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Massage for couples is the most special experience to share with your significant half. Your girlfriend, spouse or long time relationship deserves to share and discover with you the world of intimacy. Erotic massage is able to re-connect you or to even deeper in your sense of complicity.
Couple massage in your hotel room
First off, couples deserve only the best! This is why we are offering you and your significant half the most intimate, so the hottest and the spiciest erotic bodywork available.
As you guess, this therapy is the highest in our range of massage eroticism, according to our increasing intensity scale.
Couple massage: one or two masseuses?
Of course you can also choose how intense you want to experience this extremely hot massage.
Please note there is a logical difference in the prices between being served by one masseuse or by two masseuses.
One masseuse serving a couple takes 1.5 times the individual massage price. And 2 masseuses —or a female and a male masseur— obviously take twice the individual price.
You'll soon understand that an individual service can't compare to a service involving more receivers and more therapists.
60 minutes Extremely Erotic massage for couples
This massage is for all kinds of couples: straight couples and bisexual couples. The 90 minutes session is logically able to fulfill a wider range of erotic fantasies and for both of you enjoy a longer time of a truly special "ménage à trois" session.
The couple session is about sensuality and eroticism, and we can deal personally the protocol that suits you best: who will I be starting with? Is one of you just receiving the massage? Do you prefer focusing on giving the massage to just one of you guys? Will we be switching the focus on either of you? We can set up a session to work on specific aspects of your sensuality. Complicity is a way of communicating and we can use it to establish a certain role play to please you both.
You also have two options. Choosing only one lady to serve you at the same time. And then ordering two female masseuses. The first option —to share for both of you— the price is not twice but just 1.5 times.
Massage for couples
You can choose many different ways to be served though. So you can decide sharing one lady. But you can also order two ladies. Finally, you can even pick a lady and a male masseur. Please ask us about male masseurs since we also work with straight and bisexual masseurs.
The best way is contacting us!
One masseuse for your couples massage
As the name describes, one therapist will be serving you the way you prefer: both of you at the same time. Or maybe first your spouse and then yourself? Of course you can speak to your masseuse and set up the ideal session for your enjoyment. Because we stress the fact we'd like to adapt to your personal preferences!
350 € — 60 minutes
500 € — 90 minutes
700 € — 120 minutes
The erotic intensity and the features correspond to the naked Extremely Erotic massage menu.
Two masseurs for your couples massage
Two therapists will be serving you: so two ladies or a lady and young man —or even two men if you wish. Consequently each one of you will have a masseuse to enjoy an amazingly intimate massage. Additionally, sometimes the ladies accept to switch at halfway massage time! Doesn't this feel sexy!
500 € — 60 minutes
750 € — 90 minutes
1000 € — 120 minutes
As you guess, the level of erotic intensity and the features correspond to the highest one! So the naked Extremely Erotic massage menu.
- Erotic shower —in 90 and 120 minutes sessions
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- Ladies are naked
- You are allowed to touch your masseuse
- Sensual massage
- Full body massage
- Lingam massage
- Testicle massage
- Prostate massage
- Body to body massage
- Yoga Tantra positions
- Happy ending
You can obviously stress one of these or ask to remove any of these!
Individual massages
Therese are our individual therapies (for one person): Relaxing massage, Erotic massage or Extremely Erotic massage
Call or send us an SMS with your request: contact us!
Check the most updated massage directory to check all the available ladies here: erotic massage Barcelona.
Finally, if you can't find a very specific lady please call us. Because we know more ladies than the ones advertising here!


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Masseria Ancella
Located in Monltabano, a 10-minute drive from Ostuni, Masseria Ancella offers free Wi-Fi and air-conditioned rooms with a classic design and a flat-screen TV. A shared garden and a seasonal pool are also available. Sweet and savoury homemade products are served every morning for breakfast. In summer it can be enjoyed under the shaded patio in the garden. At the restaurant you can taste Puglia specialities. Rooms at the Ancella come with antique furnishings and tiled floors. Each has a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer. Some feature a spa bath and sea views. You can relax by the summer pool or in the garden. It is also possible to book wine-based beauty treatments at the wellness centre. The beach Torre Canne is a 10-minute drive from the property, while Alberobello is 10 km away.
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This was my facebook status after school:
Here's a math problem for you: How many teachers and parents does it take to get an angry child into a minivan? Related: How many glasses of wine does it take to make a mom stop from rocking in the corner and making groaning noises as she relives the whole thing? Bonus question: How far can an out-of-shape mom with asthma run in heels before she thinks she might actually die?
As you can probably guess, the coat struggles that I wrote about yesterday got even worse today. We used the dressing strip to get her coat on this morning, and it worked beautifully. Even managed a hat and mittens. There was a slight hiccup when Maggie saw Grace's mittens, and realized that they were not the equivalent to hers, and began ransacking the front hall looking for her own pair. When Maggie and Grace get new things at the same time, Maggie tries to enforce coordination. This can involve Maggie changing into something that matches, or was purchased at the same time as, what Grace is wearing. Or as in the case of the Christmas Pajama Incident of 2010, she will repeatedly throw the outfit at Grace, and yell "CHANGE" before trying to wrestle her out of her clothing. This morning it was the insistence that she also needed her waterproof mittens from last Christmas. I found them, we patted ourselves on the backs for a relatively uneventful dressing session, and off we went to school.
|Their Christmas Eve jammies in 2010. Maggie insisted that they all wear them at the same time after that. I think she believed that they are magic jammies, that make presents arrive in the living room.
That's where we went wrong. We got too smug.
This afternoon, I went to pick her up as usual. I get her from her EA about 5 minutes before the bell, so that I can hear about her day, and we can be out of the chaos of the hallway when the other kids get out. She had a wonderful day, had her coat, and even her backpack on, which is no small miracle.
First the backpack got thrown down.
Then the coat started to get unzipped.
It was all over from here.
Maggie and I had a full-out wrestling match once we got out to the school yard in a battle over her coat. The only things missing were stage names and awkwardly tight unitards. I'm sure it was quite a show. I was trying to keep her in her coat and zip it up, all while keeping myself from falling flat on the ground, and positioning her so that she wouldn't hit her head on the pavement.
It sucked. For both of us.
The music teacher was on yard duty and came over to help me get her coat back on because at that point I had to follow through, but it is impossible to do by yourself. Then she said that she would help me to my car because I had 3 kids and their backpacks to get around to the front of the school. That was when I remembered that I couldn't get a spot in the lot so I was parked somewhere in another country. Crap.
The teacher insisted that I go get the car while she and one of the SERTs stayed with the kids. So I ran. In heels.
I guess it is rather alarming when you see a mom running away from the school at the end of the day without her children. So that got some attention. The icing on the cake was when I almost caused a car accident by bolting into the street, causing the crossing guard to lunge after me. I think I shocked her by how fast I was running. Or that I wasn't waiting for my kids like a responsible mother.
With my glasses all steamed up, and my lungs on fire, I drove the van to the back of the school, where it took me, the music teacher, Maggie's EA, and a SERT to get Maggie in the van and buckled. The music teacher even followed me home to make sure I was able to get in okay. Thank God for their help. I don't have any other schools to compare ours with, but I just know that we have a great one. Every day I get another piece of evidence. The teachers there really care about my kids. They didn't have to help me. But they did. And I am grateful.
I am not grateful for autism, however. I don't understand the people who say that they are. They are either lying, or they are doing this wrong. Seeing my sweet baby girl struggle with simple things that an average 2 year old has mastered…who can be grateful for that? Yes, I can be grateful that she has her health, and I am extremely grateful for that. My gratitude for her knows no bounds. But my loathing of autism is also limitless.


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too bad, it is sooo pretty~
I like your honesty…it sure is pretty and I'm glad the pastry tasted good but I'm sorry it didn't turn out the way you had hoped. I bet you come up with something better another time. Thank you for sharing your recipes…we all appreciate it! Have a wonderful weekend…Maura 🙂
It looks gorgeous and I still think it's fabulous in concept. Hmmmm… I hate when this happens, but I'm betting you'll figure out how to make major improvements :)xoxo Pattie
Every once in awhile I make something that goes directly into the round file under my sink. Love the concept here, maybe it just needs a little tweeking. Crust and potatoes – sounds like a winner.
Ahhhh you win some and you lose some….I have had my share of losers thats for sure…It looks lovely though!
We all have to try recipes that aren't so great every now and then. It looks wonderful, I really like that pie dish.
Possibly too much of a good thing? Too much filling maybe? The ones I have seen are rather thin. Sure looks good tho!


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You have probably seen this dress all over your social media channels and this dress from Target is really just that good! It's from the brand "A New Day" and the dress comes in regular and plus. The best part it has pockets and it's under $30! I would say the dress is pretty true to size and you will absolutely LOVE it! It does comes in a few prints, but of course you know I had to grab the leopard print one. Keep scrolling to see and shop this fabulous midi, or maxi (for us short girls) dress!
You could easily dress this dress up with heels and a moto leather jacket, or you can keep it casual with booties or sneakers. To add some warmth as we transition fully into Spring, just throw on a denim jacket or a ivory blazer!
I just love the flow of this dress and you can easily live in this dress all day!
I love that the leopard print is subtle on this dress on the mauve/taupe background!
I'm wearing a XL and in my opinion, I think it's pretty true to size!
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Clanlands: Why the Book is Worth Checking Out
Not sure whether you should read or listen to the Clanlands book accompanying the STARZ Men in Kilts show with Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish? This review should set you straight. (more…)
After my wonderful gap year in Scotland I'm back in Australia, still enjoying the world of Outlander from afar. I'm a relative newbie to the Outlander world, first seeing the show in 2015, and since then it's been a wild ride. I was hooked from the start and I read all the books in quick succession then started on the audio books – great company on long drives or walks. Then I became further immersed when I got the gig as a writer here at Outlandercast. It is a lot of fun and I have met so many great people on my Outlander journey both in person and online – international connections and friendships. Looking forward to another trip to Scotland in the not too distant future – she said hopefully!
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Outlander photographer Aimee Spinks has been capturing behind-the-scenes stills for the Outlander show for four years. In her interview she shares her favorite moments and more. (more…)
The global Covid-19 pandemic brings to mind other health emergencies, real or fictional. We take a look at contagion in Outlander and how Claire Fraser handled it. (more…)
Only in Outlander could a day at the beach be so challenging. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at a day at the beach Outlander style. (more…)
Cats may have nine lives but so apparently does Outlander's Jamie Fraser. Here's a look at the many near deaths of Jamie Fraser. (more…)
Outlander Episode 508 tackled some very important mental health issues — PTSD, depression and suicide — after Roger's hanging and Young Ian's yet-to-be-revealed troubles. Andrée Poppleton looks at how successfully the show portrayed these important ideas. (more…)
Want to learn more about how Outlander production designer Jon Gary Steele created the Big House on Fraser's Ridge? We've got photos and videos right here. (more…)
Jon Gary Steele helped make the Outlander TV show a fan and critic favorite, overseeing set design and creating some amazing sets. This tribute post looks back at some of his most memorable sets. (more…)
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In celebration of Outlander's five-year television anniversary, we're revisiting "Sassenach" – the episode that started it all. (more…)


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For the second straight week the Giants lost on a last-second field goal and are still winless in 2017:
TAMPA – NFL players and coaches try to adhere to a 24-hour rule. Once any game ends, whether it's an exhilarating victory or a discouraging defeat, they take one day to reflect on it before focusing on the next opponent.
That will be difficult this week for the Giants, who endured their second crushing loss in as many weeks Sunday in Raymond James Stadium. Nick Folk's 34-yard field goal as time expired sent them to a 25-23 loss, just as rookie Jake Elliott's final-play 61-yarder last week in Philadelphia left them on the wrong end of a 27-24 score.
"We feel like (crap)," said linebacker and defensive captain Jonathan Casillas. "Everybody does. It's going to feel like this for a while. People always say 24-hour rule; it might be a little longer than that. It's just 0-4, no one ever predicted us to do anything like that. It's going to be really hard to swallow this one. I feel like we had it in the bag. Last week I feel like we had it in the bag. We just got to keep playing and understand that we still got a long way to go."
Those feelings were prevalent in all corners of the Giants' cramped locker room. Almost everyone is stunned they've descended from an 11-5 playoff team to a squad that is 0-4, the Giants' worst start since 2013. And they can't fathom how they owned fourth-quarter leads in each of the last two games, only to fall victim to their own mistakes and their opponents' kicker.
"Nobody expected it, but we got nobody but ourselves to blame," defensive tackle Damon Harrison said. "Our defense in particular. Our game could have ended 17-16. Once we get the lead, it's our job to keep the lead and extend the lead if possible. So, it's all on our shoulders."
"I am not surprised," coach Ben McAdoo said. "I am not shocked. You can't carry things from one year to the next. We talked about that in the offseason. You got to be hungry, you got to be willing to work. We need to get back to work as a staff and get back to work as a team. Find a way to improve."
This game was simultaneously vastly different and very similar to the loss in Philadelphia. The Giants had zero accepted penalties, one week after they had 10. The Giants' time of possession was 34:13, or almost 12 minutes more than they owned the ball against the Eagles. Eli Manning scored on the longest rushing touchdown (!) of his career, a 14-yarder. One week after throwing three touchdown passes, he tossed two, to rookie running back Wayne Gallman and tight end Rhett Ellison while throwing for 288 yards.
But the parallels to last week are what cost the Giants. A poor punt. The defense surrendering a critical completion on the game-winning drive. The offense not putting more points on the board when the opportunities were there. And Sunday brought something new, Aldrick Rosas' first career missed field goal attempt that was a huge miscue in a two-point game.
It was all on display in the fourth quarter, which began with the Giants leading, 17-16. On the second play of the quarter, Rosas pushed a 43-yard field goal try wide right.
The Giants came up with a big fourth-down stop on Tampa Bay's next possession, but soon faced a fourth-and-three. Brad Wing then booted a punt that traveled only 15 yards, giving the Bucs the ball on their own 43. Last week, Wing's 28-yard punt set the Eagles up with great field position for their game-winning field goal.
The Giants got burned again as Tampa Bay needed only four plays to score, on Jameis Winston's 14-yard pass to tight end Cameron Brate. After the two-point conversion failed, the Bucs led, 22-17. Winston had accounted for most of those points, throwing first-quarter scoring passes of six yards to Mike Evans and 58 yards to rookie O.J. Howard, who had no Giants defender within 15 yards of him.
After Brate's touchdown, the Giants drove 75 yards in 10 plays, the last a two-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Rhett Ellison. But the two-point conversion attempt was incomplete, because Odell Beckham, Jr. had stepped out of bounds and did not re-establish himself on the field of play before catching the ball.
'It's tough to lose two games in a row on field goals, on walk-off field goals," Manning said. "That's a tough situation to have a lead and feel like you're doing some good things, feel like you have a good drive to take the lead. But obviously having a two-point conversion and get it reversed, (that's a) tough situation right there."
But the Giants still led, 23-22. One stop and the game was theirs. With 1:30 remaining, the Buccaneers faced a third-and-one from the Giants' 39-yard line. Brate got a step on Landon Collins, and Winston dropped in a perfect pass for a 26-yard completion. In Philadelphia, the big completion was a 19-yarder to Alshon Jeffrey immediately prior to Elliott's game-winner.
"I played hard inside, tried to force him out," Collins said. "I feel like my right foot got stuck and he just got a step on me. I tried to make a play after that and chase him down and tried to get the ball out. He just got a good play."
Winston twice took a knee before Folk trotted out to try to kick the game-winner. It was far from a guarantee, considering he had missed an extra point and field goal attempts of 46 and 49 yards. But his biggest kick was good, leaving the Bucs at 2-1 and the Giants pondering how to stop this slide. They face another 0-4 team, the Los Angeles Chargers, next week.
"It's very tough," Collins said. "That's one where we as the defense have to step up and make a play. We didn't get it, unfortunately, but at the same time to lose on a field goal, it's tough. It's tough because you fight your butt off to hold them to where we held them and they marched it downfield. They got into field goal range and made their play. It's definitely tough.
"It's hard to go ahead and say, 'Hey guys, keep playing, we're going to get one.' Once we dropped the first four, it's putting us in a real tough spot to do anything. You have to be able to take a step back and look at ourselves in the mirror, and see what we're doing wrong. See what we can do better. See our weaknesses and be able to strengthen our weaknesses. And whatever our strengths are, keep playing to that. And hopefully, we can get a win this week."


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Reminder - Invitation to Gjensidige Forsikring's Capital Markets Day, 27 November 2018
Gjensidige Forsikring (OSE:GJF) will host a Capital Markets Day in London on 27 November, 2018. The programme will include presentations on Gjensidige's strategic roadmap, as well as operational and financial priorities.
Venue: etc. venues St Paul's, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD
12:00 – 13:00 Registration and buffet lunch
13:00 – 16:00 Management presentations
16:00 – 17:00 Mingling with management
CEO, Helge Leiro Baastad
CFO, Jostein Amdal
EVP Analytics, Product and Price, Catharina Hellerud
EVP Private, Sigurd Austin
Please find attached the invitation to the event, including the link for registration.
Contact person, Gjensidige Forsikring ASA:
Head of Investor Relations, Mitra Hagen Negård, tel. +47 957 93 631
Investor Relation Officer, Live Christine Bjønness, tel. +47 482 11 661


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If you've ever struggled with balancing self-care with studying, I'm going to try and make it a little bit easier for you.
Starting university can be a little overwhelming. I was so excited about starting a new chapter in my life that I refused to acknowledge that I was struggling, and let the stress lurk beneath the surface. I didn't want to admit that the big life change I had been looking forward to for so long was actually quite difficult to adjust to, not only academically, but also on a more personal level.
I put a lot of pressure on myself to be perfect. I wanted to prove that I was strong academically, and that I wouldn't be somebody who struggles (but, as it turns out, it's okay to be both). I tried to write three practice essays a week, and I attempted to take notes for every single piece of further reading.
This was an unsustainable way of studying which meant there were some weeks where I burned out and did almost nothing, and a lot of the work I did manage to do was irrelevant to the essays I ended up writing.
I soon learned that studying in this way is usually only possible at the expense of having friends or time to take care of my wellbeing.
How could I be spending so much time studying – barely having time for meals or showers – and still not be the perfect student?
I needed to study smarter, not harder.
So, what does 'study smart' mean, exactly? Select the tabs below to discover my strategies for smarter studying.
You don't have to read every single book relating to the topic you are studying cover-to-cover. Lecturers often set core reading and further reading, and while it is all interesting, it may not all be relevant to your assignment.
A lot of journals, articles and book chapters contain an abstract or summary that you can skim read to determine whether the content is relevant. If you are still unsure, I sometimes find that reading the introduction and conclusion can give me a huge insight into what the writing is about.
Don't copy huge chunks of text word-for-word into your notebook. My technique for note taking is to read and highlight what seems important, whether it's facts and figures or a critical perspective. I then read the highlighted parts again, and write in my own words anything of importance. This specific method may not work for everyone, but it is an example of how you don't have to waste hours taking notes from every single page on the reading list.
When note taking, whether in a lecture or during reading, ensure that you keep a note of where this information is from so that you do not plagiarise later. You likely won't have time to copy whole quotes in a lecture, so instead you can try to write a few important words with the name, year and page number (if applicable).
One of my favourite apps for remembering information is Quizlet. You can create flashcards (or use sets made by other users) that work in an algorithm so that you study those you get wrong more often.
Another app that I recommend is Todoist. You can enter your to-do-list (as the name suggests), organise your tasks into different categories and projects, set a schedule if it is an everyday task, record deadlines for assignments, and prioritise tasks. I find it very helpful, though you may prefer an academic planner
Most importantly, ask for help if you need it. I struggled to go to anyone for help in my first year, as I felt incredibly awkward in this new university dynamic. However, I have reached out early to my module conveners for this year to ask for tips and recommended reading to prepare, and they were all greatly supportive and very happy that I had emailed. Many people wait months, or years, into their degree before finally asking for a lecturer's guidance, but they want you to succeed and will be happy to provide support and feedback.
Studying smarter, not harder, means that you don't have to slave over your work for it to be good.
Remember that everybody works differently. Are you an early bird or a night owl? Don't feel pressured to work a 9-5 if you don't work as well at certain times. But be honest with yourself and your productivity.
It's important to recognise that small things, like taking breaks, aren't bad and will make your routine much more sustainable. You can find balance by using these tips to reduce your study time and using the rest to try a new activity, meet your friends, or shower. All of these things are equally important for your university life so make sure you find balance and feel proud of your achievements.
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My son goes to a small rural school. He has a total of 14 kids in his class. There are not multiples of any grade. There is one 4th grade class. It has 14 kids. The school pre-k through 12th grade is all on one campus and shares one gym, auditorium, music/band building, cafeteria, etc. There are definite perks. They don't even have locks on their lockers. There's no need. If it's not yours, it's not yours. My son has always scored in the top 90 percent in the nation on the Iowa State Tests the school has them take every year. He scored in the top in the state on his reading and math 3rd grade state mandated tests. Sounds great, but there are some drawbacks.
First, my son is bored out of his mind in class and gets in trouble for falling asleep. I have to laugh because I did the same thing. One of my brothers, who is now a District Court Judge, did the same. The problem is that our schools want everyone on grade level and the only focus is getting the slowest kid up to required levels. We used to try to raise the kids up to the highest kid. It's called the dumbing down of America and it is very real. My teachers gave me extra stuff to do when I was in school. I slept through my first two years in college getting my bachelor's degree too. I had a lot of fun in college those first couple of years though. My son, is about to lose his mind. He hates school because there is nothing that has challenged him. He is so incredibly bored. He would sincerely like to shove common core math up someone's ass. It has so many extra unnecessary steps. The state he goes to school in is big on the AR books. When he was in kindergarten and first grade, he was supposed to bring two books home and read them three times out loud to me and I was supposed to read them to him once. Then they took the AR tests online at school. He read all of those books in the pickup on the way to school in the morning one time each. Most of his work has been just like that. He makes A's with a couple of B's when he's just gotten so bored he didn't even bother to finish his work. Teacher's meetings are always the teacher is concerned he isn't getting enough sleep at home because he sleeps in class. Followed by this reading is so important and we just can't have kids behind. Umm…. have you even looked at the grade level my child is reading on? Stop giving him busy work and teach him something. It's extremely frustrating as a parent to actively keep your child from learning too much so that he doesn't get even more bored at school. Our schools suck for intelligent kids. They are awful.
Occasionally, he will start something new and have to struggle for a minute. Usually, it's one step he is missing and he's got it. Then he is back to being bored again. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to have a child in our public schools and watch his potential being wasted. I haven't written a lot the last two weeks on my blog because I've been looking into switching him to a different school. We live on the state line and I can transfer him into the state our address is in without any issues. I think the school systems in this state are a little better. I'm just trying to get my son through this year without imploding. It's ridiculous. When I have a parent teacher conference, I don't want to hear about the slowest kid in the class and the importance of getting the entire class on grade level. I want to hear about my own child.


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This post explains why your home machine can work fast while many corporate PCs show high CPU consumption at random times especially after boot for several minutes with no apparent explanation. Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) is a fantastic piece of technology. I love it because it enables me and perhaps you to tackle systemic issues regardless if the problem is my application, an Explorer plugin, a slow device driver or your Antivirus Scanner gone wild. Last time I have complained about slow WMI queries (https://aloiskraus.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/the-wmi-query-from-hell/) which were induced by some System Management software. It turns out that reading from the Windows Eventlog is a quite complex undertaking when you try to understand the slow read performance. For starters I try to read all Application event log messages via a WMI query
Slow Event Log Read Performance
SELECT * FROM Win32_NTLogEvent WHERE Logfile = 'Application'
This runs ca. 35s which is quite a while. To put the number into perspective lets check the size of the event log which is 25 MB where 60232 messages were stored. This means we are reading a binary file with 0,7MB/s on my i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz. That is really slow! Lets record some data with ETW and analyze it with the new Performance HUD Tool which was released at 29. May 2020. When I select the event log service which shows high CPU I can easily find why it is so busy:
We are reading 60K messages. While we are doing that the event log service process accesses the Registry over 800K times to find the currently configured language! The method EvtRpcMessageRender formats an event log message which in turn calls FormatMessage which does not reuse any cached thread culture but always reads the data from the registry. This means we have for every read message 13 registry accesses which is way to much. The Performance HUD shows on the lower grid performance insights and a tooltip what you can do about it. The performance of FormatMessage seems to be less important than to ensure 100% correctness when the language is switched because it must use the updated value instantaneously. The HUD Tool makes ETW data much more accessible than it was before. If I want to know how much data the Event Log service has read I just need to switch over to the File I/O tab which shows me the 25 MB parsed Application event log. If I need it I can also get the call stack by hovering over the blue underlined and press Ctrl+Click to find the corresponding stack traces.
Now we have proven that the event log service reads 25 MB of data but to format the read data it needs 800K registry reads just to determine the current language which costs in total over 35s of execution time. At least that is what I can see with the HUD Tool inside a single process. This tool is definitely not a v1.0 and is used within MS for quite some time based on the many helpful tooltips from performance experts. The HUD Tools is a great addition to the toolbox which warrants more detailed posts in the future. If you have problems to get it running drop me a note and I will see if I can help.
Performance HUD can be run in two modes
- Realtime attached to a specific process
- Offline while parsing data from an existing recorded ETL file
- This requires CPU Profiling, Context Switch, File IO, Registry tracing with stacks enabled
- For UI Hangs and User/GDI Handle leaks you need additionally to record the Microsoft-Windows-Win32k ETW Provider with 0x8000030000240000 flags + Stacks
- The new GDI/User Leak tracking flags are (Win 10 1903. Windows Server 2019 e.g. is based on Win 10 1807. No server OS or Win 10 LTS release supports that yet …)
- 0x0000010000000000 GdiHandleOperation
- 0x0000020000000000 UserHandleOperation
- The new GDI/User Leak tracking flags are (Win 10 1903. Windows Server 2019 e.g. is based on Win 10 1807. No server OS or Win 10 LTS release supports that yet …)
Realtime ETW tracing is a great thing which makes it much easier for the average performance investigator to analyze ETW data right away. Especially UI thread hangs due to blocking calls got fantastic support which makes finding your UI hangs a no brainer.
System Wide Analysis
A first check is great to do in HUD but a more detailed analysis is still best done in WPA (and a 4K monitor). Lets see how the CPU consumption across processes is spent:
The WMI Query is executed from my test process named EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe (14796) which consumes 10s mostly reading registry keys for the COM class factory of some WMI COM objects. …
Next is is the svchost(1676) which is the Event Log Service Process with also 10s of CPU. There it is spending also most of the time as we have seen earlier with Registry Reading. In our case it is 5s/10s. Below is a picture how a WMI Event Log Query is actually executed:
WMI can do much but only with the help of many lackeys which work for us. We are reading a binary file and decode its messages but with WMI this causes significant CPU in 4 other system processes! Most time is spent inside the Event Log Service and the WMI Worker process and our WMI reading process. I was wondering why the EventLogReader process consumes so much CPU while it should only receive the data from WMI. It turns out there is more behind it because the COM objects which are used are not only for WMI but also for VirtualBox. Seem the VM host intercepts quite a bit of calls on my machine. It did uninstall VirtualBox (this was quite a journey because I have move the C:\Windows\Installer folder to a different drive which breaks many things. Note to self: Do this never again!) and checked again. Sure enough the additional Registry Queries are gone but the total runtime did not change much. The reason is that the Performance HUD Tool enables expensive ETW Logging event for every Registry access which exaggerates the costs of Registry accesses quit a bit. With HUD profiling enabled I did see application slowdowns of up to 40%. You should therefore still measure without Performance HUD enabled to get a less distorted picture what is really our bottleneck.
So what can we do about slow event log reading performance with WMI? As it turns out not much. MS should really check if it needs to access the language registry keys so often without any caching. In theory we can format the message by ourselves but this is only part of the story since ETW supports for an ETW event log message up to 3 resource dlls.
- MessageFileName: Same as old event log message table dlls which contains the localized resource string where the paramters are expanded at %1 %2, … as classic events
- ParameterMessageFile: This contains constants such as Access Denied, Granted, … which are defined with two %% followed by the resource number e.g. %%8100
- ResourceFileName: Defines the WEVT_TEMPLATE resource which contains event names, task names etc inside this binary structure
What will happen when I format messages in the old way by loading the resource dll and format the expansion parameters by myself? For an ETW Provider which is nice and which defines only resource based strings in the EventLog like this
I can correctly decode the message with the old EventLog API of .NET:
But when I remove the EventMessageFile registry key then I get an unresolved message just like any "modern" ETW provider would declare it in the EventLog if it is not nice to legacy APIs: logMsg.Message would error out and give me a message
The description for Event ID 'xxx' in Source 'xxxxx' cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display the message, or you may not have permission to access them.
Event Log providers since Windows Vista only need a ProviderGuid below the event log registry key which makes it impossible to format resource based messages without the newer ETW Event Rendering APIs.
This is an issue if you are monitoring log messages issued by low level device drivers to report e.g. disk failures and other hardware issues. These important messages will slip through your monitoring system if you use the .NET System.Diagnostics.EventLog class. It is the fastest way to read messages but unfortunately you will miss out messages. The situation can be fixed to some extent by creating a registry key EventMessageFile for the ETW provider below the corresponding Event Log Source registry node. You need to look up the ProviderGuid below Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WINEVT\Publishers\ to find the corresponding MessageFileName. That will enable proper rendering of ETW based providers.
There is one caveat though. Fixed string constants which are formatted via %% in the resource based messages that are baked up by the ParameterFileName resource dll will not be formatted and will stay as placeholders in your formatted message. I have seen so far mostly for security related ETW providers to use that more advanced string expansion machinery.
The best option is still to use the newer .NET APIs in the form of System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogReader which will will properly format all messages. The only issue is that this API just like WMI calls into the event log service where the messages formatting is done out of process which is much slower. I might be obsessed with performance when I complain about newer but more powerful APIs. Lets check things by reading and formatting 10K messages from the Application and Security Event log with the old System.Diagnostics.EventLog (readoldapi) and the newer System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogReader (read) API.
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe read -n 10000 -p 1 -l Application
Did read 10000 messages from log Application in 0.10s, 97,749 Messages/s, Format Repeat Count: 1
Total Formatting time 10.4 s.
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe readoldapi -f -n 10000 -l Application
Read up to 10000 entries from Application log
Did read 10000 message table based event log messages from log Application in 1.45s, 6,899 Messages/s
Formatting time 0.4 s.
Reading and formatting for 10000 did take 1.85s, 5,410 Messages/s
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe read -n 10000 -p 1 -l Security
Did read 10000 messages from log Security in 0.12s, 82,068 Messages/s, Format Repeat Count: 1
Total Formatting time 129.4 s.
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe readoldapi -f -n 10000 -l Security
Read up to 10000 entries from Security log
Did read 10000 message table based event log messages from log Security in 1.37s, 7,277 Messages/s
Formatting time 0.6 s.
Reading and formatting for 10000 did take 1.98s, 5,041 Messages/s
With the "new" API we are over 20 times slower because formatting is now done in the EventLog Service which causes like WMI a lot of overhead. But what stands out is that reading data from the Security Event Log is > 200 times slower compared to the "old" EventLog API. Since .NET is open source it is easy to debug this and I have opened an issue https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/34568 with a request to fix. As usual there is little motivation to change such old legacy code but I was invited to provide a PR which I did. After a bit of back and forth due to test failures I have landed this single line fix: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/36188/commits/dd0e212d75218f3b0eef3bc1ab812d7eb763279e to remove a superfluous check which did not serve any real purpose. The underlying issue was that for every message format call a check was done to format all task names. The Security Event Log defines 60 task names which explains the bad parsing performance for the Security Event Log. By removing a single line it did get 26 times faster which is not bad. This change will light up in .NET Core 5.0 so stay tuned. In the meantime you can still recompile the event log reading dll at your own from .NET and use it from a regular .NET application without any issues. It is even so easy to copy the source code from .NET Core and put it into your own project. Here are the results:
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe read -n 10000 -p 1 -l Application
Did read 10000 messages from log Application in 0.10s, 99,245 Messages/s, Format Repeat Count: 1
Total Formatting time 2.7 s.
C>EventLogFlusherAndReader.exe read -n 10000 -p 1 -l Security
Did read 10000 messages from log Security in 0.12s, 80,601 Messages/s, Format Repeat Count: 1
Total Formatting time 4.3 s.
That speeds up reading event logs with .NET between 3-30 times depending on how many task names the log you are parsing has defined. It is still ca. 7 times slower compared to the old API which might be ok if you are not overdoing things.
The Security Event Log can be much bigger than 20 MB because some corporate security departments follow the MS security guidance to audit everything which needs a huge 256 MB or even a 1 GB Security Event Log file. If it would be much smaller it would overwrite the oldest events within hours depending on how your audit policies are configured. To check your current Audit Policies you can run auditpol.exe. On my home machine everything looks good but in a corporate setup things might be different. Especially Success audit messages can fill up your log files …
C>auditpol /get /category:*
System audit policy
Category/Subcategory Setting
Security System Extension No Auditing
System Integrity Success and Failure
IPsec Driver No Auditing
Other System Events Success and Failure
Security State Change Success
Logon Success and Failure
Logoff Success
Account Lockout Success
IPsec Main Mode No Auditing
IPsec Quick Mode No Auditing
IPsec Extended Mode No Auditing
Special Logon Success
Other Logon/Logoff Events No Auditing
Network Policy Server Success and Failure
User / Device Claims No Auditing
Group Membership No Auditing
Object Access
File System No Auditing
Registry No Auditing
Kernel Object No Auditing
SAM No Auditing
Certification Services No Auditing
Application Generated No Auditing
Handle Manipulation No Auditing
File Share No Auditing
Filtering Platform Packet Drop No Auditing
Filtering Platform Connection No Auditing
Other Object Access Events No Auditing
Detailed File Share No Auditing
Removable Storage No Auditing
Central Policy Staging No Auditing
Privilege Use
Non Sensitive Privilege Use No Auditing
Other Privilege Use Events No Auditing
Sensitive Privilege Use No Auditing
Detailed Tracking
Process Creation No Auditing
Process Termination No Auditing
DPAPI Activity No Auditing
RPC Events No Auditing
Plug and Play Events No Auditing
Token Right Adjusted Events No Auditing
Policy Change
Audit Policy Change Success
Authentication Policy Change Success
Authorization Policy Change No Auditing
MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change No Auditing
Filtering Platform Policy Change No Auditing
Other Policy Change Events No Auditing
Account Management
Computer Account Management No Auditing
Security Group Management Success
Distribution Group Management No Auditing
Application Group Management No Auditing
Other Account Management Events No Auditing
User Account Management Success
DS Access
Directory Service Access No Auditing
Directory Service Changes No Auditing
Directory Service Replication No Auditing
Detailed Directory Service Replication No Auditing
Account Logon
Kerberos Service Ticket Operations No Auditing
Other Account Logon Events No Auditing
Kerberos Authentication Service No Auditing
Credential Validation No Auditing
Reading a big event log by **** Some State Of The Art Security Solution **** to check for malicious activity might kill interactive user experience since you are now maxing out two cores (the reader process and the event log service formatting your messages) for many minutes. A 1 GB Security Event Log file would need even with the fixed .NET version ca. 10 minutes to read. The current way how .NET handles event log messages would cause it to scan for over 5h through a 1 GB Security Event Log file. I hope such a security "solution" is not in production anywhere but one never knows for sure if some Admin has created a nice powershell script which uses
Get-WinEvent to read all messages with a non deprecated up to date API in his Active Directory Forest. This post exists to make more people aware of the performance issues related to event log reading and applying tight security auditing policies. If you see minutes of high CPU spent in svchost.exe (it is a generic service host) which hosts the Event log service you can be pretty sure that someone is reading large event log file/s on your machine via powershell, WMI, or other ways.
Most often this is some security related software which is not fully optimized yet. Lets not give up but improve the tools you use and check if the policies which generate most log messages are really needed. If not you can reduce the size of the log and still keep the rollover time for the oldest log messages constant.
With Performance HUD it should be much easier to come to the same conclusions than I did. Try out the new tool and tell me what you have found! And lets hope that someone makes FormatMessage faster.


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To be able to give that much love to such people seems impossible, but if God orders us to do it, then is it really impossible in the first place? I honestly still have difficulty agreeing with that question, but I do want to have enough faith to be able to agree with that with everything I've got. Praise and thanks be to God Almighty very much again for the challenges and guidance.
Isn't it interesting how life throws opportunities/situations our way and they remain with us? We all have those unshakable, whether good or bad, experiences that seem to follow us or reprise themselves on certain occasions. Since yesterday was Thanksgiving, I am reminded of a profound gospel moment pretty early in my Christian journey.
While nearly finished with my first semester as a freshman in 2009, the opportunity to engage in a Thanksgiving service project came my way. My professor presented her annual tradition to the class of feeding homeless men that are registered sex offenders. She discussed how these men live in a small community and are often ridiculed denied privileges, and ostracized because of their prior crime.
After she finished, her words hit me like a ton of bricks. What would it feel like to have a full-time reminder of my past transgression always before me? No matter how…
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The rule of law forms the backbone of common EU values. Strengthening rule of law across the Western Balkans is therefore one of the priorities within the EU accession process. Under the fundamentals first approach, both Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and Chapter 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) of the European acquis have been placed at the very heart of this process.
Reflecting the importance the Netherlands attaches to this policy area, in 2014 a regional rule of law unit was formed. The Netherlands' embassies in Belgrade, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tirana were enlarged to include dedicated rule of law policy advisors to develop a broader and more in-depth view on the rule of law situation in the region and to further regional cooperation and Dutch bilateral contributions in this field.
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"There is the similar case of Fr. Niall Molloy, the family of whom have submitted freedom of information requests to the Department of Justice and Equality about the investigation into his murder in 1985. After two months the Department responded with inaccurate information and the family must appeal to seek more information. The Minister has not met them. The previous Minister appointed Mr. Dominic McGinn to look into the case, but he has not yet issued his report. We were told this would be done in the summer.
These two cases are high profile, but there are 200 other people whose case are not high profile. However, they are just as important in terms of injustice. They do not know the people on the panel and how the Minister picked them. They have no right to talk to them. Some of the documents submitted which I have seen are inadequate, but some of the people involved do not have the wherewithal to express themselves them in the clear legalistic manner required. They would benefit from meeting someone to discuss their case."
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Yesterday, we said the most entertaining part of Hardball recently has been watching Chris Matthews indulge in his amazement with/obsession with/hatred of Rep. Michele Bachmann and it really has been fun. Now it looks like the reaction to these segments is going to be equally fun as Glenn Beck spent a while on his morning show getting absolutely apoplectic at his 5 o'clock rival in an epic, bitterly sarcastic, screaming rant. God, this stuff is great.
The comments that got Beck the most riled up come from a segment last Tuesday in which Matthews asked why the Tea Party would want "balloon head" Bachmann to represent them after her slightly odd interpretation of American history in which she claimed the nation's founders worked until they ended slavery (of course, this is interpreting Bachmann's comments as that the founders only tried to end slavery which is debatable if not just wrong).
Beck began by claiming that Bachmann was actually right because the founders created the three-fifths compromise was created to get the ball rolling on ending slavery. He then began going off into yelling, hyperbole that seemed to straddle a very thing line between mock-anger and anger-anger.
"You, sir, are a balloon head that was taught by a balloon head. And all you did, because you're a balloon head, was sit in your stupid, balloon head, Ivy League classroom and be indoctrinated by a balloon head and never ever used your balloon head to use an intelligent question of the big balloon head in the tweed jacket."
Oh man. Do you think Beck's gonna go after Anderson Cooper too?
Beck was clearly joking a little bit as he then started parodying Liberal outrage over his Rally falling on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech ("Do you think Matthews knew he made these comments on the anniversary of the founding of the United Mine Workers?") and heated rhetoric ("What if a pinhead was watching and decided to pop the balloon head?") but he was definitely genuinely angry (clearly Matthews has a bad agenda).
Either way, thank the heavens for everyone involved. We will never be bored as long as Glenn Beck, Chris Matthews, and Michele Bachmann remain in front of cameras.
Check out the clip below:
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HI Folks,
I've cancelled this trip as there aren't other vehicles signed up and I therefore doubt I'll be venturing down Mt Sunday Road – this may also change my start location tonight.
I thought I should post just in case anyone was thinking of just turning up and not signing in through the forum.
Hopefully I can reschedule this trip, with 2 days of challenging driving sometime soon and provide more notice.
(I have also sent a Pm to Dragic)


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I mentioned a few days ago about a blog entry I did at work ahead of Surrey Pride, and thought I would reproduce it here as its a piece of writing I'm proud of – both for its message and for the impact it has had at work:
The summer has been and seemingly gone in a flash, but despite the disruptions to all our lives under the pandemic the spirit of celebration so intrinsic to our wellbeing is alive and well. Pride Month saw colour and life splashed everywhere this year – and yet we were still constrained by the need to look out for each other, so marches and celebrations were delayed until a little later.
Well, that later is now here, and Surrey Pride is being celebrated on Saturday 25 September in glorious Godalming. Representatives of SCC will join charities and local groups in an explosion of positivity and joy, demonstrating the vibrant lives and history in Surrey of the LGBTQIA+ community. Struggles past, present, and future are acknowledged through the day in offers of support, representation, and a celebration of our ability to live freely as our genuine selves. For some it's a path they've trod for years, for others it's an exploration that is only just beginning.
My journey through various local authorities has always had a focus in some way, shape, or form on equality and diversity. It has been part of the pleasure of working in our environment. It has evolved with different roles and the language of different decades from being a customer-focused approach in libraries; to undertaking impact assessments on projects and policies as a project manager and senior officer, and then back again to different levels of operating back with the library service as I re-joined it nearly nine years ago.
The two streams of my journey, especially in recent years, have been the intertwined demands of the personal and the professional aspects of my life and how EDI has both informed and shone light on the changes and challenges in both areas.
On the personal side has been my own changing self-awareness and the ups and downs of coming out as a bisexual and polyamorous man to friends, family, and co-workers. My life continues to grow and evolve as I meet and talk to an amazing array of people in my widening and changing personal and professional networks in ways that I couldn't imagine even a handful of years ago. I am in a relationship with an amazing trans man, whose humour, bravery, and frustrations have cast new light on things that I took for granted. He has made me look again at my assumptions and privileges, and that in turn has given me the strength to stand up for and represent the people around me with renewed passion and love.
On the professional side has been the shift from embedding a passion for equality and diversity in delivering customer services – to provide the best possible outcomes for anyone entering the library or using its services – to then providing leadership and promotion within branches as a manager. From there it grew and now I am an exemplar and champion of EDI within my group of libraries both in my own right and as part of the LGBTQ+ Staff Network. As a newly appointed Group Manager, it is even more important to me to uplift and inspire the managers who work for me to lead and promote equalities, diversity, and inclusion in the services that we provide and the staff and public with whom we work.
Some of my greatest joys have come from the recognition that my being out and visible has given other people inspiration and reassurance in their own lives. From staff to customers, partners and friends, there have been quiet affirmations and moments of challenge and reflection – all of which are brought back into conversation and debate and the direction of efforts to be better in how I work to uplift, educate, inform, and celebrate the richness of the lives upon which I have an impact.
Times are tough, but things can always improve. Things will get better. Nobody has all the answers, but if we keep talking and listening – and challenging – we can keep moving towards making things better – not just for ourselves but with and for everyone.
Pride is about support and visibility, and here at Surrey County Council we are as much part of that as anyone else. Our diverse staff is drawn from all the communities who live and work here. The SCC LGBTQ+ Staff Network will be attending the march, representing our staff and families, and will have stalls in the event itself.
If you have any questions around the event – or indeed anything else – then please get in touch. Whether it's a personal issue, or advice for yourself or your staff, we'll listen and answer. Together we are all stronger.


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The 20-year-old who'd faced the most serious drug sale charges in last year's roundup of five Columbia University students is heading to Rikers for just 3 1/2 months under a deal struck in a Manhattan courtroom today.
Harrison David, son of a Boston-area plastic surgeon, had been a third year engineering student when he and four buddies were busted on charges they sold felony-weight quantities of coke, pot and pills out of their frats and apartments.
David — charged with selling just under an ounce of cocaine to an undercover on one occasion, and four grams in a second sale, for a total of just over $1,300 — pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to criminal sale of cocaine
He'll turn himself in on August 30, and will be sentenced to six months jail and five years probation under a deal struck with the citywide Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
With good behavior and factoring in the two weeks jail he's already served, he should be released after 3 and 1/2 months, said his lawyer, Matthew Myers.
Prosecutors has last month demanded David serve a full year of state prison and two years probation.
"While it will be less incarceratory time, an addition of three years of monitoring (via probation) will be in the interest of justice," said lead prosecutor William Novak.
David has been suspended from Columbia since his arrest in December; he expects to be expelled now that he has entered a guilty plea, Myers said.
"It's going to be difficult," the lawyer said of David's prospects in finding another school that will accept a student with a felony drug conviction. "And you're talking about a brilliant kid.
"Hopefully, someone will take a chance on him at a smaller school," the lawyer said.
Charges remain against the other four young men; prosecutors say they would agree to no-jail deals for them providing they still plead guilty to felony drug charges.


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RF/microwave circulators/isolators are among the most numerous signal chain components used in high frequency radar systems. They provide necessary non-reciprocal signal chain functions, i.e., signals entering at a certain port can only propagate clockwise, but not counterclockwise. This property is critical in a radar system because it allows signals generated by the transmitter to be sent to the antenna, and signals coming back from a reflective target to the antenna, to be simultaneously routed to the receiver.
Conventional circulators typically consist of a substrate onto which a conducting circuit is patterned. A permanent magnet is then placed on top to properly bias the device to operate over the desired frequency range. This assembly process is delicate because the position and the amount of adhesive and pressure with which the permanent magnet is attached will affect the performance of the device. Permanent magnets also significantly increase size, weight and cost in a typical radar system, which often contain thousands of these devices. In addition, rare-earth metals are used in the production of magnets, which exposes OEM manufacturers and system integrators to supply chain risks, and potentially dramatic and unpredictable cost fluctuations. Due to their relatively large weight, permanent magnets also tend to detach in high shock and vibration environments causing system failures. The elimination of these magnets has long been the goal of device manufacturers in response to radar system designers' requests.
In this tech brief, Metamagnetics unveils how a new planar monolithic substrate has enabled the complete elimination of permanent magnets and is now allowing radar system designers to achieve the size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) reductions they've been after. These self-biased RF/microwave circulators and isolators are also able to withstand much high levels of shock and vibration and offer high ionizing radiation tolerance. Learn more by downloading the tech brief.
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Request for restraint policy and the use of mechanical restraints in all services
Health Sector Workers Network made this Official Information request to Lakes District Health Board
The request was successful.
From: Health Sector Workers Network
Dear Lakes District Health Board,
Can you please provide all policy documents relating to restraint practices at Lakes DHB?
Are there instances in the last year (June 2016 to June 2017) of the use of mechanical restraints? (i.e. strapping arms to bed) this is also referred to as physical restraint.
Can you please provide this data for both physical and mental health services and identify the service associated with this data?
This data should be recorded in a Restraint Register and specify the type of restraint used (ie wrist strap) and the start and finish times of each individual mechanical/physical restraint. Obviously the presentation of this data should be anonymised for the protection of privacy.
Yours faithfully,
Health Sector Workers Network
From: Theresa Fraser
Lakes District Health Board
Good Afternoon
This is to acknowledge receipt of your OIA request and a response will be sent within the timeframe of the 1st February 2018.
Theresa Fraser, Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive
Lakes DHB, Private Bag 3023, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua 3046
DDI: (07) 349 7982 Cell: 027 430 9948
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Did you know that throughout the entire Bible, the word "church" never refers to a building? The Greek word used for "church" is "ekklesia", which literally means "a calling out" – or, physical people whom God has called. If you call yourself a Christian, this includes you.
Who are Christians? Well, the world doesn't quite understand us. We are men and women joyfully willing to surrender every last thought, deed, and breath to our Creator, in love. We are men and women confident in the truth of Jesus Christ's life, death, and resurrection; and His promise of eternal life. We peacefully walk in spiritual freedom, embracing our identity as sons and daughters of the Most High King, all while moving in the supernatural power of His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Whether gathered in a small living room or a large outdoor space, or even separated across the globe – we are the Church.
So, if we find a particular problem about the Church, only we can enact change within the Church.
I know the Church pretty well, I've been a member of the body almost my whole life – we're not perfect. Yet, though we will continue to individually and collectively transform until the day we see our Maker face to face, one area needs particularly increased attention now.
Well. Here goes nothing!
This is a desperate plea to my fellow sisters in Christ. A plea for transparency in the most sensitive secret place – our sexuality.
You see, the world talks about women's sexuality; a lot. In movies, in television, in magazines, on Facebook. The female desire for sex – both heterosexual and homosexual – has forcefully saturated every fiber of our culture. As I type, I am even subject to ingest a pride-themed rainbow banner streaming over the top of my WordPress page.
Yet, somehow, this topic has skirted the Church. Many assume that only men struggle with pornography, masturbation, and homosexuality; and that all Christian women simply struggle with is loneliness while waiting for God to reveal to them their husbands.
While the latter is a legitimate struggle for some, for many of us, the scars run much, much deeper. Many of us have never quite felt pure. Sexual wounds from our childhood have led to confusion and premature promiscuous desires. Pornography, whether first seen by accident, by curiosity, or by force, has festered into a shameful secret addiction – scarring personal relationships, distorting expectations of sexual fulfillment and performance, and skewing body image. It has naturally led to the unnatural act of masturbation, and, combined with circumstances and experiences, has planted seeds of homosexual desires. And while we struggle, we struggle in silence, because of our shame, our fear of judgement, and the lack of any conversation or source of help.
God told me to start the conversation.
I am a Christian woman who has struggled with a variety of immoral sexual desires, behaviors, and addictions, and I know that I am not alone. Shelley Warren, in her life-changing book Pure Heart (every Christian woman should read it!), says "Thirty-four percent of female readers of the Today's Christian Woman online newsletter admitted to accessing internet porn in a recent poll, and one out of every six women, including Christians, are struggling with an addiction to pornography."
My heart hurts for my sisters who struggle in secret. I know their struggle well.
But, there is a way out.
James 5:16 says, "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results." (NLT)
My life testifies to this verse. After a ten-year long addiction to pornography, when I needed freedom as badly as I needed air, God graciously gave me an accountability partner; and the grace to share with this accountability partner.
Now, healing is not a "one and done" deal. The struggle is on-going, the fight relentless. But I am so thankful for His faithfulness in providing – now, many prayer partners – because transparency has reawakened my secret place. It is no longer one of sin and shame. It is a love chamber dedicated to dwelling in the Presence of my Heavenly father. It is where I bask in His magnificent beauty, His peace and joy, and the fiery love that streams from His face. It is my source of strength, always.
And now, my spirit longs to be in Communion with His. Our relationship is a dance, written specifically for me. And He is purifying me day by day in a brand new way.
Though freedom will not come overnight, darkness and light cannot coexist. Shining His light into the deepest, darkest cavern of our souls and remaining accountable to a fellow sister in Christ will lead to complete healing and restoration.
Here's what I'm asking of you.
If God has healed you from a destructive sexual lifestyle, don't be shy. Share your victory with your sisters – the girl sitting next to you in Bible Study may be enslaved and your testimony will encourage her to seek your help! For you, this is a call for boldness. This is a call to unveil the work that God has done in your life. Yes, I know it's personal. I know it's scary. I know you're worried about what other people will think of you. But, ultimately, we don't live to please man, who is here today and gone tomorrow and has but a breath in his nostrils. We live to please God; and that can only be done by faith.
I have faith in the power of His word. I have faith that once a few brave women spark transparency, we will witness a move of God like never before. Years of bondage broken and years of scars healed, in Jesus' name. For the Lord our God is a consuming fire – He wants all of us. And once our hearts are aligned to His, we come alive, and experience the true freedom of all His blessings.
Join me on a journey of coming more and more alive in Christ.
And if you need someone to talk to, don't hesitate to email me.
In His Love,
Gina Maria Cunsolo


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Oxysterols regulate cholesterol homeostasis through liver X receptor (LXR; cholesterol-lowering)- and sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP; cholesterol-raising)-mediated signaling pathways. Previously we reported that the hypocholesterolemic agent LY295427 (4α-allylcholestan-3α-ol) reverses oxysterol-mediated suppression of SREBP processing. We now report that LY295427 increases expression of insulin-induced gene-1 (INSIG-1) and restores SREBP processing in cells treated with oxysterols. In cells overexpressing the INSIG-1 gene, by contrast, SREBP processing is suppressed and oxysterol regulation is disrupted. SREBP processing is not restored by addition of LY295427, but is restored by increasing the levels of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP). These findings suggest that the INSIG-1 protein alters sterol balance by modulating SREBP processing jointly with SCAP. To test whether the action of oxysterols on SREBP processing is mediated through endogenous INSIG-1 protein, we used RNAi to lower the expression of the INSIG-1 gene, and found that reduced INSIG-1 protein levels caused the loss of SREBP regulation by oxysterols. We conclude that: (i) INSIG-1 gene expression is suppressed by oxysterols; (ii) LY29S427 treatment counters the suppressive effects of oxysterols on SREBP processing, resulting in the expression of the INSIG-1 gene; and (iii) INSIG-1 gene expression affects SREBP processing. Taken together, these data suggest that INSIG-1 plays a critical role in regulating cholesterol concentrations in the cell.
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By Brandon Johnston / Special to The Delta
Coming to America to play sports in college is a dream for many international students. For some students who manage to achieve this goal, it is cut short due to over recruiting. Many international students are not aware that there is a junior varsity (JV) team and believe they are being recruited to play on the top team at the school.
It is wrong of the school, in particular the men's basketball team, to over recruit players (both American and international) and then force them to redshirt. This has happened both of the last two years I have been at Missouri Valley College to multiple people.
To not even make the student-athlete aware that this is a possibility is ethically wrong. A student could have a 4.0 GPA, pay all their school fees up front, only to not be able to play because there are too many players. The MVC men's basketball roster has three teams. One varsity and two JV teams.
On the varsity roster, there are no international players. This was the same last year. In the last four years there has only been one international player on the varsity roster. This shows that players from overseas are not recruited to play on the varsity team and that they are being recruited just to play JV basketball.
To many American students that are forced to redshirt, the impact is not as high. It gives them a year to develop and come back stronger. However for the international students that are forced to sit out, it often spells the end of their dream. The cost of remaining here can be too high, and in many cases international students are only coming to study abroad for one year.
As an international student myself, getting through half of the first semester to find out the coaches are making me redshirt would crush me. For many students from overseas, the only reason that they are in America is to play a sport. I have had friends who had been forced to redshirt then decide that there is no point in them being here and have gone home after one semester of living their dream.
This needs to change. There needs to be more open and honest communication to the players that are being recruited to play JV. The coaches definitely know who they are looking at to play varsity based off of film and should make that clear from the beginning of the recruiting process.
The student-athletes should be aware of the risk that they may not be able to play from the beginning. Of course this may result in less players committing to the school. But this seems like the fairest option.
This is a major flaw in the morals and ethics of Missouri Valley College, a school which I thoroughly enjoy attending. This is something that needs to be fixed to ensure that students from all over the world continue to have the time of their lives while studying here at Moval.


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Expert's Rating
- Very good, sometimes superb Blu-ray image quality
- Some remote buttons glow in dark
- Unhelpful onscreen menus and printed documentation
- No YouTube
- Clumsy remote control
Our Verdict
No one would mistake the Insignia NS-WBRDVD2 for a great Blu-ray player. Its images, while often very good, don't measure up to the best players. It can't access media files off your home network. And using it can often be clumsy and irritating. But you have to expect some drawbacks in a $150 player.
The drawbacks start when you turn it on for the first time and go through the initial setup wizard. The NS-WBRDVD2's menus have a clean, attractive appearance, but in one respect, they're a little too clean. No onscreen explanations help you with your choices. For instance, the TV Aspect setting has options like "16:9 Pillarbox" and "4:3 Letter Box," but doesn't describe what these mean. (For an explanation, see Why Do I Still Get Black Bars On My HDTV?.)
The manual doesn't help much, either. It describes, but doesn't show, how to tell what kind of TV you have, and fails to define terms like Pillarbox.
Another shortcoming will probably hit you the second time you turn on the player. Unlike every other Blu-ray player I have looked at, you cannot turn on the NS-WBRDVD2 by pressing either of the Open/Close buttons (the one on the player or the one on the remote). When you want to play a disc, you must first turn on the player, then wait for it to power up, and then press Open/Close.
But the good things start when you close that tray with a disc in it. First, the disc starts playing reasonably quickly. In our tests, the NS-WBRDVD2 started up the Independence Day Blu-ray in a reasonable 45 seconds—that's faster than many, but not among the best. And once a disc is playing, the results were generally very good.
Compared to our reference player, a Sony PlayStation 3, the NS-WBRDVD2 delivers images with a real sense of depth. Both on DVD and Blu-ray, a long shot from Phantom of the Opera (chapter 3) felt almost three-dimensional despite there being nothing technically 3D about it. That same sense of depth also stood out in a night scene from The Searchers (chapter 20), where John Wayne's suspenders seemed to jump off his shirt.
The NS-WBRDVD2 looked its best when displaying either the bright and simple colors of computer animation, or no color, at all. In our black-and-white Good Night and Good Luck test (chapter 1), it offered whiter whites, blacker blacks, and grayer grays than the PS3, as well as considerably more detail. The animated Cars (again chapter 1) looked simply astounding. When one car smiled, I could appreciate how the metal around his mouth bent into a human-like expression.
At only one point was the NS-WBRDVD2 inferior to the PS3. In another scene from The Seachers (chapter 4), a family sitting around the dinner table looked artificial–a little bit like cardboard cutouts. But other improvements, such as deeper and richer skin tones, made up for it. This player gave its most disappointing performance in our Return of the King DVD test (chapter 22). Here it was nearly identical to the PS3, but just a tad sharper.
You can connect the NS-WBRDVD2 to the Internet through either ethernet or Wi-Fi. Entering a Wi-Fi passphrase with a remote control is always difficult, but compared to other players it wasn't exceptionally so. On the other hand, Insignia managed to make the simple task of setting up ethernet confusing. At one point I pressed the wrong selection and was asked for a "new IP Mode value." When I went back and tried again, though, everything was fine.
Once connected to the Internet, the NS-WBRDVD2 offers modest online options: Netflix, CinemaNow (a pay-for-view service), and Pandora. If they had also included YouTube, they would have at least covered the basics. This player has no options for accessing files off computers on your home network.
But you can play your own files if you're willing to physically bring them to the player. Plug a flash drive or external hard drive into the NS-WBRDVD2's USB port, and you can play music, view photos, and watch videos. Unlike a lot of low-cost players, this one's music options aren't limited to .mp3s, but can play .wmas, as well. While the manual lists the video file extensions supported, the codecs aren't mentioned, making it hit or miss whether any particular file will work. (The does explicatively say that DIVX does not work.)
Considering this player's many ease-of-use issues, it was nice to discover how intuitive it is for playing a slideshow. Select a photo and press the remote's Play button, and the slideshow begins. Nothing onscreen tells you how to change slideshow settings, but pressing the Pop-Up Menu button (my very first guess) brought the solution. The offerings on that menu allow you to add music to the show.
The long and thin remote control never felt quite right in my hand. With my index finger in the groove on the back, the remote felt clumsy and bottom heavy. At least, in that position, my thumbs went naturally to the play control buttons (Play/Pause, Skip, and so on). When I moved my hand down lower, the balance was right, but the most frequently-used buttons were a stretch. In general, the buttons were too small, including those important play control buttons.
On the other hand, the play control buttons glowed in the dark, which is a big advantage. And the most important button, Play/Pause, has a little bump to make it literally stand out when you felt it.
Unfortunately, the remote is not programmable. You can't control your TV with it (even via HDMI-CEC) and it lacks TV-controlling buttons like Volume and Channel.
For all its faults, though, the NS-WBRDVD2 covers the basics. You can stream Netflix, music, and pay-per-view movies. You can watch and listen to your own home media. And when you insert a Blu-ray disc, you'll get a very fine image for a player in this price range. You can't really ask for much more than that for $150.


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