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Luggage: Packing for Collapse
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Published on the Doomstead Diner on December 17, 2017
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A Baggage Planning Guide for Kollapsniks
You may be wondering what Luggage has to do with Collapse and why I am writing this article for the Doomstead Diner?
If you have been following the stories of the last week in
Sunny Incendiary California, you have no doubt been treated to many stories of people who escaped "just with the clothes on their backs". Others with a bit more warning packed some things at the last minute, but it was relatively willy nilly, whatever was around to grab. A few relatively intelligent people had their carz pre-packed and ready to go, but that was only AFTER the Ventura fire really got rolling. Just about everyone was taken by surprise when Ventura ballooned up from 50 acres to 50,000 acres in a matter of hours.
Your Luggage, that which you can carry with you by hand if necessary, constitutes your FINAL BUGOUT set. I have written about this before in the Bugout Bags series, here I'm going to expand on this and go into a little more detail on the bags you want packed and ready to go ALL THE TIME.
I've been a Luggage Freak since my first years in Elementary Skule after Kindergarten, when I first needed to start carrying with me my notebooks, pencils and pens, rulers and eraser and my Lunch bag too! Then maybe a rain slicker and hat if the weather looked like it might change later in the day. There was a lot of stuff to pack for a day at Skule!
I was living in Brasil at the time, and back in those days pretty much the only school bags you could find were the kind you carried with your hand by a handle on top. Sometimes they had an auxiliary shoulder strap, but it was always very thin and cut into your shoulder uncomfortably with any significant weight. They also broke at the attachment point of bag to strap in short order if you carried them this way regularly. On these cheap bags, the attachments weren't well reinforced. Carrying by hand of course took one hand out of service for doing other things, plus your arm gets tired if you carry a heavy bag by the handle for any significant length of time.
Having some experience with Backpacks as a camper, I always wanted one of those for carrying my Skule Gear. However, the ones available in those years were too big. Chinese and Indian women and children were not yet sewing up millions of backpack-sized school bags in endless configurations in those years. That didn't take off until numerous years later, in fact it wasn't until I had graduated from HS bags of that style began to appear, now including well padded shoulder straps as well as wheels, copying the airline bags. This has driven down the price of these bags, and you can get really nice ones in the $20 range. 2 or 3 of these bags in different configurations is an important aspect of your Luggage Arsenal.
One of these bags should contain copies of all your most important documents, themselves encased in some kind of case or water-tight bag inside the backpack. It is the Essentials Bag. Birth Certificate, Passport, Property Titles, Auto Registrations, Marriage documents, tax records etc. You want the originals similarly protected, but they need additonal protection and should be stored separately. Bank safe deposit boxes are one choice, burying them in a waterproof safe box another.. For the scramble to GTFO of Dodge though, copies are good enough. Your Wallet with your Credit/Debit Cards, Medical Insurance Cards, CASH, Blank Checks, FSoA Passport Card and Drivers License is even more important, this NEVER leaves my person. I sleep with it in the pocket of my pajamas. My smart phone also is also never more than an arm's reach away. At the desk, it is plugged in to stay topped off on charge all the time. When I go to sleep, I plop it next to my pillow. When I visit the Throne, it comes with me to surf the web while I exert the effort necessary to excrete. There is no Bugout Situation I can envision where I would not have my Wallet and my Smart Phone with me.
The Essentials Bag is always kept in a "go out the door" location. This can literally be by the front door, or in my case I keep it by my desk where I am sitting almost all the time I am not sleeping, which itself is a location only a few feet away from the desk. If I feel a quake (happens regularly here), I am out the door with my essentials bag in under a minute. That is on Cripple time. When the legs worked right, I was out the door in 10 seconds. I made that trip out the door twice in the last decade, in neither case did the building come down but if it did I would not have been crushed under it.
Even in a Wildfire situation though where a neighbor or a fireman pounds on your door to rouse you and inform you of the MANDATORY EVACUATION and you look up on the hillside and see an inferno bearing down on your McMansion, you generally have more than a minute to get packed up and rolling. Again in the reports from CA, residents evacuating usually took 5-10 minutes to throw a few possesions into bags, throw the bags into the SUV and put the Pedal to the Metal to run the gauntlet through the Inferno and hopefully to safety.
If you have that 5-10 minutes, you can do a lot better than just the Essentials Bag, with the Full Luggage Kit, previously packed and also all ready to go at a moment's notice. What is the FLK?
The FLK is the full gamut of bags you can take with you on an airplane, bus etc but still manage to carry them all yourself in some manner.
The typical FLK consists of 4 bags, the aforementioned Essentials Bag, a Carry-On Wheely Bag you can bring yourself on the plane and 2 more larger Wheely Bags you can check in the baggage compartment, now at $25/each as long as you stay under the 50# limit for each of those bags.
RE's current FLK (approximately, not the exact models I have but close)
How do you carry all those bags at once? There are a couple of alternatives. Usually, I stack the two medium size bags with the smaller one on top, and the Essentials Bag on top of the large bag, then pull each of them with one arm. At least I used to do that, now I get the Airport Wheel Chair Jockeys to do it for me. However, you can also carry the Essentials Bag on your back and make a "train" out of the wheely bags to pull them with one hand if necessary. Only do that on flat ground though, uphill too heavy, downhill uncontrollable.
The luggage manufacturing people over in Pakistan also provide these in many configurations made of different materials, from very soft-side stuff like Duffels to semi-soft side ballistic nylon to true hard side made from various polymers or sometimes aluminum. Each type has advantages and disadvantages.
Soft Side
Advantages: Generally the lightest in weight themselves, and when empty can be folded up and stowed away taking up little room. Also usually the cheapest alternative.
Disadvantages: Provide the least protection from damage to interior items, and little to no security against theft.
Best Use: Extra clothing you can easily replace if stolen, sleeping bags, tents etc.
Semi-Soft Side
Advantages: The rigidity provided around the edge of the bag to hold shape offers some protection to interior items. They also usually come today with their own wheels, so you don't usually have to fully carry them, just wheel them around from the luggage carousel to the taxi, etc. Because this is the most popular type sold in stores like Walmart & Target, they also come in pretty cheap.
Disadvantages: Significant increase in the weight of the bag itself, meaning you have less cargo capacity (mainly an airline problem). When empty, you can't fold them up for stowage, although when purchased in sets they will usually "nest" when empty so you only have the footprint of the largest of the bags to stow in a closet or under the bed. Almost as low security as soft bags, all it takes is a pocket knife to cut through the fabric of the bag, so if you are in a shelter for instance, your personal property is not very secure when you are not around, even if the bag is locked.
Hard Side
Advantages: Provides the most protection for interior items, both from damage in transit as well as security against theft. It takes a bit more than a pocket knife to break into one of these bags, although granted not a lot more. They are also more waterproof than either of the other types of bags, although they will not survive a complete submersion without the interior items getting soaked, unless you also seal them in waterproof bags. If you live in a neighborhood where Flooding is a problem, you definitely want to waterproof your valuables as best you can. If they are Full Aluminum, they also will serve as Faraday Cages and protect from EMPs and identity theft of RFID chips you may have inside. Weight varies tremendously on hard side luggage. You can get some variations even lighter in weight than semi-soft, but the materials used can be expensive or they skimp on thickness and they are not as strong and will develop cracks over time. They can also get "torqued" with bad baggage handling and misalign when trying to close them, rendering them pretty much useless.
Disadvantages: Like Semi-Soft, they don't fold up for stowage but they also do nest when empty, so not too much difference here. Possibly a more attractive target for thieves, since they figure if you are using hard side luggage you probably have valuables in it. Rather than break into it, they may simply take the whole case if they have the opportunity. Use a cable lock on some fixed object to minimize this risk. The frame on your cot in the shelter probably will work for this. In the airport, lock to the row of seats you are taking your nap on while waiting for your plane to be deiced.
What goes in them?
If you add the 3 bags of a typical luggage set to your Essentials Bag as already packed and ready to go out the door bags in a fast evacuation scenario, you have a LOT more room to work with and can carry much more of your personal belongings. Now it becomes a challenge of deciding what should go in these bags and how it should be organized? There is no single answer to that question, since for some people it might mean photo albums and family memoribilia, for others it might mean stuff you will need while you live on the road or couch surfing with friends and relatives until you (hopefully) can return home.
On the photo albums issue, in the modern world this shoudn't be a problem at all. Nobody has so many pictures in photo albums they won't all fit on a Micro-SD Card that fits in your wallet. You can also store on DVD-R and have copies sprinkled around to friends and relatives. Also store them up on the Cloud. The folks who have this problem are generally older folks who never figured out how to scan a picture, or who were too lazy to do so. I don't have a lot of sympathy for this problem.
Other memoribilia though can be tougher. Your dad's Purple Heart from WWII maybe fits, but you're not going to pack his Dress Uniform. Your daughter's Gold Medal from L5 State Championships for Gymnastics maybe fits, but you're not going to pack all her leotards from the time she was 5. Your prized Fender Guitar signed by Eddie Van Halen won't fit any of the luggage, but maybe you can carry it on the side. You definitely can't carry the Steinway Piano though, that is firewood.
I'm not big on the memoribilia conservation, so I allocate my space more to what I think I will need with me to make my time as an evacuee a little more comfortable and tolerable, if not pleasant. In order from smallest to largest, here is how I distribute out what I want ready to go in an emergency situation.
22" Wheely Bag
Mostly electronics and communication equipment. Laptop, Tablet, Spare phones, Small Cameras, Flashlights, Chargers, SW Radio, Walkie Talkies, Batteries. Also in this bag goes some road food, water bottle and various small tools. Since all these things are rather dense, the weight of this bag can be quite substantial and you have to watch the weight more than the volume of stuff you drop into it. Remember you may have to hoist it into an overhead compartment on the plane.
25" Wheely Bag
Change of clothing, underwear, socks, hoody sweatshirt, rain jacket & hat. Not a massive amount of clothing, this can mostly be easily replaced at the nearest Target once you reach a safe location. Still good to have some extra clothes though in case problems are more widespread and there are no open Targets. This bag still has at least half the space empty, which I have my big camera kit in, a camping stove, mess kit and some freeze-dried Mountain House food.
28" Wheely Bag
This gets 3 items which take up just about the whole bag: sleeping bag, pad & popup tent. Since I live in a cold climate, remaining space is for additional layers of winter clothing: Hat, Gloves, Scarf, Insulated vest, long underwear, insulated jacket. Bulky stuff but not heavy. If you are not worried about real cold weather, you have a lot more room to work with.
The only bag not packed and ready to go all the time is the Electronics bag, because I use that stuff all the time. It also needs to be regularly charged up. However, it is all also close by me all the time and it doesn't take long to throw it in the bag. The two larger bags sit packed all the time in the front closet. Total time to get out the door and into SaVANnah (my full-size raised roof conversion van & emergency home-on-wheelz, aka BUGOUT MACHINE!) in the event Mt. Redoubt goes Ballistic, about 5 minutes.
SaVANnah on a Bugout Rehearsal Run
What type of luggage you choose is to some extent a matter of preference, although soft side is really only appropriate for clothing and your sleeping gear made of cloth. Stuff that can't be damaged by the luggage monkeys handling your bags. For the rest of the bags, it's either semi-soft or hard side. When I moved to Alaska, I had already been living out of bags and containers during my trucking years. However, the containers (PVC generally) really weren't good for taking on a plane, so I bought a set of 3 semi-soft bags from Victorinox, the Swiss Army Knife people. I always was satisfied with the quality on their pocket knives over the years, and the bags held up pretty well.
This set of luggage has lasted me over a decade for many trips. However, recently one of the carry handles on the largest bag ripped off, but even more disastrous was I used the medium size bag to transport some frozen Sockeye Salmon and Alaska King Crab down to Seattle for the Great Tombstone Adventure, and they leaked melting fish water into the bag. It STUNK on arrival in Seattle and had to be sent to the Land of Away.
So I decided it was time for a new set of luggage, and this time I went for a 2 piece true Hard Side set with aluminum frames which came in at the amazingly low price of $70. For BOTH of them. I remember when Samsonite luggage like this sold for $100s of dollars a piece. There has been a lot of deflation in luggage costs.
I was concerned the quality might not be too good, but they have already arrived and seem sturdy enough to me at the moment. We'll need to wait for the next Adventure to do a field test on them.
To finish up here on organizing your Emergency Bugout luggage, I mentioned that it was a good idea to have at least 2 or 3 of the smaller backpacks as part of your ensemble. Why do you need that (or at least want it) when you are already maxed out with 4 bags, 2 for carry-on the plane and 2 more to drop in checked baggage? Well, you can drop more than that in checked baggage, but it will be expensive. Besides that, more than 4 bags and it becomes about impossible to move them around yourself, even just from baggage carousel to a cab outside.
The reason is for organizational purposes where you do "Bag in a Bag". Particularly with larger luggage, if you don't have your stuff inside organized in some way and just throw it in the bag, digging around to find it when you open up the bag messes up the whole bag. Also you often can't find what you are looking for at all!
These bag in bags differ markedly from the ones you use independently. For those, you like to have a heavy duty material for the bag along with some exterior compartments and attachment points for bungees and other stuff. For the bag in bags, it is just the opposite. You want thin lightweight material for the bag, and few to no exterior pockets. Extra pockets on these bags just makes it too complicated, you forget which pocket on which bag you stored something. Many bag configurations work well for bag in a bag. There are lightweight backpacks, gym bags, mini-duffels, laundry bags etc. Generally you should spend no more than $10 for a bag in bag.
Also mentioned was waterproofing the interior contents of your bags, particularly if your main concern is flooding. No bag that is light enough to be a travel bag is going to be completely waterproof. Generally all 3 types will shed water pretty well from light rain/drizzle, at least if not left out too long.
For harder rain, the soft side luggage fails first. If you haven't done anything else to protect and waterproof the clothing inside, it will be soaked in at most a couple of hours. However, it's EZ to vastly improve on this problem with a simple disposable lawn waste bag lining the interior when you pack it. Or you can use multiple smaller trash bags. The same is true for semi-soft side luggage.
Hard side luggage is pretty much impervious to rain no matter how hard it is coming down, with this exception: Hard Side Zipper Closure bags. The zipper has cloth to either side where it attaches to the bag, and this is a failure point for the leakage of water. Besides that, it makes the hard side luggage as vulnerable as the other two types of luggage to EZ theft with a pocket knife. Don't ever buy hard side luggage with zipper closure! It defeats the entire purpose and all the advantages of hard side.
Hard side does have one advantage in flooding situations, which is if it is not to heavily loaded it will float, at least for a while. They are not water tight to submersion though.
If you are really obsessive and worried about water damage, particlarly to electronic devices, you'll need to get water-tight cases or bags for them. These are available in a myriad of sizes and configurations as well, generally sold in the Fishing & Camping dept of your local Superstore. The issue here is the more of them you use, the less actual serviceable room you have inside the containing bag. I don't bother with these, flooding is not my major concern and I don't see much likelihood of the luggage getting submerged in an evacuation.
Once you have your complete Evac Luggage Kit organized and ready to go, for the Kollapsnik Prepper it offers great peace of mind that you have done the best you can to be ready for collapse when it shows up on your doorstep, as it can at any time, anywhere, as the folks in SoCal are now aware. When it does show up, there is often little warning and no time to figure out all the stuff you need, find it and pack it up. If you have done it in advance though, you can be out the door in 5 minutes with a decent kit of stuff that will keep you fairly comfortable for a week or two at least of couch surfing while you figure out how you will afford to rebuild your McMansion, considering your workplace also burned down and you have no job either. Your luggage system will not solve this problem.


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Saturday, September 29, 2007
How to get into a cemetery
I just want you to be clear on how much fun this was, breaking the law. This is the path I had to take to get to the rusted, broken fence where I could hop over to get pictures of the inside of the cemetery.
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The theme from "mission impossible" comes to mind ... can't wait to see what you discovered.ReplyDelete
Hope you didn't ladder your stockings!ReplyDelete
I love these photos, leading up to your photo(s) from inside the cemetery. Anticipation reigns.ReplyDelete
Thanks for visiting Portland (OR) Daily Photo--I'm much better today. One of the great things about the two routes I walk part-way to work is that at any time I get winded or it starts to sprinkle, I can catch a bus at the next stop; that bus takes me quickly to the stop where I board the bus that takes me across the river to where I work.
Oh oh , great spirit of adventure. I often did that when I was a little girl and sometimes I was faced to aggressive bulls. ;-)ReplyDelete
Not everyone is so desperate to get into a cemetery, that they have to hop the fence!ReplyDelete
If you wait long enough, you can get carried in!!! LOL
HaHa, I like ex-shammickite's comment!ReplyDelete
Down south there is a saying that the best watermelons are stolen. Maybe this applies to pictures taken on private property also. lol
Haha! Me too Dot!ReplyDelete
I also think yo should behave Neva( smile!) Was it worth it? I cheated maybe, because I saw the post after this one.....
JoAnn greetings:)

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Penrith BID history
The proposal to establish a BID for Penrith was formally announced on the 3 December 2013 and came into effect on the 1 April 2013. The total number of votes cast was 170, representing a rateable value of £5,068,400. The votes in favour were 138, representing £4,392,900. A renewal ballot took place in November 2017 for a further five year term.
Penrith BID renewal ballot and results
A ballot was held on 30 November 2017 on the proposal to renew the Penrith BID for a further five year term, from 2018 to 2023.
For the BID to be renewed for a further five years, two threshold tests had to be met in the ballot:
- More than 50% of votes cast (turnout) must be in favour of the BID; and
- The positive vote must represent more than 50% of the Rateable Value (RV) of the votes cast.
The total number of votes cast, excluding rejected ballot papers, was 183, representing a RV of £5,661,400. The votes in favour were 135, representing £3,740,200 RV. Both of the threshold tests were met and therefore Penrith BID will be renewed for a further five year term.
On Penrith BID's website there is a copy of the Penrith Business Plan for the second term.
Support for the Penrith BID
In 2012, we backed the Penrith BID proposal and voted yes in respect of each of the properties we pay rates for within the BID area. We supported the yes campaign to help convince local businesses of the merits of the proposal, which has the potential to raise £500,000 over the next 5 years.
At a full Council meeting on 9 November 2017, Members decided to vote yes to the BID renewal in respect of each of the properties we pay rates for within the BID area. Our Members also agreed to pay a voluntary levy for those Council-owned properties which fall below the threshold of £4,000, to further support Penrith BID in their activities over the next 5 years.
For more about Penrith BID
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SOUTH VIETNAM 1965-1975. Photos and notes of the Vietnam War. Memories, photos, videos and songs of Vietnam. From French Indo-China, the American War and the present. Saigon memories, travelling over the country's roads and through it's skies. The girls one loved and the women one lost.
Sunday, 25 January 2009
The year of the Ox, Tet 2009. Memories of Vietnam
2009, The Year of the Ox - Happy Chinese New Year!
by YMAA, January 9, 2009
The Ox, or Buffalo sign, symbolizes prosperity through fortitude and hard work. Those born under the influence of the Ox are fortunate to be stable and persevering. The typical Ox is a tolerant person with strong character. Not many people could equal the resolution and fearlessness that the Ox exhibits when deciding to accomplish a task. Ox people work hard without complaints at work or at home. They know that they will succeed through hard work and sustained efforts, and do not believe in get-rich-quick schemes.
Well, its TET again, time to bring out the ancestors. The Vietnamese follow the same calendar as the Chinese.
It's nice to know who your forebears were in any case and respect for one's elders is a quality sadly lacking in today's western youth.
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From 1514 Luther was not only theology professor at Wittenberg
University but also the priest at the City Church in Wittenberg. So he
was also responsible for the salvation of his parish.
observed that many people in Wittenberg were not coming to him for
confession any more. They were going to towns in Brandenburg or Anhalt
like Jüterbog or Zerbst to buy Indulgences (primarily the Peter's
The practice
of buying indulgences, which quasi replaced confession and allowed
people to buy their salvation, was completely repulsive to Luther. He
strongly believed that one lived a life of humility in order to receive
God's grace.
After 1507, trade in Indulgences took a steep climb because both the
Papal Court and Bishop Albrecht von Brandenburg Germany's representative
for the sale of indulgence were in great financial trouble.
In addition, the Dominican monk, Johann Tetzel, sold indulgences in
the region around Wittenberg in a very ostentatious manner. Many stories
started poping up about him such as, that Tetzel could redeem the sins
of the deceased.
Further sayings of Tetzel, such as, "When the money clangs in the box,
the souls spring up to heaven", also brought protests from Luther.
to October 31, 1517, Luther had preached against the indulgence trade.
After reading an instruction manual for indulgence traders, he wrote a
letter to his church superiors hoping to get rid of this abuse. In this
letter he included 95
Theses which were to be used as the basis for a discussion on the
That Luther hammered his theses to the door of the
Church in Wittenberg belongs to the realm of legends (the legend of
Nailing the 95 Theses to
the Door of the Castle Church).
Luther sent his 95 Theses to a few bishops and some friends;
therefore he did not expect or receive a prompt response. By the end of
1517, however, copies of the 95 Theses had been printed in Leipzig,
Nuremberg and Basel. Some humanists and princes passionately approved of
the theses, but parts of the Roman Church completely rejected them. The
most vehement voice against the theses was the Indulgence Priest Tetzel,
who supposedly categorized Luther as a follower of the heretic Jan Hus
and threatened to have him burned at the stake.
At first the bishops reacted mildly, they informed the Pope of the
'rebel within the ranks' and instructed Luther's direct superior to take
a moderate roll in calming him. A few bishops actually welcomed Luther's
ideas for reform.
Because of increasing pressure, Luther found it necessary to explain
and clarify his theses in writing. In 1518, Luther himself said that he
only wanted to take care of an abuse (indulgence) and was not striving
to unhinge the papacy with his theses.
The avalanche, however, was now unstoppable. The Papal Court reacted
drastically to the alleged heretic and in 1518 an inquisition was begun
in Rome. This quieted down in 1519 during the search for a successor to
the deceased Emperor Maximilian. Once Karl the V was elected as emperor,
the fight against Luther and his followers continued.
Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the
Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and
ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following
statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that
those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in
their absence by letter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.


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Monday, 19 August 2013
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Page: Hacked!
researcher from Palestine, first reported the bug to Facebook, which pays people to report such things rather than sell them on the black market. But, instead of fixing the bug and paying the researcher the $500+ fee,
Facebook told him "this was not a bug," according to an email that Shreateh shared. When he tried a second time to warn the company and was rebuffed, Shreateh posted on the Wall of Sarah Goodin - a friend of
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg. That got their attention REALLY fast. The message said, "Sorry for breaking your privacy ... but a couple of days ago, I found a serious Facebook exploit" that the social network wasn't taking seriously. Within minutes, a Facebook security engineer took it seriously, contacting Shreateh (and his
Edward Snowden avatar) and asking for details on how he did it. Zuckerberg Hacked Matt Jones from Facebook's security team said after the fact that once the team understood the bug they acted quickly, "We fixed this bug on Thursday." They also temporarily suspended Shreateh's account and said they wouldn't pay
him the fee because, by posting to Zuck's account, he violated the terms of service. The Facebook team asked for his help finding future bugs, however. Natch. Commenters online are split on the matter. Facebook says that Shreateh didn't include enough info when reporting it ... as in how to actually do it and fix it. On the other hand, he wouldn't have hacked Zuck's account if the security team had asked him for more details the first two times he tried to report it. What do you think? Should the hacker be paid the bounty?
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Nanoscale lamellar photoconductor hybrids and methods of making same
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|February 5, 2013
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|An article of manufacture and methods of making same. In one embodiment, the article of manufacture has a plurality of zinc oxide layers substantially in parallel, wherein each zinc oxide layer has a thickness d.sub.1, and a plurality of organic molecule layers substantially in parallel, wherein each organic molecule layer has a thickness d.sub.2 and a plurality of molecules with a functional group that is bindable to zinc ions, wherein for every pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers, one of the plurality of organic molecule layers is positioned in between the pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers to allow the functional groups of the plurality of organic molecules to bind to zinc ions in the neighboring zinc oxide layers to form a lamellar hybrid structure with a geometric periodicity d.sub.1+d.sub.2, and wherein d.sub.1 and d.sub.2 satisfy the relationship of d.sub.1.ltoreq.d.sub.2.ltoreq.3d.sub.1.
|Stupp; Samuel I. (Chicago, IL), Goldberger; Josh (Chicago, IL), Sofos; Marina (Fort Collins, CO)
|Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
|12/ 631,633
|December 4, 2009
|STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH This invention was made with government support under Grant No. DE-FG02-00ER54810 awarded by the Department of Energy and grant number DMR0605427 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The government has certain rights in the invention.


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Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, first-in-class or best-in-class therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's research and development activities leverage its expertise in metabolism to develop innovative therapeutics designed to improve patients' lives. Viking has exclusive worldwide rights to a portfolio of five therapeutic programs in clinical trials or preclinical studies, which are based on small molecules licensed from Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
The company's clinical programs include VK5211, an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) in Phase 2 development for the treatment and prevention of lean body mass loss in patients who have undergone hip fracture surgery, VK2809, a small molecule thyroid beta agonist in Phase 2 development for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hypercholesterolemia. Viking is also developing novel and selective agonists of the thyroid beta receptor for glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD 1a) and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), as well as programs targeting diabetes, metabolic diseases and anemia.
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It was brought to my attention that I'm missing a few cards off the Flickr site....oops! I'll try and get them posted this week, when I figure out which one's I'm missing, sorry about that.
Today I spent some time trying to create a birthday card for Rachel's upcoming birthday. I wanted an interactive card and I wanted it to be unusual. Linda's girls have begun to expect Gamma to do something out of the ordinary now.
What I decided to make was a never ending card. This is a card that you start opening from the front, open four times seeing four different "pages" and return to the beginning again. I've made one before for my brother in laws 60th birthday I think it was.
Here's a link to show you how to create one yourself. This is probably the easiest tutorial and she shares with you some ideas to decorate it too. I can't show you mine yet as it's not quite complete.
A really simple card to make, but the decorating takes some time and thought, and today my creativity flew the coop...it was gone!
I meant to show you a lovely scrapbook room that one of the ladies shared with us. She had purchased a couple of wire paper racks and showed us how nicely it fitted into her room. How many of you would love to craft in Jennifer's room?
See how nicely her new paper racks fitted in next to her bookcase storage.
We had a lovely Friday night Crop and Craft last week. Such a pleasure to enjoy our last one with some lovely caring ladies. We chatted, knitted,
made some cards and scrapbook pages, a great time together.
Sharon surprised me by gifting me with this lovely wall hanging. She told me that as she no longer sews and knew that I did, she thought I would reap more pleasure from it. I was so thrilled to have been thought of in this way and it will find it's place in my craft room.
Isn't it beautiful. Made and hand quilted by a lady in Port Sydney.
We had tickets to see Linda's girls at their dance recital on Saturday night.
Wow, what a show that was!
So entertaining. Whether your child was in the number or not, they were all so very, very good that your attention was kept throughout the show.
One of the "dance Dad's" went up on stage at the beginning of the show just after the teachers had given out the awards and thanked the teachers for the excellence that is attained, not only in the dancing, but the friendships that were developed and the hard work put forth by all the students.
He reminded the audience that for the students this was like their "Superbowl," their time to shine and we needed to let them all know how well they performed. A great reminder and so very true. Here's just two of the costumes Rachel and Emily wore for their numbers.
I intend to blog after the store is closed, but would like to be sure that you able to connect with me through the blog. If you could take a moment and add a comment at the bottom of this posting. Just let me know in some way that you have seen this blog, then I'll know I can connect with you later.
I'm hoping to continue to share some inspirational blogs with you, that will feed your love for crafting as they do mine.
We were very blessed last week with some lovely cards, flowers and plants given to us by customers.
One dear customer comes in every Tuesday, though last week she was en route to Europe, but still she came into the store in spirit when these beautiful flowers were delivered to us.
From another customer we received this award. How very kind she was to take time to make this for us. She made us feel special when we opened it. Thank you Friday for the opportunity to get to know and teach you.
So many of you have wished us well and thanked us for inspiring you to create in a way you didn't know you could.
It has been a pleasure over the years to teach you and to develop friendships through those classes.
For the opportunities you have all afforded us, we in turn thank each and every one of you.
It has been our pleasure.
And the words to keep you going this week are these.....
We all feel so much stronger, so much more valued when a kind word or action is bestowed upon us.
It doesn't have to take a lot of time or money to make someone happy.
Why not set yourself a goal this week to use the power you have to make someone happy.
Don't forget to leave a quick comment at the bottom of this post, so that I know you are connecting with us....thank you


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Mack unveiled what one official is calling "the most opulent truck ever offered within the Mack product line" at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mack unveiled what one official is calling "the most opulent truck ever offered within the Mack product line" at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
The Mack Pinnacle Rawhide edition features exterior styling enhancements as well as improved interior comfort, the company announced.
"The Rawhide Edition combines classic styling with all the technology benefits of the Pinnacle model, and the next generation of luxury and comfort," said Jerry Warmkessel, Mack marketing product manager for highway products. "This is definitely a truck that will draw attention – the Rawhide Edition is a highway bulldog in all its shining glory. It will be popular with fleets for driver recruitment and retention, as well as with discerning owner/operators."
Mack officials said the new version of its popular highway tractor is another sign the company has no plans to abandon the highway market. The newest offering is available in three cab configurations: 60-and 70-inch mid-rise sleepers as well as a day cab. The truck has a set-forward front axle which gives it a bold stance while also maximizing payload, Warmkessel explained.
Other features sure to be appreciated by owner/operators are a large "Texas-style" chrome bumper, stainless steel cab and sleeper skirts, forward-mounted dual seven-inch stacks, a 13-inch stainless steel sun visor and four chrome air horns.
Inside, the Rawhide version of the Mack Pinnacle features soft button-tuck Ultraleather and twotone embroidered seats. A selection of classic colour combinations are available, each of which reflects a "wild west" theme. The dash panel is brushed nickel and the leather-grip steering wheel features chromed spokes.
While it's undoubtedly an owner/operator truck, Warmkessel said some fleets have also expressed interested in purchasing the Pinnacle Rawhide edition as a reward truck for top-performing drivers or as a driver retention tool.
Mack also re-launched its Titan heavy-haul tractor at the Mid-American Trucking Show. The truck was first unveiled at the ConExpo construction show in Las Vegas earlier in the month. A full report on the Titan can be found on pg. 80.


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Donald Trump's Hair Gets Messed Up by Jimmy Fallon (Video)
Donald Trump lets Jimmy Fallon run his hand through his hair while making an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night (September 15) in New York City.
"Donald, I want to ask you because the next time I see you, you could be the president of the United States," the talk show host said. "I just wanted to know if there's something we could do that's not presidential really or something that we can do now that we're both civilians."
"Like what? I'm not liking the sound of this," Donald replied.
"Can I mess your hair up?" Jimmy asked.
"The answer's yes, but the people in New Hampshire where I'm going to be in about an hour from now�"I hope they're going to understand," Donald said. Watch the video below!
Donald Trump Lets Jimmy Fallon Mess Up His Hair


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James Beaubelle reflects that we must give diligence to use what God has given us, realizing that, (1) if He has given us much, He requires much in return and (2) without Christ, we can do nothing. Consequently, realizing that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, we dare not allow our pride to make us judgmental. If pride has overtaken us, correction is around the corner. Three symptoms of self-exalting pride include our tendency (1) to lie, building up the self by fabricating falsehoods to protect our fragile self-image, while at the same time denigrating others in order to make us feel superior; (2) to engage in foolish competitiveness, associating intrinsic worth to anything connected with transient, material possessions; and (3) to engage in intellectual pride, believing our personal 'brainchildren' are more valuable than God's Truth. The antidote to all three tendencies is humility, a virtue that does not come naturally, but one we must learn, as did Naaman, the King of Syria. Naaman went from arrogant rage a humble submission. As God's called-out ones, we must learn the godly attribute of humility, understanding that learning this lesson from Scripture is preferable to learning it by experience.
John Ritenbaugh, reiterating that God works in mysterious ways, assures us that, because of God's calling, we have a far clearer understanding of His purposes than those yet uncalled. Powered by the spirit in man, no individual is able to understand God, as witnessed by the consistently antagonistic reaction of the Pharisees and scribes to God's truth, as explained to them by Christ. To those called, the Bible is no mystery, but to the world at large, it seems inscrutable. For His Own reasons, God has chosen not to reveal His plan to those the world considers wise, but, instead, to work with the weaker sort of mankind. God told Cain how to overcome sin when He rejected his offering: Namely, we must wrest the control sin has over us at the formative stage of desire. Timing is crucial. We should never allow sin to escape its incipient stage of desire. Most of 'Christendom' fails to realize that God has called us to do battle with our carnal natures, a cross we bear until He resurrects us as spirit beings. At our baptism, He counsels us to soberly count the cost, asking ourselves if we are willing to give up everything, including our lives, to conform to Christ's image, becoming a new creation in the process. Even with God's initial gift of His Holy Spirit, we cannot form an on-going, growing relationship with God unless He continually strengthens us with additional gifting—more grace.
Richard Ritenbaugh begins by recapping the first three chapters of the Book of Lamentation: "Woe is me" (Chapter 1), "God did it" (Chapter 2), and "If God is behind it, it must have been good" (Chapter 3). He then focuses on the themes of the chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 is a summation of how low God had brought the people of Judah, prompting the theme, "How low can you go?" In Chapter 5, the community bewails what it has suffered, prompting the plaintive theme, "Have You utterly rejected us?" A close reading of the text reveals that, as terrible as this ordeal was, only a few people repented, a reality which justifies Christ powerful rebuke to their descendants, the Pharisees and Scribes, calling them vipers for persecuting and killing the prophets, warning them that their sins would culminate in yet another great destruction. The people suffering under the Babylonians had blindly basked in the privilege of being God's chosen people, while at the same time the blatantly trashed the terms of the Sinaitic Covenant. The inhabitants of Jerusalem could not make a clear cause-and-effect connection between their own sins and what was happening to them. Because the people of Judah demonstrated no fruits of Godly repentance, they failed to achieve anything like a personal relationship with God.
John Ritenbaugh begins by reiterating the six principle points of the universal Edenic Covenant: (1) establishing God as Creator, (2) presenting awesome gifts (such as our planet earth and our lives, (3) presenting us with our task of taking care of the earth, (4) establishing the marriage relationships through our original parents, (5) establishing the definition of sin and warning of its ultimate results, and (6) sanctifying the seventh day as the Sabbath for special instruction from God. He then delves into the horrendous consequences of sin, through the literal and figurative application of the term "nakedness," implying loss of innocence as well as the condition of shame and guilt. All figurative references to uncovering nakedness connect to idolatrous adultery or impurity of sins and transgression, including that of Adam and Eve, who fell from a state of intimate contact with God to profound estrangement between themselves, their Creator and virtually all of creation. The mark of sin, impossible to conceal, acquired by Adam and Eve, is a mark also borne by all their progeny, generating guilt and fear part of our mental repertoire, making us fearful of being exposed for what we really are. It is impossible to escape God's scrutiny. All of the sufferings of the present time had their origin in the Garden of Eden when our parents, greatly gifted by God in that they had a personal relationship with the Creator, sinned, seemingly in secret. But, their sin did not take place in a vacuum, no more than our sins do. They radiate out as ripples on water or spores of yeast in the leavening process. All Eve did was to take a bite of food, but the world has never been the same since that event. No one gets away with sin; the consequences reverberate endlessly. All of us will eventually be compelled to give an account of our behavior to our Creator. We will be able to blame only ourselves for our sins. We will not be able to blame our genetic make-up or our environment or Satan for our mistakes.
Austin Del Castillo, recalling an incident earlier in his life when he allowed his pride at being the only college graduate on his crew to lead him to take his job less seriously or diligently than he should have, examines the destructive, corrosive effects of pride, and the positive value for genuine humility in the workplace and in our relationships with one another. Humility is important as we are guided by God's Holy Spirit; we are obligated to do something constructive with it. The former guardian cherub is the architect of pride, his heart lifted up by his beauty, causing him to develop an entitlement mentality, an affliction shared by all who have carnal human nature. Pride hopelessly distorts our view of reality, as well as our relationship with Almighty God and our fellow called-out ones. We have been called out to be separate, holy, and sanctified, submitting ourselves to one another, rather than elevating ourselves over one another. Being humble is not for the faint of heart, but it requires the Spirit of God operating in our lives.
John Ritenbaugh, asking the questions "Who are we?" and "Where do we fit in?" examines the process of sanctification, comprising the state we are in because of God's action, a continuous process. The end result is that we will possess absolute holiness in every aspect of our life. Sanctification began beyond our control, and is an honor bestowed on a few out of billions, indicating that we are special to the Giver—an honor so valuable we do not want to lose out, motivating us to keep His laws, statutes, and judgments. Our calling, attended with spiritual gifts, could make us susceptible to the same dangerous pride Satan succumbed to if we do not exercise extreme caution. Satan knew he was gifted, but let his self-centered goals eclipse God's purpose for him. To Satan, God was the bad guy, thwarting his plans. God has placed us all in the body where it has pleased Him. We dare not imitate Satan by not appreciating where God has placed us. In order to benefit from the motivating power of the treasure, we must develop a single-fixed vision or goal, maintaining clear focus as if we were watching the movement of a ball in a team sport. We must exercise care about how we perceive ourselves against the backdrop of the world, constructing a worldview which takes in the preciousness of our calling. Seven truths which should be components of our world view are: (1) The church was planned before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:3-6); (2) The church cannot be randomly joined; one must be called (John 6:44); (3) The Church is the Body of Christ (Ephesians 2:19-21); (4) Through the spirit of adoption, we become members of God's family (Romans 8:14-20); (5) Mankind has an impulse to worship; the correct way must be revealed; (6) The nation of Israel is a worldly institution; the Church is the Israel of God; and (7) God considers the Church as His treasure, giving His personal protection in order not to lose us. Our worldview should be a process of clarifying this treasure.
John Ritenbaugh, cuing in on Psalm 73:1-9, describing the despair of someone seeing the wicked prosper while the righteous suffer, affirms that it is a delusion that people in the world are leading comfortable lives. Christian living, while not comfortable, has a restorative faith in God. If our focus is on comfort, we cannot glorify God. Ecclesiastes, written for the spiritual well-being of God's children, teaches that the world is living in vanity and uselessness, producing nothing of quality. To this end, God has put a protective hedge about us in order to separate us from what is happening in the world. God knows where He is leading our life; we only vaguely know, unaware of the ultimate purpose of the trials we go through, not as punishment, but in shaping and molding us to be transformed in the image of Jesus Christ. The difficulties we experience after our calling have an educative purpose, leading us to a closer relationship with God, giving us a quality life. A test should be considered a positive learning experience, preparing us for more growth and for more solid, stable, sound-mindedness based in good judgment, controlling and disciplining our thinking though God's Holy Spirit. Since God arranges the trials for us, we should take comfort in His presence. We must, however, assiduously avoid the extreme of straining for perfection or obsessing on righteousness, presumptuously 'improving' on God's plan, blinding us to our own sinfulness and carnality. Self-righteousness leads to a life of desperation. Even righteousness done through obedience to God is still tainted with sin. The righteousness of Christ is given to us when we exercise faith in Him, realizing we are still sinners.
John Ritenbaugh, reflecting on the book Final Exit by Derek Humphry, a work exploring the prevalence of suicide and its impact on the survivors, warns us that this is the time to get our ducks in a row, making the most of what we have experienced, establishing our spiritual priorities, and reflecting deeply on why we gave ourselves to God. If we do not, we are subject to committing spiritual suicide, a fate far worse than those taking their lives without ever having God's Holy Spirit. Realizing that God intently hates evil, we may become discouraged reading the Bible, realizing that we do not measure up to even a fraction of God's standards. We need to change our perspective realizing that, as our father Jacob discovered, it is better to become a spiritual pilgrim (facing the myriad challenges confronting us and finding their solutions) than to play the part of an exile (running from pillar to post to escape curses). We must strive to stay on course spiritually to be in God's Kingdom in order to(1.) expand rule of God in individual lives, (2.) to restore peace to the creation, and (3.) to pay the debt we owe our loved ones who have not yet been called. It would be highly ironic—yea, tragic—if our loved ones eventually came into God's Kingdom, and we, through discouragement, had aborted our opportunity.
Bill Onisick, maintains that in one context, evolution is absolutely real—that is, in the transition of one of God's called-out ones from a state of abject fear to a state of transcendental agape love. Every human being fears that he is going to lose something of value and develops a flight or fight protective mechanism to maintain a stable self-image. In our spiritual development, we shed our spirit of fear and take on a spirit of self-control as we ingest God's Spirit and take on a Spirit of Godly wisdom, displacing the fear of death with a craving for Eternal life. The way of get disappears and the way of give leads to godliness.
Because we are human—and want to be seen in a good light by others—we try to project an image of ourselves that people will like and respect. John Ritenbaugh explains that, unfortunately, the image we project is often based in pride. The Old Testament story of Job provides us an example of a man whom God forced to see himself as he really was, and his true self-image paved the way to a spectacular leap forward in spiritual growth.
The world is so full of lying and other forms of deceit that "bearing false witness" has become a way of life for the vast majority of humanity. In discussing the ninth commandment, John Ritenbaugh reveals the relationship between telling the truth and faithfulness, virtues that are necessary parts of an effective witness.
Back in my college days, one of my roommates was continually bemused by the football fanatics who identified with their team so closely that they would speak in the first person. ...
John Ritenbaugh profiles the narcissistic personality, characterized by a highly self-absorbed and manipulative individual who, on one hand, has abused his God-given gifts and, on the other hand, neglected the responsibility of using them properly. Probably the biblical character best exemplifying the narcissistic personality is David's son, Absalom, clearly a spoiled son in a dysfunctional family. David was not noted for his childrearing skills, rarely calling any of his children into account for their behavior, but pampered them and indulged their multiple transgressions. Moreover, in both David's and Jacob's polygamous marital situations (tolerated but not condoned by God), fairness would have been next to impossible. Absalom developed a highly deceitful charm, able to "sweet-talk a bird out of a tree" with his disarming verbal eloquence, learning to be a controller par excellent. Using his scheming manipulative skills, he stealthily (taking the law in his own hands) arranged the murder of his older brother, a competitive contender for the throne. Absalom, using his manipulative charm and unctuous verbal skills, won the hearts of the common people, undercutting his father's honor and authority. For his vanity, his self-aggrandizement, and super-inflated ego, he became a "pin cushion" at the order of Joab. Absalom used his gifts and talents only for himself. With Absalom's negative example in mind, we need to make sure we do not use our spiritual gifts for self-service or self-aggrandizement, or worse yet, not to use them at all. Our children are gifts from God; we as parents must pass on to our children the sense of responsibility that has been given to us. We have to make ourselves answerable and responsible for their behavior, disciplining them for their carelessness and reinforcing their thoughtfulness. If Absalom would have been reared with these principles, much of David's bitterness and heartache would have been alleviated.
Many of us tend to be pack-rats, saving everything for years and years until we have collected a mass of—well, junk! David Maas compares this with accumulated sin. The time has come to get rid of it!
On the heels of self-deception and self-justification often comes self-righteousness. This obstacle to overcoming occurs when we set our own standards rather than God's.
Humans, by nature, are very adept at causing offense. As Christians, we must be learning the fine art of tact and diplomacy that works toward reconciliation and unity among the brethren. David Maas gives key points on how to take on these godly traits.
John Ritenbaugh insists that the hallmark of true Christian character is humility, which comes about only when one sees himself in proper comparison to God. Then he can see himself in proper comparison to other men. The opposite of humility—pride, arrogance, and an inordinate self-esteem—leads us to put down, scorn, or make perverted comparisons between others and ourselves. Because a pride-filled person feels overlooked or his accomplishments undervalued, harboring pride leads to depression, frustration, self-centeredness, self-pity, and rebellion, totally eliminating God from the picture. What makes pride so dangerous is that even though we instantaneously see it in others, we seldom detect it in ourselves. God scorns the proud, but accepts the lowly.
John Ritenbaugh focuses upon the necessity to attain fellowship with God, defining fellowship as "joint participation with someone else in things possessed by both." At our calling (John 6:44) we have virtually nothing in common with our Creator. Through the shaping power of God's Holy Spirit, He starts to fill the chasm, which divides us by (1) convicting us of sin, (2) convicting us of righteousness, and (3) convicting us of judgment, aiming our lives at the Kingdom of God and membership in His Family.
John Ritenbaugh, pointing out the Apostle Paul's contention that any righteousness or morality attained by our own law keeping falls short of the righteousness required for salvation, asserts that only the righteousness of Christ attained through faith will pass muster. Unlike man's limiting, myopic, self-centered righteousness, excluding others from their circle, the righteousness of Christ (emanating from Christ's knowledge) focuses on selfless outgoing service to others, leading to exponential spiritual growth with limitless possibilities. Like Christ, we must willing to yield and trust in God's ability to create and shape us, willing to be corrected and changed as He sees fit. If we become self-satisfied with our spiritual progress, God cannot work with us. Working out our salvation is to make faith practical by experience, yielding continually to God's prompts through His Holy Spirit.
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As part of its Geek Week celebrations, Google has unveiled a new YouTube easter egg which sees any video turned into a mini game of classic arcade shooter 'Missile Command'.
Just wait for the video to start, click the white background and type '1980' to get the game to work. Google Operating System has collected more of the best Geek Week easter eggs on this and other Google sites.
Some of them include:
- Type '1337' to turn all the comments into leet speak
- Click the 'Pow' button here to turn the video into a comic
- Search 'my little pony' to get little ponies to run on the screen
- Search 'beam me up, Scotty' for a cool Star Trek animation
Here's what the Missile Command game looks like:


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How To Protect Gaming Accounts With Two-Factor Authentication
How to protect gaming accounts? Two Factor Authentication has often been represented as a viable solution for gamers. Does this really work?
Learning how to protect gaming accounts is vital. This is because cloud based services continue to be vital for most of our needs. Most people store tons of information online mostly for convenience based needs.
Cyber security is very important and you should know how to protect gaming accounts likewise. Polygon reports that two-factor authentication should be enabled on online accounts. This includes gaming accounts which are commonly targeted for hacking/phishing scams.
Most gaming services allow this extra security layer in recent times. These include GOG.com, Battle.net from Blizzard Entertainment and Origin from Electronic Arts. These also include Uplay from Ubisoft, Sony PlayStation, Humble Bundle and Xbox Live.
What Is Two-Factor Authentication?
Two-factor authentication is a two-step verification procedure. This procedure requires all users to enter two varying aspects while logging in. These include existing login details backed up by added details according to TakeItGame.
This secondary information may include codes generated through authenticator apps. These codes may even be received through text messages. The second factor may also be fingerprint identification if required.
Also Read: App Guide For PCs: The First Programs You Should Install
Once you are signed in with the username and password, a second step is required for login completion. This is two-factor authentication and offers greater security. Any hacker will then require your phone to access your account.
How Authenticators Work
Authenticators always generate required codes for finishing the login procedure. You can make use of Microsoft Authenticator or Google Authenticator. You can also use Authy for both Android and iOS like the other two.
Upon installation of the Authenticator application, it has to be separately integrated with every online service. This is done through scanning the QR codes with the device or keying in a secret code.
The app will keep generating random codes every 30 seconds post setup. These will have to be typed in while logging into your online accounts.
Also Read: Best Windows 10 PC Apps 2016 Every User Should Have


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05/07/2012From Janet Reabe
First State Wide Wisconsin LibertyVention:
Save the Date –June 15-16
April 27, 2012
Kim Simac
Kirsten Lombard
Annette Olson
Meg Ellefson
(Wisconsin Rapids, WI) – A state wide celebration of the Tea Party movement will be held June 15 – 16, 2012 at the historic Hotel Mead and Convention Center, in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.
The name LibertyVention has been adopted for the event to reflect the Tea Party's true mission. The movement sprung up more than three years ago out of a desire to restore liberty and roll back government intrusion into the lives of American citizens.
Plans are in full motion to bring national and state speakers to the two day convention-style gathering. Individual members of Tea Party and invited groups from across Wisconsin will be in attendance to engage, network, learn and relax during the two day event.
LibertyVention will be hosted by Northwoods Patriots, Wisconsin 9/12 Project, The Uninfringed Liberty Group and Wausau Tea Party. Other Tea Party groups who would like to help sponsor the event, please contact one of the hosting groups.
"Wisconsin's history and political circumstances yield some unique challenges for liberty-minded individuals and groups here," Kirsten Lombard notes. "We wanted to gather people to network, relationship-build, and idea-share in ways that will allow them to navigate those challenges successfully."
Registration will begin May 1st. Watch for further announcements in the coming days and weeks.
For further information please contact:
Kim Simac firstname.lastname@example.com ,
Kirsten Lombard -email@example.com , Annette Olson - email@example.com or
Meg Ellefson -firstname.lastname@example.com


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Kuroko no Basket Ep 8: Iron Defense
:D Linzz and I decided in preparation for Kuroko no Basket's Season 2, we will do the marathon coverage! Together will be releasing four (or more) episodes per week. This will be a whole...
Accel World Episode 24 [Final]: Chase the World
Accel World, take a bow.
Accel World Episode 21: Return of the Red King
"Long time no see, Haruyuki onii-chan. You're as fat as ever!"
Accel World Episode 20: Betrayal
"A week's never seemed so long before…"
AKB0048 Episode 13 [Final]: Dreams Are Forever Reborn
"Come. Let's begin. Our sweat and tears will bring about…a brand new dream."


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Are you looking for a decorative and warm hiding place for your cat?
Check out these fun, felted wool cat beds available on Etsy.
These custom, handmade cat beds hail from Lithuania and are 100% wool. They come in a variety of colors to fit with with any decor and a variety of sizes to fit any cat.


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High Pony Tail
1) First comb hair and put into a sides up pony, use comb along the jaw line to see where the most flattering area would be to place the elastic. Crown is the best. 2) leaving out a section on the bottom right side put in 2nd elastic securing tightly as close to the other elastic as possible. 3) Use left out hair to wrap around both elastics. 4) Secure with a bobby pin opening like a "V" and pushing down into the hair. 5) Back comb Pony and spray with hair spray to get rid of fly aways.


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I'm thrilled more polaroids are being given out but it's sad current pledgers have to pledge again to enter... debating whether to make a small free pledge or buy another set... :/
Hey Babyz, I messaged Makestar regarding the 'free amount pledge' and here is their answer: " Dear. B09K, in terms of the "participation" we are referring, means any kinds of NEW participation (made within the event period) including the pledge of free amount (without receiving rewards), and SET1~SET3. In short, supporting B.A.P with free amount of your choice ALSO counts to enter to our lots. [...] " That means that everyone who wants to get a chance to win a polaroid can eirher buy a new set OR donnate any amount of money ^-^ I hope this help you all
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it just says you have to make a pledge, not a photo book like some earlier goals....so, maybe we could just donate $25 or more and enter in the drawing??
Is it a valid pledge for this event if you do the 'pledge your own amount' option? The one that says you just want to support the project rather then get the rewards, as i can't afford to buy another set (already bought a full set and an individual member set) but i could pledge another 5 or 10 bucks.


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We have two Beta 58 mics and one SM58. The Betas are really hot and feedback before we reach proper gain. One Beta mic is in front of the drummer for the lead singer. Will a "banner" behind the drummer help reduce feedback-if so, what material and thickness?
First, search our Knowledge Base for the word "Feedback" by clicking on the following: Feedback Search. This will bring up many bulletins on this subject. These bulletins have multiple suggestions on controlling feedback.
Second, feedback is a very complex phenomenon with many variables. The loudspeakers you are using are just as much "at fault" as the mics, the mic locations, and the room acoustics.
Third, an acoustically absorbent banner behind the drummer might help IF the problem is caused by very high frequencies from the loudspeakers bouncing off the wall behind the drummer and hitting the front of the mic. But as you cannot see sound, how do you know this is the source of the problem? (The size, shape, and thickness of a banner is completely dependent on the frequency of the feedback, the size of the reflecting surface, and many other variables. The answer to this question must be calculated and the equation requires exact measurements of the variables.)
Fourth, if the feedback path is between the monitor loudspeakers and the mics, consider using an in-ear monitor system. As this places the monitor loudspeakers directly in your ears, it eliminates the acoustic feedback path that exists between regular monitor loudspeakers and microphones of any type.
Fifth, consider the use of a feedback reducer like the Shure DFR22. This device calculates the feedback frequencies in your PA system and automatically inserts very narrow filters in the signal path to reduce feedback problems. Note we said "reduce", not "eliminate".
We wish there was a simple answer to your question, but there is not. We hope these hints will lead you to the answer that works for your unique feedback situation.


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Food shopping can be expensive business - especially when you've got multiple mouths to feed. But it doesn't have to be a massive drain on your bank balance.
Experts in budgeting, from money-saving bloggers to financial writers, have revealed their top tips for saving cash on their weekly shop.
From switching your fancy coconut oil for olive oil to checking out the bottom shelves for bargains, here's what they told HuffPost UK.
Lorna Cooper from 'Feed your family for about £20 a week'
1. Buy in bulk: using sites like Muscle Food or wholesale stores makes a big difference.
2. Shop around: you're not going to find all the best bargains in the one shop so have a good look at what's on offer elsewhere too.
3. Write meal plans: this stops you buying things that you don't actually need just for the sake of it.
4. Check your kitchen first: often we already have ingredients hiding in our cupboards that need using up.
5. Always look at the price per kilo: the biggest pack isn't always the best value.
Laura Thomas is a registered nutritionist
6. Swap fresh berries for frozen berries: the latter are generally cheaper, don't go off as quickly, and maintain many of the nutrients that might otherwise deteriorate in fresh berries during shipping, storage and sitting in your fridge.
7. Swap fancy protein powder for a DIY smoothie: protein powders can be expensive and don't always taste that great. You can easily get the recommended 20g of post-workout protein by making a smoothie with semi-skimmed milk, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter (for healthy fats and protein) and a medium banana (for carbs).
8. Replace coconut oil with olive oil: there are a number of studies showing that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats can help lower cholesterol.
9. Swap your courgetti for spaghetti: of course it's important to get plenty of fruit and veg a day but we're also falling short of our fibre target. Wholegrain spaghetti has double the amount of fibre per 100g than courgette and is cheaper and won't go off as quickly.
10. Swap tenderstem for regular broccoli: nutritionally speaking there isn't much difference between the two so save yourself a bob and get the regular stuff.
Danielle-Ashleigh Knott from 'Healthy family meals on a budget'
11. Set yourself a realistic budget and take cash: if you leave the card at home it can stop over-spending.
12. I personally avoid offers and yellow sticker discounts: if it is something in your meal plan then fantastic but if you just pick it up as it's a 'bargain' it isn't something you originally went in for, it's another over-spend.
13. Don't be wasteful: there is always something you can do with that broccoli stalk, potato peelings or the last slice of bread.
Sally Francis is a senior writer at MoneySavingExpert.com
14. Downshift the brands in your basket: if you usually buy a branded product, switch it for the supermarket-own version. Then see if you notice the difference in quality or taste. If you can taste the difference, don't pay the difference.
15. Compare prices before you head out: supermarket comparison website mysupermarket.com shows you the price of many items in the major supermarkets so you can easily find the cheapest. It does mean going to multiple stores so do weigh up how much you're going to save and how far the various stores are from each other.
16. Try the world food aisle for cheaper everyday ingredients: items like dried chillies, spices, tins of tomatoes and coconut milk can be as much as 80% cheaper. It varies by product so do check the cost-per-gram to compare.
17. Time your shop to bag heavily-reduced items: reductions usually start from around seven or eight o'clock in the evening. There's no telling what items you'll find, but discounts can be huge.
18. Crouch down to spot the cheapest products: expensive, smaller packs are often put at eye-level in the hope that you grab and go, while better value, bigger packs are stored at the bottom of the shelf. While you may need to pay out more initially, it'll save you in the long run.


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Senate HELP Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing on Secretary of Labor Nominee R. Alexander Acosta
Posted @ Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4:03 PM by Jeff Leieritz
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On March 22, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of R. Alexander Acosta to serve as United States Secretary of labor. President Trump nominated Acosta to head the U.S. Department of Labor on Feb. 16. Acosta's nomination must be approved by the HELP Committee before the full Senate can vote on his nomination.
Acosta is currently Florida International University's College of Law dean. Under former President George W. Bush, Acosta was confirmed by the Senate three times, as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and as a U.S. Attorney in Miami, Fla. Acosta is a graduate of Harvard Law
and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito when he was a judge on the Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
ABC signed onto a
of support along with a wide variety of business organizations urging the Senate HELP Committee for the swift approval and confirmation of Acosta.