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It's not often that we get some time alone, just my husband and I, so when my parents said they'd look after all three boys over night on my husbands birthday we decided that we will take this chance to go away for the night and spend some time together.
After looking around and changing our mind a few times, we decided that York was the best place to visit. With so many historical places - such as York Cathedral - to see, places to eat, drink and shops to go crazy in, plus it's only half hour away on the train for if we need to get home quickly.
I trawled hotel sites and found a few places to stay that I thought would be in the centre of town and give us a good radius for visiting places around the city. I then found the contact number of Booking.com and gave them a call to see what deals they could do for us, and what places they would advise.
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We eventually picked our hotel and that was it, we are ready to discover just what York has to offer for a couple. To start with, we wont even need to leave the hotel if we don't want to as we booked breakfast with them, they have a restaurant and also a swimming pool and gym. So we can just laze by the pool and have a chill out rather than doing anything.
But we've decided that we'll try to get a bit of everything done so want to get out and explore. Luckily, our hotel has a river view so we can go for a walk along the River Ouse towards the centre for a bit of shopping and then stop for a bite to eat before checking out York's nightlife. Well, I say nightlife but we're going on a Tuesday so I don't know how busy it will be that day.
What ever we end up doing for the night, I can imagine that it will involve a lot of sleeping before we go home. I mean, we have three kids so it's not often that we get those extra z's!


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Hey, I know there's a recession happening, but that doesn't mean you have to take a job you hate. Well, it might mean you have to take a job you hate. But at least TRY to avoid doing so – because you and I both know that if you take a job you hate, you and your new employer both may as well start looking again right away. Do you love job searching so much that you want to do it all over again? If not, then heed my warning, and don't take the job if you notice one of the following five red flags:
1. It requires you to play a role that isn't you. Unless you are an aspiring actor or actress, taking on a job that requires you to play extrovert when you're really an introvert, make phone calls all day when you hate to talk on the phone, or spend your day chained to a computer when you are itching to get up and walk around won't make you happy. Frankly, the latter job will make you feel like a caged beast. And no amount of appreciating your job's perks and benefits, or listing the things you like about your work, will make you feel better. There is a reason why the North Jersey Record called practicing gratitude about your work "Survivor Syndrome" – it's because when you do it, you're surviving, not thriving.
2. It calls on you to spend too much time outside your comfort zone. Everyone should spend SOME time outside their comfort zone, if only for the sake of personal development. You should have to screw your courage to the sticking point on occasion. But you shouldn't have to do it every day, all the time. If you have a social phobia, you shouldn't be working as a receptionist, and if you are claustrophobic, you probably don't belong in a cube.
3. It calls on you to spend too much time inside your comfort zone. As I just said, you should have to spend at least some time outside your comfort zone. If you do the same work that you've been doing endlessly for the past five years, I don't need to go to a tarot reader to learn that you're going to get bored. You need a job that challenges you personally, professionally, or both.
4. You don't respect the person who interviewed you. I know, at an interview you feel that you're the one who should be trying to impress the interviewer – not the other way around. My feeling, though, is that if you don't respect the interviewer, or even like him or her, chances are that the culture in this particular workplace isn't going to be a good fit for you. You may be able to hold your nose and vote for a politician you don't respect, but you can't hold your nose and work for or with someone you don't respect. Trust me, they'll notice.
5. You can't stand the commute, the hours, or the compensation. Any one of these items, which many analysts call "lifestyle factors," could be a dealbreaker – unless one of them is something that you have to live with, like it or not, because you don't have a choice. In some ways, this is just a variation of point one above. Don't try to make yourself into the kind of person who can sit in traffic for an hour twice a day and listen to audiobooks, if you're really the kind of person who can't stand traffic for more than a few minutes. You'll succumb to road rage long before you make it to work! Likewise, if you are not a morning person, you'll never be happy – or even fully awake – in a workplace where you have to show up by 8. There isn't enough coffee in the world to change an owl into a lark. Why would you want to try? You'll only be jeopardizing your mental health.
I know we all need a job, and there's only so much time you can spend looking. But on the other hand – you won't find your dream job – you know, the job that will make you HAPPY! – if you stop looking and settle for a job you hate. Think about it.
Brendan Cruickshank (Vice President of Client Services) – Brendan has worked in the online job search industry for 8 years in senior client services roles with major sites like Juju.com and JobsInTheMoney.com. He regularly gives his expert insight on topics in employment and job trends in media outlets including the Washington Post, Forbes and US News & World Report.

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Just around a year ago, I first saw a photo of one of the WAGs* from my team wearing these AMAZING boots. She had them in black. And in red. And I wanted to know who made them. And to own a pair myself. I held out some hope of them being even remotely affordable. I mean, why crush my dreams before they even began?
*The term used for wives and girlfriends of football players, for the uninitiated. 😉
Well, I should have known. They turned out to be the ubiquitous Chloé Susanna (née Susan) boots.
Comme ca, these ones
Ou comme ca? Or these ones?
Le sigh. OF COURSE they would have to be ridiculously unaffordable designer shoes. These puppies would set me back $1345 dollars. To anyone who a) is on a budget b) likes to travel a lot c) is not rich and famous and d) has any brains in their head, that's just too much money to spend on A SINGLE PAIR of shoes. Granted, a spectacular one. And, at the time (like now), I was unemployed. Definitely no time to spend that much money.
But, as I mentioned, if you're someone who loves to travel, how do you reconcile spending the amount of money of a plane ticket to Europe on a pair of shoes EVER?? Go to Paris or buy the Chloé boots? I mean, really?!
The scary thing is, if you google them, SO many people have them. Which is the trouble with coveted, iconic designer items. And one reason why I usually stay away from buying things that are very recognizable—I don't really like to have the same things as everyone else. But I really can't blame all these regular people who have spent the money on them—they just look so damn good on!
So I contented myself with these very serviceable knock-offs by Vince Camuto.
Vince Camuto Tema boots
But I confess, every time someone has complimented me on them, and it's been very often, I invariably reply with, "Thanks, they're my fake Chloés." Which shows where my heart really lies.
Even when I was employed again, I just kept saying, I can't spend the money. I already have my black Vince Camutos, would I really buy the red ones? (And there are grey ones now. And black with silver hardware. [Originally I had disliked the gold and wanted the hardware to be silver, but now I look at the silver and think it looks cheap.])
A couple of months ago, a used pair of the red boots showed up on eBay for half price, and the only thing that kept me from snatching them up was that I am once again unemployed. And the last vestiges of sanity that told me that over $700 for a pair of boots is STILL too much. Le sigh encore.
Just recently, I saw a photo of one of my favorite French bloggers, Valentine, wearing the Susanna boots, and my lust was reawakened all over again.
So the question becomes: When I am once again employed, what do I do? Do I buy them? And which color?? And how does one find a sugar daddy??
But whether or not I do, these divine beings remain at the tippy tippy top of my wishlist.


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Any eye-focused makeup starts with a perfected complexion and for this my base of choice was Bourjois's Healthy Mix Foundation, followed by a touch of tan from their Delice de Poudre and to frame my face I brushed on blend of Ash Blonde and Medium Blonde from the HD Brows 'Bombshell' compact. Two shadows paired with two pencils have been putting together my most recent look - dabbed in the tear-duct goes MAC's Grain for a bit of a brighten, followed by a wash of Patina across the lids. I find this look works best with a little upper lash-line definition so I traced the outer third with Urban Decay's bronze-loaded 'Bourbon' liner and smudged away with a smaller Patina-packed fluffy brush. Lashes got curled and coated in Clinique's High Impact Mascara for long-lasting length and thickness, obviously leaving out the lower lot. Instead, the waterline saw a sweep of Custom 3 Color's Light Clarifying flesh-toned pencil and any fall-out, flakes or black traces get wiped away with Bioderma-dunked buds.
A question that's still on a lot of lips: should you apply the formula on your lower flutters? The beauty banter is mixed. Some say wearing it is fiddly, ageing and you're more prone to panda eyes, others protest that without it, it seems slightly strange, unfinished and makes your peepers appear sleepy. My personal makeup preferences are on constant rotation, but layering up the lower lot or not, I feel eyes become well and truly widened and brightened - Whatever it takes to batter your lashes, eh?!


text: I absolutely love Halloween. Here's the thing, though: I'm not exactly sure why. It might be one of my top favorite holidays to celebrate. I loved dressing up as a kid and going Trick-or-Treating. As an adult, I didn't really get to do as much, but my boyfriend and some of his best friends also… Continue reading My Relationship With The Spooky and Scary


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Before editing, be sure to read the wiki's policies. Please sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to automatically produce your name and the current date. Be sure to verify your e-mail address in your preferences. Before attempting any major article rewrites please read the layout guide. If you have any questions, check out the policy and help pages (see here for editing help), add a question to the Community portal, view the forum or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!
Seth Cooper (talk) 17:00, June 30, 2013 (UTC)
RE:Userpage layout
No offence, but I don't particularly care as I in turn stole it from another user :D --Hunnie Bunn (talk) 23:34, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
- xD Dr. Galenos (talk) 23:37, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps not; I only later read the sentence about phoenixes being the exception rather than the rule about dead being definitely dead. So I'm not gonna fight for this. MinorStoop 22:00, December 9, 2013 (UTC)
- There has recently been a spate of fairly-to-extremely heated exchanges about highly speculative topics, and HPR1 has been involved in the latest of them, standing up for one or two quite indefensible positions. Since this leaves a mark, I'm now wary of his edits, but, in this case, I can't really back my opinion up.
- Do me a favor, please - if you need to answer me back, bring it on my talk page, so I get notified. Thanks! MinorStoop 22:12, December 9, 2013 (UTC)
- Do remember, if you are going to badmouth me, that I can read. Thank you. --HarryPotterRules1 (talk) 22:20, December 9, 2013 (UTC)
- Realize, Im not insulting anyone. All I said was that I found MinorStoop's choice of words amusing. Dr. Galenos (talk) 22:21, December 9, 2013 (UTC)
If you say so. --HarryPotterRules1 (talk) 22:22, December 9, 2013 (UTC)
Why do you keep undoing my revisions?
You said that there were more than 12 N.E.W.T. students in 1996 you were wrong. In the Half-blood prince on pg. 182 it says that "When they arrived in the corrider they saw that there were only a dozen people progressing to N.E.W.T. level... Four Slytherins had made it through, including Malfoy, Four Ravenclaws were there and one Hufflepuff Ernie Macmillion" plus Harry, Ron, and Hermione that makes twelve.
Out of curosity why do you keep undoing my revisons on Harry's Transfiguration Ability on page 309 it says that "they had just embarked upon the immensely difficult topic of Human Transfiguration; working in front of mirrors thay were supposed to changing the color of their own eyebrows" and on page 310 it mentions that Harry succeeded in transfiguring hie eyebrow because Luna says "Oh hellow, Harry" "did ypu know one of your eyebrows is bright yellow?" It says on the wiki that anyone skilled enough can perform Human Transfiguration and obviously he can since, he's listed as a practitioner. It deserves to be mentioned.
As a side note if any of that came of as rude then i'm sorry that wasn't my intention. It should also be known that I wouldn't put anything on this wiki if I wasn't 100% sure. Please reply as soon as possible and on your page.
Misskatniss1546 (talk) 06:34, December 14, 2013 (UTC)Misskatniss1546
Misskatniss1546, I would like to appologize. I have finals coming up, and last night, I was effectively drunk. Not on alcohol, but the symptoms were the same. I was so exhausted that I wasnt thinking clearly. You were completely right to put it in, and I fully support the edit (now that I've gotten some sleep). Once again, I am sorry for the inconvenience I caused you. Dr. Galenos (talk) 14:20, December 14, 2013 (UTC)
Thank You
Thank you and once again if I came off rude I apologize. I know know that u support my potions edit but, what do think about what I said about his Transfiguration skills. It should be added, it irritates me when people list some of the persons skills and don't do it justice.
I have finals coming up as well; Medical Terminology and Anatomy. I've been studying like crazy. I know how stressful it is.
Please resond and on your page
Misskatniss1546 (talk) 22:44, December 14
Glad you understand. :) You dont need to apologize, you were being perfectly polite considering. And I totally agree, Professor Potter is very skilled in Transfiguration.
Lee charms O.W.L.
On the Charms (class) page it has Lee listed as having achieved an O.W.L. inthe subject. Since that edit has been there for awhile and I don't see anyone one just making it up, what would be the point.Misskatniss1546 (talk) 13:40, January 21, 2014 (UTC)Misskatniss1546
I understand where you're coming from, but the wiki's policies say that there needs to be a souce for such things, a source outside of the wiki. Dr. Galenos (talk) 15:05, January 21, 2014 (UTC)
Some of these character pages are over run with a lot of useless pictures that distract from the text. Don't get me wrong i'm all for pictures, it's just that when there are too many in a section it looks bad, the only pictures that sould be on a page are ones that give you a better understanding of the text you just read. Also some of the picturres on a page are massive when they don't need to be and the ones that should be a bigger size, so you can see them more easily are tiny. The pictures on pages need to be cleaned up a bit, that's what I was doing Misskatniss1546 (talk) 15:35, March 4, 2014 (UTC)Misskatniss1546
Im all for removing the uneeded pictures. I was asking if you could give a summary of the edit. That way I (and others) know if checking the page is nessisary. Like, if the edit summary is "adding categories", I personally couldn't care less. If its "removing unnessisary pictures", chances are that I'll just ignore it if the edit was by someone who's been here for a while. Dr. Galenos (talk) 15:44, March 4, 2014 (UTC)
Punctuation in quotations
It certainly looks like a complete sentence to me! Final period included. And in this case, it should be there. MinorStoop 17:52, April 20, 2014 (UTC)
You're right, my mistake. Dr. Galenos (talk) 18:23, April 20, 2014 (UTC)
Location of Durmstrang
You've got your facts on Durmstrang wrong, man. JKR never explicitly stated Durmstrang is either in Norway or in Sweden. Allegedly being geographically located in Scandinavia, Durmstrang could easily be part of Russia (the Kola Peninsula, in the Russian Far Northwest, is attached to the Scandinavian peninsula); however, I know this is confusing because "Scandinavia" as a cultural region defines Norway and Sweden, where Germanic languages (Norwegian and Swedish) are spoken and Nordic culture traditions (i.e. from the vikings) are practised. Moreover, the Cyrillic alphabet shown in the school's emblem is clearly associated with Russian/Slavic languages (Дурмстранг is transliterated, literally, as "Durmstrang" in the Latin alphabet), and the 2-headed eagle is Russia's national emblem. Durmstrang students had Slavic last names, such as "Karkaroff" and "Krum" (Krum himself being from Bulgaria, a South Slavic nation that was part of the Soviet Union). The fact that JKR imagines the geographical features of the land where Durmstrang is located as being alike to the Norwegian and Swedish Scandinavian fiordos, doesn't necessarily mean that's the precise location of the castle (Russian geographic features might perfectly resemble those in Sweden and Norway JKR imagined). The in-universe elements of Harry Potter's canon reveals a clearly Slavic/Russian origin (school's emblem, Slavic last names, Slavic countries such as Bulgaria explicitly mentioned), and that should be more important than a random interview with JKR. Should we continue the debate about Durmstrang real origin, or we should just add a note at Durmstrang's main article stating the confusion about its origin? Fredbarrett (talk) 04:49, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
"Jo thinks that Durmstrang is in northern Scandinavia - the very north of Sweden or Norway " -the interview mentioned on the page. Belive me, I wish we could say "Screw these things from these sources, they are completely illogical, like almost every spell invented for the HP games, which were designed for and with video games in mind, and show it". However, the HP wiki's canon policy is that any material presented in any Harry Potter source, (video games and card game through the books and interviews) is canon, unless contradicted by a higher source. JKR's interviews are in the highest teir of canon, along with the books and Pottermore. It's her universe, and she can make any decision she wants. Dr. Galenos (talk) 04:57, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
Three-headed dog
I don't think you quite understand. The creature is not called a Cerberus in the Harry Potter universe, so the origin of the name Cerberus has zero relevance to the page itself. The creature does, because it is based on that creature, but the name is irrelevant. --SnorlaxMonster 14:46, April 28, 2014 (UTC)
I understand perfectly. The information was placed in the "Behind the Scenes" section, which, as I'm sure you are aware, is where background information goes. Any original mythos that JKR used to create the HP universe goes there. The whole point of an encyclopedia is to amass information in one place to make it easier for people to acess. While we shouldn't be putting the entire wikipedia article in there, adding small bits of information, especially when they may cause the reader to continue researching, is very benefitial. If you were an average person who never read any Greek mythology, and you came across a page that just said "Centaur", chances are you wouln't research that any further, even if a link to more information was provided. If that same page included something you didnt know, like the original name of the Centaur, or a short piece of information on some of their earliest representations of Centaurs in mythology, you would be more likely to read further. In fact, the scene where Umbridge is dragged off by the Centaurs is referencing a piece of Greek mythology, where Centaurs (there depicted as beasts) are invited to a party, get drunk, and rape all of the women. Similarly, the fact that Fluffy is guarding the Stone is a reference to the Kerveros' job of guarding the Underworld in Greek mythology. Dr. Galenos (talk) 15:07, April 28, 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, so those mythological references are relevant to the article, because they are related to the Harry Potter universe creatures. However, if the name is not used in the Harry Potter universe, then any information about the name has zero relevance to the article here. Since "Centaur" is used in the Harry Potter universe, details about the name are relevant to the article; however, "three-headed dog" is a different case. If you were adding information about how Fluffy acting as a guard is a reference to the Greek myth, I would not have reverted it because it is relevant to the article. --SnorlaxMonster 04:53, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- By that logic, this encyclopedia would be nothing more than a dry list of canon. The wiki needs connective logic, something that we provide, in order to make it work. Fluffy is clearly based on the Cerberus/ Kerveros of ancient Greek mythology, something that can be seen both in the description and in the fact that Hagrid bougt him off a "Greek chap". This is a well-established addition that has been made many times before, to almost every page, this one is no different than those. Dr. Galenos (talk) 13:58, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- There is a difference between "canon" and "relevant information" (e.g. the LEGO games have plenty of non-canon but relevant information). I just said that pointing out references to mythology is something I think belongs in the Behind the Scenes section, yet you are responding as if I had said the opposite. Also, you seem to think I disagree that Fluffy is based on Cerberus, when I have stated that I also think it clearly is. What I object to is the addition of information that is unrelated to the article. What makes adding the origin of the name to this page so different to adding the origin of the word Phoenix to that article is that the name Cerberus is never used, so any information about the name itself has nothing to do with the article. Information about the mythology surrounding the Cerberus if it has some relation to the portrayal of the three-headed dog in the Harry Potter universe obviously is relevant. --SnorlaxMonster 14:24, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- The information was placed in the Behind the Scenes section, and you undid the edit, an action that says the opposite. I would totally agree that adding the mythological basis for the creature to the main body of the article would be detrimental to said article, which is why I placed it in the section I did. I'm only pointing out the strong connections beteen the two, something that tends to strengthen bodies of work. Now, if you have no objections to the mythology being in the Behind the Scenes section, I believe we are finished here. Good day to you sir. Dr. Galenos (talk) 14:33, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- You did nothing to point out any connections between the two. You added the Greek name only, which I reverted because information solely relating to the name of the creature is irrelevant to the article. I made no edit that removed any information regarding similarities between the Cerberus and the Harry Potter universe creature the "three-headed dog". --SnorlaxMonster 14:37, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- The information was placed in the Behind the Scenes section, and you undid the edit, an action that says the opposite. I would totally agree that adding the mythological basis for the creature to the main body of the article would be detrimental to said article, which is why I placed it in the section I did. I'm only pointing out the strong connections beteen the two, something that tends to strengthen bodies of work. Now, if you have no objections to the mythology being in the Behind the Scenes section, I believe we are finished here. Good day to you sir. Dr. Galenos (talk) 14:33, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- Wrong. I added a more information pertaining to the original mythology that JKR used to create the world, something that has been done on just about every other creature page. There is a reason that the study of the origins of words is an academic discipline: it helps us to understand where our languages came from, which creates a web of understanding that facilitates cultural understanding. This one page may not be a very large portion of that web, but once we begin to unravel one portion of the web, its all the easier to unravel the rest. My edit in no way detracts from the page, but rather strenghtens the connective threads that tie the page to the original mythology. As I said before, good day to you sir. Dr. Galenos (talk) 15:07, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- No, I stated that you never added anything that pointed out the connections between the two, which you did not, and that I never removed any such information; both of these are true and your dismissal does not address any of my statements. Yes, the study of words is useful, and names often can provide insight into the things they describe; however, the name is not the name of the subject of the article, so it does not provide insight about it. Unless you actually explain why the origin of the name of its basis relates to the subject of the article, you have provided nothing of value; there is a link to the Wikipedia article on the creature right there, so any information exclusively related to the mythological creature and not the Harry Potter creature (such as the origin of its name) can be found there. There are plenty of properties of dogs that may be relevant too, but they also do not belong without detailing why they are.
- Since you wish to end this discussion, can I take that as you conceding that you no longer care about maintaining your addition and that you would not object to me reverting it? If this is not the case, then this discussion must continue. --SnorlaxMonster 15:21, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
- Wrong. I added a more information pertaining to the original mythology that JKR used to create the world, something that has been done on just about every other creature page. There is a reason that the study of the origins of words is an academic discipline: it helps us to understand where our languages came from, which creates a web of understanding that facilitates cultural understanding. This one page may not be a very large portion of that web, but once we begin to unravel one portion of the web, its all the easier to unravel the rest. My edit in no way detracts from the page, but rather strenghtens the connective threads that tie the page to the original mythology. As I said before, good day to you sir. Dr. Galenos (talk) 15:07, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
RE:Please help me
Personally, I am rather indifferent to the whole matter. I can understand SnorlaxMonster's argument (the Wikipedia link is right there, and anyone can click it to procure additional information on the mythological Cerberus) but, then again, it is such a rather trivial addition on such a small article that I can't see harm in including it, neither.
As there doesn't seem to be a third option that could compromise both stances, I'd stick to what is done on Wikipedia when no consensus is met: "In discussions of proposals to add, modify or remove material in articles, a lack of consensus commonly results in retaining the version of the article as it was prior to the proposal or bold edit." That being said, I would like to point out that I am not taking sides on this argument, I am just enforcing procedure. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 18:13, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
Very well, I will concede on procedural grounds. Dr. Galenos (talk) 18:18, April 29, 2014 (UTC)


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The FBI says it has completed its work canvassing the neighborhood where unarmed black teen Michael Brown was killed. They knocked on more than 400 doors and interviewed more than 200 people, trying to get more information on what happened the day Brown was shot by officer Darren Wilson.
CNN is also learning about the racial makeup of the grand jury hearing this case.
St. Louis County Circuit Court administrator Paul Fox said there are three African-Americans - one male, two females - and nine whites - six males, three females - on the 12-member panel. There are a total of seven men and five women.
No information was given about the ages or occupations of any on the grand jury.
OutFront, President of the NAACP Cornell Williams Brooks.
#Ferguson community and @NAACP are "open to a verdict that matches the facts," @CornellWBrooks tells @CNN's @ErinBurnett.
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) August 22, 2014
Erin, during your interview with the head of the NAACP, you were stumbling, stuttering and your head was down - why so? You were clearly intimidated, nervous and unclear what your job even was.... to report the news in an unbiased fashion..... you were not able to do that.
Even the medical examiner for the family is bias towards the police. I have never seen anyone charge someone with their hands up. The notion that he could have been either holding his hands up to charge the officer or give up is absurd.
In a community that is 70 percent black? Funny how CNN keeps reporting that the facts haven't come out yet (implying the three black witnesses are lying) meaning the officer's story will be the facts.


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Late last month, we reported that ISIS has cut its fighters' salaries in half due to "exceptional circumstances the caliphate is facing."
Those "exceptional circumstances" include Russia's unrelenting aerial campaign against the group's illicit oil trafficking business in Syria. The US-led "coalition" likes to take credit for helping to cripple the oil trade, but in reality it was Vladimir Putin (and Zero Hedge) that put the issue in the spotlight in November.
After Putin's comments at the G20 summit in Antalya and the subsequent aggressive push by the Russian air force to disable the group's oil production and transport capabilities, the US was effectively forced to join the party. Asked why The Pentagon hadn't hit ISIS oil trucks during the 14 months the US has supposedly been bombing the group, Washington responded by claiming that America didn't want to risk collateral damage. In other words, Washington's excuse for not targeting Islamic State's $450 million/year oil trade is that the US was worried about a few truck drivers.
In any event, the group's ability to fund its activities through the sale of stolen oil has been curtailed and it will be months (at least) before that money can be recouped through the capture of Libyan crude. That means less money for fighters and civil servants.
And it also means no more Gatorade.
And no more Snickers bars.
"The extremists who once bragged about minting their own currency are having a hard time meeting expenses, thanks to coalition airstrikes and other measures that have eroded millions from their finances since last fall," AP reports. "Having built up loyalty among militants with good salaries and honeymoon and baby bonuses, the group has stopped providing even the smaller perks: free energy drinks and Snickers bars."
Yes, no more damn Snickers. And when it comes to taxes and utility bills, it's now "dollars only." Here's AP again:
Within the last two weeks, the extremist group started accepting only dollars for "tax" payments, water and electric bills, according to the Raqqa activist, who asked to be identified by his nom de guerre Abu Ahmad for his safety. "Everything is paid in dollars," he said. His account was bolstered by another ex-Raqqa resident, who, like Ahmad, also relies on communications with a network of family and acquaintances still in the city.
That's exceptionally ironic because it was just last August when ISIS released a propaganda video announcing the return on the gold dinar which the group said was set to replace a worthless "piece of paper called the Federal Reserve dollar note." Back to AP:
"Circumstances include the dramatic drop in global prices for oil — once a key source of income — airstrikes that have targeted cash stores and oil infrastructure, supply line cuts, and crucially, the Iraqi government's decision to stop paying civil servants in territory controlled by the extremists.
A former Raqqa resident now living in Beirut said Syrians abroad are sending remittances in dollars to cover skyrocketing prices for vegetables and sugar. The resident, whose wife and baby still live in the city, did not want his name used for their safety. One of the other ex-residents, now living in Gaziantep, Turkey, said the road to Mosul was cut off late last year, and prices have risen swiftly — gas is up 25 percent, meat up nearly 70 percent, and sugar prices have doubled.
In Iraq, where Islamic State has slowly been losing ground over the past year, the Iraqi government in September cut off salaries to government workers within territory controlled by the extremists, after months of wavering about the humanitarian costs paid by those trapped in the region. Iraqi officials estimate that Islamic State taxed the salaries at rates ranging from 20 to 50 percent, and analysts and the government now estimate a loss of $10 million minimum each month.
In the Iraqi city of Fallujah, fighters who once made $400 a month aren't being paid at all and their food rations have been cut to two meals a day, according to a resident. The account of the resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of death at the hands of extremists, was supported by that of another family trapped in Fallujah that said inhabitants can only leave the city if they pay $1,000 — a sum well beyond the means of most in the Sunni-majority city that was the first in Iraq to fall to Islamic State in 2014.
IS is also allowing Fallujah residents to pay $500 for the release of a detainee, the family in Fallujah told the AP, saying that they believed the new policy was put in place to help the group raise money — a system akin to bail.
Mosul residents contacted by AP say IS has begun fining citizens who do not adhere to its strict dress code, rather than flogging them as before. The residents say they believe this is in response to financial problems in part because the group has already confiscated anything valuable, namely cars and other goods that are later resold in Syria.
As an aside, the Assad government still pays the salaries of civil servants in Raqqa. Those salaries are likely also taxed at high rates in order to line the pockets of top ISIS officials and, ironically, to continue the battle to destabilize Syria.
In any event, one important thing to note here is that to the extent ISIS is running out of cash, it isn't a consequence of one airstrike on a Mosul cash center as AP and other Western media would have you believe. We're talking about an organization that brings in a billion dollars a year here, so destroying a few million in hard currency isn't going to make a difference.
This is a direct result of Russia's move to decimate the oil trafficking business and that includes the PR effort to put Turkey's role in the international spotlight.
Going forward, the big question is this: to what extent will ISIS be able to plug the funding gaps by commandeering assets in Libya, where the group isn't subject to Russian airstrikes and where government (to the extent there is a government) forces aren't backed by a major state actor like Iran?
Or perhaps the better question is this: how long before Libya becomes yet another theatre in World War III?
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For those who might have missed it, here's the actual ISIS document announcing the pay cuts:
Islamic State
Bayt Mal al-Muslimeen
Wilayat al-Raqqa
Decision no.: n/a
Month of Safr 1437 AH [c. November-December 2015]
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
God Almighty has said: "Go forth, lightly or heavily armed. And wage jihad with your wealth and souls in the path of God. That is best for you if you know" (al-Tawba 41) [Qur'an 9:41]. And on the authority of Anas (may God be pleased with him): that the Prophet (SAWS) said: "Wage jihad against the mushrikeen with your wealth, souls & tongues"- Musnad Ahmad: Musnad Anas Malek (11798).
Jihad of wealth has been mentioned with jihad of soul in the Qur'an in ten cases, and in nine of those cases jihad of wealth has been presented beforehand over jihad of the soul, and only in one case has jihad of the soul been presented beforehand over jihad of wealth. And on the authority of Omar bin al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him): "The Messenger of God (SAWS) ordered us to give charity and that coincided with the time I had some wealth. So I said: 'Today I will outdo Abu Bakr, if ever I have outdone him.' So I came with half of my wealth, and so the Messenger of God (SAWS) said: 'What have you left for your family?' I said: 'The same amount.' And Abu Bakr came with all he had, so he said: 'Oh Abu Bakr, what have you left for your family?' He said: 'I have left for them God and His Messenger.' I said: 'By God, I can never outdo him in anything.'" (muttafiq alayhi).
So on account of the exceptional circumstances the Islamic State is facing, it has been decided to reduce the salaries that are paid to all mujahideen by half, and it is not allowed for anyone to be exempted from this decision, whatever his position. Let it be known that work will continue to distribute provisions twice every month as usual.
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Spilling over the Welsh border, Herefordshire's unspoilt countryside and languid pace of life are balm to a city-frazzled soul. Stretching from Shropshire right down to Symonds Yat, encompassing pretty market towns and the city of Hereford, it's one of the most rural and sparsely populated areas of the UK.
Outdoorsy folk particularly love it. Spend a week kayaking down the river Wye, walking in the Malvern Hills, cycling through the Wye Valley and hiking to hidden waterfalls and you will, too. There's also fishing, horse riding and climbing to be done - try Hay Bluff, for spectacular views stretching for miles. For a Wordsworth-worthy moment, the Daffodil Way (on the border of Gloucestershire) attracts thousands of walkers every spring.
An agricultural focus makes the area a hotspot for farmers' markets and foodies: there's an abundance of berry fruit, superb steaks from Hereford cattle, and so much cider production they've created a 20-mile 'cycle and sample' route you can follow out from Ledbury. Gastro pubs are everywhere.
And then there's Hay-on-Wye; a gorgeous old town, overflowing with little bookshops, both new and second-hand. Come in late May for their annual Literary Festival; full of interesting talks by best-selling and new authors.
Finally, the architectural gems. Don't miss the historic 'black-and-white villages' (ancient timber-framed houses, with dramatic side tilts) or Hereford's magnificent Cathedral, dating from 1079.
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In the next two chapters you'll step through every stage of the machine learning pipeline, from data intake to model evaluation. Let's get to it!
At the core of the
pyspark.ml module are the
Transformer and
Estimator classes. Almost every other class in the module behaves similarly to these two basic classes.
Transformer classes have a
.transform() method that takes a DataFrame and returns a new DataFrame; usually the original one with a new column appended. For example, you might use the class
Bucketizer to create discrete bins from a continuous feature or the class
PCA to reduce the dimensionality of your dataset using principal component analysis.
Estimator classes all implement a
.fit() method. These methods also take a DataFrame, but instead of returning another DataFrame they return a model object. This can be something like a
StringIndexerModel for including categorical data saved as strings in your models, or a
RandomForestModel that uses the random forest algorithm for classification or regression.
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In my house, "fast food" usually means a quick handful of fruit or nuts not a trip to the golden arches. But every once in a while, a hopeful "Mom, are you too tired to make dinner tonight?" is my cue to let someone else do the work (and the cleanup) so dinner can happen before it's time to go to bed.
On nights like that, "fast" may be in order but not at the expense of a good, homemade meal — preferably one that doesn't break the budget in the process. Unfortunately, that's often a taller order than it may seem.
In 2010, La Cocina opened in Chittenango to a welcome reception by those hungry for homestyle Mexican fare to eat in or take out.
Our party of five gathered recently for a reservationless Tuesday night dinner and was seated promptly by a friendly server who was also servicing the take-out counter. With several other large parties to attend to, and only one other server on duty, things were a little confused at first, but once we were settled in with drinks it was smooth sailing.
Because the restaurant does not have its liquor license yet, we settled on bottles of Mexican soda and bottomless glasses of Iced Tea ($1.85 each). The cane sugar-sweetened soda came in a variety of flavors, both familiar and curious. We chose one from each category: an exceptionally sweet lime soda and something called "Sangria soda," which sounded both horrible and intriguing.
Sangria is a wine punch commonly served in Spain and Portugal, typically made of red wine that has been steeped with fresh citrus fruit, sweetened and spiked with brandy. It is too often an undrinkable concoction of very bad, very sweet wine, so the prospect of sweetening it further in the form of a soft drink just seemed unwise, but our curiosity got the better of us. Much to our surprise, it wasn't too sweet and truly captured the essence of the sangria flavor in a non-alcoholic, carbonated form. In fact, it was downright refreshing.
Complimentary fresh-made tortilla chips went as quickly as our waitress could bring them, particularly when paired with ramekins of fresh salsa (no charge) and earthy Cheese & Chorizo ($3). The Guacamole Dip ($2.75) was not quite as irresistible, owing to its thin texture and noticeable lack of garlic and salt.
The Taco, Burrito and Chalupa Combo Plate ($7) with beef, cheese and chicken (respectively) suffered a similar bland fate but improved with a few drops of El Yucatan hot sauce.
Smoky chorizo livened up our Pollo de la Cocina ($10.25), a sizzling dish of grilled chicken breast and melted cheese served with seasoned rice, guacamole salad and warm flour tortillas. Building on this basic concept, our Chicken Fajitas ($10.75) included all of the same elements as the Pollo de la Cocina but with the addition of refried beans as well as sweet onions and bell peppers, grilled al dente.
Large, sweet shrimp put the "super" in our Super Fajita Quesadilla ($10.50), with all the elements of the fajita stuffed into a large flour tortilla and grilled to a golden brown.
A simple Chile Relleno ($2.25) — a cheese-stuffed roasted poblano pepper in mild tomato sauce — made the ideal accompaniment to our El Ranchero Bistec with seasoned rice, refried beans and flour tortillas. At $12.75, what the affordable boneless T-bone lacked in thickness was more than redeemed by its perfect medium-rare grain and a spicy green chile sauce that made a bold, garlicky statement with every bite.
I'll happily trade mi cocina for La Cocina now and again.
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11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Cost: Dinner for five cost $80, including tax and 20 percent tip. That's $16 per person.
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17th June
Sunday all went well we did have a slightly late finish in the morning as we were determined to get the degreasing done on pen three.
I spent the rest of the day outside power washing and grooming.
Coosa and Matzi's group are still kennelled up the top as we are giving the concrete as much time as possible to be nice and firm before they start to dig at it.
After everyone came in I took Taska out for a walk as I am trying to get as much time in with her before the wolf dog event in September.
At the moment it is also looking like Coosa may be coming with me, I was hoping to leave him at home but for some strange reason my instincts are telling me that he cannot stay here when I am away, much to Kate's relief.
Kate is happy to work with everyone else but she knows Coosa can be very difficult to get in when I am away; also he is likely to howl from when I leave to when I return.
Monday was an early start as I had an appointment with the Osteopath to sort out my trapped nerve in my neck, it is definitely helping, I am feeling so much better.
We degreased pen two up in the top block and after lunch I cleaned all of the steps and paths.
I did a little training with Sira, she is a smart little pup she is willing and wants to please.
Hannah came in the afternoon to groom and clip Peaches and trim the faces and ears on the two poodle pups, I spent a couple of hour's running back and forth helping her then finished off the outside dogs by 7 pm.
Tuesday morning was good the weather stayed dry for the morning; after we had finished cleaning Kate degreased pen one up the top while I made some phone calls and did some paper work in the house.
While letting out the last few groups in the afternoon I degreased two of the dirtiest panels in Matzi's outside pen before feeding everyone.
The last two groups came in just seconds before the heavens opened up thankfully.
Wednesday was wet as expected, the morning went ok after cleaning Kate did the bars in pen three while I did the paperwork and cleaning in the house.
Then I bathed and groomed three of the Yorkies.
Kate went home feeling ill do I did the afternoon then went dog training with C,I had to get there early to help my sister set up as she is feeling unwell she has pneumonia again.
I took C and Lexi her German shepherd for a walk in the rain before the class started.
We ran through some of the criteria for the silver test, all was good C was no problem with anything.
I came home earlier than normal as I was really tired, I did not stay to help pack up after the last class.
I spent an hour or so with the house dogs before going to bed.
Thursday morning we did the first let out and cleaning then I bathed and groomed the last Yorkie.
Kate cleaned the bars in pen four in the top block so now this just leaves a few of the side panels in that area to clean.
I blasted and groomed Rupert the poodle in the afternoon.
After everyone had been finished in the evening I took Coosa out for a walk he was not impressed with the rain but other than that he was fine.
Friday morning was a mad rush Sophie started at 8 then Kate came in at 10 as I had a hospital appointment, what a waste of time that was, the doctor and hospital do not seem to coordinate things so my notes had not been updated, three hours out for nothing, only to give me a bloody migraine which lasted two days.
I let Coosa and Matzi's group out last and went to sleep for an hour and half as I felt so sick and dizzy I could not go back up to the top until I felt better.
I came down and spent a couple of hours with the house dogs and then went for an early night hoping that I would get rid of the migraine.
Saturday morning I still got up feeling terrible but after a few hours it did start to feel a bit better.
Sophie came in after I had finished most of the dogs so she gave me a hand with odd jobs and then she cleaned the front bars and gate of Coosa's day pen while I did the house dogs and washing.
I power washed the pen after Sophie had finished and let the next two groups out as I needed to be down at the house for people coming to see the labradoodles.
It's been a while since I have had a rant about people being damn right rude the people coming to see the labradoodles did not turn up neither did they bother to phone.
What really annoyed me was I have got more people booked in for Sunday that could have come on Saturday.
Sira has now been sold she leaves in a couple of weeks' time as her new owners are moving and they have to make a weekend of coming to pick her up as they are from Yorkshire.
Kirsty is still taking her out and for walks and doing some training with her so it makes things easier for the new owners and it is also nice for Sira to play with Beau being litter mates, Kirsty said it's great to watch as they are a riot together.
I finished the outside dogs in the afternoon and spent some time playing with each pen before they all got locked in.
The rest of the evening was spent on the phone to new owners of the next pure cvs litter due next month from A'Lupa and Reo.


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A Pap smear is one of the most important screening tests for women. The GYN specialists at Capital Women's Care in Arlington, Virginia, recommend that all their patients get a Pap smear at least once every three to five years if they are between the ages of 21 and 65, and more often if there is a high risk of cervical cancer. It is the best way to detect changes in the cervix that might indicate the possible development of cancer and allow for early treatment. If it's been more than five years since your last Pap smear, call Capital Women's Care to make an appointment for an exam.
A Pap smear is a gentle and painless procedure when done by experienced specialists such as Dr. Caskie or Dr. Williams. At most, the patient feels slight discomfort as the doctor scrapes a few cells from the cervix for testing. The goal is to look for abnormalities that can indicate cervical cancer.
Not all abnormal Pap smears mean there is cancer, but an unusual result does indicate that further testing is needed. Abnormal cells are categorized by level, such as:
A test that indicates mild abnormalities might just mean that the patient needs to get more frequent Pap smears done to monitor the cervical tissue for further changes. For a higher level of dysplasia, a specialist at Capital Women's Care might recommend a colposcopy to rule out cancer.
A colposcopy allows a GYN specialist to take a closer look at the vagina, vulva, and cervix using a special instrument called a colposcope, which is similar to a large microscope. This exam allows for a biopsy of suspicious tissue, too, for examination by a pathologist to rule out cervical cancer.
This screening test occurs as part of a routine wellness check that includes a pelvic exam. The patient lies on her back with her heels in the stirrups to give the doctor access to the cervix.
The doctor inserts a speculum into the vagina, and they take a few sample cells from the cervix. They then send those cells to a lab for testing.
The Pap smear test is fast and painless for most women. There is slight pressure, but the procedure doesn't last more than a few seconds. Afterwards, someone at Capital Women's Care will get back to you with the results of the test.
If there are abnormal cells, you might need to make another appointment to discuss the test and consider a colposcopy.
There is no set time frame for getting the results of the test. It depends on the workload at the lab, but generally, the results come back quickly. Most of the time, there is nothing to worry about with a Pap smear.