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Setting up a website is one of the best things your customers can do for their business – it can help it grow from an exciting idea into much more, ensuring that all their hard work pays off. Web presence doesn't just mean a website – it refers to your whole online presence, including email addresses and domain names. These are very helpful when it comes to establishing your customers' company as legitimate and memorable, ensuring that visitors can easily find, identify and contact them.
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People remember the initial lines of novels (e.g. "It's a truth universally to be acknowledged…"). And they remember the final lines of short stories (e.g. "He was absolutely sure Helen wouldn't have wanted him to be so alone"). But they do not remember the final lines of novels.
Go ahead, Name exception after exception (I can think of one, the final line to A Farewell to Arms, though I mostly only remember it because it's infuriating). But I will stand by this opinion until my dying day. The final line of a novel is not nearly as important as most of the other lines in it, because by the time the reader's gotten to the final line, they're probably mostly skimming anyway.
There's a reason for this! Short stories are precise. They end on a needlepoint. And the ending is supposed to keep ringing in your head for a few minutes afterward.
Novels are not like this. They begin to end even before the ending has come. People don't want a novel that rings on for a few minutes afterward. They want a novel that has real, living, vibrant characters. And when you've spent ten hours reading about some real, living vibrant characters, you end up wanting to know what happens to them after the end of the story. That's why many novels have one or more denouement chapters that serve to wrap up most of the loose ends. These chapters are fun! They're heartwarming (even when they're tragic), and they serve to cement the story in the reader's memory. But they're not high-intensity. Indeed, if they were high-intensity, it would defeat the purpose, because then they'd be introducing new threads, new thoughts, and new possibilities.
Because of this, the reader tends to end a novel at a lower level of emotional arousal than they end a short story. And because of that, there's not nearly as much interest in the final line.
In fact, I actually cannot remember the final line of my book. And I refuse to look it up, because it's not important.

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National Accountability Bureau has sent a team to Mansehra to arrest retired captain Safdar after receiving his arrest warrants.
According to a NAB spokesperson, it is coordinating with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government as per law for arrest of captain Safdar.
Earlier, NAB had issued arrest warrants of Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son in law retired Captain Safdar.
The spokesperson said all out efforts will be made to arrest the culprits.
He added that warrant will be implemented according to law.
Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and retired Captain Safdar have decided to file appeals against their sentencing by the Accountability Court.
According to sources, the appeal will be filed at Islamabad High Court. Appeals have been prepared by their counsel Khawaja Haris.
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Hillary Wants It Both Ways: Women Will Bear Brunt Of Climate Change But Blames Men For Campaign Loss [VIDEO]
Hillary Wants It Both Ways: Women Will Bear Brunt Of Climate Change But Blames Men For Campaign Loss [VIDEO]
Hillary Clinton emerged from the woods and spoke up yesterday. However, she uttered not a peep regarding the FISA memo and the second Steele dossier. Instead she informed her adoring masses that we women will be forced back into the Stone Age because of Climate Change and men!
You think I'm joking, don't you? Sadly, I am not.
Here we have the twice-failed Presidential candidate trying her hand at climate change "science," Bill Nye style, and failing spectacularly. You see, Climate Change is sexist!
"I would say that particularly for women, you're absolutely right, they will bear the brunt of looking for the food, looking for the firewood, looking for the place to migrate to when all of the grass is finally gone as the desertification moves south and you have to keep moving your livestock for your crops are no longer growing, they're burning up in the intense heat that we're now seeing reported across North Africa, into the Middle East, and into India."
"So yes, women once again, will be the primary…primarily burdened with the problems of climate change."
Are you laughing? I certainly was until I realized that yes, she actually said that.
Oh, good grief. According to Hillary, if men, and I presume women, don't fix climate change, we women will be thrown back to the Stone Age and have to become field hands and laborers again. We ARE DOOMED. *insert massive eye roll here
Forget about getting into a debate about the idiocy of the climate change science. Instead, let's examine Hillary's sad, sad little diatribe.
Please tell me where in the United States is desertification happening? I'll wait. Certainly there are deserts in a variety of places across the United States. However, are those deserts taking over the land? I don't think so. Then again, perhaps Hillary knows something we don't?
Warning! We women will be the sole source for food, water, and firewood once the earth dries up!
What you are saying, @HillaryClinton is ridiculous. So climate change will kill off males? What are you saying really? https://t.co/0ckA0O0gWy
— Dan Peppers (@DanPeppers) February 6, 2018
Exactly. I mean, didn't she just womansplain men or something?
Given Hillary's remarks, this country is about to self destruct and the only thing left to save us will be women. Not men.
But, wait! Wasn't it not so very long ago that women were told we were never, ever going to be able to afford a $20 or $30 a month payment for contraceptives?
Isn't this the same woman who has told us time and time again for the last 1 1/2 years that "What Happened" was everyone else's fault but her own?
Isn't this the same woman who is now gleefully touting the Family Medical Leave Act?
25 years ago, @billclinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, which remains a success all these years later. Now we need paid leave to finish the job and create more equitable & family friendly workplaces. #FMLA25https://t.co/nN1r741aAb
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 5, 2018
Isn't that supposed to include MEN? Well…I guess not since those pesky men were to blame for her campaign loss!
The complete and total self awareness fail of a woman saying this just mere days after reports come out regarding her old pal Burns Strider. You know, he's that guy who preyed upon young women while he was Hillary's "faith advisor" for both of her Presidential campaigns. Yeah, sure. She offered a weak sauce word salad apology conveniently timed just before President Trump's State of the Union address and it tanked like a lead balloon.
So, for Hillary to get up on stage yesterday crying misogyny and sexism regarding her failure of a campaign is laughable. For her to claim that we women will be reduced to chopping wood and hauling buckets of water because climate change…next thing you know, she's going to claim that our national security is at risk. Oh wait…
We are supposed to feel sorry for Hillary and ourselves (women that is) who've been born into a minority. We are also supposed to urge our men to be the ones who "don't let it go, who stand up or speak out." So Hillary, when will Bill speak out?
Once again, Hillary showed us exactly why so many are grateful she did not win that Electoral College vote.
Meanwhile, any bets as to when Hillary will opine regarding the second Steele dossier?
The rank misandry that comes out of her mouth. It just shows that feminism is nothing more than a female supremacy movement designed to punish men.
After much consideration I have determined that Ms. Clinton's "campaign" is no longer worth consideration, and is to be brushed aside.
I have no further interest but to observe who might still be simply standing NEXT to her, or in her shadow.
UNLESS it's on the "lost" evidence concerning the crime family dynasty,
ENOUGH with the "ink" for The Clinton Family International Charitable Foundation.
I would say that particularly for women, you're absolutely right, they will bear the brunt of looking for the food, looking for the firewood, looking for the place to migrate to when
Because, when the Earth has turned into a hot, arid wasteland, and humanity has regressed to wandering nomadic tribes…
the men will have managed to maintain enough electricity to keep the internet going and will be wasting their time with pr0n instead of hunting mastodon. C'mon, you know it's true.
Warning! We women will be the sole source for food, water, and firewood once the earth dries up!
I don't mind eating some of you, but the firewood bit is… well, let's just say that humans don't season well enough to go in a firepit. They don't really provide much warmth or light. Nero didn't use them for torches because they were good at the job.
Hillary solution: Abort more babies to lessen the stress on the ecosystem.
"Hillary wants it both ways……………….."
If I were sophomoric, that joke would write itself
Didn't she also say a while back that women were primarily the victims of war?
Well, it only goes to figure: Hillary is rumored to go both ways. . .
HRC's one talent is the facile ability to shift what passes for her principles to any situation


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We are collaborating with the Guyana Cultural Association, to present our Caribbean Cinema Nights screening series, in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
The Guyana Cultural Association NY Inc, is a Not-For-Profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to promoting Guyanese culture. OUR MISSION is to document, showcase and celebrate the multiple roots of Guyana's cultural heritage. Through the annual Guyana Folk Festival and the programs of the Guyana Arts & Cultural Center, we preserve our cultural heritage and make it available to inspire future generations of Guyanese at home and abroad. In short, our mission is to Preserve, Promote and Propagate Guyanese creativity.


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22nd February, 2018
Helen Watson, Partner and Head of Employment Law at Aaron and Partners LLP, examines two sexual harassment cases.
Sexual harassment has been ever prevalent across the media again following a string of allegations made against Harvey Weinstein, a leading movie producer, in early October 2017. This led on to a number of sexual harassment allegations being made against other powerful men including Kevin Spacey, Ben Affleck and George H.W. Bush.
Unfortunately, sexual harassment appears to be becoming increasingly common in the modern world and therefore, this article will focus on the rights of individuals in the workplace in relation to sexual harassment.
Harassment – the Law
In relation to the protected characteristic of sex, the Equality Act 2010 ("EqA") prohibits three forms of harassment:
• Harassment related to sex;
• Sexual harassment; and
• Less favourable treatment because the employee rejects or submits to harassment.
For the purposes of this article, we will focus on sexual harassment. Sexual harassment occurs where both:
• A engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature; and
• The conduct has the purpose or effect of either violating B's dignity, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for B.
In deciding whether the conduct has the effect referred to above, there are a number of factors which need to be taken into account including B's perception, the other circumstances of the case and whether it is reasonable for the conduct to have that effect.
Conduct of a sexual nature can be any unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. It can include unwelcome sexual advances, touching, forms or sexual assault, sexual jokes, displaying pornographic photographs or drawings or sending emails with material of a sexual nature.
A claim for sexual harassment should be brought within three months of the act complained of. Acts of sexual harassment occurring more than three months before the claim is brought may still form the basis of a claim if that act is part of conduct extending over a period, and the claim is brought within three months of the end of that period.
Employer's Vicarious Liability
Any act of sexual harassment done by an employee in the course of their employment is treated as having also been done by the employer. This is the case regardless of whether the employee's acts were done with the employer's knowledge or approval. Therefore, an employer can be vicariously liable for harassment committed by an employee in the course of their employment. It is important to note that the employer will only be liable for the actions if they are done, 'in the course of employment'. However, harassment of an employee by a colleague in the workplace would almost certainly be covered.
There is a defence available to the employer. The employer will have a defence if they have taken all reasonable steps to prevent the employee committing the harassment. These steps must have been taken before the act of harassment occurred. Reasonable steps will usually include:
• Having equal opportunities and anti-harassment and bullying policies which are reviewed as appropriate and implemented;
• Ensuring all employees are aware of the policies and their implications;
• Training mangers and supervisors on equal opportunities and harassment issues; and
• Taking steps to deal effectively with complaints, including taking disciplinary action where appropriate.
Smith v Renrod Limited ET/1400166/15
The Facts
Miss Smith brought a number of claims, including one of sexual harassment, against her employer, Renrod Limited ("Renrod"). Renrod was a Franchise Motor Dealer. Miss Smith was employed as a Sales Executive, was based at their Skoda site in Bath, and reported to her manager, Joe Snowball.
Miss Smith claimed that she was sexually harassed by her manager, Mr Snowball, and alleged that his actions included:
• Making a comment about "thinking about picking you up and f***ing you on the desk" in April 2014;
• Making an attempt to kiss Miss Smith in the Administration Office;
• Pestering Miss Smith about her private life including making comments about her sex life and relationship with her boyfriend.
Employment Tribunal Decision
The Tribunal found that the conduct set out above, which is clearly of a sexual nature, was carried out by Mr Snowball. It also found that the conduct was unwanted.
The Tribunal then went on to consider whether the unwanted conduct had the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for Miss Smith. The Tribunal stated that they could not positively conclude that the conduct had the purpose but they did believe that it had the effect.
When making that decision the Tribunal considered that there was a culture of sexual 'banter' and sexual behaviour at the workplace which Miss Smith, who the Tribunal described as relatively robust, at times participated in and even initiated. However, the Tribunal considered that Miss Smith worked in a male dominated industry and she may have felt compelled to join in with such 'banter', and not take offence at such conduct, in order to be on the same level as her male colleagues. It went on to state that the comments and conduct of Mr Snowball went beyond that which was acceptable to Miss Smith. Further, it took into account the fact that Mr Snowball was Miss Smith's manager and stated that the fact it was her manager doing these things made the conduct offensive and intimidating and complaining about it would not have been easy for Miss Smith.
The Tribunal concluded that Mr Snowball's conduct amounted to harassment.
Elworthy v Your-Move.co.uk Ltd ET 2303025/2015
The Facts
Your-Move is a national estate agency. Mr Elworthy had been employed as a senior financial consultant by Your-Move since 2 June 2008. His role was to offer mortgage advice to customers. In January 2015 Ms Sarah Thompson became Mr Elworthy's Line Manager. Mr Elworthy brought a number of claims against Your-Move, including sexual harassment.
On 20 December 2013 Mr Elworthy attended a senior consultant's reward lunch. Mr Elworthy was standing with around four other people discussing sales targets as it was coming up to the end of the year. Mr Elworthy alleged that Ms Thompson stated to him that she would give him a blow job if he banked £180,000. Ms Thompson denied making this statement.
At least one other person also heard the comment, being Mr Barrett, who stated that he took the comment as a joke and that the conversation just continued without a break. Mr Barrett was friends with Mr Elworthy but stated that he could not recall Mr Elworthy complaining to him about the comment.
The first time Mr Elworthy complained about the comment was during a disciplinary hearing, after he had handed over a resignation letter, on 16 September 2015, almost two years after the event. Mr Elworthy's position was that he did not complain prior to this date for fear of losing his job. Mr Elworthy told the Tribunal that the comment left him feeling 'not great' and 'a bit uncomfortable'. When asked during cross examination whether he saw it as sexualised banter he replied that he did not see it that way although he accepted that it was a one-off comment.
Employment Tribunal Decision
The Tribunal found that the comment was made by Ms Thompson. However, the Tribunal went on to consider that Mr Elworthy did not find the comment upsetting, offensive, hostile, degrading, humiliating or intimidating. In coming to that decision the Tribunal took into account that Mr Elworthy was a persistent challenger of issues at work and Mr Elworthy accepted that he is not afraid to raise grievances and complaints in a robust manner. Therefore, if the comment had that that effect, it is likely Mr Elworthy would have raised a complaint sooner.
Further, the Tribunal stated that Ms Thompson did not make the statement with the purpose of it having that effect. The statement was made in a jovial manner and in a social context. Mr Barrett's evidence supported this.
Mr Elworthy's claim for sexual harassment failed.
A benefit of the prevalence of sexual harassment allegations in the media is that it is showing individuals that speaking out is becoming easier and they should not be embarrassed of being the victim of sexual harassment, whether they are man or woman. It should also bring the issue to the fore-front of employers' minds who should ensure that they are aware of the issues and their obligations in relation to prevention sexual harassment in the workplace.
For any further advice regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, please our Employment department at Aaron and Partners LLP
As produced by Helen Watson for Gap Insight January/February 2018
To read the January/February 2018 issue of Gap Insight in full please click here
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Partner & Head of Employment Law
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Do you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) but still want great life insurance coverage? Well, you've come to the right place! The purpose of this article is to help life insurance seekers with irritable bowel syndrome, like yourself, make informed choices that will help them find the best life insurance policy that they can qualify for.
About Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome is a very common problem that can cause a wide range of issues in your colon (i.e. large intestine). As the name suggests, your colon becomes irritated, thus causing the problems.
Common symptoms associated with IBS will include:
- Gas
- Diarrhea
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Pain in abdomen
- Cramps
- And a loss of appetite.
Many people (including life insurance agents) may often confuse irritable bowel syndrome with Crohn's disease. After all, both of these conditions may present very similar symptoms.
That being said however, IBS and Crohn's disease are two totally different diseases and will be "underwritten" by the life insurance industry completely different. This is why you'll want to make sure that the agent that you choose to apply for life insurance coverage with fully understands your IBS and isn't likely to confuse your medical condition with a "potentially" more "serious" condition like Crohn's disease.
Treatment for IBS
There isn't a treatment for IBS, but there are relief plans. Most people will try to identify what triggers their IBS and based on that information, they do things to mitigate the pain. For example, if certain foods cause your IBS to flare up, then you will probably avoid those foods. Other remedies include getting enough sleep and water. You know, the normal things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle!
Eligibility for Life insurance with IBS
We have great news! Not only are you eligible for life insurance with irritable bowel syndrome, but you're also eligible for a preferred rate! That is…if you check out in all other areas.
Why IBS Doesn't Negatively Impact Your Life Insurance Eligibility
Life Insurance companies look for things that will disrupt the longevity of your life – essentially, things that could cause you to die prematurely. Things like cancer or even bad driving records are riskier than IBS. IBS is uncomfortable, but it doesn't really cause people to die younger.
If you have Crohn's Disease, however…that's a different story.
Other things to Consider when getting Life Insurance
Life insurance companies will look at a lot of other things beside just IBS. Those things include both lifestyle choices and health/medical issues.
Medical Issues that Impact Life Insurance
In addition to your IBS, life insurance companies will start by asking you for:
- Blood work
- Urine sample
- Medical exam
- Access to medical information
If you do not think you will do well on these things (i.e. you have a preexisting condition), then instead of getting a whole or term life insurance policy, you may want to look into getting a guaranteed life insurance policy.
If you're not sure, these are the kind of things they will look for that could possibly hurt your life insurance rate:
- Diabetes
- Heart conditions
- Past surgeries
- Disorders or diseases
- Mental health issues
- Obesity
- High blood pressure
- Predisposition to medical problems (i.e. does it run in your family)
- Prescription medications you use
Any of these things could have a negative impact on your life insurance rate.
Lifestyle Issues that Impact Life Insurance Eligibility and/or Rates
"Lifestyle" issues refer to any choices you make that could shorten your lifespan. Those include things like:
- Excessive drinking
- Bad driving
- Past felonies
- Smoking
- Illegal Drug use
- Smoking marijuana
- Prescription drug addiction
- Sports you play for fun
- Hobbies (do you operate heavy machinery, do motor cross racing or dive from cliffs for fun)
- Career (are you a professional race car driver, construction worker, or police officer?)
Again, anything that could indeed put your life as risk, could wind up impacting your life insurance rate. Any of the above lifestyle choices or medical issues could be more influential to your life insurance rate than irritable bowel syndrome.
Here's the trick: not all life insurance companies will consider each of these things as high as a "risk". For example, a life insurance company that sees marijuana use as extremely dangerous to health may not find certain surgeries to be that big of a deal. However, some life insurance companies specialize in marijuana use and give marijuana smokers a great rate…but may not necessarily go as easy on certain surgeries or diabetes.
Finding the right life insurance company…
…it isn't easy. Especially when you don't know the ins and outs of all the life insurance companies. That's why the best thing you can do is turn to a life insurance expert. But make sure you turn to one that is not bound only to one life insurance company – or else they'll be trying to sell you policies only from that company, regardless.
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We know which life insurance companies are best for which risk factors, and who will give the best rate to whom. That's why we should be your go-to people when looking for a life insurance company!
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The Greenbrier Classic gets underway on Independence Day on the resort's Old White TPC course, running through Sunday.
Phil Mickelson headlines the field, along with 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and defending champion Ted Potter Jr. Golf Channel and CBS Sports will air the tournament from Thursday-Sunday, with Golf Channel exclusively carrying the first two rounds. CBS Sports will carry afternoon coverage on Saturday and Sunday from White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., with Golf Channel taking up early weekend coverage.
Here's a look at the 2013 Greenbrier Classic TV times:
Thursday, July 4
Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
Friday, July 5
Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, July 6
Golf Channel, 12-2:30 p.m.
CBS, 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, July 7
Golf Channel, 12-2:30 p.m.
CBS, 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
You can also watch a stream of the Greenbrier Classic as well. When coverage is on Golf Channel, stream using their Golf Live Extra app for your smartphone or on their website. CBS Sports streams their weekend coverage on their website.


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justin otte is a 37 year old guy. His Pxl age is 5 years and 3018 days. He was last seen 5 years and 1979 days ago.
Thanks for the congrats
So far so good
Thx for comment
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Thanks fo the congrats
I check also worth1000 (i read it while browsing with wazowski ) theres a lot of pro out there, just more and more practice. ty for the link.
Yeah well, Worth1000...I dont know really. I've had a look once, just to see what it's like but I dont get the whole navigation of the site, nor what's all allowed there and what not. And no doubt I'd be one of the many there (well, here too in fact). I think I'll stay here for some while more
Up to nr 5!
Nono, kidding .
But yeah, have to admit I'm a bit surprised myself.
Thanks for the kind words
I've been using photoshop only since february or march.
Congratulations on your 2nd place , very nice entry
thks 4 comment, as I mentioned in description, this was finished in a rush, I'll put more work into it after wedsday when I get back
congrats on the magazine dealy bopper, just don't let them misquote you.. last interview I had from my show they wrote that I was almost killed in Tijuana, when all that happened was a hotel security guard took my camera to make sure I wasn't taking pictures of underage prostitutes and then immediately gave me the camera back LOL
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So many people have changed their names, i never even thought to do that lol
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Onsted soccer team nips Hanover-Horton
The Onsted Wildcats boys soccer team kicked off its 2013 campaign with 2-1 victory over Hanover-Horton in a crossover Independent Soccer League match. The match did not count toward the league standings as the teams, although in the same league, are in different divisions, with Onsted being in the East division and the Comets in the West. The Wildcats now stand at 1-0, playing division rival Blissfield next Wednesday.
"That was important for us to get off to a good start, and getting the win today was nice," said Onsted coach Brian Ouellette. "The senior leadership on this team is outstanding with great attitudes, and they expect to come out and win, so it was a great way to begin the season."
Although the score was close, the game was controlled by the Wildcats for the majority of the match.
Onsted began the match by quickly putting pressure on Hanover goalkeeper Austin McRae. However McRae was sharp, just as he was for the majority of the match and turned away the Wildcats' Cole Weirich with barely a minute off the clock. That pressure by the Wildcats was a precursor for things to come.
The Comets were able to get a few chances, but it didn't happen often. Their first scoring chance didn't come until the 30-minute mark, and that ball sailed over Onsted goalkeeper Zach Wobrock's head, and continued on over the crossbar.
Not long after the errant shot, Onsted went on the offensive again, and again Weirich was in the middle of it. A cross pass from him, found teammate Levi Page. Page put a good foot on the ball, but McRae was in good position to make the save.
Soon after Onsted's scoring chance, Hanover Horton had their best opportunity of the first half to score a goal. The ball bounced around off numerous legs and feet from both teams before finding the Comets just outside the goalie box. With three successive chances, Wobrock stood tall, and turned all three opportunities away, finally corralling the last shot, putting an end to the pressure.
For the remaining 10 minutes of the first half, the Wildcats brought the match to the Comets' side of the field. That pressure finally paid off near the end of the half when Onsted's Tanner Rohrbach scored the first goal of the match and season for the Wildcats when he tracked down a loose ball, and booted his unassisted goal into the Comet net at 1:26.
"That goal was important because we had put pressure on them the first half, and the pressure was starting to mount on us to get one in the net," said Ouellette. "It gave our team a lift, because we were doing a lot of things right like getting the ball into the middle and getting more guys in front of the net, so that was great to see our hard work pay off."
The second half saw Onsted subbing more, getting some fresh legs in. The Wildcats have quite a mix of age groups and although their core base is a group of seniors, there are quite a few underclassmen that play, including a few freshmen, but team congruity remains strong.
"Our seniors welcomed all 10 freshmen from day one," said Ouellette. "There has been no animosity on the team, they all have the same goal to win, and that's a credit to our seniors."
The second half was similar to the first as the field seemed tilted towards the Hanover goal. The Wildcats. However, Onsted broke through with another goal, just a bit quicker this half.
At 13:44, Weirich controlled the ball with some nifty footwork before putting a shot on goal. The Comets made the save but the ball came back out to Page who was able to slip it by McRae and into the net, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 advantage.
With Onsted controlling play most of the match the two goal lead seemed safe. However with just over seven minutes left in the match, the Comets Ethan Manarin booted the ball from half way between the goal and the sideline in what appeared to be an attempt to get the ball in the middle of the field. The ball sailed towards Onsted's goal, and just kept sailing. Much like a centerfielder in baseball freezes on a line drive hit directly at him, Wobrock was caught off guard that ball kept its loft for as long as it did. Caught flat-footed, Wobrock could only raise his hands in attempt to knock it down, but it went just over his fingertips and landed in the net, quickly creating a one goal game again.
"That was a bad goal, and Zach knew it," said Ouellette. "But he admitted that it caught him off guard, however it didn't seem to phase our team and they kept their composure."
The Wildcats were up to the task, and as Ouellette put more emphasis on the defensive side of the field, the Comets were not able to mount much pressure as the clock ran out.


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Apple Partner Hints at Fall iPhone 6 Release
The iPhone 6 release is likely to skip summer for the fall, based on statements from the CEO of GT Advanced Technologies, the company that entered an agreement to supply Apple with Sapphire products late last year.
iPhone 6 release date rumors focus on summer or fall, with June and September making repeat appearances from many sources, but there is enough variance in the rumors that leaks remain inconclusive.
Apple released the last three iPhone models in the fall, and based on a new statement from the company that may make a iPhone 6 Sapphire screen cover, the iPhone is coming in the fall again. In the latest earnings release, Tom Gutierrez, president and CEO shares a statement and information that hint at an iPhone 6 release this fall.
First off, Gutierrez states, "We expect to return to profitability during the second half of 2014." This statement does not specifically mention Apple, but Gutierrez is quick to discuss Apple and the Arizona plant where we expect iPhone 6 Sapphire display covers will originate, saying, "Our arrangement to supply sapphire materials to Apple is progressing well and we started to build out the facility in Arizona and staff the operation during the quarter."
While sharing the business outlook with investors, GT Advanced Technologies narrows in further to discuss the Sapphire business picking up in the second half of the year.
"The company expects that revenue and profitability will be back end loaded, with its sapphire materials business ramping as the year progresses, and with improving financial performance during the second half of 2014."
This is as close as we'll get to an official indication of the iPhone 6 release date until Apple steps on stage to announce a new product. There is always a chance that some accounting magic would result in profits that arrive in the second half of the year with a summer iPhone 6 release, but it seems more likely that Apple is aiming for fall.
Apple's biggest competitor, Samsung, just announced the Galaxy S5 with a release date in April. This allows Samsung to compete with an older iPhone 5s until the iPhone 6 release date arrives.
iPhone 6 rumors include talk of two iPhone models with larger screens. The screen sizes vary, but focus on a 4.5 to 4.7-inch model and on an iPhone 6 with a 5.5-inch display. The latest rumors also point to an improved camera and a new Apple A8 processor. Apple typically uses the same iPhone design for two years, which combined with talk of a larger screen gives hope for an all new iPhone 6 design in 2014.
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KAYSERI, Turkey, May 8 (Reuters) – The Turkish state fund that manages seized companies is in advanced talks with a German firm about completing building projects halted after the 2016 coup attempt, the head of the TMSF savings and deposit insurance fund said on Tuesday.
Turkish authorities seized the assets of, or took management control over, 960 companies worth 50.3 billion lira ($11.7 billion) for suspected links to the failed coup, Muhiddin Gulal said. The seized companies employed around 48,000 people, he said.
Ankara blames the network of the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for the attempted putsch. Gulen, who has lived in the United States since 1999, has denied the charges. His followers had been active in Turkish business, running companies spanning mining to financial services.
Two major construction groups, Dumankaya and Fi Yapi, halted building work on housing complexes after the companies were taken over by authorities.
The TMSF is now in talks with a German firm to take over those projects, Gulal said, without naming the company.
"A Germany-based group has committed to complete unfinished housing projects. The talks are at the final stage, we will take action within 10 days," he told a news conference in the central Turkish province of Kayseri.
Turkish authorities have detained 160,000 since the failed coup and sacked a similar number of civil servants, according to a United Nations report this year.
Separately, Turkey will introduce steps to reduce a backlog of unsold homes, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday, in an attempt to fend off a decline in housing sales.
The plan would likely include reduction of interest rates on mortgage loans, banking sources said.
Construction has helped drive Turkey's strong economic growth for years, but the industry has been hit by declining demand and the post-coup crackdown.
Total housing sales declined 14 percent in March, official data showed last month. ($1 = 4.2950 liras) (Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by David Dolan and Adrian Croft)
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Writing Introductions And Conclusions For School
Forming demand and stimulating sale, forcing consumers to buy goods and accelerating process of "purchase and sale", and from here turnover of the capital, advertizing carries out economic function in the market. Besides, it carries out also information function. In this role advertizing provides consumers with the directed flow of information on the producer and his goods, in particular, to their consumer cost.
This statement becomes obvious if to consider main types of marketing activity of firm which include practically all spheres of its activity, except for the technical operations connected directly with production, transportation, sale of goods, etc.
Recently competitive fight amplified even more and around the world marketing activity, especially at the firms focused on export increased. The increasing appliances and intellectual potential are put in development marketing and, as a result, advertizing activity.
Characteristic feature of modern advertizing is acquisition of a new role by it as a result of involvement in process of management of production and marketing activity of industrial and service firms. An essence of a new role of advertizing that it became the integral and active part of complex system of marketing which level of development defines quality and efficiency of promotional and informational activity of the producer and its compliance to new requirements of the world market.
It is necessary to notice, what even taking into account continuous development of activity and bigger flexibility of marketing, it nevertheless represents rather closed system. In it, nevertheless, there is an exchange of information both with internal, and to an external field of activity of the producer.
The realization of prestigious advertizing campaigns at all three levels is enabled, generally the publicity of public relations directed on a gain of goodwill of the public to the country, branch, firm and its production in general i.e. on a gain of public reputation.
Thus, in the multi-purpose advertizing work of the western firms directed, eventually, on increase in sale of the goods made by them and receiving additional profit, prestigious advertizing differs in a big variety of forms and methods.
Associative capacity of the trademark is understood as its ability to cause certain associations in consumers thanks to application in phrases or graphic symbols of specially picked up or incidentally found verbal or visual elements.
Using the opportunities of the directed impact on certain categories of consumers, advertizing everything more carries out demand management function. The operating function becomes the distinctive sign of modern advertizing predetermined by that it is a component of system of marketing.
In order that advertizing process was rather highly effective, the corresponding market researches, strategic planning and developments of tactical decisions dictated by the marketing purposes of the advertiser and a concrete situation in the market have to precede it.
The advertizing means — are an information channel on which the advertizing message reaches consumers. In advertizing process the advertizing means are usually provided by the organization owner.
has an exact target focus, reflecting different inquiries, desires, interests of specific consumers and informing them so that considered distinctions of a consumer demand in a certain advertizing audience;
Lack of TV commercial that during its broadcasting the attention of the potential consumer has to be concentrated on the screen, otherwise the advertizing appeal will not be apprehended. The television gives the chance of large-scale advertizing of the consumer goods, but it is inefficient for industrial goods.
Practice of foreign firms shows that in most cases the tasks connected with increase in demand and management of it are solved not at once for all market, but only for its separate segment or set of segments. Segmentation in this case acts as an effective way of "rejuvenation" of production entering a decrease in demand phase, and giving of a new vital impulse to it in the market.
Exists also the third ring — the movement of an advertisement as if deep into of the consumer market and receiving by stimulation by it "feedback" of data on its part in which the realized goods have demand.


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I found a little treasure in the pile of press releases that slide across my desk each morning. We haven't seen much of the optics line since Sig Sauer's awesomely aggressive "we make it all" multi-line launch at Shot Show 2015. We will be seeing more of these before 2016, with a recent announcement that Sig's Kilo 2000 rangefinder has started trickling out to dealers.
The initial rangefinder at Shot was pitched as the Kilo 1600, but it seems that Sig has bumped the range and bumped the model number as a result. Here's the big important numbers up front:
Reflective targets at 3,400 yards
Trees at 1,500 yards
Deer at 1,200 yards
That initial pitch of 3,400 yards to a hard target is pretty damn impressive. That's getting into the territory of my old Vectronix Terrapin.
But the tree and deer distances are a little more realistic. They're squarely up against Leica's 1600-B, and well over the 800,900,1200 yard range of the Leupold RX-1200i. Of course these are all manufacturer's numbers, and in the world of laser range finding there's always wiggle room. We'll have to wait for a hands on to see if Sig's numbers or accurate, or if they've calculated for "optimum conditions."
Sig's other big feature in the Kilo is an automatic brightness adjustment for the red illuminated display. Not a bad idea really, as long as it works consistently. At the start of a new shooting trip I often bring my Vortex 1000 up to range and realize I've left it too bright or too dark from the last go.
The other feature that's pretty standard for a decent rangefinder these days is the integrated inclinometer. This takes into account some basic bullet physics: when you shoot uphill or downhill, the bullet experiences less gravity (and hence drop) than the straight line distance. If that's a weird concept to you, let me know in the comments and I'll try to write it out. I spent a few years behind a gun counter explaining it to disbelievers using white-boards and sock-puppets.
The final interesting feature is the HyperScan. I'm awfully curious to check this out and see if it works as advertised. The idea is that in scan mode the rangefinder pings at 4x a second, meaning your much more likely to get a usable yardage your first time. With all my past rangefinders, I've tried to hit a target on the upwards end of their rated capability, gotten the "no range" dashes, and had to ping 3-6 more times to get an actual distance. If HyperScan actually counters this, that would go a long way to making Sig Sauer's official yardages more reliable.
Andy York at Sig Sauer has confirmed in an interview that they are aiming to have a major product launch at least once a year. We'll have to wait and see what Shot Show 2016 has in store for the broadening Sig brand.
If you're interested in the entire press release and not just my ramblings, you can find it below:
The KILO2000 from SIG SAUER® has set a New Standard in Range Finding
NEWINGTON, N.H. (November 16, 2015) – The recent introduction of the highly innovative SIG SAUER Electro-Optics Division took SHOT Show 2015 by storm. This new line of premium, high performance optics boasts some of the most advanced technology that the industry has ever seen. A member of this all-new SIG SAUER product line that truly has the ability to set the standard for its category is the KILO2000 Rangefinder.
Extreme accuracy was the goal throughout the engineering process of the KILO2000. Updating at 4x per second in HyperScan mode, the KILO2000 rangefinder with patented LightWave™ DSP technology is amazingly fast as well. Couple that with the ability to range reflective targets at 3,400 yards, trees at 1,500 yards, and deer at 1,200 yards for simple, intuitive long distance ranging.
The built-in inclinometer of the KILO2000 calculates AMR™ (Angle Modified Range) for angled shots to ensure accuracy. Our proprietary Lumatic OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Display™, automatically adjusts display intensity to match ambient light conditions, bright in bright conditions and dim in twilight to protect the shooter's eye. As opposed to other products, the KILO's simplified user interface clearly displays system status, but while ranging, only provides the necessary range data. At a very compact size of 7 X 25mm, the capabilities of the KILO2000 have created a rangefinder fit for any situation a shooter might encounter.
Magnification- 7X
Objective Clear Aperture- 25mm
Exit Pupil- 3.6mm
Eye Relief- 15mm
Angular (FOV)- 6°
FOV 100 Yards- 34.6ft
Range Response- .25 SEC
Laser Divergence – 1.4 MRAD
Scanning- YES
Range Accuracy Under 100 Yards- .1 yds
Max Range- 3400yds (Reflective) 1200yds (Deer) and 1500yds (Trees)
Weight (Includes Battery)- 7.5oz
Estimated Retail Pricing- $499.99
We will repair or replace your SIG SAUER product in the event it becomes damaged or defective, at no charge to you. If we cannot repair your product, we will replace it with a product in perfect working order of equal or better physical condition. It doesn't matter how it happened, whose fault it was, or where you purchased it.


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Driving instructors Alison and Kevin Crompton have bought two new Suzuki Ignis for their driving school, the Baglan School of Motoring, partly because they are "comfortable to sit in for hours on end". An important criteria: they are now going to sit in them alongside learner drivers for an epic 45,000 miles a year.
The new Ignis is the eighth Suzuki the Port Talbot couple have bought for the driving school, which teaches 150 people a year to drive. "We have always been fans of Suzuki's small cars," gushed Kevin: "This is the perfect model to learn in, as it's straightforward to park, and simple to manoeuvre through narrow city streets of out on the open road."
The couple's two new Ignis are both flame orange models, fitted with dual controls by the Suzuki dealer in Bridgend. They say they picked the Ignis because it looks smart, has good-looking 16-inch alloys, wheelarch extensions and sat nav. It also has a standard reversing camera – Motor1 checked with the DSA and can confirm students are allowed to use on their driving test, so long as they don't solely rely on it. Making the school's new Ignis an even more popular choice, perhaps?
If you too are looking for a car with seats comfortable enough to win approval from someone who might be sitting in them for eight hours a day, six days of the week, Suzuki's currently offering the Ignis on a 5.9 percent APR finance deal, with three years' free road tax – and a year's free insurance. Perfect for new drivers, provided they're aged 21 or over…


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Title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm very audio-driven, but I'm not good at producing audio.
So, I'm hoping to find someone like-minded to collab a small pico-8 project with.
Basically I want to form a game around the music, because that's how my mind likes to do things.
I can listen to the track(s) over and over and form in my head how the game should play out.
I'm very open to all sorts of styles and all levels of professionalism, even if you don't feel your music is that great, if it's got soul and it's better than what I could do, there could be hope!
If anyone out there is interested, let me know here!
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I submitted my first Pico-8 composition in this very folder. Please see the link below:
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Disclaimer: All Ye Who Enter Here …
Eeeeeeee, I am so excited, I've hit the big time, I'm in the catbird seat, I have arrived!! No power in the verse can stop me now! Woohoo! I know, I'm supposed to be digging in my closet of computer curiosities but I had to post about this. What has caused this jubilation?
This comment on my YouTube Channel:
I feel like I'm really a citizen of the interwebs now. This blog is just about a year old and not one rude comment, not once, a lot of spam but everyone that comments here is exceedingly polite and kind. I know I don't say anything controversial, mostly because my WoW space is my "happy space" and I don't want no steeking negativity here but I thought considering the denizens of WoW, I'd still get some.
I should have known YouTube would come through for me. YouTube is the other side of the tracks, a really scary place inhabited by scary people. I don't even know what some of the dirty words in comments there mean, and I worked in the headquarters of a macho labor union for years, so I know most of them.
Anyway, without thinking, I responded with a snarky comment:
Lol, perhaps you should make better use of your time then. And you wasted even more precious life commenting here, tsk, tsk.
I love the word snarky, I also love underused antique words like strumpet, and scofflaw, but I rarely get to use them so I'm happy snarky works just right here. After thinking about it a little I decided I'd been too hasty, I'd wronged dragonlord540 and I should do something to avoid the chance that some other unsuspecting innocent may lose valuable seconds of life viewing my videos.
My few videos on YouTube pretty much mean nothing out of context of this blog, it's debatable whether they mean much IN context but just for argument's sake we'll assume they do. There they are, sitting on YouTube where anyone might accidentally view them. I haven't even found out if there's a way to delete the mistakes, like when I uploaded the wrong one and the things on the desk are hovering mid-air. SOMEONE MIGHT VIEW THAT and waste valuable seconds of life so I thought I should put up some kind of disclaimer on each one in honor of poor dragonlord540 or else this might happen again, oh the tragedy, the horror, when this could have been so easily averted.
Would something like this work?
Disclaimer: All ye who enter here, warning! This YouTube Channel holds nothing of interest to you. Valuable seconds of life WILL BE WASTED if you view them. Proceed at your own risk. These videos are meant to only be viewed in conjunction with posts at Tome of the Ancient (another second stealer if there ever was one) and if you proceed you risk a life shortened by seconds!!!
What do you think? I could call it something like The Dragonlord Alert to honor the channel's first victim. So dragonlord540, I salute you. You've done well today, countless seconds will be saved and you're responsible. Attaboy!
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Lol. (I'm laughing at your post, not the troll) 🙂 I love the disclaimer – wasting seconds of peoples lives is definitely a crime of earth shaking proportions so it's important that you indemnify yourself against litigation.
Just a thought. It might be a good idea to put a link in the description of each video guiding viewers to the relevant post in your blog. That way it might bring the curious to read your tomes of wisdom that go with your videos. Although that could bring the trolls here.
Alternatively, you could make your video's 'unlisted'. That way only people you give the link to can see them. That way you can post them on your blog, like you have been doing, and only the readers of your blog will know they are there.
I am glad you seem to find this funny, although I suspect that you were shocked and a little upset at first. It's not my video but I'm angry for you. I'm happy you wasted 15 seconds of his life and then some – he deserved it! 🙂


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Part 2 – I Think I Wore This Before
Part 3 – Dance Like No One's Watching
Part 4 – I Must Be Getting Old, Because I Can Have Fun Sober
Part 5 – Thirty-Something Pockets
Right… so "I wore this before" and I've certainly listened to some of that music before. And the man who's dancing with me on his shoulders now is none other than my oldest and closest friend, one of those people who have seen me wear this the first time, with whom I've listened to this music when it was brand new.
Knowing each other through all the stages of our life means we share a certain kind of complicity and unique connection. It also puts everything in a very special perspective. Sure, we can barely remember a time when we didn't know each other, once or twice we even counted the years, but that's the kind of depressing maths that can make a person wonder where the time has gone or perhaps even feel old.
But what strikes me is that none of us would have believed our friendship could survive and even grow for all these years. We used to share our dreams for the future, but they were just as different as we were. And when someone in our little group would joke about the two of us being inseparable and staying friends forever, he smiled his "Yeah right" smile and said nothing so as not to hurt my feelings; I, on the other hand, did not possess that sort of grace, and made it quite clear I didn't believe in such a possibility.
We were making our plans for the festival over the phone (yes, we're old-fashioned like that) wondering which one of our acquaintances might go, and I was looking up all the artists that were going to be part of the show, deciding which were worth seeing, so I could schedule everything accordingly. My eyes stopped on one of the names on the screen for several seconds. We'll definitely have to see them…
In a way, we've come full circle, I think to myself while we sing the lyrics of a local band's old songs. I remember how all the girls were crazy about the lead singer back then; sporting a different look and a somewhat different musical style these days, he seems to have the same effect on the ladies. He was good back in the day and he's managed to thrive over the years, even if I personally prefer some of his earlier songs. But the truth is, it's really not about him or his band. He may be performing on the main stage the final evening of a certain festival, alongside some internationally famous artists, but I can still see him on a stage in a square in our home town. I can still see us use the concert as an escape from home and our lives, a time to be "normal", like everyone else our age. We could sing, dance and forget, and after a couple of beers my best friend would dance with me on his shoulders, much to our dates' annoyance.
Then there's another name, one whose videos we used to watch, never crossing our minds that some twenty years later we'd see him live, together, and it would feel like the most natural and normal thing in the world. Knowing someone so well, for so long, means that in some cases there's no need for words. A look is all it takes to convey a wide array of feelings; and that's a good thing, because I'm feeling really emotional. I put my sun glasses back on and I keep dancing. I don't want to miss a moment of it, I want to take in as much of this "then and now" as I possibly can. These are moments to become sweet adored memories someday.
After desperately struggling to find a parking space, we make it in time for one of the bands performing on a smaller stage that evening. I timed it right after all, and I'm glad, even if I think they're absolutely terrible. Let's put it this way, if I'm listening to the radio in my car and one of their songs comes on, I'll instantly change the station. But it's not all about me, and no kind of relationship can survive this long without mutually accepting the other person's little foibles or without the occasional compromise and concession.
It's not all about drugs, sex and oblivion, regardless what the popular belief about a festival of the sort might be. We catch our breath in one of the relaxation areas as we share burgers and French fries we got from one of the many food trucks. I'm not partial to street food, but there's a time and a place. We laugh, we talk and we enjoy the moment together, like so many others. An ice-cream would be nice too, if only I didn't have to get up to get it… let's see if I can count on an old friend for a favour.
It's not all about age either, although time does have a powerful word to say in this story. It's the final evening and even if I can still handle a few sleepless nights, I'm feeling tired. But then again, it seems to be the general trend, people – regardless of their age – are not as energetic as they'd been on previous nights, even if the show is just as good. It's hilarious to notice once more how some of them have fallen asleep in the oddest of places. Well, I may be tired, but that won't get in the way of dancing some more and enjoying the final hours of the festival. After that, we can just lean on each other while wobbling back to the car.
It's not about debauchery. It's about living and feeling alive. It's about friendship and human interaction. It's about being yourself and feeling good in your skin, no matter what that entails, no matter what age you are, what outfit you wear, what music you listen to or what language you speak.


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China makes headlines every other week for its censorship of the Internet, but few people outside the country know what it's like to live with those access controls, or how to get around them.
Foreigners who visit the country should expect some headaches. Be prepared to live without Google, Twitter and your favorite daily newspapers, and to have a hard time connecting with friends back home, or even firing off an email. That's how bad it can get.
Related: How to break through the Great Firewall of China on an iOS device
"Connection Timed Out" is the dreaded error message when you try to visit a blocked site. It makes you think the site itself is down, but it's actually the "Great Firewall" at work, a vast censorship system that blocks access to many of the world's most popular services.
I've lived in China for close to six years and censorship has been a near constant, lurking in the background ready to "harmonize" the Web and throw a wrench in my online viewing.
It's been especially evident this month. Google's services, which don't follow the strict censorship rules, are currently blocked. How long that will last is unknown, but it coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests earlier this month—an event the Chinese government wants no one to remember.
Losing access to the world's biggest search engine is enough of a nuisance, but the censorship also affects Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Play, the Chrome browser, and even the news and weather widget that loads on my Android phone. Some of those services are running erratically or not at all. Most annoying is that friends can send me messages on Google Hangouts but for some reason I can't reply.
Culture shock
The censorship is a culture shock for foreigners visiting China for the first time. They expect to chat with friends on Facebook or Twitter only to find those services unavailable. Major publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are blocked. You need to find alternatives for all these things. I often end up using Microsoft Bing, which complies with China's censorship rules.
Plenty of other foreign websites are accessible, including Reddit, Buzzfeed, Yahoo, and politically non-sensitive Wikipedia pages. Most foreigners here end up subscribing to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which let you mask your location and bypass the censorship. I've been using a VPN for four years and the $7 a month is money well spent for access to the entire Internet.
China's censorship wasn't always this strict. When I arrived to teach English here in late 2008, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube all were available and I could use Google's Blogger.com to record day-to-day experiences. All that ended in 2009 when China began blocking sites more actively. In March that year, supporters of the Dalai Lama—an unwelcome figure here—released a YouTube video that appears to show Chinese police beating Tibetans. A few months later, ethnic riots broke out in Western China, and the authorities cut access to Twitter and Facebook.
Blogger.com had already fallen victim in May, and to keep my blog alive I emailed posts to my dad in the U.S. so he could update it for me. Eventually I bought a domain name and blogged through GoDaddy, which wasn't blocked.
All this censorship happens without official explanation. The Chinese government rarely mentions the topic or says why particular sites are blocked, but it's clear the authorities do everything they can to control what China's 618 million online users can access.
Playing by the rules
All local Chinese sites abide by the censorship rules or risk being shut down. That means China's largest search engine, Baidu, filters out sensitive content, like any mention of the Tiananmen Square protests. And social networks like Sina Weibo delete posts about contentious topics, or ban users who have gone too far. In rare cases, Chinese police have even sought out and arrested Internet users for starting online rumors.
But China's Internet is far from bland. While you can't access YouTube, Twitter or Google, there are Chinese equivalents, albeit with regulated content. Video sites show U.S. TV shows like The Walking Dead and Homeland, and online users can discuss some controversial matters, like celebrity scandals and even corruption by low-level officials. But it all happens under the watchful eye of censors, who keep the discussions from crossing a line.
It's partly why many Chinese don't notice the censorship; there's enough leeway that the Internet is still a useful medium. Most don't miss Facebook or Twitter because they can connect via WeChat, a local messaging app used by hundreds of millions. China effectively has its own Internet, with its own providers and its own rules. So far, none of the big U.S. Internet firms has managed to make significant headway here, and the ones who try must play by the rules. LinkedIn, for instance, which entered the market this year, is drawing flak for blocking posts about political matters in China.
There's little sign that the country's stance on censorship will change anytime soon. The clampdowns on foreign services tend to come and go, but this latest block on Google could remain indefinitely. Last November, citing threats to stability, the government laid out plans to control access even more.
I recommend anyone visiting China buys a subscription to a VPN service. I've used one provided by Astrill.com and it's a must-have for me. Hopefully China won't block it.


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Skin (Twak) is the biggest organ of the our body. It is in terms of both weight between 6 and 9 pounds and surface area about 2 square yards.Seven distinct layers of the skin in Ayurveda. It is located from outer epidermis to deep dermis layer of the body. Hence causes of skin diseases have deep root therefore its medicine also have to be penetrative.
Main functions of the skin are-
1. Temperature regulation and Sensation which transmitting to the brain information about surroundings.
2. It protects you from bacteria and viruses.
Causes of Skin Diseases
Excessive consumption of incompatible foods like cold &hot food, salty, spicy, sour, fermented or fried, late night dinners, excessive exercise and stress can be responsible for causing eczema. Excessive intakes of tea, coffee, cold drink,Alcoholic beverages. Environmental factors like soaps, detergents, shampoos, disinfectants, juices from fresh fruits.dus particles, pets, pollens grains, fungi, viruses, very hot or cold climate, high and low humidity, more sweating during exercise. Skin diseases are due to imbalances in all the three doshas (vata, pitta, kapha). The main dosha involved in skin disease is pitta. Pitta symbolizes heat or digestive fire. Genetic disorders and mental stress and fatigue can also aggravate skin problems.
Remedies for Skin Disease:
Removing the root cause is the main line of treatment in Ayurveda so eliminating or reducing all the foods which increase the Doshas.
In Ayurveda treatment, we use ayurvedic medicine for allergy that starts with purification of the body
and pass out excess body toxins.
Using Purgation or laxatives for the treatment of skin diseases offering a quick relief the pass out of the accumulated toxins, purification of the channels or the tissues. It also increasing Agni (digestive fire) at the time of digestion therefore will prevent the formation of Ama, which is primary causative factor.
If patient have skin problems with respective symptoms then following diseases may occur-
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Sklarbro Country #176.5 December 10, 2013
The sharp witted Moshe Kasher of The Champs podcast tell us about his run ins with Sinbad on this week's County! Moshe also tells us about the slow burn he experienced with his Netflix special "Moshe Kasher: Live In Oakland," the explosive comedy set of Charlie Barnett on Def Comedy Jam, and the one time he was with a woman who was too rough for him. Our buddy Daniel Van Kirk is also here with crazy stories that include a Florida woman who viciously attacked a man after their first date because he wouldn't call himself her boyfriend, a husband who is selling both his motorcycle and wife on Craigslist, and a Fargo man who was arrested for using a flamethrower to clear snow. Later, we check up on how Bruce Jenner is holding up this holiday season. Make sure to check out Daniel Van Kirk's NFL column over at cover32.com and don't forget that you can now get your tickets for the Sklar Bros one-hour special tapings at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Also, the brand new Sklarbro County shirt is available in the Earwolf store just in time for the holidays!


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At the moment, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is receiving lots of positive attention for being at the forefront of efforts in the Senate to do away with Don't Ask Don't Tell, a policy that has come to seem embarrassingly retrograde for most of her party.
"Our new senator has been proactive in reaching out to our community and asking how she could be helpful in changing policy in Washington," said Alan Van Capelle, the executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda. Van Cappelle also notes that she has been "spearheading" national initiatives of importance to gay-rights advocates.
This should all be very helpful stuff for Gillibrand, who, as a member of Congress, was considerably to the right of the Democratic primary electorate statewide on a number of high-profile issues.
For Gillibrand and her handlers, though, it's not quite enough. They want the record to show not only that she is a friend of gay rights now, but that her outspokenness on gay rights since becoming a senator is perfectly consistent with her prior record.
As a result, the Gillibrand press team has aggressively countered any suggestion that she has shifted at all on gay issues, arguing that her relative silence on gay rights previously was just a function of the powerlessness to effect change, pointing to qualified remarks she made once about her personal support for gay marriage as evidence of her true pre-Senate position.
"Senator Gillibrand has always supported repeal, but felt there was zero opportunity to repeal this legislation when George Bush was in the White House," her spokesman, Matt Canter, told the New York Post recently.
Presumably, her political advisers—a group that includes her senior colleague and mentor, Chuck Schumer—see gay-rights advocacy as a unique opportunity for her to send a signal to liberal donors and activists as well as to super-prime Democrats in the city and suburbs that, despite her recent past as a conservative Democratic House member from an upstate district, she has the same values they do.
On the issue of gay rights, unlike, say, guns and immigration, she was certainly not actively opposed to the consensus position of her party. In the House, Gillibrand kept quiet on gay issues, generally voting with her Democratic colleagues while taking care not to attach her name to any potentially controversial legislation or to speak out in on-the-record situations on hot-button issues like Don't Ask Don't Tell or same-sex marriage.
Her office says that the reason they need to fight against any notion of an "evolution" on gay rights—despite the fact that Senator Gillibrand is clearly more outspoken and aggressive on the issue than Representative Gillibrand ever was—is to prevent the intellectually lazy media from characterizing all of Gillibrand's changes in emphasis and focus as flip-flops simply because that fits a pre-established narrative.
Which is one way of looking at it, tactically. Another is that picking a fight, in the absence of much actual evidence, about what was in Kirsten Gillibrand's heart before she became a senator is a counterproductive distraction from her significant advocacy on a high-profile issue.
"The Sotomayor stuff didn't go so well, so you are seeing a regrouping," said Jennifer Duffy, a senior political analyst who specialized in the Senate at the Cook Political Report. "The stuff about Don't Ask Don't Tell—this is quintessential Schumer. She needs something to run on. This is what I've seen him do with vulnerable incumbents before. So this seems to be the one that he has her picking up, or that they've decided to pick up."
There's also another drawback to the contention that Gillibrand was secretly always a champion for gay rights: It's that the argument, substantively, is weak.
When she was in the House, according to gay-rights groups, Gillibrand had a more conservative record on gay issues than the rest of her colleagues in the New York delegation.
As late as the day before her selection, she had the lowest rating of all of New York's Democratic representatives from the Human Rights Campaign, which gave her less-than-stellar-marks on her commitment to gay marriage, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and legislation to grant same-sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples.
As I reported at the beginning of the year, Gillibrand's posture toward the demands of gay activists changed quickly in the hours preceding her Senate appointment, when an ally of Governor David Paterson called her to say that she needed political cover from Van Capelle and from Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker and longtime gay-rights activist.
Gillibrand promptly called Van Capelle and began by expressing her commitment to same-sex marriage. In her introductory press conference as the state's next senator, Gillibrand stood on a stage with many of the state's elected officials and, to reporters and television cameras, stated a position on gay issues that went further than Clinton before her and Schumer, standing next to her.
"I will strive for marriage equality," she said.
Some time after that, when she began taking fire for her admitted leftward drift on guns and immigration, she started arguing that her conspicuous embrace of gay-rights issues wasn't a shift at all.
Gillibrand cited a radio appearance from October 2008 with New York Post state editor Fred Dicker in which she made the case for federal support for civil unions and for a state-by-state determination of whether to label those unions marriage. (At the time, this was the default position for Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and, then, Chuck Schumer, who weren't ready to support legalizing gay marriage. When pressed by Dicker, Gillibrand said that as an individual and a voter in New York—not as a legislator—she was in favor of gay-marriage rights.)
But in another interview around the same time, she had fully articulated an official position in support of expanded benefits and rights for same-sex couples in a civil union, and observed that many people were still uncomfortable with the notion of calling that union marriage.
"I think the way you win this issue is you focus on getting the rights and privileges protected throughout the entire country, and then you do the state-by-state advocacy for having the title," she said.
That was then.
In June, Gillibrand explored the possibility of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell by offering an amendment to the defense authorization bill, but found insufficient support among her colleagues.
On July 27, Gillibrand, likely with some help from her senior partner, managed to get a hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee on Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
"This policy is wrong for our national security and wrong for the moral foundation upon which our country was founded," Gillibrand said in a press release. "I thank Chairman Levin for agreeing to hold this important hearing. Numerous military leaders are telling us that the times have changed. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is an unfair, outdated measure that violates the civil rights of some of our bravest, most heroic men and women. By repealing this policy, we will increase America's strength – both militarily and morally."
Gillibrand's office says, correctly, that by pushing for the hearing, she is making one of the first significant efforts to repeal the law in 15 years.
Despite their best efforts, Gillibrand and her advisers are still getting headlines in the New York Post like "Gillibrand Flips on Don't Ask Don't Tell." The Post story noted that when Gillibrand sat on the committee that oversaw the matter in the House, she refused to co-sponsor a measure that would have repealed the policy.
Her campaign responded by saying that she always supported the aims of the measure, and, after the story came out, the Human Rights Campaign released a statement praising her commitment on the issue. ("In the last several months, Sen. Gillibrand has truly become a national leader in the effort to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'")
But there's a much simpler way of making the criticism irrelevant.
As University of Virginia political scientist (and noted sound-bite machine) Larry Sabato put it, "She can now say, 'Look at this, I am way out in front of even the White House on this.'"
Isn't that the important thing?


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I love designing and planting decorative urns and containers. It's like designing a small-scale garden, but without the worry about sub-contractors, heavy machinery and delivery trucks. I can indulge in serious plant browsing at the garden centre, make my choices, and put together a stunning miniature garden in no time. Instant bliss!
But now it is fall, and time to switch out the tired summer plants for a crisp autumn arrangement. So off I go to buy new plants, only to be faced with the tyranny of the garden centre fall flora.
Everywhere you look, you find monstrous, bloated pots of mums only fit for bathtub-sized containers. Plant selections are also limited: the ubiquitous red Pennisetum and millet, ornamental peppers, gourds, kale and cabbage. And who decreed that fall colours must be limited to yellow, purple, orange and red? Gourds and squash don't have to be orange.
Instead of the traditional plant combinations, why not try something more interesting? Mix textures as well as colours for a more sophisticated look.
Many plants thrive in autumn's cooler temperatures and lower light levels. Pansies, snapdragons, and violas provide lots of colour combinations and combine beautifully with the delicate blues, mauves, whites, and dusty pinks of light, airy fall asters.
Coral Bells (Heuchera) offer a rainbow of foliage colours from lime green ('Autumn Bride'), maroon ('Cajun Fire') and amber ('Marmalade') to glossy black (Obsidian), silver ('Cinnabar Silver') and green with silver overlay ('Green Spice').
The lavender flowers and dark green glossy leaves with dark purple undersides of Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' can be grown from early spring until frost. Combine it with Black Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Ebknizam'), pale pink asters, white Japanese Anemone (Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert') and variegated English Ivy to create an elegant autumn statement.
Grasses, kale, gourds and squash in unusual colours and shapes can add pizzazz to your arrangements. White, grey or black squash and striped gourds are attractive placed at the foot of a container. Use a white and green frilly leafed kale or cabbage or a striped grass like Carex 'Ice Dance' in your arrangement to echo the colours of striped gourds. Variegated Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist') is a grass that has green and white foliage with amazing variegated seed heads. The foliage of Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria), variegated English ivy and variegated porcelain berry (Ampelopsis 'Elegans) provide good contrast in colour and shape. The pink and blue porcelain berries are a colourful bonus.
Many of these plants won't be found in garden centres in the fall. The solution? Buy them early in the season and grow them in your garden. They can be transplanted into your container in the fall. At the end of the season, replant them in your garden. And when you are at your favourite garden centre, ask for a better choice in the fall. Consumer demand drives availability.


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OK: I couldn't leave this alone and to my surprise my quest led me to the website of someone I actually know! Incredible coinkidink. The site — Mark Macy's — is linked at the end. Mark wrote the following, and has lots of interesting posts in his rich archives if you're up for a ride.
BTW I've had visceral experiences of falling asleep in one life and waking up in another at that exact moment. Intriguing.
Also worth noting—we live in a quantum universe of infinite possible futures. I'm personally hoping to fast-track to a timeline that evolves at a faster pace than is laid out in Paul Dienach's experience! ox Whitehawk
Life-Swapping: The Amazing Story and Prophecies of Paul Dienach
by Mark Macy
A teacher of humanities goes into a year-long coma in 1921, assumes life in one of his incarnations—a famous physics professor living in the year 3906—and then returns to his body a year later, in 1922… waking up not only with a crash-course understanding of physics, but with working knowledge of what will transpire on Earth during the next 2,000 years.
Sounds like a pitch for a good sci-fi novel… but it's actually the true-life story of Swiss schoolteacher Paul Amadeus Dienach, who emerged from a state of protracted narcolepsy in 1922, and recorded all of his vivid recollections in a journal… which would later become a book, The Valley of the Roses.
Paul Dienach was teaching Greek Studies in Switzerland at the time of the incident. Here's the backstory… or "frontstory?"…:
In 3906, famous physics professor Andreas Northam suffers a serious accident and has a near-death experience (NDE). When he awakens moments later, he speaks in an unknown tongue (presumably 20th-Century Swiss), he doesn't recognize his family members, and he's unable to sleep. He's perpetually awake. Meanwhile, in 1921, schoolteacher Dienach falls into a coma and is perpetually asleep for a year, unable to wake up. Continue reading


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A few thoughts for a rainy day, as hurricane Irene bears down on us.
People often sneer at the Space Program here in the U.S. and, well-intentioned though they be, they point to the cost as wasteful extravagance. The needs of the poor are often cited as examples of how the money could be better spent.
True, and setting aside for a moment the wasteful spending of the U.S. Government in much of our foreign aid to terrorist states (which dwarfs NASA's budget), I would like to propose that the poor have benefitted tremendously from our space program over the past half century.
First, The Apostles also opined that a certain woman's perfumed oil used to anoint Jesus' feet could have been sold and the money been better spent on the poor.
There were many who probably said the same of those who bankrolled Christopher Columbus' voyage of exploration.
As I write this, the outer bands of hurricane Irene are upon us and pelting my windows with rain. Our satellites have revolutionized our ability to track storms and target evacuation zones often teeming with the poorest among us. Our satellites have revolutionized our telecommunications systems and brought images of natural disasters into our homes in real time, speeding international response efforts to the victims by orders of magnitude. And there is more.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed cool temperature microlasers to sense the ozone layer of our atmosphere from space. These lasers are now being used as surgical alternatives to balloon angioplasty in coronary artery disease.
The fields of occupational and physical therapy would be at a loss without velcro, which was developed for the space program.
LED (Light Emitting Diode) Technology not only lights computer screens, but is being used in cancer treatment to kill cancer cells.
There are so many more cool technologies, and they can be read here.
As is so often the case, development of technology in one area goes on to have multiple applications in many other areas never envisioned at the time of its development. When God created us, He gave us a command:
"Be fruitful, multiply, and subdue the earth."
The development of technology helps us subdue the earth, and when it can't in the case of hurricanes, it saves countless lives by forewarning those in the path of the storm.
Thank you NASA.


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6. Loosen the clamp knobs and the lever clamp.
7. Store the goggles, batteries, and accessories in
the cases, making sure they are properly positioned to
close, and then latch the carrying case.
8. Store the carrying case in the storage case if the
goggles are to be placed in
prolonged storage
. Latch the
storage case.
AN/PVS-11 Pocketscope
The pocketscope (fig. 2-19) is a hand-held,
submersible NVS equipped with either a 1X or 3X
magnification lens used for short-range observation in
either passive or active mode. The power source is two
1.5V AA batteries with a life of 40 hours. This NVS
is provided with an IR source for close-up viewing. It
can illuminate a man-size target at 15 meters in active
mode. The unit also has an optional adapter for a
35mm camera
or closed circuit television.
This NVS is similar in operation to other NVSs
used by the Navy. The same precautions should be
exercised with it as with the others. For passive
operation, set the OFF-ON-PULL IR switch to on and
observe that a green glow is visible in the eyepiece.
Adjust the eyepiece and objective lens for proper
focus. The pocketscope is ready for passive night
vision operation. For IR illuminator mode (active),
pull out the OFF-ON-PULL IR switch and rotate it to
the PULL-IR position. Observe that the area in the
immediate front of the pocketscope is illuminated.
The IR source is a light that is invisible to
the unaided eye. However, the light from the
illuminator can be detected by opposing
forces using NVSs.
Routine maintenance for
night vision goggles
the pocketscope is basically the same as for the Mk 37
and AN/PVS-8. Scheduled maintenance is to be
performed as described on current MRCs to discover
and correct any defects before they result in
operational failure. If any part is defective or missing,
other than the parts authorized for replacement or
repair at the organization level, requisition
Figure 2-19.AN/PVS-11A pocketscope.
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before performing any maintenance on night vision
Night vision devices
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The image intensifier assembly phosphor screen
contains toxic material. If an assembly becomes
broken, be extremely careful to avoid inhalation of the
phosphor screen material, and do NOT allow it to
come in contact with the mouth or open skin wounds.
If the phosphor screen material comes into contact
with the skin, wash immediately with soap and water.
If phosphor screen material is swallowed or inhaled,
induce vomiting and seek medical help.
The batteries used in NVSs require special
handling to avoid possible physical harm or
equipment damage. Return all used or damaged
batteries to the property disposal officer. The
following are the batteries used in NVS:
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3. Lithium Battery BA 5567/U. This battery
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Muse (myooz)
Modern words deriving from the god Muses: Museum, Music.
1. Greek Mythology Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.2. muse
a. A guiding spirit.
b. A source of inspiration.
Modern words deriving from the god Muses: Museum, Music.
During my recent trip to Europe, I found my own four Muses: The National Gallery, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Modern and Musée du Louvre. This is a series of four blogs that will share my favorite works and possibly a few snapshots.
Part 4 of 4: Musée du Louvre
The Louvre is one of the world's most famous museums housing thousands of objet d'art. It's history, however, is not so well known. The palace originated as a fortress where you can still see the medieval remains at basement level. Later, the Louvre became a royal residence until Louis XIV relocated his court to Versailles. The Sun King and his successors continued to use the building to store private art collections until the French Revolution when the Louvre became a museum open to the public.
The Louvre underwent several additions and reconstructions. The most controversial of those is also one of the most recognized features - the glass Pyramid completed in 1989.
New to the Pyramid as of 2011 is an annually alternating exhibit of contemporary sculpture which sits just below the point of the glass structure. Here is the 2012 installation:
Suppo, by Wim Delvoye, is a stunning sculptural display of laser-cut steel with a repeating pattern similar to cathedral facades.
Detail of Suppo
Out of the thousands of paintings I saw during my trip, these three were my favorite:
La Jeune Martyre, Paul Delaroche 1855
Le 28 Juillet, La Liberté guidant le peuple, Eugene Delacroix 1830-31
Mort d'Elisabeth, reine d'Angleterre, en 1603, Paul Delaroche 1827-28
Venus de Milo, between 130-100 BC
Athéna Parthénos dite "Minerve au Collier"
1st or 2nd centuries AD
Athéna dite "Pallas de Velletri"
Copy of original Bronze, 5th or 4th centuries BC
Vatican Collection, Throne of a Priest of Bacchus
Psyché Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Antonio Canova
Detail of Psyché and Cupid
Dircé, Lorenzo Bartolini
Detail of Dircé
La Victoire de Samothrace
approx 190 BC
Captive "The Dying Slave", Michelangelo Buonarroti
The final exhibition I toured was the replication of Napoleon III's apartments...
Grand Dining Hall
Grand Salon
That concludes my four Muses...Hope you enjoyed them as much as I've enjoyed sharing them with you!


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About Sarah Bowie
Sarah Bowie is an illustrator, author and cartoonist who lives in Dublin. She is a founder member of The Comics Lab and her work has been published in a range of magazines and comics. She is also a big fan of pigeons and thinks they are smashing little creatures. Coo.