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This Technical Change History provides a reverse chronological list of WebDNA changes. Scroll through the list as needed to view all changes beginning with the current version.
WebDNA 8.6
Fixed: [listalltags] works on fcgi but not on server versionFixed:[sendmail] is adding a one hour offset time in the mail headerFixed:[sendmail] mucks up the message when using a bcc field (&[email protected])Fixed: when using [LISTFILES ...] with a file that does not exist, message was "an unknown error occurred". This simple error fixed in 8.5 was still logged on ErrorLog.txt. Not anymore.New: search with "end with" (ew) is now availableNew: [wait 1000] would stop the execution of the current process for 1000msIf executed on a thread, would only affect the threadNew:[encrypt] has now a bcrypt methodNew:[getchars] or [listchars] have never been multi-byte capable. The code is using the traditional C style chars, and it assumes every character is a single byte. We produce a multi-byte capable version of [listchars] and [getchars]. They are named differently, [mblistchars] and [mbgetchars]. This way they don't mess up existing sites that aren't expecting them to be used on UTF-8New: Windows version of the FastCGINew: to specify the precision of a number, we must use [FORMAT .2f][math]25*34.567[/MATH][/FORMAT]. You can now use [MATH .2f]25*34.567[/MATH]New: [deletefields db=test.db&fieldnames=column1,column4]
WebDNA 8.5.1
Fixed:[session] fixed on Server version and improved on FastCGI version
WebDNA 8.5
Fixed: we have been working on a heavy loaded server to fix some rare bugs that only appear under high stress. WebDNA 8.5 is the most solid version ever.Fixed: crash problem with [xmlparse] when the source did not existNew: full release of BioType implementation for FastCGI only. Specific licensing for BioType service will be available in the store.New: automatic database encryption; any database with the string"encrypted" in its name will keep the disk copy encrypted, decrypted in RAM, and re-encrypted when written back to disk. Government-grade encryption.New: HTTPONLY, MAXAGE and RAW added to [setcookie]. RAW will let you add anything you want to the cookie.New:[hide][/hide] allows to hide WebDNA output from apacheFixed: when using [LISTFILES ...] with a file that does not exist, message was "an unknown error occurred". It is now managed by ErrorMessages.db with an entry: FileNotFound Error: File not found '[param1]'Fixed: [createdate] inside [listfiles] was showing last access time
Deprecated: MySQL is no longer supported by the server version. Oracle is very restrictive about licensing, forcing us to build as many versions as existing OS. Without MySQL, a single version of WebDNA server will run on any linux version. We can still build special "with MysQL" version for customers, for a fee.
02/22/2016 - WebDNA 8.2
Fixed: WebCatalog crashing sometimes after an email was sent, before it had moved the email to the EMailCompleted folder (Debian7/Ubuntu14)Fixed: small fix for CentOS 7 installer and /tmpFixed: [thisurlplusget] was not enabled in 8.1 server. It is imperative to update the module connector too.New:[JSONstore] can now store a jason object into a table. Was previously a db-only featureNew: New [encrypt] methods (SHA1 and AES GCM, a cipher mode of operation that uses universal hashing over a binary Galois field to provide authenticated encryption)New: passing an encapsulated variable in an [include]New: Powerful [middle] features have been added to handle complex text operationsNew: OSX server version will no longer need JAVA installedNew: introducing [biotype], a biometric keystroke dynamic system
01/15/2015 - WebDNA 8.0.3
New: WebDNA now recognizes png files as valid image files when using [fileinfo] to get the imagewidth and imageheight.New: STARTTLS feature added to WebDNA fastCGIFixed: JSONstore tag does not parse when the response contains ampersands: the data past any ampersand is not stored. We now convert ampersands into their hex representation % 26. Use [unurl] after you retrieve the data from the database.Fixed: WebDNA server with Ubuntu 14.04 appears to duplicates the outgoing emails.Fixed: In certain situation WebDNAMonitor has excessive memory usageNew: adding a [tcpconnect] timeoutNew:[movefolder]New:[renamefile]New:[renamefolder]Fixed: If you leave the "replace" parameter out of a [grep] context, WebDNA crashes.New: The versions of CentOS 6, CentOS 7, Debian 7, Ubuntu 12 and Ubuntu 14 have now a gdebi or a yum installer that takes care of dependencies. A single line of command does it all.New: New installers for the FastCGI version of WebDNANew: New package installer for Yosemite
11/14/2014 - WebDNA 8.0.1
New: The new tag is a "cell" [JSONstore][/JSONstore] that can parse and store multidimensional JSON object into a WebDNA database.New: OSX WebDNA server now runs in 64bit
WebDNA FastCGI (7.1)
WebDNA 7.1 fixes should be considered as a "light" version of WebDNA 7.0. WebDNA 7.1 will exist for LINUX 32bits, LINUX 64bits, OS X 64bits, Solaris 32bits and FreeBSD 32bits and 64bits. The footprint of WebDNA 7.1 is smaller and the engine is slightly faster than 7.0. It also fixes few old bugs.
Fixed: authentication credentials being reused by other fastcgi queries on Linux in [protect] using lighttpd as webserver (7.1.131)Fixed: mixing a get request with a form that POSTs data corrupts the posted form data(7.1.131)Fixed: mod_fcgid creating error "Error: template security preferences do not allow remote access to files with that extension". (7.1.705)Fixed: mod_fastcgi 2.4.6 and earlier (linux version) stores the Content-Length value in the wrong table and serves it from there. (7.1.702)Fixed:[math] variables with underscore in their name are not recognized (7.1.699)Fixed: The SMTP AUTH password remains in the WebDNA interface and cannot be removed (7.1.694)Fixed: Xerces and Xalan have been unofficially upgraded for use on 64bit OSX (7.0.630)Fixed: Accelerator certificate not being recognized when there is an hyphen in the domain name. (7.0.627)Changed: limit of 1,000,000 bytes for the full request headers. Changed to 100MB. (7.0.623)Fixed: [OSX only] "Error: template security preferences do not allow remote access to files with that extension".FastCGI module was providing the filename to open in PATH_TRANSLATED instead of inside of SCRIPT_FILENAME (7.0.622)Fixed: removed undocumented comma delimiters inside the [table] context. (7.0.619)Fixed: [OSX only] semaphore errors. (7.0.618)Deprecated: MySQL libraries are not linked anymore by this build and MySQL is not supportedDeprecated: WebDNA doesn't need JAVA anymore
11/1/2012 - WebDNA FastCGI (7.1)
WebDNA FastCGI 7.0
Fixed: Certificate Accelerator validation routine fails out if using a wrong number, and causes the page not reloading.Fixed: libmysqlclient.so.15/libmysqlclient.so.16 problem for the glibcv3 versionChanged: The 6.2 code always reloaded the db after 100 lines, as a security for users who choose to never commit to disk. Changed to 1,000 lines.Fixed: the [append] tag was writing to DISK instead of writing to RAM. It now depends on the AutoCommit value in prefs.Fixed:[formvariables] context bug when using ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data": issue with the processing of multipart post.Fixed:[sendmail] problem with the FreeBSD version because of a threading problem. Fixed by forcing it to use libpthread instead of libc_rFixed: bug when the [math] variable name includes a number like in [math]thetest3=43[/math]Fixed:triggers now work with unlicensed versionFixed: the triggers are not properly workingFixed:[returnraw] - http status codes was not working on all platforms due of Apache 2.0 changes in the API and also the WebDNA module was not accommodating all status codes.Fixed: [createdate] and [moddate] were being confused on unix machines in both the [listfiles] context and [fileinfo] context.Fixed: [date format=] was not working on all platformsFixed: mysql Windows bugFixed: xerces only works in 32bit mode under OSXFixed:[setmimeheader] is now working as expected. Example: [setmimeheader name=Content-Type&value=text/xml]Fixed:[shownext] was not properly working under OSX with apacheFixed: PATH_TRANSLATED under OSX and SolarisFixed: <!--HAS_WEBDNA_TAGS_ENCRYPTED_2--> was not workingFixed: [setcookie] was not writing anymore to the browser.Fixed:[redirect] was not workingFixed: Using GET, like test.dna?thetest=thisisasmalltest was passing only "[thetest]"Fixed: Some fixes for potential URL volnurabilities. Fixed: [appendfile file=test.html]More text[/appendfile] was creating an empty file when it should have written "More text".Fixed: [writefile file=test.html]Some text[/writefile] was creating an empty file when it should have written "Some text".Fixed: [OS X only] [ipaddress] not workingFixed: [OS X only] [referrer] was showing "FastCGI"Fixed: the delete command could delete items in a database, even when it is not allowed as a (URL) command.Fixed: Introducing an URL variable name using a context name was producing strange results. The ?text= bug is now checking for known contexts, and if it is not a known context, it does the appropriate thing. For example, the variable setting via GET is working, but the ?text= is blocked
5/15/2011 - WebDNA FastCGI beta
Features - process isolation - alternative WebServer possibilites - domain-based licensing systemNew: SMTP auth enable with [sendmail]New: /WebCatalog folder eliminatedNew: config file is now webdna.iniNew: [isaccelerated] tag returns "T" or "F"New: [islicensed] returns "T" or "F". If the Certificate Accelerator matches the domain, we will get a "T", otherwise, we get a "F" and WebDNA will run as freeware. Locally (127.0.0.1 or "localhost"), WebDNA will always run in accelerated modeNew: solid blowfish option for [encrypt]New: xalan and xerces are now integrated into the binaryNew: [thishost] shows the server name WebDNA is running onNew: [listallcontexts] shows a list of all reserved context namesNew: [thisport] shows the port number of the server WebDNA is running on.New: added the new tag [thirurlplusget][thisurl] tag includes the variables:/x/y/z/index.dnaand [thirurlplusget] tag includes the values:/x/y/z/index.dna?a=b&c=dDeprecated: [applescript]Eliminated: phone home systemEliminated: the URL command systemEliminated: sandboxes and "global"Eliminated: old licensing system (domain limits, versions...)Note: eCommerce Tags from 6.x version not supported anymore, although they have not been deprecated.
WebDNA Server 6.2 (CICADA) Engine Bug list
[search] - Incorrect search results when using a negative number for search criteria against type=num field data.
Windows Build - ISAPI filter no longer registers the "read raw data" mode. Filter is also set to 'normal' priority. This should improve compatibility with newer version of IIS. i386 and x86_64 (intel/AMD) Linux Support for:Ubuntu 7.x and 8.x, Fedora 10x, OpenSUSE 11.1x, CentOS 5.2x and RHEL 5x. (Note: installer script *could* work for many other distros, although only the above have been tested) | {
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City Screen Saturday Kids' Club
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Every Saturday at 10:30am. Creative activities, fun and games for kids club members are followed by a children's film at 11.15am.£1.50 for adults and children.PLEASE NOTE: Parents may leave children over eight alone in screenings but should be aware that the cinema is not providing any official childcare. We do, though, take special precautions for Kids' Club screenings to provide as safe an environment as possible for younger audiences. These include increased staffing and ensuring that customers over 18 are not permitted to the screening unless they are accompanying a child. If you leave your children in the cinema please be there on time to collect them at the end of the film.
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The FIS also reserves the right to refuse or delete publication of any organisation or information which it believes, or for which evidence has been provided, contravenes the laws of the UK. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the Family Services Directory. | {
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LOS ANGELES – A new technique for repairing the most common cardiac birth defect in newborns, commonly referred to as “a hole in the heart,” has been used successfully to rectify the condition in six premature infants without subjecting them to open-heart surgery, Cedars-Sinai reported today.
The technique for repairing the condition, patent ductus arteriosus, also called PDA, was published online by the peer-reviewed medical journal Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the official journal of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
The study, published in the journal’s July print edition, was developed by a team in the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute’s Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program led by Dr. Evan M. Zahn, an expert in congenital heart disease, according to a Cedars statement.
“Just a few short years ago, the only treatments available for these babies was an intravenous medication regimen or heart surgery,” said Zahn, co- director of the Heart Institute’s Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program and a leader in the field of nonsurgical cardiac interventions for pediatric patients. “Yet many of these babies are so fragile that we needed additional treatment options to ensure that these children have a healthy future ahead of them.”
Patent ductus arteriosus is a condition in which a blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus, which routes blood around the baby’s lungs prior to birth, does not close naturally as it should within a couple of days after birth. The opening leads to abnormal blood flow and can cause symptoms ranging from fast breathing and difficult feeding to brain hemorrhage and death in premature infants.
The study in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions followed six severely premature infants who were born with patent ductus arteriosus when they were between 26 and 31 weeks gestation. The babies in the study were between 16 and 80 days old and weighed between 1.9 and 4.9 pounds. All the infants in the study had successful closure procedures and did not experience complications.
Zahn and his team developed a catheter-based technique that employed sophisticated imaging technologies fluoroscopy and echocardiography to guide the physicians through the delicate closure procedure, according to the Cedars- Sinai statement.
“The development of new minimally invasive techniques to treat babies with PDA is a major step forward,” said Dr. Eduardo Marban, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. “The tiny size of premature infants renders open- chest surgery exceedingly risky…” | {
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3D sonar imaging has provided a new look into the shipwreck of the USS Hatteras, a Union ship which was sunk off the coast of Galveston, Texas during the US Civil War. Only two men died the day the ship sank - Irishmen William Healy and John Cleary...READ MORE | {
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Hand-painted porcelain has a long tradition in Hungary going back almost two centuries. While Anna Weatherley's designs are refreshingly rooted in history, they are equally at home in contemporary or traditional settings. Measures 10". Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. | {
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You must have the Demo version or the full version to use this release.
Please note you will need your registration details (Name, Customer Number and Serial Number) to use the non-demo versions available here.
If you only have the demo download the demo version updates only.
Updater utility included. Simply run the "SC Updater PPC" (or "SC Updater Carbon" for Carbon updates) and select the version of Star Conquest you want updated to 1.1b3.
This version will not support 1.0 games. Make sure you complete any existing 1.0 games before updating to this version.
-Extended error reporting during game startup.
-Added option to Preferences dialog that controls whether informnation windows and popup menus are automatically closed.
-Added Design Information pop-up on Star Base Information Panel so you can quickly view number of Star Ships operational for each Design.
-Fixed bug on Universe Templates. Old Universe Templates are no longer supported.
-Minor graphics updates included to improve look of "Stars" theme.
-Changed Set Destination cursor so should be visible on Carbon/OS X and Classic Mac OS.
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Tag Archive: Super7
If you’re a fan of action figures, Super7 delivered again with a sneak peek at a whole host of action figure cards for its ReAction line, expected to be fleshed out even more this weekend at New York Toy Fair 2019. How much fun is in this single photograph? We’re expecting Super7 will be revealing details this weekend, but until then, here’s what we can tell is coming soon from the toy company’s line of licensed, retro 3.75-inch action figures with the classic Kenner five points of articulation.
In the top row we’re seeing that Super7 is preparing three figures from John Carpenter’s They Live, a sci-fi classic fans of the ReAction line have been asking for for years. So there are cards for Roddy Piper’s JohnNada (before the fight and after? without bubblegum?), and a male and female alien (nope, no Frank or Holly).
The eight Rocky IV figures include the previously announced Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago (both in boxing ring attire), Rocky and Drago (in final round outfits), Rocky (winter training), and Sico the Robot. Add to that a Carl Weathers Apollo Creed and a mystery figure (most likely blacked out because the likeness hasn’t been approved yet), maybe Brigitte Nielsen’s Ludmilla or Talia Shire’s Adrian? Burt Young’s Paulie? We’re hoping Super 7 may be looking back a movie to Rocky III and Mr. T’s Clubber Lang.
The Super7 Major League Baseball “Supersports” line-up has some great picks: In addition to Jackie Robinson, we see Roy Campanella, Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mays, Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, and two others under the Classic All-Stars logo, including Juan Marichal, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra, plus Madison Bumgarner and at least one other under the Baseball All-Stars logo. We’re guessing there are four Mascots in the initial wave, including the Giants’ Crazy Crab, Mr. Met, and the Phillie Phanatic.
The first Aliens line has all the right figures, a new Sigourney Weaver Ellen Ripley, plus Bill Paxton’s PrivateHudson, Jenette Goldstein’s Private Vasquez, a seriously messed-up Lance Henriksen’s Bishop, and a new Xenomorph variant. Is there a Michael Biehn Corporal Hicks hiding off-camera? Maybe a Jonesy and Newt combo pack?
Since the announcement of the retro-style Kenner action figures in 2013 from Funko and Super7 (now exclusively produced by Super7), we’ve been excited to see the next license to find its way into the 3.75-inch, five points of articulation format (we’ve discussed hundreds of the licensed figures in the ReAction line here at borg over the years). At each New York Toy Fair, Super7 has amassed everything from Alien to CW’s Arrow, and this coming weekend’s New York Toy Fair 2019 will be no different. The biggest moneymaker for Super7 will no doubt be a series of twelve Major League Baseballaction figures, including the great #42 Jackie Robinson, plus three mascot figures, all expected to be released this year during the All-Star Game to commemorate the centennial of Robinson’s birth.
But there’s more in store for movie fans. As previewed here last year and first seen at New York Toy Fair 2017 via prototype sculpts, final versions of Wave Two of the Planet of the Apes action figure line will be on display (and see below to pre-order now each from Entertainment Earth, which just opened pre-orders for the series). You’ll need to decide for yourself which is the coolest of the bunch: Cornelius in the ancient American spacesuit as seen in the opening to Escape from the Planet of the Apes, or the 5.5-inch Lawgiver statue from Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Other figures include General Aldo from Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the creepy Mendez XXVI from Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and two Gorilla Soldiers, a Patrolman and Hunter to build your armies from Planet of the Apes. The carded figures feature original card art by Ed Repka, the Lawgiver comes in retro-style packaging and all of the figures come with accessories.
Attendees of New York Toy Fair at the Super7 booth will also find early looks at a new line of figures from Rocky IV. The series includes Rocky and Ivan Drago (both in ring attire), Rocky and Ivan Drago (in final round outfits), Rocky (winter training), and the figure you didn’t know you wanted: Sico the Robot.
Here are images of other figures in the new wave of Planet of the Apes:
Super7 is returning to San Diego Comic-Con in two weeks with more great new products for 2018. And you can find new releases not only in the main dealer area at SDCC (Booth #4945), but at two events at the Super7 downtown store at 701 8th Avenue (a 10-minute walk from the San Diego Convention Center)–with some items only available at the store. For the first offsite sale, Hordak’s Lair from Masters of the Universe is the theme of the first event Wednesday, July 18, from 9 p.m. to Midnight and Thursday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. It will feature the latest Super7 MOTU releases as well as exclusives and debuts created specifically for the event, like an exclusive 5.5-inch Laughing Prince Adam figure. Limited quantities will be available only at the Super7 store, with another opportunity to order for October delivery being announced at the Super7 website soon. Hordak’s Lair will also offer an exclusive site-only sale of a new She-Ra & Hordak 3.75-inch ReAction figure 2-pack with new, original card art by Jason Edmiston. Super7 will also premiere its new blind box assortment of She-Ra Keshi 1.75-inch Figures.
Then the Super7 switches gears for a Universal Monsters “Boodega Corner Monstore” Friday, July 20, from 9 p.m. to Midnight, Saturday, July 21, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, July 22, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. That will be the only place to score four Universal Monsters on these new cardbacks:
Other exclusives at the Boodega only include four Universal Monsters 7″ x 21″ felt pennants and enamel pins. So what’s available at the actual convention?
San Francisco-based toy company Super7 announced several exclusives this week that the company will be offering at San Diego Comic Con later this month, including a giant Haunted House to be used with their 3 3/4 inch action figure line with Funko toys. Super7’s biggest playset so far, the Haunted House is designed to fit any and all 3 3/4 ReAction figures and classic Kenner figures. Measuring in at a whopping 25” wide and 20” tall, the three-story mansion is packed with trap doors, concealed entrances, hidden rooms and secret passages.
Super7 spent almost an entire year developing this playset to match the vintage cardboard playsets of the 1970s. Loaded with over 60 individually painted panels and countless custom double-pass die-cuts on both sides of every board, the Haunted House may look simple, but this was the most complex toy Super7 has ever produced. Available exclusively from Super7, the Haunted House playset will be available for $75 each, limit one per person at SDCC booth #4945 (action figures not included). Look below for close-up photos.
Super7 will also be offering two Nightmare Before Christmas action figures, and a four-figure Universal Monster monster playset including a crypt. Super7 will also be offering a Masters of the Universe prototype set, available only at Skeletor’s Lair during SDCC at 701 8th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. | {
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post9122677944410382264..comments2018-03-19T21:20:05.360-05:00Comments on Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen: Good GriefBarry [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-36545765292914629102013-02-05T11:00:09.555-06:002013-02-05T11:00:09.555-06:0010:55, No problem, but I will clarify further for ...10:55, No problem, but I will clarify further for you on mental illness so your still not troubled by my post. Mental illness is a very difficult subject for anyone to wrap their head around and I do not think there are easy answers. I would not lock them all up.<br /><br />Many folks with mental illness are productive citizens and are no worry to public safety. I am talking about the folks who have a clear history of violence, lack of self control, and extreme behavior. Sending them to Wichita for a few months and loading them up on drug cocktails distributed by the Dr.'s at the low end of the talent pool is not the [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-89565524639241799902013-02-04T22:55:08.327-06:002013-02-04T22:55:08.327-06:005:05, thank you for clarifying. I'm still some...5:05, thank you for clarifying. I'm still somewhat troubled by your earlier post. While I'm not sure I disagree with you, it sounds like you might be oversimplifying the issue of "mental illness." Determining which mental illnesses warrant being "locked up" and which ones don't is a debate that's been going on for a very long time. There simply isn't an easy [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-26970773918559593932013-02-04T21:41:03.106-06:002013-02-04T21:41:03.106-06:00Dems hate guns, Repubs hate middle class. We need ...Dems hate guns, Repubs hate middle class. We need a new [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-6160101937575652942013-02-04T21:19:47.851-06:002013-02-04T21:19:47.851-06:00Sometimes you just can't fix people who want t...Sometimes you just can't fix people who want to die. My spouse committed suicide many years ago, not for one minute did I think it was my fault. Yes, I was sad he did it, but it was his choice. Thank goodness he didn't take me, the kids or anyone else with him. I know this was a child that committed suicide, but chances are he was never going to be okay. No it wasn't the guns fault, if he was going to kill himself,he could have done it in many different [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-8618277731975348992013-02-04T21:13:21.528-06:002013-02-04T21:13:21.528-06:00I agree with you. If these libs would pull their h...I agree with you. If these libs would pull their head out of the sand & look around, they would see the gene pool is very weak. I worked in public education for over 20 years & some people should not breed. Heck, you don't have to work at school to see that's, just go to Walmart. I can't stand to go to Walmart. There are so many nasty, tattooed, fat disgusting illiterate people there. I grew up in Wise County & love it here, but I go to Southlake to shop. [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-87117918016201989512013-02-04T20:08:30.716-06:002013-02-04T20:08:30.716-06:00You want stats? Research the cities with the highe...You want stats? Research the cities with the highest rate of violent gun crimes vs the cities with the strictest gun control. Might find a bit of a [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-9709772400934971872013-02-04T19:37:37.522-06:002013-02-04T19:37:37.522-06:001:45 Agree somewhat but you and conservs can't... 1:45 Agree somewhat but you and conservs can't have it both ways lock em all up but cut budgets for all health services especially mental health and bitch about cost of keeping criminals locked away. Better have a big check book cause whether you like it or not your idea is gonna [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-61384698675577313252013-02-04T17:35:15.314-06:002013-02-04T17:35:15.314-06:00Maybe the reason there is not a lot of publicity a...Maybe the reason there is not a lot of publicity about how guns prevented crimes is that it seldom happens. Just like the "3 rapes that were stopped last night" by women with guns - without any documentation of this "fact". It's hard to prove a negative but we know there were over 250,000 gun deaths in the last 10 years while there were 6,500 US military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. <br /><br />I believe that there are far too many guns too readily available to too many mentally disturbed people and criminals. This is a problem that is much greater in the USA than in any other developed nation. Why can't we try to fix [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-50301392940147230372013-02-04T17:05:20.231-06:002013-02-04T17:05:20.231-06:004:31...Defective enough to take another humans lif...4:31...Defective enough to take another humans life in pursuit of crime, fantasy, excitement, jealousy or any other reason outside of self-defense.<br /><br />And yes, I am highly defective myself, just not in ways that are generally harmful to the public. I sometimes pee sideways, I have a toothy grin, my cheeks do not have a pinkish hue, everytime I see the word "juxtapose" I think of something I am "just supposed" to do, I cannot do Algebra, I love menudo (the band too), and last but not least I comment on this [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-30809636448368212502013-02-04T16:31:54.855-06:002013-02-04T16:31:54.855-06:001:46, "We release defective humans into socie...1:46, "We release defective humans into society every day."<br /><br />Are you suggesting that there are humans who are not defective? (Aside from yourself, of course.)[email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-80477364195895738502013-02-04T13:56:02.031-06:002013-02-04T13:56:02.031-06:00This reminds me of the bumper sticker..."Don&...This reminds me of the bumper sticker..."Don't shoot your classmates, shoot yourself."[email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-37400337501177641912013-02-04T13:46:21.087-06:002013-02-04T13:46:21.087-06:0010:32...Because if you had an ounce of common sens...10:32...Because if you had an ounce of common sense you would quickly realize how this will play out in the real world. If you think people with a mental illness were reluctant to seek help or disclose that illness before, just wait. Also, it is not the amount of guns in circulation, but who has access to them. Career criminals usually do not obtain guns through background checks, they steal them or buy them illegally. With more attention being paid to the mentally ill, it will ulitimately lead to a larger black market for illegally traded/obtained guns. That means more home invasions, more gun store robberies, and guns and high capacity magazines manufactured by small machine shops. There is going to be an even larger black market for ammunition.<br /><br />What you libs get about the war on drugs you cannot seem to understand about gun control. I am not here trying to bash you, just think this through. If you libs would allow us to keep the mentally ill locked away as well as career criminals then we would have a workable solution. Funny that defective guns rarely make it past outgoing inspection at any gun manufacturer, but we release defective humans into society every [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-35785162272597475902013-02-04T13:34:01.221-06:002013-02-04T13:34:01.221-06:00Took one out of the Gene Pool, awesome.Took one out of the Gene Pool, [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-13312966872366971552013-02-04T12:44:49.969-06:002013-02-04T12:44:49.969-06:00@11:32: Yes they do, and some also want to inflic...@11:32: Yes they do, and some also want to inflict pain on the ones that love them on their way [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-49447866969393977372013-02-04T12:30:40.384-06:002013-02-04T12:30:40.384-06:00The pain is temporary the life is permanent.The pain is temporary the life is [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-83975581193781132762013-02-04T11:32:07.651-06:002013-02-04T11:32:07.651-06:00People don't necessarily kill themselves to en...People don't necessarily kill themselves to end their life, they do it to end the [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-7914591716827066272013-02-04T11:12:09.282-06:002013-02-04T11:12:09.282-06:00You don't hear about all the crimes that are s...You don't hear about all the crimes that are stopped by the use of guns. If the media covered those stories with the attention they give the others, the general public would see how gun control will not work. But then, that would go against their liberal agenda. [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-87434043513883808902013-02-04T11:03:53.593-06:002013-02-04T11:03:53.593-06:00because it accomplishes nothing.
passing laws to ...because it accomplishes nothing.<br /><br />passing laws to make yourself feel better just ads another layer to the fail that is the U.S. Governmentthat [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-33484213769552016702013-02-04T11:02:46.101-06:002013-02-04T11:02:46.101-06:00Three rapes were stopped last night by women prote...Three rapes were stopped last night by women protecting themselves with guns.<br /><br /><br />I'm just glad we have childproof medicine bottles or this young man would've used aspirin to kill himself instead. A much slower [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-26317288038389891922013-02-04T10:59:31.704-06:002013-02-04T10:59:31.704-06:00Remember, suicides are mostly ignored by media. Th...Remember, suicides are mostly ignored by media. This happens all the [email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-3021633875615005522013-02-04T10:32:53.801-06:002013-02-04T10:32:53.801-06:00Remind me again how more attention being paid to m...Remind me again how more attention being paid to mental-health issues and fewer guns in circulation is a bad thing?<br /><br />[email protected] | {
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Image of the Day: Well, That's One Way to Sell a Movie
So now that the found-footage genre has covered everything from ghosts to space monsters to exorcisms, it's time to find a new angle to exploit, right? That's where the film The Lost Coast Tapes comes in, which is currently up for sale at the American Film Market. This found-footage flick has chosen the legend of Bigfoot as its entry point into the genre, and it apparently follows a documentary crew who head into the woods to prove that claims of a real Sasquatch are nothing but a hoax. Based on this impressive, can't-take-your-eyes-off-it sales poster, something tells us it's not a hoax.
While the poster is real cool, we have no idea what the finished product looks like, yet we readily admit that it's a fun -- if not expected -- concept. We also dig the tagline, "It Doesn't Like Being Called A Hoax," though we can't imagine a creature like Bigfoot even understanding what the word "hoax" means. Relative newcomer Corey Grant directed the film, which stars a few up-and-comers from shows like The Closer and Law & Order, but we've come to expect that from found-footage movies since part of what makes them spookier (and more authentic) is that they star folks we've never seen before.
No word on release since it first has to sell, but damn it if that's not one of the cooler posters we've seen all year. For further updates on this film's future, keep tabs on its Facebook page. Whaddya think? Would you see this?
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Paul Hurst post Sheffield United
Paul Hurst couldn’t hide his disappointment seeing his unbeaten start as Town boss come to end at Bramall Lane, after his side saw two players sent off during the first period at Bramall Lane.
The 2-0 lead given to Sheffield United after first half strikes from Billy Sharp and Stefan Scougall were compounded by red cards for Jim O’Brien and Abu Ogogo.
Despite the result, Hurst said that he could not fault his players.
“I am proud of them and they did put a shift in, but it’s hard when you’ve just lost a game, even in those circumstances.
“We managed to get a goal, a fantastic goal from Louis Dodds, I’ve been aware of him for a long time, but he’s shown it in training and when it matters today with a fantastic finish.”
The boss felt that the direction of the ball for the first offence - which saw O’Brien dismissed - implied that his player had won the ball.
“The penalty and the red card, which I’ve just watched back there, you can see the ball change direction clearly, no where near the direction where the United player would want to touch the ball.
“How can it be a deliberate foul? It looks like he’s clearly won the ball.”
The second red card of the afternoon also angered Hurst, who felt that Ogogo’s offence was nothing near being a dangerous challenge.
“He obviously catches him, but is there intent? Are we trying to take tackling out of the game? I don’t know.
Hurst went on: “I need to see it zoomed in, but looking at it, he couldn’t wait to get his red card out.”
Despite the cards, the boss does not believe that there is a disciplinary problem within the players and he won’t ask them to change, insisting that when you’re in the position that Town are, you have to show aggression in your play.
“We are second bottom, and we need people who are willing to fight.
“It doesn’t concern me. My first thought is that he’s slightly late. I’ve seen him fly into tackles and I don’t want to take that out of him.
“I’m not sure there’s a discipline problem and I’m not going to ask them to start shirking challenges.
The second half was an uphill task and Town fought gallantly to get their goal and keep United out at the other end and Hurst likened it to the sort of thing that you would see at the training ground during the week.
“It was a bit like a training ground exercise, one that you wouldn’t do for too long because it’s almost unkind on the nine players.
“At half time you know that the game as realistically gone.”
Hurst had a tricky decision to make in goal, as Mark Halstead performed brilliant in Jayson Leutwiler’s absence last week, and the boss is pleased to have such dilemmas when selecting his team.
On Halstead, he said: “He was excellent. Although it’s nice for keepers to make saves, he has been overworked at times. He can be proud of his performance.
“At the minute I feel like I’m in a good position, in having two keepers available to me, and whoever I left out it would have been extremely harsh.” | {
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Has anybody else found that the rates offered seem to be less than ever, at a time when most countries have a high inflation rate and when we really should be putting rates up?
I've been offered work from 0.05 EUR, this for work which is specialist medical translation, many more examples, but the bottom line is that the hourly rate offered at the moment is around 12 Euros per hour. As a cleaner in the UK would earn around 9-10 euros per hour, this seems a bit low to say the least. I certainly charge more than 0.11 euros per word.
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Unfortunately there are people willing to work for those ridiculous rates, that’s why companies are offering them. I had a similar offer this week, 0,06 for medical translations, which I refused. I always wonder how people who accept such low rates pay their taxes, social security, utilities, etc., especially in a time where all of those items are going up. Unless they are doing their “business” illegally, so no taxes or social security to pay.
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I agree with Sandra, that "there are people willing to work for those ridiculous rates" and that is the reason the rates are so low. Since we cannot force people to increase their rates (everybody is free to offer any rate that they deem appropriate), we have to live with this reality.
Personally, I do not change my rates, never did it, never will. I have been offered a large number of times work at such low rates, I had to reiterate my rates to the client. As long as most people are decent enough to offer decent rates, we do not need to worry. As for the people who work at ridiculously low rates, it is their CHEAP LABOR not ours. If I had the power to change this scene, I would be a politician now.
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There is, quite simply an oversupply of agencies in addition to a surfeit of translators. Before the Internet, there were relatively few agencies in operation; they competed on the basis of location (proximity to various industries), specialty, services provided, and finally price. Translators were considered knowledge workers.
The PC revolution and subsequently the Internet brought an explosion of information to be translated. But the quality of this information did not necessarily improve. Documents were "generated," not carefully written as in earlier times, as creating multiple drafts of a document took little effort. Few companies wanted to pay $500 each for translations of several versions of a proposal that finally was discarded. This had a throttling effect on prices. With the rise of the Internet, almost anyone vaguely familiar with another language, a computer and an Internet connection could become a translator (no subject matter knowledge or reference material required, if the Kudoz questions are any indication).
In the meantime, enterprising translators have set up shop as agencies. This is not to say there aren't new agencies that offer high-quality products and services to their clients, but by all appearances, there are a lot of companies nowadays that compete on price alone, with no value added apart from acting as a middleman between end client and translator. Since they are not full-service agencies, they can easily offer their clients half the rate of a full-service agency while making a nice profit by paying even lower rates to their translators.
As many people wiser than I have pointed out, there is more than one translation market. Unfortunately the bottom segment appears to be the fastest-growing.
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ThayengaGermany Local time: 22:48Member (2009) English to German + ...
Translators and agencies
Nov 13, 2011
Just recently an agency offered me an on-going project which sounded quite promising until I checked out the actual scope of work involved in this "translation" as outlined in their contract they wanted me to sign. These requirements went far beyond just translating. The work scope for every translation included extensive research and formatting, listing both the source and the target languages' terms on a separate Excel sheet with explanations why these were being used or why they didn't work with the appropriate justification, etc.
Based on these additional requirements my hourly rate would have been around 3.15 Euros. The present minimum wage for unskilled workers in my country is 5.50 Euros an hour (to be raised in the near future). Needless to say that I turned the job down with reference to the minimum wage which seemed to have left the agency "speechless".
The problem is that there are many translators located in countries with a low per capita income. In fact, I know of one agency which seeks native German speakers exclusively in the Russian Federation because there USD 0.06 make a decent income.
As Robert stated, supply and demand are the key words in any business, especially in the translation industry.
From the agency's viewpoint, why should they pay EUR 0.12 - 0.15 per source word when they can get the job done for USD 0.06 (at today's conversion rate EUR 0.04231) or less?
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wonita (X)China Local time: 18:48
Fast-growing or not,
Nov 13, 2011
Kevin Fulton wrote:As many people wiser than I have pointed out, there is more than one translation market. Unfortunately the bottom segment appears to be the fastest-growing.
This is a never-ending story. Personally, I write to translation agencies offering these rates politely but firmly, that with rates under a certain amount I'd be working for the same money as any local plumber. Although plumber is a nice profession requiring certain knowledge and skills, translation does require higher qualifications and continuous education. Therefore, I am not willing to work at plumber's rates.
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Garazi Alberdi (X)Spain Local time: 22:48 English to Spanish + ...
the same here...
Nov 13, 2011
I was asked my rates from Spanish to Basque and when they recieved my e-mail, the company replied immediately telling me that they couldn't accept my budget ( I was asking for 0,08EUR per word). Surprisingly, the person who was telling me that I was kind of crazy had nothing to do with translation, he is a businessman and doesn't know anything about the time and effort that requires a good translation.
I am quite new in the business and I am willing to have big projects and work as a professional translator, but I would never accept low rates (the company was offering me 0,04EUR per word) because I have to pay my bills and our work must be appreciated.
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Plumbing jobs have a certain reasonable rate, I haven't seen ridiculous plumbing rates nor ridiculous electrician's rates, but translation rates are often ridculous, specially when you sit in a canape with the good, the bad , the ugly and the ridiculous sitting together. They say 'anybody can translate' but any Tom, Dick and Harry can't attempt plumbing. I hope I have not offended anyone.
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Plumbing jobs have a certain reasonable rate, I haven't seen ridiculous plumbing rates nor ridiculous electrician's rates, but translation rates are often ridculous, specially when you sit in a canape with the good, the bad , the ugly and the ridiculous sitting together. They say 'anybody can translate' but any Tom, Dick and Harry can't attempt plumbing. I hope I have not offended anyone.
I remember a few years back I was invited for an interview with a potential client who needed a conference interpreter. When asked for a daily/hourly rate, I provided the figures to them. And by the way, they were nowhere near the rates that I have now, actually it was about half the current amount.The client tried to act in the following manner: "(laugh) - Son, are you kidding me? This is ridiculous. Who is going to accept rates like this?"To which I happily informed them that I have been working for over 10 years within which my rates have been accepted by clients who ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE MONEY (NO OFFENCE) AND ARE READY FOR THE EVENT.I said that if they are not ready for the event, i.e. don't have the necessary budget set aside, or think they can find any other interpreters who will do the job for lower amount - they should reconsider having the conference, or be ready to suffer the repercussions in terms of event disruption or poor interpretation quality.They came back to me in 2 days and kindly asked me to do the job, accepting the given rates.
Now, I understand that the situation with document translation is entirely different. But even then, whenever I hear clients say that "anyone can translate", I just shrug them off by saying that the fact we are still having this conversation is a proof to the contrary. However, if "anyone can do my job", then I just don't have time for discussions of this sort. I just say "go ahead and find your "anyone", while I will engage in some real business with some actually reasonable clients who hopefully are not as impaired intelligently (with all due respect)." Period.
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The other day I have been seeing the profiles and rates of persons which have been awarded with jobs on another translation portal (just discovered that they sometimes mention the awarded translator). And understood why I have never received job from there. In my language combination it was around 7 EUR per standard page, in other combinations I saw rates bellow 6 EUR per page.No comment.
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I interpret for a big client, and just recently made a bid for their translation business as well. We've been working together for a while, so they were kind enough to share their market research with me: they found translators who would offer 0.10 USD and 0.08 USD per English word (you generally get 100 English words to 150 Chinese characters). I was planning to outsource this job at 0.10 USD per Chinese character, and have a proofreader fee for myself, so at this point I just threw in the towel. I've had too many conversations with them, and they're not listening. So I'll just go on with the interpreting work.
What frustrates me is that it's not like they can't see the quality difference. The people I've been undercut by are not translating into their native languages. We've had documents from translators doing this before, and they're unreadable. And even when we've had a law firm producing expert, high-quality translations (at a price I dare not even guess), those translations turn out to be highly inappropriate, couched in such abstruse legalese that the guys who are receiving the documents literally cannot understand them.
But pay the translator on the ground a living wage, and get good results first time? No. We'd rather waste our time doing fancy cost-control exercises, get rubbish results and then spend more fixing it.
This is why I hate the arguments about what the "market" wants. The market doesn't know what's good for it. Unfortunately, it's also got the temperament of a four year old, so it won't listen to those who do know, either.
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Teymur Suleymanov wrote:They came back to me in 2 days and kindly asked me to do the job, accepting the given rates.
Now, I understand that the situation with document translation is entirely different.
Not at all different: most customers do know the difference between a good and a bad translation, but try their best to make you feel bad about charging your usual rates.
When a customer says that my rates are much higher than the rates of other people and that they cannot pay that amount, I politely wish them good luck and offer my services for other projects with a higher rate. I have been doing this for a decade with excellent results: I get rid of bad payers and I attract sensible customers who understand the difference.
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Plumbing the depths of the translation world, every day, trying to make ends meet. No, but seriously, as long as I earn the same rates as my plumber, mechanic, electrician etc, then I am content. It's easier to find a translator around here than a competent plumber! In fact, many arts or philosophy graduates in the UK, tired of pub work, are taking courses and recycling themselves as plumbers or sparks because they can make a better living as tradesmen nowadays thanks to this demand.
In translation, rates are being forced down mainly due the growing number of opportunist intermediaries, the over-promotion of tecnological "solutions" and the misconception that just about anyone who can understand and burble back a few sentences of a language variant is fit to be a translator. Etc etc et-effing-cetera.
Demand for revision/correction/proofing of the semi-aborted results has increased exponentially in consequence and I only recently realised that taking up these offers is helping to strangle my translation baby at birth. I rarely accept this kind of jobs now.
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Censors Board Stops The Release Of “Half Of A Yellow Sun” A Film About The Biafran War
The film, by Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele, was set to open in Nigerian cinemas on Friday. A film board spokesman told AFP there were “regulatory issues” with the film but that it wasn’t “officially banned”.
The film is based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about the 1967-70 civil war, in which more than a million people died.
Aliyu Tanko, from the BBC Hausa service, says that more than 40 years after the end of the war, the subject remains extremely sensitive in Nigeria.
Some fear the film, which is seen as sympathetic to the Biafran separatist cause, could stoke up ethnic tensions, he says. The book was released in Nigeria but with the country’s high rates of illiteracy, a film is likely to get more attention.
Mr Bandele told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that he wasn’t sure why the censorship board had delayed certification. The Nigeria film board saw the film seven months ago, Mr Bandele said.
“What’s frustrating is we have not received a formal letter from the board telling us we’ve been banned, or that we’ve not been banned,” he added. He denied the film was biased and stressed that he did not see how it could incite violence.
The director also said the film raised issues which Nigeria badly needed to discuss. “One of the reasons Nigeria is more divided today – 40 years after the end of the war – than it was before the war started, is because we have refused to talk about the elephant in the room.”
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has demonstrated that the most efficient way to stop drugs from flowing into the country is to get additional funding for its operations, not building a wall along the southern border, the ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee said March 14.
According to the service, it seized 233 metric tons of narcotics on the high seas last year. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., said the United States seized about 20 metric tons on land during that same time frame.
“You want to spend your money the best way possible,” he said.
During the March 14 hearing on Capitol Hill, the outgoing commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, whose four-year term is ending in May, said attempts to get narcotics into the country are mostly coming from water, not land.
“What’s most vulnerable is where it moves in bulk and that moves predominantly in the maritime domain, way beyond our border,” Zukunft said.
The Coast Guard has primary responsibility to enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable federal laws on, under and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
“The best, most efficient way to stop drugs from coming into the country is the United States Coast Guard. Not a ‘beautiful wall,’” Garamendi said.
Earlier in the week, President Donald J. Trump looked at prototypes for the projected $18 billion wall along the Southern border during a visit to San Diego.
The hearing, which focused on the Coast Guard’s fiscal 2019 budget request, also discussed icebreaking, unmanned systems and cutter funding.
“The service is hampered by lackluster funding requests that don’t meet the needs of the service,” said subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who continued to question if the Coast Guard should remain an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Zukunft said that as the Coast Guard looks beyond major projects, such as the Offshore Patrol Cutter and National Security Cutter, and works on modernizing its entire fleet, “We need predictable funding. … We are clearly on the right trajectory.”
Trump requested $10.93 billion for the Coast Guard in fiscal 2019, a request that is in line with the spending caps there were put in place by Budget Control Act of 2011.
Trump modified the fiscal 2019 budget request to reflect the increased cap levels through an addendum that included $720 million for the Coast Guard for the construction of the first heavy polar icebreaker, according to the subcommittee.
With this additional funding, the total request for the Coast Guard is $11.65 billion, which is an increase of $977 million above the fiscal 2018 requested level of $10.67 billion, and an increase of $979 million over the fiscal 2017 enacted level of $10.67 billion.
Trump requested $1.89 billion for the procurement, construction and improvements account, a $516.7 million increase over the fiscal 2017 enacted level.
“We do not have enough ships, or aircraft, to be fully equipped for this mission,” Zukunft said.
The commandant noted that the service is looking at adding unmanned systems to the fleet, along with additional surveillance capabilities, and continuing to work on partnerships with allied nations in the Caribbean.
Lawmakers seemed concerned with the funding, and schedule, for the icebreaker modernization program. The service has one heavy icebreaker in the fleet, Polar Star, that is nearing the end of its lifespan. The service hopes to replace it with three more heavy icebreakers. However, an exact timeline on when construction for a new one begins, and when Polar Star would be decommissioned, remains in flux.
“We do have some problems with this current schedule,” Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., said.
Zukunft said he is concerned about funding for a new icebreaking fleet, noting the service needs to continue to build out the program of record.
“It is an investment in our industrial base. Built in the U.S. with U.S. steel. … There is going to be tension with how do we fund other things within DHS?” he said. | {
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Tilanqiao area, once known as Little Vienna in the city’s northeast Hongkou District, has survived war and urban renovation and its remarkable story may prove to be its salvation as Shanghai weighs the value of historical preserva... | {
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Track & Field, Outdoor - Girls Varsity
The track and field program at The Governor's Academy dates back to the 1890s. The team has met with a great deal of success over its long history. In addition, the program has been a starting point for many runners who have gone on to have successful track and field careers at the collegiate level. Our coaching philosophy focuses on not only getting our athletes into better shape but also making them students of their particular events.Our program, which has combined the girls and boys since 1991, allows our athletes to have coaching specialists in all events. We are very fortunate to have a knowledgeable and experienced staff comprised of coaches who were track competitors themselves. Two of our coaches were Division I college athletes. The coaching staff has spent a combined total of over 75 years coaching track & field.
Steven Suomi is the head coach of the track teams at Governor’s. In college, Suomi ran at Colby College where he was a captain of the team, and he competed in the intermediate hurdles and the mile relay. He has been coaching outdoor and indoor track and field for over fifteen years. Suomi is a USATF Level I certified coach, and he is USATF Level II certified coach in the sprints, jumps, and hurdles.
Coach Andrew DeSalvo works with the throwing contingent of the track and field team. In high school, he threw shot put and javelin along with captaining the team in his senior year. At Williams College, he focused primarily on the shot put but also competed in javelin and discus.
Also working with the throwers is Coach Gerry. He was a standout track and field athlete in high school where he was a captain and three year letter winner. At Governor’s, he coached the football team for eighteen years and won four ISL titles and three New England championships.
Coach Mary Ellen Karin is in charge of the sprinters, high hurdlers, and javelin throwers. While at the University of New Hampshire, she was a captain of the team and competed in the long jump and hurdles. She is a former head coach at the Academy and has coached here for over 35 years. Coach Karin is a USATF Level I certified coach.
Coach Jeff Kelly ’85 ran two seasons of track and one season of cross-country at Governor Dummer Academy. He is the head coach of the boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams and the distance coach for the track and field team. Coach Kelly has worked with runners at Governor’s for over a decade. He runs local road races throughout the year and is a USATF Level I certified coach
The jumps coach, Raymond Long ’96, returned to his alma mater and has been coaching Govs’ track and field since 2006. While a student at the Academy, he competed in the long jump, triple jump, 100 meters, and the 4 X 100 meter relay. He went on to compete at Dartmouth College in the javelin and triple jump. Coach Long is a USATF Level I certified coach. | {
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The owner of the Doha childcare centre where 19 people died in a blaze, including New Zealand triplets, may be escorted by police to finally face a Qatari court.
A criminal hearing to determine responsibility for the deaths in the Villaggio mall fire almost six months ago was postponed yesterday after the owners of the Gympanzee daycare centre failed to show up for the fourth time, Doha News reported.
New Zealand 2-year-old triplets Lillie, Jackson and Willsher Weekes were among 13 children and four teachers who died in the mall fire, which started in a shop and spread to their childcare centre.
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Sword Cane Vanneau
Sword cane for a french friend. Built in Guayacan with White deer horn details. In the handle has a Little bird called Vanneau in damascus Steel handmaded. The blade sword is in damascus twisted Steel. The mechanism are handmaded and also enterily in damascus. | {
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Yemen
News about Yemen , including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 31, 2015
At least 31 civilians are reported killed and dozens injured in Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen's Al-Mazraq camp for displaced families. MORE
Mar. 28, 2015
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue to advance in southern Yemen despite airstrikes by Saudi Arabia; Saudi government does not rule out possibility of sending in ground troops. MORE
Mar. 27, 2015
News Analysis; United States support for Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen comes at cost of escalating regional fight with Iran, which backs Houthis; while US and Iran are at loggerheads in Yemen, they are de facto allies in fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria; situation highlights what some see as puzzling patchwork of Middle East policies by Obama administration. MORE
Mar. 27, 2015
Egypt says it is prepared to send troops into Yemen to fight Houthis in wake of strikes launched by Saudi-led coalition, signaling possible protracted ground war on tip of Arabian Peninsula. MORE
Mar. 27, 2015
Sudan joins fight against Houthis rebels in Yemen to aid its ally Saudi Arabia. MORE
Mar. 26, 2015
Saudi Arabia declares that it is among coalition of 10 nations that have launched a military operations and airstrikes in Yemen, aiming to stop advance of Shiite Houthi rebels who have overrun the government; says while Americans were not part of airstrikes, Saudis consulted with Obama administration before assault. MORE
Mar. 23, 2015
Evacuation of 125 United States Special Operations advisers from Yemen strikes yet another blow to counterterrorism campaign in the Middle East; evacuation has compromised Yemen as site for training, advising and intelligence gathering, even as Al Qaeda's local affiliate continues to pose major threat; Central Intelligence Agency will maintain some covert agents in country. MORE
Mar. 23, 2015
Houthi rebel fighters seize crucial installations in Taiz, Yemen, including city's international airport; seizure is one of most provocative expansions yet in rebels' seven-month offensive, and has put their forces on path to confrontation with opposing troops loyal to Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi. MORE
Mar. 21, 2015
Islamic State affiliate in Yemen, calling itself Sana Province, claims responsibility for coordinated suicide strikes on Zaydi Shiite mosque in capital Sana that killed more than 130 people during Friday prayer; group had not previously carried out any major attacks, underscoring how situation in country has deteriorated since Houthi rebels seized power. MORE
Mar. 20, 2015
Rival factions in Yemen fight over control of international airport and security base, leaving at least three people dead. MORE
Mar. 19, 2015
Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, dissident journalist and supporter of rebel Houthis, is shot and killed by unidentified gunman in Sana, Yemen. MORE
Mar. 17, 2015
Former Yemeni Prime Min Khaled Bahah and members of his cabinet are released after two months under house arrest by Houthi rebels. MORE
Mar. 4, 2015
United States prosecutors extradite Vietnamese man, Minh Quang Pham, from Britain to face trial in Manhattan on charges he created online propaganda for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; indictment says in 2010, Pham was in Yemen, swore allegiance to Al Qaeda and helped the group produce English-language online magazine called Inspire. MORE
Feb. 27, 2015
Houthi rebels in Yemen accuse Saudi Arabia of inciting unrest to divide the country. MORE
Feb. 25, 2015
Unnamed Frenchwoman working on a World Bank project is kidnapped along with her Yemeni translator in front of a ministry office in Sana, Yemen; French Pres Francois Hollande vows to do everything to secure her release; kidnapping underscores Houthi government's inability to secure the capital. MORE
Feb. 23, 2015
Yemeni Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi holds first public meeting with state officials since he fled house arrest by Houthi militia. MORE
Feb. 22, 2015
Former Yemen Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi leaves his home in rebel-held capital Sana, where he had been held under as house arrest by Houthi militants, and heads to his hometown of Aden as part of negotiations for political deal among country's feuding parties; it is unclear whether he escaped or was released voluntarily. MORE
Feb. 21, 2015
United Nations mediator Jamal Benomar reports that leaders of Houthi militia in Yemen have agreed to temporary legislative compromise that will keep existing Parliament while adding council made up of Houthis and other underrepresented groups; indicates that negotiations are ongoing. MORE
Feb. 19, 2015
Raida Journal; Yemen's dwindling and embattled Jewish population, which predates Muslims in country by centuries, is more threatened than ever following Houthi rise to power; Houthi leaders have made anti-Semitism central to their platform, causing uncertainty and anxiety among country's Jews. MORE
Feb. 13, 2015
United Nations issues warning that Yemen may collapse as Al Qaeda fighters make large gains there. MORE
Feb. 12, 2015
Several other western nations follow lead of United States in closing their embassies in Sana, Yemen, citing safety concerns and leaving Houthi militia who have taken control of city increasingly isolated; some argue that move is calculated to force competing powers there to come to agreement. MORE
Feb. 11, 2015
Saleh Ali al-Sammad, leader of Houthi militants who have taken over capital of Sana, Yemen, announces group's willingness to work with rivals and with ally nations during United Nations-mediated talks; statement points to softening of group's position following declaration of unilateral plan to form new government. MORE
Feb. 10, 2015
United Nations-mediated talks resume between Yemen's feuding political parties and Houthi militants who control country's capital; talks, aimed at reversing anarchy in Arab world's poorest country, immediately descend into turmoil following withdrawal of two parties. MORE
Feb. 8, 2015
Houthi rebels in Yemen appoint four government officials they had ousted to national security committee; Saudi Arabia denounces their plan for new government and calls on United National Security Council to step in. MORE
Feb. 7, 2015
Ordinary citizens in Yemen, who have borne brunt of ineffectual government and struggled to get by without basic services for years, say government overthrow by Shiite Houthis has made little difference in their daily lives. MORE
Feb. 7, 2015
Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have already forced resignations of president and cabinet, say they plan to also replace Parliament with national council which will choose new president; critics say move is undemocratic. MORE
Feb. 6, 2015
Drone strike in Yemen reportedly kills four members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, including prominent figure Harith al-Nadhari, who had publicly praised Paris terrorist attacks. MORE
Jan. 30, 2015
Yemen's Houthi minority are enjoying newfound place of prominence following rebel takeover of capital Sana, transforming from fringe group to legitimate movement that is beginning to draw support from country's Sunni Muslim majority; question remains as to whether group will be able to unite country long divided by sectarian tensions. MORE
Jan. 28, 2015
Houthi rebel leaders Abdel Malik al-Houthi calls for end to Yemeni crisis after his group frees presidential aide as good-will gesture. MORE
Jan. 27, 2015
CIA drone strike kills three men suspected of being members of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, tentatively identified as Awaid al-Rashidi, Abdullah Khaled al-Zindani and Mohammed Toiman al-Jahmi; drone strike, first since resignation of Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour after Houthi takeover of capital, hints that United States plans to continue its targeted killing operations in Yemen. MORE
Jan. 26, 2015
Political analysts and officials say takeover of Yemen by Houthi rebels is fraught with shifting alliances and combating interests that are being negotiated with difficulty; Houthis want important leadership role, but disagreements are slowing progress. MORE
Jan. 25, 2015
Diplomats say despite harsh words for the United States from Houthi rebels, who have expanded their influence across Yemen, they appear to be more moderate. MORE
Jan. 24, 2015
Houthi militiamen who forced Yemeni Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi to resign continue to occupy key points in capital of Sana, but do not make official claim to power; streets in capital are calm in wake of resignation of Hadi and his cabinet, and Houthi militia says it is waiting for Parliament to approve Hadi's resignation. MORE
Jan. 23, 2015
Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi of Yemen abruptly resigns, along with his prime minister and cabinet; surprise collapse of American-backed government began when Houthi rebels, believed to be financed by Iran, effectively put Hadi under house arrest in call for government reform; experts warn Yemen might be rapidly approaching civil war, leaving it vulnerable to growing presence of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. MORE
Jan. 23, 2015
Editorial warns that resignation of Yemeni Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi may leave country, which has been locked in conflict between Hadi's supporters and Houthi rebels, in dangerously unstable position; cautions collapse may leave country more vulnerable to influence of Al Qaeda, and urges United States and Yemen's neighbors to push opposing sides toward compromise. MORE
Jan. 22, 2015
News Analysis; political crisis in Yemen is likely to continue despite agreement reached between Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Houthi rebels; economic collapse seems imminent since Saudi Arabia cut off financial aid to government; ongoing sectarian fighting could be exploited by Al Qaeda or become proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran; United States has no strong allies in country that is increasingly unstable. MORE
Jan. 21, 2015
Houthi rebels storm palace of Yemen Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, engendering fears of coup; Hadi is believed to be safe and in his home; Yemen is seen by United States as vital ally against terrorism, but it also is base of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula. MORE
Jan. 20, 2015
Clashes between government forces and Houthi militiamen around presidential palace of Yemeni Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Sana, Yemen, leave at least eight people dead before fighters reach cease-fire; though Hadi's presidency appears to be intact, it is unclear how much of his authority remains, as Houthi militiamen are believed to have taken control of presidential palace and two security agencies. MORE
Jan. 18, 2015
Jan. 15, 2015
United States transfers five Yemeni detainees from prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, releasing four men to Oman and one to Estonia; move inflames conflict between Obama administration and Republicans over Pres Obama's push to reduce population of Guantanamo and ultimately close prison. MORE
Jan. 11, 2015
Attacks in Paris by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi are latest incidents of terrorism inspired by American-born imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by American drone strike in 2011; Awlaki has had vast influence in world of armed jihad, even posthumously; Yemen, where Awlaki was based, is seen as breeding ground for jihadists, particularly as Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, possibly linked to Paris attacks, continues to thrive there. MORE
Jan. 9, 2015
American officials say Said Kouachi, one of two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people at French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, traveled to Yemen in 2011 for terrorist training from Al Qaeda's affiliate there before returning to France; Kouachi and younger brother Cherif have been under observation by French and United States officials for years; French and American intelligence agencies are investigating whether Al Qaeda in Yemen is behind attack. MORE
Jan. 8, 2015
Yemen is reeling from some of worst violence in years as militants, particularly Sunni extremists with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, seek to regain territory captured by Houthi fighters; many in part blame country's government for failing to assert itself and leaving country rudderless. MORE
Jan. 8, 2015
Car bomb explodes outside police academy in Sana, Yemen, killing at least 38 people outside and wounding more than 90. MORE
Jan. 5, 2015
Yemeni officials say Al Qaeda bombed an office of Shiite Houthi rebels south of capital Sana, killing six Houthis and wounding 31. MORE
Jan. 1, 2015
Suicide bomber kills at least 23 people in Yemen at ceremony commemorating birth of Prophet Muhammad; no group claims responsibility, but attack is similar to others by Sunni extremists from Al Qaeda affiliate in country. MORE
Dec. 19, 2014
Power struggle in Yemen has bled country and led to one of highest rates of life-threatening child malnutrition in world; situation is likely to worsen as country faces financial abyss. MORE
Dec. 17, 2014
Two car bombs explode in Rada, Yemen, killing more than two dozen people, including at least 15 children; city has been flash point between Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula and Houthi rebels. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
United States officials and Yemeni villagers offer conflicting accounts of failed effort to rescue American photojournalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie from Al Qaeda affiliate; US claims its commandos killed six people, all militants, while villager say two militants were killed along with several civilians. MORE
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March 27, 2015, Friday
The Arab-led, American-supported coalition seeking to rout Houthi rebels in Yemen includes a leader indicted on charges of war crimes and vilified by Washington for more than a decade: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan. | {
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One of the Italian paratroops' relatively few combat drops was on the island of Chios. It was unopposed, but I've always wanted to do a "what-if" pitting brave but ill-armed Greek police and reservists against a small number of Italian paratroops. | {
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All Video in Sithonia
Zinozis Beach Apartments are perfectly located in Vourvourou, Halkidiki, in a 5000 sqm garden right next to the sea. A true oasis for those who want to relax and have a luxury summer vacation at a reasonable price. Walking distance to restaurants and supermarkets. Boat rentals a 5 minute Read more [...]
Hotel Porto Koufo is directly on the Porto Koufo beach in Halkidiki and combines modern design with a relaxing environment to offer you a pleasant stay in Sithonia. Comfortable rooms are offered, where you can enjoy the wonderful view from your balcony over the beautiful bay of Porto Koufo.. Read more [...]
Apartments Athina Dimitris Sofia is located on Platanias beach just outside Sarti, Halkidiki. The studios have been recently renovated. Enjoy your morning coffee at the gazebo and see the sun rising over Mount Athos. About 1 kilometre away in the village of Sarti you have a large choice of Read more [...]
Welcome to Diaporos Island, your new secret eco-paradise in Halkidiki, Greece. Allow yourself to meet its spectacular scenery for the first time, here is Greece in all its splendour. The Treasure Cove residence has an exceptional vantage point to watch the stunning sunrises and sunsets and experience a palette of Read more [...]
Welcome to Diaporos Island, your new secret eco-paradise in Halkidiki, Greece. Allow yourself to meet its spectacular scenery for the first time, here is Greece in all its splendour. At White House bright white elegance is set against a luxuriant green lawn backdrop, offering a magnificent retreat in the most Read more [...]
Welcome to Diaporos Island, your new, secret eco-paradise in Halkidiki, Greece. Allow yourself to meet its spectacular scenery for the first time, here is Greece in all its splendour.The Lagoon residence is situated in a natural cove of a rare aquamarine tint, only a few steps from the water, it Read more [...]
Karidi beach has its main beach and a second beach to the south. These beaches are real magnets for tourists in the summer and one of Sithonia’s most sought after beaches. Photogenic Karidi is often in websites and magazines as a picture to lure you to Sithonia’s fantastic gems. There Read more [...]
Orange beach is also called Portokali and Kavourotripes, the later one meaning crab holes. This pretty well describes this beach that is actually many small beaches or small white sand coves that are found over kilometers of coastline. Be brave and explore as there are many small beaches that are Read more [...]
Kalamitsi beach is considered a medium sized beach and is located on the southern tip of Sithonia. Situated in a beautiful bay, the water is quite sheltered and calm. The bay has a direct opening to the sea, which allows for remarkably clear water. The beach is well organized with Read more [...]
Agios Ioannis will definitely catch your eye. Driving past on the road, especially from the south, you get a perfect view of this incredible beach that stretches on for about a kilometer. The aquamarine water looks so inviting that you just want to stop and take a dip. Agios Ioannis Read more [...]
Armenistis beach has been coined as one of Greece’s greatest camping beaches. With a kilometer of pure sand and shallow water this beach has definitely earned its title and also has the rating as a “Blue Flag” beach. The size of Armenistis assures that you will always find space for Read more [...]
Aretes beach north of Toroni is the start of a series of beaches on this coast that are rarely visited. Here you can still get a taste of what Halkidiki was like 30 years ago. The Aretes beach is actually a bay with 3 beaches. On the south beach (largest Read more [...] | {
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Please, never ask me about these three things
Friday, February 19, 2016
People have different sensitive things. As an introvert person, I always filter our words before talk. When someone talked hurt things for me, I just shut my mouth. But, if they always say the sensitive things to me, I was complained to them. I said, I'm sorry but your said hurt me, please don't talked that again'. But, half of them never listened.Why?? Why??!! Huft..
These three things you never ask me:
Are you more obese?
Are you not miss your son?
Why are you silent?
ABOUT MY BODY
I never being skinny people, my family have big body too. But I love my chubby cheek and I'm grateful because Allah give me health. Do you know Padang? It's city that have very delicious food and I'm crazy about that. Rendang, Asam Padeh fish, Padang sate yum yum. One year after I live in here, I got weight about 10 kilogram hehe. Everyday, my friend in office talked 'are you more obese?' are you pregnant again? and they touch my belly, touch my big arm.
Because I'm boring people always ask me that, so I join gym and arrange my daily meal. But people never boring me and now ask me 'why your gym doesn't effect' *cry in the corner
ABOUT MY FEELING BE FAR FROM MY SON
Very annoying when people ask me that I miss my son or not? Like I want punch them xixixi. I ty hard to get work in Jakarta again, pleas support me not bullying me.
MY INTROVERT
When traveling in big group, I usually become silence person. Why are you so quiet? Sometimes when they talked it, I feel they can't acceptable me. Why are you look so sad, please cheerful. Huft.. | {
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has only called Chinese trade violations petty names. The president also has been busy with a World Trade Organization case that holds China accountable for violating trade laws on auto manufacturing.
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Maine, vacationland, the way life should be. Maine is a land of tradition. It’s a tradition to catch one of the pink-fleshed trout from the Sourdnahunk or a Brookie from the Molunkus.
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To be clear, nobody I know feels that those engaged in alternative lifestyles are a personal threat. We don’t go around fearing what a practicing homosexual or practicing lesbian will personally do to us.
What is a threat is the ideology that seems to be foisted upon us to change one of mankind’s most revered institutions.
The singular intentions of a politically aggressive few to force our society to compromise a long-held value is the real threat, one that many of us take very seriously. The expectation that our society ought to compromise its collective conscience with regard to this group’s desire to redefine the institution of marriage I find as equally intolerable as they do our own beliefs about the lifestyle. This attitude smacks of arrogance and hypocrisy.
If civil unions cannot fix the legal problems of the partnership of same-sex couples, then we need to work to make it happen, but we must not change the most basic and essential definition of marriage simply because one group wishes to force complete acceptance upon an unwilling society whose members, both religious and nonreligious find morally wrong.
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In her first term in the Maine State, Republican Nichi Farnham, who represents Bangor and Hermon, voted to end Maine’s 38-year policy of same-day voter registration. In this she was a leader, not a mere follower, of the efforts by right-wing Republicans in Maine and in other states like Ohio and Wisconsin.
Unlike most of her fellow legislators, however, Farnham has in her district hundreds, maybe thousands, of students, many of whom would have been affected by this avowedly anti-democratic law that, once passed, was decisively overturned by referendum. I hope that my fellow citizens in the good senator’s district, not least of all students at Husson and the University of Maine in Bangor, keep this in mind as they choose between Farnham and Democrat Geoffrey Gratwick, who would never embrace restrictions on potential voters.
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It is wonderful when someone with varied experiences in the private sector offers to serve in the Maine Legislature.
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I guess that they have to monetize the game somehow. You can't keep servers running indefinitely, let alone pay for any additional content, based on one initial payment. As the subscription model is dead apart from for WoW and niche games like Eve, then this means paid for expansions and/or micro transactions. Having read the article about F2P in yesterday's Sunday papers, it could be a LOT worse. If content was all permanent, there would be less of an incentive for folk to log in regularly: I could take that month away from the game to play mass effect 3, skyrim, tomb raider or the next Dragon Age. That's a month I'm not spending in their store, and there's a chance that I might not come back if I did.
In future I think I'll adopt a more Zen like attitude. ANet aren't doing this because they're evil, or stupid, but because its their business model. I don't need, or have the capacity to play all the content and get all the achievements, and I'm kidding myself if I think otherwise. As much as the OCD in me likes completing all the content, if I'm honest it's far more fun to mess around in WvW, guild missions or fractals with you lot. A lot of the time my fun playing will coincide with new content, but I'm going to focus on enjoying some of it rather than grinding to do it all, failing, then whining about it.
Siege blueprints are no longer account-bound and can now be mailed to other players and traded on the Trading Post. Players who already have any siege blueprints and want the tradable version can either obtain another or use the one they have and then use the “2” skill to pack it up again.
New quartz material looks interesting. My Ele already runs Celestial trinkets, and the opportunity to get Celestial armour is appealing.
Not sure what other classes this might be useful for. You need to do both regular and condition damage, be a bit squisshy, as well as heal to be worthwhile. It's never going to replace zerk for high end pve, but as the total stats are better than any other type, it makes sense for a jack of all trades type build.
I feel that I need to rectify/clarify my statements about the new content: The market area is a pretty sight and actually fun to explore. The movement skills provide quite a bit of freedom (especially the lightning bounce / #3) and there is a surprising amount of vertical movement involved.
However, I still think that the new achievement UI is a step backwards. It is more cluttered than the previous one and doesn't really add a whole lot of useful functionality, apart maybe from the announced increase in trackable achievements.
Since the patch came out only yesterday, I didn't have much time yet to get a complete overview of all the new stuff. Quartz seems a bit useless to me personally, at least in its current form/functionality. As it is right now, it only serves to create armor pieces with a stat combination that has only niche functionality, since there are very few builds that benefit from the wild spread of stats. It is quite possible/probable that Quartz will see some further use down the line; introducing a new ressource for just one set of armor seems a bit over the top. Right now, I am selling all the Quartz I come across, as the price will only decrease for the foreseeable future.
What's more to say? I've read somewhere that the Bazaar will stay around for four weeks, so I am not sure if that's enough to call it an improvement over the two week the Aetherblades got for their show. As I've said above, the market area is pretty to look at and definitely more lovingly crafted than the bland AB dungeon. A shame that it will leave us soon again. Oh and one last thing - apparently the lesson that PvE achievement content should stay out of PvP zones frequented by griefers hasn't completely sunk it yet. Let's hope this is the last time we have to visit the WvW jumping puzzle to get a time-limited achievement.
Edit: Maybe I am wrong with my initial assessment of the Quartz prices. After the Zephyr Sanctum has left, the only source of Quartz will be the node in the home instances. So maybe prices will rise again lateron. Maybe.
tbh the biggest revenue stream from this patch would appear to be the siege blueprints. As of 9pm last night when i logged normal prints where down to a 3rd of the price the vendor sells them to you. Might see more bodies in wvw farming the JP's for more plans, and badges. Superior not sure where they ended but Omega golems where going for 2g a pop.
There might be a bit of a spike in the mats for making the superior siege as well.
Still good new for the wvw'ers with reduced costs for siege. Agree that the quartz is essentially nill value as it is so easy to collect, i see there being massive stocks of it still after the market has moved on.
re quartz I agree it will probably end up cheap.
Question I was thinking is are the celestial exotics salvageable?
definitely cheaper for exotics than the T6 mats route though, though demand for the Celestial likely to be low
re new content I found the new jumping mechanics a tad hard, though I was only trying it very late when quite tired and assume i'll get used to it. Think I'll have a stab at the scavenger hunt (got the one in fractals yesterday) tonight after the guild events if anyone is interested
Yargh and I are going to be on holidays from Friday and tomorrow I am going out so I won't be playing pass tonight and then back the 21st/22nd. We will monitor the forums though and I have the game on my laptop for quick checks. Have fun in the meantime
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United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that the Asian bird flu outbreak poses the “gravest possible danger” of becoming a global pandemic.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the National Press Club this week that “it is a worrisome situation,” though she also said the United States “is not immediately on the brink of an avian flu epidemic.”
The flu has affected poultry in eight Asian countries, with 45 human deaths among people who caught the illness, a strain of flu known as H5N1.
So far, humans appear to have caught this flu from chickens and other poultry, and the virus is not known to have spread from person to person.
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The deadly flu of 1918, which killed from 20 million to 50 million people worldwide, didn’t appear suddenly but mutated gradually into the deadlier form, Gerberding explained.
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The new vaccine was prepared in two different concentrations — 4,000 doses each — and is nearly ready to be shipped to the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases for clinical trials, Len Lavenda, a spokesman for the pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur, said Wednesday.
Rates of women who are opting for preventive mastectomies, such as Angeline Jolie, have increased by an estimated 50 percent in recent years, experts say. But many doctors are puzzled because the operation doesn't carry a 100 percent guarantee, it's major surgery -- and women have other options, from a once-a-day pill to careful monitoring.
Vaccine to be tested in four statesNIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said the vaccine will be tested at centers in Rochester, N.Y., St. Louis and in Maryland and Texas to make sure it is safe and to determine the correct dosage in such groups as the elderly, children and healthy young people.
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Abstract: For Muslims, additional rules for cosmetics are mandated by a unique source, the Quran, which implies further safety considerations related to the specific care of one's body. Halal certification, outlined here, is essentially a synonym for the careful supervision over all formula and production details, and its guarantee has gained interest from an increasing number of consumers.
Many restrictive norms are applied to cosmetic formulations all over the world, prohibiting or limiting the use of certain ingredients. For example, general good manufacturing practices and guidelines indicate the best procedures for safe manufacturing and filling. These limitations are usually based on safety considerations, especially the allergenic or irritant potential of ingredients and their combinations. Moreover, potential side effects, the toxicological profile of the formula, the sensitivity of the skin application site and the consumer’s age are carefully considered. In addition, ingredients from animal sources, the purity profiles of raw materials and their blends, the frequency of use and duration on the skin, and impurities content are taken into account to establish a product's compliance to the principles of consumer safety.
In most cases, restrictions combine commercial elements with physiological innocuity requirements, and should be accompanied by specially designed warnings on product labels. Updates of these norms are regularly carried out following new scientific discoveries and the evolution of society.
For Muslims, additional rules for cosmetics are mandated from a unique source, the Quran, and imply further safety considerations that are different from those described above. Cosmetics are important in the Muslim world, especially for women. Certain groups believe a body is given to each person as a gift from god, who left that body in the person’s care. Therefore, taking care of the body in the right way through the application of the correct products is necessary, provided that modesty is preserved. Not to behave accordingly is a sin for strict believers.
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Many restrictive norms are applied to cosmetic formulations all over the world, prohibiting or limiting the use of certain ingredients. For example, general good manufacturing practices and guidelines indicate the best procedures for safe manufacturing and filling. These limitations are usually based on safety considerations, especially the allergenic or irritant potential of ingredients and their combinations. Moreover, potential side effects, the toxicological profile of the formula, the sensitivity of the skin application site and the consumer’s age are carefully considered. In addition, ingredients from animal sources, the purity profiles of raw materials and their blends, the frequency of use and duration on the skin, and impurities content are taken into account to establish a product's compliance to the principles of consumer safety.
In most cases, restrictions combine commercial elements with physiological innocuity requirements, and should be accompanied by specially designed warnings on product labels. Updates of these norms are regularly carried out following new scientific discoveries and the evolution of society.
Halal Fundamentals
For Muslims, additional rules for cosmetics are mandated from a unique source, the Quran, and imply further safety considerations that are different from those described above. Cosmetics are important in the Muslim world, especially for women. Certain groups believe a body is given to each person as a gift from god, who left that body in the person’s care. Therefore, taking care of the body in the right way through the application of the correct products is necessary, provided that modesty is preserved. Not to behave accordingly is a sin for strict believers.
Halal rules identify, in detail, the environment of compliant cosmetic products. For example, alcohol (more precisely, ethanol) is considered a toxic substance in general, not only when ingested. The reasons for its prohibition are ancient and trace back to the effects of drinking alcohol in hot regions where Islam was born and first developed.
Moreover, alcohol can penetrate the skin and exert toxic effects. Therefore, to comply with halal rules, cosmetics must not come into contact with alcohol. Similarly, ethanol should be avoided in the chemical extraction and synthesis of raw materials. Another limitation, which rarely affects cosmetics, is pork and its derivatives such as gelatin. This ban is based on the ease with which pork decomposes in hot climates and the high levels of environmental pollution pork farming causes in desert regions.1
The Potential Market
The world's Muslim population accounts for approximately two billion people and is expected to grow to about 26% of the total world's population by 2020. Within these figures, the younger (< 30 years) segment makes up the majority (~67%).2
A rough estimate of personal care and cosmetic purchases in the Asia-Pacific region is around US $70 billion, of which about 5–6% are halal-certified. Purchasing of halal-certified cosmetics is currently concentrated in countries having a prevailing Muslim faith, including: Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Gulf Emirates, etc. These countries, together with Egypt and Algeria, house an Islamic population of more than 800 million.
The number of Muslims in other major nations, including China, Russia and the United States, is also substantial; more than 200 million. Furthermore, almost 15 million Muslims live in the main four European countries.
Beyond the statistics, however, halal-certified products are not only meant for Muslim buyers. Currently, they stand out in the market as healthy, safe and appreciated by Islamic and non-Islamic consumers, in light of the complexity and reliability of controls for the certification process.
Customs laws and rules are also affecting these figures. The Indonesian market of more than 200 million Muslim consumers is under the “Halal Product Guarantee Law.” Issued in 2014, this law will be effective by the end of 2019 and requires that all products, cosmetics or not, are labeled halal or non-halal. Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other Asian countries are about to pass similar regulations.
Halal vs. Haram
The term allowed in Arabic translates as halal, indicating what is permitted under Islamic rules. Halal concerns food, drinks, cosmetics or other common objects and matters of daily life. In contrast, all that is clearly forbidden is haram. A product is considered haram if it contains or comes into contact with forbidden materials during the manufacturing process. These religious sentiments play an important role in product choices.
Most Muslim consumers buy non-halal certified products only when they cannot find alternatives. And until recently, given the historically limited number of halal-certified cosmetic products, consumers were obliged to accept non-halal alternatives. Today's habits are fast-changing, however, and Islam-compliant consumption is giving rise to a growing search for products that comply with halal standards.
Islam-compliant consumption is giving rise to the search for products that meet halal standards.
Ingredient Considerations
In cosmetics, for halal cosmetics, special attention should be paid to the origin and processing of collagen, keratin, hyaluronic acid, amino acids and hydrolyzed animal protein. Additional restrictions concern blood and its derivatives, insects and their derivatives—e.g., cochineal extract or carmine, CI 75470, extracted from Dactylopius coccus—and drugs or ethyl alcohol, which are considered intoxicants, even if simply being used to clean equipment in the production facility or to develop extracts. In particular, nutmeg, Asafoetida, vanilla extract and gelatin (especially from pork) are forbidden either due to being intoxicants themselves or containing certain percentages of other intoxicating substances.
In general, much like overall cosmetic regulatory restrictions, all substances that are harmful to human health are prohibited from halal products. GMO ingredients, for example, are an area of concern, as some question whether they could damage human health.3
Halal Compliance
In many countries, compliance to the norms described here, in the introduction, are verified only in case of inspections and controls by authorities in the marketplace, on rare occasions at the production sites, or when official dossiers are registered at centralized sites. However, halal compliance is verified as a part of all general procedures, which is assured through halal certification.
The reason for such a different approach is that control over the compliance of products with Muslim rules is not based on investigations carried out a posteriori, with modern analytical instruments, but in a preliminary manner that ensures any contact with forbidden ingredients, even superficial, is avoided during the whole production and distribution process.
Islam prescribes detailed behavioral rules to its believers. Such rules restrict or prohibit any contact with products that are inconsistent with its laws. In relation, halal certification attests to a product's conformity during its whole production cycle to the rules of Islam. Any cosmetic, in order to be accepted by Islam followers, must pass a rigorous certification procedure, provided after a detailed approval path; it should be noted that Islam is not only a religion but also a civil code for believers.
Four Steps to Certification
Halal certification is a procedure identifying the halal compliance of a product, service or whole manufacturing process. It certifies a product does not contain haram substances and that there are not risks of contamination in the production process. Upon concluding the certification process, a product may be attributed with a logo designating the identification of compliant products.
The certification procedure consists of four main steps, in order to guarantee the implementation of the halal quality system in the production chain.
1. Administrative/documentation. An interested firm should first contact the certification agency or a designated company to express interest in starting the certification process and/or receive more information. A budget is then issued and, upon acceptance, a contract is signed. The certifying agency provides documents describing, in a detail, the manufacturing processes and products profile. All documents are then examined by the agency's or a designated party's technical staff.
2. Halal Quality System (HQS) implementation. This is the most demanding phase of the certification procedure, even if it is similar to other systems currently in use, such as ISO 9001:2008. Its main steps are as follows.
a) An internal HQS coordinating team of employees should be created. This group manages all parties involved in HQS implementation throughout the whole production cycle, and ideally should be composed of one member of each department/function in the company. Each team member's duties in relation to halal should be outlined in a manual for relevant procedures and to implement periodic training of all involved personnel.
b) Each department should contribute to the success of the certification procedure. For example:
Purchasing should buy only ingredients devoid of haram substances, produced by either certified suppliers or attesting to the lack of forbidden components in the production process.
The R&D Laboratory must formulate in accordance with halal standards, checked by the agency or the delegate. The laboratory approves the conformity of all raw materials and lack of cross-contamination with haram substances.
Transportation should perform checks for possible contamination with prohibited substances during product transports. Vehicles must not have been used for transporting pork and its by-products. On the contrary, a detailed in-depth purification procedure is necessary.
Storage and handling must ensure no cross-contamination occurs between halal and other materials during the in-house storage and handling. Appropriate "traffic light" signals may be used to mark the areas of segregation where haram materials are located. Such indicators and labelling are useful for identifying storage areas, refrigeration rooms and utensils.
Thus, "green light" labels identify those exclusively used for halal products. Yellow labels apply to materials used both for halal and non-halal products. These require santization before use in halal production. Red labels identify materials and rooms not to be used for halal products.
Manufacturing should set up dedicated or separated production lines for halal-certified products. Segregation or separation areas should be foreseen but this also involves tools, clothes and utensils. After certification, all packaging, flow charts and technical data sheets must bear the identification for the World Halal Authority (WHA), an WHA code and the wording WHA approved.
According to Islam, taking care of the body by applying the correct products is necessary. Not doing so is a sin for dedicated practitioners.
3. Audit. The certification agency will visit the site and audit the documentation in order to assess the truthfulness of what is reported and to make sure there are no contamination risks.
4. Certification issued. Having received the delegate’s opinion and carried out all assessments with positive findings, the halal certificate and logo to be placed on the product's label are released. The certification procedure also includes installing a quality system with detailed operational standards.
A final certificate is awarded by appointed certification agencies, e.g., one or more international accreditation authorities who are authorized to release halal certificates in their operating countries. Agencies establish and certify that products and services they scrutinized are in accordance with international halal standards. These documents are recognized in relevant regions under the competence of the accreditation authorities.
Authorized Institutes
The World Halal Authority (WHA)4 names and authorizes institutes for assisting companies with the halal-certification procedure. These institutes assist applicants with all the steps heading to certification and give support to the Halal Management Team during implementation of the HQS and during the certification agency audits.
Extreme care should be applied to the selection of these institutions, as some cases of non-acceptance and poor quality activities have led to the loss of time and money for some companies.
Conclusion
Even if halal rules are applied in different countries at varying levels, halal-certified cosmetics represent a fast-growing market with nearly two billion potential consumers. The era of consumers selecting products based merely on esthetics is over; today’s consumers make choices based on ingredient content or omission, and on certification and compliance to recognized and specialized rationales.5
Product quality also has grown in importance to consumers, while control over impurities is, more than ever, a key for safety. Halal certification is essentially a synonym for the careful supervision over all formula and production details, from cradle to grave, and its guarantee is growing for a wider number of consumers. | {
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Tourism in Siem Reap spikes 30 per cent
Tourism in Siem Reap spikes 30 per cent
International tourist arrivals in Siem Reap province soared considerably in an eight month period this year compared to previous years, according to an official.
Chhoeuy Chhan, Deputy Director of Siem Reap Provincial Tourism Department, said they in Siem Reap increased by more than 30 per cent.
According to official statistics, foreign tourists arriving totaled more than 1,365,000 in the last eight months, a 30.27 per cent increase compared with more than 1,048,000 the previous year.
Chhoeuy Chhan said at least 85 per cent among these tourists bought tickets to visit the Angkor Wat compound.
He said South Korean tourists, who score highest in the tourist arrivals, increased by 41.06 per cent, from more than 16,000 to over 23,000. Vietnamese tourists came in second, followed by Chinese, Japanese and Thai tourists.
Despite huge increases in numbers, the historical tourism site could still accommodate them because the province has 152 hotels consisting of more than 10,000 rooms, along with 220 guesthouses with more than 3,000 rooms.
“There are not enough rooms during the big national festivals,” he said, but generally there are enough.
There has been an increase in Vietnamese tourists arriving in Cambodia but their benefit is not as great as other foreign tourists, according to a tourism-related service provider.
Seng Phalkun, Managing Director of Travel Loops tour company and owner of Siem Reap-based Noon Night Market, said Vietnamese tourists spent little on souveniers and other service packages.
“Vietnamese are not good for business because their budget is still low," said Seng Phalkun.
“Service packages for Vietnamese are really cheap,” he said. “For example, the cost of a hotel room could be US$30, but for Vietnamese customers, it is $22 per night,” said Seng Phalkun.
On World Tourism Day 2012, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that in 2011 Cambodia received approximately 2.8 million international tourists, an increase of 16 per cent compared with last year.
For the first seven months of 2012, international tourist arrivals to Cambodia totaled about 2 million, an increase of 25 per cent.
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After a US congressmen introduced bipartisan legislation that will enact sanctions on Cambodian officials responsible for “undermining democracy” in the Kingdom, government officials and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party on Sunday said they regarded the potential action as the “violation of independence and sovereignty
Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang will struggle to attain smart city status without adopting far reaching master plans, according to officials tasked with implementing the program.
The brainchild of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the smart city program seeks to link up
The government has ordered all domestic and international internet traffic in the Kingdom to pass through a Data Management Centre (DMC) that has been newly created by the state-owned Telecom Cambodia, in a move some have claimed is an attempt to censor government critics.
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The Cambodian tourism sector must be prepared to welcome a growing number of Chinese tourists, as they lead the globe in the number of outbound travellers and were responsible for the most visitors to the Kingdom last year, the country’s tourism minister said on | {
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Invicta brings us this Pro Diver GQ watch that emits elegance and class. Besides its stylish two-tone stainless-steel band and chic 38MM stainless steel case, this watch has security features such as the 200 meters / 656 feet / 20 atm water resistance and mineral crystal that are sure to help protect it. The black dial ties everything together and looks wonderful. | {
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Looks like Bow Wow will be paying a French porn star racks on racks. The Young Money Entertainment rapper has been ordered to fork over nearly $80,000 to adult actress Celine Tran for using footage of her dancing in his music video without permission.
TMZ reports that Tran, who goes by the name Katsuni, did some pole dancing in a music video for French band Electronic Conspiracy. The same footage pops up in Bow Wow's video for "Drank in my Cup" — yes, the tune by rapper Kirko Bangz that spawned a million freestyles and remixes. So there's twice as much jacking going on here.
Bow Wow, who recently dropped his Greenlight 5 mixtape, decided he didn't have time to even respond to Katsuni's lawsuit, which she filed in July of 2012. A judge ruled that that decision will cost Bow Wow attorney fees and damages of $79,346.07, and he will have to discontinue use of the footage immediately.
In October, Bow complained that his financial status was shaky. He told the judge at a child support hearing for his daughter Shai that he only makes $4,000 a month as an employee with Cash Money Records, before he signed on as co-host of BET's "106 & Park."
What do you think of how far the child rapper has come? Sound off in the comments below! | {
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The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths And Terry Denton - Book
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<p>Join Andy and Terry in their astonishing 39-storey treehouse! Jump on the world's highest trampoline, toast marshmallows in an active volcano, swim in the chocolate waterfall, pat baby dinosaurs, go head-to-trunk with the Trunkinator, break out your best moves on the dance floor, fly in a jet-propelled swivel chair, ride a terrifying rollercoaster and meet Professor Stupido, the world's greatest un-inventor. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!</p> <p>Suitable for ages 7+ years</p> <ul> <li>Winner of the WYRBA (West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards) 2014</li> <li>Winner of the Koala Award for Older Readers 2014</li> <li>Format: Paperback</li> </ul>
Join Andy and Terry in their astonishing 39-storey treehouse! Jump on the world's highest trampoline, toast marshmallows in an active volcano, swim in the chocolate waterfall, pat baby dinosaurs, go head-to-trunk with the Trunkinator, break out your best moves on the dance floor, fly in a jet-propelled swivel chair, ride a terrifying rollercoaster and meet Professor Stupido, the world's greatest un-inventor. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! | {
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Warped (Hardcover)
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Tessa doesn't believe in magic. Or Fate. But there's something weird about the dusty unicorn tapestry she discovers in a box of old books. She finds the creature woven within it compelling and frightening. After the tapestry comes into her possession, Tessa experiences dreams of the past and scenes from a brutal hunt that she herself participated in. When she accidentally pulls a thread from the tapestry, Tessa releases a terrible centuries old secret. She also meets William de Chaucy, an irresistible 16th-century nobleman. His fate is as inextricably tied to the tapestry as Tessa's own. Together, they must correct the wrongs of the past. But then the Fates step in, making a tangled mess of Tessa's life. Now everyone she loves will be destroyed unless Tessa does their bidding and defeats a cruel and crafty ancient enemy.
About the Author
Before beginning her writing career, MAURISSA GUIBORD worked slinging pizzas, alphabetizing things, and practicing medicine. Now she writes YA fiction for people who love the same kind of stories she does: mysterious, romantic, and with a touch of humor. She lives on the coast of Maine with her mysterious cat, romantic husband, and three kids who make her laugh. "Warped" is her first published novel. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Praise For…
Starred Review, School Library Journal, March 2011:"William de Chaucy’s introduction to modern marvels is written with such wonder and humor that readers will look on the world and its conveniences with new eyes. This absorbing and mesmerizing read has it all–fantasy, romance, witchcraft, life-threatening situations, detective work, chase scenes, and a smattering of violence. Imaginative and compelling, it’s impossible to put down." | {
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DHS Official: No Proof Kaspersky Software Used to Hack Fed IT
A top Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity official says she has seen no decisive proof that Kaspersky Lab's security software had been exploited to breach federal government information systems.
"We do not currently have evidence, conclusive evidence, that they have been breached," Jeanette Manfra, DHS assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications, told a House panel Tuesday. "I want to do a thorough review" before reaching a final conclusion.The House Science, Space and Technology Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on whether federal agencies are complying with a Sept. 13 DHS directive that federal agencies determine whether they're using Kaspersky Lab security software, and if so, remove it from their computers (see Kaspersky Software Ordered Removed From US Gov't Computers).
Russia-based Kaspersky's founder and CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, had been trained by and has formerly worked for Russian intelligence. A DHS statement published with the issuance of the directive contends Russian spies could capitalize on access provided by Kaspersky products to compromise federal information and could threaten U.S. national security. Kaspersky denies his company has any current ties to Russian intelligence.
Genesis of Security Concern
The Kaspersky scrutiny was originally sparked by reports that the company's software plucked exploitation tools from the home computer of an NSA employee who for some reason took the agency's most sensitive tools home from work and copied them onto his home PC. His computer was allegedly targeted by Russian intelligence, which may have been monitoring Kaspersky Lab's malware-tracking pipeline or received a tipoff from the security firm, potentially via moles (see Report: NSA Secrets Stolen From Computer Using Kaspersky Software).
Then the New York Times reported that Israeli intelligence discovered at least two years ago that Russia had its hooks in Kaspersky Lab's software and was using it as the equivalent of a search engine for classified data on U.S. intelligence programs (see Will Kaspersky Lab Survive Russia Hacking Scandal?)
Manfra said about 15 percent of agencies reported that Kaspersky security software had been found on their systems, although the applications were not installed on the vast majority of their computers. She said in many instances, these agencies did not directly acquire the software but it came bundled with other software in PCs they purchased and got installed when the computers were set up.
That was the case at NASA, which discovered a small number of machines - workstations and mobile devices - were running Kaspersky software. NASA CIO Reneé Wynn told the committee that the space agency also discovered Kaspersky software on computers of third-party international partners as well as users' bring-your-own devices that were not connected to NASA's internal network.
"Kaspersky Lab software is not part of the agency's enterprise-licensed, core-load anti-virus software," Wynn testified, adding that since 2010, NASA has contracted with Symantec for its anti-virus protection. "The existence of any alternative anti-virus software on agency hardware is considered to be a violation of agency IT standards and will be immediately removed or its usage blocked unless a specific waiver is on file based on a risk assessment performed."
Another witnesses, Essye Miller, the Defense Department's deputy chief CIO for cybersecurity, said DoD uses McAfee and Symantec anti-virus products. "Kaspersky is not part of the DoD solution," she testified.
Except for a half dozen small agencies, which don't have the resources and are receiving help from DHS, the remainder of 102 federal agencies have met the first deadline to identify and uninstall Kaspersky Labs software, Manfra said.
Democrats Seek Wider Inquiry
For the most part, Democratic members of the committee seemed less focused on whether agencies are complying with the directive and more interested in pursuing a broader investigation of Russian use of the internet and social media to cause political disruption in the United States.
"It seems that in holding a second oversight hearing on solely Kaspersky Lab products, we're missing the forest for the trees," said Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., the subcommittee's ranking member. "Kaspersky products are not the biggest security risk we face from Russia. ... Instead of focusing just on Kaspersky Lab software, we should be examining how enemies of democracy are using communication technologies in new, precise and powerful ways to disrupt our democratic institutions and influence the American public."
The subcommittee held another hearing on Kaspersky Lab nearly three weeks ago (see Dearth of Support for Kaspersky at Congressional Hearing). | {
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Adam Horowitz, co-showrunner for Once Upon A Time, shared a photo on his Twitter account this week. The image teased the first completed script of the season, revealing the title of the show's next episode.
Written by Horowitz and his partner-in-crime Edward Kitsis, the season seven premiere will be called 'Hyperion Heights'.
This may not seem like much on the surface, but there is a ton of hidden meaning to pull from those two simple words.
Fans are starting to speculate that Hyperion could be the name of the new 'home-base' town in the series. The show will be leaving Storybrooke, as we saw in the season six finale, so the characters that are left will need to find a new location to call home.
"My very first impression is that Hyperion Heights will be the name of the new (Seattle-adjacent?) 'home base' for the series, seeing as Storybrooke, Maine will no longer be the primary setting. But as for the title's obvious 'DNA,' Hyperion Avenue was the location of Walt Disney Studios prior to 1939, while Hyperion is the name of Disney's children's books imprint. Hyperion was also the name of a powerful Greek titan (the 'God of Watchfulness, Wisdom and the Light'), as well as assorted Marvel comic book characters."
No matter what Hyperion Heights might mean, fans can be sure that the new season of Once Upon A Time will be a total departure from what they're used to. Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Lucas, and a few others have all left the show, following the completion of their characters' stories.
Once Upon A Time will return this fall on ABC, with new episodes airing on Friday nights. | {
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I am an automotive writer and photographer who has dabbled in paleontology, a little gator wrasslin’, and even spent a little time as a college lecturer. I grew up in North Carolina, but spent lots of time traveling. I’ve been all over the US, as well as E (...) | {
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So you're curious in learning this new thing called Reactive Programming, particularly its variant comprising of Rx, Bacon.js, RAC, and others.
相信你们在学习响应式编程这个新技术的时候都会充满了好奇，特别是它的一些变体，包括Rx系列、Bacon.js、RAC和其他的一些变体。
Learning it is hard, even harder by the lack of good material. When I started, I tried looking for tutorials. I found only a handful of practical guides, but they just scratched the surface and never tackled the challenge of building the whole architecture around it. Library documentations often don't help when you're trying to understand some function. I mean, honestly, look at this:
Rx.Observable.prototype.flatMapLatest(selector, [thisArg])
Projects each element of an observable sequence into a new sequence of observable sequences by incorporating the element's index and then transforms an observable sequence of observable sequences into an observable sequence producing values only from the most recent observable sequence.
Holy cow.
学习响应式编程是个困难的过程，尤其是在当前缺乏优秀资料的前提下。起初，我试图寻找一些教程，却只找到了少量的实践指南，而且它们讲的都非常浅显(scratched the surface)，从来没人接受围绕着响应式编程建立一个完整知识体系的挑战。而官方文档通常也并不能完全地帮助你理解某些函数，它们通常看起来很绕，不信请看这里：
Rx.Observable.prototype.flatMapLatest(selector, [thisArg])
根据元素下标，将可观察序列中每个元素一一映射到一个新的可观察序列当中，然后...%…………%&￥#@@……&**(晕了)
天呐，这简直太绕了！
I've read two books, one just painted the big picture, while the other dived into how to use the Reactive library. I ended up learning Reactive Programming the hard way: figuring it out while building with it. At my work in Futurice I got to use it in a real project, and had the support of some colleagues when I ran into troubles.
The hardest part of the learning journey is thinking in Reactive. It's a lot about letting go of old imperative and stateful habits of typical programming, and forcing your brain to work in a different paradigm. I haven't found any guide on the internet in this aspect, and I think the world deserves a practical tutorial on how to think in Reactive, so that you can get started. Library documentation can light your way after that. I hope this helps you.
"What is Reactive Programming?"
There are plenty of bad explanations and definitions out there on the internet. Wikipedia is too generic and theoretical as usual. Stackoverflow's canonical answer is obviously not suitable for newcomers. Reactive Manifesto sounds like the kind of thing you show to your project manager or the businessmen at your company. Microsoft's Rx terminology "Rx = Observables + LINQ + Schedulers" is so heavy and Microsoftish that most of us are left confused. Terms like "reactive" and "propagation of change" don't convey anything specifically different to what your typical MV* and favorite language already does. Of course my framework views react to the models. Of course change is propagated. If it wouldn't, nothing would be rendered.
Reactive programming is programming with asynchronous data streams.
In a way, this isn't anything new. Event buses or your typical click events are really an asynchronous event stream, on which you can observe and do some side effects. Reactive is that idea on steroids. You are able to create data streams of anything, not just from click and hover events. Streams are cheap and ubiquitous, anything can be a stream: variables, user inputs, properties, caches, data structures, etc. For example, imagine your Twitter feed would be a data stream in the same fashion that click events are. You can listen to that stream and react accordingly.
响应式编程就是与异步数据流交互的编程范式
一方面，这已经不是什么新事物了。事件总线(Event Buses)或一些典型的点击事件本质上就是一个异步事件流(asynchronous event stream)，这样你就可以观察它的变化并使其做出一些反应(产生一些效果(do some side effects))。响应式是这样的一个思路：除了点击(click)和悬停(hover)的事件外，你可以给任何事物创建数据流。数据流无处不在(Streams are cheap and ubiquitous)，任何东西都可以成为一个数据流，例如变量、用户输入、属性、缓存、数据结构等等。举个栗子，你可以把你的微博订阅功能想象成跟点击事件一样的数据流，你可以监听这样的数据流，并做出相应的反应。
On top of that, you are given an amazing toolbox of functions to combine, create and filter any of those streams. That's where the "functional" magic kicks in. A stream can be used as an input to another one. Even multiple streams can be used as inputs to another stream. You can merge two streams. You can filter a stream to get another one that has only those events you are interested in. You can map data values from one stream to another new one.
If streams are so central to Reactive, let's take a careful look at them, starting with our familiar "clicks on a button" event stream.
A stream is a sequence of ongoing events ordered in time. It can emit three different things: a value (of some type), an error, or a "completed" signal. Consider that the "completed" takes place, for instance, when the current window or view containing that button is closed.
We capture these emitted events only asynchronously, by defining a function that will execute when a value is emitted, another function when an error is emitted, and another function when 'completed' is emitted. Sometimes these last two can be omitted and you can just focus on defining the function for values. The "listening" to the stream is called subscribing. The functions we are defining are observers. The stream is the subject (or "observable") being observed. This is precisely the Observer Design Pattern.
An alternative way of drawing that diagram is with ASCII, which we will use in some parts of this tutorial:
--a---b-c---d---X---|->
a, b, c, d are emitted values
X is an error
| is the 'completed' signal
---> is the timeline
Since this feels so familiar already, and I don't want you to get bored, let's do something new: we are going to create new click event streams transformed out of the original click event stream.
First, let's make a counter stream that indicates how many times a button was clicked. In common Reactive libraries, each stream has many functions attached to it, such as map, filter, scan, etc. When you call one of these functions, such as clickStream.map(f), it returns a new stream based on the click stream. It does not modify the original click stream in any way. This is a property called immutability, and it goes together with Reactive streams just like pancakes are good with syrup. That allows us to chain functions like clickStream.map(f).scan(g):
The map(f) function replaces (into the new stream) each emitted value according to a function f you provide. In our case, we mapped to the number 1 on each click. The scan(g) function aggregates all previous values on the stream, producing value x = g(accumulated, current), where g was simply the add function in this example. Then, counterStream emits the total number of clicks whenever a click happens.
To show the real power of Reactive, let's just say that you want to have a stream of "double click" events. To make it even more interesting, let's say we want the new stream to consider triple clicks as double clicks, or in general, multiple clicks (two or more). Take a deep breath and imagine how you would do that in a traditional imperative and stateful fashion. I bet it sounds fairly nasty and involves some variables to keep state and some fiddling with time intervals.
Well, in Reactive it's pretty simple. In fact, the logic is just 4 lines of code.
But let's ignore code for now. Thinking in diagrams is the best way to understand and build streams, whether you're a beginner or an expert.
Grey boxes are functions transforming one stream into another. First we accumulate clicks in lists, whenever 250 milliseconds of "event silence" has happened (that's what buffer(stream.throttle(250ms)) does, in a nutshell. Don't worry about understanding the details at this point, we are just demoing Reactive for now). The result is a stream of lists, from which we apply map() to map each list to an integer matching the length of that list. Finally, we ignore 1 integers using the filter(x >= 2) function. That's it: 3 operations to produce our intended stream. We can then subscribe ("listen") to it to react accordingly how we wish.
I hope you enjoy the beauty of this approach. This example is just the tip of the iceberg: you can apply the same operations on different kinds of streams, for instance, on a stream of API responses; on the other hand, there are many other functions available.
"Why should I consider adopting RP?"
Reactive Programming raises the level of abstraction of your code so you can focus on the interdependence of events that define the business logic, rather than having to constantly fiddle with a large amount of implementation details. Code in RP will likely be more concise.
The benefit is more evident in modern webapps and mobile apps that are highly interactive with a multitude of UI events related to data events. 10 years ago, interaction with web pages was basically about submitting a long form to the backend and performing simple rendering to the frontend. Apps have evolved to be more real-time: modifying a single form field can automatically trigger a save to the backend, "likes" to some content can be reflected in real time to other connected users, and so forth.
Apps nowadays have an abundancy of real-time events of every kind that enable a highly interactive experience to the user. We need tools for properly dealing with that, and Reactive Programming is an answer.
Thinking in RP, with examples
Let's dive into the real stuff. A real-world example with a step-by-step guide on how to think in RP. No synthetic examples, no half-explained concepts. By the end of this tutorial we will have produced real functioning code, while knowing why we did each thing.
Implementing a "Who to follow" suggestions box
In Twitter there is this UI element that suggests other accounts you could follow:
We are going to focus on imitating its core features, which are:
On startup, load accounts data from the API and display 3 suggestions
On clicking "Refresh", load 3 other account suggestions into the 3 rows
On click 'x' button on an account row, clear only that current account and display another
Each row displays the account's avatar and links to their page
We can leave out the other features and buttons because they are minor. And, instead of Twitter, which recently closed its API to the unauthorized public, let's build that UI for following people on Github. There's a Github API for getting users.
Request and response
How do you approach this problem with Rx? Well, to start with, (almost) everything can be a stream. That's the Rx mantra. Let's start with the easiest feature: "on startup, load 3 accounts data from the API". There is nothing special here, this is simply about (1) doing a request, (2) getting a response, (3) rendering the response. So let's go ahead and represent our requests as a stream. At first this will feel like overkill, but we need to start from the basics, right?
On startup we need to do only one request, so if we model it as a data stream, it will be a stream with only one emitted value. Later, we know we will have many requests happening, but for now, it is just one.
--a------|->
Where a is the string 'https://api.github.com/users'
This is a stream of URLs that we want to request. Whenever a request event happens, it tells us two things: when and what. "When" the request should be executed is when the event is emitted. And "what" should be requested is the value emitted: a string containing the URL.
To create such stream with a single value is very simple in Rx*. The official terminology for a stream is "Observable", for the fact that it can be observed, but I find it to be a silly name, so I call it stream.
Notice we are using a jQuery Ajax callback (which we assume you should know already) to handle the asynchronicity of the request operation. But wait a moment, Rx is for dealing with asynchronous data streams. Couldn't the response for that request be a stream containing the data arriving at some time in the future? Well, at a conceptual level, it sure looks like it, so let's try that.
What Rx.Observable.create() does is create your own custom stream by explicitly informing each observer (or in other words, a "subscriber") about data events (onNext()) or errors (onError()). What we did was just wrap that jQuery Ajax Promise. Excuse me, does this mean that a Promise is an Observable?
Observable is Promise++. In Rx you can easily convert a Promise to an Observable by doing var stream = Rx.Observable.fromPromise(promise), so let's use that. The only difference is that Observables are not Promises/A+ compliant, but conceptually there is no clash. A Promise is simply an Observable with one single emitted value. Rx streams go beyond promises by allowing many returned values.
This is pretty nice, and shows how Observables are at least as powerful as Promises. So if you believe the Promises hype, keep an eye on what Rx Observables are capable of.
Now back to our example, if you were quick to notice, we have one subscribe() call inside another, which is somewhat akin to callback hell. Also, the creation of responseStream is dependent on requestStream. As you heard before, in Rx there are simple mechanisms for transforming and creating new streams out of others, so we should be doing that.
The one basic function that you should know by now is map(f), which takes each value of stream A, applies f() on it, and produces a value on stream B. If we do that to our request and response streams, we can map request URLs to response Promises (disguised as streams).
Then we will have created a beast called "metastream": a stream of streams. Don't panic yet. A metastream is a stream where each emitted value is yet another stream. You can think of it as pointers: each emitted value is a pointer to another stream. In our example, each request URL is mapped to a pointer to the promise stream containing the corresponding response.
A metastream for responses looks confusing, and doesn't seem to help us at all. We just want a simple stream of responses, where each emitted value is a JSON object, not a 'Promise' of a JSON object. Say hi to Mr. Flatmap: a version of map() than "flattens" a metastream, by emitting on the "trunk" stream everything that will be emitted on "branch" streams. Flatmap is not a "fix" and metastreams are not a bug, these are really the tools for dealing with asynchronous responses in Rx.
Nice. And because the response stream is defined according to request stream, if we have later on more events happening on request stream, we will have the corresponding response events happening on response stream, as expected:
requestStream: --a-----b--c------------|->
responseStream: -----A--------B-----C---|->
(lowercase is a request, uppercase is its response)
Now that we finally have a response stream, we can render the data we receive:
The refresh button
I did not yet mention that the JSON in the response is a list with 100 users. The API only allows us to specify the page offset, and not the page size, so we're using just 3 data objects and wasting 97 others. We can ignore that problem for now, since later on we will see how to cache the responses.
Everytime the refresh button is clicked, the request stream should emit a new URL, so that we can get a new response. We need two things: a stream of click events on the refresh button (mantra: anything can be a stream), and we need to change the request stream to depend on the refresh click stream. Gladly, RxJS comes with tools to make Observables from event listeners.
Since the refresh click event doesn't itself carry any API URL, we need to map each click to an actual URL. Now we change the request stream to be the refresh click stream mapped to the API endpoint with a random offset parameter each time.
Because I'm dumb and I don't have automated tests, I just broke one of our previously built features. A request doesn't happen anymore on startup, it happens only when the refresh is clicked. Urgh. I need both behaviors: a request when either a refresh is clicked or the webpage was just opened.
The startWith() function does exactly what you think it does. No matter how your input stream looks like, the output stream resulting of startWith(x) will have x at the beginning. But I'm not DRY enough, I'm repeating the API endpoint string. One way to fix this is by moving the startWith() close to the refreshClickStream, to essentially "emulate" a refresh click on startup.
Modelling the 3 suggestions with streams
Until now, we have only touched a suggestion UI element on the rendering step that happens in the responseStream's subscribe(). Now with the refresh button, we have a problem: as soon as you click 'refresh', the current 3 suggestions are not cleared. New suggestions come in only after a response has arrived, but to make the UI look nice, we need to clean out the current suggestions when clicks happen on the refresh.
No, not so fast, pal. This is bad, because we now have two subscribers that affect the suggestion DOM elements (the other one being responseStream.subscribe()), and that doesn't really sound like Separation of concerns. Remember the Reactive mantra?
So let's model a suggestion as a stream, where each emitted value is the JSON object containing the suggestion data. We will do this separately for each of the 3 suggestions. This is how the stream for suggestion #1 could look like:
The others, suggestion2Stream and suggestion3Stream can be simply copy pasted from suggestion1Stream. This is not DRY, but it will keep our example simple for this tutorial, plus I think it's a good exercise to think how to avoid repetition in this case.
Closing a suggestion and using cached responses
There is one feature remaining to implement. Each suggestion should have its own 'x' button for closing it, and loading another in its place. At first thought, you could say it's enough to make a new request when any close button is clicked:
That does not work. It will close and reload all suggestions, rather than just only the one we clicked on. There are a couple of different ways of solving this, and to keep it interesting, we will solve it by reusing previous responses. The API's response page size is 100 users while we were using just 3 of those, so there is plenty of fresh data available. No need to request more.
In Rx* there is a combinator function called combineLatest that seems to do what we need. It takes two streams A and B as inputs, and whenever either stream emits a value, combineLatest joins the two most recently emitted values a and b from both streams and outputs a value c = f(x,y), where f is a function you define. It is better explained with a diagram:
We can apply combineLatest() on close1ClickStream and responseStream, so that whenever the close 1 button is clicked, we get the latest response emitted and produce a new value on suggestion1Stream. On the other hand, combineLatest() is symmetric: whenever a new response is emitted on responseStream, it will combine with the latest 'close 1' click to produce a new suggestion. That is interesting, because it allows us to simplify our previous code for suggestion1Stream, like this: | {
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Iranian opposition calls for a day of protests on February 14th
Iranian opposition calls for a day of protests on February 14th in support of Egypt and Tunisia. A British grandmother becomes the latest web sensation. And the Grammy Awards ceremony to be broadcast live on the web
Iranian opposition calls for protest on Feb. 14
Will the wave of revolution that is sweeping through the Arab World revive Iran’s Green Movement? Opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, have called for a day of protests on February 14th, in support of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, sparking lively reaction online.
Numerous student associations across the country have already responded to the appeal and close to 30 000 web users have joined this Facebook group devoted to this day of mobilization.
Cyber censorship has been considerably reinforced in recent weeks and so activists have also been encouraging citizens to take part in the upcoming demonstrations by writing messages on bank notes.
Messages are also springing up in the streets. Written in telephone boxes, and on walls, slogans attacking Tehran’s government have recently been multiplying on the urban landscape.
The demonstrations have not been authorized by the authorities however, although they officially expressed support of the Egyptian uprising which they considered to be an Islamic Revolution: a paradoxical situation according to Mehdi Karroubi who, according to his web site, has been placed under house arrest this week.
But campaigning on the Internet continues nonetheless. Many posters created by anonymous activists are circulating online calling upon Iranians to take to the streets on the 14th of February. This one is reminding people that the Iranian constitution ensures the right to peaceful demonstrations.
"Supergranny" becomes new Internet superstar
« The Handbag heroin » and also « Supergranny » : These are just some of the nicknames British web users have been giving to Ann Timson. This 71 year old woman has become a hot topic online ever since this video was posted on the web. We see her chase away 6 men trying to rob a jewelers in Northampton in England. Her intervention has been widely discussed online.
Scores of Twitter users are hailing Ann Timson’s act and admiring her bravery. They are describing her as a genuine modern day heroine as well as an example for the younger generation.
The thread #supergran has been set up in honour of the online superstar. Web users can pay tribute to her or share the latest pieces of information concerning this extraordinary granny. Some are even wondering if Ann Timson should be awarded an OBE for her exceptional act.
And fans are having a field day on Facebook. And since the video of her exploits was posted online, many groups, like these ones, once again praising her actions, have been set up.
And these exploits have inspired online artists, like the creator of this photomontage depicting the grandmother in a super girl costume.
And video parodies are starting to pour into sharing sites. Here, one web user has added the “wonder woman” theme tune to the images that made Anne Timson famous and given the original video a “Batman” twist.
Grammy Awards live online
On the 13th of February, it will be possible to follow the 53rd Grammy Awards, the American music industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony live from anywhere in the world via the sites Grammy.com and YouTube. A temporary online channel devoted entirely to the Grammy Awards, called Grammy Live, is to be set up for the occasion, and will also offer additional videos, and photos.
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Joss Whedon Wants More Females In The Avengers 2
Talk of The Avengers 2 is already starting to heat up and the big question on everyone’s mind is, which new heroes will join the cast for the sequel?
We know that there will definitely be new additions to the cast and word on the street is that Dr. Strange and The Black Panther are being considered, but is it possible that director Joss Whedon has other ideas in mind?
In talking to EW, Whedon said that he’d like to see more females on the team. Now whether that will become a reality or not is up in the air. For one, we don’t even know if Whedon will direct the sequel, that’s the biggest unknown as of now.
If he does return though, we may see the testosterone levels drop just a bit, check out what he had to say below.
Whedon joked, “I think we need to get some more men on the team. Studios will tell you: A woman cannot headline an action movie. After The Hunger Games they might stop telling you that a little bit. Whatever you think of the movie, it’s done a great service. And after The Avengers, I think it’s changing.”
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It never ceases to amaze me which state or government owes me my own money! The amazing part is that 95% of the time that I’ve found this money, I’m still living at the same address as stated on the unclaimed property file.
So, start the year off checking for your “found money”.
Even if you’ve lived at the same address for “a zillion years”, check the “missing money” websites for any state you’ve ever lived in.
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Happened this year again. And yes, Google… I have not moved!
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High school football: Millard looks to build on title game appearance
FILLMORE Despite Millard's obvious disappointment about losing in the 2A football state championship game last year, spirits are high entering the 2008 season and for good reason.
The Eagles return numerous key starters, have one the biggest offensive lines in 2A and are hungrier than ever after two straight state championship game losses.
"We've talked about wanting to be on a state championship team and doing what it takes to be on a state championship team are two different things," said Millard coach Marshall Sheriff.
It starts with the offense, someone Sheriff and his assistant coaches found out right away during the first day of Millard's team camp in mid-July. In the traditional inter-squad scrimmage to wet everyone's appetite, the offense was absolutely dominant.
"Usually your defense just kicks but because your timings not there, but the offense just went right through them," said Sheriff.
It makes sense though.
Millard's offense returns star running back Clancy Mortensen, offensive lineman Sergio Pedroza, Tony Ruvaigaba and Justin Dickins, and several other key players who gained invaluable experience last year when starters were injured.
Mortensen is poised for a dominant MVP-type season after rushing for 844 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior last year.
"He's actually the fastest guy on my team, but I would actually describe him as a power runner," said Sheriff. "But the fastest guy on our team has got to be our tailback, even though we'll have smaller up backs."
Corwin Chlarson is one of those smaller backs who will see plenty of carries. He filled in last year when Millard leading rusher Zack Wilcox missed a few games with injury, and Sheriff said he played great.
Another player who proved himself in injury spot duty is fullback Rendon Shields. When Quincy Thatcher missed a few games with a leg injury, Shields was instrumental in leading Millard to three region victories.
Senior Brad Dallin takes over at quarterback this year, and he'll have a veteran line in front of him.
"We're going to be bigger than we've been for a long time," said Sheriff.
Pedroza, a state champion wrestler, checks in at around 320 pounds, while fellow returning starters Ruvaigaba and Dickins weigh 230 and 200 respectively. Projected starters joining them in the offensive trenches are Cody Johnston and Thomas Kesler, checking in around 250 and 200.
Millard's offense will probably need to lead the way in the preseason while Millard's defense settles in. It might take a while.
Three projected junior defensive starters are coming off serious season-ending injuries as sophomores, most of which occurred early in the year. Therefore experience wise they're still sophomores this year.
Millard Eagles prep football preview
COACH: Entering his ninth year as head coach at Millard, Marshall Sheriff owns an impressive 74-20 career record, including a state title in 2001.
KEY PLAYERS: Clancy Mortensen should have a dominant season this year at tailback. He's a fast and powerful runner, who should easily approach 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns if he stays healthy this year. He has three returning starters on the line to block for him: Sergio Pedroza, Tony Ruvaigaba and Justin Dickins. Brad Dallin takes over at quarterback.
QUESTION MARK: Despite returning seven defensive starters, there's amongst the coaching staff about how good the defense really is. The team has critical spots to fill at every position, and a handful of them will be filled by juniors who missed most of their sophomores years with injuries. Mentally, there's gotta be some concerns about the mind set of a team with two straight state championship losses.
LAST YEAR: 12-1, lost to North Summit in championship game.
PREDICTED 2A SOUTH FINISH: First.
POSTSEASON POSSIBILITIES: The program has lost in the 2A state championship game each of the past two years, and this team is just as capable getting there as well. Taking the next step and actually winning it won't be easy with so many good teams this year, but the potential is definitely there. | {
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
I got an early morning phone call today from the other septic company that was supposed to take a look at our “dose tank.” Okay, so early morning for me is 9 AM, but whatever. Anyway, they could come out in the late afternoon and check it out and see what we needed to do. I got up and around and ran my errands in the morning so I could be home in the afternoon. By “errands” I mean “beer run.” Got home, did my weights, called my Mom and arranged to go and see her on Sunday, headed out to the deck to catch some rays...and the company showed up almost two hours early! Glad I got stuff done when I did! We needed a new pump, and they stuck around to install it. Really nice guys, and they even put all the dirt back in place where they dug, and raked it all nice and neat. We’ll be going on vacation soon, so I was happy to get that taken care of before then. We also got the tickets for our Broadway Theater League shows, including the information about the two extra shows that aren’t part of the season, “Stomp” and “American Idiot.” We saw the former a few years ago, and agreed that we weren’t really interested in seeing it again, but you’d better believe I am ALL OVER “American Idiot!” There was an order form included for extra tickets, and I called the box office to ask if I could just send that in now, because we’re going to be out of town when they go on sale in a couple of weeks. Not a problem, the guy said, so that is all filled out and I’ll mail it tomorrow. I hope we get good seats! The show isn’t until next April, so I have plenty of time to look forward to it...and plan my outfit! Haha! I made burritos tonight, and I tried my first ever made-from-scratch sangria, and let me tell you, this stuff is FANTASTIC. I just kind of made it up, too! I had a general idea of what to put in it, and used what I had in the fridge. BOOM, good stuff!Tomorrow will be a Nutwood day...ribs, cucumbers, corn on the cob. More tomorrow, and I hope everyone has a great holiday!Rock on, Citizens! | {
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There is no magic wand that the government can use to resolve the energy crisis. Decisions taken today will make an impact a couple of years later.
WASHINGTON:
Pakistan is grappling with an energy crisis of epic proportions. Here are some solutions:
Short-term measures
Coal:
Ramp up coal mining and production, and convert existing thermal power plants to use coal as fuel.
Coal contributes to less than 1% of Pakistan’s generation, even though the Thar mines contain the world’s third-largest coal reserves. By comparison, coal contributes about 40% of total energy generation globally. Even ‘green’ countries like Germany are in the process of installing coal-powered plants. In generating electricity, coal clearly remains the choice of first resort.
Circular debt:
Pakistan has a circular debt in the electricity generation and distribution chain worth $5 billion, simply because the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has proven ineffective in monitoring generators and utilities. In the West, regulatory commissions are led by energy specialists. Fixed tenures, autonomy from political interference, as well as empowerment to punish generation and distribution companies minimise chances of gaming of the system.
A strong regulator checks and balances; a weak one allows governments to run rampant. They then set tariffs as they see fit, send linemen to collect kickbacks from electricity thieves and give away electricity freebies to vote banks. Utilities go bankrupt, their slate is wiped clean, the debt re-emerges, and round and round we go.
The government must create a cadre of energy specialists who are sent to the West to study regulatory mechanisms. When they return to Pakistan, they must be allowed to set up regulatory commissions that function without fear or favour. Civil service generalists will want to grab the opportunity of overseas junkets, but the government should choose young and idealistic people with little baggage. And it should pay them handsomely: the benefits accrued will far outweigh their salaries.
Power distribution:
Decouple agricultural and consumer supply networks in rural areas from each other, otherwise households benefit unfairly from the less-expensive agricultural tariffs. Gujarat in India has bifurcated the two networks to increase electricity revenues substantively. The model should be easily replicable in Pakistan.
Import of fuel:
The Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline is a no-brainer. Sure, the US will exert political and economic pressure, but what if one of these days the international community reaches an accord with Iran? Won’t the policymakers in Pakistan then have egg on their face if they ditch the IP now? Other than the US’ interests, India too frets over the security situation in Balochistan. But if Pakistan’s establishment can secure the country’s nuclear arsenal, surely it can protect another critical asset.
The IP pipeline becoming the Iran-Pakistan-India-Bangladesh pipeline would be a boon for the entire region. Natural gas, which has extensive use in power generation, transportation and manufacturing, can also be imported from abroad. The Indian ambassador to the US recently urged America, which is sitting on a glut of natural gas, to allow its export. In case America agrees, Pakistan should also be ready to benefit from the decision.
Long-term measures
Shale gas:
Shale gas is a form of natural gas that is obtained from sedimentary rock through a process called hydraulic fracturing. The US is witnessing a boom in shale gas production, and Pakistan too has substantial proven shale gas deposits. The technology is field-tested and easily acquired; there is no reason to delay shale gas exploration.
Smart metering:
Install smart meters to curb electricity theft. Losses due to outright theft and unpaid bills approach nearly half of all electricity generated in Pakistan. What business can ever run like this?
At their current price of Rs10,000 apiece, smart meters can return the investment made in them in about a year. Sweden, which has very minor electricity theft as compared to Pakistan, gains a third of a percent in annual GDP from smart meters. On the other hand, the energy crisis costs Pakistan about four percent of its GDP – smart meters alone can make a major difference.
Slum dwellers steal power through illegal connections, but they are less culpable than the bourgeoisie who payoff meter readers to record lower readings or refuse to pay bills altogether. Naples, Italy’s third-largest city with a population of around a million, had a similar problem, but smart meters have been effective in curbing theft and tampering with meters and supply lines.
There is no magic wand that the government can use to resolve the energy crisis. Decisions taken today will make an impact a couple of years later. But if the government does not bite the bullet now, then it might as well be waiting for nothing.
The writer runs Sierra Consulting, an energy and policy advisory firm, and comments on clean energy and South Asia.
Coal available in Thar is sort of useless for a country like us that has almost no innovative economy and one that is not rich. To bring thar coal into use for electricity generation requires development of modifications for run-of-the-mill coal plants. The high lignite content of thar coal is a big challenge. Either we develop these plants ourselves or we buy these plants from other countries. These will be more expensive that regular coal plants since they will need modifications.
We should ramp up coal-based electricity production but we also need to know that we will be using mostly imported coal. This is subject to price increases in the future since China and India are demanding coal is hoards. This policy can hence backfire just like the 1992 policy which advocated oil-based plants at a time when oil prices were around $15 a barrel. Ex-ante that policy made sense just like the coal one does right now. But we have no clue what will happen ex-post. We know ex-post that policy was a disaster. So we should hedge our bets and work on other alternatives aggressively to insure against future price increases of coal.Recommend
The end of energy crisis will make it one step closer toward overall peace. Some enemies of Pakistan (hint: India is not one of them) will not want peace as it’ll hurt their cause. So, I would expect a few power generation facilities blown apart!
Per sq. Kilometre Pakistan has more energy experts than any other country in the World. The world usually leaves the energy planning to Professional Engineers not politicians and economists. We should do the same. Of course those responsible for the “circular debt’ situation to fester should be punished.
I found the article utterly lacking in practical aspects of solving this crisis both in the short term and in the longer term. The consultant seems to have completely ignored timelines of his proposed solutions! The solutions need to focus on 1) optimization of the current generation capacity, with focus on fixing “cash inflow problems,” generational losses, optimized distribution, removal of cng incentives for vehicles, ensuring the plants are well maintained and generating to their rated capacities, etc. 2) short term solutions: is conversion to coal a short-term solution? Or should there be massive focus on building solar or wind capacity for supplying locations prone to large transmission losses? 3) mid- long term solutions need to focus on, perhaps as the writer suggested, conversion back to coal (although, I have read that the quality of coal in Pakistan is very poor)…. which could have severe environmental side affects. For a country like Pakistan…..new powerplants (coal, nuclear, hydro) need to be started immediately…..who is working on that? The plans could take 1-2 years and funding another 2. Add construction and commissioning and you are 7-10 years from a finite increase in generation capacity from new non-renewable sources.
PAKISTAN NEEDS SHORT-TERM SOUTIONS IN EFFECT NOW!
The reason is the theft of energy and non payment of utility bills in Sind. Baluchistan and Fata. Unless Govt. tackles these issues, whether you generate excess power or not. the problem will keep on worsening. We, the honest paying consumers are paying much higher tariff than most of the 3rd world and develop countries consumers pay. No leader in Pakistan talk about this issue as they will lose their vote bank. If this situation continues, Pakistan will not survive. Our leaders know this fact but being hypocrites, they never pay attention. If theft and non payment issue is tackled, we can eliminate loadshedding in 3 months as the generation capacity is there but no fuel because of non payment. People of Pakistan should demand from Nawas and Imran to pay attention to eradicate theft and non payment culture.
Power Crisis in Pakistan is a technical, economic, political and managerial crisis.
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overwhelming chances are that Nawaz Sharif and even his successor will be knocked out by this crisis.
@Nauman: Totally agree with Nauman. Seems the writer has a superfical knowledge of teh ground realities in Pakistan, especially in terms of usage of low quality Thar Coal.
Need to set our priorities in terms of gas for CNG of for power plants; increase prices to stop further ballooning of circular debt; reduce power theft / pilferage; Focus on clean energy for meeting future Pakistan’s energy needs!
Lower BTU (low quality) coal and lignite has been successfully used in many countries including Germany and India. There were three main reasons why Pakistan had not invested in coal or other alternative energy sources. First, there was a belief that the Balochistan gas fields were inexhaustible.
Second, Pakistani establishment had the notion that Pakistan would for ever get free or heavily subsidized oil from Saudi Arabia.
Third, the Establishment was intent on getting nuke technology and supplies to further bolster its nuke arsenal. The Establishment geniuses felt that if Pakistan became self-sufficient in energy by using coal, wind power, solar energy etc. sources, they would lose the argument that the developed nations should supply it with nuke technology to “solve” the energy problem. In this sense, the energy crisis may be a self-engineered “strategic” grand design. Sort of “if you don’t give us nuke power, we will shoot ourselves on our heads” strategy.
My first suggestion will be The well of the political leadership for solving the crises not for political or regional gain but As humans and Pakistani 2. Smart meter 3-Decoupling of domestic and commercial consumers 4- Honest ,independent technical , efficient and handsomely paid management 5-punishment for corrupt consumers and officials 6-green energy hydro energy IP gas pipeline,Shale gas ,solar energy and coal should be consider last but for the present crises Coal is first option along with working on other options
@Nadir:
Dear Nadir. No yawn. Not that simple. Guess who is not paying their electricity bills.
Electricity payments and the delivery of electricity is tied-in in Karachi and guess what. It works. The rest of the country has no idea who pays, who gets a subsidy and what is the true cost of either.
In the Vision 2020 document of the Planning Commission, the official position is that the Sindh Coal is cost ineffective. Colleagues in NEPRA felt that PC was thinking from 1950s technology. I am no expert but surely we can have some clarity between such divergence
And if Pakistan is clever enough, they will go renewables and biomass. And still dig coal and extract shale but sell it in international energy markets. Because of renewables, Pakistan will be able to save substantial emission credits that it can again sell in international commodities markets. Finally, it may even get away with it for free. Under the Koyoto protocol, developed nations can help developing nations build emission-free infrastructure in agreement to trade the emission credits that those projects save. Is any one listening?
I would not agree with you on many levels. As a Research Engineer in Energy sector in germany would like to point out fews points:
BTU can be processed but the question is the price. Pakistan invested always keeping in mind SUI gas. Therefore we never invested in coal field. Processing coal will be expensive comparatively but offcourse mismanagement can be seen here.
Regarding your Nuclear issue. I would like to add that Pakistan is a nuclear power. We have already made a bomb so why would the Establishment try to find an excuse…Your point makes no sense. Nuclear safety is one issue. But the world knows that Nuclear power is important in todays world. France produces 60% of its power through Nuclear and UK is also increasing its Nuclear power output. Germany is an exception keeping in mind the current situation where Nuclear power plants are being shut down. Thats why Germany is ready to pay any price for the coal. Also another point Germany imports gas from Russia so they dont want to be completely dependent there.
So the picture of conspriracy theory which you have drawn makes no sense. Pakistan right now requires a Nuclear power plant or a dam.
Kalabagh is a good project but becaue of Political issues it wont be made.
Please keep in mind alternative energy resources like wind and solar will be very expensive for Pakistan…….will dont discuss this matter just accept it as a rule of thumb.
You are wrong brother, Pakistan does not have proper energy experts. From hydropower to coal and wind the key experts are outside pakistan only available for advisory. They don’t want to visit Pakistan for security reasons.
Pakistan is not even castle of Islam that Allah will send electricity as gift to us.
I agree that the first choice should be hydroelectric projects, big and small. As for wind and solar energy, while capital cost is high, once invested, the operating cost are very low – the wind and solar energy are free “fuels”. Also, as green energy sources, they are very benign on the environment. Pakistan has abundant sunshine and strong wind currents. Costs of solar cells and wind turbines have been dropping rapidly over the past few years and are expected to get even more competitive in the next decade.
Nuclear power carries very high capital costs and the disposal of spent fuel is a big environmental issue.
As for my “conspiracy” theory, it is not without any basis. You say Pakistan doesn’t need any more nukes since it already possesses enough. How do you then explain why Pakistan is spending $3B+ on nuclear bombs? Pakistan wants new reactors to make a lot more plutonium to build a much larger arsenal that is not very heavy like the uranium based ones. It is no secret that Pakistani foreign office has been making a huge pitch, especially after India got the nuclear “deal”, to western nations that Pak needs to be given nuclear plants and technology because of the energy shortage, while making no attempt to install new capacity using conventional energy technologies. Pakistani establishment could have used the $3B+ spent on bombs to build several thermal-coal plants, wind farms, hydroelectric projects or solar farms.
Firstly we should stop crying on split milk.move forward and plan on the resources what we have.For example if we have legnite coal (and not anthracite).then why we are wasting time on useless discussions that we have low grade coal.Keep in mind that we have one of the largest reserves of coal and many countries are using legnite coal like Newzeland and IndiaDesigns of.Coal gas plants from legnite are available.So stop wasting time go for coal gasification and renewable energy like hydral,solar,wind etc.
In fact you are the one who stopped IPPs Electricity projects which were supposed to be the short/medium term projects by the then Government. Last but not the least, the “Thar Coal” Project which could have been the ‘Gold Mine’ for Pakistan was halted by PMLN Government. Stop your Hypocritical nuisance. | {
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Director general of health services, government of India, Dr Jagdish Prasad later told reporters that government is giving 121 CBNAAT machines across the country, including Gadchiroli, Gondia and Chandrapur medical colleges. Another 500 machines will be added in the next two years to detect TB in every patient instead of the 50% diagnosis at present.
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My husband and I have been offered career opportunities in Nevada. We spent weeks looking for housing. We found nothing. Look on any real estate site and you’ll see thousands of homes for sale in Nevada.
When you try to see the homes, it seems like 99 percent are unavailable because of the lenders. Most are vacant, and they cause a blight in every neighborhood.
When a home is in foreclosure, no one is paying the real estate taxes — millions of dollars are owed to Nevada and could remain unpaid indefinitely.
Thousands of homes have sat in foreclosure for years and will continue to sit unless your Legislature acts to force lenders to release homes. The lenders now let a fraction on the market.
The Legislature can establish reasonable guidelines for the foreclosure process and force lenders to release homes so that they can generate tax revenue.
I realize this may cause prices to drop at first, but it would generate income for the state in unpaid taxes and also bring people like us to Nevada.
In the long run, it would raise prices and help neighborhoods — the vacant homes would be purchased and cleaned up, and the value of the entire area would increase.
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Letter writer is correct. The lengthy time to process home foreclosures in Las Vegas is causing demand for houses to exceed supply. Especially with the slow down in new home construction, which by the way is picking up [likely due to the shortage]. The successful home buyers in Las Vegas are paying cash for the homes and bidding up the homes' asking prices. The reason home prices [new and old] are on the rise, not just in Las Vegas but cities across the nation.
Welcome to Nevada folks, however, while common sense, moral values, ethics and traditional home purchases have been temporarily discontinued, we still offer great deals on the "one payment plan"! With the "one payment plan", the next time chicken little politicians and juveniles in the media tell you have been taken advantage of and your home is worthless, just walk away, no lawyers, threatening certified letters, collection agencies, nothing. How cool is that?
Future and Carmine disagreeing on what should happen with all the foreclosed homes in the Las Vegas area.
Future said:
"You (letter writer) want the State to tell Banks to sell houses at a even steeper loss. Really"
Then Carmine said:
"Letter writer is correct. The lengthy time to process home foreclosures in Las Vegas is causing demand for houses to exceed supply."
Then Carmine went on to say:
"The successful home buyers in Las Vegas are paying cash for the homes and bidding up the homes' asking prices. The reason home prices [new and old] are on the rise, not just in Las Vegas but cities across the nation."
It appears that our two early bird posters have started to disagree on a few things......no longer "two peas in a pod?"
Why should lenders be told by the government what to do with their assets? If the bank feels that the foreclosed home is increasing in value time passes, it is only prudent for them to wait to release the home on the market. There are houses on the market that can be traditionally purchased that are still great values.
John said: Why should lenders be told by the government what to do with their assets? If the bank feels that the foreclosed home is increasing in value time passes, it is only prudent for them to wait to release the home on the market.
Easy one John Dough - the banks are again manipulating the market. Manipulation by any monopoly is not allowed, even under our capitalist system. The banks have a monopoly at this point - of vacant homes that need to be available for sale.
According to Zillow, which I realize isn't always up to date or completely accurate, there are currently over 6500 available home listings in Las Vegas currently under 200,000.
Also, we aren't talking one bank holding onto their properties, evidently all or most of them are releasing the homes in a measured approach.
I also suspect, and in this case this is an assumption as I haven't tried it myself, that if you did your homework on a foreclosed property, and made the bank a reasonable offer on the property, they would likely release it to you for that price.
No, let's not dump all the houses back on the market. As the inventories lessen, and more foreclosures are released, we will at some point get back to normalcy as far as the real estate market goes.
If one of the 6500 homes under 200,000 isn't working, then apparently, you need a better real estate agent working for you.
There was a segment on a news show the other day where the conversation was about this. They commented that in many cases the banks have not even foreclosed on the vacant homes. One reason for this is that it leaves the mortgage borrower still liable for the property taxes. It was said that in some instances people had been found that they owed thousands in property taxes on a house they had abandoned years early. They also commented that as long as they do not foreclose and sell the home, the banks can still list them on their books at the loan value. This keeps the bank's balance sheets looking better than they probably should.
And while holding onto the homes is likely a good strategy if you are expecting prices to rise, this does not work well if you are not keeping up the property. Most any vacant house without utilities on and some minimal upkeep will deteriorate. So, you have to expect some significant rise in prices to offset that loss in value. But given that the Case-Shiller index for Las Vegas has gone from 89.89 in February of 2012 to 105.70 in February of 2013 (roughly the August 2009 level), maybe they will start moving some inventory along.
The main reason for the increase in the construction and sale of new homes, is because the people who are buying them cannot compete with others with billions in cash who are buying up all the foreclosures.
We are in a catch 22 situation. If the banks release a large bunch of foreclosed homes all at once to the buying public,then brand new home sales fall.Which is the best way to go on this is anyone's guess.
"Thousands of homes have sat in foreclosure for years and will continue to sit unless your Legislature acts to force lenders to release homes. . .The Legislature can establish reasonable guidelines for the foreclosure process and force lenders to release homes so that they can generate tax revenue."
Butler -- you're ignoring the basic clause in both our federal and state Constitutions forbidding any law impairing the obligations of contracts. Since most (if not all) foreclosures involve contracts and obligations, your suggestion fizzles. Our Congress and state legislatures pass way too many unConstitutional laws already. And because most foreclosures involve interstate commerce, that would be mostly up to Congress.
"Letter writer is correct."
CarmineD -- as you can see from the above, she's not. The correct thing for Congress to do is put teeth into laws like Title 12's RESPA to respect and enhance the centuries-old law of notes. As it is they bury it with new schemes mostly favoring the pretend-lenders, since they're the only ones who can afford being on the east coast influencing the best Congress money can buy.
"Why should lenders be told by the government what to do with their assets?"
vegasbike -- because most of those lenders are federally chartered. That means they're controlled by the laws which created them.
"Easy one John Dough -"
Judy -- good one about the monopoly. A bit over a century ago Teddy Roosevelt won the White House based on a promise to bust up monopolies like Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
"They also commented that as long as they do not foreclose and sell the home, the banks can still list them on their books at the loan value. This keeps the bank's balance sheets looking better than they probably should."
floozy -- another good point. And it highlights how homeowners keep on getting screwed for buying into the traditional American dream.
"The regulators got bailed out, the middle class lose their jobs and their houses. All this desire to trust in the government to make sure that big corporations won't hurt them actually is a backfire on them." -- Rep. Ron Paul to Jon Stewart 9/26/11, citing the example of the real estate crash as example of government regulation gone bad
"Force lenders to release homes"......... Even the liberal run on stupid has it's limits. Can't wait till free health care kicks in, that'll be a real knee slapper by golly. Yesiree folks, step right up, just like the big leagues on Las Vegas Blvd., place your money on the table, then the game begins, pay first then pump.
So let's get this straight the government that coax us into the sub-prime recession with low interest no moneny down loans securitized by Fannie and Freddie is going to tell us what to do in the housing market
Slap a tax lien on the property. Any property that fails to meet code gets seized and put up for public auction to pay back taxes and seizure expenses. (If the code isn't robust enough, strengthen it.)
Future: Ref your 1:40 p.m. No. It was a Republican't government that coaxed us "... into the sub-prime recession with low interest no moneny down loans securitized by Fannie and Freddie " The current government is a Democratic one that is showing few signs of wanting to "... tell us what to do in the housing market "
Lenders don't lose money when houses are underwater or foreclosed. They have insurance that makes up the difference between the selling price and the mortgage amount. In recent cases, the borrowers are required to have this insurance to qualify for the home loans. Lender gets the benefits and the borrowers have to pay it.
BTW, the demand for homes is up 25 percent and the availability of homes is up only 17 percent. That difference, 8 percent, if we can believe economics 101, accounts for the higher home prices and rise in new home starts.
Future and Carmine disagreeing on what should happen with all the foreclosed homes in the Las Vegas area."
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Might just as well add Killer B too. Is this a new concept for you? That smart people can actually have differences of opinions on matters? What are they teaching our boys and girls in school today? That they all have to agree all the time? How uneducated and boring. No wonder Nevada is at the bottom of the list. | {
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The elevator stopped three times on the way to the lobby. Each new passenger looked oddly at the space where Unimportant was before joining the others huddled a little more closely to the far wall than they would normally be comfortable with.
The doors opened on the bottom floor and the others quickly dashed out of the elevator with confused expressions. Unimportant slowly followed them.
He followed their paths to the hotel’s buffet. If he had to steal food to eat, at least he could take it from where it wouldn’t be missed. In moments eggs and bacon were piled high onto his plate, and he chose a table hidden in a back corner to sit at.
He ate in silence. In fact, he couldn’t remember the last time he had bothered to talk. For the first weeks, he had spoken aloud to keep himself entertained. The novelty had worn off quickly. The noise of other people’s lives drowned out any attempts in crashing waves.
With his meal finished, he reached into his bag and pulled out a map of the city. In the time since he had decided to avenge his brother’s fate, it had transformed into a series of notes and interconnected points. The scrawl was crude and it had been erased and written over so many times that that anyone who didn’t know what it was already could never hope to read its contents.
But to him the map represented the only goal he still had in this life. Asclepios’s distribution network had taken a massive hit after the riots, but there was only so much that could be done. Asclepios had spent decades building up the underground network that made his distribution possible, even a dedicated hunt could only do so much.
But Unimportant didn’t have to justify his actions or follow the guidelines that the police did. And other heroes could only afford to focus on the drug trade so much when more visible and immediate threats were appearing in the city. He may not have been the best person to bring Asclepios to his knees, but he had been dealt a better hand than anyone willing to try.
And so, Unimportant dedicated himself to dismantling the network piece by piece. But even with his goal in mind even as he moved forward with a singular purpose in mind; he knew he was still running away.
Every night he lay awake with that face resting beneath his eyelids. That simple, unassuming face that had managed to fill him with more fear than he had ever experienced in his life. The man had leaked so much rift radiation that for a moment he had failed to realize what it was. It was like he had stumbled across the active gates of two dozen sliders in the same place.
No slider should have been able to generate that much radiation, and he was leaking it passively. It had felt like the first time Unimportant had ever sensed the rift of a different slider; it was so similar to what he had unknowingly been producing, but at the same time it was so alien that he could barely comprehend its existence. This man encompassed every wave of radiation he had ever felt, but behind that all a singular wavelength echoed out, more powerful than all the others combined. In his heart he knew who it was, who it had to be.
Eclipse, the first slider, the immortal enemy of all mankind. No one really knew how his power let him keep coming back no matter how many times he was killed or driven away, but there was no doubt that anything he had turned his attention on was already doomed.
So Unimportant had run, and no matter how much time had passed, he still felt like he was running.
His finger lazily traced the most recent line he had drawn on the map. It led to a large chain store on the far side of town. He couldn’t confirm for sure that it was a distribution point, but the last seller he’d taken down had stopped by there much more often than he needed to pick up trash bags.
He carefully folded up the map and set it into his bag. He’d have to hurry if he wanted to find a ride.
He was just about to sneak onto the bus when it happened. A sudden weight nearly pushed him to the ground.
His eyes were immediately drawn to the south. It was rift radiation, but unlike any he had ever felt. If Eclipse’s radiation had been a sound it would have been deafening, if it was light it would have left him blind for life. This radiation wasn’t loud or bright, but it hit him with a force he couldn’t explain. It was calling to him.
The bus had already pulled away, but his destination had changed.
Unimportant stared at the rift piercing the sky.
He set his shoulders straight with all the confidence he had left and started walking.
The walls glowed with an eerie light. The bars too. Magic, he assumed; it kept him from breaking out. Not that breaking out would have done him any good. The world was his prison. Everyone out there knew his face; they knew that if he ever made it home they would vanish from existence like a dream.
They didn’t need to bother. He’d died the same day she did. The last thing he did before falling through the cracks was destroy their apartment and throw his cousin out a window. He didn’t have a home to return to.
He paced from one wall to the next, gently tapping his fingers along the bars of his cell. They didn’t treat him poorly, but the boredom was going to kill him. They were afraid that if they gave him too much to work with he’d break out. He got a new book every couple of days. No TV. No Radio.
Most of the time, he was alone with his thoughts. He tried to lose himself in happy memories. He remembered her smile, her voice, her lips. But it always led him to the same place. The sight of her, overwhelmed by her own power, sinking into a level of depression that took years in a matter of moments. He remembered not being able to reach her, to hold her back. He watched her pick up the shard of glass. And then he’d done the worst thing he could.
He turned away.
It had been his fault. She shouldn’t have been there at all. She definitely shouldn’t have been the one to try and take down Eclipse. It hadn’t worked any of the dozens of times they’d killed him before. They didn’t have any reason to believe that dying by his own hand would make it stick.
But it had been a chance. And Kalliope had wanted to try; she wanted to take a chance to end the monster’s life once and for all.
It was meal time. A guard was walking down the hall. As always, his other accompanied him. It was the easiest way to keep his powers in check.
Rumor watched himself through the bars. Staring into his mask in a way he had never experience until these last few months.
Neither of him said a word. The guard kept glancing between the two, as if any hint of conversation would lead to his doom.
The other Rumor scoffed. Despite the mask in the way, Rumor caught the smirk on the face that wasn’t his.
“New book.” He handed it through the bars and Rumor passed the old one back.
The guard slid the tray through the door and quickly backed away.
The other him turned to walk away and he stared at his back.
“It won’t work forever you know.”
The other him paused.
“It’s a stop-gap. Sooner or later this whole place will collapse and the only thing that will change is you’ll take me with you.”
The other him turned back slightly. “It gives us time. If you want to live, the best option is to give us as much as you can.”
Rumor looked himself in the eye. The other him couldn’t look for long. Whatever spark they’d once shared, whatever drove them to become who they were, it was gone now. He hated that look, that defeated void, coming from his own face.
Rumor couldn’t have looked for long either. This him had grown more ruthless without her. He was frozen in a moment of anger that he may never move on from. Even without the news, he heard the guards gossiping, just out of sight. He hadn’t started killing, but he was close. They’d found at least a few villains with every bone in their body shattered. They couldn’t wake up for days without fainting from the pain.
They both saw each other as the worst they could ever become. They hated each other almost as much as they hated themselves.
“You’re wrong about that,” Rumor said as he returned to his bunk. “If I wanted to live, I’d already be gone.”
The other him didn’t answer as he led the guard out of the room.
Rumor glanced down at the book. He’d read it already, but it was one he enjoyed. At least he could trust himself to pick out good books.
He ate his meal in silence and slid the tray back to the door when he was done.
Then he sat down and opened the book.
He tried to focus on the words, to string a sentence together. But before he knew it, he’d been staring blankly at the first page for minutes on end without reading a single line.
.His mind was wandering again. It led to the same place as always. Even months later, it was the only thing he could thing about.
It wasn’t her death, or her song of depression, or her lips, or her voice, or her smile. Those were all things he used to distract himself from the truth.
It was the last thing she’d said; before she started to sing. It was when she asked him to help her.
And he had
Eclipse didn’t kill Kalliope.
Rumor did.
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Will’s eyes shot open, but his head remained firmly planted on the pillow.
It was the fourth time he’d had that dream in as many nights. Before that, it had been a year and a half since he’d had it.
Ever since he was in Mach’s head, ever since he’d seen himself in the state he’d been in for months after escaping that place, the cell hadn’t left his mind.
He couldn’t talk about them. Most people would have shrugged it off as a nightmare, but people like his friends tended to be a bit…paranoid about dreams. The last thing he needed right now was The Court trying to interpret it as a sign of modern events or Maestro psychoanalyzing him about how it was a reaction to similar emotions, or Lux telling his mother.
It was just a bad dream.
It didn’t have to mean anything.
A knock on the door.
His clock said half past one, but he didn’t care. Right now he needed the distraction.
When he opened it, there was a note stuck to the other side.
It was from Zero. Apparently, someone needed to talk to him, fast. She didn’t give a name. It was odd, but not uncommon.
Will looked back at his bed. He wasn’t going to get anymore sleep tonight anyway.
Will threw on a long jacket over his t-shirt and sweat pants. And walked out the door.
The meeting place was close luckily.
Will sat down on a park bench, haloed by a lamppost mostly covered by a tree.
Miss Mirror slowly floated down to him, and Red Racer was there just as she landed.
Red Racer’s explanation was long and full of segues, but the message got through.
Even at his fastest, he had always felt like he was the one standing still. The wind was nothing more than a gentle breeze on his face, and streets passed by with crystal clarity in a moment.
Red Racer shouldn’t be out right now. Mitchell Chase should be just waking up, counting down the days until he has to return to school. But they could not stand the thought of staying still.
For the second time in his life, Red Racer had lost somebody to a supervillain. This time he had powers. This time he should have been able to help. But it hadn’t made a difference.
They hadn’t been particularly close, true. In fact, they’d barely talked at all. But they’d fought together. They worked to save a friend together. After that, she was his friend. And now he might never see her again.
He paused to keep an old woman from tripping. He wasn’t still long enough to hear her say thank you to an empty street.
Dropped wallets, runaway pets, and one almost car crash. Red Racer never stopped for long. Anyone he helped was lucky to catch a glimpse of the crimson wings on his chest before he was gone.
His sister wanted to talk. Their dinner last night had been a long drawn out attempt to get him to talk about his feelings.
He was 13, almost 14. What feelings he had he could barely understand. Trying to talk about them to his sister was as impossible as anything he’d ever tried.
So he didn’t talk. One word answers and half-hearted shrugs said exactly what he felt.
It would help if he could remember the fight. They told him he hit Frankenstein harder than anyone else could have. They said he sent him flying and bought them the time they needed to get Mach out of there.
All he remembered was seeing Frankenstein fire into the hole they saw Mach disappear into. And then he was flying backwards with no way of catching himself. Something had caught him and then he passed out.
Hawthorne had told him that that was wrong. She said that they’re hadn’t been anyone to catch him. She thought his power had kicked in and slowed him down so he hadn’t been hurt.
But he knew that was wrong. No matter how powerfully his power had grabbed him, he had never felt it. His power didn’t felt like anything; it was just the way he moved. That day, he’d been caught, held by something or someone. Hawthorne shrugged it off, but it never left his mind.
He needed to think, but even before he got his powers, he could never think while standing still. So now he was running. He wasn’t going anywhere, he didn’t need to run for anything. He wasn’t running with a purpose; running had become his purpose.
Someone had caught him. Someone he couldn’t see. Someone that Hawthorne couldn’t see and Allspades couldn’t see and Burnout couldn’t’ see.
A thought stirred in his mind, a memory. He hadn’t been there when they found Burnout lying in the cave. He had been waiting for them outside.
Why?
He began to slow; the memory began to fade. In a moment between recollection and oblivion, he paused. His feet kept moving, but his brain froze, trying to understand the state his mind was in.
Another blur crossed in front of him. His mind jerked free and he sped back up. He made a sharp turn and raced to catch up to the other runner.
It was Zero.
She caught sight of him out of the corner of her eye and slowed down just enough to let him catch up.
“Mirror’s brother, right?”
Red Racer nodded silently.
“Does she know you’re out here?”
He shrugged. “She’s at work.”
“Hmm.” She nodded. “You should go home. Tell Will’s group that something’s happening, your sister too. A slider’s been leaving massive trails all around the city. Anyone who knows what to look for is on alert.”
If it had been anyone else, Red would have turned away. But Zero was a runner, a runner who had helped found the second Council.
He spoke deliberately. He’d mostly lost the echo, but he didn’t want it to show up now. “What does it mean?”
“It means nothing, until it means war.”
Red Racer didn’t stumble. He was a runner and everyone knew that Runners didn’t stumble. There was obviously a rock in the road that he had to hop over to keep up with Zero.
Red Racer nodded. He was about to turn away, but a thought struck his mind.
“Zero?”
She didn’t say anything but her head cocked to the side.
“Have you ever been able to remember something differently when you’re running?”
She paused. Like him, her legs didn’t stop. Unlike him, she brought herself out of it.
“You’re a runner. You see things faster, you see more. Your brain works differently when you move faster than you can see. If something hit your wiring when you were slow, it might not work as well when you’re fast.”
“So even if I remember, I’ll forget when I slow down.”
She shook her head. “If you pull up something strong enough and hold onto it, you won’t forget. I’ve gotten around a few mental attacks that way. Go home. But go home fast. You might remember something.”
With that she started running faster. Not faster than he could go, but faster than he could go that fast.
He sped up, but he didn’t follow her. Right now, more than anything he needed to remember.
He focused on the cave. Why had he stayed behind?
And he ran. He ran as fast as he’d ever run and then faster.
A person clicked into place and he grabbed it. He followed it to the gas bombs, he followed it to the bullet wound in the man’s arm, he followed it until he arrived at a name. A name that seemed to hard to forget.
He stopped at his house and quickly changed into his normal clothes. He ran as fast as looked natural to his sister’s work.
Will shuffled down the empty hall towards his apartment. It was damp dim and smelled like too much detergent. It was also the nicest place he’d lived since Kalliope died.
He didn’t use the apartment much; the microwave was the only part of the kitchen he used and the “bedroom” barely fit a twin bed. But it was a place to sleep; and he didn’t have many neighbors.
He reached the door and paused. Someone was inside, sitting on his couch. Only one other person had a key, but he’d hand it over to half a dozen others if they asked for it. But there was only one person he knew who would be taking a nap on his couch.
Will opened the door. “Danny.”
Daniel Licht grunted from his spot on the couch. A mirage of stars danced around him, fading slowly as he returned to consciousness.
“Morning, Will,” he said sleepily. “I was wondering when you were gonna get home.”
Will kept an eye on his cousin as he shed his long coat. Danny barely lifted his head whne Will walked by him to the closet.
“Auntie M was asking for you. This makes two weeks in a row you missed dinner.”
“I’ve been busy.”
“You haven’t been busy in three years.” Danny’s voice was flat.
“Something happened.”
“And you can’t say any more because…?”
“I have no idea what it is.”
Danny paused.
Will glanced around the room. “There’s a step missing. There’s a pair of footsteps that I’m not listening for any more. And I don’t know why.”
Will shook his head. “My defenses were up the whole time. Last tel who tried to get past had the headache for weeks. Plus, Warren doesn’t need to get into my head. There’s nothing I know that he couldn’t find out on his own.”
“You’ve called in two favors from him. Maybe he wants you to forget what you did for him.”
Will shook his head. “I’m not missing hours or days, just moments.”
“Then it’s a broader thing. No one attacked you, you’re just collateral damage.”
Will nodded. “That’s most likely. But who would be important enough to erase that completely? I’ve checked my notes, and I’ve looked through my old cases. Nobody’s name is popping out and none of them have been erased.”
Will caught a glimpse of a smile on his cousin’s face. “What?” he spat out.
Danny shook his head. “Just remembering old times. You always worked better with a sounding board. It’s nice to know that you can still be you.”
“Somewhere out there is a power that can get past every defense I’ve built and protection I’ve been granted.”
“And you’re smiling.”
Will froze. The powered down TV showed him with an expression he hadn’t realized he could still make.
“Don’t act so surprised, Will. Sigurd’s noticed you acting like your old self. You willingly made a deal with your father for one of your kids. And if there’s one thing you could never let go…”
“I’m not trying to solve a mystery. Anyone who can pull this off is dangerous or desperate. I can’t ask others to follow a trail that exists in my head.”
Danny snorted. “Maestro’s been back in town for two weeks. The Court needs to see you to check for broken wards. Either of them could have taken this over the moment you noticed something was wrong.”
Will shook his head. “It’s not that simple.”
“Of course it isn’t.”
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He’d snuck into the cab’s front seat a few hours back. He didn’t really need the lift, but the cabbie played good music and he was heading the right way.
He probably couldn’t stay long though. The driver kept running his hand through his burnot orange hair and sniffing deeply. Unimportant didn’t know how, but he knew something was wrong with his cab, and he was starting to get nervous.
He snuck his way out of the cab the next time it was stopped. He watched the driver relac through the window. Whatever he’d done to mess with the cabbie’s day, he’d already forgotten about it.
Unimportant glanced around himself. He’d gotten a little over halfway to the next warehouse.
He walked.
Warehouse was probably a generous term. Asclepios had been hiding his wares in less obvious places lately. This next batch was supposed to be in the storage units beneath some old apartments.
He whistled happily and spun the bolt cutters around in his hand. Even when you can’t imagine your life getting any worse, you had to learn to enjoy the little things.
He turned into an empty alley; it wasn’t much of a shortcut but a few minutes makes a big difference when you can easily get locked out of your own house.
Footsteps scraped behind him and he froze.
After a moment he let himself relax. He half turned and was a woman he had never met. But he’d recognize the costume just about anywhere.
“Janus”
The woman stared straight through him, and straight at him. She didn’t react to his words.
“It’s here.” She said to herself. “But there’s no tear, no doorway. Why would there be so much leaking?”
She stared at the spot for a few more minutes.
“Whoever came through is long gone. I hope someone can track him down.”
Unimportant stared at the spot she had just left. She hadn’t seen him but…
Technically it wouldn’t be a lie. We’ve gotten pretty far these years, and the improvements I’ve made to the leg attachments have let me walk, run, and occasionally even fight again. But no matter how close I’ve gotten in was never the same.
Those first few weeks were the hardest. Learning how to not walk was difficult, but learning how to use my power at the same time was nearly impossible.
I still made an effort to go to the meetings, but I never felt like I belonged. Red Racer couldn’t stop shooting looks at me for a while. He didn’t’ mean any harm, but it made me feel like I wad more broken than I knew I was.
Hawthorne was the nicest about everything. She was sympathetic, but she never treated me like I couldn’t do anything. She also managed to talk to me like a normal person. I think I got closer to her in that first week than I had in the months we’d known each other beforehand.
Allspades was distant. He was going through his own problems at the time, and I think he thought a lot more of my frustration was directed at him than really was. It was years after I changed names that we had a chance to really get to know each other. But that isn’t really a story for this book.
Burnout…In a lot of ways Burnout was probably the worst. I think he blamed himself, but I have no idea what he thinks he could have done. At first he was doting on me, and then he was avoiding me. Even after we recovered, there were times that he just couldn’t talk to me like he used to.
A part of me wonders what would have happened if I’d never been hurt. Burnout and I…we’d gotten close before Frankenstein appeared. We might have actually had something if I’d managed to stay Mach. But we’d lost the biggest thing we had in common right when we were becoming real friends. It didn’t really set us back, but it kept us distant for a long time.
Unimportant? He was missing at the time. That was the deepest he’s ever slid without losing ground in our reality; we didn’t even know he ever existed back then. I kind of wish he’d been there. For as flat as his powers made him, he always had a way of letting us know exactly he felt. If he’d been putting out those waves of his then the others might have gotten a better idea of what I really needed back then.
Will, this was back when we had no idea who he used to be, he was actually more kind and helpful during those few weeks than he’d ever been when I was still mach. I guess my situation got to him a little. He never had any problem with me showing up to meetings after the incident. He was there to help us make a decision, but since mine was made for me, I guess he just wanted to do his best to make me believe it was a good way to live.
I never really believed it though. And honestly, I’m glad I didn’t. It was almost a year before I figured out how I could be a hero without my legs, but I never regretted getting back into the life. I liked being Scanner a lot more than I’d ever enjoyed being Mach. Sure I couldn’t fight anymore, except for a few tricks I built into my assister, but I never felt like I had to run out into every crisis again. I could do just as much good, save just as many lives, if not more, from the background as I could on the front lines.
I stayed in touch with the group, of course. Even after Eclipse, I made sure that everyone got together every once in a while. We were never an official team, but none of us could deny that we worked well together. Most of our members managed to float between teams seamlessly after that and I’m pretty sure that’s what got Hawthorne to where she is nowadays.
…Regrets?
I have a few. Everyone does. I regret not hanging up my cape then and there. I regret going out that day and letting Frankenstein catch me off guard. I regret not figuring out my power sooner; if I had I might have been able to be Scanner and Mach at the same time. Mostly? I suppose I regret that I wasn’t the last one.
No; I really don’t feel comfortable talking about that day. It hit all of us hard, and unless Hawthorne’s willing to talk, I can guarantee no one else is going to want to think about it.
What happened next? That isn’t really my story. Back then the most pivotal thing happening to any of us had almost nothing to do with me. You’ll have to track him down, because you’re going to want that story. If you want to know how we came to know who Will Writer really was, who Rumor really was, then that’s the place you need to start. Good luck.
No. I haven’t talked to him for a few weeks now, so he could be literally anywhere in the solar system. I notice myself not thinking about him sometimes though. I’d probably start back in Macrocity. It’s a good place to be when you travel as much as he does.
He’ll get in touch with me next time he’s grounded. I’ll let him know you’re looking.
Of course it’s important for you to talk to him. If you really want an idea of how the world was going to end, then he’s the place to start. As little as he did, there was no one more in touch with what was going on than Unimportant. | {
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Leaders and economists in Western nations say they are taking a more pragmatic approach to happiness--THE USA Needs to Follow Suit and focus on quality of life and consequences of bad policies
This is an important topic, which the TIMES OF OMAN raises here. Alas, American government and much of its citizenry have not embraced the issue of happiness and quality of life as seriously as they have financial and GNP issues for decades.--KAS
The article below is from THE TIMES OF OMAN this week.
"Making others happy is often a painful task'
Leaders and economists in Western nations say they are taking a more pragmatic approach to happiness
The feel good factor has not yet reached the leader of Bhutan, the country that brought the world the National Happiness Index.But the Himalayan kingdom's campaign to put gross national happiness alongside gross domestic product is starting to sway bigger economic players who have decided that once "fluffy" ideas such as well-being and sustainable development have to be written into everyday policies.Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley launched Bhutan's National Happiness Index in 2008, developing the ideas of late monarch Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who first thought up GNH in the 1970s."I find myself very often in mental states of mind that cannot be said as being happy," Thinley said ahead of a UN conference today on happiness and well-being where Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla will speak and which Britain's Prince Charles will open with a video message.Highlighting the challenges he faces in a country where about a quarter of the population of 725,000 lives below the poverty line, Thinley added: "Making others happy is a painful and often difficult task."Many thought Bhutan would have a tough time convincing the world to accept its happiness index -- which takes in 72 elements, including wealth distribution and psychological health. But Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and other world leaders have all become supporters of adding well-being to raw economic indicators such as gross domestic product."I see this as the reflection of a world finally coming to terms with the truth that it needs a shared, human vision in place of the mindless pursuit of limitless growth in a finite world," Thinley said.Leaders and economists in Western nations say they are taking a more pragmatic approach to happiness."We are trying to knock on the head the idea that it is all very fluffy," said Gus O'donnell, a former head of Britain's civil service who will be representing the prime minister at the UN conference.And the early well-being indicators are starting to have an impact in Britain. The British government wants to inject well-being cost-benefit assessments into all new policies, said O'donnell.Impact of policiesThe government is placing "strong emphasis" on the impact of policies on mental health, which O'donnell said costs Britain a huge amount to treat and hurts industry efficiency.The government has also changed the way it communicates with the public "to appeal to people's better senses" over unpaid taxes and fines. O'donnell said that telling offenders to think of their community's wellbeing had increased payment rates.Australia's Treasury Department has maintained a "well-being framework" for several years that says the government must assess the "level of opportunity and freedom" people will get from a law as well as the "risk" involved and who bears the risk.New Zealand has a similar policy, while China, Italy, Japan and South Africa are all considering how to change their indicators and decision-making.Unlikely as it sounds, happiness and well-being will be aired at a sustainable development summit of 110 presidents and prime ministers in Rio de Janeiro in June.Economic cynics may say much of the pressure has come since the financial and economic crises of 2007-2009 that caused GDP figures to melt down. But the intellectual campaign has been building for more than a decade.Daniel Kahneman won the 2002 Nobel Economics Prize for his work on behavioural economics, including questioning the link between income levels and happiness.Enrico Giovannini, president of Italy's national statistics agency and another pioneer of the movement, said the 2009 crisis had "boosted" an already swelling international debate."Big corporations are starting to talk about corporate social responsibility, saying that money is not the only parameter we should use to assess how satisfied workers are -- there is also a sense of community, future employability, education," said Giovannini."Why should companies discuss this qualitative dimension and not our countries?" he asked.
"I think there is a growing demand for a greener, better and safer society. This crisis is demonstrating how vulnerable we are and demand for overcoming vulnerability is not just about money." | {
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Looks like people are starting to think about TRC long-term. Now that the price is below BTC profitability, one would expect that a lot of miners would leave, but thus far that hasn't happened. Down to .85 percent profitability, yet miners are still mining away instead of something more profitable like LTC.
That said, it's a good thing. If not an incentive to buy more TRC. :-) | {
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Mulvaney would manage the White House's annual proposed budget, program and policies
The director also sets up the federal government's purchase of goods and services
Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Republican South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
"We are going to do great things for the American people with Mick Mulvaney leading the Office of Management and Budget," Trump said in a statement Saturday morning. "Right now, we are nearly $20 trillion in debt, but Mick is a very high-energy leader with deep convictions for how to responsibly manage our nation's finances and save our country from drowning in red ink."
Mulvaney, if confirmed by the Senate, would manage the White House's annual proposed budget, program and policies. The director also sets up the federal government's purchase of goods and services, called procurement, and oversees the performance review for government agencies and federal employees.
Mulvaney called the appointment a "great honor."
"The Trump administration will restore budgetary and fiscal sanity back in Washington after eight years of an out-of-control, tax and spend financial agenda, and will work with Congress to create policies that will be friendly to American workers and businesses," Mulvaney said in a statement.
Mulvaney is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and is a co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers who have clashed with party leadership.
He didn't initially support Trump for president -- he first endorsed Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul during the primaries. But he endorsed Trump a few hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan did in June, saying at a candidates' forum in Gaffney, South Carolina, that Trump could advance the Republican agenda.
Mulvaney also told reporters in May that the one issue he wants Trump to detail his plans on is federal spending and debt.
"There might be common ground on entitlements based on his statements, because we honestly don't have enough detail to know," Mulvaney said at the time.
And in September, he tweeted, "I appreciate the fact that Trump is willing to embrace his business success. That used to be appreciated in this country."
I appreciate the fact that Trump is willing to embrace his business success. That used to be appreciated in this country.
Mulvaney, who has represented South Carolina's 5th District since 2011, went to Trump Tower in New York last week to meet with Trump and declined comment after leaving. Jason Miller, the Trump transition spokesman, told The State newspaper after the meeting that Mulvaney "has a very proven track record as a fiscal conservative and a government reformer."
Although the role is largely administrative, the opportunity could help Mulvaney advance his political career.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman, a fiscal conservative like Mulvaney, left Congress as an Ohio representative and served as OMB director under former President George W. Bush before successfully running for a Senate seat. And Leon Panetta, who served as President Barack Obama's CIA director and secretary of defense, was former President Bill Clinton's first OMB director before eventually being promoted to White House chief of staff. | {
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I straightened the edge with a break away razor. It's mostly ok now, but as I had hoped not to do I have unequal front edge overlap on the outside corner to the wall. 1" down to 9/16". The correct thing was to scribe the board to the wall. But what has happened is why I did not want to.
I'm starting to feel like this is the unlevel table issue.
Take an inch off each table leg its still unlevel. Keep going eventually it's only 1 foot high.
I'm looking to work more on this project. Got the plumbing done; moved the shutoff valves down below the vanity, but the plumber had to notch out a stud to make room to get a couple of fingers in to access it. The reason being the cold water line to the toilet crosses behind the hot at 90 degrees and leaves no room to work. And no room to anchor wallboard to make a tidy access panel. I jury rigged a sheetrock panel with hopes not to need to shut off any time soon.
Back to the countertop;
I got the kerdiboard edges trimmed to match the wall issues. I also now have only 1/4" of kerdiboard overlapping the vanity edge due to the trimming. But I can live with it since I have to. (Can I glue kediboard edge to edge with kerdifix at all? I have intact cut pieces.)
I still have a bow in the front edge of the vanity or warped Kerdiboard.
After a couple of go arounds with shims I tried something low tech.
I put a 50 pound sack of versabond on top. The gap disappears on
all sides.
So my question now is about shear strength of kerdifix and the kerdi on the kerdiboard. If I put kerdifix on the edges of the vanity, position the board as I want it, and put the weight on top will the kerdifix hold?
OR will the shearing force of the bow eventually break the kerdiboard loose?
Remembering too I still must cut a hole for the sink cutout which could jar something loose.
I got it figured out how to fix the gap. After months of trying shims
that were not going to work.
I found short screws and put a piece of composite wood (same type I was told to use as a ledger board in the shower) on the inside of the front edge of the cabinet. I kept thinking they would poke through the laminate ruing it.
1.5" screws did the trick though.
I was able to use the level as a guide and it seems to be working OK with kerdiboard on top. It's now flush with the top of the vanity edges on rear, left & right sides and with this piece of wood in front albeit the ends still have some gap. I cannot fix the gaps since they are over the two drawers.
It's more than enough to make sure once fixed in place it's not going to move or come loose -ever- without wrecking the kerdiboard.
I have a tiny bit of unlevel toward the wall too.
But it's not an issue unless someone tells me otherwise.
I got my neighbor to use his rock-steady hand to xacto blade the sink
template. Now I just need to cut out the sink hole. I was waiting for
the kerdifix to dry fully to be sure it's not gonna jiggle loose while
cutting out the hole. I marked the hole position.
The only thing that can go wrong now is screwing up the cut for the
self rimming sink. I've done this before but never in kediboard.
FWIW, in class, they told us that KerdiFix cures at about 1/8"/day from each edge towards the middle. So, depending on how it's applied, it could take awhile to gain full strength. But, the cured stuff is very strong. ON a 2" thick piece, triangular shape, Kerdifixed into a corner to Kerdiboard from around 4pm to 9am, I was able to stand on it and it held my 220# or so. Considering that only about barely 1/8th inch out of the 2" thick thin layer had cured in that timeframe, I was impressed.
Yeah the bond strength is impressive. I've seen the Schluter videos of putting 3 men on a shower seat made of kerdi board with no bottom support. I cannot remember if that was kerdifix onto the wall or not. I only used a tiny bead (the new kerdi fix has a pre sized hole in the tip which I presume IS 1/8" or less) except on the four corners where I glopped it more.
BTW, how air tight is the tip with that screw-on cap? Do I need to put it into a zip lock? I don't want it to dry out before I get to the master bath countertop in a week or so. (might be too late )
I got the sink hole cut *finally*. I'm terrible at making such cuts. Almost ended up with an oval shape instead of round (I must have twisted the jigsaw while cutting even though I thought it was flat) so I'm glad this is a top mount self rimming sink. I may need to be creative tiling that area.
I have another bathroom to do after this one with kerdiboard so I will have to make sure I am more careful in making *that* cut. | {
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It was long puzzling that the neutron, although lacking electric charge, has a magnetic moment. It is now understood that the neutron is a composite of three charged quarks, udd. The negatively-charged d - quarks are predominantly in the outermost regions of the neutron, thereby producing a negative magnetic moment, like that of the electron. The g - factor for 17 O , and other nuclei dominated by unpaired neutron spins, is consequently also negative. This transition is in the radiofrequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum. NMR spectroscopy consequently exploits the technology of radiowave engineering.
A transition cannot occur unless the values of the radiofrequency and the magnetic field accurately fulfill Eq This is why the technique is categorized as a resonance phenomenon. If some resonance condition is not satisfied, no radiation can be absorbed or emitted by the nuclear spins. In the earlier techniques of NMR spectroscopy, it was found more convenient keep the radiofrequency fixed and sweep over values of the magnetic field B to detect resonances. These have been largely supplanted by modern pulse techniques, to be described later.
The transition probability for the upward transition absorption is equal to that for the downward transition stimulated emission. The contribution of spontaneous emission is neglible at radiofrequencies. The possibility of observable NMR absorption depends on the lower state having at least a slight excess in population.
At thermal equilibrium, the ratio of populations follows a Boltzmann distribution. Although the population excess in the lower level is only of the order of parts per million, NMR spectroscopy is capable of detecting these weak signals. Higher magnetic fields and lower temperatures are favorable conditions for enhanced NMR sensitivity. NMR has become such an invaluable technique for studying the structure of atoms and molecules because nuclei represent ideal noninvasive probes of their electronic environment.
If all nuclei of a given species responded at their characteristic Larmor frequencies, NMR might then be useful for chemical analysis, but little else. The magnetic field induces orbital angular momentum in the electron cloud around a nucleus, thus, in effect, partially shielding the nucleus from the external field B. The actual or local value of the magnetic field at the position of a nucleus is expressed.
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Theoretical and physical aspects of nuclear shielding Cynthia J. DEVERELL fraction of water molecules occupy some of the cavities in the open hydrogen-bonded tetrahedral network and this proportion increases with temperature. Alterations in the proportion of molecules present as clusters and the average size of these enables the temperature dependence of many properties to be explained.
Danford and LevyJ15 with the aid of experimental radial distribution curves, estimated that at room temperature one fifth of the water molecules were in interstitial sites. A similar fraction has been estimated using dielectric data. However, the existence of the latter species seems unlikely. It is more likely that water molecules in voids would have some interaction with the framework distorting the latter to some extent. The essential idea behind this model is that hydrogen bonds are formed and broken co-operatively due to some partial covalent character. Both of the models outlined can be adjusted to explain most of the properties of water.
They both assume the existence of a short-range tetrahedral arrangement in water and rapid interchange of molecules between a hydrogen-bonded network and other possible environments. Firstly, the magnetic shielding of hydrogen, deuterium or oxygen nuclei can give information about the average environment experienced by the water molecule more strictly the hydrogen or oxygen nuclei and this gives an indication of the degree of hydrogen bonding in the water lattice.
Because of the rapid exchange of water molecules, observed chemical shifts depend upon the fraction of time that the nucleus spends in each of several possible environments and some assumptions about the shielding in each site must be made before the relative proportions of these sites can be evaluated. Variations in chemical shift with temperature may be correlated with accompanying structural changes in the water lattice.
Secondly, the nuclear spinrelaxation times can give information about the rates of molecular motions in solution. Thirdly, and 2H nuclei possess electric quadrupole moments and their relaxation rate is determined primarily by interactions with local electric field gradients. These are determined by the electron distribution around the nucleus and should be sensitive to the bonding interactions of the water molecule.
It is possible to make some estimates of the degree of hydrogen bonding from a knowledge of the electric quadrupole coupling constants. The earliest measurements made by Schneider, Bernstein and Pople 3g indicated a linear shift of the proton resonance to higher fields with increasing temperature. Close agreement with this study has been found by later workers, 40 the temperature coefficient of the chemical shift being measured as 0.
Results obtained by Hindman are shown in Fig. Experimentally the chemical shifts have been determined relative to the external references, gaseous ethane and methane, 41 which have been shown to have comparatively small temperature coefficients for the shielding constants. When this method is used an additional small correction must be made to the experitNote added in proof.
Circles on the full line represent experimental data; the long-dashed hne the linear dependence; the short-dashed line the susceptibility corrected shift line. Differences in the magnitude of this correction account in part for the slight discrepancy between the results of Hindman 41 and Malinowski, Knapp and Feuer. In the vapour phase and under conditions where there is little or no association water molecules show the greatest shielding of the proton nucleus 3g and the changes that occur in liquid water may be correlated with the increasing proportion of hydrogen bonds broken as the temperature rises.
Several approaches have been used in an attempt to calculate the numbers of hydrogen bonds broken at different temperatures from the proton chemical shift data. A variety of predictions about the number of hydrogen bonds initially broken by the melting of ice and also the rate at which this fraction increases with temperature are given by proposed models for the water structure.
Other semi-empirical estimates are also given by RamarW and infra-red studies. The success of the different models is judged by the magnitude of the shielding constants predicted. On the basis of the initial assumptions it is to be expected that the shielding constant of the non-hydrogen bonded molecule, Q, should not differ by more than a fraction of a ppm from that of water vapour, and also by comparison with experimental data TV- THBshould be of the order 5 ppm.
It was concluded that the model of Davis and Litovitz 35 gives the best agreement with experimental data. However, the chemical shift in this case can depend upon the degree of excitation of hydrogen bond stretching modes. The presence of unusually low frequency motions in the hydrogen bond makes it possible for several excited states to be populated and the resultant shielding constant, evaluated by considering an appropriate average of the contributions from all the vibrational levels, may show a temperature dependence due to a varying population distribution.
Interpretation of temperature dependent proton shifts solely in terms of bond-breaking processes may produce erroneous conclusions. Undoubtedly the most complete discussion of proton chemical shifts in liquid water is that given by Hindman. Possible contributions to the shielding parameters associated with each of these phases are discussed and their magnitudes evaluated. A comparison with experimental data enables the size of the contribution due to the formation of hydrogen bonds to be estimated. The shielding constant in the monomeric state, oM, reflects the net contributions from dispersive and repulsive forces.
The latter is made up from three terms. A van der Waals term, TV, describing the effects of London dispersion forces and long-range repulsive forces; u0 which takes account of the effects of overlap repulsive forces which are short range and of significance when the molecules are bonded.
Theoretical estimates indicate that these terms are small. Polarization of the bonding electrons by the external electric field associated with the charge distributions in the other water molecule forming the hydrogen bond produces the dominant effect on the shielding constant and is accounted for by the polar term, vp.
Evaluation of the other terms and estimates of the fraction of protons involved in hydrogen bonding enable the polar term to be estimated. Changes in the magnetic shielding of the proton nucleus during the ice-water transition may be considered to be a consequence of the rupture of some hydrogen bonds. Insertion of the appropriate values for u, TM,co andfin this expression and also equation 3 gives a value for the polarization contribution, up, to the shielding constant in the ice-like phase.
This quantity was estimated to lie in the range Expression 4 can also be used to calculate the fraction of hydrogen bonded water, f, at various temperatures.
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Table 1 contains estimates obtained from the C. Proton relaxation times in liquid water Ever since the original measurements and interpretation given in the well-known Bloembergen, Purcell and Pound BPP papefi54 there has been a great deal of interest in proton spin relaxation in water. Data for water has also been determined up to the critical temperature. Krynicki, Physica 32, Bloembergen, Purcell and Pound 54 were the first authors to attempt a calculation of the proton spin-lattice relaxation time in water.
They evaluated separately the two contributions to the relaxation rate to be C. Each proton, by means of the random molecular motions present in solution, sets up fluctuating local fields at the second proton in the same water molecule. These fields have components at the Larmor frequency and can stimulate transitions between the nuclear magnetic energy levels. Similarly, protons associated with other molecules can give an intermolecular contribution.
Using a simple continuum model to estimate the latter contribution these authors 54 calculated a relaxation time in reasonable agreement with the experimental value. Studies of proton relaxation in mixtures of light and heavy water confirm the proposed dipolar mechanism. The considerably smaller magnetic moment associated with the deuteron makes it less effective in initiating relaxation and the proton spin-lattice relaxation time progressively lengthens as the fraction of heavy water is increased.
However, considering the previously demonstrated insensitivity of calculated relaxation times to the model assumed for the intermolecular contributions these conclusions must be regarded as tentative. It seems Iikely that because of this lack of sensitivity little information about the structure of the water lattice can be obtained from the proton relaxation times. Nevertheless, useful information about the time dependence of the molecular motions can be extracted from the correlation times, rd.
Before these are discussed a brief mention is made of another relaxation process which becomes important at higher temperatures. Rotation of the water molecule can produce a magnetic field at the proton, with frequency components determined by the angular velocity, and interaction with the magnetic nucleus may produce spin relaxation.
The magnitude of the relaxation times decreases at the highest temperature due to increasing importance of the spin-rotational interaction. Estimates show that the spinrotation interaction contributes only 0. It is not of significance in the region of interest to this review. DEVERELL Comparison of experimental values for the dipolar contribution to proton spin relaxation with theoretical expressions enables the correlation time for molecular reorientation, TV, to be determined. Smith and Powles 58 calculated a value of Td equal to 2. Another approach was used by Krynicki 56 in which he expressed the translational correlation time occurring in the intermolecular contribution in terms of the self-diffusion coefficient of water.
The intramolecular correlation time, rd, could then be estimated and was found to be almost identical with that obtained by Smith and Powles. Another significant feature is the extremely close correlation between the temperature dependences of the dielectric relaxation time, TVand the spin-lattice relaxation rate. Significant field gradients arise from the electron distribution within the water molecule itself and intermolecular contributions to the relaxation are insignificant and may be neglected.
The rate of relaxation is determined by two factors. Firstly, the correlation time for molecular reorientation, Td, which occurred previously in equation 5 for the intramolecular contribution to proton spin relaxation: Conversely, if we use values for the reorientational correlation time, Td, obtained from proton relaxation studies the magnitude of the coupling constant can be derived.
Some recent results in a paper by Powles et al. This is an indication that the majority of deuterons are present in a hydrogen bonded ice-like state in water, and that comparatively few are present in a state closely similar to that of a free molecule. However, the apparent invariance of the coupling constant, even up to temperatures as C. It has been suggestedc70 that deuterium coupling constants in deuterated methanol and ethanol are distinctly different from that of water, but the discrepancy probably arises from the use of the dielectric relaxation times, TD,for the correlation time, rd.
I70 studies of water Due to the low natural abundance and poor sensitivity there have been few studies of the nuclear resonances in water. A preliminary investigation 7g of the temperature dependence of the chemical shift indicated a high field shift, of the order 0. This was in agreement with an observed increase in magnetic shielding of the nucleus for solutions of water in a variety of organic solvents. GlasePO has investigated the variation of the nuclear resonance line width with temperature.
This is of similar magnitude to the measured proton exchange rate in neutral methanol-water mixtures. This is in agreement with the other magnetic resonance properties and evidence for changes in this region are also apparent in heat capacity, diamagnetic susceptibility and compressibility measurements. Obviously such agreement is partially fortuitous since the coupling constant will be altered somewhat on going from the gaseous phase to the liquid phase. Nevertheless it does indicate that molecular reorientation of the complete water molecule is responsible for the various relaxation processes.
Introduction The introduction of ions into the water lattice gives rise to changes in structure which may be characterized by structural and kinetic criteria.
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In these cases it is often much more useful to employ the second criterion and define the ion-solvent interaction in terms of the life-time, rh, of a water molecule in the coordination shell. The derived number generally expresses a large number of effects arising from interactions with many water molecules, both adjacent to the ion and more distant, in terms of a stronger interaction taken over a smaller number of molecules.
Application of NMR techniques to the determination of coordination numbers, as distinct from hydration numbers, is discussed in a subsequent section. In the next section we will be primarily concerned with NMR studies of solutions of alkali halides where the associations between ions and solvent molecules are usually very short-lived and not much longer than those expected from diffusion controlled processes. The resonating nucleus undergoes rapid exchange between all possible environments in the solution and only one signal corresponding to the C.
Nevertheless, as the solution concentration and temperature are altered, variations in magnetic shielding and relaxation times of the solvent nuclei can provide much information about the structural characteristics of these solutions. Proton and oxygen17 chemical shifts can be correlated partly with the disruption of the hydrogen-bonded network of the water lattice and partly with the new interactions arising from the presence of charged ions; whilst the relaxation times give some indication of the changed molecular reorientation times of solvent molecules in the coordination sphere of the ion.
In order to clarify some of the later discussion a brief outline of the terms structure-breaking and structure-forming is given below. It has been known for a long time that many monovalent ions tend to break down the water structure in their immediate neighbourhood and increase the mobility of adjacent solvent molecules. A is determined by the interionic forces and can be calculated theoretically. On the other hand, the constant B, which takes into account ion-solvent interactions, is purely empirical and may have either a positive or negative sign.
Ions of the latter kind increase the solution viscosity and reduce the mobility of water molecules. Typical examples are lithium, sodium, alkaline earth and fluoride ions. Structurebreakers are less common and generally restricted to large monovalent ions, e. These structural properties of the ions are of considerable importance in determining their influence on NMR spectra in aqueous solutions.
Proton Chemical Shifts in Solutions of Diamagnetic Electrolytes Diamagnetic electrolytes dissolved in water produce quite small but well established changes in proton nuclear magnetic resonances. Shifts may be determined either by using an external reference and applying a subsequent correction to the measured shift to allow for the difference in bulk diamagnetic susceptibility between the sample and standard or such a correction may be avoided if a suitably inert internal reference, which does not influence the proton shielding, can be found.
The correction for changes in bulk susceptibility limits the accuracy of measurements made with an external standard, since it is generally comparable in magnitude with the observed shift. Measurements made with internal standards are hampered by the lack of completely inert internal standards. Discrepancies between results obtained using an internal standard and an external standard with susceptibility correction have been noted by several workers.
Electrolytes can shift the proton resonance signal of water to either high or low fields. Some typical results are shown in Fig. There is no clear-cut distinction between the behaviour of salts which are generally regarded as structure-breakers or structure-formers. The relatively few shifts to low field result from electrolytes which are strong structure formers, but salts in both categories do give rise to high field proton shifts.
A linear variation of chemical shift with salt concentration is generally observed at concentrations below 2 or 3 molal and most workers have attempted to divide the shifts into individual ion contributions. The assumption that the ionic effects are additive appears to hold quite well at lower concentrations and measured chemical shifts in solutions containing equimolal pairs of alkali halides agree with those calculated from results for single salt solutions assuming an additive relationship.
Since the information derived from these measurements is concerned with the structural changes produced in water by the ions, this has been used as a criterion for making such an assignment. DEVERELL It is generally agreed that disruption of the water lattice by the ions gives rise to a high field shift due to the breaking of hydrogen bonds, and a low field shift results from the direct ion-solvent interaction, predominantly polarization of the proton environment by the strong ionic electric fields.
HindmanCs3 has considered four possible contributions to proton chemical shifts in electrolyte solutions: This may give either a high or low field shift; c a polarization term, 6,, describing the low field shift from the electrostatic field of the ion; and d a term which takes into account TABLE 2. Calculations based upon models for the ion-water complex were used to estimate the relative importance of these contributions.
Both the bond breaking and structural terms alter the proportion of hydrogen bonds present in solution, the actual number broken being determined by the total number and configuration of water molecules in the hydration shell. The polarization contribution can be expressed in terms of the electric field components perpendicular and parallel to the ion-water molecule bond. Such a difference has been proposed for the behaviour of cations and anions. Proton chemical shifts produced by the halide ions other than fluoride ion arise primarily from the rupture of hydrogen bonds, which becomes greater with increasing size of the ion.
It was concluded g3 that cations interact via the oxygen atom of the water molecule but there was no indication of a tightly bound coordination shell of water molecules. Only in the case of lithium was there any indication of ordering of water molecules other than those in the first coordination shell. By subtracting this contribution from the experimental shifts the magnitude of the direct effect of the ions upon the proton nuclear magnetic shielding can be evaluated.
The residue obtained in this manner is apparently determined predominantly by the effects of halide ions in alkali halide solutions, there being little alteration as the cation is varied. Caesium salts, however, are an exception.
Greater shifts to lower fields are produced as the size of the halide ion increases. This order of effects is quite contrary to that expected from a polarization process; the authorsCg8 postulate that a redistribution of charge in the H-O bond induced by the polarizable halide ions could be a possible mechanism. Although the separation of solvent reorganization and direct ion-solvent effects in this manner is difficult to justify, because of the absence of reliable estimates 43 of the changes in the number of hydrogen bonds on going from solvent to solution, this approach does indicate that the neglect of non-electrostatic processes may not always fraction used in the be justified.
It has been suggested W that water molecules may have a tendency to form clathrate cages around large ions, e. Temperature dependence studies of the proton chemical shifts in aqueous sodium chloride solutions by Malinowski et Us. An obvious interpretation of this effect is that the orientation of the water by the cation reduces the ability of the solvent molecules to fit into the water lattice.
Consequent rupture of the hydrogen bond might increase the proton shielding more than deshielding effects from the electrostatic polarization and other ion-solvent interactions. Proton chemical shifts produced by dissolution of alkali halides in methanol and ethanol have also been reported. It is possible to obtain individual ionic molal shifts and the shifts can be explained largely in terms of the structure-breaking and structure-forming properties of the ions.
Water is a unique solvent because of the strong intermolecular forces and the consequent large contribution to proton chemical shifts from changes in the degree of solvent structure make aqueous systems more complex to investigate than solutions in non-aqueous solvents. Similar arguments apply to other extensively hydrogen-bonded solvents such as methanol and ethanol.
A study of proton chemical shifts produced by 1: Again only a single resonance is observed due to rapid exchange of ammonia molecules between the possible environments. Chemical shifts to high field associated with disruption of hydrogen bonds are expected to be much smaller and this is confirmed by the experimental observation that all changes are to lower fields.
Increasing shifts to low field occur with decreasing size of alkali metal cation, in agreement with the expected magnitudes of the polarization of the lone pair electrons of ammonia molecules in the ionic solvation sphere. Halide ions, however, produce a slight shift to lower field with increasing size suggesting that processes other than polarization also contribute to the magnetic shielding.
It is possible that a greater association between the ions in the presence of smaller anions could account for such behaviour. A linear concentration dependence of chemical shift was found up to about 1 molal, but there was a falling off in the magnitude of the effects produced by salts C. This is hardly surprising as ion association is known to be extensive at such concentrations in this solvent. There are several notable differences from the behaviour found for proton chemical shifts.
Direct ion-solvent interactions play a much more important role and often predominate over the effects produced by the breaking of hydrogen bonds. I70 chemical shift of water in aqueous solutions of diamagnetic electrolytes. Some individual ion shifts are listed in Table 2 for comparison with proton chemical shifts. Interpretation of the oxygen chemical shifts follows closely the pattern already outlined in the consideration of proton results.
However, salts generally regarded as the most effective structure breakers, e. This discrepancy is particularly well marked in the series of halide or halate ions, where the listed ionic molal shifts fall in a sequence quite contrary to that expected from the structure-breaking abilities of these ions as determined by other methods.
Apparently direct interactions between ions and water molecules are of considerable importance. The results shown in Table 2 indicate that all the alkali cations produce similar effects on the resonance of water, there being no widespread range in their individual ionic molal shifts. On the other hand, halide ions show large differences amongst themselves in the effects they have on the oxygen chemical shift. A very similar distinction between the behaviour of cations and anions in alkali halide solutions has been found in studies of their Raman spectra in which most changes appear to be associated with the halide ions.
Some Raman studies cz2 have been published in support of this model for halide ion-water interaction.
Nuclear magnetic resonance
We might expect cations to produce the largest chemical shifts if these were the only ion-solvent configurations present in aqueous solution. Simple electrostatic polarization of the oxygen atom by the electric fields associated with charged ions cannot account for the observed behaviour. It predicts a sequence of effects for the alkali or halide ions opposite to that actually observed and it is therefore necessary to consider other possible mechanisms. Two processes which produce shifts are firstly, a charge redistribution in the O-H bond as suggested for proton C.
Direct approach of the solute and solvent molecules results in a strong short range repulsion which can distort the electron orbitals about the oxygen atom to produce a paramagnetic chemical shift of the resonance. The strength of this interaction is determined to a large extent by the magnitude of the overlap between the oxygen atom and the other species in solution. In the halide, halate or alkali ion series greater paramagnetic shifts of the signal are to be expected as the size of the ion increases due to the greater degree of overlap and consequent distortion.
Small effects produced by the alkali ions may be associated with the small extent of their outer electron orbitals as compared with those of the much larger halide ions. Although this mechanism can provide an interpretation of the oxygen17 shifts in these solutions it will require more detailed theoretical treatment before its importance can be fully assessed.
The qualitative considerations, however, suggest that further investigation would be well worthwhile. This mechanism has been employed for the interpretation of alkali metal and halogen nuclear resonances in these solutions, see Section 4, and in this case theoretical treatments of the chemical shifts in alkali halide crystals provide a suitable starting-point from which to consider the effects in aqueous solutions.
Ion hydration is considered in terms of the effect of ions on the translational motion of adjacent water molecules. The exchange frequency of water molecules from sites adjacent to an ion is determined by the height of the potential barrier between this position and the next site further out in the water lattice. It is not the total interaction energy, h, between the ion and water molecule but the small energy change, Ah, corresponding to small distances of separation between the lattice site and potential barrier which determines the probability that exchange will occur.
The well-known fact that the interaction energy between an ion and water molecule decreases less with separation than is the case for the dipole-dipole interaction between water molecules is of great significance. In the case of monovalent ions it is probably not unreasonable to put 7. A negative value of this parameter would indicate an increase in the mobility of water molecules adjacent to the ion compared with that for ordinary water.
Measurements of proton spin-lattice relaxation times in aqueous alkali halide solutions and the determination of self-diffusion coefficients of water molecules by the spin-echo technique provide direct indications of such behaviour. Proton and Deuteron Spin-lattice Relaxation in Alkali Halide Solutions Several workers have measured proton spin-lattice relaxation times in aqueous solutions of diamagnetic electrolytes. Those which reduce the mobility of water molecules increase the relaxation rate and conversely those which enhance the mobility lower the proton relaxation rate as compared with that found in pure water.
DEVERELL abilities of the ions and the initial slopes of plots of relaxation rate against molality show an extremely close correlation with the entropy of solution for alkali halides indicating the importance of structural changes in determining the relaxation times. In most caseP6 see Fig. Divalent ions produce particularly marked increases in the proton relaxation rate. The previous discussion of proton spin relaxation in pure water considered the modulation of the intra- and intermolecular dipole-dipole coupling of nuclear spins by thermal motions, and a comparison of theoretical expressions and experimental results enabled a value for the time of ITOrientatiOn of water mOkCUkS, Td, to be evaluated.
Variation of the rate of relaxation with temperature results to a large extent from changes in the rate of reorientation of water molecules and NMR spectroscopy provides a useful method for studying such motions. Introduction of ions into the water lattice alters the mobility of solvent molecules adjacent to them changing the observed relaxation rate.
Exchange between these possible sites is rapid and the experimentally observed relaxation rate is determined by the life-time of the water molecule and the effectiveness of the spin relaxation in each site. There are several processes which might contribute to the spin relaxation. Firstly, intramolecular dipole-dipole coupling between protons.
Further studies are given in references , and Hertz, Chapter 5, Vol. Sutcliffe, Pergamon Press, Oxford DEVERELL Secondly, there may be intermolecular dipole coupling between proton spins and thirdly, dipole-dipole coupling between the proton and the nuclear spins of the ions. These interactions are all modulated by the translational jump time, TV,of the water molecule which may be defined in terms of the self-diffusion coefficient, D.
In the majority of cases the magnetic moment of the ionic nucleus is much smaller than that of the proton and only the term involving intermolecular proton coupling need be considered. Equations 12 and 14 may be combined to give a final expression for the total relaxation rate.
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The quantities in which we are primarily interested are the correlation times, T: In order to assess these times it is necessary to make an allowance for the intermolecular contribution and also to make some assumption about the coordination numbers, nz. Attempts to determine both correlation times and coordination times have generally not been successful. Initial slopes of the plots of relaxation rate against molality can be separated into individual contributions which appear to be reasonably additive. However, since we are concerned with the effect of the ion on the motion of water molecules the procedure adopted should not lead to substantial errors.
These show good agreement with the theory of hydration given by Samoilov, the mobility of water molecules close to potassium, rubidium, caesium, chloride, bromide and iodide ions is increased compared with that found in pure water. In most cases these reorientation times are not equivalent to the life-time of water molecules in the hydration sphere. Generally the variation is more complex. Both the viscosity of these solutions, q, and the selfdiffusion coefficient of water, D, show a concentration behaviour closely similar to that found for the relaxation rate.
Jones and Powles have shown that there is a close correlation between solution viscosity and proton spin relaxation rates for several salts. Since the viscosity and diffusion coefficient are related to the reorientational and translational jump correlation times respectively, which occur in the intra- and intermolecular contributions, such a connection is hardly surprising.
Obviously, the resultant viscosities and self-diffusion coefficients could be separated into individual components as we have attempted to do for the correlation times. The non-linear variation of all these quantities at higher concentrations is due to the fact that the separate values for the individual environments, near the cation or anion, and in the bulk solvent, are not constants but functions of concentration. Such interactions could be the sharing of water molecules by ions or increasing association between the ions.
It is not at all surprising that the simple approach very rapidly breaks down. Nevertheless, the results indicated in Table 3 are undoubtedly qualitatively correct for the more dilute solutions. Spin-lattice relaxation occurs by quadrupolar interaction as described earlier for deuterium oxide and using the simple three site model can be described by an equation similar to equation 8: These are similar to those already determined from proton relaxation measurements. It is considered that changes in the average time for molecular reorientation are responsible for the variation of deuterium relaxation with concentration. | {
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Whiteboard Animation for Startups – A Must to Kick Start Your Business
Building a new business can be very hard. You need to get and do things right in order to successfully build your new business. You need the right and appropriate tools that will make your business stand out from the others and able to face the competition without getting hurt. Whiteboard animation is one great tool that every startup should have. It is actually a simple but very useful marketing tool that can be utilized in various different ways in order to build a business that is strong without spending a lot of money.
Whiteboard animation is actually a video creation technique that brings images live on screen such that they attract the attention of the targeted audience. You can use the technique to create stories and presentations and show them to your audience in small clips. The technique is also known as animated doodling or video scribing.
How can whiteboard animation benefit your startup?
☞ Benefits of Whiteboard Animation
In the current times, plenty of quick information is on high demand, and to capture the attention of your targeted audience is quite difficult. Businesses want to maintain a strong position in the market and that’s why new ideas on how to be very strong keep on being developed. Whiteboard animation is one good asset today for many types of businesses, and especially the startups. It can help capture the attention of the targeted audience and actively engage them when you are promoting your business or message. You don’t need to break your head to create the whiteboard animation. You can hire a freelancer to do it. Submit your requirements here to get best proposal of whiteboard animation in the market.
Here are several benefits of whiteboard animation videos.
They are very compelling
This is definitely true, and better yet, it has been scientifically proven. By saying they are very compelling, based on the results of a scientific study, whiteboard animation promotes memory retention for a longer time than other types of presentation techniques. One is able to remember well what they watched on the small video clip better than when a presentation is provided via other techniques. In addition, the visuals highly improve the interest and retention of the viewer which is a very good thing especially in these times when it is quite hard to capture the attention of the viewer.
This great benefit of whiteboard animation is highly linked to the simple images that are often used to convey information. Scientific study results show that, the brain is able to process information better when simpler images are used than when the complex images are used. Today, it is a fact that people do not want to watch very complex and detailed information. Actually you will never succeed to fully capture the attention of your targeted audience when you are using long and detailed presentations, and this is because the attention spans are becoming shorter and shorter as time progresses.
You need to be simple in your presentations in such a way that your audience will not have to use a lot brain of brain power to understand your videos or the imagery in your presentations. This is the only way they will be able to grasp and retain a lot of information from the message that you are conveying to them.
The compelling aspect of the whiteboard animation is also due to the videos that utilize a hand that can be virtual or real. The hand capture the attention of the viewer as it draws the images while narrating the whole process. The viewers are kept glued to the video, due to the suspense that is created such that they want to know more about the message that you are conveying. The utilization of the hand, be it real or virtual, encourages active engagement of the viewers. Through this, the viewers will not move on to another thing until they have finished watching the whole clip.
It goes viral and becomes popular
Whiteboard animation is often very impressive and they are liked by very many people from all walks of life. Something that is easy to understand is definitely liked by everyone in this world. Nobody wants something that is complicated or very detailed. We want something that we can relate with, you feel better when you can understand and relate better with something than when you’re struggling to understand something, don’t you? Something that is loved is always shared.
When people feel compelled by a presentation they will also feel compelled to share it. The sharing of the video is often driven by the information that is presented in it. If the information adds value and can be easily understood by people it will definitely be shared and thus get viral.
For quite a long time now, businesses have been using infographics and other character videos to convey their messages. These techniques do not appeal to everyone, as a matter of fact some can only appeal to consumers only and others to the corporate world only like the live action videos. This is one major setback that whiteboard animation has come to eliminate. They can appeal to everyone and this means that they can get viral easily and faster.
The ability of the whiteboard animation to get viral easily, provides more visibility to your business. Your startup gains more exposure and with time your business will have a strong position in the market out there. More visibility means more exposure and thus faster growth rate of your business.
It is very easy and cheap to create
Every startup wants to cut on costs in order to see faster progress. If the costs are too high, it can be difficult for any business to achieve its goals as it really desires to, actually. No one wants high costs of operation. Whiteboard animations can be termed to have come to the rescue of the startups especially on matters exposure and presentation of the businesses’ ideas. They are cheaper and easier to create than other types of presentation techniques. One great thing about whiteboard animation is that you can create it yourself. There is a lot of information on YouTube on how to do it yourself. The other option is to outsource the creation which is also cheaper than other types of video animation.
When you are looking forward to creating your own whiteboard animation video you need to have high quality items such as a microphone which helps in projection of a clear voice that can easily be heard without struggling. If you don’t have the necessary items, you may need to outsource the production to a talented voiceover artist who has all it takes to create a great animation.
They can help build brand awareness and trust
Brand awareness and trust plays a major role in the success of your business. If you lack those two key aspects, your startup will never leave the ground level. Whiteboard animation helps create brand awareness and trust among your targeted audience. In order to ensure this, you need to have a high-quality video that explains everything clearly. A high-quality video is good for first impression. Therefore, if the video is poorly done, your targeted audience is able to make its own judgement and no one will want to watch it to the end. Would you watch something that is not clear?
Every time you are creating a whiteboard animation video you need to make sure you have clearly aligned it with the cultural guidelines and personality of your business so that you can build strong brand awareness. This should be accompanied with great content also. It is very easy to build trust among your audience, only if you do things the right way. You need to build a connection with your audience, you need to make them feel valued by incorporating characters that they can relate better with. This way they will feel a great connection with you such that they will now start trusting you, and they will always want to know your message.
They make explanation of complicated processes simple
This is one great power of whiteboard animation. The explanation of a complicated process can be very boring and actually very few people will watch the video to the end. If your message is complicated it will not appeal to your targeted audience thus it will not be shared. Whiteboard animation can turn the explanation of complicated processes into simpler explanation. This technique allows breakdown of the complicated process into simpler step-by-step process that is visual as it is being explained by a verbally. Whiteboard animation video will therefore ensure that your targeted audience can easily learn the process that you want to convey to them. They will understand the complicated information in a simpler manner than when it is conveyed in a complicated manner.
☞ Conclusion
Whiteboard animation is greatly gaining popularity among very many people from all walks of life and industries. Most businesses are turning to the use of whiteboard animation videos due to their stronger impact than other video technique when it comes to conveying information to the targeted audience. The message is better understood, compelling and shared, giving your startup more exposure. Submit your requirements here to get best proposal of whiteboard animation in the market. | {
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Obama’s MinWage proposal goes farther than Cuomo’s
President Barack Obama proposed a larger increase in the federal $7.25 minimum wage than one being pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of his proposed budget.
Both men are Democrats who must work with a divided Legislature. Obama proposed a $9 minimum wage, and changing the law so that it is indexed to inflation and rises automatically at the same rate as the prices of common goods. Cuomo proposed a $8.75 minimum wage, with no indexing provisions.
In New York, Democrats who dominate the State Assembly are pushing for an indexing provision, which they’ve passed in previous bills. The Senate’s Democrats, divided into a mainstream conference and the Independent Democratic Conference, also support this idea of indexing, but IDC members and some other mainstream Democrats seem willing to accept an increase that doesn’t include it.
Cuomo aides did not immediately comment on Obama’s move, and a statement he issued after the speech last night did not specifically mention the minimum wage. (It did say New York would “embrace” Obama’s agenda, which includes ensuring “those who work long and hard hours can provide for their families.”)
Michael Whyland, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said, “Indexing is vital and we’re glad the president has decided to make this a priority.”
“I applaud President Obama for calling upon congress last night to immediately pass a minimum wage hike. As many business, labor, and faith leaders agree, our nation’s lowest wage workers need a raise. If congress has the courage to raise the federal minimum wage, millions in our country, from workers to business owners, stand to benefit. But if recent history is any guide, we cannot depend on congress to build consensus around important economic decisions. That’s why we need to seize the moment here in New York to provide our state’s working families with a sensible raise that they so desperately need. And that’s why, over the next several weeks, I will continue to make passage of a serious statewide minimum wage increase my top legislative priority. After all, New York’s workers–and businesses–cannot afford to wait any longer.”
So what will happen, here? Will the state’s Republicans use Obama’s plan as an excuse to argue against any New York action? Will the Assembly Democrats use this as ammunition to push Cuomo to add indexing? Will Cuomo use this an impetus to push against the Republicans and business groups? | {
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OPEN DAYS: bringing cohesion policy closer to citizens
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The new legislative proposals on cohesion policy for 2014-2020 took centre stage at the opening session of this year’s OPEN DAYS – European Regions and Cities. European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso both underlined the need for a cohesion policy designed to bolster growth and rebuild the citizens’ confidence.
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek underlined that “the most important factor in cohesion policy is to be as close as possible to our citizens.” He called upon all politicians to cooperate closely and translate the draft into legislation which is comprehensible and responds to the citizens’ need for jobs.
“We can’t have stability in Europe unless we have stability in the regions”, said European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. With this “fair and balanced proposal”, the Commission is aiming for more consistency and more coherence in cohesion policy, he said. Mr Barroso called on the audience “to make the case of Europe in your countries: the money that you in invest is not for Brussels, it is for the regions!”
EP Regional Development Committee chair Danuta Hübner welcomed the proposal and promised that MEPs will work closely with Member States, the Commission and regions “to do everything to turn this into the best regulation by the end of 2012”, led by the need “to support sustainability and growth”.
She stressed the EU added value of an integrated cohesion policy combining the EU 2020 goals and a local approach. Any conditions tagged onto regional funding should be linked exclusively to regional policy, she concluded, and not be used in a “chain of punishments” targeting national governments for failing to meet macro-economic conditions.
Committee of the Regions President Mercedes Bresso and regional representatives voiced a fear that that “the red rag” of macro-economic conditions might hamper investment at local and regional levels. “If local authorities are made to suffer, in a moment of crisis, how can we justify that?” Ms Bresso asked.
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First it printed a limiter negative using the master quad and then determine a limit point and developed and new quad using that. The first image is made using that quad. Once that print was made I measured the 129 steps and ran it through the smoother to make another quad and then reprinted the 129 step wedge and the second image is the result. I seem to have gained a lot of the missing tones which were missing from the first but lost the last 22 steps, or most of them.
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The New Zealand Mint is ready with the first release of 2017 in the Mickey Through the Ages collection, and it takes you back 90 years to the second-ever film featuring the lovable mouse who has become a global icon in the last century. Right now, the 2017 1 oz Silver Niue Mickey Mouse Gallopin’ Gaucho Series Proof Coin is available to purchase online at Silver.com.
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Each 2017 1 oz Gallopin’ Gaucho Silver Proof coin ships from the New Zealand Mint inside one of its beautiful display boxes, which itself is housed within a colorful shipper that bears artwork from The Gallopin’ Gaucho. Included with your purchase is a Certificate of Authenticity.
The Gallopin’ Gaucho debuted in theaters in 1928, and was just the second film ever featuring Mickey Mouse. The film debuted just months after Plane Crazy was released, which also features in the Mickey Through the Ages collection, and a year before the immensely popular Steamboat Willie. The Gallopin’ Gaucho, unlike the latter film, was a silent film.
Co-directed by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney, The Gallopin’ Gaucho was a playful parody of the Douglas Fairbanks film The Gaucho, which was released to theaters in November of 1927. The film takes place in the Pampas of Argentina, and the storyline of Disney’s The Gallopin’ Gaucho carefully follows that of Fairbanks’ film, with Mickey in the title role.
On the reverse of the 2017 1 oz Silver Niue Mickey Mouse Gallopin’ Gaucho coin is the image of Mickey Mouse in the title role as a gaucho. The term is used for cowboys in South America, and in Mickey’s role he mimics the feature film of 1927 The Gaucho, which was created by Douglas Fairbanks.
The obverse of all 2017 1 oz Silver Niue Mickey Mouse Gallopin’ Gaucho Series Proof Coins includes Queen Elizabeth II’s effigy. Her Majesty appears on the obverse of all New Zealand and commonwealth coins, with this design from Ian Rank-Broadley created in 1998 as the fourth-generation effigy since 1952.
Located in Auckland, the New Zealand Mint is the only operational mint facility in the country. However, it is not the sovereign mint of the nation, but instead operates as a private company. All New Zealand currency is struck by the Royal Canadian Mint and Royal Mint instead.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Silver.com customer service is available at 888-989-7223, online using our live web chat, and via our email address. | {
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“Unnecessary Roughness,” the afternoon show for ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM, brought me back yet again for a segment on the Dallas Mavericks. Three times. That makes me a regular, yes? We talked about Coach Carlisle, the Clippers game, Monta Ellis, the nightmare that is Andrew Bynum, and mid-season trade pipedreams. As always, I was there representing the Mavs Outsider Report. Click the play button below (or the link).
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The man many see as a pack rat and alleged thief, is also viewed as charismatic and romantic by his admirers. When asked if he missed his wife concert pianist Jeanie Chung, Kenk responded: “How do you think? It’s 37 degrees Celsius under your skin. What can I do?”
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Pump and dump in the domain industry – This was an interesting historical read explaining how to pump and dump works and was possibly used to fuel the CHIP domain trend. Have you ever pumped and dumped?
How to get your stolen domain name back – With an increase in domain theft as interest in the domain industry grows, what are the best practices for recovering a domain that was stolen from you? Please share your advice to help investors and business owners protect their assets. | {
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laughing at midnight (c)
we are children stretched in time's sunshine,
wearing the scrapes from our falls
running wildly, tripping with glee
we land on each other
and roll giggling in fields of forever.
still we nurse deep pangs of yearning
to be touched,
to be led and be brought
from caverns, deep secret selves,
to be known in exquisite simplicity:
we crave our future together
to rise beyond hurt and regret,
thus we lean past earnest confessions—
the apologies so lovingly accepted--
driven, always
to recapture the magic of young lovers
to sleep forever enclosed in the other,
and yet to wake, roused to the marrow
as in bright sunlight
old, damaged hearts open in hope,
when shy eyes quit their reluctance
and leap forward, gladly, to tomorrow.
thus prepared,
now gnarled and calloused hands grasp
despite the missed chances
to mount stallions of trust and devotion,
relentless (though not fearless),
committed (yet still wary),
holding together
we become those children we needed to be
past ancient frustrations
we grow our minds 'round each other,
for we've learned from our trials,
to have made our own keys
unlocked the closed portals
finally, fully
after years spent in struggle
we are these children
jumping and dancing,
soaring in evening,
eyes all alight,
in sweet giddy explosion
to be laughing at midnight. | {
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Handle every stressful situation like a puppy.
If you can't eat it or play with it, just piss on it and walk away.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
IGNORE ME, I'LL KEEP WRITING
The Rev. Gordon Moyes, Upper House Christian Democrat, is upset that he has failed to have homosexuals burned at the stake, shot, thrown into a pit, poisoned, garroted or hung. Maybe he didn't put it in quite those words, you have to read between the letters and now he is going to look out for the rest of us in Parliament.
Kelly and Sam Pilgrim-Byrne are lesbians from Perth at http://TheMuriels.blogspot.com and are trying to become parents after being together for 12 years. I became friends with them after reading about their efforts to contact Senator Fielding in regards to Medicare funding. The girls have used over $10,000 of their own money to fund their IVF treatments. Senator Fielding never replied to their letters so I took up my pen. He has ignored me as has Mr. Beazley and Mr. Crean and I thought Christians were supposed to be polite but not even an auto-reply saying my e-mails had been received. My next letter to the Senator has been emailed, another being sent by snail mail and I have decided to post it here, so he can't deny it ever existed.
Dear Senator Fielding,Once again I am writing to you on behalf of Rainbow families.It is a special time of the year for all families and Gay and Lesbian families are no different. They are parents and have parents who are supportive of them. They will take their childen to Church on Christmas Day as you will.
I have read your speeches and interviews in magazines. I've watched your family story on television. I understand your reluctance to describe the partnerships of Gays and Lesbians as marriage but the ACT's move towards civil unions which would not involve the Church could not offend you. I am trying to break through your prejudice against same-sex families just as I am trying to put aside any prejudice I might have towards your religious beliefs.
The much loved children in these families are not ashamed of their same-sex parents. A ceremony uniting their parents is an affirmation of their committment and love to each other and to their care and upbringing. I am not speaking of a Church wedding which I understand you would never support but would a civil union giving them equal rights for themselves and their children really destroy our society? The children's health would benefit from the equality in regards to Medicare, so how would that be a bad thing?
I am speaking about responsible parents. They keep their bedrooms private as do all parents. Their children are exposed to nothing more than the same love, affection and discipline as children in other families. They make the same sacrifices for their children's education.
You say you are in Parliament to support all families but I haven't seen much support for Rainbow families. Perhaps in the future you will be responsible enough to do so.
It would be nice if the Senator replies this time but I'm not holding my breath. I'd like him to have the Gay Erasmus post pasted on his eyes too. I know it is not just Christians who ignore the fact that Gays and Lesbians are human but as it is drummed into us so much these days that this is a Christian Country then it's about time a bit of Christian commonsense was elevated above Christian ignorance. | {
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