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Tom Keifer announces sophomore solo album
Rise will be available on September 13th
Former Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer has announced his sophomore solo record, Rise, will be available on September 13th via Cleopatra Records. The project will be with his Keifer Band — Savannah Keifer, Tony Higbee, Billy Mercer, Kendra Chantelle, Jarred Pope and Kory Myers. The album will be available on digipak CD, regular vinyl limited edition red, blue or green vinyl and digital which includes an instant download of the first single, "The Death Of Me."
A video for "The Death Of Me" — written by Keifer and his wife Savannah, and directed by Vicente Cordero — is now available. Though Tom Keifer has faced many ups and downs all throughout his storied career, his unyielding resilience can be found well within the grooves and lyrics of the song. "We created 'The Death of Me' to inspire people not to give in to or be defeated by the seemingly insurmountable lows that we all sometimes face, but rather to Rise and overcome them," he says.
His creative renaissance is fully on display via the eleven tough 'n' tender tracks that comprise Rise. Produced by Tom Keifer, Savannah Keifer, and Kyle O'Connor, Rise scales renewed sonic heights. From the tasty slide work that stamps "Touching the Divine," the non traditionally arranged, heavy, dark jam of "Untitled," the breakneck thrust of "All Amped Up" to the tender coda of "You Believe in Me," the album signifies the ongoing evolution of the former Cinderella frontman as a person, songwriter, and bandleader. It's the aural portrait of an artist who, to borrow a phrase, is still climbing
"When this band came together, we all felt a bit like broken souls, each with our own unique story," Keifer explains. "If you ask anyone in the band, they would all say this band came along at just the right time. Every human who walks this planet faces challenges and extreme adversity they have to overcome. As a band, we feel fortunate to be able to face those things together. There is a piece of every band member in the 'The Death of Me' as well as throughout the entire Rise album."
The common thread to each song on Rise is the intuitive interplay between each member of Keifer Band, a tight but loose collective that's spent the last six-plus years on the road honing their live craft together in support of Keifer's critically acclaimed 2013 solo debut, The Way Life Goes. Rise is the studio-bred equivalent of a band just now realizing the full scope of its powers. "We were trying to capture the feeling of what people have witnessed live with this band," Keifer explains. "There's an off-the-rails, real live feel to Rise — and that's what we were going for. It shows a real kind of angst and reckless abandon that we tried not to polish too much. And when we pull it back on the ballads, it's more about the emotion, the soul, and making people feel something in a different way."
"To me, the perfect rock and roll record is perfectly fucked up," Keifer says with a hearty laugh. "You try to make each record interesting and different. I don't ever want to make the same record twice, even though there's a common thread between them. Everything doesn't have to be perfectly in place, but there is a balance you try to strike. Sometimes there may be something about it that's technically not 'right,' but there's a vibe, an energy and an attitude to it that I always try to preserve."
The Way Life Goes: Deluxe Edition was released October 20, 2017 on Cleopatra Records, which is an expanded compilation of his debut album chocked full of special artwork and bonus content, including the long-awaited studio recording of The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends," which Keifer performs at all of his concerts, plus a powerful new take on the Cinderella classic "Nobody's Fool," newly recorded as a duet with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm.
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1. Touching The Divine
2. The Death Of Me
3. Waiting On The Demons
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5. Untitled
6. Rise
7. All Amped Up
8. Breaking Down
9. Taste For The Pain
10. Life Was Here
11. You Believe In Me
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Up Date: 11-30-10
He is 4 weeks old, His mom told me that he spoke the word "hi"
Not just once but three time, then he "LHAO" ,,,,LOL,,, : ) to cool!
My Grandson, Triston Alexander Greer
Triston at 3 Weeks Old, can you see the Love?
Brittany Huggins at 3 1/2 Months, ---->> Her Son at 3 weeks
When did these Indigo Crystal or Rainbow Children arrive?
The Indigo children have been incarnating here over the last 100 years. The Adult Indigos have been around from the period at the late 1930's -60's. However the largest incarnation would be the during the 1960-70's. We now have a large number of indigo's in their late teens and twenties and thirties. These Indigos are now in the work place and preparing to become leaders in their chosen fields. The personality of the Indigo's could be split into 4 categories - The Humanist, The Conceptualist, The Artist and The Catalyst. See Nancy Tappe website for more details on these characteristics on www.allaboutindigos.com . Nancy Tappe is an internationally acknowledged synaesthete who led pioneering work for her perception and sensory interpretations of the new Indigo race.
The Crystal children began arriving from the late 1990's early 2000. Their purpose is to enable humanity to evolve into a new paradigm. They understand working as a group consciousness and that we are All One and do not see the world as separate. They are here to encourage love and peace with ALL.
Many of the Indigos are now making the transition from Indigo to Crystal. In this transitionary stage they become more aware of their "Christ" consciousness. We as Indigo adults are also making ourselves more aware of our spiritual paths and divine blueprints. All of us have the potential to reawaken our spiritual and multi dimensional selves as we connect with our higher or over selves. The higher self contains all the knowledge of all the selves in which we have incarnated over many lifetimes. By using our intuition we can remember our various abilities, memories and make use of the clues we have been giving to ourselves since childhood. In this way we can access knowledge of our inner callings and individual purpose. Adults and children feel a knowing of our global mission and may need more guidance to activate and access their individual paths and purpose.
All generations are highly sensitive in their surroundings and in their dealings with others. Some are extremely psychic or intuitive and may feel they have a particular life purpose or agenda so to speak. Differences can be seen within the Indigo who may carry a more warrior spirit in their outlook on life and dealings with others especially those in authority. They feel they have come to make changes in the educational, government and any systems which do not operate in integrity or which serves the benefit of those who seek power and control over others and not empathy with ALL. They may show a strong attitude or be quite forceful in their opinions of what they see as reasonable and of benefit to those moving into the new paradigm.
Some children who openly resist this change and display disruptive behaviour can be described as those with (ADD) Attention Deficit Disorder or (ADHD) Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder.
For these children conforming to a linear sequential lifestyle set by those who still they feel are more comfortable operating in an outdated system causes them great distress. Whilst they feel the need to operate and learn using different modalities at the same time others may feel they want them to be more orderly, calmer and to sit still and pay attention. This can be an excruciating experience for these children as they may operate on different levels using various sensory learning abilities which are unacceptable in the current educational system. The worst case scenario is that they may be given medication. This sadly reduces their sensory systems to react in a conventional linear way without using their special intuitive conceptual abilities leaving them feeling frozen in a body system which just is not their true selves. All this to conform to that which society demands of their behaviour not allowing their unique abilities and characteristics to shine through.
The Rainbow children are the newest children to arrive and again they have incarnated at this time to become the way showers into 5th dimensional consciousness. In this new world we will all become more aware of our intuitive thoughts and feelings. We will rely less on spoken and written word preferring to use mind to mind telepathy. This system will require more honesty in our dealings with others and ourselves. Many children are already showing speech delay with some children not fully speaking until they are 3 to 4 years old. These children use other methods of communicating with parents and friends including eye contact, sign language, sound and song all of which conveys their understanding of their external world. Our own son had delayed speech and spoke no full sentences until he was 3 1/2 years old and at no time were we concerned about his ability to communicate or understand his world.
Generally Crystal children are very connected, communicative and highly sensitive individuals. They are extremely kind to others and often display a care for the behaviour of others around them as though it were a personal experience showing their connectedness to ALL in a group conscious way. Often our son would describe being hurt by a situation or the suffering of another child as if he was the recipient himself. He would describe this as a shared common experience of injustice of unfair behaviour - or its just not kind to behave in that way!
In her book by Doreen Virtue " The care and Feeding of the Indigo Children' wrote that ADHD should stand for Attention Dialed into a Higher Dimension. These children are not dysfunctional - it is the systems that we are asking them to work with which is not accommodating the continuing evolution of the human race. By feeding them with medication we will take away the gifts they have brought with them to show us the way of educating with new alternatives and possibilities. These children have extra sensory perceptions and often see things conceptually and pictorially. They prefer the speed of computers, electronics, digital pictures and being shown how something works through living the experience. Our son attended a field trip in an historical house last year where they learned science art and history through living for 3 days on site and feeling and sensing the subject matter they were learning. He said this was the best school environment he had ever been in! Everything made far more sense than sitting at a desk in a class room with text books worksheets and listening to a teacher using words to describe complex subjects. This methodology just makes him switch off and he describes in one sense how he leaves the room leaving his body in the chair. We would call it daydreaming! We expect our children to learn via outdated teaching auditory sequential styles which just do not appeal to their creative spatial and perceptive minds. See research by Lynne Silvermann who describes the characteristics of Auditory Sequential and Spacial/Conceptual individuals on page 4.
All these issues require new parenting skills to honour the potential of our new children. We are all spiritual as well as emotional mental and physical beings. We are entering into a phase of Human Evolution where we are moving into a higher dimension of conscious awareness of our place and purpose for our time and experience on earth. The Indigo Crystal Rainbow children are here to give us insights into what is ahead of us and how we need to adapt our whole way of living to take us into the higher dimensional New Earth. Our children have come as our teachers in roles we have already played with our own parents. Science is discovering new phenomena all the time - see Lynne Mctaggart author and scientist of Living in the Field, Michael Talbot - The Holographic Universe, Rupert Sheldrake - morphic resonance, Gregg Braden - The Divine Matrix. These authors are scientists and engineers who have researched beyond the established scientific view and the only criteria for looking at there material is to read with an OPEN MIND. As in the New Earth ANYTHING is POSSIBLE as an expanded viewpoint may just provide answers to queries which have been requiring some different explanations. Your children are playing a vital role in stimulating you to look at the world from a different perspective- ALL may not be as it seems! We have taken on the role as parents to our children and with this comes a responsibility and duty to allow them to be who they are or who they have come to be - not what we expect of them based on old ideas and systems which no longer serve us or them.
More on the NEW EARTH and MULTI DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS on page 3.


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Kaiser Permanente has announced plans to open up five new clinics in the region, one of which will be in Ballard. The healthcare company hasn't released the location of the new clinic; they're hoping to finalize a lease by the end of October.
Kaiser Permanente spokesperson Julie Popper tells My Ballard that the Ballard clinic will be more or less tailored to what their Ballard members need. "We have thousands of members in Ballard, so we're able to have conversations with members and providers about what folks in Ballard are looking for," Popper says. She says they'll have a handful of physicians on site, and while it won't be a full-scale specialty hub like they have in Capitol Hill, there will likely* be a pharmacy and a lab at the Ballard location.
The other locations being opened will be in Gig Harbor, West Olympia, Smokey Point, and South Lake Union. Popper says the Ballard location should be open by late 2019.
* Corrected: Kaiser Permanente hasn't yet finalized whether they'll have a pharmacy at the Ballard clinic.


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Money is a dangerous thing. As the daughter of a loan shark, Bok Jae In grew up witnessing how money can make people do bad things. But with her honest personality and strong work ethic, Jae In grows up to become the president of a legitimate savings bank. Lee Cha Don is a borrower who owes Jae In's bank a lot of money. But he finds out about Jae In's past and could expose everything that she has worked so hard to conceal about her past. Is it a strange coincidence that Cha Don then finds himself locked up in a psychiatric hospital on a remote island?


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Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" has transported generations of readers to small-town Alabama in the 1930s and confronted them with a sobering tale of racial inequality in the Deep South during Jim Crow. Read by many students in middle school and high school, it has left a mark on innumerable lives.
On the day of Ms. Lee's death, The New York Times asked readers to share scenes from the novel, published in 1960, and movie (1962) that had stuck with them. Hundreds responded.
"To me, it beautifully captures both the hardships and oppressions human being inflict on one another time and again," Sarah Twiest, 42, of San Francisco, wrote of the book. She continued, writing that it "also leaves us with a sense of hope that with a clear heart, things may change. This message was relevant in America in the 1960s, and it continues to be so important today in the face of continued and persistent injustice in our nation."
Below are a selection of responses.
More Than Classroom Reading
"I reread the novel for the first time since eighth grade this past summer, and I will always be struck by the scene where Atticus has lost the trial and Jem struggles to understand how something so undeniably wrong has been allowed. One quote from it was everywhere after it was decided Darren Wilson would face no charges for killing Michael Brown, and it made me want to revisit the book. Everyone has a moment in their adolescence where the world's injustice is so clear and seems so powerful that your childlike optimism and naiveté is taken. Lee beautifully captured that moment here, but also reaffirmed how hope still lies in people like Atticus who reassures Jem and us. For me, I turned back to the book for Atticus's wisdom to serve as a model for how to go forward after a moment of blatant injustice."
— Gabby Gillespie, 18, Old Bridge, N.J.
"I have many memories of freshman year, some that I'd prefer to forget. But one I will always keep close is the memory of reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' It was the first book we studied, and its impact on my life was significant. The novel showed me the distinction between understanding others and imposing my views on them, and the transformative power of empathy. For, isn't that what literature is all about? Taking us on a journey of the trials and joys of the human experience, and guiding us through times where the distinction between morality is all too subtle? My academic experience has been markedly defined by the books I have read, and I am certain that if I can approach life with the same curiosity, empathy and joy that permeates 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I will be a wholly better person."
— Janie Booth, 18, Durham, N.C.
"As a young girl, my father read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to me; in high school I used that copy of the book as my English class read it together; and when I myself became a high school English teacher, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was always my favorite book to teach and many of my students' favorite to read. For me the line that has always stood out is when Scout thinks to herself, 'Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.' This truly captures my love of reading, and what I hoped to help cultivate in my students."
— Allison Quijano, 32, Gilbert, Ariz.
Writers, Teachers and Lawyers React to Harper Lee's Death
Reflections on the legacy of the celebrated American writer.
A Role Model in Atticus Finch
"The courtroom scene taught me that people are often treated unfairly based on their color instead of who they are. I've tried to live as honorably as Atticus Finch and earn the respect of all races by treating my students fairly. I hope to be remembered with the same admiration that those in the balcony showed him as he left the courtroom, when they rose as he exited."
— Beverly Wixon, Florida
"I read the book when I was in high school shortly after the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act had been passed and Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. I liked the point of view of the novel being presented through the eyes of a young girl. I liked the way family interactions were portrayed. The book was part of my decision to become an activist and go to law school. I've reread the book several times."
— James Roth, 63, Minneapolis
"I grew up in the Midwest where there really wasn't the depth of racism that I read and saw in the book and movie and was intrigued that one man would take such a stance against so many. He became my lifelong hero and I always wanted to be just and fair like him. It felt like a David and Goliath moment as I got older, and it made me very aware of the racism around the country and how awful it must be. That book and movie formed me into the staunch humanitarian that I am today and I will be forever grateful to Ms. Lee for writing such an honest, moving story."
— Kerry B. Weaver, 60, Smyrna, Tenn.
"Born and raised in Texas, the only Southerners I saw or heard about in movies and TV growing up in the 1960s and 1970s were racists. Finally, in Atticus Finch, I had a true Southern hero I could admire, respect and emulate. I memorized his summation in the trial and still use some of its basic principles in discussing tolerance issues at dinner parties. Simple? Yes. A bit glib? Yes. But, to a young man in Texas it was the first glimpse of a heroism that I could relate to."
— Glenn Hawkins, 52, Vancouver
Harper Lee: Her Life and Work
Highlights from the career of Ms. Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," who died on Friday at 89.
Finding Strength and Conviction
"I love how Scout is so sure in her beliefs and ignores the people around her when they tell her she is wrong, even people in authority, like her teacher. This book reminds you that even when it seems like all that exists are negative people with negative thoughts, there are positive people hidden among them. And all it takes is for that one person to have the courage to stand up for what he or she believes to make a difference. I loved Scout because she was strong, vocal and not afraid to think differently or share her opinion (even when it differed from others). These were qualities that I envied and wished I possessed myself."
— Mary Hetrick, 35, Cleveland
"I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in high school, and while I found the racial commentary compelling, the part I found most intriguing was Jem reading to the morphine-addicted Mrs. Dubose. The way Mrs. Dubose is described as Jem reads to her is burned in my memory, and the scenes powerfully illustrated how spending a few uncomfortable hours with someone could drastically change their life. Later, the lesson encouraged me to stand up to drug addiction when it touched my own family, and a few uncomfortable hours a week have led to a lifetime free of addiction."
— Patrick D., 30, Warren, Ohio


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"Pleased to meet you, Meat to please you."
Meet Bob Sanderson, the bouncy, upbeat, butcher of Burquitlam ("a zero not a hero"), who sings and dances his way through this delightfully odd Canadian musical.
His new assistant is a monstrous, murderous Turk named Abdullah, aliens have turned the murdered mayor into a zombie with an egg beater hand for a weapon – and they're after the meat scraps in Bob's septic tank because they've turned into pure Bolonium fuel – and the teenager who lives over the shop just converted a stolen Cadillac into a spaceship. All in all, an average day in a sleepy little Canadian town.
Obviously, this isn't to everyone's tastes. It is dead pan silly, and unafraid to go into some very strange territory, the kind of film that only gets made courtesy of some hefty government subsidies.
Who knew that alien invaders could be played so effectively by wind-up toy robots?
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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2019Several years ago, Al-Qaeda made a strategic decision to refrain from foreign terrorist operations, refocusing away from these global spectaculars towards integrating more closely into local conflicts. The 2014 rampage across Iraq and Syria by Al-Qaeda's rebellious former Iraqi branch, the Islamic State (ISIS), provided both the opportunity and additional incentive for a long-mediated rebranding effort. However, there have recently been signs of a shift back towards external terror operations, just as ISIS undergoes a setback and Al-Qaeda has a chance to reassert its dominance over the jihadi scene. Continue reading
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Islamic State Spokesman Claims the Attack in the Arab Area of Iran
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 September 2018
The spokesman for the Islamic State (IS), Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, gave a short speech today, "The Muwahhidin's Assault on the Tower of the Mushrikin" (The Monotheists' Assault on the Tower of the Polytheists). Abu Hassan's speech was further confirmation of IS's responsibility for the terrorist attack in Iran on 22 September. IS has published an English-language transcript of this speech, which is reproduced below with some editions for transliteration. Continue reading
The Secular Foreign Fighters of the West in Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 July 2018
ABSTRACT: The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates under the names of the Democratic Union Party and the People's Protection Units in Syria. The PKK is registered as a terrorist group by most Western governments, the European Union and Turkey, where it originated as a separatist organization. Nonetheless, the YPG has been the partner of the United States-led coalition in Syria against the ISIS. The strengthening of the YPG/PKK and its political messaging has brought in a flow of western foreign fighters. Some of these fighters are now returning to their homelands with indications that they are bringing security problems with them.
Article published in Insight Turkey.
Rebel-Turned-Jihadist Saddam al-Jamal Reported Captured
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 10 May 2018
Saddam al-Jamal, born in al-Bukamal, a town near the Iraqi border in Syria's the Deir Ezzor province, became a prominent example of a rebel against Bashar al-Asad's regime who joined the Islamic State in 2013. It has now reported that al-Jamal has been arrested by the Iraqi government after an operation involving Turkey and the United States lured him into a trap. Continue reading
The PKK and Terrorism in Europe
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 March 2018
A wave of politically motivated violence has swept over Europe in the last few days, carried out by an extremist group and its sympathisers, accompanied by public statements threatening further attacks.
These attacks are intended to change western policy to one more suitable to the attackers.
The conventional term for this is "terrorism".
These assailants are not Islamist, however; they are from the Kurdish PKK, and this seems to have both reduced the amount of attention this campaign has received, and to have dulled the reaction from some who suggest that perhaps the attackers have a point. Continue reading
Coalition Targets Islamic State Recruiters and Terrorism Planners
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 August 2017
The Coalition announced yesterday that it had killed eight Islamic State (IS) "leaders involved in directing external operations, as well as bomb-making, directed at regional and Western targets". Continue reading
An Interview With the Islamic State's Leader in Libya
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on September 10, 2015
In the eleventh edition of the Islamic State's English-language magazine, Dabiq, released on 9 September 2015, there was an interview with the leader of their forces in Libya, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani,[1] about the situation for the Islamic State in that country. The interview is reproduced below with some editions to transliteration, some notes added for clarification, and some interesting sections highlighted in bold. Continue reading
Britain's Embassy in Iran Reopens, Putting Commerce Above Human Rights
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on August 26, 2015
On Sunday the British Embassy in Iran was reopened after four years of closure. The British government's decision is consistent with two emerging trends: the United States using the nuclear accord to facilitate détente with Iran, and European States falling into line with this policy and beginning to compete to enter the emerging Iranian market.
The British Embassy in Tehran was closed in November 2011 after 'protesters'—a regime-orchestrated mob—stormed the building, ostensibly in protest against sanctions. The regime claimed helplessness in the face of angry demonstrators.
But it is worth remembering that when Iranian citizens take to the streets in a manner the regime actually disapproves of, it mobilises its security forces to murder them, and imprison them en masse in facilities where they are, male and female, raped as a form of punishment and torture. Continue reading


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I have many fond memories visiting my cousin and her husband in Idaho. They are part of a team that manages the Shiloh Bible Camp. It is always rewarding to hear about another season of summer campers and to help with odd jobs around the camp. The location of the camp is a big plus, nestled in the beautiful McCall Recreation Area. From the camp, you can see snow capped mountains that ring the valley.
When my cousin and I get together we are more like sisters than cousins who have always lived states and sometimes countries apart! When I am visiting, we always find time to slip away for some fun adventures in the quaint little villages in the area. The road to just about anywhere else takes us by this abandoned little green house. It sits on the edge of a lush pasture that backs up to beautiful mountains. Cattle graze contentedly, while ospreys nest atop the telephone poles. It is a postcard scene.
This abandoned house always captures my imagination as well as my heart. I think it could be a really nice little house to call home if someone would just care enough to fix it up. In all the years we have visited, it is always the same. Neglected and forgotten. I want to know the stories of the folks that have lived in the shelter of the little green house. I wonder why it is not cared for. Not needed any longer. I will probably never know why the home was left behind to fall apart and crumble. I guess that's part of what makes the house so intriguing; the mystery it holds.
Sadly, there are many humans left behind, like the little green house, falling apart and crumbling. They have stories to share. Needs to be meet. They long to know someone cares. That's what the prayer quilt is for some of its signers. The thing is, most of these folks look just like you and me. Their broken and crumbling spirit is not visible.
That little green house is a reminder that we need each other. Everyone we brush up against carries his or her troubles, struggles, difficulties, pain, and on and on goes the list of burdens we humans carry every day. The prayer quilt helps me realize it takes so little to make someone feel noticed, cared for, even loved. This thing I do, asking folks to sign my quilt has changed me. It has changed the way I see people. Now I see individuals. I see need. I see stories that need to be heard.
Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 NLT
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Mr. Vengeance is a cool shooting game presented by ArmorGames. Your mission is to shoot your way through areas of enemies to take out the mafia. Mr. Vengeance, track down all of the men responsible for killing your wife!
Controls: Mouse = Aim and Shoot, Space = Healing, R = Reload


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If you are looking for a nice an easy going family to join in for a while, feel free to contact us.
Unfortunately we are in a new house since first of january, you would have a room for yourself and your own bathroom, not like before a house of your own :-( sorry :-)
We would be happy with some help at the moment for things like:
Playing with the children !!!
Cooking dinner for the evening (no must! I like cooking, if you entertain the kids instead)
If you are good in tyding up childrens rooms-feel very welcome.....always chaos:-)
We made some very nice experiences with workaway girls babysitting our three children, while I finished my studies at the university , and also with help for our garden. We are a nice family, living in Reutlingen near Stuttgart and Tübingen in the south of Germany. My husband is an architekt and he is working all day long in Tübingen. I am working at a primary school and also doing a Master in school development and research at the university of Tübingen.
So, if you are willing to do some of the listed things above, you are very welcome to contact us. We also offer you to give you a lift to Tübingen, if you like to see. It is a beautiful old city.
Feel free to contact us
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Betreuung von Tieren
Just read what the others wrote :-) we are a an easy going family, you will feel well :-)
Our 4 year old likes to play cards and paint, the 11 year old likes Chess and needs some help with homework sometimes, especially english or french, if you like to entertain them - we will be happy.
Don´t worry about pets hair, we have no animals in the house, but 2 rabbits in the garden.
German: Fließend
English: Fließend
Polish: Fließend
Nice little room in the basement with your own bathroom and internet. Direct bus to Reutlingen or Stuttgart in 5 minutes walking distance.
You can go on day trips to Reutlingen, Tübingen and Stuttgart easily from our house. If you want to improve your german you are also welcome to stay with us. We will help you as much as possible with your needs. We will also take you there for sightseeing if you like.
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Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
5 per day / 5 days a week
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[TOG] Garrison Scriptby
I just made a little building garrison script that I would like to share.
I know there is few garrison scripts for ArmA3 but none of them works like i want.
The point of that script is, that you can populate area by placing one group in editor.
Also it can be use to populate village with civilians.
Tested on non-standard maps and it looks it work.
Installation / Usage:
[TOG] Garrison Scripts is simple and quick in use.
Just copy tog_garrison_scrip.sqf to your mission folder.
Place group of units near some buildings
In group leader init place:
nul = [this] execVM "tog_garrison_script.sqf";Bam, units of this group are now in buildings and on rooftops.
If there are more units in group that positions in buildings, rest of them will be split on groups and start random patrol nearby.
Mission Makers can also pass few arguments to script if they want to customize few options.
What you can customize:
nul = [unit,radius,max units to garrison, max units per patrol,info] execVM "tog_garrison_script.sqf";Example:
nul = [this,80,5,4,true] execVM "tog_garrison_script.sqf";Above example will search buildings in radius 80 from group leader. Place 5 units in random buildings and rest of group will be splitted for 4 man patrols walking nearby.
- first release
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Android 4.4.2 KitKat Update Soak Tests For Motorola Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx
After Motorola Moto X received Android 4.4.2, it is time for Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx to receive the update.
Mototola has sent emails to its users and declared that the latest software update is in the final stages and preparing for the release.
Some users of the two Droid devices are being requested to engage to a soak test of the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update to discover how the system performs under sustained use before the update is distributed official.
In this way, Motorola can make sure that everything runs as expected. If there are certain problems that require the update to be stopped, it will influence only a small number of devices. After the test is performed, Android 4.4.2 will start to go out for all the Motorola Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx handsets.
Most of the Android 4.4.2 KitKat specific enhancements such as white status bar icons, transparent status and navigation bars, color emoji support, new Location menu, cloud printing, or immersive mode and full album art in the lockscreen have been covered in the Android 4.4 update received late last year, the Droid Ultra KitKat update is mostly about camera enrichments and security improvements.
When the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for Motorola Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx goes official, you should receive a message in the notifications informing you about a system update. You just need to tap on it and follow the on-screen guidances. You can also check manually by going to Settings -> About phone -> System updates -> Check now.
If you own one of these two Motorola Droid devices tell us your expectations from the update and if you will participate in the soak test program.


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- Safe Healthcare for Veterans and Frontline Staff
- "When VA Secretary Wilkie reached out to me, I knew this was a mission New Hampshire could take on," said Governor Sununu. "We owe those on the frontlines taking care of our Veterans the protection they deserve."
- VA is hiring clinical staff
- VA New England Healthcare System is hiring clinical staff to care for Veterans. New hires will support the facility's medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. For listing of opportunities visit www.vacareers.va.gov.
- Plans for New Urgent Care Operational Hours
- The new Urgent Care operational hours take effect on Friday, August 30, 2019. Ancillary services at the medical center will expand operations to allow for comprehensive care and best outcomes for Veterans.
- Combat Veterans support VA to end Veteran suicide
- Department of Veterans Affairs New England Health Care held a regional conference to align efforts and resources to Combat Veteran Suicide. Combat Veterans and Community Providers addressed suicide prevention.
- Gratitude and respect of service connects us
- Our Memorial Day program allows the loved ones of our heroes and the community at large an opportunity to mourn with the comfort and extended family Veterans experience at the medical center.
- SECVA Recognized Manchester VA for Improvements
- Secretary Robert Wilkie visited Manchester VA to recognize staff improvement work. "None of the improvements we're making at the VA would be possible without the passion and commitment of our dedicated employees."
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Every year, Vladimir Putin hosts an annual call-in show. It even has it's own trailer.
Vladimir Putin. Russian president. Action hero.
But don't expect him to appear in "Furious 8." The actual event would put Vin Diesel to sleep. It was four-plus hours of Putin answering, or deflecting, questions from the public.
"I always compare it to settling into a baseball game," says reporter Charles Maynes in Moscow. To prepare for the slog he downed a lot of AeroPress coffee. He says the event is popular with Putin fans, and of course, Twitter.
Putin started off the event by giving a speech hailing the achievements of the Russian economy. Many older Russians found such words familiar. "It reminded them so much of the mid- to late-Soviet era leader talking about grain yields or oil production. But it certainly illustrated how much the economy is an important issue for Russians."
Once Putin finished with his speech, he went took questions from the public. They ranged from farmers wanting to know how Putin would help them out, to people impacted by forest fires in Siberia, to people curious about Russia's relationship with Iran. Putin also made sure to remind everyone that no Russian troops were on the ground in Ukraine.
There were a few pointed questions. But no follow-ups. Maynes says, at times, Putin looked bored. He picked up when asked questions about geopolitics. But maybe his most memorable moment involved a dog. "There was a woman who wanted to get a puppy. But her military husband, a very strict guy, said he was not for it. She was asking the president to give him an order from the top down to acquire this dog."
Maynes says that, while funny, it shows just how centralized the Russian government really is. "It's Putin's cross to bear. He essentially created this system where he is responsible for everything. And so he gets to delve into the finer points of milk production or whether you should have a puppy."


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Technical Operations Analyst (L2-L3 Support) at SecureLink
Who We Are
Astronauts needed for a mission.
At the risk of sounding immodest, SecureLink may be the coolest company you've never heard of. After 14 years in business, we announced a strategic investment from Vista Equity Partners in 2017. Vista is the leading technology investment firm focusing exclusively on software, data, and technology-enabled companies. With our partners, existing customers, products and people, we are excited to launch the company to a higher orbit.
SecureLink is the leading platform for secure, remote support of enterprise software. Our customers are top-tier names in healthcare, gaming, government, retail, legal and other highly-regulated industries.
SecureLink's world headquarters in West Austin is called the Hill Country Space Ship - a great facility we believe you would be proud to call your workplace. https://www.securelink.com/about/tourthespaceship/
What You'll Do
Technical Operation Analysts are responsible for ensuring our customer deployment base is operational and functioning within expectations. In this role, you'll interact with customers to establish, fix, or expand their SecureLink deployment. In a nutshell, this role is all about providing excellent support through the entire life-cycle of a customer and interacting with all necessary internal teams to do so. This provides a unique experience as the position allows you to become technically versed in many areas. Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Research and address incoming (phone calls, emails, or case files) problem reports and service requests from customers
- Maintain detailed case records containing actionable problem statements, impact assessments, and priority levels
- Provide regular status updates to customer and account team throughout the duration of case lifecycle
- Document solutions, root cause and preventative measures for customer-oriented issues.
- Verify features, fixes, and resolutions to break-fix issues in the customer production environment.
- Perform patching and upgrades to new versions in the customer production environment.
- Participate in cross-functional teams and projects to deploy new SecureLink customers and environments
- Provide general product information, configuration support, collection of relevant technical problem identification information, and filter non-technical problems from technical problems
- Address escalations from customers and internal teams and ensure SecureLink remains strong in its commitment to customer success
- Provide focused communication with customers/partners that is professional and timely, primarily via the phone and case management system
- Assist in maintaining accurate and up-to-date knowledgebase and documentation to share with team members
- Play an active role in the development of the organization by participating in process development and other team improvement projects
- Work with the Technical Operations team to ensure issues reported in the customer base are resolved in a timely professional manner
- Work with the Technical Operations Manager to ensure bugs found in the field are reproduced, documented, and receive appropriate visibility
- Coordinate with the PMO to ensure customer projects and services are delivered in a timely and correct manner and requirements are well understood
- Work with the Sales and Account Management organization to ensure customer's technological expectations are well managed concerning the customer's current or new deployment
- May occasionally require work outside of normal office hours and/or 24x7 on-call availability
What You'll Need
- Problem severity discernment
- Systematic Troubleshooting methodologies
- Excellent customer service
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Basic understanding of software architecture models such as n-tier applications
- Basic understanding of Linux and Windows administration
- Concrete understanding of computing, security, and networking basics
- Basic competency with SQL
- Time and priority management
- Case/Ticket management experience
Why Choose Us
SecureLink doesn't just Have Fun Creating Value Over the Long Run (HFCV/LR) for our customers and shareholders, we Have Fun Creating Value in the lives and careers of our employees. Benefits and perks include:
- Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance - SecureLink foots the whole bill for employees and subsidizes dependent coverage at 75%!
- Wellness: SecureLink kicks cash into your HSA, $2,500 for those with individual coverage and $5,000 for those with family coverage. Employees are provided with a standing desk, healthy snacks, and have free access to an onsite gym.
- Retirement: SecureLink contributes 3% of your annual base salary to a 401k.
- Time off: Employees receive unlimited PTO, including time to volunteer. Additionally, we offer 10 paid company holidays.
- Perks: Our onsite kitchen provides employees with healthy options for breakfast & lunch every day. We kick back $100 per month towards cell phone reimbursement.
- Workspace: Casual dress code for our employees, and you will see many people around wearing jeans, and yes – even t-shirts and the occasional pair of flip-flops.
What Else?
Happy and successful SecureLink employees embrace the company's mission to have fun creating value over the long run. Great employees have three attributes that make them "slinky". These are 1) excellence at their position, 2) eagerness to grow and improve and 3) a true sense of responsibility to meaningfully contribute to the company, customers, and culture.
If you are just looking for another job, this is not the place for you. We like to laugh and be around happy, smart, interesting, self-motivated and "slinky" people. Slackers, grumps, and pessimists need not apply.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


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"Dirty Grandpa" is directed by Dan Mazer and stars Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Zoey Deutch and Aubrey Plaza. The movie is about an uptight guy (Efron) who is tricked by his grandfather (De Niro) to drive him to Daytona Beach just a day after his wife's funeral, and chaos ensues.
This was a movie that I was hoping would be truly hilarious, especially because of the two leads. De Niro is a film legend, and Efron has impressed in his recent films, so I really believed that this comedy could be great.
My favorite moments in this film were mostly the non-comedic ones, as I thought there were some really smart themes coming into play during the very few serious scenes in the film. The scenes where the audience sees De Niro's motivation and when he visits his friend, were both well-acted, well-directed scenes, something this movie could have truly benefited from having more of.
De Niro and Efron were both fine acting-wise in this movie, but the lines they were given were not. I did chuckle a few times throughout the movie, and one scene involving a college party was pretty comical. Besides that, "Dirty Grandpa" was a major disappointment.
The problem this movie falls into more than nearly any movie I have seen is having way too many jokes. Sometimes quality is way better than quantity, and this film is the perfect example of that. There are probably 200-300 attempted jokes jammed into a 102-minute runtime, most of which consist of the most immature and inappropriate puns imaginable. But, shortly into the film, I became numb to this type of humor. Most of the comedic moments are supposed to be gags involving old sexual jokes or the fact that being a lawyer is lame, both of which just aren't funny anymore.
The plot sounds like it could be fun on the surface, but it gets so repetitive within itself that the movie just feels like it's running in place for about an hour. All of the females play a different stereotype of women, and I guess they do it well, but none of them change at all from start to finish. The worst character by far was Jason Mantzoukas' drug dealer character, Tan Pam. His character was meant to be the comic relief of a comedy, which is just as stupid as it sounds, but not one of his jokes worked for me. Some of them were actually offensive without being funny, and that is the worst type of comedy out there.
A major flaw in its plot comes with De Niro's motivation for bringing Efron's character to Daytona Beach. Minor spoiler alert, even though it's early in the film and was in the trailer, but De Niro takes Efron because his character's soon-to-be wife, played by Julianne Hough, is a stick in the mud and seems a little crazy because of how nitpicky she is being about their wedding, which is in a week. My problem with this is that nearly every single female on this planet stresses out a lot about their wedding and every little detail in it, especially a week before it, so this is completely normal behavior for a woman. It's small plot errors like this, mixed in with comedy that is almost never funny, that made me hate this film by the end.
Overall, "Dirty Grandpa" was a massive disappointment for me as a fan of Efron and De Niro, and as a fan of funny movies in general. The jokes were way too immature for my taste, the plot felt tedious and had many flaws and the film relies on puns and gross-out gags way too often to be considered funny. This is a movie that may be for those who have the sense of humor of an 11-year-old boy learning about puberty, but for many others and myself, "Dirty Grandpa" is a colossal letdown.
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Why is it, or does it seem soo hard to be what I want to be as far as my church membership goes?
Maybe I'm just too critical of myself; expectations unrealistic.
I joined the LDS church in 1984. This August will make it 35 years ago….
Just yesterday
My missionaries were Elders Flinders (Detroit) & Lercher (Arkansas)
Holy fire….
I remember the fire of that week.
I was ready for the fire of JESUS!
I'd been ready for a while; plus I was susceptible to most anything.
Super immature, pathologically naïve…..
Hungry for direction or answers; no telling what I was thinking back then.
There was a girl involved too, I won't lie. But, even now I know that I didn't join for her.
I was raised in the Baptist south.
Bible on the coffee table, next to full ashtrays and half empty glasses of iced tea; beer & potluck at Sunday services next to the cemetery, out back of the church.
Kids running thru glaring tombstones in that Georgia summer heat, men standing around in their sweaty shirts and Kmart slacks, smoking & sipping a cold beer, the ladies fussing after the running and screaming kids and popping the tops on Tupperware while the bass guitar and drums from across the road at the black folks church gave us funky spiritual background noise.
Almost yesterday….
Then, I moved to Utah.
Well, lots of stuff happened between those past Sundays and Utah but, I'm not gonna rehash it again.
I've already blogged about those years and that particular horse is dead.
I was dead from 1999 until 2005….man, was I dead.
If y'all wanna know the gory details, you'll have to look for them on your own.
I'm done with those memories.
Like I was saying, I joined the LDS church in 1984.
I was 19
I was in love.
I was on drugs more than alcohol back then but, I tried to sneak it every so often. Pouring beer into my refillable mug….
Don't really know why I was on dope so hard after I got to Utah….no idea.
It just happened and I couldn't shake it.
Marriage/Temple 1985
Police Academy. 1986
3 kids. 1985,1987,1989
Divorce. 1991
Spiraling out of control but, still somewhat cognizant of my surroundings and the increasing inability to stay sober.
Jail. 1999
It was terrible.
I lost everything.
I was in the metaphorical backseat of a crazy driver….
Helpless to control him.
No, I don't care how much y'all say that you are the master of your destiny, you can control things….blah blah blah
No. No you can't.
Sometimes, it gets away from you.
There is absolutely no way I can explain to you the compulsions and impulsiveness of an addictive mind.
There was no way out, it had to run its course.
Highway to hell or pathway to eternal life; albeit a pathway cluttered with the debris and detritus of shattered dreams and hearts but, nonetheless, a pathway; no end.
I have not died yet.
I continue to struggle with my monsters. I am gaining the upper hand.
I am much better at recognizing the warning signs and have acquired knowledge on how to circumvent them.
So far, so good; today.
That's what you do. Worry about today.
I know me, you see.
Every minute of every day is a battle.
Non-stop freaking battle.
You can forgive yourself but, no one else will.
Because, they know you too….
Sad thing is, you can't really blame them.
Bad as I hate it.
As much as I repent.
As hard as I try
I will never get past my past. Not in my head, at least.
Because, to me…..in this head….?
I am unforgivable.
I am the lowest of the low.
I faced my demons and lost, for a very long time.
I lost everything.
I will keep trying, though.
I have no choice.
See, I believe in all this Mormon stuff.
I believe that HF has a plan for me.
I wish he'd tell me but, he likes to torture me I think…
Not bad torture, funny ha ha torture.
Anyways, I honestly believe HF knows best and besides, its best to blame him for anything bad that happens; it's my Catch 22…
I blame him for the good stuff, too and HEY! I can also honestly say that I don't deserve anything good but, he persists in his plan for me so, what can I do?
Him being the supreme deity and all….
Trust in God.
It's all his fault.
Endure to the end.
Saints are sinners that never quit trying.


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Karen M. Wilson
August 17, 2017
The funeral service of Karen Marie (Gundestrup) Wilson, 76, of Portland, Oregon will be held 31 Aug 2017 in the LDS Mt. Tabor meeting house 3026 SE 73rd, Portland. CLICK HERE for directions. She died Thursday 17 Aug 2017. She was born on Frida...
Gordon Michael Bailey
August 6, 2017
Memorial Service, August 27th, 2017, 1:00 PM at Portland First Church of the Nazarene, 6100 SW Raab Road, Portland, OR 97221. CLICK HERE for directions. Reception to follow the memorial service. Private Interment Gordon Michael Bail...
E. Baird Smith
August 4, 2017
Memorial Service 1:00 pm Wednesday August 23, 2017 Valley Community Presbyterian Church 8060 SW Brentwood Street Portland, Oregon 97225 http://www.valleycommunity.org Directions https://goo.gl/maps/ADJuoM7dpcC2 Baird Smith died pe...
Ronnie D Foster
August 5, 2017
A Memorial Service Is Being Planned...
Shawn P. Slade
August 7, 2017
IN LOVING MEMORY OF FATHER & SON Shawn P. Slade born Shawn Patrick son to Teresa wolfer and Ralph Slade. Shawn was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from David Douglas High School in 1977. In his early years he was an Al...
Jose R Morales Jr.
July 29, 2017
Earl H. Tycksen
July 25, 2017
God chose to call Earl home, very unexpectedly, on July 25, 2017. Earl Harvey Tycksen was born on September 28, 1934, the oldest of seven, to Nute and Leona Tycksen, USAFOB. (Upstairs in the attic, at the foot of the bed)! The family settled ...
Susan A. Waldman
July 31, 2017
Funeral Service, 2:00 PM August 06, 2017, Omega Funeral & Cremation Service, Click HERE for directions Susan 'Sue' Ann Waldman passed away peacefully early July 31st in Gresham, Oregon. Sue was born in Portland, Oregon on July 9, 1943 ...
John M. Martinez
July 25, 2017
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July 12, 2017
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Martha A. McLain
July 26, 2017
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 31, 2017, at GracePointe Church in Milwaukie, Oregon. Click HERE for directions. Marti requests in lieu of flowers to please make donations to Providence Benedictine Hospice ...
James W. Cecil
July 12, 2017
A memorial will be held at Mary's Woods, OR August, 11th at 2 pm, 17400 Holy Names Dr, Lake Oswego, OR 97034, Click HERE for directions James Wilbor Cecil was born July 27, 1937, in Paris, Texas: the only child of Dorris Williams Cecil and C...
Beverly F Chambers
July 8, 2017
Celebration of Life Service: Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:00am, Omega Funeral Home 223 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97233 Reception to Immediately Follow: Hometown Buffet, 10542-A SE Washington St, Portland, OR 97216 Beverly Faye Mac...
Robert A Kennedy
July 7, 2017
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Gerald Irvin Halle
June 30, 1917
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Jerry Lee
July 16, 2017
Cynthia L Tennant
July 10, 2017
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John W. Faulkner Jr.
July 4, 2017
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Kelton M Kennedy
June 28, 2017
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July 6, 2017
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June 19, 2017
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Casa GG15 by Reyes Rios, Mexico
Reyes Rios + Larrain Studio of Architecture and Design was the office commissioned for this project. Their main concern is to remodel and restore current installations in Mexico. Based in Merida, Yucatan they had the supervision of many restorations from colonial homes transforming to luxury hotels. These transformations were in the wider area but they work equally well elsewhere in Mexico.
The house in this article is in the suburbs of Merrida. It was designed for a couple that needed a simpler lifestyle once had. In the ground floor has a kitchen and a dining room, a double height living room, an ensuite guest room and a covered terrace overlooking the garden. In the upper floor includes a study and the master bedroom with dressing room and terrace. The result is impressive. Enjoy.


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Real-time pattern recognition and contour tracing with opencv
Hi everyone!
I have a project to detect a pattern on an object and trace his contour in real time. I'm new user of Opencv, and I don't really know how to start!
I've tried some tutorials, for example "matching with surf + homography", "hough lines" and "hough circles"... I've realized that there were many methods that could be used to detect a pattern, but they don't necessarily work in real time because they are too slow.
The pattern I want to detect could be a circle, but in other application a rectangle or an elipse, and eventually a nondescript pattern. Hough circle works well in real time and traces the contour as I want, but it only works with a circle so I can't chose the pattern I want to detect, that's why I need your help.
What is according to you the best method to realize my project? I don't want a script, just ideas to help me, because I'm a little lost!
Thanks a lot!