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Chariot of the Gods
commercial freight hauler 'The Montero'
crew: five
cargo: 200,000 tons of helium-9 gas
course: "the Gauntlet"
SHIP'S LOG, USCSS MONTERO, CAPTAIN MILLER RECORDING. Our run to the Frontier has been fairly routine. Nothing is left to do now other than wait to awaken from hypersleep, ready to deliver our goods to the colony of Sutter's World. END TRANSMISSION
This scenario is set in the harsh and unforgiving setting of ALIEN - a universe of body horror and corporate brinkmanship. On the cusp of known space, characters must face their demons - both of the inner and other kind.
The scenario is suitable for roleolayers of all experiences, though the horror and intra-group tensions make it suitable for mature players.
Alien RPG
Thu, 09/20/2018 - 10:39 — Jamie
Jamie Sands
You had a plan, you were going to be safe and sound for the purification… but there's a spanner in the works, your plans didn't work out, and now you're stuck in this place with people you don't know and cannot trust. Can you survive the night?
Set in an alternate universe American city: for 12 hours there are no laws. All crime is legal, and all police, fire and medical emergency services remain unavailable for 12 hours, from 7 pm till 7 am the next day. The only rules being that government officials with authorization levels of 10 and higher are not to be disturbed and all weapons above Class 4 (all explosive devices, rocket launchers, bazookas, miniguns, etc.) are forbidden.
This is a fast paced game requiring imagination, quick thinking and a certain stomach for horror.
CW:
No rape in this universe, but creative murders and deadly traps will occur.
[Summerland] Looking for a Friend
Thu, 09/13/2018 - 14:57 — binder
Marcus Bone
'Looking for a Friend' is a supernatural investigation scenario, set in the remains of Turner Hills. A strange evil stalks the small community that huddles in the ruins, hunting those who stray too far from its fragile walls be they innocent or guilty.
The question is does this terror come from within or without?
About Summerland
In Summerland, players take on the roles of Drifters, characters who travel beneath the Sea of Leaves, the vast supernatural forest that has devastated the works of humanity. They are driven to constantly move on due to a past trauma that while protecting them from the Call, the siren-song of the forest, it prohibits them from being accepted in to what's left of society. Instead they must confront their past, resolve their trauma and at last join the remainder of humanity.
What style of game will you be getting yourself into? Think Alex Garland's 'Annihilation', the novel 'Roadside Picnic' or the computer game 'Stalker'. You play complex characters in an insane world attempting to solve other people's problems while struggling with your own ills.
I hope to run a dark but heroic adventure with a mature, engaged group of players. I'll bring the mystery, you bring the energy!
Mini Six
personal Horror
LARP: Longest Night
Fri, 08/31/2018 - 17:04 — Inveighed
Quentin Bourne
Once a year on the longest night ghosts with unfinished business can manifest on the mortal plane, and every year a psychic invites a small group of people to their home to try to help the ghosts resolve their business.
Oakwood Heights
Fri, 08/17/2018 - 12:35 — Luke
It is a cold grey winter's day in Detroit, as members of the public prosecutor's office and police force shepherd the accused Franklin Mills around his crime scenes throughout the city. The objective is to attain clarity of what happened on that fateful day back in August, the motive behind the cruel murders, whether Franklin Mills really lost his memory, and what happened to the missing boy.
This is a horror scenario containing dark and mature concepts, including murder, abuse and suicide. Though the X-Card will be in use, it is not appropriate for players of a young age and those who are sensitive to such matters. The scenario uses a Powered by the Apocalypse system, which has been altered to shift the narrative toward the GM and reinforce the horror themes.
Kult Divinity Lost
Powered by the Apocalypse
Sat, 01/13/2018 - 11:40 — Rave
Bridget Hughes
A group of strangers compete for fabulous prizes on a reality TV show. Alliances will form, tensions will flare, romance will blossom, bonds will be broken, heads will roll - What, what?
Risus - The Anything RPG (super easy)
Shiny Man
The myth of the Shiny Man dates back almost to the beginning of New Mexico as a state. Where his face should be is a cold, shining light which freezes you on the spot and with his scaly hands the Shiny Man snatches up unwary children to put in his bottomless pockets.
Now it appears the Shiny Man has turned his malignant gaze upon the sleepy town of Grantsville, with reported sightings all over the place and local kids behaving oddly. But in reality it's probably just the recent news reports of a serial killer operating in the area which is fuelling the rumours, right?
Content warning: Best avoided if you're in anyway squeamish about bad things happening to children.
Grantsville light
Dread: Redwater Rapids
Sun, 12/24/2017 - 14:50 — DMRakdos
Jay 'Rakdos'
The little town of Redwater, Texas. Home to a good five hundred souls and the Quincey Morris University.
It is a time of curiosity, debauchery and intensity. The Swinging Sixties is in full swing, and it is summer break of 1966. Not a lot of songs reference the Summer of '66, but to hell with that, it's time to party!
However, there are a lot of tales.
Wright Patman Lake, the biggest lake for miles, has a few myths about it, such as the infamous Minotaur Scare of '63 where a group of six almost all died in the woods around Wright Patman and the last one blamed it on minotaurs.
Or, of course, the Mud Drownings in '62, where another group all drowned because they got stuck in the sediment at the bottom, and their clothing was caked in hardened mud.
But come on, those things don't exist... Right?
original macabre tale
set in the USA
Bleak Prospect
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 10:12 — Dale
The residents of a shantytown in Depression-era Massachusetts find their small community under assault from unknown forces. Working to overcome their own infirmity and the indifference of the authorities, the investigators - residents of the shantytown themselves - need to find out who or what is preying on them before those they hold dear are destroyed.
This is a scenario for Call of Cthulhu 7e by Scott Dorward. The players take the role of pre-generated investigators who work together, risking their sanity and wellbeing to solve mysteries
Nobilis: The Deceivers Ball
You are the Nobilis, humans elevated to godlike status in order to protect the core concepts of the world while your masters, the Imperators, fight an endless battle with beings from beyond space and time - The Excrucians - who seek to unmake everything.
You have nearly complete power over a concept. You could be the Noble of Air - controlling all aspects of the concept of Air. Not just air but the IDEA of air. The essence itself.
You could be the Noble of Lost Things and have control over all things misplaced or forgotten.
Whoever you are, you and your fellow Nobilis have been sent an unusual invite. One that could save creation once and for all. Or doom it. For the head Deceiver, the most famous and most powerful Excrucian has invited you to a ball. An event where it claims to find a peace between those from beyond Creation and those who protect it.
Obviously it's a trap. You'll want to pick your best formalwear for this battle.
Nobilis is a freeform diceless RPG that uses resource management to keep the pressure on as you play gods who are sworn to protect creation. Quirky, imaginative, and engaging - this is a classic game of divine power in a strange modern day setting.
Be prepared for anything.
Surreal Fantasy


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Receive and Do an internal cleansing program. Extra waste within the body should be eliminated of course, if you are not eating healthfully, this will be one of the first steps to removing unwanted toxins and waste material. The build up of toxins and waste in your whole body can make you feel bloated, tired, and irritable and make you venerable to illness and disease.
There are many types of cleanses to choose from. If you might have never done an internal cleansing program before, you should start with the one that is straightforward on the body. I've tried different colon cleanser and found some to be too difficult to incorporate into my daily routine and others to be downright yucky. Things you need is a good cleanse that is not hard on the system and will detoxify the whole body. A cleaning program that I like is GNC's Complete Physique Cleansing Program. It's a 7-day program, thus i know I can stick with it for a week. Some are longer. You must not do two in a row – read all information in the program's materials before starting.
Eat! Carry out not starve yourself. In the event that you ever tried to diet before, you are already familiar with the word "starvation mode. " As soon as your body thinks you are not creating enough food, it will keep the fat that it has since it thinks it's not going to get any longer or enough and it will require it for gas. Eating small, and healthy meals throughout the day is better, but with the lifestyles a lot of us live, this might not exactly be reasonable. If perhaps you go for long periods between meals, have small, healthy snacks – you know the ones, carrots, granola bars, and so on. And drink water with the snack.
Eating places notoriously give large helpings (unless they're French) because they want customers to return and enormous servings are a great way to place them coming back again. Your goal here is to have half of what you order and take the other half label tomorrow. The ultimate goal this is to shrink your stomach so it won't require a lot food at one time before seems full. It will get there. Just cut again by small and smaller amounts to start out with and you will probably be needing less intake of food in no time. Of course, the same moves at home – smaller portions. Don't forget to drink water before and with your meals to help you with this as well.
But the ones you introduce to yourself such as OVER-THE-COUNTER medications and synthetic nutritional vitamins, processed foods, alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and so forth are the ones you do have control over. In the event you smoke, quit. In the event you drink alcohol, avoid even think about it this week and do so lightly when you do in the future. Work together with me here and we'll have you pounds lighter quickly.


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The Ouch Factor
Published: February 27, 2018 - by Dan Holohan
Categories: Darn-Good Stories
My earliest memory of truly learning about conduction was when I was an 11-year-old Boy Scout at my first jamboree. We had a fire going at our campsite and my Scoutmaster had fashioned a steel pipe between two, forked, steel uprights pounded into the ground to hold a pot of big pot of pork and beans over the blaze.
"Danny, take the pot off the fire and bring it over here," my Scoutmaster said. And then he added, "Be careful."
So, being young at the time, and a transplanted city kid, I walked over and looked at the pipe and the pot of bubbling beans. I reasoned that the only way to get the beans off the steel pipe would be to use a stick to slide the pot away from the flames and over to the end of the horizontal pipe. Then, all I would have to do would be to lift the pipe off the forked upright with my right hand and slide the pot off with my left hand. I would then carry it triumphantly to my Scoutmaster and fellow scouts. I wondered if I might get a Merit Badge for this.
Conduction followed.
When I was done doing the dance of pain and flapping my blistered palms in the air, my Scoutmaster shook his head and gave me a stick of butter to hold, which didn't help much. We had no ice and a hospital was out of the question. It was 1961 and we were Boy Scouts.
Oh, and he told me to use the potholder next time.
Which is why I cringed when I watched Gary Wilson of Northampton, Massachusetts solder a ball valve onto a copper pipe and wipe the joint with his bare fingers. I wasn't there in the boiler room with him. Gary had posted a video of this on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com. He titled the thread, How to Solder - 101.
It involves a torch, as all solder jobs do, but Gary wasn't holding a roll of solder. He had just a stub, not more than an inch long. He fed the solder into the space between the valve and the tubing with his bare hand, not really moving the flame out of the way as he did so. I couldn't see his face but I'm certain it was a mask of concentration. The fitting drank the solder and Gary wound up with a bit about the size of a tiny pearl. He poked that into the space with his bare thumb. It was like watching a close-up magician play with flowing lava.
But about the wiping: Gary used the torch for a few more seconds and then gave the joint three quick swipes: bare index finger, bare thumb, and bare index finger again. Swipe, swipe, swipe. He did it like he was moving an ace to the top of a deck. My jaw dropped.
I watched the video a dozen times and cringed each time I did.
Gary posted these words below the video: "Don't do this at home."
One of the Wallies who hangs out on the site asked Gary if he did this to keep his fingerprints out of the National database. Gary answered that he thinks he still has fingerprints but his eyesight isn't what it used to be so he really can't be sure.
I cringed again.
Another guy asked why he used such a short piece of solder and he said that it was the end of the roll and that the old-timers told him that the diameter of the copper tube determines the length of the solder, and he found that to be true since the '80s when he first entered the business. That shorty was just enough for that joint.
Then someone asked if he could do the bottom of the ball valve, or a horizontal fitting the same way. Gary said that horizontal is actually less of a challenge. "I just drop the nubber of solder right on top." And then he added, "Sorry, I can't do this trick on the upside-down."
I wondered how he learned that he couldn't do that.
And speaking of pain, another of the Wallies wrote, "The most pain I ever had was from soft solder that landed on top of my fingernail. I never realized how much that could hurt."
Cringe, right?
That's The Ouch Factor in action.
Gary Wilson responded by saying, "After thousands of solder joints, getting burned is not a big deal to me. I get dripped on once in a while when I'm near one of the other dudes who is soldering. I'm not that dull; I can feel it and it doesn't feel good, but I've become used to it. A month or two ago, a blob landed on my arm. I called attention to it as it burned into my skin, showing my employee how he had just roasted me. It just stings for a little bit. Ha ha."
How'd you like to be that employee right about then?
Gary continued, "It's kinda like the old-timer electrician that subs for our regular electrician. To see if a wire is hot, he puts one fingertip on a metal box or the neutral wire, and then he taps the black wire with the tip of his other finger. Now to me, that's nuts."
Yeah, to me, too.
When I was young, I spent a day with an old-school oil-heat guy who used to tell the temperature of the hot water flowing though a supply pipe with his bare hand. That hand had more calluses than a podiatry hospital. He'd wrap it around the pipe, hold it long enough to make me cringe and then he'd call the temperature, "One-eighty," he'd say, or "One-sixty-five," if it was a return pipe on a cold day. I'd make my questioning face and he would take out a pocket thermometer. He said he carried that only to make me a more-faithful person. He'd check the temperature with the thermometer and it was always what he said it would be.
That man was the alpha dog at his shop and all the young people learned his ways. I never tried his trick because of, well, the jamboree thing.
But back to Gary Wilson:
Another of the guys posted, "I would have loved to have you work for me. Normally there is about half-pound of solder on the floor after just a water-heater install."
To which Gary replied, "That's funny. I once had a guy build a pyramid with solder around a two-inch fitting. I was so bugged out I saved the pyramid, I may still have that fitting someplace. I cut it out and it was hilarious. I put it back together myself and told him that if the fitting isn't drinking the solder then he needs to stop because he has a problem, and more solder isn't going to solve that problem."
How's that for great advice?
And in case you're wondering. No, Garry Wilson doesn't wet his fingers before wiping those joints barehanded, and he doesn't use any sort of gel on his hands either. You know how I know this is true?
Because he said so.
And some guys just don't say ouch, no matter what.
The Business of Heating
Darn-Good Stories
Purely Personal
Troubled Heating Systems

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Q: Amount of data storage : HDFS vs NoSQL In several sources on the internet, it's explained that HDFS is built to handle a greater amount of data than NoSQL technologies (Cassandra, for example). In general when we go further than 1TB we must start thinking Hadoop (HDFS) and not NoSQL.
Besides the architecture and the fact that HDFS supports batch processing and that most NoSQL technologies (e.g. Cassandra) perform random I/O, and besides the schema design differences, why can't NoSQL Solutions (again, for example Cassandra) handle as much data as HDFS?
Why can't we use a NoSQL technology as a Data Lake? Why should we only use them as hot storage solutions in a big data architecture?

A:
why can't NoSQL Solutions (... for example Cassandra) handle as much data as HDFS?

HDFS has been designed to store massive amounts of data and support batch mode (OLAP) whereas Cassandra was designed for online transactional use-cases (OLTP).
The current recommendation for server density is 1TB/node for spinning disk and 3TB/node when using SSD.
In the Cassandra 3.x series, the storage engine has been rewritten to improve node density. Furthermore there are a few JIRA tickets to improve server density in the future.
There is a limit right now for server density in Cassandra because of:

*

*repair. With an eventually consistent DB, repair is mandatory to re-sync data in case of failures. The more data you have on one server, the longer it takes to repair (more precisely to compute the Merkle tree, a binary tree of digests). But the issue of repair is mostly solved with incremental repair introduced in Cassandra 2.1

*compaction. With an LSM tree data structure, any mutation results in a new write on disk so compaction is necessary to get rid of deprecated data or deleted data. The more data you have on 1 node, the longer is the compaction. There are also some solutions to address this issue, mainly the new DateTieredCompactionStrategy that has some tuning knobs to stop compacting data after a time threshold. There are few people using DateTiered compaction in production with density up to 10TB/node

*node rebuild. Imagine one node crashes and is completely lost, you'll need to rebuild it by streaming data from other replicas. The higher the node density, the longer it takes to rebuild the node

*load distribution. The more data you have on a node, the greater the load average (high disk I/O and high CPU usage). This will greatly impact the node latency for real time requests. Whereas a difference of 100ms is negligible for a batch scenario that takes 10h to complete, it is critical for a real time database/application subject to a tight SLA

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Q: Parsing a phrase with php (Words seperated by spaces) I am attempting to parse a phrase separated with spaces and fill in a table (please see picture below). The parser has to check if each word

*

* ends with 3 alphabetic characters

* ends with 3 numeric characters

* has a special character

So far I am able to parse the phrase with the code below, however, I was able to get the first three characters checked and NOT the last three. I am also finding it difficult to include a check on special characters in a string into the table as well. Is there a way to check for the requirements above in a better way? Thank you in advance.
$words = 'The red fox eats meat, drinks and sleeps for 1000 hours';
$words=explode(' ', $input);//seperate the words and assign to an array
$wordCount=count($words);

<?php echo "
Your Phrase has been Parsed
"?>

       Word
       Length
       Type

          <?php
           for($i=0; $i < $wordCount; $i++){
          ?>

                    <?php $wordTable = $words[$i]; echo $wordTable; ?>
                    <?php echo sprintf("%02d", strlen($wordTable))  ?>

                    <?php

                    $WT1=0;
                    $WT2=0;
                    $WT3=0;

                    if (strlen($wordTable) >= 3){
                        for($j=0; $j<3; $j++){

                            if(ctype_alpha($wordTable{$j})){
                                $WT1++;
                            }

                            else if(is_numeric($wordTable{$j})){
                                $WT2++;
                            }
                            else if(preg_match('[@_!#$%^&*()<>?/\|}{~:;,]',$wordTable{$j})){

                                $WT3++;
                           }
                        }#for loop ends
                     }

                    ?>

                   <?php

                    if($WT1 == 3){
                        echo "word ends with 3 alphabetic characters";
                    }
                    else if($WT2 == 3){
                        echo "Ends with 3 digits";
                    }
                     else if ($WT3==TRUE){
                   echo "word has a special character";
                    }

                    else{
                        echo "Undefined type";
                    }

                    ?>

                <?php } ?>

A: I see you already employ regex. I suggest extending that to the whole script:
if (strlen($wordTable) >= 3) {
    if (preg_match('/[a-zA-Z]{3}$/', $wordTable)) {
        //case 1
    } elseif (preg_match('/[\d]{3}$/', $wordTable)) {
        //case 2
    } elseif (preg_match('/[\@\_\!\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)\<\>\?\/\\\|\}\{\~\:\;\,]/', $wordTable)) {
        //case3
    } else {
        //undefined
    }
}

The meaning of the regex is:

*

*[a-zA-Z]{3}$: Out of a set of small and capital letters, there must be three, at the end ($) of the word.

*[\d]{3}$: Out of a set of digits, there must be three, at the end ($) of the word.

*Mind that all regex start and end with a delimiter character, I used the slash.

*Special characters must be escaped with backslash. I didn't want to check which ones you need to escape, so I escaped them all.

A: Here's how I would implement it:
<?php
$words = 'The red fox eats meat, drinks and sleeps for 1000 hours';

function checkType($word) {
    if (preg_match("~\d{3}$~", $word)) {
        return ["digits", $word];
    } elseif (preg_match("~[a-zA-Z0-9]{3}$~", $word)) {
        return ["alnum", $word];
    } elseif (preg_match("~(?=.*\W)~", $word)) {
        return ["special", $word];
    } else {
        return ["unknown", $word];
    }
}

$tokens =  array_map ("checkType", explode(" ", $words));
print_r($tokens);
?>

This yields
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => The
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => red
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => fox
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => eats
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [0] => special
            [1] => meat,
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => drinks
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => and
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => sleeps
        )

    [8] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => for
        )

    [9] => Array
        (
            [0] => digits
            [1] => 1000
        )

    [10] => Array
        (
            [0] => alnum
            [1] => hours
        )

)

A: If it can help . The following logic satisfies both sentences:
The red fox eats7 meat,drinks and sleeps for 1000 hours
The red fox eats meat, drinks and sleeps for 1000 hours
<?php
$words = 'The red fox eats7 meat,drinks and sleeps for 1000 hours';
$words=explode(' ', $words);//seperate the words and assign to an array

echo "
Your Phrase has been Parsed
"; ?>

       Word
       Length
       Type

          <?php foreach($words as $word){ ?>

                    <?php echo $word; ?>
                    <?php echo strlen($word);  ?>

                    <?php
                    if (preg_match("/[`'\"~!@# $*()<>,:;{}\|]/", $word)){
                      echo "word has a special character";
                    } else {
                      if(is_numeric(substr($word, -3)))
                      echo "Ends with 3 digits";
                      else if (ctype_alpha(substr($word, -3)))
                      echo "Ends with 3 alphabetic characters";
                      else
                      echo "Undefined type";
                    }
                    ?>

          <?php } ?>


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The River Swift is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Avon that rises in south Leicestershire, and flows through the town of Lutterworth before joining the Avon at its confluence at Rugby in Warwickshire in the English Midlands.

Course

The source of the river is a stream that rises at an altitude of around  near to Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire, on the watershed division between the Avon and Soar catchments. The Swift passes the village of Walton and then Kimcote, where it meets a number of small streams that drain the headwaters of the catchment. The river continues in a south-westerly direction, passing to the north of Walcote then through the Misterton Marshes, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, before reaching the M1 motorway bridge and the town of Lutterworth.

The river passes to the south of the town, where it is crossed by the Rugby road, near to the site of the 'lost' St Johns the Baptist hospital. After passing beneath the Lutterworth bypass, the Swift continues south-west until it reaches the Bransford Bridge crossing under the A5. This road follows the course of Watling Street, the Roman road that linked London to Wroxeter.

Downstream of the bridge the river passes the site of the deserted medieval village of Cestersover, and then the modern village of Churchover.  At this point a canal feeder takes water from the river to supply the nearby canal. After passing beneath the M6 motorway, and past the hamlet of Cosford, the river then flows directly south through the Swift Valley Nature Reserve, passes Brownsover Hall and then through the Swift Valley industrial estate. It is crossed by the Oxford Canal on an aqueduct, and then passes a retail park to join the River Avon, between Brownsover and Rugby.

The River Swift connected to the original route of the Oxford Canal near Cosford in order to feed water to the canal. In 1785 there was a proposal to make the river navigable from Cosford to Lutterworth by the construction of flash locks. This proposal however never came to fruition. The River Swift is still an important feeder to the northern Oxford Canal.

Catchment

The Swift catchment lies between that of the Avon and Welland to the east, the River Sowe to the west, and the River Soar and its tributaries to the north, it covers an area of .

In terms of geology of the catchment is underlain primarily by Lias Clay and mudstones, with an overlying layer of glacially deposited till, sands and gravels. This impermeable clay means that the Swift can become responsive in terms of runoff to heavy rainfall events.

Flooding

The Swift has a minor history of flooding along its course, especially in Lutterworth, flood events being recorded in 1875, 1931 and most recently in 2008. A flood warning  and alert service exists for the catchment, in conjunction with that for the Upper Avon and the Clay Coton brook.

In February 2012, a mother and her three children had to be rescued from their car when it was swept downstream from the ford between Churchover and Harborough Magna, after it had broken down in the floodwaters whilst crossing the river.

See also
List of rivers of England
Swift Valley Nature Reserve

References

External links

Swift
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IRS Forms Verifying Investor Income for the past Two Years: A nonexclusive safe harbor, whereby the issuer may verify the accredited status of an investor by reviewing any IRS form (e.g., any of a Form W-2, Form 1099, Form 1040, or Schedule K-1) that reports such investor's income for the two most recent years is set forth under Rule 506(c)(2)(ii)(A). However, the CD&Is make clear that where a tax return for the most recent tax year is unavailable, the safe harbor will not be viable for an issuer relying on the two prior years' returns. However, the SEC has indicated in situations where the issuer relies on the two available prior years in addition to acquiring from the investor written representations as follows: (i) there is no IRS form that reports such investor's income for the recently completed year; (ii) the amount of income such investor earned for the most recent year; and (iii) the fact the investor has a reasonable expectation of achieving the necessary income level in the current year of the principles based verification inquiry. The SEC further clarified that if the issuer has cause to call into suspect the information provided on such forms, the issuer will be required to take additional steps to verify accredited investor status.
Foreign Tax Returns: Issuers relying on the safe harbor based on US tax returns cannot leverage such safe harbor when relying on foreign tax returns of prospective investors lacking US returns. However, an issuer relying on foreign tax returns of a nation that penalizes false information in a manner similar to the IRS, principles based verification may be satisfied. In any event, if after reviewing such foreign tax forms, the issuer still has cause to believe the subject investor may not be accredited, additional due diligence is likely required.
Investor Financial Docs Less than 90 Days Old: If the issuer reviews documents that purport to demonstrate an accredited investor's net worth that are less than 90 days old, that issuer may be able to rely on the Rule 506(c)(2)(ii)(B) safe harbor. The CD&Is make clear this safe harbor does not apply to net worth verification based on tax assessments more than 90 days old. However, the principles based verification approach may be satisfied if the issuer is relying upon the most recent tax assessment. If the issuer has cause to suspect whether the assessment reasonably reflects the value of the investor's assets, the issuer will have to take additional steps to verify that the investor is accredited.
National Consumer Reporting Agency: Rule 501(c)(2)(ii)(B)'s safe harbor mandates that an issuer must review a national consumer reporting agency's consumer report. Relying on a foreign consumer reporting report will not satisfy the safe harbor. Issuers using the principles-based verification method may still come to the reasonable conclusion that an investor is accredited, provided reliance on a foreign report is supplemented with other steps to determine the investor's liabilities (e.g., securing written verification and representation from the investor that all liabilities have been disclosed).


Travel Masters recently organized a FAM to Los Cabos, Mexico exclusively for their Experience Specialists. The trip was hosted by Daina Gasner, Product & Support Manager of Travel Masters and Freddie Marsh, Business Development Manager of Playa Hotels & Resorts Western Canada.
The trip was attended by 10 Travel Masters agents representing locations in Vancouver, Sechelt, Calgary, Prince Albert and Saskatoon. The agents stayed in Los Cabos for 4 days, 3 nights which gave them a chance to do training, a site inspection and learn about Los Cabos. Since Travel Masters has locations as well as independent agents across all of Western Canada, this trip was a chance for everyone to meet and get to know each other on more of a personal basis.
Los Cabos is located at the southern tip of the State of Baja California Sur. Travel Masters visited San Jose del Cabo, one of the two popular coastal cities in Los Cabos with the other being Cabo San Lucas, 20 miles away. The Los Cabos peninsula has year round sunshine, beautiful desert landscaping, the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez surrounding it, making it known as a fantastic sun destination. However, most of the beaches in the area (with a few exceptions) are closed to swimming as a result of a strong rip currents.
Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos is part of the Playa Resorts portfolio and is an all-inclusive resort suitable for guests of all ages. It is located in San Jose del Cabo and offers spectacular views of the Sea of Cortez. A short drive from Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos International Airport, this resort boasts of 12 restaurants, bars, lounges, 4 pools and Wifi throughout the resort.
For the agents' first day in Cabo, they participated in a site inspection of the Hyatt Ziva property and had dinner at Zaffiro, a beachfront Italian restaurant. Zaffiro offered plenty of traditional Italian dishes and there was also a stone pizza oven bar offering custom pizzas! The dinner was served family style which was a great way to accommodate the large group and gave everyone the chance to taste all the different dishes offered.
On day 2, the agents had a training session where they learned about selling insurance, Playa Resorts, WestJet Groups, and Terramar (transfers). They were also given an update on Los Cabos from the Los Cabos Tourism Board and a presentation by Jayson, from Casa Hogar which provides housing for kids in need. Later on in the day, the agents were treated to a private sunset cruise to El Arco de Cabo San Lucas (Land's End) where they mingled and sipped on mimosas while cruising and watched the beautiful Mexican sunset.
On the third day, there were no activities scheduled and agents were free to learn about the resort in their own time. They all reconvened for one last group dinner at Dozo, a Japanese restaurant where they experienced teppanyaki style cuisine.
"One of the best things about this trip was that it gave us the opportunity to get to know each other as colleagues" said Daina Gasner, Product & Support Manager at Travel Masters. "We wanted to create a FAM where agents from different areas could get together, receive training, share stories, advice and feel more a part of a team.


A Cuban who spied for the U.S. is back on American soil after serving nearly two decades in prison. He was the U.S. intelligence agent released for three Cuban agents in a prisoner exchange. Despite the very public homecoming of Alan Gross, U.S. officials have not yet released the name of this Cuban national. Very few people knew he existed, let alone his sacrifice to the United States. Joe Johns has the latest on his story.


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What The Liberals Must Learn From Labor
John Roskam 8 November 2019 , IPA TODAY, PUBLICATIONS, Opinion, RESEARCH AREAS, Ideas and Liberty Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
The Labor Party's review of its federal election debacle was delivered to the party's national executive on Thursday. Apparently the review has concluded the ALP ran a poor campaign, had too many policies and was led by an unpopular leader. Labor didn't need six months to work that out – they knew that on the Sunday morning after the election.Since the poll in May, as the former deputy leader Tanya Plibersek so nicely put it, the ALP has been doing "its therapy in public".
While Labor engages in its seemingly endless soul-searching, it should remember one thing: it's losing elections but it's winning the battle of ideas.
That Labor has won only three of the last 10 federal elections has been pointed out endlessly. It's true that if you judge Labor only by the number of its victories at the polls, it's lost many more electoral battles than it has won.
However, if you judge Labor not by its election results but by its success in deciding the nation's policy agenda, on any fair assessment you'd have to say that for at least the past two decades Labor has been winning comprehensively.
Almost every contour of public discussion about economic and social policy in Australia has in recent years been determined by the Labor Party and its allies on the left. The only two exceptions to this rule are foreign policy and border security.
Discussion about taxes is centred on debates about fairness and inequality, not on how to cut them. Industrial relations policy is regarded as the means to punish bad bosses, not to create jobs. And energy policy is focused on how to increase renewables, not how to bring down power costs to internationally competitive levels. The big social policy programs implemented by Coalition governments since 2013 have been the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the so-called Gonski education reforms. Both were Labor initiatives. That's happening at the macro level.
At the micro level taxpayer-funded universities are sacking academics who challenge the extremist climate change orthodoxy. Meanwhile, Commonwealth public servants are using arbitrary and unchecked powers under a law designed to curb foreign influence and passed by the Liberals themselves to persecute individuals organising and participating in conferences aligned with conservative causes. Not a single left-wing or green-aligned group has had the law applied to it. Attorney-General Christian Porter, who is responsible for the law, says he's got no problem with the law and the only issue is the way it's been administered. (Presumably the Attorney-General will have that same attitude to the law when Labor is in power.)
Labor doesn't win as many elections as the Liberals, but when Labor does win it does things.
It's no consolation to the Labor MPs sitting in Parliament on the opposition benches, but there's lots of parallels between the ALP in the 2010s and the Liberals in the 1980s.
Back then Labor governments were implementing the policies of the centre-right. Since 2013, Liberal governments have been implementing the policies of the centre-left.
All of this goes to the question of the purpose of political parties. Success and failure can't be measured only by parliamentary seats and ministerial salaries won and lost – a point which hopefully will be made by Labor's election review.
Why Labor has been so successful in the battle of ideas and so bad at elections is the subject of a much longer discussion. Partly it might be because the labour movement has always a movement of philosophy, not politics. On the flip side, the Liberal Party has traditionally disdained philosophy for pragmatism. Of course there's nothing wrong with pragmatism. It wins you elections. But pragmatism doesn't change anything.
The ALP and the left have a far better appreciation of the role and power of bureaucratic and cultural institutions than do the Liberals. Labor doesn't win as many elections as the Liberals, but when Labor does win it does things. When the Liberals win elections, they're in government but not in power.
The global financial crisis and its ongoing consequences must also help explain what's happened. The times suit the ideology of the centre-left. And depending on the results of the British general election and the American presidential ballot, we could discover that the times might even suit a modern-day version of socialism.
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Deep-fried dumplings filled with cream cheese, cranberries, and imitation crab.
Steamed soybeans with sea salt. Vegetarian.
With spicy mayo, cucumber and crunchy. Raw.
Salmon, avocado, cucumber and scallions. Raw.
Shrimp tempura roll. Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, tobiko and eel sauce.
7 assorted filets of raw fish.
Daikon sprouts, black tobiko and wasabi mayo. Raw.
Crispy chicken wings coated in a Japanese chili powder, cilantro and scallions. Very spicy.
Crispy chicken wings coated in a sweet-chili confection, cilantro and scallions. Very spicy.
Traditional curry-coconut chicken skewers with peanut sauce and sweet cucumber salsa.
Calamari, Maine sea salt, bird chili and scallions. Very spicy.
Whole shrimp with heads, Maine sea salt, bird chili and scallions. Very spicy.
Shrimp, lime juice, chili jam, cilantro, scallions and fish stock. Spicy.
Coconut milk, lime juice, baby corn, cilantro, scallions and galanga.
Shrimp and pork wontons, edamame, fried garlic and vegetable broth.
Shiitake, enoki, scallions, bean sprouts, julienne ginger and vegetable broth.
Buckwheat noodles in kelp-shiitake broth with crispy tofu, sesame seeds, garlic oil, scallions, snow peas, cabbage and bean sprouts.
Shredded roasted duck, rice noodles, bean sprouts, celery, cilantro, scallions and Chinese kale in mild duck stock.
Scallops, shrimps, calamari, bean sprouts, rice noodles, crispy wonton, scallions, and cilantro in tom yum broth. Spicy.
Shrimp and pork wontons, ramen, yu choy, scallions and cilantro in mild broth with crispy wonton skins.
Pork, narutomaki, shiitake, shoyu-marinated egg, bamboo, wakame, bonito flakes, sesame, green onion, and garlic oil.
Thinly-sliced sirloin, rice noodles, Chinese kale in rich beef stock, cilantro, scallion, and celery.
Crispy, tempura-battered vegetables, udon, kelp, carrot, snowpeas, cabbage, sesame seeds and garlic oil served over udon noodles in soy broth.
Crispy, tempura-battered shrimp, udon, kelp, carrot, snowpeas, cabbage, sesame seeds and garlic oil served over udon noodles in soy broth.
Ground pork and braised pork belly. Ramen, Japanese chili powder, sweet corn, scallions, kamaboko, shoyu-marinated egg in spicy miso broth. Extremely spicy.
Tonkatsu (pork cutlet) served in a bowl of udon, carrots, cabbage, wakame, scallions and Japanese chili powder in a mild kakejiru broth of dash, soy & mirin.
This Northern Thai soup is comprised of yellow curry, turmeric, curry powder, red onions, egg noodles, pickled mustard greens, hot chili oil, lime. Topped with a Japanese pork cutlet(tonkatsu), crispy egg noodles, scallions and cilantro.
Shredded raw papaya, peanuts, bird chili and dried shrimp thumped in a mortar. Very spicy.
Mixed field greens, grape tomatoes, jicama, sweet corn and walnuts in yuzu dressing. Gluten free.
Grilled steak medallions, red onions, cherry tomatoes, mixed field greens in spicy lime dressing. Very spicy.
Shredded roasted duck, red onions, cucumbers, baby spinach, lemongrass and galanga seasoned with spicy lime dressing. Very spicy.
Avocado chunks, kewpie mango, black and orange tobiko, kanikama, cucumber and tempura flakes.
Asparagus, avocado, jicama, cucumber, red leaf lettuce in rice paper + hoisin-plum infusion.
Choice of meat, Spanish onion, Chinese kale, tomato and farm fresh egg.
Farm fresh egg, vegetable medley, fresh corn, edamame, shiitake and cashews topped with toasted coconut shavings.
Indonesian curry paste, black soy sauce, carrots, scallion and cucumber crowned with crispy red onions, crispy fried chicken and fried farm fresh egg. Spicy.
Fried rice with teriyaki chicken, egg, peas, carrots, tomatoes, and onions.
Choice of protein, red and white onions, bell peppers, bird chili and basil leaves. Very spicy.
Fried rice with crispy chicken, vegetables, onions, and basil. Spicy.
Chicken, farm fresh egg, panang curry paste, string beans, carrots, red and green bell peppers, keffir leaf slivers and toasted crushed peanuts. Spicy.
Chicken, shrimps, mango chunks wok-fried with jasmine rice, carrots, cabbages, egg, white onions, scallions, green and red peppers, Indian-curry powder and dried cranberries.
Duck, crisped bacon, farm fresh egg, shiitake, carrot, white onion, scallions, ginger and peppers.
Crab meat, toasted garlic, farm fresh egg, scallions, carrots and sweet peas.
Shrimp, scallops, calamari, mussels, peppercorns, kaffir lime leaves, peppers, tomatoes and chili-shrimp jam.
Minced pork or chicken, farm fresh egg, cranberry chutney, white onion, scallion and green peas.
Shiitake, farm fresh egg, red onions, scallions, peas, cilantro, walnuts, fig jam-shiitake sauce and spicy teriyaki chicken wings.
Japanese traditional salted salmon (shiozake) wok-fried with jasmine rice, red peppers, red onions, string beans, house oyster sauce, crispy basil, served with shredded green mango.
Kimchi, edamame, farm fresh egg, lop chong (sausage), broccoli, Vidalia onions and white pepper. Very spicy.
Rice noodles, egg, crushed peanuts, red onions, bean sprouts, lime and tamarind juices, anchovy extract and coconut sugar.
Your choice of protein with flat wide noodles, farm fresh egg and Chinese kale with molasses-soy infusion.
Flat wide noodles, tomato, onions, green beans, bamboo shoots, basil leaves, hot peppers with your choice of protein. Extremely spicy.
Flat wide noodles lightly caramelized, carrots, farm fresh egg and Chinese kale in mild gravy.
Crispy roast duck, Chinese kale, bean sprouts, scallions and toasted garlic.
Minced beef, red + white onions, bell peppers, basil leaves, garlic, bird chili, and jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Hand-made marinated Panko-crusted pork cutlet and curry, white rice, and carrots and cabbage salad with spicy mayo dressing. Spicy.
Grilled pork loin, red onion, chili, green onions, spicy lime sauce, toasted ground rice and Jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Hand-made marinated Panko-crusted chicken cutlet and curry sauce with carrots and cabbage salad and spicy mayo dressing. Served with white rice. Spicy.
Roast duck, lychee, pineapple, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, peppercorns, keffi lime leaf and basil simmered in red curry and jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Roast duck brushed with tamarind-massaman glaze on a bed of Chinese kale and jasmine rice.
Roast duck chunks sauteed with young coconut meat, red curry paste, snow peas, red and white onions, basil, garlic, chili peppers served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Handmade 1/2 lb. chicken patty, Vidalia onions, fresh basil, caramelized red onions and spicy basil-mayo on a sourdough bun. With sweet potato tempura and Asian pickles. Spicy.
Beef medallions sauteed in oyster sauce with ginger, garlic, button mushrooms, broccoli and served with jasmine rice.
Crispy (coated) chicken, white onion, bell peppers, pineapple chunks, water chestnuts and chili jam, served in pastry bowl with jasmine rice. Spicy.
Chopped chicken, red and white onions, basil leaves, garlic, bird chili, balsamic and jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Hand-made marinated panko-crusted chicken cutlet with grated spring onion over a mound of white rice.
Hand-made marinated panko-crusted pork cutlets and grated spring onion served over a mound of white rice.
Grilled chicken breast, cranberry teriyaki glaze, Chinese kale and Jasmine rice.
Sliced chicken, yellow curry, white onion, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and mango. Spicy.
Sliced pork marinated with Korean pear, white onions, ginger, garlic, hot pepper paste, sesame oil, sesame seeds, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, Serve with cabbage, bean sprouts, carrots and scallions on a hot pan.
Pork spareribs, marinated in hoisin sauce, apple juice, tomatoes, brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, black pepper, garlic, sriracha sauce, grilled and served with jasmine rice.
Grilled salmon, cranberry-teriyaki glaze with Chinese kale and jasmine rice.
Steamed with ginger, scallions, shiitake mushrooms, peppers and jasmine rice.
Shrimp, mussels, squid, scallops, basil, peppercorn, wild ginger, chili, lemongrass, keffir lime leaf , snow peas, baby corn, bell peppers and jasmine rice. Extremely spicy.
Grilled salmon, mango, bok choy, peppers, snow peas sauteed with pan-fried egg noodles in mild oyster sauce. Mango, red pepper, onions, sweet sour sauce.
Grilled salmon fillet, peppers, keffir lime leaf, zucchini, pineapple chunks splashed with choo chee curry. Very spicy.
Crispy (coated) salmon, white onion, bell peppers, pineapple chunks, water chestnuts and chili jam, served with jasmine rice. Spicy.
Seared scallops dressed in spicy tom yum paste, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, cilantro, red peppers + caramelized red onions; served on a mound of pan-fried egg noodles.
Tempura-crusted salmon served in spicy Japanese curry with green and red peppers, yams, white onions and carrots. Served with rice and Japanese cabbage salad. Very spicy.
Shrimps sauteed in oyster sauce with ginger, garlic, button mushrooms and broccoli. Served with jasmine rice.
Tofu, vegetables and basil sauteed in garlic and fresh chili peppers, served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Enoki, crimini, shiitake and portobello mushrooms sauteed with fried tofu, soba noodles, snow peas, carrots and cabbage in a shoyu soy-sesame blend.
Panko-crusted silken tofu seasoned with curry sauce, with cabbage and carrots salad with spicy mayo and jasmine rice. Spicy.
Asparagus, snow pea, broccoli, baby corn, red peppers, Vidalia onions, bok choy, carrots and shiitake sauce.
Panko-crusted silken tofu with cabbage and carrot salad with spicy mayo dressing and jasmine rice.
Steamed okra, lotus root, fried tofu, bean sprouts, boiled egg, fried sweet potatoes and peanut sauce.
String beans, bamboo shoots, Broccoli, bell peppers and basil. Served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
String beans, Broccoli, bamboo shoots, bell pepper and basil. Served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Curry powder, Broccoli, onion, tomato and summer squash. Served with jasmine rice. Spicy.
Thai-Malaysian style, sweet potato, onion, carrots and peanuts. Served with jasmine rice. Spicy.
Bell pepper, string beans, carrots, crushed peanuts and keffir lime leaf. Served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Tuna maki, salmon maki and hamachi maki. Raw.
Eel cucumber maki, crazy maki and fashion maki. All cooked.
Spicy tuna maki, scorpion maki and Alaskan roll. Raw.
Tuna, salmon, hamachi, ebi, kanikama, saba, tobiko and tuna cucumber maki. Raw.
Chef's choice of 10 pieces of sashimi. Escolar or white tuna, has been known to cause stomach upset in some individuals, so consume small portions till you've tested your own constitution. Raw.
2 tuna, 2 salmon, hamachi, suzuki, ebi, tobiko and Alaskan roll. Raw.
3 tuna, 3 salmon, 3 white fish, 2 hamachi, 2 white tuna (escolar) and 2 tako. Escolar or white tuna, has been known to cause stomach upset in some individuals, so consume small portions till you've tested your own constitution. Raw.
2 eel, 2 hamachi, ebi, white tuna (escolar) and temper tantrum maki sushi. 3 tuna, 3 salmon and 3 white tuna (escolar) sashimi. Escolar or white tuna, has been known to cause stomach upset in some individuals, so consume small portions till you've tested your own constitution. Raw.
Yellowtail, cucumber, scallions and chili sauce. Raw.
Tuna, cucumber, scallions and chili sauce. Raw.
Salmon, cucumber, avocado, lettuce, tobiko and mayo. 4 pieces. Raw.
Chicken tempura, scallions and avocado with eel sauce.
Grilled eel, cucumber and tobiko wrapped in avocado with eel sauce.
Smoked salmon, shrimp, scallops, crab, cucumber and mayo. Raw.
Grilled salmon skin, scallions and cucumber with eel sauce.
Grilled eel and avocado with eel sauce.
Grilled eel, avocado, cream cheese and flying fish roe with eel sauce.
Salmon tempura, avocado, tobiko and scallions with eel sauce.
Wok-roasted balsamic-glazed shiitake, green apple and avocado tempura.
Sweet potato tempura, cream cheese and avocado wrapped in nori and rice with black and white sesame.
Eel, cucumber and avocado wrapped with salmon, tuna, white fish and avocado. Raw.
Tuna, salmon, white fish with tobiko and scallion. Raw.
Shrimp, crab, cream cheese, avocado, asparagus and tobiko with salmon on outside. Raw.
Shrimp tempura and cucumber topped with spicy tuna. Raw.
Shrimp tempura topped with tuna, avocado and eel sauce. Raw.
Spicy tuna and cucumber topped with fresh tuna and eel. Raw.
Suzuki tempura, spicy tuna and avocado topped with seared tuna + eel sauce.
Tuna, poached shrimp and yellowtail in cucumber wrap with ponzu sauce. Raw.
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura and seared suzuki on top with yuzu tobiko + eel sauce.
Tuna, asparagus, grilled eel and scallions with eel sauce and spicy mayo. Raw.
Lobster, avocado, cucumber, mango and tobiko with spicy mayo.
Grilled eel, avocado and tobiko wrapped in shrimp.
California roll topped with spicy scallops, kanikama, scallions and eel sauce.
Soft-shell crab tempura, avocado, cucumber, spicy mayo and tobiko.
Shrimp tempura, crab stick and tobiko stopped with eel and avocado with eel sauce.
Shrimp tempura and avocado topped with crab stick, mayo and tempura flakes.
Octopus, cucumber, tiger shrimp, kanikama, tempura crunch, tobiko, scallions and spicy mayo wrapped in soy paper, draped in raw tuna, drizzled with ponzu sauce and topped with multi-colored tobiko. Raw.
Tuna, salmon, cucumber and avocado are wrapped in nori and rice and topped with orange and wasabi tobiko. Raw.
Crispy roll comprised of kanikama, avocado and nori deep fried and drizzled with eel sauce + spicy mayo.
White tuna (escolar), crushed pineapple and tempura flakes wrapped in yellow soy paper with sushi rice, draped with salmon, sliced ripe mango and then drizzled with refreshing pineapple-lime mayo. 10 pieces. Escolar or white tuna, has been known to cause stomach upset in some individuals, so consume small portions till you've tested your own constitution. Raw.
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura and cucumber ensconced in sushi rice and green soy paper, draped with pared scallop, strawberry medallions and topped with black tobiko and drizzled with red berry coulis. 10 pieces. Raw.
Salmon, mango and tempura crunch, layered with avocado and crowned with spicy snow crab with tobiko salad. Raw.
Shiitake mushrooms, green apple, cukes and asparagus wrapped in seaweed and rice, draped with young coconut meat, drizzled with pineapple mayo and garnished with coconut flakes. Eight pieces. Vegetarian.
Inside: wok-roasted balsamic-glazed shiitake, asparagus tempura and green apple. Outside: fresh tuna, drizzled with wasabi mayo. Topped with spring onion confetti, crowned with crispy yu mein. Raw.
Assorted sashimi over seasoned rice. Raw.
Tuna sashimi over seasoned rice. Raw.
Salmon sashimi over seasoned rice. Raw.
Yellowtail sashimi over seasoned rice. Raw.
Salmon roe and salmon sashimi over seasoned rice. Raw.
Salmon cubed and marinated in sesame and soy, shitake, mixed field greens, nori, and assorted handcrafted Japanese pickles over seasoned rice.
Maguro tuna cubed and marinated in sesame and soy, shitake, mixed field greens, nori, and assorted handcrafted Japanese pickles over seasoned rice.
14 pieces of nigiri sushi, 16 pieces of sashimi, tuna maki and California roll. 42 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
24 pieces of nigiri sushi, 30 pieces of sashimi, jazz fusion roll, spicy tuna maki, tuna maki and California roll. 78 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
35 pieces of nigiri sushi, 35 pieces of sashimi, crazy maki, spider maki, caterpillar maki, spicy tuna tempura maki and California roll. 100 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
2 California maki, 2 spicy tuna, 2 crazy maki, tuna maki and salmon maki. 48 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
2 California maki, 2 spicy tuna, 2 spicy salmon, 2 eel avocado, 2 spider, rainbow, nature boy roll and spicy red dragon maki. 86 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
2 California maki, 2 spicy tuna, 2 spider, 2 sophisticated lady rolls, 2 eel cucumber, 2 mood indigo maki, 2 Alaskan maki, 2 Philadelphia rolls and spicy tuna tempura. 96 pieces. Raw. Served with portion of seaweed salad.
Shrimp, mussels, squid, scallops, basil, peppercorn, wild ginger, chili, lemongrass, keffir lime leaf and jasmine rice. Extremely spicy.
Tofu, vegetables and basil sauteed in garlic, white wine and fresh chili peppers, served with jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Rice noodles, egg, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts, lime and tamarind juices and coconut sugar.
Flat wide noodles, onions, green beans, basil leaves, hot peppers with your choice of protein. Extremely spicy.
Cellophane noodles, egg, shrimp, chicken, bok choy, scallions, tomatoes, cloud ears and oyster sauce.
Chopped Angus beef, red and white onions, basil leaves, garlic, bird chili, balsamic and jasmine rice. Very spicy.
Shrimp, scallops, calamari, mussels, peppercorn, kaffir lime leaves, peppers, tomatoes and chili shrimp jam.
Kimchi, edamame, farm fresh egg, lop chong (sausage), broccoli, vidalya onions and white pepper. Very Spicy.
Minced pork, farm fresh egg, cranberry chutney, white onion, tomatoes and chili shrimp jam.
Minced chicken, farm fresh egg, cranberry chutney, white onion, tomatoes and chili shrimp jam.
Sweet strawberry Japanese rice cakes.
Sweet green tea Japanese rice cakes.
Includes assorted sushi rolls and shrimp and crab tempura (lightly breaded shrimp and crab).
Includes assorted sushi and shrimp tempura (lightly breaded shrimp).
Includes assorted sushi and shrimp and crab tempura (lightly breaded shrimp and crab).
Includes assorted vegetable sushi rolls. Vegetarian.
Chicken stir-fried with cashews and vegetables in a brown sauce. Does not include rice.
Chicken stir-fried with basil, peppers, and vegetables. Does not include rice. Spicy.
Fried tofu stir-fried with basil, peppers, and vegetables. Does not include rice. Vegetarian. Spicy.
Does not include rice. Vegetarian.
Beef stir-fried with basil, peppers, and vegetables. Does not include rice. Spicy.
Served with your choice of protein or vegetables, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, and basil. Does not include rice. Spicy.
Served with your choice of protein or vegetables, coconut milk, eggplant, and basil. Does not include rice. Spicy.
Served with your choice of protein or vegetables, coconut milk, potatoes, and onions. Does not include rice. Spicy.
Served with your choice of protein or vegetables, coconut milk, roasted dried spices, potatoes, and peanuts. Does not include rice.
Served with your choice of protein or vegetables, coconut milk, green beans, lime leaves, and basil. Does not include rice.
ried rice with your choice of protein or vegetables, onions, and basil. Spicy.
Stir-fried rice noodles with your choice of protein or vegetables, eggs, bean sprouts, scallions, and ground peanuts.
Flat rice noodles with your choice of protein or vegetables, Thai chili, egg, onions, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, mushrooms, and basil. Spicy.
Stir-fried wide rice noodles with your choice of protein or vegetables, egg, Chinese broccoli, carrots, and soy sauce.


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Frances Martel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed that his country would "cover most of Venezuela's necessities" economically during remarks in the Latin American country Monday.
Erdogan, who is in Venezuela following his attendance at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this weekend, made the remarks after signing a series of agreements with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro that includes Turkish investments in Venezuela's oil and mining industries. Erdogan and Maduro have become increasingly close in the past two years as Russia and China, once the Latin American nation's most reliable benefactors, began to withdraw from the country as its slow economic collapse began endangering their investments there.
On Monday, Erdogan announced that Turkey was large and powerful enough to fill voids left by such economic heavyweights as Russia and China.
"We will cover most of Venezuela's necessities, we have that strength, we have that opportunity," Erdogan said through a translator, according to the Spanish newswire service EFE. Atop his list of projects within Venezuela was "improving the business environment" and creating a "sustainable" and "diversified" bilateral trade relationship.
Maduro announced that Erdogan had expressed particular interest in Venezuela's mining industries, including gold. The Venezuelan socialist regime has launched a campaign to attract foreign investment to extract its vast gold resources as a way to offset the prodigious losses from its once-dominant oil industry. Venezuela is home to the world's largest known oil reserves yet, under Maduro, oil production in the country has entered a state of "freefall" following the widespread nationalization of extraction and refineries. The companies once responsible for extracting and refining the nation's notoriously heavy crude are now run by friends of Maduro's or loyal socialist lackeys with little to no experience in the oil industry, hindering production.
Similarly, Maduro has largely allowed gold mining to fall into the hands of roving criminal gangs. Turkey's investments may be able to normalize the situation in Venezuela's gold-rich regions, even after the United States levied sanctions explicitly on Caracas' gold industry.
Maduro, during his joint event with Erdogan on Monday, described the sanctions as "persecution." Erdogan agreed, calling the sanctions "something very incorrect" that could lead to "deeper instability."
The Venezuelan government also reported that Erdogan announced the construction of "a small mosque in Caracas" and launch of a cultural exchange campaign. Erdogan, an Islamist leader who has explicitly made calls for the spread of Islam around the world, spent years attempting to convince the communist government of Cuba to allow Turkey to fund the construction of a mosque in the country, despite the nearly non-existent Muslim population there, arguing that Muslims discovered America before the Spanish arrival in 1492. a repressive atheist state, rejected the request repeatedly.
Erdogan then turned to Maduro, inviting him to attend a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) last year and his inauguration this year. In October 2017, Turkey announced that it would invest not in a mosque, but in the construction of the "Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center of Caracas," which would in part serve to spread Islam in the country. The cultural center will be the first of its kind of Turkey in Latin America.
Erdogan took the time to thank Maduro on Monday for his alleged contributions to fighting "Islamophobia" by attending the OIN meeting.
"Maduro's participation in the extraordinary summit of the Islamic Cooperation Organization on Jerusalem is a powerful message to the world," Erdogan alleged. "This is a time where there is a lot of Islamaphobia around the world, so President Maduro's support is very important to teach the world about acceptance."
In total, the Venezuelan government announced the signing of agreements with Turkey totaling over 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) this week. "We have signed agreements to continue advancing economic, global, financial, scientific, military, mining, education, and cultural development," Maduro said. "We have a roadmap and what is coming is even better."
The Turkish pro-Erdogan newspaper Yeni Safak reported Tuesday that Erdogan has his eyes on more than just Venezuela.
"Turkey will continue to enhance bilateral and multilateral ties with Latin American and the Caribbean countries," he said at a press conference on Tuesday. "I believe that we will more clearly see the positive effects of our meetings on our relations with Paraguay and Venezuela in the upcoming period."
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The Set Free Global Summit · Greensboro, NC · April 4–7, 2016
Summit Recap
We are pleased to present a selection of resources from our sponsors and exhibitors. Keep checking back; we plan to make this a go-to source, and that means we'll be adding more resources, and even giving you a way to add your own.
Counseling and Online Groups
DVD/Video Presentations
5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know About Their Kids and Sex
By Anne Marie Miller
In Five Things Every Parent Needs to Know About their Kids and Sex, readers will discover what, when, and how to talk to kids at any age about sexuality, researched and reviewed by professionals in medicine, child development and psychology. You will also learn how to watch for symptoms that your child may be sexually abused and how to discuss this tender topic with children of all ages. There is hope for adults, for children, and for generations to come. It's time to redeem the conversation!
Buy it at 5ThingsBook.com
30 Days of Sex Talks series
By Educate and Empower Kids
Having "The Talk" is one of the more daunting aspects of parenting, but it doesn't have to be. In this series, we provide simple and short yet effective lessons full of questions, sample scenarios, and conversation starters so you can teach your children about healthy sexuality.
Betrayal & Beyond
By Pure Desire
"How did he get this way? How can I tell if he is getting better? Can I ever trust him again? What do I do now?" The Betrayal & Beyond Workbook, Journal, and Leader's Guide were designed to answer these questions and more. Created to be experienced in a group setting, these materials promote daily commitment to self-care and health. They provide vital healing tools and reinforce the importance of facing loss, processing anger and hurt, and becoming the women God created you to be.
Buy it from Pure Desire
Building for Freedom
By Troy Haas
For men pursuing honest and authentic relationships with Jesus Christ and other believers through personal study and group support. Designed to engage men both spiritually and practically, this 15-week interactive study addresses the challenges of sexual integrity in profound and life-changing ways.
Buy it from HopeQuest
Christians & Pornography: Pastor & Church Leadership Resource Guide
By Dr. Jay Dennis
Dr. Jay Dennis has created a 300 page comprehensive manual to address pornography in the church & para-church organizations. It will empower and equip pastors and church leaders to attack the epidemic of pornography. This resource provides you practical knowledge and step by step instructions of how to address issues related to pornography within our churches. The manual gives pastors a game plan to begin the conversation about pornography and its unintended consequences. It specifically identifies how to address the subject to pastors, leaders, men, woman, youth & families. A step by step process is provided to create support groups and for leaders to walk through the process with others to break free from the chains of pornography.
Buy it from Dr. Jay Dennis
Clean: A Proven Plan for Men Committed to Sexual Integrity
By Dr. Doug Weiss
Every Christian man is born into a sexual war. The enemy attacks the young, hoping to scar them permanently and leave them ruined. But your past is not enough to keep you from the clean life you want and deserve.
Buy it from Dr. Doug Weiss, or call 719-278-3708
Freedom Begins Here Devotional Journal
By Freedom Begins Here
In these 30 days, you'll realize that you have choices every minute of every day to focus your thoughts on what is good and right and wholesome, or to let your mind drift back into the swamp of sexual sin. Make the effort. Your family, your friends, your God and sooner or later you, too, will be delighted you did.
Buy it from Freedom Begins Here
How Pornography Harms: Today's Research, Scholarly Perspectives, and Real Life Stories
By John Foubert
This book, due for release in fall 2016, includes the very latest research about how pornography harms individuals, relationships, and society. This eye opening volume is great for teens, 20 somethings, their parents, grandparents, and pastors.
Available for preorder on Amazon
How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography
Exposure to pornography is inevitable, and we must do what's necessary to prepare our kids. We've made it easy for you with this critical book full of great discussion questions that will foster productive and meaningful conversations between you and your kids.
I Once Had a Date Named Lust: Breaking Free from Sex and Love Addiction
By Dr. Simon Whittaker
This book details a biblical approach used by the author and many, many others to overcoming pornography addiction, love addiction, and sex addiction.
Available for free or purchase from Sponsor for Hire
By Melissa Haas
Written for spouses of sexually broken men, Journey is a 10-week counseling and support group for women facing betrayal and loss. Using the Journey workbook, women will work through topics such as 'Angry – but not Stuck'; 'Admitting Fears'; 'Setting Limits'; and 'Trusting Wisely'.
More than Single: Finding Purpose Beyond Porn
By Covenant Eyes
In More Than Single: Finding Purpose Beyond Porn, we help singles discover freedom from porn and joy in their circumstances. This book covers what all singles need know about the harms of porn, how faith in the Gospel overcomes a desire for pornography, how to handle feelings of loneliness and bitterness, and why the consumption and creation of art is important for finding joy.
Get it for free from Covenant Eyes
Parenting the Internet Generation
Covenant Eyes is dedicated to helping parents raise their kids to make wise choices online. In Parenting the Internet Generation, we will show parents how to have honest conversations about self-image, sexuality, sin, and shame, provide proven methods for training our children how to be media literate, explain how certain parenting styles can actually enable a pornography addiction, and point towards parental controls and accountability as tools for creating a safer home.
Porn Nation
By Michael Leahy
It's a $100 billion a year industry worldwide. Even bigger when you consider the fact that porn is now the norm in our mainstream media. But have you ever stopped to think about why, when it comes to porn, we just can't seem to get enough? Learn more in this book, written specifically for and about college students.
Get the student edition from BraveHearts
Pure Desire
By Dr. Ted Roberts
There is a battle going on. Millions of victims are trapped in the struggle of sexual addiction with no apparent way out. Pure Desire is the answer to the desperate cry for help from men and women who have tried to build sexual purity into their lives and failed…and failed…and failed. This book is also for the shattered souls of spouses who are puzzled, shamed, and wounded by sexual bondage, and for the Church that desires to build a culture of grace.
Seven Pillars of Freedom
The Seven Pillars of Freedom Workbook, Journal, and Leader's Guide were created to provide help and healing, in a small group setting, for adult men who battle with sexual and/or pornography addiction. Participants gain an understanding of addiction and recovery by using Pure Desire's clinically-proven and theologically-sound resources.
Setting Us Free
By Nick J. Stumbo
As Nick shares his journey to sexual purity, you will discover how God shows up in unexpected ways and concealed places to bring true and lasting freedom. This isn't just another book telling you to control your behavior. This is a story of redemption—how God redeems what has been broken and recreates something awesome in one's heart and life.
Stories for Men
Sexual addiction spans a gamut of behaviors: engaging in the solicitation of prostitution, extramarital affairs, pornography, and more. Individual lives are shattered; marriages and families are broken. Whether you struggle with sexual addiction or have been betrayed by your spouse's addictive behavior, Stories for Men provides encouragement and hope from those who have bravely gone before you. Men of all ages and from all walks of life have selflessly contributed their personal stories, so that others can break free from the bondage of sexual addiction and discover lifelong healing.
Stories for Women
This collection of Stories for Women provides a unique approach to understanding the way sexual addiction impacts individual lives. Women from all seasons of life have taken on the challenge of writing their inspirational stories. Each has courageously chosen to take back what the enemy has stolen from them. God has a plan for your life: a plan to bring you out of the desolation to a place where you can begin to help others. May you find hope and healing as you continue on your journey toward restoration.
What Can I Do About Him Me?
By Rhyll Ann Croshaw
An honest, powerful, firsthand account of both the betrayal trauma and recovery from living with or having lived with an individual struggling with a pornography and sexual addiction. Rhyll describes her illuminating pathway from gut wrenching pain and abandonment to peace and healing, providing genuine hope to all.
Buy it from S.A. Lifeline
Celebrate Recovery is a biblical and balanced program that helps us overcome our hurts, hang-ups, and habits. It is based on the actual words of Jesus rather than psychological theory. 25 years ago, Saddleback Church launched Celebrate Recovery with 43 people. It was designed as a program to help those struggling with hurts, habits and hang-ups by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through a recovery process. Celebrate Recovery has helped more than 17000 people at Saddleback, attracting over 70% of its members from outside the church. Eighty-five percent of the people who go through the program stay with the church and nearly half serve as church volunteers.
Learn more at Celebrate Recovery
GPS Groups
Changing Lanes offers an option to find hope in a small group online. In GPS Groups, you will find a safe, relational, confidential and authentic community to heal in your journey through porn or sex addiction.
Learn more at Changing Lanes Ministries
His Porn. Your Pain. Healed: Coaching for Wives
When a man's porn habit is damaging his relationship, Porn Pain Healed will go to bat for the woman—while still calling forth his nobility—so they can heal and have the relationship they'd always envisioned.
Learn more at His Porn. Your Pain. Healed
L.I.F.E. Recovery International
L.I.F.E. Recovery International is a Christ-centered support group ministry whose mission is to encourage, empower, and equip God's people to live everyday in sexual integrity. L.I.F.E. provides consistently-revised workbook resources, educational multimedia presentations, and support group structure to the Christian community across the globe. Their three ongoing objectives are: Breaking Isolation, Bringing Freedom, and Building Leaders. Their goal is to plant and support L.I.F.E. sexual addiction recovery support groups within 20 miles of anyone seeking recovery from sexual impurity.
Learn more at L.I.F.E. Recovery
Porn is Killing Me Recovery Coaching
This coach works with 10 individuals. During that year, participants will have two phone calls a month, homework, challenges, and regular support. They will also have access to all of other areas of the Porn is Killing Me site.
Learn more at Porn Is Killing Me
Pure Community
Pure Community is a collaborative effort to connect hurting people with healing communities and resources. Find resources to help anyone struggling with any kind of sexual brokenness.
Learn more at Pure Community
Pure Desire specializes in the treatment of sexual addiction and intimacy disorders within the Christian community. Each clinician at Pure Desire has years of training and experience in assessment and treatment of sex addiction. Treatment is provided with close attention to confidentiality and respect for each client. The Pure Desire treatment program is biblically-based and clinically-sound, integrating individual counseling, couples counseling (when the spouse is impacted), and group therapy.
Learn more and request counseling at PureDesire.org
Using a biblical recovery coaching approach, I provide support for those who want to address their negative behavior regarding pornography addiction, love addiction, and sex addiction.
Learn more at Sponsor for Hire
Victory Teleconference Groups
Are you ready to face the addiction and grow past it once and for all? You may be looking for answers and have already tried to do it on your own, only to discover that it doesn't quite work that way. We all need support and expertise when it comes to facing such a "giant!" That's where Jayson Graves and Healing for the Soul can help: you can receive individual and marital therapeutic support (and even groups) over the telephone, from anywhere in the world!
Learn more at Healing for the Soul
Biblical Sexuality & The 21st Century
Biblical Sexuality & The 21st Century, a new course by Jayson Graves, is a biblically 'sex-positive' look at God's model of sexuality, its design, meaning, purpose and challenges therein. Each DVD set contains ten lectures and is bundled with a syllabus/study booklet.
Buy it from Healing for the Soul
The Conquer Series
KingdomWorks Studios presents a cinematic teaching series on sexual purity to help men discover the root of bondage, while offering proven principles and practical tools to conquer pornography addiction and find freedom. The Conquer Series is not about behavior modification, but heart transformation. This life-changing, five-week discipleship curriculum provides insights from top Christian leaders who provide biblical strategies and scientific facts, and teach men how to use God's weapons to become conquerors.
Freedom Begins Here Small Group Pack
The Small Group Guide shows you how to use the Freedom Begins Here material to create a safe place where your group can be challenged and equipped to guard their hearts, flee temptation and find complete freedom from sexual sin. The 30-Day Devotional Journal easily adapts to 6 weeks of group meetings, the DVD's chapter divisions are easily accessible, and the addition of some simple group dynamics allows this powerful content to be discussed, digested, and activated.
Directed by Jessica Mockett, this is the first documentary to give an honest, powerful portrait of what it means to be a Christian addicted to pornography. This one-of-a-kind film brings hope to a subject typically shrouded in shame and silence. Your heart will be opened and your faith elevated as you watch this film with your family, church, and community.
Buy it from S. A. Lifeline Foundation
Internet Safety 101
The Internet Safety 101 Film Series, produced by Enough Is Enough and PBS, is an invaluable 3 episode teaching series for parents and caregivers to become educated, equipped and empowered to protect children from pornography, sexual predators and cyber bullies, as well as how to keep kids safe on social networking sites, gaming and mobile devices. It is led by Internet safety expert Donna Rice Hughes, who received an Emmy nomination for her role as host of the series. (Rated PG). Available on Vimeo, Hoopla and www.internetsafety101.org)
The full curriculum (also available in Spanish) consists of a 4 part DVD teaching series, Workbook/Resource Guide and is ideal for both individuals and small groups. The award-winning curriculum was developed by Enough Is Enough in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Get it from Internet Safety 101
Lust Free Living
Men can fight for and obtain a lust free lifestyle. Once you know how to stop lust, you will realize how weak it really can be. God gave you the power to protect those you love from the ravages of lust for the rest of your life! It's time to take it back!
Sex, Love, Date
Featuring Kenny Luck and Sean McDowell, Sex, Love, Date takes young adults and those who are leading them into the most sensitive and "touchy" subject of all – how guys and girls connect. In addition to exposing the lies of the hook-up culture, it starts faith driven conversations focusing on the sexual tensions, competing voices, hard choices, and specific actions involved in really getting to know another person. In the process, young adults must face the reality of their spiritual identity and how that identity in Christ cannot be separated from other parts of their life.
Buy it from Every Man Ministries
Events/Training
Changing Lanes Certification
Bring Changing Lanes small groups to your community with our CL Certified training program. If you are actively pursuing options to develop a sustainable sexual addiction ministry offering to men in your community or church, CL Certified may be the right option for you.
Gateway to Freedom 3-day workshop for men
Gateway to Freedom is a 3-day workshop for men seeking to overcome pornography and any other sexual struggles and strongholds. Any man who needs a catalyst for growing in sexual integrity will benefit from this workshop.
Learn more at GatewayMen.com
Launch Your Mentoring Ministry
There's a bold new solution to helping people recover from pornography: sexual integrity discipleship. Join Michael Leahy to kickstart your mentoring ministry and help the people you know find freedom.
Learn more at Launch Your Mentoring Ministry
Pure Desire University
The Pure Desire University (PD-U) is a two-day conference designed to equip the church with an understanding of the factors that create and reinforce addictive sexual behavior. It provides a comprehensive understanding and the tools required to develop a ministry that offers hope and freedom to men, women, students, and families.
Learn more at PureDesire.org
Let's Talk Workshops
The Let's Talk Workshops are live events designed to raise awareness, educate and equip the public to be advocates for choosing to live porn free lives. Great for parents, couples, teachers, coaches, youth and young adults.
Learn more at PornKnow.org or contact info@pornknow.org
Covenant Eyes bridges the gap between technology and relationships through software to protect people on the Internet. Internet Accountability tracks websites visited on computers, smart phones, and tablets, and compiles them into an easy-to-read report using age-based content ratings. This allows people to have informed conversations about the sites they visit and the search terms they use. They have a Filter available as well.
Learn more at covenanteyes.com, and sign up to learn when Covenant Eyes Communities are available.
Overcome Porn: The 40 Day Challenge app
In Overcome Porn: The 40 Day Challenge, the new app for iPhone®, you'll get 40 days of gospel-centered articles and videos to encourage you in purity, prompts to help you think through your struggles, and a tracker to chart your progress.
Download it on the App Store.
Pluckeye
The Pluckeye filter runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. This free filter blocks all images and videos from the Internet by default. Designed for those who want a filter for themselves, not for their kids, it is not designed for convenience, but inconvenience.
Download it from http://www.pluckeye.net/
rTribe
rTribe is like combining the best of Fitbit and Group Chat for recovery. Track your patterns of sexual integrity in real-time and share them with your accountability partners.
rTribe is also a platform that can do analytics for your ministry as well as help organize communication between leaders and followers.
Download it from rtribe.org
Apps Every Parent Needs to Know About
Anne Marie Miller investigates new apps and keeps parents informed about the good, the bad, and the dangerous. Follow the series on her blog.
Visit it at annemariemiller.com
Destiny Rescue
Destiny Rescue is an international Christian based, non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Our vision is to rescue the sexually exploited and enslaved, restore the abused, protect the vulnerable, empower the poor and be a voice for those who can't speak up for themselves.
Learn more at www.destinyrescue.org, and watch their video
Enough Is Enough has led the fight to make the Internet safer for children and families since 1994. Get involved with Project Wilberforce, Porn Free WiFi America and other culture-changing projects.
Visit enough.org
filters.pluckeye.net
Pluckeye's filters list contains a searchable list of Internet filters and monitors so that the visitor can find a filter by target device (e.g. Windows) and target audience (e.g. addict or parent). It includes Covenant Eyes, Pluckeye, Qustodio, X3Watch, and over 150 other products. The page is thought to be especially useful as an aid to research for organizations such as InternetSafety101, Lockitdown, and similar folk who want to recommend filters to their audience. It may be likewise useful for persons who want to do see what filters they can try on their particular devices.
Visit it at http://filters.pluckeye.net/
Dr. John Foubert
The website of anti-pornography author, speaker, and consultant Dr. John D. Foubert, LLC offers up-to-date information about pornography. Look for a fact sheet about pornography drawn from the very latest research.
Visit it at www.johnfoubert.com
PORNKNOW
PORNKNOW equips the voices talking about the truth and dangers of pornography. Check out Let's Talk TV, a video series on all stages of recovery; A Glimpse Inside, which provides information about the mind of a sex addict; and sign up for the Let's Talk connect mailing list.
Visit pornknow.org
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