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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News — The FBI's lead suspect in the September, 2001 anthrax attacks — Bruce E. Ivins — died Tuesday night, apparently by suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him with responsibility for the attacks.
Discussion: Seeing the Forest, the talking dog, Blue Girl, Red State and Lawyers, Guns and Money
Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest: Anthrax And Iraq War Fever
Warren Street / Blue Girl, Red State: Top scientist kills himself as Feds close in...
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns and Money: Did a shark attack Brangelina's twins?
David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Apparent suicide in anthrax case — Bruce E. Ivins, a scientist who helped the FBI investigate the 2001 mail attacks, was about to face charges. — A top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Anthrax suspect commits suicide
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution: Ho-Hum, Just Another Day In The Craziest Country On Earth
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Anthrax Suspect Dies Of Apparent Suicide
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Suspect in the (Totally Not a Terrorist Act) …
Think Progress:
One Month After 9/11, McCain Said Anthrax 'May Have Come From Iraq …
One Month After 9/11, McCain Said Anthrax 'May Have Come From Iraq …
Discussion: Eschaton
Atrios / Eschaton: Does Anyone Remember Anthrax?
Washington Post:
Md. Anthrax Scientist Dies in Apparent Suicide
Md. Anthrax Scientist Dies in Apparent Suicide
Discussion: Outside The Beltway, On Deadline, Raising Kaine and Corrente
Steven Taylor / Outside The Beltway: Anthrax Suspect Commits Suicide
Michelle Malkin:
The anthrax case and the suicide
The anthrax case and the suicide
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report: Suspected Anthrax Murderer Commits Suicide
David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Anthrax suspect dies in apparent suicide
Anthrax suspect dies in apparent suicide
Discussion: American Street, Right Wing Nut House, Scared Monkeys and Washington Monthly
Frank James / The Swamp:
Anthrax suspect commits suicide
Anthrax suspect commits suicide
Discussion: New York Times
Mitchell L. Blumenthal / New York Times: Man Suspected in Anthrax Attacks Said to Commit Suicide
Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they'll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.
Discussion: The Swamp, Matthew Yglesias, The Moderate Voice, The Raw Story, The New Disease, Booman Tribune, Blog entry, Donklephant, The Gun Toting Liberal, Economist's View, The Volokh Conspiracy, The G Spot, DownWithTyranny!, Wake up America, The Carpetbagger Report, TIME.com, MSNBC and On Deadline
Frank James / The Swamp: Wal-Mart to workers: Dems will hurt us
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Wal-Mart Warns Store Managers Of Democratic Party Win
Gomonkeygo / The New Disease: Wal-Mart Wants Y ou - To Be Scared!
Isaiah J. Poole / Blog entry: Wal-Mart's Amped-Up Anti-Worker War
Justin Gardner / Donklephant: Wal-Mart Scaring Employees About Potential Democratic Win?
The Gun Toting Liberal: Big Surprise: Anti-Union Wal-Mart Is Pressuring Workers To Vote For John McCain
Kathy G. / The G Spot: Yet another reason to hate Wal-Mart
Randyj / TIME.com: Attention, Wal-Mart Voters
Mark Murray / MSNBC: BATTLEGROUND ISSUES: WAL-MART POLITICS
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Too Fit to Be President? — Facing an Overweight Electorate, Barack Obama Might Find Low Body Fat a Drawback — Speaking to donors at a San Diego fund-raiser last month, Barack Obama reassured the crowd that he wouldn't give in to Republican tactics to throw his candidacy off track.
Discussion: Shakesville, Matthew Yglesias, Alas, a blog and The Carpetbagger Report
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: lol your [fat] skinny
Jeff Fecke / Alas, a blog: Too Skinny to be President
Brad / Sadly, No!:
Beyond f**king parody
Beyond f**king parody
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Donklephant, Obsidian Wings and Whiskey Fire
Digby / Hullabaloo: Anorexic Starlet Watch
Justin Gardner / Donklephant: Does Obama Have A Weight Problem?
Thers / Whiskey Fire: Followed by the Teenage FBI
Matthew Yglesias:
Freedom — Ezra's damn right about this. Go to pretty much any populated part of the United States, buy some land, and try to build something on it and you'll find that there are a lot of land-use restrictions in place. Some of these rules are good, some of them are bad …
Discussion: Eschaton, Open Left and Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matt Stoller / Open Left: Why Banning Fast Food Makes Sense
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money: Libertarians: Sometimes Right
William Saletan / Slate:
Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Agitator and Overlawyered
John Cole / Balloon Juice: Your Priorities Suck
USA Today:
You vote: Who put out the first 'negative' ad? — As they've argued over the Celeb TV ad that Republican John McCain's presidential campaign released Wednesday (best known for its use of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton), aides from both major contenders' campaigns have made a number of charges.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and Ben Smith's Blogs
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News: Case study in bad journalism: USA Today
Eamon Javers / The Politico:
McCain's Internet edge: Ad price
McCain's Internet edge: Ad price
Discussion: Don Surber
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
So Much for St. John — It's awfully early for John McCain …
So Much for St. John — It's awfully early for John McCain …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft: The Race Card — I want to be perfectly clear about my previous post …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Pelosi: Save the Planet, Let Someone Else Drill — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. She won't even allow it to come to a vote. With $4 gas having massively shifted public opinion …
Discussion: www.redstate.com and RealClearPolitics
Kevin Sullivan / RealClearPolitics: Democrats Don't Care About Saving the Planet
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Can This Planet Be Saved? — Recently the Web site …
Can This Planet Be Saved? — Recently the Web site …
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and Climate Progress
Bill Anderson / LewRockwell.com Blog: Krugman Worships at the Feet of Pelosi
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Malwebolence — One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh grader from Rochester, Minn., took a .22-caliber rifle down from a shelf in his parents' bedroom closet and shot himself in the head.
Discussion: The Daily Dish, Althouse and Cogitamus
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Beware The Trolls — Mattahias Schwartz did what one should never …
Ann Althouse / Althouse: "Trolling is basically Internet eugenics... I want everyone off the Internet.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Heckled in FL — ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Provocative hecklers associated with an international African socialist collective interrupted Obama's opening remarks here... Obama calmed then down by promising he'd take their questions during a Q and A, and an Obama supporter grabbed the banner away.
Discussion: The Trail, MSNBC, Top of the Ticket and TIME.com
Jonathan Weisman / The Trail: Obama Heckled on African American Issues
Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket: Hecklers greet Barack Obama in Florida
Robert G. Kaiser / Washington Post:
The Curious Mind of John McCain — Ambition and Emotion Color the Complex Intellect of the Candidate — In his 2002 book, "Worth the Fighting For," John McCain offered this confession — an acknowledgment of a restless mind: "Although I seem to tolerate introspection better the older I am …
Discussion: The Caucus, MSNBC and TIME.com
Michael Falcone / The Caucus: The Early Word: Playing Cards
Mark Murray / MSNBC: McCain: Inside McCain's mind
Adamsorensen / TIME.com: Candidate Profiling — WashPost fronts extensive profile …
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-1049 — Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release — http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, August 1, 2008.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Real Clear Politics, BizzyBlog, Angry Bear and Calculated Risk
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Another Bad Employment Report: Brad DeLong Calls Recession
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Unemployment: Why McCain talks about economic pain
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics: Economy Sheds 51,000 Jobs in July
TBlumer / BizzyBlog: The Government's July Employment Report
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jobless Rate Climbs to 5.7% as 51,000 Jobs Lost in July
Jobless Rate Climbs to 5.7% as 51,000 Jobs Lost in July
Discussion: Wonk Room, Workplace Prof Blog, Think Progress, TIME.com and D-Day
Laborprof Lpb / Workplace Prof Blog: More News on the Employment Front
Randyj / TIME.com: Job Losses Increase in July
Avi Zenilman / The Politico:
McCain's camp suffers from a paper gap — While campaigns typically snow reporters with white papers and policy minutiae, many of the domestic policy plans of John McCain have been notably short on details. — Analysts caution that both McCain and Barack Obama have produced policy pronouncements …
Discussion: The New Republic, The Carpetbagger Report, Wonkette, TIME.com and Blue Girl, Red State
Josh Patashnik / The New Republic: More on McCain's Policy Apathy
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report: The 'paper gap' in the presidential campaign
Sara K. Smith / Wonkette: Every Newspaper On Earth Says John McCain Is An Idiot
Adamsorensen / TIME.com: McCain Campaign Lags Behind Obama's in Policy Detail
—Blue Girl / Blue Girl, Red State: Friday morning quick hits
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Hil, no! Don't nominate me — Hillary Clinton has decided against being nominated for President at the Democrats' Denver convention, but many of her more die-hard partisans may vote for her anyway. — A source close to the New York senator confirmed she won't file a formal request …
Discussion: The Raw Story, Wake up America and MSNBC
Mark Murray / MSNBC: CONVO WATCH: NOW THE GENDER CARD?
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama's 'emergency' economic plan — Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Friday announced an "Emergency Economic Plan" that would give families a stimulus check of $1,000 each, funded in part by what his presidential campaign calls "windfall profits from Big Oil." — Details are in this six-page policy paper.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Obama as Robin Hood
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Run against the GOP, Cole tells hopefuls — Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told GOP congressional hopefuls on Thursday that they should not be afraid to criticize both political parties - including Republican members of the House. — During a conference call, the National Republican Congressional …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com, The Swamp, MyDD, The New Republic, DownWithTyranny! and PoliticalBase.com Blog
Frank James / The Swamp: GOP tells its House candidates: Bash us
Josh Orton / MyDD: NRCC Chief To Candidates: GOP Bad, Drilling Good
Matthew Yglesias:
Rachel Maddow — She's good: — So there are all these liberals in the country. Probably if you took a smart liberal who performs well on television and made her the host of a TV show, those liberals would watch that show. Just a theory.
Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal and Eschaton


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We woke up to rain but it wasn't unexpected. We had a lazy morning – I won't tell you what time I got up but it was in time for lunch!!!
The rain stopped about 2.30pm so we set off. It was one of those horrid damp days and I would have more than happy to stay put in Aynho but if Richard wanted to move on and stand outside then that's OK with me.
As we approached Somerton Deep Lock I noticed two large fir trees had fallen down – fortunately onto the bank and not across the canal.
I noticed that the lock cottage had a Wendy house in the garden that went over the lock race.
The lock cottage itself is disappearing under a mass of ivy.
Then is was down into the depths of lock. I had to take the obligatory photos!!
We pulled over a short distance after the lock on a lovely field where we have stopped on a number of occasions. As promised the sun came out about 6pm.
Oxford Narrowboats at Lower Heyford must have been busy as a steady stream of their boats passed us all late afternoon/early evening.
It was the last night of the Proms and I took full advantage of not having any neighbours! We have started playing the TV sound through my Bose IPod dock and the sound was amazing.
2.77 miles
1 lock
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In this "Ask Artblog" article, Dave Kyu reflects on recent negative interactions and provides some tips on what not to do when reaching out or asking favors from a person of color.Read More
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Welcome to Ask Artblog, a brand new advice column where special guest experts answer your most pressing art questions! Our very first expert is Dave Kyu, artist, writer, and freelance cultural worker. Submit your questions for future columnists by visiting the Artblog.Read More
In his essay, Dave Kyu looks at various placements for the contentious Frank Rizzo statue, which the city promised to relocate after angry public outcry. Dave ponders three new locations for the monumental sculpture to the racially-divisive former Mayor and Police Commissioner and one new placement at its current location. The relocation of the Rizzo statue is an important civic conversation that continues to need public input. What do you think is the best possible placement for the controversial statue?Read More
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These two proposals show two radically different strategies to artistically approach the Ben Franklin Parkway. For Richard Serra, it's the global reputation of the artist that makes his work a natural fit for this global stage. For the Holocaust Memorial, a park designed pluralistically, it's the magnitude of the event it commemorates that elevates this design for this stage. And both proposals are now on track to land on the Parkway in the next year.Read More
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See, when the Art Commission finds fault with a proposal, the relationship between jury and design team becomes that of teacher to student. Desperate for the Commission's approval (which is required to receive a building permit in Philadelphia), increasingly flustered groups of architects look for hyper-specific guidance from the Commissioners: what materials to pick instead of what they proposed; how many more trees to include on a plan–essentially, "if this is proposal is wrong, tell us how to make it right."Read More
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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
Skold v. Intel Corporation and HP (Pentium 4 Lawsuit)
A class-action lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County, California, alleged that Hewlett-Packard and Intel misled the public by misrepresenting the performance capabilities of the Intel Pentium 4 processor. In July 2014, it was reported that the lawsuit settled with Intel agreeing to pay $15 to every U.S. consumer who purchased a computer equipped with a first-generation Pentium 4 processor between November 20, 2000 and June 30, 2002. Intel also agreed to pay $4 million to a computer and education nonprofit. As part of the settlement, plaintiffs agreed to release HP from all claims of liability.
- Misconduct Type
- Consumer Affairs
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 7/18/2014
|Contractors Involved
|Hewlett-Packard Company
|Further Information
|2008 Form 10-K (p. 147 of 174)


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Much consideration has been given to the backstory of John Wizards – the story of how bedroom programmer John Withers (see what happens when you take the cloak off!) bumped into Rwandan refugee Emmanuel Nzaramba in Cape Town and the pair began making music together, producing a record that justifies the word "magical". Commentators especially picked up on the idea that a coupling of this kind – ebony and ivory, living in perfect harmony, as someone else once sang – is still improbable in post-apartheid South Africa, even if Withers has said: "I'd be cautious to ever think of ourselves as a progressive band representing any sort of social change".
Instead, John Wizards is an album that floats through time, eluding concrete meaning. Gentle synth and piano lines start to squiggle and squelch, rhythms become skittish and then collapses into a lull and Nzaramba's voice shimmers through the haze; for the most part, there aren't really what you'd call songs, rather an assembly of melodies and ideas that coalesce for a short period before heading off to enjoy different vistas.
It's the mood of the record that initially captivates: it is otherworldly but uplifting as much as unsettling. It's intriguing that Withers has made his living writing advertising jingles, putting him somewhere in the pages of a pub pop quiz alongside Barry Manilow (whose credits in his early career include songs for Stridex acne fighting products) and Justin Hawkins of the Darkness (everyone from Ikea to Irn Bru). It's as if he's shed all that karma, producing a record something that sounds almost charming in its innocence, complete with the odd element of kitsch. At some level, it even reminded me at times of Smile-era Beach Boys, and it does feel very much the product of a singular vision, or perhaps hallucination.
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In fact, it's not an album that particularly invites being played live. I saw John Wizards at the Jazz Cafe in London in early November, and perhaps it was an off night, but the band – filled out by a schoolfriend of Withers and three others – struggled to replicate the fragile charm of the recorded work, leaving headliners the Owiny Sigoma Band (makers of another of my favourite albums of the year; check out Power Punch) to steal the show.
The amalgam of John Wizard's likely influences might stretch to that modern palimpsest of a sunny West Coast sensibility, Brooklyn chillwave, but Withers has inevitably soaked up sounds closer to home: the Afro-pop of Brenda Fassie as well as contemporary South African house. That is, in the age of the digital bit, when so much other music sounds as if it could have been produced anywhere, there's a distinctly local flavour to this record, but rather than make an argument for John Wizards representing something special about contemporary South Africa, it's probably more interesting to contemplate their place in the world in terms of globalisation or even theories of mondialité. The problem is that listening to them is only likely to encourage a spot of daydreaming.


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Ejaculation is the process of semen being discharged from the penis at the point of orgasm. Ejaculation is a reflex reaction to stimulation of the penis, normally during sexual intercourse or during masturbation. This usually involves pressure on the penis that is regular and rhythmic. This pressure triggers off a reaction of the receptive nerves in the spine, which in turn results in the ejaculation reaction. The semen is produced by the testes, stored in special ducts (the epididymides) and emitted from the penis via the urethra. The stimulation that results in orgasm causes regular contractions in the muscles that surround the urethra, forcing about a teaspoonful of semen to be pumped out of the body through the opening of the urethra. This semen normally contains about 350 million sperm, one of which will play the vital role of fertilizing the egg from the woman's ovary.
Premature ejaculation is the most common ejaculation disorder, and the most well known sexual problem in men, especially in adolescents. The disorder involves ejaculation taking place very quickly, normally just before or after penetration. Premature ejaculation is usually due to psychological causes, especially anxiety over sexual performance. It may also be due to over stimulation. Premature ejaculation is normally helped by sexual methods and counseling, designed to delay ejaculation and thus alleviate the problem. Natural home made remedies can aid control over the ejaculation reflex.
Premature Ejacualtion Treatments With Deit Tips
Boil 250gms carrots in 2 liters cows' milk on low flame. When it's properly cooked mash the carrots in the milk and add sugar to taste. Daily take 2-3 tablespoons and mix a half boiled egg yolk in it. Eat it early in the morning or before going to sleep. The most effective remedy to control premature ejaculation fast without any side effect.
Premature Ejacualtion Treatments With Deit Tips
Boil 250gms carrots in 2 liters cows' milk on low flame. When it's properly cooked mash the carrots in the milk and add sugar to taste. Daily take 2-3 tablespoons and mix a half boiled egg yolk in it. Eat it early in the morning or before going to sleep. The most effective remedy to control premature ejaculation fast without any side effect.
- Soak dry dates in milk overnight and next morning cook them properly and add pumpkin seeds, almond, pistachio, pumpkin seeds and walnut kernels. Then add sugar in it to taste. Eat 3-4 tablespoons daily before going to bed for 15-20 days will promote your sexual stamina and best remedy for premature ejaculation . Because zinc level in this mixture is best to treat this problem.
- Daily add Yogurt in your breakfast to improve body power for a longer sex and power to your whole body muscles. Yogurt burns those fats naturally which decrease your sexual stamina.
- Daily drinking 1 cup boiled water of cabbage leaves with 1 teaspoon of honey very much beneficial and easy way to treat the problem in one week.
- Boil 4-5 small cubes of Lady Finger in a glass of water, when water becomes thicker. Off the flame and leave it to cool then drink it with an empty stomach. Use this remedy regularly for one month to solve the problem permanently. Very much effective in premature ejaculation
- Drinking Figs (anjeer), Dates (khajoor) and banana milk shake daily early in the morning also have very much effective and positive natural results without any side effect to cure premature ejaculation.
Natural Ways To Treat Premature Ejaculation
One of the most natural ways to inhibit premature ejaculation revolves around taking the right diet. There are numerous foods and fruits out there that help improve your tolerance to premature ejaculation. The good thing is that these foods are readily available at pocket friendly prices.
The foods you need to befriend include:
To last longer in bed you need extra energy, cereal is rich in thiamine and riboflavin which are great at restoring energy. Additionally, some cereals have niacin in them which is a great histamine enhancer. Histamine helps in acquiring longer ejaculation periods and explosive orgasms.
This fruit contains nutrients and vitamins like protein, fiber, vitamin B, K and C which are great sex power boosters.
Green celery
It is rich in adrostenol and androstenone which are great at improving male sexual performance.
Like they say "an apple a day keeps the doctor a way." Then "eating blue berries a day keeps Premature Ejaculation away." These fruits improve blood flow in your penis ensuring that you and your partner have a longer lover making experience.
Thrusting Technique
Both you and your partner can have a spectacular sexual encounter if you apply a proper thrusting technique. One way to reduce premature ejaculation is by incorporating both shallow and deep thrusts as you make love. Shallow thrusts mean that your penis only penetrates between 1.5 and 2 inches of your partner while the deep thrust involves complete penetration.
The shallow region is usually the most sensitive part of a woman's vagina. Therefore, as you make love, combine several shallow thrusts at a fast rate with one deep thrust.
Numerous shallow thrusts not only stimulate your partner's most sensitive area but also creates an effect that makes her yearn for the deep thrust. And since you will be making many shallow thrusts, only the first few inches of your penis will be excited meaning that you will be able to last longer.
Controlled Breathing
The way you breathe while making love determines how fast you end up finishing your match. Rapid breathing during intercourse excites and arouses you making blood rush faster within your body leading to an early climax.
It is therefore recommended that you engage in slow and relaxed breathing as this keeps you cool making it possible for you to hold onto your load for longer periods. As you breathe, you can also go ahead and release a deep roar.
A deep sound emanating from your scrotum up through your stomach and lungs to your voice box is a good way to release the PE tension that builds up during intercourse.
Use of Herbs
You can also use natural occurring herbs as they will solve your problem without any side effects. Some of the herbs to consider include:
Oat Straw
This plant contains serotonin (a feel good chemical) that is good for reducing stress and anxiety levels. Since PE can be caused by high levels of anxiety or stress, using this herb can be of great help.
This herb from Western India and the Himalayan regions is probably the best herb for premature climax prevention since it has been tried and tested for centuries. It is basically a nerve tonic that works by strengthening the PC muscles, reducing anxiety and improving sexual stamina. It is also used to treat impotence and erectile dysfunction problems.
Green onion seeds help as an aphrodisiac and hence can help in controlling premature ejaculation by prolonging your sexual capacities. Take a spoon of the seeds of green onions and add it to one glass of water. Mix well and drink this before every meal you have. This will improve your stamina and power to control your ejaculation.
The white variety of onion too is a great aphrodisiac which can strengthen the reproductive organs and prevent premature ejaculation. Onions can just be chewed down your throat every day to enjoy its benefits.
An ayurvedic remedy that is very popular in India, aswagandha can treat a number of sexual problems in men including the problem of premature ejaculation.
The herb increases libido which is an important factor that helps in controlling premature ejaculation by enhancing and prolonging sexual pleasure. Aswagandha provides physical stamina and treat erectile dysfunction and impotence.
Ginger And Honey
Take half a teaspoon of ginger and the same amount of honey and add this to a glass of warm milk. Drink this before you are off to bed and you will surely notice the change.
Lady's Finger
A powder obtained from lady's finger is known to cure premature ejaculation. Take about ten grams of the powder and add to a warm glass of milk. Mix two teaspoons of candy sugar to this and drink this every day night.
Continuing this for a month at least will present you with surprising improvement from your premature ejaculation problem.
Raw Garlic
Raw garlic too can help in treating premature ejaculation and other problems in men. Chewing 3-4 cloves of garlic can make a lot of difference in your premature ejaculation and help your remain healthy as well.
Garlic can be fried in pure cow's ghee to remove the heat from it and retain its aphrodisiac properties. Garlic will help reduce erectile dysfunction and also premature ejaculation.
Carrots And Eggs
Chop two carrots and mix it with a half boiled egg. Add one tablespoon of honey to this. This can be taken every day for about three months. You will slowly feel a noticeable difference in your problem and will feel much better after three months.
Once the premature ejaculation is under control, you can reduce the intake of this remedy.
Asparagus Root
Premature ejaculation can be treated with asparagus root as well. Take about 20 grams of asparagus root and boil it along with a glass of milk.
This potent milk can be consumed after draining the root. Do this twice a day for controlling your premature ejaculation and curing it ultimately.
Kegel Exercises
Certain strengthening exercises can help in improving your staying power and control your ejaculation. Kegel exercises are exercises that can strengthen the pelvic muscles that help in retaining an erection and also in controlling premature ejaculation. This is an easy exercise that can be done anywhere you are.
Stand straight and contract the muscles in your buttocks. It will be the same way you squeeze your muscles to control urination. Hold it for 10 to 15 seconds and release it. This will strengthen your pelvic muscles and improve your ability to control ejaculation. Do this 15- 20 times a day for best results.
Natural Aphrodisiacs
Natural aphrodisiacs can improve your libido and prevent premature ejaculation. This would include carrots, fennel seeds, celery, bananas, garlic, onion, ginger, shellfish, lettuce etc.
Including these foods in your daily diet will ensure that you remain free from sexual problems, including premature ejaculation.
Physical Methods
Premature ejaculation can be controlled by practicing certain physical methods at the time of intercourse. While you have intercourse, when you are about to get an orgasm, you can pull out your penis from the vagina and wait for about 30 seconds.
You may re enter after this, which will help you retain your ejaculation for longer time and also help you get more control over your erection.
Withania somnifera (Winter cherry)
Also known as Indian Ginseng, here's another herb that has been accustomed for premature ejaculation treatment for hundreds of years. Chinese lantern plant promotes emotional balance which is perfect for stress reduction. It acts to cut back the kind of fear-based anxieties that can contribute to premature ejaculation.
Mucuna pruriens (cowhage)
This herb, known through the name velvet bean, may be employed in traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine for millennium. It acts to beat premature ejaculation by raising dopamine levels within the brain. Dopamine is really a neurotransmitter that promotes enjoyment and fascination with life, and is particularly actually an accepted aphrodisiac to some degree. Elevated dopamine makes those pleasure-laden impulses we feel during intercourse considerably more tolerable, but without causing loss of control from the orgasmic reflex itself. Mucuna pruriens has been proven to improve semen quality and raise ejaculate volume, which can be pretty cool. It's an accurate "pleasure supplement" that actually offers you MORE control over premature ejaculation!
Asparagus. Yes that's right, good ol' asparagus
This common vegetable seriously isn't everything that recognized for the capability to enhance a man's overall sexual prowess, yet that's just what it does. Researchers believe its beneficial sex-supportive effects be a consequence of its high iodine and vitamin-E content which together work to enhance producing key male sex hormones, especially, testosterone. This certainly is excellent news for the muscle-building efforts also. So next time you're in the supermarket, proceed to grab a whole new bundle and steam some up for yourself.
The blueberry may be often called nature's 'REAL little blue pill' (superfood) due to its remarkable erectile-supporting properties just like (although not as rapidly-acting) as the drug Viagra. Unlike Viagra however, blueberries don't have to have a prescription and possess no troubling side-effects for instance headaches and blurred vision that this Big V can cause. The secret behind blueberries lies in compounds that relax veins inside penis. These arteries should relax (not constrict!) at the proper time as a way to provoke an erection which might seem counter-intuitive if you didn't know this, however it's true. That's why being nervous or scared can inhibit a harder erection… due to constrictive physical tension that it creates. Relaxation of the tension helps you to likewise control the ticklish buildup which often can make trigger-happy twitchiness that leads to premature ejaculation problems.
To harness the potency of this sexual uber-food, pop several blueberries into a fruit smoothie a few times weekly. Blueberry yogurt is usually an alternative, but fresh or frozen blueberries are the best.
Castor Oil
Premature ejaculation in older men can be the result of problems related to the prostate. To control prostate problems and to prevent its occurrence, castor oil can be used for massaging into the prostate gland.
Apply castor oil in the perineal region which is the area in between the anal opening and the testicles. Massage in a circular motion and then in longer, gentle strokes starting from the anus to the base of your penis.
Other herbs that you can use include Bala, Vidari, Peppermint oil, Salabmisri, Panax gingseng, Kabach Beej and almond.
In conclusion, the best premature ejaculation remedies are natural ones. This is because they are readily available, safe, cost friendly and they do not pose any threats to you in terms of side effects. Use the above remedies and you will see drastic improvement in your sex life.
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On wednesday 21st and thursdsay 22nd of May we were present at the Regio Business Dagen in Utrecht. On wednesday we held our Spanjeborrel. Together with some 45 other Dutch and Spanish entrepreneurs we were networking while enjoying some Cava and tapas served by our partner Sánchez Catering.
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Film director Pascal Amanfo says celebrities are coming together to champion Christ's message to erode the negative perception people have about them.
According to him, they are also using their fame and influence to evangelize and win souls for Christ.
To that effect, the director, together with other entertainment personalities including Majid Michel, have been organising Actors, Presenters, Professionals and Musicians for Christ (APPMC).
Speaking recently in an interview with Becky of JoyNews, Pascal stated that the event which used to be hosted in churches will now be held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on December 8.
He said the time has come for the gospel to go beyond the church.
"We are perceived as people who cannot be in Christ and do show business. It is totally wrong and we want to erode that perception. It is time for the gospel to go beyond church into every faction of life," Pascal Amanfo said.
Movie industry
Touching on the movie industry, the director added his voice to the public call for the building of more cinemas.
According to him, the use of DVDs are getting extinct hence building of cinemas will help grow the movie industry.
He stressed that, if more cinemas are built in different parts of the country, it will serve as a medium to promote local movies.
"The challenges in the industry go way beyond the sale of movies. There are very fundamental challenges in terms of structures that need to be put in place. We need more cinemas because DVDs are going extinct in the country and internet platforms are being pirated as well. We need to go back to the old way of filmmaking and that is to show movies in cinemas," the director said.
Pascal Amanfo is an award-winning film director. In 2015, he disclosed that he will be concentrating on living a life that pleases God.


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Happy Friday everyone!!! I am excited that the weekend is near and the Hover Craft event is coming up... Tomorrow, from 12-6pm, I'll be selling magnets, ornaments, dominoes, illustrations, and YES, embellishments IN vintage jelly jars!!! There MIGHT be rubber stamps too!!! I try to price goodies fairly and in consideration of the economy so there should be some affordable items in all price ranges... I will also be taking custom orders... So please stop by and support your local artists and crafters!
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In addition to their educational value, all our products are developed with the greatest attention to the quality of raw materials, the manufacturing process and safety requirements to ensure that they are suitable for intensive use by children for many years.
In collaboration with manufacturers and distributors around the world, we are able to offer materials that meet the demanding, high-quality criteria required by teachers.
Compliance with safety standards
Nathan attaches enormous importance to ensuring that its products are compliant with safety standards. They are a determining factor from the initial development phases and are complied with throughout the product manufacturing and supply process. In addition to full and complete compliance with current standards, the products that we manufacture comply with quality criteria specific to the Nathan brand which are often more stringent than regulatory standards.
All our products covered by European standards bear the CE mark.
The CE mark is obligatory for all products subject to one or more European Directives dealing with safety, public health and consumer protection. It appears on the product itself, on the packaging or the supplied documentation. CE compliance certificates for our products are available upon request.
European Directive 2009/48/EC on safety toy: this new directive entered into force twice on 20 july 2011 for standards EN 71-1 and EN 71-2 (Mechanical and Flammability) and on 20 July 2013 for standard EN 71-3 (Chemicals). All our products classed as toys shall henceforth fully meet the obligations set out in this directive.
European Standard EN 71 on the safety of toys: tests on physical properties (stability, shock resistance, fall resistance and traction resistance under the least favourable conditions of use), flammability tests, chemical tests etc.
European standard EN 1021-1 and 2:
fabric flammability on upholstered furniture.
European standard EN 16121 : on non-domestic storage furniture.
French standard NF S 54-300 on Educational Material for Motor Skills: checking solidity, stability and the absence of trapping hazards for children aged between 0 and 12.
• Our products comply with the REACH ruling that imposes manufacturing, trade and usage restrictions applicable to certain substances with the aim of protecting human health and the environment.
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) is an EU regulation aimed at improving awareness of the chemical substances used in industry in order to restrict their impact on health and the environment. This regulation entered into force on 1st June 2007, but the recording and authorisation procedures are being gradually introduced over ten years.
We constantly analyse the raw materials listed in the REACH appendix in relevant products in order to guarantee that their levels of azo dyes, phthalates, cadmium and PCP are well within the statutory limits.
Azo dyes make up a sizable amount of colourings and are widely used in fabric items. The pigments of azo dyes are chemically produced and can release certain aromatic amines that are deemed to be carcinogenic. Phthalates are regularly used in plastics (especially PVC) to make them flexible. Their use in toys has been drastically reduced in Europe due to their toxicity and the potential environmental impact.
• Moving forward with our health and the environment initiatives, we analyse the formaldehyde levels in our wood-based materials in order to ensure that they are kept to a minimum (E1 classification of our materials).
Formaldehyde is a volatile organic compound (VOC) which is harmful to human health. It is a solvent used in many synthetic materials, in particular glues and resins used in wooden panels. Since 2002, the E1 standard has guaranteed strict formaldehyde thresholds.


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Dive Brief:
A new report from Morgan Stanley argues that energy storage is underappreciated and will grow more quickly than "consensus expectation."
Morgan Stanley sees a base case for the "addressable" U.S. storage market of about 85 GWh, but says that with favorable regulatory support from FERC, that number could nearly double to over 140 GWh.
- The report estimates that utilities, not individuals and businesses, will deploy most of the storage installed in the coming years because they are better positioned to reap the "collective benefits" from the multiple uses batteries can serve.
Dive Insight:
A key question in Morgan Stanley's analysis is whether or not utilities will be given regulatory approval to deploy storage in the organized power markets that serve two-thirds of the U.S. population.
That issue is under review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, along with questions such as whether storage should be considered load or supply.
Morgan Stanley expects FERC will not allow utilities to deploy storage in competitive markets, and acting FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFeur supported that position in a recent dissent on a cost recovery decision.
But analysts for the bank wrote that if it is wrong in its assessment, the addressable market for energy storage could by about 70% larger, to about 145 GWh in total.
Morgan Stanley expects utilities to serve most of that emerging demand, reasoning is that single uses for energy storage, such as backup power for solar systems or arbitrage between peak and off-peak power prices, do not provide enough benefits to make storage economically viable for end users. Utilities, meanwhile, are in a better position to aggregate the benefits of storage across their systems.
If utilities are allowed to deploy storage in competitive markets, Morgan Stanley says the margins of competitive power providers could be threatened. The report cited Calpine, Dynegy, Exelon, NRG Energy and Public Service Enterprise Group as at risk.
On the other side of the trend, Morgan Stanley argues that Tesla and LG Chem will emerge as the "two dominant players" in the battery storage market.


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Lets face it there is only one reason to sell your own home – to save money. The decision to sell your property by owner allows the homeowner a "potential" savings of 6% in real estate fees. The average home in USA last year was approximately $ 270,000 so the "potential" savings is over $ 16,000! Here's the realty check – fewer then 14% actually realize that savings. The remaining 86% save somewhere between 3% and nothing – the major save absolutely nothing. Why? The answer, in my opinion, is the ill fated "all or nothing attitude" of the typical For Sale by Owner. The single biggest challenge for a FSBO is effective marketing. Effective marketing costs money! Spend a little – Save a lot! If you could spend $ 500 and increase the odds of selling your home to 85% and still save a significant amount of money – would you consider it?
Most FSBO's do buy a sign sign – good decision – according to the National Association of Realtors, based on hundreds of thousands of annual sales, 14% of homebuyers saw the "For Sale" sign first – a very cost effective marketing tool considering you can buy one at LOWES for $ 10. So how do you reach the other 86% of your potential buyers? All too often FSBO's live and die with the $ 10 sign. When the $ 10 sign fails, most list with a full service real estate agent and agree to pay them 6% of their asking price. Make sense? Not to me! The other common mistake of the unsold FSBO is to lower the asking price – the "it's not selling – must be priced too high" mentality. Lowering your asking price is more accurately compensation for a lack of effective marketing. Real estate agents will tell you that FSBO's typically sell for less then real estate listed properties. I believe that is a combination of two things, one the seller passing a portion of the real estate commission savings to the buyer to facilitate a faster sale and the all too common unnecessary price reduction. The analogy I often make is – if you park a 2008 Corvette in your garage and put a price tag of $ 1000 on it and shut the door – guess what – it will not sell – why? Because no one knows its there! You can go out to the garage after a month and lower the price to $ 500 – guess what – IT STILL ISN "T GOING TO SELL!
So what is the solution? Simple – Flat Fee MLS! What is Flat Fee MLS and how does it help you save money? Flat Fee MLS is a service provided by a licensed realtor that simply puts your property on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for a "Flat Fee" as opposed to the typical listing agent commission of 3%. A typical "full service" real estate service charges 6% – half of which (3%) goes to the listing agent – the other half (3%) goes to the Selling agent. With a Flat Fee MLS you eliminate the listing agent and their fee and only pay the selling agent if they sell your home – you still have the option to sell your property yourself and pay no commissions.
Flat Fee MLS accomplishes two VERY IMPORTANT things – one – it increases the odds of selling your home six fold (14% vs. 85%) and secondly it exposes your property to a 2 million strong, professionally trained sales force. It also gives you a very real chance of saving 3% of your asking price!
The fact is this – if you do not sell your home you save absolutely NOTHING – over 85% of FSBO's fail – they fail because they are not effectively marketed. Buyers do not even know the property is for sale unless they drive by and notice your $ 10 sign! 85% of all homes sold in the United States listed on MLS! Pretty compelling statistics! So you can either list your property on the MLS through a Flat Fee Agent and save the listing agent fee of 3% – please note the average home sale is approximately $ 270,000 so 3% is around $ 8,000.00 – or you can waste your time with virtually useless Open Houses, $ 10 signs and $ 200 in classified ads, most likely fail and then hire a your favorite Realtor and pay 6%.
Here is an actual real life account – (please note names have been changed to protect the innocent) – Barbara lists her home in Florida on FreeFSBO.com for $ 205,000- receives free online listing, free law sign and for Sale by Owner consultation with a renovated internet and FSBO marketing expert. Part of the FSBO Marketing Consultation is an introduction to Flat Fee MLS and how it works. One month later – without spending a penny to market the property Barbara gives up and hires a full service agent and contractually agreements to pay 6% of the selling price to a real estate agent (a "friend") who also convinces her to lower her asking price to $ 199,900. Within one month Barbara has gone from unrealistically saving the entire real estate fee of $ 12,000 to giving up $ 17,000? That's if she gets a full price offer!
A listing agent does one thing of value and one only – they put your home on MLS! They then put a $ 10 sign on your front lawn, hold a couple of self serving Open Houses * and typically spend the duration of the listing trying to convince you to lower your asking price so another agent can sell it and they can collect their 3% .
Bottom-line; do not wait to spend some money on effective marketing, list your FSBO with a Flat FEE MLS agent right out of the gate! Actually save money instead of dreaming about it. 85% of all homes SOLD are listed on MLS – need I say more? Do not, under any circumstances engage a full service real estate agency!
* Open Houses serve two purposes, both benefit the listing agent, one, they use them as lead generation opportunities (collect names to sell them "other" properties) and two, to support their position that your home has not sold, in spite of all their work, and you should lower your asking price.Immobilienmakler Heidelberg Makler Heidelberg
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The Benefits of Tracking Progress
Mar 2, 2016
Your health is one of your biggest assets in life, and it's up to you to maintain it through a healthy diet and exercise plan. These days, you have a range of tools available to help you track data related to your daily health and fitness.
You can use an old-fashioned notebook, apps on your mobile device, or electronic devices you
wear that actually monitor your activity throughout the day. Regardless of the method, keeping a health and fitness journal on a daily basis has many major benefits.
Here's a look at the top 8:
Stay accountable to yourself for health and fitness goals
It's easy to say you want to improve your health and fitness, but it's a lot more difficult to follow through on those ambitions. However, if you have a place where you are recording what you eat or what activities you do every day, you'll have a constant reminder of your fitness goals.
You will find that this self- accountability of seeing a blank day when you don't exercise or a day when your calorie count was way off is enough to provide a much-needed kick
to get back on track.
A fitness log keeps track of irregular exercise schedules.
The CDC recommends that adults get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate - intensity exercise. This may be simple to know you're doing if you go to the gym for a 30-minute workout after you get off work every day, but it's more difficult to track if
your schedule is irregular.
If you don't have a routine, tracking your daily fitness allows you to see exactly how
much you have done each week so you can plan on how to meet your goal for the week.
Health journals help to fix fitness pain areas
After you've gathered just a few weeks of daily health and fitness data, you'll be able to
analyze it and identify unhealthy patterns that are holding you back. For example, you
may notice that you're way over on the number of calories you consume every Saturday,
which can help you make more conscious decisions to make wise food choices over the
The more "health" data you have, the better you'll be able to adjust your patterns and fix
problem spots easily.
A food diary helps with calorie comparison
When you're trying to lose weight, one of the most important indicators is the difference
between the calories you consume each day and the calories you burn. If you're burning
more than you consume, you'll lose weight.
When you track your diet and fitness activities every day, this comparison is a simple one
so you know by the end of the day whether you made forward progress or not. In general
you lose one pound of fat for every 3500 calories you burn in excess of what you
Track progress and stay motivated... easily
When you're tracking your health and fitness electronically, it's easy to make graphs with
the data. These show you trends at a glance and let you know whether you're making
significant progress toward your goals. These goals could be anything from completing a run or lap in a specific time to losing a specific amount of weight or bench pressing a
certain number of pounds.
The visual data is very motivational, not to mention that it's often easier to see trends
when you have graphs than just numbers.
Food diaries help you to eat healthier and make conscious choices
One of the major benefits of a food diary or an app that tracks your diet is that they
provide a comprehensive snapshot of the nutrients you're getting each day. Not only do
you get to track your calories consumed, but you can also see how many grams of
protein, carbs, and fat you're getting and how you're doing on the recommended daily
intake of vitamins and minerals.
With this knowledge, you can adjust your diet to include foods that will help you balance
your nutrient intake at the levels you're going for.
Get community support in staying healthy
Community and
competition often brings out the best in people, and many methods of
tracking health and fitness make it easy for you to meet fitness goals with others. Perhaps you and a few friends get together to set health goals and hold each other accountable to
diet and exercise goals, either via an app or in-person meetings.
Set healthy goals that you can get When you first start focusing on your health and fitness, you may not know at all what types of goals are realistic. If your goal is too hard to achieve, the impossibility will feel
discouraging, whereas if it's too simple, you won't feel like you even have to try.
Keeping a health journal or a food diary will help you see where you are and
approximately how fast you're moving in the direction you want. This allows you to set
appropriate goals and time frames in which to achieve them. If keeping a health journal seems overwhelming and time-consuming to you, these benefits will help you see how a little effort can reap big rewards. Get started today with the tracking system
that seems simplest to you, and get on your way toward the healthier lifestyle you've been
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Harold Price
'Harold Price Cabin' Emergency Shelter
Harold Price is a very family-oriented riding area, with staging four kilometres up the Blunt Forest Service Road. From staging to kilometre 22, aggressive grooming is done with a big BR 400 with Mogul Master. From this point on, grooming is done with a simple pull-behind set up, maintaining the trails as needed to keep it family friendly and safe. There are numerous opportunities to play in this recreation area, with ample meadows and rolling hills to explore. Considered a boondockers paradise, the Harold Price riding area is one of the most user-friendly areas in the region.
There is an area that is considered more extreme linking to the Harold Price Recreation Area, and that would be Goat Mountain. The terrain transforms into extreme conditions quickly, so be trained and prepared if you choose to venture past the Harold Price meadows.
Driving directions. 30 km west of Smithers, turn north in Moricetown, cross the Bulkley River and follow the Blunt FSR to km22. This season there will be active logging on the Blunt FSR, so slow down and watch for other road users!
GPS Location
Elevation 4710 ft
Be considerate and respectful to others. Behave accordingly.
This is a NO SMOKING facility.
Do not split firewood inside.
Do not leave any garbage or unused food behind. It will attract rodents and other
wildlife. IF YOU PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT!
Only use emergency equipment if it is an urgent situation.
Leave this facility in better condition than when you arrived.
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If you love your children and want to ensure that they receive the best possible treatment, when it comes to their vitality and health, then good pediatric care is a must. Pediatricians are physicians who specialize in providing young people with the medical care they require, from the moment of birth through adulthood.
Pediatrics focuses on the well-being of children and helping those with health problems to regain health and overcome related obstacles. To know more about Tricare pediatrician visit https://omegapediatrics.com/insurance/tricare/.
The patient's pediatricians treat
A pediatrician will see many different types of patients, which will include children of all ages. Also, they will treat children with special needs. Many medical professionals, who specialize in treating children, are self-employed.
Whereas, other professionals will work alongside a larger medical team. Such a team could include nurses, doctors, therapists, assistants, and several other additional medical experts.
The importance of pediatric care
Pediatrics is an immensely important field of medicine because there are health considerations with children that are not a factor with adults. It is wise to remember that children are not "miniature adults." They undergo a variety of emotional, cognitive, and physical changes from the time they are born until they reach adulthood.
Pediatricians are trained to assist families during normal periods of development and to diagnose any less obvious abnormalities that may arise. Consequently, treatment methods for child patients bear little resemblance to the methods used for adults.


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Reversing Windows 7 BSoD display
In this post we'll try to reverse Windows 7 BSoD using REVEN Axion in order to generate an image from memory and port accesses.
Find which video mode is used
As a first step, we will need to know which [video mode][wiki-output-caps] is used by the BSoD. To achieve this we will use REVEN Axion to find VGA registers values and then we will develop a minimal kernel to make sure we found the right video mode. Finally, we'll generate an image from the VGA VRAM using REVEN Python API.
What is a port?
Programs can communicate with hardware through input-output ports. A port is an access to an external device, on 8, 16 or 32 bits, identified by an address between 0 and 65535.
In our case, ports are generally paired: there's one index port and one data port, both on 8 bits. Therefore, you need to write an index to the corresponding port first, then you can write data on the data port, allowing multiples registers on a single port pair. You can also send index and data to the index port at once as a 16 bit value, which will automatically forward the data to the data port since
data port = index port + 1 most of the time.
However, there are some particular cases like the port
0x3c0 which is for both indexes and data, so you can't send the data to this port in a single access.
You can find a list of all VGA registers by port/index [here][portidx].
Find memory/port accesses with REVEN Axion
Searching accesses filtered by device is quite easy thanks to Axion. We only have to select a
Device query and choose the
vga device.
This returns all the memory/port accesses. Every colored bar shows either a memory access or a port access.
On the following screenshot, we selected a write to port
0x3c4 in the
Search widget for the example. In the disassembler window, we can see
out dx, ax and in the
CPU widget we can see that
ax = 0xf02 and
dx = 0x3c4. So the value
0xf is written to the index
0x02 of the port
0x3c4. According to the previous link, this is the
Map Mask Register.
Remember that REVEN Axion is timeless, meaning you can go back in the past of the execution. This will be really useful for the next part which consists in navigating through port accesses to find matches between the OSDev table and our case.
Finding the VGA mode
OSDev presents a [table][VGA_table] describing the values of relevant VGA registers according to their respective video mode. The first step is to find if the BSoD is using a text mode or a graphics mode.
Bit 0 of the [
Attribute Mode Control register][attrreg] (port
0x3c0, index
0x10) determines whether the graphics mode is enabled. So, we queried for the
VGA - 3c0 subdevice and looked at the results: the bit is set, we are in graphics mode.
We repeated this operation for the other registers in this table, and determined the BSoD is displayed using VGA mode 0x12 (640x480 planar 16-bit color).
Interpret accesses in order to recreate an image
Dump memory accesses
We're going to dump all memory accesses between physical addresses
0xa0000 and
0xaffff (VGA VRAM) using this python code:
import reven
import struct
p = reven.Project("localhost", 13370)
t = p.traces()[0]
accesses = {}
for acc in t.search_memory_access(0xa0000, 0xffff):
accesses[acc.point] = acc
accesses.sort(key=lambda tup:tup[0])
Generate image from VGA VRAM
We are now ready to generate the buffer:
buffer = [0] * 640 * 480
for p, acc in accesses:
if not acc.is_write:
offset = acc.physical_address & 0xffff
buffer[offset] = acc.content
And then the black and white image:
rgb_array = [(0, 0, 0)] * 640 * 480
for x in range(640):
for y in range(480):
byte = buffer[y * 640 / 8 + x / 8]
bit = 7 - x % 8
color = (byte >> bit) & 1
rgb_array[y * 640 + x] = (255 * color, 255 * color, 255 * color)
from PIL import Image
img = Image.new('RGB', (640, 480))
And that's what we get:
It's a little weird, right? Seems like we're missing something.
How VGA mode 0x12 works
Write modes
There are 4 different write modes, however only mode 1 and 2 are of interest in our case so we will summarize how they work. See [this link][gfx_mode] for more detailed information about write modes.
In VGA you cannot write to the framebuffer directly, even in graphics mode. Mode 0x12 consists of four planes which each contain 1 bit of the 4-bit color index for a pixel. So if you, say, write an 8-bit value to plane 0 at position 0, you're actually writing bit 0 of the first 8 pixels of the plane. But again, you can't write to the planes directly: you're actually writing a value to a logical address (0xA0000-0xAFFFF in our case) which triggers an MMIO access. This host value is passed to the hardware pipeline which will, according to various settings, transform this value and output it to the planes.
In write mode 1, the host data is not used by the pipeline. Instead, it will directly use the content of the latch, which is filled with the contents of the last read access. Since we don't really need to emulate the latch for now, we will ignore all values if this mode is enabled. We didn't in the previous script, which is why we can't see horizontal lines sometimes.
In write mode 2, bits 0 to 3 of the data are duplicated across 8 bits of, respectively, planes 0 to 3. Then the [bit mask][bit_mask] is used to select which bits to keep.
The DAC [palette][colorreg] can contain up to 256 16-bit colors, which are indexed in the 16 [registers][palreg] of the
attribute controller, which in turn are referenced by the 4-bit color index value stored for each pixel.
The advantage of this system is that you can change colors simply by changing
attribute controller's indexes, which avoids storing and redefining palette colors each time.
Reproducing accesses in a minimal kernel
In order to check that we have found the right video mode (and also for the sheer fun of it), I developed a minimal kernel which displays colored pixels. Again, I took [this table][VGA_table] as an example and looked for the values written during the BSoD in Axion to reproduce the content of the registers.
I released the code of what I've done [here][vga_kernel_github] and it looks like this:
Using bit masks
Now that we know and understand the BSoD write modes, let's get back to our script and try to reproduce the screen content correctly.
Actually, we need to get [bit masks][bit_mask] in order to render the text, because we're in write mode 2 as I mentioned above. So we need to reproduce the same steps we did in Axion earlier, but this time with Python code:
bit_masks = {}
def found_data(point, mask, name, previous_data):
global bit_masks
if previous_data != mask:
bit_masks[point] = mask
return mask
def browse_ports(register_list, search_devices):
for vga_register in register_list:
vga_register += [False, None]
for point in t.search_point([reven.DeviceCriterion("vga", dev) for dev in search_devices], None, None, False):
point = point.next().next()
cpu = point.cpu()
for vga_register in register_list:
(port, index, name, selected_index, previous_data) = vga_register
# Get the index and port values, whether it's a single access or two
if cpu['ecx'] & 0xffff == port:
selected_index = False
if cpu['eax'] & 0xff == index:
selected_index = True
if "ax" in str(point):
previous_data = found_data(point, cpu['eax'] >> 8 & 0xff, name, previous_data)
if cpu['ecx'] & 0xffff == port+1 and selected_index:
previous_data = found_data(point, cpu['eax'] & 0xff, name, previous_data)
vga_register[3] = selected_index
vga_register[4] = previous_data
browse_ports([[0x3ce, 0x08, "0x3ce:8 Bit mask"]], ["VGA - 3c0"])
This script may look a tad complicated, but we're simply extracting the actual VGA register values from the port accesses, and sorting them out by
execution points.
Next, we will merge accesses and [bit masks][bit_mask] in a single array and sort them:
sorted_bit_masks = []
for p in sorted(bit_masks.keys()):
sorted_bit_masks.append((p, bit_masks[p]))
sorted_accesses = []
for p in sorted(accesses.keys()):
sorted_accesses.append((p, accesses[p]))
sorted_all = sorted_bit_masks + sorted_accesses
sorted_all.sort(key=lambda tup:tup[0])
To generate the buffer, we'll need to apply the [bit mask][bit_mask] first, so our generation code becomes:
buffer = [0] * 640 * 480
current_mask = None
for p, acc in sorted_all:
if type(acc) is int:
current_mask = acc
if not acc.is_write:
offset = acc.physical_address & 0xffff
if acc.content & 1:
buffer[offset] |= current_mask
buffer[offset] &= ~current_mask
And finally, we can generate our image using the same code than above:
Now it's perfect. We saw earlier that the data written in write mode 1 is ignored. If we take a look at the data written in this mode with Axion, we see that only zeroes are written, so we don't need to take it into account.
Note that we didn't care about the palette and planes 1 to 3 in this example.
We saw an example of reversing using Axion, then using the Python API. I made a widget for Axion using what we've done in this article, which is in the integration phase. It allows to see pixels displaying one by one with full palette handling.
I hope you enjoyed reading this, if you have any question feel free to post a comment.


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What does well-being mean to you? Live54218 wants to know
What does well-being mean to you? This is a question we ask quite frequently because of the importance to our work, and the impact it has on the people, places and economies that make up our Greater Green Bay community.
So really take some time to think about your answer — what does well-being mean to you?
Perhaps the answer is very clear to you. It could be getting together with family and friends to share a meal or enjoying a walk in the woods. Well-being could mean having the financial security to live in a safe home.
If it isn't clear, and you're not 100 percent sure what it means, that's not a problem. As long as you've opened your mind around the word "well-being," with or without a complete understanding, we want you to join us in our next endeavor.
This month, Live54218 is wrapping up a yearlong strategic planning process known as The GROW Project — with GROW standing for Greater Green Bay: Reimagining Our Well-Being.
The process has been marked by a kickoff event last fall and conversations with community members representing businesses, schools, nonprofits and residents, diving deep into what has made us successful in the past as well as how to create a lasting legacy of well-being for Greater Green Bay's future. A dedicated team has been pulling all of what we have learned together, bringing us to where we are today, on the edge of something really exciting.
Here's a sneak peek. Who we are as an organization, what we do and your role in helping to improve the health and well-being of all in Greater Green Bay is going to have a fresh, new look.
Much of what you may know us for — our Farm to School Task Force, Greater Green Bay Active Communities Alliance and mindfulness capacity building work — isn't going anywhere. We're going to build on that work and measure progress in a way that isn't being done. We're going to invite you to help us learn what well-being looks like in Greater Green Bay and use your influence and passion to play a role in improving the health and well-being of your community. Finally, we're going to be more intentional than ever to ensure that all people in Greater Green Bay have the opportunity and access to live healthy and well lives.
So back to the question, what does well-being mean to you? Bring that answer and/or a curious mind with you to our upcoming announcement in early October. That day and in the days that follow, together as a Greater Green Bay community, we will say hello to well-being.
Mario Gonzalez is the community engagement lead for Live54218. Share your thoughts, questions and topic suggestions by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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After five long days of testimony and four hours of closing arguments, the Pennsylvania Turnpike pay-for-play corruption preliminary hearing ended quickly Tuesday.
District Justice William Wenner called each defendant, or his lawyer, to the bench. As they approached, he told each of the six they were headed for trial on all charges. He gave the men notification that arraignment is set for Sept. 20. Then Wenner called the next man forward.
The six -- former Senate Pro Tempore Robert Mellow, former turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier, former Turnpike Commission Chairman Mitchell Rubin, former turnpike COO George Hatalowich, former Ciber, Inc., vice president Dennis Miller and former TransCore consultant Jeffrey Suzenski -- now face what will likely be a drawn out trial sometime next year.
The defense -- Brimmeier wasn't in court Tuesday; Mellow is in federal prison on an unrelated conviction -- came into closing arguments optimistic that Wenner would throw out at least some of the charges. All through the process, they had maintained that the Attorney General didn't have the necessary evidence to continue the case, much less get a conviction. The prosecution's allegation that the defendants traded personal gifts and political contributions for millions in turnpike contracts was an imagined conspiracy, according to the defense.
They pounded that theme through the morning's closing arguments.
"If you apply the law, this case is history," Mellow attorney Sal Cognetti told Wenner.
William Fetterhoff, representing Hatalowich, asked, "How is there any evidence that any of this ridiculousness and innuendo is related to the awarding of contracts?"
His client, and the other turnpike officials couldn't be guilty of bid-rigging, because by law, only firms competing for contracts can commit bid-rigging, Fetterhoff argued.
Brimmeier's attorney, William Winning, questioned the idea of a broad conspiracy: "The (Attorney General's) first witness denied there was any sort of evidence in this case. Do I need to go any further?"
The "explicit, expressed quid pro quo" the U.S. Supreme Court has said is necessary for a campaign contribution to be considered a bribe is not present in this case, Winning said.
Miller's attorney, Mark Sheppard, called the arrest of his client "illegal."
Wenner, apparently, was unmoved by any of it.
By sending the case forward, he said prosecutors showed probable cause that the defendants committed the crimes and, in the words of Deputy Attorney General Laurel Brandstetter, abused the public trust. Now it will be up to a jury to determine if the Attorney General can prove those allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.
As soon as Wenner had announced his ruling, Mellow's lawyers asked to review the records related to Attorney General Kathleen Kane's move to oust Judge Barry Feudale from his position overseeing the investigating grand jury, which the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday. Feudale oversaw the grand jury that investigated this case, and Cognetti said he was concerned about any potential "irregularities" in the proceeding.
Wenner ordered the records turned over to the defense.
That was little consolation for the defendants who stepped into the sweltering afternoon still charged with major felonies.
When asked for comment leaving the courtroom, Brimmeier's lawyer William Winning replied "Anything I say will get me in trouble, so no."
Those attorneys who did speak said they were disappointed by Wenner's decision. They repeated the arguments and questions that dominated testimony. They spoke of habeas corpus challenges between now and any trial. A few even tried to sound an optimistic note.
"We heard a lot and we learned a lot," said Suzenski attorney Michael Engle. "I always thought our best shot would be with a jury."
Now, we all get to find out together.


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Most Rev Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan DD
Bishop's House,
John's Hill Waterford.
Tel; 051-874463
email: [email protected]
Bishop Cullinan was born in Lahinch, County Clare in 1959 to Christy and Rita and has four sisters and five brothers. Bishop Cullinan is a priest of the diocese of Limerick.
His family moved to Limerick city where he attended the Salesians for early education, John F Kennedy National School and the Crescent College Comprehensive (SJ) for his secondary education. From 1978-1981 he attended Mary Immaculate College of Education Limerick and qualified as a primary teacher (B.Ed) in 1981, and taught for six years in Castleconnell, County Limerick. He worked part-time during that time for four years with the Bunratty Castle Entertainers before going to Spain where he taught English for two years in a school in Valladolid.
Bishop Cullinan studied at Saint Patrick's College Maynooth from 1989-1995 where he completed an STL (Licentiate in Theology). He was ordained by Bishop Jeremiah Newman in 1994 in Saint John's Cathedral, Limerick, and appointed Curate in Saint Munchin's Parish Limerick city 1995-1996. Bishop Cullinan's next appointment was as chaplain to the Regional Hospital in Limerick from 1996 until 2001. He studied for his doctorate in moral theology in the Alfonsianum in Rome 2001-2004 and was appointed chaplain to the Limerick Institute of Technology 2004-2011. He was appointed Parish Priest of Rathkeale , County Limerick in 2011.
He was ordained Bishop of Waterford & Lismore on Sunday 12th April 2015.
Interpretation of the Coat of Arms:
On the right side of the shield we find represented the ancient crozier of Lismore (circa AD 1100), Lismore monastery was founded in 635 by St. Mochuda. Its site is now occupied by Lismore Castle.
In the centre an eagle resting on the Book of the Gospel, symbol of St. John the Evangelist to whom the Cathedral of Limerick, the diocese where Bishop Cullinan comes from, is dedicated.
On the left side of the shield, upon a green (vert) field is the round tower of Ardmore.
On the blue (azure) chief of the shield, we see three golden stars which represent the Holy Trinity to whom is dedicated the Cathedral of Waterford and Lismore.
Deus Atque Audacia (God and Daring)
"God and daring is a motto which has personal meaning for me. We have no need to fear – God is with us. In Philippians 4:13, St. Paul writes, 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me'. Either this is true or false. It cannot be half true!"


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I've been having an extremely busy year and didn't get to take a vacation yet. Before I knew it, summer was about over and I had to tell myself to get out and do something before winter gets here. Going through "The Green Guide" to the Netherlands I found out about the annual Mussels Festival in Yerseke, which is held on the last Saturday of August.
I've been to Zeeland a few years ago but didn't know anything about Yerseke, the mussel capital of the Netherlands and had to check it out. The weather was beautify on August 20 with plenty of sun and a good day to be out and walking around. With such nice weather it meant a great deal of people traveling down south for the festival and of course traffic jam for many kilometers.
It was worth the drive and I got to see how mussels and oysters got to the table with a tour of the storage and packing facility.
There are plenty of activities to keep and young and the old busy at Yerseke Mussels Festival in Zeeland. Taking a boat tour through the ports one of the activity a family can do. I didn't feel like getting on a crowded boat and only walked through the flea market and checked out the boats along the harbor.
For those that enjoy eating mussels, for 2 Euro per portion, they can buy a voucher and get in a long line for a freshly cooked mussels the traditional way. Besides the traditional eating of mussels, one can experience various tasting dishes with mussels from 8 restaurants at the Mussels Festival "Culinary Square" by buying vouchers to redeem at the restaurant booths.
I wanted to try out the grilled mussels and the Thai mussels dish, made with pepper, coriander, and lemongrass but didn't go back to the "Culinary Square" after a tour through the center of the town. I did buy enough fresh oysters to take home for dinner and would go back some day to sample one or two dishes at the "Culinary Square" for the sake of adventure.


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If you have a computer that's used by multiple people, it's possible that it's suffering from what I like to call desktop clutter syndrome. To clarify, clutter syndrome is when the desktop is littered with application icons, folder shortcuts and more. Personally, I like a clean desktop, but because I'm not the only one that uses the computer in my household that can sometimes be a problem. AutoHideDesktopIcons is a free, portable application that allows you to instantly clean the desktop by hiding icons. It's great for those times when you want to experience a clutter free desktop, or you just want to admire that nifty wallpaper you applied.
What is it and what does it do
Main Functionality
AutoHideDesktopIcons is a lightweight application that serves a very specific purpose. With it, you can quickly hide desktop icons to clean up your desktop's appearance. The desktop icons still exist, and can be restored at any time. AutoHideDesktopIcons includes a bunch of activation options to enhance your experience with the app. By default, the app hides icons and shortcuts after five seconds and restores them any time you click on an empty space of the desktop with the left, right or middle mouse buttons.
- Incredibly lightweight and simple, easy to use
- Hides desktop icons and shortcuts completely after the timer counts down
- The hidden content is revealed as soon as you click on an empty space of the desktop with the right, left or middle mouse buttons
- Includes simple customization options
- Disable the application with the click of a button
- Start the app with Windows
- Run the app minimized when it first starts
- Keep the application window on top of all other windows
- Hide the Windows taskbar
- Set the timer, from 3 to 100 seconds
- Enable or disable any of the click actions
- There's no scheduling option built-in, however you could use the Windows scheduler tool or third party software to run the app at various times
AutoHideDesktopIcons may seem pretty silly at first, but once you actually use it you come to realize it's a useful customization tool. If you're the type of person that hates dealing with a cluttered desktop then this app is for you.
It's a portable application which means it comes packaged as a compressed archive. You will need an archive tool like WinZIP, WinRAR or 7Zip to extract the related executable. Once the main file has been extracted, you can run it from any directory including an external or portable drive.
By default, as soon as you start the application the timer will countdown and the desktop icons will be hidden automatically after five seconds. Clicking anywhere on the open space of the desktop with the right, left or middle mouse buttons will restore those icons to view. However, interacting with any open windows or programs will not trigger the icon reset. In addition, you can also navigate the Windows Start Menu while the icons remain hidden.
Basically, this allows the desktop to remain clean until you need to use the various shortcuts stored there.
The application menu includes several settings and options to alter the experience. You can change the timer, so that it takes longer to hide the icons after a click- you can choose from 3 seconds all the way to 100 seconds via a slider bar. You can disable the application completely with just a click, and you can also hide the app window in the system tray.
You can also set AutoHideDesktopIcons to start with Windows during startup, to always start minimized to the system tray, or to stay on top of all other windows. All of the options are simple tick boxes, allowing you to either enable or disable them.
Furthermore, you can disable or enable any of the click options which are used to restore icons. For example, if you want to the set the app to only display the desktop icons with a middle mouse button click then you can disable the right and left click options.
The application works great, and it helps keep your desktop clean and clutter free. It's pretty straightforward and simple, but it's definitely useful.
For reference, AutoHideDesktopIcons uses less than 1,000KB of RAM, it actually uses about 956KB. That means it's incredibly lightweight and you can definitely leave it running the background without any serious performance issues.
Conclusion and download link
AutoHideDesktopIcons is a portable application that allows you to quickly hide and unhide desktop icons and shortcuts. It's incredibly light on system resources, so you can leave it running in the background without any detrimental performance issues. Because it's portable, you can run it from any type of external drive and don't need to install it. Better yet, it includes several customization options that allow you to control how the hide function works. You can choose what click actions reveal the icons (right, left, middle mouse buttons), how long the timer lasts until the icons are hidden, and how the app window itself operates. You can even setup the app to run automatically when Windows starts. If you're tired of seeing all that clutter on your desktop, you might want to check this one out.
Price: Free
Version reviewed: 2.04
Supported OS: Windows (XP, Vista, Seven, Eight)
Download size: 21KB (zipped), 35.5KB (unzipped)
VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/47
Is it portable? Yes
AutoHideDesktopIcons homepage [AutoHideDesktopIcons download page]


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Born in Lebanon, Toni moved to the Washington Metro Area in 1995 with his family to pursue his studies and started his career in real estate in 2004. He has participated in the completion of more than $50 million worth of developments, re-developments, and tenant improvements, in the Washington Metropolitan Area, for two developers in McLean, VA. His vast range of experience extends throughout the commercial and residential sectors, and includes development, construction, project and property management, marketing, financial and business operations.
In 2013, Toni shifted his focus to the residential sales aspect of the industry, and found his new home at Compass Real Estate. His experience in the other facets of real estate from the developers', tenants', and landlords' points-of-view, lends Toni the advantage to deliver his clients an exceptional and well-rounded sales experience, with all sides of the transaction in mind.
Skilled in the art of communication and negotiation, and having the ability to speak multiple languages from 4 continents, Toni brings a multi-cultural perspective that enables him to understand nuances and business practices related to the international cultures within the Washington Metro Area – an additional edge he employs to deliver his clients a globally-appreciated high-quality level of service.


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Fatventure Mag, Vol. 1 features the voices of fat folx from all over the world, including queer, feminist writer and photographer Vanessa Friedman.
Have you heard the news? Fatventure Mag is FULLY FUNDED on Kickstarter! Not only have we surpassed our base goal of $12,000, we've surpassed our STRETCH GOAL of $13,000, and we're on course to hit our second stretch goal of $15k.
That. Is. Amazing.
As a thank you for getting us to our goal (and beyond), we're bringing you another brief excerpt of an interview featured in our first volume: Alice Lesperance's chat with Vanessa Friedman. Alice and Vanessa chatted about Vanessa's 2017 hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, which, if you're not a hiker, you might recognize from Cheryl Strayed's Wild. They also discussed bro culture on the trail, documenting hikes on social media and Vanessa's hiking tips for fat folx.
In this excerpt of her interview for Fatventure Mag, Vanessa talks about finding joy on the trail.
Fatventure Mag: What was your best moment on the trail? When I imagine hiking, especially that distance, I feel like I would be sweaty, nauseated and grumpy the entire time. Were there moments when you felt exceptionally amused or happy?
Vanessa Friedman: Yes! Thank you for asking this. I had moments of extreme joy on the trail multiple times a day, almost every day. It sounds cliche, but nature is just a total fucking drama queen, in the best way possible, and even when I was feeling down or in pain or struggling, the beauty of my surroundings always made me happy. Though the first 700-mile section of the PCT is most famously known as "the desert," the reality is that this section includes all kinds of landscapes, and rewards hikers with the most incredible views over and over and over again. I would often literally have my breath taken away – and not just because I was huffing and puffing as I climbed steep inclines – because of the beauty of the trail. When I got serious about hiking in my life it was because I was having a love affair with Mother Earth, and while long-distance thru-hiking shook that relationship a little bit – it's simply impossible to entirely focus on The Beauty All Around Us when you're worrying about water sources and resupply boxes and the other minutiae of a long hike – that truth has never really disappeared, and my love of the land and the trail itself brought me immense happiness.
I also want to say that other hikers, trail angels, and community members also often brought me joy throughout the day. Because I have written extensively about negative or depressing aspects of the trail and of long-distance hiking culture in general, I think that some people have the idea that I didn't enjoy anyone on the trail or that I hate all men or…I don't know what! That's not true. I made friends on the trail and engaged in a lot of interesting conversation that made me really happy. I was blown away by the kindness some trail angels bestowed upon hikers. I felt extra grateful for the little community I was able to build, because in truth I was dismayed by the prevalence of bro culture and toxic masculinity on the trail. But that doesn't mean I didn't love many of the humans I met – I did, and they brought me great joy. I think my favorite moment on the trail was the night I camped alone right by Mt. Baden-Powell. I summited the mountain, caught a gorgeous sunset, and then found a perfectly flat and completely deserted spot to pitch my tent. As the light dwindled I saw the glow of the city in the distance, and I sat on a rock and ate my dinner: chili with a perfect avocado! When I climbed into my tent that night I felt accomplished and full and loved and at peace – it was my favorite moment in 454 miles.
To read our full interview with Vanessa Friedman, please support our Kickstarter by sharing the link or pledging to help us reach our $15,000 stretch goal by June 4. Every $1 helps us pay our contributors, print + ship the zine, and print + ship Kickstarter perks to backers. For just $5, you can get a digital copy of our first volume delivered right to your inbox!
Follow @FatventureMag on Twitter and Instagram for updates, or like us on Facebook. To keep up with Vanessa Friedman, follow her on Twitter and Instagram. She is also the community editor at Autostraddle; you can read her piece about Fatventure Mag here!
Previously, we featured an excerpt from Samantha Puc's interview with yoga instructor, body positive advocate, and author Jessamyn Stanley. Check it out!


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Starring: Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan
Directed By: Renny Harlin
Plot: A chinese cop (Chan) teams up with a gambler (Knoxville) to stop a crime lord called The Matador.
What Works: Virtually nothing except for a few well choreographed action sequences. There's something always entertaining about watching a good Jackie Chan fight sequence, even in a completely terrible film. Also, I'd say Bingbing Fan is charming as usual, so there's something.
What Doesn't Work: Fucking Renny Harlin directed this. What happened to Renny Harlin? There's nothing here to suggest a director with any talent was on board. There are abrupt cuts, weird shots and transitions, and a general lack of "direction", the thing that Harlin is supposed to be doing. The film doesn't make a ton of sense. It has so many really dumb sequences, like the Rollin In The Deep moment where Jackie Chan starts singing the song, then everyone starts singing it. It's stupid. Horses pooping also, not funny. There's even redubbed dialogue, and not for Chan, but ffor Knoxville. The film, aside from the plot being generic, yet still not making any sense. There are secondary characters that are introduced, and then forgotten about. The dialogue is awful, not helped by Johnny Knoxville, whose career really needed to end a long time ago. Somehow, we're keeping him alive and giving him lead roles in Renny Harlin films. It is such a cheesy, terrible action comedy. It's like watching a Funny or Die sketch that was intended to be terrible to poke fun at the genre. Then you realize it's not a Funny Or Die sketch, it's a real film, that was intended to entertain audiences. It doesn't. It's so bad, it actually makes me angry that I even saw it.
Final Word: I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone. It's one of the worst films of the year. There's a reason that this film didn't get a wide theatrical release in the US, but I'm also concerned that the Chinese box office for this film suggests that the Chinese audience doesn't give a crap about the quality of the films they watch.
Final Grade: F


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My Problem
Long story short, I cracked the screen, but feel free to read on.
I got my Galaxy S2 the day I had to fly all the way to the East Coast for school for the first time ever, making this phone a big part of my new life. The phone was awesome and I had never owned something like a smartph . . .


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