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You've spent a lot of time thinking and planning and working, but now it's finally time to launch your website. You anxiously wait for the hits to start piling up as you start your Facebook and Twitter ad campaign. While the initial numbers look good, eventually they taper off.
You start to freak out. You were sure it would work. But soon, you're forced to close the doors on your new business, "Grandma's Crochet Supply." What went wrong?
It might not have been your product or anything wrong with your store. It might just have been something as simple as your audience not being able to find you. How did this happen?
It turns out, a big audience for crochet materials happens to be the blind and disabled. (This is not true, but bear with us for example's sake.) They love to buy materials and discuss advancements in the field with a million others just like them. However, your website isn't currently optimized to allow these viewers to use it. If they can't visit it, they can't spend money!
Blind Users
Users who are blind or partially sighted will often use a screen reader when browsing the Internet. These programs will read all the text on the website to the user so they can get around even without seeing it.
Taking a look at the website for Grandma's Crochet Supply, you notice your store is incredibly graphics heavy. In fact, you neglected to include detailed descriptions of the various items in your store. When blind users visit your store, they have nothing to go on as the software can't read images to them! For your next online store venture, try to keep your visitors who have less than 20/20 vision in mind.
Color Blindness
Another form of vision problem that can lead to problems surfing the Internet is color blindness. Approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women have some form of color blindness. That means those fancy, colorful graphs you have all over your store won't mean a thing.
Also, with another look at Grandma's Crochet, you see there are several confusing areas for people with color blindness. On one page you tell someone to click on the blue dot for navigation. The colors of the rest of your page might blend in with the dot. There go your sales from the color blind! Next time, consider the color scheme a little more when constructing your online store.
Mouseless Users
Some Internet users don't have a handy mouse to navigate around with. They either use voice commands, or are restricted to simple movements with a pad. If your site is difficult to navigate without a mouse, you have accidentally ostracized these users!
One way to check the accessibility of your site without a mouse is to try it out for yourself by just using the keyboard. See if you can get around Grandma's Crochet Supply without using the mouse. Instead, use the tab, enter and arrow keys. If parts of your site are difficult or impossible to gain access to, work on changing it immediately!
One of the greatest things about the Internet is that it has made information, ideas and of course, shopping opportunities accessible to billions. Don't stop your potential customers in their tracks with limited accessibility options.
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10 Reasons Anna Kendrick Is Better Than You
When it comes to Anna Kendrick, believe the buzz. The girl is all that and a bag of chips. Girl crush alert!
Chances are, you've been hearing her name a lot lately, and it's no surprise. From "What to Expect When You're Expecting" to "ParaNorman" to "End of Watch," she's had a lot of flicks make way to the cinema this year, and she's not slowing down just yet.
Her latest is the college a cappella competition movie "Pitch Perfect," in which she not only puts her acting chops on the table but also gives her vocal chords some serious exercise. With her sharp wit, self-deprecating sensibility and sheer talent, the girl's going places at lightning speed (she may even be the newest badass of the "Captain America" franchise).
So, to extol the Anna Kendrick-ness of Anna Kendrick, here are 10 reasons why she's better than you, us and just about everybody else. Read more…

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Sitting in the stands for both the U.S. and England defeats, he looked sad sad sad as neither side gave him any satisfaction.
In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.
Secondly, readers should not cluck their satisfaction so blithely over economic sanctions.
On several measures of quality of life, heavy users also reported significantly lower levels of satisfaction than controls.
Why conduct an affair that could jeopardize so much without the satisfaction of carrying it out?
When these were arranged upon the table to his satisfaction, they sat down to tea.
She ascertained fully to her satisfaction that her guests had dined.
Sprudell lowered his lids that Bruce should not see the satisfaction in his eyes.
Mr Hope will give you satisfaction: he must be a better judge than any of us.
When I should have done so to their satisfaction, I should be permitted to proceed to Bulawayo.
early 14c., "performance of an act set forth by a priest or other Church authority to atone for sin," from Old French satisfaction (12c.), from Latin satisfactionem (nominative satisfactio) "a satisfying of a creditor," noun of action from past participle stem of satisfacere (see satisfy). Senses of "contentment, appeasement" and "action of gratifying" first recorded late 14c.; the former not common before 16c.
satisfaction sat·is·fac·tion (sāt'ĭs-fāk'shən)
The fulfillment or gratification of a desire, a need, or an appetite.
The pleasure or contentment that is derived from such gratification.


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I have coveted the Little Lotus cat tree from The Refined Feline for a while now and we finally had a chance to test one out in the Moderncat household. I can tell you, it immediately became one of the most treasured items in the house.
As you can see, Ando, my lead tester, absolutely loves it. In fact, he almost hasn't left it since I put it together. He allows his brothers and sisters to visit him on his new throne occasionally, but the top spot is his.
I've found Simba curled up in the bottom hideaway several times. It's the perfect size for a cozy nap.
The Little Lotus is very sturdy and quite easy to put together. I love the white finish, especially in a more modern interior.
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I'm in love with our newest book, From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Family Recipes by Gena Philibert-Ortega.
Before you even open the book, it's pretty: Hardbound, with a lovely cover and a cute yellow ribbon bookmark.
And then it's about food history and family recipes, a topic that fascinates me.
Who better to describe the book than its author? Here's what Gena has to say about this labor of love:
Do you ever wish you knew more about your ancestors' lives? When I think of my ancestors, I wonder how their lives were similar to mine. I also ponder what I can add to my genealogy research that will be meaningful to future generations.
From the Family Kitchen will help you understand and appreciate your ancestors' everyday lives by exploring the foods they ate. These details make your family history more vivid and more interesting to younger folks—not to mention very tasty.
This isn't just another guidebook. It's a keepsake designed to help you gather and preserve your family's food traditions, past and present. You can use From the Family Kitchen to:
1. Learn where to find recipes Great-grandma would've cooked. I'll walk you through the history of American foodways, and introduce you to resources for researching the food traditions of specific eras and regions. The book even includes historical recipes, cooking instructions and entertaining advice to give you a flavor of your ancestors' experiences.
2. Better understand the foods of immigrant ancestors. Your family's food traditions today might still reflect your ancestors' cultural heritage—but how have those dishes changed over generations and across countries? I'll explain how to find out.
3. Interview your family about their food memories. Get tips for gathering recipes and recollections. The book includes dozens of suggested questions to ask. 4. Record your family food traditions. Within the book are beautiful recipe journal pages for preserving the dishes you discover in your research, and especially today's family favorites—creating a legacy for future generations.
1. Learn where to find recipes Great-grandma would've cooked. I'll walk you through the history of American foodways, and introduce you to resources for researching the food traditions of specific eras and regions. The book even includes historical recipes, cooking instructions and entertaining advice to give you a flavor of your ancestors' experiences.
2. Better understand the foods of immigrant ancestors. Your family's food traditions today might still reflect your ancestors' cultural heritage—but how have those dishes changed over generations and across countries? I'll explain how to find out.
3. Interview your family about their food memories. Get tips for gathering recipes and recollections. The book includes dozens of suggested questions to ask.
4. Record your family food traditions. Within the book are beautiful recipe journal pages for preserving the dishes you discover in your research, and especially today's family favorites—creating a legacy for future generations.
This is Diane again. This hardcover book is a great addition to your genealogy or cooking bookshelf, and it makes a wonderful Mother's Day gift. You can order From the Family Kitchen from ShopFamilyTree.com on sale for a short time, for $22.39.
Bon appétit!
Archives.com: At this 1940 Census Community Project partner site, you can search name indexes to Colorado and Delaware. To access the unindexed portion of the census, this site sends you to the National Archives' 1940 census site (which Archives.com designed and hosts).
FamilySearch: Digitized records are available here for all US states and territories.
FamilySearch just announced that more than 85,000 1940 Census Community Project volunteers have already finished indexing 20 percent of the census, and thousands more volunteers sign up every week.
Not all the indexed records are available to search online yet. FamilySearch's indexing progress map colors searchable states orange; so far, you can search name indexes for the states of Delaware and Colorado. To search, click the state on the map.
(I clicked on Kansas and tried a search because Community Project partner FindMyPast.com has a Kansas index, but the results were people in Colorado.)
FindMyPast.com: On this 1940 Census Community Project partner site, digitize records are available for most states. Records for Texas, California, Utah, Tennessee, Minnesota, Wisconsin and several others are missing. You can search name indexes for Delaware, Colorado and Kansas—except for Kansas, they're the same states as for FamilySearch, because it's the same index.
MyHeritage: Records for all states and territories are available now for free. This site introduced the first searchable index, for the state of Rhode Island, but hasn't added any other states since. MyHeritage also has updated its mobile app so you can search 1940 census records from your iPhone, iPad or Android phone.
The 1940 census record images also are available on FamilyLink.com, which MyHeritage purchased last year. You'll need to register for a free account on the site (if you don't already have an account there) to view the records.
National Archives: Records for all states and territories are available here for free.
All three of the show's guests—Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown University;
Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, and now on the faculty at Stanford University; and actor Samuel L. Jackson—grew up under segregation. Simmons' parents were sharecroppers; as a child she picked cotton alongside her brothers and couldn't attend school regularly until the family moved to Houston.
Condoleeza Rice was the only one of the three I knew much about, and I admire her for achieving such success despite living in a system designed to prevent her from believing that kind of achievement was possible.
All three also have family stories about white ancestors in their family tree, and identifying them was the focus of the episode.
The show showed some research in genealogical records, but concentrated on using genetic genealogy testing in confirming relationships. For each guest, a potential white cousin was tested.
In the case of Simmons, the test confirmed a relationship, and she and her brothers met the descendants of the man who owned the father of their great-grandmother Flossie.
Each guest—along with high school students participating in the Continuum Project—also took an admixture test, which evaluates percentages of African-American, European and Asian/American Indian heritage along either the Y-DNA line (for a man) or the mitochondrial DNA line (for a woman).
Some tests also can compare an African-American's DNA to that of members of African tribes that were the source of the slave trade, estimating what tribe the person's ancestors in that Y-DNA or mtDNA line came from.
You can watch the show online to see all the test results. Also check the Your Genetic Genealogist blog for a post with more details about the DNA testing in this episode.
My sense is that it's not so much which African tribe a person might be from, but just being able to say that they're from a particular tribe. I feel a certain pride and sense of belonging when I can tell people my ancestors came from Germany, Syria, England and Ireland, and that's missing for people descended from slaves.
FindMyPast.com's Josh Taylor helped Lowe find him in the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, which lets you search online for a Revolutionary-era ancestor on which a DAR member's application is based, or for people named in the lineages in DAR applications.
(You can download our tutorial on searching the DAR database on sale for just $1.59 from ShopFamilyTree.com.)
But something was wrong: The application had been "closed" because it was discovered that Lowe's ancestor John Christopher East had been mixed up with a similarly named soldier.
Previews hinted at a twist in this episode. It came when a historian showed Lowe his ancestor on a list of prisoners who'd been part of Rohl's Regiment. A sparkle in the historian's eye hinted that he knew something, but only when he showed Lowe George Washington's personal papers did Lowe realize Rohl was a commander of German Hessian troops.
East (listed under his German name, Oeste Cristophe) was among the troops Gen. Washington defeated in the Battle of Trenton, when his soldiers crossed the Delaware River to surprise the Hessians at Christmas.
I remember learning in grade school about these 30,000 men the British hired to fight the Americans, and we kids thought that was pretty bad.
But Lowe's research revealed Cristophe as a sympathetic figure: Among the youngest of eight children, he wouldn't have inherited land or even had the means to marry in Germany. He took a risk in leaving for America at age 22—then staying (as about 15 percent of the Hessians did) after his release from prison.
This story has a happy ending. Taylor's researchers found Christophe on a list of Americans who paid a tax levied to raise money for the war. Lowe is descended from a Patriot after all and he was invited to apply for the Sons of the American Revolution lineage society.
It's our new Family Tree Magazine E-Books website. With one subscription, you'll get access to hundreds of genealogy books and magazine articles that can teach you how to research your family tree and get the most out of your genealogy hobby.
The e-books (see the available titles here) cover genealogy, history, heirloom identification, sharing and preserving your family history, and more. You'll also get dozens of information-packed issues of Family Tree Magazine.
Use the library anytime online on your computer. (E-book reader apps for Android and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch support are coming soon!)
This demo video shows you how the site works and the e-reader's features (you even can bookmark places in the text and take notes, and save your bookmarks and notes).
For $79.99 per year, you'll have an entire online library of genealogy resources full of new tips and tricks for discovering your roots.
Watch "Who Do You Think You Are?" Friday on NBC at 8 Eastern/7 Central.
Until the acquisition goes through the regulatory approval process, the companies will continue to operate as separate entities. It's unclear how long the process could take.
In a conference call last night with the genealogy media, Archives.com CEO Joe Godfrey and Ancestry.com president Tim Sullivan addressed issues of concern to many family historians.
Here, I've summarized their comments as they relate to some of the questions I've been hearing from genealogists:
Is Ancestry.com just trying to eliminate a competitor?
Archives.com's parent company Inflection is focusing on public records and people-searching (it owns the people-searching website peoplesmart),
diverging from Archives.com's historical records mission. Godfrey and
Sullivan say this acquisition makes sense for all parties.
Current plans call for Archives.com to remain largely as is. "We see a different experience in Archives.com. It's priced and positioned differently [from Ancestry.com]. It's another important service that we can continue to invest in," Sullivan says. He vows to invest in Archives.com's content and technology.
The acquisition gives Ancestry.com the opportunity to offer a genealogy product at a
lower price point (Archives.com subscribers pay $39.95 a year, to Ancestry.com's $155.40).
Nor is the acquisition a response to the entry into the US genealogy market of companies such as brightsolid (owner of findmypast.com) and MyHeritage, Sullivan says. He emphasized a positive view of the genealogy category's growth and the increase in competition, saying it's an indication of the health of the category.
Sullivan says Ancestry.com may work with Inflection in the future, describing the potential opportunity as "tremendous."
Will the sites be too similar?
Sullivan and Godfrey say there's some overlapping content on Archives.com and Ancestry.com, but that how the user experiences each site's content is different and will remain so. "One thing we won't do is make Archives.com like the Ancestry.com user experience," Sullivan says.
"Even though some content might overlap, the way it is presented will have different value propositions to different users," Godfrey adds.
What will happen with the 1940 Census Community Project? The project, whose partners FamilySearch, Archives.com and FindMyPast.com are recruiting volunteers to index the 1940 census, won't be affected, say both men.
Godfrey encouraged volunteers to continue indexing. "Nothing will change as far as the partnership, and nothing will change as far as making the index available for free," he says.
Sullivan says that when FamilySearch was seeking partners in this volunteer indexing project, Ancestry.com leadership discussed it at length and ultimately decided that "it wasn't structured in a way that completely was in sync with what we wanted to do with 1940."
He added that Ancestry.com would support Archives.com's participation in the project.
Does this form a monopoly?
They couldn't elaborate on the regulatory approval process for the acquisition, but neither Sullivan nor Godfrey foresees problems. "We're doing this for the right reasons. There's no negative for consumers," Sullivan says.


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The classic erotic tale gets an elegant retelling from director Ken Russell in Lady Chatterley (1992), as he crams all three of D.H. Lawrence's novels into one film. Joely Richardson stars as the Lady whose disabled husband has put a serious crimp in her sex life. Good thing that lusty gamekeeper Sean Bean is on the estate to keep chattering away upon her ladyhood.Join Mr. Skin for the full review >>


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Celiac disease and diabetes is a very common combination, especially in people with type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes). The estimated rate of celiac disease in people with juvenile diabetes ranges from 10 to 20 percent (meaning that for every 100 people with diabetes, somewhere between 10 and 20 will also have celiac disease). By comparison, the rate of celiac disease in the general U.S. population is about 1 percent.

The reasons why celiac disease and diabetes so often occur together are the focus of a lot of research. Celiac disease and diabetes are both autoimmune diseases. This means they both involve tissue damage from autoimmune attacks: in celiac disease, the body's immune system attacks the small intestine, whereas in diabetes, the body attacks the pancreas. Also, both diseases involve food intolerances that require special diets: no gluten for celiacs, and little or no sugar for diabetics.

It turns out that the two diseases share some genes. In fact, researchers believe that celiac disease and diabetes probably have at least 7 genes in common, and there may be more.

Because the genetic links between the diseases are becoming clearer, many doctors now recommend that anyone who's been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes should also have tests for celiac disease. (Some experts also advise that patients who have type 1 diabetes or celiac disease, or both, should also be tested for autoimmune thyroid disease.)

It's important to remember that just being tested once for celiac disease is not enough, because the disease can develop later in life. Therefore, people with diabetes need to be periodically retested for celiac disease, especially if growth failure, failure to gain weight, weight loss, or gastrointestinal symptoms develop. In general, however, research has shown that children who are genetically predisposed to both diabetes and celiac disease will have celiac disease-associated autoantibodies in their blood either before or at the same time that they have diabetes-associated autoantibodies.

According to the Kovler Diabetes Center at the University of Chicago, people are usually diagnosed with diabetes before they're diagnosed with celiac disease - mostly because doctors and the public are more familiar with diabetes. If you have diabetes and you're wondering whether you might have celiac disease, see Symptoms of Celiac Disease. In addition to the symptoms on that list, there are certain features of undiagnosed celiac disease that are specific to diabetics, including unpredictable or unexplainable swings in blood sugar levels; hypoglycemia a couple hours after a meal, or hypoglycemia that is hard to treat; and reduced insulin needs. All of these are a result of malabsorption related to celiac disease. (In the simplest terms: because of the damage to your small intestine, the food you're eating is not being absorbed into your body.)

Studies have shown that once diabetics with celiac disease are on a gluten-free diet, the episodes of hypoglycemia are reduced, but it takes several months of being on the diet for the effect to be obvious. But while hypoglycemia will become less of a problem, diabetics with celiac disease who start a gluten-free diet will have other challenges to adjust to, as described in The Gluten-Free Diet: Special Issues for Diabetics. But because celiac disease is associated with serious complications, the advantages of staying gluten-free far outweigh the disadvantages.

One large study from Denmark showed that patients with type 1 diabetes and untreated celiac disease had, on average, significantly lower height and weight compared to diabetic patients without celiac disease, and they were significantly younger when they developed diabetes. Two years after the celiac patients started on gluten-free diets, they had gained weight, and those who were younger than 14 years old had also caught up in height. Everyone also had more iron (hemoglobin and ferritin) in their blood.

On the other hand, if you have celiac disease and don't stay gluten-free, there can be very serious consequences.

Next: The Gluten-Free Diet for Diabetics

Sources:

Simell S, Hoppu S, Simell T, et al. Age at Development of Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease-Associated Antibodies and Clinical Disease in Genetically Susceptible Children Observed from Birth. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Mohn A, Cerruto M, Lafusco D, et al. Celiac disease in children and adolescents with type I diabetes: importance of hypoglycemia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 32:37–40, 2001

Sun S, Puttha R, Ghezaiel S, et al. The effect of biopsy-positive silent coeliac disease and treatment with a gluten-free diet on growth and glycaemic control in children with Type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2009 Dec;26(12):1250-4.

Maggie Moon, MS, RD. Double Trouble — Counseling Clients With Diabetes and Celiac Disease. Today's Dietitian 2009;11:32.

Kupper C, Higgins LA. Combining diabetes and gluten-free dietary management guidelines. Practical Gastroenterology. 2007;31(3):68-83.

Hansen D, Brock-Jacobsen B, Lund E, et al. Clinical benefit of a gluten-free diet in type 1 diabetic children with screening-detected celiac disease: a population-based screening study with 2 years' follow-up. Diabetes Care. 2006 Nov;29(11):2452-6.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International: Double Diagnosis: Living with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease


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I have no idea which brand of energy drink October of 2011 guzzled down, but holy hell has this month gone by fast. I want to dose the mofo with some Ritalin or something, because I can't deal with the crazy train that it's been. Since one of the only thing that I've heard my friends talking about incessantly for the last three weeks is what costume to wear, I thought we could make this week a little bit of a change up and see what you fellas like in terms of how the ladies do dress up. (REMEMBER: Hottest costume style, not the actress in the demo.)
Sweet/Cute Costume
Yes, I know Alyssa Milano is a hottie, but look at the big fairy wings, cutesy pie expression on her face and prolific use of glitter. This is still short enough and low cut enough to be considered sexy but it's more of a princess look from a grown woman. Variations include seeing '80's cartoon characters like Jem or Rainbow Brite come to life, as well as slinky versions of Raggedy Anne. Somehow this type of costume on a chick signifies that they're trying to bring out the childhood fetishes in a dude.
Scary/Gory Costume
Be thankful that I went with a tame version of this style, or grateful that it's Eliza Dushku doing the zombified Bonnie and not one of the crazy messes that supermodel Heidi Klum goes overboard with every year. I like the chicks who are willing to slather themselves in blood or run around biting party goers and frothing at the mouth. It demonstrates a great sense of artistic showmanship. Not sure if I could see myself craving taking one home for other flesh related purposes, but women who know they're sexy underneath faux gore? Definitely a winner.
Sexy/Slutty Costume
This video parody probably expresses my opinion on the sexy/slutty costumes better than what I could write. More or less, it's funny to read actresses like Jessica Lowndes state that they try to stay tasteful when going out for Halloween parties in their lingerie. If you watch the video (and it's totally safe for work, etc), you can laugh over all the other bastardized versions of tough characters turned into an excuse for certain chicks to let their tits and ass hang out. For many, I'm sure this is a fantastic thing. For me, I start sweating over whether I have enough $1 bills on me to go around.
On Halloween, which costumed babe do you most want to trick and/or treat with?


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Court of Appeals Rules for MSHA on Dust Sampling
Arlington, Va -- The Mine Safety and Health Administration may average samples taken on a single working shift to determine compliance with standards designed to protect coal miners from black lung disease, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today. The court reversed an earlier ruling by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission that required the government to average samples taken during multiple shifts.
"This ruling is a victory for coal miners because it will help to ensure that their health is protected during every single working shift," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao concerning the decision in the case, titled Secretary of Labor v. Excel Mining, LLC. "Our goal is to have every miner go home healthy at the end of every working day."
MSHA has based regular compliance determinations under the respirable coal mine dust standard on multiple samples taken over a single shift since 1975. Excel Mining had challenged that practice in contesting three citations for respirable dust violations that MSHA issued to the company in 1999.
"With this ruling we can identify overexposures using multiple samples in a single shift and require corrective action," said Dave D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. "Meanwhile, we await the results of current research on personal continuous dust monitors, which we hope will provide the next quantum jump in monitoring miners' dust exposures."
While waiting for results of the research on continuous dust monitors, the Federal mine agency recently suspended work on regulatory proposals that would allow compliance determinations based on a single full-shift sample as well as set new requirements for verifying coal mine operators' dust control plans. The Excel decision does not affect these proposals.
Federal coal mine health standards provide that each coal mine operator must maintain the average concentration of respirable dust at or below 2.0 milligram per cubic meter of air on each shift. MSHA is dedicated to preventing fatalities, injuries and illnesses in America's mines through enforcement, education and training, and technical assistance. For more information, visit www.msha.gov.


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This version is outdated! Work-in-progress!
When a serious security issue arises, we should try to create a
STRUTS_#_#_#_X branch from the last GA release (from tag - check it out and use
mvn release:branch as below).
svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/tags/STRUTS_#_#_# cd STRUTS_#_#_# mvn release:branch -DbranchName=STRUTS_#_#_#_X -DupdateBranchVersions=true -DupdateWorkingCopyVersions=false -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
Read the maven release:branch docs for further details or alternatively
Changing version in poms
If needed, you can use Versions Maven Plugin to set -SNAPSHOT version in all poms, like below:
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=188.8.131.52-SNAPSHOT -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
src/site/resources/archetype-catalog.xml and change version of archetypes to current $VERSION, save and commit.
Apply and commit security patch.
Tag the release by using the {{release:prepare}} goal of Maven:
mvn release:prepare -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
For a dry run, add '-DdryRun=true'. If you do a dry run, use 'mvn release:clean' to clean up after you have looked at the output.
When prompted for the SCM tag name, follow this pattern: STRUTS_2_3_[PATCH_VERSION]
If you get the error message above, try to re-run mvn release:prepare -DautoVersionSubmodules=true command again, -Dresume flag is set to true by default and the plugin will resume the release process from where it failed before.
This step will (more information):
mvn release:perform -Dusername=yourSvnUsername
This step will (more information):
N.B.: this step takes a long time (about 2 hours with a broadband connection)
After this step the artifacts will be hosted by Nexus
If you need to run perform again, (or in a different box), do:
git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/struts.git git checkout $VERSION cd $VERSION mvn deploy --no-plugin-updates -DperformRelease=true
Next, log in to Nexus and close staging repository.
After closing repository in Nexus, check if the version is available from staging repository as below:
In order to move the assemblies login to people.apache.org and execute the following code:
#!/bin/sh # create the destination directory mkdir $VERSION cd $VERSION # get the distro wget -erobots=off -nv -l 1 --accept=zip,md5,sha1,asc -r --no-check-certificate -nd -nH https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/struts/struts2-assembly/$VERSION # rename files for f in *2-assembly*.zip* do mv $f `echo $f | sed s/2-assembly//g` done # remove unneeded files for f in struts2-assembly-*.pom* do rm $f done # remove unneeded hashes rm *.asc.md5 rm *.asc.sha1
After that move the assemblies directory to the builds destination with
mv $VERSION /www/people.apache.org/builds/struts/
Post a release/quality vote to the dev list (and only the dev list). The example mail is on Sample announcements page. Include the term "fast-track" in the subject, as: [VOTE] Struts 184.108.40.206 quality (fast track).
After the vote, if the distribution is being mirrored (there was a favourable release vote) copy the Sources and Binaries:
ssh people.apache.org cd /www/people.apache.org/builds/struts/$VERSION cp struts-$VERSION-src.* /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/source cp struts-$VERSION-docs.* /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/documentation cp struts-$VERSION-lib.* /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/library cp struts-$VERSION-apps.* /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/examples cp struts-$VERSION-all.* /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/binaries
If a new DTD was defined, copy it to /www/struts.apache.org/dtds/ and change permission to struts group (chown :struts *.dtd) and write rights (chmod g+w *.dtd).
The default setup on people.apache.org will leave the files and directories only changeable by the user who creates them. The last two steps will allow future releases to go smoothly.
Log in again to Nexus and release the repository, it will be automatically replicated across Maven Repositories
See Releasing a Maven-based project for further details.
Remove the old files from under /www/www.apache.org/dist/struts/ to synchronize only the latest version with peers. All the files from /www/www.apache.org/dist/ are always mirrored to http://archive.apache.org/dist/struts/
Wait 24 hours before proceeding.
If the release will fix a - hopefully yet undisclosed - security issue, it's now time to update the Security Bulletins page and add a new announcement. For a template, just check former announcements
Check out site src code
svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/site/ struts-site
Use below script to perform update
#!/bin/sh # script used to update struts2-subsite after release VERSION=2.3.15 BRANCH=2.3.x TAG=STRUTS_2_3_15 svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/struts/content/ struts-site svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/tags/$TAG/ $TAG wget -erobots=off http://people.apache.org/builds/struts/$VERSION/struts-$VERSION-docs.zip unzip struts-$VERSION-docs.zip -d docs rm -r struts-site/release/$BRANCH/docs rm -r struts-site/release/$BRANCH/struts2-core rm -r struts-site/release/$BRANCH/struts2-plugins rm -r struts-site/release/$BRANCH/xwork-core mv -f docs/struts-$VERSION/docs/* struts-site/release/$BRANCH cd $TAG mvn site:site site:stage -DstagingDirectory=../struts-site/release/$BRANCH cd ../struts-site svn add --force ./ # Delete removed files svn st | grep '^!' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn delete --force svn commit -m "Updates Struts2 subsite after release process" cd .. rm -r struts-site rm -r $TAG rm -r docs rm struts-$VERSION-docs.zip
We leave this as the last step, once the artifacts have had time to sync up on the mirrors.
Announce the release and the vulnerability. Typically this will be sent to the reporter, the project's users list (email@example.com), the project's dev list (firstname.lastname@example.com), the project's announce list (firstname.lastname@example.com), email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.
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Maloney, Jane and Simon, Shirley (2006) Mapping Children's Discussions of Evidence in Science to Assess Collaboration and Argumentation. International Journal of Science Education, 28 (15). pp. 1817-1841. ISSN 0950-0693. DOI UNSPECIFIED
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The research reported in this paper concerns the development of children's skills of interpreting and evaluating evidence in science. Previous studies have shown that school teaching often places limited emphasis on the development of these skills, which are necessary for children to engage in scientific debate and decision-making. The research, undertaken in the UK, involved four collaborative decision-making activities to stimulate group discussion, each was carried out with five groups of four children (10-11 years old). The research shows how the children evaluated evidence for possible choices and judged whether their evidence was sufficient to support a particular conclusion or the rejection of alternative conclusions. A mapping technique was developed to analyse the discussions and identify different "levels" of argumentation. The authors conclude that suitable collaborative activities that focus on the discussion of evidence can be developed to exercise children's ability to argue effectively in making decisions.
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For searching keywords against encrypted data, the public key encryption scheme with keyword search (PEKS), and its an extension called secure-channel free PEKS (SCF-PEKS) have been proposed.
In SCF-PEKS, a receiver makes a trapdoor for a keyword, and uploads it on a server. A sender computes an encrypted keyword, and sends it to the server. The server executes the searching procedure (called the test algorithm, which takes as inputs an encrypted keyword, trapdoor, and secret key of the server).
In this paper, we extend the security of SCF-PEKS, calling it adaptive SCF-PEKS, wherein an adversary (modeled as a ``malicious-but-legitimate\" receiver) is allowed to issue test queries \\emph{adaptively}, and show that adaptive SCF-PEKS can be generically constructed by anonymous identity-based encryption (anonymous IBE) only. That is, for constructing adaptive SCF-PEKS we need not require any additional cryptographic primitive when compared to the Abdalla et al. PEKS construction (J. Cryptology 2008), even though adaptive SCF-PEKS requires additional functionalities. Note that our generic construction needs to apply the KEM/DEM framework (a.k.a. hybrid encryption), where KEM stands for key encapsulation mechanism, and DEM stands for data encapsulation mechanism. We also show that there is a class of anonymous IBE that can be applied for constructing adaptive SCF-PEKS without using hybrid encryption, and propose an adaptive SCF-PEKS construction based on this IBE. Although our second construction is not fully generic, it is efficient compared to the first, since we can exclude the DEM part. Finally, we instantiate an adaptive SCF-PEKS scheme (via our second construction) that achieves a similar level of efficiency for the costs of the test procedure and encryption, compared to the (non-adaptive secure) SCF-PEKS scheme by Fang et al. (CANS2009).


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Red Sox send Rays packing
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shane Victorino's infield single snapped a seventh-inning tie and journeyman Craig Breslow gave Boston a huge boost out of the bullpen, sending the Red Sox into the AL championship series with a 3-1 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night.
Koji Uehara got the final four outs — one night after giving up a game-winning homer — and the Red Sox rebounded to win the best-of-five playoff 3-1.
Back in the ALCS for the first time in five years, they'll open at home Saturday against the Athletics or Tigers. Oakland hosts Detroit in a decisive Game 5 on Thursday.
Both managers mixed and matched all night in a tense game that felt more like a chess match. Desperately trying to avoid elimination, Rays skipper Joe Maddon used nine pitchers.
Breslow relieved Boston starter Jake Peavy in the sixth and struck out his first four batters — all of them in the middle of Tampa Bay's lineup.
The 33-year-old lefty from Yale has pitched for six teams in eight big league seasons, including two stints with Boston.
Xander Bogaerts scored the tying run on Joel Peralta's wild pitch in the seventh and Victorino followed with an RBI infield single. Dustin Pedroia drove in Bogaerts with a sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 3-1, and Uehara struck out Evan Longoria to end it.
The resilient Rays won four win-or-go-home games over the previous nine days and led 1-0 this time before Boston rallied.


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Saturday, 14 September, 2002, 14:36 GMT 15:36 UK
Montgomery breaks world record
Tim Montgomery beat the men's 100m world record with an astonishing run of 9.78 seconds to win the Grand Prix final in Paris.
He beat Dwain Chambers, who ran a lifetime best 9.87 to equal Linford Christie's British record and finish second.
But even Chambers' great effort was overshadowed by the new world record holder.
Montgomery had constantly said he was capable of breaking the world record, and delivered with a brilliant performance.
He flew of out of the blocks with a reaction time of 0.104 of a second to cross the line ahead of Chambers.
With a following wind of two metres per second - exactly on the legal limit - Montgomery beat the time of 9.79 set by Maurice Greene in Athens in June 1999.
"I worked all my life for this. I can't believe it," Montgomery told the BBC after the race.
"I didn't set out to break the world record. I just wanted to beat Chambers," he added.
His mark also beats that set by Ben Johnson in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Johnson ran 9.79 to take gold, but subsequently had both the time and medal taken away after a positive steroid test.
Former record holder Greene, who withdrew from the Grand Prix Final citing fatigue, said he didn't mind having his world record broken.
"It doesn't hurt at all. I knew that I wasn't going to die with my world record," he said.
"I know I can go faster. It's going to be a lot of fun next year."
The win brought further cheer for Montgomery, as it brought him the overall Grand Prix title, which comes with a $100,000 prize.
Just 30 minutes earlier, Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj was celebrating taking the title, but the American's amazing performance took him level with El Guerrouj on 116 points.
Montgomery was awarded the prize as he has now broken a world record this season.
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A recent interview with London's The Daily Star suggests some powerhouse Cities collaborations may be in John Legend's future. At least if he gets his way they will be.
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"I jammed on some Marvin Gaye songs with Mumford And Sons in New York recently too. I've got on swimmingly with them since we did a show for David Cameron and President Obama at The White House last year."
Upon reading the news of a possible Mumford & Sons / John Legend collaboration, we immediately started searching YouTube for footage of the New York jam session John mentions in his interview...we didn't find any but what we did uncover was an excellent acoustic mashup of 'All of Me' and 'I Will Wait' by Victoria Zaro and we were absolutely shocked that it only had 4,000 views! The performance is just lovely:
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The weekly Holdout Watch is coming Thursday. But one of the current holdouts deserves its own PFTV segment.
Darrelle Revis, Jets corner, has stayed away from training camp. Will he continue to stay away?
For the answer, click the play button.
The weekly Holdout Watch is coming Thursday. But one of the current holdouts deserves its own PFTV segment.
Darrelle Revis, Jets corner, has stayed away from training camp. Will he continue to stay away?
For the answer, click the play button.
Yet another example of the poor management in noo jersey. Get your excuses ready gag green… looks like you'll need them.
Now what would people think if he blows out a knee while training during the holdout? ..assuming he works out
also.. in the video they talk about how people can say that "he signed the deal, he has to live by it" ..and the counter argument is the team can cut him anytime.. if he's due $20 mil a year on the back half of the contract as I think I heard them say in the video. Why dont they come to an agreement to guarantee the majority of that money? I mean the team agreed to pay that, right?!
(but we all know he would prob be cut before that is due, or want to renegotiate)
yet another example of the poor novice fan on the internet
No excuses SomeFans. With or without Revis, Henne's gonna be on his back all night long in week 3.
This is all the Jets fault. Maybe this experience will teach the HC & GM to keep their fat mouths shut. Probably not. Still it's gonna be fun watchin' them go 8-8.
yet another example of the poor novice fan on the internet
Why dont NFL teams put certain language in the original contract that states "if the player holds out at any point during the contract signed, he will repay his signing bonus"?
Doubt a holdout will ever happen again. Why wouldnt the player sign it, he is obviously happy when he signs his contract.
Just a thought
Revis wants 6 years guaranteed and he'll take 12 mil a year, if not he wants 16 mil a year. Jets won't do either, which is smart from a organization standpoint because based on the current salary cap that is nearly %13 of the cap on one guy on a 53 man roster. Revis has really screwed himself now and the Jets know it. By holding out he has waived all guaranteed money on his current deal, and come August 11th if he still is a hold out he will waive one year towards unrestricted FA so expect the Jets on August 12th to offer to re-guarantee the remainder of his current deal plus kick out a cool 15 mil or so bonus essentally paying him 12-15 mil for the next 3years starting in 2010. So come 2013 when his deal is up he is still a RFA to the Jets allowing them to match any offer made or refuse to match and be compensated with most likely a 1st & 3rd rounder in 2013.
They werent going anywhere this season anyway.. haha
Could you speak more quietly in these segments, please, Florio? I was trying to listen to Brocato BREATHE INTO HIS MIC FOR 3 STRAIGHT MINUTES and I could barely hear him over all your blathering.
Who cares? Let him sit out a year. No corner is worth 15M even if Al Davis is stupid enough to pay one that much.
Sign the man, Jests!! He is over rated, beat by Teddy Ginn twice last year, and a malcontent. Give him as much as he wants, he'll make Haynesworth look like a hard worker. Can't wait for the Jests to implode, and I can watch the division fall to the Phins. Sign him!
Revis better sign if they want that 6-10 record. Otherwise, expect their usual 4-12.
When are they going to place New Jersey Props logos on there helmets? Bill
I do love how there has been zero news and word from either camp since yesterday. But this lovely website all of a sudden is saying he won't play the whole season. Good job taking 4 articles you wrote over the past month and turning them into one waste of time.
As a Jets fan, i hope he gets there sooner than later, even if they give him something similar to Chris Johnson, that just makes him happy now and the Jets can deal with the rest next year.
Either way, he should be on the field and I like to believe he misses the team because he would not be as strong without the depth of that defence.
FYI everyone saying 4-12 or whatever, take your personal teams out of the mix, you know the strength in this football team, and you have to think they will be tough to beat, especially at home!
Another ego got stroked too much. He is good but the Jets depth can sustain his loss and still be very good. Let him sit and rot and get much less than he was already going to get before he opened his big mouth and cried like a 5 year old
Trade him now. Get top value for him – maybe a 1st and 3rd and two other players. Don't waste your time your this trash player. He is good, but very limited on his overall impact. He takes one wideout out the play. That's it.
Trade him now while he is on top and build a team of players who are there to play.
It doesn't matter if Revis plays or not. The NY Jokes will be a sub .500 team once again. This crowd of losers have always had the biggest mouths in the NFL. Yet they have been to the SB one time and won the division 3 times in their 50 year existence. They always are the pre-season champs every year. Then they end up post season chumps. They should shut up and crawl back under the rock they came from. They were lucky that the last 2 teams they played last year laid down or they would have been 7-9. The Lions have a better history then these invertabrates.
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Could you speak more quietly in these segments, please, Florio? I was trying to listen to Brocato BREATHE INTO HIS MIC FOR 3 STRAIGHT MINUTES and I could barely hear him over all your blathering.
I just laughed out loud. Thought the same thing.
Can the Ravens please pick this man up!?!?
Breaking News From PFT and Mike Florio…sources say the NYJets are to blame for the gulf oil spill. Yes its true because PFT and Florio said it is.
No, TitanofNewYork – Thde Jets are not that good. They didn't bring in players to compliment what they had, they did here what they did in 1996 and to a lesser extent most other years – they brought in a bunch of NAMES. The guys they brought in have attitude problems and they played their way off their previous squads.
The 2009 Jets did not stop a single quality offense that came to play with a full load of ammo – New England in Week Two saw Joey Galloway keep dropping the ball (the Jets got creamed in the rematch); Indianapolis quit on the game in Week 16 (then scored 24 unanswered points to put the playoff game away); San Diego MISSED three makeable FGAs. And the playoffs were misleading for Sanchez – his game never once improved; he had no ability to carry the team and his play regressed as the season went on. That is a bad sign for his future – good quarterbacks pick up as their rookie season proceeds.
Mike Daly says "The 2009 Jets did not stop a single quality offense that came to play with a full load of ammo"
I suppose the Texans and Saints didn't count? Mr. Daly, you sir are an idiot.
ahhh the jest and their unfortunate mouths have created this nightmare. Let Revis be that good for a few years in a row, and then he can be almost as good as Nnamdi. Nnamdi was the epitome of class. PLAYED out his first contract, got tagged, scared offenses from passing his way and never said a word. Good luck with an OVER RATED Revis holding out, cuz fat boy ryan said he was better…..ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
@ mike daly – The Jets didn't let up a touchdown until what, week 3 or 4 last season? The only touchdown that was scored against them was a pick from the rookie Mark Sanchez. That's a different conversation, but the defense shut everybody down. New Orleans scored only 10 points on offense. The rest came from Darren Sharpers 2 picks (one returned for a TD) and special teams. Indy didn't start beating the Jets until after Shonn Greene was out of the game. They couldn't stop that man before he'd already picked up 5 or 6 yards per carry.
And, the Jets DID bring in veterans to compliment the talent they had drafted. They drafted solid players, like the ones named Nick Mangold (best center in NFL), Darrelle Revis (best CB in NFL who kept Andre Johnson, Ocho Cinco, Randy Moss, Steve Smith, Roddy White, T.O., Marques Colston each to under 35 yards at least once), David Harris (top 5 in AFC pro-bowl votes for ILB), D'Brickashaw Ferguson (pro-bowl injury replacement), Dustin Keller, Shaun Ellis (pro-bowl injury replacement), Bryan Thomas, Shonn Greene and Mark Sanchez (first rookie QB/RB duo to ever pass and rush for a TD in their first two playoff games), Dwight Lowery, and Jerricho Cotchery (the man who's got hands as good as anybody's).
As for Sanchez, as I mentioned, he played well in the playoffs. He did improve as the season went on. He wasn't necessarily developing as a Peyton Manning-style passer as much as a game manager, making sure that run game (the offense's primary weapon) would work just right when he stepped behind the line.
People talk about how the Jets were 9-7, they started off the season looking like one of the top teams in the NFL, suffered Kris Jenkins and Leon Washington season-ending injuries, and had to adjust. They did in time to make a run for the playoffs and kicked ass while they were there. San Diego lost cause their field goal kicker missed the field goals. Historically, Kaeding can't make a kick against the Jets in the playoffs. Check the books. Further, 3 points aren't guaranteed, that's why they kick it and don't just peg up 3 on the scoreboard and go kick off after third down. They weren't the superior team, their kicker blew ass.
@Bleeding Green
You do know they lost to the Saints don't you? As a matter of fact, they only beat two teams with winning records (Houston — first games are always 50/50 as to who wins — see Buff almost beating NE and NE — when Brady was still rusty); two teams with .500 records Tenn (with Collins at QB) and Car (not exactly a powerhouse) and three teams with a combined 14-34 record (Oak, Buff, TB). They did however lose to NO, MIA (twice) Buff, Jax, NE and ATL. All teams with pretty good offenses (except Buffalo but Division games are almost always tight). We won't even talk about the last two games where the cheerleaders, equipment guys and waterboys played against them.
Actually, the coaches tied Sancheezy's hands and took the ball out of his hands and that's how he became a "game manager, making sure that run game (the offense's primary weapon) would work just right when he stepped behind the line".
As for Kaeding missing three FGs, just make the two easy chip shot 30+ yarders and they win the game 20-17 instead of losing 17-14. The jests didn't block those FGs, Kaeding just missed them. But then, the Chargers choke in the playoffs every year. Look it up.
Your posts are always entertaining as I can picture you behind those rose colored glasses.
"He wasn't developing Peyton Manning style", I almost fell off my chair laughing.
You are a prime example of why people laugh at Jets fans.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda
but as always happens NEVER DIDA
and the normal arrogant unrealistic dolphin fans are out…with a side of ampats (who actually makes good posts, sometimes ridiculous but good). while the phin fans literally have no idea what they are talking about
koa just curious….when was the dolphins last playoff win? and you are talking about the chargers choking…are you really serious bro?
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Sign the man, Jests!! He is over rated, beat by Teddy Ginn twice last year, and a malcontent. Give him as much as he wants, he'll make Haynesworth look like a hard worker. Can't wait for the Jests to implode, and I can watch the division fall to the Phins. Sign him!
are you dolphin fans really proud to read posts like this, and see how embarassing you all truely are? when you come onto every one of our articles and spew shit like this out of ur mouth…assanine
blah blah yada yada who cares. he'll play or he won't, whichever. either way it's like the weather (florio etc knows this as well as anyone but their job is to generate 'interest' in this site anyway they can. they're often pretty out front about what they're doing) anyway, like the weather. there's no point in getting worked up over something you have no control over. it's not even interesting. anybody got any new lapband jokes?
the dolphag the patsy and the jest walked into a bar…
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Well bro, yes I am. I'll be the first to admit that the Fins have had some pretty down years for a while (unlike jests fans). That's what happens when they change coaches every couple years. Now, the trifecta is in place for their third year and we'll see how it allgoes. But that still doesn't take away from the fact that the Chargers have had great seasons and made the playoffs several of the last few years but choke in them. They've got the same amount of SB trophies as the Fins and the jests.
Wow HellRelle24,
guess you haven't been to the Fins articles lately have you? Read some of your kind's assinine posts and then get back to us.


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On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 12:24:57PM -0400, Charlie Summers wrote: > At 11:25 AM -0400 4/8/01, Tim Pierce is rumored to have typed: > > > I'm > > told that Netscape Mail also handles them nicely, with an option > > to view all digest attachments inline or as separate messages. > > Would I be correct in this case that there are technically no attachments, > but rather messages? (MIME parts? Subparts? I dunno...the termonology gives > me a headache. Maybe it's just the cold...) Tomato, tomahto. A message is an attachment is a body part. (Blame Microsoft for the `attachment' terminology, I think.) > > Therein lie the risks of hewing blindly to standards. Just about > > every specification is going to have holes in it, and some issues are > > going to slip through the cracks. > > With respect, shouldn't the holes be patched and the projected standard > changed to handle them, instead of allowing the confusion to continue? Sure. But what are you going to do until then? You still need to get the job done.


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It was supposed to be a sexy calendar shoot to raise money for K-9 service dogs. Photographer Georgie Flynn never expected to break all her personal rules and jump into bed with one of the hunky men posing. And after their steamy night together, she certainly never expected to see him againâ?¦despite their powerful connection.
When she's targeted by a stalker and possible bomber, Georgie finds that her gorgeous one-night stand is the only one who can help.
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Georgie Flynn slipped out from beneath the sleeping male in her bed and reached for her camera. Ordinarily she didnâ??t sleep with clients, and she certainly did not do beefcake photos. But screw the rules. Here, in her bed, was the winner of yesterdayâ??s hunk parade. Because he had made her laugh.
He lay on his stomach, his tanned skin in stark contrast to the snowy white sheets. His dark head was turned away from her, his features lost in the plumpness of a pillow. He snored lightly, just enough to assure her that he was oblivious to her lens. Vulnerable yet vividly alive. One long muscular leg stretched out fully atop the sheets. The other was tangled in the bedding, drawn up at a right angle to offer tantalizing shadowy glimpses of his impressive equipment.
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Jackie Stallone, 90, ignites rumors that she gets into surgery for a boob job and facelift after she shows off much-younger look at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Sylvester Stallone's mother sparked rumors that she just went under the knife to make her look younger. 90-year-old Jackie stole attention with her excessively-big lips when attending the event with her actor son at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
She showed off her age-defying figure in a tight blouse and mini skirt that accented her legs. "Her skin appears very smooth for her age and her chest is almost flawless," Dr. Aamer Khan of Harley Street Skin Clinic told the Daily Mirror.
"With cosmetic surgery, you try and highlight the eyes - and she's got lovely eyes - but it's not them that's being highlighted, it's her mouth. Her lips are far too big. She has them over-filled and I hope it's not with silicon, as she'll be stuck with it."
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The Federal Communications Commission today is expected to pass regulations requiring broadcasters and cable and satellite TV systems to maintain constant volume levels. The order, which goes into effect one year from today, "says commercials must have the same average volume as the programs they accompany," says FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.
Last year, President Obama signed into law a measure that Congress passed giving the FCC authority to address the problem. A Harris poll taken around that time found that 86% of people surveyed said TV commercials were louder than the shows themselves — and, in many cases, much louder. "It is a problem that thousands of viewers have complained about, and we are doing something about it," Genachowski says.


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You gals must be hauling in some serious loot! Either that, or you like to have the potential to carry around an Olsen twin inside your bag. Your Fab Finds this week were overrun by large, functional satchels, hobos, and doctor bags. I feel ya, though, in your search for the perfect carry-all. Maybe it's something in the water...
The Fab Finder of the week is madmoiselle, who found this beautiful lipstick-red 3.1 Phillip Lim slouch bag. Every week the Fab Finder I announce Monday morning will receive either a TeamSugar or FabSugar baby tee shirt. I thoroughly enjoy perusing your Fab Finds every week, so dare to be a Fab Finding trendsetter and you just might win a Sugar tee!
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Playing Grand Theft Auto V has already sparked some wild fantasies about what I hope online will be like. How much of it will turn out to be true? Probably not much of it, but it's still a fun discussion. Here are a few ideas.
Beer Run!
After drinking in Trevor's Trailer for the first time, I immediately wanted to do something like that in GTA Online. The idea of being able to sit around and drink a few (virtual) beers with a few (virtual) buddies really appeals to me. I mean, you can share a bong, so why not?
Of course, just drinking isn't enough. Who's gonna supply that beer? With all the convenience stores dotting San Andreas, It'd make for a lot of fun times if we could go on a beer run. Not only does this give the player more expenses on which to spend their hard-earned cash, it could also make for a fun robbery. Imagine two people going into a 24/7. One berates the shop owner at gunpoint whilst the other steals a six pack... and then leaves everything else. That'd be my kind of robbery.
One thing I really want from the drinking-and this goes for the smoking as well-is for it to have longer, more profound effects. I don't need to be ragdolling every five seconds like in Grand Theft Auto IV, but I'd like to see something noticeable. In story mode, you can drink six beers and move around like it's nothing a few seconds later. What's the point of drinking if you can't get drunk and go on a murderous rampage with fifteen of my friends? I want more in-depth drinking mechanics in my game goddammit!
Customising Your Pad
I don't expect The Sims level of customisation, but I hate buying a house that's fully furnished. Again, give the currency some utility here. It'd be kinda cool to see your house go from empty and run down to fully decked out and sparkling. I don't think customising your should be linear, though. Give us a few options! Let us theme our houses, put up paintings and crew emblems on the walls! Which of course, brings me to my next point....
Crew Clubhouses
I really want to have one clubhouse, hideout, hangout, headquarters, home base-whatever you want to call it-for your crew. This would be a lot like the clubhouses in PS Home, only it wouldn't suck. For those who haven't used that feature, it's essentially an apartment that can be accessed by anyone, and furnished by the leader. This would be really cool for the different crew themes. The Ganja Outlaws for example, could have twenty bongs in theirs.
It'd be interesting to have a home base for you to set up shop, plan heists, prepare for missions and battles, and even possibly defend. Of course, a good variety would be necessary. Don't just have penthouses and apartments. Give us trailers in the desert and shacks in the middle of nowhere. Give us houses in the hills and apartments downtown. Give us everything from meth labs to high rises. There's a myriad of crews out there ranging in size, so it only seems right to accommodate them as best as possible.
GTA Offline
I know this might sound kind of dumb, but I really want to play Grand Theft Auto Online offline. Okay, it sounds dumb when you say it like that. What I really mean is being able to access the most basic of features without an Internet connection. I mean being able to roam around the world, explore your apartment, and possibly even take some odd jobs. Of course, without other players, it'd be pointless and boring, probably. That said, knowing how ridiculously bogged down the servers are going to be this October, I'd like to have something in the event of the game not working properly.
Customise Everything
This isn't story mode. Let us be creative with our characters! I understand that you can't go crazy with the character's appearances in the base game-I can't really imagine an extremely buff Michael or an extremely fat Trevor, though the latter would be kind of funny. Those restrictions are there for story purposes. Without that story however, I'd like to be free to customise my character more fully. Is he chubby, muscular, athletic, or lean? I'm not talking drastic changes here, just a little more variety in character models.
Things to See, Things to Do
There needs to be a lot of activities and diversions in GTA Online, and I'm not just talking about liquor store robberies and base jumping. I want more casual events as well. How about yoga with my friends? Or hiking in the wilderness? What about a hiking trip, or a game of darts? Maybe I could go drinking at a dive bar in the desert, or enjoy a dance at the strip club. These are neat little diversions in the story mode, but what about mutliplayer? Online shouldn't just be a tacked-on mode where we can kill each other and do missions; it should be even bigger!
Shameless Self Promotion: Wanna Join my Crew?
Hey, I started a crew on Rockstar Social Club! If you're interested in joining, go here to the Dai Zaibatsu page. It's primarily a PSN crew, but there aren't really any restrictions. It's dedicated to having fun with a few friends and doing whatever we want as we explore San Andreas. If you do join, I'll be your friend! :)
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Strawberry Buttermilk Cake
Who doesn't love spring? You wake up in the morning to birds chirping, the sun shining and flowers blooming. I long for this time of year when strawberries fill the shelves at the grocery store. It is no secret that I am a huge fan of simple ingredients to make beautiful desserts. My favorite recipes include foods that do not have bleach, added colors or artificial flavors. Strawberry buttermilk cake is my go to recipe when the temperatures start to rise. It is a light cake filled with fresh strawberries. The last thing you need on a hot day is something heavy. What are you favorite strawberry delights?
When I started baking I was very particular about the ingredients I used in my baked goods. I tried many different products. One of my favorite go to ingredients is C&H Sugar's Organic Sugar. You can often find me clearing out the neighborhood grocery store shelves. I chose C&H Organic Sugar because it was well priced and high quality. You can't ask for a better combination.
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When you buy C&H Organic sugar it comes in larger unrefined crystals. It is really easy to convert these large crystals into a fine sugar for baking which is perfect for making this strawberry buttermilk cake. All you have to do is empty a bag into a food processor and pulse for 30 seconds.
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Strawberry Buttermilk Cake Recipe
- 3 Cups Unbleached Flour (Recommended King Arthur Flour)
- 1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- ½ tsp. Sea Salt
- 2 cups C& H Organic Sugar
- ½ Cup Butter, let sit out for 20 minutes
- 2 Large Eggs, at room temp.
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 2 cup Buttermilk, at room temp.
- 1/2 cup finely diced strawberries
Yields: 3, 8" layers or 24 cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 20-24 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. {I have a convection oven so mine is a little quicker than this, so check on it at the 22 minute mark} But you might have to play a little with your oven to see what the correct baking time will be.
- If you can, finely dice the strawberries 24 hours in advance, sprinkle with a little raw sugar and let it set in the refrigerator. You don't have to do this. You can use just chopped strawberries.
- In bowl 1, whisk together dry ingredients {flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt}. Set aside.
- In bowl 2, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter for 2 minutes till it begins to look smooth. Add sugar. Beat for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until the mixture is combined. Add the flour in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk. Scrap down the bowl and the beater and mix on medium {4 if you have a Kitchenaid} for 15 seconds to let the batter come together.
- Then fold in strawberry mixture.
- Divide the batter among the pans. Using a kitchen scale to weigh each of the pans helps to achieve even layers.
Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe
- 6 large egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into tablespoons {about 20 minutes}
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup of strawberries. Puree strawberries in a food processor or chopped strawberries {depending on the look that you want. I used chunks, but if I were covering with fondant I would puree the strawberries and put it through a strainer for the juice}
- In the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer set over a saucepan of simmering water, combine egg whites and sugar. Cook, whisking constantly, until sugar has dissolved and mixture is warm to the touch (about 160 degrees).
- Attach the bowl to the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat the egg-white mixture on high-speed. One it begins to get foamy add cream of tartar, this helps stabilizer the mixture. Keep beating until it holds stiff (but not dry) peaks. Continue beating until the mixture is fluffy and cooled, about 10-12 minutes. During this time I put ice in a wash cloth and rub it against the bowl to help cool the mixture.
- With mixer on medium-low speed, add butter several tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. (If frosting appears to separate after all the butter has been added, beat on medium-high speed until smooth again, 3 to 5 minutes more.) Beat in vanilla. Beat on lowest speed to eliminate any air bubbles, about 2 minutes. Mix in strawberry in three doses. The If you add too much at once it might separate easier. {It still will probably separate} Then mix on high for 2-3 minutes till smooth and fluffy. Then switch to paddle attachment for two minutes on low to get out the air bubbles.
- If you need help with how to ice a cake. Tessa from The Frosted Cake Shop has a great tutorial! {Link Here}
- Place 1 cake layer on cake plate or 8 inch cake round face down.
- Fill a piping bag with the buttercream mixture and a large round open tip.
- In a circular motion fill the top area of the 1st layer with approximately 1/2 cup of buttercream. Layer with sliced strawberries.
- Place the next cake layer on top of the buttercream.
- In a circular motion fill the top area with a thin layer of buttercream for the crumbcoat.
- Take your piping bag and coat the side of the cake with a thin layer of buttercream. Scrap the extra buttercream off and place back in the bowl.
- Place cake in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Once the buttercream has set remove from the refrigerator. Pipe another layer of buttercream. Take an offset spatula and make the wavy look in the buttercream.
I prefer to place my cake layers on an 10″ cardboard round. This makes it easy to transport the cake between the refrigerator to the cake stand of my choice.
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The Pop Five is a daily feature highlighting Pop Candy readers' top five lists. Today's contribution comes from Karyn C. (C-Money) in St. Paul, Minn.:
Sept. 19 is just a stone's throw away, and it has me thinking about my favorite pop-culture pirates as I dust off my Jolly Roger and practice my pirate lingo for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Here are my Pop Five Pirates Who Aren't Capt. Jack Sparrow:
5. One-Eyed Willie (The Goonies) -- One-Eyed Willie's "rich stuff" was the purpose of the whole adventure. His ship was The Inferno and he was the very first Goonie. And just a handful of his treasure was enough to save all the kids' houses from demolition.
4. Captain Hook (Peter Pan) -- This dude was a fun bad guy. So much so, that when I took my oldest to see Peter Pan (when Cathy Rigby starred), the crowd enthusiastically BOOED as Hook took the stage, causing the actor to declare, "I haven't done anything yet!"
3. Long John Silver (Treasure Island) -- Only the best pirates get associated with both great literature and fast food.
2. Han Solo (Star Wars) -- Yes, I consider him a pirate. Maybe not in the ocean, but he was, by definition, a pirate among the stars. He pillaged and plundered and wore boots. And oh yeah, he was raised by pirates, too.
1. The Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride) -- Portrayed by Westley, portrayed by Carey Elwes. Roberts was mostly just a pseudonym passed down from pirate to pirate. Westley inherited the identity after serving the Dread Pirate Roberts before him. But not before hearing the same words each night, "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
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Missoula County residents will have the opportunity to vote Tuesday on whether or not they want to exchange slightly higher property taxes for a 245-acre regional park at Fort Missoula.
The referendum, 2003-081, would give Missoula County Commissioners the authority to raise property taxes by up to four mills over a maximum of 20 years. This means that a person who owns a $150,000 house could expect to pay up to an additional $20 each year in taxes, says County Commissioner Bill Carey.
The current park at Fort Missoula covers about 60 acres. Should the resolution pass, the city of Missoula will release another 100 acres of Fort Missoula land that it bought as a result of the open space act of 1998. In addition, the JTL Group, a regional corporation, has offered to donate 85 acres of river land once the park is close to being operational. Parks and Recreation Department Director Donna Gaukler initially proposed the idea to the County Commissioners because Missoula County doesn't have an exceptional regional park. In addition, with as much space as this park could provide, the opportunities for use are nearly limitless.
If approved, the park will include enough soccer fields to make it a destination spot, softball fields, hiking trails, picnic spots, access to the Bitterroot river and a swimming pond, among other things. When completed, its size will far surpass any other park in the county.
"We're talking about a park that's so big, you'll want a road that goes through it," says Gaukler.
Of course, the $600,000 to be raised annually by the resolution won't even come close to paying for the activities that the park will offer. However, says Gaukler, it is difficult to get the necessary federal matching funds and private donations without some evidence of community support.
Another resolution benefit is that ten percent of its proceeds will go towards the maintenance and repair of other county parks. Currently, county parks have no money set aside for these kinds of improvements.
Carey isn't aware of any organized resistance to the referendum, but can understand that some might be against taxes being raised for any reason. However, he believes the trade-off will be worth it.
"The concept is to build a beautiful regional park," he says. "What we're trying to build will be something extraordinary."