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Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks—and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it looks as though he may finally find what he's been looking for.
When Maura's fingerprints turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that only leads to more questions—about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana—whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine.
*Synopsis and photo from Goodreads
*Thank you to the publisher, Century, and NetGalley, for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I've discovered Harlan Coben when I checked out his book Stay Close from the library. And I wonder why I haven't known of him sooner. Because he is such a brilliant author and there's no wonder how he's one of the favorites of many mystery thriller readers. Don't Let Go is only my second book from him but now I know I'll be looking out for his old works and so are the new ones to come.
15 years later after the death of Leo, his twin brother, Napoleon "Nap" Dumas –a New Jersey detective– is still trying to recover. It doesn't make things easier for him that the love of his life, Maura, disappeared on that same fateful night. He can't help but think that somehow her disappearance has something to do with his brother and his girlfriend's death. But no matter how hard he tried to look into it, he can't find a connection. And he can't find Maura, as well. She disappeared without any trace like she ceases to exist at all. But then, Nap was dragged into an investigation that can possibly give him all the answers he's been looking for all this time. Maura's fingerprints were found at a crime scene. And what's more curious is that the murder victim is someone they used to go to school with, a friend of Leo who's also a member of his brother's secret club. Where Maura also happened to be a member. Nap believes it is not just a coincidence that 3 members of the club are now dead. Everything comes back to the mysterious death of his brother and Maura's disappearance and Nap is determined to find answers to the questions that's been haunting him since the night he lost two people that matter to him the most.
It started really strong and immediately the engaging plot grabbed my interest and didn't let go until the very end. It is full of suspense and mystery that had me guessing the entire time, plus twists and turns that caught me off-guard and an unpredictable ending which adds to an enjoyable reading experience. Just when you thought you had things figured out, it will take in a new turn and caught you by surprise. It is thrilling to follow Nap's investigation as he slowly and efficiently uncovers the truth he's been looking for all those years. Nap got a certain appeal and humor that endear me to him but he's also damaged and cold and relentless. His habit of talking to his dead brother can be slightly bothering but despite all that, Nap is a solid and pretty enjoyable character. There are other characters who are interesting, as well. Also, I enjoyed the bit about the conspiracy theory. It sure gives more intrigue to the story. There is just one thing that's kinda nagging at me, Nap keeps talking about his dad but never did he mention about his mom. Or maybe he did, but not enough details. I was actually waiting for some information about her hoping she's holding some answers but nope, MIA until the end. Nevertheless, Don't Let Go proved to be a great read and one that I thoroughly enjoyed. It is a well-written and fast-paced page-turner that is definitely worth your time. Something for thriller and suspense lovers out there to appreciate.


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Thursday, January 25, 2018
Book Review: 'Greek God' by Flora Ferrari
Flora Ferrari has written 37 book sin her series A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS (this is Book 34!) an despite the fact that she offers no biographical data she proves she is a pro - a fact that is easily discovered by read just one of the novellas in this series.
Fiora has a keen sense of setting up character's psyches before she launches into a story. For example, a scene set to explain the frustration of Jackie – ''So. We've been together a long time,' he started. I let all the problems of the day roll off my back and just prepared myself for biggest moment of my life up until this point. 'And I've enjoyed every second of it.' And you're ready to turn these seconds into hours, years, children, and grandchildren after you get down on your knee and ask me to marry you? In a Starbucks no less? The worst part is I would have said yes. But that wasn't what he had to say at all. Nope! He got a job offer at some tech company in San Francisco and he realized this was his true calling in life… and that he'd been seeing someone down there for the last few years. What? And to add insult to injury he just had to tell me her name was Kyle. Wait…Kyle? That's sounds like a guy's name. Because it is. He'd turned gay two years ago without telling me. Or at least he was still 'figuring it out' back then. Well now he's sure and he's free and aren't I so excited for him? Uhhh…no! I mean that's great and all that he found his soul mate or whatever, but why did he drag me along for the last two years? I turned down internships in New York and Boston, a holiday in Whistler that I would be on this very moment, and basically everything else that didn't pertain to him and our relationship. At least I thought we had a relationship. How wrong I was. And to add insult to injury, again, he told me I was boring. He said that I'm too conservative and never take any risks. Well getting involved with him most certainly was a risk, wasn't it? And look where that got me.'
But from there we are launched into an erotic love affair romance with plenty of steam. 'After a bad break-up over the holidays I head to Greece to get away from it all. Once I step off the plane I realize it really is all Greek to me. Especially him. Who's that Greek God who's an absolute Adonis? He's staring at me like he wants to cover me in tzatziki sauce and lick it off. And who's that little goddess who's holding onto his pinky finger? Like an oracle, he sees I'm lost and extends an olive branch. And immediately this mythical man and his daughter have me philosophizing if this could turn into something much bigger. Like his chest muscles that look like they're sculpted from marble…or those big blue eyes of his that are as clear as the Aegean Sea. This Spartan single dad has me in unorthodox positions, tossing me around like a Greek salad. But now it's time to go home and my head is spinning like the windmills on Mykonos. Will this odyssey end up like so many Greek tragedies…or will I become the Aphrodite to this Adonis with our very own big, fat Greek wedding?'
Terrific timing, well scribed and satisfying at every twist. Nice work, this 34th book of the series! Grady Harp, January 18
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Let's get back to flashing. Shut up, I know what words mean.
Pain pounded against her head. Slowly, the throbs and aches worked their way down to her shoulders and the left side of her body. Blackness clouding her vision melted away to reveal red earth. Rolling over, she forced herself up. Weak muscles fought against her, but she fought harder. Finally, she was on her feet; the smell of burning oil hung in the air.
To her left, one of the wings of her Starscreamer lay embedded in the earth. Assorted parts and scraps of metal lay across the ground. Half a turbine had landed in front of her. Beyond it laid an overturned mass of wreckage. She recognized the nozzle of her ship and the right wing which had bent inward at the tip. It snapped off just as she rose to her feet. Burnt steel along its sides showed where the missiles had pummelled it.
Wasting no time, she hobbled over to the ruined vessel. Head down, she paid no heed to the scenery. This was no time to sightsee. In time, she reached the cockpit. Both hands reached inside and seized a latch for a small door on the console. A monitor broke free and dropped onto her wrist. She ignored the pain. A box attached to a long cord fell out of the glove compartment and flopped into her hands.
"Hello?" she said, tapping the device and bringing it to her lips, "This is Kali Newell of Starscreamer Number 0080. H.Q., do you copy?"
A gurgle of electric screams, followed by English: "This is H.Q. Kali, please repeat your SS Number."
She groaned and spoke slowly, "Zero-zero-eight-zero, H.Q."
The pause from the other end told her what was coming. "Your Starscreamer is named The Loli-Popper?"
"I lost a bet!" she howled into her radio, hands shaking. Her head throbbed, and she groaned again, "Never-mind. Where's my evac?"
"We'll drop one down when we can," he uttered, "Interference from the New Colonial Fleet's main jammer is keeping us from locking onto your co-ordinates. You were part of the fleet orbiting Planet AU-673, correct?"
"Can you describe any major landmarks?"
She huffed and looked around, telling her contact: "I see a big spike of rock sticking out of the ground to my left. Hills in the distance, one's kind of shaped like a giant tit. I think I see a tree."
"Sorry, a tree?" the man said, shocked.
She squinted. Wood spiralled into a long, grasping talon covered sparsely with flat leaves that she estimated were as long as her forearm each. "Yeah, it's definitely a tree."
"We didn't think anything was alive down there! This is a big discovery!"
"Will it get me off the alien planet faster?"
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She rolled her eyes. "Well, there are big craters ahead of me, like from meteors or something. I'm counting three but there may be more. Everything else is just sand and –"
Something hopped into view.
She stopped everything and watched as the dark blue thing bounced across the landscape. It hopped around the fallen turbine in front of her and came closer. Pear-shaped, its body sat suspended on a pair of thick legs and long, wide feet. A pair of bulbous black eyes sat on two fleshy stalks that waved in the air.
"Kali? Kali, are you there?"
"There's something alive here."
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The creature looked her way. She shrugged, "I mean I'm face to face with some fat, bouncing thing."
"Can," her contact said, gasping, "Can you describe it?"
"It looks retarded?" she responded.
"Blb," squawked the creature as it skipped by.
The man from H.Q. laughed raucously, "Animals, too! This is a miracle!"
Kali grit her teeth and seethed into her radio. "Yeah, you know what's a miracle? Me being alive. Where's my evac?"
"We've been looking for habitable planets for years! This news could turn the whole war on its head! You could stand to be a little more excited, you know," chided her superior.
"Yeah, I kind of had a feeling that it was habitable," she said with a huff.
The man seemed curious now, "How so?"
"Well, because my helmet got knocked off when I was shot," she said, running fingers through her hair, "And the fact I didn't suffocate was a big sign." She paused, thoughtfully looking up at the wide, grey sky above her, "Or did I not mention that?"
Here we go again.
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In this week's Sessler's Soapbox, Adam addresses the issues over rights and licensing that kept GoldenEye 007 from making it reemergence on Xbox Live Arcade. He explains how this is an issue that we will probably see more and more frequently as the popularity of XBLA and the Wii's Virtual Console continue to grow.
Jet Force Gemini. Forgot all about that one. That one wasn't a bad game either, albeit slightly difficult for some (my younger brother never could figure out how to beat it, heh heh). I really hope that Microsoft and Nintendo could come to some sort of fair agreement over all of this bureaucratic mumbo jumbo. Gamers should not have to suffer for it. Microsoft could make a killing releasing updated versions of these classic Rare franchises over XBLA (as long as they are not hindered by the 150 MB size constraint), and Nintendo could make a decent chunk of change themselves re-releasing the games on the Wii Virtual console. What's to loose really. Even if both companies end up "with a hand in each other's cookie jars", so to speak, they don't really have much to loose. I can see Diddy Kong Racing and other Nintendo franchise based games not making it to XBLA (duh), but the Rare franchises shouldn't be hindered. Conker's Bad Fur day was remade for the original XBox, and Nintendo was the publisher of the orignal version, I don't see where the problem is.


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Such a beautiful instrument with a sound to match!
This new concert pineapple from Ohana packs so many features like arched rounded back, body binding, gloss finish and gorgeous figured maple. We love the pineapple top on the headstock too!
The tone has excellent mids and a smooth buttery sustain. Plenty of volume thats clear and defined.
Optional bag and case available on drop down menu.
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Top: Spalted Maple
Back: Spalted Maple (Rounded Arched)
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Sound-hole: Abalone & Wood Rosette Inlay
Binding: Mahogany with Top & Back Purfling in white/black/white
Finish: Open Pore Light Gloss
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: 14 Frets to Body; Total 19 Frets
Nut: Bone
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Tuners: Grover Gold Tuners with Black Buttons
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- A matter of concern?
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- Information regarding the contents of xenobiotic organic compounds (XOCs) in wastewater is limited, but it has been shown that at least 900 different compounds / compound groups could potentially be present in grey wastewater. Analyses of Danish grey wastewater revealed the presence of several hundred of XOCs, among them mainly originating from hygiene products: chlorophenols, detergents and phthalates. Several compounds not deriving from hygiene products were also identified e.g. flame-retardants and drugs. A environmental hazard identification showed that a large number of compounds with high aquatic toxicity were present and that data for environmental fate could only be retrieved for about half of the compounds.
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Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.
About 1m people meet the criteria for bariatric surgery, but last year there were just 3,600 operations carried out.
The Office of Health Economics suggests £1.3bn could be saved over three years if a quarter of eligible patients got treatment through more people working and fewer demands on the NHS.
But the government said the treatment should always be a "last resort".
The economists looked at a range of data in their analysis, including official guidelines, figures from more than half of NHS trusts and previously published reports.
'Huge variation'
The research - which was funded by two firms involved in making equipment used in obesity surgery - suggests that one in four of the 1m eligible patients are ready for and want surgery.
If all those went under the knife, the report says, £1.7bn would be gained in working time while an extra £104m would be saved by the NHS not having to deal with the ill-health associated with being obese.
Once the £546m cost of the treatments is then taken into account, it claims, the saving stands at £1.3bn. The figure would be even greater if the saving made on benefits is taken into account, the authors add.
Even if this was not possible and only 5% got the treatment, £382m would be saved over three years, the report says.
Bariatric surgery covers a range of different procedures.
Gastric banding involves reducing the size of the stomach with a band fitted around it, while a gastric bypass reroutes food to a small stomach pouch created by surgeons.
A third, less frequently used procedure, removes a portion of the stomach.
While treatments have been increasing - in the past decade by ten times - there is a huge variation in what is offered by different NHS trusts.
The data obtained by the researchers found one in 10 ignored official guidance about who should be eligible for treatment, while half only used elements of this guidance.
It means that the numbers going under the knife vary from 192 in one trust to just one in another.
Often the situation is blamed on money, with obesity surgery being one of the first areas to be cut when money is tight.
Dr David Haslam of the National Obesity Forum, which commissioned the research along with the Royal College of Surgeons, said the government needed to improve access to treatment.
Peter Sedman, a leading bariatric surgeon and member of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons, added: "Surgery can literally transform people's lives in a way that no other treatment is able to, getting them back to work and contributing fully to society."
The Department of Health said bariatric surgery should always be a "last resort" and instead it was encouraging people to pursue healthier lifestyles so this type of treatment was not necessary.
But a spokeswoman added the NHS still had a duty to ensure patients had access to the right care.
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Healing Meditation with the Archangels
This morning, I woke up and was struggling to get my nervous system to settle. The events in the larger world are deeply unsettling and while I know in my wiser self that it is part of the transformation that is needed to move into the higher dimensional paradigm, I am still saddened by the path we are taking to get there. I used this meditation that I had recorded a month or so ago to bring myself back to a balanced state. In case any of you are finding it hard to stay peaceful, I thought I would share it here too:
Sending love and peace to all!
Posted on January 30, 2017, in Nurture Yourself. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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OWASP AppSec DC 2009 had a compelling session that defined cloud taxonomies and the security implications associated with the cloud computing.
The three taxonomies that have become part of our vernacular are:
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Set of virtualized components that can be assembled to build a application. Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Opsource, and GoGrid are examples of IaaS where you can rent "virtual" hardware and software as a "pay-as-you-go" services. If you need 5 Linux servers running MySQL Database for 3 months, you'd subscribe to an IaaS provider and using their REST or Web service-based API (or command line if you're too cool) to provision, de-provision and monitor your instance.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS): A runtime environment for application developer to deploy their applications in their desired programming environments with production issues such as scalability, security and reliability already addressed by the Platform. Google App Engine, the support Java and Python is a good example of PaaS. Using PaaS developers can code applications locally on developer machines and push them to the cloud. The developed applications can automatically scale to millions of invocations and thousands of users. The developers do not have to concern themselves with managing threading, concurrency and load balancing issues for such almost unbound scalability.
- Software as a Service (SaaS): Fully functional application with potentially and API for external application integration. SugrarCRM, Netsuite and Salesforce.com are classic examples of SaaS in the CRM space. SugarCRM can be used as an fully functional enterprise CRM systems and can also be accessed through Web services APIs for integrating on-premise application. See for example: Web services Testing SugarCRM.
For more details on Cloud Taxonomies and Security, see Understanding Implication of Clouds on Application Security.
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- Understanding Cloud Taxonomies and Security
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- Vint Cerf and Multi-Cloud Mayhem of Cloud Computing
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It always feel a bit self indulgent writing posts like this and saying I get 'SO many questions about what I use on my face' but it's true, I do. So I'll just put it down to the fact I'll openly instagram story without a scrap of make up on but equally when I leave the house 99% I will have make up on (for the pure fact that I don't feel ready for the day without it. I will always find time to put my make up on because it makes me feel happy) and I suppose that is why people are so intrigued as to what I slap on my chops everyday because you always see the not so polished before shot! Without the risk of sounding like a broken record I'll briefly recap that 99.999999% of products I use are from the 'drugstore' (not quite sure how us Brits have adopted that phrase, but we have) simply because I think you can find some incredible products for really good value these days. Don't get me wrong I adore high end products but I see them as more of a treat to myself now or I will get them as gifts for Christmas or birthdays. I always have and always will be a sucker for a good dupe!!
So it makes sense to start with my base. Before my roaccutane journey, which I will link here, I was the oiliest person ever. As in wiping your face every hour otherwise you look like you're melting kind of oily. But since sorting my skin out and spending 9 months on roaccutane my skin is now pretty 'normal' (whatever normal means!) and I do prefer a more glowy/dewy look so I mix my foundation with a liquid highlighter. The foundation I use and have done for years is Bourjois Healthy Mix in the shade 52. I like a pretty good coverage in between medium and full I would say yet I never ever want to look cakey (who does!?) and this mixed with one pump of a liquid highlighter gives me my perfect foundation! The highlighters I use are Becca Backlight Priming Filter or Seventeen Skin 3 way highlighter (word on the street is this is being discontinued which breaks my heart as it is an incredible dupe for Nars Copacabana so if you love it like I do then stock up now!) For my base I also use the Collection lasting perfection concealer in the shade fair which is my all time number one concealer. I literally buy 3 at a time because I cannot be left in a situation without it or I will die* (*exaggeration used for dramatic effect)
I use to always wear a bold lip; reds, berries, purples, oranges, you name it. Since having Evie I don't know what it is but I just can't wear a bright coloured lip anymore!? I always go for it, force myself to put it on and look in the mirror and I just think no babe. I'm not feeling it. So basically now I just live in (if I remember to use a lip product) peachy nudes. These three are my go to's and pretty much the lip products I never stray from. From top to bottom we have; L'Oreal Lip Laquer in 600, Chanel Coco Rouge gloss in Subtil and Bobbi Brown Semi-Matte Lip Colour in Pale Pink.
Then we have eyes. Now I might forget to put a on lip product or even brush my hair but 9 times out of 10 you will find me wearing eyeshadow. I kinda feel naked without it now. Since my sister bought me this Huda Beauty Warm Brown Obsessions palette for my birthday in December I have used it pretty much every day (except for when I'm at work because are you even at work if you don't look like a potato!?) I am obsessed with it, the colours, the pigment, the texture. Everything about it is amazing. And now I'm living my life for orange eyes.
And last but not least probably my most asked question ever. What mascara do you use? The mascara I use and have used for about 10 years is the Maybelline Colossal Volum Express. I do have naturally long eyelashes anyway (#blessed) but this mascara is amazing. I try to build it up to get lots of volume and length so I probably do about 3 coats but I always leave the first coat to dry and go a bit tacky (you know like when you're glueing your falsies?) because then the next layer of mascara sticks really well to your lash giving you lots more length. Then I use Collection eye brow kit in blonde (which is an absolute steal at £4!) and I use the middle shade to line my bottom lash line and then blend it out with a fluffy brush. I've done this for so long now that if I don't have a brown shadow on my bottom lash line I think I look crazy without it!
I also use the Collection Matte Bronzer in terracotta (which is £2.99!!) but let's be honest it's not in any fit state to photograph! So that's pretty much it but you have any other questions just leave one on this post and I'll get back to you. X


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This is your tomorrow without Net Neutrality - are you ready for it?
Today you are free to play any game you like on the Internet because of one thing - Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality means you have unfettered access to any and all websites at whatever speed your current connection allows for. For a better understanding of exactly what it is, may I suggest some reading of this website. Net Neutrality - Wikipedia.
This last Monday and Tuesday, behind closed doors the FCC and such companies as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, ComCast and Google had meetings to discuss Net Neutrality, broadband Internet, and wireless networks. What is at stake? The Internet. For years the Internet has been accessible to anyone and everyone for the most part and that meant that you and I could access hundreds of games, thousands of blogs, and little known websites without fear of slow down or access to them. That all may change within the next few months if telcom and cable companies have their way. With the closed door meetings being held by the FCC and these companies it can mean only one thing. We the consumer are going to lose this one. The corporations will win and when they win the Internet as we know it will change and it will not be better - but worse.
Let's look into the future of the Internet. Experts(even the creator of the Internet Tim Berners-Lee) all agree that if telcom and cable companies have control this is how it'll probably be. (It should be noted that Google is for Net Neutrality)
Imagine a tomorrow without Net Neutrality in place.
That free to play game you've fell in love with...you no longer have access to it. Oh wait, you haven't heard. AT&T has decided that those free to play games are consuming to much bandwidth and have blocked them from the carrier lines. Good news is that you can switch telcom providers and go with Verizon! Yeah! They allow for that one free to play game to have access to their carrier lines - oh yeah, sorry,...forgot to mention that the game you thought was free to play actually cost money to play now. Yeah, you see in order for you to even have access to the ftp game, said free to play game company has to pay a monthly service fee to Verizon so that you can enjoy their game. Unfortunately, said ftp game was not making enough money with their free to play price plan and needed to add a small monthly fee to offset the cost of being able to use Verizon's carrier lines so that you can access their game. Oh and there is one last little thing I guess I should mention. See during peak hours of usage you may encounter some slow downs of your game. Yeah I know...sucks...but Verizon has to limit the amount of traffic during peak hours because their is this other company that has made a deal with Verizon that allows them unfettered bandwidth usage during peak hours to allow for streaming TV directly to their in-home web TV systems...maybe you've heard of them - Apple. Oh yeah...they have a huge contract with Verizon and AT&T and others to have maximum bandwidth to their Internet services such as AppleTV and iTunes. So around 6pm EST when you're just about to enter that instance and kill that boss and suddenly your load screen freezes and you have to wait 5 minutes...don't worry...I am sure it'll load eventually. But hey! At least you can still play that game you love!
In the news. Activision/Blizzard has signed a multi-billion dollar, 10 year contract with telcom and cable providers Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and ComCast to allow for players of their game World of Warcraft to have access to their game. The game has been inaccessible since early 2011 when the new laws regarding Internet usage went into effect. After months of negotiations the companies finally came to an agreement and a deal was made that will net the telcom providers millions of dollars a month in usage fees. Stocks for all three telcom companies rose today upon release of this news.
Activision/Blizzard announces new price plan for World of Warcraft. As of July 1st, 2011 the monthly subscription fee for their game World of Warcraft has gone up by $5 US, from $14.95 a month to $19.95 a month. This is to help offset the cost of the new access fees imposed by telcom and cable companies Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and ComCast.
Also in the news, little known websites by the thousands are no longer accessible due to the new laws and regulations created by the Telcom Act of 2010. Telcom and cable providers said such websites were eating into their profits and were taking up bandwidth that could be used to provide better services and access to such companies as Google, Apple, Hulu, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix and YouTube.
Comcast today announced their new in-home Internet service NetCast. This new service will allow for premium ComCast users to access all the services provided by ComCast via their new NetCast services which now include Skype voice and imaging communications services right through your television. This also includes access to such online game providers as MicroSoft, Activison/Blizzard, and Sony Gaming Online. New price plans will be available the first of next month and ComCast company representative we spoke with expects only a minor increase in monthly fees depending on the package plan you decide to go with.
Many mom and pop websites and Internet companies are closing shops. Unable to pay the new access fees regulated by the telcom and cable companies hundreds of online stores and services were forced out of business due to the new restrictions place on bandwidth control by ISP providers. Thousands of people that use to make their living via the Internet are now unemployed.
This is your tomorrow without Net Neutrality - are you ready for it?
Wish to save the Internet and keep it free? Visit these websites and read up on Net Neutrality.
Backroom Dealings and the Fate of the Internet <<< read this article.
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Authentic Jamaican Peanut Porridge Recipe
This authentic peanut porridge recipe has a fantastic reputation since being lofted from a modest staple of Jamaican cuisine to a culinary favourite of foodies across the planet.
In fact, so popular is peanut porridge that it is now widely eaten across North America, particularly the US and the UK thanks to large Jamaican communities that have settled there over the past century.
Whilst exquisitely simple, peanut porridge is a breakfast dish that requires some love and attention to mimic the truly authentic Jamaican version.
What's more is that it is a very healthy breakfast, being packed full of fibre, iron and protein, and all of the ingredients being completely vegetarian, making it popular with Rastafarians.
How to Make Peanut Porridge
- Raw peanuts – 1 cup
- Oatmeal – 1 cup
- Cornmeal – 1 tbsp
- Flour – 1 tbsp
- Unsweetened condensed milk – ½ cup
- Evaporated milk – ½ cup
- Cinnamon – ½ tsp
- Nutmeg – ½ tsp
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Water – 2 or 3 cups
- Vanilla extract – 2 drops
- Blend the peanuts in to a fine powder using a blender. You can use a sieve to filter the mix even further.
- Take out the peanut powder and then blend the oatmeal in to a similarly fine powder.
- Next combine the peanut powder, the oatmeal powder, the cornmeal and the flour in a large bowl.
- Take your measured cups of water (2 or 3 depending on how thick you want the mixture) and slowly start adding the water to the mix whilst stirring.
- Place the mixture into a pan and put on a low to medium heat whilst stirring the mixture as it heats through. The consistency should be smooth and not lumpy. Leave to simmer for 10 minutes, waiting for the mixture to thicken, stirring occasionally.
- After 10 minutes, pour in the unsweetened condensed milk, the evaporated milk, the cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg and mix thoroughly.
- Cover the pan and leave to cook for a further 5 minutes on a low heat.
- Serve and wait to cool before eating.
Your friends and family will love this authentic porridge recipe. Feel free to add in different flavourings to suit your own tastes.
Watch Making Peanut Porridge Recipe
Jamaica is not one of the biggest meat consuming countries in the world due to the vegetarian culture of Rastafarianism. Meaning that stunning Caribbean vegetarian dishes are widely available throughout the country.
The close-by neighbor, Guyana, also has a lot of Caribbean influence which you will notice from their cuisine, such as their famous Pepperpot recipe (not vegetarian).
The best way to enjoy peanut porridge is, of course, by visiting Jamaica and buying it from a local restaurant. If you're not able to travel to Jamaica, hopefully this recipe brings a little bit of Caribbean life into your kitchen!


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MISSOULA – University of Montana chemistry graduate student Asia Riel has received a STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship. The Fellowship, offered by the Embassy of France in the United States, allows doctoral students from the U.S. to conduct research in France for up to nine months.
Riel's research in UM Professor Orion Berryman's lab is focused on producing halogen bonding organic molecules for anion recognition and organocatalysis. In France, Riel will study electrochemistry and crystallography in Professor Marc Fourmigué's lab at Université de Rennes 1.
In addition to the Chateaubriand Fellowship, Riel received another fellowship from the Rennes Métropole, which funds foreign doctoral students to conduct research in Rennes. Combined, these fellowships will initiate an international collaboration between the Berryman and Fourmigué labs.
Riel graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2013 with a bachelor's in chemistry and a minor in French. She started her Ph.D. program at UM later that year.
"I never thought I would be able to combine chemistry and French," Riel said. "These fellowships will help start an international collaboration, while fulfilling a lifelong dream of living in France. I'm so grateful for this opportunity."


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Welcome the Class of 2017 - Techstars Demo Day Recap
The House of Blues is usually the premier venue for all kinds of music, but on May 3rd it was the stage for 12 unique startups. Techstars welcomed their Boston Class of 2017 to showcase their companies and services as a part of the 11th Boston Demo Day. The event was welcome to anyone from the Boston tech scene, as well as those curious from other tech areas across the country.
The twelve companies attending Demo Day each had their own unique product or service, as well as a backstory to go along with it.
Fittingly introduced to the song "Walkin' on Sunshine," Solstice Co-Founder Steph Speirs presented her company's service; solar power. "This isn't just software as a service," she says. "This is solar as a service." Speirs previously campaigned under President Barack Obama to bring light to environmental issues.
Solstice creates solar gardens for small towns, thus creating solar power for a whole community. Currently, Solstice has customers in several towns and cities across Massachusetts, including Worcester and Northhampton. The company has developed software to keep track of how much power is being used, which part of the neighborhood needs it, etc.
The company's customer base has grown every year, according to Speirs. She also makes the estimate of signing up 150 more customers by the end of this year.
Lorem's presentation started out with Constant Contact founder, Randy Parker, speaking of his work with this new startup.
Lorem's co-founder, Sam Wilcoxon presented a variety of DIY software to create websites, such as WordPress. However, he took note of the amount of non-tech oriented people using that type of software and how they need help. Lorem aims to change that with their solution. Lorem allows those frustrated with the DIY process and connects them to a team of freelancers offering advice and help. For their client base, the company kept in mind those with small businesses just trying to create a site.
"It's a get help now, call-in-the-SWAT-team type of experience," Wilcoxon says. "All at an affordable price."
"You know where your kids are, you know where your pets are and you know where your car is," Tive co-founder and CEO Krenar Komoni addressed the House of Blues. "If you're a Fortune 500 manufacturer and you don't know where your million dollar shipments are, does that make sense to you?"
Tive is fixing the way large supply chains are being tracked and shipped. Komoni is an electrical engineer by trade and has developed tracking devices seen in cell phones.
The company has developed a cellular tracker companies can place onto their shipments and a cloud-based software platform which also allows for tracking. Komoni announced his company currently has a laundry list of clients in several different fields, including healthcare and electronics.
CareAcademy is an online service looking to offer training for those who have taken up the task of being a caregiver for an elderly family member or patient. "For the families that increasingly rely on a caregiver," CEO Helen Adeosun said. "Who do they know to trust? For our parents and our grandparents, we want to provide the best care for them. That's why we started CareAcademy."
CareAcademy was founded by two doctors, Adeosun and Madhuri Reddy. Adeosun took the reigns for the presentation and showcased CareAcademy's training videos available on their website. The videos help the trainees prepare for emergency situations, including falls.
CareAcademy has also partnered up with several caregiver organizations across the United States, including AARP. Adeosun is also projecting nearly 600,000 caregivers all over the world will be using CareAcademy's services.
Sea Machines
The ocean is almost an unknown planet in and of itself and it can be a dangerous environment to work in. Shipping products overseas is a risk as well, as many boats still use outdated methods of control. Sea Machines is looking to lower the uncertainties.
Sea Machines is a tech startup with a focus on autonomous boats. The company's Director of Operations, Mike Cammack, compared on-land industries use of autonomous vehicles to the maritime industry's lack of the same types of vehicles.
Sea Machines is doing something completely different, and Cammack made the ambitions of the company clear at the end of his presentation. "If you didn't know the Sea Machines name, it will be hard to miss in the future," he declared. "As we make Boston the hub of this new, and necessary, marine autonomy."
Nix's presentation started out with company founder and CEO, Meredith Unger, telling a story about Olympian Shalene Flanagan's dehydration during a marathon. "There are 64 million athletes in the US, that are compromising their performance as a result of involuntary dehydration," Unger told the crowd. "This is happening because athletes have no better method to manage their hydration."
Nix is a hydration sensor athletes will place on their hand. The patch, which contains proprietary technology created by the team, allows athletes to create a hydration strategy of when to drink, how much to drink and what to drink.
Unger and her team are all experienced runners and the company has taken several athletes, including Flanagan and Pro Football Hall of Famer Orlando Pace, as advisors. To close off their presentation, the company announced a partnership with Reebok and a retail distribution deal with Dick's Sporting Goods.
Brizi started their presentation with a soundbite from Portland Trail Blazers' CMO, Dewayne Hankins. The NBA team has been using Brizi, which is an automated camera system allowing sports fans to capture the perfect moments watching their favorite team. How it works is an arena or stadium will have the cameras hooked up all around the arena, and fans will be able to connect to them. Through this camera, fans can obtain the perfect sports-related memories.
For all the Patriots fans in the audience, CEO Anna Hu announced Brizi is working with the five-time Super Bowl champions, as well as the New England Revolution soccer team.
RateGravity's Co-Founder Patrick Boyaggi used his experience as a banker to develop his company's goal; helping those looking for a home or assist homeowners with refinancing their mortgage.
Boyaggi actually displayed several customers' success stories and showed how they saved tens of thousands of dollars. He also showed how much easier RateGravity makes the whole process, by showing how their services actually work.
"We give consumers the ability to get a mortgage without having to rely on a salesperson," Boyaggi says. "We also open them up to a network of opportunities with other lenders."
The company launched last July and has paired customers with $40 million dollars worth of loans and it shows no signs of slowing down.
Alice's Table
Alice Rossiter took the stage next to speak about her company, Alice's Table. "There are millions of brilliant moms looking for opportunities," Rossiter says with an enthusiastic tone. "They are looking for a flexible and creative way to make money and lead in their community."
Alice's Table is a platform for women seeking to enable their business through various events. For example, the company will hold flower arranging classes which in turn can be used as a networking opportunity. Rossiter's ultimate goal is for women of all ages and backgrounds to find their niche and become the entrepreneur they would want to be.
Rossiter also displayed a stat from her company's impact; over 40 women across the country have started their businesses through Alice's Table.
Rossiter is also a contributor to VentureFizz. You can view her articles right here.
OffGridBox is doing something inspirational; they are bringing electricity and clean water to villages in Rwanda. The company has created a compact unit capable of developing these two utilities. Company co-founder and CEO, Emiliano Cecchini displayed pictures of the struggles of villagers in the African country.
The device the company has developed is a relatively small, cube that has solar panels on top and a complex water irrigation system inside. However, despite being an incredible piece of hardware, Cecchini is looking at the bigger picture.
"The real innovation is the business model," the entrepreneur says. "We're changing the way we distribute water and power across the globe."
According to Checchini, OffGridBox has not only been a profitable business, but it has given water and power for over 400,000 families in need across Rwanda.
Alex Zimmerman, CEO of the health-tech company BrainSpec, talked about how sometimes an MRI won't be able to detect a cancerous tumor in the brain. She then transitioned into speaking about medical procedures doctors sometimes perform on a lesion, in order to get a closer examination, that can sometimes result in paralysis. "With our breakthrough technology, doctors can get this information without using a needle," Zimmerman says.
BrainSpec uses MRI and VR technology to dive into the chemical makeup of the human brain, which allows for better examination of the potential tumors. The technology can also pickup other neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.
The company has been working closely with neurosurgeons at Brigham & Women's Hospital.
The final presentation of Demo Day 2017 came from Voatz. The company's co-founder and CEO, Nimit Sawhney, voted for the first time in the United States. While he was proud to have taken part in Election Day, Sawhney noticed how difficult the process is for others. He found statistics involving voter turnout; including an astounding 27% of Americans who don't know who they are voting for.
Voatz is a mobile platform to make the voting process easier and more accessible. Sawhney tested the product in a small district in western Massachusetts and found phenomenal results. "Users found the mobile application to be much easier and more effective," Sawhney told the crowd.
At the end of the presentations, Dukach announced this Demo Day was his last in Boston and welcomed to the stage his replacement, Clement Cazalot. Cazalot, who has a deep entrepreneurial background, was thankful for becoming the new managing director for Techstars' Boston branch and invited everyone who presented to come on stage.
Colin Barry is a contributor to VentureFizz. Follow him on Twitter @ColinKrash.


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The ongoing civil war in Syria has been covered extensively in the media, with the Free Syrian Army, Bashar al-Assad's forces and the myriad of jihadi groups dominating the headlines. Meanwhile, one ethnic group, the Kurds, goes largely unmentioned as it tries to carve out its own state in the four countries where its people live: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. While they've had some success gaining autonomy in Iraq, Kurds in the Western-most tip of Syria are using the chaos of the civil war to gain their own little statelet. Thomas Morton goes to the frontline of the battle for a Kurdish state to follow the story of this forgotten group.
HBO is partnering with "VICE" on an innovative news magazine show to be hosted by "VICE" founder Shane Smith, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
The HBO series will showcase a mix of stories from around the globe. Among the segments in production for possible inclusion in the show are: Taliban child suicide bombers; North Korean slave labor camps; New York's underground voodoo heroin clinics; Somalian pirates; and Satanic dentists in the Pacific Northwest.
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Marshmallow Conversation Hearts
Start a conversation from the heart with a sweet gift that's sure to please. Brach's® Vanilla-Flavored Marshmallow Conversation Hearts in three colors and lovable sayings, "Sweet Thing," "Forever Yours," "Hugs and Kisses."
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Piece
Calories: 50
Fat: 0g
Sugars: 35g
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Underlining our commitment to two-stroke technology Husqvarna is pleased to announce the unveiling of the very first new generation Husqvarna to be built – a Factory Racing edition TC300 two-stroke – at the Motocross of Nations, Teutschenthal, Germany, on September 28.
Offering an exciting 'world first' look at this brand new 2014 model Husqvarna, which gets it's official launch at the worldwide press event at Uddevalla, Sweden on October 5, the TC300 will showcase the machinery available to riders competing in the newly formed European Motocross 300cc two-stroke championship.
Good balance between power and cost
The bike on show at Teutschenthal is the brand new TC250 two-stroke, upgraded to 300cc with accessories soon to be available from the Husky Power range of special parts. Decorated with official Husqvarna Factory Racing graphics it will feature numerous technical upgrades, among which will be a Carbon Fibre rear subframe, a full Akrapovic exhaust system, CNC machined hubs and triple clamps, and WP suspension.
Husqvarna will actively support the European Motocross 300cc two-stroke championship, and the wider use of two-stroke engine technology. Offering great acceleration characteristics, easily achievable power and capacity increases, ease of maintenance, and compact design, Husqvarna is fully committed to two-stroke power.
Pit Beirer – (Head of Motorsport): "Husqvarna is promoting and supporting the new European 300cc two-stroke championship because we think it will be a great class for talented, young, racers. It offers the right balance between great racing and costs. At present we are not involved in the European championship with a direct Factory team, but we are in contact with many riders, through our subsidiaries, and we've had a great number of requests regarding our two-stroke bikes for this new championship. In the near future you will see many of our two-stroke bikes competing in not only this exciting, new championship but at race tracks all over the world."
My email has been going crazy today with the introduction of purported 2014 Husqvarna 300 two stroke at the Motocross Des Nations press conference.
Here are the photos, so judge for yourself. It is a Husaberg TE300 with linkage and new graphics. It is a new twist, but hardly presents itself as a flag ship new bike for a new company.
We expect the actual press information on the 2014 Husqvarna models to be released in a little over a week. So I am holding out hope that we see something more creative in the styling department for production models, something that deserves to be called new and represents the true Husky heritage. If it is just new graphics on Husaberg body work, I am going to be disappointed.
As for the linkage on this bike; I was thinking about this dilemma the other day. Should KTM put PDS on the Husky enduro versions or go all linkage? I am leaning towards an all linkage line up for the Husqvarnas. Why? The PDS system is probably the most unique of KTM innovations and will always be a part of the KTM persona. Just for the sake of being different, it really wouldn't fit the new Husky image. Next guess, look for WP 4CS forks on all the new models too.
The context of this photo is the debut of the new MX3 class in FIM motocross. The class will now become a 300 two stroke competition, so that is pretty cool.
For now, let us hope that we see something that can really be called new in couple of weeks.
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For 14 years, Noel has represented the Commonwealth and its citizens in a variety of cases throughout central Virginia and the tidewater area.
Before opening up his own practice, Noel worked in the law firm of Hairfield Morton, PLC in Bon Air. While there, Noel represented clients injured in automobile accidents, clients harmed because of medical malpractice, clients charged with criminal and traffic offenses, clients going through divorces and custody and visitation disputes, clients involved in civil disputes, and clients buying or selling residential real estate.
Prior to joining Hairfield Morton eight years ago, Noel worked in the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the County of Chesterfield where he gained invaluable insight into the criminal justice system and the prosecution specifically. While in Chesterfield, Noel prosecuted hundreds of cases, tried cases before both juries and judges, and developed relationships with other litigants, his peers, police officers, and the jurists.
Before becoming a prosecutor, Noel worked for the Virginia Attorney General's Office in Norfolk, Virginia. During his tenure, Noel worked as Special Counsel of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. In that capacity, Noel spent a large part of his time in Juvenile Court, establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support orders. In addition, Noel worked in the litigation section of the Attorney General's Office wherein he defended numerous state agencies against workers' compensation claims. It was an excellent opportunity, particularly for a young lawyer, because it required Noel to handle court cases within several weeks of accepting the position. By the time Noel left the Attorney General's Office, he had handled over 2000 cases in court.
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Recent Developments
So it's been a long while since i last wrote anything. So what's been happening lately. Well, a few things.
Dorsia has been replaced by a "slightly" less powerful machine, namely an old P3 rig. Dorsia is my shell machine that i've used to hand out shells to people i know. Nothing really special here, it does the same job as before, but with less overhead. The previous Dorsia machine was a G4p HP Proliant, with dual Xeon's, so it's best off doing something else. In this case, something else is installing VMware ESXi on it, and using it as a test bench for numerous virtual machines. It's better suited for that task. This project is stil pending, but, the server hardware is compatible with ESXi, and i should get on that with P at some point. Our plan is to build a kind of virtual lab environment, where we can have different server operating systems, such as Windows 2003 and 2008, among others, and then run a hostile machine,perhaps with the recently released Backtrack 4 final. As soon as we have time..
I've ordered a netbook. So yeah, i became yet another sheep and got myself a netbook. Yes, i'm aware they are very slow etc. etc, but i'm just interested in surfing the web and writing stuff down, and for that, i think it'll be just fine. The one i got was a Samsung N140, which is a 10″ netbook, with a 1.6GHz Atom 270 processor, 2 gigs of memory, a 320 gig hard drive (5400rpm), and various other parts of lesser interest. There are a few things that are of concern. 1) Is the machine powerful enough to run some flash content? I'm not talking about some multimedia extravaganza, but simply youtube and such? 2) The resolution is small, and i know this. But, it has a VGA out, and where i'll be using it "proper", i'll have an external screen to hook up to it.
Basically, i'm not expecting much, but it'll be interesting to see how it compares with my previous "netbook", my Thinkpad X41, which has developed some problems with the battery and charging. This puppy has a 1.6 GHz Centrino, with 2 gigs of memory. I'll be running some benchmarks to see how the Atom fares against this 5 year old machine. Should be interesting, as there aren't a lot of benchmarks that compare older hardware with netbooks, and as M pointed out, there are so many different architechtures; comparison becomes difficult on a larger scale. I'll be reporting on this as soon as i get the machine, which should be next week.
I'm also trying to find out what the perfect linux distro would be to install on this. I'm taking suggestions, if you have them.
Adobe presented me with an interesting perdicamen this week at work. I was fiddling around with trying to get the Adobe PDF printer working under Windows 7. This proved to be a bitch. After countless hours of testing, i found out that Adobe Acrobat version 7, works just fine under windows 7. This is an old old version, from like 2003, which doesn't even have support for Vista, let alone Windows 7. Adobe 8, which was used in this particular case, just didn't work, not even with the latest patches. It installed the printer, but you were unable to use it, as Acrobat claimed the product was unactivated (it worked otherwise just fine, so i think that's just a bogus error message). Again, version 9, the latest version (patch 9.3 released 14th of January) has official Windows 7 support as of 9.2, and that worked fine from the get go.
So Adobe, why doesn't version 8 work, when the older technology of version 7 works just fine? You wouldn't be out to get Windows 7 users to buy Acrobat 9 now would you? Tsk tsk.
Glamorama, the recent book by author Bret Easton Ellis (notably of American Psycho-fame), is what i'm reading next. Hopefully, even today. It was shipped out from Jersey, at play.com last week, so i should be getting it either today or tomorrow.I hope it's as good as American Psycho! I think i'll be reading his entire bibliography, since i very much like his topics (glamour, yuppies, decadence and horror), and his writing style.
Ham radio. Me and B decided we were going to become ham radio operators during the year of 2010. We haven't started yet, but i'm definately going through with this. I have a few ham friends who i'll be talking to about where to take the exam and so on. The basic level exam isn't too hard, plus i was in the signals battalion during my one-year army stint, so this shouldn't really be a problem by any stretch of the imagination.


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There's a movie in the works about the life of the late, great and glittery Jackie Collins.
And we are so here for it.
Telling the tale of the bestselling author, actress and unlikely feminist who sadly lost her life to cancer in 2015, Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story will aim to paint a true picture of Jackie, Screen Daily reports.
Laura Fairrie will direct the film which will go into detail about Jackie's sparkling career, in which she published 32 romance novels from 1968 up until her final book in 2015 called The Santangelos.
It will also tell the heartbreaking story of Jackie losing not one but two lovers over her lifetime.
In 1992, her beloved Oscar Lerman, who she had been married to since 1965, died of prostate cancer.
Then two years later, Jackie married business executive Frank Calcagnini but he sadly died just four years after they got married in 1998 from a brain tumour.
Jackie herself died on 19 September 2015, in the same year she published her final novel, aged 77.
Her passing came after a long battle with breast cancer, which she kept mostly to herself.
An incredibly strong woman, she flew from Los Angeles to London to appear on Loose Women just nine days before her death.
While the biopic will be made by Passion Pictures, the upcoming movie about the late star will be co-financed by AGC Studios, CNN Films and BBC Arts and we have a feeling it's going to be a hit.
The film is expected to be out this autumn.
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Central to iMET's philosophy is that we are employer-led.
Our role bridges the gap between existing Engineering educational institutions to provide specialist, relevant training and we can only do that by partnering with you to ensure training is tailored to your needs.
Our approach is dynamic and flexible in delivering a range of courses to meet the evolving needs of the local economy where traditional training provision is not able to cope. Our flexibility means we can offer both tailored apprenticeship programs spanning 2-4 years or we can provide one-off short courses on a range of topics bespoke to your requirements.
As a new-style educational facility, we don't follow the typical academic calendar year, which means that we can offer training all year round, to suit your business needs.
It also means we offer innovative teaching methods, whether this is in the form of block-based study as opposed to traditional 'day release' type study, or project-based study, where students are exposed to real-life situations and can apply their knowledge and skills to solving real business problems.
"Apprenticeships are a great way for us to bring in new talent into our business. Being able to partner with iMET to develop Composite modules that truly represent our business is a huge step forward for us, reducing the need for additional inhouse training. It also helps us to attract and retain our staff longer term as our business grows."
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The possibility that the sun will shine again in 2012 on the back of artificial liquidity provided by central banks cannot be ruled out.
Borrowing cost for Spain fell sharply on the 20th of December 2011 with yields on six month bonds falling to 2.4% from levels of 5.2% seen a month ago. Spain was able to raise USD 7.3 billion at lower yields as banks invested in Spanish bonds to take advantage of the unlimited funds offered by the ECB (European Central Bank) to banks. ECB has offered unlimited funds for three year at an interest rate of 1% to European banks for them to tide over liquidity crunch and to enable them to buy sovereign bonds.
The ECB move to offer unlimited funds to banks at 1% for a period of three years is giving banks a huge arbitrage opportunity. Banks can subscribe to bonds of countries like Italy, Spain, Ireland and Portugal, where yields range between 3.5% to 8% and earn the carry (difference between borrowing and lending costs). Banks need not worry on default of these countries as the EU (European Union) is committed to protect these indebted nations from default.
The fact is that the ECB instead of directly buying government bonds is making banks buy government bonds in exchange for unlimited liquidity.
The US Federal (Fed) Reserve has committed keep interest rates at 0% to 0.25% for the next two years and has committed liquidity to the system in order to spur a flagging economy that is seeing unemployment rates at 8.6% levels
Bank of Japan has been running an ultra loose monetary policy for a while given the strong Yen, which has rallied by over 7% over the last one year and due to the destruction caused by the Tsunami in early 2011.
China cut reserve ratios for banks by 50bps this month to take the bank reserve requirements to 21% from 21.5%. A 50bps cut will free around USD 61 billion of liquidity for Chinese banks. China cut the reserve requirement in the face of worries over growth on the back of the Eurozone crisis. China is expected to cut reserve requirement further to release more liquidity into the system as growth worries gain hold.
India's RBI signaled in its policy review in December 2011 that its next policy move will be of rate cuts. The CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) rate is at 6% and the repo rate is at 8.5% and RBI has room to cut these rates in the face of falling growth expectations. A 1% CRR cut will release around USD 11 billion of liquidity into the system.
Central banks across the world including Brazil, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand have all pledged to bring down rates and release more liquidity into the system in the face of falling global growth expectations. All the central banks mentioned above have started the process of easing monetary policy.
In the face of unlimited liquidity committed by the ECB and Fed and in the face of liquidity easing measures by central banks across the globe including China, the year 2012 looks to be a year of cheap liquidity for the system. Cheap liquidity usually means that it flows into risk assets to earn extra carry. Risky assets for cheap liquidity are in the form of high yielding currencies (like the Indian Rupee where interest rates are much higher than US interest rates), equities and high yielding bonds (bonds of Eurozone nations and other countries where yields are attractive).
High global liquidity infused through central banks is not an ideal scenario as the liquidity is artificial and if withdrawn can cause havoc in markets. However till such time as the liquidity is being provided, markets will tend to use it for speculation and that would mean rising asset prices. India will be one of the beneficiaries of this liquidity.


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I called Gina this morning to see if she wanted to play for me in our Friday morning tennis game. "Oh. I would. But I have an appointment."
Gina (like most in my group) knows that if I'm looking for a sub, there's something very wrong. In this case it was my wrist. I had some Carpal Tunnel type of thing going on and I couldn't grip my racquet.
"Haircut?" I asked nonchalantly. I tease her about always making haircut appointments during our tennis times. I can't understand why she does this – choose hair care over tennis – although she does always have a nice cut. Not one strand is ever out of place.
"Pedicure," she admitted, although I know she didn't want to.
"Pedicure?" Wrapped in my question was not only the message that she was breaking my heart by opting for toenails over tennis (especially in our newfangled climate, where open-toed shoes still seem months away), but also the slightest hint of mockery about being a suburban, pedicure-procuring BoBo, delivered in the way only a suburban, tennis-playing BoBo can.
I can completely relate to being coy about certain "commitments." When I have to schedule any kind of medical appointment (for me or for my kids), my tennis time becomes "meetings." As in, "I'm sorry, do you have anything in the afternoon? I have a meeting that morning."
If I have to schedule a work meeting, my tennis commitments become "appointments." "I'm sorry, I have to be somewhere at 9. Can we meet at noon?"
I just finished a week-long volunteer job at my son's school which required my being there every day from 9:30 to 11:30. I cancelled all my tennis for the week except my Wednesday Clinic. The time conflicted completely with my volunteer commitment, but I asked someone else to take over the event I was running for all of Wednesday. I kept telling her I had to an appointment that morning that I couldn't get out of. She didn't press me for details and I didn't offer any.
Finally, at the end of the week I confessed. "I had to play tennis on Wednesday morning," I told her.
"Oh, I play on Mondays," she said. "That's why I showed up in sweats."
Still, I continued with what turned into an apology. A needless one. "I play often, but if I miss this Wednesday Clinic, I'm depressed for the entire week," I said.
I could tell right away that it didn't faze her in the least that I had shirked my responsibilities to go play tennis. Or that I put tennis before a commitment to my child's school. Yet I felt sheepish and ashamed. As if choosing to do this thing that I love somehow made me a lesser person.
So I continued to explain my decision to her. I told her how, if I don't play tennis I'm mean to my family; how it's my way to get frustrations out. How it's like therapy for me – that important; I made it sound as if I might jump off a bridge if I didn't play that day. I impressed upon her that what might seem like self-indulgence is really a long-term benefit to all of humankind.
She couldn't have cared less one way or the other.
I don't know how we've all become so hard-wired to feel bad for doing what makes us feel good. Why we can't just say, "I can't make it then. I play tennis that day." Say it while looking the person right in eye and smiling like you feel like a million bucks.


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Several weeks ago, at our first garage sale of the season, I purchased the book Calm My Anxious Heart for twenty-five cents. I do not believe that I am necessarily an anxious person, but I do have issues with contentment. One point author Linda Dillow made really struck a chord with me:
"Single women look at married women and wish for a husband. Married women look at their husbands and wish for different ones. Childless women long for children, and mothers long for the day when their kids will be in school. Is it even possible to be content with your role in the here and now?"
I love my husband and my children dearly, but ever since I left my teaching job to be a full-time homemaker, my mind has often been filled with "what if" thoughts, resentment of my husband working while I'm at home, and even jealousy of my working friends. The thing is, when I was working and we were having great difficulties keeping pregnancies, all I wanted was to have a family and be home with my children. I'm not trying to start a working mom vs. at-home mom debate, but what I am trying to do is be content and thankful for all that I have, including (especially!) my roles of wife and mother.
My previous blog was titled "Thoughts During Walks." I still enjoy going on walks with my family and on my own, but I have found myself spending more and more time at home. Lately I've been working on our vegetable garden, and I've been trying my hand at a little decorating (we moved into this house a little under a year ago). I also enjoy handcrafts and reading, and of course, just being. My younger son recently turned one, and I cannot believe how quickly his first year went. I want to savor each moment.
I do not want this space to be idealistic or unrealistic. I'm not a supermom by any means. I am just someone who wants to celebrate her home, the space in which she spends most of her day, and be content in all things.
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Roundtable: From Violence to Exiting Violence
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Why Do Jihadists Exit Violent Extremism? The Field of Study Grows
Dulcie Leimbach of PassBlue calls out the need for more research on why people leave violent movements.
On November 14, 2017, Carnegie Corporation of New York hosted the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH) for a roundtable discussion of its International Panel on Exiting Violence (IPEV). The IPEV, with support from the Corporation unites 200 outstanding thinkers on political violence from different regions to produce policy options for the process of de-escalating social conflict and violent transnational movements. The IPEV is comprised of working groups examining both entry points to violence and the process of exiting violence. It adopts a comparative perspective, communicating lessons learned from the recent history of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas concerning the drivers of violence.
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The discussion was moderated by William O'Neill of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Forty participants representing thirty organizations, including foundations and the United Nations, participated in the conversation. Panelists included Michel Wieviorka, president of the FMSH, Farhad Khosrokhavar of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Mohamed Ali Adraoui of Georgetown University, and Nadje al-Ali of the University of London.


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The Best Beige and Tan Paint Colours (aka Neutrals)
Are you blah'ed out by beiges and not-so-nutty about neutrals? Well, don't be! There are some fan-tan-stic tans out there that not only act as backdrops to the features of your home but also help to neutralize or camouflage unwanted elements.
(to see each colour below, please click on the underlined name in the description and please keep in mind that computers rarely offer true renditions of colours, please go to your local Benjamin Moore store to view them in real-life!)
Benjamin Moore Grant Beige HC 83
Grant Beige sits nicely in the beige/tan range without being too light or too dark. Grant Beige is pretty darned 'tan', in that it doesn't have that typical golden beige look and in fact, in a north facing room, it can even lean slightly grayish.
In the above photo, you can see how natural light can make it appear lighter and brighter, while below, it has a slightly deeper look on a more shadowed wall.
More about Grant Beige
- The LRV of Grant Beige is 56.65, which means it will absorb light on a small scale. It is certainly not a heavy, dense colour, but it's also not fresh and bright
- Grant Beige is in in the lighter range, but I consider it a 'heavy' light as it isn't as fresh as some others
- While it can suit many rooms, it can be a bit heavy for dark hallways, in which case check out Manchester Tan
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Benjamin Moore Bennington Gray HC 82
Bennington Gray has more depth than a typical beige/tan colour. It can pick up a slightly warmer look than Grant Beige, without being too golden/yellow toned.
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More about Bennington Gray
- It's a great way to get a beige/warm feeling without being 'golden', for those of you with an aversion to yellow
- With an LRV of 46, it has some good visual weight to it
Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan HC 81
Manchester Tan is one of the lighter, but not washed-out beige/tan colours available. Manchester Tan has some flexibility to humour those who prefer a more neutral tan and those who like the warmer end – it all depends on your exposure!
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This shows Manchester Tan lightened by 25% in a space with different types of natural light.
More about Manchester Tan
- While I've heard it called 'greige' it really will act like a neutral, light beige/tan paint colour – not gray OR greige
- With an LRV of 64, it's in a great range for the average room/lighting situation
Benjamin Moore Stone House 1039
Stone House is one of the warmer ones on this page. While it is a beige paint colour and will sit quite neutral on the walls, it has an awesome blend of warm undertones, without committing to any particular one. It has a bit more of a dense, slightly heavier feeling than the above colours.
A bit more about Stone House
- Compared to many typical beige colours, it has less of a yellow look to it as it has a nice blend of warm undertones
- It handles itself well in any exposure
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Benjamin Moore Lenox Tan HC 44
Lenox Tan is a beige paint colour with a slight orange undertone and is undoubtedly the warmest colour on this page. If you aren't a fan of orange undertones you'll want to stay away from this one, however, if you want a slightly warm neutral without a strong yellow – then this could be your colour!
More about Lenox Tan
- Compare it to Grant Beige to see the degree of warmth that rises up
- The LRV of Lenox Tan is 43, making it a slightly more rich choice
Benjamin Moore Shaker Beige HC-45
Shaker Beige is a gorgeous warm beige that is similar to Lenox Tan but has its own vibe. Its undertones do focus a bit more on orange, rather than yellow or red, so if you aren't an orange undertone fan, this might not be the colour for you! However, it IS well-balanced and can humour the other undertones, particularly red/pink.
More about Shaker Beige
- It light depth gives a softer look than the slightly richer Lenox Tan
- It has an LRV of 54, so it's light-ish, but won't do as well in a room that isn't well-lit either by natural or artificial light
- It's a soft warm neutral, not overly golden, but not grayed-out either
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