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Skincare Routine for acne/ oily skin.
For my first blog post i'm going to talk about one of the beauty subjects i am most knowledgeable on: skincare for problem skin. I've had 'problem skin' since i was 10, having my worst acne at around 14 which has left me now aged 18 with some quite bad marks on both of my cheeks.
i still do get regular breakouts however, which means my skincare routine fits well with people who are still in the acne stage or those with oily skin. I've dealt with this problem for an incredibly long time which means I've had the opportunity to test an abundance of products; in this post i'm going to do a basic overview of my skincare routine and the products I know and love.
The steps i take in a normal night time skincare routine:
1) Because this is more of a night time skincare routine the first step is remove your makeup (if you're not wearing makeup skip to step two you lucky devil). At the minute i'm using the lancome bi- facil eye makeup remover on two wet cotton pads and garnier micellar water on dry cotton pads. Although i would 100% recommend the garnier micellar water, the lancome eye makeup remover is incredibly expensive and although good, just as good as any other cheaper brands.
2) SECOND CLEANSE!!!! i cannot stress this enough just removing your makeup and skipping to toner is never good enough, i know because i used to do it until i was about 15 and i will live to regret it until my scars are gone. To second cleanse i use the Lush ultra bland cream cleanser. (which i think is more of a balm) I melt the product between my hands and massage it directly onto dry skin and try to leave it for about 2 minutes. i know what you're thinking balm that turns into oil for oily skin are you mad???? but trust me this product will help to bring your skin back into balance as it might even be over producing oil because it is actually dehydrated and trying to compensate. Then just use damp warm (not hot!!!) cotton pads to remove the cleanser.
3) tone!! Toning is a super important step for any skin type especially problem skin, it will help to close and minimise your pores and many act as an exfioliant. Toning when you have problem skin is the only exfoliant you need, stay away from scrubs as they will break down the bacteria and spread it around your face which can lead to more breakouts. The toner i'm using is the la roche posay effaclar clarifying lotion on a cold slightly damp cotton pad, the cold water will also lend a hand to closing your pores.
4) i don't really know what to call this step but at this point i use a small amount of the la roche posay effaclar duo on each section of my face. Most people know about this miracle product now so i wont ramble on about its magic qualities but ive been using it for three years and i love it – the best part is that one tube usually lasts over 6 months.
5) Finally moisturise (yes, the skin bonanza has finished) i'm using the eucerin even brighter night cream its a really nice product but really directed for people with pigmentation marks like me. So if you don't suffer with those, you could try the vichy normadern night detox or the boots own tea tree and witchazel night gel for a cheaper but still effective option.
Outside of my regular skincare routine i do a face mask once or twice a week, usually on one of my days off from work in replace of my morning cleanse. i either use the lush cosmetic warrior or the quick fix facials anti blemish mud mask. Both are really good products but i'm really drawn to the lush mask because i know its all natural.
I really hope this post has been enjoyable and informative for you, i believe the key to good skin is consistency with cleansing and looking after yourself mentally and physically, no matter how much you may or may not battle with your skin, it is beautiful.


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Ellen DeGeneres is everywhere these days. Of course, she has her song and dance television talk show. She is a covergirl for cosmetic commercials. She is even a judge on American Idol.
Certainly, her star in Hollywood has elevated to super status, and along with that rising star, she has also elevated her activism and strong support of groups like the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In 2009, she was PETA's Woman of the Year, and DeGeneres and her partner, actress Portia DiRossi were also awarded HSUS' 2009 "Wyler Award," which is given to the public person who did the most to advance its agenda.
Yes, it would seem the credentials on this starlet's resume would be reason enough for all of us to turn the tube when she is on air and never purchase her products, but now we have one more reason to be wary of DeGeneres: she is targeting kids with a comic book, and proceeds of all purchases will go directly to HSUS. Read on for more details.
The latest is from the sales of a new comic book that depicts DeGeneres' life. According to HSUS, 30% of the proceeds earned by the sale of a new comic book will go straight to its coffers. The comic is being published by Bluewater Publications, a Vancouver, WA-based company that specializes in comic books, graphic novels and multimedia. The DeGeneres comic is part of a series it has put out called "Female Force," which focus on women who are involved in politics. Others include Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.
DeGeneres isn't just a TV star with some extra cash to throw around. She is serious about her alliance with HSUS. She played a large role during the 2008 campaign for California's Proposition 2, which outlawed many traditional forms of farming in the state. DeGeneres even covered the campaign on her talk show and made television ads supporting it. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance contacted the publisher of DeGeneres' book, and you can check out their statements here.
I just thought you should all be aware of the latest celebrity bandwagon, one that looks incredibly dangerous in raising a great amount of money to advance the HSUS agenda. I'm often asked to compile a complete list of celebrities, companies and products that have teamed up with HSUS, and I would like your help doing that today. Take a minute to leave some names of personalities and products that you are aware that have ties with this organization. This will greatly help me in finally putting a list together. I appreciate your help!
BEEF Daily Quick Fact: Every day, 76 million Americans eat beef. (Source: Georgia Cattlemen's Association)

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Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,
There is a question I would like to ask you which is related to the science of Hadith:
Scholars defined Hadith Sahih as that: "The Isnad [chain of transmission] of the hadith continues through the transmission of a trustworthy ('adl) and accurate (dhabit) narrator from someone similar to him from the beginning of the Sanad [chain of transmission] to its end. And the hadith should not be Shadh (irregular) nor mu'allal (defective)". These are the restricting conditions for a narration to be accepted as Sahih hadith. But I find a lot of scholars strengthen weak reports by Shawahid (Witnesses) and Mutabaat (Follow-ups); for example, a hadith may come via a certain chain, and the hadith was a da'eef (weak) hadith, then this hadith has Shawahid or Mutabaat, but these Shawahid and Mutabaat are weak. However, scholars would authenticate the hadith via these Shawahid and Mutabaat. What is the extent to which these Shawahid and Mutabaat can be considered? And when they have an impact in the tashih (authentication) of Ahadith?
Please answer the question, may Allah bless you….
From Osama Ay'yaat
Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,
Before answering the question, it is necessary to clarify some of the relevant terminology such as "Shawahid and Mutabaat, and Matn and Sanad", which are terms used in the science of Hadith, and we will explain them through citing examples:
– It came in Musnad Al-Shafei: Malik informed us from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ، فَلَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوُا الْهِلَالَ، وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ»
"The month of Ramadan may consist of twenty-nine days. So do not fast till you have sighted it (the new moon) and do not break fast, till you have sighted it (the new moon of Shawwal), and if the sky is cloudy for you, then complete thirty (days)."
– Matn is the speech which comes at the end of the Sanad, which in this Hadith the words of the Prophet ﷺ:
«الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ، فَلَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوُا الْهِلَالَ، وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ»
"The month of Ramadan may consist of twenty-nine days. So do not fast till you have sighted it (the new moon) and do not break fast, till you have sighted it (the new moon of Shawwal), and if the sky is cloudy for you, then complete thirty (days)."
– Sanad is the chain of men who link the Matn of the hadith to the one who said it. Thus the Sanad in this hadith is: Shafei from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
– This Hadith was not only narrated by al-Shafei from Malik, but was also narrated from Malik by Abdullah bin Maslama by the same Isnad from Abdullah ibn Umar. Bukhari reported in his Sahih: Abdullah bin Maslama told us that Malik narrated from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said:
«الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ لَيْلَةً، فَلاَ تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا العِدَّةَ ثَلاَثِينَ»
"The month (can be) 29 nights (i.e. days), and do not fast till you see the moon, and if the sky is overcast, then complete (the month of Sha'ban) thirty (days)".
Abdullah bin Maslama followed al-Shafi'i in the narration of this Hadith, that is he narrated the Hadith from the Sheikh (teacher) of al-Shafei who is Malik through the mentioned Sanad, and therefore the narration of Abdullah bin Maslama is given the term "follow-up" (Mutaba'h), which in this case is called "full follow-up" (Mutaba'ah tammah).
– As well as Muslim narrated this Hadith in his Saheeh from Abdullah bin Omar as following: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah told us, Abu Osama told us, Obaidullah told us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) that Allah's Messenger ﷺ made a mention of Ramadan and he with the gesture of his hand said:
«الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا – ثُمَّ عَقَدَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ – فَصُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ، وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ، فَإِنْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدِرُوا لَهُ ثَلَاثِينَ»
"The month is thus and thus. (He then withdrew his thumb at the third time). He then said: Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it, and if the weather is cloudy calculate it (the months of Sha'ban and Shawwal) as thirty days."
In this narration of the Hadith, Nafi followed Abdullah ibn Dinar in narration from Abdullah bin Omar, and this is called Mutaba'ah qasirah (incomplete follow-up) because it was not a follow up from the starting of the Sanad.
– An-Nasai narrated in his Sunan this Hadith as following: Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Yazeed informed us, he said: Sufian told us, from Amr ibn Dinar, from Mohammed bin Hunain, from Ibn Abbas, who said: I am surprised at those who anticipate the month, when the Messenger of Allah said:
«إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْهِلَالَ فَصُومُوا، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ»
"When you see the new crescent then fast, and when you see it, then stop fasting, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then complete thirty days".
It is clear that this narration of the Hadith is through another chain from another Sahabi, who is Ibn Abbas, and is not from Abdullah bin Omar. The Hadith narrated by An-Nasai is called the "witness" (Shahid) to the earlier mentioned Hadith narrated by Al-Shafi', as well as to the Ahadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim … Also each of the above mentioned Ahadith of Al-Shafi'I, Bukhari and Muslim are called "Shawahid" for the Hadith of An-Nasai, … And if the Matn of the Shahid Hadith has differences in wording but similarity in the meaning, then it is called "shahid bil ma'ana" witness by meaning, such as in the hadith of Al-Bukhari in his Sahih: Adam told us, Sho'aba told us, Muhammad ibn Ziyad said: I heard Abu Huraira may Allah be pleased with him, he said: The Prophet ﷺ said, or he said: Abu al-Qasim ﷺ said:
«صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ، فَإِنْ غُبِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا عِدَّةَ شَعْبَانَ ثَلاَثِينَ»
"Fast on its sighting and break the fast on its sighting, if its covered to you then complete the period of Sha'ban with thirty days."
Thus the Matn in this Hadith is similar to the Matn in the Hadith of Al-Shafei in meaning, but not in wording, because here it mentions the month of Shaaban…
And now we come to the answer to the question:
– The Ahadith which their weakness is on account of the narrator being Fasiq (commits transgression) or being accused of lying or so, they are not strengthened by other Ahadith, instead they are rejected and not acted upon. The following was mentioned in the book, The Islamic Personality Vol.1:
"… It is a mistake to say that when a da'eef hadith [weak hadith] comes via numerous lines of transmission then it rises to the level of hasan or Sahih. For when the hadith is weak this means the narrators have actually committed transgressions or have been accused of lying. When the hadith has come through other lines of transmission which are of this type, then it has increased in its weakness…."
Ibn al-Salah said in his Muqaddimah:
"Not every weakness in the Hadith is eliminated by the hadith coming from different lines of transmission. Rather the situation varies:
… there are also types of weakness which are not eliminated by something similar to that, on account of severity of the weakness and the failure of this Jaber (consoler) to console it and mend it. An example of this is the weakness which arises from the transmitter being accused of lying, or the fact that the hadith is Shadh (irregular)."
– There are some narrations of Ahadith where one of its transmitters or more have deficiency in retention or is a narrator with a blameless record (Mastur) or so, but he is not accused of lying or fisq (transgression) … That is, the reason for weakness (da'af) was due to deficiency in retention or so and not in truth or pious… These narrations of Ahadith if taken alone will be judged as da'eef (weak), due to the weakness of some of the men in the chain of transmission. … But when following the narrations, it appears that these narrations have reliable Shawahid and Mutabaat, that is they are suitable to strengthen the related narration and mend the deficiency in retention and removes the matn of the hadith from being Shadh (irregular) or Munkar (rejected)… In this case, we do not judge the hadith as da'eef (weak), but rather the hadith becomes a Hasan Hadith, because it was narrated in another form that mends the impairment, due to which it will not be included as Shadh (irregular) or Munkar (rejected). The following came in the book, the Islamic Personality vol.1:
"Hasan: It is a report that is known by the one who reported it and its transmitters became well known and consequently it is the core of most of the hadith. It is a hadith most scholars accept and it is used by the fuqaha generally i.e. that in the Isnad there are no narrators that have been charged with lying and it is not a Shadh (irregular) hadith. These are two types:
First: a hadith whose Isnad is not free from transmitters who are Mastur (of hidden condition) and whose capacity is not realized. However, they are not negligent and are not prone to make mistakes and nor are they charged with mendacity. The matn of the hadith may have been narrated by someone at a similar level to him due to which it will not be included as Shadh (irregular) or Munkar (rejected)…."
Also the following came in Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah:
"It became abundantly clear that there are two subcategories of Hadith-Hassan:
One: the hadith, the isnad of which includes an outwardly acceptable individual (Mastur) whose suitability has not been confirmed, yet this individual is not careless, prone to make mistakes in what he transmits, nor is accused of lying in hadith; that is, he manifests neither the practice of deliberately lying in Hadith nor any other reason for vitiating his integrity. In addition, it has become known that a text like that of the hadith or one similar to it has been transmitted through one or more different lines of transmissions. In this way the hadith is reinforced by parallelism of someone else being in conformity with its transmitter with something like it or by another witness to it; that is the appearance of another hadith with a similar text. This way the possibility that it Shadh (irregular) or Munkar (rejected) is excluded. The remarks of Tirmidhi on this subcategory descends …"
He also said:
"… Not every weakness in the Hadith is eliminated by the hadith coming from different lines of transmission. Rather the situation varies: one weakness which the passage of the hadith through different lines of transmission eliminates the weakness which arises from some deficiency in the retention of its transmitter, when he is otherwise veracious and pious. When we saw the hadith he related also came from another line of transmission, we realize that it is one of the hadith that he had retained properly, and that his accuracy in it was not impaired …"
Accordingly, one should not rush to judge weakness on Ahadith merely by the presence in the Sanad of a Mastur person or a man with deficiency in retention… but other narrations should be studied to find out Shawahid (Witnesses) and Mutabaat (Follow-ups)… However, it should be pointed out that the strengthening of the Ahadith via (Witnesses) and Mutabaat (Follow-ups) is a delicate matter that lack knowledge and comprehension of the science of Hadith and the details of narrations and of invalidation and attestation of reliability (al-Jarh wa Ta'dīl). Because not all follow-ups or witnesses are sufficient to strengthen the Hadith, but it must exist in them conditions to be considerable and appropriate to mend the impairment and to judge on the Hadith as acceptable.
I hope this subject has become clear Bi'ithnillah.
Your brother,
Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah
23rd Shawwal 1437 AH
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus related to the herpes virus that gives you cold sores. Over half of adults in the U.S. have had it in their body by the time they turn 40.
It's not a problem for most people because a healthy immune system can easily control it. But it can make people with weakened immune symptoms, like someone with advanced HIV, very sick.
Most often, in persons with advanced HIV, CMV causes an eye infection called retinitis that can lead to blindness. CMV retinitis is an AIDS-defining condition.
How You Can Get It
You probably won't catch CMV from casual contact, but it's possible to get it by touching your eyes, nose, or mouth after contact with an infected person's:
- Saliva
- Semen
- Vaginal fluids
- Blood
- Urine
- Breast milk
You can also get cytomegalovirus through:
- Sexual contact
- Blood transfusions
- Organ transplants
An infant can get it before birth, which usually happens when a woman gets CMV while pregnant, or through breastfeeding.
Most healthy people who get CMV don't know it because it usually doesn't cause symptoms. If you have symptoms, they're mild and similar to other illnesses:
- Fatigue
- Swollen glands
- Fever
In persons with advanced HIV, CMV can move around your body if it's not treated. You could have:
- Blind spots or moving black spots, called "floaters," in your eyesight
- Blurred vision
- Blindness
- Diarrhea
- Belly pain
- Painful or difficult swallowing
- Pain, weakness, or numbness at the base of your spine that makes walking a struggle
In rare cases, CMV can also cause:
- Changes to your personality
- Headaches
- Trouble concentrating
- Shortness of breath
- Dry cough
If you're HIV-positive, your chance of becoming sick with CMV is greatest when your CD4 count is below 100.
Getting a Diagnosis
There are tests to check your blood and urine to see if there's any trace of the virus. For example, a serologic test looks for antibodies that your immune system makes to fight CMV. Your doctor can do a biopsy -- taking tissue or fluid from your intestine, throat, or spine -- and look at it under a microscope, too.
An eye doctor can check for inflammation in your retina.
Imaging tests, like a CT scan, give your doctor a picture of your lungs or brain that can show changes caused by CMV.
When you have retinitis caused by CMV, your doctor may give you very strong IV meds for a couple of weeks, a process called induction therapy. For daily treatment, you may have a catheter put into your chest. After a while, your doctor may switch you to pills.
You might need medication injected directly into your eye if the virus is threatening your sight.
Once the infection is under control, you'll take a pill each day to keep it at bay.
Your doctor may prescribe drugs to keep the virus from making more copies of itself, including:
- Cidofovir (Vistide)
- Foscarnet (Foscavir)
- Ganciclovir (Cytovene)
- Valganciclovir (Valcyte)
- Symtuza, a combination of darunavir, cobicistat and TAF/FTC, which is tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) and emtricitabine (FTC)
These drugs generally can't cure the disease if you have advanced HIV, but they can control it while your HIV infection is being treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART).
You could have side effects, depending on which medicine you take, including:
- Low white-blood-cell count (neutropenia), which raises your chance for other infections
- Feeling tired from low red-blood-cell count (anemia)
- Getting queasy or throwing up
- Rash
- Lower testosterone levels
- Kidney problems
Treatment for CMV is used less often now. This is because anti-HIV meds (antiretroviral therapy, ART), when given early in the course of HIV infection, will prevent progression to advanced HIV and will keep you from getting CMV disease in the first place.
CMV was once the most common viral opportunistic infection linked to HIV. Now, correctly taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) can help keep your CD4 count up and your immune system strong. It can also help stop retinitis from coming back.
If you have advanced HIV, in addition to ART, your doctor might give you medicine to prevent CMV, but it's expensive, sometimes causes severe side effects, and may not work well.
Whether you have advanced HIV or not, washyour hands often, especially after contact with others' urine or saliva. If you're around young children, avoid touching urine and saliva and things that come in contact with them because little kids are more likely to carry CMV via these body fluids.
Use condoms when you have sex, including oral sex.
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I am still lamenting the Tar Heels tournament exit at the hands of the Kentucky Wildcats (who I can't stand). A Kentucky/UConn Final Four match-up is pretty much a visual root canal for me. I can only hope the power goes out or something. In other news, I have finished up the Ansel Adams Mountains pic. The sky was every bit the pain I thought it would be, mainly because this work killed a couple good markers. Oh well, it was worth it. Now I need two things to happen. I need to find the next one to do and I need UConn to beat UK and lose in the final (yeah right). I can almost taste the money. 🙂 Here's the finished product… Onward and upward.
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March Madness has officially begun. I'm sitting here watching my beloved Tar Heels in their first round matchup against Long Island. Hopefully, if the Heels can't bring home the trophy, someone will step up and make sure Duke doesn't either. 🙂 Speaking of madness, the sky on this Ansel Adams piece is quite the struggle. A couple of my crucial markers are dying at the same time so I am really having to come up with some creative workarounds. The area right between the two mountains is beginning to look like I want it so I'll try to take the technique used there and expand it to the rest. Below is the progress so far… Go Heels!


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My dog went to New York and got robbed
My dog Kitai was on the Today Show last week to show off the costume his mom made him. He didn't win. All my friends tell me he was robbed.
Look at his appearance and judge for yourself.
Kitai was entirely robbed. All the other dogs, with the exception of that really ugly chihuahua, wore "apron-style" costumes. Pfft. Big deal.
Kitai's costume was a whole-body costume. It was much more intricately done, what with the tiny dogs, the book and whatnot.
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In January there was a mini-tornado blew across the cemetery causing damage to a number of headstones and causing others to be unstable, mostly to the left of the Prayer Hall.
The United Synagogue Burial Sociey probably have details of all the effected plots should you wish to check on family / ancestors' headstones.
Given the very wet weather we have been having caution should be taken when visiting any of the cemeteries where the ground may have become very soft and therefore dangerous


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The AppScan Appliance – Adding .NET Solution Scanning On Demand
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One of the main advantages of having a full Continuous Integration environment integrated with the security scanning tools, all running together on a central server (pronounced "Mainframe") is the ability for customization to take place, such as the initial phase of Support for ASP.NET MVC 3.0 , and immediately be made available to the entire enterprise.
In this scenario, a key aspect to take into consideration is the fact that the product integration, installation of the development / run time environments and SDKs, as well as the upgrade of various components that was necessary to perform the investigation, initial prototyping and testing of this brand new "customer specific" support was all performed behind the scenes – keeping any dirty laundry hidden while minimizing the perceived complexity.
As this is a concept in process where the twin objectives are to
generate high confidence results and to
communicate these to the developer in the most effective and efficient way, this integration is also the chance to
test out a particular 'developer workflow':
→ The creation of a specific Version Control System (VCS) repository which is to be used by the development team responsible for the MvcMusicStore application.
→ Individual
developer can, at any point, check in and build their code and,
trigger a Sour
→ Once the check in or commit of the code has taken place, the developer can watch the build and scanning taking place by logging into a Web Portal hosted on The AppScan.
→ The results of the scan are filtered according to the specific security policies in place, automatically incorporated into a reporting dashboard in the Web Portal and also made available for download to work with locally.
As I've become more familiar with TeamCity Artifacts, setting and using Environment Variables and Configuration Parameters, my Command Line Interface (CLI) scripts have evolved to be used in a much more generic manner:
login http
Below are screenshots showing this workflow in action, which, of course is just the starting point for what will actually be occurring when
Automated Application Deployment, Dynamic And Static Analysis, Automated Quality and Functional Testing, IPS signature generation,
Virtual Patching, Auto-Fixing...
Here we can see the developer, obviously a Mono Champ to develop C# on a Mac, entering a commit message and syncing.
On the AppScan Appliance side we can see that a build was triggered and details about the user including the commit message.
Now the developer can log in to the AppScan Web Portal to view the overall progress of the build.
And can view the details of the build and scan in real time in the Build Log.
The ability to perform involved customization work, adding support for an entirely new 'custom' framework, behind the scenes is
certainly a step in the right direction in terms of reducing complexity for the consumer.
Being able to implement a workflow for the developer to initiate scans and view / download the results in such a relatively easy manner
seems like a nice testament to the ongoing evolution of this "Appliance" concept or "The AppScan" as some are now referring to it.


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My top three true crime podcasts and one surprise entrant.
A Little Lipstick Never Hurts
Next in the make-up collection confessional is my lipstick collection. Saying I love lipstick is an understatement. If I'm feeling down or a little low in the self-esteem department a quick swipe of lipstick and I can take on the world. So put on some red lipstick and live a little. And just for some… Continue reading A Little Lipstick Never Hurts
My Nail Varnish Obsession
Hi, I'm Babs and I am a beautyholic. They say the first step on the road to recovery is acceptance but I accepted this fact a long time ago and it hasn't helped in any way. Not that it's a big problem really, unless you count it being a problem for my bank account. Anyway… Continue reading My Nail Varnish Obsession
Review: Asking For It
Second novel by the West Cork author Louise O' Neill had the whole country talking. From its intense social media presence to the rave reviews both in traditional print and online forums it was a must read from its release. I will admit, I don't read as much as I used to (something I am… Continue reading Review: Asking For It
Burlesque: Empowerment Not Just Boobs and Pasties
Waterford is a small city. So small in fact that when my friends come to visit they question whether it is a city at all. I am not saying this to be mean about my new adopted home but rather to emphasis the point I am about to make. Waterford is not a place where… Continue reading Burlesque: Empowerment Not Just Boobs and Pasties
ITWBN: First Birthday Party
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Into the West Bloggers Network's (ITWBN) first birthday party, and what a party it was. I was lucky enough to be at the very first meet up all that time ago, you can read about it here, and I could not believe how… Continue reading ITWBN: First Birthday Party
Review: Max Factor False Lash Effect 24 Hour Mascara
I have become quite a fan of Max Factor. I was a little late to the party when it came to trying their products but I have been pretty happy with the ones I have tried. So you can imagine my delight when I received a box of Max Factor goodies through a special offer… Continue reading Review: Max Factor False Lash Effect 24 Hour Mascara


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The It Girl
The It Girl
Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey is ready to start boarding school after being asked to leave Constance Billard in New York City. Waverly Academy is out in the country and the perfect place for Jenny to start her new persona --- someone who doesn't make embarrassing mistakes or get into trouble. Right.
To start off, she mistakenly has been assigned to the boys' dorm. Then her two new roommates, Callie Vernon and Brett Messerschmidt, are not talking to each other due to some big scandal that went down at the end of the last school year. Both are dealing with some pretty serious issues of their own as well, and Jenny observes it all happening.
Rumors are flying about her past life in New York, and Jenny tries to quash that nonsense while fighting the crush she's developing for Easy, the boyfriend of one of her roommates. He ends up getting caught in her room on her bed --- instead of with his girlfriend, who he had been coming to visit. Now Jenny has to decide if she wants to tell on her roommate and Easy, or go through the Disciplinary Committee hearing, which may get her kicked out of Waverly.
But she likes Waverly. Boy trouble and rumors aside, Jenny has found a talent for field hockey and even makes the varsity team. She is invited to some hot parties and likes the art classes. In order to stay at the academy and remain popular, the New Jenny must deal with a handful --- New York City was never this complicated.
THE IT GIRL is an interesting start to a series that is sure to attract the many fans of Gossip Girl.
Reviewed by Amy Alessio on November 2, 2005
The It Girl
- Publication Date: November 2, 2005
- Genres: Fiction
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Little Brown and Company


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I almost didn't go on this bike ride because both my tires were flat, it was freezing cold and raining. But sometimes you just got to act even though the circumstances are far from perfect.
Life is not always making it easy for you to make a move. And even though the road might be bumpy and on flat tires you can still make the ride incredible and worthwhile. Life is change.
Your circumstances are constantly changing. How you start is never how you end. So if you find yourself waiting for the perfect moment to act… stop.
Life is short and precious. Take a chance a make the move. Make a new beginning and create a beautiful memory😘
If you would like to create your own Pretty Bicycle Portraits, you can find more inspiration on Instagram via pretty_bicycle.
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I am typing this with a new bundle of love on my lap. Introducing our new kitten—Max Von Holstein. Albert and I went to a couple different shelters looking to adopt a new friend for The Rat. We were initially choosing by appearance, and I was looking for a tabby, which we haven't had before. Well, when we met Max, who is a few months older than what we were looking for and NOT a tabby, he made it clear we were to take him home. He jumped into both of our arms and immediately started purring. When we left the room and watched through the glass, he was the only kitten loudly meowing at the door for us to come back and get him. We did.
Of course, two days later he has a kennel cold and we already had to bring him to the vet. He's on antibiotics and is doing fine, sleeping on my lap. Max is adorable and The Rat is not happy that a new cat is in the house. We're trying to slowly work them into being friends but the fatty Ratty is currently afraid of the seven pound, sneezing ball of fur.
Just when you didn't think this blog entry could get any gayer than Albert and I adopting a kitten, let me share a story. I recently purchased an album on Amazon.com, not knowing that Albert had converted us to their cloud system. Because of this, I could not download the album that I had just purchased to our computer. Apparently only one of us can be considered the owner of the computer, which is bullshit.
I called Amazon and went off on the customer service lady. "What do you mean, we can't share the same computer? We're domestic partners!"
"Sir, there can only be one person allocated to a machine, not two."
"So, if we were married we couldn't share the same computer?" I inquired, assuming this was the case.
"No Sir, only one person per machine is the new policy."
"Oh, can you refund my last album purchase then, if I can't access it?"
"Yes, of course, what is the album?"
"Um, Barbra Streisand's Release Me."
"Yes, we will refund your money and remove Barbra Streisand from your cloud." As she was responding, I was thinking that might win the award for the gayest conversation of her day.
Completely unrelated, thank you to Russ and Sven for throwing an excellent Octoberfest party on Saturday afternoon. We also went to a haunted mansion on Saturday night in West Adams, which was very fun. It was called Delusion: The Blood Rite, and Neil Patrick Harris was one of the producers. It was a theatrical show with creepy actors taking you on a dilapidated house tour with cinematic special effects.
Also completely unrelated, I worked out at Gold's Gym yesterday next to Will Ferrell. He was sporting a mustache, so I have a feeling Anchorman Ron Burgundy is coming back to the screen sometime soon.


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GetMyHomesValue.com President Steve Young Named One Of Central PA's 'Forty Under 40'
GetMyHomesValue.com President and Co-Founder Steve Young has been named to Central Penn Business Journal's list of the forty top young business leaders in the region, the "Forty Under 40."
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 10, 2009 – GetMyHomesValue.com announced Monday that President and Co-Founder Steve Young will be honored as one of Central Penn Business Journal's 2009 Forty Under 40 award recipients.
Young is the second GetMyHomesValue co-founder to receive this honor from Central Penn Business Journal. In 2006, Rory Wilfong was honored with the same distinction. Young will be awarded at an evening reception and awards program at Hilton Harrisburg from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m on October 23, 2009. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Forty Under 40 program.
As President of GetMyHomesValue.com, Young manages the day-to-day operations of the 16th fastest growing real estate-related company in the US. Young and two other entrepreneurs, Dave Conklin and Rory Wilfong, established GetMyHomesValue in 2004 as a subscription based lead generation service for real estate agents nationwide. In 2006, Central Penn Business Journal recognized the company as one of the region's emerging businesses. In 2008, the company was honored by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the nation.
Today, in addition to online lead generation, GetMyHomesValue also provides a suite of internet marketing tools, personal coaching services, and CRM software for its lead generation subscribers. More recently added to the website include a GetMyHomesValue.com RE directory and GetMyHomesValue.com subscriber forum.
Young was selected for this year's Forty Under 40 for his commitment to business growth, professional excellence and the community in addition to his success as one of GetMyHomesValue's co-founders.
"It's a very cool accomplishment," said Young. "Having my success recognized by peers in the area and being grouped on such a strong list of leaders in the region is a pretty great feeling."
Before starting GetMyHomesValue.com, Young was a mortgage consultant and owner of Classic Mortgage Services, Inc. He was also a mortgage consultant and loan officer with Homesale Mortgage Services, in Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Millersville University (Millersville, PA).
Nominations for the Forty Under 40 program ended in late April, and a panel of four judges, all past recipients of the award, reviewed and scored the nominees to determine the top forty list. 2009 judges include: Steven P. Buterbaugh, E.K. McConkey & Co., Inc.; Brian DeCew, Beyond Architecture LLC; Tonia Leitzel Ulsh, Mountz Jewelers; and Leland James Nelson, Dirty Dog Franchising Group.
The awards event is open to the public and admission costs $90 per person. Tickets can be purchased online at centralpennbusiness.com/events.
Following the event, Young and the other award recipients will be featured in a special supplement to the October 30th edition of the Central Penn Business Journal. The list of winners will also appear in the 2010 Book of Lists publication.
Sponsors of the 2009 Forty Under 40 program include American Home Bank, Hilton Harrisburg, Highmark Blue Shield, Lehman Volvo, The River 97.3 WRVV and BOB 94.9.
GetMyHomesValue.com is a Lancaster, PA based, Inc. 500 real estate marketing company that utilizes the internet to connect consumers who have real estate needs to real estate professionals. At the same time, GetMyHomesValue.com provides real estate agents nationwide with prospective clients, CRM products, strategic coaching and internet marketing services. For more information, please call 877-545-3237 or visit GetMyHomesValue.com Success for information on the company's full suite of services.
New Prospect Maximizer Updates From GetMyHomesValue.com
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 09, 2009 – As a way to better serve its existing subscribers and offer an industry-leading solution to potential new customers, GetMyHomesValue.com announced the beta release of its latest version of "Prospect Maximizer," a popular client relationship management (CRM) program for real estate agents, on Thursday.
Prospect Maximizer is a CRM tool originally designed by GetMyHomesValue.com in 2007 to meet the needs of real estate agents who subscribe to their lead generation and internet marketing services. Described as an easy-to-use, automated follow-up system, Prospect Maximizer can keep agents in contact and up to date with every lead they gain through GetMyHomesValue.com. Keeping track of scheduled events, calls, meetings and other communication with prospects is also automated through the system.
As the web has evolved, however, so have the needs of GetMyHomesValue.com subscribers. Last September, when Inc. Magazine released its list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the US, GetMyHomesValue.com was rated the 16th fastest growing private company related to real estate. Earning that recognition was just one of the catalysts for the upgrade to Prospect Maximizer, which has become essential to GetMyHomesValue's subscriber satisfaction.
"Our subscribers requested a faster, easier to use product for managing their contacts," said Steve Young, co-founder and CEO of GetMyHomesValue.com. "Listening to our customers has always been important to us, but we knew we had to take things to the next level across the company after making the Inc. 500. With Prospect Maximizer, we found that we had an opportunity to improve create something industry-leading."
In addition to a completely redesigned user-interface, the latest upgrade of Prospect Maximizer will include mobile device notifications of new leads and appointments, seller and buyer marketing tools, and a collaborative marketing project still in development.
An announcement of the official release of Prospect Maximizer 3.0 is expected in the coming weeks. Social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook are just a few of the places GetMyHomesValue.com expects to announce the launch of the newest version of Prospect Maximizer. Make sure you are socializing with them by following GetMyHomesValue.com on Twitter.
Access to the CRM has always been complimentary with a monthly subscription to GetMyHomesValue.com's lead generation services. More information about Prospect Maximizer can be found at the GetMyHomesValue website.
GetMyHomesValue.com is a Lancaster, PA based, Inc. 500 real estate marketing company that utilizes the internet to connect consumers who have real estate needs to real estate professionals. At the same time, GetMyHomesValue.com provides real estate agents nationwide with prospective clients, CRM products, strategic coaching and internet marketing services. For more information on their services, please call 877-545-3237, watch GetMyHomesValue.com on YouTube, or visit them online at getmyhomesvalue.com.


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The US will use its most advanced unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to monitor Chinese activity in waters surrounding the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), the object of an acrimonious dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, Japanese media are reporting.
The decision was made during a meeting between Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at the Pentagon on Sunday, NHK and the Yomiuri Shimbun said, adding that the drones would also conduct surveillance around Okinawa.
At least three unarmed Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk drones have been deployed at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam since September 2010, bolstering the operational intelligence capabilities of US forces in the Asia-Pacific.
Operating at an altitude of about 18,000m, the RQ-4 provides near-real-time, long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery by means of a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar. It played a role in damage assessment following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in March last year.
Amid rising tensions between Japan and China over the disputed islets, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has mostly relied on P-3C "Orion" surveillance aircraft to monitor Chinese naval activity in the area.
Taiwan also claims sovereignty over the islands.
Tetsuo Kotani, a fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo, said the deployment sends an important message.
"One of the urgent issues for the US-Japan alliance is to enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] cooperation," he told the Taipei Times yesterday. "The Global Hawk can serve as a symbol of allied ISR cooperation."
"This is an important step for the alliance and sends a strong message to Beijing that Washington stands firmly with Tokyo," he said.
Although the US does not officially take a position on the sovereignty dispute, some believe the Diaoyutais fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Co-operation and Security.
However, Kotani said Beijing should not misunderstand the real message.
"This is US reassurance to Japan. As long as Japan is reassured by the US, Japan does not have to take provocative actions vis-a-vis Beijing over the Senkakus," he said. "No country wants to increase the tensions."
The Diaoyutais are known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan.
During Sunday's meeting, Panetta and Morimoto also agreed to explore eventual revisions of the Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation, which govern cooperation between the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the US military during crises.
Passed in 1978, the guidelines were substantially revised in 1997 in response to the North Korean nuclear program.
"We shared the view that it's important to jointly study and discuss [security matters], taking into consideration changes in the security environment and what Japan-US cooperation should be," Morimoto told a press conference.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the review will focus on defense cooperation on the Nansei Islands in response to Chinese military expansion and increasing activity in waters surrounding Japan, as well as North Korea's nuclear and missile development and post-disaster cooperation.
No specific procedures or timeline for the review were discussed.


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This one has me stumped. I have two "identical" spools for a Curado 200E7 filled with the same line to the same depth. Both cast fine, but one makes the reel run really rough (geary) on the retrieve. I have checked:
1. The straightness of the shaft (by rolling it on a flat surface).
2. The diameter of the shaft using calipers
3. Both ends of the shaft for roughness or burrs.
4. That the pin to engage the pinion gear is centred on the shaft.
Any ideas?
A tale of two spools
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Re: A tale of two spools
It could be the lip of the spool rubbing the inside surface of the reel chassis. Perhaps your "suspect" spool's roundness is not true. Ive experienced the same with my curado's, a bit of aggressive rolling against a smooth, hard surface should do. Apply pressure conservatively.
Re: A tale of two spools
Thanks Grewia. I've checked the spool by rolling it on a flat surface and can't spot any defect by eye. The shaft stays straight and there is no rocking. I have also measured the distance to the pin from the end of the shaft and checked that the pin mates perfectly with the pinion gear. The total length of the shaft is OK. Perhaps it is a small bend in the shaft that is too small to see by eye. The tolerance inside the pinion gear is very tight and it would not take much. The odd thing is that the spool still casts fine with no excessive noise, so this seems to rule out a bent shaft? Got me beat.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
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Bread has consumed my life. Except that it hasn't, because I haven't been baking like I should. So it's consumed my thoughts, perhaps that is more accurate.
The cookbook is due Oct. 15th, so thats like 13 days... yeah. I still need a name. It's all about fruit breads... and I need something more creative than "Fruit Breads." If you have any ideas, please share. : )
I have 6 logos due Monday, as well as a 3-page paper for art history. And I have a marketing test on Wednesday. Needless to say, I am busy.
More bread, and recipes, soon!
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- AnonymousOctober 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM
You need a name for your cookbook?ReplyDelete
How about...."Bread, bread, the magical fruit", the more you eat, the more you..."
Awww, nevermind. I'll keep working on it. LOL!
Love you, busy little girl. Keep on keepin' on!
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Set of two EUROLEAGUE basketballs units, mainly designed for multi-sports facilities and installations that host highest-level basketball competitions. Due to its design and ease of transport, the EUROLEAGUE basketball unit can be easily and quickly folded for quick storage when not in use. This does not affect its structural properties, such as resistance, rigidity and stability with respect to any pressure that is applied during basketball games. These features provide versatility to the facilities using these units.
All dimensions, requirements and specifications have been made in order to meet the different regulations established by the International Basketball Federation in the official rules appendices, as well as stipulated by the European standard UNE-EN 1270, which makes it one of the highest-level basketball units on the market.
With regards to its design, calculations and dimensions, the EUROLEAGUE basketball unit has been developed with the highest computer-assisted design technology. Studies were conducted on resistance and rigidity using the finest analysis in order to achieve maximum safety and stability, to satisfy the specified requirements.
The EUROLEAGUE basketball unit is comprised of a structure, made of cold-formed bars and steel structural tubes.
The structure is comprised of an upper arm, which is the section that actually supports the board and is responsible for transferring stresses to the base. There are two vertical posts attached to the base and to the upper arm by 8 pivot points and each has self-lubricating bearings that help facilitate the folding and unfolding process.
Finally, there is the base, which is the element that the posts rest upon. The base is responsible for keeping the whole unit firmly in place and making it stable. In addition, it is equipped with a transport system consisting of wheels and the necessary counterweights to move and handle it, guaranteeing stability during the folding and unfolding process. It is important to note that these are not the appropriate counterweights to use with the unit when playing basketball. During use, the basketball unit must be anchored or additional counterweights must be added. Apart from these transport counterweights it also has a series of anchorage points on the rear of the base, which enable the basketball unit to be fastened to the floor. The manual folding and unfolding operations are made easier by a set of traction springs that provide the force required to elevate and lower the basketball unit.
Once the basketball unit has been folded, it can be moved manually with the 8 wheels incorporated into the base. 4 wheels are swivel for easier steering and the other 4 are fixed bearing wheels.
The basketball unit is equipped with an automatic system that activates the floor or pavement brake pads. When the basketball unit is raised (play position), the brake pads are activated, and they become supporting points for the basketball unit.
When the basketball unit is folded (non-play position) the brake pads are deactivated and the wheels become the supporting points for the basketball unit, making it movable.
The basketball unit board, net and tilting rings are manufactured according to the European Standard UNE-EN 1270 requirements.
EUROLEGUE has been FIBA Approved, certificate for level 1 competitions and it has been used in latest FINAL FOUR tournaments:


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Harmonious interiors
This capsule collection of Roman blinds and curtains is designed to help you create harmonious interiors that lift the senses.
Our latest House Beautiful collection
Our latest collaboration with House Beautiful magazine is designed to help you create a sense of harmony and wellbeing in your home.
Taking inspiration from the natural world, the Origins capsule collection of Roman blinds and curtains includes prints, weaves, embroideries and plains in a restful palette of chalk, mineral, citrine and aqua hues.
Mix and match fabrics from the House Beautiful Origins range to create a contemporary, naturally tranquil scheme. The collection blends watercolour prints and florals, textured plains and simple geometric designs. Here we talk you through the range and show you how you can style these fabrics in your home.
This is a textured plain fabric with a super soft feel. It's available in three natural colourways: chalk, linen and aqua. Mineral coordinates beautifully with the patterned fabrics in the collection to help you create a layered look that brings a sense of calm and wellbeing.
For soft ripples of colour in a watercolour wash, choose Cascade. This restful print creates a lovely effect at your window and is available in two distinct colourways; pebble and chalk, or citrine and aqua. And like all of the fabrics in the Origins collection, coordinating cushion covers are available to complete the look.
Combining formal symmetry with soft, natural tones, Rattan is a calm and contemplative design that's classically stylish and works well with any type of décor.
The watercolour brushstrokes of this fabulous floral print, blend an energising palette of citrus, aqua and moss to create a bright and fresh fabric that will bring a sense of positivity and wellbeing to any scheme.
You'll love the neutral tones and classic styling of Bamboo. Finely painted bamboo leaves stand out against a textured linen relief to create a brown blind fabric that is both warm and sophisticated.
This capsule collection of Roman blinds and curtains is designed to help you create harmonious interiors that lift the senses.
You'll find plenty of Grand Tour inspired ideas in our brand new collaboration with House Beautiful.


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You've heard and read this hundreds of times: website speed matters. Now more than ever, perhaps. With almost two decades in the web industry, I've seen many trends and best practices come and go. But website speed was never a trend, it was always a best practice. The problem is that many designers and developers have chosen to ignore it, for one reason or another.
But why? If website speed is so important, why would any web professional treat it with anything but the utmost importance? There are many answers, and here are a few:
There are many more to that list, but those few points demonstrate that speed is not automatic. Design, interactive elements, content, and functionality being added to a website will all eat away at the speed of a site. The question is, does your designer pay attention? If not, your business goals could be suffering because of it.
These days, attention spans are at an all time low. Imagine if you will, a mother taking her baby for a walk in the stroller, down to the corner coffee shop. She has her earbuds in, on a call with a friend as she walks. Over the mile journey, she writes or answers a dozen texts, switches over to another call from her husband for a moment, checks the price of a toy on Amazon, and views 3 Facebook notifications about some friend or another's posts on the network. This is all very typical and common. If she was also hitting up your website because her friend on the phone just referred her to your services, how long do you think she will wait to skim your site before moving on to the next "thing"? Studies show that about 40% of surfers will move on in less than 3 seconds. Waiting is not an option in today's connected world. She may never remember to look you up again. There goes your sale.
Stats from gomez.com and akamai.com
For those of you who just had your site redesigned, did your designer speak at all about page speed or weight during your project? If not, your brand new site may not be optimized for speed, and your potential customers may not be using your site the way you'd hoped. For those with an older site, I can almost guarantee that you could use a tune up.
At Swish, we give each page a performance budget, and build to meet or beat that budget. If we overshoot it, we'll work on it until its performing according to our standards. What standards, you ask? There aren't any, but search engines have begun to penalize slower sites in search rankings, and provide tools to measure performance for websites. We pay attention to what Google and Bing say, because their algorithms can help or hinder a site's ability to be successful.
So, if you rely on your website for growing your mailing list, for signups, for customer interaction, for sales, speed absolutely matters. A great user experience is vital to build trust online, and one of the most vital pieces of the user experience puzzle is site speed. Its not hard to improve, and we're experts at auditing site speed, making recommendations, and implementing those recommendations. If you are concerned that your website isn't performing up to it's potential, let's chat.
Chad is a 19 year veteran of the web industry. A developer by trade, he is now at the helm of his 3rd digital agency. Chad's mind for small business strategy makes him a valuable partner for client needs.


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Established in 2006, the Keystone State Education Coalition is a growing grass roots, non-partisan public training advocacy group of a number of hundred locally elected, volunteer faculty board members and administrators from school districts throughout Pennsylvania. Speedgrader permits educators to view and grade scholar assignment submissions in a single place utilizing a simple point scale or complex rubric. From April 5th to April seventh, NYC public school students shall be asked to take the NY State English Language Arts (ELA) examination. Obama tried final yr to vary the regulation in order that college students attending for-revenue faculties couldn't obtain loans for packages that value an outrageous quantity in comparison with the average wage upon graduation. The 4 key rules of NCLB inclde accountability, growth targets, partental involvement and research0based instruction (US Department of Education, as cited in Byrnes, 2011, p. 223).
On the other hand, the Bologna Process is a mutual recognition pact among European nations designed to greater the standard of training in Europe. The Manhattan US Attorney fired off a letter to the Education Department's normal counsel Monday, calling out town's college system for still failing — some 25 years after passage of the American With Disabilities Act — to make most basic college buildings totally accessible to disabled youngsters. We have satisfied ourselves and our youngsters that these jobs are beneath us and our country has paid the worth for that vanity.
Accordingly, it may be necessary if universities can provide coaching about training and profession to college students in the first yr of examine. For instance, if there's a faculty rule that all college students should wear a hat during sports, however it is towards a student' religion to wear hats, then this student is being treated unfairly." Lawstuff goes on to indicate that discrimination at school can take place as a result of many different varieties.
Fortune does not simply work for CSU and Fortune School of Education (formerly known as Project Pipeline) – she also was the Superintendent of Kevin Johnson's St. HOPE Public Schools (and in addition appeared on the 2005 NSVF summit – the connections are limitless!). The National Defense Education Act of 1958, spurred by the cold conflict, changed U.S. education in more ways than one.
Student V, after persevering with derogatory feedback from Student B, and being pinched, poked and perhaps damage some other means by Student B and his associates, goes to the office. I was not contacted at any time beforehand and did not give my consent to the disclosure of my son's non-listing training document. At the federal degree we have now the Department of Education for which some really feel needs to be abolished.…


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The Goldklang Group is a sports entertainment consulting and management firm. The Group provides operational consulting and management services in all areas relating to sports franchise and event acquisition, promotion and operation. (www.goldklanggroup.com)
Armed with a passion for the game and the foresight of growth within professional baseball, Marv Goldklang formed the Goldklang Group. A fan himself, Goldklang set out to capitalize on what he felt were the key ingredients to success once the market and venue was established - providing superior customer service, cutting edge ideas, and family entertainment at affordable prices.
The origins of the Goldklang Group date back to September 1989, when investment partnerships headed by Goldklang acquired controlling interests in three affiliated Minor League Baseball franchises - the Single A Charleston, S.C. franchise in the South Atlantic League; the Single A Miami, Fla. franchise in the Florida State League (relocated to Ft. Myers in 1992); and the Double A Williamsport, Pa franchise in the Eastern League. At that time, the Goldklang Group also acquired a substantial minority interest in the Triple A Oklahoma City franchise in the American Association, which subsequently was sold in 1992. In 1990, the Goldklang Group added the Erie, Pa. franchise in the short season A New York-Penn League, which was relocated to the Hudson Valley, N.Y. region in 1994. In December 1990, a new Professional Baseball Agreement was entered into between the Major Leagues and the affiliated Minor Leagues which, among other things, mandated affiliation of the Goldklang Group's Williamsport franchise with the New York Mets. Goldklang, also a part owner of the New York Yankees, thereupon entered into discussions with the crosstown rival, resulting in sale of the franchise to the Mets in 1991. In 1992, Goldklang and Mike Veeck participated with Miles Wolff and Van Schley in recreating the concept of independent professional baseball and helped establish the Northern League, acquiring rights to St. Paul. The Saints immediately became the league's premiere franchise, garnering national attention and acclaim on a regular basis. In 1998, Goldklang and Veeck acquired a controlling interest in the Sioux Falls, SD franchise of the same league, which they subsequently sold in 2001.
Over more than a decade, the Group has participated in the construction and financing of three minor league baseball stadiums (Hudson Valley, Charleston and Brockton), as well as a major renovation of the Sioux Falls facility. Goldklang and Veeck were also at the forefront of the formation of the American Association in 2005, a modern independent baseball venture in which the St. Paul and Sioux Falls franchises currently play.
Although he is a lawyer by profession, he enjoys working around the ballpark more than in a courtroom or the boardroom. A part-owner of the New York Yankees, Marv has served as the Saints Chairman of the Board since the team's inception in 1992. He played a key role in the formation of the "new" Northern League in 1992 and moved to the forefront again in 2006 with his assistance in the formation of the "new" American Association.
In addition to the Saints, Marv is the principal owner of Fort Myers, the Twins entry in the Class A Florida State League; Charleston (SC), the Yankees affiliate in the Class A South Atlantic League and Hudson Valley, the Rays team in the short-season New York-Penn League.
Marv serves as Chairman of the Board for the Goldklang Group , which he co-founded in 1999, whose members provide management and consulting services. In addition to working with the teams in which he has a direct interest, the Group has several major and minor league sports franchises among its clients. It also has participated in the construction of sparkling new stadiums in Charleston, Hudson Valley and Brockton (MA) as well as assisting in the renovation of the Sioux Falls stadium.
Trademarks of his teams are their high attendance figures and their national reputation for interesting, innovative yet timely promotions. In 2004, the South Atlantic League inducted him into its Hall of Fame. Baseball America has identified Marv as among the most influential people in the industry.
Marv's interest in baseball goes back to his college days when he pitched for the University of Pennsylvania. There, he set a school record that still stands when he hit four batters with four pitches. Not only did he do it in the same inning but he did it to consecutive batters.
It is a name synonymous with fun at the ballpark. Veeck continues to blaze new trails every baseball season. After all, who else would hire a dog or pig to deliver baseballs to the umpire, a Roman Catholic nun to give massages, mimes to perform instant replays or lock fans out of the stadium to set an all-time attendance record for fewest people at a game. The Veeck family started in baseball nearly a century ago when Veeck's grandfather was president of the Chicago Cubs. Veeck's father, Bill, was a Hall of Fame owner with the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and the then-minor league Milwaukee Brewers. Bill Veeck will always be remembered for signing Larry Doby, the first black man to play in the American League.
Serving to put fun back into baseball while proving his ideas are not specific to sport, Veeck has spoken and entertained groups at companies such as the NBA, 3M, General Mills, and NASCAR. His first book was released in 2005, entitled "Fun is Good," describing how the simple approach of putting "fun" back into the workplace brings out the best in your employees and keeps your customers coming back for more. He has taken the "Fun is Good" way of life and helped his teams routinely reach attendance and customer service milestones, while receiving national publicity and awards for innovative promotions. He has made appearances on 60 Minutes, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly News and ESPN Sportscenter.
A New Jersey born southpaw, Jeff has been involved with the Group in various roles since its inception, coming on board officially in July 2002. Jeff began his career with the Charleston RiverDogs in 1994, handling the concessions and merchandise operations. He was instrumental in the transition of the club into its new ballpark, Joe Riley Stadium, in 1997.
Upon leaving the RiverDogs, Jeff worked as a Manager for SFX Properties, initially as a member of the Sports Group and subsequent to its acquisition by Clear Channel Entertainment, in the event and marketing areas. During his tenure at SFX, Jeff managed all aspects of the merchandising programs for Properties, specializing in formulating sponsorship agreements for national brands, primarily sports-related. In addition, Jeff developed marketing programs for the Talent division of SFX Sports as well as the Theatrical, Radio, and Outdoor divisions of Clear Channel Entertainment.
A lifelong baseball fan, Bill has been a part of the St. Paul Saints since the team's inception in 1993. On Opening Night, he was stationed outside the ballpark selling programs and later tossed out a first pitch. The next night, he coached first base. He was in the coaches' box again on August 10, 1997 when he played a major role in the biggest rally in team history. That night, the Saints trailed Sioux Falls, 9-2, after three innings. With the pennant race in full swing, manager Marty Scott turned the third base coach's box over to Murray, who had been coaching at first base that game.
St. Paul promptly began to rally, chipping away at the Canaries. It was 9-8 in the eighth inning with (current first base coach) Lamarr Rogers on second and Dwight Smith on third and two out when things really got interesting. Lance Robbins singled to shallow left. Smith scored easily and Murray daringly sent Rogers home as well. Rogers barely beat the throw to the plate and the Saints had a thrilling 10-9 victory – and the biggest come-from-behind win in franchise history.
Among Murray's duties when he visits St. Paul: morale boosting and train spotting.
Schumacher is the food and beverage director for the Goldklang Group and a native of Aiken, SC. His 30 plus years of experience in the food and beverage industry began with the Marriott Corporation, Joe's Crab Shack, fast food restaurants and other various establishments.
Schumacher was drawn to baseball in 2000 because it is the only sport where the food and beverage experience is such an integral part of the game. The Goldklang Group's food and beverage operations have appeared on the Food Network and ESPN the Magazine. Schumacher resides in Charleston, SC where he is also a contributing food writer for a local entertainment magazine. Schumacher earned a political science degree from the College of Charleston and a master's degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina.


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FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 11/13/15
Welcome to FiduciaryNews Trending Topics. Each Monday, we'll give you a quick synopsis of the major news events and trends impacting ERISA plan sponsors, 401k fiduciaries and those in the business of supporting these fine folks. If you smile when you read these entertaining snippets, well, that's the idea. If you think we're missing something important, then please let us know. But, note this well, we avoid press releases masquerading as news stories (even though they might be reported by journalists) as well as mass media pabulum that merely mouths investment myths and mistakes. "When everybody's a fiduciary… no one is."
FiduciaryNews Lead:
"Will New DOL Rule Contain Fiduciary Surprise for 401k Recordkeepers?" (FiduciaryNews.com, November 10, 2015) While everyone's talking about the potential impact the DOL's proposed new Fiduciary Rule will have on IRAs and the brokerage industry, the greater impact may be on recordkeepers within the 401k industry.
Compliance – myRA Fallout Continues:
But it's just the tip of the iceberg. Individual states managing private retirement plans is the real problem.
"3 Things to Know About Obama's New MyRa Retirement Plan," (Money, November 4, 2015) Here's the mass media view of the story.
"Can myRa Bring Retirement Planning to the Masses?" (WealthManagement, November 4, 2015) Here's the trade journal point of view. You can guess the answer to the headline question.
"Firms Offering Social Security Advice Scramble to Update Systems," (Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2015) No need to hurry. The rule doesn't take effect until next year.
"Is this the cure for America's retirement ills?" (CBS News, November 5, 2015) A surprising stark assessment of the government's latest gimmick to pretend to address an issue that is already being addressed better in the private sector.
"The IRS wants to pay you to save," (Employee Benefit News, November 6, 2015) Interesting juxtaposition given last week's "launch" of myRA. Is this the beginning of an "incentive vs. mandate" debate? The start of a full fledge melee between those who believe in leading a horse to water and those who feel justified to compel said horse to drink that water? Stay tuned, fiduciary fans!
"SIFMA Speaks Out Against State-Run Plans," (Plan Advisor, November 6, 2015) 'bout time somebody did!
"Yes, Social Security is unfair, especially to women. But can it be fixed?" (Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2015) Misleading headline. The article profile how dual-income and single-income high earning families can profit from Social Security – even after the closing of the loophole. The best way to "fix" it is to eliminate spousal benefits. That has other issues, but they can be addressed on an exception by exception basis.
"Corporate pension funded status gained in October," (BenefitsPro, November 10, 2015)
"Can myRa Bring Retirement Planning To The Masses?" (Financial Advisor, November 11, 2015) As the article states: "It's a good start, but only if it leads to something bigger…much bigger in fact."
Fiduciary – It's Your Play, SEC:
Did we forget about them? Maybe they hoped we did, but we didn't.
"SEC Chairwoman White says agency is 'full-out' working on fiduciary rule," (InvestmentNews, November 10, 2015) The delay is to avoid "unintended consequences."
"Deliberate or Just Slow? SEC is in No Rush on Fiduciary Rule," (On Wall Street, November 10, 2015) Same story, different take, with quotes from Barbara Roper.
"Fiduciary liability unclear when selecting and monitoring default retirement investments," (InvestmentNews, November 12, 2015) Is it better to use age-based QDIOs when you know age doesn't matter when it comes to growth needs or is it better to use a traditional demographic-based balanced fund when you know there are outliers within your employee universe? Plan sponsors want to know, but the DOL isn't making it too clear what the answers are (and, more importantly, which the risks are).
Fees – A Good Try:
We're getting closer to the truth.
"Why You Should Check Your 401k Plan's Fees," (Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2015) For the most part, a pretty good article. It focuses on the correct fees to focus on, right up until the end, when it starts talking about mutual fund expenses rather than fees.
Investments – Focus on Interest Rates:
We're at that part of the market cycle when stock picking and interest rate worries take the helm. Which way will investors steer their retirement savings ships?
"Low interest rates make immediate annuities attractive," (MarketWatch, November 4, 2015) This might not sell you.
"Investing In Real Estate For Retirement Income," (Forbes, November 4, 2015) Sure, but only if you like being a landlord.
"5 Tips for Using Dividend Stocks to Pay for Retirement," (US News, November 4, 2015) Ah, dividends, the old standby.
"Don't Let Stock Market Scares Dictate Your Strategy," (Time, November 9, 2015) But you already knew this.
"Your 401k may be skimping on this key investment," (CNBC, November 10, 2015) Because you know it's all 'bout the alts, (Boom!) 'bout the alts (Boom!) no plain vanilla.
"The unfortunate side effect of shifting from DB to DC," (Benefit News, November 11, 2015) This is a pitch for QLACs.
"Active v Passive? The Unexpected Winner," (Financial Planning, November 11, 2015) Not really a surprise given a 2005 study that already showed this.
"When it comes to investing, it pays to keep it simple," (MarketWatch, November 11, 2015) Amen, brother!
Major Plan Sponsor Moves and News:
What are other plan sponsors and fiduciaries doing with their plans? And how are participants responding? The latest in legal proceedings involving plan sponsors and fiduciaries.
"Retirement Plans: A Long Hike," (WealthManagement.com, November 5, 2015)
"Encouraging participants to roll assets into your plan can be a win-win," (InvestmentNews, November 8, 2015)
"Arguments To Justify A Delayed Claiming Age For Social Security," (Forbes, November 10, 2015)
"New DOL fiduciary rule may give advisers unexpected opening," (BenefitsPro, November 11, 2015)
"Did You Start Investing As Early As Most Millennials?" (Investors' Business Daily, November 11, 2015)
"How Millennials and Boomers Are Killing Gen X's Retirement Savings," (Money, November 11, 2015)
"Are current income replacement ratios flawed?" (BenefitsPro, November 11, 2015)
"Social Security Tips for the Astute Retirement Advisor," (On Wall Street, November 12, 2015)
"Using data to drive successful plan outcomes," (Employee Benefit News, November 13, 2015)
"Helping employees get on the right retirement track," (Employee Benefit News, November 13, 2015)
"3 retirement plan provisions to discuss with clients in 2016," (Employee Benefit News, November 13, 2015)
Trends and Truths for Retirement Savers:
If you're a retirement plan fiduciary – whether a plan sponsor or a financial professional, don't you think it's a good idea to keep up on the topics retirement savers are most interested in? That's what the media tries to do. Here's what they think is on the mind of the people saving for retirement.
"5 Smart Things to Do the Minute You Retire," (Money, November 2015)
"Five Myths About IRAs," (Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2015)
"Why the head of AARP thinks you shouldn't retire," (The Washington Post, November 5, 2015)
"How Smart Retirement Investors Profited from the August Market Plunge," (Time, November 6, 2015)
"Baby steps to building a retirement," (The Washington Post, November 6, 2015)
"Don't compare your savings to that of your peers," (MarketWatch, November 9, 2015)
"9 retirement planning deadlines you shouldn't overlook," (US News, November 9, 2015)
"Working longer for more savings? Don't count on it," (InvestmentNews, November 10, 2015)
"Earning Social Security on the Battlefield and the Home Front," (Fox Business, November 10, 2015)
"Millennials are a 'generation lost' when it comes to financial matters," (BenefitsPro, November 10, 2015)
"5 tax strategies to boost your retirement savings," (MarketWatch, November 10, 2015)
"Study: Student loans getting in the way of retirement," (CBS News, November 11, 2015)
"Why Market Timing is Especially Bad for Retirees," (US News, November 11, 2015)
"Will the retirement 4% rule work for you?" (CNN, November 11, 2015)
"Nine tax-friendly ways to save beyond a retirement fund," (CSMonitor, November 12, 2015)
"What's the right 401k contribution rate?" (Employee Benefit News, November 13, 2015)
Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Blogs:
Pension Risk Matters: Investment Rate of Return Assumptions Matter|
Nerd's Eye View: Robo-Advisors Squeeze Advisor Profits Not Fees |
The Retirement Plan Blog: IRS Announces 2016 Retirement Plan Limits: Most Remain Unchanged |
Behavior Gap: Exercise Your Idea Muscle |
ERISA Lawyer Blog: IRS Announces 2016 Pension Plan Limitations |
Squared Away Blog: Men Save More – Women Save Better |
Fiduciary Matters Blog: Case Against Novant Health Settles Early for $32 Million |
fi360: DOL Webinar: Your Fiduciary Rule Questions Answered – Part 3 |
Fiduciary Path: Can Advise(o)rs Disclose Away Their Fiduciary Obligations? |
Fiduciary Path: How to Draw the Bright Line Between RIA Fiduciaries and Product Pushing, Conflicted Competitors |
Squared Away Blog: Mortgage Payoff? Freedom vs the Math |
ERISA Lawyer Blog: DOL Discusses Whether A Stop-Loss Insurance Policy Is An ERISA "Plan Asset" |
The 401k Plan Blog: Mailbag; What about Hedge Fund companies using their own hedge funds in their own 401k Plan? |
Hot Tips from Popular Web Resources:
Kiplinger: Earnings Test for Social Security Benefits |
NAPA Net: Stock Drop Appeal Comes Up Short — Again |
NAPA Net: What's on the Quarterly Review Meeting Agenda(s)? |
NAPA Net: The 'Birth' of a Notion? |
The Motley Fool: Ignore the Retirement Alarmists: The 4% Rule Is Imminently Safe |
NAPA Net: Most Americans Afraid of… Advisors? |
NAPA Net: 7 Things You May Not Know About the Saver's Credit (and 4 You Should) |
NAPA Net: For Commonwealth's Mahan and Roche, the Future is Now |
NAPA Net: Morningstar Upgraded Rating of 1 Fund, Downgraded 7 in October |
Morningstar: 8 Questions About Social Security Claiming Strategies |
NAPA Net: Bill Looks to Shield IRAs from DOL's Fiduciary Reach |
NAPA Net: Case of the Week: Congressional Report Summarizes DOL Fiduciary Rule |
NAPA Net: Borzi Updates Council on State Plan Guidance, Fiduciary Proposal |
Kiplinger: Retirement Savers, Why the New myRA Plan Isn't Best for You |
NAPA Net: Breaking Down an Excessive Fee Settlement |
NAPA Net: Mrozek: Merrill Fostering Specialist DC Advisor Groups |
NAPA Net: Does Sharing Peer Savings Data With Participants Matter? |
NAPA Net: Bramlett: Here's How to Rectify Fee Inequity in Revenue Sharing |
Kiplinger: Calculating the Tax Bite When Converting a 401k to a Roth IRA |
NAPA Net: White: SEC Working on Fiduciary Standard 'Expeditiously' |
NAPA Net: Reader Poll: Plan Design and Markets and DOL – Oh, My! |
NAPA Net: When Are 3 Fiduciary Insurance Policies Not Enough? |
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So you just laid out a couple thousand of your hard worked money and I am sure that you think you have an amazing high-def television. Hey, lets play a little game and see what it really can do. Well, only if you are up to it.
Test 1 - Constantine
"Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him." This is a badass movie. Plus, the quick transitions from dark to unnaturally bright demons will not only scare the crap out of you, but also, test the contrast and light bleeding. CRTs and plasmas will usually do pretty good on this but those new LCD and DLP sets will struggle to keep up.
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Test 2 - Pirates of the Caribbean
This movie proves that Disney still has some magic. The movie is kid friendly and just shines on a high-def TV. The movie has great scenes that feature a large variety of skin tones in different lighting situations. Take the part of the movie that has the would-be pirates lined up in the sunlight and set your color level to those different tones. Another great scene has the 'bad guys' all on the deck again in great lighting conditions for skin tones. If you have not seen this movie though, you do not need to feel bad if you pick up this flick with out a kid in tow.
Test 3 - Matrix Revolutions
If you are reading this, I know you have seen the final chapter in of this cult classic. It may not clear up the story as much as we would like but it is still a cool movie. This movie is also has the best stress test for digital TVs I have ever seen. The final battle between Agent Smith and Neo is in a dark city, during a rainstorm, and where they are moving very fast. Your HDTV will be pushed to the limits to display the deep blacks at the same time as the rain coming down while they are fighting at the super-human rate. If, and only you're your set can display all of these features without pixelation and with inky blacks your money was well spent my friend.
Well, how did your TV do? I am sorry if after this your TV does not seem as great as it once did. But at least you know what the limits are. We will have to do this again next year with the new high-def DVDs and maybe the results will be different.
After all of this your TV needs a rest. Run out and grab the re-release of Toy Story and enjoy the Pixar classic. The movie was just released from the Disney vault and my buddy Nate swears by it. I have to agree with him, it is the best look picture I have ever seen on my HDTV. Sure, The Incredibles is, well, incredible, but Toy Story is simply a better picture.


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Secretary to the Fishery Corporation.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Secretary to the Fishery Corporation.
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Secretary to the Committee of Trade 1660-3, 1667-?; to the Fishery Corporation 1664-?7; and possibly to Sir. George Downing at the Hague 1664. Perhaps the Mr. Duke who opposed Pepys' candidature in the bye-election at Aldeburgh in 1669.
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Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary's entries.