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My name is Xaris, you can call me Mama X or Xar. There isn’t actually any tea in my cup but I do love me a good cup of herbal tea. My top favorite things are my daughter ♥, plants, cute illustrations, and FOOD. If I’m not trying a new recipe, you may catch me journaling or going for a neighborhood walk!
I have a degree in psychology and a knack for dreaming & envisioning. Intrapersonal intelligence is my thing. That’s what I am passionate about: seeing the torch of women’s souls get lighted once they connect with the innermost details of God’s design on their life.
I started this blog when I became a new creation in 2018. I was in a dark and desperate place (college drop-out, jobless, single AND pregnant) when I experienced God’s grace.
This new hope gave me courage to wake up and face every day. To finish my degree. To work. To write. To be myself again. To look forward to motherhood, even if I am a single mom. And through all I do, to shine my light from the hilltop. Which I was desperately bad at before all of this.
Redemption led me to experience hope, real HOPE, that inspires and fires me into this lifestyle. Because hope is not just an emotion, it is not passively living in stagnation. Hope is behavior that is based on the beliefs you truly hold, keyword: truly.
Everybody told me that I couldn’t be a Jill of All Trades and a Master of None because I had such wide interests. From painting and poetry to cooking and homemaking to psychology and gardening, I am always deep into a new project. One day, it hit me that all of these hobbies were intuitive, therapeutic methods that helped me cope with depression, stress, and anxiety.
I see tons of other creative women who feel trapped by today’s message that states there’s only one end-goal to measure success: a career. Now, I encourage women to express themselves through healthy habits and hobbies in order to connect to their design and live a dreamy life of peace and joy.
For women to live out their dream every single day successfully and peacefully with the help of mental/emotional liberation.
Subtract: Passive hope that it’ll magically get better. Living a disingenuous life. Stuck in limitation. Lacking healthy sense of self-worth. Outward neglect of inner being.
Add: Active hope into life-changing action. Living your life dream. Clear vision of opportunities. Activities to develop your personal skillset. Expression of innermost emotions.
I am joyed that you’re here to join the Village and explore the home of your soul?
Contact for personal consultation.
Here at the blog, we exchange practical tips and lifestyle thoughts about connecting to Godly purpose, finding the courage to be yourself, conscious parenting, and creative activities (to break out of that passive shell!).


Hyderabad: A new analysis of winter pollution in India's five southern states until January 26 2021 carried out by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed some startling details.
Despite the dramatic reduction in air pollution during lockdown pollution has bounced back across the southern region unmasking the high impact of local and regional pollution.”After assessing the changing trends in Indo-Gangetic plains Delhi-NCR Rajasthan Maharashtra and West Bengal this analysis unravels the pattern of pollution in cities of southern India – a vulnerable but poorly monitored region from the air quality perspective.
Avikal Somvanshi programme manager in CSE's Urban Lab team of Sustainable Cities programme said: “Winter is not as harsh in southern cities.
Therefore the impact of inversion is expected to be limited; yet a build-up of pollution has been noted.
This winter overall has been 34 per cent dirtier in Visakhapatnam seven per cent in Hyderabad and nine per cent in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Oh, and with its older zombie friend, voodoo economics. To “save money,” the bill cuts nearly $1 trillion in taxes over the next decade — much of it for the rich — while cutting back Medicaid, the program that provides health coverage to low-income Americans. And it redistributes subsidies away from people that need them to afford insurance, like old and low-income Americans, to people that don’t.
I’ve already criticized the cruelty of repealing the Affordable Care Act, our current system, without a better option. Each incarnation of the A.H.C.A. has been worse than the last. Zombies can’t help it. It’s in their nature.
But the odd selling point of the A.H.C.A. has been that it “saves money.” This is technically true for the federal government. The last version would have reduced the deficit by $150 billion over a decade. The latest, $119 billion. (We just received the official report for this version — 20 days after passing the House. Republicans rushed it through anyway, because they smelled death aloft.)
Never mind that it does so by revoking people’s health insurance — an estimated 23 million over the next decade — but hey, if it saves a quick buck!
Besides cruel, this line of thinking is short-sighted. Yes, taking away insurance is short-sighted for obvious reasons, like people dying. But on the whole, I’m not convinced that it would save the country money either.
When people lack insurance, their health care still costs money. But it burdens the system more. For example, they rely more on emergency services that often go unpaid. Hospitals then foot the bill. The first incarnation of the A.H.C.A. was estimated to cost hospitals an extra $88 billion in unpaid care in 2019 alone.
Reliance on emergency services also means that people are waiting until the absolute latest to get care. Without insurance, they aren’t seeing their primary care physician for regular checkups or engaging in preventative care. In the long run, this adds unnecessary strain to the health care system. Treating advanced cardiovascular or periodontal disease, for example, is costlier than catching it early. And it’s much costlier than simply teaching people good nutritional habits.
So the costs snowball and snowball… And they land on Medicaid or, under the A.H.C.A, high-risk insurance pools, for which taxpayers pay. Or on hospitals and insurance companies, for which the insured pay. Either way, that’s you. And you — yes, you! — get to pay more! Call your Senator now for this unbeatable deal!
So while the A.H.C.A. might make the federal government’s deficit look a tad healthier on paper, it does nothing to improve health or health care costs.
In the end, the system still bloats, and you pay more for your care.
Because of problems like these, America pays more for health care than any other postindustrial nation. The average O.E.C.D. nation spends about 9 percent of its G.D.P. on health care each year. The United States, however, spends nearly 17. Almost double. Yet we have some of the worst health outcomes of this group, with gross inefficiency, unequal access to care, and high preventable mortality.
If we seriously want to reduce costs, there’s one obvious solution: single-payer health care. Yes, I know, Republicans would never go for it. But humor me.
In such a system, health insurance is administered by the government, although some countries have supplemental private insurance. It works for Britain, France, Spain, Canada, Australia, and others. And it has two key advantages over the A.H.C.A. for reducing costs. First, its guarantee of universal coverage would allow more Americans to engage in regular primary and preventative care. As people became healthier over time, the system would become less expensive.
This was one of the goals of the Affordable Care Act. Its increase in coverage has, indeed, begun to improve health. But a multi-payer system will never insure everyone. Single-payer could. (By the way, most of the Affordable Care Act’s health improvements are due to Medicaid expansion, our government health insurance.)
Second, single-payer has collective bargaining. Consider medications. In the United States, the F.D.A. does not evaluate cost effectiveness when approving a drug, unlike, say, the National Health Services in Britain. Instead, individual insurance companies must negotiate costs with the pharmaceutical. Whereas one insurance company represents only a few million people, only a small fraction of whom will ever require a drug in question, the N.H.S. represents all of Britain.
All of Britain can negotiate down costs much better than a single insurance company ever could — the N.H.S. can just threaten not to approve the drug.
The power of collective bargaining shows: On average, drugs cost three times more in the United States than in Britain. And overall, Britain spends just under 10 percent of its G.D.P. on health care, compared to our 17.
Relatedly, single-payer systems can better cap prices for procedures, encourage fee-for-value reimbursement, which reduces unnecessary tests, and incentivize efficiency. These all reduce costs. This is another area that the Affordable Care Act aimed to improve; it provided grants to states to develop more efficient systems. A national single payer, with its collective power, could do it even better.
On one final note, a single-payer system would increase taxes, yes. However, you or your employer wouldn’t pay for insurance anymore. We’d just swap the costs. And since the system is more efficient, the per capita cost would be lower. So your effective income would be higher. It’s a no-brainer.
Single-payer is the greatest health care “deal” that we could get — better health outcomes at a fraction of the cost. Maybe that’s how we sell it. Someone tell Trump, who’s desperately floundering about, hungering for a “win” wherever he can find it, that we have a huge, terrific, beautiful, tremendously big league deal.
On second thought, we don’t even have to tell him. He’s said it himself about the Australian single-payer system: “We have a failing health care — I shouldn’t say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia [Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull], because you have better health care than we do.”
Alright, Trump. Let’s make a deal.


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CBS ANNOUNCES UPCOMING PROGRAM PREMIERE DATES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
Television’s #1 News Program “60 Minutes” Begins its 53rd Season onSundays at 7:00 PM Beginning Sept. 20*
New Edition of Emmy Award-Winning “The Amazing Race” Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 9:00 PM
“48 Hours” Debuts Special Wednesday Edition Sept. 9 at 10:00 PM, and Returns for Its 34th Season on Saturdays Sept. 12 at 10:00 PM;
New Series from CBS News, “The FBI Declassified,” Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 10:00 PM
Emmy Award-Winner “Undercover Boss” Returns Friday, Oct. 2 at 9:00 PM; and“The Greatest #AtHome Videos” Resumes Friday, Sept. 25 at 8:00 PM
First Season of the CBS All Access Original Series “Star Trek: Discovery” Makes its Broadcast Debut Thursday, Sept. 24, 10:00 PM – Three Weeks Ahead of Its Third Season Launch on CBS All Access
The Drama “Manhunt: Deadly Games” Makes Its Broadcast PremiereMonday, Sept. 21, 10:00 PM
The Critically Acclaimed Comedy “One Day at a Time” Makes Its Network Debut Monday, Oct. 12 with Back-to-Back Episodes, from 9:00-10:00 PM
“Love Island” Season Finale Scheduled to Air Tuesday, Sept. 29 and“Big Brother” Wraps Wednesday, Oct. 28
Based on Current Production Timelines, New and Returning Primetime Series Could Begin Airing in November
CBS announced today a slate of upcoming program premieres for September and October. The series include a mix of original news and alternative programming, and two scripted dramas and one comedy series making their broadcast network debuts.
“This is hardly a traditional fall season, but we are prepared with a strong slate of original content while our regular scripted series begin production,” said Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment. “Based on our current timeline, we hope to start rolling out our previously announced fall series as they become available in November.”The upcoming broadcasts from CBS News include: television’s #1 news program, 60 MINUTES, premiering Sunday, Sept. 20* (7:30-8:30 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM, PT); a special edition of 48 HOURS: SUSPICION on Wednesdays beginning Sept. 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT); the return of 48 HOURS’ Saturday edition on Sept. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT); and the launch of the new six-part series THE FBI DECLASSIFIED on Tuesday, Oct. 13 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). THE FBI DECLASSIFIED, narrated by Alana De La Garza, from the CBS drama FBI, gives viewers unprecedented access to some of the biggest cases handled by real-life FBI agents and analysts. The broadcast is produced by the award-winning team behind CBS News’ 48 HOURS.
The premieres of the three returning reality favorites include: THE GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, on Friday, Sept. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT); two-time Emmy Award winner UNDERCOVER BOSS on Friday, Oct. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT); and the next edition of the multiple Emmy Award-winning reality series THE AMAZING RACE, hosted by Phil Keoghan, on Wednesday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT).
The first full season of CBS All Access’ STAR TREK: DISCOVERY* makes its broadcast debut Thursday, Sept. 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) as a special limited promotional run prior to its third season return on CBS All Access. The third season of the hit series, starring Sonequa Martin-Green, is scheduled to launch Thursday, Oct. 15 exclusively on CBS All Access, ViacomCBS’ subscription video on-demand and live streaming service.
The broadcast premiere of the drama MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES* from Lionsgate and Spectrum Originals will debut Monday, Sept. 21 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). The scripted true crime anthology series, starring Cameron Britton, Jack Huston and Carla Gugino, chronicles one of the largest and most complex manhunts on U.S. soil following the deadly terrorist attack at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
The critically acclaimed comedy ONE DAY AT A TIME* from Pop and Sony Pictures Television debuts on network television with all episodes from its fourth season beginning with back-to-back episodes on Monday, Oct 12 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The award-winning series inspired by Emmy winner Norman Lear’s 1975 show of the same name, starring Screen Actors Guild Award winner Justina Machado, tells the story of the Cuban American Alvarez family.
The scheduled season finales for the summer reality shows, which launched later this year and will extend further into fall, are LOVE ISLAND on Tuesday, Sept. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) and BIG BROTHER on Wednesday, Oct. 28 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
Additional programming for September and October will be announced at a later date.
*The inaugural season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY premiered Sept. 24, 2017 on CBS All Access, with a special first episode debut the same night on the CBS Television Network.
*MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES originally launched on Spectrum’s On Demand platform Feb. 3, 2020.
*The fourth season of ONE DAY AT A TIME premiered on Pop March 24.
CBS Premiere and Finale Dates
Wednesday, Sept. 9
48 HOURS: SUSPICION (Special Wednesday Edition)
Saturday, Sept. 12
LOVE ISLAND: MORE TO LOVE
48 HOURS (34th Season Premiere)
*Sunday, Sept. 20 (NFL Double Header)
7:30-8:30 PM, ET/ 7:00-8:00 PM, PT
60 MINUTES (53rd Season Premiere, RTP 7:00-8:00 ET/PT)
8:30-9:30 PM, ET/8:00-9:00 PM, PT
9:30-10:30 PM, ET/9:00-10:00 PM, PT
Monday, Sept. 21
MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES (Broadcast Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 24
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Broadcast Premiere – 1st Season)
Friday, Sept. 25
THE GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS
Tuesday, Sept. 29
LOVE ISLAND (2nd Season Finale)
Friday, Oct. 2
THE GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS
UNDERCOVER BOSS (10th Season Premiere)
Monday, Oct. 12, 19, 26
ONE DAY AT A TIME (Broadcast Premiere – 4th Season)
MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES
Tuesday, Oct. 13
THE FBI DECLASSIFIED (Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 14
THE AMAZING RACE (32nd Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 28
THE AMAZING RACE (NTP)
BIG BROTHER (22nd Season Finale)
About STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season One
The season one cast includes Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Jason Isaacs, Anthony Rapp, Shazad Latif, Mary Wiseman, Mary Chieffo, James Frain and Michelle Yeoh and was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Bryan Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Productions and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth were the executive producers for season one.
About ONE DAY AT A TIME
The series stars Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez, Elena Alvarez, Marcel Ruiz, Stephen Tobolowsky. ONE DAY AT A TIME is produced by Act III Productions, Inc., Snowpants Productions and GloNation in association with Sony Pictures Television, with Norman Lear, Mike Royce, Gloria Calderón Kellett and Brent Miller serving as executive producers.
About MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES
Jack Huston, Cameron Britton, Gethin Anthony, Carla Gugino, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette and Judith Light star. Michael Dinner served as director. The series was co-produced by Lionsgate and Spectrum for Spectrum Originals. Creator and writer Andrew Sodroski executive produced along with John Goldwyn. Michael Dinner served as director and executive producer for multiple episodes.
About THE FBI DECLASSIFIED
THE FBI DECLASSIFIED is from the award-winning team behind CBS News’ 48 HOURS. Anthony Batson is the executive producer. Matthew DeVoe is the director. Ruth Chenetz is the senior producer. Alicia Tejada is the senior coordinating producer. Pat Milton and Josh Gaynor are the development producers.
What shows are ALREADY cancelled this season? Check the official cancelled shows 2021/2022 list.
What shows are ALREADY renewed for next season? Check the TV shows renewed 2022-2023 list.
About The Amazing Race TV Show
THE AMAZING RACE delivered 5.42 million viewers this past season. The series' streaming viewership is up +93% on Paramount+ from its prior season. The series amassed 748 million potential social media impressions this season.
THE AMAZING RACE is a multiple Emmy Award-winning reality series hosted by Emmy Award-nominated Phil Keoghan. Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo and Phil Keoghan serve as executive producers. The show is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Worldrace Productions in association with ABC Studios and Amazing Race Productions.
THE AMAZING RACE is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Worldrace Productions in association with ABC Studios and Amazing Race Productions. Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo and Phil Keoghan are the executive producers.
The Amazing Race is a multi-Emmy Award-winning reality series hosted by Emmy Award-nominated host Phil Keoghan. This season, 12 teams will embark on a trek around the world. At every destination, each team must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical, and only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning The Amazing Race and the $1 million prize.Keep track of the cancel/renew status of all your favorite TV shows. Discover and bookmark our cancelled shows 2021 list and renewed shows 2021-2022 database.
Wondering how your other CBS shows are doing? Check out the CBS 2021 TV scorecard page, where you can find the cancel/renew status of all CBS TV shows!
How do you feel about this latest The Amazing Race news? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and don’t forget to stay tuned for all the renew/cancel 2021-2022 and beyond news!


dnota consolidates its growth in the Balearic Islands
During this month of April, dnota has started the maintenance works of the air quality network of the Balearic Islands. Last December, the Government of the Balearic Islands awarded dnota the maintenance management tender for the next two years, which is also scheduled to be extended. dnota’s Air Quality business continues its expansion in the sector, and takes a step further by setting up in the Balearic Islands, opening its first office.
The Air Quality Monitoring Stations Network is composed of fixed stations in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, as well as a mobile unit that moves to different locations in the islands, monitoring gases and particulate pollutants in the atmosphere, as well as meteorological sensors.
In addition to the measuring equipment itself, dnota also manages the information generated by the sensors distributed throughout the territory, ensuring the correct processing of data to obtain real-time information that is transferred to official bodies and the public.
Together with the information from the Balearic Government’s own stations, dnota integrates and processes the data generated by other air quality stations and atmospheric emissions control systems, owned by Endesa, Cemex, Tirme, Aena or the State Meteorological Agency.
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Phil Collins: You Can't Hurry Love
Eric Clapton: Tears in Heaven
Olivia Newton-John: Physical
Phil Collins: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
Huey Lewis and the News: The Power of Love
Crowded House: Don't Dream It's Over
Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill
Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
Paul Young: Everytime You Go Away
Simply Red: Holding Back the Years
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The former star of "The Affair" and "Fringe" talks from home about his new series "Little Fires Everywhere," and his powerful co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.
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A daily roundup of small-business developments.
What’s affecting me, my clients and other small-business owners this week.
The Budget: SkyNotFall
The sequestration takes effect, and according to Keith Hennessy, the impact is: “skynotfall.” Stephen Colbert offers a creative solution, and things are so bad that one ex-con is accused of sneaking back into jail. Some economists believe the sequestration doesn’t cut spending at all, but $92 million is whacked from the Small Business Administration’s budget, and Kelly Phillips Erb says some small businesses are already taking a hit. A small-business round table discusses the debt. These are four things to know about the next big budget battle, and do you also know who is one of the most influential people in the formation of the White House economics team?
Small Business Statistics: The Bright Side
The latest employment numbers bring “great news.” Despite the Dow Jones industrial average’s record close, small businesses are still struggling and although the recovery is lifting profits, many analysts conclude it’s still not adding jobs. A survey shows steady job gains in February and Intuit’s small-business employment index edged up. Moderate growth continued in the Philadelphia region. But small-business hiring was down in Pennsylvania and small-business closings increased in Missouri. Lending to small companies weakened in January, and Destiny Bennett explains the real reason small-business owners are not getting loans. A survey finds more baby boomer owners are selling their businesses. On the bright side: now is a great time to be in the tax business!
The Economy: Surpassing Saudi Arabia
The United States was the world’s largest petroleum producer in November, surpassing Saudi Arabia for the first time in 10 years — but an oil price analyst is doubtful about the potential of American oil production. Lance Roberts believes an asset bubble is indeed growing. Ezra Klein offers a few reasons to be optimistic. Economic activity in the nonmanufacturing sector increased for the 38th consecutive month, and activity in the manufacturing sector increased for the third consecutive month. Home prices nationwide increased on a year-over-year basis by 9.7 percent. Lumber prices approached an eight-year high. And these 100 facts about the economy will blow your mind.
Management: Don’t Quit the Day Job (Yet)
Forbes publishes its annual list of billionaires. GoDaddy’s founder warns against quitting your day job too soon. Mikey Rox lists 25 ways to raise your creativity, including: skim through a magazine. In this video, a blogger says Groupon and its former chief executive, Andrew Mason, should be ashamed. Marc Andreessen and B. Horowitz take a crack at annotating Mr. Mason’s goodbye memo. Jeff Cornwall tells a story of how he knew it was time to fire a customer. Patricia Lotich lists her top 10 small-business resources. These are five potentially disastrous financial mistakes every entrepreneur should know about. An online grocery store uses its customer-purchase histories to predict when items will run out. A receivables management firm offers an “A to Z of receivables management.”
Your People: The Cool Kids
Yahoo reins in telecommuters, and Best Buy copies it. A study reveals that more than 600,000 commuters travel more than 90 minutes to work every day. A new national survey finds more than a third of American workers experience chronic work stress, with low salaries, lack of opportunity for advancement and heavy workloads topping the list of contributing factors. Kirsten Chiala takes a look at how companies and employees are benefiting from “telework.” Richard Juman suggests three ways to inspire a healthy corporate culture. Chucky terrorizes drive-thru employees. A company offers an alternative to the student loan by connecting prospective employees with potential backers who are willing to invest in their career goals. Data crunchers are now the cool kids on campus and these are the top 50 apps employees sneak into work. This is one of the craziest buzzer beaters you’ll ever see.
Start-Up: Blowing It
After selling her start-up for $70 million at age 25, the founder blows through her fortune and heads to prison. These are the steps to follow to set up a home-based small business, and these are the funniest home Wi-Fi names. A new contest challenges you to explain what your start-up does and why anyone should care in six seconds. A crowdfunding site is started to drive the “new American dream.” But a start-up guru doubts that crowdfunding will happen.
Around the Country: A Start-Up Video Store?
These are the 10 American companies with the best reputations. And here are 13 stores you will never shop at again (but this passionate owner of a video-rental store in Pennsylvania doesn’t care). A “Grey’s Anatomy” star tries to turn around a failing coffee business in Seattle. Texas leads the country in business relocations and expansions. The 2013 Startup Law Summit is scheduled this week in Chicago (a city that needs a “start-up growth anchor” according to Microsoft’s C.E.O.). San Francisco’s Bay Bridge lights up. Social entrepreneurship programs at Yale and Stanford Universities are scheduled for high school students this summer. Here are four underrated tech hubs to watch, and here are the 10 cities with the highest tax rates.
Around the World: Singapore Is No. 1
Singapore ranks as the top Tier 1 economy since 1980. German car sales plunge as Europe’s auto crisis deepens, and some believe the fourth euro crisis cycle of panic has officially begun. But private business activity in the euro zone in February was not as bad as feared. Some believe that Spain still has a long way to fall. Since 2008, Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden have cost the shipping industry $900 million to $3.3 billion per year. A plague of locusts descends upon Egypt. Swiss voters approve limits on executive pay. This is why Auntie Anne’s Pretzels failed in China. Tim Fernholz claims that America is terrible at globalization. iYogi makes a big small-business bet in India.
Social Media: Pronto!
Facebook redesigns its news feed. Twitter kills TweetDeck. Mark Veverka warns that if your company or business does not have a social media strategy, it better get one pronto! A coming webinar features a social media expert who will explain how to use Facebook and LinkedIn for lead generation. Nick Bilton writes that it “seems as if Facebook is not only promoting my links on news feeds when I pay for them, but also possibly suppressing the ones I do not pay for.” Hospitals with the most Facebook likes have lower death rates. Jeff Bullas explains how to use Pinterest’s group boards to get more exposure for your business. These are the basics of social media marketing for business-to-business companies. Here are nine amusing travel hacks, and the Raiders’ Desmond Bryant is the target of a hilarious meme. An awkward British guy invites Mila Kunis out drinking.
SXSW: Ten Austin Start-Ups
Here are the 10 Austin start-ups you need to meet at South By Southwest this week. Pizza Hut plans to hold 140-second job interviews there. You can get a free ride in the SXSW TechCab by confessing your sins. An Austin entrepreneur shares his SXSW tips. Andrea Swensson explains why she’s not going this year.
Marketing: Too Watery?
Kelley Robertson says this is how not to use a referral. Derrick Daye shares seven ways to generate ideas from customers. Allison Carter warns you not to start content marketing if you are not willing to wait at least six months before seeing results. Online survey tools may be the most effective way to engage existing customers. Chris Robinson explains how business owners can increase site traffic through video. Here’s the only way to market with SnapChat. Wal-Mart introduces a program supporting businesses owned by women worldwide. This is how Budweiser responded to accusations that its beer was too watery.
Cool Ideas: Forgive Us
A company offers digitized magazine subscriptions for waiting rooms. A new type of silicone exhibits both viscous and elastic properties. A flexible battery stretches 300 percent. This video explains how 3-D printing will change the world, but this infographic shows how long the 3-D printing revolution will take. Apple is said to be planning an iWatch and a fingerprint-sensing iPhone, and it now seems that the latest fashion is wearable computers. An entrepreneur auctions off his name to the highest bidder. To predict trends before they happen, G.B. Oliver recommends keeping an eye on pop culture. A company regrets printing Bible quotations on toilet paper.
Technology: Google Glass for Guys
Evernote is hacked. Jon Xavier lists seven Apple products whose reality didn’t live up to the hype. Adriana Gardella wants to know how you handle laid-back technology vendors. These are four apps for getting rid of paperwork. A new case helps you get a better Wi-Fi signal on your iPhone. A programming error costs Microsoft 561 million euros. A survey shows that small businesses have heavy exposure to data breaches. A new backup tool will help manage your overstuffed Gmail account. And here’s how guys will be using Google Glass in the future.
Tweet of the Week
@alexia – “You going to SXSW(i)?” — Everyone even vaguely related to tech, right now.
The Week’s Best
Bob Phibbs wants to know if you are too weak to become stronger: “It isn’t so much what you decide to reach out for, but it is that moment of decision. Going from the weakness of I’m overwhelmed, I don’t need anyone else, it won’t work, etc. to one of strength — this will allow me to work smarter, focus my attention, make my business competitive. That’s why I pay for my Web designers to carry out my vision. That’s why I paid for a one-day coaching with one of the smartest marketers around. That’s why I do a lot of things. And I know a lot of you do too.”
This Week’s Question: Why aren’t you going to SXSW this year?

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text: Karine Chevreul is Professor of Public Health and Health Economics URC Eco Paris and Deputy Director ECEVE, INSERM, Paris (France). Karine Chevreul is a medical doctor and Professor in public health, specialising in health policy and health economics. She completed her PhD at the London School of Economics and has been a technical advisor to policy makers and Ministers of health and of social security, elderly, disabled and family. Her field of research covers health services research, and e-health in the field of mental health. She is currently the Head of Health Services Research Projects in the Health Economics and Health Services Research Unit of the Paris Hospital Consortium (AP-HP), the Deputy Head of an INSERM and University of Paris 7 team (ECEVE). She is also the head of the ERASM team conducting research in Mental Health Services and Economics. She is currently at the ANU under the Jean Monnet Europa policy Labs Visiting Fellowship.

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Keep your family safe online this Safer Internet Day with this round-up of online safety-conscious apps…
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day (#SID2017) sees hundreds of organisations come together every year to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. This year’s theme is ‘Be the change: Unite for a better internet’, so we’ve rounded up a bunch of tip-top apps to help you do just that…
Digital Parenting Magazine| Online, FREE
Looking for a way to start that all-important conversation about social media, gaming and other online activities with your son or daughter? Every year Vodafone releases a new edition of homegrown Digital Parenting Magazine. It’s packed with with information about bullying, peer pressure, screen time and, what’s more, it’s completely free! Read the latest edition online or download the pdf.
GoBubble | iOS, Android, £2.99 per year (or free for schools)
Created by a team of dedicated teachers, former police and social media specialists, GoBubble is billed as the ultimate safe and secure social media network for children under 13. While the minimum age for a Facebook account is 13, many younger children admit to using social media at least once a day. GoBubble aims to overcome this by providing a safe space for children to chat, send photos and share videos under the watchful eye of parents and teachers – sans the nasty cyber-bullying, unwanted friend requests and questionable content.
You might remember this one from blog post last year. Stay Safe Online is a collaboration between The Scout Association (UK), the Vodafone Foundation, Sponge UK and We Are Digital, and it aims to build digital resilience in six to ten years olds through a series of fun mini-games. Children choose their characters and race against the clock, traversing topics such as what to share online, the ups and downs of online friendships, and where to turn for further help.
DigiDuck’s Big Decision | iOS, Android, FREE
DigiDuck has a decision to make when he receives an embarrassing photo of his friend Proud Pig. Will he send it on for his pals to have a laugh, or stop the cycle and be a good friend? Narrated by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her mum, former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, this interactive story app teaches children the importance of being a good online friend. Aimed at children aged three to seven, it presents a great message in a charming way, and helps start the conversation about being responsible in the digital space.
TechSafe | iOS, Android, FREE
Designed by a group of savvy 7-13 years olds, the TechSafe app turns children into teachers. Aimed at parents and caregivers, this app contains beautifully illustrated internet safety information including resources, information, and practical tips to help keep you and your family safe and sound in the digital world.
Are you up to speed with the intricacies of Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and more? School up with NetAware. This handy app by NSPCC provides a simple guide to the most popular social networks, apps and games, as well as up-to-date reviews from parents and children. Its straightforward approach helps you untangle the web to aid in your parenting – online and off.
Privacy Camp | iOS, Android, FREE
Because our lives are increasingly played out online, this app helps parents talk about the importance of privacy. Featuring five fun videos designed for children aged 5-13, it covers of the need for privacy, how to stay safe online, and how to be good online citizens, providing kids with the ability to answer questions and earn stars as they go.
Kudos | iOS, Android, FREE
Kudos is the safer alternative to Instagram, completely ad-free and customised for kids. Profiles are closed to ensure only accepted friends have access to a user’s photos, likes are anonymous, comments and tagging are disabled, parents and caregivers can moderate content, and full names are used to promote responsible and happy sharing.
LEGO lovers will adore the newly launched LEGO Life – a safety-conscious social network built specifically for kids. It’s a place for sharing builds, obtaining ideas and interacting with other LEGO fans, but you’ll find no profile pics here. Anyone under 13 must be signed up by their parent, usernames are randomly assigned and comments are limited to a select range of positive emojis. Users are also unable to upload photos featuring faces or any identifying features, with content carefully moderated by the LEGO Life monitoring team.
Speaking of emojis, this Safer Internet Day, the UK Safer Internet Centre will be sharing their top safety tips on social media in emoji format, and they’re encouraging others to do so too. Share yours using #SID2017 and @UK_SIC to join the conversation and unite for a better internet.
Find out more about keeping your family safe online… with Scouts and the Digital Parenting Magazine.


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If Facebook hasn’t been anything to you but a junkyard of spammy posts and boring contents lately, you can at least hope to see some changes soon.
The social networking site has vowed to change its news feed algorithm in a move to eliminate spammy posts, bust like-hungry photos and prevent contents from appearing twice on the homepage of users. In other words, it’s spring cleaning time again at Menlo Park.
Previously gathered feedback from Facebook users have been taken into account in implementing the News Feed revamp.
Facebook said in a blog:
“The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time so they don’t miss the stories that are important and relevant to them.”
Facebook, unlike email, does not have a folder at the receiving end of spam messages. All those trashy posts get directly into your feed, probably engulfing your most important message delivery. So the news on the News Feed alteration is a welcome development.
The social media giant specifically aims to minimize at all cost contents that have been reported as spam, unwanted by users. Marketers work their way around the News Feed algorithm to generate thousands of likes and, thus, increase their presence in the social network, even displaying their posts to users that are not following them.
Like-baiting goes beyond the likes. Some are even luring users into commenting or sharing the posts to expand their distribution channel, sort of free advertising. In turn, the unsuspecting users become innocent agents or marketers of the spammy Page, showing the uncalled-for content to as many friends as their network can reach.
Most of the like-baiting stories are irrelevant to the what it originally shows on photos. For example, you are shown a photo of Flight MH370 as having landed on the Bermuda Triangle, but clicking on the link leads you to a page that has completely nothing to do with the missing Boeing plane. Death hoax of famous Hollywood celebrities is another example of these spammy posts. In the process, users develop a growing distaste for Facebook.
Some people also complain about videos, photos and other posts that get shown on their News Feed more than twice. Facebook promises to play down these kinds of posts in order to give users a better experience.
The move is seen by many analysts as having an adverse effect to marketers, or Pages. But Facebook is hypothetically saying otherwise. So this is forcing Mark Zuckerberg to make the compromise between business customers, which are struggling to highlight their presence in social media, and individual users, who are becoming more and more displeased by what they see on their News Feed.
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An application has been submitted for an Anaerobic Digestion facility to be built at Grove Farm off Cow Lane near the Sewage works (and the Letcombe Brook) between Grove and East Hanney.
Anaerobic digestion is a process in which microorganisms break down organic matter in the absence of air. The process creates usable products such as biogas and natural fertilisers. It is a 24-hour 365-day industrial operation
It is proposed that this plant will import and treat almost 100,000 tonnes of silage, farm yard manure, pig slurry and straw per year.
The application describes the plant as an ‘energy generating station’ and will be amongst the largest Anaerobic Digester plants in the UK.
The plant will produce biomethane, carbon dioxide, a nutrient rich solid fertiliser and soil conditioner, and a liquid fertiliser (digestate), which would be used on local farms.
All of the materials to be digested and the outputs will arrive at and leave the plant by road so we believe there will be up to 70 vehicles movements per day between 7am and 6pm (approximately 1 every 10 minutes) with more than double that during the harvest period.
As the AD process can be water intensive, the proposed AD facility would capture as much rainwater as possible for use in the process. This will be stored in underground storage crates holding up to 1,600 cubic metres of water. This is, of course, water which would normally be available to Thames Water.
The digester tanks will be up to 17 metres high (half the height of the bunds of the proposed reservoir) and the pasturisation tanks will be 11 metres high. The associated weighbridge station will be four 40 feet containers on top of each other. There are many other buildings also included in the plans as well as three covered ‘digestate lagoons’.
The majority of the site will replace the current farm land with new hard standing including five digester tanks, the digestate lagoons, silage storage area and circulation areas all of which (like the reservoir) will be on land which currently absorbs water to reduce flood risk to Grove and East Hanney.
This is essentially a large industrial plant, and the Local Plan states that “Development in open countryside will not be appropriate unless specifically supported by other relevant policies as set out in the Development Plan or national policy.”
Is this yet another example of things being ‘dumped’ in OX12?

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In general, when the two items you mention go bad, the vehicle will not run.
Here are some thoughts. First off, was the car having the problems prior to the tune-up? If so, then I might look at the injectors, and when the plugs were pulled out of the vehicle what did they look like. Sometimes one will have a color that varies from the others which can help to narrow down.
Has the vehicle had a compression check done? Have you looked the pcv valve and egr valve?
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There has been a lot of press lately around Doug Morris’ move to Sony Music. Doug is a legendary music guy and his accomplishments are legendary. But, is he the guy who is going to lead the industry out of the darkness and into the light?
The truth is, it is OVER! There used to be guys who used to cruise around town in their little trucks selling blocks of ice so people could keep their food cool. They disappeared, because someone invented the refrigerator. The CD needs to disappear! The only thing that is keeping it alive is the major labels fighting for what is left of their market share. Somebody invented something better.
This may sound like a radical idea and one that no major label will employ. After all, it will take a lot of guts. CDS still represent a majority of the sold music in the country. But who is buying them? Young kids who will give them to their friends to “rip” into their computers. The other part of the market is the occasional music purchaser and older demo user who does not have an IPod. If you are an avid music fan you probably haven’t bought a CD in eons. If you are an independent artist, you can’t even get your CDS into retail outlets. Nearly every independent artist sells 90% of their music either digitally or at their concerts. This is what keeps bands on the road. This could be exchanged for selling people download cards instead of a full CD at the show.
But the sooner the CD is gone, the sooner everyone will have to convert to digital. That will be the time when the labels and artists can truly get control of their music again. When the CD is eliminated there will no production costs for labels to pay. At that time, we could actually find a price for music that people would actually pay. I don’t think at this time any full CD is worth more than $3.99. 99% of albums have a few good songs on them. The rest are there by the artist’s choice and legal obligations to publishers and labels. Any songwriter will love most songs they write. But the public has proven that they are not interested. We live in a track-driven world. Most people download music one track at a time. If there is a great, favorite classic album that you just discovered you don’t have, you may download the whole album. But when was the last time you listened to a new album all the way through multiple times. The answer is probably ZERO!
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is technology that prevented people from passing along songs that they downloaded from Itunes to their friends at no cost. Within the last couple of years, labels eliminated DRMs and it made it possible for tracks to pass freely among fans. This may be a good way to develop new fans, but from the label perspective, it seemed to me that the labels were giving up. They totally lost control of their music.
If full full albums of music were cheap enough, people might actually download a whole album for $3.99 rather than pay $1.29 for each track. This may be one way to begin to bring the audience back to appreciating full albums once again. Right now, unless you have a label paying for it, there is no sense in recording an entire CD. The recording costs are at least double those of an EP. That is money out of the act’s pocket, eventually. From an artist’s perspective, at least financially, there is no reason to record an entire album. Only one or two tracks on each CD is what generates enthusiasm for the band. From the label’s viewpoint it cost just as much to promote and market an EP as an LP (full CD). The problem is you can only sell EPs for about half the price. So, you literally have to sell twice as many to earn the same money. Most albums that are released lose money. It has always been that way. So, selling EPs doesn’t make sense for labels. Especially when so many people just steal the music.
There is no way you are going to put the “Pirate” sites out of business. There are just too many of them. The only way to combat them is to make music more affordable and provide extra things to the buyers that they can’t get from these sites. Access to advance ticket purchases, personal contact with the acts, discount on merch and the like. You have to make people understand that there is not much benefit to stealing the music. Sure, they will pay a little for it, but they will get a lot in return. You will not be able to dissuade everyone from visiting the “free” sites, but hopefully enough so that you can re-establish a sales base.
You can’t do these things as easily when you don’t have control of your music. Many years ago, Steven Van Zandt of ( E-Street Band, Sopranos) fame, told me that the CD was the worst thing that happened to the music business. At the time I thought he was crazy. At the time it had breathed new life into the music industry. People were re-stocking their libraries, as their vinyl got worn out. But Steven was 100% right. Everyone is essentially walking around with a Master. It’s a free-for-all.
Eventually the CD will become extinct, or at least rare. It is in the best long-term interest of the industry to euthanize it now. The problem is it will take time for the whole world to convert to digital music use. So it is not happening. The result is a slow, ugly, methodical death for major record labels and the people who work there. Every job at a major label is a temp job.
I quit my job at Columbia 10 years ago, because I saw this coming. I remember standing at my going away party wondering if I was overreacting. Was the future really as dismal as I thought it was? Was I making a huge mistake? It was actually worse than I imagined at the time.
There is a lot of great music being made right now. The major label part of the music business is shrinking everyday. To counteract this, the price of full digital albums is actually increasing in many cases. Is this the way to fight piracy? I don’t believe it is. In my opinion, give the customer what they want and more, at a good price. People are inherently honest. Right now there is no stigma attached to ripping-off music. My solution is the reduce prices drastically and have the RIAA and NARAS launch TV campaigns to discourage piracy.
This is a better option than waiting for the business to hit the bottom and work with what is left. A few years ago, a friend of mine wrote on his Facebook page, “will the last one out of the record business turn the light off”. The problem is the bulb will be burned out long before that.

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What are the washing forms of the filter plate of the filter press?
1) Open flow cannot be washed: this form has only one intermediate feed channel, the material enters each filter chamber from the feed hole on the thrust plate through the feed channel, and the filtrate passes through the filter medium from the outlet holes of each filter plate It is suitable for general filtration and has the advantages of fast filtration speed and intuitive filtration effect.
2) Undercurrent cannot be washed: this type of filter press has a liquid outlet channel in addition to the feed channel. The filtrate of each filter plate is discharged together through this channel. This type of filter press is suitable for polluted, toxic, volatile, Materials that do not require washing, etc.
3) Open flow can be washed: In addition to the feed channel, this form also has a washing liquid channel. The filtration part is the same as the open flow can not be washed. After the filtration is completed, the washing operation is performed.
4) Undercurrent washable: It can be divided into undercurrent one-way washing and undercurrent two-way cross washing. The feed and washing liquid of this type of filter press are the same as those of open flow washable, but the liquid outlet method is different. The liquid outlet channels are collected and discharged together. This form is suitable for materials that are polluted, toxic, volatile and need to be washed.
How to choose the filter cloth of the filter press?
The selection of filter cloth is very important and plays a key role in the filtration process. The performance of the filter cloth directly affects the effect of filtration. In order to achieve an ideal filtration effect and speed, it is necessary to The viscosity, chemical composition and filtration process conditions are selected. The user decides according to the actual filtration requirements. When cutting the filter cloth, the pore distance and pore size must be accurate, and the pore size should not be too small, otherwise the feeding hole will be blocked; The nylon buttons should be evenly arranged, and the filter cloth should be cut with special tools such as an electric soldering iron to prevent the filter cloth from falling off the thread.
What items are included in the overall inspection of the filter press?
1) Clean the hydraulic station and the electric control cabinet, check whether the oil pipes of the hydraulic station are installed correctly, whether the wiring of the electric control cabinet is correct, and whether all the electrical wirings are correct.
2) Clean the rack and filter plate, check whether the filter plate is arranged neatly and correctly; check whether the filter cloth is folded, if so, it needs to be flattened.
3) Check whether the configuration of pipelines and valves for feeding, washing, blowing, etc. is correct and reasonable.
What are the safety-related matters of the filter press?
1) Regularly check the working conditions of various instruments, and repair or replace them in time if any abnormality is found.
2) Strictly follow the precautions, daily maintenance and maintenance, and the relevant content of the filter press fault repair method. It is forbidden for various instruments to filter under abnormal conditions.
3) The working pressure of the oil cylinder is generally around 25Mpa, and the maximum pressure test pressure is 31.5Mpa, but it is strictly forbidden to work for a long time under the condition of more than 28Mpa, and it is forbidden to work under the condition of more than 31.5Mpa.
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Rocket Frog Brewing – Sterling, Virginia
The Beer: As is often the case, Sean, Luke, and Varun all tried something very different. This is easy to do at Rocket Frog because of the wide variety of styles available on draft.
Sean had the Snark Infested Waters, a Schwarzbier. A Schwarzbier is a dark lager with roasted malt tastes. This style often does not have the bitterness that goes along with some styles that feature roasted malts. Snark Infested Waters is a good example of a traditional Schwarzbier. Easy to drink and a style that helped Sean get into craft beer.
Luke had the Kai Gose to the Beach, a Gose. Gose’s are just one of the styles of beer that many consumers simply refer to as “sours.” Kai Gose to the Beach is named after the head brewers son. It is a delicious balance of tartness, citrus and a hint of saltiness that really does remind you of the beach.
Varun tried the Angry Angry Alice, a double IPA. Angry Angry Alice is a pleasantly and strongly hopped DIPA that gives off warm and welcoming citrus and tropical fruit aromas.
The Atmosphere: Rocket Frog Brewing has a cool, relaxed, laid back vibe. Artwork on the walls helps the taproom seem cozy. Large tables can accommodate larger groups. The N64 video game area was also pretty cool!

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Update: Novell details layoffs, restructuring plans
The move came one day after Ron Hovsepian was named president and COO
IDG News Service - Novell Inc. said today that it plans to lay off 600 employees, or 10% of its global workforce, part of an effort to save more than $110 million annually as the struggling software maker restructures to focus on products such as SUSE Linux.
The announcement came a day after the enterprise software maker promoted Ron Hovsepian to be its president and chief operating officer. Hovsepian had been serving as executive vice president and head of global field operations,
In addition to Linux, Novell said it will concentrate on open-source and identity and resource management products. The Waltham, Mass.-based company expects to record a restructuring charge of between $30 million and $35 million in its fourth fiscal quarter, which ended Monday.
The full effect of the cost reductions is expected to be realized in its first fiscal quarter, which ends Jan. 31. Novell said it will continue to evaluate "noncore consulting activities."
"While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated workforce, this move is necessary to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy," Jack Messman, Novell's chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "This is a decisive, yet disciplined, cost-reduction action that balances the need to be fiscally prudent with the need to continually seek growth opportunities and generate long-term profitability in a highly competitive marketplace."
Novell also said its board had authorized its financial adviser, Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, to explore strategic alternatives for Celerant, the company's consulting subsidiary. The company had previously said that it intends to separate Celerant from Novell when market and other conditions are appropriate.
In an interview today at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) in Newton, Mass., the new man in the No. 2 spot at Novell talked about getting the troubled company's business back into alignment. Hovsepian had said part of the company's restructuring would include layoffs.
Novell has just closed its fiscal year, and the company has yet to say when it will release its fourth-quarter results. That quarterly announcement is imminent, Hovsepian said.
In its most recent financial report, on Aug. 25, Novell reported poor third-quarter results, with net income plummeting 91% to $2.1 million while revenue fell 4.7% to $290.2 million.
Hovsepian earlier today called the company's Celerant business "noncore" but declined to comment further. Novell is not planning to sell either its GroupWise collaboration software or its ZenWorks resource management software, he said.
"We will continue to focus on growth areas in our business -- Linux, identity and our core platforms," Hovsepian said, adding that the companyis trying to allocate company resources in a way that matches the needs of the marketplace. Novell hopes to continue to grow its relationships with independent software vendors as well as put more effort into its distribution partnerships, he said.
Hovsepian joined Novell in June 2003 as president of North American operations. Before that, he had worked at IBM for 17 years, most recently as worldwide general manager of that company's distribution industries.
Computerworld's Eric Lai contributed to this report.
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text: While they aren't the focus of the story, I'd recommend reading Pact for a story with some rather nasty fey. A couple of warnings ahead of time: it's a long read at nearly 950,000 words (somewhere between 3000 and 3500 pages), and it's also a bit of a doom spiral. If you're looking for a classic fantasy, this ain't it. The basic premise of the story is that the universe literally despises the protagonist through no fault of their own. It doesn't really ever give the protagonist room to breathe or get his footing.In my experience of many bad paranormal romance novels, fairies are just human but with big slang words. The fair folk that haunt the nightmares of humanity are overshadowed by that, sadly.

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If I was the same color as human shit and my face resembled an ape’s, I’d probably behave like this too. I wouldn’t want to live and would be consumed with bitterness towards full-humans and Aryans whom God granted with beauty and strength. I’d hate them because they’d be a constant reminder of how disgusting and putrid my existence was, how repulsive and vile I was, how it took hundreds of years and government legislation to force these humans to even want to look at me, how every race on earth despises mine and tries to avoid it at every chance. How only Jews and self-hating whites want to associate with me, and only for self-serving reasons rather than because they genuinely like me. How I am, at best, a tool for the Jew to destabilize white society, and at worst a subhuman burden on other nations that has never created anything of value and exists only because the charity and empathy of higher and more developed humans and Aryans.
Yeah, I’d probably want to spit in someone’s pizza too. Though because I am Aryan I still can’t imagine going through with it. Utterly disgusting, but that’s because I was made in the image of God and possess a soul unlike these humanoids.

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Suite Mojito is an exquisite and secluded studio located in the highest village of Santorini, Pyrgos village. This luxurious accommodation is part of a complex with outstanding architecture, offering breathtaking views of Akrotiri’s Caldera, Aspronisi island, and the magical Santorinian sunset. The Villa Complex is completely private and has a shared entrance with Villa Paloma, which is semi-detached. Nevertheless, the sun terrace and the pool are totally private. You can park your car in the complex’s parking area and then enter the studio, which is equipped with all the amenities for a comfortable stay.
The house is a studio with a fully equipped kitchenette, a comfortable living room, and a bedroom. The kitchenette is equipped with all the necessary amenities, but there are no cooking facilities. A high-definition TV set and satellite TV are available for your entertainment, and Wi-Fi is accessible throughout the suite. The bathroom has a shower, and bedding and towels are provided. There are also bathrobes and slippers for your comfort. The villa complex has daily housekeeping, and breakfast of your choice is served every morning in the suite.
Suite Mojito also features a private outdoor heated plunge pool, which is kept at a toasty 32 degrees Celsius, as well as an outdoor heated plunge pool and a private outdoor freshwater swimming pool. The sun terrace features sun loungers and an outdoor dining area where you can enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner with a breathtaking view. Suite Mojito is equipped with air conditioning and individually controlled FC units to ensure that you are comfortable during your stay. There is also perimeter CCTV, a safe deposit box, and a razor plug for your convenience.
Suite Mojito has an alarm clock, hairdryer, weight scale, and an iron and ironing board. There are also beach towels, pool towels, and a complimentary bottle of water. The kitchenette features coffee and tea facilities, an espresso machine, a hot water kettle, and a toaster. To ensure that you have an enjoyable stay, Suite Mojito provides a fruit basket upon arrival, and you can request laundry and ironing service at an additional cost. Suite Mojito is equipped with modern furnishings, music, and a stereo system with a CD player. Suite Mojito is a non-smoking room, and there is a sofa bed for additional guests. The villa complex offers turn-down service, a welcome drink, and a seasonal fruit basket upon arrival.
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JIAO Zengbao 焦增寶 (Dr)
Area of Specialization: Advanced structural materials; High-strength steels & alloys; High-temperature superalloys; Nanostructured metals & alloys; Innovative material processing
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His research interests focus on the development of advanced structural materials, including ultra-high strength steels, high-entropy alloys, high-temperature superalloys, and nanostructured metals & alloys. His group is utilizing their expertise in computational modelling and design, innovative processing, and mechanical and microstructural characterization to develop new materials for a wide range of technological applications, including aerospace, automotive, marine, construction, and energy industries.
- T. Yang, Y.L. Zhao, W.P. Li, C.Y. Yu, J.H. Luan, D.Y. Lin, L. Fan, Z.B. Jiao, W.H. Liu, X.J. Liu, J.J. Kai, J.C. Huang, C.T. Liu, Ultrahigh-strength and ductile superlattice alloys with nanoscale disordered interfaces, Science 369, 427, 2020.
- T. Yang, Y.L. Zhao, Y. Tong, Z.B. Jiao, J. Wei, J.X. Cai, X.D. Han, D. Chen, A. Hu, J.J. Kai, K. Lu, Y. Liu, C.T. Liu, Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys, Science 362, 933, 2018.
- L. Fan, T. Yang, Y.L. Zhao, J.H. Luan, G. Zhou, H. Wang, Z.B. Jiao*, C.T. Liu*, Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nano-lamellar architectures, Nature Communications 11, 6240, 2020.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, M.K. Miller, Y. W. Chung, C.T. Liu, Co-precipitation of nanoscale particles in steels with ultra-high strength for a new era, Materials Today, 20, 142, 2017.
- Z. Jia, Q. Wang, L. Sun, Q. Wang, L.C. Zhang, G. Wu, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao, A. Wang, S.X. Liang, M. Gu, J. Lu, Attractive in situ self‐reconstructed hierarchical gradient structure of metallic glass for high efficiency and remarkable stability in catalytic performance, Advanced Functional Materials 1807857, 1-9, 2019.
- B.C. Zhou, T. Yang, G. Zhou, H. Wang, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao*, Mechanisms for suppressing discontinuous precipitation and improving mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels through nanoscale Cu partitioning, Acta Materialia 205,116561, 2021.
- M.C. Niu, L.C. Yin, K. Yang, J.H. Luan, W. Wang*, Z.B. Jiao*, Synergistic alloying effects on nanoscale precipitation and mechanical properties of ultrahigh-strength steels strengthened by Ni3Ti, Mo-enriched, and Cr-rich co-precipitates, Acta Materialia 209, 116788, 2021.
- M. Yang, D.J.M. King, I. Postugar, Y. Wen, J.H. Luan, B. Kuhn, Z.B. Jiao, C.P. Wang, M.R. Wenman, X.J. Liu, Precipitation behavior in G-phase strengthened ferritic stainless steels, Acta Materialia 205, 116542, 2021.
- Y.L. Zhao, T. Yang, Y.R. Li, L. Fan, B. Han, Z.B. Jiao, D. Chen, C.T. Liu, J.J. Kai, Superior high-temperature properties and deformation-induced planar faults in a novel L12-strengthened high-entropy alloy, Acta Materialia 188, 517, 2020.
- W.W. Zhu, C.C. Zhao, Y.W. Zhang, C.T. Kwok, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao, F.Z. Ren, Achieving exceptional wear resistance in a compositionally complex alloy via tuning the interfacial structure and chemistry, Acta Materialia 188, 697, 2020.
- T. Yang, Y.L. Zhao, L. Fan, J. Wei, J.H. Luan, W.H. Liu, C. Wang, Z.B. Jiao, J.J. Kai, C.T. Liu, Control of nanoscale precipitation and elimination of intermediate-temperature embrittlement in multicomponent high-entropy alloys, Acta Materialia 189, 47, 2020.
- H.J. Kong, C. Xu, C.C. Bu, C. Da, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao, G. Chen, C.T. Liu, Hardening mechanisms and impact toughening of a high-strength steel containing low Ni and Cu additions, Acta Materialia 172, 150, 2019.
- Z.B. Jiao, C.A. Schuh, Nanocrystalline Ag-W alloys lose stability upon solute desegregation from grain boundaries, Acta Materialia 161, 194, 2018.
- Y.L. Zhao, T. Yang, Y. Tong, J. Wang, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao, D. Chen, Y. Yang, A. Hu, C.T. Liu, J.J. Kai, Heterogeneous precipitation behavior and stacking-fault-mediated deformation in a CoCrNi-based medium-entropy alloy, Acta Materialia 138, 72, 2017.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, W. Guo, J. D. Poplawsky, C.T. Liu, Effects of welding and post-weld heat treatments on nanoscale precipitation and mechanical properties of an ultra-high strength steel hardened by nanoscale NiAl and Cu particles, Acta Materialia 120, 216, 2016.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, M.K. Miller, C.Y. Yu, Y. Liu, C.T. Liu, Precipitate transformation from NiAl-type to Ni2AlMn-type and its influence on the mechanical properties of high-strength steels, Acta Materialia 110, 31, 2016.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, M.K. Miller, C.T. Liu, Precipitation mechanism and mechanical properties of an ultra-high strength steel hardened by nanoscale NiAl and Cu particles, Acta Materialia 97, 58, 2015.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, M.K. Miller, C.Y. Yu, C.T. Liu, Effects of Mn partitioning on nanoscale precipitation and mechanical properties of ferritic steels strengthened by NiAl nanoparticles, Acta Materialia 84, 283, 2015.
- Z.B. Jiao, J.H. Luan, Z.W. Zhang, M.K. Miller, W.B. Ma, C.T. Liu, Synergistic effects of Cu and Ni on nanoscale precipitation and mechanical properties of high-strength steels, Acta Materialia 61, 5996, 2013.
- Z.Y. Ding, B.X. Cao, J.H. Luan, Z.B. Jiao*, Synergistic effects of Al and Ti on the oxidation behaviour and mechanical properties of L12-strengthened FeCoCrNi high-entropy alloys, Corrosion Science 184, 109365, 2021.


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Enhancement of Raman signals : coherent Raman scattering and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
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Raman spectroscopy is a promising technique because it contains abundant vibrational chemical information. However, Raman spectroscopy is restricted by its small scattering cross section, and many techniques have been developed to amplify Raman scattering intensity. In this dissertation, I study two of these techniques, coherent Raman scattering and surface enhanced Raman scattering and discuss their properties. In the first part of my dissertation, I investigate two coherent Raman processes, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). In CARS project, I mainly focus on the molecular resonance effect on detection sensitivity, and I find the detection sensitivity can be pushed into 10 [micromolar] with the assistance of molecular resonance. Also, I am able to retrieve background-free Raman spectra from nonresonant signals. For SRS, we develop a new SRS system by applying spectral focusing mechanism technique. We examine the feasibility and sensitivity of our SRS system. The SRS spectra of standards obtained from our system is consistent with literature, and the sensitivity of our system can achieve 10 times above shot-noise limit. In second part of this dissertation, I study surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and related plasmonic effects. I synthesize different shapes of nanoparticles, including nanorod, nanodimer structure with gap and pyramids by template method, and study how electric field enhancement effects correlate to SERS by two photon luminescence (TPL). Also, I build an optical system to study optical image, spectra and particle morphology together. I find that SERS intensity distribution is inhomogeneous and closely related to nanoparticle shape and polarization direction. However, TPL and SERS are not completely correlated, and I believe different relaxation pathways of TPL and SERS and coupling of LSPR and local fields at different frequencies cause unclear correlation between them.
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We’re on our way back to Michigan full of gratitude for what has been an incredible trip full of memorable experiences.
First we set out for St. Louis where I was at the helm for one last Folk Alliance Region Midwest conference. With endless thanks to all the undaunted volunteers, it turned out to be a smashing success. Read more about that here: http://farmfolk.org. We left St. Louis (wondering for more than a few minutes why we weren’t heading home for some much needed rest) and hit the road for Mountain Home, AR to perform for a sweet crowd of music lovers at the UU gathering place – a concert set up by our super talented friend, Kim Richardson, and hosted by a sweet couple – Art & Pam. As we spent the next couple days driving further south to Austin where we visited with Rod’s daughter, son-in-law and grandson (no, that’s not a typo), we were finally able to unwind and recognize the unintended healing properties this trip was starting to reveal.
After a couple of quiet nights in Austin we set off to Houston for our show at Songbird Sanctuary – a wonderful concert series hosted by Tom Yeager who Rod and I met at a number of Folk Alliance conferences. I had hoped to take a detour to Round Top where the Junk Gypsy Warehouse is located only to find out that they won’t be open till Christmas or later. So now, a little ahead of schedule, we spot some cars pulled over just outside of the city at a sparsely populated roadside park near a small bayou. We take a little walk to shake off the road rash and then pull out the banjo and viola to run through the trio of tunes we were planning to spring on the unsuspecting crowd. (Fortunately for us, we were to find that no one was of the traditional ilk so it turned out ok.)
Tom and Sara live in a charming neighborhood at the edge of downtown Houston. They have a beautiful 100 year old home that remains one of the few still intact on this street where both Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt once lived. Tom and Sara KNOW how to do a house concert. We are virtually unknown in Texas and while Tom prides himself in introducing new artists to his audience it’s no easy feat to get folks out to here “who?” None-the-less, he corralled a room full of enthusiastic, generous, ready-to-have-a-good-time people which made for such a fun show. By the end of the night we felt like we’d just made some great new friends in that house full of kind-hearted Texans – natives, transplants and visitors.
The original plan from Houston was to take the next three days to get back home. But Monday night, after our concert in Arkansas, we got a phone call from a one Joseph Leavell who we had the pleasure of meeting in St. Louis at our conference. He had evidently gone home and looked up our music on Spotify (didn’t even know we were ON Spotify? What’s Spotify?) and apparently he liked it so much he wanted to throw us a last minute house concert. He saw that we were going to be in Houston and figured we’d have to come right back through Dallas where he lives. He made us an unbelieveably generous offer that we could not refuse and words just can’t express our gratitude to him for making our last night in Texas so magical. This is another example of what is meant by “it’s not the quantity, it’s the quality”. We were happy to reconnect with a man named John, who is one of the bookers for a major Dallas concert series, another in attendance was a great singer/songwriter named Bill Nash, who runs a camp at Kerrville, and nearly everyone there had some connection to, or story about, visiting Michigan. But the most amazing thing, after we closed our first set with Crocodile Man – watching all the faces light up in a way they hadn’t quite yet – we stood up only to be accosted (in the best way) with a big bear hug for playing a Dave Carter song by a man named Tom Noe. Turns out that, not only did he know Dave personally – as did a number of the folks in attendance – but Dave stayed at his house on occasion. Tom proceeds to tell us the story of how one morning at breakfast, he and Dave have a conversation about (much more than, but in simple terms) science & religion – evolution. It was this conversation that gave root to one of Dave’s most covered works of genius called “Gentle Arms of Eden”. Tom, a ‘secular humanist’ scientist (self proclaimed atheist) is one of the most kind-hearted loving warm beings we have ever met and the reverence on his face when he spoke of Dave was bright and beautiful. We decided to share a few more of our own songs and then open it up to the other musicians in the audience. First Bill Nash, who shared his gorgeous version of Dave Carter’s “When I Go”, then our host Joseph performed his own wonderfully hilarious “award-winning” song, “Jailed in France” and a snippet of another that made my face hurt. Then Tom finished things off with (what else?) “Gentle Arms of Eden”. No kidding. It was magic. And then as if that weren’t enough, he played the Peter Mayer song “Holy Now”, with an additional verse that he’d written, with Peter’s blessing. It was hard to leave, but we knew we had to put some hours in so we headed out feeling like we’d just made some more wonderful new friends, especially in Joseph, our host, and with the promise that we’ll be back as soon as we can make it happen.
Every single person we met in Texas took us into their hearts and made us feel so welcome and cared for that we almost didn’t want to come home. We’ve been to Texas a handful of times, and we were supported and surrounded by the family of Kerrville New Folkies. This time we were on our own, so we thought. We were not. In both Houston and Dallas we were treated with respect, kindness and extreme generosity. It’s really hard these days to accept that we’re worthy of this. In fact, I’m pretty sure we’re not. But now, as Rod and I sit in the car mostly in silence with our own thoughts, we occasionally look at each other, shaking our heads in disbelief at what we’ve just had the immense good fortune to experience, we recognize that we will spend the rest of our lives working hard to at least get somewhere close to worthy of what we have already been given, which is way more than we ever imagined.


[isabelle-dev] Preferences on Mac OS X
makarius at sketis.net
Wed Sep 25 14:53:57 CEST 2013
Another Mac user has pointed out full-screen support.
After the recent renewal of Mac OS X activity on the jedit-devel mailing
list, the MacOSX plugin (e.g. current version 1.3) now works with Java 7.
It already takes care to enable
com.apple.eawt.FullScreenUtilities.setWindowCanFullScreen for the main
jEdit "view" windows. So the top-right window corner has this device to
switch into full-screen mode in a Apple-conformant manner.
I see this as another indication that I should dismantle
and bundle the regular MacOSX.jar from jEdit instead.
People hooked on the Isabelle repository can enable the plugin via the
jEdit Plugin Manager (its full name is "Mac OS X Support").
Moving in that direction would mean to trust more the regular jEdit
development process than trying to make local "fixes" and "patches".
More information about the isabelle-dev


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Including vegetables in our diet is very important. South Indians make a dry vegetable curry as an accompaniment for rice dishes. Carrots, chow chow (otherwise called seeme badanekai in kannada and bangalore kathirikka in tamil), beans, cabbage are some of the vegetables that are cooked in water to make palya. Palya is a nothing but a dry vegetable side dish. Either individual vegetables are used or in combination. Here I have used chow chow and carrot combo.
Chow chow - 2 medium - peeled and diced
Carrots - 3 medium - peeled and diced
Oil for tempering - 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds - half teaspoon
Whole urud dal - 1 tablespoon
Red chillis - dry - 2 (optional)
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - half teaspoon
Hing (Asafoetida powder) - a pinch
Water to cook the vegetables
Coconut - fresh - grated - 2 tablespoon (optional)
Heat oil in a kadai and temper the mustard seeds and add urud dal. fry till golden and add red chillis if adding.
Add the diced vegetables, salt, turmeric powder, hing, and give a quick stir.
Add just a cup of water and cook partially covered.
When all the moisture is absorbed and the vegetable is completely cooked turn off heat and add the grated fresh coconut. Healthy palya is ready. Stir well and serve when its room temperature. Serve as an accompaniment for rice items like rasam rice, curd rice, sambar rice etc.

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Speaker Newt Gingrich Presents Energy Independence Proposal to CPAC - Calls to Replace EPA
by Bob Price on February 10, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich making a grand entrance to a standing ovation of presidential proportions. Looks like a president entering Congress for a State of the Union Address.
So, what is the state of Conservativism in America? Gingrich harkened back to second CPAC in 1975 when Reagan called for a bold colors proposal that led to the fall of the Soviet Union and strong economic growth.
Germans are buying the NYSE. German stock exchange is bigger than NYSE and will hold 60% control. German government leads economic growth. Compare to Obama administration anti-jobs, anti-business etc. New political slogan: 2+2=4.
DHS Secretary says there are more terrorists in the USA today. And yet, the government won't even tell us who wants to harm us. Democrats are completely out of touch about who our enemy is. Obama is wrong on Terrorism, Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood and everything else related to terrorism.
"I knew Ronald Reagan, I began working with Ronald Reagan in 1974. Barack Obama is NO Ronald Reagan!" paraphrasing Lloyd Bentsen comment to Dan Quayle.
Yet, the media expects us to take a new tone. 2010 was the appetizer . 2012 is the entree. "I want us to offer Pres. Obama to be the Keynote Speaker at CPAC 2012... IF HE EARNS IT." Will he move to the center?. Gingrich explained the steps that led to the balanced budget of his Congress.
Control spending, decrease taxes and encourage job growth. Get people off federal funds and back to work. At a time when we have 45% black teen unemployement, that is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
"The Obama administration is anti-jobs, anti-small business, anti-manufacturing, pro-trial lawyers, pro-bureaucrat, pro-deficit spending and pro-high taxes"
We did not create a deficit commission. We need a JOBS COMMISSION. Seven steps Obama can take:
1. Sign repeal of Obamacare.
2. Sign tort reform for doctors. Follow Texas lead on tort reform.
3. Sign permanent repeal of death tax.
4. Sign new Hyde amendment so no taxpayer money funds abortion in the US.
5. Sign a new Paul Ryan conservative spending act to lead to balanced budget.
6. Sign a law to decisively control the border now
7. Sign a tenth amendemt implementation act to return the power back to the states and the people.
Two Job Strategies
An American Energy Plan
79% of the American people believe we need an American Energy Policy. Obama is currently in a war against American Energy. Ronald Reagan as governor of California called for an American Energy policy in 1974. We are funding the terrorists who want to attack us with our energy policy.
It is time we stop it. We must find American Oil and American Gas. Re-open gulf coast drilling. Let states that want it do it now.
We should end the war against American companies by the EPA. EPA still stopping oil exploration in legal areas of Alaska. When we stop American we aid our foreign enemies.
We should stop the EPA's efforts to stop the production of natural gas from shale.
EPA is protecting us from a future that may not happen. We must have new clean coal projects. DOE keeps standing in the way with "studies". Maximize coal and gas production for American energy independence. Let West VA create jobs.
Enable production of nuclear power plants. We should dramitically decrease regulatory processes. We should also insist on flexfuel cars. Flexfuel is a national security issue. Brazil leads the way to this. They are now totally energy independent.
Let consumers choose what they want to do.
We should invest in new technology IF the investments come from the private sector. For the next 20 years what matters is oil, coal, gas and nuclear power.
Replace the EPA
Replace the EPA with Envirnmental Solutions Agency. We should rely on science, technology and industry rather than government bureaucrats. The old EPA cannot learn.
Localism where possible. State government should be partners with Fed. No dictitorial policy. See communities as partners and not advesaries.
I reject the idea that you have to choose one or the other. We can have a healthy economy and and a healthy environment. You can love nature and be a conservative.
Call your Congressman. Ask them to introduce a real American Energy Plan THIS YEAR. Create the Environmental Solutions Agency THIS YEAR. Make Obama make a choice.

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