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Deciding on the best Fantasy series of books is practically impossible without causing a discussion that leads to argument. In this list, we tried to touch on most of the sub-genres, including some of the more well known and popular series these days, like A Song of Ice and Fire and The First Law Trilogy, while also paying respect to the older ones, still influencing many writers and fans to this day, beginning with The Lord of The rings, but also mentioning Elric and Chronicles of Amber.
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin isn’t the first to do somewhat realistic, gritty, violent and dark medieval fantasy. However, his creation has been the most successful, resulting in possibly the biggest TV show in the world (Game of Thrones), and the world of Westeros that has millions waiting for the final two books to be delivered. The series so far consists of five novels, kinda of prequels in Dunk & Egg and a universe encyclopedia.
The Lord of the Rings
Not the first Fantasy series, but simply the most important fantasy series. Sure, the tropes of good vs evil cemented by J.R.R. Tolkien are being challenged, flipped and broken today, but it’s hard to think of any fantasy work today that doesn’t have some sort of influence from the massive, immersive universe Tolkien created. This link is for the 50th anniversary, one-volume edition, but you can get each of the books separately if you want.
The Elric of Melnibone Series
Elric is fantasy tropes turned upside down. Michael Moorcock, the author, was influenced by much more than just Conan the Barbarian, but Elric of Melnibone is the exact opposite of Conan. Complex instead of simple, frail instead of strong, decaying instead of rising. The Elric Saga consists of three parts.
The First Law Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie created a world based on some typical fantasy-medieval tropes, including the contrast between magic and brute force, a glorious past as the backdrop to a decaying present, and combines action and pragmatism with careful, but not over indulgent world building. It’s similar and obviously influenced by A Song of Ice and Fire, but is it’s own creation, maybe even better. The trilogy includes The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings.
The Wheel of Time
A mega series penned by Robert Jordan, who started it out in 1984 (first book release). He dies in 2007 while working on what should have been the final novel, which was eventually split into three books, authored by Brandon Sanderson based on Jordan’s remaining work. Few series provide this kind of depth when it comes to world building and the magic that comes with it. The series is 14 novels long.
It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t know what Harry Potter is. J.K. Rowling, original or heavily influenced by others, helped usher in a new age of interest in fantasy books through the tales of Harry, Ron and Hermione, which might not tingle the taste bud of elitists, but weave books that are simply difficult to put down, even if they aren’t as dark and serious as some would like their fantasy to be. There were 8 movies, but “only” 7 novels.
The Chronicles of Amber
A massive tale consisting of two story arcs, each spanning five novels and more than 20 years between the first novel and the 10th one coming out. Written by Roger Zelazny, the Amber Chronicles are filled with elements from Norse, Japanese and Irish mythology, Arthurian legend as well as several references to real history, including Williams Shakespeare. The Great Book of Amber is the combining of all 10 novels in one volume.
The Broken Empire
Mark Lawrence wrote a trilogy that includes Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns and Emperor of Thorns, which plays on themes of family dramas and a coming of age stories, with a twist in the usual tale, bringing forth a protagonist so traumatised it turns him far more vicious and unethical than we’ve come accustomed to. There’s a good chance you’ll want to re-read immediately upon finishing the books.
The Dark Tower
Just when Stephen King seems to be done with Ronaldo Deschain, he comes up with a new idea to continue what he considers one big uber novel, and each book a part of that grand story. It’s western meets dark fantasy if one has to categorize it, describing a world that’s falling apart, and little by little going out of order in every possible way. There have been 8 novels so far, with the 7th one being the end of the series in terms of chronology, although it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Most people know The Witcher as a Video Game series, but the terrific games are what comes after The Witcher saga ends. Andrzej Sapkowski wrote short stories, collected in two books, before the main Witcher series begins, spanning five novels that tell the story of Geralt of Rivia and his connection to Ciri, a child of destiny. There are five novels, with the english translation for the fifth one (Lady of the Lake) coming in 2017, although there are unofficial translations to find online.
If fantasy is something you want to put on hold, maybe popular science works for you right now: Here’s our top 10.


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The 3D glasses that are included with the August mag are for the viewing of “Unbeleafable,” a 3D skate film collaboration between Levi’s and Girl Skateboards. Using resources from the Levi’s Film Workshop, the short was directed by Ty Evans, who shot the footage with a Phantom 65-Z3D camera and a pair of RED MX cameras on a beam splitter. “Unbeleafable” is the first skate film to be released in both anaglyph (red/cyan) and full-color 3D versions.
Ty and crew imported an assortment of foliage and flora—including tons and tons of leafs—onto a soundstage, where they set up a supernatural fantasy world of skate obstacles for the dudes to get woodsy on. Alvarez, Koston, Tershy, Jeron, Justin Eldridge, Chris Roberts, and Kenny Anderson (the whole thing’s kinda reminiscent of Rick Howard’s nature runs in “Mouse,” come to think of it) are all featured along with Brian in multidimensional
And yeah, to finish the first thought, it does make a sound. The film is tracked to the music of France’s M83, whose exclusive electronica cinescape tones add to the etherealness of it all. Park those glasses on your face and get ready for a ride at www.unbeleafable3d.com. —Anker Staem
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The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (between BMW and Brilliance) has started production of the BMW iX3 in Shenyang, China in early October, but according to the Chinese media, exports will be quite limited.
Gasgoo reports that BBA is exporting cars from China for the very first time and the initial destination is the European market.
The first shipment of customer cars was sent from the Port of Dalian on November 11 "mainly to Europe".
But here is the interesting thing - only a total of 1,600 vehicles will be exported by the end of this year. Moreover, next year it will be just 12,000 (which translates to 1,000 a month).
"This was the first time for the joint venture to export vehicles in such an large scale. According to the automaker’s plan, it will export a total of 1,600 vehicles this year and increase the volume to 12,000 for next year."
If true, it sounds low to us. Especially since other manufacturers like SAIC's MG and Tesla are exporting thousands of EVs already.
The question is whether the iX3 will be just a niche vehicle or maybe most of the production will be consumed by the Chinese market? The BMW iX3 in China cost from RMB470,000 to RMB 510,000 ($71,079-$77,128).


The USC football preview show is scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20th on Prime Ticket.
Hosted by Lindsay Soto and John Jackson, the half-hour preview show features interviews with Coach Lane Kiffin, quarterback Matt Barkley, receiver Ronald Johnson, assistant coach Ed Orgeron and linebacker Devon Kennard.
Soto will also sit down with new USC Athletic Director Pat Haden.
Prime Ticket will also look at the recent NCAA sanctions and how the Trojans are hoping to use them for motivation.
The program will conclude with a feature on Colton High product Shareece Wright and the struggles he’s overcome to become a team leader.
If you miss the debut, no worries and no need to set your TiVo, VCR or Betamax. There are plenty of re-air options:
Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Aug. 23 at 10:30 p.m.
Aug. 24 at 10 p.m.
Aug. 25 at noon and 8:30 p.m.
Aug. 27 at 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 28 at 11 a.m.
Aug. 29 at 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 31 at 10:30 p.m.
USC opens the Lane Kiffin Era on Thursday, Sept. 2 at Hawaii.


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Like a planet spinning off into the universe, a moment like this won't come again for 1 000 years.
All I need is a few miserable gallons of gasoline."
-- "Patton", 1970
In case you were wondering why your brilliant political/cultural/social/educational/agricultural/theological reform movement/co-op/blog/magazine/think-tank/jug-band isn't taking off at all even though its moment in history has clearly arrived, attend attend, and see if you can spot the key paragraph in this Chicago Tribune story that will answer all of your questions (h/t Beachwood Reporter):
Education activist boasts of power plays, then apologizes
Stand for Children leader brags of outsmarting unions on school reform
By Rick Pearson and John Chase, Tribune reporters
July 13, 2011
An education activist's blunt tale of wooing House Speaker Michael Madigan and outfoxing teachers unions created a stir Tuesday by violating a cardinal rule of Statehouse power plays — what happens under the dome stays under the dome.
Now Jonah Edelman, the co-founder and CEO of the well-funded Stand for Children organization, is apologizing for taking a boastful tone and backing away from his remarks about his role in a new law that authorizes longer class days and tougher work rules in Chicago schools.
Speaking at the Aspen Institute think tank in Colorado, Edelman claimed his group drove a wedge between powerful Democrats and teachers unions, fed Mayor Rahm Emanuel one of his signature campaign lines and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on 2010 legislative races "to execute a political objective, which was to tilt toward Madigan."
A joint statement issued by the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association accused Edelman of "falsely claiming to have manipulated people engaged in honest negotiations" and overstating his group's success.
Stand for Children quickly went from a political startup to a key player in the negotiations over one of the most contentious issues in Springfield, largely because of money. It raised more than $3.5 million from some of the Chicago area's wealthiest families.
In his Aspen remarks, Edelman said some people mistakenly thought Illinois would turn Republican in the November 2010 elections. But the group correctly concluded veteran Democrat Madigan would remain in control.
"We endorsed nine individuals — six of them were Democrats, three Republicans — and tilted our money toward Madigan. That was really a show, an indication to him that we could be a new partner to take the place of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. That was the point."
Edelman said that after the election he "went back to Madigan" and confirmed the speaker's support for the group's agenda. The following day, he said, Madigan created an education reform committee, and "his political director called to ask for our suggestions on who should be on it."
The group also hired a team of 11 lobbyists, including two former Madigan chiefs of staff and the lawyer for the state Democratic Party, "preventing the unions from hiring them."
"Essentially what we did in a very short period of time was shift the balance of power," Edelman said. "I can tell you there was a powerful sense of concern, if not shock, on the part of the teachers unions in Illinois that Speaker Madigan had changed allegiance and that we had clear political capability to potentially jam this proposal down their throats."
In case you missed it, let me fish that key paragraph out of the barrel for you and mount it on a nice plaque:
Stand for Children quickly went from a political startup to a key player in the negotiations over one of the most contentious issues in Springfield, largely because of money. It raised more than $3.5 million from some of the Chicago area's wealthiest families.Also too, this bit of biographical background somehow did not make it into the article:
Jonah Edelman is the second son of Marian Wright Edelman, former civil rights leader and aide to Martin Luther King, jr. and founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, and Peter Edelman, former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and professor at Georgetown University Law Center.There is a Club, kids.
You are not in it.


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On Friday 16 February 2018, Vicsport in partnership with the State Government launched a suite of online resources aimed at educating sporting organisations on how to be more welcoming to people with disabilities.
The campaign titled “Are You On Board?” raises the rhetorical question whether sporting organisations have practices in place to support people with disabilities.
The launch attracted some forty people from Disability Sport and Recreation, members from VicHealth and the Minister for Disability, Martin Foley.
Held in the foyer at MSAC (Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre) in an ‘open theatre’ style, people watched the videos and began the conversation of how organisations can ‘jump on board’ to accommodate people with disabilities in their sporting codes.
The kids featured in the film from The Port Phillip Specialist School were smiling from check to check to see their chirpy faces on the big screen.
Minister for Disability Martin Foley shared his thoughts on how important it is for sports to be inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities.
Vicsport Interm CEO Michael Sholly referenced the statistic that approximately 700,000 people in Victoria have a disability and aren’t playing sport, urging us a sporting community to be proactive and reach out to these communities to become more inclusive.
CEO of Disability Sport and Recreation Richard Amon commended the work of Vicsport and the State Government for making inclusiveness a priority.
Vicsport Participation Strategy Manager Tom Dixon wrapped up the event thanking the support from Disability Sport and Recreation for participating in the videos.
To watch the latest videos, listen to podcasts and view written material on the Are You On Board? campaign, click here.
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While William Saroyan cultivated his prose to evoke the effect of a “tradition of carelessness,” of effortless and sometimes apparently formless ruminations and evocations, he was in reality an accomplished and conscious stylist whose influences are varied and whose total effect is far more subtle than the seemingly “breezy” surface might at first suggest. His concern for the lonely and poor—ethnic outsiders, barflies, working girls, children—and their need for love and connectedness in the face of real privation recalls Sherwood Anderson.
All of Saroyan’s best work was drawn from his own life (although the central character must be regarded as a persona, no matter how apparently connected to the author). In this aspect, and in his powerful and economical capacity to evoke locale and mood, Saroyan is in the tradition of Thomas Wolfe. The empathetic controlling consciousness and adventurous experiments with “formless form” also place Saroyan in the tradition that includes Walt Whitman and Gertrude Stein. It might also be noted that Saroyan’s work shows the influence of Anton Chekhov in his use of seemingly “plotless” situations which nevertheless reveal some essential moment in the characters’ lives and philosophical insight into the human condition.
Certainly, while the tone of Saroyan’s stories evolves from the richly comic to the stoical to the sadly elegiac mood of his later work, his ethos stands counter to the naturalists and the ideologically programmatic writers of the 1930s, the period during which he produced some of his best work. Often his stories portray the world from the perspective of children, whose instinctual embrace of life echoes the author’s philosophy. Saroyan wrote, “If you will remember that living people are as good as dead, you will be able to perceive much that is very funny in their conduct that you might never have thought of perceiving if you did not believe that they were as good as dead.” Both the tone and outlook of that statement are paradigmatic.

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The Patriots and Panthers played an epic Monday night game that resulted in a Carolina victory and a livid Tom Brady cursing the refs after a last-second pass interference call was waved off. Cam Newton had the play of the game with this 14-yard scramble on a third down while Panthers receiver Steve Smith made Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib "another notch in his bedpost" after grabbing four catches for 62 yards. But the game's final play is the one everyone is talking about. ESPN brought in retired referee Gerry Austin to explain the call but his explanation didn't exactly help matters. Bill Belichick was just as confused as everyone. "It was the last play of the game, I don’t know what happened," said the Patriots coach in a memorable postgame press conference. "There was a flag thrown, and then the game was over. I don’t know."
Melted Ice. The Chicago Blackhawks are selling vials of it for $99. The ice that was taken from the United Center after the team won the 2013 Stanley Cup.
Instant fame. Just ask Knicks fan Jon Squire, who sent J.R. Smith $60 in cash after winning a $120 bet with a friend that he could score more points in NBA2K13 using Smith than his friend could score using the entire Miami Heat squad. Smith then posted the cash and note to his Instagram account.
A letter sent to the mayor of Jersey City contained a mysterious white powder and a picture of Tim Tebow, forcing the evacuation of City Hall.
Ted Turner, seen here in 1982 shaking hands with 6-foot-11 Hawks center Tom McMillen, celebrates his 75th birthday today. In this memorable 1978 feature, Curry Kirkpatrick profiles the outspoken Braves owner who discusses hockey ("I can't understand why people like this game"), his own fame ("I'm just shufflin' along tryin' to survive. I think I'd be bigger in Chicago or L.A. or somewhere.") and the state of sports ("Pro sports has become filthy; it's a double-dealing, rotten business. There's all this terror and intrigue and fratricide. I'm sick of it. Sports should be fun").
"Black people don't play beer pong."
-Charles Barkley to TMZ in response to the news that Michael Jordan engaged in the popular drinking game.
A's outfielder Josh Reddick and WWE superstar Daniel Bryan finally got to meet and compare beards ... The Browns team plane nearly crashed upon its return to Cleveland on Sunday ... Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph was spotted in Los Angeles wearing a Chicago Bulls hat ... Ray Lewis was so flustered by the referees calling a personal foul on 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks on Sunday, he offered to pay half of Brooks' fine ... This Ohio State cheerleader got a raw deal.
Dwight Howard hung out on Sesame Street with Elmo and Mr. Tiger.
Cameron Rodriguez became the fourth Thunder fan to make a $20,000 halfcourt shot.
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Learning to sing “Footprints In the Sand” by Leona Lewis can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. This powerful ballad showcases Leona Lewis’ incredible vocal range and control. In this article, we will explore the unique vocal technique used in the song and provide practical advice on how to learn and master it. We will also mention other popular songs that employ similar vocal techniques.
One of the standout aspects of “Footprints In the Sand” is Leona Lewis’ ability to convey emotion and vulnerability through her voice. To effectively learn this song, it is crucial to start by analyzing and understanding your own voice. Singing Carrots offers a helpful article on how to analyze your voice, which can provide valuable insights into your vocal range and capabilities.
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Breathing technique is crucial in any vocal performance. The article on breathing basics can be beneficial in achieving proper breath support and control while singing “Footprints In the Sand.”
The song embodies a beautiful and expressive vocal technique known as the vocal break or voice register transition. Singing Carrots has an informative article on voice registers and vocal break that explains this technique in detail. Understanding and practicing this vocal transition is essential to master the song’s emotional impact.
To develop breath support while singing this song, you can refer to the article on breath support. Proper breath support will allow you to sustain the long phrases and deliver the emotive power of “Footprints In the Sand.”
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Summary: If God can keep His eye on the sparrow and care for that Sparrow; then He can keep his eye on you and carefor you.
Biblical reference: Psalms 102:7
"I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop."
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flourish and live forever.
When you are feeling empty and that space in your heart says, "I need more, I need to find what is missing and fill it". That is the Lord tugging at your heart. He is trying to reach out to you and say, "Here I am ! Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest. I will fill that empty space in you with Love and mercy and pardon. I will always care for you. Won’t you come? Won’t you let me show you what
it is like to be really loved, really cared for ?" All the pleasures and things of this world will never fill that void within you - none of it! Jesus wants to have you become a part of Him and be fulfilled, but you
have to choose.
Years ago, I watched a movie called "Cabin in the Sky", made in the 40’s,that starred a woman by the name of Ethel Waters. This movie was about faith, hope and Love even in the face of tremendous odds and
slavery. Ethel waters was a black woman and the movie was about slavery. In that movie the slaves suffered all forms of cruel and abusive treatment, yet in spite of it all they kept their eyes upon the Lord. In
the night after all the cruelty from their owners and working all day picking cotton; they still praised the Lord in word and song! If anyone had a reason to feel like hating God and rejecting Him and His love, the
slaves did! But Did they? No! In fact quite the opposite! They praised and worshipped Him all day long! They worshipped Him in the fields and in all forms of strife, clear into the night until they fell asleep. They knew that the Lord was their sustainer and Giver of Life, even if their own physical life ended here..it would go on in His Kingdom. In the movie, Ethel Waters sang a song that I loved from the moment I first heard her sing it. the song was called,"His eye is on the sparrow." and it has been an inspiration and a source of encouragement all my life.

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As some prices rise, others fall.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 17th of February, 2018, the average producer price for agricultural products in the fourth quarter last year increased by 9.7 percent compared to the same period of 2016, according to data taken from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
As a result, plant product prices have risen by 14.1 percent and the price of livestock, poultry and livestock products has risen by 1.5 percent. As the prices of plant products rose, the prices of products in almost all groups were influenced, except wine and fodder (krmiva/animal feed). The increase in the price of plant products is mainly due to lower yields owing to poor or unfavourable weather conditions.
For example, grain prices increased by 18.5 percent, fruit prices by 36.4 percent, vegetable prices by 3.2 percent, olive oil by 3.8 percent, and potato prices, including seeds, by 42.7 percent. Feed (fodder) prices decreased by 11.7 percent at the same time, and wine prices were 6.2 percent.
CBS data show that prices of livestock, poultry and livestock products rose by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter last year, as compared to the same quarter last year. Thus, the prices of livestock products rose by 6.5 percent, milk prices 7.2 percent, eggs 4.9 percent, while pork prices fell 2.3 percent, and sheep and goats by 4.9 percent.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the prices of goods and services increased by 4.3 percent, which was the area most affected by the rise in seed and plant prices. In the same period, Fertiliser prices rose 7.7 percent, energy and lubricant prices by 6.3 percent, veterinary services by three percent, and animal feed by 0.7 percent.

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To the house of representatives of the United States.
I transmit to the house of representatives a report of the secretary of state, complying with their resolution of the 1st instant. March 3, 1813.
The secretary of state, to whom was referred the resolution of the house of representatives of the 1st instant, has the honour to submit to the president the enclosed papers marked A and B. All which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES MONROE. Department of State, March 3, 1813.
(A.) Extract of a letter from Joel Barlow, esq. to the Secretary of
Paris, May 2, 1812. I have the honour to enclose herewith the
of of yesterday to the duke of Bassano. The importance of the objects, and the urgency of the occasion, I hope will justify the solicitude with which I have pressed the propositions.
The result, as far as it may be known within a few days, shall be transmitted by the Wasp. The Hornet sailed from Cherbourgh the 26th of April, with orders to land a messenger in England with my despatches for Mr. Russell, but not to wait a return from London.
(Enclosed in Mr. Barlow's letter of May 2, 1812, to the Secre
tary of State.) Extract of a letter from Joel Barlow, esq. to the duke of
Paris, May 1, 1812. In the note I had the honour to address to your excellency on the 10th of November last, the spirit of the English government was so far noticed as to anticipate the fact now proved by experience, that its orders in council, violating the rights of neutrals, would not be revoked. The declaration of the prince regent of the 21st of April, has placed that fact beyond all question. In doing this he has repeated the assertion so often 'advanced by his ministers and judges, that the decrees of France of a similar character are likewise unrevoked.
You will notice that he finds a new argument for this conclusion in your excellency's late report to the emperor concerning neutral rights, in which you avoid taking notice of any repeal or modification of these decrees, or of their non-application to the United States. We know indeed that they do not apply to the United States, because we do not suffer our flag to be denationalized in the manner evidently contemplated by the emperor in the rule he meant to establish. But it would have been well if your excellency had noticed their non-application to the United States, since his majesty has uniformly done it in his decisions of prize causes since November, 1810.
It is much to be desired that the French government would now make and publish an authentic act, declaring the Berlin and Milan decrees, as relative to the United States, to have ceased in November, 1810, declaring that they have not been applied in any instance since that time, and that they shall not be so applied in future.
The case is so simple, the demand so just, and the necessity so urgent, that I cannot withhold my confidence in the prompt and complete success of my proposition.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Barlow to Mr. Monroe, dated
Paris, May 12, 1812.9 After the date of my letter, of which I have the honour to enclose you a copy, I found, from a pretty sharp conversation with the duke of Bassano, that there was a singular reluctance to answering my note of the first of May. Some traces of that reluctance you will perceive in the answer which finally came, of which a copy is here enclosed. This, though dated the 10th, did not come to me till last evening. I consider the communication to be so important in the present crisis of our affairs with England, that I despatch the Wasp immediately to carry it to Mr. Russell, with orders to return with his answer as soon as possible.
. I am confident that the president will approve the motive of my solicitude in this affair, and the earnest manner in which I pressed the minister with it as soon as my knowledge of the declaration of the prince regent enabled me to use the argument that belonged to the subject. When, in the conversation above alluded to, the duke first produced to me the decree of the 28th of April, 1811, I made no comment on the strange manner in which it had been so long concealed from me, and probably from you. I only asked him if that decree had been published. He said no, but declared it had been communicated to my predecessor here, and likewise sent to Mr. Serrurier with orders to communicate it to you. I assured him it was not among the archives of this legation; that I never before had heard of it; and since he had consented to answer my note I desired him to send me, in that official manner, a copy of that decree, and of any other documents that might prove to the incredulous of my country (not to me) that the decrees of Berlin and Milan were in good faith and unconditionally repealed with regard to the United States. He then promised me he would do it, and he has performed his promise.
I send you a copy of the April decree, as likewise of the let. ter of the grand judge and that of the minister of finances, though the two latter pieces have been before communicated to our government and published. [Translation.]
The duke of Bassano to Mr. Barlow. Sir,
Paris, May 10, 1812. In conversing with you about the note which you did me the honour to address to me on the 1st of May, I could not conceal from you my surprise at the doubt which you had expressed in that note, respecting the revocation of the decrees of Berlin and Milan. That revocation was proven by many official acts, by all my correspondence with your predecessors, and with you, by the decisions in favour of American vessels. You have done me the honour to ask a copy of the letters which the grand judge and the minister of the finances wrote on the 25th of December, 1810, to secure the first effects of that measure, and you have said, sir, that the decree of the 28th of April, 1811, which proves definitively the revocation of the decrees of Berlin and Milan, in regard to the Americans, was not known to you.
I have the honour to send you, as you have desired, a copy of these three acts: you will consider them without doubt, sir, as the plainest answer which I could give to this part of your note.
As to the two other questions to which that note relates, I will take care to lay them before the emperor. You know already, sir, the sentiments which his majesty has expressed in favour of American commerce, and the good dispositions which have induced him to appoint a plenipotentiary to treat with you on that important interest. Accept, sir, &c. (Signed)
THE DUKE OF BASSANO. Joel Barlow, esq. &c. &c.
Palace of St. Cloud, April 28, 1811. Napoleon, Einperor of the French, &c. &c. On the report of our minister of foreign relations:
Seeing by a law passed on the 2d of March, 1811, the congress of the United States has ordered the execution of the provisions of the act of non-intercourse, which prohibits the vessels and merchandise of Great Britain, her colonies and dependencies, from entering into the ports of the United States :
Considering that the said law is an act of resistance to the arbitrary pretensions consecrated by the British orders in council, and a formal refusal to adhere to a system invading the independence of neutral powers, and of their flag, we have decreed, and do decree as follows :
The decrees of Berlin and Milan are definitively, and to date. from the 1st day of November last, considered as not having existed (non avenus) in regard to American vessels. (Signed)
NAPOLEON. By the emperor. The Minister Secretary of State. (Signed)
THE COUNT DARA.
B. Extract of a letter from Mr. Barlow to the Duke of Bassano,
Paris, October 25, 1812. In consequence of the letter you did me the honour to write me on the 11th of this month, I accept your invitation, and leave Paris to-morrow for Wilna, where I hope to arrive in 15 or 18 days from this date. My secretary of legation and one servant will compose all
suite. I mention this to answer to your extreme goodness in asking the question, and your kind offer of finding me a convenient lodging. I hope the trouble you will give yourself in this will be as little as possible.
The negotiation on which you have done me the honour to invite me at Wilna is so completely prepared in all its parts between the duke of Dalberg and myself, and, as I understand, sent on to you for your approbation about the 18th of the present month, that I am persuaded, if it could have arrived before the date of your letter, the necessity of this meeting would not have existed, as I am confident that his majesty would have, found the project reasonable and acceptable in all its parts, and would have ordered that minister to conclude and sign both the treaty of commerce and the convention of indemnities. [Translation.]
The Duke of Bassano to Mr. Barlow. Sir,
Wilna, October 11, 1812. I have had the honor to make known to you how much I regretted, in the negotiation commenced between the United States and France, the delays which inevitably attend a corres
pondence carried on at so great a distance. Your government has desired to see the epoch of this arrangement draw near. His majesty is animated by the same dispositions, and willing to assure to the negotiation à result the most prompt, he has thought that it would be expedient to suppress the intermediaries and to transfer the conference to Wilna. His majesty has consequence
authorised me, sir, to treat directly with you if you will come to this town, I dare hope that, with the desire which animates us both to conciliate such important interests, we will immediately be enabled to remove all the difficulties which until now have appeared to impede the progress of the negotiation.
I have apprised the duke of Dalberg that his mission was thus terminated, and I have laid before his majesty the actual state of the negotiation, to the end that when you arrive at Wilna the different questions being already illustrated (eclaircies) either by your judicious observations or by the instructions I shall have received, we may, sir, conclude without delay an arrangement so desirable and so conformable to the mutually amicable views of our two governments. Accept, sir, &c.
(Signed) THE DUKE OF BASSANO.
Mr. Barlow to the Secretary of State. Sir,
Paris, Oct. 25, 1812. By the letters from the duke of Bassano and my answer, copies of which are herewith enclosed, you will learn that I am invited to go to Wilna, and that I have accepted the invitation. Though the proposal was totally unexpected, and on many ac-. counts disagreeable, it was impossible to refuse it without giving offence, or at least risking a postponement of a negotiation which I have reason to believe is now in a fair way to a speedy and advantageous close.
From the circumstances which have preceded and which accompany this proposition, I am induced to believe that it is made with a view of expediting the business. There may indeed be an intention of coupling it with other views not yet brought forward. If so, and they should extend to objects beyond the simplicity of our commercial interests and the indemnities which we claim, I shall not be at a loss how to answer them.
I shall have the honour to write you as soon as possible from Wilna, and shall return to Paris without any unnecessary delay. I remain, &c. (Signed)
J. BARLOW. Honourable James Monroe, &c. VOL. I.


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This post is just drenched with chocolate...
I warned you ahead of time ;)
Not even on purpose really, I guess I just was on a chocolate-fix this past week or so..nothing wrong with that though.
I did a take-two of the peanut butter brownies that I tried to make a few weeks ago, but turned into a pan of a too gooey mess!
So I used an old brownie recipe that I knew worked well... and I just mixed up peanut butter and spread it into the mixture..
It came out pretty well, however for some reason these did turn out a bit cakey-ish than when I remember making them..
I used the same recipe from this post.
But I did bring them into work last week, and they were all quite pleased and happy with me again :) so that's always good.
While doing a quickie whole foods trip last week, I saw they had the So Delicious Coconut Milk Yogurts in an array of flavors..and I've been meaning to try these for a while. I've tried the coconut milk ice cream made by them..in the mint chip..and was VERY impressed. I am not a fan of soy yogurt though.. I've tried REALLY hard to like it though, but I just can't get over the texture. so I was hoping for good things from this!
Again, i tried REALLLY hard to like it..
with each bite I'd be like "it's not..that bad..."
honestly, I really did not enjoy it at all. the tangy ness through me off as well as the texture. maybe i should try a different flavor..
but it was kind of a big dissapointment because i used to LOVE eating yogurt pre-vegan days.. and I'd really like to find a replacement that I like. any suggestions ??
Another fun thing that I found that my mom had told me she had seen in my hometown in maryland ...and I hadn't heard anything about these..
Nasoya Silken Creations.. they had it in the shoprite near me randomly, in the refrigerated tofu section, and i really wanted to try it out! they had it in all three of the flavors, strawberry, vanilla, and..my choice..dark chocolate.
I was thinking of what to make with it, and I thought that my usual peanut butter chocolate tofu pie would be AMAZING using it..
However, I must say..on the package it says to be used in recipes or eaten straight from the box. I gave the straight from the box thing a go just to see how it tasted..and wowwww I think I might just buy it to eat! It tastes like AMAZING chocolate pudding..perfect consistency..and I'm really excited to try the other flavors out like this.
I figured it would already be SUPER chocolately so I halfed my usual 1 cup of melted chocolate chips to only a half of a cup..as well as I left out the soy milk since the tofu was already a pudding-consistency as opposed to when I use the usual silken tofu.
I will say, it did not firm up as well as previous times that I had made this pie and used regular silken tofu.
It was more of a pudding-pie..which..is still quite amazing.. but a bit messier.
I put it in the freezer however in hopes of it firming up quicker, and the next day it was a frozen-ish consistency... but kind of like an ice cream cake texture..which was actually really good! :)
And lastly for the chocolatey-goodness of this post..
my sorority had its retreat for the new girls this semester last night.. and since it was late night-ish we were asked to bring a dessert for it. Of course I jumped at that opportunity, how can I ever turn down making a baked good for others to eat ? Plus, it was thursday..and i couldn't let the friendly applebee's co-workers down!
I tried out the chocolate mint chip cookies from Joy of Vegan Baking. This book never lets me down!
These cookies were AWESOME.
People at work were upset that I didn't bring more of them, and were raving about them all night! I still love that they don't ever believe they're vegan too ;)
I got to the retreat a bit late due to work, but a few of the girls were able to try them and said they were really good. So theres definitely another keeper in that book.. :)
Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies:
1 egg replacer (I used Ener-G)
3/4 c vegan margarine
1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/4 c cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream the butter and sugars together in a large bowl by hand or with electric mixer at high speed. Beat in the egg replacer as well as the vanilla and peppermint extracts. In another bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture along with the chocolate chips. Stir well until mixed, but do not overmix. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a nonstick cookie sheet, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Should make about 1 1/2 dozen cookies
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! I'm going home tomorrow to be with the family for Easter, so I'm really excited for that :)


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Roses, I love them....Good morning my friend, I just woke up..well I guess maybe it was because I woke up like around 3a.m. for what ever reason who knows. I think we change as we grow older. I don't think I have ever slept rite since I got married and had babies...lol..but it's so true. Once you have children your life changes forever!. Well I watched the newest Jane Eyre movie. I liked it. It was somewhat different than the other, but still good. . . I had my bible study on Friday. And we discussed about prayer.....And it said why should we view prayer as a great privilege? It would be compared to like talking to the president, it's a privilege to speak to him rite? So If Jehovah God is our maker of us, of the heaven and the universe and we to him are like tiny drops of water and grains of sand but yet he knows each and everyone of us... The bible say, first in Psalms 115:15 You are the ones blessed by Jehovah, The Maker of heaven and earth... ("WE are the ones blessed")...and in Psalms 145:18,19 it reads: Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him To all those who call upon him in trueness! and 19 "The desire of those fearing him he will perform." and their cry for help he will hear. and he will save them. Amazing isn't it...Pray is important for us to draw close to God Jehovah. To build a personal relationship with him. If we want Jehovah to listen to our prayer we much pray to him in the way that he approves. Jehovah invites us to pray to him. His words encourage us... In Philippians 4:6,7 it reads: "Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let your petitions be made know to God: and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard your hearts. and your mental powers by means of Christ Jesus." Surely we would not want to ignore such a kind provision made for us by the Supreme Ruler of the universe! It's a way to strengthen our relationship with him, specially in these troubled times. Our world is truly falling apart. If you can't see that then you are blinded by Satan and the worldly ways. Example: If you had a true friend, you would call on them always everyday in fact and you would build your relationship... well it would be the same with God.
Are there requirements to Jehovah listening to our prayers? Yes there actually are. Jehovah told the Israelite's in there day, "Even though you make many prayers, I'm not listening; with bloodshed your very hands have become filled." Isaiah 1:15, So certain actions can cause God not to listen to our prayers. One requirement is to have faith but WE must EXERCISE that faith, you can says I believe I believe but if your not doing anything about what you believe? The apostle Paul wrote. "Without faith it is impossible to pleas God well, for he that approaches God must believe that he is ...those words that "HE IS" and that he becomes the rewarder of those who seek him. Hebrews 11:6. Faith is proved by our actions. We must give clear evidence that we have faith by the way we live every day life! James 2:26, Indeed , as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. meaning, works is an action word rite. So if you don't put action into your faith what good will it be...
Jehovah also requires that those who approach him do so with humility and sincerity. Just like approaching the president because he is of higher position. So therefore in approaching Jehovah we should even do so much more respectful After all he is "God Almighty". . . In Genesis 17:1 Jehovah told Abram, "I'am God Almighty Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.
The most point to me about praying to Jehovah God, was this one. Is that we act in Harmony with our prayer. Jehovah expect us to do all that is within our power to work at what we pray for. Example, if we pray, Give us today our bread for this day...we must work hard at whatever available job we are able to preform. And the other was if we pray about a fleshly weakness, we must avoid circumstances and situations that could lead us into temptation. Colossians 3:5 "Deaden, therefore, your body members that are upon the earth as respects fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite." hurtful desire, and covetousness which is idolatry. So this is what I learned from my bible study... I enjoy it tremendously. So may we all including myself put our faith into action...and may we all draw close to Jehovah God.
I wanted to share some other things with you but I'm sure my blog today is too long... so I will be back in well actually Tuesday. We have therapy again well Vee does this week my therapist will be gone till the 16.... So have a great wonderful Sunday today... I hope that you enjoy my info. about prayer...See you on Tuesday afternoon...hugs n many blessings.


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Taxpayers are spending billions on spurious aid projects through the EU – including giving dance lessons to Africans who earn less than 70p a
Britons pay £1.4 billion towards the EU’s £10 billion aid budget, but much of the money is going to corrupt regimes or projects where no checks
are being made that it is properly spent.
Meanwhile, relatively wealthy Turkey, with its developed economy, is the EU’s main recipient of aid, is raking in £500 million a year.
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While on a backpacking trip that saw me exploring South Africa from Cape Town to Durban I simply had to make a stop along the Wild Coast. From what fellow travellers told me the Eastern Cape sounded simply incredible and boy, oh boy, did Coffee Bay come to the party.
Here are five activities you’ll definitely want to try when travelling to Coffee Bay:
1. Learn to surf
Jeffrey’s Bay may be South Africa’s most-loved surf spot, but Coffee Bay has incredibly warm water and offers surf lessons at a fraction of the price. Coffee Bay is quite small and if you’re staying at the popular Coffee Shack backpackers then your surf lessons are going to cost you a meagre R50 per hour…. or two (they’re so chilled there they don’t really watch the clock religiously). The equipment is great too – the boards are looked after and there is the option of borrowing a second skin or wetsuit if you wish. The lessons start off on the sand, firstly with a safety chat before they teach you the sequence of moves to follow for catching a wave. Then it’s time to hit the water. The instructor gives you one-on-one attention, offering pointers to correct your technique. After my fourth wave-catching attempt I was up, riding my first wave, feeling more alive than ever.
2. Take a drumming lesson
Jah Drums is a backpacker hostel and a space where travellers can sit among locals and learn their way around an African beat on a djembe drum. The evening session I joined in on carried an electric atmosphere with a few regulars treating us to a show where they whacked out trance-inducing rhythms with their mad skills.
3. Hike to Mapuzi Caves
Hike through fields, scale a cliff face on a narrow path, pass cows, dogs and small children. The jagged cliffs drop straight into the ocean where the fast-paced, angry sea folds its waves as if it were kneading dough. Depending on the tide, if you’re the kind of person who loves a good thrill, you’ll have the opportunity to jump off a cliff above the caves and plunge into the water below. Another opportunity to throw yourself off a wall of rocks presents itself later in the day on the hike back where you’ll come across a river you can bomb-drop into. Find yourself a shady tree and eat lunch under it. Take at least two litres of water, a small bottle just isn’t going to cut it on this hike.
4. Hike to Hole in the Wall
This is a three hour hike that takes you on a scenic trek through the region and delivers you to the area’s favourite natural attraction – the Hole in the Wall. The Hole in the Wall is an archway that’s punched out of a wall of Ecca shale and sandstone that’s capped with hard volcanic dolerite. After the hike to this landmark you simply cannot resist diving into the ocean and sharing the water with the rocky formation you came all this way to see.
5. Eat mussels
Every now and again Coffee Shack organises a free sundowner experience for its backpacker guests. I was lucky enough to be staying there when their staff had picked us a massive pot’s worth of fresh mussels to carry up to a view point and enjoy with a drink. Two of the fellas carried the steaming pot of mussels to the top of a nearby hill that’s green curves looked like it came from the Microsoft Windows background. We gathered around and tucked into our fresh delight with Tobasco and Worcestershire sauce close at hand. With seafood-filled bellies we all sat back and watched the choppy sea in front of us, drink in hand. The next thing we knew, we were all watching two pods of dolphins cruising their way through the rough seas below. Spectacular.
A trip to Coffee Bay is definitely recommended. Just be sure to take sunblock and an open mind.
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And now in Persian
: I put out a message to Iranian bloggers on behalf of novelist Claire Berlinkski, below. Now Ali has been kind enough to translate the post into Persian. It is an image, so any Iranian bloggers who want to just pick up the image and run it on their blogs, please feel free to do so. Thanks, Ali!
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Saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is an immediately distinctive improviser and a leading voice on his instrument in the UK. An Ivor Novello-nominated composer, his innovative collaborations have confirmed his growing international reputation as an instigator and catalyst for captivating musical encounters that ‘continually push the envelope a little further’(Jazzmania BE)
Ridiculous technique and harmonic proficiency combined with progressive creativity that sees him leading the charge in terms of new jazz music being created in the UK” Linley Hamilton, BBC Jazz World As a prolific and multi–award winning bandleader, his writing is inspired by the uniquely creative and diverse voices of the musicians he works with – always with human connection and communication as their guiding principle. His compositions, primarily influenced by black American music, unite a powerful instrumental command with an originality and clarity of musical vision that has been described as ‘exquisitely subtle’ (All About Jazz) and ‘startlingly vivid and mature’(Marlbank).
‘Dream Band’ is his series recording his favourite musicians in new combinations, playing music written especially for them. The resulting albums are full of surprises, terrain shifts, harmonic nuance and emotional depth, underpinned by a freshness of approach and fearless interplay. The first volume (2021), recorded over three days in a London studio with three different groups, spotlights amongst others Cherise Adams-Burnett, Midori Jaeger, Chris Cheek, Jason Brown and Deschanel Gordon. The second (2022), captured over three sold-out nights at the iconic Vortex jazz club, features Kit Downes, Mark Kavuma, Liselotte Östblom, Rob Luft and Orlando le Fleming.
‘I felt lucky to be surrounded by so many distinctive and contrasting voices, and wanted to capture that variety in an album, creating space for the musicians to express themselves and shape my music. In 2021 when people weren’t able to play and create as much I tried to go the other way, taking a maximalist approach to make something adventurous and broad in scope. Partly, it was a kind of ‘curating’ – I imagined what different combinations of my favourite musicians would sound like and wrote music for that.’
His new collaboration series with guitarist Ant Law, ‘Same Moon in the Same World,’ is a call for solidarity and connection translated into music. The series takes its name from a line in Haruki Murakami’s 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart: ‘we’re both looking at the same moon in the same world. We’re connected to reality by the same line.’ Recorded remotely across multiple continents in 2020 and 2021 in response to a time of unprecedented isolation and atomisation, the first album in the series features guest contributions from vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Shai Maestro, bassists Linda May Han Oh, Ben Williams and Jasper Høiby, and drummers Jeff Ballard, Kendrick Scott, Sun-Mi Hong and Eric Harland.
An incredible saxophonist, with something very unique and original to say” Walter Smith III
His contributions to other artists’ music suggest a progressive and open-minded conception of jazz as a genre; widely recognised as a thoughtful collaborator, he is equally at home in the musical worlds of trailblazers of the resurgent London jazz scene (Maria Chiara Argirò, Ashley Henry, Myele Manzanza, Rosie Frater-Taylor) as featuring in the groups of revered elders (Kirk Lightsey, Jasper Høiby, the Blackbyrds).
He lives in London, UK and regularly performs at jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals domestically and throughout the EU, leading groups at Umbria Jazz Festival, Love Supreme Festival, and Ronnie Scott’s and performing at North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne and Glastonbury Festival amongst many others.


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Durban FilmMart Taps Funds for African Filmmakers - Sixteen fiction and documentary projects to take part in annual finance forum
27 July 2018
DURBAN — With the four-day Durban FilmMart building a bridge between African filmmakers and the international market, 16 projects from across the continent arrive in South Africa this week for pitching sessions with potential co-producers, broadcasters, sales agents, investors, and other industry experts from around the world.
“The projects are at various stages of development. We do each year attempt to create a balance between what presents as strong projects, as well as new emerging talents,” said Toni Monty, head of the Durban Film Office, which jointly organizes the DFM along with the Durban Int’l. Film Festival and the eThekwini Municipality. “This is important to ensure that we not only present filmmakers that have a fairly established profile and need to get their next project out there, but also to tap into the undercurrent and ensure we are bringing new talents into the marketplace.”
Here’s a look at the eight fiction projects being presented in Durban: Read the original article on Variety here.


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text: MOUNT PLEASANT - The Ubly girls basketball team's quest for a state championship ended with a loss to Saginaw Nouvel in the regional semifinals at Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart on Monday evening.The Bearcats end the season with a record of 12-4 and as district champions.Leading scorers for Ubly on Monday were Josie Gusa with 12 points and 4 rebounds, Dajnae Leipprandt with 9 points and 15 rebounds, Alivia Bischer with 7 points, Kylie Maurer with 5 points, 4 rebounds and 5 steals, Sam Souva with 5 points and 5 rebounds, Shelby Messing with 4 points, Elizabeth Weber with 2 and Maze Guza with 1 point.Top scorers for Nouvel were Madison Looby with 16 points, Catherine Buko with 13 and Riley Hirschenberger with 10.\u00a0Bearcats head coach Joel Leipprandt said Nouvel focused on neutralizing Gusa and pulling down rebounds, including 22 offensive boards. It was only the second game all season in which the Bearcats had been outrebounded, and Nouvel converted many of those boards into points."They got after it," he said.\u00a0After the game, the Bearcats coach told his players how proud he was of them and it had been an honor to coach them. Leipprandt is stepping down after two seasons as head coach as he eases into retirement, and he noted the current group of seniors had compiled an impressive record of 35-5 over the last two years. Ubly won back-to-back league championships and back-to-back district championships during that time."They've done some great things, and they're just a joy to coach," he said.Leipprandt said though their postseason was cut short on Monday night, it was good to have some finality after their season was cut short last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. He will be returning to teach next year though his time as a coach has come to an end. He hopes to be involved in the search for his successor as head coach of the girls varsity team.

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LOWELL, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A possible tornado touched down in Lowell, Arkansas this morning as severe storms rolled through Benton County.
Video by Arkansas Storm Hunters chaser Frankie caught the possible tornado from this morning along Old Wire Road and Jennifer Lane looking north.
Between 40-45 seconds into the video, you can see a power flash. This is not lightning because the flash occurs only near the ground and is very localized.
A radar scan from Fort Smith, AR around 7:30 A.M. shows a velocity couplet passing over Lowell and heading northeast. The storm later continued into NE Benton county and prompted a tornado warning near Garfield and Beaver Lake, as well as parts of NW Carroll county.
Green shows wind velocities towards the radar while red depicts winds traveling away from the radar. A velocity couplet is shown on the radar as tight areas with strong red colors next to strong green colors.
Although the radar and video show signs of a tornado, confirmation from the National Weather Service in Tulsa, OK is still needed and a storm survey in the future will determine strength if there is damage found.
If you have damage in Northwest Arkansas, please report it to the NWS here: NWS Tulsa Storm Report Submission
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Take Risks and Change Your Mindset advises Angel Investor Nadeem Hussain When It Comes To Financial Inclusion
From left to right: Ayman Ismail, Nadeem Hussain, Ahmed Abdel Meguid
By Nour Ibrahim
“Being a CEO of a company does not necessarily make you an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur has to have a different skillset and you develop that - you’re not born with it,” said Nadeem Hussain.
Hussain is one of Pakistan’s most prominent angel investors and a world leader when it comes to branchless banking. On September 13, he gave a talk at The American University in Cairo (AUC) where he discussed his take on financial inclusion, fintech entrepreneurship and microfinance.
According to the World Bank, financial inclusion means that individuals and businesses are provided with access to viable financial products. These products may be but are not limited to investments, loans and savings.
In his talk, Hussain discussed how through providing microfinance banking services for the low-income customers and by supporting fintech entrepreneurship which integrates technology to support financial transactions, he was able to financially include more Pakistanis.
When Hussain was 48 years old, he was one of the leaders of Citigroup, the multinational behind Citibank, but he felt what he described as the “entrepreneurship bug.” Hussain recalled that he had ambition, wanted to do something different and to do something for Pakistan.
Hussain’s idea was to find a way to include Pakistan’s millions of unbanked adults in the financial system and the way he did it was through microfinance banking. He put together his wealth and gathered some investors around to create Pakistan’s first microfinance bank, Tameer Bank. Hussain explained that to become a successful entrepreneur, he first had to de-learn much of what he had learnt as an executive.
“I didn’t know what microfinance was but I had ambitions and I had confidence that I would learn and believe me, when you put your own money on the table, you learn very fast,” he said.
One of the lessons that Hussain learned when he ventured into entrepreneurship was that dealing with bad customers and losing some money are inevitable to create a profile of trustworthy customers and good case practices.
Hussain, who came from a corporate banking background, began to realize this as he pioneered microfinance banking in Pakistan. Microfinance banking is about providing small loans and services to low-incomes individuals and small businesses who would not qualify for standard corporate banking services especially loans.
“So, the challenge in microfinance - for those who want to work in microfinance - is not the default, it’s the cost of the administration. Microfinance rates typically exceed credit card rates. The range, depending on which country you’re in, 24 - 40% per annum,” he added.
Even though in Pakistan, the infrastructure forced him to start with microfinance, he admitted that nanocredit was another route that would lead to financial inclusion. Nanocredit services allow for low-income individuals to receive very small loans based on digital profiles that are created based on data gathered from their electronic devices.
In his own effort to reach the unbanked individuals of his country, Hussain had started a mobile banking service called Easypaisa as well as a digital bank that is expected to launch this month. In his talk, he emphasized on the power of technology when it came to financial inclusion by reminding the audience that places that remained hard to reach were covered by cellphone service providers and that mobile devices now hold sufficient data about an individual to help a banking service provider determine their credit.
Hussain assured the attendees that now is the time for fintech startups to take risks in the Egyptian ecosystem as the demographics of the country tilt towards the young and the government has started taking interest in supporting entrepreneurship.
This month, the Egyptian government announced the launch of a startup accelerator and called for applications for its first cycle. In addition, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) held their conference in Sharm El Sheikh. The conference focused on showcasing the efforts of regional countries to improve their current status of financial inclusion allowing for an exchange of experiences.
Hussain added that microfinance was sometimes blamed for extorting the poor however it only attempted to override common forms of corruption like bribery and speed money.
“The low income are not looking for charity, they’re looking for solutions that they’re willing to pay for. (So,) create a solution that’s financially viable,” he said.
As for competition, Hussain welcomed it explaining that in Egypt, like in Pakistan, the financial inclusion market was “too big” for one company to dominate.
Hussain advised those with great ideas to use data, take risks and start as early as they can when their responsibilities are limited and they have little to lose. He also advised them to think about the future of their startups and their worth early on.
The School of Business and the Center for Entrepreneurship hosted Hussain’s talk which was led by Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at AUC's School of Business and AUC Venture Lab’s Director Ayman Ismail and Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Assessment in the School of Business Ahmed Abdel Meguid.
To watch the full video of Nadeem Hussain’s talk, please visit our page here.
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AUC launched AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab) in 2013 which is the first university-based incubator in Egypt. It incubates early-stage and growth-stage startups that are chosen through a selection process that judges the novelty of the idea, the team’s track record and cohesion, scalability and potential for commercialization, as well as the team’s tenacity and commitment to success. Once selected, the startups benefit from training sessions, mentors, student internships and their presence at the AUC School of Business. They also play an active role in the AUC community and Egypt, sharing their entrepreneurial experience with students, faculty members, mentors and investors, as well as a global alumni network.


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Title: Visual Studio C# - Silverlight - Isolated Storage - Lesson V
Description: This video continues our previous discussion of saving book information into the isolated storage. In this case, we will write the code behind for the user to be able to add a book into the isolated storage. The user will also be able to delete a book. As the user is adding and deleting, the list is always updated to reflect the latest list of books in the isolated storage. In this application we are using stream and Xmlserializer to serialize and deserialize to/from the isolated storage.
Methodology: Good coding standard and simplified design
Technologies: Silverlight 2.0
Examples constructed: The example contains two text boxes and a datepicker that allow the user to enter information about the book. When the user clicks on the add button, the data is serialized into the storage. When the user clicks the delete button, the book is removed from the isolated storage. The list is always updated as the user is adding and deleting.
Keywords: Isolated storage, Row definition, Column definition, TextBlock, Button, Margin, IsolatedStorageFile, GetUserStoreForApplication, IsolatedStorageFileStream, StreamReader, StreamWriter, CreateFile, OpenFile, DeleteFile, AvailableFreeSpace, Quota, IncreaseQuotaTo.


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