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Is the question "How to lose arm fat" haunting you? Flabby arms sometimes referred to as bat wings, is when the upper arms of your hands are a problem especially in women. Having flabby arms can be a nightmare to any man or woman, especially in today's health and fitness era. Embarrassing jiggly arms not only look bad in appearance but also limit your dressing options and ban you from wearing sleeveless dresses and tops. Fat in the arms does not accumulate overnight. It is the result of changes in the hormones in our body as we age.
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Our arms like our tummy are that part of the body that catches the most attention. Thus, flabby arms can leave you feeling rather embarrassed in a crowd. It can also make your confidence levels dip.
Considering all these issues, losing arm fat can be a daunting task in itself. But there are a few basic ways to tackle this problem.
When targeting a specific area for weight loss, ensure the diet you intake is also proper appropriate. The best way to lose arm fat is to have a healthy and a good diet. A healthy diet would include the intake of whole wheat, cereals, drinking plenty of water and most importantly eating on time. Also, you may want to cut completely on sugary products as well as fast or frozen food for a while. Bring in the green leafy veggies, fresh fruits and pulses. They provide you with the much essential nutritive value factors like magnesium, copper, Iron, but most importantly fiber.
To lose arm fat fast, the most apt way is to practice arm fat burning exercise. Using weights is one of the fastest and most effective ways to lose arm fat. Lifting weights stretch the muscles in the area and helps in burning calories around the arms.
Start with 3-pound dumbbells, and perform this exercise for at least 15 minutes a day. Slowly graduate to 5-pound weights. Within a few weeks, you will be able to flaunt well-toned arms!
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If swimming or cycling is not your thing, simply hit the treadmill! Lean forward while walking on the treadmill. Try and increase the incline to 10% or more to target those flabby arms!
There are many kinds of exercises that you can follow, but many a times we lose focus and give up in no time at all. Having a personal trainer, will get you one step closer to knowing how to lose arm fat fast. When you enroll yourself at a gym, the first thing they do is a complete health check. Once that is done, they will put you on a program that will help you to lose arm fat fast and also help in arms toning. The routine, that your trainer sets for you may have a combination of exercises like chair dips, push ups, stretching exercises and cardio.
We discussed some of the foods that should be avoided in order to curb fat storage in your arms. Let us now discuss a little more on what a healthy diet means. The basic idea on how to lose arm fat and tone your arms.
The first step in eating healthy is to not keep long gaps between meals. Also, eat in smaller quantities. This will help in getting the right amount of nutrition from the food and also help in better digestion.
Secondly, consume higher quantities of Protein rather than carbs or fat. By protein, we mean fish, eggs, chicken, green vegetables etc.
Whenever you eat, always chew your food well instead of swallowing them. In this way, you will eat less, but what you eat gets right into your body.
Avoid fried and eat boiled food. Frying food in oil just makes the food much fattier and tastier but at the same time, it loses all the goodness and its nutritive value.
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After hellish year, rugby faces its defining moment
By Georgina Robinson
The Israel Folau saga may be settled but an even bigger challenge now looms for Raelene Castle that could decide the fate of rugby in Australia. Credit:Getty Images
The best part of this week's legal settlement between Israel Folau and Rugby Australia could be that it gives Raelene Castle the space to focus on the real make-or-break issue on her agenda: rugby's next television rights deal.
The five-yearly ritual of RA selling its suite of competitions and personalities to the highest-bidding broadcaster is the financial foundation of the game. It pays the players, pays the staff and allows the organisation to plan for, and fund, the future.
After the two years Castle has had - featuring the Folau saga, a poor World Cup, ongoing angst over the axing of the Western Force and a weekly print flogging from Alan Jones - it will either lend her regime crucial legitimacy or finish it.
Four years ago this month, Castle's predecessor Bill Pulver announced the coup of his tenure, a $285 million rights deal that represented a 148 per cent increase on the last.
The $57 million-a-year contract with Fox Sports, Ten and overseas broadcasters was only the sixth-highest of the major sports, in absolute terms, to be announced over the next four years. But it was the biggest deal-on-deal increase of them all, trumping cricket (100 per cent), NRL (70 per cent), and AFL (67 per cent).
If industry murmurs are anything to go by, those days are over.
While rugby narrowly avoided being a test case for the intersection of sport and the culture wars on the Folau issue, it could yet cameo as the proving ground for the future of sports broadcast rights.
As one senior network source told the Herald: "V8s and rugby are looking very much like the canaries down the mine shaft at the moment. What plays out in the next couple of months will determine the future of sports rights in this country."
The problem, according to industry veteran and broadcast consultant Peter Cox, is the economic model is broken.
"Sports have been greedy and pushed for higher and higher prices, which they've got, and the players have had expectations of better and better payments each time there's a new TV contract," Cox says.
"But what's happened is there's not an economic model now that can support the traditional place of sports as loss leaders within big networks."
In the good old days, when Australia's media titans James Packer, Kerry Stokes and Rupert Murdoch regarded the competitive acquisition of sports rights as a sport in itself, winter and summer codes were considered "loss leaders". Expensive to curate, produce and broadcast, rugby league and cricket nevertheless attracted enough eyeballs for a network to build other profit-generating programming around them.
But free-to-air sports viewing has been trending south at pace, with industry insiders talking about a 30 per cent drop across the networks.
In rugby's case, the writing has been on the wall for months. Fox Sports' parent company Foxtel warned of major cost-cutting to non-marquee sports earlier this year, and that flowed through to staff cuts soon after.
"Administrators have to be realistic about what the commercial reality is for the future," Cox says.
Millennials are as interested in sport as the old timers but their viewing habits are completely different.
Colin Smith, broadcasting expert
What that means for rugby - first cab off the rank in the next cycle of rights negotiations - is a pay cut. How big a cut remains to be seen, and the complexity of the rights package muddies the water.
A senior sports broadcasting executive told the Herald that the Australian component of a new RA deal could come in at $30 million to $40 million a year for five years, plus what a free-to-air broadcaster was prepared to pay on top, a scenario that would still likely end up in an overall package worth less than what the sport has been run on for five years ($57 million).
Cox and Colin Smith, another industry expert, both believe it is a narrative that will be echoed when the FFA, AFL, NRL, tennis and cricket all go back to the negotiating table in the coming months and years.
"Rugby is the scene-setter, you will certainly not see the increases we have seen historically," Smith says. "The other challenge is that Millennials are as interested in sport as the old timers but their viewing habits are completely different, so you have to cater for both."
This is the crux of the issue for Castle and the RA board, who face a choice between loyal, legacy partner Fox Sports or a bold and risky move to an over-the-top (OTT) provider such as Amazon or Optus.
There is real interest from Optus, the second-largest telco in Australia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singaporean company Singtel.
Optus fought hard for the rights to this year's Rugby World Cup in Japan, which was won by South Africa, but lost out to Fox Sports. Credit:Getty
Fox Sports' streaming product Kayo reached 382,000 subscribers with 331,000 paid and Foxtel Now has 460,000 subscribers with 446,000 paid.
Optus holds 28 per cent market share of Australian mobiles, and earlier this year Optus Sport disclosed to the market a subscriber base of 700,000, which is well clear of Kayo. Not bad when it only has one sport, football (it has the rights to the English Premier League, Champions League, Women's Super League, Europa League and next year's UEFA Euro 2020 tournament).
Optus went hard at the rights to the Rugby World Cup when World Rugby went to market last year and was told it had them after outbidding Fox Sports. But World Rugby backtracked at the last minute, going with Fox Sports and Ten.
Despite the disappointment, the telco appears to remain interested in rugby, convinced there is enough growth potential in the game, from schools rugby and women's rugby right up to Super Rugby and the Wallabies.
Crucially, too, rugby is popular in the 18-35 age bracket, where mobile consumption of sport has exploded in recent years.
But the other component of rugby's core audience comes from the over-50s, the fans on which Foxtel built its business model with the creation of Super Rugby in the mid-1990s.
Kieran Read was farewelled by the Crusaders with yet another Super Rugby title in June, but the glory days for rugby's broadcasting rights deals may be over. Credit:AP
Provided the financial equations are equal, the question for Castle and her board is whether Optus can take the Baby Boomers on the journey. The popularity of Netflix, Stan and Apple TV across all demographics suggests it is not an insurmountable challenge, but after a crisis-plagued few years there is also a risk that such a big change could be too much for older fans.
Free-to-air networks remain the crucial piece of the puzzle for RA, whichever path it chooses on the primary partner. They are the game's best chance of growth. In the case of Optus, a solid partnership with Ten or Seven would offset much of the risk of losing the over-50s pay-television subscribers.
Whichever way Castle and the board go, there is almost universal agreement it will decide the future of the game.
Former Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill, who was key to the revival of football in Australia when he joined the FFA in 2004, puts it bluntly.
"It's a hackneyed phrase to say we're at the crossroads but we are," O'Neill says.
"The game of rugby needs a good strong chairman and people on the board table who are prepared to roll up their sleeves and get to work. It's a bit like what Frank Lowy negotiated with the then-prime minister when John Howard rang him and convinced him to become chairman of the FFA with the support of federal government funding to the tune of $16 million (in 2003). Frank was able to negotiate a position where he became the chairman, hand picked his board and CEO, and arranged for there to be no elections for four years.
"In that environment ... In the following three years, we created the A-League from nothing, accessing private equity in total, achieved the objective of the Socceroos qualifying for their first World Cup in 32 years and negotiated to the FFA to move out of the Oceania confederation into Asia.
"In a normal sporting environment, that would have taken us 10 years. But soccer was in dire straits, so they took radical action and the proof was in the pudding."
Rugby, by anyone's definition, is in dire straits. Its golden era of huge audiences and Australian Bledisloe Cup-winning teams fading in the rear-vision mirror. Economic trends signal a rocky road ahead for all sports, yet there appears to be genuine competition brewing in the broadcast market for the 15-person code. In that environment, Castle's next move will be her most important one yet.
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Georgina Robinson
Georgina Robinson is the chief rugby reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Zhihu es un sitio web chino de preguntas y respuestas donde la comunidad de usuarios crea, responde, edita y organiza las preguntas. Su sitio web, zhihu.com, se lanzó el 26 de enero de 2011. A finales del 2013 el número de usuarios registrados de Zhihu superaba los 10 millones, y alcanzó los 17 millones en mayo de 2015 con 250 millones visitas mensuales. El número de usuarios registrados de Zhihu superó los 220 millones a finales de 2018 y ha acumulado más de 30 millones de preguntas y 130 millones de respuestas.

En chino clásico, "Zhīhū" (知 乎) significa "¿Sabes?". En la actualidad, los usuarios de Internet en idioma chino utilizan cada vez más Zhihu para obtener conocimientos y perspectivas sobre diversos temas.

Historia
Zhihu comenzó a desarrollarse a partir de agosto de 2010. Pasó por una prueba beta cerrada a finales de diciembre de 2010. El producto final se puso en línea el 26 de enero de 2011. Según se informa, ha recibido financiación de Innovation Works de Kai-Fu Lee, Qiming Ventures, SAIF Partners, Tencent y Sogou.

El 12 de agosto de 2019, Zhihu completó una financiación de la ronda F de $450 millones liderada por la plataforma china de videos cortos Kuaishou y el gigante de Internet Baidu.

Operación del producto
Al principio, el registro de usuarios se realizaba principalmente por invitación, y se necesitaba la referencia de un par de cientos de usuarios registrados. De lo contrario, los nuevos usuarios tenían que postularse para unirse, suministrando gran cantidad de información personal y esperando una respuesta. Esta estrategia en la etapa inicial de Zhihu aseguró la alta calidad de las preguntas, además de albergar preguntas y respuestas profesionales, lo que atrajo a más usuarios a la comunidad.

Zhihu inició el registro abierto en marzo de 2013, lo que aumentó el número de usuarios de 400.000 a 4.000.000 en menos de un año. Los usuarios registrados pueden hacer preguntas en la comunidad e invitar a usuarios específicos a responder. Cada usuario puede consultar las actualizaciones de sus seguidores de Zhihu (Me gusta, Respuestas, Preguntas siguientes). En la página de inicio, los usuarios pueden comprobar el estado de sus propias preguntas, así como las actividades en torno a sus respuestas y comentarios.

El sitio genera ingresos a través de anuncios, libros electrónicos y consultas pagas a ciertos expertos.

Impacto
Zhihu es altamente interactivo con la mejor respuesta elegida a través de un sistema de votos a favor. Presenta a empresarios e intelectuales públicos chinos de alto perfil entre sus usuarios, lo que proporciona cada vez más a los cibernautas chinos un espacio para un debate enriquecedor.

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How Voter Suppression Dismantles Democracy
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Early voters in Columbia, South Carolina, on October 6, 2020. Risks of COVID-19 only add to challenges of voting, making long lines for extended periods of time especially frightening.
Elisa Edgar, Opinion Editor
With Election Day soon approaching, the threat of voter suppression is not imminent; it is already here. From the birth of our nation, electoralism has always been a flawed and messy system of democracy. Intimidation at polls, racially-biased election laws, and misinformation are all tools that have been weaponized against citizens of the U.S. We live in an age of rampant social media disinformation, a pandemic, and a president that has yet to agree to a peaceful transfer of power. When faith in voting is lost, so is the representation in government that democracy depends on.
Doubt in electoralism is especially apparent among the group with the lowest voter turnout in the country: young people. According to Bookings, only half of 18-29 year olds registered to vote showed up at the polls for the 2016 election year. U.S. youth voter turnout is on the low end globally, placing fifth to last at 46% according to the New York Times. Reasons for this can be attributed to many different factors.
Junior Clarissa Theiss, the acting vice president in student government at State High, recently took part in setting up a voter registration drive for 17 and 18-year-olds at school. As she volunteered at the drive, she saw firsthand the hesitation young people hold towards voting.
"Our generation is faced with a lot of existential crises that are going to come to bloom whenever we're older," Theiss said. "I think a lot of politicians, whether it's the presidential or local election, don't accurately represent what we want, regardless of their political affiliation."
Theiss believes there are a lot of people attempting to make sure that the youth vote doesn't make it to the polls. These attempts to suppress participation in elections come in many different forms and target more than just youth in America.
Since it became clear that 2020's election would be one that depends on mail-in ballots due to COVID-19, President Trump has been laying seeds of doubt in the integrity of the outcome. The idea that voter fraud is an epidemic our nation faces is a baseless claim and intentionally tailored to claim illegitimacy in the event he loses. Through his influence in defunding the postal service and discouraging mail-in voting, he clearly shows that he believes less participation equals benefits for his candidacy.
A pervasive campaign of misinformation by Republican politicians to promote the false claim of extensive voter fraud was revealed by a New York Times investigation. This is a clear example of one truth: politicians invest in misinformation and thrive off of voter suppression.
Race and voting in the U.S. have always been intertwined in a disturbing and violent relationship. Stemming from the poll taxes and literacy tests adopted under the pretense of "racial neutrality," racially biased election laws have disproportionately affected people of color. Data from a poll conducted in June of 2018 by the PRRI suggest that voter ID legislation has anything but a racially neutral impact. In 2017, a law passed in Georgia requiring that any names spelled with a slight error on registration documents be disqualified purged over 51,000 people from voting in the 2018 election, 80% of whom were people of color.
Beyond harmful legislation, harassment and intimidation is also a barrier to voting that non-white people have experienced. The 2016 election year was especially hostile for the Latinx community. Violent language and fear-mongering from Trump led to the dehumanization of Latinx people who faced a year that was uniquely difficult. According to a study conducted at PRRI, roughly one in 10 Hispanics said that the last time they or someone in their household tried to vote, they were bothered at the polls. Just two weeks before election day this year, the Trump campaign was sued by Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, a nonprofit group focused on Latino voter rights and participation, for alleged violent voter intimidation during early voting.
The process of voting can also punish the least protected among us: the working class. Election day is not a national holiday, and employers often don't feel inclined to give time off to vote. Even during early voting this year, we've witnessed voters being forced to stand in lines for hours upon hours. For people living paycheck to paycheck, taking so much time off work is unthinkable.
Even if every single person eligible to vote did so successfully, the nominee with the most votes could still lose, as we saw in 2016. The electoral college is inherently an undemocratic system as electors are not required to vote in accord with the popular vote. The system encourages politicians to focus all their campaign efforts on the few keystone states that will decide the election, and neglect the rest. All of these factors lead to an inevitable result; many Americans have been disenchanted with the fiction of an equitable election.
"Since the White House, Congress, and Senate [are] made up of a lot of older people, it's really easy to feel as though there's not a place for our voice," Theiss said.
Many young people especially are hesitant to vote for two candidates that they don't believe will create the change they so desperately crave. For 16-year-old Theiss, if she could vote, she would jump at the opportunity.
"I have a lot of inherent privilege. The fact that I'm white, I'm middle class, I'm not struggling with poverty or anything," she said. "I vote for people who would be impacted by the most serious policies. Maybe I don't necessarily agree with one of the candidates, but they might be supporting something that's going to make a difference to the kid who sits next to me in Bio class. I have a privilege to be able to say, 'oh, I don't know if I agree with that policy,' and so I'm able to make that compromise."
The extent to which the flaws in American elections disrupt democracy is something that cannot be ignored. A country enveloped in suppression is a country in decay that robs our most marginalized groups of their fundamental rights. Without a drastic upheaval of how they are run, citizens will continue to be disenfranchised every four years as they have been for the past two centuries.
(Pronouns: she/her)Elisa is a sophomore and a Journ 2 student this year and is the assistant opinion editor for Lions Digest. She is looking forward to...
One Response to "How Voter Suppression Dismantles Democracy"
Jacob Wittrig on October 28th, 2020 4:31 pm
I think it would have been helpful to include party percentages in reference to mail-in ballots. Currently the rate is about 3 Democratic votes for every Republican vote, so Trump has an incentive to stop this form of voting.
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UKTV has confirmed to Eurovision.nz that the channel will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in New Zealand.
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A total of 43 countries will take part in the 2018 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. This includes Russia, as they return to the contest after a year break. The 43 participating countries are:
FYR Macedonia
The official slogan for this year's contest is "All Aboard!", and was chosen to represent a celebration of Europe and music. The slogan was inspired by Lisbon's longstanding history as an important global seaport and the importance of the ocean in Portugal's history. The ocean has connected Portugal to the rest of the world for centuries, and this connectivity is intended to invite people from across the world to come together to celebrate music and Eurovision.
Source: Eurovision.nz
Posted by:Anthony Granger
Since launching Eurovoix in April 2011, it has been a pleasure to find out more about this amazing continent through the Eurovision Family of Events. From starting out as a small site, it's been brilliant to see the site grow and flourish and continue to bring our readers everything from the world of Eurovision.
China, Eurovision 2018, OrganisationChina: Hunan TV to Broadcast Eurovision 2018 Live Online
Belarus, Eurovision 2018Belarus: Sergey Lazarev Tips Alekseev For Top Three Finish


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The Marshall Mathers LP, (sound recording)
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Eminem, 1972-
Dido, 1971-
Dr. Dre, 1965-
Nate Dogg, 1969-2011
RBX, (Musician)
Snoop Dogg, 1972-
Sticky Fingaz, (Rapper)
Xzibit, (Musician)
D12 (Musical group)
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1 sound disc
Public service announcement 2000
Stan (featuring Dido)
Paul (skit)
Steve Berman
Remember me? (featuring RBX and Sticky Fingaz)
Ken Kaniff (skit)
Amityville (featuring Bizarre from D-12)
B**** please II (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg)
Under the influence (featuring D-12)
Rap (Music)
RIAA rating: Parental advisory, explicit content
Sticky Fingaz
Public service announcement 2000 -- Kill you -- Stan (featuring Dido) -- Paul (skit) -- Who knew -- Steve Berman -- The way I am -- The real Slim Shady -- Remember me? (featuring RBX and Sticky Fingaz) -- I'm back -- Marshall Mathers -- Ken Kaniff (skit) -- Drug ballad -- Amityville (featuring Bizarre from D-12) -- B**** please II (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg) -- Kim -- Under the influence (featuring D-12) -- Criminal
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The tourist hotels we use are graded by star level and classified according to the international hotel standards. All 4 star hotels have modern, luxury standards similar to Australian 4 star hotels.
China: Our hotels have air-conditioned rooms with superior amenities, spacious bathrooms, entertainment and recreational centers, a mondern bussiness centre and other facilites. Our agency always uses city-centre 4 star hotels, wherever available.
Vietnam: All hotels are clean, comfortable and conveniently located near the city centre or close to local markets. Facilities include private western facilities, air-conditioning, satellite TV and money exchange facilities for Australian Dollars.
For overnight junk boat stays in Halong Bay, your accommodation is in a twin berth cabin with private shower and western toilet.
India: Hotels on our tours are generally "medium range" and can vary from a business class hotel in one city to a family run guesthouse in a smaller town. All hotels have private bathroom and generally air conditioning and/or a ceiling fan and bar / restaurant facilities. On many tours we spend a few nights in Heritage hotels such as old havelis, Maharajah's residences or ancient forts. These hotels are full of character, and staying at them invariably proves to be a highlight of the tour. Travellers should however be cautioned against expecting princely comfort! Please bear in mind that all levels of hotels can sometimes suffer from minor problems and technical difficulties.
At each hotel your Tour Leader will try to organise the rooming arrangements to suit everyone's requirements. If you are travelling as a couple please note that we cannot guarantee the availability of double beds.
Please click the country or city name to check the details of hotels.


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Cycling in the Grand Bornand
The Critérium du Dauphiné is happening in France
Tomorrow, Sunday June 5th to 12th 2011, the 63rd Critérium du Dauphiné will begin in the the northeast of France. The UCI 2.1 stage race will be made up of 1 prologue and 7 stages over a total distance of 1,064 kilometres.
2011 Critérium du Dauphiné Route:
The Critérium du Dauphiné was previously called the Dauphiné Libéré and was another regional "newspaper" race. For the past 2 years the race has been run by ASO, the same good people who organize the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Nice races. The race is in it's 63rd year. Look for the Leader in the blue and yellow jersey, and the usual, green, white, and polka-dot jerseys. The 8 day stage race is located in the region of the French Alps, the historic Dauphine region (and thus the race's name).
What to watch:
Stage 3: the Individual Time Trial course, Wednesday, June 6, 2011 the route is said to be the same course that will be used in July for the Tour de France ITT near Grenoble.
Grenoble - Grenoble (route map) 42.5 km
Stage 6: do not miss stage 6! Saturday, June 11, 2011 the route goes through the Haute-Savoie region of France. This is some of the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen from a saddle. The descent down the Col de Tamie is miles and miles of pure fun.
Les Gets - Le Collet d'Allevard (route map) 185 km
Climbs:
Km 10,5 Cote de Chatillon-sur-Cluses (cat 4)
Km 48 Col de Saint-Jean-de Sixt (cat 4)
Km 57,5 Col de la Croix Fry (cat 2)
Km 74,5 Col du Marais (cat 4)
Km 97 Col de Tamié (cat 3)
Km 145,5 Col du Grand Cucheron (cat 1)Le Collet d'Allevard (HC finish)
Stage 7: Final Stage, Sunday, June 12, 2011
Pontcharra - La Toussuire (route map) 117.5 km
Km 78 Col du Glandon (HC),
Col de la Croix de Fer,
La Toussuire (cat 1 finish)
Full course preview 2011 Team list Where to watch the race live (via Steephill.TV)
2011 Roster - dropping names of just a few of the riders racing: Jani Brajkovic (2010 winner), Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso, Vinokourov, Tony Martin, Matthew Busche, Van den Broeck, Nicolas Roche, Karsten Kroon, Manuel Quinziato, Robert Gesink, Lars Boom, Paul Martens, Luis Leon Sanchez, Samuel, Martin Tjallingii, Sanchez,David Zabriskie, Tyler Farrar, Daniel AMrtin, Bradley Wiggins, Juan Antonio Fleche, Simon Gerrans, Edvald Baossan Hagen, Geraint Thomas, Thomas Voeckler, Sebastian Chavenel, Joaquin Rodriguez, Sandy Casar, Brice Feillu, Fabian Wegmann, and so many many more. There will be no Alberto Contador.
When to watch it:
Start and Finish
P Prologue Sunday 5 June Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 5.4 km
1 En ligne Monday 6 June Albertville - Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 144 km
2 En ligne Tuesday 7 June Voiron - Lyon 179 km
3 Individual time-trial Wednesday 8 June Grenoble - Grenoble 42.5 km
4 En ligne Thursday 9 June La Motte-Servolex - Mâcon 173.5 km
5 En ligne Friday 10 June Parc des Oiseaux - Villars-les-Dombes - Les Gets 210 km
6 En ligne Saturday 11 June Les Gets - Le Collet d'Allevard 192.5 km
7 En ligne Sunday 12 June Pontcharra - La Toussuire 117.5 km
Last year the final GC results were: Final General Classification 2010
1 Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) 28:06:28
2 Alberto Contador (Astana) + 1:41
3 Tejay Van Garderen (Team HTC-Columbia) + 2:41
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma - Lotto) + 3:46
5 Jérôme Coppel (Saur - Sojasun) + 4:17
PedalDancer.com pictures from riding Col des Aravis and Col de la Croix Fry in the French Alps in 2007 (all photos by PedalDancer.com):
Haute Savoie region, location of Stage 6
This is the Col de la Croix Fry - only a category 2 climb
This was the friendly Col de la Croix Fry dog that had lunch with us at the cafe
Amazing scenery in the French Alps!
looking up the Col des Aravis
At the top of the Col des Aravis
Typical scene at the top of the Col
Cafe on the Col des Aravis
Riders pass over the Col des Aravis
There are great roads in the Haute-Savoie
on the no brakes needed descent of Col de Tamie
coming soon - pictures from riding Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Glandon, and near Toussurie in the Alps, the climbs featured in the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7 route .....
Please also read PedalDancer.com previous post the Criterium Dauphine: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 route and other cycling climbs in the French Alps.
Labels: Alps Climbs, Col d'Aravis, Col de Tamie, Critérium du Dauphiné, France Cycling
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Tour de France Start List and Champions
Updated Prize Money for the Tour de France
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You know you are a TDF fan if
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Hi guys welcome to part II of my posts for the Forever Disguised Blog tour. If you want to read my review for Forever Disguised you can do so here, you can also read my review for First Came Forever here. Now let's get to meet this amazing author. I want to thank Annie for letting me interview her. This might be a long post, please keep that in mind.
1. Who are the authors that inspire you?
Oh, there are so many amazing authors out there! I love YA authors like Becky Albertalli, Rainbow Rowell, Mackenzi Lee, Marie Lu and Cassandra Clare. I also have to mention Stephenie Meyer, since the Twilight series was the series that really opened up my eyes for the YA genre, even though I'm not sure that I would love the series quite as much if I reread it now.
But if I have to choose one author, it would have to be J.K. Rowling, for the way she created a whole universe on her own and all the characters that you love and carry with you in your heart forever. With Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling has also helped so many troubled and lonely children, giving them hope and bringing them joy, it's utterly amazing. There's even a research study proving that the Harry Potter books help children to be more accepting of LGBT persons, so the books are literally making the world a better place!
2. Are you excited to start writing the third book on The Angelheart Saga?
Yes, so excited! But also so nervous! So to be honest I've kind of been procrastinating it for a while… I have written the first storyline and major parts of the plot, but I know it will be a tough job to finish the manuscript since I have to wrap everything up then, not leaving any loose ends and, potentially, have to break a heart or two. I'd love for all of the characters in the book to get their happy ever afters, but I'm not sure I'll be able to accomplish that. But who knows? The parts about writing a book that I like the most is when the characters takes over, when they kind of creates their own story. So hopefully this writing journey will surprise me as well!
3. What would you like to achieve as an author?
I'd love to be able to live on my writing and not having to have another full-time job. Right now I have to try and write whenever I can between work and being with my family, which means that I do most of my writing when the rest of the family is asleep or on the flight between our two homes in Stockholm-New York… It would be a dream to have the luxury to only focus on my books and my writing!
Another thing I'd like to achieve is to have my books represented in all the major book stores, and on a best selling list.
4. Are you thinking about writing another book when you finish The Angelheart Saga?
5. What are the upsides and downsides of being an author?
The upsides are all the interactions with the readers and book bloggers. It's such an amazing thing to share your story with others, and getting positive feedback is just magic! I love the book community and all the wonderful contacts; I've gotten so much love and support and encouragement, it's just unbelievable!
The downsides are that it's time consuming and not very lucrative… So far I've paid far more for the review copies I've sent than what I've earned in commission, lol… But it is so worth it! The feeling when you hold the first copy of the book in your hand is so overwhelming, I can't even try to put it into words.
6. What do you want your readers to feel when reading your books?
A lot of the readers of First Came Forever have described that the book is a rollercoaster of emotions, so I guess I want them to feel ALL emotions… But overall I want the readers to get involved and care about the story and the characters. My highest wish is that the readers keep thinking about the characters long after they've finished reading the book and wonder what will happen to them.
7. What are your top three favorite books of all time?
This question is almost impossible to answer, there are so many amazing books. But the three books on the top of my mind right now are Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and Carry On by Rainbow Rowell; I'm so in love with these books and the characters!
8. What do you like to do in your free time when you're not writing?
Just like Erica I love to run, so I'm spending quite a lot of time with my running shoes on. I also love traveling with my family and experiencing the world together and doing outdoor activities, like hiking, surfing or skiing.
9. Who's your favorite character from The Angelheart Saga?
10. What advice would you give someone who would like to starts writing?
The best advice I can give is to believe in yourself and never give up on your dream! And to just get into the habit of writing, a little bit every day. It's really the hard work and actually putting the words in your head down on the paper that makes you a writer. Writing down the initial concept is so much fun, then after that it is basically just a lot of hard work… But just keep in mind the story you want to tell, and that you will get to share it with others when the book comes out, and it will be worth it all!
I hope you guys enjoyed my posts for the Forever Disguised Blog Tour. Visit Annie's website and follow her on social media. She is a very amazing and nice person, super sweet to talk to. Thank you once again Annie for letting me interview you and for letting me be a part of the tour.
Annie Woods is a Swedish author who writes romantic YA books in English. She grew up in US, dividing her time between Stockholm and New York. Reading has always been a big part of her life, and she's specially addicted to YA and teen love stories.
I'm a 20yr old baker, graphic designer, blogger and bookworm engaged to a wonderful man and currently living in Pennsylvania US. I love my 3 pups named Zeus, Poseidon and Tequila and I have a dream of having a dragon and becoming a mermaid someday. Welcome to Tamyas Reading!


EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany e.V., or EUCC-Germany for short, promotes integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) and the sustainable development of coasts and seas in Germany. To this end, EUCC-Germany provides information, consultation, knowledge, and education around Germany in addition to arranging workshops and leading demonstration projects. EUCC-Germany provides a voice for German ICZM activities in Europe and bridges the gap between science, practice, and the public. The Baltic Sea coast along Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany is highly diversified, reaching from steep cliffs to white beaches or forests covering the shore. The region is an attractive destination and tourism is the driving economic factor esp. in the coastal areas. In 2015 7.4 million tourist arrivals and 29.5 million overnight stays have been reported in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a state with only 1.6 million inhabitants. The tourist numbers have almost doubled within the last 10 years and with a hotspot in beach resorts during summer season. Just like in many other coastal areas climate change poses a challenge for the German Baltic Sea coast. Potential impacts can have a significant effect on coastal municipalities, especially the tourism sector. Not only will the tourist experience be influenced, but also the tourism infrastructure along the coast. In cooperation with a regional tourism association, EUCC-Germany started to promote climate change adaptation in coastal communities and to integrate adaptation measures into the concept of sustainable tourism. With changing conditions due to climate change the tourism industry needs to adapt in order to ensure sustainable tourism development for the future. Climate change provides possible opportunities for the tourism sector, such as an extension of the tourism season (7 to 38 additional summer days more) and an increase in tourist numbers due to a more pleasant climate compared to inland or other European summer destinations such as the Mediterranean region, but it also poses potential risks: •	Increase of extreme weather events, such as flooding, heatwaves, intense rainfall and storms •	Increased occurrence of microorganisms (blue-green algae blooms; possible rise in pathogens, such as vibrio) •	Beach loss caused by erosion and cliff abrasion •	Capacity overload of infrastructure and nature The aim of the project "KliWaKom" (Communication of climate change in coastal communities: http://www.eucc-d.de/kliwakom.html) is to analyze the demands for adaptation, to develop short- and long-term measures, and to implement first educational measures (e.g. GIS maps of local climate change impacts, information material). The knowledge and experience gained within this process provides guidelines on how to develop and implement further measures throughout the region. Involving a range of different actors will help to establish a long-term network for communication of climate change. Possible tasks of an intern could include field and desk research as well as the development of climate change adaptation and communication measures for the local tourism industry and tourists. EUCC-Germany offers its interns self-responsible, interesting work on a lighthouse project in a dedicated team and an insight view into the work of a non-governmental organization (NGO).


I present an empirical model that is based upon the findings of both the conceptual and empirical models of previous research. I first control for independent property, location, macroeconomic and capital market specific variables on the dependent variables that takes on the form of both the cap rate and sales price. Next I introduce two new variables that represent the transaction constraint and the default risk of the tenant. I find that the variable market which represents the time an individual property is on the market is statistically significant and has a negative coefficient of when regressed on sales price and a positive coefficient when regressed on the cap rate. When the market variable is further broken into bins, I found that the time on the market does not negatively impact a property unless it is in fact on the market for over 2 years. When the variable representing a tenant's default risk is regressed on the cap rate I found the tenants probability of default to be statistically significant with a negative coefficient. This result is counter intuitive and most likely represents the data set being controlled for investment grade credit rated tenants.
Crockett, Braden R., "The Impact of Tenants Default Risk and Transactional Variables on Value: An Empirical Model of Single Tenant Net Leased Retail Assets" (2015). CMC Senior Theses. 1055.


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Port of Corpus Christi awarded grant for electric vehicle charging stations
Manu Fernandez/AP
A man charges his electric car at an electrical charging point in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Spain is Europe's second-leading car maker but it is lagging behind when it comes to electric cars, a situation that the government aims to change by using around five billion euros of the EU pandemic recovery funds to kickstart the electric car industry. The government plans to spend big, to install a network of public recharging stations and to convince customers about the benefits of buying electric or hybrid vehicles. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
By: Alyssa Flores
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Port of Corpus Christi has received a grant that they hope will further support their energy transition efforts in the Coastal Bend.
The grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program will be used to buy and install six new charging systems for electric vehicles for both the Port and the community.
The Level 2 stations will be able to fully charge an electric vehicle's battery in roughly three hours or less. There will be 12 charging spots available for use, with two vehicles able to be charged at each station.
"Providing this electric vehicle charging infrastructure for not just our own employees, but the general public, is part of a longstanding pledge from the Port of Corpus Christi to do all it can to reduce emissions on, along and around our waterways," said CEO for the Port of Corpus Christi Sean Strawbridge in a release.
The charging stations will be located at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center and in the parking lot across from the new Port Executive Administration Building at 400 Harbor Drive.
The Port says the equipment is scheduled for installation in the next few months.


Trailers and teasers are one of the most demanded and useful actions in any PR campaign. A trailer can be a powerful asset when a marketing campaign starts or when a company wants to show a new game. An efficient trailer must be entertaining and very clear about what it wants to show to the audience, but also short and not too overloaded. These concepts are evident to someone who works making trailers and promotional videos, but for someone who wants or needs to save the money of hiring a professional and tries to make it by himself, it may not seem that simple. That's why we are giving you five tips to create a good trailer for your indie game!
1. When making the animation, you should set up the video quality taking into account the final resolution and in which platform it's going to be displayed (e.g. Youtube). You should aim for the highest video quality trying not to jeopardize its weight (and therefore, its loading time): if you are going to upload the video on Youtube, you don't need a 4K resolution, 1080p is all right. You would only make it too heavy to load comfortably.
2. When capturing footage, you have to keep in mind the cinematic setup and capture the gameplay with at least the same quality that you will use in the final video. We recommend a hardware capture solution like BlackMagic Intensity or alike.
What is the primary purpose of a trailer? Maybe you think it is just to show your game, but the correct answer is to sell your game. Based on this, your trailer should be very entertaining, so the audience wants to watch it till the end. You won't have so many chances to convince potential buyers about how good your product is; the worst thing you can do is deliver a promotional video that doesn't reflect the quality of your game. Once someone clicks Play on your video, you better have something that shows how cool and funny your game is.
Make a good music choice that reflects the rhythm of your game and drives your audience's attention through its highlights. You have to follow the pace of the images: if it is a fighting game, the highs of the music and its beat should match the kicks and punches; if it's a point 'n' click adventure, maybe you should make a smooth editing that shows a more elaborate footage.
As we said at the beginning, an effective trailer must be short. A study done by Visible Measures in 2010 with stats of 40 million videos, showed that 19.4% of the video audience quit after 10 seconds and the 44.1% loses interest after 60 seconds. Thus, the optimal length varies between 1 m and 1m 30s – and never more than 2 minutes. This can be a problem when you want to show many interesting highlights of your game in the trailer because you consider every art asset to be relevant, or the mechanics need to be shown in detail. Well, here's my advice: show less, but better. Don't lose yourself picking the most beautiful frame or trying to explain a very complex puzzle – that has nothing to do with a trailer. Try to synthesize the essence of your game with a few shots where you show the story, the art, the mechanics, the most appealing points… in the simplest and clearest way you can.
These trailer was created by Charlie Oscar for their game Gremlins, Inc.
Usually, a trailer contains valuable information about the video game release date, its developers and publisher, game displays, etc. All this information must be placed at the end of the video. Once you have sold the game with an impressive trailer and the audience have reached the end, you have to place the information in a way that is clear and readable in a quick look. A proper succession of appearances could be: video game logo, then release date plus game platforms (e.g. Steam, PlayStation, etc.), then the studio and publisher logos.
Is the video attractive? What does it make them feel?
What have they understood about the story?
Do the mechanics/puzzles/levels seem challenging, simple, hard…?
Based on what they have seen, would they play it? And would they pay for it? How much?
Make as many questions as you need to be sure that the trailer achieves the effect you want to reach and if it is understandable and coherent with your game.
Having this simple 5 tips in mind you will be able to create a good trailer that sparks interest in your game and keeps your potential audience engaged. If you have any questions or you just want to share your game trailer, don't hesitate to ping us in the comment or in our social media accounts!


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import java.io.File;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Handler;

public class CmdUpload extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, Boolean> {

	String path;
	private FtpClientProxy mFTPClient;
	private Handler mHandler;

	public CmdUpload(FtpClientProxy mFTPClient, Handler mHandler) {
		this.mFTPClient = mFTPClient;
		this.mHandler = mHandler;
	}

	@Override
	protected Boolean doInBackground(String... params) {
		path = params[0];
		try {
			File file = new File(path);
			mFTPClient.upload(file, new DownloadFTPDataTransferListener(
					file.length(), mHandler));
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();
			return false;
		}

		return true;
	}

	protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) {

	}

	protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
		mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(GlobalConstant.MSG_PROGRESSBAR_DIALOG_DISMISS);
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b4l, when did blacks fight. they did nothing.
i remember when i was a child listening to elderly blacks talk about how their parents, former slaves, were scared to death of white people. they talked about how they did nothing and now they have to fight for what little bit they have.
Fayetteville State by choice. Bronco by the Grace of GOD.
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Quote from: y04185 on June 16, 2009, 04:51:05 PM
b4l, from 1866-1902 what fighting did blacks do? white people burned, raped, and pillaged blacks. blacks did not fight back.
It's well documented. Tulsa, what was that town in Florida...I can name other towns, hundreds of lynchings...This is what eventually gave rise to the 1960's militants such as the Panthers and Black Muslims call for self-defense.
Oh there was a group that did kick a-- and fight. I think they were soldiers of the 24th Regiment stationed in Brownsville, Texas.
'87 Alum
The Pride of the Swift Growing South!
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Maybe that's your relatives and family friends. I wouldn't say that's indicative and representable of everyone. My family history is a bit different than what you spake of.
CIAA-FAN
The only thing the Europeans brought to this country that was not here before their arrival was veneral disease. The Indians had there own form of government, in some tribes women had the right to vote and unlike europeans they were a lot healthier because they bathe every day.
The Europeans brought greatness to this land and formed the country known as the United States of America. You better thank God for the United States of America. Your a-- may have grown up in some jungle or some squalid place on the outskirts of Lagos eating worms and maggots.
WHILE YOUR CONTEMPT FOR ALL THINGS OF AN AFRICAN ORIGIN (TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) ARE CLEARLY PALPABLE YOUR TOTAL AND COMPLETE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF MANKIND ARE AS SAD AS THEY ARE AMAZING. YES, YOU ARE A COMPLETE "A--HOLE" THROUGH AND THROUGH.
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY -- 3X CIAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS - 2021, 2019 AND 2018 - "A DYNASTY IN THE MAKING"
y04,
Truly, Sir, your ignorance is abundantly clear. Try to learn some Black history somewhere, somehow so you won't continue to embarass yourself.
Despite the statutes, and at the suggestion of Reconstruction governors and other leaders, blacks often formed militias to resist white terrorism. For example, in June 1867 in Greensboro, Alabama, the police let the murderer of a black voting registrar escape; in response, a freedman who would later serve in the Alabama State Legislature urged his fellow freedmen to create a permanent militia. "Union League" militias were formed all over central Alabama.
The freedmen slipped from white control. One planter protested that his workers were "turbulent and disorderly," coming and going when they wished, as if they had a choice whether or not to work. The Union League, protested another ex-master, was advising freedmen "to ignore the Southern white man as much as possible...to set up for themselves."
The next spring, the Ku Klux Klan came to central Alabama. The Klansmen, unlike the freedmen, had horses, and thus the tactical advantages of mobility. In a few months, the Klan triumph was complete. One freedman recalled that the night riders, after reasserting white control, "took the weapons from might near all the colored people in the neighborhood."
The same dynamic existed throughout the South. Sometimes militias consisting of freedmen or Unionists were able to resist the Klan or other white forces. In places like the South Carolina back-country, where the blacks were a numerical majority, the black militias kept white terrorists at bay for long periods.
While many blacks participated in informal, local militias, most of the reconstruction governors set up official state militias that were racially integrated. Like many other facets of the reconstruction governments (and the racist governments which followed them), the integrated "black" state militias were corrupt. The state militias, which sought to protect the state governments and the election process, were frequently in conflict with informal white militias. Arms shipments from the federal government to arm the militias were often intercepted and seized by white militias.
Official or unofficial, the black militias were the primary target of the white racist resistance. "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, the U.S. Senate advocate of racism for many decades, joined a "Sweetwater Sabre Club" whose members seized control of South Carolina's Edgefield Country from a black militia in 1874-75, and attacked a black militia at Hamburg, South Carolina in 1876.
In areas where the black militias lost and the Klan or other white groups took control, "almost universally the first thing done was to disarm the negroes and leave them defenseless," wrote Albion Tourgeé in his 1880 book The Invisible Empire. (An attorney and civil rights worker from the north, Tourgeé would later represent the civil rights plaintiff in Plessy v. Ferguson.)
http://www.reason.com/news/show/32884.html
I know the history of Whitesboro, NJ also, do you?
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bison, i know the history of princeville, nc. do you. big deal.
blacks let whites run over them in the late 1800s. even though all but one of my great grand fathers owned land (he owned a business and paid for family members to go to college. he refused to own a home. ) most blacks did not. most blacks in the south were sharecroppers. the educators didn't do much when it came to integrating the schools.
First it was:
blacks did not fight back.
Now the back-tracking has begun.
Now we're tallking, I guess, about "most."
Blacks, contrary to the nonsense you are spouting, DID fight and some of them to the death. Armed militias, dude!!! That is not similar to "black let white run over them."
Nice move on your part, y04, to compeltely dismiss the history of Black militias (which I am sure you had NO idea ever existed) with just your bald assertion -without any back-up - that Black folks didn't resist or fight.
Just because, outnumbered and outarmed, they ultimately lost those fights, does not mean they did not fight.
You are disgracing the memories of our ancestors with this nonsense. I suppose you believe in the "happy Negro" propaganda of racists.
By "not owning a home" perhaps your ancestor was insulating himself from the pressure that could be brought on a Colored person who owned a mortgage OR perhaps he thought the night-riders, jealous of his business, might hesitate to burn down a home owned by a white person and rented by him.
Unless you know his reasons, don't draw negative conclusions about what an obviously talented man did to cope with the unremiting threat of terror that Black folks lived with in the south. You should go to his gravesite and apologize.
I thought better of you.
P.S. Your comment about integrating schools (you're still talking 1860-1902???) is ridiculous.
In addition to armed resistance, during the late 1800's there was other resistance.
One example:
The Washing Society and the Atlanta Washerwoman�s Strike of 1881-- During the Summer of 1881, black "laundresses" in Atlanta organized a successful strike to raise the prices they could charge for their laundering. Their demandsd was for a uniform rate of $1 per 12 lbs. of wash. The city's white newspapers called them "The Washing Amazons." Their strike tactics included threats and harassment of scabs taking in laundry for lower prices. By the Fall, the Washing Society was threatening to organize a general strike of black workers during a business convention to promote industrial development in the Atlanta area, though there is no evidence that the general strike ever took place.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mcountry/ac399011017.htm
The slave rebellion the country tried to forget
http://www.johnhorse.com/black-seminoles/black-seminole-slave-rebellion.htm
More historical facts to put to death the lie that Blacks did not fight, struggle or resist in the late 1800's:
Blacks in Washington, DC, in 1865, led by the fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, led a boycott of public transportation facilities which practiced Jim Crow. Rhode Island blacks forced state officials to desegregate public schools in 1866. Northern blacks pressured their white congressmen to ratify the Enforcement Act of May 1870, and the Civil Rights Act of March 1875, which further protected blacks' civil liberties.
http://books.google.com/books?id=NjOPdGaoPKoC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=black+reconstruction+in+america&source=bl&ots=OsJ7vq1T4u&sig=gyjLxjt23KW81zkwEmraqPaLExo&hl=en&ei=jW04SsD1FtWEtwfJrZHaDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA8,M1
I am sure y04 will brush this aside with nothing but his uninformed opinion, but it remains a historical fact that Black people, as documented in this and previous posts, fought and resisted by many means: armed, collectively, individually, by establishing crusading newspapers and many, many schools and, during the Reconstruction, with appointed and elected officials.
if blacks fought like you claim why did we lose the right to vote. why did jim crow become law. why did blacks allow whites to take over north carolina by barrel of a gun. a strike here and a protest there ain't fighting.
All good points. I'll wait for the alibi.
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What did you guys think of The Black Panthers back in the day?
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Chepa Nepal Package tour includes all the important places of Nepal like Kathmandu, Pokhara, Tansen, Lumbini, Daman and Chitwan national Park. We provide varieties of attractive activities like Kathmandu city tour, Pokhara valley tour, Daman for Mountain views, Tansen for old royal palace and sunrise or sunset with long himalayan ranges, Lumbini for historical places with related to Buddhism and also birth place of Lord Buddha.
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After breakfast drive from Lumbini to Palpa Tansen, arrive Palpa check into hotel. Afternoon half day tour of Palpa Tansen. Overnight in hotel in Tansen.Palpa-Tansen is hill station of Nepal and this picture is Tansen Durbar which is historical palace of Rana period.
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Christopher
        Wal-
-Ken isanenigma
   wrapped in a parody of himself.
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far away from his ivy-
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Justin Worthington January 29, 2018
Intense, unforgiving and addictive, They Are Billions combines the most appealing aspects of classic real-time strategy games of yore (i.e. Starcraft/Warcraft), with built in survival and tower defense elements. The end result is an eclectic fusion of influences that evolves beyond genre tropes, into an intoxicating experience which rewards persistence and tactful strategy.
The game begins with a humble command center, located within a randomly generated map, with randomized environmental asset placements. An immense feeling of vulnerability sinks in, as the urgency to begin expansion compels exploration and resource acquisition in anticipation of the impending swarm of bloodthirsty zombies. Exploring the surrounding area validates such concerns, as shambling swathes of undead disguise their savage capacity for violence with decayed senses.
Cautiously navigating around enemy awareness in attempts to gather resources can be quite challenging at times. Enemies will react to sights and sounds, groaning to alert their fellow predators they've spotted supple human prey. At the beginning of the game, players only have access to five units; thus, selectively choosing your targets and treading the perimeter of visibility is crucial for early game success.
Currently, survival mode is the only option players will have to choose from, although Numantian Games intends to release an eventual campaign later on. While this may sound like a necessary addition, there's enough visual context provided to effectively convey the tone, atmosphere and narrative, without the need for a fleshed out main story. At face value, the story is your typical zombie apocalypse. The last vestiges of humankind are being devoured by the brain-hungry undead, and it's your job to keep them at bay while cultivating a prolific colony.
Survival mode offers varying degrees of difficulty in the form of customizable presets, allowing players to adjust map type (only one available initially), game duration (80-150 days) and the amount of infected which populate the map. Decreasing or increasing each setting modifies your score factor percentage up or down, in accordance with the level of difficulty chosen. Higher score factors allow players to unlock new maps, should they achieve a final score high enough to do so. The difficulty curve ramps up dramatically on higher levels, as the undead will populate more of the map, attacking earlier and more aggressively.
Late game success depends heavily upon your ability to effectively multitask. Maintaining your colony, defending your colony, gathering resources and expansion can feel overwhelming without an efficient strategy. Executing said strategy can prove difficult at times, as a result of randomized resources and terrain layouts. Some playthroughs provide ample choke points and resource locations, while others place you in the middle of open terrain. Adapting your strategy to randomized circumstances keeps gameplay dynamic, however much of your success will be predetermined by this formula, resulting in a more reactive approach to progression.
Fortifying your defenses in preparation for the next looming encounter is critical for progression. Overlooking weaknesses in your defenses will result in a swift end for your campaign, as the undead destroy buildings and infect the population in the blink of an eye. Containing such threats requires isolating the zombie onslaught by destroying buildings before they become infected, and exterminating your unwelcome guests. At times, it feels unfair to succeed for several hours only to fail in one fell swoop, sending you back to the start screen to begin again. While this approach fuels the intensity, it discourages players still learning the game from immediately jumping back in. Fortunately, there is a pause feature which allows players to issue commands/build orders and allocate production at their own pace, making the game more accessible as a result.
The importance of a properly planned settlement becomes evident by mid-game, when your defenses and resource generation are truly put to the test. Most buildings and units require multiple resources to generate and sustain, such as colonists, workers, wood, stone and gold. Prioritizing one resource over another puts production in jeopardy until the appropriate requirements are satisfied by expansion or redistribution.
As increasingly powerful waves converge on your position, advanced technologies and units will be your main line of defense. Ballistas pierce rotting flesh, shock towers incapacitate ravenous mobs, snipers pick off high value targets from great distances and titans mow down hordes of infected with expeditious lethality. Rapidly transitioning between units is made simple with an intuitive user interface, which allows for grouping and swift selection. Unfortunately, units are sluggish and it can be difficult to accurately predict where the next attack will come from due to vague indications on the map. Often times, my defenses were torn asunder by the time mobile reinforcements had arrived. As the game progresses, your defenses will be spread thinner and closer to enemy strongholds as a side effect of necessary expansion.
Protecting your settlement as thousands of 2D undead bear down like a tidal wave cast upon the rocks is a sight to behold; equally unnerving as it is satisfying. Numantian Games has developed an incredibly well optimized engine which can support up to 30,000 units on Core i7 processors – a technical marvel! Watching thousands of undead splatter before your defenses is uniquely addictive fun for fans of tower defense games and turtling (strategy in RTS games which emphasizes heavy defense, with little to no offense).
The steampunk aesthetic of They Are Billions lends itself well to the apocalyptic atmosphere of its world. An oppressive amber tint washes over the screen, muting the vibrancy of whimsical architecture. Crisp outlines highlight the low poly allure of each environmental asset. Radiant light illuminates the imperial pinnacle of architectural achievement, while dreary color palettes of the ambling undead erupt from the shadows of ominous terrain. The art style, in conjunction with the amount of visual assets available on-screen evokes the paranoid tone of the setting with compelling illustration.
Bloated crows caw overhead, brimming with the remains of an inconspicuous possessor. The remedial fluttering of arrows pierce the air before colliding with spattering precision. Decaying bone and sinew fractures and tears with a slithering hiss and hysterical snarl. Howling winds disguise the haunting wails of metamorphosis, as they flow into the dark tonality of somber notes with resonating contact. The soundtrack masterfully weaves itself into the layers of environmental sounds until the two are indistinguishable from one another. The soundscape is methodically crafted but often interrupted by repetitious unit speech. While the the campy lines seemingly intend to replicate one of the more humorous aspects of Warcraft, there isn't enough variety. The voice acting for the ranger in particular seems to have missed the mark in regard to matching the tone of the character. It's a minor complaint at most, only highlighted by the fact that the overall sound design is transcendent.
They Are Billions is undoubtedly a worthwhile experience for fans of classic RTS games and defensive strategy. While it may not revolutionize the genre, it manages to challenge the status quo of modern strategy games and their emphasis on aggressive tactics. In its current form, there's a well-polished foundation for future updates which expand customization and available game modes. Developing a competent strategy to surmount the steep learning curve attached to its multi-phase gameplay provides dozens of hours of compulsory entertainment.
REVIEW CODE: A FREE PC code was provided to Brash Games for this review. Please send all review code enquiries to editor@brashgames.co.uk.
Justin Worthington
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A Civil Wedding on the Lebanese coast
It was held on a boat called "Civil Love".
Absolut has taken a big step to meet civil rights and reopen the debate around civil marriage. 22 km from the Lebanese coast, a civil marriage took place in international waters, and away from Lebanese marriage laws. This first global initiative is symbolic, demonstrating that it's high time to establish civil marriage in Lebanon.
This civil marriage united Tarek Mallak (31) and Anastacia El Hajj (29) as part of a local campaign called "Civil Love" by Absolut Lebanon. "Civil Love" offers Love between young people of different beliefs and backgrounds. The truth is that no matter where they live, regardless of their religion and political opinion, nothing matters anymore when a Lebanese couple falls in love. As civil marriage is almost impossible in Lebanon, the campaign has brought it as close as possible to the coast, celebrating a real social union, bringing down negative attitudes by replacing them with messages of love and acceptance. Absolut is a brand dedicated to the pursuit of love, a love chosen regardless of our environment.
This love story began a few years ago, when Tarek Mallak met Anastacia El Hajj in Lebanon, and it's love at first sight. They come from different confessions, so they planned to marry in the United States without a ceremony. They have always stated that even if they had the same confession, they would have chosen civil marriage for its legal and social benefits. Both families encourage this love despite the fact that they come from different backgrounds. They believe that civil marriage is a way to unite people of different faiths rather than divide them.
What matters to the couple is that their wedding took place closer to the Lebanese coast to show their love and attachment to the country. Together with Absolut, Tarek and Anastacia wanted to celebrate their love in the country where they grew up and where their relationship was born.
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When it was completed in 1849, The Cairo was intended to be the first of D.C.'s residential skyscrapers. Now, the building is a landmark feature of Dupont Circle and holds the prestigious position of being the city's tallest residential building, at 164 feet. Designed in beautiful brick by architect Thomas Franklin Schneider, The Cairo features 168 units in various options and square footage (from studios to multi-level homes). In the building's higher residences, enjoy uncompromising views of the city – perfect for Fourth of July parties. And its location on the 1600 block of Q Street puts you in a great spot to enjoy all the excitement Dupont and Logan Circle have to offer, including upscale French cuisine (at Le Diplomate), grocery shopping (at Whole Foods or, for cheaper budgets, at Safeway), and two gorgeous public parks that offer limitless opportunities to relax and people watch. Amenities in the individual units and the building include fireplaces, exposed brick, A/C, and on-site laundry. An impressive building in an impressive neighborhood, The Cairo is the epitome of high-rise living in D.C.
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Salvation Army team to race 'Round the Island'
Four UK members will raise funds to tackle modern slavery
Four men connected to The Salvation Army in Tunbridge Wells (United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland Territory)—Robert Banks, Hamish McKeown, Christopher Hunt and Corps Officer Captain Graeme Smith—will race 50 nautical miles around the Isle of Wight July 7 in Round the Island Race, one of the world's largest yacht races, to raise funds to tackle modern slavery in the UK and Poland.
The four friends, ages 40–50 years, decided to take on the grueling 12-hour challenge less than a year ago despite only one of them having previous sailing experience. Dentist Robert Banks, who owns the five-berth yacht Matuta, has been sailing for about 15 years and is Team Matuta's skipper.
"The Round the Island Race is a challenge I have always wanted to take on," Banks said. "My brother and sister–in-law are church leaders for The Salvation Army in Poland…They have told me about the work involved in supporting anti-human trafficking there and I know about similar work by our organization in the UK. The decision to form a team with Graeme, Hamish and Chris was easy really as everyone was eager to take on the race. We all knew this was the cause we wanted to raise money for."
During their training, the team had to battle with extreme weather conditions, including three inches of snow and ice, scorching sunshine and gale force-7 winds.
"I first went out on the yacht in May, although Rob has been training us on land for some time now," Smith said. "I can't swim, so there's been a lot to learn to ensure we are all safe at sea as well as getting to grips with all the important nautical terms and how to control the yacht. It's physically hard work and I have definitely got fitter through the training…Sailing is something I have always wanted to do but never had the opportunity. I've recently discovered that two of my distant relatives were admirals in the Royal Navy, so you could say sailing is in my blood—some have even joked that we could form The Salvation Navy!"
The Salvation Army's anti-trafficking work takes place on an international scale. Since July 2011 it has delivered the UK Government's contract to manage support services for adult victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. A 24-hour Victim Referral Helpline is available seven days a week and offers immediate access to specialized support such as counseling, interpretation services, legal and immigration advice, medical and financial assistance and safe house accommodation if needed. The Salvation Army in Poland (Armia Zbawienia) has an emphasis on working with the vulnerable and needy, serving in four cities across the country. In Warsaw, supported by The Salvation Army in the UK, Armia Zbawienia runs an anti-human trafficking project which aims to protect people from exploitation when they seek work abroad.
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Oil's below 50 bucks a barrel. That's down from more than $100 a barrel during the summer – a truly massive price fall. Shares of energy companies have been hammered, too. XLE – the main energy-stock ETF – is down from more than $100 this summer to $75 as I write. Many energy stocks have fallen much farther than this ETF.
In short, it's horrible out there – particularly in oil investments.
After such an incredible fall, the bottom has to be near – right? You might expect – after such an incredible fall – that I would be a buyer of oil companies now.
That's a reasonable guess… as you know that I look for investments that are cheap and hated. I hate to disappoint you, but I am NOT buying oil companies – yet. The reason is simple. Oil stocks are not hated enough – yet.
For the bottom to be here in oil stocks, investors have to give up on them. You want to be a buyer of oil stocks AFTER everyone has given up on them. The problem is, the opposite is happening. Investors are getting extremely bullish on energy stocks.
As one example, you can see this in the shares outstanding of XLE – the largest energy-stock ETF (its full name is the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund). ETFs like XLE create and liquidate shares based on demand. So the total shares outstanding fluctuate depending on whether more investors are buying or selling.
And as you can see in the chart below, investors are buying up energy stocks through shares of XLE.
XLE's shares outstanding have skyrocketed 30% over just the past seven weeks. They're now at an all-time high.
And it's not just XLE. Last week, Bloomberg reported that "more than $3.13 billion went into exchange-traded funds holding stakes in energy stocks this month [December]." In short, investors believe that energy stocks have crashed enough at this point, and they expect them to soar from here.
I think investors will turn out to be wrong here. My opinion has nothing to do with the fundamentals of energy (I am not an expert in energy). Instead, it's all about investor psychology. Before I will consider buying energy stocks, I want to see "the crowd" become less enthusiastic on them. We need energy stocks to become more "hated." Today, at this point, energy stocks are just not hated enough – yet – to interest us.
Also, I want to see a legitimate uptrend in XLE and in oil prices. We don't have any of these things yet.


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Thanks to its understated design, the Meda Conference chair perfectly complements the Meda Chair and many other office chairs. Its synchronised movement offers a high degree of comfort, and it is available in a choice of different covers.
Backrest and seat: polyurethane foam seat padding, medium-high backrest. Sling-style upholstery elements stretched over the backrest and seat. Backrest cover in leather or double mesh fabric. Seat cover in fabric or leather. For leather covers, the reverse of the backrest and the underside of the seat are both in black fabric.
Armrests: polished die-cast aluminium with leather covers (nero).
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Meda Chair embodies the successful combination of comfort, technology and elegant aesthetics. As with all his products, Alberto Meda's work on the Meda Chair was influenced by his knowledge of engineering. Pairing lightness with technical functions, the chair reflects his characteristic design vocabulary. In addition to the office version of the Meda Chair, the Meda Conference chair is available for meeting environments.


A long time ago I had it in my mind that energy bars were the answer to all my backpacking problems relating to snacks. I'm one of those "let's start walking and not really sit down until we get there" kinda guys. So energy bars seemed the perfect solution.
They fit in my pockets, easy to eat and you didn't have to stop and rummage through your pack for them.
One small problem — most of them were terrrible. Either you got something that was so dry it caked the back of your throat with granola flakes, or it had that nasty rice or fig-date aftertaste. Or, in the case of Power Bars, broke your teeth if the weather was on the cool side. So I set out in search of the perfect energy bar. I've been looking for a long time.
What kind I say? They're good. Four little squares of 125 calorie goodness. They wouldn't be good on a hot day, but perfectly proportioned to pop one in your mouth every 15 minutes.
First time I've had one of these and I bought a bunch of flavors. The Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate is nice, not too sweet, but the texture is a little brittle and it's on the dry side. I tend to like bars that melt in my mouth so I don't feel the need to chase it with a bunch of water. Besides, water only flushes away the taste, and isn't that partly the point of eating the bar — the taste? I tried another flavor the next day on another trip (Blueberry Pecan I think it was) and these bars will find a place in my pack, but probably only as dessert after dinner.
I've had various Pro Bars over the years and while I like some of them, most of their bars are based on organic brown rice syrup and organic dates. That's not a bad thing, but they leave that date and rice aftertaste in my mouth I'm not fond of. The Wholeberry Blast is my favorite of their Meal line, and I am anixous to try out their Halo and Bolt line of bars. I want to try the Halo Rocky Road and the Bolt Orange. They're no rice or dates in the Bolt line of bars.
These could be my new favorite. These bars are created by Liberty Orchards in Cashmere, WA, the same folks that brought us Applets and Cotlets, those yummy good pectin candies with the powdered sugar on top. Ironically enough, I found these bars in Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH). They only sell two of the flavors, but the Blueberry Pomegranate & Almond was mighty tasty. They are a tad on the sweet side, but not overpowering. My partner stated "it as nice to actually see the fruit and nuts they talk about on the label." I thought the texture was terrific — kind of grainy but melted in your mouth with strong overtones of graph juice playing shuffleboard across your tongue. I don't see me getting tired of these.
These private label bars are probably sold under a variety of names, but essentially they are nothing more than fruit leather bars, without the leather. I like them. They're chewy, but easy to eat, tasty like thick fruit juice and don't leave me with "parts" sticking to the back of my throat. The workhorse of energy bars.
I shall continue on in my quest for the perfect energy bar and share my findings. Your mileage may vary.
[UPDATE] My new favorite snack food is Nature's Way Fig Bars. They come in many flavors but my favorite is the Peach Apricot. They're moist and not too sweet but deliver the calories. They come in handy two fig bar packs.