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Lured in by the promise of "instant" sale of my cards, with money deposited into my PayPal account, I just gave Plastic Jungle a try.
What an exercise in being peeved-off.
The Instant Funding option to sell your gift cards for cash is supposed to be simple: You select the store, fill in the card number and PIN, if your card has one, and click submit to get your offer.
What's supposed to happen after that? I have no idea.
After I clicked to submit my gift card information, the screen showed one of those by-now-too-familiar "spin" icons to signal the technology is working.
But, after an agonizingly long wait, nothing happened.
I checked my account in case I wasn't understanding how the process was supposed to work; after all, Plastic Jungle is short on information where you need it. But no transactions or notifications of any kind. Ditto my email inbox.
After trying to submit three times, followed by three checks of my account, with no apparent success, I clicked "help" and that's where I discovered the fine print: cards must have a value of $15 or more. My card's value was only $10.
I wouldn't have entered it had I known that. So why the hell do they bury that info? And why didn't the system tell me I had committed such a sin with a specific error message?
I then tried three other store cards -- three other cards, each from a different store, each well over the $15 minimum, each attempted submission followed-up by a check on my account, and each with the same infuriating result: Nothing.
No error message. No offer. No page change.
No transactions, no notices, no emailed notifications.
I called customer service -- during normal business hours; and was forced to leave a voice mail message (and the list of information they request from you is ridiculous to ask; upset, frustrated people are calling, not some potential date who's really into you). Plus, we all know how frustrating it is to leave a message for a company -- one that boasts how large they are on their corporate page. They are supposed to be there for us; we aren't supposed to sit idle, by the phone, waiting for a call from them who-knows-when, hoping we don't miss it and have to call and start the cycle all over again.
After 30 minutes of waiting, I used the site's contact form. I received an email "thanking me" for my contact (without a copy of what I wrote). But did not hear back.
Navigating around the annoying ad, I tried one of the cards again. This time, the only difference was that after the submission-spinning, the window changed -- leaving only the page header and footer. No offer, no message, just a shorter window.
I once again checked my account page; no transactions or notices. So this apparently trying a different browser wasn't the solution either.
You might think I'm not being gracious enough in my waiting for returned phone calls &/or emails -- but this was supposed to be Instant Funding, remember?
The bottom line here: Plastic Jungle is hardly "instant" and hardly any sort of convenience; quite the opposite.
But if you love to be aggravated, frustrated, annoyed -- and not sell your gift cards -- then you'll love it.
Our apologies for the overdue response. We have been overwhelmed with phone calls and emails due to the holidays and have been diligently working on resolving every issue for each customer.
We were experiencing a technical issue with our instant paypal but since has been resolved. Please let us know if you are still experiencing problems using this method.
Yes, their excuse may be probable; but then why not use the system to contact all members to let them know there was an issue and it has been fixed? Why not post a note site-wide to communicate that all is now well? Something to assure that the difficulties were temporary and reassure that during this time, our information was safe, etc.
Since that time, I listed my unwanted gift cards for sale on eBay. Each sold -- and I received my payments for them -- within hours of listing them. Still far more "instant" than any other service. No minimum gift card amounts either. The fees were low and I daresay that all-told I received what I would have from any other site buying gift cards. While eBay limits you to listing one gift card per store at a time, once one sells, you can list another rather simply.
Martha Sleeper's Original Lime Soup as published in Fast Gourmet, by Poppy Cannon (The Lima News, April 22, 1963).
This General Electric ad (found in the December 1943 issue of True Story) serves up some wartime tips on energy conservation.
At the bottom of this "Romance Isn't Rationed" ad for Ivory Soap, tips for saving soaps. The last tip combines two tips on soap I've previously shared.
From Modern Woman Magazine (Volume 15, Number 7, 1946), a two-page article by Margaret Carrick (photography by Jack Carrick) titled "A Gift From Every Month Of The Year" that discusses the lovely gift package the author received.
The gift package contained 12 items, one for every month of the year -- and each handmade. The author boasts that the total monetary cost of the gift was 10 cents as the gifts themselves were recycled items or made with scraps and other leftover items.
It may be too late for this year, but once the New Year starts, you know you'll be hibernating and want projects to work on!
January -- A crispy little apron made from a bit of left-over dimity, all neatly trimmed with rick-rack braid and with a roomy pocket, too. There should be a rule against making aprons without pockets!
February -- And what could this be? Oh, yes -- as clever a little sting-holder as you could ever hope to see. A tuna can with a hole punched in the bottom holds the strong and allows it to be drawn out as you want it. The can fits into a crochet draw-strong bag. Hang it on any convenient nail and there you are. If a bit of string is as hard to find around your house as it is mine, you will say "Welcome, welcome indeed."
March -- Blustery winds blowing the washing on the line must have suggested this one -- a roomy clothespin bad made from a piece of pillow ticking fitted over a clothes hanger.
April -- A kneeling pad for working beside a flower bed. This is something I've always intended to make for myself and, of course, never did. Conjured out of a scrap of white oilcloth, sprinkled with red strawberries and bound with tape to match, it has an ivory ring sewn on one corner to make it easier to hand up when not in use.
May -- Flowers for May, and here they are in two beautiful flower prints cut from a magazine and pasted onto backings of plywood. Shellacked to make a permanent finish and provided with a taped-on ring on the back to hand them by, they will add a note of cheerful color to my breakfast room.
June -- "Where have I seen this lovely quilted satin?" I ask as I admire two stunning coat hangers with sachet bags attached, smelling of my favorite flower fragrance. But of course! They are covered with the narrow strip which was cut off to shorten the beautiful robe which my friend received last Christmas. Now that, I say, is using scraps to their very best advantage.
July -- A small box reveals two dainty handkerchiefs. One from a wisp of chiffon with a delicate lace edging and the other a bit of pastel-flowered batiste with a hand rolled hem.
August -- Unique, indeed, is this velvet pincushion. It is fitted into a filagree metal base which once held a very fancy bottle of perfume. Just the sort of thing that I'm always saving but never do anything about making into something useful.
September -- Another small piece of plywood is used here to make the backing for a memorandum pad and pencil. A small decal adds interest. The pencil has a metal ring ring taped to the top so it can hang from a little nail on the board beside the pad.
October -- Potholders! Do we ever have too many? One is crocheted, the other made from a gay print.
November -- Time now for cosy gatherings near the fire as the evenings begin to chill, so here is just what we need -- a card table cover of black cotton bound with green.
December -- "And now," says my friend, "I was beginning to run out of ideas, but I found that I had some extra asbestos stove-mats that I'd bought once at a bargain." With a family snapshot and a calendar which will be pad, one became a kitchen calendar which will be useful in its own right after the calendar has served its purpose.
Obviously some of these ideas are a bit dated... String is rarely looked for, let alone considered useful outside of the craft room, and anything with asbestos is a no-no, etc.; but these ideas sure do illustrate the power of recycling and creating things from scraps.
PS If you're wondering what the 10 cents was spent on, I'll tell you: The ball of strong to go in the string holder.
From the 1931 Pet Milk Cookbook, tips for making candy -- and if you'd like to test your skills, a vintage Pet Milk recipe for Pineapple Fudge.
When I spotted this latest contest (to win a designer tote bag), I wasn't sure I should post it -- I had just posted a few contests to enter. But then I was reminded of an old article I'd read about (and a dozen or so more written by) those who virtually made their living off of winning contests. Not just free products, but cash prizes writing jingles etc.
But the whole idea of winning contests as a way to support one's self or one's family reminded me of the number of people who expect their computers and Internet connections to "pay for themselves." Especially in the early days of the world wide web.
I remember when I was pregnant with my son (now 10 years old), making the most of my 's physically exhausted self's time time by planting myself in front of the PC, searching for freebies, coupons, and rebates. I'd compare all that to the store flyers for sales and maximize every dollar with my shopping list. I was quite good at it. Once I got a 36 pack of double-rolled name-brand toilet paper not just for free, but the store paid me $2.36 to take it. And I paid less than $10 for the back-to-school supplies, including the calculator.
Aside from bragging (and chastising myself for not doing more of this now), I am reminded that this bit of thrift has an old history. And so I shouldn't ignore posting contests as I find them -- and the time to do so.
To that end, I will tell you that Ascending Butterfly now has a fantastic number of contests and giveaways going on right now.
And Online Sweepstakes is an incredible resource for those who want to add winning to their thrifty ways.
This ad for Argo corn starch suggests having the family fingerpaint the holiday gift wrap and other items for the season. They even give a recipe for making your own finger paints using Argo corn starch.
Contests: Enter to win a cupcake making kit from Saint Cupcake; enter to win a $50 gift certificate from Theda Bara Vintage lingerie.
Holiday gift and shopping tips: How To Get & Give Vintage For The Holidays, How To Get The Gifts You Want From The Man (Or Men) In Your Life, and Tips On Using EBay & PayPal For Holiday Shopping.
I found a vintage photo very inspiring and now have a new project for the bedroom to consider.
The Retro Housewife echos my sentiments on the apron.
Some tips on wrapping gifts.
Vintage Christmas treat recipe and illustration from that December 1932 issue of Woman's World magazine.
Tips on helping your real or natural Christmas tree last longer, from an October, 1960 newspaper clipping.
A vintage newspaper clipping that answers the question, "How can I brighten furniture?" by suggesting a wash, a rinse, and a dry -- followed by a homemade "polish" and a final rubbing with an old piece of silk.
A recipe said to be from or used by Jackie Kennedy, as published in the 1962 Dell Purse Book, The Jacqueline Touch.
If you've been thinking of trying to save some money by hanging your clothes out to dry even in winter, and your friends think you're crazy, remind them that once upon a time, that was the only option! Then look at this tip found in Watkins Household Hints by Elaine Allen (copyright, 1941, by the J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, Minnesota).
Beginning Arts and Crafts by Renee Seville (1971) is a book assisting and encouraging arts and crafts in the classroom. This selection is on sewing, specifically clothing for dolls. While this section is short on actual patterns, I found the cardboard folders with envelope pockets for patterns and printed instructions rather cool, in an old school kind of way.


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Magical Christmas Markets Around the World
Festive street markets make the season merry.
By: Lynn Coulter
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Christmas markets brighten the darkest season of the year. Most are modeled after traditional German markets, known as Christkindlmarkts (the spelling sometimes varies). Held around the world, the markets herald the holidays with colorful lights and music and invite shoppers to browse for ornaments, candies and cookies, handmade toys and more.
One note: if you plan to go, verify the market's dates, times, events and vendors. A few are still finalizing details.
Christmas Village in Philadelphia
Sneak a peek at this year's Philadelphia Christmas market on preview weekend, Nov. 18-19. The village officially opens on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, with a welcome from the Christkind, or "gift-bringer," who wears a white gown spangled with stars, a crown, and, sometimes, angel's wings.
Photo by: Russ Brown Photography/Christmas Village in Philadelphia
Russ Brown Photography/Christmas Village in Philadelphia
Visitors will find rows of wooden huts selling gingerbread, roasted nuts, bratwurst, international gifts and mulled wine, among lots of other items. The village is open through Christmas Eve.
Photo by: Christina Kalff/Christmas Village in Philadelphia
Christina Kalff/Christmas Village in Philadelphia
Texas Christkindl Market
Held from Nov. 24 - Dec. 31, this market in Arlington is especially family-friendly. A Peppermint Park for children offers winter carnival games, inflatables, puppet shows, crafts and other activities. After the kids play, look for hand-crafted gifts and collectibles and treats like strudel and hot chocolate. Got a chill? Pop into the Arlington Highlands Warming Haus, a heated tent furnished with tables and chairs; a customized catering menu and beer and wine are available. (Reservations at the Haus, which seats up to 200, are encouraged for big groups, but are not required.) This is one of the largest open-air holiday markets in the Southwest.
Photo by: Glen E Ellman/Texas Christkindl Market
Glen E Ellman/Texas Christkindl Market
Dresden Striezelmarkt, Germany
The Dresden Striezelmarkt dates back to 1434, making it the oldest Christmas market in Germany. It's named for hefestriezel, a sweet commonly known as German Christmas cake. You'll find the market in the historic city center, on Altmarkt Square, surrounded by eleven other different Christmas markets also selling toys, decorations, beverages and foods. Look for the traditional pflaumentoffel, a figure of a chimney sweep crafted from dried prunes. The Dresden market takes place from Nov. 24-Dec. 24.
Denver's Annual Christkindl Market, Colorado
Denver's 16th annual Christkindl Market runs from Nov. 29 - Dec. 24. Bring an appetite for Bavarian salted pretzels, Danish pastries, German and European soups, and honey and honey products made in Boulder. Vendors will sell authentic German Christmas ornaments, nutcrackers, Pashima shawls and other winter wear from Nepal, wooden Santas and birch bark boxes from Ukraine and much more.
Denver Christkindl Market
Photo by: Denver Christkindl Market
Christkindlmarket Chicago, Illinois
The Windy City's market draws visitors from around the world. For a preview, arrive on Nov. 17 for 'Twas the Night Before Christkindlmarket.' The market then opens from Nov. 18 - Dec. 24. See the website calendar for special events like a children's lantern parade and a schedule of pop-up booths that will feature everything from Hawaiian dance to gourmet German foods. Shop early to score a popular Kinder Club souvenir mug, and don't miss the booths selling Bavarian glass and pewter, Black Forest cuckoo clocks and handmade dragons and other creatures.
Christkindlmarket in Chicag
Photo by: Jim Prisching/Christkindlmarket in Chicago
Jim Prisching/Christkindlmarket in Chicago
Annual Georgetown Christmas Market, Colorado
St. Nicholas will appear at the Christmas market in downtown Georgetown, Colorado, along with carolers in Victorian dress, dancers and other entertainers. This pretty mountain town is a perfect setting for all the traditional market offerings, along with horse-drawn carriage rides and a Santa Lucia Children's Procession.
Historic Georgetown Christmas Market
Photo by: Historic Georgetown Inc.
Historic Georgetown Inc.
Shop for Colorado wines, art, jewelry, antiques, and, of course, European Christmas gifts and décor. This market is open for two weekends, Dec. 2 through Dec. 10.
Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party, California
Step back into jolly old England at the Cow Palace Exhibition Halls in San Francisco, California. This holiday fair starts on the Friday after Thanksgiving and runs for five weekends from Nov. 18 - Dec. 17. It's modeled after a Victorian party, complete with costumed characters who perform in music halls and traditional English pubs and often mingle with shoppers. Wear your own Victorian-era outfit, if you wish, but check the costume guidelines so you won't compete with Father Christmas or Scrooge or any other of author Charles Dickens' memorable characters. Wander the lamp-lit shops to find one-of-a-kind gifts and leather goods, jewelry, clothing and more.
Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party
Photo by: Rich Yee/Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Rich Yee/Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt, Germany
Nuremberg puts on holiday finery for its market from Dec. 1 - Dec. 24. This market is famous for its gingerbread, three-on-a-roll sausages and hot mulled wine. Look for Christmas tree decorations like the traditional rauschgoldengel, an angel made of gold foil. Join a stagecoach tour to see the decorations all around the city while a coachman serenades you on his trumpet. Then let the kids ride the merry-go-round, visit Santa, and bake their own goodies in the shape of teddy bears and shooting stars next door, at the Children's Christmas Market.
Brussels Winter Wonders, Belgium
Brussels' Christmas market, Winter Wonders, takes place from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31 in the center of the city. There's a carousel for the kids and an ice skating rink for the whole family to enjoy at Marche aux Poissons. Later, shop for gifts, décor, sweets and other foods, or look for the "guest of honor," a market-within-the-market that changes every year. Previous guests have included Quebec and Lapland.
Salzburg Christmas Market, Austria
Salzburg's Christmas market will be held around the square at Salzburg Cathedral and at Residenzplatz, a square in the center of historic Salzburg, from Nov. 23 - Dec. 26. Vendors at this centuries-old market sell candles, incense, hot punch, educational (and fun) toys, textiles and many other wares. Sample the coffee and milk specialties or snack on warm donuts filled with jam or custard, pretzels, gourmet cheeses and other foodie delights. Save time to take a guided tour of historic Salzburg and catch a choral concert in front of the cathedral.
Strasbourg Christmas Markets, France
This year, Strasbourg's markets will include some 300 chalets, spread over 10 sites through the city. It's known as the Capital of Christmas for its sparkling holiday lights and centerpiece Christmas Tree, and more than 500 Christmas-related events that are held in the area. This year, Portugal is a featured guest country, and visitors can shop for meats, wines, beers, basketry, traditional drums and guitars, and more in the Portuguese Village. Don't miss live musical performances by choirs, bands, and carolers, or one of four free Advent concerts. The fair will also host "The Off," an alternative Christmas market with an untraditional atmosphere and events that celebrate the holiday in different ways. The markets will operate from Nov. 24 - Dec. 30.
The World's Best Flea Markets
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Best Outdoor Markets in Buenos Aires
Best outdoor markets in Buenos Aires.
World's Best Flea Markets
If the words rummage, swap, bargain, bric-a-brac or collectible excite you, then you might have an itch for a flea market.
Croatia's Most Under-Rated Markets
Visit Croatia's most under-rated markets.
Grab Your Tickets Now for These Limited-Time Amusement Park Halloween Events
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Everything you need to know about LA's killer flea market scene.

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From Ariana Grande To BLACKPINK, 20 Must-See Acts At Coachella 2019
Mike Nied @mikeynied | January 4, 2019 5:44 pm
Coachella 2019 Line-Up
The lineup for Coachella 2019 includes Ariana, BLACKPINK and Childish Gambino.
As usual, Coachella is destined to be one of the biggest music festivals of the year. This week, organizers unveiled the lineup of performers, and it is a predictably star-studded event. A bevy of the hottest names from a variety of genres will descend upon the polo grounds of Indio, California on April 12 (and once again April 19). Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino and Tame Impala stepped up to headline the main event. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. BLACKPINK will become the first K-Pop girl group to play Coachella, while iconic Japanese girl-group Perfume is also gearing up for a set of their own. Here are the 20 acts we are most excited to see in alphabetical order.
Between Sweetener and "thank u, next," Ariana Grande dominated 2018. And with plans to drop a new album sometime early this year, she deserves the honor of being Coachella's youngest act (and one of only four women) to headline the festival. From "Into You" to "God Is A Woman," she's got the hits to keep the main stage going all night long.
Song we're most excited to see live: "breathin"
2018 saw Bad Bunny secure his first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with a feature on Cardi B's "I Like It." The Puerto Rican superstar followed it up by hitting the Top 5 with his Drake-assisted "Mia." Now, he will highlight some of his biggest global hits during a set in the desert. Perhaps we will even get a cameo from reverse-aging legend Jennifer Lopez if he chooses to play "Te Guste."
Song we're most excited to see live: "Mia"
"Mine" was one of the breakout hits of 2018, and Bazzi hasn't let us down since. The 21-year-old has the golden touch when it comes to pop bops, and he's gotten co-signs from the likes of tour mate Camila Cabello. Hopefully the pair will get together to treat us to a stunning rendition of "Beautiful" for the first time this April.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Beautiful"
If you need any more evidence that Billie Eilish is poised to be one of the Next Big Things in pop, look no further than her placement on Coachella's lineup. The 17-year-old streaming phenom made the leap from small stages to one of music's biggest festival platforms in just one year.
Song we're most excited to see live: "you should see me in a crown"
K-Pop has left a lasting impression on America, and that trend shows no signs of slowing down in 2019. Boy bands like BTS and Monsta X have played sets across the country, and now it is time for the ladies to showcase their talent. BLACKPINK will do just that when they take the stage to power through international hits like "DDU-DU DDU-DU," solo releases like JENNIE's "SOLO" and (prayerfully) their Dua Lipa collab "Kiss And Make Up."
Song we're most excited to see live: "DDU-DU DDU-DU"
Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) has proven to be an exceedingly visual artist. "This Is America" captured the public's attention and shed light on a plethora of hot-bed issues plaguing the country. And he is bound to effortlessly make the transition from video to stage with one of the year's most engaging performances.
Song we're most excited to see live: "This Is America"
Christine And The Queens
Christine And The Queens (real name Héloïse Letissier) will return to Coachella in 2019. The French pop star last graced the stage in the desert in 2016. With the unveiling of last year's Chris, the rising star has a slew of new material to perform, and she's sure to deliver one of 2019's must-see sets.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Girlfriend"
2018 was a year of unexpected collaborations for Diplo. The EDM superstar linked up with Sia and Labrinth to form LSD and partnered with Mark Ronson under the moniker Silk City. That means there will be no shortage of bangers for him to perform when he reclaims the stage. As an added bonus, we're all but guaranteed some truly tantalizing cameos.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Thunderclouds"
Speaking of cameos, DJ Snake's discography guarantees the same. The French hitmaker can call down anyone from Justin Bieber ("Let Me Love You") to Selena Gomez, Cardi B and Ozuna ("Taki Taki"). Suffice to say that there will be no shortage of hits during this fierce performance.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Taki Taki"
From "Boo'd Up" to "Trip," Ella Mai has kept us on our toes with her R&B stylings. And she'll have no shortage of bops to choose from when she makes her debut at Coachella this year.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Boo'd Up"
Could Beyonce be returning to Coachella in 2019? Queen Bey left a lasting impression when she headlined the festival in 2018, and she'd surely be welcomed back for a rehashing of J Balvin's "Mi Gente." Either way, the Latin legend is sure to light up the stage when he touches down.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Mi Gente"
Janelle Monáe never disappoints. Dirty Computer is without a doubt one of 2018's most critically acclaimed albums. And the Grammy nominated opus is bursting with bangers. From the vaginal "PYNK" to the funky "Make Me Feel," there's plenty of seriously fiery anthems to keep the audience on their feet.
Song we're most excited to see live: "PYNK"
Oh look, it's time to pull out the chaps and cowboy hat! No one blends country and pop with a more deft hand than Kacey Musgraves. The 30-year-old is almost single-handedly responsible for making gay bars across the globe embrace the twang with her disco-infused bops last year. And just imagining her doing the same on Coachella's stage is enough to make us say yeeha.
Song we're most excited to see live: "High Horse"
After the breakout success of American Teen, Khalid's hot streak continued through 2018's acclaimed Suncity. And he's already teasing the release of his sophomore LP ahead of his set at Coachella. This means the 20-year-old will have a wealth of new material to perform when he finally takes the stage.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Better"
King Princess caught lightning in a bottle with her debut single "1950." The streaming giant is a queer love song for the ages, and the rising star has done no wrong since its release. That trend is sure to continue with her first appearance at Coachella in the new year. Hopefully this means that even more new music is on the way before her set.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Talia"
After dropping one of 2017's best EPs, Maggie Rogers' debut LP – Heard It In A Past Life – is one of our most anticipated albums for Q1 2019. Everything we've heard has been utter perfection thus far. And if the trend continues, it will be impossible to predict what hits she'll select for the stage.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Light On"
Does this mean we're finally getting a follow-up to 2016's A Seat At The Table? Solange has been teasing new music for the better part of a year now. She told T magazine she'd been inspired by jazz and trunk-rattling hip-hop, both of which are perfectly suited for a must-see set.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Cranes In The Sky"
Get ready to visit the future when J-Pop legends Perfume take the stage at Coachella. The trio unveiled their sixth consecutive chart-topping album in Japan last year. And they're sure to bring a wealth of their beloved material to life with chic looks and plenty of choreography when they become the first J-Pop act to touch down at Coachella.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Future Pop"
We have yet to see the full extent of what Wallows is capable of. The talented hitmakers showcased their creative range on Spring this year, and they'll hopefully provide a taste of their forthcoming debut album when they touch down at Coachella this year.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Pictures Of Girls"
Zedd had his hands in some of 2018's biggest hits. From his Maren Morris-assisted "The Middle" to his bubbly "Lost In Japan" remix, the German producer undeniably packs a punch. And his set is bound to be another star-studded extravaganza.
Song we're most excited to see live: "Happy Now"
Who are you most excited to see live? Let us know below, or by hitting us up on Facebook and Twitter!
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The world's most famous entrepreneur on getting what you want and never backing down.
In the summer of 2012, the British government informed Virgin Trains that it had lost the bid to retain the operating rights to the UK's West Coast rail franchise. Virgin Trains had been running the 7-billion-pound ($10.9 billion) franchise for 15 years, expanding the line and growing its annual passenger numbers from 13 million to 30 million.
Richard Branson, chair of Virgin Train's parent company the Virgin Group, writes in his book "The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership" that he was "stunned and baffled" that he could have lost the bid to FirstGroup.
Richard Branson: the king of difficult decisions.
He decided to stay quiet for a while, meeting with lawyers and advisors to see if Virgin had actually been beaten fairly. Everyone he spoke with seemed to conclude that FirstGroup's numbers were unsustainable, meaning the British government had made a mistake in calculations. Regardless, many of his senior team told Branson that he'd only be wasting his time and hurting his image with a lawsuit. But, after carefully weighing the facts, he decided to move forward with the lawsuit.
A week before he was scheduled to meet the Department for Transport in the UK's high court, Branson got a phone call from the department's secretary. The secretary told him that on further review, the department had indeed made grave miscalculations and Virgin had offered the better deal.
1. Don't act on an emotional response.
Branson says he was flabbergasted when he first heard that the Virgin Trains deal had not gone through, but he was experienced enough to know that he should take some time to settle down and collect data instead of letting his feelings take control of him.
Had he made a statement to the press out of frustration or demanded to sue the British government solely out of instinct rather than fact, he would have increased the likelihood of having his case dismissed and appearing reckless.
It's just as bad to act on a positive emotion. Give decisions you're considering enough time to lose the influence of your first impressions.
2. Find as many downsides to an idea as possible.
Branson carefully considers everything that could go wrong before he goes forward with a decision.
Regarding the rail case, Branson's lawyers initially told him he had a 10% chance of winning a case against the government. But after collecting proof that some numbers in his competitor's deals were off, he was convinced he had truth and customer support on his side.
"Nothing is perfect, so work hard at uncovering whatever hidden warts the thing might have and by removing them you'll only make it better still," he writes.
Before he makes a decision, Branson takes a look at how it will affect his other projects in both the short and long term.
"This one may be a 'too good to miss' opportunity but how will it affect other projects or priorities and, if now is not the best time to do it, what risks if any are there in putting the thing on hold for an agreed period of time? If you cannot manage this project in addition to another that's waiting in the wings, which one gets the nod and why?" he writes.
Branson writes that one of the best examples of ignoring the bigger picture is when Carnival Corporation's chairman and CEO Mickey Arison decided to go to a Miami Heat basketball game on the same day that one of his company's cruise ships sank off the coast of an Italian island in 2012, killing 32 and injuring many others.
Branson says Arison further tarnished Carnival's and his own reputation when he behaved similarly less than a year later when a ship ran out of fuel and left its passengers five days at sea without running water or power.
In a LinkedIn blog post from earlier this year, Branson writes that the best lesson his father ever taught him was to protect the downside; that is, limit possible losses before moving forward with a new business venture.
Branson's father told him that he would allow him, at age 15, to leave high school and start Student magazine only if he sold 4,000 pounds' worth of advertising to cover printing and paper costs.
It's a strategy he repeated in 1984 when he made a huge leap from the music business into the airline business with Virgin Atlantic. He was only able to convince his business partners at Virgin Records to agree to the deal after he got Boeing to agree to take back Virgin's one 747 jet after a year if the business wasn't operating as planned.
These four simple guidelines can become habit, whether you're about to approach a prospective client or sue the British government.


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Celcom Acquires MSSP, IT Service Provider Bridgenet Solutions
Mobile operator Celcom Axiata Berhad acquires Bridgenet Solutions, an IT solutions provider & MSSP that offers cybersecurity & networking solutions.
by Joe Panettieri • Dec 1, 2021
Celcom Axiata Berhad has acquired Bridgenet Solutions Sdn Bhd, an IT solutions provider and MSSP that offers cybersecurity and networking solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This is technology M&A deal number 752 that MSSP Alert and sister site ChannelE2E have covered so far in 2021.
See all technology M&A deals for 2021 and 2020 listed here.
See all MSSP M&A deals listed here.
Celcom Acquires Bridgenet: Mobile Operator and MSSP Background
Celcom, launched in 1988, is the first mobile operator in Malaysia. The company also offers roaming services in 197 countries via more than 462 network partners worldwide.
Bridgenet, founded in 2003, is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company has completed 2,200 projects and has served 3,000 customers, according to the Bridgenet website. Key partners include Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, CyberArk, F5 Networks, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro, and HP Inc., the site indicated.
Key services include:
Enterprise IT solutions that address network infrastructure, network monitoring, video conferencing, Computing infrastructure, cloud platform and data storage systems.
IT security solutions spanning network security, SIEM (security information and event management), cloud security, data security, security assessment, data loss prevention, endpoint and application security.
MSSP Acquired: Executive Perspectives
In a prepared statement about the deal, Celcom CEO Datuk Idham Nawawi said:
"The move to acquire Bridgenet will further strengthen Celcom's position to grow its Enterprise business. An acquisition as large as Bridgenet will enable both companies to leverage on their strengths and develop world-class cybersecurity solutions for all business functions.
As Cybersecurity is a critical component in the digital world for both Enterprises and consumers, Celcom will soon make these cybersecurity solutions and services available for local enterprises. Upholding our role as a digital advocate, Celcom will continue its strong practice to safeguard our customers. It is also crucial for organisations to protect their systems and customers' data against cyber threats from the boundaryless cyberworld, while thriving digitally within the new norm.
Added Bridgenet CEO Keane Leong Kin Man:
"We see the acquisition as a way to accelerate the company roadmap using the expertise and resources of a larger company like Celcom. Joining forces with Celcom will let us achieve our most important business goals years ahead of schedule. During the course of conversations with Celcom leadership, we shared optimism that the right technology and people can solve many cybersecurity challenges that to date have seemed intractable."
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Supports decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana for adults.
Not in favor of a mandatory seatbelt law for adults.
Against a mandatory helmet law for motorcycle riders.
Should NH revise the meals and rooms tax?
Against increases to meals and rooms tax.
Does not support LLC tax.
"You said this was non-partisan, but here is the 'D' position."
Supports adopting a constitutional amendment that reduces the role of the courts in the school funding challenge.
Against adding tolls to I-93 at the Massachusetts border.
"I would support increasing state funding to charter schools."
"Any program demonstrating a successful record should continue to receive funding."
"We suffer with a costly an inefficient system of health care delivery."
In favor of legalizing medicinal marijuana.
"I oppose broader campaign finance disclosure laws."
Not in favor of amending the NH constitution to allow citizen to vote on statewide issues in a referendum.
Against having mandatory automobile insurance.
Opposes repeal of the gay marriage law.
Medical marijuana for chronic pain?


This article covers promises, deferreds and useful functions used for dealing with these kind of objects using Kraken Framework.
Kraken provides support for Promises implementing Promise/A+ specification extended with cancellation support using forget semantics and other useful promise-related concepts, such as joining, mapping, racing and reducing collections of promises.
Promises are a concurrency primitives that represent future value of an asynchronous operation. They simplify writting of asynchronous systems allowing sequential-like programming synatax.
While events provide a good interface for creating asynchronous applications, operating on them might become difficult and tiring in case of dynamically changing environment. It is easy to attach listeners once or follow a well-defined registering and unregistering scenario for given service. However, during creation of really dynamic and expand services, using events might become unintuitive and/or a chore.
Its much simpler, isn't it? Promises are perfect for synchronizing execution of asynchronous operations.
Promise may be in one of four states: pending, fulfilled, rejected or cancelled.
Pending promise may transition to either the fulfilled, rejected or cancelled state.
Fulfilled promise may not transition to any other state and must have a value, which must not change.
Rejection promise may not transition to any other state and must have a reason, which must not change.
Cancelled promise may not transition to any other state and must have a reason, which must not change.
Only pending promise state can be changed. Changing its state can be treated as marking asynchronous operation as successful, unsuccessful or cancelled. These changes can be done via resolve, reject or cancel methods.
Resolving a Promise is a process of setting mixed value to Pending Promise, marking it as Fulfilled and firing its onFulfillment handler. Semantically it marks Promise as successful.
Rejecting a Promise is a process of setting string value or Throwable to Pending Promise, marking it as Rejected and firing its onRejection handler. Semantically it marks Promise as failed with given reason for failure.
Cancelling a Promise is a process of setting string value or Throwable to Pending Promise, marking it as Cancelled and firing its optional onCancellation handler. Semantically it marks Promise as cancelled meaning that the returned value does no longer matter and processing for which Promise awaits for should be terminated.
Resolvig a promise forwards resolution value from it to the next promise. Each call to then method returns a new promise that will resolve with the returned value of the previous one. This creates a promise chain.
$deferred->resolve(1); // prints "resolved with 4"
Rejecting a promise behave in similar way and can be compared try-catch behaviour. When you catch an error or exception, you must rethrow it to propagate. If you don't do this promise the next promise will be fulfilled instead of being rejected.
$deferred->resolve(1);  // Prints "rejected with 3"
Cancelling promises propagates initial cancellation value and drops all returned values. This means, that cancelling a promise will mark the whole chain as cancelled. This method should be used carefully.
$deferred->cancel(1); // prints "cancelled with 1"
In comparison to resolving or rejecting a promise, cancellation also propagates upwards the chain, but cancels parent only when all of its children have been cancelled.
It is also important to know, that cancellation is propagated on promises created via any of static helper function provided with Kraken.
One of the most interesting and useful things about promises, are the fact, that they allow deep nesting of other promises keeping all logic intact.
At first then and done methods might seem very similar. However, there are important distinctions between the two. The intent of then is to transform a promise's value and to pass or return a new promise while the intent of done is to consume a promise's value, transferring all responsibility to your code. The done method shoul be called only in the outermost parts of promise chain.
Kraken provides your application with the set of helpers to work on a collections of promises.
The all method returns a promise that will be resolved only once all the items in the passed collection have resolved. The resolution value of the returned promise will be an array containing the resolution values of each of the items in passed collection.
The any method returns a promise that will be resolved when any of the promises in passed collection have resolved. The resolution value of the returned promise will be the same as resolution value of a promse that have resolved.
The map method is promise-based implementation of array_map function which can return either value or another promise.
The some method returns a promise that will be resolved when specified number of the supplied items in passed collection resolve. The resolution value of the returned promise will be an array containing the resolution values of the triggering items.
The race method initiates a competitive race that allows one winner. Returns a promise which is resolved with the same value as the first settled promise.
The reduce method is a promise-based implementation of array_reduce function which can return either value or another promise, the initial value can also be value or promise.
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The rally was flagged off on 29th March from the Raghupati Singhania Auditorium, PHD House, New Delhi, and reached its final destination Chandigarh via Dehradun on 31st March, covering a total distance of 450km.
PHD Chamber Women's Car Rally 2019 was successfully concluded recently, bringing together hundreds of women from various walks of life driving for a cause - women empowerment. More than 250 women aged 20-60, including housewives, college students, entrepreneurs and members from the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, and the Army Medical Corp, participated in the PHD Chamber's Women's Car Rally 2019, sponsored by home care products company Fena (P) Limited. The rally was organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce, which invites registrations online for an entry fee of Rs 25,000.
The winners took home prizes in various categories that included - All Women Amateur, All Women Expert, Mixed Expert, Mixed-Amateur and All Driver Test. In all women amateur category Flight Lt Nishtha and Wing Commander Deepti's team was the winner, All Women Expert category victory went to Mala Kapoor's team, Mixed Expert category - Samriddhee Khanna and Shantanu Aditya Khanna, Mixed-Amateur - Ruby Garg and Pratap Singh Pundir, and Drive Test - Major Euthica and Captain Tejal Parashar were the winners.
"Fena is dedicated and has been committed for decades towards the empowerment of women in Indian society, and has been focusing on various programs such as women's education, skill development, computer literacy and medical camps in partnership with several NGOs," Sumit Khosla, Senior GM Marketing, Fena said.
It is a nice change that is coming about in terms of women engaging more in car and motorcycle related sports. Last week, the WIAA (Western India Automobile Association) concluded its all-women car rally called Rally to the Valley which is an annual event running from Mumbai to Aamby Valley for 10 years now. Click the link above to find more about it.


I liked the first book which was action packed and fast paced too but actually had a story, i. When the cloud swirled, it meant my first Legacy was developing. More hot liquid drips from the pipes, hitting Sam in the wrists, chest, knees and feet. Ella and I pile into the back, next to Marina. I heave the man into the air with my mind, tossing him onto the roof of a warehouse across the street. Marina lets go of her knees and sits up straight, releasing a long breath. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees and lie dead on the ground.
Ella is younger than the rest of us, but just as brave. He points into the hills. The next thing I know, he is flying into the air, yanked upward by telekinesis. After Numbers One, Two, and Three died, only six of us remained. But none the less I liked it.
I was right; they were land mines. Both groups come across difficulties forcing them to use their Legacies and through a sequence of events find their paths to one another so that they can defeat Setrakus Ra once and for all — at least fight him. The cave's walls are covered with paintings of the past, present, and future. Nine is ok, i didnt notice anything super bad about him but for some reason i just want John to be better than him. I lean down and shove my backpack under my seat. We rarely even stayed in one place long enough for me to meet other kids, let alone make friends — Ashley was the first girl Katarina even allowed over to our house. John Smith could now be able to make his hands just glow like the flashlight, to add on that he became resistant to burning by fire therefore he was able to control the power of fire.
Is still developing her legacies. The hoarse whisper keeps repeating my name over and over. Putting these two characters together, and devoting so much of the book to them whilst not giving them really anything important to be doing was a huge mistake and completely ruins any excitement factor or pacing that the book might, otherwise, have had. They are led by and Agent Purdy. In this installment, Number Six, Seven and Ten go in search of Eight and they find him in India. Marina's Inheritance spills out, and she unintentionally activates the transmission crystal again.
The power of six wasnt that bad. She can breathe under water, see in the dark, and heal the sick and wounded. I almost trip over Marina and Crayton, who are huddled behind another piece of debris. During the dangerous mission at the Mogadorian base in West Virginia, John found and rescued Nine. It communicates about the diversities present between the Mogadarians who are a race of aliens who are looking for John Smith and he is flying away from them, he is with Henry, who is his protector in this scenario. The rocket flies out of my launcher and a wave of fire explodes under the pickup, blowing it thirty feet into the air.
Right now, however, she bites her nails and pulls her knees up to her chest like a scared child. Ella is what Crayton calls an Aeternus, someone born with the ability to move back and forth between ages. He is extraordinarily selfish and incredibly stupid. Hearing her voice distracted me so much I forgot about the growing discomfort there. I raise the window shade and watch the ground crew hustle back and forth under the plane.
I lie down on the floor, using my sweatshirt as a pillow, and think about how I ended up here, ended up like this. He knows that he is next. While those four are occupied with that, John and Nine are also making their own discoveries involving their chests, their Legacies, and about themselves. No one has a right to take or to hurt just because they can. After Nine gives an inspirational speech, John ends up communicating with Ella via her telepathy.
That seems to be popular. Those were the two main biggies. Marina is suffering from anxiety and post traumatic stress due to the battle at the lake in , however Six tries her best to calm her, and promises that she will do the job that Marina's Keeper, , could not. It is maybe a part of who he is, but it isn't all he is. Nine comes closer and we watch as the planets collide one by one with the sun until there is just a large single ball in front of us.
The Rise of Nine is much more different than The Power of Six, the story itself is a gem, it's full of fights and twists. But this is a book for children. The girlfriend reappears but is presented very elliptically, so that the central mystery around her is left largely unexplained. Secondly, it is our duty ti safeguard each and everything that we have and at any cost remain loyal to one another so as to prevent further mixing of issues just like John fall in love with Sarah Hart hence creating enmity with Mark James which led to a very big problem that weakened their power and force to fight their enemies. They go to the top of a mountain and find a Loric cave, which has a massive formation of in it, which allows Eight to teleport around the world to corresponding Loralite stones around the world.


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At first look, this seems odd since larger firms tend to gain at the expense of their smaller competitors during a downturn. Before reading much into this, it must be noted that smaller-sized firms had witnessed a sharp fall in valuations till early March and are now only catching up. Patni Computer Systems, for instance, was trading at less than the value of the cash on its books and Tech Mahindra's valuations had dropped to as low as three times trailing earnings. With investor sentiment recovering in the past six months, these stocks rose at a faster rate.
They still trade at substantial discounts to the top three firms. Based on the trailing price-earnings multiple, MphasiS trades at a 21% discount to Infosys, while Tech Mahindra and Patni trade at an over 40% discount to the most expensive stock in the sector. Among firms that are even smaller in size such as MindTree Ltd, Core Projects and Technologies Ltd, Infotech Enterprises Ltd and Hexaware Technologies Ltd, the experience has been similar. Valuations of these firms, too, had fallen to abysmally low levels earlier this year. The cumulative value of ten such firms has risen by 183%.
As far as financial performance goes, the smaller firms have expectedly lagged in terms of revenue growth. While the big three have managed to maintain volumes or contain the drop in volumes at low single digits, some of the smaller firms such as MindTree reported a considerable drop in volumes. In a downturn, clients normally look to consolidate vendors and cut costs. The larger firms gain in this process because of their diverse service offerings and broader geographical spread.
According to analysts tracking the sector, tier II level firms will continue to underperform in the medium term. So, while the sharp rise in some of these stocks may be justified because they had fallen too low, there's no reason for a continued outperformance. In fact, already there are a few examples such as Satyam Computer Services Ltd, whose valuations have risen above those of a larger firm such as HCL Technologies. Then there's a firm named Avance Technology Ltd, whose valuations have risen by 3,000% since March and now trades at 136 times adjusted net profit for the past 12 months, according to data collated by Capitaline. While this is not a broad trend, investors should be careful in their enthusiasm about mid- and small-cap IT stocks.


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UK Game Charts: LEGO Star Wars Force Awakens Debuts at No. 1
TT Games' latest LEGO game is it fourth biggest launch yet.
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 04th, Jul. 2016
Never underestimate the power of Star Wars. According to Gfk Chart-Track, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest in TT Games' LEGO series, has debuted in first place for game sales in the UK. This makes it the fourth biggest launch in the LEGO franchise (LEGO Indian Jones, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO Batman have it beat).
FIFA 16 is at second place followed by Overwatch in third and DOOM in fourth place. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is in fifth place while Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness makes its debut at sixth place. Rocket League and Grand Theft Auto 5 are in seventh and eighth place respectively.
Survival horror game 7 Days to Die debuted on July 1st in Europe for consoles courtesy of Telltale Games and managed to enter ninth place. Meanwhile, Tom Clancy's The Division stays in tenth with the recent Underground DLC not appearing to have much impact on its sales.
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Blog Society 04 June 2019
Cosmos correspondent wins medical writing award
Prolific contributions earn early career recognition.
Cosmos contributor Natalie Parletta.
Brian Pulling
Frequent Cosmos contributor Natalie Parletta is the winner of the 2019 Early-Career Award from the Australasian Medical Writers Association (AMWA).
Each year, the AMWA selects one writer who stands apart for their contributions to health and medical communication. This year, AMWA specifically cited the quality and accessibility of Parletta's writing on insulin and pregnancy in the award announcement.
Sophie Scott, a national medical reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and guest judge for the AMWA, said "[Parletta's] writing really stood out for quality, ability and I believe she has a lot of potential to offer as a medical writer".
Through research and academia, Natalie has studied nutrition and mental health. She has a master's degree in dietetics and a PhD, both from the University of South Australia, and is currently completing a graduate certificate program in science writing through Johns Hopkins University in the US.
Recently, she has had articles published in Health Agenda magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Conversation, and of course, Cosmos magazine.
In response to the award, Parletta says, "I am delighted to receive this award. It is immensely encouraging to know that my goal to communicate science in clear, engaging language is succeeding."
The prize includes free registration for the AMWA Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia, where the award will be presented, and $1000 towards travel and accommodation.
Explore #Science writing #award
Cosmos editorial team.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/excess-insulin-is-toxic-to-placental-cells-study-finds
Former Cosmos editor wins high honour
Cosmos makes global Top 10
Our site is one of the best science news outlets in the world.
Cosmos article wins journalist another award
Cosmos article wins Eureka Prize


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"The Spoils of War"
The latest of the horrific outrages of ISIS is the capture in Iraq and selling of some 300 Yazidi women as "slaves of the spoils of war" to ISIS fighters in Syria for their sexual enjoyment.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/30/world/meast/isis-iraq-syria/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
"In ISIS' eyes, the girls and women are "slaves of the spoils of war with the infidels,"
You might ask yourself, "What religion takes women as sexual slaves as "spoils of war".
Please turn to Sura 8 of your Koran.
This was one of the so-called Medina suras (chapters) written during the period when Mohammed was in Medina and was spreading Islam through warfare. It is full of verses damning the disbelievers. For example, in verse 12, it says, "(Remember when) your Lord revealed (the message) to the angels: 'Verily, I am with you: Give strength to the believers: I will bring about terror into the hearts of the disbelievers: So you strike above their necks and hit hard over all of their finger-tips and toes."
Here is verse 69 from Sura 8.:*
"But (now) enjoy what you have as booty in the war, (as far as it is) lawful and good: But fear Allah: Certainly, Allah is Often Forgiving, Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Then there is Sura 4 (Medina period) verse 24, which reads in part, "Also forbidden are women who are married, except those whom your right hand possesses (as war captives)."
It should also be noted that the suras have titles. The title of sura 4 is, "The Women".
The title of Sura 8 is, "The Spoils of War".
* The English-language Koran I am using as reference is a translation by Professor (Dr.) Syed Viktar Ahamed
Book of Signs Foundation, ISBN 0-9773009-0-0
I was given this copy during a visit to the Islamic Center of Orange County in Garden Grove. It was handed out free to all visitors during Open House Day.
Marcus said...
"What religion takes women as sexual slaves as "spoils of war".
JUDAISM.
From the Book of Numbers:
31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
This is why "Jewishness" passes only from the mother. Jewish men would often rape their sex slaves and if there were any babies born due the the rape, the babies would not be considered real "Jews".
Sick Stuff.
Gary Fouse said...
Marcus,
How many thousands of years has it been since any Jews took that seriously and put it into practice?
Wake up you dope!
The question you asked was:
And not:
"Members of what religion take women as sexual slaves as "spoils of war" in the present day".
The Truth Hurts.
Judaism is a religion based on Rape.
@ Marcus,
Get real! If you read carefully, you would see that most of what one reads in the Old Testament is description. If there is a prescription, which is rare, the interpretations are modified by scholarly Rabbis from the past to present days, as Gary eludes to.
Now take the Koran, which has definite prescription regarding slavery, rash treatment of women, subjugation, killing the Jews, Christians and non-Muslims, many times beheading which the world is experiencing in present times.
You are a nut job. All it takes is a look at your site, which I invite all my readers to do.
If I were to visit Marcus' foundation site, I bet he would solicit me for money?? And if that is him in the photo, he is a real weirdo.
Siarlys Jenkins said...
Not only Judaism, it was practiced by most of the Nordic races, and the Romans, and the Greeks, and the Persians... until recently, nobody in Muslim areas of the world took these verses seriously... but the polyglot soldiers of fortune in ISIS, like their counterparts in Taliban Afghanistan, have decided to do so. There are Jews and Christians who would do the same if they had a vacuum to move in as ISIS does. Fortunately, they don't have the space to act according to the dusty words in their books. All kinds of things can happen in territory where there is no effective government.


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Janelle Monáe Drops New Song 'Turntables'
Janelle Monáe fights the power.
The singer-activist releases her inspiring anthem "Turntables," which was written for and featured in the upcoming Amazon Studios documentary, All In: The Fight for Democracy.
Janelle sings about a new political and social order while spreading enlightenment. "Got a new agenda with a new dream / I'm kicking out the old regime / Liberation, elevation, education," she sings on the soul-funk record.
https://youtu.be/A4U7k_5ML04
"I'm simply watching, examining and wanting to highlight all of the people who are on the front lines, fighting for our democracy, fighting against racial inequalities, fighting against white supremacy, fighting against systemic racism and systemic oppression," Janelle told Apple Music. "This song is to keep us motivated. This song is to lift up and keep us galvanized when we're fatigued. And this song is really for the people."
"Turntables" marks Janelle's first new music since her third solo album, 2018's Dirty Computer.
All In: The Fight for Democracy opens in select theaters on Sept. 9 before streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video starting Sept. 18. She also stars in the upcoming psychological horror thriller Antebellum, which premieres Sept. 18.


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A grandfather's appeal to Obama
Posted on February 25, 2009 by John Gibbons
Politicians worry about the next election; business people worry about the next quarter. Who does that leave to worry about the longer term future? One top scientific expert believes the people who really do think ahead are parents, more specifically mothers. After all, they have to plan years, even decades ahead, when looking at schools and university – and also thinking about the kind of world their young children might inherit.
Dr Jim Hansen is director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, and is one of the world's foremost authorities on climate. He is also a grandfather. Last December he wrote directly to Barack and Michelle Obama about the urgency of the planet's climate crisis.
"I decided to send it to both of them because I thought there may be a better chance she (Michelle) will think about this or have time for it. The difficulty of global warming is that its main impacts will be felt by our children and by our grandchildren. A mother tends to be concerned about such things".
The Obamas of course have two young daughters, who will as adults inherit a world potentially devastated by runaway climate change unless binding international agreements are immediately put into place to drastically reduce our CO2 emissions and lighten humanity's 'footprint' on the planet.
Dr Hansen is most famous as the scientist who, in 1988, warned a US Congressional hearing that he was "99% certain" that global warming was to blame for the unusually hot weather that year and, more critically, that the planet was now in danger from rising carbon dioxide emissions, mainly produced from the burning of fossil fuels. He was the first major figure to push the complex science of climate change and global warming out of the specialist journals and onto the news headlines.
"We cannot now afford to put off change any longer. We have to get on a new path within this new administration", Dr Hansen told the Guardian. "We have only four years left for Obama to set an example to the rest of the world. America must take the lead".
The eight years of the Bush administration have been catastrophic in the battle against ever-rising carbon emissions. Bush turned his back on the advice of scientists, instead filling key positions in his government with senior executives from the very energy industries his government is supposed to be regulating. He in effect put the foxes in charge of the environmental henhouse.
Fiddling around with a tweak here and a nudge there won't make the slightest difference in terms of preventing global calamity, says Dr Hansen. He firmly believes the only way to make serious, permanent inroads is to introduce a carbon tax. The tax would be levied on oil and gas companies across the world and would push up the prices of fuels, as well as boosting efforts to develop fuel efficiency and alternate 'clean' energy sources.
Dr Hansen believes passionately that the mining of coal – by far the worst emitter of carbon dioxide – must be phased out entirely along with coal-burning power plants, which he calls 'factories of death'.
"Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined. We must stop using it". In essence, the only safe thing to do with coal is to leave it in the ground. Despite the worldwide recession, now is the time for massive programmes for developing wind, tidal, solar and other renewable energy plants, along with the development of next-generation nuclear reactors.
Ireland is blessed in having some of the best wind, wave and tidal energy resource in the world. All that's missing is the collective vision on our part to develop them, backed by the political will to face down the mé feiners, special interest groups and public sector inertia that so throttle Irish public life.
With Ireland having had one of its coldest winters in decades, you could be forgiven for thinking that maybe global warming isn't really as bad as some have been suggesting. In fact, most of the planet was unusually warm last year. Only a strong La Niña – a vast cooling of the Pacific that occurs every few years – brought down the averages. "Before the end of Obama's first term, we will be seeing new record temperatures. I can promise the president that", says Dr Hansen.
The real proof of powerful underlying climate shift is that 11 of the years between 1995-2006 are among the 12 warmest years since records began in 1850. The odds of so many warm years all occurring in the last decade being a coincidence would be more than a million to one.
A vital first step on the way to solving any serious problem is to actually acknowledge the problem in the first place, and to accept our moral duty to inform ourselves, and act on that information. This isn't just a job for politicians and administrators; the responsibility lies with us as citizens as well.
The future belongs to our children; they are counting on us to protect and preserve it for them. Are we stepping up to the challenge?
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'I nearly died giving birth, then again when I went home'
New mother Madison developed Perpartum Cardiomyopathy and collapsed following a heart attack when she finally got home to be with her family.
Kim HortonSenior Reporter
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Having a baby is never exactly an easy experience, but for one Cheltenham mum it turned into a traumatic nightmare that she's struggled hard to recover from since.
Madison Rawlings set alarm bells ringing with midwives at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital while in labour with her first child earlier this year. Her blood pressure rocketed and, almost as soon as baby boy Killian was delivered, she was rushed to intensive care and would stay there for 10 days.
It was discovered that she had a rare heart failure called Perpartum Cardiomyopathy. She then spent a further two weeks recovering on the Coronary Care Unit.
Madison Rawlings her son Killian and husband Christopher Rawlings who are taking part in the Walk for Wards after the treatment Madison received. Kath Nugent, Richard Nugent, Christopher Rawlings, Madison Rawlings, Killian Rawlings, Rosemary Williams, Robyn Nugent
The Cardiomyopathy.org website states that: "Peripartum cardiomyopathy (also known as PPCM) is pregnancy related and affects women towards the end of pregnancy or in the first few months after delivery. The condition affects the heart's ability to pump properly."
Killian, now three-and-a-half months old, was in the care of the neonatal nurses at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital having been born with sepsis.
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Madison said: "The nurses brought Killian to see me every day twice a day. It was really nice because they made a point of making sure that we spent at least two hours with each other each time they came. For that I am so grateful to them."
Madison Rawlings her son Killian and husband Christopher Rawlings who are taking part in the Walk for Wards after the treatment Madison received.
But her traumatic episode wasn't over. Soon after Madison was discharged from hospital she collapsed at home having had a cardiac arrest. Then she was rushed to Cheltenham General Hospital.
Madison said: "My husband told me that I had just put something in the oven. Then I went into the living room and walk to him and said that I could not breathe and then I collapsed. To be honest I do not remember that happening."
After spending five days on the Intensive Care Unit, she was fitted with a defibrillator at the Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital.
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Now Madison is taking part in the Walking for Wards fundraiser this year to support the hospitals and staff that have allowed her to see her son grow up.
Pic of Madison Rawlings her son Killian and husband Christopher Rawlings who are taking part in the Walk for Wards after the treatment Madison received. 13/09/17 Pics Kevin Fern Photography
Madison said: "I never realised that you could develop heart conditions like that during pregnancy. However I would not be here today if it wasn't for all the wonderful work of the staff at the hospitals. If they hadn't done what they had then I wouldn't be able to see my son grow up."
The 'Walking for Wards' charity event takes place on October 1 from 10am at Cirencester Park.
To donate to Madison please visit her justgiving page.
Registration is free for the Walk for Wards but they ask that you raise £20 sponsorship for the Ward of your choice.