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Reality Television and the Hysterical Sublime
Reality television is perhaps one of the most compelling and controversial products the postmodern world has known. In theory, unscripted television programming, as it is sometimes called, sounds to some extent like an inoffensive Habermasian wet dream, as the term "unscripted" "brings to mind ideas like 'free', 'unfettered', 'unconstrained'" (Athanassoulis 2008). There is a promise of genuine, uncontrolled programming that is driven by its participants rather than the producers, directors, and scriptwriters who work behind the scenes in setting the tone of the program. "Unscripted programming is a vote for freedom then, for … [it] gives access to the creative process to people who could otherwise never get this opportunity, ordinary people like you and me" (Athanassoulis 2008).
But this promise of democratic participation is but a deception. In actuality, what parades itself as reality runs according to a very tight script — participants are placed in clearly defined and controlled situations. Furthermore, these situations test many moral boundaries. Many reality tv set ups, Athanassoulis says, "seem to reproduce experiments from the 1970s" (2008), such as the infamous Stanford prison experiment.
Most often, participants with conflicting personalities are locked in a sensory-deprived environment — they have no access to the outside world, no outlets for their frustration and boredom, and no boundaries of personal space. Starve the participants for a few days and give them massive amounts of alcohol, or subject them to situations that test their limits (with the promise of a hefty cash prize at the end if they succeed), then "stand back and film" (Athanassoulis 2008). What results is television as we know it today — "sadistic" (Athanassoulis 2008) images ranging from "sexually explicit material to psychological squalor and overt expressions of social and political defiance" (Jameson 2006).
Sexually-explicit material from Big Brother 9
A news report on the controversial bullying of Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother UK
A thoroughly disgusting clip from Fear Factor
Reality television program The Swan forever transforms women (albeit merely superficially) through plastic surgery — a reminder of society's addiction "for a world transformed into sheer images of itself" (Jameson 2006), of a culture whose values are deeply rooted in the simulacrum.
The experience of viewing reality television is thus an experience with the hysterical sublime — the vast collection of images contain a potent mix of terror, disgust, and aversion, yet they are simultaneously so compelling, fascinating, and astonishing that a viewer could not bring himself to take his gaze away from it. We are so drawn into the spectacle of reality television to the extent that, as Neil Postman puts it, "we are amusing ourselves to death" (1985).
The Hysterical Sublime and the Art of Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst's art is perhaps even more evocative of what Jameson describes as the hysterical sublime. His works portray not only a fetishization of the human body, but of various life forms as well.
Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purpose of Understanding contains 39 fishes preserved in formaldehyde and melamine.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living features an actual shark suspended in a mixture of silicon and formaldehyde.
This photograph of Hirst's works is particularly compelling. A zebra has been reduced to a mere polyester and resin representation, its black stripes peeled off to reveal layers of skin and muscle. The backdrop — a juxtaposition of Mickey Mouse, Ronald McDonald, and a victim from the Vietnam war — is a frightening yet simultaneously seizing representation of how capitalism and US imperialism has taken over the world. It is interesting to note that while the backdrop does contain images from the past, the very concept of time — specifically, history — has been effaced by historicism (Jameson 2006). This piece no longer presents the world as how it was at specific points in the past, but instead pieces together a homogenous world of arbitrary images, framing them from the point of view of the capitalism-dominated present. It clearly demonstrates how, in the postmodern world, time has become empty, and historical contexts have been removed.
Resurrection is also evocative of Jameson's insight on historicism.
The glass panels surround the figure, defining its existence in space, yet its existence in time has been seemingly suspended.
Postmodernist Architecture and the Collapsing of Time
A bold example of the emergence of space above time is the Piazza d'Italia found in New Orleans, Louisiana. Designed by Charles Moore, this space is an exuberant and kitschy take on Classical Italian architecture with its loud color palette, distorted scale and perspective, and spectacular waterworks.
Architecture is particularly important for Jameson, as he believes that "of all the arts [it is] the closet constitutively to the economic" (2006). Architecture and capitalism, he continues, share "a virtually unmediated relationship, [as the] flowering of … new postmodern architecture [is] grounded in the patronage of multinational business, whose expansion and development is strictly contemporaneous with it" (2006). It is no secret that the construction of the Piazza is rooted in the goals of capitalism — it was envisioned to become a major attraction in New Orleans in order to boost its tourism industry.
In the book Chambers for a Memory Palace, Moore (1996) describes the mishmash of allusions he makes to the different architectural orders:
"Tuscan was the simplest - a ring of water to make what was supposed to be an unfluted column, though the closely spaced jets begin to suggest fluting. The Doric got metopes of water jets and stainless steel columns split like an ancient helmet to reveal water running down inside and a stainless steel wall behind the columns with water running down the surface. In the corners above the central arch on the Doric wall I had thought to put huge windshield wipers to push away the falling water, but that suggestion was rejected as tasteless; only to be replaced furtively by my head spouting water. The Ionic order had water flying around in volutes, a liquid egg-and-dart molding. The Corinthian sported capitals of acanthus-shaped jets, and the Composite combined those with volutes of water and jets up between the fluting."
It's an odd commentary; I believe it says virtually nothing about the Piazza. If it achieves anything, it self-consciously addresses the space's meaninglessness, flatness, and depthlessness, that which Jameson describes as "a new kind of superficiality in the most literal sense" (489). Now holding no meaning beyond that which is visible, the space is nothing more than a collage of arbitrarily-chosen elements detached from their particular contexts. The Piazza removes classical Italian architecture from its historicity, thus "cannibal[izing] … the architectural [style] of the past" (Jameson 494) and reducing it to a garishly-colored, water fixture-laden hyperspace.
The superficiality of the space reaches even newer heights with Moore's incorporation of his own image into the architecture. Much like Marilyn Monroe and Edie Sedgwick, whom Warhol has "commodified and transformed into their own images" (Jameson, 2006), Moore's sculpture is forever suspended in time as it exists merely in space — a chilling reminder of how images — and consequently, capitalism — has taken over the world as we know it.
The Politics of Nostalgia
With regards to postmodern society's loss of its sense of time and history, Jameson writes of the nostalgia mode, which he understands as "the desperate attempt to appropriate a missing past" (2006). This attempt of reconstruction, however, is an approach that is still heavily centered on the "glossy qualities of the image" (Jameson 2006) — on stylized representations of dominant ideologies, fashion, dance moves, and (bad) hair, among others. Aesthetics have now taken over as the sole operators of defining pastness, yet this past that we perceive is merely a "pseudo-historical depth" (Jameson 2006).
Arjun Appadurai, in his work on globalization and culture, agrees — culture has become a "social imaginaire built largely around reruns" (2006). The past, he continues, is no longer a place of memory, but a "synchronic warehouse of cultural scenarios, a kind of temporal central casting, to which recourse can be taken as appropriate, depending on the movie to be made, the scene to be enacted, the hostages to be rescued" (2006).
One need not look far to see examples in the media that are saturated with images that have displaced "real" history:
A comedian compresses into a mere six minutes a history of dance spanning more than 50 years.
The Jonas Brothers sell to pre-pubescent fans empty aesthetics of the 1940s.
In yet another music video, the same three boys make references to iconic action films.
British band The Darkness attempt to channel the exuberant glam rock movement.
Faux band PoP (from the film Music and Lyrics) create a pastiche (a parody without a vocation) of the 1980s.
Hollywood producers are in the process of churning out recycled versions of sci-fi classics,
using nostalgic icons such as the Ghostbusters and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator.
And finally, the music of the Beatles is repackaged into a video game
for the current generation (and its nostalgic predecessors) to consume.
Athanassoulis, N. (2008). Some Vices of Reality TV Programming. Paper presented in The Ethics of Media: Philosophical Foundations and Practical Imperatives, Cambridge, April 2008.
Jameson, F. (2006). Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. In M. Durham & D. Kellner, Eds. Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (pp. 482-519). Wiley-Blackwell.
Appadurai, A. (2006). Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy. In M. Durham & D. Kellner, Eds. Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (pp. 584-603). Wiley-Blackwell.
Lyndon, D. & Moore, C. W. (1996). Chambers for a Memory Palace. MIT Press.
Postman, N. (1985). Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Penguin Books.
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We had a CPU usage issue for a while ago with AdBlock users on onedio.com reported by some of our users.
At first we thought that this CPU problem is about user's system resources and we didn't mind too much.
After a while we started to get too many complaints about same issue. We dig into this then we saw that this is a problem about AdBlock extension. Yes the most popular ad-blocker extension in Webstore.
Here is a profile result for onedio.com with a Chrome browser + Adblock extension
The CPU killer function named addElemHideSelectors is a core function of Adblock. We searched about this function and we saw that this issue has been already reported on AdblockPlus Trac (not Adblock, AdBlock Plus) [1] [2] has been already fixed this by a very few code changes. [3]
But we still didn't solve the CPU issue. We just relaxed our users a little.
It is sad that we should be Adblock compatible.
We then applied the patch that AdblockPlus have made to Adblock. Ad here is the result. The only problem is that Adblock iterating 172K size array without grouping and immediately.
"The problem seems to be caused by the while loop inside addElemHideSelectors somehow." noted on AdBlock Plus trac page
5. The js file of AdbBlock that we analyzed https://gist.github.com/hasantayyar/6c5b6139316a9c5e24675bfa89980c4c
Update from my mentions to @getadblocker
@htayyar Sorry we didn't get to your ticket in time! Yes, this is being fixed. AdBlock 3.1 should be 2x faster than AdBlock 3.0.— AdBlock (@getadblock) July 22, 2016
@getadblock just making this small fix makes twice faster - https://t.co/yf7l019juq - btw, is there a predicted date of release?— Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK (@htayyar) July 22, 2016
Update #2
After Adblock released it's 3.1 version our pains are gone.

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Alias Grace shows the versatility of Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace was my third Margaret Atwood book after Lady Oracle and Oryx and Crake. What struck me most is how different they all are.
Atwood is a talented author who can switch between genre and eras with evident ease. She also defies labelling.
Alias Grace can't be pigeon holed as historical fiction or a crime novel, despite the narrative being around two murders in a historical setting.
It's more a study in psychology and the human condition, the lessons from which are applicable anywhere at any time.
The novel is based on a true story set in Canada during the mid 19th century. It's told from the perspective of Grace Marks, who really was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, and a fictional doctor Simon Jordan, who interviewed her years after the event.
I like having the two perspectives and enjoyed the subtle humor which Atwood always manages to inject — Grace's observations of the people around her and Simon's misguided affair with his landlady.
As any good historical novel should do, it also transported me back to the the time and place, revealing facts about Canada's turbulent political development I was previously unaware of.
I read this book earlier this year during a week at the beach and thoroughly enjoyed it.
A Netflix series based on the novel has been produced.


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Run the Risk by Lori Foster
When Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friend's unsolved murder, he vows to gain her cooperation by any means necessary. But the elusive beauty is more suspicious—and in far more danger—than he expected. And the last thing Logan needs is to start caring for her…
Pepper has spent years dodging the corrupt club owner who will stop at nothing to keep her silenced. She can trust no one, not even the handsome new "construction worker" who's moved in next door. The heat between them is undeniable. But will surrendering to passion bring her the safety she so desires—or will her feelings for Logan draw them both into a killer's crosshairs?
Shades of Temptation by Virna DePaul
Carrie Ward understands dangerous men, and she's got the scars to prove it. These days, the Special Investigations Group detective saves her risk taking for the job. But when she's asked to pursue a high-profile serial killer, she'll have to join forces with the last man she wants to depend on-Jase Tyler, an ace senior detective who's as reckless as she is cautious. And despite her best intentions, the sparks begin to fly.
As Carrie and Jase race to try to save the next victim, the passion that simmers between them ignites. But a cunning killer at the top of his game is challenging Carrie to play to the very end. Now all she can count on are her instincts-and Jase, the one man daring enough to keep her safe….


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The simple reality is we, the international community and each of our institutions; need to accept a certain truth. There is one thing to accept about the Mullahs in Iran as we try to appease them, accommodate them, and compromise with them in failure after failure after failure. At some point you take a person out their world, they are not interested in appeasement. They are not interested in compromise. It speaks to the best of this parliament and my congress and the international community that we have tried and tried and tried. It is a good statement about us, but it will not work. Sometimes you have to look the truth in the face.
In my country, I suspect as I am sensing in this parliament, a very broad coalition was formed in support of the MEK. Not simply because we think it is the best opposition group, because in reality it is the only opposition group. The Mullahs have destroyed any independent voice. There is no one left standing that has organization and leadership and resources and willing to make the sacrifice of lives to bring freedom to the oppressed people of Iran. So, from democrats, republicans, left and right, as I am sensing in this parliament we stand firmly behind the MEK as the one organization that can end this nightmare for the Iranian people.
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The road to a free Tehran today is through Liberty. It is important to understand the attack on the Liberty. Much as those who sat in our chairs 15 year ago, 10 years ago saw the attack on Sarajevo not an attack on the people who lived there, but on credibility of your parliament and my congress and the United Nations and international community. We gave our word for the security of these people. The UN gave its commitment. We were there to protect their lives and we didn't. I understood the outrage of the Sarajevo and Ruanda and host of other places. I don't understand the silence here. They didn't attack the people of Liberty. They attacked the credibility of the UN and Europe and America. We were attacked. You, me. And we were left ???(5:06) That is the issue that is before us today.
Now the people of camp Liberty, not in anger but in de facto of accommodation to de facto that we didn't keep our word have made a simple request: they want to leave. And to leave, they want to return to the relative safety of camp Ashraf. Not an unreasonable request. Or they want simply the means to be defended in Liberty. I will tell you what they want and anyone here tell me where it is unreasonable. They owned bullet proof western helmets. They want no money. They want no gifts. They owned them. They are at Ashraf. They would like them brought to Liberty. Is this unreasonable? The US's military had left t-walls for blast protection around the places were men and women now sleep in camp Liberty. For exactly this kind of attack, they exist; they are paid for by our tax payers. They would like them back to the camp Liberty to defend against another attack. Unreasonable? Is there something wrong with that? They would like blast protection bunkers. They would like to know there is a safety zone around the camp from which rockets cannot be launched. Who here can argue with one of those requests?
Who here can argue with one of those requests? Instead we are told by my government and perhaps yours that security lies not in these means but in leaving the country. I would accept that if we were talking about 3200 people, but we moved 7 in the last year. The casualty count of death is greater than those who moved. But the request is; is that 70 or a 100 or 200? If you take every country, now willing to accept people from Liberty, everyone, assume there are no problems and get them all out tomorrow, it might be 500 people. 2700 remain. No helmets, no t-walls, no glass protection, no safety, facing imminent attack. 2700.
If I were to say that in this room, this room is going to be attacked, 10 of you can leave and the remained will stay and face death, would you? And if you did, what kind of people are you? There is a wonderful quote that I remember all my life at the end of the battle of France and as the battle of Britain was beginning, the Germans sent a message to Churchill. Would he surrender? He was so contemptuous, he didn't answer. He simply said: what kind of people do they think we are? What kind of people would live in camp Liberty, if they would leave their children, their brothers, their sisters, their comrades, people whom they have lived with for 26 years? And a few would run for the door and leave the rest to fight for their lives. What kind of people would they be?
That is not an answer for security. Tell me where we were wrong in what we have asked for? Tell me that having a few leave and having the rest behind is right and we will do it. Which you know it is not and that is the line that separates us today.
How do we move this? Those diplomats who prescribed accommodation with Iranians or leaving Liberty or remaining in danger and waiting and waiting for the Iraqi's fraud protection, they do not work for themselves. They are not (9:03) to themselves. They work for you, or for me. They are answerable in a democratic society to our constituencies.
I know it is the hardest thing in politics is to see history up close. You can never say where it is going or where it is came from even if after few years have become obvious.
Here is what is obvious: Even as we speak the seeds of the end of the Iranian regime are being planted. You can see it in Syria, you can see it in Iraq, you can tell in international chambers. It is there. It is coming; someday soon it will appear, obvious as it can be.
By being here today you have chosen sides. You have done the greatest thing any parliamentarian can do. And why I believe this parliament has become the conscious of the western world.
Anybody can stand with a rich. Anybody can take the side of the powerful. Anybody can be intimidated by nuclear weapons. Anybody can be intimidated by oil. But those who will stand with the poor over the rich, the weak over strong, they not only inherit history but in moments like this, can be proud of it the rest of their lives.
Not only that you are the side of the rich but from everything I believe you are on the side of the winning. We have weeks, days, not months not years to save the lives of the people of Liberty. Remind your diplomats who they work for and remind them the kind of parliament that you want to be and everything that Europe should represent to the world. This is that moment.
Thank you very much for having me in this moment.


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Effect of Delmopinol Hydrochloride on the Prevention and Removal of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica Stainless Steel-Adhered Biofilms
Ewell, Ellen Sutton
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Bacterial biofilms attached to food contact surfaces are an ongoing concern for the food industry due to the resistance of bacteria within biofilms to detergents and sanitizers. Within food manufacturing facilities, stainless steel is a common food-contact surface in which microbial cell attachment and biofilm formation may occur. Identifying methods to prevent and remove biofilms during standard cleaning and sanitation practices could prove useful, as mature biofilms can release planktonic cells into an aqueous environment, causing continual low-level contamination. Dental studies involving delmopinol hydrochloride, a cationic surfactant, have found a preventative and dissociating affect on biofilms, where food applications have scarcely been researched. This study demonstrates the prevention and removal of Listeria monocytogenes 1/2a and S. enterica Agona biofilms on stainless steel with pre- and post-exposures of delmopinol hydrochloride. Stainless steel blanks (#304, 16 gauge, 2cm x 2cm, finish #4) were submerged in a 0.2% or 0.5% delmopinol solution before or after biofilm formation. Treatment times were 1, 5 or 10 minutes, whereas controls were not exposed to the delmopinol solution. Disinfected stainless steel blanks were spot-inoculated with 20µL of a 10⁹ CFU/mL liquid culture, and pre-exposed blanks were additionally submerged in delmopinol and dried prior to inoculation. Biofilms were exclusively formed on the finished and inoculated side by placing the surface face-down on TSA. After cell attachment and biofilm development for 24 hours at 25°C, blanks were rinsed with phosphate buffer. Post-exposed blanks were submerged in 0.2% or 0.5% delmopinol for 1, 5 or 10 minutes before all blanks were individually vortexed for 90 seconds to dislodge films. Bacterial populations were determined by surface plating onto TSA followed by incubation at 32°C for L. monocytogenes and 37°C for S. Agona for 48 hours. Treatments were in-duplicate and repeated three times for each microorganism. Pre-exposure of 0.2% delmopinol resulted in a significant decrease in L. monocytogenes concentration at 1, 5 and 10 minute exposures (P < 0.05). Pre-exposures with the 0.5% solution had no significant effect on L. monocytogenes biofilm populations (P > 0.05), whereas all post-exposures lead to a significant decline in biofilm concentrations (P < 0.0001). Post-exposures of 10 minutes exhibited a mean log₁₀ reduction of 5.59 and 6.40 log₁₀ for 0.2% and 0.5% delmopinol solutions, respectively. For S. Agona, 0.2% pre-exposure resulted in no significant log10 reduction (P > 0.05), while the 10 minute 0.5% pre-exposure exhibited a minimal reduction in bacterial growth (P < 0.05). Post-exposures of 10 minutes exhibited a mean log10 reduction of 7.65 and 7.75 log10 for 0.2% and 0.5% delmopinol solutions, respectively. For L. monocytogenes and S. Agona, post-exposure to delmopinol hydrochloride caused a notable log10 reduction. The removal effect of delmopinol on biofilms is significantly greater the preventative effect.
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I was compelled to make my first documentary "Mirjana" during the Balkan war when I met a 16yr old Croatian girl. After her Mom had died, Mirjana had been thrown on a plane to live with distant relatives in California. She was completely lost. She was bulimic and just wanted to end her life. I felt that if she shared her story with me, it would help her survive. We traveled back to Croatia together while the war was still going on. It was a catharsis for her and she slowly began to grieve. In the two years it took to make the movie, Mirjana healed. I went to her graduation from Cal State LA one month ago. She is now adjusted to the American life and is very happy.
I was sitting at home alone on a Saturday night in Hollywood like the major loser I am. My phone rang. It was my friend Armando who had a restaurant down the hill." Suzanna" he said in a thick Italian accent "there's a woman 'ere...she wanna make a documentary." The woman was Eddie Adams' sister-in-law, Cindy Lou Adkins. She had wanted for many years to make a documentary about Eddie. Cindy became my co-producer.
I flew to New York and met with Eddie. We had an instant connection. We talked endlessly and watched a documentary he'd made. "Mickey" was a series of photographic stills capturing the life of a 10yr boy who suffered from the rapidly aging disease, progeria. Eddie and I cried together over the courage of this little boy. Our bond was forged forever. We seemed to share the same fascination with displaced and oppressed people.
I asked Eddie if he wanted me to do the documentary. "Yeah" he said curtly. So you like me? " Yeah" So why do you like me? " I dunno... I just do"
I went off to Tuscany for 3 months to film the behind the scenes of Brad Mirman's movie " Shadows in the Sun" (Harvey Keitel, Giancarlo Giannini, Josh Jackson, Claire Forlani.) While I was there Eddie found out that he had Lou Gehrigs disease. By the time I got home, he was really ill and died 2 months later. I was devastated.
I had given Eddie and his family my word that I would make the documentary. I knew that I had to keep my word. What I didn't know was how I was going to capture the essence of Eddie Adams now that he was dead.
Cindy Lou Adkins gave me a small box of footage shot by non-professionals, home movies etc. This footage had lousy sound. It was unworkable. It was a disheartening time.
My first break came when I found an interview that Hal Buell did with Eddie for the Associated Press. Hal had only a VHS copy-but it was a start. I began to build from that interview. Next I contacted Jeff Wexler, an Academy Award winning soundman. Jeff, bless him, found me my prince, Mark Stoekinger - my sound editor, (The Last Samurai, Mission Impossible 3). Mark worked so hard, for no money. Far beyond the call of duty. He literally saved my life.
I was also fortunate to work with Isaac Hagy as my cinematographer and editor. He had just graduated from USC film school and was very talented and knowledgeable about photography.
Was it John Lennon who said, " Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." I try not to get bogged down by a firm plan. I stay open and flexible to discovery. For me, making a documentary is like panning for gold. Each day you pick up handfuls of mud and once in a while, if you're lucky, you find a small speck of gold and then another, and slowly, you begin to put those glimmering pieces together. My vision didn't change - only the pieces of gold that supported it.
After the first screenings when people would compliment me I'd ask, "Are you a photographer? Do you study photography?" When they said "no", I was happy and surprised. I began to feel that I'd made a movie about a man that anyone could identify with.
Audiences fall in love with Eddie and want to know more about his work. They identify with his struggles and I've even sensed a bit of national pride about him. Many people come up to me in tears. I don't think it's anything I did, or didn't do. It's Eddie's character shining through.


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- 5 段階中 5 の評価its awesome
- 5 段階中 5 の評価Why like the security from WOT service
- 5 段階中 2 の評価У данного дополнения очень плохая оптимизация, после его установки появляются тормоза замедляющие всю работу браузера, особенно во время запуска, страницы начинают подтормаживать при скролинге, порой перемещение по странице идет рывками. И всё более усугубляется если у вас открыто много вкладок. Старые версии дополнения работали куда стабильней.
Тhis add-on has very poor optimization, after its installation brakes appear that slow down the entire browser, especially during startup, pages start to slow down when scrolling, sometimes moving around the page goes jerky. And it gets worse if you have a lot of tabs open. Old versions of the add-on worked much more stable.
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- 5 段階中 1 の評価This would be a useful extension if it were well written. Unfortunately, it isn't. It's uses slow, annoying dialog windows that disappear when they lose focus. The options presented are not well thought out. Etc. Another problem is that the community is irresponsible about what they are reporting, so you can't rely on the ratings. A lot of web sites reported to be "unsafe" are actually perfectly safe sites expressing a legitimate political viewpoint the reviewer disagrees with. On the other hand, many sites that are truly problematic have high ratings because they entice users with something entertaining.
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- 5 段階中 5 の評価It's one of the add-ons I've been using for the longest time. Its logo works as a led light. It changes color according to the reputation of the site you're visiting, thus warning you of potential threats. Gray means there's no record yet about that site, green means no issue, and so on.
In case of scam or other serious danger, it blocks the page with a banner, which the user may however bypass at his own risk.
Sites' reputation is the result of reports from the surfing community. Clicking on the logo, you can access available details, such as rating, type of threat (scam, adult content, etc.) and users' comments or reviews. By registering you can add your own. As it did, and still does to me, it renders an excellent service to stubborn surfers who tend to be carried away by their mouse.
開発者の返信投稿日時: 24日前Thank you for the kind words! Stay safe with wot! We also have a mobile app --> https://wot.onelink.me/m5pJ/WOTapp
- 5 段階中 5 の評価Thanks for being here for my computer
- 5 段階中 5 の評価Мне всегда помогает это приложение , благодарю за сотрудничество.
- 5 段階中 2 の評価Eats lots of RAM
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We wanted to update you that we improved significantly WOT's speed on Firefox!
Please make sure to update to the most recent version. if yes, please connect us direct via email@example.com
- 5 段階中 5 の評価Great add-on :) I use it for a while already on my PC and it helps me a lot with safe browsing. I've also started to use the Android Web of Trust App.
- 5 段階中 1 の評価This appears to have been written by soccer moms, and helicopter parents. If you are an adult and like to watch adult content (war news, content that is greater than Y-7, you will remove it almost as soon as you install it. It blocks sites without giving you the chance to investigate whether the site simply violates very liberal values or is actually dangerous, not whether the site has spywear, trackers, etc. Even blocks cartoons for "violence."
- 5 段階中 4 の評価Không còn tốt như trước, hiện tại addon Avast Online Security là tốt nhất với nhiệm vụ này


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Images from your digital camera tend to be big. Really big. Even with our broadband connections having a slideshow of 5mb images does not make a lot of sense. If you want to email images you probably want to resize them all before you send them. There are also situations where you have images of many different sizes and you want to resize them uniformly. With a quick Google search I couldn't find any way to do this that didn't involve a command line. I set out to create a batch image resizer with a GUI similar to the ones I've used on Windows.
Its called BIR for Batch Image Resizer. It came out looking like this:
Along with resizing it will also rotate your images and crop them. It has plenty of options for fine tuning. It can resize a directory recursively and preserve your directory structure in the destination folder. I coded this so it looks at all the images and finds the first parent folder that all of the files share. Alternatively, you can also set it so all of the resized files end up on the same folder with no subdirectories. I've tested it with hundreds of files and it seems to work fine no matter how much you throw at it.
It can resize almost any type of file you would need to resize. The list of formates are:
- BMP Windows Bitmap
- JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
- PNG Portable Network Graphics
- PPM Portable Pixmap
- TIFF Tagged Image File Format
- XBM X11 Bitmap
- XPM X11 Pixmap
Thanks to some helpful people on Reddit people have tested it and helped me iron out any issues they discovered
The source code is available here:
Here you can find packages for OpenSuse, Fedora, RedHat, and CentOS.
Here you can find the package on the OpenSuse Build Service.
Version 2.0 fixes some issues with Ubuntu and all the code is updated for Qt5. If you need to compile it you use the same exact steps you used for qt4 except the qmake command might be qmake-qt5.
Compiling the Batch Image Resizer
If you rather not deal with resolving dependencies yourself you can download Qt from the Qt website. You can also download Qt-Creator which is the IDE I used to create this program.
If there are no precompiled release for your distro you can compile a release very easy. You just need the dependencies for Qt5. The development package will probably have a suffix like -dev. With a command like this you can search for packages with the letters "qt5" in them that also has the string "-dev". This works for Ubuntu.
sudo apt-cache search qt5 | grep "dev"
So anyways, once you get the sources and dependencies compiling and installing is very easy.
$ mkdir build
$ cd BIR/build
$ qmake-qt5 ../
$ make
$ sudo make install
Thats all there is to it. The program should appear in whatever launcher you use.


text: Misc/Unknown Flashlight - Pink / Black Mini-Replica Lantern Keychain (c. 1990) Home Search/Browse for Flashlights Contributors Collectors About Us Our Sponsors: Flashlights : Misc/Unknown Brand / Novelty Style Misc/Unknown Pink / Black Mini-Replica Lantern Keychain Value: $2.00 Manufacturer: Misc/Unknown Mfgr. Model #: N/A Circa: 1990 Battery: 2 Watch Style: Novelty Online Since: 10/13/2003 FM Reference #: MI00056 cjstuff Oriental Trading still sells these through their catalogs. Last time I checked, the per-unit price was about $.50, including batteries. They're surprisingly bright for the low build quality. Sep 22, 2009 - 11:58 PM josh I got something exactly like this from a gumball machine in 2006. May 12, 2008 - 4:10 PM Copyright 2003-2016 FlashlightMuseum.com The Flashlight Museum specializes in providing antique, vintage, classic and new high-tech flashlights. Some of the most popular flashlight brands include Eveready, Ever Ready, Surefire, Maglite, Pelican, Brinkmann, Streamlight, Delta, Garrity, Winchester, Ash Flash, Franco, Coleman, Rayovac, USA Lite and Duracell. We have such styles as LED, Candle, Art Deco, Tactical, Military, Standard 2 Cell, 3 Cell, safety lights, lanterns, rechargeable, fluorescent flashlights, keychain and novelty lights and much more. This website is a great resource for flashlight collectors and those who enjoy collecting batteries and accessories.


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One Design Sailing
|WRSC's public one-design regattas are sanctioned by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association. Each year WRSC hosts about 12 regattas that are open to sailors from other clubs.
|Less formal racing takes place on almost every weekend between the beginning of May and the end of October. WRSC's flottilla of race management craft and its complete inventory of marks, flags, and other Race Committee equipment combined with a pool of experienced individuals gives the club excellent capabilities for hosting high quality racing.
|For further information about boats, people, and events follow the links to the individual fleets or contact our One Design Committee Chair.
|WRSC One-Design Schedule
|WRSC Sanctioned Fleets:
|Persons who wish to join West River Sailing club in order to enjoy our outstanding one-design racing program are required to own boats belonging to one of the one-design classes listed below. Membership in the class associations is encouraged in the spirit of true support for the one-design concepts embodied by the classes. The classes listed here cover a full range of the one-design experience frm family daysailing to world class competitive racing.
Chesapeake A-Cats is a growing group of sailboat racers based at the West River Sailing Club in Galesville, MD. From 2 boats in '03 to 7 in early '04 to a present 15 boats, we're an active and friendly group.
A 15-foot dinghy, optimally sailed with a two persons, originally designed in 1948. Sailed extensively in the Chesapeake Bay Area, with 4 other active fleets in the U.S., as well as internationally.
|Chesapeake 20
Your fast, fun and comfortable racing experience. This is a local design to the West River. These sleek twenty foot craft are racing actively ever since they were first built in the 1930s. They are raced with a crew of 2 or 3 and sport a trapeze. The C20 has a large main and jib (no spinnaker).The C20 is very stable in light air and exciting when the breeze goes past 12mph. Come join us for a fun day on the river!
|Flying Scot
America's family racing day sailer. This 19ft sloop is one of the most popular classes in North America..WRSC is home to Flying Scot Fleet 97
Newest fleet at WRSC, the Formula 16 catamaran is a lightweight, fast, and versatile racing platform. F-16s are collectively raced together as single (main & chute) & double (main, jib, & chute) handed configurations. F-16s weight around 230 lbs complete with sails and rigging.
|International 5.0.5
A high performance planing dinghy with a spinnaker and a trapeze. One of the largest high performance two person International classes, the 505 is raced in over 18 countries on five continents. WRSC is home to 5.0.5 Fleet 19
The Laser is a single-handed, strict one-design and Olympic class that is sailed enthusiastically all over the world by young and old, novice and expert alike. The Laser offers the unique combination of exciting sailing, simple rig, portability, and highly competitive fleets. It offers three configurations to accommodate varying conditions, sailor weight and sailor ability. Each rig only requires a different lower mast section and sail. A great boat you can learn in and never outgrow.
|Nacra 20/F-18
|Two person catamaran.


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For the first time, video has detailed what happens to coral as it is bleaching, a behavior that often leads to death.
This dramatic response, outlined in the journal Coral Reefs, can occur when coral is stressed out by too much heat. The video reveals that coral exhibits a reaction called "pulsed inflation," which leads to the vomit-like spewing of algae that in healthy specimens lives in coral's tissues.
Stress ruins the otherwise symbiotic, or beneficial, relationship that coral and algae normally have under good conditions, said co-authors Brett Lewis and Luke Nothdurft from the Queensland University of Technology's School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences.
RELATED: Corals Filmed Kissing, Fighting, Dying
Nothdurft explained that reef-building corals and their algae, Symbiodinium, have evolved to form this kind of mutually beneficial relationship.
"Coral provide Symbiodinium with protection and surface area for photosynthesis, while the excess sugars created by the algae supply the majority of the coral's daily food requirements," he said.
To see what happens when this peaceful scenario is disrupted by climate change-like temperature increases, Lewis and Nothdurft placed solitary corals of the species Heliofungia actiniformis into aquarium tanks and then gradually heated the water up.
The following time-lapse video shows what happened.
"What's really interesting is just how quickly and violently the coral forcefully evicted its resident symbionts," Lewis said in a press release. "The H. actiniformis began ejecting the symbionts within the first two hours of us raising the water temperature of the system."
Once the algae are evicted, the coral turns completely white. If the algae loss is prolonged, the coral will die, but not without a fight.
Other research has found that H. actiniformis can be resilient, suffering algae-spewing bleaching events and then recovering.
RELATED: Broad Reef Ecosystem Discovered in the Amazon
"Our observations suggest this resilience could be due to the rapid expulsion of the coral's algal symbionts during thermal stress, and could very well increase H. actiniformis's chance of survival during abnormally high sea temperatures," Lewis said.
Despite such survival skills, many corals can't handle the relentless heat and other stressors that they are often faced with now.
As Nothdurft said, "If the Symbiodinium is removed from the host and does not recolonize quickly, the corals can die."
He added, "Mass coral bleaching events are a concern for scientists globally with recent events on the Great Barrier Reef highlighting the threat of elevated water temperatures to the health of reef ecosystems."
Recent estimates suggest that over 90 percent of the Great Barrier Reef has been impacted by coral bleaching, which in turn can harm fish, turtles and other animals that live on and around reefs.


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I need advice on which tractor is best for me for a 30 acre farm in north Georgia. I want a 4WD and need it to maintain about a mile of gravel road, bushogging, minor excavation and hauling, and mowing of about 2 acres of bermuda lawn. There are Ford, Kioti, Long, New Holland, Kubota, JD dealers close by. I have been told the Kioti line is a good value.


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Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives (Sixth Edition) | Political Theories of Decolonization | Africa
The late 1980s ushered in a new era of black politics, the socioeconomic transition era. Coming on the heels of the protest era and politics era, the current stage is characterized by the emergence of a new black middle class that came of age after the Civil Rights struggle. Although class still isn't a strong factor in the external politics of the black community, it is increasingly a wedge issue in the community's internal politics. Black politics today is increasingly less about the interest of the larger group and more about the interest of smaller subgroups within the community.
Theodore J. Davis Jr. argues that the greatest threat to the social and political cohesiveness of the so-called black community may be the rise of a socially and economically privileged group among the ranks of black America. This rift has affected blacks' ability to organize effectively and influence politics. Davis traces the changes in economic status, public opinion, political power and participation, and leadership over three generations of black politics. The result is an insightful analysis of black politics today.
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Are you interested in how games can be used to solve problems? How collaborative play can help teams communicate, prioritize and reach decisions together? How serious games and the concept of gamification are transforming the world of work? How you can have more fun at work—while doing work!
This one-day Playcamp will explore creative ideas around collaborative play and serious games. It's open to anyone with an interest in learning how collaborative play can help teams collaborate, prioritize and communicate more effectively—from those who have heard provocative things about serious games and their application through those who use games on a regular basis—to those who design and develop games in the physical and digital worlds.
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Overall victory in the highly competitive fleet of six J Class yachts earned the crew of Lionheart the top prize at the second America's Cup Superyacht Regatta. Lionheart is build in 2010 by Claasen Shipyards. The record sized J Class fleet was the centre of attention amidst the 20 superyacht crews mustered in Bermuda to enjoy competing against each other and to share in the mounting excitement as the 35th America's Cup draws to its finale.
Lionheart, which has seven times round the world racer Bouwe Bekking as its long time tactician reaped the rewards of their solid, consistent sailing – finishing third today – to win the class which contains dozens of past America's Cup winners among the crews competing in Bermuda.
"We are delighted. We want to win all the races we ever do. That's why we do it, isn't it." Bekking smiled, "And the boat is going well in the conditions that we have prepared her for."
Also in the running for the overall trophy was Action, the 37.3m Dykstra design which was built by Royal Huisman which won Class B. Tension prevailed into the final minutes of the last race as Action saved her time on her rivals by virtue of the last two or three windshifts picked out by double Olympic silver medallist and Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper Ian Walker who works in concert with Shirley Robertson, a double gold medal winner who concentrates on keeping the boat speed up.
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ecological dance - extended touch - sensitive energy
while I worked on with environmental elements from having taken Viewpoints classes with Deborah Black and the all-encompassing open awareness from Butoh with Rhizome Lee, I finally could get a better sensation of the physical tangible presence of all the grass on the meadow, people's presence further away.
of course this is partly guess-work and highly subjective. but I keep finding it very worth-while to train my perceptivity towards further and ever more inclusive sensitivity, even if it turns out that in fact I am very far away from sensing the actual, ever more remote, tangible feedback from another energy/presence.
Gaia & planetary consciousness : sensible ecology
in two of his novels, Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov described a fictional planet he calls Gaia, where the arriving human inhabitants learned to share their consciousness with each other, and subsequently include all animals, plants and anorganic parts of the planet, no matter how residual or minimal.
I believe that we already have this planetary consciousness right here, but may not be very aware of it, or that it has been too formed into specific cultural patterns that highlight certain phenomena but exclude or won't recognize others. I also believe that, what was named late- and postmodernism in the European-American zone, actually opens up this very cultural zone to such a realization of ecology as a felt and sensible process. (Anna Halprin, Elaine Summers, Mary Fulkerson-O'Donnell, Pauline de Groot, but also Charlotte Selver, and so many others)
so for the coming three weeks I plan to work further on this concept of extended touch as a way to move with and within the entire environment, practicing how I can open myself further and further while moving ...


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Usually, when we think of winter, we think of cold weather and wet days. We're more concerned about frozen pipes and water damage. But there are plenty of fire hazards to be aware of when keeping warm indoors. ServiceMaster Superior Cleaning & Restoration Services wants to ensure you stay safe in Westchester and Fairfield Counties this winter with these safety tips to prevent potential fire damage.
Even the small open flame of a candle can be a fire hazard. In fact, the National Fire Protection Association reported that between 2011 – 2015, an estimated 8,700 home structure fires a year were started by candles. Because candle flames are so small, people don't always take them as seriously as they should. Make sure to always keep candles at least 12 inches away from any time of flammable material or object when lit. It is also important to never leave candles unattended around children or pets and always blow them out before leaving a room. It's also a good idea to not light candles when feeling sleepy or going to bed soon, lest you might forget about them and fall asleep.
Fireplaces can be a major source of comfort during the cold months of winter, but precautions should always be taken to ensure you're using them safely. Limit your risk by always ensuring the damper is open before lighting the fireplace and do not close it until the ashes are completely cooled. Always keep flammable objects a reasonable distance away from the fireplace and keep the screen door closed to catch embers that may fly out.
Space Heaters
Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of fires in the home. However, when improperly used or left on for too long, they can cause considerable damages. Space heaters run the risk of malfunctioning or causing an electrical fire due to faulty wiring. Always keep flammable objects or fabrics at least three feet away from a space heater and always turn it off before going to bed or leaving the room for long periods of time. Also, consider having your heating equipment inspected by a qualified professional on an annual basis to ensure that it won't malfunction or break and result in a fire.
Keeping your home safe and warm is important in winter. Always follow best practices for lighting fires, large or small. Accidents happen, so if you do find yourself in a situation where you need fire damage cleanup services, call ServiceMaster Superior Cleaning & Restoration Services. We have an expert fire damage restoration team here in Westchester and Fairfield Counties and are on call 24/7 for emergency fire and smoke damage calls.


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The kokoshnik ([kɐˈkoʂnʲɪk]) is a most traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan, primarily worn in the northern regions of Russia in the XVIth to XIXth centuries.
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A £5 million support package from Government has been given to Salisbury and Amesbury to help 'further support businesses, boost tourism and meet unexpected costs' in the wake of the nerve agent attacks in the last four months.
This new package is in addition to the £2.5 million that has been made available since March to support the local community.
The £5m support package
• £927,000 to provide immediate support to local businesses and to counter their loss of earnings
• £997,000 to support Wiltshire Council's response and recovery costs
• £870,000 to boost the vital tourism industry in the region (including £570,000 for free parking and park & ride services)
• £2.5 million in special grant funding to cover extra costs incurred by Wiltshire Police
How to apply for the business support funding
• Contact The Growth Hub on 01225 402096 or The Enterprise Network Centre on 01722 567345 to arrange a meeting with a business adviser.
• The business adviser will discuss the issues you are facing, including any financial requirements, whether short-term support needs or longer term business growth needs.
• The business adviser will support you through any application for funding if applicable and remain as your adviser for as long as you need.
Click here for more information.
Salisbury BID members are also encouraged to contact us if we can provide any additional support to you and your business.
Helping Salisbury to Recover
To ensure Salisbury receives the most support available from the Government, we need to continue to provide evidence of the impact of the 4th March 2018 and subsequent incident.
Please complete the Salisbury Recovery Survey. The information provided by you in this survey will be used as business impact evidence.


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Indexing citations and quotations…
Ok, here's a call to someone that knows PHP (since I know only enough to be dangerous…)
I stumbled across a really cool MT hack, and was wondering if this would be easy to do for WP? Since I've installed the Super Uber Blockquotes hack (which works great), it seems like this is the next logical step. Check out this page for citations, and this page for quotations.
The actual MT templates that power with can be found here.
In a nutshell, these scripts/templates are scouring posts and indexing cite tags (for citations), and q and blockquote tags (for quotations.) It's giving a list of either people or websites with the number of references, like this:
The following is a list of websites that we've quoted on Our Story.
* diveintomark.org (6)
* oblivio.com (3)
* theooze.com (3)
* daringfireball.net (3)
Then, when you click on one of the items (for example, diveintomark.org), you get a list of each post where the quote (or citation) occured:
These entries quote diveintomark.org.
1. A Most Unusual Saturday (934 words)
Oh, and my iPod? Want to marry it. A lot.—Ethan Marcotte, What's great about these PowerBooks, anyway?I awake to Sarah's voice, calling my name. We're not at home—we're at Running S Equine, in the little apartment on the second floor.…
Ken Walker :: November 02, 2003 :: Family
2. The Road to Section 508 (744 words)
Well, this was inevitable: Our Story is now Section 508 compliant. That means that people with disabilities are better able to explore this site due to slight tweaks here and there in our code. If this sounds esoteric to you,…
Ken Walker :: August 23, 2003 :: kennsarah.net
This would be terribly cool to have…
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Rank: Digital Superhero Civic Points: 1.355
757 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103, USA - Financial DistrictExtremely large hole in pavement close enough to sidewalk to be dangerous to pedestrians
Sidewalk_Cleaning Archived1979-1999 Mcallister Street San Francisco, CA 94118, USA - Western AdditionThis trash can is constantly being emptied by people looking for recycling. It needs daily attention because this happens every day. It is making our neighborhood disgusting!
1201 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115, USA - Alamo SquareThe right hand lane of Golden Gate, between Steiner and Franklin, has a series of deep potholes that are pushing cyclists to the far left lane, and creating a dangerous situation for cyclists to ride down that lane. They need more than just patching. These lanes need repaving.
1003 Turk Street San Francisco, CA 94102, USA - Western AdditionThere are several pavement defects all down the right lane that make bicycle traffic have to ride further to the left. They are from Gough to Laguna.
Other ΆνοιγμαMcallister St & Divisadero St San Francisco, CA 94115, USA - Alamo SquareThis intersection has routinely got trucks double parked for unloading to the 4 stores located on the corners. This corner needs a commercial loading zone for certain times of the day. The trucks block the entire lane right at the traffic light forcing bicycle & car traffic to use the oncoming lane with very little visibility due to the hill it's on.
900-996 Turk Street San Francisco, CA 94109, USA - Western AdditionThere is a large pothole in the right lane and it is a hazard to cyclists.
Dangerous intersection. ΆνοιγμαMcallister St & Divisadero St San Francisco, CA 94115, USA - Alamo SquareEvery day delivery trucks stop and double park on this part of the block and obstruct traffic, and park residents in, so they are unable to leave for work. This area clearly needs a daytime truck loading zones. This intersection gets a lot of bicycle traffic, and bicycles are forced in to oncoming traffic, and drivers become more aggressive over the inconvenience of having to do the same. This is extremely dangerous!
Other Άνοιγμα1593-1599 Mcallister Street San Francisco, CA 94117, USA - Alamo SquareEvery morning there are delivery trucks double parked on this block, blocking the whole lane, and causing drivers and cyclists to ride in the oncoming lane. The trucks block visibility of the oncoming traffic that cars and bikes have to look for to get in to the lane to pass them.
715 Central Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118, USA - Western AdditionHousehold trash dumped
1855-1899 Mcallister Street San Francisco, CA 94115, USA - Western AdditionToilets dumped on the sidewalk.
2001-2099 Mcallister Street San Francisco, CA 94117, USA - Western AdditionThis spot has a chronic illegal dumping problem, and the city doesn't empty the receptacle adequately.
2277 Turk Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94118, USA - Western AdditionDumped dresser on street
2028 Mcallister Street San Francisco, CA 94118, USA - Western AdditionCouch on street


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TWO young men who stole expensive digital projectors from the Solihull electrical shop where they worked were caught out after trying to sell them on eBay.
And at Warwick Crown Court Lee Cleavely and Dean Tidmarsh were both ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and to pay #250 costs each.
Cleavely, 25, of Anchor Road, Yardley Wood, and Tidmarsh, 19, of Front Meadow, Lapworth, had both pleaded guilty to theft from the Comet store in Solihull.
Prosecutor Andrew Tucker said the defendants both worked at the store where, earlier this year, they stole three digital projectors worth #1,700 each from the warehouse.
But after the thefts were discovered the deputy manager did some detective work himself, and found identical items being advertised for sale on eBay.
So he got a friend to ring a contact number to ask about the projectors and to get the name of the seller, and he spoke to Cleavely who gave his name.
The police were then alerted and went to Cleavely's home where they recovered the still-unsold projectors.
Following Cleavely's arrest Tidmarsh went to the police and handed himself in, admitting that he had also been involved in the thefts.
Sentencing the two defendants, Judge Richard Cole told them:"You have to be sentenced for thefts from your employers. You were in a position of trust which you betrayed.
"In such cases people normally go to prison. But you both pleaded guilty and faced up to your responsibilities, and you are full of remorse. I have come to the conclusion it is not necessary to send you to prison."
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The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.
I admit, I fell rather in lust with that the first time I saw it. I'll bet you lunch I have that bookmarked on one of my computers, too.
If you make your own case it's only $65 at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (the original makers of the clock).
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Recorded March 14, 2015. Jorge Mujica, recent candidate for Alderman of Chicago's 25th Ward, and the manager of his campaign, Mario Cardenas. Interviewed by Chicago DSA's Bill Barclay (Barclay was on the campaign steering committee), they discuss what went right with the campaign and what went wrong, and some of the history and some of the reasoning behind campaign strategy.
Download to listen later [right click]: MP3 (29.1 MB) or OGG VORBIS (37.4 MB) (31:44)


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We've all seen pictures of the devastation caused by the Nepalese earthquake, but with the event hitting 7.8 on the Richter scale it certainly wasn't restricted to populated areas. Mount Everest was also hit quite badly, and this video from base camp shows just how terrifying that must have been.
Shot by German climber Jost Kobusch, the POV film emphasises how little warning climbers had before the avalanche hit. Just 11 seconds after they noticed that the ground was shaking, the camp was hit by a wall of snow.
Climbers all fled inside tents to escape the avalanche, later emerging to find the entire camp covered in snow. Officials estimate that around 1,000 people were in base camp at the time of the avalanche, which claimed the lives of 18 people and injured 61 more. [Mashable]


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Last month Pretenders legend Chrissie Hynde released "Dark Sunglasses," the first single from her Björn-Yttling-produced solo album Stockholm. Today, we present the video. In contrast to the song's narrative about wearing dark sunglasses as a way to hold on to high-class life after getting knocked back down to earth a la Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine, director Steve Glashier rolled through Austin documenting everyday people rocking dark specs. It's a good look for a great song, and you can watch it below.
Stockholm is out 6/10 on Caroline.


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Ardean Republic
Ardean soldiers carry 7.62 NATO battle rifles (FAL, G3, M14, SCAR) and wear US Woodland, UK DPM (or similar) uniforms, with patrol caps.
Ardea is still structured along the Commonwealth pattern and a Dragoon (Dismounted Light Cavalry) unit specifically. This more traditional force structure and methodology permeates their culture. Officers are less lilely to fraternize with the enlisted troopers and their tactics are more likely to use a fix and destroy with overwhelming force approach. Learn more about Ardea
Republic of Kitoy
Kitoy soldiers carry AR-15 rifles (M4, M16 and so on), and wear solid OD green or Crye MultiCam (or similar) uniforms, with boonie hats.
Kitoy forces have in the last few decades reorganized and modernized, breaking from their traditional structure to a more western army structure. Their tactics now rely slightly more on individual and small unit initiative and less on massing for deliberate attacks. Learn more about Kitoy


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I know that this is supposed to be a fashion blog, but I love beauty and lifestyle just as much! How about you? So I decided to do a little "beauty and candle haul". I am totally obsessed with Ikea candles. Each time I go there, I have to buy some. I especially loved the ones in the picture above. They smell like a garden of sweet pink roses!
Anyway, I bought some beauty products as well. Most of them are from essence. I love their new limited edition called "floral grunge". Such nice colours!
What do you think about candles and beauty items? Are you a girly girl just like me? By the way: If you like my blog, feel free to like my Facebook page, follow me on Instagram or on Twitter :)
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Here's our author for today's Six Question Saturday!
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For starters, please note that I didnt say that OS X (Tiger) is more secure than Windows (XP, Vista, or otherwise). No, thats not at all what I said. I said Im more secure on a Mac, and I truly believe it.
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But, not being one to accept such claims from others without justification, Id like to elaborate here why I believe this so passionately. The answers arent necessarily as simple as you might think. Heres a brief rundown of the issues that I believe are most pertinent to my perception of security.
Familiarity with security mechanisms One of the things that lured me over to OS X from Windows XP and Linux (but thats another topic for discussion) is that under OS Xs pretty GUI lies BSD UNIX, for all intents and purposes. Ive been using UNIX systems since the early 1980s and Im very comfortable there, right down to understanding the underlying security mechanisms quite thoroughly.
By and large, OS X conforms to these established conventions. Familiar (to me) commands like chown, chmod, and such, work just as they do on UNIX systems.
During much of that time, Windows predecessors didnt even have a security model (apart from read-only attributes on files). Things have improved in Windows, but the interface has always been awkward to me. I grew to understand and appreciate having an administrative user that could install programs and run the system, and a normal class of users who could run programs, for example.
Qualitative score: OS X gets a B+ while Windows gets a C-.
Separation of data and executables In my familiar UNIX land, all programs are stored in areas of the file system that were outside of the control of users. Specifically, directories including /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, and so on are where programs go. Users, on the other hand, login to their own directories, such as /home. Among other things, this makes various administrative tasks like backing up user data, system data, etc., well organized and easy to manage on UNIX systems.
Apples OS X extends the UNIX conventions by putting additional (mostly desktop) executables in the /Applications directory. All user data, however, resides in the /Users directory tree.
Several generations of Windows, on the other hand, have seen programs installing configuration data (e.g., .INI files) in /Windows or its equivalent. Program files have been stored in various places over time as well. Nowadays, many programs install in the /Program Files folder and user data is generally in the /Documents and Settings folder, but thats not always adhered to.
Qualitative score: OS X gets a B+ while Windows gets a D-.
Privilege management Pretty much from the start, UNIX has been a multi user system, whereas multi user functionality has been a retrofitted feature in the Windows family. OS X has a root user while modern Windows versions have an Administrator user for doing administrative tasks.
However, although both operating systems support these constructs, neither executes them particularly well. The default OS X desktop user has administrative privileges, for example. Admittedly, the root password is required whenever the user installs or removes a program in /Applications, but the default desktop user can still do way too much.
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In Windows (at least up to XP SP2), things are no better. Indeed, many third party applications simply dont work properly if the user is not an administrator. Older, so called legacy apps are even worse, since they were written to conform to older, now outdated, Windows security conventions.
Shame on both Apple and Microsoft for this! To have the ability to do it right and then squander it away is inexcusable.
Qualitative score: OS X gets a D+ while Windows gets a D-.
Program management Heres where OS X really shines. Apple has improved on UNIX in this area. Although the standard UNIX utilities are still in /bin, /usr/bin, and such, Apple apps and most third party apps install in /Applications. When installing or removing programs from /Applications, pretty much all app-specific files go in the applications /Applications folder. Simply dragging the applications /Applications folder to the trash (or to a network drive or a backup drive) is quite sufficient for uninstalling the application entirely. There are exceptions to this, but not many.
Windows, on the other hand, uses various program installers and uninstallers for the job. Programs install themselves mostly under /Program Files these days, but also touch innumerable registry keys and such. Removing applications thoroughly, such that no residue from the app exists on the system, is entirely up to the programs uninstaller. Its been my experience that theres always residue left behind somewhere.
Qualitative score: OS X gets an A while Windows gets a C.
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OS X, as I also mentioned, installs the default desktop user with administrative privileges. This bothered me to my kernel when I first set up my Mac, so I went out of my way to turn that off. It turns out that it was quite easy to do, but requires a bit of care and feeding. Even though my desktop user no longer has admin privileges, whenever I install an app, I have to authenticate as root to the UNIX sudo utility so that the app can be written to /Applications.
This works great, but often results in an application that is owned by my desktop user. Any time I install an app, I have to go through /Applications with chown and relinquish ownership to the root user so that my desktop user (or a piece of malware) is not able to write to the application in question.
Windows, once again, shows its security-retrofitted roots here. Normal desktop users generally have far too much write-enabled access to a Windows installation, even if they do not have administrative privileges. (Ever try logging in without admin privileges and seeing if you can delete things in /Program Files or WINDOWS? Youll be surprised and you better have a good backup )
Qualitative score: OS X gets a B- while Windows gets a D.
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So, where am I going with all of this? Well, its clear to me that both operating systems have significant security weaknesses as well as strengths. The fact is that a user who wants to be secure can be reasonably secure on either system. And I didnt even compare features like out-of-the-box firewalls and suchwhich both systems offer (as of SP2). On the other hand, neither is adequately secure in its default configuration.
With my UNIX familiarity, though, I was able to easily and quickly configure my OS X system to be pretty secure. It took me no more than 30 minutes to remove admin privileges from my desktop user and tighten down the file access permissions in the /Applications folder, for example, and keeping things clean and tidy isnt tough either.
So, Im comfortable in saying that Im more secure on OS X than I ever was on Windows. When you also factor in the fact that nearly all the worlds existing malware is written for Windows systems, my comfort factor increases significantly. That all could change over night, of course, if the malware authors turn their attention to OS X, but even if they do, I for one am more comfortable with running a tight ship here on a UNIX-derived system than on Windows.


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'Eiffel Tower' nosejob: Chinese students turn to plastic surgery to beat other job candidates
Because of China's economic
slowing growth, the country's state media dubbed 2013 "the
toughest ever year" for graduates. The statistics say it all;
around 10 percent of recent university graduates are unemployed,
more than double China's official unemployment rate for the
general population, according to a June survey by MyCOS, a
Beijing-based education consultancy.
There's also a not-so-obvious downside to the lack of jobs. Chinese employers prefer attractive job candidates, at times even posting height requirements in vacancies.
Graduates are eager to gain an advantage over other candidates by going under the knife.
"Some students face a lot of employment pressure after graduation, if their facial features are good, they'll have more chance of finding a job," surgeon Wang Xuming told AFP.
Xu Yang, 26, who is from Beijing, said she underwent liposuction this year partly to help her find a job.
"I was fat, and after surgery, finding a job can be easier," she said.
"Employers sometimes care more about your appearance than your experience, especially for white-collar jobs."
Across the southwestern city of Chongqing, for instance, posters advertise the "Eiffel Tower", a $9,800 plastic surgery nose job.
"We've been influenced by the beauty of the Eiffel Tower, we don't just add to the nose, but rebuild it," surgeon Wang Xuming said, adding that he performs around a dozen such operations each month.
China is just behind the US and Brazil for the number of plastic surgery operations performed every year, and the market is rapidly expanding, growing up to 40 percent annually.


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Nature Stations were idealized by the Boticário Group Institute and have been created in a partnership with the Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection with the goal of raising environmental awareness among the population.
The project makes use of interactivity to approach environmental issues and have permanent units in São Paulo (SP) (temporarily closed) and Corumbá (MS), and a traveling exhibition that will cross over ten thousand miles, visiting ten Brazilian state capitals, providing a unique experience, filled with entertainment, information, and awareness on the importance of nature for all families.
With the aid of technology, we can explore four senses – sight, hearing, smell, and touch – using images, sound landscapes, and aromas that allow visitors to travel through natural Brazilian environments.
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São Paulo is the largest city in the country and has been, from 2009-2015, the home of a Nature Station which is temporarily closed for restructuring.
In Mato Grosso do Sul, the Pantanal Nature Station highlights the importance of that biome for Brazilian biodiversity. Playfully and educationally, visitors immerse themselves in knowledge about the region and can experience all its riches.
Meanwhile, Nature Station Connection is a free, interactive, sensory exhibition of Brazilian biomes that has traveled across the country, bringing entertainment on the importance of nature preservation. Its six interactive stations offer latest-generation resources such as virtual reality goggles, sensory cinema, Kinect-style gaming platforms and touchscreen interfactes with Motion by Hands technology.


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As the Valentine's day approaches, lot of designers will look forward to new unique image of hearts pictures. These free love hearts clip-arts can be used in valentine day ecards, or backgrounds, even web site themes. This one is a bright green heart clip-art and has a transparent background, i.e. with alpha channel. And thus is a perfect candidate for valentinesday. This valentine day go green.


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This is my favourite spaghetti sauce with red wine, Italian sausage, garlic and onions. Use a large, flat-bottomed saucepan so that the flavours can mingle.
Hi, this is Corrie who posted the recipe. Just a few corrections. Ground Italian sausage is best in the recipe, not sliced. Also, be sure to use canned Italian style tomatoes and crush them beneath your fingers as you add them to the sauce. Bon appetit! - 02 Jun 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Outstanding! We try to stick with the recipe as written whenever possible, but with ingredients on hand, we made a minor adjustment or three. We had a pound of Italian sausage (I guess you'd call it "sweet"), so we browned (in cast iron skillet) and drained it well. Then, we added 2 T olive oil before adding the onions and 8 cloves garlic. When all this was browned, we added the Merlot wine to help loosen all the good stuff carmelized in the pan, then combined everything in a separate pot to simmer. We don't like the flavor of higher acid foods like tomatoes when cooked in cast iron. - 02 Aug 2009 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This was a starter for me. I changed it around quite a bit from the original. I went to the local pizza place and borrowed some of their sausage topping. I omitted the wine for lack of having it on hand. I used scallions and cilantro. And 4 garlic cloves (I love garlic).Threw it all together in a flash. It was way better than the jar variety. - 05 Feb 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)


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Brief Intro:
Five weeks ago called for, and we got a Buying Opportunity. Passing this investment opportunity and continuing to hold cash has been painful.
Currently, the market is now setting up for yet another Pullback, and I hope to participate. That is perhaps a couple of days, a week or more, down the line.
So, with that brief update and mini-forecast in hand:
I believe that specific Company - Short Sale - Shorts and Inverse ETF - Buys - Recommendations will be provided to SafeHaven rather soon, just like in my April 8th Update / Recommendations.
Special Assessment of the Current Marketplace:
My Mini-Forecast(ing) is doing fine, but what is happening currently in the marketplace cannot be explained in a "Forecast". So, I would like to tell you a Story, and it is all about the "Indices" vs. the "Internals". Few Investors really understand the principle of "Internals" because they are so obscure and concealed. The same is true about "Rotation" and the two are deeply interlinked.
Let me see if I can explain. Every single security on all exchanges is constantly Rotating in and out of favor. Therefore, Internally there are a number of inter-woven cycles going on, day after day, with these individual securities/companies. Each of them, including their Industry Groups are jumping from cycle (a) to cycle (b) and then to cycle (z) in a complex and random manner. That includes the English and all other alphabets of all other languages. Now that is called - "Complex".
There are always many Companies and Industry Groups that are currently NOT making new highs along with the Indices or new lows along with the Indices in bear market environments. The Banking Industry Group most recently had an inter cycle pullback, within this current rally and is starting to rally again a couple of days ago. You might want to follow some of the Bank securities this coming week, and you will see what I mean. Their cycle was recently not in phase with the marketplace, but maybe this coming week it will get back in phase?
If you are still following me, in this monolog - then you will understand that another Industry Group (perhaps several other Industry Groups) will definitely rotate out of phase with the Indices next week and the week beyond, etc. That's how it works and that is why I said Friday that it was a "Balanced" week. Most Investors would understand my remark to be that the marketplace was flat, neither up nor down very much. What I was sharing is that while one Industry Group was going down another Industry Group was going up, thus creating a "Balance". That means that there was "Rotation" going on "Internally" and the Indices had no clue.
It's a "Choppy" and "Bifurcated" marketplace, and that is why everyone seems to be saying "they can't figure it out".
With all this Rotation is going on - Internally - 99% or more of the Investors, Financial Analysts and Asset Managers just can't see it, picture it, get a handle on it, or understand it! And that, my friends, is why they are losing money, and I am in CASH!
I hope you are beginning to understand, just a bit more about my analytics / work.
Now I'll try to make yet another point. It is that sustained "Momentum", in one direction or the other that is necessary for you to make money consistently. It is said, and I agree that the General Market has about a 60% influence on whether or not you are making money. Until an Inflection Point occurs, and you invest on or around that Inflection Point you are just churning your money in this current "Choppy" and "Bifurcated" marketplace. Kind of dumb, don't you think?
So that is my Mini-Forecast and Story for this Sunday. I'll be back to a normal mini-forecast by next Sunday.
No Commentary this Week.
My Bottom Line:
* I am holding 100% Cash.
* Patience and Discipline - waiting for my list of Fundamental, Consensus and Technical - "Conformations" to all fall into place is part of the necessary process for Investing Wisely!
* Inflection Points historically have occurred about three - five times per annum. We have already had 5 clear and meaningful Inflection Points so far this year.
* Five weeks ago I said: "The Market is now (very possible) setting up for another meaningful but likely (short in duration) Rally!"
* Now it looks just the opposite. One of these days this choppy and bifurcated market (late April to date) will do something meaningful and the next possibility of that is a Pull-Back.
* High Volatility may not currently be showing up on VIX - lately, but it is clearly - alive and well.
I'll Update these opinions and thoughts - promptly if Market Conditions change.
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