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Many people start to think about life insurance for a number of reasons. Some consider purchasing a life insurance policy after a major life milestone, such as marriage or the birth of their first child, while others begin to weigh their options after seeing a close friend or family member struggle financially after the loss of a loved one. A policy could help you provide financial protection for those you hold dear, and there are many types of life insurance available, but how can you determine which one is right for you?
Comparing the different types of life insurance could help you dig a little deeper into your options. You are a unique individual with unique needs, and learning more about term life, whole life and universal life insurance — and their differences — could give you the confidence to decide.
Compare Life Insurance Options
When reviewing the life insurance options available, keep in mind that there's a lot of variety in the market within the categories of life insurance. As with many types of insurance, the price you pay will be affected by your age and health profile. Generally, the younger and healthier you are when you buy, the more affordable the premiums could be.
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First, let's examine and compare term, whole and universal life insurance policies:
Term Life Insurance
Term life insurance only features a death benefit, which is a one-time payment to your beneficiary upon your death. However, most term products also offer optional riders that could allow you to renew or convert your policy. It has no accessible cash or account value in the policy. The premiums on a term life policy usually can be fixed at the same level for a specified number of years — generally 10, 15, 20 or 30 years. Once the term length ends, the policy ends. This is one of the key differences between term life and permanent life insurance policies.
Whole Life Insurance
Whole life insurance is a permanent life insurance policy and features a death benefit like a term policy. However, it also offers cash value, which builds up within the policy as time goes on. You could borrow funds against that cash value for any reason. Note that there is a potential for surrender charges, and unrepaid loans will decrease the death benefit. A whole life policy can be "paid up," which means you will not have to pay premiums after a certain period and the policy will remain in force.
Universal Life Insurance
Universal life insurance is also a permanent life insurance policy and is considered one of the most flexible because you can adjust the premium and death benefit (within limitations) after the policy is in force. It shares the same basic components as whole life insurance (i.e., a cash value), but may offer more options. For this policy type, the cash value's underlying rate of accumulation will be adjusted according to financial market trends, but with a guaranteed minimum interest rate. Universal life may have lower premiums for the same death benefit amount than whole life. However, the underlying cost of the actual life insurance coverage will rise over time, unlike with whole life policies.
Examine Your Coverage Needs
If you have a new bouncing baby boy, would it be wise to consider a different policy than someone who is entering the workforce for the first time — or close to the golden years of retirement? Well, it could all depend on what you need. There are many questions you could ask that could help you better understand your own insurance coverage needs and decide which type of life insurance could be a good fit for you.
How Much Death Benefit Protection Do You Need & How Much Can You Afford?
Your life stage could greatly influence the answer to this question. With a term life policy, you could buy a larger death benefit for the same premium amount you would pay for a whole life or universal life policy. This means that if you want $500,000 in life insurance protection — but are just beginning your career and living on a tight budget — some term life policies could be a good option.
Let's say you're married with a mortgage and 9-year-old twin girls. You may need a larger death benefit than a recent college graduate with a rented apartment. In your case, a whole life insurance policy could help provide a death benefit for your loved ones while also giving you the security of cash value.
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Now, imagine you aren't expecting any children for a while — but dream of starting a family someday. You might consider a universal life policy, which could offer you flexibility in a changing world. You may be able to increase the size of your death benefit down the road as your family grows and your circumstances change. For the same premium you might pay for a $500,000 term life policy, you could also start building up cash value in a whole life or universal life policy (albeit with a smaller death benefit).
Life insurance is as unique as you are, and speaking with a financial representative could help you evaluate your needs and discover which type of coverage could be right for you. Whether you're heading into an exciting new phase in your life — or reflecting on how you could better provide for the ones you love — understanding and comparing the types of life insurance policies available could make all the difference.


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As most know, Cumulus Linux was originally intended for data center switching and routing but over the years, our customer base has requested that we expand into the enterprise campus feature set too. Slowly, we've done just that.
With this expansion though, there are a few items that IT managers tend to take for granted in an all Cisco environment that may need some extra attention when using Cumulus Linux as a campus switch. This is especially the case when it comes to IEEE 802.1x, desk phones, etc.
Most of the phones we inter-operate with have been of the Cisco variety and quite often, those phones are connected to Cisco switches. There are a few tweaks from the default Cumulus settings that need to be called out in this environment and we'll now go over what those are and how you can tweak them.
Cisco IP Phones TLV change
Cisco IP phones may revert to a different VLAN after initial negotiation. One of our enterprise customers found that according to a Cisco tech note on LLDP-MED and CDP, CDP should be disabled on non-Cisco switches connecting to Cisco phones.
To eliminate this behavior, make the following adjustment to the lldp daemon:
`sudo vi /etc/default/lldpd`
Change this default:
# Enable CDP by default
DAEMON_ARGS="-c -M 4″
To this setting:
# Enable CDP by default
then `systemctl restart lldpd.service`
IP Phones random disconnects / Voice quality issues
The problem is straightforward, IP phones will disconnect and re-authenticate randomly. Another symptom is that voice quality may suffer. The problem doesn't seem to be phone model specific, more a function of having several phones connected to a switch. Most implementations won't see this problem as it is related specifically to using IP Phones and the Cumulus Linux Redistribute Neighbor function together.
Redistribute Neighbor is a feature that enables devices to span subnets by taking an ARP entry and advertising it's /32 IPv4 address upstream. More information about this functionality is available in the Cumulus Linux documentation and this fine blog post written by Doug Youd a couple of years ago.
To eliminate this problem, take the following action:
`vi /etc/rdnbrd.conf`
Change these 2 values:
# TX an ARP request to known hosts every keepalive seconds
keepalive = 1
# If a host does not send an ARP reply for holdtime consider the host down
holdtime = 3
To something like this:
# TX an ARP request to known hosts every keepalive seconds
keepalive = 60
# If a host does not send an ARP reply for holdtime consider the host down
holdtime = 240
Then issue `systemctl restart rdnbrd.service`
The theory behind the keepalive and hold time change is that the phone doesn't have the processing capability to respond to the amount of control traffic that Redistribute Neighbor is sending its way. Redistribute Neighbor sends ARP messages to the device to ensure that it's still "there", You don't want to run into stale entries as you're advertising that device into the network for reachability.
There is a downside to this timer change which is that you won't detect devices that "go away" in a timely manner. For instance, if you move that IP phone from one switch to another, you're /32 route entry won't flush until the hold time has expired, even if the connecting port goes down.
Configuring Dynamic VLAN with Voice VLAN
By default, the dynamic VLAN feature for dot1x configures ports as an access port when the dynamic VLAN is received in the authorization. In an environment configured with voice VLAN, we need to assign the PVID dynamically, instead of configuring the port as access. Currently, only configuring the host VLAN dynamically is supported so the voice VLAN on the port must still be configured manually.
To change the dynamic VLAN behavior to configure the PVID dynamically, instead of the access VLAN, add the following lines to /etc/hostapd.conf:
After adding the line, the hostapd service must be restarted:
sudo systemctl restart hostapd.service
Configuring EAP Requests from the switch
In some cases, an attached device may initiate the EAP process prior to the link or switch being ready. To handle this, it's possible to configure the switch to send an EAP request to re-initiate the EAPOL process from the attached client.
To configure this option, edit /etc/hostapd.conf and add the following:
After adding the line, the hostapd service must be restarted:
sudo systemctl restart hostapd.service
In other news
At this time, the solutions outlined above are only tested and supported with VLAN aware bridge implementations. The "voice-VLAN" command documented in Cumulus Linux documentation isn't needed for the functionality specified above.
I'm sure as we continue to deploy in various campus environments we'll run across other tidbits to share. Until then, hopefully, this post helps save someone some troubleshooting time.


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Three Herndon residential districts will be named in the coming months to be inspected by town staff to make sure they meet state-mandated health, safety and maintenance requirements as part of an initial trial period for what could eventually be a broader rental inspection program.
Herndon community development officials are in the process of determining what districts should be subject to the inspections after Herndon's Town Council voted late last month to update its existing rental inspection program to meet new state laws concerning their implementation. The program, which has been in place since the late 1990s, had never before been used by the town, according to John Orrison, a Herndon building official who is overseeing the program.
The Town Council suggested a trial period of inspections to determine its overall potential benefits, according to council members and town officials.
"The theory behind this program is that it protects the tenants from an absentee landlord ... and unsafe conditions," Orrison said. "It allows the town to make sure that rental homes and units are maintained and that tenants live in good conditions."
THE OLD STATE program was not utilized by the town because it required Herndon officials to label a neighborhood as "blighted," a condition that could reflect negatively on that neighborhood, according to current and former council members familiar with the program. Under the new guidelines, a neighborhood can be subject to inspections based on criteria that include physical deterioration as a result of aging and public safety concerns, Orrison said.
"Once you declare an area as blighted, that's like a heavy hammer, cause all the properties in that area will decline in value," said Vice Mayor Dennis Husch. "You needed to be really careful with that wording. That's the nuclear option."
Former Herndon Mayor Mike O'Reilly, who had examined the possibility of implementing the old program during his tenure as both a council member and mayor in the early 2000s, said that it was dismissed due to its perceived lack of benefits.
"Every time we came to take a look at this program, we felt that it was just wrought with problems," O'Reilly said. "We couldn't see how it would benefit the town to label an area as blighted ... and devote extra staff time to that."
BEFORE INSPECTIONS can begin, Herndon staff will have to suggest three districts that should be inspected to make sure they meet state safety standards, according to Orrison. Those districts will then need to be approved by the Town Council during a public hearing.
The owners of those rental properties will then be given 60 days notice to register their properties for inspection with the town and Herndon officials will begin to notify tenants of the inspections, Orrison said. Those landlords will need to pay fees for the inspections that could total as much as $100 each, he added.
The inspections, which will focus on items such as working smoke detectors, proper structural stability and unbroken windows, will be completed by existing staff members, Orrison said. Any non-compliance would be reported to the property owner and would need to be corrected and confirmed safe in subsequent inspections, he said. Only in the cases were public safety is in immediate danger will tenants be required to relocate, he added.
Once the inspections have been completed and a unit is deemed compliant, another inspection would not be required for four years.
The program would not initially require additional staff unless it is expanded at the order of the council, Orrison added.
"The advantage is also to the landlord in the sense that he will know whether his unit passes or fails," he said. "So he will know what shape his property is in and what he might have to do to improve that property and his investment."
SIMILAR PROGRAMS mandated by the state have also been in place in other municipalities in Virginia over the last several years and have had success, according to officials in the cities of Fairfax and Winchester.
"We've seen a lot of progress, places being fixed up, made nicer," said Sherry Starliper, a code enforcement inspector for the City of Winchester, where in 2004 the program was implemented. It has since expanded to more than double in the size of its staff and monitor more than 3,000 rental units, she said.
The rental inspection program for the City of Fairfax, in place since the mid-1980s, is inactive as it is currently being redrafted after the new state-mandated rules were passed, according to Gene Lynch, property maintenance inspector for the city.
"I think it benefits any community when you have a program in place to make sure that property is maintained," Lynch said. "Certain this affects the community's property values ... and when you're going around making sure people are living safely, it only works in the community's favor."
THOSE REASONS WERE the driving force behind implementing the program for some of Herndon's aging districts, said Mayor Steve DeBenedittis.
"I think that there are some neighborhoods that it could help ... we might even see some neighborhoods that will want it," DeBenedittis said. "We have some neighborhoods in town that are deteriorating and they could benefit from this program."
The possibility of the program also made sense to Harlon Reece, who has served on Herndon's Town Council since 2000.
"When you're talking about the health and safety of folks in the town, I'm willing to try it," he said. "Ensuring public safety is just about the most important role that a town government has in the lives of its residents."


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Stocks fell on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its second straight drop after comments from a pair of U.S. Federal Reserve officials left investors unsure about the timing of a possible reduction in its bond-buying program.
Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, told Market News International in an interview that the Fed could begin trimming the size of the stimulus program as soon as September, but might wait longer if the expected economic growth in the year's second half fails to materialize.
RELATED: TRADERS WILL WATCH FED FOR SLIGHTEST TAPER TWEAKLater in the session, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the central bank will probably decrease its massive bond-buying stimulus program later this year, and depending on the economic data, could do so as early as next month.
Fed officials "are all hedging themselves, which is why the market continues to just be a little bit confused and why it is going to churn," said Ken Polcari, director of the NYSE floor division at O'Neil Securities in New York. "There is really no reason at the moment for the market to go higher because it is still too unclear."
One catalyst for Monday's downturn in the Dow and the S&P 500 was provided by Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He said he supported scaling back the central bank's stimulus next month unless economic data takes a turn for the worse. The S&P 500 is on track for its biggest decline since June 24 as investors continue to take profits from the recent rally that lifted the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 to back-to-back record closing highs late last week.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 90.03 points or 0.58 percent, to 15,522.10. The S&P 500 slipped 9.80 points or 0.57 percent, to 1,697.34. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 27.67 points or 0.75 percent to 3,665.29. Earlier, the Dow fell as low as 15,473.40, while the S&P 500 touched a session low of 1,693.29, and the Nasdaq hit an intraday low of 3,654.67.
The S&P 500 has risen for five of the past six weeks, gaining more than 7 percent over that period. The S&P 500's 50-day moving average now stands at 1,692.77, which could serve as a support level in any further market decline.
The market's swings were exaggerated by thin trading volume, which was light for the second consecutive day. Monday marked the lowest volume for a full-day session so far this year. With major U.S. economic data like the nonfarm payrolls report and earnings from bellwethers out of the way, volume is expected to be light throughout the week.
The biggest drag on the Dow was International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N), down 2.4 percent at $190.87, after Credit Suisse cut its rating on the stock to "underperform" from "neutral," saying organic growth would be challenging in the future. Credit Suisse also cut its price target on the Dow component by $25 to $175. IBM topped the list of the Dow's 10 worst-performing stocks.
Retailers' shares ranked among the day's biggest losers. American Eagle Outfitters (AEO.N) shares tumbled 13.7 percent to $17.24 a day after the retailer said its second-quarter profit would be hurt by weak sales and margins. A number of analysts downgraded the stock.
The stock hit a 52-week low of $16.60 and gave investors a reason to unload the shares of other retailers that cater to teens and young adults. Urban Outfitters (URBN.O) shares fell 2.9 percent to $42.41 and Aeropostale (ARO.N) slid 2.2 percent to $14.62. The S&P retail index slipped 0.4 percent. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH.O) shares gained 2.3 percent to $75.01 after the company reported a 20 percent rise in second-quarter revenue. Fossil Group Inc (FOSL.O) shares surged 17.3 percent to $126 after its results.
Of the 418 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings for the second quarter through Tuesday, Thomson Reuters data showed that 67.5 percent have topped analysts' expectations, in line with the average beat over the past four quarters. On the revenue side, the data showed that 54 percent have reported revenue above estimates, more than in the past four quarters but below the historical average.
Shares of the Washington Post Co (WPO.N) climbed 4.3 percent to $592.95 after Amazon Inc (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos agreed to buy the publishing company's newspaper assets for $250 million. Earlier, the stock touched a 52-week high at $605.
On the economic front, the U.S. trade deficit dropped in June to its lowest level in more than 3-1/2 years. Exports climbed to a record high and imports fell, suggesting an upward revision to the growth rate for second-quarter gross domestic product. The trade gap shrank to $34.2 billion, compared with economists' forecast that it would narrow to $43.5 billion.
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Theresa May is coming under growing pressure to admit unaccompanied child refugees to the UK, after the Archbishop of Canterbury declared himself "saddened and shocked" by a decision to limit numbers.
Urging ministers to lift a cap of 350 on admissions under the so-called "Dubs amendment", the Most Rev Justin Welby described the refugees as "treasured human beings made in the image of God" and declared: "Jesus commands us to care for the most vulnerable among us."
The British Red Cross warned that the closure of legal routes like the Dubs scheme - which was initially expected to provide a route to the UK for 3,000 children stranded in Europe without their parents - would leave young people exposed to exploitation by people-traffickers.
And councils challenged the Government's assertion that they could take no more than 350 children, insisting that more places could be found if central funding was provided.
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Mrs May insisted the Government's approach was "absolutely right", pointing to separate schemes which will resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps in the region over five years as well as reuniting migrant children with families in the UK.
"We have been seeing quite a number of children and families being resettled here in the United Kingdom," said the Prime Minister.
"I think what we are doing in terms of refugees is absolutely right, on top of course of the significant financial support and humanitarian aid we are giving to refugees in the region of Syria - a commitment of £2.3 billion, the second biggest bilateral donor."
The decision to impose a cap was announced quietly on Wednesday by immigration minister Robert Goodwill, who said 200 children had already arrived and councils had indicated they had capacity for only 150 more.
But the Archbishop said he had believed ministers were "committed to welcoming up to 3,000 children under this scheme" and it was "regrettable" that such a small proportion were being given sanctuary.
"I fear that this week's decision does not meet the spirit of commitment that was given during the passage of the Immigration Act last year," he said.
"I very much hope that the Government will reconsider this decision, and work with church groups and others to find a sustainable and compassionate solution that allows those most in need to find sanctuary in our country."
Lord Dubs himself accused ministers of breaching their own commitments by "arbitrarily closing down" the scheme.
But Home Secretary Amber Rudd said there was concern that the mechanism was acting as a "pull factor" for children to head to the UK and provided opportunities for people-traffickers.
"I am clear that when working with my French counterparts, they do not want us to indefinitely continue to accept children under the Dubs Amendment because they specify - and I agree with them - that it acts as a draw. It acts as a pull," Ms Rudd told the House of Commons. "It encourages the people traffickers."
But British Red Cross chief executive Mike Adamson said: "People traffickers thrive on the absence of safe and legal routes to protection - which is exactly what the Dubs Amendment is. By restricting legal channels, we are leaving children open to exploitation.
"We would encourage the Government to reconsider its decision ... W e can do better than offering a home to only 350 minors, when we know that so many more remain stranded and alone in camps which are cold, unsafe and no place for children."
Meanwhile, the head of the Local Government Association's asylum, refugee and migration task group said that Government funding was the obstacle to taking more children.
David Simmonds told BBC 5 Live's Emma Barnett : "If the money is available, then more places can be found. The Government needs to make the decision.
"How much money is it going to make available? If the money isn't available to pay foster carers, then the council is not going to be able to get them to take on refugee children.
"It costs on average £50,000 to support a child in the UK. The Government funding at the moment covers at most around £40,000 a year. The more children we take, the bigger the cost to local taxpayers."
A Downing Street spokesman responded: "We are funding councils. We upped the money for councils to deal with this issue by 20%."


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The questionable Western Wall got broadcast on Comedian Sarah Silverman's "I love you America" program as she induced her older sibling, Rabbi Susan Silverman, who was jailed at the Kotel 3 years ago for using spiritual attire, as her Thanksgiving visitor.
" Women of the Wall are ladies who go hoping at the Western Wall, which is a holy website in Jerusalem," stated Rabbi Silverman, a Jerusalem citizen and member of the group. "And the law was that females cannot wear what is typically males' attire like a prayer shawl and tefillin, which is equated as phylacteries but if you do not know what tefillin are, you most likely have no idea what phylacteries are.".
According to Silverman, "when you make any sort of spiritual analysis of civil law, then it becomes fascism, basically." She worried, "It becomes a spiritual fascism.".
Rabbi Silverman stated that since that time "the courts have actually been on our side, quite so, and now you cannot be apprehended for any of that." "it is still a political game," she kept in mind. "I mean, the truth is that the ultra-Orthodox Rabbinate still runs all the holy websites and it's in charge of life process occasions in Israel which's extremely, extremely bothersome," stated Silverman. "It's anti-democratic and I think it's anti-Jewish.".
Susan's description of the scenario at the Wall, which is at the center of a brand-new debate in between Israel and Diaspora Jewry over the federal government's retreat from a compromise offer to enable non-Orthodox streams of Jewry more access to it, triggered Sarah's memory of her very first journey to the Jewish homeland.
" I keep in mind when I initially went to Israel and people stated, 'You're going to feel so linked,' and blah-biddy-blah," she remembered. "And it's like and I know it's a unique place for you and I do not wish to s ** t on that, but it is amusing because you walk and it's like this is where Jesus cleaned his eyebrow, and this is where blah, blah, and you're like Oh my God, but at the very same time there's Doritos, empty Doritos bags on the ground, litter all over. It's so unusual.".
The comic explained her check out to the Jewish holy website in Jerusalem.
" And then when you go to the Western Wall, or the Wailing Wall, exact same thing? There's like this much area for males and this much area for females," she stated. "My response wasn't this is fantastic, it was f ** k you. Then you compose a little message to put on the wall and I put, 'No more faith.'"
Looking at her sibling, she right away included, "I love you, though!".


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SPACING: We have found our best results at 4 sq. ft. Per plant (plants 16 in./41 cm apart, rows 2 1/2 ft./76 cm. apart) or roughly 250 plants per 1000 sq. ft./93 sq. m. One oz./28 g of seed should provide about 3000 transplants.
TRANSPLANTING: Most growers try to have this completed by March 15th or April 1t. At the latest. Some growers prefer to transplant into 9 or 10 in./23 cm containers (10 in,.25 cm deep) which are set about 8 1/2 in./22 cm into the greenhouse floor. This keeps the root crown slightly above ground level - where it is a bit warmer and makes "trickle" feeding or watering easier.
GREENHOUSE TEMPERATURE: Never let the ground temperature dip below 65?F/18?C night or day. Plants will not set fruit properly, and those that manage to set will provide poor quality fruit. Keep day temp. at 70 - 75°F/23°C (78°F/26°C maximum) and night temperatures about 67°F/23°C for maximum results. Some growers prefer a wider difference in day-night temperatures, so that plants rest and experience no growth during night periods. This may provide more uniform growth.
FERTILIZER: Soil temperatures should be taken before transplanting to determine fertilizer rates - but under normal conditions 8 - 10 lbs./4.5 kg per 1000 sw. Ft./93 sq. m or 10-52-70 for the first two weeks after transplanting is a good choice. Then start the third week with 20-20-20 feedings at the same rate. Some growers prefer to apply "triple twenty" in diluted solution at every watering in order to keep the plants growing at all times - even if they look healthy - keep feeding them. Larger plants will succumb to diseases at a slower rate.
SPRAYS: Good housekeeping means less chance of Race Two tobacco mosaic, etc. infecting your crop. Keep diseased fruit and leaves removed from the house. Sterilize with steam or gas before transplanting.
POLLINATION: Since this is a greenhouse crop and tomatoes require wind to shake the blossom clusters in order to transfer the pollen grains from the anther to the stigma - each flower cluster must be vibrated artificially to produce fruit. Smaller growers with a few hundred plants use an electric toothbrush. Larger ranges use a motor driven back-pack sprayer to create artificial wind pollination. Pollen transfer during early morning periods or dark cloudy days is very poor. Best results are obtained between 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (lunch time) during sunny periods. After school is out - 4:00 p.m. is not a good time to pollinate. You most pollinate every day during the blossom period - or you will loose the 4th and 5th sets. Make sure your greenhouse is nice and warm (75 - 80°F/24 - 26°C) during the pollination period.
YIELDS: A good grower who keeps it warm, fertilizes, pollinates and sprays properly should expect 7 - 10 lbs/4 kg per plant, depending on the spacing and light available during the growing season (hydroponically grown crops about 20 lbs./9 kg per plant.).
FALL CROP: crops will grow faster during this period - about 7 weeks from transplanting to the first pick. Sow seed between June 1st to June 15th.
TRANSPLANT: Same spacing as winter crop (see above). Transplant between July 6th to 15th, but no later than Aug. 5th


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- 1850-1900: Growing interest in the occult and spiritualism, combined with the rise of the Theosophist movement, results in a weakening of the scientific paradigm and an increase in the number of recruits for the Traditions.[1]
- 1889-1900: The first great expansion stage of the Arcanum. Multiple chapter houses are opened across Europe and North America.[2]
- Notulf leaves Aix-la-Chapelle and retreats to the surrounding woods.[3]
- The Sept of the Healing Dawn becomes a location in Egypt where Silent Striders can rest and regain Gnosis. It is the only caern in Egypt aside from the remote Sept of the Western Flame where they can do so.[4]
- Black Fury Freebooters find two unclaimed caerns in the Congo and open the both of them, thus birthing the Dark River Caern and the Blessed Home Caern.[5]
- Artemis Silver-Dawn, a Ragabash Black Fury of the Freebooters camp discovers the site of what will eventually become the caern at Cumberland Falls (guarded later by the Sept of the Moon's Blessing) somewhere around this time.[6]
- Around this time the creature known as the Yahwie begins hunting and slaying Ananasi in Australia.[7]
- The Boxer Rebellions in China.[8][9] The Wu Lung and Akashic Brotherhood cease fighting outright, as both sides support the Rebellion as a last-ditch effort to drive the Technocracy out of China.[10]
- The Jade Demon, a Nephandi, falls in love.[8]
- The Akashic Brotherhood initiates very few non-Asian mages before this year.[11]
- Lord Edmund releases what becomes the most famous English translation of Kitab al Alacir, the Book of Ether.[12]
- Professor Vargo displays his Conversion Engine to the world in the Palace of Electricity at the Paris Expedition this year.[13][14] Frustrated with the lack of interest (and the interest in the weapons of war featured), Vargo makes a speech decrying weapons of war, then takes his Engine and vanishes from public view.[15][16][17]
- The works of Gregor Mendel are rediscovered.[18] The scientific roots of the Mutagenic Engineers are founded.[19]
- The Technocracy's Great Symposium this year disproves the concept of ether.[20] The Electrodyne Engineers begin to desert.[21][22]
- Queen Victoria's Grand Council of World Government has evolved into the Technocratic Union by this year.[23]
- By this year, John Eaton Simcoe controls a network of banks and entertainment houses from San Diego to the Alaskan border.[24]
- By this year, most Triads have put aside their political ambitions and are nothing more than organized crime groups.[25]
- Former Craftmasons and members of the Invisible Exchequer unite to form the Syndicate.[1]
- By this year, the Five Metal Dragons have paved the way for the Western Technocracy to subvert Heaven's law itself.[26]
- By this year, House Luxor has little do to with the rest of the Order of Hermes.[27]
- Victoria Station is secured in Lunar orbit this year.[28]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 13
- ↑ MTAs: Halls of the Arcanum, p. 27
- ↑ VTM: Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 14
- ↑ WTA: Rage Across Egypt, p. 80
- ↑ WTA: Tribebook: Black Furies, p. 31
- ↑ WTA: Rage Across Appalachia, p. 54
- ↑ WTA: Ananasi (book), p. 61
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 MTAs: Book of Chantries, p. 124
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 12
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 47
- ↑ MTAs: Akashic Brotherhood Tradition Book, p. 35
- ↑ MTAs: Sons of Ether Tradition Book, p. 13
- ↑ MTAs: Sons of Ether Tradition Book, p. 21
- ↑ MTAs: Sons of Ether Tradition Book, p. 22
- ↑ MTAs: Sons of Ether Tradition Book, p. 23
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Sons of Ether, p. 25
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Progenitors, p. 12
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Progenitors, p. 17
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 37
- ↑ MTAs: Guide to the Technocracy, p. 70
- ↑ MTAs: Convention Book: Iteration X, p. 23
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Syndicate, p. 22
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Syndicate, p. 60
- ↑ MTAs: Destiny's Price, p. 41
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 54
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Order of Hermes, p. 30
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Sons of Ether, p. 42
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Better than Crystal Clear? Cryo-EM Achieves Atomic Resolution
Armed with snazzy new hardware, scientists solve protein structures to a resolution of 1.22Å. Cryo-EM now rivals X-ray crystallography.
Armed with snazzy new hardware, scientists solve protein structures to a resolution of 1.22Å. Cryo-EM now rivals X-ray crystallography.
Most pathways that emerged were common between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites, though some individual variants differed. Kidney development jumped out as a possibly unique aspect of AD in African Americans.
A new single-nucleus RNA-Seq study of 3,900 endothelial cells finds a boost in angiogenesis and antigen presentation genes, drawing attention to the vascular component of AD.
A survey of 16 purported conformation-specific antibodies found that most bound nearly equally well to oligomers and fibrils, and weakly to monomers.
Two papers report that skin samples from people with Parkinson's disease contain α-synuclein seeds that can be robustly amplified, paving the way for a reliable test for the disease.
Reducing levels of monounsaturated fatty acids lowered α-synuclein toxicity and prevented movement symptoms in mice. Scientists say the data boost the α-synuclein tetramer hypothesis.
Technical limitations may have misrepresented the transcriptional state of these cells, obscuring detection of their activation signature in frozen postmortem tissue from Alzheimer's brain.
TRP cation channels combine with extrasynaptic NMDA glutamate receptors to set off mitochondrial meltdown and cell death. Blocking the interaction stops excitotoxicity.
Alzforum encourages users to visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall, where companies showcase their newest initiatives, products, and services. We welcome F. Hoffmann-La Roche, joining our other exhibitors — Biogen, BioLegend, Abcam, BrainXell, and the Jackson Laboratory.
Scientists now have an alternative to X-ray crystallography to obtain atomic-level data on biological structures. Using sophisticated new technology, several groups have dramatically improved the resolution of cryo-electron microscopy, mapping the aminos acids in mouse apoferritin down to 1.22Å. That's good enough to see individual hydrogen atoms and their bonds. One group mapped the β3 GABAA receptor to an unprecedented 1.77Å, revealing hydrogen bonds that hold ligands in the receptor's agonist pocket. The technology is set to reveal the structures of biological macromolecules that are not conducive to crystallization.
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These home-schooled kids have a very unusual talent…
Pam is so proud of her spirit-spying children.
Pam is so proud of her spirit-spying children.
Proud mum Pam Billington says her children have an extra-special talent – they can talk to dead people.
The 38-year-old's son Jadon, 10, and daughter Lucy, 8, have made friends with more than 10 spirits – including their own grandmother – in the past year.
And Pam says the kids talk about their new spooky friends so much it feels as if they're part of the family.
'It all started a couple of years ago when Jadon told me he had been visited by an angel in the night,' says Pam. 'At first I dismissed it as being the product of an overactive imagination. But when Lucy started talking about it too I started to listen.
'It's a gift and you either have it or you don't. It isn't a hoax, I really believe my kids can talk to spirits.'
It began in 2011 at their former home in Manchester where, according to the children, the ghosts lived among the family and even in their attic.
In March this year, the family moved to a new home in Sandbach, Cheshire, but it seems the spooks have relocated too.
And full-time mum Pam, who has another daughter Emily, 14, says she's now a believer after having a spooky close encounter of her own.
'It sounds crazy but since then I've been able to experience some of what they tell me too,' says Pam. 'One night I was watching TV and I said to Jadon, "If they are really here now, ask one of them to tug at my trouser leg."
'Jadon asked, then a few seconds later I felt something prod my leg and I saw with my own eyes my trousers move.
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'It's incredible. Now, they touch me all the time. They'll poke me in the arm and touch me on the leg. I've even been poked in the eye by a ghost.
'They also made the television go fuzzy when Jadon asked one to prove that he was there,' recalls Pam.
'You have to experience it to understand. I've always read things but I didn't have a true appreciation of it until I went through it with my children.'
Pam goes on, 'I love having spirits in the house, I think it's great. I think it shows that anything's possible and it gives me hope for when I pass away. I know that this is not the end and we carry on.'
Pam, an atheist, says she didn't raise her children to believe in ghosts and has not nurtured their psychic ability in any way.
But the children, who are home-schooled, are convinced.
Among the spooky guests are an American couple called Sam and Simon Crease, who Jadon talks to, along with an angel called Michael.
Lucy has formed a bond with a young girl called Rose. And, at her new home in Cheshire, she says she has seen a ghostly woman in a neighbouring garden, believed to be the spirit of an old woman who recently passed away there.
'I used to have trouble sleeping because I always felt like someone was watching me,' says Jadon. 'I would wake up in the night and run into Mum and Dad's room.
'Now when I see spirits I talk to them – and they talk back. I see them during the day and night.'
He adds: 'Mum and Dad asked me if I was making this up and I'm not – there really are ghosts in the house.'
Although Lucy is used to her ghostly friends she admits she still got 'freaked' out by their late-night antics.
'I used to get scared. When I first saw them I didn't know whether it was a spirit or my imagination,' she says. 'Now I see lots of them and I'm used to it.'
While Pam is convinced her children have a special gift, Daron, who was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, is still sceptical.
The 40-year-old health and safety advisor said he had never experienced a ghostly encounter of his own.
'I was raised in a religion that is definitely against things like spirits. I am still a little bit cautious with my children when we talk about ghosts but they seem OK and it keeps them happy so I leave them to it.
'I reacted with disbelief at first and a few times I thought they were based on imaginary friends,' continues Daron. 'But the children went in to so much detail when they were talking about them that as time went by I started accepting it.
'I'm still not really 100 per cent convinced but I think there's a little bit of truth in it. My kids aren't liars and if you listen to how they speak they tend to be quite believable.'
Pam and Daron's eldest, Emily, is the only child in the house not to have picked up a talent for talking with ghosts and has not seen any spooky goings on.
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National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice,plaintiff-appellant, v. Central Intelligence Agency et al., Defendants-appellees, 576 F.2d 1373 (9th Cir. 1978)Annotate this Case
Barry L. Weissman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.
Leonard Schaitman, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Before WRIGHT and TANG, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.*
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq. The National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice (NCLE) has appealed from the district court's summary judgment that records withheld from it by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are exempt from disclosure under the Act's Exemptions One and Three, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b) (1) and (3). We conclude that the requested materials are specifically exempted from disclosure by Exemption Three as triggered by the statutes which specifically exempt disclosure, 50 U.S.C. §§ 403(d) (3) and 403g.
NCLE requested release of documents concerning the CIA's relationships with the International Criminal Police Organization.1 The Agency released one document but told NCLE that it had no others responsive to portions of the request and that the rest fell within FOIA Exemptions One and Three.
After exhausting its administrative remedies, NCLE sued to compel release of the allegedly exempt materials.2 Following limited discovery, the CIA filed affidavits and a motion for summary judgment which the district court granted. This appeal followed.
Exemption Three authorizes nondisclosure of materials specifically exempt by statute. As originally enacted, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b) (3) simply provided:
(b) This section does not apply to matters that are
(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute;
Courts construed this provision to include statutory provisions granting broad discretion to withhold information. In Administrator, F.A.A. v. Robertson, 422 U.S. 255, 95 S. Ct. 2140, 45 L. Ed. 2d 164 (1975), for example, the Supreme Court held that § 1104 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 49 U.S.C. § 1504, was an exempting statute within the meaning of Exemption Three. Section 1104 permits the FAA administrator to withhold aviation systems analyses when he determines that disclosure "would adversely affect" the report's subject and is not "in the interest of the public."
To eliminate such broad administrative discretion,3 Congress amended Exemption Three in 19764 to read:
(b) This section does not apply to matters that are
(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld;
5 U.S.C. § 552(b) (3) (as amended by P.L. 94-409, Sept. 13, 1976).
In considering the CIA's claim that the requested materials are exempt from disclosure under Exemption Three, our inquiry is twofold: (a) Is there a statute of the kind described by the exemption?5 and (b) Is the withheld material within the disclosure exemption contemplated by that statute?
(a) Is There An Exemption Statute?
The CIA asserts that its refusal to release the documents in question is justified under Exemption Three and the following provisions:
(T)he Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure . . . .
50 U.S.C. § 403(d) (3) (third proviso).
In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities . . . the Agency shall be exempted from the provisions of . . . any other law which require(s) the publication or disclosure of the organization, functions, names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency . . . .
50 U.S.C. § 403g.
NCLE concedes that these statutes justified nondisclosure under the previous version of Exemption Three. See, e. g., Weissman v. CIA, 184 U.S.App.D.C. 117, 119, 565 F.2d 692, 694 (1977); Phillippi v. CIA, 178 U.S.App.D.C. 243, 249, 546 F.2d 1009, 1015 n.14 (1976). It argues that the 1976 amendment legislatively overruled Weissman and Phillippi and removed 50 U.S.C. §§ 403(d) (3) and 403g from the ambit of the exemption. We disagree.
In unambiguous terms, Exemption Three authorizes nondisclosure of materials specifically exempted by statutes which refer to "particular types of matter to be withheld." We conclude that the statutes under which the CIA justifies its nondisclosure describe with sufficient particularity the types of information to be withheld.
We find support for our conclusion in the history of the 1976 amendment. The House Report expressly refers to § 403(d) (3) as an exempting statute:
This would clarify the fact that statutes such as 50 U.S.C. § 403(d) (3) concerning security information . . . are included (within amended Exemption Three).
H.R.Rep. No. 94-880, Part II, 94th Cong., 2nd Sess., 14-15, n.2, U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News, p. 2225. Representative Abzug, primary House sponsor of the Government in the Sunshine Act, also noted that § 403 was intended to survive the amendment. 122 Cong.Rec. H9260 (daily ed. Aug. 31, 1976).
We hold that the district court concluded correctly that 50 U.S.C. §§ 403(d) (3) and 403g remain specific exempting statutes under Exemption Three. See also Baker v. CIA, --- U.S.App.D.C. ---, --- F.2d ----, No. 76-0516 (D.C. Cir. May 24, 1978), slip op. at pp. ---- - ----, ---- (§ 403g & 403(d) (3) are within amended Exemption Three); Goland v. CIA, --- U.S.App.D.C. ---, --- F.2d ----, No. 76-1800 (D.C. Cir. May 23, 1978), slip op. at ---- - ---- (same); Fonda v. CIA, 434 F. Supp. 498, 504 (D.D.C. 1977) (discussing § 403(d) (3)).(b) Is The Withheld material Within The Exempting Statute?
NCLE argues that the material it requested was improperly considered subject to the Agency's statutory duty of nondisclosure. However, the CIA's affidavits explained thoroughly its reasons for resisting release of these documents.6
The affidavits contained detailed information from which the district judge could conclude that release of the withheld documents "can reasonably be expected to lead to unauthorized disclosure of intelligence sources (or) methods." Phillippi, 178 U.S.App.D.C. at 249, 546 F.2d at 1015 n.14. NCLE does not allege, nor did it offer any proof, that the CIA's decision to withhold the material was made in bad faith. We shall not attempt to second-guess the CIA Director who is entrusted with the responsibility and authority to make that decision.7
We hold that the requested material was properly withheld under the applicable statutory provisions and Exemption Three. Appellant's contentions raised no issue of material fact and summary judgment was proper. We need not consider the Agency's claim that the material is also exempt from disclosure under Exemption One of the FOIA.
The judgment is affirmed.
Of the District of Oregon
NCLE sought the following:
(1) All policies, manuals, instructions and/or orders issued by and to personnel or sections of the CIA, both within the U.S. and abroad, regarding the status, funding, work of and/or cooperation with INTERPOL, The International Criminal Police Organization.
(2) All correspondence between the CIA and INTERPOL, both within the U.S. and abroad, regarding the status, funding, work of and/or cooperation with that organization.
(3) All correspondence between officials of the CIA and agencies within the Executive Branch, including but not exclusively limited to the Treasury Department and its sections, the Justice Department and its sections, the State Department and its sections, and any branches of the Armed Forces, regarding the policies toward, work with, funding of and/or cooperation with INTERPOL, both within the U.S. and abroad.
(4) A list of all committees, active or not, of which the CIA is a member and INTERPOL was a subject of discussion and/or decision.
The FOIA provides for such suits and requires a district court to review an agency's claim of exemption de novo:
On complaint, the district court of the United States in the district in which the complainant resides, or has his principal place of business, or in which the agency records are situated, or in the District of Columbia, has jurisdiction to enjoin the agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld from the complainant. In such a case the court shall determine the matter de novo . . . and the burden is on the agency to sustain its action.
5 U.S.C. § 552(a) (4) (B).
See H.R.Rep. No. 94-880, Part 1, 94th Cong., 2nd Sess., 22-23, reprinted in (1976) U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News, pp. 2183, 2204
The Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976, Pub. L. No. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241
See, e. g., Robertson, 422 U.S. at 269-70, 95 S. Ct. at 2149 (Stewart, J., concurring):
As matters now stand, when an agency asserts a right to withhold information based on a specific statute of the kind described in Exemption 3, the only question "to be determined in a district court's de novo inquiry is the factual existence of such a statute, regardless of how unwise, self-protective, or inadvertent the enactment may be." (Citation and footnote omitted.)
Post-amendment case law leaves this principle intact. See, e. g., Fonda v. CIA, 434 F. Supp. 498, 504 (D.D.C. 1977). The 1976 amendment reduced the number of statutes within the scope of Exemption Three, but once a statute is found to satisfy the exemption's conditions, the first inquiry is ended.
The following exemplifies the affidavits' commentary on each document:
Document No. 1
Memo for Chairman, CCINC (Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control) Working Group, Mr. Egil Krogh, Jr. from CIA employee acting within his capacity within the Working Group, dtd Nov. 20, 1972, marked "Secret," two pages with attachment. This document consists of information concerning deliberations regarding means by which INTERPOL collects intelligence abroad and describes intelligence sources and methods. In addition, it contains the name of a CIA employee. Attached to the memo described above is a Memo for the Record dtd Nov. 20, 1972, containing the minutes of a meeting of the Foreign Intelligence Subcommittee of the CCINC Working Group, consisting of five pages, each marked "Secret." About one half or seven of 13 paragraphs of this document is devoted to the deliberations mentioned above. The remainder is not responsive to plaintiff's request. This attachment also contains the names of Agency employees.
Withheld in entirety on basis of exemps. b(1), b(3) (§ 102(d) (3) of the National Security Act of 1947, § 6 of the CIA Act of 1949), and b(5) of the Freedom of Information Act.
When an agency has supplied detailed affidavits or testimony, in camera inspection of documents allegedly exempt from disclosure under Exemption Three rarely will be necessary, particularly where the claim of exemption touches on national security. See, e. g., Fonda v. CIA, 434 F. Supp. at 504 & n.7
Appellant concedes that the CIA's claim of exemption is made in good faith, but asks that we evaluate the agency's decision to withhold the requested materials. Moreover, NCLE asks us to undertake such a review on a record that presents no issue of material fact as to the propriety of the nondisclosure but includes detailed affidavits supporting it. We decline the invitation.


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Kombucha has just been pulled off the shelves by most of the major distributors in the United States, because of some concerns over the minuscule amount of alcohol that is in kombucha due to the fermentation process from which it is produced. I have always been aware that kombucha had a little alcohol in it, but have never heard of anyone getting drunk or even a small buzz from drinking it, nor have I ever seen kids or teenagers buying kombucha.
I personally am not a big kombucha drinker, but I know many people that drink it everyday and are going to be very upset over this situation. The government wants to control the supplement industry so the Food and Drug Administration have put pressure on wholesale distributors and large retailers.
This is the notice that is currently on the shelves where kombucha used to be in a Whole Foods market by my house," Key suppliers and Whole Foods Market have elected to voluntarily withdraw Kombucha products in bottles and on tap from our stores at this time due to labeling concerns related to slightly elevated alcohol levels in some products. This is not a quality issue. Sorry for any inconvenience."
The following is a letter that is paraphrased from a major health food distributor to the retail stores that they service:
"Effective immediately and until further notice all sales of unpasteurized ready to drink kombucha products, regardless of brand, have been suspended from distribution. In order for distribution to commence on a supplier by supplier basis each supplier must accomplish the following two requirements:
- Certify in writing by an authorized company officer that the supplier's unpasteurized ready to drink kombucha has been taken from an applicable distribution center and been subjected to alcohol content testing within the past 30 days and all such tested samples show less than.5% alcohol content by volume.
- An authorized company officer must execute a specific indemnification agreement related to this issue.
At this time we will not be picking up affected product and we advise our customers to remove from sale until such time as the above requirements are met. Please understand these measures taken are designed to protect you and your customers and we appreciate your support while we all work through this issue."
The manufactures of kombucha need to be able to prove and document that the drinks do not exceed.5% alcohol. I would assume that the major companies like GTS would have the resources to get this handled quickly. I hope this is just minor inconvenience for those of you who love kombucha. You can buy kombucha in bulk online.


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Sherlock doesn't want Joan to leave!
This is my favorite part about their continued exchange about the fact that Joan is a sober companion, someone who has limited amount of time with clients. It has been stated repeatedly since the show started that she only has several weeks with Sherlock before she moves onto her next client, and at first Sherlock was reluctant to even have a sober companion, we've seen their dynamic and their partnership grow. His reactions to whenever she brings up the topic of her leaving is something I really like. Not just because he looks like a wounded puppy, but also because he really is going to miss her, yet he doesn't want to show that he's gonna miss her. He wants her to believe that he's self-sufficient and doesn't need anyone and that he doesn't get attached to things. But, of course, she sees right through him. And he knows this, and she knows that he knows this.
They both know that this inevitably has to happen, and just seeing him avoid any kind of talk or planning ahead of that date is kind of....adorable? Like, he's basically being a stubborn child who is procrastinating and stalling because he is dreading the moment when everything changes.
Regardless, I do like Alfredo a whole lot, and I'm hoping to see more of him as a recurring character.
I'm actually hoping that the show will be able to manage both Joan and Alfredo to help Sherlock, since he can benefit from them both in different ways. That would be fascinating to see, and it would demonstrate that he can move forward and get himself better without losing anyone.
The ending to last night's episode though, that little exchange between them, the fact that Sherlock came to be beside Joan as she waited for her ex to show up at the clinic. That was such a touching and sweet moment. He was there for her, not for himself, but to be there for her. I find this to be another touchstone of their growing friendship. I also took it as him showing his appreciation of her company and that instead of just doing his own thing as she tags along, he would be there for her when she needed it. I just, ajs;jdflasfd;laskdf ♥__♥
Their dynamic is seriously the best of the show, hands down. Though I am loving the extension of the other characters, too.
I do love this show so, so much. ♥
Thankfully it being winter hiatus, I'm now able to catch up on some of my fandoms that I've fallen behind on. But of course, as always, I'm tempted at other shows I've heard about but haven't had a chance to check out. I've recently been intrigued by Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23. I've seen gifsets of it and it looks pretty hilarious. I also really want to see Luther since everyone has recommended it to me. It's just the matter of finding where to find these shows to watch.