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It was written 25 years ago and published last year. Apart from the town hall clock, not much has changed:
BROADHAMPTON sat like a broken egg at the bottom of a glass bowl. It nestled in a remote Dorset valley, surrounded by rounded hills and ancient forts and about a mile from the sea. The natives had for generations tolerated its isolated location and inconveniences. But for the second-home owners, Broadhampton was a get-away-from-it-all paradise. Londoners with nothing better to do than annoy people would dream of down-sizing to the countryside, snapping up homes the natives could never afford, turning them into places that would go on to grace the front covers of Country Living. Locals looked at the magazines in awe as they sat for hours in the waiting room of the town's only dentist.
'Wasn't that Auntie Mary's old house?' a child would say to her mother, pointing to a picture of a three-storey 'cottage' at the edge of a village.
'Yes, love, back in the day,' the young mother would reply, thinking of the two-up, two-down hovel from her childhood. At the front of the house, where the photograph now showed pink, red and white bizzy lizzies, there were once rows of vegetables.
And how the newcomers loved Broadhampton, their special place, unspoilt by mass transport links, with no motorways, no railway station and an intermittent bus service.
'It's so quaint,' guests said when they visited the holiday cottages where water had to be taken from a well. 'And the candles, it's like going back in time. Super!' So super, in fact, they could put up with it only at weekends. And on Sunday nights, the villages turned ghostly as the estate cars and flashy convertibles returned to the capital. A solitary cider drinker sat in the thatched bar of a country pub with no-one to talk to but an imported landlord who was doing his best to turn the inn into a food 'destination'. The old drinker would bristle at the memory of being introduced as 'Archie, he's a real character' to a man and a woman with a long nose and a hairband and their two Aryan children, Arabella and Sebastian.
Oh how the incomers laughed at using the outside lavatory in their holiday homes. It was only temporary, after all.
'This is coming out,' they'd tell their guests. 'Our London plumber's installing a roll-top bath in the middle of the bedroom. We're having an en-suite, don't you know, as well as a clutch of guest bathrooms.'
Where the incomers had lovers seats at the bottom of their gardens, real Broadhamptonians sat side by side in the dark, in freezing temperatures, on ancient, two-seater lavatories. The interest in Broadhampton and its environs by the London Set led to house prices shooting up and local youngsters were priced out of the market. They stayed at home until they were approaching middle age, slept on the floors of friends or on the banks of the old canal.
The town, beneath the veneer of picture postcard prettiness, was slowly falling apart.
The government sale of council houses was accompanied by a ban on district councils using the money to build new ones, meaning the supply of homes for local people dwindled to a new low. And while luxury apartments went up for the affluent elderly from the home counties who, in years to come, would complain about noise in the town centre and prove a drain on the social services budget, young people were making do with cardboard boxes and midnight raids on the recycling centre for newspapers to sleep under and old rags to wear.
And still the four faces of the guildhall clock told different times after grinding to a halt on three separate occasions. From the south it read five past three, from the north twenty to six and from the east and west, which were connected, a quarter past four.
'It'll cost too much to fix it,' the mayor had declared, chomping on an egg and cress roll while entertaining the local hunt on Boxing Day 1985. So it had stayed that way ever since.


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Of the youthful age of Gargantua.
Gargantua, from three years upwards unto five, was brought up and instructed in all convenient discipline by the commandment of his father; and spent that time like the other little children of the country, that is, in drinking, eating, and sleeping: in eating, sleeping, and drinking: and in sleeping, drinking, and eating. Still he wallowed and rolled up and down himself in the mire and dirt — he blurred and sullied his nose with filth — he blotted and smutched his face with any kind of scurvy stuff — he trod down his shoes in the heel — at the flies he did oftentimes yawn, and ran very heartily after the butterflies, the empire whereof belonged to his father. He pissed in his shoes, shit in his shirt, and wiped his nose on his sleeve — he did let his snot and snivel fall in his pottage, and dabbled, paddled, and slobbered everywhere — he would drink in his slipper, and ordinarily rub his belly against a pannier. He sharpened his teeth with a top, washed his hands with his broth, and combed his head with a bowl. He would sit down betwixt two stools, and his arse to the ground — would cover himself with a wet sack, and drink in eating of his soup. He did eat his cake sometimes without bread, would bite in laughing, and laugh in biting. Oftentimes did he spit in the basin, and fart for fatness, piss against the sun, and hide himself in the water for fear of rain. He would strike out of the cold iron, be often in the dumps, and frig and wriggle it. He would flay the fox, say the ape's paternoster, return to his sheep, and turn the hogs to the hay. He would beat the dogs before the lion, put the plough before the oxen, and claw where it did not itch. He would pump one to draw somewhat out of him, by griping all would hold fast nothing, and always eat his white bread first. He shoed the geese, kept a self-tickling to make himself laugh, and was very steadable in the kitchen: made a mock at the gods, would cause sing Magnificat at matins, and found it very convenient so to do. He would eat cabbage, and shite beets — knew flies in a dish of milk, and would make them lose their feet. He would scrape paper, blur parchment, then run away as hard as he could. He would pull at the kid's leather, or vomit up his dinner, then reckon without his host. He would beat the bushes without catching the birds, thought the moon was made of green cheese, and that bladders are lanterns. Out of one sack he would take two moultures or fees for grinding; would act the ass's part to get some bran, and of his fist would make a mallet. He took the cranes at the first leap, and would have the mail-coats to be made link after link. He always looked a given horse in the mouth, leaped from the cock to the ass, and put one ripe between two green. By robbing Peter he paid Paul, he kept the moon from the wolves, and hoped to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall. He did make of necessity virtue, of such bread such pottage, and cared as little for the peeled as for the shaven. Every morning he did cast up his gorge, and his father's little dogs eat out of the dish with him, and he with them. He would bite their ears, and they would scratch his nose — he would blow in their arses, and they would lick his chaps.
But hearken, good fellows, the spigot ill betake you, and whirl round your brains, if you do not give ear! This little lecher was always groping his nurses and governesses, upside down, arsiversy, topsyturvy, harri bourriquet, with a Yacco haick, hyck gio! handling them very rudely in jumbling and tumbling them to keep them going; for he had already begun to exercise the tools, and put his codpiece in practice. Which codpiece, or braguette, his governesses did every day deck up and adorn with fair nosegays, curious rubies, sweet flowers, and fine silken tufts, and very pleasantly would pass their time in taking you know what between their fingers, and dandling it, till it did revive and creep up to the bulk and stiffness of a suppository, or street magdaleon, which is a hard rolled-up salve spread upon leather. Then did they burst out in laughing, when they saw it lift up its ears, as if the sport had liked them. One of them would call it her little dille, her staff of love, her quillety, her faucetin, her dandilolly. Another, her peen, her jolly kyle, her bableret, her membretoon, her quickset imp: another again, her branch of coral, her female adamant, her placket-racket, her Cyprian sceptre, her jewel for ladies. And some of the other women would give it these names — my bunguetee, my stopple too, my bush-rusher, my gallant wimble, my pretty borer, my coney-burrow-ferret, my little piercer, my augretine, my dangling hangers, down right to it, stiff and stout, in and to, my pusher, dresser, pouting stick, my honey pipe, my pretty pillicock, linky pinky, futilletie, my lusty andouille, and crimson chitterling, my little couille bredouille, my pretty rogue, and so forth. It belongs to me, said one. It is mine, said the other. What, quoth a third, shall I have no share in it? By my faith, I will cut it then. Ha, to cut it, said the other, would hurt him. Madam, do you cut little children's things? Were his cut off, he would be then Monsieur sans queue, the curtailed master. And that he might play sport himself after the manner of the other little children of the country, they made him a fair weather whirl-jack of the wings of the windmill of Myrebalais.
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Hi Everyone! I extended the deadline to August 10 and then got married on the 16th. I married Harold Ream, my longtime friend and business partner at Mozark Press.
We were married at Forsyth and spent a week in Branson. For a nanosecond I considered taking the stories along with me to finish reading them. Then, I decided that wasn't the ideal way to start a marriage.
Since then, I have been working on two other projects, trying to move, and helped organize our Walk to End Alzheimer's. (It was Saturday, and a great success!)
The deadline extension brought a flood of entries and I haven't had a chance to read all of them yet. I'm excited about the quality of the entries and believe this will be the best Shaker book yet!
Okay, I realize it is time to get off my butt and get cracking on "That Mysterious Woman."
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Case Study: North Carolina and Seat Belt Safety
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Boosting Seat Belt Awareness and Usage in North Carolina: A Public Health Campaign Case Study
The case study by Williams, Wells, and Reinfurt (2002) entitled Increasing Seat Belt Use in North Carolina examines a number of strategies that North Carolina could implement in order to increase the number of drivers who use safety belts when driving. The study identifies Canada as a nation that had a similar problem of low rate of drivers wearing seat belts until the country implemented a three-fold strategy of public education about "the importance of wearing seat belts," tighter law enforcement in terms of fining drivers/passengers for not wearing the seat belt, and increased publicity regarding the intention of law enforcement to begin cracking down on motorists not wearing seat belts (p. 85). This strategy allowed Canada to increase its numbers of drivers who wear seat belts dramatically.
According to the study, North Carolina was in place to be able to employ all three of these actions. It was a "primary" belt use law, meaning that law enforcement could stop a motorist for the sole reason that the motorist was not wearing a seat belt (most other states could only issue citations if the motorist had committed another offense first) (p. 86). Indeed, this is what North Carolina did: for two weeks in 1993, Governor Hunt appeared on TV to state that seat belt wearing was very important, that police would enforce the law now, and throughout the rest of the year, ads appeared in newspapers, on radio and TV educating the populace about the issue. Checkpoints were instituted and the following year more publicity was given to the campaign with nearly 1000 TV spots and nearly 1500 radio spots (Williams, Wells, Reinfurt, 2002, p. 87).
With over half a million dollars spent on the 1993 and 1994 campaigns (on publicity and enforcement), the results of the effectiveness of the campaign were looked forward to. Police reported that the number of citations given during the "Click it or Ticket" campaign increased substantially, and overall seat belt usage increased significantly to upwards of 80% by the summer of 1994 (Williams, Wells, Reinfurt, 2002, p. 89), up from the 60-65%ile range it had been in during the early 1990s (Williams Wells, Reinfurt, 2002, p. 86).
In terms of the impact on the overall safety of motorists, there was a 9% decline in fatalities with nearly 50 fewer than predicted over the same course of time and a 7% decrease in injuries, with nearly 400 fewer than predicted (Williams, Wells, Reinfurt, 2002, p. 92).
A public survey showed that respondents appreciated and favored the "Click It or Ticket" program because they felt it was making the roadways safer and nearly half of the respondents asserted that the campaign helped them to start wearing their seat belts when driving.
Thus, this case study concluded that by implementing the methods utilized by Canada regarding promoting seat belt usage among motorists, North Carolina was able to increase the number of its drivers who wear seat belts and it was able to do so while maintaining public support for the initiative. This was, in effect, a result of the increase in attention given to raising public awareness about the importance of wearing seat belts and the efforts of law enforcement to enforce the law. In order to keep increasing the number of users wearing seat belts, North Carolina should, according to the researchers, implement a strategy to continue awareness and consider alternative forms of punishment (such as instead of higher ticket fines using driver's license points as a way to encourage adherence to the law).
The specific criteria used to assess this case will be the co-orientation model and the theories of behavior prediction and the situational theory of publics. The study is also assessed in terms of the effectiveness of its qualitative and quantitative analysis, its methodology, and its limitations.
The case study employed both qualitative and quantitative data gathering and analysis, making it a mixed-methods study and well-rounded in terms of gathering subjective and objective evidence to better understand the impact of the public health campaign centering on seat belt usage in North Carolina. The qualitative methods used were interviews and surveys conducted with the populace in North Carolina, and the responses were gathered and used to provide a sense of what the average person in North Carolina thought of the "Click It or Ticket" campaign. The quantitative methods involved in this case study included using predictive models, surveillance, and measurements of money spent and ads run. Correlation between the campaign efforts and the results was then assessed using simple percentile assessment statistics and comparing estimates with actual numbers. Each method supplied a different aspect of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of the campaign and was thus useful in gauging the overall impact in terms of actual, concrete data and in terms of public opinion and what the average person thought (Baxter, Jack, 2008; Creswell, 2007; Powell, 2006).
The theory of public relations that the study used was based on the co-orientation model: it addressed the various aspects of a public relations campaign coupled with a campaign to improve public health and awareness regarding the safety of wearing seat belts. For this reason, the study examined what it was that the state of North Carolina wished to do -- its goals and objectives relating to the problem of motor safety. It used evidence from a Canadian campaign as a means of implementing a strategy to address the issue.
The issue was then taken to the public and stated in terms of public safety: the public was educate via popular media -- radio, television spots and newspaper ads raising awareness about the importance of using seat belts when driving. The study did not include any discussion of what type of ads were used but did describe the campaign as being part of the "Click It or Ticket" campaign, a popular nationwide effort to increase the number of drivers wearing seatbelts. A depiction of the ads might have added to the qualitative design of the methodology, giving further evidence of the type of ads used and whether certain ads were more effective than others based on survey responses. This could help to guide future campaigns or to regenerate interest in the issue over a period of time by returning to the same quality of ad or theme/approach used by the spot to help draw the audience into the message.
The quantitative statistics were also based on and measured against estimates for the same time period and this does not provide conclusive evidence of change for the better. A better quantitative assessment would be a measurement over a period of months and years following the campaign to decide whether or not the issue has been addressed adequately in the efficacious sense. At the same time, a study about how effective campaigns are in totally generating new social behaviors or initiating behaviors that the state would like to see its citizens adopt could have been discussed in a literature review section. This case study did not provide any such literature review and it might have been helpful in establishing better context for expectations. Overall, the study provided a slim window into the efficaciousness of the public health campaign and only gave a small window in terms of analysis. The study may have benefited from a more qualitative-focused assessment of the actual campaign itself and the ad strategies used to sway the populace towards adopting the measure in conjunction with the crackdown of law enforcement. In order to really gauge how beneficial these parts of the campaign are when applied together, a control study might be implemented in which only one part is utilized and the other not at all. Thus, a campaign in which only public awareness strategy is implemented, while law enforcement is not, or a campaign where law enforcement is utilized by public awareness is not, could provide evidence of why it is important that the parts be implemented as a whole. This could take the form of a qualitative study or even a phenomenological study (Merriam, 2002; Lin, 2013).
The study did acknowledge the public's response in keeping with the co-orientation model and noted that there was agreement between what the state sought to accomplish and what the public thought about it the endeavor. Thus, positive correlation was shown in terms of the state and public being aligned with the same vision and goal. Likewise, the public saw the state's objective as being one that was good and while the public did not wear seat belts overwhelmingly before the campaign, thanks to the public education the importance and value of wearing a seatbelt was brought home to citizens and the law enforcement drive was used as a push to reinforce the concept that this idea of safe driving was important enough that the state was going to fine people who did not conform. The perceived agreement, therefore, between the public and… [END OF PREVIEW]
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I found this interesting article enough to open a nice debate. Here Jaffe said some *sour truths* But i think it's right in most of the points he mention. (Besides bashing)
The God of War and Twisted Metal creator sees the next round of hardware as the very last:
David Jaffe is never one to hold back an opinion, so after we talked in depth about the free-to-play marketand his next project at his new San Diego studio, we also decided to pick the designer's brain on the Wii U and how the console market is shaping up. As it turns out, Jaffe isn't very excited by Wii U and he ultimately thinks consoles in general will soon be dinosaurs.
"I don't see the Wii U and say 'oh my God I have to have that.' But with new hardware that's usually the case; the software's going to drive it. Or it's like Apple and the hardware is so elegantly designed that it's like, 'Oh they make toilet plungers? I'll buy it!' I played some games, I enjoyed Rayman… it's not like I'm knocking it but I would say that I wasn't blown away by any individual piece of software that was exclusive to Wii U," Jaffe commented.
"I'll go on the record and say that the next generation of hardware will be the last consoles. And they should be"
David Jaffe
"But their audience isn't necessarily core gamers like you or the analysts you talk to, so I could still see Wii U being mainstream. But honestly though, if I had to put money down, I think that the iPhone and the iPad has basically taken the market that was so excited by the Wii and so I think Wii U is not going to be anywhere near the success of the Wii. But I don't f***ing know - I mean I thought PSP was going to clobber the DS. I'm in the industry, I make a living in the industry, but I have no track record of guessing this shit."
Jaffe wanted to make it clear that he's not bashing Nintendo. "Nintendo's a great company and they're creative and artistic and I wish them well. They're forward thinking and I always want people like that to succeed," he continued.
The bottom line is that Jaffe believes consoles are on their last legs.
"So while I don't think it's going to do as well as the Wii, I don't think any of the consoles are going to do as well as they used to. It's a declining market, I think. That doesn't speak ill to any of them as pieces of hardware - it just speaks about the fact that the industry has changed, the business models have changed and the world has gotten even smaller with smartphones and tablets and the internet, and stuff like Gaikai and streaming."
"Look, consoles are going away. I think in 10 years - probably sooner, but 10 years is always the safe thing to say so you don't sound like an idiot - but here's what I'll say: I'll go on the record and say that the next generation of hardware will be the last consoles. And they should be," Jaffe asserted.
"The asteroid has hit the Earth, the dust cloud is covering the sun and the dinosaurs are on the way out"
David Jaffe
"It doesn't mean you won't buy a piece of hardware from Sony, but you'll probably buy a television that streams the stuff. And you'll still have Sony, loud and proud and strong making these great, big, epic games like God of War and Uncharted, and they'll be making great little games like Sound Shapes, but they'll become more like movie studios for video games. I'll be able to stream in the next Uncharted and Plants vs Zombies and you won't even think about it. It'll just be like I can watch a public access show on my TV or I can watch Avatar."
Jaffe concluded, "So this is the last generation of consoles coming up. I'm going to go out on a limb, because why the f**k not? I don't care if I'm wrong, I'm not a business guy. I think next-gen consoles are going to do 40 percent of [the sales volume] of the current gen hardware."
"The asteroid has hit the Earth, the dust cloud is covering the sun and the dinosaurs are on the way out - but not the games! We'll always have great games and bleeding edge graphics… it's just going to be a new delivery mechanism."
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SIA to roll-out in-flight Wi-Fi
Published on Sep 7, 2012
A380s, A340s and B777s to be equipped with in-flight internet and mobile services...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched a major, US$50 million project to roll-out in-flight internet and mobile data services across its fleet. Following a recent soft launch, 14 SIA aircraft are now equipped with Wi-Fi and mobile services, including five Airbus A340s deployed SIA's longest direct routes between Singapore and the US. Now, through a partnership with OnAir, the technology will be rolled out across all of SIA's long-haul Airbus A380, A340 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft over the next two years. This will enable passengers to access the internet and send and receive emails and text messages. SIA said that services would only be offered on routes subject to regulatory approvals from individual countries. A map showing the services' availability over specific countries will be published in the airline's in-flight magazine. "As our customers' preferences towards entertainment and connectivity options change over time, so must we. Mobile and internet connectivity capabilities are just the start, enabling our customers to stay connected even when flying at 35,000 feet. There will be much more investment in the months and years ahead to keep our customers both connected and entertained," said SIA's Senior Vice President Product & Services, Tan Pee Teck. In addition to the investment in in-flight connectivity services, SIA is upgrading its cabin products including new screen and handset technology for its in-flight entertainment
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Year : 2018 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 41--44
Screw-Assisted Soft Tissue Stabilization – A Paradigm Shift in Flap Fixation: A Case Series With a 3 Months Follow-Up
Amirreza Moayer1, Hoori Aslroosta2, Solmaz Akbari2,
1 Private Practice, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background: The final step in oral surgeries, proper positioning of the soft tissue, is considered as a major determinant of the clinical outcome. Different suturing anchors suffer fundamental flaws when they are supposed to guarantee the adequate flap fixation. This study aimed at proposing "screw assistant soft tissue stabilization" (SASS) as an alternative method for the conventional suturing techniques. Materials and Methods: A total of seven teeth in six healthy patients underwent surgical crown-lengthening by apically positioned flap technique. Surgical miniscrews were utilized for flap stabilization instead of periosteal sutures that are conventionally designed for soft tissue apical positioning. The widths of keratinized gingiva (KG) and the distance between gingival margin and cemento-enamel junction (GM-CEJ) were measured at baseline and 3 months after surgery. Results: All areas healed uneventfully. A significant increase in GM-CEJ distance without a significant change in the widths of KG was observed. Conclusion: The SASS technique seems to be able to fixate the flaps predictably and efficiently in lateral, apical, or coronal directions. In comparison, with traditional suturing techniques, it donates more comfort to both surgeons and patients. The advantages are of paramount importance in areas with limited surgical access and loose alveolar mucosa.
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The Calovinia – A Book By Ahmad Ali Karim27 04 2012
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- 16 05 2013
maznah ismail
Dear Ahmad Ali,
I am amazed to read that you started your blog at the age of 5. I have just started my blog at the age of 54 and it is not that easy to come out with ideas to write. I truly support you to continue writing using your imaginations. I like to imagine crazy things too. But as an adult, I always hesitated and always so conscious of what other people will think of me. My blog is still hanging with incomplete articles.
So my dear young man, please do not stop writing. Pen down all the stories that you have in your mind. Let it be crazy. One day Stephen Spielberg might turn "The Calovinia" into a movie.
I support your work.
Sincerely yours,
Aunty Maznah
- 16 05 2013
maznah ismail
Dear Ahmad Ali,
You have written your book and you can start selling online i.e.
e-book , pdf format. Use big fonts, pictures and cartoons to add colour and more drama to the story. This way it will reach the world and not just the book store. Sell it via click bank. I have not read your book but the first chapter sounds so interesting. Do think about it.
warm regards
Aunty Maznah
- 27 04 2013
uncle zee
Dear Ahmad Ali,
I'm happy to learn that our Malay world is receiving yet another Malay genius. Keep it up!
- 20 10 2012
Another Great Time with the first Archaeologist I met « Aeshah Adlina's Weblog
[…] We sent him to the hotel where he was staying. My little brother, Ahmad Ali gave Rupert the novel that he wrote titled, 'The Calovinia'. […]
- 14 10 2012
Meeting Indiana Jones Again « Ahmad Ali Karim's Weblog
[…] give him the book that I wrote, titled, 'The Calovinia' and I hope that he'll enjoy the book. Rupert (R) and I holding 'The […]
- 19 09 2012
The Chip-Chip Club Part 1 (Beginning of the Chip-Chip Club) « Anisah Afifah's Weblog
[…] One bright Sunday in Calovinia, a little brown chipmunk named Pih Pic was hopping in a park with his best friends, a little red […]
- 2 07 2012
utk budak 9 tahun, blh tahan ceritanya. Kalau blh cubalah gunakan watak2 dgn nilai keMelayuan dan islamik. Orang Melayu ada gelaran Tan Sri, Dato', dll bukan Sir 😀
Apapun yg jelas hebat ialah semangat yg adik tunjukkan utk tulis/terbitkan buku. teruskan usaha.
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"Oh look there's a spider on your kneecap."ReplyDelete
Why does Drew's mother dislike Lewis? Lewis is SO cute!
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Yeah poor Lewis, but then he goes and does stupid stuff and you can kind of see her point. He's just weird sometimes, in a cute sort of way!ReplyDelete
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The Red Dirt Paddlers, emailed me that they may be planning their best canoe and kayaking trip yet.
If you missed their trip down the thrilling Mountain Fork River, don't miss out on their November 3rd - 5th trip down the Buffalo River. Dianne and I have apddled this river either two or three times, but certainly not enough to see it all or tire of this timeless beauty.
The Buffalo River is one of the most scenic rivers in the Ozarks and just a day trip from Oklahoma. For a fascinating book about the history and geology of the Buffalo National River, try Ken Smith's Buffalo River Handbook.
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Intel's Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), which is implemented and added onto by all server vendors, grant system administrators with a means to manage their hardware in an Out of Band (OOB) or Lights Out Management (LOM) fashion. However there are a series of design, utilization, and vendor issues that cause complex, pervasive, and serious security infrastructure problems.
The BMC is an embedded computer on the motherboard that implements IPMI; it enjoys an asymmetrical relationship with its host, with the BMC able to gain full control of memory and I/O, while the server is both blind and impotent against the BMC. Compromised servers have full access to the private IPMI network
The BMC uses reusable passwords that are infrequently changed, widely shared among servers, and stored in clear text in its storage. The passwords may be disclosed with an attack on the server, over the network network against the BMC, or with a physical attack against the motherboard (including after the server has been decommissioned.)
IT's reliance on IPMI to reduce costs, the near-complete lack of research, 3rd party products, or vendor documentation on IPMI and the BMC security, and the permanent nature of the BMC on the motherboard make it currently very difficult to defend, fix or remediate against these issues.
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The Matinee '18 August 20th – ROW Edition
Part two of The Matinee focuses on music outside of Australia. Six songs occupy The Matinee '18 August 20th – ROW Edition (or Rest of the World), which features a wide selection of genres. There are the usual American outfits, but you'll also find artists from Belarus, Sweden, and England. To hear the Down Under version, click here. Arc Iris […]Read more ›


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The beast made it down and up the hill 5 times…4 times with Sherly and myself….one time with Nicole and Gillian, because the other entrants couldn't wait for Sheryl and me to climb that hill one more time…."it's cold" ………babies….
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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On my 17th birthday in 1995, I just couldn't take it anymore. I completely skipped my birthday even though my mom and my sister had prepared one for me. I returned home later that evening to find my mom and sister chatting. I saw a look of concern in their eyes and assumed that they were either worried about why I was not there or if they realized that I just could not stand the ugly memories that my birthday brought up. My second thought was right. I sat down with them and my mom immediately grasped me and cried. I began to cry as well. At that point we all spilt our guts about everyway that each of us was still being affected by that tragic day. An hour later, we all felt better about it. We continued to do this conversation on a monthly basis. By the time my next birthday came around, I was actually able to enjoy it for the first time in 7 years.
It was wonderful to finally enjoy a birthday. After we were finished with the celebration, we started a fire in our fireplace and sat around it and started chatting about things other than dad. The conversations went until about 10:30 then we watched Grease. After the movie, we went off to bed. I gave mom a goodnight hug. As we embraced, I felt her hand go down to my butt and lightly grasp it. My eyes went wide but I kept it to myself. The next evening my sister went to bed early and left mom and I out watching TV. Once she was in bed, I asked my mom why she grasped my butt last night. She said it was just an accident, but I could see that she was hiding something. Eventually we all went to bed.
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Over the next few weeks, I noticed that my mom was coming closer and closer to the border of invading my privacy. For instance, when I got up in the morning and was in the process of dressing, she would come in to say good morning then suddenly turn when she saw me naked, but each time, getting a quick glance at me. One weekend, the computer club, which I was a member of, at school planned a party in which we would bring all our computers and hook them up to play games against each other. Unfortunately as we finished setting up, there was a black out. We waited for about 30 minutes then a school official came in stating that this entire side of town was blacked out. We repacked our equipment then I gave my mom a call to pick me up, but I got no answer. I then asked a friend of mine to take me home. I was back home and entered the door. The lights were out here as well. I brought my stuff in and set it by the door. I then looked around the house but could not see a single thing. I went to the garage to see if the car was gone. The car was still there. I went back inside and lay down in my bed. I had nearly does off when I heard a weird moan. It was so faint that I thought it was my imagination at first, but as I exited my room the noise became louder. I recognized the moans as moans of lovemaking. I assumed my mom found a boyfriend, but I didn't like the idea that she was having sex with him so early in the relationship. I sat out in the darkness of the family room hoping to catch a glimpse of the guy. I dosed off after about 20 minutes.
I was suddenly awoken by the sound of a door opening. My eyes were used to the dark by then and I saw two people come out. One was my mom who I could easily make out. The other person I could not make out, but instead of going out of the house, the other person went further down the hall towards my room and my sister's. My mom went out towards the kitchen and that is when I got up and followed the other person. The other person went in to my sister's room. I followed him and saw him get in her bed. All of a sudden the lights came back on blinding both of us in the process. Once I could clearly see, I made a shocking discovery. The "him" was a "her," my sister! She gasped at the site of me. I asked what was going on. She was silent. Then I heard another gasp from behind. It was my mom, NUDE! With my eyes wide open I constantly looked back and forth at each of them while thinking to myself, "incest?" I started asking questions and telling them what I saw to the point that they decided to tell me their little secret.
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"INCEST! You two are having sex!" I said. They both nodded and admitted what they have been doing it for the last month. I was shocked beyond belief. They noticed that I was getting a hard on from seeing them naked. They both began trying to seduce me, but I retreated into my room. I stayed there for about 20 min. think why would they do such a thing. At the same time I kept visualizing them naked and how beautiful they looked in the nude. I open my door and heard them talking out in the family room. I walked into the room and found them still nude. Hesitating whether or not to join them, I let my curiosity win. I joined them and sat by my mom. My mom is 47 but amazingly beautiful for someone of her age. She has long, wavy, very blonde hair. She was also overweight and has a plump, shaved pussy, but that was just perfect for me since I find BBW more attractive. Her breasts are very large and stand out quite a bit and her ass, WOW! very soft and not even the biggest pair of hands could fully grasp it. My sister is 16, one year younger than I am, and has the face and hair of Tinkerbell, so sweet. Her pussy is shaved, small and tight, while her breasts are medium sized and perfectly rounded.
They told me how it got started. It was when my sister slipped while taking a shower and hit her head on the back of the stall. Mom was in the process of getting dressed when she heard the thump. She immediately stopped and went to see what happen. She found Lauren down on the floor of the stall in a daze. She was all right, but she received a lump on the side of her head. Mom helped her up and for the moment that they looked at each other's naked bodies, they began to fantasize about each other. A few days later my mom approached Lauren about the situation. They shared their thoughts for a few minutes. Lauren then broke the ice and gave mom a big kiss and hug with her hands down grasping and massaging her ass. Mom then followed through. From that point on, they have periodically been having sex once I was asleep or when I was gone.
While they were telling me the story, I was constantly glancing at their naked bodies. I could feel my cock rapidly growing and showing a bulge in my pants. They both noticed and smiled as they continued the story. When they finished, my mom stated that I looked ready for the introduction. Introduction?? I thought to myself. They began to seductively approach me, and at that point I knew what they meant. All doubt and guilt fell from me right then. My sister slowly slid up my legs to my crotch, unzipped my jeans and let the throbbing dick finally be released from its prison. She began sucking my dick. GOD that felt good! My mom explained that this was why she felt my ass that one time, but that she wanted to give it more time.
Mom pulled my shirt off and started slowly licking my nipples. They immediately got just as hard as my dick. She then licked my chest up to my mouth where she passionately kissed me and sent her tongue all the way in. My sister pulled my jeans all the way off and continued to suck my dick while my mom got up and laid me on the floor and sat on my face instructing me to lick her pussy. I slowly inserted my tongue as deep as I could then began to vigorously swirl it in her pussy. She began to moan and rock back and forth over my face. I could smell that sweet pussy juice ready to come out. At the same time my sister was just about to make me release my load into her mouth, but my mom stood up for a moment and said to go to her room and that we would continue there. We all got into the king size bed, which could easily fit all three of us, and my sister positioned herself for me to probe her pussy with my dick. I rubbed the head of my dick across her vulva then inserted it in with an exhale of pleasure, which she did as well. My mom got on the bed and positioned herself above my sister's face then had my sister lick her pussy while I was probing Lauren's cunt. I pumped back and forth in her cunt for about two minutes before I released my load into her dripping pussy. I slowly fell into her breast after my ejaculation.
She then whispered into my ear, "There's more involved here than you think. You'll be glad you agreed to join us." I looked her in the eyes and saw her staring straight into mine with a big smirk on her face. I then asked my mom if she knew what Lauren was talking about. She nodded her head but did not tell me anything. My mom then began to suck my dick and reawakened it in a hurry. She then positioned herself for me to fuck her plump pussy. I quickly got into position and ran my dick along her pussy lips. She began moaning and heavily breathing as I penetrated her fuck hole. I was banging her for what felt like an eternity then her body began to tremble as she hit orgasm. I could feel her pussy juices swirling around my dick. I then released my load into her and pulled my dick out and began to lick the milky mixture of sex juices from her dripping pussy.
After that, we decided to settle down for the night. We all stayed together in the bed, which became our permanent place for all of us to sleep. My mom positioned herself so that I could rest up against her and use her breasts as pillows. Both my mom and my sister would alternate as providing their breasts as a place to rest my head. I never imagined how wonderful that could feel. I sometimes even found myself sucking on their nipples. For the next two weeks we continued on with our sexual escapades, but I couldn't stop thinking about what my sister said the first night, "There's more involved here than you think. You'll be glad you agreed to join us." What did that mean, and when would I find out?
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This is how I feel about my broken Nook Color. My Nook turned off and it won't turn on. Yes, I have tried everything. Yes, I have visited many Nook Color forums. I have tried holding the buttons down, first one, then the other, then a combination of the two, for various lengths of time. Yes, I have tried plugging it in to my computer. Yes, I have tried keeping it plugged in all night. If you are reading this and you think I have left out something, I haven't. I might have forgotten to write about it here, but believe me, I have tried. I took it to my local Barnes and Noble and they tried. Fortunately, my husband got the two-year warranty, which expires in November. This means all I have to do now is call the customer service number and they will send me a replacement Nook Color. For free --as long as I return my broken Nook Color within 14 days, otherwise, they will charge my account. Normally, this would be fine and dandy, EXCEPT: slightly less than one month ago, I drove from Murrieta, CA to Vroman's in Pasadena, CA (with a recently sprained ankle) where I had John Scalzi sign the back of my Nook Color:
He even obligingly inscribed, "This Nook belongs to Donna Leonard!" He also autographed a hardcover copy of his latest book, Redshirts for my dad along with the inscription, "Guy --You have an awesome daughter!" (Thank you again, John!) So, you see why I don't want to just hand over my old Nook. I asked the customer service people (yes, I ended up speaking on the phone to Barnes and Noble customer service reps while inside a Barnes and Noble store) why they couldn't just repair my old Nook --just put fixed parts into the old shell. Bottom line, they aren't set up that way. Once the old Nook gets to the warehouse, they have no way of keeping track of it. I asked them what happens to the old Nooks. The answer: If they can be refurbished, then they get fixed and sent out to be sold as refurbished units. If they cannot be fixed, they are destroyed.
The first thing that came to my mind, was: How would someone feel if they received a refurbished Nook with the back saying, "This Nook belongs to Donna Leonard!" and then an autograph, which, unless they are John Scalzi fans, they might not even know what they have. To be honest, if it can be fixed, I am sure they will just find a way to remove the writing on the back --which irks me even more --and don't even get me started about having it destroyed --if they are going to have it destroyed, why not just let me keep it?
Yes, I realize it's "just" a signature. One of the women who works at Barnes and Noble was trying to be helpful and suggested I get the new one sent, and just have John Scalzi sign that one. Sure. I'll just jaunt on over to Ohio and have him do just that. There might at least be a chance if they could manage to get the new Nook Color to me before Comic Con is over in San Diego. I am only about an hour away. Maybe I could find a way to just get in there (even though tickets are sold out) and see if John Scalzi would be available to sign my new Nook Color. But no. They want to send it to me through the mail. Besides, getting into sold-out Comic Con would require subterfuge that might involve the possibility of getting arrested. Driving to Pasadena with a sprained ankle for a John Scalzi book signing: COMPLETELY worth it! Getting arrested at Comic Con while trying to bust in to get Mr. Scalzi (he is 2 years younger than me, it seems weird to refer to him as "Mr.") to sign the back of my Nook, NOT worth it.
So, here is my "brilliant"(?) plan: In September, my mobile phone is due for it's upgrade. If I can manage to get the Samsung (my) Galaxy (precioussss) Note, (because money might be an issue even at upgrade prices) I can download the Nook app to that device and all my pretty books will be in there. Then I can still keep my autographed $300 paperweight as a keepsake! What do you think? Any better ideas?


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Waiting for your prescription?
Have you ever asked yourself, "why does it take so long to have a prescription filled?"
From start to finish, it takes about 2 minutes to fill one prescription….that is, if there are no other factors slowing down the process.
One of those factors is the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM). These are entities that manage the prescription benefit for your insurance company (examples are Medco, Caremark, Express Scripts). All of your demographic and insurance information must be correctly entered into the system. This processing information changes periodically, so the pharmacy must submit the claim with the updated information. The prescription must also be submitted in a way that meets the safety and formulary requirements of the insurance company. So if a drug is not covered, or the insurance does not allow for the amount the doctor has prescribed, changes must be made to the prescription and the reprocessed to the insurance company. Sometimes these issues require the pharmacy staff to call the PBM or the physician's office to get the issue resolved. This takes the pharmacy staff away from what you want them to be doing…filling the prescription.
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My visit to Turkey was relatively impromptu. I was notified less than 2 weeks before departure and didn't have time to research and prepare or even think about what I would like to experience and see in this exotic country. This planning is always important when heading out on a work-related trip – the meetings don't leave you with much time to sightsee and tourist, and with 2 days to travel there, energy is also in short supply. When I realised that I was not going to be in Istanbul, I didn't really have any idea what I was going to see.
Looking at Antalya on the map during my limited preparations, I was struck with how close it was (relatively speaking) to my grandfather's birthplace of Tartous in Syria. Just across the Mediterranean really, since Tartous is also a coastal city. I really wanted to visit, since I'd never been that far away from home, and that close to that part of the world and the relatives there. But skirmishes in northeastern Turkey and the lack of direct travel between Antalya or Istanbul and Tartous settled my mind that maybe this was not the time. It would have been a very rushed visit in any event, and I didn't have a visa or much time to get one.
The prospect of visiting Turkey, while exciting, was also a bit daunting knowing about the hijab-ban in government and military buildings, and universities. I'd never been in a country with that official attitude towards the hijab and I didn't know what that meant for the daily life of Turkish hijabis. What would that mean for me as a foreign national? I got some positive assurances from Turkish nationals, through my father and brother, and since my meeting was in a hotel, I set aside those concerns (mostly) and set forth. Instead I focused on the fact that, with more than 90% of the population being Muslim, pork not on the menu and meats halaal, I could be freer in sampling food than in most of my travels. But more about the food later.
I didn't spend any real time in Istanbul, unless you count the few hours in Attaturk airport. For those who need to know, at least in the domestic terminal, people line up at the boarding gates well in advance of the stated time for boarding, or opening of the gate, without even the hint of appearance of any airline staff or plane. It's not quite a stampede, since they are orderly and lined up, but by the time the airline agents open the gate, people are ready to go. It was also surprising to realise that Turkish airports do security scanning before you enter the building; full works including scanning of suitcases, removal of shoes etc.
But before I properly assimilated those peculiarities, I have to admit that it was the smoking that made the first impact. I have never been to a country where people smoke so freely indoors. Well, not freely, but none of the buildings seem to be smoke-free. There are sections in the airport and in the hotels, that are smoking, and so many people smoke that despite the generally excellent ventilation, you can see the walls of smoke. And smell it. Restaurants generally didn't seem to have no-smoking areas either – in one case we asked to be seated outside, away from the smokers and with fresh air, then they seated smokers right next to us. I am not getting into a anti-tobacco rant, merely pointing out that this is noticeable on arrival from non-smoking-in-public-places countries, and particularly when your sinus allergies are prepared to rage after 2 days in planes and airports.
Antalya is on the Mediterranean, on the Turquoise Riviera, in reference to the gorgeous colour of the water, or the turquoise that is part of the fabric of Turkey and things Turkish, or both. It is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey, capital of Antalya Province. The population of the city is over 600,000 but reaches two million in summers at the height of tourism season. (Antalya on Wikipedia) There is so much history and culture in this region, coupled with the sheer natural beauty of the mountains and the water. Antalya is like a crescent with the sea in the inner curve and ringed on the outside by mountains. The combination is beautiful, even if you're only looking from one area and didn't get to explore. You can take cruises to various waterfalls and along the coast and trips to mountains and various sites nature attractions and sights. Plans for some time in the future. Or for any of my readers who are so lucky. We ate lunch a couple times at this beach bar/cafe right on the beach, where we could soak in the blueness and bits of the mountains, and observe the people fishing from the shore with rods, stretching out on the "sand" (which looked like grey gravel but didn't seem to bother anybody) and even swimming.
There's a beautiful marina next to the old walls of the city and the old city bazaar leading down to it. Hadrian's Gate and the Antalya museum are musts. I made it to the museum and saw the 3 arches of Hadrian's Gate (but no picture).There are mosques throughout the city and you can hear the adhan call 5 times a day for prayer. I didn't make it to the mosque when I was in the city, but I could see spires and domes, just didn't figure out how to get there without getting lost. The mosques in Turkey are beautiful and share some common features, in that the primary structure is very cuboid, or several cubes, with a dome, and a tall spindly minaret or two at the corner.
It is all quite breathtaking, and impossible to truly appreciate when you're stuck in meetings 8.30 until and the days are short because it's winter. Not that winter is too much of a problem. It's mediterranean – warm and sunny at temperatures in the high teens and 20s Celsius, with rain of course as it's winter, but even then, not too bad. When you've got days like this when you can sit out in the sun at the beach and soak in all that turquoise gorgeousness…you really can't complain.
Well, not too much anyway…
In the next couple posts I will detail some more of the touristing activities and the food to be enjoyed in Antalya. I am currently stuck in the Barbados at 2.20 am, after leaving Trinidad 9.30 pm for Guyana, only to be diverted after circling over the airport in Timehri unable to land because of heavy fog. Who knows when we're getting out of here.
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Dept. of Energy
In a pair of articles, The Hill's energy and environment blogger Timothy Cara looks at political efforts to increase natural gas exports to Europe on account of Russia's annexation of Crimea, part of Ukraine, and environmental groups opposed to it.
The Hill
Harkening back to the long lines at gas stations that erupted after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, followed by diminishing oil production, US crude oil exports were prohibited. With production booming, energy czar Ernest Moniz may reconsider that policy.
The New York Times - Energy & Environment
Energy storage is acknowledged by many as a missing link of renewable energy, particularly by those quick to cite the intermittency of solar and wind power. A new solar thermal plant in Arizona stores energy in the form of heat for peak hour needs.
The New York Times - Energy & Environment
John M. Broder writes about a new U.S. Department of Energy report released July 11th that details the vulnerability of the nation's entire energy system to climate change effects - from droughts, intense storms, rising seas, lower river levels...
The New York Times - U.S.
Toyota is set to introduce its first fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. in 2015, which are expected to cost between $50,000 and $100,000. But will the U.S. be ready for it, i.e. will there be hydrogen fueling stations? Yes, say public officials.
On May 16, President Obama's pick to head the EPA, Gina McCarthy, was approved on a 10-8 party-line vote by a Senate Committee and advances to the full Senate. His pick to head the Dept. of Energy, Ernest Moniz, was approved by the Senate by 97-0.
The Hill's Energy & Environment Blog
Sources said that Ernest Moniz, former Energy Department undersecretary for President Clinton may replace Steven Chu as Energy Secretary. He now directs MIT's Energy Initiative and serves on Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
HECA, the Hydrogen Energy California project, will do much more than burn H2 to produce 300 megawatts of emission-free electricity. This U.S. Dept. of Energy-backed project will store (sequester) carbon underground in Kern County's oil fields.
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Rudy has been catering in the Hamptons for more than 25 years, first in the family business started by his grandfather, Dreesen's Excelsior Market, a full service grocery and butcher shop which became as famous for their homemade Dreesen's Donuts as they were for their prime meats and homestyle food. When the family closed Dreesen's Market in 2004, Rudy started Dreesen's Catering, a full service catering company now located in a brand new commercial kitchen facility in East Hampton that Rudy designed himself.
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Portal: Prelude
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|Release date(s)
October 10, 2008 (current version 1.1.5)
Portal: Prelude is a mod for Portal which aims to extend the Portal storyline.
The story revolves around the pre-GLaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees, whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive. This is why they decided to build a great artificial intelligence that could both replace them in these difficult tasks, and also take responsibility for many other tasks within the complex and compete with Black Mesa's superiority. All employees of the Aperture Science complex are now eagerly awaiting GLaDOS. Maybe even a little too eagerly, as the upcoming events will tell.
It all starts with a test subject (named Abby) going through the 19 test chambers, which are considerably harder and more lethal then the ones of the original Portal (for example, turrets are encountered in the second chamber, whereas in the original Portal they don't appear until the 16th). After completing the test chambers, she is congratulated by the staff as being the first test subject to do such a feat, and that a party will be held in her honor. But, GLaDOS is also being activated at the same time (even though her morality core isn't prepared yet), so, as a special treat, they invite Abby to go and watch from a secret platform.
However, soon after awakening, GLaDOS proceeds to kill all the people in the chamber, and attempts to kill Abby too, with a mixture of telekinesis and death rays. However, the remaining survivors manage to shut off the generators. Knowing they have only a little while before the emergency generators kick in, they tell Abby to get the morality core and install it before she kills everyone. After navigating through a now destroyed Aperture Science, she finds the core and manages to attach it to GLaDOS, just as she had begun flooding the place with a neurotoxin.
Abby then blacks out, and, when awakens, is seen being dragged out of the chamber by a female Aperture Science employee. The screen then fades, and the final cut-scene is that of Abby walking through the parking lot of Aperture Science (where it is now raining), collapsing, and (presumably) dying, as the screen fades to black. The last thing she can see is the G-Man, standing in the booth and adjusting his tie.
Portal: Prelude is a whole new story where the player takes the role of Abby, a Test Subject (whose model mostly consists of a blonde Chell model with other small changes), monitored by Aperture scientists with British accents who tend to make humorous comments. The game offers a few more gameplay hours than the original Portal, with 8 chapters, 19 Test Chambers, 48 challenges, 6 advanced maps, a brand new storyline and more than 400 lines of speech with various languages (as subtitles). The puzzles are also much more difficult than in the original Portal.


text: Chia seeds are a rich source of vitamins, iron and calcium, probably the reason why they're appearing in smoothie bowls all over the place. In addition to being super healthy, chia seeds add interesting flavor and texture to puddings, granola and pastries. One of our favorite recipes showcasing chia seeds is this fruity take on pancakes. Creamy mascarpone, chia seeds and lemon zest are folded into the batter, and the pancakes get topped with sliced plums and maple syrup—this recipe will definitely be your new go-to brunch dish. The next time you want to add a healthy twist to your favorite cake or scones, check out F&W's guide to chia seeds.


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Construction managers are responsible for all operations involved in construction projects. They plan, oversee, orchestrate and budget these projects. These managers lead construction projects for all types of edifices and infrastructures. They act as the overall supervisors for a project, with tasks such as recruiting personnel, negotiating with contractors and scheduling work of all project crew to match the construction phase. Construction managers are in charge of all workers, but don't perform actual construction work themselves. Also known as project managers, construction superintendents, project engineers or general constructors, construction managers may be salaried or self-employed.
Construction managers orchestrate and supervise a construction project from its conceptual development stage through final construction within schedule and budget. They interact with owners, engineers and architects who are part of the operation. Large construction projects are broken down into phases site preparation, building construction, and building systems. Construction managers find market for materials, research on the best and most cost-effective way to procure them, set deadlines for projects, use data systems to research for the most efficient construction technique and determine labor requirements of the project. They are also responsible for supervising work crew, obtaining all necessary permits and licenses, ensuring everyone adhere to all building codes, rules, ordinances and regulations, supervising construction logistics such as delivery of materials, equipments and tools, and enforcing safety regulations for all workers.
Education and Training Requirements
To become a construction manager, one must obtain a bachelor's degree in construction management or science, building science or civil engineering. Most employers prefer construction managers to have work experience. Another route one can take without needing a bachelor's degree is an associate's degree plus years of related work experience. No certification is required for this job.
Knowledge and Skills Requirements
The ability to multi task together with good analytical, computer, communication, leadership and teamwork skills are needed to enable the manager to perform his tasks well.
Working Conditions
The field serves as the office of construction managers. They travel extensively when the site is far from home and if they are managing multiple construction sites. Some managers follow a standard 40-hour workweek, but most of them are on call 24 hours a day. Extended work hours are expected on the job, particularly when meeting project deadlines. Although the construction manager does not directly work on dangerous tasks, the site location may lead to injuries and accidents, so safety precautions must be followed.
A construction manager makes $61,000 annually on average. Factors such as size of company, location, nature of the industry, benefits and experience may cause salaries to vary considerably among construction managers.


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In Ray Bradbury's famous Farenheit 451, the rebels become a litterary masterpiece by picking their favorite book and learning it by heart to someday perpetuate its memory when reading is no longer forbidden. What book would you like to be?
I am not the first blogger to start a "Question of the day" series. I used to participate to Danny's Let me ask you a question posts regularly, but since he has almost stopped pubishing them, I thought I'd give it a go. We'll see if I stick to it, depending on the answers I get!


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Pen testing through the mail — attack not real but the malware is
Someone's been mailing letters purporting to be from the National Credit Union Administration to credit unions throughout the U.S. The letters ask the recipients to view training material on enclosed CDs. Not too surprisingly, the unexpected letters turned out to be fake and the CDs loaded with malware.The surprising part, though, is that the attack was fake, too.
"The malware-infected CDs that were mailed to some credit unions may have been part of a penetration test designed to gauge whether an employee would run the software. The SANS Internet Storm Center says it was notified by a representative from Microsolved that the mailing was part of an authorized pen test."
As far as I can work it out, the letters were fake. Maybe double-fake, since they were from penetration testers pretending to be attackers pretending to be NCUA officials warning about attacks… or is that triple-fake? But nevertheless, the malware was real. The NCUA has issued a warning that playing the CDs could lead to a security breach or have other adverse consequences.
~ Ivy Wigmore


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JavaScript Part 1: Create a Hello world app
This is the first video in a 3-part series designed to build your first Windows Store app. In this video, you'll build a basic Hello, world app using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and learn how to use the Rating control, a Windows library for JavaScript control.
[01:14] Before you start
[01:52] Step 1: Create a new project in Visual Studio
[04:06] Step 2: Launch the app
[05:00] Step 3: Modify your start page
[07:51] Step 4: Create an event handler
[12:16] Step 5: Register the event handler when our app launches
[15:35] Step 6: Style our start page
[20:01] Step 7: Add a Windows library for JavaScript control
[21:41] Step 8: register an event handler for Windows library for JavaScript controls
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Very nice step by step presentation, thank you!
Since this is a javascript already, can I use the jquery events instead of the default event handler for standard html control?
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It's amazing how much you can learn from a typo. It took me hours to find why my app kept breaking. It wound up that I typed raiding instead of rating.


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McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, a nationally recognized full-service public
and government affairs firm, will mark its 20th anniversary and
enter its third decade with a transition in its leadership early next year.
Wholly owned by the McGuireWoods LLP law firm, McGuireWoods Consulting
(MWC) first opened its doors in Richmond on January 12, 1998, with a team
of four full-time employees. Today, the group has 118 professionals, with
offices in seven state capitals, Washington, D.C., and Europe. Over the two
decades, the bipartisan firm has served more than 2,000 clients on matters
ranging from federal and state government relations to grassroots advocacy
and economic development. The National Law Journal's most recent
ranking of more than 1,500 federal government relations firms placed
McGuireWoods Consulting in the top 20 for the fifth year in a row.
The transition plans were announced today by McGuireWoods Consulting's
Frank B. Atkinson, its president and CEO,
L.F. Payne, Jr., and by
Richard Cullen
chairman of the law firm. All three were instrumental in the launch of
McGuireWoods Consulting and will remain active with MWC after the
transition on Jan. 12.
"McGuireWoods Consulting has been partnering with our clients for two
decades, creating opportunities and solving problems at the crucial
intersection of business and government," Atkinson said. "We are pleased to
announce that
Mark T. Bowles and
James H.
Hodges will assume McGuireWoods Consulting's top leadership roles."
Hodges, a former governor of South Carolina, will succeed Payne as
president and chief executive officer. Currently a senior advisor at MWC
and partner in the law firm, Hodges joined McGuireWoods in 2009. He serves
major business clients through a national multistate practice that includes
working with governors and other state and federal leaders. In 1998, he
became the first person to unseat an incumbent South Carolina governor in
122 years.
Bowles, a consultant with three decades of experience in Virginia politics,
government and public affairs, will succeed Atkinson as chairman. A leader
in McGuireWoods Consulting since its founding, Bowles serves as executive
vice president overseeing all of MWC's state capital offices and state
practice groups. He is also a law firm partner.
Other experienced leaders of McGuireWoods Consulting's bipartisan
government and public affairs team will assume added responsibilities in
the January 2018 transition:
Payne, a former Virginia congressman, said Hodges and Bowles will guide
McGuireWoods Consulting to even greater success over decades to come. "Jim
and Mark enjoy the confidence of clients and colleagues, and they will lead
an outstanding bipartisan team of consultants who consistently deliver for
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"McGuireWoods Consulting's growth and achievements have been extraordinary,
thanks in large measure to the remarkable leadership provided for two
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new leaders as McGuireWoods Consulting expands its capabilities, talent and
reach in ways that will make a big difference for our clients."
Hodges said the innovative, client-focused approach that led McGuireWoods
to launch MWC 20 years ago will continue to guide the firm. "Our focus is
crafting strategies that achieve positive solutions for our clients, and
that often means doing things in new and creative ways. That has been the
hallmark of McGuireWoods Consulting in the past and is the key to our
"Frank and LF established a strong tradition of leadership, integrity and
relentless client service—one that Governor Hodges and I and our whole team
are determined to continue," said Bowles. "We have a strong foundation, and
we will continue to build McGuireWoods Consulting with our clients' needs
and goals foremost in mind."
MWC's Washington, D.C., office will remain under the leadership of Reagan
White House veteran
Frank J. Donatelli, a longtime Republican activist whose presidential campaign efforts
include those of Sen. Bob Dole and John McCain and Presidents George H.W.
Bush and George W. Bush. Growth of MWC's federal practice has been aided in
recent years by the addition of high-level tax, health care, energy and
transportation policy professionals. That includes recent arrivals of
Robert Wasinger, who headed the Trump campaign's Senate and gubernatorial
outreach and was a key Trump transition official, and Harold Hancock, a
former majority counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee.
Two new practice group directors will join the leadership team.
William D. Boan,
a senior vice president in Columbia, will succeed Hodges as director of
South Carolina government relations.
Ashley S. Groome, a senior vice president in Atlanta, will succeed Alexander as director of
Georgia government relations.
Continuing their leadership roles for the firm are
Christopher D. Lloyd (senior vice president and director of the infrastructure and economic
development practice),
Theodore F. "Tray" Adams III (senior vice president and director of Virginia government relations),
John F. Dunn (senior vice president and director of Illinois government relations),
D. Bowen "Bo" Heath
(senior vice president and director of North Carolina government
Mark A. Miner
(senior vice president and co-director of Texas government relations),
Nadia C. Crisan
(senior vice president and international practice coordinator), and Martha
B. Youngblood (executive director).
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serves a management liaison function with the McGuireWoods law firm . Cullen will become chair of the Governance Committee, succeeding
McGuireWoods partner Anne Marie Whittemore.
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James W. Dyke Jr,
Matthew Hall,
Harold Hancock,
Gabriel Iosif,
Eric Johnson,
Harrison J. Kaplan,
Robert Q. Lewis,
Yves Melin,
Victor Moldovan,
Luis J. Saenz,
Jacquelyn E. Stone,
Russell W. Sullivan.
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Pacific Rim Chicken Burgers
Received from: Katherine Gravelle at Anne Arundel, Kent & Queen Anne's Counties
- 1 1/4 pounds ground chicken
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp Asian hot chile sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/2 cup bottled teriyaki glaze
- 4 sesame buns, split and toasted
- 4 leaves red lettuce
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, halved, and thinly sliced length-wise
- Ginger mayonnaise, recipe follows
Recipe Notes
- In a large bowl, mix together chicken, panko, egg, onions, cliantro, garlic, chili sauce, and salt
- With oiled hands, form into four patties
- In a small bowl, mix together teriyaki glaze and honey
- In large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat, place oil
- Add chicken and cook, turning and brushing teriyaki glaze, about 10 minutes or until done
- Place burgers on toasted buns and top with lettuce, cucumber, and ginger mayonnaise
- Garnish with additional cliantro and cucumber slices
Makes 4 sevings
Note: Regular bread crumbs may be used instead of panko. Cakes may be made smaller or size desired. Grilling burgers is possible.
Ginger Mayonnaise Directions
- In small bowl, mix together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish, 2 tsp minced fresh ginger, 2 tsp lime juice, 1 clove garlic, minced at 1/4 tsp salt.


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