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Agency Partner Spotlight: Connelly Partners
By Kyle Guercio February 19, 2019 Twitter LinkedIn Facebook
Here at Pantheon, we are overwhelmingly proud of the partnerships we build with agencies utilizing our platform. Not only are we proud of the value we bring to our agency partners, but we recognize the value agencies bring to Pantheon by doing more with their client's websites by using our agile website operations (WebOPs) platform.
I recently interviewed Scott Savitt, Senior Partner and Director of Digital, and Eric Webster, Director of Technology, at Connelly Partners, one of our Strategic Agency Partners. On our call, I learned more about the agency and the great work they're doing for their customers on Pantheon.
Defined by the work they do for modern brands
Connelly Partners is a full-service integrated agency that works with a large list of well-known brands in a variety of industries, including BJ's Wholesale Club, Boston Athletic Association, Gorton's Seafood, and Four Seasons Hotels. They're an independent shop, unrestrained by any parent company, global network, or board of directors. As a result, they can scale quickly as needs arise, operate agilely, and embrace deeper collaboration with their clients.
Being defiantly human
Eric and Scott are responsible for the Connelly Partners digital group, that services all of their clients' digital needs—spanning everything from social media, SEO, and analytics, to technical strategy, development, and user experience design.
"To give you a sense of our core mission and DNA, we believe in being Defiantly Human. Internally, this means a team who works together to fight the good fight by helping with tasks outside of their job description. Externally speaking, this means we are very consumer empathetic and human-insight driven. We always try to take the perspective of the audience first to understand the user and to view the problem through their eyes," said Scott Savitt.
Throughout their 20 years serving clients, they sometimes encountered major projects that were outside of their capabilities, which required a "build or buy conversation," said Scott. "In a lot of cases we built solutions internally."
"For example, before Eric got here our technology capability was good, but Eric brought in best practices and advancements in all sorts of areas for our digital service. We've also done a lot of acquisitions throughout the years to add complementary services and capabilities."
While Eric is the Director of Technology, he wears many hats within the organization to ensure all projects are a success.
"It's really about managing projects and resources and making sure the teams have all the information they need, whether that information is to better understand the goal of the solution, how to break down a complex business challenge, or how we're going to architect a solution to solve a challenge," said Eric Webster. "The role is about connecting clients to potential solutions."
Saving time and resources with Pantheon
Due to constantly changing client needs, one major aspect of an agency's success is the ability to scale and adapt while still remaining within a set timeline and budget. For some agencies, this simply means hiring more employees but this can be extremely costly.
A better alternative is to use tools that can automate repetitive tasks and reduce overhead. With a small team, you can move faster by not starting from scratch on every project. Tools used to automate sysadmin work, create custom codebases, and build templates for project phases help create an agile workflow for better website operations (WebOps) and project management.
"Our Dev team is around four to five guys. We use a lot of freelance talent and technology partners. I would say we're able to do this because we use best-in-class tools like Pantheon. Five to 10 years ago, if I wanted to build a website, like the Boston Athletic Association—which we built on Pantheon—it would have taken me five times the amount of time connecting the enterprise level tools for Drupal and WordPress, which you guys already have done for us," said Eric.
"Part of the job is to really find those great platforms and tools that, from an agency or marketing technology standpoint, allow us to be agile so we don't have to do the heavy lifting that we had to do 10 years ago. Pantheon, allows us to be more agile and competitive with our offerings by making custom web platforms more turnkey."
Efficiency with Terminus
When asked about specific features of Pantheon that have made a large impact on their workflow, Eric pointed to our Command-Line Interface, Terminus. Terminus enables teams to do almost everything in a terminal that you can do in the Pantheon Dashboard, and much more.
"Specifically from the development standpoint Terminus is incredible. It is the glue between what developers do on the day-to-day and the Pantheon platform, which is fantastic, said Eric. "Obviously we need to manage our site builds and to manage our development environments but the way that Terminus pulls that altogether allows us to easily push and pull code around which makes us even more efficient. We don't have to login to a dashboard to pull some code down."
"And some of the stuff that you guys have done with the landowner and local environments. We work with WP Engine and Acquia, and the tools and services that Pantheon provides are on that edge of innovation, ease of maintenance, and stability that just dwarfs your competition, and it's just fantastic when we want to integrate with some sort of regression testing platform and we can do that directly through Terminus. We can instantly run a build and just push that code over and then it will automatically happen in the background. So it's those sort of things that make our lives incredibly easy which is great."
Enterprise-level projects with dev, test, live environments
A large part of delivering on enterprise-level projects is the ability for all teams to experiment quickly and with autonomy, without the risk of breaking the website and racking up further costs in putting out fires. Our dev, test, live environments were created specifically with this workflow of agile WebOps in mind.
"The way you guys have set up development environments has made enterprise level software available to everybody. It's democratizing the internet as you say," explained Eric."
"Whereas I can take WordPress, the most popular CMS on the internet that almost anyone knows how to develop on, you put that on Pantheon and the way you guys have structured your environments - dev, test, live - the way that you're tooling works, the way that you have nightly backups and your data recovery platform, the ease of being able to move databases from one system to the next, it just allows anyone to be an enterprise developer. You don't need to go through 14 years at Oracle to be able to build out the great enterprise platform anymore. Pantheon provides that."
Platform security, reliability, and support
Online security is now a major concern, and agencies are certainly no exception with numerous client sites at risk. This can cause a lot of anxiety for both the agency and customer, so having tools and resources to help ensure security can create trust with customers and make the lives of agencies much easier. At Pantheon we tackle this issue by having a secure platform as well as knowledgeable resources at our customers' fingertips.
"Instead of having to solve that problem on Saturday at 8:00 am when you have a panicked customer who's got some malware on their site, thanks to tools like Pantheon and the security-through-community that you guys have built, I can defer a lot of my anxiety to you guys and it's incredible the speed and agility and the things that we can do now that we don't have to worry about every little thing," said Eric.
"From day one you guys have always been about let's figure this out together, and I think that has gone really far by way of building an appreciation for your service and your team because you're always there whenever I need them. When I have a question about something I can open up a ticket or live chat if it's a quick thing, but getting on the phone with somebody has never been a challenge and the people that we engage with on the Pantheon side are always helpful, even when they don't have the answer immediately."
Smooth sailing with The Head of the Charles Regatta and Boston Marathon
Disaster can strike when an agency has created a beautiful website for a customer, then a huge spike in traffic brings it all crashing down. Our platform's containerized architecture is the first line of defense in making sure websites stay up and performing well. For Connelly Partners, two large projects would undoubtedly need to withstand massive amounts of traffic. They trusted Pantheon to ensure reliability.
"We built the Boston Marathon site. It's one of the most prestigious marathons in the country. We recently rebuilt their site on Drupal and it's hosted on Pantheon. They're going to get 14 million page views in one day and the pantheon platform is going to sustain that," said Eric.
"And the reason that I know that is because we also built The Head Of The Charles Regatta website, so as much of an icon the Boston Marathon is outside of Massachusetts, inside Massachusetts, the Regatta is the day when Massachusetts shows up at the Charles River to watch a bunch of college students row boats down the river and it's a fantastic day. It happens in the early fall and it's just a great time but it's a huge event. They get a ton of traffic over the weekend and the pantheon system didn't flinch whatsoever."
"So the iconic "it must be there that day" events that we have where it's super focused on uptime and performance, that's where we turn to Pantheon and your team because we know you're there watching these dashboards bounce up and down while we're doing the same thing, and we can sleep knowing that that team is behind and beside us."
Looking to the future, Connelly Partners plans to capitalize on the use of analytics to push their customers to new heights.
"I think we're very interested this year in differentiating ourselves with a stronger focus on SEO and data analytics," said Scott. "We already do a great job with not only content SEO and keyword optimization, but technical SEO as well because we understand that Google is one of our number one users. And I think what makes us special, along with the development side of what we do and architecting solutions, is how SEO and data analytics are critical. I think an agency really excels at these services when those three capabilities are connected."
Connelly Partners are making great strides in solving their clients' issues while ensuring reliability, security, and ease of use. And Pantheon appears to play a vital role in many of those client relationships.
We are committed to delivering outstanding service and results to our partners so that they can build a more predictable agency business. We've seen time and time again that sites launched on our platform that are built and supported by agencies find more success.
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo became famous worldwide through Vicki Mackenzie's book Cave in the Snow that chronicled Tenzin Palmo's quest to attain realization in a female body. Born as a fishmonger's daughter in London, Tenzin Palmo has set an unprecedented example of following in the footsteps of the most dedicated Tibetan yogis by spending twelve years in solitary retreat in a cave in Ladakh, immersing herself so deeply in this tradition that she has earned the unabashed respect of traditional Asian teachers and modern Westerners alike. She is the most senior Western Tibetan Buddhist nun alive. On July 24, 2014, Jetsunma celebrated the 50th anniversary of her ordination—a truly remarkable achievement!
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The early part of last week and perhaps even before, we were warned of the incoming ice storm, dubbed Storm Jupiter, which was forecasted to dump up to an inch of ice on roads and trees. It was predicted travel would be encumbered and residents were warned to be prepared for power outages.
Thursday, the day the ice was supposed to begin, found local grocery stores packed with shoppers stocking up on everything from bread and milk to ice melt and batteries. Lines were long, tempers were short and people were impatient. There are unconfirmed reports of shoppers in one local store getting into a fight which had to be broken up, over something so simple as a loaf of bread. Is this true? We honestly have no idea, which is why it is here in an editorial column instead of a news report.
What is true, is local store shelves were nearly completely emptied of bread by Friday morning as the city and surrounding areas braced for the impact of the coming icepocalypse.
But like so many apocalypses – it didn't seem to happen, at least not here. In some parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, power was lost, thick ice accumulated, however the ice melted and power was restored quickly. Storm Jupiter was credited for at least five deaths in ice related accidents in Kansas and Missouri.
Here in Cameron, the ice finally arrived on Sunday, causing cancellations of meetings and gatherings in town and the surrounding areas, by Monday, a federal holiday – the temperatures were coming up and the ice was melting. By the time most returned to work on Tuesday, it seemed almost as if the ice didn't happen.
We knew it was coming, we had been warned for a week or better, the National Weather Service and MoDOT were both out ahead of the storm, warning people against travel, to be prepared for what might happen.
So the question is – why did so many wait until what could have been the last minute to get prepared?
Why do we wait so long to be prepared for something we know ahead of time is coming, something we have plenty of warning about? Yet we wait so long, and then get irate, irritated and frustrated with the stores, for not having enough cashiers working, at our neighbor who picked up the last loaf of bread, at the person ahead of us in line with their cart stocked full?
Most of all, why do we get so worked up over such a storm in the first place.
Should we be concerned? Absolutely. Should we be prepared? Absolutely. Should we heed the warnings and watches, modify our travel plans and stock up on batteries? Absolutely.
Should we get so worked up that we fight, fuss and get angry with our neighbor or the person working a register at a local store – who is probably just as concerned as we are, but still have to make a living? The better question is – why WOULD we?
According to Wikipedia – which admits, it is by far not a comprehensive source, there have been at least 157 apocalypses predicted since 66 A.D., with at least 45 happening since 1973. Those were the actual predicted, end of the entire world – and the human race has survived them all.
This was an ice storm and for many in other parts of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, it is the worst in a decade. But about a decade ago, we had an ice storm in this part of Missouri, which was bad, but we survived. Not unscathed, not unharmed, but we survived – and for the most part, we seemed far less prepared for that storm, than we were for Storm Jupiter.
This is Missouri, it's winter - ice and snow happen and most of us realize although it is forty degrees outside right now, in an hour it could be ten degrees and dropping fast. Missouri weather is unpredictable, so we should always be prepared.
There is much we could learn from one particular religion, which encourages its members to be prepared by having stores of food, enough to feed their families for at least three months and encouraging them to also keep a supply of fresh water. It's not a bad idea. Or even simply from the Boy Scouts of America motto - Be Prepared.
At the very least, if you are going to wait until the last minute to make preparations for predicted weather, the very very least you can do is – be kind to each other. The neighbor you are getting angry at in the grocery store today, may be the one you are knocking on their door asking for assistance when the ice storm does happen.
And if I have learned anything about living in Missouri – it's not a matter of IF the storm will happen, only WHEN.
The editorial above is the opinion of the management of the Citizen-Observer. They do not carry a byline because they represent the opinion of the newspaper.


James MacDonald, pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in the Chicago area, has withdrawn his name from the speaker lineup of the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, event president Danny Wood announced on Twitter Dec. 17.
MacDonald was the centerpiece of a Dec. 13 news story by WORLD Magazine that detailed allegations of "an ongoing pattern of relational and financial abuse, a lack of transparency, and outright deception" among Harvest leaders. The article's sources included more than two dozen former elders, staff and members of the church.
MacDonald has disputed the claims and filed a defamation lawsuit against the journalist responsible for the news piece and others who have chronicled the years-long controversy on a blogging website.
A speaker list on the pastors' conference website also includes Andrew Brunson, an international church planter who was recently released from prison in Turkey; Dhati Lewis, lead pastor of Blueprint Church in Atlanta, Ga., and vice president of the North American Mission Board's Send Network; Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission; and David Platt, pastor of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C., and former president of the International Mission Board.
The event is slated for June 9-10 to coincide with the 2019 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Visit SBCPC.net for more information.


Bormio Terme Spa in the center of Bormio was officially established in 1913. Over one thousand litres of mineral-rich water flow every minute from the thermal spring "Cinglaccia", located to the side of the nearby river Adda. These spring waters are channelled through pipes to arrive at the Spa at an average temperature of 39.5° C.
In 1920, a new managing company, "Società Terme Bormiesi", was founded and the first buildings for thermal treatments were built around 1927 along with some preliminary refreshment areas. Following a complete refurnishment in 2004, Bormio Terme Spa is now able to offer a wide range of wellness services.
The Spa is mainly divided into two sectors: one sector is dedicated to sport activities whilst the other sector is set for themal treatments such as mud and thermal inhaling therapies.
Beside the traditional sauna and steam bath Bormio Terme Spa has many different pools: a swimming pool (27° C.), a pool for babies and children, a semi-covered pool with bubbling jets with breathtaking views on the surrounding landscape.
In 2006, a new open-air section was opened. Here, together with the outside pools, you find an area for children with a waterslide and other fun facilities for the little ones. The solarium faces the ski area of Bormio.
The services offered by Bormio Terme are numerous and varied: classic thermal treatments, therapeutic massages, linfo drainage and foot reflexology.
Bormio Terme Spa also has its own beauty centre where you can buy completely natural cosmetics. A section of the Spa is dedicated to rehabilitation. The Bormio Terme main building also houses a modern and well-equipped fitness centre with more than 300 square metres dedicated to it and a conference hall with more than 250 seats. A new wellness area called "Thermarium" was opened in 2007.


Lots of moms find it a struggle to juggle their careers with their home lives. When work demands travel, it can become even tougher. Spending even one night away from home is tough enough. If you have to go away for the week, then you'll have much more to consider. Childcare aside, you need to make sure you're OK when you're away from your kids and family too. That's never easy for a mom!
Packing to go away is something few of us enjoy. Why not let your young children help you? If they are a part of the process, it can help you all feel a bit better about it. Chances are they'll want you to take a soft toy to cuddle just in case you feel lonely! Kids are quite clued up about routines, especially bedtime routines. It can be a fun game to create the list and put all the bits in the case. Don't forget your toothbrush mommy!
If you are still nursing, leaving your baby can be especially hard. You might need to express in advance although don't be disappointed if you can't leave enough behind for the whole trip. You might also need to take the pump with you to help you cope while you're away from your baby. It's worth taking extra pads with you just in case.
Don't forget your laptop and your personal tablet. These will help you stay in contact with the kids. You might have a wifi baby monitor you can check in with using an app too. If you're not certain of your schedule, let them know that you'll do your best to call around bedtime or straight after school. If you tell them that the timing might not be exact, they won't build their expectations too high.
Who is looking after your children while you're away? Another parent, partner, or grandparent can be an ideal choice. Make sure you clarify any strict rules you have that you want to be consistent while you're away. Make a separate list of those rules that are really personal preferences. These are the ones you might be prepared to be flexible about when another adult is in charge.
Don't forget also to detail the essential comforters your children prefer. This will make settling them a lot easier for whoever is left in charge. If you would like full updates, just ask for a quick text message each day once the kids are asleep. If you have some time between the end of work and dinner, why not offer to call and read the kids a story, or have a ten-minute homework session with them?
When it's time to head to the car to go, your kids might become quite emotional. It's alright to let them have a teary or get angry. It will get it out of their system and make it easier for them to settle later on. Just assure them that you understand why they have strong feelings right now. Remind them that you're just as sad that you're going to miss them too. Big cuddles all round will help everyone to feel a lot better.
Some parents are happy to give the kids a phone they can contact them with. Don't let them expect that you'll answer immediately if you know there will be times when you can't. Invite them to send a photo or a message once a day if it helps.
Once you're away, you're going to need suitable accommodation. Many people that travel to the same areas quite often prefer to use a service apartment. It gives you a familiar home from home so you can enjoy the same neighborhood each time as well. There is also a lot more privacy with this type of accommodation than using a hotel. You can still use the gym or pool if there is one. Keeping fit and active is a priority for lots of moms, so this could be ideal for you too.
Using an apartment also means you can relax and cook for yourself when you're ready. This is perfect if you have special dietary needs, particularly when nursing. You might also find it is practical to bring your children and your partner or nanny along with you when you travel. Because the cost remains the same, there is unlikely to be a surcharge to pay with this arrangement. Of course, if your employer pays for the accommodation, it's best to check this is OK!
Alternatively, you might prefer a hotel so that you have no cooking or cleaning to worry about. It can almost become a mini vacation! When you travel on the company's buck, though, chances are they need to stick to a budget. You might find an apartment is better suited to the company and to your lifestyle preferences anyway.
It's OK to make the most of some quiet time away from the kids. After all, you have two roles back home - you're a mommy, and a career woman. Here, you're having a break from parenting, so catch up with some 'me' time! Enjoy a long soak in the bath without worrying if the kids are getting in a mess. Have a late night and lie in until breakfast without kids jumping on the bed.
A break from parenting once in awhile can do every mommy lots of good. Despite working while away, you might even find you feel quite refreshed when you return. Enjoy walks without the buggy, and dinner without having to cut up someone else's food. It's not often, if ever, this happens back home! And no, there is no need to feel guilty. You work hard, and a quick break is good for the soul.
Chances are you'll want to call the kids as soon as you arrive. Video calling is ideal because you can see each other. It's very comforting for both you and the children. If you can't coordinate a good time to call, then why not record your video message? You can talk about your journey and some of the things you've seen. Kids love seeing different rooms, so why not do a little walkthrough of your apartment?
The little things keep our little ones happy so don't think any of it is too boring to include. If you've brought your Kindle along, why not read a chapter of your child's favorite story for the message? If your kids are reading age, then send them lots of text messages to keep them going too. And if you're a creative family, you might even write a little story between the two of in message form as well!
You might still be working out of those hours, but those are the times you usually reserve for the family. They're the people you should be available for during those hours, even if only by phone. You might have the odd business dinner to attend. Just let the kids know you'll call them back. Don't be afraid to cut these out-of-hours appointments short. They're on your time, after all.
Sometimes things can go wrong at home, and you're too far to get back there quickly. It's best to put your trust in the caring adults you've left your children with. Of course, if there is a serious emergency situation, nothing will stop you getting back home as soon as you can. Assess the situation before the panic sets in. Kids crying for mommy is normal. It might break your heart to say no this time, but it isn't practical to drop everything for something that isn't absolutely essential.
How you handle it is up to you, and there is no right or wrong choice here. You're the parent, and they're your children, so your decision is the right one for all of you.
At last, you're ready to come home. Are you picking up any souvenirs or gifts on your way back? Do you reward your kids' good behavior in your absence? Coming home is often the best bit of any business trip. Usually, the only thing you all want is a big cuddle as you walk in through the door.
It's normal to miss the kids, and it's normal for the children to have those typical mini meltdowns while you're away. Even coming home can be disruptive and over-exciting for them, so expect some more odd behavior for a while. You'll soon get back into your routines, and everything will settle down - until next time!


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HeaveMedia – The Qualia "Secret Weapon" (2010)
By Chvad SB, on April 29th, 2010
The Qualia Lulls Listeners Into Alternate Consciousness
The Qualia's second release is uninspiring.
By: Mike Stern
How did we ever function without Wikipedia? According to the ultimate resource on everything the word Qualia is a term used by philosophers to describe the subjective quality of conscious experiences. It is not, as I had initially suspected, a renegade society discovered by Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise. Examples of qualia are things like, "the pain of a headache," "the taste of wine," or "the redness of an evening sky."
Ironically, while listening to The Qualia's new release "Secret Weapons" – which I did prior to looking up the word's definition – I was left without many words to describe my conscious experience. It wasn't painful nor was it scintillating exciting or even salty. In fact, to my ears, there was very little that stood out about The Qualia's new release. The song structure, lyrics and production were fine but nothing really jumped out and grabbed me. If I had to pick a word to describe my qualia of listening to The Qualia it would be flat.
This is only the second release for the Brooklyn-based trio whose first effort, "Nevada's Greatest," emerged primarily from the mind of Lars Casteen who finished the record then formed the band. Before that Casteen was the leader of the band t.o.t.s. which was signed to Invisible Records. The current incarnation of the Qualia includes Casteen along with Chvad SB on keyboards and Rossen Nedelchev on drums.
For a sophomore release, where many bands hit the creativity wall head-on and are stopped in their tracks, "Secret Weapons" isn't bad. It's just not great either. The best track on the record is the single, "Station Wagons," which has a unique, quirky structure reminiscent that might be found on a Weezer CD. There are a couple other tracks in this vein but none that are particularly noteworthy.
Unfortunately, overall "Secret Weapons" isn't that exciting and I'm hard pressed to suggest running out to grab a copy. Instead, I recommend following one of two possible courses of action. You could listen to "Station Wagons," which is available on iTunes along with a few exclusive remixes, and see what you think. But, even if you like what you hear, proceed with caution. Not every song on the record will live up to the single. Or file The Qualia away under bands with great potential and wait until their next release to see where they go from here.
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This 9-Year-Old Girl Filled An Empty Lip Balm Tube With Cheese To Eat In Class And Everyone's Clapping
The St. Louis fourth-grader got the idea from a back-to-school prank video on YouTube.
By Stephanie K. Baer
Stephanie K. Baer BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on September 18, 2019, at 8:36 p.m. ET
Posted on September 18, 2019, at 8:24 p.m. ET
Valerie Schremp Hahn
Have you ever been stuck in a meeting or class and just wished you could have a little bite — or a lick — of some cheese without anyone knowing?
Well, a 9-year-old girl from Missouri came up with a fix for that and decided to fill an empty lip balm tube with slices of sharp cheddar cheese.
On Tuesday night, the girl's mother, Valerie Schremp Hahn, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, posted a photo of her daughter's genius creation to Twitter, garnering praise for the fourth-grader who told BuzzFeed News she got the idea from YouTube.
Valerie Schremp Hahn 📰 @valeriehahn
My 9-year-old daughter has taken an old lip balm tube and filled it with cheese so she can eat it in class.
11:47 PM - 17 Sep 2019
"I was just looking on YouTube because I was bored and I found this video and I decided to do it," the girl, whose mother asked that her name not be published, said. "I just took some of my dad's cheese, sliced it up, and put it in the chapstick container."
The idea was part of a compilation of back-to-school pranks on sneaking food into class from Troom Troom, a DIY life hacks channel. In the video, they use an empty glue stick container but the Schremp Hahn household didn't have any of those laying around, so the young inventor picked the next best thing.
"I just found that, cleaned it out with some soap, and started filling it with cheese," the fourth-grader said. She used sharp cheddar from Aldi's.
On Wednesday, she brought two what she is calling "cheese stick chapsticks" to school and took a few licks and bites during breaks between standardized tests.
"You can lick it and no one will know," she said.
Her friends got a kick out of it.
"At first I didn't tell them and I was like licking the, quote, 'cheese,' and then I told them it was cheese and they just started laughing so hard," the fourth-grader said.
People on Twitter loved it, too, with some calling Schremp Hahn's daughter a genius.
Shannon Miller @notthegymnast
@valeriehahn Your daughter is living in 2079 and we are all still here in 2019.
02:46 AM - 18 Sep 2019
Don Milne @donmilne
@notthegymnast @valeriehahn Burt's Bries™
7th Ward Woman @stl7thward
@valeriehahn My sides and face hurt from laughing. I am also ashamed because I never thought of this.
Dictionary.com @Dictionarycom
Balm: Anything that heals, soothes, or mitigates pain. https://t.co/cjNqbWqJXn https://t.co/1d0ZRnCeJB
"I'm just impressed that anybody would, like, like this out of all things," the 9-year-old said. Still, she understands why some people might be obsessed with the idea.
"Cheese is amazing," she added.
Schremp Hahn told BuzzFeed News her daughter's teacher didn't notice the two tubes of cheese during class but got her message about it and thought it was hilarious. The school's principal was also impressed and told Schremp Hahn she would give her daughter a shoutout in the school's newsletter.
"I was kind of surprised it took off, but people like cheese so, you know, maybe I shouldn't be surprised," Schremp Hahn said.
Stephanie Baer is a reporter with BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
Contact Stephanie K. Baer at stephanie.baer@buzzfeed.com.


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MLK Jr.'s Words of Freedom
Wars have been fought for it. Treaties and pacts have been formed to ensure it. Men and women have sacrificed everything for the chance to experience it. That "it" is freedom.
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968–In Memoriam" (Image source www.loc.gov)
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail that "freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." You must demand it, for it will not be given freely. MLK also believed that liberty most often comes to those who petition for it peacefully. There's a lion-meets-lamb dichotomy to that struggle. Peacefully-achieved freedom is not safe from threat. It must be as fiercely defended as if it were ardently attained. But because of the peace upon which that freedom is built, its integrity is unassailable.
MLK Jr.'s campaign for civil rights proved that nonviolent yet daring challenges to opinion do work. Halt the forward moving arm of oppression extended by those who dare to infringe civil rights. But do so with through the emancipating, redemptive power of human kindness. It's a strong precedent of pacifism that Dr. King set. It's influenced many future aspirations to guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms of people everywhere.
"March on Washington, August 28, 1963." 1963. (Image source www.loc.gov)
You can learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in Free at Last: the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. And through an act of Congress, a plaque marking the spot on atop the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King delivered his famed "I Have A Dream" speech. Both documents are available online through GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
Dr. King's actions supplied a legacy. And his rafter-reaching speeches remain connected to the idea that all people are, to paraphrase The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, free and equal in dignity and rights. Dr. King's words remind us of the best of what America has accomplished and implore us to never unfix our gaze from the best of what America can be.
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Q: Acquiring an OAuth token from API Gateway pass through endpoint I have an endpoint which I usually call only from within my application. The endpoint returns data from an internal only restful api. To call it my application must use an oauth client ID and secret to acquire a token. This happens within my app without any user involvement because the user has not need to know about it.
I want to migrate my app to AWS as a serverless application which means the entire logic can be moved into the static site portion hosted on S3.
The only problem is that because I would not need a lambda or other serverside application I have no method to retrieve the oauth token securely and cannot make the internal API call.
I was thinking I could make an API Gateway configuration which could acquire the token by retrieving the ID and secret from Secret Manager, make the oauth token call and then apply the token to the header of the internal passthrough request.
Is this possible or do I definitely need a serverside app to acquire the token first?
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S3 via CloudFront serves VueJS site > JS calls public API Gateway endpoint > Endpoint calls Secret Manager to get oauth credentials > Endpoint calls internal corporate (private) api to get oauth token > Endpoint calls internal corporate (private) endpoint to get data, passing token in header > Endpoint returns data to client

A: You can do it with CloudFront Lambda @ Edge.
Since you're serving a static website with S3, putting it behind a CloudFront distribution will provide you the ability to serve your content securely with HTTPS (easier with AWS Certificate Manager ACM) and add an authentication flow by setting a Lambda@Edge function in the CloudFront distribution's ViewerRequest.
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*AWS blog-post - Authorization@Edge using cookies: Protect your Amazon CloudFront content from being downloaded by unauthenticated users

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I usually use this solution to protect the staging environment (which is "public") from unknown users. Please mind the costs of this solution, see Lambda@Edge Pricing. If it's for a large organization, then this solution might be costly.

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Setaria sphacelata (setaria) is a widely sown pasture grass in wetter regions of the sub-tropics and tropics of Australia and elsewhere. The species is extremely variable, and it was considered that there were opportunities for improving yield in the cool season, winter greenness, digestibility and seed production by breeding. Sward trials are described in which 13 populations of setaria were grown with nitrogen fertiliser or with a legume at two sites. in southeast Queensland, for three years. The setarias included nine advanced breeding populations. one accession and the cultivars Nandi, Narok and Kazungula. Plots were harvested at c. 6-weekly intervals. Dry matter yield and inflorescence numbers were recorded, as well as winter-greenness following frosting. For several harvests, in vitro digestibility and percentage stem were also measured.
Yields from N-fertilised swards differed significantly for all but three of the 12 site-season (2 sites, 3 years, winter and summer) combinations. At Lawes, Narok was consistently higher yielding than other setaria cultivars, especially in winter. At Beerwah, Narok was markedly superior to Kazungula in winter but otherwise differed little from other entries. None of the breeding populations was significantly higher yielding than Narok.
Total yield from legume-based swards differed for only three of the six sites-years and legume yield only once. The setarias showed large differences in flowering and winter-greenness and significant differences in digestibility.
It is concluded that the bred populations of setaria studied showed little advantage over Narok under the management systems imposed, but that phenological differences could be associated with improved seed production as compared with Narok, which is commercially regarded as a poor seed-producer. Two of the breeding populations were later combined and released as the cultivar Splenda and another as cv. Solander.


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Romance is everywhere on Ghosts 2×12 "The Family Business," and it's not even Valentines Day yet. Some love stories are over before they've had a chance to get started. Others are just beginning, and there's no shortage of love to go around. As always is the case with Ghosts, in the midst of all the top-tier comedy are important conversations about relationships, family, and the connections that bind.
Woodstone Under Different Management
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Woodstone Manor is at a turning point, with a musical festival worthy of Flower (Sheila Carrasco). Isaac's (Brandon Scott Jones) disdain for basic hygiene is definitely well-placed. As always, Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) are simply trying their best. Now that they have an actual business up and running, it's time for them consider whether they're as good at dealing with living members of the public as they are their ghostly roommates.
Luckily, Freddy (Mike Lane) is back to lend a hend. Immediately, it could not be more clear how different Sam and Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky) could not be more different. Sam's respect and care for her employee in crisis is completely opposed to Hetty's plea to let the man greviously injure himself, and keep working in the name of profit. While it's funny as expected, this is also an authentic look at what a good boss looks like when compared to a toxic one.
Christmas Dalliance, Not Soon Forgotten
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Hetty and Trevor's (Asher Grodman) holiday fling is finally getting talked about. Sort of, that is. Hetty continues to pull power move after power move, and we love her for that. These two continue to be incredibly well-matched, even though their ghostly romance may have been short-lived. They are basically the same character, just in two different eras. This whole situation is reminiscent of Loki falling in love with himself. Ghosts can pull it off.
Ghosts 2×12 "The Family Business," may put a stop to this romance. However, these two wheelers and dealers remain up to their old tricks. They don't need to be engaging in ghostly pleasures of the, well, ghost-flesh, to be a dynamic duo. Their intentions aren't malicious. Rather, their often misguided shennanigans are always for someone (usually themselves) to gain. This episode is hopefully the beginning of a new, even more powerful partnership.
Sasappis and Jessica Sitting In a…Car!
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Jessica (Nichole Sakura) and Sasappis (Román Zaragoza) are still in the early days of their budding romance. Sure, they may be a several-hundred year age gap. They're doing their best to make it work, though. Their shared love of a food is the foundation of a beautiful love story that is absolutely worth cheering for. Thankfully, Alberta (Danielle Pinnock) is there to help a spiralling Sass, and at least try to get him so see a bit of sense in the midst of his jealousy.
This story is also a heartfelt venue to explore what a great friend Pete (Richie Moriarty) is. Seriously, everything about him is so loveable, especially when he's supporting his friends, both living and dead. He's able to impart his wisdom, while encouraging those around him to get in touch with their vulnerability as well. There's an important lesson in Pete's speech about trust, and the fact that it is the cornerstone of any relationship worth fighting for.
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Ghosts 2×12 "The Family Business," comes for the jugular with it's heartfelt reflection on the relationships between mothers and daughters. Hetty is able to overcome her crusty exterior, and reflect on the mistakes she made as a parent. Yes, Thor (Devan Chandler Long) may have been partially to blame. Still, it's clear that she only wants what's best for Sam. Additionally, Sam is able to express her grief over all her mother could have been. These two are just so endearing together. Hopefully, their relationship will continue to grow and thrive.
Ghosts knows what it does best. With new staff, a new ghost, and new guests, there are so many new shenanigans sure to come. If you need your romantic fill before Valentines Day gets underway, look no further than this episode. The balance of laughter and heartbreak is quintessential Ghosts. The series' return from this upcoming brief hiatus can't come soon enough.
Other Spooky Thoughts:
-We need a number about Hamilton's alleged frequent visits to, ahem, houses of disrepute. That musical wasn't messy enough, we can go messier.
-Pete's devastation about Bubbles the hamster of divorce is well-founded
-Just let Thor watch his land-ship commercial. He doesn't need any drama in his afterlife.
Ghosts airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.
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From time to time, readers write and ask me about Italian textiles from various Italian cities that I have not previously mentioned. Either they have some family ancestors who come from these cities or they are planning a visit and want to know what they can see.
For those who asked and also for the possible benefit of others, I would like to draw your attention this spring to Genoa. There seems to be a series of lectures and exhibitions with a textile theme than makes me sorry that I won't be able to see any of it.
Here you'll find a listing of the different events and the museums which will host them, it seems a terrific display of Textile History in Genoa.
The City of Genoa, which has been a centre of activities connected to silk processing for centuries, houses two important public collection of textiles: the Collezione Tessile della Soprintendenza, on display since 1999 in two rooms at the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, and the Collezioni Tessili dei Musei Civici, which are located at Palazzo Bianco.
Both comprise an heritage of a high artistic and historical level.
The import of the textile heritage of the two collections called for the founding of the DVJ Damasco Velluto Jeans - Centro studi tessuto e moda, housed in Palazzo Bianco, which will also make use of the exhibition rooms of the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola.
They have a FaceBook page as well. If you get to see any of this, please leave a comment or write and let me know!
As a New Year's gift, the Association "I Merletti di Antonilla Cantelli" of Bologna has made an Aemilia Ars needle lace instruction booklet available for free download on their website.
This is such a treat! Both beginners and those of you with previous needle lace experience will be delighted to find that the location of support stitches and the order of working are clearly indicated. While the text is in Italian only, the diagrams and photos are clear - you can always use Google Translator if you need to.
The freebie is an exquisite flower proposed in DMC tatting thread no. 80 which opens up your options for coloured thread. You will no doubt become very skilled at executing the picots by the time you're done, there are definitely a lot of them!
On the last page of the freebie Aemilia Ars instruction booklet you will find a photo of the finished project which is followed by another photo which serves as inspiration for doing different flowers. That last photo was taken by myself and is used with my permission.
Some of you might recognize it from the post I wrote about the Association's book on Aemilia Ars borders (available for purchase from Lacis in the US). That particular flower (photo above) was given to me as a gift by the Association "I Merletti di Antonilla Cantelli" when I was in Italy in 2011. I am delighted that they could use my photo so others could appreciate their work and perhaps use it as a source of inspiration for their own creations of Aemilia Ars needle lace.
If you're interested, the Association "I Merletti di Antonilla Cantelli" also published a book on Aemilia Ars flowers, the book is called Fiori and is available in the US from Lacis.
Way back in April of 2012, Carmen wrote to tell me about Brona who had posted a tutorial on her blog for Puncetto needle lace. Now when you send me emails, I always save them in my in-basket until I can answer them or investigate the information that you send. However, often I am unable to do it right away. Please don't think I have brushed you off or ignored you - unfortunately my blog is my hobby, not my career and it gets the very last of any free time I have which means that sometimes it takes months for me to investigate information I receive.
Brona has done an outstanding tutorial on Puncetto needle lace in a series of seven posts which she has gathered together in one page on her blog.
Her diagrams are clear and easy to understand and there is a google translator button at the top right of the homepage to help you decipher what she has written as Brona's blog is written in Czech.
She has covered the basics and then tackled the more difficult motifs and even given tips on using more than one colour of thread!
I enjoyed Brona's Reticello project in the May/June 2012 issue of Piecework magazine and hope that she will treat us to a Puncetto needle lace project in the future!


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As the country emerges from the restrictions of the pandemic, it's critical that housing associations take what we've learned to make sure we are ready to make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead.
It's beyond a cliché to say that the last 18 months have been unprecedented, but that doesn't make it any less true. One thing that will stay with me when I think about this unique period is just how responsive housing associations have been in order to support people when they needed it most.
When lockdown was introduced, it took a matter of days for organisations to move to homeworking for services that had only ever been office-based. We set up proactive calls to people we knew may face challenges, alongside entirely new systems like Metropolitan Thames Valley's (MTVH) Coronavirus Support Hub which helped to triage the incoming calls from people who were suddenly facing real hardship and needed to be given the right support quickly. Crucially, frontline colleagues continued to deliver essential services, whilst adapting to rapidly changing guidance to protect residents and themselves.
It's this sort of flexibility and responsiveness in the face of real challenges that gives me great hope about what else we can do as a sector in the future.
What that future may look like is the focus of a session I'll be joining at the National Housing Summit Special Edition in October, and I'm really looking for to it.
On the one hand, the future can look quite challenging for our sector.
The building safety crisis looms large over the entire housing sector, and of course for many residents too, and tackling this must be an absolute focus given our priority will always rightly be the safety of people in their homes.
We see every day what a massive difference having a good quality, safe, and affordable home can have on people's lives. How do we make sure we continue to build these desperately needed new affordable homes with so many other calls on our resources?
Moving from talking about achieving net-zero carbon to starting to deliver real action to address the climate emergency is essential too.
The inequalities the pandemic has exposed in society mean the need for a fair recovery that gives people the opportunity and the support they need.
Underlining all these big issues must also be a genuine conversation with residents about how we can better work together, with engagement and compassion at the heart of the relationships we have.
These are by no means easy issues. But that's what I think separates our sector from some others; we aren't afraid to face challenges. Whilst the legacy of the pandemic will be with us for many years to come, it's now time for us to start the conversation about how to look forward once again and shape a better future together.
Geeta Nanda OBE
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Geeta is Chief Executive of Metropolitan Thames Valley. Across a career of nearly 30 years, she has held a variety of leadership roles in the housing sector. Geeta was Chief Executive of Thames Valley Housing for nine years, and then Chief Executive of Metropolitan from October 2017, before the two organisations merged. She established the highly successful market rent subsidiary, Fizzy Living, in 2012.
Geeta has served on the boards of a number of other housing organisations and is Chair of the G15 of London's largest housing associations, which collectively provides home to one in ten Londoners, and builds a quarter of the capital's new homes. Geeta is a Board member of the National Housing Federation, a non-Executive member of PRS REIT plc, the UK's first quoted real estate investment trust to focus on high-quality new-build family homes for the private rental market, and an Ambassador for the charity World Child Cancer. In 2013, Geeta was awarded an OBE for achievements in social housing.
Geeta Nanda OBE will be part of the crystal ball panel discussion, 'long term direction of the sector: the next decade and beyond' at the National Housing Summit – Special Edition on 19 October in London and virtually. She will be joined by Steve Douglas CBE from St. Mungo's, Rachael Dennis from Incommunities Group and Peter Freeman CBE from Homes England.
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An introduction to the history of economic policies of gerald ford
Two years after his parents finalized their divorce, his mother remarried. Naval Reserve in and attained the rank of lieutenant commander in the U. If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises.
During the remaining two years of his presidency, Ford faced a domestic energy crisis and a weak economy marked by high inflation and unemployment. On two separate excursions to California in SeptemberFord was the target of assassination attempts.
The former president remained active in his retirement. The president signed amendments to the Equal Opportunity Credit Act that bars discrimination against persons in obtaining credit for reasons unrelated to their credit worthiness.
Their participation has been excellent. WIN proved to be an ineffective step, "both from the public relations aspect and an economic one," said Daniel Mitchell, professor of management and public policy at UCLA.
Ford, who was sworn in as president on Aug. The economy remained the country's main domestic issue. Some critics charged that Ford issued the pardon as part of a pre-arranged deal to reach the Oval Office.
The president signed amendments to the Equal Opportunity Credit Act that bars discrimination against persons in obtaining credit for reasons unrelated to their credit worthiness. In fact, voter turnout was the lowest in almost 30 years. Carter found, as his predecessors had, that there was a serious cost for increasing spending on public works to provide jobs — inflation soared.
But I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans. As president, Ford tried to calm earlier controversies by granting former president Nixon a full pardon.
The Ford administration also presided over the final act of the Vietnam War. He viewed his brief tenure in the Oval Office as an unexpected bonus at the end of a long career in politics. None of these actions brought about any change in Soviet policy. Jimmy Carter's ensuing promise never to lie to the American people helped to get him elected, but he did not work well with Congress and lacked the leadership the country needed.
Start your free trial today. Most students choose a particular area on which to focus, generally from:Ford took office during a time of economic crisis and domestic turmoil. He felt that the country needed to be free from distractions, such as the Watergate scandal.
Ford took office during a time of economic crisis and domestic turmoil. He felt that the country needed to be free from distractions, such as the Watergate scandal. Ford's challenges. Gerald Ford faced the same economic problems as Nixon and was no more successful in dealing with them.
The unexpected combination of inflation and high unemployment continued to plague the country. It is a rare opportunity to bring together those who review history and those who make it. This book is the result of just such a meeting; it is the product of a conference on the presidency of Gerald R.
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Heritage Day this Sunday means we get to celebrate all things South African. Here are a few suggestions to help you enjoy our beautiful city and surrounding winelands this long weekend.
Big news and something cultural, is the grand opening of Zeitz MOCAA – the Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Members of the public can enter for free this weekend so don't miss out. Located at the V&A Waterfront in the former grain silos, the massive nine-storey space has undergone a state-of-the-art overhaul and will house 6 000 square metres of exhibition space across seven levels, as well as a restaurant area in the Museum Café, and a charming Sculpture Garden. Sounds amazing and a definite to do!
If you are feeling energetic and wish to see the extraordinary beauty of our city why not climb Lion's Head early morning and watch the sunrise. It is totally worth it and you can reward yourself with breakfast and coffee in Camps Bay afterwards.
For an even bigger challenge hike Table Mountain and organise an exhilarating abseil once you have reached the top. We can organise both for you and you can enquire here!
Another favourite is to go sea kayaking to Boulders to see the penguins. Even if you are a local it is an extraordinary experience seeing the coastline while paddling on the water.
After so much activity it is time to relax and enjoy good food with your favourite family and friends.
Tobagos at the Radison Blu Hotel Waterfront, are hosting a traditional South African braai from 12:30 until 15h30. The lunch buffet menu is available for R395 per person and the entire family is welcome to join. Soak up the sunshine with one of Cape Town's most striking views!
Shimmy's Beach Club will be offering a special lunch menu to celebrate Heritage Day. As per tradition, the resident DJ's will set the laid-back, vibe from the beach – playing a selection of local music. Guests will also receive a complimentary mini-massage from the ladies from Mangwanani, The Original African Spa to unwind on the Restaurant Deck! Wow – yes please!
Our beautiful winelands beckon and are always a wonderful way to spend any weekend. This Heritage Day weekend there is plenty to choose from.
Backberg will be offering a Braai Day-inspired Sunday feast at R300 per person. Children below the age of 12 receive a discounted rate and will be charged at R100. This feast will include all the traditional favourites as well as the ultimate braai basics.
At Boschendal – the wine estate is hosting the most amazing open-air Ox roast feast in front of Boschendal's historic Rhone Homestead, on the Rhone lawns which boast the largest Heritage Rose garden in South Africa.
Delheim will be offering a slow roasted lamb shoulder hot pot (potjie), spring vegetables, Krummelpap, pickled spekboom, lamb red wine jus incl glass of Pinotage for only R185. In addition, they'll also have the live Marimba band playing on the estate that day.
I can't decide which sounds more amazing!
For nature lovers, CapeNature is once again providing free access to all of their reserves to day visitors between the 18th and the 25th September. Head off to explore the Western Cape province a little more closely, whether it's the Garden Route, the Overberg, the Winelands , the Karoo or the West Coast, you'll be able to visit one of a number of CapeNature nature reserves that have been recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
Whatever you end up doing enjoy being proudly South African and have a great weekend!


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Villa is located in its own bay on the unspoilt south coast of Samui at Laem Sor. The setting feels very much like a private island with little to disturb the natural tranquility and meditative sea views. Despite its relatively remote location, Villa Kalyana is within easy reach of a number of island attractions, including waterfalls, offshore islands and elephant trekking centres. If you can drag yourself away from the villa's indulgent facilities and stunning surroundings, it is but a short drive to some of the island's best restaurants and beach clubs.


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Michimasa Naka has over 20-years of investment banking and global markets experience, most recently as Deputy President and Head of Global Investor Sales for Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. As part of his responsibilities, he was also a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee at Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc., and served as a member of Citigroup's Global Investor Sales Management Committee and Global Markets Asia Management Committee. Prior to being Deputy President, Michimasa Naka held various senior management positions, including Director and Member of the Board of Citigroup Global Markets Japan, Head of Global Investors Sales in Japan, and Co-Head of Fixed Income and Member of the Executive Committee, and Co-Head of Structured Product Fixed Income Sales at Nikko Citigroup Ltd. Michimasa Naka started his investment banking career in 1989 when he joined Salmon Brothers Asia Limited to work in the foreign bonds sales division. In 1993, he was promoted to Vice President, and in 1999, he was promoted again to Director of Fixed Income at the newly established Nikko Salmon Smith Barney Limited, managing its foreign bond, life insurance and trust sales business. In 2000, Michimasa Naka became a Managing Director. He earned a Bachelor of Science and Engineering Degree from Keio University, and a Masters Degree in Engineering at Keio University.
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I haven't done one of these in a while since I've been injured and haven't been allowed to run for 6 weeks. I'm supposed to be taking another 8 weeks off, but I have races these next few weeks. I completed the Glass Slipper Challenge this weekend. I ran yesterday's 10k with Cori felt good. I ran today's half by myself and it was horrible. Way harder than the marathon in January. And I'm hurting. Not sure I'll be running next weekend's half.


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Leukemia Fighter! (CML); I Am Dancing and Traveling My Way Through: London, Day Four; Westminster Abbey and a Boat Ride!
London, Day Four; Westminster Abbey and a Boat Ride!
We got a bit of a late start today, as I am moving SLOW! Feet swollen and legs with some blotchiness. Guess I over did it a bit, yesterday! Lol Are you surprised?
After a lovely breakfast at "home", we headed out the door and to the tube; to Westminster Abbey! I was very excited to see this well renowned church, to see what all of the hoopla, was about.
It did not disappoint, although I found it annoying,, that once again, I could not take photos...so you are stuck with my commentary....sorry!
When we first entered the Abbey, I was impressed with all of the marble statues that were literally floor to ceiling! It was massive in size and stature; as we continued through the church, there were more, and more and more statues, which I began to realize were memorials for dead people! Kings, Queens, poets, writers and even Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin; apparently all you needed was a whole lot of money to put up a memorial, and to fill the openings of the church; there are over 3,300 people either buried, or commemorated there.
The strangest ones were the husbands and wives with statues, laying on top of their caskets! It was a little weird and even creepy, with all of those people/statues, lurking in every nook and cranny of the entire Westminster Abbey! It seems as though many moons ago, the Abbey had a lot of open spaces, and walkways, which has now been filled with monuments and statues; EVERYWHERE!
We spent the better part of the early afternoon there, looking at tomb and marble statues. The rest of the Abbey, including the alters and the organ pipes were spectacular, and imaging all who have been baptized, married, corronated and buried there was quite contemplative. It is an amazing Gothic structure that is steeped in more than one thousand years of history.
Much to my delight, we were allowed to take photos in a small chapel on the grounds, as well as some of the gardens. I personally loved seeing the old paintings that have not been covered up, and/or destroyed. They also cannot keep us from taking photos of the outside of the Abbey either, which is truly amazing; the architecture, steeples, archways and even the gargoyles are a sire for sore eyes; so I snapped away!
After the Abbey we went to Churchill's War Room Museum; they had a handicap line, which made it do-able, as their was no wait, and a "lift" down to the museum, which must have been underground, for safety.
I guess I am not a huge Churchill fan, as I found the War Museum on the boring side, although if I had seen Dunkirk PRIOR to visiting the museum, I would most likely have found it more interesting. Since my feet were already swelling and I was tired and miserable, we didn't stay long.
We made the short walk across the street to St. James Park, were we sat and ate our most delicious baguette; (ham and cheese sandwich) under the trees, while watching pelicans frolic in the pond, just a stones throw away. After relaxing and eating for a while, we decided to head over to the City Boat Tour.
We took the boat from Westminster Abbey, all of the way to Greenwich and back, which put us right next to St. Stephen's Tavern, where we had awesome fish and chips, earlier in the week, so we stopped for supper, before heading home; they truly had the BEST Fish & Chips that we found in London.
I was grateful that we were only a few tube stops from home, and for the first time, I was actually ready to go. I could hardly wait to jump into a nice hot bath with Epsom salts, eat my yummy gelato and chocolate cake, and get off my poor feet for the rest of the night!
I really think that all of my fun, is beginning to catch up to me and that I will be sliding into home plate, in Boise, on my last legs! Lol It is so hard to accept the fact my body jut can no longer keep up with my heart and soul.
BUT! Tomorrow is another day!
Much love to all......and thanks for reading and sending me so much love and encouragement, I gain strength knowing I am traveling for all of us that are living with CML!
I just simply LOVED reading your post and enjoyed all the wonderful pictures that you have posted on your blog post. I will visit London one day.


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Chiloglanis kazumbei is a species of upside-down catfish found in Tanzania, where it occurs in the lower Malagarasi River and the Luiche River; it has also been seen in affluents of Malagarazi in Burundi. This species grows to a length of  SL.

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kazumbei
Freshwater fish of Africa
Fish of Tanzania
Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Fish described in 2011


Yoji Harada from Miami Ink dead at 46 - Oh No They Didn't!
Aww :( I was obsessed with Miami Ink back in the day.
Nooooo, I loved him :( RIP to a very talented man.
He used to be my fave when I watched that show. RIP.
Dang. What a sad front page today. RIP my dude.
The front page today is very sad. 46 is way too young. RIP.
This has been a very depressing morning on ONTD. RIP to him. 46 is so young.
That is way too young. This front page is rough right now.
This is a really depressing front page.


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In an unprecedented move, young people from the city of Fallujah in Iraq's western Anbar Province travelled to the city of Najaf, located in the south of Iraq.
In Iraq's highly polarised recent history, the idea of people from Fallujah simply visiting Najaf would have been a rare occurrence, given the contrasting confessional makeup of these two cities.
Now, however, after the defeat of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the burgeoning growth of Iraqi nationalism that is transcending confessional identity, this type of visit has become more of a reality.
The young people from Fallujah came to see their fellow Iraqis, visit graves of fallen Popular Mobilisation Fighters (PMU) and emphasise unity in the face of the common, existential enemy ISIS. The visitors also visited the shrine of Imam Ali, the cousin of the Prophet Muhammed.
"We are young people from the city of Fallujah and came today to the holy city of Najaf to say that the martyrs are the symbol of Iraq, who with their pure blood unified the country," said one man. "Our message, as young people from Fallujah, is a message of love and brotherhood sent to the city of Najaf and its youth".
Once known as a 'hotbed of extremism,' Fallujah was the first Iraqi city to fall to ISIS in 2014. It was also a major site of contestation between the Iraqi Security Forces and Al Qaeda in Iraq, the precursor to ISIS, in the mid-2000s.
But following the defeat of ISIS, people from the city are attempting to dispel this reputation. Last month, the city held its first Counter Extremism Conference, attended by local grassroots activists and security personnel. Fallujah also celebrated Army Day, despite the historically strained relationship between the city and the armed forces, and during the festive period, a local activist took to the street dressed as a Santa Claus to help the city celebrate Christmas.


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James Dawes is a Professor of English at Macalester College, a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, and received his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University and his M. Phil. from Cambridge University. Dawes's areas of study include American literature, human rights, and literature and philosophy. He is also the founder and Director of the Program in Human Rights and Humanitarianism. James is the author of The Novel of Human Rights (Harvard University Press, 2018), Evil Men (Harvard University Press, 2013), winner of the International Human Rights Book Award; That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity (Harvard University Press, 2007), Independent Publisher Book Award Finalist; and The Language of War (Harvard University Press, 2002).
He has written for or appeared as the feature guest on media outlets ranging from National Public Radio, the BBC, and Bulgarian National Radio to the Boston Globe, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and CNN.com. Times Higher Education writes of his book Evil Men: "Horror and terror are etched into every page. Atrocities are reflected upon—sometimes calmly; other times with cold fury. The book's author, James Dawes, forces us to think carefully about the ethics of telling stories—true ones—about acts of staggering cruelty. Disturbingly, it is a book about friendship, too. When we are brought face to face with men who raped, tortured and murdered men, women and children, where should we look? Straight into their eyes, he advises… A complex, albeit totally absorbing and brilliant book."


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I am able to create the instance of IKeysMapping and queryInterface for IKeysConfig. But when I call IKeysConfig_GetStickyKeys API, it always returns value 32768 (invalid value).
Let me know if I am missing out something.
recheck did u get 32768 or 327680. i got a 327680 (i.e. hex: 0x50000 )on - BREW MP 1.0.3.692, Target: Sapphire.
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NFTRH; Pivot Point or Flash Point?
August 9, 2017 Gary NFTRH Interim Updates Comments Off on NFTRH; Pivot Point or Flash Point?
What I mean by the title is that with respect to two sectors that I've considered generally "in the mirror" to each other, the broad stock market and the precious metals, is the North Korea disturbance merely an emotional flashpoint triggering short-term reactions (down in stocks, up in PMs) or an actual pivot to a trade-able decline in stocks and rally in the PMs?
On the one hand we've got the US stock market, generally at (above) big picture measured targets (SPX 2410) and on the other hand we have the gold sector, still grinding a downtrend. Were stocks already in a mature correction I'd most likely be getting very bullish on this Trump/North Korea flash point. As often noted, an inflammatory event in and of itself is never a reason to change a market view, beyond the immediate-term when the event is happening.
But stocks have been over pumped (by the tweeter-in-chief among many others), overbought and making 'new highs!' headlines. Thus, as we've been noting stocks have been vulnerable on a stand-alone basis, aside from geopolitical strife.
As for the gold sector, we've been noting that its risk – assuming the USD strengthens and many asset markets correct – would probably be at lesser risk due to the fact that the sector has gone absolutely nowhere (but gently down) over the duration of the USD's harsh decline.
The bottom line of the above is that on this occasion I am prepared to NOT overlay the usual rules that see a negative geopolitical event as positive for stocks (as they have consistently been as soon as the event passes) and after the initial pump, negative for gold. Stocks are overbought and vulnerable. And the gold sector, while not oversold, is certainly not loved by much of anyone right now.
Let's put up charts of SPY and GDX for reference. SPY, along with the Dow, popped to new highs yesterday and made a mean reversal. I saw this and shorted yesterday. But due to my summer, which has included a lot of in-day commitments I did not know the reason until after. Uh oh, thought I; it's not gonna stick because it's Trump's big mouth that apparently did the reversing. But for the reasons noted above I am going to let it breathe and see how today goes.
SPY is completely intact right now but take out the orange dotted EMA 20 and it could start to get interesting. Also of note is that the largest volume days since May have been down volume days. That volume did not care about North Korea. That volume appears to have been distributing shares.
As for GDX, I wonder if that is a bullish pattern forming? The black dotted line denotes its would-be neckline. GDX/HUI have been locked in a downtrend (red arrows) even as USD has been savaged over all these months. Now, the market godz could wave a magic wand and the bulls will go back to their happy place and gold bugs could be sent right back to Palookaville but again, stocks were vulnerable to begin with and so I am opening up the prospects for a more bullish near/intermediate-term for the gold sector (we have after all, been noting many positives on the fly beneath the surface).
By the way, while I see a normal corrective phase in the stock market as beneficial to the gold sector, an impulsive one – as in, 'rut roh… this mess is crashing!' – could pressure the sector.
Technically speaking, GDX could simply bounce to fill Friday's gap down, get the bugs over bullish and fail. But an upside break of that pattern's neckline would be a notable technical event.
Our view on the investment merits of the gold sector is that the same forces that could drive USD higher (risk 'off', market dislocation, liquidity contraction as reflected in gold out-performing most other assets) would also drive gold mining fundamentals higher. An extreme example of this was Q4, 2008.
Just some food for thought folks. Let's see if a real market reversal would have been in the making even without the North Korea input. If that is the case, then the N.K. stuff would just be the ignition to something that was looking for a spark. If they quickly sweep it under the rug and the algos catch on and buy well, you know the drill.


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