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So who is she? Here's our biography of Sarah Harrison.
Comfortable beginnings
After a gap year traveling and skiing, Harrison began studying for an English degree at Queen Mary University of London. It was while studying in London that Harrison's future path would be set.
Chance assignment to WikiLeaks
During her internship, Harrison was by chance assigned to work with
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. She met Assange at a crucial time , just before WikiLeaks published a cache of secret documents on the Afghanistan War in July 2010. The documents revealed hundreds of civilian deaths and other failures by US and allied forces. WikiLeaks' ability to publish suppressed documents and protect its sources instantly gave the organization a high profile in the world of journalism.
Sarah Harrison's WikiLeaks career
Harrison has continued to work directly with Julian Assange. She's been described as one of Assange's closest advisors, having been "closely involved in the publication of the embassy cables and with Assange's personal legal battles to avoid extradition to Sweden."
Helping Snowden and other whistleblowers
Edward Snowdenfind safe refuge after the NSA surveillance revelations in June 2013, it was Harrison who did the work.
Harrison spent four months with Snowden. She helped him leave Hong Kong, where he shared the NSA files with
Glenn Greenwaldand other journalists. Harrison stayed with Snowden during his 39-day stay in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport . And then helped him secure his asylum in Russia.
"When whistleblowers come forward we need to fight for them, so others will be encouraged," said Harrison in a WikiLeaks statement . "Giving us the truth is not a crime. This is our data, our information, our history. We must fight to own it."
Winning the Willy Brandt Prize for political courage
The SPD said Harrison "exemplifies the pursuit of transparency and its use against escalating surveillance" and "showed great political courage."
Exile in Berlin
So, like
Laura Poitrasand
Jacob Appelbaum, Harrison has also moved to Berlin, Germany. She has said she doesn't feel safe in her home country :
"Free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in the UK. I cannot return to England, my country… If I were to say that I hoped my work at WikiLeaks would change government behaviour, this journalistic work could be considered a crime under the UK Terrorism Act of 2000."
Behind the scenes hero
Yet since that chance meeting with Julian Assange, Harrison has put her own safety and freedom on the line. She has protected whistleblowers and increased our knowledge of government surveillance and spying. Without Sarah Harrison, the fates of Assange and Edward Snowden could have been much worse. So, for her fearless commitment to truth and freedom, we thank her.
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While the original Horrible Bosses movie boasted asshole managers played by Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, and Kevin Spacey, the sequel is courting Chris Pine to play one of its titular baddies. Pine was named alongside Christoph Waltz as possibly playing a father-son asshole duo, though it now looks like Waltz won't be available during Bosses' shooting window. Nevertheless, if Pine gets paired with someone similarly militaristic, he could still pull out some genuine jerk tendencies for the movie. There's also always the possibility that the film's director, Sean Anders, could gross up Pine's pretty face, not unlike what the previous film's director did with Farrell.
Horrible Bosses 2 opens Nov. 26, 2014, and once again stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis, with Jamie Foxx also expected to return.

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As the production start-date for the X-Men: First Class sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past looms closer, the film is starting to look more and more like a bridge of sorts between the period First Class story and the present day-set X-Men films. X-Men and X2 director Bryan Singer recently stepped in to replace Matthew Vaughn as director on the project, and we've been hearing about a number of X-Men castmembers who are set to make appearances in the ambitious superhero pic. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellan are all confirmed to pop up at some point in Days of Future Past, with even more reprisals expected to be announced soon.
One of the major players from the first trilogy of films was certainly Famke Janssen's Jean Grey, and we recently spoke with the actress in anticipation of the release of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. She talked briefly about the possibility of appearing in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and it certainly sounds like she's game to return to the X-Men world should Singer extend an offer to come back. Hit the jump to see what she had to say.
When asked if she's been approached about making an appearing in the First Class sequel, Janssen replied:
"If you run into Bryan Singer, just tell him I've been sitting by the phone, I've been hearing rumors of all these people getting cast; what about me? I'm waiting!"
Previous reports concerning the casting of X-Men regulars in Days of Future Past cited that Singer is incredibly well-liked by all of the original X-Men castmembers so multiple returns seemed likely, and that certainly seems to be the case with Janssen. Here's hoping Singer makes that phone call. X-Men: Days of Future Past will hit theaters on July 18, 2014.


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D. Paul Witmer started his career with Mr. Hershey on April 15, 1924 as a draftsman and project estimator. He quickly earned his certification as a professional engineer and registered architect and was soon promoted to Manager. He is well-known for his dedication to building landmarks such
as the Hershey Community Building, The Hotel Hershey, The Hershey Sports Stadium, the Hershey Chocolate Corporation Headquarters and much more.
While Witmer was known for his commercial success, he also designed his own home based on an English Tudor-style cottage, with brick and stucco cladding. His family moved into the home in 1929 and they resided there until the late 1960s when the Suhrings purchased the property.
According to his son Skip, the home was originally designed to be slightly larger, but Witmer scaled it back to three bedrooms due to the Depression. Unique features include the Clinker bricks, which add a distinctive element to the brick texture, and the concept of having all of the services run underground, which was virtually unheard of at the time.
When the building crew dug the foundation for the home they uncovered an Indian grinding stone, approximately the size of a loaf of bread, which was displayed on the mantle of the fireplace in the finished basement.
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Astronaut in a fishbowl
ESA's Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano faced an unexpected situation during his second spacewalk in July: water began to accumulate inside his helmet, forcing him and Chris Cassidy to end their spacewalk early and return to the airlock as quickly as possible. In zero gravity, water inside helmets can be extremely dangerous, because an astronaut could inhale it and even drown.
Luca talks about his experience in a new ESA video, and he gives a compelling first-hand account of the most frightening moments in his new blog entry, where he writes:
"Moving with my eyes closed, I manage to get inside and position myself to wait for Chris' return. I sense movement behind me; Chris enters the airlock and judging from the vibrations, I know that he's closing the hatch. At that moment, communication passes to Karen and for some reason, I'm able to hear her fairly well. But I realise that she can't hear me because she repeats my instructions even though I've already replied. I follow Karen's instructions as best I can, but when repressurisation begins I lose all audio. The water is now inside my ears and I'm completely cut off."
In the end, Luca was safe – just uncomfortable – once he was back inside the Space Station's airlock, about 1 hour and 30 minutes after beginning the spacewalk.
This event shows once again why nearly all astronaut training focuses on dealing with undesired situations. Fortunately, contingency situations such as this are very rare, but when something unexpected happens, all that time and effort put into good training really pay off.
Luca also demonstrated that the 2009 astronaut selection was right: he had nerves of steel in a life-threatening situation where many of us might have panicked.
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Though sick of the corporate mold, many executives still love their industry. After laboring in the retail department of Bell Atlantic for five years, Bill Bolton, 41, and Mike Sabbatini, 30, faced this dilemma. "I enjoyed working for Bell Atlantic Mobile," says Sabbatini, "but wanted to pursue a venture on my own."
Their answer? Wireless Zone, a franchise that sells and activates mobile phones. Since their former employer is the sole provider for the local Wireless Zones, that franchise was a natural vehicle for the partners' independence.
Bolton and Sabbatini opened their first store in April 1999 in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, spending only $20,000. After this success, they opened a second store in Trenton, New Jersey, this February, and plan to open another in November. Currently, they activate 350 phones a month.
While this venture led to more money-not to mention their coveted freedom-Bolton and Sabbatini didn't have to sacrifice connections with either their previous employer or industry. Just call it an entrepreneurial plunge into charted waters.


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This argument—that keeping middle-class taxes low serves the cause of limited government—has much in common with what has been called the "starve the beast" theory: the theory, that is, that depriving the government of revenues will restrain spending. That idea was associated with the libertarian economist Milton Friedman, who argued that spending amounted to the sum of available revenues and the maximum politically acceptable deficit. That equation made controlling revenue seem to be the key to controlling spending.
The last few decades have not been kind to the theory. Taxes have fallen without much in the way of spending restraint. In 2003, the Bush administration both cut taxes and expanded Medicare to cover prescription drugs. William Niskanen, another libertarian economist, found that falling tax revenues were actually associated with higher spending. It may be that campaigns to cut taxes raised the size of the deficit the country was willing to -tolerate and prevented Friedman's mechanism from working. So some conservatives and libertarians have moved toward a different theory: Serve the check. Make the middle class pay more of the price of government and it will demand less of it. On that theory, the fiscal cliff deal was a disaster because it protected the middle class.
The behavior of Republican politicians before Reagan was roughly consistent with the serve-the-check theory, even if they never articulated it. Newt Gingrich, representing the rising Reaganite view of taxes, condemned Bob Dole, an adherent of the old consensus, as a "tax collector for the welfare state." Dole Republicans would raise taxes to cover spending increases and cut taxes only when spending fell—which it never did.


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You will either love these or hate them! Big fans of peppermint love them. Others say they taste like toothpaste. I was hesitant but I discovered I fit in the former category. So I decided to share them – with the caveat.
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Some say this summer has been the worst for movies in years, with more bombs dropping on us film-goers than England in World War II. The Lone Ranger was less than heroic. After Earth made us wish for the apocalypse. White House Down left us pretty low. Heck, I can't even think of something witty to say about the awfulness that was third Hangover movie. It's best you all wait see those when they are the only movies left at your local RedBox kiosk. Or on basic cable during a baseball rain delay.
Times like this call for a look back at a summer when every movie was magical because I was only ten years old and I felt adult and cultured being able to go to the movies with my friends without our parents. Plus, we didn't have to worry about inviting girlfriends to the theater. Those were great times.


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Cigarette packaging: Ministers launch fresh review
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The government has announced an independent review of cigarette packaging in England, amid calls for action to discourage young smokers.
David Cameron appeared to distance himself from uniform packaging in July, saying further evidence was needed to show whether it would be effective.
But Public Health Minister Jane Ellison said it was now time to "examine the emerging evidence" on a policy shift.
Labour said immediate action was needed, "not another review".
In a Commons statement, Ms Ellison said standardised tobacco packaging would be brought in after the review if "we are satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to proceed, including public health benefit".
The review, led by paediatrician Sir Cyril Chantler, is set to focus on a pilot scheme in Australia, which became the first country to legislate for standardised packaging in 2011.
For Labour, shadow public health minister Luciana Berger demanded to know why the government was delaying the introduction of plain packaging "still further" having already held a consultation on the issue in 2012.
Opposition leader Ed Miliband added: "The government should have introduced plain packaging earlier this year - we want them to act swiftly, we want them to act now. We don't need another review.
"Every major public health expert agrees this would help the battle against cancer, against young people taking up smoking."
The government has never officially ruled out changes to cigarette packaging laws, but BBC political editor Nick Robinson said that private briefings from Downing Street had previously suggested the idea was "dead".
He said ministers were likely to have been defeated on Lords amendments to the Children and Families Bill, which enjoyed cross-party support, and would have given the government the power to regulate cigarette packaging.
Ms Ellison confirmed that the government would table its own amendment to the legislation, giving ministers the power to introduce regulations "quickly" when Sir Cyril's review is complete in March 2014 - if they decide to proceed with the policy.
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She rejected suggestions the rethink had been prompted by fears of defeat in the Lords, saying: "It's a year this weekend since the legislation was introduced in Australia. It's the right time to ask people to look at this.
"This is fundamentally about children's health. Two thirds of people start smoking when they're children and it's one of the most important public health issues we face in this country."
A study conducted in Australia found that smokers using standardised plain brown packets were 81% more likely to consider quitting.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the government had an "open mind" on the review, and "personally" he hoped it would show that plain packaging was effective.
But UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall accused Mr Cameron of "scandalously auctioning off the freedom and liberty of the British people for his own political ends, cheered on by the Labour Party".
Cigarette firm British American Tobacco (BAT), which owns brands including Benson & Hedges and Dunhill, said the Australian experiment had "failed" to achieve its public health objectives.
"The evidence shows that the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products has coincided with an increase in illicit trade," leading to increased profits for "criminals selling black-market tobacco", it argued.
Labour has sought to link Conservative election chief Lynton Crosby's work as a consultant for the tobacco industry to delays in the policy, a claim which was rejected by David Cameron at the time the issue was put on hold in July.
The ban on images on packaging came into force in Australia on 1 January after a long-running legal battle between the former Labor government and the tobacco industry.
Manufacturers claimed the law was unconstitutional and infringed on their intellectual property rights by banning the use of brands and trademarks.
But they said they would comply after the legality of the measure was upheld by the country's highest court.
Cancer Research UK said a move to plain packaging would "save thousands of lives".
"Stopping cigarettes being marketed to children as a glamorous and desirable accessory is one of the greatest gifts we can give the next generation," it added.
More than 450 doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals have signed an open letter saying they also "welcome" the move.
"Cigarette packs are now the key marketing tool employed by the tobacco industry to attract and retain customers," they wrote.
"There is no time to lose and Parliament must act now to protect children from the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry."
The Scottish government has said it is "still committed" to introducing standardised packaging, while New Zealand is also considering the move.


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We know you love to add the unexpected into your wardrobe to maintain your personal style, but here's your chance to really push it to the limit!
With Downy's Mash-Up Facebook application, you can mash up your Facebook photos by adding backgrounds, clothing, accessories, and more directly into your pictures. Imagine yourself in a red wig at last year's birthday party, or see what your boyfriend would look like with a moustache! Just like Downy Simple Pleasures mashes up unexpected fragrances, you'll be mashing up photos. Create the mash-up, and then share with your friends. It's easy, hilarious, and allows you to experiment with the unexpected.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Health insurance in China, how does it work? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Health insurance in China, how does it work? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message chinatimesJoined: 27 May 2012Posts: 478 Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:13 am Post subject: Health insurance in China, how does it work? The school I am at put money into my bank account for health insurance. Then, I got my monthly pay. I checked at the ATM machine. Everything was ok. I saw more money in my account than stated in my contract (I had to open a new account, so it was at zero to begin with). And then 2 weeks later, the same amount put in for health insurance was taken out. What is the reason for this? Why are people putting (additional) money into my account and then taking the same amount out? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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There has still been lots of family time, of course. For us, it's been a case of another weekend, another Forties do. Still, as the season starts to draw to a close, we're making the most of it. I took the opportunity to wear my favourite '40s ensemble in Autumnal colours.
We were fortunate in that this event is relatively nearby, held just over the border in Kent, at the former Royal Naval Dockyard in Chatham. If you are a fan of "Call the Midwife" on tv, you will recognise this place as the backdrop.
The vintage village was a sight to behold, always my favourite as a fan of home front history, and one lady always makes a brilliant effort and this time had a Ministry of Food display. So many covetable kitchen items!
Mr HenHouse fancied going to the theatre...
... predictably, the Munchkin was to be found in the sweet shop!
That evening, we quickly changed outfits, something more suitable for jiving of course, and headed off to see a favourite singer perform at the fantastic Rivoli Ballroom, which is Grade II listed and a perfectly preserved example of a 1950's ballroom. What a night!
So I was quite happy to have a little quiet time and sit down to craft on Monday morning. I had a date with lots of felty anemones.
I've recently been very lucky (and eagle eyed) and picked up quite a bit of authentic make do and mend jewellery for my collection. It has now branched out from felt; it seems I cannot resist leather, bell wire or nuts, either!!
On a similar vintagey note, my Spy in the North (aka my wonderful Mum), has been thrifting on my behalf and has recently had a run of luck with the embroidered cloths, culminating in this beauty.
I wasted no time in using it as a prop for photographing my latest makes. Inspired by my collection of original wartime jewellery, a new posy brooch has been born. Anyone can follow a pattern but I like to come up with something different every now and then. Ok, so actually a few posies have been born! I can never stop at one, not when there are all those delicious Autumnal colours to play with.
I picked up this yummy hand knitted top at the '40s event on Saturday. It looks pretty nice accessorised with a posy, I think.
This black crepe dress I bought at the event at Crich Tramway looks less "like you're going to a funeral" (the Munchkin's words!) with a bit of colour from the felty buttercups.
I've just been doctoring this tweed jacket with some vintage buttons, now a posy.
Ok, I got carried away with the photos!
I'll leave you with a pic of my furry friend, Jacky Ginge, who is never sad to see a little photo session underway, not when it means he can sneak into the otherwise locked guest room behind me. (The light is good in here.) Cosy!
Should you be feeling in need of a pretty posy, you will find a veritable plethora of the same in my little Etsy shop.


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Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with appointments in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program and the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering. She serves the School of Engineering as the Special Assistant to the Dean for Learning Sciences. Her dissertation (The University of Texas at Austin) investigated learning in a biomedical engineering capstone design course. She served in the Peace Corps and was a post-doctoral scholar at UC Berkeley. She was selected as a 2014 National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Scholar and was awarded an NSF CAREER Award in 2018. As the architect of UNM's REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED) project, Dr. Svihla collaborates with engineering faculty to identify and build on diverse students' engineering assets. Dr. Svihla's edited books, Design as Scholarship and Navigating Challenges in Qualitative Educational Research explore challenges researchers face when aiming to do work that has meaning in the world. Dr. Svihla's research focuses on how people learn when they design, building on her own practice in fashion and instructional design. She is particularly interested in how people frame problems, how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity, and ways to assess these complex disciplinary practices.
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The Center was created in 2010 with a $20 million lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation. Center-funded programs focus on addressing economic and geographic barriers to attending Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center. Programs include research, introductory offers, targeted discounts, student ticket programs, and integrated use of new technologies. The goal is to create one of the youngest audiences of any symphony orchestra in the country. For additional information about these plans and programs, call us at 216-231-7464.
Audience development initiatives currently supported from Center for Future Audiences funding include:Under 18s Free — Among the Orchestra's flagship audience development programs is "Under 18s Free," initiated with the 2011 Blossom Festival and designed to make concerts accessible and inexpensive for families to attend. With project funding, this program was extended in autumn 2012 to include several series at Severance Hall. Each year, over 20,000 young people are attending concerts with their families through "Under 18s Free." Student Advantage Program — This ongoing program makes tickets available to full-time high school, college, and graduate/post-graduate students at discounted prices during the Severance Hall season. Membership is free, and also features opportunities to attend open rehearsals and special artist masterclasses free. Student Frequent Fan Card — Launched in autumn 2012, the Fan Card offers students unlimited single tickets (one per Fan Card holder) to weekly Classical Subscription Concerts all season long. The price for the card is usually $50, good for the entire season.Student Ambassadors — This program creates a peer-to-peer network of young people to help the Orchestra reach more students throughout Northeast Ohio. Ambassadors reach out about the Student Advantage Program with students on their campus or school, to provide information about member benefits and upcoming concerts. Research
Many of the Center's programs are based upon ongoing research into the Northeast Ohio community's current and future attandance patterns, with offers and concepts market-tested to evolve into meaningful programs that make a difference. Results and trends from the Center's research will be reported on a regular basis.
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You can support The Cleveland Orchestra's audience development initiatives in three ways:1. Annual Fund. Your annual support gift helps close the gap between ticket revenue and exepenses each year, helping to keep the Orchestra strong and financially sound.2. Special Project Support. You can designate your gift to fund specific programs or audience development initiatives.3. Center for Future Audiences. Through an endowment gift, you can ensure that longterm audience development work continues for generations to come.
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Gamers have expectations for StarCraft 2 that will be impossible to meet. Players have waited a decade for a sequel to what is widely considered to be one of the best real-time strategy games of all time, and one of the world's most-played PC games, period. Blizzard certainly isn't afraid to make bold choices: LAN gaming is out, the title is being split into three releases, and the game is launching alongside a reboot of the popular Battle.net service that stretches across all of Blizzard's properties.
We've been playing StarCraft 2 since Monday, and the game is good. It's very good. It's also classical in how it treats its units and the gameplay; those who were never impressed with the original game aren't going to be convinced by this sequel. But if you wanted more StarCraft, with different units, adjusted strategy, and a fully fleshed-out single-player game, then this is going to hit your life like a bomb. Say goodbye to your other hobbies, buy your wife some flowers, and get your kids some new toys. It may be time to take a few days off work. StarCraft 2 is finally here, and it threatens to swallow us whole.
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Installation begins with a graphical recap of the story of StarCraft up to this point. You'll be asked to either log into Battle.net or create an account, and you'll be introduced to the new social hub of your Blizzard gaming. You can add friends via Facebook, add Real ID friends if you don't mind sharing your real name, take a look around the beginner's guide to get a feel for the game, play some tutorials... if you don't quite know what's going on, Blizzard throws a number of things at you to read or watch in order to get you up to speed.
The whole setup is rather slick, with in-game news reports, write-ups of new maps, and FAQs to get you started playing on the official Leagues or Ladders. Battle.net can be a rather intimidating place, but there is plenty of content here to explain what exactly is going on so you'll be familiar with the various aspects of the service before you begin to play. If you're new to the series or just want to brush up on your skills, playable tutorials are ready to get you going. It's friendly, it's inviting, and it's a good point of entry into the world of StarCraft 2.
While you'll only play as Terran and Protoss during the single-player campaign, there is a series of Challenge Missions included to help you learn all three races. Each race gets a Basic, Advanced, and Expert challenge, and these will help you learn advanced strategy, introduce you to higher-level play, and teach you about the use of the different units. While you don't need to play these to have a good time, they are an excellent touch for beginner or novice players, and are a welcome addition to the single-player content.
Now, let's discuss the campaign.
Not all who wander are lost... some of us are drunk
The single-player game now has a hub area; you can move around Raynor's ship and explore the Lab, the Bridge, the Cantina, and the Armory. In the Cantina, you can play a 2D shooter that shows what's possible with the game's editor. The jukebox is filled with songs from the fictional world, as well as covers of recognizable hits. You can gain achievements by exploring your ship and talking to your friends and cohorts. StarCraft was a single-player game where the story was explained by talking heads; the sequel features impressive hub areas filled with detail, conversation, and color.
Early in the game, you're faced with a mission where your forces must protect convoys making the trek to an extraction point by slowly trundling down a road beset with Zerg. This should be terrible—no one likes escort missions—but the colonists' vehicles can fight back to a limited degree. You can send mobile troops to escort them, or you can set up bunkers to simply own the road. If you want to get moving on tech advances, then you can explore the surrounding countryside for three Zerg artifacts that give you upgrade points. The road is long and straight, and the Zerg throw increasingly powerful enemies at you—it's a thrilling tactical challenge. The mission should be terrible according to conventional wisdom, but you can tell the mission was playtested into the ground, and the result is a challenge, not a chore.
Other levels introduce a night and day mechanic with different enemies, a rush to grab a set amount of minerals to bribe a mercenary, or stealing walking super weapons from the Dominion's forces. Without needing to balance these units and ideas for multiplayer, the designers at Blizzard went crazy with single-player missions, and it's wonderful to play the game and realize you have no clue what you're in for from one mission to the next.
In one mission you're laying waste to a series of trains that travel along a predetermined track, and as you attack, the enemy sends out a wave of very powerful units that patrol the tracks. It's not hard to avoid their patrols and carry out the mission, but if you take them on and win you'll gain an achievement. Sure, that's mostly bragging rights, but watching the crowd of units march around the map made me angry. Hide from them? No way. This little bit of drama doesn't change the story, but it gives the mission an extra kick, and it gives you another reason to go in and try harder. I ended up paying for a few waves of mercenaries back in my base and successfully taking them down with a little help from my marauders. Why? Because this is my land, bitch.
The mission variety is wonderful, and you'll be using your units in all sorts of fun ways throughout the game, but you'll never forget what game you're playing. This is StarCraft, where strategy and resource management are much more important than tactics. Your soldiers don't have any sort of cover system, there is no way to arrange them in any formation, and the best you can hope for in this regard is the advantage given to units with higher ground. Battles between units are often rock-scissors-paper affairs with the winner decided based on number of units or strength/weakness against attacking units. You'll know how most engagements are going to end before a shot is fired.
Depending on how much of a completist you are, the single-player campaign can be finished in as little as 15 hours or as much as... well, the sky is the limit. The higher difficulty levels are tough, and each mission can introduce multiple goals and different challenges that must be met to earn all the achievements. If you're interested in the story and don't want a challenge, anyone can cruise through Casual difficulty, but if you want to test your mettle you can jack it up to Brutal. The A.I. in no way replicates what you'll experience against other human players, but the higher the difficulty the more you'll need to worry about speed, efficiency, and unit selection.
Also, while we won't spoil anything, the campaign has a definite ending. It's not a cliffhanger. Thank God.


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It's been literal months since I interviewed Filipino-American author Alex Gilvarry, but work has been se hectic and stressful and drama-filled that finding the time to just sit down and update the blog has been difficult to find. More often than not, I'd rather flop down on my bed and try not to sob uncontrollably.
But now I have a weekend where I can do actual weekend activities, so before I leave my humble abode to check out National Book Store's Warehouse Sale, check out the transcript of my interview with the author of "From the Memoirs of A Non-Enemy Combatant".


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Hello? Mr. DBA? Have you got a moment?
So there you are, enjoying one of the few quiet moments of your day, sleeping working hard at your desk, when you get interrupted by a user with some really bad performance on a server. You investigate by running sp_who or sp_who2 to see the current activity, and you notice a lot of blocking going on. You dig in further, and you see that the lead blocker is SPID… "-2"???? What the heck is that?
You decide to kill this process, and issue the command:
And SQL responds with:
Msg 6101, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Process ID -2 is not a valid process ID. Choose a number between 1 and 1024.
You open up BOL for the KILL command, where you find that this SPID is a special SPID assigned to orphaned distributed transactions. To kill these transactions, you need to specify the UnitOfWork (UOW) associated with that transaction instead of the session id.
To find the UOW for these SPIDs, you run the following query:
SELECT DISTINCT 'KILL ''' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),request_owner_guid) + ''';'
FROM sys.dm_tran_locks
WHERE request_session_id = -2
AND database_id = DB_ID('YourProblemDatabase');
Now you run the kill command generated from this query to kill these sessions… and hopefully, everything is fine. But, sometimes, SQL responds with:
Msg 6112, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Distributed transaction with UOW {D35565AF-4CCD-4443-B5F9-63F7E3BCCD22} is in prepared state. Only Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator can resolve this transaction. KILL command failed.
You know what session is blocking everything.
You can't kill that session.
And you're ready to pull out the remainder of your hair.
I'm the DBA… now DIE.
So, how do you stop the blocking? (Short of rebooting the computer?)
Click Start -> Run, enter dcomcnfg, and press enter.
This will bring up the Component Services snapin.
Navigate to Component Services | Computers | My Computer | Distributed Transaction Coordinator | Local DTC | Transaction List
(If this is a cluster, navigate to Component Services | Computers | My Computer | Distributed Transaction Coordinator | Clustered DTCs | <Cluster Name for computer> | Transaction List)
In the center panel, you'll see all of the open transactions. The ones that have a question mark icon are "in-doubt" transactions. Right-click the panel, and change the view to Details. This will show you the Unit Of Work ID column for the transactions. Find the in-doubt transaction where the UOW matches from the above query – this is the transaction that we want to work with. Right-click this transaction, select "Resolve", and select "Abort". This will kill the transaction.
By the time you can get back into SQL Server to run sp_who2 again, the transaction will probably be gone, and your users have magically stopped complaining.
And now all is well with the world. Or is it?… do you know what you just did? Do you? DO YOU?
This transaction is a distributed transaction. From the DTC Administration Guide, we find out that a distributed transaction is when a transaction updates data on more than one networked computer. The Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) ensures that the ACID Properties of a transaction are enforced. The transaction in DTC was "In Doubt" (to find out what this means, check out the DTC Transaction States). By forcing a transaction to a state on one computer, it might not be in the same state on the other computer(s). You might have just broken ACID, where part of a transaction is committed on one computer, and not on another. Here you are, the DBA, sworn to protect the data, and you might have just caused transactional inconsistency in your data.
Hold on… I'm running a version of SQL prior to 2005!
Note that the ability to kill a transaction by the UOW was implemented way back in SQL Server 6.5, Service Pack 5. Prior to this, you did have to restart your computer – and you may still hear folks tell you that this is how you handle this. Now it's your turn to look good by pointing them to the enhancements in the KILL command, and how to get the UOW needed for it. Of course, if you're still on 6.5 through 2000, you can't use that DMV – you'll need to look somewhere else:
SELECT req_transactionUOW
FROM master..syslockinfo
WHERE req_spid = -2
Here's a couple of good links I found:
Orphaned MSDTC Transactions (-2 spids)
Troubleshooting orphaned MSDTC transactions (-2 spids)


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Coming Soon: Planet Earth, Live-Streamed from Space [VIDEO]
Wouldn't it be amazing to sit aboard the International Space Station, watching Earth's continents and oceans pass by as you orbit the planet?
If a startup called Urthecast has its way, you'll soon be able to replicate that experience from your computer, thanks to HD cameras mounted on the station to stream near real-time video of Earth 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It will be the first-ever HD streaming video feed of Earth from space, and will let viewers discern objects as small as one meter wide.
The company's cameras are being built right now, says co-founder Scott Larson, and will be completed in early summer. Then they'll be shipped to Russia, where the Russian Federal Space Agency will schedule them for transport to the station. Larson says the system should be fully up and running early next year.
The cameras will continuously film Earth as the station orbits the planet about 15 times per day. Footage will be downlinked to ground stations, then immediately streamed via Urthecast.com. Larson expects to provide footage every second for five to ten years.
"Because we know where the space station is, you'll be able to enter your address and find out when it will be on you next or see past images from your area," Larson told Mashable in an interview. "Then you can walk outside and organize an event for when it will be over you again."
The company staged a 170-person flashmob in San Francisco this weekend (see video below). It was filmed from helicopters as a promotional example of what people will be able to do with Urthecast's high-resolution feeds. Larson says events similar to the flash mob are one way Urthecast will monetize its technology: Companies will be able to pay for Urthecast to train its cameras on certain locations at designated times and then, for example, organize logs on a beach to spell out a real-time advertisement streamed from space.
Urthecast also plans to sell exclusive images and video to groups such as mining and agriculture companies for which the big-picture data will be extremely useful. The company's third revenue stream is to open its API for developers to build apps and games on top of the Urthecast platform.
How did something like this come to be? Larson says he was connected by mutual friends to the Russian space agency, which was looking for publicity and a way to promote its work.
"All space agencies need to justify their budgets and so forth," Larson says. "They were looking for something exciting and educational to put on the International Space Station."
An agreement was soon hashed out, and Larson believes Urthecast's streaming platform will help reshape how people relate to places and the world around them. The company also plans to aggregate other content from around the web to augment its footage. For example user pictures taken from near the Eiffel Tower will be viewable when looking for Eiffel Tower footage shot from the space station.
"The idea is like Facebook and Twitter where you follow a person, but here you'll follow a location instead of a person," Larson says. "Anything to do with a location will be aggregated into Urthecast.com."
Do you think Urthecast will be a success and are you excited to check it out? Let us know in the comments.
Also, check out the video below for a recap of the Urthecasts flashmob event in San Francisco:


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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Don't touch: Tiger poo spy gear tracks enemies
Q. If ever there were disguised radio transmitters it was these, looking quite harmless but with very serious logistical intent. Had a movie been made about them, it might have been titled "A-Poo-Calypse Now." Where in fact did these transmitters show up, and what was so singular about them? –F. F. Coppola
A. They were CIA-developed devices disguised as pieces of tiger poo during the Vietnam War, then air dropped onto the Ho Chi Minh trail for tracking nocturnal supply movements, with little likelihood of anyone ever picking them up, says Matt Pagett in A Pocket Guide to Poop Identity.
Q. When it comes to romance, what's your "marketplace" value? What might a crassly unsentimental economist say? –S. Rhoads
A. Though it differs somewhat from culture to culture, there's surprising overlap in what we all look for in lovers– large numbers of us prefer someone who's kind, compassionate, honest, loyal, healthy, intelligent, emotionally stable and physically attractive, says Robert Frank in The Economic Naturalist. Women generally admit to being attracted to men who are financially successful, and lately men too have been mentioning this one more in surveys.
If you add up your 1-10 ratings for all these characteristics and then average them, this would be your "desirability index," and obviously the higher the better. Now an "assortative mating" pattern develops in which 10s pair with other 10s, 9s with other 9s, etc., providing at least a rough guide to the dating/mating scene.
The notion of deal-swinging in the world of love helps clear up another old mystery: why it's easier to find a partner if you already have one. Frank reports on a guy whose dating life had gone stale until a wise female friend invited him to a bar one night. There, she fawned all over him, rubbing his arm and gazing into his eyes in full view of other patrons. Then she abruptly left. In no time, several other young women approached the guy. "I knew perfectly well this would happen," his friend later said.
Attractive women are obviously in demand, and the fact that she, attractive herself, was paying such close attention to him signaled to other women that he was okay. His market value soared.
Q. Few things can match the g-load of a wicked football hit. How much g-load is that, and in the everyday scale of things, where does a bone-crunching, brain-jarring tackle fit in? –R. Staubach
A. The "force" of gravity = 1 g, or about what a person experiences while walking, says Matt Higgins in Popular Mechanics magazine. A sneeze ranks as 2.9 g's, a shuttle launch for astronauts 3.0, coughing 3.5, a roller coaster ride 5.0, jumping off a step 8.1, and an F-16 fighter pilot on a roll 9.0 g's.
That's life, but it isn't football. According to one Virginia Tech study, there are tackles that cause the head to accelerate inside the helmet at 30-60 g's (based on wireless transmitters in helmets).
"We see 100-g's impacts all the time, and several were over 150 g's," said the director of the university's Center for Injury Biomechanics. About 100 times per game in the National Football League, players get slammed to the turf, with more than 100 concussions recorded each year, says Higgins. There would be even more– given today's bigger and bigger players, with over 500 topping 300 pounds– except for the high-tech protective gear that distributes the massive incoming energy, lessening its severity.
Q. There are many pathways to experiencing the divine. Can an epileptic seizure be one of them? –M. Charles
A. Bizarrely, yes. Fits and falling to the ground mark the "grand mal seizure," most common type, where neuronal misfirings spread like wildfire, says V.S. Ramachandran in Phantoms in the Brain. But if the affected brain region stays localized in the limbic system, an emotional orgy can break loose. Patients may report their "feelings are on fire," bringing on sudden ecstacy or despair, terror or rage, or sense of impending doom. Some women experience sexual orgasm, though oddly, men never do.
But most remarkable of all are those patients who have deeply moving spiritual experiences, sensing a divine presence, or nearness of God. "I finally understand what it's all about," they may say afterward.
If you could treat this with medication, would you want to? poses Ramachandran. "I find it ironic that this sense of enlightenment... should derive from limbic structures concerned with emotions rather than from the thinking rational parts of the brain that take so much pride in their ability to discern truth and falsehood."
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Mayor's Office
The public is invited to an open house Tuesday, May 8 to learn more about planned improvements at the intersection of Coddington Avenue and West Van Dorn Street. The event is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Roper Elementary School, 2323 S. Coddington Ave.
The goal of the project is to improve safety at this high-accident location. Those attending the open house will have the opportunity to discuss planning concepts with the project team, ask questions and provide input regarding the improvements. Work on the project is expected to begin in April 2013 and be finished in August 2013.
The project is partially funded with federal highway safety funds. For more information on the open house, contact Stephanie Dostal, Alfred Benesch & Company, at 402-479-2200. Steve McCullough, Alfred Benesch & Company, at 402-333-5792 or visit saferwestvandorn.com.


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Sony may have unveiled the PS4 last week, but the closest you'll get to that bad boy in the foreseeable future is watching Jimmy Fallon flail helplessly with the thing. In the meantime, why not enjoy some of the interesting indie games releasing on PCs and consoles recently? All three of these games come recommended, as long as you mind their individual caveats mentioned below. Enjoy!
Bit.Trip Presents... Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
The blocky Colecovision aesthetic of older Bit.Trip titles melts beneath the sneakers of Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. It's an already-long game title that's made even longer by a new prefix from the retro diehards at Gaijin Games: "Bit.Trip Presents."
The game does a much better job showing off Gaijin's chops than its silly prefix, however. Goodbye, pixels; hello, arts and crafts. Series favorite Commander Video now looks like a Claymation creation as he auto-runs through handmade worlds full of Saturday morning-esque backgrounds and molded baddies.
The levels start out varied and inventive, slowly introducing new moves and level motifs, but the game runs out of novel twists and loses steam about halfway through the five-hour campaign.
That's probably for the best. Any more moves and the controls would be a nightmare. Players still trigger Commander Video's hops, slides, and kicks—all to the beat of a really cool soundtrack from Disasterpeace, the artist behind Fez's tunes. New maneuvers this time around include rail-grinds, slide-motion dodges, a "dance" move that grants points at the cost of maneuverability, and a couple of cumbersome loop-de-loop motions. The hold-to-glide jump still stands out as a favorite, as it adds nuance to the game's endless series of hops.
Runner 2's simplicity comes double-edged then, but plenty of new characters, costumes, and Easter eggs serve as lovely carrots to dangle in front of your sprinter. Other additions—like mid-level checkpoints, adjustable difficulties, and more forgiving landing animations—greatly reduce the controller-throwing frustration of the first Bit.Trip Runner. (It's worth nothing, though, the final PC version I tested seemed to miss my joystick presses every so often.) Varied, well-rendered scenery also entices, along with enjoyable touches like phony commercials and silly narration from Charles "It's-a me, Mario!" Martinet. His presence isn't just lip service (figuratively and literally); it feels like Commander Video finally reaches true mascot status with this latest running adventure.
The Bridge
A slow-walking protagonist who wears a smoking jacket and stumbles upon cryptic, philosophical clues. Hand-drawn visuals. A simple puzzle mechanic that happens to bend the world. Even a special jigsaw puzzle that ties the whole thing together.
No game in recent memory has seemed as blatantly Braid-like as The Bridge, but this indie game's two-man development team could have striven for much worse. While the game wears its inspiration on its sleeve clearly, it also strikes its own memorable path.
All of the various puzzles in The Bridge are based on a simple twist: rotate the game world to navigate to the exit and move on. Recent indie platformer And Yet It Moves played with this mechanic as well, but The Bridge favors focused puzzle challenges and clever twists. For example, elements of later levels, like wrecking balls and collectible keys, are subject to reverse gravity. Other levels offer a freezing chamber so the rest of the world can rotate safely or new platforms and passages as you twist the world. All of this happens in black-and-white, graphite-drawn chambers that shamelessly pilfer from the aesthetic estate of M.C. Escher.
Though an entire "reverse" world appears at game's end and collectible trinkets will keep die-hards snooping for The Bridge's errata, it's easy to come out of this game wishing for a few more new mechanics or a more diverse level selection. Some of the "ah-ha" moments are among the best in the genre, but when you hit the game's inevitable "brick wall" puzzles, that's that; you can't skip ahead to other levels. I was forced to try utterly random rotation patterns to solve some frustrating levels and, surprisingly enough, that plan actually worked! That's the price of The Bridge's overly simple puzzle system: brute force is a viable option, which no great puzzle game should ever suffer from.
Leap Day
Spry Fox, the creators of Triple Town, were a bit too eager to launch their next puzzly, free-to-play experiment. The first test version of Leap Day launched in the middle of 2012, long before the core gameplay had taken shape. Now that Leap Day has reached a playable, sensible beta, players can see just what had the Spry Fox team jumping up and down in glee last year. Pardon the hyperbole—especially coming from this admittedly jaded, decade-plus games critic—but Leap Day may have just created an entirely new game genre from its familiar, disparate parts.
I've taken to calling Leap Day a collaborative tinker-toy assembly line. You hop onto a randomly generated planet where you're given a plot of green land in an otherwise frozen plain, and you then unfreeze enough of the world to destroy a scourge of ice beasts. To do so, you make money by arranging a series of roads, train tracks, and cute marshmallow workers to harvest materials like wood, water, fruit, minerals, and more. After a few minutes, the game world resets, and that's when you start to find ways to maximize your output. Why not place a factory to combine goods? How can I best route my roads around that tree without combining roads in the wrong way? I could lay down some train tracks, but then I'd be over budget!
A typical game sees eight players working on a giant plain together, all moving their workers toward the center to finish off the offending monsters within a time limit of a few days. You can't pull it off without maximizing your space and sharing it well with others. Thankfully, the free-to-play system doesn't screw players with annoying pay-to-win limits; Leap Day instead teases players with paid cosmetic tweaks and new items that force new strategies.
Leap Day's basic economy system cannot be solved with real-world cash, and while that design choice may cost Spry Fox a few quick bucks, it goes a long way to hooking players in with one of the most level playing fields casual gaming might ever see. Add in the constantly challenging strategic decisions and a pleasing aesthetic and you have a game that leaps over its casual gaming competition.


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Knight Lore
Having just finished the Diablo III beta only to be left gagging for more, Knight Lore is a compelling 8-bit memory. This 3D isometric dungeon crawler sees me play Saberman, a "werewulf" looking to be released from my lupine curse by a kindly wizard Melkhior who dwells in Knight Lore castle. Navigating the castles rooms, I loved this game's cutesy RPG graphics. With only 40 days and nights to complete my task before becoming a werewulf forever, I speedily collect charms while trying to avoid being impaled on a spiked ball or spooked by a malevolent apparition. The intricately designed puzzles and levels make this game an 8-bit wonder and really set the standard for fantasy games to come.
Developers Tim and Chris Stamper
Publisher Ultimate Play The Game
Platforms Sinclair Spectrum
More Info Strategy Wiki's Knight Lore page
Manic Miner
Created by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte Software, this suitably named jittery platformer is teeth-grindingly addictive because of its simplicity. Miner Willy has his hands full retrieving flashing objects from 20 technicolored caverns before his oxygen runs out, all the while avoiding vicious penguins, flapping toilets, evil performing seals and my all-time favorite floating head, Eugene. This game has real character even though created from the most basic animations. It was funny and frustrating. Precision timing is needed to avoid death by a misjudged millimetre! Manic Miner's ear bleedingly constant in-game music haunts my dreams like the squark of a data cassette loading hideously coloured levels of vexation.
Developer Matthew Smith
Publisher Bug-Byte Software
Platforms Sinclair Spectrum
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Comments On Proposed 2006-07 Hunting Season Rules
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is providing an Internet option for those wishing to comment on the proposed 2006-07 Hunting Season Rules and Regulations.
Details on the seasonal rules and regulations will be discussed in a series of nine statewide public meetings beginning March 13 and running through March 30. Additionally, the public can provide comment to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at their April 6 monthly meeting in Baton Rouge. The department is soliciting public comment in advance of the May 4 commission meeting when final approval will be given. Any changes to the proposed rules and regulations for 2006-07 will also apply to the 2007-08 hunting season.
For hunters unable to attend any of the public hearings, comments can be made through the LDWF's Web site at www.wlf.louisiana.gov. To view the full document containing the proposed dates, seasonal rules and regulations, click on "WHAT's NEW" on the LDWF home page. An on-line comment form is provided, as well as the full schedule of the public meetings.
LDWF's Wildlife Division is specifically interested in the opinions of resident hunting license holders, resident hunters (ages 60 and older, license exempt) and resident hunters (ages 15 and younger, license exempt).
The department and commission will review comments from hunters in advance of the May 4 meeting.
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AshleyMadison Review by Affair Guide. In our opinion, Ashley Madison is much better (result wise) than any other affair dating site out there. Ashley Madison (a.k.a.: the AshleyMadison Agency) is by far the biggest affairs site on the web – it has dominated the affairs dating niche for quite some time, and as a result, it has many advantages (and very little disadvantages). The biggest ADVANTAGE is that it is a site that has almost no fake profiles or scams on Ashley Madison. This is because AshleyMadison operates on a credit-basis and does require each member to be a real person with a credit card.
Understanding What The Women Of AshleyMadison Want (and *WILL* find!)
Women that join Ashley Madison have a problem. And that' that they want to have a fun & fulfilling sex life, but simply can't find time for it. Obviously, the women of AshleyMadison are married. But this marriage, which was probably good at one time, has now turned into something they never thought could happen. They are constantly fighting with their spouses. They are spending weeks without having sex. And even when they have sex, they fantasize about someone else – they simply don't want to be there. What should be a most intense, passionate and orgasmic experience has been reduced to nothing.
BUT – they can't afford to divorce – they just got married a few years ago and it would look bad. They are pretending to be happy spending their days at work, nights watching movies and weekends at Home Depot shopping new door knobs. But they really aren't because no one is giving them what the ***REALLY*** need: A fun evening followed by superbly intense sex.
Some girls will cheat on their husbands with a guy from work. Other will go to a random bar and pickup a guy. The rest come to AshleyMadison. And they come to AshleyMadison specifically because they don't have time to "hunt" for a man like they used to do in college, when that's THE ONLY THING they had to do.
If you can be that one-night fantasy for a woman (who is by all purposes DESPERATE for passion and excitement) , you will find more ass on Ashley Madison than any other online dating site out there. I know – I've done it countless times.
AshleyMadison Pricing Review
AshleyMadison pricing is credit based and as a result, you get a certain number of credits based on the package you choose when joining AshleyMadison. You can get a package for 49$, 149$ or 249$ (in comparison, a membership for other affair dating sites can be as high as 500$ / month). In our opinion, the AshleyMadison membership is fair expensive for what you get. The more you pay, the more credits and access you get on AshleyMadison. AshleyMadison memberships range from basic to gold – each of which carries specific benefits.
Super-Secret Ninja Tactics For AshleyMadison Success: Men
If you want the simplest way to have your first affair with a married woman on Ashley Madison in under a week, here it is. It'll cost you 250$, and a take up a few hours of your time – and you'll need to make time for a few dates during the week. I've used this exact tactic with incredible results.
- You spend your first 600 credits messaging every woman YOU LIKE in your area.
- You spend your next 200 credits talking to women who reply to you.
- You spend 100 credits trading negotiating the meeting venue.
- You still have 100 credits left for the next round.
The above should yield you roughly 15 date requests, of which you might see 1/3 come though. Remember these are all married women that WANT to have a good time. No scams. No fake profiles.
If you're cash-strapped and can't afford to execute the strategy above, but still want an affair, you can get the same results with the base 50$ option in roughly a month's time. It'll take longer and you will need to spend a little more money on credits.
- You spend your first 50 credits messaging every woman YOU LIKE in your area.
- You spend your next 30 credits talking to women who reply to you.
- You spend 50 credits trading negotiating the meeting venue.
- You still have 0 credits left for the next round.
While both tactics guarantee success, one will yield faster results as you're contacting more women. Casting a wider net essentially increases your chances of finding success quickly.
Super-Secret Ninja Tactics For AshleyMadison Success: Women
Just put up your profile – then wait and pick
My Review Of AshleyMadison
I've both personally used and read up quite a lot on AshleyMadison from a variety of internet sources. The range of experiences reported by people that have used AshleyMadison ranges from absolutely great to very good. For example, take this guy's experience with the site …
I joined and put up my profile on AshleyMadison in March 2010 and had an active membership for 2 months. I spent something like 200$ on the site talking to women, because AshleyMadison operates on a "credit basis' (you use up credits when contacting prospective partners). During that time, I was able to get 6 actual meetings with women from the Ashley Madison dating agency (all of which ended in a hookup). If you make a comparison to how many married girls I picked up off other dating sites, it's actually quite a high figure.
One of the things I found was that it takes a some time (up to 2 weeks) to set up a good pipeline with the women you message. I also met up with another woman apart from the original 6 – but decided not to pursuer her given her pics ware different than what she'd put on her AshleyMadison membership. I don't have to tell you that I was not happy with how that situation went down – but I don't blame Ashley Madison for that. She should have been honest. Overall I give the site an A+ !
Source: MARTIAL AFFAIR ONLINE
Guys, I can tell you that if this had actually happened to me, I would have been very happy about that whole experience with AshleyMadison, and certainly as a result of reading this do think the Ashley Madison site is the best if you're looking to have a discreet affair.
Other people apart from me on the internet also seem to have good luck with the Ashley Madison cheating site. If you believe the stories from the cheater dating blog, you'll see a lot of pretty happy folks. If you believe the Ashley Madison user ratio review found here, the ratio of females is actually decent and there are basically no fake profiles on AM.
I have to say that AshleyMadison is a pretty decent website. I like my affair romances to be as drama-free as possible – so meeting married women on Ashley Madison is the best way to go for a married guy like me.
AshleyMadison Review – Comparison To Other Affair Websites
If you compare the results from this AshleyMadison review to other affair sites we review here or adult dating sites, it seems to not be just as as efficient (if not more) as what's promised. One reason may be that while women on AshleyMadison are very careful with setting up meetings in person, they are really open to moving from meeting-to-sex quickly.
In our opinion, the credits based system used at Ashley Madison is a bit of a pain in the ass to work with. HOWEVER, it keeps "fake profiles" out of the site because a real credit card is required to talk to Ashley Madison members. Unlike regular (love-promising) dating sites or (probably scam-filled) adult dating sites, on Ashley Madison, you use up a credit each time you message someone. This is to keep what I like to call the "repetitive-dating spammers" at bay – these are t he guys that just go around copy.pasting the same message to each and every woman in their matches. While you can burn your credits pretty fast if you decide to take this "mass mail" approach, it's actually a good thing for the women on the site so they don't wake up to 7691 messages each day from horny married men Because everyone is very careful in their affair dating moves, it takes a few of messages to get a "live hit" – so be smart using your AshleyMadison credits on women (or men, ladies) you ***ACTUALLY*** want to meet. The other good thing here is that while you do end up spending credits messaging women, there are no fake profiles – so you're messaging real people.
Overall, I think that the site is both under-priced and really worth joining (and even overly acessible, if you ask me!). They even have a very clever Ashley Madison iPhone app! For the amount of money you end up spending in 2 months of using it (which isn't that much, actually), you probably couldn't have picked up 6 married women from bars – specifically BECAUSE married women DON'T HANG OUT IN BARS!!! Because everyone is so "careful" when communicating on Ashley Madison, the process from contacting someone to having an actual date does take a little longer than, say, on regular dating sites – but you also meet married women that will ***forever*** be your lovers. Also, AshleyMadison guarantees you an affair – because there are no scam profiles on the site. In my book, that's under-promising and over-delivering.
As far as a review of the Ashley Madison functionality, it seems to have pretty much all of the features you'd expect an affairs dating site to have, with the exception of video chat. You can search, mail, chat and wink at Ashley Madison members as part of any package – but each action (with the exception of searching for members) will cost you credits.
AshleyMadison – Review Of The Good Parts
So … the good from our Ashley Madison review:
- AshleyMadison is the largest affairs dating site online.
- There are NO FAKE OR SCAM PROFILES on the site.
- AshleyMadison is very easy to use and features both a great interface and communication features.
- If you're woman you won't have any trouble finding an affair on AshleyMadison.
- AshleyMadison features a discrete billing policy.
- The credit-based system for communicating on AshleyMadison keeps scammers at bay.
- You'll find yourself spending less on AshleyMadison than you would on a night out on the town.
There's only one bad point – and it's not really specific to AshleyMadison. If you're from a small town, you might want to think twice about using a service like this. Alternatively, you might need to pickup married women on AshleyMadison by browsing profiles from larger urban areas and travelling for the actual dates.
AshleyMadison Review – Statistics
In the United States, AshleyMadison has over 1 million members. In contrast the other affairs sites that offer similar dating functionality have roughly 250 000 members COMBINED. If you're from a large urban area, like San Francisco for example – there's a ton of people to pick from to connect with. Worldwide, the site has over 9 million members and does quite well in Canada, the UK and Ireland – as well as France and Germany.
However, like any dating site, not all the people you meet on the site will be to your liking. So use your credits wisely.
AshleyMadison also has a guarantee that they flaunt as part of their affair promise message which is the "AshleyMadison Affair Guarantee". Basically, they state that by joining the site, you are 100% guaranteed to have an affair. Given my results, I believe that.
AshleyMadison Review – Conclusion
I was able to meet women off this site – and I'd say that the price tag and thefunctionality that come with using it make it easy to use and have an affair versus than other affair websites. I'd definitely recommend at a minimum trying Ashley Madison if you're stuck in a sexless marriage.


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Kenny Chesney will perform at the first-ever Tortuga Music Festival scheduled for April 13-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The beach festival will be presented by Rock the Ocean, an organization dedicated to supporting scientific research, education and increasing public awareness about the issues impacting the world's oceans.
Gary Allan, the Eli Young Band and Kip Moore will also perform at the festival. The Avett Brothers, Gary Clark Jr., Michael Franti & Spearhead, G. Love & Special Sauce and Sister Hazel have also been confirmed. A prominent rock artist will be unveiled as the event's second headliner in the coming weeks.
"I've been hearing about this festival for a while now and am excited to be a part of it. I grew up going to the beach every day when I was younger, so protecting the beaches and marine conservation have always been something close to my heart," Allan said.
"Every now and again, we get to play our music and support a great cause at the same time. The Rock the Oceans' Tortuga Music Festival will be that and more," says Eli Young Band's Jon Jones. "The festival is taking place on one of the most beautiful beaches in the U.S. and aims to educate on how to keep it and other beaches clean and enjoyable for generations to come. It's great that this is a multi-genre festival. That will make it more fun for music fans and will allow the message of the festival to reach a greater audience."
The festival is presented by Landshark Lager. Tickets to the festival go on sale Saturday (Dec. 15) at the festival's website.


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