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Left, this is Right. Right, this is Left.
On the one hand, some poll workers in Philadelphia said they were kept 50 feet away from any ballots. On the other hand, some poll workers in Philadelphia said they didn't see anything amiss.
On the one hand, Joe Biden has been deemed President-Elect. On the other hand, the actual groups that make the title official haven't yet weighed in. (That would be the Administrator of the General Services Administration and, of course, the final arbiters of the vote totals – members of the Electoral College – who don't meet until December 14th.)
On the one hand, there's been a rumor floating about that Wisconsin counted more votes than it had registered voters. On the other hand, Wisconsin voting officials say that the registered voter number in question was from 2018, not 2020.
On the one hand, Joe Biden is making plans to occupy the Oval Office in late January, already providing a list of actions he intends to take on Day One. On the other hand, Donald Trump is conceding nothing and pursuing legal avenues to make sure that doesn't happen.
On the one hand, vote totals from smaller cities and more rural areas of virtually every state were reported pretty quickly. On the other hand, the larger cities, with greater populations, are still counting some ballots as I write this.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say roughly 72 million voters think the "one hand" is correct, while about 76 million believe the "other hand" is spot on. What a shock.
Given everything else that's been flung at We the People this pandemic year, why is it any surprise that this year's election was anything but cut and dried? Even with all the hoopla about early voting and absentee ballots, it's probably fair to say that not many people anticipated the enormous number of votes that wouldn't be counted until a week or more after Election Day.
One of the main complaints emanating from the Trumpeters is that because votes from The Donald's strongholds reported early on Election Night, the areas that leaned more heavily toward Joe B. knew then exactly how many votes they needed to come up with in order to eke out a victory.
Alas, if indeed that kind of chicanery went on, the Republic is in far worse straits than ever imagined. Those of a certain age might recall the election of 1960, when Jack Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in a tight race. Illinois was the key battleground back then, and rumors have long circulated that then-Chicago-Mayor Richard Daley waited until all the downstate Republican votes were reported before providing his city's totals. Out of about 4.7 million votes cast, Kennedy won by less than 9,000 (or 0.18%). Sound familiar? Nixon chose not to challenge the results.
That ain't happenin' this year.
Since in the future there's a good possibility large numbers of voters will continue to cast absentee ballots, I've been trying to think of a way that would allow that expression of citizenship (along with some early voting times) and yet still not string out the process. Here's what I've come up with:
Instead of Election Day, let's make it Election Week. In-person voting would be available from say, Saturday to Saturday during the first week of November. Absentee ballots would have to be postmarked no later than Thursday that week and received by the following Monday. Now, here's the kicker: A state could not report ANY of its votes until ALL the votes had been counted. No partial returns.
Granted, that would infuriate the media. They just love calling races two seconds after the polls close and with less than 1% of the vote actually tabulated. But, tough darts, farmer. Every ballot must be counted before releasing numbers to the public.
I know, I know, that takes a lot of the fun out of Election Night coverage. But can anybody truly say they're having gangs of laughs right now as this process drags on and on? Think of the money the news organizations could save. No more exit polling, no more decision desks, no more talking heads telling us this county or that county holds the key for the entire state. The people speak, the votes are added up, and we all find out at the same time whom we elected.
A system like that is fair and equitable for both parties, isn't it? It allows the process to play out in secret, as intended. It's a common-sense approach. Which certainly beats what's going on presently. Because right now, one hand obviously doesn't know what the other one is doing.
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Ronald "Dean" Oglesby of Decatur, IL, born April 18, 1963 passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 12:30 a.m. in his home in Port Richey, FL. He was surrounded by family. He is preceded in death by his sister, Rhonda Stubbs and brother, Jerry Oglesby, and numerous others.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Phyllis and Robert Jackson, father, Ronnie Oglesby, brother, Phillip Oglesby, sister, Christina Oglesby, step-sister and brother, Amy Poore and Robert Jackson, Jr. He leaves his daughter, Heather Bolerjack and sons, Land and Lexx Lucas.
Survived grandchildren are names Hannah and Laura Bolderjack, Tucker Phillips, Lily and Nova Lucas, Logan and Landon Lucas.
Nieces and nephews, Herbert Stubbs, Jr., Krystal Stubbs, David Reed, Jr., Stephenie Oglesby, Damien Burger and Dustin Oglesby.
Visitation will be held at Morgan Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. with Service at 6:00 p.m.


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9 Games You Should Play On PS4
by Kate Nitzschke 2 months ago in playstation
PS4 Games for beginners or people trying gaming out.
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Playing video games for the first time? Trying to get someone else into them? If you own a PlayStation, then this is a guide that breaks down some of my favorite games for beginners. Beginners may not like combat, so I include a section of non-combat games they can try. You may also not like playing kids games, so I include some games that are good for all ages. Some games are multiplayer in-person games, but others are only multiplayer online, or not multiplayer at all. This should help you get started, and I've linked each of these games to their trailers for you.
In Person Multiplayer
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Minecraft: This is a classic game for adventuring and building just about anything. Creativity knows no bounds. Monsters are optional, and you can choose your style: Creative mode, or Survival. Build a massive re-enactment of your favorite castle with unlimited options, or pretend you are alone in the woods trying to get by.
Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled: Here's a racing game for you. Crash Bandicoot has been around since the Ps2 - yet is still very popular.
Rayman, Legends: Get slowly introduced to combat, clearing many levels and learning how to play video games with combat for the first time.
All Around Good Games
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Hollow Knight: Love, love, love this game. You play a small knight, in an underground world. There are a variety of unique enemies that try to attack you, with little swords and shields of their own. You gradually learn how to earn money, make your map as you go, and meet interesting if not bizarre characters in this underground world. Child friendly, adult approved.
Ratchet and Clank: My boyfriend's childhood was filled with some of the best video games. This is still at the top of his list to play with his bestie or just by himself. You solve puzzles, navigate enemies, and die a few times along the way.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy: Who hasn't heard of this famous little dragon? You can buy the whole Trilogy for cheap these days, and it's remastered. Save the world and enjoy the quirky baddies as you go. You can also progress in this game as a beginner, without having to complete all sections of it. That means beginners can reach the end and skip some of the hard parts.
Non-Violent, Non-Combat Games
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RiME: This deserves to be ranked very highly, out of each video game I have ever played. You play through stunning landscapes, meet friends, find collectibles, and eventually come to the end of the game. At the end, you learn something you never thought you would, making this a beautifully rendered game with great depth and profound beauty.
Fall Guys: The most popular obstacle course game around, get online with your friends. Steal a tail, make it past breakaway walls, roll your ball to the finish line with your team, and more. Although you have to be online with friends to try multiplayer, it is still fun to switch off with friends in person, too. You can't miss this party.
Just Dance 2020: With new songs and more friends, you can't live life without playing this game. If you like to dance and kind of suck at it, you can still have fun here. Bring out your goofy side and Just Dance! You will need to buy the motion controller for this.
Kid, adult, or somewhere in between? Enjoy the trailers for these games to see which ones you would like to invest in. These are my favorites but get online and shop for your own. To find games that are not listed here you can go to your Play Station store. Another good way to find the fun games is to ask your friends about what games work for them. For more articles, check out my blog!
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How to Gamers Make Money Online
A few decades ago, the idea of making money simply by playing video games was a pipe dream. All these years later, there are tons of different ways to make serious money by playing video games. If you want to learn how to make money by playing your favorite games, here's what you need to know.
The Best Nintendo Games of All Time With Cheap Nintendo Eshop Card
Umar Abbasi
When we talk about strategy games, with their epic scale and complexity, we usually mean for the seriousness of PC gamers. But Advance Wars managed to strike such a perfect balance between simplicity and depth that it turned out to be an incredibly addicting strategy game. To play it, you don't need a whole command post, which is why this hit, undeservedly forgotten by many, should become the first contender for a revival on modern platforms.
'God Of War'
Okay I love 'God of War' games. I have beaten all the main games, but honestly I only own 1-3 at the moment. I consider the PSP games a firm step down, and God Of War: Ascension would be fourth on this list, so there you go. Let's see which of these essential hack and slash games is the best. Also I cannot wait for the 'GOW' reboot coming this year in 2018.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Game Review
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Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix First Development Division Platform: PS4 Genre: Action RPG So after what seems to be nearly 4 years, another Final Fantasy game is finally released. And, it's not another new installment of the franchise, no it's a remake of the classic crème de la crème of JRPGs, Final Fantasy 7.
Amazing VR Games list In 2020
The idea of computer game (VR) has been around for quite few years, be that because it's going to , up to this point, even the only VR headsets weren't entirely available to shoppers from either an expense or simple use angle. aside from a couple of cool demos, VR appeared vaporware. Presently, in any case, headsets are getting less hooked into outer equipment, and engineers are making first-party games that exploit the medium. Fans of about each genre have amazing options and can discover at any rate a couple of of games of enthusiasm for our gathering.
Top 5 Ways to Survive Your Typical FPS Game
Vincent Tyminski
So every FPS (first-person shooter) gamer has experienced death in their normal everyday video game, but how do you stop that death ratio from going up? It's easy! The secret to this is to focus. Okay, maybe that's not much of a secret, but it helps. Focus and timing is key to surviving, whether you are being bombarded by hordes of zombies or just your average hardcore opponents.

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A dungeon and wilderness exploration adventure for 8th-level characters.
A hundred miles off the Chelish coast lies the remote island of Deepmar, where the House of Thrune sends prisoners to work in crystal mines, wresting valuable spell components from the depths of the earth. A month ago, all contact with the penal colony ceased, and now someone must discover what mysterious fate has befallen the prisoners and guards of this isolated mining operation. The abandoned colony shows no signs of struggle yet something is clearly not right: Herds of animals lie mutilated in the surrounding fields. The savage beasts of the island have run amok inside the compound. And the silent, gaping mines—each named for a different layer of Hell—lead to new threats beyond anyone's imagining. As the PCs explore the island in search of the missing miners and their jailers, what they discover may unhinge their very minds. If left unchecked, the new masters of Deepmar could bring about a new era of madness for all of Cheliax—and beyond.
No Response from Deepmar is an adventure of horrifying dungeon-and-wilderness exploration for 8th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest RPG. This volume also contains a gazetteer of the island of Deepmar, a detailed description of the abandoned penal colony, and a brand-new monster, all of which can be easily adapted for use in any campaign setting.
This Pathfinder Module includes new monsters, treasure, and a fully detailed bonus location that can be used as part of the adventure or in any other game!
No Response from Deepmar is a Pathfinder Module designed for four 8th-level characters and uses the medium XP advancement track. This module is designed for play in the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be adapted for use with any world.
This product makes use of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2, and Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide. These rules can be found online as part of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document at paizo.com/prd.
Pathfinder Module: No Response from Deepmar is published by Paizo Publishing, Inc under the Open Game License version 1.0a Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Paizo Publishing, Inc, the Paizo golem logo, Pathfinder, and GameMastery are registered trademarks of Paizo Publishing, Inc; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Module, Pathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder Battles, and Pathfinder Tales are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, Inc. © 2012, Paizo Publishing, Inc.
Aurumvorax from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Hangman Tree from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Mihstu from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Phycomid from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Troll, Rock from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Pathfinder Module: No Response from Deepmar © 2012, Paizo Publishing, Inc; Author: Stephen S. Greer.
Realm Works Version (c) 2017, Paizo, Inc.


Basse and Van Gelder, Computer Algorithms , Addison Wesley, 2000.
Cormen, Leiserson and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms, McGraw-Hill & MIT Press, 1990.
Dasgupta, Papadimitriou, and Vazirani, Algorithms, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Goodrich and Tamassia, Algorithm Design: Foundations, Analysis, and Internet Examples, Wiley, 2002.
Sedgewick, Algorithms in C++, Addison Wesley, 1992.
After mastering this material you should be able to appropriately address a wide range of algorithmic problems, both in theory and in practice.
Understand and appreciate asymptotic complexity analysis. Practically this allows thinking at the correct granularity when facing a problem.
Master an arsenal of effective and efficient algorithmic techniques. This includes knowing when a technique is applicable and how you might effectively apply it.
Understand and appreciate the large class of difficult problems which have no known efficient solutions. Here you want to know when it is appropriate to reduce your expectations of success, how to proceed when your problem is a difficult one, and how you might prove its difficulty to others.
Demonstrate knowledge of canonical algorithmic domains. This allows you to communicate your approach effectively, understand a large range of problems, and transform problems of a unique nature into ones which are well studied.
Apply your analysis to real problems with real implementations using C/C++.
Assignments and tests provide measurable feedback mechanisms. If done correctly they will force you to internalize the material and prove to the world that you have some basic level of mastery. Grades can only provide a lower bound on your talents, the rest is up to you.
This material is best learned by beating your head against it, hashing out ideas both good and bad, and debating the merits of different approaches. YOU WILL BE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER STUDENT TO ASSIST THIS VALUABLE PROCESS.
There will be six homework assignments (HW1-HW6) (at cs.prof.ninja/hw) which you will complete with your partner, turning in a single assignment per group. Please indicate the writer, and alternate throughout the semester. If you cannot find a partner I will assign them randomly. If you are having problems with your partner then I will reassign you and give you a dirty look. You will be allowed one free late assignment without questions asked, use it wisely.
There will be four programming assignments (PA1-PA4) (at cs.prof.ninja/programs). These will be done as a team of four (two sets of partners). For these assignments you will need to have working C/C++ code which you present to me. On the presentation day I will pick one of the four at random to explain your work to me. The programming assignments will always be evaluated on a Wednesday with groups being scheduled 45 minutes apart throughout the day.
There will be two mid-term tests (T1, T2) and a final exam. The vast majority of the problems will be pulled directly from the Skiena text.
There will be daily problems (at cs.prof.ninja/daily) due within the first 10 minutes of every class beginning on August 28th. These will only be checked for your name and some attempt but not graded.
There will be sporadic extra credit opportunities which will not amount to very much in the final grade.
Extra Credit will involve programming challenges and can add no more than 3% to your final grade.
Please recognize that the purpose of assignments is to encourage you to struggle with the work. Without that struggle you sabotage your own understanding, your future in computing, and likely your test scores.
If you do use someone else's ideas or words please cite your source. You will still get credit for synthesis of a solution, but not as much credit or benefit as attempting your own solution.


I never would have considered myself a date person, but I seriously love these little energy bites. They are a great snack at my desk or before/after a workout and they're healthy. My cousin had asked me how to make them, so I finally got around to writing this up; it's so easy it hardly counts as cooking!
1. Remove the seed from the dates using a sharp knife.
2. Combine all ingredients in a food processor or magic bullet until smooth. Small bits of date will remain, but you don't want any chunks. If you need, add in 1 T of water to help.
3. Roll the dough into balls using your palms, about the size of a ping pong ball.
4. Arrange on a foil wrapped baking sheet and place in the freezer for an hour. I prefer them cold, but you can enjoy them at room temperature too!


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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
by Joachim Baan
Last weekend, the extraordinary Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town, South Africa opened its doors for the public. The museum is set to become the world's most important exhibition space for African art, and with its iconic building by Heatherwick Studio it already draws the needed attention. The London-based firm transformed the building, both on the outside and inside, from a dead industrial structure into a mind-bending icon, instantly joining the Pantheon of some of the most beautiful museum buildings to be found all over the globe.
Iwan got a preview earlier this summer and we're happy to share it here.
The museum is located on the V&A waterfront inside one of Cape Town's former tallest buildings, an old 1920s grain silo. The silos were left there, but with an extremely complex construction Heatherwick made it possible to carve out the form of a single grain scaled up to span the full height of the 27-metre-high structure, creating a "vaulted cathedral" in the center of the building. The building now includes almost 10.000 square meter of exhibition spaces divided over 9 floors, 80 galleries dedicated to promoting African contemporary art. It also houses a rooftop garden, conservation labs, a bookshop, restaurant and a bar.
Not only the inside is mind-blowing, but Heatherwick also gave the facade a wildly visual upgrade. The bulging windows of faceted glass panels on the exterior feel like mirror balls giving a strange kaleidoscopic visual effect on the inside while reflecting the hundreds of faceted Mountain Tabels and Robben Islands on the outside. Simply beautiful!
Heatherwick on Dezeen:
"We were excited by the opportunity to unlock this formerly dead structure and transform it into somewhere for people to see and enjoy the most incredible artworks from the continent of africa. the technical challenge was to find a way to carve out spaces and galleries from the ten-storey high tubular honeycomb without completely destroying the authenticity of the original building."
We were interested in how we could give a heart to the building … It was quite clear that the tubes were pretty rubbish for showing art in, so [the challenge] was how we could retain the spirit of this tubularity but also give functionality, to create an A-grade gallery space.
"It became like archaeology, like excavating out gallery spaces, but not wanting to obliterate the tubularity completely,"
"We realised we needed to do something that your eye couldn't instantly predict," he explained. "Our role was destructing rather than constructing, but trying to destruct with a confidence and an energy, and not treating the building as a shrine."
Photography by Iwan Baan.
For more work by Thomas Heatherwick see here
For all information on the Zeitz MOCAA see here


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Is Honesty still the best policy?
Posted by By Akogun Akomolafe at 7 February, at 08 : 00 AM Print
Among the first phrases of the English language we learned was 'Honesty is the best policy.'
In those days and times, it was not just a rhetorical saying.
Those were days when words, like our currencies of old, have their true values. Honesty was then not only said to be the best policy, it was also seen as the only good policy. They were days when honest toil gets rewarded with just pay. They were days when people literally reap what they sow, and here on earth too. The sanctions are heavy upon those who tried to break, even bend, societal rules and regulations for personal satisfactions. They were days of probity and accountability. Honesty, Decency and Integrity were the norms in those days. They were days when no one could appear to live beyond his/her legitimate means. They were days when men/women were called to account for their deeds here on earth without waiting for some Day of Judgment. Those were days when layabouts, without a visible means of legitimate income, cannot drive around towns in the latest hi-tech cars and dotted the land with mansions.
They were days when the family, the street, the whole town and even the whole Community suffer from the indignity visited upon one member. They were times when men would rather starve, than steal. They were times when it was looked upon with great disfavour when you take what does not RIGHTLY belong to you. Great shame, it was considered then for a family to allow one member to go hungry, to be homeless, and to BEG(!).
Those were days and times when the true spirit of BROTHERHOOD and SISTERHOOD was manifested in every single member of the society. All is for one, and one is for all. They were times when the words UNCLES, COUSINS, NIECES and NEPHEWS, simply did not exist in our languages. We knew only of BROTHERS and SISTERS. You are the son of your father and mother, and of every older member of your family who are old enough to be your parent. You are the brother not only of your immediate NUCLEAR family, but of every one else in the EXTENDED family. They were times you eat not only from your mother's pot, but from the pot of any member of the family where the pang of hunger strikes you. Food was not terribly plentiful, but everyone shares. Walled, palatial mansions were not abundant then, but no one sleeps rough, uncomfortably and (heaven forbid) on the street. There was love, true love in those days.
They were love that emanate deeply from the heart. They were not abstract love to be chanted like some religious slogans. Everyone was his brother's keeper in the truest sense of the word. The joy of one is shared by all, the sadness is equally spread around. There were then no policemen on our streets, since everyone looks after everyone else, and everything BELONGS to everyone. When no one is in want, the very idea of stealing is entertained by no one. Crime against property, there seldom was, since you hardly steal what virtually belongs to you. I can clearly recollect how women will leave their wares in front of their houses and go to their farms. The prices are indicated and whosoever wanted a purchase will simply leave the money and take the article.
No traditional society of Africa that I know of built a prison to incarcerate its members. None of them had a high-prized legislature and a high-brow judiciary. Since everyone knows the rules and mores of the society, there was no place for high-profile, big-ego legal luminaries to argue the arcane laws modern society evolved to keep its members in check. No society of Africa that I know of possessed instruments of violence to keep its members in their place. Police Forces, organized Military Forces, Intelligent Agencies are appurtenances alien to our African tradition. Every member of our traditional society of age were simply called upon to perform military duties when the needs arise.
There are minds who may argue that there were wars in those days. Yes, I readily concur that there were wars. Wars there were, indeed. But they were wars against invaders or EXTERNAL threats. To those minds, I say we are talking here about the violence a society launches against its own members.
Modern Societies have become a frightening ogre – terrorizing its own citizens. The more policemen on the beat, the larger the prison space, the more advanced a society is deemed to be. It is as though we have come to measure civilization by the amount of naked force a society can muster against its own citizens.
Let us get behind such masks as DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM (DJF) and other abstractions that are used to mask naked barbarity. Civilization is not to be measured by how it treats its mighty, strong and rich, but how it treats its poor, low and impoverished. The strong do not need protection, the weak do. The mighty do not need freedom, only the poor needs to be un-enshackled. The ideals of DJF are meaningful to only those who have the have the means to pursue them or would anyone please stand up and name the place where in our modern world there is equal justice for all, or where democracy carry no price tag.
It appears as though some cruel law of modern civilization has ordained that the more cruel a society treats its defenseless (invariably poor) members, the more civilized it is considered. We can sweep our glance across what is called the civilized world, we shall come to the same conclusion. Since space and time constrains us from undertaken such as enterprise, let us look at one specific society. Which candidate is more appropriate that what is generally believed to be the richest and most powerful country in the world, the one that shouted the loudest about DJF: The United States of America.
Here is a nation conquered by starving immigrants from Europe which launched a genocide against the beaten Indians. Casting her greedy eyes on the outer shores, whole societies of Africa were emptied to build her plantations and industries – the source of her wealth and vainglory. Not contended with littering her hills and mountains with Indian bones, and bloodying her waters and rivers with African blood, America turned on her neighbours. Mexico lost half her territory. The Central American nations have all felt the violent jackboot of their avaricious neighbour.
Did America treat her weak citizens any better? If we are to be honest, we can only answer in the negative. There is no doubt that Africans in America are the weakest members of the American family. The slaves who built the wealth that today smoother Americans were promised 40 acre of land and a bull. Until today, that pledge remains unfulfilled. Emancipation proclamation by slave-owning Lincoln didn't entirely emancipate the ex-slaves. The Freedom Bureau set up to help the ex- slaves was killed by violent opposition from the slave states. From slavery, the lots of the ex-slaves became marginally better by share cropping, JIM-CROW and a very special breed of virulent racism. Every token action for their benefit continue to be termed reverse discrimination and struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, there are said to be more African-Americans under America's judicial supervision (in prison or under parole) than are at college – even though it cost a lot more to keep them in jail than in college!
I do not condemn America. It is America's crimes that condemn her. I strive only to make a case as to why a society such as America and most modern societies cannot tell the weakest member of their families that 'Honesty is the Best Policy'
By what moral right can America tell its African-American citizens to be honest? Since when in her entire violent history, has America being honest? Some there may be in the African-American Community, whose constitutional make-up are not favourably disposed to stealing; they have my praise.
Many minds will undoubtedly be moved to ask of what happened to 'Personal Responsibility' and what would occur in the event of diminishing or entirely removing that inhibition that should be natural to every human. At the peril of distressing those minds, I say a society does not have a right to ask me of personal responsibility which has neglected its own societal Responsibility. Responsibility is to me not a one-way affair. I am bound by the limits of the morality of my society. No society that was built on crime and maintained on iniquity has any right to ask anyone to be upright. How can we install a culture of indolence cum opulence cum decadence on our society and then hypocritically condemn those who tried to get their "SHARE' by any means necessary.
Am I not being too lenient towards criminal? Far from it, the main problem I see is that there is too much condemnation, and far too little understanding. How many of us have tried to look at things from the point of view of those we branded criminals? What are crimes except infringements against laws of societies. What are laws except rules enacted by those in power to govern societies? Laws are not independent agents. If the truth be told, we will all agree (as someone as aptly pointed out) that laws are enacted to protect the INTEREST of those who have power to enact them. No more no less. Everything else is mere cosmetics. Those who shout LAW and ORDER the loudest are, invariably, those who stand to gain the most from it.
We can see in societies we today consider modern the heavy frown upon crimes against properties – the propertied class are enacting the laws to protect, (what else?), their properties. In these societies, the weak are left with no protection. They are poor, weak and defenseless. No account of them is taken when laws are made. The power that-be are aware that there is nothing they can do. And if THEY DARE do something, enough instruments of violence are in place to keep them in place. What else are the functions of the police, the courts and the prisons?
Violence does not come only in physical form: Economic and Social deprivations are also forms of violence, even if they are not so considered by our law-makers. In all these societies we called civilized, large proportion of the weak and the poor are so violated and societies have ceased to care. Begging, hunger, deprivations are no longer consider a shame, they are not even looked upon as source of embarrassment – just unfortunate. The poor must suffer so that the rich could live a life of indolent and opulence.
What right has a society which has sent me packing from my job to ask me that I be honest? Why should I listen to the preachment of a society which cared not whether or not I wear tatters as raiment? Has the society which does not feed me not forfeited its rights to my moral responsibilities. By what rights do a society that cares little for its citizens justify its claims to their upholding its moral laws?
Should honesty be my [best] policy in a society where the propertied class are visibly living beyond their honest means? I know that there are hard-working men and women who deserve the good lives. I begrudged them not. The measure of high civilization, I repeat, is how it treats its weak. No hard working man or woman should be entitled to what a million people cannot command. Honesty cannot be the best policy in a society where a man counts his worth in billions of cedis while millions cannot boast of a single pesewa! A society that makes it possible for some members to dwell in mansions, while millions wallow in hovels has no claim to moral responsibilities.
There certainly should be minds tempted to argue that there are not enough to go around: To them I say that, I see no problem of resources, I see only problem of resource-allocation. There has never been enough to go around and perhaps and there probably will never be. In the ancient society which I sketched above, there was sharing and caring, commodities that are lacking in our modern world. I see not the lack of resources, but the greed and avarice of man.
If only because of the circumstances of my birth, I am denied the instruments to develop my full potential. I am turned into a brute instead of a full Man, should I pile insult upon my injury by blaming myself? I think not. Any society that expected me to respect its laws and morality, should treat me like a decent member. That is the civic bargain. A society that break the accord, should not wince when I fail to respect my part of the damaged bargain. After all we so not expect swines to obey our laws on Morality? Why should we expect those we cast away to do so?
A lot of minds will undoubtedly, be distressed by all these. I only urge that we pause to consider the lots of our UNFORTUNATE members of our society. Those of us on whom society have showered with more than our fair share of the bounty, should try and consider what life looks (even if we cannot imagine how it feels) like on the other side. As we step outside our walled-mansions, into our air-conditioned Pajeros to the comfy environs of our offices, we might close our eyes to the sufferings around us, but we should not close our CONSCIENCE. A dead conscience it is that is not moved by the sufferings around it. Every cast-away member of our society is a potential success. Every Man is a potential success. Circumstances alone, determines the course. Nature endows everyman with the potentials to succeed, how the potentials are nurtured makes all the difference.
Am I not too lenient towards the thieves and the Armed Robbers? Would I hold the same opinion if I had been a victim of armed robbery? These are potent questions that I do not hasten to dismiss glibly.
Shall we not ask: Does a Man steal what he does not need? – Here I am recognizing the difference between a NEED and a WANT. I am tempted to answer in the negative, for the sole reason that a man who goes to the length of stealing what he does not need suffers from a mental disorder. To those who say that some men are pathological kleptomaniac, I say pathology is a disease that deserves our understanding/cure, and not our condemnation/denunciation. As a society, we should look after our afflicted. If a member of our family/society is so moved by pathology in the direction of stealing, violence, pyromania, they should be cured. I valued my property and will be moved to protect it, but I am not blind to the fact that failure to look after those in distress MAY get me in a difficult position. An unmoved conscience is a dead conscience.
That the propertied-class look after itself can be seen from the way it ensures the crimes committed against it. Crimes committed by this class are termed `white- collar,' and lightly penalized. Thus we have men embezzling millions of dollars and going to jail for two years, if at all. A man who steals yam and a chicken to feed his starving family will draw ten years in hard labour.
Violence begot violence. A society that continually violates the weak is asking for trouble. A society that allows its children go hungry, without proper raiment, without education, without the means to grow into men is begging for trouble. Since we do not ask brutes to become Good citizens, we cannot ask those whom we neglected to be part of our good family.
PS: This article was partly inspired by the execution in Nigeria of 43 armed robbers on July 20 1995. Their bodies were disposed of in a waste Disposal van. Society considered them a waste and treated them as such. Sad that lives could be so wantonly wasted by a tyrannical government that stole its way into power and maintain its illegitimate rule by sheer violence. Among, those in the corridor of power in Nigeria today is the treasury-looter – Umaru Dikko!
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A billion-dollar hedge fund bets on Bitcoin and Grayscale, not just USDT
The pressure on Grayscale with his Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and parent company Digital Currency Group continues to grow. And as Ram Ahluwalia, CEO and co-founder of crypto-native investment advisor Lumida pointed out in a recent thread, two new characters, Valkyrie Investments and Fir Tree, have joined the "Shakespearean drama."
Especially the motivation of the second is very doubtful. Fir Tree is a hedge fund with approximately $3 billion in assets under management (AUM) and hundreds of holdings. SEC 13F filings show Fir Tree holds First Citizen's Bank, KKR, Comcast, and hundreds of other securities. They are also big investors in oil and tobacco.
Ahluwalia therefore questions why Fir Tree is interested in GBTC as a value investor and filed a lawsuit against Grayscale in early December, given that the hedge fund doesn't own much GBTC.
Fir Tree Capital Management filed the lawsuit to obtain information that could be used to force changes to the way the company operates its flagship Bitcoin Trust.
The lawsuit seeks to have Grayscale reduce its fees, initiate redemptions and release documents related to its relationship with the Digital Currency Group. Additionally, Fir Tree is also attempting to halt Grayscale's efforts to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a Spot Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).
A major short in bitcoin, crypto and tether?
Ahluwalia hypothesizes that the arguments presented in the lawsuit do not reflect her true motivation. Fir Tree claims the motivation lies with the "end investors" such as "teachers, firefighters, police officers and other officials" who own GBTC.
"There's a bigger story here… Be skeptical," Ahluwalia says, explaining, "Fir Tree is taking a bigger bet against the crypto ecosystem (USDT, Bitcoin, etc.) and pushing for any softpoints it can find."
In this regard, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) points to Bloomberg's revelation that Fir Tree took a large short position on Tether (USDT) in March 2022. Fir Tree is partially betting on a break of the USD/USDT peg a "bank run" by March 2023.
The position has been structured as an "asymmetric trade", meaning downside risk is low and potential upside high, with the official rationale for the trade being that "a bulk" of the trading paper backing the token goes to Chinese real estate developers is bound, some of whom are in trouble.
In addition, the analyst claims that Fir Tree has three "soft points" of the bitcoin and crypto market that the hedge fund can shake: Grayscale, the USDT bond and Binance, while according to Ahluwalia, Fir Tree cannot take any action regarding the exchange. Regarding GBTC, the analyst notes:
Fortunately, I don't see a credible way of dissolving Grayscale Trust. The Trust is a cash cow and may receive a private valuation from a third party based solely on cash flows. What Fir Tree does is push on the stool's loose legs.
With the lawsuit, Fir Tree could be trying to reduce the chances of DCG raising outside capital while its own bet has about 3 months left. The 13F filings also do not indicate whether the hedge fund is also short Bitcoin or has OTM puts on BTC.
The enemy of my enemy is my dynamic friend
Valkyrie, albeit with "heroic" intentions, doesn't make things easier as they propose to take on the role of managing GBTC and cut fees from 2% to 75 basis points. Also, Valkyrie would use Reg M. Both would hurt Grayscale's valuation.
"In my opinion, Fir Tree is trying to spoil the probability of a VC increase and push DCG over the edge. […] Fir Tree and Valkyrie are strange bedfellows. Fir Tree bets against Tether. Valkyrie is positioned as a hero for Bitcoin/GBTC holders. It's an "enemy of my enemy is my friend" dynamic," says Ahluwalia.
For Bitcoin investors, the unresolved situation around DCG and Grayscale remains one of the biggest potential risks for further crypto-intrinsic market turbulence. At press time, BTC price is $16,624.
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He referred to the movie as a "property" and was giddy about the money. What a corporate cog. What a prototypical anti-humanity Hollywood stuffed shirt. Can you imagine going out for a pint with this guy?
ABC is making a TV series out of Robert J. Sawyer's novel Flash Forward. The novel supposes a worldwide 2-minute 17-second period of unconsciousness in which people are able to see themselves six months into the future.
I have to be perfectly honest and say that six months from now, barring unexpected calamity, my life will almost certainly be exactly as it is this morning. Six months isn't a long enough period of time to effect significant change unless you're about to graduate from a University. How interesting can that program possibly be?
I saw Star Trek and loved it, here is my review: http://timetoplaymag.com/playforum/2009/05/08/review-star-trek-dont-worry-no-spoilers/As for Flash Forward, it sounds interesting but you've got a good point.
I'm anxious to check out the Star Trek revival.Flash Forward has a decent premise, but perhaps they should project at least a year into the future.
I'd go out for a pint with Rob. Money also makes me giddy. It's a bit like the headrush you get when you haven't had a cigarette for a while – and for the same reason.
I hate Star Trek. Why it's suddenly got the cult, cool following is beyond me. It's been dead and buried for years and no one's blinked an eye.
Pop: That movie was on my B list until the reviews came out. I've upgraded it to my A list.RD: Welcome! Have you read Flash Forward? Was it any good?K: If he picked up the tab I MIGHT go. Jo: But this is supposed to be a reinvention for your generation. Give it a try. If you don't like it, I'll mail you a refund. Seriously!
But space is the final frontier!
i'm with the geek brigade: star trek with good special effects and genuine actors? just another sci fi movie… it was the velveeta factor that made it fun… glad someone's making money off it.
yeah, i have to agree with those who liked the cheesy acting and cheesy special effects of the 'old' versions. imagine redoing Charleton Heston's "Moses" role today… sacreligious.
Scarlet: Meaning you don't have electricity right now? How rustic!E: Growing up, I always thought that my pants were the final frontier.Daisy: Lighten up, baby. I hear it's a great ride.Gnu: Moses ain't Capt. Kirk. There's pleasure to be had in the cheeze, but a little drama never hurt anybody.
I agree…that premise would be better if they saw 5 years into the future or some other time frame like that.


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Stacey Solomon set for 'six-figure' salary as part of fashion range deal
Solomon could make millions with a collaboration with online fashion site In The Style
Lucy Needham
Jack ColwillDigital Reporter
Updated 18:34, 3 APR 2021
Stacey Solomon has reported signed a six-figure fashion deal (Image: Publicity Picture)
Stacey Solomon has signed to launch a fashion range with In The Style in what is being described as a "six-figure deal", according to reports.
Insiders estimate the Loose Women star will pocket a cool £1million from the collaboration within just three months given her huge online following.
It's the latest string to Stacey's bow after she released her first book Tap to Tidy earlier this month, based on her much-loved Instagram home improvement tips.
As she's turns her talents to high-street fashion, the former X Factor contestant has been described as the 'ideal' In The Style girl by insiders, according to Mirror Online.
They credit Stacey, 31, as having the ultimate 'girl next door appeal'. While the Dagenham native is said to be equally delighted to get working on the exciting new project.
"She has previously been approached but the time wasn't right," the source told The Sun.
"However now Stacey has signed on the dotted line and will be releasing her first collection with them this weekend.
"It's being predicted she will be one of their most successful ever ranges," they predicted.
Stacey will be following in the foosteps of fellow I'm A Celebrity winner Jacqueline Jossa by working with the brand.
Jacqueline has released several successful collections with the online retailer since winning the reality show in 2019.
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The former EastEnders actress' debut collection broke In The Style records by selling out items in just six minutes.
The Manchester-based firm has grown into a business worth an estimated £30million, promoting their stock to customers through celebs including Charlotte Crosby and Billie Faiers.
While earlier this month Stacey proudly showed off her finished book Tap to Tidy - featuring a collection of crafting ideas, tidying tips and recipes from the house proud mum-of-three
Stacey said in a press release, "When I started doing Tap to Tidy on Instagram, I had no idea people would enjoy the satisfaction of seeing a huge mess turn into something liveable as much as I do!
"And I'm so grateful, because, quite frankly, it's the only content I've got most of the time. It's been a dream come true to put all my favourite tidying, organising and crafting projects into writing and share my weirdness with the world."
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Cupuassu commonly known as Brazilian Cocoa, Copoasu, Large-Flowered Cocoa, Cupuasu, Cupuacu, cupuazú and cupu assu is actually a tropical rainforest tree that is related to Cacao. Common throughout the Amazon basin, it is widely cultivated in the jungles of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru and in the north of Brazil, with the largest production in Pará, followed by Amazonas, Rondônia and Acre.
Cupuassu scientifically known as Theobroma Grandiflorum is normally pronounced as (koo-poo-ah-soo). Cupuassu belongs to the cocoa family and grows to a height of 12-20 meters (30-65 feet). The fruit of the tree, which is called by the same name, has been a primary food source for natives in the rainforest for centuries and has a creamy, exotic pulp at the center of a large melon. Cupuassu is known in the Amazon as "the pharmacy in a fruit" and could be considered one of the most nutritionally beneficial super fruits ever introduced to the marketplace. As a cousin of the cacao fruit, cupuassu has a prized tropical flavor combining elements of chocolate, bananas, pear, passion fruit and pineapple.
Cupuassu is an erect, evergreen, much-branched tree usually ranges from 5 to 15 meters (16 to 50 feet) in height, though some can reach 20 meters (65 feet). Tree prefers a very humid environment and need lots of water for good growth. They have brown bark and tricomic branches. Leaves are simple, entire, alternate, coriaceous, narrowly ovate- to obovate-elliptic, 25–35 cm long and 6–10 cm wide, base rounded to shallowly cordate, apex long acuminate with a 9–10 pairs of lateral veins, bright-green, pubescent upper surface and grey underside. As they mature, their leaves change from pink-tinted to green, and eventually they begin bearing fruit. Flower is bisexual, small, pentamerous, occurring in 3–5 flowered cymose inflorescence on trunk and main branches. Cupuassu fruits are oblongish, obovate, sub globose to ellipsoidal, large, 20–25 cm long by 6–10 cm wide and weight between 1–2 kg (2–4 lb.), and covered with a thick (4–7 mm), hard exocarp. The exterior of the fruit is thick and very sour in taste, while the flesh is very sweet and has approximately 20 to 30 seed pods. Seeds are sub globose, 2 cm across, covered in white testa, cotyledons fleshy, non endospermous.
The white pulp of the cupuassu is uniquely fragrant (described as a mix of chocolate and pineapple), and It is frequently used in desserts, juices and sweets. The juice tastes primarily like a pear, with a hint of banana. Cupuassu is touted as a possible super fruit flavor. Commercial production of cupuassu includes food supplements, pills, drinks, smoothies and sweets. The pulp is also used in cosmetics products such as body lotions, as it is highly hydrating, similarly to cocoa butter. Cupuassu pulp is often used for making juice, ice cream, smoothies, mousse, jellies, chocolates called "cupualte" and liquor. The seeds are used for producing "cupualte", a product with similar characteristics to chocolate, but which contains nutritional value and is healthier.
Cupuassu is native to the Amazon basin in the southern and eastern Pará, covering the areas of the middle Tapajós, Xingu and Guamá, and reaching the northeast of Maranhão in Brazil (Cuatrecasas 1964). It is extensively cultivated in the north of Brazil, with the largest production in Pará, followed by Amazonas, Rondônia and Acre. It is also cultivated in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.
Cupuassu is wildly popular in Brazil as well as other parts of South America despite taking a back seat to cacao during the past century. For centuries, natives of the rainforest have used the fruit of the cupuassu tree as a main source of food and it continues to be a delicacy in the more populated towns of South America.
Today, cupuassu pulp is often used for making juice, ice cream, smoothies, mousse, jellies, chocolates called "cupualte" and liqour. The seeds are used for producing "cupualte", a product with similar characteristics to chocolate, but which contains nutritional value and is healthier.
Apart from their taste often compared to chocolate, banana, melon or bubble gum, cupuassu is a good source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Consuming 13.6 gram of cupuassu oil offers 13.6 g of Total Fat and 0.08 mg of Vitamin E.
Cupuassu fruit has phytonutrient polyphenols (theograndins). It is also heavy with vitamins B1, B2, B3 (Niacin), fatty and amino acids, and at least nine antioxidants (including Vitamins A and C). Being from the cocoa family, Cupuassu also has high flavonoid content. There are many health benefits to Cupuassu, most of which are tied to the fruit's extremely powerful phytonutrient polyphenols, anti-oxidants, essential nutrients, vitamins, and others mentioned earlier. These have a myriad of nutritional benefits, which will be discussed more thoroughly below.
Cupuassu is very rich in antioxidants and it is even regarded as a full breakfast among people in South America.
The fruit has the comparable flavor of cocoa, that's why it is utilized in making jams, jellies, and breads.
It contains no caffeine and thus, it is capable of keeping the body hydrated and moisturized.
The fruit is an abundant source of vitamins A, C, B1, B2, and B3. In addition, it is great for the bones, ligaments, and tendons as a result of its high amino acids content, as well as calcium and selenium.
People in South America, particularly the Brazilian ladies used the fruit to assist them in labor pains and stomach problems.
The fruit has therapeutic advantages that help keep the body's defense mechanisms healthy and strong.
Phytonutrient polyphenols are present in cupuassu, but not in many other fruits. This compound is extremely helpful in the treatment of respiratory illnesses.
Cupuassu acts as an all-natural medicine for erection dysfunction.
The fruit helps combat free radicals- the reason behind cancers and other life-threatening problems.
It helps maintain the body's cholesterol at normal levels and prevents the occurrence of cardio-related problems.
If you have kids who are selective when it comes to food, the fruit could be the best solution as it can be given by means of powder, yogurt, ice cream, or juice. At the same time, the fruit can help them improve the power of their memory.
For the ladies, cupuassu can increase the health of their skin and can treat acne breakouts.
Aside from fortifying the coronary heart, it can also safeguard the artery walls from damage, which may lead to heart diseases.
When cupuassu is combined with acai fruit, it gives serious energy in motion.
The seeds of Cupuassu can relieve pain in the different parts of the body. Those who opt for natural remedies to ease pain should slowly chew the seeds of the fruit.
Cupuassu fruit is great for kids as it improves memory power.
The Cupuassu has a great advantage for health, as it helps to fight free radicals; they are the main responsible for various cancers.
The fatty acids present in Cupuassu, help reduce bad cholesterol and keep the good cholesterol, carrying, extremante beneficial in maintaining a healthy heart.
Cupuassu aid in healthy weight loss, addition of vitamins and minerals, so-called fruit contains soluble fiber pectin, which aids in weight loss, because it produces a sociogenic effect, found in many anti-obesity drugs.
Cupuassu leaves have soothing action, combat bronchitis and kidney infections.
The Cupuassu has anti-inflammatory action.
The delicious fruit pulp is eaten raw or prepared into a wide variety of beverages, juices, ice cream, yoghurt, sorbet, preserves, sweets, jams, jellies, puddings and other desserts.
Seeds have a high amount of fat and provide a good cocoa butter and can be used to produce chocolate and chocolate-like foodstuffs.
Cupuassu can replace cocoa in many day-to-day foods, especially for children, such as chocolate milk.
Cupuassu seeds can be made into cupulate, which looks and tastes just like chocolate but is cheaper and more resistant to heat.
Ibeansî (seeds) were often given to people to chew to cure abdominal pains.
Juice would be blessed by shamans and given to pregnant women, newlyweds who wanted children and others for various maladies.
Vitamins and minerals present in the fruit acts as boosters for the gastro-intestinal system.
Cupuassu when mixed with acai fruit will give you serious synergy in motion.
Fatty acids present in the fruit reduce the bad cholesterol and keeps the good cholesterol which helps in maintaining a healthy heart.
Cupuassu has a huge concentration of antioxidants which neutralizes the free radicals in the body's tissues.
Antioxidants improve the circulation and lower the blood pressure and helps in eliminating the free radicals.
It is also helpful in curing diabetes, cataract problems and coronary heart diseases.
It is also often used as a pain killer.
It is traditionally used by women who experience difficult births and labor pains.
The timber is commonly used for construction and joinery.
Brazil declared Cupuassu to be the national fruit and the name to be ineligible for trademark.
Cupuassu is available in many forms: shampoo, lotion, butter, ice cream, as a juice, as straight pulp, or even as the fruit itself.
Cupuassu is called "the pharmacy in a fruit" because of its nutritional value and the effectiveness in curing and preventing sickness.
It is also cosmetic products such as body lotions which reduces the signs of aging and makes you look younger.
Seeds are used in making cupuassu butter- one of the world's newest skin-softeners.
Cupuassu is generally safe for most adults when consumed in moderation.
While the theacrine content of a single serving of cupuassu may not provide the same stimulating properties as caffeine in a cup of coffee, those who are sensitive to stimulants, or who are on medications that may be stimulating (such as anti-depressants), should use caution and consume cupuassu in small amounts at first to see how they respond to it.
Cupuassu is a tree that grows in the rainforest canopy in South America with the Latin name Theobroma Grandiflorum. The Cupuassu belongs to the cocoa family and grows to a height of 12-20 meters (30-65 feet). The fruit of the tree, which is called by the same name, has been a primary food source for natives in the rainforest for centuries and has a creamy, exotic pulp at the center of a large melon. Fruit oblongish, obovate, sub globose to ellipsoidal, large, 20–25 cm long by 6–10 cm wide, weighing up to two kg, woody, hard, pubescent, rough, brown, fall to the ground when ripe. The endocarp is yellowish white, pulpy, soft, aromatic, and acid-sweet enclosing 25–50 superposed seeds in five rows. It is covered with a hard exocarp which is 4 to 7 mm thick. The pulp of the fruit is very fragrant and smells like banana. Cupuassu looks like a cross between a papaya and coconut. It has an aromatic and buttery pulp with approximately 35 hazelnut-sized seeds. As a cousin of the cacao fruit, cupuassu has a prized tropical flavor combining elements of chocolate, bananas, pear, passion fruit and pineapple.
Spanish: Copoasú, Copoasú, Copuazú, Cupassú, Cupuarana, Cupuasú.
Growing Environment Prefers a very humid environment and need lots of water for good growth.
Leaf Simple, entire, alternate, coriaceous, narrowly ovate- to obovate-elliptic, 25–35 cm long and 6–10 cm wide, base rounded to shallowly cordate, apex long acuminate with a 9–10 pairs of lateral veins, bright-green, pubescent upper surface and grey underside.
Flower Bisexual, small, pentamerous, occurring in 3–5 flowered cymose inflorescence on trunk and main branches.
Seed Sub globose, 2 cm across, covered in white testa, cotyledons fleshy, non endospermous.
Species Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K. Schum.
Calories 120 Kcal. Calories from Fat 122.4 Kcal.


Comparing Cost of Living in USA and Nicaragua: It will surprise you!
When we lived in Nicaragua, we occasionally referred to ourselves as economic refugees. We took early retirement and lived off our small teaching pensions. We did everything financial experts advised to prepare for living abroad such as, becoming debt free, having an emergency medical fund, purchasing international health insurance plans, saving money for unexpected emergencies like trips back to the states to help our families, and living within our budget.
Thank goodness we didn't burn any bridges. We rented our house in the states and kept our stateside bank account and address, which was important in keeping our U.S. credit card. We were legal residents of Nicaragua and Tennessee and had the best of both worlds.
When the Nicaraguan crisis and Ron's lumps in his neck made us reconsider moving back to the states, we were concerned about the cost of living after spending more than 10 years abroad with cheap, cheap living and all the comforts of home.
What we learned surprised us!
Most retired expats in Nicaragua will tell you that their main reason for moving abroad was affordability. They said they had a hard time living on a fixed income in their home countries.
But, what they don't tell you is that everything costs something! It is cheap because there is no quality control, the education system does not prepare employees to be productive and skilled laborers, the infrastructure such as roads, utilities, and internet are pitifully unreliable (and many times unsafe), and most materials and foods imported come with a hefty price tag. In other words, you get what you pay for…and it isn't much!
So, I made a comparison of the cost of living in Nicaragua and the USA for the month of February. I used eight general categories and color coded them the same in each pie graph.
The monthly cost of living in our home in TN is $1,626.20. The largest slice was miscellaneous, which included paying off our credit card in full each month. We rarely use cash here and pay for almost everything with our credit card. I missed that so much in Nicaragua, because I can always accumulate enough reward points to pay for several airline tickets.
Surprisingly, several items are cheaper in the states, like gasoline for transportation. It is $1.80 per gallon with my grocery store discount card. The package deal for fast internet ( I mean really, really fast…100 mbps) and cable TV is $101.24 a month. I paid much more in Nicaragua for the internet, not including the maintenance of a very tall microwave tower that was always breaking. And…AND…the speed, if we were lucky, was 8 mbps, when the system was working. The internet blinked on and off daily many, many times.
We have a heat pump and several small portable electric room heaters for the winter months. February is usually the most expensive electric bill according to our past usage. In the summer, we have whole house air conditioning and our electricity averages $75. Most of the time we don't use the air conditioning. We prefer opening the windows and every room has ceiling fans and window fans.
We own our house in TN and are mortgage free. Rents are reasonable in our small town, averaging $871 per month for a 1 bedroom house or apartment. For a single person a monthly cost of living on average is $1,600.
In Nicaragua, our monthly expenditures were $1,341.00 Our cell phones were cheaper… we had two cell phones and only one with unlimited data from Claro. The data transmitted was only 3g and service was spotty depending on where we were in Nicaragua. In the states, I have 4g and unlimited data with free calls and text in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico with AT&T prepay.
Transportation was more expensive in Nicaragua for two reasons. Gasoline is very expensive and taxis are expensive. Usually, we took a monthly trip to Managua with our taxi driver, Francisco. The cost round trip was $60 and we tipped him $10 and bought him lunch.
Although we had an abundance of fruits on our property, we enjoyed some imported foods like peanut butter, dill pickles, chocolate, and wine, which increased our monthly food expenditures.
Nicaragua is a cash society. We seldom used a credit card. Our miscellaneous fees included propane for cooking, house repairs, and workers.
We still support our goddaughter and my children's library and librarian, so that has not changed.
Overall, the difference in monthly costs is about $300. When the weather warms, our electric will go way down and make up much of the difference. We can reduce our monthly internet/cable TV service by cutting the cable cord. The only reason we have cable TV is so Ron could watch his sports throughout the long winter cancer treatments. We can stream everything we want to watch, so the cable will be cut soon.
Our annual expenses are comparable in some areas, and more expensive in others.
1. International health insurance in Nicaragua and Medicare with Medicare supplemental insurance in the U.S.
2. VPN service for our internet remains the same.
3. Amazon Prime yearly bill is the same, but living in the states we have used it so much more for free shipping and streaming movies.
1. Property taxes $650 yearly in the states vs $60 in Nicaragua.
2. Car insurance is much more in the states. We bought and paid cash for a car when we returned…and we have to have car insurance. In Nicaragua, we had our dune buggy and our motorcycle insured for $75 a year. However, there is no telling what the insurance would have covered if we had an accident in Nicaragua.
In making comparisons, the best decisions we made were to pay off our mortgage in the states and buy our house in Nicaragua. Our house is rented in Nicaragua now. The worst case scenario would be that our house in Nicaragua would be confiscated by the government. If that would happen, because of our wise financial decisions, we would not suffer, nor would our retirement funds be affected. We are not in any hurry to sell our place, nor do we feel pressure to sell. Although we will probably not return to live in Nicaragua, we have no regrets about financial decisions we have made throughout our lives.
It feels kind of weird to say we aren't expats any longer. But, we are redefining the term expat. Possibly global citizens would be a better term. I'm in the process of writing a post about that. Stay tuned while we rewire.
Economic growth is one of the main factors in determining the progress of a country and its potential to satisfy the wants of individuals in their society. I am convinced Nicaragua has made significant progress in utilizing their abundance of natural resources to produce more efficient wind and solar energy. Technological development has played a role in Nicaragua to connect the population to the outside world through fiber optic internet cables. Ometepe Island public parks now have free wi-fi access due to a fiber optic cable strung under the lake from the mainland.
Yet, I wonder if all progress and advancements I see in Nicaragua truly benefit the majority of the people living below the poverty line. Are we adding to the abundance of the minority of Nicaraguans who have so much, and are we providing enough to the majority who have so little?
Last week I traveled to Managua for my regular check-up with my eye doctor. Arriving at the port in San Jorge, I noticed a new ferry, a desperately needed ferry because many people on Ometepe Island must travel to the mainland daily for work. This progress benefits everyone. And I have seen much growth in transportation with new airports, shuttles, taxis, and lots of cute tuk tuks that buzz around newly constructed roads like little mosquitoes.
The San Jorge port had a magnificent facelift. Restaurants, vendors, hotels, and major work on the sea walls benefits everyone, too.
I can't imagine life in Nicaragua without Nicaraguan ingenuity. My Scottish sister friends moved to their new house on Ometepe Island and they needed to move their belongings.
I know you are thinking, hire a moving van or rent one, right? The problem with that is that the only professional moving company that we are aware of is in Managua. We know that because when House Hunters International filmed us, they had to hire the only professional company in the country to move our belongings from our house, so they could film us "pretending" to view our house to buy.
How in the world did I explain this to our Nicaraguan friends and neighbors, who are only familiar with horse cart moving, when a giant moving company truck pulled on our sandy beach path? My response was, "It's Hollywood," and that seemed to satisfy their curiosity.
The Scottish sisters hired Wilber and his trusty old horse to pull their belongings in a repurposed cart to their new house. They were concerned that Wilber's old horse might have a difficult time pulling a heavy load and the repurposed cart was heavy, too.


More than 200 UNT alumni and friends gathered at Four Corners Brewery in Dallas on September 11 to show their Mean Green pride before the season opening football game against SMU. UNT President Smatresk and VP of Advancement David Wolf gave attendees a warm welcome while Scrappy and the cheerleaders performed to the tunes from an all alumni pep band.
A special thanks to our hosts George Esquivel and Steve Pocari (and alumni!) with Four Corners Brewery for the one-of-a-kind craft beer created for the event. And to George Dunham and The Bird Dogs who performed during the evening helping create a fun-filled, Mean Green event.
Check out all the fun from the Alumni Rally at Four Corners Brewery here.
Join us for one of UNT's signature events in Dallas, the Kuehne Speaker Series. This event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Antole Dallas on November 10 and feature Richard W. Fisher.
Richard W. Fisher was president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas from 2005 until 2015, serving as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's principal monetary policymaking group. From 1997 to 2001, Fisher served as deputy United States trade representative with the rank of ambassador, responsible for U.S. trade policy and negotiations in Asia, Latin America, Mexico and Canada. His high-profile roles include serving as vice chairman of Kissinger McLarty Associates and senior advisor to FCM Investors; member of the Board of Directors of EDS; and senior advisor to the law firm of Covington and Burling.
The UNT Kuehne Speaker Series was established in 2013 to showcase UNT's nationally and internationally recognized programs and faculty engaged in issues related to national and human security and other globally relevant topics. The series was established thanks to generous support from UNT alumnus Ernie Kuehne ('66), an attorney and president and board chairman of Kuehne Oil Co.
For more information, or to sponsor, click here.
Located within the Study Abroad Office on the University of North Texas campus, the UNT Passport office provides passport application services to students, employees and the general public. No appointments are necessary, the process usually takes about 15 minutes to complete, and visitors may park free for 30 minutes in the Union Circle Garage. Although applicants may bring their own photo that meets the U.S. Department of State requirements, the office also provides photo services for an additional fee. We strive to provide quick, accurate service in a welcoming environment.
October 13th, 2015 | Posted in Did You Know?
The support you provide through the Annual Fund at UNT strengthens the university beyond what meets the eye. Gifts to the Annual Fund can be directed toward any college, school, unit, scholarship or program that you have a passion for — so no matter how you decide to support UNT students, your gift can inspire the next generation of leaders in every field. Visit one.unt.edu/inspire125 to give back.
The Club at Gateway Center provides students enrolled in the UNT Hospitality Management program with real-world, hands-on experience in running a successful restaurant. Students oversee the entire dining experience, including meal preparation, marketing, budgeting, menu planning and staff management.
The University of North Texas 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecture Series will feature nationally renowned speakers discussing immigration, communication, science and entertainment.
UNT on the Square will host the College of Visual Arts and Design Alumni Showcase Oct. 9 – 28. This is the first ever CVAD Alumni show, and artists from around the country will be featured in it.
Liz Willding is working as the marketing content director for MedAssets in Atlanta. She calls retired professor Keith Shelton her "favorite professor." She, along with her husband Danny Robbins, is a former Dallas Morning News staffer.
Taelor Pawnell, B.A. '14, is working as art director for CDM in New York City.
Calah Kelley, B.A. '15, is working as a multimedia reporter at KELOLAND Television in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Morganne Cameron, M.J. '15, has been hired as a junior media buyer for Ad Results, Inc., in Houston.
Tuesday, November 3rd 9a.m. – 3p.m.
This event is open to ALL CURRENT STUDENTS!!!
The Career Center is sponsoring the drive in an effort to ensure that UNT Students have professional clothing for job interviews and new professional work opportunities.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! The Suit Up Clothing Drive event will be held once a year and will rely solely on the donations and contributions from the UNT Community.
We will also be accepting new shoes, socks and accessories.
Items can be donated at the Career center locations in Chestnut Hall Suite 103, Discovery Park Room C111, and Business Leadership Building (BLB).
We also have opportunities to volunteer during the Suit UP Clothing Drive!!!
It is time to renew your Men's and Women's Basketball season tickets for the 2015-16 season. Season tickets are also available for those who would like to purchase.
Call the North Texas Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 to renew or purchase season tickets.
Click the links below to read further about what is happening in North Texas Athletics!


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Stout Bruintje is een Belgisch bier van hoge gisting.

Het bier wordt sinds 2011 gebrouwen in Brouwerij Eutropius in Heule.
Het is een donkerbruin bier, type stout met een alcoholpercentage van 6,5%. Oorspronkelijk had het bier een alcoholpercentage van 4,5%, dat in 2012 omhoog gebracht werd naar de huidige waarde. Op het etiket staat een foto van de vroegere watermolen op de heulebeek in Heule.

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 Belgische biercultuur
 Lijst van Belgische bieren
 Lijst van Belgische brouwerijen
 Lijst van Belgische bierfirma's

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Proefnotities

Belgische stout

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The business school at UC Berkeley has a long and close association with the Haas family, who are relatives of Levi Strauss, the co-originator of the blue jean and founder of San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. For over a century, this great California family has earned a stellar reputation through its leadership in socially responsible business, philanthropy, and community service. The family's commitment to the university began with Levi Strauss himself, who endowed 28 Berkeley scholarships in 1897.
Walter A. Haas, Sr., for whom the school is named, graduated from Berkeley's College of Commerce in 1910. His long association with Levi Strauss & Co. began in 1914 when he married Elise Stern, the founder's grandniece and daughter of the firm's president, Sigmund Stern. After military service in World War I, he began his career at Levi Strauss in 1919, serving as president from 1928 until 1955, and as chairman until 1970. He led the business school's first advisory council under Dean E. T. Grether. Until his death in 1979, he was a benefactor to the school, as well as a counselor and friend of the deans who succeeded Grether.