The contractual dikes purportedly protecting insurers from liability in wind-water combination losses have failed in Mississippi's continuing Katrina litigation. While industry apologists may bemoan the alleged unfairness of Mississippi's legal system, a cursory reading of the policy language found in homeowners policies of State Farm, Allstate, and Nationwide support the conclusion that faulty policy design, not crafty plaintiffs' lawyers and generous judges, is the culprit.
This article explores a brief background of how the insurers sought to insulate themselves from water damage liability, insurers' attempts to deal with problems of causality, and how their policy language torpedoed their alleged concurrent causation exclusion.
Many observers believed this or similar terminology addressed insurer fears. Of course, there is no definition of concurrent causation in the insurance policies; however, this has not prevented industry sources from offering an industry view of what it means. One text defines it as "A single loss caused by two or more perils, acting either simultaneously or in succession." The text continues, asserting that the industry's position is that "a loss is excluded if caused by an excluded cause, whether or not that cause is the predominant one" (Popow, p. 134). Over time, this industry understanding became Conventional Wisdom. As is so often the case, Conventional Wisdom can be and has been wrong.
Insurers have what psychologists might term an approach-avoidance attitude toward causation. In underwriting and rating of policies, insurers do not feel compelled to demonstrate causation; instead, correlation, a statistical relationship in which two variables merely appear together, is sufficient. Thus, if an insurer posits a correlation between one's credit score and auto claims, Shazam! Underwriters use credit scores to underwrite policies. The same is true for age, gender, type of vehicle, territory, and other popular underwriting factors.
Despite the fact that causation is an ancient philosophical, medical, and scientific issue provoking extensive debate, insurers show little evidence of having given serious thought to the concept. (See Blalock for an extended discussion.) Their ill-fated attempts to rely on concurrent causation in Hurricane Katrina cases illustrate the deleterious consequences.
Concurrent causation, it turns out, has enjoyed a long and easily recognizable presence in social and medical sciences. Concurrent causation occurs when two independent, unrelated causal variables (perils) contribute to the same effect (loss). This definition is also recognized in caselaw, as indicated by a Florida court's distinction between proximate cause and concurrent causation in Jeno F. Paulucci v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins., 190 F. Supp. 1312 (2002).
The concurrent cause doctrine and efficient proximate cause doctrine are not mutually exclusive. Rather, they apply to distinct factual situations. The concurrent cause doctrine applies when multiple causes are independent. The efficient proximate cause doctrine applies when the perils are dependent. Causes are independent when they are unrelated, such as an earthquake and a lightning strike, or a windstorm and wood rot. Causes are dependent when one peril instigates or sets in motion the other, such as an earthquake that breaks a gas main that starts a fire.
In a hurricane, there are multiple perils: varieties of wind, rain, wind-blown objects, water-borne objects, and storm surge. These perils are not independent; hence, the appropriate causal language for describing a hurricane's perils are reciprocal causation and multiple causation. Logically, given custom and practice in the social, medical, legal, and scientific disciplines, concurrent cause terminology is inapplicable to hurricanes because the causes involved are not independent.
Below is the language from State Farm's homeowners policy.
c. Water damage, meaning: flood, surface water, waves, tidal water, tsunami, seiche, overflow of a body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether driven by wind or not.
To restate the language, State Farm says, "We do not insure under any coverage for any loss which would not have occurred in the absence of flood, surface water, waves, tidal water, tsunami, seiche, overflow of a body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether driven by wind or not."
This provision essentially requires State Farm adjusters to ask the following question before invoking the water damage exclusion: "If we control for the effects of water, would wind have been sufficient to cause the loss?" If State Farm cannot muster a preponderance of evidence to show that wind would not have caused the damage, it cannot deny coverage based on the water exclusion. Unambiguously, the language does not say the company will not pay if water and wind combine in a loss.
Allstate's policy language states as follows.
b) the predominant cause(s) of loss is (are) excluded under LOSSES WE DO NOT COVER, items 1 through 22 above.
Note that this section of the policy is in the conjunctive. Allstate's policy directly addresses the question of multiple causation, i.e., the possible conjunction of more than one cause of a loss. Instead of adopting a concurrent cause position though, the Allstate policy actually incorporates proximate cause as reflected in Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Cas., 770 P.2d 704 (Cal. 1989). Invoking its flood exclusion dictates that its claims procedure demonstrate that "the predominant cause of loss is flood, including, but not limited to surface water, waves, tidal water or overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, whether or not driven by wind."
Stating the exclusion differently, if inquiry demonstrates that the predominant cause of loss is a covered peril, Allstate must pay the entire claim.
The Nationwide policy exclusion states as follows.
1. We do not cover loss to any property resulting directly or indirectly from any of the following. Such a loss is excluded even if another peril or event contributed concurrently or in any sequence to cause the loss.
(1) flood, surface water, waves, tidal waves, overflow of a body of water, spray from these, whether or not driven by wind.
Nationwide's policy is the only one of the three purporting to exclude "water-borne material." Apparently, this is an attempt to circumvent Sterling v. City of West Palm Beach et al., 595 So. 2d 295 (Fla. App. 1992), which held that since the policy at issue did not mention raw sewage in its definition of water damage, sewage backup was a covered peril.
The "loss," "such a loss," and "the loss" referred to in this paragraph, is, in this instance, damage caused by rising water during Hurricane Katrina. These three terms refer to this particular excluded loss, i.e., damage caused by rising water, but this paragraph does not affect the coverage for other losses (covered losses), i.e., damage caused by wind, that occur at or near the same time. Thus, this language does not exclude coverage for different damage, the damage caused by wind, a covered peril, even if the wind damage occurred concurrently or in sequence with the excluded water damage. The wind damage is covered; the water damage is not.
I agree. The language unambiguously supports the court's interpretation.
As demonstrated above, there is no such thing as THE concurrent cause provision of three major insurers. Accordingly, commentators must be careful to avoid oversimplification in discussions of alleged policy exclusions. Oversimplification may serve media interests in reporting about complex subject matter, but greater parsimony is essential for fair resolution of coverage disputes. Moreover, industry spokespersons could benefit from better understanding of statistical argot, which, in turn, could lead to insurers adopting policy terminology more closely mirroring a company's intent.
The fact that none of the policies discussed in this commentary included a genuine concurrent cause provision reinforces this notion. At the claims stage, this means that the claims procedure for each company, done properly, mandates different approaches to claims investigations.
Blalock, Hubert M. Statistical Inferences in Nonexperimental Research. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1961.
Popow, Donna J. Property Law Adjusting, 3rd Edition. Malvern, PA: American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2003.


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package org.java_websocket.util;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction;

import org.java_websocket.exceptions.InvalidDataException;
import org.java_websocket.framing.CloseFrame;

public class Charsetfunctions
{

    public static CodingErrorAction codingErrorAction = CodingErrorAction.REPORT;

    /*
     * @return ASCII encoding in bytes
     */
    public static byte[] asciiBytes(String s)
    {
        try
        {
            return s.getBytes("ASCII");
        }
        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    public static String stringAscii(byte[] bytes)
    {
        return stringAscii(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
    }

    public static String stringAscii(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)
    {
        try
        {
            return new String(bytes, offset, length, "ASCII");
        }
        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    public static String stringUtf8(byte[] bytes) throws InvalidDataException
    {
        return stringUtf8(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes));
    }

    /*
     * public static String stringUtf8( byte[] bytes, int off, int length )
     * throws InvalidDataException { CharsetDecoder decode = Charset.forName(
     * "UTF8" ).newDecoder(); decode.onMalformedInput( codingErrorAction );
     * decode.onUnmappableCharacter( codingErrorAction ); //decode.replaceWith(
     * "X" ); String s; try { s = decode.decode( ByteBuffer.wrap( bytes, off,
     * length ) ).toString(); } catch ( CharacterCodingException e ) { throw new
     * InvalidDataException( CloseFrame.NO_UTF8, e ); } return s; }
     */

    public static String stringUtf8(ByteBuffer bytes) throws InvalidDataException
    {
        CharsetDecoder decode = Charset.forName("UTF8").newDecoder();
        decode.onMalformedInput(codingErrorAction);
        decode.onUnmappableCharacter(codingErrorAction);
        // decode.replaceWith( "X" );
        String s;
        try
        {
            bytes.mark();
            s = decode.decode(bytes).toString();
            bytes.reset();
        }
        catch (CharacterCodingException e)
        {
            throw new InvalidDataException(CloseFrame.NO_UTF8, e);
        }
        return s;
    }

    /*
     * @return UTF-8 encoding in bytes
     */
    public static byte[] utf8Bytes(String s)
    {
        try
        {
            return s.getBytes("UTF8");
        }
        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

}

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1. Because That's Where the People Are. LinkedIn is the number one social network for professionals — and, arguably, the most important website for jobseekers — with more than 347 million members worldwide. Not only are people you already know on the site, but so are people you should get to know — recruiters, hiring managers, and your future co-workers.
4. To Reconnect with Former Co-Workers. Sometimes it's hard to stay in touch with the people you used to work with — making it difficult to find them when you need them such as to use as a reference in your job search. LinkedIn allows you to search contacts by employer, so anyone who listed that company in their profile will be found in the search.
5. Because You Can Establish Yourself as an Expert. One of the ways to be seen as a thought leader in your industry is to increase your visibility. One way to do this is to actively participate in Groups related to your job, and also to write articles for LinkedIn's Publishing platform. Anytime you post in Groups or post articles, these updates will be available in your profile, so people looking for you can see that you are actively engaged in this online community.


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Q: One word for "the state of being unloved" See sentence below:

I hope that if you ever feel the desolation of ____, the knowledge
  of my admiration may be of small consolation.

Good rephrasing is also acceptable.
Edit  By "unloved" I mean the feeling that one is not appreciated or unwanted

A: of being lovelorn or loveless (torn by love and without love).
The desolation of lovelessness.
There are several ways to say it. Some a little different from others.
Lovelessness is not receiving or getting any love from anybody.
It's like Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory. He just cannot seem to get a girlfriend, really.

A: I'm not sure if you're thinking of someone who has had their love not returned, as opposed to one who has never been loved.
Unrequited means

not requited :  not reciprocated or returned in kind, ex. unrequited love

For example, if Harry loves Sally, but Sally does not love Harry in return, then Harry's love is unrequited. He is in the state of being unloved.
In your example,

I hope that if you ever feel the desolation of unrequited love, the knowledge of my admiration may be of small consolation.

For one who has never been loved or who has lost love, lovelorn (Props to Lambie's comments) means:

bereft of love or of a lover, ex., letters from lovelorn soldiers

Using your example,

I hope that if you ever feel the desolation of being lovelorn, the knowledge of my admiration may be of small consolation.

A: How about abandonment?
OD:

abandonment: the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned
Example sentences:

*

*'She had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness'

*'He was rejected and outcast, and like Job, accepted his suffering and abandonment.'

Your example:

I hope that if you ever feel the desolation of abandonment, the
  knowledge of my admiration may be of small consolation.

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Q: About Weibel Exercise 1.1.5, how can we give an argument $3\implies 1$ without use $2$?
I can give an argument of "$3\implies 1$" as:
Since $H_n(0)\to H_n(C.)$ is an isomorphism, and $H_n(0)=0$, then $H_n(C.)=0$, and which means $Z_n(C.)=B_n(C.)$ by the definition of quotient module, namely $C.$ is exact at $C_n$.
However, this seems to be ugly, because my argument is through $2.$ in fact. And my question is, how can I give a "direct" proof?


Net sales of 529 college savings plans fell to $1.1 billion in the second quarter, down 15% from the total for the second quarter of 2005, but assets rose 31%, to $77 billion.
The College Savings Foundation, Washington, has published those figures in a report based on data collected by Financial Research Corp., Boston.
The researchers found that age-based portfolios continued to dominate the market, with those portfolios continuing to account for 71% of net sales.
College savings fund holders showed somewhat more interest in purchasing individual funds; net sales of individual funds amounted to 8.1% of all net sales in the second quarter, up 6.6% in the second quarter of 2005.


Today's article is from John Hulls, of the Cambiant Project at the Dominican University of California that uses a fluid dynamics modeling concept he developed to simulate economic performance. John is also an affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working principally in the area of environmental applications of the LBL Phylochip microarray technology. And a pilot.
People often believe supposedly scientifically based "facts" that are simply not true. Yet, if you trace things back far enough, you can usually find the grain of truth that started people down the wrong track. The point came up in discussions with a friend who said that my position on the actual risks of cell phone radiation sounded pretty logical but they rejoined by asking, given the season, if my hypothesis about an initial truth were correct, I should then be able to explain the scientific facts behind flying reindeer and such. Turns out the answer comes from pharmacology and anthropology rather than the science of flight.
It seems that in northern Siberia, the reindeer have developed a taste for those colorful red and white mushrooms, fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), and will eat them till they're higher than a kite. Anyone eating the meat of such reindeer will get equally high. The village shamans soon figured out how to reduce the toxicity of the mushrooms, while increasing the potency and claiming it helped them fly. Folks in the far north had not yet discovered the art of fermentation, so the fly-in visits from the shaman with his mushroom treats were much anticipated. A further point…many shamanistic arctic tribes such as the Koryaks of Siberia lived in semi underground yurt like structures, whose only entrance was a ladder through the smoke hole, or chimney, in the roof, down which the shamen would climb with his gifts, carried in a sack.
Then, in 1931, a young Swedish artist named Haddon Sundblom, obviously familiar with the tales, created a jolly round Santa Claus as a Christmas icon for his client, Coca Cola, using the company's familiar red and white colors. Coke notes with pride that until that time, St. Nick appeared in any number of guises, from a somber man in priestly garb to a green-clad elf, and it was only after Haddon had developed the character over several years that the jolly fat Santa became our Christmas standard-bearer, shown drinking his first Coke in 1934.
There's even a literary connection with Lewis Carroll, a well known experimenter with psychedelics and apparently a friend of anthropologists who studied the Siberian tribes. In Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, we meet the Caterpillar, sitting on a mushroom,who tells Alice that eating one side makes you larger, and the other makes you small. Size distortion is a characteristic of consuming Amanita. However, with a British sense of propriety, Lewis Carroll's illustrator showed the caterpillar sitting on a non-toxic, non psychedelic mushroom, rather than risk inspiring the young reader to follow Alice's trip.
I should point out that I have not studied this tale of anthropological and mycological lore to the level of looking at the original studies, so the possibility exists that this is a wonderfully collective put-up job by several august scientific bodies such as the British Mycological Society and respected universities like the University of Oslo, but I doubt it. It seems we have almost unlimited precedence for any number of ways to celebrate the Solstice.
Manila's main airport is rarely a quiet place. But it will be even busier than usual over the next week as some of the Philippines' 10 million or so emigrants head home for the holidays. When they land, they'll get the red-carpet treatment – literally. In a tradition dating back to the 1990s, returning Overseas Filipino Workers get to walk down red-carpeted lanes and are promised speedier processing at immigration and customs. They can also look forward to raffles and prizes and even a visit from the president. "This is the government's tribute to the heroism of OFWs who come home during Christmastime to be with their families," an official explained.
Emigrants are on the mind of many at this time of year, and not just because of holiday homecomings. For today – December 18 – also brings International Migrants Day, marking the anniversary of the adoption of – big breath – The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families.
Of course, it doesn't take a special day to draw attention to migration – the topic is rarely out of the news. Just this week, for instance, we learned that two-thirds of Germans think immigrants "cause problems"; that at least 20 immigrants are feared dead after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean; and that there's a rising level of anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe.
There's a negative feel to much of what the media says about migration. Less often reported – and surely worth noting on this of all days – are the positive stories. Did you know, for example, that migrants head up just over half of Silicon Valley start-ups? Migrants are also behind many household names in computers and technology – think of Sergey Brin at Google, Jerry Yang at Yahoo!, Pierre Omidyar at eBay. They're also strongly represented in the arts and popular culture – think of Joni Mitchell, Junot Diaz, Rihanna. (OK, you can stop thinking of Rihanna now.) It's no wonder that the authors of a book on migrants – and the source of most of these factoids – entitled it Exceptional People.
Away from the star names, migrants contribute to development. Worldwide, they sent home an estimated $325 billion in remittances in 2010, far more than what OECD countries gave in assistance to developing countries. As we noted recently here, their role as a source of ideas, innovation and investment through diaspora networks is also increasingly recognized. And, of course, they contribute to the economies of their adopted countries: A 2007 report from the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers estimated that immigrants contribute about $37 billion to U.S. economic activity every year.
Still, there's no denying that, in many OECD countries, immigrants aren't integrating as well as they could do. That doesn't just mean "fitting in"; it also means the extent to which they match, or even exceed, locals in areas like employment, earnings, health levels and education. Failures in integration carry a high economic and social cost, which helps to explain why governments in OECD countries are increasingly interested in the subject. It was also recently investigated by the OECD in Settling In, which looks at the performance of immigrants in several areas, including household income, work and civic engagement.
Some of the factors behind success or failure to integrate are obvious. For example, countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada that essentially select most of their new immigrants tend to attract better-educated people, who, in turn, tend to integrate better. Other factors reflect everything from language ability to how long immigrants stay in their adopted countries. And, unfortunately, some of the factors relate to discrimination and racism. Numerous experiments have shown, for example, that employers are often more likely to choose a CV with a "native," rather than a "foreign," name.
Given the signs of tension over immigration, there's likely to be growing pressure on governments to make a success of it, both for migrants and the countries they settle in. Understanding the reasons why migrants succeed – and why they don't – will be an important part of that effort.


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package org.apache.batik.util;

/**
 * This is a subclass of java.lang.Thread that includes a non-intrusive
 * 'halt' method.  The Halt method simply sets a boolean that can be
 * checked periodically during expensive processing.
 *
 * @author deweese
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class HaltingThread extends Thread {
    /**
     * Boolean indicating if this thread has ever been 'halted'.
     */
    protected boolean beenHalted = false;

    public HaltingThread() { }

    public HaltingThread(Runnable r) { super(r); }

    public HaltingThread(String name) { super(name); }

    public HaltingThread(Runnable r, String name) { super(r, name); }

    /**
     * returns true if someone has halted the thread.
     */
    public boolean isHalted() {
        synchronized (this) { return beenHalted; }
    }

    /**
     * Set's beenHalted to true.
     */
    public void halt() {
        synchronized (this) { beenHalted = true; }
    }

    /**
     * Set's beenHalted to false.
     */
    public void clearHalted() {
        synchronized (this) { beenHalted = false; }
    }

    /**
     * Calls 'halt' on Thread.currentThread() if it is an
     * instance of HaltingThread otherwise it does nothing.
     */
    public static void haltThread() {
        haltThread(Thread.currentThread());
    }

    /**
     * Calls 'halt' on t if it is an instance of
     * HaltingThread otherwise it does nothing.
     */
    public static void haltThread(Thread t) {
        if (t instanceof HaltingThread)
            ((HaltingThread)t).halt();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the result of calling hasBeenHalted on
     * Thread.currentThread(), if it is an instance of
     * HaltingThread otherwise it returns false.
     */
    public static boolean hasBeenHalted() {
        return hasBeenHalted(Thread.currentThread());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the result of calling hasBeenHalted on t,
     * if it is an instance of HaltingThread otherwise it returns false.
     */
    public static boolean hasBeenHalted(Thread t) {
        if (t instanceof HaltingThread)
            return ((HaltingThread)t).isHalted();
        return false;
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}


eeREFLECT-V | ONE WORD. ONLY HOPE.
The readings today show 4 of God's questions for us. The first question was answered in hiding; the second question was addressed because of disobedience; the 3rd question was answered by blaming another creature; and the 4th question was taken care of by man's giving and God's blessing.
Every problem or trouble carries a gift and blessing in it. In our responsibilities and relationships, when there is any difficulty, be the problem, own the problem, or be part of the problem. Otherwise, we separate ourselves from the situation, and we may just want to dictate what others should do, while we watch and feel good we are better than they are. And to top it all, we tend to blame others for our faults, deficiencies and misfortune. Remember, however good we are in anything, there's always somebody better than we. If we own the problem, then we can also be the solution, we can show others a solution, and we can brighten up our companions' situation. Seek the wisdom of the cross and the blessing of those who suffer for the sake of peace in relationship.
The Gospel invites us to be blessing and grace to others. John Wooden would say: You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. You cannot have that perfect day unless you have shared with someone an act of compassion, forgiveness, empathy or any human act that can change his life, and knowing that you would not even be acknowledged as the giver.
How many loaves do you have? Jesus took this difficult situation as a case that He and His disciples could build, first, because He is God, second, because the disciples would give their share. We have said earlier that every problem carries a gift in itself, every trouble has a blessing. We always talk of gifts in people and in every situation. We wait for them in situations we like. But we can also look for gifts in difficulties and in troubles, for they carry gifts in themselves. Jesus asks: How many loaves do you have? How do we respond?
Reflecting on the Day of Prayer for the Sick brings many thoughts about the sick, the weak, the vulnerable and those taken advantage of. One of them is when we visit them. Almost immediately upon arrival on a visit, we utter automatic greetings, like "how are you" or "how is it going" and others. And certainly we get an automatic answer, like "Fine" or "Ok or "Good." Would they be happier if they heard words like, "I heard you were sick, so I came as soon as I could, and my family prayed for you," or "You must have had quite a difficult time," or some other empathetic and compassionate statements, or a silent moment clasping his/her hand. Automatic greetings get automatic responses; plus the fact that many times we bring our own agenda and interests.
A proverb goes: Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you. Looking back always will retard growth. An Indian boy, having told his grandfather about a constant fight of the wolves of good and evil within himself, asked: which wolf will win? The grandfather answered: the one you feed.
So, what's for us? It might be easy for us to say we feed on and look to the Body of Christ. That includes the poor, the sick, the suffering, the one who complains much, the one who talks about and against people including you, the person who instills fear in others, the one who takes advantage of your situation, the one who is distractive in prayer, work, mass; the litany goes on. How is that for feeding on the Body of Christ?
So, we strengthen our purpose. Our energy comes from Jesus, our life's purpose. We cannot let boredom and confusion zap the energy within us, for in a life full of challenges, hardships and contradictions, the GIFT, the Son of the Father, comes to us.
We usually put the first day of the year as a day of making resolutions. Whether or not we fulfill them the coming weeks and months is a different story. Moreover, in the liturgical calendar of the Church, the first day of the year is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, as the Mother of peace. She generously accepted to be the Mother of all, as She is the Mother of Jesus, the firstborn of all creatures. She is the Mother of all Christians who seek peace, Jesus, the only source of real peace in the world. That is why we also celebrate this day as World Day of Prayer for Peace.
On Christmas day, God, through His angels, has already proclaimed His desire and promise of peace and life, in a sense, His vision and goal for all: His glory and peace to those on whom his favor rests (Lk 2:14).
The following can be our considerations for this new year with Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Proclaim your goals to yourself, and if possible, to others, so they can support you. Pessimists are concerned with the penalties and sour effects of failure. Optimists are concerned with the rewards and good effects of success. Failure can mean a flop or a collapse of an endeavor, but it can also mean discouragement or disappointment. While success can mean accomplishment or victory, it can also mean growth in capacities or encouragement for others to be and to do better.
Start listening to the optimistic view of yourself and of others. Stop pessimism in your thoughts, words, actions and attitude. Mary listened to the voice within Her, and she proclaimed: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word (Lk 1:38). She would not only be the Mother of Jesus, but the Mother of all believers; and She would also be her disciple, leading all Her children in Jesus to be His disciples.
Many think that things can be just okay. That is mediocrity, and that is pessimistic. Nothing has to be JUST okay; no one can be just okay. They have to be good, life has to be good, for God is good, as when He created the world, He saw that it was good, very good. And to follow Him and obey His commands is the good that we can possess now till we come the second life. These should energize you and your relationship with others. Those that do not give you energy are the ways of the pessimistic you. Re-think and re-model your goals in life. You are a creation of the glory and favor of God.
So, if you fall, it's not okay, but if you rise and learn not to trip in the same spot and situation, then that is good. If you break a plate, it's not okay, but if you learn to be careful, then that is good. If you break your ankle, it's not okay, but if you learn to be more careful, that's good. If you trash your New Year's resolutions because they are a bit difficult, it's not okay, but if you review them every day and do one at a time, that is good. Then you grow. If you commit sin, it's not okay, but if you learn to be repentant and find your way to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, then that is good. If you are humiliated or have lost something, it's not okay, but if you learn to be humble, grateful and forgiving, then that is very good.
Think of these things: We cannot be brave if we don't get hurt. We cannot learn if we do not acknowledge our mistakes. We cannot be successful if we do not face our failures. We cannot obtain grace unless we suffer afflictions. We must use troubles and difficulties, as they carry gifts in themselves, to attain deep participation in the life of Jesus and happiness in our souls. Just don't be bloated, don't be proud, don't be boastful. Remember: you are braver than you believe; you are stronger than you seem; you are smarter that you think. You can do things better with and for Christ and the Church. Be honest and exert a little more effort. And these are God's encouraging words to the Israelites through Moses: The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Nm 6:24-26).
Make the best of life, and make the best of the New Year. Life is not really what you want, for it never came from you from the very beginning anyway. Life is what God can do to others and to the world through you. You want to see Him working? Pray and be kind and merciful to others. You want to see others living decent lives? Pray for them and assist them spiritually, financially, socially. You want to see others and the world at peace? Pray and be at peace with God. You want to see God's glory? Pray and glorify Him by your life and be that favor that God has given us on Christmas. And you want to celebrate Christmas every day? Pray with Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and allow Jesus to be born in your families by being faithful, humble and loving servants and disciples of His. So, give out some blessing and grace. You cannot have a perfect day unless you have shared with someone something that can change his life for the better, and knowing that you will not even be acknowledged as the giver.
The best is still to come, and it comes with Jesus. Mother Mary brings us close to Herself only be leading us to Jesus, Her Son, and to follow His commands. She is still our best way to Her Son, Jesus, to the Father, in the Holy Spirit and to His Kingdom.
So, as God has already proclaimed that His coming is for His greater glory and for peace to people of good will, let us hurry to the Bethlehem in our hearts and in the hearts of our families, to find Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and tell them what we have been told by the angels of God, by the Church, by our neighbors, so that we can also proclaim to the world the good news of our presence, the good news of others' lives and the good news of the life of Jesus in us and among us: all these for the glory of God and for peace in the world. Proclaim the Kingdom of God as your goal this year, and make the best of it in Him, with Mary the Mother of God, with all the Angels and Saints, and with the whole Church.
God bless you; and a Blessed New Year to you all.
"But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can tell him … in a soft manner, said the master.
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples. Finally, the master explained: "When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
People have been shouting very loudly already, in wars, violence, terrorism, abortion, in the redefinition of marriage, in commercialism, in complaining about just anything, and many more. They have been angry with God in the seeming silence of God in situations of poverty, increasing number of war refugees, abuse of power, addiction to prohibited substance, discontent and other things, as at the same time they have been seeking for recognition, money, power, possessions, pleasure and other temporal things.
It is today that we celebrate Christmas, that God came to heal this distance between Him, the creator, and man, His creature: to be able to talk to us in our hearts, to be as close to us as possible.
Christian life is not about material things, for they perish. Christian life is not a matter of convenience because the latter is temporary. Christian life is not about personal preferences that we can even lose the sense of sin, for it is God's preference and command to obey Him, to love one another and to serve the needy. Christmas is not about the condition of the world. It is not about the things that we buy or we do for our families. Christmas is about Jesus Christ, the Word of God, the hope of the world, the only hope. Christmas is Jesus. He invites us to celebrate Him in our hearts, in our families, in our church, in our relationships and in our responsibilities. Thus, to Jesus we belong. This is the joy of Christmas: God's closeness to us.
As Jesus, Mary and Joseph brought hope and tenderness on Christmas, we are invited and encouraged to bring those virtues to our relationships, in our homes, so that the tenderness of Christ and his hope in the Father will also and always be born in every situation and condition of our lives.
1. Your time is God's time. You are a steward of God's mysteries, and one of them is the use of time. Your time is God's gift of His mercy and love. Therefore, your time may be used only in relation to service and salvation of your neighbor for His greater glory. Your time brings hope to others. It is a precious commodity not only for yourself, but for others especially. When you have a schedule, it means you have heard and accepted God's call. So if you want to be on time for your activity, come early, because when you come on time you are already late.
2. Grow and bloom where you are planted. Jesus was born and grew up in the world that He created to redeem man from his sinfulness. You are born to be great in the greatness of God, the God who created you, the God who redeemed you, the God who provides for you, the God who brings you to Himself. Grow in God, so that like a tree, you can give yourself and everything that you are to Him and to others.
3. Open your mouth only a) to praise God; b) to encourage others to grow in the love of God; c) to tell them you love them; d) to lead others to goodness and truth; e) to teach them to love the ways of life rather than the ways of darkness; and f) to bring only kindness to others.
There is a Spanish saying: En la boca cerrada, no entran moscas. In other words, if you have nothing good to say, shut up, so that no flies can shoot into your mouth. If you want to annoy people, annoy them with your kindness, mercy and friendship. Don't judge. We are created equal, with different and various features and gifts, otherwise the world would be boring. We are created from nothing, but destined for eternal life. What a life! Be thankful. Seek only kindness, humility, gentleness.
Why are there arrogant and boastful people? Because they have tried to rob God of his authority and power to seek people who must be submissive to them, to seek power for themselves.
Be careful with your words and your actuations. They are gifts from God for the good of others and His glory. Many abuse them though. And don't make enemies. That cannot exist in the one human race created by God and that belongs to Him alone and among Christians of whom Jesus is the head.
4. Every problem carries a gift in it; it always carries a grace and blessing. In your responsibilities and relationships, when there is any difficulty, be the problem, or own the problem, or be part of the problem. Otherwise, you separate yourself from the situation, and you may just want to dictate what others should do, while you watch. And to top it all, people tend to always blame others for their misfortune. They think they are better than everyone. Remember, however good you are in anything, there's always somebody better than you. If you own the problem, then you can be the solution, you can show others a solution, and you can brighten up your companions. Seek the wisdom of the cross and the blessing of those who suffer for the sake of peace.
This is what Jesus did: He owned our sinfulness and weaknesses so that He could redeem us and lead us to the Father. This is the reason for Christmas.
5. Grow through adversity. There are so many difficulties in life that we have to face. See the lobster: when it has to grow, it goes under the rocks, sheds off its shell, and starts growing again.
If you want to grow in the virtues of life, go to God, the Rock of salvation, shed off your hard shell of sinfulness, arrogance and selfishness, and start growing again in the humility, love and mercy of Jesus born in Bethlehem and laid in a manger.
6. Spend moments of silence and prayer every day. You have already been very noisy. Allow God to talk to you, and to work in and through you. In prayerful silence, you gain wisdom and strength.
So I encourage you to pray, and pray with your families and neighbors, pray with the church and in the church; read the scriptures and spiritual books, spend worthwhile time with your families, and be grateful for all the blessings you receive. Allow Mother Mary to pray with you.
The Church prays with us. We are never alone in prayer. Let Jesus heal that distance that we have created because we have been shouting at Him and at one another, because of our sins, and because we have judged in many ways the creator of the world. Let the infant Jesus heal our hearts that have distanced from the heart of God; and let Jesus, Mary and Joseph heal hurt and broken relationships because of pride, selfishness and abuse of the blessings and graces that we think are ours by merit.
Yes, our Father sent Jesus to heal us and the whole world. Celebrate Christmas. Celebrate Jesus. Celebrate, to heal one another and the whole world. With Jesus, heal that distance we created. Let's not miss our opportunity to be one with Jesus, Mary and Joseph this Christmas. Then can we proclaim: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests, the very similar words the Angel said to Mary: Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
God bless you all; and a blessed Christmas to you and your families.


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Arthur Septimus Langton
Author: Christine Gambles
© Christine Gambles
Arthur was born in 1861 in Newbury he was the son of John & Elizabeth Langton (nee Pattison) who married in Newbury in 1859. His father was born in Newbury and worked as a Plumber and also a Commercial Traveller, his mother was born in Middlesex
Other children of John & Elizabeth were:
Walter John 1860-1927
Florence Ann c1863
Kate Lydia c1865
Francis Henry 1867
Blanche Gertrude 1870
Twins: Albert George & Frederick William 1878
Arthur died aged 0 in 1862 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 3rd January.
In 1871 the family were living in Heathfield Cottages Kensington London but by 1881 they had moved to Burnham Buckinghamshire.
Both of Arthur's parents died in Buckinghamshire, his father died aged 57 in 1897 and his mother died aged 86 in 1925.
Christine Gambles – 12th April 2020
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Munger speaks
Posted: February 15, 2019 | Author: helytimes | Filed under: America Since 1945, business |Leave a comment
Looking forward to getting a transcript of Charlie Munger yesterday at the Daily Journal shareholders' conference. Here the 95 year old former meteorologist and HelyTimes Hero talks to CNBC's Becky Quick:
BECKY QUICK: Anything that rises to your radar screen now that may be under the radar for other people?
CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, nobody knows how much of this money printing we can do. And of course we have politicians who like– and are in both parties, who like to believe that it doesn't matter how much you do. That we can ignore the whole subject and just print money as convenient. Well, that's the way the Roman Empire behaved, then it was ruined. And that's the way the Weimar Republic was ruined. And– it's– there is a point where it's dangerous. You know, and of course, my attitude when something is big and dangerous is to stay a long way away from it. Other people want to come as close as possible without going in. That's too tricky for me. I don't like it.
BECKY QUICK: In terms of possibly getting sucked up into it?
CHARLIE MUNGER: Yes. I– I– if there's a big whirlpool in the river, I stay a long way away from it. There were a bunch of canoeists once that tried to– to run the Aaron Rapids. I think they were from Scandinavia. And– and the fact that the whirlpools were so big made them very eager to tackle this huge challenge. The death rate was 100%. I regard that as a normal result.
Are we in The Great Stagnation?
CHARLIE MUNGER: The opportunities that we all remember came from a demoralized period when about 90% of the natural stock buyers got very discouraged with stocks. That's what created the opportunity for these fabulous records that my generation had. And that was a rare opportunity that came to a rare group of people of whom I was one. And Warren was another.
BECKY QUICK: So you're talking–
CHARLIE MUNGER: And people who start now have a much less– they have lower opportunity.
BECKY QUICK: Do you think we saw a generational low after 2008, beginning of 2009?
CHARLIE MUNGER: Generational? Maybe.
Life advice:
BECKY QUICK: Charlie, so many of the people who come here come because they're looking for advice not on business or investments as much as they're looking for just advice on life. There were a lot of questions today, people trying to figure out what the secret to life is, to a long and happy life. And– and I just wonder, if you were–
CHARLIE MUNGER: Now that is easy, because it's so simple.
BECKY QUICK: What is it?
CHARLIE MUNGER: You don't have a lot of envy, you don't have a lot of resentment, you don't overspend your income, you stay cheerful in spite of your troubles. You deal with reliable people and you do what you're supposed to do. And all these simple rules work so well to make your life better. And they're so trite.
BECKY QUICK: How old were you when you figured this out?
CHARLIE MUNGER: About seven. I could tell that some of my older people were a little bonkers. I've always been able to recognize that other people were a little bonkers. And it helped me because there's so much irrationality in the world. And I've been thinking about it for a long time, its causes and its preventions, and so forth, that I– sure it's helped me.
I noticed a glitch in the transcript, btw. It's written as follows:
BECKY QUICK: We–
CHARLIE MUNGER: Yeah, I don't think the market is going to be cheaper.
But if you listen closely it's pretty clear Munger says "I don't think Bank of America is going to be cheaper." Almost exactly nine years ago today, Feb 2009, BAC was trading at $5.57. Today it's at $29.12.


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The Doctor Is "OUT"
Written on February 9, 2016 . Posted in Clients, Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss.
By Peter Cousin
Beltone Southside Hampton Roads
John Brein with Beltone Owner Bari Grohler
Dr. John Brein of Chesapeake had it all. A beautiful wife, two wonderful children, nice home, a sailboat and a successful medical practice united by some of the finest physicians in Virginia. And – just like that – his medical profession ended. Achieving his medical degree as a general surgeon in 1982, from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Brein specialized in Anesthesiology, based on the medical communities' forecast of a shortage in this field by the year 2000. They were correct.
Completing his Anesthesiology Residency at Yale's School of Medicine, he moved to Virginia Beach for its appealing appearance and professional opportunities. As a contributing member of a medical practice, their group became the anesthesia group for DePaul Medical Center where Dr. Brein became Chairman of the Anesthesiology Department. Life was good.
"By the age of 38," Dr. Brein explains, "I began to notice a loss in my hearing. It became more difficult to hear the surgeons in the operating room, mouths covered by masks and voices sometimes soft or hushed." He told one of his friends, an Otolaryngologist, about his hearing problem and they suggested getting an audiogram done. At the conclusion of the test, he was told he needed hearing aids in both ears. In disbelief, he told his friend he had to be wrong. They both reviewed the test and the conclusion was he had a loss in both ears.
Dr. Brein purchased one hearing aid and sought the medical advice from a well-known ENT surgeon in our area. With the hearing loss moderate to moderately severe, he underwent a surgical procedure to improve his left ear. While it improved the hearing capabilities to a degree, it was clear his hearing would not return to a level needed for his profession.
At the age of 40, Dr. Brein went to a convention called Self-help for Hearing Loss. "It was part of my discovery," says the Doctor. "I found people of all ages there. I thought I would be surrounded by those much older than me. That's how I envisioned people would be with hearing loss. To my surprise, there were many younger people in attendance. What I realized was younger people have a self-image problem. I, on the other hand, wanted more information – as much as I could gain. I wanted to know anything and everything about this hearing loss I had. There were not a lot of answers. What I did find out is you don't really know how much communication you're missing and the people you're hurting (especially those closest to you) when you don't address the problem."
By the age of 43, his hearing had worsened. Even with the use of very powerful hearing aids in both ears, he found himself at a disadvantage and at issue was the very safety of his patients. After advice from his attorney and discussions with his partners and family, he ended his career.
Says Dr. Brein, "The perception is that hearing aids are too expensive and not "cool" for younger people. How untrue. I got hearing aids because I couldn't hear what people around me were saying. Not only was it frustrating for me but it was frustrating for those around me I care about. I continued to have the TV too loud, spoke at a much louder tone of voice so people could hear me (actually so I could hear me) and never realized that the sore throat I continued to experience was from my own yelling."
As the saying goes, "When One Door Closes, Another Opens." This was true of Dr. Brein. He was
Bari & Jon discuss his change of career closing out one successful profession and entering into a new exciting one as a Property Manager and owner of Home Choice Properties (Real Estate investment had been something he had been interested in for some time). "I buy homes, fix them up and rent them to wonderful people to enjoy. After wearing full-shell inside the ear hearing aids for more than 5 years, he was swayed by a Beltone newspaper ad he had seen and came into the office to see about the new technologically advanced hearing aid called True™. Being a "techy" of sorts, he wanted the very best hearing aid on the market with all the bells and whistles. When I asked him why he chose the True™ over less technological
Beltone" he says, "just sounds better. It's clearer. With this new equipment, I can listen to MP3 formats and when the phone rings, the MP3 cuts off for my use of the phone. When I'm done with the call, the MP3 cuts back on automatically. That's pretty nice. I can also listen to music or other media while still receiving the ambient sounds around me. That's very close to normal hearing. Beltone's new technology is on the cutting-edge and that excites me."
I asked how it affected his hearing. He told me "before the True™ hearing aid, my right ear was so bad my old hearing aid provided next to nothing for me. With the new True™ hearing aid, it seems as though I've actually gained more than 50% hearing (and comprehension) in that ear. That is amazing." I now wear the new True™ in both ears and it's had a profound effect on my family life. My wife keeps saying I'm different. I'm no longer yelling when I talk and, at times, she has to listen to hear me. It's great.
Jon holding the True™ in his palm sophisticated equipment he said "because I deserve it! If this is the best then this is what I want!
In closing, I asked Dr. (goes by Jon now) what he would say to someone in their 40's and 50's about hearing loss that might change the way they perceive the use of hearing aids. He said quite proudly, "The way it impacted me, was the people I love were suffering. I was blaming them for my problems of not hearing. You have no idea what you're not hearing(and of course, understanding) and how much impact it has on people around you.
People with hearing problems, no matter their age, become bluffers. If you don't hear what someone says or only catch part of it, rather than causing frustration or embarrassment, you make up in your mind what they are saying and hope you're right. You're not reading lips as much as you're reading faces and expressions. After awhile you get to be pretty good at it but that's not the answer for future happiness. The new hearing aids at Beltone fit over your ear and are not noticeable unless someone looks for them. And with the small clear tube that fits into your ear, you hear clearly not loudly, and are hardly noticeable. In short, hearing trumps everything else. It's worth hearing what you're missing. Call the folks at Beltone. They will take very good care of you… just like they've taken care of me."


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basti artadi 2020
You mean, I won't be able to sing anymore? January 12, 2020 01:58PM. And that's how you grow and expand the music, man.", "The music scene today – if we're talking about artists making music and the creativity levels – well, that's off the roof! Posted at Jan 12 2020 06:11 AM. Find top songs and albums by Basti Artadi including Last Goodbye, Goodbye Rye and more. Wolfgang vocalist Basti Artadi talks about his facial paralysis on Rappler news, he was quoted saying " I didn't want it to be a distraction from music while I was performing but as my condition gets worse it appears that it is becoming inevitable, and I guess it's time to address it". I don't slur when I speak (and thank God for that because people thought that I was drunk all the time). November 3, 2020. Did you ever think you'd see a master bassist like Louie Talan playing the banjo? When Wolfgang recorded "Acoustica" in 2000, it set in motion a desire to explore new musical frontiers. All Rights Reserved. Check it out, I think it sounds awesome!! Filipino rock artists are set to perform this month at an annual music festival in Singapore. Follow Rappler for the latest news in the Philippines and across the globe. source: Zild (FB) Baybeats Festival will take place from November 6 to 8 and will feature 24 artists from Singapore, Indonesia, USA, and the Philippines. Two of OPM rock's most celebrated artists, Perf De Castro and Basti Artadi, have joined forces for a hard-hitting track! They say that you can't keep a good man down. AboutCareersPrivacyTermsContact UsAdvertise With Us, Basti Artadi, Wolfgang, Plan of Fools, Nice Ones, Jazz Bastards, OPM, /entertainment/04/17/17/renowned-opm-composer-willy-cruz-dies, /video/entertainment/04/23/17/asap-mourns-death-of-opm-composer-willy-cruz, /video/entertainment/05/17/17/opm-icons-nais-ibalik-ang-golden-years-ng-pinoy-music. "I remember the afternoon my doctor told me what my inevitable outcome would be. MANILA -- Multi-awarded singer-composer Wency Cornejo would have become a doctor. "Why don't you hop aboard my bus as I start this new journey?" asked the singer. All departures from the hard rock sound where he first made a name for himself. A new entry in the race for a coronavirus vaccine: Hope. The passion hasn't dissipated one iota. Comment. Whew! I am not rock and roll's savior or even the Pinoy music scene. Good music is good music.", "I don't have time to listen to people who should peg me as 'that vocalist from Wolfgang.' If I listened to everybody, my career would be even more twisted that my face. PERF DE CASTRO & BASTI ARTADI Drop Hard-Hitting Collab "In Shadow" Brianne Constantino. His morale eroded but he quickly pulled himself up. Basti Artadi) - Single 2020 Darkness Calls - Single 2020 You Might Also Like. It keeps me going. For all-day and all-night wishful music, tune in via your radio or download the Wish 107.5 app (available for both iOS and Android users).Get more WISHclusive updates:Like Wish 107.5: http://www.facebook.com/WishFM1075Follow Wish 107.5: http://www.twitter.com/wish1075Wish 107.5 Instagram- @Wish1075.Feel free to SHARE this video but DO NOT REUPLOAD. Posted by Baybeats Festival on Monday, 2 November 2020 Philippines' hard rock icon Basti Artadi is most-known for his over-a-decade-long stint as founding member and principal... Posted by Baybeats Festival on Monday, 2 November 2020 The full 2020 "Baybeats" lineup features 24 artists from Singapore, Indonesia, USA, and the Philippines. "I think the cool thing about the show is that you have three different types of genres," pointed out Artadi. View the profiles of people named Basti Artadi. Comment. Artadi paused. He was known for that snarl and sneer. Basti Artadi) - Single 2018 Real You (Extra Neck) - Single 2019 In Shadow (feat. May 21, 2020 Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Wency Cornejo with Jett Pangan, Dong Abay, and Basti Artadi. Halik Ni Hudas by: Wolfgang/Basti Artadi Rakrakan Festival 2019 #PeaceLoveAndMusic. © 2021 ABS-CBN Corporation. No music. January 12, 2020 01:58PM. "I have a lot of movement in my face. With the Wish 107.5 Bus, people now need not to buy concert tickets just to see their favorite artists perform on stage. Listen to Azalea (Just Like the Flower) - Single by Basti Artadi on Apple Music. Share. Also available in the iTunes Store Phantom Maker 2019 Azalea (Just Like the Flower) - Single 2018 God Only Knows - Single 2018 Stargazer (feat. You need someone or some band to give it a push. He knows he has beaten the disease for now and he has a new lease on life. For bookings, please contact us via iMessage, Viber or WhatsApp: +63 9173278185 or e-mail: freyzam@gmail.com Instagram: @bastiartadi73 Plan of Fools is a super group that includes Rommel dela Cruz (Freestyle/Barbie's Cradle), Marco del Leon (Paramita/Reklamo), Bea Lao (General Luna), Kim Lopez (Trinidad), Gabba Santiago (Tom's Story), Louie Talan (Razorback), Tin Virtucio (Kosmikskala), and Princess Ybanez (Rouge). "No, man. May 21, 2020. 960 Likes, 11 Comments - Basti Artadi (@bastiartadi73) on Instagram: "Two Nights at the Music Museum! "The scariest part was he couldn't give me a time frame. January 31 and February 1, 2020 Greenhills, San Juan City,…" Wolfgang's frontman will be joined by guitarist Manuel Legarda, Zild Benitez from IV of Spades, and rock band Hilera in the online edition of the Baybeats festival as it returns for the second time this year in Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore, from November 6 to 8, 2020. Closing out the show will be Artadi. Basti Artadi. January 1, 2020. 26.1k Followers, 463 Following, 1,196 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Basti Artadi (@bastiartadi73) Why financial awareness is key to a secure future, Life Lessons in 'Bawal Lumabas: The Series', 'Bawal Lumabas: The Series' highlights struggles, sacrifices of OFWs, The bigger your dreams, the healthier you need to be, Tips to keep your family safe from germs during the holiday season, Gift ideas for the special person in your life, Donate a toy or book to a child in typhoon-affected communities with this initiative, Cebu Exchange turns over Phase 1 development to Investors, This yoghurt drink just got better with Triple Goodness, 6 holiday recipe staples to add to your Christmas feast. Is that the Nice Ones or the Jazz Bastards or even Plan of Fools? "And that wasn't the scariest part, man," continued Artadi. He has received the Vocalist of the Year and Best Rock Vocalist awards at NU 107 Rock Awards and AWIT Awards. Rock icon Basti Artadi sings "Darkness Calls" live on the Wish 107.5 Bus. "You didn't see that coming now, did you?", "It was Bea's idea and well, it's something completely different. Two songs on the album -- "Center of the Sun" and "Aquarius" -- featured the UP Singing Ambassadors. As long as it's good music I'm game. 50K likes. The other two showcase Artadi's tastes and range. After battling a brain tumor and a health condition that could have prematurely ended his musical career, if not his life, he owes his return to an iron-clad will power and determination. Mini player. There's a lightness to the music we are producing.". Kapamilya Divas perform with the 90's band vocalists Basti Artadi, Dong Abay, Wency Cornejo and Jett Pangan on ASAP Natin 'To . So the small favors are all good.". He wrote the song as a sequel to Wolfgang's hit track, \"Darkness Fell.\"***Wish 107.5 is an all-hits FM radio station based in Quezon City, Philippines. 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Artadi has retained his sense of humor. May 22, 2020. Handout . With its intensified investment in its digital platforms, it has transformed itself from being a local FM station to becoming a sought-after WISHclusive gateway to the world.For more information, visit www.wish1075.com. Indeed. 90s Frontmen Wency Cornejo Basti Artadi Jett Pangan Dong Abay I am excited about the work we are doing. This coming June 15 and 16 at the Globe Auditorium, Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC Arts Center, Artadi will be performing in a unique show titled, "Three In One: Perfect Blend." Davey Langit will perform contemporary pop music while Lara Maigue will showcase classical music. With it comes a greater appreciation for everything. It has truly gone out, beyond the conventional, to provide multiple platforms where great Filipino talents can perform and showcase their music. Artadi … That live album by the hard rock band was recorded with acoustic guitars and a toned down sound. Basti Artadi, Tirso Ripoll and their guest Lougee Basabas ends the 33rd episode of Tropical Banter with a performance of a Wolfgang classic. Thank you! This video is unavailable. And with the tumor, will I have another thing to worry about?' I walked out of that office with a big cloud over my head but after a bit of thinking, I decided I was gonna do as much music as I could -- genre be damned! One side of Artadi's face wasn't working. And I remember thinking, 'Damn, this is the end? RELEASED NOVEMBER 9, 2018 ℗ 2018 BASTI ARTADI. Prolific, he recorded and released 11 albums in 22 years with four different bands and won a smattering of vocalist of the year awards. Posted at August 08, 2020. And we are in for a treat because we're in the midst of the second act of the life and career of Basti Artadi. And if I keep practicing, I can smile without having to clench my teeth. When he was in college, he took up Zoology for four years at the University of the Philippines (UP), but didn't finish the course. 6 of their podcast Tropical Banter, under Battle Axe podcast network. My response is, 'Then why don't you play the first album?'". A hellraiser on stage who rocked hard, played hard, and drank hard. I can feel my mouth move back to the center. Kapamilya Divas perform with the 90's band vocalists Basti Artadi, Dong Abay, Wency Cornejo and Jett Pangan on ASAP Natin 'To. Watch Queue Queue Taken from ep. Sucked some air in. Basti Artadi and Tirso Ripoll cover a Beatles song. As a result, the muscles on the other side were pulling the other. January 12, 2020 01:58PM. Wolfgang vocalist Basti Artadi leads the Filipino acts performing online at the Singapore-based Baybeats Music Festival this November. You know that musical tic tic boom? It could happen at any moment. 5:14. I can't keep singing like it is 1995 (when Wolfgang's first album came out) I actually don't think I should be doing that anymore. Philippines' hard rock icon Basti Artadi is most-known for his over-a-decade-long stint as founding member and principal lyricist of the legendary Filipino heavy metal outfit Wolfgang, which released six full-length albums, a live acoustic album, a slew of international releases, while touring Japan, Singapore and USA. The bus has seen stops with Basti Artadi and the Nice Ones, the Jazz Bastards, and Plan of Fools. Some would say, 'Ah, you should be playing or singing stuff like the first Wolfgang album. Really? ℗ 2014 BASTI ARTADI. PH short in onion, garlic supply as domestic yield remains low during coronavirus crisis. "It's country and folk-themed," admitted Artadi with a chuckle. 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"Adorn" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Miguel. It was released as the lead single from his 2012 studio album Kaleidoscope Dream. The recording was produced by Miguel, who was inspired by his girlfriend and a series of dreams he had prior to writing the song.

"Adorn" was released to iTunes on August 7, 2012. It peaked at number 17 on the  Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Miguel's most successful single to date. It was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song was received positively by critics, being voted the year's second-best single in the annual Pazz & Jop poll. The song also earned Miguel three Grammy Award nominations, winning one for Best R&B Song.

Music and lyrics
"Adorn" features on-beat sub-bass sounds, falsetto howls, irregular vocal echoes, obscured synths, and sparse keyboard arrangements. The lyrics feature brazen declarations of affection, including promises of adoration to a female subject. Writers liken "Adorn" to Marvin Gaye's 1982 ballad "Sexual Healing". Miguel was inspired to write the song by a series of dreams he had prior to writing it. His girlfriend (now ex-wife), model and artist Nazanin Mandi, was also an inspiration behind the song. Miguel later told People magazine: "I had been on a long trip and was anxious to see her. That's where the song began, with that emotion while I was on the plane. I don't remember how I got from 'These lips can't wait to taste your skin' to the end of the song, but when I listened to it, I thought, 'This is special.'"

Release and reception
"Adorn" originally appeared on the Miguel mixtape Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1, released on February 27, 2012. It was later included on a promotional extended play titled Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview on July 31, one of two extended plays released by Miguel to promote Kaleidoscope Dream. On August 7, "Adorn" was solicited to rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States, and released to iTunes. A remix of the song, featuring American rapper Wiz Khalifa, was released on September 18. "Adorn" charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, becoming Miguel's most successful single to date. It was also his third number-one hit on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and still holds the record for the longest run atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, being the only song in the chart's history to spend 20 or more weeks at number-one. By July 2013, the song had reached 1,014,000 copies sold in the US. By 2019, it had three million copies according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), who certified it triple platinum.

In a review for Seattle Weekly, Erin Thompson wrote that Miguel "made a particularly nice choice of metaphor in the song's chorus—'Let my love adorn you.' When a woman hears the word 'adorn,' she probably thinks of diamonds and Dior; Miguel's rich vocals convey the same sense of luxury. That's a man who knows how to treat a woman." SoulBounce called it an "electro soul slice of niceness", while MSN Musics Robert Christgau cited the song's "throbbing, garbled hook" as "one of 2012's signature pop moments". Brian McManus from The Village Voice called "Adorn" "the perfect amuse-bouche for the album it kicks off, priming the ears, opening them." At the end of 2012, "Adorn" was named the 33rd best song of the year in Rolling Stone. It was also voted the year's second best single in the nationwide Pazz & Jop critics' poll. The song earned Miguel three Grammy Award nominations for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards, winning his first in the category of Best R&B Song.

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Kosovo celebrates its first Oscar nomination
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An Oscar statue is on display during the Academy Awards Nominations Announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on January 14, 2016. (AFP Photo/MARK RALSTON)
Pristina (AFP) - Kosovo's nascent film industry was celebrating on Thursday after receiving its first ever Oscar nomination for the short film "Shok", a Kosovan-British production set during the late 1990s conflict with Serbia.
In the capital Pristina, the cast and crew of the film watched a live broadcast of the nominations announced in California, popping champagne and hugging each other after they heard "Shok" named in the category of Short Film (Live Action) for the 88th Academy Awards.
The production is based on the true wartime childhood story of Eshref Durmishi, who both starred in and co-produced the short movie.
"Being in a film nominated for an Oscar is an extraordinary honour. The honour is five times greater when the film is about your country and your experience as a young boy," Durmishi told AFP.
The 1998-1999 war pitted ethnic Albanian guerrillas seeking independence for the southern Serbian province of Kosovo against Serbia's forces, who withdrew from the territory following an 11-week NATO bombing campaign.
Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and its sovereignty has been recognised by more than 100 countries, but consistently denied by Belgrade.
The film's British director Jamie Donoughue said when he first visited Kosovo he knew "very little" about it but ended up staying for weeks due to flight disruptions caused by the Icelandic volcano in 2010.
"I met a lot of amazing people during that time and I decided I needed to make a film so more people could hear about what happened here during the war," he said.
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He described the Oscar nomination as "a surreal experience, most importantly for the cast and crew and the people of Kosovo. I am very honoured to play a part in that".
In the film, a young ethnic Albanian boy Petrit -- based on Durmishi -- and a friend resort to rolling cigarettes for Serbian soldiers who are stationed in their village during the war.
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Durmishi himself plays a Serbian paramilitary soldier in the movie.
"The character was based on a real soldier, a soldier who I remember as a 14 to 15-year-old boy when I was going to school at the peak of the war in Kosovo," he said.
The film, co-produced by Durmishi and Britain's Harvey Ascott, was supported by the Kosovo Cinematography Centre, where the celebrations took place on Thursday.
"This is the hugest success in Kosovo's cinematography history to date, as now 'Shok' has opened doors for Kosovan films to be present at the world's largest award ceremonies," said the centre in a press release.
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Discussion in 'Buck Knives' started by skblades, Mar 21, 2019.
The build thus far has yielded a Buck 104 Compadre with D2 steel! We need to know the grind.
This one is pretty straight forward so we'll most likely get the materials poll going as well!
Here is the grind poll!
The image below is accurate to the different grind types. Please use this in consideration of your vote.
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Can you clarify the terms?
The term flat grind can refer to a saber flat grind (as often used by Buck, like the flat grind 110s) or full flat (like some of the Ron Hood designs).
By "flat" do you mean "full flat" and by "saber", do you mean "saber flat"?
I assume flat grind is a full flat grind?
This is going to be an awesome knife.
Would the chart below represent the grinds we are voting on?
Flat.. That's where its at!!!
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Typically, when Buck refers to a "flat grind", they are referring to a grind similar to what is labeled "sabre" in that diagram.
Also, I don't think Buck produces any full height hollow grinds, which that diagram depicts on the right. Buck's hollow grind (like most hollow grinds) might be called a saber-hollow grind due to the fact that the surface of the hollow doesn't go all the way to the spine.
I think the choices here might be between grinds 1, 2 and 3 of this diagram.
@skblades : I can't see the picture you uploaded.
Edit: I see that SKBlades already clarified the grinds.
Edit: uploaded to imgur as well so I think you should be able to see one of the hosting methods.
Thanks for the repost of the pictures.
I'm surprised that Buck can do a full height hollow grind. That's not too common.
No convex.... might have lost me... I'll save my vote for the tie breaker.
I picked flat but like all three. i assume its flat like the full flat 119 buck made recently.
I would think the Sabre would pack more of a punch on a hatchet. Where's good ol DM to explain?