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Apple's App Store is apparently serving up corrupt versions of apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, leading to headaches for developers and users.
The problem, according to Instapaper developer Marco Arment, seems to occur after an app update is released through the App Store to customers. The app version developers upload runs properly, but users are left with an app that won't launch after installing the update.
Apple gives user corrupt iOS app updates
Since the problem crops up after a know working version of apps are uploaded to Apple's servers, it looks like Apple may have some server-related issues to address. Within a few hours of app updates going live, however, it looks like the corruption problems get resolved.
"Some customers start to download the update right away. Here's when the trouble occurs. While in theory Apple's servers must be ready to distribute the new app binary by the time they start sending update notifications to users' devices, something goes wrong inside Apple's distribution servers, and customers receive a damaged binary instead of the good one that we've sent to Apple," said the GoodReader team — another company dealing with corrupt app updates.
For users that install a corrupt app update on their iPhone or iPad, unfortunately, involves deleting the corrupt app. "The only fix for people with bad copies, once good copies are being served again by the App Store, is to delete and reinstall the app," said Mr. Arment.
He added that many apps have been impacted by the problem such as Readdle, SmartScan+OCR, Angry Birds Space HD Free, and more.
Apple hasn't commented on the problem, so there isn't any word on whether or not a fix is coming soon. Users that wait several hours after an app update is released before installing, however, will most likely be able to avoid the corruption issues.


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John Kennedy: Had an important win over Gregor Munro in the Durham v British Universities match.
As part of their preparations for the Northern Counties League season, Durham had an excellent win over a strong British Universities side at Tyneside.
With the match finely poised with Durham leading by just one point after the morning foursomes, Durham won three of four top singles and halved the other to put them on the road to 7-5 result and a 10.5-7.5 win overall.
John Kennedy, Andrew Blythe and Craig Walton all had solid wins although Kennedy was taken to to the last hole by Stirling's Gregor Munro.
The students battled back with three victories of their own in the next four matches before David Jones and John Ellison made sure of victory with comprehensive wins.
Jones's win brought him his county colours while John Kirkpatrick also was awarded his colours but he had to concede that the master had met his match when he played Matt Moore, who is a Brancepeth player.
Moore, who is at St Andrews, was a pupil of Kirkpatrick's at Darlington Sixth Form College, and obviously has no respect for his elders as he beat Kirkpatrick by one hole.
FOURSOMES (Durham names first): J Kennedy and M Ridley (both Consett) lost to G Munro (Stirling) and T Need (St Andrews) 4 and 3; A Blythe (Eaglescliffe) and R Dinwiddie (Barnard Castle) bt P Wheatcroft (Sheffield) and M Jones (Central Lancs) 1 hole; A Black (Washington) and J Kirpatrick (Darlington) halved with D Sutton and J Rae (both Stirling); C Walton (Chester-le-St) and D Jones (Wearside) bt A Shields and P Neal (Edinburgh) 2 and 1; D Hair (Wearside) and M Brown (Barnard Castle) bt M Moore (St Andrews) and C Orr (Stirling) 2 and 1; J Ellison (Houghton) and P Franklin (Washington) lost to A Jessup (Edinburgh) and G Duncan (Heriot Watt) 5 and 4.
Foursome result: Durham 3.5 BUSA 2.5.
SINGLES: Kennedy bt Munro 1 hole; Blythe bt Wheatcroft 2 and 1; Black halved with Need; Walton bt Rae 3 and 1; Ridley lost to Sutton 1 hole; Dinwiddie lost to Jones 4 and 3; Brown lost to Neal 2 and 1; Kirkpatrick lost to Moore 1 hole; Jones bt Orr 4 and 2; Ellison bt Duncan 4 and 3; Hair lost to Shields 3 and 2; Franklin halved with Jessop. Singles result: Durham 7 BUSA 5.
Overall result: Durham 10.5 BUSA 7.5.

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New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) India has initiated as many as 353 anti-dumping cases as on November 28 this year, Parliament was informed today.
Anti-dumping duties help protecting domestic players from cheap imports.
"As on November 28, 2016, Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) initiated 353 anti-dumping cases and in 130 cases, anti-dumping measures are in force," Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
The major products found to have been dumped from China and other countries fall in the categories like chemicals and petrochemicals, pharma, steel, fibre and consumer goods.
Countries initiate an anti-dumping probe to determine whether their domestic industries have been hurt because of surge in cheap import of any product. As a counter measure, they impose duties under the multilateral regime of the WTO.
The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trade practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers vis-a-vis foreign producers and exporters resorting to dumping of goods at below-cost rates.
Replying to a separate question, Sitharaman said that the government has constituted an inter-ministerial task force under the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries with the responsibility to work out specific strategies required from time to time for Indias constructive interventions in the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies.
"Flexibilities, particularly for the artisanal, poor and subsistence fishermen, is the major element of Indias interventions in these negotiations," she added. PTI RR SRK ABI


text: I am so conflicted about Pantone's 2015 color trend of the year: Marsala. I find the color to be too dark, too violet, too heavy, too...(and I could go on and on). So while finding a reason to like this color is almost impossible for me, I can't help but wonder if this wouldn't look bad as a jacket or bow tie only--not as a suit or set. Does that make sense? I like the look of the jacket in picture 3. I'd change the bow tie color to gray or something light and pair the jacket with a micro houndstooth pant. This is probably the only way I could wear Marsala. If you love this color in big swaths, then a suit just might be right for you (and your wedding). If you have any tips or suggestions or comments then I invite you to share.


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Joseph Gordon-Levitt: I Learned to Direct by Paying Attention
Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes incognito in an L.A. Dodgers cap while heading to make a flight out of LAX Airport on Saturday (October 12) in Los Angeles.
The 32-year-old actor recently opened up about how he learned to direct for his latest film Don Jon.
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"I don't know if I actually wrote down notes, but I was certainly paying a lot of attention," Joe told The Bulletin. "I got to work for three excellent directors: Rian Johnson on Looper, Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises, and Steven Spielberg on Lincoln. They're certainly all different filmmakers, but one thing I noticed that they had in common was they all have a really good balance between having a thorough plan but also being open to new ideas and spontaneity."
15+ pictures inside of Joseph Gordon-Levitt at LAX…


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For Marilyn's birthday, we meet up with Paul and Nic in Warwick. We decided that we didn't want to explore the castle so settled for exploring the Leycester Hospital and town centre.
The hospital is named because it was operated as a place where hospitality is offered and not as a medical hospital. What impressed us is the way that is a small land space, they had buildings and nice gardens.
The town centre was spacious but also had a number of interesting buildings.


text: She looks fashion-forward and chic, yet the average gal could totally pull this outfit off for work or even date night. Her skirt, which is by Topshop, is affordable to boot; sadly, as is often the case when a celebrity is spotted wearing something, it's also sold out. But there are plenty of printed midi skirts to be had right now, and if you pair one with a simple top and white accessories, you'll be looking just as stylish as Ms. Alba.


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A steed sculpted from driftwood
casts a shadow, hurdles time, pegasus-like,
to the orchard of childhood, to my father's click
of tongue, slap of reins on draft-horse rump;
grip of sun-scoured hands
on shafts of plough;
a blade churning loam
into worm-rich furrows:
clefts between lemons, loquats, figs;
the glint of sweat; his off-key whistling; commands
of 'get a move on', 'whoa'.
I sit with this memory,
ache to touch his face,
bridle the timbre of his voice.
In response to Timber by Darcey Schouten, Perth Art Gallery until June 13th 2016.
Maureen Gibbons
1 March 2017
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Look Who's Talking
After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn boy is narrated through voice-over.
Love & Other Drugs
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.


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MQM condemns MPA office raid by Rangers
MQM MPA Faisal Sabzwari while condemning the incident claimed that Rangers raided the office at a time when the General workers meeting was underway and important decisions were being taken regarding the administration of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation, MQM's welfare wing.
Sabzwari revealed that he reached the spot as soon as the news arrived and the Rangers personnel behaved well with him but he was not allowed to enter the office premises. Several workers were rounded up, arrested and women were manhandled.
The MPA said that it is a party office not a Taliban headquarter and he cannot comprehend the purpose of such raid.
He appealed DG Rangers to take notice of the incident and vowed to leave no stone unturned for the release of innocent party workers.


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Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday has a pithy piece of parting advice for Mayor Rob Ford: "Don't coach football."
Holyday, elected as Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP in the Aug. 1 byelection, didn't have to think hard when reporters asked him during a city hall visit Friday what wisdom he would offer the embattled mayor.
A stabilizing force in Ford's often chaotic administration, Holyday has long advised Ford to quit coaching high school football and focus on his day job, amid questions over Ford's priorities and misuse of city staff and resources.
Ford ignored that advice. In May, Toronto's Catholic school board banned the mayor from coaching football at any Catholic school in the city, stripping him of his beloved head coaching duties of the Don Bosco Eagles.
That move, in response to Ford's insistence he saved players from gang life in a "tough area" — an inaccurate portrayal, according to Bosco parents and school officials — followed a much earlier coaching ban at Newtonbrook Secondary School in the public board, over Ford's outbursts at players.
The mayor told reporters Thursday he has been approached to coach football by three Toronto high schools and said: "Absolutely, I'm considering it."
Told of the offers, Holyday shook his head and advised Ford: "Yeah, well, don't take them."
Holyday, who will cease being a city councillor once his election to Queen's Park is published in the province's weekly Ontario Gazette, said Ford has been more focused since the crack video scandal erupted in mid-May — a crisis Holyday impishly called the mayor's "last little speck of trouble."
"I think the mayor is more focused now, since he had all that trouble, and he's more open with the media and he's calling these regular press conferences," said Holyday.
Ford, who denies smoking crack and says there is no video of him doing so, has appeared more active and accessible since an initial week-long silence following the Star's report that such a video exists. However, Ford's refusal to provide official communications to the Star is tighter than ever.
Holyday smiled and declined to answer when asked if Ford has been "scared straight."
The newly minted Progressive Conservative MPP said that, at Queen's Park, he will do everything in his power to get the Liberal government to provide the city-demanded $1.8 billion to help fund a Scarborough subway.
The Kathleen Wynne government insists only $1.48 billion is available after city council asked it to halt work on a fully funded surface rail line, separated from traffic, to replace the Scarborough RT line.
But it's a "major problem" if the federal government does not commit significant funds for the three-stop underground extension, Holyday said.
Ottawa has said infrastructure funds are available for transit projects, but it needs to see a specific request from Toronto before it can give an answer.


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What does Sydney Airport do?
Sydney Airport [ASX:SYD] provides the facilities and infrastructure associated with operating an airport.
Its main revenue comes from collecting aeronautical service charges from the airlines for the number of passengers arriving and departing, as well as runway, aircraft parking and security charges.
Additional revenue comes from retail and property rents. Another significant source of revenue is the car parking charges to park at the airport.
This is a follow up to a posting I made yesterday on Auckland International Airport, which you can see here. Both these companies are making all time new highs. You can start to put the charts together to get an indicator of economic conditions.
Anyway, what is the chart telling us?
What does the chart look like?
I find it helpful to bring up a chart. The monthly chart of SYD.
Source: STEX
The company is making all time new highs. Revenue must be growing for this to happen.
Since the GFC bottom in early 2009, the share price has really taken off and has never had more than two or three months down. That tells you what you need to know. It suggests the business fundamentals are strong. We could expect the results for the June quarter to be positive, something along the lines of increased revenue growth. Let's wait and see.
What now for SYD shares?
We could expect further positive news from this company suggesting revenue is growing and that passenger numbers are up. Also perhaps, that its airline customers are developing new routes and additional capacities.
We can only expect those passenger numbers to increase, especially from Asian inbound tourists. Particularly China's growing middle class, who now have the money and means.
Chinese visitors to the airport have doubled in the past three years, according to a recent report from the Australian Business Review. Sydney Airport is set to profit from this growing trend.
More broadly for the economy, the chart is suggesting tourism is up, people are on the move and there is money to spend. It's a bullish sign for the economy.
Use the charts to tell you what is happening in the economy and to forecast announcements. You can get started on that here.
Terence Duffy,
Research Analyst, Cycles, Trends and Forecasts


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When the siren sounds at Firehouse 19 and Paramedic Scott is called out to an emergency, he never knows what he and his partner will encounter when they answer that call. A twenty-two year veteran of the Houston Fire Department, my brother works in one of the most poverty stricken and crime ridden neighborhoods in the city. He has told me stories that have shaken my faith in humanity and yet others that have restored it. Unspeakable abuse and senseless violence thrive in the poverty that exists in the 5th Ward.
He has regaled me with stories about everything from delivering babies with a host of neighbors looking on to tackling a gunshot victim who ran across the yard despite a bullet in his forehead. Drugged and diseased prostitutes who propositioned him and homeless men who just needed a meal and a bed for the night.
But the stories about the children are more than horrific. They are heartbreaking.
Five year olds whose innocence is lost forever. Ten year olds, malnourished and weary, carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders and a baby sister on their hips. Teens who are lost in a fog of insecurity, desperate to fill the emptiness and take their own lives.
These stories hit you like a fist to the gut and make you question everything you believe in. It changes a person. It has changed him. His views are harsher. His trust and tolerance has waned. Still one of the best men I know, kind and caring, intuitive and generous he loves his job and his family.
But these horrors lay heavily on his heart.
That's why I was so taken aback today when I watched as he held his eight year old's hand, standing over the grave of her goldfish who had just passed on. Savannah was almost inconsolable but so was her daddy. He was weeping. It made no sense to me that a man who sees the worst human nature has to offer every single day on duty would be affected so heavily by such a loss.
And then I realized, his tears were not for "Fishy" but for his daughter and her devastation. Her little heart was broken for the first time. A tiny part of her would never be the same. My brother knew his child's pain, her loss like only a father can. He was shedding the tears of compassion.
It got me thinking about our heavenly father and how he must weep for us when we are hurting.
The Bible tells us that God calls us his sons and daughters. "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1
His Word goes on to say that we are of great value to Him, each one of us! No matter how small. No matter what we have or haven't done. No matter how trivial or insignificant we consider our needs to be. "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" Matthew 6:26
Our heavenly father is so much more than a King who sits on a throne overseeing His creation.
He is the daddy who laughs when he pushes us on the swing. He is the daddy who cares enough to blow on our macaroni and cheese so that it doesn't burn our mouths. He is the ever vigilant daddy who reminds us to brush our teeth. He is the doting daddy who takes hundreds of pictures at our dance recitals.
And he is the daddy who holds our hand as we say good bye to a friend. He dries our tears. He wraps us in his arms.
He loves us.


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I am a sucker for a skin care product. For years I neglected my face with a really basic skin care regime. A couple of years ago after using my magnifier mirror and noticing the beginnings of the aging process , faint wrinkles and signs of sun damage, my attitude towards skin care changed dramatically and without sounding like 'I LOVE MY FACE' , the results were incred!
There's a whole load of products I can't wait to share with you but with the introduction of face pack Sunday (Ta' Gem & Lex-the pals who shared this Sunday ritual with me) my skin quickly looked & felt mucho healthier.
I usually use charcoal based face packs or ones with Kaolin and bentonite they mattify my oily skin by adsorbing all the excess sebum (sexy greasiness) but I can't resist a newbie on the market, especially the exotic flavours of the Boots sheet face masks.
Over the course of the last few weeks I've tried all 3 and I'm actually v.impressed! All 3 mildly tingled my little face in an ' Oo this is actually working' kind of way a few mins after application. I was initially upset that they weren't quirkily scented, in retrospect though I see that as a positive as I can be sure all the products used are as natural as they portray . I put on some chilled music and had 15 mins time out where I literally just lay on my bed. I kid you not I could almost feel the product being absorbed by my pores. My only issue really was that you can't move even the tiniest facial muscle without it slipping off. Aside from that and the fact you look like you belong in a horror film for a quarter of an hour, I would highly reccomend a trial of them. They're super soft , (tiger lily in particular)so peeling them off feels veryyy satisfying.
I rate the Rooibos, highest. From what I gather Rooibos is a South African plant extract. I've only ever had it in tea but why not put it on your face!? I've become a bit of a night owl recently and noticed some bag-age under my eyes, it genuinely faded those darker circles and I did feel more energized post face mask.
What I liked most is that you don't have to deal with the faff or removing all that dry mud off your face, you're able to massage the remaining product in to your skin. I had so much excess left in the packet that I'll moisturise my face with a little later in the week.
I'm keen to try the FACEINC flower bomb face pack by Nails inc next. I'm going to invest in a few more of the Garnier moistire bombs for when my skin feels abused after a being outside post winter walks too!
Always grateful for skincare reccomendations and reviews …


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The video is quite impressive from the Sony Nex-5n, and in these two clips I recorded the video using 1080 – 1440 x 1080 (12M) in .mp4 mode. This allowed me to import the footage directly to iMovie and then Export/ Upload directly to Youtube at max quality. I was also using Aperture Priority mode when recording which gives me the creative freedom to on the fly adjust the Aperture and ISO on the fly! When using Manual Mode while recording video on the Nex-5n you can adjust everything!! Aperture, Shutter speed, and ISO giving you total control. I absolutely love this freedom and it is a must to have total control of the video for creativity purposes in my opinion.
I'm going to have to use Final Cut Pro to process the 1080/60p videos as iMovie doesn't like the 60p I guess. I have to convert the movies to 30 fps in order to import them to iMovie, so it's kind pointless for me to use just yet. I did record some HD video using the full 1080/60p though 🙂 Getting it on the web is another story!
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USA Today reports that passengers will begin seeing advertisements on baggage carousels in airports around the country. And by on baggage carousels, I mean on the actual conveyor belts that ferry your luggage around and around.
As a sign of the economic times, this trend certainly stands out. After all, while a group of people waiting for their luggage tends to be intensely focused on the baggage carousel, that same group also tends to be A) exhausted from their flight, B) anxiously wondering where on earth their bags are, or C) very much eager to get the heck out the airport and start their vacation. Is this really a solid target audience for advertisers?
At any rate, the ads are already in place in Chicago (O'Hare and Midway), Kansas City, Albany, and Gulfport-Biloxi, with Seattle, Boston, and Philadelphia forthcoming.
What do you think about baggage carousel ads? Will they be a nuisance? Will you simply ignore them? Leave a comment below with your thoughts. Thanks!
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for the record am pissed off at all the rich fatcats who paid the politicians off to create juicy loopholes for them to use.
It baffles my mind why you are so worried about corporations having these loopholes to get out of paying taxes. Why day in and day out do you defend these pricks, when they are not contributing jobs or money to our country.
You must enjoy having to pay more taxes, so the rich dont have to I guess everytime you read about another rich person buying another plane, it sends tingles down your spine, knowing you help pay for that plane wipe the drool
oh and another thing, these corporations arent even selling their products that they get made for pennies on the dollar in our country at lower prices. Nope they are still charging prices, like they were being made in America.
Mind boggling
It is investment income that has a tax rate of 15%. Also, known as the capital gains tax.
Why do people not understand this.
Obama wants to raise capital gains tax that will create huge problems with seniors that live off of investment income.
Actually, FRC it was a trick question to begin with.
I wanted to see how many people actually understood that it is capital gains tax. Biden brought it up in the debate as if it wasnt to try to throw ignorant people off and get them upset.
And just a little help to understand why the lower percentage of tax for capital gains. Investment money has usually already been taxed.
CD what in the hell makes you think that we don't want the loopholes closed? We have been saying that for a long time now so STFU about that.
Mattbrot. It appears to me that you need to do some homework to find out why capital gains are taxed at the lower rate.
Would you advocate for investment money to get taxed more than once? I sure hope not.
Originally Posted by mattbrot: I am well aware of capital gains and why they are taxed at a lower rate. But are we suggesting that all of his money is from capital gains? If so then why was his tax rate at 14.2% (or close to) as opposed to 15%. And you are correct that I in no way want investment money to get taxed twice.
As much as he pays into the charity I believe he should get a deduction for it.
He probably gives more to charity than all covers members combined.
I beg to differ. Most poor people spend their investment money on beer and cigs and large soda drinks.
There is nothing stopping them from using that money to make more money from the stock market.
A good percentage of people HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to get capital gains from the stock market.
Thats what I said so respond to that rather than respond to what you think I said.
I beg to differ. Most poor people spend their investment money on beer and cigs and large soda drinks.
The discussion is regarding capital gains taxes.
What percentage of the 47% of us income is available for investment purposes?
Most people have any investments done via a 401k and do not have free cash hanging around to invest thousands into a mutual fund or stock.
So are you suggesting that only the wealthy should have vices like booze and cigs, that the 47% and below are not worthy of having vices?
Acutally, I was thinking more in the abstract.
Poor people that have vices don't take the opportunity to invest the money they blow on the vices. $15 per day can add up. I didn't even make mention of the strip club money.
In my view we need to have a healthy poor class to stave off massive inflation. Thanks to Marlboro and Pabst Blue Ribbon or Keystone I'll never have to worry about not having that healthy poor class.
Shame on anybody that blames rich people for not prioritizing.
Shame also to those people that think the poor people who pay $15 per day to The cigerette/beer monster should also be able to have the wealth of those that spend their money more wisely.
One of my brothers good friends is a drywall hanger. His wife works at a smoke shop. Their kids go to school with hand me down clothes that don't fit. They live with his wifes parents. They spend $400 per month just on cell phones for each of them. His wife is covered in tattoos on 80% of her body that she is still paying for out of her paycecks (tattoo parlor next door to her work). He spends all of his extra money getting blasted with my brother on the weekends.
My brother, is on SSI because of a motorcycle accident when he was 17 that left him a parapalegic. He has had 2 open heart sergeries in the last ten years. He spends most of his extra money on budweiser on the weekends.
They are entitled to do what they want. They are not entitled to do what they want and then cry about being 'NOT RICH'
Surely there are people that you mentioned that are poor dispite spending their money on necessities.
Ever heard the theory about people with money switching with people that don't and in ten years the money will be back in the original hands? I believe that to be mostly true. Ive seen far too many people spend money chasing get rich quick schemes rather than trust in hard work and good decisions.


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Falcons 27, Panthers 10
Playing without Michael Vick last season, the Atlanta Falcons finished 5-11 and coach Dan Reeves was fired. This season, without the Pro Bowl quarterback playing at his best and with a rookie coach in Jim Mora Jr., the Falcons have used defense to remain undefeated after Sunday's 27-10 drubbing of the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium.
The NFC champion Panthers largely held Vick in check, limiting the former Virginia Tech star to 148 yards on 10-for-18 passing and 35 rushing yards on seven attempts. But the resurgent Falcons defense held the Panthers to 67 rushing yards and forced three critical turnovers, including cornerback Kevin Mathis's 35-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave Atlanta (4-0) a 20-10 lead with 12 minutes remaining.
The Falcons, who made the playoffs in Vick's second season in 2002 but then fizzled last year after he broke his right leg during the preseason, took a two-game lead over the New Orleans Saints (2-2) in the NFC South. The Panthers (1-2), who finished 11-5 last season and lost to the New England Patriots, 32-29, on a last-second field goal in Super XXXVIII, trail the Falcons by 2 1/2 games. Atlanta, which is 4-0 for the first time since 1986 and one of five unbeaten teams, beat the Panthers for the 11th time in 13 meetings.
"It's just 4-0, and it's only a small piece of the puzzle," Falcons defensive end Patrick Kerney said. "We're still not where we want to be yet. It's only the first game of October, and we've only played a quarter of the season. We've still got a long way to go, but we're off to a good start."
Kerney, a former University of Virginia standout, has helped turn around Atlanta's defense, which ranked last in the NFL and allowed 30 points or more seven times last season. After switching from a 3-4 alignment to a 4-3, the Falcons went into Sunday's game ranked 11th in total defense and second against the run.
"Our defense has done a complete 360-degree turnaround from last year," Vick said. "That's not the same Atlanta Falcons defense, and they're only going to get better."
Falcons linebacker Keith Brooking said he can't wait until Vick and the offense catch up.
"Our offense has so many weapons, and we know eventually they're going to put it all together," Brooking said. "We've just got to keep believing. You're not going to have all three phases executing every week. You're going to have games where one phase is sputtering, so you've got to win the game with defense and special teams."
That's what the Falcons have done so far this season, as Vick clearly hasn't hit his stride in Mora's West Coast offense. Going into Sunday's game, he had completed 14 passes to wide receivers -- who haven't scored a touchdown this season -- and Peerless Price and Dez White combined to catch only four passes against the Panthers.
For the second time this season, Vick got off to a hot start and then fizzled late. He completed his first seven passes, four of them to tight end Alge Crumpler, but then completed only 3 of 11 passes for 30 yards in all but 2 1/2 minutes of the final three quarters.
Vick is averaging 6.5 yards when he runs but says he's trying to do that even less. In last week's 6-3 victory over the Arizona Cardinals, Vick seemed unsure of himself in the pocket, and his first instinct was to run. Against the Panthers, he didn't run until his nine-yard gain with 11 minutes 15 seconds left in the second quarter. In fact, the Falcons didn't call a designed run for Vick until his 17-yard gain around left end with about 11 minutes remaining in the game.
"They came after me, and they were an aggressive defense," Vick said of the Panthers, who were penalized three times for late hits on the quarterback. "They did a great job of containing me and keeping me in the pocket. I had to make sure I got the ball out of my hands quickly and got it to the receivers and backs. We got some big plays downfield, and our execution was good. If we can run our offense like we did in this game every week, I'll take it."
Mora would gladly have his defense keep performing the same. The Panthers drove deep on their first possession, but on second down and 10 at the Falcons 11-yard line, wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad was stripped by safety Bryan Scott, and Brooking recovered the fumble at Atlanta's 22. Five plays later, tailback Warrick Dunn broke loose for a 38-yard touchdown run and a 7-0 lead.
The Falcons went ahead, 13-7, after Jay Feely's two field goals before halftime, and their defense twice bailed them out in the second half. Carolina drove to the Atlanta 23 with about seven minutes left in the third quarter, and Jake Delhomme threw near the goal line for tight end Michael Gaines. But linebacker Matt Stewart tipped the ball, which Gaines then deflected and Scott intercepted.
Later, with 12 minutes remaining, Delhomme tried to throw a slant pattern to wide receiver Keary Colbert, but the quarterback never saw Mathis, who disguised his coverage with a zone blitz. Mathis intercepted the ball and returned it 35 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown. Falcons tailback T.J. Duckett added a four-yard touchdown run with 4:13 left.
"Last season really left a bad taste in our mouths," Scott said. "We worked really hard in the offseason and just really gelled as a team. Things are just going our way right now."


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Such a move would increase harvests of deer by gun and dog hunters but decrease archery-only season dates for that county.
Moore County currently is in the WRC's central deer region. All counties begin deer archery-only season the second Saturday in September each year. However, in the eastern region, archery-only hunting ends the first Saturday in October; in the central region that season continues until the first Saturday in November. If Moore County were put in the eastern zone, it would shorten archery-only season by one month.
Critics of the proposal note a special-season hearing seems to circumvent the normal January public-hearing process.
Fred Harris, the WRC's interim executive director, said the Commission has the right to establish a "temporary rule" that would demand a special public hearing. But Harris said the temporary rule was designed to address emergency situations, not changes in game laws.
"This came about because of a bill introduced (in the state legislature) that would put all of Moore County in the eastern deer season," he said. "But (the WRC's professional division) obviously doesn't think local legislation is the best way to manage wildlife."
Harris said the WRC had been talking to the bill's sponsor, Joe Boylan (R-Moore), and people in Moore County to discuss using the temporary rule procedure to hold a public hearing.
"We're still looking at that, but it looks very strongly that we won't be able to use the temporary rule (to hold a hearing) because that's not the original intent of the rule," Harris said. "It's in place to cover emergencies, and there's no strong immediate resource or public safety concern. It's probably better to (consider) the proposal during the regular (January) public hearings. I think (the proposal) will probably be taken to the (2009) public hearings."
Critics of the proposed change have alleged an influential Pinehurst orthopedic surgeon, who owns several hundred acres of land he leases to deer hunters, is behind the push to include Moore County in the eastern deer region. With such a change, he could lease his land to gun hunters for an additional month each year. NCBA members said no biological reason has been offered to justify moving Moore County into the eastern deer zone.
According to one source, the surgeon told some sportsmen during the Jan. 2008 public hearings he wanted their support for his proposal or he had enough influence to "outlaw bowhunting in Moore County." The NCBA has not supported the proposal and instead actively opposes it.
Boylan, who is not seeking re-election, saw HB 2096 moved to the House Wildlife Committee May 14, 2008, where it remains.
Harris said although the WRC's lawyer, Norman Young, is trying to determine if the temporary rule will allow a special public hearing, a hearing probably won't be held because (a) Moore County's deer herd is not facing an emergency situation and (b) there's little time to inform the rest of the state's deer hunters. The WRC's nine January public hearings usually occur at central, easy-to-reach venues near the center of each wildlife district to encourage as much sportsmen participation as possible.


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Beau Frog is the creation of Mr. Peter Archambault artist at the University of Maine who was in the Faculty of Education in the audio-visual department. This cartoon started in 1976 and follows the political and cultural history of Franco Americans in Maine and elsewhere in the United States.
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50 Cent Cancels Next Album, Blames Interscope For 'DroppIng The Ball'
In a barrage of Tweets, 50 Cent once again shut down his next album and fired off at his label Interscope for not handling his project the he had hoped. Last night, Fif announced that he would no longer be releasing another LP and continue to work on music with other artists instead.
It isn't clear what broke the straw on the camel's back this time but he even threatens to leak Dr. Dre's new single.
Stay tuned for updates.


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For any question on data and metadata, please contact: EUROPEAN STATISTICAL DATA SUPPORT
|1.1. Contact organisation
European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
|1.2. Contact organisation unit
EMPL.A.4: Thematic Analysis
|1.5. Contact mail address
Rue de la Loi 27, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
|2.1. Metadata last certified
|2.2. Metadata last posted
|2.3. Metadata last update
|3.1. Data description
The labour market policy (LMP) database was developed and maintained by Eurostat till 2013. From 2014, the LMP database is developed and maintained by European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and LMP data are disseminated by Eurostat.
European Commission's LMP database provides information on labour market interventions, which are government actions to help and support the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in the transition from unemployment or inactivity to work.
The scope of the LMP database is limited to interventions that are explicitly targeted at groups of persons with difficulties in the labour market: the unemployed, persons employed but at risk of involuntary job loss and persons currently considered as inactive persons but who would like to enter the labour market.
LMP statistics are one of the data sources for monitoring the Employment Guidelines (part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines) through the Europe 2020 Joint Assessment Framework (JAF). The guidelines specifically refer to the provision of active labour market policies, which cover LMP measures and LMP services, and adequate social security systems, which include LMP supports.
The unit of observation in the LMP database is the labour market intervention and data on the expenditure and participants for each intervention are collected annually from administrative sources in each country. The database also collects extensive qualitative information that describes each intervention, how it works, the main target groups, etc.
LMP interventions are classified by type of action into three broad types – services, measures and supports – and into 9 detailed categories (see 3.2 Classification system).
The LMP database covers all EU Member States and Norway. Data for the EU-15 countries and Norway are available from 1998 whilst the more recently acceded EU countries started providing data at different times from 2003 onwards. The following data and metadata are available:
|3.2. Classification system
LMP interventions are grouped into three main types of LMP services, LMP measures and LMP supports and then further classified into eight detailed categories according to the type of action.
LMP expenditure is broken down as follows:
(i) Direct recipient of the transfers, i.e. individuals, employers and service providers; and (ii) Type of expenditure, namely periodic cash payments, lump-sum payments, reimbursements, reduced social contributions and reduced taxes.
A full description of the classifications used can be found in the Labour market policy statistics - Methodology 2018.
|3.3. Coverage - sector
Not applicable.
|3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The LMP database covers all labour market interventions which can be described as "Public interventions in the labour market aimed at reaching its efficient functioning and correcting disequilibria and which can be distinguished from other general employment policy interventions in that they act selectively to favour particular groups in the labour market".
Public interventions refer to actions taken by general government in this respect, which involve expenditure, either in the form of actual disbursements or of foregone revenue (reductions in taxes, social contributions or other charges normally payable).
Target groups: the scope of LMP statistics is limited to public interventions which are explicitly targeted at groups of persons with difficulties in the labour market (for details see 3.6 Statistical population).
Three different types of interventions are recognised:
Services refer to labour market interventions where the main activity of participants is job-search related and where participation usually does not result in a change of labour market status.
Measures refer to labour market interventions where the main activity of participants is other than job-search related and where participation usually results in a change in labour market status. An activity that does not result in a change of labour market status may still be considered as a measure if the intervention fulfils the following criteria:
Supports refer to interventions that provide financial assistance, directly or indirectly, to individuals for labour market reasons or which compensate individuals for disadvantage caused by labour market circumstances.
The LMP database collects data on public expenditure associated with each labour market intervention broken down as described in 3.2 Classification. Expenditure data are collected in national currency but for dissemination are expressed in EUR, national currency and as percentage of GDP.
Three main observations of the number of participants in LMP interventions are collected:
All data on participants are broken down by gender, age and duration of unemployment before participation. Further breakdowns of entrants by previous status and exits by destination are collected. At present only breakdowns by age and gender are disseminated, though the breakdown by duration of unemployment is used for calculation of indicators.
The LMP database also collects reference data describing the main target populations of LMP interventions as recorded by the Public Employment Services (PES) in each country. Data on the total number of jobseekers registered with the PES are broken down into those considered as registered unemployed according to national definitions (by duration of unemployment) and other registered jobseekers. Reference data are collected with the same observations and breakdowns as the participant data described above.
Examples of intervention codes:
The full methodology used as reference is the following: Labour market policy statistics - Methodology 2018.
|3.5. Statistical unit
The statistical unit in this data collection is the labour market intervention, as defined in 3.4 above.
|3.6. Statistical population
The scope of the LMP database is limited primarily to interventions which are explicitly targeted in some way at groups of persons with difficulties in the labour market - referred to here as target groups. Three main target groups are recognised:
Unemployed - persons usually without work, available for work and actively seeking work. Persons considered as registered unemployed according to national definitions are always included here even if they do not fulfil all three of these criteria.
Employed at risk - persons currently in work but at risk of involuntary job loss, due to the economic circumstances of the employer, restructuring, or similar.
Inactive - persons currently not part of the labour force (in the sense that they are not employed or unemployed according to the definition above) but who would like to enter the labour market and are disadvantaged in some way.
|3.7. Reference area
The database aims to cover information on the whole territory of each EU-28 country and Norway.
|3.8. Coverage - Time
LMP data are available from 1998 onwards; for some countries only shorter time series are available.
|3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
LMP expenditure: EUR, EUR at constant prices, national currency, as percentage of GDP.
LMP participants, persons registered with the Public Employment Services: annual average stock, entrants, exits.
Data on expenditure, on participants and on registered jobseekers are normally collected with reference to a calendar year, except for the UK where they refer to the financial year (April to March).
|6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
No legal acts are applicable. Data provision is based on a gentlemen's agreement between the European Commission and Member States.
|6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Data on LMP expenditure and participants published by the OECD for EU countries and Norway are based on the data collected and validated by the European Commission (with a divergence only for category 1 - labour market services where OECD prefers to maintain a different coverage).
|7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Not applicable
|7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not applicable
|8.1. Release calendar
New data are usually disseminated between January and June each year on the website at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/labour-market/labour-market-policy/database
|8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
|8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable.
|10.1. Dissemination format - News release
No news releases.
|10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Labour market policy - expenditure and participants - statistical book was published annually on the Eurostat website by 2013. From 2014, the publication is produced by European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
Labour market policy - Qualitative reports (LMP descriptions) are available on CIRCABC.
|10.3. Dissemination format - online database
|10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
|10.5. Dissemination format - other
Several LMP-based indicators are used for monitoring the Employment Guidelines in the context of the European Employment Strategy (EES).
|10.6. Documentation on methodology
|10.7. Quality management - documentation
|11.1. Quality assurance
LMP data are based on administrative sources, and Member States compile LMP data according to the rules and guidelines established in the LMP methodology; all countries received training on the LMP methodology.
After data submission to the European Commission several validations are performed on the data (see 20.4 below). In addition, detailed quality reviews for each category and also for time series are ongoing in order to further improve the overall quality of the LMP database.
In 2009, a self-assessment of the overall production process was carried out in the framework of the general Eurostat's quality assurance activities.
|11.2. Quality management - assessment
At European level, LMP statistics are directly relevant as they are used for monitoring and evaluation of the Employment Guidelines. The completion and overall quality of the LMP database improved substantially since the start of the project in 1996, and the increased use for policy monitoring indicates a certain user satisfaction. Data are fairly complete but further improvements on the coverage (missing interventions at national and regional level) are aimed at. LMP data are based on administrative sources, and LMP policies vary between countries but the consistent application of the LMP methodology should ensure a sufficient level of accuracy. On average, LMP data become available less than 18 months after the end of the reference year which in view of the complexity of the data collection and its voluntary character seems satisfactory. The consistent application of the LMP methodology should also ensure a fair comparability of the data; nevertheless continuous efforts to maintain and improve comparability over time and between countries are made. The internal coherence of the data is ensured through systematic validation of the data.
|12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The main user of LMP statistics is the Employment Committee. LMP statistics are one of the data sources for monitoring the Employment Guidelines (part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines).
|12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
In 2008 the number of LMP-based indicators for monitoring the Employment Guidelines increased to 6, and the LMP database will be exploited further to increase its use for the production of additional indicators.
|12.3. Completeness
Data for expenditure are well completed, and the situation for data on participants is relatively satisfactory. However, some of the indicators used for monitoring the Employment Guidelines require data on participants broken down by length of unemployment or by previous status, and the completion of these breakdowns needs to be improved. (These breakdowns are excluded from the online dissemination.)
|13.1. Accuracy - overall
In principle, LMP data are based on a full count of LMP interventions as defined in the LMP methodology. They should include LMP interventions at national and regional level. However, some countries encounter difficulties to include information for regional interventions, and the non-inclusion of national interventions that fall within the scope of the LMP database cannot be fully excluded.
|13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
|13.3. Non-sampling error
Coverage: countries might fail to include all interventions that fall under the scope of the LMP database; the magnitude of this error cannot be estimated.
Item non-response: not all items of the LMP questionnaire might be completed for all interventions. Data on expenditure are considered to be relatively complete. More gaps can be found in data for participants.
|14.1. Timeliness
Approximately between 15 and 18 months after the end of the reference year.
|14.2. Punctuality
Not applicable (gentlemen's agreement).
|15.1. Comparability - geographical
Labour market policies vary between countries, according to national needs and priority setting. The national LMP interventions are classified into a common classification by type of action according to the rules set in the LMP methodology, which should lead to a reasonably harmonised output.
|15.2. Comparability - over time
The same classification rules are applied each year, therefore the output should be comparable between years. When the 2006 LMP methodology was introduced (reference year 2005), the existing time-series were systematically reviewed and previous year data were brought in line with the requirements of the new methodology. In addition, in 2008, a review of the expenditure series was launched, and in 2009, the in-depth review of the series on participants commenced. Both exercises led to overall improvements of the time series, and the regular review of time series is now part of the routine validation.
|15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not applicable.
|15.4. Coherence - internal
Internal coherence (e.g. between years, between expenditure and participants data, coherent classification of national interventions) is ensured through the application of the LMP methodology and through the various validations performed on the data before publication.
The data collection is based on administrative data so the main burden is on the LMP delegates of the Member States and their collaborators who collect the data from various national sources.
|17.1. Data revision - policy
Whenever there is some information on new data or an improvement of provisional data available, these are revised.
|17.2. Data revision - practice
|18.1. Source data
The data collection is based on administrative sources on LMP expenditure and LMP participants. Data usually come from Ministries of Labour, Public Employment Services agencies and in some cases from the national statistical offices of Member States.
For each intervention, the LMP database collects quantitative data on expenditure and participants together with qualitative data, which apply to and describe the intervention.
|18.2. Frequency of data collection
|18.3. Data collection
Data providers in each country collate administrative data from each of the institutions responsible for implementing LMP interventions. The collated quantitative and qualitative data are then entered by data providers to an electronic version of the LMP questionnaire. The items of the questionnaire are listed in the Labour market policy statistics - Methodology 2018.
|18.4. Data validation
Several phases of validation are undertaken before LMP data are released:
|18.5. Data compilation
Expenditure should be recorded on an accrual basis - i.e. measured at the time that the events creating related claims and liabilities occur. This is important in order to maximise the link between expenditure and participants.
An intervention that encompasses more than one of the types of action (see above - 3.2 Classification) is termed a mixed intervention, comprising two or more components. For mixed interventions, data on expenditure and participants are collected for each component separately.
EU-27 totals are compiled only when data are available for all countries or when Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta are the only countries with incomplete data. The same applies to EU-15 totals (missing data for Luxembourg may be ignored).
If data for a country is missing for one year then EU totals may be completed using data from the previous year for that country.
LMP data are flagged at the intervention level. The following flags may be applied:
b Break in series
e Estimated data
n Not significant
p Provisional data
When data are aggregated (e.g. to category totals or to EU aggregates), the various constituents of the aggregate may have different flags but only one can be applied to the final value. The following rules are applied to determine the flag (if any) to be applied to aggregates. Firstly, the flag most applicable to an aggregate is considered to be the one that applies (at detailed level) to the highest share of the aggregate value. Secondly, a flag is only applied to an aggregate if it affects more than 10% of the total value.
Aggregates of expenditure data are only shown when values are available (or known to be not significant) for all constituent items.
However, participant data are generally less complete and to increase the number of participant aggregates that can be disseminated, the value of a participant aggregate is shown provided that constituent data are complete for at least 80% of the associated expenditure (completion indicator >=80%). All aggregates of participants based on incomplete data are flagged as "u" to alert users that the data are not fully reliable (i.e. may be understated by up to 20%) and this flag always takes precedence over any other flag that might be applicable.
|18.6. Adjustment
Adjustments are made to avoid double counting of participants in those cases where the same person (or group of participants) benefits from more than one intervention at the same time. For example: a person participates in a training programme (intervention A) and receives a training allowance which is paid through a separate budget (intervention B), then this person is counted in both interventions which belong to the same category, and an adjustment needs to be made.
Where applicable, tables of participant data by intervention include an extra item by category to quantify the adjustment for double counting. In summary tables of participants by type of action the adjustment is already taken into account in data by category.
The following aggregations should not be made for methodological reasons:
|Qualitative information
LMP statistics - Methodology 2018
LMP indicators for monitoring the Employment Guidelines
Footnotes to data on LMP expenditure
Footnotes to data on LMP participants


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I like this design with this yarn. The yarn isn't so busy that the design gets lost.
I've also started another baby sweater this weekend. There's something in the water at work because the past 6 or so months everyone has had a baby. At least that's what it seems like. This is the 4th baby and I'm tired fo the EZ surprise kacjet so I switched over to Elizabeth Zimmermann's Baby Sweater on 2 needles (February sweater from Knitting Almanac). The original is 1 color but last week when I was at the NU Outlet I bought 1 skein of 2 different color of Snuggly DK by Sirdar (can't beat $2.75 a skein!). Once I decided what to make I didn't want to go back down there for more of one of the colors so - the yoke and garter stitch areas are white and the body red.
House Rules
One rule we have in the house is - all bags that come into the house must live on the floor for at least a week. It's not my rule but I must follow it if I want to live in peace. This bag becomes the toy & nap place of the week.
OOH This Paton's bag is just the thing to sleep on! - Bert
Are you sure there's not something inside the bag. Let's explore. - Chief
Like I said, It's a great place to nap! - Bert
Misc. Item
When I was at the MOA last week I found a pillow at Bloomies that I managed to kinnear. It looks very easy to make. It was expensive. And it may be a project in the near future.


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As mentioned a couple days ago, I was asked to be once again a Guest Designer for the wonderful kit club, My Creative Scrapbook. 3rd month in a row!!! :) As they say in french, "Jamais 2 sans 3!"
Pam, the MCS owner, has outdone herself again this month in the designing of these beautiful kits.
February Main Kit
February Creative Kit
February Limited Edition Kit
February Album Kit
Visit My Creative Scrapbook right away to learn more about these kits and to see the full DT reveal. Prepare to be amazed!
Here are all the projects i was able to create with the Main Kit: 3 layouts, 3 cards and 1 mini-album.
If you like and you want to see more, come back and visit! I will be featuring each creation in different posts throughout the week and sharing more details for each.
Thank you MCS for another opportunity to showcase one of your beautiful kits!


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A short videoblog I made today when i was out in the forest (as usual). But it's SO beautiful in the nature right now. Just can't get enough.
My name is Jonna Jinton, im 24 years old. Three years ago i quit my studies and moved away from the apartment in the city to a little house in the north of Sweden, Grundtjärn. I now live here with my dog Nanook and work from home with the two businesses that i run.
Among all my passions in life photography is the biggest. And all the inspiration i get from the wonderful nature around this place where I live.
On this blog I will share photos and thoughts from my life close to the nature :)
I also have a blog in swedish. Check it out:www.jonnajinton.se


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Musings of a dyer and fiber artist from Lord of the Rings and Narnia country, the South Island of New Zealand.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
More toilet art
Posted by Shirley Goodwin at 5:38 pm
3 comments:
- joyce said...
I love your toilet art. So much more interesting that plain white walls. Don't paint over it!
- 12:24 am
- emmyschoonbeek said...
very lovely here you can ???????
- 4:31 am
- Zaz said...
love it! you could add words to some of those areas ........as in grafiti type but nicer .......like contemplation - peace - and other more gentle words! Beats the horrible messages in public loos!
- 5:22 am
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UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
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September 6, 2017
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
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The University of Texas at Tyler provides unique learning opportunities for area high school music students during its third annual All-State Workshops.
Instrumentalists in 9 – 12 Grades will receive practice tips and tricks from The University of Texas at Tyler Department of Music faculty aimed to enhance their preparation and performance of the All-State etudes.
"This will be the second year for our All-State Jazz Workshop, to be held Sept. 16, and the third year for our All-State Workshop, scheduled for Sept. 23. Combined, both events bring more than 400 area high school musicians to campus to study and learn from our very own UT Tyler faculty," said Dr. Sarah Roberts, assistant professor of music and event coordinator.
Both clinics will cover the Texas Music Educators Association etudes and the Association of Texas Small School Bands etudes. Those interested may call 903.566.7387 or register online.
The University of Texas at Tyler community of recognized artists and musical professionals is committed to provide a quality learning and performance environment for all students.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for students to receive high-level instruction, at no cost, on music they will use to compete with students from across the state. The faculty enjoy working with the area musicians and have come to look forward to this event every year," Roberts said.
The University of Texas at Tyler School of Performing Arts meets a national standard of artistic, academic and professional excellence as an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
Offerings include the bachelor of music and bachelor of arts in music as well as music and theater minors. For more information, visit uttyler.edu/music/.
One of the 14 campuses of the UT System, The University of Texas at Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at The University of Texas at Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 10,000 high-ability students. The University of Texas at Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.


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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
The chapter is out now.
Kaneki really fucked Hide up. He's even missing some teeth. I expected their reunion to be more emotional, but okay.
Interesting that Kaneki's hands went back to normal after he used his super kagune. I thought he might be getting more human, but since his RC levels pretty much didn't change, I guess he's just getting better control of his new body. Shapeshifting will probably be part of his new skillset.
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2D artist
Join Date: Mar 2017
humans got ghoulification,
Q's got tumour,
so, what happend to real ghouls? it's not clear whether they become human yet. or i missed something.
those poisons is like a virus that contaminating through the air, i guess using masker would help prevent it from get infected.
the only one who is confirmed to be immune is kaneki as he has same body flesh as those kagune monster.
|2018-03-12, 15:26
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Join Date: Apr 2016
In other stuff, I have to admit, Furuta continues to be hilarious. I loved panel where he tried to interview the living kagune and followed by attempting awnser to a punch to the face.
|2018-03-12, 19:29
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: America
Kaneki must have had a serious case of the munchies. I expected a bit more from this long awaited reunion, but there is a crisis going on, so I guess this has to do.
Say what you want about Furuta, but he's dedicated to the job.
|2018-03-13, 02:36
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All jokes aside...I feel bad for Hide. I mean ow. Furuta is hilarious.
I am curious why people don't think the obvious on why Ken is semi/mostly resistant to the monsters "poison". "It might be because of those unidentified organs." Me thinking what is the base/DNA Base for that monstrosity. Answer Rize and her cells. Under that assumption wouldn't Kurona Yasuhisa (Kuro) be partially immune?
|2018-03-13, 06:44
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Shouldn't Hide have Ghoul blood in him? I mean he was associated with the Washu. It was said some gain Kagune and others don't but they have great physical & healing properties. If he activates the blood wouldn't he heal? Or could it be the blood allowed him to stay alive?
@ Hokoga the clown you mentioned referred Ken to "Medicine Wheel" There is a guy who uses his Kagune though to "heal people" though. Banjo is his name If I remember right. Could you be mixing them up?
|2018-03-14, 01:03
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^No I was talking about Nico, remember when he used his kagune to fix/heal the bodies of the mother & son ghouls that Yamori killed?
He said back then that he could even heal humans with it.
Last edited by Hokoga; 2018-03-14 at 01:44. Reason: Left out a word
|2018-04-24, 11:04
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
I was wrong. Uta was the one defeated in only one chapter, although I doubt he will die. Yomo's final attack was pretty bullshit.
It went down as expected for Amon though. Some things never change.
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