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Understanding the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
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Description:What is VAERS? -- How are the VAERS data used? -- Vaccines are tested before they are used, so why are there possible unknown side effects? -- Are all events reported to VAERS caused by vaccinations? -- Who can report to VAERS? -- Why should I report to VAERS? -- How do I report to VAERS? -- What events should I report to VAERS? -- How do I find out if a vaccine adverse event has been reported to VAERS?
• The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is one component of the United States' comprehensive vaccine safety monitoring system.
• VAERS reports are monitored carefully by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Reports of adverse events (possible side effects) after vaccination do not mean that the reported problem was caused by a vaccine. Reports are signals that alert scientists of possible cause-and- effect relationships that need to be investigated.
• Anyone can submit a report to VAERS including health care professionals, vaccine manufacturers, vaccine recipients, and parents or family members of people who have received a vaccine.
Adverse events reported to VAERS are not necessarily side effects caused by vaccination. An adverse event is a health problem that happens after vaccination that may or may not be caused by a vaccine. These events may require further investigation. By definition, a side effect has been shown to be linked to a vaccine by scientific studies.
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Backstage at Dunkin' Donuts Super Stage
One of the biggest thrills for many of the folks who worked behind the scenes of Sunday's #DDSuperStage concert at One City Center was the opportunity to take up close and personal photos with the bands and artists who performed.
Here is another great photo gallery shot by our own Karen Middleton of some of those fun moments backstage and on stage. Did you take your share of photos and videos during our #DDSuperStage concert? Share them on our Facebook and Twitter pages!
Katy Tiz takes a photo with one of her biggest fans.
The Mallett Brothers Band have some fun at Townsquare Media before going on.
Megan and Liz took this photo with some of their fans.
The Q's Rob Steele takes a selfie with Megan and Liz.
Spose takes time out for his new entourage of adoring fans.

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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Beautiful Reasons to Bee Happy
12 comments:
- ...the yorkshire fox... said...
...simply beautiful Michelle, your canvas is alive with colour, loVe your flowers and of course those gorgeous bee's...Mel :)
How adorable is your cat :)
- 28 August 2012 at 19:56:00 BST
- inkypinkycraft said...
A wonderful canvas , love the vibrant colours... Great bees and wow how cute is little Felix !!! Bless .. Trace x
- 28 August 2012 at 21:23:00 BST
- Wendy Fraser said...
Brilliant as always, such great use of colour. xx
- 28 August 2012 at 22:42:00 BST
- 505whimsygirl said...
Hi Michelle,
I love your canvas! What did you use the masking tape for? Texture?
Also, and those pastels that you started out using (you call then intense blocks)?
I love the brightness!
- 28 August 2012 at 22:54:00 BST
- Sandy said...
Oh Michele - do you know what I would give to come to where you are and take some lessons. Honey Child, that's what we say in the South - you are so very talented. I love this!!!!!!!!!
- 29 August 2012 at 01:27:00 BST
- She said...
Gorgeous Canvas Michelle. Love it. Oh and Felix is lovely too. S x
- 29 August 2012 at 09:31:00 BST
- Sue said...
Ahhhhhhhhhh-mazing, Michelle. I love this canvas so much!
- 29 August 2012 at 11:41:00 BST
- Marjie Kemper said...
Man oh Man, it's GORGEOUS! I adore the rich colors, fab texture, and funky flowers.... love it to pieces! Did you do masking tape on the whole base, or just parts?
- 29 August 2012 at 13:29:00 BST
- flutterbycrafter said...
This is so lovely, such gorgeous colours & I love your flowers. See you Sat? Xx
- 29 August 2012 at 19:51:00 BST
- Laura said...
I love your saturated colors and the step by step you included to explain how you got such beautiful colors. The bee is the perfect accent!
- 29 August 2012 at 20:46:00 BST
- Crafting Time said...
This is stunning Michelle xx
- 29 August 2012 at 21:11:00 BST
- Victoria said...
What beautiful intense colour! I love it!
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RIP Adam Yauch
I rarely post about things that are personal, or even music related for that matter, but I was saddened to hear that Adam Yauch passed away today at the age of 47. Adam was one third of the hip-hop/rap/rock trio The Beastie Boys, and The Beastie Boys were one of the bands that really defined my youth, from the 1980s well through my teenage years. I can't think of a time when growing up when they weren't around. The Beastie Boys were the "fun" group. They rapped about friends, and having fun and were a universally-appealing act that welcomed fans of all races, creeds and beliefs. They crossed boundaries in their styles, experimenting being a driving force for the group as they went from punk, to rap to forms of rock and blending sounds together, and were respected by their peers of generations that influenced them, and the generations they influenced.
In this case, though, it's even sadder in how he passed away. Yauch had been diagnosed with cancer and struggled the past few years, unable to perform live since 2009, the year Yauch was diagnosed, and rarely was in the public eye. I remember listening to the local radio station KROQ when their latest album was released a few years back, and the morning show that interviewed the band sans Yauch. His absence was noticeable. It was the Beastie Boys, yet not the Beastie Boys.
As a teen, videos such as Fight For Your Right to Party, Sabotage and So What Cha Want played constantly and I still can remember each distinctly. In the video No Sleep Till Brooklyn, there's a prologue before the music began (which which sometimes cut from MTV) where the Boys knock on a club owner's door. The owner answers and has no idea who they are. Yauch answers "We're the band." The owner looks at them, and asks where their instruments are. He's handed a vinyl record, looks at it dumbfounded, and breaks it over one of their heads (I want to say it was Mike D), yells they only play rock music at the club and then promptly slams the door in their face.
Knock knock again. The owner opens the door once more and the Beastie Boys are now dressed in quintessential 1980s hairband garb, large poofy wigs and all. The Boys are gladly accepted now. The video then consists of them playing the song, starting in the full hairband getup and gradually stripping it all away and, through quite funny scenarios, end up in their trademark clothes.
Then they smash up the rock instruments and unload a machine-gun on all the amps in glorious destruction.
Of course it's fun, but it's also exactly what the BeastieBoys were all about. They were rock, but yet they weren't. They were aware of this and ran with it, creating a sound that influenced countless other bands. A guitar solo in the middle of rap song? Who would have tried such things? They did…and they had fun while doing it. Their music opened a lot of doors, and the three MCs (and occasionally one DJ) were incredibly likable in the process.
They were activists as well with quite a few charitable causes they contributed to, such as the ASPCA, Habitat for Humanity and a number of New York-based charities. Their biggest, though, is the Tibetan Freedom Concerts in the 1990s (and I think a couple the past decade) which brought together a variety of musical sounds from the most popular groups of the era (Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Rancid, Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder, Blues Traveler, Blur, U2, Radiohead, Beck, De La Soul, John Lee Hooker, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, Bjork…the list goes on.) Another showcase of their desire to promote causes larger than themselves, but also promote diversity in cultures by attaching diverse acts to their cause.
The Boys were never really controversial figures, outside of being often loud and causing a ruckus sometimes. They also never seemed to exude an ounce of arrogance in the proc ess, something a lot of rap artists today could learn from. They could have, considering their massive success and high influence on music, but again never did. I suppose with Yauch's passing, though, it's all more a sad reminder that there was a time when music, especially rap, was ambitious and creative and doing more beyond trying to "prove" something or rap about how great they are (there are exceptions, of course, but they more prove the rule). It blended fun, accessible music with a progressive sound that's retrospectively humbling today and, sadly, won't be coming around ever again.
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After a very public marriage rejection on the jumbotron of a UCLA basketball game, Patrick Moote is informed of a certain shortcoming by his girlfriend. And then she leaves him. Heartbroken and confused, he sets out to answer mankind's burning question, once and for all: Does size matter?
Including interviews with ex-girlfriends, doctors and anthropologists, Moote lays his anxieties and neurosis bare for all to see. He then takes to the world—from porn conventions and Korean sex museums, to witch doctors in Papua New Guinea—in an effort to answer bigger questions. What is the porn industry's effect on sexual expectations? What about society's strange obsession and terrifying techniques for increasing penis size?
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I have decided that each Saturday I'll post a list of all the best things I saw or read or overheard or whatever over the course of the week. I'll tell you straight: most of these things will come from television because I am a television addict and spend far too much time watching the damn thing.
But here's the thing... I was on vacation this week (headed home today) and I didn't watch as much television as I normally do so today's sampling is going to be a bit of a Key West grab bag.
Everybody caught up and ready? Great. Let's go...
~"This place is fancy and I don't know which fork to kill myself with." ~Nick on New Girl
~Darren Criss's performance in this week's Glee (yes, I watch Glee.)
~Maggie Stiefvater's new novel The Raven Boys... the truth is, I want to quote this entire book because I thought it was that frakking awesome but I am going to limit myself to this one line:
He was still wearing those idiotic Top-Siders she'd noticed at the reading, this time paired with cargo shorts and a yellow polo shirt that made it look like as if he were prepared for any sort of emergency, so long as the emergency involved him falling onto a yacht.
~The Pete and Wayne Show at Sloppy Joe's Bar- caught part of these guys' show our last night in Key West. They're raunchy (very, very raunchy) and funny (very, very funny). Song lyrics are not for the faint of heart. It was a good show and we had a great time.
~We had lunch one day at the Hard Rock Cafe and they played three of my favorite songs in a row: "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns 'n' Roses) followed by "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Def Leppard) and then "Grey Street" (Dave Matthews Band). It must have been fate.
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Celebrities celebrate Halloween!
This year's Halloweekend -- you know, the weekend before actual Halloween -- brought about some incredible costumes from some of Hollywood's biggest names.
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Adele broke her social media silence to share a photo of her glamorous Halloween costume, while Gwyneth Paltrow also won rave reviews for her "Seven"-inspired costume of her head in a box.
Kim Kardashian channeled a variety of music icons -- Madonna, Cher, Aaliyah -- almost perfectly, giving sister Kylie a run for her money one year after she won Halloween with her Christina Aguilera costume. Sister Kourtney joined Kim as Michael Jackson the night she dressed as Madonna.
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In case you were wondering, yes, I am still plugging away diligently at The Famished Road. It's part of several challenges and my personal quest to read all the Booker winners, and I will be finishing it. But I'm not liking it much.
It's an interesting blend of plot -- young boy growing up in Africa amidst political turmoil -- and magical realism, where spirits and alternate realities can (and do!) erupt at any time. Author Ben Okri has an astonishing ability to spin from believable dialog and detail into fantastically fluid dream-like episodes, but it's a little bit like having a conversation with a friend who keeps veering off into tangents. I keep wanting to say, "Hey, my friend, focus. Focus!"
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BuzzBuzzHome Corp.
July 13, 2011
This week we welcome real estate industry vet Mark Cohen to the BuzzTalk hive. Mark is the Senior Vice President and a founding partner of the Condo Store Marketing Systems.
For the uninitiated, the Condo Store was established to capitalize on the rapidly growing and versatile Canadian marketplace for in-house sales and marketing of pre-construction condos. A leader in marketing condos, the Condo Store provides services and offers expertise for first time home buyers and experienced real estate investors.
Mark possesses insight that one can only attain through decades of experience, so check out what he has to say about the Toronto condo market, investment and more.
BuzzBuzzHome: You've been involved in real estate for many years. What did you do prior to the founding of the Condo Store?
Mark Cohen: I spent 25 years as a senior marketing executive with four different companies. I started with Bramalea Limited and spent twelve years there. I started on the floor in sales and my evolution there allowed me to learn management and focus on some things that I had a passion for — design, architecture, marketing.
I think I was a natural salesman. I spent my first few years interning so I could evolve into management. I worked my way through marketing and sales and I eventually was responsible for sales and marketing there both locally and internationally. I was able to open up and get involved in sales initiatives overseas. Bramalea is a big company with a small company mentality, we had opportunities to be entrepreneurs, to work and to learn.
I spent five years at Menkes Development. It was a private company versus the public company I was at previously. They're very involved in condominiums on both Yonge Street and Bathurst, so I was involved in the presale of a number of projects. I was also involved in bringing them back into the low-rise business.
Then I got the call from Concord Adex to be their founding VP of Sales and Marketing of Cityplace. It was the largest master planned community in the city's history, so I thought it was a great opportunity. I really was working with the masters of the business.
So I spent a very successful five years there. I then made my last move as an employee and went to Tribute Communities, probably the second largest home builder in Canada. I wanted to exercise my brain and learn the fundamentals of low rise design and marketing. I also brought Tribute into the high rise world.
So I spent 25 years assessing products and fundamentally designing and marketing and selling products for four of the best builders who were behind some of the most integral communities in the city. I think it gave me a great education. It's sort of like university. When you're working there, you're not sure what you're doing and you're scrambling to get things done. But years later, it all kind of sinks in and helps you go forward.
BBH: If you had to describe the Condo Store to someone who is unfamiliar with the company, how would you sum up the purpose and goals of the company in a few sentences?
MC: I think we're a young, forward thinking, energetic firm, based on strong values of integrity and hard work. I think we're not afraid to stick our neck out and think outside of the box, while still respecting the box. We size up projects very carefully, we pay close attention to research and we pay close attention to what's happened. I think we try to focus more on what we think is going to happen and what we think we can make happen as opposed to what has happened in the past. We're always thinking of ways to over-deliver and underpromise. We're a sales and marketing firm that works on the assessments, design, marketing and outright sales of developments in and outside of the city.
BBH: What are some of the biggest changes you've witnessed in the condo market in the last five years?
MC: I think condos have clearly been accepted by the public as a home of choice. If I looked back twenty years, condos were for people who couldn't afford homes and they represented a smaller portion of the new home market. Now more and more people are accepting condos as a viable alternative and a first choice. I think that people are putting more value on their time and they understand the concept of writing a cheque every month for maintenance fees. I think amenities both in the condominium and in the surrounding area are representing a larger portion of how people allocate their time. It's really come of age as a viable alternative within all spectrums of the market.
BBH: Do you think investing in a condo makes sense in this market?
MC: I think investing in a condo, if you do your homework, always makes sense. Over 25 years I've been reading articles and hearing from people who think the city is overbuilt, who think that there are too many condos and dark clouds are always hovering. I think that if I look at everything I was involved in preselling over the last 25 years, most of the time it isn't supported by values in that neighbourhood. It counts on an uplift in real estate values for it to make sense. Having said that, everything seems to make sense. Condos that are purchased before they're built traditionally continue to increase in value.
Yet there remains a strong appetite for people to buy only what they can see. And they're prepared to pay premiums for those products. I think, also, if you look at land values, and how things have appreciated in the city, it continues to appreciate and I'm of the opinion that the city's going to have 7 or 8 million people before you know it. Low rise opportunities are tougher and high-rise is becoming a very viable alternative.
BBH: What's your favourite area in Toronto and why?
MC: I live at Avenue and Lawrence. I like that area because my work takes me west in the city, east in the city, north in the city and sometimes outside of the city, so living in the middle is convenient. I like that area because, while residential and natural, it's minutes away from more vibrant midtown locations. I like being downtown. Toronto's downtown is very Chicagoan. It's become a great place to play and a great place to live. It's also a very safe place to live. But I don't necessarily want to live downtown because it's a bit too hustley and bustley. I have three children so I like the concept of being in a residential area.
Having, said that I spend a lot of time at Yonge and Eglinton and Bayview and Eglinton. I shop at Yorkdale and I'm handling a project just north of Yorkdale. I like being central and I think central Toronto allows you to escape to the north and downtown and jump on the highway. It's a unique combination of city life and residential living. So my favourite area is where I live.
BBH: When you're not working, what do you like to do during your downtime?
MC: I don't remember the last time I wasn't working. My mind always works. I like to run. I run for an hour almost everyday, though sometimes looking at me you can't tell. I do volunteer work in minor hockey and am the director of the Forest Hill Hockey Association. I enjoy volunteer work because it's very pure and refreshing. I used to love playing golf, but I find it to be a very long exercise. I'm trying to rejuvenate my tennis career. I taught tennis for about a dozen years. Although my tennis prowess is probably twenty years and twenty pounds ago, I find it's like riding a bike. It instinctively comes back.
BBH: Sounds like you keep yourself pretty busy outside of work as well. Is time management something you have always been good at or did you have to learn that skill?
MC: I don't think I was naturally a good manager of my time. I think as I went through the growing pains of adulthood, I probably looked for shortcuts and ways to get things done. I found over time that I needed to find some time for me, to be alone and do my thinking and planning. In my thirties and forties, that time was often late at night and that's because I couldn't get to the things I wanted to get to during the day.
But as I got older it became apparent that the best time to do things is early in the morning. The best time for me during the day is between 5am and 7am, that's when I do a lot of work because my thinking is at its best. It's become a routine.
BBH: What is your drink of choice during the working hours of the day?
MC: I need a couple good doses of caffeine to get me started in the morning. Tim Hortons coffee is usually my drink of choice early in the day. Sometimes if I have to meet somebody and have to impress them, I'll get a Starbucks or Second Cup. Throughout the day, there's nothing better to hydrate myself than water.
BBH: A big city view or cottage lake view. What is your preference?
MC: I love nature and I love the simpler things in life. So having said that, I appreciate the cottage country probably as much as the next guy. I think that there's something about that, my heart beats slower, my mind works better. I try to keep manageable doses of cottage country. I don't jump into my car every Friday and disappear.
I do appreciate being in Toronto. My wife is an event planner, so she works a lot of weekends. In our backyard we have a pool, so we really like that time around 5 o' clock when the sun is setting. We've got our little cottage in our backyard.
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Region III Director
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According to what I have been able to find online, it would appear that you work and most likely live in or near Mount Pleasant Michigan as the Region III Director of the Michigan Supreme Court.
It also appears that you have the power to exercise administrative superintending control over the courts in my county to ensure that they are fair, accessible, efficient and effective. William T Ervin claimed that the court was being monitored and since that is your job, you must be the one monitoring or allegedly monitoring.
Also, it would appear that you offer training, investigations, Advice on disqualifications, the Code of Judicial Conduct, intergovernmental relationships, chief judge rule, selection and discipline of employees and judicial performance and behavior.
Since Paul Chamberlain has become a county dictator through the creation and enforcement of unapproved Administrative Orders, I would have to say that you are doing a really crappy job.
Since Kerri Curtiss believes that some administrative orders need to be approved by the Michigan Supreme Court and that other do not, I would say that you are not that good at training and selection either. Kerri Curtiss seems to believe that only Administrative Orders that are intended to become local court rules need to be sent to and approved by the Michigan Supreme Court and that my interpretation of the Annotated version of the Michigan Court Rules is somehow flawed… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-eVxxW5nd4
Also… Paul Chamberlain has stolen property from me by ordering his private security forces of un-sworn court bailiffs to take my property as I sat peaceably in the gallery. I have seen Paul Chamberlain convict and sentence an innocent man using perjured testimony of a Mount Pleasant Police officer without firsthand knowledge as the state's only witness. I have seen Paul Chamberlain create Administrative Orders and enforce them without Supreme Court approval making Paul Chamberlain a dictator and a overthrower of legitimate government here in Isabella county.
Also… I have captured Mark Duthie lying and depriving Danielle Austin of her rights as secured by the Michigan Constitution's Article 1 § 13 by denying her the ability to represent herself.
Here Mark Duthie claims that this hearing was the first time he was involved in this case when he had signed the original order in this case denying the CPS petition to remove Danielle Austin's three children that had already been removed and have remained out of her possession for over a year now.
A breakdown of non-existant Danielle Austin's case.
Also… William T. Ervin is rubber stamping summonses for people to appear in court on the very same day (without proper lawful notice) while people like Wendy Yost serve these summonses without following the court's instruction that are clearly printed at the top of the proof of service for child protective proceedings.
Also… Eric Janes denies standing to all defendants on July 10, 2015 [Case No: 15-912-LT] and take away their ability to defend themselves in court.
But something tells me that you already know all of these things… Something tells me that you are more interested in preserving the state's biggest money making schemes of child trafficking for profit and bank foreclosure fraud than you are with any real justice.
Something tells me that you are already aware of MCR 3.920(H) which was written by the Michigan Supreme Court with the specific intent of depriving Michigan Respondent Parents of their due process rights and that prosecutors all across the state preemptively rely upon this BS court rule to abuse the notice requirements to get these parents into court without any notice so that the courts and the state can have their way with these people and destroy Michigan families in the process.
From what I can tell, you are a complete failure in your job. So much so that it seems impossible that your failures could be anything less than your full cooperation and support of the terrorist acts of these alleged judges and court clerks.
I demand that you watch every video linked in this email.
As your superior supervisor and ultimate authority, I expect a full report immediately!
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday signed a law giving consumers already in the process of buying a home three extra months to close the deal and still get a popular tax credit from the government.
Homebuyers with contracts signed by April 30 who failed to go to closing by the original June 30 deadline will now have until September 30 to complete their purchases.
The measure is meant to support the battered U.S. housing market which still faces tough headwinds despite low mortgage interest rates.
The Senate late Wednesday approved the measure just hours ahead of the earlier deadline and one day after House of Representatives quickly approved the measure.
The $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers and $6,500 credit for others purchasing a new primary residence was a highly popular temporary measure by the Obama administration to jump start home sales during the economic recession.
The Senate had earlier tried to extend the deadline but failed amid partisan bickering over unrelated legislation.
Real estate agents said as many as 180,000 homebuyers would miss the June 30 deadline because banks and settlement offices were struggling to deal with the volume of people rushing to close on their deals signed before April 30.
Critics say the three-month extension is an invitation for fraud, providing prospective home buyers time to back date contracts to a date before April 30 and subsequently closing on those contracts by the new September 30 deadline.
"The IRS reminds taxpayers that special filing and documentation requirements apply to anyone claiming the homebuyer credit," the Internal Revenue Service said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who faces a tough re-election fight in November in Nevada, where the U.S. foreclosure crisis is most pronounced, pushed for the three-month extension.
The National Association of Realtors on Thursday said contracts for pending home sales fell by a record 30 percent to an all-time low in May, the first month of sales without the homebuyer tax credit since it was introduced two years ago to spur housing demand.
Hampering a recovery in the housing sector is a weak jobs market.
The Labor Department earlier on Friday said overall employment fell for the first time this year in June as thousands of temporary jobs ended.
Reporting by Corbett B. Daly; Editing by Andrew Hay


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For my card, I used some Dream Street paper on the top; some wonderful bazzill cardstock for the other colors of the design. I used the Threading Waters punch again and added some white gel pen work to add some interest. The rubon is from Pebbles...the flower is a felt Prima beauty, the button is MM, and the thread is Bazzill. I rounded the corners and then inked everything to finish it off.
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Movin' on up
Hello stranger.
I have truly neglected my blog lately. Here's a few
poor excuses reasons why.
The moving house excuse.
What was originally estimated to be a 6 week process unfortunately will now be 6 months. This has meant all my spare time has been spent dealing with lawyers, insurance companies and generally stressing out. Pardon me while my brain explodes.
The moving house excuse….again!
In anticipation of actually moving (whenever it happens) me and the fella have been spending our evenings and weekends shopping for super exciting grown-up stuff such as toilets and paintbrushes and lawnmowers and hoovers, and have genuinely panicked at how little essentials we own as a couple.
The 'I don't feel like it' excuse.
Pretty self explanatory really. In a nutshell, I haven't been in the mood to work out (especially in the heat) so haven't wanted to blog about it either. However, now it has cooled down, work isn't so busy, and the move is finally starting to get some pace. I'm back baby.


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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Change of plan this evening – it's Halloween!
There's a change of plans, due to unexpected circumstances. Tonight we're celebrating Halloween (instead of the advertised Samba Percussion). Fun will still abound with quizzes, pumpkins to be carved and prizes to be won! Come along and please dress up if you'd like. Any themed raffle donations kindly accepted. See you at 7.30 pm.
(Apologies for the late notice on the website and any confusion with the post about Samba still going out yesterday – a busy day and just caught up with my laptop – Helen)
Christmas raffle – can you help?
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Lots happening in 2017
Writing competition, have a go at craft day, Hardanger Embroidery and Christmas/New Year events at Denman – check out the latest news. There's also the latest NFWI Newsletter – what's planned, training and events.
Diary date – Carol service- 8 December
Fun ideas needed
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Birmingham trip cost update
It is confirmed that the cost for each seat is £10 per person, to include the educational trip to the Jewellery Quarter Museum, plus tea and biscuits. Apologies for any confusion!


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Closing Thought–11Apr18
Yesterday was the big day….Facebook honcho begins his 2 day Congressional testimony….I admit that I watched on TV for I wanted to hear his lame ass excuses….I was not disappointed.
He was given softball questions that he was allowed to evade at all costs….we could say that the time constraint did not bode well for a substantive answers.
In case you were smarter than I and avoided the TV BS show let me fill in the blanks for you…..
The first couple hours of Mark Zuckerberg's Senate testimony Tuesday were, as Time puts it, "tedious." Lawmakers' questions made it clear they don't quite understand all the ins and outs of social media (the Week says Zuck spent a fair amount of time explaining how the internet works), and that made it easy for Zuck to give sometimes evasive answers without much pushback. But when Ted Cruz questioned Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder actually appeared to be "on edge," giving us, in Time's words, "the most explosive part" of the hearing. The exchange had to do with whether Facebook is a neutral public forum, with Cruz rattling off a number of instances in which the social network appeared to show its political bias by leaning left. Cruz specifically asked Zuckerberg about Palmer Luckey, a former Facebook employee who left the company after his conservative political views were revealed; Zuck denied those political views had anything to do with his departure. Time has more on Luckey and the Zuck-Cruz exchange.
- Things did get a bit less tedious as the hearing wore on; Kamala Harris, at one point, called Zuckerberg out for deflecting questions, per the Raw Story; Slate looks at a particularly "awkward" exchange between Zuck and Dick Durbin about Zuck's hotel; and CNN highlights an exchange in which a senator told Zuckerberg bluntly, "your user agreement sucks." Roll Call has a look at some of the other key exchanges between Zuck and lawmakers.
- Fast Company explains how Zuck "dodged" a question about Facebook's ability to follow users around the internet even when they're not logged in. Meanwhile, Slate says he "struggled" to answer uncomfortable questions about Facebook board member Peter Thiel.
- Roll Call offers up photos from the day, including the veritable army of Zuckerberg cutouts adorning the East Lawn of the Capitol; the Week has photos and videos illustrating the "zoo" Capitol Hill became; and Mashable zeroes in on photos of Zuck's face throughout the day to look at his "emotional journey" as the day progressed.
- Zuckerberg, who is 5'7″, reportedly sat on a "booster seat" during his testimony. Gizmodo has pictures.
- Might there one day be a paid version of Facebook? Zuck revealed he apparently isn't ruling it out, per the Verge.
- Time and Mashable round up some of the best jokes and memes to come out of the testimony.
- Vanity Fair says this is "just the beginning of what could become a fraught regulatory battle with Congress," and offers up a ranking of Zuck's "regulatory nightmares."
- Speaking of Facebook scandals, NPR has a primer on how to check whether your data was used by Cambridge Analytica, and the New York Times reports that some of the data collected by the quiz app included private messages. Facebook is offering up a "bounty" to anyone who can find the next Cambridge Analytica, CNBC reports.
- Fast Company takes a look at the "brain trust of advisers" helping Zuck through all this controversy.
- The Atlantic offers up a list of the day's 13 strangest moments.
- Zuck will testify before the House of Representatives Wednesday. While you wait, AdWeek offers up five things we learned during today's testimony.
- This whole thing makes the Edward Snowden affair "look quaint," writes Anne Applebaum at the Washington Post.
That pretty much covers the first day of this Greek comedy…..Tuesday will produce more crap that wasted the Congress' time.
If the Zuck-ster sez anything important I shall give my readers another look. I expect a replay of the comedy of Monday.


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Build Your Jewelry Collection With These Tips
Many people feel overwhelmed when they are buying jewelry for the first time. They know that it is an investment and want to make sure that they are paying a fair price and getting a quality piece of jewelry. You will also need to know the basics of matching jewelry to clothing, as well as care and maintenance. The following tips will help you out.
Make sure to get rings sized properly so that they will fit you or someone who you are giving the ring to. Either go to a professional or use the string trick. You don't want to play guessing games and end up having to return it several times to get it right. The ring should feel snug, but not too tight or two loose. Also, take into account, daily water weight fluctuation if you are measuring a finger yourself.
Jewelry can come in sets that include multiple pieces. Matching earrings can be worn with a matching necklace, but if your set includes more than two items, it might be better to only wear one or two at a time. Wearing too many similar items doesn't look at good as one or two complimentary pieces.
If you have a ring that's too large, you don't have to pay to get it re-sized. You can get a ring guard. A ring guard is a small, plastic tube with a slit. Press the ring into the slit, and the plastic will make the ring fit tighter. You may also be able to buy a multipack of different sizes and shapes.
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When buying jewelry, it is important to find out what stone your partner likes best or what your partner's favorite color is. Many people make the mistake of buying someone their birthstone because they think it is a safe bet. There are many people who simply do not like the color of their birthstone and would prefer not to wear it.
When making any type of jewelry purchase, first consider the amount in which you are looking to spend and then formulate the high and low end of your budgets. Once you go to a jewelry store, do not feel pressured to go over your budget regardless of how good the deal the jeweler is presenting to you. If it seems too good to be true, chances are it is.
If your jewelry has gemstones, you should not soak your jewelry when you are trying to clean it. Gemstones can absorb water and soap, causing them to lose their natural color. When you are cleaning gemstones, you should use a damp cloth to scrub it clean so you can preserve your jewelry's natural luster.
When you are making a jewelry purchase, it is important to feel a level of trust and understanding with the salesperson you are working with. If you do not feel comfortable with the salesperson helping you or they are not grasping the concept of what you are looking for, do not hesitate to ask for someone else to assist you with your purchase.
Now that you have some tips to follow when buying and caring for jewelry you should feel confident and ready to find a great piece of jewelry. You can use the tips provided to find and maintain a lovely piece of jewelry that is affordable and well crafted.


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Corporate directors by now are well aware of the potentially catastrophic legal and regulatory consequences of a cyber-attack or large data breach, but how to effectively address those risks still eludes many boards.
Boards are increasingly interested in obtaining a better understanding of their companies' data privacy and security risks. "Today's boards have become much more sensitive to cyber-security risks and the harm they could cause to a company's reputation and business," says Vishy Padmanabhan, a partner with consulting firm Bain & Co. and a member of the firm's global information technology practice.
Even as directors are paying more attention to data security and privacy risks, they are less confident in their ability to monitor such risks. A recent board governance survey of nearly 600 directors conducted by NYSE Governance Services and executive search firm Spencer Stuart found that 40 percent of respondents said there was room to improve their knowledge and understanding of IT risk oversight. About the same number said they weren't confident in their ability to monitor how IT risks relate to the execution of the company strategy, and 41 percent expressed a lack of confidence in their ability to monitor the security of sensitive data.
Similarly, in a separate board governance survey conducted by PwC, nearly half of directors surveyed stated that they only "moderately" believe that the company's strategy and IT risk mitigation is supported by a sufficient understanding of IT at the board level, while 28 percent said it needs improvement. Only 22 percent agree strongly that management provides them with adequate information for effective oversight.
To address this gap, many boards are looking to beef up IT and data security experience. In the NYSE Governance Services survey, board members ranked IT experience among the top five most important attributes—along with financial experience, industry experience, and CEO experience—in selecting new board members. Meanwhile, 75 percent of 934 public company directors polled by PwC said adding directors with technology or digital media experience is important, up from 68 percent last year.
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worldedit121.exe has stopped working
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This month's story was inspired by the mash-up of "Zombie Apocalypse" and "Grimm's Fairy Tale", which led to "Luck":
The sound of his boots crunching through the snow served to keep Mark's mind from drifting, to stay focused on the present moment, as he stalked through the forest.
It was the only sound under the naked branches and the canopy of pine needles: no wind blew, no bird sang, no animal chittered. All there was was the crunch, crunch, crunch of Mark's footsteps. His breath plumed in small, misty clouds before him as he walked, his head minutely turning a few degrees side-to-side as he kept his vision unfocused, letting the motion-sensitive peripheral vision dominate. He was far from the reinforced cabin that he and Karen had been calling "home" the last several months, the available game having gotten more and more scarce as the winter wore on.
Movement a hundred yards off forced an immediate stop in his steps and reflexive tightening of his gloved fingers around the grip of his bow. Fluidly he withdrew an arrow from the quiver hanging from his belt and nocked it, bringing the bow up quickly but holding off from letting the arrow fly. Mark felt his heart rate increase even as his mind consciously processed that it wasn't a threat, but instead prey. A doe looked at him warily from beside a bare-limbed ash tree, blinking its dark eyes as it him. He loosed the arrow just as the doe turned, the metal head burying itself in the deer's haunches as it fled further into the forest.
Mark swore softly under his breath, reflexively drawing another arrow from his quiver as he gave chase. The wariness and trepidation that had guided his movements earlier was gone as the instinct to hunt, to capture food took over his actions. He ran through the forest, keeping the doe in his field of vision and shooting arrows at every opportunity that presented itself. Several soared wide and rebounded off of tree trunks or rocks, but one more sank into the doe's flank and, finally, one embedded itself into the animal's chest.
The doe crumpled and slid across the snow-covered ground into a clearing ringed by bare-limbed trees and slowly dying, brown-nettled pines. Mark stopped dead a few yards from the edge of the clearing, his mind processing what his eyes were showing him.
Standing in the middle of the clearing, more than three dozen yards away, were two children holding hands. The both of them – a boy and girl – were dressed not too dissimilarly from Mark: old, layered clothes, thick winter jackets that were patched with duct tape and had seen many better days in the ancient past. As he stood there, trying to slow his breathing that was pumping steaming mist into the frigid air, he saw that their gazes were upon the fallen and quickly dying deer. Swallowing reflexively, Mark's eyes darted around the edge of the clearing, searching the distant tree-line for the adults that had to be accompanying them.
He saw no one.
Mark's gaze flicked back to the children and saw their eyes upon him now.
"We were born of a fish."
They were huddled around a tiny campfire on the second floor of a decrepit mausoleum of a farmhouse that Mark had made within an old iron pot he'd found in the remains of the building's kitchen. He looked across the low flames at the boy and girl, Jacob and Wanda they'd said their names were, who couldn't be more than nine or ten years old. The firelight played across their pale faces, both of which were lightly tinged with a golden color which Mark had initially thought had been a sign that both were suffering from well-advanced scurvy. But as he'd slowly crossed the field, the sun's light illuminating everything into pristine brilliance, he'd seen that both children had irises of gold as their eyes stared unwavering at him.
"A…fish?" Mark replied. He was trying to be polite and gentle with the two, the first living humans he'd seen in months aside from Karen. Unfortunately, he couldn't keep a tinge of skepticism from his voice.
Fortunately, though, neither child seemed to pick up on it.
"A golden carp," Wanda confirmed with a nod of her sandy-blonde head. Once inside the farmhouse, the pair had removed the knit caps they wore revealing, not surprisingly, identical blonde hair: Jacob's was waving and the tips curling around his earlobes and the base of his skull, Wanda's had been pulled up into a loose bun under her hat.
"That's what our father told us," Jacob continued. "He'd caught the carp and wished upon it for children – our parents had long been unable to have any – and finally, after some time, our mother grew pregnant with the two of us."
Mark couldn't help but smile and the innocence of the children. He'd heard this fairy tale in his youth and obviously either their actual father had spun some tall tale incorporating it or the twins had dredged it out of their own memories to deal with the possible trauma of the world they now lived all alone in. "Ah. I understand now," Mark responded. He took a sip of the canteen of water he had and passed it to the girl, who cradled it in her small hands and sipped.
Wanda smacked her lips and dried them with the back of her ungloved hand, passing the water to her brother. "We were their lucky gifts," she said. "Always lucky, lucky, lucky!" She smiled toothily at that.
Even surrounded by that decrepitude and huddled around a meager fire to keep the cold winter night's air at bay, Mark couldn't help but return the girl's smile with a small one of his own. There was something about the two that lifted his spirits simply by being in their presence that buoyed his spirits.
"How long have you guys been on your own?" Mark asked, feeling the weight of seriousness drape itself back over his shoulders like a heavy mantle.
Jacob shrugged. "A few years now."
Both of Mark's eyebrows raised. "A few years…?"
The twins nodded. "Yes," Jacob continued. "Our parents died about the same time the…you know…things happened." Wanda nodded solemnly in confirmation as her brother spoke. "We've basically been on our own."
"Really? How?!" Mark said, taking the offered canteen back from the boy.
Jacob shrugged again. "We're lucky, I guess."
Mark blinked several times in silence, staring at the placid-faced boy and his sister across the fire. He thought about pressing the issue, but decided that force wouldn't be wise. They'd tell him how they'd survived on their own – if it had truly been on their own – when they were ready. Nodding softly, he dug out the pouch of jerked venison from within his jacket and shared it around the fire.
They'd spent the night in the farmhouse, curled up on the dirty floor around the glowing coals of the fire still burning bright within the iron pot keeping them warm. Mark slept fitfully, his body and mind warring between the needed rest that both required, but also staying alert for any kind of danger. When dawn came, they rose, ate quickly, then retrieved the body of the doe from its spot hanging high within the branches of an old elm tree that stood in front of the farmhouse.
Wanda sang soft songs under her breath as they walked and Jacob would occasionally whisper stories describing fantastical creatures and their adventures in these very woods. Initially the feral part of Mark that had grown stronger and sharper, both in tooth and mind, these past few years wanted to aggressively and urgently hush both children, to make sure that even the softest and smallest of their noises didn't attract unwanted attention. But, that harsh, survival-oriented part of him was quieted itself by a more paternalistic part that Mark had never really known before. The children weren't truly harming anything: nothing they said or sang or did while they hiked through the forest, their goal firmly set on the cabin and Karen, could've been reasonably heard by anyone more than a few feet from their little trio.
Besides, the susurrus of song and speech and quiet laughter was a welcome change from the long and silent walking, each step tense with the possibility of danger around the next tree, that Mark usually endured.
The sun was closer toward west than its zenith in the cloudy, winter sky when they first truly heard the moaning. Wanda had been humming an upbeat tune and occasionally adding some words, but her song petered out as the distant chorus of strained vocalizations reached their ears.
"Shit," Mark hissed sharply, shifting the weight of the doe's corpse on his shoulders so that he could move faster and more easily. "Come on, kids. We need to get the hell out of here."
Immediately, he increased his pace and covered about twenty yards before pausing to look to either side of him. The twins weren't there. Mark half-turned and saw the children placidly ambling along at the same pace they'd been for the previous hour. He opened his mouth to yell at them, to exhort them to move, but movement in the distance drew his gaze passed them. Among the bare trees he could see the shambling forms of rotting and decaying human corpses, mindlessly marching their way across the blasted winter wasteland of the forest.
"Run!" he barked at them, whirling around and stopping in his tracks. There were more of them ahead, moaning and stumbling their way between the trees toward the trio. Mark turned right, then left, and instinctively backpedalled as he saw even more of the monstrosities. They were surrounded.
He let the doe's corpse slide from his shoulders to the ground, where it landed with a dull thump! and an explosive puff of powdery snow into the air, while Mark pulled an arrow from his quiver and knocked it as he raised his bow. Wildly, he looked around, spinning on his right heel, trying to find the closest target, but before he could fire, he felt Wanda's gloved hand on his left arm. Flinching but not letting the arrow fly, he looked down at her, surprised by the sudden contact. The golden-eyed girl smiled beatifically up at him.
"It's okay."
"No, it's not–" he began to retort, but cut himself off as he saw Jacob move a few steps ahead of him in his peripheral vision. Turning his head, Mark watched as the boy removed the glove from his right hand and took a knee as the moaning of the undead horrors grew louder with their decreased distance. Jacob silently pressed the tips of his fingers onto the snow-covered ground. A second later a deep, sustained bass note filled the air and Mark could feel the earth vibrating under his booted feet. Confused he glanced back at Wanda, inhaling sharply as he saw the smiling girl's golden eyes begin shine with their own inner radiance. His gaze was drawn past her, though, when he saw the corpses moving closer toward them through the trees suddenly stop, then drop to the ground, motionless.
Mark whirled around, taking a full circle as he saw that all of the approaching creatures had collapsed upon the snowy earth. It was strangely, eerily silent then, now that the moaning was gone and the sound of the three of them moving and breathing in that silence seemed preternaturally amplified to Mark's perception.
"H-how…?" he asked weakly, his mind reeling from what he'd just experienced, as Jacob stood and replaced his glove, before brushing the snow off of his one knee and continuing along their direction of travel.
"It's like I said last night," the boy replied, speaking over his shoulder. "We're lucky."
Mark stood there silently with his knocked bow still in hand, watching the strange boy walk away through the wilderness.
"Come on!" Wanda said enthusiastically, briefly tugging on the arm of Mark's winter jacket before jogging to catch up with her brother. "I can't wait to meet Karen!"


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[Posted by ErrePi on June 24th, 2012, 2:53 am]
Vi. Finish your stupid script you stupid bitch! AUGH.
What are you doing.
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[Posted by Odd1Out (Guest) on June 25th, 2012, 6:01 am]
*Checks the time stamp on your Author's Comment, and then laughs*
Hopefully your script won't be too much of a problem for you! Good luck on it! Man, it's 5:58am where I am.
And also... methinks I see Richard's former "CFO" side appearing! You managed to make him look so distinguished in that thoughtful pose of his!
He radiates this "Don't bother me right now" look! TRUE CFO STYLE, MAN!
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This is the first part of a tutorial series on cloning and restoring Windows-based hard drives. In the upcoming series, you will learn some more advanced cloning concepts, such as deploying the reference or cloned computer to computers with different types of hardware configurations.
How to tell if your hard drive is failing
Bear in mind that this tutorial will only be helpful assuming your defective hard drive is still working and completely bootable. This is a very important requirement; it means you still have time to perfectly salvage the data and programs installed using a disk cloning process.
You will know that your hard drive is starting to be defective if you notice the following:
Disk cloning: basic background
Disk cloning is the process of creating an exact replica of the reference hard disk. The only thing that might be different is the brands of the hard drives or their sizes.
There are certain requirements for source and target hard drives to ensure the best performance in cloning, as well as to avoid any cloning-related issues. Cloning is the best form of hard drive backup. If you make a clone and the hard drive fails, you can simply buy a new hard drive and restore the disk clone image to the newly-purchased hard drive, after which things will go back to normal again.
Lots of computer technicians still do not know the importance and application of disk cloning. Instead, they will suggest one of the following:
This is a very inefficient approach for the following reasons:
Cloning creates an exact replica of the problematic disks (sector by sector). This means that everything will be restored in an instant, so you will not need to install Windows again, or go into the process of finding the installers, drivers, etc.
If your computer is storing very important information (applications, data, etc), it is recommended that you clone the hard disk once a month to have a fully-working backup in case of an accidental hard drive failure.
Install Macrium Reflect Free Edition
This tutorial will use Macrium Reflect Free Edition to clone your Windows hard drive. This is a free software application that can do the same thing as proprietary disk cloning software (e.g Acronis, Norton Ghost, etc). Some advanced features are not included in the free edition, but it handles the very basic cloning tasks very well.
You need to go to their website and download the software: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Install it on your Windows operating system. Once installed, launch the software by going to Start -> Macrium -> Reflect -> Reflect. Macrium reflect will then scan the computer for attached physical hard drives.
If you see any warnings (like "you have not created a rescue disk" or something similar), just ignore them and close. You should see a list of hard drives, such as the one shown below:
When you see the list of hard drives without any serious errors (except the minor warnings stated earlier), then you have successfully installed Macrium Reflect.
Next: Preparing your computer >>
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DALLAS—There was no magic on this night, no barrage of three-pointers and no defence as it was scripted.
It was a tired team against a superior opponent and a night that held little in the way of surprises.
Coming off the high of a big road win on Friday, the weary Raptors were drubbed 129-101 by the well-rested Dallas Mavericks Saturday night, losing the game here in the same manner they won one a night earlier in New Orleans.
After sticking around despite not playing very well in the first half, the Raptors had no third quarter magic this time around, being out-scored 30-22 in the quarter when the game got out of hand.
And the Mavs, led by 29 points from Dirk Nowitzi, kept the onslaught going for a fourth quarter that degenerated into garbage time for the final five minutes.
The Raptors just didn't play well in any facet of the game. They were a step slow on their defensive rotations, a split second slow in moving the ball on offence and looked like a team playing its first back-to-back of the season.
Josh Howard, who made his return for Dallas after missing five games with an ankle injury, had 16 points for the Mavs.
For Toronto, there was little to get excited about as the Raptors lost their 10th straight game in Dallas.
Chris Bosh was their best player, with 26 points and 12 rebounds but only 11 points and two boards in the second half. Andrea Bargnani had 22 points and Jose Calderon 13.
Bosh, who went into Saturday night's action fourth in the NBA in scoring (29.0 points per game) and tied for second in rebounding (11.8 per game) has been playing with a decided "edge" through his first five games.
He seems more demonstrative on the court and more aggressive on the glass, facts not lost on his teammates.
"Chris is unbelievable," said guard Jarrett Jack. "We haven't seen anybody who can really challenge him down on the low block and I hope he keeps that mentality.
"There's a mean streak he has about him this year. I don't know what it is, the extra weight or whatever, but I think if he keeps that tenacious mindset, the sky's the limit, who knows how great he can be."
Bosh was back in his hometown Saturday night, looking for his first win as a visiting player. The Raptors had lost nine straight in Dallas going into the game — six with Bosh in the lineup — and twice blew 24-point leads in defeats.
"We just weren't good teams back then," said Bosh. "No offence to the guys and myself but we weren't good teams back then. There's a whole bunch of things that can happen, they get hot, a timeout at the right time, or we didn't call the right plays or we didn't defend well."
Bosh did his part in trying to keep Toronto close in the first half, picking up 15 points and 10 rebounds in the opening two quarters as Dallas took a 55-48 lead at the intermission.
The Mavs, boosted by the return of Josh Howard after he missed the first five games of the season recuperating from ankle surgery, blistered Toronto's defence by shooting 52 per cent in the first half.
Howard made a rather seamless return, scoring 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting in 20 first-half minutes.
"Some guys come back and they're chomping at the bit and other guys struggle to find a rhythm," Toronto coach Jay Triano said before the game.
"We've been pretty focused on our stuff. Obviously, we have to make some adjustments as the game goes on and that's how you make the reads on players like that."
Jack, the most vocal of the Raptors and a newcomer who's fitting into a leadership role quite well, said he's been harping to Bosh about the need for consistency — and an increased role — since the season began.
"I don't let him get a minute off," said Jack. "Every single time I'm telling him, 'it's coming down there (to Bosh in the low post), don't settle, face him up, do whatever you have to do, don't let them relax at all.' And I think he's really taken that approach."


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Terrorists once again target the soft target of the leisure industry. Innocent people murdered by a cowardly maniac acting in the stupid belief that this evil will take him to heaven. What sort of warped mind-set is that? Unfortunately it's a mind-set that all owners of hotels need to take seriously, as this threat is not going away anytime soon. Fifteen years ago we were talking about international terrorism being a generational issue. Well, all these years later we can safely say that another generation at least will deal with tragedies like this from time to time. Your children and their children after them will be dealing with this terrible issue in their business life.
I am actually writing this article from Mumbai in India, where I am helping security professionals understand better how they can protect their businesses. This City is still living with the scars of an attack equally as vicious but involving a far bigger and more organised group.
Terrorism acts are designed to terrorise the public into changing their way of life. After an attack it's our responsibility to get back to business as usual as quickly as possible. The stories I have heard this week, Mumbai hotels empty for many months after the attack prove that this is easier said than done. Ask yourself how you would cope with a massive drop in trade for a sustained period of time, caused by a terrorist outrage in your area.
It makes sense then that the hotel trade looks at itself and does something to reduce vulnerability. There is a common misconception that nothing can be done by small business around terrorism. This is just not correct. Importantly actions you take to prevent terrorism will also reduce your likelihood of suffering crime generally.
Terrorists really need to look at the location they want to attack. This is called hostile reconnaissance. It is a great opportunity for a hotel to put a potential attacker off, or better still detect them before they can cause carnage. Even small businesses these days should security on their agenda. Ensuring CCTV is serviced and doing what you want it to do is a must.
Step One: Identify the threat – understanding the terrorist's intentions and capabilities – what they might do and how they might do it – is crucial to assessing threat. Ask yourself the following questions:
The government announces security levels and it's important to pay attention. The national media will give you a good feel for the nature of the threat you face.
Small hotels naturally would not feel that they are a target, but Is there anything about the location of your premises, its customers, occupiers and staff, or your activities that would particularly attract a terrorist attack? Just being near a tourist attraction or city centre may cause you a problem.
Is there an association with high profile individuals or organisations which might be terrorist targets?
Do you have procedures in place and available for deployment on occasions when VIPs attend your premises?
Could a high risk neighbour be the reason you are dragged into terrorism.
Step Two: Decide what you need to protect and identify the vulnerabilities:
Your priorities for protection should fall under the following categories:
People (staff, visitors, concessionaires, contractors)
Physical assets (buildings, contents, equipment, plans and sensitive materials)
Information (electronic and paper data)
Processes (supply chains, critical procedures)
Step Three: Identify measures to reduce risk
A holistic approach to security is essential. This involves thinking about physical security, information security and personnel security. There is little point investing in costly security measures if they can be easily undermined by a disaffected member of staff or by a poor recruitment process. In the run up to a busy period it is easy to think that any staff will do and so be willing to circumvent normal background checks.
Remember, terrorism is a crime and many of the security precautions typically used to deter criminals are also effective against terrorists.
You may already have a good security regime in your business on which you can build. You should have measures in place to limit access into service or back of house corridors and vehicle access control measures into goods and service yards. Good access control, CCTV and lighting along with an alert workforce who are ready and willing to confront suspicious behaviour will go a long way to protecting your business.
Security measures must be reviewed regularly. Staff will often be tempted may to circumvent them, e.g. short cuts through fire exits. Simply reinstating good basic security practices and regularly reviewing them will bring benefits at negligible cost. If you need additional security measures, then make them cost-effective by careful planning wherever possible. Try to introduce new equipment or procedures in conjunction with planned building work and remember that significant changes may require statutory consents such as planning permission or building regulations consent.
Step Four: Review your security measures
You should regularly review and exercise your plans to ensure that they remain accurate, workable and up-to-date. You should be aware of the need to modify them to take into account any changes in your hotel or restaurant (e.g. recent or planned building work, changes to personnel, information and communication systems and revised health and safety issues). Rehearsals and exercises should wherever possible, be conducted in conjunction with emergency services and local authorities.
All staff need to be made aware of the importance of security. There is no point in building a strong security regime if staff don't understand why security is important. Security should be seen as part of everyone's responsibility, not merely something for security experts or professionals. Make it easy for people to raise concerns or report unusual activity and ensure that you investigate such observations. If all businesses improve their security, we can make the job of terrorists more difficult.


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This beef tostada recipe is made with corn tortillas with beans, ground beef, vegetables, sour cream and cheese. They are easy to make and delicious.
These beef tostadas are very frugal as you only need a little bit of ingredients to pile on each fried tortilla. We will be cooking some ground beef with onions, garlic, tomatoes,cumin, oregano and cilantro.
We will be using canned re-fried beans for this recipe. These are easy to find, inexpensive and very tasty. Of course, if you want to make your own beans go ahead.
Here is what you are going to need for these delicious and easy beef tostadas:
Serves eight
• Get 2 tostadas for every person. If you don't have store bought deep fry 2 corn tortillas per person. They will fry very quickly so be careful not to burn them. Drain them well on paper towels.
• Season 1 pound of ground beef with salt & pepper. Brown and drain.
• Wipe the skillet and add some olive oil. Heat. Add a small chopped yellow onion. Cook for 8 minutes until lightly browned. Add 2 minced garlic cloves and mix well. Add 1 small chopped tomato. Return the beef. Mix well. Add 1 TBS ground cumin, 1 TBS oregano and 1 TBS chopped cilantro. Season with salt & pepper. Add ¼ cup water. Mix well. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat a 30 0z. can of refried beans.
• Smear the tostadas with some beans. Top with the beef. Top with salsa.
• Top with finely chopped iceberg lettuce and chopped tomatoes.
• Top with shredded Mexican cheese blend.
• Top with some diced avocado. You will need 1 avocado per every four people.
• Spoon a dollop of sour cream and garnish with chopped cilantro if desired.
• Enjoy!
CALORIES 420.62; FAT 25.28 grs (sat 8.78; mono 9.50; poly 1.32); PROTEIN 19.72 grs ; FIBER 6.74 grs; CARBS 30.91 grs; CHOLESTEROL 56.06 mg; IRON 3.18 mg; SODIUM 459.57 mg; CALCIUM 169.68 mg


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Isolating Network Resources to Better Protect Against Rogue Machines, Infections and Information Theft
· How does one restrict sensitive traffic to specific machines within the network?
· What happens if a new virus or worm reaches your network and your desktops become infected?
By utilizing capability built into Windows XP and Windows Server, you can easily implement a logical isolation strategy. This strategy can help to better protect your domains, servers and desktops, from these threats.
The Microsoft Solutions for Security (MSS) team has released the Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy. This is Microsoft's first guidance for the selection of appropriate IPsec components and the first thoroughly documented prescription of how to implement.
This solution demonstrates how IPsec transport mode can be leveraged as one of the best means currently available to protect corporate networks. This protection can minimize losses due to information theft, compromise of credentials, and administrative costs. This solution also clearly contrasts IPsec transport mode from the more widely known IPsec tunnel mode, one of the prevalent VPN technologies today.
The Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy is available on TechNet at:


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