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Fourteen-year-old Chinese youngster Guan Tianlang is poised to become the youngest ever competitor in the Masters Tournament after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
Guan, the youngest player in the field, returned a one-under-par 71 at Thailand's Amata Spring Country Club to win the tournament by one stroke.
As well as a Masters invite, the Chinese prodigy has secured a place in International Final Qualifying for the Open Championship.
Guan will be just 14 years, five months and 17-days-old when the Masters gets underway in April, some two years younger than Matteo Manassero, who competed in 2010 aged 16 after victory at the British Amateur Championship in 2009.
"I'm so excited. I'm really happy to become the youngest player at the Masters and looking forward to going there," said Guan.
"I don't know what's going to happen there, but I know I just want to do well.
"I've had my mum and dad supporting me all week, and they gave me a little bit of advice so I just want to thank them," he added, shortly after holing a five-foot putt on the 18th green and being embraced by his proud father.
Guan is no stranger to the spotlight, becoming the youngest winner of the China Amateur Open last November and the youngest player to appear in a European Tour event at this year's Volvo China Open.


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The General Meeting of the Brisbane Astronomical Society is open to all people interested in astronomy and science in general. The meeting is followed by tea/coffee and biscuits, and if the weather is fine, observing of the night sky downstairs with the clubs telescopes. Kelvin Grove State High School Library, Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Friday, August 8, 2003 7:30
Phil Evans, a promising young 20-year-old saxophonist from QUT was brutally attacked in his Herston home on Monday 21st July 2003, leaving him without the use of his fingers. As a result it's doubtful he will ever play his saxophone again. His friends from QUT have joined forces with other local Brisbane musicians to create an evening of music to help Phil, both financially and to build morale in his time of need.
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We have a new author! Patrice Sarath has pledged her soul to the Robots and will be carrying out our work, spreading the word of great books, great storytelling and great fantasy.
Her novel, The Sisters Mederos – a brilliant secondary fantasy with magic, bandits and a class system straight from the Victorian era – will be released in April 2018, just in time for FantasyCon, in fact!. You can read all about the novel over on Fantasy Faction, as well as hear a little from Patrice herself about what inspired her to write a story about the coolest siblings in Port Saint Frey.
A known author already, as the author of the Books of the Gordath and more. Here's Patrice's full bio:
Patrice Sarath is an author and editor living in Austin, Texas. Her novels include the fantasy series Books of the Gordath (Gordath Wood, Red Gold Bridge, and The Crow God's Girl) and the romance The Unexpected Miss Bennet. She is the author of numerous short stories that have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Weird Tales, Black Gate, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, and many others. Her short story "A Prayer for Captain La Hire" was included in Year's Best Fantasy of 2003. Her story "Pigs and Feaches," originally published in Apex Digest, was reprinted in 2013 in Best Tales of the Apocalypse by Permuted Press.


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LAGRANGE, Ga. -- The Covenant baseball team gave No. 24 LaGrange all it could handle on Saturday, but the host Panthers completed a three-game series sweep with 6-2 and 5-4 wins over the Scots at Cleaveland Field.
Covenant drops to 10-12 on the year and 4-7 inside the USA South. LaGrange, ranked No. 24 in the current D3baseball.com Top 25, goes to 18-6 and 11-3.
GAME ONE: LaGrange 6, Covenant 2
LaGrange methodically built a 6-0 lead as the Panthers took game one, 6-2, on Saturday afternoon.
Covenant out-hit the Panthers 10-9, but the Scots could not capitalize on scoring chances in the third, fourth, and seventh innings. Tyler Moore, Alex Gonzalez, and CJ Edmond had two hits apiece, while Edmond would drive in Covenant's two runs.
The Scots broke through in the eighth inning as Moore and Gonzalez reached on singles to begin the frame. Edmond then tripled home both runners to draw Covenant within 6-2. However, LaGrange reliever Tanner Chafin worked out of further damage to keep the host Panthers in the lead.
Richie Post tossed six innings of scoreless baseball for the Panthers. Post (4-0) scattered six hits and struck out nine. Chafin threw the final three innings to pick up the save.
Joe Ruth had RBI singles for LaGrange in the first and third innings to build a 2-0 lead. The Panthers then added three runs in the fifth and another in the seventh to pull away for the win. Ruth went 2-for-4, while McKInley Erves also had two hits.
Andrew Cline (3-2) got the loss for Covenant as he went six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits.
GAME TWO: LaGrange 5, Covenant 4
Covenant battled back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game in the eighth inning, but a safety squeeze bunt from Austin McDade gave LaGrange the lead for good as the Panthers finished the sweep with a 5-4 win.
The Scots trailed 4-0 entering the seventh, but scored three runs to get within one. Tommy Easley and Moore had singles, sandwiched around a LaGrange error, to load the bases with nobody out. Gonzalez bounced into a fielder's choice that allowed Easley to score the Scots' first run of the game. Two batters later, Hunter Christian doubled home two runs to make it 4-3.
In the eighth, Donny Lewis' pinch-hit single to left led to a LaGrange error that enabled Brooks DuBose to scamper home with the tying run.
In the bottom of the eighth, McDade's safety squeeze bunt down the first base line allowed Rhett Hollon to score the eventual winning run.
Covenant had 11 hits in the contest, led by Christian and John Mitchell with three each. Christian finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Starter Jackson Heuer six innings and surrendered three earned runs on eight hits. Conor Austin (0-3) got the loss in relief.
Spencer Douches (3-0) got the win in relief for the Panthers after tossing the final two innings. Austin Fain went the first five innings and allowed four hits with three strikeouts. Jack Layrisson went 4-for-4 to lead the Panthers at the plate.
Covenant will host Sewanee for a mid-week contest on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
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UAS Successful Treatment for OSA When Compared with TORS
Upper airway stimulation (UAS) is successful in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) showing improved outcomes, length of stay, and readmission compared to transoral robotic surgery (TORS).
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How do survival estimates for transoral robotic surgery (TORS) compare to intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for early T-stage oropharyngeal cancer?
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When I heard several weeks ago that Bill Nye would be debating Ken Ham at the "Creation Museum," I was beyond excited. Not only that, but I ACTUALLY got one of the less than 1,000 tickets to the event! (see my previous blog, "I Got a Golden Ticket! I'm Going to the Nye vs. Ham Debate!")
Since then, I've noticed quite an outcry against Nye participating in the debate with a "young earth creationist." There is the assertion that Nye's presence will give the Creation Museum and it's founder, Ken Ham, a new level of credibility. Also, that the task is a waste of time because those who don't regard modern science over their religious dogmas regarding the age of the earth, evolution, etc. will not change their minds anyway. Some suggest that Nye, like Richard Dawkins, should eschew debates with creationists outright.
Let me give you several reasons why I support Nye participating in the debate:
1. Nye is a true ambassador for science- From 20 years ago with the "Bill Nye the Science Guy" show until recent years appearing on many news shows, Nye desires to educate the masses about the Scientific Method and demonstrable facts about the world and cosmos. We live in a Nation where nearly everyone uses advanced technologies, yet the vast minority of people is scientifically illiterate. We NEED people like Bill Nye, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and others who are giants in the scientific community, yet passionate and able to deliver a zest for science to the masses.
2. Bill Nye ISN'T a "debater"- Some have decried Nye's potential potency as a debater against Ham, who is a seasoned debater for his YEC cause. Ham knows his "argument" well and is very experienced at presenting it. You can see Ham's unforgiving debate style even against a fellow believer that holds an "old earth" position in his square off with Hugh Ross in this video.
Bill Nye is a natural educator, not a debater. He follows the patient, explanatory pattern of his own professor in college, Carl Sagan. Sagan's desire to kindly and methodically impart scientific facts is illuminated in this video of his dialogue with a creationist challenging evolutionary science decades ago:
You can note Nye's similar style in this video where he was supporting the issue of climate change:
In this ongoing, "beating a dead horse," creationist vs. evolutionary science battle; we need more dialogue and less debate. Bill Nye can be a HUGE part of that needed dialogue.
3. People DO actually change their minds- I know, because I am one of them. I used to be a fundamentalist, Young Earth Creationist Christian. I took the book of Genesis as a literal history of the creation of the earth and humanity. Eventually, I had to face science, logic, and reason. When that happened, I changed my mind. Even if it's the minority of adults who WILL ever change their minds for the better, it's still encouraging. It is the next generation that will be the real catalyst for moving from fables to fact. Events like this one that Nye is participating in will add needed momentum to this paradigm shift in our scientifically ignorant Nation.
4. "Credibility" isn't so easily earned- There is a large number of American Christians that give Ken Ham's teachings and the Creation Museum credibility now. There is a larger number of Christians, believers in other faiths, and non-theists who do not. Successfully inviting an established scientist to a publicized debate isn't going to cause many of the second group to dispense a new-found credibility to Ham or the Creation Museum. I am going to the debate. I spent my $30 for the ticket. But, I do not have 1% more respect for the veracity of Ham's position or the Creation Museum than I already did. That said, I am glad the Creation Museum is having the event. I also doubt the "Museum" will lose much credibility with those that support it when they hear Nye's presentation. Though I believe the greater potential for gains is on the side of science. Facts don't always win, but facts do possess more traction than fables in the long run. We can't be afraid of the bullying of fables or those who preach them as truth. I applaud Bill Nye for being willing to confront a premier preacher of these fables on Ham's own turf.
I am in great anticipation of this event on the 4th of February. Please follow my blog for more updates and information before, during, and after the debate! For more information and opinions on this debate, see the links below:
AronRa's take on the debate:
Bill Nye talks about debate:
Bill Nye's original viral video against creationism:
Ken Ham's initial response to Bill Nye's viral video against creationism:
The Friendly Atheist's blog on the debate:


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Much scholarly ink has been spilled on the fall of the Roman Empire, but fewer researchers have focused on the meaning behind the rise of Rome in the first millennium BC. In taking an approach that combines history and archaeology, though, the rise of Rome provides lessons on the evolution of politics, the importance of the family, and the coopting of ancient studies to further white supremacy.
In a forthcoming book called Early Roman Expansion into Italy, University of Michigan archaeologist Nicola Terrenato rejects the old cultural evolutionary idea that the Republic and the Empire were guaranteed, foreseen consequences of a nationalistic identity. Rather, Terrenato argues that much of Roman history was a circumstantial development that relied heavily on family-level machinations and individual political aspirations.
I sat down with Prof. Terrenato recently to ask about the path that led him here and the lessons we can learn from his new book.
Kristina Killgrove: What sparked your initial interest in the field of Roman archaeology?
Nicola Terrenato: I grew up in Rome – just outside the Roman walls – and so archaeology was all around me. We had a little garden, and when I helped my dad do yard work, African red-slip potsherds would come up. I remember picking them up and thinking, What are these? What can they tell us? Eventually, I went to the University of Rome, where I was horrified to discover that they mostly wanted me to learn about the portrait of Nero or whatever – and I realized that I had zero interest in ancient art. I got my PhD from the University of Pisa because the slant was more towards archaeological field work. There I learned that you can do very strict archaeological work – like creating a typology of oil lamps, which is very valuable for dating – but you can also develop a lab technique that allows you to extract lipids from a pot or figure out from a villa its implications for economic history. This stuff you find in the ground tells a story, but it's only a sample of something bigger you're not seeing. So early on, I had this idea that archaeology was a tool to write history.
Killgrove: Was there a particular project in your early career that – while maybe you didn't know it at the time – led to the way you understand the ancient Roman world?
Terrenato: My doctoral dissertation was on a site called Volterra in Tuscany that goes back to Etruscan times. My advisor, Andrea Carandini, thought that I should find evidence there of the Roman conquest – a period of time from about 500-100 BC in which Latin-speaking people took over all of the Italian peninsula – in the form of large agricultural estates and villas. It was a strongly Marxist interpretation of early Roman expansion that was current in the 1980s. But I was surveying with a team of students – tens of square kilometers – and I wasn't finding villas at all. I slowly started developing this idea that perhaps there are parts of Italy where there are no villas, where the so-called Roman conquest wasn't a particularly disruptive event because these small farms started before the conquest and continued afterwards. To me, this was fascinating that the archaeology showed that these small famers could completely sidestep what historians consider a giant event!
Killgrove: If the archaeological evidence doesn't support a massive, world-changing conquest event, then why do we speak – even today – of Rome as if it is shorthand for a powerful political force? Where does Rome fit into this archaeo-historical picture you've been developing?
Terrenato: Rome stands at the intersection of so many different levels of cultural, intellectual, and popular discourse – from Karl Marx to Russell Crowe, from the flags of the A.S. Roma soccer team to Hannah Arendt's discussion of Hitler and totalitarianism. Rome is this omnipresent object, which makes it really hard to talk about, because there's this level at which we all think we know something about Rome – we imagine it as full of gladiators and as mounting a brutal military conquest. There is also this whole level at which Rome becomes the symbol of the alt-right movement. But it is constantly being appropriated, and also assumed to be "our" past. The first chapter of Early Roman Expansion is all about how we can start to disentangle this whole network, and about how, in the first millennium BC, Rome went from being just one of many city-states to a dominant cultural force within Italy. It was not destined to do this; in 600 BC, you'd never have bet on Rome to become what it eventually becomes.
Killgrove: The idea of appropriation of Rome as a symbol, particularly by alt-right white nationalists, is very popular in discussions among Roman scholars right now, with Donna Zuckerberg's new book Not All Dead White Men and Sarah Bond's research on the whitewashing of ancient statues. Does your book revise our understanding of the Roman conquest in a way that contributes to this discussion?
Terrenato: Absolutely. It's important to show how deep the roots of these views on Roman imperialism are and how biased they are. First and foremost, the Romans have been used by people interested in justifying their own imperialism. Yet the Roman conquest and even the empire after it are structurally different from modern empires. The Romans themselves were essentially open from the beginning. I argue in my book that this is what makes their imperialist bid so successful. If you are a non-Roman landed elite, you were welcome to join and become a Roman citizen, become a consul, lead the army. The Romans didn't have the same anxiety that many have in the United States today – that America will lose its identity because of immigration. Openness is one key reason why, in the end, it's Rome that comes out on top and not, say, Carthage because Carthaginian citizenship is not set up in the same way. Rome's allies in Italy stick with it not because Rome is a military machine but because Rome has a 200-year track record of showing that they will allow a distribution of power. In Rome, you can be African like Septimius Severus and you can become emperor.
Killgrove: Is it fair to say, then, that the success of the Romans was essentially based on inclusion, whereas most modern and premodern empires are focused on exclusion?
Terrenato: Yes and no. We always have to remember that this is a horribly patriarchal empire that also discriminates against the underclass. So there is elite inclusion. What the Romans don't do is ethnic discrimination. They are very willing to make friends and alliances, and bring in other elites from around their world. But they are very reluctant to allow their own working class or any working class to rise through the ranks. We have to be careful not to want to use the Romans to justify our own politics – good or bad. What hardly anyone has done is to look at the Romans in their own right.
Killgrove: How can we do that? In cultural anthropology, researchers can use both emic and etic approaches – an insider's perspective and an outsider's perspective on understanding a culture – but of course we can't speak to the ancient Romans.
Terrenato: Our perspective on Rome is spuriously emic for sure. As an example, Machiavelli – who was a Florentine statesman – famously locked himself in his study, put on a Roman toga, read Livy, and said 'I now talk with my peers' as if he had actually become a Roman. This is where it all goes horribly wrong, when we think that we know Romans, or can be like Romans. It's almost as if the past is a foreign country except for Rome. But, one of the points of my book is that Rome is just as much of a mystery as any other piece of the past.
Killgrove: Speaking of mysteries, I feel like more work has been done on understanding the reasons that Rome fell in the early 5th century AD than on the rise of Rome one thousand years earlier. Why have scholars focused more clearly on the so-called Fall of Rome than on its beginnings as a city-state?
Terrenato: In many ways, the rise has been considered to be self-evident. Whereas there is a sense that since Rome was so great, how could it fall? We have to figure out what went wrong and learn a lesson, lest we repeat that mistake. This is also part of white supremacist rhetoric – this idea that's taken for granted that Rome kicked ass, so obviously the empire rose. There's this essentializing, this sense of superiority: the Romans are just better, so of course once they get going, they're going to steamroll over everybody else.
Killgrove: You're arguing in the book that it's important to tease out the diverse threads – economic, political, social – that were woven together right from the beginning to create the Roman state and eventually the Empire. What lessons can we learn from this sort of critical approach to history, archaeology, and classics that can be applied more broadly?
Terrenato: All history is relevant. But the question is how you make it relevant and what is a methodologically appropriate and correct way of making it relevant. To say we're just like the Romans, for example, is a shortcut that leads to bad historiography of the past and even worse politics of the present. This doesn't happen in most other fields of history. Take the Wari in Peru, which few Americans know much about. Studying their conquest can tell you how historical causation can work, what processes were at work, how people and ideas interacted – and we can glean the structural logic of the past and apply it to other periods. We need to do the same kind of thing with Rome.
What I try to show in my book is that many elite families have primary loyalty to their own lineage rather to an abstraction like the Roman Empire. This is shown by the fact that it's easy for them to switch sides – Roman politicians were looking out for themselves. It's not a surprising idea in modern political times, but we tend to attribute to the Romans this incredible sense of state. It's almost scandalous to say that the consul of the year 246 was just trying to line his own pockets, but totally normal to say that a U.S. congressman is only looking out for his own constituents and reelection.
Here's an example I give in my book: early on, there is a problem with Tusculum just outside of Rome. An army just shows up at Rome under the leadership of the Fulvii, who are like the kings of Tusculum, and the Romans are caught off guard. We know this from the Roman historian Livy, who then also says that the very next year, the general of the army of Tusculum is a consul in Rome and celebrates a military triumph over Tusculum. He goes from being an enemy king to a Roman magistrate in 12 months' time. There's no reason for Livy to make this up, but many scholars are confused over how someone could switch sides so quickly and completely.
But, as I talk about in the book, there is this ability for the elite to negotiate and have one-on-one conversations, and they do it to elevate the status of their family, not out of some deep patriotism. There are back channel networks where the elite sit down and talk and attempt to find a solution – and so far, this idea has been completely ignored in understanding the rise of Rome.
When you start looking at it in these terms, this is actually what politicians today do; this is what has happened with recent U.S. government shut downs. We oversimplify history if we think of the Romans versus the Etruscans, because it is far more complicated, just like the fact that Trump pulled out of Syria is complicated. Let's allow for individual agency in the past and try to understand the chaos of history, which is very difficult to model. Every year, we should be trying to get closer to figuring out how empires get put together or how history happens. All periods of history are very complex, interwoven tapestries of individual agendas. When you start thinking in these terms, then a lot of the elements start becoming more understandable.
Killgrove: So you don't like simplistic explanations, or the idea of prime movers, whether that's a particular person or a climatic event?
Terrenato: I don't like anyone who would say, it's all about how Augustus woke up that morning, or who say it's all about how much wheat was being produced that year. Yes, there is individual psychology, but the corporate and lineage identities are very powerful. It's a bit confusing because today we tend to be much more individualistic than the Romans were; the Romans and early Italians thought of themselves as members of groups or extended lineages first.
Killgrove: Are you saying that powerful lineages of Romans created the government, the same way the Trump family is right now?
Terrenato: Not just Trump – it's what politicians do. It's also the Bushes, John and John Q. Adams, the dictator of Uzbekistan. But for the Romans, it's a much larger group of people. This element of family is a long-term aspect of their culture, where it's not for us, where we have a stunning lack of interest about what happens to our extended families.
Killgrove: Does Roman archaeology give us a counterpoint to this focus on individuals, then?
Terrenato: Definitely. I will never know the individual machinations of each of these elite families. But I know they must have done something right because the families continue. With archaeology, I can see the overall pattern, which I think is very powerful. But both are necessary – ancient history without archaeology is idealism, but archaeology without history is too materialistic in focus. I'm trying to describe in the book a complex phenomenon, and it's important to look more broadly. For example, around 400 BC there are a number of city-states in the ancient world and they all start growing: Macedonian, Roman, Carthaginian, Syracusan, Tarentine, and the list goes on. All these city-states that were happy to do their thing for the previous 500 years suddenly lurched into action and started clashing with one another. What this tells me – and surprisingly it hasn't been said really ever before – is that there must be something that goes click, and not just in the heads of the Romans. There are a number of gears turning that make imperialist expansion possible, and everybody gets in on the action. Rome just happens to prevail, and so Roman imperialism is just one of many imperialisms. Rome crosses the finish line, and we should ask why.
Killgrove: Well, why does Rome cross the finish line?
Terrenato: In the end, I say that I don't know what the prime mover is, or even if there is one. We risk falling into reductionism if we focus too much on just one reason. But I think it's vital to follow as many threads as we can so that we can better understand the Romans.
Killgrove: Obviously you think people should read your book, but who is it geared towards?
Terrenato: I don't want to capitalize on Russell Crowe, and I don't want people to read this because it's Rome. Rather, I hope people read it because of how I talk about Rome. My attempt here is to fly in the face of a narrative that has been dominant at least since Charlemagne. It's a carefully written book in which I don't use untranslated Latin terms, because that habit is meant to exclude people who don't have a classics background. I often say that classics is the only field whose definition is a value judgment instead of a description. This book is an attempt to make the classics ordinary – to make Roman history just another piece of human history that we can and should learn from.
Nicola Terrenato's book, The Early Roman Expansion in Italy: Elite Negotiation and Family Agendas, is now available from Cambridge University Press and Amazon.
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This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. The Subway Ride FFFF by Marie LeClare Copyright © 2004 It had been ages since I had been to New York City and friends had told me how bad the transit system was but I just had to see for myself.
I mean we have a transit system in Dallas but it's just trains and doesn't have the atmosphere of New York, with all the little shops. I kept asking myself, as I entered the dirty station, do I really want to do this, but I thought it would be an experience to talk about if nothing else.
So keeping a firm grip on my shoulder bag I kept going, and looked in the little shop windows. I wasn't in a hurry and I knew the stop I had to get off at was called the Bowery Station. It was apparently named after that section of the city that had all the hobos from ages gone by, and I thought to myself that they must have moved inside to the subway, as I noticed some of them laying up against the station walls.
Hearing the roaring sound of the train as it entered the station, I waited until those departing the train had left and our crowd entered, and I felt like a sardine packed in a can, as I grabbed hold of one of the hanging straps.
We had only just left the station when I felt the hand on my ass, so turning around I followed the arm leading from the hand to the person that it belonged to and whispered that if he didn't take his hand off my ass I was going to cut it off with my knife. Those words must have been like electricity to him because he immediately jerked him hand away and moved further down the car. Probably to grope some other woman. It didn't seem like five minutes later when the next rush of passengers entered our car and we were pressed even tighter than before, that I again felt a hand.
This time dragging a finger along the crack of my ass. As I tried to turn around to see who I was going to have to threaten this time I found that I was totally surrounded by women.
Actually 3 attractive Latino type women who smiled as I looked into their eyes. Questioning with my eyes.
Was it you? But getting no recognition. I don't know why but it was turning me on and if I had known who it was I might have invited her back to my midtown hotel. It's not that I don't get plenty of sex, I do, but this had never happened to me before.
Being fondled in public, by nobody I knew. We were so packed together that I couldn't determine who's hand it was, but it was there again, touching my ass.
Then I felt another hand pressing against the front of my skirt. Pushing against my pussy. Just when I was thinking that she was determined, and she knew I wasn't complaining, I felt another hand reaching up under my top to touch my breast. Her fingers inching under my bra to feel my hard nipple.
This was a totally new experience for me and I can't say that I didn't like it because I did, but I wondered how far they were going to go, and if I was going to have to stay on the train to the end of the line to find out. Moments later I felt the hand that was feeling my ass, briefly leave, only to appear up under my skirt from the back, and cup my ass cheek, giving it a little squeeze. Now whether it was a signal between them I don't know but pretty soon I felt the hand that was pressing against my pussy reach up under my skirt from the front and her fingers found my wet panties which she pulled aside.
Her fingers felt like heaven as they softly rubbed my hot wet pussy. While the other girl, who I spotted this time, reached her other hand up under my top n pushed my bra up to pull and pinch my nipples, all the while giving me the sexiest smile, which I returned. I was on automatic pilot by now, and all I could think of, was not to scream when I had my orgasm, like I usually do when I gush. Looking around I could tell nobody was noticing what was going on and it was then that I felt the woman behind me, getting her finger wet from my pussy juice, teasing my little asshole, and I knew what was coming next.
But not exactly how it happened.
With her fingers, nice and wet by now, she teased my asshole with her thumb before plunging it deep in my ass. While plunging her middle finger deep in my hot wet pussy, and after squeezing them together started to finger fuck my pussy and my asshole.
As I was concentrating on her fingers, finger fucking my asshole and pussy, I felt the woman in front patting my pussy, before she parted my pussy lips with her fingers and plunged her middle finger next to her friends finger in my pussy, and rubbed my swollen wet clit with her thumb. They must have done this many times before because they didn't miss a beat, as they finger fucked me in public.
Their rhythm was perfection, and I was in heaven, feeling the tingle build. All the time half expecting for us to be caught and having to appear in a court for being perverts. As I was getting close and my breath coming in labored breaths, they somehow knew it and picked up their rhythm.
Their fingers literally flying as they finger fucked me and played with my rock hard nipples. At this point I didn't care if we got caught I just wanted to cum. It was massive. It was the fireworks of some holiday as I closed my eyes and bit down on my lip, drawing blood, so I wouldn't scream, when it hit me.
A mind blowing orgasm, like I had never experienced before, as I gushed, and kind of let the crowd hold me up as I tried my best to recover. Opening my eyes only seconds later I discovered that my 3 friends, who I had been so intimate with moments before, had disappeared. It couldn't have happened in any other place, certainly not my home in Dallas, Texas, except in New York City.


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Over 80 anti-fascists joined a Unite Against Fascism day of action in Barking, east London, last Saturday.
Nick Griffin, the Nazi leader of the British National Party (BNP), is standing in the general election in the constituency.
The BNP got 17 percent of the vote in the seat in the last election.
Dominic Byrne, secretary of Barking NUT teachers' union, joined the day of action.
He told Socialist Worker, "The BNP has exploited housing as an issue to build support. It preys on the lack of council housing locally and scapegoats immigrants.
"But the problem is the selling-off of council housing. We need to challenge the BNP's myths."
Kariima Ali is a young Muslim woman who lives in Barking. "If the BNP takes over, my life is in jeopardy," she said. The BNP claims it has the solution to people's problems but they are not the real answers.
"We need to get out leaflets and explain what the BNP really is."
Next dates to stop Griffin
Unite Against Fascism has called several days of activity against Nick Griffin in Barking.
Trade unions are also backing the action. The next dates in the campaign are:
- Sunday 28 March, 11am-5pm, Barking station – sponsored by the NUT union
- Sunday 11 April – sponsored by the PCS union
- Sunday 25 April – sponsored by the NUT union
For details of days of action across Britain, contact Unite Against Fascism on 020 7801 2782 or go to » www.uaf.org.uk


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Top 10 Highest Waterfalls in the world
Water, like everything else on Earth, has to obey the law. In this case, it's the law of gravity. When flowing water meets a steep cliff, the result is a waterfall. They can be truly spectacular sights. In this list below, Let me tell you about 10 highest waterfalls in the world.
List of world's highest waterfalls
|10. Browne Falls
|9. James Bruce Falls
|British Columbia, Canada
|8. Pu'uka'oku Falls
|Molokai, Hawaii
|7. Skorga
|6. Vinnufallet
|5. Yumbilla
|4. Olo'upena Falls
|Molokai, Hawaii
|3. Tres Hermanas
|2. Tugela Falls
|South Africa
|1. Kerepakupai Meru or Angel Falls
10. Browne Falls (South Island – NewZealand)
This cascade plummets into the Doubtful Sound Fiord, but there is no doubting the rugged beauty of these mountains. 836 meters high waterfall is at No. 10 in our list of 10 highest waterfalls in the world.
9. James Bruce Falls (British Columbia – Canada)
North America's tallest waterfall, though not it is most beautiful. Fed by a pool high in the Canadian Rockies, this is described at some points like a "trickle". But a falling trickle! its height is about 839 meters.
8. Pu'uka'oku Falls (Molokai – Hawaii)
Located at the highest point of coastline of Hawaiian waterfalls that spill out to the sea, we couldn't fail to
include these magnificent falls. Due to 840 meters height, it is also one of the tallest waterfalls in the world.
7. Skorga (Norway)
Next time you're driving down Highway 70 near Sunndalen, Norway, pull over for an amazing view of this waterfall. Fed by a melting glacier, it spills down an almost vertical cliff face. Skorga holds 864 meters height.
6. Vinnufallet (Norway)
Skorga is nice … Vinnufallet is nicer! This is the highest waterfall in Europe and can be seen from the highway. The Vinnu Glacier is the source of the water here. 865 meters high Vinnufallet is also considered as one of the highest waterfalls around the world.
5. Yumbilla (Peru)
The Andes Mountains contain a number of broad, flat plateaus. At the edges are very tall cliff faces. Off those edges plunge some amazing waterfalls. This one in Peru is the second-highest in its region but has the highest water flow. Stay tuned for more in Peru! Yumbilla is 894 meters high.
4. Olo'upena Falls (Molokai, Hawaii)
The north shore of all the Hawaiian islands have been battered by wind and waves for thousands of years. The resulting cliffs have created a series of huge waterfalls. This is the highest and a spectacular sight.
Olo'uoena Falls is famous for its 900 meters height.
3. Tres Hermanas (Peru)
The rugged Andes created the site of this super-tall waterfall. It's now part of a national park so that the beauty of this area can be protected. 914 meters high Tres Hermanas always attract travelers to enjoy its beautiful high views.
2. Tugela Falls (South Africa)
Hikers can make their way to the top and sides of this largest African waterfall. It's the highlight of a visit to Royal Natal National Park. 948 metres highest Waterfall is the 2nd in the world.
1. Kerepakupai Meru or Angel Falls (Venezuela)
Known to locals as Kerepakupai Merü, Angel Falls is the world's highest waterfall. Like many on this list, it is a series of cascades, but it includes the longest unbroken fall of water in the world. At one point, water drops straight down a cliff face for 807 meters. The edges of the cliff are formed by a broad plateau of land in the northern Amazon rainforest. With 979 meters height, it is declared as the world's highest waterfall.
Why it is called Angel Falls?
Though the water falling here might seem to come from the heavens, the falls actually got their name from an American named Jimmy Angel. He was a pilot exploring the region from the air in 1933. After spotting the falls, he landed near the top of them. Then his plane got stuck in the thick soil, and he had to hike out — that took him 11 days!


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Adopting the best-in-class product management practices
Ever-evolving technology, emerging competitors and fast changing customer expectations all lead to the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguousness (VUCA) across industries. Driving the ship of success on the turbulent VUCA Ocean are a bunch of super-humans called Product Managers! Manipal Global Academy of Information Technology (Manipal ProLearn) conducted a session called Make in India: Adopting Best-in-Class Product Management Practices at their campus, where game-changing insights on product management were shared by the best in the industry. Here are the key takeaways from the event in a nutshell -
Visionaries Speak
Dr. Yogesh Kumar Bhatt, VP, IT Education and Training at Manipal ProLearn started with an introductory note on the session. He pointed out some of the key issues that product managers face in today's world and how Manipal ProLearn is working in the space to create product managers for the future. Talking on volatility in the world of products, he said – "while we are trying to create new capabilities, the world is slipping under our feet." He further added – "that is what drives us to be on the edge and create new capabilities."
Yogesh Kumar Bhatt Speaking at the event
"While we are trying to create new capabilities, the world is slipping under our feet."
- Yogesh Kumar Bhatt, VP, IT Education and Training at Manipal ProLearn
Yogesh then invited on stage Mr. Sharad Sharma, a passionate evangelist of the software product ecosystem in India and a co-founder of the Indian Software Products Industry Round Table (iSPIRT). With a dazzling track record of working with Yahoo, India R&D, Cisco and Brand Sigma inc. Sharad voraciously spoke on how India is changing under its new leadership and the way our mind-set is changing from offering services to building cutting-edge products.
Mr. Sharad Sharma, Co-founder iSPIRT, CEO, Brand Sigma Inc. sharing his insights at the event.
India Stack – Driving India to Future
Sharad's session at the event gave the audience a futuristic view of India's growth story. He is one of the leaders who's pushing India's endeavour for a digital economy. He spoke comprehensively on India Stack, which is a set of APIs that helps governments, developers and businesses to utilise a unique digital infrastructure and solve the problems in attaining a presence-less, paperless and cashless economy. Sharad's iSPIRT serves as a pro bono partner in evangelising, developing and evolving these APIs.
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He also spoke on the ground breaking progress that India can make with the help of smarter initiatives such as DigiLocker and eSign. The growing use of smartphones among Indians is further going to pave the way for such initiatives.
"India 2 is going to be the growth driver and companies should focus on this group"
- Sharad Sharma, CEO, Brand Sigma Inc.
Explaining how India is taking silent but giant strides towards major structural changes, he said that the country's population can be split into three groups namely – India 1 (annual income of more than 5.5 lakhs), India 2 (annual income between 2 – 5.5 lakhs) and India 3 (annual income below 2 lakhs). He further added that smarter product companies have focussed their vision on the India 2 band that is evolving as a huge growth driver. He cited the example of the 3Ps – Patanjali, PhonePe and PayTM and said how these 'smart players' are leveraging this sector.
Sharad's insightful address was followed by a panel discussion that was attended by Lalitha Ramani, Director, Product Management Intuit; Sairam Veeraswamy, Sr. Director – Innovation program at VMWare; and Krishnendu Majumdar, Sr. VP and Product Head – Performance Business at Inmobi. The panel discussion was moderated by Bhaskaran Srinivasan who is the Director of Academics at Manipal ProLearn.
The Panelists (from left to right) – Lalitha Ramani, Sairam Veeraswamy, Krishnendu Majumdar and Bhaskaran Srinivasan
Panel Discussion on Manipal ProLearn's Product Management 5i Framework
The panel discussion revolved around the 5i framework, namely Ideate, Innovate, Implement, Industrialize and Improve. The panellists shared their views on each of these aspects. Here's a round-up of what they said.
Talking on the very first step of ideating a product, the panellists said that some of the crucial aspects of successful ideation includes the capability of:
- Design thinking and
- Entrepreneurial thinking
Krishnendu further emphasised on economic viability of a product and the problems that it is solving as other crucial factors in ideating a great product. He further said that "In India it is not easy to make people pay" as they are very specific about their needs. So, the idea should be validated with these two points.
"In India it is not easy to make people pay"
-Krishnendu Majumdar, Sr. VP and product Head – Performance Business at Inmobi
Krishnendu Talking on Ideation
Innovation stands at the base of all successful endeavours. The panellists cited the example of all tech juggernauts and pointed out how they have been innovating products year after year to stay relevant. Lalitha Ramani spoke further on innovation and told how product managers can frequent call-centres to find out the issues faced by customers and that can be a great way of innovating products.
"Product managers should often go to call-centres and interact with customers directly. That will give them innovative ideas"
- Lalitha Ramani, Director, product Management Intuit
Lalitha speaking at the event
Krishnendu also added how "understanding the psyche of customers" is a game changer in the field of innovation and shared the story of Alibaba and EBay's business 'war' in china, where the former triumphed over the latter with the introduction of an 'escrow-based' system where buyers could store their money with a third-party and make the payment only when the deal was completed.
Sairam spoke on implementing innovative ideas in products and pointed out that "product-managers are the CEOs of product lines". He added that implementation or product engineering is the area where product managers devote most of their efforts and suggested that they should also pay attention to the 'operability' of the product while building it.
"Pay attention on the operability of the product"-
- Sairam Veeraswamy, Sr. Director – Innovation program at VMWare
Sairam speaking at the panel discussion
Industrialization of a product is a crucial stage in a product lifecycle and the panellists opined their views on it. Lalitha said that the real-world problems in product management are not related to technology but to human resource. On that note she said that technological issues are easier to solve but massive problems regarding the human resource might come as a punch from the dark and hit the chances of success.
Panel discussion on industrialization
Product improvement is a pivotal point in ensuring long-term success. Getting feedback from customer and interacting with them can help in improving a product. Talking on customer feedback, Krishnendu revealed the importance of user experience (UX) in improving the customer's feedback on products. He said that "people these days are very particular about the experience of using a product" and further added that "this is the reason why a lot of entrepreneurs are co-founding product companies along with UX designers.
Krishnendu talking on product improvement
The 3-hour long event concluded with a round of question and answer sessions where the audience posed questions on the common problems in product management and the panellists answered them.
Do keep following this space for more updates on product management and events conducted by Manipal ProLearn. Share your views and pose your questions here.


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A Denver distributor of organic produce has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after filing just under two years ago.
As of late July, Grower's Organic was still 45 to 60 days away from a final decree from the bankruptcy court, but had already started paying back its creditors, according to a news release.
Brian Freeman founded Grower's Organic in 2005 and the company grew in size and volume for several years, leading to the formation of GO Transportation in 2012 to handle its distribution needs. The transportation company ran into difficulties and closed in August 2015.
Logistical inefficiencies of multi-state trucking, high gasoline prices and several employees who were terminated for cause led to the need to reorganize in 2015, according to the release.
"I decided that there was only one option to save the company and ensure that small organic farmer vendors would be repaid," Freeman said in the release. "I cut headcount by 90%. My trusted core team and I worked very hard. As we genuinely care about the farmers we source from, being able to pay them back meant everything," he said.
Over the past 22 months since its Chapter 11 petition was accepted by the court in 2015, Grower's Organic has grown its monthly revenue by 200%, according to the release.
That growth has attracted investors whose financing has helped the company reach its final restructuring goals and move forward with plans for continued growth and profitability.
Freeman said the company will continue its commitment to sourcing high quality products from unique and small organic growers who rely on Grower's Organic for their success.


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DENVER — While Netflix and other streaming services have made movie night easier for millions of Americans, it can be tough to decide on which film to watch. Thankfully, a new Google Chrome browser extension is making it easier.
According to the Sunday Express, users can use secret codes to find "extremely specific" genre categories, of which there are more than 15,000.
The Google Chrome extension called Better Browse allows Netflix users to browse all of the streaming service's categories. After installing the extension, all one needs to do is click "browse all" at the top of the Netflix homepage, according to the Sunday Express. Doing this will allow users to view all of the hyper-specific categories listed.
The PhillyVoice says some of the categories include "Mockumentaries" and "Christmas Movies."


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Introduction to statistical language and notions such as event, incompatibility or independancy.
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Sometimes geography and TV schedules make seeing a preseason game impossible. In New Orleans, I was unable to see the Indianapolis-Buffalo game. But from highlights, write-ups and statistical review, here are some bullet-point thoughts on the Colts' 34-21 loss to Buffalo on Thursday night in Toronto.
Joseph Addai showed great burst and was slippery on his 17-yard touchdown run.
Jacob Tamme found a nice space between three defenders and Peyton Manning put a perfect pass there for a 21-yard score.
Bob Sanders was back on the field for the first time since Nov. 1, 2009.
Curtis Painter fared far better than he did in the preseason opener, completing 5 of 6 passes for 97 yards, a touchdown and a perfect 158.3 passer rating.
Devin Moore had a nice night as a return man, with two punt returns for 51 yards and four kickoff returns for 129 yards.
Dwight Freeney and Antoine Bethea were among the players who slipped off of C.J. Spiller during the rookie's 31-yard touchdown run.
The Colts stutter-started with early penalties against Ramon Humber and Tony Ugoh and a Manning tipped-ball interception that was returned for a touchdown.
Just one sack, from Eric Foster.
Three lost fumbles, including one from Ray Fisher who's trying to win a return job.
Not that they care, but ... this was Indy's 21st loss in its last 25 preseason games.
AFC East wizard Tim Graham was there to look at things from a Buffalo perspective. Here are his notes and his column on Spiller.


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Pre-lien Notice before a Florida Mechanic's Lien
As you have probably heard a number of times, you cannot simply file a mechanic's lien in Florida without going through an additional step. That first step is a pre-lien notice called: Notice to Owner or Notice to Owner/Notice to Contractor. Without it, as a matter of statute, you are not entitled to record a mechanic's lien and if you do, it would be considered void and slander of title.
Many people ask if there are any exceptions. Unfortunately there are none. This is because the statute is strictly construed. Here are some actual examples:
• What if the prime contractor promises to pay you by a certain date and you rely upon this in not serving the notice? This is not an exception.
• What if there is no controversy that you have actually done all the work as required? Again, there is no exception.
• What if the unpaid amount has to do with a change order which has not only been agreed to, but has been put in writing? Again, there is no exception.
This pre-lien notice is required of all contractors, subcontractors and material or equipment suppliers who do not have a direct contract with the owner.
This means that if you are a general contractor with a direct verbal or written contract with the owner, you are not required to give the notice as a prerequisite to the Florida mechanic's lien. Most commonly the notice is required by material and equipment suppliers, subcontractors and sub- subcontractors. Laborers and design professionals are not required to serve the pre-lien notice.
The time deadline for service is within 40 days of your first furnishing labor or materials to the project.
But don't wait, it will only get you in trouble. The best idea is to serve the Notice immediately after your contract or proposal is signed. And also remember there is no such thing as a premature notice. There is only a belated notice. And you know the consequences for the latter.
National lien law has this pre-lien notice which can be downloaded and used over and over again. You can call us if you have any questions since we give free consultation for a Florida mechanic's lien.


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HTB is a great place for anyone to practice their hacking skills. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or a seasoned security professional, it has all sorts of machines to challenge your skills. After spending many hours, trying to root as many boxes as possible, I observed that I tend to forget some good practices or certain techniques and commands that would make my life easier and I thought of making this little article.
With that, I mean the general concept of OSINT and looking for clues and solutions.
- It's always important to note any user you come across while browsing a website, as it may be useful for later use. A user
Carl Smiththat wrote an article on that box may have an account with the username
cSmithetc. If you come across a password with no username, chances are Mr. Smith is your guy.
Do some research on the box's creator. This may sound as a cheat, but(!) see it this way: when you're doing a pentest and you want to do a spear phishing attack, you have to know your target, right?
Many creators get in the process of creating a box just because they have an article about a technique to escalate privileges or a CVE under their name. Search for their blogs, their Github profiles and maybe even Twitter(?)!
Probably 99% of the boxes have it like that:
.bash_history > /dev/null. Nevertheless, once you're in the box, it only takes you half of a second to check. In real-world environments
.bash_history can contain juicy information, like "accidental passwords typed after unsuccessful sudo" as mentioned this privilege escalation reference guide - Wiki in 0x00sec. Although I get it why
.bash_history gets redirected to
dev/null/ here in HTB. If it wasn't, I would be getting root just by waiting for someone to enter the commands for me!
sudo -l
I really don't know why, I just forget it. But you shouldn't!
Enum, enum, enum
I can't stress that enough. Enumerate as if you're about to get root.
Yeah, sometimes things are clear as daylight, e.g. having a machine that uses a web server that is vulnerable to RCE. But most of the times it's not and HTB wants you to suffer.
Frustration is your enemy
This can be a note to myself for every time I get stuck in a box. No, vict0ni, the box doesn't want to mess with you. Neither does the creator. Take a step back, review your findings and the situation, and try again. This, of course, is not limited for playing HTB but it's a good general tip for hacking and coding.
Don't avoid Windows boxes
You can't avoid the inevitable. Windows were, are and will be a big part of the world of computers. Although it's boxes doesn't always have the most realistic environments, I tend to see HTB as a practice for the real world and a very good preparation for OSCP. As I lack of knowledge for Windows, I can only get better at it by practicing. As @pry0cc said:
Eat your vegetables!
(If you're like @Baud, replace the word "Windows" with "Linux")
Now go hack!


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Virtual sports provider Inspired Group has announced that its product is now live across Italy in Betaland retail betting shops.
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Many of the firms from 1993 have chosen to use the offshore primary market instead of the domestic primary market for raising resources. The factors that can be attributed this behavior are as follows:
1. The time involved in the entire public issue on the offshore primary market is shorter and the issue costs are also low as the book building procedure is adopted.
2. Offshore issues allow foreign ownership to cross the ceiling
3. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) prefer euro-issues as they do not have to register with SEBI nor do they have to pay any capital gains tax on GDRs traded in the foreign exchanges. Moreover, arbitrage opportunities exist as GDRs are priced at a discount compared with their domestic price.
4. Indian companies can collect a larger volume of funds in foreign exchange from international markets than through domestic markets.
Guidelines relating to international Issues:
ADR/GDRs are considered to be a part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Therefore such issues would need to confirm to the existing FDI policy and only in areas where FDI is permissible. Indian companies raising money from ADRs/GDRs through registered exchanges are now free to access the ADR/GDR markets automatically, without the prior approval of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs. Prior permission from the government of India is essential for the issue of FCCBs. A company seeking to raise funds abroad through these instruments should have a consistently good track record of at least three years. The foreign equity participation directly or ingirectly is restricted to 51 per cent of the issued and subscribed capital of a company capital of a company.
Banks, financial institutions, and registered non-bank financial institutions were made eligible for euro issues in June 1996 subject to the conditions that the proceeds from such issues would not be invested in stock market and real estate. The end use of the GDR proceeds and external commercial borrowings have been prescribed and modified from time to time. As GDRs/ADRs are full risk equity end use restrictions on GDR/ADR issue proceeds have been removed. Funds raised through FCCBs can be used for restructuring of external debt and not more than 25 per cent of the FCCB issue proceeds may be used for general corporate restructuring, including working capital requirements.
Indian companies are free to utilize, without any prior approval, the 100 per cent of the proceeds for overseas investments. There is no restriction now on the number of euro issues failed in a year by a company or a group of companies.
A special stock option scheme for Indian software companies liked with ADR/GDR offerings to enable them to provide incentive to retain their highly skilled professionals.
In March 2001, the government allowed two way fungibility for Indian GDRs/ADRs by which converted local shares could be reconverted into GDRs/ADRs subject to sectoral caps. With this, the reverse fungibility of ADRs and GDRs has gathered momentum. With the reconversions there was no headroom in case of the ICICI bank's counter. Headroom denotes the number of domestic shares which are available for reconversion into ADR are GDR.
In September 2002, the government further liberalized the guidelines for external commercial borrowings (ECBs) allowing companies to raise foreign loans from any internationally recognized source. Foreign sources from which companies can raise funds have been identified as banks, export credit agencies, suppliers of equipment, foreign collaborators, foreign equity holders and international capital markets. For more than one borrowing during a financial year, the minimum average maturity for ECBs up to $20m has been fixed at three years and for amounts exceeding $20m, the average maturity has been prescribed as five years. The government has authorized the Reserve Bank to issue the required guidelines for prepayment of ECBs.