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Parks & Resorts Hong Kong
Hong Kong Disneyland expected to reopen on February 19th
February 17, 2021 February 17, 2021 Chip
Hong Kong Disneyland will reopen for the third time and welcome guests again on February 19th.
In line with the latest regulations and guidance from government and health authorities, the resort will continue to maintain its measured approach with health and safety measures. A range of enhanced new measures will be implemented, including mandatory COVID-19 testing for cast members involved in operation once every 14 days.
"From everyone at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, we wish you good health, happiness and prosperity in the year of the Ox. Every cast member has been putting tremendous effort in preparing our park reopening. I could not be more thrilled to announce that our park will be reopened on February 19, to welcome guests to experience the magic of our 15th anniversary and our new Castle of Magical Dreams. I want to give thanks for the support of our guests and the countless efforts from our cast members during this challenging time," said Michael Moriarty, Managing Director, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort will arrange mandatory COVID-19 testing for cast members involved in operation once every 14 days as required by the latest health and safety regulations. The new safety measure represents an additional step to promote the health and safety of all guests and cast members.
Related – With COVID restrictions easing will Hong Kong Disneyland reopen soon?
Enhanced park visit reservation process with added "LeaveHomeSafe" QR code locations
As required by the latest health and safety regulations, park visitors are required to scan the "LeaveHomeSafe" QR code or register their names, contact numbers, and date and time of visit before entering the premises. All visiting guests will be required to provide their names and contact numbers on the Hong Kong Disneyland Park Reservation website when reserving their visit date with valid tickets or membership cards prior to arrival. Additionally, "LeaveHomeSafe" QR codes will be displayed across the resort, such as the entrance of the park, restaurants and hotel recreation facilities.
Reservations for all guests will begin from 10 a.m. on February 18. Guests are also required to make a health declaration as part of their reservation process.
Health and safety measures remain a priority
The resort will continue with its health and safety measures including temperature screening, the wearing of face masks, social distancing, and increased cleaning and sanitization in accordance with the latest regulations and guidance from the government and health authorities .
Similar to park operations prior to the recent closure, a five-day per week operation will remain in place, with the park closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays (except public holidays and special days designated by the resort from time to time) until further notice. Additionally, the park will control capacity as required by the government regulations. Park operations and processes for both guests and cast members will continue to be reviewed on an ongoing basis and adjusted as necessary to take into account the latest government regulations.
Related – Butter Cookies Recipe From Hong Kong Disneyland
Castle of Magical Dreams invites guests to reunite for "Double Celebration"
A special "Double Celebration" ticket offer is available for Hong Kong residents to visit the park twice for HK$688. Guests are invited to visit the Castle of Magical Dreams, the re-imagined centrepiece of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which shines as a beacon of courage, hope and possibility, and to attend the special celebration of the resort's 15th anniversary. General guests may make a reservation from seven days prior to arrival. Magic Access members may reserve from eight to nine days, subject to different membership tiers, prior to arrival.
Under the shine of the castle, Disney friends and cast members look forward to welcoming guests once again to enjoy the magic of the park! ### Hong Kong Disneyland asks for guests' kind understanding and compliance with the following requirements when the park reopens. Guests must:
Purchase their tickets in advance and reserve a visit up to seven days in advance of their visit online, via the Hong Kong Disneyland reservation website. Magic Access members must also make a reservation prior to visiting, but can enjoy the benefit of reserving eight to nine days, subject to different membership tiers, in advance.
Make a health declaration and provide their name and contact number as part of the Hong Kong Disneyland park reservation process.
Undergo temperature screening procedures upon arrival. Guests with a temperature of 37.5 °C or above cannot be admitted.
Wear a mask at all times during their visit, except when enjoying food and beverage at catering premises. These measures will continue to be reviewed as the situation evolves and will be adjusted as necessary.
As required by the government and health authorities, park visitors are required to scan the "LeaveHomeSafe" QR code or register their names and contact numbers before entering the premises.
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In preparation for their 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers with Scotland and either Greece or Norway in the autumn, Russia head coach Denis Korolev has been a guest at Toulouse Olympique, observing their season preparations for the UK Championship under former French international Sylvain Houles.
"I have long wanted to visit a professional team that performs at a high level," said Korolev. "When you see their processes, ask questions, share and hear opinions and practices, that can only be good for developing your knowledge-base and experience. It was extremely interesting as well as useful.
Korolev, who is also president of the Association of Russian Rugby Klubs which helped preserve the sport in the country, observed Toulouse's physical and classroom training sessions. He is also head coach of CSKA Moscow, for whom he played, gaining six international caps.


A few months ago Justin and I ventured up to Oakland, CA to photograph this amazing couple's wedding day! Debbie + Dan's wedding was lovely....enough said!
My favorite shot of the day!!
My favorite detail of the day: Debbie's headpiece! completed her entire look!
Design and event planning done by the sweet ladies of Enjoy Events Co. It was our first time working with them and it was an absolute delight!
These night shots make me oh-so-happy!
OK.. that ring picture is AMAZING!! all of the images are just beautiful but that ring picture I could stare at for days. So talented Amelia!!
I love the top two images. So powerful. Thanks for posting.
Black Friday Saleds from Fotofafa & Totally Rad Actions!!
It's that time of year again for BLACK FRIDAY sales! I want to give specific shout outs to my two favorite companies that help Amelia Lyon Photography out TREMENDOUSLY!
FOTOFAFA and TOTALLY RAD ACTIONS!! These two amazing companies not only make my business look good, but they both make my life so so so SO much easier!!!
For those that have been following my blog already know how much Justin and I LOVE FOTOFAFA and how much they make our life easier!! We send them the bulk of our images (all digital raw), have them cull the amount down to a reasonable amount for my clients (this is particularly helpful when it comes to weddings and we typically shoot 3,000 plus images, this is what would normally take me hours to do), then we have them "proof" all of our images (meaning, color correction, white balance perfected, some contrast added, etc) so that our clients never receive any raw-un-worked on images. The best part about Fotofafa is that they are FAST and WORTH EVERY PENNY!
FOTOFAFA's Black Friday sale is amazing, they are giving away discounts on ANY credit purchase, as you purchase more credit, the discount increases! They will also choose at random after Black Friday is over a BIG WINNER that will get DOUBLE the amount of credit purchased!!
Here is a recent wedding job we received back from Fotofafa, I was SO pleased with the way that these PROOFED images turned out!!
Before: notice that the images is just missing some "umph"
Before: Let's be honest here, our exposure isn't always spot on, we love that we can count of Fotofafa to make the appropriate adjustments to make our proofs look great!
After: What a lovely proof! I'm especially happy that they didn't lose the detail in the bride's white dress when brightening this image!
Before and after side by side: look how "muddy" the out of camera image looks on the left and look how beautiful the proofed image back from Fotofafa looks on the right!
After: This image just needed some contrast, looks so much better!
Now onto the ever amazing TOTALLY RAD ACTIONS!!! This company is FANTASTIC because they provide the necessary tools that put the perfect finishing touches on my artistically edited images!
Once I receive proofs back from Fotofafa I'll go through and choose my personal favorite images that I'll want to either feature on my blog or provide for my clients in their wedding album. These personal favorite images will go through my "artistic edit", blemishes will be removed and I'll apply a particular "recipe" for color toning using RadLab within Adobe Photoshop.
The thing I really like about Totally Rad Actions is that they provide tools for color toning, air brushing, and added effects for various editing styles. These tools aren't' just available for Photoshop, but for LightRoom as well!
And the finished black and white image!
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you're so sweet to show your raw images! and what great recipes! love Radlab!!
Excellent black and white photography with good instruction.


2:00 – 3:30 PM, McBryde 655: VT AAUP Chapter meeting with AAUP staff shared governance expert, Donna Young, to discuss the current state of shared governance at Virginia Tech, and how the faculty voice in university decision making can be strengthened. Representatives from the Faculty Senate will attend.
3:30 – 4:30 PM, McBryde 655: CANCELED. VT AAUP Chapter meeting with national AAUP organizing staff member Jamie Daniel, to discuss building our chapter.
5:15 – 7:00 PM, Fralin Auditorium: Joint meeting on shared governance with Faculty Senate, VT-AAUP chapter members, and national AAUP representative.
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Q: Combining Range and Histogram Filter in ElasticSearch Consider an event log stored in ElasticSearch. Events look like this
{
  "timestamp": "2013-04-04T15:38:17Z",
  "color": "red"
}

{
  "timestamp": "2013-04-04T17:51:21Z",
  "color": "green"
}

I want to draw frequency timelines per color. I know that I can get the timelines with two queries like this:
{
  "query": {
    "match": {
      "color": "red"
    }
  },
  "size": 0,
  "facets": {
    "freq": {
      "date_histogram": {
        "interval": "day",
        "field": "timestamp"
      }
    }
  }
}

The second query would "match": { "color": "green" }.
Can I combine these queries into one, that gives my either

*

*count(color) / day / bucket

*or one facet per color, containing the histogram for that color?

For two colors separate queries could work just fine, but as you might suspect this is a contrieved example. I am really dealing with more than ten colors and at this point a single query would be really nice.

A: You can combine facets for different colors into the same request using facet_filter:
{
    "facets": {
        "freq_red": {
            "date_histogram": {
                "interval": "day",
                "field": "timestamp"
            },
            "facet_filter": {
                "term": {
                    "color": "red"
                }
            }
        },
        "freq_green": {
            "date_histogram": {
                "interval": "day",
                "field": "timestamp"
            },
            "facet_filter": {
                "term": {
                    "color": "green"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Realms In The Firmament - Chapter 414 - AnythingNovel.com Read online any english novel around the world.
Ji Mengzhan was shocked after being surrounding by an immense killing qi. He didn't have time to react before he was covered by the cold qi. He felt like he was trapped in a ice cave as his face turned pale.
He didn't dare to say a word under the suppression of Zhao Pingtian's killing qi.
The aura of killing that the No. 3 assassin showed was definitely more overwhelming than Ning Biluo's!
What made him burst like this anyway?
Rather than that… Who was the girl with a red beauty mole on her forehead?
Ji Mengzhan didn't know what that girl meant to Zhao Pingtian. If the grey fog truly vanished, Zhao Pingtian might have to kill everybody to vent the anger in his chest!
On the other side, Ye Xiao didn't know who that girl was too. However, he knew that she must be very important to Zhao Pingtian. The emotions they showed, and the connections they had to each other showed everything. It was a dangerous moment for Ye Xiao indeed, but he decided to help them communicate with each other!
He did it for the true love in the world.
"She is crying at the moment," Ye Xiao calmly spoke, "she is looking at you, crying. She is distressed. Zhao Pingtian, who is she?"
"She's crying? How? Why is she crying? I am fine. I should cry instead…" Zhao Pingtian was upset and he murmured. He looked distressed too. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "Rou-Er! My Rou-Er! You… Don't you cry! Don't cry!"
The girl was shaking in the grey fog. Apparently, she was trying to stop her tears. However, she just couldn't. It came out more and more.
Ye Xiao saw it and didn't know whether he should tell Zhao Pingtian about it or not. If he did, Zhao Pingtian would surely feel more distressed!
Zhao Pingtian rushed over to Ye Xiao and asked in hurry, "Do you really see her? Really?" It was full of forwardness and hope. He was even afraid that Ye Xiao would say no and his dream would vanish again!
Zhao Pingtian was totally lost his calm;he showed weak points everywhere. If Ye Xiao wanted to kill him, it would just be a piece of cake. However, how would Ye Xiao do such a thing?
Ye Xiao nodded peacefully to answer the question.
Zhao Pingtian hurriedly asked, "Can she hear what I said? Can she?"
Ye Xiao looked at the girl who was looking at Zhao Pingtian obsessively in the grey fog and he nodded again. He said, "I don't know why, but she… she does hear you. She can see every move of you, everything about you!"
Zhao Pingtian's face turned red because he was thrilled by the answer. He staggered and nearly fell on the floor. He kept himself steady as he spoke with empty eyes, "Rou-Er, Rou-Er… You are always here… You have always been with me… Gods do bless me… Hahaha… Hahahaha…"
He was jumping with glee like he was crazy, but tears were coming out from his eyes.
His mind was lost in bewilderment.
Anybody could take his life at the moment, not to mention Ye Xiao.
It wouldn't need the slightest effort to do it!
However, Ye Xiao didn't do it. He looked at him with compassion.
To kill a man with love, Ye Xiao couldn't do it. How could Xiao Monarch do such a thing?!
"Rou-Er… Listen to me… You… I…" Zhao Pingtian murmured. Tears covered his eyes. He was murmuring something and nobody knew what it was.
"Order to you all! All of you, move! Kill Feng Zhiling and save Brother Zhao!" Ji Mengzhan knew something was wrong, so he gave the order.
He knew he would offend Zhao Pingtian if he gave such an order, but he couldn't think too much about it now. With Zhao Pingtian's weird acts, things would become more and more out of control if he let it be!
About eighty men rushed out at the same time, shouting.
Zhao Pingtian was murmuring and lost in thoughts. It seemed he cared nothing about what was happening around him.
Tears from his eyes showed the greatest affectionaten.
He never expected that his small move would lead to such a weird scene, however, everything was reasonable at the same time.
He thought maybe it thrilled the guy too much.
Now that many men were rushing over to him, he believed they wouldn't only attack him.
It they had a chance, they would definitely attack Zhao Pingtian too!
There will be no hesitation.
Zhao Pingtian was no more their man now. He was more like a bomb that would explode at any second to them!
It might kill lots of their men!
That was why they wouldn't hesitate!
"Well… They are rushing over!" Ye Xiao spoke fast. It was a dangerous moment. Ye Xiao could barely protect himself, not to mention protecting Zhao Pingtian.
However, Zhao Pingtian didn't do nothing.
"They are coming to take Rou-Er," Ye Xiao said.
It was too dangerous now. Ye Xiao had to make such move. At least he could make Zhao Pingtian ready to fight again!
"Who dares?!" Zhao Pingtian's face became fierce and vicious, no more soft and gentle. He raged up with eyes like lightning. The killing qi from him covered the entire space as he shouted, "Who dares to take my Rou-Er? Who?"
The guys were embarrassed. They all stopped.
They all felt extremely speechless.
If they didn't stop, they would have to get on Zhao Pingtian. A delirious Zhao Pingtian was completely different from a conscious one. The former one was a sheep waiting for the butcher, while the latter one was a killer king!
Zhao Pingtian's cold eyes went around the guys. He suddenly moved his wrist and the sword on the floor got back to his hand.


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Learn How to Play Keyboard Online Teaches How to Play Gospel Piano
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
New York, NY -- (SBWire) -- 02/25/2014 --Learn How to Play Keyboard Online now teaches how to play gospel piano. This targets music enthusiasts and individuals who have a piano at their home but don't know how to play gospels using their instrument. This will be the first time for the company to publish a Gospel Piano Teaching program over the web.
Learning how to play piano could be hard without the help of professionals. For this reason, people who want to learn piano lessons often resort to hiring professional piano teachers who could teach them the basics. This is especially true if one desires to learn how to play gospel piano as the keys for gospels are quite difficult to learn in an instant. Beginners usually cannot distinguish the difference between the gospel piano and the classical piano. Many believe that learning gospel piano could be very difficult as it uses different approach. But the truth is that it can be learned easily like any other type of keyboard or piano with the help of tutorials.
Today, people do not have to hire professionals who could teach them personally for them to learn. They could go online and take advantage the different piano lessons taught in Learn How to Play Keyboard Online. They can learn the proper technique and use the proper approach in playing gospel piano with the help of keyboard tutorials from the site.
Learn How to Play Keyboard Online provides a comprehensive resource that can help people learn gospel piano easily and faster. Learn to Play Gospel reveals the secrets to playing gospel and praise piano. It contains step by step guide on how people can use the correct technique that most of the gospel piano players widely used.
The resource also discusses the arts of improvisation than players can make use of if they are struggling with playing praise or gospel piano. Both beginners and pro piano players can benefits from the new resource launched. It provides an introduction to memory training, which is an essential part in gospel as well as the different exercises gospel piano players can do to build their playing confidence. Learn to Play Gospel also reveals the correct technique development that gospel pianists can incorporate using their fingers and ways on how they could improve their weak fingers and the perfect timing to use their thumb when playing.
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Gir-Namme war ein König von Elam, der um 2035 v. Chr. regierte. Er erscheint in einer Königsliste auf einer Tontafel aus Susa. Er ist dort der erste Herrscher der Dynastie von Schimaschki. Aus anderen Quellen ist bekannt, dass er im 6. Jahr von König Šu-Sin einen Gesandten nach Ur sandte um eine Tochter des Herrschers nach Anschan zu bringen, die den dortigen Herrscher, vielleicht Gir-Namme selbst, heiraten sollte.

Literatur
 D.T. Potts: The Archaeology of Elam, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, S. 138, 144, 147 ISBN 0521564964
 Gwendolyn Leick: Who's who in the Ancient Near East, 1999, S. 62 ISBN 9780415132305

König (Elam)
Geboren im 21. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben im 21. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
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Distributed Energy Resources - July 14, 2016
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In a move that shows recognition of value in the "energy-as-a-service" approach, Edison International has launched an energy advisory company aimed at C&I customers.
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Hoboken microgrid supports renewable energy, efficiency, greenhouse gas reporting
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Massive NYC development to become city's first off-grid residential complex
A state of-the-art cogeneration plant will enable the development to generate its own electricity, hot water, heating, and cooling onsite, independent of the local electric grid.
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U.S. industry plays a foundational role in advancing a more energy efficient economy.
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Morgan Stanley announced that Bloom Energy will install a fuel cell system at the bank's global headquarters in New York City.
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HomeInterviewsQ&A on Atheism, Women's Rights, and Human Rights with Marie Alena Castle – Session 1
Q&A on Atheism, Women's Rights, and Human Rights with Marie Alena Castle – Session 1
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Image: Marie Alena Castle.
Marie Alena Castle is the communications director for Atheists for Human Rights. She was raised Roman Catholic, but became an atheist. She has been important to atheism, Minnesota Atheists, The Moral Atheist, National Organization of Women, and wrote Culture Wars: The Threat to Your Family and Your Freedom (2013). She has a lifetime of knowledge and activist experience, which I wanted to explore and crystallise in an educational series. Here are the results.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You have a lifetime of experience in atheism, women's rights, and human rights. Of course, you were raised a Catholic, but this changed over the course of life. In fact, you have raised a number of children who became atheists themselves, and have been deeply involved in the issues on the political left around women's rights and human rights.
To start this series, what has been the major impediment to the progress of women's rights in the United States over the last 17 years?
Marie Alena Castle: It's actually at least the last 40 years. In the U.S., control of women is no longer about the right to vote or pursue careers. Those battles have been won. What is left is the religious right's last stand: women's right to abortion and the ultimate control over their own bodies. An anti-women legislative agenda began and has been going on ever since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v Wade decision.
Almost immediately, the U.S. Catholic Bishops established a Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities that reached down to every Catholic parish in the country. The bishops recruited Catholic academics, journalists, and political commentators to disseminate "pro-life" propaganda. They drew in Protestant fundamentalists and provided them with leaders such as Jerry Falwell. They organized to get "pro-life" politicians elected at every political level and eventually took over the Republican party.
I was there and watched it happen. We Democratic feminists worked almost non-stop to prevent a similar takeover of the Democratic party and, thankfully, were successful. The "pro-life" campaign has never stopped. Over a thousand bills have been, and are, proposed at the state and federal level to restrict women's access to contraceptives and abortion, as well as advantageous reproductive technologies that don't conform to irrational religious doctrines.
(Stephen Mumford has documented this in full detail in his book, The Life and Death of NSSM 200, which describes how the Catholic Church prevented any action on a Nixon-era national security memorandum that warned of the dangers of overpopulation and advocated the accessibility of contraceptives and abortion.)
Jacobsen: Who do you consider the most important women's rights and human rights activist in American history?
Castle: No contest. It's Margaret Sanger, hands down. Many people have spoken out and worked for women's rights throughout history, not just American history. But Sanger got us birth control. Without that, women remain slaves to nature's reproductive mandate and can do little beyond producing and raising children.
This is often claimed to be a noble task. True enough. However, it always reminds me of the biblical story of Moses, who had the noble task of leading his people to the Promised Land, but because of some vague offense against Yahweh, he was condemned to see that Promised Land only from afar and never go there himself.
Women have raised children over the ages and have led them to the Promised Land of scientific achievements, Noble Prize Awards, academic honours, and so many others. But they – and their daughters – have seen that Promised Land only from afar and almost never allowed to go their themselves.
Sanger opened a path to that Promised Land by fighting to make contraceptives legal and available. The ability to control the time and circumstances of one's childbearing has made the fight for women's rights achievable in practical – not just philosophical – terms. She founded Planned Parenthood and we see how threatening that has been to the theocratic religious right. They can't seem to pass – or try to pass – enough laws to hinder women's ability to control their own bodies.
As for human rights in general, a good argument can be made that by freeing women – half of the human population – we free up everyone. As Robert Ingersoll said, "There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women."
Jacobsen: What is one of the more egregious public perceptions of atheists by the mainstream of the religious in America?
Castle: It's that atheists have no moral compass and therefore cannot be trusted to behave in a civilized manner. No one ever comes up with any evidence for that. Most people in prison identify themselves as religious. Studies that rank levels of prejudice for racism, sexism, and homophobia show nonbelievers at the lowest end of the graph – generally below 10% – and evangelicals at the very highest – almost off the chart.
I've had religious people tell me it is religious beliefs that keep people, including themselves, from committing violent crimes. I tell them I hope they hang onto their beliefs because otherwise they would be a threat to public safety. As physicist Steven Weinberg said, "Good people will do good and evil people will do evil, but for good people to do evil, that takes religion." I have known good and evil atheists and good and evil religionists, but the only time I have seen a good person do evil, it was due to a religious belief.
I have also observed that liberal religionists generally share the same humanitarian values as most atheists, but to have that moral sense they had to abandon traditional religious beliefs. There is a lot of evil in religious doctrines. The 10 Commandments are almost totally evil. Read them and the descriptions of the penalties that follow. Read the part about what you are to sacrifice to Yahweh – the firstborn of your livestock, your firstborn son… Yup, that's what it says.
So they include don't kill, steal or bear false witness. There is nothing new about that. It's common civic virtue any community needs to function effectively. So religion promises a blissful afterlife. Ever stop to think what that might be like, forever and ever and ever and ever and ever? People believe that!? I so hope they're wrong.
Jacobsen: Your life speaks to the convergence of atheism, women's rights, and human rights activism. How do these, in your own mind, weave into a single activist thread? What is the smallest thing American citizens, and youth, can do to become involved in this fabric?
Castle: We all are what we are. I'm an activist because I can't help myself. It's who I am. Others would rather hang by their thumbs than do what I do. They like to get out in the yard and do gardening. You couldn't pay me enough or threaten me enough to get me to do that. We should just try to be honest and compassionate and cut everyone some slack as long as no one is getting hurt. Live and let live.
We are a fragile species, making the best of our short life spans, stuck here on this hunk of rock circling a ball of flaming gas that could eject a solar flare at any time that wipes us out. Life is, as Shakespeare said, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Just accept that. It's reality. Just be decent and helpful and try not to hurt anyone. If that's the limit of your activism, it's still pretty good.
If you think it would be great to be able to do more and to be politically active but that is just not in your DNA, then settle for the next best thing: Find a political activist whose views you agree with and vote the way they tell you. That is the smallest thing you can do. If you did not vote in the last election you made yourself part of the problem and you see what we got. From now on, try to be part of the solution.
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At the peak of the mass mortality, urban space for the numerous plague deaths was becoming scarce everywhere, as this dramatic depiction of Tournai in 1349 shows. © KIK-IRPA, Brussels
How the Great Plague changed the world
The plague epidemic in the Middle Ages, and its aftermath, readily invites comparison with the coronavirus pandemic. In his fascinating account of the 'Great Plague', however, historian Volker Reinhardt also warns of the limitations of such comparisons.
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The longer the coronavirus pandemic drags on, the more we're worrying about what impacts it will have in the long term – for us as individuals in our day-to-day lives, on families, on society, and on economic and political systems. So it makes sense to look back at relevant experience from history by comparing the current situation with past pandemics. Maybe we could even learn something? Alongside the Spanish flu of 1918, the 'Great Plague' is a worthy pandemic for comparison. In the years 1347 to 1353 the plague held virtually the whole of Europe in its grip, and continued to flare up again and again in the ensuing centuries. Even in the title of his account of this epidemic, Die Macht der Seuche (The power of the Plague), Freiburg historian Volker Reinhardt alludes to his central question: How did it change the world at that time? And are there parallels to the coronavirus epidemic? But in the introduction to his highly readable account, he then warns against exaggerated expectations. Such comparison has its pitfalls.
A quantum leap in the development of medicine
The Great Plague and the coronavirus epidemic are separated by more than just 700 years and a fundamental shift in world views. Most notably, plague was a far more terrible and more deadly disease – and there have been huge advances in medicine since then. In 1350, people had reached the level of formal description of the symptoms, alchemy and faith healing. But when it came to the causes of the plague, people continued to grope in the dark for a long time. For want of any better explanation, the disease was interpreted as punishment from God. The transmission routes also remained unclear for a remarkably long time. Was it the 'blight', the breath of other people, was it contact, did the clothes of the deceased carry the plague? And those who didn't already know it may be astonished to hear that the pathogen that causes the plague, a bacterium, wasn't discovered until 1894, in China during what was the last plague pandemic to date – specifically, in Hong Kong, by Alexandre Yersin, a researcher from western Switzerland. He also identified the house rat as the carrier of the disease, which was named Yersinia pestis in his honour in 1970. The full chain of transmission was discovered in 1897 by two researchers in Bombay: a flea that was infected with the bacterium, and for which the rat acted as an intermediate host for transmission to humans.
The spread of the plague in Europe. Wikimedia
In the 14th century, people surmised only that the lethal cargo travelled by ship: port cities such as Messina in Sicily were the first to be struck by the plague. In Venice, the concept of 'quarantine' for incoming vessels was devised. Unfortunately, it didn't help. The 40-day (the word 'quarantine' comes from the Italian for forty) isolation of ships and seafarers was the right approach. But, foolishly, no one thought about the infected rats. They scuttled ashore via the ships' mooring ropes. By the way, Yersinia pestis is around 20,000 years old. Like the coronavirus, the pathogen is thought to have originated in (western) China. Inscriptions in that part of the world evidence its spread along the Silk Road – albeit at the much more leisurely pace of travel at that time. From the Crimea and Constantinople (now Istanbul), where the Genoese had their trading establishments, it moved in the direction of Sicily and on to other seaports and commercial centres. The epidemic then gradually spread to Central and Northern Europe via trade routes and navigable rivers. In Switzerland, Geneva and Basel were the main 'gateways'.
Plague 101 with National Geographic YouTube / National Geographic
Far-reaching social upheavals
The coronavirus comparison may have fallen at this first hurdle – the state of medical knowledge. At societal level, it stands pretty well. Both epidemics unleashed great uncertainty. First of all, an epidemic stirs up irrational fear and panic – the buzzword is panic-buying or hoarding. Particularly in interpersonal contact, both epidemics have been tough on people: the common defence mechanisms include isolation, 'social distancing' and even exclusion. Then comes the search for someone to blame, which during the plague led to massive persecution of Jews.
The plague brings out the most base cruelty in people: in 1349 innocent Jews are burned as scapegoats in Tournai, and the members of society's upper echelons look on with satisfaction. © KIK-IRPA, Brussels
Another symptomatic feature, in both cases, is a growing distrust of established authorities which are quickly overwhelmed by the crisis. This affords a fertile breeding ground for ideas that are sometimes absurd and conspiratorial. The plague turned the prevailing social structure of society upside down. Firstly, because a very considerable portion of the population died. Estimates vary widely but at a minimum, a quarter of the population perished – and, unlike with coronavirus, the deaths cut across all age groups. Similar to coronavirus the poor, already weakened by earlier famines and living in cramped conditions, were hit much harder. They couldn't simply withdraw to their country estates, like Boccaccio's jeunesse dorée from Florence in the frame story of his famous plague novel Decameron. The population slump had significant economic and political consequences. For example, as a result of the shortage of workers after the plague years, especially in the flourishing textile industry but also in agriculture, those workers who were present were better able to push through their wage demands and rights. This culminated in the peasants' revolts of the early 16th century.
The black pox (smallpox) which God imposed on Egypt as a punishment because Pharaoh refused to let the Jews go, is depicted in the 1411 Toggenburg Bible with symptoms of the bubonic plague. According to contemporary accounts, however, the appearance of the plague was much more hideous than it is painted here. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin State Museums – Prussian Cultural Heritage, photo: Jörg P. Anders
Politics and religion put to the test
In the rising city-states, the plague upset the existing power structure. Although there was no breakdown in the social order, there was a change in the leadership ranks. A terrified populace looked to figures who offered ways out of the crisis. For example, in Florence, about which plentiful information is available due to the city's importance as a cultural and commercial centre at the time, the plague coincided with the incredible rise of the Medici. In the city-republic of Venice, one of the doges even attempted a coup under the shadow of the plague; the insurrection was foiled at the last minute. In Milan, the city's ruler Luchino Visconti, who had taken a hard-line approach to the epidemic, earned enormous prestige because he saved the city from the first wave of plague through brutal measures, including walling in of plague sufferers while they were still alive. Milan was then seized by the second great plague wave of 1640, an event that is immortalised in world literature: drawing on a contemporary account, Alessandro Manzoni described it vividly in his novel I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, first edition of 1827).
Altarpiece dating from the early 16th century. Artist Hans Leu the Younger has depicted St Roch, the patron saint of plague sufferers. The angel is applying a tincture to Roch's leg. Swiss National Museum
Throughout these years the Church gained enormous additional wealth, even though its representatives often cut a sorry figure, ironically, in its core area, spiritual welfare. Nonetheless, many plague victims appointed Church representatives as their heirs. But this didn't make up for the enormous loss of authority suffered by the Pope and the Church. The consequences are known, in the briefest of terms, by the keywords 'Renaissance' and 'Reformation'. The foundations for a worldview that was no longer based on belief but on (natural) scientific knowledge were laid in the plague years, and subsequently consolidated.
A zoom lens on hot spots and flashpoints
The quality of Volker Reinhardt's account lies in the overview of key social, political, cultural and artistic developments between 1347 and 1353, which is set out authoritatively and, despite the wealth of detail, in a focused manner. By zooming in on hot spots and flashpoints such as the cities of Florence, Venice and Milan already mentioned above, but also the Avignon of the popes, Rome, Paris and cities in what was then the German empire such as Würzburg, Frankfurt and Strasbourg, it is made clear precisely where and how the plague had an impact. In the main, Reinhardt draws on what are for the most part the known sources. At the same time, he rearranges and reclassifies them. He shows that even apparently factual descriptions are often subject to a certain narrative interest. For example, he reminds the reader that Giovanni Boccaccio's graphic account of the plague in Florence, already mentioned above, should be treated with some caution as the frame story of the Decameron. For one thing, it's likely that Boccaccio wasn't even in Florence at the time of the plague outbreak. Above all, however, his description is astoundingly similar to that of the ancient author Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War. The bottom line is that in Boccaccio's work, as also in other oft-cited accounts from Florence, the plague is used as a setting for moral deliberations on human nature. Similar ideologically based fusions of facts and fictions can be observed in abundance as an attendant phenomenon of coronavirus – albeit, so far, mainly in various Internet forums. And the genuinely representative plague accounts all appeared after some considerable time.
Catherine of Siena dictating her chief theological work, the Dialogue. Her compatriot Giovanni di Paolo depicts the dyer's daughter, who according to legend overcame plague several times, around 1461 with the nimbus of the saint, a status which was conferred on her in the same year when she was canonised by Pope Pius II Piccolomini. Detroit Institute of Arts
Basic pattern for dealing with an epidemic
In the evolution of society post-Plague, Reinhardt notes a number of behavioural patterns that are shaped by the collective experience of mass mortality. The author shows how, firstly, a "rampant hedonism" arose and how art, after the trauma of the plague, began to express a new 'carpe diem' (seize the day) attitude, a new zest for life. At the same time, there was a surge of interest in saints of the people (Volksheilige) such as Catherine of Siena, who advocated a new piety and endeavoured to bring their influence to bear on reforming the papacy and the political system. There also seems to be a striking "willingness to forget and block out" – which is stronger than the need to process and come to terms with what has happened. In summary, the historian asserts that, ultimately, the plague "did not produce any completely new ideas or behaviour". Rather, it acted as a catalyst in that "with its upheavals, it has consolidated and reinforced beliefs, attitudes and developmental trends that had been established long before". We will now be able to see for ourselves whether the same applies to the coronavirus. However, an examination from a greater distance, such as Reinhardt provides for the plague, will have to be left to future historians.
The power of the plague – How the Great Plague changed the world – 1347 – 1353
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Blind est un film américain réalisé par Michael Mailer, sorti en 2016.

Synopsis
Suzanne Dutchman a cent heures d'intérêt général à effectuer, dues aux problèmes judiciaires de son mari, Mark Dutchman, pour délit d'initié. Trois fois par semaine, elle doit les effectuer en faisant la lecture à  Bill Oakland, un romancier aveugle. Avec le temps, une complicité se crée et un jeu de séduction s'instaure entre eux.

Fiche technique
 Titre original : Blind
 Titre français (TV) : Amour aveugle
 Réalisation : Michael Mailer
 Scénario : John Buffalo Mailer
 Production : Diane Fisher, Jennifer Gelfer, Michael Mailer, Pamela Thur, Martin Tuchman
 Société(s) de production : Michael Mailer Films, Tremendous Entertainment
 Société(s) de distribution : Vertical Entertainment
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : anglais
 Genre : Drame romantique
 Durée : 98 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 États-Unis :  (Festival du film de Woodstock)
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 France :  (DVD)

Distribution
 Alec Baldwin  : Bill Oakland
 Demi Moore  : Suzanne Dutchman
 Steven Prescod  : Gavin O'Connor
 Eden Epstein  : Ella
 Dylan McDermott  : Mark Dutchman
 Viva Bianca  : Deanna
 James McCaffrey  : Howard
 Drew Moerlein  : Tim Landry
 Gerardo Rodriguez  : Frank
  : Jimmy
 Chloe Goutal : Becca
 Jabari Gray : agent du FBI Andre
 Rae Ritke : Michelle Oakland
 Renée Willett : Kelly
 John-Michael Lyles : Kyle
 Ski Carr : Ricky G.
 version française () selon le carton du doublage français.

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Film américain sorti en 2016
Film dramatique américain
Film romantique américain
Film romantique des années 2010
Mélodrame (cinéma)
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Even if the production pauses are what Tesla considers normal, it's likely to be another source of frustration from prospective owners, and at a time when the company is under more scrutiny than ever.
Over the next five years, The Nikkei reports that China will reel back restrictions on foreign ownership of auto companies. The country, which has a massive car market, lets foreign automakers own up to a 50-percent share of local ventures and were, according to the Associated Press, limited to two ventures.
Those rules forced foreign auto companies who wanted a share in China-based companies to work through state-owned partners, the AP reports, making them share technology with possible competitors. It also helps protect Chinese companies from international competition, according to The Nikkei. Automakers went along with the rules because they wanted in—China's market has been the biggest by vehicles sold since it passed the U.S. in 2009, according to the AP.
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Full foreign ownership is expected to encourage global electric vehicle makers to set up wholly owned plants in China. Tesla has unveiled a plan to set up a manufacturing plant in Shanghai.
[The commission] added that all foreign ownership limits in the ship and aircraft manufacturing sectors will also be scrapped in 2018.
The removal of restrictions also has to do with electric cars, showing "growing official confidence in China's young but fast-growing automakers" and the "desire to make the industry more flexible" as electric cars get more popular, according to the AP. An analyst quoted in the story said Chinese automakers are on more of a level ground with other companies now than they were with the internal-combustion engine.
While Chevrolet and everyone else are quick to tell us how we can buy coffee and donuts while driving down the road thanks to their new connected apps in cars, Bloomberg reports that Japanese automakers like Toyota and Nissan could be falling behind in that category thanks to their own home markets.
Instead of choosing connectivity services built into the dashboard, Japanese drivers prefer to hook up their smartphones to the car's systems to, for example, listen to streamed music. That means the data flows through the smartphone provider, typically Apple Inc. or Google, denying the car companies a massive opportunity. The data generated from smarter and connected cars will create a market as big as $750 billion by 2030, according to an estimate by McKinsey & Co.
SBD Automotive predicts that two-thirds of cars in U.S. and Europe will have connected features in 2020. In Japan, such services will be in less than a third of vehicles that year, the consultancy forecasts.
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European consumers are increasingly going online rather than making multiple visits to showrooms.
A CEO of a dealership group who asked not to be named told Reuters recently that Vauxhall wants to cut showrooms by a third to around 200 so that its sales numbers per showroom are "in a good place," according to the story.
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After three consecutive down months, Reuters reports that U.S. retail sales bounced back in March thanks to big purchases—like cars. A lot of those cars were probably crossovers.
The Commerce Department said on Monday retail sales increased 0.6 percent last month after an unrevised 0.1 percent dip in February. January data was revised to show sales falling 0.2 percent instead of the previously reported 0.1 percent drop.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales rising 0.4 percent in March. Retail sales in March increased 4.5 percent from a year ago.
Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales rose 0.4 percent last month after being unchanged in February.
Reuters has more on how much people are—and aren't—spending lately here.
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The profile says Mock got her private pilot certificate in 1958 and had flown over 700 hours by 1962, but that she had no time over water. That's when her husband jokingly suggested that she fly around the world, so she did.
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The banner depicts an open highway between Gibraltar and Jerusalem, crossing the five North African nations - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and ending in Jerusalem, Israel. It represents a seven-year Prayer Journey led by Ben which also included the three Southern spiritual gateways of the Mediterranean, namely Gibraltar (West), Malta (Central), and Istanbul or old Constantinople (East).
The design conveys the Mediterranean as the centrepiece, signifying that it's like the womb of the world, with end-time scenarios, religious and nationalistic struggles being birthed from this region.
The wall of the city of Jerusalem with the Golden Gate depicts both a present reality linking the highway to this city, as well as the prophetic fulfilment of the New Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven as part of Christ's coming kingdom.
The Lion signifies three different aspects - the rule and reign of the coming kingdom of the Lion of Judah, the Messiah; that He, the Lion of Judah, is sovereign and in complete control as portrayed through his serene facial demeanour, and thirdly, His fiery mane signifies the burning up of the old order, ushering in the new and coming kingdom with power.
The stars of the Southern Cross, at the bottom of the banner, are testimony to the fact that God called teams of Australian and South Pacific pray-ers to come from the present uttermost region of the earth to go to the ancient uttermost part of the earth, Gibraltar, in order to open the ancient doors and to help rebuild this highway of righteousness on behalf of those who call these nations home, from the Maghreb in the West to the Mount in Jerusalem in the East.
"The Lion of Judah over Jerusalem"
Ancient Doors, Highway of Righteousness, Jerusalem, Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Lion of Judah, Golden Gate, Australian, South Pacific, Southern Cross.
Red: Atonement (Isaiah 1:18, Joshua 2:18, 21, Leviticus14:52; Hebrews 9:14; 1 John1:7), Bloodshed, Blood of Jesus, Cleansing, Death, (2 Kings 3:22, Revelation 6:4, 12:3) Life Sacrifice, War.


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As popular mascots, animal influencers are the new, on-trend celebrities. Tap into their community!
Having an unusual pet is currently a great way to become an influencer who stands out from the crowd.
Partnerships with animal influencers are increasingly popular. It's not unusual for them to generate more likes than human influencers!
Influencers across all sectors have grasped the fact that this is a lucrative market where our feathered and furry friends have value in their own right.
Pet influencers
Wild animal influencers
Who can resist a cute photo of a little dog posted on Instagram? Brands wanting to make their mark on the web have quickly sniffed out the influencer potential of our animal friends. The incredible success of animals is unquestionable.
Funny, cute and touching: it's a winning formula. Two twin French bulldogs named Piggy and Polly have melted Instagram hearts just by eating out of their bowls, watching their mistress work or sleeping side by side on their cushions.
We can't talk about pet influencers without mentioning Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's famous feline friend who inspired a collection in her honour and even has her own Instagram account.
Exotic pets are also on the rise, enabling more detailed stagings such as Mieps, a small Guinea pig whose owner lives in the Netherlands and takes part in all sorts of adventures against brightly coloured backdrops.
Whilst pets are all the rage on social networks, wild animals generate even more views and interest.
Current animal influencers include Maya, a small, unusual fennec fox who is tame like a dog, and Mr Pokee, an adventurous hedgehog which follows its owners absolutely everywhere. The more unusual the animal, the higher its chances of becoming a good influencer.
This is the case for Malcolm, an American Akita who is almost like a canine model with his bear-like appearance that his owner loves to capture in her photos.
Finally, whilst unfortunately it is not yet possible to see a real unicorn as an influencer, the cutest animals in the blogosphere can be domesticated such as Junji et Jiro, two adorable Asian otters who love smothering their masters with kisses.


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When you order custom volleyball socks, what is included?
• Professional design team – Our very experienced design team is at your disposal for the entire process. You have direct access to them for as long as it takes to perfect your design and finalize your custom volleyball socks order.
FREE artwork designing and setup – You most likely already have a good idea of what you want and possibly have logos you want to incorporate. We take your ideas, work with you to perfect it for the way you want it to look, and setup our machines to knit your custom socks for FREE!
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We use 3 seams instead of just 2 – By using a 3 seam knitting process, we assure your socks fit like any piece of custom clothing should. Cheap 2 seam processes used by just about every other custom socks company can cause chaffing and blisters from less than form fitting areas such as around the toes. Our seams are flat so you never feel them making the 3 seam knitting process something you will be happy about with your new custom volleyball socks.
We are a Custom Socks Company – Making CUSTOM socks is all we do!
We began in 2007 by knitting custom volleyball socks for teams in Europe.
As the word spread about the quality of our custom socks, inquiries from other countries including the USA began in earnest.
At 50,000 pairs of custom volleyball socks per month, we can quickly knit any size order.
Coolmax – The most popular fabric by far for custom volleyball socks is Corespun Coolmax. You must try this fabric on to see for yourself why. It performs better in almost every category.
EcoSOLEMAX – By recycling Coolmax, we can offer a 100% recycled material called EcoSOLEMAX. You get the same great features of Corespun Coolmax that is more environmentally friendly. Many teams choose this material for their custom volleyball socks so they can do more to help the environment.
Bamboo– The custom volleyball socks material choice that seems to be growing more popular all the time is Bamboo. It's incredibly soft and durable, is naturally anti-bacterial and makes a great mesh. We encourage you to explore the possibility of incorporating Bamboo into some portion of your custom socks for volleyball.
Merino Wool – While volleyball doesn't often demand a warmer fabric, Merino Wool can still be a great choice for custom volleyball socks. This wool is unlike the wools of years gone by so you should ask if incorporating Merino Wool into your custom socks is good for your team.
Ultrathin – For at least certain portions of custom volleyball socks, Ultrathin can be very important. Despite being very thin, this material is very durable and is a great choice for the toe and heel area for just about any type of custom socks.
Worldwide sales of Custom Volleyball Socks because we are the best!
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Extremely Economically Priced – Better quality and value than you will find anywhere!
Very Low Minimums – Being able to order as few as 120 pairs of custom volleyball socks makes it possible for even small teams. You don't have to order hundreds or thousands of pairs like you have to with other custom socks manufacturers.
A Set Price – We tell you up front what the cost is to knit custom volleyball socks for your team. There are no hidden fees or cost increases due to longer than expected design times for example. For the price we quote you, everything is included.
By only manufacturing custom volleyball socks, we guarantee to turn around your order in no time. Other companies force you to wait behind large retail orders that you may not be aware of. This NEVER happens with MyCustomSocks.com as we have a 50,000 pair per month production capability. This easily handles multiple orders at once and even the largest custom socks orders we get. When you need your custom volleyball socks for the start of the season or that big tournament, getting your order as quickly as possible can be crucial. Trust that we can turn your order around and get it on your doorstep faster than any other custom socks company.
Our sole focus is custom volleyball socks. We don't do anything else. Find out if any other company you are considering for custom socks can say the same.
Not only does our staff have years of experience designing and knitting custom volleyball socks, some of our staff play volleyball seriously. This gives them insight into your needs better than companies without athletes on their staff.
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We offer the most complete line of technologically advanced custom volleyball socks materials you will find. Not only that, does any other company allow you to design your socks with multiple fabric choices?
Each order of custom lacrosse socks is 100% customized by YOU. Does any other company offer this service included in the low custom socks prices we offer?
For the quality and personal attention we offer, you get the most affordably priced custom volleyball socks you will find. We challenge you to find lower priced custom socks anywhere that include all you get at My Custom Socks.
You aren't forced to choose custom volleyball socks from stock sizes, styles or colors. The socks YOU help design are completed customized to your exact specifications.
The knitting process we use for your custom volleyball socks is a unique 3 seam process. This means your custom socks for volleyball will fit like a glove. Compare this to cheaper custom socks made with a 2 seam knitting process.
Our turnaround time is the fastest in the industry because knitting custom volleyball socks is all we do! Other custom socks companies won't tell you about your order being inline behind large retail order which means it can take over a month to get your order started.
Buy custom volleyball socks online at MyCustomSocks.com today!
We take great care to knit your Custom Volleyball Socks together so they stay together. Our 100% U.S. workforce has the skill and experience for knitting the highest quality Custom Volleyball Socks possible.
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Cotton is one of the most genetically modified crops today. We never use GMO cotton or dyes with our material or color to make your Custom Volleyball Socks.
Quality plus design equals comfort. Not only will your Custom Volleyball Socks look amazing, they will be the most comfortable Custom Volleyball Socks you have ever worn due to our unique knitting process.
We are the only Custom Volleyball Socks company we know of that uses 3 seams to make the Custom Volleyball Socks dramatically more comfortable. Your Custom Volleyball Socks will form to your foot like a glove unlike cheap Custom Volleyball Socks made with only 2 seams.
Because we use only the highest quality materials coupled with mesh knitting techniques, your Custom Volleyball Socks will breathe to properly control moisture and comfort in the most demanding situations.
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Any text, logo or image you design into your Custom Volleyball Socks will be clear and sharp unlike clumsy looking embroidery or cheap screen printing.
The combination of materials and design keep your feet feeling cool even in the heat of summer. Ultra-thin Custom Volleyball Socks designs are available that aren't just neat, they are really COOL!.
Our design team has unmatched experience and skills. We can take even the most basic design ideas and help turn each into a Custom Volleyball Socks masterpiece.
We don't embroider or silk screen your design onto the Custom Volleyball Socks. The text, logo and images are incorporated into the fabric. The result is a better looking, more comfortable Custom Volleyball Socks.
The proper material is used in each area to assure no part of your Custom Volleyball Socks wears out before another unlike cheap cotton Custom Volleyball Socks.
You won't ever get a hole in the heel or toe due to the reinforcement we incorporate into these high stress areas for all the Custom Volleyball Socks we knit.
The price you are quoted is your total price for the process of designing and manufacturing your customized socks. For the quality and personal attention you receive, these are unbeatable prices. We don't make the cheapest Custom Volleyball Socks on the planet however. When you demand quality at affordable prices, My Custom Socks is what you have been looking for.
We don't think you will find better customer service at any price. Every customer is treated with equal care and courtesy. Whether you order 120 pair or 1000 pair of Custom Volleyball Socks, you receive the same attention and superior customer service from start to finish. A member of our staff will work with you on every detail from your initial design concept to manufacturing.
Once you approve your design, the your Custom Volleyball Socks will be manufactured immediately so you aren't left waiting to try them on.
Lightweight Mesh Custom Volleyball SocksCore-spun COOLMAX® fabric and nylon blend for maximum breathability.
Moisture Wicking Custom Volleyball SocksCore-spun COOLMAX® fabric woven to the inside with nylon placed on the outside to protect the skin while wicking away moisture.
Smooth Toe Custom Volleyball SocksRosso Extra Smooth looped toe seam is incredibly durable and comfortable.
Basic cotton Custom Volleyball Socks are a thing of the past here. My Custom Socks uses 6 unique materials to meet every comfort and durability need and desire. Demanding sports and activities require technology to help you perform at your best. Wicking away moisture is of primary importance to keep your feet dry and comfortable. Breathability is also crucial to keep your feet cool on the hottest days. Reinforced with durable fabrics in the heel and toe means you never experience an annoying hole for the entire life of your Custom Volleyball Socks. Cuffs are interwoven with lycra so they keep they shape and always stay in place regardless of the activity. Natural and synthetic fibers are combined to manufacture the best Custom Volleyball Socks that are longer lasting and more comfortable than anything you have ever worn.
CORE-SPUN COOLMAX® encases a LYCRA® core to create Custom Volleyball Socks with incredible moisture control, increased strength, and excellent stretch recovery.
Bamboo has many benefits to the athlete, excellent moisture management and a soft yet durable finish being primary benefits of Custom Volleyball Socks made from bamboo fibers.
Extra fine micron count wool with the inherent ability for Custom Volleyball Socks with temperature regulation, moisture management and bacteria resistance.
UltraLite and barely there, but gives you all the protection and comfort you'll need and desire from your Custom Volleyball Socks.
LYCRA® SPORT was designed for sporting activities where you need the ultimate combination of Custom Volleyball Socks performance and comfort.


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Drawing inspiration from daily life and the fantastical, I create engaging illustrations which connect with people. Using a range of media and techniques, a happy marriage of traditional and digital, the resulting artwork is richly textured. Since graduating from a Visual Communications degree, I have worked on a range of projects creating artwork to inform and amuse.


"Hearing it changed everything for me," Manigault Newman told NPR host Rachel Martin….
In the book, due out Tuesday, Manigault Newman wrote that she spoke by phone about the tape to a person who she refuses to name….
The contradiction is not the only flaw in Manigault Newman's book. On Friday, GOP pollster Frank Luntz and George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, disputed bombshell allegations made by Manigault Newman.
Luntz disputed the book's claim that he overheard Trump use the "n-word," saying the allegation is "flat-out false." Manigault Newman responded on Twitter Saturday morning, saying that former Trump campaign aide Katrina Pierson relayed to her that Luntz mentioned that he "had info about the n-word tape" during a conference call….
The White House also pushed back on Manigault Newman's claim that Trump got into a heated argument with the White House's chief usher over a tanning bed in the White House private residence. A senior White House official told reporters that a tanning bed is not in the residence.


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EAM Jaishankar in Sri Lanka to Discuss Cooperation - Raksha Anirveda is a new age print publication (quarterly) with a digital presence.
EAM Jaishankar in Sri Lanka to Discuss Cooperation
January 20, 2023 Admin Foreign Affairs
Colombo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on January 19 discussed cooperation in infrastructure, connectivity, energy, industry and health with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry.
"A good meeting with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and other ministerial colleagues this evening in Colombo. Discussed India-Sri Lanka cooperation in infrastructure, connectivity, energy, industry and health," tweeted Jaishankar. He conveyed India's commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten its economic recovery.
Jaishankar said he will be discussing the India-Sri Lanka partnership with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, Minister of Ports, Shipping & Aviation of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Dr Bandula Gunawardhana, Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, Kanchana Wijesekera, Minister of Power and Energy.
"Conveyed our commitment to increasing investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten its economic recovery. Look forward to my discussions with the leadership tomorrow morning.@alisabrypc, @DeSiripala, @banduladr, @kehelia_r, @kanchana_wij, @amanugama_dilum, @tharakabalasur1," tweeted Jaishankar.
During his visit, Jaishankar will pay courtesy calls on President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minster Dinesh Gunawardena and other dignitaries, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka press release.
Jaishankar will accompany Joint Secretary (IOR) Puneet Agrawal, Director Sandeep Kumar Bayyappu, Deputy Secretary (Sri Lanka) Nidhi Choudhary and Deputy Secretary Raghoo Puri from the Ministry of External Affairs.
Regarding Sri Lanka's tour, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that Jaishankar's visit will follow his earlier trips to the bankrupt country in January 2021 and March 2022. Sri Lanka is a close friend and neighbour, and India has always stood with the people of Sri Lanka.
"During the visit, EAM will call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and also hold discussions with Minister of Foreign Affairs MUM Ali Sabry on the entire gamut of close India-Sri Lanka partnership and steps to strengthen it in all spheres," the statement stated.
India and Sri Lanka share a good relationship. Under the "Neighbourhood First Policy," India had extended aid worth USD 3.9 billion to help Sri Lanka sustain itself in face of the acute economic and financial crisis and meet its immediate needs such as medicines, cooking gas, oil and food items, Sri Lanka based news publication News 19 reported.
In February 2022, India in order to help Sri Lanka overcome its fuel shortage, signed an agreement for the supply of petroleum products worth US$ 500 million from the Indian Oil Company through a credit line.
This was expanded by an additional US$ 200 million worth of petroleum products in April 2022. India's EXIM bank and State bank of India, for the import of essential commodities, extended export credit facilities worth US$ 1,500 million to Sri Lanka. India also concluded a US$ 400 million agreement with Sri Lanka to help preserve the country's forex reserves.
Earlier Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the parliament that talks with India and China on debt restructuring are successful. "We are continuing discussions in that regard and I am pleased to announce to this House that the discussions are currently successful," read Sri Lankan President Media Division press release.
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