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- From: "MustLive" <mustlive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:00:55 +0300
Hello Full-Disclosure!
I want to warn you about SQL Injection and Redirector (URL Redirector Abuse)
vulnerabilities in CMS WebManager-Pro (SecurityVulns ID:11108). It's
Ukrainian commercial CMS.
SQL Injection:
Affected products: both systems CMS WebManager-Pro from two developers.
Vulnerable are versions CMS WebManager-Pro up to 8.1 (version from
WebManager). Also SQL Injection (but not Redirector) exists in version of
the system from FGS_Studio. Vulnerable are CMS WebManager-Pro v.7.4.3
(version from FGS_Studio) and previous versions.
Developers from WebManager fixed SQL Injection vulnerability (but didn't fix
Redirector) in version CMS WebManager-Pro 8.1. Developers from FGS_Studio
didn't fix SQL Injection vulnerability.
I mentioned about these vulnerabilities at my site
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Welcome Back to Spring!
March 17, 2010 in Academics, Community, Events, Housing, Recreation, Sports
Parents I hope you all had a fantastic time with your student over Spring Break and students welcome back! For those of you who had the opportunity to drive your student back up to Michigan Tech you may have noticed that it is looking an awful lot like Spring in Houghton, MI. The past week's temperatures have been in the high 40′s and 50′s during the day, much to the students delight. The snow is melting and believe it or not there are even some spring flowers beginning to bloom around campus. On Monday, the students' first day back to class after Spring Break, we were greeted with a beautiful and sunny 55 degree day. I was amazed at the different definitions that students have for what is appropriate to wear when the high for the day is 55 degrees. Students who were somewhat overzealous for the early arrival of spring could be seen in tank tops, shorts, and flip flops. Other students seemed to be fearing that the fury of winter might return by the time they got out of class and they sported scarves and winter coats.
End of the Winter Season
Although no one can complain about such beautiful weather, some students are sad to see a great season of winter sports come to a close. The snow on the Michigan Tech Trails is quickly disappearing which means it's time to put away the cross country skis and snowshoes and pull out the mountain bike! Mont Ripley, Michigan Tech's ski hill is also quickly losing snow. At this time Mt. Ripley is still 75% covered but they will be closed Monday-Thursday and opened only on weekends for the rest of the season if the snow continues to melt. On Saturday, March 27 Mont Ripley will be holding their end of the season Easter Egg Hunt and Slush Pit. The Easter Egg hunt will start at 10am. Hundreds of eggs will be hidden all over Mont Ripley and there will be prizes in every egg. Whoever finds the special golden egg will have the chance of winning a new mountain bike or a Mont Ripley season pass. In total there will be over $3,000 worth of prizes to win at the event. The slush pit will begin at 2pm. During the slush pit skiers and snowboards will attempt to either cross 60 feet of open water or make a great splash. Prizes are available for the "most outrageous performance by a guy and gal". The Easter Egg Hunt and Slush Pit are a great opportunity for students to celebrate the end of another great winter season.
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Spotlighting the accomplishments of small business owners is something we love to do. We love the hustle that small business owners have and the impact they make on the lives of the people they encounter. This Small Business Spotlight is all for Nicole Roberts Jones of Motivating the Masses.
When did you start your business and why did you start your business? Nicole Roberts Jones started her business in 1993 but decided to join Motivating the Masses in 2012 as an executive coach and master trainer in order to serve a greater number of entrepreneurs grow their business mindset toward success. Making the decision to impact more was easy for Jones as she says, "Where I touched hundreds maybe thousands in my company, with Motivating the Masses we touch 38 million people annually all over the world."
What does your business offer and what is your target market? Motivating the Masses (MTM) helps companies and individuals experience exceptional, profound growth and motivated input and involvement.
How is your business different from others in your industry? Motivating the Masses is different as unlike other companies that focus on sales, they focus on service. MTM really focuses on how to increase a company's service to the people that they believe they are called to impact and touch through.
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Who are your competitors, if any? Anyone that is in the transformational training world are the competitors of MTM but they believe that there is enough business for all. So historically MTM partners with some of its biggest competitors such as Jack Canfield, Ariel Ford and Marsha Wieder. The goals of MTM are to work in partnership and collaboration with competitors on a larger scale.
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Where do you see your business in the next 2-5 years? MTM is currently taking the company public and was just approved by the SEC. They are building the largest transformational business training company in the industry. MTM is the first in the transformational world to go public and its CEO and founder went from being on government assistance as a young woman to owning a company that is going public. The consultants including Jones are so excited about what the future holds. "We want to share that anything is possible when you have BIG dreams, a solid plan and great mentors," adds Jones.
What advice do you have for other small business owners? Jones offers business owners two pieces of advice. The first is to so what you LOVE to do by finding a business that ignites your passion. "It's hard to be in business so you better LOVE what you do," she adds. The second piece of advice is to find a GREAT coach to help you avoid making costly mistakes. "Your coach will help you develop a success mindset as well as help you create your business plan. For Jones, these two pieces of advice are a must. "Make sure you have balance and take time for you and your family," she concludes.
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Being report everywhere now. Wow.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
Wow, terrible. He was a great comedian
Who wants to sex Mutombo?
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Goodnight, Vietnam.
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Have been a fan of his since Mork and Mindy. RIP Robin.
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Wow. Shocked.
How sad.
Guessing they pull the apple commercials he's narrating, think it is a line from dead poets society where he's reading a poem about contributing a verse to life. Pretty fitting in a way but also could be viewed wrong by some.
Great comedian, great actor, so spontaneous and quick-thinking. I can't think of anything he did professionally that I didn't like. RIP.
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"Being reported everywhere." Doesn't provide link.
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Online gaming stock Zynga (ZNGA) has had a tough row to hoe since its December 2011 IPO. And while shares of ZNGA stock are up more than 40% in 2013, investors shouldn't expect Zynga earnings next week to send the stock to new heights.
In fact, if the company misses expectations by a wide mark and significantly lowers guidance — as it has done in the past — it could be game over for Zynga.
A lot of optimism in Zynga lately has come from the poaching of Xbox exec Don Mattrick from Microsoft (MSFT) to replace founder Mark Pincus at the helm, coupled with hopes that efforts to get into "real" gambling instead of just video game poker will lead to a brand-new revenue stream and significant growth.
But both of these items are long on hope and short on real facts.
For starters, in April, Zynga badly missed earnings as it told Wall Street, "We continue to expect non-linear, uneven results." While there is $1.3 billion in the bank for Zynga to play with, that kind of pressure doesn't indicate a lot of patience from investors to figure things out.
And just as Don Mattrick took over, a new study from Elias Research showed Caesars Interactive Entertainment — a division of casino stock Caesars Entertainment (CZR) — unseating Zynga as the world's top publisher of social casino games. That doesn't bode well for Zynga's theoretical growth in the space.
Also, the build-out of Microsoft's Xbox console video game biz is not necessarily analogous to the challenges Mattrick will face at Zynga. If anything, the current hurdles facing Xbox — the age of downloadable content, gaming competition from Apple (AAPL) iPad apps and the Google (GOOG) Play online store — are the best proxy.
This is not to say that the Microsoft exec can't succeed at Zynga, it's just that past successes don't really count for much in the current situation. And it's worth noting that the company is propping up profitability where it can, including a round of layoffs several weeks ago.
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Zynga earnings might just be the catalyst for that leg down.
Related Reading
- Good read here: "The Fall of Mark Pincus: From Billionaire to Former Zynga CEO" (Forbes)
- Zynga loses casino crown. (GeekWire)
- U.K. poker gambling part of Zynga's growth plan. (Ars Technica)
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This guy, Panarin, sounds like he is obsessed (possibly to the point orgasm) with USA's demise.
Pre-emptive notice to the mods: I am feeling a bit snarky and sarcastic. You may have to smack me around a little.
Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats.
Ah. A "Killer-Green-Bud" feller, eh? Cheech and Chong would have a blast.
But it's his bleak forecast for the U.S. that is music to the ears of the Kremlin,
WHAT?! Kremlin???!!! You mean this guy is working for King K.Rool--the jerk who tried to steal Donkey Kong's banana hoard? ZOMG!
which in recent years has blamed Washington for everything from instability in the Middle East to the global financial crisis. Mr. Panarin's views also fit neatly with the Kremlin's narrative that Russia is returning to its rightful place on the world stage after the weakness of the 1990s, when many feared that the country would go economically and politically bankrupt and break into separate territories.
Really now? You know what? It's also been speculated that China, India, and other affluent countries are about to take the helm of "first power nation" in the world. So, Russia has some serious competition if that is true. You can make many an outlandish speculation, not that it really means much until it materializes in some form.
[Meanwhile]: Zangief must be really happy as he yells "Mother Russia" after a match of pounding some poor Marvel rival or fellow Capcom icon into the ground. [/sarcasm]
A polite and cheerful man with a buzz cut, Mr. Panarin insists he does not dislike Americans. But he warns that the outlook for them is dire.
Seriously now? I had no idea.
"There's a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur," he says. "One could rejoice in that process," he adds, poker-faced. "But if we're talking reasonably, it's not the best scenario -- for Russia." Though Russia would become more powerful on the global stage, he says, its economy would suffer because it currently depends heavily on the dollar and on trade with the U.S.
Hmm. Wreaks of ambivalence, but whatever.
Funny, all the economic sources I have come across (and some table scraps by the Trends Research Institute) say that while they see the economy's double dip coming up on us in our recession hard (estimate hitting Jan.-Feb. once the holiday 'boost' effect wears off) it doesn't seem to mean much. Even as bleak as it is right now, I do not see an utter collapse and downfall in the near term. I see a painful and slow year ahead of us thereafter its onset.
Mr. Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces -- with Alaska reverting to Russian control.
Mmmmmmmmmmm, nope. Wishful thinking. I'll agree those factors are contributory to our recession, but each have a counteracting effect that nullifies them significantly.
Mr. Panarin's apocalyptic vision "reflects a very pronounced degree of anti-Americanism in Russia today," says Vladimir Pozner, a prominent TV journalist in Russia. "It's much stronger than it was in the Soviet Union."
Mr. Pozner and other Russian commentators and experts on the U.S. dismiss Mr. Panarin's predictions. "Crazy ideas are not usually discussed by serious people," says Sergei Rogov, director of the government-run Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, who thinks Mr. Panarin's theories don't hold water.
Mr. Panarin's résumé includes many years in the Soviet KGB, an experience shared by other top Russian officials. His office, in downtown Moscow, shows his national pride, with pennants on the wall bearing the emblem of the FSB, the KGB's successor agency. It is also full of statuettes of eagles; a double-headed eagle was the symbol of czarist Russia.
The professor says he began his career in the KGB in 1976. In post-Soviet Russia, he got a doctorate in political science, studied U.S. economics, and worked for FAPSI, then the Russian equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency. He says he did strategy forecasts for then-President Boris Yeltsin, adding that the details are "classified."
This all speaks for itself. I'll let that marinate in here like a fart.
Skipping over some...
California will form the nucleus of what he calls "The Californian Republic," and will be part of China or under Chinese influence.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Lolwut? I actually LIVE in CA. Granted it's so minced it might as well be a foreign country...where's all the heavy chinese influence, exactly? It actually looks more heavy Mexican influence in some areas. Others are just diced up, and you have rich people all over with their domiciles and little communities.
The north, is a bunch of redwood dwelling artists and such. Small economy, but very beautiful places to camp. South is cities and such except up in the hills. Lots of bums, loads of Mexicans, and a lot of blacks around Compton and Riverside.
The coast: meh, it's a mixture of retired folks and young people last I checked. Haven't been out there in few years. I suppose in 3-5 years time there could be a mass influx of Asians that I don't know about.
Central north to south...pretty spread out, unless he's talking about Sacramento (Hi everyone!--though I'm a ways off out in the 'booneys') and San Francisco. Even then...I don't see what he's talking about...
All in all, CA might be its own 'republic' but TBH unless certain industries pick up around here, we really aren't going to be much of anything. In fact Michigan has been playing commercials to corporations thinking about relocating somewhere else to get out of silicon valley.
Well professor, looks like you don't know as much as you think you do about CA.
(EDIT: Oh, and the sierra mountains bordering NV have their own little economy that seems quite recession resistant, BTW. So unless it's in the nearby valley areas from north to south which seem quite unpopulated and undeveloped at this time, I *still* don't see where there is a little china about to take California over...Maybe hiding out in southern Nevada's missile silos, and 100-200+yr old mines with all their unstable dynamite?)...
Texas will be the heart of "The Texas Republic," a cluster of states that will go to Mexico or fall under Mexican influence.
Hmm. Comments anyone? mimartin? Sam D.? S.D. Nihil? Tobias Reiper?
Somehow this rings false to me. I last visited Texas in 2001, so it could have become heavily Mexican in that time period. I thought Mexico wasn't in much a position to take anything over?
Washington, D.C., and New York will be part of an "Atlantic America" that may join the European Union. Canada will grab a group of Northern states Prof. Panarin calls "The Central North American Republic." Hawaii, he suggests, will be a protectorate of Japan or China, and Alaska will be subsumed into Russia.
Mmmmm, bull****.
"It would be reasonable for Russia to lay claim to Alaska; it was part of the Russian Empire for a long time." A framed satellite image of the Bering Strait that separates Alaska from Russia like a thread hangs from his office wall. "It's not there for no reason," he says with a sly grin.
More romancing the idea of Alaska being under Russian control again? Dude, hey, not that there's really anything wrong with whatever gets you off, but you seriously need to keep it behind closed doors, and I mean
You know what, I'll read the rest of the article later. I'm late for karaoke right now!!! However I *will* say that was quite the lawlfest!
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Russia may be threatening to pull out of the International Space Station program by 2020, but until then it intends to profit from it, according to a Friday story on the Voice of Moscow. Russia is selling seats on its Soyuz spacecraft with a two week stay on the ISS thrown in for $45-50 million according to President of RKK Energia Vitaly Lopota. This is more than double the $20 million that former NASA scientist and entrepreneur Dennis Tito paid for a trip to the ISS in April, 2001. But it still represents a discount from the almost $62 million per ride that NASA is paying the Russians.
Other tourists in space, according to Space Adventures, the organization that brokered the trips for the Russians include computer game millionaire Richard Garriott, the son ironically of Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott, and Iranian American business woman Anousheh Ansari. Russia halted tourist flights in 2010 when the size of the ISS crew increased to six. Flights have resumed with British music superstar Sarah Brightman scheduled to make a trip sometime in 2015.
In the meantime, Virgin Galactic is still working toward suborbital jaunts to begin perhaps by the end of 2014. The company was recently obliged to switch the fuel to be burned by its SpaceShipTwo engines from a rubber based compound to one based on a plastic called polyamides. The end of 2014 launch date is entirely dependent on how the test program proceeds.
The future of space tourism, especially to the ISS, is tempered by the current dustup between the Russian Federation and the rest of the world caused by the aggression against the Ukraine. If the ISS program is ended prematurely, Russia will lose the revenue stream it has enjoyed by turning it into an orbiting guest house for the well-heeled and adventurous. Whether that is a tradeoff ut is willing to make to poke NASA and the United States in the eye remains to be seen.


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Ryan Reynolds fucked up deadpool's role in Xmen origins. Am I rite?
Yep. And then they made him quiet :(
Well, he was pretty much just a laboratory specimen by then, but I thought it was sad how they depicted deadpool for the movie. They forgot his fucking suit for god sake. And he had more than just the swords as toys.
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It all started for me when I read an article in The Cut about the Korean TV show that caused a YSL lipstick shortage. Tucked away in my cozy middle-American Ohio enclave, who knows how long the rest of the world had been buzzing about the Koreans and their beauty obsession. This was news to me, and I was captivated. I mean, sorry, but that's how girls like me get upon realizing that there actually exists an entire nation of people so obsessed with beauty product innovation that nothing less than the original YSL Rouge Pur Couture number 52 would suffice, even going for up to $100 on ebay. To think that the perfect nuance of pinky coral could spark such infatuation! My curiosity was piqued.
A month or so later, my go-to beauty blog Into The Gloss posted this piece on the 10 step Korean skincare routine. An hour of link clicking later, I had learned that Korean actresses are gorgeous and clearly know a thing or two about skincare, so it's no wonder a lipstick on TV could spark a feeding frenzy; Korean women are obsessed with the idea of cuteness, as evidenced by the adorable cat chaped thing-a-ma-bobs and whats-a-hoozies available for sale at SOKOGLAM!; there exists something called the Korean ombre/gradient lip, and it is amazeballs; and, most importantly, basically everything that is happening in makeup and skincare right now is coming out of Korea. The people we have to thank for beauty tube mascara and BB cream are hard at work do, indeed, know a lot about beauty, and I'm deadly serious about this. Forget everything you think you know about what you put on your face and get ready to weep tears of joy after you see the glowy, dewy skin that you'll have after giving yourself a Korean beauty overhaul. About this, I do not kid. Remember, people know I'm a makeup artist, and the best compliment I usually get is, "Your makeup looks great." Once I started my Korean skincare, I literally had complete strangers stop me on 3 different occasions to tell me that "You have beautiful skin," or, best of all, "You're so beautiful!" I mean, come on. I still haven't lost the baby weight. I have no problem taking the compliment, mmmkay?
OK, so there's two ways to go about this. You can be hardcore and go with the traditional 10-ish step routine--I tried this with products by Laneige (Amorepacific's baby sister company, available at Target!), or you can exercise your American pragmatism and go with Amarte's condensed 5-step version. Either way, you're going to see results.
For a full read-up on how the 10 step routine works in detail, you can get it from the horse's mouth here. Essentially, though, here's what my own 9 step routine looks like:
- Laneige Oil Free Liquid Cleanser. A clear gel applied to dry skin and massaged in to melt makeup--even the waterproof eye stuff. It's akin to a cleansing oil, only it's oil-free, and it leaves my skin really bright and glowy. I'd even be tempted to stop here and slap on some moisturizer, but...
- Laneige Multi Cleanser. A fluffy, creamy foamer with itty bitty scrubbing beads, I can think of no other reason than this that the blackheads on my nose have all but disappeared. It uses papaya as a natural exfoliating agent, and when rinsed, it leaves skin with a plump and moisturized feeling that--I'm not going to lie--can take some getting used to if you like that squeaky clean feeling. But that's why we have...
- Laneige Power Essential Skin Toner. This soothing, emulsion-like toner is swept over the face with a cotton pad to remove any leftover cleansing residue and prepare for moisturizer. I'm certain that it's an essential step, especially if you tend to break out around the hairline or the very edges of the face. That can be due to cleanser you're not rinsing off! I follow with...
- A mist of mineral water (Evian spray is fine), and seal it in with...
- Laneige Perfect Renew Emulsion. The Emulsion is a growing skincare product division that originated in Asia, and you might know about it already if you're familiar with the SKII product line. This emulsion is amazing, truly the one must-have product from the line, if I could only pick one. It just weightlessly infuses your skin with plumpness and moisture that I have never seen, felt, or experienced from any American product before, ever. And remember that I worked at Sephora--I've felt pretty much everything, at least on the back of my hand.
- Seal it in with Laneige Water Bank Serum. I could beauty-geek out and list active ingredients here, but what do you care as long as it works?
- You're not done yet! Now comes your actual moisturizer: Laneige Water Bank Gel Cream. A gel that somehow never gets dry or pilly. Smells amazing, feels amazing, looks dewy, and keeps skin looking dewy for hours. But you'll also need....
- Laneige Perfect Renew Firming Eye Cream. With ceramides, to be patted around the eye area. I'm not going to lie, my eyes are my wrinkly trouble area and nothing I've ever used has gotten rid of my lines, but this stuff at least keeps them hydrated and it makes my concealer go on like a dream.
- At bedtime, I mist one more time lightly with water and then add the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask. This is kind of the facial equivalent of putting a shower cap on when you've got deep conditioner in your hair; it seals all of the good stuff in so that your skin is extra glowy and dewy in the morning. The cool part is that it is a light and cushiony gel; nothing sticky or tacky here. You can still kiss your sweetheart with this on your face!
- In the daytime, top with Laneige BB Cushion SPF 50+. I can't get over how this makes my skin look. Now, don't think you're all clever and go out and buy this without the other skincare; it won't work. On your regular skin, or over sunscreen alone, it just looks, well, regular. But on top of the dewiness of your gorgeously plump new skin, it sets perfectly and gives you a dewy-matte perfected finish that just looks like YSBB--your skin but better.
- Occasionally, I'll throw in my own glycolic something or other--either a PTR cleanser or peel--and I'll also mix in a drop of my own vitamin C powder (I like the one from Philosophy). This actually isn't far off from the Korean routines; they just call their extra treatment boosters "ampoules" and they also use things like exfoliating masks. I would, too, but they don't sell them at Target--so, like I said, I swap in my own. In general, my Laneige routine centers around deep hydration and plumping. While that sounds pretty basic, you'd be amazed at how amazing truly hydrated skin actually looks. It will take off at least 5 years for sure!
OK, now listen. I know y'all. I know you think I'm crazy. I know that when my mother is done reading this, she's going to call me and say something like, "That is absurd! All you need is Neutrogena sunscreen and some Aquaphor!" Which is cool, because my mom is drop dead gorgeous, and basically all she uses really is Neutrogena sunscreen and Aquaphor. That being said, let's say some of you others are intrigued, but you're not willing to spend the time and/or money on such an involved routine. Can you get the same results with less?
That's what skincare brand Amarte claims. The brand is actually number one in Asia and has been since it first launched in 2001, which is a ridiculously impressive claim given the level of savvy that 10-stepping Korean beauty consumers must have. The secret here is that the brand was designed to be based in both Korean beauty traditions and western dermatology, creating a hybrid brand and product that is especially suited to Americans who are looking to dabble in the Korean skincare trend without going whole hog into 10-step territory.
Here's how to cut your Korean face washing routine in half and still get the beauty benefits:
- Amarte Daily Wonder Cleansing Foam. It's a hybrid makeup remover, cleanser, and toner in one, so there are your steps 1-3 from the list above. It's cushiony and smells like cucumbers, and I can tell my husband has been stealing it from me because he comes out of the shower smelling delicious in the morning! I have to tell him to lay off my good face wash...
- Amarte Aqua Veil Hydrator. Here is your emulsion and serum in one (steps 5 and 6 above); it's plumping, acne fighting but non-drying, soothing, brigtening, and moisturizing. Also smells like cucumbers!
- Amarte Hydrolift Cream. This is your anti-aging powerhouse, and here's where the western dermatology part comes in: it features retinol, the number one ingredient any dermatologist is going to recommend to you for anti-aging because it's clinically proven to help with a whole host of skin concerns like spots, wrinkles, lines, pores, and even sagging. High on its list of ingredients (ingredient #4!), it's got argan oil, too, which is a bonus to face oil devotees like myself. The argan oil seals in the good stuff, so there you've got steps 7 and 9 from above; consider this your moisturizer and sleep mask in one.
- Amarte Eyeconic Eye Cream. An eye cream with retinol? And peptides? That sound you hear is a thousand dermatologists applauding your wise choice of eye creams.
- With all this retinol on your face, you're going to see some serious anti-aging activity, but you've got to be sure to protect the good work you've done because the sun can ruin it all in an instant. Finish skin for daytime with Amarte Natural Finish BB Cream--SPF 36, water resistant, and gives skin a foundation-free glow.
Full disclosure: I haven't committed myself to the Amarte routine yet because I'm in the sun nearly every day for hours at a time, and for this reason I don't like to use retinol in the summer. I am saving these goodies for the fall when I want to make short work of the freckles and such that have popped up from a summer spent outdoors. However, even from just the week of use that I gave these products in testing, I found that my skin looked plump, glowy, and hydrated. I'm not going to say that I achieved the extreme levels of plumping and hydration that I get from the full 10 step routine, but it sure comes darn close--and retinol really takes about 6 weeks to fully work its magic on the skin, so these products need more time to do their thing and are less of a quick fix.
Laneige products were purchased by me. Amarte products were provided by the brand for the purpose of this article.


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Garth Brooks Takes a Spill Onstage in Lexington [Watch]
For the second time in a couple of months, Garth Brooks fell onstage at a gig over the weekend.
For the second time in a couple of months, Garth Brooks fell onstage at a gig over the weekend.
Garth Brooks' North Carolina fans are just as excited to see him live as they were 16 years ago. In fact, even more folks are lining up to get tickets for his five Greensboro shows.
Garth Brooks is returning to perform in North Carolina for the first time in more than 16 years. The country icon has announced two shows in Greensboro, N.C. in November.
More information on the highly anticipated forthcoming Garth Brooks album is slowly trickling in. The legend -- who is making a monstrous comeback in 2014 -- has announced the title, 'Man Against Machine,' along with the cover art.
Trisha Yearwood won't be forgetting this birthday anytime soon. While out on Garth Brooks' World Tour, her husband and a crowd of 16,000 sang her 'Happy Birthday,' in addition to a few surprises.
Just a few months into his great return to country music and Garth Brooks is already back to breaking records. The legend is proving yet again that he's the real deal, becoming the first artist ever to sell seven consecutive shows at Atlanta's Philips Arena and toppling his own ticket sales record in Chicago. Now, he's doing the same in the Sunshine State.
Garth Brooks has revealed when his new studio album will be available.
Garth Brooks may need a wheelchair after all for his 2014 World Tour. The singer took a spill onstage on Friday (Sept. 5) in Chicago, and although he made it look pretty smooth, he was probably hurting after the show.
Garth Brooks returns to the radio with 'People Loving People,' a song that aims to do much more than just add new color to a painting country fans know all too well. The legend's first single in seven years provides a simple country answer to the world's larger problems.
Two of the most impressive names in all of country music have risen to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. King George Strait and Mr. Garth Brooks were called out by several of their peers, and they both made good on the dare.
Rumors have been swirling this week that Carrie Underwood is in talks to headline the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show, and all we can say is, it's about time.
In 2007, Lee Brice wasn't the country superstar we know today, but he did have a song hit #1.


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Nothing is worse than a dividend stock that doesn't earn its dividend. When earnings trail the number necessary to make quarterly payouts, share prices often dive.
This was the case at Fifth Street Finance in December, and now, THL Credit (NASDAQ:TCRD), after its annual earnings report. THL Credit failed to earn its beastly, $0.34 quarterly dividend, earning only $0.27 in net investment income per share in the fourth quarter.
Is it time to worry?
THL Credit is a favorite among income investors. The company's track record is excellent, with gains in its investment portfolio easily exceeding losses. That's the one quality all great BDCs share.
Unfortunately, THL Credit is stuck in a pattern of lower and lower investment yields.
The company's presentation includes a chart worth 1,000 words. Here's THL Credit's portfolio composition, and yields, since 2012.
In the past two years, the company has moved to "safer" first-lien securities, driving down its investment yields. THL Credit's portfolio yielded as much as 14.2% in 2012, and since then, the portfolio's yield has plummeted to 11.7%.
Is the dividend safe?
Ultimately, BDCs are valued on their dividend. The dividend is the best way to get a reasonable, long-term return for a BDC, since price appreciation is usually capped by the issuance of new stock to grow the balance sheet.
The company has about $0.10 per share in retained earnings, so to speak, which provides a temporary buffer.
With quarter-end liquidity of $128.5 million from cash and its credit facility, THL Credit should be able to generate sufficient earnings by leveraging its portfolio. The portfolio is currently leveraged at about 1.5 times equity.
Adding more leverage adds low-cost capital at a price between 3-4% per year, to fund investments yielding more than 11%. THL Credit needs to earn $11.6 million per quarter in net investment income to meet its quarterly dividend, some $2.5 million more than it earned in the fourth quarter.
It's possible to earn the dividend with higher leverage. However, if I were a betting man, I wouldn't put my money on it.
A dividend cut, so what?
It's more likely THL Credit will have to reduce its quarterly dividend, failing any new major portfolio exits. The simple fact is middle-market yields are compressing, THL Credit's underwriting is more risk-adverse than in the past, and its lofty dividend yield probably isn't sustainable if its portfolio continues to shift toward first-lien debt.
Management and shareholders will just have to own up to the reality of lower yields. Will it happen this quarter, or even this year? It's tough to say. THL Credit's dividend has typically followed earnings up, never down. And first quarter dividends have been declared, and will be paid on March 31, 2014.
There's no real historical precedence at THL Credit to forecast the next dividend, but if the dividend is cut, it probably won't be due to poor performance. It'll be due to tougher underwriting and lower yields on safer securities. There's no need to punish a stock for management's prudence.
Finding more reliable dividend stocks
One of the dirty secrets that few finance professionals will openly admit is the fact that dividend stocks as a group handily outperform their non-dividend paying brethren. The reasons for this are too numerous to list here, but you can rest assured that it's true. However, knowing this is only half the battle. The other half is identifying which dividend stocks in particular are the best. With this in mind, our top analysts put together a free list of nine high-yielding stocks that should be in every income investor's portfolio. To learn the identity of these stocks instantly and for free, all you have to do is click here now.
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Staying Informed
I find fantastic information and interesting articles related to web/graphic design here. This site helps me stay informed on my field.
Getting Inspired
I find inspiration in things I love. The thing I love most is excellent swiss watchmaking, and the resultant fine timepieces.
Gathering Resources
I'm a typography enthusiast, always searching for that perfect type to tie together my work. Here are 60 neat fonts.
My inspiration for this project was the tuning and modified car scene. I wanted to make a sticker for slightly modified cars with subtle yet classy appearance. Hand illustrated type turned into vector art.
Project Scope Here I have designed a logo for a family business which releases white pigeons at weddings. The client requested that I incorporate a white pigeon in the logo. I chose to draw out the white pigeon in flight and combined it with a very clean type to create an elegant feel.


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Jan. 25, 2013
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Arizona State University track and field senior Keia Pinnick finished first in four of five events in the women's pentathlon at the Texas A&M Challenge presented by Mondo on Friday evening, smashing her previous career best in the event and established herself as a National Championship contender in the process.
Pinnick scored 4,208 points in taking the victory by just over 100 points over Harvard freshman Martina Salander. Pinnick beat her own second-place mark in ASU's record books with the performance and obliterated her previous career best by over 200 points.
Pinnick set the school's 800-meter pentathlon record on the day with her time of 2:12.99 – knocking off the previous record of 2:13.45 held by multiple-time NCAA Champion Jacquelyn Johnson. Johnson holds the school pentathlon record with a score of 4,496 – which was the NCAA record up until Brianne Theisen of Oregon bettered at the NCAA Championships in 2011.
The senior opened the day by winning the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.35 seconds – nearly four-tenths of a second faster than any other individual – before posting a huge personal record in the high jump with a leap of 1.72m (5-07.75), which was eight centimeters better than her previous best indoor mark.
Pinnick also won the long jump competition with a best mark of 5.74m (18-10.00).
Pinnick's score is tentatively the top mark in the nation at this time, barring results from other meets across the country coming up this weekend. And to put the score in perspective, only two student-athletes last season scored higher over the course of the whole season – and one of those was the NCAA record by Theisen.
The Sun Devil team will be in action tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. CT and live video and stats are available by visiting the Texas A&M track and field schedule page at www.AggieAthletics.com.


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There are plenty of foods your doctor and dentist may recommend to help you stay healthy. But have you ever wondered what foods they avoid?
There are many foods that have chemicals, additives, sugar and high salt content. Alot of these types of food can cause cavities, and weight gain. Here is a list of top foods your dentist may try to avoid.
There are many types of nutritional downfalls in certain types of muffins and coffee cakes especially at coffee shops, instead go to a grain muffin. The truth is, some packaged muffins are packed with sugar and additives. In some situations you will find more sugar than in a candy bar. Muffins that are not made fresh daily usually contain high fructose corn syrup which can hurt your oral health. The high carb fat ratio in a large starbucks scone or muffin is more than breakfast and lunch calories combined.
A better choice is for a healthier breakfast food is a croissant over a muffin. They may be heavy on flaky, buttery flavor, but they're usually one of the safest baked goods you'll find at a cafe or coffee shop.
Granola is kind of like eating dessert for breakfast. It is almost always covered in sugar which can get on the enamel of your teeth and cause bacteria build up. Sugar filled foods can cause cavities. If you like granola, instead of eating a bowl, you can crumble a small handful into greek yogurt.
Chinese Food
Chinese food can pack as much sugar as a bag of Skittles? Ingredients like Honey Garlic Sauce can taste good but be warned they can hurt your teeth. The Honey Garlic Chicken can
add more calories and unwanted sugar to your diet.
Crumb Doughnuts
Doughnuts are tasty, but add cereal on top and you are glutton for major punishment. Crumb doughnuts are the worst type of doughnut option. Cream and sugar are packed into a small serving. Fat-stuffed pastries may taste good but they can hurt your teeth, says a dentist in Portland, OR.


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Far right
"Far right" is an ambiguous political terms which means one thing literally, but is used instead in a loose sense to mean something almost completely different - typically in an effort to disparage someone's character and/or position.
For example, Adolf Hitler is sometimes described as having been on the "far right". But in reality, he was the leader of the National Socialist Party, so he was really an example of someone on the left. Similarly, he is sometimes described as "Fascist". However, in reality, there were no Fascists in Germany. Fascism was a political party in Italy, led by Hitler's fellow Axis leader Benito Mussolini.
The main difference between Hitler and other totalitarians (like the Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union) is that they were war enemies. The systems of government and economy they imposed on their respective empires had more similarities than differences.
In the US, Europe, and the Middle East opponents of democracy typically apply the term "far right" to anyone who criticizes their human rights record or plans to replace the free market system with socialism. The idea behind this sort of name-calling is to associate the critics with the "worst mass murderer ever" (i.e., Adolf Hitler). This is erroneous, if only because both Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung killed at least six times more innocent people. (It is argued, however, that Hitler was also responsible for all of the deaths from World War II, and thus is in the same league as Stalin and Mao.)


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Today, March 13, Engage Mobile Solutions and the Kansas City Symphony released two videos of the Kansas City Symphony demonstrating the use and ease of the innovative Google Glass.
The video shows four perspectives of the newest of the Google technology as four members of the KCS wear the product during a rehearsal of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Conductor, Michael Stern, conducted the rehearsal wearing the Google Glass. Three other perspectives came from musicians playing bass, French horn, and violin.
Engage Mobile recorded the video and released their edited versions today to show the ease of use and open the eyes to possible advantages of the new Google Glass. The videos provide viewers with a first-person perspective from three Symphony musicians inside the orchestra as well as Music Director Stern's view from the podium.
Watch Video 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSMOyZwWDo
Kansas City Symphony and Engage Mobile Present Beethoven's Fifth with Google Glass
Watch Video 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcqnIV-dUno
Kansas City Symphony and Engage Mobile Present Behind-the-Scenes with Google Glass and Beethoven's Fifth
Four pairs of Google Glass marked the most used at once for a coordinated activity in the nation outside of Google headquarters, and it was the first time Google Glass was used to record the views of four members at the same time in a professional orchestra. Matthew Barksdale, CEO of Engage Mobile Systems said.
The Symphony worked with Engage Mobile Solutions to offer others a chance to see what it's like to be a professional musician in one of the country's top orchestras. The first video provides the unique vantage points from instrumentalists Elizabeth Schellhase Gray, horn, Evan Halloin, bass, Heidi Han, violin, and Stern's podium view as he conducts. The second video features behind-the-scenes interviews with the musicians and Stern about the experience, a KCS spokesman said.
"It was fascinating to have been given this unique opportunity to test drive the Google Glass technology," Stern said. "But as amazing as the hardware is, it was not the major takeaway for me. Of course, it's way cool. But when we consider what the future impact of this cutting edge mobile tool for educational and creative possibilities might be, that is really inspiring."
Matthew Barksdale, president of Engage Mobile Solutions, said he was thrilled to work with the Kansas City Symphony and Google Glass.
"For the first time ever, we are now able to see and hear what it is like to be inside of a world-class symphony," Barksdale said. "Mobile technology provides the tools to achieve what we could only dream of just a few years ago."
Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display that has been developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development phases. Glass displays information in a smartphone-like, hands-free format, Barksdale said. This innovative new technology allows users to interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands to perform tasks like navigation, accessing the Internet, texting, taking pictures and shooting videos.
Google Glass is an experimental product and will not be made available to the general public until later in 2014, according to Google.
Engage Mobile is working with Google to develop software and explore unique applications of Glass, such as this Kansas City Symphony project, which highlights Glass' unique ability to record and share high-definition video, Barksdale said.
For more information about Engage Mobile Solutions, visit www.engagemobile.com or contact Matthew Barksdale at firstname.lastname@example.com.
More information on the Kansas City Symphony is available at www.kcsymphony.org.


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Mays Sets Scoring Record As SMU Falls At Minnesota, 77-70
Mustangs' Comeback Bid Falls Short In Second Round of WNIT
Mustangs Top Texas Southern, 84-72, In First Round Of WNIT
SMU Earns First Postseason Victory Since 2000
SMU-UCF Game Scheduled For Tuesday At 10 a.m. - Admission Is Free!
Mustang Seniors Will Be Honored Before Home Finale
SMU WBB Hosts UCF In Regular-Season Finale
Mustangs to honor its seniors prior to tipoff
Mustangs Face Bowling Green State In WNIT First Round
Two teams meet for first time Thursday at 6 p.m. CT
2013-14 (Senior): Started 31 of 32 games, averaging 29.1 minutes per game...Finished the season fifth in The American with 3.8 assists per game, and was one of 14 players with at least 100, handing out 122 assists to lead the team...Ranked eighth in assists/turnover ratio at 1.3 for The American......Averaged 5.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game...Matched her career high with 17 points and passed out six assists against UCF (3/4)...Scored in double figures three times and scored five or more points 22 times, including 12 times against American opponents...Finished with 14 points against Louisville (1/19) making four three-pointers in the contest...Finished second on the team in steals with 36...Tallied a season-high eight assists in a conference win against Memphis (2/22)...Connected on 62 field goals, including 32 from beyond the arc.
2012-13 (Junior): Started all 31 games during her first season on the Hilltop...Finished the season seventh in Conference USA with 3.5 assists per game, and was one of nine players with at least 100, handing out 110 assists on the season...Third in C-USA and in the top 100 in the NCAA in assists/turnover ratio...Fifth in the league in 3-point shooting, knocking down 34.5 percent from behind the arc...Averaged 5.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game...Scored a season-high 17 points with a season-high five 3-point field goals in a win against UCF (1/13)...Scored at least 10 points seven times, including five times against C-USA opponents and twice against the Knights...Finished with 12 points at TCU with four 3-pointers...Recorded a season-high nine assists in a one-point win against Montana State in the championship game of the SMU Thanksgiving Tournament (11/24)...Had at least five assists in eight games...Recorded five steals in a win at Southern Miss (1/17).
North Idaho College: Played two seasons, leading North Idaho to its first National Championship in school history as a freshman...Named to All-America second team and All-Scenic West Athletic Conference first team as a sophomore...Led the conference last season with 88 steals, averaging 3.0 per game, and was fifth in scoring with 12.4 points per game...Named North Idaho College Female Athlete of the Year...Earned team Defensive MVP and Most Inspirational Player awards.
High School: Four-year letter winner for head coach Ashlee Taylor at Freeman High School in Valleyford, Wash....Led Freeman to its first State Championship in school history as a senior...Named WIAA Tournament MVP and WIAA All-Star Game MVP...Named team MVP as a junior, and led Freeman to a third-place finish in the WIAA tournament...Also lettered in softball and soccer.
Personal: Daughter of Barry and Laurie Baker...Born on March 21, 1992...Has two older sisters, Jessica and Melissa...Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant...Favorite actress is Jennifer Anniston...Favorite color is yellow...Major is markets and culture.


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2011 Napa Valley wine grape harvest expected to kick-off Monday
The wet, wild and mild 2011 growing season is nearing its final stage. Despite veraison coming along a week or two behind schedule in some places, the annual wine grape harvest is just about to kick-off here in the Napa Valley.
Mumm Napa, the sparkling wine producer that is generally one of the valley's first to start bringing in fruit, plans to begin harvest early in the morning on August 29th.
Meanwhile, over on Piña Napa Valley's blog, owner Ranndy Piña discussed the crop thinning that's happening in many vineyards across the valley right now.
Several of the vineyards farmed by Piña Vineyard Management for delivery to Piña Napa Valley, will have less fruit dropped on the ground this year. That's the good news. The bad news is that the reason there will be less fruit dropped, is because there is less fruit on the vines than in past years. Vines that were pelted with rain while in their "bloom" stage have a poor fruit "set". For these vineyards, we're anticipating a light harvest this year. It's a gambling business. Always has been.
Stay tuned for more harvest updates as the crazy season gets underway!
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INgrooves Finds New Storage Solution is Music to the Ears
New Storage Solution for a Fast-Growing Digital Music
Digital music distribution and technology company INgrooves is growing rapidly, signing contract after contract to distribute music for independent labels and artists. The company had originally deployed a traditional storage platform from a large manufacturer, but as their business expanded, they found that the storage expansion they needed was too costly and began looking for a more efficient and cost-effective storage solution.
After reviewing a variety of alternatives, INgrooves worked with Silicon Mechanics to consolidate and modernize its storage using zStax*, an enterprise-level software-defined storage platform based on open-source ZFS* technology and powered by NexentaStor*. Late in 2012, INgrooves deployed a zStax proof of concept (POC) high-availability (HA) cluster, and has since deployed two additional zStax HA clusters, with a third scheduled for use in disaster recovery at a data center in Dallas, TX.
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"Falzon sets out to remedy Biblical ignorance by writing an entertaining, contemporary retelling of the Bible's first five books using modern colloquial English. The successful result, intended to enlighten and educate, is a hilariously faithful summary." -- The Front Page Online
Absolute Morality
So Richard Dawkins was in Australia the other day for the first National Godless Heathens' Convention on Sin and Debauchery in Melbourne. During his visit, he participated in a televised panel discussion about how cool God is. In this video extract, a questioner asks Dawkins which orifice it is, out of which atheists obtain their absolute morality, since obviously the Absolute Morality of the Bible is off limits for them.
The professor suggests that we use reason, of all things, to develop our code of morality.
Obviously, Richard's totally wrong. He seems like a clever man, so he should already know that we're only treating women equally now because over the past hundred years or so, God has been subtly changing our hearts.
And the same goes for slavery and animal cruelty. I mean, God put us here and gave us dominion over all the animals, including black people and native Americans, so it's only right that we should treat them however the fuck we want to treat them, until God, in His recent Infinite Wisdom, changed our hearts and now wants us to be nice.
Fifty years ago, just about everybody in Britain was somewhat racist; now, only a few people are. Fifty years ago, it was impossible for gay people to walk along the street, hand-in-hand; now it's easy. Some of us lag behind the advancing wave of moral standards, and some of us are ahead. But all of us in the twenty-first Century are ahead of our counterparts from the time of Abraham, Mohammed or St. Paul." - Richard Dawkins
As in every conversion from evil, the abandonment of homosexual activity will require a profound collaboration of the individual with God's liberating grace." - Pope Benedict XVI, 1986
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Thanksgiving Day run/walk to raise funds for United Way
Published: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 10:22 a.m.
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The Second Annual 2012 Thanksgiving Day Early Bird 5K Turkey Run/Walk is set for Nov. 22.
The event, sponsored by Davidson County government, serves as a fundraiser for the United Way of Davidson County. It begins at the governmental center at 913 Greensboro St. Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. Runners will begin at 8:30 a.m., and walkers will follow at 8:35 a.m. Special guest Ms. Senior Davidson County Linda Anthony will sing the national anthem.
Registration for the 5K is $20 before Nov. 1 and $25 thereafter. Registration for the one-mile walk is $15. Participants who bring a canned food donation can register for free if they do not wish to be timed. Children may also register for the one-mile walk free with a canned food donation.
Runners and walkers will receive a Dri-Fit shirt and a goody bag with their paid registration. Awards will be presented to winners by age groups. There will be fun for children as a Thanksgiving Costume Contest will yield a first-, second- and third-place winner.
Register online at active.com or detach an entry form from the brochures that are placed around the county at businesses or visit the governmental center. For more information, contact Jim Price at 242-2917 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A University of Virginia sorority sister is filing a lawsuit against the state of Virginia after a run-in with Alcoholic Beverage Control officials got her arrested and put in jail. The young woman claims she was detained at gunpoint, arrested and jailed overnight when the officials believed she had a beer.
Elizabeth Daly, 20, alleges that last spring she was detained at gunpoint by seven Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officials. She goes on to reveal that she was arrested and spent the night at the Albermarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail in Charlottesville, Va.
Daly claims that the ABC authorities thought she had a beer in her hand when in actuality all she had was water.
The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported that the incident occurred on April 11, 2013. Daly wrote in a statement that the ABC agents "were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform."
"I couldn't put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were terrified."
Elizabeth Daly was charged with eluding police and assaulting an officer however they have since been dropped. The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control rep Kathleen Shaw commented on the incident.
Shaw stated that the first agent to approach Daly "identified herself as a police officer and was displaying her badge. Other agents did not join the incident until the subject refused to cooperate."
"Rather than comply with the officers' requests, the subject drove off, striking two officers. She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle."
Elizabeth Daly stated that the incident has been "an extremely trying experience" and "is something to this day I cannot understand or believe has come to this point."
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