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What is Segvy3lef0?
Segvy3lef0 is a digital platform that offers a wide range of tools and services to help businesses manage their digital tasks more efficiently. It was created with the aim of simplifying complex processes, boosting productivity, and improving overall communication.
The unique name ‘Segvy3lef0’ is derived from various words that describe its features – “Segmentation” for organizing data, “Efficiency” for streamlining workflows, “Leads” for managing sales leads effectively, and “Focal Point Zero” for providing a central point of control.
One of the key advantages of Segvy3lef0 is its user-friendly interface that allows users to navigate through different functions quickly. Users can customize their dashboard according to their preferences and access all their data in one place. Another notable feature is its collaboration tools that facilitate teamwork by enabling project management, task delegation, group chat options etc.
Moreover, Segvy3lef0 provides effective marketing solutions such as email campaigns or lead generation which helps businesses grow faster on many levels.
How does segvy3lef0 work?
Segvy3lef0 is a new technology in the field of digital marketing that helps businesses to target their customers more efficiently and effectively. Segvy3lef0 works by analyzing huge amounts of data on customer behavior, demographics, and preferences. This data can then be used to create personalized marketing campaigns that are tailored to individual customers.
The technology uses a range of techniques such as machine learning algorithms and predictive analytics to identify patterns in customer behavior. By doing so, it can predict which products or services customers are likely to buy in the future.
In addition, Segvy3lef0 also uses real-time data tracking tools that allow businesses to monitor customer interactions with their website or social media platforms. This information can then be used to make instant adjustments to marketing strategies based on how customers are responding.
Segvy3lef0 is designed for both small and large businesses looking for innovative ways of reaching out to potential clients. By using this cutting-edge technology, companies can enhance their overall sales performance while building stronger relationships with their current client base.
What are the risks of segvy3lef0?
Segvy3lef0 is a powerful tool that can provide numerous benefits to those who use it. However, like any other tool, there are also risks involved in its use. It’s important to understand these risks before deciding whether or not segvy3lef0 is the right choice for you.
- One of the main risks of using segvy3lef0 is the potential for side effects. While most users experience no adverse effects, some may experience headaches, dizziness, or nausea. These symptoms usually subside quickly and aren’t serious but should be monitored closely.
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- While Segvy3lef0 has been shown to be safe and effective when used as directed by healthcare professionals – self-medicating without proper guidance could lead to serious health consequences.
What are the benefits of segvy3lef0?
Segvy3lef0 has several benefits that make it an attractive choice for many individuals and businesses.
- With Segvy3lef0, users can rest assured that their sensitive data and financial information will remain safe from unauthorized access.
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- One unique advantage of Segvy3lef0 is its built-in loyalty program feature that rewards users for conducting more transactions on the platform. By incentivizing frequent use among customers, businesses can increase customer retention rates and grow their brand reputation by offering unique rewards programs.
In summary, these benefits make Segvy3lef0 an excellent option not only for individuals looking for secure and efficient payment options but also for businesses seeking cost-effective solutions with value-added features like loyalty programs that help drive business growth at scale.


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I love to make my own ravioli, filling that is. I haven’t tried to make my own pasta yet; for now I am perfectly content to buy the wonton wrappers from Whole Foods, create what ever filling the hubs and I want, stuff the little guys, enjoy them and say we made ravioli. Ravioli was actually my first post ever on this blog. Friday night we made a little date night out of it: drank some wine, had a roasted tomato crostini appetizer (recipe to come later this week), made the raviolis and spent some quality time together. I highly recommend this as a date – so, so fun! We have done this a few times and each create our own filling,
and fight over whose is better, I mean enjoy them both. The process is simple:
Create the filling and then puree it just a little with a blender (we happen to use the emersion one)
Wet the border of the wraps with your fingers
Put the stuffing in the middle
Fold in half and pinch edges to close
Place on wax paper, cover with a damp cloth and let sit in fridge for at least 30 minutes
Then boil for about 3-4 minutes, cover with a delicious sauce, serve with wine and enjoy!
We used a simple cream sauce, just use whatever you like!
Have you ever made your own pasta? What is your favorite ravioli filling? I hope I have convinced you to try this at home!
Sincerely Loving Food,
2 hot Italian sausage links
4 ounces goat cheese
1 tbls chopped fresh basil
2 portobello mushroom caps
½ small to medium onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ C Chicken Stock
¼ C Grated Parm cheese
For filling one: Saute sausage links (out of casing until brown) remove to a bowl, add in the goat cheese and basil. Stir well and then give it a whirl with the blender. Stuff inside wonton wrappers…you know the rest (if not see pics above).
For filling two: Preheat oven to 350. Roughly dice the portobello caps and onion. Preheat an oven safe pan over medium high heat with a little olive oil. Add the mushroom and onion dice to the pan, cook for a few minutes until they start to soften then add the garlic and season it all with salt and pepper. After 4 to 5 minutes add the chicken stock, being sure to scrap up any brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Put the pan in the oven and cook for about 15 minutes. After it has cooked and cooled a little, add the mushroom mixture and parm cheese to a bowl and give it a whirl with the blender…Stuff inside wonton wrappers…you know the rest (if not see pics above).

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The Youth Community Project works in many different areas. On this page you can see which areas and also read a short description of these.
Our discipleship group consists of around 50 youth from Emmanuel. Within the discipleship program we have
- Youth Church
- Weekly meetings for boys and girls
- Leadership training
- Worship group
- Drama group
- Sunday school
- Camps and retreats
- Bible Studies
OANSA or AWANA (in the US) is a Sunday school program where the youth get the opportunity to be developed as leaders. They do weekly activities with the medium aged children at Emmanuel. Besides the weekly activities the children also get to go to national championships and camps.
We also do activities with the staff at Emmanuel. These are activities such as networking, staff training and fellowship.
We have counseling for the kids in colegio and bachillirato (high school) with focus on both educational and personal development. We try to help them figure out what they would like to do in the future and how to get there.
We have done many different types of mini projects during the last three years. We have fixed houses in Guaimaca, given out clothes and Christmas presents in the poorest areas of Guaimaca, visited the poorest hospital in Tegucigalpa and visited a youth detention centre. The youth have been taking part in the planning, execution and evaluation of all of these mini project.
Vida Adulta /Adult Life
A transition program made by Red Viva Honduras. This program is for youth whom are soon ready to leave the orphanage that they are at. Youth from different orphanages meet for different workshops to preparate the youth for the life outside in the Honduran society.
We have done several workshops with themes like:
- Drugs and alcohol
- Youth and sexuality
- Religious Cults
- How to write a CV
For about two months while the kids were out of school we had 9 girls pass a beauty class where they were taught how to cut hair and do manicures and pedicures. The class was taught by a local hairdresser.

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Leaders of the two main Shan military factions at the weekend met on the Thai-Burma border and affirmed a new-found unity under one Shan State Army.
Officials from the formerly Shan State Army-North, now known as the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP), travelled to Loi Taileng to attend the 53rd Shan Revolution Day. The annual ceremony was led by Yawd Serk, chairman of Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), whom alongside the SSPP’s Lt-Gen Sai Htoo, asserted that “there is only one Shan State Army”.
The SSPP came under attack in March as the Burmese army sought to assert control over the group, who had refused to sign the government’s Border Guard Force agreement. The attack prompted the SSPP to join the new United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC).
The fighting centred around Namlao, near Hsipaw in the north of Shan state. Sai Htoo confirmed that battles were still underway, with possible counter attacks likely in the area. He also confirmed that villagers were still fleeing in fear of being used as porters by the Burmese army.
The RCSS however are yet to join the UNFC. Its spokesperson, Sai Lao Hseng, told DVB that a decision was being considered, but that Shan unity was their precondition for joining. The resistance day event on 21 May was a “golden opportunity” to seek such unity, he said.
The spokesperson also asserted that the combined strength of the two armies greatly increased their power, with manpower close to that of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Burma’s largest armed ethnic group.
Yawd Serk confirmed to DVB that the RCSS was assisting the SSPP with supplies in the current conflict. Neither leader could confirm the presence of fresh reinforcements of Burmese troops, reportedly sent from Arakan state.
The Mong Tai Army (MTA), the previous incarnation of the Shan State Army, split in 1996 when former leader and drug baron Khun Sa surrendered to the Burmese. According to some, the surrender was to avoid being arrested on drugs charges. He was later given asylum by the Burmese.
The northern faction signed a ceasefire in 1996 instigated by then Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, whilst the southern faction under the command of Yawd Serk carried on the struggle.
The UNFC is made up of a number of ethnic armies who are seeking an alliance that will draw all parties into conflict should the Burmese attack any member. There is also potential to create a so-called Union Army to fight as one in the image of the desired federal system. This is the stated aim of the grouping.
The UNFC attempted to meet in the Thai town of Chiang Mai on 9 May, but Thai authorities blocked it. Instead the meeting was held in Loi Taileng.
The principal members of the UNFC are the Kachin Independence Army, the Karen National Union, the Chin National Front, the SSPP, the Karenni National Progressive Party and the New Mon State Party.

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Coarse Cut Orange Peel (Citrus sinensis) is often used in culinary creations (especially herbal tea) to add or enhance flavour or add flavour but is also used in many cosmetic preparations. Not to be confused with the outer “zest” of the rind, this is the entire peel cut coarsely. The peel tends to soften when used in cooking or in baking leaving its characteristic flavour behind it but is robust enough to remain present.
Culinary and Medicinal Uses for Coarse Cut Orange Peel:-
It is used extensively in Middle Eastern chutneys as a souring agent and can be used instead of Tamarind or Mango Powder (Amchoor) if they prove difficult to obtain, however, it remains in the final dish rather than disappearing as the powder does
Ancient Chinese medicine used Orange Peel as a treatment for colic and today it is often added to drinks to add a fruity fizziness. It is used to add flavour to tea, herbal or otherwise as well as its diverse and distinctive vitamin content.
In Africa, to this day, Orange Peel is used to treat colic and dyspesia, and in India, Orange Peel is used to treat upset stomach and indigestion.
It is often used in cosmetic preparations and is a very gentle “cleanser” being astringent in nature.
Constituents of Coarse Cut Orange Peel:-
Orange Peel contains Vitamin C, Vitamin B1, Choline, Folic Acid, over 60 known flavonoids, d-limonene, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, aldehydes, numerous minerals and vitamins.


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New XYZ Monsters coming out
2011 saw the introduction of Xyz Monsters to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and by the end of the year they had already made a huge impact on Dueling! This trend is set to continue in 2012 as Order of Chaos gives us some cool new ways to Summon Xyz Monsters.
Number C39: Utopia Ray is the monster you see on the front of every pack of Order of Chaos, and the one that was featured on the exclusive Order of Chaos Sneak Peek Game Mats you may have seen at your local Sneak Peek events. Utopia Ray is an upgraded version of Number 39: Utopia, and can be Summoned by using either 3 Level 4 LIGHT monsters or by putting it directly on top of a Number 39: Utopia and absorbing all of that monster’s Materials into itself! It’s an awesome new way to Xyz Summon, which is currently unique to this monster.
Utopia destroys itself when it’s attacked while it has no Xyz Materials, so if you run out you can use Utopia to Summon Number C39: Utopia Ray to reinforce your monster. You can also use your opponent’s Utopia that you took with Mind Control to Xyz Summon Utopia Ray, so even if you don’t have Utopia in your Extra Deck (and you probably should if you play Level 4 monsters) Utopia Ray is still worth using.
Utopia Ray also has its own special ability built for epic comebacks! When you have 1000 Life Points or less, you can detach 1 Xyz Material to give Utopia Ray 500 more ATK and take away 1000 ATK from an opponent’s monster. The neat thing about this is it can be done multiple times per turn, so if you use a fully loaded Utopia as Xyz Material, you can use the effect 3 times in one turn! That’ll bring Utopia Ray up to 4000 ATK and almost any monster your opponent has down to 0 ATK to help you complete the comeback.
Kurivolt is a handy little Level 1 monster that makes Summoning Rank 1 Xyz Monsters a whole lot easier, and can also weaken your opponent’s Xyz Monsters in the process! During your Main Phase, you can target any Xyz Monster (even especially your opponent’s) and detach an Xyz Material from it. When you do, you get to Summon another Kurivolt from your Deck.
If there’s a monster with 2 Xyz Materials attached to it, you can get rid of them both, Summon 2 copies of Kurivolt, and have enough monsters to Xyz Summon Baby Tiragon or Number 83: Galaxy Queen! This is a handy way to get around the effects of your opponent’s strongest Xyz Monsters, as without any Xz Materials, they can’t activate their effects.
Xyz Monsters can be revived with cards like Monster Reborn and Call of the Haunted, just like any other monster, but if you do that, they don’t have any Xyz Materials attached to them and you can’t use their effects. Xyz Reborn changes all of that! Xyz Reborn’s a Trap Card that lets you Special Summon any Xyz Monster from your Graveyard, and it then attaches itself to that card as an Xyz Material.
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To our readers,
This edition of Lawson Link was written in early 2020, before COVID-19 began to impact our community. The stories in our magazine showcase the innovation and impact of Lawson research across many different areas. Normally released in the spring, we chose to hold distribution as our focus quickly shifted to keeping everyone safe.
During the initial wave of the pandemic, our hospital-based research activity was drastically reduced to essential studies only. I want to acknowledge the tremendous effort and support of our staff, researchers and learners through this unprecedented challenge. The character and quality of our team here at Lawson is second to none.
It became evident early on as the pandemic unfolded that urgent research related to COVID-19 was needed. Several research groups here in London quickly mobilized, seeking to better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus and investigate the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the resulting disease. Several studies on the long-term effects of COVID-19 and the pandemic are also underway. You will find some examples of our research here.
Lawson excels in rapid response research, and our researchers have always focused their efforts on the most pressing needs in health care.
I would like to thank our community who continue to help flatten the curve, and also contribute to research through the COVID-19 response funds of London Health Sciences Foundation, Children’s Health Foundation and St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation.
Dr. David Hill, Scientific Director

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by Heather Hildenbrand
Category: Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Publisher: Accendo Press
Publication Date: March 2013
Page Count: 272
Source: Netgalley/Mark My Words Book Publicity
Everyone is exactly like me. There is no one like me.
Ven wrestles with these contradicting truths every day. A clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, Ven knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she’s never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face. Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they’re needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has never needed Ven . . . until now.
When there is an attack on Raven’s life, Ven is thrust into the real world, posing as Raven to draw-out the people who tried to harm her. But as Ven dives deeper into Raven’s world, she begins to question everything she was ever told. She exists for Raven, but is she prepared to sacrifice herself for a girl she’s never met?
Review: When I first read the synopsis of this book and read the information on Goodreads, I knew that this book was going to be right up my alley! A YA dystopian? Yes please! Honestly, no matter how many books I read in however many genres, I always want to go back to dystopia. It is just what I enjoy, and this book was no different for me. I had already read one book by Heather Hildenbrand, but it was a contemporary so naturally it was quite different. However, I did already know that I enjoy her writing, so I was eager to read something else by her. Turns out, she's good at writing in different genres as well.
I was very intrigued by the concept of this book, and it's certainly not something that I have read before. I think that says a lot with dystopia when a lot of things can start to seem or sound the same. That was not the case here. In this series, there is a separate town full of clones or "imitations." Now, not everyone has a clone, only the wealthy and those who have been deemed important enough to need one. These clones live in their own town until they are needed. Now, why do they have clones? Well, that's simple. They are there for anything their authentic might need. Perhaps they lose a limb, they will just take that part from their clone, easy fix. They are ultimately there to protect and serve their authentic, and they are certainly not treated like real people.
In the book we meet Ven, who is the imitation of Raven Rogen, a wealthy teen who is a bit full of herself. Ven is required to know everything about Raven, though she has not actually met her. The interesting thing about the book is that we never get to meet Raven ourselves, but we get to know her through Ven as well. It's different, and I liked that as well. All this information comes to help Ven when she gets a letter saying she needs to step into the place of Raven.
You see, Raven's father has hidden his real daughter for her safety, as there are people after her. Because of this, he wants to put Ven in danger and act as Raven in order to draw the enemy to a different town. It is quite clear that Mr. Rogen does not care for his daughter's clone. Nor does he have any problem threatening to terminate her if she messes everything up. Needless to say, he is not a nice guy.
There is a lot of action and danger in this book, which is always exciting to read in a book like this. However, there was also some romance. We are introduced to Linc, Raven's body guard. He knows that something is different with "Raven" and spends a lot of time questioning Ven about it. The chemistry between the two is undeniable, and I do love the relationship that developed between them. Sure, it was a bit fast, but I do love having the sweet romance, so I am not going to complain!
I was quite thrilled with this book. I believe that it was a wonderful start to a series, and it certainly had me eager to see what happens next. I do believe that the second book was released in March, so I am going to try to get my hands on it very soon. I would highly recommend this book to other dystopian fans.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

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"It also starts to undo the emissions limits for new power plants, methane release regulations for oil and natural gas drilling, the moratorium on new coal-mining leasing on federal land and more".
The order also directs federal agencies to rescind or amend policies that might hamper domestic energy production.
"Every year for the last three years, we've broken the global temperature record", Perez said in a statement Tuesday.
"Now, it remains to be seen by which other means the United States intends to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement", said Cañete.
Environmentalists say keeping those reserves in the ground is crucial to the global effort to minimize climate change. In Iowa, he added, 35 percent of the state's energy comes from wind or solar power, and has created 17,300 jobs, and has been cited by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican, as having been a source for "good, high-paying jobs, helping families grow". Lubber was especially critical of efforts to unwind the Clean Power Plan, which is aimed at reducing carbon pollution from US power plants. An Interior Department rule setting requirements for hydraulic fracturing on federal land will be rescinded.
"We will put our miners back to work", Trump said to applause.
Twenty-five states and four state agencies challenged Obama's Clean Power Plan in January 2016, calling it "the most far reaching and burdensome rule EPA has ever forced onto the states". "The Trump administration is going to fight much harder to try to keep us away from trial", says the plaintiffs' lead attorney, Julia Olson. That will take time, and the agency will have to try to scientifically justify a new set of regulations in its place.
The President has already vowed to slash EPA funding by a third and appointed Scott Pruitt - who previously sued the agency - as its head.
But whatever the opponents do, they're likely to face significant pushback from Trump and his allies in conservative states, the fossil fuel industry and other business sectors.
Brown said in an interview he is confident the Obama-era rule will be upheld in court. Since then, a panel of the US Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments on the merits of the rule, but has yet to weigh in. "It'll need new evidence, new analysis, new public comments, a new cost-benefit analysis, and in all likelihood, new litigation".More news: Schumer: Delay Gorsuch Confirmation Over FBI Investigation On Trump
The governors of California and NY said Tuesday that they will push ahead with their aggressive climate change policies despite President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to boost the coal industry.
The ruling made it the EPA's responsibility to regulate carbon pollution as a matter of public health after a series of "endangerment hearings".
"The problem with coal jobs has not been Carbon dioxide regulations, so this will probably not bring back coal jobs", Robert W. Godby, an energy economist at the University of Wyoming, told The New York Times.
He agreed with Raney that research would help the industry but argued that if Trump is serious about saving coal industry jobs, he will invest in carbon capture and sequestration technology and enable coal workers to sell their product overseas to places like Europe and China.
The Trump administration hasn't said if the U.S. will remain a part of that 2015 Paris climate accord - despite the president's campaign pledges to rip up the deal that set broad, non-binding carbon-cutting targets for the USA and almost 200 other countries.
Specifically, Trump's daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have opposed such a move.
Trump has always been a critic of climate change policies, even going so far to call climate change a "hoax" perpetrated by the Chinese.
"We're going to go in a different direction", a senior White House official told Reuters before Trump signed Tuesday's order, named "Energy Independence" "The previous administration devalued workers with their policies".
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make USA manufacturing non-competitive", Trump tweeted in November 2012.
Mansfield's press conference at the North End Community Improvement Collaborative offices - including Baker, Mansfield City Council at-large member Don Bryant, NECIC executive director Deanna West-Torrence and Moms Clean Air Force Ohio organizer Laura Burns - highlighted the effects of climate change in the area.


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McLeavy starred last in 2009's comedic horror film "The Loved Ones," about a high school girl shunned by her peers he gets her revenge by kidnapping the cutest boy in her school and throwing her own prom with the help of her dad.
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The day's top national and international news.
Though it was well received on the festival circuit, it never got a proper US release. We watched the trailer last year and it's a bit nuts. Seeing as Mary Todd was a bit cuckoo-bananas, the experience could serve McLeavy well in "Vampire Hunter."
"Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," being directed by Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted"), stars Walker as Lincoln, Dominic Cooper as his mentor Henry Sturges and Anthony Mackie. Tim Burton, who bought the rights to the book by Seth Graham Smith's after seeing the trailer, is producing.
We hated "Wanted," but we're intrigued by the premise and we like the cast--done properly, this could be a lot of fun.

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The deployment of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles on the premise of using low-carbon power sources (renewable energy and nuclear power) is expected to not only contribute to a stable energy supply by lowering dependence on oil (dependence on foreign supply sources) as fuel but also help to reduce CO2 emissions. Moreover, the use of night-time electricity is likely to help spread the use of electric vehicles for commuter use by reducing energy cost. However, it is important to remember that if conventional electricity, mainly generated by coal-fired power plants, is to be used as a power source, the deployment of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles may not necessarily be effective in reducing CO2 emissions.
It is also true that compared with vehicles powered by an internal-combustion engine, electric vehicles still have some shortcomings, such as their short driving range, some 100 km on a single charge of the battery, and the long battery-recharging time. To significantly increase the use of electric vehicles in the future, the key will be to develop a low-cost, high-performance battery. It will also be necessary to further reduce the cost of wind and photovoltaic power generation.
As the use of electric vehicles spreads, it will become necessary to conduct a quantitative study on the optimization (cost minimization) of the power source mix (cost minimization), including additional power sources for automobiles.

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We transfer to the airport for our early morning flight to Mandalay.
Mandalay is relatively young at just 150 years old when compared with the ancient treasures surrounding it. Founded as capital of the Burmese empire in 1861, Mandalay saw the swansong of the last kings of Burma. Poetic though the name may be, Mandalay is a thoroughly modern city, the second largest in the country. It's impossible not to be impressed by the golden Buddha of Mahamuni Pagoda. However, the real attractions lie beyond in the ancient cities These are spiritual centers and a couple of Myanmar’s Buddhist monks reside here.
Upon arriving in Mandalay airport, we take a 45-minute drive to Amarapura. We first visit the U Bein Bridge by a short walking tour along this 200 year-old teak bridge which was built in 1782 when Amarapura was Royal Capital. The bridge was constructed of 984 teak posts that were once part of the deserted Inwa Palace. At 1.2 kilometers in length, it is the world’s longest teak span.
We continue visiting the Mahagandayon Monastery, a famous Buddhist monastery where more than a thousand monks live and study. Time permitting will have the opportunity to observe the monks having their last meal of the day in total silence.
Following, we visit the traditional hand – woven silk workshop before continuing our drive to Mandalay city. Enjoy our lunch today at the local Restaurant before arriving in our hotel; checking in and leisure. Later in the afternoon, we visit the beautiful teak-carved Shwenandaw Monastery or Golden Palace Monastery- which is noted for its intricate wood carvings , the only Royal Palace building to survive World War II bombing.
We next visit the Kuthodaw Pagoda, home to ‘the world’s largest book’, a collection of more than 700 marble slabs inscribed with Buddhist teachings. Heading back to our hotel. Leisure and overnight.

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Crisis is everywhere: in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and the Congo, in our housing markets, money markets, financial systems, state budgets, and sovereign currencies. In Anti-Crisis, Janet Roitman steps back from the cycle of crisis production to ask not just why we declare so many crises but also what sort of analytical work the concept of crisis enables. Luke McDonagh finds this book gives an important account of the dangers of engaging with arguments solely from within a crisis narrative, and gives the reader much to ponder.
Anti-Crisis. Janet Roitman. Duke University Press. December 2013.
In the age of digital mass media and online social media, the notion of ‘crisis’ is ever present. Whether it is caused by climate change, civil war, financial instability, or unemployment, a crisis is happening somewhere all of the time (and as the case of the 2007-08 financial crisis shows, in some cases it can apparently happen everywhere simultaneously, albeit momentarily). Yet, despite its significance as a concept, there is surprisingly little academic analysis of the concept ‘crisis’ itself out there. In her new book Anti-Crisis, Janet Roitman attempts to take a step back from merely analysing any particular crisis in descriptive detail; instead, Roitman’s aim is to use examples of crisis narratives, such as the financial crisis of 2007-08, to provide an enlightening, critical account of ‘how crisis is constructed as an object of knowledge’.
Having first reviewed the origins of crisis as a historical concept in the first chapter, in the following chapters Roitman goes on to examine the use of crisis in contemporary discourse. In particular, she notes that when politicians, academics and scientists frame a certain situation in crisis terminology, the political debate immediately becomes more charged; indeed, simply invoking the term crisis enables some political and intellectual possibilities, while foreclosing others. Roitman notes:
“…crisis serves as a transcendent placeholder, because it is a means for signifying contingency; it is a term that allegedly allows one to think the ‘otherwise'”
A clear example of this occurring, which Roitman examines in cogent detail, is the 2007-08 ‘bank bailout’, where governments around the world including the US and the UK, fearing the impact of a deep financial ‘crisis’ on the horizon, took unprecedented, interventionist steps to guarantee the debts of financial institutions, and to inject new capital into financial markets. As many scholars have pointed out since then, this was all the more remarkable since such actions were utterly unthinkable during the ‘normal’ course of government in prior years; indeed, the key organising principle for governments of the previous three decades been the need to deregulate the financial system, and to give markets more independence from the state. Yet, once it was clear that we were on the verge of a crisis, state intervention was not only a possible response to the crisis, it was put forward as the only possible response.
Roitman finds the notion of ‘risk’ to be of great interest with respect to the financial crisis of 2007-08, noting that a great deal of modern society is based around ‘risk management’ , the idea of preventing crises from ever occurring. In particular, Roitman notes that in the aftermath of crisis it is often exclaimed that the type of risk analysis undertaken prior to the crisis was inadequate. Yet, as she relates, it is extremely difficult, and sometimes impossible, to establish this inadequacy before the ‘crisis’ events take place.
In fact, one of the great strengths of Roitman’s book is that by analysing how we come to view certain events as being indications of a ‘crisis’, she also sheds light on the way we construct our notion of ‘normalcy’; indeed, both notions – of normalcy and of crisis – are anomalous, yet both have the capacity to be highly manipulative ‘objects of knowledge’ within the political sphere. For instance, in her account of the 2007-08 crisis Roitman reviews the work of some of the most penetrating thinkers of the crisis, including David Harvey, Nouriel Roubini and Martha Poon, arguing that it is not correct to view the ‘crisis’ in 2007-08 as being caused by abnormal ‘errors’ of judgment by policy makers, or by the inherent ‘corruption’ of bankers; rather, the crisis was caused by changes to the construction of the financial system – such as the availability of high-leverage debt ratios – which in the previous three decades had become thoroughly ‘normalised’. In fact, many of these aspects of the system remain ‘normal’ in the post-crisis world of finance today.
In the concluding chapters, Roitman tantalisingly questions whether there are any possibilities for ‘non-crisis narration’. However, she herself ultimately admits that she cannot answer this question satisfactorily – she acknowledges that the dichotomy between normalcy and crisis is so entrenched in academic and political discourse that it is difficult to think outside of it. Roitman’s book nonetheless provides an important account of the dangers of engaging with arguments solely from within a crisis narrative, and she gives the reader much to ponder post-reading. With respect to style, although Roitman’s prose style throughout the book is overly dry and clinical, and in parts sorely lacking in colour, her core argument is so solid and illuminating that it keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end. Moreover, Anti-Crisis is clearly the product of a serious attempt to think outside the usual academic boxes, and as such it deserves much praise. It is to Roitman’s credit, and to the reader’s benefit, that she largely succeeds in her aim to illuminate the notion of crisis as an object of knowledge.
Luke McDonagh is a Lecturer at Cardiff University. He was previously a Fellow in the LSE Department of Law. Luke holds a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London (2011), an LLM from the London School of Economics (2006-7) and a BCL degree from NUI, Galway (2002-05). He has previously taught in the areas of Public Law, Administrative Law and EU Law at Queen Mary as well as Constitutional Law and Tort Law at NUI Galway. Read reviews by Luke.


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Redbud Artisan Market is an art and fine craft show, featuring the original art of over 60 Texas artisans. The two-day event will be held Saturday, December 7 (10 - 5) & Sunday, December 8( 11 - 4) , indoors, at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Each artist will be present to sell their own unique work. Admission is just $1 for adults, parking is free and there is always live music, great food and local wines. Contact: email@example.com for additional info. Rain or shine - it's happening - indoors!
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Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police have arrested a man wanted for war crimes during the Bosnian conflict from 1992 to 1995, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
The suspect, Veselin Vlahovic, born in Montenegro in 1969, was sought on three international arrest warrants for more than a hundred murders of women and children, as well as rape and torture, the statement said.
Vlahovic was known as "the monster of Grbavica" -- the name of the neighborhood of Sarajevo where he allegedly committed the crimes.
He was arrested by Spanish police investigating a criminal gang from Eastern Europe that committed armed robbery in Spain, the statement said.
Police closed in on the gang Monday afternoon in the town of Altea, in eastern Alicante province. Vlahovic tried to flee when police arrived and fought officers as they detained him nearby, the statement said.
The suspect, also known by the name of Batko, was carrying a forged Bulgarian identity document, and Interpol, the international police force, listed four aliases he used, the statement said.
The Web site, "Balkan Investigative Reporting Network," includes comments from Vlahovic's alleged victims or their survivors, including one who wrote in May 2009, "He killed my whole family. Some day he will pay for this."
After the Bosnian war, he was arrested for crimes that included armed robbery and a shooting in Montenegro. He was imprisoned in Podgorica, but escaped in June 2001, which led to one of the international arrest warrants, the statement said.
Soon after escaping from prison, Vlahovic shot dead a man in a bar in Serbia, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This led to another international arrest warrant, in addition to the one for war crimes.
In Spain, there were two warrants for his arrest -- one from an altercation at a brothel in 2004 and armed robbery in 2005. Soon after, he fired upon a police patrol car and fled into the countryside, the statement added.
Vlahovic was also wanted for three armed robberies last month in Alicante province, at two stores and a home, authorities said.


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Most Americans plans to use telehealth after the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Harris Poll. While most respondents were comfortable using virtual visits, they were also keen on keeping in-person visits with their doctor.
by Elise Reuter
“As many people sought out virtual visits for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, most plan to continue to use them in the future. Roughly 65% of people plan to continue to use telehealth after the pandemic ends, according to a survey recently conducted by The Harris Poll.
“In general, people over age 65 were more likely to favor in-person visits over telehealth, according to the survey of 2028 adults conducted between December 18 and 20.
“Early in the pandemic, telehealth visits soared as in-person visits were restricted to conserve resources. But many returned to in-person care over the summer, though telehealth use was still up significantly from before the pandemic.
“Roughly 83% of all survey respondents said they had ever used telehealth. The majority across all age groups said they were comfortable with virtual visits, especially those that had already used telehealth. But a majority of respondents also indicated that they still wanted to keep in-person appointments with their primary care physician.
“If given the option between a telehealth visit or an in-person visit, relatively few respondents (15%) said they would opt for telehealth services alone.”
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The U.S. room construction total represented a 2.2% decrease compared with April 2017. The number of hotel rooms under construction in the U.S. has now declined in six of the last seven months. − April (-2.2%) − March (-2.4%) − February (-0.7%) − January (-1.6%) − December (-3.7%) − November (+0.6%) − October (-0.1%) At the time, the decrease in December was the largest year-over-year room construction decrease in the U.S. since September 2011 (-7.8%).
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Scientists have taken a major step forward in the production of hydrogen from water which could lead to a new era of cheap, clean and renewable energy.
Chemists from the University of Glasgow report in a new paper in Science today on a new form of hydrogen production which is 30 times faster than the current state-of-the-art method. The process also solves common problems associated with generating electricity from renewable sources such as solar, wind or wave energy.
Hydrogen is easily produced from water by electrolysis, a process which uses electricity to break the bonds between water’s constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen, and releases them as gas. Hydrogen gas can be burned to produce power with no negative impact on the environment, unlike power produced by burning fossil fuels.
One of the problems of generating electricity via renewable power is that the output either needs to be used immediately or stored. Using renewable power to produce hydrogen allows the capture of electricity in an environmentally-friendly state which is easily stored and distributed.
Currently, industrial production of hydrogen relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels to power the electrolysis process. The most advanced method of generating hydrogen using renewable power uses a method known as proton exchange membrane electrolysers (PEMEs). To reach optimum efficiency, PEMEs require precious metal catalysts to be held in high-pressure containers and subjected to high densities of electric current, which can be difficult to reliably achieve from fluctuating renewable sources.
The new method allows larger-than-ever quantities of hydrogen to be produced at atmospheric pressure using lower power loads, typical of those generated by renewable power sources. It also solves intrinsic safety issues which have so far limited the use of intermittent renewable energy for hydrogen production.
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Had to be at the vet this morning with Tom to check his mouth and the jawbone.
Over the last week I got a very good feeling about all this.
He was simply doing to good, his bad breath was gone, he was up on the couch with all four paws in the air and even got playful.
The nosebleeds were gone once we came back home and he didn't seem to be bothered much by the hole in his jaw.
Well, the vets were very happy with him, the glands in his neck were hard to find, which had been the opposite for weeks. His gums looked good, the hole in his jaw seems to be closing and wasn't hurting anymore and best of all, the bone felt like it was growing back together.
I didn't know there were lose little bone fragments around the place the tooth was.
Well, those are growing back together nicely.
I could see the vet being very happy with this, he mentioned again that his guess was a tumor. But he was very happy to find out he was probably wrong.
Soooooo, now I can concentrate on the upcoming trip.
And like my son is saying almost every day now:
We hebben er zin in, he Mam?

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I have established a new album, The Beaches and Turtles of Guanacaste which contains all of the photos I took Monday and Tuesday in the Northern Pacific Province of Guanacaste. The weather was perfect, mostly dry and warm.
Leaving Siquirres Sunday, we were headed to Liberia, the capital of Guanacaste. The route we selected took us past Volcan Arenal and then around Lake Arenal, a beautiful long ride around the still largely undeveloped alpine lake. By 4:00PM we were in Liberia, stopping by the new Walmart. Slightly after sunset we arrived at the farm of Patricia. Over the next two days we visited most of the towns and beaches in the area. Monday we visited the Junquillal Beach to discovered a group of volunteers digging up newly hatched baby turtles and releasing them into the ocean. These baby turtles were only about the size of a lemon but in years to come will reach three feet in length.
I urge you to visit my photos and see the amazing pictures of the turtles making their first rub toward the Pacific. This afternoon we arrived back in San Jose and tonight Ricardo treated us to a fabulous steak dinner at an Argentinian steak house.
Tomorrow we will have lunch with our friend, Art Smiley, and begin preparing for my return to Baffin Bay. First thing, the bikes need be washed. My flight does not depart until Saturday morning but we have a lot to do.
This will be my last posting for Costa Rica, Fall 2017.
The entire morning has been spent preparing for the Feast. Yesterday, Luis slaughtered three young Cordero's (lamb) and today some specialists have been cooking them (six hours near open fire pit). You really must look at the photos to appreciate this culinary art. Ricardo and I traveled to the store and bought 150 cervazas, some water and soft drinks. Later today I will post several photos of the actual party but for now visit the album and look at the preparation.
It is now evening and it has been a great day and evening. Many of my M-14 friends made the three hour trip to Luis Diego's great BBQ. The food was simply great and the company, even better. We capped the night off with a Halloween party and I have included several Halloween photos.
Tomorrow will be a long day. Pray for dry weather and sunshine. We are headed for the northwestern part of Guanacaste. Why? To visit Patricia's farm and the Pacific coast. I don't expect to have internet so this may be my last post for several days.
i have established a separate photo album for our visit with Luis Diego. It consists of a ride around the farm today and tomorrow's party with M-14. I might also include a couple of photos from tomorrow nights halloween party. I suggest you review the album Luis Diego BBQ, Fall 2017.
Leaving San Jose at 7:00 AM, the ride to the farm was beautiful, not a drop of rain. At 4:30PM we made our way back to Hotel Pecuare Lodge in Suquirres and within five minutes of our arrival, the skies opened up and it has been pouring for the past two hours. The M-14 riders are due here at lunch tomorrow. I hope they have a dry ride like we did. Today was spent at the farm. Luis Diego butchered two young Cordero for our Barbecue tomorrow. And we took a tour of the ranch and made a trip over to Puerto Limon. A great day, made all the better by the company of Luis Diego, Patricia and Ricardo.rrow.
With the pouring rain, I think we will have dinner in the hotel. Luis Diego will join us and we meant to do some shopping but that may have to wait until tomorrow. I think an early night to bed is in order!
Early morning was relatively clear so Vivian, Roberto and I were on the bikes headed toward the mountains. The roads were busy but at least it wasn't raining (yet). I am not sure of the mountain we first rode but I could look to my left and see much of San Jose (check the photos).
Leading the way was Vivian on a 300cc Vespa, Chuck on a BMW F650GS, and bringing up the rear was Ricardo on his Yamaha Silverado 1100. Rain threatened but seemed to be holding off. Soon Vivian took a turn and headed up Cerro De La Muerte (the Mountain of Death). This is the highest peak in Costa Rica and recently has sustained several massive mud slides. Crews and machinery were at work trying to make the road safe.
Half way up the mountain it began to get colder, so we stopped at a restaurant for a snack and then headed back down the mountain. Suddenly light rain hit us and we hightailed it back to San Jose. Luckily we made it home before the rains hit but it has now been raining steadily for six hours.
Tomorrow we will head out early for the farm of Luis Diego. The ride will be about four hours with a stop for breakfast. Saturday Luis Diego is hosting a party for M-14. This will be the third one that I have attended. The festivities will actually go on for a couple of days. Then Ricardo, Patricia and I are going to explore much of northern Costa Rica.
Sunday morning found Ricardo and me attending the meeting with M-14. It is always good to be back among this group of riders. But we only attended the meeting, we did not go on the ride. We both wanted to attend Volcho Fest 2017, the vintage Volkswagen show being held in San Jose. Ricardo's brother, Arturo, is a leading member of this club and it was great to be among his friends.
Monday was spent in San Jose traveling with Ricardo to attend to business. I just tagged along from bank to bank. Then in the early afternoon my riding friend Vivian Avila picked me up and we traveled to his home in another part of San Jose. Vivian is married to my friend Nuria and it was good to see her again. Vivian was going to prepare us an Italian dinner and I was hungry.
First we visited Vician's immaculate garage to look at his toys. A beautiful 300 cc Vespa motor scooter, a Harley Road King, a Suzuki V Storm 650, a Harley V Rod and of course, another motor scooter. And of course a Ford Edge and a Mazda sedan. A man has to have a mode of transportation.
Ricardo joined us for dinner. Simply the best dinner of this trip. Later in the evening Ricardo and I returned to Apartment Tortuga. Tuesday I have to attend to some personal business so my next posting will be later in the week.
To view the photographs we took the past three days just punch the tab "Pictures" on the left and open the album "Costa Rica, Fall 2017".
When he was a child Ricardo's abuela owned a beachfront home in Puntarenas so he spent most vacations in this quaint beachfront city. It brings back fond memories. And it was here we spent all of Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Dinner was on the malecon and of course consisted of seafood.
This morning, after a nice complimentary breakfast, we were lucky to meet Antonio (Tony) Tsay, the manager of Hotel Puntarenas Beach. A most delightful Tico, of Asian descent, Tony's family owns the hotel. Tony is a lifelong resident of Puntarenas and boy does he know the city. A friendly and generous man, he hosted us to a ninety minute tour in a the hotel golf cart. A great tour, showing us places that Ricardo did not know existed. How can I not love and admire the great people of Costa Rica.
By noon, the skies were darkening, the wind was up and thunder was in the distance. So we donned our rain gear and headed out for what we thought would be a wet two hour ride to San Jose. Arriving in San Jose, we stopped by the home of Carolina and Ricky Collado. It was just two years ago that I was a guest st their wedding. By mid afternoon we arrived back at Apartment Tortuga. And guess what. It never did rain.
And tomorrow it will be a Sunday so we will be meeting our friends with our moto club, M-14. But if it is raining, I might just go to Vintage VW car show.
Thursday we decided to visit Upala. Upala, a very remote farming supply community sitting on the River Rio Las Haciendas was visited by a strong hurricane just over a year ago and Ricardo wanted to see the resulting destruction. And the destruction was significant, totally destroying the elementary and high schools. Government buildings were destroyed by flooding. Many downtown businesses suffered severe damage by water often ceiling high. Small, basic houses were destroyed. Yet, the local people merely accepted their fate and are rebuilding.
I visited this town three years ago with Luis Diego and we stopped in a nice and good panderia. We decided to once again visit it for a fresh snack. While there, the nice young lady waiting on us told Ricardo that I was there a couple of years ago. I doubt she remembered me for any reason other than I am probably the only Gringo to drop in her shop.
We spent the night in a Wilson's Hotel, the nicest local chain that I have seen. A good, if quiet dinner brought an end to a good day. Morning came early and so did the rains. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast of fruit, omelettes and coffee. By mid morning the rains passed and the sun was out. On the bikes, Ricardo and Patricia, riding the blue three wheel "semi" led the way. Four hours later and we were riding up the beachfront of Puntarenas. This is our home for tonight. We are actually in a casino/hotel even though none of us gamble.
This is a port city I have visited several times. It is the only Costa Rican Pacific port hosting large ocean going cruise ships. Tomorrow I will take a few photographs and post them. But tonight? Maybe a seafood dinner.
Wednesday morning at 6:40AM we departed for the Los Chiles border crossing into Nicaragua. Even at that early hour traffic was terrible. Cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all fighting for the slightest gap in traffic. Ninety minutes later I was tense, rattled but we were at least in the countryside, climbing up into one of two mountain ranges we had to cross.
Large diesel trucks, belching black exhaust fumes,were everywhere. Within an hour my face was black from diesel exhaust. At 9:30 we stopped for breakfast and when we came out to depart, the rain began. Quickly we donned the hot rain suits and were off up the mountain. Rain, never hard, remained with us until early afternoon and then it was hot and humid.
Finally, at 1:30PM, we pulled up to the remote and new border crossing with Nicaragua. Eager to clear immigration, we stood in line to exit Costa Rica.....finally we were at the head of the line. Quickly clearing my passport the officer began examining my riding partners and found a technical error. Despite much discussion he was adamant, Patricia would not be allowed to leave Costa Rica until she returned to San Jose and had her passport corrected.
We certainly were not going to Nicaragua without her so we decided to revise our travel plans. Night time found us in the beautiful and touristy city of La Fortuna. La Fortuna, the gateway to Volcano Arenal is a favorite of ours and we are in a nice and friendly hostel for the night. Tomorrow we will decide on our revised travels but tonight we are relaxing and enjoying a great seafood dinner.
It has been a full day and we are still not ready to depart. But by 7:00AM in the morning we will be on the road headed north, towards Los Chiles and the somewhat remote border crossing into Nicaragua. Rain? Probably but by leaving early we hope to get many kilometers up the road before we get wet.
Wednesday night? The southern Nicaraguan village of San Carlos. San Carlos, sitting right on the southern tip of Lago Cocibolca, should offer great fresh water fish. Lago Cocibola, often referred to as Lake Nicaragua, is the largest fresh water lake in Central America. Our time in Nicaragua will last four or five days and I will be exploring new mountains, volcanoes and cities. With Ricardo, life is always and adventure.
Ricardo and Patricia will be riding their new Goldwing trike. And Chuck? Of courseI will I be on the trusted BMW that Ricardo recently acquired. The weather will be in the high 70s and rain is predicted every day. What an adventure.....
Ricardo, Vivian and I completed our Baja Adventure in May 2016. Little did I realize that it would be seventeen months before we explored new roads. Seventeen months away from the motorcycle adventures....much too long. But in the next few days I will fly into San Jose, Costa Rica, meet Ricardo, mount the BMW waiting for me and head north for the mountain roads of Nicaragua. Maybe the rain will stop. It has now rained over thirty straight days in Nicaragua and much of Costa Rica.
At my age I hated will riding in the rainy mountains....but the resulting mud slides bring even greater challenges. So Monday evening Ricardo will me me at the San Jose airport and Tuesday we will complete all the legal paperwork required to take the bikes out of Costa Rica.


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It can feel as if the entire world is our responsibility sometimes. This emotional strain can be unbearable. That’s the weight of stress, and at that point you need effective ways to rid yourself of that stress, and to start to feel better.
Do your best to control the stress level in your life. Too much stress may lead to serious health problems like heart attacks, hypertension, stroke, ulcers, depression, insomnia and painful muscles aches. Getting enough sleep helps you reduce your stress and can help you to stay healthy.
Visualize yourself calm when you are overwhelmed. You can picture yourself in a relaxing bubble bath or hot shower and feel the sense of relaxation that comes over you. Another thing to try is to close your eyes, control your breathing and begin to imagine a scene that is calming to you, like a meadow or the beach.
Make sure to keep your preventive health care up-to-date so you won’t be worried about possible medical problems. Questions regarding your health can be nerve-wracking, along with not taking preventive measures for your health that can harm you later. Continue to visit your doctor regularly for check-ups, and investigate any problems you might have to stop them from getting any worse!
Go to the park, and take a jog with some friends. You need to reduce your body’s toxins through sweat or other ways. Run or jog the stress out from your life.
Although it seems unimaginable, cutting the stress out of your life is a goal you can achieve. Think about times that you have felt stress and figure out what caused it. Once you begin to identify your stress triggers, you will be able to find ways to avoid them.
Try going out to a romantic dinner if you are dating someone. This allows you to focus your attention on your loved one and become lost in the moment, rather than concentrating on stressful aspects of your life.
An effective way in relieving your stress and making yourself feel good is by taking a long, soothing bath. Make your stress-relief bath a luxurious one by using sweet-smelling oils, salts and special soap. Furthermore, you can use this time to listen to relaxing music or read a book. A long soak in the tub can help you to let go of the day’s stress.
You can avoid a lot of stressful situations by preparing for possible mishaps ahead of time. Just in case something does go wrong, you should have back-up plans such as having another babysitter available, keeping a spare key hidden someplace safe or a quick meal you make at work. If you have pre-prepared solutions for your problems, you’ll be able to solve them in an instant.
You don’t have to have this unbearable weight. The tips provided in this article are a great way to help you manage and control your stress. The most important thing that you have to do now is to just put this advice to use.


One of the best books I have read in the last year was The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. It a fantastic history of Islamic extremism and Al Quaeda. It's a nonpartisan unbiased objective view of the causes of extremism. Something that seems rarer and rarer in these here days.
Today while making breakfast and ironing my work clothes I listened to a lecture he gave at Princeton in April. It was amazing. He reiterated many of his ideas from his book and went a little further into the culture of the Muslim world. Someone needs to sit our president in front of this video and let that dumb bastard see that the Muslim world is so much more complicated that he has been led to believe. If you have an hour to spare you can view the video here. Don't think that you have to sit and watch the video. It's a lecture by an author, the audio is all you need.


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WASHINGTON – Refugee advocates and war veterans are reeling. Members of Congress are frustrated. European allies are fuming. And now, 13in the final, chaotic days of the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
Thursday’s deadly suicide attack, which killed at least 169 Afghans, marked a grim coda to America’s so-called “forever war” and fueled new questions about Presidenthandling of the U.S. military withdrawal.
and promising to restore America’s leadership on the world stage. After four turbulent years of Donald Trump’s presidency, he pledged to bring competence and expertise to U.S. policy. In Afghanistan, he said the drawdown would be “secure and orderly,” prioritizing the safety of U.S. troops.
Instead, Americans have witnessed searing images of desperate Afghans scaling the airport’samid a frantic, deadly evacuation effort. They’ve seen Taliban fighters sweep back into power two decades after being routed by U.S. forces. And they endured fresh U.S. casualties at the hands of terrorists during a high-risk scramble to screen those seeking to flee the .
Biden and his allies have said the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would always be difficult, and the president has forcefully defended his decision to end the war. Despite 20 years and $80 billion of U.S.-led training and equipment, he said that the lightning-speed collapse of Afghanistan’s security forces only confirmed the futility of a conflict that should have ended long ago.
“It is messy,” Biden conceded to. But, he added, “I have never been of the view that we should be sacrificing American lives to try to establish a democratic government in Afghanistan – a country that has never once in its entire up … of different tribes who have never, ever, ever gotten along with one another.”
However, the current firestorm erupted over Biden’s execution of the U.S. withdrawal – not necessarily his decision to end the war. “Although it is clear to me that we could not continue to put Americanin danger for an unwinnable war, I also believe that the evacuation process appears to have been egregiously mishandled,” Rep. Susan Wild, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said in a statement posted on Twitter Thursday. “We regarding the cascading failures that led us to this moment. Our troops deserve nothing less than a complete and accurate truth,” Wild said.
They made the ‘ultimate sacrifice’: Department of Defense identifies 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan airport bombing.
Refugee advocates were ‘screaming from the rooftops.’
It may take months to provide that full accounting, and the final hours of the U.S. withdrawal will be pivotal in determining the scope of the U.S. miscalculation. But some missteps are already evident, including an apparent intelligence lapse, a laser focus on protecting U.S. troops overallies, and a lack of coordination with European partners, who feel betrayed by the speedy American exit.
Biden and his advisers have said no one at the Pentagon or the U.S.predicted that Afghan security forces would fall so quickly and with so little resistance. “Not this quickly. Not even close,” Biden told ABC News during an Aug. 19 interview.
Assuming the U.S. had several months – or longer – before a Taliban takeover, themade protecting U.S. troops the cornerstone of its withdrawal plan, not evacuating American citizens or at-risk Afghans.
“Our military commanders advised me that once I decided to end the war, we needed to move swiftly to conduct the main elements of the drawdown,” theon July 8. “In this context, speed is safety.”
But by then, scores of veterans groups, refugee advocates, and women’s rights organizations had already been pleading with the administration to orchestrate a They feared that Afghans who worked for the U.S. military during the war or advocated for women’s rights and other democratic freedoms would be targeted by the Taliban..
‘They will slaughter us’: Afghans who worked with the U.S. begging for visas as troop withdrawal looms.
The Biden administration wasted precious time negotiating agreements with third countries to accept the potential refugees. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, said she and others were “screaming from the rooftops for months” andof an impending crisis. At the same time, the State Department vetted visa applications; she said in an interview shortly after the Taliban entered Kabul.
During a meeting at the White House in June, Afghanistan’s then-president, Ashraf Ghani, asked Biden to consider the optics of a mass evacuation, according to an administration official who was not authorized to discuss the conversation publicly. The Afghan leader said if the U.S. started airlifting Afghans out of the country, it would signal a lack of confidence in the Afghan government and the security forces’ ability to secure their country this source said.
For his part, Biden asked Ghani to create a realistic military strategy that would allow the Afghan security forces to consolidate, regroup, and take theto the Taliban, the administration official said. Biden also asked Ghani and his political rival, Abdullah Abdullah, who attended the meeting, to demonstrate unity and leadership. Neither of those things happened. And Ghani quietly fled his country as the Taliban entered Kabul, another shocking development did not anticipate.
More: Why did Afghan President Ashraf Ghani leave? ‘To prevent a flood of bloodshed.’
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former State Department official during multiple administrations, said thefor contingencies that no one foresaw – in Washington or European capitals. That failure, he said, is rooted in two decades of falsehoods and fantasies about the war.
“We sort of convinced ourselves that we had made all of this, creating a coherent military that would fight for a kleptocratic, corrupt Afghan government, which was not the case,” he said.
Miller said a mass evacuation earlier thiscould have unleashed “the very thing you want to stop,” including widespread panic and the horrific rush to evacuate unfolding over the last two weeks. “The only option was a messy, messy, disorderly withdrawal, or not withdrawing,” he said. “Afghanistan was the riskiest and boldest decision in (Biden’s) presidency so far.”
‘There were just blinders on.’
But lawmakers and national securitythe weakness of the Afghan security forces had been apparent for years, and their collapse should not have come as a surprise.
“I don’t think anybody was under any delusions about that,” said Kirsten Fontenrose, a national security adviser during the Trump administration and now director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. “I’m sure that was made very clear to the president.”
She said lawmakers had been pressing thefor months to detail its plan for dealing with the government’s collapse and the evacuation of Afghan allies that would be required when that happened.
“According to the people I’ve spoken with, the administration repeatedly told them, ‘We’ve got this. … The withdrawal’s not going to be that big of a deal; we’re still going to have an embassy in place that will handle things, and it will go smoothly,” she said. “There were just blinders on.”
Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington-based think tank, said the Pentagon should have made contingency plans to slow the Taliban’s advance and set up multiple evacuation points, “especially ones not in the middle of Kabul.”
“Did that contingency plan exist in the Pentagon, and why was it not implemented? Fundamental questions,” he said during a briefing for reporters last week. White Housesaid all the Monday-morning quarterbacking fails to consider the resources and risks involved in executing alternative scenarios, including a mass evacuation that she said would have required a significant troop surge and could have ignited the same terrorist violence that unfolded Thursday. “It is easy to throw stones or be a critic from the outside,” Psaki said at a briefing on Friday. “It is harder to be in the arena and make difficult decisions.”
Biden says the Taliban are ‘not good guys.’ So why is the U.S. cooperating with them against ISIS-K?
Ex-Marine Stuart Scheller: ‘Did any of you throw your rank on the table?’
One of the most gripping rebukes of the U.S. withdrawal has come from a lieutenant colonel in the Marines who said he and his fellow service members put their lives on the line and are now wondering if it was all for naught.
“People are upset because their senior leaders let them down, and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, ‘We messed this up,'” Stuart Scheller said in an Aug. 26that has garnered widespread attention – including that of his commanders, who have since relieved him of his duties for “loss of trust and confidence,” according to multiple media outlets.
“Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, ‘Hey, it’s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, the strategic aiairbasebefore we evacuate eveveryoneDid anyone do that?” he asked. “I’ve got battalion commander friends right now … they’re saying, you know, wondering if all the lives were lost and if it was in vain all those people we’ve lost over the last 20 years.”
Amin early July, American military troops left Bagram Airfield, which served as the hub of the American-led war against al-Qaida and the Taliban for nearly two decades, handing the strategic base over to Afghan security forces. But Afghan officials said they didn’tof the U.S. departure until hours later. Before the Afghan army could take control of the airfield, looters accessed the compound and ransacked barracks, the Associated Press reported in July.
Biden defended the decision to leave Bagram when asked on Thursday if it was a tactical mistake. He said military leaders concluded the base did not offer “much value-added and told him it was wiser to focus on Kabul. “And so, I followed that recommendation,” he said.
But the surprise handover of Bagram highlighted what many saw as a faster U.S. exit than anticipated, particularly among America’s NATO allies. Fontenrose said France, Germany, and other European allies did not expect Biden to reverse and stay in Afghanistan. But the satoldeaders in those countries were surprised at the speed of the U.S. military withdrawal. “They didn’t have enough warning to get their people out,” she said, adding that a European friend described the reaction as “incandescent rage.”
How did Afghanistan end this way? The finger-pointing begins.
That rage was on display in the United Kingdom’s House of Commons earlier this, when Tom Tugendhat, a member of Parliament who also served in Afghanistan, blasted Biden and said the U.S. withdrawal should serve as a “harsh lesson” about Europe’s dependence on America.
“We can set out a cleclearlyticulated vision for reinvigorating a European-NATO partnership to make sure we are not dependent on a single ally, on the decision of a single leader,” he said. Fontenrose said Europe is unlikely to turn away from the U.S., but “we won’t be able to ask them for favors anytime soon.”
“Globally, this will cast the cloud,” she said, and allies will ask whether the U.S. is “a smart partner or whether we are isolationist and in decline.” But Miller said the global pact of the current crisis is overstated, and European leaders should be more worried about whether the U.S. withdrawal will hurt Biden’s domestic prospects for reelection – paving the way for the return of Trump or one of his political acolytes who embraces his “America First” mantra.
Miller said the gut-wrenching images of hundreds of thousands of Afghans desperately seeking evacuation “will forever be seared” into the public consciousness and part of Biden’s legacy. “That week at the Kabul airport was a defining moment in the visual imagery of the Biden presidency. Nothing can take those pictures away,” he said.
But he said the outrage over the withdrawal needs to be considered in the full context of a war marked by years of mistakes and miscalculations. “Three previous administrations knowingly misled (the American public) with aspirations and promises they could never be fulfilled witconcerningnning the war and creating a secure, coherent, prosperous Afghan state,” he said.
Any debate about “broken promises and dysfunction” should also focus on previous presidents who oversaw a war that killed 2,400 American service members, grievously wounded thousands more, cost $2 trillion,d tarnished American credibility, Miller said. The iconic images of Afghans swarming Americanshould be emblematic “of the entire failure of the Afghanistan enterprise,” he said.

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I have the 2012 TF3 2SS/RS LS3 car with 2700 miles on it and I recently picked up a Kenne Bell 2.8LC supercharger, Melling HV oil pump, long tube headers with cat deletes and Sweet Thunder cat back exhaust.
So here I am with $10,000 in junk setting in my garage and my car setting next to it. I'm procrastinating the installation of anything because I have this sinking feeling that what I am about to do may be a stupid mistake on this particular car. I want the 600 RWHP, but then again I don't want to creat a car that is going to be broken all of the time. Also, I have mixed emotions on the idea of modifying one of the most rare special edition cars of the 5th gen line and possibly taking a car that could some day have collector interest and destroy it by doing this.
Would you continue forward and install the stuff, or would you sale off the stuff and just relax with the stock car? Dang it, I hate this kind of thing. I should have gotten a regular 2SS/RS in yellow and made a fake TF3 clone, then I could destroy it in any way I wish and not feel bad!
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Very Good and Patient. Excellent artist.
great working with you.
Thank you Tine and i feel the same :3
Yeba was fantastic to work with. Extremely creative, understood the brief and came up with many ideas and suggestions to create a wonderful result. Great attention to detail and very professional.
Thank you so much Gavin for your patience and encouraging kind words through out this project, you are the best


In order to evaluate the economic efficiency of electric vehicles, the Munich Technical University (TUM) is setting up the Virtual Electromobility among taxis and commercial vehicles in Munich (VEM) field trial. Smartphone apps acquire mobility data that will be used to determine if a given mobility profile could be implemented economically with an electric vehicle.
The researchers equip conventional vehicles of fleet operators participating in the trial with smartphones that measure their mobility behavior. Beginning early next year, the software developed by TUM's Institute of Automotive Technology will simulate the operation of an electric vehicle on each of the smartphones. The phones will record the exact location of the vehicle via GPS, along with driving behavior like acceleration, deceleration, and turns. Once the driving data has been collected, the software will calculate the energy consumption for a fictional electric vehicle and display the charge status of a virtual battery.
In parallel to the simulation phase, the data calculated will be validated against a real electric car. "This will show various taxi and commercial operators that partial electrification of their fleet would not only be technical feasible, but would already today offer economic and environmental benefits," maintains engineer Benedikt Jäger from TUM's Institute of Automotive Technology.
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The Stone of Pithan(2002)
A novel by Bill McLean
The Stone of Pithan is the story of the next phase of human evolution. A series of world events become woven together by bizarre coincidences, and a new religion emerges that is based on Chaos Theory.
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The Xbox 360 saw its biggest sales week in the product's history during last week's "Black Friday" sales rush, according to Microsoft.
In all, over 960,000 consoles were sold during the week, the company said Tuesday. Of those, 800,000 were sold within a 24-hour period.
Additionally, 750,000 Kinect sensors were sold during the week, between standalone units and those bundled with consoles.
This record week comes during the system's seventh year on the market, an unprecedented accomplishment for a video game console.
Leading into the holidays, the system will undergo a free dashboard update that adds cloud storage for game saves, improved Kinect integration, and live television via several key partnerships.
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I've rebuilt the HV section on my power supply but no matter where I set the pot, it's always 230V. I checked the pot and it changes resistance when I turn it.
Also, this board is missing R53, which I can't find on the schematics at all. It's a later Stern board with the well-labeled layout. The displays work fine but I'd like to turn the voltage down to save them.

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› Forums › Network Management › ZeroShell › Solution: How to install Zeroshell in Hard drive [WinXP] › Re: Editing the original copy
It loads everything from a certain place, and then copies it to a read only location for security purposes.
You have to find the original location of the files. I have not been on it for a while, and would have to look up where that location was. I was working on an auto login function. Maybe search by that, or search for all my comments, if that is possible.


Last night we had the opportunity to go U2’s show in Winnipeg. Of course, given that is was the world’s biggest rock band on the world’s biggest stage structure, in the city’s biggest concert ever, it was amazing!
But, as all the greatest concerts do, this one struck a chord with me. The song that’s been haunting me today, is the song that apparently is Bono’s favourite, one I hadn’t heard till quite recently: Miss Sarajevo. It’s a beautiful song, filled with complexity, sadness, love and hope. The images, both last night and in the video below, have a lot to say as well.
I hope it strikes a chord with you as well. Watch, listen and enjoy.
Dici che come fiume
Come fiume l’amore giungera
You say that like a river
Like a river the love will come


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This was supposed to be posted on Curious to the Max, the blog where we post all things “Curious” . . . too many blogs, too little time, too little grey matter . . . .judy
Doing little mini paintings. They appeal to my need for instant gratification.
I don’t care about painting exact replicas of the subject – either content or colors. . . . If you saw the reference photos you’d say “Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?” The first reference was a picture of a slice of pumpkin pie and the second was a bucolic scene with the house in the distance. I prefer to call it “artistic license” rather than “novice efforts”.


text: It takes a team to solve energy efficiency problems. And the team members must be focused on energy efficiency so they have the products, knowledge, experience and interest to offer energy efficient products and services. Most tradespeople working today were trained to install products in the most cost effective way without consideration for long-term operating costs. But energy efficiency is all about long-term operating costs. So, if you and your tradesperson are just focused on his bill, you'll miss the big picture. The cheapest approach today may be the most costly in the long run.


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Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! Every student and adult at North (and East) Oakview had a poem in their pocket, shoe, sock, headband, hand, or head today. Fourth grade students were in the media center preparing for a “Skype” poetry reading with a 4th grade class in Illinois. Student use of technology continues to grow in Northview.
The two 4th grade classes read three poems together – Fire Flies; Homework Blues; Backboard Rap. Laughter and applause spread across the connection between two states and 60 children and their teachers.
A class of kindergarten students discussed how they would say goodbye to a fellow classmate had moved to a new school. The class was preparing to write him letters and pictures. They quickly moved on to reading the poems in their pockets. Their teacher reminded them that the more they read the poems the more they learned about new words.
“To the Banana”
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YES! You heard that correct. Kindergarten students reading poems to each other. All day long, all students reading poems to each other and adults. Adults reading poems to kids and to each other. Yes, I have a poem in my pocket. It also was written in chalk near the drop-off area.
I picked up a few coaching tips from Travis today. He shared that he is in “coach pitch” baseball and that the job of the coach is to make sure each kid has something to hit. He also shared that he is not a coach on the team but his dad is kind of like a coach and his name is also Travis. He assured me that the kids on the team don’t get him and his dad confused because his dad is a lot taller and throws better than a kid.
♥Travis also reminded me that I better have a poem in my pocket today because people will be asking me that question all day.
Meanwhile Back at East Oakview……..
Every student and every adult had poems at the ready. I was asked to share mine within the first 5 minutes in the school. My favorite poem of the day – at either school – was one written by Shel Silverstein in the book “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” The poem is titled “Hot Dog for A Pet.”
Students in Lou Sinigos’ music class were hard at work with the bell chimes. They were chiming out the tune Louie Louie, one of my all time favorite songs. Lou told me that the three chord song Louie Louie breaks all the rules of music theory by using a minor chord rather than a major chord. Our elementary students know the difference and their Superintendent just learned about the major and minor chords today.
Louie, Louie, oh no, I said we gotta go
A fine little girl, she waits for me
Louie, Louie, no, no, no, no, no, I said we gotta go
However, I do have a cassette tape somewhere in my file cabinets that has 15 different bands playing this time honored song written by Richard Berry back in 1957. Here are the first few verses of the “poem in my pocket” and my head thanks to Lou and his students.
Just for the record, the 2nd grade teachers were deep into professional development regarding the delivery of the math curriculum. Our teachers constantly learn new methods that improve the teaching and learning process.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORK!
Sincerely and With Great Respect,
Mike Paskewicz, Superintendent
Northview Public Schools


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On June 28, 2007 the Interior Department took the
American bald eagle off the Endangered Species List. The bald eagle is
protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle
The Bald Eagle Protection Act prohibits the take, transport, sale,
barter, trade, import and export, and possession of eagles, making it
illegal for anyone to collect eagles and eagle parts, nests, or eggs
without a permit.
Someone ask me the other day who the number one predator of the eagles
are. The answer is humans.
Other bald eagles will occasionally attack eagles and their young;
raccoons will sometimes kill young in the nest as will the occasional
great horned owl. But for the most part they really have no other main
predator other than humans.
Brian Boyd 4/21/2010

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