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The "60 Minutes" program's much-hyped and long-delayed interview with a pornographic video performer named Stormy Daniels was delayed another half-hour or so on Palm Sunday by the University of Kansas Jayhawks' overtime victory in a barnburner of a game with Duke University's Blue Demons in the college basketball tournament, but the compelling lead-in probably boosted the ratings.
Although the interview proved somewhat less salacious than some reality show fans might have hoped for, and got bogged down in a bunch of blah-blah-blah about apparent campaign finance violations and other legal matters and less prurient issues, it still made for must-see-TV. The pornographic video performer was dishing the dirt about her alleged decade-old sexual relationship with then fading reality-show star and now President Donald Trump, which allegedly happened not long after Trump's third wife gave birth to his fifth child, and it takes a pretty stiff Republican neck to turn away from that.
Daniels said that she spanked the future president with a rolled up a copy of a Forbes magazine that had his picture on the cover, as she had done in a long-suppressed but recently published interview with the "In Touch" tabloid, but insisted that it was more jokey than kinky. She explained that on their intimate evening together in a bungalow at the Hollywood Hills Hotel he had tried to impress her with the magazine cover, she responded that she wasn't impressed and was tempted to spank him with it, that he obliged by pulling down his pants but not his briefs, and after a couple of smacks they both had a good laugh about it. She says he treated her differently afterwards, though, and then goes on to tell a prime-time-in-these-tawdry–times tale of a pornographic video performer's unprotected sexual encounter with a future president.
All that blah-blah-blah about campaign finance laws and other less prurient matters seems to back it up. Trump's longtime "fixer" of a lawyer has publicly admitted that just after the "Access Hollywood" tape and just before the election he paid Daniels $130,000 not to talk about such things, and insists he did so out of the kindness of the heart and without the knowledge of his client. So far as we can tell that's either a laughable lie and dis-barrable offense or an apparent violation of campaign law and probably something to do with the tax code, or Trump was paying a porn performer not to talk about something he insists never happened, which is perfectly legal so far as we can tell but doesn't look at all good.
Daniels recalls times she took Trump's phone calls on her speaker phone in front of her incredulous porn industry friends, who could presumably recall that to some to noisome deposition-taking attorneys, intimates that she has corroborating e-mails and text messages, and her own rather ferocious and seemingly far more competent attorney has recently "tweeted" a picture of a digital video disc in a safe deposit box as a warning not to doubt her account. There's also the interview that "60 Minutes" correspondent Anderson Cooper had conducted for his more full-time gig with the Cable News Network with a former Playboy "playmate of the year" who alleged a similarly convincing but more saccharine account of her affair with the future president around the same time, and both the porn star and the playmate come across not only better-spoken than the president but also more believable.
In both cases we thought Cooper did a well enough job at the old journalistic fair-and-balanced shtick. He confronted both women with their past statements and all the legal blah-blah-blah, rightly noting that the porn performer had made previous denials of any affair, but he also let the fully clothed and seemingly wised-up women provide their plausible answers, and we don't blame Cooper if they came off more convincing than the president. By now such tawdry details as that jokey and only-slightly-kinky spanking with a rolled up copy of Forbes with Trump on the cover rings all too true, as much as we hate to admit it or even contemplate it, we can't imagine how it might help Trump.
On the other hand, it might not hurt Trump much. Back in the days of President Bill Clinton the left used to make excuses for such tawdry behavior, by the time Trump was running against his harridan of of wife the right was just as lenient about its guy, and by now almost anyone who is appalled by the present prime-time network fare stands credibly accused of hypocrisy.
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A few years ago, I realized that I was generally angry on Saturday mornings. I stomped around the house, hiding away in my office, fuming at whatever perceived slight had set me off. Brooke would take the girls outside, trying to be quiet and give me space, and it wouldn't be until that evening, once the girls were in bed, when she would wonder aloud what was wrong. By that time, I'd made enough peace with the anger to shrug and say I didn't know, and that we should watch a movie.
Kick the anger down the road.
Over time, I began to do two things. If I felt angry on Saturday morning (I don't know why it always came then: perhaps, after performing all week, I could finally let down and let people know how fed up I felt—it was just that Brooke and the girls were the wrong people), I would tell Brooke how I felt, and that she did nothing to cause it. And, just as I had, I would hole up in my office. Instead of surfing the internet or distracting myself, however, I sat with my anger. I wrote in my journal.
It was fun, as you can imagine.
I don't know that I necessarily solved anything. I had the same job, the same life. I didn't make a career change, though I felt what most middle-class Americans feel: the possibility of career change on the horizon. We have the possibility, this perceived freedom, in the 21st century. We don't choose a career as much as we continually choose one, debating the merits of a job after a long vacation or turn of the calendar.
But I had to make peace with this reality. There are other options, and I have chosen this one. It's important, for our anger, to realize that this is the life we have chosen, and if it gets too uncomfortable, we have the ability to choose another. Until we've done the latter, however, complaining about the former is a rather fruitless endeavor.
That's not to say we can't complain. In writing about my anger, I had to name it. Acknowledge it. I'm mad because I feel disregarded at work. Because I feel frustrated with our finances. Because, too often, I don't get to do exactly what I want to do.
This last is the reason for most of my anger. Life does not unfold as I will and imagine it. If I am honest, I feel hurt by life, or by God if he is in charge, or whatever deity you would like for me to blame. But the problem with a God who is seemingly in control is that he also seems absent at the wheel. At least when it comes to all of my wants and wishes.
I'm not, however, incredibly interested in solving the unsolvable riddle of the good God who lets bad things happen. I'm less concerned with how to explain God's absence with some proofs that I don't fully believe, or with the step of denying God altogether, and more interested in the existential reality. How do I move forward?
For the present, it naming what I see. Removing myself not to escape, but to engage. And, of course, playing hide and go seek with a four year old and seven year old. Ellis has really come into her own. The other day, I was at a meeting, but Brooke told me how she perched herself on a window ledge behind the curtains and remained absolutely still.
The innocence of her hiding.

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As we humans have the capacity to imagine a different future, many of us are actually two people. Yes, really. There is the 'me' you see in the mirror. Perhaps that 'me' is a little chunky, having a bad hair day, wearing yesteryear's styles. Then there is that 'me' in the future who is fit, gorgeous, well dressed, and would never stand in the middle of the kitchen eating a full carton of double chocolate ice cream at two in the morning.
Self-help books assume that we can make decisions about the things we care about and stick to them. Those books forget that each of us is a tich mad. Our self-control isn't there when we need it, our talents never meet our expectations, our ability to design our lives is frequently a fantasy.
As Adam Phillips says in his book, Going Sane, "Madness is equated with loss of control, which is equated with doing forbidden things; sanity, on the contrary, is law-abiding, makes sense, and is equated with self-possession." When, truly, do any of us really feel 'self-possessed'?
We live in an age when the ground is shifting and the foundations are shaking. Each of us has reasons to be insecure. Self-possession is much treasured but rare asset.
Add to this that we understand how time works and that one day,we'll be dead, even if we pretend this isn't so. This impending death hits us in the face at times and makes us a little crazy. Somehow, each of us has to find a way to cope.
When the ground shakes we scurry into religion, work, alcohol, drugs, exercise, art, popular culture, the news of the day, the rules and regulations that make the world work, environmentalism, politics and more. These things 'busy' us and keep us entertained as time passes. We convince ourselves sometimes that if we are good enough and wise enough that we will live past our death. We will leave the world a better place. We will have left a legacy.
What does this mean for you as a writer?
When sitting down to write, the natural tendency is to create characters out of our hopes. The future 'me's of your imagination. That is, characters who are better than ourselves. Trouble is, there is nothing for a reader to explore in this imagined perfection.
Why wouldn't someone else want to explore your ideal world? Well, readers don't go into a story to learn about you, the writer. They go into a story to learn about themselves.
The good characters of dream writing always do what they're supposed to, are never surprised by themselves and never have a moment of indecision. These 'good' characters come off as featureless, bland and fake. Readers have highly attuned radar for spotting fakery. "Who could be that good?" they ask themselves as they drop your book.
Plus, if a character is totally good, why do they need to change? If there's one thing I see in manuscript after manuscript, it's characters who are 'perfect' and thus, have nowhere to grow. Without a place to grow, there's no story.
The great characters of literature are far from perfect. Can you recall one "good" character who has memorable lines?
Just like you, great characters are struggling with their sanity. Like us, they may pretend not to be struggling, but they are. Think of King Lear, Hamlet, Withnail, Dexter.
What does Hamlet sees when he looks in the mirror? The reason hell tells Ophelia to "Get thee to a nunnery" is because he has such a low view of himself (and all men). He is full of loathsome, sinful, ambitious and revengeful thoughts, and Ophelia would be better off in a nunnery than marrying any man. See full speech, below.
Readers connect with characters that are struggling because they see themselves. They are looking at a mirror, not a mirage. And when they follow a character who is struggling, it helps them to figure out the challenges they are facing in their own lives.
Get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us. Go thy ways to a nunnery.


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In the 1983 film "WarGames," a teenage hacker played by Matthew Broderick nearly triggers a thermonuclear war when he attempts to hack into a video game company server, but accidentally dials the Air Force's War Operation Plan Response computer.
"WarGames" introduced much of the country to the computer "hacker" -- a person able to break into computer networks using back doors, bugs, and other exploits. It also captivated Capitol Hill and sparked an anti-hacker panic. By the end of 1983, six anti-hacking bills were introduced, some explicitly citing "WarGames" as a case in point.
The early legislation's ambition was relatively modest: to punish -- harshly -- outsiders attempting to hack into and disrupt major financial institutions or the United States military's mainframe computers. By 1996, however, the statute, now known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), criminally sanctioned the intentional unauthorized access to virtually any computer in America and offered a civil action avenue to any person who suffered damage or loss as a result of a violation of the act. Today, some consider the CFAA to be "one of the most far-reaching criminal laws in the United States Code"; others call it "the worst law in technology."
While gradually increasing the CFAA's coverage, Congress left the act's core terms -- "access" and "authorization" -- undefined. This meant that prosecutors (and private companies) were now able to bring actions outside the original hacker typecast.
The rapid advances in computing added to the complexity. Congress originally conceived the CFAA as the digital equivalent of physical trespass and burglary offenses. This may have made sense when the "WarGames" scenario -- outsiders attempting to break into government mainframes -- was the sole concern; today, few think of website or network security from a physical perspective. And thus, the CFAA may be ill-equipped to perform its original function: protect against cybercrime.
Three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases address one persistent and challenging aspect of the CFAA, which we dub the "inside hacker" problem. Unlike "traditional" hackers, inside hackers do not tunnel into a computer system by means of technological subterfuge. Instead, they commonly receive authorization to use the system either from the system owner or from an authorized user of the system. Problems arise when these hackers use their privileges in ways that the system owner has not approved (or has not envisioned). As these 9th Circuit cases demonstrate, today's technological realities mean that there is little discernable difference between prohibited "inside hacking" and commonplace (and often beneficial) computer use.
Nosal I
At issue in United States v. Nosal, 676 F.3d 854 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), was the meaning of a core CFAA term: "exceeds authorized access." Specifically, the 9th Circuit was asked whether an authorized user of an employer's computer network "exceeded" authorized access by using the network in violation of the employer's terms-of-use.
Two dueling interpretations were offered: Nosal argued that one exceeds authorized access if one accesses files or locations that she is not authorized to view. The government argued that one exceeds authority whenever she misuses the information. Siding with Nosal, the 9th Circuit held that only restrictions on access, not on use, could form the basis for CFAA liability. Under this narrower construction, Nosal was not liable under the CFAA because Nosal's accomplices had permission to access the database at issue and to obtain the information it held.
This "access" vs. "use" distinction, while intuitive in the physical world, can prove challenging to apply in digital space. Consider, for example, that until 2012, Google forbade minors from "accessing" its services. Other well-known websites did the same. While minors could technically receive credentials to access Google's various websites, they could do so only after falsifying their age. Under these circumstances, did Google restrict access to its services, or merely limit their use? Or, consider the case of "conditional access," whereby, for example, an employee is forbidden to open her internet browser unless it is to browse certain work-related websites. In this scenario, was the employee's access to certain data or files restricted, or was the restriction on the use of her internet browser?
The answer, perhaps, lies not in the fact of restriction on access in itself but rather in the type of restrictions imposed. As Nosal I notes, a reading of the text and legislative history of the CFAA suggests that its general purpose was to punish hacking--the circumvention of technological access barriers. Under this reading, whenever the defendant can access data without resort to technological manipulation -- or hacking -- he does not exceed authorized access under the CFAA.
Nosal II
In United States v. Nosal, 844 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2016), after the alleged co-conspirators, too, lost their log-in credentials, they continued to access their former employer's database when a current employee (Nosal's former assistant) "loaned" them her login credentials. The Nosal II question was whether Nosal (and his co-conspirators) accessed a protected computer without authorization.
The Nosal II holding is simple: One who accesses a computer system after categorically being barred entry does so "without authorization." That Nosal and his co-conspirators obtained permission from an authorized user (a current employee) mattered little; giving weight to such permission, the court noted, would remove from the scope of the CFAA any hacking conspiracy with an inside person.
The dissent disagreed, accusing the majority of losing sight of the anti-hacking purpose of the CFAA, thereby criminalizing commonplace behavior: password sharing. Per the dissent, the question that matters is not what authorization is but who is entitled to give it. Must it be the owner/operator of the computer, or could a legitimate account holder authorize access to his account? If, as Congress intimated, the conduct prohibited by the CFAA is analogous to that of "breaking and entering," then, according to the dissent, one should not be liable if invited in by a houseguest.
Power Ventures
Facebook v. Power Ventures, 844 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2016), again posed a "password sharing" scenario: This time, the defendant, a social media "aggregator," used its users' passwords (and permission) to send out invitations to use Power's services through the Facebook platform. Facebook did not approve and instructed the defendant to "cease and desist." The defendant did not.
Was Power Ventures acting without authorization under the CFAA? Again, the court's response was simple: After receiving notification from Facebook that it may no longer access its computers, but continuing to access Facebook's computers, Power Ventures acted "without authorization" within the meaning of the CFAA.
In reaching its decision, the court distilled two "general" rules from its former CFAA cases: First, a defendant can violate the CFAA when she has no permission to access a computer or when such permission has been revoked explicitly. Enlisting of a third party to aid in access will not excuse liability. Second, a terms-of-use violation, without more, is not enough to offend the CFAA.
But Facebook insiders (its account holders) did allow Power to use their accounts. Much like in Nosal II, the court afforded little weight to user permission. It held that after Facebook expressly told Power to stop, user permission was meaningless. In other words, while user permission could suffice to shield an outsider from liability initially, once the system owner made its position clear, user permission no longer mattered.
What Should the CFAA Regulate?
Absent meaningful revision of the CFAA (or wisdom from the U.S. Supreme Court; both Nosal's and Power Ventures' petitions for certiorari are pending), the "inside hacking" questions will continue to dominate CFAA jurisprudence in the foreseeable future. As the law's reach continues to grow beyond the "traditional" hacker scenario, attention should be paid to the various tools developed by courts to separate benign (and often useful) computer activity from sanctionable behavior.


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Tyburn Ward campaigner Ann Holtom praised Lib Dem leader Paul Tilsley for leading the opposition to this move in the Council chamber. Ann said she supported Cllr Tilsley because efforts to bring in the charge are likely to be ineffective and will penalise the poorest. What the council needs to do is step up efforts against council tax fraud. 35 councillors, all Liberal Democrat and Conservative, voted against the new charge.
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The re-election of Prime Minister Abe and his LDP party is arguably the most important political development in Japan for more than a decade – and offers real hope that Japan could finally emerge from its economic malaise of the past two decades.
Prime Minister Abe's LDP won 291 of the 475 seats in the Diet's Lower House - and with their coalition partner the Komeito winning 35 - the Abe government is assured of the two thirds majority necessary to pass legislation without recourse to the Upper House.
As a result Abe has the possibility of a further four years in power which would make him one of Japan's longest serving Prime Ministers.
Despite some claims to the contrary, Abe now has a mandate to pursue his package of economic policies known as Abenomics. Indeed the LDP's election slogan –"there is no alternative for economic reform"- means Abe's political future is inextricably linked to the success of Abenomics and returning Japan to modest, sustained growth and inflation.
Underpinning Abeconomics is Abe's so called "three arrows': extraordinary monetary stimulus to defeat deflation which has plagued Japan for 15 years; fiscal stimulus to facilitate change and stimulate growth; and fundamental structural reforms.
To date the focus of Abenomics has been on the first two arrows which are the easiest politically to implement. Massive monetary stimulus under the direction of Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda has had some success in stimulating inflation. Although the target of two percent has not yet been reached, inflation has been helped by a depreciating Yen, which has boosted Japan's export competitiveness, and a soaring Japanese stock market. The labour market has also tightened with unemployment falling to around 3.5 per cent - a figure last seen in 1997.
While more symbolic than substantive at this stage there have been some salary increases in 2014. For many Japanese, it will be the first wage raise they have ever received. A surge in construction in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will further buoy the labour market and help stimulate consumption and inflation.
However, despite the fiscal stimulus, a dramatic increase in Japan's consumption tax (GST) in April from 5 to 8 per cent has resulted in two quarters of negative economic growth. Consequently Prime Minister Abe has decided to defer the further increase in the tax to 10 per cent that had been scheduled for October 2015.
To date only modest progress has been made on the third 'arrow' – structural reform. For Abenomics to be successful Prime Minister Abe has to move aggressively on reforms that will inevitably take time to show results. Everything from improving the low participation rates of women and older workers to agricultural reform and deregulation in the health and pharmaceutical sectors are in line for change.
The changing mandate of Japan's huge ($1.2 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to allow for investing a higher proportion of funds in equities and other asset classes such as infrastructure, also has significant implications for the economy.
But Prime Minister Abe is going to have to use his new political strength to move forward on the reform agenda.
Japan's return to sustained growth is important, not only for its domestic economy but also on a regional and global scale.
Japan is Australia's second largest export market and the new Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), in force from 15 January 2015, opens up further opportunities - not just in the traditional areas of resources and agriculture but also in high value manufactures and services.
It's sometimes forgotten that despite two lost decades Japan remains a very wealthy country where consumers have high levels of savings and low household debt. Japan has been, and continues to be, a major investor in Australia. New inflows of FDI from Japan totaled $10 billion in 2013, double the $5 billion from China.
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If Abenomics was to falter there would be negative economic and political consequences, although there could also be an even greater incentive for Japanese banks and corporations to seek better growth opportunities and higher returns outside of Japan.
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Hi,beside of the unacceptable slow autorange in ohms mode there is another issue in this mode.......
That is the point! The 121GW has the most powerful processor in its class but is as slow as a 20 Euro multimeter with autoranging....
You are a very good examble how not to discuss technical issues....
Hi, I may have missed it but is there an instruction on how to use the Bluetooth "activate Bluetooth on the meter" as I can't see the meter on my iPhone or in the app.Many Thanks.Barry
With the iPhone it should be nearly instant, android and windows are much slower at detecting devices.You don't need to pair the 121GW with the iPhone and it will not connect if it (the 121GW) is already paired to another device. Paired devices take precedence until they are unpaired.BLE doesn't have much power, if your near other high power devices you might
Manual 2019-01-29 vs. 121GW 1.57 in VA mode?The Manual (p.20) shows 3 µVA ranges and 6 mVA/VA ranges in AC or DC. But I can select 4 ranges at the µVA position of the rotary switch and 4 ranges at the mVA/VA position. I don't get it.Rotary Switch in position µVA input. MODE = AC or DC.I see this decimal point positions. (RANGE) pressed between each step:1. AUTO2. ##0.003. ###0.04. ###0.0 ?5. ####0back to step 2(Hold RANGE to go back to AUTO range)Rotary Switch in position mVA/VA input. MODE = AC or DC.I see this decimal point positions. (RANGE) pressed between each step:1. AUTO2. #0.0003. ##0.004. ##0.00 ?5. ###0.0back to step 2(Hold RANGE to go back to AUTO range)
OK, let's say it's a manual issue but I can't check the multimeter against hidden information. The manual could have been created more carefully. I like the very clear Gossen manuals most.
It works for me on Android. When the meter is first turned on, bluetooth is off. Did you turn it on, as discussed in the manual? It would be helpful if you wrote the steps you used to use bluetooth. Generally speaking - the bluetooth feature works.
It'll display dBm (a useless metric in 2019 for all but the most select circumstances, I would argue)
I can always get out a calculator and 20*log(acv2/acv1), but the whole point of a fancy meter is to NOT have to do that!
Quote from: imaradiostar on March 01, 2019, 04:48:33 amIt'll display dBm (a useless metric in 2019 for all but the most select circumstances, I would argue)I'd beg to differ. It does not make much difference if the the display is in dBm or dBV or any other dBxxx. A reference level is needed in any case.
If a meter has a sufficiently high impedance, it's "invisible" to any circuit under test, so an external termination of any given value could be connected. I live in an HP/Agilent dominated analog world where dBv is by far the most common comparison point. If I'm reporting amplifier gain or frequency response, it's always a dBv thing.
I've been noticing that the mA/A current mode always shows a reading of 0,10...0,12 mA current even when there is no test leads connected to the multimeter. Is that normal or is it some bug in firmware etc?
+1 for proper bug tracking system, it's not easy to look for already reported bugs in 14 16 pages of thread.
Quote from: thals on July 25, 2018, 07:06:36 am+1 for proper bug tracking system, it's not easy to look for already reported bugs in 14 16 pages of thread.I second that. It's kinda meta but I see this as a bug. For potential buyers it would be very interesting which bugs exist, which are unfixable(e.g. hw bugs) or won't be fixed and which are fixed or UEI is working on. Also there seems to be no change-log (just looked at fw 1_57) whatsoever. Digging through 34 pages of a forum Thread is insanity.


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So, I've been dating a Taiwanese girl for a little over two years. The first moment we saw each other I knew we would be together: love at first sight. I didn't know much about the Taiwanese culture before I met her. It was only after we met that I started to learn (and read) about their culture. Bottom line: very different expectations. We had fights over money, disagreements about what we say to each other and how we interpret our conversations. Eventually, we established a confident level such that we know what we are talking about and how we feel. As time went by our relationship got very serious. At first we planned that I finish my college degree in the U.S… She wants to stay in Taiwan because she is the only child and has no one in the U.S. (except me). Being in medicine and not fluent in Chinese, the only possible career for me in Taiwan is teaching. So, in order to be with her I changed my major to teaching from physical therapy. Just recently, we decided that after I teach for a year in Taiwan, I will probably pursue a master degree in teaching English to further expand our possibilities. About two months ago I hired a private Chinese tutor who teaches in ㄅㄆㄇㄈ because that is the method still used in most Chinese language schools in Taiwan. I've been diligently studying Chinese and working hard with my tutor to learn as much as I can before I go there to teach and leave everything behind just to be with her. All she does is work. Now that you know the story let me lead on to the issue.
I begin to question her seriousness very recently when we had a small dispute about my Chinese language study. It all begin when I asked her to help me practice. At first I asked her once a week. But then I realized that I need more practice. So I asked her to help me practice at least three times a week. It's not that she doesn't have time: she come home from work around 6Pm M-F and is off weekends. The timing works out for me. And guess what her reply was? Here is what she said: "You're expecting too much" …
When I heard that I seriously asked myself if she A) just doesn't want to help me or B) is too easy going and just doesn't care how much I learn?
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Netflix grew by 8.8 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to its latest earning report, putting its growth well ahead of its forecast of 7.6 million.
The company says it has 167 million paid memberships worldwide, with more than 100 million outside the United States. It also reported stronger-than-expected financials, with revenue of $5.47 billion and earnings per share of $1.30, compared to analyst estimates of $5.45 billion and EPS of 53 cents.
That's all despite the launch of two major streaming services, Disney+ and Apple TV+, with more competition coming this year from WarnerMedia's HBOMax and NBCUniversal's Peacock.
Netflix addresses the competitive landscape in its letter to shareholders, arguing that there's "ample room for many services to grow as linear TV wanes," and noting that during Q4, "our viewing per membership grew both globally and in the US on a year over year basis, consistent with recent quarters."
Netflix also points to Google Search Trends showing much higher interest in its original series "The Witcher" than in Disney+'s "Mandalorian," Apple TV+'s "Morning Show" or Amazon's "Jack Ryan."
That might seem like an unfair comparison, especially since Disney+ is only available in a handful of countries so far, but Netflix argues, "If Disney+ were global we don't think the picture would be much different, to judge from the NL results where Disney+ first launched."
In fact, Netflix says "The Witcher" is on-track to become "our biggest season one TV series ever," with 76 million member households choosing to watch the show. It also says 83 million households chose to watch the Michael Bay-directed action film "6 Underground."
If you're wondering about the slightly awkward "chose to watch" phrasing — yep, Netflix is switching up the (already controversial) way that it reports viewership. While it previously shared the number of accounts that watched at least 70% of an episode or film, it's now looking at how many members chose to watch a show or movie, and then actually watched for at least two minutes ("long enough to indicate that the choice was intentional").
The company says this increases viewer counts by an average of 35%.
"Our new methodology is similar to the BBC iPlayer in their rankings based on 'requests' for the title, 'most popular' articles on the New York Times which include those who opened the articles, and YouTube view counts," Netflix says. "This way, short and long titles are treated equally, leveling the playing field for all types of our content including interactive content, which has no fixed length."
One dark cloud in the earnings report is what appears to be slowing growth, with 7.0 million projected net additions in Q1 of this year, compared to 9.6 million net adds in the first quarter of 2019. Netflix attributes this to "the continued, slightly elevated churn levels we are seeing in the US," as well as more balance between Q1 and Q2 growth this year, "due in part to the timing of last year's price changes and a strong upcoming Q2 content slate."
As of 4:51pm Eastern, Netflix shares were up 0.41% in after-hours trading.
Netflix Q3 earnings exceed estimates, despite disappointing US subscriber growth


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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 — Apple unexpectedly cut the price of its iPhone Wednesday, claiming that it was seeking to broaden the market for the popular but expensive phone for the Christmas season.
The iPhone was first sold on June 29. A number of recent analysts' reports have noted that it is selling well and is, indeed, outselling its smartphone competitors. But Mr. Jobs said that if the company had waited past the Christmas buying season to reduce prices it would have been forced to delay for another year reaching a broader consumer market. "We're feeling like being more aggressive," he said.
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Gramalote: Grade Engineering Pre-Feasibility Study Review
Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA) has completed a bulk test work campaign aimed at confirming metal deportment responses observed in variability testing on broken ore at near run-of-mine fragmentation distributions at its Gramalote project.
This article was published in CRC ORE News - June 2017
Gramalote: Grade Engineering Pre-Feasibility Study Review
By Dr Greg Wilkie; CRC ORE Program Coordinator, Program 1: Define
Blasted samples underwent Grade-by-Size deportment characterisation and progressive crush testing to quantify the metal deportment response relative to changes in particle size distribution.
This work follows on from initial Grade Engineering® studies at the Gramalote deposit which indicated that significant value could be obtained by exploiting natural grade by size deportment. The site's gold response rankings were consistently amongst the highest seen in CRC ORE testing to date.
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- Investigate opportunities for the application of Surge Slave Separator (working title) and conduct a trade-off study between Surge Slave Separator (working title) vs Fixed Plant installation.
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Behind the counter of Thebarton's Lawash Bakery lies the domain of four brothers – three by blood and one by heart. Ali Juma Afzali, Ali Dost Safi, Khadem Ali Afzali and Mohammad Haidari made the move from central Afghanistan to Adelaide in 2000 before opening Lawash Bakery in 2004.
Our translator Mehdi Ahmedi beckons us beyond the takeaway counter, past sizzling kebabs sitting on the fiery charcoal grill, and into the kitchen to see his father and uncles at work. Here they make more than 1000 lawash (a large, thin, unleavened flatbread) every day. Each brother has an important role, such as slapping dough inside the hot tandoor ovens, pulling out freshly cooked lawash, and blending spices for curries and minced meat kebabs.
"Mostly our customers are from Russian and Greek backgrounds," says Ahmedi, who believes a shared flavour heritage draws them in. But he recalls one customer who drove from the Adelaide Hills through the darkness of Adelaide's great storm of 2016 just for a lamb kebab wrap. He thanks their solar panels and backup batteries for keeping the lights on that night, but we thank the lamb backstrap for being melt-in-your-mouth tender. "We could get a cheaper part of lamb," he says, "but we don't want to, because at the end of the day a happy customer will come back."
If they're not lining up for a lamb wrap to go, groups of friends and families gather here over plates of alfam kebab (a half chicken coated in spices and chargrilled over the coals) or mixed kebab. The latter sports grilled chicken, that beloved lamb backstrap, and minced lamb pulled off the skewer and served on lawash. Ahmedi remains tight-lipped about his uncle's secret spice blends, but we can detect a hint of cardamom, black pepper, and red pepper. It comes with house-made garlic sauce, and a chilli sauce that's "not too hot". "If we make it hot you can't taste the food. So we make it mild."
Lawash's colourful dining area sports bright red, green and blue walls, which Ahmedi tells us is about making people happy. "Some restaurants are dark and dim," he says. "They think the customer will forget everything and focus on the food. We make it bright so they will be happy and enjoy their meal."
There are plenty of liquid refreshments, but for a richer experience try the doough. Similar to Turkish ayran, Indian lassi, or Middle Eastern laban, the yoghurt-based drink is flavoured with mint, cucumber and salt, with a subtle carbonated fizz. Ahmedi recalls drinking the non-alcoholic 'Afghani beer' on hot days in Afghanistan, and says it's also good for aiding stress and to help you get a good night's sleep.
For dessert, there are two types of baklava stuffed with crushed pistachios – ladyfinger and half moon – homemade by a relative. Or you could try the Afghan jalebi. The popular Middle Eastern sweet is a bit like a thin scribbly pretzel, served deep-fried and soaked in sugar. Be sure to grab a bag of lawash on your way out.
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I took this picture on October 4th/14; the sun is long on it's way to down south! Summer for down under, winter up here, but now we are having a very nice fall.
Wouldn't Starr love to run with the horses? She was in a home, but they didn't want her anymore.. She came to me on Sept 1st/14, over a month ago. She is not allowed on the loose, but is getting use to me and the house. She is a very loving four year old. She looks a lot alike, but is NOT Teaser. Different personality, about 7 pounds heavier. Everybody needs a Greyhound!!!


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I love to take credit when I do something right. Those of you that read my column last week or saw me at the Meadowlands knew how much I thought that Your So Vain could win the Hambo Matturity and he did at 7-1 and that Bee A Magician was the play in exacta's and that came back a very nice $71.00.
Now the action is almost all at the Meadowlands on Saturday headed by the Meadowlands Pace and other top stakes event, but Friday there are eliminations for the Maple Leaf Trot and thus we must see what magic Ake and Sebastian K can wow the crowd with. Good Luck!
$40,000 Trot Maple Leaf Eliminations Mohawk Raceway
3rd race FRIDAY – No place or show wagering and rightly so as Sebastian K is the premier trotting star in the world of harness racing this year. After his amazing 1:49 world record victory in his last start everyone will be wondering if he can surpass that at Mohawk. Maybe not this week but perhaps next week. Use Flanagan Memory and Wishing Stone in exotic plays.
$40,000 Trot Maple Leaf Eliminations Mohawk Raceway
8th race FRIDAY – Without Sebastian K in this field it becomes very competitive. Only Modern Family has been able to stay somewhat close to him so look for this good trotter to get out early to the lead and not look back. He usually can win when Sebastian K is not in the race. Use Market Share and Intimidate in exotic plays.
$100,000 Trot NJSS Final 2YO Colts Meadowlands
1st race SATURDAY – Tough to go against a trotting colt from the Jimmy Takter Stable that has yet to face defeat and drops a few seconds every time he races. That's the case in here with French Laundry who has been perfect early on and should reap some big rewards in here. Use Stonebridge Force and Canepa Hanover in exotic plays.
$100,000 Trot NJSS Final 2YO Fillies Meadowlands
2nd race SATURDAY – Surprised at such a short field going for $100,000. Going with Mission Brief over Saturday Mornings as last week Mission Brief put on a trotting clinic for Ron Burke Stable in posting a ten length romp in 1:55.1. What a mile in only her second lifetime start! Use Saturday Mornings and Demons N Diamonds in exotic plays.
$317,000 Trot Stanley Dancer Memorial Meadowlands
4th race SATURDAY – Let's see if this will be an early prep for the finish of the Hambletonian as Jimmy Takter has all three of his top colts in the race. I nearly selected Trixton as he is not a great leaver but once he gets going he is too tough to beat. But after Father Patrick's world record mile I think he may be in a class by himself. Going to be a great race. Use Trixton and Nuncio in exotic plays.
$213,500 Trot Del Miller Memorial Meadowlands
5th race SATURDAY – Going to take a shot in here that trainer Ake Svanstedt has Heaven's Door primed and ready to take on Shake It Cerry. Last two starts this filly has been awesome with a lifetime mark of 1:52. A repeat of that mile will make her a winner again. Use Shake It Cerry and Designed To Be in exotic plays.
$212,150 Pace Mistletoe Shalee Final Meadowlands
6th race SATURDAY – Last week Sandbetweenurtoes showed true grit in grinding out a very impressive elimination division victory in 1:49.3. She is unbeaten in her five starts this year and same effort will get her back in the winner's circle. Use Table Talk and Uffizi Hanover in exotic plays.
$178,450 Pace Golden Girls FFA Mares Meadowlands
7th race SATURDAY – Another classic match-up of the best open mares in racing. I am going with Shebestingin as she has seemed to return to her winning ways and last week popped a 1:50.3 score against lesser competition but sometimes a win like that will wake a horse up. Use Anndrovette and Somwherorainbow in exotic plays.
$463,300 Pace William Haughton Memorial Meadowlands
8th race SATURDAY – Here comes the best open pacers in all the land and heading the lineup is none other than Sweet Lou. He has been unbeaten in his last five starts against the very best and once he gets rolling I don't think anyone will be able to catch him once again. Use Captaintreacherous and State Treasurer in exotic plays.
$776,000 Meadowlands Pace Final 3YO Colts Meadowlands
9th race SATURDAY – Gentlemen, start your engines! This will be a classic race as it always is. JK Endofanera is the favorite and rightly so after his impressive win last week but He's Watching impressed me the most. He showed that with any live cover he can beat the best and I think that is what is going to happen tonight. Either way it will be a great race. Use JK Endofanera and Lyonssomewhere in exotic plays.
$40,000 Trot Miss Versatility Older Mares Meadowlands
10th race SATURDAY – What a great group of world class trotting mares in this race. I have to go with Bee A Magician after she wove her way around the best older trotters in the world last week and came away with a strong second place finish showed me she is back to winning form. Use Perfect Alliance and Maven in exotic plays.
$100,000 Pace NJSS Final 2YO Colts Meadowlands
11th race SATURDAY – If Artspeaks continues to improve over his last two starts he will mop up this field once again. His late moves have been pretty sharp, especially last week when he scored in 1:53.3 for Scott Zeron. Use Dealt A Winner and Weapons Dealer in exotic plays.
$100,000 Pace NJSS Final 2YO Fillies Meadowlands
13th race SATURDAY – When you show last quarters in :27.4 and :25.4 in just your first two pari-mutuel starts, then you are a force to be reckoned with. That's what Stacia Hanover has done and she is undefeated in her early career and looks to stay that way for a while. Use Cashaway and Ideal Nuggets in exotic plays.


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Correct the check for a U-Boot script in boot subdirectory
Description of problem:
The new-kernel-pkg script fails to find the U-Boot script (and detect U-Boot is configured) if the boot directory is not on a separate partition.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Always on systems where /boot is not on a separate partition.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a new kernel RPM
2. Check for the creation of a new uImage in the boot directory
Actual results:
The uImage (and uInitrd) files are not created if /boot is just a subdirectory and not a separate mounted partition.
Expected results:
The uImage (and uInitrd) files should be created for the installed kernel, regardless of whether /boot is a mounted partition or only a subdirectory on the root partition (/).
Additional info:
This only affects the U-Boot image creation section of the new-kernel-pkg script, for ARM based systems. My initial changes were only tested on specific ARM-OMAP systems that required a specific U-Boot partition. Testing on additional systems (ARM-Tegra) revealed this incorrect assumption.
The attached patch includes the following:
- Cosmetic: Correction - change uBoot to U-Boot in comments.
- Additions:
-- Recognize ARCH == armv7hl
-- Make U-Boot load/execute address variable (based on machine)
- Bug: Correct invalid assumption that the U-Boot directory would always be on a separate partition.
Could this effort be merged with Bug 715460 ? Or what is the difference/disagreement?
The major difference is that this patch is a minor change, extending the existing code, while Bug 715460 is a "Complete rework of uboot ARM support."
While Zoran's work includes support for more platforms, and is more extensible than what is in grub now, to my knowledge it has not been thoroughly tested on all those platforms in Fedora. When I tried his patch on one of my boards it failed to create a bootable image. This may be due to my specific configuration, but it does appear to cause at least some regressions, so I think it should be more thoroughly reviewed and tested before being released.
While I do believe an approach like that provided in Bug 715460 is probably a better approach for the long term, it might be better applied to grub's replacement (grub2), where it can be more thoroughly tested on all supported platforms in rawhide. At a minimum, I don't think it should be included in existing releases (e.g., F15) due to the extensive nature of the changes and potential for regressions.
FWIW: I doubt grubby will be changed at all before f17, so it would perhaps be better to focus on the long term solution.
I would not argue against working on the long term solution, but I would appreciate it if my patch could be applied to F15 in the mean time. It is a small patch and affects nothing but U-Boot support for ARM in grubby. I have been using it on Panda Boards, Beagle Boards, and the Trim Slice for three months without issue, but I am forced to build from my own local SRPM in order to include this patch.
Unless there is some reason that this patch would interfere with the longer term solution, I would appreciate it if it could be applied in Fedora 15.
We need to review this for F-18
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Project is from PCA, Project by Syndee Holt
Project video had several different bangle ideas. I made one with Perfect Pearls (instead of Pearl Ex), texture sheet and paint. I wanted to have just some subtle coloring on rised areas instead of stronger ones.
I was not that happy with the project. Too commercial looking and somewhat bit too "bling" for my own taste.
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Wednesday, July 22, 1998 Published at 00:44 GMT 01:44 UK
World: Europe
New evidence in paedophile investigation
Marcel Vervloesem: briefly detained by police
A Belgian child protection group has handed over computer disks that Dutch police say is crucial evidence in their investigation of an international paedophile ring, circulating child pornography on the Internet
The disks contain images of child abuse and files on members of the vice-ring, which is believed to extend into Russia and the United States.
The Morkhoven protection group, named after the north Belgian village where it is based, initially refused to hand over the material, because it said the Dutch authorities had made "unacceptable accusations" against the organisation by suggesting that much of the evidence had been stolen during a break-in.
The group finally gave in after one of its senior members, Marcel Vervloesem, was briefly detained by Belgian police on Monday.
Computer discs
The ring was uncovered after Morkhoven reported the discovery of thousands of pornographic pictures stored on computer discs in an apartment in the town of Zandvoort near Amsterdam.
The group also discovered lists of American, Russian, German and Israeli citizens, who, it says, received the material over the Internet.
The Morkhoven group was set up after the arrest of the child killer, Marc Dutroux in a case that caused a wave of revulsion in Belgium and abroad.
There have been a series of child abuse scandals in Belgium in the past two years which have led to public protests and reforms of the police and justice system.


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Garance Dore isn't just a stylish lady, she's also an insanely talented illustrator, photographer and blogger. And, after years of adoration, she just so happens to be one of our personal creative heroes.
Her business savvy and sheer skills have landed her a huge readership, collaborators such as Kate Spade and most recently her own stationery line (that we're still swooning over). All the while, each written entry or video segment from her lovable website shows a glimpse of her personality that endears her further.
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Coalition Launches Campaign To Highlight Teaching Profession
A partnership of education, media, and business groups has launched a national campaign to reward outstanding teachers and highlight their profession.
The "Thanks to Teachers" program, announced last week, was conceived by Apple Computer Inc., Group W Television, the National Alliance of Business, and the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education.
In addition to identifying superior teachers in at least 24 television markets, the program will include a one-hour TV special profiling exemplary teachers that will be aired by participating stations.
A series of public-service ads designed to raise the public's awareness of the importance of good teaching is also planned.
"By honoring teaching as a profession [the program] hopes to attract more of our best and brightest young people to choose teaching as a career," Bernard Gifford, Apple's vice president of education, said in a statement.
Beginning next month, participating stations will air announcements inviting viewers to nominate outstanding teachers for special awards.
Nominees will be asked to complete an application form that will be evaluated by a panel of business, civic, and education leaders chosen with the help of the n.a.b. and a local nonprofit sponsor.
Panels will judge the teachers on the basis of their impact in the classroom and their success in involving groups outside the school in education. Finalists will be interviewed and visited in their classrooms by panel members.
Five teachers from each station's viewing area will be selected as winners. Each will receive an Apple computer and be featured in May on a local evening-news program.
In June, the winners will participate in a national ceremony in Washington and take part in a symposium on educational issues.
The n.f.i.e., a teacher-financed foundation established by the National Education Association, is the chief educational consultant for the program. The foundation will prepare a "white paper" on the findings from the symposium that will be distributed next September.
So far, according to the organizers, the following TV stations have agreed to take part:
Alaska, KIMO, KATN, KJUD; Albuquerque, N.M., KOAT; Atlanta, WSB; Baltimore, WJZ; Boston, WBZ; Buffalo, N.Y., WKBW; Dallas-Fort Worth, KTVT; Detroit, WDIV; Hartford, Conn., WFSB; Honolulu, KHON; Houston, KHOU; Memphis, WMC; Miami, WPLG; Minneapolis, KSTP; Philadelphia, KYW; Phoenix, KPNX; Pittsburgh, KDKA; Raleigh, N.C., WRAL; Sacramento, Calif., KXTV; Salt Lake City, KUTV; San Francisco, KPIX; St. Louis, KMOV; Tallahassee, Fla., WCTV; Washington, WJLA.
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Jetstar is launching flights between New Zealand and the Cook Islands from March next year.
The new route was announced on Wednesday with a special one-day sale offering fares for $129 one way from Auckland to Rarotonga and $169 from Wellington.
Regular lead-in fares are due to start from $219 between Auckland and Rarotonga.
Jetstar will offer three return services a week.
The airline said this will add about 25,000 new return seats a year to the Auckland-Rarotonga route.
Kiwi visitors represent 67 per cent of total arrivals into the Cook Islands.
Jetstar Head of New Zealand Grant Kerr said they will be the first new airline in more than 10 years to connect Auckland and Rarotonga.
He was confident the route would be popular for Kiwis and provide a boost to the Cook Islands economy.
"Whenever Jetstar enters a market our low fares help to grow that market," Kerr said.
"We expect our new flights to Rarotonga will significantly lift passenger numbers from both New Zealand and Australia, delivering substantial benefits to Cook Islands tourism."
All return flights will originate from Sydney or Melbourne and Jetstar will offer Australian travellers connecting fares to Rarotonga via Auckland.
Cook Islands Tourism general manager Graeme West said the new route would generate millions of dollars of revenue on the island.
"Tourism is the country's main industry and the backbone of the economy, providing approximately 60 per cent of GDP," he said.
"The spinoff for the nation and for local business of a new airline adding an additional 25,000 return seats a year will be fantastic."
Services begin March 22, 2016, ahead of next year's Easter break and the first school holidays.
Flights will operate three times a week departing Auckland on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.
For more information visit: www.jetstar.com
or to view flights to the Cook Islands searching all possible airlines visit: thecookislands.com.au/flights/international/


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Ferry to Folegandros
In the next lines, we'll try to give you the necessary information on how to get to Folegandros by ferry!
Folegandros is connected daily from Piraeus harbour (Athens). The ferries also connect Folegandros with other islands, including Mykonos, Santorini, Naxos, Paros, Sifnos and Serifos.
Getting to Folegandros by ferry is the best option you have and it can be a very nice and exciting experience and especially if you are doing some island-hopping too. Greek islanders are seasoned ferry experts and they prefer to travel by ferry to/from Folegandros because of the convenience and flexibility it affords!
Cars are allowed on most ferries running to or from Folegandros, for an additional fee and children usually travel for half price!
- There is a choice of Conventional and High-speed catamaran ferries running frequently to/from Folegandros with stops along the way.
Give a departure port and a date and find all possible ferry connections to and from Folegandros island!
Notice: Each year and depending on the period, there may be more or fewer connections to/from Folegandros. The biggest shipping companies (ferry operators) announce the new ferry schedules to and from Folegandros by the end of December and the rest of them by January-March each year!
The ferry port in Folegandros
- The main port of Folegandros island is located in Karavostasi.
Public Bus Service on Folegandros
There are 3 villages in Folegandros that are connected with 2 local buses. Folegandros has a central road (12 km) which connects Karavostasi, Chora and Ano Meria. Crossing roads lead to beaches and other areas.
There are two (2) local buses that connect the villages.
- Karavostasi – Chora
- Chora – Ano Meria
- Chora - Agali
- Phones: +30 2286041425, +30 2286041328, +30 2286041068
- Details to Bus Timetable
- Timetables may change without notice, we recommend you to check their web site at least 1 week before arriving!
Taxis on Folegandros
- There is just one (1) taxi in Folegandros!
- Please arrange an advance appointment with the driver to pick you up by arrival.
- Tel.: +30 6944693957
Tip: Most of the hotels on Folegandros have their own minibus and will transfer you from the hotel to the port or vice versa. Try ringing them to find out if this service is available!
Note: All above information for Folegandros was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice.
Book your ferry to/from Folegandros with any ferry company that suits you better and enjoy your journey in Greece! The "Easy-Way" booking system of go-Ferry.com, allows the most reliable online ferry reservations and offers cheaper, faster and better services for your ferry ticket to or from Folegandros.
With go-Ferry.com you are able to connect online with the reservation systems of the most Greek shipping companies, to compare prices, to find information about routes and vessels, to look for alternative routes and to print instantly your Folegandros ferry confirmation.
Ferry timetables may change by season, so take an optical canvassing via our search engine to receive the latest cull of dates, schedules, prices and availability to/from Folegandros by ferry. With so many accommodation options to cull from, you can be sure to find the best deal for the ferry to or from Folegandros at a price that fits your budget.
Complete the under bellow fields and click on SHOW to compare the prices of all operators that run to and from Folegandros by ferry!
Arrange your ferry journey to/from Folegandros in advance
It is very important that you have organized your ferry to or from Folegandros in advance, having arranged all the details. You don't want something to go wrong, and you can achieve perfect holidays with a great organization. In addition to hotel accommodation and air-tickets, when you book the boat tickets to or from Folegandros you know that everything is under control even before leaving home.
There are many reasons why you should arrange to book in advance your ferry to/from Folegandros. Here are some of the most important:
Pay for Hotel in Folegandros without using it!
During the high season in Greece, and especially in July and August, it is likely that you won't find ferry tickets to popular destinations, such as Folegandros, if you don't book them in advance. So, don't make the mistake to book your hotel on Folegandros without having booked the ferry pass to/from Folegandros. The last thing you want is to get to the port and not find an available ferry to or from Folegandros!
Save time in Folegandros!
Although we charge a commission for acquiring ferry bookings to/from Folegandros, this allows you not only to secure your ferry tickets o/from Folegandros but also to save time in Folegandros; besides receiving a service and attention of first.
Have a bigger choice of Folegandros Ferry Tickets!
Buying in advance gives you a better chance of getting the ferry tickets to/from Folegandros, on the ferry you prefer and at the schedule you want. It does not make sense that your trip to/from Folegandros is interrupted by not finding available ferry departures, but it is possible.
Find more Folegandros Ferry routes!
If you want to organize your vacations to or from Folegandros, it is wise to check all the possible routes and timelines in order to make the right combinations between Folegandros and other destinations as well as between the air and the ferry tickets. Online, you can have an overview of all the routes going to or from Folegandros.
Get the best deal by Folegandros Ferry prices!
Ferry tickets to/from Folegandros can be expensive, so it's natural to want to get the best deal on them. It has become a regular practice for ferries to announce special rates and deep discounts for booking ferry tickets to or from Folegandros up to 3-6 months in advance.
Feeling Great having Folegandros ferry ticket in your pocket!
You will feel a great feeling when having the ferry confirmation to or from Folegandros in your hands. The reservation with us will allow you to secure your ferry to or from Folegandros, you will be relieved to have the confirmation in your hands or on your smartphone!
Find out about the ferry types that are running to/from Folegandros, choose the ideal accommodation option on the ferry to/from Folegandros and get fresh and relaxed at your destination. Comfortable armchairs, business class comfort seats, outside and inside cabins or economy deck chairs. There is a range of accommodation options to choose for a day or night ferry to or from Folegandros.
Folegandros is the ideal place for relaxing vacations. It has an original Cycladic landscape that has not been influenced by the touristic development. Walking on the paved lanes of Chora and Kastle, climbing Panagia rock with the amazing view of Aegean Sea, swimming in both deserted and busy beaches are some of the island's features that create beautiful Cycladic scenery. It extends over 32 km2 and is located between Sikinos and Milos in the SW …More


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What is congenital heart disease?
A person who is born with a fault in the structure of the heart or the main arteries is said to have congenital heart disease, or a congenital heart defect. It is a common birth defect, and a leading cause of deaths linked to birth defects.
Congenital heart defect (CHD) may obstruct blood flow in the heart or nearby vessels, or it may cause blood to flow through the heart in an abnormal way.
Approximately 8 to 10 in every 1,000 babies are born with some kind of congenital heart disease or defect. Half will need surgery immediately after they are born, while the rest will likely need surgery at some time during childhood.
In the past, it was common for people born with CHD to die of related issues, but medical and technological advances mean that CHD is no longer an childhood disease. Recent research shows that as more people survive through childhood with the condition, it is becoming increasingly common among adults.
Those who receive treatment for CHD as children should continue to be followed up, and those with complex health needs might need life-long specialized care.
Types of heart disease
There are over 30 different types of heart defect, and they can be classified as either cyanotic or acyanotic.
Congenital heart disease is present from birth and can affect the health at any age.
- In cyanotic heart disease, the defect causes low blood oxygen levels. Infants suffer from breathlessness, fainting, and fatigue, and they may have blue-colored toes, fingers, and lips.
- In acyanotic heart disease, there is enough oxygen in the blood, but the blood is not pumped around the body in a normal way.
In CHD, blood pressure is higher than normal, so the heart works harder to pump blood. This can weaken the heart. There may be pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, leading to breathlessness, fatigue, dizziness, and fainting.
Symptoms of congenital heart disease
Signs and symptoms of cyanotic heart disease include:
- Breathing difficulties
- Chest pains
- Cyanosis or bluish lips, fingers, and toes
- Delayed growth
- Feeding difficulties, poor appetite
- Hypoxia, or low concentrations of oxygen in the body, leading to hyperventilation
- Sweating especially during feeding
- Fainting
- Small size or low body weight
Signs and symptoms of acyanotic heart disease include:
- Breathlessness - especially during exertion
- Chest pain
- Delayed growth
- Extreme fatigue
- Feeding difficulties and poor appetite
- Sweating, especially during feeding
- Low body weight.
An infant may have no symptoms at the time of birth, but problems emerge later in life.
Risk factors for congenital heart disease
CHD is usually the result of a problem in the early stages of development inside the womb.
Environmental risk factors that may contribute to the development of the condition include:
- Rubella, or German measles, in the mother during pregnancy
- Diabetes Types I or II in the mother, but not gestational diabetes
- Medications taken during pregnancy, for example isotretinoin, or Accutane
- Alcohol consumption/abuse during pregnancy
Certain genetic conditions may raise the risk of congenital heart disease; 1 in 3 children with Down syndrome have a heart defect.
The condition may run in families.
Reappearance of congenital heart disease in adulthood
Heart defects can be repaired during childhood so that heart function improves, but they are rarely cured, and problems can resurface later in life.
Children with CHD may need surgery and followup throughout their life.
Scar tissue from surgery during childhood sometimes remains in the heart, increasing the risk of arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm.
A person with congenital heart disease later in life may experience:
- Arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythms
- Breathlessness
- Cyanosis
- Dizziness
- Edema, or swelling of organs or body tissues
- Fatigue
- Fainting
- Tiring easily after exertion.
Some children have signs and symptoms of CHD that are not serious enough to warrant repair, but these can worsen over time.
Diagnosing congenital heart disease
Before birth, a kind of ultrasound scan called a fetal echocardiography can test for CHD in the developing fetus by taking images of the fetal heart chambers. This is normally done around weeks 18 to 20 of pregnancy.
After birth, a newborn that has signs of cyanotic heart disease can be easily diagnosed. However, diagnosis of acyanotic heart disease may not happen until the age of 3 years.
Parents or caregivers should consult a physician if a child experiences breathlessness, problems with feeding, or other symptoms.
The physician will normally use an echocardiogram or electrocardiogram (ECG) to assess heart activity.
Echocardiography uses sound waves to produce a moving image of the heart. The image shows the size and shape of the heart, and how well the heart chambers and valves are functioning.
An ECG can highlight any areas of poor blood flow, or parts of the heart muscle that are not contracting properly. It can show whether or not poor blood flow has already caused injury to the heart muscle.
A chest X-ray can show whether the heart is too big, and whether there is too much blood in the lungs.
Pulse oximetry measures oxygen levels in arterial blood by putting a sensor on the patient's fingertip, ear, or toe.
Adults may undergo similar tests, in addition to an exercise stress test, in which the patient exercises on a treadmill, while measurements of heart activity and blood pressure are taken.
Treatment for congenital heart disease
Sometimes congenital heart disease improves without treatment, or the defect is so small that treatment is not needed.
Watchful waiting may show that a patient needs surgery, medications, or both. Treatment can be necessary at any age.
Antihypertensives are a kind of medication that lowers blood pressure. A range of techniques are now available.
Surgery can be carried out through a catheter, it can be open heart surgery, or a heart transplant or valve replacement may be needed.
To repair a valve, a balloon angioplasty may be carried out, in which a small balloon is passed through the catheter, and inflated, to widen the target valve. A stent, or metal coil, may be used to stop the valve from narrowing again.
Complications of congenital heart disease
Children with CHD may take longer to start walking or talking, and they may have learning difficulties.
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the heart lining, heart muscles, and heart valves. It can spread from another part of the body, such as on the skin or the gums. People with CHD are more susceptible to endocarditis.
Arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats, can occur if the electrical impulses to the heart that coordinate heartbeats are not working properly. A fast heart beat is called tachycardia, and a slow heart beat is bradycardia. An irregular heartbeat is known as fibrillation.
A stroke can happen if a blood clot or ruptured artery or blood vessel interrupts blood flow to a part of the brain. A lack of oxygen and glucose, or sugar, flowing to the brain causes brain cells to die. This can lead to problems with speech, movement, and memory.
Heart failure happens when the heart is not pumping blood around the body efficiently. It can affect the left, the right, or both sides of the body. Symptoms depend on which side is affected and how severe the heart failure is. It can be serious.
Pulmonary hypertension means there is high blood pressure in the arteries in the lungs. If not treated properly, there can be permanent lung damage.
What Is Congenital Heart Disease? | Heart Disease (Video Medical And Professional 2020).


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|Perfect for the pet owners who want to monitor their pets when you are not home
Our pets might sometimes become out of our sight. If you have a cat, dog, or other lovable pet, we believe that there's a huge chance that you worry about them the moment you step out of the door. As pet owners, we wonder from time to time what exactly our furry friends are doing- are they playing around the house or are they simply lonely and sad whenever we're not around? How about getting a dog webcam?
How to stay connected with your pet (spoiler: Sotion Camera)
Have you ever wondered what life is like if only you can get a real-time video recording and streaming of a camera to watch your dog at the exact moment? With the help of modern day technology, staying connected to your pooches and other pets is as simple as using your mobile device! One of the ways that can help you look on your pets is by installing an interactive dog camera. Having a dog webcam in your household would definitely give you the opportunity to look, talk, and interact with your dog no matter how far you are away from home. Most of us are familiar with the idea that there are some dogs who are inclined to do mischief whenever their owners are not around, so in order to monitor their behavior, one can easily make use of this device.
One of the best security camera for your dog
Fortunately, there are a wide variety of dog video cameras available all over the internet. There are some that include scent diffusers as well as dog camera treat machines for your furry friend but if you're more of a straightforward pet owner who simply wants to stay connected with their loving pets then we might have a perfect suggestion for you. One example of that is the SOTION WiFi IP Security Video Camera on Amazon. This dog home camera boasts a super HD remote live video streaming of your furry companion straight to your devices like smartphones, tablets, PC, and Mac. It is also equipped with advanced two-way audio with extraordinary quality integrated microphone and crystal audio output speaker so that you can listen and talk to your pets. In addition to that, one of the best things about this interactive dog camera is that it has a clear night vision up to 30 feet with intelligent motion detection alarm/alert and video recording for your home security.
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Sotion Camera features
There is also an important feature that this dog monitor camera has to offer. It has a pan & tilt as well as digital zoom capabilities making it easy for you to follow your dogs and find out whether they are the ones who are secretly eating your cookies. Kidding aside, SOTION Wi-Fi video camera has lenses that can be remotely panned up to 355 degrees and tilted 110 degrees giving you a complete view of the room. So if you are in a market for a WiFi dog camera, then feel free to check out the SOTION WiFi Video Camera because it is definitely worth your time.
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I light up a cigarette next to Shakin' Stevens (the other side of an eight foot, 10 bar reinforced, galvanized steel gate). Wanking off a bull isn't as bad as I thought. It's worse. Much worse.
I realise the magnitude of the task when two burly men turn up to help from local farms. Because Limousin cattle aren't like your chilled Highland coos or your huggable Herefords they are insane in the brain. Probably uptight because they are French. Although, according to Simon, all continental cattle are psychotic.
I'm in overalls and rubber boots trying to see through my bleary eyes after two hours sleep and a six-hour journey from London here, via Wilshire to drop off Sienna with Granny and Roge. I'm hoping this isn't going to take long (as with many other assignations in my life) because I have to catch a flight from Heathrow to Naples at 18.30 and it's a long drive from Mid-Devon.
I lean against the steel cattle crush where the heifer on heat is waiting to receive Shakin' Stevens. My diminutive father-in-law, Edwin, calmly leads the gigantic ginger bull to the heifer, he snorts in anticipation (the bull), having had the smell of her up his nostrils most of the morning.
I have the semen collector ready. The bull is brought into the entrance of the steel pen containing – I didn't catch her name but let's call her Cindy Lauper to keep with the 80s theme. She stirs with a swish of her tail and bam Shakin' Stevens raises himself onto his hind legs in a display of tremendous power. I try to get the container onto his astonishingly small penis, given his leviathan proportions, but it slips off. He dismounts and gets into a better position using the back of the poor Cyndi to steady himself. I plug into his willy and that's when he goes nuts, rearing, snarling and backing into the burly men. One has his foot trodden on; all the men wince. But not for his foot, for the bull's willy. Apparently, I need to be more gentle.
When the bull is calmer he wants to try again. This time I slip the collector onto his sheath and he beefily blows his load into the tube. Cyndi who seemed up for a bit of action can't understand what is going on. "Is it in yet?" She moos. Mercifully I get my arm and container out of the way as a ton and a half of meat crashes back down onto four legs on the concrete floor.
Edwin takes the container, screws on the top tightly and hands it to his lab. man who places it into a cool box containing liquid nitrogen, ready to take back to the laboratory to be stored. Mercifully they took samples from Adam Ant and Boy George last week, "Or you'd have more work to do," says Edwin seriously.
"Boy George?" I say barely stifling a snigger.
Edwin: "Aye Boy George, he's my best bull. It's Adam Ant firing the blanks."
Back at the farmhouse, Edwin has a lot of knowledge he wants to impart and if I'm not writing it down he isn't happy. I assure him I have all I need for a 900-word column but Edwin thinks he's commissioned a weighty tome on his life and Limousins.
"Note it down," he says telling me about the history of the breed. We have another cup of tea; the third. But I really need to go because I'm still in Devon at lunchtime and I need to get to Heathrow.
Penny offers me a ham and cheese sandwich, I eat it hurriedly. "I really will have to go after this."
Edwin: "But I haven't shown you the new pastures."
Me: "No I don't."
Edwin: "Nonsense, if you do a job, do it properly,." He narrows his eyes at me. He thinks I am one of those slack Alices – whoever she was, poor girl – who just fannies around the edges of things. Well, that maybe be true but fannying around the edges is very important, underrated occupation.
Edwin sits back in his vast oak chair at the head of the table, as Penny brings yet another pot of tea to the table. How much tea do these people drink? And I can tell Edwin intends to take his time over lunch. I look at the clock. I have to leave now in order to be there two hours before my flight. I am going to stand up to him and be firm.
An hour later I am in his Land Rover doing a tour of the fields so he can show me how he's under-sewn his pastures with a clover and herb mix to give his stock the best conditioning possible, which is commendable and interesting BUT I HAVE TO GO.
He finally drives me back to the farmhouse by which time it's quarter past two. I kiss Vita and hug Penny, running through my lists with her: "Car seat, dummies, bottles…"
Penny: "Yes, got all of those."
Me: "Everything is on the 'baby manual' (I have created separate child operating manuals for each Granny). Call me if any problems."
I awkwardly shake hands with Edwin. "Thank you for looking after Vita."
Edwin: "Don't thank me."
Me: "Okay, I'm not."
Edwin: "Not good with babies."
Me: (bravely) "Or people in general?"
Edwin: "Animals never let you down."
Me: "I really need to go! Oh, but now I don't want to leave my baby!" I shower Vita in kisses. Oh god, all I've done is fantasized about leaving my children and now I want to take Vita with me. And Sienna, I miss her so much already. I well up.
Edwin: "Stop dithering, girl!"
I suppress the urge to punch him, jump in the car and drive off, waving madly at my baby.
It's now 14.25. F*ck! As I return up the valley to the digital world my phone starts pinging with texts from Simon wondering where I am. I put Heathrow into the sat-nav and, Jesus, it's going to take me three hours. I'm never going to make my flight.
I dump my car at Purple Parking and it feels like I have held my breath the entire way. I certainly have held my bladder. I take the minibus shuttle to terminal three, we get stuck in traffic for 15 minutes, I finally get there, run into the airport with my wheelie and backpack, I drop my bag at the check-in (with no queue because I'm so late), go straight through to security, shamelessly queue jump my way through pretending I'm looking for a small child, have my water and perfume confiscated, manage not to set off any alarm bells (they once thought I had an Improvised Explosive Device in America because I'd chucked phone chargers and laptop cables on top of my SLR camera, packed it with books and a mirror, which on screen made it look like a text book IED. Alarms sounded, glass safety doors closed and I was taken aside by the Head of Airport Security and grilled about what was in my bag so hard I wasn't even sure if it was my bag anymore.)
I burst onto the duty-free concourse and shout 'Simon' across it. People stare but don't care how bonkers I look because I am not going to miss this flight. Si waves and points in the direction we need to go. We run side by side but my bladder's sloshing to bursting, after three hours on the road and all that bloody tea. "I need the loo," I shout.
"No time," he says, which is rich coming from someone with a toddler's bladder.
Me: "Simon, stop!"
I run into the Ladies, dive into a cubicle and pee for Britain. Our flight is called. "Last call for flight BA329 to Naples." It's okay, I think, I'm going to make it. We are going to have our Italian holiday, with loads of fun and sex and spaghetti. I take a big breath and relax. Then I look down and see the crimson water.
Not now. Not bloody now!
I wipe, stuff my knickers with half a loo roll and walk out like John Wayne.
Si: "Quickly."
Me: "I need to go to Boots."
Si: "No, you don't. Look," he says showing me a bumper pack of condoms in a plastic bag.
Me: "Keep the receipt." I say, already mincing over to the pharmacy.
We are the last passengers on the plane. Si stares out of the window, silently mourning his sex life, while I sit *tight* until we are up in the air and I can go and spend some quality time in the restroom. I sit on the loo and am about to cry because everything is ruined until I realise, we have made it. We have made it. No kids. Just the two of us. For five days. In Italy.
I return to my seat, where Si has already ordered G & Ts.
Si: "We did it."


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What is an etheric cord of attachment? First of all lets see why and how they are formed. When we have a strong emotional attachment, meaning that it leads to possesion or jelaousy toward another being or even to objects, thoughts and beliefes an etheric cord is formed. We can even not be aware of it, but is't there and it's damaging us. Indeed it acts like a tube that litterally sucks away our energy giving it to what we are attached to. The greatest trick that you can play to yourself, and be careful because you are led to believe, think and act as if this is true, is that someone/something can control you! People are allowing money to control theyr life, others are ruled by past attachments. There is no authority over yourself neither your parents, your boss, your husband or wife have control over your energy and therefore over you! Not even any politician or religious figure! You choose to believe that someone can control your life and that is a dangerouse thought. It is important to notice that cords can even be positive if the are formed from a place of love, equal sharing, without conditions. Be careful because if you feel extreme fatigue, tiredness, if you feel drained or powerless you may have one ore more etheric cords attached to your auric field. Begin to ask yourself if you have an attachment of any kind toward what has been desctibed. Call the Archangel Michael and ask him to cut your cords, he is the Archangel assagned to this job, among many others, that is why he is portrayed with a sword. You will feel immediatly a change in your energy; it is important that you are willing to undergo the process without resistence. If you resist, the cord will form itself again and not even an Archangel has power over your free will! You can choose to let go or not. For those of us that have difficulty to simply trust the process i have learned this affirmation that now i bring to you. Repeat this out loud for three times a day for a week and the cords will be dissolved. Enjoy!
My energy is my energy and my life force is my life force. No being can use my energy or my life force without my consent and i do not give any consent. I now take back all the energy and all the life force that has been taken from me, that i have been given away. I AM the highest Authority in the universe! I do not recognize any authority above me!
Michele Cornacchia.
This work by Michele Cornacchia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.iammysoul.com/.
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