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What does brand loyalty look like in 2018?
Building brand loyalty has, for a long time now, been a central tenet of many marketer's objectives. While of course acquiring new customers is vital if you want to grow your client base, if these customers turn out to be one-time purchasers, then much of this effort will have been in vain. Ideas such as offering reward schemes, loyalty stamp cards and birthday discounts are all tried and tested methods for keeping your customers happy, but are these conventional methods still the best way to go in 2018? Here are two brands pushing loyalty to the next level and ensuring that customers feel valued and wanted.
Tesco, technology and bringing subdivisions together
Tesco introduced its Clubcard loyalty scheme back in 1995 and it is now estimated to have 17 million users in the UK alone. Giving customers points based on the amount they spend in store, which can then be spent on groceries or as part of the 'Reward' scheme on family days out and in restaurants, the scheme has proved popular and enduring.
Yet as technology has developed and spending habits changed as a result, Tesco has had to adapt its loyalty scheme to reflect these new demands. According to a recent article by Marketing Week, Tesco's introduction of contactless technology to its Clubcard has brought huge benefits to the brand. Tesco's Dave Lewis told Marketing Week that 'the relaunch of Clubcard last year with contactless technology had reinvigorated engagement and given the company more capability going forward.' Lewis also pointed to the cooperation between Clubcard and 'Pay+, Tesco's mobile payments app, which now has more than 500,000 users across the Tesco business.'
By incorporating new technologies into its current loyalty offering and tying together different elements of the business, Tesco has kept its loyalty scheme fresh and able to respond to customers' demands. Lewis believes the cooperation between Clubcard and Pay+ is 'the only loyalty and payment device in the marketplace,' which could mark the way forward for brands in the future.
Qiibee and going plastic-less
While many loyalty cards have transformed from flimsy paper stamp cards to more durable plastic cards that can be scanned, these still have to be carried. Writing for The Drum, planning partner of RAPP UK, Simon Cromey, lamented the arduous experience of waiting behind a customer siphoning through a wad of loyalty cards in order to receive their reward. He also observed that, as contactless payment becomes the preferred spending option, the likelihood of carrying a full wallet or purse could well become obsolete in the near future, meaning customers will not want to carry their loyalty cards.
All this means that brands may have to come up with new and innovative ways for customers to use their loyalty schemes, without carrying an ever-growing bundle of plastic in their pockets. This is exactly the problem that qiibee is looking to solve. Far from a household name, qiibee is a platform that helps brands run their loyalty programs on blockchain. Qiibee's founder and CEO Gabriele Giancola was recently interviewed by Retail Tech News, where he explained that the 'prototype was launched in late 2016, with a Swiss user base of 100,000, making up approximately 1% of all Swiss internet users.' Giancola believes the prototype was a huge success, quickly building a large user base and enabling valuable relationships between brands and customers.
One of the biggest benefits Giancola believes that his platform offers is that you don't need to know the inner workings of blockchain to be able to use qiibee. He explained 'brands can simply integrate their loyalty programmes and, from there, have immediate access to the multiple customers within the ecosystem.' Likewise, consumers won't be aware that they are using blockchain technology, but will simply learn how to navigate the platform like they once did with Facebook and Twitter.
An additional benefit of qiibee that Giancola sees as particularly timely is that it allows brands to address customers' concerns about data safety. In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, brands could face an increasingly difficult time when it comes to convincing clients to be loyal if they cannot guarantee the data they collect in the process will be safe. By switching to platforms that use blockchain as their foundation, customer data could be decentralised and stored, thereby removing the costs associated with the management and security of data and decreasing the risk of attack and manipulation.
While Tesco and qiibee are just two examples of brands that are seeking to push loyalty schemes forwards by capitalising upon new technologies, many others will soon face similar challenges. By thinking innovatively about how customer concerns and desires can be addressed, marketers can ensure that loyalty schemes remain a valuable part of their arsenal for holding on to customers long-term.


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Things are heating up and not just outdoors.
June marks the start of summer and the peak of hook-up season. According to data from online dating site OkCupid, most users are just looking for a one-night stand in June.
Between 2013 and 2016, 18 million users were asked a series of questions regarding their relationship status and goals. OkCupid blogger Kelly Cooper reports, between April and June the number of users who state they want their next relationship to last one night, goes up 17 per cent. In June alone, that number goes up 33 per cent.
OkCupid Data Scientist Dale Markowitz says the increased desire for a one-night stand in June is actually linked to the "transitory nature of summer."
"More students, vacationers, interns and other travellers join OkCupid during this time," she explained. "Since these members are not necessarily tied to the place where they're dating, maybe they are less likely to look for a serious commitment."
And there's certainly statistics to back that up. According to a 2014 survey conducted by HostelBookers.com, 52 per cent of men and 41 per cent of women have had one-night stands while on vacation.
Of those surveyed, nearly 70 per cent had sex with locals and almost 44 per cent had sex with more than one person while travelling.
Unfortunately, only one in three women are actually pleased with their casual sex experiences.
"Women regretted having a one-night stand the most, but they weren't sorry about [turning one down] at all," revealed professor Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) department of psychology.
According to Kennair, women tend to worry a lot more about casual sex encounters for multiple reasons, including becoming pregnant, STIs and getting a bad reputation.
Whatever your reasoning behind your decision, we have one piece of advice: use protection, because an STI (or a pregnancy) will last a lot longer than your one-night stand!
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Minority Business Development
Richmond: Virginia's Diverse Capital
The City of Richmond is dedicated to attracting and assisting in the rgrowth of minority-owned businesses. Richmond is an international city, attracting talent from all over the globe. The foreign-born population of the city is 7.1% and 9.6% of city residents speak languages other than English at home. The Richmond metropolitan area is currently home to over 13,000 minority-owned businesses, many located within the city limits. The City has two departments dedicated to assisting city-based minority firms.
Office of Minority-Owned Business Development (OMBD)
OMBD is dedicated to providing maximum opportunities for minority, disadvantaged and emerging small businesses through education, training, and connection to procurement opportunities. Learn more.
Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA)
OMA increases access to city and community-based services, and promotes information, education, and civic participation in order to improve the quality of life of diverse cultural and linguistic communities. Learn more.


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Put A Ban on Sun-Tan!
Sunlight or tanning caused by it, is no more a hindrance while stepping outdoors. No more worrying about how to remove tan from face immediately! The Beauty Co. De-tan Coffee Scrub is your next best friend as it frees your body skin from tan and restores your original skin tone. This sun-tan removal scrub consists of an incredible combination of two highly effective ingredients – Chocolate & Coffee – to give your skin a divine experience! Chocolate and coffee, as you may agree, is a match made in heaven for your skin and soul; it not only appeals to your senses but also gives brilliant results when used on the skin.
Let your body soak in the goodness of Chocolate Coffee Scrub after that beach holiday, while you sit back, relax and enjoy the fragrance!
Take the scrub and spread it all over your wet skin.
Massage your face, hands, legs, and body for some tender chocolate and coffee love.
Wait for 3 to 5 minutes to let the scrub moisturize your skin.
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Tonight we arrived in Kent. I have brought Gabriel to Maidstone for the weekend so we can attend the #babytildabarndance organised by Jennie and Ami from Beebies Baby Store in memory of the beautiful Matilda Mae.
Gabriel and I are very excited to be supporting what looks to be a wonderful event, and not only that but it will hopefully raise lots of much needed pennies for the Lullaby Trust, which is a charity close to my heart.
The barn dance which is being held
at Egerton Village Hall in Ashford, Kent and will include dancing, entertainment, afternoon tea, a children's play tent with face-painting and also lots and lots of fun!
I cannot wait to see Jennie and her rainbow baby bump, to catch up with lots of my blogging friends and to relax after why has been a hectic week! But, my uni work has been completed, (for now!) and I can do-si-do to my heart's content without having to worry about it. Which is brilliant! It is also lovely to spend some quality time with Gabriel.
Working full (ish) time I rarely have chance for this and with all the studying I've done recently it's nice to just talk to him, laugh with him and act daft with him too! It's also Gabriel's third Birthday on Monday, so a few treats in London on our mini-holiday may have happened already! Daddy is at home with Willow as we felt the journey was too long for her on the train. She can definitely come next time!
The weather is set to be beautiful. Baby Tilda always seems to make the sun shine! If you're local to Kent then why not join us? You can pay on the door between 12-1pm. For more information please see Jennie's post Hope to see you there! Watch this space for a full report of the day too!


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Conscientious objection is a central topic in bioethics and is becoming more ever important. This is hardly surprising if we consider the liberal trend in developments of policies about abortion and other bio-ethical issues worldwide. In recent decades the right to abortion has been granted by many countries, and increasingly many conservative and/or religious doctors are being asked to perform an activity that clashes with their deepest moral and/or religious values. Debates about conscientious objection are set to become more intense given the increase in medical options which are becoming available or may well be available soon (e.g. embryonic stem cell therapies, genetic selection, human bio-enhancement, sex modification), and given the increasingly multicultural and multi-faith character of Australian society. Not only will doctors conscientiously object to abortion, and to practices commonly acknowledged as morally controversial, but some of them may also object to a wide range of new and even established practices that conflict with their personal values for example, Muslim doctors refusing to examine patients of the opposite sex.
Defining conscientious objection and identifying reliable markers for it, as well as setting the boundaries of legitimate conscientious objection through clear and justifiable principles, are difficult but pressing tasks.
This project advances bio-ethical debate by producing a philosophically and psychologically informed analysis of conscience, and by applying this to discussions about the legitimate limits to conscientious objection in health care.
Chief Investigator Dr Steve Clarke, Charles Sturt University
Chief Investigator Prof. Jeanette Kennett, Macquarie University
Partner Investigator Prof. Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford
11 October 2018: Giubilini, A and Savulescu, J. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2018/10/against-conscientious-objection-in-health-care-a-counterdeclaration-and-reply-to-oderberg/
29 August 2016: Consensus Statement on Conscientious Objection . Practical Ethics in the News. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/08/consensus-statement-on-conscientious-objection-in-healthcare/
30 August 2016. Public Lecture: Conscientious Objection and Value Pluralism in Medicine. QUT, Brisbane.
More information: https://www.qut.edu.au/law/about/news-events/news?news-id=107337
29 August 2016. Should Doctors Have the Right to Conscientiously Object? Health Report. ABC Radio National and podcast on ABC Online.
More information: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/doctors-have-no-right-to-conscientious-objection/7794080
Bioethicist calls for a ban on doctors' conscientious objection appeared in over 100 print media sources throughout Australia.
29 August 2016. Consensus Statement on Conscientious Objection . Practical Ethics in the News.
More information: http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2016/08/consensus-statement-on-conscientious-objection-in-healthcare/


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Dads TV Show Review
Pilot Scoop: Dads
It's pretty standard to see familiar faces in Fall pilots, and Fox's new comedy Dads, which makes its debut tonight, is no exception. The show stars Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as best friends who are struggling with their relationships with their fathers. The sitcom (which features an old-school laugh track) is joining the Tuesday night lineup that already includes New Girl and The Mindy Project, but read our review to see how it fits into the comedy block.
- What it's about: Warner (Ribisi) and Eli (Green) are BFFs and work partners, even though Warner's a buttoned-up family guy and Eli's essentially an overgrown teenager. They find that they have a new common ground when both of their dads move in to their respective homes and immediately proceed to wreak havoc on their sons' personal lives.
- Where it works: We've seen Ribisi in plenty of quirky and weird roles over the years (most recently, Ted and Gangster Squad come to mind), so it's a refreshing change of pace to see him playing someone a little more normal.
- Where it doesn't: Pretty much everywhere. The humor is consistently offensive, racist, and sexist. That might sound par for the course when the show's executive producer is Seth MacFarlane, but unlike Family Guy or Ted, the jokes aren't edgy — they're just unfunny. Even the dad angle doesn't make it more relatable; both of the dads are irritating to watch and just make their onscreen sons more irritating to watch as well.
- You might not like this show if: You were offended by Seth MacFarlane's hosting performance at the Oscars this year.
- When it's on: Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox
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Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl halftime show promises a party vibe minus the malfunctions
When she takes the stage with the Black Eyed Peas for the Super Bowl XLV halftime show this Sunday, Fergie will be the first female to perform there since Janet Jackson had her infamous "wardrobe malfunction" with Justin Timberlake.
"It is a challenge because you want to give a little sex appeal but you don't want to get into any trouble," Fergie said Thursday at a Super Bowl press conference in Dallas.
Jackson's 2004 nipple debacle earned CBS a $550,000 fine from the FCC. This year's Super Bowl is being broadcast on Fox.
"We're very particular about the wardrobe," Fergie asserted. "There will be no more malfunctions."
But last we checked, performers don't usually plan for their clothes to go haywire, right? Fighting words, Fergie-Ferg.
Mrs. Josh Duhamel, who revealed that she's also a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins, said the group plans to perform "sports anthem type songs" that make people want to party.
"We're taking football places where it is not part of their culture, but this is part of our culture and I am so proud," Will.I.Am said about performing on the "unofficial American holiday."
Apparently, he used to dream of being a football player. That is, "Until I got a concussion, then I didn't want to play football no more."
(So, the Grammy winners didn't shy away from the hot-button issues -- we hear that the NFL doesn't like it when people bring up the C-word.)
And in other Peas-related news: apl.de.ap has shaved "XLV" into his scalp, and Taboo has a book coming out.
'Glee' star Lea Michele will sing at the Super Bowl
Christina Aguilera to sing national anthem at Super Bowl
In 'Green and Yellow,' Lil Wayne declares, 'I'm a cheesehead'
-- Nardine Saad
Photo: Fergie helps Apl.de.ap show off his event-specific hairscape at a press conference in Dallas Thursday. Credit: David J. Phillip / Associated Press


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This is a huge collectible lot from both Pleasant Company and American Girl. ALL items are long retired.
Some are gently used, most are brand new. Sadly Mattel decided to downsize the Historical Girl collection from which Pleasant Rowland founded the company. Kirsten Doll in AG Doll Hospital box. She is dressed in a hospital gown.
Some of the original Kirsten dolls had a problem with the eyes. She was sent back to have them replaced.She is still in NEW conditionl. Meet Outfit - dress, apron, bloomers, socks, boots, hangar, story pamphlet, no original packaging. Summer Story - dress and hangar, story pamphlet, no original packaging. KNO House Coat & Slippers - coat hangar, story pamphlet, NEW in box. KSO School Story - dress, shawl, hair ribbons, story pamphlet, NEW in box. KXO Swedish Dirndl & Kerchief - skirt, shirt, vest, kerchief, hangar, NEW in packet. KPO Work Dress - dress & hangar, NEW in packet. Birthday Story - apron only.
KWOA Winter Story Knit Woolens - sweater, mittens, hat, hangar, story pamphlet NEW in packet. KWO Winter Story - skirt, blouse, red boots (these are also part of the summer story), hangar, story pamphlet, LIKE NEW, no original packaging.
Skating Outfit Special Edition - Outer wool coat only. KBAC Pottery Set (incomplete) - Made in Portugal, two plates, two mugs, pitcher, two spoons (made in China) LIKE NEW no chips or cracks. Meet Kirsten Paperback Book 1. I will be listing a lot of my retired Pleasant Company American Girl pieces over the next few months.
Have some great pieces from the historical girl collection including old catalogs from the 1980s. Please add me to your favorite searches to know when things are listed. The item "HUGE LOT Kirsten American Girl Pleasant Company Doll Plus Outfits ++ Accessories" is in sale since Friday, May 26, 2017. This item is in the category "Dolls & Bears\Dolls\By Brand, Company, Character\American Girl\Kirsten". The seller is "jmso" and is located in Williamsburg, Virginia.This item can be shipped to United States.


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Finding the way to control precision
Chemical and petrochemical producers face ever-increasing regulatory, environmental and performance demands. Now, more than ever, deep application knowledge and application specific technologies are required in order to select control valves that are just right for the application and helps keeping the engineering and operational costs at a reasonable level.
Text: Sari Aronen
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Furnace fuel gas control is a good example where accurate, reliable control valves play a significant role in reducing operating costs. Proper combustion maximizes heat transfer, which minimizes fuel gas consumption and related costs. Variations in fuel gas composition and different operating conditions at start up, normal operation and shut down means that such valves must control various loads, which requires a wide rangeability from the valve. This is typically solved by using a split range configuration with globe valves. Another method is to use rotary control valves with a wide rangeability, such as V-port segment valves. In this way, the wide rangeability allows accurate control with both small flows and large valve openings with a single valve solution.
Sari Aronen explains that "there's no right or wrong way to design your fuel gas control method from the options presented. The most important is to decide what works best for the plant in question and weigh up the pros and cons of engineering, piping costs, inventory management and daily operations. Partnering with a valve supplier that can provide a variety of reliable solutions to meet the specifications and, more importantly, can help to find the right solution for your plant and your case is the key to success."


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"We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest.
The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian-Darwinian theory, he must justify his right to exist.
So we have inspectors of inspectors & people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school & think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along & told them they had to earn a living."
— Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895 -1983)


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A spring standby for pies, preserves and sauces! Victorian Rhubarb is very popular in northern climates for a hit of sweetness after long winters. Leaves are poisonous, so harvest the berry-red stalks for your desserts. This variety can be planted one season and produce a crop the next year! Excellent germination. Here are our best tips on How to Grow Rhubarb, too!
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Dr Julian Lewis: On a point of order on an entirely separate subject, Mr. Speaker. In a spirit of optimism, when the House rose in July, I put down an extremely short question for named day answer to the Secretary of State for Defence, simply asking
"what discussions he has held with his US counterpart on vulnerability to electromagnetic pulse attacks; and if he will make a statement."
I am tempted to say that that is hardly rocket science, but maybe it is. Nevertheless, I tabled that question at the end of July, and yesterday I had my named day answer: "I will answer shortly." Surely to put down a named day question in July and get a holding answer in October is utterly unacceptable, even for the Ministry of Defence?
[Mr Speaker: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. As he will know, the content of answers is of course not a matter for me, and answers must be handled by the relevant Minister, but he makes his point with his customary force and alacrity. Who could disagree that the delay that he has experienced is frankly unacceptable? I hope that Members on the Treasury Bench will have heard the point. I did exhort Ministers to respond in a timely way to questions, and I do believe that I emphasised in exchanges just before the recess that simply to respond with a holding answer several weeks later, along the lines of "I will respond shortly," does not meet with the spirit of what I have said and is frankly resented by Members in all parts of the House.]


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One thing I love about the new year is the chance to renew my shop items! The holiday season clears out so much inventory and I'm so thankful to everyone who supports me and my artwork,and enables me to give to many local and national charities! So THANK YOU to all of you who supported Purpleheart Art, Vermont in 2018!
I've been working on new items, some of which will appear in my Etsy shop soon! Here's a preview of some watercolors I've created recently:
You might recognize this as my lovely pup, Chloe, asleep on my couch.
I love hats, and I love flappers!
I'm quite fond of stripes, too.
No title for this one yet, but "Bed Head" is in the running.
In addition to watercolors, I'm experimenting with new card options! In fact, a few new greeting cards are currently available in the shop. Here's a look:
This pin up has always been a FAVE of mine! In addition to her print, she's now also available as a greeting card !
My "Electric Cow" print has a card to match now, too!
My "Baby Blue Moo" print has a card now…
…and I've started updating my "cocktail" print series with cards, too!
And there's so much more to come in 2019 and beyond. THANKS, everyone, for your love and support. I hope you all have a wonderful 2019.
In peace and wellness,


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Rustls is a new, modern TLS library written in Rust. It's pronounced 'rustles'. It uses ring for cryptography and libwebpki for certificate verification.
Rustls is currently in development and hence unstable. Here's what I'm working on now.
Release history:
- 0.9.0 (2017-06-16):
- Update dependencies.
- Add IO helper function (
complete_io) to
- Add blocking stream type --
rustls::Stream-- to ease use on top of blocking sockets.
- 0.8.0 (2017-05-14):
- Add
dangerous_configurationfeature for unsafe features.
- Add
- 0.7.0 (2017-05-08):
- Update dependencies.
- 0.6.0 (2017-05-06):
- Update dependencies.
- Expose ring's new support for PKCS#8-format private keys.
- New API for applying limitation to internal buffer sizes.
- 0.5.8 (2017-03-16):
- Fix build on later rustc.
- 0.5.7 (2017-02-27):
- No changes from 0.5.6; republished with nightly cargo for category support.
- 0.5.6 (2017-02-19):
- RFC7627 extended master secret support
- Assorted documentation improvements
- 0.5.5 (2017-02-03):
- Crate categories.
- Protocol errors now permanent for given session.
- Exposed
ResolvesServerCerttrait for customising certification selection.
- Exposed
- 0.5.4 (2017-01-26):
- First release with TLS1.3-draft-18 support.
- More performance improvements (now ~15Gbps per core).
- New API to learn version of negotiated connection.
- 0.5.0 (2016-09-27):
- Tickets.
- Coverage testing.
- Benchmarking.
- Massive performance improvements (from ~1Gbps to ~6Gbps per core).
- OSX support.
- Minor API corrections and additional testing.
Lives here: https://docs.rs/rustls/
Rustls is a TLS library that aims to provide a good level of cryptographic security, requires no configuration to achieve that security, and provides no unsafe features or obsolete cryptography.
Current features
- TLS1.2 and TLS1.3 (draft 18) only.
- ECDSA or RSA server authentication by clients.
- RSA server authentication by servers.
- Forward secrecy using ECDHE; with curve25519, nistp256 or nistp384 curves.
- AES128-GCM and AES256-GCM bulk encryption, with safe nonces.
- Chacha20Poly1305 bulk encryption.
- ALPN support.
- SNI support.
- Tunable MTU to make TLS messages match size of underlying transport.
- TLS1.2 session resumption.
- TLS1.2 resumption via tickets (RFC5077).
- TLS1.3 resumption via tickets.
- Client authentication by clients.
- Client authentication by servers.
- Extended master secret support (RFC7627).
Possible future features
- ECDSA server authentication by servers.
- PSK support.
- OCSP stapling.
- SCT stapling.
- Certificate pinning.
The following things are broken, obsolete, badly designed, underspecified, dangerous and/or insane. Rustls does not support:
- SSL1, SSL2, SSL3, TLS1 or TLS1.1.
- DES or triple DES.
- EXPORT ciphersuites.
- MAC-then-encrypt ciphersuites.
- Ciphersuites without forward secrecy.
- Renegotiation.
- Kerberos.
- Compression.
- Discrete-log Diffie-Hellman.
- Automatic protocol version downgrade.
- AES-GCM with unsafe nonces.
There are plenty of other libraries that provide these features should you need them.
Example code
There are two example programs which use mio to do asynchronous IO.
Client example program
The client example program is named
tlsclient. The interface looks like:
Connects to the TLS server at hostname:PORT. The default PORT
is 443. By default, this reads a request from stdin (to EOF)
before making the connection. --http replaces this with a
basic HTTP GET request for /.
If --cafile is not supplied, a built-in set of CA certificates
are used from the webpki-roots crate.
tlsclient [options] [--suite SUITE ...] [--proto PROTO ...] <hostname>
tlsclient (--version | -v)
tlsclient (--help | -h)
-p, --port PORT Connect to PORT [default: 443].
--http Send a basic HTTP GET request for /.
--cafile CAFILE Read root certificates from CAFILE.
--auth-key KEY Read client authentication key from KEY.
--auth-certs CERTS Read client authentication certificates from CERTS.
CERTS must match up with KEY.
--suite SUITE Disable default cipher suite list, and use
SUITE instead. May be used multiple times.
--proto PROTOCOL Send ALPN extension containing PROTOCOL.
May be used multiple times to offer serveral protocols.
--cache CACHE Save session cache to file CACHE.
--no-tickets Disable session ticket support.
--verbose Emit log output.
--mtu MTU Limit outgoing messages to MTU bytes.
--version, -v Show tool version.
--help, -h Show this screen.
Some sample runs:
$ ./tlsclient --http mozilla-modern.badssl.com
Server: nginx/1.6.2 (Ubuntu)
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:44:00 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 644
$ ./target/debug/examples/tlsclient --http expired.badssl.com
TLS error: WebPKIError(CertExpired)
Connection closed
Server example program
The server example program is named
tlsserver. The interface looks like:
Runs a TLS server on :PORT. The default PORT is 443.
`echo' mode means the server echoes received data on each connection.
`http' mode means the server blindly sends a HTTP response on each connection.
`forward' means the server forwards plaintext to a connection made to
`--certs' names the full certificate chain, `--key' provides the RSA private
tlsserver --certs CERTFILE --key KEYFILE [--suite SUITE ...] [--proto PROTO ...] [options] echo
tlsserver --certs CERTFILE --key KEYFILE [--suite SUITE ...] [--proto PROTO ...] [options] http
tlsserver --certs CERTFILE --key KEYFILE [--suite SUITE ...] [--proto PROTO ...] [options] forward <fport>
tlsserver (--version | -v)
tlsserver (--help | -h)
-p, --port PORT Listen on PORT [default: 443].
--certs CERTFILE Read server certificates from CERTFILE.
This should contain PEM-format certificates
in the right order (the first certificate should
certify KEYFILE, the last should be a root CA).
--key KEYFILE Read private key from KEYFILE. This should be a RSA
private key, in PEM format.
--auth CERTFILE Enable client authentication, and accept certificates
signed by those roots provided in CERTFILE.
--require-auth Send a fatal alert if the client does not complete client
--resumption Support session resumption.
--tickets Support tickets.
--suite SUITE Disable default cipher suite list, and use
SUITE instead. May be used multiple times.
--proto PROTOCOL Negotiate PROTOCOL using ALPN.
May be used multiple times.
--verbose Emit log output.
--version, -v Show tool version.
--help, -h Show this screen.
Here's a sample run; we start a TLS echo server, then connect to it with openssl and tlsclient:
$ ./tlsserver --certs test-ca/rsa/end.fullchain --key test-ca/rsa/end.rsa -p 8443 echo &
$ echo hello world | openssl s_client -ign_eof -quiet -connect localhost:8443
depth=2 CN = ponytown RSA CA
verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain
hello world
$ echo hello world | ./tlsclient --cafile test-ca/rsa/ca.cert -p 8443 localhost
hello world
Rustls is distributed under the following three licenses:
- Apache License version 2.0.
- MIT license.
- ISC license.
These are included as LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT and LICENSE-ISC respectively. You may use this software under the terms of any of these licenses, at your option.


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THE last few months have been a tough period for everyone at the Giants.
That's why Saturday's victory over Hull at the Galpharm and the collection of the two Super League points came as such a welcome tonic.
But even though we've come in for some heavy criticism, some of which I feel has been unjustified, I have been able to take some positives from this most demanding of spells.
And I firmly believe the greatest positive to come out of this period of adversity has been the way it has made the players and staff become even stronger and tighter as a unit.
Throughout this lean time we've always been working hard for each other and been encouraging one another during training and on gameday itself.
The results have obviously been very disappointing, but it has become clear that our commitment to each other has been unwavering.
As well as coming out of this as a strong unit, I genuinely believe it has made me stronger and a better person for it. It has been vital in my education as a head coach.
At the same time I can't praise the coaching staff highly enough for the way they have kept up their spirits.
Therefore, the collection of the two points at the weekend is a recognition of their hard work, endeavour, commitment and support over recent times.
Yet I also need to make it clear that winning last Saturday's game doesn't mean we've been sitting back and enjoying our day in the sun. That's not what this club is about.
We're going to be busting a gut and making every effort to finish off the season in style.
Whether that's by collecting two League points at Wakefield tomorrow, who knows, but we can never doubt our commitment to each other. That is a fact.
I'd also like to thank at this stage all those people who have taken the trouble to write to me and offered their support to myself and my team.
It really has been much appreciated and greatly received by everyone at the club.
Knowing there are so many out there who are lending us their support does act as a massive source of motivation.
And that very same support could make all the difference at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats tomorrow night.
When we travelled to the ground earlier in the season it gave everyone a massive buzz to see the terrace opposite covered in claret and gold.
It's something that all the boys admitted gave them a massive lift and clearly played a part in helping us secure a vital win.
Wouldn't it be great if something similar happened tomorrow!
I THINK we've all felt sorry for Iain Morrison this season.
In pre-season training, it was obvious he was putting his heart and soul into everything in an effort to make a positive impression on his new head coach.
I have to admit it did the trick.
But unfortunately he has ended up having what can only be described as an injury-blighted year.
It has been so frustrating for him and I think every one of us at the club has felt for him.
But even though it's been so tough, Iain has always been a shining light in training due to his positive attitude, which has proved infectious to all those around him.
I feel I still have not had a proper look at him on the Super League stage and, therefore, he has not had the opportunity to show me exactly what he can do.
That's why we have agreed to hand him a one-year extension.
So it's now up to him to prove to me we made the right decision to keep him.
There's no doubt he's an aggressive, quick and very powerful back-row forward.
He's also mentally tough and, as I've already stated, is very enthusiastic.
I'm sure if Iain continues to work hard in training and stays injury-free he can make a very positive Super League impact.


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Daily News - About Us
Letter from the editor
Think Durban, think Daily News. This 139-year-old institution is one of the province's most established brands. With this high recognition factor, and by remaining relevant to its readers through the decades, it commands a trust and special loyalty from readers.
It is a daily companion, fully aware that an afternoon title's biggest rival in the 21st century is not other titles, but time. It is warm, familiar, dependable and credible.
It reaches out every day, engaging with its readers and offering a strong and well-used platform for interactivity with them. With most of its readers in the greater Durban area, the focus and profile of the Daily News is shaped by the people it serves.
The newspaper thrives on people and emotions. It seeks to relate its news through people and their experiences.
It generates talking points, also catching national and international issues that are already under discussion. And it remains highly supportive of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal's success, off and on the sports fields.
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Editor, The Daily News
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Frame is matted to display foil print under protective glass panes and have sturdy easel back and hooks for vertical display that can stand on surface or be hung from a wall.
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When you start the Hay day mod game, there will be a cute scarecrow who will show you how to play. Firstly, you need to buy land for cultivation by tapping the shop's menu, select the area and drag it into the position you want. Next, you choose the seeds you want to plant. You can select two primary crops which are wheat and maize. Each type has a certain growth period. Later on in the game, more seeds will appear with more extended growth period. For example, wheat takes just 2 minutes to harvest while pumpkins will take 3 hours.
After harvesting, you will receive coins and experience scores to progress. The higher your level is, the more objects and features will appear. You can also purchase more lands to increase the productivity of crops. You can receive stars by cutting trees to enlarge the farm, baking bread and selling items. The currency in Hay Day mod APK includes coins and diamonds. You can earn coins from most jobs such as farming, baking, sewing and so on. But you only can earn diamonds when you rise through the levels and achieve rare items. There is one thing you should keep in mind that is not using diamonds too early because there will be many items requiring you to buy by diamonds.
Tips: Visit hay day forum by SuperCell to keep track of the latest information of the game, trade items with other players, learn more experience…
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Hay Day gameplay video:
Hay Day Mod features (latest version):
- Unlimited Diamonds
- Unlimited Gold
- Unlock all contents
- free shopping
- No root
The attraction of Hay Day:
- Make delicious food and drinks from ingredients in your farm.
- Buy and sell fresh products from your farm.
- Trade your products with other players.
- Chat in your neighbourhoods.
- Support each other's farms through user-friendly menus.
- Hunt rare items on sale.
- Raise cute pets.
- Catch dozens of different fish just by a single swipe.
Like most of the farm games, players have to wait for a while before your farm product is ready to be collected and sold. The time is fast or slow depending on the type of product you plan to grow. For example, it may take just a few minutes for the wheat to grow and ripen. But for milk, it will be almost half an hour. You can speed up the process by using the diamonds. These diamonds can be bought in cash either through Apple's payment system or earned when levelling up or completing achievements and quests in the game.
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- Community Requested Features:
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- New Flower shop production machine
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- New achievements
- New XP booster
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Will opposing the rights of one million Canadians send Brad Trost to 24 Sussex?
Probably not, but the aspiring Prime Minister appears poised to make opposition to same-sex marriage the signature issue of his Conservative leadership campaign anyway.
As fellow leadership hopefuls Kellie Leitch and Tony Clement steer the Conservative leadership race in weird directions, Trost's campaign has launched an ad blitz against the rights and freedoms of over one hundred thousand gay and lesbian Canadians who are already married.
Ads appearing recently on Facebook tout Trost as "100% CONSERVATIVE."
The ads feature two fingers sharing a heartfelt side-glance – the middle-finger is gendered masculine while the comparatively smaller index finger is gendered feminine.
The ad is accompanied by text that reads: "marriage is the union of one man one woman."
Contacted by PressProgress, Trost's campaign confirmed they're behind the ad but cited confidentiality when asked who they hoped the ad would appeal to.
"Mr. Trost has been pretty clear and in no way supports the idea of gay marriage," campaign spokesperson Mike Patton told PressProgress.
And it's true: Trost has a long history of opposing "homosexual unions."
During debate on Canada's Civil Marriages Act during the mid-2000s, Trost called the idea of same-sex marriage "a direct attack on the basic institution of marriage" that was intended to "malign the religious freedoms of millions of Canadians."
Trost also argued "the uniquely heterosexual nature of marriage" is the only way to "build society in a responsible and organized fashion."
In 2009, Trost described the Toronto Pride parade as "polarizing" and said funding should be cut off because it is "more political than touristic in nature."
And this spring at the 2016 Conservative Convention, Trost drew links between same-sex marriage and socialism following a landmark vote that saw the party adopt a neutral position on same-sex marriage:
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Crash-u-like: Danger Zone exploding out May 30th
Shh! I'm typing this quietly so John doesn't know. If he hears that we're twelve days away from the launch of Danger Zone [official site], a splode-o-rama drawing heavy inspiration from Burnout's Crash Mode, he'll burst into the RPS treehouse shouting "Explosions!" while kicking things over. He flipping adored Crash Mode, see, and Danger Zone is very much doing a similar thing: you try to cause huge crashes to score mega-points. Heck, developers Three Fields Entertainment were even founded by former top brass from Burnout devs Criterion. Here, look at this Danger Zone trailer:
The game set in a crash testing facility, where it's your job — your very duty to capitalism! — to cause big crashes. Three Fields say:
"Shunt vehicles into oncoming traffic, take down trailers to shed their payloads and use your explosive 'SmashBreaker' to move your vehicle around. The more explosions you cause, the bigger your score."
Danger Zone will cost £9.99/12,99€/$12.99 when it hits Steam on May 30th.
The first game from Three Fields Entertainment, Dangerous Golf, was a bit boring for a game with so many explosions. For John's sake (and the sake of all us who'll hear his anguished wails), I'm crossing my fingers that this will turn out better.


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The lungs are the essential organs of respiration; they are two in number, placed one on either side within the thorax, and separated from each other by the heart and other contents of the mediastinum.
The substance of the lung is of a light, porous, spongy texture; it floats in water, and crepitates when handled, owing to the presence of air in the alveoli; it is also highly elastic; hence the retracted state of these organs when they are removed from the closed cavity of the thorax. The surface is smooth, shining, and marked out into numerous polyhedral areas, indicating the lobules of the organ: each of these areas is crossed by numerous lighter lines.
At birth the lungs are pinkish white in color; in adult life the color is a dark slaty gray, mottled in patches; and as age advances, this mottling assumes a black color. The coloring matter consists of granules of a carbonaceous substance deposited in the areolar tissue near the surface of the organ. It increases in quantity as age advances, and is more abundant in males than in females. As a rule, the posterior border of the lung is darker than the anterior.
The right lung usually weighs about 625 gm., the left 567 gm., but much variation is met with according to the amount of blood or serous fluid they may contain. The lungs are heavier in the male than in the female, their proportion to the body being, in the former, as 1 to 37, in the latter as 1 to 43.
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New York is a growing and aging city whose infrastructure needs $47 billion to replace and repair its fraying parts, according to a new report from the Center for an Urban Future.
The report, Caution Ahead, warns that the city's battered streets, bridges in need of repair, obsolete subway signal systems and cramped stations could harm New York's economy and quality of life.
There is already a $34.2 billion gap in funding over the next five years at the various agencies that manage the city's infrastructure. The city Department of Environmental Protection is excluded from the estimate.
"We're not going to be able to cover our full state of good repair needs," report author Adam Forman said. "But we should be prioritizing across agencies what is most critical toward achieving our economic development goals, quality of life goals."
Denise Richardson, executive director of the General Contractors Association, called the report a "very sobering overview" of the city's infrastructure, which must be able to handle the growth of the city's population and plans to build taller, denser buildings.
"Our existing infrastructure cannot last the long term to support higher and greater density development," Richardson said.
The city's roads and bridges take a nonstop pounding from vehicles.
Of the city's 1,445 bridges -- including elevated expressways such as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway -- 41 percent are more than 64 years old, with 165 of them older than a century. There are 47 bridges in need of repair with parts that have no redundant support, which Forman said makes them "more prone" to failure.
Half of city highways, meanwhile, were in fair or poor condition in 2012, according to the report.
The state transportation commissioner has said almost half of New York's funding for highways and bridges is dependent on federal financing, which Congress has yet to hash out this year.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget provides $3.4 billion for transportation infrastructure, with $225 million to accelerate road and bridge work in the state.
A third of streets are in fair or poor condition. Meanwhile, 1,000 miles of road lanes fall into disrepair each year.
The report said that since 2000 there were only three years during which the city Department of Transportation was able to resurface 1,000 miles of street.


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Pink Slip
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- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Now I'm wondering if any schools have pink as an official color. Plus, you worked in The Bedazzler, which garners you major bonus points.ReplyDelete
See, and now I'm questioning even more whether you're male or female. Or a really big fan of eddie izzard. Or both. The men's school spirit clothing doesn't have words across the ass (no matter how much some of us would like to see it ;). Yes, yes, I know it doesn't matter, we acheieved that consensus, doctor -- but ever since you asked, I've been wondering!ReplyDelete
p.s. -- the rhinestones on the tanks-tops are one thing, but it's when you get them on the thongs that you really have to worry.
I would wear a cheerleader skirt to a campus event.ReplyDelete
Just the thought of a rhinestone encrusted tanktop makes me all itchy. Don't get me started on the discomfort a rhinestone thong might cause.ReplyDelete
You all looked great at the game last night. So sparkly!ReplyDelete
Vellum: Oh sorry, you wanted a definitive answer huh? I am not a big fan of Eddie Izzard.ReplyDelete
Really? I'm shocked! Not even "cake or death," or the Jeff Vader bit? :)ReplyDelete
Cake please!ReplyDelete
"I'm afraid we're out of cake. I wasn't expecting quite a run on it."ReplyDelete
"So my choices are "or death"?"
"I'll have the chicken."
- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:48 PM
What about pink t-shirts for a world-renowned medical center? Yes, we have such things at our school of medicine bookstore. Nothing screams professionality and "I know what I'm doing" like wearing the name of the hospital across the ass of hot pink sweat pants.ReplyDelete


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In the last few years, many glaucoma patients who use eye drop medications have been faced with more stringent restrictions on their prescriptions.
Insurance companies now impose limits on quantities of eye drops and refill intervals. However, many patients have trouble putting in exactly one drop, precisely onto the eye.
It is natural to have some drops hit your cheek occasionally or to have two drops come out at once. This unavoidable waste of drops is one reason that some patients run out of their drops too soon.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Glaucoma Society have been hard at work, meeting with insurers and Medicare officials to ensure that glaucoma patients receive the medications they need to prevent vision loss from glaucoma. Because of these efforts, recent memos issued from Medicare have instructed insurers to allow refills of eye drops at reasonable intervals.
If you have been denied necessary medication or timely refills of your prescription eye drops, here are some steps you can take.
Article by Cynthia Mattox, MD, Vice Chair and Director of the Glaucoma Service at New England Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA. Dr. Mattox serves on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Health Policy Committee, and the American Glaucoma Society Patient Care Committee.
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Off on an adventure!
Rick, Alan, and I piled our luggage into the trunk of our driver Umberto's late model Hyundai, and after bidding goodbye to our Santiago host, we made our way through the city to Route A1 that travels the central spine of the 760 mile-long island. As we headed into the dry, flat central part of the island, it felt like we were embarking on a Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road trip (Dear Millennials, please ask someone your parents' age about this), as we followed a blue and white early 1950s Plymouth along a bumpy two-lane road under a blue sky studded with huge cumulus clouds.
I felt that sense again about Cuba being frozen in time – around 1959 – as houses fell away quickly to a rural landscape, the few cars were mostly older models, pot-holed roadways, many people riding bicycles pulling carts of stuff, walking along the roadside or waiting at occasional sheds where open-top or enclosed trucks served as buses to pick up passengers. Carts loaded with harvested sugar cane were pulled by what looked like Brahman bulls (how did they get there from Asia?).As we drove towards the center of the island, we entered horse country, where the animals are used for pulling carts with people in them or loaded with goods for market. This region is the home of the iconic Cuban cowboys.
Instead of billboards selling commercial products, the occasional sign, sometimes a few spaced sequentially together like the long ago Burma Shave advertisements, promoted socialist slogans – "La Patria Ante Todo" (Country Before All) and "Tierra de Internationalistas" (with a picture of Che Gueverra), are just two – so that travelers got their pep talk about the 56 year-old revolution.
Six hours on the road and we pulled into charming Camaguey. Cuba's third largest city and the most cultured and sophisticated one outside Havana, the beautiful 17th and 18th century homes and public buildings, antique churches, restored mansions with beautiful murals from a century ago now used as galleries, and cobblestoned streets and colonial plazas altogether were a pleasant surprise. The streets are laid out in a maze-like pattern, built to confuse the continual plundering by pirates a few centuries ago, all making for enjoyable walking experiences.
At attractive Casa Alfredo y Milagros, we were welcomed warmly by Maite and her father, along with her husband, two sons and her mother. The living quarters surround an open air courtyard with lounge chairs and dining table. The only part of the house that was air-conditioned were our bedrooms, and despite the noisy units, they were a necessity in the oppressive heat.
Wandering the curving streets, I came across a busy shopping district with small markets and retail shops for locals. Government stores were poorly stocked – food and household establishments had mostly empty shelves and a men's clothing store had eight shirts hanging on the back wall of a large display window.
As a result of easing government restrictions, there are increasing numbers and varieties of privately owned establishments that offer well-stocked shelves of goods, as well as a few boutique stores.
The town is pretty, again many structures freshly painted for the 500th anniversary of its founding. On almost every block in the center of town was a construction site of an old building being rehabbed, and the large numbers of them suggested increased investment and an improving economy.
The main plaza was crowded at night with people of all ages talking, playing, dancing, holding hands and kissing, and tapping away on cell phones, since the plaza had free WIFI. A group of young boys and girls swarmed around us, climbing on the walls where we sat, to play and ask us about America.
Our brief overnight visit to Camaguey endorsed my initial impression of Cubans as friendly and open people, with gentility at the heart of their culture.


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The Right and Wrong Way to Detox
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Urbanites struggle with eating healthy food during the week and go all out with socializing over coffee and dinners over the weekend. They then go to extreme lengths to make up for the unhealthy eating habits, long work hours, and sedentary lifestyle without realizing this too is not healthy nor sustainable.
Celebrities tout their cleansing programs, detox diets, and detox juices, and millions take their word as gospel without quite understanding if they really promote help or if they are just hypes and marketing gimmicks.
So, the question becomes- are all detox programs beneficial? Is there a right way to detox?
There is no real scientific evidence that suggest these diets detox our body. A healthy liver and kidneys do a fine job of detoxifying the body as it is and we need not rely on certain ingredients (lemon, honey, green tea, and herbal teas) to cleanse our system. In fact such diets are known to add a considerable amount of stress and prove to have detrimental effects in the long haul.
Detox diets are very low in caloric intake, often include liquids, fruit juices (devoid of any fiber) that end up spiking blood sugar and insulin production owing to the high doses of sugar present it them.
With these spikes come dips which leave the dieter feeling low on energy, dizzy, irritable, and moody.
Dieters without realizing that the initial weight loss is almost entirely water weight and not fat loss are content and happy to note a sudden dip in weight on the scale. Eventually, the body starts to mobilize protein sources to provide energy causing a loss of muscle rather than fat.
Dieters also feel a psychological boost of being in control of their body. Eliminating the salty, processed, sugar food items makes dieters feel less bloated, lighter and they may end up feeling full without really eating much.
For a more healthful approach, emphasis should be on detoxing lifestyle choices- such as eating a healthy and balanced breakfast, eating at regular intervals, and reduce dependence on processed foods and high sugar drinks in the long run.
To naturally detox one must give a miss to fast food, packaged food products, ready-to-eat meals, sugar-sweetened beverages, refined and processed food and instead focus on freshly cooked meals made from local produce. Nourish the body with natural, unprocessed foods that have a high nutrition quotient and are high in fiber.
Soluble fiber (present in oatmeal, lentils, apples, oranges, pears, nuts, flaxseeds, beans, psyllium, cucumbers, celery, and carrots) acts as a sponge, slows down digestion, helps control weight, and reduces cholesterol levels.
Insoluble fiber (present in whole wheat, whole grains, barley, couscous, brown rice, broccoli, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, and root vegetable skins) is considered gut-healthy because it has a laxative effect and adds roughage to the diet.
There's a difference between giving the body some respite and giving it complete overhaul. A detox diet won't clean the body of "toxins" and "poisons" as promised. Truth is- the body does not need external agents to restore internal vitality and wellbeing.
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Mushrooms are high in protein, fiber, B vitamins, phosphorus, potassium and iron, but low in calories.
- Heat Nutrioli® and butter in a heavy skillet. Sauté garlic until golden. Add chili rings and sauté for one minute. Add both types of mushrooms, season with salt and cook for 15 minutes or until soft. Remove from heat and add chopped parsley. Mix well and let stand for a few minutes before serving with toasted whole-grain bread.


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Rise of the Finstagram: The New Way To Hide Your 'Imperfections' Online
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In a move away from what Instagram has seemingly always stood for - that is, to provide a stylised, glossy version of real life - Finstagrams are providing open space to showcase the more candid photos of users: free from captions, hashtags and filters. Often the content published on these sites is embarrassing or funny, in a Snapchat-style way. Users tend to have a much higher following on their 'rinsta' accounts (yes, really) than on their 'finstas', which are only made viewable to a select group of close friends. The whole concept stresses the importance and/or obligation young people feel to have two different digital selves. It is perhaps understandably most popular amongst young girls.
A teenage panel at Business Insider's Ignition conference explained the latest trend:"You'll have a regular Instagram, and you'll have hundreds of followers there, and on your Finsta you'll have a fake username and it'll just be your best friends, the people you're friends with, and you post funny or embarrassing pictures." Some even told of how they don't particularly like their Finsta accounts, but feel they are a social imperative when using the platform.
I too have seen accounts on Instagram that I would define as 'finsta' accounts; however, rather than portraying a more realistic account of the user's life, they list images from an apparent 'real' person who is passing off obviously generic or lifted images and passing them off as their real life in order to make them seem more appealing or exciting. These account holders communicate with other users who pretend to be a person they are portraying online too in whole networks of fake reality and friendship. To me these accounts would be more accurately defined as 'finsta' accounts, not the unpretentious and truly reflective accounts of young people that seem to undermine the name that they have been given. Regardless, it is perhaps worrying that young people feel the need to divide their subjectivity online in order to fit in with an unrealistic and hyperbolised version of life, which is no doubt negatively affecting contemporary ideas of body image.
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Kim Carson has been an educator for over 30 years. She began her career teaching Family & Consumer Science (FACS) classes at Northwestern School, a consolidated district, in Mellette, South Dakota. She is credited with a variety of leadership roles during her tenure there. Initially, she provided leadership to her district by developing the schools first preschool program. Soon thereafter, she and another staff member introduced career-based education curriculum at the middle and high school levels. Finally, she provided direction and leadership with the training and implementation of the Davis Learning Strategies® at the elementary level.
In 2001, Kim added the role of student to her career life. Motivated both personally and professionally, Kim chose to advance her education to gain licensure as a Davis® facilitator. She completed all of her practicum and field assignments within the Northwestern School setting as she continued her FACS classroom duties. "Finding methods that reach children and opening their doors toward success are the ultimate rewards as an educator," says Kim. "Davis methods truly work in meeting that goal."
Due to successes documented with her practicum experience, her administrators asked Kim to propose a plan of action to reach a broader spectrum of students. They approved implementation of the Davis Learning Strategies® (DLS). Through Kims leadership and direction of elementary principal Kathy Graves, Northwestern School was named the first DLS Model School in the United States.
Kim is a tremendously knowledgeable and trusted educator who combines the qualities of a caring mother and teacher to meticulously organize and facilitate the Davis Learning Strategies. She has dedicated her career to improving the quality of life for children with reading difficulties. I have abounding respect for the way Kim has relentlessly searched for innovative methods so that students may succeed in life. She positively touched many children's lives in our school. How fortunate we were to call upon such an outstanding teacher, mentor, and facilitator!"
At the close of the 2001-02 school year, Kim left her FACS classroom duties to pursue her Davis work full time. In addition to her individual facilitation work, she worked as a DLS mentor for Northwestern School teachers for 5 years, and another 3 years in the Brookings district, after her family relocated to Brookings, South Dakota.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend a Davis Learning Strategies (DLS) workshop for primary classrooms with Kim Carson. I learned several unique strategies for improving reading skills and classroom management for all the students in my class. Most valuable for me was having Kim come into my classroom to mentor me as I became more independent in implementing the various strategies. Each month she modeled a piece of the DLS program and then coached me in another area. Through her guidance, I not only learned new strategies, but I also gained the confidence to recognize unique needs of some of my struggling students and offer interventions. I am a much more effective teacher because of the DLS training and follow-up mentoring I received from Kim.
Kim owns and operates Smart Start Dyslexia Correction Center. She divides her time providing individualized Davis Correction Programs, presenting the Davis Learning Strategies Teacher Workshops, and mentoring DLS trained teachers.


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Is it 2004 already? Well, no, but Yamaha thinks it is ready to announce the 2004 FJR1300 and FJR1300ABS.
Actually, we get plenty of press releases here at MD, and we are selective about those we print. This one caught our eye for two reasons. First of all, it is a new model announcement (well, at least, an updated model). Second, it illustrates a point we have made several times in the past. Namely, that Yamaha has become very quick on its feet . . . listening carefully to its customers, and responding quickly with product changes.
In only its second model year in the United States, the FJR gets the ABS option, much larger brakes, a four-inch taller wind screen, and stiffer suspension, both front and rear. Among other minor tweaks, these items stand out, and represent a very quick response to comments made by customers and the press after riding last year's model. The stiffer suspension, particularly in the back, should make the bike handle much better this year. Oh . . . yeah, and dig that new Cerulean Silver paint job!
Okay, here is Yamaha's unedited release.
Until the Yamaha FJR1300 was introduced last year, the sport-touring category in the U.S. seemed to be lacking something. The comfort was there, the multi-role capability, passenger/luggage capacity, too – but a critical ingredient was missing. The FJR1300 added the perfect pinch of just what that missing ingredient was: high performance. In fact, Yamaha invented a new category: Supersport-Touring. If the critics are to be believed, Yamaha must've done something right. The FJR has won numerous press accolades for its perfect blend of sport and touring capabilities.
Following a complete sellout last year, the 2004 FJR1300 returns with refinements to make it even better. Improvements include revised suspension settings, a four-inch taller windshield, larger 320mm brake rotors, an inner-fairing-mounted glovebox, integrated front turn signals, and a new Cerulean Silver color. Also new for 2004 is the FJR1300ABS featuring an anti-lock braking system (ABS).
The heart of the matter is the FJR's R1-inspired 1298cc inline four – an engine that produces a road-punishing 145-horsepower and 99 foot-pounds of torque – with compact architecture that also allows it to be correctly placed in a bank-vault stiff all-aluminum frame for sportbike-like handling precision. That engine feeds power into a five-speed gearbox with stacked input and output shafts (a la R1) for compactness, and from there into a nearly maintenance-free shaft drive.
Dual internal counterbalancers not only make the FJR motor ethereally smooth, the absence of vibration allows the engine to act as a stressed member in the bike's massive alloy frame, thereby forming a rock-solid, yet lightweight foundation upon which to build.
Smooth, in fact, is a theme that runs throughout the FJR. Fuel delivery is via advanced fuel injection with throttle position sensor, which delivers instant cold starts and turbine-like thrust with little regard to ambient conditions or load. A hydraulically actuated clutch and needle-bearing-mounted shift shaft provide light, precise gear selection.
To that strong platform and provide sporty handling Yamaha mounts huge fork tubes–48mm in diameter – with revised rates, fully adjustable rebound and compression damping as well as spring preload. At the rear, a linkage-mounted shock controls a light and strong aluminum swingarm, which also carries the drive shaft in its left spar. A flip of a lever switches the rear shock's preload instantly between lights, for one-up running, and heavy, for two-up riding or with loaded saddlebags. With 5.4 inches of travel in front and 4.8 inches at the rear, the FJR suspension is designed to provide a comfortable yet controlled ride whatever the load and road conditions.
For 2004, the FJR's front discs have grown from 298mm to 320mm, while super-rigid monoblock calipers continue to provide plenty of power along with superior feel.
Also, optional ABS is now available for even greater braking confidence, especially on wet surfaces.
Now that we've established the FJR's "sport" credentials, let's talk touring. A broad, thick dual-density foam seat gives rider and passenger all-day support behind an electrically adjustable windshield that's four inches taller.
Handlebars reach back to meet the rider in a natural, nearly upright position, and though the fuel tank holds a full 6.6 gallons, it's narrow at the rear to give the FJR a feeling of lean maneuverability.
In addition to the pair of locking, detachable 7.9-gallon accessory saddlebags that come as standard equipment, the FJR also gets a new small-item storage compartment in its left front fairing inner panel–and don't forget the stylish new integrated front turn signals.
An analog speedometer and tachometer endow the FJR with that classic grand-touring look, while an LCD display keeps an eye on other important operating parameters and performs diagnostic functions as well. There's even a digital clock.
A pair of R1-looking multi-reflector quartz-halogen lights are adjustable from inside the cockpit, and the aero theme continues at the rear in the form of a sleekly integrated taillight/turn indicator assembly (which also allows the bags to tuck in nice and tight).
Light weight is the other critical ingredient when the subject is high performance, and it happens to be another key to the FJR's sudden rise to the top. With all that the FJR offers – 1298cc punch, shaft drive, electric windshield, 6.6-gallon fuel capacity, etc. – the FJR weighs in at 537 pounds, dry, making most other sport-touring motorcycles feel paunchy. For now, Yamaha seems to hold a de facto patent on Supersport Touring.
The 2004 FJR1300 will be available in limited quantities for $11,599 or equipped with ABS for $12,599.
Beginning February 1 through April 30, 2003, customers will be able to special order a 2004 FJR1300 or 2004 FJR1300ABS at their favorite Yamaha dealership. By placing a $500 deposit, customers not only get guaranteed delivery but they will also receive special retail financing terms on the FJR of their choice. Dealer deliveries are expected to begin in early July with final shipments completed by the end of 2003.


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Facts on Chrysanthemum X Morifolium CV
Chrysanthemum X morifolium CV is the name for the common garden mum, also known as Dendranthema X grandiflorum or the "Queen of Autumn." Often used in potted or cut flower arrangements for Mother's Day, Easter and other holidays, these mums can be grown as perennials in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10A. Mums are relatively easy to grow, long flowering and available in a wide variety of blossom colors.
The name chrysanthemum, which derives from two Greek terms and means "golden flower," is from the Asteraceae family. Records of cultivation of mum plants date back 2,000 years in China, and the plant has also served as Japan's national flower for centuries. Mum growing eventually spread to England, and the flowers were brought into the U.S. from that country around 1800. Today, mums are the second most potted plant produced in the U.S. each year, according to the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.
Flower Facts
Mums are among the longest-lasting cut flowers and will survive for several weeks before selling if they're stored in airtight containers at 31 degrees Fahrenheit. The ideal potted mum is one that is 12 inches tall, 12 inches wide and sporting 12 flowers, according to Clemson University Cooperative Extension. Blossoms are available in white, yellow, amber, orange, red, lavender, violet, brown or in bicolors. Although the oil in leaves can cause severe dermatitis on contact, mums grown indoors can help remove toxins from the air, including formaldehyde, benzene and ammonia.
Mums prefer full sunlight and maximum air circulation, and are suitable for formal garden beds, borders or planted in rows for cutting. Late spring is the best time to plant mums, which thrive in almost any soil condition, although a slightly acidic pH of 6.5 is optimal. Mums also do well with one or two applications of a complete fertilizer such as 10-10-10 applied at the rate of 5 pounds per 100 square feet of garden area. The rate of mum flowering is determined by a combination of day length and temperature, but most cultivars start budding when days are less than 12 hours long and will flower within six to eight weeks.
Insects and Diseases
Although mums are relatively easy to grow, they are susceptible to insect pests including aphids, white flies, mealy bugs and spider mites. Most insect infestations are easily controlled with a general-purpose spray or dust specified for use on flowers. Bacterial leaf blight is probably the greatest disease concern for mums, but other potential threats include fungal diseases such as stem rot, mold and ray blight. Prevention measures include using a pasteurized growing medium, buying disease-free cuttings, providing plenty of air circulation and avoiding over watering. If necessary, affected plans may need a fungicide application.
- Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service: Chrysanthemums
- Clemson Extension: Understanding and Producing Chrysanthemums
- The Ohio State University: Dendranthema X Grandiflora
- North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science: Chrysanthemum X Morifolium (Dendranthema X Grandiflorum)
- Plants for a Future: Dendranthema X Grandiflorum
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