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I first met Paul Creedon through the CarpFishingIreland.com forum. Paul has been carping a long time and seen many changes throughout his carping days. A regular visitor to France and one of Irelands top carpers, Paul is most happy out on the bank enjoying his fishing, so over to Paul now for his interview….
Me: Can you tell us how you started off fishing?
PC: My earliest memory of fishing was a few hours of sea fishing for Pollack off the rocks in Ballyferriter in Kerry when I was 5 or 6 years old I think. My parents were friends with a family who had bought a holiday home in the area. Dad's friend was very much into fishing and hunting and it was just a few hours fishing off the rocks to pass the time but my father and I accompanied him that evening. I was hooked straightaway really, he was explaining that different types of fish like to live in different areas feeding on different foods and I was totally blown away. I remember being very interested in nature from the word go and this was like a whole new world opening up in front of me. I think I tried casting a few times but more than likely made a right mess of things. I remember the tide coming in and the darkness falling so we left but I was hooked even after only a few hours. Back at the house that evening he gave me one of those 'Concise Encyclopaedia of Angling' that I think everybody had when starting out. It was divided into Game, Coarse and Sea sections and it was flicked through about 20 times with everyone in the placed bored to tears by the barrage of questions. I remember in the game section seeing a chapter on river fishing for Trout and Salmon and all of a sudden every stream and river within 10 miles of the family home now became possible lairs for these fish.
My birthday is in the late summer so no prizes for guessing what was on the wish list that year. I still remember the Fishing set and it's exactly the type I'd warn everyone off nowadays haha. 6ft Fibreglass with about 4 rings (non-Fuji J) on it, a reel which took about 50 yards of 6lb 'gut' and a mini tackle-box with a few spinners, several worm hooks, one or two arlesey bombs and one of those red and white floats which would of course sink when trying to fish a big worm on the hook. I don't recall anything being caught on that gear but an invite from Dad's friend Michael to fish for Rainbow Trout in a lake called Lough Aderra in east Cork was agreed to the following spring. 6 of us went that day, three in each boat and myself and Michael's nephew Darren had 5 trout apiece on worms. The others were fly fishing which I hadn't seen before in the flesh…… a fly rod was the next birthday present.
Me: When did carp come along for you Paul?
PC: Carp came about through my introduction to Rainbow trout fishing at Ballyshoneen Reservoir or Ballincollig reservoir as most of the Carp lads would know it as. This was about 3 miles from where my parents live and a few local kids and myself would go up there and pay our few quid to fish for the day. It was flyfishing only and we all became fairly proficient with our casting into nooks and crannies picking out the stockies. This lasted for a year or two but I think the money ran out and the owner Jerry Sheehan gave it up as a business. Near to the time it was closed as a business I remember hearing a few stories of people catching carp on the light fly gear and being unable to land them. I was always sceptical of these stories until two people I knew did catch these, had them almost to the net before the light leader material parted as the fish was being brought up to the surface. There was a summer or two of constant Soccer due mostly to Ireland qualifying for Euro 88 which had the whole place on a high for months afterwards. I recall the fights about who was going to be Ronnie Whelan after that volley against the USSR, it was a great buzz at the time. The following year, 5th class in Primary school would have been 1989 and there was a bunch of us got into fishing on the River Lee which is again about a mile from the parents house in Ballincollig. That went fine until three Salmon club members arrived and gave out stink to three of us for fishing on their river. We were 11 years of age, hadn't a clue what we were doing to be honest and here we were being berated by these guys spouting on about prosecutions and gear confiscation. To this day I've never cast a line in that river on the strength of that experience.
The question was where to now? The river was a no-no, the local John A Wood lakes (Sand and gravel quarry) had Danger signs up all around so they were to be avoided. With no other option really we ended up heading back up to Ballyshoneen reservoir to see if there were any trout left in the lake. I remember the car park having two cars in there when we arrived which I was surprised at. Was somebody else thinking the same thing about some older wiser trout now possibly 10lbs+ sitting there waiting for a lure to pass by it's nose? No they weren't, not by the gear they were using. Again, I'd seen all the bits and pieces of gear in the books and annuals I'd been collecting over the years and knew that the trio, an English couple and a friend of theirs, were coarse fishing. They were incredibly patient and generous with their information and advice which I'm still grateful for to this day. I remember the rest of the bunch went off looking for the trout but I sat and chatted to the coarse anglers for what felt like hours. Waggler Rods, the different shotting patterns, maggot and sweetcorn cocktails, the keepnets.. I'd seen them all a million times in the books but always dismissed them as I had never seen or heard of anyone fishing for coarse species around Cork. I watched for hours as they'd spray maggots to the same spot over and over, groundbait balls were landed in the same one or two square foot area every time. As soon as the Waggler settled, it would dip and bob and then slide away under the surface leading to a 20-30 second scrap resulting in a small carp of 4-5 lbs. The first one I ever saw was a mirror carp, totally unlike anything I had ever seen. Several mother-of-pearl looking scales along the flank of the fish but very little scales present apart from these. I saw a few commons also which looked like any other roach or rudd I had seen in the books but the Mirror Carp just stood out as the one to go after from now on. About the same time Argos had begun to set up shops in the Republic so their Match Set-Up or Ledger Set-ups suddenly held interest for me. I went for the match set up for the birthday again, a 12' Rod, Reel with 3lb line, wagglers, hooks, disgorger, bait tub and nets, everything you needed for 4 or 5lb carp.
Me: Tell us about the early days of your carping?
PC: The next two or three years were spent fishing now and again at the reservoir, catching smaller fish usually but snapping off a fair few times when we were using corn so we knew there were bigger fish to be caught. It was around this time that through my sister I met with Tom Hillgrove who I have fished with predominantly since. We spent most of the summer in 1993 fishing up at the reservoir, trying different areas but again we were quite new to it and we began running into more experienced anglers and learning from them. I remember about the same time we began buying the Angling Times and the new range of magazines which were hitting the shelves, Improve Your Coarse Fishing / Coarse Fisherman and the like. We'd read them cover to cover and were keeping journals of our catches and the conditions at the times. This was all pre-internet times so even getting the gear was just ridiculously difficult. You would be buying things that would do a similar job to what you really needed a lot of the time. The tackle shops around at the time in the area could be talked into buying in some Carp gear but there was never the numbers fishing / buying to warrant carrying a big range of carp gear. It's around this time that we met up with Ernie McGrath and Martin Heaney / Darren Keane and Gerry O Sullivan who were all just as mad into it as we were. I can remember 2 or 3 years where we'd almost take over the lake, fishing there as many weekends as possible and the odd evenings fishing with floating dog biscuits, something I love to this day. It's very rare to be able to do it anymore in this country but floater fishing is about the most exciting as you can see the fish feeding and how competition between them eventually causes one to slip up and you would have a cracking scrap without a 2 or 3 oz lead dangling on the line. We always caught lots of fish, well over 100 between the 4 or 5 of us over a weekend which was great but the sizes were on the wane. We heard of the 20lb fish which were out years ago but we never saw them ourselves or hooked any. The next step in our fishing was a move into fishing the Lough where the Irish Record was at the time, a 27lb Mirror to Rob Coleman. We started to fish there more regular from then on, the first time I remember was a really stormy weekend when we were all lined up along where the playground is now. Not a peep between us but we got our first idea of the "drink fuelled nightlife" out there.
We had begun to do a bit of travelling at that time also, we fished Paddy MacNamara's in Clare, Galmoylestown and Ballinafid. We also did a few sessions up around Clare for Tench / Bream but never caught any of the type of fish we were travelling for. We had found out about Millers Pond in Tipperary from a Guy from Clonmel who we met fishing on Ballincollig. He'd had a few good fish out of the Lough and loved fishing Ballyshoneen so we made arrangements to fish Millers Pond with him for a weekend. We had a really good weekend there, had about 20 fish between the three of us which was great going for the lake, it being so small and any disturbance probably being heard all around the lake. At the end of that weekend we did a short few hours "guesting" on Decoy before being removed by Liam and Marie-Anne and ruining Liam's night at the Cinema which I was reminded about ad nauseum for the few years I spent on the Decoy syndicate later on. I remember us chatting to Liam as he was marching us back to the gate and we were telling him how there'd be people willing to pay for fishing the lake, how it could attract plenty people into a select group to fish it. I think we may have been a small part in the process of the Estate eventually believing that there could be a source of income from the lake leading to the setting up of the lake as a fishery. I think that they were throwing out so many people close to that time that it dawned on them to allow people in and fish it for a fee.
It was back to the Lough for the following few years with the odd trip to Ballincollig to keep the spirits up while blanking regularly at the Lough. With the Lough's current state of being overstocked, it's hard for anyone to imagine how difficult the fishing could be before the restocking from Kilsheelan in 2000/2001. Without doubt it needed some fresh blood but some of the originals were lost which was a shame. It was always a pleasure to see these fish on the unhooking mat over the years, very few common carp amongst them, mostly Mirrors which were always my favourite. At this stage we were all working and the idea of carping Holidays became possible which leads nicely onto the next section.
Me: You have travelled many times to France, can you tell us your favourite lake so far?
PC: I have two favourite lakes which I've travelled to, one is a public water and the second is a commercial. I've now been travelling abroad for a week or two's fishing every year since 2002. Several of these trips have been return visits to venues where we've really enjoyed or had good results. We started off on some smaller commercial waters but 2003 saw Darren Keane, Paul Heaney and I flying down to Nice to give St. Cassien a go. I'd been reading about the place for years in Rod Hutchinson and Richie McDonald's books and we now had the chance to actually set foot on the bank and fish the place. We organised a trip through Martin Russell who runs Gerard's Café on the lake's South Arm. The inside of the Cafe is just incredible, the walls of the building are lines with photos of anglers with 50lb+ fish, literally 100's of these photos blown up to A3 size. It's a sight to behold and I'm sad to say I can't find any of the photos I took of the place to put up here. I was on such a high to be fishing this lake which I had read about for years but it's a really difficult water to get to grips with. Between us we had one or two 20's, a few smaller fish, I even managed a terrapin on a double boilie hookbait. The instruction to fish at 60ft came as a big eye opener from Martin, with the lake being so deep, the fish at times get comfortable living and feeding at certain depths according to the time of year. All summer long the sun heats the water and by the end of August and September the fish can be down at 70/80 feet depth. We did three different trips to this venue but never had anything above 25lbs if memory serves me correctly. With it's big fish the lake attracts people from all over Europe and as it's a water open to the public, there are no rules except for the general French regional rules. Some of the shenanigans going on down there really ruined my image of the place and although I'd love to visit the place again sometime, the thought of the cutthroat 'fish at all costs' way in which people behave on there would have me leaving the rods in the car. Terrible shame really
The second is an 18acre Lake which as recently produced an 88lb mirror but it was several years ago when the lake had just opened when we had some really great trips to the venue. We stumbled across it by accident really, we were meant to travel to Dream Lakes but were put off the idea for several reasons which I won't go into here. It was quite late if I remember correctly, February maybe when this occurred so we phoned Angling Lines looking to see if they had any venue which could accommodate 8 anglers booking exclusive for a week. Island Lake 45 minutes SE of Paris was available and had 14 swims, fish to 50's, good head of 30's and 40's. It sounded ideal so we snapped it up. The first trip there, between the 8 of us we had 1 x 50lb, 8 x 40lb, 30 x 30lbs and 1 x 20lb. It was a fabulous result and we ended up back at that venue 4 or 5 more times with a lot of highs and lows. A high profile angler made a video on the lake and caught a 54lb Common (Ken Flanagan had this fish at 54.01 on our first trip to the lake) while making the film and the place has been booked up since. With this pressure came slower and slower fishing and even though it's close to producing it's first 90lb carp, I will not be returning again. With the crowds came more and more rules and nowadays it's not somewhere that you can fish how you want. Certain rig set-ups are the only ones allowed and that has moved away from the holiday part of my fishing trips which I like, having the week to relax and just take things nice and leisurely. Having someone over checking rigs and watching everything you do becomes very annoying and you're never relaxed. Hoping to find a new favourite venue soon, to be able to look forward and not backwards will be a good thing.
Me: What has been your personal favorite catch so far?
PC: Despite having been lucky enough to catch fish in France up to 50lb+ my favourite catch so far was on the Lough in the year 2000. Early January is always the coldest period but a few of us had spotted a mild spell due to come in. At the time I was field-testing a new bait which the now defunct Session Bait & Tackle from Cork were developing. I'd put the bait together with garlic and Liver powders which really brought out a pungent smell in addition to their Red Birdseed Base Mix. I had read several writings in which Essential Oils behaved better than oil based flavours in cold water conditions so I included Clove Essential oil as a flavour in the bait. It turned out really well and I was very happy to try it out in any weather. Another idea I was messing about with at the time was using hempseed which was still very hot after boiling when being introduced as a bed of bait to fish over. I was thinking that the scent which hot food gives off travels better than if the food is cold. Air of course is the medium in which that travelled, was water the same?
All round angler Colm Quinn and I had decided to do an early Sunday morning session on the Lough with this little mild spell due for a day or two. I'll always remember the wind that morning when packing the car, it was actually warm, like that first blast of heat when you disembark an aeroplane on holidays abroad. I had a feeling straight away that something good would happen, just one of those times when you can feel something is on the cards. With the warm wind blowing into the road side of the Lough, we unloaded the car by the Bus-stop swim and the first thing I did was to boil a kettle of water in order to put some over the hempseed I had previously prepared. Once it was sitting in the boiling water for 5 minutes, I began to Spod the hempseed out to a spot about 20 yards out. I catapulted about ten of the clove flavoured boilies over the area also. I'll always keep bait to a minimum in winter as their metabolisms slow with the cooler temps and the less bait in there, the more likely for your hookbait to be taken. The nightmare with fishing the Lough over the years has been its shallow water and the presence of swans which can dip their heads down and pick up our hookbaits. I had 8 or 9 swans dipping their head down over the bed of hemp I had put out when the rod took off. Your first reaction is to look for a swan shaking it's head if it's tangled itself on the line but there was none. I lifted into the rod and the line cut out of the water out beyond the baited area with the swans so I knew it was a fish. I remember it putting up a good scrap and after a few minutes Colm had the fish in the net for me. We photographed and weighed it and the Mirror went 20lb 2oz. A 20 pounder on the new bait, happy days! I don't know why but I was thinking that the guys might want some good photos of the fish to maybe use down the line in promoting the bait so I sacked up the fish and rang Tom to come out and take some more photos with his camera. I put out some more hot hemp and another scattering of a few of the boilies over the same patch which the swans had vacated. They were soon back in on the new bed of bait and it was only about 15 minutes later when the rod took off again. Same thing, have a look for any swans acting strangely, nothing again….. so lifted the rod into solid resistance. I remember Tom was just arriving as Colm was netting the fish. I remember Colm laughing saying it's bigger than the first. We brought it over onto the unhooking mat. It was a Common this time but definitely had more girth than the earlier Mirror. On the scales it went 23lb 4oz. Great start on the new bait was all I kept thinking. Colm took some photos on my camera and Tom took some also for the bait company and they were both returned. There was nothing further that day but it was only a few days afterwards that Colm rang me about the two fish. He had talked to a friend of is and they were saying that they'd never heard of a brace of Winter 20's in Ireland before. I don't know if it was a first or not, I've never been one looking for the limelight in any way but it was a great buzz to catch two good fish at that time of year especially after having that feeling that something was going to happen.
Me: How does the future look for Irish Carping, do you think we will see anymore fisheries?
PC: I honestly think there's a great future ahead of us if things continue as they are going now. I think over the years anglers were taking things into their own hands and moving around the Irish Carp Strain into any bit of water they could find. At the time this was probably the only way that the fish were going to become widespread. It always appeared that the Fisheries Boards were doing their own thing and not listening to anglers and their needs/wants for their sport. To be fair there needs to be some government body overseeing these things but when they are not listening then there's a huge breakdown between the Board and the anglers. The importation of French Fish in to Decoy and Maynooth really shook up the whole sport. Finally a strain(s) of fish which would go above 30lbs was possible. The original imported fish would not be able to be considered for the record but it's their offspring and the following generations where these importations will have the big say. We can now have Irish fish, developed from the egg through to adult, born in Ireland which are perfectly valid for consideration for specimen awards and even the record in time. Further introductions of English strains into the country in the last 10 years have also widened the genepool so we have a really healthy spread of fish strains going forward. The CACI group have done Trojan work in developing more and more dedicated Carp fisheries and organising the stocks in conjunction with the fisheries boards, working with them and not against them. More and more fisheries have been popping up year on year and then we have some of the wilder waters which are now being fished after getting fish stockings years ago and left to their own devices. Inniscarra in Cork, a 900 Acre Reservoir produced a 26lb Common out of nowhere 3 or 4 years ago now which really got the pulses racing down here. It's quite daunting to fish but you just have to take the place in sections and fish them accordingly. More and more anglers are fishing there and more and more fish are coming out. We're all waiting on the 2014 World Feeder Fishing Championships in July to see if anything extraordinary shows up. With so much bait going in over a few days of the match we're hoping to see something special showing up. To sum up really, it's an exciting time I think. I'm hearing of new lakes all the time producing good fish and I think most carp anglers have several waters at their disposal now as opposed to the few in Cork and the few in Mullingar like years ago. I think Co-ops of anglers organising leases seems to be the way forward, the syndicate waters in place will be hard to top but the scene is evolving all the time here. As I say, very exciting to see after 20 years of false dawns.
Me: What water in the world would you most like to fish?
PC: I've always had a drawing towards the waters in South Africa, Klasserie Dam, Donaldson Dam, Snagmere, it's that other worldly aura about the waters. One of the long time Carp anglers in Ireland, Peter Thornton, has been on a few trips down there and I've seen some of the photos he's posted up onto websites and I'm fascinated. Rhino, Hippo, Elephants, you won't see this anywhere else on the planet. I think a few of the waters are next to Kruger National Park and I've read of the anglers hearing the Lions roaring through the night. Spine chilling but it would be unique.
This new World Record water over in Hungary is appearing to be something very special also. Euro Aqua it's being referred to. Whilst in France a few weeks ago, I borrowed a Carpworld magazine which had a big write up on the water. It's only 11 hours drive from Calais so it's really not too far a jaunt. The article describes how in a week the article writer's contact there had 8 fish above 30kg (66lbs) and he lost count of the fish between 25 and 29kg (55lb-65lb) This is incredible really but I know that the lake is being hammered at the moment. I'd love to have a crack off the place before it burns out like they all do. With the record gone above the 100 mark then who knows what else may come out. Once all the fish aren't named then I'd be happy to fish the place. The naming thing is hard to avoid at times but if I caught a fish at say 32 lbs over here, I'm happy to have caught it, I don't want somebody telling me 'half-tail' was out last week at 4 ounces heavier last week. I want to enjoy my fishing and not be comparing a fish I enjoyed catching to someone else's experience from last week.
Being at a nice place for a few hours or a few days enjoying your fishing is what it should be about and it shouldn't be all about a list of numbers in pounds and ounces.
Me: Have you any lakes booked for this year?
PC: We're only just back from our 2014 trip hence the delay in writing this article L Due to Confirmations, honeymoons and family holidays we were down to 6 people going this year so we decided to go for a smaller lake than usual and decided to give Blavet Valley Lake in Brittany a go this year. It's smaller at 8-10 acres than we're used to but it has a good stocking of fish to upper 50lb bracket. We got caught out in Brittany two years ago with a late winter as we had thre dry hours in a full week on a lake called Margot. Some great fish out to 66lbs but the week was awful; definitely not holiday material, just howling winds and constant driving rain. On the strength of that experience we decided to book a bit later and we decided on the second week in May. We always book lakes for our exclusive use and we all know each other at this stage and there's never any hassle with third parties at the lake which I have experienced on our first trip away in 2002 when several different groups were on the lake at the one time and half were into having bbqs and parties all week whilst the others wanted their peace and quiet. There was murder, never again!
The lake is a peach, it's the nearest thing I've ever seen to Ballincollig Reservoir which is the lake I grew up on really, where I got into carpfishing first day. It has an abundance of nooks and crannies, over hanging trees, lots of underwater features to fish to, it really does give you a lot of options. I was lucky this year again and drew out number 1 in the swim draw. I got to choose first so I chose a swim which had so many overhanging trees and bushes that I realistically could have found 20 decent spots to place a bait. I was told that the fish were in the area already so no need for lots of bait, no need to scare them or try attracting them with beds of bait if they're in there already. I had two fish casting really tight to trees but I was struggling to get in tight under some of the overhanging trees and bushes with my casting. Gordon the bailiff recommended that I rent a remote control baitboat for the week which I took him up on. I have one myself but didn't think I'd need it for the trip but they will undoubtedly catch you more fish on this water. Almost to prove him Gordon right, less than three hours after him dropping the baitboat down to me and me placing a bait right in under some overhanging trees, I had a new personal best of 53lbs.
My week was made and it was only Tuesday morning at that stage. I had a great week, 9 more fish for the week, 3 30's and 6 fish in the 20lb bracket. I had another angler Willie Delaney from Port Laoise in the swim next to me who also was catching solidly throughout the week having moved swims on the Monday morning. Willie broke his personal best firstly with an upper 30 but on the Friday night, the day before we packed up, he had a stunning mirror of 49lb 6oz. There were between 25-30 fish caught for the week which was good going considering the first three days brought hailstones regularly. For any interested parties, the catered food served at the venue really was exceptional and the week is probably the most enjoyable weeks fishing I've had in France. The owners cannot do enough for you and I can say for certainty that I will be returning to the lake.
Me: When not carping what fishing do you enjoy?
PC: I'll be fishing 3 or 4 waters this year which would be my usual really. The Lough is always the place to go for a few runs when you're struggling elsewhere. I'm a member of Ballyhonock Fishing club which is in east Cork. I'm good friends with the guys who have set up the club and they're the hardest working committee I've come across. It's a medium term project and there's been lots done on the 3 years since the club took on the lease for the lake.
The third water I'll be on is Inniscarra Reservoir. It's on my doorstep, about 700 yards from my house but at 900 acres it can be daunting. With the depths of most of the lake being 60ft+, you can disregard probably 80% of the lake immediately for fishing purposes. I fish quite close in, 30-40 yards max. Bill Collins once said to me that the further out you're placing baits in what is a flooded valley, the more rubbish and snags between you and the bait. To make sure you land the fish keep the distance to a minimum. With pre-baiting we're having very good results with fish regularly on the bank but you get out what you put in on this water, time and energy is the key for definite.
I'll be looking to the coastline going forwards now also to broaden the horizons.


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Dark molasses and dark rum put this pumpkin pie a cut above the rest. Nonfat evaporated milk, which stands in for heavy cream, does a fantastic job of cutting the fat in the filling. Add to that our blue ribbon butter-canola crust and you've dropped three-quarters of the fat and more than half the calories found in most similar pies. Don't use pumpkin-pie mix—buy canned pumpkin without added spices: the flavor will be superior.
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Officially the Dumbest Thing a Celebrity Has Ever Worn
Not only did Miley Cyrus forget her pants last night on Jimmy Fallon (#SHOCKER), but she also forgot how to put a bra on.
I actually recognize this look from college and it's commonly known as "The Walk of Shame." For this occasion though, they brought in a special designer and I believe her name is Molly.
I watched this interview and Miley (real name: Destiny Hope Cyrus) fidgeted with the over-blouse brassiere constantly, which probably means that as her high wore off, she was like, "What the f*ck am I wearing?"
But it was too late then. She had to perform, dangling bra and all.
As for the shoes, I got a similar style when I sprained my foot last year, but to get THIS specific look, you have to request the Herman Munster special and it costs extra.
You guys, Miley Cyrus is one of the biggest stars in the world right now (literally, her album is topping charts in like, 70 countries), and I honestly wish I could be like, "You know, she knows exactly what she's doing, and she's in on the joke, and she actually seems like an intelligent, charming, and cool chick."
But that's not the case. She really does suck. She actually might be the least charming person I've ever seen in an interview (here's proof). And her teeth give me night terrors.
I know the more we talk about her, the more famous she gets, but I can't help it this time. You go on national TV looking like you just came from a frat house where you stole the dude's shirt and Halloween costume shoes, then used his semen to style your hair and put your bra around your neck like a lanyard and I can't stop.
And I won't stop.
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Agreed. But, it's not going to stop me from belting out her songs in the car in an embarrassing fashion. They're catchy. Fact.
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/* Mobile card kit */
Mobile card kit allows users to mobilize and publish important business information instantly and take these information ready to hand. Your IT can utilize mobile card kit without the need of having a full development cycle for mobile apps.
Configure mobile card kit
Learn how to configure the basics within the SAP Cloud Platform for mobile card kit.
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Create cards automatically with Automatic Instance Generation
Build upon what you learned in the Basic tutorial. Learn how to create move advanced cards and send them to your SAP Mobile Cards application.
Create cards with Actions like "Approve or Reject"
Learn how to implement actions within a SAP Mobile Card. Using the sample data service we provide, we will connect to a system and show how you can add an action to APPROVE or REJECT a sales order.
Create cards from any web applications
Learn how to share content from any Web application to SAP Mobile Cards
Create content actions card
Learn how to create a card with having various actions on it's content e.g. trigger a phone call, send an email, open maps app or launch a website with more details.
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Learn how to add logic into a card to enhance the visual representation of a card.
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Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, Western Australia, April 2007: Evidence and Incidents: Watching Television
This is part of an ongoing project photographing certain programmes broadcast on television. The resulting images, sketches really, are chosen in part for their own interest, but mainly for the effect in groups, as may be seen in the installation shots of the show. These were all shot with a very basic Kodak point-and-shoot, and printed on cheap gloss paper. (All images on this page © Pippa Tandy.)
Evidence and Incidents: Watching Television—Some installation shots.


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Linkchecker Feedback
We have now received feedback on the pilot deployment of our linkchecker module. We would like to thank Ed Bilodeau of Libraries, Victor Chisholm from the Faculty of Science and Lysanne Larose from the Faculty of Law for their valuable feedback; this has been a great way to validate the package we've put together.
What we have learned
The good:
- "Linkchecker. Finally. Hooray!"
- Broken link messages at top of node edit pages are useful.
- Broken links report is sortable by URL, Response and Error fields.
- Having both the response code and the error message is useful.
Areas for improvement:
- No checking is done on unpublished pages.
- Some error messages are not clear enough.
- URL field title is misleading, maybe change it to Broken Link or Link to check.
- Operations field title is misleading, maybe change it to Nodes with links to check.
- Edit link should point to friendly URL, not node ID.
- Operations should be the first column not the last.
- The report is paginated with no way to view all.
- The broken links are truncated making it difficult to print.
- Operations field is not sortable, would be nice to be able to sort by source node.
- Messages are displayed to anyone who has edit access, not just Site Managers.
- 301 responses are sometimes confusing.
- Pages requiring authentication are not handled well.
- 301s can sometimes be confusing. 301 means Moved Permanently, which in the case of a simple redirect is easy to understand, but there are other reasons that web servers return 301. The most confusing reason is missing trailing slashes. For example, the URL http://www.mcgill.ca/eps will return a 301, even though it's a valid site. This is because the correct URL for that page is actually http://www.mcgill.ca/eps/ – notice the extra forward slash on the end. The reason we don't return a 200 for both is that this could cause search engines to flag it as duplicate content. For more information on this topic, see this Google Webmaster blog post.
- Using friendly URLs instead of using the node ID – This is standard behaviour in the admin interface. Whenever you edit a node at any place in the admin interface, including Content..Edit, you will be taken to a node ID URL. For the sake of consistency, we probably won't change this just for the linkchecker interface.
- Operations as the last column. This is also a standard UI decision across all Drupal admin pages so will probably stay the same also. However we could look at adding another column for the source information.
- Messages displayed to all editors. This makes sense for most sites, as the users editing the content are the ones who will be fixing broken links. However it might be worth looking at making the permissions for this more granular for edge cases.
- For checking of unpublished content, it's worth reading this issue in the linkchecker issue queue that discusses why linkchecker does not check unpublished nodes
Where we go from here:
The linkchecker module is not McGill developed, it's a module from drupal.org which has been around for a long time. If we decide to make any of the suggested changes, the route we will take will probably be:
- Create an issue in the drupal.org/project/linkchecker issue queue.
- Possibly make the change ourselves and submit a patch to the issue.
- Alternatively, wait for the module maintainer to make the change.
In the meantime, none of the feedback is critical enough to prevent us deploying to a wider audience, so we will probably enable the linkchecker on all sites fairly soon.
If you have other feedback on this project, don't hesitate to leave a comment on this post.


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Agenda and Sessions
Innovate. Collaborate. Inspire.
Join us for a program designed to spark ideas, strengthen organizations and amplify effectiveness.
By bringing together over 350 nonprofit leaders for a thought-provoking three day program the 2018 LSA Annual Conference is the hub where our network meets and comes alive.
From inspirational keynote speakers to in-depth breakout discussions the program will provide a mix of a-ha moments and practical ideas.
And because we know that the value of the conference doesn't just take place in the meeting rooms, the agenda features ample time to connect with peers in the spaces in between and through lunches, receptions and roundtables.
Click here to download a PDF version of the conference agenda >
Monday, April 30, 2018
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: 17th Floor Alcove / Foyer
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
7:30am – 4:30pm
Location: 17th Floor Alcove / Foyer
8:00am – 11:30am
Disability Network Meeting
Location: Monongahela
By invitation only. Please contact Dania Douglas at email@example.com for additional information.
8:00am – 11:30am
Nonprofit Finance Fund: Outcomes-Oriented Partnerships
Location: Conference B
Business acumen is essential when seeking new funding partners. Designed for senior leaders, program managers, finance teams and quality assurance professionals, this engaging workshop provides a framework to assess program impact and total cost of care with new funding partners. Individual consultation with NFF staff is available afterwards. Space is limited. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information.
Speakers: Alexandra Chan, Nonprofit Finance Fund; Trishna Nath, Nonprofit Finance Fund; Brian Ebersole, Springboard Healthy Scranton, Geisinger
*Sponsored by the Nonprofit Finance Fund
8:00am – 11:30am
Senior Services Collaborative
Location: Conference A
By invitation only. Please contact Alesia Frerichs at email@example.com for additional information.
11:00am – 4:30pm
Exhibits Open
Location: Urban
Learn about the latest offerings from sponsors, partners and Lutheran Services in America members.
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Opening Luncheon
Location: Grand Ballroom
Come make a difference with us. The 2018 Annual Conference opens with a luncheon featuring welcomes from elected officials, Lutheran Services in America leadership and other dignitaries.
*Sponsored by PORTICO and the Mission Investment Fund
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Thought Leader Talk: Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D.
Location: William Penn Ballroom
A respected clinician and public sector leader, Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. With a career serving in multiple capacities in the mental health and human services fields, McCarthy brought to Casey a broad perspective on what children, families and systems need to prosper. McCarthy will provide insight on innovative ways that organizations and communities at the national and local level are coming together to address poverty.
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Connect and Restore Break
Location: Urban
Connect with fellow attendees. Peruse the exhibits. Grab a cup of coffee.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Breakout Sessions
Creating Hope: Nurturing Options for Permanency (CYF)
Location: Conference A
Join Vincent Madera of The Children's Village as he describes how their organization implemented an innovative approach to Family Finding that identifies and nurtures a natural support network for the most disconnected youth. Hear successes, lessons learned and key takeaways that you can immediately apply in your agency.
Speakers: Vincent Madera, The Children's Village; George Trauner, Bethesda Lutheran Services; Darrell Gordon, Wernle
Living and Thriving At Home
Location: Monongahela
Consumers and funders are demanding new ways of delivering services. Seniors want to live independently at home; acute health care is provided in lower-cost settings; and people with intellectual disabilities want to live in a home-like setting. Hear from experts as they respond to opportunity and grow market share.
Moderator: Julie Kaminski, Immanuel
Speakers: Angela Bovill, Ascentria Care Alliance; David Fenoglietto, Lutheran SeniorLife; John Kristel, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation
Addressing Racial Disparities in Health and Human Services
Location: Allegheny
Poverty and inequality are caused by many socioeconomic factors, further fueled by disparities in the access and quality of services. This session examines strategies for providers to improve quality and access to services and reduce inequities in their communities.
Speaker: Karen Hacker, MD, Allegheny County Health Department, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Social Ministry in the LCMS
Location: Frick
Engage with The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), Office of National Mission on Synod-wide efforts to connect with the program ministries of other agencies.
Speaker: Dorothy Krans, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Worship Service
Location: First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
615 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Note: First English Evangelical Lutheran Church is located less than one block from the Omni William Penn Hotel. No transportation will be provided.
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Connect the Dots: Reception
Location: LeMont
1114 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Connect. Collaborate. Inspire. Join your peers and colleagues for refreshments and hors d'oeuvres at the LeMont restaurant—perched atop Mount Washington with a scenic view of Pittsburgh.
Busses will depart from outside of the Grant Street lobby of the Omni William Penn Hotel at 6:00pm, 6:15pm and 6:30pm; and will return at 8:15pm, 8:30pm and 8:45pm.
*Sponsored by Concordia Plan Services and the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, featuring greetings from the Lutheran Services in America Disability Network and Lutheran Executive Alumni Network
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
8:00am – 8:45am
Worship Service
Location: Bob and Dolores Hope Room
8:30am – 5:00pm
Location: 17th Floor Alcove / Foyer
8:30am – 6:30pm
Exhibits Open
Location: Urban
Learn about the latest offerings from sponsors, partners and Lutheran Services in America members.
9:00am – 10:30am
Breakfast and Annual Meeting
Location: Grand Ballroom
The 2018 Lutheran Services in America annual meeting features updates from the Board of Directors and Lutheran Services in America President and CEO Charlotte Haberaecker.
*Sponsored by We Raise Foundation
10:30am – 11:00am
Connect and Collaborate Break
Location: Urban
Connect and collaborate with your peers and colleagues—and enjoy some mid-morning refreshments.
11:00am – 12:00pm
Keynote: Bill Thomas, M.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom
The visionary spirit behind The Eden Alternative and the Green House Project, Bill Thomas, MD, is an international authority on geriatric medicine, a renowned speaker and an award-winning author. Thomas will share his revolutionary approach to approaching aging and how consumer preference for living at home is upending traditional service models.
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Networking Lunch
Location: Sternwheeler
Take a break from the program and network with your fellow conference attendees in a relaxed setting over lunch.
12:15pm – 1:15pm
CEO Roundtable Luncheon*
Location: Bob and Dolores Hope Room
Lutheran Services in America member CEOs will gather for an intimate roundtable discussion and luncheon.
*By invitation only
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Breakout Sessions
Collaborating for Change: How Foundations are Empowering Nonprofits to be Change Agents
Location: Allegheny
Join a panel of national foundation leaders as they share their goals, priorities and examples of effective partnerships and collaborations that are strengthening people and communities. You'll gain insight into the ways foundations are leveraging their resources to unite people, lead important discussions and empower non-profits to be change agents.
Moderator: Kate Dewey, Cohen & Grigsby and The Forbes Funds
Speakers: Jane Carmody, The John A. Hartford Foundation; Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez, The Annie E. Casey Foundation; Tanya Shah, The Commonwealth Fund
Building Agile and Responsive Boards
Location: Conference A
Active board engagement is critical as organizations face disruptive changes in the health and human services world. Panelists share techniques for building a strong board, board education and ensuring the right mix of skills are represented to support strategic engagement and decision making.
Moderator: Andrew Genszler, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries
Speakers: Luanne Fisher, Ph.D., Liberty Lutheran; Reverend Fred Hopke, Liberty Lutheran; John Moeller, Lutheran Services of Georgia
Self-Driving Cars: Fostering Independence and Mobility for Seniors and People with Disabilities
Location: Frick
Self-driving cars are widely seen as boosting automotive safety and convenience, but for millions of Americans, particularly seniors and those with disabilities, self-driving cars could be life-changing. Hear from leading experts in the field about the potential opportunities, the technological and policy challenges and how you can support these efforts.
Speakers: Dara Baldwin, National Disability Rights Network; Jeff Gerlach, Securing America's Future Energy; Anthony Stephens, American Council of the Blind
*Sponsored by Lutheran Services in America Disability Network
Strengthening Congregational Connections
Location: Monongahela
This session explores innovative collaborations between social ministries and congregations designed to spur greater community and congregational involvement. Learn from peers and share your own stories and lessons learned about high-impact collaborations that strengthen congregations and social ministries.
Moderator: Christine Connell, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area
Speakers: David Benke, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod; Mark Wimmer, Diakon
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Relax and Reboot Break
Location: Urban
Because we know that often the best ideas strike in the moments in between—take a pause.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Breakout Sessions
High Impact Fundraising: A Systematic Approach to Strong Donor Engagement
Location: Allegheny
Growing philanthropic investment is crucial for the sustainability of nonprofits. This session will examine the core ingredients of high performing fundraising operations and strategies for growing strong relationships with donors. Join us for an interactive session with distinguished fundraising professionals with experience at St. Jude's Children's Hospital and Make-a-Wish America.
Speakers: Paul Miles, We Raise Foundation; Donna Palmer, Upbring
Hiring for Keeps
Location: Monongahela
Is turnover an indicator of poor hiring practices and deficient orientation? How can one foresee issues with the limited references and short interviews? This session outlines steps to developing a reliable process to hire well, optimize orientation and promote continual engagement throughout employment for improvements beyond better turnover rates.
Speakers: Bette McNee, RN, NHA, Graham Company; Rafael Haciski, Esq., Graham Company
How to Make Value-Based Care Work for Your Organization
Location: Frick
From managed care to other alternative payment models, health and human services providers have a clear value proposition in the value-based care system. In this session, Optum will facilitate a dialogue on the healthcare and Medicaid landscape, capabilities required of provider organizations, and critical success factors to navigate the transition.
Speakers: Jodi Harpstead, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; Garrett Jones, Optum
Innovative Approaches to Child Welfare Case Practice
Location: Conference A
In this interactive session Walter Howard Smith, Jr., Ph.D., Allegheny County's Department of Human Services Clinical Director and Deputy Director for the Office of Children, Youth and Families, will lead a conversation on innovative approaches to preventative child welfare case practice. Drawing on the successes in Allegheny County, Dr. Smith will deliver replicable strategies and encourage participants to brainstorm and share.
Speaker: Walter Howard Smith, Jr., Ph.D., Allegheny County Department of Human Services
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Happy Hour
Location: Urban
After a day filled with new ideas, thought-provoking sessions and new contacts join us for a happy hour to continue the conversation.
*Sponsored by Harney Management Partners
7:00pm – 9:00pm
VIP Reception*
Location: The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Busses will depart from outside of the Grant Street lobby of the Omni William Penn Hotel at 6:45pm and 7:00pm; and will return at 9:00pm and 9:15pm.
*By invitation only
*Sponsored by Cura Hospitality
Thursday, May 3, 2018
8:30am – 12:30pm
Location: 17th Floor Alcove / Foyer
8:30am – 12:30pm
Exhibits Open
Location: Urban
Learn about the latest offerings from sponsors, partners and Lutheran Services in America members.
8:00am – 9:15am
Development Committee Breakfast*
Location: Jefferson
*By invitation only
8:00am – 9:15am
Advocacy Task Force Breakfast*
Location: Sky
*By invitation only
8:00am – 9:15am
LSACare Disability Breakfast*
Location: Oliver
LSACare – Disability: this session will walk through the planning, design and implementation of a care management approach. The presenters will also cover the lessons learned and impacts that the projects have had to date and how you can you can implement this model. For additional information contact George Klauser at email@example.com.
*For LSA Disability Network members only
8:30am – 9:15am
Networking Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom
*Sponsored by Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
9:30am – 11:00am
Breakout Sessions
Ahead of the Curve: Predictive Analytics in Action
Location: Monongahela
Predictive analytics in health and human services uses a data feedback loop to refine services and drive decision making. From effectively targeting early interventions, identifying potential employees that will thrive and anticipating the best behavioral health solutions, predictive analytics are being used throughout the Lutheran Services in America network to improve results.
Speakers: Kristen Gay, Silver Springs-Martin Luther School; Pete York, Community Science; Phil Hubbell, Lutheran Services Florida
Social Ministry in the ELCA
Location: Frick
Engage with leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to learn about the Call Forward Together in Christ, ELCA's Strategic Directions 2018 –2025, in addition to hearing about some of the important work that staff in the Domestic Mission Unit is doing around the United States.
Doing Business Together: Your Network at Work
Location: Conference A
Are you taking full advantage of the knowledge and resources of the Network? Discover in this open space forum how Lutheran Services in America members are engaging across the network—in senior services, children, youth and families and disability—to create new business opportunities and how your organization can get involved.
Speakers: Marian Baldini, KenCrest; Raj Chawla, The OCL Group; Sarah Quirk, Lutheran Services Carolinas; Timothy Sheehan, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois; Vickie Thompson-Sandy, Samaritas; Sheila Weber, Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota
Beyond the Brand: Brand Storytelling
Location: Allegheny
At its core a brand is a story. And organizations who use storytelling to shape their brands are better able to separate from the field, connect with audiences and succeed. In this workshop session award-winning brand storyteller Eric LaBrecque will demonstrate how to weave a successful brand narrative that breaks through.
Speaker: Eric La Brecque, Applied Storytelling
11:00am – 11:30am
Networking Break
Location: Urban
As the conference draws to a close take time to connect with colleagues and enjoy refreshments.
11:30am – 12:30pm
Keynote: Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom
Best-selling author and New York Times award-winning columnist, Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D., currently serves as the Kaiser Health Network's Editor-in-Chief. She is the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. Rosenthal briefly practiced medicine in a New York City emergency room before converting to journalism. Rosenthal will share insight into the increasing integration between the health care and human services sectors and the implications for how services are provided and funded.
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Seecrypt costs $3 a month and allows subscribers to make encrypted phone calls to each other. It promises a "100% protected network through encryption between two callers anywhere in the world." Sounds interesting and useful for keeping government snoops away. However, the press release issued today tells a somewhat different story:
"Seecrypt will pro-actively assist law enforcement agencies to prevent criminal activity being carried out using this encryption service. Our technology is designed to restore privacy rights for legitimate usage," stated Seecrypt CEO Mornay Walters. "Seecrypt's Privacy Network has been designed so that it can terminate access rights immediately for any individual identified by law enforcement or other governmental authorities as suspected of improper use."
Does that mean that if someone is using Seecrypt and the government starts investigating them the service simply shuts off? If so, it's a great way for criminals to learn that they are under investigation.
Or does it mean that Seecrypt will let the suspect make calls without letting them know that the encryption has been disabled?
Or, does it mean Seecrypt will do something else that I can't think of? I emailed SeeCrypt to find out and will share my answer when I get it.
More from the press release:
Seecrypt advisor and former assistant director, U.S. Secret Service, Anthony Chapa added, "Seecrypt's impressive technology provides a new level of protection to company executives and individual citizen's privacy rights, while not compromising international and U.S. investigative efforts surrounding serious criminal activity. There are techniques that law enforcement and intelligence organizations have available, and with the help of Seecrypt would not impede their mission."
Given the Obama administration's alarming record of surveillance, I think any investigative journalists thinking of using this service should make sure they really are "100% protected."
UPDATE: SeeCrypt's response: "In response to your email and on background: In conjunction with law enforcement, we have the option to terminate a user's access rights." SeeCrypt should market itself as a service that lets you find out if you are under government surveillance!


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The Midwest |
Brownouts and Blackouts
by Marta Evans
On her twenty-fourth birthday Cleo collects herself and walks through the heat to the supermarket for several kinds of cheese and some kind of rat poison. From the cold shelves she picks Boursin and a smoked gouda for herself and a brick of store-brand cheddar for the rats. The Kraft is eighty cents more for half an ounce less but she considers it because it is more orange. The rats have so far shown specific tastes, nosing out when the air is sweetened by frying onions, squeaking along with the Yo La Tengo Getty plays when he's working but never the Bangles Cleo plays when she must lift herself from a nap. Cleo remembers an Ashley from elementary school whose white rat rode everywhere on her shoulder. It used to nibble the blonde ends of Ashley's ponytail, its red eyes unfocused and gleaming, and then roll over in the cup of Ashley's palm for a swipe of peanut butter from her index finger, which it took without baring its teeth. Around this time Cleo went home and asked her mother for a pet rat, but all their family pets had been unasked for, had for her whole life run wild and mostly resistant to love. Instead of an answer her mother gave Cleo a blue bowl of dishwater to throw over the fence, and a rag to wipe her legs if it spilled.
As she sweats her way home she thinks about the rats learning the sound of her steps and coming to sleep in her empty shoes, about them climbing up her body to sniff the fresh piercing in her tragus, but twice now they have gnawed far enough into the wiring that the lights flickered and the refrigerator sighed to sleep. Cleo and Getty are living well beyond their means and have only been saved from ruin by Getty's soldering skills. They can't afford these rats, who have whiskers like sturdy filaments that if tied together could reel in a fish, and little rough hairs sticking up from their spines, which they groom for each other with affection.
Cleo intends to lace cubes of cheddar with poison and set the small meals out on saucers, but instead she tries on the dress she wants to wear to dinner. It is a green dress with a Peter Pan collar and she thinks she will need to wear it without underwear. She has told people, mostly men, mostly men she sleeps with, that she enjoys going without underwear, and it's true to the extent that the things she says to men she sleeps with are usually true. She likes the awareness of her own humidity every time she shifts, but that awareness often slips into something else, something worse. She never thinks so much about the possibility of shitting herself, for instance, as when she is not wearing underwear. Cleo walks downstairs to the kitchen in the dress, reads the plastic bucket of poison, and then looks up "rats poisoning" on her phone. She pries open the bucket and, instead of the powder she expects, she finds a heap of green rectangles like bite-size bars of compressed alfalfa.
The house is hot and quiet, Getty at the shop finishing her present, the rats curled together in a nest of frayed insulation. The library let her have the day off with an ease that worries her. They know she didn't finish classes last term and they want to know why. It was the reason she and Getty moved here, to this bare, earnest wedge of house in a town they'd seen mainly in university brochures. Sometimes when she is alone she throws the remote at the wall to watch it break apart, though she always puts it together again, retrieving the batteries from under the couch and matching up the signs of polarity, soothing new scuffs in the wall with a sponge.
But she is twenty-four today and going to a French restaurant tonight. This morning Getty called her a perfect summer baby while he rubbed the place under her shoulder blades. She didn't know what that meant but it felt true at the time. Cleo and Getty are the names they call themselves but not the names they were born with and not the names they plan to keep. Long ago, in the fist of a bad night, they promised to leave everything behind except each other. They have been together in one way or another for most of their lives.
Cleo makes a platter for the rats on a bamboo cutting board: a hunk of cheddar, a slice of gouda, a ball of Boursin, a block of poison, and an old Swedish Fish candy she pulls from her purse for garnish. She sets it near the wall of the kitchen where she has most often heard scratching.
When Getty comes to pick her up, he leaves the car running and leaps the front steps to her. He takes off his cap and puts it over her face while he loops a long chain with a heavy pendant around her neck. He presses the pendant into her palm and she pushes the cap up so she can see it – a gold pocket watch brushed to a satin finish. Cleo unlatches the case. Inside, Getty has replaced the clock face with a disc of darker gold, on which is embossed an open eye with a filigree of fine silver lashes. Shining through a ring of pinholes between the pupil and iris is a weak light that Getty must have wired to the clock's old battery. On the back of the case is an engraving: For my love, my old friend. She buries her face in his neck.
They drive to dinner as the sun sinks. Getty steers with one hand and holds hers with the other. They came to this rich rural stretch of middle Ohio six months ago, at Christmastime. Cleo stared out at these hills as they arrived, the farmhouses with their rows of clean little windows, each one kissed by a wreath or dotted with what she later learned were electric candles. The lawns draped without fences, down to small frozen ponds guarded by stone geese with stone ribbons around their necks. She turned off the radio to take it in, all that velvet snow and ceremony. The town where Cleo and Getty were born lay flat and bleached in a trough of land like a thumbprint, near but not on the coast, where ocean smells swirled and came to rest after losing their freshness. Every year was another drought year. Often they had to boil drinking water. There they had been known for their two sprawling families touched by accidental deaths: her uncle's drowning not in the ocean but in a lake where kids liked to smoke on rented speedboats, his twin cousins who overturned the car they shared on the highway outside Merced, her second-youngest sister who opened her leg on a saw in their father's shed and lay bleeding to be found by the youngest, his mother struck by a driver tearing through a yellow to make a flight. Each loss marked by a few rites and silence that soaked through their skin.
They are seated at a table in a raised alcove by a maître d' with a white mustache but dark eyebrows. The wood of the walls and table shine gently under lamplight. She has heard this is the restaurant where the university takes visiting lecturers and parents who make large donations. There are not a lot of other diners, just a few older couples in corners, hunched over soup. The maitre d' brings a white wine wrapped in a white napkin and pours. Cleo orders a dish of whole shallots roasted in their own juice, and fried sole with lemon and capers. She thinks how expensive it is. All the servers move without sound, backing away from the table each time they deliver something. Cleo spreads the sticky shallots like jam on wheels of baguette with chive butter. She wipes a piece of parsley from Getty's rough cheek. They get another bottle. She rests her head on the wall of the alcove while Getty sops up duck and melting fennel with more bread. Cleo thinks of the rats sniffing at each food in turn on the cutting board, and choosing their favorite. The poison smelled a bit like garlic, but she doesn't know if rats like or dislike garlic, only that they can't vomit or pass gas. She and Getty order a sparkling wine and a trumpet of mousse and a crème brûlée that cracks when they tap it with their spoons. She read that because rats are scavengers, they pause while eating to see if the food is making them sick. The effects of a poison must be delayed, or else the rats won't ingest enough. Cleo thinks of a rat holding a gnawed-off crumble of poison and licking it, listening inside himself for anything amiss. She reaches over and feeds Getty a mix of mousse and crème brûlée from a long spoon. Getty reaches under the table and puts his hand in her lap, under her napkin, then on her thigh at her hemline, then under her dress. She adjusts toward him and drains her glass.
They drive home drunk on the dark back roads, and when they arrive they link arms and tug each other up the steps. Cleo puts Getty's hand on the side of her thigh and he clutches her while she unlocks the door. Once they are inside, he runs his hands up and down her dress, unzips her, and pulls her on top of him on the couch.
"Wait," she says. "I might have poisoned the rats."
"That's good," he says.
"I have to go see," she says, staggering up.
Cleo goes to the kitchen and crouches naked on the linoleum to inspect the cutting board. The cold pocket watch swings against her stomach and nestles in the fold of her belly button. The cheeses are gone except for some dried Boursin crumbs. The Swedish Fish has been stretched slightly around its midsection and lies next to the cutting board with tooth marks on its smooth underside. The poison has been pushed to the edge of the board but is still whole. Cleo picks up the poison and puts it on the counter.
"I didn't poison the rats," she calls to Getty, who has his eyes closed and his forearm over his face.
"That's okay," he says, muffled. "Come here."
"I have to wash my hands," she explains. "Because of the poison."
Cleo pauses. Nausea glides over her. She heads to the bathroom sink, where she stands, panting, before the mirror. As she soaps her hands she thinks she will not vomit, but as she dries them she thinks she will. She sits on the floor and lifts the lid of the toilet, staring into its mouth and breathing ripples on the water's surface.
Before they moved, Cleo and Getty had made and miscarried a baby they had not been sure they wanted and so did not know how to mourn. If she hadn't found out first, she might have thought she was late and heavy. She wouldn't have thought much of it. But instead she spent a lot of time looking at the streaks of blood in the toilet, trying to read them. She had an idea that a group of cells together might look like one large cell, the way trees could seem to be made of tiny trees.
"Are you okay?" Getty asks, pushing open the door. He is rumpled and forlorn. His pants are undone with his belt still buckled. He joins her in front of the toilet. "Happy bird day," he says quietly, touching her temple, her earlobe, her piercing.
The body knows how to take care of itself, a doctor once told her, about something else. Her broken arm, maybe.
Cleo blinks and they are kissing again. Then they are back on the couch, where Getty licks her and reaches up blindly to stroke her throat. She holds his head in her hands and wants to apologize for many hazy and forgotten things. She looks around the room, and on the windowsill near the couch is a large gray rat with a slack belly, sitting on its hind legs and grooming itself. The rat pulls its hands expertly behind its ears and along its face. It scratches under its chin with its hind leg and then looks down at her. She holds an open palm out to the rat and it leans forward over the edge of the sill, straining against instinct, taking in the scent of her skin with fast gulps and twitches. "Getty, look," she whispers. Then it runs, its claws slipping on the sill, and jumps to the floor with a tiny thud. It disappears into a crack in the corner between the baseboards that she sees now is dark with grease where the rats have rubbed against the opening. "Wait," Cleo says. Sitting up on her elbows, she lifts her leg over Getty's head and feels around for the floor with her hands and feet. She crawls over and looks into the hole. It smells like chalk and copper and peat. At the threshold lies a pile of plaster rubble and rat droppings like slender beetles.
There is a dry rustle in the wall to her left. Getty is saying her name, her real name, flicking the consonants crisply. No one else will ever say it so well. Cleo works her fingers behind the baseboard, brushing grit away with the side of her hand. It's a few degrees cooler inside the wall. She thinks of the rats eavesdropping on the secret din of their home: water sloshing in the sewer, ice popping in the neighbor's freezer, a jet floating overhead, the slow whistle of her exhale. All she hears is the softest sound, like fur against fur. With it comes a puff of breeze. She holds still, skin prickling, willing a whisker to reach out and receive her.


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- Changmin's attending Shinee's concert today. He's seated with Kyuhyun and Wendy (cr: Yuah)
- Changmin's holding on to two lightsticks and used them like drumsticks (cr: Yuah)
- Jonghyun asked the audience to not seat down during the conc and stand up, so Kyu-Line obediently stood up~ (cr: Yuah)
- CM was standing throughout the concert. She's wondering if he was high during the conc~ (cr: ran)
- Changmin's holding the lightstick on his left hand upside down & was really high during Run Away & Ready or Not cr.Yuah是李珍基家属
- Changmin is the most idle one, but once he starts waving, he does it very enthusiastically with both hands! cr.Yuah是李珍基家属
- Kyuhyun & Changmin laughed so much during the performance where Minho tore his clothes off, cr.Yuah是李珍基家属
Credits: As tagged + 啾sama + wondrousSJ
Translated by: tvxq_et_moi + kikiikyu
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Translated by: tvxq_et_moi + kikiikyu
Shared by: DBSKnights


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The Government has been defeated over its proposal for the digital age of consent to remain at 13.
TDs instead voted in favour of a Fianna Fáil and Labour amendment to set the age at 16, which was passed by 56 votes to 51.
The digital age of consent refers to the age at which a child can consent to use online services.
Children's right groups had previously called plans to raise the age of consent "very concerning".
A number of commentators criticised the Dáil vote, claiming TDs had ignored the stance of many experts and young people.
John Buckley, a Child Safety Investigator at Facebook, suggested a change to 16 would see a "huge increase" in young people lying about their age to access digital services.
16 as digital age of consent. Expect a huge increase in age liars (where child can't get parental consent or doesn't want to ask for it), reducing platforms abilities to be able to provide age appropriate products + protections (e.g. preventing adults from connecting with minors)— John Buckley (@JohnDaveBuckley) May 16, 2018
Fianna Fáil TD and education spokesperson Thomas Byrne defended the decision.
None of the submissions for 13 seemed to me to grasp that the digital age of consent relates to a contract to process the personal data of the teen - rather it is seen as an issue of participatory rights. That in our view is not a correct interpretation of what is at stake— 🎄Thomas Byrne TD - Meath East (@ThomasByrneTD) May 16, 2018
Speaking earlier this week, Mary Cunningham - director of the National Youth Council of Ireland - argued: "Education and a focus on developing critical thinking will be far more useful tools for young people, and the adults in their lives, than an increased digital age of consent which risks providing a false sense of security.
"There is so much more that can and should be done to help protect young people online. We need to focus our energies here rather than letting ourselves get distracted by the current debates around age limits."
While the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which comes into effect this month - sets a digital age of consent at 16 years, member states have the option of setting their own age limit at no lower than 13 years.
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Sinugba Festival: Grilling With The Greats
My husband and I love grilled food. So when we heard about the Sinugba festival here in Davao and the eat-all-you-can Sinugba buffet on Friday night, we decided to make that our date night.
We knew it was going to be good when we saw some of our favorite grill places there. From Conchings to Riley Simon, to Zabadani, there was something for everyone. We were glad we got there extra early because it gave us a chance to watch them prepare and cook some of our favorite things to eat.
Getting there early also helped ensure that we got into the buffet early. The organizers told us they expected 800 people but from we saw, there were more than a thousand guests at the festival.
You can't help but appreciate the skill and the effort these cooks and grillmasters put into each dish. It's hard to do everything to order, especially at an eat-all-you-can event. You risk the wrath of customers if you don't deliver the food on time. But I really appreciated that they instead chose to deliver the best product every time.
There were some complaints because it was a bit crazy and chaotic. The organizers weren't able to anticipate the number of people participating. But I really can't complain much. I came for good food and I got it. It was a lovely night, warm and windy. I ate under the stars with my husband and with good friends. I'm so looking forward to doing this again next year.


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La Fabrika: SYNovial (english review)
An interesting performance providing many ways of interpretation, as the authors most likely intended.
So how did it play out? With almost no words whatsoever, as long as I discard the sentence "baník f**k, baník" (which was the only piece of dialogue spoken by both actors taking part in the play). Thanks to my acquisiton of a first row seat, I was able to observe the yelling from up close, every muscle in the actors´ bodies tense, every feature of their face thickened, both strength and courage told in a quick, short utterance. That much could be gathered from this single vocal exchange. But how much talking do the men really do? Not a great lot.
What the show lacked in dialogue, it compensated with alcohol, nuts and manly odor; all of it widely used, so that there would be no doubt about the authenticity of the branded "Pilsner Urquell" or "Starobrno" beer. As the time went by, the floor slowly morphed from a relatively dry place into a wet slide, which served only to increase the levels of adrenaline in the veins of both the actors and the viewers. This adrenaline and danger was radiating from the show's atmosphere all the way through. That was obviously intended – escalate the tension, difficulty and atmosphere of the play – just as the life of a man does.
Choreography was characterized by the obvious difficulty and precision, that is so often attributed to the work of Marek Zelinka. His appearance may be well known from the notorious dancing contest StarDance. Last year of the contest was won by himself and his dancing partner. Just as in Stardance, this show also cast him into one of the roles. From my – the spectator's – point of view, the majority of the show was constructed in such a way as to place Marek on the spotlight, while his colleague did "the hard work" instead. However, this proved to be rather fitting arrangement for both of them.
Music took part in the play quite rarely, although it still appeared more often than word commentary of either of the main actors. The ending piece, John Brown's "It's a man's man's man's world" was a fitting closure to a show mapping the life of a common man and his perception of the world through his body.
Thus allow me to end my review with a line from this song:
"This is a man's world … He's lost in the wilderness, he's lost in bitterness"
PS: Allow me one more tiny postscript.
The theatrical play was displayed in Industra Stage. I have to say a thing or two about this interesting place. Comfortable atmosphere of the theatre's café and hall in the spaces of former destruction offices – interesting idea. Everything is only improved by the kind and helpful manners of the Industra Stage employees, making it a truly wonderful place to visit. Shows that you may behold there are just as unusual and innovative as the spaces, where they take place. I must heartily recommend it both as a place to enjoy your coffee, just as a place to enjoy a truly interesting theatrical experience.


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Here's the latest update and analysis of the foreign exchange market, provided by the Danish Saxo Bank's expert Andrew Robinson who points out that market participants attention shifted slightly away from the greenback overnight as weak EU data served to remind the market that the US might not be alone in fighting a slowing economy.
"Did they or didn't they? Debate rages whether Japanese authorities were behind a spike in USD/JPY in Asia."
Andrew T. Robinson
- US Weekly Initial Jobless Claims out at 465k vs. 450k expected and revised 453k prior
- US Continuing Claims out at 4489k vs. 4473k expected and revised 4537k prior
- US Aug. Existing Home Sales out at +7.6% m/m vs. 7.1% expected and revised -27.0% prior
- US Aug. Leading Indicators out at 0.3% m/m vs. 0.1% expected and 0.1% prior
- China Sep. Business Condition Survey out at 69.54 vs. 62.16 prior
- SI Aug. Industrial Production out at +8.1% y/y vs. 11.7% expected and 9.9% prior
Attention shifted slightly away from the greenback overnight as weak EU data served to remind the market that the US might not be alone in fighting a slowing economy.
Flash EU and German PMI readings were way below expectations on all fronts, with the sharpest fall in German manufacturing (the powerhouse of Europe recently) to 55.3 from 58.2 (though I am sure optimists will at least point out that it is still in expansionary territory!).
Ireland's Q2 GDP missed the mark, registering a 1.2% decline versus a small positive expected and as a result the EUR retreated from 5-month highs above 1.34. CHF was the favoured safe haven with the JPY less so given the markets concerns of further BOJ intervention. GBP had a better day amid reported commercial demand but the commodity-bloc was in retreat with AUD dipping back below 0.95.
The US data flow was mixed with weekly initial jobless claims edging back up to 465k from an upwardly-revised 453k but existing home sales were better than expected with a 7.6% m/m increase rather than the 7.1% expected and a sharp rebound from the -27.0% seen in July as the home-buyer tax credits expired.
August leading indicators were also above forecast (+0.3% m/m versus +0.1% expected) but nevertheless, Wall St was not impressed and we saw the third straight day of declines on the various indices.
Chinese premier Wen met with US President Obama last night and reports from the US administration saying the Yuan was the "most important issue" and that the US had stressed the need for more "rapid and significant Yuan appreciation" in the months to come.
After the meeting the only comments from the Chinese delegation were that the meeting had a "positive tone" so maybe Premier Wen eased off from yesterday's hard-line stance that there was no basis for a "drastic appreciation".
Monday's Chinese open could be interesting (the first since the FOMC meeting last Tuesday) ahead of the full House vote on the "China Bill" later in the week.
It was another relatively slow data day in Asia and, even though Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea returned from yesterday's holiday, markets were mostly range-bound.
A sign of market nerves was seen in USD/JPY with an 80 point spike during the lunch period.
No official confirmation of intervention with a firm "no comment" from the MOF (Are the China currency manipulation discussions influencing the comments?).
There is still some discussion still in Asia whether it was "official" buying or a large corporate order. In other currencies, an early stop hunt in EUR saw EUR/USD down below 1.33 but saw a healthy rebound from 1.3288.
Asia traders noted an FT article which showed Greece had signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar to secure more that $7 bln worth of investment in real estate, energy and tourism.
The same action was noted in other currency pairs so the downside held intact at the first attempt.
As we head into Europe, on the data front we can expect German import prices and IFO surveys and Sweden PPI while the US session sees durable goods orders and new home sales with Fed speakers Duke, Cumming and Alvarez also on tap with Lacker, Plosser and Bernanke a little later on.
Have a great weekend!
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"The Zionist regime is after increased tensions in the region and I think that all involved sides should be extremely vigilant towards this issue," Araqchi said in an interview with Russia Today on Tuesday.
He stressed that the enemies of Syria are certainly furious at the Syrian government's victories against the terrorists that have brought more lands under the control of Damascus, and said, "They make their utmost efforts to stir and heighten tension again and spread the clashes."
In relevant remarks earlier today, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted Israel's missile strikes on the T4 airbase in the Syrian province of Homs, warning that Washington and Tel Aviv are only seeking any kind of excuse to meddle with Syria.
"It seems that the US administration is seeking some excuse for intervention. The situation of the US-backed terrorists in Syria is not good. They sustain new defeats every day. The US and Israel have entered the scene at different stages to boost the terrorists' morale in Syria and the recent attacks by the Zionists against Syria which was a repetition of similar assaults in the past are within the same framework. Whenever the terrorists are defeated, the Zionist regime launches an assault," Zarif told reporters upon arrival in Brazil on Tuesday.
He also warned that there are creditable pieces of information showing that the Americans transfer the ISIL terrorists (in Syria) to other regions so that they can use the dangerous investment they have made in Syria in other parts too.
"Such policies will have dangerous consequences for the regional, international and even the US peace and security," Zarif said.
He also reiterated Tehran's opposition and condemnation of chemical weapons use by any group or party in Syria and any other parts of the world.
Tehran declared on Monday that four of its military advisers have been martyred in Israel's overnight airstrikes on T4 airbase in Homs.
Two Israeli fighter jets attacked the Syrian army's T4 military base in Homs province from the Lebanese airspace on Sunday night, killing and wounding over a dozen militaries, including 4 Iranian military advisers.
The Iranian casualties have been identified as Seyed Ammar Moussavi, Medi Lotfi Niyasar, Akbar Zawwar Jannati, Mehdi Dehqan Yazdeli.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that Israeli F-15 fighter jets targeted Syria's airbase. The warplanes fired eight guided missiles, but Syrian air defense units shot down five before they could hit the airfield. Three of the missiles reached the Western part of the airfield.
The Israeli fighters did not enter Syrian airspace and launched the strikes while flying over Lebanon.
The Tel Aviv regime has launched sporadic attacks against various targets on Syrian soil over the past few years, in assaults slammed by Damascus as attempts to boost terrorist groups who have been suffering heavy defeats on the battlefield with President Bashar Assad forces.
The latest such attacks took place in mid-February when Israel bombed a Syrian Army facility in Central Syria. Damascus shot down at least one Israeli F-16 returning from the bombing raid.
The Syrian army has seized Israeli-made arms and military equipment from militants fighting pro-Damascus forces on numerous occasions ever since the war of militancy started in the country. Israel has also been providing medical treatment to the militants wounded in the Arab country.


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Just amazed at the impact this is making on everyone's life here....lol What was life like before LC?....
Its kind of like when the electricity goes out and you keep switching the light switch to on only to realize there is no light yet....lol
I can only imagine what kind of pressure the programmers are under right now as they try to get this thing back up and running.
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How will we know if we need to use the name change cards?
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If you look at the little statue and he has a pink belly, you have something in him. You can choose to rename or not.Dear Vilya,
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Name not available on renaming is depressing ! With all the unwanted server issues anyone lucky enough to login faster gets a unfair chance to get renamed earlier.