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Volcano Tour Part 3: Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier
Allison Miles
May 04, 2015
After almost a week on the road, traveling from one volcano to the next, camping, bagging peaks, and experiencing plenty of adventure, a rest day presented a mix of both relief for our tired bodies and a bit of something else: anxiety, perhaps? It felt strange to not be hiking a mountain. However, we had plenty of that planned for the next few days.
We spent Thursday driving north to Mt. Adams, with a couple stops to resupply. We finally got our burger and pint at Everybody's Brewing in White Salmon (it was delicious, and I would highly recommend a stop there). We made our way through the breathtaking While Salmon river valley and my poor little car survived the bumpy forest road climb up to the Mt. Adams trailhead. We arrived just before dark and found a spot to camp amid snow piles and mud pits.
We hit the trail around 5 am after a breakfast of coffee and oatmeal under a dark, cold, star-filled sky. After a series of late-morning starts, the pre-dawn wake-up call was a bit rough, but before long, the eastern horizon was getting lighter and Mt. Hood to the south became bathed in alpenglow. We made our way up to the "Lunch Counter," a long, almost-flat table that sits between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. From there, we ascended a steep slope to Mt. Adams' false summit, about 11,200 feet, before the final ascent to the true summit at 12,276 feet. It was a long day with a few short breaks, taking us about 6 hours to complete the 6,600-foot climb. As we kicked our crampons into the snow, I kept glancing up at the false summit, and it never seemed to get any closer. But, somehow we made it to the top. Then, the final push to the summit felt even more unattainable, like an endless slop on a snowy treadmill. The altitude affected me in the last thousand feet, making every step feel like a huge effort, although perhaps it was just how legs are supposed to feel after six hours of climbing.
Either way, we made it to a snowpile on the top and whooped for joy. I immediately almost got blown off the snowpile and decided to step back down to try to take in the views while not quite so exposed to the wind. We could see south to the Three Sisters and north to the North Cascades. Directly in front of us were our next two objectives: Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier.
The cold, wind and altitude were quickly zapping our energy, so we ducked behind the snowpile summit and swapped out our crampons for skis. The top 1,000 was rough: We were basically skiing down rime ice and by then, the altitude was definitely affecting me, making my legs scream for oxygen with every turn. However, the going was much easier below the false summit, with softer snow, warmer sun and less wind. We skied all the way back down, almost to the car, but the snow had melted during the hot day and the final half mile or so was a muddy mess. Everything was muddy. But, we didn't care. It was sunny and we had climbed our biggest mountain yet. We threw our muddy gear into the car and got on the road to Mt. St. Helens.
Never take a "shortcut" on forest roads. We wanted to avoid going all the way back out to highway 14, then over to 205 and Interstate 5, yet many of the passes between the mountains were still closed for winter. On the map, roads always look simple and direct, but in reality, that is not always the case, and in our case, the road quickly diverged from the map and we had no idea where we were. Using our intuition and best guesses, we eventually got to Marble Sno Park at Mt. St. Helens at about 9 pm, after a 3+ hour drive from Mt. Adams. The parking lot was busy with the next day's hikers and climbers, but we found a quiet place for the tent.
We took the morning to dry out our gear in the sun and enjoy our coffee, starting on the trail around 9:30am. We were looking at another long day of climbing, this time about 5,500', but unlike Mt. Adams, where we immediately hiked on our skis, we would be hiking the first 2500' in shoes, with our skis and boots on our backs. While not the most comfortable or efficient way to hike, it's not unlike carrying a heavy backpack. However, the climb up Mt. St. Helens involves steep scrambling over lava rock. To top it off, it was hot and there aren't many trees to offer shade. When we finally reached a continuous snowfield, we stopped for almost an hour to eat snacks, drink water, and recoop.
From there, we made quick progress 3,000' up the softening snow, skinning past the line of hikers and reaching the rim within a couple hours. Looking back and forth along the rim, the first thing we noticed were giant cornices. So, at first, I was too nervous to step up and look over the edge. Luckily, moving along the rim, we found a spot that wasn't corniced. I was still nervous, but I stepped up to the edge and examined the crater. It has a glacier, many crevasses, and a dome with steaming vent that has been growing ever since the 1980 eruption. It was mind blowing to glimpse the geographical changes happening before my eyes. To the north stood Mt. Rainier in all its glory, and Mt. Adams loomed to the east. South, Mt. Hood looked like a tiny white triangle hovering above the haze.
Once again, we stepped into our skis and I felt the excitement building for the descent. The corn cycle over the past few days had finally presented perfect spring snow. I never wanted it to stop, but alas, after a quick 3,000 foot drop, we had returned to the hiking trail and the pile of lava rock where we had stashed our skis. We hiked out off Mt. St. Helens in deepening evening light, once again viewing the alpen glow on the mountains around us. Reaching the car around 8pm, we made a quick meal and got on the road to Mt. Rainier. We decided not to experiment with forest roads and headed for Interstate 5, a less direct, but perhaps faster route. We arrived at the gate to Mt. Rainier National Park after midnight and, barely awake, parked at the first pull-off we found, setting up our tent on a fortunate flat spot alongside the road.
In the morning, we took our coffee with us up to Paradise Lodge, around 6,000'. The parking lot was quickly filling with other skiers and mountaineers, all getting ready to embark on the route up the John Muir snowfield to Camp Muir, a popular basecamp for those hoping to summit. We joined the line of people streaming up the mountain, a drastically different experience after to getting used to having the mountains to ourselves. After awhile, however, the line spread out and we had some space to ourselves again. We got off the highway of post-holes created by mountaineers booting up the snow and made our own skin track. However, It was hard to focus on the hike with the massive glaciated face of Mount Rainier so close. Instead of going to the building itself at Camp Muir, we veered over to the aesthetic Anvil Rock, around 10,000 feet, where we kicked off our skis and enjoyed lunch in the sun on our last day of the Volcano Tour. Once again, the snow consisted of perfect spring corn, and this time, we looked forward to skiing the entire way back to the lodge.
It was a hot day, and I skied in jorts and a hoodie. It felt like summer. It was a perfect way to end the Volcano Tour, though neither of us were ready at all for it to end. I guess we'll just have to get planning on the next one.
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NIWA needs new climate models before new computer
2 September 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NIWA needs new climate models before a costly new super-computer
"It is a national scandal that NIWA are squandering $12.7 million of taxpayers' hard earned money on yet another supercomputer." This comment today from Bryan Leyland, chair of the economics panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition.
"In spite of buying a Cray T3A supercomputer several years ago, their predictions of the climate have been spectacularly wrong. They failed to predict the 1998 El Nino event, the cooling that has been noticeable since 2002 and the increased cooling that has been recorded over the last two years.
"NIWA's predictions of the climate this winter were spectacularly wrong. They predicted a mild winter and we got an extremely cold one. Then they failed to predict that August would be unusually warm. Over the years, their three months ahead projections have been of little value to man or beast.
"What this tells us is that there is something fundamentally wrong with the climate models that they are using in their existing computer. The $12.7 million new computer will simply give them more wrong answers even faster than before. It will do nothing to solve the fundamental problem - that, all over the world, climate models have dismally failed to predict the climate," continued Mr Leyland
"Rather than blow more millions of taxpayers money on yet another computer, especially in a period of financial restraint, NIWA should take a hard look at its own dismal record and also take a hard look at recent and compelling evidence from Australasian climate scientists that world temperatures are primarily driven by the Southern Oscillation Index which is related to the El Niño effect. Existing climate models cannot predict the next El Niño more than a few months ahead. Therefore they are worthless.
"NIWA should also take notice of the better than 80% accuracy of weather predictions produced by Piers Corbyn at Weather Action in the United Kingdom. For several years, he has successfully predicted severe weather events in United Kingdom months in advance and recently he has expanded this to hurricane prediction in the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Before NIWA get any money for yet another supercomputer they should be forced to explain exactly why a small organisation with desktop PCs has consistently outperformed all the supercomputers running climate models all over the world.
"To many climate scientists, the answer is obvious. Piers Corbyn bases his predictions on solar effects, not man-made greenhouse gases. It is high time that NIWA gave up its greenhouse gas induced delusions and followed suit," Mr Leyland concluded.


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Germany Christmas Markets 2019
Germany has a strong tradition for Christmas celebrations, something which is deeply rooted in the social frame of this Country.
While visiting either the biggest cities and the small towns, one is certainly struck by the abundance of decorations and gifts invading the cities during the Advent period. The old buildings are lightened up, shop windows are decorated with real sized mannequins, and reproductions of landscapes covered with snow can be found everywhere. Being Christmas such a heart-felt event for the German population, it is easy to imagine how numerous Christmas Markets are in the country.
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Munich Christmas Markets 2019
Munich dedicates a lot of time to Christmas Markets preparation. During the whole month of December the city turns into a kaleidoscope of lights, sounds and colours, while in the streets the scent and flavours spread around from the numerous stands of the Munich Christmas Markets 2019. When the nearly 100-ft. high Christmas tree sparkles in the ...
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Nuremberg Christmas Markets 2019
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Berlin Christmas Markets 2019
Berlin Christmas Markets Berlin Christmas Markets: 25.11. – 29.12.2019 The capital of Germany can also be a city break destination during Christmas Markets. The city offers a large selection of Christmas Markets for all tastes. The stalls display handmade decorations, local cakes and drinks, all this accompanied by Christmas fairs and events. Lucia Christmas Market in Kulturbrauerei Berlin 24.11. – 24.12.2019 fom Monday to Friday from ...
Frankfurt Christmas Markets 2019
The Christmas Markets in Frankfurt occupies the entire Old Town until the railway station and along the river bank, from where visitors can admire the gorgeous city skyline. The gastronomic stands serve tempting lunches and dinners made with würstel sandwiches, boiled cabbages and fried potatoes. Shop windows are dressed for the feast, with Christmas man-sized staging, ...
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To access some cities in Germany it is necessary to purchase a mark, the Feinstaubplakette", to be exhibited on the windshield. This rule is now about to extend all over the country.
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Collaboration beers celebrate big changes for SF Brewers Guild
At the 10th annual San Francisco Beer Week, which begins Friday, Feb. 9, you'll find 10 collaboration beers — one-time-only creations made collectively by brewers from different regions around the Bay Area and Santa Cruz County. For those counting, that's an impressive nine more official event beers than last year.
These 10 beers are a celebration of a behind-the-scenes evolution in Bay Area craft beer: Joanne Marino, executive director of the San Francisco Brewers Guild, is hoping to bring all of the region's craft breweries — there are close to 200 — into the organization.
The plan is for the guild to expand from its current 30-member, city-defined association to one with five regional chapters, advocating collectively for independent breweries in San Francisco, the North Bay, the South Bay, the East Bay and the Santa Cruz-Monterey Bay area.
In past years, guild members have usually created a single collaboration beer for Beer Week. This year's 10 brews run the gamut from a coffee-smoked porter (East Bay), to a saison with non-psychoactive cannabis terpenes (San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood), to an IPA with oranges, tangerines and grapefruit (South Bay). These Beer Week-backed collaboration brews serve both as simulacrums for intra-industry camaraderie and as arguments for why the entire Bay Area region should be considered a world-class beer destination.
"Beer Week has provided this region with substantial attention over the years. It's a marketing machine," Marino says. "When we're unified as a region, we really have a strong voice as establishing the greater Bay Area as the heart of craft beer."
As breweries proliferate nationwide, and as San Francisco real estate grows more expensive, the city has ceased to be the central hub of regional beer production. However, many beer companies in Bay Area satellite communities don't have strong local associations to represent their endemic interests. There is the California Craft Brewers Association, which fights for breweries statewide, but it can't meet breweries' varying regional business needs.
That's where the San Francisco Brewers Guild aims to step in. By extending its membership boundaries, the guild can promote the local industry by championing its products and also addressing issues exclusive to the Bay Area.
There is an encouraging precedent. The growth of the San Diego Brewers Guild to more than 120 members, many outside the city proper, has been a boon to its local economy, according to a case study by the city, especially during its annual beer week. While it's not known how much San Francisco Beer Week generates for the region, it increased business for 87 percent of participating businesses last year, a guild survey found. Regional unification and promotion of Bay Area beer could mean greater industry vitality during Beer Week and year-round.
It's going to take a lot of work to get there. "Our whole structure will have to evolve," Marino says. She has enlisted the help of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business to formulate a plan.
The proposal has a few immediate, but cautious, fans. Greg Coll, general manager at Fogbelt Brewing in Santa Rosa, has long sought to foster an alliance of North Bay breweries. The issue in the past was a lack of funding, so when the guild reached out, it seemed that support from the "home base" was just what they'd need.
"Once the fires (in October 2017) happened, it wasn't a priority, but now the community is moving forward again," Coll says. "I think it's more important than ever, not just for the beer industry but for the community as a whole."
That North Bay community gathered recently at HenHouse in Santa Rosa to brew its collaboration beer, a West Coast-style IPA. HenHouse co-founder Collin McDonnell is just as excited as Coll about the prospect of joining the San Francisco Brewers Guild. McDonnell learned to brew from industry vets at 21st Amendment in San Francisco and Drake's in San Leandro, and he embraces the opportunity to align with mentors and other brewers.
"Anything we can do as a group to attract more tourism ... I think it's great," he says. "I came up in a really collaborative set of breweries who saw the benefit in growing the community. This feels like an extension of that to me."
For J.C. Hill, co-founder of Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey — the self-described "no-man's land" between the bay and the Central Coast — participation in Beer Week wouldn't have happened without the guild. The brewery also contributed to its region's collaboration beer, a sea-salted caramel stout.
"It's great to be lumped in with the brewers in the greater Bay Area," Hill says. "We're happy, we're honored to be part of (it) and we think it will represent us well in various events."
Marino estimates it could be "months, possibly years" before they "get governance and infrastructure, nuts and bolts figured out." Until then, some breweries have been "wait and see."
For example, Alex Wallash, co-founder of Berkeley's the Rare Barrel, says: "I think it's definitely going to be challenging to organize a large number of breweries over a pretty large geographical area." But if it goes through, he adds, "I'm also optimistic that this could bring our community closer together."
Alyssa Pereira is an SFGate staff writer. Email: email@example.com Twitter: @alyspereira


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Thursday, June 14th 2018, 10:00 to 18:00, Animation Studio
Laura Ginès and Pepon Meneses are storytellers and animators. Technical hybridization of graphic languages is one of the qualities that mark their work.
They have recently been awarded with Junceda 2015 Prize in the category of animation, a mention of the jury at the Visual Music Award of Gelnhausen 2017, or Cara-B Festival of music video award in Barcelona.
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In my last post I spoke about how I was on the hunt for my perfect nude lip colour. The next lipstick I decided to try was another by Maybelline, a Color Sensational lipstick in the shade 'Tantalising Taupe'.
The packaging looks classy and the shade is printed on the bottom, which makes it easy to see which colour you are picking up. The lid also feels quite secure so you wouldn't have to worry about it falling off in your bag.
The texture of the lipstick is really nice. It is very moisturising, which is great for this time of year, and it glides easily onto the lips. The lipstick almost sinks into your lips, which gives a smooth finish and feels a bit like a lip balm to wear. The formula of the lipstick does mean that it is not very long lasting, which would normally put me off, but it is so easy to reapply, you can do it without a mirror.
The actual shade is a lovely browny pink colour which I think would suit a lot of people. It is a subtle nude, that doesn't look like concealer-like and would look great for a laid back daytime look or paired with more dramatic eye makeup for night time. I have worn this shade to work and received quite a few compliments.
Below is a swatch of the colour:
The swatch looks more brown than it looks on the lips. On my lips it definitely looks more brown/pink.
Overall I really love this lipstick, it feels great on the lips and the colour is gorgeous. The only downside is the longevity, but I think the good points outweigh this one negative. If you are looking for a great nude lipstick I would highly recommend this one.
Overall Rating- 9/10
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My body takes quite a beating from Obstacle racing and the training that goes with that... So recovery is KEY!!!
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Cinnamon Chickpea Dairy Free Truffles
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Dairy Free Truffles – they may be small in size, but they are BIG in cinnamon flavor reminiscent of unbaked snickerdoodles. They are also gluten free and so incredibly easy to make.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: dairy free, gluten free, oil free, soy free, vegan
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 211 kcal
Cinnamon Chickpea Truffles
1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas (or 1 15oz can, rinsed and drained)
1 cup cashew butter (store bought or homemade)
2/3 cup coconut sugar
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt (if your cashew butter is unsalted, use 1/2 tsp)
Coating (optional, but HIGHLY recommended)
2 tbsp coconut sugar
2 tbsp ground cinnamon


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Landscape Architecture | Regional and Community Planning
LA l RCP Advisory Council will be on campus Sept. 26-27. Please review the agenda to note meetings and events you and students in your classes will be involved with during the day Thursday and Friday. Please let Courtney Boman know if you will or will not be at the soup supper on Wednesday evening and the dinner on Thursday evening.
Our Promotion and Tenure and Mid-Tenure Presentations will continue through September. All tenured and tenure track faculty are invited to the presentations that will each begin at 5:30 pm in Seaton 106c, following the schedule to the right.
The Seaton 305 projector has been repaired (again). It is likely that this electrical repair got to the root of our ongoing problems. Thank you for letting Jody know every time it goes out and please continue to do so.
The Wichita Downtown Development Corporation sponsored studio is featured in a Wichita bank commercial highlighting creativity. Look for them starting at the 36 second mark. Professors Belanger and Hunt LAR 442 studio worked with WDDC Spring 2013.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Alpa Nawre for receiving her State of Kansas landscape architects license
Professor Stephanie Rolley is serving on a Planning Accreditation Board Site Evaluation Team Sept. 15-18 at the University of Utah.
Dr. Hyung Jin Kim's proposal 'Military children's physical activity and walking to school behaviors in Kansas: The Effect of the Built Environment' is being submitted to the Kansas Health Foundation, $34,000.
Professors Brent Chamberlain (Co-PI) and Lee Skabelund participated in the WSC-Category 2. Integrated Watershed Management: Sustaining Urban Ecosystem Services (Midwestern Model) $3.2 million proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation.
Building With Change EDRA45 New Orleans call for proposals is now available. The submission deadline is Sept. 20, 2013 for Papers, Abstracts, Workshops, Symposia, Professional Development Tutorials, and Pre-Conference Intensives and November 22, 2013 for Display Poster Sessions and EDRAShorts.
The Enquiry/ARCC Journal of Architectural Research call for submissions is available and due October 15.
Allowable costs were explained in a recent K-State Today. We usually don't repeat information from other newsletters but want to make sure everyone has access to the information.
Thurs Sept 19, LARCP Faculty Meeting, Seaton 106c, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, agenda
Thurs Sept 19, Promotion and Tenure Presentation, Hahn, Seaton 106c, 5:30 pm
Mon Sept 23, Promotion and Tenure Presentation, Brody, Seaton 106c, 5:30 pm
Tues Sept 24, Mid-Tenure Presentation, Beamish, Seaton 106c, 5:30 pm
Wed Sept 25, Mid-Tenure Presentation, Nawre, Seaton 106c, 5:30 pm
Thurs Sept 26, LARCP Faculty Meeting with Advisory Council, Seaton 106c, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Thurs Oct 3, LA Faculty Meeting, Seaton 106c, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Tues Oct 8, Tenure Faculty Meeting, Seaton 301, 10 am - 12:30 pm
Thurs Oct 10, RCP Faculty Meeting, Seaton 106c, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Tues Oct 15, Tenured Faculty Meeting, Seaton 301, 10 am - 12:30 pm
Thurs Oct 17, LARCP Faculty Meeting, Seaton 106c, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Thurs Oct 24, LARCP Faculty Meeting, Seaton 106c, 12:30 am - 1:30 pm
Mon Oct 28, May and August Intersession proposals due to Stephanie
Thurs Sept 19, How the Brain Learns Symposium, TBA
Thurs - Fri Sept 26 - 27, LARCP Advisory Council
Mon Oct 14, RCP Distinguished Lecture, Chuck Marohn
Wed Nov 6, RCP Ekdahl Lecture, Ken Greenberg
Sat Nov 9, APDesign Research Symposium with Linda Sorrento, Executive Director of the National Academy of Environmental Design
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Former California governor and action-movie hero Arnold Schwarzenegger will headline the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit in February.
The conference is billed as "an internationally recognized" event to bring together fund managers, investors, regulators and others in the hedge fund industry.
Chris Duggan, a vice president with Dart Enterprises which is an organizer and major sponsor of the event, said the summit would provide an opportunity for industry leaders from around the world to engage in collaborative discussions "on how to effectively compete in the rapidly changing investment markets."
"We look forward to welcoming some of the world's top business executives to the Cayman Islands to participate in what is going to be an outstanding and thought provoking Summit, discussing a new vision for a new age in the alternatives space," he added.
Mr. Schwarzenegger served as the governor of California from 2003 through 2011. He became famous in the decades before starting his political career, starring in popular action films including The Terminator series and The Running Man.
Since leaving politics, Mr. Schwarzenegger has turned his career to business, investing and philanthropy.
Topics for discussion at the conference include how to cope with changing market conditions, challenges with forecasting the global economy, working within changing regulatory environments, and combining investing with philanthropy.
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1. It Will Cost You Valuable Job Search TimeHonestly, I don't think it's ever really too late to complete your LinkedIn profile, but if you wait until you want to utilize your profile for an active job search, then you're already behind the curve. You could have had a maximized profile, made lasting connections, joined professional groups, and made contacts with individuals that you could be benefitting from now. But because you waited—and are just now getting started with enhancing your profile—you now have to start from scratch making those connections, joining the groups, and optimizing your profile.
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I can easily say that this has been the most anticipated episode I have released ever since I wrote the spoken word 'Following My Gut' commemorating my deceased Marine brother Anthony Wood and mentioned 22 year old Jasmine Davids in that as one of 36 Angel's who have had the capacity to disrupt my depressive episode's with the Light of Life of which our Soul's reflect.
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This report studies Diabetic Foot Care Products in Global market, especially in North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and India, with production, revenue, consumption, import and export in these regions, from 2012 to 2016, and forecast to 2022.
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Global Diabetic Foot Care Products Market Professional Survey Report 2017
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How long can Kaspersky survive the assault on its business in America? It's already been thrown out of Best Buy stores, is close to being expelled from U.S. government networks and even private industry companies are being told to stop using the Russian company's anti-virus tools. Then yesterday another bombshell, the biggest so far regarding the company's alleged links to Russian government hackers: an NSA employee was compromised by Russians who allegedly used Kaspersky to determine there were files of interest related to the intelligence agency's cyber operations on the victim's computer.
Nail after nail has been put in Kaspersky's American coffin, but is it going six feet under on these shores? Not yet. There's enough wiggle room left open by the reporting, largely and understandably based on anonymous sources, for the Russian security giant, led by billionaire CEO Eugene Kaspersky, to stay alive. Just.
To recall the accusations in the WSJ's report: in 2015 a substantial but unspecified number of files were stolen from an NSA contractor's PC. The hackers were alerted by Kaspersky's software "to the presence of files that may have been taken from the NSA," the report noted, citing according to anonymous sources.
A subsequent Washington Post article confirmed the leak, the third major breach of sensitive NSA data in the last decade after the Edward Snowden and Harold T. Martin III incidents, but noted the hacked party was a Vietnamese national who worked in the NSA's elite hacking division, Tailored Access Operations. Previous reports suggested he was a contractor. The government investigation is ongoing.
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There's little detail on what role Kaspersky or its software played in the breach, however. In the worst case scenario for Kaspersky, it would've actively colluded with the Russian government, purposefully passing on data collected by its antivirus systems to pinpoint which computers contained NSA cyber tools, most likely those it researched, such as those produced by the Equation Group. Kaspersky Lab was the first to detail the tools of that latter crew, widely believed to belong to the NSA and which a shady crew called the Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen. The group subsequently leaked cyber tools, most notoriously those targeting Microsoft Windows that ended up being adapted to spread the WannaCry ransomware.
Or it may be that whoever hacked Kaspersky in 2015 managed to pilfer that information and pass it on to the Kremlin's digital sleuths. The hackers might also have exploited Kaspersky as a way into the contractor's PC; researchers have found multiple vulnerabilities in the anti-virus in recent years, including recent finds by Google and one hole that tricked Kaspersky into funnelling stolen data out of a hacked computer via its own cloud. Finally, it's possible Russian spies intercepted the data after it was flagged on the user's PC by Kaspersky and sent to the company's Russian servers for analysis, a typical process in anti-virus systems.
But there's no evidence indicating any of those three scenarios happened, and Eugene Kaspersky, who's repeatedly been the subject of reports linking him to Russian intelligence agencies, didn't give much credence to them. Quite the opposite.
Not long after Thursday's story broke, the chief issued another vociferous response, having previously defended his company and his reputation on Forbes. He labelled the report "sensationalist," and at the heart of his defense was his note that Kaspersky has to have deep access to a computer's files in order to determine what was malicious. It appeared to the CEO that a Kaspersky tool did its job in finding possible NSA malware (he also cited the Equation Group research, but didn't link it to the agency) and that some added "fictional" information made it seem like the company was somehow complicit in helping Russian government hackers.
"While protecting our customers, we do – as any other cybersecurity vendors – check the health of a computer. It works like an X-ray: the security solution can see almost everything in order to identify problems, but it cannot attribute what it sees to a particular user," he wrote. "If our technologies detect anything suspicious and this object is identified as malware, in a matter of minutes ALL our clients no matter who and where they are, will receive protection from this threat.
Citing a tweet from former GCHQ cyber specialist Matt Tait that Kaspersky could've simply detected NSA spy tools on the infected computer, the CEO added: "The new allegations look to me like that: someone just took this process of how we deal with a threat, added some fictional details, and here we go – the new C level movie script is ready."
But if it's just signatures on NSA implants and NSA exploits, then this is Kaspersky just doing its job, and not at all a Kaspersky-Russia thing.
— Pwn ██ ██ ███ (b)(5) (@pwnallthethings) October 5, 2017
On Friday, there was a fresh development, as the CEO tweeted that he was worried about a possible attack on Kaspersky products.
Seriously: we're very concerned about possible breach of our products. If anon sources from WSJ article want to investigate let's do it ASAP
— Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) October 6, 2017
Kaspersky also issued an official response, questioning the anonymous sources in the WSJ report and reiterating it had no inappropriate ties to government. "The only conclusion seems to be that Kaspersky Lab is caught in the middle of a geopolitical fight," the company said.
Western defenders?
But Kaspersky isn't definitively done in America. It has its supporters in the west, despite the government's apparent antipathy. Former NSA staffer and long-time cyber specialist for the U.S. government, Jake Williams, said the allegations were "certainly damning if true." But he feared confirmation bias on behalf on the analysts who looked into the hack of the contractor's PC.
"I would be skeptical of any forensic analyst who says they can tie the theft of files on the machine to Kaspersky software. Now if the intelligence community has additional collection that proves those files were collected by Kaspersky, then that's something else entirely," Williams told Forbes.
"As it stands, this sounds like it could be a case of confirmation bias. The contractor took classified documents home, those documents were found to have been compromised, and when it was discovered they were running Kaspersky on their machine an analyst said 'aha, it was Kaspersky that enabled hackers to compromise the machine.'"
Thomas Rid, a professor at Kings College London who's worked alongside Kaspersky researchers, concurred there weren't enough facts to kill Kaspersky. "Not if you're assessing the evidence on its merits," he added. "But that is so old-fashioned."
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Red Velvet Macaroons are perfect gluten-free treats for special days! Are you still in search for an easy yet attractive treats for the coming Valentine's Day? These coconut macaroons are the treat of LOVE!
Red Velvet Macaroons must be in your list for Valentine's Day. It is a very easy treat that you can make to impress that special one in your life. Although this is a perfect gluten-free red velvet treat, I'm sure even those who don't have to follow a gluten-free diet will love these beauties.
If you are looking for an easy and light yet scrumptious treat for that special da yor for any day, you should give these red velvet macaroons a try. Our 3-Ingredient Coconut Macaroons are one of the favorite recipes on the blog, so let's make it match for the coming Valentine's Day. Do you agree that red is the color of love? I don't know if it has a color at all but the color red makes me want to bake more.
These are slightly crispy on the outside and quite soft on the inside. You don't need more than 5 or 6 ingredients for this recipe. I used red food coloring and vanilla as additional ingredients. To give a nice final touch and a little more sweetness. Don't you think these look even more beautieful this way?
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Red Velvet Macaroons
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- Prep Time: 10 minutes
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- 2 medium egg whites
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- 2 and 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- Powdered sugar for garnish
- Preheat oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites and sugar until foamy.
- Add in the shreeded coconut, vanilla and red food coloring. Stir with a spatula. Make balls using your hands. If it doesn't hold together, add one small egg white. If you think it is too wet, add more coconut.
- Place the balls on the parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes.
- Let them cool completely and sift powdered sugar on them before serving.
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Some producers have actually gotten wise and produced the combined duvet sets. A duvet set is made up of 2 duvets – a 9.5 tog-rated duvet and another with 4.5 tog rating. These sets are made to accommodate all seasons, so as a purchaser you dont need to buy the duvets for specific seasons individually. Duvet sets have actually become popular in some nations with considerably altering weather.
Both sorts of filling are incredibly light-weight, appearing to float on your bed. The silk duvet displays all the stiffness of barely whipped cream, whilst the down duvet is even more of a totally whipped variation. After all, Mulberry silk duvets are developed in a different method to down duvets as silk does not need box sewing in order to be kept evenly distributed and get rid of cold spots. This means that silk duvets most likely curtain that bit much better than down duvets. Lastly, and by no means least of all, as natural fibers both down and silk have the marvellous capability to breathe, raising away sweating so you dont experience the clamminess which commonly occurs when sleeping under an artificial duvet.
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Comforters ate the stuffed bed covers which have soft and relaxing stuffing of fine fibers, sewed together at all 4 sides. In cold nights, these provide additional warmth and comfort. These ornamental home accents are offered in different patterns, designs and colors. Duvets are similar to the comforters to provide additional warmth and comfort but require duvet covers.
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They are still well known in Europe today and have become quite popular in the United States. Once you purchase a duvet bedding set, you will never go back to any other type of bedding. A duvet set is quite unique, it assists making your bed in the morning a lot faster and simpler. A typical cover set includes a comforter cover, pillow cases and fitted or flat sheet. All you will have to do when you awaken in the morning is take care of the sheet and throw the comforter cover over the bed.
The home needs to be the one location where you feel most comfortable and whether this achieved by updating your bedroom design or calling on experts who specialise in developing stunning bathrooms Oxford for you to unwind in is totally approximately you. Exactly what this expert business know is that an investment in a down duvet is one you will not be sorry for.
The other thing you will explore is the offered popular collections that provide the sets that you such as. To recognize the most appropriate collections you will check the ones that have different ranges and quality materials. This will assist you select the ones that blend with exactly what is contained in your bedroom. In addition, you will guarantee the prices are reasonable.
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Plenty of people first choice relating to comforter sets these days are often synthetic down comforters to remain comfy and comfortable in bed especially while in the middle of cold weather. Down comforter sets normally are certainly the most effective choice solely as a direct outcome the remarkable functions of goose down especially, for that reason outstanding synthetic down comforter sets with a comparable qualities with a decreased expense tend to be certainly an amazing alternative.
Of all the designs, the most convenient one to sew is the flat bedspread. For this design, patchwork is a choice. A flat spread ought to have a generous overhang on the foot and sides of the bed. Likewise, add enough to the length if the spread will be tucked under the pillows. Make sure and add seam allowances and hems on all sides and ends as well.
The material of the duvet is yet someone else essential consideration which you must remember before you zero in on any certain one. Though there are a variety of materials, it's cotton that works the best. It is cool in summertimes and does not trigger sweating like other synthetic fibers. However, cotton material tends to get filthy soon so see to it that you've duvet covers useful. Furthermore, ensure that you check the thread count of the material before you zero in on any certain one.
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In case the freezing winds of winter season show up, numerous individuals flip to lavish bed comforters to remain warm. As an outcome of their luxurious feel and hard to beat warmth, along comforters truly are an usual favorite. On the other hand, along comforters are produced in the decline of ducks or geese, to which lots of people are allergic. Luckily, you'll discover down alternative comforters.
You are also going to want to make sure that you are looking carefully for a company that you can trust too. The last thing you want to do is to end up believing you have discovered the ideal bedroom best sheets sets, only to discover that the business was less than enjoyable to deal with. Sticking to a company you can trust is certainly worth it.
You have to validate the material of the bedding sets as there are many fabrics that one may blend in and offer the product. But, you have to thoroughly see the quality of the product then go with the selection process. There will be marked down rates for you in the online and for some products, they even supply at complimentary shipping cost. So, begin now and search for the very best quality bedding sets.
If you want to choose a quality comforter, comprehend what down is prior to making your decision. Sown is the fluffy and soft feathers made use of in comforters. These feathers typically belong to young birds or a particular kind. When on the market for a comforter, look for on out with an increased fill power. This is a 3 digit number that grades the quality of thread on the bedding. The greater the number, the much better. The heavier the comforter, the warmer it will be this is the time to consider your sleep pattern.
The duvet, a typical luxury bed linen, is a term that's thrown around a lot without an equal quantity of explanation. Suffice to say, in contemporary luxury bed sets, that the duvet is meant to be the luxury bedding option to both a comforter and sheets. This is one of the many reasons the number of "pieces" in a luxury bedding sets isnt terribly crucial. Make certain to pay attention to the real contents. A duvet will normally occupy only as much space as a comforter, so expect luxury bedding sets with duvets to be a bit smaller and lighter than others. Unless, obviously, there are more bonus.
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Silk fabric has the capability to keep the temperature of the body over the night. It keeps one cool when the temperature is warm exterior and warm when the temperature is cool exterior. Keeping a more continuous temperature throughout the night avoids overheating and permits the body to have a more relaxed and sound sleep.
Some people claim that they have allergic reactions to goose down and it prevails. Nevertheless, by picking bedding that has white goose down, it is virtually hypoallergenic which is a relief to lots of. While normally collected in bulk by unique arms in Canada or Hungry that take the time to ensure that their geese are appropriately raised, the much better dealt with, the much better goose down you will reeve. The product you will find in your comforter is the best quality and has been hand separated to guarantee the upmost quality.
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This is a very good question and one that needs more than a basic answer. Goose down has constantly been reserved for the very best duvets, pillows and mattress toppers. Soft, sensuous and exceptionally comfy, well, that looks after the brief reply. Pure down has the ability to take in big amounts of wetness and sweat, regrettably while we rest our bodies release sweat as part of the natural cycle of living. If the wetness is left on the skin it can cool down the body and wake you up as you feel the chilling impact. Maintaining a healthy and balanced temperature while you rest is essential to a long undisturbed sleep, if the body gets up often during the night the general efficiency of your rest is decreased. The soft fluffy down takes in the wetness and locks it way inside the duvet and gradually releases it as the duvet cools.
If you get only the coverlet then it may not serve its function entirely as it is made use of to embellish and beautify the room. Therefore, you need to have a whole coverlet set. The coverlet set may include a coverlet, pillow shams, cushions and bed skirt. Pillow sham is the pillow cover which matches the coverlet and bed skirt is fitted under the mattress which hangs down to the floor and offers it a royal appearance. These upholstery can be easily removed and washed.
Duvet covers on the other hand are different from duvets and down comforters. A bed linen is a much thinner, more ornamental, fabric that slips down over the down comforter or duvet, like a pillow case covering a pillow. In this case people should not confuse the 2 terms as duvet covers and down comforters are 2 totally different things.
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Technically, all comforters, bedspread setsalong with related products are bed linens that comprise the highest layer of your particular bed. They provide covering in the direction of the bed and comfort and ease to the guy or woman sleeping on it. That staying discussed, bed comforters and bed spreads genuinely serve the exact same functions. They only vary within the method these functions are served. Additionally they vary in characteristics. To accomplish the utmost ease and comfort from your bed, you need to prepare to acknowledge 1 sort of bedding from the other. To perform that, this helpful short article will impart you some tips on identifying comforters from bedspreads.
The material is an eco-product as it can be collected from the fiber of trees and pulp. This means it is greener than cotton, contributing as much as 30 per cent less exhausts and uses up to 20 times less water in its production than cotton. This quells numerous of the issues that individuals are afraid with using cotton and makes it a far more sustainable material. It is likewise checked for chemical residues, guaranteeing it is safe and free of anything nasty that might cause issues.
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Montmorency Cherry Tree
Grow Your Own Large, Juicy, Sour Cherries
- Large & Bright Red
- Heavy Producer
- Cold Tolerant
The Montmorency Cherry Tree (Prunus cerasus 'Montmorency') produces the United States most popular sour cherry. It is considered the very best cherry for making pies.
This highly prized cherry tree will welcome spring with brilliant, snow-white flowers in spring, followed by a great number of clusters of red sour cherries midseason.
The fruit is large sized with bright red skin. The flesh is amber and the juice is clear. Because it's self-fertile only one tree is needed to produce armloads of delicious, tangy cherries.
Montmorency Cherry trees can be maintained at any height with pruning. As with all Sour Cherry Trees, it has a beautiful shape for a featured spot in the landscape. It is extremely winter-hardy and heavy bearing.
You will not be disappointed with this outstanding sour cherry. Grow the Montmorency cherry; it is the standard by which pie cherries are judged. Order a Montmorency Cherry Tree today!
Buying Options for Plants
Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.
Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!
Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
|Young Plants to 18 Months
|Ranges from
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|4.5" Container
|Equal to
|.65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume
|Sprinter Pot
|Equal to
|.63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume
|4" Container
|Ranges from
|.31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume
|6" Container
|Equal to
|1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume
|1 Quart
|Equal to
|1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume
|5.5" Container
|Equal to
|1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume
|Ranges from
|.8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume
|Ranges from
|1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume
|Ranges from
|1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume
|Ranges from
|1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume
|Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old
|2 Quart
|Equal to
|2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume
|#1 Container
|Ranges from
|2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume
|Equal to
|3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume
|Plants 2 - 4 Years Old
|#2 Container
|Ranges from
|1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume
|#3 Container
|Ranges from
|2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume
|Plants 3 - 5 Years Old
|#5 Container
|Ranges from
|2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume
|#7 Container
|Ranges from
|5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume
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Dependable Variety with an Ancient Past
The Montmorency Cherry has a very long and clouded history. The sour cherry has been a part of recorded history dating back to the Greeks in 300 BCE. They were a part of the diet of the Persians and Romans well before 1 AD.
The Romans are credited with planting sour cherries along the highways as food for the travelers, and Roman soldiers carried them dried into battle. Their high nutritional value has been understood for well over 2000 years.
Coming out of the early natural cross thought to be Prunus avium (Sweet Cherry) and the Prunus fruitcosa (the Ground Cherry), resulted in today's Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherry), but the introduction of the Montmorency that we know today was not clear.
In the early 17th century, out of the Montmorency Valley of France, many sour cherries began being introduced. As cited by U.P. Hedrick, in his classic 'The Cherries of New York,' 1913, "Unfortunately several quite distinct cherries bear the name Montmorency and it has been most difficult to separate them in pomological literature. To make matters worse, all of them have been much confused with other varieties, Early Richmond in particular."
By the mid-17th century, there began to emerge a single variety recognized as Montmorency, as a chance seedling of Cerise Hative, or Cerise Commune cherries.
It was not until the early 1900's that the Montmorency would be planted regularly. It was readily apparent that this was one of the most adaptable varieties of cherries offered. Montmorency quickly became the variety of choice for all of the major sour cherry growing regions.
This included Western New York, along the Great Lakes in Western Michigan, and in the famous cherry growing region of Door county in Eastern Wisconsin. It remains the number one cherry in all these top cherry growing regions today.
|Botanical Name
|Prunus cerasus 'Montmorency'
|Mature Height
|Semi-Dwarf: 15 - 20 feet
|Sun Exposure
|Full Sun
|Soil Type
|Widely Adaptable
|Pollinator Friendly
|Fruiting Time
|3 - 5 years


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His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
(Note: I got a request to review this, which is not exactly a chore, but as it didn't fit any existing category, I decided to create a new one. No idea how often I'll update it, but it could grow into something. Not everything is a western or a noir, after all, no matter how hard some folks insist on having it otherwise.)
I've now seen His Girl Friday six times.
That's three more times than I've listened to Never Mind the Bollocks and seventeen times fewer than I've seen Rio Bravo (yes, I keep count–on the movies no matter what, and on the albums if it doesn't go over three). I only mention this to place it on a scale: I like screwball comedies better than punk rock and not as much as westerns.
I'll let you figure out what that says about me.
One thing I've figured out for myself, though, is that the twenty-something me did not predict the fifty-something me.
At twenty-something, I didn't have much awareness of directors, let alone auteurs. If such awareness had existed, Howard Hawks almost certainly would have been my favorite.
Makes sense.
At twenty-something, dreams tend to occupy the lion's share of a romantic sensibility and, at twenty-something, it's hard to accept–even if you can imagine it–that those dreams will one day be memories.
Mostly memories of what might have been.
Unless, of course, the dreams come true (fat chance), or you don't quite grow up (I had my doubts but, curse or blessing, it happened to me).
Which is all a way of saying that the part of me that once wholeheartedly embraced Hawks's happily-ever-after world view generally and His Girl Friday specifically, now has a tendency to hold him at arm's length, His Girl Friday–which, with the possible exception of To Have and Have Not, I once embraced most wholeheartedly of all—not excepted.
Oh, it' s still great fun. As pure fun goes, I can't imagine greater. I'm sure I'll watch it several more times before my dreaming ends–in any case, way more times than I'll listen to the Sex Pistols. I'll always keep it in a special box, well-lit and carefully tended, in part because it's such a perfect distillation of a cultural confidence and cohesion the loss of which I so regularly mourn here.
I mean, who doesn't want to be (or be with) Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell trading memories and wisecracks and secret nods and winks at the expense of the rubes and charlatans who are forever running amok in this world? Who doesn't want to believe that our perfectly idealized selves aren't capable of rising to any challenge, whether it's coming up with the next zinger in the fastest-talking movie ever made or running rings around corrupt politicos or saving an innocent man from the gallows even if–maybe especially if–he's a consummate rube himself?
And who doesn't want to believe that the elements of a world that made such a movie possible still exist somewhere, waiting to be drawn forth at any moment even if, in our heart of hearts, we know there is nobody left who could imagine anything remotely similar, let alone write, produce, direct or act in it? I mean, it's a testimony to just how great His Girl Friday is that it makes it possible to wonder if the war and famine that were loose in the world when it was made might actually be worth enduring again if we could just get the dream life it depicts so beautifully back to stay.
Would that there were still room for fairy tales.
Of course, none of this makes me immune. Hawks's Rio Bravo–take it from somebody who's done serious research for western fiction–is not a whit more susceptible to anything approaching "realism." And, yes, I have seen it twenty-three times.
That's probably because it's at least grounded by a streak of melancholy.
You don't find much of that in Hawks's work prior to the late fifties. (You could measure the psychic distance between Hawks and his perpetually melancholy friend, John Ford, by their WWII "combat" movies. Hawks's Air Force, made a few months after Pearl Harbor, ends in triumph. Ford's They Were Expendable, made just after Japan's surrender, ends in defeat. All that was before Hawks worked Red River in such a way as to prove he could wring a happy ending out of literally anything.)
And you don't find a trace of melancholy, or any other form of doubt, in His Girl Friday.
So you have to lay the world aside, sure, but once you do, the movie still takes flight and never touches down. It may not have much to do with this world, but it sets you down in one any dreamer would want to live in, one where you're always Cary or Roz and never Ralph Bellamy or, God forbid, Mother!
No small feat for a movie about a bunch of hyper-cynical newshounds covering a hanging!
I wouldn't say the film takes any big chances. Not for nothing was Hawks the most reliably commercial director in Hollywood for two decades. He always kept the rules straight. No masks allowed.
In a Hawks' movie, you always know who the winners and losers were going to be from the first breath.
But Hawks had the rare gift of making formulas work for him by never forgetting the inherent limits of those formulas–by making them work for him. Give him a cliche and he didn't push outward, try to explode it. He doubled down.
By God, if he was stuck with a sad sack loser convict then he was going to get John Qualen and nobody else to play him because that would make him the greatest sad sack loser who ever lost.
If there was gonna be a corrupt mayor in this thing, then he was going to get Clarence Kolb and nobody else, so he'd be sure you were watching the most corruptible mayor who was ever corrupted.
And so on and so forth, and you don't even have to know who those people are to know what they are the second they show up.
Hawks being Hawks, you also don't have to worry about whether they'll change up and surprise you.
Oh, the circumstances might change. The mayor might weasel all the way to the right before he's forced to do the about face you knew he had in him and weasel all the way to the left. But you know where they fit right off the bat.
Which means you can, among other things, relax, turn off your mind and float downstream without the assistance of hallucinogens.
If it's not exactly brimming with moral force, at least there are no distractions or pretense. No Hollywood mantra was ever more surefire than "give 'em a good time," and His Girl Friday was just about the best time that could ever be had.
Still is, despite everything.
Because of course I still want to be Cary Grant–especially this Cary Grant, i.e., Walter Burns, who has not a single redeeming virtue except the greatest redeeming virtue of all, which is his Cary Grant-ness. And of course, I want to be with Rosalind Russell's Hildy Johnson, especially this Rosalind Russell, who would be such an impeccably perfect match for my Cary Grant-ness!
And I've read enough reliable reportage from enough Hildy Johnson wannabes to know the reverse works just as well.
If I don't tend to include His Girl Friday in my personal Top Ten anymore, or think of Howard Hawks as my favorite director anymore, it isn't really the fault of the director's particularly sunny vision or his most perfectly realized dream-scape.
They didn't really get any older….
I did.


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Oregon Coast Engagement
There are very few things I enjoy more than love and the outdoors. Of course love takes the cake on almost anything but there is also something about being outdoors with the man you love that stands tall on my enjoyment list. Playfulness and affection are set free in open areas such as the woods or the beach and why this engagement shoot catches my eye.
This loving couple just so happens to be sporting their Seahawks jerseys in a few images which makes it even more perfect to feature on a day like today, given it is the Superbowl and all. May you be inspired by the love shown… and encouraged to cheer on the Seahawks today. 😉


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30 October 2015
LiquidSonics Reverberate v1.916 x86 x64 VST WiN
P2P | 30.10.2015 | x86: 353.90 MB | x64: 350.93 MB
LiquidSonics' Reverberate is a highly efficient hybrid convolution reverb audio processor offering true zero-latency operation for two separate, stereo impulse responses for Mac and PC supporting VST, Audio Units and RTAS. Reverberate provides a rich and dynamic reverb from magesy download impulse responses by modulating an amalgamation of two, separately controllable true stereo IRs using an LFO. Further modulation is possible using the post-processing effects; an all-pass interpolator chorus and delay unit provide a fuller sound and an over-sampled analogue prototype paragraphic equaliser is provided with dual LFOs. These features make for a livelier, more creative sound than typically associated with some convolution reverbs.
In addition to loading impulse responses from magesy download audio files Reverberate is able to generate supplementary early reflections for additional control over a room's sonic characteristics.
- * Dual true-stereo convolution reverb
- * Zero latency (or select up to 8192 samples latency)
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- * Double oversampled EQ with modulation per IR
- * Linear-interpolation choruses for IR1, IR2 and post effects
- * Stereo delays with modulation for IR2, IR2 and post effects
- * Post EQ with LFO modulation
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1.916: 08/02/15
– All: Fixed an issue with true stereo file normalisation.
1.915: 22/01/15
– All: Fixed an issue with the modulation gain amplitude.
1.914: 25/07/14
– All: Fixed an issue where the initial presets could load as empty presets.
1.913: 14/04/14
– VST/AU: Improved support in WaveLab.
– AAX (Build 041): Improved preset recall.
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– AAX (Build 046): Bug fix for using parallel stereo mode after true stereo mode with different rate IRs are used.
1.912: 22/03/14
– AAX: Support for AudioSuite in the 64-bit AAX (ProTools 11 only).
– All: Added the ability to create expiring licenses for extended demoing.
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Help please
EDIT: Finally found the post, and thanks to everyone that are also willing to sale to me as well!
Also this might be a stretch, but does anyone also have a 2009 takara tomy Totodile plush for sale? It doesn't have to be MWT and does anyone have or know where to get a Johto pokedex? I think those have become extremely rare now, or I'm just looking in the wrong places. Thanks again!


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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
My good friends, the people of Ukraine have already begun the dance with the devil (the most deadly vampire in the global financial sector: the International Monetary Fund). Most African countries have been engaged in that dance all these years with devastating consequences.
The new leaders of Ukraine will soon gain their composure as reality dawns. They will be jostled enough into realizing that they have entered into a ?marriage of inconvenience? with the West whose consequences won?t be palatable.
All too soon, the West has opened the floodgates for their most-trusted vampire (the International Monetary Fund) to do their hatchet job for them. And the IMF?s notorious austerity measures bite deep. For Ukraine, the biting will begin being done all too soon.
The headline says it all: ?Ukraine agrees to 50% gas price hike amid IMF talks?.
And the news report itself doesn?t leave me in any doubt that Ukraine?s dance with the vampire will bring about more trouble for the country and its people?the disillusionment of reality and the disappointment of the realization that they have jumped from the frying pan into a consuming fire.
Here is why:
? Ukraine?s interim government says it will raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50% in an effort to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid package. An official at Ukraine?s Naftogaz state energy company said the price rise would take effect on 1 May, and further rises would be scheduled until 2018.
? Ukrainians are accustomed to buying gas at heavily subsidised rates. But the IMF has made subsidy reform a condition of its deal.
? Yury Kolbushkin, budget and planning director at Naftogaz, told reporters that gas prices for district heating companies would also rise by 40% from 1 July.
? IMF negotiators are still in Kiev to negotiate a package of measures worth billions of dollars to help Ukraine?s interim government plug its budget deficit and meet foreign loan repayments.
? The IMF is also asking Ukraine to crack down on corruption and end central bank support for the Ukrainian currency.
? In the US, arguments in Congress over reforms to the IMF have held up plans to offer Ukraine $1bn in loan guarantees.
? The EU says its financial support, potentially worth 1.6bn euros (?1.3bn) is contingent on the IMF deal being agreed.
Suddenly, Ukraine has been lured into the trap. The IMF?s conditionalities are designed to strangulate weak economies; and what is being imposed on Ukraine will do that job.
As the harsh reality dawns, the citizens will react vigorously to rock the ship of state, especially as the austerity measures further worsen conditions.
One fact stands out: that the West will rush to support a country on the basis of ?democracy? just to gain political leverage; but when it comes to propping up that country economically, subterfuge takes over and the country is lured into the mouth of the vampire IMF to be ?consumed?.
I wonder why the US and the EU allies would so readily support Ukraine?s fight for territorial integrity but not grant it the financial support that it direly needs. Why leave Ukraine at the mercy of the consuming vampire (the IMF)?
Welcome to the world of reality, Ukraine; and brace up for more!!
I shall return?
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Travel is the world's largest industry - $7 Trillion - that's right, $7,000,000,000,000 - this includes airlines, hotels, car rentals, cruises, exclusive vacations, and much, much more. There are popular times to travel (Easter, Spring Break, Summer, Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays and special occasions and then there are the groups trips, the church trips like missions, reunions, and of course special get-always. Let's face it, sooner or later we are going to travel, we are going to stay in a hotel, take a flight and rent a car (even while ours is in the shop. Then add to this flowers, golf, and event tickets - there is a lot of money generated in the travel industry and we all are doing our fair share - American Express Travel Services estimate that families spend $4,200 annually on travel - again, it's being done by a lot of people.
Now through network marketing and the internet, "regular" folks can travel as an insider by buying a "travel store" or Online Travel Agency. You become a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) which gives you the travel agent credentials and allows you to take advantage of the travel industry perks. If you use any of the popular online travel sites, there is a market shift taking place and it benefits anyone who travels. Vendors in the travel industry pay commissions to travel agents and agencies who direct customers to them. An online travel site is a travel agency. Whenever anything is booked on an online travel site, a commission is paid to that company. As the online travel agency has become more and more popular, now over 80% of all travel is being booked online. The traditional travel agent primarily handles unique travel requests, but 80% of the time, the customer can get it done with an online travel agency.
What's the market shift? The combination of the Internet, Baby-boomers and Network Marketing is creating this market shift. With this market shift, all three have come together and have made it feasible for anyone who travels to own an online travel agency and receive credentials to be a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) and consequently, earn commissions of all bookings done on their site by themselves as well any and all others referred to their site. And the RTA is able to successfully compete with all the popular online travel sites as well as the traditional travel agent. Most people enjoy traveling. Some enjoy it enough to start a travel agency. Now with the advanced Internet and a proven business model, it's possible to own a Virtual Travel Agency that generates income for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Becoming a Referring Travel Agent allows you to become a "travel agent" without having to go through intense training and having to purchase a traditional travel agency. Setting up a traditional travel agency would take time and thousands of dollars and then require you to constantly re-invest into your business. This is an exciting opportunity which allows you to make a substantial income in the fastest growing industry in the country and the world and it is through a licensed and publicly traded company. But best of all, it will take you just under $500 to get everything you need to get started (which is a few moments after you pay your license fee). Your on-going business expense is $50 per month which covers your web site maintenance and upgrades, tracking of all travel bookings on your site as well as all commissions you earn. As your business grows, you manage your business via an online Back Office. You'll receive Travel Agent perks like upgrades, discounts and specials! Make a lucrative commission every time someone books a cruise, flight, vacation, hotels and car rentals on your very own site. Receive HUGE savings on your own travel and vacations with your Travel Agent credentials. You will also have the opportunity to create true lifetime residual income.
Gerald McDowell is owner of Internet Travel Agency. When you travel next time, book all of your travel needs such as Airline, Hotel, Car, Event Tickets, Cruise, Flowers, Vacation Packages & More with at McDowellTravel.com.


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I updated from ArcGIS 10.2.2 to 10.3.1 yesterday, and now my maps with horizontal stretched legends for raster layers have labels that are shifted to the right of where they should be when override default width is selected (picture attached). These problems persist if I create a map from scratch. Originally posted as a comment here.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Load a raster layer
2) Insert a legend using default settings
3) Legend properties -> items tab -> select the raster -> styles button
4) Select Horizontal bar with headings, labels, and description (all other options create a vertical color bar, even though some say horizontal...)
5) Properties -> check Override default patch size -> increase default width (I use 120 pt. for my maps)
6) Hit OK on all open windows
My legend looks like the picture below, but it should have high and low labels directly underneath the ends of the colorbar. Rotating the labels to +/- 90 degrees does not help.
Does anyone have a solution to any of these issues? My best solution is to make labels using text boxes, which is an unsatisfactory solution.
Update: I have a temporary solution, but would still like to know of any others because it is unsatisfactory. I have set the angle of the labels to 0 and placed 7 trailing spaces after 80, and 11 trailing spaces after 20 in the label, and that solved the placement issue for both numbers. Not a great solution, but enough for acceptable label placement.