
Biteable has a surplus of 8 million different animation samples that you can incorporate into your videos to create well-polished, attractive YouTube marketing videos.
Creating animated content to promote your product or service has never been easier. With the help of this tool, anyone can create captivating content using the templates provided by Biteable.
Search Engine Optimization is a huge part of content creation in general, and this covers YouTube video content as well.
For your videos to be at the top of the search results, certain SEO techniques must be incorporated into your content, with keywords being the priority.
Integrating specific keywords relevant to the nature of the content you produce is an incredibly effective method to bump your video to the top of the search results, which is why keyword research is a must when it comes to boosting your overall viewer count.
However, doing research and finding the right tags and keywords according to your content is a difficult task, especially considering that specific keywords need to be included, which are commonly searched by users on YouTube.
Luckily Tubics is a marketing tool that helps you skip all the tedious searching and provides you with effective keywords according to your YouTube marketing video.
Through this marketing tool, you can get instantaneous results according to the videos you produce and other information, such as providing you with specific recommendations according to your channel performance.
Tunics also come with other features, including content analysis capabilities, which examine your content in real-time, and supply you with a list of different keywords you can implement to enhance the quality of your content.
This tool has been making waves in the content creation landscape as being one of the best marketing tools out there, specifically in automating content and producing visually appealing YouTube marketing videos out of any audio you may have.
Many marketing channels start with podcasts and look to branch off to YouTube. However, converting all the audio they have accumulated into video form stops them.
However, there is a solution to this in the form of an automation tool that can potentially make the video for you.
Repurpose.io is a tool that can be easily accessed from the web browser. This web application converts any audio file into great video content without the hassle of voicing over and investing valuable time and finances to convert the audio on your own.
This tool also provides you with the option to make additions to the video produced, including accessibility features such as including accurate captions as well.
Insights are an incredibly effective method to learn about where your YouTube marketing videos are lacking so that you can work and improve on them to create attractive promotion and marketing videos for your product or service.
However, gaining and implementing those insights is difficult, and this is where Mentionlytics comes in.
This marketing tool is perfect for keeping track of insights you gain according to the marketing videos you produce. It automatically stores the valuable information and data that can improve your video creation skills, allowing you to bolster your YouTube marketing strategy for more views.
Mentionlytics provides valuable data in the form of insights, including data on your viewers, such as valuable information on general audience behavior, which comes with a detailed analysis of the nature of customer engagement, providing insights and possible improvements you can make accordingly.
Furthermore, the team behind Mentionlytics has focused on the user experience aspect of the platform, providing you with an optimized interface with user-friendly options, such as the availability of features related to organizing the insights into different categories to assist with drawing the right conclusions accordingly.
Even though this platform is a bit like Biteable in that it is also used to create video footage based on intricate animations, this video creator is different because it is used to generate much more professional content.
This makes it the perfect tool for producing brand YouTube videos based on marketing and promotion. It is the perfect application to make animated content focused on branding and producing content that concentrates on niches, including training platforms.
This tool equips you with the capabilities to produce content that you can customize so that you end up with custom videos that consist of animations made according to the products or services you are marketing through your YouTube marketing videos.
9. Unbox Social
To create optimal YouTube marketing videos that ensure maximum audience engagement, you need to look beyond the video and consider other aspects of marketing, such as the target demographic according to the products or services your business is based on.
Targeting a specific audience is vital to ensure that your marketing efforts produce the maximum profits while putting in the minimum amount of investment, which is considered efficient marketing.
To achieve this, detailed analysis and research is required to pinpoint the demographic which you think will produce the most return on investment for the efforts you have put in, which counts for video marketing as well.
Luckily, you do not have to worry about performing operations to determine your target demographic in this case because Unbox Social will do it for you.
The primary function of this tool is to provide you with information regarding the target demographic that you should center your content strategy around to get the most profitable results.
Obtaining and working on the feedback you receive is essential to the growth and development of your organization, and YouTube is the best place for that. Since your marketing videos will focus on the product or service you provide, there is potential to receive valuable feedback regarding the product’s functionality.
Keeping track of such feedback can be difficult, but Brand24 is here to help. This helpful marketing tool is designed to keep track of all the productive comments you receive on your videos and complaints that consumers might be having.
Research done on video marketing shows that 88% of marketers state that video marketing campaigns have proven beneficial to them in the long term.
This shows the potential behind this form of marketing on YouTube, which is becoming one of the most profitable avenues out there. Still, it has also been known to be incredibly competitive as well.
Therefore, companies need to do everything they can to stay ahead of the competition, and implementing these tools into your YouTube marketing videos is a great way to do so.
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WBPSC Vacancy 2017: West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) has issued Recruitment Notification 2017 for 16 Inspector of Legal Metrology, Sub Editor Posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply On-line on or before 22nd February 2017 (22/02/2017). The detailed information such as Name of Post, Total No of Posts, Pay Scale and Grade Pay, Educational Qualification, Age Limit, Application Fee, Selection Procedure, How to Apply and Last date for Submission of Application Form can be obtained further either by visiting West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) Official Website http://www.pscwb.org.in/ or reading more details by clicking here
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No one wants war, no one wants to stand up for our ideals, no one wants to tell other countries that they need to check themselves. Im not proud at all to be an American.

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By Hans Morgenstern
It speaks to the primal power of Sigur Rós' sound that the Icelandic band has never needed to abandon its native Icelandic tongue (except occasionally for the invented gibberish variant, Hopelandic), much less yield to pop song constructs, to find success.
For about fifteen years now, the group has channeled an original sonic aesthetic often associated with post rock, a genre pioneered by mostly instrumental indie outfits like Tortoise and Mogwai. But even that tag does not come close to doing justice to the deep emotional complexity of Sigur Rós' music, which often drifts toward elegiac, soaring heights of majesty.
Horns, both mournful and brilliant, accentuate the songs, as do soul-stirring strings and heartbreaking piano hooks. The band employs electric guitars at all levels, from screeching feedback to rumbling ambiance. And frontman Jon Thor Birgisson, AKA Jónsi, often breaks out a bow to drag across his guitar, creating Sigur Rós' signature, sweet rumble.
Then there is Jónsi's voice, which hardly an American can understand. (He even once sang in the aforementioned non-language, Hopelandic, on an album called () with no song titles.) And yet, his crooning has been known to bring people to tears at concerts.
That nearly untitled record saw release in 2002 and followed the band's breakthrough, 1999's Ágætis Byrjun. Drummer/percussionist Orri Páll Dýrason joined the group during the recording of "the brackets album," as he calls it.
Speaking via phone just before a rehearsal session in Philadelphia, he says the simple key to Sigur Rós' music is a shared abstract vibe that he, Jónsi, and bassist Georg Hólm have cultivated over the years. "I never thought about what it represents other than it's something that we like, and if other people like it as well, then that's a bonus," he says. "It's just something we really like doing together."
The recent departure of longtime keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson ahead of the recording of the band's seventh album, Kveikur, posed a bit of a challenge. As can be heard on the new record, released earlier this year, Sigur Rós has virtually given up on the keys.
"The piano player took the pianos," Dýrason notes. "He left the band, so there's only piano in two songs," he adds with a laugh. "He wanted to leave the band, and that's why there's less piano. But we all play a little bit of piano, but not nearly as good as Kjartan, so we try."
But Dýrason insists the split was amicable. "It was all on good terms," he says. "We are really good friends. He just wanted to do other stuff, and it's good that he decided to do that instead of hang around in a band that he didn't really want to be in."
Coincidentally, Kveikur is also one of the band's least delicate albums. It even opens with an industrial-like thud -- not that experiments in percussion haven't always been an important aspect of Sigur Rós.
For example, Dýrason says he sometimes places his cymbals directly on top of the drums to create a unique sound. However, one of his strangest percussive creations has never made it on a record. "Once, I created a drum kit, I went to Salvation Army and got lots of pots and stuff, and Jónsi's dad is a blacksmith, and he built this drum kit out of pots and pans, but we never used it on a record, actually. It sounded pretty bad," he notes with a laugh.
Another one of Sigur Rós' more unique instrumental inventions, though, played a key part in some abstract music created to accompany a dance piece, Split Sides, by the great experimental dance pioneer Merce Cunningham in 2004. Titled "Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do," referring to the only spoken sounds in the dance, the band's composition features a distinctive creaking sound. "We had like custom-made music boxes," Dýrason explains. "We made them instruments out of ballet shoes. It was those two things."
Dýrason reveals that the trio's backing band has nearly quadrupled in size to reproduce the intricacies of its evolved sound for the current tour. "Live, we are 11 on stage," he says, "the three of us and a piano player and other guitar players. I hope you will like it."
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ME BEFORE YOU
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Rating: 4/5 ⭐’s
Synopsis: Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.
It feels like someone stabbed my heart, carved it out, squeezed out all the blood (watching it drop onto the floor drip by drip), then let it fall onto the floor and stepped on it.
One of the terrible things about not being able to cry when you read/watch something sad is that you’re left with a painful ache in your chest and throat. All you want to do is crawl into a ball in the corner of a room and rock yourself and repeat over and over again “It’s going to be okay”.
One of the reasons I don’t read contemporary is because the book either ends quite predictably (where the couple falls in love/realizes the other person is his/her soul mate) OR it ends tragically and leaves you thinking and reconsidering life (which can be kind of depressing).
As I’m sitting here writing this, all I can think of is what would I do? What would I do if I were Will? What would I do if I were Lou? What would I do if I were Mr. or Mrs. Traynor, or Georgina? I know my answer if I were Will, but if I were Lou…I don’t know. I’ve never been in love IRL. I’ve fallen in “love” with many characters in books, but it’s definitely not the same thing. What would I do? This will probably keep me up all night for a few days now.
Jojo Moyes writing is just beautiful – it flows like poetry, like classical music (*cue tears for those who’ve read this book*). The words provided just the perfect amount of information to transport me into this world. They’re filled with emotion, thoughtfulness, and just the perfect balance between happy, squealing moments, and sad, heart-wrenching moments.
I loved each character (except for Patrick), but especially Lou. She changed so much throughout the book and not in a “bad” way – what I mean by that is, her character development wasn’t driven by falling in love with someone. It was like the gradual unveiling of who she could be – her “potential” (*cue more crying*). She remained true to her character. Like Will said, “…there is a hunger in you, Clark. A fearlessness. You just buried it, like most people do.”
This is such a wonderful lesson for everyone. It definitely has made me rethink my choices in life – not everything is black and white. There is a little room for colour, adventure, and “fearlessness”.
Jojo Moyes has made me fall in love with contemporary! I’m definitely going to read more of her books at some point. Though I might pick up something a bit happier before I do.

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PM unveils plan for fully-vaccinated people to no longer isolate after amber list holiday
5 July 2021, 18:49
Fully-vaccinated people who return from amber list countries may not need to isolate under new Government plans, Boris Johnson has said.
The announcement forms part of a five point plan for how the nation will live with coronavirus after step four of England's exit from lockdown - slated for July 19.
The Prime Minister said at Monday's Downing Street briefing that while "tough" travel rules will remain, it was important to take into account the impact of Covid vaccines.
The travel industry is desperate for more destinations and fewer restrictions on tourists who arrive in the UK, with fears that ongoing rules will continue to damage an already battered sector of the economy.
Mr Johnson said: "We will maintain tough border controls, including the red list and recognising the protection afforded by two doses of vaccine.
"We will work with the travel industry towards removing the need for fully vaccinated arrivals to isolate on return from an amber country."
Transport secretary Grant Shapps will make an update this week, the PM added.
The travel industry held a day of action last month to highlight the sector's plight.
Boris Johnson outlines key features of UK's full reopening
While it was slightly boosted by the addition of popular destinations in Spain's Balearic Islands to the green list, the number of places that Brits can fly to without quarantining on return, or facing restrictions in the other country, is low.
People travelling from countries designated green by the UK Government do not have to quarantine when arriving in the UK but must take tests before departure and after they arrive.
Travellers from amber list nations are required to undergo a 10 day quarantine and take tests pre-departure and on day two and day eight after arriving in the UK.
But after Mr Johnson's comments, those who have had two vaccine doses could avoid isolating.
Red list countries see visitors and returning travellers isolate in a hotel for 10 days, alongside taking tests.


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Back in the early spring of 2002, the BC Liberal government of then-Premier Gordon Campbell lost no time in rolling out a massive assault on BC’s world-famous provincial park system, slashing park budgets, laying off rangers, closing park interpretive centres – even cutting essential supplies like toilet paper. It was all done to appease Campbell’s most powerful supporters, owners of the province’s major logging, mining and fossil fuel companies, that saw parks as competitors for raw resources.
After the budget cuts, the government in Victoria brought out the chainsaws and bulldozers. In June 2002, a large logging company, International Forest Products, proposed building a logging road through several kilometres of Manning Park to log out Ghost Pass Valley. Located on the western flank of the park, the heavily forested valley is not only home to a popular hiking trail, but also is designated as spotted owl habitat. The spotted owl is one of Canada’s most endangered species.
This was just too much for the Wilderness Committee. It took three weeks of raising a ruckus – but eventually the BC government cancelled the road and logging plans. Whew!
We thought Manning Park was in the clear. We were wrong.
In 2003, the BC government quietly issued its own logging company, BC Timber Sales, a Parks Use Permit for an existing mine access road to the Manning Park Donut Hole – a 5,800 hectare wild area sandwiched between Manning and Skagit provincial parks, left unprotected because of a pre-existing mine tenure.
Then in early 2004, clearcut logging commenced in spotted owl habitat within the Donut Hole.
The Wilderness Committee scrambled to stop the logging, but the surprise attack by BC Timber Sales succeeded in leveling a string of clearcuts. Public outrage was so intense that the provincial government eventually declared all of the low elevation forests in the Donut Hole off-limits from logging, to preserve spotted owl habitat.
John Horgan is in charge these days. Will he rein in BC Timber Sales before the view from Silverdaisy Peak is scarred and the Manning Park Donut Hole is gutted and stripped of key wildlife habitat?
But what would happen to the high elevation forests? In June of 2018, BC Timber Sales was back, constructing logging roads into high elevation forests that are important grizzly bear habitat. Some of the planned clearcuts are smack dab in the viewshed of Silverdaisy Peak, a popular hiking destination accessed via a trail that starts in Manning Park.
But there is a new sheriff in town.
The NDP’s Premier John Horgan is in charge these days. Will he rein in BC Timber Sales before the view from Silverdaisy Peak is scarred and the Manning Park Donut Hole is gutted and stripped of key wildlife habitat?
It’s time to call a truce in the war on Nature launched by former Premier Campbell. This hole in the parks needs to be fixed now. Our new government in Victoria must act fast to acquire the mineral tenure and then add all of the Donut Hole to our protected area system.
Joe Foy is the national campaign director for the Wilderness Committee.


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If you are still experiencing difficulties in receiving messages, please inspect the fickleness of womankind, adjust your hair/waist-line and, if the problem persists, take it up with your internet provider.Genetics…What You May Not Know Are you aware that one in every four individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent is a carrier for a recessive genetic disease???
Today, Dor Yeshorim tests for ten recessive genetic diseases that include Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, Familial Dysautonomia, Canavan Disease, Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1, Bloom Syndrome, Fanconi Anemia Type C, Niemann Pick, Mucolipdosis Type IV and Gaucher Disease (by request only).
The cost of Ceredase treatment is in excess of 0,000 per year.
Patients with Gaucher’s Disease generally are asymptomatic or experience mild symptoms and many individuals in fact, live with the disease without ever knowing it.
Parties are called back at telephone number(s) provided by participants at the time of testing (to ensure that results are given to the parties themselves only, for security and confidentiality purposes).
Results are provided by a DY representative in the form of “Compatible” or “Incompatible”.
Therefore, the program operates with coded ID numbers instead of names - and carrier status is not divulged to individuals, except in the event that a potential match is genetically incompatible.
When a prospective couple is found to be incompatible, both parties are informed of the genetic disease for which they are carriers and provided counseling to advise them of the risks involved should the couple choose to marry, and to assist them with integrating this disconcerting information.
And that if two carriers for the same disease marry, they risk a one in four chance - in each pregnancy - of producing children afflicted with a fatal and debilitating disease?
For the past 23 years, the non-profit organization Dor Yeshorim – Committee for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases – has protected couples from the anguish of producing genetically diseased children that results from genetic incompatibility through their program of confidential premarital testing in high schools, seminaries, yeshivas, colleges, synagogues and affiliated laboratories all over the world.
Topics include healthy relationships, sex and pregnancy, drugs and alcohol, gender and sexual orientation.
Parents also can send questions to the coalition staff and record thoughts, impressions, reactions, successes and failures.
The coalition wants to encourage parents to talk to their children before they start dating.

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The gentle pace of the walks on this trip allows you to explore the quintessential chocolate box villages of the Cotswolds in comfort. Why rush from village to town when you can slow things down and really take in all the beautiful surroundings?
The walks on this trip are shorter in the distance than our other Cotswolds tours and you will be staying in cozy and characterful inns and hotels to add that little bit of luxury. The shorter distances mean you can spend more time in each place and truly discover the authentic nature of the Cotswolds! Think Honey-colored period buildings? Dinner in a cozy country pub? or an afternoon cream tea at a quaint English tearoom? Yes, please!
The Cotswolds is also a perfect escape for that special occasion. The slower-paced travel allows you more time to explore the picturesque villages (including the most romantic ones!) See Mark and Sonia (below) who recently spent their 30th wedding anniversary on our Cotswolds in Comfort Tour - you can also watch their trip on video here: https://youtu.be/zrvk7Ehb80g
A selection of the villages and towns you will visit on this trip are as follows:
Moreton-in-Marsh - One of the principal market towns of the Cotswolds with a high street full of independent shops, tearooms, restaurants, and art galleries.
Lower Slaughter - Despite its name Lower Slaughter's Copse Hill Road was voted the most romantic street in Britain.
Winchcombe - A medieval market town full of unique architecture with a history-filled town center and a Castle!*
Sudeley Castle (pictured below) remains the only private castle in England to have a Queen buried within its grounds. Queen Katherine Parr was the last and surviving wife of King Henry VIII and is said to be the first Queen to have a book published in her own name written in the English Language. The Castle Pantry offers a pit stop for walkers who fancy a snack without having to pay admission to the castle. (However, if you wish to visit the main Terrace Cafe admission is required.) On the way from Winchcombe to Broadway, you can also visit Hailes Abbey. The tranquil ruins are a perfect place to stop and take a moment to imagine the lives of the monks who lived and studied in what was once a significant pilgrimage site. It was also mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Stanway House is another highlight of this section and the Jacobean Manor House is famous for its 300 feet single-jet fountain. It's both the tallest in Britain and the highest gravity fountain in the world. The brewery within Stanway house has also been resurrected and is one of only two log-fired breweries in the country. You can't tour the brewery but you can try one of its beers in Crown & Trumpet pub in Broadway.
Broadway - This village is often referred to as the 'jewel of the Cotswolds' and it's not hard to see why. On this trip, you will enjoy the views from the iconic Broadway Tower (pictured below) where you might even see some resident red deer.
Chipping Campden - Feeling creative? Why not explore some of the independent shops in this market town internationally known for its involvement in the arts and crafts movement? Why not take advantage of the slow nature of this trip and allow yourself time to stop and take some incredible pictures of the beauty all around you?
And that's not all! You will also pass through some wonderfully idyllic villages including Stow on the Wold, Broad Campden, Stanton, Guiting Power, Naunton, and Blockley.
Our team is on hand to answer any questions, so go ahead and book a Slow walking holiday to the Cotswolds with Macs Adventure today!


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80 Recipes For Beauty Face Masks, And a Complete Guide, to Create Your Own Combinations
by Evelyn Key
In this book I tried to create a useful guide where you will find not only a list of face mask recipes, but also all the information you need to create your own.That’s right! No one can actually cover all the combinations, they are probably unlimited. Wouldn’t it be much more convenient to combine ingredients and make your own recipes? This is why I included two lists at the end of the book.

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This is a screenshot from a Polish magazine (Top Secret #5 from 1991. Page #2). It is a Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) game. The game is surely in color, just the screenshot is black&white. The game cannot be newer than 1991.
Can you identify this game?
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Luxembourg: Let's make I.T. happen
Cloud Expo Europe
On march 15-16 Luxembourg was present for the first time, with a national stand at the Cloud Expo Europe. Organised every year alongside Smart IoT, Cloud Security, Data Centre World and Big Data World, it is an innovative event that looks forward to the presence of data centre technologies, software and programs, data processing software and devices associated with the exclusive world of data and information. The event also conducts conferences and seminar programs, where key speakers and delegates present their views and share information about various data traits. The event throws light on emerging solutions and technologies that make data handling an easy task.
18,515 technology buyers and influencers came to ExCeL London in 2016. This year, the show hosted 500 leading international technology exhibitors and 600 expert speakers including representatives from businesses like Salesforce, VMware, IBM, Microsoft, AWS and Dell, through to leaders of innovative, international start-ups.
On the Luxembourg stand 4 companies were present:
- Datacenter Luxembourg
In addition, 2 Luxembourg companies hosted their own stand:
- ETIX Everywhere
The European data centre market is rapidly expanding as more powerful computers, internet connections and an explosion of data, new cloud computing models, the mobile revolution and regulatory issues continue to drive the requirement for further infrastructure growth. To date Luxembourg has had a fairly low profile in the world of data centres but despite being one of the smallest states in Europe, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg exemplifies how technology and communications can act as catalysts for growth. In fact, according to the Uptime Institute, Luxembourg has the highest density of top-ranked (Tier IV) certified data centres in the world, with seven in operation. The infrastructure and connectivity of Luxembourg is the product of the government’s ambitious investment in fibre which stimulated 30 international carriers to create their own connections. There are now 28 different fibre routes into Luxembourg, making it possibly the most networked region in the world.
The Luxembourg stand, mentioned on the "20 must see exhibitors" list, was located at the entrance of the fair, a strategic position that attracted a large number of visitors. Luxembourg representatives and partners in London made a point of visiting the Luxembourg stand. H.E.Mr Engelberg, Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UK, Mr. Jean-Claude Kugener, Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Georges Schmit, Member of the Board of the spaceresources.lu initiative, Mr. Mounif Kilani, the Belgian Trade attaché, among others congratulated the enthusiasm of the Luxembourg participation.
To further promote collaboration, the organisers invited all exhibitors to a common networking event at the traditional Fox Bar next to the ExCel Center, a pleasant preparation to St. Patricks Day which was being celebrated the day after the event.


E. Jean Carroll, who accused former President Donald Trump of rape, arrives at Manhattan Federal Court for the continuation of the civil case, in New York City, May 9, 2023.
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump is civilly liable for defamatory statements he made about writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when she went public with claims he had raped her decades earlier.
Normally, a jury would determine at trial whether a defendant is liable for civil damages claimed by a plaintiff.
But Kaplan found that Carroll was entitled to a partial summary judgment on the question of Trump's liability in the case.
Carroll's lawyers argued, and Kaplan agreed, that the jury's verdict in that case effectively settled the legal question of whether Trump had defamed her in similar comments he made about Carroll in 2019.
"The jury's finding that she did not therefore is binding in this case and precludes Mr. Trump from contesting the falsity of his 2019 statements," Kaplan wrote.
The ruling is the latest in a series of big losses for Trump in lawsuits filed by Carroll. »


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Virago has acquired a new book from Sonia Purnell, telling the "explosive" story of Pamela Harriman, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s beloved daughter-in-law, and "secret weapon" during Second World War.
Sarah Savitt, publisher at Virago, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in The Ambassador: The Astonishing Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman, Courtesan, Kingmaker and Survivor from Grainne Fox at Fletcher & Company. North American rights have sold to Emily Wunderlich at Viking.
Purnell is most recently the author of A Woman of No Importance, about Second World War spy Virginia Hall, that Virago published in March 2019 and in paperback in April 2020, selling 45,000 copies across all formats. The audio edition was read by Juliet Stevenson and it has been optioned for film. Her first book, Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition, was meanwhile longlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Harriman, the subject of Purnell's new book, "rose to circles of power in the UK and in the US, playing a pivotal role in many of the most dramatic moments of 20th century history", according to Virago. It said further, "her work as an ambassador and life as a major power broker have long been misunderstood and underestimated".
Savitt said: "Sonia has an impeccable instinct for choosing complicated subjects whose impact on history is, good or bad, certainly profound, from Boris Johnson to Clementine Churchill and Virginia Hall to now, Pamela Harriman. Through telling, for the first time, the full story of Harriman’s life, Sonia will also explore female power, the history of post-war Anglo-American relations, and much more, with a huge dose of intrigue and glamour along the way."
Purnell said: "I'm thrilled to be working again with the great Virago team on my new book. Pamela has got me totally gripped, just as during her lifetime she enthralled her fans from Bill Clinton via Winston Churchill to Truman Capote (while equally enraging her enemies). Her astonishing life encompassed glitz, glamour and plenty of sex as well as seismic political drama, intrigue, betrayal and heartache."


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090226 Hogs & Cattle Fall as Smithfield Announces Plant ClosuresFebruary 19, 2009
(Bloomberg) -- Hog futures tumbled the most in about a year after Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork processor, said it will close six plants in the U.S. Cattle prices also dropped.
The Smithfield, Virginia-based company said in a statement today that the processing plants will be shut by December, cutting 1,800 jobs to restructure its pork business. The closures may limit slaughter capacity and demand for hogs, said Don Roose, the president of U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des Moines, Iowa.
"We're going to kill the same number of hogs, but it's just a matter of more hogs going through a narrower window," Roose said. "It backs up hog numbers, and the packer could pay less than he would normally since there will be more hogs trying to find a spot. It's kind of like musical chairs."
Hog futures for April settlement fell 2.7 cents, or 4.2 percent, to 61.05 cents a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the biggest drop for a most-active contract since Feb. 25, 2008. The price earlier slid the CME's 3-cent trading limit to 60.75 cents a pound.
Wholesale pork rose 0.59 cent, or 1 percent, to 58.58 cents a pound today, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show. The price is up 5.9 percent this year.
Futures also fell as a drop in U.S. equities sent most commodities lower, raising concern that meat demand will shrink as the economy slumps. The Reuters/Jeffries CRB Index of 19 raw materials plunged to the lowest since June 2002. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index of U.S. stocks fell today to the lowest since November, sinking as much as 4.6 percent.
In another livestock market, cattle futures for April delivery sank 2.775 cents, or 3.2 percent, to 84.225 cents a pound on the CME. Earlier the price touched 84.025 cents, the lowest since Jan. 30. The price has fallen for four straight sessions and is down 2.1 percent this year.
Feeder-cattle futures for March delivery slid for a fourth session, dropping 2.85 cents, or 3 percent, to 91.625 cents a pound. Earlier the price tumbled the CME's 3-cent limit to 91.475 cents, the lowest since Jan. 30.
Cattle futures fell "in reaction to the lower stock market," said Dennis Smith, a senior account executive at Archer Financial Services Inc. in Chicago. "It's the major market debate right now: tight supplies versus weak recessionary demand for beef."
The price of wholesale choice beef increased 0.23 cent, or 0.2 percent, to $1.3571 a pound, USDA data show. Beef prices still have plunged 5.2 percent this year, according to the USDA.
The shrinking U.S. cattle supply may have boosted wholesale prices today, Smith said. The U.S. may produce 26.1 billion pounds of beef this year, 1.7 percent less than in 2008, the USDA said in a report today.


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Surrendering Our Feelings To God
“Feelings are great liars. If Christians worshiped only when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship. Feelings are important in many areas but completely unreliable in matters of faith.” ~Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
The book of Psalms often speaks of raw emotions and the expression of them in metaphor. There are cries out to God in pain, repentance, joy, and praise. The psalmist expresses a range of emotions, but at the same time describes God as steadfast and unmoving. The Psalms contrast emotions to God’s nature. Emotions are a way we are designed. We are emotional and we do have feelings, but it is with faith we assured the steadfastness of God and His love. Our emotions should not hide the nature of God from us.
In learning to grow as a disciple there is a surrender of our entire beings to God including how we feel. A way we can help children demonstrate this is by asking them to hold out their hands with their palms up. In this exercise, I ask students to put all their feelings in their palms. “Let's put worry, fear, and anxiety in our palms.” Then I ask them to close their hands and squeeze. “Squeeze tight!” Then let them open their hands and give their emotions to God. Often there is a child that pitches his emotions better than Lance McCullers Jr! This exercise helps visualize a release, a surrender, from strong emotions that can overwhelm a child.
We as adults also have to surrender to the Lord’s will over our feelings. Often we think of surrendering our finances, our desires, our decisions, but often we forget to submit our feelings. Eugene Peterson describes this as an act of obedience in faith. Even when we don’t feel God, we obey. We have faith that He is there and with us. This means that our feelings don’t limit God’s promise. Our feelings don’t override our obedience. And even when we don’t feel like worship, we obey. Even if we don’t want to love our enemies, we obey. It is a sweet surrender to our feelings, replaced with a faith that God is who He says He is. Our feelings change, but God is faithful, steadfast, everlasting….unchanging.
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Build a little slice of India in your Megapolis. Win all the Indian buildings on the Wheel of Fortune and earn a new title!
- Architecture of India (Wheel of Fortune)
- Jacaranda Avenue (3 or 175 000 )
- Hotel Silken (6 at level 33 / 4 at level 43 or 2 700 500 )


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Game Art and Design, Limerick School of Art and Design
New Generation Gallery
My name is Alexios Kunert and I am a graduate of the Game Art and Design course at TUS. I am a character artist first but I dabble in 3D and 2D work of all kinds. My submission showcases my final year game project where I was lead character designer and producer and worked in a team of 4. In summary I designed, modelled, textured, rigged and skinned the player character and the main antagonist in the game as well as working on Visual Effects, Unreal engine 4 and character AI.
More info about Alexios Kunert at https://lexkunert.wixsite.com/website