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Main Keys to a Successful Tech Blog Startup
So you have decided to start your technology blog, best of luck for your journey. Making a blog is very easy but managing it and taking it up to the maximum audience is a challenge. If you want a successful tech blog then you will have to focus on these main keys which will surely make your blog or website successful. Before getting towards the main content, we shall discuss that what does success means to you for your blog. For some people out there it can be more viewers or blog watchers. For some, it can be more money earned which will come from the tech blog. Whatever is the success meant to you, we are going to mainly concentrate on two most common things that are to get popularity and more income from the blog.
If we talk about making a blog popular we mainly need to focus on what our viewers want and expect from us. Always try to maintain a good relationship with the viewers of your blog and reply to their all questions or queries. Post the topics that are on trend to attract more users and make sure that they are unique. Try the best SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools and techniques to rank up in Google. Technology is the common niche that most of the people choose to start their blogs and hence the competition increases. To be in the race try to provide very new, interesting and unique contents. Add keywords, tags and other things too. These were the keys or tips you need to follow while writing your contents, try to follow maximum out of them and I assure you that your blog would gain a great popularity. Besides writing the content, also apply some of these extra shortcut ways to get more viewers. Share your blog post link with everyone you know and try to be in as many social groups you can. Post your links on Facebook, Twitter or other platforms that will help you to get viewers attracted towards you.
Money matters a lot for anyone and if you get money for the things you like to do then it's something happening great. To earn money through a blog you can place ads on the webpage. Google Adsense is the best way to get income by displaying advertisements on your website. There are more alternatives to Adsense like PopAds, Infolinks, etc. Besides Ads you can also earn money by showing online shopping websites referral links, promoting products or taking sponsors from companies. Earning of a blog mostly depends upon the peoples coming to see your content. Therefore at first try to increase your blog's popularity then think of getting good money. The increase in viewers will directly increase your earnings.
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Dear Dr. Karen:
Last year, I took a break from the dating scene. I was meeting men who were so immature and had no clue what they wanted in life. You would think a man in their 40's would at least have a job, a place to live, a car, and a few dollars in the bank. I don't think this is asking too much.
Several months ago I met a guy on a flight going to visit some friends. We had a nice conversation and before the flight ended we decided to exchange phone numbers. I thought he was a great guy and he actually met most of my criteria. He had a job, an apartment, and a car.
We've been dating now for six months. I thought we had a good relationship with a possible future together. After dinner, a few nights ago he said he didn't want to see me anymore. He left with no explanation. The next day he texted me saying that we have a relationship that most people spend a lifetime looking for. He said we are not breaking up we are just taking a break from each other.
I did everything I could to make him happy. I cooked his meals, ran errands for him, and cleaned his apartment. He worked double shifts sometimes, so I tried to help him out.
I am so upset. I start crying every time I think about losing him. Do I sit around and wait for him to call? Do you think there is a chance for us? If he does call should I take him back?
~ Dating Again
Dear Dating Again:
I think you have a better chance of getting ice water in hell or winning the lottery. This man stated that you have a relationship most people spend a lifetime searching for. So, why is he walking away? He is making it easy on himself and hard on you. Like the airplane you met him on; he put you in a holding pattern. This means he is in control. You gave him permission to call the shots while you wait for permission to land. Any man who gets free meals, a personal assistant and a housekeeper is more like a maid to him and not his woman. You gave everything and he gave nothing in return.
When you were making your list of criteria, you left out one important thing…stability. This man took full advantage of the services you provided and feels that he can come and go at will with your consent. Should you sit around and wait for him to call? Do I think there's a chance for you to get back together? Should you take him back? My answer to you is get out of that holding pattern and move on. If you go back to this man I will personally find you and have you committed.
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'Though senior, Mukesh called me didi'
Lata Mangeshkar recalls the legendary singer, with whom she shared a very close relationship.india Updated: Aug 28, 2006 19:15 IST
It is 30 years since he passed away, leaving a void in the music world of Bollywood. Yet, Mukesh's mellifluous voice still casts a spell on listeners, emitting the fragrance of romance for some or drowning others in the depths of melancholy.
Mukesh Chand Mathur alias Zoravar Chand, who sang innumerable songs for legendary Bollywood showman Raj Kapoor, passed away onAugust 27, 1976, following a cardiac arrest in Detroit, US, where he had gone for a concert.
Raj Kapoor is said to have remarked that "he had lost his soul" in Mukesh's passing away - a testimony to the extremely popular combination of Raj-Mukesh-Shankar Jaikishen (music directors) that produced timeless classics for generations of Hindi film music connoisseurs.
Lata Mangeshkar, living legend of Bollywood playback singing and a close friend of Mukesh, cherishes the moments spent with her Mukesh 'Bhaiyya' (elder brother) even today.
Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din (Mera Naam Joker, 1970) remains my favourite song of Mukesh bhaiyya (brother)," Lata told IANS.
"The reason the song is my favourite is because it perfectly expresses my longing for the yesteryears where singing in films was a totally different thing from what it is today," the 77-year-old Bharat Ratna awardee said.
Indeed, the nightingale's yearning is typical as she shared a very close relationship with Mukesh. She accompanied his son Nitin Mukesh when Mukesh's body was brought back to India from Detroit and still remembers the day of the funeral when almost the entire industry turned out to pay tribute to him.
"I first met him in 1947 and almost immediately struck a chord. He was much senior to me - both in age as well as profession - and yet he insisted on calling me 'didi' (elder sister)," Lata reminisced.
"There was no particular reason for this. Everyone one in my family used to call me didi. So he also took it up. But it's amazing that he never addressed me as 'Lata' till the end," she said.
Mukesh, who along with the versatile Mohammad Rafi and the rebellious Kishore Kumar was considered one among the finest and most popular playback singers of Bollywood, has sung some of the most melodious and evergreen duets with Lata.
The naughty Dum Bhar Jo Udhar Munh Phere (Awara, 1951), the romantic Jaane Na Nazar (Aah, 1953), the effervescent Dil Tadap Tadap (Madumati, 1958), the gloriously patriotic Aa Ab Laut Laut Chalein (Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, 1960) are just a few of the examples one could quote.
Born on July 22, 1923, in Delhi, the "man with the golden voice" was first noticed by Motilal - a popular actor of his times and a distant relative of Mukesh - when he sang at his sister's wedding.
In the beginning Mukesh was considered more an actor than a singer, thanks to his good looks. Soon he was seen in the 1941 flop Nirdosh.
He got his first break as a playback singer in Pehli Nazar (1945) in which he took people by surprise by almost imitating the legendary singer actor KL Saigal - who was in the throes of alcoholism by then - in Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De - incidentally picturised on Motilal himself.
"Mukesh bhaiyya was as enamoured by Saigal-saab as we all were. But although he began his career singing in the Saigal style, he soon developed his own identity," Lata noted.
"Mukesh bhaiyya was also proud of the fact that he had met Saigal-saab once. I know for a fact that he (Mukesh) even had for himself a harmonium used by Saigal-saab," she said.
His voice characterised by a slight nasal tone, Mukesh was almost always considered for light and breezy songs, ranging from the happy-go-lucky Awara Hoon (Awara, 1951), the lovelorn Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai (Yehudi, 1958) or the tramp-like Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nissar (Anari, 1959) and Mera Joota Hai Japani (Shri 420, 1955).
However, when it came to more complex and classically-inclined songs like Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo (Mera Naam Joker, 1970) or a Dil Ke Jharokhe Mein ("Brahmachari", 1968), Mohammed Rafi and Manna Dey were always the choice.
"The problem is that Mukesh bhaiyya was never tried for complex and classically oriented songs because of stereotyping. It is not that he did not have the capability," Lata observed.
"Classical music-wise, the best trained was Manna-da, who was trained under his own uncle - the legendary KC Dey. Rafi-saab also was trained classically. But very few recognised Mukesh bhaiyya for his classical background," she said.
"I cannot say with full authority. But I feel he (Mukesh) could have sung complex songs too if given a chance because I know he used to do regular riyaaz (practise) along with his son Nitin, under a teacher," she noted.
Scores of singers, including son Nitin, tried their luck in the industry by adapting the Mukesh-style of singing but failed to make a mark.
"God blesses only a few with the original talent. The others will remain just that - copies. Mr (Sudesh) Bhonsle succeed to a certain extent in carving a niche for himself, but that's about it," Lata said.
But for the purists and the connoisseurs today - confounded by a bewildering array of remixes of old classics - nothing less than the original refrains of Mukesh would do.
As Lata said, one can only remember Mukesh and recall his Jane Kahan Gaye Woh Din (Where have those days gone?).
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Myths About Tradies
Myths About Tradies
Home ownership in Australia is often a financial strain on the budget of the average family. To ease the financial burden, Australia has become a nation of Do It Yourself (DIY) people. This has enabled many people to have a go, but there are some jobs that are either too difficult for us to tackle ourselves or it needs a licensed professional because of safety and legal aspects. This is when you need to call in a trades person, also known in Australia as a Tradie.
Tradies have been given a bad reputation over the years. Like all professions, you get some great ones, some average ones and some awful ones. It's unfortunate though you mainly hear about the horror stories rather than the good ones. As soon as you mention to someone that you need to get a tradie in to do some work, you'll get three or more horror stories filled with drama, wasted money and frustration. Switch on any current affair news show and you'll get stories about shoddy builders, rip off mechanics or dodgy tradies.
So you need a tradie but you don't know what to believe. Well here are the top myths about tradies as well as a few truths.
1. Tradies exaggerate the problem to make more money
The most common myth is that tradies overstate the problem to make more money. This can be before the job starts or after. Australian's are becoming more financially savvy and often get three or more quotes for a job. Tradies know this and they will quote according to the job to be more competitive based on the work needing to be done, the materials required and the time it will take. Sometimes once a job has commenced it will become apparent that the job is more involved than first thought. Nobody can see inside engines or into walls without pulling them apart, so problems can be worse than first thought. Even surgeons, with all their modern x-rays and ultrasounds, often find problems to be worse when the patient is being operated on.
2. Tradies do not give a fair idea of what the cost will be
A tradie can only quote based on the information they have. To give accurate quotes, accurate information is required and the more complicated the job, the more information is required. A lack of information on the job requirements can lead to a less accurate quote. Ask the tradie what information that you can provide to help them give you a better quote. In 123Tradies you get three quotes the same-day.
3. Tradies charge by the hour and do their work slowly to charge more
Most tradies will quote on a job which includes labour. It makes more sense that they want to get the job done as quickly as possible so they can go to their next job. Whilst there can be delays due to things like weather, other tradies or waiting on materials, it often frustrates the tradies more than you.
4. Tradies over charge you for parts and materials
This one pops up all the time in relation to all tradies. Normally the price of parts and materials is not determined by the tradie. The price of most parts is set by the manufacturer or distributor and is not in the control of the tradie.
5. Tradies make up problems even if there are none
Australia has a shortage of tradies which means there is a lot of work available for them. Often they want to get the job done as quickly as possible to move on to the next job. Standing around and making up problems will actually disadvantage the tradie. Also tradies are required by law to give a fair and honest quote and are not allowed to fabricate problems. Australian Consumer Protection legislation is some of the best in the world.
6. Tradies are always late
This myth is probably the most common out of all the myths. Most tradies arrive on time at the job site. As with all people, sometimes they can be delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. Often these circumstances are beyond the tradies control.
7. Tradies are rude
My experience with tradies and after discussions with some of my friends about their experiences, have been positive ones. Tradies often work for themselves and are aware of how fast bad news travels. To get more business they know their customer service has to be positive. Those tradies that work for a larger company often have customer service levels enforced by their organisation. Tradies are generally friendly and polite but even they can have bad days. Customers are rude more often than the tradies 🙂
8. Tradies will cause more damage your property
Accidents can happen but when they do tradies are often quick to repair the damage or organise for someone else to do it. Legally they are also responsible for any damage that is caused. Tradies are often very careful to not damage a client's property as any repairs will cost them money.
9. If the price is low, the tradie must be dodgy
The price given in a quote is affected by many different things. The price of materials, time to complete the job, the environment where the job is and other factors all contribute to the overall price. Some tradies have developed better relationships with suppliers to get better prices for materials, whilst others lower their prices to increase their amount of business. Of course a tradie that is in higher demand can choose to increase their price as is the same with any professional.
The modern tradie is a far cry the horror stories portrayed in the media. Offer the tradie a cuppa, talk about what you need done and ask questions about their training, experience and qualifications. Before the job has started, ask the tradie what you can do to help them get the job done faster and to a higher standard. Often little details carried out by the owner, can save a lot of time and money. The tradie is there to work with you to achieve your goals. Utilise their knowledge and experience to your advantage!
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Why Do Nations Go to War
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Many have posed the question "What is war?" with very few ever reaching a conclusion. If a conclusion is made, it is naturally met with criticism.Virtually every aspect of the term "war" has had its meaning disputed. A few of the main discrepencies include; questions on whether war has to be formally declared in order to be recognized, whether actual fighting has to occur, or whether war has to take place between formally declared States or nations in order to be universally recognized as war.
There have been numerous events in history where the validity of the event has been questioned because of a lack of formal declaration. For instance, in the Vietnam War, and in the Korean War. The Korean War was actually referred to not as a war but as a "United Nations 'Peace Action'" even though more than two million people were killed as a direct result of the conflict, and no resolution was ever made between the United States and North Korea.
An example illustrating whether a war has to include actual physical violence (a battle), is the "War of Bavarian Succession", nicknamed the "Kartoffelnkrieg" or "Potato War". A declaration for war was made and fully armed militants from wither side met face to face, but no shots were ever fired, and no deaths resulted before a peaceful resolution was found.
The question on whether war must be between two (or more) formally declared nations or States has been the subject of disagreement. Some have brought up the question on whether National Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have the right to wage war. While NGOs are not identified by the international community as States, in the sense that they do not occupy a territory, they do display many other characteristics of a State. The main point is that war has an ever evolving face. New variables are constantly tied in, and old ones are constantly disagreed upon, as one man wrote, "...most people might agree that war can be described in much the same way as a jurists observation about pornography: 'I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it.'"
War is a term that can be ever so slightly redefined for the particular circumstance, but that everyone will still be able to apply and connect the same understanding and meaning to. For more on the concept of War:
What is War? BACKA BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE WAGING OF WAR
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War has gone through quite an evolution since ancient times. The waging of war has been dramatically transformed time and time again due to the development of war waging tactics. On the international scale, one of the first developments which changed the face of war waging forvever was the formation of States.
The formation of States brought about increased organization within military forces. Before the formation of States, whatever disputes did occur had little power and were very inefficient due to the lack of organization. The Romans were a prime example of a powerful army due in the most part to an increased organization of the militia. The increased organization was made possible because with the formation of a State came major developments in agriculture along with animal domestication, which allowed people to contribute more time and effort towards military training and service instead of farmwork.
The development of the chariot, led by either horses or oxen, was a major advancement in the efficiency of warfare. The chariot was a comparable equivalent to the modern day tank. The design of the chariot was continually improved upon, along with the breeding of larger more powerful horses better suited for pulling a chariot on the battlefield. The chariot was not only advantageous on the battlefield due to size, but it also allowed for one or more people to partake on the actual fighting while somone else took care of the job of steering.
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Thank you for those who wish me a happy birthday. Thanks to God.. I can still alive and celebrate my birthday with dearest people in my world :)
Let's get back to the point.. Birthday is something special. Lots of pranks and surprises, also many gifts. But some probably bored with that birthday party, want to try something new, out of box, extraordinary..
So in this post, I will write down several things you can do in your birthday. Relax guys, I've already done all of this thing ;) (at my bday or my friends bday)
- Birthday lunch/dinner either with your loves one or family. You can try new restaurant with a great view. Because you want a different scenery. Maybe on the hill, or amazing view of the cities. Anyway, it's the more common way to celebrate your birthday.
- Double or triple dates ;) I've tried this and it's fun! you can hang out at pizza restaurant and just chill. It's relaxing and you can make a new friend :)
- Go to fashion show. Seriously, this is AWESOME! I've just tried this with my boyfriend. He's adorable, he doesn't know that much about fashion but that's okay. That's why woman exist :)
- Go to exhibition. Well, the fashion show also had exhibition too. So it's a plus plus ;) You can buy things even you cannot buy the fashion piece.
- Karaoke is one fun way to spend your time. Shouting your frustration or just hang out and get a sore throat. LOL
- Get punk'd!! Your lovely friends probably set an evil thing, all you have to do just go with a flow. Seriously, they make the event, plan ahead, just do it for that day only. Simple.


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On Wednesday, Uruguay's cannabis market debuted with long lines that extended out the front doors of dispensaries in Montevideo.
The tightly-regulated legal cannabis industry of Uruguay brings it to the ranks of very few South American countries that have embraced legalization in some form. And it is quite a bit different than what we have seen here in the United States. Though adults can purchase their plant from a pharmacy at the low, low price of $1.30 per gram (compared to the common prices of American cannabis at $5-$15 per gram) without any special kind of card or permit, that is about as far as the cannabis industry's allowed to go.
Despite the expected excitement of a legal cannabis market in Uruguay, it is also decidedly bland to buy from these dispensaries. There are only two strains available:
- Alpha I – An indica strain with 2% THC and 7% CBD
- Beta I – A sativa strain with 2% THC and 6% CBD
This means that not only is there not any kind of variety in products, but what two options are available are also not very potent. Edibles are not permitted, and there are very firm restrictions in terms of packaging for these products, which are mostly consumed by Montevideo residents. Only 1/3rd of the 4,000 registered cannabis consumers live outside of Montevideo. Those who intend to consume cannabis that's been provided by the government must submit to registering with their fingerprint.
Strict rules and policies aside, this is still a tremendous breakthrough-and it's got Uruguayan citizens rejoicing. People are thrilled to not have to resort to the black market anymore to obtain cannabis. Registered consumers can purchase up to 40 grams per month.
Ninety cents of each $1.30 gram sold goes to funding the two government-chosen cultivators of cannabis, with the remaining amount being split between the pharmacies that dispense it, and the government.
The Uruguayan government intends to use a portion of these proceeds to enhance countrywide prevention programs.
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HAMPTON - First-time House candidate Michelle Zaino took the most votes in a 5-person Republican primary in state House Rockingham District 21 Tuesday, while one candidate who withdrew his name was 13 votes away from being nominated.
The five candidates were vying to fill four seats representing District 21
Zaino tallied 819 votes on the Republican ballot, leading Tracy Emerick's 743, Phil Bean's 682, Sharleene Page Hurst's 622 and Mark Weatherby's 609. The four nominees will go on to face Democrats Renny Cushing, Mike Edgar, Tom Loughman and Patricia Bushway in November's general election.
"I'm blown away," said Zaino, who has touted her experience in the restaurant industry as qualifying her to represent the local business community. "I couldn't have done it without awesome people supporting me. I feel like we move forward tonight. Not me, but we."
Weatherby had said after filing he no longer wished to be in the race despite his name appearing on the ballot, saying his schedule would inhibit him from serving in Concord. He endorsed Zaino and asked voters to support her instead of him.
Emerick and Bean are incumbents seeking their fourth and second terms, respectively.
Hurst, a former state representative, said Tuesday after the win she is eager to get back in the House and, if she wins, hopes to work across the aisle with Democrats despite observing a contentious political climate. She describes herself as fiscally conservative with some socially liberal views.
"I'm so sick of the bickering, the partisan bickering, all of this attitude. The polarization," said Hurst. "I think we can find common ground on a lot of issues."
Voting took place at Marston School Tuesday, where state House and Senate candidates from both parties stood outside with signs despite only District 21 Republican candidates having a contested primary.
The ballot also include uncontested primaries in District 37, which represents Hampton, Hampton Falls and Seabrook. In that district, Republican Jason Janvrin, a current Seabrook state representative, has filed to run against former Democratic state representative Elaine Andrews Ahearn of Hampton Falls.
In the state Senate race for District 24, former Democratic Rye state representative Tom Sherman will now face off against incumbent Dan Innis in the general election.


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Here's a list of some of my favorite books. I will be adding to it from time to time, so check back again.
What Women Should Know About Letting It Go – Christin Ditchfield (Leafwood Publishers) Available on Amazon.com
What Women Should Know About Facing Fear –Christin Ditchfield (Leafwood Publishers) Available on Amazon.com
Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive – John Eldredge (Harper Collins Christian Publishing) Available on Amazon.com
Fixing My Eyes On Jesus – 366 Day Devotional – Ann Graham Lotz (Zondervan)
Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ – Mme. Jeanne Guyon (Seed Sowers Christian Books)
The Pursuit if God – A. W. Tozer (Christian Miracle Foundation Press) Available on Amazon.com
And I Will Be Found By You -Francis Frangipane (Arrow Publications)
The Shelter of the Most High – Francis Frangipane (Charisma House)
The Three Battlegrounds – Francis Frangipane (Arrow Publications)
Whole Prayer –Walter Wangerin Jr. (Zondervan) Available at Amazon.com
The Inner Life and Absolute Surrrender (Zondervan) Available at Amazon.com
Defiant Joy – Stasi Eldredge Available at Amazon.com
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible -with Greek and hebrew Dictionary) Crusade Bible Publishers
Available at Amazon.com
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are – Ann Voskamp (Zondervan) Available at Amazon.com
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The plasma cannon was an immensely scaled up version of a regular plasma gun. These weapons were generally mounted on rotating turrets, which were commonly installed in banks on capital ships, space stations and orbital facilities. Some immobile, usually even more powerful variants were used on the ground, to directly defend most important planets.
General classification
Below are different general classifications of various models of plasma cannons:
- Heavy plasma cannons
- Used by: big capital ships, space defense platforms and planetary defenses
- Used to: heavily damage enemy's ships/SDPs/planet's surface
- Medium plasma cannons
- Used by: most capital ships
- Used to: deal moderate damage to enemy's ships/SDPs/planet's surface
- Light plasma cannons
- Used by: starfighters
- Used to: destroy other starfighters
- Point-defense light plasma cannons
- Used by: most capital ships
- Used to: fend off starfighters
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The Stanley Home at Rockside had been established for more than a decade before Estes Park was incorporated, and the Stanley Home Foundation is working to purchase, renovate and preserve the structure and property, making sure every requirement and concern is met.
There has been concern about the property being used for something that it isn't zoned for, which is currently residential. The worry is that there will be increased traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular, not enough parking and too much noise.
Eric Blackhurst, a local real estate agent and resident of Estes for over 30 years, shared these concerns and said his biggest issue was the home operating as a commercial property while located in a residential district.
"The real crux of the matter is that you can't use a home or private residence in a zoning district for commercial purposes," Blackhurst said.
Estes Park Community Development Director Randy Hunt said that the Foundation had applied and been approved for three temporary use permits, allowing the non-profit to host tours during the 80517 celebration, which drew 303 visitors, as well as two other invite-only events.
President and CEO of the Foundation, Tom Shamburg, said that there are no plans for anymore events in 2017.
"We wanted to have those events for people to get to know the project," Shamburg said. "[The ones who toured] really enjoyed the property."
Shamburg said the Foundation is definitely a work in progress, and they are learning what steps need to be taken to run the historic building and lot properly. He said that they will be heavily involved with the Community Development Department and Director Hunt, figuring out what the best road forward is for the project.
The plan is to purchase the Stanley Home from the current owners by Oct. 2018, with plans to renovate and preserve the home and the land that surrounds it. Along the way the Foundation will adjust their plans accordingly, making sure everything is done the right way, Shamburg said.
The Foundation Board met with a group of more than a dozen neighbors on July 26, listening to their concerns and worries with the project.
"We feel it is extremely important that if our mission comes true in the future," Shamburg said. "It should only happen if we respect the neighbors and their homes."
Shamburg wants the project to be a win-win situation for everyone involved, from residents and neighbors to visitors and school children. There have been a lot of support from members of the community who want to see this through, he said.
"We want to make sure people aren't worried about this project, and in the end the Town will regulate us too," Shamburg said.
Shamburg said he and the other members of the Foundation want to take this historic structure, originally built by F.O. Stanley himself, preserve it and share it with generations to come.
"The fabric of the community it not complete without a strong set aside for its history," Shamburg said. "I think there are a number of synergies with this project that will benefit many people and can be a win for all of us."


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Lisa MintoAssistant Vice President - Personal Financial Planning
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From LIBOR to SOFR
There have been countless discussions had on LIBOR and the proposed alternative SOFR and how the proposed changes will unfold. The regulators have been in discussion about the LIBOR- London Interbank Offered Rate and its replacement SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate for years. The New York Fed will start to publish the SOFR rates on April 3rd, 2018, so let's look at what this means for the global financial market.
LIBOR stands for London interbank offered rate, the interest rate at which banks offer to lend funds to one another in the international interbank market. It is a key benchmark rate that reflects how much it costs banks to borrow from each other on an unsecured basis, this assists businesses all around the world to price mortgages, student loans, commercial loans, bonds and derivatives just to name a few. This measurement allows customers of institutions to compare pricing and determine if the rates being charged to them are competitive in this every changing market.
SOFR is a secured overnight rate derived from collateralized or backed assets (Repos) trading in large volume. It comprises a wide range of overnight Treasury repo trade activity in a secured way, making it a benchmark for a number of transactions for institutions including money market funds, asset managers, broker-dealers, insurance companies and pension funds.
Why the change?
Your memory would not have to be that good to recall the LIBOR scandal that involved so many companies, with one trader referring to it as a cartel. The scandal blighted the reputation of well-respected institutions such as Barclays, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland and Citigroup. As a result, U.S. and European lenders implicated, were forced to pay billions of dollars to settle rigging and other charges. Mervyn King, the former governor of the Bank of England said this of LIBOR, "It is in many ways the rate at which banks do not lend to each other, it is not a rate at which anyone is actually borrowing." Indeed, it is said that very few banks were actually making any unsecured loans. This is why it was so easy to manipulate the rate. In essence, the LIBOR manipulation showed that banks were falsely increasing or decreasing their rates in some instances to profit from trades and in others to improve their creditworthiness. Unlike LIBOR, since SOFR is based on real rates, it is less subject to manipulation. In addition, SOFR is an overnight rate, based on overnight loans; Libor, on the other hands, covers loan maturities ranging from one day to one year. SOFR is also based on far larger trading volumes.
The Federal Reserve in 2014 met to develop and identify a new reference rate of measurement after the loss of confidence in the LIBOR rate. There were other measures considered but SOFR won out. Since then the industry leaders and policymakers have been working together to phase out Libor by the end of 2021. The Fed's Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) announced SOFR as its preferred fallback rate. Investors in securities, loans, futures and derivatives that currently use LIBOR will need to transition to SOFR-benchmarked products over time.
The transition is favored by most of the global investors, and the question asked is how to move from LIBOR to a SOFR-based benchmarks and indexes. The transition needs to be undertaken with tremendous care and in a timely manner so as not to interrupt business across the industry: buy and sell-side, exchanges, regulators, industry bodies, stakeholders to name a few.
One wonders what the effect of this implantation will have on financial products and transactions. For now it remains to be seen. It has been reported that people are reluctant to move away from LIBOR - maybe it is a case of sticking to what you know, and of course, many of the long term financial contracts spell out the use of LIBOR and it will take time to revise the terms and the language for these instruments. What we do know, though, is that the U.S. is moving much faster than the U.K. in moving away from Libor, which may be as a result of many of their municipalities being negatively impacted by the manipulation of Libor.
Lisa Minto-Powell is the Assistant Vice President, Personal Financial Planning at Sterling Asset Management. Sterling provides financial advice and instruments in U.S. dollars and other hard currencies to the corporate, individual and institutional investor. Visit our website at www.sterling.com.jm Feedback: If you wish to have Sterling address your investment questions in upcoming articles, e-mail us at: email@example.com
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If you're like a lot of other people, you've probably spent a bit of time worrying about the state of your mental health. Because of all the stress and anxiety that we'll be forced to undergo as part of our normal lives, you can start to understand why it's so important to figure out how to keep your brain working at maximum capacity. You'll soon find that you will be able to get quite a lot more done with your life when you've been able to build up your brain's strength and ability to hold up against the stresses of life.
When you're hoping to be able to train your brain effectively, you will soon discover that there are all kinds of advantages to testing out a couple of unique types of brain exercises. You'll often find that there are a number of games out there that will allow you to get as much enjoyment as possible from the kinds of training that can make you a more resilient individual. If you want to learn more about the things that you can do to help you get a much better sense of how to keep your brain in tip-top shape, be sure to check out some of the information below.
You're going to find that the primary difficulty that people will need to get through with regard to their brain function will be finding the motivation to keep at all of their exercises. You'll often find that the easiest way to improve the kind of regularity with which you're doing mental health training will be to figure out how to turn the training into a game you can play. People will often find that the games they play will encourage them to continue playing these games far longer than they might engage with other kinds of activities.
You'll also want to pick out the kinds of brain activities that will actually help you with the areas where you need the most help. No matter whether you're dealing with the need to boost how quickly you can analyze data or just how easily you can remember things, you'll discover that there are plenty of reasons to look for a few key games to play.
When you're looking for a way to manage your brain training, there are a few key things to consider. By taking the time to pick out the right brain-training exercises and games, you will very quickly be able to notice the kind of progress that you're making.
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it's the day when the kids start finding the summer groove, because until now they've fought and yelled and whined at each other as if they had forgotten what it's like to have siblings but today they laugh together and love well.
and when you sit at the dinner table with all the best kinds of left over meat, the tri-tip, ribs and meatballs and the second born turns down a cupcake for dessert, "this dinner is my dessert. carnivore."


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Various Artists: Machines in the Garden
Autovoice - Construct 3:14
Caul - Theophany 2:35
globalwavesystem - 2048 Bit 4:20
Azure Skies - To Ache So Deep 4:59
Torn Skin - Shoulders of Geniuses 3:36
Thymikon - Demise 5:00
Doppel Kode - Looking Forward 5:07
Cradle to Grave - Moth 5:27
Blackhouse - House on the Hull 2:18
killingtheoldman - Submerge 6:03
Aphorism - Remnant 5:10
The Reclusive Cypher - Zatgrass 5:21
Powerlab - Jerusalem 2000 2:20
Dendrography - Laceration of the Canthus 5:48
Blacklight Records return with another sampler of Christian Industrial artists whose music is unnervingly dark regardless of where their faith may lie. Apart from the rather preachy tray insert, "Machines in the Garden" is devoid of any obvious religious monitory and therefore passes my personal anti-denominational litmus test. This alone earns my praise since so many religious musicians deem it necessary to press their viewpoint on their audience. This release does not. The majority of the tracks on this compilation are intensely murky with a few highly muffled vocal tracks. Most of the artists use vocal samples and layered keyboard textures to produce an opaque quality. The fact that 14 religiously motivated artists produced some of the most obfuscous music I've heard in a long time amazes me and brings back my faith in the ability of such artists to practice their without a need to converst the faithless.
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Like all categories, we decided to change things up and while we are watching anime slated for review, we will start looking at anime for first impressions. Rules are simple. We watch said anime, write about said anime and then see what you guys/gals all think about it! Brilliant right? At least that is what I like to think. So, today we shall be taking and giving, our first impression of the new anime Himouto! Umaru-Chan.
Now, I have seen the gifs, the image posts all over the web. My curiosity was peaked so, I decided to give this anime a look. I have to say I am delighted that what I found was pure gold. Now note that this will all be impressions from the first episode, so keep that in mind. The anime follows the daily lives of Umaru and Taihei Doma as they live out their lives in small apartment block. Taihei did not know what he would be getting into when his sister arrived and moved in with him. Least to say, the stunning and beautiful woman that she was to her school friends was greatly under-estimated when she arrives at home each and every day. She has a startling difference between her public self and her true self. Both being arguably cute and adorable.
Her obsessions range from her love of JUMP(u), to the popular Jun (One) Piece series that is in publication. She also shares a very healthy appetite for junk food and just about everything sweet and or salty. Her brother has to handle this alter-ego on a daily basis and is often made out to be a brother that is rude and mean to the oh so innocent Umaru; that is when they are out in public of course. She uses her feminine grace and charm to get what she usually wants, that being mainly JUMP. Though her school life is a fabric of carefully sown and mended lies that have the whole school in awe of her. She is surprisingly gifted in both academics and sports. She easily out swam a swim team member and easily out scored one of the top performing students in her class. All of which still drive her brother to questioning how a lazy no good otaku is capable of this; he's be surprised really.
The comedic aspects of this anime are quite good. And the chibi nature of Umaru's real self has already inspired figure releases and is making head way in the collectors market. I am pretty sure that we may see some cosplay's of this character popping up soon, if not already. The episode count is already up to five so, it remains to be seen if it will be a simple 10-12 episode run or quite possibly a 24 episode run. We will try to update you all when we find out. The opening song is quite addictive and the voice work is fantastic; also the odd bits of sound effects from the mouse clicking to the typing sounds are all oddly pleasing… The art style is another note of praise, as every new anime released continues to set the bar for design and style ever higher. At this rate we may need to just do an article on some of the best looking new anime this year!
You can currently enjoy this series on Crunchyroll and is currently in simulcast releases on Wednesday's at 2:00PM CDT. I highly suggest you give this odd little anime a bit of your time, I trust you won't regret your decision. Whether or not this turns into a series that we will want to add to the review list remains to be seen. It usually is determined by our time-table. Feel free to give us your thoughts on the anime below or on our Twitter page!


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The Wall Street Journal world-wide newsbox and Washington Postlead with the House, in a surprise diss of the president, voting to tighten the FBI's ability to peek into library or bookstore records during terrorism investigations. Thirty-eight Republicans joined with Democrats in the tightening of the Patriot Act. President Bush has said before that he would veto such a change. The Justice Department recently released records showing they have never actually used the provision to peek at library records. The New York Timesleads with word that some career Justice Dept. lawyers involved in the tobacco trial objected to the decision by top DOJ officials to seriously scale back the penalties demanded from cigarette companies. USA Todayleads with and others front the autopsy report on Terri Schiavo confirming that the damage to her brain was indeed "irrecoverable"; her brain had shriveled to about half its normal size. The Los Angeles Timesleads with five big unions, representing about 40 percent of the AFL-CIO's membership, announcing the creation of their own federation. They promised also to stick with the AFL-CIO—at least for a couple of months. The dissident unions charge that the AFL-CIO is hidebound and recruiting-impaired.
The NYT bases its lead on a memo from two DOJ lawyers urging their political-appointee boss not to slash the penalties sought from cigarette companies: "We do not want politics to be perceived as the underlying motivation, and that is certainly a risk if we make adjustments in our remedies presentation that are not based on evidence." But as the Times mentions 15 paragraphs down, at least one other DOJ lawyer involved supported the lower penalties. Time magazine also talked to one "career Justice Department prosecutor involved in the case" who said the perception of an administration dive is "exactly wrong." And on Monday, the WSJ talked to some legal analysts who also said the feds made a reasonable move.
The doctors on Schiavo's autopsy also found no evidence she had an eating disorder or that she had been abused, as her parents had alleged. The autopsy, which concluded that the cause of her original heart attack was "undetermined," had been requested by Schiavo's parents. (The NYT and WP helpfully link to the report itself.)
A piece inside the NYT does a retrospective on some of the statements made by Republican leaders back during the Schiavo saga. Said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist regarding Schiavo's persistent vegetative state, "I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office. She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli." According to the medical examiner who conducted autopsy, the "vision centers of her brain were dead."
About 50 Iraqis were killed in attacks across the country, including 23 soldiers, when an insurgent dressed in a military uniform blew himself up inside a base. The NYT notices that it's the second apparent insider job in a week. Iraqi troops also rescued two hostages, an Australian and an Iraqi, in the same house. There are contradictory reports about whether the soldiers had a tip (NYT) or just happened upon the men during a routine search ( LAT). The military also announced Thursday morning that five Marines had been killed by a roadside bomb in western Iraq.
The NYT hangs out with the military in the usually insurgent-dominated northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar and describes it as stuck in a "cycle that has been repeated in rebellious cities throughout Iraq": GIs sweep in, drive away insurgents, and then leave, at which point the insurgents return. After the military's first offensive in the city, about 500 GIs stayed to patrol the border region, which is twice the size of Connecticut. The military is now back in force—though they still don't have enough soldiers to patrol outlying hamlets.
"We have a finite number of troops," the executive officer of the unit now overseeing Tal Afar told the NYT. "But if you pull out of an area and don't leave security forces in it, all you're going to do is leave the door open for them to come back. This is what our lack of combat power has done to us throughout the country."
The manpower problem has contributed to what the top U.S. commander in Iraq has called the "the Pillsbury Doughboy idea"—push the insurgents away in one place and they rise in another. The quote comes from an extraordinary Knight Ridder story in which named U.S. commanders insisted that the solution in Iraq won't be military. "We can't kill them all," said one. "When I kill one I create three."
The NYT notices that the Republican head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Kenneth Tomlinson, paid two lobbyists a bit of money ($15,000 in total) for CPB-related work but didn't tell his counterparts on the board. The CPB has long said it doesn't use hired lobbyists. Meanwhile, the whole thing was about a bill supported by local stations and opposed by the White House, and apparently Tomlinson.
The papers have a host of dark clouds for the White House. The Journal sees "Republican strains" emerging over Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Meanwhile, the Post mentions some Republicans looking for an "exit strategy" … from the president's Social Security offensive. And the NYT says the other "exit strategy" meme is also gaining steam.
Yesterday, TP kvetched about how an LAT story on the latest prewar British memos didn't deign to publish the memos themselves. The Times has now posted them—and Slate's Fred Kaplan puts them all in context.


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Photographers, artists, poets: show us NEXT DOOR.
I chose a photo of the neighbours gone by. Although the year was 1945 and I was still a twinkle in mum's eye, my dad not yet having returned from his soldiering somewhere in Europe, I grew up in this street and many of the faces are still familiar.
I could start with grandad, the bloke with the grey hair second from the left at the back, the lady next to him with the silver top hat being my grandmother who I never really got to know. She died when I was four months old.
But this is all about neighbours and there are a few familiar faces. In the front row, the three ladies from the right were sisters and our next door neighbour family. They lived in a two storey attached house the same as ours. It was a small square in one of the poorer parts of London, but they were all rich in heart I suppose you could say. My memories are of a brick wall separating our gardens, although from the second floor of our house you had a good view over everything. I grew up in my house and the family next door were always the neighbours. They had a row of chicken coups in the garden when I was smaller, but one day they disappeared. Two of the sisters lived on the ground floor with the mother, an elderly lady: the third sister was the only one to be married and she lived on the top floor with her husband. They had no children. It was a time when you did not just enter each other's houses, the homes were the castles and communication was mostly over the garden wall. Our lives were similar. There were no refrigerators, just a so-called safe in the back yard where you kept the perishables. This was fine in winter, when the outside water pipes froze in the cold temperatures and the food stayed almost frozen and fresh. Summer was a different aspect. The "safe" was absolutely no good as it got quite hot, the sun reflecting on the concrete of the houses. I remember my mum filling the sink in the kitchen with cold water and submerging the butter and milk in the water to keep it fresh.
I probably knew a few of the other neighbours in the photo, but time passes and the memories of familiar faces fade.
On the other side of the brick wall there was a house where Ernie and his wife lived – an elderly couple. My dad always invited Ernie to watch the English football cup final on our television as we were one of the few families in the street that had a television. Ernie's wife's sister lived in the ground floor of the house with her daughter. I remember seeing the daughter a few years ago. When the street was demolished most of the inhabitants moved to the same area as my mum and dad, the county/state of Essex. The daughter had become a very old lady. She was a single lady for many years, not having luck with the males. One day she married. It was whispered that she met her husband by newspaper contact. Who knows? But there were dubious rumours about him and suddenly he disappeared from view.
A little further along the street there was
Opposite lived Esther Bell. Mum told me it was a jewish family originally, although I never met Mr. Bell, as he had passed on before I arrived. Esther's favourite job was cleaning the door handle. It was placed in the middle of her black wooden door and probably made of brass. It caught your eye, shining almost gold. The black of the door surrounding the handle had been bleached by the constant cleaning over the years. Esther had a daughter who was married. I only saw her husband leaving the house dressed in a suit and hat going to work. After he left she always seemed to be having a problem with her television as the repair man from the shop around the corner would call in. It must have been a complicated problem with the T.V. as he would arrive before lunch and leave during the afternoon. One day we all noticed that the daughter would become a mother.
In the house opposite lived Mr. and Mrs. Green. They had a son, but he never returned from the war. Mrs. Green was proud of her house and I remember her living room being full of ornaments. Of course I had my friends, kids that were growing up after the war. There was a very large house at the end of the next square (there were two squares) and the family living there seemed to be permanently growing all the time. One of the daughters was a school friend. There were two sons with Down syndrome, but they were just part of the daily life of the square. The eldest daughter married and took the top floor of another house in the street. Her son also moved into one of the houses after marrying and so the family seemed to spread everywhere.
Between the two squares there was a street. Traiffic was sparse and the street had a wonderful slope. In the evenings we kids would meet to try out our skates. Not the modern shoe type as today: a metal framework strapped them over your shoes and we would sail from the top of the slope to the bottom. I remember mum always closed the door when I was out with the skates. She was always worried I would have an accident.
I could continue with all my street memories. I found a aerial photo of the street in a group I belong to on Facebook, just to show how closely packed together we were. Today the street is a small park.
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Hi there,
It's been a while since my last post. I was busy clearing and assembling Blood Angels and Tyranids units. Yesterday I manage my time and paint Contemptor Dreadnought further.
So far arms are nearly finished. I'll came back to them when I finish dreadnought's body. As you can see there are no battle damages so far, a very unusuall measure for my work. There are only few sratches. The rest will be applied at the very end.
Due to this years Hussar painting contest I've to speed up my painting a little bit if I want to enter with 'something'. This something will be a Blood Angels diorama. More of this in near future.


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Cross-site scripting
Commonly abbreviated as XSS, this attack sends user-supplied data to a web browser without validating it first. Hackers use these flaws to hijack users away from the site or deface it, costing the site owner to lose business.
Zero Day
This is an attack that's launched as soon as new vulnerability is discovered, before a patch is available. While these are impossible to predict, our WAF will virtually patch your site within moments of a Zero Day attach being disclosed.
Top 10 Online Threats
The strategies hackers use to break into your site can be complicated but the results are usually pretty simple – lost revenue.
Here are the 10 most common threats identified by the Open Web Application Security Project:


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We have to be super honest with you right now, we were at a point a few weeks ago where we were ready to #burnitdown, because we felt so disconnected from the people we are trying to serve. We knew we had to find a way to strengthen that connection, and for lack of a better word, get back on track. We landed on the decision to offer a survey, so we could learn directly from our community just exactly what our biggest hits and misses are.
For us, one of the best parts about hosting a survey is the honest responses we get from our customers. Generally, people love helping people, especially people they care about. And we are blessed to have a community that truly cares about us, and wants to see us grow and succeed.
We've dropped our prices on our classic Mala Beads and Mala Bracelets by 20% . Why? This #repost from @jessjcarlson explained it better than we could… . "Guys, when a company does something AMAZING and really LISTENS to their community and customers, we need to acknowledge and share that. It's SO RARE these days and I really want to send some GRATITUDE to one of my favorite brands, Tiny Devotions, for listening! Tiny Devotions makes mala beads, devotional jewelry, and (in the past) spiritual lifestyle products. If you saw my post about the mala I was wearing a few days ago, that came from them. As did all the ones you see here in this pic. I love their stuff, their brand, their vibe…all of it. Like many companies do, TD sent out a customer survey looking for community feedback. Usually I don't bother with these because I've almost never seen noticeable changes by a brand after a survey. But I had some stuff that I wanted to say to them, and since I LOVE their stuff and have been a customer for 5+ years. As much as I love them I haven't bought from them in close to a year because their prices were going up. It would also be great to see more diversity in their products and marketing. I'd like to see everyday people wearing and using their stuff in real life rather than it always being a clearly staged photoshoot with your typical blond chick in yoga or boho gear. But I get it, that's their brand but I know for a fact their customers are more diverse than that. Friday TD sent out an email acknowledging the responses they were getting and announcing an immediate lowering of their prices by 20%! So THANK YOU to the amazing team at Tiny Devotions for listening and taking immediate action toward change. I have always recommended them and I will continue to do so, especially now seeing how much they are listening to those of us that support them with our wallets" . 📸 and sentiments by @jessjcarlson . Click the #linkinbio to see the new prices
We were beyond excited to learn that you think we have the highest quality malas on the market, as well as the best customer service. Those are two things that are incredibly important to us, and we make no sacrifices on either, so it's been really gratifying to see that we're hitting the mark
That said… you (pretty much all of you) let us know that we need to do wayyyyyy better on price. So, we dug deep as a team, had "all hands on deck" meetings and took a serious look at our operations and our processes. We've made a ton of changes internally that will allow us to provide our community with our devotional jewelry at a MUCH lower cost.
We are dropping our prices on our classic malas by 20%.
We promise this reduction will NOT be reflected in a drop in the quality of the products that you know and love.
We've also been hustling hard to design some new malas that reflect the intentions and aesthetics you've been looking for. Our needs as humans are diverse, but we want to make sure we are offering a range of products that are going to service the needs of everyone in our community. You can click here to take a look at here at our new items, and their new pricing structure
We're so thankful to everyone who took a few minutes to help us out. We are always inspired by the honesty, strength and integrity of our #tdtribe. We're working to implement the changes you want to see as quickly as we can.


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So, I'm thrilled to report that William Mapother's ANOTHER EARTH did not disappoint. The film lived up to and surpassed the promise of its exquisite trailer. And while Mapother holds down a stunning performance, the movie belongs to Brit Marling. According to Mapother at the Q&A following the event, Marling, a 26 year-old Georgetown University grad, didn't even have a SAG card when she co-wrote and filmed ANOTHER EARTH. She just wanted to be an actress, so she co-wrote this film with the director. Her performance as the tortured Rhoda... there just aren't words for it. I don't know how awards nominations work, but good Lord if this woman isn't nominated for Best Actress left and right, there's no justice in the world.
According to Mapother, this film was made for 20% of the budget of the next cheapest film in its Sundance category, where it won a Special Jury prize and the Alfred P. Sloan feature prize for movies involving science and technology.
The last time I've seen a movie this quiet and beautiful may be when I saw ONCE. I felt on the verge of tears for days after seeing that movie (no hyperbole there). And I feel that way about ANOTHER EARTH, a movie about unrelenting and un-healable sorrows. It's gorgeous.
The movie opens in limited release on July 22. Visit the official website here. STAY AWAY FROM SPOILERS.


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The Secret Lives of Superheroes
Author's Notes
As a comic fan it was only natural to use my favourite characters in humorous situations.
This was originally done as a couple of sketches and posted on an internet forum. I got positive feedback and ended up doing a whole series of them. I managed to link them together into a semi-coherent narrative although some of the sketches work well as stand alone.
I decided to publish these on the Amazon Kindle and got Werner to add some illustrations; and he did a great job. The cover features 2 new characters, Mrs Galactus and Mrs Darkseid, and were part inspired by the fabulous British comedian, the late Les Dawson, in one of his most famous creations; Cissie and Ada.Here's a selection of illustrations from the book:
The Avengers try to Play Poker
The Wasp Reveals too Much
Doris Day Medley as Performed by Captain America
Somewhere in Space its Teatime
The Curse of the Trivial Wives
Darkseid comforts his Wife: "Be quiet you feeble minded woman!"
The Surfer is Kissed Off
Asgardian Pop Idol
A League of Avengers
Amazonian Love Fest
The Android with the Assuredly Amusing Anecdotes


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COLLINSVILLE — The Illinois Department of Transportation Wednesday announced there will be daytime lane closures on Illinois 140 at the entrance and exit ramps of Interstate 55 northbound.
The Illinois 140 eastbound left turn lane to the I-55 northbound entrance ramp and driving and passing lanes of Illinois 140 westbound at the I-55 northbound entrance ramp will be closed at various times beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, weather permitting. All lanes will reopen at 5 p.m. daily.
The closure is needed to allow maintenance crews to perform road patching in advance of the winter season. The Department's District 8 Maintenance Crews are performing the repairs.
Traffic control devices including changeable message signs will be utilized during the closure to assist motorists making their way through the work zone. The department asks that travelers be patient and use extra caution near and throughout the work area.
I-55 lane closure starts Monday
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that there will be a single daytime lane closure on northbound and southbound I-55 from Illinois 140 near Hamel to Black Lane near Collinsville beginning Monday, Oct. 20, 2014.
These lane closures are necessary to perform crack sealing. It is estimated that the project will be completed by Nov. 30, 2014.
IDOT District 8 updates are available on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IDOTDistrict8. Information is also available at www.stl-traffic.org/.


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'The Blob' Leaves US with Weird Weather, Say Experts
It's no secret that North America has seen some pretty odd weather recently. No, it's not nearly as disastrous as some excitable folks on Twitter make it out to be, but it is odd enough for the NOAA and meteorological associations to take notice. Now new research has revealed that a natural phenomenon called "The Blob" might be a primary cause behind this weird weather.
"In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 we started to notice a big, almost circular mass of water that just didn't cool off as much as it usually did, so by spring of 2014 it was warmer than we had ever seen it for that time of year," Nick Bond, a climate scientist at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, with the University of Washington (UW) and the NOAA, explained in a statement.
Bond started calling this mass "The Blob," just last June, after it refused to dissipate even months after it was first noticed. And just like its horror movie namesake, The Blob even started to grow, reaching 1,000 miles in each direction and 300 feet deep. At the time, it was suggested that this unusual patch of warm water was functioning almost like a localized El Niño - contributing to Washington state's mild winter in 2014 and signaling a warmer summer to come.
Now, 10 months later, The Blob is still around, just offshore from northern Mexico and reaching 1,000 miles up through Alaskan waters. Its waters remain about 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal, regardless of the season.
However, Bond and his colleagues are arguing that this is not some obscure consequence of climate change. Instead, they say it is a natural abnormality that they are struggling to wrap their heads around.
"It wasn't caused by global warming, but it's producing conditions that we think are going to be more common with global warming." Bond added, explaining that the NOAA and UW are now looking to The Blob to help them better understand and predict the effects of future warming on a larger scale. (Scroll to read on...)
As things stand, the NOAA has acknowledged that the world as a whole is progressively warming, with ocean surface temperatures leading the way in this potentially harmful - and arguably unnatural - change.
"This is a taste of what the ocean will be like in future decades," Bond added.
But if The Blob is not humanity's fault, what caused it?
To find the answer, Bond's joint research team looked to a persistent high-pressure ridge that caused a calmer ocean during the past two winters. Calmer water naturally takes longer to cool, as the very surface of a liquid can almost act as an insulator for what lies beneath. This is not all that different from when you blow on a bowl of hot soup. Without occasionally stirring the meal to ensure that warmer soup makes it to the surface, you'll be waiting all day.
The presence of a newly identified El Niño southern oscillation could also be what is helping keep The Blob around, as this natural phenomenon shifts new warm water in a north-eastward pattern across the globe.
So what is The Blob up to?
According to a study recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the joint research team determined that The Blob may be redirecting fish traffic, as it is packed with less nutrient-rich Pacific Ocean water. This could be disrupting the West Coast's delicate food webs, causing stunning school sightings in some unusual places.
Back in July, for instance, students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography on the Californian coast witnessed a massive anchovy school swim far closer to shore than normal. (Scroll to read on...)
[Credit: SIO / Julia Fiedler, Sean Crosby and Bonnie Ludka.]
"This anchovy phenomenon hasn't been seen by Scripps scientists for more than 30 years," the institute later reported on its Facebook page, admitting that they'd probably never figure out the cause for why it happened.
The authors of the study added that this food web disruption could even explain for the starving sea lion pups that are washing up on Californian beaches, and the mass deaths of West Coast seabirds.
But The Blob's impacts are not just felt over ocean waters. As air passes over warmer water and reaches the coast it brings more heat and less snow, which the paper shows helped cause historic drought conditions currently seen in California, Oregon, and Washington. That's a revelation that supports the NOAA's argument that the drought is a natural phenomenon unrelated to climate change.
Interestingly, The Blob's origins may also be causing some other crazy weather on a more global scale. A second report, also published in Geophysical Research Letters, details how changes in the northern Pacific Ocean sent unexpected atmospheric waves snaking across half the globe. This ransported more warm and dry air to North America's West Coast, even while the east was handed wet and cold storm conditions - a perfect recipe for the train of snow storms that was seen.
Past reports have reflected a similar understanding, where a warming Pacific Ocean - the result of climate change - can lead to far more snowstorms inbound for North America.
The author of this second study, UW atmospheric scientist Dennis Hartmann, added that these same patterns which gave birth to The Blob seem to have grown stronger since 1980. This overshadows and even counters the influences of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which traditionally maintains typical sea surface temperatures during the winter season.
"It's an interesting question if that's just natural variability happening or if there's something changing about how the Pacific Ocean behaves," Hartmann said. "I don't think we know the answer. Maybe it will go away quickly and we won't talk about it anymore, but if [The Blob] persists for a third year, then we'll know something really unusual is going on."
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Songstress Christina Milian, who also serves as social media correspondent on the TV talent competition show, The Voice, just posted a hot new photo on Facebook that's got us inspired.
In the shot, Christina is showing off sleek lengths and hot pink highlights—which she reveals are clip-ins. "LADIES! Isn't it fun to experiment and try new things?!" she asked her followers. "My 'thing' this month is colorful, clip-in, extensions!"
What do you think of Christina's new hair obsession? Would you go pink (or blue, or green, or…)?


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I have high hopes for this one! I can't wait to read it!
Publication: October 2015
Length: 251 pages
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
Rising actress Lowell Barton has problems ... Lots of them. One night, she tries to solve them with margaritas ... Lots of them. Unfortunately, she throws them up all over a police officer's shoes. And then a video of the incident shows up all over the Internet.
Now she needs to do damage control. Fast. What she needs is a story juicy enough to throw the press off. A new boyfriend -- a perfect, smoking hot new boyfriend -- that'd be just the thing.
Unfortunately, it's just the thin she doesn't have.
Deciding to throw caution to the wind and money at her mounting problems, Lowell hires a date. But when the sexy escort Kyle Richards steps out of her past and onto her doorstep, she finds herself in a fresh hell she couldn't have even imagined.
Is he the stepbrother- escort from hell, or just the hing to save her career -- and herself?
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I'm a software developer, so I make mistakes all the time. I do try to keep on top of them, but 'bugs (software defects)' and 'design' issues are innevitable when designing and developing software. I make dozens of mistakes every day just in order to discover solutions to problems, because much of that process is trial and error.
I also make the odd mistake that I shouldn't. Just plain simple cock-ups. No excuses, no hiding from it, i'm human and from time to time proper 'f-up'. Again in my profession I make sure I cover my ass with proper backups etc. Then there is when I knock a cup of tea over, or throw away or delete that important document, but hopefully again I got a resolve covered.
I hear all sorts of people admitting to making mistakes, especially users. I guess they need to since they are coming to me and my department for help. Will will often discover how they made particular mistakes.
However, I notice that many IT professionals apparently 'never make mistakes', or that's the line they take! I have often pondered on why it's so hard for many IT professionals to admit to mistakes. Is there an industry induced stigma? Are there methods to help affected IT professionals be more honest about reality?
For me, no mistakes = no learning, no knowledge, no experience, no wisdom. Come on, lets have your thoughts peeps!
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I make a fair few normally its due rushing and not having enough time. When I was a developer I would make the the occasional one, its impossible not to in that line work. The key is not making huge mistakes, so I never lt myself get rushed on big jobs or get pressured into doing something outside of my skill sets.
In my experience the ones who supposedly don't ever make mistakes are normally the worst culprits and are covering/not doing anything.
heres the other thread : http:/
so i dont think there is a stigma at all.
I'm willing to admit that I make mistakes, and I think there have been a handful of threads on here where people have talked about the mistakes that they have made.
In addition to that, I think that all of my IT coworkers would be willing to admit that they make mistakes as well. We are willing to talk about our mistakes so that we can learn from them.
heres the other thread : http:/
/ community.spiceworks.com/ topic/ 158439-stupidest-thing-you-ve-ever-done-in-it? page=1
so i dont think there is a stigma at all.
Its refreshing to see in the post 'Dogs' entered, that there are a great many IT bods that are quite humble. I can relate to those people very well. Anybody thought of writing a book of the worst f-up's admitted to? Could be money in that!
I do reckon though that there are many elitest types knocking around too. Don't any of you know some of these people (or organisations)?
An organisation I was dealing with in the past few days made a real humdinger and just couldn't/wouldn't see it. They had an edit dialog for a given drawing in our drawings DMS. In it they allowed the user to edit project_id's (foriegn keys) and project names independently of each other in a flat table structure. the upshot is that many projects with the same name had loads of different id's, and many project_id's had pointed to completely different and wrong projects. Not only did providing this edit functionality allow a non-technical user to make editing mistakes (and lot's were made), they could not see what was wrong with such a practice.
I tried to tempt them into accepting some responsibility by pointing out an issue that was our own (my own personal) fault and didn't help them much (a supporting lookup query that failed to bring back a required sister organisation for selection). There was another issue of ours that I pointed out and took responsibility for too. This was as if to say 'its OK to make a mistake', come on let's just resolve it and move on. It didn't work in the slightest.
In the end, we had to fix the corrupted data, and also had to get them to disable the entire edit functionality altogether. I'm now tasked with writing a brand new external to their system, edit dialog that allows users to select a given project (by name only) from a dynamic lookup (project_id consistent and hidden from the user).
Shame on OCE !
I made the silly mistake yesterday of installing the wrong graphics drivers on 2 computers. There were a few students in the room at the same time and they asked what had happened, and I truthfully explained and said I'd now have to fix it.
I make silly mistakes too, but unlike my users I have to fix them.
I like to tell people that I can only think of one person who didn't make any mistakes, and he died a little over 2000 years ago. No, I'm not terribly religious, but it gets the point across. We all make mistakes (even SAM has made a few I'll wager) - it just proves we're human after all. I like to think it's HOW we deal with them that makes the difference. If we own up to it, resolve the issue and move on I call that acting like a responsible adult. If all you can do is point fingers but never fix the problem, that's just being childish...
Knowing that I'll make mistakes and setting up procedures to minimize and be able to recover from them is part of living life. Good call, OP. I think you're talking about the ability to own mistakes. I've found that it really helps with people who deal with me on a daily basis. "That was my mistake," followed by what I should have done helps them understand that I understand what happened. Deflates the upset and outrage.
I just discovered yesterday that I had deleted some training videos from my home PC, and felt reasonably assured that I still had them at work. Oh dear, guess what, they weren't at work either. For a short while I thought I had lost them for good. Eventually I remembered that I had transferred them from one to the other using DropBox. Do DropBox keep deleted copies of such huge files? Fingers crossed. I'm quite lucky, I got most of them back. I have lost some training videos on best parctice topics such as Scrum and other Agile methodologies though.
You know what as well? I wrote a document at work a while ago (2008) on how to monitor/test the performance of a SQL Server machine in order to decipher if it's under too much load, and in what way. Guess what, I have no idea where it is now that I bleeted about it's merits to my manager. Its not in our DMS, or I can't find it anyway. I will have to both research the subject, and write it up again I guess.
Mistakes all the time me! Not to the point of being a problem, but it certainly teaches me a lot.
Oh, and I forgot to get some milk on the way home. The wife was not best pleased. She only asked me half an hour earlier.
The worse mistakes I ever made were :-
1) In my early days, changed the domain admin instead of local admin password. I spotted it quickly and any issues were averted.
2) Replaced the design on the names.nsf file of the Domino Server (Essentially the central address book. I knew what I'd done quite by accident, Had informed my manager after already logging an urgent support call with our 3rd party (at the time I couldn't see what template it should be and wsn't sure how to correct it, It was resolved very quickly and no damage done.
I forget where i heard it but its one i always quote.
"we don't learn anything from doing something right."
If the first time you wrote a script or installed a server it went perfect your lucky but you also didn't learn anything about actually doing the install or script. its when you have to find strange registry hacks or go through 200 lines of code to find a period that you start to learn what your doing.
I think something somebody else said in this thread sounds about right though. I fix my mistakes, and everybody else's. I have asked them to change my job title. I want to be known as the fixer. That's what i do all day is fix things.
I suppose in an earlier post the suggestion of blame being a little childish may be correct to some degree. I wouldn't have had to place blame on OCE if OCE could take some responsibility.
Though do bear in mind that blame and responsibility are similar depending on the context....
Blame is what's given when responsibility isn't or can't be taken!
Blame is deemed fine when handed down from above.
Blame is a 'game' however when handed back and forth sideways. Considered bad generally, but surely somebody usually could/should avert this by taking responsibility where it's obvious. Once the game starts, it's often difficult to get out of!
Blame is OK if played between big corporations MS vs Google vs Yahoo etc, but can't be sought between individuals without it being small minded it seems.
Responsibility when taken usually averts blame! Best course of action if you can take the responsibility for a given incident or design or whatever.
Responsibility (i.e. in the context of position) is a strange term sometimes, because some in positions of responsibility use that position to avoid any responsibility full stop, thus handing blame downward. That's ironic!
Blame/Responsibility? It's interesting what the difference/similarities are between the two.
All I know is that I often f-up and take responsibility for my actions, and when I do I'm quite harsh in speech and do refer to them quite publicly as f-ups rather than just mistakes. It just annoys me somewhat when some can't behave in a similar manner when it's plain simple and obvious that really they should.
I have f'd-up loads, and therefore consider myself to have learned a lot over the years, and continue to do so today. I know a few (only a few) who apparently 'never make any mistakes'. That's where the topic comes from, a little frustration at that fact that's all!
Great topic! I think any IT pro that claims to be without fault or error is full of crap! I mean come on.. "To err is human.."
SAM, since you are part machine, part unicorn, part bacon, and a smidge human (Human like the Terminator is human), you are exempt.
That's my point really - we all make mistakes, and the best of us make more mistakes than anybody else for sure. That's where the knowledge, experience, and wisdom come from - the mistakes!