Ray was assigned to Charlie Troop on July 28, 1968 and was Killed in Action on July 14, 1969. Ray was awarded the following medals: Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and a set of Crew Member Wings. Ray was a Crew Chief on an Uh-1C Helicopter.
I knew your uncle quite well, as I was his door gunner on a Charlie Model gunship. Like many of the troopers in Charlie Troop, he was very competent in his MOS and fearless in combat.
On one occasion, in the dusk of the evening as we made a run on an enemy position in support of an infantry unit, the 'chunker' jammed. This was a forward gun under the nose of the bird that fired M-40 grenade rounds. The pilots found a clearing and took the chance of landing for the purpose of fixing the jam. No sooner had we set down than Ray jumped out and directed me to cover him. Using a screwdriver, and under the pressure of time and imminent danger, he unjammed the gun and returned to his M-60 on the right side of the ship. As quickly as we had landed, we were off the ground and back on our run against the enemy position.
Say a prayer for Ray and the other Charlie troopers who did not come home alive.
Ray G. Davis was my uncle. I am not sure who I should contact.
My name is Pat and I run this site.You can either write to me on here or if you prefer you can send me an email at: pcbnamin@verizon.net . If you would like to have a story posted about him send it to me in email and I will post it. If you have some pictures of him and would like to share them just scan them and send them to my email address. I knew your Uncle. He was in a different section than I so we were not close but we were friends.
On one occasion, in the dusk of the evening as we made a run on an enemy position in support of an infantry unit, the 'chunker' jammed. This was a forward gun under the nose of the bird that fired M-40 grenade rounds. The pilots found a clearing and took the chance of landing for the purpose of fixing the jam. No sooner had we set down than Ray jumped out and directed me to cover him. Using a screwdriver, and under the pressure of time and eminent danger, he unjammed the gun and returned to his M-60 on the right side of the ship. As quickly as we had landed, we were off the ground and back on our run against the enemy position.


A degree in pre-veterinary medicine is for lovers of all animals — pocket-sized furry friends and large livestock animals alike. While many schools do not provide the option to major in pre-veterinary medicine, they may offer a pre-veterinary track that incorporates classes in the natural and biological sciences. The major or track is for students who have their sights set on veterinary school, where they will learn how to diagnose and treat animal health problems and provide advice to owners on pet care and breeding.
Veterinarians who work in private practices may also need to handle the logistical and business side of their practice, which includes scheduling appointments and sending specimens to the lab. Most pre-veterinary science tracks require two years to complete after a student has completed their general education requirements, but this will vary by institution and program type; pre-veterinary medicine major requirements will vary from track requirements.
Principles of Animal Nutrition. This course offers a general study of the constituents of feed, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water. Students will learn about how the animal body utilizes these nutrients. Other topics covered include the digestive system, ration balancing, and feed identification.
Animal Science. This course will cover various classes of livestock, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, horses, poultry, llamas, rabbits, and ostriches. Students will learn about livestock management problems, as well as breeds, feeding, reproduction, and management procedures.
Animal Ethics, Policy, and Law. In this course, students will consider the ethical issues involved in using animals for research, education, food production, and companionship purposes. Students will learn about animal rights and welfare movements; the legal issues related to animal care and treatment; and regulatory agencies at the local, national, and international levels.
Class assignments will include readings and laboratory work, as well as quizzes and exams. Students are strongly encouraged to intern or volunteer at a veterinarian's office to augment their studies and receive hands-on training prior to veterinary school. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), admission into veterinary programs is highly competitive; less than half of all applicants were accepted.
Students who major in pre-veterinary medicine will often apply to veterinary school, where they will pursue a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). However, veterinary schools do not require applicants to major in pre-veterinary medicine as undergraduates, and many will major in related fields such as the biological and physiological sciences. With a bachelor's degree, pre-veterinary medicine students may pursue careers as animal technicians, environmental technologists, and veterinary technicians. Pre-veterinary majors may also pursue careers as biologists and zoologists, although these may also require further education.
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We consider a doubly nonlocal nonlinear parabolic equation which describes phase-segregation of a two-component material in a bounded domain. This model is a more general version than the recent nonlocal Cahn–Hilliard equation proposed by Giacomin and Lebowitz, such that it reduces to the latter under certain conditions. It turns out that there are four possible cases of double interaction in which the nonlocality is reflected, we shall discuss some of them.
We prove a quantitative version of the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions supported on the half-line. We apply our result to some linear differential equations with memory, obtaining optimal decay rates for solutions at infinity.
Using the well known asymptotic relations between Jacobi polynomials and Hermite and Laguerre polynomials we develop a transference method to obtain the $L^p$-continuity of the Gaussian-Riesz transform and the $L^p$-continuity of the Laguerre-Riesz transform from the $L^p$-continuity of the Jacobi-Riesz transform, in dimension one as well as the $L^p$-continuity of the Gaussian-Riesz transform and the $L^p$-continuity of the Laguerre-Riesz transform from the $L^p$-continuity of the Jacobi-Riesz transform. The case of the corresponding Littlewood-Paley g-functions will also be discussed.
We discuss the existence and the boundary behavior of positive solutions of an elliptic equation with a Hardy potential and a sublinear nonlinearity. This problem has two particular features: the Hardy potential is singular at the boundary and the unique continuation property doesn't hold. The Hardy potential forces the solutions either to vanish or to blow up at the boundary. The picture of the radial solutions in balls and annuli is fairly complete. At the end we present results for general domains and point out some open problems.
Proximal methods have gained much interest for solving large-scale possibly non smooth optimization problems. When dealing with complicated convex functions, the expression of the proximity operator is however often non explicit and it thus needs to be determined numerically. We show in this work how block-coordinate algorithms can be designed to perform this task. We deduce also distributed optimization strategies allowing us to implement our solutions on multicore architectures. Applications of these methods to video restoration of old TV sequences illustrate the good performance of the proposed algorithms.


Lincoln standout Grant Treiber plans to take a few official visits, including one to Oregon, before making his decision in late July.
Lincoln offensive tackle Grant Treiber has his list of finalists.
Rated a 3-star recruit by both Rivals and ESPN (No. 52 offensive tackle), Treiber has whittled his list of 13 offers to four schools: Oregon, Iowa State, Minnesota and Nebraska. The Patriots senior, who took an official visit to Oregon over the weekend, hopes to take visit Nebraska in the coming weeks before making his decision sometime in July.
On the Oregon offer earlier this year: Oregon was a huge surprise. They contacted me earlier in the process and I thought that was cool. Then a few months later, their offensive line coach told me they were going to be coming down to watch me work out, which blew my mind. Then after the workout, they ended up offering me, which was -- I was almost in tears with my coaches because of how unreal it was.
On visit to Oregon: It was something else, that's for sure.
On if Oregon is a finalist: I would definitely say so.
On photoshoot: We went into a locker room and all the coaches are hanging out in there. They have all their different jerseys laid out and the pads and all the different color schemes they have. You pick out the one you wanted, then we walked down into the Mariota Complex. All the coaches were in there, there's loud music, cameras everywhere and there's horn blowing, people yelling -- it was a whole experience in itself.
On if Oregon sells brand: They do a little bit, not terribly. They say they focus more on the people and the culture more on their equipment and Nike gear. They say that's a plus to everything, but that's not all of it.
On process thus far: It's been exciting and overwhelming at the same time. It's a lot of attention towards me, which is definitely a fun experience.
On the media/fan attention: The attention is fun, obviously, but there are times I just like to be left alone. There are a lot of people asking me what I want to do and at this point, I don't really know yet.
On if he's talked to Farnioks about Nebraska: No, I haven't, but I know (offensive line) coach Greg Austin and whenever we talk, we talk about the Farnioks...because they grew up and went to school here and now they're (at Nebraska).
On staying close to home: Family and friends being close to home, being able to come home if I needed to is a huge factor, but, say for Oregon, if that was the place I wanted to go for sure and that's where I felt I fit, that's where I would end up going.
On contact with other FBS schools (Missouri, Vanderbilt, etc.): It's been just phone contact. With the recruiting process, I want to build a relationship with the coaches and staff, but it's kind of hard to build a relationship without being face-to-face. Those (phone conversations) aren't huge to me. I would like to meet the coaches face-to-face, especially those from the more distant schools.
On visits to Minnesota and Nebraska: Going to some of the smaller schools and then going to the Big Ten, Big 12 schools, just how impressive the facilities were really stood out. The coaching staffs at Nebraska and Minnesota, they're phenomenal. They have great hospitality and are just great guys.
On what's ahead: I'm not sure. I would like to get down to Nebraska, but if that doesn't happen, just talk to some of the coaches in my final few schools that I'm looking at. Talk to freinds and family and start narrowing things down from there.
On contact with other area recruits: I've talked to (Beresford's) Blake Peterson a lot and (West Des Moines') Jake Remsburg who are both committed to Iowa State. I'm also family friends with Frank Ragnow, who was just drafted by the Lions out of the University of Arkansas. I've talked to him about the whole process and he's given me some advice on it.
On social media: It's mostly been positive. A lot of people have been tweeting stuff out and then tagging me, telling me how great it would be for me to go there. Just talking about the culture of Lincoln, for example, but I don't think I've had any negative experiences.


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When making a purchase:

1. Post a notification about the purchase in #finance.
2. Send Nicholle the receipt.

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Linux is probably the easiest platform to get started on, so this section just ties together some of the information already in other sections of the documentation.
32 bit binaries may be obtained here. Haxe is also available in the Ubuntu Universe repository, but may not be the latest version.
Many IDEs and text editors on Linux come with Haxe support, including Editra, emacs, Geany, gedit, jEdit, Kate, kdevelop, Komodo, UltraEdit, and even Vim.
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Q: jQuery get() request retrieves data before the new data has been submitted The title may be a bit vague, sorry about that, allow me to explain.
I have a users_status_likes table with the follow columns: id, user_id, status_id
The idea is simple, when a user clicks the like button of a status, the data gets submitted to the database with the logged in user_id and the status_id of the status.
Now, I'm trying to do a get() request to retrieve the number of likes a status has. The problem is, the get request is retrieving the number of likes the status had before the new like has been added.
For example, there's a status that has 1 like, but then I click the like button, so now it has 2 likes, there are 2 rows in the table for the same status_id but each has a different user_id. When I click the like button, the console says count 1 but it really should be count 2 because I just liked the status and data has been submitted to the table.
I am using Laravel 5.2, so let me start by posting the route
Route::get('likestatusCount/{id}', 'FeedController@getlikesCounter');

The getlikesCounter() method in FeedController
public function getlikesCounter($id) {
    $status = Status::find($id);
    return Response::json(['count' => StatusLikes::where('status_id', $status->id)->count()]);
}

And the form inside the view
{!! Form::open(['action' => 'FeedController@likeStatus', 'id' => 'like_form', 'class' => 'likeform']) !!}
          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-xs like" data-user="{{ Auth::user()->id }}" data-status="{{ $status->id }}" id="like-status">
           Like ({{ $likes_count }})
          </button>
{!! Form::close() !!}

The javascript
$('.likeform').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var submitBtn = $(this).find('.like');
    var likeText = $(this).find('span.like-button-text');
    var likeCounter = $(this).find('span.like-button-counter');
    var status_id = submitBtn.data('status');
    var user_id = submitBtn.data('user');
    var token = $('input[name=_token]').val();

    $.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': token
        }
    });

    $.ajax({
        url: 'http://localhost/socialnet/public/likeStatus',
        method: 'POST',
        cache: false,
        data: { like_status: status_id, user_id: user_id, _token: token },
        success: function(data) {
            submitBtn.removeClass('btn-info').addClass('btn-danger');
            submitBtn.find($(".fa")).removeClass('fa-thumbs-up').addClass('fa-thumbs-down');
            likeText.text('Dislike');
            console.log(data);
        },
        error: function() {
            console.log('error');
        }
    });

    // data.count returns the count before the new like has been submitted
    $.get("http://localhost/socialnet/public/likestatusCount/" + status_id, function(data) {
        likeCounter.text(data.count);
        console.log(data.count);
    });
});

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    likeCounter.text(data.count);
    console.log(data.count);
});

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}

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With detailed scenarios, imaginative illustrations, and step-by-step instructions, consultant and speaker Norman L. Kerth guides readers through productive, empowering retrospectives of project performance.
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It's TV Love for Schwimmer, Messing on 'Will & Grace'
NBC said Wednesday that Schwimmer will play opposite Messing's Grace on the sitcom revival that's back Oct. 4 on NBC
Published at 10:12 am on August 9, 2018
Former "Friends" star David Schwimmer will appear on "Will & Grace" as a new love interest for Debra Messing's character.
NBC said Wednesday that Schwimmer will play opposite Messing's Grace on the sitcom revival that's back Oct. 4 on NBC.
Schwimmer isn't the only familiar face appearing on the second season. Alec Baldwin, Chelsea Handler and Mary McCormack were previously announced guest stars.
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Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi laughed yesterday when his opinion was sought about the legal battle between two senior lawyers before the Supreme Court.
The dispute in question centres over the question of who should prosecute the suspended Director of the National Prosecution Office (N.P.O.), Mauga Precious Chang.
While the Office of the Attorney General has flown over New Zealand based lawyer, Satiu Simativa Perese, the National Prosecution Office has opted to acquire the services of former Attorney General, Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu to prosecute. A decision on the matter is pending.
But Tuilaepa saw the funny side.
"It's not a hard matter to understand," he said.
Pressed to elaborate, Tuilaepa said: "One lawyer said to me I was not a lawyer.
"So I replied with a question. Which is the best? The person that makes laws for lawyers to abide by or the lawyer who tries to understand the law?
"Which one is the best?
Tuilaepa was also asked about who is paying for the lawyers prosecuting Mauga and the suspended Police Commissioner, Fuiavailiili Egon Keil.
"It hasn't come up," Tuilaepa told the Samoa Observer.
In the Supreme Court last week, two senior lawyers had indicated they were representing the Director of N.P.O.
One was Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu, who appeared on behalf of the N.P.O. and the other was New Zealand-based lawyer, Satiu Simativa Perese, who claimed to have been representing the Police.
On the other hand is Su'a Helene Wallwork Lamb who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General's Office and Acting Director of N.P.O. Muriel Lui representing the National Prosecution Office.


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Following revelations that economic crisis is Zimbabwe had affected funding for 250 000 children eligible for state assistance, UK Department for International Development (DFID) has answered that call with a bailout of $10m with immediate effect.
BEAM is a nationwide Government of Zimbabwe education safety net programme for vulnerable children.
Relations between United Kingdom and Zimbabwe have remained frosty since year 2000 elections which international community condemned as falling below internationally acceptable standards. President Mugabe was declared the winner and has remained in office following 2008 and 2013 election "victories".
UK and other western nations have applied limited punitive measures on Zanu PF regime which have restricted any direct financial assistance to the government.
It would imply then that the assistance towards education fund falls under the above policy.
The gesture by DFID appears to dismiss the public utterances by President Mugabe that imply UK as anti Zimbabwe. speaking in October 2013 , Mugabe implied that punitive measures are affected trade between Zimbabwe and EU.
White farmer lies dead following land seizures in Zimbabwe.For atrocities like this West was justified to impose sanctions on Mugabe?
The west have always maintained that Zimbabwe is not under economic sanctions. It is President Mugabe and his henchmen who are listed.They base their argument on drawing a thick line between Zanu PF and Zimbabwe government. The named individuals are accused of directing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.
To date only President Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe remain on the EU list of individuals restricted to travel or trade with Brussels.
The UK's support in 2012 and 2013 has helped around 330,000 orphans and vulnerable children attend primary school each year.
King Mugabe celebrates 90th birthday.
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UCLA Hosts Oregon State Saturday Looking To Snap Three-Game Skid
By Eric Stephen@ericstephen Nov 4, 2010, 9:20am PDT
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(Sports Network) - The Oregon State Beavers will try to keep pace in the Pac-10 Conference standings when they visit the Rose Bowl this Saturday to take on the UCLA Bruins.
Oregon State is coming off last week's impressive 35-7 win over Cal and has now won three of its last four games. Just like Stanford (7-1, 4-1 Pac-10) and Arizona (7-1, 4-1) ahead of them, the Beavers (4-3, 3-1) are chasing unbeaten and top-ranked Oregon (8-0, 5-0) in the conference hierarchy. OSU has been pretty solid away from home, winning 10 of its last 15 Pac-10 road games.
As for the Bruins (3-5, 1-4), they are just ahead of Washington State (1-8, 0-6) at the bottom of the conference standings. They've lost three in a row, although they put up an admirable fight in last week's 29-21 setback to 13th- ranked Arizona. Following this tilt, UCLA will have a week off before hitting the road to face Washington on November 18th.
UCLA holds a 39-15-4 series edge, but Oregon State has won the last two meetings, including a 26-19 win at home last year.
Oregon State's offense hasn't been putting up huge numbers -- the Beavers rank seventh in the Pac-10 in scoring offense (29.9 ppg) and eighth in total offense (351.1 ypg) -- but the Beavers have a player who commands the attention of any opponent. That player is junior running back Jacquizz Rodgers, who continues to make defenders eat his dust and enters this contest tied for first in the nation with 15 touchdowns on the year. He is averaging more than 100 yards per game on the ground and is coming off a 119-yard, three-touchdown effort in last week's win over Cal. Rodgers also threw for a touchdown, as the Beavers jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead and never looked back. Ryan Katz managed the offense and, most importantly, did not commit any turnovers as he completed 20-of-27 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown. OSU has just four turnovers this year, which is the fewest in the nation. Remarkably, the Beavers have not lost a single fumble all season long.
The Achilles' heal for OSU has been defending the pass, as the Beavers enter this contest ranked 102nd in the nation in pass efficiency defense (146.4) and 109th in pass defense (267 ypg). However, they put forth their best defensive effort to date last week against Cal. In that game, the defense held the Golden Bears to just 10 first downs and 206 total yards for the game. Cal was also limited to 1-of-12 on third downs and 0-for-2 on fourth down. The OSU defense notched six sacks for the game and knocked starting quarterback Kevin Riley out of the game in the first quarter. Dwight Roberson leads the team and ranks fourth in the Pac-10 with 8.3 tackles per game. He is also tied with Brennan Olander and Stephen Paea for the team lead with three sacks. In the secondary, James Dockery paces the Beavers with three interceptions.
UCLA sophomore quarterback Richard Brehaut has started the last two games in place of injured starter Kevin Prince, who will miss the rest of the season after recently undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Brehaut was thrown into the fire two weeks ago at top-ranked Oregon, and the result was a 60-13 loss. But last week against No. 13 Arizona, he showed considerable progress, throwing for a career-high 228 yards and a pair of long second-half touchdowns that got the Bruins back in the game. UCLA had a couple of late drives to potentially take the lead or tie, but the first one resulted in a turnover on downs and the final drive ended when Brehaut was sacked near midfield and fumbled. The offense was also without leading receiver Ricky Marvray and starting tackle Sean Sheller, who were both serving one-game suspensions for violating team rules.
On defense, UCLA was also without star linebacker Patrick Larimore against Arizona because of a left shoulder injury. Larimore has averaged nearly six tackles per game (5.0 TFLs) and also forced a team-high three fumbles. However, he is expected to be out at least another two weeks. Bruins' junior free safety Rahim Moore is a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the nation's best defensive back. Moore is third on the team with 53 tackles and has notched one interception, although opposing quarterbacks have generally shied away from his direction. For his career, he is tied for fourth on the school's all-time list with 14 picks, thanks to a NCAA-best 10 a year ago. Along with Moore, junior linebacker Akeem Ayers (45 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks, 2 INTs, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries) has performed exceptionally well.
This matchup pits two of the league's top rushers against one another, as Rodgers ranks second in the Pac-10 with 105.3 rushing yards per game, while UCLA's Johnathan Franklin is third with 99.0 ypg. Whichever team can control the tempo will have a decided advantage, and those two will play key roles. Give the edge to the Beavers, who have shown a penchant for taking care of the football, an all-important ingredient when playing on the road.
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This is the full mix with male vocals. The lyric speaks to the human condition of continually attempting to put together the puzzle of personal completeness and balance within the collective of humanity. However, the pieces always fall to the floor and must be collected and put back into place. Instrumentation includes synthesizers, electric guitars, keyboards, drums, bass and xylophone. This track explores three distinct musical landscapes as it moves from pop/rock to Americana blues to thrash punk.
The instrumental mixes from the (c)2010 album "A Colorful Dream" by Matt Kjeldsen.


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Aceasta este o listă a țărilor europene ordonată după numărul total de kilometri de autostradă.

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 Evoluția construcției de autostrăzi în țările europene
 Rețeaua de drumuri europene

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Pascal founded Active Niche Funds in 2007.
Pascal co-manages the long-only mutual funds Active Solar and Active Recycling, together with Arnaud Chambaud.
Prior to founding ANF, Pascal was Chief Risk Officer at Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS, now Alpiq) in Lausanne, after he set up the internal audit of EOS. Pascal first worked at Arthur Andersen (then Ernst & Young) in Geneva as auditor and financial and economic consultant.
Pascal holds a Ph.D. in Law of the University of Lausanne and a Postgraduate Management Certificate of HEC Lausanne.
Arnaud is in charge of analysing the companies of the solar and recycling sectors.
Arnaud co-manages the mutual funds Active Solar and Active Recycling, together with Pascal Rochat.
Formerly, Arnaud worked as a financial analyst with several companies in Paris: IT Asset Management, Groupe BPCE, banque Volkswagen.
Arnaud holds a Master in Finance of ESLSCA in Paris.
Christian manages the quantitative mutual funds Quantis Dynamic Equity and Quantis Low Volatility with the help of Quantis Asset Management SA, a company he launched in 2010 and that acts as advisor for the quantitative funds.
Christian is into quantitative asset management since 2003 and he successively founded two companies: Marcopollo Finance in 2007 and Quantis Asset Management in 2010. Formerly, Christian worked in France for Natexis – Groupe Banques Populaires and for Sovac – Groupe Lazard.
Christian holds a Master in Finance of ESLSCA in Paris.
Nicolas manages the Behaviour European Equities fund with the support of Quanteviour SA, a company he founded in 2004 and that acts as advisor for this fund managed according to the principles of Behavioural Finance.
Nicolas has been active in private banking and institutional asset management since 1995. Previously, he was in charge of the derivatives business for UBS in Lausanne following a post-graduate degree in Investment Banking in London.
Nicolas holds a Master's degree in Finance from HEC in Lausanne.
Nicolas is in charge of trading and IT.
Nicolas started his career as a network engineer at Firstquote before working as an IT project manager at Nestle and SICPA where he was in charge of M&A integration projects.
Nicolas holds a Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Telecommunications of the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HES-SO).
Philippe is co-founder of Active Niche Funds in 2007.
Philippe is in charge of compliance and risk management.
Since 2004, Philippe is an independent wealth manager, first as founder of Active Asset Management SA and then as partner with VCT Vector Gestion SA (as of 2018). Formerly, Philippe was portfolio manager at Cosba Private Banking in Lausanne and Trading Specialist at Firstquote in Geneva. Philippe first worked at BCV in Lausanne in charge of service to independent wealth managers.
Philippe holds a Federal diploma for Expert in Finance and Investments CFPI.


Pretty Little Liars returns to ABC Family tonight with an all new Tuesday July 14, season 6 Episode 6 called "No Stone Unturned," and we have your recap and spoilers below. On tonight's episode, the girls zero in on Lesli [Elizabeth McLaughlin] as their hooded tormentor, but they want proof before going to the cops. Meanwhile, Emily [Shay Mitchell] receives an unexpected offer from a friend; and Spencer's [Troian Bellisario] family push her to make a big decision.
On the last episode, Mona returned to Rosewood in a very fragile state as she had to answer to the police for faking her death. Matters only got worse when she was confronted by Lesli's sister about Lesli's inadvertent involvement in Mona's plot. Hanna was determined to help Mona out, not only to reassure her she was safe from Alison but also to try and repair Mona's friendship with Lesli. Emily tried to help Sara with her troubled home life by encouraging her to explore the possibility of emancipation. Spencer, on the other hand, found help from someone from her past. Did you watch the last episode? If you missed it, we have a full and detailed recap right here for you.
The season 6 episode 6 of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS is going to be really exciting and we'll be recapping it for you right here.
Tonight's episode of Pretty Little Liars kicks off with Spencer at Emily's house – she fills her in on her theory that Mona's friend is Leslie Stone. She explains that Leslie and Mona were together in Radley. Leslie was Bethany Young's roommate at Radley and she is trying to get revenge on the liars because they think that she killed Bethany. Hanna and Spencer are plotting to catch Leslie in the act, Emily thinks they are being a bit over-zealous and says she has to go to her therapy appointment. On her way to therapy she passes Alison's house. Alison's dad is outside and freaking out – he demands to know if Emily saw someone put a note on his car.
Hanna tells her mom and Caleb that she is going to Philly. She lies and says that Spencer has an appointment. Caleb wants to drive her, but Hanna rushes out and says she and Spencer will be fine. At Emily's house, Sara is getting ready for her first day at work for Caleb. Emily puts ointment on her new tattoo for her and wishes her luck after she helps her pick out her outfit.
Spencer is getting ready to leave for Philly and there is a knock at her door – its Dean. He says he just stopped by to drop off a book for Spencer, his sponsor gave it to him years ago. He asks Spencer how she has been sleeping since she quit taking drugs, she confesses that it's not going well. Spencer explains her Valedictorian predicament. She has incompletes in every class and doesn't think that she deserves it, but her parents and the principal are pushing her to make the speech.
Meanwhile at Caleb's office, he is going over some stuff with Sara. Sara wants to talk about Alison though, she wants to know if Alison knows who "A" is. Caleb explains that he knows just as much as she does and the liars don't "let him in." A girl named Nicole stops by the coffee shop, she tells Ezra that she is looking for Emily – they met on the Habitat for Humanity trip.
In Philly Hanna convinces a valet driver to give her the keys to Leslie's car. She and Spencer steal her ar so that they can go through it and look for clues. While they are investigating, they find a set of wirecutters and like 10 pairs of fake glasses. They pop the hood and find four animal cages. Spencer reads the boxes and realizes that they are big enough to fit the liars inside of them.
Aria runs in to Clark at the junkyard where she got a picture of "A"'s shadow. She lies and tells Clark that she is looking for her tripod. While she is snooping around the finds a doll that looks just like her, with a pink streak in its hair, and a knife stabbed through its head. Emily meets up with her friend Nicole at the coffee shop, Nicole explains that they are taking another Habitat Humanity trip – this time to Thailand. Emily makes excuses and explains that she has a lot going on. Nicole convinces her to come along – and Emily asks if she can bring Sara with her.
Spencer heads to Caleb's office, but he is out – she waits awkwardly for with Sara for him to come back. Spencer's mom keeps blowing up her phone, and she explains her predicament to Sara about graduation. Sara thinks that she should give the speech and explain to everyone what it was like being kidnapped and everything that Spencer has gone through.
Ezra shows up at Aria's house to drop off her photo competition application, she left it at the Brew. He also wrote her a glowing recommendation. He sees the doll with the knife in its head lying on the floor in Aria's bag. She lies and tells him that she did it for a photography project, he jokes that it is very disturbing.
Spencer gets home late at night from Philly and Dean is sitting outside and freaking out – he is furious that Spencer didn't show up to the AA meeting. He was worried about her, Spencer apologizes and invites him inside. Dean tells her he has to go, and says he isn't going to see her anymore because she has a boyfriend and every time he sees her he wants to kiss her.
Emily gets home and Sara is freaking out and scrubbing blood off the floor – she was in a bike accident. Sara explains that a black car was following her down the street when she was riding her bike, and then ran her down. Emily shows her a picture of Leslie's car, Sara confirms that it was the car that was following her.
Hanna, Spencer, and Aria head to an animal lab where Leslie works after hours, they break in to snoop through Leslie's desk. Hanna finds a wand like what is used by airport security, and it beeps while she holds it. Spencer takes the wand and waves it around her head and it beeps too. Leslie put chips in the liar to track them!
Back in Rosewood Emily heads back to the coffee shop and tells Nicole that she can't go to Thailand. Sara needs her, and Sara can't leave the country without her parents' permission because she is under 18 years old. Nicole thinks that Emily has feelings for Sara, but Emily insists that isn't the case.
At the lab Hanna, Spencer, and Aria are still snooping around looking for proof that Leslie is the one that kidnapped them. Hanna finds a room full of animals in cages. She has a flashback to when "A" locked her in the cage and she starts freeing all of the animals. Spencer yells at her to stop but it is too late. There is a raccoon that Hanna let loose, and it is growling at them. Hanna has cheese doodles in her purse, Spencer uses them to try and lure the raccoon back in to the cage.
Suddenly someone turns off all of the lights in the lab – it's Mona. She shines a flashlight on her face and asks the liars if they have lost their minds. Mona tries to tell the liars that she is on their side, but they aren't buying it. Mona explains that Leslie hated Bethany she doesn't want revenge for her death. Mona tells the liars that when Leslie was in Radley, Charles and Bethany both ran away together the night that Alison went missing – so Charles is still alive. The liars realize that Charles was just framing Leslie, to throw them off his trail. Emily heads home and Sara is sleeping in her bed, she tries to check sara's neck to see if she has a chip in it and Sara sits up and starts kissing her.


WOLVES owner Steve Morgan last night claimed Terry Connor was the man they wanted all along.
Mick McCarthy's old No.2 has been surprisingly handed the job of keeping the club in the Premier League. But Morgan insisted it was not true they had turned to Connor because the Molineux hotseat had become the job no-one wanted.
It is believed Steve Bruce was close to landing the job on Thurs- day until an 11th-hour change of heart sparked by Morgan's fears of an angry backlash from fans.
The Scouse building tycoon's bid to replace McCarthy, who was sacked 11 days ago, became a laughing stock after a host of managers knocked the club back.
But the owner refused to take the blame over the calamitous attempts to name his first boss since taking over, even though 49-year-old Connor didn't even apply for the position.
Morgan said: "The cheap option? I feel insulted by that. It's an insult to me, an insult to this club and an insult to Terry.
"We feel we have the right man in Terry – certainly for the next 13 games – and anyone who thinks I'm not ambitious for this club isn't thinking properly.
"That's a completely false accusation and as for it being the job that nobody wants that's nonsense." When Walter Smith became the latest to snub Wolves, Morgan and his board decided to give Connor the chance to dig them out of a hole for the last 13 games.
Former Rangers and Everton boss Smith, Alan Curbishley, and Brian McDermott of Reading all turned their back on it while Neil Warnock opted to go to Leeds.
And a £2m compensation bounty on Brighton boss Gus Poyet put Wolves off.
Connor, 49, has served under four managers at Molineux in 13 years after a successful playing career at Leeds, Brighton and Portsmouth.
Morgan hit out at candidates – and others – who had leaked stories of Wolves' interest.
He said: "There have been things that have been leaked that have disappointed me.


Well, if you're swimming with sharks or wreck diving, we offer no guarantees but, in general, holiday-induced relaxation leads to a longer life. A study of 12,000 men over nine years showed that those who didn't take an annual holiday were 32% more likely to die of a heart attack. Choose life. Choose the beach.
Basic, yes, but we don't need research to tell us that not being at work makes us happy. Respite from Outlook calendar alerts, the office sleaze, scaly "aircon" skin, the commute, computer crashes, achy mouse wrist… Bliss.
Whether it's your bestie, boyfriend/girlfriend, mates, family or spouse, most people head off on holiday with someone they love. In fact, beaches are so good for love vibes that 46% of honeymooners head to one to celebrate their nuptials.
The ultraviolet rays in sunshine can improve your sense of physical and emotional wellbeing by stimulating the production of vitamin D – this boosts our production of serotonin, the chemical that works to keep us feeling alert, up-beat and happy.
If you've ever fallen asleep to the sound of crashing waves, then you know how the repetitive gentle bass beat can dispel stress and bring about a blissful state of calm. Plus – the science – research shows that the sound of waves alters the wave patterns in the brain, making you more calm and relaxed. Relaxed = happy.
Research shows that simply reading for pleasure (Twilight, John Grisham, you name it…) reduces stress by 68%. What's more, this improved mood can be seen in a mere six minutes. Imagine how destressed (and happy) you would be after two weeks.
And we're not talking about tea. Nothing beats the feeling of freedom that accompanies a lunch time beer. Just because you can.
We know how bad hair can ruin a day so, inversely, good hair must improve it. "Sunlight makes your hair grow quicker and the iodine in seawater is great for the health of follicles," says hair guru Neil Cornelius. "And then there's that fresh, unfussy way that seawater makes your hair look. Billions of pounds have been spent in trying to recreate the look of just-off-the-beach hair."
Word of the day: Thalassotherapy. It's a big word for treating people with – or in – sea water. Call us vain, but breakouts make us want to stick our head in the sand, not lounge on it. "In moderation, the sunshine and seawater can help to clear up problematic skin by drying it out, and the salt is a natural exfoliant. Also, the silicone in the sea leaves skin looking younger, tighter and smoother," says beauty wiz Teresa Tarmey.


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I struggled with anorexia for 9 years, and during those 9 years I changed my life to live a vegan lifestyle. For me, being vegan was so much more about the ethical treatment of animals. I don't suggest going vegan if you are in anyway trying to restrict. For me personally, it's what I love and nothing will change that. Now that I am fully recovered, and still vegan, I get to really enjoy living a vegan life style! Good luck!


Sunday evening means one thing for me and that is giving myself a serious pamper. Believe me I tend to do this a lot of the time in the week too because I tend to get a little overwhelmed by situations I need to take a step back and relax. I have perfected this routine over the years so I thought it was about time I shared it.
Ah the weekly brush laundry I normally do give my foundation brush a deep clean mid week too. I am paranoid of getting blemishes from dirty brushes but I do tend to do them weekly and some of them every few weeks (eyebrow only). I like using quite a clarifying shampoo to really get out the grime thats built up so this mint one from Tesco does the job perfectly for me.
My nails get a new paint job every few days as I really hate looking at chipped manicure but I push the boat on a Sunday. I really suffer with my cuticles they are very unruly so a good cuticle remover is key and then I like to buff them down slightly with this cube file from Boots to ensure a smooth surface.
As my skincare routine is pretty militant anyway I don't need much extra. However I do like a good mask and the one I am currently reaching for is the Lush Catastrophe Cosmetic. I like to use a more nourishing cleanser with that too so I go for the Origins Make a Difference cleansing milk with adds a little more hydration than I normally need. Than as my final step I like to use the balance Me radiance oil* I love using this if my skin if feeling a little lack lustre this really give's me added umph to my complexion.
I am a total bath girl it's so nice to just have a nice soak and watch something on my laptop. I normally wash my hair and shave my legs in the same evening just so then my products can sit for a little longer that way. I have been giving the Body Shop coconut body scrub* a go lately and really enjoying it. It's not taken my Soap & Glory Pulp Friction of its podium by any means but it is lovely to have on rotation. It leaves my skin silky smooth and ready for shaving and after that I have been enjoying using the Nivea in shower body moisturiser which despite the god awful packaging is a really amazing product to lock in moisture. Finally my hair has been getting an extra shot of volume with the Bed Head Tigi superstar conditioner and not only does this smell amazing it really does add a lot of thickness to my bonce.
Moisturiser is key for my skin as it can get a little dry and it I can't stand that feeling. I have been switching between the Dove summer glow to add a little colour to my otherwise ghostly complexion and I like this because it doesn't contain that typical tan smell. Then I have been going to the Garnier Body intensive 7 day nourishing lotion because I saw Kate raving about it and I'm going to be honest I liked the packaging. Oh I love this product so much I just want to slather myself in it all the time it makes my skin so soft (even a guy noticed so it must be good). As it absorbs into the skin so quickly I can use this in the morning and not end up sticking to my dressing table stool which is what tends to happen with more thick body butter type products. I have gone back to my beloved Heel Genius from Soap & Glory and I forgot just how soft this makes my feet feel so if you haven't given it a go I highly suggest it.
Before now I had never given a body oil a go I don't know why maybe its the fear of looking like a body builder? However then the Neom Real Luxury oil* came into my life and I haven't looked back since. This is a seriously beautiful product and really does live up to the real luxury name as it should for the price of this. When I applied this for the first time I even tweeted about it I was so amazed by how good my skin looked and when I woke up in the morning and my skin was just glowing which is always an achievement for a product. I do like to use this mainly after shaving my legs as I find it just helps them stay smoother for longer as well as making my skin look so much better than it usually does.
So there we have it my Sunday night routine in it's stripped back form. Now I do spend half the night on my MacBook mainly on Pinterest but I am not quite sure how much you would appreciate that image as it is far from glamourous. What does your pamper routine consist of?


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Usher Parties with Ella Mai in 'Don't Waste My Time' Video
Y'all know what this is.
While the world remains on lockdown, Usher takes it back to the good ol' days before self isolation in the star-studded video for his Ella Mai collaboration "Don't Waste My Time."
The R&B superstar throws the ultimate house party at his Moroccan estate in the celebratory clip, directed by LeSean Harris. After checking his drip in the mirror, he heads to the kitchen where a feast of seafood and dessert awaits, prepared by none other than Snoop Dogg, who gets his Salt Bae on.
The guests start arriving including Ella Mai, Christian and Justin Combs, Evan Ross, and Eric Bellinger, while Jermaine Dupri mans the turntables. With his friends chilling poolside, Usher goes live on Instagram as synchronized swimmers show off their moves.
Comedian Jamie Kennedy tries to crash the "cookout," but gets stopped at the door. "You're doing too much. I'm about to revoke your honorary black card," says Usher before inviting him inside.
The feel-good vibes continue as the gracious host hits the dance floor with his guests and his sons, one of whom is sporting a Kobe Bryant shirt.
Usher debuted the J.D.-produced track back in December. He has been in the studio working on a new album, his first since 2016's Hard II Love, which will reportedly feature his "Yeah!" collaborators Lil Jon and Ludacris. Last month, he teased "Confessions Part III," the third installment in his "Confessions" series.
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Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland.
The lighthouse building is listed as a building of Architectural/Historic interest.
The shipmaster of Aberdeen requested that a light be established at Girdle Ness, Aberdeen following the wrecking of a whaling ship called the Oscar in 1813. There were only 2 survivors from a crew of 45.
The lighthouse was built by an Aberdeen contractor, James Gibb. The light had a new form of double light, showing 2 distinct lights from the same tower, one above the other, both fixed. The lower light consisted of 13 lamps and reflectors arranged like a garland in a glazed gallery built round the outside of the tower about one third of the way up. In 1890 the lower light was discontinued.
The main light was altered in 1847 and the old lantern which was too small, was transferred to Inchkeith. In 1860 Girdle Ness was visited by the Astronomer Royal, Professor George Airy, (later Sir George) who described it as "the best lighthouse that I have seen".
"fronted to seaward with weather-resisting glass a quarter of an inch thick and gun metal astragals. The dome of the lighthouse looks immense from inside where as from the ground some 136 feet below it looks minute. The lamp is framed by 2 large concave reflectors which sent its 200,000 candlepower beams 25 miles out to sea on a good night."
Before electrification, the incandescent brightness was attained by pressure-vaporised paraffin, which burned at a rate of 9½ gills an hour. The lamp and reflectors were activated through an arc covering the entire seafront by a clockwork motor and imbedded in a mercury bath to pressure an even bearing. The fog horn was put into operation when visibility fell below 5 miles.
During the 2nd World War a mine drifted ashore on 18 November 1944 and exploded, but damage was mainly confined to the doors and windows in the dwelling house and the tower.
The fog signal was discontinued in 1987. The Light was automated in 1991.
The Optic System is controlled using a standard NLB Gearless Pedestal/Lamp Array Controller to link the various elements into an ordered sequence. When one lamp fails, there is a consistent reduction in range of all flashes in the group.
The Gearless Pedestal Drive System is equipped with two drive fluxmeters which operate together and share the drive. Should one fail, one is capable of assuming the drive itself.
Lamp Arrays rotated by Gearless Pedestal Drive Systems are normally installed at sites supplied with mains electricity. These systems rotate only during night time. The Lamp Arrays also have DC supplied reserve lamps for use when the mains fails.
In event of a Main Optic failure, a single Emergancy Lantern is automatically selected. This is a 250mm lantern, with a range of 10 miles.
There is also a Racon installed at this site.
Before electrification, the incandescent brightness was attained by pressure-vaporised paraffin, which burned at a rate of 9½ gills an hour. The lamp and reflectors were activated through an arc covering the entire seafront by a clockwork motor and imbedded in a mercury bath to pressure an even bearing. The fog horn was put into operation when visibility fell below 5 miles. During the 2nd World War a mine drifted ashore on 18 November 1944 and exploded, but damage was mainly confined to the doors and windows in the dwelling house and the tower. The fog signal was discontinued in 1987. The Light was automated in 1991. The Optic System is controlled using a standard NLB Gearless Pedestal/Lamp Array Controller to link the various elements into an ordered sequence. When one lamp fails, there is a consistent reduction in range of all flashes in the group. The Gearless Pedestal Drive System is equipped with two drive fluxmeters which operate together and share the drive. Should one fail, one is capable of assuming the drive itself. Lamp Arrays rotated by Gearless Pedestal Drive Systems are normally installed at sites supplied with mains electricity. These systems rotate only during night time. The Lamp Arrays also have DC supplied reserve lamps for use when the mains fails. In event of a Main Optic failure, a single Emergancy Lantern is automatically selected. This is a 250mm lantern, with a range of 10 miles. There is also a Racon installed at this site.
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
Girdle Ness is one of a network of twelve (three in Scotland) ground-based reference stations providing DGPS transmissions around the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The other Scottish Stations are Butt of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and Sumburgh Head in Shetland. The DGPS transmissions were introduced, on a trial basis, on 31 July 1998.
DGPS is transmitted from the MF Radio Beacon and a Standby Generator has been installed to ensure the intergity of this service. The generator is also used to power the other Aids to Navigation in the event of a mains failure.
The public marine DGPS is a satellite based navigation system. It is the newest element of the mix of visual, audible and electronic aids to navigation provided by the three General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and the Republic of Ireland under their Marine Navigation Plan.
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It should be noted that at some sites the Northern Lighthouse Board have sold some redundant buildings within the lighthouse complex and are not responsible for the maintenance of these building.
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Рашидов А. М., Куимова М. В. Russian superstitions and omens // Молодой ученый. — 2015. — №10. — С. 1507-1509. — URL https://moluch.ru/archive/90/19173/ (дата обращения: 18.04.2019).
and portents of the lunar phase.
was by forebodings much oppressed.
Why does every person, regardless of educational level, position in life, busy place in society, believe in omens? He believes that the fate warns him of the impending danger, or, conversely, a favorable outcome of the case. Man's desire to protect himself and to create around him a positive environment for a prosperous life eventually led to the spreading of omens and superstitions around the world. This belief in magical powers varies in different countries. Let's consider some Russian superstitions that can bring bad and good luck.
- Black cat running across the road is not a good sign. In ancient Russia, the owners were afraid to drive the animal out of the house, because it was very dear to them and it was considered to be a member of the family. A cat, running around the village, meant bad luck. Over time, the number of stray animals grew more and more, and this prejudice referred only to black cats.
- Wearing clothing inside out promises man bad luck. It is not surprising, because people used to take clothing much more carefully and accurately than the modern man. In ancient times clothes also served some security functions and some specific charm patterns were sometimes portrayed on clothing. In addition, clothes were very expensive and they had to be treated with due care.
- Another sign associated with clothes warns against sewing clothes on oneself just because you can sew your memory. It is not known why this sign is associated with memory. Probably, because in the old days, when there were no antibiotics or antiseptics, and the needles were large, curved and therefore uncomfortable, if you pricked yourself with a needle, you could get a serious infection.
- Walking on other people's footprint. It was thought that one could catch someone's disease, or even worse fate.
- Hand over threshold is a bad sign. The thing is that in ancient times the ashes of the ancestors were kept under the threshold of the house, and to disturb them, passing something through the door, was considered extremely dangerous. That is why one cannot sit on the threshold, which is still considered to be the boundary between two worlds — a safe house and a hostile world, or both terrible — the world of the living and the world of the dead.
- Return from the halfway. This superstition also relates to the threshold and that its function of boundaries between the worlds. Unable to reach the target, the man returns home weakened, and unnecessary anxiety of the offended spirits of ancestors could wait for him on the threshold. To counteract the failures, drawn by the return, it is worth looking in the mirror as it can double the power and energy of the person.
- You cannot take out the garbage after sunset. Firstly it was believed that if one takes out the garbage under cover of darkness, people will spread gossip about you as neighbors will discuss why you so hide your trash. Another explanation is related to the belief in good and evil spirits. The good spirits went into the house at night (of course to protect the household from evil spirits). So you needed to prepare for their visit and throw out old things and garbage before night.
- Don't take anything from the crossroads. Crossroads have always been considered a mystical place where literally worlds crossed — ours and the invisible.
- If you eat from the knife, you'll become angry. In ancient times knives were not only the instruments of protection and production of human food, but also a subject of sacred significance. Such an important magic item demanded special treatment; otherwise, spirits might be offended and make a person angry and aggressive.
- Spill the salt. It stands for quarrels and unhappiness. It is believed that this sign appeared during the riots and uprisings in Russia in the middle of XVII century, when salt was literally worth its weight in gold. Hence spilling the precious salt inevitably leads to a row in the house.
- Friday 13th is believed to be a horrible day. The origin of this belief probably comes from the interpretation of the Old Testament. It is supposed that Cain killed his brother Abel this day. Over time, this legend has acquired a huge amount of speculation, making the figure "13" a terrible sign of impending troubles and misfortunes.
- Moon. If you see the young moon for the first time in the month, show it your purse or a large bill, the money will grow like the moon grows. Or squeeze a coin in your hand and look at the new moon, make a wish and it will come true. According to Russian legends, if you see the young moon on the right side, you will receive only income during the whole month. But if you see it on the left, you will have only expenses.
- Beginner's luck. The idea of this superstition is that people have an unusually high chance of winning, when they do something for the first time in their life.
- Luck on rabbit's paws. Rabbit's paw or an ear can bring home health and fertility. Moreover, it is believed that the wife will give birth quickly, easily and, most importantly, as often as rabbits do.
- Touch wood! It was intended to prevent any bad luck. The meaning of this sign originates from old myths where people believed in agathodemons that dwelled in trees, or it may be associated with the Christian cross.
- Cross your fingers for good luck. This tradition has its roots in Christianity. According to a popular belief, all Christian symbols, especially the cross can bring happiness to man.
All the signs good or bad, bringing luck and failure, originate from ancient times, when uneducated people rely only on God and superstition, hoping for the mercy of God. Good superstitions and omens of our ancestors were associated with fair intentions, thanks to which people had a hope for a favorable outcome of cases. Bad superstitions, on the contrary, caused the most negative, bad, pessimistic thoughts in a man. As practice shows, many superstitions brought good luck thanks to the assuagement of internal tension and peace of mind. Thus, if you want to attract good luck, think positively.