Policing the Bridge | Tim Mcmillan | TEDxSavannah

What one seemingly random traffic stop can teach us about the connections amongst people. Lieutenant Tim McMillan is a veteran law enforcement officer with the Garden City Police Department. After a fateful traffic stop on October 1, 2016, Lt. McMillan has become an activist for police community relations and civil rights. He maintains an active blog where he discusses contemporary civil rights issues and inspirational insights. Lt. McMillan has been featured on numerous media outlets, and appears in the 2017 documentary film “Walking While Black.” Lt. McMillan is also the founder and director of the nonprofit police research, training, reform, and accreditation program, The Four Trees Project Inc. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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From Skinny Fat To Fit

From Skinny Fat To Fit

What an honor it was to work with Troy.  He followed his plan and his results were amazing.  I am very proud of your hard work and feel blessed to call you a friend!!  I am excited for the next stage of your journey and all the people you will inspire along the way.
Starting Weight- 210
Body Fat– 21.96%
Stomach– 39″
Finishing Weight – 191 lbs
Body Fat– 9.62%
Stomach– 32 3/4″

Troy On Tv Sharing His Story

Troy’s Testimonial 

HE CALLED ME “SKINNY FAT”!!!!
We were both selected by Big Brothers Big Sisters as honorees for their annual 2016 fundraiser event. When he and his wife Diana walked in, you couldn’t help but notice they were the most beautiful, healthiest people in the room.
So we strike up a conversation, and that’s when he said the words that still echoes in my head today and changed my life. “My friend, you are skinny fat even though you wear it well on your ectomorph frame.” Skinny fat? What in the world is he talking about and what the heck does “ekto something” mean?
Well… Eventually I would discover he and his wife are world renowned transformational fitness trainers and I was about to be presented with an opportunity of a lifetime.

“Troy go down to the liquor store and get me a pack of Cool Mild cigarettes and while you’re at it get yourself something to eat,” my mother would say. The something to eat was a greasy nasty polish sausage that probably been going round and round in that little heating machine for days. I also had to get snicker candy bar, a bag of potato chips, and a large bottle of lemonade to wash it all down. I was in heaven. This is what it’s like growing up in housing projects with no grocery store in my community.  This is how I ate nearly every day of my life. Oh…there was the special occasion when we would have an opportunity to go to McDonald’s or Churches Chicken.

Ironically, focus has never been something I lacked in my life. In fact, I’ve achieved virtually every major goal I wanted to although there have been setbacks along the way. For example, I hold a bachelors degree economics, a master’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in political science, an MBA in finance and venture capital formation, a law degree, and the doctorate in education from St. Louis University. I’ve traveled around the world 10 times and I’ve had success in politics, business, and in entrepreneurship. But yet, I was too dumb to know how to eat properly. Sad commentary I know.

It wasn’t until I met Micah and Diana LaCerte I learned I had been eating incorrectly, the wrong way – my entire life. No one ever talked to me about body fat percentage or muscle mass. The only time I was actively involved in any formal training program was during basic training when I was a member of the United States Air Force. Beyond that, I was fitness illiterate, ignorant about anything to do with athletics, and just plain stupid when it came to health and wellness.

So I signed up with HitchFit not knowing what to expect. For years, personal trainers had come across my path encouraging me to sign up, but I was never convinced they knew what the heck they were talking about because frankly they didn’t look the part to me.

The first day I started the program with Micah LaCerte, I nearly threw up all over myself because I was so out of shape. The next 20 weeks would be absolutely transformational as I learned how to balance my macronutrients and began to view food as nourishment for my body. 6 ounces of carbs, 6 ounces of protein, and as much vegetables I could eat to keep me full was the new nutritional path forward. Plus, a protein shake here and there to round out my daily dietary requirements. After a while, eating this way became second nature, it became a lifestyle choice.

When I started the program, I measured 40 inches around my waist. Today, I measure 32 inches around my waist! When I started the program my body fat percentage was 22%, today my body fat percentage is 9% on my way to 7% as the second half of my transformation kicks in full gear.
Micah and Diana LaCerte are truly heaven sent. Without them, I would not have developed the ability to learn how to eat healthy, perform cardio and weight training properly, or feel and look as healthy as I do today.
I would not only recommend HitchFit to anyone who is considering transforming their lives, but insist they go in for an initial assessment because it could actually save their life.

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Francois du Toit

Affiliate Programs – Your 10 point check list

More and more companies are offering attractive affiliate programs as a way of attracting more sales through the efforts of affiliates, giving an affiliate the opportunity to become a money maker with his or her own home based business. These programs can be very successful for both the company and the affiliate. However, there are good programs and bad programs.

It is amazing to think how popular affiliate programs have become in recent years. Today nearly every ecommerce website has an affiliate program. Knowing what to look for in an affiliate program can save you a lot of time and money.
Although it is normally very quick and easy to join an affiliate program for free, you can save yourself a lot of time and money in the long-term by making sure that you start of with the right company.
I normally always base my decision on joining an affiliate program on the following 10 factors:
1. Product (or Service) - Must be a high quality product that is useful and can help people. You must be able to create a need for the product, at least in your own mind.
2. Company - You should have a positive feeling about the company. If something bothers you then rather walk away.
3. Price - The more affordable the price the more products will be sold through your referrals / promotions. Remember that the cheaper the price the larger your target market will be. Do not waste your time promoting a product that costs thousands of dollars. Rather focus on products that retail for between $10 and $500. That is where the money is.
4. Commission - I would never agree to promote a product or service for under 20% in commission. There are many companies out there with great products and systems that will pay their affiliates 30% and even up to 50% commission. Why settle for 10% when you can earn 50%. Chances are the amount of time you need to put in will be the same.
5. Training and Tools - All good companies will offer their affiliates free training programs on how they can make more money with the program. They will also offer free tools such as banners that the affiliate can put on his own website or they will give the affiliate his own affiliate website. The better the training and tools you receive the better the company.
6. Support - You often need to make quick decisions or revert back to a potential client as soon as possible with an answer to his question. In order to succeed you need great support. You should be able to contact the company any time of the day or night by phone, online messaging or e-mail and get a reply back without delay. A company that does not take the time to reply to my enquiry within at least 24 hours is a company I would rather not work with.
7. No obligation to purchase - You should never have to buy a product before you can become an affiliate. Don't get me wrong, it makes a lot of sense to buy and use the product yourself before recommending it to others but I have never come across a good program that insists its members must buy the product first. I do suggest you seriously consider buying the product once you have checked out the affiliate program as well as the training and support you will receive and made up your mind that you really want to participate.
8. Earnings visibility - Don't waste your time with a company that cannot offer you the online tools of monitoring your referrals and commissions. It should be totally automated and accessible with the click of a button 24 hours a day.
9. Protecting affiliates earnings - Any good company should do their best to look after the financial wellbeing of affiliates and this means ensuring that affiliates receive credit and by implication commission on all referrals that result in sales. As an affiliate you will normally receive a special affiliate code when you join the affiliate program. Lets assume the company's website address is abc.com and your affiliate code is 123. You will normally receive your own url to refer people to. In this case the url can be abc.com/123. Problem is that some people will think you are a middleman and that by excluding you they will get a better price (which is generally not the case). They will recognize your affiliate code as 123.
They may use your url to visit the site but will often try to sign up by re-typing the url without your code. Many companies protect their affiliates from this practise by having systems in place that will recognize the IP address of a computer and associate it with your affiliate code. Even if the potential customer visits their website weeks afterwards it will still credit you with any sale that takes place. The time period varies but most good companies will protect the income of their affiliates for between 6 months and even 3 years from being "stolen" by other individuals.
10. Payment - In the end you have to be physically paid. Chances are that 10 companies will have 10 different ways of paying affiliates. It is normal that companies will only pay commission once the amount reaches a certain minimum. Remember that processing commissions cost money and it does not make sense to, for example, make a wire transfer for a commission of only $1. Make sure you fully understand how and when commissions are paid before you start promoting the program. Most companies will not change the way in which they pay commissions only to make you happy.
You may want to add additional factors to personalize exactly what you are looking for in an affiliate program. Do not compromise on your criteria. The old saying that goes: “There is a lot of fish in the sea" also applies to affiliate programs. By taking your time and being patient you will find program(s) that will help you to become a money maker and grow your own home based business.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Francois du Toit is the owner of Money Maker Advice a website designed to help new entrepreneurs succeed by offering free advice, help and guidance on how to become a successful money maker with the right business opportunity or opportunities while working from the comfort of your own home.

CoachTube.com Presents: Gus Malzahn - Keys to a Successful Shotgun Run Game

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Atomic Darts Presents: Winmau Latvia Open 2017 - ladies pairs final and Darts Rules

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Darts Rules

Dart games are usually played between two players or two teams. Each team can consist of two or more people. Although there have are different variations of the game which allow for more than two sides, these have not gained much popularity.

Generally, each player is allowed nine throws as a warmup before the beginning of a game. After the warm up, one person from each team throws a dart. This is to determine which team or person is eligible to take the first turn. The team that got the dart closest to the bull’s eye takes the first turn.

Each player, in his turn, is allowed to throw three darts. Two sets of darts are thrown — one by each team — before the darts are retrieved. If the thrower’s foot crosses over the line or if the person happens to trip over the oche (the throwing line, which a dart player stands behind to throw the darts) while releasing the dart, the throw does not count for any points and there may not be a re-throw.

After a player’s final throw, the dart must stay on the board for a minimum of five seconds for it to be counted. Also, a throw scores no points if the dart sticks into another dart or falls off the board.

In the basic method for play and scoring, the throws that are successful score in the following manner: (1) in the wedge — the amount posted on the outer ring; (2) the double ring (the outer, narrow ring) — twice the number hit; (3) the triple ring (the inner, narrow ring) — three times the number hit; (4) bull’s eye (outer bull) — twenty-five points; and (5) double bull’s eye (inner bull) — fifty points.

Of the games played by dart players around the world, the two most popular ones are “301” and “Cricket.” Of these, 301 is the easier, as, in this, each side begins the game with 301 points and throws in an effort to make their score zero. Cricket, a more complex game that requires more throwing skill and strategy, is played using mainly the numbers 15 through 20 and the bull’s eyes.

Each game is considered one leg, and when two out of three games are won, the match is considered won.

The Truth About Cancer Why the Hunza People Don't Get Cancer - G. Edward Griffin

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State Police Training Exam

I want to talk to you about the state police training exam that you are expected to take to get a job in the police force. A lot of people have dreams of becoming a police officer, but often see those dreams shattered because they can't pass the exam. I think people get overconfident thinking that this will be really easy, but the test is designed to be hard. They can't have hundreds and thousands of people that qualify for a few jobs. The exam acts as a way of filtering out a lot of the bad apples, the exam is designed to be hard. In fact, over 70% of people will fail. I'm going to talk to you about the state police training exam and help you get into the small minority that passes.The questions on the exam are going to be broken up into a few different sections. Obviously you're going to get questions about the job and that is unavoidable. What you may not be aware of is that they're going to test you on things like writing skills, reading comprehension, and logical thinking. Reading and writing is easy to understand, but the logical part causes problems for a lot of people. They're going to be asking you math problems and in problem solving questions. Before you go into the exam it is important that you brush up on your math skills.
The state police training exam is a one time thing. You going to have to invest a lot of time in studying in order to pass it, but you only have to pass it wants. The higher the mark you get, the better the chances you have a job.

Joseph Prince - The Secret To A Quality Life (Live @ Lakewood Church)

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Merry Christmas From US Sports Network! Trans-Siberian Orchestra Complete Show Multi-Cam Albany NY TSO Ghosts of Christmas Eve Presented By BestBuy

Merry Christmas Athletes and Warriors! Thank you for reading subscribing and giving US Sports the opportunity to inform, educate, inspire, while entertaining you for these many years. We strive to continue to grow and encourage you for many years to come. Let's enjoy some great God inspired Rock! and once again to you and yours Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
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-Coach Nate

Multi-camera edit by Frank Anzalone/KissGuy1973 of my and B.Hoy's footage from Albany, NY on 11/27/2016 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. For dozens of full show captures from the last five years of TSO touring visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/squintyt4e For my TSO Interview series visit: http://squintyt4e.livejournal.com For more information about TSO and their latest album, Letters from the Labyrinth visit: http://www.trans-siberian.com






When Paul O'Neill first conceived Trans-Siberian Orchestra, his goal was as straightforward as it was incredibly ambitious. "The whole idea," he explains, "was to create a progressive rock band that would push the boundaries (of the genre) further than any group before... Way, way further."
With more than 10 million albums sold, TSO has inspired generations of fans to rediscover the multi-dimensional art form of the rock opera. Meanwhile, on the road, they have become one of the world's top acts, with Billboard magazine naming TSO as one of the top touring artists of the past decade -- a $20 million-plus production that has played to over 100 million people in 80+ cities, selling more than $280 million worth of tickets and presenting $11 million to charity.
O'Neill, a New York City native grew up, "with a wide-ranging world of (rock) musical influences." But, O'Neill also soaked up sources such as Broadway musicals, Motown and singer-songwriters such as Jim Croce and Harry Chapin, while authors such as Oscar Wilde and Robert Graves fueled his literary tastes. He began his career playing guitar for touring productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair, then went to work in the late '70s for Leber-Krebs Inc., the Manhattan management company whose clients included Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Def Leppard, the Scorpions, the New York Dolls, and scores of others. In the '80s, O'Neill became a major concert promoter in Japan as well, but returned to the States to start writing and producing full-time.
O'Neill helmed Aerosmith's Classics Live I and Classics Live II albums before beginning a fortuitous relationship with the band Savatage that led to conceptual pieces such as Hall Of The Mountain King, Gutter Ballet, Streets: A Rock Opera and Dead Winter Dead. Producing introduced O'Neill to Jon Oliva, Bob Kinkel and Al Pitrelli, as well as reconnecting him with legendary studio engineer Dave Wittman, who all became key original collaborators in O'Neill's grand vision - Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
"I wanted to take the very best of all the forms of music I grew up on and merge them into a new style," O'Neill says. "Basically I was building on the work of everybody I worshipped: the rock opera parts from bands like the Who; the marriage of classical and rock from bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Queen; the over-the-top light show from bands like Pink Floyd... I always wanted to do a full rock opera with a full progressive band and at least 18 lead singers."
O'Neill took the idea to Atlantic Records which, to his surprise, went for it and financed the creation of Romanov, which was initially to be TSO's first release. "We were very fortunate," he says. "It was one of the only labels left that still did an 'old school' kind of artist development. My original concept was that we were going to do six rock operas, a trilogy about Christmas and maybe one or two regular albums."
However, when Romanov got temporarily put on the back burner, the first installment of the Christmas trilogy, Christmas Eve and Other Stories became TSO's debut album. Fueled by the socially conscious single "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24," the album was certified double platinum. More platinum certifications followed with 1998's The Christmas Attic, and the final installment of the Christmas trilogy, The Lost Christmas Eve in 2004. In the midst of completing the trilogy, TSO released their first non-holiday rock opera, the gold certified Beethoven's Last Night.
But TSO really cemented its following in concert. The group hit the road in 1999, beginning an annual November-December extravaganza that O'Neill takes pride in being, "as over the top as we can make it. We have, two stages --with pyro, light and lasers-- on both sides of the arena, as well as in the crowd and the best sound we can find... There's no second-class seats at a Trans-Siberian Orchestra show. I want people to walk out of our shows speechless and still not believing what they have seen was possible."
TSO's latest album, Night Castle, released in October of 2009 debuted at #5 and was certified gold by year's end. A sweeping two-discs of genre-bending epics, Night Castle is an affecting story that takes the listener around the world, through time and to points beyond. O'Neill and company will eventually give Night Castle its due in a live setting just as they have Beethoven's Last Night in spring '10 with a new hybrid form of concert they called "Rock Theatre"-- just one of many multi-media avenues TSO will be exploring in the near future...
"We spend a lot of time planning," O'Neill confesses with a laugh, "and people are always telling me, 'Paul, stop writing and start recording!' It's working out great, though. I feel lucky that it's gone this long and that we get to do what we love for a living. The arts have incredible power, and with that comes incredible responsibility. Someone once said that if you want to change the world, don't become a politician -- write a book, write a great song. I believe in that, and that's what Trans-Siberian Orchestra is about."
"I've always believed that music has the power to transport and transform," O'Neill explained. "The original concept of Trans-Siberian Orchestra was how to make music have the most emotional impact. We always try to write melodies that are so infectious they don't need lyrics and lyrics so poetic that they don't need a melody, but when you combine the two together they create an alloy where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Once those songs are woven together into a tapestry they create a story which gives each song a third dimension."
"That was so much in the spirit of Trans-Siberian Orchestra," O'Neill explains. "This is a group --a constantly morphing group-- of extremely creative and talented individuals who are always trying to raise the bar of where a band can take its audience sonically, visually and emotionally. With that as our core ideal, the possibilities are endless."