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If bath time's gotten boring for you recently, why not try reenacting the Cold War in your tub? Here's a submersible radio-controlled replica of the USS Seawolf SSN-21 submarine, with a funny little periscope themed remote thrown in for good measure. The real Seawolf was commissioned in 1989 as a response to the Soviet Akula class of submarines. No word on whether RC-versions of those are out there somewhere. Available at Brando for $55. [Brando via Geek Alerts]
Remote Controlled USS Seawolf Brings Cold War Fun to Your Hot Bath


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CD: To what extent has the financial services sector been impacted by group actions over the past 12 to 18 months? What levels of activity are you seeing?
Hawthorne: The most significant group actions by value are the shareholder actions against RBS and Lloyds concerning capital raising activities during the financial crisis. While these are very large and important cases for the banks involved, they do not represent a market or systemic exposure and they are rooted in the extraordinary circumstances of the financial crisis, as opposed to ongoing or business and usual practices. The more usual means by which banks become exposed to mass litigation is through multiple similar claims being brought individually, where a relatively small number of claimant law firms and counsels make the running in formulating new arguments and avenues of attack. PPI and IRHP mis-selling claims are the obvious examples. In both cases, the regulator has intervened so as to require banks to set up redress schemes for affected customers. The existence of regulator-supervised redress schemes has probably prevented group litigation that would otherwise have been brought.
Jul-Sep 2016 issue
Pinsent Masons LLP
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Property Dashboard - Taranaki
October 2014
The property market in the Taranaki region continues to be a challenging market. The indicators of the market continue to be in opposing quadrants as neither buyers nor sellers can really claim ascendancy.
The key feature of the market is the continuing weakness in the pace of sales with the clearance rate in September slipping agin from 13.3% in August to 12.7%. The clearance rate has remained stubbornly in the red zone for over 6 months now. As a consequence the levels of inventory of properties for sale continues at a high level with 34.1 weeks of equivalent stock of houses for sale up from the August level 32.6 weeks. This does provide ample choice for buyers a much improved situation than a year ago.
The trend in annual price growth remains strong with an annual rate of 6.5% in September significantly higher than a year ago when price was rising at a rate of just 2.7%.
Latest Property Dashboard - October 2014
12 months prior - October 2013
Archived Property Dashboards:
Notes on Dials and Data:
The Inventory indicates the level of available properties for sale at the end of the prior month, relative to the rate of sale of properties in the month. Thereby indicating that based on this rate of sale, how long it would take to sell all the stock of houses.
It is expressed in terms of weeks of available inventory. The number of properties on the market is the actual at the end of the prior month. The sales are the seasonally adjusted sales in the prior month
For example if there are 900 properties on the market and the sales in the month total 150 then the inventory will be 26 weeks - meaning if that rate of sale continued it would take 26 weeks (6 months) to sell all the properties.
The Pace indicates the rate of sale, in other words how active the market is.
This is measured as a clearance rate. It is the proportion of properties on the market that are sold in the month. The measure of sales is the 12 month moving average. The properties on the market is the actual number at the end of the prior month.
The source data is the REINZ property sales data and the Realestate.co.nz monthly Property Report
For example with 900 properties for sale on the market and sales on a 12 month moving average of 150 the clearance rate is 16.7%
The Price movement is the variance expressed as a % of the current month's price vs. the same month a year earlier.
The source data is the REINZ median sales price for provincial regions with the Stratified Median Price Index for the 3 main cities. The variance is based on a 12 month moving average price.
The range is set to reflect the 2% Policy Target of the Reserve Bank being the vertical position of the dial.


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Happy Birthday, You've Got Myopia!
This goes to show you what you can discover if you have lots of data.
Vision researchers wanted to test the theory that the development of myopia (nearsightedness) is linked to the amount of sunlight the baby receives in the immediate period following birth. They call it the perinatal photoperiod.
They reviewed the complete health records of over 275,000 children and tracked their refractive errors . Next, they did a statistical analysis of those with myopia using a technique called multivariate logistic regression. Stay awake - here comes the good part!
There were seasonal variations in moderate and severe myopia according to birth month, with prevalence highest for June/July births and lowest for December/January. In the northern hemisphere nearsightedness correlates with sunny birth months. It would be very cool to repeat the study in Sydney or Cape Town to see if such numbers are reversed, just like their seasons.
Remember, this information came from looking at piles of old records, a retrospective study. Retrospective studies are far less meaningful because there can be all kinds of obvious and subtle errors in data gathering that escape detection. For example, was every child in every family enrolled? Did some families opt out and disappear from the database?
Having said that, seasonal associations are a familiar oddity to the practice of medicine. Did you know that
is more likely to occur in the spring? Just last year a different team of researchers reported that you are 27 times more likely to have a heart attack
on your birthday than on any other day of the year. Go figure!
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Thu 04th February 2016Balancing and settlement code P272 – the facts
Changes are on the way that will implement the mandatory use of Half-Hourly (HH) data to ensure more accurate recording of energy use amongst business consumers. Chamber Energy Solutions can help you understand and mitigate the impact.
What is P272?
P272 is a proposed amendment to the Balancing and Settlement Code, the rules which define the balancing of electricity in the UK market. If accepted, the amendment will mandate the requirement for Half Hourly (HH) settlement of meters in Profile Classes 05-08 by 1 April 2017.
Linked to ongoing plans to upgrade the electricity market, it involves moving businesses currently operating under the Maximum Demand (MD) metering system to an Automated Meter Reading (AMR). MD categorises users according to their peak demand as a proportion of overall demand. AMR allows actual Half Hourly consumption data to be used for settlement, in the same way current HH meters are settled.
When is it being implemented?
P272 was originally proposed in 2011 and, following several modifications, Ofgem approved it in October 2014. The deadline for the switch to HH settlement is 1 April 2017.
Concerns were raised that the previous implementation date (April 2016) would not give sufficient time to transfer all sites, but Ofgem argued that an extension would not address the issues identified and would reduce the incentives for some suppliers to start migration. Despite this objection, an urgent modification proposal – P322 – has been fast-tracked for implementation in August 2015, which introduces new arrangements for the migration of sites with AMR meters installed onto HH settlements.
Who is affected?
Up to 160,000 meters in the UK are affected. Any business with a metering profile of 05, 06, 07, or 08 will be affected. Should P322 gain approval, those consumers already under contract will not see any changes until their contract expires (unless that date is beyond 2 November 2017). Some suppliers have already started quoting new business for affected customers as HH settled.
What will change?
Currently, users settled by profiles have the cost of meter installation, maintenance and readings included in their bills; they do not require additional side contracts or meter specific charges. P272 will introduce new contractual costs as part of the process.
Additional metering and data contracts – including Meter Operator (MOP) and Data Collector (DC) – will be required to cover the costs of meter installation and maintenance as well as recording and collecting the data. These aspects are currently included in the energy rate, but will be complex additions to a business' energy bill, which vary significantly between providers. Consumers may also see increased charges, as suppliers pass on the cost of taking more frequent reads.
A previous modification required AMR installation by April 2014. With the majority of customers having an AMR meter installed, this has enabled a quicker change to HH settlement without the need to install a new meter.
What are the benefits?
By metering data in Half-Hourly intervals, electricity bills will be more reflective of a site's power consumption. Customers will be able to more closely match tariffs to their usage. Accurate data generated for a site provides the tools for greater flexibility in the management of its energy. With HH data, suppliers that are better able to forecast demand will incur reduced operational and supply costs.
What are the challenges?
- Suppliers will incur higher costs to manage more frequent meter reads (though potentially this will be offset by other operational and supply cost savings).
- The use of HH data will lead to a more complex electricity bill, particularly as those affected will be accustomed to simpler bills. All Non-Commodity Cost charges may be itemised, leading to new charges added to a customer's bill.
- HH settlement will lead to winners and losers amongst customers – current charges may not necessarily reflect when a customer uses their energy. With HH data suppliers will price the contract based on actual consumption.
- A user with high consumption during off-peak times would see lower rates than their current averaged charges. Conversely, those with high consumption during peak demand should see increased charges. However, as HH settlement is more cost-reflective, customers able to reduce usage during peak times would see lower prices, reflecting their cut in consumption.
How Chamber Energy Solutions can help
Chamber Energy Solutions are on hand to enable you to combat any of the challenges raised by HH settlement – we can help you to better understand when, where and how you're using energy. Our below services will allow your business to take control and become more energy efficient.
Data Collection – if you use energy at peak times you're likely to be adversely affected by the changes in meter. We help customers get fast, accurate consumption data on their usage. This is the first step to identifying when you use electricity, meaning you can take action to avoid consuming at times of high demand.
Metering Services – we can provide competitive prices on HH metering services to maintain your meters.
Procurement – you may benefit from a more suitable contract. We analyse supplier offerings using our expert knowledge and innovative systems to evaluate prices and find a contract that fits your business needs.
Bill Validation – your bills will become more complicated, as they will be based on your actual electricity consumption and may include itemised Non-Commodity Costs. We will check your invoices to make sure that all elements are correct.
Monitoring, metering and targeting – we can help you visualise your new rich meter data so you know exactly what you consume and when to target energy saving opportunities.
Bureau – Chamber Energy Solutions will proactively manage data on your behalf to highlight trends, anomalies and opportunities.
These proposed changes don't have to be a burden, see them as an opportunity to improve when and how you use energy. For further information or to take advantage of any of our above services call 0333 000 0132 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Chamber Energy Solutions is powered by Utilitywise offering an exclusive range of products and services to reduce both energy consumption and associated cost. To find out more about Utilitywise visit: https://www.utilitywise.com/


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Certified Organic Food Investment Opportunity
Wakkas Organics is the brainchild of organics entrepreneur Ben Debs - a contemporary fast casual restaurant franchise.
In recent decades, Australian's have become more health conscious an aware of the consequences of poor diet. American fast food chains have become a familiar feature of modern life. With all of us experiencing increasing time pressures, they offer great advantages as a business model in terms of efficiency, affordabaility & convenience. Imagine a "fast casual" food chain that made it quick and convenient to enjoy fresh, nutritious organic food. Not fancy "fairy" food - real, satisfying contemporary international cuisine and even burgers, organic fries, salads and coffee.
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At P&M Windows, we understand that security is a major factor when choosing new doors. A solid timber core, coupled with a reinforced frame and Secured By Design hardware and locks, makes our composite doors in Luton highly secure. Rest assured, our composite doors will keep your Bedfordshire protected.
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We offer a wide range of colours and finishes to enhance your new composite door. We even give you the option of different colours inside and out. Whether you opt for a luxurious woodgrain finish or an exclusive colour such as Walnut and Duck Egg Blue, you can have your choice of over 20 colour options from our beautiful range.
Manufactured in Staffordshire, our composite doors are British Made. You can count on the quality of our UK manufactured doors, with each door fabricated from a talented, local workforce. Our doors are also environmentally friendly, being lead-free and fully recyclable. This is what sets our beautiful composite doors apart.
Our composite doors have a thickness of 48mm, making them 10% more thicker than others of their kind. This ensures greater thermal insulation and acoustics, helping to keep outside noise to a minimum. All of our Solidor composite doors are sourced from world leaders in their respective fields and are free from harmful lead additives.


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The next morning was very stirring with the raising of the colors while the Marine Corps band played the Star Spangled Banner.
The entire audience was moved to tears as two jets flew over right as the flag reached the top of the flag pole. It was picture of freedom.
The graduation ceremony was impressive. All of those young men (the young women graduate on a different weekend), had worked extremely hard for 13 weeks to reach their goal.
As soon as we got off of the base, he couldn't wait to put in his contact lenses and take off the "port hole" glasses they issued him. Jeans and a T-shirt were also a welcome gift from home. The picnic basket on the back seat of the car was emptied pretty quickly during the 8 hour ride home - that boy can eat!


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The Intangible Injury: The Supreme Court Reconsiders the "Recognizable Psychiatric Illness" Requirement
By: Sheila Morris, Reisler Franklin LLP , Toronto
Case Comment Saadati v Moorhead
A unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has recently ruled that proof of a recognized psychiatric injury is not a precondition for awarding damages for mental injuries caused by negligence. Although an important decision, this case may be open to misinterpretation as, in our view, it does not represent a significant departure from the current law on personal injury damages.
The plaintiff, Saadati, was involved in 5 motor vehicle accidents between January 28, 2003 and March 23, 2009. He was declared incompetent in 2010. This case concerns the second accident of July 5, 2005 in which his tractor-truck was struck by a large vehicle driven by the defendant, Moorhead. At trial, the plaintiff sought non-pecuniary damages and past income loss. He did not allege a psychological injury in his pleadings, and did not advance his claim on that basis during closing submissions. The trial judge rejected the plaintiff's claim that he sustained a brain injury in the accident, and found that the plaintiff's expert psychological evidence did not establish a psychological injury. However, the trial judge found that the testimony of the plaintiff`s friends and family did establish a psychological injury; namely, personality change and cognitive difficulties. Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant knew that the trial judge was considering a damages award on the basis of psychological injury until he released his reasons for judgment. He awarded the plaintiff $100,000 in non-pecuniary damages.
This decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, which found that the plaintiff's expert evidence had not demonstrated a medically recognized psychiatric or psychological injury. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Ruling
The Supreme Court confirmed that liability rules for mental injury are no different than those for physical injury. To impose different requirements for claimants alleging a mental illness would accord them unequal protection under the law.
Specifically, the Court held that a negligent defendant need only be shown to have foreseen some injury, and not necessarily a particular (psychiatric) illness that comes with its own label. Just as a physical injury is not necessarily determined on expert diagnostic evidence, a mental injury does not require proof of a recognizable psychiatric illness. While an accurate diagnosis is important, a trier of fact in a claim for mental injury is more concerned with the claimant's symptoms and their effects, rather than the diagnosis itself.
The Court is careful to emphasize that this does not invite compensation for trivial matters. Just as liability rules are no different for mental injury claims, there is no reason to assume that the constraints the law imposes on claimants alleging physical injury would be any less effective in weeding out unworthy claims for mental injury. A claimant must still establish a duty of care, a breach of the duty, damages, and causation. Further, the Court referred to the limits set out in the 2008 SCC case of Mustapha v Culligan of Canada Ltd.. Specifically, psychological disturbance must be distinguished from psychological upset. Although the law protects people from negligent interference with their mental health, there is "no legal right to happiness". Claimants must show much more; that is, that the disturbance claimed is serious and prolonged, and rises above the ordinary annoyances, anxieties, and fears that come with living in civil society.
The principles of this ruling are not new to us. The Ontario defence bar, in auto accident cases, has been defending the statutory exemption, or the "threshold," for years, and there is an abundance of well-established case law that makes precisely the points confirmed in this case. For one, we know that a Court's analysis emphasizes the effect of the injury on the person, and not on the type of injury or the labels that might attach to a plaintiff's complaints (Dimopoulos v Mustafa 2016 ONSC 429). Put another way, the focus is on the claimant's impairment rather than the injury itself.
Second, we know that the law protects against unmeritorious claims. Auto insurance legislation intends that injured persons may experience some detrimental impact on their lives without the ability to recover non-pecuniary damages. A claimant's injury must go beyond residual discomfort (Malfara v Vukojevic 2015 ONSC 78).
Third, although it is not discussed in the case, the Supreme Court cannot have intended to eliminate the inquiry into the credibility of the plaintiff's stated complaints. Since the symptoms of an un-diagnosed psychiatric illness or injury are likely to be largely subjective, the plaintiff's recovery of damages is still going to depend on the extent to which the trier of fact believes he or she actually has those symptoms. Furthermore, it is also unlikely that the Supreme Court intended to foreclose the very controversial debate relating to volitional versus involuntary behaviour, and the scientific issues surrounding Conversion Disorder (DSM-IV-TR) or Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-V)
What is interesting in this case is the Supreme Court's treatment of notice. The Court acknowledged the rules of natural justice that entitle each party to know and respond to the case against it. Recall that the plaintiff did not specifically plead mental injury in his Statement of Claim, nor did he rely on this argument in closing submissions. The Court held that it is generally sufficient that the pleadings allege some form of mental injury, and referred to the "broad heads of damage" in the Statement of Claim. The ruling refers specifically to the boilerplate pleadings we often see in claims: "such further and other injuries as may become apparent…" and "general damages for pain and suffering… loss of enjoyment of life." The Court held that this, combined with the many allegations of mental injury in the plaintiff's oral and written closing submission, constituted ample notice to the defendant of the case he had to answer.
This case is a helpful reminder that a vigorous and continuous assessment is the best defence. We cannot rely on the plaintiff to set the parameters; rather, we need to conduct a thorough and impartial appraisal of all of the evidence to anticipate risk that even the plaintiff him or herself may not have considered.
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Evanston Made is a month-long celebration of the arts in Evanston designed to create opportunities for artists to engage with the community. (and vice versa) Art studios, galleries, museums and businesses throughout Evanston will show works by Evanston creatives June 3-30.
The Evanston Art Center hosts the group show and exhibit "Evanston Made", June 3-30, featuring works by Evanston creatives. Opening reception is June 3, 5-8 p.m.
The Pop Up Gallery and Store at Evanston Art Center, June 3-30, features works by Evanston creatives. The store is located in the lobby of the Evanston Art Center.
Evanston Made Kids! June 4, 11a-4 p.m..at Evanston Art Center, celebrates young Evanston artists and their families with a day of FREE fun & creativity!


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The Shannonside Winter Music Festival has been going from strength to strength over the last few years and next January's event marks another step forward for this eclectic festival of the best in acoustic music. Between Thursday and Monday almost 80 concerts, pub gigs, sessions, and shows will keep the villages of Sixmilebridge and Bunratty buzzing and bouncing with acts from far and wide, as well as the cream of local talent.
The 19th Shannonside Winter Music Weekend will take place between the 19 and 22 of January 2018. From rootsy bands to classical voices, and from bluegrass to swing, there is no shortage of variety or quality for the discerning ear. The pubs of both villages will host lively traditional Irish, bluegrass and swing sessions and gigs all weekend, while concerts in Bunratty Castle Hotel, Durty Nelly's new venue, and the Mill Bar in Sixmilebridge might be a little more sedate. Saturday at the Folk Park in Bunratty alone will host 22 gigs across five locations.
With 80 events – all but a few of them free – at 18 locations, over 100 musicians playing multiple musical genres, and more craic and quality than you could imagine, the 2018 festival promises to live up to its predecessors as a real treat.
Bunratty is just a €15 bus ride from Dublin. Sixmilebridge is accessible by Irish Rail and Bus Eireann, and accommodation options are numerous. Well worth travelling for!
Festival Tickets can be booked by phone at 086 870 7739
They can be collected and paid for at festival offices over the weekend in Bunratty Castle Hotel
and the Mill Bar.


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The Test team patrols, curates, and tests the WordPress experience. We use a QA mindset to do visual records, using, observing, user research, manual testing, and user testing. We also document and triage top flows.
Toolbar survey with 32678.5.diff, iPhone 6+
Compare with the production toolbar on an iPhone 6+.
For #32678. 4.3-alpha-33003 with 32678.5.diff applied. Single site install. Logged in as an Administrator.
- The top-level icons are smaller here than in production. I prefer the larger production icons. There is also some misalignment.
- In the admin, the W menu retains active highlight when the admin menu is expanded even when other toolbar menus are open and active.
- With the W menu open on the front page, tap the Customize icon. Once in the customizer, navigate back using browser back history. Both the W menu and Customizer have active highlight. Dismissing the Customizer with X instead of back history doesn't trigger this, of course. Edge case.


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Cyclopean Deeps 1: Down to Ques Querax (S&W)
Cyclopean Deeps 1: Down to Ques Querax (S&W)
Deep beneath the ground, in those regions where the echoes of mankind's feet are seldom heard, where even firelight is a bizarre intruder from a long-forgotten place, the foes of mankind breed and multiply. It is a realm of dark chaos - for these creatures of the echoing deeps count each other as rivals and enemies. It is a place without peace, a place without virtues, a place where every countenance of evil is to be found in sluggish torpor, stirring restlessly in dreams of cruelty and hatred. These dark and deadly provinces are known as the Under Realms.
Most named regions in the Under Realms are quite distinct from each other, whether by geological formation or by the types of inhabitants that have established themselves in strategically important areas. Characters who enter this area expecting to find drowic elves, deep gnomes, and other "normal" features of the Under Realms will swiftly discover the error of their thinking. The Vaults of the Sunless Sea, located to the north of the Cyclopean Deeps, might fit that description, but the Cyclopean Deeps are a different and decidedly more unpleasant area into which the denizens of the Vaults seldom venture.
This series of adventures forms a mini-campaign in the depths of the earth, suitable for a party of 4+ characters with an average level of 10-12, or 8+ characters with an average level around 7.


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The ideal of a good and perfect life is "to have a sound mind in a sound body. To enjoy sound health, physical exercise is essential. Sports and games play an important role in the physical and mental development of any person. Games and sports symbolize the youth of a nation. They keep the nation young as they keep the people young. The intellectual growth of a nation too depends upon its physical health. Sports and games help in building up not only a healthy body but also a healthy mind. In siddartha we do have regular sports of various kinds such as Volley Ball, Basketball, foot ball, tennikoit, shuttle cock, tug of war and Cricket.
Along with the outdoor games the students are give an amble chance to exhibit their skills by participating indoor activities such as Singing, drawing, Dancing, Elocution, Mimicry, painting, Rangoli, Mehandi, Arm wrestling and debates


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Using CIF to create content for ArcSight – Part 2
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In my previous post Using CIF to create content for ArcSight – Part 1 I quickly went over how to populate an active list with data from CIF. Now we are going to take it a step further and start monitoring for hits on that active list and generate some other content for ArcSight. This post is quite long so the TL:DR version
Create active list for monitoring, create rule to populate the active list when a domain query matches a domain you are monitoring, create active channel/data monitor to watch for events.
This is a very basic active list/correlation rule example you can do much more but this should be a decent starting point.
Also please note for this example I am using ISC Bind DNS logs so the query field gets mapped to the DeviceCustomString4 field in ArcSight
First let's create another active list :
In the Navigation Panel go to Active Lists and right click your personal folder and select New Active List
Next in the Inspect/Edit Panel modify the Active List to meet your needs but in this example it will have the name "Suspicious Traffic", it will expire entries in 3 days if an entry is not updated, 10,000 entries will be allowed. These are all changeable fields after the active list is created.
Now set the fields the Active List will use (These can not be changed after the list has been created). I have entered:
Attacker Address (Key Field), Target Address, Target Port, Domain, Category Outcome, Description, Source
Now let's create a filter so that we can match the events we are looking for:
I gave the filter the name "Discover Malicious Domain Lookup" and started with creating the following conditions
I then add an InActiveList Condition
Then I added a condition that checks if Device Custom String 4 (The BIND DNS Query field) matches the Domain Name filed in the Malicious Domains Active List
The filter should look something like this:
Click apply to create the filter and move on to creating the Correlation Rule:
For this example we will be firing on every hit which can be noisy. You might want to tune for your environment and capabilities but this should be a good starting point.
Start by creating your rule
Give it a name then click on the conditions tab. Right click and select matches filter:
Select the filter we created above:
Next we will build some local variable that will help with populating the Suspicious Traffic Watchlist we created. Click the Local Variables Tab.
Click the + button and add a new Local Variable select List from the Categories Window on the Left and the GetActiveListValue in the functions window.
Give the variable a name I chose getDomainWatchList and map Domain Name to Device Custom String4. Click Ok and create another local variable
Next we create a variable using the String Categories and the Concatenate function:
The variable name is getWatchlistSource and it's settings are below. The first string argument source is from the getDomainWatchList variable we just created above. The second string argument is blank for this rule variable because we are only matching on this one source.
Next create one more variable using the Concatenate function caused getWatchListDescription. The first string argument source is from the getDomainWatchList variable we just created above. This two has a blank string argument for the Concatenate function.
Now that all of our variables are set we need to make sure they are aggregated so they get populated when a rule hits. Click on the aggregation tab and under the Aggregate only if these fields are identical and click the Add button. Select the variables getWatchListDescription and getWatchListSource we just created. Click ok and let's get to working on the actions for the rule.
First we need to set a few fields that we will use to populate the event created when the rule fires. Deactivate the On First Event Action and enable the On Every Event Action then right click and Select Add -> Set Event Field . Let's use Flex String 1 and Flex String 2 for that purpose and use the variables we created above and click OK.
We are almost done I promise 🙂
Now we need to add any systems that match the rule to the Suspicious Traffic Active List we created at the beginning of this post. Right Click the On Every Event Action then right click and Select Add -> Active List -> Add to Active List below are the mappings for the fields in the Active List.
Now click ok and then go back to the aggregation tab and add the following fields so that your fields match the ones below:
Now we are ready to apply all the conditions for the rule and deploy it as a real time rule. Once it is deployed as a rule you can try and generate some test hits by doing lookups of domains in the active list against the server creating the DNS logs. Just make sure you know the address of your system :). To monitor for events create an Active Channel where the filter is Name = Discover Malicious Domains or whatever name you gave the rule above. If everything works you should soon see events in your active channel.
You can then look at the entries for your Suspicious Traffic Active List and you should see entries in there that match the results in the active channel.
Now you can start to have some fun and create dashboard with data monitors around these type of events below is a screen shot of a sample dashboard. The top half is of an event graph and the bottom is the top bucketized count of malicious domains queried.
Now the rest of the content creation is up to you but hopefully this gets your juices flowing and you come up with some other great use cases for CIF related data. As always happy hunting!


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What are True Expenses?
If you've read the article last week, you know that you need to give your dollars jobs, but how do you decide what jobs are necessary in your life?
You use the second YNAB rule to figure that out. "Embrace Your True Expenses" tells us that we need to fully understand our expenses, and not just the regular bills.
You can read the rest of the series here:
- What is YNAB
- What is the Purpose of Your Money?
- What Are True Expenses?
- Make Your Budget Fit Your Life (not the other way around)
- Aging Your Money
What are "true" expenses
I think most folks have a pretty good idea of what their regular monthly expenses are. Keeping track of things like rent and utilities is usually pretty easy. But to budget fully, we really need to make sure we have a plan for everything we are going to spend money on. So what other kinds of expenses do we have that we need to give categories?
I like to think of expenses as four different kinds of expenses:
- Regular and Frequent
- Regular and Infrequent
- Irregular and Frequent
- Irregular and Infrequent
A "Regular" expense is one where you always know how much you are going to spend. "Irregular" means the amount can vary. "Frequent" means monthly, and "Infrequent" is less often then that. What are some examples of these expenses?
- Regular and Frequent - Your bills like rent, cell phone, and cable
- Regular and Infrequent - Bills that happen every six months or a year, like car insurance premiums, or annual subscriptions
- Irregular and Frequent - Your bills like electricity (the amount varies from month to month) or expenses like groceries
- Irregular and Infrequent - Emergencies. If you own a car, I can guarantee you are going to have a car emergency, but I can't predict when it will happen, or how much it will cost, so it belongs in this category.
When you have accounted for your expenses in all four of these categories, you can say that you have "embraced your true expenses."
Why do we follow this rule?
It is helpful to follow this rule, because it allows us to smooth out our budget. If we know we have a car insurance premium payment coming up in five months for $300, we can start saving in that category now, so when the expense comes up we already have the money budgeted. Saving $60 per month is way easier then trying to come up with the full $300 in the moment, don't you think?
It helps with our variable categories too, like groceries. We can start getting an idea of how much we really spend on groceries over time, and therefore we'll get better at making guesses at how much we need to budget for it. That also helps us smooth out our budget over time.
And lastly, we can start saving for our emergencies. We know they are going to happen, so how much do we need to save into that category to feel secure? Making that decision depends entirely on how secure you want to feel in your situation. For your car emergency category, think about what makes sense. Do you have a brand new Toyota with a three year full warranty on it? Maybe you don't need much in the category. Or do you have a twenty-year old jolopy? Maybe you would feel more comfortable with a large fund for that.
Again, one reason to have a budget is to reduce the surprises, and to smooth out your budget. Embracing Your True Expenses is the rule that helps us make that happen!


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Well unfortunately this year I'm celebrating from the comfort of my bed. On Saturday afternoon I decided to I would shovel some of the
Somehow I managed to walk to my car to get my purse/phone/keys and then walked into my apartment. When I say walked picture me bent forward almost to a 90 degree angle hobbling. . . it was not a pretty sight. Looking back I must have had some major adrenalin going b/c I really have no clue how I managed to make it to my bed. Once I laid down I really couldn't move and was just waiting for the Advil to kick in. I couldn't lay flat and even breathing hurt. I was in rough shape and more mad about the fact that I knew I would be meeting Emily for drinks that evening as planned.
I'm happy to report that I am feeling SO much better today. I literally slept all day yesterday and really only got out of bed when I had to. I'm still tight and sore but at least can walk a bit more normal. I plan to go back to work tomorrow. I will need to take it easy for a few more days I'm sure.
I haven't thrown my back out this bad in over 5 years. The last time I did it like this it was from coughing. It is just crazy that the most simple thing can do it. I never expected it to happen from "shoveling" since I've been going at that snow bank ever since I dropped my phone. Oh and NO I STILL didn't find my phone. The snow bank is still HUGE! I need melting now! Doubt that will happen today since it is 21 degrees out! Ugh!!!
Happy Birthday to my brother Scott! (I doubt he reads my blog but just in case)!!
Still time to enter my giveaway!!!!!!


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the title of the result and the snippet are from the hijacker's site
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they actually changed the filedate?
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The requested URL /search... is too large to process. That�s all we know.
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If I type my domain name into my browser's address bar, I go to my site just fine. If I click my listing in the U.S. Google SERPs, I go to my site just fine. It's only when I click the weird listing of my site in the Google UK serps that the redirect happens.
The first character is a lowercase "L", not a capital "i". I have no idea what this naming scheme accomplishes.
Incidentally, one of the files is filled with code comments about "exploits" and "for your hacking pleasure", etc.


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What an incredible experience!
I'd love to volunteer for the next one, put me on some list, I'll help!


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Fairly unsurprising, but worth noting, are the results of The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions annual hitlist.
The British Museum is once again the UK's top attraction, with 5.58 million visitors in 2012. This is the sixth year in a row that the Bloomsbury powerhouse has topped the chart. Anyone with a membership card knows that the hordes are not entirely composed of tourists — the spangly new member's room is constantly full to capacity, suggesting that a strong contingent of locals enjoy the museum's pleasures as well as the backpacked masses.
The entire top 5 comprises London attractions. Tate Modern moved from third to second place, with 5.32 million visitors. This represents a 9% increase on 2011 figures. With both Tate Modern and the British Museum both constructing extensions, it seems likely that these two will dominate the list for years to come.
The National Gallery (5.16 million), Natural History Museum (5.02 million) and V&A (3.23 million) make up the remainder of the top five.
While the overall trend was for an increase in visitors across venues (5.1%), many attractions recorded a dip. As ALVA notes:
"It was the weather rather than the Olympic and Paralympic Games that took its toll on full-year visitor numbers, and of the 30 attractions that saw a double-digit decline 27 of these were either gardens or outdoor attractions."
More analysis on the BBC, Guardian and Independent.


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|First as farce...
But anyway, now that I've drawn a bit of traffic and attention, let me meditate on the implications of all this for History. As it stands this all looks (especially, I imagine, to outsiders) more than a little bit pathetic: like a pissing contest between two overgrown schoolboys. You have to think that if this is the best that modern history can do the discipline really is in a parlous state. You could say that the fact that this became an exchange at all was a victory for FHA (see here for an analogy). Regular readers of this blog will know that I have quite a lot of time for Sir Regius even if, as in this episode, he sometimes makes you want to give him a good shake. The British Medical Association, I believe, tells us it's dangerous to shake small children who become vexatious but I'm not sure what its stance is on Regius Professors of History, even where, as here, the boundary between the two categories becomes a little blurred. Really, though, you do wish that sometimes he'd just forego his desire to have the last word and rise above the provocation offered by FHA who, as a cleverly commercially-manufactured, million-selling crowd-pleaser is surely little more than History's answer to Justin Bieber or, perhaps better, given his age, origins and likely lack of consequence, The Bay City Rollers. [Actually that doesn't really work as I suspect it'd be the parents rather than the teeny-boppers that would mostly be into him; we'll come back to glib analogies.] After all, if you read his initial piece in the London Review of Books and compare it with FHA's response, Sir Regius wins hands down. His response to FHA's goading only undermines that.
So this was never going to be a clash of intellectual heavyweights but it descends to such a level that I suggest the referee steps in and disqualifies the pair of them for bringing the game into disrepute. You might say I'm in no position to criticise anyone on this count, and you'd be right, but then I'm not a Regius Professor or a knight of the realm and I never will be. Nor am I a Harvard professor with a senior research post at Jesus College Oxford, and nor will I ever be. How does it make any sense at all to judge competence to think about these things by the number of popular books sold or TV appearances, let alone the number of school-aged children? If we go by the first two then we'd have to proclaim Andrew Roberts and Dan Snow as the greatest living historians, and then God help us all. As to the third, when did fecundity become a historical qualification? I suspect that all this – like those academics who feature pictures of their children on the web-pages – comes down to a statement that, believe it or not, I've had sex and here's the proof. By those lights – I doubt I've sold even 10,000 books, only have a personal chair in a provincial university, never went to Oxbridge, have never had a TV series and am a mere divorcee whose loins have, to date at least, proved fruitless – I'm a nobody (perhaps there is something in it after all…) and I doubt either of them gives a damn what I think, probably rightly too. That said, I suspect that my first (and worst) book may have had more influence upon my own little corner of the discipline, and the way people think about the practice of history and archaeology within it, than their oeuvre has thus far had on their (admittedly rather larger and more populous) patches. On the other hand, my father was a history teacher so I do have some (though maybe not much) experience of what professionals in that field might think. I also like to think that I am rather prettier than either of them but let's let that pass. [That last bit was irony by the way; I know that some people who read my words aren't good at spotting that.]
This debate, if we can even call it that, barely reaches the dizzy intellectual heights of a playground 'I may be rubbish at football but at least I don't smell' exchange, but it brings out a crucial issue. It takes us to the heart of the crisis facing history. When thinking about raising what I have called 'the siege' this gives us a choice (but in detail I'll have to come back to that another time). It may not be a proper choice, as both Sir Regius and FHA are conservative in their views of history (the difference being whether the c in conservative is upper or lower case). The way they do history does not differ, fundamentally; it's just that Sir Regius is (in my view)
rather considerably better at it. But there's an important choice to be made all the same. There is a vital difference between them and
it behoves everyone with any sort of claim to being interested in history to
choose on which side of that difference they stand. As will become clear, my view is that (although, clearly, they don't) serious, committed historians ought to take their stance on the side of Sir
Regius, for all its eventual limitations. My view will come as no surprise, given that
I have made – on this very blog – many points similar points to his. This is not to say that I don't think there
are two or three points that Sir Regius makes in his LRB article that are fundamentally mistaken (one or two examples of
incoherence are pointed up in the letters), but there's no space to delve into
On the one hand, FHA's view (backed by Gove) is that history is sequential fact-learning (they call it 'narrative' but let's be clear) focused upon Britain. Sir Regius on the other hand supports the status quo and the relative stress laid upon source criticism, imagination, empathetic exercise and so on, in which the wider world features at least as strongly. The latter, says FHA, has been a disaster, although no evidence is given as to why. All we are offered is sneering assertion, anecdote and hearsay from people (unsurprisingly) who share his viewpoint (e.g. an elitist diatribe by an inexperienced teacher in reactionary, Gove-founded rag Standpoint), rounded off with the conclusion that anyone who disagrees doesn't have a view worth listening to. This, I should say, is pretty typical of males of FHA's socio-educational background and intellectual formation: they argue by swaggering assertion, shiny, glib (but paperweight) analogy and a supreme self-confidence born of the notion (drummed into them from the age of eight or so) that their views are inherently superior to everyone else's because they themselves are, by virtue of their socio-educational background, superior to everyone else. Ironically, this eventually makes them far worse historians than everyone else because a little self-doubt is essential to good history. FHA is a fine example of all that (as is the historian to whom, for legal reasons, we at HotE frequently refer as Gussie Finknottle); Sir Regius rather less so (however bullish he may seem, his irresistible urge to answer back to every criticism speaks, to my mind, of a nagging and persistent insecurity in spite of all his considerable and well-deserved success, which is kind of sweet really). Be all that as it may, the only evidence proffered in support of the Gove/FHA contention comes in the comments to Sir Regius' LRB piece where one of the devisers of the Schools History Project (SHP) proclaims it a failure because of a flight away from the subject among students given a choice. I am unconvinced either that this is, in itself, a disaster or that the solution is to pander to what excites teenagers. Is the solution to the flight of teenagers away from the lab sciences the introduction of more experiments featuring bad egg gas and explosions? I'm not a scientist but I expect the answer is no.
Let us consider FHA's position. Note, first, that everyone who does not share his position, or who defends the current situation is 'politicised' or 'partisan', as though his own position isn't. This has long been a standard tactic of demagogues of the Right, to berate educators or other holders of office as 'politicised' or 'partisan', essentially for not being politicised or partisan in the way they'd like. The conservative or Conservative view, you see, is not political; it's not Right, it's just right: the way things should be. This would be undercut by FHA's desire to disrupt the status quo with a radical move back to the alleged good old days, pre-SHP, but here he makes a currently not untypical move by the Right (and pseudo-Left), which is to denigrate and thus, in a way, politically decentre, the status quo as 'the establishment'. The move attempts to recoup a sort of fundamental conservatism even while proposing radical, reactionary change. Note how FHA scorns Oxbridge ivory towers, in spite of being an independent-school-and-Oxford-educated beneficiary of all the advantages (including, let it be said, access to popular media) that that background brings; in spite of having taught at Oxbridge for most of his career and retaining a grace-and-favour post at Jesus College (ironically, Sir Regius' alma mater).
What Gove and FHA offer is narrative and fact. I have argued before on this blog that factual historical narrative does not teach you 'how we got where we are' or help one to understand one's place in the world, and that it is not 'relevant', as relevance is usually understood; there's no need for me to repeat that argument. The points to stress are that any narrative depends upon selection and choice (and is thus politically implicated) and that no facts, historical or otherwise, exist independently of language. This means both that the language we choose to describe facts ('victory' or 'defeat', for example) is not neutral and that the function that facts fulfil within narrative depends, as in linguistic syntax, upon their juxtapositions to other facts, the choice of the mode of the narrative, and so on. I've made these points before (they're hardly novel anyway). Simple narrative is not – it cannot be – politically neutral. The national narrative – and this is clear from Gove's own speech – is predicated upon being, in itself, explanation, and upon the notion that modern Britain is somehow the best of all possible worlds. Similar points undermine the highly incoherent notion of 'cultural literacy', supported by Gove and other right-wingers, and 'national memory' but there's no space to go into that. It is impossible to claim that a return to a focus on British historical narrative is anything other than shot through with politically-laden ideas or that those ideas are not precisely the ones that Gove's opponents accuse them of being. The implications of any attempt to claim either of these things will emerge below.
Why does it matter to study British history? "Surely", says FHA, "they [Sir Regius and his ilk] can't sincerely think it's acceptable for children to leave school (as mine have all done) knowing nothing whatever about the Norman conquest, the English civil war or the Glorious Revolution, but plenty (well, a bit) about the Third Reich, the New Deal and the civil rights movement?" Surely. Note the rhetorical strategy. It's there too in a response by another Cambridge professor (let's, for legal reasons, call him 'Grave Robin') to Sir Regius' LRB article: "I doubt that anyone [anyone] interested in history, professionally or otherwise, thinks that the purpose of studying the past is to acquire skills, let alone that what Evans describes as 'the transmission and regurgitation of "facts"' is unimportant." Let me say, first, that I don't see any reason at all why it is ipso facto bad to know 'nothing about the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War or the Glorious Revolution but plenty … about the Third Reich, the New Deal and the civil rights movement'; at least I don't see that leaving school knowing nothing about the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War or the Glorious Revolution but plenty about the Third Reich, the New Deal and the civil rights movement is any worse than leaving school knowing nothing about the Third Reich, the New Deal and the civil rights movement but plenty about the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War or the Glorious Revolution. The only argument in Gove's or FHA's favour is the 'cultural literacy' one, that not knowing about the facts they list puts a student at a disadvantage in a culture where political and other participation requires the ability to talk knowledgably about the Norman Conquest, etc. But what if we want to create a culture where it's important to be able to talk knowledgably about the civil rights movement or the New Deal (no prizes for guessing why the latter wouldn't be on FHA's list!). Even speaking as a specialist in pre-modern history I have to say I'd rather the latter culture than the former, but I'd prefer, to either, a culture where people had the skills to be able to think critically about a historical event and look up and assess the facts of the matter, rather than just thinking that fact-knowing was all there was to civil or political engagement. So, even as someone interested in history, at a professional level, actually I most certainly do see the fundamental purpose of a historical education as the acquisition of skills (maybe Robin and I differ over what is a skill) and I do see the regurgitation of facts as unimportant. So, FHA, we surely do, and, Robin, you doubt wrongly. And?
Then the defence becomes, via the historian to whom, for legal reasons, we will refer as Long John, author of that mighty historiographical work British History for Dummies (a tome curiously absent from his Anglia Ruskin web-site but of which I was the reader – you can fill in your own 'target audience focus group' gag here) - just, you might say, the man to advise the Tory Party - that 'the kids' want to know what happened. They like stories; they want to be entertained or excited. Sure, but I return to my science analogy. Can you imagine a lab science curriculum based upon considerations like these? It would involve the listing of things that happen, a descent to the experiments with the most dramatic results. Add X to Y and … Bang! Woo! Cool! So what? You could make an analogous, and equally coherent, argument (to FHA's about history-teaching) that all 'hard science' teaching should focus on the learning of results: knowing what happens when you mix X and Y, add A to B, or do Z in fashion C. It'd be useful, practically. It'd certainly give students some orientation in the world they inhabit. But science (I'm not a scientist as I keep saying but I don't think I'm way off-beam here) is about knowing principles, knowing why these things happen and how you'd test the notion that they do, or that they necessarily do, not just that they do. The question one then has to ask of Gove, FHA and the rest, quite apart from querying their assumption that history teaching of the current kind is necessarily not exciting or interesting (and Sir Regius in a letter replying to the replies to his article – yes, again – provides decent evidence to the contrary), is why they think that historical education should be less than scientific?
In my view, one produces politically-engaged citizens through teaching general principles and the skills of finding out if or why, of testing the extent to which, those principles are valid, not by drumming into them a series of events whose importance is held to be self-evident in a story which is explanation and whose justification is the idea that the present is the best of all possible worlds. Unlike the author of the Standpoint piece, I just cannot see the notion that teachers challenge supposedly eternal canonical 'truths' in 'progressive' education as a bad thing (it's telling that 'progressive' is employed a dirty word). Grave Robin feels he's scored a real point by pointing out that this Tory view is in fact … wait for it … a 'Whig' view of history (a point that Sir Regius had made in any case) but it's a point that goes nowhere except to the curious counter-factual that if we had a view of history, now, that was based around Tory views of the eighteenth century it would be – get this – different. Blinding. The drumming of a standard factual narrative into schoolchildren will not produce critically-engaged citizens, it will produce uncritical acceptance of the status quo as the inevitable and best outcome of 'our island story' – that's why the Right like the idea. Would the ludicrous parody of a science curriculum I set out earlier produce better scientists or citizens better equipped to deal with the world around them? I'm not a scientist but I expect the answer is no.
So let's return to the Glorious Revolution. How would knowing about it make you a better citizen than knowing about Rosa Parks and MLK? What on earth is there in learning about the English Civil War, let alone the Norman Conquest, that would make you a more engaged citizen? OK, next time the issue of the Divine Right of Kings or the legality of levying Ship Money without parliamentary consent become political hot potatoes, the next time that the King of Norway and the Duke of Normandy team up for a cunningly simultaneous invasion of England, we'll be looking to you for political and strategic advice. For Gove/FHA and co., there are two responses available to this admittedly facetious point. One (the better) is that the significance of an event transcends its factual specifics; that it's not the what but the how and why that matter. The other is that the importance of the events of 1066, 1642 or 1688 consists simply in the fact that they, in and of, themselves led to the situation we find ourselves in – in Britain – today, whereas the civil rights movement (rather arguably) didn't.
Consider the first response. It produces, in return, two questions. First: how does one evaluate issues of how and why without source criticism? Second: if the significance of knowing about 1066, 1642 or 1688 does not consist in the specifics of those events, if its value is more than simply learning a triumphal 'island story' narrative, if its role in forming a politically-engaged and responsible citizenry transcends the event itself, then why learn about that particular event rather than the end of the Roman Empire or the coronation of Charlemagne or the revolutions of 1848? If there is a transcendent value to the study of events, is it not in explaining and evaluating them and their significance? If one is to explain an event, rather than just learn it, then one has to question the idea that it simply followed on naturally from the preceding event in the sequence – that other things were possible. Thus one questions narrative as explanation (and thus, at least implicitly, the importance of narrative context). If one wants to evaluate an event, rather than just learn it, one has to weigh up its positive and negative effects - unless of course one simply wants to teach children that all things are for the best that lead to the best of all possible worlds. Weighing up positives and negatives, critically, implies looking at the problems of the sources (or 'identifying bias' in the awful language of school history that we have to spend so long trying to exorcise at university): source criticism. If one wants to get away from a simple depersonalised history of institutions or Great Men and Battles (and note that the triumphal island story does rather minimise any sort of attention to gender), evaluating the consequences of an event involves an exercise in trying to think how people at the time, of different sorts, experienced them – unless, as I keep saying, it's all for the best in our celebratory island story. Doing that means an appeal to a shared humanity, in other words an exercise in imagination and empathy.
What I am arguing, then, is that the FHA/Gove/Long John approach cannot logically remain within the terms of its own rhetoric - unless it aims actively to suppress critical evaluation, and/or unless it aims no higher than the promulgation of historical facts, whether as an empty-headed Lang-esque series of lame puns or a Deary-esque sequence of gory factoids, training history students to be no more than prurient raconteurs, or as a triumphal, teleological nationalist narrative, unless – in other words – it does exactly what its critics accuse it of doing; unless – in fine – it ceases not merely to be a historical education but an education of any kind.
Let me put that another way. Unless it adopts the second response listed above to the question of how the value of knowing about an event transcends its factual detail (that the importance of the events of 1066, 1642 or 1688 consists in the simple fact that, in and of themselves, they led to the situation we find ourselves in – in Britain – today whereas, say, the civil rights movement didn't) and thus admits to the charges its opponents lay before it, the Gove/FHA idea of school history cannot logically remain within its own rhetorical parameters. The moment it tries to transcend the accusation of narrow, teleological, triumphalist, nationalist fact-learning, it transgresses – it cannot but transgress – onto the territory, aims, ideals and principles of the 'progressive' SHP history-teaching that it claims to despise. The moment it claims to be other than what its opponents accuse it of being, it empties its own rhetoric of any and all content and reveals itself as what it is: a narrow-minded reactionary attempt to play politics by pandering to the lowest common-denominator amongst Daily Mail columnists (like FHA himself) and the more gullible elements of their readership.
The reason why schools history prepares pupils so badly for university history has nothing to do with the current curriculum or the ways the subject is taught, or by whom. The problem lies in political interference in schools and in the examination processes that that has engendered. There are great history teachers, there are mediocre ones, and there are terrible ones, as in any other subject. I had a mix at my school, from wonderful to dreadful. The problem came (and here things do get ironic for the FHA view) with the Thatcherite and sub-Thatcherite (New Labour) mantra of choice. The desire to 'enable' parents as consumers and give them a choice of local schools led to the production of league tables according to exam results (everyone knows how problematic those tables are). Once that happened then – naturally and indeed rightly – teachers demanded more transparency about the marking of examination papers, how marks were awarded and so on. That has led in turn to the current situation where teachers have to teach to the test, where they have to drill their students in mark-scoring. That leaves the legacy that we have to deal with in universities, a deep-seated, ingrained belief that there will be measurable ways to get specific marks. Recently I was asked (not by a bad or lazy student) 'how many historians do I need to cite to get the best mark?' Students write in specific ways because they are drilled into thinking that they will get them marks. None of any of that has anything at all to do with the 'progressive' history curriculum. It certainly wouldn't get any better under Gove's reforms. What would really improve schools history would be to remove political interference from it. But, as Sir Regius says, that's unlikely ever to happen. History is (or it ought to be) dangerous. I tell prospective students that a history degree is (or ought to be) three years of thinking dangerously. FHA benefited from precisely that, you might say. It's a shame he now wants to make it so safe for everyone else.


text: Tricky old teachers are a dime a dozen. They are in every high school and college across the country, always waiting to take advantage of the next unsuspecting naïve young slut. Sofy Torr is an underachieving student struggling to make her grades. Quite frankly, she is a bit dumb. She needs what tricky old teachers refer to as 'after school attention'. This is when a sexy girl is asked to stay after class so that she can be tricked into sucking cock and getting her pussy fucked. With Sofy Torr it was pretty easy. Her teacher offered to the opportunity to receive high grades in exchange for a blowjob and a roll in the hay. She thought about it for a minute, then eagerly accepted. Sofy dropped to her knees and began sucking immediately eager to get it over with. But she never imagined she would enjoy it as much as she did. It was the best sex of her life. The teacher fucked her tight twat and made her cum repeatedly.


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Ohh it is a new semester! And…I'm finally a Senior in College!
Yes, I feel old.
Anyways, I finally moved off campus, into my own place that isn't a dorm! I absolutely love it. It feels much more homey and is still extremely close to my classes and where I work!
I just wanted to share with you how I decorated! Hope you enjoy these pictures! 🙂
Before the decor:
After decorating:
Not Pictured: A turquoise curtain and Colorful String Lights around my window
If you want to know where I got any of these items, feel free to leave a comment 🙂


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Hi everyone, For a project, I needed to set my CloudWatch logs retention policies for more than 60 log groups. By default, AWS keep logs indefinitely and first 5GB per month of logs storage... Read more
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Repossessions / Collections
We provide a repossession service whereby we will act on your instruction to repossess chattels or collect monies outstanding.
We appreciate that in most cases, you, the client do not want the goods back and would much rather receive payment. We will only repossess after we have exhausted all avenues available to obtain payment or negotiate arrangement for payment unless otherwise instructed by you.
You may only repossess your goods if you have included the right to repossess in a contract signed by you and the debtor.
Our licensed agents cover the areas of Nelson, Golden Bay, Kaikoura, Marlborough and the West Coast and have access to other repossession agents nationwide.
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750 Timber Trail, Riverwoods
Gorgeous property located on one of the best streets in Bannockburn. Sitting on a tree lined cul-de-sac is a 2.3-acre picturesque estate. This once in a lifetime property hosts a beautiful brick mansion with a pool, a pool house (with full bath and kitchenette), a professionally built pond with two waterfalls, tennis court, two gazebos, greenhouse, and a full storage shed. Lush views throughout! Large master bedroom with walk out balcony. Five upstairs bedrooms with three full bathrooms, two sunrooms over looking pool and pond. New stainless-steel appliances. First floor library. Generous mud room. Minutes away from premier schools, Deerfield Metra, Whole Foods restaurants and more.
Hardwood Floors, 1st Floor Laundry
Oven/Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer
Deck, Patio, Roof Deck, Pool In-Ground
Cul-de-sac, Fenced Yard, Pond, Water View, Wooded
The data relating to real estate for sale on this website comes in part from the Broker Reciprocity program of Midwest Real Estate Data LLC. Real Estate listings held by brokerage firms other than RE/MAX Premier Properties are marked with the Broker Reciprocity logo or the Broker Reciprocity thumbnail logo (a little black house) and detailed information about them includes the names of the listing brokers. Some properties which appear for sale on this website may subsequently have sold and may no longer be available. The information being provided is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Many homes contain recording devices, and buyers should be aware they may be recorded during a showing.
Listing information last updated on November 13th, 2019 at 6:35pm CST.


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Call it a travel day bag, backpack, purse or whatever you want - it's the smaller bag you take in addition to your carry-on and/or check-in bags.
When I was in Manila last week for a business trip, I only had one huge travelling bag (the good for mountain treks bag), I had all my clothes, purse, cosmetic bag, travel blanket, jackets, and everything on it. You bet, it was so damn heavy!
After checking-in our hotel, we left all our things and brought only the important belongings like wallet, money, cellphones and documents. We, then went out right away for our main business agenda. Luckily, my companions had their sling bag and shoulder bag. On the other hand, I had to ask my companions to place my cellphone and wallet on theirs. Well, I really regretted not carrying with me my travel day bag.
Never again!
Don't make the same mistake like I did! So, I am giving one lucky reader a cute leather backpack and I'm throwing in a tote bag too, a total value of $91.99!
Just follow the giveaway widget below and be entered for a chance to win. This giveaway is open to all worldwide and will end on January 10, 2017 11:59pm (Philippine time).
Cute Leather Backpack + Blue Leather Tote Bag Giveaway
Note: Charlotte Anne is the host and the sponsor of the giveaway. This competition is not sponsored and/or endorsed by CHOIES.


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Breaking the Black Girl Rules
I attended a conference with my daughter where Adrianne Pinkney was the keynote speaker. I would just like to share how phenomenal and powerful her speech was on "Breaking the Black Girl Rules" and addressing the constant stigmas that black women face. I felt very blessed that my daughter could look up and listen to someone that resembled her, someone who's familiar with the inner struggles that exist and how these struggles have the ability to alter and shape the type of individual we become. It felt good to connect with someone that could shed light on these deep rooted issues, flaws, mistakes, etc., that lie deep within and offer efficient solutions for overcoming these typical behaviors or stereotypes. I would just like to say thank you for your words of wisdom, and courage you shared with us!
Shayla Farmer, Mother of a Beautiful Black Girl
As young women of color we grow up with a specific set of patterns and beliefs that serve to keep us functional, strong, and moving forward. Unfortunately, these same ideas can cause us to over-function leading to stress, anxiety, and depression. This full-day workshop provides young women of color the additional tools they need to make the subconscious conscious and mindfully create a balanced and well life.
Dr. Pinkney was the keynote speaker during our "FIRST" YBW Ladies in Leadership Conference held this past September. She spoke on the "Black Girl Rules" which taught our high school girls about the misconceptions growing up as a black girl and how to show up in the world as their authentic selves. She was very engaging and spoke passionately about improving the lives and wellness of young women. Thank you Dr. Pinkney for your passion and willingness to pour your knowledge into our young black women. They will be forever changed! -Tammy Martin, CEO & Founder YBW Leadership Alliance
Serving girls of color ages 13-19:
Raleigh, NC
June 24th, 8:30-3:30
South Central Church of Christ
2010 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27610
Charlotte, NC
March 11th, 8:30- 4:00
The Harvest Center
2225 Freedom Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208
Greensboro, NC
Fayetteville, NC
Greenville, SC
Atlanta, GA
April 22nd, 8:30-3:30
Ray of Hope Family Life Center
2778 Snapfinger Road, Decatur, GA 30034
Athens, GA
This workshop is a necessary investment in your daughters mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health. In this workshop, she will learn important life skills that will support her in creating a beautiful life as a well Black woman. This workshop is key to creating #blackgirlmagic


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Vero Beach, FL Dentist
Raymond A. Della Porta, II DMD
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Raymond A. Della Porta, II DMD
1300 36th Street, Suite F(772) 567-1025
Vero Beach, FL 32960
Vero Beach, FL 32960
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Dentist in Vero Beach, FL
All our professionals at the office of Dr. Della Porta maintain the highest levels of accreditation and pursue ongoing education to stay abreast of the latest trends in dentistry.
Raymond A. Della Porta, II DMD
Vero Beach, FL DentistRaymond A. Della Porta, II DMD
- Level 1, Level 2, and masers Level Graduate of Aesthetic Advantage for Esthetic Dentistry and Porcelain Veneers.
- Past a Clinical Instructor, Aesthetic Advantage, New York, New York and West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Completion of a 4-year program in Implant Dentistry offered through the Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic in West Palm Beach Florida.
- Numerous local and national seminars related to Practice Management, Managerial and Staffing Courses. Continuously enhancing my skills with continuing education.
- Member of the Florida Dental Association, American Dental Association, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, and the Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.


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Updated January 2018
Some beautiful spaces I have come across that I would recommend to others:
I walked almost 1,000 kilometers along the Camino de Santiago, Spain (walking pilgrimage across Spain). Some places I would recommend for other pilgrims:
Albergue Verde, Hospital de Obrigo
El Serbal y La Luna, Pieros
La Casa del Alquimista
Do Sol e da Lúa, Finisterre
Visit here for more details (addresses, phone numbers, etc.) about most of the places listed above
I motorbiked from Ho Chi Minh City to northern Vietnam along the border of China and Vietnam
Estimated trip time: 6 weeks
You can read this post for more information.