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Judge Blocks Trump on Sanctuary City Crackdown [VIDEO]
26 Apr, 2017 by	Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
This right here is why the Ninth Circuit Court should be split up. They have once again blocked an executive order from President Trump… this time on cutting funding to illegal sanctuary cities. Trump is vowing to take this one all the way to the Supreme Court and he should. These rogue judges who were set up by Obama are blocking every step Trump wants to take and that as President, he should have the power to take. President Trump is right in calling this a weapon to be used against communities that disagree with the left. He's also right when he says this judge and the left have innocent blood all over their hands because of this.
Yes, the executive order should apply to all federal funding as these cities are breaking federal laws. And yes, San Francisco and Santa Clara County should be targeted because they are THE biggest violators of federal law over illegal immigration. I predict that if this gets to the Supreme Court, it will not stand as it is a specious argument. The Ninth Circuit has gone totally rogue and must be stopped. It is imperative that we do so now for our survival. The Trump administration should immediately appeal to vacate this decision. This judge is deeply in the pocket of the left… Orrick raised at least $200,000 for Obama and donated more than $30,000 to groups supporting him.
From the AP:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the third time in two months, a federal judge has knocked down an immigration order by President Donald Trump and used Trump's own language against him.
In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick quoted Trump to support his decision to block the president's order to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration officials.
Trump called the sanctuary cities order a "weapon" against communities that disagree with his preferred immigration policy, Orrick said. The judge also cited a February interview in which he said the president threatened to cut off funding to California, saying the state "in many ways is out of control."
The first comment was evidence that the administration intended the executive order to apply broadly to all sorts of federal funding, and not a relatively small pot of grant money as the Department of Justice had argued, the judge said.
The second statement showed the two California governments that sued to block the order – San Francisco and Santa Clara County – had good reason to believe they would be targeted, Orrick said.
This is not Presidential or federal overreach… this is the enforcement of the rule of law and the left has stacked the courts with Marxist judges to prevent the law from being followed. I'm with Mark Levin on this: "Were there any federal district judges out there who weren't appointed by Barack Obama?" Followed by: "It appears all of these immigration cases wind up in front of left-wing kook judges," he added. They are bastardizing the law here.
Levin added: "It is remarkable that we have federal judges now, who are appointed by the most radical leftist president in American history, who take his political philosophy, reverse what is basically one hundred years of jurisprudence, that they have fought for, and then impose their will." Exactly right. In a lengthy statement released on Tuesday night by Trump's press secretary, the White House said Orrick's decision to block a ban on funding for sanctuary cities was "a gift to criminal gangs and cartels. San Francisco, and cities like it, are putting the well-being of criminal aliens before the safety of our citizens, and those city officials who authored these policies have the blood of dead Americans on their hands," the statement read. These rogue judges must be dealt with at some point here. Jeff Sessions certainly has his hands full. This time, go all the way to the Supreme Court and settle this.
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Bock Beer / Goat Beer
The German beer whose name is a pun.
In the 14th century the northern town of Einbeck, Germany was producing some great tasting beer with higher alcohol content than typical lagers. The beer was brewed by individual households (in citizen brew houses) but the town owned all of the beer making equipment and hired hundreds of master brewers. This helped maintain a consistently high-quality product throughout town. As Einbeck joined the Hanseatic League they exported their beer around Europe and the popularity of their beer grew. In 1521 Martin Luther said that "The best drink anyone knows is called Einbecker beer" and later served it at his wedding.
In the early 17th century the master brewer Elias Pichler was lured down from Einbeck to Munich by Duke Maximilian to help the Bavarians make the Einbeck beer, or "Ainpöckisch bier". The Bavarians changed the name a bit and with their southern pronunciation Ainpöckisch bier became "Oanpock bier" which was eventually shortened to just "Bock bier". Soon the Einbeck style of beer was known by the name created by the brewers in the south.
Goat imagery has been tied to bock beer for years.
As the centuries progressed bock beer posters, signs, and bottle labels tended to have a common visual motif – the image of a goat. No other style of beer has had such a consistently universal visual element. Goats have been used as imagery for bock beer across breweries, across time, and across countries. The reason is that "bock" in German means "male goat" (among other things). So Einbeck could be "ein bock" or "a goat". Goats selling bock beer is a visual pun. It's a multi-century dad joke.
Added info: there are different styles of bock beer including Maibock which is a seasonal beer made in the Spring for the month of May (hence the name, "May bock"). The Sly Fox Brewery in Pennsylvania hosts an annual goat race where each year's Maibock is named for the winning goat.
Also Doppelbock ("double bock") is an even stronger bock brewed for Lent and the strong beer season.
Persian Decision Making
The idea that ancient Persians would make a decision drunk then make it sober to see if the two match.
Herodotus was a 5th century BCE Greek whose Histories changed how world history is recorded and earned him the title of the "Father of History". Histories contains a record of the Greco-Persian Wars as well as other stories and information from around the ancient world. Some things he got right, some he got wrong. He did the best he could, but he also wasn't an impartial recorder of events which meant some things became exaggerated or biased. One such example is his account of how Persians would make important decisions.
Drunk History
In Histories Herodotus reported that the Persians had a peculiar method of decision making. Supposedly they would get drunk on wine and come up with a solution to a problem. Then, the following day while sober they would think about the problem again and consider if the previous night's decision was still a good idea. This process could also be done the other way around – sober first, then drunk. In either order, if the two decisions agreed then the decision was adopted. If they did not, the Persians would have to think on the matter some more.
At face value this a Persian version of the Latin phrase "In vino veritas" or "In wine, there is truth". It's also a bit like an ancient version of the misattributed Hemingway quote "Write drunk, edit sober" (which is actually by humorist Peter De Vries). The Persians would use wine to come to the truth of a dilemma and confirm the truth when sober. While a fun anecdote, it seems unlikely they did this in the way Herodotus describes.
To start, it's improbable that the Persian empire was in the regular habit of making all important decisions twice. Further this story says more about Herodotus than it does about the Persians. The Greeks drank their wine diluted with water but the Persians drank their wine undiluted (as we do today). Drinking undiluted wine was seen by the Greeks as decadent and even barbaric, and Herodotus uses this story to depict the Persians as less civilized than the Greeks. There's also a double standard in how he portrays Persia's wine & wealth as a negative (again as decadent), even though a similar wealth amongst the Greeks would be seen as a positive. Further, while they may have drank wine differently, the Greeks enjoyed wine just the same as the Persians did. More than anything though, this is an account of Persian culture by a Greek. To get a more accurate portrayal of Persian culture we should look to the Persians themselves.
Persian Wine
Wine has been an important part of Persian culture for thousands of years (far longer than its recent prohibition). One of the world's earliest known wine-making artifacts originates in Neolithic Persia (in modern day Hajji Firuz, Iran) from around 5,000 BCE. According to Persian folklore the legendary Shah Jamshid (who lived for 700 years) is said to have inadvertently discovered wine after one of his harem women found and drank from a jar of old fermented grapes.
At the time of Herodotus wine was a staple of Persian society. It was safer to drink than water (which was true around the ancient world), but more importantly people enjoyed it just like we do today. Wine was enjoyed at all levels of society from royalty to commoners, at social gatherings, meals, and political meetings. Given how common wine was in Persian society, perhaps the wine being drunk while making decisions was incidental to the decision making and not the focal point as Herodotus would lead us to believe.
Added info: the Persian region of Shiraz had a long history of wine production and was once Iran's "wine capital". After the 1979 Iranian Revolution however, alcohol was banned throughout the country and Shiraz no longer makes wine. Also the wine type of Shiraz is not named for the region, and Shiraz and Syrah wines are the same thing.
Drinking alcohol in cold weather only warms you temporarily and then you need to get inside.
Our bodies are designed to regulate heat in order to stay alive. When you're too hot the blood vessels nearest the skin use vasodilation to open wide and allow heated blood to pass through and radiate heat away from the body, cooling you down.
When you're cold you body does the opposite. In the cold your body uses vasoconstriction to close off the blood vessels closest to the skin to prevent heat loss. In order to keep your core warm your body limits the blood flow to your extremities, conserving heat. This is why your fingers, toes, skin, etc. get stiff & cold before your core. Fingers are expendable, your organs are not. When your body is using vasoconstriction to keep warm the last thing you want to do is dilate those blood vessels … which is exactly what alcohol does.
From old myths and advertisements, the idea that alcohol is a good way to warm up in the cold has been around for centuries.
Part of why we think alcohol helps comes from St. Bernards rescuing avalanche victims in the snow wearing small barrels of brandy to warm them up. Unfortunately no St. Bernard dog has ever worn such a cask – it's a myth popularized by the Edwin Landseer 1820 painting Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller.
Probably the main reason we think alcohol warms us up in the cold is because it sort of does. Alcohol is a vasodilator and so it isn't the alcohol warming you but what alcohol does to the body that warms you. In the cold alcohol opens the blood vessels that the body has closed down to preserve warmth, the result of which is that the warm reserve of blood in your core is suddenly released out to your extremities. Unfortunately this sudden warmth comes at a cost. As the warm blood reaches your extremities there is a loss of heat and as it travels back to your core your overall body temperature drops. Further, alcohol reduces your body's ability to shiver (which is another mechanism used to increase warmth) so you're cold and only getting colder. Now you no longer have a reserve of warmth and need to get indoors.
In this bootlegged video from MythBusters, they explore the myth that alcohol helps warm you up in cold weather.
the Clear Craze & Prison Electronics
The design fad that had a practical application in prison.
In the late 1980s a trend for clear products took hold – clear electronics, clear drinks. Clear beverages were pitched as more "pure" than their traditional counterparts because they were free of artificial colors. Health conscious consumers began to associate clear with clean. There is of course no correlation between clarity and health but the trend for clear beverages took off regardless.
Learning from the failure of New Coke, that you don't mess with your best selling product, various brands created new clear products (leaving their bestsellers untouched) as an attempt to appeal to underserved demographics. In 1992 Pepsi released Crystal Pepsi which was a clear soda without preservatives or caffeine. In response to this Coca-Cola released Tab Clear which was created solely to sabotage Crystal Pepsi. Tab Clear was marketed as a diet soda which they hoped would confuse people into thinking Crystal Pepsi was a diet soda, which it did. Both clear sodas were retired by 1994 (although Crystal Pepsi has come back from time to time in limited releases).
In 1993 the Coors Brewing Company released the clear alcoholic beverage Zima. Building off of the 1980s popularity of wine coolers, Zima was a new alternative to beer. It was a lemon-lime drink that was produced for a surprisingly long time (until 2008), and was more popular in Japan than it ever was in the US. Part of Zima's popularity problem in the US had to do with the fact that it was more popular with women than men which (for some consumers) made it seem like a drink for women. This cut out a large part of the potential male customer base.
A 1993 Zima commercial, complete with a peppering of Z's substituting for S's.
In 1993 the Miller Brewing Company chose a few American cities for a limited release of Miller Clear. Through intense filtering they removed the color (and by some critics, the flavor) from a lager to make a clear beer that was less heavy than traditional beer and with greater "drinkability." It never left the limited release stage.
A 1993 Miller Clear commercial demonstrating it's radical style while proclaiming that it's "The first regular beer without all the heaviness."
Besides beverages, electronics also became transparent, allowing you to see the internal workings of the device. The trend for transparent/translucent electronics lasted into the late 1990s, much longer than the craze for transparent beverages.
In 1983 Swatch released the celebrated Jelly Fish model of watch which had a transparent body allowing you to see the gears (a version of which you can still buy today). A variety of brands made clear telephones some of which would flash when a call was coming in. As part of the Play It Loud! series, in 1995 you could buy a clear Nintendo Game Boy (the clear model's color was called "X-Ray"). The first iMac series, which ran from 1998 to 2003, all featured clear / colored translucent bodies. While clear products were a fun novelty that faded out around the late 1990s they are still very much alive in one particular market: prisons.
Clear Prison Electronics
Behind bars transparent goods allow prison security to easily inspect for contraband. Depending on the prison system there are different rules & requirements for goods in prison. Some rules are to aid in searching for contraband (such as clear plastic), other requirements are to prevent objects from being turned into weapons (such as using silicon instead of hard plastic). Prison music players & TVs frequently have a lower maximum volume so as to not annoy one's neighbors, forcing the listener to be very close to the speaker. An alternative is that some players have the speakers removed altogether and only provide a headphone jack (to be used with clear headphones).
While the cassette was a popular music format in the 1980s, and has seen a resurgence in recent years, it never completely went away. Cassettes have been in steady use in prisons because they're harder to turn into weapons than CDs and clear cassettes in particular can be quickly inspected for contraband. Thanks to the US's prison population (the largest and highest per-capita in the world, something America is definitely #1 at) they were able to keep the cassette industry alive long after it fell out of favor with the mainstream public. Even with the introduction of mp3 players into prisons, cassettes are still popular as they are easier to share/trade than digital files.
Bob Barker and Keefe Group are just two examples of companies who specialize in clear products intended for correctional facilities.
You can still find transparent/translucent products today (in and out of prisons). Coca-Cola Clear is a clear version of Coke (but with additional lemon flavoring) introduced to Japan in 2018. You can still find different video game consoles and/or controllers with special clear/translucent editions. Swatch still makes several different clear watches. While clear beer never happened, and Zima hasn't really come back strong, the hard seltzer craze of 2019 has introduced a plethora of profitable clear alternatives to beer.
Added info: If you're interested in owning second-hand clear prison electronics (for the novelty and certainly not for their quality), you can find various options on eBay. Here's a selection of clear prison televisions. Urban Outfitters has also gotten in the game of selling clear electronics that were originally designed for prison, such as this cassette player.
Mat Taylor of Techmoan has a fantastic introduction to prison technology.
The SNL commercial for Crystal Gravy was a parody of the Crystal Pepsi commercial.
Sparkling Wine Sweetness
Sparkling wines range from dry to sweet based on how much sugar is added after the second fermentation.
The most well known kind of sparkling wine is Champagne which coincidentally comes from the Champagne region of northern France. The word "Champagne" is a protected designation of origin (PDO) term which means only sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France may be legally called "Champagne." As such other countries have their own regional names for sparkling wine. The Spanish call their sparkling wine Cava, the Germans and Austrians have Sekt, the Italians have Spumante but their better known protected designation of origin variety of sparkling wine is Prosecco, etc.
While there are a variety of methods to making sparkling wine, they all start with making wine. This is followed by adding a little sugar & yeast to each bottle to generate a second fermentation. This second fermentation, which takes place in the capped bottle, is what produces the CO2 bubbles sparkling wine is known for. Depending on the production method, wine makers then add a mixture known as "le dosage" at the end before the final corking. Dosage is a sweet mixture of still wine and sometimes sugar to balance out the flavor of the sparkling wine. How much dosage is added makes all the difference.
Sparkling Sweetness
The sweetness of a sparkling wine is determined by how much sugary dosage is added – the more sugar, the sweeter the sparkling wine (makes sense). To know how sweet a sparkling wine is, wine makers label their bottles with a variety of terms. Unfortunately, different countries use different words to convey the same general idea. The following is an explanation of sparkling wine sweetness terms.
Sparkling wines range from brut to doux. Brut comes from the French for "dry" or "unrefined". There is some overlap in Brut categories depending on the wine maker but they are all fairly unsweet sparkling wines. Doux comes from the French for "soft" or "sweet". These bottles are the candy aisle of sparking wines.
Added info: the most famous early sparkling wine was by the 17th century monk Dom Pérignon, however sparkling wine originated in England. In typical wine bottles, sparkling wine has the tricky problem where the second fermentation inside the bottle builds up enough pressure that the bottle can explode. Because 17th century English glassmakers used coal in their glass production they could produce a stronger bottle which allowed them to reliably produce sparkling wine before the French.
Starkbierzeit (Strong Beer Season)
Munich's strong beer season began as a work-around to Lenten fasting.
During the Lenten season leading up to Easter, the German monks of the Neudeck ob der Au Monastery would fast. While they were forbidden from eating solid food they were allowed to drink beer. "Liquid bread wouldn't break the fast" was the idea – but they didn't drink just any beer. The monks created the nutritionally-rich, and high in alcohol, doppelbock Salvator beer for the Lenten season. First brewed in 1629, the beer's name of Salvator comes from "Sankt Vater", or "Saint Father", essentially meaning "Holy Father beer." This beer was not only the start of the Paulaner Brewery but it was also the origin of Starkbierzeit, or "strong beer season."
Strong Beer Season
Not as big or as well known as Oktoberfest, Starkbierzeit is the multi-week strong beer festival of Munich. While Oktoberfest beers have an alcohol content around 6%, all of the Starkbierzeit beers have a minimum alcohol volume of 7.5%. In the lead up to Easter, breweries around Munich release special high-alcohol beers for the season and host parties in beer halls. There's music, dancing, people dressed in traditional tracht – it's like a Lenten smaller-scale decentralized Oktoberfest … fueled by high-alcohol beer.
Irish "Pub In A Box"
As part of a Guinness marketing effort in the early 1990s, thousands of Irish pubs around the world have been built using standardized design templates.
Recognized around the world, the Irish pub is one of the most well-known Irish cultural exports – and where there's an Irish pub there's usually Guinness. In the 1980s Guinness began to track the causal relationship between new Irish pubs and regional increases in Guinness beer sales. As new pubs opened, Guinness sales went up. If Guinness could help create more Irish pubs then they could also increase their own revenue.
Ahead of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Guinness sales representatives traveled around Italy meeting with potential Italian business partners with the goal of opening Irish pubs. Their pitch was built around revenue generation and how Irish pubs have a more profitable beverage-to-food ratio than most other bars. From January to June of 1990 Italy opened 58 Irish pubs, welcoming Irish soccer fans and drinkers of all kinds. However, the critical factor to revenue generation was that these pubs needed to appear authentic – enter the "pub in a box".
Pub in a Box
Successful Irish pubs outside of Ireland have the look & feel of the real thing. As part of their expansion effort Guinness assembled a team to analyze, quantify, & document the seemingly ineffable essence of the Irish pub. The Irish Pub Concept helped determine the critical success factors to operating an Irish pub. Chief among these factors is visual authenticity.
Founded in 1990, the Irish Pub Company of Dublin was one of the first companies to offer "authentic" Irish pubs for export. Instead of doing all of the work yourself they'll take your dimensions and design, manufacture, and ship all of the necessary materials to you. Do you want the rural Irish pub style or the Victorian? Maybe you want the general "Celtic" style. They offer a variety of prepackaged pub types that come complete with all the knickknacks for the walls. To date they have designed & shipped over 2,000 pubs to more than 50 countries.
Fadó in Chicago, designed by the Irish Pub Company in their "Celtic" style.
Mandy's Apothecary in Moscow, designed by the Irish Pub Company in their "Shop" style.
The Irish Pub Co. isn't alone. Ól Irish Pubs and GGD Global also offer to design & ship you a "pub in a box". This Disney-ized packaging of Irish culture is not without criticism. For one it raises questions of authenticity. It's true these are pubs that have been designed & manufactured in Ireland. However, it's difficult to claim authenticity when your pub has a fake Irish country store as part of the decor. Instead of organically collecting meaningful mementos for your bar, these superficial design packages ship all the rusty farm equipment, dusty old bottles, and framed photos of strangers you need to give the illusion of authenticity. Why take years cultivating a unique local flavor when you can just throw up a portrait of Michael Collins or the Molly Maguires?
An additional criticism is of Guinness for helping to bring these "pub in a box" bars into existence. Established Irish bars were expected to keep serving Guinness beer while the Guinness company was busy creating additional local competition. Beginning in the early '90s some bars boycotted and stopped serving Guinness. McGillin's Olde Ale House of Philadelphia still does not serve Guinness as a result of the "pub in a box" fallout with Guinness.
The Wild Rover in Barcelona features framed photos of random Irish people, used purely as decoration.
Better than nothing
To many customers the ambiance that these cookie-cutter bars generate is all that matters – the question of authenticity never crosses their minds. The theatrical set dressing used by these bars creates a fun environment. Even for those who recognize the dubious credibility of these establishments, some feel to have a "pub in a box" Irish bar is better than having none at all.
As America has helped transform St. Patrick's Day into an all-out extravaganza, Irish pubs (authentic or otherwise) are increasingly patronized not only by the diaspora but by people of all backgrounds. The pub offers people of all stripes an environment that is hard to find anywhere else. The long tradition of the pub serving as a gathering place for the local community can still be carried out by these "pub in a box" bars … just don't scrutinize the bric-à-brac too closely.
Added info: If you're interested in standardized / templated restaurant experiences, you may also be interested in learning about how the Thai government's culinary diplomacy has successfully spread Thai restaurants around the world.
Syrah or Shiraz?
Starting in France and making its way to Australia, Syrah and Shiraz are the same thing.
When the French dark grape varietal Syrah arrived in Australia from France, the local Australians began to change its name through their accent calling it "Shi – RAZ" and eventually through actually spelling it Shiraz. Syrah and Shiraz are the same grape. Today which name a winemaker uses is based on where in the world they are making their wine.
As for the legendary Persian wine producing region of Shiraz, the Syrah/Shiraz grape seems to have no relation and the name similarities seem to be a coincidence.

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FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports
Ken Bensinger
The full story behind FIFA's headline-grabbing corruption scandal. Soon to be a major film.
'Drawing on hundreds of interviews and on-the-ground reporting in a half-dozen countries, Mr. Bensinger has written a gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past 30 years.' – Wall Street Journal
The story of FIFA's fall from grace has it all: power, betrayal, revenge, sports stars, hustlers, corruption, sex and phenomenal quantities of money, all set against exotic locales stretching from Caribbean beaches to the formal staterooms of the Kremlin and the sun-blasted streets of Doha, Qatar.
In Red Card, investigative journalist Ken Bensinger takes a journey to FIFA's dark heart. He introduces the flamboyant villains of the piece - the FIFA kingpins who flaunted their wealth in private jets and New York's grandest skyscrapers - and the dogged team of American FBI and IRS agents, headed by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who finally brought them to book. Providing fresh insights on a scandal which has gripped the world, he shows how greed and arrogance brought down the most powerful institution in sporting history.
A wild, gritty, gripping, and at times blackly comic story, Red Card combines world-class journalism with the pace of a thriller.
Red Card will be a major film, produced by Pearl Street Films, the production company owned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an award-winning investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. He is based in Los Angeles.
Find him on Twitter @kenbensinger
Category: True Crime
Imprint: Profile Trade
Pub Date: July 2018
Subject: Sport & the law
Australian True Crime Stories
Milat Clive Small and Tom Gilling
Evil Life Clive Small and Tom Gilling
Black Widow Carol Baxter
Bad Michael Duffy
Underbelly Squizzy Andy Muir
Outlaws Adam Shand
Brothers in Arms (TV TIE-IN) Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson
Abandoned Geesche Jacobsen


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TEXAS 2016 Republican State Convention has come and gone!
by Sonja Harris on May 27, 2016 at 6:08 PM
The 2016 convention was held in Dallas, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Texas May 12 through May 14. There were a grand total of 8,994 delegates making it the largest in the country. Over 10,000 people were in attendance including pages, vendors, and guests. I've lost track as to how many Republican conventions I've attended, some good others not so good. First let me say that the majority of the Texas delegation must have been happy with the performance of past leadership since Tom Mechler was reelected as our state party chairman and Amy Clark was reelected vice chairman. Robin Armstrong and Toni Anne Dashiell were also reelected as the Texas committeeman and committeewoman.
The welcoming speech by Governor Gregg Abbott was very respectful towards Senator Ted Cruz. He received a standing ovation when he said, "To Protect the constitution to advance conservative ideals, I joined with a friend who is the preeminently a constitutionalist, a man who has tirelessly fought, for religious liberty, for life, for marriage, for 2nd amendment rights, a man who did more than anyone to fight against Obamacare, that man is my friend, Ted Cruz." Our Governor went on to say, "I know Ted. Ted is a true conservative, he deserves our enduring respect." Of course, he also emphasized that we must unite to defeat Hillary in November.
Our governor also took his book tour to the convention. His book, 'Broken but Unbowed' had not been officially released. He customized and signed each book individually for those that wanted to buy his book for $30.31 including tax. It was released right after the convention closed, May 17.
When Lt. Gov Dan Patrick addressed the delegates, he made it clear that Texans were not going to capitulate to transgender bathrooms. He promised to reduce property taxes in the next session. He also spoke about Ted Cruz by saying he would have made a great president. He mentioned Ted's supporters. "I know that the time for healing will come faster than others but folks we must unite, we must come together. We must support our Republican nominee for president DT." I felt like Lt. Gov Patrick was speaking directly to me. I'm not sure if I can pivot as quickly as other conservatives because my Christian values are part of who I am. Can I betray my life long values for the Republican Party over God and Country? Individual conscience will play a large part in November as DT is the only nominee we have.
On Saturday morning we woke up with great anticipation because Ted Cruz was going to address the delegates. Our caucus CD21 begun at 8 am hoping to be finished prior to his speech. The caucus went overtime, but some of us broke ranks to hear our hero. After all, this was the highlight for me and for many who wanted to listen to what Senator Cruz had to say. We definitely were not disappointed. I managed to get an almost perfect view of Ted, Heidi and his daughters Catherine and Caroline from the front row. He profusely thanked his supporters in the audience and his volunteers, some 50,000 in Texas and 317,000 across the country. He spoke of his vision for the future, just pouring his heart out in telling us that he will continue to fight the good fight.
Cruz spoke of the conservative core principles:
Our rights don't come from the government, they come from God Almighty
Government is not the solution, government is the problem
Economic growth is foundational to everyone
We have got to protect and follow the constitution and the Bill of Rights
We understand peace through strength
To a standing ovation, he said that the government has three duties, to secure the border, deliver the mail and keep us safe and that is all. When he said we need a strong conservative president who will repeal Common Core and abolish the department of education, he received another standing ovation. We deserve a president who will have your back, referring to the first responders. I had to wonder about his presidential statements. Was he thinking on a 2020 run? He continued saying that he was planning on fighting in the US Senate for the same principles he fought for during the campaign, jobs, security, and freedom. He was passionate about what he was saying and the delegates devoured every word spoken by him.
State Senator Donna Campbell's District 25 is the largest SD in Texas with 488 delegates. Her enthusiasm always manages to get everyone's attention when she speaks to her constituents. The SREC, State Republican Executive Committee, man and women were elected to represent each Senatorial District. SD25 reelected Linda Kinney, Hays County, and elected Mark Dorazio, Bexar County. Janet Blum from Comal County was elected to be on the State Nominating committee representing SD25.
Congressional District 21 is also the largest in the state with 401 delegates. Bexar County Party Chairman, Robert Stovall, led the caucus in electing delegates to the National convention as well as other party business.
CRUZ delegate - Diane Denman, Bexar County; Alternate - Reid Wilson, Kerr County
CRUZ delegate - Brian McAuliffe, Hays County; Alternate - Mark Dorazio, Bexar County
TRUMP delegate - Bill Welch, Travis County; Alternate - Shaun Ireland, Travis County
Curt Nelson, Bexar County, was elected as the Elector from CD21. Mary Lou Erben was elected as the Elector and Jennifer Beckham was elected alternate delegate both from Comal County and CD23. Unfortunately, Comal County the second largest delegation in CD21 did not even have a delegate or alternate candidate to offer for the National Convention in Cleveland. For more information on the delegates for our July National Republican Convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from July 18-21, please follow the link provided.
The 8,000 or so delegates that remained to the bitter end on Saturday, May 14 were given an opportunity to scale down the number of planks in the platform. This is the first time a ballot was provided so that delegates could read each plank individually. After the ballots were distributed the doors were closed until all delegates completed voting. In my opinion, we don't need all the planks to be included but having to read through all 266 made it very difficult as 8,000 plus delegates have differing opinions. All 266 planks were voted in and will remain in the platform. Plank number 84 on homosexuality was incorrectly written and made the news and Susan Vavrick, National Public Radio's copy chief has already recommended changes.
This year, more than before, more families attended the convention. My hope is that this trend continues. There were parents with a teenager, moms with sons, entire families, and of course husbands and wives that were part of the 8,994 delegates. Texans know what keeps Texas RED!
One other incident that I found amusing if not interesting is the fact that DT reserved a room for at least 400 people but was a 'no show'. He didn't even bother to cancel his event with the restaurant. Does this in any way bother you? DT 'thought' about attending but decided against meeting his 'Texas' supporters. The hashtag #unitetowin2016 was used by the convention in hopes of uniting for the November election. Will the #cruzcrew ever absolve DT for his malicious lies? Only time will tell.
Here are my suggestions for 2018: 1. Please have water available to delegates in their senate district and/or congressional districts so parched delegates don't have to search for water. 2. Plan ahead to improve time allowed for each caucus so delegates can make all sessions. 3. Pay someone to proofread party platform before printing.
All in all I would say it was a good convention with some kinks but isn't that part of life? We THANK YOU TED and HEIDI for sharing your conservative values with America!
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Texas State Convention 2016 Governor Greg Abbott GOD BLESS TEXAS!
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Senator Ted Cruz GOD BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
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It is a burning hot day.
The stifling heat was beginning to make me crazy.
I am leaking and I can't bear the heat anymore!
Files are falling down tired!
It's so hot that my tongue is hanging out!
1. It is a scorcher!
It's raining fire outside! I'll stay at home!


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John Jermain Memorial Library Presents TED Talks, Celeb Readings & More
John Jermain Memorial Library, Photo: Barbara Lassen
Sag Harbor's John Jermain Memorial Library isn't about to let East Enders' minds go without stimulation and inspiration just because we're stuck at home. The library's Facebook page has erupted with new content and initiatives in recent weeks, each tailored to enriching the minds of children and adults, and the main site is bolstering its treasure trove of informational resources.
The library shares daily children's book readings at 11 a.m., each read by famous celebrities including Chris Pine, Rashida Jones, Sarah Silverman, Rose Byrne and others. Individual readings come with activity guides for kids ages 5–7 that cover story themes and talking points, associated crafts to make and games to play. Then at 2 p.m. each day, children can watch an animated educational video by TEDEd that opens up family conversations about Harriet Tubman, honeybees, elephant memory, animals adapting to climate change and other topics. And don't miss the weekly Wednesday Craft for fun ways to get creative.
Adults are invited to join their friends at the library in reading The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, with an eBook available at hoopladigital.com/title/12325751. Every Monday at 4 p.m., an episode of the 2015 podcast Talking Tolkien: The Silmarillion will be posted on Facebook to help readers better understand the tome. The book club started on March 23, with the second episode dropping today (Monday, March 30) at 4 p.m., so there's still time to catch up.
Every evening at 6 p.m., the library shares a thought-provoking TED Talk on a range of topics from video game storytelling and women in Hollywood to the importance of farmers and the theory of evolution, and then poses a question or two for viewers to discuss in the Facebook comments. In addition, every week the library presents a new writing prompt to get writers, young and old, to stretch their brains for 10 minutes and share their results with their fellow novelists in the making.
The library has also updated the services available on its main site, with resources including homework help, free online tutoring, access to ancestry.com and other research databases, e-book and audio book archives, a Google Doc of Sag Harbor COVID-19 resources and more. These resources require a library card, which can be renewed or created at search.livebrary.com/selfreg. New cards created online are good for 90 days. Once the library eventually reopens, card holders will be able to use the new state-of-the-art 3D printer, which was recently purchased to join the county-wide initiative to build a print farm that creates face shields for Stony Brook University healthcare workers.
Visit johnjermain.org and facebook.com/johnjermainlibrary for more information.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Orleans;
using Orleans.LogConsistency;
using Orleans.Runtime;
using Orleans.Storage;
using System.Threading;
using Orleans.Providers;

namespace Orleans.EventSourcing.LogStorage
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A log-consistency provider that stores the latest view in primary storage, using any standard storage provider.
    /// Supports multiple clusters connecting to the same primary storage (doing optimistic concurrency control via e-tags)
    ///<para>
    /// The log itself is transient, i.e. not actually saved to storage - only the latest view (snapshot) and some
    /// metadata (the log position, and write flags) are stored in the primary.
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    public class LogConsistencyProvider : ILogConsistencyProvider
    {
        /// <inheritdoc/>
        public string Name { get; private set; }

        /// <inheritdoc/>
        public Logger Log { get; private set; }

        /// <inheritdoc/>
        public bool UsesStorageProvider
        {
            get
            {
                return true;
            }
        }

        private static int counter; // used for constructing a unique id
        private int id;

        /// <inheritdoc/>
        protected virtual string GetLoggerName()
        {
            return string.Format("LogViews.{0}.{1}", GetType().Name, id);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Init method
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">Consistency provider name</param>
        /// <param name="providerRuntime">Provider runtime</param>
        /// <param name="config">Provider config</param>
        public Task Init(string name, IProviderRuntime providerRuntime, IProviderConfiguration config)
        {
            Name = name;
            id = Interlocked.Increment(ref counter); // unique id for this provider; matters only for tracing

            Log = providerRuntime.GetLogger(GetLoggerName());
            Log.Info("Init (Severity={0})", Log.SeverityLevel);

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        /// <summary>
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        {
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        /// <typeparam name="TEntry">The type of the log entries</typeparam>
        /// <param name="hostGrain">The grain that is hosting this adaptor</param>
        /// <param name="initialState">The initial state for this view</param>
        /// <param name="grainTypeName">The type name of the grain</param>
        /// <param name="storageProvider">Storage provider</param>
        /// <param name="services">Runtime services for multi-cluster coherence protocols</param>
        public ILogViewAdaptor<TView, TEntry> MakeLogViewAdaptor<TView, TEntry>(ILogViewAdaptorHost<TView, TEntry> hostGrain, TView initialState, string grainTypeName, IStorageProvider storageProvider, ILogConsistencyProtocolServices services)
            where TView : class, new()
            where TEntry : class
        {
            return new LogViewAdaptor<TView,TEntry>(hostGrain, initialState, storageProvider, grainTypeName, services);
        }

    }

}

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GBWhatsApp is an alternative application to What's app that uses the same source code as the official application but has additional features.
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A BLACKPINK Documentary Will Light Up Your Screens on 14 Oct 2020
Tiffany Conde September 10, 2020 0 0
Blinks, are you ready for BLACKPINK in your area?
A brand new documentary on the South Korean girl group, titled BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky, will be released worldwide on Netflix on 14 Oct 2020.
Charting the global rise of BLACKPINK, the documentary will feature exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage of the members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. From their trainee days to their massive success as superstars, the documentary will offer an honest look into the group's trials and tribulations as K-pop idols.
Also read: The Perfect Home Workout Playlist: 18 K-Pop Songs That Will Get You Pumped!
Viewers will get to witness the recording process for their next album, as well as the tireless commitment and non-stop preparation the girls put into their music and concerts across the globe.
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky and BLACKPINK profile icons launch globally on @Netflix October 14 . #BLACKPINK #블랙핑크 #Netflix #YG
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This documentary will also lead up to BLACKPINK's record-breaking performance at Coachella, where they made history as the first K-pop girl group to rock the music festival's stage in 2019.
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky will be produced by RadicalMedia and directed by filmmaker Caroline Suh, who also directed the popular food docu-series Salt Fat Acid Heat.
For BLACKPINK fans, the documentary is just another reason to celebrate this year. We're talking, of course, about the group's viral collaboration with Selena Gomez in the "Ice Cream" music video. As always, K-pop is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Also read: 7 Ways To Experience Seoul as a Kpop Fan — Aside from Visiting the Big Three
The BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky documentary will be available for streaming on 14 Oct 2020, just 12 days after the group's full-length studio album is released on 2 Oct 2020.
Featured image credit: BLACKPINK | Official Instagram Page
Tiffany Conde
Tiffany is a writer who covers travel, food, shopping, and pop culture. While she waits patiently for her next adventure, she enjoys writing about the coolest places to stay around the world and where to find them.
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The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club has elected Naomi Campbell as Honored Member of 2016. Campbell has eleven pieces in three different media (watercolor, a sequencing light box-like piece, and a C-print) in their 120th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, on view now through December 16, at the National Arts Club. Campbell will be speaking at the club's benefit reception supporting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Friday, December 9. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe was a prominent New York philanthropist and art collector, the only woman among the 106 founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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Støberimuseet er et specialmuseum for industrihistorie, jernstøberi og støbegods beliggende i Nykøbing Mors. Museet indeholder blandt andet en samling af kakkelovne, komfurer og andet støbegods, som illustrerer designets udvikling. Museet viser Morsø Jernstøberis 163 årige historie, og er beliggende i det gamle jernstøberi i Nykøbing Mors. Museet har udstilling af de værktøjer, der blev brugt i produktion, støberiets produkter og billedmateriale, der illustrerer historien. Herudover illustrerer museets udstillinger arbejdsforholdene i det gamle jernstøberi. Samlingen er den største af sin art i Danmark.

Museet drives af Museum Mors.

Eksterne henvisninger
 Støberimuseet på Museum Mors' hjemmeside

Museer i Region Nordjylland
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Section 26.1 of Law 11/2007 of 22 June, on citizens' access to online public services, states that "For the purpose of calculating deadlines for both individuals and Public Administrations, electronic registers will be governed by the official date and time of the Electronic Headquarters, which must be equipped with the necessary security measures to ensure its reliability and must be visible". Additionally, section 6.2 j) of Royal Decree 1671/2009, of 6 November 2009, with which said Law is partially created, states that Electronic Headquarters must state the official date and time for the purposes set out in section 26.1 of Law 11/2007. To comply with both provisions, the official date and time of the Asturian Government's Electronic Headquarters is provided.
With regard to calculating deadlines, non-working days are considered to be those established as public holidays in the Resolution of 7 October 2010, of the General Directorate of Work, which publishes the list of statutory holidays for 2011 and in the Resolution of 20 May 2010, of the Regional Ministry of Industry and Employment, which approved the Calendar of Local Holidays for 2011 in the Principality of Asturias.


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It's a man. It's a plane. No…it's Jimmy Fowlie, the comedy sensation who's flying high with his new series "Go-Go Boy Interrupted." Today on BOLD, LeGrande Green interviews Jimmy about performing with the world-famous Groundlings and how his past is shaping his comedy future.
Praised by The Advocate, "Go-Go Boy Interrupted" follows the story of Danny Carter, a dancer aged out of his profession once he turns 30. What to do? Jimmy mines comedy gold with a true-to-life characterization called "nothing short of phenomenal." We agree! Check out Jimmy's webisodes at www.gogoboyinterrupted. Join the conversation at www.getboldtoday.


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Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration, by David Roberts
W.W. Norton & Company, 2013
Having been a long-time devourer of books on polar exploration, I was more than interested when I saw that a new book on the topic had been recently published. Alone on the Ice focuses on the story of Douglas Mawson, an Australian who led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) from December, 1911 to 1913. While Mawson's name might be recognizable from his time serving under Ernst Shackleton, his work was eclipsed largely due to the other Antarctic expeditions under way at the time, especially the race between Norwegian Roald Amundsen and British Robert Falcon Scott to be the first to the south pole during what is now referred to as the "Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration." Based on science, the expedition would prove arduous at best, but when tragedy strikes Mawson and his small sledging party of three, things go from bad to worse in a very short amount of time. Mawson's incredible feat of survival is documented here, but it is not the entire story. Author David Roberts has quite obviously put in a lot of time and energy as far as research; not only does he explore Mawson's background and what led him to the Antarctic in the first place; he also examines what it was like for the entire group of men (some of whom had never even seen snow before) living in such a forbidding environment, isolated from the rest of the world. He then provides an epilogue as well as notes and his sources. I read this book in one sitting because I was unable to put it down until I'd completely finished it.
Douglas Mawson, Australasian Antarctic Expedition leader
Unlike other Antarctic explorers of the time, Mawson had no interest at all in reaching the South Pole; the AAE was primarily a scientific expedition and one of Mawson's intentions was to fill in some of the "terra incognita," comprising a "2,000-mile-long swath of ice and land" in the part of the continent due south of Australia. He also wanted to The expedition members left Australia on the Aurora and first reached Macquarie Island in December, 1911, where a five-person contingent was left behind to a man a wireless relay station to be used for communication with Mawson's group. Originally Mawson had planned to split the remaining men into three groups, but time, ice and weather permitted only two. Mawson and one group were dropped at Cape Denison, while the other, under the command of Frank Wild, were brought by the Aurora further west to a point on the Shackleton Ice Shelf.
map from Antarctica-Cruising.com
Both groups had several scientific missions scheduled and split into mini-expedition parties; at Cape Denison, Mawson formed "the Far Eastern Party" sledging/exploration group to begin exploring the "terra incognita" which included himself, Swiss explorer Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers. Each party not remaining back at their respective bases had a firm return date so as not to miss the Aurora and the journey back to Australia. It was during Mawson's "Far Eastern Party" enterprise that tragedy struck: first in a crevasse where much of the group's supplies (including tent) were completely lost, and second, a slow, lingering death when the expedition was already down to only two people. These catastrophic events prompted a harrowing solo 300-mile journey back to Cape Denison in beyond-adverse conditions -- but would it be completed in time to eventually make it back home?
Alone on the Ice is an intriguing and compelling read that brings to life some of the hazards faced by the expedition members. Mr. Roberts details the tough conditions both on the ice and inside the huts where the men lived in probably the windiest place in all of Antarctica. While being outside had its own set of problems, sometimes the safety of the base hut was compromised as well. For example, one of the most interesting stories is that of Sidney Jeffryes, who served as the Cape Denison radio operator. Jeffryes was the only member of the crew who knew how to use the radio, but during an overwinter his mental condition started to deteriorate. While "polar madness" was a known malady at the time, Jeffryes' condition was unlike anything the rest of the crew had ever experienced -- he began to exhibit signs of paranoia, convinced that the men were talking about him or plotting to kill him, and worse.
It was Sir Edmund Hillary who labeled the survival story in this book "the greatest survival story in the history of exploration." I don't know if that's exactly true, but the book makes for great reading. It highlights the career of Douglas Mawson, a polar explorer I'd only heard of on the sidelines as part of Shackleton's 1907 - 1909 Nimrod expedition. The author has also included some fascinating photos by expedition member and Australian photographer Frank Hurley, whose picture of Shackleton's Endurance stuck in Antarctic ice is famous. I've seen Alone on the Ice described by one reviewer as "dry," but that is definitely not the case. If you are already interested in expeditions to Antarctica, especially during their heyday in the "Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration," this book is one that should not be missed. I have only two issues regarding Alone on the Ice: first there are two and only two maps throughout the entire volume, one of the Aurora's journeys between Australia and Antarctica, the other a very undetailed map of the area of the Far Eastern Party's exploration trek. While reading about the various expeditions taken by the sledging parties, it would have been quite helpful to have maps of their respective forays to gain a better feel for where all of this action was taking place. There is a map of the journey of the Far Eastern Party, but when I wanted to know more about the locations mentioned by the author, I had to go online so as to get a better picture in my head mapwise and featurewise. Second, there are a few places where the author repeats himself in terms of one of his sources, a work known as Vixere Fortes, a memoir written by the son of one of the expedition members. Each memoir reference is accompanied by a statement along the lines that it was written by the son, and must be considered as unreliable. One time would have certainly sufficed; I take it as an error in editing. But heck -- these are such minor little niggles that they're almost negligible, considering how well written this book is overall. I certainly gained a lot of information that a) added to my understanding of Antarctic exploration and b) prompted me to start looking up other sources of information on Mawson and the AAE. As I've so often said, when a book can do both of those things, most especially encouraging me to dive further into a topic, then it's definitely one I can recommend.
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All the more reason to branch out! If you can regularly include areas of the body that other massage therapists either glance over or skip entirely, you can differentiate yourself in a crowded market. If you're just doing what everyone else is doing, why should a client request you specifically?
Moreover, you'll be helping your client gain some new body awareness. Over the course of the massage, you'll be telling a story about their body that they've never heard before: That the shoulders are connected to the neck, and the scapula is connected to the ribs!
Of course, this will require stepping out of your comfort zone as you experiment with the more lateral portions of the back and shoulders. It may also be a bit scary to work on areas that clients aren't expecting; this will pass as you start getting good feedback, usually in the form of, "wow, what is that? Why does no one ever work there?" Start with friends who aren't afraid of speaking their minds.
Do you regularly work with the rotator cuff, quadratus lumborum, latissimus dorsi, and the lateral ribs? If not, why not? Hit me up in the comments!
I've recently started working on QLs … they seem to crave attention in just about any body! Pin and stretch glutes has become part of what I include in a 1 hour massage. Also, I have no psoas fear after watching the Massage Sloth video on iliopsoas and practicing on a few clients. I really like to recommend easy to do and remember stretches to my clients. There are a bunch of far out "stretches" on You Tube I would definitely not recommend and if you could link to ones you'd use with your clients (or demonstrate yourself) it would help!
That's definitely on the short-list, Lindy! I've got about 5 or 6 stretches that I recommend. They're effective, easy to explain, and clients actually do them. I'll try to have that up within… I'm gonna say 6 weeks! Thanks for the reminder, and good on you for branching out!
I admit I sometimes pretty much ignore the spinae muscles! I have so many clients who have told me that they've never had the QL worked, the lats, the rotator cuff group, etc., that I rarely have time to focus on the spinae group. I also finally got brave enough to drop my table and try out your lazy massage methods. Not always for me, but I am now getting up on the table for those clients who need more pressure or myofascial release. I use so many of your techniques now!!! Keep those videos coming!I'd love one on piriformis, glutes, IT band…whatever you do is sure to be awesome.
Jennifer, that's so cool to hear! I really like that you're incorporating elevating yourself instead of dropping the table. That's a great alternative, though one that's not always feasible for me (I'm lanky and unwieldy like a newborn deer).
I had a client who had been seeing both myself and a chiropractor for a couple of months, but he was only getting temporary relief from his lower back pain. After reading up (probably on YOUR site!), I started working on the QL on his left side and he got MUCH better!! Simple technique…world of difference! My clients also comment on the arm and neck stretches I do…our school taught those as a normal part of a massage but many clients say they've never had that done. Again, simple techniques, great responses!
That's awesome, and a great example of the big changes that can come from a little extra knowledge about the body (and the courage to out it into practice). Rock on.


If you are a working psychotherapist and you've heard about Psychosynthesis, but don't know much about it, or would like to deepen your understanding of it and how it can enhance your work with clients, then this experiential weekend is for you.
Psychosynthesis is a fully-fledged psychotherapeutic model that has its roots in psychoanalysis, with a transpersonal dimension, a positivist emphasis, and ways of understanding the personality such as the theory of subpersonalities. There are about 50 psychosynthesis practitioners on the island of Ireland, who trained mostly in three colleges; the now-closed Eckhart House in Dublin and, in London, the Institute of Psychosynthesis and the Psychosynthesis Trust.
However, its approach is also a very useful adjunct to existing models of psychotherapy, and it fits comfortably into the Humanistic and Integrative family.
The course will be experiential, and is designed for only six participants at a time, who are willing to explore and learn in a collaborative way.
Topics covered will include: The Spirit of Psychosynthesis – Subpersonalities – The Self – Love and Will – The Creative Use of Pain, Crisis and Failure – Psychosynthesis in Practice.
The cost of this course is €150, (CPD certificates will be issued) and is based on six participants signing up. To book a place, a deposit of €50 is required by 21st August 2016. The balance is payable on the first day of the course. An early-bird booking discount is available: if you pay in full by 14th August 2016, the fee is €125.
For further information about this course, and to book a place, please email me here.
and you will be informed about all future courses.
I am a member of the training staff in the Psychosynthesis Trust in London, and I also teach workshops on psychosynthesis for final year students of psychotherapy in the Tivoli Institute and the Dublin Business School. I also co-facilitated a successful 12-week course in 2012 on Psychosynthesis for psychotherapists. Students consistently report that the psychosynthesis approach is a useful one to experience having already done the "groundwork" of their core training, offering a positivist perspective on psychotherapy itself, as well as highly effective and easy-to-understand techniques. In 2017 I am joining the team teaching the Essentials of Psychosynthesis in London, which is a course designed for members of the general public wishing to explore psychosynthesis for the first time, and is a prerequisite for admission to train as a psychosynthesis therapist in the Trust, and it is also recognised by the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London.
I am on the steering group for the Irish Psychosynthesis Practitioners Network, which organizes annual retreats and CPD days for its members. I was chairman of IAHIP from 2014-2016.
Please see here for feedback that particpants on my courses have kindly offered about the work I do.


Aker Solutions has secured a contract for maintenance, modifications and operations work with an undisclosed customer in the UK sector of the North Sea. The two-year contract will guarantee over 180 jobs annually for Aker Solutions in Aberdeen, UK. There are also two optional one-year contract extensions that may be exercised in the future. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be approximately £13 million per year.
Mike Forbes, Aker Solutions' managing director of maintenance, modifications and operations in Aberdeen, comments: "We are delighted to win this important contract. We are dedicated to further developing our highly efficient operations and maintenance service where our activities are currently at an all time high."
The scope of work for Aker Solutions is the provision of operations and maintenance support services for the client's operations in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract party is Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Offshore Partner Ltd.


AT LEAST four people were reportedly injured after an improvised bomb went-off inside a mall in downtown Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat late Thursday afternoon.
Initial reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo, the military headquarters said that the incident took place about 3:15 p.m. at the Kimsan Plaza located in downtown Tacurong City.
Reports said that the improvised explosive device (IED) was reportedly left at the package counter of the Kimsan Plaza store.
Malacañang assured yesterday members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that they would receive the benefits due them when they retire from the service despite the deactivation of the Retirement and Separation Benefit System (RSBS).
"Members of the AFP need not worry that they would be shortchanged with the deactivation of the RSBS. They will receive what is due them, including the 6 percent interest on their deposits with the RSBS," said Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita.
President Arroyo issued earlier an Executive Order deactivating the controversial agency effective December 31 this year after allegations of mismanagement and questionable business ventures brought the RSBS to the brink of collapse.
This is how Davao Councilor Peter Laviña described the National Government's projection of attracting 30 million tourists in the next five years under its "medical tourism" program.
"The people behind these fantastic figures should be the first to go to have brain surgery here," he wrote in his weblog at http://funchain.com/~peterlavina.
A SIX-MAN investigating team was created to find out what transpired during the fire at the Capitol compound last Tuesday, which has triggered a conflict between two Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) officials.
Senior Supt. Victoriano Remedio, BFP 7 regional director and head of the investigating team, told Sun.Star Cebu that officials and personnel from the BFP regional and provincial offices will help in the inquiry.
Senior Insp. William Tacaldo, chief of the BFP 7 Internal Affairs Service (IAS); Chief Insp. Joseph Villaester, provincial fire marshal; Senior Insp. Rogelio Bongabong, the regional budget and fiscal section chief; and two others will compose the team.
BONTOC, Mountain Province — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday led national and local officials in a ceremonial turnover and awarding of various government programs and services to beneficiaries to the first ever held Serbisyo Muna caravan here.
Upon setting foot at the Mountain Province Plaza, Arroyo immediately turned over one unit of ambulance to Provincial Health Officer Nenita Lizardo. The President then proceeded to the Multi-Purpose Building Quadrangle where she turned over and awarded other projects and services.
She awarded the ancestral domain titles of Atok, Benguet to Indigenous Peoples Organization (IPO) president Joseph Domingo and Association of Barangay Captain (ABC) president Jacinto Aurellio Jr. She also awarded eight free patents land titles from the 80 approved titles covering 422 hectares worth P730,000 to indigenous peoples of the province.
Maasin City (29 December) — Several groups of women banding themselves into enterprising guilds under the Self-Employment Assistance – Kaunlaran (SEA-K) program of the provincial government converged at the DILG gym here December 27 to mark the first anniversary of their unified multi-purpose cooperative.
At least twenty SEA-K associations from this city alone were joined with their representative counterparts from other towns like Padre Burgos, Malitbog, Bontoc, Sogod, Liloan, and San Juan.
It was learned that each organized SEA-K group was composed of no less than ten and no more than thirty members, mostly women, although some men were seen actively joining the activity.
The first anniversary carried for its theme, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," and was graced with the presence of Virgie Idano, the Chief, Operations Division of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Tacloban.
Gov. Rosette Lerias, the guest speaker, extolled the women for their industry and honesty, saying that being a member of the association has helped the family one way or the other in meeting its needs.
She noted after a cursory look at the income statements of the different groups that the total cash of the organizations combined reached over P1 Million — from a P5,000 per group contribution as a start — aside from the seed capital provided by the province.
Other than the financial rewards, the economic activity spurred by the women's cooperative through the associations was also a factor in the strengthening of families as everybody was involved in the small and micro-enterprise, Gov. Lerias said.
"Congratulations, I'm very happy and proud that the SEA-K, as programmed, we really implemented in our province became truly successful and fruitful most especially because of you for giving it the proper attention," Gov. Lerias told the gathering of women, speaking in bisaya dialect.


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Park Bo Gum & Irene Retiring as MCs for "Music Bank"
Park Bo Gum & Irene have saddened fans with the announcement they'll be stepping down as MCs for "Music Bank".
A press release went out on May 16th in which a KBS representative stated, "After 13 months since May 2015, Park Bo Gum and Irene have decided to step down from their position as MCs on 'Music Bank'."
The representative continued, "Due to their busy schedule, which include drama filming, it makes live filming difficult to attend for them and we have been discussing the appropriate time for them to leave, it was only recently decided they would be stepping down."
Replacements for Park Bo Gum & Irene haven't been decided yet. However, it was revealed they'll continue to hos the show until the end of June.


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Through the years we've bought and sold to people all over the world, from all walks of life, and some celebrities too.
Stevie Ray Vaughan inside my 1305 Peoria location just 4 months prior to his death. The inset card was written for me by Stevie with his mother's contact info so that my father and his mother could compare notes on the Vaughan family genealogy that both were tracing.
Billy Gibbons and me in Orange County, 2008.
Howard Leese of Heart examining the Les Paul burst he bought from me.
Bobby Carradine, Darel Clay (Strings West manager), Larry Briggs, David Carradine and John Carradine (over 500 movies). Taken outside 1305 Peoria.
Ry Cooder inside my booth at a show.
John Fogerty at my California show in the nineties.
Candid shot of Don Felder and my friend Tony.
James Burton, who flew in to help with our Tulsa guitar show back in 2001. In the center is my daughter Heather.
George Fullerton (George and Leo were G & L) holding Eldon's Stratocaster, and Larry.
G. E. Smith, former guitarist of Saturday Night Live, with items purchased from Strings West.
Ides of March band-members at our Chicago show. Jim Peterik, shown on right, later founded the group, Survivor.
Marcy Levy, vocalist for the Eric Clapton group, circa 1975 holding 1965 Martin D-28 bought from me. Memorial Drive location.
Thom Bresh sitting on his dad's (Merle Travis) 1962 Cadillac convertible. I have owned the car since 1992, when I bought it from the estate.
Kris Kristofferson with my pregnant wife Terry on right, and her mother on left.
Neal Schon of Journey on right holding one of the two Stratocasters he bought from me that day. My repairman Larry Thomas on left.
Reverend Horton Heat and monster player Deke Dickerson, along with their entourages came to visit us in Sperry.
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Patan The former royal city of Patan (Lalitpur earlier: the "Beautiful City").
Compared to Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, Patan is a primary a Buddhist city. This can be seen in the more than 150 former monasteries and by their founding legend. Patan said to have been founded by the Buddhist emperor Ashoka. The main attraction is the Durbar Square, with its countless temples.
The temple is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists and is located Chowar, around 6 km outside of Kathmandu and Patan. The temple, dedicated to the red Machhendranath, was originally built in the 15th century, and then rebuilt in 1640. Some believe if they fix a metal utensil to its walls will ensure a happy marriage. There are also various legends connected to the deity.


Scott Ross, a third-year doctoral student in the anthropology department, said he started the unionization effort last spring because a union would give graduate student employees a chance to negotiate with the University for more favorable working terms.
Nearly 40 graduate student employees are taking the first steps to form their own union, demanding a greater say in wages and health care costs from the University.
Graduate student organizers released a letter publicly Monday urging others to join the effort they said would give graduate student workers a formal way to address their grievances at the highest levels of the University. In interviews, five graduate student organizers said student workers have faced stagnant wages, unequal pay among peers and costly health insurance, which has caused financial hardship for many students dealing with the soaring cost of living in D.C.
"Unlike employees in other sectors – including many graduate workers at other universities – we have no way of negotiating our salaries, we have little choice over our benefits, such as health insurance, and we have few methods of making our voices heard," organizers wrote in the letter.
The drive is the second major unionization effort at GW in less than a year. Resident advisers won the right to formally organize last spring, but a vote to form a union was never held.
Last year, the University contested RAs' push to unionize, arguing they were not employees of the University.
Csellar said graduate students receive "competitive packages" from GW, which can include financial assistance, tuition waivers and subsidized health insurance. She said their pay varies by position.
"Graduate students at GW serve an important role in our labs and classrooms as part of their educational experience," she said in an email.
"At a time where both workers and universities are increasingly being criticized and put pressure on, I think graduate student workers are in a really unique place to try to step up and build communities that can care for one another and help each other through collective action at a place like GW," he said.
He said he didn't address his concerns with the University because graduate students do not have a "clear channel" to officials when they feel they are being treated unfairly.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled last August that graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants at Columbia University have the right to organize, setting a precedent for other private colleges to follow suit. After Columbia's graduate students voted overwhelmingly to unionize in December, graduate students at some of GW's peers – like American University – also formed collective bargaining units.
Ross said graduate student leaders have already begun collecting cards of support from graduate student workers and he hopes to hold an election by the end of the semester. Once the leaders collect cards from at least 30 percent of the graduate student employees, the group can file a petition to hold an election, according to the NLRB.
He said that while many common complaints from graduate employees include insufficient pay or concerns about costly health insurance, leaders of the effort are still in talks to determine a broad platform that graduate students can rally behind.
Several doctoral candidate teaching assistants at GW said they make between $22,000 and $25,000 each academic year – which is a combination of their TA salary, which falls between $2,500 and $3,000 per semester, and a separate stipend. Ross said master's students often make less in their TA positions, about $1,600 a semester.
Typical annual expenses for a single adult living in the District clock in at more than $32,000, according to a living wage calculator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ross disputed the University's argument that graduate students' work is a part of their education at GW.
"What most administrators fall back on is that graduate students are having an educational experience and not actually working, but I would argue that we're doing both at the same time, and that that's not a contradiction," he said.
The group of graduate students – the vast majority of whom study in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences – partnered with the SEIU Local 500, the same labor group that helped RAs' attempt to unionize last academic year, to move their effort forward. The group also represents GW's union of adjunct faculty and American University's union of graduate student employees.
Christopher Honey, the communications director at the SEIU Local 500, declined to say what assistance the group has been providing graduate student employees.
"I've been to a couple of the grad students' meetings and it feels like there is a lot of energy and interest in this – especially since the graduate student workers can see that their counterparts at American University have already formed a union," Honey said in an email.
Scott Patrick, a sixth-year doctoral student at American University who helped launch the unionization effort at the school last year, said a union has already allowed graduate workers to negotiate for free health care provided to doctoral students who have fellowships.
Patrick said AU officials also initially opposed unionization efforts, saying graduate student labor was a part of their educational experience.
"Obviously every graduate student worker who works, grading papers or doing research, considers what they're doing work," he said.
Hannah Seymour, a first-year doctoral student in the physics department, said unionization could help address scheduling issues that she's encountered. Seymour said she had no input in creating her teaching schedule and was placed in a class at 8:30 a.m. on days when she has a night class in her program, which does not end until after 8 p.m.
"I'm partially responsible for the undergraduate students getting as much as they can out of the course, and it worries me that I'm not able to help them reach their full potential in the course because of the scheduling and the pressure that it puts on me," she said.
"At the very least, GWU owes graduate student employees an explanation for these disparities," she said.
Lillian Bautista, Riley Burke, Dani Grace and Rebecca Leppert contributed reporting.


Fran Holland Farnsworth is one of the most successful realtors at Watson Realty on Amelia Island and it is largely due to her varied expertise. Fran sells in the resorts of Amelia Island Plantation and Summer Beach as well as homes and condos throughout the Amelia Island area, and also enjoys helping members of the local military purchase homes, often their first-time home purchase. Adding to her expertise, Fran has owned property on Amelia Island as well as homes in two of the most popular neighborhoods off of the island. Additionally, Fran has prior experience in the insurance and mortgage industries. In 2013 Fran has been selected multiple times as the top listing and sales agent by Watson Realty on Amelia Island and also is recognized as one of the top Watson Realty agents regionally. After growing up in Cincinnati Ohio, Fran moved to Amelia Island Plantation in 1981. This gives her first-hand knowledge of the resort, and she and her family are still current members of the Amelia Island Club. Fran is a mother of three and in her spare time she has volunteered since 1996 for the Fernandina Beach schools and also successfully provided fundraising for the popular � Deserts of Amelia� event.


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In yet another sad sign of the times, concrete barriers, metal-detectors, surveillance cameras and police protection will mark the start of Rosh Hashanah tonight at synagogues citywide.
With the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks just days away, and suicide bombings in Israel nearly a daily occurrence, temples across the country are activating special safety plans for the High Holy Days. The holidays continue with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, on Sept. 15.
"This is about making our congregants feel more secure and doing what's prudent in the new world that we live in," said Beryl Chernov, executive director of the Park Avenue Synagogue on East 87th Street, where beefed-up security includes concrete barriers.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York has issued a new holiday "Security Alert" to Jewish institutions in the United States.
Guidelines include controlling entrances to temples, checking the backgrounds of visitors, and requiring tickets for entrance.


Does anyone know a mobile mechanic in the Bradenton area that would be able to jump us? We're in a 2003 international 84 passenger flatnose.
Are you stuck on the side of the road? In your driveway? At a Walmart parking lot? I don't know a mechanic that could help you, but if you can just get anyone to stop and give you a boost you'll be on your way. Your bus most likely has a 12V electrical system.
Did your bus sit for a while and the batteries went dead, or is it not starting for another reason?


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French crime database breaches privacy rights, EU court rules
The human rights court objects to storing data for 20 years in a criminal database when charges were dropped
Loek Essers (IDG News Service) 18 September, 2014 20:54
Storing someone's private information in a crime database for 20 years when charges against that person have been dropped violates privacy rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday.
The court ruled in a case brought by a French citizen, Francois Xavier Brunet, against the French government.
Brunet was listed in France's recorded crimes database, known as the STIC system, after his partner had filed a complaint against him with the public prosecutor following a violent argument, the court said. His partner later dropped her complaint, and Brunet filed a request with the prosecutor to delete his information from the database.
The public prosecutor however refused to delete the data, arguing that criminal proceedings against Brunet had been discontinued for reasons other than that there was no offense. Brunet was told he could not appeal this decision, with the result that his private information was set to be retained in the database for 20 years.
Under French law, the public prosecutor is only allowed to delete a personal record in a discontinued case if that decision had been justified by insufficient evidence, according to the EU court, and the prosecutor had applied the law strictly.
However, the public prosecutor did not have the power to assess the appropriateness of retaining such data, and since there was no option to appeal the decision, Brunet had not had a real opportunity to seek the deletion of his data, the court found. Moreover, the rules for storing records in the database as applied in Brunet's case did not strike a fair balance between the competing public and private interests at stake, the court ruled.
Therefore retaining his data "could be regarded as a disproportionate breach of Mr Brunets right to respect for his private life and was not necessary in a democratic society," the court ruled. It found this to violate Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which protects the right to respect for private and family life, the court ruled.
France was ordered to pay Brunet €3,000 (about US$3,900) in damages.
Loek is Amsterdam Correspondent and covers online privacy, intellectual property, open-source and online payment issues for the IDG News Service. Follow him on Twitter at @loekessers or email tips and comments to loek_essers@idg.com
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Home PC Octa-Level NAND Coming Later in 2019, Courtesy of Micron?
It hasn't been long since the introduction of Quad-Level NAND memory and we've started hearing whispers of Octa-Level NAND too. This report comes from media outlet, WCCFTech who claim that Micron is going to announce OLC NAND in the latter half of 2019. Although Micron has commented on their story claiming it to be a hoax, the author continues to stick by his word.
Octa-Level Cell memory will reportedly feature 8 bits per cell, resulting in an increase of 100% in density compared to QLC. This hike in density will not only exceed Moore's Law but will also send waves through the industry, possibly having a significant effect on the stocks as well as SSD pricing.
The last time something similar happened was when QLC NAND was introduced, following which Micron's stock fell by almost 50%. This time around when OLC NAND is first introduced, the company's stocks will most likely enjoy some steady gains, as the competitors play catch-up. However, like every new technology, this phase will be followed by a shortage and the prices going up. After that, the prices will continue to stay volatile until Micron manages to meet the demand. Lastly, the prices will stabilize and by then other vendors will also have something to compete against Micron's new NAND.
Meanwhile, a third memory partner of Micron has told us that they plan to announce OLC in the first half of 2019. I stand by my reporting.
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Christie's super handbag auction sale in progress now!
Christie's super handbag auction sale in progress now!
Can't stand the hustle and bustle that goes with shopping during the holidays in Manhattan? Are you looking for a very special gift (one that doesn't require a long waiting list)? If so, then you should check out Christie's Handbags & Accessories December Online auction in progress now. And even if don't mind hustle and bustle or long waiting lists, check it out, too. Offering a great range of pristine handbags from such top brands as Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Bulgari and Christian Louboutin, this sale runs from December 2nd-12th, with estimates ranging form $300-500 to $ 70,000 to 90,000. The online sale items can also be viewed in-person at Christie's Rockefeller Center galleries.
The styles that retain their value best: For Hermès that would be the Birkin, the Kelly and the Constance. From Chanel, the Classic Flap Bag holds its value the most of any style. Other collectible models are the Boy Bag, and the Shopper Totes. We advise our clients to stay away from über-trendy models that will inevitably become passé within a few months.
The color of Hermes bags and its impact on valuations: The brand is known for signature shades, with more than 100 available to choose from. Reds — whether fiery, bright or deep-blood tones — have become legendary; blues are available as rich turquoise, deep-blue marines, or soft sky; pinks range from shocking to the shade of a light lipstick; greens come in olive or rich chlorophyll shades, such as 'vert céladon'. Then, of course, there's the 'So Black', on which everything, from the leather to the handles and lining is a deep noir.
Selling a bag for more than you paid: The tried and true Hermès Birkin and Kelly, and the Chanel Flap Bag are the only pieces that have consistently gone up in value on the secondary market over the past ten-plus years when compared to the original retail price.