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Travel Photography Mastery
Get the most out of your camera next time you travel. Never again miss or ruin the photo opportunity of a life time.
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My Travel Photography Masterclass contains everything you could want to know about capturing your travel stories through photography. I'd love to have you on board in this photography journey. You'll join more than 1,000 very happy photographers in my online photography masterclass.
Travel Photography
Photography Basics
Technical Skills
Digital Darkroom
Photography Genres
Photography & Art
Portrait Photography
Bonus Resources
Get the most out of your camera next time you travel. It doesn't matter what kind of camera you use - I'll make sure you'll never miss that photo opportunity of a life time.
Apply different techniques in photography: Travel, Nature, Landscape, Fashion, People and Portraits, and even Night Photography
Understand Cameras, Equipment, Resolution - and translate these to your travel photography needs
Edit and manipulate images: Touch Ups, Shadows, Brightness, Contrast, Special Effects
Join award winning fine art and travel photographer Wilko van de Kamp on this online journey. Together we'll venture into the world of travel photography. I'll share the tips I've used myself to build a career out of my passion for creating photographs. With this course, you'll be sure to get the most out your camera next time you travel. This course delivers results regardless of the type of camera you use.
Magazines, art galleries, books, travel shows, and many others have featured my photographs. I've traveled all around the world creating and sharing my award winning images. Today, I'm sharing my creative insights, professional experience and technical know-how with you.
Photographers shouldn't just rely on their own practice and experience, but also look at others for inspiration and guidance. I'll share the techniques I've used myself as a professional travel photographer. Using theory, you'll learn how to take sharp, clear and high quality pictures. Using my own practical examples, you'll discover how to capture a moment and tell your story.
I developed this course with years of experience in digital photography. It will get you started on your photography journey, in a way that actually works! I'll teach you how to put proven photography principles to work for you. Every lesson contains a topic to work on right away. I want to get you out into the world to start capturing and creating amazing images. You'll be able to put the skills you'll learn in practice, discovering a new inspiring angle every time.
This course covers everything there is to know about Digital Travel Photography. You'll join my "inner circle" of photography lovers and travel enthusiasts. It's like having a personal photography coach that you can refer to and ask questions anytime you need! You'll discover tips including interesting facts, insightful tips, and useful techniques. This course will redefine the photographs you create tomorrow.
Become successful in creating pictures, get more clarity and be at the level in your journey you want to be! Travel Photography Mastery is a step-by-step, paint-by-the-numbers guide. It shows you how to use the right lenses, and equipment. Regardless of what camera you own, you'll get your perfect picture any time you want. I'll take you step-by-step through all my course material. There's helpful, fun exercises along the way to make sure you apply what you've learned.
In a matter of weeks you could be joining a photography contest to show your talents in photography. You might create a work of art from your best picture, memorizing that dream vacation. Capture a portrait of a loved one. No matter where you're heading next, join me today. Take the first step on a journey that will have you shooting a much better picture with every step.
Not convinced yet? Go over the curriculum of "Travel Photography Mastery" yourself today. You'll get a clearer picture of how much it has to offer you. I look forward to welcoming you as part of this journey!
Wilko: "My inspiration comes from traveling all over the world: I fell in love with the exceptional things I saw and the remarkable people who crossed my path. My photographic art is my way of giving some of my travel memories back to the world. I've learned a lot from master photographers, and enjoy visiting their galleries around the world when I travel. Especially in photography, I don't believe in competition but in helping each other out. Now, it's my time to share."
Are you ready to take your photography skills to the next level? This online course contains all the information from my sold-out, in-person photography workshop in Canada's Kananaskis Country - and I'm looking forward to share it with you.
What is this course?
Course Workbook
The Story
Advantages and Disadvantages
Exercise 1: How to Become a Digital Photographer?
Photography equipment
Exercise 2: Knowing more about Cameras
Exercise 3: What Are You Looking for in a Camera?
Are you a photography master?
Lighting in nature photography
Part 4: Shadows and Brightness in Contrasting
Exercise 5: Choosing the Right Color Gamut
Technical Photography Knowledge
Exercise 6: Software Manipulating Tools
Exercise 7: Adding Special Effects to Your Images
Your Digital Darkroom
Action Photography
Fashion photography
Night photography
Photography jobs
Different types of photography
My Secrets
When pictures paint a 1000 words
Photographing people
Portrait Photography Workbook
Portrait Photography
Photography books
My Photography Blog
No. You can benefit from this course regardless of the type of camera you own. As a matter of fact, large, bulky DSLR cameras may not be the best option for travel photography. In the course I explain why I got rid of mine for travel photography purposes - and why you may want to do the same.
No. I'll address the basics of technical photography that you need, however the course is more focused on telling a story through the photographs you create while you're traveling (or at home) versus creating a "technically" perfect picture. If there's no story behind a photograph, why did you press the shutter?
I'll email you instructions after you join. I just need your mailing address so I can send you a copy of my book after you sign up for this class. We'll ship them worldwide as long as there's mailmen to deliver them. The full-colour book retails at about $50, and counts 200+ pages of travel photography inspiration for you to enjoy.
No problem. You can connect with my team by click the messenger button at the bottom of this page. You're also welcome to send a text message to 587-327-0333 and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Don't take our word for it... here's some of the things our students had to say about this course.
"Great content on how-to photography."Lily Mae
These pointers should help you decide if you're the right fit for this program. If you have any questions, just get in touch.
You want to get the most out of your digital camera, and take your photography skills to next level.
This course focuses on creative skills to help you find the creative viewpoint to create unique images. It's not a technical course: technical skills alone don't help if you don't know how to take an interesting photograph.
You are a beginner or intermediate photographer. This course is easy to follow and can be put into practice right away through helpful exercises.
You have a digital camera to do the exercises in this course. Any kind of digital camera is acceptable - even the camera on your phone will do.
You'll get from this course what you put into it: some additional time is required for you to do the exercises and put into practice what you've learned.
You want to get started on your journey into the photography world.
Join award winning fine art and travel photographer Wilko van de Kamp on this online journey. With this course, you'll be sure to get the most out your camera next time you travel. This course delivers results regardless of the type of camera you use.


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A dying man's last words launch Nick Craig into a world of mysterious billionaires, beautiful women, and deadly assassins. Who or what is the Sea Harpy? The answer may be the key to preventing World War III. (see reviews)
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Price Adjustment:
BitDeer is a platform providing service based on real mining rigs.
To ensure the price of our service plan is competitive in the market, the price adjusts dynamically according to market conditions, demands, and mining difficulty. This is one of the strength of BitDeer. For instance, when there is a large decrease in mining difficulty, we can quickly roll out new price adjustments.


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Labour MEPS lead the call for EU action on conflict minerals
Labour MEPs joined with their colleagues in the Socialists & Democrats group today and voted for a mandatory EU system to break the link between armed conflict and the minerals trade.
If ratified at Trilogue negotiations, the EU will join the US and China in having a mandatory scheme in place which will require companies to make reasonable checks to ensure the step behind them in the supply chain can verify where the product came from.
Voluntary rules have been in place for five years but more than 80 per cent of companies have chosen not to publish any information on their supply chain due diligence.
The new mandatory rules, which will affect up to 400 EU listed companies, will require due diligence by all the key actors in the trade of minerals right across the supply chain.
Speaking from Strasbourg, Theresa Griffin, Labour MEP for the North West and member of the Parliament's Industry committee, has welcomed today's result saying:
"Natural resources can be a blessing for countries but they have also proved to be a curse for Africa. Today's vote is an opportunity to stop the exploitation of workers in mines and the widespread human rights abuses which are caused by conflict minerals.
"Due diligence needs to apply at every step along the way, from the mine to the consumer.
"I am delighted that the Socialist & Democrats group's proposals were adopted in today's vote on the report. Sadly, the Tory MEPs choose not to support effective action on blood minerals.
"No longer can businesses simply say "We don't know", all key actors involved in the supply chain will have to make themselves aware of where their minerals come from and work together to prevent further abuse".


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Robyn joined the ABL team in 1986 and works in a senior administration position. She is responsible for the running and administration of the company-wide integrated payroll system.
Numerous other duties include overseeing the day-to-day administration of accounts payable data entries and monthly reconciliations, along with accounts receivable invoicing, data entry and statements.


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Last Updated On: May 17th, 2020
If your child is applying to independent or Catholic schools, you are probably familiar with the different entrance exams that schools utilize to help select students for admission– primarily the HSPT for Catholic schools, and the SSAT or ISEE for independent private schools. These tests serve to gauge the applicant's academic level compared to his/her peers and help admissions officers decide whether or not the student will be able to keep up with the school's curriculum.
To prep or not to prep?
Some schools discourage preparing for these entrance exams in order to more accurately assess the student's aptitude. While it's certainly understandable why a school might want all its applicants to test naturally without preparation, the fact remains that a lot of applicants will utilize tutoring services and prep classes to raise their testing scores. Since scores are not based on the number of questions answered correctly, but rather on how students score in comparison to peers, even advanced students will want some level of preparation for these exams. For many, this standardized test will be the first test which covers such advanced topics and takes over two hours, so becoming familiar with the types of questions covered and the allotted time for each section will help to assuage nerves associated with these often intimidating tests. All standardized tests have similar test-taking strategies, so the same skills that your child will acquire while preparing for these entrance exams will be used again when preparing for his/her SAT or ACT.
What will the test look like?
Here is an example of a verbal question and a math question released by the creators of the ISEE exam. These questions are for students in 8th grade applying to high school.
1. The article on gene splicing was so ——- that only a handful of the students were able to understand it.
(A) contrite
(B) esoteric
(C) functional
(D) genuine
2. What is the solution set for x2 + 49 = 0?
(B) 7i
(D) ±7i
(Correct Answers: 1. B, 2. D)
If your eighth grade student has not yet been exposed to vocabulary of this level and math of this caliber, a good test-taker can still use strategies to eliminate wrong answers and increase his/her chances of correctly answering challenging questions.
|The HSPT has only one level and is used for entrance into grade 9.
|Primary Level
entering grades 2-3
Lower Level
entering grades 4-5
Middle Level
entering grades 6-8
Upper Level
entering grades 9-12
|Elementary Level
entering grades 5-6
Middle Level
entering grades 7-8
Upper Level
entering grades 9-12
|Total Testing Time
|2 hours 21 minutes
|Primary Level 2
53 minutes + untimed essay
Primary Level 3&4
60 minutes + untimed essay
Lower Level
2 hours 20 minutes
Middle Level
2 hours 40 minutes
Upper Level
2 hours 40 minutes
|Elementary Level
1 hour 35 minutes
Middle Level
2 hours 50 minutes
Upper Level
2 hours 50 minutes
Mechanical Aptitude*
|Ranges from 200-800
Schools will look more closely at the percentile rank
|Ranges from 760-940
Schools will look more closely at the percentile rank or stanine (1-9)
|Elementary Level
Ranges from 300-600
Middle Level
Ranges from 440-710
Upper Level
Ranges from 500-800
|Guessing Penalty
|Points are not deducted for an incorrect answer
Points are not deducted for a blank answer
This means you should always make an educated guess!
|Points are not deducted for an incorrect answer
Points are not deducted for a blank answer
This means you should always make an educated guess!
|Points are deducted for an incorrect answer
Points are not deducted for a blank answer
Consult a tutor/teacher to find the best strategy for you!
|Question Types
|Multiple Choice
(4 answer choices)
|Lower Level
Multiple Choice
(4 answer choices)
Middle/Upper Level
Multiple Choice
(4 answer choices)
Quantitative Comparison
|Multiple Choice
(5 answer choices)
The Verbal section includes analogies, unlike the HSPT or ISEE.
|Overall, the HSPT tends to be the easiest of the three tests.
|The ISEE's math sections tend to be difficult, even for advanced students.
|The SSAT can be challenging but reasonable for well-prepared students.
|Test Dates/Locations
|Dates: Usually in January (check each school/testing site for specific dates)
Location: The school you are applying to
|Dates: Multiple dates between November & April**
Location: click here to search testing locations and times.***
|Dates: Once a month between October & June, except May
Location: click here to search testing locations.
*The Science, Religion, and Essay sections of the HSPT may or may not be required by the school to which the student is applying. Contact each individual school for further details .
**The ISEE can only be taken once every testing season and must be submitted to a school.
***The ISEE also has an electronic testing option at Prometric Testing Centers.
When should my child start preparing?
It's a good idea to identify target schools at least a year before the application process begins. Once you've done that, have your child take a diagnostic test! Once you know his/her baseline score, you can figure out how much preparation will be needed to bring that score up to the acceptance range of the target schools. Who knows? Your child may already be well within the range you're shooting for! Either way, it's a good idea to know where he/she stands before preparation begins so that you can utilize time wisely. Once you've come up with a preparation strategy, a tutor can be helpful to teach your child any missing concepts and strategies. Preparing for entrance exams, whether it's for an independent or parochial school, can be overwhelming for not just the student but his/her family as well. For a FREE diagnostic test and consultation, click here or call 866.60.TUTOR today!
Final thoughts…
Admissions offices will supply you with all the information needed in regards to deadlines and testing requirements. No matter which test your child is planning to take, definitely have him/her take a diagnostic test first. Most students who sit for these tests are bound to be newcomers to the standardized-test experience, and it's important to know where they are starting so that you can help them get to where they need to be. Bear in mind that, as with college exams, admissions offices of independent and parochial schools will be looking at much more than JUST entrance exams – with good planning, a lot of practice, and guidance from an expert tutor, your child will be well prepared!


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Modern Impressionism in Action | Colley Whisson
"Colley Whisson workshop is an experience totally worth repeating... many many times! He is an amazing instructor and Artist all wrapped up in one.'' Waverley Art Group (Nth Carolina USA)
''My paintings have come alive since doing Colley's workshop. I feel I have advanced way beyond any other workshop experience.'' - Ruth Marwick
Join internationally-recognised impressionist artist, Colley Whisson, as he shares with you the fundamentals of producing paintings with powerful light effects, loose brushwork and sensitivity to the subject.
In this three day workshop, Colley will be focusing his attention on tonal values, composition, brushwork and colour saturation, with special attention on the importance of edges.
Colley's workshops are a positive and uplifting experience – and they sell out quickly, so book early to secure your place.
What will I learn?
Colley uses a step-by-step process to give you the best opportunity to see and understand the way a painting is constructed.
Day 1 – Seascape (10"x 12")
After a brief talk by Colley on his approach to impressionist painting, including paints, brushes, boards etc, you will start the journey on day one with a seascape, employing touches of loose brushwork and abstractionism while still maintaining a realistic image.
Day 2– Interior (12"x 16")
Day two will be about tackling and searching to simplify the complex detail of an Interior. This will be a great opportunity to learn and test yourself on balancing tight brushwork with broad simplification.
Day 3 - Landscape (10"x 12")
"It is not what we paint but how we paint it". On day three, you will take a mundane subject and turn it into a work of art – with special attention on the importance of focal points.
Who is this workshop suitable for?
Students from beginners to advanced are welcome.
Ask our friendly team for advice if you are not sure if this workshop is for you.
What do I need to bring?
Please click on the link below to view the materials list:
• Please bring your lunch and snacks or you can purchase from cafes close by. We do have a fridge and microwave at the studio for your convenience.
Ask our friendly team for advice if you are not sure if this workshop is for you.
What is provided?
• tea, coffee and biscuits (please bring your own cup)
• a friendly, supportive and encouraging learning environment
• connection to the Bienarte art community
This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.


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The USA has it's own sound when it comes to techno, even if the masses even have a clue that anything other than MTV exists. Mr. Wink has been a pioneer of the scene in Philadelphia, a close third to Detroit and Chicago when house turned electronica. Getting this material released on a major label is already a breakthrough in America, but wink has more fish (or cauliflower) to fry. Far from the narcotic fueled European scene, his music is as a calculated as his somewhat vegan lifestyle. This is an immensely enjoyable set of tunes, constructed to instruct the uninitiated (or perhaps uninitiate the instructed), and still delight skeptics who would call it's commercialness into question. Wink highlights techniques from all across the genre, throwing in jazzy horn jams, house beats, long ambient breaks, and even Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails fame) into the mix. He suckers those rockers and traditionalists with well arranged 'songs', exposing them slowly to the unfamiliar rhythms and beats, and by the time the familiarity of scowling Trent fades away after 5 tracks, Wink slowly cuts loose and unravels another universe they are helpless to stop, no matter how close their thumb gets to the fast forward button. Killing rock and roll is an eternal toil.
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Leg Contouring with Thigh Lift
Cosmetic surgery procedures including leg lift, body lift, and body contouring surgery are designed to reshape facial and body structures to improve your appearance and self-esteem, especially for people who have lost weight by diet, exercise, or bypass surgery. The loss in weight occurs in the fatty layer of your skin, but not in the skin itself. The expanded skin over your face, neck, chest, breast, belly, leg, arm and thigh area becomes unsightly and a nuisance. In some cases, infections can develop in and under the skin folds.
Dr. Frank Isik is a board-certified Seattle plastic surgeon who has practiced thigh lift surgery for more than a decade. Dr. Isik is also honored as a Top Doc for plastic and cosmetic surgery by Seattle Magazine and as a Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Top Doctor.
The excess skin can be very problematic in the legs, thighs, knees and buttocks areas. For the thigh region, most patients require removal of excess skin from the inner thigh, upper knees and buttocks region. Removal of the excess skin will result in a groin crease scar, with or without an upper inner thigh scar. The length of the scars depends on your current anatomy. The result of a thigh lift is a natural definition of your upper thighs that match your lower thighs. In some instances, liposuction of the knee area can be done at the same time.
Depending on your current anatomy and where the excess skin and fat is located, you may require an inner groin incision or, both an inner and outer groin incision with resulting scars.
The thigh lift may be combined with a buttock, or gluteal lift to dramatically change your lower body appearance. The buttock lift removes the sagging appearance from your backside and is often combined with a circumferential tummy tuck. The excess skin is removed and the buttocks reshaped to provide a more natural contour.
Because dramatic weight loss can cause global changes in your face and body, it is common to address several areas, but not at the same time. For the face and neck, a facelift can restore your facial appearance and remove remaining areas of fat deposits. In the breast, a breast lift can dramatically change the appearance of your figure, in some cases combined with a breast enlargement to restore a fuller look. For the belly, a tummy tuck can remove the excess skin and sometimes combined with liposuction to remove residual areas of fat deposits around your hips. These surgeries are often staged over one to many different surgeries and individualized recommendations will be given to you at your consultation. The staging of these surgeries assures your safety and swift recovery from each stage.
Your safety is paramount. All body contouring procedures are performed by Dr. Frank Isik in Seattle Washington, who is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with over a decade of experience accompanied by an experienced anesthesiologist or CRNA in a AAAASF certified operating room to assure your safety.
You are welcome to come for a consultation and see additional patient photos and learn about the cost of thigh lift surgery. We perform outpatient surgery for patients from Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland and the greater Western Washington area. For patients from Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, we coordinate reduced rate accommodations at several high-quality hotels that are within walking distance of our plastic surgery center and downtown Seattle.
To learn more about this procedure and whether a body lift procedure is right for you, please contact us to schedule a low-cost consultation.


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I guess Jonah is so distracted by Cosmo's cone of silence, that he hasn't been paying attention to all the bloggers out there condemning Sandra Dee's decision. He writes
By the way, where the hell is this much-vaunted blogosphere? If three freshman congressmen from Wisconsin hinted that they wanted to regulate the use of umlauts on the internet in honor of Leif Ericson's birthday, bloggers would be on the steps of Congress up-ending cans of gasoline on themselves in protest at such an infringement on free speech. But here we have all three branches of the government severely restricting independent speech outside of the dinosaurs of Old Media and the relative silence — minus a few noble exceptions (The Volokh conspiracy, Instapundit)– is deafening.
I, for one, have been on it. Of course, seeing has how I practice in that area of law, I better be on it before my malpractice carrier is on me.


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Ntlantsana Accountants and Auditors (Pty) Ltd is an accounting and auditing firm established in 2012, which has grown year on year and currently has offices in Port Elizabeth, Queenstown, Mthatha and in Philippi in the Western Cape.
We offer our services in English, vernacular languages such as Nguni languages (isiXhosa, isiZulu, isiNdebele and siSwati) also other South African indigenous languages such as Sesotho, Setswana and others.
Our services have diversified to meet the demands of our valued clients and we now also offer Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE), training and facilitation, mentoring and coaching.
Ntlantsana Accountants and Auditors strive to be the best accounting firm South Africa and beyond.
We will achieve this by providing adequate accounting services to our clients at all times, coupled with professional, dedicated service.
We are very proud of the recognition we have received by the business fraternity which is testament to our hard work and commitment.
Shanduka Black Umbrellas: 2016
Best Employer Award
Black Business Quarterly Awards 2016
Winner of Iqhawe Mentorship Award
Black Business Quarterly Awards 2014
Winner of Iqhawe Mentorship Award
Second runner up: Ubank Best Established SMME Award
Future Leader Awards 2014
Winner: Financial Literacy Advocacy Award
Winner: Entrepreneur of the year Award
Black Business Quarterly Awards 2013
Winner of New Entrepreneur of the year
Second runner up: Community Builder of the year
Second runner up: New Innovative Business award
Second runner up: Young Entrepreneur of the year
Africa Growth Institute Awards 2013
Runner Up – Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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Another category … Stop an Echo.
An echo, in fact, is a rotten chestnut bouncing around in a political echo chamber, imparting its moldy "wisdom" on everyone it hits.
Stopping an Echo is the act of publicly challenging one or more of these chestnuts. The object is not really to change the mind of the person who just offered the chestnut, but to provide a baffle, a challenge if you will, to let the hot air out of it before it has a chance to infect someone who might be listening or reading.
It doesn't hurt to try to convince the perpetrator, but don't get your hopes up. Try to remember to be civil if you can. It does make the perp look particularly bad if you appear to be the adult in the room while they get all unhinged. Nothing like contrast to show a bystander who has a better grip on reality. Besides, I find my own calmness in the face of their hysteria drives them batty.
And with that, I'll re-post one of my more widely viewed and circulated old posts from The Clue Batting Cage right here. This is where it started. Several Chrsitmas' ago. It's become a big campaign of mine to get people to engage in this.
The rotten chestnut here, the echo that needed to be stopped?
Fox News Lies
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So I'm sitting around with family, and one conservative member mentions something he saw on Fox News.
A progressive member starts in with the passive-aggressive giggle of dismissal, and then the condescending "you mean you watch Fox News?"
And the conservative member says "Yup. Fair and balanced."
More giggles. "Oh, gosh! Do you know how many lies they tell?"
Now normally when this progressive member disparages Fox News (this is certainly not the first time) I keep my mouth shut in the name of family harmony. Which I think, unfortunately, only re-enforces the idea in such people's minds that their assertion is correct.
But I decided I needed to chime in this time. The giggles are one thing. The condescension I usually gloss over. But the "lies" thing. I wasn't going to let that drop.
"No. I don't know. Tell me a lie Fox News has told."
Giggles. "Well I don't watch it."
"So you don't watch it, but you know they tell lies? How do you know they tell lies?"
"Well I read somewhere…"
"You read somewhere? How do you know that wasn't a lie?"
"Well I don't. They all do it, that's what I'm saying."
"Then why single out Fox?"
"Well I read somewhere that they were the worst."
"And you believe what you read?"
"Well let's not get into anything political. Why can't people just talk about things anymore?"
Why not indeed. Who brought it up? Who got nasty about it?
Fortunately, I suppose, the phone rang. It was for the progressive.
So I'm sitting here thinking … "Fox News lies, but you don't have any examples and you don't watch it. They all lie, but you know Fox is 'the worst' because you read something one of the other liars wrote?"
The problem is, they're used to people either politely keeping quiet, backing down, or patting them on the head for echoing what they've been instructed to believe and many others have accepted … typically the people they hang out with.
Don't let it happen anymore. When anyone tries to espouse how "hateful" conservative-friendly networks and show hosts are, make them back it up. Watch them back down. Stop an echo.


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The Adware.Shopping4Causes is a dangerous application that is categorized as an adware. The Adware.Shopping4Causes is used by the hackers to promote unauthenticated products, and make commissions. Once installed, this malicious virus runs annoying pop-up ads on the screen of the infected machine, and it is almost impossible for you to perform browsing on that system. The international hackers use this application not only for the promotional purpose, but also for stealing the most confidential data stored on that computer. This precious information is then used for the purpose of making money through illegal means, and online frauds. Once installed, it has the ability to redirect all your searches towards phishing websites, and make your browsing speed extremely slow. This notorious adware can damage your computer permanently if you do not remove this immediately.
The Manual Removal of Adware.Shopping4Causes
Once it is confirmed that your system is compromised to the Adware.Shopping4Causes, you have to delete this deadly dangerous adware application immediately. You can get rid of this virus either with the help of any reliable automatic software or by using the manual removal method. The manual removal of this virus is also possible, but not easy. The instructions for manual removal are as under:-
Start Your Computer in the Safe Mode
First you have to restart the infected system, and access the boot option menu with the help of F8 key. In the boot options, you have to select the safe mode option from the list, and hit the Enter key to start the machine in the safe mode.
Delete the Processes through Windows Task Manager
The manual removal process starts from the killing of associated processes of the Adware.Shopping4Causes. In this regard, you need to open the task manager window with the help of Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys. Once the task manager is accessed, you have to select the Processes tab. Under this tab you can see all the processes that are running in your computer. You have to find and delete the following processes from the list:-
- %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
Delete the Associated Data
The next step of this complicated process is getting rid of the suspicious files. Following are some of the files that are considered as associated files of this threat:-
- %Desktopdir%\Adware.Shopping4Causes.lnk
- %Programs%\Adware.Shopping4Causes\Adware.Shopping4Causes.lnk
Reverse the Modification in the Windows Registry
Open the start menu, click on the Run option, type Regedit in the box, and press OK button to access the registry editor where you can modify or remove the malicious entries created by the Adware.Shopping4Causes. Once the registry editor is started, you have to navigate to the following entries, and delete them one by one:-
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adware.Shopping4Causes\DisplayIcon %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe,0
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adware.Shopping4Causes
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adware.Shopping4Causes\UninstallString "%AppData%[RANDOM CHARACTERS][RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" -u
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[RANDOM CHARACTERS] %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adware.Shopping4Causes\ShortcutPath "%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" -u
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adware.Shopping4Causes\DisplayName Adware.Shopping4Causes
In the end, you have to restart the system in the normal mode to evaluate the success of the manual removal method, and update the existing antivirus software.


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Publisher: Enodare
Pub. Date: Feb 2011
Format: e-form
If you are an executor or a legal personal representative of an estate of someone who has passed away, you must notify the Social Security Administration of the death as soon as possible. As well as providing notice of the death, you are also obliged to return any social security payments issued by the Social Security Administration issued during and after the month in which the deceased passed away.
This form allows executors and legal personal representatives to notify the Social Security Administration of the death of the deceased and to return any benefit payments received by the deceased after his/her death.
It should also ensure that any correspondence from the Social Security Administration will be properly addressed to the executor going forward. This, in turn, should ensure that the family of the deceased are not burdened by unwanted correspondence and requests for small amounts of money in an already difficult period.


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Founded in 1983 by Rob and Deborah Griffin, Barnard Griffin is the premier family-owned winery in Washington and an important part of every wine aficionado's tour of the state's greatest wineries. Not only does it have a rich winemaking history, one that represents the true pioneering spirit of Washington State wines, but it also takes you into wonderful, new varietals. Barnard Griffin encourages you to join the adventure that begins in the fertile mind and experimental alchemy of founder Rob Griffin. His ever-expanding palette of artisanal wines will make the perfect addition to your table.
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Beyoncé Knowles will release her fourth solo album in late June this year.
The singer unveiled six tracks from her latest studio album to label bosses in New York last week, and is believed to have received a rapturous response.
"It was just amazing," Sony Music Australia boss Denis Handlin told The Daily Telegraph. "These songs, the best description I can give is groundbreaking.
"She's gone to another level," Handlin added.
Last week it was announced that Knowles had ended her professional relationship with her father, Mathew Knowles, who has managed the singer's career for 14 years.
The currently untitled album will be released in time for Beyoncé's headlining slot at this year's Glastonbury Festival.


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In his late 60s, Professor Carey Stoneking just became the national 24Hr ultra-running USATF champion, by completing over 93miles. By the way he does it on very little carbs…
Will all endurance athletes be able to deliver a performance like this, when they hit their 60s?
I'm not so sure – and here's why –
The rise of US triathlon race series in the '80s was largely bank-rolled by the beverage industry. The leading sports drink of the time ' Gatorade' and Bud-Light Beer were major players. At that time products like Gatorade were the go to training fuel for athletes in many sports. Within a short time, came many emulators, producing similar products under various '…ade' brands (amazing lack of brand innovation). By 2014, the leading producers were selling more than 20 billion liters of sports-drinks globally and in the US alone, almost 1 billion liters. In 2016, the leading US sports drink brand earned a cool $3.3 billion dollars revenue (Statistica).
The usage of sports-energy drinks has not only grown beyond consumption by athletes, but they have also evolved from a 'training-racing fueling product', to a general consumption drink. I'll save my comments on this issue for another day, but I do want to drill down on the pervasive-frequent use of sports-drinks by competitive endurance athletes – after all, they can be training (and drinking) upto and over 30 hours a week…hence the alarm bells.
At the highest level, endurance athletes are bifurcating between two fueling strategies these days,
A) the heavy carb/protein, little fat group, and,
B) the high-fat low carb group.
I won't go into the pro's and con's of each in this article, but suffice to say, the consumption of high-sugar refueling drinks are consumed by group A), and avoided by group B).
OK, so lets first put some context to hydration/fueling practices for your typical ultra endurance athlete.
- 3-4 training sessions during week days – on average 4-12 hours per week,
- 1-2 long training sessions on the weekend – on average 4-20 hours on the weekend
- Typical fluid consumption patterns
- In temperate/arid climates, fluid consumption in training is ~0.5-1.5 liters/Hour, depending on temperature.
- In tropical climates, fluid consumption in training can be ~1-2 liters/Hour, depending on temperature
So based on this training load and these typical fluid consumption patterns, its not inconceivable that an athlete could be consuming between 4 and 20 liters of fluid, per week, in training. Now if that was water, with some electrolytes and whole-foods for fueling there would be no concern…but for a vast majority of athletes, this is not the case.
A 500-600ml bottle of sports-drink delivers somewhere between 30-40 grams of sucrose, the equivalent of around 8-10 teaspoons of crystallized sugar. Therefore, an endurance athlete repeatedly fueling with these drinks could be consuming somewhere between 60 and several hundred teaspoons of sugar in a single week.
Maybe you're thinking, 'this isn't common', but from our perspective, we think you would be surprised just how common this is. Also remember we are only calculating the 'fluid' consumption of sugar here. The total sugar load is even higher, when you also add the sugar laden bars (30-40grams) and gels (25-30 grams) typically consumed with these drinks.
Now you could write a book, on the broad health implications of all this sugar, but I wanted to focus on some recent research, looking at the consumption of high sugar-drinks and its association with joint/muscle inflammation.
Published in the Journal of Nutrition and Diabetes last year, researchers found a strong association between joint (and gut) inflammation and arthritis. Prior research has linked the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup to arthritis, but there had not been research looking at the implications of soft drinks and fruit drinks (which generate excess free fructose) on joint/muscle inflammation.
It was found that young adults (20-30years of age) regularly consuming these drinks more than 5 times per week, were 3 times as likely to have arthritic symptoms, vs. non/low consumers.
Think about it for a moment, a 20-30 year old having arthritic symptoms – a condition historically akin to old age. The explanation behind this, was that the inflammation (from fructose/sugars) in the gut triggered the formation of pro-inflammatory 'advanced glycation end-products', which once absorbed, find their way to structural tissues (muscles and joints etc.) to heighten inflammatory symptoms (pain, swelling, reduced range of movement).
Now OK, you can't directly compare the outcomes of dietetic practices of non-athletes and assume the same outcomes would occur with active athletes. But as we went deeper into the research on this topic, and engaged ultra athletes, we repeatably heard about the gut issue (from high-sugar fueling) time and time again.
In fact, even if you put the joint-muscle inflammation issues aside for a moment, gut distress remains the number 1 reason behind DNFs in ultra racing … here's an article on that topic.
I had wondered about this 4 years back, when I made my fuel switch from carbs-sugars and began transitioning to a high-fat/ low-carb fueling approach. For my longer training runs of 5-8 hours, I would have to take ibuprofen during-after these sessions to deal with the muscle-joint aches and pain. Well now at 45, I use no anti-inflams in training, I can take on heavier and more consistent training volume. I am running faster than I have for 10 years, and without pain. At the time, I made no connection to sugar-energy-drinks and the gut formation of pro-inflammatory triggers.
So, coming back to the topic of 'Longevity' of the ultra endurance athlete. I'm going to put it out there, and that is, I believe the longevity of the ultra-endurance athletes lifestyle is being put at risk by, sugar – period, plain and simple.
I won't go into all the research on longevity that I have been delving into for the past few years (more comprehensive publication coming later). However, I will highlight, that in both model research organisms, multiple mammalian models, including human beings – there is a consistent thematic trend that high-calorie, free glucose diets are consistently associated with a shorter life-span. Conversely, calorie restriction, lower carb-sugar load, and physical exercise have shown to be associated with longer lifespans … that would be, longevity.
Now, as so many of us endurance athletes have come to know – this whole endurance thing is way deeper than a weekend recreational sport. It's a lifestyle, we value and cherish. The freedom of running, or swimming or biking through the mountains, or oceans with some degree of ease, is rewarding and satisfying on so many levels. The relief it brings to the stress of life is palpable, and at times fundamentally therapeutic. So having this 'part of who we are and how we live' taken away or shortened – due to pain, or aching muscles-joints and systemic inflammation – isn't a nice thought. But it's happening, and I think it's happening much more than everyone thinks. Many have fallen into the trap of blaming 'age' to shortening their physically active lifestyles. Our numerical age is just a number, and our lifestyle and health shouldn't be dictated by a number.
If you value the lifestyle and state of well-being that endurance sport provides, then be careful and conscious on your fueling practices. How you fuel yourself, in training and racing over the years may very well dictate the longevity of your ultra endurance lifestyle.
Go longer, go run and live like Carey!
All the best in the longevity of your ultra-lifestyle … Go-Longer.


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The Governing Body at Springwell Lincolnshire is made up of people who are incredibly skilled and knowledgeable, and will provide challenge and support to our leadership team to drive up standards at Springwell Lincolnshire.
The Chair of Governors can be contacted via:
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln
Macaulay Drive
The Governing Body meets every half term. We are currently looking to appoint two Parent Governors. If you are interested and have children whom either attend any Springwell Lincolnshire site, or who attend a different school but are of school age, please email Kate Storr, Clerk to the Governors: firstname.lastname@example.com
Details of Springwell Lincolnshire Governing Body Meetings for 2019-20 are as follows. Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are held at the Lincoln school (Macaulay Drive, LN2 4EN) and commence at 5pm:
17th October 2019
5th December 2019
6th February 2020
2nd April 2020
21st May 2020
2nd July 2020
Details of the members of our Governing Body:
Dr Stephen Holloway (Chair) – appointed 24.05.2017 (Springwell Trust)
Responsible for Leadership & Management
Responsible for Business & Finance
Responsible for Community Engagement
Responsible for Health & Safety & Premises
Kevin Moody – appointed 05.12.2019; elected as Vice Chair 06.02.2020
Link Governor for Mablethorpe
Claire Buffham – appointed 01.04.2017 (Springwell Trust)
Link Governor for Spalding
Responsible for Teaching & Learning
Responsible for Curriculum
Responsible for Standards & Achievement
Guy Morris – appointed 24.05.2017 (Springwell Trust)
Link Governor for Lincoln
Responsible for Standards & Data, Behaviour & Attendance, Key Pupil Groups
David Reed – appointed 21.05.2020 (Springwell Trust)
Responsible for Safeguarding
Christine Stanley – appointed 05.12.2019 (Springwell Trust)
Link Governor for Grantham
Mark Wilson – Ex Officio, appointed 17.10.2019
Dale Kitchen – appointed 05.12.2019 (Staff)
Previous members of the Governing Body over the last 12 months:
Ann Oldham – appointed 24.05.2017 (Springwell Trust), resigned 31st July 2019
Miriam Reynolds – appointed 24.05.2017 (Staff), resigned 31st July 2019
Dave Whitaker – appointed 01.04.2017 (Ex Officio: Executive Principal), resigned 31st July 2019
Sam Golia – Ex Officio, resigned 31st July 2019
Declarations of Interest:
Claire Buffham is Director of Education for the Community Inclusive Trust.
Dr Stephen Holloway is Local Councillor Fiskerton, Rotherham; Director of Metalysis, Rotherham; Member of the Institute of Directors; Director of Combustion Order Ltd.
Minutes from Governing Body meetings:
These are available upon request from Kate Storr, Clerk to the Governors: firstname.lastname@example.com
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…because otherwise, he's on the wrong side of the fence on this one.
The President appears to want there to be "strong encryption" that isn't so strong that the government can't break it. People have rightly pointed out that if the government has the keys, it isn't "strong encryption." And, let's be honest here: If the government has the key, then they won't be the only ones.
I've been frustrated by his attempt to find a middle ground before even beginning negotiations for a long time ("Let's just take the right answer, single-payer, off the table before we even talk about health care!"), and this is just more of the same. I admire the ability to compromise when appropriate. That's how politics are supposed to work. But sometimes, like, oh, I dunno, in this case, there is not workable middle ground. You have to make a choice and take a stance.
Not to mention, it's literally impossible to prevent unbreakable encryption. Math does not support the middle ground.


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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Adana
ADANA. (1) A vilayet in the S.E. of Asia Minor, which includes the ancient Cilicia. The mountain districts are rich in unexploited mineral wealth, and the fertile coast-plain, which produces cotton, rice, cereals, sugar and much fruit, and affords abundant pasturage, is well watered by the rivers that descend from the Taurus range. Imports and exports pass through Mersina (q.v.). (2) The chief town of the vilayet, situated in the plain about 30 m. from the sea in N. lat. 37° 1′, E. long. 35° 18′, on the right bank of the Seihan (Sihun, anc. Sarus), which is navigable by small craft as far as the town. Adana is connected with Tersus and Mersina by a railway built in 1887, and has a magnificent stone bridge, which carries the road to Missis and the east, and dates in parts from the time of Justinian, but was restored first in 743 A.D. and called Jisr al-Walid after the Omayyad caliph of that name, and again in 840 by the Caliph Mutasim. There are, also, a ruined castle founded by Harun al-Rashid in 782, fine fountains, good buildings, river-side quays, cotton mills and an American mission with church and schools. Adana, which retains its ancient name, rose to importance as a station on the Roman military road to the East, and was at one time a rival of Tarsus. The town was largely rebuilt by Mansur in 758, and during subsequent centuries it often changed hands and suffered many vicissitudes. Its position, commanding the passage of the mountains to the north of Syria, rendered it important as a military station in the contest between the Egyptians and the Turks in 1832. After the defeat of the Turkish army at Konia it was granted to Ibrahim Pasha, and though the firman announcing his appointment named him only muhassil, or collector of the crown revenue, it continued to be held by the Egyptians till the treaty of July 1840 restored it to the Porte. The chief productions of the province are cotton, corn, sesame and wool, which are largely exported. The population of the town is greatly mixed, and, having a large element of nomads in it, varies much from time to time. At its maximum it reaches nearly 50,000. (D. G. H.)


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I love movie scores, often more so than their soundtracks. I've purchased several favorites throughout the years, and one of them that recently came up in my shuffle mode was Danny Elfman's brilliant score for the first Spider-Man film that came out in 2002.
One of the more interesting facts about the score is that Danny Elfman, who is usually known as a big part of the tag-team of Burton and Elfman for their collaboration in film and scores, had actually already worked with Sam Raimi on a couple of his films prior to Spider-Man, including Darkman (1990) and Army of Darkness (1993).
Elfman's score for the first Spider-Man film was critically successful, winning numerous awards in 2002, including a BMI Film Music Award, a Golden Trailer Award, a Saturn Award, and a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media.
There are several notable tracks on the score, but I think its Main Title is one the strongest themes created for a superhero franchise, with the scores for the remakes often making it onto the cons lists when comparing the old and newer films. One of the things I disliked most about the Spider-Man remakes was the score. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) at least offered some better work from Hans Zimmer along with The Magnificent 6, but for me both scores pale in comparison to this genius work of Danny Elfman in the first Spider-Man film.
One of my other favorite tracks on the album is City Montage:
Although with enough time passed and more remakes in the works, I think Elfman's score will stand the test of time, even if the film itself doesn't.
It's your turn now. What is your favorite Danny Elfman score? Which score do you prefer of all five Spider-Man films? Please join the conversation below, because I would love to know your thoughts.


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Read more.Watch the leaked promotional video. Is this the real thing, or is this just fantasy?
Read more.Watch the leaked promotional video. Is this the real thing, or is this just fantasy?
Depends on whether it's targeted at performance or mobility, surely? This could essentially be a Nexus 10 with a keyboard and ChromeOS, using a not-too-expensive mobile SoC. Or it could run a ULV Core iSomething, and cost the earth. Or perhaps (and we fanboys can only hope) it'll be a major design win for AMDs new Kabini SoC - quad-core Jaguar plus GCN would be pretty damn tasty in a Chromebook...After the mostly lower-budget targeted Chromebooks we have seen so far surely this one would be quite expensive.
Be interesting to see what GPU is behind this screen. We've seen with the Nexus 10 that the high resolution drained the GPU/CPU power. Could we see a real GPU on a Google OS device that could pave the way to some decent gaming.
Given Googles recent pricing trend - Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and Nexus 4. I suspect the price will be reasonable if they officially announce these. It looks like a nice little device on the surface, let's hope it has an IPS screen and decent performance and battery life. If you can come in at £600 with acceptable specs it could tick many boxes for people looking for a quality budget option.
IMO it's not realistic to expect games to run decently at resolutions as high as this on a mobile device, and I see no real problem with scaling them down. The very high DPI might be useful for some stuff, but I've never heard anyone complain about the pixel density of a 1920x1080 24" monitor while gaming. And if the games aren't specifically designed to scale well up to high resolutions, you might end up with a microscopic HUD.
Also, without meaning to complain again, why does it seem people already use 'Retina' as a generic trademark for something with a relatively high DPI? It's just an Apple brand name for what they consider to be a high DPI, somewhat analogous to calling AMD (or other) graphics cards GeForces.
Would never be 2560x1700 - 16:10 is 2560x1600
The fact that this needs an always on internet connection makes it kind of pointless IMHO,and it sounds more like a home laptop as a result.
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Those despicable Elk,stealing the pond weed!
If you are pottering around and need a mobile device,you need to add the additional cost of a data subscription too,just to do basic word processing,etc. Not all phone contracts allow tethering and data allowances for phones have got stingier now.
Moreover,what if mobile data coverage is not great?? I have been to mates places where mobile data coverage is crap and that is in the South East.
Hence it is really not that portable and is essentially tethered to a home connection.
But what if you have an issue,with the connection and need to do some work?? It becomes a brick.
Then,if you go on holiday,how much will mobile data cost in those countries,and will coverage even be the same as in the UK??
The only reason I would buy a Chromebook is to wipe it and put another OS on it.
Ultimately,you can get Windows laptops for under £300,which are a better use of your money. Even,a Android tablet is probably a bettr use of your money.
Those despicable Elk,stealing the pond weed!
Assuming it's vaguely based on a macbook with retina, it'd be a 13" 2560x1600 screen (1700 was probably just a typo, like my cookbook telling me to bake cookies at 290C ). IMNSHO ~13" is the sweet spot for a portable laptop - big enough for a proper keyboard, but still noticably more portable than a 15" model. Given my current ultraportable is mostly used for web browsing, email and word processing, a Chromebook would fulfill all those requirements. You can even get a few games through the chrome store - casual stuff, sure, but enough to entertain you on a train journey. Add a high pixel count screen and good battery life by running it off a mobile chip, and I'd be all over it
I'd still like to see a 13", 1440x900 ultraportable with a ULV Trinity/Richland, though...
I was just about to say, you could get one and stick another OS on it.
Also, not entirely sure I 'get' Chrome OS.
I actually used a mobile broadband connection as my main connection,for a month or so. Even with me limiting my usage,ie,not watching video or streaming music that much,it was shocking how much data I used,as upload and download are included in the allowance.
Even in the South East,you will find that mobile data coverage is not brilliant.
Its just absolutely pointless as a mobile OS. The only reason I would really get a laptop would be for word processing,excel,powerpoint,image editing,controlling equipment,etc - things that you don't need to have an internet connection for. Otherwise,I would just use a Android tablet.
Chrome OS is a hipsters OS.
Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 07-02-2013 at 12:50 PM.
Those despicable Elk,stealing the pond weed!
.... and since when is 2560 horizontal pixels 4K?????
Resistance is not futile.
It's V/I
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BCF and the Organizing Committee justify the reasons for the official answer
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Statement of the organizing committee
In relation to the letters of the World Chess Champion V. Anand and the Indian Chess Federation spread through the media, in which they request the match for the world title in chess 2010 to be postponed with 3 days, we have to state the following:
* During her visit in Sofia from 8 to 12 February 2010, Mrs. Aruna Anand, wife and manager of the world champion, reserved two apartments and 4 rooms in "Hilton" Sofia from 15th of April until 14th of May 2010. These were paid for in a timely manner by the Organizing Committee and are at the disposal of the team of V. Anand. On the 15th of April Mr. Hans-Walter Schmitt, member of the team of V.Anand checked in the hotel in Sofia and took the keys of all rooms designated for the delegation of the World Champion. From this follows, that Mr. Anand and his team have checked in the hotel.
According to the Contract (art. 8 "Privileges of the players"), FIDE asks from the organizers to give them, with their good disposition, 7 (seven) days before the beginning of the match for getting accustomed to the new location. This privilege the player uses depending on his judgment. According to the contract, the player is obliged to be present at the mandatory press conference before the inauguration of the game, which is scheduled for the 21st of April this year.
* On the 15th of April this year the Organizing Committee of the match asked in writing Mrs. Anand about the time and number of the flight that will carry the delegation of the world champion, so they can be greeted as it is accustomed, the same way all World Champions have been greeted upon their arrival in Bulgaria. Up until that moment Mrs. Anand had always answered all letters sent to her correctly and in a timely manner. This time there was no answer. A written request to the FIDE Central in Athens was sent immediately, and the answer received was the following: "Mrs. Anand is probably in an airplane and has switched off her cell phone." The organizers and the journalists in Bulgaria were bitterly disappointed of the attitude of the world champion V.Anand, but we accepted it as a part of the "playing on the nerves game".
* For the fact, that Mr. Anand could not arrive on time in Sofia, the organizers bear no fault. The fault is to be placed on him and his team. Even more, according to art.11.2 from the contract (on which Mr. Anand is placing his statements) "If one of the parties meets an obstacle in fulfilling one of the parties duties according to this Contract due to a Force Majeure occurance, this party should, at the first reasonable possibility, inform the rest of the parties for the nature and span of the circumstances that caused the Force Majeure occurance." The organizational Committee, as well as the team of V. Topalov up to 11:00h at the 18th of April 2010, was not aware of the troubles of Mr. V. Anand. For those we learned first from the press and then from the supervisor of the match, Mr. G Makropoulus.
* According to art. 11.3 from the contract, the party, which states that due to a Force Majeure situation had made impossible or has delayed the fulfillment of one of the party's duties according to this contract, should use all available means to put an end to the fmajore situation and to find a solution that allows the fulfillment of the contract at hand. If the organizing committee was informed, in a timely manner, for the problem with the arrival of Mr. Anand and his team, we would have given him full assistance to resolve the problematic situation.
We understand the problem of Mr. Anand, but we are bitterly disappointed by his derogatory actions and attitude towards the organizers. All problems that emerge should be resolved in dialogue with shown understanding from all sides, and not in the form of pressure.
As much as we are aware, there is no official sports event (World or European championship) that has been postponed due to the inability of one of the teams (players) to arrive on time. The party that does not show up carries the sanctions accordingly. For your information, for the last games the Champions League in Football, every team should find a way to be present on time for the given competition. In the given case, if Mr. Anand had used the alternative means of transportation between Frankfurt and Sofia (train, bus, private car, etc.), he would have arrived to the latest 6 (six) days before the start of the first game, scheduled for April 23rd, which is enough time for getting accustomed and rest.
Postponing the match will result in losses of tens of thousands euro for the organizers, the disturbance of the schedules of politicians, sponsors and official figures taking part in the event, the obstruction of contracts with the television and other media and many inconveniences for the numerous international guests, who have already reserved their accommodation in Sofia.
Therefore, we consider the request for postponing the game as unacceptable.
The Organizational Committee
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These printable valentine bingo cards make a quick Valentine's Day game for your classroom, group, or home. You'll love how easy it is to put together and the kids will love how much fun it is.
These valentine bingo cards look best when printed on cardstock but you can also print them on normal printer paper. Using colored paper can give them a whole new look!
You'll need markers to cover the squares in your game of valentine bingo and scraps of paperwork in a pinch. You can also splurge and use conversation hearts, Hershey kisses, or M&Ms.
If you're looking for more Valentine's Day activities for kids, check out these Valentine's Day party games for kids, and themed Valentine's Day coloring pages and word searches.
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Free, Printable Valentine Bingo
Here's another conversation heart themed bingo card that's great to use for Valentine's Day.
The set includes 8 pre-filled free bingo cards with instructions as well as a blank bingo card so you can create as many as you need if you have a large group wanting to play.
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Conversation Heart Bingo
Create, Craft, Love, has designed these lovely valentine bingo cards that use conversation hearts not only as the markers but as the calling cards. What a sweet treat!
There are six valentine bingo cards that come with the download including instructions on how to make the game easy or more challenging.
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Valentine's Day Bingo Game
One Creative Mommy has designed an adorable set of valentine bingo cards with pictures of love bugs, owls, raccoons, sea otters, hearts, flowers, butterflies, and even spiders.
These Valentine's Day bingo cards are great for a small or large group. You can download the family set with 10 cards or the classroom set with 30 printable cards.
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Valentines Bingo
Makoodle has three different designs available for valentines bingo cards, this adorable subway art one, a pink and red striped card, and a pink and white one all decorated in hearts.
Each style of valentine bingo card has 14 cards you can download, making it a great option for larger groups of kids. There are also blank cards included so you can make additional cards if you necessary.
Valentines Bingo from MakoodleContinue to 5 of 12 below.
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Free Valentine's Day Bingo
Teepee Girl has designed 6 free valentine bingo cards that print out two per page. They can be downloaded as a PDF file or a ZIP file.
Each square has a beautiful Valentine's Day image of cupcakes, flowers, stars, hearts, lips, candy, and more. Besides the cards, there is also a printable page of calling cards.
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Customizable Photo Valentine Bingo
Eighteen25 has created a unique valentine bingo game that you can personalize with your family or student photos.
Follow the directions to open the valentine bingo card and insert your photos from your computer.
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Valentine Bingo Cards
These super cute valentine bingo cards have spaces that are numbered 1 to 24 and print in a 5x7 size.
There are three valentine bingo cards available but also a blank card so you can add your own numbers if you have a large group.
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Valentine Bingo Cards Freebie
This adorable set of four valentine bingo cards can be downloaded over at SammyD Kreations.
I love the tops of the bingo cards that have the words "Hugs", "Kiss", "Love", and "XOXO."Continue to 9 of 12 below.
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Valentine Bingo
This is a complete valentine bingo game that includes 12 cards as well as calling cards.
Real images are used along with their names in this game of valentine bingo.
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Valentine's Day BINGO Game
Here's a complete valentine bingo game you can download for free over at Simply Fresh Designs.
Included are six 5x7 valentine bingo cards, calling cards, and instructions.
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Valentine's Day Bingo Free Printable
Over at Libbie Grove Design, you'll find a wonderful set of free valentine bingo cards that include 16 printable bingo cards and a set of calling cards.
Each valentine bingo cards print off four per page making this a quick project to print and assemble.
Valentine's Day Bingo Free Printable from Libbie Grove Design
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Free, Printable Valentine Bingo
This set of Valentine bingo cards is unlike any of the others. Unique hand drawings of hearts in colors like pink, teal, blue, and orange make it a pleasure to play. There are 12 different bingo cards and a set of calling cards that are all included in the free download.
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Re: Trouble with Tie::IxHashby bart (Canon)
|on May 23, 2006 at 18:49 UTC ( #551218=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
You're not creating the nested hash in the proper order, as you're using anonymous hashes as values somewhere, which are intrinsically unordered. And then, it's too late to fix it.
First off, take a look at a module our co-monk japhy wrote: Tie::Autotie. It'll automatically tie deeper hashes also. If you then would assign the values one by one, it would already work:
You might not like the required syntax — though for reading from a data file, it'd probably work fine. I'm thinking of an alternative to anonymous hashes: tied hash references. I don't know if any module already implements them, but you can build them by hand:
In that case, you should be able to write (including the above sub):
which looks acceptable to me... no?
update n.b. You don't need to use Tie::Autotie if you use the latter suggestion, make sure to replace every anonymous hash with a call to ixhash(), and never rely on autovivification.
p.s. You can use Tie::Hash::Indexed as a plug-in replacement for Tie::IxHash. The former is written in XS, the latter in Pure Perl, so it should be faster. I haven't run a benchmark, though.
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Universities should be assessed on how many students from poorer families they send into professional jobs, rather than how many they admit, a former vice-chancellor has argued.
In a report for the thinktank CentreForum, Michael Brown, who led Liverpool John Moores University from 2000 to 2011, says existing measures of universities' impact on social mobility focus solely on "inputs" – the number of students admitted from poorer backgrounds.
But they should instead concentrate on student "outcomes" achieved by universities, namely how many poorer students gain graduate employment soon after graduation.
"University recruitment alone is no indicator of having achieved social mobility in a sustainable or meaningful way," writes Professor Brown in the report, titled Higher Education as a Tool of Social Mobility, published on 1 May.
Indeed, recruiting more students from poorer backgrounds could be a "perverse" and retrograde move if they do not get the support to achieve good degrees and professional jobs, given the debts they will incur, he says.
To encourage universities to improve their support for disadvantaged students in gaining professional employment, Professor Brown suggests a new Social Mobility Graduate Index, which could be used in league tables.
Using official student and employment data that already informs universities' Key Information Sets, the index would reflect the destinations of university leavers six months after they graduate.
Those universities who sent a large number of poorer students into graduate-level jobs would be rewarded for their employability success and their contribution to improving social mobility.
In the proposed index featuring 153 institutions, the School of Pharmacy is top, followed by the University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, Ravensbourne college in London, University Campus Suffolk and Edge Hill University.
Most of those institutions' success reflects their orientation towards professions such as nursing and teaching, but other less specialised universities perform strongly, including the University of Huddersfield (sixth), Glyndwr University (joint seventh) and the University of Lincoln (joint ninth).
Only two Russell Group members feature in the top half of the index (Cardiff University at joint 59th and Newcastle University at joint 74th), with the group's poor performance reflecting the high level of social privilege of its students, the report says. The University of Oxford finishes second to last (above only the University of Buckingham), just behind the University of St Andrews.
To incentivise universities to improve social mobility, Professor Brown suggests that student quotas are retained, with extra places awarded to universities with strong track records in helping poorer students into the professions.
But he notes that the government is to abolish student number controls from September 2015, which in essence means it "is relying entirely on the market to deliver the [social mobility] outcomes that it desires".
With the government "relinquishing influence" over social mobility, students should have access to the index, which provides "timely and accurate performance information to allow [them] to make informed choices on the best institution to deliver the outcome they seek", Professor Brown concludes.
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The feel and design of Santani Wellness Resort is based on Kandy and the city's beauty, tranquility and grandeur.
Kandy in Sri Lanka, with the serene Kandy Lake in the middle, is surrounded by tea plantations, rainforests and mountains. Everything about this city evokes a sense of tranquility and restfulness. No wonder that it is home to one of the finest wellness resorts in the country.
Santani Wellness Resort, designed by Thisara Thanapathy Associates, can be approached through winding roads of the rural, hilly terrain.
The design, conceived by principal architect Thisara Thanapathy, takes guests across a series of green terraces that follows the slope of the land, resembling a stepped paddy field. At the foot of these terraces lies a green paddy field.
There are two simple pavilions constructed on pillars slightly above the ground, resembling Kandyan vernacular structures on pillars. The turfed terraces blend well not only with the paddy field in the front, but also with the adjacent well-groomed tea estate. The orientation of the terraces makes a strong visual connection with the far away mountains and makes one feel at one with nature.
A well-articulated pathway brings visitors to the reception pavilion, which frames and captures the view of the scenic mountains. A tunnel in the pavilion leads one down to the immediate lower level. A water therapy room, steam room and sauna are located here. If you walk further down the tunnel, you enter the second lower level where three massage treatment rooms are located.
Established in 1997, Thisara Thanapathy Architects belongs to the creative breed of contemporary Sri Lankan architectural practices. Since inception, the team has designed and completed numerous projects, varying from residential houses, to civic, industrial and commercial buildings.
The team of Sri Lankan aArchitects, with other leading professionals, both local and foreign, collaborate to make every project a success. Coordination with small and large scale contractors helps the team produce quality work on time. The firm first understands the requirements of the client and then interprets them in the form of Sri Lankan architectural language and style.


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Businesses struggle to fill positions as NH enjoys low unemployment
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Officials say job training could help fill specialized positions
New Hampshire enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but that's causing problems for Granite State businesses trying to find enough qualified workers.
At a job fair Friday in Exeter Town Hall, 72 businesses were trying to sell themselves to New Hampshire job seekers.
"We have a lot of openings right now," said Wanda Rodriguez of River Woods Healthcare. "We are looking for great people in the community."
From health care to manufacturing to driving instructors, the field of opportunities crosses the spectrum.
"It's a much different arena that we're dealing with than we were five years ago," said George Copadis, commissioner of employment security.
Copadis said claims for unemployment benefits have dropped from 50,000 a few years ago to about 4,000 now. The task now lies in pairing people with businesses that are increasingly offering training programs to fill specialized jobs.
"It's a good challenge to have, and we're working on that challenge and looking outside the box in order to fill these employers' needs," Copadis said.
State Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord, is sponsoring Senate Bill 227, a work force training bill.
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text: Helena, Excellent stuff. I don't suppose you could be tempted to add reference to your material to the OSGeo Case Studies page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies#GRASS On 23/12/2009 8:20 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote: > I have numerous examples of gis tasks done side-by-side in GRASS and > ArcGIS here: > > http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea582/lec/001/GIS_anal_assign/GIS_Anal_Assignall.html > > > The data for the examples are available as GRASS data location and > ArcGIS geodatabase > (links on top of the document) > as well as in shape and ArcGRID format (I could not get all rasters > convert correctly to GeoTIFF > at the time I was preparing the data) here > http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php > > It certainly does not cover everything (especially vector data and > database examples are very limited) > but there is plenty to show various aspects of GIS from simple display > and visualization to complex > analysis. > > It would be interesting to see some of these examples done in other > systems - we tried QGIS but that ended up > using GRASS plugin too much, so other more independent software would > be more interesting. > I will be updating the material in next few months to capture the > latest developments and plan > to add another course with examples in different software packages in > fall. > I am sure there will be a lot of interest here to see how at least > some of the tasks are executed > in MapWindows of gvSIG and also extension of this material to cover > more vector / database > and image processing material. > > Feel free to use the data, the examples are various modifications of > the examples from the GRASbook, > > Helena > > > > Helena Mitasova > Associate Professor > Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences > North Carolina State University > 1125 Jordan Hall > NCSU Box 8208 > Raleigh, NC 27695-8208 > http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/ > > email: hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu > ph: 919-513-1327 (no voicemail) > fax 919 515-7802 > > > > > On Dec 22, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Stefan Steiniger wrote: > >> Hei Dan, >> >> thanks for the thoughts - I like them too and thats what I see too.. >> we need not only to bring up the highlights between FOSGIS but even >> more to convince people to eventually have a look on FOSGIS by >> comparing it to ESRIs desktop software, since they have set a bit the >> standards (at least for teaching higher level geography GIS courses). >> >> But two notes: I doubte that ESRI has 80% because this would mean the >> utility market is not considered. And I think one talks here more >> about ESRI in a gegraphical analysis perspective. While I am not sure >> what the average GIS user actually does (i.e. How many do queries, do >> editing, do "real" analysis?). >> >> I like your subquestions - and allow me to add comments :) >>> And the three main sub-questions are: >>> Can I open the same files? >> well.. on the c-tribe side yes thanks to Gdal/OGR? But i would >> restrict to core file types (shp, dxf, mif, raster stuff) >> >>> Can I make the same maps? >> uuhmmm - not yet, but...? >> >>> Can I do the same analyses? >> With Sextante probably yes, now. >> >>> Can I teach the same lessons? >> Ahh.. that hits a point. As we need to tell students about "this open >> source stuff". I actually plan to check out the next days if I can >> replace some arcgis analysis tools with sextante for a course. >> >> So maybe we check what is taugth in the GIS core curriculum? >> >>> Something like the MS thesis about GRASS and ArcGIS that was >>> mentioned, but web-based and updated by the various project members. >> >> Sounds good and its great if you would have even student resources. >> I actually tried to do such comparison already in my second >> publication on GIS in landscape ecology and in my last talks - my >> result was: Most of the FOS desktop GIS are on the ArcView level and >> a bit beyond, but we can not compete with ArcInfo (leave a side the >> need for an easy map making tool - not sure how good the last QGIS >> tool is). So by now I see our chance in providing "specialist" tools >> for target groups that are either too small for ESRI, Pitney Bowes & >> Intergraph & Co to be ever included in their official distribution or >> that may be to expensive to be bought as extension for some (I >> remember a friend who once needed Maplex for labeling but not the >> rest of ArcGIS ArcInfo analysis features). And we would need to >> highlight which whose things are. >> >> here a link to that pub: >> http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~sstein/finalpub/steiniger_geographic_information_tools_ecoinf2009.pdf >> >> >> stefan >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com


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"Is the boogy man coming to take my pumpkin?"
"What's in those pumpkins over there?"
Halloween is around the corner. I know my kids are getting excited for that annual adventure of dressing up, knocking on doors and being given candy. They are finally at an age where they don't wonder why you can't just do that any ol' day and get candy.
Dogs are not as sophisticated at watching the calendar for the grand adventure of either going on the walk of all walks -- trick or treating or, for some dogs, the horror show of people endlessly parading up their walk in scary costumes, ringing the bell and yelling "TRICK OR TREAT". While it can be a wonderful socialization opportunity, for those who missed the boat or whose dogs find the stress too much to bear, management of the dog(s) away from the hordes is advisable.
After the treats have been accumulated (Trip and Bean collect them in the pockets of their Har-Vest), please be mindful of the possible toxicity of the treasures for your dogs and again, use wise management to keep eager noses and mouths away from the chocolates and candy.
Have a great holiday, and enjoy!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Growing Up
You care for them, feed them, help nurture them from helpless orphans and they start to take off on their own. Little Anna Heather, the orphaned kitten who came at the tender age of 3 weeks has been here almost half her life. From the scraggly little 6.1 oz critter she has gained more than a whopping 7 oz. and now is a footloose and frolicsome 14 oz. youngster. She has gained more sure footing, trots about fearlessly, eats solid food, uses a litter box, tries to clean herself (but still falls over more often than not), commanding the dogs to her bidding, winning the hearts of all who meet her. Needless to say I'm getting fond of her. But knowing I have to set limits, I have weeded through interested adopters and settled on a couple who live on my block. They will give her a loving and active home and the best part is should the kids and I want to see her, we'll be able to. The best of all words. I'm selfishly keeping her through Halloween to see what she'll think of trick and treaters and the pumpkins that will be flickering their orangey glow. Hopefully I'll be able to add updates on the little one over time.
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Who's My Mama
As an ancillary part of dog training I often help with rescue efforts -- mostly to rehome unwanted dogs and cats, sometimes to help someone find a new dog or cat for their home. I'm often riddled with phone calls and emails asking me to take in an unwanted animal and most of the time I state that regrettably I cannot do that. I do have a petfinder site that has been very successful in finding homes for these animals, and because the results are usually so positive, I keep at it.
The other day my oldest daughter's best friend's father caught me in a vulnerable moment and I agreed to take an orphaned kitten off his hands with the caveat that he provide some kitten formula and a bottle.
Anna Heather, aka AH, has been here nearly a week. She has thrived with regular round the clock bottle feedings and the gentle rubbing of her privates to stimulate her peeing and pooping needs, and she has grown from a scrawny 6 oz. to a whopping 9.1 oz as of this morning. She frolics around the house and seeks out any warm or potentially warm body as if to say, "are you my mama?"
Unfortunately, cats that are orphaned so young who don't benefit from the ministrations of a decent mother and the shared experiences of littermates often develop behavioral problems later on. We're hoping to offset that as much as possible by having her experience different people and animals who are gentle so she can minimize the emotional trauma of being wrenched away from her mother so young.
Tomorrow I estimate she'll be about 4 1/2 - 5 weeks old. We may crack open a can of kitten mush and see how she does. Unfortunately, I'm unwilling to wash her off with my tongue so frequent water based baths and quick drying efforts will hopeful make her look a little less scraggly over time!
We'll keep updates on how she does.
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Measuring Accomplishments
I was talking to a friend the other day who was making the difficult but necessary decision to euthanize a beloved companion dog of very old age and seriously failing health and had some questions about the process. One of her concerns was a surviving also old dog -- would she become distraught and should she go and watch her canine friend go to the rainbow bridge?
I said I felt that unless an animal died in the home and surviving animals might want to sniff for closure sake or whatever you want to call it, I didn't think taking the dog into the hospital to "watch" was a good idea at all. Dogs do mourn, and do have feelings, but I don't think they need to have the stress of watching it happen in a vet hospital no matter how humane the process.
I recommended some rescue remedy could help for both the dog and the people involved and some special treats or a walk or a belly rub or something the dog valued before the euthanasia and I think it helped my friend and her dog.
I was talking to a friend of mine today about how one values accomplishments. I argued it's not in the # of degrees or formal education you have, the $ you earn, the things you own, but by the way people think of and/or remember you when you've gone from their lives (because of life changes including moving away, evolving, up to and including death) or even how they value you when you're an active person in their life.
Dogs don't generally receive degrees or careers from informal or formal education, very few have jobs so to speak, but I would have to say, in my experience anyway, they accomplish a whole heck of a lot just being loyal, true, honest, funny and simple in the way they need their needs met and the way we feel by meeting them.
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Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Feb. 24, 2015, 07:13 AM (This post was last modified: Mar. 10, 2015 06:04 AM by johnp.)
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Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
I'm still using Proximitron because it's still wicked fast for http filtering. But I came across a Japanese open-source called Proxydomo recently and wonder if anyone else have heard of it?
It's supposedly created from the source code of the abandoned Proximodo, which is a clone of Proximitron. They are pretty active on their github https://github.com/amate/Proxydomo/releases
So far http filtering is as good as Proximitron's performance I would say. It also has https filtering working and a built-in ssl cert generator. It's working better than Proximitron +ProxHTTPSProxy, but somehow it causes browsers to eat up more CPU cycles than usual when browsing a secure site.
They have an english page here http://www31.atwiki.jp/lafe/pages/44.html
Any proxo expert here have insights into this?
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Mar. 14, 2015, 01:26 PM (This post was last modified: Mar. 14, 2015 01:58 PM by prxymouse.)
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Thanks for the post, very interesting, I had always hoped Proximodo would be picked up again. Edit: 64-bit as well...
Mar. 28, 2015, 07:40 PM
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
forgot all about this...
downloaded to desktop to remind me to try it out one of these days...
Apr. 07, 2015, 02:25 AM (This post was last modified: Apr. 07, 2015 02:26 AM by johnp.)
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Just want to add an update. Proxydomo's progress is going quite well. It's been updated to version 1.50. WolfSSL is used now instead of their older one that was not well fitted for Windows. HTTPS encryption is now on par with browser's performance.
I'm officially using this now over the beloved Proxomitron. Thanks for all the fishes all these year.
Apr. 07, 2015, 04:01 AM
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
i didn't get anywhere with it when i tried it several weeks ago (did not like that i couldn't import my Proxo config so i uninstalled it within seconds of downloading it, didn't even get as far as to actually browsing with it)...
i didn't wish to spend a lot of time on it when httpS was reported as being high CPU...
and did not like how the Proxo config imported, it did import, but i don't recall being very impressed with the filter order or the overall import - and again, did not wish to spend ANY time on it, at least at the time...
will try v1.50 in a few days...
Apr. 18, 2015, 03:17 PM (This post was last modified: Apr. 18, 2015 03:40 PM by GunGunGun.)
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Like it so much, bring me back the day Scott with his Proxomitron, still one of best Ad Filtering software.
I like Japanese friends's work, this program can be a future of Proxomitron.
At this time my problem is how to import skidi pack into Proxydomo..
I get it, open cfg file using txt editor, and then copy and then Import from clipboard, Skidi pack wont work (freeze Proxy) but standard pack will work.
Feb. 03, 2017, 06:48 PM
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Just want to bump this topic up because development is still active - last commit was 2 days ago: https://github.com/amate/Proxydomo
Aug. 13, 2017, 09:31 AM
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
Development still ongoing, a 100 releases so far. Developer seems to be very responsive to reported issues https://github.com/amate/Proxydomo/
Dec. 11, 2018, 03:31 AM
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RE: Proxydomo, created from proximodo's source
I just took a brief look at this because I was curious about how it implemented SSL filtering, and the first thing I noticed was the... size. The .zip is over 14MB and unpacks to almost 40, and the source is 6MB unpacked to >30. Proxodomo.exe is itself >5MB. It took a surprisingly long time to start, too. Can't help but wonder why... when Scott's 4.5j is 289KB unpacked, and Proxomitron Reborn 4.6, which also has SSL filtering and certificate generation, is 269KB. The source (which I am planning to release...) is <1MB.
Is Proxydomo really 20 times better? "Great Scott!", as they say.
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