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Last year we introduced the Streamer Interview news series where we talk to our community streamers in order to know more about their lives. To continue our series, this week Bex reached out to DCLara with some questions about her and her history with games and streaming.
Hi Lara, thank you for taking part in the interview! Please introduce yourself.Hey Bex thanks for reaching out for this interview! My name is Lara, I'm 23 years old and was born in Turkey but grew up in Canada. I just recently graduated university and I'm focusing on streaming for now while living in Vancouver.
When did you first start streaming? How did you get into it?I first started streaming in February of 2017. My friends and I would play Overwatch all the time and they encouraged me to stream from time to time. One month later I got tired of Overwatch and my friend Taha suggested I try out a game called "Path of Exile". Ever since that day I've mostly been playing and streaming Path of Exile.
What can people expect from your stream and schedule?I almost exclusively stream Path of Exile for the first two months of a new league. I usually play hardcore league because it's more exciting to me. After the first two months I usually play strategy games such as "Heroes of Might and Magic III", "Command and Conquer Generals", "Civilisation 6" etc. I usually stream everyday unless I have schoolwork, or am sick. Now that I'm done with school, people can expect me to be on much more often. Since I moved to Vancouver from Ottawa a few months ago, the 3 hour time difference has somewhat messed up my schedule which I'm trying to get back to.
What were you doing before you started streaming?I was a hostess and bartender at a local diner at the same time as being a full time University student.
What one thing caught your attention in the beginning and what one thing kept you coming back?The first thing that caught my attention about Path of Exile was a Breach portal. It was my first time playing Path of Exile, and I was playing with my friends. I had wandered off into a corner of the Mud Flats I believe and saw this large purple portal. As soon as I touched it purple men started running at me out of thin air and I died. After freaking out at my friends and bringing them back to the exact location that I found this purple portal - it was gone. They didn't quite believe me, and I had no idea how Breach mechanics worked at the time so it left a lasting impression on my memory. The main thing that keeps bringing me back are the new leagues, and content I haven't experienced yet.
Are there any highlights from your time playing Path of Exile that stand out in your memory?The highlight of me finding my Doctor card is probably the biggest standout. I had been farming a Doctor card for over a week I believe and had run hundreds with full quant gear with nothing to show for it. When it finally dropped, it was as if my inner demons were unleashed and I'm pretty sure I scared everyone ahahaha.
What are your thoughts about the Betrayal Expansion?I absolutely adore the Betrayal expansion because it introduced my new favourite skill: Winter Orb. Furthermore, the syndicate members are extremely rewarding - Tiny's Trial and the Booby trapped stashes are probably my favourite syndicate reward just because they're so exciting. Veiled mods have also given a huge QOL boost, with my favourite new craft being 5-8% increased max life and mana on chest. On top of that, there is so much stuff to do I never get bored while playing. The adjustments to the delves and beast crafting were amazing and make it really enjoyable to play.
You recently created the 'Dab of Ink' Divination Card. Can you tell us a little about your thought on making this card?Oh boy, where do I get started. First and foremost I have to thank Aneruok for gifting me the divination card slot and giving me the chance to add something to a game that I love. Dabbing has long time been a meme in my chat, and I thought it would be pretty funny if we could *sneak* the word dab into the title of a divination card. I thought about what my favourite unique in the game was, which was the Poet's Pen. Then together with my chat, we came up with the clever name of "A Dab of Ink". Shortly thereafter I submitted the ideas to GGG and you guys gave me the go-ahead. Many people know that when one designs a divination card, you only have a say in what the item will be and the title of the card - GGG decides what the illustration will be, etc. I remember suggesting that the image of the card look like someone wiping sweat off their forehead and it merely looks like someone dabbing. I never imagined that you guys would actually draw someone dabbing - and much less make it look exactly like ME! I feel extremely honoured to be immortalised in Path of Exile, you guys are amazing. It was drawn so well, that even those who are unfamiliar with dabbing would not sense anything amiss in the general dark theme that POE divination cards are made in.
Is there anything you'd like to see more of in the streaming community?I'm pretty happy with the POE streamer community. I think it would be awesome though if you, Bex, would stream every now and then, that would be super fun.
Do you have any advice for people who are looking to make their own career out of streaming?One of the best pieces of advice I have for newer streamers is to try to get on right after bigger streamers get off. This sounds weird, but when I first started growing my channel, I would start streaming when the biggest streamers got off. That's usually when most people start searching through the POE game directory for new streamers to discover.
Are there any up and coming streamers that you'd like to shine a spotlight on?I would highly recommend checking out and supporting these channels that have really good content and stream regularly: somayd, DajoTmone, CellTank and PUTT3BOI. I'd also like to shout out to suitsizesmall, who does daily lab runs so that all of us noobs can see the normal/cruel/merc and uber lab layouts. He suffers so we don't have to and I think that's really admirable.
What hobbies or interests do you have outside of streaming?Since I stream during the night and sleep during the day, it doesn't leave much room for extracurricular activities. However, my hobbies include reading, learning the flute, and playing with my dog. During the summers I like to play basketball, volleyball and go swimming.
How has your life changed from before you were streaming until now? What role has streaming played in that transition?Well when I graduated highschool I was very confused in which direction I wanted to head in life. I graduated university more for my parents than anything, which isn't the best reason I admit. But ever since I started streaming, the friendships I've made have been incredible. This is quite literally the dream job. I used to take breaks from work to play games, and now this is my work.
What is one thing you think every Path of Exile player should hear?
Do you have any projects on the horizon you'd like to talk about?I don't really have anything too big other than trying to get my first level 100 in hardcore. Maybe it will happen this league. The closest I've gotten before is level 95 (which I know isn't close at all) but hey, everyone's gotta start somewhere.
Thank you so much for participating in the interview! If you want to follow DCLara, check out her Twitter and Twitch.
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Ted Cruz's tough-on-terrorism statements energized local Republicans watching the fifth GOP presidential debate Tuesday night, while Donald Trump supporters stood by their favorite as other contenders assailed him.
With Cruz, Trump and Ben Carson apparently the crowd favorites here, the CNN debate with nine presidential contenders focused on terror and domestic security issues.
The topic gave Cruz a chance to shine with well-received remarks about shutting down immigration by potential Islamic terrorists and carpet-bombing enemies into oblivion.
"Political correctness is killing people," Cruz said to the crowd's approval at Aldaco's restaurant.
One of the loudest outbursts came when Cruz said he'd seal the border and get Trump to pay for it.
Cruz supporter Margie Harris declared him the night's victor.
"He's doing exactly what he's always done — he's standing his ground on his issues," Harris said. Attempts to coax
Trump and Cruz to tangle "fizzled out," she added.
Several dozen political aficionados including tea party activists, GOP loyalists and some independent voters had gathered at the restaurant near the Dominion to watch the debate at an event sponsored by 930 AM.
Before the debate, crowd members laid out their expectations for the leading candidates. Trump supporters said they hoped he would appear more presidential, while Cruz backers were eager to see if Trump would attack their guy. Instead, much of the early banter was between Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Party activist Weston Martinez, who emceed the debate watch event, said the audience was eager to see "where's the middle ground when you're talking about Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. The dream ticket for these guys would be Ted Cruz- Donald Trump," he said.
"We've got one more (GOP) debate to go. It's like the 8th round of a 12-round fight, and now people want to see the candidates be presidential, and where do we go on day one. People are looking to see how do we turn our guns toward the enemy," Martinez said.
Carly Fiorina's opening remarks and several other comments drew measured applause, but there was little reaction to multiple statements by Rand Paul, Rubio, John Kasich, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush, although Paul's attacks on Rubio's immigration policies as too progressive pleased some in the local crowd.
Bush's biting counterattacks on Trump, cheered by the studio debate audience in Las Vegas, fell flat here. Carson, too, got little response as the night wore on. Some of Christie's straight-talk to voters was well recieved, but it's doubtful any of the lesser contenders made much headway here.
"For some of these guys, the needle has been moving down for a long, long time and they can't read the needle," Martinez said.
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Things are a bit frantic at Assemble this Wednesday afternoon. It's about 4 p.m., and with the neighborhood kids due to arrive in 30 minutes, six twentysomethings bustle about the reclaimed Garfield storefront, setting up art stations, putting carpet squares on the floor, filling bowls with snacks. One fellow is sent lickety-split to the nearby Family Dollar for Post-Its, which will shortly be scattered about the room, as people register their thoughts, reactions, observations.
Supervising, directing, suggesting, Nina Marie Barbuto hands a container of juice boxes to a young woman. "I like to make things happen," Barbuto says. "I see myself as a catalyst." A sly smile. "An instigator."
She's an instigator, all right. With a résumé that stretches around the block — it includes experience in everything from architecture to technology, handmade crafts to art installations — she's the resident genie for this community-oriented arts program. Today's Learning Party, subtitled "Building Confidence Through Making," is for visual arts: drawing in its various forms.
"It's experiential learning," Barbuto says. "People finding the tools to help themselves."
Garfield, a monumentally diverse neighborhood, seems perfectly suited for such goings-on. Assemble is wedged next to the Thomas Merton Center; it looks across Penn Avenue towards a new-age facade for Little Angels Child Care, an old-style barber shop, the Place of Refuge Ministries and Bartlett Products, distributor of drilling and fastening devices.
Helping Barbuto help Garfield is what she calls "a salad of people who do drawing." They are professional artists, CMU students, Carnegie Museum of Art instructors, Science Center folks. All wear first-name name tags. No one, including Barbuto, draws a salary.
Bustling about the room, she appears deeply stressed about the apparent anarchy. "Hey, Nina," a tall, slender fellow offers en passant, "we have it all under control."
An artist comes in with a lovely framed watercolor, but Barbuto puts her off with a gesture. The painting is nice, but now it's time to put the animal crackers into bowls.
And apparently not even a sudden, off-season hail shower can deter the truly determined from coming. The door bursts open, and a few dozen 12-and-unders swirl into the room.
Over here, Sam has finished taping a 6-by-10-foot piece of brown paper to the wall, raw material for an emerging mural. Within nanoseconds, two exuberant 10-year-old boys begin to draw, sky, sun, clouds.
Over there, Paula leads Drawing with Words. "This is words and writing and drawing all together," Paula explains, then shows how words can make the shapes of things — people, for example. "It's drawing with language." Nodding, pre-teen Tyneisha dutifully draws her name, using multicolored letters decorated with filigrees.
On her knees on a carpet square, meanwhile, Juliet twists small wire sculptures, putting them in a small, covered space. She then has the students shine a flashlight on them. Shadows swirl across the back wall into fantastic shapes — to the kids' delight. Taking turns, they manipulate the wires, then watch the shadows create an infinite variety of designs on the white wall. Encouraged to describe what they see, they begin to tell stories.
Next to Juliet, a young boy coaxes designs out of a touch-screen, then watches as the images are projected onto the wall. "Yeah," he grins, making the lines shower down like slalom skiers.
On Sam's big, brown mural, UPMC has magically appeared to dominate the landscape. Instead of windows, the children have drawn kittens. Instead of the familiar rusty COR-TEN steel, UPMC's Downtown office tower is a more aesthetically pleasing sky blue.
Next to the building one wag has parsed "UPMC: U Paint My Cat."
As children narrate their landscapes, Sam paints in the words: "This guy got to this mountain on a secret, invisible ladder." "This dog was trying to get down the mountain so he could go home."
Across the room, a young boy dabs water color on a white sheet. Suzanne fills in some shapes. His colors play an exquisite counterpoint to her lines. It's hard to tell who's having more fun.
Are they learning anything?
"I would hope so," Barbuto says, ticking points off on her fingers: "Science. Technology. Art. Engineering. Math. It's a learning party. Parties aren't supposed to be structured."
She looks around at the chaos. "It's an explosion. And I think people are pretty engaged."
Post-Its on the door, in fact, serve as a kind of exit poll.
"I learned that I can draw!"
"Loved the different activities."
"You learn every moment of your life," Barbuto says. "This is a place where you add to your experiences."


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In between, not so hidden among other appreciations and critiques, I find, to my own surprise, a recurring complaint about the lack of adulthood represented in much new American poetry. The presence of this theme surprises me because I am an ardent believer in poetical irreverence, spontaneity, informality, and subversion of decorum — qualities not usually associated with maturity. Though it was not a conscious agenda in writing these essays, I nonetheless stand by my complaint.
I believe that poetry has a role to play in contemporary American culture, and that it has lately retreated from that risk, that faith, and that opportunity. Tony Hoagland, Preface. Without a discernible emphasis, without some hint of authorial allegiance assigned to some moments in the poem over others, we cannot begin the process of response. We need to be able to identify what and where the stakes are in a poem ; where the gravity, or weight, is located.
Similarly, without a reciprocal relationship between a poem and a reader, that is, a relationship that deepens through responsiveness and rereading, one of the most basic reasons for poetry has been inexplicably abandoned. At that point, virtuosity, verbal facility, and intelligence are beside the point. If the poem does not need the reader, the reader does not need the poem. What kind of poem is this? How big is the whole?
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Where is the center? What is the central element? Am I reading for sound, sense, story, or image? Is this image centrally significant? What is the general perspective or tone? What are the extraneous or secondary parts? Like this: Like Loading Of course there is a time of afternoon, out there in the yard, an hour that has never been described. There is a gap you never noticed, dug out between the gravel and the rock, where something lives.
There is a bird that can only be heard by someone who has come to be alone. Now you are getting used to things that will not be happening again.
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And they are still alive, like real art is. BB: I know you encourage continual development over the course of a poet's career. What are some of the aesthetic challenges that you faced down? How does this compare to your earlier work?
In the new book—in some of the poems at least—I am trying to record the layered simultaneous dimensions of experience without hysteria, and without an ultimate judgment aside from "This is How it IS. TH: Yes, that's a good observation itself. The manifold world is our rescuer from the bottomless implosion of subjectivity and psychology.
The external world, especially nature, is beyond us, beneath us and above us, and more real than us; thus it is a life preserver. To look closely is always to lose self-importance.
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Let Me Tell You Where I'm Coming From...
I was born a boy
in the year 1998
and when you look at me you might see light brown eyes
when you look at me you might not see hair.
I come from a long line of people from Asheville.
and when I look at my world, I keep in mind that what's
really important is to help the environment.
I come from a long line of football players
and this has helped me to look at the world with a sense of joy
I love being from a long line of football
because it gives me a cool heritage.
and challenges me to get better.
I hope you'll understand where I am coming from…
I want to know where you are coming from, too.


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A few months ago I spoke of an important philosophical idea that I truly believe in, the Law of Attraction, I gave details on how I came across it and how, after quite some deep realisation I'd in some form or another believed in it my entire life. However, simply knowing the meaning or related ideas of the Law of Attraction, is, in some cases not enough to fully benefit from it in the best way possible.
For this week's post in my #BEABOSS series, I will be explaining how an individual could use the Law of Attraction and also 2 common mistakes that occur when trying to use it.
Mistake #1
An important way a person can make their dreams a reality is through visualisation, the reason being that by being consciously aware of your goals you're more likely to be practical and achieve them. Although this doesn't happen in every case, and there are several other ways that can help bring the idea of success into your life, visualisation is a both a cost-free and effortless way to achieve this.
However, the Law of Attraction is more focused on 'what' you want to achieve, rather 'how' you can actually get there. In terms of the goals that you want to achieve this means being able to visualise the end goal, what things will be like once you've achieved said goal and perhaps even the type of person you'll be. As always, having a purpose or a reason as to why this goal is important to you is crucial.
Mistake #2
This is going to sound somewhat contradictory as I mentioned being able to visualise the end goal, but keeping your goal solely in the future is another downfall. The only possible way to practically achieve the goal is to be practical RIGHT NOW, without being able to manifest what you want to become at this moment, you can't progress into the future. The future is not the same as the present, by pushing your goals further and further away from you, you'll never be able to reach them.
These 2 common mistakes mentioned are both linked to the idea of altering your mindset, by changing your point of view, which is an incredibly powerful skill to have, because with it you begin to notice many other inner changes as well.
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I have a Red MX I don't use is it even worth trying to sell? Are these classics worth anything at all?
I have a Red MX I don't use is it even worth trying to sell? Are these classics worth anything at all?
Of course. I think around $3k for a full package. Almost everything on youtube is shot on inferior cameras, even videos that get millions of views. There are tons of film students who would love to shoot with a 4.5K Red camera.
some of my best work was shot on that camera.
Since nothing has changed in the way the sun, light and physics work since the RED One was introduced (and subsequently used on high end work), you can produce the same quality files today as you could back then. In fact, they'd be better today, since we've got new software and development in color science.
What has happened too though, is that while the RED One was unique back then, there are now cameras that offer internal 4k raw in 60 fps with similar DR where your source of power is the size of a small matchbox, stored internally, and not a brick hanging off the camera. And they weigh like 750g and cost $1300.
I think you can still sell a RED One today to someone who sympathises and want to record to r3d and own a bit of history. But I know guys who picked them up for $2500-3000 for really complete kits like 2 years ago. So there's that.
Back then there was nothing that could offer the resolution and codec for that price.
It is not the mature-age orphan child like the SI2K is these days. Both are a bit of a struggle and grunt to carry around. They have a few more years of life left in them yet to please somebody. At what price is another matter.
I still dream of owning this camera. To be completely honest, It's the only RED I'll ever be able to own within my means.
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Oh yeahPosted by: shelz on June 12, 2004 09:32 AM
Over here we had around 80°F at noon,
with thunderstorms and heavy rainfalls...
well my weather forcast for today, Saturday, June 12, 2004 came with a yellow rose of forever friendship (isn't that love?) and a ropem' ridem' cowboy's prayer. (by Roy Rogers)
For the Prayer:
Oh Lord,
I reckon I'm not much just by myself;
I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do,
but Lord,
when trails are steep and the pass is high,
help me ride it straight the whole way through.
And in the falling dusk
I get the final call,
I do not care how many flowers they send.
Above all else
the happiest trail will be
for you to say to me
"Let's ride my friend."
partly cloudy, isolated afternoon showers, high 92 (i could just t h i n k 'keanu' and it would be 99!) low 75 .....
"Let's Ride My Friend... ride...ride...ride..."
*lol* wanda
wow, NOW i know what was missing when I bought my new bikini we (my new bikini an me) would look so much better if this one would around us
well, guess this will be exactly the same with you all, too! ;-)Posted by: creezy on June 12, 2004 11:34 AM
well gonna go a walkin' anda shoppin'... back a bit later!!!! smoochysPosted by: wanda on June 12, 2004 11:43 AM
Forcast? Lovely day for Roses!
Meaning of Rose Colors
Yellow = Friendship
Red & White = Unity
White = Secrecy
Peach = Appreciation
well.... 9:00 tonight at that chef Bull guys restaurant is good...it's like a peach rose in person form...(of course there is the "T" item at the front desk!!!) and uh... i'll just be taking that afternoon shower...sans bikini...in mya rooma...thinkingabouta...... now k e a n u is like an interesting collection of the seasons... spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter...encompassing all beauteous flora in his so gentle, startling sweet cinnamon ways...uh.... ummm....Posted by: wanda on June 12, 2004 02:17 PM
just come over man!!!!!Posted by: wanda on June 12, 2004 02:18 PM
well when I see this picture I just can think
come a little closer boy and let me drink all of your delight...smiles very brightly
susanPosted by: susan on June 13, 2004 03:02 AM
We've been having great weather lately - in the 80s.
Now, that's hot for England!Posted by: Keanuette on June 13, 2004 04:14 AM
really you are very lucky then, our weather has been abnormally bad for this time of year...sending you my best wishes from Germany
Ditto SusanPosted by: shelz on June 13, 2004 08:43 AM
*lol* wanda, he is the perfect guy for around the clock all over the year, isnt he? ;-) sweet cinnamon I never thought about Keanu and cinnamon in one meaning but yes yes, it makes sense!
I remember my first (and last) trip to London in 2000. I left the plane and it was raining (what I expected of course). I got up next morning, the sun was shining and it was hot - and so was the wether for the next six days. I got a real bad sunburn on my face (who would ever go to London with sun tan lotion in its bag?) I guess I am the only person in this world who ever left London so tan. ;-)
@susan, shelz
ditto, it sucks
*raised right eyebrow*Posted by: Tabitha on June 14, 2004 05:24 AM
LOL@Tabitha!Posted by: shelz on June 14, 2004 06:26 AM
hey hallo Krix , as I just bumped into your wonderful site - btw very excellent work!:) - very lately I have a maybe very stupid question to ask you:
Do you think we could have that picture once more of November, do you still remember? the one of November 01, 2003 where it says :)
Ooooh, but I like him when he's scruffy and crass :P
well...I think I never saw a man doing this and at the same time looking like the purest saint entirely immersed in divine contemplation beyond mortal needs...
oh yeah!
That would be The picture in this entry, and I do see your point. ;)Posted by: krix on June 14, 2004 01:54 PM
ROFLAO@Keanu! "Sweet November" indeed!Posted by: shelz on June 14, 2004 03:29 PM
Innocent...sure...uh-huh. He had no idea.Posted by: Tabitha on June 15, 2004 05:01 AM
Actually, he looks like he's trying to make sure it's still there. My 2-yo nephew gets that same look when he's "checkin' the package".Posted by: Tabitha on June 15, 2004 05:03 AM


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#afxrw goes to USA Part 1
Hellllooo, it has been ages! I am so sorry but I have been so busy with work and all. Found out that shift work kinda sucks after marriage. Sometimes I don't get to see W for a few days cos I am on shifts and he is on permanent nights. We are still trying to adapt to the whole shift thing but we are coping well so far. Okay so lets talk about our honeymoon! I know its been 5 months odd hahaha but nak jugak lah!
We had only the day after the wedding to pack and get ready for our trip. We have never travelled together before so I was feeling excited & nervous! We finally finish packing on the night before and we had an early flight to catch so I did not sleep at all cos I was busy preparing. My parents sent us off & off we goooo!
The total flight time was about 24 hours with 2 transits. We stopped over at Tokyo & Seattle. Both transit times were about an hour each so it was still okay. W was stopped and screened at Seattle cos biase lah USA. With his janggut and all, confirm kene. So due to that, we missed our connecting flight to Seattle but luckily they arranged another flight not too long from our scheduled flight.
Reached San Francisco at about 2pm and my best friend picked us up. She drove us to our Airbnb apartment and day one was mostly resting, settling down and fighting jetlag. We rented just a room in an apartment in SF. The guy who owns the apartment was super nice. He was working during the night so we did not meet often. We did not spend much time in the apartment as we were usually out the whole day and be back late at night.
Met bff & husband for dinner that night and they showed us around. Surprisingly, it was pretty cold in SF, but so nice lah. Aircon weather. The next day, we explored SF via Hop on and off bus. Not too bad that we managed to find places on our own. Hehe. Plus so proud of us for using their public transportation! All with the help of Google Maps of course. Hahaha.
The third day, we headed to Alcatraz and explored. Worth the trip! We also explored the iconic Fisherman's Wharf & Pier 39.
Union Square was the shopping heaven in SF but I controlled myself!! We did not do much shopping as we had 2 more places to go and we did not want our luggages to be heavy travelling from one place to another. Knowing me kan. Hahaha. The following day, my best friend drove us to the airport early in the morning and flew to Las Vegas! That will be another post!


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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and spent time with ones you love. I just got back from a Thanksgiving vacation outside the Seattle area- my Uncle and Aunt have a cabin in the woods by a lake and invited the whole family over for a reunion (about 30 people made it). We spent a few days hanging out, eating, and making memories until next time we get to all get together again (it only happens every 5 years or so). Thanksgiving morning, I woke up to this amazing fog, and knew I had to take my camera out in the woods and play with it. I don't spend a lot of time "playing" with my camera because my work is always needing me to be creative, I get most of my creativity out of my system that way. But senior season has wrapped and I've taken the month of December off (except for a couple exceptions), and it was nice to wrap the season up and take a moment to just play and remember why I love photography so much.
I woke up to this view Thanksgiving morning:
These photos are copyright protected. Do not save, copy, or reproduce in any way. Stealing makes me sad.
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Appearance and PersonalityEdit
Ryoukan Kita is a man in his seventies, yet he is as strong and full of spring as he was twenty years ago. He's a very imposing man, standing a head taller than most of the other characters in the series; he has a wide chest and is quite well muscled. He has a roughly-cut face with eagle nose and thick whiskers, mustache and a short beard. His once black hair is now completely gray due to his advanced age. Aside from the singe situation where he was forced to deal with his subordinates in the middle of the night, he is always dressed in fine two- or three-piece business suits. At home, which is a traditional Japanese house, decorated with various calligraphy, he wears traditional clothes consisting of moderately-dark kimono and hakama. Much like his appearance would suggest, he is a strict man, sometimes borderline ruthless, though he will try using words before force to achieve his goals. While that is true, he prefers to deal with his subordinates internally, which means that even if they had messed up a lot, he will do his best to protect them from external political assaults. That doesn't mean that those men will face any lesser punishments. Ryoukan Kita is a traditionalist and he sees I-401 submarine as the government's property, even though Kamikage Ryuujirou had already transferred the ownership of this "Fleet of Fog" to Chihaya Gunzou. Ryoukan Kita made at least two attempts to take the submarine back. First time he used words, the second time he ordered the suppression of the crew.
RoleEditWhile he had a brief appearance before that, he starts acting only after I-401 has arrived to Yokosuka port. Using his authority with the army, he essentially kidnapped all of the I-401's crew (save for Iona) and brought them to a restaurant where he demanded the surrender of the submarine to the Japanese government under the pretext that they were still teens and not experienced enough to command it. Gunzou refused but before Ryoukan Kita could do much else, the attack on the Yokosuka port by the "Fleet of Fog" battleships Kirishima and Haruna forced him to let them go, still in possession of I-401. It is not clear, exactly when Ryoukan Kita began working on removing Kamikage Ryuujirou from his position of the assistant secretary of Military Command of Ministry of Defense, but it is known that by the time I-401 and Hakugei (3) engaged the battleships Kirishima and Haruna in a battle, Prime Minister Kaede was ready to fire Kamikage from his position. However, the victory over the "Fleet of Fog" battleships changed that and allowed Kamikage Ryuujirou to keep his position. His next appearance happens when he chastises the generals under his command for acting hastily and attacking the Osakabe mansion where at least one Mental Model was located at the time. Once he was done there, Kita went to see Prime Minister Kaede on the matter of this fiasco. While riding a car there, he ordered the army to deploy special forces and attack Iwo Jima. The purpose of this attack was to suppress the I-401's crew and take the submarine back under the control of the government. During his meeting with the Prime Minister of the decentralized capital Tokyo, it was revealed that Ryoukan Kita became the Commander of the Army in order to keep them under the control: the army hadn't fought against the "Fleet of Fog" during the Great Battle and they didn't know what power the "Fleet of Fog" possessed - they wanted a rematch they weren't actually ready for. In the same dialogue it was revealed that the prime minister was the first mate on Kita's battleship during the Great Battle. The fate of the Design Child Makie Osakabe was discussed and Ryoukan Kita managed to get thePrime Minister's agreement for her elimination, should "Fleet of Fog" kidnap her. Soon after that they were joined by the assistant secretary to Military Command of Ministry of Defense Kamikage Ryuujirou, who also arrived there because of the attack on the Osakabe mansion. Ryoukan Kita's next appearance happens when the world-wide broadcast of the signing of the pact between the Great Britain and the "Scarlet Fleet" was made. There, he commented that it looked indeed like Chihaya Shouzou was trying to become the king of the "Fleet of Fog". Some time later, Ryoukan Kita is seen in the Yokosuka port dry docks, meeting the captured I-401. Being an experienced man, he was the first one to notice that something was not right. Indeed, instead of the real I-401 a remotely-controlled dummy was captured, while the supposedly-killed members of the crew turned out to be nothing more that fakes made from the nanomaterials of the "Fleet of Fog". This event caused Ryoukan Kita to finally concede that the new era has began and that, maybe, it was time for the new generation to lead the way towards the future.
- Kaede Nobuyoshi - used to be the first mate on Kita's battleship, but was seriously wounded during the Great Battle and after his recovery went into the politics. Became the prime minister of the decentralized capital Tokyo with the backing of Kita's party.
- Kamikage Ryuujirou - The assistant secretary of Military Command of Ministry of Defense and the political opponent of Ryoukan Kita. *Vice-Admiral Uragami - The officer in command of the Military Command's Naval Strategies Office. It can't be said that he and Ryoukan Kita get along.
- Shouzou Chihaya - The JMSDF commander during the time of the Great Battle. Later, he was chosen to be the captain of I-401 and Ryoukan Kita, as a high-ranked politician and the Army commander, was the one to entrust the captured "Fleet of Fog" submarine to the man.
- Gunzou Chihaya - Shouzou's son and the current captain of I-401. Has Kita's grudging respect after he managed to fool him with the nanomaterial-made clones and the jig for the submarine.


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Happy Birthday
To the latest edition to the Instinct household, My son Matthew (Insight)
Born April 5th 2011
7lbs 2oz 20.25 inches
This is the main reason the blog has been running silent for the last few months. I've been painting a baby room, building some shelving units and a toybox (we were given a crib so no need to build one), and generally getting things ready.
We didn't know the sex of our baby because the wife, Intuition, wanted it to be a surprise. So, on the day he was delivered – c-section since he refused to turn around and go the right direction (insert typical female joke here) – Our doctor came in and talked with us about everything that they were going to do and then introduced us to the attending physician Dr. No! Yes, that was his real name and yes, he does own a cat. Dr. No then asked if we had any names picked out so we told him Matthew for a boy and Alexandra for a girl.
They wheeled her out to do the spinal block and at the same time had me get dressed in a white coverall, hairnet, and shoe covers so that I would be ready once they were ready for me in the delivery room. About fifteen minutes later they came and got me, but not before a fire alarm went off on the floor below us making me wonder if we might not have to delay the delivery and instead evacuate. It was a small fire though and apparently handled by an orderly with a fire extinguisher.
I'm not sure what I expected the operating room to look like, but I guess it looked like most any other room I've seen in a hospital before, there was a bed (with my wife on it) a sink, a machine over to the side that looked kind of like a bassinet crossed with a food warmer, and the mandatory machine that goes 'ping!'
The delivery actually didn't take very long at all, maybe 30 minutes from start to the time he was out. When he came out we. of course, couldn't see him because of the drape that was between us and the doctors, but I heard Dr. No announce "It's a Matthew!" as he brought him around so we could see. I don't really know how I expected to feel when I saw my child, I knew I would be happy, but the wave of love and joy that washed over me as I looked at my son for the first time was incredible and left me stunned. Such a small little boy and he stole my heart from the first minute.
He cried for only a minute or two when they weighed him and cleaned him off, and then when they handed him to me he instantly stopped as if to say "OK, I'm with dad and all is well." He's been that way ever since too, he can be fussy and as soon as he is in my arms or his mothers he stops crying. I guess he knows that we will handle it and take care of him.
They had to take blood from him for a state mandated test, he didn't make a sound during it. They did his circumcision, he cried during the shot and after that just sucked on my pinky finger and looked at me like "Are we done yet". Hearing test – done, but he kept pulling off all the head things they stuck to him. He would distract the nurse with one thing and while she was handling that he would pull off the monitors.
He's a smart tough kid and I am so glad and proud that he is my son. I look at him and see the potential for a really great kid in his face and I'll be honest and say that I do not understand anyone who could end a life like this because it is more convenient for them. If they could see for one day the gift from god that they tossed away because of "choice" I think they would regret the path they took forever.


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Fake Anarchist Jewish-led ANTIFA
Antifaschistische Aktion
Antifaschistische Aktion, Antifascistische Aktie, Antifascist Action or Antifascistisk Aktion — abbreviated as Antifa (German/Dutch/English) or AFA (Scandinavian) — is a far-left, extra-parliamentary, anti-fascist network in Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, Canada, and the United States of America whose stated goal is to "smash fascism in all its forms".[1] Some of its members are influenced by the theory of triple oppression, while others are influenced by liberation theology; its members oppose sexism, racism, and classism. The point of the organization is to exchange information and to coordinate activities between local groups.
The group's activities have included handing out flyers, organizing demonstrations, direct action, and property destruction. They believe that physical aggression and violence are necessary to achieve their goals, due to the violence and aggression minority groups face at the hands of fascists and the far-right[citation needed]. In line with their ideology, and as a consequence of being constantly monitored by the police, the group has no central authority. This means it has a flat organization consisting of many independent groupings, without a board or leader. AFA works with other anti-racist groups all over Europe.[2][3] It is also described as a heterogeneous group which in the late 1930s and early 1940s was mostly made up of social democrats, communists, and progressive Christians following the collapse of Nazi government and civil society after World War Two.[4]
The first German movement to call itself Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party (KPD) in their newspaper Rote Fahne in 1932 and held its first rally in Berlin on 10 July 1932, then capital of the Weimar Republic. During the early 1930s amidst rising tensions between Nazis and the communists, Berlin in particular has been the site of regular and often very violent clashes between the two groups. In May 1932, the communist paramilitary organisation Rotfrontkämpferbund had been banned and, following a skirmish between Nazi and communist members in the parliament, the Antifaschistische Aktion was founded to ensure that the communists had still a militant wing to rival the paramilitary organisations of the Nazis. After the forced dissolution in the wake of the Machtergreifung in 1933, the movement was revived during the 1980s.[citation needed]
One of the biggest antifascist campaigns in Germany in recent years was the, ultimately successful, effort to block the annual Nazi-rallies in the east German city of Dresden in Saxony, which had grown into "Europe's biggest gathering of Nazis".[5]
In October 2016, the Antifa in Dresden campaigned on the occasion of the anniversary of the reunification of Germany on 3 October for "turning Unity celebrations into a disaster" ("Einheitsfeierlichkeiten zum Desaster machen"), to protest this display of new German nationalism, whilst explicitly not ruling out the use of violence.[6]
Antifascistisk Aktion (AFA) was founded in Sweden in 1993. Their Activity Guide advocates violence against neo-Nazis.[7] AFA members have admitted to arson by timed firebombs,[8] and have pleaded guilty to burning the Tråvad spinnery in 2005.[9] In January 2006, Swedish AFA members attacked the Norrköping immigration office and threatened officials.[10] In June 2006, AFA members broke windows of an estate of the Christian Democrats in Kalmar.[11] In October 2006, AFA members threatened to block a municipal council meeting in Gothenburg, because the Sweden Democrats had been elected to the council.[12]
In July 2007, AFA members threatened and attacked an immigration judge in Gothenburg.[13] The judge's front door was hit with an axe, and the house was vandalized with red spraypaint. Personal information about the judge and other judges was posted in the Internet.[14] On 7 March 2008, Säpo, the Swedish security police agency, reported that AFA or people using its symbols constantly threaten municipal and provincial elected council members.[15] In August 2008, AFA members spread announcements in Uppsala with the name and image of an opponent, encouraging people to attack him. For this, AFA promised to pay 500 Swedish kronor and a free "knogjärn" (knuckle duster).[16] In February 2009, AFA members attacked the National Democrats politician Vávra Suk.[17]
Some in the media have called Swedish AFA left extremists.[18][19][20] An editorial in the tabloid newspaper Expressen argued that the label 'anti-fascist' was misleading, because the organization's methods, such as stealing the subscriber list of the National Democrats newspaper, and threatening the subscribers are counterproductive and similar to methods used by fascists.[21]
United States
On day of the President Donald Trump's inauguration, protesters used black bloc tactics. Protesters deliberately causing damage were described as members of Antifa, however were generally lone individuals grouped together by loose radical left-wing ideology.[22] In April 2017, local members of Antifa protested against multiple Republican and alt-right speakers in Berkeley, California. Some protesters were also members of the militant left-wing group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN).[23]
Toilet brush symbol adopted for the Hamburg protests (Antifaschistische Aktion (Germany))
Logo of Antispeciesism


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A team of 200 priests comment on daily Gospel
Liturgical day: Wednesday after Epiphany
Gospel text (Mk 6,45-52): After the five thousand men were satiated, Jesus obliged his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, towards Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away. And having sent the people off, he went by himself to the hillside to pray. When evening came, the boat was far out on the lake while he was alone on the land. Jesus saw his disciples straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, and before daybreak he came to them walking on the lake; and he was going to pass them by. When they saw him walking on the lake (…).
The world of matter also belongs to the true God
(based on texts by Benedict XVI)
(Città del Vaticano, Vatican)
Today, within the context of Christmas, we contemplate Jesus walking on water. Who could do it - by his own power — but the one that was conceived virginally? Jesus is God and, as such, He has power over the matter
There are two moments in the story of Jesus when God intervenes directly in the material world: His virginal conception and the resurrection from the Tomb. These two moments are a scandal to the modern spirit. God is "allowed" to act in ideas and thoughts, in the spiritual domain–but not in the material. That is shocking! But... God is God and he does not operate merely on the level of ideas; the matter also belongs to Him.
God's creative power embraces the whole of being. In that sense the virgin birth and the real resurrection from the tomb are the cornerstones of faith. If God does not also have power over the matter, then He simply is not God. But He does have this power... and wanders naturally over the waters..


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An in-depth exploration of the field of biotechnology, designed to familiarize students with research and production techniques commonplace within the biotechnology industry. The concepts discussed in the lecture component of the course (BIO-264) include the history of biotechnology, structure and properties of DNA, control of gene expression, recombinant DNA techniques, large scale production of recombinant proteins, and transgenics. In the laboratory component of the course (BIO-264L) experiments are designed to complement and demonstrate the major concepts presented in lecture and offer hands-on experience with contemporary biotechnology laboratory skills including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP); Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), documentation; lab calculations and solution prep; aseptic technique; cell culture, analysis and purification of DNA and proteins, and pharmaceutical production.
Prerequisite(s): BIO-201, CHM 111; ( minimum grade C- ) or permission of instructor.
Corequisite(s): BIO 264L
Mass Transfer Block: Credits earned in this course are counted towards the MassTransfer Block Natural or Physical Science requirements.
Previously known as: BIOT-251, BTC-264


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A frugal, charitable, lived, if not slightly boring Queen, the story is quickly taken over by the arranged marriage to hilarious scallywag King William.
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DAME Emma Thompson plays a High Court judge in her latest film The Children Act, but says her character has the kind of responsibility few women are granted. She tells Laura Harding about stepping into the corridors of power
EMMA THOMPSON is famously un-starry but she is also an Oscar-winning pillar of the British acting establishment and regarded as a national treasure. As a result, one wants to address her with as much respect as one can muster.
It is therefore more than slightly horrifying to realise you have casually called her 'Emma' rather than acknowledging the Damehood she received earlier this year in the Queen's birthday honours. "I will let it go this time," she jokes mischievously. "But next time - off with your head. The executioner is in the wardrobe."
The star of such films as Howards End, Love Actually and Sense and Sensibility was recognised by the Queen for her services to drama and she adds another worthy role to her repertoire with her latest film, The Children Act, in which she plays a High Court judge. Adapted by Ian McEwan from his novel of the same name, the project offered Thompson, who is now 59, a character she had never seen before.
"When you hear the word 'judge', even in this day and age, in our patriarchal way you just tend to think, 'Oh it's a man'," she says. "We have never seen a film about a woman who is a High Court judge, I have never seen that, and so I was fascinated to do the research and see what it's like to be that very rare thing of a woman who has that kind of power. She has to make decisions that are life and death, decisions that affect families and people in visceral, extreme ways. Feeling that power in the corridors of the Courts of Justice was overwhelming.
"I made friends with two judges who I love and admire more than I can begin to tell you. They sit above everyone else and it makes the court into a theatre and they are the one who everyone is looking up at. You can also see everything that is going on and the women used to say to me that they watch the body language a lot, it's a completely compelling job."
Thompson spent a great deal of time "backstage" in courts observing their arcane procedures and marvelling that only judges and their clerks can walk on the red carpet of the corridors. "You suddenly realise that they are these god-like creatures in their robes, walking around with this extraordinary power, and hardly any women have that kind of power in the world, ever."
In the film, Thompson's character Fiona Maye must rule in a family court on whether a hospital can treat a seriously ill teenage boy, played by Dunkirk actor Fionn Whitehead, against the wishes of his Jehovah's Witness parents.
"The thing to note is that the family court is considered the poor cousin," she says. "Criminal is the macho guy thing, that is where the 'real' stuff happens, and that view is just typical, frankly. But family court is where the real drama and the real pain is, it's terrifying. All human life is there, it's like the Greek myths, every f***ing day."
Thompson said that fact was drawn into particularly sharp relief during the case of Charlie Gard, the baby whose fate was the subject of a protracted court battle after he was born with the rare genetic disorder mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. His parents fought a five-month campaign to have him transferred from Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London, where he was on life support, for experimental treatment elsewhere before he eventually died in July 2017.
"You realise here are no winners," Thompson said. "There is no right and wrong really. There are decisions that have to be made and they are always painful and they are painful on both sides and they are painful for the judge. Sometimes in some human situations there is only pain and that is how it is. It might not be OK, it might not be fine, it's just how it is sometimes when we are human beings. We are so used to needing this sense that it's got to come right in the end because we tell stories in order to make ourselves feel better about the fact that sometimes in life there is only pain."
Thompson is far more optimistic when it comes to the subject of women in positions of power, especially on the judiciary. She says it is "terribly important" for young girls to see characters such as the female judge depicted on screen so they know that kind of job is possible for them.
"If you think about the way in which the iconography was changed when Barack Obama became president, it's exactly the same. As soon as you see a powerful role, a government role, a role like this, being taken by a woman, you can see that and think, 'Oh, I can be a judge'. But that has to be backed up. It's alright having dreams but they have to be backed up by the intentions of your government.
"This is all about educational opportunities, and also about challenging the automatic routes that mostly men, mostly white men, can take through Eton and Oxbridge. The judiciary is like parliament, it's still a club for straight, white men - although I have to say that is changing. There are little pockets of hope and the greatest place to find hope about all of these issues is with the young generation.
"If you want to find new ideas, go to the Edinburgh Festival, go to the little theatres - go and see what poor, young, female writers are writing about, what it is to be born into the female body today. Watch Jill Soloway's The Female Gaze and watch Nanette, Hannah Gadsby's piece on Netflix, and inform yourselves and see what is going on."
With those rousing instructions, I stand to take my leave, ducking so I don't hit my head on a low-hanging light. "I'm so glad you're going out while bowing," Dame Emma says with a cheeky grin. "If you go backwards, that's even better."
- The Children Act is in UK cinemas now.


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A pair of beady little eyes.
I took this picture of a kestrel today at an exhibit I went to showcasing animals found in Australia. I'm not sure if this guy was from Australia, as they did have critters from elsewhere (mostly reptiles and amphibians). However, it was interesting, kangaroos are surprisingly very soft. I even held a tarantula!
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My Question about DC traditional and new era network architecture.
Saw an article saying we are moving toward to 2 tier architecture in our data center infrastructure, Since according to the article we have a lot of east and west traffic now and traditional 3 tier is like insufficient.
DC 2 Tier setup was:
N9k Platform <– Core
N9k w/ N2k <–Agg/Access
We used to see 2 tier/Collapse Core architecture in small-medium campuses.
The data center uses a clos fabric made up of spines nodes and leaf nodes. The layer 2 and layer 3 outside links (connecting to domains outside of the clos fabric) as well as the firewalls and other service insertion are typically done on a leaf node (although I think there are cases where some of those things are supported on the spine).
Generally speaking the spine nodes only connect to leaf nodes and leaf nodes only connect to spines (within the backbone of the fabric). This architecture offers equal-cost multi-pathing, non-blocking links, predictable latency and delay, etc.
The main difference between them is the massive bandwidth you can have contrasting CLOS (leaf-spine-leaf) topology and Hierarchical topology (3 tier – core/aggregation/access). As every leaf is connected to every spine. the fabric transport capacity would be the addition of those links to every spine.
So, if you have 4 leaves with 40 GB links to the Spines, and 2 spines, then you have 80GB of transport capacity in the fabric. Every leaf would have 80 GB (adding the 40GB per link, per spine).
Also, in the case of deployments where the Spines are connected as border devices, its seen in multipod deployments. Usually, the rule of the thumb is to only connect leaves in Spines, nothing else goes there. But, with this new implementation you can merge 2 pods and connect them via Spines. I believe it started to be supported in ACI version 2.2 and spine/leaf switches must support IPN (only supported in 2nd generation of spines/leaves).


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Adobe has said that it will issue a patch for the Flash Player vulnerability by tomorrow.
In an update David Lenoe, product security program manager at Adobe, said that the company had updated the security advisory posted on Friday to include the planned schedule for a patch to resolve CVE-2010-1297, and that it plans to make available an update for Flash Player 10.x for Windows, Macintosh and Linux by 10th June 2010.
However a date for Flash Player 10 for Solaris is still to be determined, and Adobe is expected to provide an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 for Windows, Macintosh and Unix by 29th June.
He said: "Please note that the Acrobat and Reader update represents an accelerated release of the next quarterly security update originally scheduled for 13th July. With this accelerated schedule we do not plan to release any new updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat on 13th July."
The company previously warned of a critical vulnerability in Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and Unix operating systems.
It said that the vulnerability (CVE-2010-1297) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.


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The Virginia state General Assembly has approved a bill that will require abortion facilities within the Commonwealth to be regulated along the manner of hospitals.
It seems that Virginia is raising the bar on facilities that provide at least 5 abortions per month to women in the 1st trimester of pregnancy.
The state legislature passed a law this week requiring these abortion clinics to be regulated as hospitals. Currently, abortion facilities adhere to regulations for doctors' offices – such as those that offer cosmetic surgeries and colonoscopies.
The vote in the General Assembly was 20-20, which included 2 democrats in favor of the legislation. The tie-breaking vote was cast by Lt. Governor Bill Bolling (R). Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell (R) has said that he will sign the measure into law.
The Virginia Board of Health, whose members are appointed by the governor, will write the new policies within 280 days after the law goes into effect on July 1. Of the current 15 members on the board, most were appointed by previous Governor Timothy Kaine (D).
Naturally those opposed to the legislation cry that it is all about reducing or eliminating a woman's right-to-choose. Media reports say that as many as 17 of the 21 clinics could face closure if this bill goes unchallenged, due to the costs to comply to regulations that could dictate, for example, hall-way size as well as laundry and food facilities as well.
Still other say that clinics in rural areas will likely close, making it more difficult for women in those areas to access abortion.
So many who are pro-abortion in our political system also could be categorized as fans of the "nanny-state" mentality. It's hard to believe so many Democrats would oppose such a measure. If many of the clinics in Virginia are indeed in rural areas, wouldn't it be better to have higher-level facilities there if it's going to take longer to reach an emergency room, or for emergency personnel to access a patient in distress? Yet the opposition to this bill seems odd – one would think that more regulation, BIGGER government oversight and control would be welcome. After all, this is ALL about the woman, isn't it? Her needs and rights supersede all else, even the child she carries within her.
Oh, that's right, we're talking about abortion, aren't we? Herein lies the contradiction.
And they worry that the days of back-alley abortions might return?


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With company reputation dependent on consistent messaging, it seems strange that some PR and marketing departments appear to have only the most tenuous grasp of what the other is doing.
They may sit down the hall from each other, but the distance might as well have been miles in some recent cases where PR and marketing seemed less than co-operative.
Cadbury's 'Kit 4 Schools' campaign (eat chocolate, gain sports gear) is now regarded as the 'new Hoover' (free flight to the US with any purchase over £100). Elsewhere, Coca-Cola water brand Dasani's marketing chiefs either failed to realise the tag 'pure still water' didn't quite describe treated mains water from Sidcup, or the PROs did not know about the strapline. One way or another, hindsight suggests these problems would not have occurred if the two departments had worked closer together.
PR teams' despair at the actions of their own marketing departments is not new. The late David Packard of Hewlett-Packard once said 'marketing is much too important to leave to the marketing department'. But, as these examples show, neither does communication between PR and marketing appear to have improved.
Operating in discrete units has its attractions, of course. As Tim Ambler, senior fellow at London Business School, says, PROs and marketers 'are all vying for their share of the sunshine, the chequebook and the boss's personal affection'.
Yet affection is unlikely to be gained by something that damages a CEO's standing. 'Some campaigns are developed in isolation - the answer is for marketing and PR advisers to be included at the beginning of the debate about branding,' says Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster chairman Graham Lancaster.
'What you do mustn't be dissonant with other things going on in the world.' Ergo, being seen to deal with child obesity - good; being widely believed at the same time to be contributing to child obesity - bad.
Thorough risk management
So, all marketers and PROs need to do is sit down more often. If only it were that easy. 'It's down to bad planning,' asserts Henry's House deputy MD Ginny Paton. 'We would insist on a thorough risk management assessment on any project we do. Where we can't, I would lay the blame at the door of over-zealous marketers who have not thought through the consequences to the brand.'
Bad karma between marketing and PR has previously been present in the less scientific world of promotions, especially when it comes to over-redemption. Occasionally this can turn into a PR coup - when Walkers' free pedometer offer had met its original quota before the TV ad promoting it had even aired, Walkers said it would still honour all requests. However, this is a rarity. Walkers was able to say this mainly because it had taken out insurance against over-redemption, so the cost would not come back to them.
In other areas though, promotions are tricky. It is still common, for example, for independent travel companies to ask suppliers for net rates on flights or holidays, and then use those flights in conjunction with a newspaper as part of a promotion. It sounds good in theory, but the problem comes when the flights have been committed to newspaper readers at rates which prove unsustainable - or worse still, when the flights have been committed to readers and have not, in fact, been purchased from the supplier at all. It is because of this, says Debbie Hindle, MD of specialist travel PR agency BGB Communications, that 'companies are being much more careful about who they work with'.
The mother of these marketing wheezes-turned-PR-nightmares was Hoover.
'Someone should have said after the first presentation, "How are we going to pay for this?",' laughs Mike Seymour, Edelman international director of crisis and issues management, who was brought in to make some sense of the mess the free flights offer had created.
Yet examples still abound, such as Vodafone's 'free calls' claim on one of its ads. In January the ASA upheld a complaint from a rival operator, which pointed out that the offer was misleading because the price of the calls was included in the monthly price plan. The ASA issued a formal adjudication on the future use of the word 'free'.
'A seasoned PRO should increase the chances of making marketing messages right or at least reduce the chances of getting them wrong,' says Paton.
Yet not everyone believes that marketing should be asking for PR's lead on issues. London Business School's Ambler insists that a mindshift is necessary on the part of all concerned to address the problem: 'I'll stick my neck out on this: in any proper organisation, the PR function ought to answer to the marketing function. I know that in some organisations PR is the pet of the CEO, but marketing is the higher function. PR is a subdivision of marketing, not the other way round.'
PROs are unlikely to accept this wholesale, yet most would probably agree that reputation management requires more than simply marketing and PR working closer together. Functions such as legal and public affairs may need to be involved to establish whether stakeholders could take issue with a comms strategy.
Nowhere has this been better exemplified than in the media's latest bete noire, 'chugging' - stopping consumers in the street and asking them to sign up to monthly direct debit agreements. Direct marketers love it - it secures valuable new donors that can be added to their opt-in database and used for future upgrade mailings.
Indeed, last year chuggers coaxed more than 700,000 donors into pledging £240m to charities over the next five years. However, the welcome absence of tin-rattling has not been enough to spare the practice from intense media scrutiny.
Negative feedback
Royal National Institute for Deaf People director of comms Brian Lamb understands people's disquiet: 'We do get some negative feedback,' he tells PRWeek. 'But it's one of the most effective ways of getting more long-term, committed donors.'
Only the bravest of PROs have been able to win the battle with marketing.
Of the 100 or so charities that use chuggers, only Greenpeace and Cancer Research UK stand out among the high-profile groups that have advocated scaling down, or even stopped, chugging altogether for fear of reputation damage.
PR professionals should not be cowed. It clearly makes sense for marketing and PR functions to read from the same book. And though good sense and business are not always easy bedfellows, steps toward happy cohabitation will undoutedbly reduce the risk of misunderstandings in the future.
In some organisations, the marketing and PR chiefs are one and the same. Extreme Sports Channel director of marketing and PR EMEA Julie Hicks says it is hard to see where the two functions overlap in its events: 'Our budget is quite small so we rely heavily on PR rather than buying marketing spend, whether above the line or below the line. For our "Legends of the Extreme" promotion we made stencil plates and got students to spraypaint at skate parks with messages like "Vote Tony Hawk". We gave away Extreme goodies and created a hoo-hah when we got to the park. Generally, marketing and PR don't work together as closely as they should but for us it's the most logical thing.'
Hampshire County Council head of corporate marketing and PR Caroline Foley 'We believe there is no dividing line between marketing and PR. The link between a well-informed public and a satisfied public is well documented.
We're marketing our services, such as a new library or country park, to get people through the door. But we're also talking about the philosophy behind it: what's the policy, what has the county been spending council tax on? My job is to make the links between all of the comms activities, including media relations. These activities are integral to one another, not in separate silos.'


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This game is English only.Domini Games proudly presents the latest thrilling addition to the Secret City series! A famous dwarven explorer has turned to stone while searching for the ancient lost Merfolk Kingdom, and you've been called in to investigate! You quickly find a dangerous foe waiting just beneath the waves, and they want vengeance! Can you stop an evil tyrant and their immortal generals from taking over the city before it's too late? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure! Apr 10, 2019
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Questions - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 14 & 17, 2016
Most Say MLK's Dream Still Unfulfilled
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National Survey of 1,000 American Adults
Conducted January 14
and 17, 2016
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1* Do you consider Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to be one of our nation's most important holidays, least important holidays or somewhere in between?
2* Martin Luther King, Jr. preached about a day when men and women of all races would have equal opportunity in America. Have we reached that day?
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I have two computers, both Windows 10 and both using AMD graphics hardware. One is a PC connected through ethernet and hosting a Mobile Hotspot, and the other is a laptop. When I connect to my home network on the laptop (the same network that I'm connected to through ethernet on my PC), spacedesk works fine and is able to detect my PC. However, the performance isn't great because of my poor connection to the WiFi (my room's pretty far from the router), so I figured making a Mobile Hotspot would help with performance. However, once I'm connected to the Hotspot, spacedesk is no longer able to find the primary machine. Or at least, most of the time it can't. Occasionally, immediately after restarting the laptop, it will find my PC under the Hotspot's IP.
In terms of the troubleshooting I've done so far, I looked through the manual, and the only fix I was able to apply to my setup was enabling Network Sharing on the Hotspot, which made no difference. I've tried connecting manually using the little "+" in the viewer, but clicking it makes the viewer window crash. I've tried enabling auto-connect and then restarting in an attempt to capitalize on the aforementioned window of time after the restart, but that has yet to be successful. I've tried the HTML5 viewer, which again works fine over the home network, but when using the Hotspot it comes up with problems. When trying with the PC's IP, it returns an error asking to make sure I've used the right IP, and when using the Hotspot's IP, it starts a connection attempt that doesn't end.
The Hotspot is able to connect to the internet just fine, and again, Network Sharing has been enabled. The only thing I can think is the "Network Segments" mentioned in the manual, which is something I'm not familiar with. Even then though, it says the devices should still be able to connect manually, so I would think the HTML5 viewer would work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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We had a fabulous time at the seaside on Thursday 23rd June. The whole school visited Saltburn-by-the-Sea for a day of fun on the beach. The children's behaviour was excellent as always and this helped to make the day really special.
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Hey guys! I have this new exfoliator to show you today. The Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant is a powder exfoliator, yes a said powder. That's the reason why I was so intrigued in the first place.
It's a gentle exfoliating powder that you can use daily and it works for all skin types. You pour out some of the rice-based powder in your super wet hands and mix it. The formula activates upon contact with water and releases Papain, Salicylic Acid and Rice Enzymes that micro-exfoliate dead cells. With all that comes a blend of Green Tea, Ginkgo and Colloidal Oatmeal to help calm the skin. It excludes artificial fragrances and colors.
For the price of $52, yea its expensive, you get 2.6 oz of powder. You only need to use about a half-teaspoon so it should last a long wild. Once it mixes with the water, it turns into a creamy paste.
It's a very mild exfoliator, a little too mild for my taste. I wish it packed more of a punch like some other daily exfoliators. What I like about it is that my skin felt super clean, smooth and bright. Overtime it's said to help balance uneven skin pigmentation. I wouldn't exactly call it moisturizing but it didn't dry me out.
I do like the Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant, it'll be great for those with sensitive skin. You can check it out on Dermalogica.com


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In addition to releasing a smaller version of the iPhone, Apple is also looking to expand the screen on its full-size phone to 4 inches, according to the site Digitimes.
The news, while unconfirmed, doesn't come as a big surprise. Even with the iPhone 4, Apple's adherence to a 3.5-inch screen was beginning to seem dated — although Apple's high-resolution Retina Display made up for the size deficiency. Since the iPhone 4's launch, Samsung has made 4-inch displays the new standard for Android phones with its Galaxy S line.
Digitimes cites component suppliers who say Apple has begun testing the production lines for the iPhone 5, and that it has expressed interest in bumping up the screen size to 4 inches.
There's no valid reason why Apple would stick to its current 3.5-inch screens. With competing devices moving to 4 inches and beyond (Samsung's upcoming Infuse 4G will sport a massive 4.5-inch display, while Dell is now positioning the 5-inch Streak as a smartphone), Apple simply has to bump up its screen size to compete.
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New Northwest Leadership Roles
Dick Duerksen is the new Oregon Conference assistant to the president for creative ministries. In this role he will focus on new ways of telling the stories of grace-driven Adventistism within the conference.
Duerksen and his wife, Brenda, retired in January 2015 from their respective roles as host for Maranatha Mission Stories and clinical coordinator for Maranatha Volunteers International mission trips. However, for them, "retirement" did not mean moving into a retirement home and raising orchids. Instead, they have spent the past year speaking for camp meetings and weekend spiritual retreats, serving as photographers and story catchers for the Adventist Review, and editing a new book: Stories That Will Set Your Life on Fire.
Duerksen describes himself as an "itinerant pollinator of grace." During 45 years as a Seventh-day Adventist preacher, pastor, and administrator he has carried the Good News around the world. He is also a professional photographer whose photos help bring calm, peace, and healing into many hospitals and clinical offices.
Brenda is a registered nurse and alto musician. Their three children are married and living in Colorado, New Zealand, and California.
Randy Hill
Randy Hill has transitioned from his role as Medford (Ore.) Church to be the associate youth director for the Oregon Conference, overseeing Pathfinders. Hill and his wife, Gayle, have been involved in youth ministry for years.
"I'm a lifelong youth enthusiast," he says. After seven years as a youth pastor at the Medford Adventist church, Hill spent almost five years in other pastoral roles. While he enjoyed all his time at Medford, Hill says stepping away from youth work wasn't easy.
"He's someone that has a deep heart for youth ministry," says Oregon Conference youth director Les Zollbrecht. "We've worked together in youth ministry for many years."
Hill is delighted to work with kids and teens again. "My heart just jumped," he says. "Oh boy, can I have this opportunity? I'm stoked," Zollbrecht says. "I think he's exactly the right person."
"We are strongly emphasizing leadership training in Pathfinders," says vice president for administration Dave Allen. "Tracy [Wood, former director] made significant inroads in leadership training, and we want to continue that."
"I'm probably going to take some cues from the [Pathfinder area] coordinators to get started," Hill says. "They are all just amazing." And Zollbrecht says the coordinators recommended Hill as well.
Hill shares plenty of interests with the Pathfinders he'll soon be leading. "I've always enjoyed camping, canoeing, and playing in the water," Hill says. But for Hill, the core of Pathfindering runs much deeper than outdoor fun and games. "I think the Pathfinder program helps us all to find our ministry voice," Hill says. "And it enables and empowers us to use that voice."
Ben Lundquist
Benjamin Lundquist, currently the young adult director in the Arizona Conference and young adult coordinator for the North American Division, will be joining the Oregon Conference in March 2016 as director of young adult ministry. This is a new department for the conference which seeks to improve how it connects young adults with the mission of the church.
Lundquist completed his undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist University and graduate work at Andrews University. He started full-time ministry in the Arizona Conference as a youth pastor at the Camelback Church in Phoenix where he served for eight years before accepting his current role, which he has held for the past 5 years.
In this new role for the Oregon Conference, Lundquist will focus on training leaders, expanding public campus ministries, and partnering with local churches to engage young adults more effectively.
When Lundquist is not working or spending time with his wife Kimberly and young son and daughter, he enjoys surfing, mountain biking, snowboarding, fly fishing, and eating Thai food.
Stephanie Bailey
Upper Columbia Conference is pleased to welcome Stephanie Bailey as the new human resources director for the Adventist church in the Inland Northwest.
Bailey brings a broad range of human resource experience that includes work at Loma Linda University Health, Walla Walla University and the legal and banking sectors. Since 2013, she has been working as the UCC human resource specialist, helping to serve the church's more than 1,600 employees.
Bailey is a graduate of Walla Walla University and hails from Sandpoint, Idaho, with extensive family roots here in the Inland Northwest.
When asked about her new role, she said, "I look forward to working with the individuals in our churches and schools to equip them with what they need to help our employees and their ministries thrive."
Paul Hoover, UCC president said, "I am excited to welcome Stephanie to our team in this new capacity. I look forward to seeing her unique talents and passion bless and grow the gospel work here in Upper Columbia Conference."