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I got off work early this afternoon and thought I'd take some time to take some outfit shots. I've been so incredibly busy with work and school that the holidays are much appreciated. I got this Cheap Monday top in a few days ago from ASOS and I am absolutely in love with it. Extra long slouchy tops are my new favourite.
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Microsoft's next Xbox - whatever it's called - will not feature an optical disc drive, moles have claimed. Instead, it will gain games by downloads and possibly on memory cards too.
Allegedly breaking one of the "strictest NDA" contracts ever encountered, the insiders said the console will indeed be launched in 2013, as rumoured, with a type of removable solid-state storage rather than the DVD format of yesteryear, MCV reports.
The news that console manufacturers could turn their backs on discs is worrying for already struggling high street outlets, such as Game, which may have to hope that punters will prefer to buy games on memory cards rather that suffer long download times, in order to ease its business troubles.
Microsoft declined to comment on the claims, but did release an ambiguous statement on console lifecycles:
"Xbox 360 has found new ways to extend its lifecycle like introducing the world to controller-free experiences with Kinect and re-inventing the console with a new dashboard and new entertainment content partnerships.
"We are always thinking about what is next for our platform and how to continue to defy the lifecycle convention. Beyond that we do not comment on rumours or speculation." ®

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A total of 30 Haitian migrants were reported dead on Tuesday and about 110 others were rescued southwest of Bahamas after their overloaded boat capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The sail freighter they were on grounded and then capsized about 15 nautical miles southwest of Staniel Cay in the Bahamas on Monday night.
"The winds where whipping upwards of 40 knots out of the southeast, a lot of heavy rain showers were in the area and people were scattered throughout - on top of the boat around the boat swimming to life rafts. It was a bit of a melee," said Coast Guard Lt. Kevin St. Cloud.
The incident was reported by the Royal Bahamian Defense Force and relayed to the Coast Guard. They were clinging to the hull of the 40-foot sail freighter when rescue crews arrived on scene.
The freighter hit a sandbar and didn't fully submerge under water.
"The migrants on board looked like they were in a bad way. A lot of them were desperately clinging on to the vessel," said Lt. Steve Simpson.
A Coast Guard helicopter from Clearwater responded and hoisted 13 people from the water.
They also dropped food, supplies and eight life rafts. The Bahamian defense force launched a patrol boat to help rescue the Haitians.


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A-GPS is supported by the ever-reliable Google Maps, but the Milestone also comes with a 60-day free trial of Motonav, Motorola's new satnav app, already on board. It's decent enough, with clear displays and efficiently articulated voiceovers, but it's way behind the likes of TomTom and Wayfinder in terms of functionality, varied map views and the additional info offered by the big boys in the satnav pool.
Media friendly, but no Motoblur social networking
Watching video on the large, beautifully detailed screen was a joy, and it can handle MPEG-4, H.263 and H.264 files. The music player is nicely laid out and features a quick search function that allows you to look for associated music on the web.
It can play MP3, AAC, eAAC+, OGG and WAV files too and comes with an 8GB micro SD card, though it can handle up to 32GB versions. It's under the back cover, and you'll need to remove the battery to get to it, which seems like a throwback to a long-gone, pre-hot swap era.
The Milestone marks another step forward in Motorola's renaissance. It's a joy to use, thanks to its sensitive screen and decent, if not the very best, Qwerty keyboard. The tweaks to the Android OS are welcome, if not exactly ground-breaking and though the camera could have been a bit better, and we're bewildered by the decision to omit Motoblur, it's a top quality smartphone with satnav. ®
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Here is yet another tutorial for today. It's how to make the scrunchy flowers I made for THIS CARD using the XL fancy flower punch.
Materials you will need:
1 brad
buttons ( I used playground designers buttons)
linen thread (optional)
mat pack
paper piercing tool
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old book
1. Start by punching 5 flowers out of the pages of the old book. 2. Line them up together and using your paper piercing tool pierce a hole in the middle and put in the brad to hold the layers together . It doesn't matter what color is the brad, because it will be covered later with the button.
3. Start scrunching the layers, starting from the top one. One by one, except the bottom one. Leave that one flat.
4. Straighten the layers a little bit so you can see the brad and make space for the button.
5. Thread linen thread on the button and make a bow ( I used the real red button- it kinda looks like orange on the pic)
6. Put dimensionals on the back and adhere it to the center of the flower.
7. Now scrunch the layers again, again starting from the top layer and leaving the bottom one flat. Scrunch it until you like how it looks :) And you are done.


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Here's what they have to say on Dan Hudson:
What he needs to improve: His minor league numbers were sparkling, but in the Majors he had issues with consistency and control. Much of this can probably be attributed to nerves, but it's still something to watch out for. Hudson has good stuff, but not good enough to be effectively wild.


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Mashable says PayPal changed its logo to not be confused with parking signs, but others say that it's a new logo to go with the e-commerce company's new services.
PayPal's new logo will literally capitalizing on its two P's, bluing them up and clearing away any white space, courtesy of design firm fuseproject. Its new brand campaign, "Powering the People Economy" was created by Havas Worldwide and will debut in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia, according to a statement from PayPal. PayPal is owned by eBay.
PayPal president David Marcus said the new logo was essential for its new services.
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"The new in-context checkout experience that we're rolling out globally [and] a bunch of new experiences across all of our products—as we push all of these experiences out there, we wanted to have a better identity with a new modern design," Marcus told ReadWrite. "There's a lot of integration that has to happen at the merchant level as well. We might as well do it at a time when we don't have to go back to these guys and say, 'Update your buttons because we have a new identity.'"
The new logo is needed because PayPal will be used on numerous devices including smartphones, smartwatches or TVs, so its new logo has to be easily readable on all kinds of apps. The "redesign creates a cohesive look and feel across the brand," PayPal stated.
Marcus is correct in assuming that a company needs to have its ducks in a row before launching any new services -- although some do not, which can lead to user problems or issues.


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Today we are talking about Vastu Consultancy in Delhi.
As you all know that every place has different type of topography, Earth Energy, Different level of EMR, EMF, EMW, RF wave, Magnetic Waves, Cosmic Energy etc.
This way, at every place different scientific vastu rules apply.
When Dr. Kunal Kaushik was doing a Vastu Survey in Delhi, Dr. Kunal Kaushik faced a unique problem; the Vastu compass deflected to a large extent which made consultation much harder. Every corner and room gave different reading. This happened not only at one property but unfortunately in 90% of the properties he visited for consultation in Delhi. Deflection in the compass is majorly due to the Electro-magnetic radiation, hence consultation has to be done very carefully, specially in Delhi.
In The Places like Delhi Where there Is A Higher Amount Of EMR, The residents Fall ill More Often, There Is Increased Depression, Less Concentration Power Amongst The Residents And A Raise in The Anger Amongst the residents.
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Here's a quick update on the AMD Catalyst program.
AMD will be moving the AMD Radeon™ HD 2000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series of products to a new driver support model. We will continue to support the mentioned products in our Catalyst releases, but we're moving their updates to a quarterly basis, whereas our AMD Radeon HD 5000 and later products will continue to see monthly updates. The Quarterly Catalyst releases will focus on resolving application specific issues and critical updates. The reason for the shift in support policy is largely due to the fact that the AMD Radeon HD 2000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series have been optimized to their maximum potential from a performance and feature perspective. The 8.97 based driver, released in May 2012 will be the first driver for the AMD Radeon HD 2000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series under the new support model; it is an extremely stable and robust driver branch for these products and will be the baseline for our quarterly updates.
Our main development and testing efforts will now be focused on the AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 and later products. This is the best use of our resources, as the AMD Radeon HD 5000, AMD Radeon HD 6000, AMD Radeon HD 7000, and future products have the greatest potential for further performance and feature enhancements.
Also with regards to Windows 8 support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 2000, 3000, 4000 Series of products; the In-the-box AMD Graphics driver that ships with Windows 8 will include support for the AMD Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 Series, and it will support the WDDM 1.1 driver level features. The AMD Catalyst driver for Windows 8 will only include support for WDDM 1.2 support products (AMD Radeon HD 5000 and later).
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I just hope the HD 5000 series isn't going to follow soon after. I wonder if it's based on DirectX hardware level support. The HD 4000 series is not that old, even though it only supports up to DirectX 10/10.1.
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Archive for September, 2014
More News From The Religion of Peace
Posted by popreflection in Everything on September 20, 2014
Islam sure knows how to spread the love and every minute, of every day citizens of Islamic countires can feel just how much god loves them. Let's see, the first person in the long line of people god loves especially and who got to personally experience both the Prophet Muhammad's and also god's love is Soheil Arabi, an Iranian man who has been sentenced to death for saying disparaging things about Muhammad.
Branch 75 of Tehran's Criminal Court found Mr Arabi guilty of insulting the Prophet, or "sabb al-nabi", on 30 August.
Article 262 of the Islamic Penal Code states insulting the Prophet carries a punishment of death, however, article 264 of the Penal Code says if a suspect claims to have said the insulting words in anger, in quoting someone, or by mistake, his death sentence will be converted to 74 lashes.
The anonymous source claims: "Unfortunately, despite this Article and the explanations provided, the judges issued the death sentence.
Just like Muhammed would do. And i don't mean that tongue-in-cheek because Muhammad really did kill people for insulting him and god whose message he was carrying.
The second person at the receiving end of god's oh so endless love as said in the Koran is a British-Iranian woman, who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly three months, after attending a men's volleyball match.
Ghoncheh Ghavami has been held in Tehran's notoriously tough Evin Prison since June 30 with no idea when she will be released.
After approximately 50 days in solitary, during which the family spoke to her just three times, they were allowed to see Miss Ghavami, once she was finally moved in with another cell mate. They have visited her four times in the last 80 days.
The infamous Evin prison, in North Tehran, known for detaining political prisoners and journalists, is one of the "most intimidating places" in the country according to Mr Ghavami.
"The prison is notorious. Ghoncheh is in the worst part of it and has been interrogated repeatedly [without a lawyer being present]. It's the worst place you can be. It's like something you see in the movies. The psychological conditions are awful. I've only seen one photo of it but my parents visited her yesterday [Wednesday] and they are at breaking point," Mr Ghavami said. "My mother had to leave the visitor's room and vomited so many times outside that she nearly passed out […] My sister is very distressed as she has gained the impression from her interrogators that she may have to stay for a long time.
And finally, a group of six Iranians has been sentenced to six months in prison and 91 lashes for releasing a music video in which they dance along to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy."
The group became famous in May when their music video for the hit song circulated on YouTube, racking up more than 150,000 views before attracting the attention of Iranian authorities. It featured three men and three unveiled women singing and dancing along to the four minute song in the street and rooftops of Tehran, mimicking the style of Pharrell's official video.
Authorities arrested the group for contravening Iran's strict vulgarity laws, which prohibit public displays of dancing, and paraded the six on state television, forcing them to express remorse for their behavior.
The Islamic Republic condemned the video as a "vulgar clip which hurt public chastity" and in a trial on Wednesday sentenced the participants to a suspended sentence of six months in prison.
Pharrell Williams responded to Iran's actions on his Twitter account in May, saying: "It's beyond sad these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness."
But. let us all walk around pretending Islam is the religion of peace, misunderstood and that the horrible things that take place as a direct results of the things written in the Koran are not really true and happening but merely confined to a few lunatics on the fringe and extremists. This is apparently not Islam. ISIS is not Islam. All the horrible things happening in the name of Islam and by Muslims are not Islam and it is everyone else's fault for misunderstanding and misrepresenting such a beautiful and peaceful religion. Even our President went on live TV saying "ISIS is not Islam."
Collective denial of the horror that is Islam is only going to hurt people. This is a barbaric faith and an uncivilized religion. Executing non believers and those who insult a prophet? Beheading infidels like swine at a slaughter?
The instances here are about Iran and the reason I have chosen Iran today is because Iran is not an Arab nation, thus dispelling the myth that Islamic extremism is is something confined to Arabs and Arabic countires and because the kind of atrocities that take place in Iran do not get much, if any, international attention. Let's face it, if it does not affect the US and our war mongering efforts, we couldn't give a shit.
Secondly, people rarely think of Iran when they think Islamic extremism.
In reality. Iran is just as bad not because of extremists but because of Islam. Period. This is not the works of extremists, this is the reality of Islam. Iran is an Islamic country and this is what you get when you have an Islamic country.
The sad truth is that what we see here and what does make the news every now and then is only a tiny glimpse of what the young people of Iran have been experiencing since the Revolution of 1979, when Iran became an Islamic Republic Shithole. The Iranian government has so much blood on its hands that the atrocities committed by known genocidal regimes, such as Rwanda, pales in comparison to it. Iran has been committing internal genocide for decades, but they have not done on a mass scale, so it is just considered internal turmoil.
Over the past 35 years, millions of young people – mostly women, especially anyone perceived as exhibiting any kind of Western likes and traits, including Western pop music and culture – have found a torturous demise in Iran's prisons and "judicial" system, and I use the word judicial system here quite loosely as a kangaroo court where you are guilty until proven innocent isn't much of a judicial system at all. It is more like a tribunal the likes of which one can expect to find in any totalitarian dictatorship.
All this is a result of Islam, and Islam only. Before the so-called Revolution (more like a Devolution) Iran, while having its problems, was still a country where existence was bearable; where you wouldn't expect execution and indefinite imprisonment and lashes for dancing or talking to a man who wasn't a relative. Women could get an education, a real education, and did not have to wear the hijab. Whatever it was, however imperfect it was, it wasn't the unbearable soul crushing cesspool it is today.
When I look at these young people who have been sentenced to receive a horrible punishment for dancing happily on the streets, I not only feel sadness but also revulsion. Revulsion at a religion that tells its followers that doing such things violates god's laws. A system that condones the murder of a man because he insulted someone.
Sure, everyone should be free to believe what they want but I would say in this case the price is too high. Islam is truly evil and it needs to be done away with. No more excuses for it, no more apologies.
Revolutionary Quotes
Posted by popreflection in Everything on September 19, 2014
"Man will only be free when the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
Denis Diderot
God Has Been Kicked Out of the Air Force
Posted by popreflection in Everything on September 17, 2014
Buh-bye dear god. Don't let the door hit you on your make-believe ass on the way out!
Last month an atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied reenlistment for refusing to take an oath containing "so help me God." After crossing out the last four words, he was told his only options were to either sign the religious oath section of the contract without adjustment and recite an oath concluding with "so help me God," or leave the Air Force.
The Air Force used to allow airmen to omit the phrase "so help me God" if they so chose. But an Oct. 30, 2013, update to Air Force Instruction 36-2606, which spells out the active-duty oath of enlistment, dropped that option. Since that quiet update, airmen have been required to swear an oath to a deity when they enlist or re-enlist.
In a letter to the Air Force General Inspector American Humanist Association (AHA) attorney Monica Miller said the airman should be given the choice to re-enlist by swearing a secular oath. She said the AHA will sue if the airman is not allowed to re-enlist. The AHA concluded that it is unconstitutional and unacceptable that the airman be required to say an oath swearing allegiance to a deity and that Article VI of the Constitution prohibits requiring religious tests to hold an office or public trust.
The Department of Defense recently informed the U.S. Air Force that it must allow the Airman to reenlist without including the religious language in his contract. A press release from the Pentagon can be viewed here.
The Air Force will be updating the instructions for both enlisted and commissioned Airmen to reflect these changes in the coming weeks, but the policy change is effective now. Airmen who choose to omit the words 'So help me God' from enlistment and officer appointment oaths may do so.
Good riddance.
ISIS IS Islam
Religious people and their apologizers do that all the time: It is all good and holy when things go well. Until someone gets hurt, of course, or a follower starts doing something they don't like. Then, suddenly, they say their faith is misunderstood, misinterpreted and that in fact it is not what their faith is at all about
It is disgusting how out of fear of being called "Islamophobic" people, our President included, keep pandering to this sinister religion and its followers. There is nothing good about Islam and those Muslims who do not act like ISIS or what others call "extremists" are the ones just not taking their religion seriously, and not – as everyone would have us believe – because they are the true Muslims. True Muslims are ISIS, the Taliban and the vice ministry of Saudi Arabia and their credo and agenda is very clear. Sharia is not confined to a lunatic fringe, it is a core of Islam and its teachings. I don't understand why people don't get that.
In the Hadith book, which is a report of the teachings, deeds and sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, there is AN ENTIRE CHAPTER of Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) – that deals with all the ways one should punish those who disobey god or cross him or dont worship him right, including calling for the execution of gays.
Let me repeat this for you: ISLAM CALLS FOR THE EXECUTION OF GAYS (Qur'an (7:80-84) , Qur'an (7:81) , Qur'an (4:16) , Abu Dawud (4462) , Abu Dawud (4448) – "If a man who is not married is seized committing sodomy, he will be stoned to death." (Note the implicit approval of sodomizing one's wife)., Bukhari (72:774)…)
So I am not really interested in hearing crap like "respecting other peoples' beliefs" when other peoples' beliefs are not only harmful but right out fucked up sinister and call for the execution of people based on their sexual orientation and a host of attributes their god doesn't approve of.
Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli of Iran said, in April of 2012, that homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs, since these animals (presumably) do not engage in such acts. In November of that year, a cleric on British television stated, "What should be done to those who practice homosexuality? Torture them; punish them; beat them and give them mental torture."
Why am I anti-Islam? Well, for the simple reason that Islam is anti-me, and it's anti every fundamental value I hold.
This is not just people saying gays shouldn't get married, which is bad enough, this is people saying they should be killed. There is a difference. And not just gays but infidels and women who show skin and have sex before marriage and atheists and anyone who violates what Muhammed preached.
No one is obliged to pander to these people and be polite and give them a platform and forum to spread their hatred and such worldviews that are barbaric, dangerous and beyond harmful. We have an obligation to speak up and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.
I really want to see people who keep saying Islam is the religion of peace and understood to actually open up aKoran and read it cover to cover. Because the reality is that it is not. It is a wretched book all about how one should take revenge on and punish people who do not obey the words of god as dictated to Muahmmed. There is nothing heart-warming and peaceful about Islam. And people who say it are painfully delusional and tragically misguided.
People who defend Islam need to educate themselves about Islam and what it teaches. If you practice and abide by a worldview that calls for the annihilation of those who disagree with them, then you have no right to speak your mind.
Aaand Here We Go Again
It is a proud, proud moment for war mongers – Republican and Democrat alike – because President Obama – you know, this amazing shining beacon of Progressivism and the man who was going to do things differently and bring about change we can truly believe and who was supposed to finally be the person to break us out of bad habits such as engaging in fabricated, pointless, illegitimate and not well-thought-out wars that do nothing but suck up our resources and create a milieu ripe for extremists and other such scum that keep targeting us and our people – finally became yet another President to announce military engagement in Iraq, this time without trying to pretend we do it for nation building.
Not wanting to be the first President in a long line of Presidents to not announce military airstrike in Iraq, President Obama proudly announced a bombing campaign in Iraq stating equally proudly that the United States has taken the first step in its planned expanded fight against Islamic State militants (ISIS) going to the "aid" (uh-huh) of Iraqi security forces near Baghdad who were being attacked by enemy fighters.
The U.S. Central Command said it conducted two airstrikes Sunday and Monday in support of the Iraqi forces near Sinjar and southwest of Baghdad.
A vote on the broader use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) isn't expected to happen until after Election Day because, of course not. First you lie to the public with lofty speeches and then once you got their votes, you turn around and do what you wanted to do all along by saying something about national security and changing priorities.
The White House feels good about the chances for getting authorization for the package through Congress, a senior administration official said. Obama spoke with lawmakers from both parties on Monday and, according to the official, is personally gratified that he has received support from Republican and Democratic leaders for the proposal.
According to the White House, officials weren't sure the idea would receive bipartisan support with the public still wary of military action following the Bush years. But, the official said, congressional leaders expressed bipartisan agreement for that path forward during an Oval Office meeting last week with Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Boehner and Obama spoke last Wednesday on the telephone and have cooperated in trying to move the package forward — a sharp shift from the chilliness over much of the last year.
It is interesting that there is bipartisan support for the President's plan (always a sign that something is amiss because if Republicans are for it, it cannot be good) because nothing brings politicians together more than war and, of course, one is not bound to find a Republican who never met a war he didn't like.
The only extent to which Republicans and Democrats differ from one another in this is that Republicans worry the military actions will not go far enough (66%) whereas by contrast, 54% of Democrats say their bigger concern is that it will go too far.
This is amazing: we now have gone straight from nation building to military building and we are not even trying to pretend otherwise anymore.
Of course, the bigger question to ask – and which everyone on Capitol Hill and the White House refuses to ask – is whether we really think that bombing Iraq once again, thus undoubtedly causing the deaths of countless innocent people and creating the kind of havoc only war can create, to maybe get a few ISIS operatives is going to put an end to ISIS.
The thing is that ISIS is the symptom of a larger problem. You bomb and kill them, two new groups will grow in their place in no time and the cycle continues.
That is why military action in such a short-sighted, knee-jerk manner is not the answer. We need to step back and rethink our strategy toward the Middle East altogether, not engage in those very acts that created the milieu that gave rise to entities like ISIS in the first place.
I am afraid that all this will do is perpetuate the violence, create an even bigger disdain for the US and, worse of all, cost the lives of countless innocent people as collateral damage before we are back at square one.
Not to mention that we cannot afford this. Our last engagement in Iraq nearly bankrupted us, we cannot afford another war, however short-lived it allegedly may be. And it will not be short-lived. Once you are in, once you start arming rebels and becoming part of the deal, there is no easy way out. You are bound to stay around to continue and finish what you started. It took us nearly a decade to get out of Iraq (and we are still not really fully out) and we are still in Afghanistan.
I am absolutely terrified and appalled that going to war has become such an easy thing to do with our lawmakers.
We are such a disgraceful country and seem to seriously have no other priorities besides stealing from the masses to get a few people rich and go to wars.
We keep insisting that we do not have the funds to feed our hungry and, therefore, slash food-stamps and welfare programmes; that we cannot extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed; that we cannot increase the minimum wage (as we speak, Republicans have blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act once again); over the past six or seven years, Republicans have fought tooth and nail to make sure we do not get the Affordable Care Act which makes affordable health care accessible to everyone; we claim we do not have the money to build on, strengthen and expand our social safety net programs and enact a host of middle-class strengthening policies citing lack of resources and a deficit (which, ironically, was created, among other things, by being in a perpetual state of war); we say we cannot regulate polluters and strengthen regulatory agencies to safeguard the environment and with it our health, slashing their funding, but somehow we seem to be able to always find copious amounts of money to engage in yet another expensive military strike under questionable rationales.


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SUU Offers Students Child Care Assistance this Fall Semester
Published: September 30, 2013 | Category: Academics
Southern Utah University students with families may be eligible to receive child care assistance from the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) grant while attending classes this coming fall semester 2013.
Funding is allocated on a case-by-case basis and makes it easier for this group of SUU's population to enjoy academic success and persist toward degree completion.
During the first four years of funding, SUU has retained 78 percent of CCAMPIS parents according to Lynne Brown, grant writer and director of the Student Support Center. She added, "The purpose of this grant is to keep parents enrolled in school and give them the support needed to succeed. 98 percent of our CCAMPIS students remained in good academic standing once admitted and 54 percent graduated within six years."
Eligibility for participation is based a grant application students must complete as well as the state of Utah's 980 tax form, a childcare subsidy worksheet that indicates the number of child care hours needed as well as an estimate of child care expenses for the fall months.
The amount of daycare assistance awarded is based on a sliding scale, which takes into account the parents' adjusted gross income, the number of credits for which they are enrolled and whether or not both parents are students. The maximum award per family is $250 per month. All items must be submitted by Friday, October 11.
Applications are available online, as well as in SUU's Center for Women and Families in room 175 of the Sharwan Smith Student Center.
SUU first secured CCAMPIS grant funding in 2009. Funding is now available year round for SUU's student-parent population. For fall 2013 the University was awarded $139,129 grant.
Students with questions about the grant program may visit the Center for Women and Families or contact the Center by phone at 435-865-8752.


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Steamed food has always appealed to me. Why wouldn't it? Steaming brings out the best flavour and locks in nutrients of most ingredients more than any other cooking method. Though this does not mean that I'm willing to do it often. All the hassle of dragging out all the cooking utensils from cupboards for steaming is something I could do without. And not only that, as a consequence of this I will expectedly have a mountain of pots, pans, steamer basket, etc. I have to wash up. I'm not a happy bunny after all that palaver.
But the kitchen gods must be smiling on me when Matt of Miele was kind enough to give me a more relaxing way of steaming by way of lending me a steam oven for a trial period. Now it's my new best friend. I just love the ease of cooking in it whereas, like what I said before, I used to dread the prospect of steaming. With the Miele steam oven all I have to do is fill up the water jug on its side, set the temperature and timer and away it goes. No fiddling with water laden pots, nor making the lid as tight fitting as possible, or worrying about running out of water (it warns you if water is running low). Once set-up, I shut the door and wait for it to chime indicating end of cooking time. I was quite surprised with the speed it reaches the usual cooking temperature of 100°C or the time it takes to cook things. It's almost like a microwave. I even defrosted frozen chicken in it with very good results. My kids love reheating food frequently using it in favour of our microwave oven.
My first foray in it of course is by way of dessert - steamed puddings of course. All the steamed puddings I have in my arsenal of recipes in this blog I tested in this steam oven. They all came out perfectly. The steamed treacle pudding that I've been wanting to do since time immemorial was the first one I cooked in it. Flavours from Delia Smith's recipe that I adapted were really really addictive that I have to steam one for the second time! It's best eaten with generous lashing of warm custard. I promise you it tastes so much better than how it looks in my picture below. Fantastically great comfort pudding on a winter's night. Do try it - both the steam oven and the treacle pudding.
Steamed Treacle Pudding
3 Tbsp golden syrup
175 g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
165 g [2/3 cup] butter - softened
175 g soft light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 Tbsp black treacle
3 Tbsp warmed golden syrup (optional) - extra for topping
greaseproof baking paper
aluminium foil
- Butter well a 1.2 liter (2 pints) pudding basin. Pour the golden syrup in the bottom of the basin. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the flour and baking powder.
- Add all the other ingredients and beat with an electric mixer for about 2 minutes or until smooth and well combined.
- Pour into the pudding basin. Smooth and level the top with the back of a spoon.
- Measure the baking paper and foil into a size of about 16-inch x 12-inch. Put the foil on top of the baking paper. Fold and make a pleat in the centre.
- Place this on top of the pudding basin with the foil side up. Pull it down the side of the basin and tie with a string or rubber band. Trim the excess baking paper and foil all around.
- Steam for 2 hours.
- Using a butter knife, loosen the pudding all around the side. Invert into a warmed plate. Pour the extra golden syrup on top (if using). Serve with custard or creme fraiche.


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Vice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Sex isn't a vice, but bonking your best friend's partner might be. Drinking isn't a vice, but drinking from bottles that you've hidden in the back of the wardrobe possibly is. So, for the purpose of this week's playlist, its only a vice if a certain amount of secrecy or shame is attached to it.
So what do you think Doris Day was really singing about in our opening song, SECRET LOVE? Recorded in the ultra-conservative mid 1950's, and knowing what we think we now do about Doris, could it possibly be about the love that dare not speak its name? When she declares "My secret isn't secret any more" she suddenly appears way more interesting than her wholesome image would have us believe.
Mary Gauthier confesses to taking after her alcoholic Dad on I DRINK. And while we're on the subject of Daddys, Ray Davies call to 'Come to Daddy' has a very creepy subtext on the otherwise quite beautiful ART LOVER.
Prince's SISTER is a 30-year old song about incest that still has the ability to shock. Another unnerving confessional was supplied by Anthony Hegarty, of Anthony & The Johnsons. He sings about his violent lover with incredible sweetness on FISTFUL OF LOVE. The sting of a secret vice is unmistakable in lines such as, "I feel your fists, and I know it's out of love."
I'M LIVING IN SHAME sings Diana Ross and the Supremes, while Marvin Gaye's admits that there's something extra-curricular going on between him AND MRS JONES.
Nina Simone has some advice about FORBIDDEN FRUIT: "Go on and taste it, you don't want to waste it". The Kinks know exactly what she's talking about on their huge hit about transgender love, LOLA.
The Go-Betweens' song STREETS OF YOUR TOWN is a beautiful tale of small-town romance undercut with the revelation that even this seemingly perfect place is actually "a town full of battered wives".
The Prodigy admit to a little pyromania on FIRESTARTER:
And the Strangers submitted their quintessential song about perving at the beach – PEACHES:
We finished the show with a couple of very non-offensive pop songs. Kate Ceberano admits YOUNG BOYS ARE MY WEAKNESS. Is that a bad thing? Surely not. Jill Sobule also owns up: She's KISSED A GIRL, and she just may do it again. Shock horror! Released in 1995, way before whats her name's version.
Next week I'm going to dedicate the show to SONGS ABOUT CRITTERS and I'm looking for songs about unusual animals, not just your cats and dogs. Film director Mark Lewis has sent me a recording of Tim Finn singing 'Cane Toad Blues' so that gives you an idea of the kind of thing I'm after.
And just a reminder that BayFM is hosting the premiere of Cane Toads: The Conquest in 3D on Wednesday June 1, 7pm at the Dendy Cinema in Byron Bay. It's a benefit for BayFM with a party after at The Owl & Pussy Cat included in the price. If you're a BayFM Subscriber that's only $20. Get to the cinema now to pick up your tickets!
Here's the complete playlist:
Secret Love - Doris Day, Ray Heindorf And His Orchestra I Drink - Mary Gauthier Art Lover - The Kinks Sister - Prince Fistful of Love - Antony & The Johnsons I'm Living In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes Me and Mrs. Jones - Marvin Gaye Lola - The Kinks Forbidden Fruit - Nina Simone Streets Of Your Town - The Go-Betweens Firestarter - The Prodigy Peaches - The Stranglers I Kissed A Girl - Jill Sobule Young Boys Are My Weakness (Brave Album Version) - Kate Ceberano
Next week: SONGS ABOUT CRITTERS
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Getting Involved
Making the Most of Your College Experience
How to Participate in Residence Life
One of the most memorable things about your time at DU will be the close connections you make to your community, and it will all start in the residence halls. Once you move in, you can meet hundreds of students from all kinds of different backgrounds, and make new friends who'll start to seem like a second family.
In addition to making friends, there are literally hundreds of ways to get more actively involved at DU.
Join Groups
With more than 100 student organizations on campus, you can find a club that matches your interests, whether you want to do service projects, learn about different cultures, or hit the slopes.
One way to have a real impact on campus is joining the Residence Hall Association. This group of student leaders helps create the on-campus living experience, from distributing care packages to giving input on renovation projects in the residence halls.
Find a Job
Along with helping pay the bills, an on-campus job can give you hands-on work experience. There are plenty of job opportunities in the residence halls for people who want to help other students.
Join One of Our Communities
Living and Learning Communities are a way for you to live and study with people who share your interests.


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Ichoron is a water revenant boss located in Violet Hold. If released, she is one of the first two bosses in the instance. The releases are random, so it is possible that you will not fight her.
Ichoron is voiced by Melodee Spevack.
- [Protective Bubble]ω ϖ—All damage taken reduced by 99%. Bursts after 35 attacks or spells.
- [Water Blast]ω ϖ (Heroic modeω ϖ) 50 yd range—Shoots a blast of water at an enemy, dealing 2775 to 3225 (heroic 5550 to 6450) Frost damage and knocking it back.
- [Water Bolt Volley]ω ϖ (Heroic modeω ϖ) 50 yd range—Hurls a watery bolt at all nearby enemies within 45 yards, inflicting 1850 to 2150 (heroic 4394 to 5106) Frost damage. 2.5 sec cast
Ichoron initially comes out with a "Protective Shield" buff with 35 charges that reduces any damage by 99%. Any attack or spell hit made on Ichoron will remove one charge. When all of the charges are gone, her shield will erupt, costing her 30% (170K on heroic) of her total health. The eruption will also knock nearby players back, causing damage. She will become untargetable and about ten low-health Ichor Globules will spawn around the room and move directly toward her. When a Globule reaches her or when there are no Globules left alive, she will become targetable again. This cycle will repeat: 35 Charges, Shield Eruption, Globules summoned.
Each Globule that reaches her once she is up will restore a small percentage of HP. Killing the Globules causes them to erupt, dealing damage and knocking back nearby players.
When she goes below 25% health (which is usually after three cycles) she will no longer have a shield or summon Globules, but will enrage, hitting hard. This final phase is a simple DPS race.
Tanking spots
A good spot to tank Ichoron is up the stairs to the back of the platform by the entrance. This bottlenecks incoming Globules, making them much easier to AoE down and giving them farther to run. Another suitable spot is in the pool which Ichoron emerges from, as no Globules spawn there. These locations also work in combination with the Defense Control Crystals.
Shield phase
During the shield phase Ichoron is practically immune from damage. Tanks will want to focus on abilities that directly give aggro, and not depend on abilities that require damage done to gain aggro. DPS should use quick-hitting attacks, rather than slow attacks with high damage, as what counts in this phase is the number of attacks, not the damage done.
Globules phase
When the Globules spawn, they should be stopped from reaching Ichoron. Because they explode when they die, players should avoid being close to them. The Globules die easily, and can either be killed with the Defense Control Crystals or with DPS.
Using the crystals requires some coordination: one player should be assigned to activate a crystal at the right moment, and the other players should be aware that the crystals will be used. Activating a Defense Control Crystal after Ichoron's bubble pops will kill all Globules and, if timed right, can stop any from reaching her. The crystals are the key to the Heroic achievement [Dehydration]. Note that using a crystal will cause all of the Globules to explode at the same time and can kill players if they are close to a group of Globules.
Using DPS requires a good tanking spot and well aimed, preferably ranged, AoE and other quick damage. The advantage is that it does not require any coordination, though players should still keep their distance from the Globules.
When Ichoron resurfaces (because a Globule reached her or all Globules were killed), the tank should pick her up again as quickly as possible.
Final phase
The final phase is a straightforward tank and spank. Because there is no more shield, tanks can use their normal methods of holding aggro again.
Ichoron's Protective Bubble severely reduces tank and DPS aggro, but does not reduce healer aggro.
Frost Resistance helps reducing the damage from the attacks by Ichoron.
Using a Defense Control Crystal will block the [Defenseless] achievement in Heroic. This is no a great drawback, as players will have plenty of opportunities to get this achievement in runs that do not involve Ichoron.
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- Aggro
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- Shattering
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- Shield
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- Killing a player
- I am a force of nature!
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Deposit of instruments of ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty (New York, April 2, 2014)
Joint Press Communiqué by Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom
One year ago, on 2nd April 2013, the United Nations General Assembly voted by an overwhelming majority to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This was the culmination of seven years of efforts to achieve a comprehensive Treaty setting the highest possible common international standards for effectively regulating the international trade in conventional arms. The Treaty embodies the commitment of the United Nations and its Member States to human rights and international humanitarian law, and to the fight against the irresponsible and illicit trade in conventional arms and their diversion.
By globally regulating the international trade in arms, Nations demonstrate their common responsibility to save lives, reduce human suffering and make the world a safer place for all. This Treaty will fill a significant gap in international law and enhance accountability and responsibility in the international arms trade.
Our first task is to push for its early entry into force: we commend those States that have acted swiftly and have already deposited their instruments of ratification. Today, as we mark the first anniversary of the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty, we, a group of European Union Member States comprising Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, alongside the nation of El Salvador have jointly deposited our instruments of ratification. Other EU Member States are currently in the process of finalizing their national procedures for ratification and will soon add their names to this list of countries.
Only nine months after this important Treaty was opened for signature, our ratifications mean that we are over half way to the fifty ratifications required for the entry into force.. With our joint deposit, we send a strong signal that we – countries that fought for the Treaty - will spare no efforts to achieve the Treaty's early entry into force. We are confident that entry into force towards the end of this year 2014 is well within reach.
We strongly advocate universal adherence to and full implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty. We stand ready to assist others in setting up or improving their respective transfer control systems, for example through the dedicated EU-ATT Outreach.
The Arms Trade Treaty is the remarkable result of a long process of cross-regional cooperation between States, and civil society, with NGOs playing a significant role in this process. The Arms Trade Treaty can only make a real difference if it is properly implemented. We will continue to work with all partners to ensure the Treaty's full and effective implementation at global level.
We must now work together to seize the historic opportunity offered by the Arms Trade Treaty. We owe it to future generations to make this Treaty a success. We reiterate our firm commitment to save lives, reduce human suffering and make the world a safer place.


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Major v. McAllister, — S.W.3d —, 2009 WL 4959941 (Mo. App. December 23, 2009)
The Missouri Court of Appeals has issued an opinion that reflects a realistic grasp of how people use the web, and also serves as a definitive nod to self-responsibility. The court refused to accept a website end user's argument that she should not be bound by the website terms and conditions that were presented to her in the familiar "browsewrap" format.
Ms. Major used a website called ServiceMagic to find some contractors to remodel her home in Springfield, Missouri. Each page she saw during the process had a link to the website terms and conditions. At the point where she submitted her contact information to facilitate the signup process, she was presented with a link to the website's terms and conditions. We've all seen this countless times — the link read, "By submitting you agree to the Terms of Use."
Major admitted she never clicked on the link and therefore never read the terms and conditions. But had she clicked through she would have read a forum selection clause providing that all suits against ServiceMagic would have to be brought in Denver, Colorado.
When Major sued ServiceMagic in Missouri state court, ServiceMagic moved to dismiss, citing the forum selection clause. The trial court granted the motion and Major sought review. On appeal, the court affirmed the dismissal.
Major relied heavily on Specht v. Netscape, 306 F.3d 17 (2d Cir. 2002). The court in Specht held that end users of Netscape's website who downloaded a certain application were not bound by the terms and conditions accompanying that download because the terms were not visible on the screen without scrolling down to see them.
But in this case the court found the terms and conditions (including the forum selection clause) to be enforceable. In contrast to Specht, the ServiceMagic site did give immediately visible notice of the existence of the terms of the agreement. Even though one would have to click through to read the terms, the presence of the link was sufficient to place the website user on reasonable notice of the terms, and subsequent use by the end user manifested assent to those terms.
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As I alluded to in my previous post, the Qur'an contends that the disciples of Jesus were Muslims. According to Surah 3:52,
Allah supported them (the apostles) with evidence so that they prevailed (thahirin) meaning they became the party with the upper hand. Just as it is said, "An object appeared on the wall" meaning it is clearly visible (alu-wat) on the wall. Allah, who is glorified and exalted, knows the truth better and to Him is the return and retreat."
Reason 5: Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:9-11,
The crucifixion of Jesus is already starkly at odds with Islamic theology (see Surah 4:157-158). Furthermore, there are at least three reasons why this text teaches the deity of Christ:


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Demi Lovato Sprains Ankle in 4th of July Incident [PHOTO]
Poor Demi Lovato — her 4th of July took a turn for the worse!
The 'Really Don't Care' singer was laid up with a swollen ankle on Independence Day after she injured herself while at the gym. She tweeted to her fans about the incident, including a photo of her ankles, with one looking noticeably puffy.
Demi's emphasis on "again" is referring to her prior leg injury from early last year, when she was put in a cast after falling on a recently cleaned hardwood floor and breaking her leg. Ouch!
Luckily her most recent injury doesn't seem quite so bad, and she reassured Lovatics on Twitter that she was doing okay.
She even broke out some jokes, making fun of her apparently weak ankles!
The 'Neon Lights' star recovered enough to attend the UFC 175 event in Las Vegas the next day (July 5), reportedly with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama. Judging by her numerous and excited tweets, Demi got very into the wrestling! Thankfully she stuck to the sidelines. Her ankles probably wouldn't fare well in a round of wrestling.
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McAfee customers had internet access severed and were left exposed to malware after the company issued a glitched anti-virus update.
The update affected all Windows McAfee suites and VirusScan products including the latest version of VirusScan Enterprise and McAfee Security Center.
Anti-virus signature updates (DAT 6807, 6808) would disable the anti-virus clients, and in some cases sever internet access.
McAfee overnight issued an enterprise 100Mb Super DAT (Hotfix 793640) and a consumer fix (DAT 6809) for the borked updates which it rated as 'critical'.
Enterprise customers had to apply the hotfix as a product update through the e-policy orchestrator, while consumers were advised to remove McAfee from affected machines and re-install the product in order for the fix to be applied.
Furious enterprise and business customers posted comments yesterday on the McAfee blog claiming they were left high and dry after thousands of machines within their companies were left exposed by the updates.
"I currently have over 3000 endpoints with this problem - solution ASAP please McAfee," customer Derosa wrote.
Another customer, Bostjanc, said they had 46 of 152 machines affected. "Soo theoretically if one of those users … gets a virus and spreads out to rest of the 45 computers, what then?"
"Then I'm f***ed as an anti-virus technical support."
Another user had 70 systems of 2100 affected, including two "high profile" users.
Meanwhile, some consumers took to McAfee's Facebook account to vent anger where support officers were assisting with technical support.
The borked update followed one issued by McAfee in April that crashed email services, and another by Microsoft for its anti-virus product that flagged Google as hosting the malicious Blackhole exploit kit.
AusCERT security analyst Jonathan Levine said organisations should test antivirus updates before live deployment.
"Everything should be tested before going live as part of best practice," Levine said.
But he doubted many organisations would bother with testing.
Some users writing on the SANS Internet Storm Center supported the suggestion, saying the cost of testing may outweigh the resources to fix "the occasional glitch".
Others had comprehensive testing procedures. One McAfee user ran an 18-hour delayed deployment schedule in their organisation in which an evaluation branch would test DAT files on a group of servers and workstations before releasing it to another branch for staggered deployment the next day.
"This has saved us during the bad DAT times … if there is an issue, we are usually only one or two DAT releases behind but catch up during the day," they said.


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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sports News
holds fire on whether to release players for 2018 Games
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[February 18, 2014]
By Steve Keating
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) — The National
Hockey League (NHL) was non-committal about players' future
participation in the Olympics on Tuesday, leaving open the possibility
that the Sochi Games might be the last to showcase the world's best
The three most powerful men in hockey — Rene Fasel, head of the
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman and NHL Players Association chief Donald Fehr — had no firm
answers for reporters when asked whether NHL players would be back
in four years' time.
"Yes, Rene would love for Don and I to say today that we are coming
(to Pyeongchang), but he knows that's not the case," said Bettman.
"This is the fifth time we have participated in the Olympic
tournament — where we are in this process should not be a shock to
In North America, talk persists that Sochi will mark the final time
that NHL players will be seen on Olympic ice. Bettman insisted
nothing has been decided and negotiations would continue, as has
been the case after every Winter Games.
"Let's try to be very clear, it's nothing that's been discussed,
it's nothing that will be discussed while we are here in Sochi,"
said Bettman.
"All of us are here to enjoy this competition, and while I have seen
lots of commentary over the last couple of weeks the fact of the
matter is there isn't anything that has been said in the last two
weeks that hasn't been said the last eight years."
Since NHL players were first welcomed into the Olympics at Nagano in
1998, the league's relationship with the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) has been a complicated and often tumultuous one.
The NHL has refused to make a long-term commitment to the Games and
indications are that team owners no longer believe the worldwide
exposure they gain from competing is worth shutting the league down
for two weeks in the middle of the season and handing over their
players to the IOC.
Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider has been among the most vocal
dissenters, saying before the start of the Sochi Olympics, "I hate
"What we do next is something we will all have to reason on, taking
into account a variety of factors," said Bettman. "We are here
because we think it is great to be here today for this tournament.
"What comes next we'll all have to figure out as we have done each
of the other times the NHL players have participated."
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Fehr said the NHLPA will not back going to Pyeongchang until the
membership has been briefed and had detailed discussions.
"From our standpoint we have a process we go through," said Fehr.
"We have a significant time period in which we talk to the players,
see what they have to say, figure out what they want and they tell
me what they would like to do and we try to make that happen."
While the NHL waited until the last minute to confirm their
participation in Sochi, the league is expected to move quickly to
make a decision on Pyeongchang.
"I believe my colleague (deputy commissioner) Mr. Daly was quoted
earlier in the week he had hoped, as do I, that it could be done in
six months," said Bettman. "As a logistical matter we don't see why
it couldn't be done in that time frame, and frankly if we are going
to continue to participate having as long a runway as possible to
use the advantages would be a good thing.
"And if we're not going to participate then it gives the various
national federations an opportunity to adjust to that."
Fasel is preparing for another round of tough negotiations with
Bettman. The Swiss IOC member pulled out his trump card at the media
briefing by touching on the romance of winning an Olympic gold, long
a key part of the IIHF's sales pitch.
"I love to bargain with these people, it's fun to do that after
every Olympics," laughed Fasel. "There is nothing like a gold medal
in the life of an athlete, nothing.
"The Olympic gold medal you cannot replace. Look at the faces here
next Sunday when the players will get the gold medal. So different."
(Editing by Robert Woodward)
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This view of the Snowdonia National Park has the lake Llyn Gwynant to the left in the opening view and the mountain Nant Gwynant in the centre, behind this mountain lies Snowdon itself - not visible however.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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In 2002 I made this Mixed media doll pincushion for the first Steampunk Exhibition I entered. The idea of Steampunk is: Tomorrow as it used to be! It's all about gender, belief, sexuality, roles, and industrialism, including metal, leather cloth, mechanical, as well as time travel, fashion, contemporary and futuristic! All symbolic!
This doll now belongs to my eldest daughter, who uses it as a pincushion, as well as a work of art. Recently I visited, to find the head lopsided, and very dusty, so I thought I would tidy it up, only to discover most of it was just pinned together! I had not finished it!
Off came the head, out came all the pins, brushed off all the dust and shook all the fur, cleaned it all up and stitched (where it had never been stitched before!) Here she is, all fresh and ready for the next 14 years! Haha!


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Obama, Conan O'Brien sweep away NBC's Saturday night lineup
Congratulations, Conan O'Brien! Your performance at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner averaged almost 3.3 million viewers across the three cable-news networks.
That means, Conan, that you beat every show in NBC's Thursday lineup last week -- on the first night of the important ratings race known as the May "sweep."
Granted, you shared top billing with President Barack Obama, who also addressed the annual Washington power dinner/Hollywood Petting Zoo that's chockablock with Washington luminaries and journalism royalty, as well as the stars of "Duck Dynasty," Her Royal Barbra Streisand-ness, Michael Douglas, Kevin Spacey, Katy Perry, Amy Poehler and Gerard Butler, among others.
The NBC Thursday lineup that Conan topped included an original episode of "Community" (2.33 million), an "Office" repeat (1.84 million), an "Office" original (3.25 million), an original "Parks and Recreation" (2.59 million) and an original "Hannibal" (2.4 million).
Plus, Conan, that doesn't even include those who watched your gala on C-SPAN, which has telecast the clambake for years. Nielsen does not rate C-SPAN, so we don't know how big its dinner audience was.
For those keeping score: CNN clocked 1.493 million viewers from 10 to 11 p.m. Saturday, when Obama and O'Brien entertained the crowd. Fox News Channel averaged 1.114 million and MSNBC averaged 640,000 viewers. Among 25- to 54-year-olds -- who are the currency of TV news ad sales -- CNN (401,000 viewers) averaged more than FNC (183,000) and MSNBC (176,000) combined.
Conan, who followed the president's address, wound up his portion of the night's fun about 11:04.


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This issue affects programs that depend upon setuptools .. such as buildout: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zc.buildout/+bug/213459
quick repro:
$ easy_install Axiom
I noticed this command was running on and on .. for about 5 minutes till the divmod.org server came back.
there needs to be a timeout mechanism when handling with URLs -- not just socket timeout -- but name resolving, everything .. but downloading.
background: I'm using setuptools's PackageIndex to download packages .. as API. so a way to set this timeout would be very helpful. and if we are allowed to have this in distribute, I might consider switching to it. :-)
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I am not sure to understand what you are proposing.
A global socket timeout handles this problem AFAIK because when a download starts, the timeout is reinitialized everytime some data goes through the socket, so it works even for files that take ages to be downloaded. And as far as I know, all other network work uses socket so they benefit from the timeout.
What do you have in mind besides setting the socket timeout like we did in zc.buildout ?
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Yes, a global socket timeout would do. But setuptools does not have one, I think. easy_install does not run with a timeout.
For API, we can set the timeout ourself.
For easy_install, perhaps a timeout has to be set by easy_install itself. Else the user may think the command is running forever or hung.
Sorry, that comment was mine.
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For Whatever Reason, Liza Minnelli Was Almost Part of an Intervention for Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is likely as addicted to attention and fame as she is to prescriptions and vodka, so it's unclear why a pal who tried staging an intervention for the starlet asked Liza Minnelli to be part of it.
But yeah, that almost happened.
Minnelli's rep confirmed to Radar Online that Lohan's pal Claus Hjelmbak reportedly asked Minnelli, who did a 1984 stint at Betty Ford to battle alcoholism, to step in and help Lilo out of her own addictions.
"Claus was desperate to do anything to try and save Lindsay's life," a source said.
"He was so concerned for her well-being because of her continued use of prescription pills and booze. He reached out to Liza Minnelli's camp, in the hope that she could help. Liza has battled her own demons with alcohol and has been very supportive publicly of Lindsay."
Indeed, the 'Cabaret' star once said of La Lohan, "She's lovely. She's a good actress."
The source added that Lohan "considers Liza as an icon of show business. Claus thought that if anyone could get through to Lindsay, Liza could be that person."
Unfortunately, Minnelli was on tour in South America at the time of the staging -- and just as unfortunately, until her recent Letterman appearance, Lohan seemed reluctant to help herself anyway.
It likely was just as well. Who wants life advice from someone who once willingly married this guy?


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Part 9 primarily concerns the dispute between Bin Saud ['Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and British policy towards both. The item includes the following:
- a note by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. 's Political Department, entitled 'Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud', which laments the fact that relations between Bin Saud and King Hussein have to some extent been reflected in the views of the two administrations with which they have respectively been brought into contact (i.e. the sphere of Mesopotamia and the Government of India in Bin Saud's case, and the Cairo administration in King Hussein's case);
- reports on the presence of Akhwan [Ikhwan] forces in Khurma and debate as to which ruler has the stronger claim to it;
- attempts by the British to ascertain whether or not a treaty exists between King Hussein and Bin Saud;
- a copy of a report by Harry St John Bridger Philby entitled 'Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918', which includes as appendices a précis of British relations with Bin Saud and a copy of the 1915 treaty between Bin Saud and the British government;
- reports of alleged correspondence between Bin Saud and Fakhri Pasha, Commander of the Turkish [Ottoman] forces at Medina;
- reports of the surrender of Medina by Ottoman forces;
- discussion as to whether Britain should intervene further in the dispute between Bin Saud and King Hussein;
- details of the proposals discussed at an inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs, which was held at Cairo in February 1919;
- reports that King Hussein's son Abdulla [ʿAbdullāh bin al-Ḥusayn] and his forces have been attacked at Tarabah [Turabah] by Akhwan forces and driven out.
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- Civil Commissioner, Baghdad [held in an officiating capacity by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson];
- High Commissioner, Egypt (General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, succeeded by General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby);
- Milne Cheetham, Residency A diplomatic office of the British Government established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Cairo;
- Secretary to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. 's Political Department (John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
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- King Hussein;
- Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī], son of King Hussein;
- Foreign Office;
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As the seat of Austria's ruling Habsburg family for over 700 years, Vienna attracted the brightest creative minds from across the country, a rich legacy that's celebrated in its many fascinating museums, including the exquisite Kunsthistorisches Museum: Vienna's Museum of Art History, with one of the most important art collections in the world; The beautiful Belvedere Palace with works by Egon Schiele and the world's largest collection of Klimt's paintings; The Leopold Museum, home to a large collection of Austrian art dating from 1880 to WWI with the largest and most prominent collection with works of Egon Schiele worldwide; and the fabulous Secession Building with its breathtaking cupola of golden laurel leaves and stunning art deco facade, home to Gustav Klimt's famous Beethoven Frieze, which he created for an exhibition in 1902. Even by today's standards the Secession Buidling is a gorgeous building with its cupola of golden laurel leaves and its art deco facade, one of the pivotal works of Viennese Art Nouveaux architecture. Laurel leaf garlands decorate the facade and front, masks of the three gorgons preside over the entrance symbolizing the three art forms of architecture, sculpture and painting. Above the entrance the motto of the secessionist reads: 'Der Zeit hire Kunst. der Kunst hire Freiheit' — 'To every age its art, to every art its freedom'.
Built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich, the Secession Building was designed for exhibitions of the Vienna Secession groups
Mosaic detail on topiary pot in front of Museum
Above the entrance the motto of the secessionist reads: 'Der Zeit hire Kunst. der Kunst hire Freiheit' — 'To every age its art, to every art its freedom'
Klimt's Beethoven frieze is mounted around the perimeter of the Exhibition Hall
Meant for the exhibition only, the frieze was painted directly on the walls with light materials. After the exhibition the painting was preserved, although it did not go on display again until 1986.The Beethoven Frieze is on permanent display in the Vienna Secession Building in a specially built, climate controlled basement room. The frieze illustrates human desire for happiness in a suffering and tempestuous world in which one contends not only with external evil forces but also with internal weaknesses. The viewer follows this journey of discovery in a stunning visual and linear fashion. It begins gently with the floating female Genii searching the Earth but soon follows the dark, sinister-looking storm-wind giant, Typhoeus, his three Gorgon daughters and images representing sickness, madness, death, lust and wantonness above and to the right. Thence appears the knight in shining armour who offers hope due to his own ambition and sympathy for the pleading, suffering humans. The journey ends in the discovery of joy by means of the arts and contentment is represented in the close embrace of a kiss. Thus, the frieze expounds psychological human yearning, ultimately satisfied through individual and communal searching and the beauty of the arts coupled with love and companionship.
The frieze begins with floating female Genii searching the Earth...
...but soon follows the dark, sinister-looking storm-wind giant, Typhoeus, his three Gorgon daughters and images representing sickness, madness, death, lust and wantonness
The sinister-looking storm-wind giant Typhoeus
Partial frieze detail of the centre wall
Thence appears the knight in shining armour who offers hope due to his own ambition and sympathy for the pleading, suffering humans
The journey ends in the discovery of joy by means of the arts ...
...and contentment is represented in the close embrace of a kiss
Exterior of the museum from the side
Closeup detail of the leafy gold dome
The legendary Viennese Café Sacher, the quintessential Austrian café in the heart of Vienna
Café Sacher's menu
The elegant interior of the café with new carpeting that had just been installed the night before
The menu offers coffees and sweets in addition to savoury temptations
A hot and delicious Café Sacher cappuccino
Apple Strudel - warm, flaky and fabulous
Sachertorte is classic Austrian chocolate cake layered with apricot preserves
Next stop after fortified with cappuccino and strudel, the Leopold Museum in the Museum Quarter
The imposing modern exterior of The Leopold Museum
'Death and Life' by Gustav Klimt 1910/1911 - Oil on Canvas
Hiroshige woodcut 'Mannenbashi Bridge in Fukagawa' - colour woodcut on washi
Gustav Klimt Poster for the First Secession exhibition
Gustav Klimt, The Blind Man, 1896
Gustav Klimt with his cat, 1912
Egon Schiele Room at The Leopold
Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Lowered Head, 1912
Egon Schiele, Nude Study 1908
Egon Schiele, Edith Schiele with a Striped Dress, Sitting, 1915
Egon Schiele, 1918
Oskar Kokoschka 'Self Portrait - One Hand Touching Face', 1918
Oskar Kokoschka 'Pieta: Poster for the Summer Theatre, 1909
Oskar Kokoschka, 1975
Josef Hoffman 'Chess Table with Spherical Castors' - 1903
Hoffman chair design originals
Josef Hoffman
Vienna's Natural History Museum was designed at the same time as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which stands directly opposite, and its 39 galleries form the country's most important natural history collection. Founded in 1765 by Francis I, the consort of Maria Theresa, its exhibits have been on show in the same building since 1889. Highlights are its vast collection of minerals, including many examples of materials used in Vienna's historic buildings, as well as rare emeralds and diamonds that once belonged to Empress Maria Theresa. Also of note is its Prehistory Department with relics and artifacts dating from the Stone Age to the Early Middle Ages, including the famous Venus of Willendorf.
The Natural History Museum with the Maria Theresa Monument in Maria Theresien Platz
The Kunsthistorisches Museum: Vienna's Museum of Art History
Fountain of Zeus with Leda and the Goose outside the Kunsthistorisches Museum
The impressive palace in which the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is located was first opened in 1891 and primarily exhibits works of the Habsburg collection, and is considered one of the five most significant fine art museums in the world with collections of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities and a variety of sculptures and other decorative arts. The museum's dazzling stairwell features 40 spandrel paintings and other works between arches and columns, 11 of which were created by Gustav Klimt. The decoration feature themes from the history of art ranging from the Egyptians to modernity. The frescoes are brilliant examples of Klimt's artistic prowess and a magnificent insight into his unique style. Via the Swarovski Optics telescope, we were able to zoom in on the dazzling masterpieces in order to experience them in all their glory.
The palatial 19th-century Kunsthistorisches Museum houses one of the most important art collections in the world, and is certainly one of the most gob-smackingly beautiful!
The sumptuous interior features cornice details by Gustav Klimt and other Austrian luminaries
One of 11 paintings by Gustav Klimt tucked between the arches and columns of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
In 1890/91 the 28 year-old Klimt executed a number of paintings to decorate the spaces between the columns and above the arcades along the north wall of the museum's main staircase
Unique masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Vermeer, Velazquez, Titian and Durer,
as well as the world's largest collection of works by Pieter Bruegel the elder,
make a visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum an unforgettable experience
A student painting Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 'The Peasant and the Nest Robber'
on a large easel and box of paints with wheels for easy maneuverability
The Rubens Room
'The Miracles of St. Ignatius of Loyola' by Rubens, c. 1615
'The Art of Painting' by Johannes Vermeer, c.1666-67
'Mary with Child and Saints Rosa and Catherine' by Perugino, c 1493
The Café and Restaurant under the magnificent dome of the Kunsthistorische Museum
The marble bar
A tall cold beer in the most beautiful Museum Café in the world
Sacherwürstel mit senf, frisch gerissenem kren und kaisersemmel:
Sacher sausages with mustard, fresh horseradish and roll
The exterior of the Art Museum
Mozart Statue in Imperial Palace Park
The Imperial Palace Park - a tranquil place to relax after a day exploring
the extraordinary museums of Vienna


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This is one of those that is hard to serach, but if you know what is happening it shouldn't be too bad to explain. I would even settle if you would just give me a term to research
new javax.mail.Authenticator() { protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password); } });
What is occuring here? Be very non-specefic (the snippet I gave is only a peice of code) I just want to know what function is being invoked above.


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Crock-pot chicken just changed my entire life
December 21, 2016
Wondered what to do with all these chicken pieces until I remembered that I own an awesome-ass slow cooker Crock-Pot. See you in seven hours on low! Wow, just 7 hours at low with salt and pepper. My life is changed forever. Hail Lord Crock-Pot! Literally the most amazingly flaky chicken falling off the bone! […]