Under the experienced tutelage of Sharon & Heather, a bunch of gifts and Christmas treats were assembled over a couple of hours of focused effort last Sunday afternoon. The neighbourhood will benefit we are sure. Thanks to all who engaged in this opportunity to share and get to know each other using a different common interest than we do usually.
Thanks to John Mac's terrific and colourful design, John P's tenacity with all things 'Bunnings' and Karen's knowledge having recently graduated from knot tying university; the 'Carols on the Lawn' advertising banner has been fluttering around in the space at the forefront of the Hub Café landing for the last 7 days. It has survived, daily northeasters, a couple of regular storms and a once a decade westerly dust storm already BUT, didn't survive Friday's howler so we will re-attach it to the building shortly. All this indifferent weather currently bodes well for a cracker weather day come the 9th December. Tell your family and friends, this year's Carols will be one not to miss!
This 5.30pm gathering on Sunday evening's until and including 2nd December has NOT been advertised to the public for a reason.
As part of the trial season of experimenting towards the establishment of 'Communities of HOPE' (which ANY gathering of our church family has the potential of being), Graeme has intentionally invited a cross-section of young adults that he has a rapport with, to give input into his Master of Ministry research project. The study is devised to explore and provide clarity to the empirical and anecdotal evidence regarding why tens of thousands of young Australian adults abandon their faith or at the very least become disinterested in 'church' each year.
You are welcome to attend during the pilot season and we are thankful for all encouragement and support BUT, if Graeme's intended subjects find their way into the college room at the Hub on any one of the meeting nights, he might ask you to wander out to the prayer lounge to pray for what's unfolding or at the very least ask you to be an observer so that he can gain maximum engagement with his target group. As is true for any of these trial season processes, we are so grateful to God for the prayer support of our church family members.
'Creating Safer Spaces' Workshop – A BIG THANK YOU!
So thankful to God that 17 of our Church Family who have indicated over the past few months that they believe God is stepping them up to 'share the responsibility' for serving and facilitating our mission effort, completed the required 'Creating Safer Spaces' workshop conducted by the wonderful Nadine from the Baptist Association at the Hub yesterday.
God has spoken to us clearly as a church of late, urging us to do and be all we can to provide 'safer' spaces for ANYONE to access our community entry points with confidence to seek a life transforming relationship with Jesus. So … thank you, for your commitment to help us BE HOPE for our neighbours.
This certification ALSO allows Graeme to now seek nominations for various leadership functions necessary to our church's growth and development. The 'Creating Safer Spaces' workshop is a requirement for anyone who undertakes a 'visible' church servant leadership role and so Graeme will be approaching people from the workshop or from those who are currently in the process of becoming certified, to present a new team of leaders to the AGM in December. That nomination list will be finalized as soon as is possible and circulated prior to the meeting.
Continuing to receive excellent feedback regarding the documents Graeme has prepared for the AGM on Sunday December 16th 11.30am.
The AGM documents have been provided for you to prayerfully consider what's being put forward as a solid framework for developing a sustainable and reproducible mission work aligned with Jesus' strategies for building His church.
PLEASE understand that as flexible and accommodating as we will try to be on the day of the meeting to ensure people have understood what's being proposed, we will be fairly strict on the Q&A during discussions to ensure that the time isn't taken up by questions that should have been dealt with by people simply reading the documents.
To ensure that your important question IS addressed, please DON'T WAIT until the meeting on the 16th to ask it. The documents will have been in circulation long enough for everyone to have had a chance to get reasonable clarity about any issue of concern.
This is an important meeting for our Church family so as a couple of our family members have done already; please grab a Proxy form from the information desk (i-desk) if you know that you won't be available to attend the meeting. Fill it in and deliver it to Heather Rowles by COB Friday 14th December. Many thanks.
This Christmas we are ramping up efforts to engage with MORE of our neighbourhood, so that as many as is possible for us will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the great good news of Christmas. We will provide info postcards & a letter drop.
From 5.30pm – Sunday 9th December out in front of the Hub on Augusta Street. BBQ & refreshments followed by Kids/Family Time, Jolly Red Fellow and a whole lot of community singing and Christmas JOY with a growing number of talented friends lining up to help things along. NB: If you would like to be in a small Choir/Backing Vocal Chorus for a section of Carols on the night, PLEASE see Karen or Heather TODAY or ASAP.
During our weekly morning gathering next Sunday (2nd December), Graeme will present core values and specific goals for 2019, the first year of our 2 year mission campaign vision; 'Return Trek up the Unclimbed Peak'. These goals will be visionary AND practical and tangible so we can pray into each one and play our individual and corporate part in the journey.
We are hoping to hold 'HOPE Sunday' late each year BUT a little earlier than this year which has been affected by the process of working towards the 2018 AGM.
'3 Bible Discussions about the True Meaning of Christmas' What do you dislike most about Christmas? The queues at the shops, the traffic, the exchanging of presents that don't fit?
The Wednesday Conversation will present THREE weeks of topical and contemporary biblical reflection and discussion on the real reason for the season. Based loosely on the extensive discussion programme known as 'The Advent Conspiracy', join Graeme at The Hub Café from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on Wednesdays 5th, 12th and 19th of December for some time to share a hot beverage (or water J) whilst prayerfully reflecting on the scriptural foundations for re-capturing Christmas as a festival that everyone can enjoy; whatever a person's circumstances.
This discussion will be appropriate for seasoned biblical scholars AND those with no biblical knowledge.
So, come and join us for one session or all three. Let Graeme know if you'd like to come, and especially if you have a family member or friend who you'd like to bring along.
DON'T be put off by the day or time. IF you'd like to engage with this discussion and a morning during the week might work better for your circumstances, Graeme might hold a weekly repeat of the sessions if there is enough call for it.
NB: There will be NO 'Wednesday Morning Coffee or Evening Conversation THIS WEDNESDAY 28th November.
PLEASE pray for Graeme and Corrimal High School Scripture Teacher/Chaplain Leanne Begg tomorrow (Monday 26th) from 9.30am for an hour or so, wherever you are.
Leanne and Graeme have been asked to meet with CHS Principal Paul Roger in the aftermath of the significant Christian Community response of support the school has experienced either directly or through Leanne as Chaplain, since the fire gutted the School's Industrial Arts building a few weekends ago.
Scripture delivery in the School will be on the agenda and there are a few timetabling issues that need to be addressed. There is also opportunity for discussion about anchoring a Community of HOPE approach to mission in and through the school (i.e. planting a church that Jesus builds with the students and teachers IN the context of school life) as a way for Jesus to be more represented and demonstrated in and through CHS. There is a lot of favour towards Leanne and what she represents and a number of CHS staff have also engaging meaningfully with Graeme in recent days, so much so that our Augusta Street facilities have been accepted as appropriate for school use when needed.
This is an important time as we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us into a strong, consistent and more heaven looking relationship with Corrimal High School. Your prayer support is vital.


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Playoff expansion tabled at least one more year
If the NFL owners plan to expand the playoffs, it won't be this year.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday he expects the playoff field to expand an extra two teams in 2015, but as for 2014, the league is honed in on one thing at a time.
"Our general view here was that we should proceed with the Thursday night focus that we have this year — we're adding inventory into the market place and this makes the most sense for us," Goodell said, via USA Today.
"I do believe it will be approved for the 2015 season. We want to see one more year of will it impact the regular season in a positive way from a competitive standpoint. Will it create more excitement, more races toward the end of who is going to qualify for the playoffs?"
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson chimed in, telling the NY Daily News that while the current playoff system is "working really beautifully now," adding two more teams is a "tweak, not a major change."
"It gives a couple more teams a chance to get in," he said. "It will make it more interesting for the fans. From the players I talk to, they think it's a great idea for them. I think it makes a lot of sense."

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Relentless Beats presents DANCEgiving, a special holiday edition of GIANT Wednesday, featuring Arty at Wild Knight in Old Town Scottsdale on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Reduced cover all night with can food donation. NO ARTY NO PARTY!
The Mayans spoke of transformative events in 2012 and many now expect this prophecy to come true in the form of Arty. Having been tipped as one to watch in 2011 by peers and tastemakers across the industry he has been predicted by the likes of MTV, Dancing Astronaut and countlessly many more to be one of the biggest artists in the coming year.


The news keeps getting worse for CNN, with April ratings that sunk to their worst levels in more than 10 years.
The ill tidings for the No. 3 cable news network were led by the 10 p.m. airing of "Anderson Cooper 360," which slid 26% compared with the same period a year ago, to 522,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen.
But that wasn't all. CNN's total-day viewership averaged 357,000 viewers — a decline of 21% compared with April 2011 and the network's worst performance in the category since August 2001. By comparison, Fox News stood at 1.1 million (up 2%), while MSNBC was a distant second with 425,000 (flat).
Asked for comment, a CNN spokeswoman emailed: "News ratings are cyclical."
Other CNN shows with big dips included "Starting Point" (down 26%), "Erin Burnett Outfront" (down 22%) and "John King USA" (down 24%).
Do you watch CNN? What do you think is behind the network's ratings problems?
Photo: Anderson Cooper has shed more than a quarter of his 10 p.m. CNN audience in the past year. Credit: Evan Agostini/Associated Press.


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Emma Watson Admits She Was 'Terrified' By Her Fame As A Young Actress
"I felt so inadequate because I just didn't have answers yet."
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Emma Watson is the epitome of growing up with grace in Hollywood, but even she's dealt with feelings of insecurity in the past.
While speaking to Porter magazine for their Incredible Women issue, the actress admitted that she was "terrified by the level of interest" people had in her life when she was just a kid.
"As a young person that feeling of not being comfortable in my own skin was exacerbated by the microscope I was under," she explained. "The level of questioning I was under, coming at such a young age. People asking me, 'What do you think of this? Who are you, who are you, who are you?' I felt so inadequate because I just didn't have answers yet."
She continued, "I had so many friends who had a clear sense of self. Who knew that they liked certain things, like the smell of grass or what their favorite color was. I envied those girls because I was so unsure of myself. I questioned everything. I was terrified by the level of interest in me."
The actress, who shot to fame playing Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" film franchise, went on to say that she "used to have to go numb and close myself off" just to get through events and red carpets.
These days, Watson admitted she's much more confident in herself.
"Now at 25 for the first time in my life, I feel like I have a sense of self that I'm comfortable with. I actually do have things that I want to say and I want to be my most authentic self," she told the mag. "I don't want there to be a big separation between the public and the private person."
She added, "It's definitely the harder road to tread, but without a doubt, ultimately the most rewarding."
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Why Hasn't the Industry Embraced Blockchain Technology?
Blockchain technology is changing the world, but some negative myths have stopped the real estate industry from embracing it.
Blockchain technology—the technology behind crypto currencies—could change the real estate market, but the industry has been slow to adopt it. That is because some myths have perpetuated dangers of the technology, but Natalia Karayaneva, CEO of Propy, a global real estate marketplace that has completed transactions using blockchain technology, says that many of the myths and dangers associated with blockchain are false.


Award-winning JetBlue Airways introduced its newest custom livery, 'Binary Code,' to celebrate its Fly-Fi service, which delivers broadband Internet in the sky. This one-of-a-kind livery joins JetBlue's fleet on the newly re-christened Airbus 320, "CONNECTED TO 01000010 01001100 01010101 01000101" (N709JB).
"This beauty of a plane truly represents the pride we have in providing our game-changing Fly-Fi service," said Jamie Perry, director of product development at JetBlue. "We recently saw a record 136 connected devices on one of our flights — all enjoying a great high-speed connection. We've never seen anything like that from other inflight Wi-Fi products!"
"It is great to see JetBlue showcasing its industry-leading internet product," said Glenn Latta, president of LiveTV. "JetBlue gave us the challenge of creating one of the industry's best Internet experience and we're proud to have delivered a solution that, combined with our live television offering, is a truly 'At Home in the Air' experience."
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Evangelical minister who sought to influence Supreme Court comes under withering criticism
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December 9, 2022, 4:19 p.m. ·9 min read
A conservative evangelical minister testifying before a House committee Thursday came under fierce personal attacks from Republican members of Congress angry that he has accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito of leaking news of a 2014 decision ahead of time.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., called the Rev. Rob Schenck "a pathetic grifter" and declined to even ask him any questions about his claims, saying it would be "pointless."
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., dismissed Schenck's claims as "gossip" and "deceit."
"I have to tell you, it is one of the most pernicious performances I have seen publicly in a long time," Biggs said during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.
Conservative attorney Mark Paoletta, a former White House budget office lawyer under former President Trump, testified as a Republican witness and called Schenck "con man" with "zero credibility."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, waged a withering cross-examination of Schenck about his credibility, arguing that in his 2018 book "Costly Grace" the minister told a story that was not accurate.
The Rev. Robert Schenck testifies during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing looking into allegations that he got advance word of the outcome of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
Schenck wrote in his book that former Chief Justice William Rehnquist referred to Schenck's brother Paul Schenck as "reverend" during the opening moments of oral arguments in a 1996 case. Robert Schenck, in his telling, said this detail was an important reference that would enable the brothers to "cast the conflict as a religious liberty case."
But Jordan showed the transcript of the arguments, which demonstrated that Rehnquist did not use the term "reverend." He also played the audio, to the same effect. Schenck looked nonplussed and embarrassed. The term "reverend" was included in the initial court filing of the case, and Schenck told Yahoo News that he and his brother had celebrated that fact, though not at the moment he described in the book.
"You got the key detail wrong . . . and we're supposed to believe you today? We're supposed to take your word over Justice Alito's name?" Jordan said.
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, questions the Rev. Robert Schenck about allegations that Schenck received advance knowledge of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., was taken aback. He told Schenck that in 16 years in Congress "never have I witnessed the kind of savage attack that has been levied against you today."
What prompted all this?
Schenck told the New York Times this fall that in 2014, Justice Alito had leaked news of an impending decision in a case involving Hobby Lobby, a national retail chain owned by conservative Christians who refused to comply with a federal health care law that required businesses to provide employees access to birth control.
Furthermore, Schenck said, he had conducted a covert effort for over a decade in which he sought to influence the conservative justices. Schenck said he did this through his own relationships with justices, as well as through wealthy conservative donors whom he enlisted to cozy up to the justices.
"When I arrived at the Supreme Court in the late 1990s, at least my fellow conservatives and I had convinced ourselves that the conservative members of the court were beleaguered, they were disfavored, they were routinely maligned and insulted in the public arena and we thought they needed shoring up," Schenck said Thursday.
The Rev. Robert Schenck told the New York Times this fall that in 2014, Justice Samuel Alito had leaked news of an impending decision in a case involving Hobby Lobby. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
"We wanted to create a circle of people around them that would encourage them, applaud them, literally thank God for them and assure them of prayerful support, and by being present, indicate to them that there were many, many Americans who were behind them and hoped that they would render strong, unapologetic, unequivocal opinions that would support the positions important to us," he told the committee.
The 2014 leak, Schenk said, came from a dinner shared by a wealthy Ohio couple, Donald and Gayle Wright, with Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann. Gayle Wright then relayed news to Schenck, he said, that Alito told her of the impending decision and that he had written the majority opinion.
Alito has denied the story. So has Gayle Wright. Her husband is now deceased. The Supreme Court itself has dismissed criticism of Alito's relationship with the Wrights.
Schenck maintained on Thursday that he was sure that his version of events was accurate. But Jordan's cross-examination may have poked holes in his credibility.
But for all that, the purported purpose of the hearing was to discuss whether the Supreme Court needs to come under a standard of ethics and disclosure rules that would make it harder for the justices to have conflicts of interest or even the appearance of such.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters)
Donald K. Sherman, chief counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), noted that a year ago a Wall Street Journal report revealed that "more than 130 federal judges have violated U.S. law and judicial ethics by overseeing court cases involving companies in which they or their family owned stock."
Sherman said the judicial system suffers from a "systemic inability to track judges' financial conflicts of interest, a disastrous failure that had resulted in more than one hundred federal judges, and several Supreme Court Justices, presiding over cases in which they had a personal financial interest in one of the parties."
Sherman also pointed to the actions of Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist, who was involved in behind-the-scenes efforts to overturn the 2020 election and throw out the votes of millions of Americans in order to keep former President Trump in power.
Thomas did not recuse himself from multiple cases involving the 2020 election and the effort to overturn the results.
Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
The U.S. Supreme Court is at a point of crisis due to multiple factors. Republican lawmakers have in recent years defied democratic norms to deny Democrats nominations to the court. The GOP refused to even hold nomination hearings for Merrick Garland in 2016 after conservative Justice Antonin Scalia died. He was replaced by Trump with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch in 2017.
Republicans then threw out the logic they had used to justify the obstruction of Garland to install conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a replacement for liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The GOP has gained a 6-3 conservative majority as a result, and liberals have grown increasingly disheartened by the court's rulings in cases involving corporate interests, voting rights and other issues, in addition to the momentous issue of abortion.
Conservatives, meanwhile, point the finger back at Democrats for the way that Justice Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual misconduct during his nomination process, and say that while it began with credible accusations from one woman, it escalated out of control into a smear campaign that was aided and abetted by the press.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Pool via AP)
After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion this past summer in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, threats of violence have been made against the conservative justices, and protests have been held outside their homes.
A California man was arrested near Kavanaugh's home in June, carrying a pistol, ammunition and a knife, and federal search warrants revealed that he had told others he planned to kill at least one justice and as many as three.
All of these political cross-pressures led to the tense hearing Thursday.
But there is also a lack of ethics guidelines that govern the court, experts say, and that is also part of the reason that public confidence in the court is only at about 25%, a historic low.
"To be sure, a major reason for the dramatic drop in confidence relates to the substance of the Court's decisions," wrote Glenn Fine, a former inspector general at both the Justice Department and the Defense Department. "But whatever one thinks about the merits of these decisions, the Court and the judiciary lack effective oversight. In addition, the Court has exempted itself from ethical rules that apply to other federal judges. Both shortcomings should be changed."
U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for their group portrait at the Supreme Court in 2022. Seated, from left: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing, from left: Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
"The Court needs to assure the public that it is governed by ethical rules and that each justice is not voluntarily judging his or her own compliance with ethical requirements. Supreme Court justices are not above the law or ethical rules. The Court's failure to adopt an ethical code and its resistance to oversight risk further decline in public trust and confidence," Fine wrote.
There was at least some bipartisan support for a piece of legislation like the bill that Johnson, the Georgia Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has co-sponsored with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
"I am supportive of bipartisan efforts to have some kind of ethics construct on the Supreme Court . . . What? Because we put a black robe on somebody and give them a lifetime appointment all of a sudden when they fail to enact their own ethics rules, we just allow that to occur?" said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
"And to my friends on the right, if you can buy off Supreme Court justices, the left is definitely going to be way better at that than we are," he added.
5 Prince George Mounties charged in death of Indigenous man
Two RCMP officers in Prince George, B.C., have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the 2017 death of an Indigenous man, Crown prosecutors announced Wednesday. Another three have been charged with attempting to obstruct justice related to the events immediately after Dale Culver's death in police custody on July 18, 2017, according to a news release from the B.C. Prosecution Service. Manslaughter charges have been sworn against Const. Paul Ste-Marie and Const. Jean Francois Monette,
12 new movies, series to watch in Canada this February: Netflix, Disney+ and more
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'Toothless' big Canadian investment firms vote down shareholder climate asks: study
I4PC found 10 out of 19 Canadian investment firms shot down the majority of climate-related proposals they voted on last year.
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Canadian NHL team grades: Oilers and Jets riding high, Canucks sideshow rages on
January grades are in for all seven Canadian NHL teams.
Hunter McGrady opens up about the 'guilt' of her second pregnancy
The model says she's hopeful her son "never feels like he is getting any less of me."
Ali Manno says 'social media is all angles' in body positive post
Skeleton found by river in 2018 alongside rubber chicken identified, Colorado cops say
The man's body was found with various items, including a 1/2-inch long rubber chicken and heart-shaped stone charm, according to the sheriff's office.
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler officially named in lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse
The musician is accused of sexual assault and coercion of an abortion in the 1970s, as well as involuntary infamy.
Raptors Rumors: Gary Trent Jr, OG Anunoby, Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, Nick Nurse
Reporting on trade talks involving Gary Trent Jr, OG Anunoby, Fred VanVleet, and the futures of Pascal Siakam and Nick Nurse on HoopsHype.
Here's what happens when US Navy special operators go up against dolphins trained to keep them out of sensitive bases
"It's scary when you're in the dark, cold water and you know that there is a huge dolphin somewhere out there," a former US Navy SEAL told Insider.
Conservative View star sparks Joy Behar, wants Marie Kondo to remove cohost's 'old picture' from dressing room
Alyssa Farah Griffin later brought the giant photo to the set, and Behar hilariously threw it away from her: "I don't want it!"
32 Actors You Forgot Appeared on 'Grey's Anatomy'
Over the course of 19 seasons, many actors and actresses have made their way through Seattle Grace slash Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in guest starring roles on 'Grey's Anatomy.' Here are 35 actors who made cameo's on the show, including Demi Lovato, Elisabeth Moss, and Sarah Paulson. Over 19 seasons and 18 years, Grey's Anatomy has become television's second-longest-running medical drama–eclipsed only by ER.


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Collection: The Shrapnel Years is a compilation album by guitarist Vinnie Moore, released on March 14, 2006 through Shrapnel Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Vinnie Moore – guitar, mixing, production
Wayne Findlay – guitar (tracks 11–12), keyboard (tracks 11, 12)
Tony MacAlpine – keyboard (tracks 1–6)
David Rosenthal – keyboard (tracks 7–10)
Tommy Aldridge – drums (tracks 1–4)
Shane Gaalaas – drums (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12), percussion (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12)
Steve Smith – drums (tracks 7–10)
Andy West – bass (tracks 1–4)
Dave LaRue – bass (tracks 5–10)
Barry Sparks – bass (tracks 11, 12)
Steve Fontano – engineering, production
Dino Alden – engineering
Mark Rennick – engineering
Noah Landis – engineering
James Murphy – engineering
Gustavo Venegas – engineering
Robert M. Biles – engineering
Mat Diamond – engineering
Phil Edwards – engineering
Paul Orofino – mixing, mastering
R.B. Hunter – mixing
George Horn – mastering
Christopher Ash – mastering
Tim Gennert – remastering
Mike Varney – production, executive production

References

External links
In Review: Vinnie Moore "Collection: The Shrapnel Years" at Guitar Nine Records

Vinnie Moore albums
2006 greatest hits albums
Shrapnel Records albums
Albums produced by Mike Varney

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manabu shimada is a Japanese sonic artist based in London and Tokyo. His artistic work includes performances, installations and exhibitions predominantly in Europe. Alongside his technical skills he has worked as a freelance composer and sound designer for many years, working with companies such as Audi, Fuji, BBC, Toyota and EMI. His second album, pieces for her, was released on Sounds et al in 2016.
Ben Glas is an interdisciplinary artist and composer based in Portland, OR. With a keen focus on sonic phenomena and vibration, his work engages concepts of relativity, spacetime and egalitarian modes of experiencing sound. His past works include public sonic installation in Portland such as B-Format Installation @ Cathedral Park, and recordings such as Music To Interact To as released by the New York label Blankstairs, Intra/Inter and Inging (From My Space To Yours) as released by Portland-based label deepwhitesound. He is an active member of the International Artist Collectives INK and Mediterranean Fires. His EP, Music For An Empty Space and A Full Mind was released in 2017 by Sounds et al, alongside an exhibition of the same name at the One Grand Gallery, included as part of Design Week Portland 2017.
Mergrim is a solo project by Takahisa Mitsumori, a musician born in Takaraduka Hyogo. He is the owner of Electronic music label moph records, and has release 4 albums with solo / unit / live remix album etc. He is also the booking director of the club KGR 'n in Kagurazaka Tokyo. The latest work releases "Hyper Fleeting Vision" from PROGRESSIVE FOrM x moph. He moved to Berlin in 2017 and has entered into the production of new work.
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As we reported, the Dutch and Belgian governments have recently come out against loot boxes, suggesting that the EU may follow suit by scrutinising loot boxes.
Now that the US FTC has determined that it, too, will look into loot boxes, the chance of further legislation against them looks increasingly likely. For further IGDA news, keep an eye on the industry body's website.


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News: Privacy Injunction Statistics, January to June 2012 – identifying the cases [Updated]
October 2, 2012 / INFORRM / 2 Comments
On 27 September 2012 the Ministry of Justice Published its second statistical report on privacy injunctions, covering the 6 month period January to June 2012. It is noted that, during this period, there were 9 new applications for interim privacy injunctions and 9 applications to continue existing injunctions. There were 4 cases in which the High Court considered whether or not to issue permanent privacy injunctions and no privacy injunction appeals. Two of the cases involved the media although there appears to have been only one classic "media privacy injunction" application (which was unsuccessful on the return date).
The report notes that the statistics cover injunction prohibiting the publication of private or confidential information. It is not clear whether and to what extent "commercial confidentiality" cases are covered (as opposed to cases dealing purely with the misuse of private information).
The first report in this series was issued on 15 March 2012 and covered the 5 month period August to December 2011. During that period there were 4 new privacy injunctions applications, 3 hearings for the continuation or variation of interim injunctions, one application for a permanent injunction and one appeal. We had a post about the earlier report in March 2012.
Some more detail as to the injunction applications dealt with in the second report can be found in the attached Tables (which also contain the figures from the first report for comparison purposes).
Table 1 tells us that of the 9 applications for new injunctions, four were brought by a male applicants one by a female applicant, two by companies or other organisations and two by more than one claimant. Three of the applications were on notice and six without notice. All applications made were successful – one by consent. None of the injunctions contained "super-injunction" provisions. Six of the nine hearings were in private, and anonymity was granted in only three cases. In two cases there were no derogations from open justices.
Although public judgments are now given in privacy cases, the Report does not identify the cases to which reference is made. We have identified the following 8 interim applications
Claimant
EWQ v GFD
Tugendhat J
SKA v CRH
[2012] EWHC 766 (QB)
More than one claimant
Contostavlos v Mendahun
BUQ v HRE
Bean J
BPAS v Person Using Alias "Pablo Escobar"
Sharp J
AM v News Group
IPCC v Warner
Gold v Cox
Spelman v Express Newspapers
Lindblom J
[Update] We were, originally, missing one case which, with the assistance of a reader, we have now identified – BUQ vHRA.
The case of Spelman was a classic "media privacy injunction" – it was granted on the first application but discharged after the continuation hearing. The AM case did involve the media but primarily concerned harassment.
The continuation applications are dealt with in Table 2. All but one related to injunctions granted in the same period, all but two resulted in the injunctions being continued. There were four private hearings (out of nine) and anonymity in two cases.
These cases are somewhat harder to identify as the numbers don't quite add up. We have identified continuation hearings in the cases of Contostavlos v Mendahun ([2012] EWHC 850 (QB)) (injunction continued), BUQ v HRE ([2012] EWHC 774 (QB)) (injunction varied) and Spelman v Express Newspapers ([2012] EWHC 239 (QB))(injunction discharged). The other hearings are not easy to identify – although the Ministry Statistics may include some hearings where judgment was handed down after an interim hearing (Gold, IPCC and AM). We would be grateful if our readers were able to assist on this point.
The applications for permanent injunctions are dealt with in Table 3. Of the 4 applications, three were made by females and one by more than one claimant. Injunctions were granted in three out of the four cases. Again these are harder to identify. One of these cases is, presumably, the long running WXY v Gewanter litigation – where a final injunction was granted on 13 June 2012 ([2012] EWHC1601 (QB)). Again, we would welcome assistance as to the other "permanent injunctions" mentioned.
The Ministry of Justice report notes that, following the successful implementation of the pilot scheme the provisions will be made permanent by inclusion in the Civil Procedure Rules with effect from 1 October 2012.
We repeat the point made in our earlier post that it would be extremely helpful if the cases where there are public judgments were identified in the report.
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Purchase of a controlling interest in Finetech Medical Limited, the only UK based company with a clean room approved under the Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive (AIMDD).
Bioinduction receive a Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK) award for our Picostim product for late‐stage Parkinson's disease.
Based on Acticare development, Bioinduction commenced development of an innovative deep brain stimulation device, Picostim, that is skull-mounted to increase neurosurgical productivity and improve safety.
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Bioinduction first product, the Acticare Transcutaneous Spinal Electroanalgesia (TSE) device for management of chronic pain is launched.


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I know you're hiding, but I don't know what you're hiding for.
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One of a kind but that don't mean that you're all alone.
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Don't quit doing what you're doing cause you're different
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What has changed in the game with the addition of mod will be noticeable immediately. As soon as the player includes a splash screen with the WoWs Blitz logo, a surprise awaits him. Instead of the usual logo, there will be a splash screen with a new command on board, an anime team, then a video will follow in the same style, where all the power and capabilities of the World of Warships Blitz will be demonstrated. Despite the fact that the video in the cartoon style, naval battles look very impressive.
It is worth noting that the icon in the right corner has also changed to a more appropriate style of anime. How the game will look after installing the mod, you can see in the video below.
It should be noted that this is still the first mod for the World of Warships Blitz, in the near future, many interesting and useful modifications are expected that will not only help the player in a difficult period of battle but will also raise the mood and positive emotions of the game. As soon as new mods or modpacks appear for WoWs Blitz, we will immediately publish them.
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Some years ago, I asked my loving God for a heavenly gift. To my astonishment, I got it. A short time later, I discovered that God had sent me some 'extra' gifts I had not asked for. His gifts were infinitely better, but it took time for me to relax and understand my mixed blessings. I continue to work at this every day. I do not envision a time when the journey will be completed—I pray it never is. And, I will trust my loving God forever, love him in all of his infinite forms.
It can be quite difficult to love every living thing. But we must, else we divide ourselves from our loving God.
I don't believe God reveals himself in just one way. In truth I cannot conceive just how beautiful, how endlessly indescribable and loving God is. I imagine one could have any kind of relationship they choose–serious, informal, joyous, troubled, lighthearted, childish. I experience all of these, and more keep coming. Many of my gifts are similar to the things I've always received in life, except now I know who is sending them. Life is vastly more interesting and enjoyable when I know each new development is aimed at bringing me nearer to my father.


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My comments are in red. The essay questions are identical to last year's, as are my comments, with the exception of one new question for essay 4.
Rather than list Strength 1, Strength 2, and Strength 3, I recommend you start with an anecdote that illustrates ideally 2-3 or your strengths and then analyze how they have contributed to your career success. Remember to describe your achievement in terms of impact and quantify as much as possible. Another approach: Describe the accomplishment anecdotally and then go into the characteristics that contributed to it.
In both cases, also include a paragraph about a trait that you would like to use in future projects and successes.
What do you see yourself doing immediately upon graduation and for the first five years after you graduate? Based on UNC's instructions, you need to have a clear direction and goal when you arrive or you will be lost. Describe why this path attracts you. What experiences have convinced you to pursue it? Why do you need an MBA, especially one with UNC's approach to business education, to proceed down your chosen path.
Everyone has a story. What's yours? What makes you unique? What hobbies and experiences will differentiate you from the IT guy, consultant, real estate developer, or banker that the adcom just read about? How will your perspective contribute to the classroom and community at Kenan-Flagler?
Kenan-Flagler has five core values: excellence, leadership, integrity, community and teamwork. If you could add one value what would it be and why? Be sure to explain how you have lived this value.
New Question. This excellent question gives you the chance to show what is important to you. The question is very clear. What do you value that is not listed as one of Kenan-Flager's core values? Why do you feel it is important. And finally, when have acted — invested time and toil– as a result of this value you hold dear. Feeling and opining strongly are not enough. Action counts.
Is there anything else you think the Admissions Committee should know about you in order to evaluate your candidacy?
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By Colette Cassidy
The decision to start a business is not one to be taken lightly. You might have a potentially lucrative business idea in mind and you may be passionate about succeeding in the business world. The rewards for getting it right are massive, not least in terms of personal pride that your creation is making an impact on the lives of others. However, long before you ever get to that point, you need to put in weeks and weeks of thankless effort just to get the business started. You'll only become a successful business owner if you know what you're doing and you're willing to work incredibly hard at it.
If you're considering starting your own business, there are a few questions you'll need to ask yourself. Are you fully confident that the idea will be a success and that you're willing to stop at nothing to make it succeed? Do you have the courage of your convictions to make tough decisions, even in the face of adversity? Do you know enough about every aspect of your business idea to be in a position to make knowledgeable decisions?
Once you've determined that you have the personality traits required for entrepreneurship, think about what is motivating you to pursue this approach. Do you want full control over your working life? Are you passionate about turning your hobby into your life's work? Do you long for a sense of self fulfillment that will come from succeeding in business? Would you like to leave a lasting legacy for others to take on after you've made the business a success?
Setting up your own business will be challenging and will sometimes leave you wondering why you decided upon it in the first place, but if you're prepared to work hard enough to succeed at it, it could be life-changing in a manner that no other life activity could match. The infographic below will help you consider all of the implications of starting a business.
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justin on August 15, 2016 at 1:00 pm
This is a great post, seeing the stats helps a lot!
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Finches display a sudden change in mating behavior as they become adults. They go through the same changes that teenagers experience as they reach the age of puberty. Finches are said to become more aggressive and vocal as they reach their adult stage. Both the male and female finch will start calling out more often to signal that they are in their territory or are in search for a mate.
During the courtship period, female finches ask for food from potential mates. The process of feeding the females is done through mock feeding or regurgitating food into the female's bill.
During the mating season, males bring nesting materials in their bills for the female who takes care of building the nest. The males are also very protective of the females and defend their mates more than defend the territory around their nest. Other finch species will fight to the end when they see another male near their territory. So after marking its territory, a male finch will usually call and sing to attract females and reinforce his claim on the area.
Young finches are weaned early as their parents push them away especially when the adults start breeding again. This aggression between the parents and their offspring is mild and may entail growling, chasing and some feather plucking for the stubborn young. Parents bred in captivity can keep their young in their territory.
Male finches normally establish their territory no matter how small. This action is aimed at raising a family in that particular territory and to display his strength to the female. The females, meanwhile, don't involve themselves much in marking a territory. However, they fight with other female finches over a male. Though believed to be monogamous just like other songbirds, both sexes may also have different mates.
Once a female meets a male, the proud and lucky male will sing and dance to show off to the female. If the female accepts the male, she will raise and fan her tail. The mating then begins. After a few mating sessions, the pair will search for a nest where the female will lay and incubate her eggs. A female finch is very devoted to her eggs that she will not go away from her eggs during the incubation period. This is a positive sign because it usually results in a close bond between the parents and healthy offspring.


The Mist Trail Rises above Yosemite Valley as you Hike to Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall.
One of the most interesting day hikes we experienced was the Mist Trail. The Mist Trail hike leads you up to Vernal Fall and you can continue on up to Nevada Fall. It is a beautiful hike covering over 2.8 miles in one direction (up) and it ascends 1900 feet. It is a strenuous hike and a very popular hike, so expect crowds.
The Bearded Iris is a spring bloomer, that grows up to four feet tall with a spread of as much as two feet. Though the iris blooms in early spring like bulb plants, most grow from rhizome systems. There are some that grow from bulbs. You can get a wide variety of colors: blue, violet, yellow, purple, red, white and pink.
many of the negative myths about our public education system are confronted and dispelled in a straightforward, easily readable presentation of the facts.
Yes, it is winter time in Chicago. We are expecting sub-zero temperatures in the coming days of early January 2014. I know you want to keep training even though you can't get outdoors. But, what do you do? There is a foot of snow on the ground. You cannot train in the streets because it gets dark at 4PM.
What you need is the right equipment to keep training indoors. Why go to the gym when you can build your own gym in your home? I have a small weight training set up in my basement. I have a wide range of dumbbells. Plus, a Smith Machine, a weight bench, a Tower of Power, a treadmill and an indoor cycle. Now, I didn't go out and purchase those all at once. I received most of my dumbbells over a ten year period. Every year my wife would purchase a new weight for me.
Read more here ... The Basics of Building a Home Gym.
Dave does an excellent job of discussing the advantages of a public school education. You can find out more about the book at America's Public Schools. Read the book to get the facts instead of listening to government talking points. Find out what a teacher who has been in the classroom can tell you about our public schools.
After reading this book you will be a salesperson for your local schools and you will have information to back up your talking points. How do the USA schools stack up against Japan, Finland, Canada or Singapore. Do standardized test scores tell the whole story? When you send your children to school what do you want for their education? The most important question, "What is a good school?" Can you answer that right now if someone were to put a microphone to your mouth?
But, the reason for this post is that he said something that really hit home.
Failing in life is failing to "ACT" today!
We are so busy in life. We have work commitments. We have family to spend time with. We have to keep up with our favorite TV shows. We have to update our Facebook accounts and Google +1 pages. We need to Tweet our latest activities. How can we concentrate on the really important tasks that will insure success?
Acting today. If your goal is to have the prettiest flower garden in the neighborhood then act today to remove weeds and to water your flowers. If your goal is to earn a million dollars then now is the time to act on reaching that goal. When you sit down to watch TV again tonight, think, should I be doing something else to reach success? Should I be studying now? Should I be writing letters now? Should I be practicing my instrument now?
I have a cousin in South Carolina. Ray is one of the best banjo players in the country. How did he get so good? He practices. Constantly. Consistently. Persistently. He practiced to the point where he can play with others. Then he makes the time to play with them. Did Ray pick up a banjo and all of a sudden he was world class? No, it was daily practice over many years.
We don't become overnight successes. It happens because of all the work we did 1 year ago. 2 years ago. 5 Years ago. Yes, even 10 years ago. Writing consistently makes you a better blogger. Your first blog article was probably awful. But, 2 years into it and you are writing daily and all of a sudden you have 500 plus articles written. That is a lot of practice. That will increase your chances to be noticed as a respected writer. Read books on writing today. Practice what you read. Take a writing class. Read writing articles from successful writers. What about their style makes them successful?
Success doesn't come in some fairyland in the future. Future success can be predicted by what you are doing today. Are you going to write a blog article, today? Are you going to research your article, today? Will you set goals, today?
Will you act TODAY and increase your chances for a successful life?
Are You Looking for 5 Fun and Easy Things to Do in One Day in Tucson, AZ?
On a recent trip to Arizona, my wife and I had the pleasure of spending a day in Tucson, Arizona. We planned out a day that would be fun for us, but wouldn't beat us up by trying to do too much in one day. I think we found the perfect mix of culture, hiking and historical fun things to do in one day in Tucson.
We started the day late by not even leaving the hotel until after 10 AM. (Normally, we are up by 6AM and already hiking or something by 8AM. But, this trip was leisurely. We weren't in a hurry. We could do one, two, three, four or five of the side trips on our itinerary and we would be happy.
Our first destination was San Xavier Mission on the Southwest side of Tucson. It is a beautiful church originally built in the 1700s long before Arizona became a state of the United States. The paintings inside the church are unique but beautiful. Statues of angels, St Francis, Saint Xavier and Mary the mother of Jesus are must see. The color palette used in the church is unusual in the Midwest, but felt right at home in the Arizona desert.
You can take as long as you want in the church and the surrounding buildings. We spent a couple of hours taking photos and studying the art and architecture. Then we climbed the little hill next door and spent time with the Grotto which depicts the visitation of Mary in Fatima.
Read more here ... Are You Looking for 5 Fun and Easy Things to Do in One Day in Tucson, AZ?
Social Media sites are proving to be effective free methods to get new traffic to your blog. You have heard of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more. Well, take a look and find out more about them. You can build a fan base on Facebook. You can have others follow you on Twitter. LinkedIn is very effective in creating relationships in business. There are tons of books at your local library that will tell you how to get started in these markets. Plus, a growing number of articles on line that will help.
Did you know that commenting on forums can prove to be a traffic source? Many times as forum members develop relationships in a forum, other members take a look to find out more about you. With a free link to your blog the more you post in a forum the more clicks back to your blog you get.
I am a firm believer in the power of commenting on other blogs. I have seen personally the power this has in driving traffic to a blog. It is easy to do. Visit blogs you are interested in. See what they are writing about. Then go to the bottom of the article and add your comment. To be successful, you should pick a few blogs and comment regularly on each of them. You will get traffic back and the fun part is you get new friends. Make sure when you place your comments that they are topic relevant and more than a single sentence. You can't make new friends by only saying "yo dude" everyday.
Really respond to the article on the blog. How did it make you feel? Have you ever had a similar experience? Were you surprised at what the atuthor said? Can you offer advice to help the blogger? Being sincere and open is the way to build new friendships and with a little serendipity you will receive traffic to your blog.
If you want more traffic to your blog then make your blog easy to navigate. Get rid of widgets that don't add value. Make your blog fast loading. Plus, make your content rich in value and easy to read. Add an appropriate image to each article, if you can make it fast loading.
These are 5 proven Ways to Advertise Your Blog. Some of the ways are free. Some require time with rich rewards. But, all have been successful in driving traffic to a blog. Try it for yourself.
It's time to get back in the gym. Maybe you gained a couple of pounds or maybe a lot of pounds during December. It is easy to do. You start at Thanksgiving and then the early office Christmas Party. But, it isn't just one. There is your company party, the spouse's party, the church or civic group party, the neighborhood party, the close friends at work party, the office department party, the party with the in-laws, the party with your family and finally the New Year's Eve party.
Kaboom, you now have 5, 10 , 15 or even an extra 20 pounds around your waist and you aren't sure what did it. Plus, you have a whole tin of Christmas cookies still left. What can you do?
Well, take the tin of cookies to work and share them with your co-workers. Then plan on eating better for the next 4 weeks. I know if you eat well for 4 weeks you will eat well for longer. Oh yeah then there is that old bugaboo, exercise. You want to exercise, you know how to exercise. But, sometimes it is hard to actually get the workout clothes on and actually do anything. It's hard for me, too.
I think it's because most people are looking to do too much too soon. You don't have to walk 20 miles a day.
Read more here ... Time To Get Back to the Gym.
Flowering Crabapple in early spring.
Are you looking for some color and fragrance in early spring? Then the Flowering Crabapple tree may be right for you. This tree makes an excellent specimen plant. You can get cultivars that produce small fruit that won't mess up your yard. Today's crabapple trees come with more disease resistance. This plant is cherished for the abundant flowers produced in spring time. They bloom about the same time as Rhododendrons.
Read More here - Flowering Crabapple Produces Beautiful Spring Flowers.
If you have committed to toning up and losing weight then this workout is for you. You are in control of this workout and it doesn't require a full gym. Just some free weights and you are getting the body in shape for your summer swim suit, fall basketball or winter sports. The exercises work the entire body, back, biceps, triceps, chest, legs and shoulders.
Read More here - Three Day 12 Exercise Circuit Training with Free Weights Workout.
Sentinel Dome as seen from path.
If you are looking for a great little adventure while visiting Yosemite National Park, then you want to take the hiking trail to Sentinel Dome. It is not a long walk, maybe a mile from the parking lot to the top of the Dome. Sentinel Dome Stands 8,122 Feet Above Sea Level and gives you great views of the Sierra Nevadas, Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Tenaya Canyon and The Giant Staircase.
Yosemite Valley's Tunnel View gives you a panoramic wonderland showing off El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall. Yosemite Valley demonstrates the effects of glaciers with Bridalveil Fall a classic example of a hanging valley.
Here is a great list of 10 sun loving perennials you can place in those hot dry areas of your garden. These ten sun loving perennials will provide a rich color and interest from Spring to late fall. The birds and butterflies will love being in your yard. All 10 perennials require little water and care, but will show you a bounty of flowers and interest.
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If this is your first time to our site, then surf around, I am sure you will enjoy the visit and I encourage you to come back often. If you have questions on how to find everything, then check out our sitemap. If you like flower gardening and landscaping, check out those sites. If your needs are not being met at this site, drop me a line and tell me how I can make it better. I would appreciate any feedback you are willing to share with me. Wishing you the best in the coming year.


*I had a call from a Ben Jewett of the IoD, "reaching out", as we say in the USA, following my renewal. He has not read this blog, I am shocked to learn!
I advised him of the stray apostrophe, suggesting that it was a result of Steve Jobs' ghostly iOS/OSX obsession with editing typing on a Mac or iPad. My surmise was correct, and the apostrophe is no more!
Having just renewed my IOD membership, I read the info about facilities.
The largest and most famous of business lounge's with a capacity for up to 150 people.
Gosh, this rather bumptious and prissy organisation suffers from apostrophe ignorance.
I expect they will take the easy way out and lobby for a change to the use of apostrophes, on the grounds that they are not inclusive enough.
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Amazon's One-Day Shipping Pledge Boosts Logistics Startups
Posted on May 7, 2019 May 7, 2019 2:56 pm
Amazon's announcement that it plans to inject $800 million to facilitate next-day delivery has created opportunities for logistics startups that can help retailers remain competitive against the eCommerce giant, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Companies like Walmart, Best Buy and Macy's are all looking to logistics startups to help them keep up. One such startup, Flexe, which runs a warehouse and fulfillment marketplace, just raised $43 million in a Series B funding round.
Another company, Dolly, which handles larger items for shipping, recently announced a $7.5 million infusion of cash.
Analysts say Amazon is poised to take almost 50 percent of the $600 billion in money spent by U.S. shoppers online this year, and retailers need to get creative to keep up.
"Interest in logistics investments has picked up, and we'll see even more of that this year," Julian Counihan, a partner at Schematic Ventures in New York, said in the report. "Retailers traditionally invested in physical stores to increase sales. Amazon flipped that on its head and made logistics the driver of customer experience."
Flexe, which acts as sort of an Airbnb for warehouse space, has been rapidly expanding. It recently hired former Amazon transportation president David Glick as CTO in a bid to expand its eCommerce fulfillment operation, which makes up three quarters of the company's sales.
"Having big customers like Walmart known for high standards brings legitimacy to our business," Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht said.
Dolly's focus on bigger items gives it an advantage over Amazon, which is still trying to figure out a way to move big weight items efficiently. The company says it can deliver appliances, sofas and TVs in as little as 90 minutes.
"We give retailers the ability to tell their customers that they offer way better terms than Amazon for big and bulky items," CEO Mike Howell said. "Amazon wants to sell more furniture, but it's having a very difficult time meeting its customers' expectations because delivering furniture is so much different than delivering small parcels."
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FACE THE PAIN — I have a pain in my right ankle. I can find positions where it doesn't hurt, but when I walk it reasserts itself, causing me to compensate by shifting my balance to the other foot. Now I know from experience, that if I want to, I can push this pain to the edges of my awareness. I can acclimate to pain. The downside of this strategy is that pain can become the guest who never leaves, and who, after a while, becomes part of the furniture.
I'm not pretending that all pain is within our control. Some ailments may be lived with until our last breath. But I also know (from experience) that some pain continues simply because we do not face it.
Give yourself a few minutes of uninterrupted time.
Scan your body from the inside to see where you feel pain right now.
When you locate it, put your imaginary finger on it.
Now reposition your body so that there is the least amount of strain on that part of your body.
Close your eyes (after reading this paragraph) and slow your breath down so that the inhalation matches the exhalation.
Do this a few times, and when you feel the body relaxing a little, redirect your awareness to the area of the pain.
Now imagine that you are breathing into that area. It may seem strange at first, but it is possible, and in most cases you can feel a subtle movement in and around the pain.
Now, see if you can go deeper, into the heart of the pain, and fill up the physical space it occupies with the mental space of your awareness.
Without rejecting or judging, come fully present to pain, and even deeper to its source.
Hold this awareness for a few minutes if you can, and just notice what happens.
SLOWING DOWN – When we feel pressured by deadlines, or when we add that one more thing to our list that tips the scales of overwhelm, the tendency is to speed up. Panic is a good example. This is often when mistakes are made, or when we injure ourselves because our awareness is somewhere other than where we are.
If you ever find yourself in a predicament like this (and who hasn't) try practicing conscious breathing, in the midst of movement. You don't have to sit still for this one. What you can do though is slow down your movements so that you don't get ahead of yourself. Stay in the body, not in the future projection of the mind. Use your breath as your guide. Conscious inhalation and exhalation of your breath sharpens your focus on what is before you. Try it. What you may discover is that you cannot distract yourself with the ramblings in in your head at the same time you focus on your breath.
Breath awareness brings your attention into the body. The more you develop this practice, the more grounded you become. My heartfelt desire is that these ideas find their way into your practice and ease your day.


David Glasner has new posts here and here, specifically going over examples of Hayek's neoclassicism in his JPE article on the Ricardo Effect.
Ryan Murphy seems to differ a little, although he does allow that Hayek is a "marginalist". To me, marginalism comes pretty close to being synonmous with neoclassicism. It's certainly synonymous with a theory of maximizing behavior. I suppose you could be a marginalist but not think that equilibrium analysis (or equilibrating tendencies - as I pointed out to Jonathan very few people think we actually sit at equilibria, and those few people probably aren't the sort of people anyone should be listening to) is helpful. But I don't think there are many such people.
I found this interesting from Ryan: "Hayek largely abandoned much of the emphasis on equilibrium analysis and this is what characterizes modern Austrian economics (think Ludwig Lachmann for the "ideal type" of such economists – of course Glasner was right there in the NYU orbit [if I'm not mistaken] when this type of Austrian economics was at its peak, so I'm slightly confused). Caldwell refers to this as "Hayek's transformation," citing "Economics and Knowledge" as Hayek's turning point on this."
I agree with the first part, and I believe I was careful to say this earlier (if not, I'm concurring now) - what's really neoclassical is Hayek's macro and "early Hayek". The hermeneutics, the neuro stuff, the emergent order stuff isn't "neoclassical". That's important to note because (1.) that's the Hayek you see from a lot of internet Austrians, and (2.) that's the Hayek that disagrees with Keynes, which is one of the big attractions of Hayek. I'm not sure I agree with Caldwell that Economics of Knowledge is the best example of the transformation, although perhaps it's a pivot point. The reason I say that is that the insights of Economics and Knowledge is as amenable to neoclassical economics as it is to non-neoclassical economics. In other words, if neoclassical macroeconomist Hayek had never made his "transformation" he still could have produced Economics and Knowledge. Indeed, if I recall at several points in the essay he stresses that older generations recognized what he was saying, that good equilibrium analysis required a cognizance of what he was saying, and that he was really just fleshing out a better dynamic equilibrium theory. Now, Caldwell is right insofar as this essay also opens the door to less neoclassical work.
I still think the case for Hayek and Austrian economics in general as neoclassical as pretty solid, unless we are specifically talking about the Lachmann stuff. I'm a little struck by the fact that Ryan says you only hear the far left saying this. I thought it was commonly accepted that Austrians were neoclassical. Anyway, I certainly don't see it as a perjorative - I'm a neoclassical. That's not to say I think non-neoclassical approaches are useless. It's just my paradigm - it's the best organizing principle we have laid out. It's certainly not the only good organizing principle or the final word on economic science.
Do you own a copy of Individualism and Economic Order, Daniel Kuehn, or have you read "Economics and Knowledge" from a journal database?
Daniel, Greg Ransom's comment on that first Glasner link is right on the market. Glasner is confusing for neoclassicism Hayek's explanatory strategies.