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Candy for Adults: Affordable Dessert Wines
Even when I eat at home I like to end with a little something sweet, and often a full-on dessert is too much. Dessert wines make a great finale, but many are priced out of my everyday range - and usually with good reason. For example: Sauternes require just the right conditions and a great many trips through the vineyard, picking the grapes individually. Classic ports from the Duoro demand extensive aging to achieve their rich flavors. Eisweins can only be made from grapes frozen on the vine which can even, in Germany at least, become dangerous to pick on the steep, icy slopes of the Rhein and the Mosel. Making a good dessert wine is never child's play – and making it affordable can be even trickier - but here are a few I've come across recently:
Michele Chiarlo
"Nivole" Moscato d'Asti
Moscato d'Asti is a wine whose star has risen of late – the leader in light, refreshing dessert wines. Michele Chiarlo makes wine within several different Piedmontese appellations – they are especially devoted to Barbera d'Asti - but "Nivole" ("clouds" in Piedmontese dialect) is by no means a neglected cousin. The grapes are sourced from a single vineyard, Torre de Cantini, and carefully handled at the winery to insure freshness and a correct balance of sweetness and acidity. By law, Moscato d'Asti is restricted to a maximum of 5.5% alcohol and therefore offers a relief from heavier, fortified wines.
This moscato's typical grapey aromas blend well, with orange blossoms and a hint of candied ginger. The effervescence seems lighter than other Moscato d'Asti's I've tasted so the wine is smoother in the mouth; well-balanced acidity and sugar provide a pleasing smoothness and elegance.
R.L. Buller and Sons
Premium Fine Tawny and Premium Fine Muscat
Australia has a tradition for fortified dessert wines that many of us in the U.S. are only just now becoming aware of. However, R.L. Buller and Sons and some other producers in the Rutherglen area are changing that by bringing some of their rich, complex wines to a more prominent place on American retail shelves.
The Premium Fine Tawny is made from a mix of Grenache and Shiraz grapes and aged in a solera system, a pyramidal arrangement where newer vintages are blended progressively into older wines; the average minimum age in this case is fifteen years. The Premium Fine Tawny is a ruby wine with some orange on the rim. Not as full-bodied as the Muscat, it focuses around cherry and cola, with some vanilla and a touch of white pepper which adds lift.
The Premium Fine Muscat is aged in the same manner, but uses the more obscure Brown Muscat grape. While some of Buller's wines can reach into the higher price ranges, the Premium Fine Tawny and Premium Fine Muscat are affordable wines that still demonstrate what Australian stickies, as they're know on their home turf, are all about.
The Premium Fine Muscat is more complex, with date and toffee aromas, which are complemented by brown butter and a variety of baking spices, especially cloves and cinnamon. A long finish trails off with a hint of quince paste.
Hogue Late Harvest Riesling 2003
Hogue Cellars has been producing wine in Washington since the early eighties. They market three labels: Fruit Forward, Genesis by Hogue, and the Hogue Reserve. The 2003 Late Harvest Riesling has just been released. Hogue sources the bulk of its Riesling from the Yakima Valley, which is generally cooler than most other Eastern Washington grape-growing areas. This allows the Riesling grape to retain its acidity, and the weather is reliable enough that leaving the grapes on the vine longer for the extra sugars to make a Late Harvest wine is not the expensive risk it can be in other parts of the world.
The Late Harvest Riesling shows the peach and apricot aromas one expects in a Riesling along with a note of orange peel and rose petals. The sweetness is not intense and is balanced by moderate acidity. Very refreshing, and a great accompaniment to fresh berries or poached tree fruits.
Pellegrino Passito di Pantelleria 2002 and Moscato di Pantelleria 2001
Cantine Pellegrino is the largest wine-producer in the Marsala region of Sicily. Family-owned, they produce dessert wines under the Pellegrino label as well as table wines under the Duca di Castelmonte label. Their Passito is actually produced by combining two common sweet wine techniques: raisinating the grapes to intensifiy sweetness and aroma, and fortification to raise the alcohol level and stop fermentation, leaving some residual sugar. Pellegrino Passito di Pantelleria 2002
Beyond the somewhat typical dessert wine aromas of dates and apricot, this wine showed some surprisingly bright and fresh citrus notes, as well as a slice of green apple. It's very smooth and round in the mouth, despite the crisp acidity on the finish.
The Moscato Di Pantelleria is fortified, but without the use of dried grapes. However, it also profits from the island of Pantelleria's volcanic soils and arid climate. It is not frizzante like its more famous, northern cousin Moscato d'Asti.
Scents of honey, canned peaches, and apricot resting on a mineral base. The mineral qualities and high acidity serve to lighten the wine, working much as the spritziness of Moscato d'Asti does.
5-Year Old Malmsey Madeira
As a waiter I once made a cross-recommendation with a guest – he would give tawny port another try, and I would go and find a bottle of Malmsey Madeira. He and Blandy's have saved me a lot of money since then. Madeira has been pushed off the radar screen for a while, but these fortified wines have a long tradition for high quality and were once so popular in the U.S. that the bulk of Madeira wine was exported to the East Coast. Malmsey, made from the Malvasia grape, is the sweetest and richest style. Madeira is, like port, generally non-vintage; Blandy's makes a 10 and a 15-year-old version in addition to the 5 year-old.
Rich and unctuous, with lots of dates, figs, and prunes as well as a rich, macadamia nuttiness. Full in the mouth, with a long finish. Madeiras are also nigh indestructible, so you can open this for a glass and then keep the bottle on the shelf for much longer than many other wines before losing too much flavor.
2002 Electra Orange Muscat and 2002 Essensia Orange Muscat
The Electra Orange Muscat is California's answer to Moscato d'Asti. Quady started producing the wine as an experiment in 1990, with immediate success. Using sterile filtration the fermenting must is arrested at about 4% alcohol. The "orange" in Orange Muscat is actually the varietal, a rare sub-variety of Muscat also found in France and Italy.
The Electra dances on your tongue – the name "Electra" comes from the zip that crisp acidity and a slight fizziness give the wine. A variety of orange flavors appear, especially tangerine and nectarine, rounded out by a quieter peach note.
The Essensia is Electra's big brother, both in birth order and character. Fermentation is stopped by fortifying the wine up to 15% alcohol, and the wine then receives three months in French oak. The name "Essensia" is a tribute to the richest style of Hungary's famous and much more expensive sweet wine, Tokaji.
The orange here is less pronounced – more like marmalade - while apricot and some nutty flavors appear. A light floral note floats on top of these richer aromas, and the surprisingly dry finish goes on and on.


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Nonprofit Spotlight: Nevada Veterans Memorial — To bring honor, leave a legacy
Imagine a world where our children do not understand the cost of their freedom. Imagine a time when those who call themselves Americans refuse to show honor to the values for which men and woman have sacrificed their lives.
Now, imagine having the ability to create a place where both values and history collide. A place that will show future generations why the ultimate cost of this freedom matters, and why it is worth their attention. In midst of shifting values, the Nevada Veterans Memorial will stand as an anchor of who we are as American citizens, and tell the story of how Nevada residents took a stand to help protect the freedoms and memories that should never be lost.
The Nevada Veterans Memorial will be a place to honor the 894 men and woman from the State of Nevada who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. This memorial will be a place for personal reflection, yearly memorial events, and a destination that shows respect for each branch of the military. It will include a historical presentation that will creatively show a timeline of every battle and large military movement we have taken since Nevada became a state in 1864. It will also serve as a tool to help us preserve our state history and teach the next generations about the sacrifices made.
The Details
The plaza is located in Sparks at the southeast corner of Veteran's Parkway and Greg Street.
Granite panels are inset on each wall where the names of the fallen will written and preserved.
A large, polished, black granite depiction of the state of Nevada will be mounted at the focal point of the feature wall with the state's motto, "All for Our Country," inscribed upon it.
The commemorative brick plazas are intended to allow the public to purchase bricks to commemorate a friend or loved one's service and will be unveiled yearly at annual Veteran's Day events.
Six granite benches will be engraved with the logos, motto and other pertinent dates of the branches of service: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard.
There is a proposal to plant 17 trees that represent the 16 counties of Nevada, plus the capital of Carson City.
The Cost
The land has been donated to the project. The total cost for the first two phases of building will be $1.6 million dollars and include the memorial event and name viewing area, and the second phase will be the historical bridge presentation.
The Schedule
We are diligently working to have this completed by January of 2018. You will see dirt work begin in the springtime of 2017.
The Team
The Nevada Veterans Memorial is a 501c3 non-profit organization that is comprised of local veteran groups, local residents, community activists, political leaders, and business partners. The chairman of the board is Sparks City Councilman Ron Smith and the vice chairman is Sparks City Councilman Kristopher Dahir. We have a strong board of directors and an amazing group of volunteers that help keep the project moving forward.
The ASK
We have four ways for you to get involved.
Purchase a donation brick for your name, business, or an honorable statement. We have bricks that are $100, $250, $500, or $1,000. They each have a different size but all proceeds go directly to seeing the project completed.
Attend our yearly dinner. Our next Silent Auction Fundraising Dinner will take place on Nov. 2, 2017 at the Peppermill Hotel and Casino. This will be our third dinner and we hope that many people come ready to donate to ensure the completion of the project.
Give. This can be with finances and/or in-kind donations. You can give at any time and with any amount. We are thankful for every gift, large and small. We will have a donor garden with a small display listing all individuals and businesses that have given $10,000 or more to the project. We have a list of supplies and work that needs to be bought and paid for. If you want to contribute either with your business or individually to take care of one of these areas, please contact us.
Come to our meetings, volunteer and get involved. We cannot complete this project on our own, and we really don't want to! We hope that this will truly be a community project, where each of you can be proud in the knowledge that you have been a part of creating a place of honor and leaving a legacy for generations to come.
The Connection
Please contact us by either calling Ron Smith at 775-527-1564 or Kristopher Dahir at 775-770-0360. Email email@example.com.
To order your brick, donate or find more information, go to Nevadaveteransmemorial.org.
To watch our video showing you a 3D Rendering of the project please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDRKrinC4U.
Vegas Chamber presses delegation for business liability protection
Concerned that a spate of COVID-19-related lawsuits could bankrupt businesses, members of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce implored the state's congressional delegation during the chamber's annual D.C. retreat to pass a federal liability protection measure.

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Lancashire – The Red Rose county in the North West of England
Lancashire is more commonly known as the Red Rose county, based in the North West of England. It shares its borders with Cheshire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Lancashire was also one half the famous battle of the Roses, between Lancashire and it's famous neighbors Yorkshire.
The county town is Lancaster although the county's administrative center is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians. Major motorways pass through the county like the M6 and the M62. And has great connection service to London and Bormingham, with trains form Preston to London Euston & Birmingham running daily.
Lancashire emerged as a major commercial and industrial region during the Industrial Revolution. Liverpool and Manchester grew into its largest cities, dominating global trade and the birth of modern industrial capitalism. The county contained several mill towns and the collieries of the Lancashire Coalfield. By the 1830s, approximately 85% of all cotton manufactured worldwide was processed in Lancashire.
A county that is full of lush green lands but also plenty of buzzing commercial towns. famously the Queen commented when she retires she would like to move to the glorious green lands of Lancashire. More specifically, the Ribble Valley.
Accrington, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Colne, Darwen, Manchester, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan were major cotton mill towns during this time. Blackpool was a center for tourism and Pendle Hill is one of its more well known landmarks, a tourist hot spot for all those in the know.


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NAIL POLISH ALERT: Encrusted Treasures Collection by Essie
Hey there Nail Enthusiasts! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! CYBER MONDAY is behind us & now it's CRUNCH TIME!!… The Kickoff to Holiday Shopping Mania is in Full Effect! .. & for those of you, like myself who celebrate Chanukah… Happy Chanukah!
In case you haven't heard there's a little buzz fluttering around about Essie's new collection called Encrusted Treasures. A perfect name to describe 6 new textured polishes for Winter 2013. When I received my samples from the lovely ladies at Essie I was mesmerized by the 6 gorgeous shimmery bottles! Excited by each I began trying them on. Some are easier to apply then others and I'll go into detail with each. The Encrusted Treasures Collection consists of 6 glittery, sparkly and almost 3D polishes. If you love glitter, textured polishes you'll love this collection. As different and unique as this collection is, I do believe there's a color in this collection for almost everyone. This collection requires imagination… not every color needs to be used all over… some work better as accents and pops over an existing polish. Take a look below… Each are available at Ulta Beauty, Target and local salons for $8.50/ bottle. First off we have one of my favorites….
Hors D'oeuvres
I decided to wear it on my tips and also wore it as a half moon on my thumb over Mind Your Mittens from Essie's Winter 2013 Collection. The best way I can describe Hors D'oeuvres is a burst of gold shimmery flakes. The bottle appears silver but over my nails it turned GOLD! To wear this polish effectively you can't glob a ton on your nail. It's challenging to spread so, if you're going to use it on your tips apply it with small daubs over the edges of your nails. Then lightly spread it with the brush. If some glitter overlaps over your nail tips, gently push it back with your finger. I attached a little video of how I put painted the half moon on my thumb. I really love this combination. My nails looked sparkly and gorgeous. To finish the look I used 1 coat of Dry Fast Polish (Seche Vite) and my nails looked like glass.
Base: Mind Your Mittens – Essie Winter 2013 Tips: Hors D'oeuvres – Essie Encrusted Treasures Winter 2013
Peak of Chic – Clear base with alpine white holographic rainbow crystal fringe.
I wore this over Parka Perfect from Essie's Winter 2013 Collection. Peak of Chic is a clear jelly based polish with little white and holo rainbow hairs. Another polish that's fairly simple to wear but I would suggest wearing it over a color for the texture to really pop! You could even try it over your favorite white polish for winter textured nails. I used 1 coat to achieve this textured effect. My only suggestion is… if you decide to use 2 coats, wait until the first coat is dry to prevent clumping.
Base: Parka Perfect – Essie Winter 2013 Tips: Peak of Chic – Essie Encrusted Treasures Winter 2013
Lots of Lux – A shimmering lapis lazuli blue with a matte finish.
Way cooler with a shiny top coat Lots of Lux is an electric sparkly blue with a fine matte finish. I much rather prefer it with a top coat which is how I'm wearing it below. A great party nail color. 2 coats needed but wait for the first coat to set before adding a second coat to prevent clumping. Another way of wearing this is on your tips over a solid white nails.
Ignite The Night – Sparkling hematite with a superfine matte finish.
Probably the easiest to apply Ignite The Night is a basic matte silver glitter jelly polish. More condensed then the typical glitter jelly's. I found to get the full coverage I needed between 2-3 coats. The difference between this silver glitter polish from others is the matte texture which gives a more subdued effect then you're typical disco ball diamond glitter polish. I used it with 1 coat of Seche Vite for a high gloss shine.
On A Silver Platter – Violet holographic glitter and antique silver add bold contrast to this pearlescent gold.
On A Silver Platter is probably the strangest polish I've put on in a long time. In the bottle it has a gold appearance with various size holo glitter chunks. It's highly condensed glitter & semi translucent gold base made it quiet challenging to polish smoothly. I tried a few different ways to get the glitter to spread without clumping. Applying a blob to the center of my nail and then working it out by smoothing with the brush seemed to work best. The cool part to this polish is that it cast a different shade every time i moved my fingers. I just wish the gold wasn't so sheer. I didn't like seeing the white tips of my nails so, I kept trying to get a deeper gold base by spreading more polish, but with every additional stroke the glitter would begin to clump. Overall, I'd have to say On A Silver Platter would best be worn with one coat over a solid gold base. Or if you don't mind seeing your nail thru the glitter then 2 thin coats will work too. Just wait for the first coat to set before applying your second. Rather than say I didn't like it, I was mostly perplexed. It's not your ordinary holo, glitter. A definite to check out… but for me, i think it's just a little to textural.
Lastly is something I've never seen before!
Belugaria – Translucent black, textural holo glitter with a matte finish.
First reactions when I started polishing with Belugaria was… "what the…?!" Then I was like… "wait a minute… there's got to be a trick to this…." So, I applied one coat very lightly over my nails. Not worrying about the unevenness. For my 2nd coat I subtly globed the polish running with that textured look. The final outcome made my nails look like they were adorned with some sort of 3 Dimensional Black Confetti. (or shards of glass).. still undecided. From a R & D (research & design) point of view I get what the polish engineers at Essie were trying to achieve. But from a commercial point of view, I don't think it's going to stick. I can't picture the average Essie customer gravitating towards it. I can 100% appreciate Essie's attempt to introduce a new movement in nail lacquer trends. I'm just not 100% sold on the formula yet. There's something missing … a luxurious appeal that the 5 other colors have, that this is lacking. ps.. don't bother trying it over a solid black nail. I tried it and it made my nails look muddy, gritty and gross!
Shown with a top coat for ultra glossy shine.
(photo credits: Nails by Holly for The Trendy Nail)
Disclosure: Products mentioned in this post were provided by the manufacturer. All of the reviews are 100% my own opinion. For further details visit my disclosure page.
Shopping Links:
Essie's Encrusted Treasures Collection can be purchased at Ulta Beauty, Target, CVS and many local nail salons. Sugg. Retail $8.50/ bottle.
Hors D'oeuvres – Buy It Now: Amazon.com $6.93
Peak of Chic – Buy It Now: Amazon.com $1.25
Lots of Lux – Buy It Now: Amazon.com $1.13
Ignite The Night – Buy It Now: Amazon.com $ .75
On A Silver Platter – Buy It Now: Amazon.com $4.10
Belugaria- Buy It Now: Amazon.com $5.70
** One added suggestion: Most of you are well aware of the challenge removing glitter polish. A little tip to make it easier to remove is… After applying your base coat, add a thin layer of clear elmers glue to each nail by either smudging it into your finger nail or brushing it on with a junky old arts & crafts paint brush. Allow it to dry fully and then apply your glitter nail lacquer on top. Adding the elmers glue will cut your removal time in half. It will virtually slide or peel right off your nails when you're ready to do your next polish change.
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Game of Thrones: Conquest is now available on iOS and Android devices! Do you like MMO strategy games on mobile and find yourself constantly checking your castle's defenses, city's granaries, and soldiers' upkeep? This game is for you! Do you not know what any of what I just said means but have an undying love of all […]Continue reading →


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Untold Benefits of Car Title Loan That Will Be Helpful For You
There are many occasions in your life when you really need the money on urgent basis. In such scenario, you think of different loans that can help you to pay your dues. There are many options that you will get from the industry, but car title loan is one of the best ideas to get money instantly. There are many authorized companies that can offer you instant cash against your car title.
If you already have the information of loans on the car title, you can move ahead and apply to get instant cash. However, in case of a newbie, you will not be aware of the loan and will always be confused whether to opt it or skip it.
So, here are some of the untold benefits of auto title loan that you should know. These benefits will really help you get money in the hour of need.
Easy to Apply for Loan: In order to get an auto title loan, you are not required to follow any strict format. Instead, you can directly contact the lending company and apply for the loan via the simple application. Some basic information needs to be submitted in the application form which will be verified by the concerned authority. Once your application is approved, you will get the cash for your car title.


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Most historians concur that the duvet originated in countryside Europe where the winter seasons are severe and unforgiving. A duvet is a little and flat bag filled with feathers of an elder duck, which is believed at that time to provide the best degree of insulation. Modern duvet utilize a variety of products– cotton, wool, silk, artificial fibers such as polyester batting, and so on– to accomplish the very same effect. No elder ducks were hurt in the writing of this article!
Pillows are other bedroom necessities made of cloth and are stuffed with soft components like cotton or foam. Their main function is to support the head while one is resting. Pillows may also vary in classifications for example the throw pillows are not used in the bedroom however they are ornamental pillows primarily used on couches. They are smaller sized than the bedroom pillows and come in various colors, designs and shapes.
The sale could be due to the fact that brand-new patterns and designs are squeezing old stock off the racks. You could be able to discover exceptionally attractive, timeless comforters on sale, but you could likewise uncover that a few of those "too great to be real" specials are booked for patterns that did not make the cut. That does not mean you must prevent those deals if they save something you such as. You must understand, however, that you could not be choosing from the most up to date or most popular patterns and develops.
Reasons To Cherish Your New Bedspreads
It is no surprise if you happen to come throughout an online sales house décor website that has a collection of elite and sophisticated bedspreads, a collection that is tantalizing to the senses. You get a competitive advantage of getting below your choicest of other house décor, house use, and numerous way of living products at price cuts as much as 70 percent. Ensure that it offers free shipment on the majority of products besides facilitating both online payment and cash on delivery. Prior to you get registered at such an online sales website, read the personal privacy policy and terms so that you remain totally informed about exchanges, returns, and associated paraphernalia.
Silk is a natural product. For a human body, it is far much better than any other artificial product. It consists of smooth fibers which do not trigger any damage to the skin. Not only this, it is extremely resistant to mechanical and thermal forces, and exceptional for maintaining temperature level of body. A great deal of individuals have actually shared their experience stating that silk reduces sweating.
Exhausted From Doing Bedspread Set The Old Way
You need to verify the product of the bedding sets as there are numerous fabrics that one could mix in and sell the product. However, you need to thoroughly see the quality of the product then go for the option process. There will be marked down rates for you in the online and for some items, they even supply at free shipping expense. So, begin now and search for the very best quality bedding sets.
Asing per the research, it is verified that 1/3rd of our life go in sleeping. Can you envision! Did anything tick your mind? It did for me at least. And it is, if we spend a lot time sleeping then we definitely will have one of the very best available mattress, pillows, bed sheets and pillow covers.
Are shopping for excellent, quality comforters? These resilient and appealing bedding materials are also called duvets. They resemble quilts. However, these covers are loadeded with insulating material. There are several options for filling material. You can buy several types of construction, too. Here are things to consider about acquiring a quality duvet or comforter.
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Fulled of Canadian, Siberian or Hungarian goose down, the natural duvets are exceptionally durable and impressively breathable. By helping to regulate your body temperature whilst you are sleeping, your down duvet will assist you to stay warm in the winter whilst guaranteeing you are good and cool throughout the summertime.
In Australia, a down comforter or duvet is called a "Doona", a popular brand of duvet products in the nation, just like exactly how toothpaste is typically referred to as "Colgate" in the Philippines. Australians though originally utilized the term "continental quilt" to imply duvets. In Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan, duvets and down comforters are called ralli quilts.
How can one turn this room into a lovely inviting sanctuary? Really easily, start with brand-new bed linens, and it wont take much effort at all. Comforters, sheets, pillow cases, dust ruffles, duvet covers are great places to start. The mere altering of a bed skirt and accent pillows can make rather a distinction.
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Not just this, it will also permit you to boast about the aura of your bedroom to your guests. And they will definitely chant about the classy appearance of your bedroom to others. So, now you know if you want to enhance the appearance of your bedroom, you need to definitely opt for quality without assuming much about the cost.
Top Five Steps To Top-quality Bedspreads
You can complete the look of your space by choosing matching comforters. Pick comforters that not only match the theme of your bedroom but likewise supply heat and are cozy to snuggle with. Picking the right material for the comforters would ensure that you are comfortably tucked into bed. Silk comforters would give your bedroom a rich, magnificent feel while opting for cotton comforters would give it a classic look and vintage appeal. If you are ecologically aware, pick natural cotton comforters that are manufactured with procedures that are safe for the environment. The absence of toxic chemicals likewise makes them hypoallergenic.
You want the down comforter you acquire to have baffling. Baffling holds the down stuffing in location in the comforter and prevents it from shifting around. My very first down comforter didn't have actually fully sealed baffles. The filling moved and I ended up with a comforter that was thin on one side and additional thick on the other. If you wish to prevent this, look for comforters that have stitching all the way through. Plus, you can usually view the bundle and it will state if it has end to end baffles or closed baffles either of these is excellent to purchase.
Many individuals do not actually have an allergy to the down but instead have allergies to bits related to dust. Dust and dust mites are discovered in the down. There is a brand-new alternative for those allergy victims where the fill of the comforter is comprised of goose down and milkweed. This mix traps the dust keeping the individual from breathing in the dust. This is a fantastic choice for those with dust allergies and still desire the advantages of down.
Don't Be Duped By Low-priced Bedspread Set
When you are searching for long-term value, the greatest quality goose down comforters are derived from the Hungarian Goose. The goose feathers are hand plucked then go with an intense inspection to ensure that have actually been wash thoroughly to get rid of dust and for quality. Each and every individual feather goes with the same examination. For those of you who could be wincing with the idea of hand plucking feathers, let us put your mind at ease. No geese are killed in order to make the goose down comforters. Furthermore, the act of hand plucking the feathers is the most gentle approach when compared with some other techniques.
Whether it is for the master suite, kids bedroom or visitor spaces, a duvet set are some things that can help you upgrade the area quickly at all. The probabilities are endless when you will decide to utilize the set within the dcor. It is simple to find something which can fit the design related to a bedroom and might even match up the uniqueness of the homeowner. There are appealing looking covers will enhance the general look of the bedroom and improve your sleep quality. Discover the very best discount available using the web.
Comforters are typically made from several different types of down, by the way. Duck down is typically the least pricey while the rarest and costliest is known as eiderdown, which originates from a female eider duck. Typically, this particular down is collected from abandoned eider duck nests and it's– by far– the warmest of all such downs.
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The alternative down comforter has a more economical price on it compared with comforters that are loadeded with actual down. Although the alternative comforter does not have the condition sign or bragging rights of the pure down comforters, they can be simply as soft in contrast and with a high enough thread count they can be found to feel simply as elegant.
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With all the votes counted, Mr. Talat had more than 55 percent of the vote, while his nearest rival won just under 23 percent. Nine candidates were running.
Mr. Talat will replace 81-year-old Rauf Denktash, who has led the self-declared Turkish Cypriot state for decades and did not seek re-election.
When the vote result was announced, Mr. Talat immediately called for new reunification talks with Greek Cypriots.
Cyprus has been divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1974. Turkish Cypriots voted last year in favor of a U.N. reunification plan, but Greek Cypriots rejected it.
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A version of this ICN story was published in the Washington Post.
The activists were ready for a fight. An oil pipeline was slated to cross tribal lands in eastern Oklahoma, and Native American leaders would resist. The Sierra Club and Black Lives Matter pledged support.
The groups announced their plans at a press conference in January 2017 at the State Capitol. Ashley McCray, a member of a local Shawnee tribe, stood in front of a blue "Water is Life" banner, her hair tied back with an ornate clip, and told reporters that organizers were forming a coalition to protect native lands.
They would establish a rural encampment, like the one that had drawn thousands of people to Standing Rock in North Dakota the previous year to resist the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The following week, an Oklahoma state lawmaker introduced a bill to stiffen penalties for interfering with pipelines and other "critical infrastructure." It would impose punishments of up to 10 years in prison and $100,000 in fines—and up to $1 million in penalties for any organization "found to be a conspirator" in violating the new law. Republican Rep. Scott Biggs, the bill's sponsor, said he was responding to those same Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
The activists established the camp in March, and within weeks the federal Department of Homeland Security and state law enforcement wrote a field analysis identifying "environmental rights extremists" as the top domestic terrorist threat to the Diamond Pipeline, planned to run from Oklahoma to Tennessee. The analysis said protesters could spark "criminal trespassing events resulting in violence." It told authorities to watch for people dressed in black.
An FBI team arrived to train local police on how to handle the protest camp.
McCray recalls a surveillance plane and helicopters whirring above the Oka Lawa camp. Demonstrators were pulled over and questioned on their way in or out, though the local sheriff said people were only pulled over for violating traffic laws.
In May the governor signed the bill to protect critical infrastructure. Merely stepping onto a pipeline easement suddenly risked as much as a year in prison.
"That was really pretty successful in thwarting a lot of our efforts to continue any activism after that," McCray said.
Oka Lawa never drew the kind of participation and attention that made the Dakota Access Pipeline a national cause, and the Diamond Pipeline was completed quietly later that year.
McCray has since channeled her energy toward politics, running for a seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates the energy industry. But even as a candidate, McCray says, she now watches her words and her Facebook posts, afraid of being implicated as a conspirator if someone were to violate the law, even if she doesn't know the person. "I don't feel safe, honestly," she said.
Across the country, activists like McCray are feeling increasingly under assault as energy companies and their allies in government have tried to turn the law—and law enforcement—against them.
In Louisiana, which enacted a similar law in May, at least nine activists have been arrested under the new law since it went into effect on Aug. 1. In one incident, three people were pulled off a canoe and kayak after they maneuvered the boats on a bayou to protest construction of an oil pipeline. The arrests were conducted by off-duty officers with the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections who were armed and in uniform, but at the time were working for a private security firm hired by the pipeline developer.
Dozens of bills and executive orders have been introduced in at least 31 states since January 2017 that aim to restrict high-profile protests that have ramped up as environmentalists focus on blocking fossil fuel projects.
In addition to Oklahoma's infrastructure bill and similar legislation enacted in two other states, these bills would expand definitions of rioting and terrorism, and even increase penalties for blocking traffic. Twelve have been enacted, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law. The bills have all come since the election of President Donald Trump, who openly suggested violence as a way to handle protesters on the campaign trail, and once in office called the nation's leading news organizations "the enemy of the American people."
At the same time, law enforcement and private companies have conducted surveillance on campaigners, while some federal and state officials have suggested pipeline protesters who break laws be charged as terrorists. Corporations have hit landowners and environmental groups with restraining orders and hundred-million-dollar lawsuits.
Some pipeline opponents have conducted dangerous and illegal stunts, cutting pipelines with oxyacetylene torches or closing valves. But most protests have been peaceful. If they've broken laws by trespassing, activists say, they've done so as part of a tradition of civil disobedience that stretches to the nation's colonial roots.
"All of the social progress we've made has depended, over the entire history of this nation, from the very beginning, on that ability to speak out against things that are wrong, things that are legal but should not be," said Carroll Muffett, president of the Center for International Environmental Law. "This country, for all its failing, has long respected the importance of that. These bills put that fundamental element of our democracy in jeopardy."
In an Age of Terrorism
The modern environmental movement sprung out of mass protest, when millions took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970. In the decade that followed, civil disobedience emerged as a core tactic as greens joined with anti-war protesters to launch anti-nuclear campaigns.
The movement returned to those roots with its fight to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Beginning in 2011, activists staged sit-ins ending in arrests that galvanized the movement and drew national attention to what had been the mundane work of building pipelines.
Across the country, people began physically obstructing fossil fuel infrastructure. Protesters blocked train tracks carrying coal and oil in Washington state, halted trucks at the gates of a gas storage facility in upstate New York and kayaked in front of an oil rig in Seattle. This was before hundreds were arrested at Standing Rock.
In the absence of a clear federal energy plan, fossil fuel projects effectively became the policy, locking in oil, gas and coal infrastructure—and their greenhouse gas emissions —for generations. They became the focus of environmental groups, who found common cause with tribes and landowners fighting to protect their land and water. The groups launched campaigns that delayed or blocked several major coal export facilities, pipelines and other projects, costing energy companies millions or even billions of dollars.
To push back, the industry turned to its supporters in government.
Soon after Oklahoma's critical infrastructure bill passed last year, the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) used it to write model legislation for other states.
In at least six more states, lawmakers introduced similar bills that would impose steep penalties for trespassing on, or tampering with, pipeline property and other infrastructure. Two were enacted this year. Two others are pending.
In Wyoming, one bill was openly proposed on behalf of energy companies. In other states the ties are barely hidden.
Louisiana state Rep. Major Thibaut, a Democrat, introduced a bill that followed ALEC's model by adding pipelines to a list of critical infrastructure facilities. When he presented it to a Senate committee in April, he brought Tyler Gray, a lobbyist for the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. During the hearing, Gray answered most of the questions. At one point, he leaned over to Thibaut to recommend that he accept an amendment. Neither Thibaut nor Gray responded to requests for comment.
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed it into law in May, after an amendment removed the threat of conspiracy charges.
Iowa enacted a law that makes "critical infrastructure sabotage" a felony. Lawmakers in Wyoming and Minnesota also approved critical infrastructure bills this year, but the governors there vetoed the legislation. Similar bills are pending in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The bills may get their first test soon in Louisiana after the arrests of the three activitists on the bayou. Activists had been conducting tree-sits and other actions for weeks and were careful to stay off the pipeline easements once the new law took effect, said Cherri Foytlin, an activist organizer in the state. The three who were taken from their boats, for example, claim to have been in navigable waters, which are supposed to be public. The definition of what's navigable has been the subject of much debate and legal wrangling in the state, however, and the off-duty officers pulled the activists off their boats to arrest them.
"It was really scary," said Cindy Spoon, one of the activists, in a video posted to Facebook. "They grabbed my wrist, grabbed my waist and they started to pull one of my arms behind my back and put me in a stress position."
The local district attorney has not yet formally filed charges. If the case proceeds, the activists will challenge the law itself, said William Quigley, a professor at Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans who is representing them pro bono. They could face up to five years in prison if convicted.
Two more incidents occurred over the weekend involving activists who had erected a stand high in the trees to block construction. Quigley said the group had permission from property owners to be on the land. But deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office arrested six people, including a journalist. The property is co-owned by hundreds of parties, and some of them have not signed easement agreements with Energy Transfer Partners, the primary owner of the pipeline.
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office did not return requests for comment on the weekend arrests.
"I think this shows how ridiculous this law is if this is the way it's going to be applied," Quigley said.
The legislation is not without precedent. Since 1990, nearly a dozen states have passed bills known as "ag-gag" laws that prohibit surreptitiously recording inside feedlots and breeding facilities. Many came after exposés of horrific conditions and animal abuse. Three of those laws were subsequently overturned by courts.
But environmentalists and free speech advocates say the new bills are part of a broader effort to recast environmental activists as criminals, even terrorists.
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- In May 2017, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers published a blog post about activists who vandalized pipelines, under the headline: "Pipelines Are Critical Infrastructure—and Attacking Them Is Terrorism."
- Last year, Energy Transfer Partners filed a federal lawsuit against Greenpeace and other groups seeking hundreds of millions of dollars. The complaint accuses some of the nation's leading environmental organizations of operating an "eco-terrorist" conspiracy at Standing Rock. (A judge dismissed the case against one of the defendants last month, but has yet to rule on a motion to dismiss the case against Greenpeace.)
- Another industry group launched a database to track "criminal acts on critical energy infrastructure," claiming eco-terrorism incidents were on the rise.
- In Congress, 84 members wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking if protestors who tamper with pipelines could be prosecuted as domestic terrorists. Sponsors of the state pipeline bills have also invoked terrorism.
Supporters of the bills say they do not suppress lawful protests.
"There's a legal process to stop something," said Oklahoma state Rep. Mark McBride, who sponsored another bill that assigns civil liability to anyone who pays protesters to trespass. "But if you're chaining yourself to a bulldozer or you're standing in the way of a piece of equipment digging a ditch or whatever it might be, yes, you're causing harm to the project and to the person that's contracted to do that job."
Advocacy groups say the bills are unnecessary—trespassing and vandalism are already unlawful, and protesters who have disrupted operations have largely been charged under existing statutes. They fear the legislation uses a handful of dangerous incidents as a pretext to intimidate mainstream advocates and target more widespread acts of peaceful civil disobedience, like temporarily blocking access to a construction site. Several environmental and civil liberties organizations are now in talks about how to respond to the industry's actions.
"The clear attempt there is to bring environmental justice, environmental advocacy organizations into a realm of criminal liability," said Pamela Spees, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents activists in Louisiana. "They're basically trying to silence and minimize the impact of environmental organizations."
Afraid to Speak Up at the Pipeline Crossroads of the World
Ever since the state's first gusher began spurting crude in 1897, oil has dominated life in Oklahoma. Today, it is home to fracking pioneers, including Continental Resources. The town of Cushing, the self-dubbed "pipeline crossroads of the world," is a critical oil trading hub. "Environmental activist" is not a badge many wear openly in Oklahoma.
Dakota Raynes spent the past few years at Oklahoma State University writing his dissertation about how people have responded to a fracking boom that's literally shaken the state. As drillers began injecting more wastewater into wells from 2010-2015, the number of earthquakes jumped more than 20-fold to 888.
Raynes interviewed dozens of activists, lawmakers, regulators and ordinary citizens. He found that almost everyone is reluctant to speak publicly against the industry. They fear neighbors or colleagues or parents of their children's friends will catch wind and shun them. Raynes said he's attended events with activists who have returned to their cars afterward to find screws driven into tires.
"Many people read Oklahoma as a hostile context in which to engage in any kind of pro-environmental work," he said. "And they all link that back to the phenomenal amount of power that the oil and gas industry has, both as a cultural force, as a legal force, as a political force."
Standing Rock changed that deference, said Mekasi Camp Horinek, a member of the state's Ponca tribe.
Horinek grew up on tribal land near an oil refinery and a factory that produces carbon black, a sooty petroleum product. He blames the facilities for contributing to disease and deaths in his community. When the call came to join the resistance at Standing Rock, he became a leading organizer. (The Ponca's ancestral land in Nebraska lies in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline, another project he's fought.)
"I think the state of Oklahoma felt threatened and was worried that people would rise up," he said about the critical infrastructure bill. "And they should be."
Horinek says he remains undaunted, but he said the new law had an immediate effect on others.
People were suddenly threatened with long prison terms if they crossed onto pipeline property. "That definitely weighs heavy on a person's thoughts," he said.
Oklahoma has 39 American Indian tribes, most forced to move there during the Trail of Tears in the 19th Century, and indigenous activists led the fight against the Diamond Pipeline. "They can't risk a six-month sentence for trespassing. Who's going to take care of their kids, their parents, their grandparents?" he said.
Biggs, the state representative who sponsored the bill, now works for the federal Department of Agriculture. He declined to comment for this article. The Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association also declined to make anyone available for an interview.
Activists say the bill was a clear assault.
The Sierra Club has a policy against engaging in civil disobedience. But the bill's conspiracy element—which says a group can be charged with 10 times the fines given to a person who violates the provisions—worries the organization's Oklahoma director, Johnson Grimm-Bridgwater. He was among those who spoke at the 2017 press conference. While Grimm-Bridgwater says participating in a press conference should qualify as constitutionally protected speech, there's no telling how a prosecutor might apply the new statute.
"The law is punitive and is designed to create friction and divisions among groups who normally wouldn't have a second thought at working together," he said.
Brady Henderson, legal director for the Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said there's widespread concern in both liberal and libertarian circles about the law, and he's fielded questions from several nonprofits about the conspiracy clause.
The ACLU in Oklahoma is considering legal challenges, but may have to wait until a district attorney tries to use the new law. Still, Henderson said, the language is so broad that it can apply to almost anything.
"By equating those kinds of things together, essentially political speech on one end and on the other end outright terrorism," he said, "the bill is a pretty gross instrument."
Protesters Under Surveillance
As activists were fighting the Diamond Pipeline in Oklahoma, Energy Transfer Partners was planning another oil pipeline at the southern end of its network.
The Bayou Bridge pipeline is slated to run from Texas to St. James Parish, Louisiana, already home to many petrochemical facilities. Along the way, it crosses through the Atchafalaya Basin, the nation's largest river swamp and a center of the state's crawfish industry.
Environmentalists were alarmed by the risks the project posed to residents of St. James Parish and the swamp's fragile ecosystem. And they quickly felt as if law enforcement agencies were working against them. For one thing, some officials openly supported the project. Joseph Lopinto, now Jefferson Parish sheriff, spoke at a hearing last year on behalf of the National Sheriffs' Association and urged regulators to approve the pipeline.
Anne Rolfes, an organizer of the pipeline resistance and founder of the advocacy group Louisiana Bucket Brigade, said activists also suspected they were being watched.
During the protests at Standing Rock, a private security company hired by Energy Transfer Partners had compiled daily intelligence briefings and coordinated with local law enforcement, as detailed in reports by The Intercept.
Rolfes' group this year also obtained a handful of documents through a public records request that indicate state officials were tracking their efforts.
One state police report from November said the agency sent an investigator from its criminal intelligence unit to a hearing where activists had allegedly planned a protest, and that a local sheriff's office planned to send a plainclothes officer. Rolfes said no protest was planned; activists merely intended to speak at a public hearing.
In the following months, an intelligence officer with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness sent two emails to colleagues describing environmental groups' priorities, quoting Rolfes' newsletter and an article about the groups and adding a photograph of her.
Louisiana State Police declined to comment. Mike Steele, a spokesman for the state Homeland Security Department, rejected the notion that his agency spies on activists. He said this type of open-source tracking was similar to what they conduct ahead of football games or festivals. "We do that with any type of event, because safety is the number one concern," he said.
Energy Transfer Partners spokeswoman Alexis Daniel issued a statement saying, "any claims that our company or our security contractors have inappropriately monitored protestors in false." It's unclear what surveillance, if any, the company or its contractors have deployed in Louisiana. Energy Transfer Partners has also been accused of spying by a family in Pennsylvania.
Rolfes said Louisiana officials are treating activists like criminals. "We're going to be followed while we participate in the democratic process?" she said.
The arrests in August of the three protesters on boats who were detained by off-duty officers only deepened the activists' feelings that the state and energy industry were working against them. While the arresting officers were working as contractors, they wore their state uniforms and badges and carried weapons.
Spees, with the Center for Constitutional Rights, said the incident represented a problematic melding of public and private authorities. After the industry-supported bill was enacted by the state, she said, state employees acted on behalf of an energy company to detain activists under the new law.
"It's as though they've become the hired hands for private oil companies and pipelines companies," she said.
Activists in Virginia, where two gas pipelines are drawing protests, have also been tracked by that state's Fusion Center—which shares information across agencies to combat terrorism and crime—according to a report by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In Washington state, a local sheriff's office has monitored activists opposed to a major pipeline project that connects with Canada's tar sands, sharing information with that state's Fusion Center, documents obtained by The Intercept show. Protest groups there already tried to block tanker traffic associated with the project, and local authorities have conducted trainings to prepare for mass protests.
The nation's intelligence community has a dark history of tracking political movements, including the FBI's COINTELPRO, which snooped on Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. Earlier this decade, FBI agents monitored opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, according to The Guardian, and the bureau had at least one informant at Standing Rock.
Even if local law enforcement agencies today are doing little more than collecting news articles and other open source information, covert surveillance risks equating political protest with criminal activity, said Keith Mako Woodhouse, a historian at Northwestern University who wrote a book about radical environmentalists.
"It gives a sense that law enforcement is, if not on the side of, at least more sympathetic to the industries and practices that are being protested," he said. "Presumably they're not surveilling the energy companies."
Pipeline companies have cultivated that relationship. They have reimbursed state law enforcement millions of dollars for providing security for their projects in North Dakota, Iowa and Massachusetts, for example. Most major pipeline companies also run charitable campaigns that have contributed millions of dollars to local emergency responders and other agencies and groups along their routes. The National Sheriff's Association, in turn, supported the Bayou Bridge and Dakota Access pipelines while it called protesters "terrorists."
A Worrying Trend
Over the past decade, the sense of urgency around climate change has intensified. Scientists say there is little time before the planet is committed to potentially devastating warming. The only practical way to avoid that is to largely eliminate fossil fuel use over the next several decades.
The government's response has been minimal, "so the next step is civil disobedience," said Woodhouse, the historian. "And if anything, it's surprising that it hasn't happened sooner and at a greater scale."
Woodhouse said efforts to suppress environmental protest trace back to the rise of radical environmental groups in the 1980s and `90s, when public officials slapped names like "eco-terrorism" and "ecological terrorism" on activists who vandalized equipment or animal testing facilities.
Now, Woodhouse said, environmentalists are threatening one of the country's most powerful industries. Some advocates say the new push against activists seems more widespread and unabashed.
"I think there is a very worrying trend—and the trend is on both sides of the political aisle to be perfectly frank and candid—a trend of trying to suppress political speech that you don't agree with," said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition.
"I think a lot of people feel a lot more threatened than they have in a long time," he said, "and I think that's true on all sides of the political spectrum. And when people feel threatened, they tend to lash out."
ICN reporter Georgina Gustin contributed to this story.


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Jews rejoiced with the Torah in Isaac's Hall (Ulam Yizchak) in Hevron on Monday night for a second round of Hakafot, an Israeli tradition that combines identifying with the Diaspora's Simchat Torah night and the added festive atmosphere of live bands and sound systems at the dancing, forbidden on the holiday itself.
The celebration was the first of its kind at the site in many years.
Ulam Yitzchak is the main hall of the Cave of the Patriarchs (Me'arat Hamachpela) and it has been closed to Jews since 1994, Dr. Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Muslim worshippers in the hall, killing 29,before he was killed by Arabs present in the hall.
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Google Translate Manager Reflected XSS
I want to share two of my finding on Google Translator Manager which I have reported to Google in July 2012.
I have found that Google's translator manager editor application is vulnerable to Reflected Cross site Scripting attack as new parameter of this applications following Url https://translate.google.com/manager/editors?site=7e337c0c4d4b36ee is used for inputting an email id but as there is no input validation, filtration or sanitation on server side nor there is any output encoding etc to prevent this Reflected Cross site Scripting Vulnerability. So the attacker easily can steal the cookies(as http only cookie attribute missing) of any of those website users and can easily compromise there account. This vulnerabiltiy can also be exploited using the Click Jacking vulnerability or CSRF as I have reported them also before.
Original XSS Vulnerable Url(Reflected XSS Via GET & POST Requests while adding an Editor & by Injecting the XSS Payload in Invite field):
Crafted XSS Vulnerable Url:
XSS Payloads: http;//test.com<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>>
Vulnerable Parameter: new
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Google Translate Manager Editor Deletion CSRF
I have found that Google Translator Manager's follwoing Url https://translate.google.com/manager/editors?security_token=ALkJrhh1nJFVwo32YpPScTHeQhJ9GUZXAA:1347028470330&sel=4214ba4271023095 was vulnerable to CSRF as the Anti-CSRF(security token) token is not getting validated on the server side and the request can be sent using get and post both methods also there is a sel parameter whose value is always same and random for each mail and it can be get by attacker easily.
Original CSRF Vulnerable Url(The sel parameter is used for deleting the email id and its value is always same and random for each email id.):
Crafted CSRF Vulnerable Url:
Now the attacker sends the crafted url to the victims mail or in his chat the victim click on it and opens the crafted Url https://translate.google.com/manager/editors?sel=4214ba4271023095 on his browser as he opens this url the attacker successfully deletes any existing editors of the victims google translator manager account.(as the get request method is allowed and the Anti-CSRF token to prevent the CSRF is not getting validated on the server side even though it is implemented as following parameter security_token=ALkJrhh1nJFVwo32YpPScTHeQhJ9GUZXAA:1347028470330 and also the editors email id value for sel=4214ba4271023095(firstname.lastname@example.com) parameter is always same and the attacker can get this sel value very easily by using any fake account and by adding the victims email id as an editor(temporarily) in his fake google translator manager account.
The Same attack can also be done using post request method using the below mentioned code and sending it to the victim via mail using a crafted html page link:
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<body onload=document.forms[0].submit();>
<form action="http://translate.google.com:80/manager/editors" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="sel" value="4214ba4271023095"/>
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Both the vulnerabilities has been mitigated now.


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Coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) grow naturally as perennials in eastern and central North America. They're easy to grow and are tolerant of heat, drought, cool temperatures and partial shade, but prefer full sun. They work well as border plants or in a flower bed, but their height can sometimes overwhelm other plants. Some varieties such as "Alba" and "Bravado" can grow up to 3 feet tall. Pruning coneflowers can help them produce more flowers and keep them at a more manageable height.
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- The U.S. Senate will not hold a vote for the bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Senate Republicans were unable to secure the necessary votes, leading some to speculate that Congress may simply move on a full repeal of the signature law of the Obama era. That said, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report late Wednesday stating that 32 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 if Congress were to repeal the law. Republicans are suggesting that they will repeal the law by 2020 and give their colleagues several years to find an alternative. President Trump urged Republicans to get a deal made before leaving for their August recess.
- The post-election rally will attempt to hold steady as earnings season accelerates and traders weigh the Republicans' latest legislative failure. Since Trump took office in January, the S&P 500 and the Dow have gained about 9% each. The Nasdaq – powered by the "Fabulous Five" tech stocks – has popped about 15%. Part of this rally was fueled by increased optimism that the Trump administration would be able to push through healthcare reform, tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and other pro-growth policies. However, the failure on the Affordable Care Act has raised major doubts that this Congress will get anything meaningful done by the end of the year.
- Sears Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD) has been one of the worst-performing stocks in the retail sector for a long time. Its inability to adjust to ongoing consumer trends has led to an epic collapse of its market capitalization over the last decade. But today, shares are up more than 7.1% after the company did something that finally conceded to the reality of e-commerce's permanence in our society. Sears launched a series of Kenmore appliances on Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), including several that are enabled with the Alexa assistant. Shares of AMZN were up another 0.3% in pre-market hours.
- The U.S. Federal Reserve will be in focus next week during its July FOMC meeting. But today, the European Central Bank gets the spotlight. ECB President Mario Draghi is expected to announce that his team will keep interest rates at current levels. However, during his speech this morning, markets are looking for clues on when the ECB may increase interest rates and for information about their plans to reduce stimulus programs. Draghi's speech comes hours after the Bank of Japan announced it would maintain interest rates at current levels.
- Crude oil prices were ticking higher in pre-market hours on news of yet another big decline in U.S. oil inventories. On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced that domestic inventory levels fell by 4.7 million barrels. That figure was about 50% higher than expected. However, markets are still concerned about a glut in global supply and await the results from a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC producers like Russia next week in St. Petersburg. The WTI crude oil price today added 0.5%. Brent crude gained 0.6%.
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- Shares of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) are up more than 0.5% in pre-market hours as investors prepare for the company's second-quarter earnings report after the bell. MSFT stock has been one of the top performers of the year and is set to hit a new 52-week high in pre-market hours. Markets are anxious to hear about the company's continued success in cloud computing. The firm is expected to report earnings per share (EPS) of $0.71 on top of $24.19 billion in revenue.
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- Shares of Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) are up nearly 0.5% in pre-market hours despite reports that Chinese government censors are targeting the company's WhatsApp service. The encrypted messaging service has largely evaded censorship from the government. However, cyber experts have said they've seen disruptions to the servers managing the service. WhatsApp is a competitor to the very popular service WeChat, which is owned by Tencent and has roughly 900 million monthly users.
- Shares of American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) were falling 1.5% in pre-market hours thanks to a 33% decline in quarterly profits. The iconic credit card giant topped Wall Street second-quarter earnings expectations. However, the firm lost business due to a shakeup to the credit programs of Costco Wholesale Corp. (Nasdaq: COST).
- Look for additional earnings reports from eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Nasdaq: ISRG), Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF), and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT).
Thursday's U.S. Economic Calendar (all times EDT)
- Jobless Claims at 8:30 a.m.
- Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey at 8:30 a.m.
- Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index at 9:45 a.m.
- Leading Indicators at 10 a.m.
- EIA Natural Gas Report at 10:30 a.m.
- Three-Month Bill Announcement at 11 a.m.
- Six-Month Bill Announcement at 11 a.m.
- Two-Year FRN Note Announcement at 11 a.m.
- Two-Year Note Announcement at 11 a.m.
- Five-Year Note Announcement at 11 a.m.
- Seven-Year Note Announcement at 11 a.m.
- 10-Year TIPS Auction at 1 p.m.
- Fed Balance Sheet at 4:30 p.m.
- Money Supply at 4:30 p.m..
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Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher divorce reportedly stalled due to money
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Now, it is reported that the divorce filing is stalled because there are money issues they are trying to work out, states RadarOnline. Since he has made a lot in recent years, he is reportedly reluctant to give up any of his money to Moore.
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The Mercedes-Benz S-class is a car that typifies the large luxury sedan segment and it's frequently been listed as the world's best-selling car in its class.
Cars in this class don't get a full model change that often and there's no reason why they should. They usually pack in every technological advancement their manufacturer can muster and it is usually less costly vehicles in the lineup that make the move to catch up. Cars like the S-class are flagships and as such, they incorporate all the best features that can possibly be offered right from their launch. Smaller and less expensive stablemates eventually benefit from innovations trickling down from the top-of-the line product, but it sometimes takes a few model years.
For 2018, the car gets even better because Mercedes-Benz has added a very long list of upgrades as part of what the industry calls a 'mid-cycle update.' Changes so far revealed include interior features, exterior sheet metal enhancements and more sophisticated semi-autonomous drive functions. The latter advancement includes cruise control technology that modifies the car's speed to account for such aspects of driving as curves, intersections, speed limit changes and road toll booths. This function uses the GPS system to get information about the terrain that's being traversed. This allows the driver to use cruise control on minor roads and not just on freeways.
One of the most significant 2018 additions to interior opulence, which was already exceptional even in this class of car, are a set of six 'energizing comfort control settings,' as Mercedes calls them. You can choose Freshness, Warmth, Vitality, Joy, Comfort and Training and selecting one or the other, you get a different combination of ambient lighting colours, climate control, fragrance (really!), massage and audio programming. The car has an almost bewildering list of overall benefits, but surely this feature will one-up anything previously offered in a luxury car interior. Choose one setting and it functions for around ten minutes and hopefully, you'll feel much better afterwards.
For serious drivers though, the dynamic qualities of the car will be more important than mere ambiance. Regardless of powertrain, these cars are a delight to drive and handle exceptionally well for large sedans. Drive one at 250 km/h on a German Autobahn (as I have) and you'll feel as though you were just ambling along. Opt for a birturbo engine and you'll surprise many a sports supercar. Comfort is outstanding and although the suspension handles tight corners without any drama at all, it provides a ride of exceptional comfort and smoothness.
The new S-Class was launched a while back at the Beijing auto show and full details of exactly which versions Canada will get have are not yet clear. Mercedes-Benz Richmond at the Auto Mall should have full details by the time this feature appears. As with most Mercedes-Benz cars, AMG variants will be available for those seeking the last word in performance and you can also add all-wheel drive to the options sheet for most models. For the ultimate S-class, the Stuttgart carmaker offers the Mercedes-Maybach S 600 with extra-long wheelbase, V-12 biturbo engine and an interior of great opulence and style.
BODY STYLE: Four-door sedan
ENGINE: Wide engine range up to biturbo V-12.
TRANSMISSION: 9-speed automatic on top versions
PERFORMANCE: Zero to 100 km/h in approx. 4.6-seconds (biturbo V-8)


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Well, the 2018 NFL season is officially over. The New England Patriots triumphed over the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3, in the Punt Bowl …
… Sorry, meant Super Bowl. But anyway, Tom Brady got his sixth ring, Julian Edelman won MVP — and became the subject of an interesting Hall of Fame debate — and the Rams are left wondering what went wrong.
Liz Loza, Dalton Del Don, and Matt Harmon break down the big game in this week's podcast, including where the Rams go from here, what in the hell is going on with Todd Gurley and what his suspicious postseason absence does to his fantasy stock.
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All the world's authentic Parmesan is produced in highly regulated regions of Northern Italy—namely the Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, and Mantua regions. Our Parm comes from the Reggio Emilia region, which lies at the heart of the Parm-producing area, making it the region that most closely produces Parm as it was made almost eight centuries ago.
The Parm-producing regions developed a system over the years for tracking their wheels, stamping each wheel with an identification code. While other Parmesans are identified with four digits, only the best of the best can be branded as tre numeri. Our Parm is aged 20-24 months – roughly 33% longer than the minimum aging time – producing a creamy yet grainy taste with a caramel-like finish. Delizioso!


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CapitaLand, through its philanthropic arm the CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), is supporting 600 students in two CapitaLand Hope Schools in Vietnam through its My Schoolbag program, which began in 2013.
Students at the CapitaLand Thanh Phuoc A Primary Hope School in the Mekong Delta's Long An province and the CapitaLand Nang Yen Primary Hope School in northern Phu Tho province will receive schoolbags complete with stationery and water bottles in preparation for the new school year.
The students received their new schoolbags during CapitaLand's Volunteer Day, where 130 volunteers from CapitaLand and its serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, including board members, senior management, and staff, visited the schools to bring cheer to the children. The students also received lanterns, milk, cakes, and candy, and enjoyed interactive games and learned the craft of handmade toys from the volunteers.
For the second year running, CHF is also offering bursaries of about $4,400 to Grade 5 students of the CapitaLand Hope Schools for their final year in primary school. With the support of CHF's bursaries last year, all Grade 5 students could complete their primary education and enter secondary school.
"We greatly appreciate the efforts of CapitaLand and its volunteers in supporting the children's development and educational needs," said Ms. Vo Thi Ngoc Giau, Vice Principal of CapitaLand Thanh Phuoc A Primary Hope School, CapitaLand's second Hope School in Vietnam. "This spirit of charity and volunteerism will be a great inspiration for our students, and spur them to give back to the community in their own way."
"Since 2011, CapitaLand has built two Hope Schools and upgraded the facilities of other existing schools to provide students with a conducive learning environment," said Mr. Chen Lian Pang, CEO of CapitaLand Vietnam. "Beyond donations, we also give time and attention to the children through regular visits by our local staff and volunteer expeditions involving our overseas staff. Through these efforts, we hope to empower every child to fulfil their potential and create a better future. We remain committed to do our part for the community as we continue to grow CapitaLand's business in Vietnam."
In addition to CapitaLand Thanh Phuoc A Primary Hope School and CapitaLand Nang Yen Primary Hope School, CHF is building its third Hope School in Vietnam, a kindergarten located in northern Hung Yen province that will benefit 500 children aged one to five years old. This third Hope School is slated to be completed in March 2018.
My Schoolbag is CapitaLand's key annual corporate social responsibility program that reaches out to underprivileged children in Vietnam, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Japan, and India. The program provides children with new schoolbags and basic school and daily necessities to prepare them for their studies. From 2009 to 2016, CHF donated around $3.6 million to My Schoolbag, benefitting nearly 125,000 children across Asia.


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It is important that all guests take out appropriate international or cruise-specific travel insurance policies once a reservation has been made.
Australian Medicare, New Zealand ACC and private health insurance will not cover you for any medical costs or emergency evacuations on board, even on domestic cruises. Insurance policies may also protect your personal possessions and valuables; provide cancellation cover if you miss the cruise or a pre-paid tour; and provide other forms of protection.
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Natural plant-derived papain enzyme and cellulose beads that melts softly on skin to remove stubborn dead skin cells, impurities and sebum from pores. Blueberries extract, one of the 10 superfoods, provide antioxidant effects for a refreshed, moisturizing feeling.
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In the workplace, automation's focus on enhancing speed and efficiency - a focus determined by the profit motive rather than by any particular concern for people's well-being - often has the effect of removing complexity from jobs, diminishing the challenge they present and hence the engagement the promote. ...
The point is not that automation is bad.
Businesses can run the numbers on capital investments and calculate automation's benefits in hard currency ... And thanks to our bias for leisure over work, ease over effort, we overestimate automation's benefits.
The costs are hard to pin down. ... The personal costs are even hazier. How do you measure the expense of an erosion of effort and engagement, or a waning of agency, or a subtle deterioriation of skill? You can't. ... But the costs are real.
From The Glass Cage: Automation and Us by Nicholas Carr.


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Your hosts, Margaret and Wayne, both semi-retired, had left a city lifestyle, choosing instead to get back to basics and learn to appreciate the simple things in life; good food, good company and an environment full of beauty and surprises.
We now enjoy the wonders of our mature gardens and sharing this beautiful part of the world with you.
We are also growing, as the name suggests, the Indian spice Turmeric, as well as ginger and galangal.
Should you want solitude, you'll get it, and if you fancy a conversation over breakfast or a cuppa we'll happily oblige.


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26 August 2016
Bergen Group shows positive development in Q2 2016
Bergen Group has in Q2 2016 managed to increase turnover, improve profitability and uphold a robust order backlog.
"The extensive organizational and structural measures that were initiated in 2015, has largely given the expected impact", summarizes CEO Hans Petter Eikeland.
The group has generated profit before finance costs and tax in both Q2 2016 and for the first half of 2016. Revenues have increased from NOK 53 million in Q1 to NOK 71 million in Q2. Profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of the Group's continuing operations increased from NOK 2 million in Q1 to NOK 5 million in Q2.
"The Group`s operational activities have in most areas strengthened its position during the first half 2016", with a revenue increase of more than 30 percent in the last quarter says Hans Petter Eikeland. The CEO is very pleased with the group being able to maintain a robust order backlog combined with the strong increase in operational activity.
"The market situation in some of the Group's business areas is still challenging. It is necessary to uphold hard work and measure targeted initiatives which can strengthen our competitive position, particularly in the offshore market. However, we are clear that future growth is to be based on a profitable activity", the CEO points out.
The ongoing process with creditors and capital sources with aim to establish an adequate liquidity and a more robust financial situation for the Group is expected to be completed in Q4 2016.
Bergen Group is actively working to strengthen the Group's supplier position towards the offshore, industrial and marine environment in Norway. In this context, various alliances and forms of cooperation which can contribute to a stronger market position and increased utilization at the Group's established facilities will be evaluated.
Reference is made to the attached interim report for Q2 2016 for further details.
Contact persons:
CEO Hans Petter Eikeland, tel. +47 932 08 177
CFO Nils Hoff (finance), tel. +47 930 92 346
SVP Corporate Functions & Communications Øyvind Risnes, phone +47 480 48 561