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US Dollar Losses are Extended, but Momentum Stalls in the European Morning
US stocks extended their gains ahead of the weekend after President Trump shied away from specific actions against China-Hong Kong, and today Hong Kong shares recovered smartly from last week's 3.6% slide.
Marc Chandler
Jun 01, 2020 10:58 AM GMT
The Hang Seng rose 3.3% today, and the Shanghai Composite gained over 2%. All the markets in the region advanced. Europea's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 was up about 0.5% in late morning turnover, which would be the fifth gain in six sessions. US shares are trading with a softer bias, and many link it to the social unrest in many cities that could hinder re-openings. However, the losses are thus far too small to extrapolate to shift in sentiment or drivers.
Benchmark 10-year bonds yields have edged 1-3 bp higher, and the US 10-year yield remains pinned near 66 bp. The dollar is weaker, with the Australian dollar leading the majors with a 1% gain. The euro is the weakest of the majors, and it is up about 0.3%. Most emerging market currencies are also gaining on the US dollar.
The South Korean won is the strongest, with about a 1% gain. The JP Morgan Emerging Market Currency Index has edged higher. Today's gain, if sustained, would be the ninth in the past 11 sessions. Gold extended its advance for a third consecutive session but stalled near $1745. Oil is flat, with the July WTI contract around $35.40.
China's official PMI disappointed. The composite was unchanged from April (53.4) as the slippage in the manufacturing (50.6 vs. 50.8) offset in full the rise in services (53.6 vs. 53.2). Manufacturing output fell to 52.2 from 53.7, but new orders and new export orders rose but remain below the 50 boom/bust level.
Construction, perhaps reflecting local government's infrastructure push, rose to 60.8 from 59.7. Both the manufacturing and service PMIs showed a rise in business expectations but continued weakness in employment. On the other hand, the more export-oriented Caixin manufacturing PMI rose to 50.7 from 49.4 in April.
Reports indicate that Beijing ordered its large agriculture combines to halt US purchases as the relationship is reviewed. There had been significant inquires into 20-30 cargoes at the end of last week, and China's imports or US soy and ethanol reportedly increased in the first half of May.
Like others, we have been skeptical that China could fulfill its obligations under the Phase 1 agreement. China was to buy $36.5 bln of US farm products 2020 and in Q1 bought roughly $3.35 bln. Despite threats of walking away from the agreement, the US won't because China's failure would give it yet another cudgel.
Turnover in Hong Kong dollar options surged before the weekend (~$3.7 bln), according to reports, and a third was struck outside the band. Forward points eased at the end last week and are little changed today, still near the most extreme in a couple of decades.
Talk that the peg could change to the Chinese yuan seems exaggerated. Pegging to a currency that is not convertible has its own challenges and could undermine its stability. The peg could be adjusted, but without calmer markets, it seems unduly risky. Hong Kong is a full member of the World Trade Organization, but it is unlikely to deter the US from denying it most favored nation status. The three- and 12-month Hong Kong dollar forward points eased but remain elevated.
Broadly, the May PMI readings in the region were mixed. Japan's was unchanged from the flash reading of 38.4, down from 41.9 in April. South Korea's slipped to 41.3 from 41.6 in April. After cutting rates last week, South Korea is expected to unveil a third budget (where 3/4 of the funds are expected to be spending in the first three months) later this week. Australia's manufacturing PMI rose to 44.0 from 42.8 of the flash estimate and 44.1 previously. India's PMI edged up to 30.8 from 27.4.
Month-end flows saw the dollar recover ahead of the weekend form JPY107.10 to JPY107.90. It is trading in a narrow range of JPY107.40-JPY107.85 today. There are expiring options on both sides of that range. At JPY107.40 is a $525 mln option, and at JPY107.80 is an $820 mln option.
After coiling for most of last week, the Australian jumped higher today, seemingly confirming the breakout. It reached almost $0.6775, more than a cent above last week's close. This is its best level since late January. At the start of the year, it was above $0.7000. The PBOC set the dollar's reference rate at CNY7.1316, a little lower than the models suggested and below the previous day's close. Although the dollar eased against the yuan, it rose against the offshore yuan, fully recovering from its initial loss.
The main interest today is the final manufacturing PMI for May. Germany was the source of disappointment. The flash May reading of 36.8 was shaved to 36.6. France's edged up to 40.6 from 40.3. Italy and Spain rose more than expected. Italy's rose to 45.4 from 31.1 and Spain's improved to 38.3 from 30.8. The aggregate reading was 39.4 down from 39.5 of the initial estimate but above the 33.4 final April report.
The UK's manufacturing PMI edged up to 40.7 from 40.6 of the flash estimate and 32.6 in April. Reports suggest that even though the furlough pay program will taper in Q3, the UK government is looking to provide more stimulus in July. Later this month, the Bank of England is widely expected to increase its bond purchase program. Although Bank of England officials have kept the option on the table, a move to negative interest rates is not likely in the coming months.
The euro's advance extended to a fifth session today with it briefly poking above $1.1150, the best level since late March. The momentum stalled in the European morning, and the euro slipped below $1.1120. There is an option at $1.1100 for 1.7 bln euros that expires today.
The proximity of the ECB meeting (Thursday) where it is widely expected to substantially boost its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Progam and could adjust some other policy measures may make short-term participants hesitant about driving the euro much highs. The late March high was just shy of $1.1165, and the $1.12 area is psychologically important. Sterling firmed to about $1.2425. It has not seen this level since May 8. Sterling's momentum also stalled in Asia, and it drifted lower in the European morning. It could slip back toward the $1.2350 area with changing the tone.
Merkel had already rebuffed the US invite for a G7 meeting at the end of the month when the White House suggested that will delay the meeting until September or later. That did not seem to matter as much as getting to suggest that Australia, South Korea, India, and Russia may be invited. It is a thinly-veiled attempt to isolate China while overlooking that Russia had been un-invited following its annexation of Crimea.
Trump argues that the G7 no longer "properly represents what is going on in the world." Indeed, in recent years, the G20 appears to have grown in importance. Separately, although the UK joined Australia, Canada, and the US in condemning China's move on Hong Kong, the EU itself has been quiet, and Germany, which takes over the rotating EU Presidency starting in July called for a "critical and constructive dialogue."
The US reports the final May manufacturing PMI and the ISM. The take-away is that nearly every survey and sentiment indicator for May ticked up from April. While growth collapsed here in Q2, with the Atlanta Fed putting it at -51.2%, sequential improvement is consistent with a recovery in Q3. Canada also reports May's manufacturing PMI. It stood at 33.0 in April. The Bank of Canada meets in the middle of the week.
It is expected to stand pat and let its past actions take effect. Note that it is Governor Poloz's last meeting. The data highlight of the week for both the US and Canada will be the jobs report on June 5. Mexico's manufacturing PMI is also on tap. In April it was at 35.0. Also, watch Mexico's worker remittances. This is an important source of hard currency for the country. They unexpectedly surged in March to $4.02 bln compared with forecasts for $2.75 bln. The strength of the dollar in March was cited as a factor. The median forecast in the Bloomberg survey calls for a $2.6 bln in April. Worker remittances were about $2.9 bln in April 2019.
The US dollar slipped below CAD1.3700 in Asia for the first time since March 11. Here too, the greenback's momentum stalled in late Asia/early Europe, and it has bounced toward CAD1.3740. A close above there could set the stage for a further US dollar recovery tomorrow. On the downside, the next key technical area is near CAD1.3600. The US dollar also slipped through MXN22.00 briefly for the first time since March 16. Nearby resistance is pegged in the MXN22.10-MXN22.20 area.
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Politically Incorrect: Ray J Wants To Run For Mayor Of Carson, California
Ray J. running for mayor? He can't be serious.
By: Taren Vaughan
No longer known simply as "Brandy's brother", Ray J. has made his name known in a number of areas of the entertainment industry, without any help from his R&B sensation of a sister might I add. He has starred in sitcoms, dropped a few albums here and there and made an unplanned appearance in the porn industry. And he has found a good amount of success for himself, well at least in one of these categories he has. I'm sure you don't have to guess which one that was. Even with all of the fame that has come his way, the 29-year old star of the hit VH-1 reality TV show "For The Love Of Ray J." now has his eye on yet another profession, one that is quite a stretch from the TV screen or the music studio. And let's just say it's quite laughable if you ask me.
Ray J. has announced that he is pulling a "Schwarzenegger" and wanting to run for political office. More specifically, he wants to become the mayor of Carson, California. From reality TV to politics…What an interesting switch. I'm sorry ya'll, but I couldn't help but to chuckle at this news, this sudden interest in politics that Ray J. has. Is this guy serious or what? Has his reality TV show reign finally run its course and now he is looking for a new way to keep his name alive? Regardless of what we think, future Mayor Norwood has assured everyone that this want to be the head of a city did not develop overnight.
He recently revealed on AllHipHop.com about his sudden change of heart and how it came about:
"I mean, I'm from Carson and I see the struggles that we going through in the community and I know what I can do and I know what kinda help I can be to that community"
Okay, his motives sound pretty legit so far. Nobody can knock him for his want to help out a struggling community. Props go out to him for that.
But here is where his comments begin to get a little questionable:
"Not just with the press and just everybody coming along and coming onto the ride. But what I would do is show young African American youth or just young kids in general to go and aspire to be a mayor or go aspire to be a doctor or a lawyer."
Is that right now Ray J.? So now you are supposed to be a prominent African American male influence in the black community, inspiring young black men and women to be all that they can be? Guess you are taking a break from exploiting black women who are fighting for a chance at your heart on national television? No, he is not a criminal or a thug, but I don't think Ray J. would be the first person I would call up to talk to a group of students about their futures and how important and valuable having a good education is. Nah, I think I'll leave that up to Barack.
"Because this Hip-Hop s— and this music industry has got alotta people clouded. And they think that's the only way to go. Or to put out a sex tape to be successful. That s— is wack. You gotta go out and use your true talent and read and learn and if I can inspire that throughout everything I been through then let me be a reason. Let me be the cause. Let me be the answer, to everybody's questions you know what I mean? All in the future man. That's just all future thoughts."
Oh so putting out a sex tape is lame he says? But isn't that the very thing that put him and Kim K. on the map? Before then, he was still "Brandy's brother". His stardom depended on that tape and now he has become a no-sex tape advocate? Get real Ray J.
And this whole "let me be the cause and answer" thing…Sounds more like he is trying to prepare for his first speech as a candidate running for office. Not impressed. The only thing I can agree on is that the music industry as a whole, not just Hip-Hop, does lead people to become delusional about the things that they need to do in order to become successful. Other than that, I must give his comments one star.
Clearly someone in Hollywood has told these celebrities that it is okay to take on multiple ventures, even when you have zero experience in the area. Just because you make a sex tape with a lawyer's daughter doesn't make you ready to become a politician. Takes a little more than that to make you a credible man for the job I'm afraid. Well actually, that may be the one thing that he does have in common with some political figures…scandal. Other than that, Ray J. is nowhere near qualified to run a city based out of California let alone a small town in the country with a handful of residents to vouch for. Simply put, he is no Ray Nagin, despite name similarity.
Judging from what has been said so far, can we really be sure that Ray J. really wants to become a mayor for the right reasons? Or are there other influences behind his desire to make his political breakthrough? Chances are he just wants some positive attention placed on him for once.
Gotta admit, always being known for a porn flick must get pretty old after awhile. But politics though? I sense an epic fail already.

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You may or may not be aware of a thing I started doing a few years ago called the Sad Bastard Music Club. Many of my friends and people I follow on the internets periodically release mixtapes for people to download or listen to. Historically, I've done this as well and, being a DJ at heart, I enjoy sharing music with people. But, well, people don't download things, and being able to share something regardless of where you are or what device you're on is kind of cool, so the Sad Bastard Music Club is a series of Spotify playlists and if you sign up for the newsletter, you get notification of when they are going out.
The name comes from a sort of inside joke being that "I only listen to sad bastard music." The logical conclusion if I only listen to "sad bastard music" is that any playlist I make would, by definition, be "sad bastard music", presumably because I'm a sad bastard. And while typically I define "sad bastard music" as being anything sounding like Nick Cave or The Cure, I try to be a bit more diverse on the Sad Bastard Music Club playlists because, in reality, I listen to, and enjoy, a lot of different things.
I also enjoy listening to a diverse group of artists. It's actually a bit of a point of pride that I try to make an effort to have diversity (be it gender, ethnic, or sexual identity) in the music I listen to and the music I share. And this was something I wanted to particularly include, from the beginning, when I started doing these Sad Bastard Music Club playlists on Spotify.
A few months ago, I actually went through all the various SBM playlists and ran some numbers. The result was that I still have work to do. It was a bit of a surprise as I was sort of patting myself on the back for how well I felt I was doing in making sure the playlists were pretty balanced.
Some notes on how I ranked the data:
Any group or artist where the primary (lead) member, or the lead vocalist, was female was ranked as female. Obviously this is a bad practice from the beginning — just because Blondie is led by Debbie Harry doesn't change the fact that there are a bunch of dudes in her band. But, in the case of Blondie, Debbie Harry is very much the primary focus, as is the case much of the time with mixed groups. It's a vanity metric, but you need to draw the line somewhere, so I drew it there.
Artists where a man and a woman got equal billing or representation (a good example is The B-52s) were classified as M/F. This also includes groups of mostly men with a female guest vocalist.
I added a "T" classification for artists or groups that identify as non-binary or gender fluid or include a member who identifies as such. Le Tigre and Against Me! would fall under this category, although in some cases I had to make assumptions because I was not sure how they identified publicly (as with the case of IAMX, which I listed as T because Chris Corner presents as gender fluid but I'm not sure what they would describe themselves as).
The result is, still, 51% of artists on Sad Bastard Music Club playlists are male, and that number is bumped to 58% if you include artists in which women get equal billing with their male counterparts.
I'm not going to diminish the win here — this is far better than the music industry's representation as a whole — but I, personally, can and should do better. I hold myself to a higher standard than just what's normalized.
My first reaction was "wow, I would need to do all-women SBM playlists just to right the ship" — and then I caught myself. So what? What's wrong with that. With the music industry being male dominated for generations (and I've given presentations that mention precisely these numbers), what would be wrong with focusing on women for a few iterations? While there may be a lack of popular female artists in pop music, there's no lack of actual female musicians and they can, generally speaking, benefit from any amount of publicity or exposure they can get.
Coincidentally, as I started thinking about these things, just a couple weeks ago Spotify tweaked one of my "Daily Mix" playlists to be predominantly women artists across a variety of genres which I have been really appreciating.
The next Sad Bastard Music Club playlist — which I plan on publishing this week — has a majority of amazing women artists and, moving forward, I want to continue to keep gender parity when I'm making these playlists.
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The new remix EP from jazzsequence is done and ready for release. The EP contains remixes by @Slighter and Plague artist @theRaygunGirls and was mastered at The Cell Studio in West Los Angeles. This album will be the first-ever release that will be available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon (as well as Spotify and Zune). We've been working hard on this release for the last several months and can say that we are truly proud of the result.
More updates will be forthcoming — we're working on a promo video and music video in preparation for the release — but in the meantime you can preview some of the tracks here.
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Over the last years, appliance of affirmation to achieve goals and increase self-esteem has become a panacea in practice, heal all of sorts personality transformation and a way of its living. Many in the field who tried to use affirmations during sometime following popular recommendations out of a Secret book and alike found that dreams not only do not come true but also there is an unpleasant, painful feeling of them to be very far away and unrealistic and life goes on and wonderful long-hoped for changes are not in a hurry to come over join the party.
Being disappointed in a magic technique of walking through a desired image of oneself and one`s future achievements, people go back to the previous settings and prejudices, what they truly believe in, to usual way of life. Often, as a result of such misfortune at the experiment with affirmations appliance, a human centers around a depression, desperation embraces him; life he was hoping to get slide away, bored through the fingers and left a bitter afterglow only and a feeling of hopelessness.
There is a range of mistakes, many of us make on the way to life transformation with the help of affirmations. To begin with, it is a wrong choice of affirmations you repeat day by day. Affirmation should be so you could believe in it, so there was no feeling of discomfort walking it through, also a silent inner voice, telling you to self-deceiving yourself.
Positive affirmation about oneself or one's life should not be the opposite to what you have in your reality at the moment, a strong contrast will be an obstacle only to move forward to achieve your goal and it, in its turn, will seem to be unapproachable. If you repeat day and night as a well-learnt poem how beautiful, successful, happy you are, and what you really think is a cross from continuum and quite negative, then even if you manage to convince yourself for some time in plausibility of pronounced phrases, with the very first facing with cold reality, your rose-colored spectacles will fly into pieces. Your true affirmations about yourself and the world will not let you move to your goals, there will be no transformation until you find and work out all the limiting affirmations and settings and change them for helping ones.
Affirmations are splendid tools in the hands of a human who knows how to use it right. If you want to make your self-esteem higher, change your image, create such a positive affirmation, which will be on the half-way to the image of your Real Self and to the image of your Perfect Self. It is a certain intermediate variant in which you will feel easier to believe in, so a program created by you will start working. The final mistake of affirmations appliance is about us to rely on their magic force entirely and wait for fast results. Power of thought is able to bring you to the will full of healing water but it cannot make you to drink from it. Actions are a fundament of the future transformations, life can offer you loads of opportunities but it is up to you only whether you are to use them.


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I have been in Holland for over a decade now. It has become home. I have had time to catch my breath, to settle and adjust, to accept something different than I'd planned. I reflect back on those years of past when I had first landed in Holland.
I remember clearly my shock, my fear, my anger—the pain and uncertainty. In those first few years, I tried to get back to Italy as planned, but Holland was where I was to stay. Today, I can say how far I have come on this unexpected journey. I have learned so much more. But, this too has been a journey of time.


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The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Is Boring, but That Might Be a Good Thing
by Ryan Toohey | More Articles: Hybrids & Electrics
Hybrids aren't a new concept. In fact, these fuel-efficient models are a mainstay for drivers who want to remain eco-conscious. When you're behind the wheel, you'll feel like you're doing your part to save the world. It doesn't hurt that you're also saving money on gas, either. The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq works hard to make its incredible fuel economy its defining trait. But is that enough for buyers to pull the trigger?
Some automakers aim to add everything but the kitchen sink to their models. While this may be enticing to the buyer, it's not always a good thing. Frequently, the more bells and whistles a vehicle has, the more likely the manufacturer is attempting to hide flaws. When it comes to the Ioniq, Hyundai took a precise approach to this hybrid by honing in on just a few features and making them spectacular.
So what exactly makes this underappreciated vehicle stand out from the crowd? Let's take a closer look at everything the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq has to offer. Believe us; you'll be just as excited as we are about this sleeper hit.
The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq may not be a jack of all trades
The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid on display | Photo via Hyundai
Affordable hybrids appeal to a particular demographic, and these drivers won't likely have a leadfoot. That's why it shouldn't be too big of a deal that the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq delivers a somewhat lackluster driving experience. That's not to say the car drives poorly, as it actually handles quite decently during daily driving situations. Rather, the Ioniq is relatively slow to accelerate, leaving many drivers wanting more.
The Ioniq is powered by a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine and an electric motor, which produce a combined output of 139 hp. Whether this underwhelming powertrain could factor into your buying decision or not may depend on your prior familiarity with driving a hybrid.
In CNET's review of the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq, Emme Hall explained the frustration of being behind the wheel of the hybrid. "It tends to upshift before actually getting into the heart of the power band," Hall wrote. "Sport mode helps things a little, but for those new to hybrids, the Ioniq's lackluster acceleration might be a deal-breaker."
Interior appointments and technologies won't do much to excite, either, as the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq is an economy car at heart. While it comes with several driver-assistance technologies, significant systems like pedestrian detection and blind-spot monitoring are only available on higher trims. However, eco-conscious drivers will be pleased to know that the Hyundai utilizes Earth-friendly materials such as sugar cane and volcanic stone throughout the Ioniq's interior.
The Ioniq is a master of one key element
The Toyota Prius has long been the most dominant hybrid on the market. However, the Ioniq has recently become a competitive alternative. Few vehicles can even come close to the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq's EPA-estimated fuel efficiency rating of 58 MPG city/highway combined. This figure alone makes it worthy of serious consideration for anyone in the market for a hybrid.
Best of all, you won't have to pay a ton to start taking advantage of these gas mileage savings. The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq has a starting MSRP of just $23,200, and the range-topping Limited model only costs $31,200.
It is important to note that any model above the base-level Blue trim does have a slight drop in fuel economy. The EPA estimates that all other models achieve 55 MPG combined. Regardless, upgrading to at least the SE or SEL may be worth the gas mileage dip thanks to the addition of more driver-assistance features.
Should you put this hybrid on your wish list?
5 Reasons Why the Hyundai Ioniq is Better than the Honda Insight
While the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq isn't an outright better buy over the 2020 Toyota Prius, it is worth a test drive. The Ioniq has a sleeker design that'll appeal to more consumers. Some drivers may feel more comfortable behind the wheel of Hyundai's hybrid than they would in the Prius, but you'll never know until you give it a chance. The Ioniq certainly has qualities that we find appealing, and we're sure that you will, too. Happy driving!
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Category A; Locally common widespread resident.
The common thornbill species in Brisbane. Widespread across the remnant forests of the city, particularly in the north west slopes. No clear seasonal trend to records although slightly fewer records in the latter months of the year. Not of conservation concern and widely distributed beyond Brisbane environs.
IUCN Least Concern eBird records 2,360
Queensland Not listed Reporting rate 5%
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The Brown Thornbill is the most common species of thornbill in the Atlas region. A plain, brown bird with grey and white streaking on the head, birds can be difficult to identify without good views if their distinctive call is not heard (Menkhorst et al. 2017). The species is patchily distributed across most of the city, but can be found commonly in the wetter forests to the west of the CBD, in areas such as Gold Creek Reservoir, Mt Coot-tha and Enoggera Reservoir.
Brown Thornbills are the abundant thornbill species in the forests of south east Australia, occurring from Mackay to Adelaide inland to about 200km, and also occurs in Tasmania alongside its sister species the Tasmanian Thornbill. Within Brisbane they can be found easily in the western forests, occurring widely from Anstead in the south to Mt Glorious in the north, and as far east as Mt Coot-tha.
Based on current data the thornbill is consistently distributed over this area, although many squares in the west are as yet unsurveyed and so the true distribution of this species in Brisbane is not yet confirmed. It occurs in strong numbers in many locations, with counts of over a dozen at a time being not uncommon and an all-time high count of 45 (Fuller 2009), although typical counts are closer to 4-5. The species has only been recorded breeding a handful of times in Brisbane, and nearly all reports to date have been of nest building with only one checklist reporting young, suggesting that the species may not regularly breed in Brisbane, although more data are needed. The species is present in Brisbane all year round, although there is a slight drop off in reporting rate over the summer months.
Distribution and Habitat
Brown Thornbills have been reported widely across mainland Brisbane, having occurred in all regions of the city, although they are only common in the west. The species has never been recorded on Moreton Island, which is unsurprising given the lack of suitable habitat present and the paucity of data available. Birds have been reported in nearly every surveyed square in the north west and Camel's Head, but only rarely occur outside this area - see the map. They show a clear preference for elevated regions within the city, occurring at an average altitude of 120m with impressive seasonal consistency, although they have been reported from sea level all the way up to over 600m. Their habitat preference is for wet sclerophyll and rainforest, where the reporting rate is 35 and 25 percent respectively, although they do occur less commonly in drier woodland (12% of checklists). Birds only occasionally visit other habitats, with the odd record from wetlands and very few from non-remnant and estuarine areas.
The geographic distribution of Brown Thornbills in Brisbane is presumably driven by the availability of suitable habitat, with much of the city's remnant forest in the western suburbs. Given the availability of isolated but large tracts of suitable forest in the southern regions at locations such as Toohey Forest and White's Hill it is surprising that birds do not occur more commonly here, but this would indicate that the species is reliant on woodland corridors to move through, and therefore is at risk of further fragmentation of its population as land is cleared.
The distribution of the species does not show any clear seasonal variation, with birds appearing to be present year-round at the same locations. Average and high counts of the species are also relatively constant over the year, with no clear evidence of variation. The species has been reported from over 100 Atlas squares, although given much of the western half of the city, where birds are known to be common, is unsurveyed, the true number of squares where birds occur is likely much higher.
There are only five breeding records of Brown Thornbills within Brisbane, with four being of nest building activities (Grilli 2017a pp. @humphris2017ebirdS38423216, @brook2018ebirdS47181157, @grilli2018ebirdS47180720) and only one of young (Grilli 2018b). Furthermore, the species has only been reported breeding in two locations: Gold Creek Reservoir and Araucaria Circuit at Enoggera Reservoir. Given that the species appears to be resident and common in the western suburbs of the city, it is surprising that breeding has not been more widely reported. This is likely a case of underuse of the eBird breeding protocol rather than the birds not actually breeding in the area, although the latter is possible. Breeding has been reported in the months between July and September, although the season outside of Brisbane is known to stretch all the way into January. It would be good to collect more breeding data for this species to more accurately understand its movements.
Reporting rate for Brown Thornbills has remained quite steady over the past decade, with only limited variation. 2014 was a strong year for the species, where it was reported on 12% of checklists, while 2009 was a poor year, with only 1.5% abundance. Average reporting rate over this period is 5%, suggesting that there is a degree of variation each year in the species' abundance, but there is no long-term trend apparent. The reasons behind this fluctuation in reporting rate is not yet known, but could be linked to food availability or observer bias.
Information Gaps
Collect more data from the species main stronghold in western Brisbane and the Camel's Head
Collect more breeding data for the birds and identify whether breeding regularly occurs in other locations
Understand the extent of individual's movements around Brisbane
Ascertain whether the species occurs at all on Moreton Island
Key Conservation Needs
Protect the remnant forests where this species is restricted to
Create and preserve woodland corridors for the species to move through to prevent fragmentation of the population
Contributors to Species Accounts
Louis Backstrom
Menkhorst P, Rogers DI & Clarke R (2017) The Australian Bird Guide. CSIRO Publishing.
Fuller R (2009) eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/view/checklist/S14957193.
Grilli M (2017a) eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/view/checklist/S37991585.
Grilli M (2018b) eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48229452.


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Sixers-Grizzlies 5 Things: Walking Wounded Duel in Memphis
By Matt Haughton | CSNPhilly.com	• Published December 6, 2016 • Updated on December 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm
The Sixers (4-17) open a three-game road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies (14-8) at FedEx Forum on Tuesday night (8 p.m./TCN and CSNPhilly.com).
Let's take a closer look at the matchup:
1. Walking wounded
There will be enough players between both teams for the Sixers and Grizzlies to play on Tuesday ... barely.
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The Sixers, losers of seven straight, have several key players sidelined for the opener of this road trip. The biggest absence will obviously be Joel Embiid, who will sit out for rest after struggling Monday in the first game of the back-to-back set.
Joining Embiid on the shelf for Tuesday's game will be Jahlil Okafor and Robert Covington while Jerryd Bayless is questionable to suit up. That's in addition to Ben Simmons and Nerlens Noel having yet to play this season.
The Sixers won't find much sympathy in Memphis as the Grizzlies' injury situation is actually worse.
After using an NBA record 28 different players last season because of injury, the Grizzlies have already received a hardship exemption from the league this year to sign guard Toney Douglas. That's because the Grizz are currently down five players, including star guard Mike Conley and swingman Chandler Parsons.
2. One big problem
One player who will be suiting up for the Grizzlies is Marc Gasol, which is certainly bad news for the Sixers.
Now in his ninth season, Gasol is playing some of his best basketball. Despite the center's rebounds dipping to 5.7 a game, he is putting up career highs in points (18.9) and assists (4.2).
The Sixers know all too well just how good Gasol has been this season. The two-time All-Star went off for 27 points, four rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks in the Grizzlies' double-overtime win over the Sixers on the night before Thanksgiving.
That was before the Sixers got hit even harder by the injury bug. There's no telling what Gasol will do against a team with one available center in Richaun Holmes.
3. Foul play
With so many players not able to take the floor, the Sixers -- Holmes in particular -- would be wise to stay out of foul trouble.
The Sixers average 22.0 fouls per game, the fifth-highest mark in the league.
On the flip side, the Sixers could benefit from attacking the Grizzlies. Memphis is obviously limited with players because of its own injury issues and actually averages 23.8 fouls per game, the second-highest rate in the NBA.
4. Injuries
Bayless (wrist) is questionable. Embiid (rest), Okafor (illness), Covington (knee/illness), Noel (knee) and Simmons (foot) are out for the Sixers.
Zach Randolph (personal) is a game-time decision. Conley (back), Parsons (knee), Vince Carter (hip), James Ennis (calf) and Brandan Wright (ankle) are out for the Grizzlies.
5. This and that
- The Sixers have lost eight straight to the Grizzlies.
- The Grizzlies are 10-0 in games decided by five points or less or have reached overtime.
- The Sixers are 1-6 in games Embiid has sat out this season.


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«Sober» es una canción de Demi Lovato, quien la co-escribió junto a Tushar Apte, Sam Roman y Mark Landon. Fue lanzada el 21 de junio de 2018 de manera sorpresiva.

Antecedentes
Demi Lovato, quien recibió tratamiento de rehabilitación por problemas con el alcohol y desorden bipolar desde finales del año 2010 cuando tuvo que suspender la gira que llevaba con Jonas Brothers para promocionar su segundo álbum de estudio y la banda sonora de la película de Disney Channel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. Desde su salida del centro terapéutico Lovato luchó contra sus adicciones y el 15 de marzo de 2012 a través de Twitter anunció lo que sería el inicio de su etapa de sobriedad absoluta, comentando que cada vez que salía de fiesta con sus amigos tan solo tomaba agua o cócteles sin alcohol.

El 15 de marzo de 2018 la cantante celebró con orgullo el sexto aniversario de su sobriedad a través de mensajes en sus redes sociales donde comentaba que seis años atrás se encontraba bebiendo vodka de una botella de gaseosa mientras conducía su automóvil. El 16 de marzo de 2018 durante su gira Tell Me You Love Me World Tour, DJ Khaled y Kehlani celebraron junto a Lovato la sobriedad de la cantante en el escenario y posteriormente Demi dedicó «Warrior» a los guerreros que la siguen en el mundo.

Composición
La canción es una balada pop acompañada por piano y la voz de Lovato, ha sido considerada una de sus canciones más sinceras y honestas, la misma cantante la considera "su verdad" puesto que en ella pide perdón a sus padres, a sus fanes y a las personas que la han acompañado y han creído en ella al no ser lo que los demás esperaban pues ha recaído en la bebida y considera que es necesario tomar rehabilitación de nuevo.

Lanzamiento
Durante el paso de su gira Tell Me You Love Me World Tour en Europa, Lovato publicó la canción de manera sorpresa el día 21 de junio de 2018, a través de un vídeo lírico en su canal oficial de YouTube donde se muestran imágenes de la vida de la cantante junto a su familia, amigos y fanáticos, además de la letra de la canción. Posteriormente fue lanzada a través de plataformas digitales donde llegó a alcanzar la cima de los listados en más de 30 países y en iTunes a nivel mundial.

Presentaciones en vivo
Demi Lovato interpretó por primera vez la canción durante el cierre de su presentación en Rock in Rio Lisboa 2018 el 24 de junio, tres días después de su lanzamiento.

Posicionamiento en listas

Semanales
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Metal Shark Boats adds jobs for Coast Guard order
Metal Shark Boats LLC will make a $1.9 million capital investment to complete a contract to build 500 response boat-small patrol vessels for the Coast Guard during the next seven years.
The Jeanerette, La.-based builder will produce the second generation of a 29-foot-long boat that has a top speed in excess of 50 mph, according to a report in www.the advertiser.com in Lafayette, La. The boats will be used for port, waterway and coastal security; search and rescue missions; drug interdiction cases; immigration-related operations; fisheries enforcement; and defense readiness and law enforcement missions.
Metal Shark's project will create 106 new jobs with an average starting salary of about $45,000, plus benefits, and the project will retain 75 existing jobs and result in an estimated 164 indirect jobs.
Metal Shark won a $192 million Coast Guard contract in November to build the response boat-small, a type of watercraft the Coast Guard adopted in response to its broader homeland security mission after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Once the expansion is completed and full production is achieved, the facility will produce one boat every four or five days. The company also is building boat classes for the Coast Guard, Navy, local law enforcement agencies and foreign militaries.
Metal Shark was established in 2005 by Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC.
metal shark
Sea Tow
Sea Tow Makes Executive Appointment
Thomas Spina, who has more than 25 years of maritime experience in a variety of roles, was named vice president of franchise operations.


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About crossing gender lines – transgender, non-binary and queer issues
Americans believe "transgender" means "transsexual"
Those who have followed the transsexual/transgender debate (or "war", rather), will have seen that a major argument made by so called "classic transsexuals" against the umbrella term "transgender" is that it mixes up real transsexuals with crossdressers, crossdreamers and the genderqueer.
Because of this, they are trying to change the meaning of "transgender". They use it as a term for every type of transgender condition they do not like, and would like to keep the term "transsexual" for the real women.
Transsexual is not the same as transgender
I have no problem with limiting the use of the word transsexual those that have undergone surgery, who plan to do so or who want to transition. But the attempts at splitting at turning the umbrella term "transgender" into a label for everything perverted, makes me angry.
This is not because all crossdressers and crossdreamers are the same as transsexuals. Most of them are not. Most of the male to female crossdreamers and crossdressers do not even identify as women. Nor do the female to male crossdreamers and crossdressers always identify as men.
Click on comic to enlarge!
That does not stop them from having a lot in common with transsexuals, though. They all are, like the transsexual men and women, suppressed by people who feel threatened by those who do not adhere to the gender stereotypes of the day.
And whatever the classic transsexuals say or believe: The real bigots out there do not accept any male bodied person who feel like a woman.
What is even more important, though, is that there a quite a few crossdreamers and crossdressers who actually suffer from severe gender dysphoria. Some of them again are actually transwomen.
If you ban every transwoman or transman who has ever crossdressed or crossdreamed from the transsexual family, there won't be that many left.
The American public supports transsexuals
It now turns out that the term "transgender" does not undermine the status of transwomen and transmen in the eyes of the American public.
It, is in fact, the non-transsexual transgender who are under threat, including many of the readers of this blog.
A study made by the Public Religion Research Institute seems to indicate that overwhelming majorities of Americans agree that transgender people should have the same general rights and legal protections as others.
Here is what they say:
Overwhelming majorities of all major religious groups agree that transgender people should have the same rights and protections as other Americans, including approximately 8-in-10 (83%) white evangelical Protestants, and roughly 9-in-10 Catholics (93%), white mainline Protestants (90%), and the unaffiliated (95%).
Overwhelming majorities of Republicans (86%), Independents (94%), and Democrats (92%) also agree.
Given the toxic atmosphere of current American politics, these are mind blowing numbers, indeed.
It gets better:
"Approximately three-quarters of Americans both say Congress should pass employment nondiscrimination laws to protect transgender people, and favor Congress's recent expansion of hate crimes legislation to protect transgender people."
This is seriously good news, regardless of how you interpret the word "transgender". The poll does not, however, reflect a correct understanding of the word "transgender".
Transgender is understood to mean transsexual
The Institute thinks so, enthusiastically telling the world that approximately two-thirds of Americans both report being well informed about transgender people and issues, and generally understand what the term "transgender" means.
It turns out the neither the respondents, nor the researchers, understand what the word means.
Take a look at this:
"Two-thirds of Americans agree that they feel well informed about transgender persons and issues, while 3-in-10 disagree.
In order to determine whether Americans understood the term "transgender," PRRI conducted a follow-up survey in September 2011 that asked respondents to report what the term "transgender" meant to them in their own words. Among the 91% of Americans who report that they have heard of the term transgender, 76% give an essentially accurate definition. Thus, overall, more than two-thirds (69%) of Americans are able to identify what the term "transgender" means without any assistance.
Forty-six percent define a transgender person as someone who switches from one gender to another, either generally (39%) or through a medical procedure (7%).
Eleven percent define a transgender person as someone who lives like the opposite gender (6%) or identifies more with the opposite gender (5%).
Ten percent describe a transgender person as someone who is born the wrong sex or born in the wrong body.
Nine percent define a transgender person as someone who has identified with both genders.
The following are examples of verbatim responses:
"A person who feels like they are more like the other sex"
"It's someone born one sex, and they think they're another"
"Generally someone who thinks they are in the wrong body" "
What this means is that the great majority of Americans interpret "transgender" to mean "transsexual". None of the four definitions listed above are in line with the current definitions of the word "transgender"
I see the following meanings of the word in the litterature and in the online debate:
1. (common use) Umbrella term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to diverge from the normative gender roles connected to their original biological sex, including transsexuals.
2. (derogatory) Autogynephiliacs and crossdressers, as opposed to "classic transsexuals" or HBS transwomen.
It seems to me that 9 percent of Americans interpret the word "transgender" to mean "genderqueer", 5 percent allows for some other type of ambiguity, while the rest believes it is a synonym for transsexual.
That does not surprise me, and I am not blaming them, but it does represent a problem.
The gender regime is powerful
I guess that within a culture that even now adheres strictly to traditional gender roles, the only type of transgender that makes sense is the one where a person switches completely from one role to the other. That kind of change is not a threat to the division of roles society is built on.
This also means that Americans find transsexuals less of threat to the social and moral order than homosexuals, who actually do break with the "heterosexist hegemony".
The fate of those that live in both worlds, or who -- for some reason -- cannot or will not make the switch is unfathomable. They do not fit into the paradigm. Heck, they cannot even be understood as "proper" homosexuals.
This explains why the classic transsexuals make so much fuzz about the not being put in the same box as crossdreamers and crossdressers.
Male to female crossdressers and crossdreamers are understood as men who violate the "proper" gender configuration. They live as men, but still claim to have some kind of femininity. This does not fit with the stereotype universe of the classic transsexuals, where men are men and women are women. Any association with crossdressers and crossdreamers must therefore undermine their legitimacy as women, they believe.
As the study shows, it does not.
If they really wanted to exclude the crossdreamers and crossdressers from "decent society", they should have held on to the word "transgender", and then forced the queers and the perverts out of that family. By giving up the word "transgender" they have actually lost a great opportunity to use the traditionalism of America to beat the crap out of us "paraphiliacs".
But it is also clear that the transgender movement (if there is such a thing) has lost, as neither activists nor experts have managed to explain the paradigm shattering part of the transgender narrative to the American public. For the majority crossdressers and genderqueer are not even on the radar.
Posted by Jack Molay
Labels: debate, HBS, transgenderisms
Tanya Heather November 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Like yourself, I have absolutely no problem with limiting the term 'transsexual' to those that have undergone, or who are undergoing, surgery. It's logical, it's respectful, and I think it's very much in line with public perception.
However, I fully expect to see that respect reciprocated. We are a community - transsexuals, transvestites, genderqueer, crossdressers, crossdreamers, sissies, drag queens, etc. - and we are far stronger as community than we are alone. Yes, we all express ourselves in different ways, and for different reasons, but there's a common thread of crossing or blurring the gender binary that binds us all together.
Not to mention, as you pointed out, just because we don't identify as transsexual today, doesn't mean that designation isn't in our future.
I will continue to use 'transgender' as an umbrella term to embrace ALL my brothers and sisters within the community. There is strength (and comfort) in numbers, and I firmly believe we have far too much in common to obsess over the differences that divide us.
Malaya November 21, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Jack Molay,
Atleast in America, homosexuality is considered separate from transgenderism. I am so thrilled to know that so many tg males are actually not 'gay' but are rather gynephilic (or lesbian identified).
It does not seem so here in philipphines. I only see MTFs who also identify as 'homosexual' and date only men.
I simply don't get how this variation across cultures occurs. Could it be that transgenders outside America are afraid to identify with diverse sexualities other than 'homosexual'? it seems the cultures have badly mixed up homosexuality with transgenderism.
I am a masculine gay man who has led a formidable life here in the Philppino for long as only transgenders here identify as gay.
Only in advanced western cultures do I find the existence of masculine homosexual men as well MTF identified lesbians, something that shatters this age-old connection between transgenderism and homosexuality.
Robyn P November 21, 2011 at 10:36 AM
The issue is who has the authority to define what transgender, transsexual, crossdresser, or anyone is. Is it the medical community, the government, the press, the bloggers, society, or us? Even if it is "us", who can speak for "us"?
As long as there are different definitions by different groups for these terms, there will be confusion, miscommunication, misunderstanding, and even hatred and resentment.
For example, it might be very clear that a transsexual is person having or has had sexual reassignment. However, this excludes people who have medical conditions preventing them from taking hormones and/or having surgery. What about people who "pause" during their transition? Are they any less of a transsexual? Does this make them a non-transsexual person with GID?
Thankfully, those of us who change sex and simply live the rest of our lives leave all that behind. Y'all can fight among yourselves.
Sagebrush
Lindsay November 22, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Sagebrush,
If you left it all behind, what are you doing lurking on this web site? :-)
@Lindsay
I read all kinds of things and sometimes even comment. The world is a very interesting place, don't you think?
Jack Molay November 24, 2011 at 12:08 AM
@Malaya
"I am so thrilled to know that so many tg males are actually not 'gay' but are rather gynephilic (or lesbian identified).
It does not seem so here in philipphines. I only see MTFs who also identify as 'homosexual' and date only men."
I hear the same thing from my Indian and Thai contacts. Still, I wonder if this is due to an even stronger stigmatization of those that challenge traditional gender roles. In other words: The M2F gynephilic crossdreamers are there, but they dare not express their feelings in any way. Because of this there has never developed a gynephilic crossdresser culture.
Gynephilic crossdreaming is not a Western phenomena only. In Japan, for instance, there is a separate category of erotic manga (comics) and hentai (adult movies) that focus on male to female sex changes. This tells me there is a big crossdreamer subculture in Japan.
@Robyn
"The issue is who has the authority to define what transgender, transsexual, crossdresser, or anyone is. Is it the medical community, the government, the press, the bloggers, society, or us? Even if it is "us", who can speak for "us"?"
Given that the public health authorities in most countries control the door to surgery (unless you are rich and can pay your way around the queue), this means that the medical community has usurped that power.
Unfortunately, many members of that community hos broken that trust, and instead of helping they are stigmatizing, just as they did with the homosexuals up till the 1970's.
This is just as much about a social, democratic and cultural process as it is about science, which means that transgender men and women have to speak up. Maybe the point is not to find one single explanation, but to allow for more than one voice.
Willow Arune November 24, 2011 at 12:13 PM
I have been a decade as a post op transserxual woman. The very idea of "forcing" a label on someone, as the HBS or so-called Classic Transssexuals suggest is ridiculous. A typical bit of nonsense that Jennifer Usher would support as it fosters hate and bigotry between groups. Usher is eristic, decicated to setting one group against the others. Yes, there are indeed differences between transsexuals and other transgendered folk. (The one that comes to mind first is that TS tend to be oh so serious and TG tend to be more fun loving). But that does nto take away teh obvbious similarities between them. I view, and always have viewed tanssexuals as part of an umbrella term "transgendered". A blue whale is muych different than a monkey, but both are classed as mammals - same type of thing.
To be freank, after my operation I rarely visit these sites having goin on with a wonderful life. Do what you need to do, no further. If cross dressing is all you need to be happy, fine - I respect you still as a sister. If you must go all the way, you deserve no lesser respect but no more.
Willow Arune
Sultana November 25, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Arune,
I guess you are the same Arune who has been mentioned in the Lynn Conway's site- as an ardent supporter of BBL theories?
I guess you really don't respect transwomen and transgenderism even though you say so here. Because any transgender who respects the BBL theories cannot be self-respecting herself,leae alone other transwomen and transgenders!
Just Jennifer December 13, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Tanya, I will have to decline your offer. Sorry, but no, I am not going to accept the label "transgender," nor will I consider myself to be the same as a transvestites, cross dressers, autogynephiles, sissies, drag queens, etc. Transsexualism shares nothing in common with such people. We do not cross or blur the gender binary. Almost every true transsexual I know respects the gender binary, and does not consider himself or herself as having "crossed," but instead sees themselves as having simply gone to the proper side. Simply put, I do not wish, nor do I accept your embrace. We have nothing in common.
Yes, Sultana, this is that very same Arune. This is a person who clearly made a tragic mistake and who is in deep denial. This is why this person obsesses about certain people, particularly anyone who has been remotely successful in their transition. And if that person has the audacity to disagree with Arune...or BBL, then that obsession can become completely out of control.
Robyn, it is a person's right to self-identify. But words have meaning. If someone says they are a transsexual, but they have no desire for sex reassignment surgery, then that is clearly absurd. Just as it is absurd for someone to try to force people to accept the label "transgender." Transgender is a highly subjective term referring to an artificial social/political construct. It has no objective definition, and no one should be labeled as such who does not thus identify. A person is a transsexual because they seek to change their sex to bring it into alignment with their core gender. A person is only transgender if they willing identify as such. Transsexual is a medical term, transgender is a political/social term. I am a woman (no modifier, please) with a transsexual history, I do not identify as transgender.
somebody February 24, 2012 at 6:57 AM
My brother was born female, *was* transsexual and now just considers himself male. He doesn't want any part of an umbrella term or a community, and I have to respect that.
Meanwhile I am genderqueer of some sort; I never plan to transition, use the pronouns of my birth sex, don't have any dysphoria, interdress only a little bit and in subtle ways, have never dealt with bullying or discrimination that was overtly and directly due to gender issues, but know inherently my gender is not completely binary nor aligned with my biological sex. Yet I am "more trans" than my brother.
The world is a funny place.
I may have had a run in with one of those "CTs" in a comment section.
I think I should stay away from those people. She yelled, and was angry and accused me of hatred and perversion and not validating her.
She wants to be validated and leave the transgender umbrella as some TERFs conspiracy against her existence. She loved to throw out accusations as homophobia and tansphobia and called cross dreamers gay fetishist.
She made me feel ill. The cognitive dissonance was astonishing.
I can't deal with those people at the moment.
Jack Molay January 31, 2016 at 3:50 AM
You do not have to, M, you do not have to!
In fact, the HBS-movement collapsed a couple of years ago under the weight of its own bigotry. Sure, there are a few of them around, even now, but they have close to zero support in the transgender community.
Back in 2013/2014 there was attempts at establishing a new separatist movement over at tumblr, this time instigated by female to male transgender people. For a while they repeated the same story, attacking crossdressers and "fetishists", causing a lot of suffering in the process. Still, that movement collapsed as well. They did not find much support among the "millennials" dominating tumblr, who make use of much broader concepts of sex and gender.
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I have been working in the garden today, digging a new border in which I will plant climbing plants: honeysuckle, jasmine, grape vines. The border runs alongside the rabbit run, what will be our 'secret garden' hidden behind the shed once the bushes I've planted are grown. The work is hard. Running beneath the ground is a network of thick roots from the eucalyptus tree, they run along everywhere almost immediately beneath the grassy surface, and deeper I imagine. The spade cuts into the earth and stops, and you know you have hit another root and a certain degree of force will be needed to dislodge it. I dig and sweat and dig some more. Gradually the earth is revealed and with it various worms and grubs, unhappy to be disturbed. A bee lands on the fence, a honeybee I believe though I'm not really too sure. It is small and it has a little patch of orangey fuzz on its back, almost an afterthought, and I watch it for a moment and then dig on. I get stuck on mossy patches and then more roots, and then a patch of grass that was once a border which I've allowed, through indifference and laziness, to grow wild. Here, as I tear the clinging grass away, I uncover a colony of snails. They are gathered around the base of the buddleia bush and they are all different sizes and range in colour from earthy brown to green. I tear the grass more carefully here so as not to disturb them. Here too I reveal a new kind of beetle, at least that's what I've decided it is. It is tawny in colour, almost the colour of Lucozade but deeper than that, and it has an elongated body which has a brazen sheen to it. I watch it walk up the back of the fence and I think about the treasury of riches I have uncovered here, just digging sweatily in the garden for an hour in the early evening.


Atlas Copco has developed an advanced medical air plant calculation tool which assists the correct selection of a medical air plant according to the different medical gas standards of ISO7396-1, HTM02-01 or HTM2022.
It is a common task for hospital engineers, developers or medical specialist to select the appropriate components for a hospital medical air plant. To help with this often complex task, Atlas Copco has introduced a new medical air plant calculation software tool to assist in selecting the size and quantity of the compressors needed, as well as the medical purifiers and vessels for a specified flow requirement.
The calculation tool uses the configurable platform of the newly launched uAIR Medical Air Plant.
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"A Community's Response to Hate" presentation by Pastor Rommereim and Rabbi Allen Secher of Whitefish
May 19, 2019 @ 10:15 am
409 4th Ave. E
Polson MT
Connie Brownell
Former Pastor David Rommereim will introduce Rabbi Allen Secher for a rescheduled presentation at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Sunday, May 19 at 10:15. The topic is "A Community's Response to Hate" and was originally scheduled in March but had to be cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. We hope that members of the community will join us and open a dialogue for countering hate in our community. Good Shepherd Church is located at 409 4th Ave. E. in Polson.
Below is a biography for Rabbi Secher:
In response to activities of a Montana neo-Nazi group, Rabbi Allen Secher and his wife, Ina Albert, were instrumental in the founding of a Human Rights organization, "Love Lives Here" in 2008. Recently, in Whitefish Montana, as a result of vitriolic anti -Semitism expressed through the efforts of Richard Spencer and The Daily Stormer, Ina and Allen have been the targets of world wide hate expressions. The cyber attack on the Whitefish Jewish community was the first of its kind on Jews in the United States. Allen Secher is a rabbi whose dossier includes portfolios as a radio and television producer, a professional actor, an author, an administrator with experience developing and managing television stations, an executive producer of seven Emmy-awarding winning programs, an on-air radio and television talent, a lecturer on American films, and a Freedom rider— his career covers a broad spectrum of life experiences. Rabbi Secher was the first rabbi installed in Flathead County, Montana to serve Bet Harim Jewish Congregation of the Flathead Valley Montana in August, 2008. Secher served pulpits in Chicago, Los Angeles Mexico City, New York and Bozeman, MT
In January 2005, Rabbi Secher was appointed Commissioner on the Montana State Human Rights Commission by Governor Brian Schweitzer. He served on the Ethics Committee of North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, MT., and was a director on the board of The Whitefish Theatre Company.
During his Chicago years, he was also active in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Because of his broad involvement in interfaith issues, Newsweek Magazine included him in an article about prominent nationwide interfaith leaders.
Civil Rights Freedom Rider Rabbi Secher's activism in social justice began with the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1960s he was one of the early Freedom Riders and was subsequently jailed in Albany,GA and St. Augustine,FL. His social justice activity continues still as he was one of the founders of Love Lives Here, an active human rights organization in the Flathead
10:30 am Mother Goose @ North Lake County Public Library
Mother Goose @ North Lake County Public Library
On Monday's North Lake County Public Library offers "Mother Goose" (for little ones). Everyone is welcome!
3:30 pm Makerspace @ North Lake County Public Library
Makerspace @ North Lake County Public Library
On Monday's, North Lake County Public Library offers, "Makerspace" (for school age children). Everyone is welcome!
6:00 pm Barton & Caselli @ East Shore Smokehouse
Barton & Caselli @ East Shore Smokehouse
Good friends, good food and good music.
3:30 pm Free Workshop: On-Farming Succes... @ Lake County CDC
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6:00 pm Trivia Night @ Glacier Brewing Co
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The answer for my previous question is Yamanaka Ino, yup, she will be the best girl for Sasuke. Ino also interested with Sasuke just like Sakura, but Ino has to save her feeling deeply after Sasuke threat Konoha and leave Konoha for joined with Orochimaru. And if Sasuke and Ino could be a couple of love, this will be good solution for Shikamaru too. Because he just has one choice left, Temari. So there is no one disappointed, because all of them have been found their own soulmate.
I hope all of you agree with this result, if you didn't agree with this, please tell me your reason. Why? Ok just for information, there are still two couple that I wanna chose as special lovers. You will know soon.
Sasuke and Ino, I don't know... I mean, Sasuke never really knew Ino, did he??


"How long do I have to be here before I'm eligible for a vacation?"
"How long before I start to accrue additional weeks of vacation?"
Consultant Barry Maher says he was involved in a recent interview in which these were the first three questions out of the applicant's mouth. "What had looked like a great applicant now looked like someone who couldn't wait to get out of work," Maher says.
It's important to ask questions during a job interview, but not ones about taking time off. And that's not all. Even if you have all the right qualifications and show up looking your best, it's easy to lower your chances of getting hired by letting the wrong words slip out of your mouth.
Before you head out to meet your next prospective employer, consider these six additional things you should never say in a job interview.
Even if you have to leave ridiculously early, find a way to be on time to your interview. "If you can't be punctual while asking for the job, how late will you be after you get hired?" says career coach Alex Simon.
Answering a call or a text during an interview is rude and gives the impression the interview — and the prospect of getting hired — aren't your priorities. "Leave your cell phone in the car, at home, anywhere, but don't bring it into the interview," Simon says.
"I'm not sure if I'm a good fit for this job, but..."
TalkToCanada CEO Marc Anderson is often involved with interviewing prospective employees and says one candidate he met was eager to talk about his love of dolphins. "He said that he wished for us all one day to communicate with dolphins as they can awaken our spirituality." The revelation didn't help him win the job.


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Sometimes in life you get a chance, when you simply don't need to think twice and just take it.
That's exactly what I did when Mike Sweeney and Martin MacDonald from Real Nutrition Radio asked to interview me and talk about my journey on their podcast.
I would like to say a massive thank you to them for this opportunity and hopefully the info will be useful to some of you.
And don't forget to check the previous ones as well if you haven't done so yet. Great information to follow and great way to interpreting science.
PS: Loved being called a science student. I might start using that.


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Hi everyone, 1st post here and still very green on the bus front. I purchased a 91 Aero Fuso (MS725s) to convert, I know they are imports but this was a really good buy, and it came with a spare recond engine, Gear box, full set of panels, spare air cond motor and unit, spare dash, and the list goes on... it is the v8 320 diesel engine, Its only been out of action for 12 mths (was used by bus company) I dont know much about them but see alot of them have been converted to motor homes, probably due to the power and comfort they have. I am hoping to find someone that knows a bit about them and the pit falls of owning it? Can anyone suggest anyone. We are in Perth WA but happy to chat to anyone where ever.
Vsb6 on the National heavy vehicle regulator website will answer most mod questions for you.


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Deeplife family and friends have come together to celebrate our favorite time of year! Enjoy our Electro, Glitch, Deep, Tech and House take on some classic Christmas tunes along with a new holiday original "Snowfall". DJ Friendly (DLR053) and Radio Edits (DLR054) are available.
Download A DeepLife Family Christmas Vol.1 at the following stores: Beatport , Itunes, Amazon, Junodownload and all your favorite streaming media sites!
1) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Download In iTunes
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Shine Just Because (Just Dance 2014)
Download 50 of the hottest EDM tracks of 2014 including Andy Sikorski & Ed Unger's Shine (Just Because), Wrecking Ball, Counting Stars, This is what it Feels Like, Blurred Lines, Royals, Safe and Sound and more released on Mega Anthems.
Shine (Just Because) is charged with positive energy, this Big Room House release shines with memorable melodic hooks that morph into euphoric chord arrangements with evolving synth textures. Fueled by driving beats and glitzy vocals of Ed, the track explodes with speaker-shaking drop and memorable lyrics. Firing on all cylinders, this radiant, energy-filled banger pulses with the heat straight from Miami's night life.
Andy Sikorski and Ed Unger are a duo that started their inspiration at the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. After touring Miami clubs together and talking music shop, a song collaboration formed a new sound between them with the single Shine (Just Because).
Love Reigns Down (Sounds of Summer)
This is a collaboration between DJ and Producer DeeFlash and Ed Unger on vocals making their first release 'Love Reigns Down' on the Sounds of Summer Volume 4 compilation by MK837 Records.
Download on iTunes, BeatPort, MK837 and most major download stores.
"Awesome release for this coming summer. Love the melodic atmospheres of Complexity, Away In Rome, Pieces, and Space. Love Reigns Down is a solid track with great vocals." – Dunamis
"Great tracks, Dl – Love Reigns Down, , thanks." – Carlos Pashe (Minus/Stripped/LightDigital/Divert/We Are Here)
"Really nice tracks. I love it!" – Katzo (Audio.nl, Mindtours, Multivitamins)
"More different styles… i like Complexity and Organix" – DJ SaF (Official) (Phobiq / Crossworld / Sesque)
"Retchid – Pieces. Big. Room. Tune. Fill a floor with this gem." – Reid K
"A great collection for the summer. We will be pumping these at our shows. Good job MK837!" – Prodigal Sons
Listen to Remixes by Ed Unger under the moniker 'UngerRose'.
The NIN remix was for a contest in Atlanta which won the ultimate prize – meeting Trent Reznor and having him hear the remix! Below is the original write up after meeting Trent Reznor and watching NIN perform in the mosh pit afterwards.
…..Last night was one of those nights you remember forever. A night that makes you walk around dumbfounded for a week – Then years later you tell your kid about it.
Getting to Phillips Arena with no time to spare, we meet a NIN promoter (not sure of his title) named, James that was to 'walk us through' the whole process and show us where to go, what to do, and what not to do, etc. He was a real nice guy that instantly put us at ease explaining that Trent was a down to earth guy and would take his time with us, that is, if he liked us. We get escorted in an elevator to the first floor and on through a series of doors and security. We wait for awhile and then get let into a green room where the band is hanging out. They were chillin out and eating. Very down to earth and friendly guys. They answered a few questions we had and signed our poster and CD. We then get led to the other side of backstage following signs that read: "NIN: Solitude" with an arrow pointing the way we were going……"Hmm… Trent likes solitude…Don't we all?"
So we wait outside his dressing room while he listens to the remix. At this point I start getting butterflies in my stomach and notice how fast this whole ordeal is going by…"No! Stop…really feel this moment!" Just then, the body guard comes out and says that Trent is ready to see us. We go in and there he is; Standing like a solid rock ready to shake our hands. His eyes were really intense and deep. He had shaved off his hair so there was no obstruction when looking at his face. He looked healthy….tan. Like he worked out…A LOT.
The first thing he says to me is: "This remix is awesome!!! It's the best remix I've heard!"…..uh…(jaw hitting the floor….Did he just say that or am I dreaming???) Trent said, "Yeah, man…it's really good. I'm impressed with the creativity." Trent goes on to ask us what gear was used to do it and then says "Well, I can re-track the vocals for you and send them to you." (I cut and spliced the hook to rearrange it in the remix – You can't really hear the splice unless you have a trained ear.) Trent goes on to say, "Yeah, I'd be happy to do it so it doesn't sound cut… did they play this on the radio?" We reply, "Uh…no, not yet." We give him our CD and he looks at it and asks, "Is your contact information on here?" We say, "Yes, of course!" James then hands us a sheet of paper and pen and says, "Here, write your email address on this." (I'm thinking, I don't want to waste any time doing that right now!!) I say, "No, no we have a business card! Here take one." (Wow…Trent wants to send us his vocals to work more on this remix!?!?! HOLY SHIT!!!)
Trent laughs and says, "I don't even have a business card" (Uh…you don't NEED one Trent, trust me!!! LOL) At this point, time is standing still, It seemed like we were standing there forever. Like a sliver of time had stood still just for us to really drink it in….and we did. I looked around and James and Jen (girl from Interscope) and the bodyguard were all circled around, smiling, enjoying the moment to.
It is then we remember that we have a sheet of well thought out questions. We ask if it's ok to ask them and he's more than happy to. (we had about a total of 12 and got through 4 or so)
Disclaimer: The answers to these questions are not verbatim. We did not record this interview so it was impossible to remember every detail of what he said.
What tough dilemmas & hardships did you face before your work on Pretty Hate Machine really got noticed? And how did you maintain pushing forward afterwards?
He was in Cleveland, Ohio at the time, interned at a studio in town, and was learning how to engineer on his own by working with productions that no one else wanted to work on in that studio. He wasn't getting much label support for Pretty Hate Machine so he decided to tour, tour, and tour some more. Regardless of success, he knew he would be doing music no matter what and kept pushing forward through those tough times. At the time of the first Lollapalooza is when things started taking off he finally was reaching a massive audience.
How did collaborations come about like with Pig Face and how do you feel about those days looking at them through new eyes? He said it was kinda whorish. He said the major labels thought that if they got all of these great names together, no matter what they put together, it would sell. When he went in to record, they would only have a drum beat for him, no music, and say just sing something and record that once or twice Ok, that good. Fortunately, he prepared lyrics just in case something like that happened. The project for him didn't really work out – He was looking for more of a collaboration and decided he didn't want his name on that kind of project.
What do you look for in working with new bands or what is it that has captivated you when choosing to work with other bands (Prick, Marilyn Manson, etc.) Trent said he took interest in bands that were really saying something and had an interesting sound. He said MM had opened up for NIN years ago when there were just two of them and that Kevin from Prick was in an old band with him a long time ago. He's really not into A&R or developing someone's career but is more into collaborations these days.
We saw your MTV Interview and have a question about addiction. Would you say you are at peace now? And how have you changed from who you were then? He said he kept putting his hand in the fire and had to absolutely hit rock bottom before change could occur. The biggest struggle was with the change of lifestyle. He said Damn, what do I do now? Everything I used to do I can't do anymore – There's nothing to do! He had to find other ways to have fun. Hence With Teeth became a creation through new eyes and a new focus.
Afterwards, we mentioned how much of an inspiration he has been and how thankful for his time with these questions and comments on the remix.
This may sound like an ordinary interview but there was so much more that we discussed. We couldn't possibly put in every word and remark to respect Trent's privacy. We just wanted to share a tiny glimpse of our amazing night for all of those who voted for us.
After the questions were done he signed our poster and CD and shook our hands. I felt so much warmth in that room and realized again that we're all human. We all have so much to offer the world, our own expression, and it's up to us to choose to be successful. How much hard work are you willing to put in? Do you sabotage yourself the minute something good starts to happen?
I felt that Trent was very real and genuine.
When we left the room, James turned to us and said, I have to tell you guys, he's never responded like that to anyone else he's met. He really meant all that. We gave him our thanks and he replied, I didn't do anything, you did it.
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For me, the mood and theme represent a journey of the ups, downs, joys, pains and the best journey I think there is in life… the hopeful journey towards love. Of course there are a million ways to vibe, reflect and perceive so…
Enjoy and send over your comments"
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Renowned historian Professor Sir Ian Kershaw joined the Bolton Branch of the Historical Association on 1 October 2007 to help celebrate their 80th anniversary. An audience of 185 people listened to his lecture on 'The German People and the Persecution of the Jews', which examined the attitudes of the German population to the Jewish minority during the first half of the twentieth century.
Beginning with a thought experiment designed to bring the issues up to date, he discussed the use of sources available to the Historian and pointed out that prior to the rise of Nazism the majority of German Jews were integrated into German society; the only magnet for anti-semitism were those Jews who had fled from Eastern Europe after the First World War.
Gradually the Nazi Party increased in popularity, and once the dictatorship came into being all newspapers promoted the message that the Jews were an evil influence. People who joined the Nazi Party were subjected to a barrage of anti-semitic propaganda, yet many ordinary Germans didn't support the boycott of Jewish businesses that the party called for.