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Chaos Marines. Emo Space Marines, basically. They're an unhappy bunch - something to do with a "disagreement" with the Emperor. In Chaos Rising, the first Dawn of War II expansion, however, they're more than unhappy. They're positively vexed.
Why? It's all down to those pesky Blood Ravens. They've only gone and returned to sub sector Aurelia where a long lost frozen ice planet has reappeared from the Warp. This simply will not do.
If that wasn't enough, the CSMs have to contend with the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, and Tyranids all bolstered by new units. Of these, the showstopper is clearly the Tyranid Genestealer - the fan favourite, the jewel in Warhammer 40k's blood-soaked eye, the… horrible, nightmarish blur of claws and teeth that keeps all budding Space Marine commanders up at night. As any 40k fan worth his or her salt knows, the Genestealers are the tabletop equivalent of the xenomorphs from the Alien films, and the source of terror in cult Games Workshop boardgame Space Hulk.
If there's a unit we're most pumped for during our hands-on with Chaos Rising, it's the Genestealer. But, since the CSMs are the new race, it's only right to start with them. They work, predictably, like the SMs, but with an interesting hook: units can specialise by committing themselves to one of the three gods of Chaos. Licking Khorne's arse will lend you a melee focus, bowing down to Tzeench will improve your ranged abilities, and, finally, giving disgusting fat slob Nurgle a great big hug will improve your support abilities (as well as give you a horrible disease. Probably).
The three CSM commander units, however, have already pledged their allegiance to one of the Chaos gods, and so fulfil differing roles in a similar fashion to the other races' commander units. Of these, the Tzeench worshipping Chaos Sorcerer is most interesting. It's a powerful caster with useful summoning abilities, and it can take control of enemy units and turn them against their comrades. Take that, SMs.
Chaos Rising brings a new single-player campaign, which we're not allowed to talk too much about... yet!
The CSM base unit is the Heretic - melee fodder, basically. They're cheap to produce, making them useful control point and power node capturers during a match's early moments. And they have a useful trick up their sleeve: Worship. Activate this ability and the Heretics will gather in a circle around a sacrificed unit, supporting nearby friendlies with heals or damage buffs.
Havok Marines are the CSM version of the SM Devastator Squad, and specialise in heavy weapons. They can be upgraded with rocket launchers, making them great tank busters. At tier two, Bloodletters become available. These red-skinned daemons are great melee units, and perfect for strike assaults - teleportation makes them quick movers, and they're hard to kill, too, because of their phase shift ability. Then, of course, you have the CSM Dreadnought - a terrifying prospect, particularly when upgraded with a missile launcher which enables the rocket barrage ability. For the Bloodcrusher, picture a daemonic rhino charging into enemy infantry. Ouch. And then there are the durable Plague Marines, who are immune to suppression. That's right, kids, they're immune to suppression.
DoW II's quick, action-oriented pace means competitive multiplayer matches rarely reach beyond tier two, but our play test afforded us the luxury of taking our sweet time with the CSMs - enough time to pump out some devastating tier three units. The CM Predator is, like the SM Predator, one of the best vehicles in the game. Is it better than the SMP? Hard to tell at this stage, but it does have bloody spikes on the front, so it's definitely cooler.


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In her incisive one-woman, autobiographical play, "When Something Wonderful Ends," playwright Sherry Kramer recalls coming of age, the death of a beloved parent, Judaism, the Middle East crisis and a concise history of the durable Barbie doll.
In her incisive one-woman, autobiographical play, "When Something Wonderful Ends," playwright Sherry Kramer recalls coming of age, the death of a beloved parent, Judaism, the Middle East crisis and a concise history of the durable Barbie doll. The often wandering narrative that closes the season for New Jersey's Playwrights Theater, is performed by Bonnie Black as baby boomer Sherry, and she spins her tale with appealing directness and a sly winking sense of humor.
Actually Barbie, the beloved little plastic doll, is very nearly a character in the play. Its origin and popularity serve as a cushion for political and antiwar observations. Sherry displays a 1962 bubble-cut brunette Barbie, that is in "solid, unremarkable, excellent condition but not exactly mint," and dresses the doll in a classic pink satin evening gown.
Sherry confesses that dressing the doll as a 10-year-old child was "the start of the end of something wonderful." Soon afterward, she faced the rude awakening that she was a Jewish teenager living in the Midwest and she couldn't find a nice Jewish boy to escort her to the high school prom.
The narrative traces Sherry as a grown-up visiting her mother's grave, and later reacting to the reign of Ayatollah Khomeini, terrorist Osama Bin Laden, the 9/11 tragedy and America's attack on Iraq.
In a historical note, Sherry traces the importance of Iran and its oil to America and Europe, starting during WWII, and the political consequences. Sherry summarizes with studied insight, noting the abundance of oil that contributed to the building of our lifestyle, but contends that plastic cannot be recycled: Consequently the billions and billions of little Barbies live on.
Making Barbie a pivotal character in her narrative, playwright Kramer writes with a fluid hand that balances grief, conflict and the innocence of youth.
Black is a persuasive storyteller, and she treats Barbie as a teeny co-star, who frequently changes her tiny garments and even rolls across the stage in a sporty little fire-engine-red Aston Martin convertible.
Director John Pietrowski's knowing and subtle direction allows for the structure of the play to emerge with clarity and the focus of his sole actor to shine with distinction.
Oversize cartons of Barbie doll luggage, Planter's Peanuts, Ritz and Animal Crackers and a map of the Middle East dominate four large colored circular platforms. Projected visuals of her mother's gravestone often accents Sherry's memoir and serve as a reverent finale.

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Despite the success of her parenting zine, Hip Mama, and memoir, Atlas of the Human Heart, local author Ariel Gore still needs to practice her fiction. Gore's uneven first novel, The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show (HarperSanFrancisco, 240 pages, $13.95) flirts with interesting themes and characters, but never develops them.
Frankka, Gore's heroine, is a stigmatic. Through fasting and focus, she can force blood out through her palms. A rotten Catholic, orphan and outcast, Frankka has built a weird stage troupe around her weirder talent. The troupe's "Death and Resurrection Show"—with its firebreather and acrobat, drag queen and mongrel spirituality—is part gypsy caravan, part old-time revival.
Pulled between her admiration for Catholic saints and contempt for the Catholic Church, Frankka struggles to understand her faith and the meaning of her stigmata. Gore toys with belief, devotion and sainthood—but the themes are diluted. The moody, mystical vibe that Gore occasionally achieves is broken by trite rants about "Jesus freaks" and Norah Jones references.
Frankka is constantly explaining herself through inner monologue. Gore tells too much and shows too little. As a result, Frankka never quite becomes a believable or likable character. And side characters don't even get close. They suffer from tired backstories: Barbaro, the doctor-turned-fire breather who quit medicine after losing a patient; Magdalena, the anorexic blonde obsessed with stardom. Or, like vegan revolutionary Tony, they devolve into talking heads, spouting off about culture wars and anarchic utopia.
But the novel does have its bright spots. Gore is at her most original and engaging in the vignettes that break up her story. These strange fables about saints have biblical undertones, spiked with casual, modern phrases. She calls St. Brigid of Ireland "quite the hottie" and claims that praying to St. Anthony of Egypt will cure your "funky skin conditions." These sharp passages hint at Gore's talent and make the novel's ultimate failure all the more frustrating. She can clearly do better.
Gore overcomplicates her task. Already taking on the monolith of religion, she tries to tie in Western society and politics, punk rockers, anarchists and hippies—and gets dangerously close to New Age jabber. The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show fails because it tries to do too much, too fast.
Though Gore's talent manages to shine through, it's mired in small mistakes and big ideas. If she can narrow her focus, Gore may someday write a great novel. This, however, isn't it.
Attic Faculty Reading: Ariel Gore will read with other instructors from the Attic Writers' Workshop including
editor David Biespiel,
contributing editor Bill Donahue, and
magazine's editor, Shanna Germain. 7 pm Sunday, Sept. 10. Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th Ave., 963-8783. Free.


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If I generate a client config file using svcutil the <endpoint> element contains an <identity> element, which in turns contains a <userPrincipalName> element that contains a 'value' attribute set to the user who started the service (service was started as a Console app for testing). However, these elements are not specified in the services config file. e.g. for a basic example:
Server definition:<endpointaddress="net.tcp://localhost:8000/Anite/TestService"binding="netTcpBinding"contract="Anite.ITestService"/>
Clients generated config:<endpointaddress="net.tcp://localhost:8000/Anite/TestService"binding="netTcpBinding"bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_ITestService"contract="ITestService"name="NetTcpBinding_ITestService"> <identity> <userPrincipalNamevalue="email@example.com" /> </identity></endpoint>
The problem is that only "firstname.lastname@example.com" can call the service when using this client config unless the <identity> element is removed.
Does anyone know why this is being added, and is there any way to prevent it being added, or get it to be set to a value that doesn't specify a single user when the code is generated by svcutil?
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Answer 2
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if I fully understand it as I'm still not getting it to work properly. This is what I've done and perhaps you could point out where I've gone wrong:
1. In the services config I added a <servicePrincipalName> element, e.g. from previous example:<endpointaddress="net.tcp://localhost:8000/Anite/TestService"binding="netTcpBinding"contract="Anite.ITestService"><identity> <servicePrincipalNamevalue=""/></identity>
2. At this point I wasn't sure what to set the value attribute to. I used setspn.exe to try to register a new SPN, without success! I tried:
(a) setspn -A myspn myserver (for myspn I just used the name of my service) and (b) setspn -A myspn/clientPCname mydomain\myusername (as I would be running the service for the moment)
Both of these resulted in a "Failed to assign SPN on account..." error. As a test, though, I listed the SPNs for the host I was testing the client on and used one of these as the value in the server config. After I regenerated the client config this worked on the client PC whatever username I was logged on as. Of course it didn't work from another PC that didn't have the same SPN registered.
What I'm not sure about is:
1. Should I be registering the same SPN with all the client machines with I want to use, as I could only add one <servicePrincipalNamevalue=""/> to the server config?2. Was I running setspn incorrectly or is this a priviledge issue (I've got local admin on the machine I was trying the register the SPN on)?
Something I'd noticed earlier was that if I removed the <identity> element from the client config (when it wasn't set in the server config) this worked fine if the client and server where on the same PC, but not if they were on different PCs. However, if in the client config I use the IP address of the server machine instead of it's network name (in the address attribute of the endpoint element) and remove the identity element, I can call the server from any PC with any logon! What's going on here? Does this mean authentication is being bypassed?
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SetSpn to add a new spn must be run by someone with Domain Admin privilages. The SPN is registered at the domain level because the KDC (Key Distribution Center) must be able to authenticate it.
By default you will have a Host/machine SPN which will work if the service is running as NetworkService or System (which is why this should work if it's hosted in IIS). However, since you're running a self-hosted service running as a different account, this won't work.
So, the kerberos client needs to know who it's talking to in order for it to get an appropriate ticket from the KDC. Since you don't have a valid SPN for your service, you need to ask the KDC for a ticket to authenticate against a UPN (User Principal Name) instead.
Please see these for further info:
Locally the client will use NTLM to authenticate so no identity is necessary.
Remotely it will try to use kerberos using the UPN or SPN. If that fails, then it will use NTLM. If there is no identity then it will just fail.
So in a nutshell for your scenario....
You can ask your domain admin to create an SPN that identifies your service running as a specific account and use that... or a much easier solution would be to use a UserPrincipalName instead.
As far as the ip address scenario is concerned, it's probably using NTLM and not Kerberos.
Hope that helps!
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If you set WCF service Address with IP,you do not need to set userPrincipalName in client.
I do not know why,and I will do more research on it.
any suggestions or tips on it will be appreciated.
I got a error of Windows Athentication,
The kerberos client received a KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED error from the server esbservice. The target name used was host/gmc0101.ci.org. This indicates that the password used to encrypt the kerberos service ticket is different than that on the target server.
Commonly, this is due to identically named machine accounts in the target realm (CI.ORG), and the client realm. Please contact your system administrator.
I fixed it with adding userPrincipalName


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We have already shared some homemade, low cost baby and toddler Halloween costumes, and today we would like to round out the bunch and share some children's Halloween costumes. Again, why buy something they'll wear for just one day (they won't fit next year!) when you can make something yourself?
As kids get older, they get a bit more particular about their clothing, but there are still some easy, kid-approved costumes you can make at home. The key is to focus on what is popular now and what your child enjoys. Boys may love something with a gross factor, and girls may like something with a make believe element to it. Most of these ideas can be created with things around the house, making them very low-cost Halloween costume options.
Bed Bug
Supplies: Bathrobe, white shirt, pajama bottoms, head band, pipe cleaner, brown craft foam, ribbon
Directions: Wrap the pipe cleaner around the head band and have it stick up at angles on the side to resemble antennae. Using this template, cut out 6 legs out of the brown craft foam. Duct tape three legs on each side of the collar. (See this picture to see where to place them.) On poster board, write in red, "Bed Wanted" and place around your child's neck with a ribbon.
Source: Spoonful.com
Supplies: Old shirt (ideally plaid), old jeans, and scraps of yellow fabric, hot glue, fisherman's hat, patches (optional)
Directions: Cut the yellow fabric into thin strips and hot glue on the shirt, between the buttons. When the shirt is buttoned, it should look like straw is coming out of it. Also do the same to the cuffs of the pants and around the collar of the shirt. Add a hat and hot glue the yellow strips to the inside of the hat so it looks like straw is coming out of there. Add patches and dirt to the clothes to make it look more authentic, if you would like.
Source: Family Crafts
Supplies: Piece of cardboard, paints, oversized white shirt, dark pants, beret, paint brush
Directions: Cut out the cardboard in a palette shape. Put five circles of different color paint on the palette, and also glue on an old paintbrush. Let dry. Have your child carry the palette, and if your child is a boy, sketch a moustache on his face and add a beret.
Source: Family Crafts
Cat Costume
Supplies: Black running outfit with hood, black felt, pink felt, face paints, black sock
Directions: Cut out triangles from the black felt for the ears. Hot glue smaller triangles of pink felt on top of the black felt. Attach the cat ears to the top of the hood, either with small pieces of duct tape so they are removable, or with hot glue. Fill a long black sock with stuffing (could even be filled with other pairs of socks) and use duct tape to close. Secure to the seat of the pants. Finish the look with a nice face painting of a cat. (Here is a simple idea for face painting.)
Source: All Free Crafts
Paper Doll
Supplies: Several large pieces of poster board, duct tape, hot glue gun, foam padding, blue paint, elastic,
Directions: Cut out the shapes of a skirt with bloomers, a shirt, a bow and 2 inch x 4 inch paper doll tabs as well as a purse from the poster board. (Use this template to help you cut them out correctly.) Put the outlining on the cardboard pieces, including the dashes for the paper doll tabs. (See this picture of the costume as a template to follow.) Paint the pieces and let dry. Duct tape the tabs on the costume, including the headband. Hot glue large pieces of foam padding to the back of the skirt and shirt to stabilize them, leaving a margin on the side. Have your child hold the costume in front of her and measure elastic from one side of the shirt to the other, across her back. Use two pieces of elastic, one around her upper back and the other near her waist. Staple the elastic to a scrap piece of poster board on each end, and then duct tape the scraps with elastic to the back of the costume. Do the same thing on the skirt, but just attach one piece of elastic at the waist.
Source: Spoonful.com
Three other simple ideas: If your son is in football, he could always wear his football uniform and go as a football player. If your daughter is in dance, depending on her recital costume, she may be able to wear that. Also, if your children have skeleton pajamas, they can always wear those and go as a skeleton.
What are your favorite, low-cost kids' Halloween costume ideas?{ 6 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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Baltimore County fire officials are looking for the cause of a house fire that killed a person in Reisterstown.
Fire officials said the flames broke out around 3:15 p.m. Sunday at a home at 1 Fox Run Court.
Officials said the 911 caller reported a fire in the home's basement. It took crews about a half an hour to put out the flames.
Fire officials said one person died in that blaze. No other details about the death were released Sunday. No one else was injured.
Two adjacent structures suffered smoke damage.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Views on the Market from Aston's Subadvisers
That just about sums up the market views of our investment managers. Those that were bullish last year have not changed their perspective; those that were bearish are in the same place. The Federal Reserve's unorthodox monetary policies continue to loom large in the perspectives of all of our money managers, but they differ in how the effect of the Fed cutting back bond purchases a.k.a. "tapering" will affect securities markets. What follows below are the opinions of our subadvisers on the outlook for securities markets in general and specific sectors within that market.
Stuart D. Bilton, CFA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Aston Asset Management
Montag & Caldwell
We believe that 2.5 to 3% real gross domestic product (GDP) growth can be achieved in the U.S. in 2014. The Federal Reserve's accommodative monetary policy is likely to remain very supportive of growth. We expect inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), to increase between 1.5% and 2% in 2014. The outlook for the stock market is generally favorable. A moderate, but synchronized global economic recovery and accommodative central-bank policies throughout the developed world should be supportive of higher stock prices. However, given fair to full market valuations, we do expect a pickup in stock market volatility during the year. We believe that high-quality growth stocks are well-positioned for the period ahead; since most of these companies derive 40% or more of their earnings from international markets, they should benefit from the synchronized global recovery. In addition, with their reasonable valuations and sound earning prospects, these companies should do relatively well if the stock market experiences the pickup in volatility that we anticipate. It is difficult to tell whether we are in a secular bull market or simply an extended cyclical recovery, much will depend on whether persistent high levels of debt in the U.S. and abroad can be worked down to reasonable levels.
Ronald E. Canakaris, CFA
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Growth Fund · ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth Fund
ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Balanced Fund
Cornerstone Investment Partners
While markets are not as attractive as they were in early 2013, we still find considerable opportunity in many segments of the equity market. Valuations by sector are below the average for the period 1990 – 2013 and our fair value model still suggests that the overall equity market is somewhat below fair value. We see opportunities as particularly compelling in Information Technology.
Rick van Nostrand, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
ASTON/Cornerstone Large Cap Value Fund
Herndon Capital Management
We have positioned our portfolio towards an economy that will strengthen, with inflation increasing and interest rates rising. We believe that the Federal Reserve's tapering program will continue on a measured pace as the economy allows, but, we believe the pace will likely quicken. While some investors fear negative stock results as a consequence of tapering, we believe that being positioned in undervalued stocks can provide a reasonable measure of protection and makes us confident in our sector allocations and individual stock positions. Will 2014 mimic 2013? We don't know. The question we constantly seek to answer in the affirmative is, "Are our portfolios populated with value creating opportunities?" The answer is unequivocally yes. There is always value in the market. Our quest is to find it.
Randell A. Cain, Jr., CFA
Principal and Portfolio Manager
ASTON/Herndon Large Cap Value Fund
TAMRO Capital Partners
We believe the outlook for equities remains attractive in 2014. We also believe that as the Federal Reserve continues its tapering and the liquidity environment normalizes, opportunities in the market will rebalance away from the extremes we saw in 2013 and toward company specific catalysts. In 2013 the stock market was fueled by a torrent of liquidity that levitated low quality stocks (defined as those with a leveraged balance sheet and weak market position) and speculative growth stocks. As we look across our small-cap portfolio, we see many reasons to be encouraged about the economy generally and potential future returns from high-quality small-cap stocks in 2014.
Philip D. Tasho, CFA
CEO, Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder
ASTON/TAMRO Small Cap Fund · ASTON/TAMRO Diversified Equity Fund
River Road Asset Management
In the third quarter of 2011, we wrote that "the current environment presents an exceptional investment opportunity"; that is not the case today. Small-cap stock valuations are at extreme levels, profit growth is weak and forward earnings expectations are declining. Federal Reserve policy remains a powerful tailwind for stocks which, combined with outflows from bonds, could deliver positive equity returns in 2014. However, fundamental risk is high and investors should allocate accordingly.
R. Andrew Beck
President, CEO and Senior Portfolio Manager
ASTON/River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund · ASTON/River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund II · ASTON/River Road Small Cap Value Fund · ASTON/River Road Select Value Fund · ASTON/River Road Long-Short Fund
Lee Munder Capital Group (LMCG) – U.S. Growth Team
2013 highlighted the case for small-cap stocks – most of the securities in our small-cap growth portfolio had significant increases in revenue while large companies struggled to add to the top line. Forward earnings multiples for the Russell 2000 Growth Index in 2015 are now approximately 18 times earnings compared with 15 times for the S&P 500 Index or a premium of about 20%. Given this growth and valuation backdrop we do not expect further multiple expansion in small-cap securities, but with decent growth rates in the high single digits or low double digits, we are reasonably optimistic about the outlook for small-cap growth stocks.
Andrew Morey, CFA
Partner and Portfolio Manager
ASTON/LMCG Small Cap Growth Fund
River Road Asset Management
Despite the sharp rise in small-cap stocks, the operating environment for most companies was subdued and inconsistent in 2013. While operating results continue to be mixed, margins and cash flows remain elevated. Generally, management guidance for 2014 is to expect a similar operating environment as in 2013. Small-cap stocks are expensive and it is difficult to find small-cap investments that adequately compensate for the risk assumed. Our focus list is expensive and trading at 24 times earnings and two-times sales. We are finding some value in out-of-favor sectors such as natural gas producers and mining companies but until volatility increases and valuations improve, we would expect cash levels to remain high in our portfolio.
Eric Cinnamond, CFA
Vice President and Portfolio Manager
ASTON/River Road Independent Value Fund
Silvercrest Asset Management
Overall, we find the U.S. equity market to be reasonably valued given current levels of interest rates, inflation expectations, and global economic activity. In general, fourth quarter commentary from company managements suggests a gradually improving U.S. economy, albeit with some adverse weather likely impacting first calendar quarter results; stabilization in Europe, and high, but decelerating trends in Asia (China). While smaller capitalization stocks appear generously valued relative to most historic norms, we find the excesses to be most prevalent in the higher growth, "story" stocks. Our portfolio investments, while not inexpensive, are, we feel somewhat undervalued for investors with a multi-year time horizon. Balance sheets remain generally strong, and companies continue to return free cash flow to shareholders through dividends and share repurchase. We remain hopeful of increased merger and acquisition activity, and believe many of our holdings would be attractive targets for larger companies and/or private equity investors.
Roger W. Vogel, CFA
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager
ASTON/Silvercrest Small Cap Fund
Baring Asset Management (Barings)
Developed markets performed very well in 2013, but analysts' earnings expectations barely rose. Developed market companies will need to grow their earnings this year to justify their higher valuations. Emerging markets saw a decline in analyst earnings expectations and, not surprisingly, performed poorly. To see improvements in market valuation, emerging market companies will need to improve their earnings significantly in 2014. The great uncertainty in 2014 is the beginning of the end of extraordinary monetary policies which will affect valuations, economies and politics. Our focus will remain on identifying strong company level earnings growth which will come from strong end markets, idiosyncratic situations and non-cyclical growth.
David Bertocchi, CFA
International and World Equity Manager
ASTON/Barings International Fund
Lee Munder Capital Group (LMCG) – International Team
Emerging markets are less expensive than developed markets based on valuation multiples – currently price-earnings multiples are around 12 times earnings compared with 17.5 for the MSCI EAFE Index*. However emerging markets currently offer higher forecasted long-term earnings growth, albeit with significant volatility. Recent repricing has brought macro factors to the forefront, but we anticipate that this trend has just about run its course. It is easy to overreact to the recent problems with Brazil, Russia, India, China and Turkey and we expect market pressures to accelerate the economic and political reform processes in some of these countries.
*Morgan Stanley Capital's Europe, Australasia and the Far East Index.
Gordon Johnson, PhD, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
ASTON/LMCG Emerging Markets Fund
Taplin, Canida & Habacht (TCH)
Our economic outlook is for moderate GDP growth in 2014. Continued improvement in the U.S., Europe and other developed markets should absorb the transition of emerging markets to slower growth rates. Inflation expectations are likely to remain low with the money multiplier effect constrained by tepid wage growth and a slower housing recovery. Commodity prices are no longer in a freefall, but they are unlikely to increase significantly in light of anemic global growth. As we move further into 2014 volatility and interest rates may increase as the taper timeline increases. However monetary policy transitions are notoriously prone to mistakes. While the Fed's decision to reduce its purchases seems consistent with market expectations, interest rate volatility is unlikely to remain historically low. The early stages of tapering make it difficult to foresee lower interest rates, but absent tighter monetary conditions or surprise inflation, we do not see interest rates moving substantially higher over the interim.
Alan M. Habacht
ASTON/TCH Fixed Income Fund
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CSU Fullerton is a comprehensive, regional university serving a diverse student population of over 37,000, including international students representing 79 nations. Located on a 240-acre campus in Orange County, it is a technologically robust and culturally vibrant area. Many of our employees enjoy the close proximity to the beaches and mountains for surfing, hiking and mountain biking. The University offers 55 undergraduate and 52 graduate degree programs, including a doctorate in education and a doctorate in nursing practice, in a rich diverse environment. Diverse Issues in Higher Education (July 2013) ranks the campus as 11th in the nation in terms of baccalaureate degrees awarded to minority students, and Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (May 2013) ranks CSU Fullerton number one in California and eighth in the nation among top colleges and universities awarding undergraduate and graduate degrees to Hispanics. The University is proud to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution and as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution.
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Rift between Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton supporters on display at Texas Democratic Convention
SAN ANTONIO — Visitors to the expo at the Texas Democratic Convention practically get another shot at the voting booth: Turn right to visit Bernie Sanders' campaign. Turn left to stop by Hillary Clinton's operation.
And while Clinton won convincingly in Texas and is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, diehard supporters continue to show up in droves for the Vermont senator.
"His message is important, and it can't die with the campaign," said Laura Varela, a 31-year-old doctoral student from San Antonio.
The dynamic highlights an early challenge for Clinton in Texas and beyond as she seeks to unify her party ahead of the showdown with Republican standard-bearer Donald Trump.
Clinton and her backers have offered olive branches to Sanders' impassioned voters after the bitter primary. And that effort came through at the state convention, where the party incorporated some of Sanders' ideas on income equality and other hot-button issues.
But even though Clinton and Sanders have agreed to work together to defeat Trump, some Sanders supporters simply can't go along.
"Morally, I can't see my vote going to her," said Varela, whose sister echoed the sentiment.
The Democratic primary was supposed to be a breeze for Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state.
But Sanders' focus on the "rigged economy" and other populist topics had followers convinced he was leading the "political revolution" he promised. And they got further than anyone expected, turning what was seen as a likely Clinton coronation into a slog.
The protracted campaign produced some ugly side effects. Jacob Limon, Texas director of Sanders' campaign, didn't shy away from that when he said this past week that he looks forward to a "day when we can glance at each other's Facebook page without wincing."
Even though Sanders has yet to officially concede, party leaders are stressing that a unified front is critical.
"We can't enter the fall with a Team Hillary and a Team Bernie," state Sen. Carlos Uresti of San Antonio told delegates.
Some Clinton backers appear willing to give the Sanders crowd some space to get over the primary result. They, after all, went through the same emotional process in 2008 when Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.
Told that some Sanders fans had pledged to not support Clinton, Ann Hafften of Weatherford asked, "How old were they?"
The 63-year-old chalked up those rigid stances to youthful enthusiasm, noting that she's heard similar views from her niece. Hafften said she understands the passionate support for Sanders, adding that she likes a lot of the senator's policy ideas.
But, she said, "I just want a winner."
In the meantime, the impact of the Sanders campaign is still being felt.
His supporters kept the focus on certain issues — such as raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour or restricting large campaign donations — as delegates at the convention went through the largely symbolic task of adopting resolutions and crafting a party platform.
Those kinds of conversations could help shore up Clinton's support.
"If we are able to get her and the Democratic Party to start adopting more populist, working-class policies, then yes," said former Dallas state Rep. Domingo Garcia, a Sanders backer.
And in the end, party leaders are confident that Trump's bombast will be the ultimate tonic.
Dallas state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a superdelegate to the Democrats' national convention and a Clinton supporter, recalled the speech he gave at a Young Democrats event in San Antonio. He made sure to give props to both Sanders and Clinton, earning similar ovations from the crowd.
"But the biggest shout-out that we got was stopping Donald Trump," he said. "When I said, 'We need to stop Donald Trump,' that's when everyone came together and locked arms."
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Oodles of daffodils.
That's what Joan Lenhardt remembers most about the historic Selma Mansion in Norristown.
Yes, the Federal-style manor on West Airy Street was once the home of a Revolutionary War general and of the mother of Mary Todd Lincoln. But when Lenhardt, as a young girl, walked by on her way to school, it was all about the estate's field of yellow flowers.
"Not only do I remember the daffodils, my mother remembers the daffodils," said the now 70-something Lenhardt, of East Norriton. "They were there as early as the 1920s, and probably before that."
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What Kevin Mahoney established at Mount St. Mary in Watchung should be mapped out and copied around the state and preserved as a blueprint for starting up a girls swim program and then sustaining a level of superior achievement.
Because what Mahoney did for the Somerset County school was keep his program on the tips of everyone's tongue when it came to discussing the best girls swim teams in New Jersey.
Mahoney has all the time in the world to discuss his blueprint now. He recently turned in his resignation after 18 massively successful years at the helm.
Under Mahoney's direction, the Mount captured 15 conference championships (Mountain Valley Conference and Skyland Conference combined), eight Somerset County titles, nine NJISAA state prep championships, and eight NJSIAA state titles.
Two of those state titles came in Non-Public A, the first a tie with state powerhouse Immaculate Heart Academy in 2005 and the second an outright victory over IHA in 2006.
Mahoney made his last appearance poolside this past winter at the Non-Public B state championship meet. His team, which earned its 11th straight state finals berth, lost to Mount St. Dominic, 88-82. Last season, Mount St. Mary defeated Mount St. Dominic for the title.
Ironically, Mount St. Dominic coach Andrea Jordan also turned in her resignation this week after ruling the roost at the Caldwell school for the past 14 years.
Mahoney is a five-time Star-Ledger Somerset County Coach of the Year. He also received the NJSIAA Sports Award for Girls Swimming in 2008, the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Girls Swim Coach of the Year in 2009, and the NISCA New Jersey Girls Swim Coach of the Year and Sectional Girls Swim Coach of the Year in 2010.


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Machinima has been looking for a new chief executive to replace its current one, Allen DeBevoise*. Among those under consideration is outgoing Disney Interactive co-president John Pleasants, according to Adweek.
Pleasants joined Disney Interactive, a subsidiary of the entertainment conglomerate that oversees various websites and interactive products, when Disney bought social gaming company Playdom for $763 million in 2010. At the time of purchase, Pleasants was CEO of Playdom, and after the purchase, he joined Jimmy Pitaro in becoming co-presidents at Disney Interactive. This dual leadership setup meant that Pitaro would oversee Disney Interactive's media business while Pleasants would oversee its gaming units.
It was reported earlier this month that Pleasants would resign from his position at Disney Interactive, while Pitaro would stay on as the sole head of the organization.
As Adweek notes, Pleasants would make a lot of sense as the CEO of Machinima, a top gaming/video network on the web. Pleasants has a strong gaming background via leading executive roles at Playdom and Disney Interactive, as well Electronic Arts, where he was COO.
As Machinima parts with Allen DeBevoise (who will stay on as chairman), as well as his brother Philip and his nephew Aaron, in the coming months, the company will require someone in an operational capacity who understands its "fanboy" audience.
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Lower Alloways Creek Township Police said Thursday the man was Ashia J. "Rocky" Golden, 37, who drowned Sunday in the Salem River.
Golden's body was found about 5 p.m. Wednesday in an inlet near the mouth of the Salem River along Sinnickson Landing Road, north of the old Elsinboro landfill.
LAC police, who patrol Elsinboro Township, said on Thursday the medical examiner positively identified Golden, who had lived in Salem, through a tattoo.
Authorities said Golden drowned Sunday in the Salem River upstream from where his body was found.
Authorities said he went into the waters of the Salem River around 4 p.m. — apparently for a swim — from a riverbank just south of the Veterans of Salem County Memorial Bridge.
Police said witnesses told them that the man swam to the middle from the Salem side of the river and then appeared to have trouble in the water. He went under and was not seen again, authorities said.
Witnesses who were fishing along the river called 911 and a large team of rescuers responded to the river — including a dive team .
The spot where the body was found Wednesday is just south of where the Salem River empties into the Delaware River. It is south — downstream — of the site in the river where the man was last seen alive Sunday.


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Lettuce Salsa Wraps
Summer is finally here! The sun is shining, it's warm and beautiful and everybody seems to be just a little bit happier. It really is the best season! Anyway with the warmer weather comes a different set of food cravings: it's all about light, delicate, easy dishes that leave you feeling so refreshed and energised, and these lettuce wraps are the perfect answer to your summery needs. The soft buttery leaves are filled with a delicious salsa made up of juicy tomatoes, tangy red pepper pieces, fresh basil leaves, sweet yellow corn, crunchy bean sprouts and creamy bites of avocado, all drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil and a sprinkling of pink himalayan salt. Are you drooling yet? I am! It's healthy eating at its best, so simple yet so satisfying. All the flavours are wonderfully subtle, which means that none of them outshine each other but instead blend together perfectly to create perfect bites of delicious summer happiness.
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– 8 big leaves of butter lettuce (the softest type of lettuce)
– 2 big tomatoes
– 1 red pepper
– 1 avocado
– 1/2 a cup of sweetcorn
– 1/2 a cup of mixed bean sprouts (if you don't have these use chickpeas)
– a handful of fresh basil leaves
– 1 lemon
– extra virgin olive oil
– salt
There's not really much of a recipe here, it's more of an assemblage of raw ingredients! All you need to do is chop the avocado, tomatoes and red pepper (discard the seeds) into tiny bruschetta-style cubes. Then chop the basil leaves into fine pieces. Mix all the chopped ingredients in a bowl with the corn and bean sprouts. Squeeze the lemon and stir this in, along with a drizzling of olive oil and some salt to taste.
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Etched with the photographer's signature and dated "1/23/01" on verso. In black wood frame. A heart of solarization mystically marks the middle ground . It is surrounded by flowering branches. The latter emerge in vivid detail out of a deep dreamy background making for dramatic contrast. Spagnoli had an important new book on his work published July 2006. He has worked extensively with artist Chuck Close.
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Tree Parable
The Parable of Inventing a NewTree
I assembled a team of several different specialized programmers to take on a real break-through project. I had an expert in one of our target OSs, a general C programmer who was also a domain expert and a high level compiler writer. I made up this parable about how we were going to break the rules of convention:
A molecular biologist hires an architect and a carpenter to add a room onto his house and goes away for a week to a scientific conference. She returns to find the a half built room with the builder and architect screaming at each other at the tops of their lungs. The molecular biologist asks the architect what is wrong. The architect explains that the design requires that oak must be used through-out to maintain the proper texture. The molecular biologist then asks the builder what the problem is. The builder explains that there is no way to nail such hard wood in the way the architect designed it. The molecular biologist responded that there was no problem. She would just design a New
It is amazing to see what happens when you mix bright engineers from different disciplines together. One of them is always inventing a NewTree
, at least a new tree from one of the other's world view.
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The moral is unclear. Since literally designing a New
Tree to meet arbitrary requirements is still far beyond the state of the art, it seems that the intended moral is that the suggestion is ludicrous, and so the moral is that, when you mix really different kinds of people together, at least one of them will come up with a stupid outlandish idea.
However, since the counterpart of the analogy is a compiler person, the counterpart of the New
Tree would be a new language, and creating a new small domain-specific language is actually often an extremely good approach, even the best approach -- especially when you've got a person with the correct background to do it right.
You might have meant it either way. This parable needs disambiguation -- and if it disambiguates in the direction of "creating a new language is ridiculous", then I strongly disagree;
on the details of the project and its context.
The fact that it was a "real breakthrough project" seems to not play a part in the parable, yet one would think that it should.
My point, if some what befuddled, was to open everyone up to accepting paradigm changing possibilities from the other team members and to encourage the engineers to feel safe offering those ideas. There are times when what is in the text book will not get you there. Companies are so risk adverse that it can take some real effort to get engineers to get engineers into a risk taking frame of mind.
I guess the generic geek story would have been the
no-win scenario. When the engineers and sr. management all agree that the number say it can't be done, then the team needs to "change the condition of the test," in the language of the movie. --
Strongly agree. I've found ways to do so many times myself, and those tend to be the things I remember most proudly in retrospect; it contrasts rather nicely with just giving up on something as "impossible".
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di Tee-Racy 27 marzo 2007
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Something that is intended to be tasteful but utterly fails, and is instead tacky.
A white-trash version of ghetto fabulous
A white-trash version of ghetto fabulous
Your collector plates are very tastual.
di j daggar 24 gennaio 2004


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Wrapping up!
Finally! Almost everything is sent out.
Thanks to everyone for all your patience. We did not expect this project to be even half as successful as it was, and had... Read more
GhostBooks FINALLY going out!
The GhostBooks for backers have started going out! We've been spending much of this week since we got the slip covers prepping and packaging, and a few days ago GhostBooks... Read more
The hold-up on GhostBook- IMPORTANT
I have a lot of apologies to issue- for the past week and a half we've been off the radar due to a loss in the family. Coey and I... Read more
GhostBook up for general sale! (And PDF troubleshooting)
We've gotten a lot of questions from those getting only the extras when the book will be up for general sale- well here it is!
We've put a disclaimer on... Read more
GhostBook Backers' Physical Copies
We are still waiting on the slip covers. We were originally quoted a 2-week turnaround, but then it took over a week of communication with the producer to get them... Read more
BOOKS ARE HERE! (and changing addresses)
Also, if anyone still needs to change their address, let me know!
Beginning shipping (and PDF's!)
Hello everyone!
It's been trudging along, but we're finally almost done! And in the next few days we're going to start shipping out packages for people who pledged to get... Read more
Shirts and pins are in!
More GhostBook stuff in! We picked up the shirts and pins, today, and watched the last few being printed. * u *
Everything looks really amazing so far, makes us... Read more
GhostBook progress!
Hello, everyone!
Things are going slowly, but steadily!
The books got held up a bit- my bank kept declining the printer's charge, thinking it was ID fraud because of it... Read more
Slow but steady progress.
So far, I've assembled over 300 full-set-of-extras packs (all those boxes x___x), and Coey's very stylishly assembling charms back there as I put together extras.
Prints and notebooks just came in!
The 5 x 7" prints (a few half-shown on the far right) and notepads came this week! Now just waiting on the pins, shirts and stickers as far as the... Read more
AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh thank you all you're all amazing <3
According to the email I just received from KS, it will take 2 weeks for the funds to be available to me.... Read more
Thanks to the unbelievable success of the GhostBook KickStarter, we were able to add more pages to the book and squeeze in 16 new artists, instead of the 5 we initially thoughtwe... Read more
Limited Edition Hard Cover GhostBooks! (and updated pledges)
Stretch Goals and New Rewards!
JUST TO CLARIFY- tiers saying their backers will receive all the extras include the newly added rewards without additional cost.
Original reward... Read more
New! STRETCH GOALS and ADDITIONAL REWARDS!
Stretch Goals and New Rewards!
Original reward extras (available no matter the goal):
Two 13crowns stickers
Two 5 x 7 inch prints of illustrations from the book
The... Read more
Is there something you'd like?
Hello, everyone!
We've gotten quite a few questions about stretch goals- being new to KickStarter, I had to look it up, haha.
We've been brainstorming, but haven't come up with... Read more
UPDATE February 5th:
OOPS! I just realized thanks to a few people asking, I never stated the dimensions of the book! It will be 8.5 x 11 inches, and at least 100 pages,... Read more
UPDATE February 4th:
HOLY WOW okay was NOT expecting that! You guys are amazing! Having reached our goal so quickly, we have a bit higher of hopes of actually being able to make... Read more


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Nursing assistants are primarily responsible for providing basic care to patients. They do everything from bathe patients to measure vital signs to dispense medications, depending on the facility. In many states, these healthcare professionals are known as certified nursing assistant, or CNAs. But in Ohio, they are known as STNAs, or state-tested nursing assistants. Pay is comparable to the national average for this occupation.
In 2012, nursing assistants averaged $25,620 nationwide, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those working in Ohio earned slightly less, averaging $24,210 a year. The top 10 percent of earners in the state made more than $31,080, while the bottom 10 percent earned less than $18,220.
Even within the state, pay varies by location. STNAs earned the highest wages in Cincinnati, averaging $25,440 a year. Those in Southern Ohio earned slightly less, averaging $25,020 annually. STNAs in Dayton earned $24,880, while those in both Cleveland and Columbus averaged $24,770. The lowest wages paid were in the Northwestern region of the state, at an average of $21,410.
Employers typically seek candidates with a postsecondary certification as a nursing assistant. Programs vary by school setting, but STNA programs usually consist of 75 to 108 hours of study – 59 to 92 hours in the classroom and 16 hours of clinical experience. Upon completion, students can then sit for the STNA certification exam. To stay current, nursing assistants must provide proof of employment every two years.
The BLS expects employment for nursing assistants to grow by 20 percent through 2020. This is faster than the 14 percent average growth rate projected for all U.S. occupations. With roughly 63,900 STNAs employed in Ohio, 20 percent works out to the creation of 12,780 new jobs. The profession's high turnover rate should create even more opportunities.
References (5)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook – Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Nursing Assistants
- Cuyahoga Community College: State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Program
- Warren Community Career Center: State-Tested Nursing Assistant 76 Hours
- Ohio Department of Health: Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program
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- Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images


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After a week of recruiting out in Las Vegas, Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg's batteries are running low.
His pacemaker's batteries, that is.
The 41-year-old underwent a scheduled procedure to replace the batteries in his pacemaker for the first time since doctors installed the device in 2005.
Surgery went well and @ISUMayor32 is RECHARGED! pic.twitter.com/ejxPna5LRK
— Carol Hoiberg (@mayorswife32) July 15, 2014
"It's not a big surgery," Hoiberg said. "It's very routine for people with pacemakers."
Hoiberg felt under the weather in recent days, complaining of light-headedness, so he heeded his wife's advice to get checked out.
"I'm so hypersensitive that I can feel every heartbeat," he explained. "My (heart rate) isn't supposed to go below 70, but I could feel it was lower. I could just feel it. I'd do a workout, and when I got done, I could tell my heart rate wasn't elevating. It wasn't going past 65."
Sure enough, doctors discovered that batteries in his pacemaker were running on reserve. The device itself and the wires embedded in his heart were operating just fine.
That makes the procedure somewhat easier on Hoiberg.
"They're not cracking me open again," he said. "They just have to replace the device. Basically, they're just replacing my batteries."
Doctors implated Hoiberg's pacemaker nine years ago after complications during open-heart surgery to remove an enlargement on part of his heart.
Each pacemaker battery typically lasts for seven to eight years before it needs to be replaced, according to the Texas Heart Institute.
In most cases, doctors use a local anesthetic to perform the procedure.
Hoiberg said he expects to be released from the hospital on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Source: Des Moines Register


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Great white sharks to be protected
Sharks are candidates for endangered list
White sharks are candidates for California's endangered species list.
As of March 1 the sharks are to be temporarily protected.
Under state law that means they can't be hunted, pursued, caught, captured, or killed.
A recent study found about 350 great whites swimming off California.
Several groups petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to protect them. The commission will study the issue this year and decide whether to make the protections permanent next year.
Charter boat captains in the Channel Islands Harbor said sightings are rare, but they have seen them near the Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands.
White sharks can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.
Great whites' can be as long as 20 feet and weight 5,000 pounds.
They can also live more than 30 years. Although they are portrayed as a man-eating predator in fiction, they usually prey on marine animals.
Copyright © 2013 KEYT - NPG of California, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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MGIC Investment (NYSE: MTG ) now has the potential to swell into a larger company. In a special shareholder meeting held today, its investors approved a measure to boost the number of authorized common shares to 1 billion, from the current 680 million. This will take the form of an amendment to the firm's articles of incorporation. MGIC investment said that 96% of the votes cast were in favor of the move.
In a press release issued last month announcing today's special meeting, MGIC Investment said two recent capital-expanding moves "reduced the number of shares of Common Stock available for future issuance," hence the need for the expansion.
This past March, MGIC Investment floated 135 million shares of common stock in a public offering. Concurrently, it also issued 2% convertible notes maturing in 2020. All told, the company netted proceeds of roughly $1.15 billion from both flotations.
Of the firm's current 680 million authorized shares, nearly 338 million are outstanding. At the moment, the company trades at $6.29 per share.


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Top Definition
using ordinary objects to make something extraordinary
That edgy swedish artist upcycled 500 plastic water bottles into a chandelier.
by clevergypsy February 22, 2007
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The process of converting an industrial nutrient (material) into something of similar or greater value in its second life.
Sarah's new company is making some awesome grocery bags from upcycled fabric.
by AndrewMcL October 23, 2009
the practice of taking garbage and turning it into frankenstein objects that hippies buy.
did you see that purse made from upcycled anal thermometers? it's so cuuuuuuute!
by fennyfrenzy April 10, 2009
To appropriate items from friends or acquaintances because you believe you have a better use for them
"Dude, did you just upcycle my beer?"
"Well, you weren't drinking it!"
"Well, you weren't drinking it!"
by bluerainuk April 04, 2015