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"This Side of Paradise: New Photographic Work by Texas Artists" reveals innovative techniques in the medium, including one artist who reassembles imaginary buildings using thousands of indexed and archived images (Leigh Merrill); a fascination with material reality manifested in images of rocks and mounds juxtaposed with actual concrete and sand (Bryan Florentin); and a sign "activist" who photo bombs television shows with her cryptic messages, later preserved for posterity through film and photograph (Christie Blizard). The biennial show is split into two venues – Houston Center for Photography (HCP) and FotoFest – and curated this year by PaperCity's Catherine D. Anspon. Featuring new work by more than 20 emerging and established artists, it also includes a retrospective lagniappe by Mary Margaret Hansen and Patsy Cravens during their late '70s and early '80s feminist awakening, with al fresco nudes and domestic-themed installations and ephemera.
Houston Center for Photography offers an intimate in-depth look at works by seven artists, including Lané Pittard's vignettes from a more innocent time; it's hard to look away from Katie, Age 15, with her androgynous looks and large eyes belying a wisdom beyond her young age. Michele Grinstead Griffiths was inspired by portrait miniatures, and traveled far and wide to photograph people of all ages and ethnicities. Narrowed down to four entries, her oversized oval-framed likenesses appear as if from another century, especially with the blue undertones of her daughter's skin in Lulu, and the timelessness of the bearded Mark.
Steve Goff's monochromatic portraits are dramatic and theatrical, capturing the images of costumed men and women with his iPhone. Jack McGilvray chronicles the effects of drought at the family's lake house through images of stranded tree stumps, a sound installation that includes singing and ambient sound, and lawn chairs woven from survey tape that measured the distance to the shoreline at three different levels. Delaney Allen's landscapes have a sense of mystery, while Julie Ledet's gauzy nudes come with an interactive component allowing visitors the opportunity to add their own messages to the wall installation.
Nancy O'Connor honors her aunt, great-aunt and grandfather fittingly, but it's her relationship with the late Milam Thompson that offers a sobering reflection of a man who rejected society and took to the trees; the ten-minute video, a collaboration with Pita Rivas, includes narrative by the man who suffered abuse at an early age.
The exhibit at FotoFest is larger in scale, installed along the walls and corridors of Silver Street studios. Colorful highlights include Irby Pace's vibrant smoke clouds in Marfa, Atomize, Grank Plank and Tumbleweed; and the candy-colored backgrounds of works by Kasumi Chow and Desiree Espada.
Carlo Zinzi's playful images, most of them starring a flying hot dog with a lit fuse, creatively combine small plastic toys (fences, squirrels and frogs) with out-of-scale flowers and gardens to create fantastic scenes with saturated pops of color.
Chile-born Rodrigo Valenzuela devotes much time and effort before he ever takes the photograph, as evidenced by his meticulous sets, which incorporate photo squares, wood and objects in scenes that reference migration and labor.
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Michele Monseau's experiments with horizontally reflected images, overlain with other photographs, are most effective in the larger-scale works such as fieldbylakelight2 and lakebyflowerlight, which offer a magical quality.
Be sure to catch Rolando Sepulveda's carefully arranged The Berries and the Bees, Tom Turner's Bridalvial Falls with its fiery river of color, and Elise Weber's body dolls with their exaggerated features. PROJECT B, the team of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey, offers a nice homage to the sun with the four images in Screen, Glass, Burn, 1-4.
"This Side of Paradise" continues through November 14 at Houston Center for Photography, 1441 West Alabama, open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., 713-529-4755, hcponline.org.
"This Side of Paradise" continues through November 14 at FotoFest, 2000 Edwards, open Wednesdays to Saturdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 713-223-5522, ext. 19, fotofest.org.


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Today India Post Payment Bank has conducted the Prelims Examination for the Recruitment of Scale-I Officer/ IPPB Probationary Officer. So in this Article we are providing you the Third Shift Detailed Analysis of the IPPB PO Prelims Examination 2016-17.
Exam Timings : 8:00 a.m , 10:30 a.m, 1:00 p.m, 3:30 p.m.
Exam Pattern of IPPB Scale-I Officer :
Note : The candidates must pass in each of the above section tests.
IPPB PO Prelims Exam is of Easy to Moderate Level. No change in Pattern as compare to Yesterday Shifts but in Reasoning section 5 Questions came from Machine Input Output which is a bit surprising for candidates.
Day 2 : 8th January 2017 – Third Shift Detailed Analysis given below :
English language (Moderate)
Reading Comprehension – 10 Questions [ Based on Economy ]
( 4 Synonyms and Antonyms were asked – Surreptitious , Suffer)
Cloze Test – 10 Questions [ Easy ]
Errors – 10 Questions [ Easy ]
Cloze test asked in 3rd shift :
FAST trains in Europe ended 2014 with a flourish. In December Eurostar, which connects London, Paris and Brussels, started selling tickets for a new, year-round service to the Mediterranean, starting this May. Poland introduced its first high-speed service, between Warsaw and Krakow; Serbia signed an agreement with China to build a fast line from Belgrade to Budapest; and Turkey inaugurated a line from Istanbul to Konya, having opened one between Istanbul and Ankara in July.
High-speed rail is controversial, as those now trying to introduce it to America know to their cost. This week, as work began on California's "bullet train" project, taxpayer groups condemned it as a monstrous waste of money. Indeed, high-speed trains usually depend on public subsidy, yet their tickets are often unaffordable for many potential users, so they may not fill enough seats to avoid losses. The counter-argument is that over distances of 300-800km, fast trains between big population centres are quicker and less polluting than most forms of transport. No one is keener on them than the European Commission.
Supported by EU and national subsidies, Europe has added more than 6,000km of high-speed track—on which trains travel at least some of the time at 250kph (155mph) or more—to the 1,000km or so it had in 1990. Much more is under construction or planned (see chart). In 2015 a new line from Leipzig to Erfurt is due to open. A Milan-Brescia service may begin in 2016. By 2017 no fewer than four new French lines will come into service. The EU, which is itching to spend more on infrastructure, plans to finance a €4.5 billion ($5.3 billion) fast-rail link between Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Reasoning (Easy – Moderate)
Linear Arrangement – 5 Questions [ 10 person in Two parallel Rows facing North and South ]
Square Arrangement – 5 Questions ( 8 Persons – 4 facing inwards and 4 facing outwards )
Puzzle – 5 Questions [ based on 7 persons on 7 different days of the week ]
Syllogism – 3 Questions [ Easy ]
Coding-Decoding : 1 Question [ Easy ]
Inequality – 3 Questions
Input Output – 5 Questions
Miscellaneous – Blood Relation ( 3 Ques.), Alphabet series, Word formation
Quantitative Aptitude : ( Moderate)
Simplification/Approximation – 5 Questions [ Easy ]
Number Series – 5 Questions [ Moderate ]
Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions [ Easy ]
Data Interpretation – 2 sets : 10 Questions [Tabular and Line Graph]
- Tabular DI Based on Male and Female Visitors
Miscellaneous : 10 Questions [Questions based on Age, Mixture Allegation, Partnership,Pipes and Cisterns, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc.]
Number Series asked in 3rd shift :
3, 72, 129, 173, 203, ?
309, 309, 302, 276, 213, ?
24, 12, 12, 18, 36, ?
126, 64, 34, 20, ? ,12
4, 3, 5, 14, 55, ?
Good Attempts : 70+
Please share your Exam experience/Review in Comment Section Below..!!
Important Links :
IPPB PO Prelims 1st Shift Exam Analysis – Click here
IPPB PO Prelims 2nd Shift Exam Analysis – Click here
IPPB PO Prelims 4th Shift Exam Analysis – Click here
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Catch some of the best films around and join us for fantastic films and fun this year. Spring ski season will be in full swing – (we're finally getting some white stuff) with downhill, nordic and backcountry opportunities everywhere you do your turns! There's no shortage of activities in Durango, Colorado and with the film festival centered in historic downtown Durango, you'll enjoy walking from venue to venue, to restaurants and pubs, or going for a leisurely stroll down the Animas River Trail.
People flock to Durango year after year during this early spring weekend for films that will make you laugh, give you a good cry, and make you think – out loud and to yourself. This year, at our 15th annual festival, join us!
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The Secret Invasion is over, the Skrulls have been defeated but once where we were asked to embrace change now we are forced to accept it.
From the ashes of Secret Invasion Norman Osborn has risen to power and has now been proclaimed the protector of the world. What plans does his Cabal have in store? What will the heroes of the Marvel Universe do now that the villains are on top? Can Norman keep the Green Goblin in check? And who are his Dark Avengers? As the dark clouds cover the Marvel Universe his reign has begun.
Volume 5: The Dark Avengers
Secret Invasion: Dark Reign (1/2)- stop after Emma gets invite
Uncanny 505 (portion)- Emma notices Cyke is up to something/talks to Storm/accepts invite
Secret Invasion: Dark Reign (2/2)
Iron Man 8- just to transition Osborn, set up Iron Man series
New Avengers 47-49 (1/2)- stop "guess who made the list"
Dark Avengers 1
New Avengers 49 (2/2) – 50
Dark Avengers 2-4
Free Comic Book Day: Avengers*
Dark Avengers 5-6
Uncanny X-Men Annual 2
Dark Reign: The Cabal One Shot
Dark Reign: The Hood 1-5
Thor 600-602- meets Dark Avengers/Latveria set up/meets Dr. Strange
New Avengers 51 (1/2)- stop after Spidey/Jones talk
Amazing Spider-Man 601- back up story Spidey/Jones talk
New Avengers 51 (2/2) – 54- Dr Strange/Hood defeated
Amazing Spider-Man 595-599- American Son
Dark Reign: New Nation- New Avengers Reunion Intro
New Avengers Reunion (Mockingbird uniform change)
Wolverine 73-74 (Wolvy/Spidey heart to heart)
Dark Reign: Files
*FCBD: Avengers is a mini comic, there is a reprint in a Heroic Age Avengers Magazine.
From here you can take a tour of the Marvel Universe in the following binds:
Dark Reign: Mercs
Dark Reign: Mighty Avengers Initiative
Captain Britian & MI 13
Dark Reign: Avengers Prime
Tony Stark has lost everything. The Avengers, his fortune and his position as lead of S.H.I.E.L.D. However he does not leave Stark Tower empty handed. After storing the S.H.R.A. (Super Hero Registration Act) Database in his mind he goes on the run from Norman Osborn to protect the identities of the registered super humans. As he slowly erases the database from his mind he is also erasing his mind…
Loki's schemes begin to build as Thor is banished from Asgard! Can he find Sif in die before the body she inhabits expires? And as Dr. Doom's continues his twisted experiments it ultimately leads to a confrontation with the Asgardians and Thor!
Finally the new Captain America settles into his new uniform when someone from his past forces him to lay down his shield. The Winter Soldier has returned! And what has Sharon Carter remembered? A figure in the light?
Iron Man 8-17
Iron Man Requiem – retelling origin
Iron Man 18-19 (remove last page of 19 for Modern Avengers Vol 6.)
Rescue One-Shot
Thor 600-603
Giant Sized Thor Finale
Thor 604-606
Sif One-Shot
Captain America 43-50
Captain America 600
Volume 6: The New Avengers Strike Back
Lines have been crossed. As Osborn tries to strengthen his grip on the Marvel Universe things and people begin slipping through his fingers. As new laws are drafted to restrict mutant rights Norman finds an opportunity to boost his public standing. However he faces the mutant militia known as the X-Men and their leader Cyclops. Forming a mutant group of his own Norman unveils his Dark X-Men. It's a chess game of war but who will be the victor?
Then New Avengers find themselves once again facing off against the Hood's crew but where is the Hood? Things go from bad to worse as the Avengers are stripped of their powers and then the Dark Avengers arrive! A ray of light shines through Norman's reign as the greatest Avenger is reborn! And what exactly is going on with the Sentry?
Utopia One Shot
Uncanny X-Men 513
Dark Avengers 7
Uncanny X-Men 514
Dark Avengers 8
Exodus – Utopia conclusion
Dark Avengers 9
Thunderbolts 137 – Luke Cage/Iron Fist
New Avengers 55-60
Captain America Reborn 1-6
Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield?
Dark Avengers 10-12
Dark Reign The List: Avengers
New Avengers Annual 3
Dark Reign The List: Amazing Spider-Man
Invincible Iron Man 19 (last page)
Invincible Iron Man 20-24
Mighty Avengers 34* -Loki/Thor
Dark Avengers Annual 1
Dark Reign Files
* I mainly put this here as the round table discussion talks about recent events that are in this volume. If I put it with the rest of Mighty it would spoil things that happen before you get to this volume. If you're not binding Mighty Avengers then you can leave it out.
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Link farm
On the World Wide Web, a link farm is any group of web sites that all hyperlink to every other site in the group. In graph theoretic terms, a link farm is a clique. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services. A link farm is a form of spamming the index of a web search engine (sometimes called spamdexing). Other link exchange systems are designed to allow individual websites to selectively exchange links with other relevant websites and are not considered a form of spamdexing.
Search engines require ways to confirm page relevancy. A known method is to examine for one-way links coming directly from relevant websites. The process of building links should not be confused with being listed on link farms, as the latter requires reciprocal return links, which often renders the overall backlink advantage useless. This is due to oscillation, causing confusion over which is the vendor site and which is the promoting site.
Link farms were developed by search engine optimizers (SEOs) in 1999 to take advantage of the Inktomi search engine's dependence upon link popularity. Although link popularity is used by some search engines to help establish a ranking order for search results, the Inktomi engine at the time maintained two indexes. Search results were produced from the primary index which was limited to approximately 100 million listings. Pages with few inbound links fell out of the Inktomi index on a monthly basis.
Inktomi was targeted for manipulation through link farms because it was then used by several independent but popular search engines. Yahoo!, then the most popular search service, also used Inktomi results to supplement its directory search feature. The link farms helped stabilize listings primarily for online business Web sites that had few natural links from larger, more stable sites in the Inktomi index.
Link farm exchanges were at first handled on an informal basis, but several service companies were founded to provide automated registration, categorization, and link page updates to member Web sites.
When the Google search engine became popular, search engine optimizers learned that Google's ranking algorithm depended in part on a link-weighting scheme called PageRank. Rather than simply count all inbound links equally, the PageRank algorithm determines that some links may be more valuable than others, and therefore assigns them more weight than others. Link farming was adapted to help increase the PageRank of member pages.
However, the link farms became susceptible to manipulation by unscrupulous webmasters who joined the services, received inbound linkage, and then found ways to hide their outbound links or to avoid posting any links on their sites at all. Link farm managers had to implement quality controls and monitor member compliance with their rules to ensure fairness.
Alternative link farm products emerged, particularly link-finding software that identified potential reciprocal link partners, sent them template-based emails offering to exchange links, and created directory-like link pages for Web sites, in the hope of building their link popularity and PageRank. These link farms are sometimes counted in black-hat SEO strategy.
Search engines countered the link farm movement by identifying specific attributes associated with link farm pages and filtering those pages from indexing and search results. In some cases, entire domains were removed from the search engine indexes in order to prevent them from influencing search results.
Blog network
A blog network, also known as a link farm, is a group of blogs that are owned by the same entity. A blog network can either be a group of loosely connected blogs, or a group of blogs that are owned by the same company. The purpose of such a network is usually to promote the other blogs in the same network and therefore increase the search engine rankings or advertising revenue generated from online advertising on the blogs.
In September 2014, Google targeted private blog networks (PBNs) with manual action ranking penalties. This served to dissuade search engine optimization and online marketers from using PBNs to increase their online rankings. The "thin content" warnings are closely tied to Panda which focuses on thin content and on-page quality. PBNs have a history of being targeted by Google and therefore may not be the safest option. Since Google is on the search for blog networks, they are not always linked together. In fact, interlinking your blogs could help Google and a single exposed blog could reveal the whole blog network by looking at the outbound links.
A blog network may also refer to a central website, such as WordPress, where a user creates an account and is then able to use their own blog. The created blog forms part of a network because it uses either a subdomain or a subfolder of the main domain, although in all other ways it can be entirely autonomous. This is also known as a hosted blog platform and usually uses the free WordPress Multisite software.
Hosted blog networks are also known as Web 2.0 networks due to their rise to popularity during the second phase of internet development, known as Web 2.0 when interactive social sites began to rapidly develop.
Page hijacking
A hacker may use an exploit framework such as sqlmap to search for SQL vulnerabilities in the database and insert an exploit kit such as MPack in order to compromise legitimate users who visit the now compromised web server. One of the simplest forms of page hijacking involves altering a webpage to contain a malicious inline frame which can allow an exploit kit to load.
Page hijacking is frequently used in tandem with a watering hole attack on corporate entities in order to compromise targets. bandar ceme terpercaya
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page. When a user is identified as a search engine spider, a server-side script delivers a different version of the web page, one that contains content not present on the visible page, or that is present but not searchable. The purpose of cloaking is sometimes to deceive search engines so they display the page when it would not otherwise be displayed (black hat SEO). However, it can also be a functional (though antiquated) technique for informing search engines of content they would not otherwise be able to locate because it is embedded in non-textual containers such as video or certain Adobe Flash components. Since 2006, better methods of accessibility, including progressive enhancement, have been available, so cloaking is no longer necessary for regular SEO.[citation needed]
Cloaking is often used as a spamdexing technique to attempt to sway search engines into giving the site a higher ranking. By the same method, it can also be used to trick search engine users into visiting a site that is substantially different from the search engine description, including delivering pornographic content cloaked within non-pornographic search results.
Cloaking is a form of the doorway page technique.
A similar technique is used on DMOZ web directory, but it differs in several ways from search engine cloaking:
- It is intended to fool human editors, rather than computer search engine spiders.
- The decision to cloak or not is often based upon the HTTP referrer, the user agent or the visitor's IP; but more advanced techniques can be also based upon the client's behaviour analysis after a few page requests: the raw quantity, the sorting of, and latency between subsequent HTTP requests sent to a website's pages, plus the presence of a check for robots.txt file, are some of the parameters in which search engines spiders differ heavily from a natural user behaviour. The referrer tells the URL of the page on which a user clicked a link to get to the page. Some cloakers will give the fake page to anyone who comes from a web directory website, since directory editors will usually examine sites by clicking on links that appear on a directory web page. Other cloakers give the fake page to everyone except those coming from a major search engine; this makes it harder to detect cloaking, while not costing them many visitors, since most people find websites by using a search engine.
Black hat perspective
Increasingly, for a page without natural popularity due to compelling or rewarding content to rank well in the search engines, webmasters design pages solely for the search engines. This results in pages with too many keywords and other factors that might be search engine "friendly", but make the pages difficult for actual visitors to consume. As such, black hat SEO practitioners consider cloaking to be an important technique to allow webmasters to split their efforts and separately target the search engine spiders and human visitors. Cloaking allows user experience to be high while satisfying the necessary minimum keyword concentration to rank in a search engine.
In September 2007, Ralph Tegtmeier and Ed Purkiss coined the term "mosaic cloaking" whereby dynamic pages are constructed as tiles of content and only portions of the pages, JavaScript and CSS are changed, simultaneously decreasing the contrast between the cloaked page and the "friendly" page while increasing the capability for targeted delivery of content to various spiders and human visitors.
Cloaking versus IP delivery
IP delivery can be considered a more benign variation of cloaking, where different content is served based upon the requester's IP address. With cloaking, search engines and people never see the other's pages, whereas, with other uses of IP delivery, both search engines and people can see the same pages. This technique is sometimes used by graphics-heavy sites that have little textual content for spiders to analyze.
One use of IP delivery is to determine the requestor's location, and deliver content specifically written for that country. This isn't necessarily cloaking. For instance, Google uses IP delivery for AdWords and AdSense advertising programs to target users in different geographic locations.
IP delivery is a crude and unreliable method of determining the language in which to provide content. Many countries and regions are multi-lingual, or the requestor may be a foreign national. A better method of content negotiation is to examine the client's Accept-Language HTTP header.
As of 2006, many sites have taken up IP delivery to personalise content for their regular customers. Many of the top 1000 sites, including sites like Amazon (amazon.com), actively use IP delivery. None of these have been banned from search engines as their intent is not deceptive.
Doorway page
Doorway pages (bridge pages, portal pages, jump pages, gateway pages or entry pages) are web pages that are created for the deliberate manipulation of search engine indexes (spamdexing). A doorway page will affect the index of a search engine by inserting results for particular phrases while sending visitors to a different page. Doorway pages that redirect visitors without their knowledge use some form of cloaking. This usually falls under Black Hat SEO.
If a visitor clicks through to a typical doorway page from a search engine results page, in most cases they will be redirected with a fast Meta refresh command to another page. Other forms of redirection include use of JavaScript and server side redirection, from the server configuration file. Some doorway pages may be dynamic pages generated by scripting languages such as Perl and PHP.
Doorway pages are often easy to identify in that they have been designed primarily for search engines, not for human beings. Sometimes a doorway page is copied from another high ranking page, but this is likely to cause the search engine to detect the page as a duplicate and exclude it from the search engine listings.
Because many search engines give a penalty for using the META refresh command, some doorway pages just trick the visitor into clicking on a link to get them to the desired destination page, or they use JavaScript for redirection.
More sophisticated doorway pages, called Content Rich Doorways, are designed to gain high placement in search results without using redirection. They incorporate at least a minimum amount of design and navigation similar to the rest of the site to provide a more human-friendly and natural appearance. Visitors are offered standard links as calls to action.
Landing pages are regularly misconstrued to equate to Doorway pages within the literature. The former are content rich pages to which traffic is directed within the context of pay-per-click campaigns and to maximize SEO campaigns.
Doorway pages are also typically used for sites that maintain a blacklist of URLs known to harbor spam, such as Facebook, Tumblr and Deviantart.
Doorway pages often also employ Cloaking techniques for misdirection. Cloaked pages will show a version of that page to human visitor which is different from the one provided to crawlers – usually implemented via server side scripts. The server can differentiate between bots, crawlers and human visitors based on various flags, including source IP address and/or user-agent. Cloaking will simultaneously trick search engines to rank sites higher for irrelevant keywords, while displaying monetizing any human traffic by showing visitors spammy, often irrelevant, content. The practice of cloaking is considered to be highly manipulative and condemned within the SEO industry and by search engines, and its use can result in massive penalty or the complete removal of sites from being indexed
Webmasters that use doorway pages would generally prefer that users never actually see these pages and instead be delivered to a "real" page within their sites. To achieve this goal, redirection is sometimes used. This may be as simple as installing a meta refresh tag on the doorway pages. An advanced system might make use of cloaking. In either case, such redirection may make your doorway pages unacceptable to search engines.
A content rich doorway page must be constructed in a Search engine friendly (SEF) manner, otherwise it may be construed as search engine spam possibly resulting in the page being banned from the index for an undisclosed amount of time.
These types of doorways utilize (but are not limited to) the following:
- Title Attributed images for key word support
- Title Attributed links for key word support
In culture
Doorway pages were examined as a cultural and political phenomenon along with spam poetry and flarf.
Keyword stuffing
Keyword stuffing is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique, considered webspam or spamdexing, in which keywords are loaded into a web page's meta tags, visible content, or backlink anchor text in an attempt to gain an unfair rank advantage in search engines. Keyword stuffing may lead to a website being banned or penalized on major search engines either temporarily or permanently. The repetition of words in meta tags may explain why many search engines no longer use these tags.
Many major search engines have implemented algorithms that recognize keyword stuffing, and reduce or eliminate any unfair search advantage that the tactic may have been intended to gain, and oftentimes they will also penalize, demote or remove websites from their indexes that implement keyword stuffing.
Changes and algorithms specifically intended to penalize or ban sites using keyword stuffing include the Google Florida update (November 2003) Google Panda (February 2011) Google Hummingbird (August 2013) and Bing's September 2014 update.
Keyword stuffing had been used in the past to obtain top search engine rankings and visibility for particular phrases. This method is outdated and adds no value to rankings today. In particular, Google no longer gives good rankings to pages employing this technique.
Hiding text from the visitor is done in many different ways. Text colored to blend with the background, CSS "Z" positioning to place text "behind" an image — and therefore out of view of the visitor — and CSS absolute positioning to have the text positioned far from the page center are all common techniques. By 2005, many invisible text techniques were easily detected by major search engines.
"Noscript" tags are another way to place hidden content within a page. While they are a valid optimization method for displaying an alternative representation of scripted content, they may be abused, since search engines may index content that is invisible to most visitors.
Sometimes inserted text includes words that are frequently searched (such as "sex"), even if those terms bear little connection to the content of a page, in order to attract traffic to advert-driven pages.
In the past, keyword stuffing was considered to be either a white hat or a black hat tactic, depending on the context of the technique, and the opinion of the person judging it. While a great deal of keyword stuffing was employed to aid in spamdexing, which is of little benefit to the user, keyword stuffing in certain circumstances was not intended to skew results in a deceptive manner. Whether the term carries a pejorative or neutral connotation is dependent on whether the practice is used to pollute the results with pages of little relevance, or to direct traffic to a page of relevance that would have otherwise been de-emphasized due to the search engine's inability to interpret and understand related ideas. This is no longer the case. Search engines now employ themed, related keyword techniques to interpret the intent of the content on a page.
With relevance to keyword stuffing, it is quoted by the largest of search engines[when?] that they recommend Keyword Research and use (with respect to the quality content you have to offer the web), to aid their visitors in the search of your valuable material. Google discusses keyword stuffing as Randomly Repeated Keywords.
In online journalism
Headlines in online news sites are increasingly packed with just the search-friendly keywords that identify the story. Puns and plays on words have gone by the wayside. Overusing this strategy is also called keyword stuffing. Traditional reporters and editors frown on the practice, but it is effective in optimizing news stories for search.


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Ten Ways to Make Your Galaxy S 4 Secure
Back in the "old" days, it sure was frustrating to have your regular feature phone lost or stolen. You would lose all your contacts, call history, and texts. Even if you backed up all of your contacts, you would have to re-enter them in your new phone. What a hassle.
The good news is that your smartphone saves all your contacts on your Gmail account. The bad news is that, unless you take some additional steps, evil-doers could conceivably drain your bank account, get you fired, or even arrested.
A malevolent prankster could send an e-mail from your work e-mail address under your name. It could be a rude note to the head of your company. It could also give phony information about an imminent financial collapse of your company to the local newspaper. It could be a threat to the U.S. president, generating a visit from the Secret Service.
Here's the deal: You want to take steps to protect your smartphone. This is the burden of having a well-connected device. Fortunately, most of the steps are simple and straightforward.
Use a good case and screen cover
Dropping a phone on concrete can break some of the innards. The glass may be fine, but the LCD can still crack or the connections become loose.
There are lots of choices for cases. The most popular are made of silicone, plastic, or leather. There are different styles that meet your needs from many manufacturers.
Put a screen lock on your phone
The most basic effort you can take to protect your phone is to put some kind of a screen lock on your phone. If you are connected to a corporate network, they may have a policy on what you must do if you are to access your corporate network.
Encrypt your Galaxy S 4
This is an exceptionally secure option: It scrambles every file on your phone into gibberish, which it rapidly descrambles when you need it. This sounds great; however, there are some important considerations to look into as well. Encryption is permanent.
Put your contact number on the screensaver
Do not use your cellular phone number as your contact number.
Be careful with Bluetooth
Perhaps the greatest vulnerability your phone faces is called bluejacking, which involves using some simple tricks to gain access to your phone via Bluetooth. Be extra careful when you use Bluetooth.
Back up your Galaxy S 4
Some cellular carriers, like Verizon, offer a backup service preinstalled on your phone: the Backup Assistant. You can access it from Accounts and Sync on your Settings page.
However, have no fear if your phone doesn't come preinstalled with such an application. Many services support Android phones in the Play Store.
Protect against malware
Rather than simply avoiding new apps, you can download apps to protect the information on your phone. These are available from many of the firms that make antivirus software for your PC. Importantly, many of these antivirus applications are free. If you want a nicer interface and some enhanced features, you can pay a few dollars, but this is not necessary.
Don't download apps from just anywhere
Another way to avoid malware is to use only mobile software distribution sites that are trustworthy, for example, on the Google Play Store. There are a number of other reputable sites where you can download Android apps for your phone, including PocketGear and MobiHand.
As a rule, you should hesitate to download an Android application unless you know where it has been. You are most safe by working with reputable companies. Be very skeptical of any other source of an Android application.
Rescue your phone when it gets lost
There are apps that help you find your phone. Look for them now, so you will be aware of them. Some you can download remotely, some you cannot.
Wipe your Galaxy S 4 clean
As a last ditch option, you can use Mobile Management Software (MMS). MMS software can remotely disable your device or wipe it clean.
Each of the preceding kinds of applications is available from the Play Store. The simplest security applications are free, but the better quality apps, like the ones mentioned in the antivirus section, are about $10 and require a monthly service fee in the range of up to $5 monthly. Decide what options work for you, consider the price, and protect yourself.


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Gombe relaxes curfew in some areas
Gombe State Government has relaxed curfew from 12 midnight to 6 a.m. daily in some areas of the metropolis.
Mr James Pisagih, Secretary to the State Government, disclosed this in a statement, on Friday in Gombe.
The state Government had earlier imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. following "a report by security agencies of the activity of some hoodlums who were harassing and intimidating innocent citizens as well as destroying properties''.
He said security reports indicated that relative peace has been recorded in most parts of the state metropolis that were hitherto under dusk to dawn curfew.
Pisagih added that normalcy had however not been completely achieved in some parts of Gombe-Biu bypass, Bagadaza and Nayinawa areas of the state.
"Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo has directed for the review of the curfew in Gombe from 12 midnight to 6 a.m. daily.
"The curfew at Nayinawa and Bagadaza areas will remain from 6 p.m. to 6.a.m. daily," he added.
Pisagih urged security agencies to ensure strict compliance and to put more surveillance in flashpoint.
A dusk to dawn curfew was imposed on the state capital following the killing of some worshippers during Easter festivities.
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Ondo lawmakers hail Akeredolu's infrastructural development drive
Lawmakers in Ondo State, on Thursday, commended Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for the on-going road construction across the state, saying it would ease traffic flow and boost socio-economic activities.
Mr Adeyemi Olayemi, the Chairman, Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure, gave the commendation during an oversight function to the ongoing roads projects in the South Senatorial District of the state.
Olayemi, while expressing happiness over the ongoing construction of the first flyover in the state, that is, the Ore flyover in Odigbo Local Government area, said it was long overdue.
He said that once the flyover was ready, it would bring the perennial traffic gridlock in the axis to an end.
The Ore-Benin expressway connects Ondo to other states, which makes Ore the commercial nerve centre of the southern part of the state, but unnecessary vehicular gridlocks have subjected motorists, pedestrians and other road users to untold hardship.
The ongoing road construction in other districts, such as the Ore flyover, will further boost commercial and tourism activities in Ore and the state at large.
I sincerely commend Gov. Akeredolu for this giant stride, in spite of the meagre allocation,'' the lawmaker said.
Mrs Magaret Akinsuroju, the Caretaker Chairperson, Odigbo local council, said that she was so excited that Ore was wearing a new look during her tenure, adding that the flyover would bring succour to travellers and residents.
Akinsuroju urged motorists and other road users to be patient on the Ore-Benin expressway and put into consideration the ongoing construction work in the Ore axis.
She said that motorists and other road users would benefit a lot after the completion of the road projects.
I am so happy and thank our amiable governor for standing by his promise to construct the first-ever flyover in the state; the residents of this council appreciate this gesture and this will remain in our minds for a long time,'' she said.
Meanwhile, Mr Daniels Mansur, the Project Manager, Craineburg Construction Company, the firm handling the Ore flyover, said that rain was the only challenge hindering the project.
Mansur said that the flyover would be completed and handed over to the state government by second week of January 2020.
The Nigeria News Agency reports that the house committee members on works and infrastructure also inspected the ongoing township road construction in Araromi Obu seaside in Okitipupa council area.
The committee members also visited the ongoing township road construction in Kiribo, Ese-Odo LGA and the Owodunni road construction in Irele Local Government area.
The Nigeria News Agency reports that other committee members were Messrs Olugbenga Akogun, Samuel Aderoboye, Ademola Edamisan, Festus Adefiranye, Tomide Akinribido, Simeon Borokini and Taofik Mohammed.
Edited by: Oluyinka Fadare and
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Katsina govt. committed to making LGCs more productive-'Commissioner
The Katsina government says it is fully committed toward making the 34 existing local government areas in the state more productive and vibrant through participatory approach.
Alhaji Yau Gwajo-Gwajo, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs gave the assurance while speaking with Nigeria News Agency in Daura on Thursday.
Gwajo-Gwajo said the local government staff would be fully exposed to training and retraining and fully utilized in achieving the targeted goals through capacity building.
He reaffirmed the determination of the government in promoting welfare of local government staff through timely payment of their entilements and other benefits for effective and efficient service delivery.
The commissioner urged council staff to be fully committed to their duties by being honest, transparent and accountable in both their official and private conducts, saying government would not condone sharp practices.
He said the ministry would continue to collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure that development projects were executed across all the local government councils without prejudice.
The Commissioner commended security agencies, traditional, religious and community leaders for maintaining relative peace and stability across the 34 local government councils.
Nigeria News Agency reports that Gwajo -Gwajo was the former Speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly prior to his subsequent appointment as commissioner by Gov. Aminu Masari.
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Border closure has not violated free trade treaty – says Aondoakaa
Former Minister of Justice, Mr Mike Aondoakaa says Nigeria has not violated any treaty regarding free trade among the West African States by closing its borders.
Aondoakaa also President, West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Makurdi.
"The country is only taking measures to sanitise a filthy development that is almost grounding the local economy with agricultural produce wasting on daily basis.
"Nigeria is the only country in West Africa that eats parboiled rice.
"So, our neighbours often take advantage of this and under the pretext of free trade among West African countries to use their countries as smuggling routes to bring in some products that one cannot even verify their source.
"Even when the products are to be examined following the branding to trace the root, the supposed producers will distance themselves from these same products brought into our country with their labels and insignia.
"The worse aspects of it is that, these supposed importers mischievously using Nigeria as dumping site for questionable products do not even pay custom duties
"If this is not worrisome to anyone, then, it is very unfortunate," he said.
Aondoakaa urged the Federal Government to sustain the closure due to its numerous economic advantages to the country.
"I pray that President Muhammadu Buhari will insist that the borders remained closed until there is convincing commitment from the offending neighbours that they are ready to consistently and meticulously check products that pass through their territories into Nigeria," he said.
He stated that the development would serve a bitter lesson to neighbouring countries that had over the years taken the country for a ride by consistently allowing their territories to be used as transit routes for smugglers to dump unverified products into the country.
He further revealed that government took the measure based on pressures from farmers who kept lamenting and appealing that they needed to get benefit for their produce.
"I threw my weight behind the border closure because it is the best way to go for Nigeria," he said.
General news
Yuletide: Transporters make brisk business in Jos
Commercial vehicles operators in Jos are making brisk business due to the increase in the volume of passengers traveling out of the state for the Christmas and New Year festivities.
Nigeria News Agency reports that virtually all the motor parks in Jos metropolis are filled to capacity as early as 6 a.m by passengers heading for various destinations in the country.
The Vice Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) of the motor park located opposite NTA, Jos, Mr Austin Robert, told NAN that the park began to witness an increase in passenger traffic in the first week of December.
Robert said the patronage was so high that by 9.30 a.m, there was no more available vehicle going to Abuja and other routes.
He, however, said that in spite of the influx of passengers, the park had not increased its transportation fares and assured that the charges would not be hiked during the yuletide.
As part of its efforts to make the operations hitch-free, the vice chairman said, the union was holding regular meeting with its drivers to sensitise them on the ills of taking substances that could enhance their driving performance.
According to him, the drivers were told that such practice could endanger their lives and those of the passengers.
He said that the union usually monitored the drivers and that anyone of them found to be intoxicated would not be allowed to drive that day.
Robert advised passengers to desist from the act of putting pressure on the drivers to speed in order to meet up with their various appointments.
Similarly, the Manager of Benue Links Park in Jos, Mr Verbe Tembe, said the park was experiencing increase in the number of passengers traveling for Christmas and New Year.
Tembe also said that the management of the park was meeting with the drivers twice in a week to sensitise them on the ills of drunk driving or driving under the influence of psychotropic substances.
He said the drivers were being monitored to ensure that they complied with the order against drunk driving.
He called on passengers to report any driver they found to be under the influence of any substances, so that the union would immediately recall him.
An Abuja-bound passenger, Malam Abdu Abubakar, commended the operators for not increasing their fares in spite of the high patronage.
I am impressed by this patriotic gesture of the Jos transporters who refused to take advantage of the high patronage to increase the fares. I commend them for maintaining the fares," Abubakar said.
Similarly, Miss Yop Pam, a passenger going to Benue, commended the transport companies for not increasing the fares and appealed to them to maintain the charges "so that people can travel and see their loved ones".
Edited by: Abdullahi Yusuf
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NGO urges media to encourage women in politics, promote inclusiveness in governance
An NGO, Legal Awareness For Nigerian Women, has urged the media to pay special attention on women issues to ensure inclusiveness and encourage women participation in politics and governance.
Mrs Rebbeca Sako, the Executive Director of the organisation, made the appeal in Kaduna at a workshop on promoting media synergy with women in politics.
Sako noted that though there were several laws that accord women equal opportunities to participate in politics, the media needed to educate the women to exercise such rights.
She said women constitute about 50 per cent in the society, "but when its come to their visibility in public spaces you will no see much women."
The executive director also noted that political parties have not made efforts in enhancing the capacities of women to excel in politics.
There is need for more participation of women in politics to get their voices and inputs in the decision making process so as to achieve more impact and contribute in building the society to stimulate socio economic development.
During elections there are more women than men voters; we want to see more women as candidates and contestants since they have more than 50 per cent of the population," she said.
Sako therefore urged women to use there numbers to take over the political space so as to make a difference in the governance of the country.
She noted with concern that less than 10 states have 35 per cent represention of women in elective and political positions in the country.
In her remarks, Mrs Hannatu Ahuwan of the organization's office in Kaduna, said the objective of the workshop was to bring media practitioners in an inter party women network to create synergy on promoting women participation in politics.
Ahuwan said the organization is working in collaboration with National Democratic Institute on its
Women In Politics (WIP) project, being supported by the DFID since 2016.
She said it is aimed at encouraging women and other maginalized groups to be part of the political space and government in order to build sustainable democracy.
Ahuwan added that the project also seeks to increase the visibility of female legislators and strengthen the inter party network to be strong in political participation.
Mr Paul Onwude, who spoke on the role of media in promoting women participation in politics, called for the projection of women politicians and issues affecting women into the front burner of national discourse.
He streesed the need for the media to make issues of women more visible to the public, so as to elicit appropriate action by those in authority.
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Takfir wa-l-Hijra
Arabic: takfīr wa-l-hijra
Other spellings: Takfir wal-Hijra; Takfir Wal Hijra
Takfir wa-l-Hijra is often defined as an extreme Salafist group, but "Salafism" is ambiguous term, and it suffices to describe Takfir wa-l-Hijra as "extremist Islamists". Their views have even equated with Kharijism, the earliest sect of Islam, although they deviate in one important sense; Takfir wa-l-Hijra calls for a society ruled by a Caliph.
Takfir wa-l-Hijra is made up of two Arabic words, the first is the rather uncommon "takfir", meaning to declare other Muslims as infidels, hence being individuals that were permitted to kill. The other word is "hijra" which is the word used for Muhammad flight to Yathrib in 622 (Yathrib would after Muhammad had its Jewish majority killed or enslaved be called Madina ar-Rasul, or Madina).
The organizational structure of Takfir wa-l-Hijra is not known, since the late 1970's they have been a situation of obscurity, only appearing when violent attacks are performed. It may well be a loose network, and it may well be a secret and strictly organized group. It may even be several groups, each fully independent from the other, using the same name. Takfir wa-l-Hijra has no headquarters and no profiled leader, although it is often said that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the supposed number 2 in al-Qa'ida is central in Takfir wa-l-Hijra.
It is not so much their definition of the ideal society that differ Takfir wa-l-Hijra from other Islamist groups, rather it is their means of achieving their goals. They have adopted a technique that for centuries was without any practical importance in Sunni Islam, though surviving in Shi'i Islam and with Taqiyya religions: Taqiyya, the concealment of one's faith.
With the basis of the ideology of Takfir wa-l-Hijra, the followers do things strictly prohibited by Islam, things they do to blend in with the societies they fight. A follower of Takfir wa-l-Hijra willingly take the shape and life of the most secular Muslims, all in order to deceive his or her enemies: Shave the beard, wear a tie, have non-Muslim friends, drink alcohol, eat pork, have open sexual relations etc. These acts have no value in itself, the activist will only do as much as necessary to blend in.
The understanding of taqiyya and takfir involves full freedom to deceive other Muslims, and even kill them, it all being part of a larger plan. If they die in their acts, the reward is the highest a Muslim can hope for; becoming a martyr in Paradise.
In the 1970's the Takfir wa-l-Hijra chose another form of protesting against what they consider infidelity, then especially in Egyptian society. Shukri Mustafa was much inspired by the ideals of hippies and socialists around the world in the same period of time. He called for a total break from the Muslim society, motivating his followers to form isolated, alternative communities, he even promoted living in caves in southern Egypt. This call got many followers, among them a surprisingly high number of women. In order to legitimize their presence, he performed takfir on their families; calling their families kafirs. The families of the women took their case to the courts, and would with that bring an end to his experiment.


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This is an excellent reference: http://littlemachineshop.com/Reference/TapDrillSizes.pdf. It covers metric and Imperial screw and drill sizes, and also allows for the type of material being worked.
Nothing about cleaning broken taps out with conc nitric acid though, I notice!
Anyway.... a question: Can a TapMatic head be used with standard HSS taps? If not, what sort of taps does it need? I'll stump up the money for a TapMatic if it's going to take ordinary taps.
Quote from: AdeV on August 05, 2010, 12:07:59 PMNothing about cleaning broken taps out with conc nitric acid though, I notice!We can revisit it if you like, I only opened the door.
Quote from: AdeV on August 05, 2010, 12:07:59 PMAnyway.... a question: Can a TapMatic head be used with standard HSS taps? If not, what sort of taps does it need? I'll stump up the money for a TapMatic if it's going to take ordinary taps.Yes, I use my TapMatic with HSS taps all the time. The main thing it to match the tapping rotational speed properly.
I'm looking at maybe purchasing a 50TC/DC unit. If I wanted to tap M6 in aluminium to a depth of 2", would this device do the job - and what sort of speed will it tap at? The website blurb says it has a "re-entry cushion" to prevent cross-threading; which suggests to me I can plunge multiple times (maybe with taper, 2nd & plug?) into the same hole & it will find the threads & augment them, rather than chewing a new set out of the old...
The good ones aren't cheap but they will last for years if you are careful. Don't go for cheapness, no matter how tempting.
I've done a bunch of 0-80 with just a hand held T-handle and never broke one.
Reading this old thread I thought I would add my 2 cents worth about tapping aluminium. Consider using "Lacquer Thinner" as a cutting fluid. Many years ago I learned this trick from an old machinist who worked at Lockheed Aircraft. I've tapped holes as small as 2-56 with excellent results.
What's the logic in this? Maybe it stays liquid in a really small hole but for any "normal" size it will have evaporated long before having the chance to be helpful. ...............
I'm in for spiral taps too. Although one more complication: There is a model that pushes the swarf down! Nice when you do trough holes and front side matters.
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PS Classics founder Tommy Krasker told Playbill On-Line orders for Zanna through the PS Classics website have already exceeded those of any of the label's prior releases, including the cast album of Broadway's current Nine.
"I knew there were a lot of folks eagerly awaiting the Zanna, Don't! CD, but I wasn't quite prepared for anything like this," Krasker said. "We've been bombarded with orders and letters from every demographic imaginable: gays and straights, young and old, urban and rural."
During the spring 2003 run of the show Off-Broadway, theatregoers stuffed a box with their addresses to receive information about a future cast album. That future seems to be at hand.
Jai Rodriguez starred as magical matchmaker Zanna Off Broadway before he achieved wider celebrity as one of the so-called Fab Five on TV's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." He is also heard on the disc.
Krasker said Rodriguez's presence in the project is a boost to sales, "but I think it's more than that." "I think people just really respond to the show's wit and warmth and imagination — not to mention that it's one of the most tuneful shows to come down the pike in a long time," Krasker said.
Tim Acito wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical fairy tale, Zanna, Don't!, set in a high school where the world is all gay and two heterosexual kids find themselves as the outsiders. The show mixes pop, rock, funk, show tune and specialty song to create a bubble gum-flavored satire with heart.
Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson's more classically infused My Life With Albertine is drawn from a section of Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past," about young Marcel's seminal relationship with the title character. For Playwrights Horizons, Tony Award-winner Brent Carver played the older Marcel (and is heard on the CD).
Though both discs hit stores Oct. 7, they can also be ordered on the label's website at www.psclassics.com.
"We never expected to release these two shows at the same time when we recorded them — the timing just worked out that way," said PS Classics co-founder Philip Chaffin. "But each show has a passionate and devoted following, and if the dual release allows someone who's looking to buy one CD to sample the other, we figure what's wrong with that? You couldn't ask for more disparate scores than Zanna and Albertine, and we hope it shows the range PS Classics is embracing in theatre music, whether it veers more towards the classical or more towards pop."
Both shows bowed Off-Broadway in the 2002-03 season. Composer-lyricist Ricky Ian Gordon collaborated with book writer and co-lyricist Richard Nelson to create the European, rarefied, romantic world of My Life With Albertine, a chamber musical drawing on a section of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past." Playwrights Horizons offered the world premiere, with a cast that included Brent Carver, Chad Kimball, Emily Skinner, Kelli O'Hara and more.
A satire with big heart, a wide range of musical styles and a title character who is a magical matchmaker, Zanna, Don't! was an audience and critics' favorite in a developmental run in fall 2002, and had a short spring 2003 run Off-Broadway. Zanna was acclaimed but didn't generate enough business to keep it going in the relative shadows of Off-Broadway.
As previously reported by Playbill On-Line, Zanna producer Jack M. Dalgleish is working on a plan to bring the show to Broadway, where it might thrive with more exposure.


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Melania, you have work to do.
'Go to the mirror, boy!' I'd say someone needs to spend more time working and less time tweeting. The Twitter message from the president-elect at 7:41 Wednesday night, and a second one urging Mr. Jones to "spend more time working — less time talking," continued Mr. Trump's pattern of digital assaults, most of them aimed at his political rivals, reporters, Hollywood celebrities or female accusers. On Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump used Twitter to assail Boeing for escalating costs on the development of a new Air Force One.


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The Art Show at Malvern Retreat House is in full swing. Gary and I attended the wine and cheese reception on Thursday. I am always inspired to see the diverse styles and media offered. So many folks come to enjoy the artwork and generously support the work of the Retreat House.
Legions of volunteers work hard to make the show successful. I absolutely love the way they showcased my Ravens and Trilliums in the Miniature Room. Quite a few have been sold but there is still a selection if you get a chance to drop by this weekend.


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A good design should not interfere with the originality of a product and should bring the consumers attitude towards the product. Consumer might also know the originality of the product the designer designs, that means losing originality entails designing a new product hence destroying the consumers' taste and preference (Desingcrowd.com, 2009) . The color of the design should also be attractive.
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The use of tertiary color, red violet, in the design emphases on the product's strength and durability. The background brown color also shows that the product is placed on an object.
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End the Stigma—One Military Spouse's Honest Account of How She Came Back from Attempted Suicide
"I remember waking up, gagging on the activated charcoal they used after I overdosed on the very medications that were meant to save me. My first thought was, why didn't it work? I failed again." Sara, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, shares the painful memory of her suicide attempt.
Sara has been a soldier's spouse for nearly 12 years. She and her husband met in grad school. She was studying for her MBA. He was in medical school. When he joined the military, Sara wholeheartedly embraced the life.
"I was that wife. The one that helped out with his unit, led the FRG and mentored newer spouses. I was the go-getter; the career, the family and the military protocols, ceremonies and traditions were all a part of that equation. I loved all of it."
But 4 deployments and just as many PCS moves—all while parenting three young girls—started to take its toll on her mental health. On the outside, Sara seemed happy. She continued to volunteer and help others. No one noticed she was suffering.
"I didn't want to get up in the morning. When he was deployed or away for training, I felt overwhelmed and lonely. I isolated myself." Sara found it hard to cope with day to day activities. "I started thinking about how I was nothing but a burden to my girls and to my husband. To the whole world, actually."
Sara lost weight; she was sleeping less; she would cry easily and jokingly tell friends the world would be better off without her. Yet no one picked up on the pain she was experiencing and the dreadful thoughts that kept her up at night.
"I felt like there was a black cloud following me around. I was convinced that the only way for everyone else to be happy was to end my life."
It all came to a head one October night in 2014. Sara sent her girls on a sleepover and picked a time she knew her husband wouldn't be home yet. She counted out the antidepressants she secretly had her doctor prescribe but never actually used, took a swig of her favorite alcoholic drink and waited.
"I thought if I was gone, that my daughters and my husband would be better off."
Sara didn't realize that her father was going to drop by with some tools for her husband. He was the one that found her. "To this day, he is haunted by what he saw. My dad had to call 9-1-1 and perform CPR. He was shattered."
Sara now realizes the devastating effect this has had on her family, friends and loved ones. "I realize now that by not seeking help, I was putting not only myself at risk, but it was greatly affecting my family and friends and their well-being."
She's now in treatment for depression, including medications that are monitored closely by her physician (and her husband), in a support group and in individual therapy. She talks openly about her experience in the hopes that it will help someone else.
"I know I'm at risk, but now I also know how to ask for and get help. Life is still hard, but now I have the tools to help me through the struggles."
Could your loved one be at risk? Read more on the warning signs and keep the Military Crisis number handy: Call 800-273-8255; then press 1.
Posted by Ingrid Herrera-Yee, PhD, Project Manager, Military Spouse Mental Health Profession Pipeline
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Thank you for openly sharing your story. I have attempted suicide and no one ever knew the pain. We learn how to hide it well, but like you, I have great support and help.


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Center Scientist Joins the Ranks of Distinguished Landscape Ecologists
The U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) has named Eastern Threat Center research ecologist Bill Hargrove its Distinguished Landscape Ecologist for 2017, the organization's most prestigious award. Hargrove's is the 25th such award, which recognizes scholars whose thinking, writing, and long-term scientific endeavors have shaped the field of landscape ecology. Upon accepting the award on April 18 during a ceremony at the US-IALE annual meeting held in Baltimore, MD, Hargrove told his colleagues, "This group shares a unique belief -- that the most interesting and exciting science comes from intersecting overlaps in the Venn Diagram. You've given me something that I'll never forget." Hargrove is the fourth U.S. Forest Service scientist to have received the US-IALE Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award. He served as chair of the organizing committee for the 2016 US-IALE annual meeting held in Asheville, NC.


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I had a question regarding bias and flat frames. Assuming I use the same camera, ISO, lens and focal length, can I use the same bias and flat frames? Wouldn't the flat frames always be the same for a particular lens? How would it be different from correcting vignetting with lens correction in lightroom or peripheral illumination correction in DPP?
After reading the DSS FAQ, I understand light, dark and flat frames, but I do not understand how bias frames work.


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