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Better Homes & Gardens recently featured Chic Shelf Paper when they added a design element to an ordinary medicine cabinet. Sure, you could look at the back of a plain white cabinet several hundred times per year — or you could chic it up!
Editors selected the neutral design, Star-Crossed Ivory, for a subtle, classic look.
They measured the back of the plain, white cabinet and used the Chic Shelf Paper Cut-to-Size service to order a single piece already pre-cut.
When their order arrived, they just had to peel it and stick it to the back of the cabinet. Chic Shelf Paper is re-positionable so fine-tuning installation is easy.
What's great about using Chic Shelf Paper in the bathroom is that it easily adds color while also protecting surfaces from spills that can stain — like cough syrup and nail polish.
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Kikaida Reboot (Movie)
Kikaida Reboot (2014)
Set in the near future in Japan. Nobuhiko Komyoji is an expert on robots. He leads the "ARK Project" and creates Robot Kikaider (Jingi Irie). After Nobuhiko Komyoji's mysterious death, Robot Kikaider begins to fight against the "ARK Project" which has gone astray from the project's original mission.
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When I sat down to write Everything He Wants, I wasn't sure where the story would be set. I had a vague idea of a club, dancing, meeting and grinding, but where this would all happen was beyond me. To get the idea flowing, I let it go for a while. I didn't rush it, but rather let it percolate. Some of the best ideas come from simply letting them happen for a while first. So...I did.
I worked on another story and kept coming back to pictures of Vegas. Actually, pretty much everything led me to Vegas. I wanted an artist enclave where the artist has free reign. Now I understand that doesn't automatically make one think of Vegas. New York comes to mind, too.
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I like Vegas and I like air traffic controllers, too. I wanted to put them together. To do that, I had to research air traffic control centers. There just happens to be one right outside Vegas. I talked to controllers and learned what made them tick as well as what absolutely crazy hours they work. These guys and gals are working when most everyone else isn't. Night time, holidays...the planes keep flying and someone has to make sure they get wherever they need to go.
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Then there's the artist. He's a painter by trade and due to his work with the hotel, he's got a place to stay. Seems like it might be too impossible? It's not. Fair trade. He gets a cut on rent or a better price to buy the suite in return for art being created for the hotel. He's happy with his life, but he wants more out of that life.
So what happens to get these two guys together? Plenty, but it all starts at a club.
Want to follow their story? Then you'll have to read Everything He Wants, a One Night Stand story. Here's more:
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Everything He Wants
a 1Night Stand story
by Megan Slayer
Trace has almost everything he wants—a great job and a well-ordered life, but he's ready for more—the right guy to share it with. A chance meeting after a hockey game with the man of his dreams spurs him on to turn to the one source he knows will help him out—Madame Eve's 1Night Stand service.
Jeremy can't forget the difficult childhood and subsequent bad decisions he made while trying to forget it. He wants the gorgeous air traffic controller, but he's afraid his past will get in the way like it always does. If all Madame Eve can give them is one night…he'll take it.
With Eve's help, can the men forge the relationship they both want, or will they crash and burn?
About the Author:
When she's not writing the stories in her head, Megan Slayer can be found luxuriating in her hot tub with her two vampire Cabana boys, Luke and Jeremy. She has the tendency to run a tad too far with her muse, so she has to hide in the head of her alter ego, but the boys don't seem to mind.
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Has Chavez Quit on Zelaya?
This is odd; Chávez is generally quite loquacious. It may indicate that something is brewing, or perhaps it may mean that Chávez is unhappy with Zelaya and President Arias for having met without his prior approval and is content to leave Zelaya hanging in the wind. On July 10, Chavez complained, apparently without his usual bombast, that the meeting had been a "very dangerous trap for democracy, which set a very serious precedent."
Chávez's relative silence may simply indicate that he is very busy with other things. As I wrote here about a month ago, Chávez has numerous domestic problems and they are worsening daily. He now faces more problems internationally as well:
-- "Media terrorism," as to which Chávez's approach has become increasingly repressive.
-- The skyrocketing cost of living in Venezuela. Caracas is now the most expensive city in Latin America. This year it shot up from the 74th to the fifteenth most expensive city in the world. The problem is exacerbated by the low wages in Venezuela.
-- Chávez's own "coup" depriving the opposition mayor of Caracas, elected by a landslide in November of 93 percent, of his budget and of his offices, and appointing his own unelected loyalist as ''super-mayor.'' The head of the OAS, although an ally of Chávez, has agreed to meet with opposition leaders after the Honduran crisis is over. Chávez then relented, saying that partial funding will now be provided for the mayor.
-- Chavez's popularity in Venezuela is declining; a recent poll indicates that two-thirds of the people want Chávez out by 2012 when his current term in office ends -- or sooner.
-- Keeping his allies in line. On July 10, the Revolutionary Marxists of Iran published an open letter to the workers of Venezuela on Hugo Chávez's support for Ahmadinejad. The letter is well worth reading. It came down very hard on Chávez for supporting the theocracy in Iran. This report was reprinted by at least one Venezuelan news site.
-- The "obstinacy" of Brazil in failing thus far to agree to the entry of Venezuela into the Southern Cone Economic Zone (Mercosur) due to "doubts" about the existence of democracy in Venezuela and the refusal of the Venezuelan ambassador to appear before the congress to explain Venezuela's position.
-- The unexpected and very substantial June 28 electoral defeats suffered by the Chávez backed Peronista party in Argentina, prompting the husband of the current president (her immediate predecessor in office) to resign on June 30 as head of the party and casting doubt on whether he will run again for president in the next election.
-- Chávez also has continuing problems in Chile.
-- Chávez may be preoccupied with what he claims are incipient coups in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. This would be consistent with former President Castro's assertion the day before that if former President Zelaya "is not returned to his post, a wave of coups threatens to sweep many Latin American governments."
-- Or perhaps Chávez's head has simply become too large for his red beret and he has a very bad headache.
The list could go on and on. However, what now happens in Honduras probably depends to a great extent on the international power of President Chávez, which seems to be diminishing. Also, as the Venezuelan economy nosedives and repression of the opposition escalates, the domestic resistance to Chávez appears to become better organized and Chávez's problems increase. Perhaps Chávez has too many balls to juggle all at once; perhaps his balls are inadequate to permit him to juggle them all.
At this point, it seems unlikely that there will be a resolution of the Honduran question acceptable to Chávez, Zelaya, and Castro. The best resolution for the people of Honduras would be for Zelaya to stay away. According to a CID-Gallup poll published on July 9, 41 percent of Hondurans considered Zelaya's ouster justified while only 28 percent did not. The poll results are consistent with what happened in last year's presidential primaries: Zelaya endorsed Micheletti's candidacy and, apparently due to that endorsement, lost in the primary.
Any number of countries -- Venezuela, Nicaragua, Argentina, Ecuador, and possibly even the United States -- might be happy to grant asylum. Zelaya should take advantages of those opportunities while they last.


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MSP marketing must include calls-to-action (CTAs) for greatest impact. But you don't want to have CTAs which beat the reader over the head with the strong suggestion of making a conversion to products and services. That suggestion should come about naturally, and at the right time. A CTA may not necessarily be a call to conversion; it could just be a call for a prospect to click on another resource which in turn leads to conversion potential. It's all part of the buyer's journey. To understand the best mode of approach for your MSP, consider these suggestions:
Know the Buyer's Journey
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southern weddings
i am not from the south (though people who know me and my summer-girl ways might think otherwise…yes, i am still in flip flops. and tanks…in october. in michigan.) but oh do i love it. the weather. the scenery. the charm. what's not to love? if you are like me and love to take in all the south has to offer but are not from those parts, (and happen to be planning a wedding or just love to look!) there is a sweet magazine that captures it all for you in one swoon-worthy place….southern weddings. you may have heard of it? if not, you must check it out. it is a masterpiece of amazing photography and fabulous details from cover to cover, featuring the best vendors and inspiration that you can imagine.
i had the pleasure of spending some time with lara casey, editor in chief of SW earlier this year at an amazing intensive called making things happen. after just a few minutes with lara it was easy to see her passion and drive and it shows on each and every page. the magazine just launched it's third issue (a peek at the cover above, image from iloveswmag.com)…and you can still get your hands on the second issue + buy the latest one here. how convenient! i just ordered mine and cannot wait for it to get here! :)


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|5x5" on Wood. $95 each
DISCOVER (Left). SHARE YOUR TRUTH (SOLD).
Prints and Originals available in my etsy shop.
i don't often paint owls these days, but something in me was just calling out to paint some new whimsical owls. these are the first that have a little bit of the new techniques and colors i've been using. i'm kind of loving just a splash of red and pink neon!
for each owl i used every art supply i've been collecting in my studio...water soluble oil pastels, watercolors, acrylics, india ink, alcohol inks, vintage wallpaper, book pages, and glitter! on top i applied a vintage decoupage that gave each painting a lovely warm hue. then i added a layer of wax for a protective, matte finish.
|DISCOVER. 5x5" on Wood. ($95)
Prints and Originals available in my etsy shop.
This white owl is all taking time to smell the flowers and walk slowly, knowing that in all of the little things there is so much to DISCOVER.
|SHARE YOUR TRUTH. Original (SOLD)
Prints available in my etsy shop.
This white owl is all about telling your own unique story, knowing that it's so important to SHARE YOUR TRUTH because no one else can.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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Karen's mobile phone let out a squeal from a Katy Perry tune.
"That's Kira," Karen said, studiously keeping her eyes on the Beltway traffic.
"Should I?" Sharon asked.
"May as well," Karen said, obviously trying not to freak out.
Sharon dove for the phone sitting in a small well beneath the dashboard of Karen's car.
"It's an email," Sharon said. "Do you want me to read it?"
Karen gritted her teeth. "I should probably pull over, but I can't wait. Go ahead."
"Hoo-kay." Sharon swallowed. "It says, 'Dear Mom; We're safe and with a friend who's over 18 and has Dad's written permission to have us. Don't want to say more, just in case. Love, Kira.'"
"Safe?" Karen gasped. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Sharon frowned and pulled out her own phone. "I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet I know someone who does."
"Jodi?" Karen asked.
"Yep." Sharon dialed and put the phone on speaker.
"Uh, hi, Aunt Sharon," came Jodi's voice after a couple rings. It was filled with hesitation.
"Am I right in guessing that you know why I'm calling?" Sharon asked severely.
"I don't know, specifically," Jodi said.
"I see," said Sharon. "You wouldn't happen to know where Kira and Allie are, would you?"
"Um. I can't say?"
"Really. And why not?"
"Um, because we need to give their mom plausible deniability. Makes it harder for their dad to say she kidnapped them?"
"I see." Sharon waited.
"Uh, can I go now?" Jodi asked.
Sharon glanced over at Karen, who nodded. "Sure. But please keep me up to date on what you can't say. Dr. Tanaka is worried."
"I know. Thanks, Aunt Sharon."
Sharon clicked off the call, then looked at Karen.
"Plausible deniability," Karen grumbled. "I wonder whose bright idea was that?"
Sharon sighed. "If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say either Rebecca or Matt. But really, it could have been any of them."
"So's who's the over-18 friend?"
"I have no idea." Sharon glared at her phone. "I could try to find out."
"No." Karen shook her head, then flipped off a driver that had cut her off. "Sorry about that. Look. The girls are right. It's better that I don't know. I just have to trust them."


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Top - H&M // Skirt + Shoes - Primark // Necklace -Internationale
Hello everyone. When I showed this green skirt in my latest haul it was mentioned a lot in the comments. Mostly people saying that they'd seen it and liked it but weren't too sure as to how they'd style it. So I thought it would be fun to base an entire ootd around it. I thought I'd play it down for the day with the striped top and the gold chain. If I'd been in the mood to make an effort I would have tried to put my hair into Dutch braids as well. The shoes are just some little Primark ones. They're not the most comfortable but I think they add a nice casual touch. I also was tempted to wear a black pair of heels with this outfit.
This is my first OOTD shot with my new tripod and wireless remote. I bought the wireless remote a few weeks ago but had to return it as it wasn't working. I got a new one and it's working fine. Let me know if you'd like to see a review of it in the comments. It's for Nikon cameras that don't have the infared panel. You plug a receiver into the side of the camera and then use the remote to take the photos. I think these photos aren't too bad but could use some work. I'm a little bit limited on space in my room so I'm struggling to get the whole outfit and my face into the one photo. Maybe when I get a bit more confident with it I'll venture outfit to take some photos, who knows!
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The Tall Ships Regatta Blyth was not only a massive success but a huge logistical operation. Here some fascinating behind-the-scenes facts and figures.
Items and equipment
518 pyrotechnic explosions every night
7 fairgrounds
6,000 metres of rope
1,820 cones
75 tower lights
1,216 pieces of pedestrian barrier
440 heavy duty barriers
4.4 miles of fencing
20 generators
3 helicopters
2 Royal Naval vessels
Staff and contractors included
125 stewards each day
120 police each day
60 first aiders each day
140 volunteers
50 members of local services keeping the streets clean
80 trainees
16 fire performers
30 street performers
20 bands


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Main objectives:
The project has led to increased turnover in all the involved stores. The highest change came in the store that was willing to adapt to the complete new concept for the fish counter.
The retail chains have been involved in the development process from day one. We have been working according to the principles of open innovation – and it has opened many eyes for new ways to cooperate.
We have presented and tested a new concept for the future fish counter based on inputs from the understanding phase and the open innovation process. The counter, the communication and the products are all developed to meet revealed consumer preferences and trends as well as the business models of the retailers and suppliers.
The project has been working according to the following main phases:
In the understanding phase we have been looking at mega trends and translated them into possible future consumer and shopper preferences. We have not done any new consumer research, but worked on existing knowledge and how future trends may influence already known consumer and shopper behavior.
In the innovation phase we have been working in groups using open innovation tools like visualization and storytelling. We have also been using the business model canvas to get a better understanding of the involved business models.
In the concept development we used industrial designers to translate the ideas from the innovation phase into feasible counter concepts covering communication and product categories. These were taken further into product development focusing on bringing the overall concept into products and packaging.
Concrete results and conclusions:
The project has been the first in its kind in bringing the retailers and a seafood supplier into a common open innovation process and we think this in itself is a very important result. All parties have given excellent feedback both on the positive side and on areas of future improvement.
In addition we are very proud to have launched the first version of the future fish counter and that we have experienced immediately as well as steady growth of seafood turnover in the selected store.
By focusing on the business models this project has also contributed to an even better understanding of the different players in the value chain. This has resulted in concrete activities to improve the value chain both creating higher consumer quality and better economical results in all part of the chain.
All the participants have given us great feedback on the Nordic perspective in the project. The Nordic markets are different, but the learnings points between the markets are many. We have exchanged products and communication solutions across markets and learned from each other's successes and failures.
The Future Fish counter project hope to see more of these open innovation projects in the seafood industry. We now know that the retailers are ready for it and that they appreciate being a more active part in development processes. Our recommendations for future projects are as follows:
Project owner:
Anne Hilde Midttveit Lerøy Seafood group ASA, NO
Project leader:
Kristianne Storehaug Econ Pöyry AS, NO
Sub-project leaders:
Nina Knudsen Lerøy Seafood group ASA, NO Gunn Sekse Lerøy Seafood group ASA, NO Juho Niemelä Lerøy Seafood group ASA, FI Niclas Ensäter Lerøy Sverige ASA, SE
Project members
Nicolai Thorstensen, Christian Askvik Lerøy Seafood group ASA, NO Jüssi Nässi Lerøy Seafood group ASA, FI Nancy Nguyen COOP Norge AS, NO Lena Hansen, Magnus Holm COOP marknad AB, SE Tina Lunnelie, Jørgen Lind, Peter Axelsson Lerøy Sverige AB, SE Søren Bo Christensen, Anders Qvotorp Dansk supermarked-kjede, DK Ville Vahla SOK, FI
See the Combined list of the projects in the programmeA main premise of the marine innovation program is to have businesses take ownership and an active role in the projects. Goals:Enhance the innovation capability in the Nordic marine sector and thereby its profitability and competitiveness in a global market
Visualise the sector as an interesting sector with huge potential
Strengthen and establish B2B og B2R cooperation and support Nordic "value chains" – horizontal and vertical
Create platform for multi-disciplinary/sectoral cooperation
Cooperation with Canada
Create Nordic value through more cooperation between Nordic and national innovation agencies
Emphasis on:
- Industry needs and active participation - Concrete results and activities close to market- Sustainability - Innovation knowledge
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Recently, one of my teacher ask me to help him for writing a book on discrete mathematics book and this book will use in our university for teaching discrete mathematics. The target audience are first year students in computer engeneering. They have seen some basic graph theory and combinatorics. The book should allow them to study data structures and algorithms afterwards. It is supposed to contain things like: Set theory, logic, graph theory, relations and functions , number theory, recursion and enumeration but.
Are there any topics missing for the target audience? Has anyone experiences in teaching such a course?


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So I upgraded my red ear sliders tank like 2-3 weeks ago but all hes doing is basking not eating and white stuff is on his head above his eyes and on his arms and legs and hes been scratching his neck alot. I bought him a new basking platform and light but all he does is bask. Also his shell scutes are coming off could he be growing? thanks in advance
tank size 40 gal (upgrading soon)
turtle size 5-6 inches
light? yes and a uvb light
filter? yes
food a variety (carrots, lettuce, Tetra Reptomin Floating food sticks)
water conditioners Flukers eco clean
water temp ??? room temp
basking temp??? 60w bulb 15 inches away


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A Little Income Tip of the Day
For those of you who to run a website with a fair amount of traffic. If there are online stores that you link to often (like Amazon), consider signing up for their Affiliate program. They'll give you a small cut (usually around 3%) for any purchases made by customers following those special links. More info on Amazon's program
For those of you who have friends who run websites. When you do your gift shopping, visit their site first, follow the links and then find the product you want to purchase. Now if I could only remember this tip myself.
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Operating Hours & Seasons
There are many historic sites, museums, and parks (federal, state, and local) along Old Spanish National Historic Trail. Operating hours vary from site to site.
Contact individual sites for more information by going to the Passport Program web page, where sites are listed by state, and there is an interactive map to search for sites.
Trail brochures can be found on the Publications web page.
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Tiracol fort is located on the Pernem Taluka in North Goa. It is a beautiful fort built by Maharaja Khem Sawant Bhonsle, ruler of Sawantwadi in the i17th century. Overlooking the scenic views of Terekhol river, the fort was captured by Portuguese viceroy, Dom Pedro de Almeida in 1746. And in 1788, the fort was permitted to be the part of Portuguese great possessions in India.
Other than the Terekhol river, the fort provide amazing views of Querim and Kalacha Beach. The fort also provide the colorful view of numerous paragliders having fun at Kalacha beach. The fort is accessible via auto or taxi from all the different parts of north goa. Ferry service is available near the Querim beach to cross the Terekhol river. Tourists visiting the Tiracol fort will have great enjoying the amazing time overlooking the captivating landscapes all around the place. The journey to this massive fort comprises picturesque villages of Siolim, Ashvem, and Querim. The surrounding sea and beaches compilements the beauty of this fort.
Talking about the great Tiracol fort it is an amazing historical architecture that attracts large number of tourists every year from all over the world.
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text: [Christoph Anton Mitterer] > Now coreutils is marked as essential, right?! > This means per policy section 3.8 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.8): > "Essential is defined as the minimal set of functionality that must be > available and usable on the system at all times" > > As far as I understand,.. it's fully ok, to have /usr on a separate > (i.e. non-root-) filesystem. > > That however would mean, that even outsite initramfs images (which are > probably a special case and do not count) many of corutils' binaries are > not _always_ available. I believe this is a misunderstanding. The quoted section do not mean that all files in a essential package need to be on the root partition, but that the package should always be installed. This is the first time I hear someone read the policy section the way you do it, and I believe it is not representative for the intention behind that part of the policy. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen


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A nation exists on this planet where 80% of the citizens are considered outsiders by the remaining 20%. The governments elected by due process of law works to favor the 20% even though a part of the 80% have also voted for it to power. The nation is none other than Bharat, the oldest continually surviving civilization on this planet. It really saddens to see the state of affairs of the 80% who taken upon themselves the identity called Hindu and try to live within the narrow ideals. To live as a Hindu is to live as not the privileged 20% and this truth is still not understood by a large section of the 80% population. The power resides in numbers but the other 80% have no real bargaining power as a careful dissection has been done on this 80% in such a way that the unity will be reality like a mirage.
A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The ideological unity of the 80% is nothing but mirage which seem to happen at times but mostly is a self centered and narrow rent seeking unity. The predominant reasons for the other 80% being broken is the 22.5% and 27% reservations for groups based on some alleged historical crimes which have no justification in a modern nation based on the principle of equality. Nobody in the other 80% group would seek privilege but when the guiding principle itself is based on inequality, then there can be no sense of unity for sure. In the hope of removing the historical unfair treatment, the constitution has divided the 80% society for ever.
The other 80% society has lived the principles of natural justice and history cannot be brushed aside and any injustice cannot be projected into the modern times. There were reformed all the times and the society which kept reforming and removed ills was only based on positive action and not based on futuristic punishment for the historical mistakes. Who would want to practice untouchability? The two persons involved in the practice should be jailed similar to the modern times where the bribe giver and bribe taker are given punishment. The narrow minded and self righteousness of a section of leaders of the other 80% has led to the degeneration of our society so much that we have very few points of commonality in our ideological thought.
This variance of thought is exploited by the enemies of the state. A soldier is smacked by a terrorists and the nation remains a mute spectator for the fear of offending the privileged 20%. The pity is that not all among the other 80% have the courage to speak for the soldier who guards the nation and helps in maintaining the sovereignty. The Kashmir problem, illegal Bangladeshi problem, the cow smuggling problem, the evalangical conversion bigotry, church planting problem, etc all require the same solution. The solution is the clarity of thought and unity of the other 80%. There is not one sub group in the other 80% that could match the privileged 20% in numbers or bigotry. Though bigotry is not natural to the other 80% at least the matching in numbers is not happening and the blame should rest with the governments of the day which have always been happy to serve the privileged 20%.
The amount of mental torture given to the other 80% is beyond imagination. The farce democracy that we have mostly serves the interests of the privileged 20%. The justice systems that were supposed to uphold equality of law have been doing exactly opposite and have surrendered infront of the privileged 20%. The problem is not with the special treatments given to sub groups but the lack of any logical and justifiable basis for the propagation of this special treatment. The degenerated peaceniks and apologists of bigotry would say that an eye for an eye would turn the whole world blind, but shout their lungs out to provide some special privileges and for the continuance of enforced discrimination. The continuation of special privileges based on birth based rights is negated as reforms on some sub groups but are put into the minds of others as their right.
When shall the constitutional apartheid end on the Other 80%? So long as this apartheid continues, the other 80% shall remain as second rate citizens while the privileged 20% get away with every sort of action be it anti national or anti human. Reservations per se should be valid for everyone who has the same background in the times we live in and not based on historical myths and biased facts. The birth based reservation benefits is as much bigoted as much as the practice of untouchability. The other 80% should wake up and unite for the progress of the nation leaving behind the incorrect and mythical history that has been fed to us by people who are fed by the privileged 20%groups. The laws and rules should apply equally to all and the concept of privileges should end.
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Evans School researchers recently partnered with the Northwest Area Foundation to conduct applied policy analysis on topics of poverty alleviation and asset-building for low income families. The analysis synthesizes research and data on savings and debt, alternative financial services, unemployment benefits, and poverty with a focus on the northwest U.S. and Midwest.
View the final research briefs:
Financial Services:
- Alternative Financial Services Use Across Income, Race, and Ethnic Groups (256 KB PDF)
- Effects of State Payday Loan Price Caps & Regulation (216 KB PDF)
- Market-based Alternatives to Payday Loans (322 KB PDF)
Unemployment Insurance for Low Income Workers:
- Unemployment Insurance in the Northwest Area Foundation States (1.5 MB PDF)
- Unemployment Reform: Policies Targeting Low Income Workers (539 KB PDF)
- Poverty in the Northwest Area: An Index of Impoverished Counties (1.7 MB PDF)
- State Poverty Rates in NWAF States (317 KB PDF)
- Poverty Rates Over Time (159 KB PDF)
Income and Consumption Volatility for Low Income Families:
- Credit and Debt for Low Income Families (304 KB PDF)
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My 16-Year-Old Bucket List
You never know what you'll find in old storage boxes–at least that was my takeaway from a recent weekend spent at my parent's house. I was sorting through boxes in the attic and trying to find old photos of my mom for a project I was working on. In the process, I stumbled on a box of stuff from my High School years and made an epic discovery. When I was a junior in high school, I had made a bucket list–something I must have done casually as I have no recollection of making one. (This isn't terribly surprising as I have largely blocked out those horrendous 4 years–though occasionally they come back to me in war zone-like flashbacks.)
It is titled, "Carina Martha Dudenhoeffer Kolodny's BUCKET LIST/To-Do List/Established Guidelines for Living So I Don't Forget" and I'm obsessed with it.
1. Swim in every ocean.
2. Step on every continent.
3. Save the world or conquer it.
4. Never listen to anyone who tells you to be practical.
5. Eat Pad Thai in Thailand.
6. Eat Sushi in Japan.
7. Live in another country. 8. Be published. 9. Have your writing translated into other languages.
10. Write a book that matters.
11. Find definitive proof that you're not really a muggle.
12. Elect a woman to the White House.
13. Shake JK Rowling's hand.
14. Go to City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco and steal some of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's magic.
15. Go back to Cuba.
16. Be able to tell your children that you didn't drink until your 21st birthday without being a big, fat liar.
17. Jump out of an airplane and fall through the clouds… Hopefully while wearing a working parachute.
18. Be a bitch until the day you die… At least in as much as "bitch" just means "GIRL who has the audacity to take up space."
19. Never be realistic about your dreams UNLESS being realistic helps you achieve them.
20. Learn how to dance to pop music.
21. Hold the bull horn at a protest.
22. Never say anything like, "I'm too old to jump on trampolines."
23. Never say anything like, "I'm not going to swim because I just blow-dried my hair."
24. Make a world where nobody thinks being gay means being less.
25. Become a collector of something strange but wonderful.
26. Go on a fancy, multi-night train ride a la Agatha's Orient Express (murder and subsequent detective work not required.)
27. Live in a house with stained-glass windows.
28. Read every Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
29. See a lion in the wild.
30. Be called "fearless" "feisty" "fierce" frequently.
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You're so feisty.
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Children, education, handwriting & learning: What's Lost as Handwriting Fades
"Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information. In other words, it's not just what we write that matters — but how."
Church attendance: Worship Service Release Form [this is great!]
"It's better than a hall pass and obliterates guilt with a quick signature."
Hispanics, immigration & poverty: An American Life, Lived in Shadows [required reading]
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For 2015 Gillingham & District Wheelers/Wheels of Dorset have put together a Race Team under the guidance of Charles Rees (Road Captain) and Mark Geddes (Team Manager). For 2015 the team has been carefully selected from existing club members, and includes a mixture of youth and senior riders deemed to have the necessary qualities for road racing.
The purpose of the team is to improve the club's profile and results in road racing by establishing a core of riders who will develop their abilities and skills by training and racing together as a team with the benefit of dedicated team management and coaching. Club members who are not in the Road Race Team can, of course, also represent the club and take part in any races they wish to enter.
The initial aims of the team (as of Jan 15) can be found here
Team members for 2015 are:
Although the Race Team for 2015 has been selected, injuries/illness may require a reserve to be nominated therefore anyone wishing to be considered should register their interest with either Mark or Charles
GDW Road Race Team
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It's that time of year again! The holiday season is one great time to have a profitable business, because people are eager to buy something new for their family, friends and themselves. Whether you have a brick-and-mortar store or an online biz, you're up for making more sales and money.
So, how was your last holiday marketing campaign? Did it help you maximise your profits? Or your sales hadn't go up that much at all?
If you have difficulties making sales every Christmas season, here are some holiday marketing tips that you should consider adding to your usual holiday marketing strategies.
Download the full holiday marketing tips guide.
1. Create time-limited offers to motivate your customers to buy now.
It's really hard to give discounts, especially if you don't make much sales in your business. But it is Christmas. Customers always expect sales and discounts during the holiday season, so if you don't create special offers on your store, chances are, you won't make much sales. They will go to the nearest store instead that offers discounts which also sells the same product as you.
If you are worried that giving discounts would shatter your business if it runs for too long during this season, the best thing you could do is just to create a time-limited offer. This is an effective method for making your customers to buy now, because the offer will run out or be out of stock if they don't do it now.
Here's an example from Amazon.
Online shoppers won't be able to enjoy Amazon's free 2-day shipping if they go past the time-limited offer.
2. Market as twice as hard than you ever did.
Posting your time-limited offers on your Facebook business page wouldn't be enough. You have to do more than that.
Here are some holiday marketing tips that you could do:
- Share on Facebook business page at least 3x a day, preferably on mornings, afternoons and night time, so that you could reach any people who browse their feed during these times.
- Do the same on your Twitter account, but make it more frequent. Share your holiday offers every 2 or 3 hours, since the Twitter feed changes every minute. To help you schedule your holiday posts, you could use Buffer.
- Send multiple emails to your email list, saying that your customers will only have a few days or hours to go before your time-limited offer runs out.
- Send out brochures and flyers including what items are for sale this holiday season.
3. Display bundle gift packs at your store front for last-minute shoppers.
Moms who are looking for Kris Kringle gifts for their schooling child… Moms who are looking for bundle cooking ingredients for Christmas… Dads who are looking for new yet cheap home tools and the likes.
If you have a store, these bundle gift packs should always be present in front of your door. But if you only have an ecommerce store, you could also display bundle gift packs by creating a holiday bestsellers web page, or all of your discounted goodies in one section.
Here's an example from eBay.
Holiday gift guides are on eBay's homepage since they knew that there are several people who are looking forward to buy gifts for their family and friends.
4. Take advantage of using popular holiday hashtags.
If you are not a fan of using hashtags on your social media posts such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Instagram, then you are missing out a lot of sales opportunity this holiday season.
Posts with hashtags drive more traffic and engagement. Hashtags are also often used on search queries on social media.
So, to get your holiday deals more exposure, you could use the following popular holiday hashtags:
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#holidaysales or #holidaysale
#christmas or #itschristmas or #holidaytime
And many more.
5. Contact popular bloggers who write about holiday gift guides.
Have you ever thought of this method before? There are popular bloggers out there who never miss writing about holiday gift guides. You could sponsor them to feature your products and services on their blog.
For example, your company is offering a holiday discount on home cleaning tools such as mops, cleaning detergents, etc. Though your offer seems to be boring to be sent as gifts, there are always people who would love discounted home cleaning tools as a holiday gift and they are no other than the mighty moms. So, the best bloggers to contact out there are parenting and mom blogs.
To read the full 10 holiday marketing tips, download the following guide.


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Scientists at the University of California have uncovered the secret to the male libido.
After years of research and study, researchers have finally unlocked the secret to what attracts men to their partners, and the answer is astounding.
"We were initially surprised by the results of our study," said Dr. Mike Hanes, lead researcher with the University of California Laboratory of Sexuality and Warfare. "We initially focused on physical factors, such as symmetry of features, eye color, and hair color, but we were never able to draw a connection between any one feature and male attraction."
"What we were able to conclude after years of study was that men were most attracted to warm, moist holes." Dr. Hanes continued, "Our test data strongly indicates, regardless of such factors as age, sexual orientation, economic background, the single unifying factor in all of our test subjects was the universal attraction to warm, moist holes".
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Add entry to my guestbook!
37 - 19.01.2018 10:35
jamesolive, jamesolive036(at)gmail.com, https://goo.gl/5pPU9B
Hi friends,blogs and Articles on blog.advids.co are too great and easy to undersatnd. They have all subject related blogs. Just have a look.
36 - 14.01.2017 22:21
Bob Grove, game(at)genioso.com
game development inspired by Titan
looking back through my original Titan game/rules and also Gods of Titan ... I've been playing since 1984 and really appreciate all that you, the original and variant gamedevs have done! Anyone interested in collaborating on what could be described as a character-based game that is simpler than the original Titan, no movement roll, with similar dynamics to chess and stratego ... please be in touch. Sad to see that the only recent posts have been spammers :(
30.01.2017 14:36 Deleted the spam...
35 - 27.03.2015 12:55
Daniel U. Thibault, d.u.thibault(at)bigfoot.com, http://www.bigfoot.net/~D.U.Thibault
Correcting my web page address
Hi Cheewai! Just thought you should know my web address has been using .net instead of .com for a long time now. Please update your links.
34 - 05.02.2012 16:43
Michael Petroziello, atklonewolf(at)yahoo.com
Awesome site for and Awesome game!
This is a great game. Are there any pictures for a board and creatures for the Mythos Titan? I would love to print it out and try it. Also, is there any new news on the Gods of Titan yet? I'm really excited to try that too.
33 - 16.09.2011 22:11
Geoff, ghogan(at)btinternet.com
just appreciation
struggled with he new version until I worked out how to get it onto one page.Now playing it constantly (again) been Titan fan since 1983, and remember reading about it in Dragon Magazine.Think abyss and undead work well - the other ones have too many one off areas - and I like the sense of sequence and planning - maybe they'll grow on meBrilliant work though THANKS again
32 - 20.04.2010 14:58
Val Hemedes
All time favorite
thanks to all the people who continue to develop this game and keep it alive.cheers to all titan players!
31 - 16.09.2009 20:53
Clemens Katzer, cleka the magic sign users dot sourceforge dot net, http://colossus.sourceforge.net/
Hi there,I case you didn't notice, we've done a new release (plus some bugfix releases ;-) recently.Over the last years, new features and variants have been added. Have you taken a look recently?Besides, nowadays I am the "main" maintainer of Colossus.BTW, how did your guestbook guess that I am German and presents me the picture buttons "Speichern" and "Zurücksetzen" in my mother language? ;-))Greetings from Finland!-Clemens
I fixed it…
30 - 14.08.2009 12:35
Guestbook should now work again
Sorry, I had a missconfiguration of the database.
29 - 12.04.2009 06:47
Bill Reynolds, billr7667(at)gmail.com
game advice
Hi. Great site!I have a question for some of the more experienced players. I used to play this game all the time in the early 90's with my friends. I never was any good but lately I've been trying to improve playing colossus. I'm wondering what the prevailing thought is about recruiting the first Gorgon vs. getting a third Cyclops.I've been having good success vs. the computer getting my third cyclops first. I know gorgons and rangers are very important but I think there are few (none?) situations where you would win if your stack had one more gorgon instead of one more cyclops (at least not a battle between important stacks) and being forced to take a cyclops on one of those rare Jungle rolls instead of getting the Behemoth and later forced to take a Behemoth instead of a Serpent outweighs the small disadvantage of having one less gorgon than one could have had.am I thinking about this the right way?Thanks.
28 - 29.12.2008 19:06
Brent McD., http://acts.warhorsesim.com/ttn.asp
great game
Titan is probably my favorite boardgame. I've been playing since the early 1990s. If you want to play online, go to ACTS from Warhorse Simulations. A good group of gamers, and there are always open games looking for players.
30.01.2017 14:40: I like to play it at ACTS during my student time... long time ago... I loved it when nobody else in the real word had time to play


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Māori Welcome & Animal farm experience
Māori Welcome & Animal farm experience
Duration:2 hours total
Includes:1 ticket, Equipment and Transportation
Languages:Offered in English
About your host
I'm of Māori heritage. My great-great-great-grandparents were among the first people to settle in Central Otago. I have a deep love for this area and a strong connection to it. I want to share my passion for Māori culture and offer you a personal journey through our history and region. I support the 'Tiaki Promise' where we encourage international and domestic travellers to experience Aotearoa…
What we'll do
See the Central Otago land first travelled by the Māori people and learn about the customs and traditions that still thrive with a whakataū/welcome. We'll visit an area where the first non-Māori people—European settlers guided by the chief of the Tuturau—visited in 1853. You'll connect to Māori culture as you experience the Wero/Challenge laid down by a Māori warrior brandishing a Taiaha and learn…
What else you should know
If you can't see suitable availability, send me a message and I'll see what I can do to host you.
What I'll provide
To the Animal farm Experience
6 Seat people mover
Taiaha weapon Sticks
What to bring
Walking shoes
Sunscreen and Hat
Positive fun attitude
$81 per person
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The future of Kronozio
In the upcoming months Kronozio will release its new website. Our goal is clear: We want to be the destination of choice for card buyers. This is not easy to do as collectors were buying cards online long before Kronozio existed. Collectors have been going to eBay, Amazon, Beckett, Comc, Sportlots, and trade forums for years. How do we change their habits? How do we make kronozio.com their destination of choice?
A Lot of Cards
First, we have to offer collectors a lot of card choices. We now have one million cards for sale on our website. This is a great start, but we need to do better. All of our competitors have many times that quantity of cards. We need more cards. As you know, to achieve this goal, we created Kronocard, a software tool that offers unmatched speed and convenience to scan and document cards. Kronocard is not perfect but it is by far the best tool on the market and we provide it for free. We can say that we are very well-positioned for that first objective.
December 2017 update: we now have more that 2 millions cards in our database
The best website
Second, we have to offer collectors the best website to browse for cards and make it easy to buy cards. We are building it right now! Please look at https://kronozio.com/labs. It is the foundation for our future website. That main page shows 350 cards: 25 for each of the 14 categories we defined. It is fast because images are loaded only when shown in the browser-viewing area. It is refreshed each day with a strong bias for newly added cards. It says to collectors: "Welcome! We have a lot of cards in a lot of categories. See what we have for you today." The initial feedback gathered on Sport Card Forum is "I love that layout".
Each seller will have its own home page and will be able to define its own categories. You will get from two to six categories depending on the number of cards you have for sale on kronozio.com. Sellers with more than 2000 cards will have the option to add six more categories. Each of those categories will show 25 cards based on your own criteria. We also plan to enable quick links that will allow sellers to define text-only categories. Those quick links will allow you to define search criteria that will be applied on your store. As an example, if you have a nice collection of Wayne Gretzky cards, you will be able to add a: "Wayne Gretzky" link to your store's home page.
Home pages are cool, but the real action occurs in search pages. Look at https://kronozio.com/labs/search where the focus is the card images and nearly all text is clickable and leads to other searches. We are adding four more sort options and plan to add search breakdowns. In the future, we will offer the collector the opportunity to turn unsuccessful searches into wish lists. Best of all, sellers will be able to see those wish lists!
On every page users will be able to add the cards they see to their cart without leaving the current page. This is a big-time saver compared to our current website. We are now planning the "cart page". We are working on a page that will allow users to make offers and select which one they want to convert into an order. They will also be able to remove cards from their carts as needed.
Need more coolness? All of those pages are using the latest web design techniques and will show well on tablets and phones.
We listened and learned from your comments. Our new website will offer:
- Easier searches
- Shipping costs displayed up front. This will allow easier, complete comparison for buyers.
- You will not lose your place on the website when you add a card to your cart.
- You will be able to remove cards from your cart
- Finding cards will be easier
- The website will have a store list page
- The website will have pages for teams, years and sets.
- We added live store activities (scans, sells, ships, etc) to show that the Kronozio website is alive and doing well.
- Multiple results from searches are merged together; no more search results showing the same card 25 times.
Buyers can create and manage a list of their favorite stores and do searches within those stores.
We think that with a tool that make it easy to list cards and a world class website, we can bring card buyers to kronozio.com.
What will we do next?
Our to-do list is huge, but here are the main tasks and upcoming projects:
- Our shipping options are too simple and there is no way for buyers to ask for tracking, insurance or custom options. We plan to change that. Dec. 2017: In progress!
- At the moment, buyers can make offers on all cards even if sellers do not want to provide the option for certain cards value. We will add configurable rules based on price to manage that. Example: No offers possible on cards of value less than $x.
- Allow text feedbacks from verified buyers. Add a page where buyers will be able to see feedbacks.
- A multi-user version of Kronocard.
- A Kiosk version of Kronocard for brick and mortar stores so clients coming in can search your cards database.
- A module to create listings on Kronozio.com from external data sources.
- Integrate a sets/cards master database into Kronocard to allow documentation from only the card number.
- Open Kronozio.com to sport memorabilia. Dec. 2017: DONE.
- Create a clone of kronozio.com (or a section in kronozio.com) for trading card games like MTG, Pokemon, Yugioh, etc). Dec. 2017: DONE.
- Provide automatic documentation from images comparison analysis. We already have a working proof of concept that just needs time and elbow grease to become a reality.
- Enhance Kronoscan card detection. Planned for 2018
- Make it easier for sellers to list sets of cards and easier for buyers to find them.
- Create Kronocard User Manual
- Exclusive web stores: For sellers that want to add their kronozio web store to their own website, special pages without Kronozio branding, publicity and searches in other stores.
- An opportunity for sellers to offer rebates or sale prices, which always attracts customers.
- Support Euro and British currency for eBay European sellers. Planned for Q1 2018
- Providing list of recent sold cards to our sellers so they know what's hot to sell.
- Add seller's communication with clients.
- Add a way for sellers to make special offers to clients that have cards in their cart for X days, but have not yet committed to pay.
Kronozio is now looking for investors. We shared our vision. We need funds to make it happen faster. For more information please contact email@example.com.


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|Roz Chast's Poetry Month poster - request it here!
In any case, I rounded up what we do have in terms of reviews of novels in verse or heavily featuring verse in the storytelling:
Hesse, Karen: Witness
Koertge, Ron: Coaltown Jesus and Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Koyczan, Shane: To This Day
McCormick, Patricia: Sold
Sandell, Lisa: The Weight of the Sky
Venkatraman, Padma: A Time to Dance
Wein, Elizabeth: Rose Under Fire
Wolff, Virginia Euwer: Make Lemonade
This was a useful exercise for me because I really need to make more of an effort to read the occasional novel in verse. I know there are fantastic ones out there, and when I do read them I generally enjoy them, but for some reason I'm often reluctant to pick them up in the first place. I guess I usually prefer stand-alone poems. Ah, well, it is what it is...


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Gift giving….it's a tricky business. Sometimes people are stumped for what to buy (I've been there. Stressing about what to buy someone – "Will they like it?" "Do they need it?" "Will they want to re-gift it?" – can be so nerve-wracking, after all, and can take all the fun out of buying.) To help relieve the conundrum and angst that can ruin the jolly art of gift-giving, why not drop some hints? Sure, it might ultimately take the surprise out of opening your gift, but then again, you'll get something you truly love. And just think about it this way: You won't have to fake an enthusiastic, { Read More }
Remembering to Give Thanks: 12 Things I'm Grateful For
I thought that this year would be different; that I wouldn't be posting the usual "I'm grateful for X." But somehow, this morning, with Thanksgiving Day approaching, I've been hit with a sentimental moment. So I'd better strike while the proverbial iron is hot! Thanks for being here and for reading my blog. Being a writer sometimes feels like I'm yelling into the great unknown black hole. I'm so grateful to have real, live people read and/or comment on my words, which I hope touch and resonate with you in some way. I'm always happy - and curious - to read what you have to say, too. This year, our { Read More }
The Secret to Being Happy
How were your holidays? Hopefully full of fun and good cheer. But I know that's not the way for everyone. Some of it might be forced cheer. Maybe you're tired of putting on a happy face. Maybe happiness is just...overrated. Why try so hard? Click on over to my other blog on healthywomen.org, where I let you in on a secret. And please do me a special favor? Feel free to ignore my advice. Do you have any secrets to share on how to be miserable? { Read More }
A Smile for the Day
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My Top Thirteen New Year's Resolutions (Hint: They're not for me)
Happy New Year, dear faithful readers! Thanks for visiting, because without you, there would be no blog. This blog is my way of having a conversation with like-minded people (and even if you're not like-minded, I like to hear those opinions, as well). And if you enjoy reading it, can I impose on you to do a few things? Tell your friends about it. (The way I see it, the more, the merrier). Tell me what you like, what you don't like, what you'd like more/less of. (I aim to please). Tell me what some of your New Year's resolutions were. That is, if you made any. (Maybe it'll be a good { Read More }
Ho Ho… Ho?
Please don't call me a Scrooge (okay, go ahead if you must), but since the holiday hoopla started just about the time Halloween was winding down, I'm really tired of it by now. The endless catalogs cluttering my mailbox; the flash sale pop-ups each time I turn on my computer - they're like those pesky black flies that keeping dodging the swatter and are impossible to kill! - the commercials at decibel levels that make my ears ring; the Christmas songs that play...and play...and play...in an endless reel long after they've actually stopped playing but instead get stuck in my head and follow me to bed { Read More }


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Know that feeling when you search for something online and all of a sudden ads are popping up about it? That creepy feeling has a name. Professor of Robotics Ken Goldberg (Tiffany's husband), tells us all about it.
So, why are we creating technology that is becoming more and more creepy you ask? Well, the answer to that is that as our technologies become more and more sophisticated, they're becoming more and more life-like and that triggers a reflex in us because we know it's not human.
And it's not just technology that is triggering this reflux, it's all sorts of things that are close to being human but are not! Check out what they are here!


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What is a internet virus and what does it do: Computer viruses are "deviant" programs that can cause destruction to computers that contract them. They are passed in two ways. The first way is via an infected diskette, such as one you get from a friend or a repair person, although it might also be a sales demo disk or even (in 3% of cases) a shrink-wrapped commercial disk.
The second way is via a network, such as files downloaded from an electronic bulletin board or as e-mail.
The virus then usually attaches itself to your hard disk. It might then display annoying messages ("your PC is stoned-legalize marijunana") or cause Ping-Pong balls to bounce around your screen and knock away text.
More seriously, it might add garbage to or erase your files or destroy your systems software. It may evade your detection and spread its havoc elsewhere. Viruses may take several forms. The two principal ones are the boot-sector virus and file viruses and others.
Boot sector virus: The boot sector is that part of the system software containing most of the instructions for booting or powering the system. The boot sector virus replaces these boot instructions with some of its own. When the system is turned on, the virus is loaded into main memory before the system. From there it is in a position to infect other files. Any diskette that is used in the drive of the computer then becomes infected. When that disk is moved to another computer, the contagion continues.
File virus: File viruses attach themselves to executable files-those that actually begin a program. (These file have the extensions .com and .exe) when the program is run, it starts working, trying to get into main memory and infecting other files.
Worm: The worm spreads by replicating itself. It travels through networks to different computer systems, and then makes many copies of itself, wasting vast amounts of computer time.
Logic bomb: Logic bombs, or simply bombs, differ from other viruses in that they are set to go off two months after he left. Designed to erase an inventory tracking system, it was discovered only by chance.
Trojan horse: The Trojan horse covertly places destructive instructions in the middle of a legitimate program, such as a computer game. When you run the program, the Trojan horse goes to work, ding damage while you are blissfully unaware.
Polymorphic virus: A polymorphic virus, of which there are several kinds can mutate and change form just as human viruses can. These are especially troublesome because they can change their profile, making existing antiviral technology ineffective.
Virus mutation engines: A virus mutation engine allows programmers to actually create polymorphic viruses. One, called Virus Creation Laboratory, has a user interface with pull-down menus, making it easy for even novices to create their own viruses.
There have been many strains of viruses in recent years, some of them quite well known (stoned, Jerusalem, Lehigh, Pakistani brain). Most famous was Michelangelo, so named because it was programmed to erase hard disks on the artist's birthday, March 6, 1992. Michelangelo was supposed to cause a million computers to crash, but on March 7 it was found that only a few thousand were damaged. Does this mean that the threat was oversold mainly by makers of antivirus software? Antivirus software scans a computer's hard disk and main memory to detect viruses and sometimes to destroy them. Since the Michelangelo scare, the appearance of polymorphic viruses, virus mutation engines, and other new forms shows that this threat must still be taken seriously.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for private companies to operate concession areas at state parks and other locations.
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A pregnant mom is someone that needs to be taken extra special care of. She needs to be happy all the time. However, she might be going through a lot in her head; worrying about labour, scared of being a parent etc. She will also need all the support from her family and friends. So if you are going to visit her, you need to take the perfect gift with you that will benefit her and the baby both. Here are some of them.
- A baby journal or scrapbook
Parents love documenting every special moment with the newborn. The first year goes really fast so keeping a note of all what happened and making memories will help cherish them forever. A journal or scrapbook will do just that. In our modern times, we take pictures on our phones but never really make it a point to print them out and create an album. If your phone or laptop crashes and you lose all the pictures of the child, you will regret for life. Gifting a scrapbook will help the new parents make it a point to print the pictures and decorate the book on their own so that later the child can view them. They can document anything they want; from his first words to the first time he ate natural baby formula.
- Baby monitor
This is much needed when the mom puts the newborn to bed and wanders off downstairs to do her usual household chores. These monitors now come in both audio and video unlike those days which only had audio. She can see what the baby is doing, if he is up or hear if he is crying. Some cameras have a total view of the room so if your toddler is crawling around playing, you can see everything.
- Diaper bag
These are a must for every mom. She will need to pack all his belongings; his diapers, milk bottle, favourite toys, best formula for toddler etc. whenever she heads out. Some diaper bags come with a built-in changing station, a removable changing pad and a removable dirty diaper pouch that you can dispose when you get back home. It would have separate compartments for each item so that you don't have to pull everything out to find for stuff.
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These are never too much. Most new parents confess that they thought they had adequate diapers but always fell short. Also, diapers are one of the major expenses when a baby is concerned. You not only use them all the time, but they are not very cheap. They'll need hundreds of them the first few years and hence you can gift more and more diapers for sure.


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The long awaited Vegetarian book from Tenina has finally hit shelves nationwide. This book is a best of collection of over 108 recipes of Teninas vegetarian options from across a lot of her other work. Plus there are heaps of absolutely brand new amazing taste sensations!
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David Beckham insists Wayne Rooney should still start in England's best side "without a doubt."
Three Lions captain Rooney has handed England another pre-tournament scare after suffering a knee injury that could keep him out for up to two months ahead of this summer's European Championships.
Rooney's injury has sparked a debate about whether England could cope without their all-time record goalscorer given the alternative options now available to boss Roy Hodgson.
Despite an improvement in 2016 Rooney has not had the best of seasons while Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy, have both been in top form for their clubs.
Hodgson favourites Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck have also returned to action recently after injuries.
But former England skipper Beckham is adamant Rooney is still England's main man.
He said: "Without a doubt. He is our captain and the most experienced player we have got.
"When everyone is fit that's what it is all about, it's all about having options and if you have a fit Wayne Rooney he should start because he has that experience and players respect him.
"We all love the way Wayne Rooney plays the game and especially when he plays for England because you can tell he cares.
"And the thing you will get with Wayne is not just the hard work and everything he does but he scores in big games.
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Hello, I would like to gather questions to ET:s.
I have been channeling many kinds of entities, and have made earlier two rather large set of questions and answers to ET:s.
So what I ask, is to post your questions you'd like to have answer from the ET:s and I will try my best to channel back the answers and post them later.
The ET:s I'm in contact with usually are called Valar, but they might correspond the Nordic type of alien. They are very human-like from their appearance.
Here are the two earlier made questionings:
1st questioning I made, including some questions gained via the old Open Minds Forum:http://utopianviews.proboards.com/th...raterrestrials
2nd questioning I made with these entities I'm the most in contact, called the Valar:http://esoteric-information.com/ques...l-entities-ii/
So please put your questions here, and there can be many questions, no limit at the moment set. It however takes a while to ask them, but I find these interesting to ask. I'll try to make some additional questions also to gain more specific answer to certain questions for clarification purposes.
I can start with my own set of questions:
1. Do you resemble Earth humans from your appearance?
2. Are you related to Earth humans?
3. Have you lived on planet Earth?
4. Are you making visits to planet Earth?
5. Do you follow a religion?


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The splendiferous exciting adventures and inane ramblings of KT Glitz and his beautiful wife Toni Glitz.
If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning!
Never forget your dreams, they are the hopes of the future!
Monday, 25 December 2017
Merry Christmas, Yuletide Wishes & Season's Greetings everybody
Merry Christmas, Yuletide Wishes and Season's Greetings to all my family and friends. I hope you all enjoy your holidays and time off no matter how you celebrate! Le anpetu ki wo waste yuha (There is goodness in this day). However you celebrate (or even if you don't) have a fantastic day. Peace, light and love to one and all.
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The sixth season of Game of Thrones was a Fourth of July fireworks display that began with the resurrection of Jon Snow and culminated with Cersei Lannister executing an "inside job" terrorist attack on the capital that destroyed her enemies and inadvertently elevated her to the Iron Throne. It was a lot to absorb. The show has always been ambitious, but this season embraced its cinematic tendencies and turned the dial up to eleven: Dothraki leaders burned alive, a set piece battle outside Winterfell with bodies piled thirty deep, Dany's dragons unleashing hell on the Masters seeking to reclaim Meereen and of course, the poignant end for Hodor – one of, if not the most haunting image in a series rich in them.
The show has never shied away from spectacle, whether it was lopping off Ned Stark's head, the weddings-cum-assassinations in Red and Purple, or the battles in Blackwater Bay or Hardhome, shit is always real in Westeros, but with the show pivoting towards its final bow, the immediacy of each new plot twist has become more acute. And while many of the jaw dropping moments from earlier seasons were known to book readers ahead of time, freed from George R.R. Martin's text and perhaps nodding to fan criticism, the show runners made female empowerment the dominant theme this season. It was not just the ascendance of Cersei to the Iron Throne or Dany's voyage to begin her invasion of Westeros, it was 10-year old Lady Lyanna Mormont flashing more swag than Kanye, Ellaria Sand burying a knife in Prince Doran's heart, Yara Greyjoy refusing to accept the usurpation of her claim to the Salt Throne, Sansa Stark calling in the Knights of the Vale to steal victory from the jaws of defeat, Arya Stark embracing the lessons of cold-blooded assassination but in service of her own vendettas, and Brienne continuing to swing the biggest sword in the Seven Kingdoms. In season six, sisters were truly doing it for themselves.
For a show that prides itself on spectacle, this season was exemplified by the many great conversations that, to borrow from Tyrion, took place in elegant (and not-so elegant) rooms. From Jorah and Dany's parting to Brienne and Jamie's reunion, the emotional high notes abounded. And this is where fans are truly rewarded. Sansa and Jon's reunion is colored by regret and the deep scars we have seen each suffer. Lady Olenna's dismissiveness of Cersei as she watches King's Landing consumed by the High Sparrow's strict orthodoxy is wrapped around a history that includes the former hatching a plot that resulted in the murder of the latter's son and would end with the latter annihilating the former's son and grandchildren in an explosion of wildfire. Having invested so much time into the cultivation of these characters, the small two-person scenes that dotted this season oftentimes packed more wallop than the grandest CGI display.
Of course, any show completing its sixth season will inevitably attract naysayers. Indeed, thought pieces suggested Battle of the Bastards was the show's "jump the shark" moment for the apostasy of giving fans what they wanted – the brutal death of a vicious character and a victory for the good guys. And there may be something to be said for diminishing returns from constantly upping the ante, but do not tell me for one second you did not stare at the screen blankly as Tommen took a header out his window even as the flames rose from the destroyed Sept of Baelor. Any TV show closer to its end than its beginning will inevitably find its universe shrinking; it is a simple matter of arithmetic. There is only so much time left to tell the rest of the story and like chess, the sport Game of Thrones is often compared to, there are fewer (but more important) pieces on the board at the end than the beginning.
Those chess pieces are now clearly established. Cersei is the queen of a rapidly sinking ship. She has alienated her house's allies, all of her children are dead, and judging from Jamie's look as she is crowned, may have lost him as well. Jon is "King in the North," but it was Sansa who saved his skin and Littlefinger looms ominously in the background. Lastly, the idea of Dany as some sort of Westerosi Barack Obama bringing together a disparate coalition under a "Yes, We Can" umbrella is contra the show's history but also contains an interesting piece of irony. The Mother of Dragons has now merged forces of the Dornish and the Dothraki, the Iron Born and the Unsullied, all in the name of taking down the Lannisters, yet her closest advisor is the brother of the current occupant of the Iron Throne. The kingdom has been in an almost perpetual state of war since the series' inception, which makes Dany's vision of a world left better upon her death both refreshing and a bit naive. After meeting Tyrion and musing about the various houses jockeying for power, Dany says that she does not want to stop the wheel, she wants to break the wheel; but restoring her family to power will merely reinvent it.
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Bernard von Bauben saw her before he was halfway across the lobby. Mary Lynn was sitting in an overstuffed lavender chair beside the Baby Grand Piano, dressed in mauve and lace, smiling at him. Von Bauben walked immediately to her, and she stood and kissed his cheek. Her lips were warm, and von Bauben saw a fire burning deep within the coloration of her eyes.
The Elite Apartments were cloaked in peace and solitude as they were advertised to be. From the outside, only a dozen or so lights were visible in the windows, and the faint sound of a radio playing Scott Joplin's ragtime disrupted the stilted silence of a day fading into night.
As he climbed out of the car, Brent Haymire thought he glimpsed a nervous rustle of curtains on the third floor, and he wondered if someone was up there watching him. In his line of work, there were eyes everywhere. General Tom Regan often accused him of being stricken with an acute case of paranoia. Maybe he was imagining things. Maybe not. The mind did have a habit of playing tricks sometimes. But the subconscious was also the best warning system that man possessed, and Haymire knew that, thus far, his paranoia, real or imagined, had managed to keep him clear of those sordid things, legal and ominous, that go bump in the night.
Good grief! Anyone with the slimmest grasp of English could cut those passages in half without losing any information.
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