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Humanism is a secular worldview based on the conviction that humans are responsible for their own behaviour and can lead fulfilling lives in which decision making is guided by reason, knowledge, honesty, fairness, and love.
Humanism is based on a number of principles, summarized here:
Adapted from Humanist Manifesto III, American Humanist Association © 2003
Prominent British humanists explain what humanism means to them in this short video from the British Humanist Association
Humanism has acquired a strong identity in the last few decades, with Secular Humanism as a concept being formalized in the 1933 Humanist Manifesto. The fundamental principles have been expressed continuously for centuries.
Humanists are not a 'fringe' group. Many well-know people have featured prominently in humanism. Linus Pauling (1961), R. Buckminster Fuller (1969), Andrei Sakharov (1980), Margaret Atwood (1987), Richard Dawkins (1996), Joyce Carol Oates (2007), and Gloria Steinem (2012) are a few of those named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Society.
Fred Edwords is past executive director of the American Humanist Association. From his essay What is Humanism:
So, with modern humanism one finds a lifestance or worldview that is in tune with modern knowledge; is inspiring, socially conscious, and personally meaningful. It is not only the thinking person's outlook but that of the feeling person as well, for it has inspired the arts as much as it has the sciences; philanthropy as much as critique. And even in critique it is tolerant, defending the rights of all people to choose other ways, to speak and to write freely, to live their lives according to their own lights.
So the choice is yours. Are you a humanist?
You needn't answer "yes" or "no." For it isn't an either-or proposition. Humanism is yours—to adopt or to simply draw from. You may take a little or a lot, sip from the cup or drink it to the dregs.


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Sat between the Lower Meuse and the Lower Rhine Region is the town of Erkelenz. Instead of being filled with tourist gimmicks, the town delivers lush green landscapes and stunning views to reawaken your senses. For a short break or holiday with a difference, Erkelenz is for you. Car hire in Erkelenz is a brilliant way to tour the heart of the town, then travel outward to sample the flavours of the countryside. Our branch is close by, found on the Gerhard Welter Straße, making hiring a car in Erkelenz even easier. If you're pining for the open roads, bring them to you.
Connecting with the thousand-year history of the town is easy thanks to the 14th century architecture of Burg Erkelenz. A magnificent castle with an impressive design, it's well worth the ten-minute drive along the L19. If you don't rent a car in Erkelenz you won't easily be able to visit this popular landmark. The charming town of Lövenich is also worth a visit, as it's home to the interesting Fire Brigade Museum; reach this much-loved attraction in under ten minutes. Hiring a car in Erkelenz opens up the town, and beyond - if you want a holiday with something extra, this is the way to get it.
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This week Tess teams up with Liz Weston, MSN's personal finance columnist and the author of a couple influential books on the subject, to answer some questions from our listeners. Many of us use our tax refunds as a way to save long-term, but financial advisers tend to cringe at the practice. "People have all these little ways of tricking themselves into saving a little bit more," Liz reasons. "They may not be rational, they may not be logical… who cares? If the end result is you're getting where you need to go… fine! Good for you."
On the pervasive subject of attempting to pay off massive student loans, Liz reminds us that, unlike credit card debt, student loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy. Your only hope may be to open the lines of communication with your lender.
When a caller wants to know how to react to recently foreclosed upon former homeowner who is now being pursued by the bank for an outstanding second mortgage of $38,000, Liz again advises that communication is the key. Lenders know you can run to bankruptcy if need be, she says, so most will work with you to come to a fair solution.
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London 2012 security not compromised, says Coe
Security for the Olympics has not been compromised by the failure of G4S to recruit enough security staff, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has said.
It emerged last Wednesday that 3,500 troops were being drafted in to plug gaps in staff provision.
"We will work very hard, we will remedy this - security will not be compromised," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Meanwhile, Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman told Sky News the government had failed to properly monitor G4S.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper also said there had "been fantastic work delivering the venues and so on but it's not just about G4S letting the country down - why on earth did the Home Office not know what was happening?"
BBC political correspondent Robin Brant said Labour is hoping Home Secretary Theresa May will go to Parliament on Monday to update MPs.
The party thinks there are "serious questions" for Mrs May over the extent to which the Home Office had oversight over the contract, our correspondent said.
G4S has said it stands to lose up to £50m on the contract, worth a total of about £280m, after being unable to provide the 10,000 staff it had been contracted to deliver.
'Judicious plan'
Lord Coe said 100 venues and more than 2,000 sessions of sport meant "this comes together in stages and when the rubber really hits the road, that's when plans collide with reality and that's the reality of security".
He added: "I can't put it more simply than this, G4S expected people to materialise and when they didn't, as the home secretary has said, we moved very quickly to fill that gap."
A "prudent and judicious plan" had been put in place, he added.
"This is not about numbers, this is about the mix."
He added: "I'm in the Olympic Park every day - we've got 4,000 trained G4S personnel in the park and they've been there for some years and they've been doing a spectacularly good job."
On Saturday, G4S chief executive Nick Buckles told BBC News he only "began to know it was going wrong eight or nine days ago".
He said that, as large numbers were being interviewed, trained, licensed and accredited, "it is only when you get closer to the Games you realise that the number is not as high as you expect".
Mr Buckles indicated in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph that he "could quit" over the fiasco.
Inspectors' concerns
Mrs May has said she was made aware of the scale of the problem at G4S only last Wednesday.
Earlier reports that security minister James Brokenshire attended daily senior level Olympics security meetings were incorrect, the Home Office said.
A spokesman said the meetings with department officials, G4S and organisers Locog - which have taken place for the past three weeks - were not focused on the wider G4S recruiting problems, but on issues such as the lockdown and roll-out of venues.
But the government has acknowledged that inspectors raised concerns 10 months ago about security planning for the Olympics.
It said September's confidential report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary had identified a number of issues, but it insisted these were all resolved by February.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show the government had "of course, been monitoring the situation with G4S and their management told us right up until last week that everything was on track".
"But we've had that contingency plan for many months and we are just very lucky to have fantastic armed services who can come when we need them," he added.
He said G4S had been "honourable" in admitting their mistakes and paying for the extra military personnel.
Committee questions
Mr Buckles is due to appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday to answers MPs' questions.
Its chairman, Keith Vaz MP, told BBC One's Breakfast he would be asking how the shortage of staff had only been recognised at such a late stage as well as questions about whether all G4S staff were prepared.
"I have had many emails and texts from people who have been contacted by G4S when they had applied for a job with them six months ago," he said.
"They were contacted a couple of days ago to ask whether or not they were ready to start in two weeks' time."
G4S said it had "encountered some delays" in progressing applicants through the final stages but was working "flat out" to process them as quickly as possible.
The Commons Public Accounts Committee has also summoned G4S, two government departments and Games organiser Locog to answer questions in September.
Meanwhile, the Olympic Village in Stratford will officially open on Monday with Heathrow Airport saying it will be its busiest day for the arrival of athletes.
The first of the Olympics motorway lanes will also become operational, close to Heathrow on the M4 eastbound between junctions three and two.


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Morning Ireland Tuesday 5 November 2019
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Sinéad Hussey, North-East Correspondent, reports that a man has died following a shooting incident in Bettystown, Co Meath.
By Sinéad Hussey, North-East Correspondent, with latest on a shooting incident in Bettystown Co Meath.
Colette Kavanagh, former Production Assistant on the Late Late Show, talks about working with Gay and being the name behind the infamous line "Roll it there Collette"
Moyagh Murdock, Chief Executive of the Road Safety Authority, discusses her memories of Gay Byrne and his contribution to road safety.
Mike Murphy, Broadcaster, on the life and times of Gay Byrne.
Pat Nora Gallagher, Dungloe local, discusses Gay Byrne's strong links with Co. Donegal over the years.
Christine Tacon, the UK's Groceries Code Adjudicator, discusses how positive the impact of her position has been for suppliers and retailers.
Brian O'Donovan, Washington Correspondent, reports that Donald Trump, who won Iowa in 2016, could lose the state next year with many of the farmers who voted him struggling because of recent trade wars.
Niall Gleeson, Managing Director of Irish Water, gives details of a boil-water notice issued for a second time for people living in parts of counties Dublin, Kildare and Meath, with over 600,000 people affected.
Tim O'Connor, the Government's nominee for the Independent Reporting Commission, assesses the commission's latest report indicating Brexit has the potential to fuel paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland.
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Tommy Meskill reports on a little-known and rarely-used residence reserved for Ireland's head of Government
Gill Stedman looks at vaping in Ireland as the US reports that it has become a crisis


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The ScanMyPhotos Tech Report: 7 Tips In Preparation For Delivery Of Your New iPhone X
Today, Brian X. Chen lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times wrote what must singularly be the best review ever, as he raves on the new iPhone X. He announced that "[t]he iPhone X is the best iPhone ever made. The tests revealed that the phone was incredibly fast and took exceptional photos, which helped me arrive at this verdict: Splurge on the iPhone X."
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Remove those funny jelly blocks trying to reach the requested goal as fast as you can. You're doing so by tapping on at least two nearby blocks of the same color. Get rid of a chain of 5 similar jellies to gain a bonus refill, and if you can match 10 of the same kind – Then BOOM – this is where bombs come in. You see, the more you destroy, the more fun and the faster you finish the levels of the addicting JELLY COLLAPSE puzzle game.
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Did you know that whenever you buy anything online - from your weekly shop to your annual holiday - you could be collecting free donations for Ryedale Community Transport? There are over 3,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation, including Amazon, John Lewis, Aviva, thetrainline and Sainsbury's – it doesn't cost you a penny extra! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3... 1. Head to … [Read more...] about Easy Fundraising
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Students create pop-up books to remind themselves to take good care of those smiles!
LA: Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band independently and proficiently.
LA: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade level topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
LA: Participate in shared research and writing projects.
LA: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
MATH: Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
SCI: Construct explanations of how structures in animals serve functions of growth, survival, reproduction, and behavior.
SS: Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address similar human needs and concerns.
SS: Identify and describe ways family, groups, and community influence the individual's daily life and personal choices.
VA: Use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories.
VA: Use visual structures of art to communicate ideas.
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Invite a local dentist or oral hygienist to visit with the class. Prior to the meeting, students compose questions for their guest. After the meeting, students post learning to a class blog.
Students sponsor a classroom or school dental health poster contest. For judging the posters, students also develop a rubric with specific criteria. Brainstorm important things that should be included on posters. Display posters in hallways as dental health reminders. The Tooth Book: A Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums by Edward Miller
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Hate Crime on Public Transport – West Lothian, 13 December 2018
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Hate Crime on Public Transport – Alloa, 5 September 2018
We are working with our partners from Police Scotland, Transport Scotland and SESTran (South East of Scotland Transport Partnership) to host an event on the topic of Hate Crime on Public Transport.
Hate Crime has become more of an issue, but specifically so on public transport and we are keen to hold a discussion on ways in which we can all take steps to combat it.
Transport Scotland are keen to establish a national Hate Crime Charter, which would set out a series of pledges to tackle hate crime. The idea will be that transport providers sign up to this Charter, pledging their commitment to tackling hate crime. This event will bring together disabled people, as well as other equality organisations and transport providers to discuss all forms of hate crime on public transport, the potential for a Hate Crime Charter; including what it would have to contain to be useful, and how a Charter could be implemented and monitored to make a difference.
The event will take place on 5 September 2018 at Alloa Town Hall. The event will start at 11:00am until 3pm and will consist of presentations from Police Scotland, from people detailing their own experiences of hate crime on public transport and group discussions. The event is free to attend and lunch will be provided.
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As part of our on-going work with Transport Scotland we will be holding an Accessible Transport event in Orkney on the 20th September 2018. The aim of this event is to bring together representatives from equality groups with transport providers to discuss specific issues relating to travel and transport on Orkney.
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A golfer can know everything there is to know about their ball flight: how far each shot of theirs with every club travels, how to manipulate the ball in the air, the physics of the flight of the ball, and the physics of the striking of the ball on the clubface. But if they don't know anything about how weather affects their ball's flight, then they often will find themselves very frustrated on a North Myrtle Beach golf course.
Every kind of weather can influence a ball's flight; it is just a matter of how each weather condition can affect the ball's flight. Generally, the most common influential natural force on the ball in the air is wind. Wind can make a huge difference with what club a golfer hits and where the golfer is aiming. A general rule is that if a golfer is hitting in the opposite direction the wind is blowing (called "hitting into the wind"), that golfer should take a club higher for every 10 mph of wind. For example, if a player is playing into a heavy 30 mph wind from 150 yards, where they would normally hit a 9 iron, they should take a 6 iron to get the ball the proper distance. The same goes for if you were playing in the same direction the wind was blowing (called "hitting with the wind").
Another common influence on ball flight is precipitation. Any form of precipitation will influence ball flight, whether it is rain, snow, sleet, hail, or fog. Many times when these forms of precipitation exist no golfer will be on a North Myrtle Beach golf course—especially snow and sleet, rare occurrences in South Carolina. However, there may be times when it is necessary for a golfer to play in these conditions. For these cases, it is generally accepted that a longer club is necessary in order to get the ball to the target in these conditions.
An influence that will affect the ball's flight every time a golfer plays is temperature. Unbeknownst to many golfers, the temperature outside has an effect on how the ball performs. For example, in cold weather, the ball will generally be a colder temperature, causing it to not compress as much when it strikes the clubface. This causes the ball to travel a shorter distance. In warmer weather, the warmer ball will compress more, causing the ball to travel a longer distance.
Humidity will also affect the distance of the ball, in that the bogginess of the air will cause resistance toward the ball in flight, decreasing the distance it travels. If a golfer understands these weather conditions while playing at Eagle Nest Golf Club and any other North Myrtle Beach golf course, they should be well on their way to lower scores in adverse conditions. However, a mastery of the proper golf form should be obtained first.


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My best friend and I were invited by Pink Dot to share our story and this video is the end result. I'm truly thankful for Joan, the best straight ally in the world! :) Her courage and support has always inspired me to be true to myself and to own my story. My wish is for many more women to own their stories and to let our collective voices be heard!
Our Love That Has Lasted 30 Years - Bishop Yvette Flunder and Mother Shirley Miller
Bishop Yvette Flunder and her spouse of 30 years, "Mother" Shirley Miller, were in Singapore for the Amplify Conference recently. We celebrated Mother Miller's 72nd birthday during the conference and we were delighted when Bishop said she wanted to sing a song to her beloved on her birthday. She paused for a moment to think of what to sing and smiled, saying, "Oh I know!" Then she took Mother Miller's hand tenderly in hers and started singing acapella:
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
Can't you see?
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
There was not a dry eye in the room. The way she looked so adoringly at Mother Miller, the sincere and heartfelt way she sang to her as if she was the only person in the room, touched all of us who had the privilege to witness such love and devotion.
After the conference ended, I had the rare opportunity to spend some time with Bishop Flunder and asked her if she would share her love story with us. She was very happy to do so and the following was what she shared.
Pauline: So Bishop, would you please tell us how you and Mother Miller met one another?
Bishop: Well, I grew up in the Church of God and our families knew each other. I was always passionate about justice and Aids work and being a same-gender loving woman, it was hard for me to remain in the Church of God. So I left the church and went into social justice work. After some time, I started attending Bishop Walter Hawkin's church and Shirley was Bishop Hawkins' niece. She was a gospel singer and we became really close friends travelling on the road together. Things started getting more serious between us and we talked a lot about our friendship that was developing into something more. We were very close and talked about many things, and we had deep discussions over whether this was just a relationship of convenience. But we both knew what we had with one another was different --- there was a deep sense of connection and kinship. We also talked about life mapping and planning together. So we started out being very close friends and our relationship matured into a physical and sensual one. That is probably the reason why we have lasted so long together, I think. Unlike many lesbian couples that start out their relationship with sex, we started out talking a lot with one another and it slowly matured into a sensual relationship. I simply adored her and I thought it would be really great if we could establish a relationship. I thought she was too good for me and she thought likewise about me. (laughs) We both felt we were marrying up and that is probably the secret to our enduring love.
Pauline: How did people around you react when they found out you were together? It probably wasn't easy, especially back then?
Bishop: We both came out and had to deal with our families as well as the whole gospel music ministry. It wasn't easy and we lost some friends along the way but you know, we were surprised by how our children dealt with the situation. Shirley and I spent weeks preparing what to say to our children and we arranged to have a special dinner where we would explain to them that we were together. The funny thing was when we told the children that we were an item, my daughter who was about 6 years old at that time said, "Yes, we already know. So what's for dinner?" Kids truly know love when they see and experience it so that was that. It was the adults who had more problems with us being together. Interestingly, some of our worst critics were gay people. You see, Shirley and I entered pastoral ministry as a couple and it was just not done at that time. Gay people could not accept that we were a same-gender loving couple who were doing pastoral ministry together. We challenged their mindsets about what was possible and we had to deal with the criticism. Many believed that we wouldn't last, much less thrive. But here we are 30 years on and still going strong and that has shut the critics up. (laughs)
Pauline: How have you seen your relationship grow over the years?
Bishop: I love her. She's twelve and a half years older than me. And some time ago, we talked about our age gap and said, "What are we going to do? You'll be 70 and I'll be 58." But you know, we are so close to each other organically, our age doesn't make a difference. We have gone through so much together and we have each other. We know that we will be together until one of us dies. She's my heart, the love of my life. You know, one of our church members said the reason why our church has grown so much over the years is not because of our programs. It's because of our love for each other. Our love has shown people that a great love like this is possible.
Pauline: Bishop, thank you so much for inspiring us and showing us that a great love like this is possible. Both of your presence and the love you embody has made such a significant impact on me as well as many others. We thank God so much for the both of you!
well, hi everyone. this is the first time I'm writing something about my personal love life. woah! wait, not exactly a love life but yes a true, fascinating thing that happened to me and at the same time, made me fall apart. alright, so here I am. it happened when I was 15 and I came to pune for my high schooling in symbiosis. it was the third day of my college life when my eyes met a very pretty gal's eyes and I got the feeling that butterflies were tickling me. I had a crush on this sweet female. the next day when I went to college, there was no vacant seat so fortunately, I had to sit right in front of her. uff 18th august! instead of me trying to say something to her when I got the golden chance to start a conversation, she asked for my name and number. I was on the top of the world. the two things which she asked for stole my night and I went crazy...I was continuously thinking of dropping her a text but could not and the whole night, I was typing 'hi' and deleting it. after repeating this for the 20th time, I finally thought of sleeping and kept my cell on while it was charging.
then suddenly, I heard my message tone beeping. I got off from my bed to check and guess what? omg! it was a message from her and you guys won't believe it but I spent the whole night reading that message again and again till I fell asleep. the next morning I woke up and felt as if I was entering into some different world though nothing big had happened. it was just a random message. I went to college and that day, we started talking. I could not look into her eyes as I am a very shy person. later in the day, there was a announcement about an exhibition and there was chaos in the classroom. she came over to me and said hi. I replied saying hello. then I asked her, "how's your bf?" she smiled and left. that night, again she sent me a random message to which I didn't reply. the next day in class, she came over to me as we were attending the same French lecture. she walked over to me and whispered in my ear, "u want to know who is my bf?" then she pointed towards me and walked away. that night I sent her a message saying hi, and she replied then we started chatting..
days went by and I started missing classes at college because of my shyness. we started planning to meet at the parking or cafeteria and we would catch up with one another, like a new baby love. one night when we were chatting, she messaged me saying, "I love u as a best friend."
I said, "k" and then then she said, "so u love me?"
I said, "yes." then she asked, "can I kiss u?"
I said, "what?" she was like "we are best friends so can't I kiss you?"
I replied, "sure" then she said, "can I kiss u on your lips?"
something happened to me and I started ignoring her. I didn't speak to her for two days but on the third day, I called her and she asked, "was what i asked for wrong? i love you." I said, "okay." then we arranged to meet and she kissed me on my cheeks. it was 3rd july 2007. I was at her place and we smooched. then we started dating. this love story of mine is my favourite. I used to love her like anything and treat her like a princess and she was very special to me. we dated for five years. then one day when I went back to my hometown, I called her up and the phone was put on waiting. it was the first time throughout our whole relationship when I felt as if something was going wrong. and yes, there was a problem. she was getting engaged to someone else. she cheated on me and is married to some guy now. I was in deep depression for two full years. I ruined my career. then after recovering, I started a new life. I have completed my mba at present and I have been working in hr in a reputed company. but I still miss her. I hate her but then, there is no point in doing so. she broke my heart for loving her truly. I lost the one who never loved me but she lost the one who loved her madly...after this relationship, I never fell in love again. yes, I have been infatuated and even dated many but there are no feelings of love. this was what happened to me. it has been 3 years of experiencing a broken heart.
Eight days more to the first anniversary of my confession to my long-time love interest and her rejection in response to my confession. I decided to confess my feelings for her last year because I really could not suppress my feelings anymore, especially after the release of the 13th general election's results in Malaysia that were (and still are) very depressing.* I did expect that I would be rejected by her since she only treated me as a friend.
My decision to confess to her has really changed my life considerably. I made a short trip to Taiwan for the first time to give myself a break. I began to read the works and writings (both print and online) on relationship matters written by Wu Dan Ru (吴淡如), Eric Wu (吴若权), Kong Keen Yung (江健勇), Lung Chuntin (龙震天) and Wang Ji (王姬). Wu Dan Ru and Eric Wu are Taiwanese, Kong is Malaysian while Lung and Wang are Hong Kongers. Their works are in Chinese. Although their works focus on heterosexual relationship matters, I found that some points they make are relevant to same-sex relationships as well. I have learnt a lot of important and practical things on relationship matters from their works. Therefore, I am grateful for the opportunity to read their works.
In addition, I had finally opened an account on Fridae after moving back to Malaysia early this year so that I can know more friends who are like me. Lung Chuntin always emphasizes that we must get to know more people so that we will have more chances to look for the one who can be our soulmate. He said in every 1000 men or women we know, there are only three of them who can be our soulmates. So it is important to know more people.
At the moment, I am still single. But I will continue to treat myself well and live my life to the fullest. No matter what happens, I have to move on with my life, and hope for the best.
(* The opposition coalition won most popular votes (more than 50%) but the ruling coalition won most parliamentary seats due to malapportionment and gerrymandering. So the ruling coalition continues to be in power.)
I am a lesbian. I have been in a 5-year relationship with my girlfriend who is 3 years older than me. We love each other very much. However, we are both married....well, its complicated...both of us are not on good terms with our husbands. But due to her responsibility towards her dad and my responsibility towards my daughter, we choose to live separately from one another. Given the situation, you may choose to consider this as me having an affair (just that it's with a girl).
I feel that both of us are afraid of making any decisions, or shall I shall say...to take a big step in our lives. We dream of staying together, to get married and be just like any normal couple. But the responsibilities we carry are huge. For her, her dad totally depends on her. For me, if l get divorced, I will lose my daughter and I might never see her again.
So for now, we will stick with the current situation. But for God knows how long? Will our dream of being together come true one day????
Today is 11 October 2013 and people all over the world are celebrating National Coming Out Day!! Our stories matter and whether we are coming out to ourselves or to the people around us, every person coming out makes a huge difference. Research has shown that when someone personally knows a family member or friend who is gay or lesbian, that one thing makes the most difference in increasing his or her understanding and acceptance of diversity. So let's celebrate National Coming Out Day with a few amazing stories, shall we? :) Let's start with Shenny's.
"I had several crushes on my netball seniors and teachers in secondary school. And whilst I had heard many stories about lesbian relationships, I never thought anything about them. At that age, having a crush didn't equate to wanting to be in a relationship.
When I was 19, I fell in love with my best friend at school. Things just started happening between us. At that time, I couldn't identify as a lesbian, mostly because my homophobia was internalized. There was a part of me that thought the relationship wasn't "normal" and so, I was sure things between us would end one day and we would both be married to good Christian guys. At that time, I had just received Jesus into my life, thanks to her, as well as many other good Christian people that God placed in my path who had prayed for me. However, before I got the chance to grow any further, my ex and I gradually stopped attending church and cell group since we thought we were doing something "wrong" that God would disapprove of. We spent 5 years of our lives together and 2 of those years were in Australia --- the best two years of my life. We decided then that we would break up once we returned to Singapore, and we did. But we remained very close emotionally to each other. Soon after we broke up, we started dating guys but I wasn't really connecting with my guy as much as she was with hers.
Through a lesbian friend's blog, I managed to log onto an online dating portal, Fridae, and met my second partner there. It was then I began to come out to myself. It was through her that I started on my journey to reconcile what it means to be gay and Christian. Our journey together later took us to Free Community Church, Singapore's only inclusive church. It was there I found the space to worship God authentically, just as I am. That space was helpful to me as it allowed me to be grounded in that security that indeed, God loves me for who I am. After I came to terms with who I was, my relationship with God grew exponentially. I began to find the joy and the heart in serving and in meeting people who were in the same shoes as I was. My rationale since then has always been this: it's better to be close to God and let him work out your issues with you, rather than avoiding him just because you think being gay is wrong.
God is still working with me on my journey. Although I can say now that I believe it's possible to be gay and Christian, there certainly is "baggage" from before that comes up once in a while, and it sometimes makes me wonder if I am wrong. That's where I appreciate fellow comrades who have gone ahead of me and their lives have been a blessing to me. Through all of these, I can truly say I have grown as a Christian and as a person."
Sayoni's initiative, Come Out Come Home, is a national movement to encourage LGBTQ persons and allies who are ready to come out and feel at home in Singapore.
Watch Irene, Olivia and Zoey's story here.
Robin & Lucia: Our Love Story
In a video posted to Vimeo last month by production company Generations Cinemastories, newlyweds Robin and Lucia share their adorable love story, from the day they met to their dreams for the future.
The cutest part of their story? Their engagement. In the video above, the women explain that they got manicures and pedicures together, then decided to go zip-lining. As they zipped next to each other through the trees, Lucia popped the question.
"I said, 'Hey baby, you wanna get married?'" Lucia said.
"And I said, 'Yeah baby, I wanna marry YOU!'" Robin said.
Then, as they walked along a wharf in Boston later that night, Robin got down on one knee to pop the question to Lucia -- but she opened the ring box upside down.
"I think [Lucia] actually burst out laughing, and [she] was like, 'I love you,'" Robin said. "I was like, 'What's wrong?'"
Watch the videos of their love story and highlights from their recent wedding.
From: Huffington Post
This is just sweet and cute....
"Treble, a NYC-based semi-professional a cappella group, was hired for our first proposal gig... We learned and practiced Bruno Mars' Marry You for several weeks leading up to the occasion, which was to take place 10/18 at the High Line Park.
But then came the REAL surprise: Nicole arrived for the "gig", and was perplexed to see Treble start the song without her. She scurried over thinking she was late, and jumped into the arc... she even sang a few notes... that is until she looked around and saw 40+ friends and family members standing by with cameras watching...HER!
Yes, it was Treble's own Lily proposing to Nicole with this surprise-of-a-lifetime."
First published on Oct 19, 2012
Check out this amazing love story from The Devotion Project. Gail Marquis and Audrey Smaltz are an adorable couple who met and fell in love later in life. Marquis, who was a 1976 Olympic Medalist (the year women's basketball made its Olympic debut), met Smaltz when she was 43 and Smaltz, a former model, was 61. As you find out in the short film, each woman had other relationships—Marquis with women and Smaltz with men—but until they met, it had never 'clicked'.
Find out more: The Devotion Project
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Loved your MOSFET video, which really helped clarify them for me. I'm planning a processor upgrade for an old iMac G4 and using your worksheet to try to determine whether I'll need to add a heatsink to the various MOSFETs on the logic board, starting with the IRF7822. I found the datasheet and have been using that to plug in values into the worksheet.
For step 1: The IRF7822 is an IC. The gate is pin 4, drain is pins 5–8, and source is pins 1–3. You can see how it's hooked up on page 22 of the iMac's schematics.
For step 2: VGS is 1V and VDS is 30V. I think VCC is +12V, but I'm not 100% sure, since the +12V power rail goes through a LTC1735CS voltage regulator before hitting the IRF7822s at Q30, Q33, and Q35, and I'm having a hard time following the voltage through that VRM. VLOAD should be 1.3V, which I'll be setting VGER_VCORE to, since the PowerPC 7457 I'll be putting in operates at 1.3V.
For step 3: Max RDS is 6.5mΩ, according to the IRF7822's datasheet. But the actual RDS? I can't figure that out. Figure 3 doesn't have a VGS of 1V on the x-axis, and I'm not sure if ID is going to be 15A or some other value.
For step 4, I've got 3.125W.
How do I figure out the actual RDS? Am I getting the VCC and VLOAD values right?
The rating of Vgs of 1V is the minimum voltage before the transistor starts to turn on. It is likely not designed to be operated with 1V. It is unlikely the transistor was designed-in with such a low gate voltage.
The Rds in the characteristics table is only valid for the conditions given.
As you saw, there isn't a graph for Vgs at 1 volt; there's probably a reason for that. The Rds, in that case, is probably 200mOhm or so. Without measurements, I don't think you'd be able to determine the exact Rds.
Oh, I see. So the datasheet mentions that the absolute maximum Vgs is ±12V, and (I think) the Vcc is +12V. So would that translate to a Vgs of +12V? Is that where you're getting 200mΩ from, just following the line on Figure 3 out to where 12V would be?
maximum Vgs is ±12V, and (I think) the Vcc is +12V
Vgs is the voltage difference between the GATE and SOURCE pin. Unless you're connecting 12V to one of them, Vgs wouldn't be 12 volts.
you're getting 200mΩ from
I'm making a guess.
Okay, I think I'll have to model this circuit to figure it out. Thanks!


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Location: DeVol Funeral Home Chapel
Chaug-Ming Lin, of Potomac, Maryland, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 in Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring after a brave battle against nasopharyngeal cancer.
Born in Taichung, Taiwan on January 14, 1955 to Yan-Huei and Chen Ren Lin, Chaug-Ming was an excellent student and a class leader. He was the first of his family to attend university, National Taiwan University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1977.
Chaug-Ming went on to the United States to complete a Masters program in Chemical Engineering at Penn State in 1980 and earned his PhD at Purdue University in 1986. He was a hard worker but always made time for his friends, hosting many activities while serving as President of the Taiwanese Student Association at Purdue.
Chaug-Ming was an avid hiker and outdoor adventurer, a natural born leader. He enjoyed organizing numerous trips with his friends and their families every month in the DMV area.
Chaug-Ming is survived by his beloved wife, Shujan, his daughter Rita, and his son Eugene.
Friends may call at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Monday June 19, 2017 from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. where services will be held at 11:00 A.M.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Chaug-Ming Lin here: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/nasopharyngeal-cancer.html
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According to a short profile on Edwards in City Snapshots from 2008:
After graduating with a degree in English from NYU in 1954, Edwards had trouble finding employment in the city. Not deterred from his dream of coming to New York and never looking back, Edwards eventually put an old knowledge to good use. Growing up in Norfolk, Virginia with a mother who sold annuals, Edwards was well versed in the world of plant life.
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The battle for votes is coming down to vote-rich Ontario.
Threehundredeight.com has released a weighted average of the latest federal polls that shows the Liberals and the Conservatives are neck and neck.
The Liberals lead with 33.7% nationally compared to the Conservatives 32.4%. In Ontario the Liberals are polling at 37.9% with the tries hot on their heels at 36.8%.
The Federal Liberals are gathering in the South-Western Ontario city of London this week. The Conservatives and New Democrats hold all the seats in southwestern Ontario.
The region is a key battleground for the Liberals who took a shellacking in the 2011 Federal Election.
The Liberals need the profile. London is a key part of the Grits revival. London-North-Centre, a liberal fortress for twenty years, went to the Conservatives.
Justin Trudeau and his caucus will gather beginning tomorrow for two-day caucus session to map out a strategy for the return of Parliament next week.
London is a city where there are still fewer jobs than before the 2008 recession, and where the last elected mayor, a former Liberal Cabinet Minister, was convicted of fraud. He is currently serving house arrest.
The Liberals have their work cut out for them.
The Conservatives have been building on their success by bringing in Ministers and lots of funding announcements. Good news is never too good not to re-announce over and over. They have been milking their role in securing a $10-billion deal for General Dynamics Land Systems to sell armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia. They have assisted with landing billions in other contracts with the United States and Columbia. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.
Prime Minister Harper is also focusing on the GTA where he hopes to pick up some additional seats. Of the 20 ridings in the area, the Conservatives were only able to win 8 in 2011.
The addition of 30 new ridings for the 2015 election has changed the election map and the Conservatives know that the key to another majority is Ontario.


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Configuration Management, Why bother?
itSMF Norway - Conference Programme is out!
Some Pros and Cons about implementing Configuration Management
In order to discuss the Pros and Cons of anything, you must first establish and agree upon the Goals. This will ensure that everyone is on the same page and seeking the same results. It is also important to cover, at a high level, the major activities that should be performed.
This document will cover both these areas very briefly as this is not intended to be an in-depth educational piece on the topic but instead seeks to highlight some of the benefits and challenges of implementing configuration management.
Firstly, it is important to understand that there is a difference between a CMDB project and a configuration management effort. CMDB projects are technology driven exercises to implement a repository to capture asset and inventory data. A configuration management effort, on the other hand, is a business value driven effort that employs a governance process around the operational area, and has a tool, the CMDB, to support its mission.
Without the governance process, the CMDB is just another database. An additional item to note is that there are various audit-type activities embedded in the overarching process. In organizations with low levels of process maturity, audits will become far more important. They will need to be more extensive in their vigilance and executed far more frequently than in an organization with higher levels of maturity. As maturity increases, the audits can decrease in their intensity.
When neither high levels of maturity, nor the desire to perform and follow through on audits exist, broad scale failure should be expected. Under these conditions, efforts to implement configuration management should be reconsidered due to the likelihood that these will fail. This will simply waste resources time and the organization's money because value will not be realized.
What would we do without it?
Without Configuration Management in place, it is virtually impossible to fully comprehend the impact of changes to an environment. It is also difficult to have any insight into how discrete devices contribute to the delivery of business services, without massive resources being exerted for every event.
It goes without saying that determining causes of incidents, restoring outages and improving mean time to repair (MTTR) is an uphill battle that is unlikely to ever show any significant gains without configuration management in place. Some of the major deficiencies within companies/agencies without configuration management are:
- Difficulty and high cost of determining the actual cost of services being delivered
- Extended outage durations and high cost of outages due to lack of readily available actionable data to the service desk
- Inability to accurately determine the impact of change requests on the full enterprise. Only discrete item impact is possible without configuration management
- Inability to determine which modifications to infrastructure were authorized. No other service management process areas actively validate changes on an audit basis
- Security weaknesses and vulnerabilities can go undetected for extended periods due to unauthorized changes
The major goals of Configuration Management are:
- The knowledge of all IT assets and their relationships amongst themselves and, more importantly, how they work collectively to deliver business services
- Aggregation and validation of configuration item information including documentation, in order to support and enable other service management processes
- Establishing a foundational basis of accurate and readily available information to support effective and efficient decision making activities within incident management, problem management, change management and release management
- Audit and control of configuration records to ensure they match the live infrastructure and set in motion corrective actions should discrepancies be identified
The major groups of activity are below. For more detail on any particular area, it is suggested that you read the ITIL® documentation for a thorough description and purpose of each.
- Configuration management planning
- Configuration identification
- Control of CIs
- Configuration status accounting
- Configuration verification and audit
Benefits of Configuration Management
Ultimately, the reason why IT organizations exist is to deliver or enable the delivery of high quality, cost effective business services. Configuration management is a foundational component in this objective.
Below are ten business drivers/expected results that a successfully implemented configuration management effort will enable. These are not listed in any particular order and are all intended to help with the delivery of better quality services to the end consumer, at a lower cost to business owners.
- Identify software release levels for event handling
- Identify software release levels for event prevention
- Reduce the impact of software changes (proactive change impact assessment)
- Reduce downstream/upstream impact ( hardware and software )
- Improve relationship identification between change, incident and problem management
- Improve communication between units via a common aggregated view into shared data repositories
- Improve software/hardware ownership knowledge and reliability
- Proactively identify high risk failure points
- Execute documentation management solutions for operational systems
- Better understand change windows without the need to research each from scratch
Challenges of Configuration Management
As with any effort, there will be challenges. In some cases these challenges are viewed as negatives for the implementation because of the effort required to achieve it. In other cases, individuals see the configuration management effort as negative because of the impact it may have on them personally, or on their group/department. Groups that are poorly run, or are ineffective and/or inefficient will be exposed, to some degree, by a configuration management effort because of the data sharing and validations that will be required across departments.
Below are eight areas that might be viewed as challenges (not listed in any particular order)
- Process integration with change/incident/problem management is imperative for checks and balances of data
- Building on top of an established and reliable asset and inventory management process is required to ensure quality data for input and update of CI data
- There is no one tool that is capable of delivering full functionality from the logical layer (business model) all the way to physical layer (data center infrastructure) for every CI type across the entire enterprise. Multiple tools will be necessary and their proper integration is vital
- Desktop connectivity/relationship with production applications is a considerably larger scoped effort that requires broader audience participation
- The integration effort is not a simple 'install tool and run' type of effort. Initial design will need to be revisited regularly for expansion and contraction of scope and business needs
- Implementation of the other core ITSM processes must be woven into the configuration management solution where data exchanges/process handoffs are required
- Lack of a configuration management team and tool(s), and confusion as to proper usage of terminology
- Ongoing organizational transformation efforts create unstable work environment for process managers
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A MAN who smuggled 26 kilos of cannabis through Birmingham International Airport (BIA) has been given a 32 month prison sentence.
Daniel Hughes, 49, was arrested by the UK Border Agency after the drugs - which had a street value of £70,000 - were found hidden in his luggage.
Hughes, from Cape Town, had arrived at the airport earlier this year on a flight from South Africa.
Once officers had discovered the marijuana, the case was passed to HM Revenue & Customs.
John Theobald, senior investigating officer from the Government agency, said: "This detection, seizure and successful prosecution reflects the strenuous and committed efforts of dedicated teams of officers.
"We aim to protect society from drug smuggling wherever we detect it, at the borders or inland, and will not hesitate to bring individuals before the courts. We hope this sends out a clear message that our approach is one of zero tolerance."
Having pleaded guilty to attempting to import the drug, Hughes was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court last Thursday (September 18).
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This last week was as close as I've come to just smashing my forehead against the keyboard and calling the week good. That sounds a little dramatic, and it is, but the bright side is that I'm seven weeks into the program and its the first time I've been this frustrated, so I take that as a good sign. What caused this frustration? RSpec, seeds.rb, and before_action filters. Each were their own beast, and because I was trying to push past (around) the errors to continue making progress on the coursework, it was all a bit of a mess by the time I had my mentor meeting.
The RSpec and seed.rb errors were tied to each other. I could see from the test failure readouts that the tests were failing because of a validation error. I tried to just bypass the error by commenting out the failing test, but the next step in the coursework was to re-seed the database and that action was failing for a similar reason. It appeared this would have to be addressed. I assumed that there was a typo somewhere so I started working backward through the coursework. After digging back 6-7 checkpoints and not finding the error it dawned on me that it would probably be more efficient to work back through my git commits until the I could run a db:seed command and not have an error thrown. That was a much better use of my time, the kicker being that by the time I had found the general timeframe of the error I had to pick up shop and leave for work.
Once I got done with work (and thinking about this error for most of the day) I still had a tough time identifying what I had done incorrectly. At this point -for the sake of finding the error- I had commented out my own work and copy/pasted most of the coursework into my text editor. And still the error persisted. It was at this point that I decided to reach out to my mentor. We went back and forth with several messages. Me trying to accurately describe the error and the steps I had taken to resolve it, him trying his best to diagnose a problem of which he only has my error diagnostics to go on. We went back and forth for a few messages, and we came to realize that in my attempt at error diagnostics and commenting out lines I was commenting myself in circles and had actually 'solved' the problem very early on in the process. I guess the lesson is that at some point its probably not a bad idea to stop, keep any obvious errors that may have been found (typos, syntax, etc), un-comment everything and start those tests from scratch. That technique would saved me a lot of time. Now I know.
The other big hiccup for this last week were the before_action filters used to identify the role of particular users signed into the app. All I'm going to say is that these filters are kind of a beast. Most of the 'unofficial' documentation that Google concerned itself more with the strong opinions of people who have used it than the actual techniques to use it effectively. I get the sense that people are either all about these particular filters, or absolutely despise them. Being that Im pretty green I don't have a strong opinion either way, but let's just say I hope to not see another one anytime soon.
That's a pretty thorough synopsis of last week. It was definitely an exercise in patience and error diagnostics. I was happy with how farI was able to get on my own in regards to error solving, so I feel like that's solid progress. Here's to a new week and fresh start!


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Buffs can be dispelled, but sockets are forever. That was the line from the Valentine's Day World of Warcraft commercial that aired during the days of WoW: The Burning Crusade. Now the holiday has come back around but this time with a vengeance. No longer do you pick up chocolates from the guards or find out who's spiked the perfume. A mysterious group of Goblins called the Crown Company has taken over the holiday and the Steemwheedle Cartel is none too pleased.
Love is in the Air runs from February 10th, 2013 to February 23rd, 2013.
New! Our Lovely Charm Farming Guide is now out to fill your pockets with these delightful little charms.
What's New in 2013
Items are now ilvl 480 and the pets are available for pet battles.
What's New in 2012
There are no issues to report this year and the event remains unchanged. There is one addition, a new mount is available for 270 Love Tokens. It is the Swift Lovebird which will be obtainable if you do all of the daily quests at least seven of the fourteen days the event runs. The dungeon quest has NOT been updated this year. This means the ilvl is still 346, but the vanity items still drop, of course.
What's New in 2011 (Cataclysm Changes)
A lot of other NPCs were moved due to the Cataclysm. For instance, for Horde characters looking for Snivel Rustrocket during "A Friendly Chat..." he has been moved to beside the zepplin tower instead of on top of it and of course, the Barber Shop has been moved to a new location so he'll be at the new one instead of where the old one would have been.
The dungeon event is ONLY available now after you complete the investigation quests. The event has been updated for level 85 and now drops ilvl 346 (rare, not epic) necklaces with similar stats to the ones available in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
Fistful of Love is slightly harder to complete now due to no one being in Dalaran these days. The best place to try and complete it now is either in the quest hubs in Cataclysm or in the battlegrounds.
Event Revamp Recap
In 2010 the event changed drastically from what it was in previous years. A lot of the more frustrating bits of it were removed (especially things involving RNG luck (random number generator or the chance to get an important achievement item out of a box) along with the need to talking to innkeepers/guards and was instead replaced with an entirely new event that is much easier to complete and for some, a lot more fun.
- Guards no longer give out gifts and "Heartbroken" no longer exists.
- Innkeepers have no role at all in the new Love is in the Air holiday.
- You can now do four daily quests for your capital cities in addition to other daily quests once you've unlocked them.
- Love Tokens are now used to purchase all of the goods that used to come from Pledges. You can get these from daily quests or by farming any mob for XP to make bracelets.
- Many of the achievements have changed, but they're rewarded retroactively (so you won't lose any achievements).
Love Tokens and Charm Bracelets
How to get stuff to buy some stuff.
Love Tokens are the currency used during the holiday and are obtained through daily quests or farming enemies for Lovely Charms. They can be traded into the Lovely Merchant for holiday themed loot.
Lovely Charms
Travel to Stormwind or Orgrimmar and locate the Crown Company. They're outside of the auction house and are usually surrounded by people. Start by talking to the flying goblin and picking up a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit. This will allow you to pickup "Lovely Charms" from any enemy that would give you XP (so green or higher). It's got a random chance and the items automatically go into your inventory. Just keep it there. Once you have 10 you can turn them into a Lovely Charm Bracelet. This is the objective of the four "A Gift for the " daily quests and can be turned directly into Love Tokens.
Daily Quests
There are a total of six daily quests (five to start, 1 you can unlock) and an additional daily quest to do the new boss fight. Not counting bracelets and awards from the dungeon daily, you can have a total of 30 tokens a day. That means you'll only need about 8 days of farming just the daily quests to get everything you'll need.
"A Gift for the "
This quest is available in every city. It's easy as pie, make a bracelet (see the "Lovely Charms" section above) and take it to that faction leader for the city you picked the quest up in. It's probably best to take up daily quests in Northrend while you farm for the bracelets for some more cash.
"A Cloudlet of Classy Cologne"
Spray 10 people with the Crown Cologne Sprayer. Anyone without a heart above their head can be sprayed.
" Crushing the Crown"
Available once you do the quest line (see below), this quest has you go out into Crystalsong Forest and look for 5 Crown Hoodlums and blow up a Chemical Wagon with the given item. The bomb is a onetime use item, so be sure you're not in a raid while you do otherwise you'll have to go back to Stormwind/Org and pick the quest up again. If you ARE NOT level 80, the quest will change:
Lovely Merchant's Available Items
|Love Token
|1 Bracelets
|Used to buy items from the Lovely Merchant
|Lovely Rose
|Places a rose in the mouth of a male or behind the ear of a female player
|Bravado Cologne
|+75 Attack Power buff
|Stalwart Cologne
|+20 Defense Rating
|Wizardry Cologne
|+45 Spellpower
|Victory Perfume
|+75 Attack Power
|Forever Perfume
|+20 Defense Rating
|Enchantress Cologne
|+45 Spellpower
|Bag of Candies
|Has 10 charges, gives a random candy.
|5 Box of Chocolates
|Contains chocolates.
|5 Handful of Rose Petals
|Throws roses on a player.
|5 Love Rockets
|Shoots off a rocket that makes a heart shape.
|5 Silver Shafted Arrows
|Shoots a random player with a temporary pet.
|Lovely Dress Box
|A box that will give you a random lovely dress.
|Dinner Suit Box
|A box that will give you a random dinner suit.
|Romantic Picnic Basket
|Makes a picnic basket that other players can sit at.
|Love Fool
|Distracts enemies, can be /pity 'd for an achievement. See below.
Total Tokens Needed
Assuming you DO NOT use other player's items you will need about 100 tokens total, give or take a few. For everything for the holiday you'll need about 150 and that includes Perma-Peddle.
Questline Walkthrough
Head to Orgrimmar or Stormwind and look for the Steemwheelde. The first quest you will get is called "Something Stinks" which will ask you to scan 5 guards with the given item. Look for guards with a purple hue and use the item on them. When you return you'll get the quest "Pilfering Perfume." You'll then be turned into a goblin who CAN NOT STOP. Head out of the gates in either Org or Stormwind and go to the left (for both cities). There will be some weighted companion cube looking boxes and some Forsaken standing around them. Just keep moving, walk near them and get the item, then run back to the detective.
Once that is done you'll be given quests to find "Snivel Rustrocket." Alright, for Horde you're going to want to pick-up the quest "Snivel's Sweetheart" and go to Roka at Gotri's Travelling Goods in the Drag. There turn it in to her and visit the bank, the barber shop (it's in the cleft of shadow), and the auction house for "Hot On The Trail." Roka will be furious and send you to find Snivel at the zeppelin tower (in 2011 he is located outside of the tower, not on top like before). Travel there, speak with him, and it's done.
Alliance players will want to seek out Marion Sutton in the Gilded Rose (Trade District) and then visit the bank, barber shop, and the auction house for "Hot On the Trail." Again, like the Horde you'll need to go the Alliance Harbor and speak with Snivel in order to finish this questline. Return to the detective to unlock the instance daily breadcrumb and the Crushing the Crown daily.
That is it for quests for this holiday.
You've Been Served Apothecary Hummel and the Seasonal Bosses
Apothecary Hummel, Baxter, and Frye reside within Shadowfang Keep and are awaiting your challenge. You do not need to do the questline before you can pick up this daily quest. The bosses have a very simple mechanic. Apothecary Hummel uses Alluring Perfume and does a standard melee attack (that doesn't hit for a lot). Apothecary Baxter uses Irresistible Cologne and does a standard melee attack. Apothecary Frye does nothing but throwing bottles around on the ground and hitting random people (green for Cologne, purple for Perfume).
You'll be given Perfume and Cologne Neutralizer (multi use items). Wear one of them during the fight, it'll neutralize the aura of one of the two bosses depending on which they use (Hummel/Perfume Baxter/Cologne). A tank doesn't need to be a spec'd tank, just someone who can take some hits from the bosses.
Random Crazed Apothecaries will spawn and explode doing about 3k damage to whoever is nearby, so split up.
Most of this fight is avoiding the stuff on the ground and nuking the bosses down as fast as possible. You can two man it as long as you're smart about moving and one tank keeps both bosses on them. For bigger groups, you can have one strong melee DPS like a Warrior or a Paladin hold aggro on one boss while the tank picks up the other boss. If you have a decent tank then he can use one of the neutralizers and just hold both bosses.
Make sure not to stand in clouds on the ground that you're not neutralized for.
DO NOT pull the bosses up the stairs. They will reset.
You will NOT need a quest item in 2011 because the event uses the new seasonal event system with the dungeon finder.
One of five rare ilvl 346 necklaces will drop with similar stats to the ones available last year.
|Winking Eye of Love
|252 Stamina
168 Intellect
109 Spirit
113 Critical Strike Rating
|Healers / Casters
|Heartbreak Charm
|252 Stamina
168 Intellect
109 Critical Strike Rating
114 Haste Rating
|Shard of Pirouetting Happiness
|168 Strength
252 Stamina
128 Dodge Rating
85 Hit Rating
|Sweet Perfume Broach
168 Agility
|Agility DPS
|Choker of Pure Heart
|168 Strength
252 Stamina
116 Hit Rating
107 Critical Strike Rating
|Strength DPS
Additionally, the "Forever-Lovely Rose" is a nice looking flower for your head. Vile Fumigator's Mask is a silly mask for your face. Toxic Wasteling is a funny pet you can have. The Heartbreaker will make a person randomly weep. Finally, a rare mount has the chance to drop called the Love Rocket.
Fool for Love is the main meta achievement. You will need to complete all of the achievements below except Perma-Peddle, Tough Love, and Lovely Luck Is On your Side.
Be Mine!
You need to eat eight different candies. You can get the candies from a Bag of Candies for 2 Love Tokens.
You need to create 12 Lovely Charm Bracelets which is not hard to do at all. You'll need to kill over 120 enemies, but you'll probably do that after a few daily dungeons or some light farming.
Dangerous Love
Finish the "Crushing the Crown" daily quest once to get this achievement awarded. You can see our guide above on where to go to do it.
Fistful of Love
Buy the Handful of Rose Petals and use it on the listed class/race combinations. It's best to do it in Dalaran and track the achievement so you can keep track of what you've done and what you need to do. Since Dalaran is empty now on a lot of servers, try the battlegrounds or quest hubs.
Flirt with Diaster
This one is pretty easy and very funny. Buy a stack of booze and drink until you're smashed. Then go to the Undercity, put on some Perfume, throw a Handful of Rose Petals on Jeremiah Payson the Cockroach vendor, and then /kiss him. For the Alliance you'll want to do the same, except on Sraaz the wandering pie vendor in Ironforge.
I Pitied The Fool
You'll need to buy five Love Fools and visit Wintergrasp, Arathi Basin, Naxxramas, the Gurubashi Arena (in STV), and The Culling of Stratholme with them. Place them down, select them, then type /pity. You WILL NOT have to buy them yourself if someone else has one out. You'll need to form a raid group in order to zone into Naxxramas.
Buy a box of chocolates, go to Dalaran, and sit down with a Romantic Picnic Basket with someone else (it doesn't have to be yours). When you're no longer lonely on it (when someone else sits down) you need to eat a Buttermilk Delight which comes from the box of chocolates.
Lovely Luck Is On Your Side
Buy a Lovely Dress Box and open it. If a Lovely Black Dress is inside of it then this achievement is yours. Doesn't count for the meta.
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Obtain a Bouquet of Red or Ebon Roses from Prince Keleseth in Utgarde Keep, Prince Taldaram in Old Kingdom, or the Maiden of Grief in Halls of Stone. You can do this on Normal. So if you're a level 80 with a lot of free time you can just queue into them and help some lowbies out.
Nation of Adoration
Complete all four "A Gift For The " daily quests.
Buy Truesilver Shafted Arrow from the Lovely Merchant
Shoot 10 Silver Shafted Arrows at random players. They're bought from the Lovely Merchant
Sweet Tooth
Eat all four candies that can be found within a Box of Chocolates
The Rocket's Pink Glare
Buy 10 Love Rockets and then spam them. You need to do 10 within 20 seconds.
Tough Love
Defeat the seasonal bosses.
There is also a Feat of Strength to open the Love Rocket from the seasonal bosses, but it isn't required for the meta.
Well that's the new holiday! Happy Love is in the Air and be sure to enjoy all of the fun before it ends.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it would not oppose Nestlé's $11.85bn deal to acquire Pfizer's infant nutrition business. However, the commission asked Nestlé to license its brand portfolio in the country to an independent purchaser.
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Chavara Public School, Pala
Monday, 20 March 2017
Monday, 7 November 2016
At Chavara Kindergarten , the whiff of celebration is always in the air. And this time round, our chirpy little ones went a step further and bagged the first-runner up trophy at the Kris Kids' Fest '16 held at Kristhu Jyothi Public School, Changanacherry on 29th October. Seventy three LKG and UKG students participated in the hotly contested events.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Guruvandanam 2016
Celebrations at Chavara Public School- whatever they may be – are conducted in a unique and innovative way.Teachers' Day celebration was conducted in two stages. In stage one, small groups of teachers and students from the school visited 41 retired teachers in and around Pala, including Prof. A T Devasia, the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, honoured them and interacted with them. It was a memorable meeting for both the visitors and visited.
In stage two a special assembly was held in the presence of the Manager Rev. Fr. Alexander Paikada CMI, Principal, Rev. Fr. Mathew Kareethara CMI, Director, Rev. Fr. Sabu Koodappat CMI, PTA President, Adv. Joby Kuttikkatt and PTA Vice President Mrs. Prathibha Shaji to appreciate and acknowledge the valuable services of the teachers in making Chavara Public School one of the most sought after schools in Kerala. All the teachers were honoured individually on the stage with aarathy and awarded gifts. Essay writing competition for teachers and poetry writing competition for students were conducted and the winners were awarded gifts and cash prizes during the celebration.
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USN-912-1: Audio File Library vulnerability
16 March 2010
audiofile vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software Description
- audiofile
It was discovered that Audio File Library contained a heap-based buffer overflow. If a user or automated system processed a crafted WAV file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. The default compiler options for Ubuntu should reduce this vulnerability to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- libaudiofile0 - 0.2.6-7ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 9.04
- libaudiofile0 - 0.2.6-7ubuntu1.9.04.1
- Ubuntu 8.10
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- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
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- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- libaudiofile0 - 0.2.6-6ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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Samir Nasri was at the double in December 2013, as City triumphed 3-0 over Swansea.
Alvaro Negredo had already opened the scoring before the Frenchman bagged twice to see off the Swans.
The victory maintained the Blues' 100% home record that season, while Manuel Pellegrini's men were also the top scorers at home.
Relive the game via the video above!
City XI: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Demichelis, Lescott, Navas (Kolarov 76), Fernandinho, Negredo (Milner 63), Aguero (Dzeko 79), Nasri.
Unused subs: Hart, Richards, Garcia, Rodwell.
Goals: Negredo 8, Nasri 58, 77.
Swansea XI: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Davies, Canas, Chico, Williams, Pozuelo (Dyer 67), De Guzman, Alvaro, Shelvey, Hernandez (Routledge 62).
Unused subs: Vorm, Amat, Taylor, Lamah, Donnelly.
Att: 46,559
Ref: Mark Clattenburg..


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