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BIG LEAGUE POLITICS:On the cusp of what will surely be a disappointing report for the radical left from Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's office on alleged "Russian collusion," Democrats are beginning to turn on Mueller.
"What we are interested in is, does the president have business dealings with Russia such that it compromises the United States?" Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on "Meet the Press" Sunday "[I]f the special counsel hasn't subpoenaed Deutsche Bank, he can't be doing much of a money laundering investigation."
The investigation into President Donald J. Trump's non-existent "collusion" with Russia has been underway for 18 months. Apparently 18 months of work resulting in zero evidence of wrongdoing does not sit well with Schiff, who is certain that Trump has committed crimes. He's just not sure which crimes. In fact, finding no evidence of wrongdoing, in Schiff's eyes, actually proves that Mueller is not "doing much of a money laundering investigation." The House Intelligence Committee member wants Mueller to keep digging into Trump.
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There are lots of business experts throughout the country with useful information which SMEs can take advantage of to grow their businesses. We want to network with some of these influential business leaders and bring you some of this knowledge. We have a feeling that we just might meet some interesting people along the way.
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Show No.2 – Email Marketing Doesn't Work, Am I Using It Right?
Video Interview Map
0:39 seconds Introduction to Tim Watson of Zettasphere and Chairman of the Email Best practice Hub at the DMA.
01 minute :00 seconds – Who are the Direct Marketing Association?
03:24 – Is email dead?
04:50 – What is the value of email marketing to businesses today?
05:45 – Why are businesses generally not trusting email as a reliable way to boost their business?
08:58 – Do I first need to send useful information before trying to make a sale with email?
10:16 – But isn't it a fact that generally people buy from other people?
12:30 – What is value exchange permission based email marketing ?
14:21 – Spam, what is being done to eradicate it?
19:36 – If I want to get a business onto my email database list, should I ask first?
21:46 – Are there anti-spam laws governing the illicit sending of emails in the UK as in Canada?
23:50 – What about charging businesses to send emails to help eradicate spam?
25:18 – I am a small business owner and I want to use email as part of my sales strategy how can ensure that my email reaches the intended recipient and not their junk mail spam box?
27:56 – How do I ensure that my email arrives at my intended recipient in the way I formatted and sent it?
30:18 – How can I ensure that my emails are engaging enough so that our campaigns will get increased open rates?
33:09 – Tim, give us your best tips for a good email campaign.
36:54 – How do we measure the return on investment of our email campaigns?
38:57 – Is there a difference in the way you run a B2C email campaign compared with a B2B campaign?
40:17 – What are email service providers (ESPs)?
45:29 – How does Google Analytics help track email performance?
47:39 – What is the future of email and email marketing and will it be replaced by a new technology?
51:25 – For businesses that are unsure about email marketing what would you say to them?


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Fri, 8 November 2013
The Transfiguration
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Pirate's Tale
Marriage and Family
Complaint Questions
by Jason Poot
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Does the name Richard Dean Anderson ring any bells to you? If not, or if you just can't place it, he was the actor who played the secret agent Macgyver. Macgyver was famous for his abilities to escape precarious situations with every day items he had on hand. Imagine for a second if Macgyver, when in a difficult situation, sat down in frustration and simply asked, "How in the world am I supposed to get out of this?"
Often times, when frustrated or exasperated, we will ask what I call "complaint questions". We have no intention of seeking the answers to these types of questions. Usually, they are "why" questions. "Why doesn't he get this?" "Why does she keep doing that?" "Why can't my child just behave?" "Why do I keep getting hurt?" These questions can also take different forms, but the question is more of a statement expressing frustration.
What if we actually tried answering these questions? When in conflict, stressed or just exasperated at ourselves we often ask these very important questions. If we take the time, they can lead us to helpful answers. Here a few common targets at which these complaint questions are aimed.
1. When in conflict with a spouse, or dealing with a disobedient child
Taking the time to stop and answer your complaint question at this point may uncover some valuable information. One very difficult thing to do, when angry, is to think empathically. To think empathically basically means that you are trying to understand the situation from the other person's perspective. You don't have to feel what they are feeling. You are only trying to see it from their point of view. You may feel misunderstood, taken advantage of, disrespected or a myriad of other emotions. But what do you think is going on with the other person? The complaint question may be "why do they keep doing that?" Ask yourself "why DO they keep doing that?" Could it be they are clueless to the offense because they genuinely don't realize what you are feeling? Maybe your child is rebelling due to deeper problems or could it be a shortcoming in your parenting?
2. When frustrated over external circumstances
¡°Why does this keep happening to me?" The attempt to answer this question may lead to some difficult realities to look at. Some circumstances are a direct result of us. It is not uncommon for people to sabotage themselves due to a deeper issue. Often fears will prevent you from doing what you need to do in a circumstances and the avoidance only allows the fire of the circumstance to burn hotter. Some external circumstances have nothing to do with us. Sadly, our world is full of tragedies and we all experience them in various times and in various ways. We may still ask the complaint question, but it is very important for us to answer that question as a way to reassure ourselves that we are powerless to change it. If you come to the conclusion that you are powerless over the circumstance, you may then begin figuring out what you must do within it.
3. When frustrated with yourself
Often times we may find ourselves falling into patterns we deeply regret but can't seem to break. Maybe it's a tendency to build relationships with toxic people, or fail to maintain work or healthy relationships for any length of time. Maybe you recognize that you are sabotaging your own goals. If you find yourself struggling with depression or anxiety, you may also fall into this category. To merely ask the complaint question and never truly try to answer it will deprive you of vitally important insights. Without answering these questions, you will remain ensnared.
When in the heat of the emotion, it may seem impossible to even recognize when you are asking these questions. I was listening to an economic expert on the news a few days ago and he was talking about how we are increasingly a culture who lives in the moment. He was speaking financially with credit cards and people not saving for emergencies or retirement. Emotionally, we tend to be people who live in the moment. We want resolution when we are angry, but refuse to look at problems when we are feeling ok. When the heat of the moment is over, it is time to play Macgyver.
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That's right. I POAS'd today. I was ~4 days late?
And I had no signs that it was coming, but I did it (for a negative), walked out the door, and The Red Lady did come.
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Senior Integration Project
Every graduate of Covenant College's liberal arts program will have completed a bachelor's thesis, known as the Senior Integration Project (SIP).
A SIP isn't a term paper that can be written shortly before it's due; it's the culmination of your learning as a Covenant student. Each department provides careful preparation to aid students in researching a topic and providing a consideration of that topic in light of our Reformed faith. The SIP provides a model of integrative activity that can inform faithful practice as graduates move from Covenant to their next area of vocation. Covenant students have used their SIPs to open doors to graduate schools, form the basis of master's theses, and even launch businesses and careers.
A Covenant student's Senior Integration Project is a demonstration of his or her level of achievement in the major field. It is a substantial paper, assessed in each of the following areas:
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2019 Senior Integration Project topics include:
- Memory, Place, and Ideal Space
- The Year of Release: Deuteronomy 15:1-11 in Honor-Shame Perspective
- Biological Stress Responses and the Development of Type II Diabetes
- An Exploratory Examination of Business as Mission, Stockholder Theory, and Stakeholder Theory: Achieving Mission Through the Pursuit of Ethical Profit Maximization
- The Impact of Music on Employee Productivity
- The Chemistry of the Nuclear Bomb
- Social Capital's Effects on Career Development
- Moral By Design: A Critical Analysis of User Interface Patterns
- Convergence and Factors of Cross-Country Economic Growth
- Best Practices for Urban Mathematics Education: A General Synthesis over an Extensive Field
- Psychological Benefits of the Responsive Classroom Approach
- It's Okay to Laugh At That: A Critical Analysis of Cicero's and David Foster Wallace's Theories of Humor
- The English Reception of Kant in the 1790s: Empiricism, Conservatism, and the Discourse on English Identity
- The Effect of Music upon Ministry in Peru
- Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Relations: The Effects of a Civilian Nuclear Program on Weapons Proliferation
- Mathematical Anxiety: Instructional Strategies to Prevent and Counteract It Within the Classroom
- The Theological Implications of Olivier Messiaen's Compositional Techniques
- Proper Certainty: The Compatibility of Epistemic Humility and Christian Exclusivism
- Christian Excellence in Engineering Design: The Development of the Optical Dot Patch
- The Beneficial Effects of Music on Neural Structures Damaged in a Traumatic Childhood
- From Inner-personal to Interpersonal: Relational Trauma, its Causes, Effects, and Solutions
- Coaching for Christ in the Secular World of Sports
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There haven't been many nights quite like Sunday night.
The Vancouver Canucks didn't deserve a better fate. Their compete mantra was mangled. They chased the game. They were flat-footed. They were mistake prone. And the power play went into hibernation. If that wasn't enough, winger Tyler Motte was lost to an upper-body injury in the second period.
In an NHL season where the Canucks could be appreciated for finding a way to will themselves back into games, you never got that sense at Rogers Arena. You never got the impression that the club could dig itself out of a deep hole after the Columbus Blue Jackets built a 3-0 lead after 26 minutes had elapsed.
Maybe the belligerent and effective Josh Anderson got to the Canucks. Maybe Pierre-Luc Dubois ending a 13-game scoring drought and the first line finally looking like a first line was too much to handle.
Here's what we learned as the Canucks were shut out 5-0 — their 10th blanking this season — to all but mathematically eliminate themselves from playoff contention in trailing the final Western Conference playoff spot by seven points with six games remaining:
One big hit, three mistakes, three goals
The margin for error was going to be minuscule. The Blue Jackets had to win to creep to within two points of the final Eastern Conference playoff position with a game in hand. They lost ground before the puck was dropped Sunday and were intent to cut a four-point deficit.
And it started early.
When Anderson rocked Alex Edler into the end boards — the defenceman's head hit the glass and there was no penalty on the play — it set the tone. Luke Schenn challenged an unwilling Anderson for the hit. Anderson then dropped Ashton Sautner and Schenn levelled Ryan Dzingel.
That should have ignited something. And it did in the Blue Jackets, who scored at will as Sergei Bobrovsky posted his seventh shutout of the season.
Anderson showed his size, speed and finish to open scoring when Bo Horvat bobbled the puck in the offensive zone and Derrick Pouliot was caught up on the half wall. Anderson picked the short side glove on Thatcher Demko late in the first period. The Blue Jackets would strike twice in the first seven minutes of the second period on a pair of miscues.
Dubois ripped a high shot past Demko on the stick side after the Canucks coughed up the puck in the neutral zone. Dzingel scored on the backhand at the top of the crease with nobody picking him up.
A rough night for Demko got worse in the third period with Oliver Bjorkstrand picking the glove side and Anderson snapping his second on the stick side.
Baertschi buoyed by finally winging it again
There's a piece of the action. And then there's peace of mind.
Sven Baertschi's return from his latest post-concussion symptoms setback — he missed 23 games after not feeling right following a Feb. 2 victory in Denver — was about much more than helping the Canucks keep their flickering playoff hopes from being doused.
It was about the left winger regaining the feeling that his career is finally back on track. He suffered the fifth concussion of his pro career on Oct. 24 in Las Vegas and was sidelined for 30 games. So, in his 23rd game of the season, he was seeking clarity that the fog in a demoralizing five months has lifted.
He couldn't help but have his head on a swivel, but needed to play on the inside and in high-traffic areas to erase doubts that he could take contact. He dished off a puck early in his own zone when Markus Hannikainen had him in the crosshairs — and he was then jostled by the winger on the back-check — before Boone Jenner rode Baertschi like he was in a rodeo in the second period.
"I"m just happy that he's healthy," said Canucks coach Travis Green. "It's a physical game and it's a hard game. And if you're on the outside looking in, it's hard to have success. You can play on the outside, but you're probably not going to win a lot of games or have a lot of long-term success."
Goldobin goes quietly into the night
You have to have a certain internal drive to stomach the tough going this time of the season. Nikolay Goldobin, who returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the previous four games, looked like he wanted nothing of the tougher going.
He had one shot and one bad turnover and is a restricted free agent.
"We've talked not just about his willingness to compete and get into puck battles, but being able to come up with pucks," said Green. "He's a young player who sometimes gets outmuscled. That's just a progression. Young guys have to eventually become players who can play and play full time."
OVERTIME — Quinn Hughes skated in a skills session Sunday morning, but Green won't rush the recovering seventh selection in the 2018 draft. The dazzling defenceman suffered a bruised ankle March 8 in the Big Ten quarterfinal opener. "He was on the ice with five or six guys and it's important that he get into some practices and gets some bigger bodies leaning on him and game-like stuff, plus his conditioning because he has been off a while," said Green. Pouliot returned to the lineup because Guillaume Brisebois is out day-to-day with a hip strain. Josh Leivo was ill Sunday.
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Businesses earn safety awards
COSHOCTON – The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has recognized eight Coshocton County employers for job safety.
The companies received the BWC Special Award for Safety during the recent annual awards ceremony of the Coshocton County Safety Council. The award honors businesses who have gone at least six months and more than 500,000 hours without an injury resulting in a day or more away from work for an employee.
Honored were AEP Conesville Plant, Clow Water Systems, AK Steel, Baker's IGA, Echoing Hills Village Inc., Frontier Power Company, Kraft Foods of Coshocton and Organic Technologies.
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UK: DECC Announces Excellent Results of Latest Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round
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Oil and gas exploration licences granted by UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) DECC today reveal industry interest in developing the UK's North Sea resources remains vibrant.
Following the positive trends of recent years, 144 licences to extract oil and gas from UK waters have been offered in the 26th licensing round. These licences cover 268 blocks, almost as many as the 303 awarded in the 25th Round.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry (photo) said:
"It's encouraging to see the healthy level of interest there is from industry to make the most of the UK's still substantial resources of oil and gas.
"Whilst in the long-term, we want to decarbonise our energy system, we have moved swiftly to offer these licences as we must realise the optimum value from the UK's energy resources and ensure secure energy supplies.
"We remain absolutely vigilant and determined to ensure that exploration in our waters is done safely and with minimal impact to the environment."
Following a screening exercise by DECC, it has been decided that 99 further blocks (comprised in 45 prospective licences) should be subject to more detailed assessments of the likely effects of oil and gas activities on certain protected nature conservation areas. A decision on whether to grant licences for these blocks will be subject to the results of the environmental assessments.
Government will continue to work with industry through the PILOT forum to maintain investment in the North Sea. Earlier initiatives including innovation in the licensing system, a focus on "brown fields" stewardship and on fallow assets have helped maintain high levels of interest in recent years. We will work closely with industry to ensure that this is carried through so that activity and investment should be as high as possible.
Licence awards data:
|25th Round
|26th Round
|Number of Licences being awarded
|Blocks being awarded in all
|268 (99 under further consideration)
|No. of Companies being offered an award
|Of which newcomers to UKCS
The UK's Oil and Gas sector currently provides around 60% of the country's energy and benefits the UK balance of trade to the tune of £30 billion a year. It is by far the largest single industrial UK investor and directly and indirectly supports over 450,000 jobs thoughout the economy.
Any licences awarded in the 26th Round will contain conditions to protect environmental interests and those of other sea users. In addition, activities carried out under the licences will be subject to a range of legislation which is designed to protect the marine environment, including legislation which implements the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives in respect of offshore oil and gas activities.
Source: decc.gov.uk, October 27, 2010;
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There's a moment early on in The Defenders where Jessica Jones – besieged by long-winded monologues about immortal ninjas, mythical lands, and plots to destroy New York – walks away. She explains to the rest of the team that she really gave it a shot, but this was all just too much for her, and she was calling it quits.
I really related to Jessica Jones in that moment… even moreso when she inevitably came back and stuck it through to the end, because that's more or less what happened when I sat down and watched The Defenders.
I really wanted what The Defenders was selling me. My feelings on Marvel's Netflix properties have always been a little mixed, but – with the exception of Iron Fist, which I just cannot be asked to sit through – I've sat myself down and invested in all of them, never feeling that my time had been particularly wasted. Even if these shows aren't always exactly the peak of dramatic television, they're still pretty consistently entertaining. Marvel is sitting on a pile of talent to be envious of, after all; Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Mike Colton (Luke Cage) are all uniquely well-cast as their respective heroes, and they're held up by an excellent cast of supporting characters including Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple), Simone Missick (Misty Knight), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page) and more. I discovered early on that Sigourney Weaver had come on board to play the antagonist, and I was here for it. The pieces were in place for a pretty good ensemble piece, if an ensemble piece there really needed to be.
Despite this, The Defenders is just not a great season of television.
Any discussion of the show has to begin with Finn Jones's contribution to the titular supergroup: Danny Rand, or, as he'll tell you very, very often, "The Immortal Iron Fist." As you've probably heard, the standalone Iron Fist series debuted in the public eye with a soft, wet, farting sound, as complaints of poor representation and racial insensitivity only faded away after people realized it also just wasn't a very good show to begin with. As his second appearance on the small screen, The Defenders is Iron Fist's first opportunity to redeem himself, but it doesn't seem that Marvel's figured him out quite yet.
You never get an opportunity to overlook Iron Fist's lameness, because his lameness is a central plot device …
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly where this character's many problems begin and end. He's certainly not written well, as the plot is largely moved forward by an unceasing string of his poor decisions and every other character besides his sidekick, Colleen Wing, seems to hate him. It doesn't seem to be a case of "good actor, bad script," either, though, as Jones (who I'd argue has a strong case for being the least convincing actor on Game of Thrones) doesn't do this character any favors himself. He repeatedly fails to put a likable face on Danny Rand, and he looks incredibly awkward in any kind of action scene. The Defenders tries to pair him off with Colton's eminently likable Cage (his canonical BFF, I know), but even in his "relatable" moments, he just comes away looking surly, ignorant, and plain immature by comparison. It feels like Cage is supposed to be "getting through" to Danny in a lot of these scenes, but if he is, it's not reflected in Danny's actions at any point.
I could probably brush off Iron Fist as a weak link if his role was just to be an auxiliary – after all, batting 3-for-4 is a pretty nice day at the plate. Unfortunately, The Defenders wants you to know that Iron Fist is the key to all this. He's not just an important character, he's the most important character. You never get an opportunity to overlook Iron Fist's lameness, because his lameness is a central plot device, and he is therefore given ample opportunity to defy logic and keep the narrative moving forward in increasingly arduous ways. The Defenders regularly acknowledges Iron Fist's status as their most tedious main character – many characters in the show are just as fed up with his act as you will be – but this self-awareness didn't prevent the writers from pushing Rand into the spotlight of the series when it might have been more advisable to relegate him to the sidelines for a season. It felt backwards for Luke Cage to have so little to do here while Danny Rand had so much.
A significant complaint of mine with the Marvel Netflix-verse to this point has been "The Hand," the secretive, magic-ninjas that have lurked around the periphery of Marvel's Netflix conglomeration, Thanos-style, for a few years now. While Sigourney Weaver settles in as the previously unmentioned (but totally not retconned) leader of The Hand, some familiar faces return as supporting villains; Madame Gao, that fan favorite, is back for her whopping fourth cumulative season of these shows. Élodie Yung is returns as well, cosplaying as Boring Zombie Elektra, and spends most of the season silently gaping at things in between overly choreographed action scenes.
It's these action scenes that really bother me the most about The Hand's involvement in these shows. It's like they drag them down just by existing on the screen. My favorite thing about Season One of Daredevil (and the first half of Season 2, for that matter, before The Hand really came into play) is how impactful the fights felt; the hits were all so visceral that every action felt consequential. Matt Murdock didn't win every fight, and even the fights he did took a visible toll on him. I mean, he met Claire Temple while unconscious and bleeding out in a dumpster. The famous hallway tracking-shot fight in that first season still stands out to me as one of the best action sequences I've ever seen for these reasons. The inherent action – Daredevil single-handedly takes out two rooms full of bad guys – is completely ridiculous, but it plays out in such a way that you almost believe it could happen, and it never really seems like a sure thing.
This sense of grit completely vanishes whenever The Hand are involved, and the action morphs (pun maybe intended) into something more reminiscent of the Power Rangers than an R-rated action series. The flips and stunts get dialed up to 11, and Daredevil takes hit after hit, but never seems injured. These sequences are impressively choreographed, I guess, but in a more precise, sterile way that reminded me of the emotionless lightsaber combat of the Star Wars prequels. An early fight scene featuring the whole gang together for the first time is actually a pretty good time, but Luke Cage and Jessica Jones quickly begin to feel irrelevant as even Colleen Wing proves to be more adept at flip-kicking ninjas than they are.
The Hand just fail to resonate with the audience or setting in any logical way.
The looming problem with The Hand is that they simply don't fit within the more intimate confines of Marvel's Netflix properties. These shows were originally intended to explore the consequences of The Avengers and their other, larger-scale film properties – a look at New York post-alien-invasion and how these essentially B-List heroes would behave in this setting. With the exception of Iron Fist, our heroes' goals are distinctly not global: Matt Murdock wants to protect Hell's Kitchen, Luke Cage wants to save Harlem, and Jessica Jones wants to drink and solve mysteries. Marvel has succeeded most spectacularly when they took the time to shrink their villains down to those respective settings, giving them motivations within the confines of New York and characterization to match. Memorable antagonists almost always feature this sort of treatment; Kingpin, Kilgrave, Cottonmouth and The Punisher were all actual characters with goals, vices, trauma, and what-have-you; Kingpin even has a love interest who is down with his whole villain schtick. These characters aren't cartoonishly evil caricatures bent on world domination, like the ones that have plagued Marvel's big-screen productions for several years now.
The Hand, however, are cartoonishly evil caricatures by their very definition: a clandestine organization that spans the entire globe, whose motivations nobody can ever satisfactorily define. They've popped up a handful of times now (that pun definitely intended), and have risen to greater prominence with Iron Fist and Season Two of Daredevil. Now, they appear to have finally decided that New York is the place where their quest for, as Danny Rand helpfully puts it, "everything," will finally reach its conclusion. He really says that, by the way. Way to put things in perspective, my dude.
The Hand just fail to resonate with the audience or setting in any logical way. It might surprise you, but it's actually quite hard to effectively characterize immortal shadow ninjas. The writers certainly tried to address this problem with the addition of Alexandra Reid, giving her a little more characterization than we've seen from the organization at large so far, but they just don't quite get all the way there. We know Alexandra is dying (she's given six months to live in the first episode) and we know she used up the last of the substance that could have saved her (and, conveniently, the other leaders of The Hand as well) to revive Elektra, but The Defenders never takes enough time to dig deeper into either of these points in a satisfactory way.
Madame Gao and the other leaders of The Hand feel like a waste of space here, chewing up screen time that could have been spent fleshing out the Alexandra-Elektra dynamic in a more fulfilling way. With the exception of Bakuto, all any of them really does is stand around and whinge about Elektra anyways. Perhaps a more interesting route might have been to have Alexandra gather together the other leaders of The Hand under the guise of a meeting (think around Episode 2), only to send Elektra to eliminate them all, thus giving Alexandra complete control over the organization. This would have established Alexandra as a more serious threat (her "Kingpin kills a guy with a car door" moment), and un-cluttered the narrative to allow the writers to more thoroughly explore her and Elektra as characters.
You can probably assume from this, then, that Elektra also could have benefited from a script makeover in this regard. I wasn't the biggest fan of her stint in Season Two of Daredevil, but her role in The Defenders is a notable step backwards. She barely even speaks for the majority of the season, instead mostly just glowering at things. A number of flashback sequences attempt to set up Alexandra as a sort of surrogate mother figure for her, but these scenes lack the poignancy of Wilson Fisk killing his father to protect his mother or a young, shaken Cornell Stokes playing the piano with blood on his hands, two of my favorite such scenes from Marvel's work to-date.
Once again, we're told many times about how Elektra is the legendary "Black Sky," a title of some renown to The Hand (at least to Alexandra – Gao and friends no longer seem to care all that much), and once again, we're not told much of anything about what the Black Sky actually is, apart from a really good ninja. The Defenders mixes in the cliche "character doesn't remember anything until they meet a person they used to love" story beats with Elektra and Matt Murdock, but the poorly defined relationship between her and Alexandra doesn't create a great sense of stakes, as there's nothing about The Hand that should really be tempting to her. She's basically the butter robot from Rick and Morty. Her late-season decisions don't make a whole lot of sense, then, and mostly just serve to set up some heavily telegraphed "gotcha!" plot twists in the final few episodes.
Quick Hits:
- This season focuses heavily on Iron Fist and Daredevil, but Jessica Jones is definitely its most interesting character, despite being relegated to a bit of a sideline role. She's the most logical character here, for sure, and brings some sorely needed levity. Krysten Ritter is Marvel's best Netflix lead so far.
- Stick is boring and I hate him.
- We're told repeatedly that The Hand want to destroy New York, but the threat to New York is ultimately never detailed. As I understand it, the evil plan detailed to us doesn't include a "New York goes boom" step, so I guess we're to assume it would just happen after? The stakes would have felt a little higher if we had an actual idea what was supposed to be coming.
- I touched on it briefly before, but Luke Cage is sort of a lame duck in this season. The show doesn't give him a whole lot to do, and he feels a little underpowered, considering there's no real reason a bunch of ninjas with swords should be a threat to him.
- The first three episodes are honestly pretty decent, but once you've gotten through them, you've seen just about all the high points this show has to offer. The first full group fight scene has some actual personality and is pretty fun, but the show doesn't capture this feeling often enough.
- A weird quirk of a number of Marvel's shows is that they tend to have a distinct sense of style that disappears halfway through. Early on, The Defenders color codes its scenes – blue for Jessica, red for Daredevil, yellow for Luke, green for Iron Fist. It feels a bit like an undergrad film student learning about thematic color choices for the first time, but I kinda liked it. The show just kinda gives up on it, though. I guess they never learned how to blend colors with the Color Wheel.
- The Defenders disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan. A late-season fight scene busted out Protect Ya Neck, but nothing particularly cool happened. I'm mad about it. You can't waste Wu-Tang like that.
- Like I mentioned before, I didn't bother with Iron Fist, so some of the backstory with that show is probably lost on me. That said, Colleen Wing kinda sucks. Her decisions don't make a whole lot of sense – she impresses upon Danny that he needs allies to fight The Hand, but then later tells him the clearly superpowered people that are fighting The Hand aren't the kind of friends he needs. What do you want from the guy? Colleen has an entire arc here that seems to be an extension of Iron Fist, and I don't understand why it needed to happen here and not Iron Fist Season Two (if that ends up existing). These are writing issues, and not necessary Jessica Henwick's fault, to be fair, but they hold the character back. She also walks across a New York street in broad daylight with a big katana strapped to her back, which was pretty silly.
- I really like the Daredevil suit in general, but it is a little goofy to see Matt Murdock run around as the only character in a costume. He fits in a little better visually when he just has Jessica's scarf wrapped around his head.
In Conclusion:
This has been an overwhelmingly negative review, for obvious reasons, but I want to note that I do think there could have been a good show in here somewhere. Murdock, Cage, and Jones have good chemistry with one another, and all their respective sidekicks are pretty good, if a bit too plot-device-y. The pool of quality talent to work with here is still massive, but having this many solid characters to work with is both a blessing and a curse. At some point, you have to leave some people out, and The Defenders doesn't seem to know when to make the necessary cuts. The plot comes to a screeching halt right near its climax just for the sake of giving Misty Knight and the police department some more stuff to do, and I find it hard to believe nobody in that writer's room thought to themselves, "We've only got eight episodes to do this thing, maybe we don't need to give Colleen and Bakuto an entire subplot to themselves." Even Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) shows up to wag her finger at Jessica for a couple scenes. A different shuffling of all these moving pieces could very likely have produced the show I was hoping for; as it stands, though, there's just a little too much bloat.
At some point, you have to leave some people out, and The Defenders doesn't seem to know when to make the necessary cuts.
This season felt like it should have been the second one; perhaps tackling The Hand would have seemed more natural if it wasn't our heroes' first rodeo together. Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin would have felt like a natural first obstacle for the Defenders, I think. Perhaps, newly freed from prison (they wrote Elektra back from the dead, they can write Kingpin out of prison), a less cautious, more aggressive Kingpin could have quickly reestablished his empire (perhaps with Alexandra/The Hand's assistance, if they really must be here somewhere). This conflict would be more effectively localized to its heroes: the Murdock connection is obvious, Jones could still come across the larger plot while following a case, and Cage could still do likewise while trying to keep some Harlem youth out of Kingpin's organization. Danny Rand… I dunno, man. Don't make me talk about that character anymore, please.
The Defenders is ultimately buried under the weight of the scripts that came before it, more or less forced to accept The Hand as the primary antagonists and Iron Fist as its most plot-crucial protagonist. Marvel played themselves a bit, I think, spending so much time setting the stage to this conflict with The Hand that they were left with no way to audible out of it once the reception to Iron Fist came back poorly. I had high hopes for this particular ensemble, but I walked away feeling more convinced that these Netflix properties might only really reach their full potential on an individual basis, when there's less juggling to be done.
At least I can still look forward to The Punisher.
For the sake of having a numerical rating, I give The Defenders a five out of ten.


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Incident ID: HAJ10005
Location: Abs, Hajjah, Yemen
Coordinates: 15.998964, 43.198856
Incident Grading: Confirmed
Date: 2015-05-12
Time (AST): After 1515 AST
2019/04/26 – UPDATE 1: Report has been updated to reflect new information regarding Building 1
– Open sources, including satellite imagery, indicate that on 2015/05/12 sometime after 1515 AST two buildings in Abs were destroyed, and other buildings damaged, in an airstrike by the Saudi-led Coalition (SLC)
– Although there were multiple reports of different locations being attacked, it was consistently stated that a prison was one of the targets of this attack. We identified what we believe to be this prison in the report.
– The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) stated it had targeted two weapon depots in Abs on 2015/05/13 that it claims were used by the Houthis. The JIAT also claimed that it did not target nor damage the Abs prison, and that the buildings it targeted were 900 meters and 1,300 meters away from the prison, respectively. We identified what we believe the SLC may believe is the prison in question.
The sources used in this report were found by searching for variations of "Abs" and "prison" in both English and Arabic across different search engines and social media platforms. Time limitations and advanced searches were used to search specific date ranges around the time of this incident. Searches on YouTube were conducted using the same keywords in both English and Arabic, and videos were filtered by date to aid identification.
The following sources were discovered:
NGO reports
Human Rights Watch (HRW) report
Legal Support Links report
News Reports
Al Mayadeen News report
Social Media
Al Jazeera Facebook Post [statement]
Facebook post [image of injured or dead child]
Facebook post [graphic images of fatalities]
Facebook post [statement]
Republic of Yemen Media Committee against Saudi Attack
The Yemeni Scene Facebook Post [image]
Al Jazeera Tweet [statement about raid at 1538 AST]
Yemen Satellite Channel Facebook post [several images]
Yemen Satellite Channel Facebook Post 2 [several images]
Yemen News Site [images of bodies]
Yemen Youth Council [statement]
Facebook Post [Video of Building 2]
Facebook Post [statement and images saying it's his brother's house]
Facebook Post [earliest statement found]
Facebook post [several low quality images]
Facebook Post Eulogy [image of man]
Facebook Post [possible image of strike]
Facebook Post [statement & image of dead child]
Facebook Post [unique image]
Facebook Post [NB – good image of mountains in background]
Tweet [images]
Tweet [unique image]
The incident took place in the town of Abs in the Hajjah governorate in Yemen. The structure which was allegedly hit is known as Abs Prison (also as Abs Shefr Prison, and Abs/Kholan Prison).
Using satellite imagery, we identified three buildings that were almost completely razed in the town of Abs between 2014/01/27 and 2016/07/04. This time period was limited by the regularity of satellite imagery. The identified buildings were:
- Building 1 at 15.99881, 43.19885,
- Building 2 at 16.00041, 43.19460.
- Building 3 at 15.99961, 43.19399.
Of these buildings, there is user generated content posted on or shortly after 2015/05/12 depicting Building 1 and Building 2. Currently, there do not appear to be any images or videos showing Building 3. There are also images depicting a fourth location which suffered heavy damage, Building 4, which could not be geolocated.
Building 1 Geolocation
A series of images from various sources depict this building. A set of three doorways can be seen in several images, along with distinctive marks on the wall around these doorways.
All the images above share certain key features which demonstrate they were all taken in the same place. The features seen in these images can also be seen at the location of Building 1.
Building 2 Geolocation
There are two videos from this location, one of which was posted on Facebook by a person named Majed Massoud. Majed may have filmed this video, but it is not possible to be sure with the available information. This video will be referred to as the "Majed video".
A second video with a 21Sept.com watermark was also taken at this location. This video will be referred to as the 21Sept video. This video may have been taken by a cameraman wearing military-style waist-coat.
We can confirm these two videos were taken in the same place at roughly the same time, as they both film the same casualty in the same location.
It may also be possible to see the cameraman of the 21Sept video in the Majed video. The Majed video captures a man in a military-style waistcoat with a hand-held camera in his right hand at the scene. In the 21Sept video, the camera operator briefly catches their own shadow, showing that they are holding a hand-held camera in their right hand. Therefore, we believe it is likely the man in the camouflage waistcoat filmed the 21Sept video.
The analysis above confirms that at least part of the 21Sept video was filmed at this location during this incident. We will now use the Majed video to geolocate Building 2.
Building 3 Geolocation
As of the writing of this report, we have not discovered any open source information depicting Building 3. This will become relevant later in the report.
Building 4 Geolocation
Building 4 appeared in several different social media posts, but it could not be matched to any destroyed building found in Abs. A Facebook user named Abou Mohamed Abdel Karim "ابو محمد عبد الكريم" made a post on 2015/05/12 with three images of a damaged building, stating that it was his brother's house. He also stated that Khalid Yahya's "خالد يحيى" house had been attacked.
The majority of open sources appear to depict Building 1 or casualties from that location. Two videos depicted Building 2. Due to the lack of open sources depicting Building 3 and Building 4, these locations require further investigation.
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Carcory Homestead Ruins
Attraction Details
Location: Eyre Development Road, Bedourie, QLD
Location: Eyre Development Road, Bedourie, QLD
About Carcory Homestead Ruins
The Carcory Homestead was built in 1877 of local limestone by Hector and Norman Wilson. Listed by the National Trust, this attraction is an example of the rich history of the Diamantina Shire. It was abandoned by Sir Sydney Kidman after battling extreme drought in the early 1900s. Today it is part of Roseberth Station, serves as a reminder of early settlement in the area and attracts tourists with its intriguing architecture from all over Australia. The closest town to this attraction is Birdsville.


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Syriza wins the majority in historic Greek elections victory:
Supporters of the opposition Syriza party cheer the results in Athens, Greece. Photograph: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Europe
European politics has been plunged into a volatile new era following a historic victory in Greece's general election by far-left radicals committed to ending years of austerity.
More than five years into the euro crisis that started in Greece in October 2009 and raised questions about the single currency's survival, Greek voters roundly rejected the savage spending cuts and tax rises imposed by Europe which reduced the country to penury.
The euro briefly slumped to an 11-year low in Asian trading on Monday morning, while the Greek stock market slumped 5% in volatile early trading.
Voters handed power to Alexis Tsipras, the charismatic 40-year-old former communist who leads the umbrella coalition of assorted leftists known as Syriza. He cruised to an eight-point victory over the incumbent centre-right New Democracy party, according to exit polls and projections after 99% of votes had been counted.
Related: The Guardian view on the Greek election: a new deal for a new era | Editorial
The result surpassed pollster predictions and marginalised the two mainstream parties that have run the country since the military junta's fall in 1974. It appeared, however, that Syriza would win 149 seats – just short of securing the 151 of 300 seats that would enable Tsipras to govern without coalition partners.
"The sovereign Greek people today have given a clear, strong, indisputable mandate," Tsipras told a crowd of rapturous flag-waving party supporters. "Greece has turned a page. Greece is leaving behind the destructive austerity, fear and authoritarianism. It is leaving behind five years of humiliation and pain."
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras raises his fist to supporters after winning the elections. Photograph: Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters
Greece's incumbent prime minister, Antonis Samaras, whose conservative-dominated coalition had been in office since June 2012, conceded defeat early in the evening and admitted that "mistakes and injustices" had been made but insisted he was leaving office with a clear conscience. "I assumed charge of a country that was on the brink of collapse … and we restored its international credibility," said Samaras.
Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, said the election result will increase economic uncertainty, while the chancellor, George Osborne, went further, saying that Syriza's promises will be "very difficult to deliver and incompatible with what the eurozone currently demands of its members".
Tsipras's victory, widely predicted, was nonetheless stunning in scale and in impact. Single-party majorities are very rare in parliamentary systems in Europe these days, in recent years occurring in only Hungary and Slovakia under strongman leaders of the right and left. For an upstart party such as Syriza, which has never been tested in power, the victory highlighted how five years of fiscal orthodoxy in Europe have turned politics upside down.
"I just voted for the party that's going to change Greece; in fact, the party that is going to change the whole of Europe," said Panagiotis, 54, a self-employed electrician voting in the Kipseli district of Athens. "There has to be change, big change. The economy has collapsed … Syriza is Greece's hope."
Syriza supporters in Thessaloniki celebrate as exit poll results show Syriza as a clear winner in the Greek election on Sunday. Photograph: Rex/Rex
The damning popular verdict on Europe's response to financial meltdown is a haunting outcome for the EU's political elite. For the first time, power has been handed to populist outsiders deeply opposed to Brussels and Berlin, albeit not anti-European, unlike their counterparts on the far right across the EU. For the first time a child of the European crisis, an explicitly anti-austerity party, will take office in the EU.
"There's a sense that these populist movements are led by people who didn't go to university with [the leaders] and that if you ignore them they will go away. They've been ignored and patronised," said a senior EU policymaker in Brussels. "The underlying causes are economic. We want a Europe that is delivering tangible benefits to citizens. That's not what it feels like at the moment."
The result throws into question whether Greece will remain in the eurozone and the union overall, sets a precedent for anti-austerity insurgents elsewhere in Europe – notably in Spain, which will hold elections this year – and underlines public rejection of the policies prescribed mainly if not exclusively by Berlin in recent years.
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In Today's era PC is used widely almost the world because it has some in-built application that makes user life simple and easy. In PC user can store their all important data or personal information without any hesitation. Search.searchjsmtmp.com is most popular infection which invades into the Windows Operating System. It injects almost entire OS including Windows 7, 8, XP, Vista etc. Sometimes you may see that your System does not working properly as before or repeatedly degrades System performance and Internet speed which takes lots of time to do a single job such as load any web-page, execute any program, start-up or shut-down Windows etc. If your System's behavior is similar with it then you should understand that your System is infected with Search.searchjsmtmp.com. Search.searchjsmtmp.com is an harmful infection which do lots of harmful things to corrupt your system.
Once Search.searchjsmtmp.com invades into the Compromised PC, it will automatically disables Windows Firewall, anti-virus applications and security updates. After invading this infection you will find that you are automatically connected with remote hackers and cyber crooks release your privacy.
After successfully installation of Search.searchjsmtmp.com on Infected PC, it will disables the System applications, so that user cannot execute their applications properly. It may automatically delete registry keys of System security application to replace entire System and browser settings. This type of infection opens the backdoors of targeted System to enter other harmful malware infection. Search.searchjsmtmp.com may do lots of things to corrupt your entire system.
Causes Of Search.searchjsmtmp.com Injection In PC
Search.searchjsmtmp.com get infiltrated inside the PC via numerous shady ways. Mostly it get invade inside the PC by downloading free games, toolbars, media players and other system utilities. It also get entered inside the PC along with the installation of mainstream software applications without fully reading license agreements. Often the causes such as sharing files like music, photos and many more in networking environment, visiting various adult websites are also liable behind the insertion of this threat inside the PC.
Search.searchjsmtmp.com sometimes propagates inside the PC by opening spam emails or an email attachments. Sometimes the reasons such as irregular updating of anti-virus programs, upgrading already installed applications, injecting infectious external storage devices etc are also responsible behind the insertion of this threat inside the PC. Search.searchjsmtmp.com also get entered inside the PC by clicking on several suspicious images and links.
Prevention Tips To Keep The PC Protected From Search.searchjsmtmp.com
Its not hard to protect your PC from virus and threats like Search.searchjsmtmp.com and therefore, here we provide some tips in order to keep your computer safe from virus infections.
1) Always Update your PC – In order to protect your system from virus infections you need to keep your PC updated. Make sure that your system automatically update the programs and security system and help your PC protected from threats and virus infections.
2) Install And Use An Antivirus Program – Installing an anti-virus program is an effective method to keep your system protected from Search.searchjsmtmp.com. Download and install an anti-virus program and always keep it up to date and time to time scan your system through anti-virus program.
3) Never Click On Attachments Or Links – It is suggested to the users to never click on the email links or attachments received from unknown sources. If you click on any such email links or attachments within a minute you will get number of Search.searchjsmtmp.com within your system. So just ignore such email attachments and links.
4) Always Keep The Firewall Enable – The Firewall keep your system protected from virus threats as it alert the system user if any virus infection try to invade into your PC. Firewall can block suspicious downloads and other Search.searchjsmtmp.com from invading into the system.
5) Always Enable Pop-up Blocker Of Your Browser – A pop-up blocker helps to prevent your system from virus infections as it blocks the unwanted advertisements that contain unsafe and malicious codes. It is a small window that appear on the corner of the website you are visiting. Always keep the Pop-up blocker enable in your browser.
How To Remove Search.searchjsmtmp.com Manually
Now after knowing about Search.searchjsmtmp.com and its harmful activities that it perform on the infected computer, you should immediately remove it. You can manually fix this infection but be very careful. Manual removal is full of risky and very complicated process which require sound technical PC knowledge. Even who are new to computer world unable to perform all the steps sequentially.
Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to stop Search.searchjsmtmp.com process in the Windows Task Manager.
Step 2. Go to Folder Options from Control Panel and under View tab, select Show hidden fiels and folders and then click OK. Now becomes easier for you to find out in order to delete all the suspicious or virus related files.
Step 3. a. Press Windows+ R keys together to open Run box.
b. Type "regedit" in the Run box and press enter key
Delete all the associated fiels and registry entires related to this virus from the system
Step 4. Reboot the PC to take the effects.
Remove From Control Panel
In case of Window XP, Vista and Windows 7
- Click on Start button of the computer
- Go to Control Panel
- Select Add/Remove Programs
- Locate Search.searchjsmtmp.com from the installed program list and uninstall themselves
- Restart the computer to take the effect.
In case of Windows 8
- Press Windows and Q key together to open charm box
- Type Control Panel and hit enter keyboard
- Select install/Un-install Program
- Search for Search.searchjsmtmp.com and uninstall them
- Restart the computer
How To Remove Search.searchjsmtmp.com Automatically
Infected with Search.searchjsmtmp.com ? Are you tried of removing Search.searchjsmtmp.com out from PC ? Want to remove Search.searchjsmtmp.com ? If Yes then you should use one of the most effective virus removal tool that is Automatic Removal Tool. This tool is able to detect, block and remove Rootkits, Adware, Spyware, Keyloggers, Worms, Trojan, Cookies, Ransomware, Browser Hijackers and other kinds of malware.
It is able to stop any processes which try to auto start by exploiting the Windows registry. This is an excellent tool for normal PC users as well as for experienced security experts. Both kind of users can use this easy to use software very easily.
This tool is available in the market in two different versions. One of the version is Free Automatic Removal Tool and the other is Registered version of Automatic Removal Tool.
Its trial version is used in order to scan the system which check whether the system is infected with malware or not. If your system has been infected with malware then you will have to purchase its licensed version. The licensed version is able to scan and remove the detected malware from the system. You will also receive free technical support and daily virus removal definitions updates. You can also call to the tech support if you fail to remove malware from your PC.
Once you install Automatic Removal Tool in your system you will see its easy to use interface. It has very easy to use interface along with the intelligent automatic protection. After installation follow the steps one by one and at last you will be able to remove all the malicious programs including Search.searchjsmtmp.com from your PC.
Significant And Powerful Features Of Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal
Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal has been really considered as one of the powerful and efficient tool that has been specially designed by the experts in order to remove all infections from computer. This tool is capable to detect and delete all types of bugs along with spyware, adware, Trojan, keyloggers and worms.
Designed with advanced algorithm, this tool ensures you for fully protection and improves your computer performances. Almost all threat get loaded automatically each time when Windows launches that badly harm the PC and to overcome this problem, Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal allows the PC to boot without windows in order to remove that threat with the help of compact OS configured with it.
Some vicious malware hides its code deep inside the PC due to many popular security programs get fails to detect and delete it, but Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal smartly preforms instant rootkit scan that detect all the hidden infections and further generate a message asking user to reboot the PC in order to Uninstall that while booting process. Even, it is capable to remove all invalid registry entries and unsafe files related to that threats.
Having Helpdesk option facilitates you to help option in case if the tool in not able to solve any problem. Further, it is very easy to install and use as having very smart and user friendly interface and can be used by normal computer user people conveniently. And the best part is that, Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal allows you to create backup of registry entries so that if needed, you can easily restore it.
User Guide – Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Removal Tool
Step 1: First of all download and install an Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com Tool. Once you installed it, click on the 'Scan Computer Now' option for scanning your computer. It will scan your whole computer system to detect all viruses present in your desktop.
Step 2: Custom Scan – The Custom Scan features allow you to scan specific section of your PC like memory files, system memory, cookies, rootkit scan and registry entries. This will save your time as well as help to protect your computer system.
Step 3: System Guard – This features helps you to block all malicious entry and other suspicious and unwanted activities into your computer system. And it also protect the Process control, Registry section and Active X control.
Step 4: HelpDesk – It is one of the unique feature of the Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com tool. It helps you in sorting out all the problem related to your computer system. For example – Custom Fix System and Support Ticket System helps to protect your computer.
Step 5: Network Sentry – The Network Sentry features protects your computer system network connectivity and block all modification done via unauthorized access. This tool also protect the DNS settings and HOST file.
Step 6: Scan Scheduler – One additional feature of Automatic Search.searchjsmtmp.com tool that helps you to scan your computer system at pre-set time. Also provides you option to scan your computer on weekly, daily or on monthly basis.
Best Way To Secure Your Web Browsers From Search.searchjsmtmp.com
Computer users want to protect their Web browsers but the question is "how to secure web browsers". Search.searchjsmtmp.com is an extremely dangerous virus that may affect the used Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox etc. It also converts the default settings of browsers such as home page URL link and search engine tools. Don't worry, use some tips to enhance the Web browsers security. It really helps you to prevent any type of destruction which can crash the most used current Web browsers.
Configure the browser's security or privacy settings to secure your Web browsers from Search.searchjsmtmp.com. Check the browser security settings and disable the all option which can enabled advertisers to monitor your all online movements. Keep your web browsers updated, it also helps you to secure your Web browsers. Enable your Google alerts option for Web browsers to secure your browsers from Search.searchjsmtmp.com. Always pay attention when you installing plug-ins in your system because sometimes these malicious program comes in your system silently with insecure downloads.
You can also use WOT (Web of Trust) extension which prevents you to use unauthorized URL. If it indicates green color that means websites is reliable, yellow color allows you to use websites with caution and red color restricted you to use insecure websites. Always use https:// protocol to open any websites, it really helps you to make secure your Web browsers from Search.searchjsmtmp.com. You can also use a third party software to secure your web browsers from insecure or deleterious Websites.


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Well it is another Friday night and time to go out with my friends.
Well it has been a long week again and so as always I am ready for a fun relaxing night out with my friends. It really is good to have something in your life you enjoy and look forward o as I think it really helps one stay happy. I started getting ready about 5 as I wanted to take a little more time as I do enjoy getting ready but also I wanted to try another Smokey eye look, I have usually stayed away from the darker eye shadows as I thought brighter colors worked better but there is just something about a Smokey eye look that I like. Now working with darker colors does take some practice but I think I am getting better at it. This is a picture from tonight although not close enough to get a good look at the eye makeup. This is me, Michelle and Melissa.
Well I was ready to leave my place buy 6:40 so an hour and 40 minutes getting ready a lot different than my male self who can get up, shower dress and be out the door in 20 minutes but way more enjoyable, there is just something relaxing about getting ready. Now traffic was good tonight so it only took me 20 minutes to get there. Cassandra, Chris, Cristine, Bobby and Laura were already there. We all talked for a while and then ordered dinner. Well as always it wasn't long and more girls started to show up. Melissa, Michelle, Jan, Lynn, Petra and Kelly, Kelly brought 2 new girls, Alison and Lana (I think). It is always nice to meet new people especially new t-girls. I got to talk with both of hem some and get to know a little about them. Lana just moved to Portland a couple weeks ago and Alison is just starting her transition. Hopefully they will join our group and come out more. That is the great thing about our group as we have members from part time crossdressers to those who have fully transitioned and everyplace in between. It was also good to see Kelly out again, she doesn't get out as much with the group. It was just turning into a fun night.
I got a chance to talk with Michelle, she has been really busy with work and other things so her Michelle time has been limited so it was great to talk and catch up. It is funny as we were talking and both agree how much happier our lives are now that we have come to terms with our dressing. I really think that what makes so many people and not just t-girls unhappy is the fact they have things in their lives they don't like or wish they could change but can't. Once you realize this and accept it life becomes so much easier. Most crossdressers go through life feeling guilty or ashamed about how they feel and the need to crossdress and many quit or try to quit when in reality we can't as it is part of who we are. Now I am not saying it is impossible to quit being a crossdresser but even if one stops the feelings, and desire to crossdress never goes away. An example is Ice Cream, I love Ice cream but I can go without it, not buy it or eat it but when I see it in the store I will think about it and how good it is and that feeling of wanting it comes back. But if it has been a long time since I bought ice cream then when I do I tend to over eat it and the container is empty in a day or two. Now I know this is a very basic comparison and some may feel I am trivializing crossdressing and I am sorry if it comes across this way but in the same way if you deny yourself of crossdressing when you do finally give in and crossdress again it will consume you for a while as you have all this need and desire to catch up on. I really think accepting it as part of who you are and then making time for that part of your life is the best and in the long run makes a happier and healthier person. I use to tell myself I could stop if I wanted to and if I met the right girl I would but you can't as it is part of who you are. It is a contradiction when you think about it, many women fall in love with a man for who they are but when they find out about their crossdressing they demand they quit when in reality they are telling them to quit doing something that has shaped their lives and made them the person they fell in love with and without that side they would not be the same person they fell in love with. I really am blessed now as my girlfriend met me as Susan and is totally accepting of this side of me. It is hard but you need to find someone that will accept you for who you are and that is the only way a relationship will work. Wow got a little off track there.
Well Michelle ran into one of her neighbors on her way out of her apartment and just walked by and said hi. It is funny as she was saying a year ago she would have run back inside and hid as most of us would have done. A year ago I would carefully look out my windows before leaving and make sure no one was out and if they were I would wait sometimes as much as an hour now the only ones I am worried about are the neighbor kids but pretty much just get in the car and go. Same way coming home I use to worry the neighbors might be out and on a few occasions I had to turn around and drive away when they were outside so they wouldn't see me and now I almost wish they would be outside to see me come home. A couple of them know about me and I am sure they have seen my pictures online so they do know what I look like but they have never met Susan in person. Barb, Melissa and now Michelle have all run into one of their neighbors in person in the last few months, I am sure that at some point I will come home when they are out and maybe they will get to meet Susan.
Well we talked more some about Diva Las Vegas and a lot about Halloween, Cassandra and Peggy are planning their big Halloween party and we are all looking forward to it. That means I have to figure out a costume soon. I don't want to wear one of my old costumes again one of the differences between my male and female self. My male side would have no problem wearing the same costume again but not Susan.
Well it was a fun night, I even played a game of pool and won but as always it went so fast and soon it was after 1 am so we all went up and paid our bills and called it a night. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.