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Tucked in Peru s Huascarán National Park, the picturesque Lake 69 is one of the country s most compelling natural wonders: the aquamarine pool glistens beneath the snowy peaks of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, reflecting the dramatic silhouettes above. To see the vivid blue IRL, grab your hiking boots and head to the nearby town of Huaraz (LC Peru operates the 75-minute flight from Lima). Local tour companies run day trips, though it s also easy to explore the trails on your own.
Just a few hours south of Lima by car, Huacachina is an unexpected oasis in the Ica desert. This weekend getaway from the big city looks as though it slid off the giant sand dunes surrounding it—a central pond, smattering of palms, and homes pool together to create the town with a population of 100. Rent a sand board or hop on a dune buggy and rumble around the nearby peaks and valleys; for full bragging rights, make sure to summit Cerro Blanco—it s one of the tallest sand dunes in the world.
Ask any serious hiker where to go in Peru, and they ll tell you: Machu Picchu is nice, but the Colca Canyon reigns supreme at the top of their bucket lists. Colca Canyon is located in the south of the country (the city of Arequipa serves as its launching pad), and the dramatic crevice is a whopping two miles deep at points. For those keeping tabs, that s double the depth of the Grand Canyon. It s also home to the giant Andean condor, which are often seen gliding through its valleys.
Vinicunca is something of a social media urban legend: not too far from Machu Picchu, you ll find this series of rainbow-colored mountains, with travelers fighting for the same view. It s a manageable day trip from Cusco (you can rent a car or book a tour last minute), and a moderately easy climb once you ve acclimated to the altitude. Hurry though—word is out, and tourism to the area is quickly picking up.
Arequipa may be second in size to Lima, but it makes up for the difference in character. This colonial-era city is set right in the Andes between three towering volcanoes, with resplendent architecture made of white volcanic sillar stone. The result? A cityscape unlike any other in Peru. Head to the central Cathedral of Arequipa for some serious architectural eye candy, and make sure to stop in a local picanteria along the way—Arequipa, with regional dishes as distinctive as its buildings (don t miss the rocoto relleno stuffed peppers).
Perched on Lima s dramatic cliffs, the colorful neighborhood of Barranco boasts sweeping views of the Pacific—and some of the city s most beautiful architecture. Its quiet streets are lined with pristine late 19th-century homes, many of which were originally built as summer houses for the country s well-to-do, but now serve as landing spots for the city s (successful) artists. Some have also been converted into chic boutique hotels, such as the new Villa Barranco.
On the Northern coast of Peru lies Chan Chan, a 20-square-kilometer sprawl of adobe ruins that were once the largest city in the Americas. Today, they are still the largest pre-Colombian ruins in the world, and tourists are welcome to admire the impressive construction. They re reachable via the city of Trujillo, a quick 75-minute flight from Lima.
Lima isn t usually winning beauty pageants—even Peruvians will moan about the notoriously grey city, which spends half the year beneath overcast skies. But to its credit, Lima also has precious bursts of colorful, colonial architecture, especially in the downtown historic center. Head to the stately Plaza Mayor and the streets branching off of it: You ll find rows of Baroque, pastel-colored buildings, adorned with dramatic wooden balconies.
The next Machu Picchu trope can be applied to countless archaeological sites throughout Peru—but if there s one location that is most deserving of the moniker, it s Choquequirao. These Incan ruins closely resemble those of Machu Picchu, both in construction and their dramatic placement atop a truncated mountain, yet they delightfully lack the hordes of tourists—for now, that is. These ruins, several hours from the city of Cusco, can only be reached by foot (via a multi-day trek through the jungle), though that may change with the installation of a cable car in the next few years.
In the picturesque Cordillera Blanca mountain range, the Pastoruri is one of the few remaining glaciers found in South America s tropical region. The bowl-shaped cirque glacier is currently over three square miles in size, but is rapidly shrinking due to global warming. As local glaciologists work to prevent further reduction, tourists continue to travel from throughout Peru and abroad to witness the glowing mass of ice.
A few hours south of Lima, a series of ancient geoglyphs stretch across the red sand of the Ica desert. And when we say stretch, we mean stretch—hundreds of massive designs span around 20-30 miles of sand. The geometric and zoomorphic etchings, created between 500 BCE and 500 CE, were likely drawn by the Nazca people, but the how and why of their origin story is largely unanswered. The best way to appreciate the lines is by taking a small prop plane tour overhead.
A moody contrast to the lush setting of Machu Picchu, the jagged, snow-capped peaks of Huascarán National Park are easily among Peru s most beautiful sites. Just outside the city of Huaraz, the park is home to most of the Cordillera Blanca (the self-proclaimed highest tropical mountain range in the world), in addition to several glaciers, countless turquoise lakes, and impressive biodiversity—pumas, spectacled bears, and vicunas all walk these hills.
Huancaya is a blink-and-you-could-miss-it district in the highlands outside Lima—and most travelers do miss it. But if you re up for the windy, 5-hour drive from Lima, you ll find a cascading network of lakes and rivers without a tourist in sight. Work with a local travel specialist to arrange a day or two of trekking alongside the emerald waters, then come home and let your photos earn you the street cred you deserve.
If you ve spent even a minute on Instagram, you re familiar with the red rock waves of Arizona s Antelope Canyon. In southern Peru, you ll find a similar feat of nature: the Cañon de los Perdidos. Trek through the striated stone, carved smooth by a flowing river, just a couple hours from Lima (pair this day trip with a visit to Huacachina).
Sure, the town of Ollantaytambo has been blessed with the same natural beauty as the rest of the Sacred Valley—but look closely at the towering Pinkuylluna mountain that forms its backdrop, and you ll see the real magnum opus: the Pinkuylluna ruins. Clinging to the rock face is a series of stone terraces, supposedly used as shophouses by the Inca in the 15th century. Those willing to make the hair-raising climb up will be rewarded with a bird s eye view of the valley below.
The otherworldly Amazon rainforest stretches over two million square miles—and nine countries—and is home to unparalleled biodiversity and more than 400 indigenous tribes. Snaking through it is the Amazon River, the largest in the world, which winds its way through Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, with the latter holding claim to a major portion of the waterway (including the source of it all, Río Mantaro). The rainforest is most commonly accessed through the cities of Iquitos (a two-hour flight from Lima), Pucallpa, or Puerto Maldonado (a few hours drive from Cusco), with most visitors using them as jumping off points for river cruises or a stays in eco-lodges, like Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica.
Amongst the many peaks of Peru s Cordillera Blanca in the Huascarán National Park, the whittled-sharp pike of Alpamayo is impossible to miss. The 19,511-foot-tall mountain is often blanketed in snow, and has attracted ice climbers from all over the world for decades.
The ancient salt mines of Maras are a favorite destination for photographers—and it s easy to see why. The geometric pools fill a narrow cleft of Cusco s Sacred Valley, terracing the green hillsides with an array of stark white to light caramel-colored waters. The salt ponds are an easy day trip from the city of Cusco, and often paired Moray.
On the north coast of Peru, surf culture meets pre-Colombian history on the beaches of Huanchaco. Said to be the place where surfing was invented some 2,000 years ago, the long, calm shores of the Pacific are still decorated with the striking silhouettes of traditional reed surfboards (or, as they re called here, caballitos de totora).
Use the Amazonian city of Iquitos as your launch pad: hop on a large river boat, then a smaller canoe, and you ll find yourself paddling a nearly-untouched part of the Amazon in the remote Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. It s the second largest protected part of the Amazon, with remarkable wildlife that calls it home: the pink dolphin, Amazonian manatee, red-faced spider monkey, jaguar, and more than 500 species of birds can be found here.
When walking the streets of Lima, you may hear enterprising tour vendors mention the poor man s Galapagos—a place where, allegedly, you can see everything from Humboldt penguins to Orcas and Chilean flamingos, in turquoise waters and on red sand beaches. Believe it or not, it s all true: the Paracas National Reserve, a couple hours drive from Lima in the region of Ica, is exactly the jaw-dropping display of diverse wildlife and gorgeous landscape the vendors describe. Hire a boat to take you into the reserve for the day (or jump on one of the many group boat tours), and return to the mainland just in time for an incredible seafood and one of the area s famous sunsets (Hotel Paracas will have you covered on both fronts).
Like the nearby Cordillera Blanca, the Cordillera Huayhaush of northern Peru is a dramatic mountain range boasting snowy peaks, with bucket list treks for hikers and turquoise pools at their bases. Huayhuash, though, has remained relatively less-visited, so it s easy to spend days on the hiking circuit with few others around. In fact, there are hardly any local residents either, save for a few small hamlets, and the treasured visit by a vicuña (a relative of the llama), or an Andean condor overhead.
Stretching across the border of Bolivia and Peru is the world s e Incas—Lake Titicaca. Its tranquil waters seem infinite, their end seamlessly blending into the open sky above, with the occasional soft yellow of reed boats and a few islands interrupting the palette. One such interruption is the Uros Floating Islands, an ancient settlement built entirely of totora reeds found on the shores of the lake. The indigenous Uros people call it home, living as they have for generations.
High in the Amazonian province of Chachapoyas (near the ruins of Kuelap), the 2,530-foot tall Gocta Falls makes a dramatic free-leap off the face of a towering mountain, much like the Angel Falls in Venezuela. Though the falls are in clear view of a neighboring village and have been known about in Peru for many years, they only gained international publicity in the early 2000 s when a German expedition encountered them: local lore had it that any villager to reveal their location would unleash a curse on the entire town, leaving the denizens mum about this natural wonder until someone else uncovered them.
HAYLLI CAPAC INKA! HAILLY QOSQO!


Moulton Scholars Program
Asbury Psychology Department Announces Moulton Scholars Program
Dece '60 and Yvonne Cochran '58 Moulton.
Asbury Hosts Kentucky Psychological Foundation's Annual Conference
"Getting an opportunity to work closely with Ph.D. professors prepared me well for graduate school — something that many of my colleagues did not experience in undergrad. I remain thankful for faculty who cared about me as a person, instilling in me the idea that we are more than our work and challenged me to keep my life in perspective."
Bill Pinto '92, J.D., M.Ed.
Dr. Ryan Nesselroade '03
"The broad, liberal arts education I received at Asbury as a psychology and math major laid a solid foundation for my career in academia, enabling me to have a successful 40 "
"Asbury's psychology program taught me to be a well-rounded mental health professional by providing hands on clinical experience, opportunities for research participation, and even connecting me to a local hospital for further clinical experience."
School Psychologist, Akron Public Schools, Akron, Ohio
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, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Asbury Psychology students, on average, score in the top 15% on nationally normed content tests (about 40% are in the top 10%) and have a near 100% acceptance rate into a variety of graduate programs studying cliniclaw, medicine, school psychology, theology, church ministry, business, marketing, criminal justice, etc.


"How many times can you repeat the same threat?" a PA official told the 'Post'. "r, we"We are still hopeful that the Israeli government and the US administration will get the message and change their policies and measures," the official told The Jerusalem Post. "President Abbas made an announcement last night, and we are waiting to see how the world is going to react. In any case, we won't take any real measuress the annexation of parts of the West Bank."
"Since 2015, President Abbas has been reading from the same paper," the official told the Post.That's why Israel and many in the international community no longer take these threats seriously."
"It was a stormy meeting," a Ramallah-based veteran Palestinian journalist said. "Some of the officials said they no longer believe Abbas, and that's why they were threatened. The belief is that Abbas is just trying to show the Palestinians that he's a tough leader who is not afraid to stand up to the Israelis and Americans. Everyone knows that these threats are meaningless, because without the agreements with Israel, Abbas and the Palestinian Authority won't be able to survive for another day."
"Whaaction to the Israeli threat of annexation may be, it is certainly one thing: It is a desperate cry for help," Mladenov said. "It is a call for immediate action. It is a cry for help from a generation of a leadership that has invested its life in building institutions and preparing for statehood for over a quarter of a century."
"The Palestinian leadership is not threatening," he said. "It."
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The US administration laid out a clear vision for peace, Pompeo said, adding: "W[Donald] Trump's vision for peace there."
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We study the motion of discrete interfaces driven by ferromagnetic interactions on the two-dimensional triangular lattice by coupling the Almgren, Taylor and Wang minimizing movements approach and a discrete-to-continuum analysis, as introduced by Braides, Gelli and Novaga in the pioneering case of the square lattice. We examine the motion of convex ``Wulff-like'' hexagons, i.e. convex hexagons with sides having the same orientations as those of the hexagonal Wulff shape related to the density of the anisotropic perimeter $\Gamma$-limit of the ferromagnetic energies as the lattice spacing vanishes. We compare the resulting limit motion with the corresponding evolution by crystalline curvature with natural mobility.


Who Are Eligible To Apply For Form-15G?
How To Fill Form-15G?
15G holds a separate place for fixed deposit holders and HUFs. It ensures no TDS deductions from your annual interest income. However, you must be less than 60 years.
The gate doesn’t close if you’re more than 60 years. You, too, can avail of options like Form-15H. It is the same as 15G except that it’s meant for people for more than 60 years.
Only recently that EPFO made the Form-15G withdrawal online. Yet, one of the greatest benefits of this form is you can restrict TDS deduction.

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CeNow, there’s a big misconception among many that form-15G is eligible for almost every individual. But it is a complete big ‘NO.’ There are some rules attached. So, let’s go through it.
The main factor playing is your age. If you’re below 60 years of age, then congratulations, you’re eligible for 15G. However, if you’re above 60, then no worries, you’re eligible for 15H. It is almost similar to 15G except for the age factor.
In the year 2019-20, if your age exceeds 60 years but less than 80 years, your exemption limit is Rs. 3 lakh. If it’s more than 80 years, the basic exemption is Rs. 5 lakh. However, in general, it is Rs. 2.5 lakh.
2. Another cause that decides your eligibility is your TAX LIABILITY for that year. That is, your tax liability for that year must be NIL. That means you can furnish it to prove that your income is below the taxable limit. Thus, you can get a TDS deduction.
For better flexibility, let me put up a chart for you. Have a look!
2. If you’ve worked under different employers, in different organizations, it’s considered. The total service period or contribution rendered is taken into contemplation.
3. You will get taxed if you withdraw before 5 years.
However, interest in your contribution gets tax impositionYou’ll get a list of forms. Choose 15G/H.
v. Scroll below, and you’ll find an option ‘I want to apply for.’ Click on the UPLOAD and upload your Form-15G/H.
1. Name of the Declarant- Mention your name as in PAN card.
2. In the next field, you need to give your PAN card details. PAN card is one of the most requisite things. In case you don’t have, the application will get rejected. You need to make a declaration for withdrawing your EPF amount.
5. Mention you’re correct residential status, as mentioned in your PAN card with the correct PINCODE. Make sure it matches your current residential address.
10. In the next field, you’ve to mention your last declaration (if made) with the total amount of income.
11. In the next field, you need to provide details of the income for which you made that declaration. It includes the investment account number/term deposit/LIC policy number, etc.
Form-15G is quite helpful in saving money in TDS deductions often. Yet, if you provide a false declaration to avoid TDS deduction, you might get into trouble. Under Section 277 of the Income Tax Act 1961, you can get imprisoned or fined if caught.
On a rental income exceeding Rs. 8 lakh, TDS gets imposed. Handover form-15G to avail no TDS deductions if your basic exemption is higher than your taxable income.
 According to its norms, if your service period is more than 5 years, it is no more mandatory for you.
1. Is it aptly required to file Form-15G?
Filling up the form completely depends on your service periods if your service period is less than 5 years, you certainly need to fill it up to benefit. If it is more than 5 years, chill and ignore.
Step-1: First of all, file an income tax return form to claim your TDS refund.
Step-2: Lastly, fill-up and submit the Form-15G/H as soon as possible to avoid any further deductions for that particular financial year.
The basic difference between the two forms is the age factor. Form-15G applies to individuals below 60 years, whereas Form-15H is for above 60 years.
If your monthly wage is below your exemption limit, you’re free to go for Form-15G. However, Form-15H is valid irrespective of any income options. Thus, if you’re a senior citizen, your income factor does not hold good for Form-15H.n’t want to save money? Form-15G is one such way out. In this article, we discussed every detail about Form-15G. I hope it helped you in some way out.


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I've been meaning to post a project update for a while, but I tend to be so busy bouncing between projects anymore that it is tough to find the time. I am pleased to report that the first beta for the route should be available in coming weeks! This version will represent the line as it may have looked in 1896-97. Many of the landmark structures and industries will be either missing or substituted for something else. From Colusa Jct to Sites is the more accurate side of the line at this time, as a result it is also the more "complete" end (and the more scenic). Colusa now has an accurate track plan, pulled from the 1897 Sanborn maps. At the moment I missing the original survey map for the Colusa to Jct section, I'd like to get this done before I release the beta but I cannot promise it will be.
Additional view of Colusa, the warehouse along the track is part of the future Colusa Milling Co facility (not shown obviously).
The biggest project is to finish getting the grass splines done along the entire route. Once this is done, I will begin adding in the historic farms and structures along the line, this will help breakup the monotony of the "Grassy Sea". Grass splines extend in rows 6 wide from each side of the ROW at that point texturing takes over.
There is also a series of glass splines that run under the track itself (grass was a HUGE problem on the line) that need finishing up.
The station at Parkinson's is completely missing (lack of info) and will get added in time. Keep in mind only Sites and Colusa are reasonably accurate, but I have discovered that there is a Sanborn map for Colusa Junction, but I am not sure how to get access to that without going to UC Berkeley. The other line stations are educated guesses.
I have 2 new dirt textures on the way, the first being a texture of the dirt from Cortena (Colusa Jct), the second is the sand/dirt shores of the Sacramento River.
Water tanks are in place, but cordwood fueling points are not yet on the route.
I might work on the SG portion a bit, adding the yards at Williams and Maxwell. My goal has always been to provide opportunities to run not only the C&L but the NRy, wagon roads and steamboat routes (in some sense).
I hear you. You can use invisible roads if you want to just leave the ground bare.
Vincentrh has some nice macadam roads and his other roads are interesting.
Your route is looking very nice indeed.
Last night I was doing some testing on other projects and I was pleased to see that Colusa & Lake #2 is now available from the Download Station.
Oh, nice! togog really does a fine job of modeling engines but I think he upped his game on this one. Very nice!
As I mentioned in my "Four Projects" post, I am going to get an e-spec done for these Baldwins, the 4-4-0s will be coming soon.
Lw TANE defaults if nothing else. That's 90% of how some people's shots look so much better. I also like making the top of the sky darker, since that's how it appears in real life. It does wonders to the route quality.
Here is a woefully out of place Carson & Colorado "Candelaria" rounding the bend at below the quarries. The disappearing track bug in this image was due to an outdated version of Curtis track.
The station building at Fairview was removed.
Lurline gained a warehouse and loading platform.
The "bridge" just below Sites wasn't as impressive as originally thought, it was more like a 6' culvert.
Colusa Junction revised to match the maps.
Track and grade profile.
Basic Terrain Texturing.
Generic Buildings Placed.
Grass Splines, LOTS of Grass Splines.
Missing trestle north of Fairview.
Correct Rolling Stock.
AI for Riverboats and the Southern Pacific line.
More distant farms.
Town of Williams.
Town of Maxwell.
Invisible track for riverboat along entire length of Sacramento river.
I'll post more screenshots later this evening.
Here are some of the latest scenes from the C&L route. I am working on fences and other items along the route to give it more life.
Colusa Milling Company in Colusa.


HALIFAX -- The RCMP are looking for information about a vehicle as they investigate the homicide of a man in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B.
 home on Route 515 around 4 p.m. Friday.
Officers found the body of a man inside. He has been identified as 67-year-old Elias Bastarache.
Bastarache was found in a residence at the end of a tree-lined driveway.
Those who knew him say the nature of the crime seems out of his character.
"I was surprised because that guy was kind of, he kept to himself," said Saint-Marie-de-Kent resident Reg Dallaire. "I can't see in what kind of trouble that guy might have been in, first of all."
Police believe Bastarache was driving a yellow 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier coupe in the Sainte-Marie-De.
A forensics team was on the scene Monday, and while police are putting together the pieces they have, they're also asking for help. They are especially asking anyone who may have seen the yellow vehicle last Thursday or Friday to contact them.
"Poli Mr. Bastarache in the days of February 20th and 21st," said New Brunswick RCMP spokesman Sgt. Nick Arbour.
Neighbours say a crime of this magnitude is out of the ordinary in what's usually a very quiet area.
"Not a lot of crime," said Kent County resident Robert Harnett. "Everybody knows everybody else, everybody seems to be getting along and it's peaceful here."
While the crime has been deemed a homicide,RCMP sayNB RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is investigating the homicide of a 67-year-old man here in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent.


- Original vinyl hood
- Original gear lever
- 86,900 Km / 54,009 Miles
This E-type is without doubt one of the most complete and original examples left in existence and is ready to be enjoyed by its next custodian.


> Roy Bailey > Records > Past Masters
Roy Bailey: Past Masters
Leon Rosselson, guitar [1-2];
John Kirkpatrick, button accordion [6, 8-9, 11-13, 16, 18], Anglo & bass Anglo concertina [5], backing vocals [14];
Sue Harris, hammered dulcimer [15], oboe [18], backing vocals [14];
Val Bailey, backing vocals [14];
Footlose (Val Bailey, Jane Bates, Linda Wild, Rose Wolfe), backing vocals [8, 12];
- Punch and Judy Man (3.59)
- Two Good Arms (4.35)
- In These Hard Times (2.27)
- Roses of Eyam (5.49)
- Ghost Story (4.18)
- Maria Diaz (5.35)
- Daughters of the Revolution (4.49)
Track 2 John Conolly;
Track 6 Violeta Parra;
Track 10 John Trevor;
Track 16 Lenny Galant;
Track 17 Leon Rosselson;
Tracks 1-2 from That's Not the Way It's Got to Be (1975);
Tracks 8-13 from Hard Times (1982);
Tracks 3-7 from Freedom Peacefully (1985);
Tracks 14-16, 18 from Leaves from a Tree (1988);
Track 17 from i Didn't Mean It (1988);


Thanks for your comments. I drive by this location on a hill, almost daily. On this particular late afternoon following a rainstorm, I decided to go up there and see what I could get. The clouds were really cooperating. I must have taken over 300 shots, but selected this one for TLF. Timing of this shoot was the day before Good Friday, which was a perfect theme. The colors of the sky also helped in getting the seasonal look.
Beautiful, well captured photo, Pinetree.


the golden light. The empty area just left of the center with only a handful of VIPs who paid hella money to get in early. And then there we were, mere commoners running into their spots in the SECOND. ROW.
This wasn’t real life. This couldn’t be happening. But it was and it did and as more and more people filled in behind us, it finally became real that only one row of people separated us from the greatest gift God has ever given us.
Andours? Yes PLEASE.
With three opening bands, every second that I didn’t see Brendon Urie was a second I got more anxious. The first opener, Dorothy, brought the heat and gave the crowd a lot of energy as we waited for a band we actually knew. SWMMRS was a bit much for me. I’m just gonna leave it at that. Then we had YET ANOTHER GIFT FROM GOD. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness., !!
Panic! Attack Count: 175
I’d like to thank not only God, but Jesus for making this happen and my guardian angels that helped along they away. I stood up. I sang Hallelujah. And I danced until my phone ran out of storage.
(Panic! Attack Count: 400)
This concert opened my eyes to what perfection actually means and Brendon Urie, damn, you are nothing but perfect. But now that I love you, I must let you go.
He’s hot </s> I decided to drop my gym membership, the gym guilt is a nightmare, each day trying to justify reasons not to go !
I have decided to walk more, on dry days I intend to walk to & fro to work, roughly 1.3 miles trip each way which takes about 20 minutes. I added that today a brisk walk at lunchtime, it was so lovely and sunny I couldn’t resit a stroll along the prom, how lucky to live by the sea. </s>
Here’s what goes through my mind…
See, I could be fake. I could find the perfect answers and appear to be the “perfect” Christian, but I refuse to do that. God wants people to be real. Well this is me being real, this is what I struggle with.
Back to the sermon… God moves a lot slower than I do. I feel like if I’m not accomplishing BIG things every day, if I’m not working towards any goal whatsoever, and if I’m not checking off things on my to-do list then I’m not really putting all I have into this life. How do I fulfill my purpose or figure out His plans for me if I’m not trying to figure it out and staying crazy busy? Well, God doesn’t work like that. He chooses to reveal things to me in His time. The Holy Spirit knows that my head might be able to comprehend the fact that my main purpose in life is to live as loved but He also knows that it hasn’t really registered in my heart… and that’s okay. He’d rather open my heart and give me wisdom so I might truly understand these things in His own perfect time, not overnight (as I expect or would like).
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Lets say you were born on September the 6th, 1996 at noon. Your energy combination would be...Yang Fire/Yang Water (this year); Yang Fire/Yang Metal (month); Yang Fire/Yang Fire (day) and Yang Metal/Yang Fire (hour). Note the preponderance of "Yang" and the "Fire" element and a complete lack of the "Earth" and "Wood" element. This is one fiery individual!Finding a home for this person would be easy. Any house that moderates the "Fire" and strengthens the other 2 phases is easy to create. It is when an individual has an almost even combination of phases that the remedy becomes more complex. This reminds me of a story told to me by one of my Feng Shui teachers...He had an uncle who was born in a double Yang Fire year (1906) a Fire-Metal month (August) a double Yang Fire day (August 30) at noon (a double Yang fire hour!). When he turned 60, which means this unusual energy combination would repeat itself, his family astrologer advised him to walk out into the lake with his pockets full of stones to hold him down and not come out of the water until 1 am for fear of him spontaneously combusting!
After having done energy calculations for some 25 years now, I am convinced that their energy calendar is not accurate with a certain percentage of the people involved. For the first 3 years of training, I faithfully went by my first teacher's chart that said if you were born in 1942 and were a male, you were a "Wood" person. I soon found that to be inaccurate and overly simplified. That would be like everyone born in 1942 being a Scorpio!


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between banks to make it easier to move your money, but data from comparethemarket.com shows that 62 per cent of current account holders have never changed banks. Of those who had, 59 per cent never did again. “As consumers, we are fairly apathetic about banking,” says Kevin Mountford, a banking expert at Money-supermarket, the comparison website. “Do we moan and carry on because we think there isn’t anything better? Is there still a perceived risk that changing banks is problematic,” he asks.
Pick a current account that meets your needs. Look at the overall package on offer; compare credit interest rates, overdraft charges and, crucially, levels of customer service satisfaction.
First Direct has reduced its cash offer for switchers from £125 to £100, but ranks consistently highly for customer service. The thgain the most customers. </s> Forget crowd size. If these guys go to war with the truth on day one. Over something that doesn’t even matter how can they be trusted on anything. What about things that actually matter? Posted byKevin BourgeoisJanuary 22, Lennox and Addington  is hosting this day long presentation.
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Anyone who doubts the enduring force of social media influencers might finally be swayed by75% of companies are currently using influencers and 43% of those companies plan to increase influencer spending in the next 12 months. Furthermore, the ANA found that 27% of survey respondents who aren’t yet using influencers plan to within the next 12 months. Influencer marketing, it seems, isn’t going anywhere and will only increase in importance. All of this means that now is the time to build and strengthen your brand’s influencer relationships.
The increasing reach of social media has propelled the importance of influencers. Marketers, of course, want to meet their audiences where they are and, increasingly, their audiences (no matter to which demographics they belong) are on social. We’ve long been fans of influencer marketing because, done well, it takes advantage of the best parts of social media: with influencers, brands can reach new customers via a trusted source which, in today’s skeptical environment, is crucial. Plus, when a trusted influencer posts about your brand to their followers, it’s like a friend making a recommendation. Rather than having to say how great your brand is yourself, letting an influencer do it for you builds your credibility.
Influencers allow marketers to work within the confines of social media and play to the medium’s strengths. Social media platforms were designed first and foremost for individual users to connect with their social network and brands have therefore had to create content for social that feels like something a friend would share, rather than, say, a high-production glossy ad that would have worked for television. (Some brands, unfortunately, are still learning this lesson in designing content for a medium, rather than around it.) Influencers are a ready-made way for brands to connect with their audiences using authentic content from a trusted source. Increasingly, platforms like Instagram and Facebook are altering their algorithms so that content from brands are downplayed in favor of content from user’s friends (which usually includes influencers) and influencers are a natural way brands can combat ad blocking.
How Influencers Can Grow Your Brand’s Social Media Recognition
The spending power of millennials and Gen Z is undeniable: combined, their buying power is nearly $700 billion per year and growing. Audiences from these cohorts (who range in age from 20 to 36) use social find new products and services. These audiences “as,” notes the ANA, creating a big opportunity for brands. Letting an influencer put their own spin on your product or service can help your brand be seen in a new light, and it can help new audiences learn about what your brand has to offer. Take this Instagram post for example:
Brand Takeaway: Influencers csocial media recognition in unexpected and beneficial ways.
The Risks of Influencer Relationships
However, it’s interesting to note that tides have shifted somewhat. Depending on the situation, brands now have a little more leeway with their influencers and can distance themselves from certain actions without severing ties completely. Take the recent example of


So now we're at a stage of ultimatums/threats from the so called "British Government" now considering changing parts of the existing deal reached with the EU (in it's second iteration)ming mainly from the BREXIT […


It is too hot to do anything, even to go to a concert. So, I missed the chances to watch a bored Eric Clapton and Sir Elton John, during one weekend. It was like the promotions offered by Carrefour, in an attempt to sell out stocks before they expire; buy one-get one free…I heard that Eric Clapton didn't offer what he used to be, but Sir John impressed everyone.
The crisis talks are all over us, from TV news to pub-chats, a normal phenomenon as the financial difficulties hit all of us profoundly. But the good part of each crisis is that they pass as fast as they hit, without giving any lesson to any of us, leaving only memories.
1998 Asian crisis turned into a Russia-led Eastern Europe crisis (There were the same talks about the future of Europe, Japan, banks and financial systems etc etc…And I was happily living in Moscow then)
One year after the crisis, we were supposed to have our first Board meeting, trying to persuade our superiors that we should start the engines for growth and we should increase our risk appetite. We wanted to ask an increased budget for expenses, that we deemed highly necessary for the infrastructure of our company.
Especially on the information technologies side, we were stuck with an old core application, which was impossible to improve, so we needed to purchase and implement a new one, meaning a six zeros investment. Several departments prepared their reports, to justify the need for the new application and we were supposed to sing our song in harmony as a chorus in front of our bosses.
When the business doesn’t move in the desired direction, these meetings resemble excerpts from a Hitchcock movie, everything moving rapidly slow in a loud silence… Everybody suspects the horror waiting on the next page and nobody wants to be the first one looking at it…
One after another we have presented our case, defended it successfully and finally it was up to our Internal Audit Manager to touch the ball to score the goal.
Although a good professional and experienced auditor, she lacked the necessary level of English. Adding the tiredness and the degree of tension, once she recognized the importance of her presentation, she forgot all the rehearsed text of speech and started mumbling a verbal puzzle.
She needed to indicate that the complexity and the slow speed of the system led to manual interventions and inputs for financial reporting, which undermined the reliability of the outcomes (and of the decisions taken based on these outcomes). With continuously increased reporting requests in different formats from upper management, the reliability and historical tracking of the data was crucial for the institution and any human intervention should have been limited to avoid errors.
After 5 minutes of unintended humiliation of English as a foreign language, she paused and said,
“Our colleagues are forced to provide a lot of hand-jobs to satisfy the managements' needs. At the current level of activity, they have time to do it, but still, we should avoid doing it often, not several times each day.” ... ... ... ... ... ...
A silence of 5 seconds offered sufficient time to everyone for imaginary thinking, cut by a burst of laughter. We obtained the approval…
This one is a global one, it involves several economies and sectors but at the end it will become a textbook reference and in few years we will restart doing the same mistakes.
Publicat de T-Man O la duminică, iunie 13, 2010
I am trying to avoid glossy magazines. Page by page they try to convince me how ugly, poor and unfashionable I am as compared to the ones presented throughout the pages. However, few days ago I have received a digital copy of The One magazine by e-mail (thumbs-up for the lay-out) and clicked on a link, revealing an ugly truth; what men don’t like women to wear?
The 5-item list included my 2 all time favorites; gladiator sandals and baggy trousers.
This summer arrived with a stronger heat wave and humidity, so everyone has right to dress light and comfortable to resist. But why the Xena feet with Shrek pants? Especially when you don’t have the sex appeal of comic book Amazonian warrior princesses, who in the middle of the jungle could manage to get breast implants and Farah Fawcett hairdos, while having regular wax jobs and nail treatment during the fights with wild animals and men clans, all happening in the family jungle. Or at least when you don’t have Shrek’s sense of humor…
Most men don’t like to see a little toe fighting for independence. Also most men don’t like to see you carrying environmental friendly discharge bags between your legs (ever had a ride with a horse buggy? Remember the bags hang down under the horsetails to keep the dirt from falling?)
I am still old-fashioned, also thinking “if you’re not Jesus, don’t wear sandals” for my own gender.
Having trouble in choosing where to go for a walk and then eating well? Go to Lipscani and try
Mes Amis http://www.gustos.ro/restaurante/mes-amis-bistro.html, successful French cuisine at decent prices or,
Dinette www.dinette.ro (Amsterdam Café with new owners), or,
The Divan www.thedivan.ro (at the end a Romanian entrepreneur managed to open a decent Turkish Restaurant
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, iunie 10, 2010
It is almost a week of dating her, already few thresholds have been passed (i.e. Gardens of Eden conquered) and the burst of happiness is burning your brain. You feel like Emperor Caesar, nothing can stand on your way… While driving, you try to overcome the urge of smiling.
She is sitting next to you but didn’t make a sound since entering the car. Her head is up and inclined to the other side, as if making a passport photo, the nose tip indicating the sky at the horizon. You should have done something, forgot to do something, but you can’t recall. Sticking to the “communication is the key to a solid relationship” principle you ask, “Babe, anything wrong?”
“Ii-iih..nope…not really…nothing important…” . The face muscles that you were trying to control not to smile, progress into the mimics of panic.
Not really? Nothing important? Shit. You have done it… You were wrong… but where? How? Any clues? You are ready to punish yourself but need the reason to proceed. “Babe, what happened? What’s wrong?”
“I said, it is not important… at least not for you...”
“C’moooon…” you can be cute and collaborative at the same time…
“You didn’t change your profile at Facebook… you are still listed as “single”, I don’t know why? “
The panic look is swiftly replaced by an expression of constipation…you do not have any answer for that…you cannot provide any reasonable reply… you are just an emperor penguin…
I have seen some people profiling themselves, as “it’s complicated”… WTF?!? What does this really mean?
-       I don’t know how to get rid of him/her. It seems that I am stuck with this relationship
-       I am desperate but he/she doesn’t even like me
-       I am single but I better don’t mention it
-       I have multiple partners and Facebook doesn’t list the option of “In few relationships”
-       My partner is my horse/dog/cushion
-       The rest of the world is too dumb to understand if I would try explaining
You can add more…but most probably it is an implicit message to someone, or a hidden requiem, to come and grab you…
Why there is no listing as “it’s rather simple”? (What is not complicated in one’s life?)
Bucharest is under the siege of Mother Nature, the crater lakes left after snow bombs eating our cars. Municipality is expecting the city to self-regenerate itself, spending time with talking, rather than repairing few things around. Shall we call for international aid?
To many question marks for a day, I am done here…
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, februarie 18, 2010
joi, 14 ianuarie 2010
As if the 2 members of four-legged species were not enough in our habitat, we have involuntarily adopted (again) a stray dog. Actually he infiltrated consecutively through the bars of garden gate and terrace door one evening, appearing suddenly with an asylum demand in the living room. The shock of meeting an unknown walking creature in one’s own house leads to a mixture of panic and anger. With a confused mind and defensive instincts, we have managed to convince the animal to go back to his planet and blocked the garden gate against further attempts.
However, the small and skinny pal, with a pink tag on his right ear as a courtesy of Municipality, has decided to try his chance at the stairs leading to the main door. Few days he just stayed under the stairs, ignoring our existence, as if we have built the house around him. Then he started emitting friendly gestures with his tail upon our arrival home. Finally, one evening, he was sleeping on the doormat, leaning at the door to absorb any heat leaking out of the house.
We already had 2 of his kind, one male golden retriever that was bought when he was 3 months 6 years ago and a kind of collie, looking like the underdeveloped, psychologically challenged, rape-victim sister of Lassie, which we have adopted from www.cutu-cutu.ro. Both of the resident animals are real life versions of Tasmanian Monster, eating every plant and flower, digging the grass, chewing any wood including their own cottages and producing sizeable amounts of fertilizer in an expired banana format, which they evenly distribute throughout the garden. Since their very first day…I love animals…Dogs are the men’s best friends….
After a few days on the doormat, the 3rd dog was also recruited and promoted with a job description of security guard. He got also improved fringe benefits, having access to dry dog food instead of digging our garbage for daily nutrition. All he had to do was to extend his ass on the doormat, occasionally bark on trespassers (or neighbors) and avoid pissing at a visible distance.
Unfortunately, the rapid increase of his life standards changed him. He is spending all his time by making extension exercises, licking own balls (ref. men’s best friend) and sleeping. He seems not to bother to bark at anyone (including that bastard driving a brand new Jaguar) unless that person steps on him. We have corrupted the small dark bastard…Probably we threw the first seeds of a global crisis in Dogs’ World…
These days reading “The Darkness” comics series, strongly recommend…
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, ianuarie 14, 2010
miercuri, 30 decembrie 2009
"The" Country for Old Men
It has been a while…. Few days far from the office charged my thinking parts, so I am kicking again.
A month ago, one evening at home, watching “In Bruges” on HBO quietly and visiting Bruges has been voted as our Xmas plan, by her (The voting process has been similar to the last presidential vote, lost by a narrow (!!) margin)…
A 2.5 hours flight throws you to Brussels from Bucharest and you may reach Bruges by a 1-hour drive mixing with a flow of French, Belgian, Dutch and German speed maniacs. The city, as also mentioned several times during the film, is the best conserved medieval town in Europe. Here “to conserve” has been utilized excessively, the city itself is a historical pickle.
Hotel Prinsenhof, on Prinsenhof Street, is a boutique hotel owned and managed by a local family. The luxury of reception hall and the stylish architecture of the building is turning into a sour smile, when you enter the room and see that the toilet is separate from the bathroom. It seems that during 1800’s Belgians didn’t need to turn on water to envelop undesirable sounds, or they even didn’t need to wash their hands after.
When the nature calls (and after 5 hours of driving, waiting, flying, waiting and driving, it definitely called), you have to enter a small cabinet, as big as a phone boot and once seated, your nose touches the door (I have a proportional and small nose, for your reference). The place might have been handy for Superman, but not comfortable for OrdinaryMan in need.
After unloading biologically processed Romanian food on Belgian soil and unpacking the luggage of 4 days filled personally with enough clothes to open up a store, we took the narrow roads in search for a restaurant.
A line of 3-4 floor buildings, each looking like a colored and fresh cake, surrounds “The Markt”, the main square. We have chosen one of the places and entered; the greeting has been “Buna Ziua! Bine ati venit! (Good Morrow! Welcome!)”  by Virgil (from Certeze).. We were back at home…Virgil was kind of a supervisor, monitoring the waiters, talking to the guests and serving the bills; perfect job for the man of Balkans. Staying since 1993 in Belgium changed his accent towards French but he was very talkative.
While he was asking about Romania and current events, one of the waiters, a young, tall, blond, athletic type, left the menu on the table and turned to missus,
“Mademoiselle, I have very good muscles; you want to try?”, smiling kinky.
I was caught unprepared by the approach of this local Adonis, looking desperately to Virgil for a sign of disapproval but he was also shaking his head in agreement and saying “yes, really good muscles, good muscles. Pleasure...”
OK, we arrived to the land of free minds… The final blow came from the missus herself, “Aaaaa, I really want to try, would you like to give it a shot also?”
I just wanted to cry loud, a romantic trip to Flanders turning into an orgy…
The question marks blinking on my face alerted the waiter, he rushed to the next table showing a full bowl of mussels…”YES! Yes!” I shouted, exhaling strongly, I wanted to eat mussels, we all wanted to eat mussels, no?
A quick charge of food helped with blood sugar, relieved and in peace we have decided to visit some points of interest of the city; Chocolate Museum, Fries Museum (yep, they have a museum for French fries), The Burg, Beer Market, Linen Market… The freaky thing about the city is that except tourists’ kids, you do not see much of children, teens or youngsters around; as if the population under 20 years is used as slave labor to produce beer, chocolate and linens  behind hidden doors… All café’s, restaurants, shops are filled with retirement age senior citizens, happily enjoying beer and fries. Even the cue in front of McDonalds stalls looks like a casting line for Benjamin Buttons (Can I have one Cardio Meal Menu please?)…
Too much fries and chocolate makes one hungry, so we entered another food-hole early evening. The place was fully packed and waiters were obviously tired. One of them threw two menu sheets to the table and passed by. Another one came to ask about the drinks but while we were searching the beverage section on the menu, she decided that beer is a fine choice for everyone. Once she left, a third waiter approached the table,
You what? Again the missus saves the moment, the waiter was saying “Oui? (Yes?)”, as an indicative remark for us to order and to order fast… I wasn’t ready for this speed test and asked, “What do you recommend?”
“Maybe some poisons for you, Monsieur?”pushing his French accent on every English word.
Should each encounter with a waiter be a challenge here? I might be slow but not suicidal. But still, we are in a foreign country and I do not want to have anyone filing an aggression complaint against me, so I took it as a joke, polite and jolly “Haha, anything that would keep me alive until tomorrow morning?”
“Our portions are standard, but I can get two poisons at once for you”. The celebrity chef Harry Potter should be working in their kitchen.
In order to hide my anger, I looked down to the menu and saw a section of “Poisson”, catching the word “Tuna” I got the point. He was recommending fish (“Poisson” in French) … I had the fish, two fishes on a plate….
The first day in Bruges, marked by offers of sex and death by waiters, ended silently on the comfortable bed of Prinsenhof mansion…
More to come about Bruges… watch the movie (In Bruges) and you will understand…
Publicat de T-Man O la miercuri, decembrie 30, 2009
Romania has been the stage of a clash of two evils, where one tricked the other one better and beat to death. The only hope remaining for us is that the lesser of the 2 evils shall give way to a new Devils’ Board, as quickly as possible. Otherwise the ordinary people will feel more heartburn during 2010.
Recently started hanging out with our champion guys, joining them for Thursday football and beer. The sorrow of current events probably led me to find a shelter among them, feeling back the team spirit and family atmosphere. While being cursed by several former colleagues, the guys still seem to enjoy my companion.
After only two training sessions, I was considered fit for the SuperCup game to be played against French Oysters last Friday. Actually I was only mentally fit to join the team but they were kind enough to show solidarity and insist on my presence.
The day before the big game, on Thursday, we were having another training session. Decided to equip myself as a real player and went to the Nike Store at Plaza Romania (13 installments with CardAvantaj, kidding?). Following a quick analysis of measures and curves, I have moved towards the shop assistant of my choice. She was surprisingly interested in promoting the products, providing minuscule details about each material and model.
Having chosen a black pair of football boots, 2 pairs of socks, black shorts, a T-shirt and a zipper jacket, routed myself to the cashier and realized that I did not have my credit card with me. A big hit on the charisma, after showing off with a dark grey business suit and an air of a club-owner at the store, I had to count coins to pay. The cash in my pocket, RON 120, was only enough to buy a pair of light blue boots, which looked like I have earned them from Kinder Surprise.
When I appeared on the field of Calea Floreasca Hall next evening, wearing my new shiny sugar blue boots, with a revolutionary belly in the black jersey-set of our team, all the kids of my colleagues thought their parents brought Teddy Bear to entertain them during the game and circled me. It was embarrassing…never mind….
First half 3-0 and 2 more goals within the first 5 minutes of second half, the team was ready to bear the Teddy Bear Beckham (Victoria Bear was also watching the game). I was already tired from last night (and from last 36 years); besides, the warning of the referee to take off my glasses hasn’t been encouraging at all…The strong spotlights of the Hall, low battery warning in my brain, the crowd expecting to curse or to chant, with limited optic capacity I possessed, dried the last drops of self-confidence.
I was in the middle of the field, trying to catch a glimpse of the ball by following the tides of moving players. Only my neck was dynamically active, turning my head 180 degrees fast forward; I was looking like a paranoid intruder, looking left and right at 2 seconds intervals, asking “What? Where? Who? Why?”… At such an instance, when I found myself in front of the goal of the counterparts, the ball met my feet. With an inexplicable move that I would never be able to repeat, I passed by their goalkeeper and shoot the ball towards the empty 6 square meters from 1-meter distance… and missed it…asked myself out…
After the game, when the Cup was sitting in the middle of our table between beer bottles, one of the guys mentioned that I have “deviated” excellently bypassing the goalkeeper but hurried at the shot. What? Whatiated? I was just trying to balance myself, not to fall down while running and hoping the ball will pass through the goalkeeper itself. Maybe for some, the visual wave created by the bounces of my belly could be accepted as a deviation… I am not sure if I really wanted to shoot or just aimed at defending my feet from the unidentified flying object but the intercourse between the ball and my feet has been a peaceful event from my point of view.
We won 8-3, as a strong believer of fair play I would rather refrain from mentioning any further comments (especially the ones we made right after the game). Je suis désolée.
Watch “Waltz with Bashir” or “Dead Fish” , you will not regret.
Publicat de T-Man O la marți, decembrie 08, 2009
In case we are not facebookies;
There is a new bookstore, Anthony Frost, on Calea Victorie nr 45 (former Living Store). The shop is open even on Sunday but the entrepreneurs seem to be either shy to promote or greedy to give up the books. Both options did not suit me, so I have organized a guerrilla attack and kidnapped some of the paperbacks (they have a decent comics section also). Drink one less Grande Latte and hydrate your brain with ink at the same expense.
I am not in the mood to explain the story of the paper ships I destroyed. Really cannot bother myself to tell you in details the day when our newly built head office, state-of-art office space, has been flooded by the first autumn rains of 2002.
When I entered the building, ground floor, Main Branch, was already under siege. The cashiers were brushing water out from their cages with the help of solid aluminum digit-bars of exchange rates' indicator. Branch Manager was explaining to someone the benefits of plasticized banknotes. Few clients, looking like wet ducklings, lost in the ocean, holding invoices, cash, ID's in their hands were staring around confusedly, were trying to choose whether to help the staff or to cry out loud. As an educated economist, I decided to allocate the scarce resources of the bank, thus myself, to more efficient activities and moved on, ignoring the scene. Do I look like the financier descendant of Noah?
A security guard slid one of the wheeled office chairs towards me and offered me a dry lift of 6 meters until the stairs. King Julian..
Climbing to the first floor, I realized that our colleagues did not waste any time; the little lakes throughout the corridor were occupied by a few dozen samples of navigation origami of all sizes. It was too early for me to be able to process in my mind the possibility of a crowd, otherwise dead-meat in the morning, producing so many ships from paper, seating page5 beauty of Libertatea on the board and even coloring flags. All of the ships had names... They were waiting for this, they were ready for this, scary... We have had recruited 300 adults of both genders, from lost childhoods.
The entrance of my office was after two sharp left turns at the corridor. Nervous with the water dropping on my neck through the shirt and with the unnecessary productivity of staff, I took the first turn left fast and slid.. Caution, wet floor!!!! Step-dancing to balance myself, I managed to reach the second turn, with one foot up, the other one almost off the floor. I have seen two colleagues from my department kneeled down, right after the corner, occupying every possible point where I could put one foot, any foot, safely down.
The next second was the one that I regretted not joining the ballet class in the primary school, which could have granted a more artistic landing instead of crashing my bullocks and head simultaneously on the wet floor. I managed to splash big drops of water on the praying devils.
While I was checking my own pulse and ribs, two bastards stood up and left whining, "Bai, If he wouldn't spoil it, mine would have been first", "Huh, yours couldn't even move a bit, kidding?"...
I helped myself up, with a desire to whack them and with a pain to hinder any such aggressiveness. Patting my own back to clean, I have grabbed two flattened sheets of paper; one from my buttock, one from my shoulder. Their ships...Racing Arks... A third colleague, watching the event peacefully until then, stood up and started shouting "Gabi's boat was stuck on his shoulder, so he was ahead, he won!!".. A burst of joy and celebration... I did not exist....


WORLD TELEVISION DAY CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF TV CONTENT AROUND THE GLOBE test
The topic of the 23rd edition of this global celebration is Diversity. TV offers an unmatched variety of premium films and series, trustworthy news, informative documentaries, entertaining shows and more to viewers around the world – millions of stories, just waiting to be discovered, changing the viewers' perception of the world. This premium content, available when and where they want on a multitude of TV platforms triggers the curiosity, interest and loyalty of viewers, always in a brand safe environment.
"Diversity is a critical component of a positive and vibrant society and should be seen as a richness rather than a threat. Every effort to Leave No One Behind can only contribute to a better world ", asserts Caroline Petit, Deputy Director United Nations Regional Information Centre for Europe (UNRIC).
"TV is truly entrenched in the lives of so many diverse people around the world. With millions of stories at their fingertips, viewers are invited to an endless journey of discovery. This is also the trusted environment advertisers are seeking more than ever.d – now and for many more years to come." says Katty Roberfroid, Director General, egta42 countries.
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Th– UNRIC – provides information on UN activities to 22 countries and is active on social media and websites in 13 languages. It acts as the European communication office of the United Nations and its aim is to engage and inform European citizens about global issues. It also liaises, ty, and local authorities.
TV THE 'LEAST RISKY' FORM OF ADVERTISING, FINDS NEW RESEARCH test
TV is the "least risky" form of advertising, providing the most consistent return on investment when compared to other media channels, according to new researchy don't hThe research also finds that TV has the highest 'multiplier effect' across other channels, boosting all other channels by at least 20% and the only media platform to do this. For example, TV advertising can boost performance in cinema by up to 54%; print, radio, online display and social media by 31%; and direct mail, online video, video-on-demand and outdoor by up to 22%.
s 'demand generatorys he hopes the tool will offer marketers "something tangible and practical" to help brands find their optimal media mix.
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"With marketers increasingly adopting a zero-based budgeting approach, having a tool like this should provide a great evidence-based foundation on which to build their decisions."
Source: https://www.marketingweek.com/tv-least-risky-form-of-advertising/
In searching for the solution to cross-platform media measurement, the panel essentially described the problems in even reaching a solution. Paul LeFort, a senior vice president at Nielsen, noted, "No one solution will work in the long-term." But he believes that comparable metrics matter. "The interesting push in the past few months is the impressions-based approach," he stated. "Impressions remove friction in the process. If we only use ratings, then we lose portions of our audience."
with "a combination of panel and other data.""W" she asked. "We need a holistic view because the market doesn're."
The barrier to a holistic solution is a not technical one, Subramanyam added. "It is will or leadership. We need to think bigger and have more cooperation. We need a fluid ecosystem. The tech [is] easy but getting it done [is] not."
Frank Comerford, president of NBC Local Media Commercial Operations, and chief revenue officer and president, commercial operations, for NBCU Local Media, listed a range of challenges. "Is a small panel accurately reflecting the audience we have?" he asked. "Is a big data set reflecting our audience?" Comerford explained that if viewers aren't in the right places in the data set, it will produce the wrong information. In addition, he said, "with a big data sample, there are walled gardens that are marking their own homework."
Panels have both advantages and shortcomings. "Panels provide a fundamental source of truth," Subramanyam noted. ""
"Panels can't strive for behavioral, but can strive for the demographic," Comerford added.
Nielsen's LeFort believes that it is, ultimately, up to the advertiser — "if the advertiser is happy about what they have spent to get their results." The good news, he explained, is "TV and digital are not as far apart as we pretend it is." They are complementary. "It is not TV versus digital."
Subramanyam concurred, "We are here to service the marketer and we need a healthy, transparent market. There are lots of initiatives at work and a combination of them will lead to a new standard." But, she added, "consensus in standardization across media is essential. And people have to get comfortable in getting their data out there."
Measurement solutions should be a part of tracking attribution and there is a lot of experimentation going on in this area. "[At CBS,] we start by experimenting on ourselves and then offer the solutions to our marketers," Subramanyam noted. "Attribution, specifically in digital, is still in the early stages. It tends to be versions of last click. But there are lots of experiments."
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THE AGE OF SHOPPABLE TV ADS, ON A MASS SCALE, HAS ARRIVED test
After testing shoppable ads starting back in May, in linear programming including "Today" (Walmart), the French Open (Lacoste), the Tour de France (Zwift) and "Songland" (Roli), NBCU is rolling out the QSR-driven format across its lifestyle and unscripted programming.
The ShoppableTV technology, created with an undisclosed tech company, looks simple because it's so simple for the viewer to use. But this live capability is a major leap beyond previous TV/ecommerce methods like adding shoppable links in video.
When a QSR code pops up on the screen during what NBCU has dubbed "on-air shoppable moments," viewers need only point their smartphone cameras at the code. They are then connected via a link to the sponsor's ecommerce site to make the purchase.
Sometimes the show's host plugs the "shoppable moment" and explains how to buy the product using the code; in other cases, it's just an alert on the screen.
NBCU had earlier reported that its "Today" test of the ads (shown above) inspired 50,000 viewers to link to a "Steals and Deals" site featured on the show and generated six figures in sales. Now it's reporting that, having reached tens of millions of viewers with the shoppable ads, it's seeing an average conversion rate that is nearly 30% above the general industry ecommerce rate. The ads are also said to be driving 10% growth on social media.
Back in May, Josh Feldman, EVP, head of marketing and advertising creative, declared that NBCU is "moving fully away from GRP selling to providing business outcomes" with ShoppableTV"
It's no news that advertisers are increasingly demanding attribution and hard, measurable results — and on that score, you certainly can't beat direct sales.
And viewers?
Obviously, lots of people are addicted to TV shopping channels, lots of national, ecommerce-based brands (not just steak knives) are now finding it cost-effective to use TV ads as part of their marketing mix, and lots of people already opt to respond to ads in YouTube and other platforms' videos.
For example, Hulu, working with Brightline, began offering live shoppable ad units, including dynamic ad insertion during the available two minutes of ad time in cable networks, a couple of years ago. Personalized, location-based overlays enable buying tickets for local movie theaters, or ordering from a restaurant or retailer, through connected TVs, Multichannel News reported in 2017.
But isn't there potential for alienating at least some viewers by interrupting the traditional mass, linear TV experience with QSR codes and alerts urging them to grab their phones and buy something? Will none of the rabid fans watching "Sunday Night Football" or talk shows find it annoying, if not objectionable, to have this form of advertising added to the load of standard ads in their programs?
As you might already have guessed, given the earlier mention of shoppable ads on Hulu and NBCU's coming Peacock streaming service — which will have an ad-supported tier, and is rumored to be considering carrying linear channels at some point — the NBCU execs confirmed that they're already "experimenting" with how shoppable ads might be used on other devices, including connected TVs. On CTV, the ads "might incorporate more interactions with the remote," notes TechCrunch.
My guess? Shoppable ads in linear will thrill shopaholics; be noticed initially and then accepted, reluctantly, as part of the price of "free" TV by others; and drive some to pay for options (or more options) that allow them to avoid the growing number of ads and ad formats on traditional linear2592/the-age-of-shoppable-tv-ads-on-a-mass-scale-has.html
AN INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF TELEVISION BROADCASTERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN 2020 IN SLOVAKIA test
There will be a structural change in(ANRTS) at the beginning of 2020. While television and radio stations are planning to continue collaborating on all relevant media topics, in the future there will be various formal institutions representing both types of media. Commercial television stations decided to establish an independent Association of Television Broadcasters, whose founding members include Markíza-Slovakia, s.r.o., Mac TV, s.r.o. a C.E.N., s.r.o., similar to the Association of Commercial Television (AKTV) in the Czech Republic.
The Association of television broadcasters intends to focus upon the legislation of television broadcasting, copyrights, and the formation of a Slovak television market so that these processes are in compliance with European audiovisual legislature. Additionally, it will promote a correct market environment in Slovakia and free economic competition. One of the Association's key goals remains protection of free speech and free spread of information via television broadcasting. The Association is also planning a close coordination with its Czech partners.
"The Association of Television Broadcasters has a lot of work ahead, but also visions which will guide us to a future meaningful development of television broadcasting. Today nobody doubts that television as a medium is changing and provides many options to choose from. To be able to do that it needs not only energy and investments but, most of all, good legislature and a transparent space to implement its plans," said Marcel Grega, JOJ Group's CEO and President of ANRTS.
"Private radio will continue in protecting its interests via the existing Association and we are ready to continue mutual constructive collaboration in the areas that connect us and in which we see mutual interest," said Ivan Antala, CEO of Radio Express and Vice-President of ANRTS's Radio section.
MEDIA INDUSTRY LAUNCHES TV CHARTER FOR "RESPONSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT" AD MEASUREMENT test
Launched with support by The Global TV Group, the charter has been signed by most of egta's 155 member sales houses in over 42 countries, along with trade bodies such as Screenforce, Thinkboc, ThinkTV and the VAB.
A release from egta says that the charter "ay," adding that it serves to remind advertisers that they must meet the brand safety demands
Malin Häger, President of egta and sales manager and chief commercial officer at TV4 Sales said: "In a "
Source: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/10/21/industry-launches-tv-charter-for-responsible-and-transparent-ad-measurement/
PARADOX: STREAMING WARS WILL BE GREAT FOR TV ADVERTISERS test
We're in the midst of the streaming wars, as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and a host of smaller players like Tubi, Fubo and CBS All Access fight to win new streaming video subscribers.
The battle is escalating, with new entrants from Disney (Disney+), AT&T's WarnerMedia (HBOMax), Apple (TV+) and Comcast/NBCUniversal (Peacock).
All of them want lots of sign-ups, and they want them fast. Their products are coming to market priced to sell, aiming to separate viewers from their legacy pay TV packages. Collectively, theseoriginal shows and movies.
If they are successful, it would be bad for the television industry, right? And for TV advertising in particular, since less viewership means fewer eyeballs to sell?
Paradoxically, I don't think it will be bad at all. In fact, it're's why:
Little or no ad load from new streaming subs. Netflix, Prime and a chunk of Hulu don't have ads. Neither will Disney+, HBOMax and Apple's streaming products. Since lack of ads will be a real selling point in all of these services, we're not likely to see ad loads in these services any time soon.
Much of America can't access streaming services. It'ica don't Unlimited content, fixed wallets. Streaming services are a luxury. The number of folks who have the discretionary income to buy them isn't unlimited. 40 million Americans participated in the food stamps program last year.
Over-the-air TV is free to all. Low-cost bundles from cable or satellite are in many lower-income homes, where people watch lots of ad-supported TV. While those folks don't buy as much as wealthier populations, they do spend a lot on food, cars, phones, insurance, gasoline, etc.
Since the bulk of the services coming out don't have much ad support, OTT streaming services won't add much relative ad load to replace what iinear TV will lose due to audience erosion.
As we have seen over the past few years, declining ratings for top TV shows have been offset by higher prices on a cost-per-thousand basis for spots on those shows. That's how the market operates.
Thus, linear TV viewership losses to streaming services that aren't accompanied by comparable ad load growth by those services means TV ad dollars will largely stay on TV, and will be priced higher. A bit paradoxical, for sure — but the likely reality, just as sure.
Source: https://themediaonline.co.za/2019/10/paradox-streaming-wars-will-be-great-for-tv-advertisers/
THE GOLDEN AGE… OF COMPLEXITY: REDUCING FRICTION IN THE TV ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM test
For media companies, the path forward isn't easy. It means pivoting to new business models while, in parallel, maximizing the value of the core legacy business. And, simultaneously, it means navigating the challenges of convergence not just within a company's own walls, but also in collaboration with peers and traditional competitors across the industry. If brand marketers can execute in a consistent way with the major tech platformthe same across television. However hard the path forward, the vision of "television as a platform" should be viewed as a strategic imperative if the industry is going to successfully grow share relative to those looking to disrupt it.
Although we're still in the early stages of what will be a multiyear transformation, the good news is the industry is making progress. From FreeWheel's vantage point, this progress is centered on addressing three core pillars that set the foundation for brand marketers looking for quality scale, sophisticated campaign targeting, and simplicity of execution:
Moreover, initiatives such as On Addressability are helping to bring household-level addressability to linear TV, as well as drthat recognize the need for consistency of standards and operating protocols necessary to enable scale. In a similar vein of collaboration, OpenAP is improving the simplicity and scale of audience executions across both linear and digital video for major programmers, including Fox , Viacom , and NBCU.
Our sell-side clients recognize the opportunity to maximize yield by enabling their direct-sold business to compete with demand, executed through programmatic pipes, all while ensuring the necessary controls, transparency, and television-level compliance. This means unifying decisioning between direct-sold and programmatic natively in the ad server, solving not only for digital video executions, but also setting the technology foundation for linear in the future. We are already seeing positive results on unified ad management, including our work with A&E , among other pilot clients, and remain focused on programmatic solutions that solve for the unique nature of premium video.
Our mission since day one has been enabling unified advertising management across all screens and all sales channels. It's still our mission today. As an industry, we are collectively solving hard problems that have not existed before. While we sit at a crossroads, we have a genuine opportunity to create a healthy, balanced video ecosystem that benefits all constituents.
Source: https://www.mediavillage.com/article/the-golden-age-of-complexity-reducing-friction-in-the-tv-advertising-ecosystem/
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: TV IN ALL ITS FORMS IS KEY TO REACHING YOUR AUDIENCE test
The reality is that TV is evolving and should be seen as total video. The lines are blurring when you define what it is, from traditional linear broadcast TV, live streaming or VoD. It doesn't matter what you call it, TV can now be any kind of video content.
We consumers live in the golden age of television. But for marketers, it can be overwhelming. An increasingly fragmented video landscape and novel watching behaviours across devices are prompting marketers to endlessly (and exhaustingly) question and reevaluate their media spend.
The main thing to remember, however, is that it's a golden age of video for marketers, too.
Source: https://www.v-net.tv/2019/10/04/dont-change-the-channel-tv-in-all-its-forms-is-key-to-reaching-your-audience-2/
NETWORKS, TV STATIONS EYE NEW WAYS TO MEASURE ALL THE VIEWERS OF THEIR CONTENT test
With audiences becoming consumers of video that streams from a panoply of screens, maneuvers to measure them are becoming commonplace. In recent weeks, local TV stations have declared they intend to stop using traditional ratings to account for viewership of their programming, vowing instead to rely on total viewer impressions, which count all ways a show is consumed, linear or otherwise. Indeed, both NBCUniversal and Hearst have announced that their stations have already made the change, with other groups intending to follow suit between now and 2020. Meanwhile, national TV expects to introduce "out-of-home" audiences —
"Some of our views are here, and some are over here, and some are here," t
of commercial operations for NBCU's owned- and-operated TV stations, referring to the different ways audiences can watch programs. "For us to really reflect that accurately, we need to count all of those different things."
In these days of multiple screens, some local TV programs don't generate the audience size that would guarantee a ratings point. And yet, as advertisers use "programmatic" technology and brews of data to find clusters of firsrs, size may matter less — as long as advertisers can put their commercials in front of clusters of viewers more likely to be interested in their pitch.
Source: https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/networks-tv-stations-count-viewers-1203349757/
TV MEASUREMENT IN A DIGITAL WORLDA


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Local man charged with trying to strangle girlfriend
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12. hahaha mine's on a much smaller scale...
I did the tongue on the aluminum ice tray once...
I wonder who wonders about these things?
Love #12, me and hubby had a good laugh!Have you seen the video called 'Epicenter'?
On the "KnowZone Days" here in Indy, I purposefully want to do the opposite of what they say...
Wait...was that TMI for a comment?
For the record, I believe that the earth is in a somewhat natural cycle of warming. But I also believhow rapidly the earth is warming. I don't think we can reverse it because it's natural, and I don't know if we can slow it down by living more "green". But it seems a worthy effort to try and curb pollution, doesn't it?


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curiosity and reponsibility, on behalf of college and law students; that’s insulting
- She (mis)characterizes the attitudes of a portion of the legal profession (sometimes just
Below are some specific responses to Sherry’s complaints (do not assume
Who the heck is “we”? I don’t know one lawyer who says this, nor one law
children hoping to put off career choices, and their desperate parents, and claims
That being said, who can deny that there are many, many, many things that can
** We suggest that they go to the very best school that they can. Even though we know
that they won’t learn how to practice law there. (We don’t mention that.)
Jeremy says in his post that he’s writing tongue-in-cheek, and he admits learning
2) Unless a law student knows the exact job she or he will be getting right upon
concept. The more regional or national a school is, the more impractical the task
far more about human beings, rather than more about the nuts-n-bolts of producing
the law schools could do to improve the legal profession would be
a crusade to improve the liberal arts education of lawyers. (at 135
of The Betrayed Profession)
4) Don’t most lawyers leave law school able to think, issue-spot, research,
brainstorm, listen, and speak “like a (new) lawyer”? Isn’t that a lot of what it
takes to practice law?
people apply to law school without knowing about the large debt? Hardly.
Programs? Don’t they wonder why those programs are needed? At what
They don’t? Not even at the very top and bottom of the scale? More
important: What’s the alternative?
** We act as though grades are a great predictor of the likelihood that a student will be a
productive worker and a good lawyer.
dollars of debt to get a degree that will force them into a type of practice that, statistics show,
depressed profession. Here are a few of the books:

What the Profession Does to Them (1991) by Richard W. Moll
Ju1997) by Jeffrey
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Legal Profession (3rd. ed. 2003) by Deborah Arron
Before, During & After Law School (2004) by Deborah Schneider
In addition to Prof. Schiltz’s 2001 article, there’s some pretty good materials online
(found after a quick search on a Saturday night) . For starters, Northeastern Illinois
school (and then makes some points a lot of “us” have been making for years). The
“I want to be a lawyer. (If you don’t know what that means, go
of on careers in law. . . . But ultimately, law school is just that—three years
not defending the state of the legal profession, and I’m not saying young
lawyers have no right to speak out in order to create a better workplace
themselves to blame if they are surprised by what they find or how they
values and how they fit within the profession. This needs to be done well
before someone spends $150,000 on your education and you commit three
initiative and do the personal and profession development “homework.” The
best strategy for those choosing private law firms (especially the largest ones)
is to live well below your income while you try out your first job (or two), so that
your options are as open as possible. You snap those golden handcuffs on
know that BigLaw (and often, BoutiqueLaw) jobs come with grinding work-
loads that will wreck havoc with their personal lives. Seen any Grisham
movies lately? The profession has been issuing reports on this topic for a long
time. It is no secret and the tradeoff is gladly and knowingly embraced by many
Of course, the problem is not billable hours per se — that’s just one method of
adding up fees due from clients. Changing the billing method will mean nothing
if the target income to be generated by each associate is not significantly reduced.
[see chronomentrophobia, and Schiltz] Law firm greed — often matched by the
Am I asking too much of law school applicants and law students, or is Sherry
not willing to do the homework it takes to know yourself and the profession before choosing
it, either look elsewhere for a career choice or forfeit the right to whine about it later.
If you think that “we” need to be more direct, I offer some frank words from NYU ethics
professor Stephen Gillers (quoted in The Betrayed Profession, by Sol Linowitz, at 137,
“Once it may have paid to be an intellectual and a professional. Now
it pays to be technically proficient. When I was in law school I was
finding the facts that supported your client and trying to keep the facts that
harmed him away from your opponents. I felt a discontinuity. I must tell
finding a place in the law worthy of the energies of an intelligent and selfless
these issues, I’ve copied below (after the haiku) parts of two conversation threads about debt-choices and the
struts like a peacock…
David: This is an issue I wish you would think and write more about, Sherry, because I’m viewing it from a different generation’s perspective and want to hear yours. Students enter law school knowing about the debt that will follow, and merely assume that things will work out fine, given the anticipated stream of income. Most went for the big bucks and expect to obtain them. Perhaps some reality testing prior to law school would help.
to society…
strutting sparrows
Yes, there are lots of things a lawyer cannot afford, if she or he wants to do public interest or public service law, or even wants to try new models of offering legal services as an entrepreneur. (Also, that lawyer may need to find a mate who can accept the consequences.) If you snap on those handcuffs in your 20’s, don’t kid yourself that they will ever come off. There will always be another level of spending that is “necessary,” after the debt is paid off — bigger home in the right neighborhood (with bathrooms for everyone), tuition for the right schools for the kids, ski trips, more and better cars, ad nauseum et ad infinitum.
Foy cfrom Come Join Our Chat About Lawyer Snobbery (September 19, 2003)
Another Dave:t
bYou now know that we teachers spoke the truth when we told you that we could do no more than prepare you for a lifetime of self education.
We passed on the culture mainly by sowing seeds. But the real game the discovery of self and a sense of purpose, of proportion was always yours, when you sat here in rows, and when, in the years since, you have faced into the headwinds, at times fierce
on the meaning of life . . . the crunch
from Almost Unseen (2000)
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A selection of articles about things we care about.
Digital asset management for heritage and culture needs to work for, and items that were 'born digital'.
This article is an extract from “Productivity - Doing it right, a handbook for business and organisation”, it illustrates the need for digital asset management in the context of risk & productivity and hence the case for a positive ROI.
What is video metadata? For storage, cataloguing and retrieval purposes, video metadata is most commonly associated with the meta-content.
Whether a system is hosted internally or in the cloud it will usually be necessary to be able to block or restrict access for unauthorised users, or limit what they can see and do.
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iBase are r(ICO),very heart of why digital asset management systems are so important is the rate at which the number of assets that need to be managed by any organisation relentlessly grows day by day.