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Fair do's. Must just feel narrower.
Go get rich then. If they are wrong go make some money. I'd imagine Bournemouths home record is a hell of a lot better than our away record though.
Mate we've got Utd, the RS etc coming up, and you're going to be arguing that we'll do brilliantly to get anything at all out of those games and you will be right and people will agree with you. But don't try to sell us that shite against 18th and 19th in the league. It doesn't wash.
I'm not interested in what the bookies are saying or putting money on it. Look, forget our away form, forget the bookies, forget Bournemouth's home form, forget everything in fact, Everton Football Club drawing with AFC Bournemouth anywhere is not a "more than decent result" and it's a pathetic mentality to think it is. These are the type of games we should be having a proper go at winning.
I'm not saying I'd be delighted with a draw. I'm saying we are a bit shit and according to the odds a draw would be a reasonable result. Have you watched us play. We haven't controlled a 90 minutes all season. Given that we can't be that confident or expectant of beating anyone. Unfortunately we just aren't very good and for me won't be until we add 2 or 3 quality players in attacking positions
Absolutely and we should have a striker. We should have proper cover at left back. We sure as hell should have a playmaker given we apparently signed 3. I'm not arguing the point of ambition. We should be hammering these but currently we don't have a squad to hammer anyoneWe can say "we are Everton" all we like but that's not the reality of what we can field on a Saturday
You're effectively saying we're fairly shite right? Ok, and we're 9/10 places above those two teams in the league, so that says that they are significantly worse than us. Forget bookies. The table tells you where you are in relation to other teams.Those two teams are garbage and a team 9/10 places above them should expect to beat them (and have a shot or two against them) every single time, in every situation, in every league.Apart from trying to lower expectations, so that we all think a point against dross is a good result, what you're saying doesn't actually make logical sense at all.
I know, we all know, you've trotted the same thing out umpteen times. Bringing it up in every thread isn't going to make it any different though. You can have an opinion without repeating it 100's of times.
But our away record is worse than their home records (I would assume or they'd have been relegated) we just aren't very good. Hopefully we'll play well defensively and snatch it. There's nothing in the past year that suggests we'll control the game and create lots of chances.
As you well know, no-one is expecting us to control the game and create lots of chances. You, and people who agree with you, keep deliberately misrepresenting what me and others are saying.Just a few shots on goal and a decent counter attacking display would be a start. At the moment we're just camping out in our box and launching it to the corner flag.
I'm actually talking about the reality of our squad compared to you shouting "we are Everton" I'm not so much repeating my opinion more urging you to look at reality.
I'm not shouting "we are Everton" no one is and no one is demanding we win. I'm just stating that we should be looking to win these kind of games and not thinking a draw is a decent result, regardless of our squad shortcomings.
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De Service Garage presents Isfrid Angard Siljehaug and Rebecca Stephany — Double Solo/Single Duo. Angard Siljehaug and Stephany have been collaborating on performance and video projects since 2009. The exhibition will bring together works from their individual and collaborative practice.
The subtitle of the exhibition can be looked at as a metaphor for the practise of Isfrid Angard Siljehaug and Rebecca Stephany: having a verse from 'When Two Become One' (Spice Girls) processed by web application Dada Poetry Generator, the syntax is suspended. This intervention causes an atmosphere where established logics and common truths are put into question.
Double Solo/Single Duo consists of a wall drawing by Angard Siljehaug, objects and a drawing by Stephany, an overview of their collaborative video works and a performance during the opening with new work especially made for this occasion.
Isfrid Angard Siljehaug (º1986, Norway) is doing her MA in Artistic Research at the Royal Academy in The Hague and Rebecca Stephany (º1980, Germany) is currently artist in residence at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.
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Canadian Cyclist of the Year Awards
We are pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Canadian Cyclist of the Year Awards. After thousands of votes, the winners are...
Canadian Cyclist of the Year - Male: Roland Green
Roland has become the first rider to three-peat in the CC Awards, having now won in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Capturing 57% of the votes cast, Roland was far ahead of challengers Ryder Hesjedal (15%) and Charles Dionne (14%).
While his season may have culminated with a successful defence of his world titles in the cross-country and team relay, Roland was a dominant and consistent force through the year, winning the first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in mountain biking, and sweeping the Norba long track series.
Big thanks to everyone who voted for me. It always means a lot to be recognized amongst your countrymen, peers and friends.I always try my best, but even harder when I have the maple leaf on my back. Looking forward to Hamilton.
Roland Green
Canadian Cyclist of the Year - Female: Clara Hughes
Clara returned to cycling after winning a bronze medal in speedskating at the Salt Lake Olympics early in the year. Surprising even herself, she won the Commonwealth Games Road Trials at the Tour of Greater Montreal. She followed this up by winning a national track title, and then headed off to Manchester for the Commonwealth Games. Clara completed her cycling comeback in Manchester by taking the gold medal in the individual time trial, and a bronze medal on the track in the points race.
Hughes led throughout the voting, but former CC Awards winner Alison Sydor (2000) gained rapidly in the final 48 hours, finishing with 31% of votes cast, to Hughes' 35%. Last year's winner Lyne Bessette finished third with 24% of the ballots.
Thanks that is great news, I did not know I was nominated for this! When it is winter I forget I am a cyclist, and summer I lose touch completely with the speed skating world. I feel really fortunate to do both, and am really motivated for this skating season as well as the World Championships in Hamilton next year. The course goes almost right by my old neighborhood! So thanks to everyone who voted for me- it is an honor. With so many amazing female cyclists in Canada it is a pleasant surprise to receive this award.
Clara Hughes
Canadian Cyclist of the Year - Individual Performance: Charles Dionne
The race for the Individual Performance award was almost too close to call, with Dionne prevailing over Roland Green by a mere 7 votes! Dionne won for his electrifying win before half a million spectators at the San Francisco Grand Prix, beating Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in a breakaway sprint. Green was recognized for his second consecutive world title, won under the most horrendous conditions imaginable, while Mark Walters took third place in voting for his sprint victory in the US Pro Championship.
Canadian Cyclist of the Year - Readers Choice: Dustin Adams
This new award came about partially because of the write-in campaign to get our winner on the ballot for the CC Awards! When we did launch the Readers Choice Award, over 30 different names were submitted, but the overwhelming favourite was downhiller Dustin Adams, who had a breakthrough year in 2002, finishing 4th at the Telluride World Cup (the first Canadian to make the DH World Cup podium in quite a few years), and third overall in the Norba DH standings. He was also the top North American man at the World championships, and repeated as national champion. Dustin's name appeared on 60% of the ballots, with national road champion Andrew Randell second (7%) and national cyclo-cross champion Roddi Lega third (5.5%).
I would just like to thank Canadian Cyclist for being so open and creating an award where anyone who rides a bicycle can be nominated. I would also like to thank everyone who supported me throughout the year, it was a great season for me and I couldn't have done it without out all my sponsors and supporters as well as my lovely coach Nelly Dever. Last but not least I must thank the person who goes by the name "Redline" for creating some great controversy and making this all happen, Cheers dude!
Thanks again to everybody! I look forward to representing Canada in future Downhill competitions!
Dustin Adams
Canadian Cyclist of the Year - Roger Sumner Award: Max Plaxton
Two years ago, we renamed our Best Newcomer Award the "Roger Sumner Award", in memory of Dr Roger Sumner, a tireless supporter of cycling, who was tragically killed while riding his bike on December 10, 2000. Roger was particularly dedicated to finding and encouraging new riders. This award is presented on the occasions when we feel there is a suitable candidate (no award was presented in 2001).
Max is a Canadian junior who took up cycling while living in Spain with his family. After moving back to Canada in late June, he finished second at the Mont Ste Anne Junior World Cup Challenge, won the same event at Grouse, won the national junior cross-country title and was a member of the world champion team relay squad! He was in the medal hunt at the Worlds in the cross-country until a flat tire put him out of the race. He finished off the season with a second place in Santiago, Chile, at the Pan American Mountain Bike Championships.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the voting. The depth of talent in Canadian cycling is such that everyone who was nominated deserves our recognition and congratulations.
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Just in time for the World Cup, style guru and soccer fan Simon Doonan introduces his new book "Soccer Style: The Magic and Madness."
Simon Doonan has two passions in life: Fashion and Football. At one time these two obsessions would have made very strange bedfellows. But times have changed: football and fashion have fallen in love. The unapologetic and unbridled style choices of today's soccer stars offer a fascinating window into the heart of the game.
Looking at the beautiful game through the lens of style, Doonan entertainingly explores the magic and madness of this unique culture. Charting football style from its very beginnings, he pays homage to the great style icons of the game, from George Best to Lionel Messi, before turning his gaze to the hair, the tattoos and the cars, not to mention those other style icons of the game: the fans, the managers and, of course, the WAGs.
Doonan's laser wit and hilarious observations are complemented by more than 230 photographs, making this a laugh-out-loud read for even the most fickle football fan or fashionista.
Writer, columnist and football obsessive Simon Doonan is the Creative Ambassador for Barneys New York. He has worked in fashion for over 35 years, and is the author of six books, including the tongue-in-cheek style guides Eccentric Glamour and Gay Men Don't Get Fat. Simon will be appearing as a judge on upcoming NBC television show, Making It, co-hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman.


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Have you ever been inspired by art?
Samuel: I'm more of a literal appreciator of art, so I would say the works of Tolstoy actually got me really excited to visit Russia.
Has a piece of art ever made you laugh or cry?
Samantha: I was on a trip somewhere in the south, and it was a gallery that had very traditional art and I saw this giant painting of a Prussian battle. You could only see a tiny corner of it at a time because it was so big, so I walked along the bottom and saw a white horse and a dark horse. It reminded me of a reading that I'd done with a guy that I fell in love with and had to part ways with the year before. I actually had to sit down in the gallery and was weeping.
If you weren't working at your current job, what job would you like to try?
Samantha: I would be a cellist. It's why I write about music—because it's as close as I can get for now.
Samuel: I would be a performer. I would act. I would tell jokes for a living. I would live as many lives as I could through the craft. My jokes aren't funny enough for that, so I'm going with teacher instead. I get a built-in audience that way and they can't leave and they can't get a refund.
Where would you want to travel?
Samuel: I'd love to see more of the American Midwest and the plains. I've been to South Dakota and I'd love to see more rural Minnesota. I'd love to have an experience of communion with land. I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and I think it would be very edifying to maybe farm or something. The interior of America would be a lovely place to go.
Samantha: Maybe a motorcycle tour in Vienna, Poland, Romania, or Hungary—a lot of my favorite composers grew up in Hungary. Just to see what land and music are like when they come together.
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"Oil on Greenland would be a disaster."
"Energy companies should not drill for crude in Arctic waters."
"The risk of an oil spill in such an environmentally sensitive area is simply too high."
Sounds familiar? Today, it's not Greenpeace saying this – it's a major oil company.
Total has warned today in a Financial Times article against drilling for oil in the Arctic. The dangers of Arctic oil are nothing new – that's exactly what we've been saying for a long time now – but this is the first time a major oil company says the same.
When an oil baron warns against Arctic drilling the world should sit up and take notice. Total admitting that an oil spill in the ice would be devastating flies in the face of the bland reassurances from the likes of Shell and Gazprom that they can operate safely in the most extreme environment on Earth.
Some cynical people might say that Total should know what kind of effect a major oil spill has on your company's reputation – they were handed a massive fine just yesterday by a French court for the Erika oil disaster. However, this is simply a case of a company coming to its senses, and realizing some risks are not worth taking.
Almost 2 million people have said no to Arctic drilling already. A major oil company might be a strange bedfellow – but this is simply common sense.
Ben is a staff member from Greenpeace UK. A keen ornithologist who has worked on many Greenpeace issues, Ben is head of the Arctic oil campaign. He lives in London and watches a lot of Arsenal matches.


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Mocha Logs
Total TimePrep: 50 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Makes12-1/2 dozen
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1-1/2 teaspoons shortening
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- In a small bowl, beat butter and coffee granules for 1 minute. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Roll dough into 1/2-in.-thick logs; cut into 2-in. pieces. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Or use a cookie press fitted with a star-shaped disk to press dough into 2-in. logs 1 in. apart on baking sheets.
- Bake at 375° for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip ends of cookies in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with walnuts. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 33 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 18mg sodium, 3g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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Dough was so gooey and sticky couldnt be rolled. Did not form log shape but flat wafer. Taste mediocre. Took way to long to make these. Chocolate dip never dripped was too thick. Most cookiesbroke
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At the first taste this cookie earned a permanent place on my Christmas cookie list. It is tasty, easy to put together and looks enticing on the dessert plate. I chose milk chocolate chips, ground the walnuts very fine and spread the chocolate on only one side of the cookie, and sprinkled the walnuts. I just broke off a bit of dough and rolled it between my palms, making different sizes of "logs." Using coffee granules as the recipe calls for gives tiny flecks of coffee in the cookie. Thank you, Gayle, for a superb recipe! Happy Gal 67


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Broomfield, CO - January 30, 2014
Webroot, a leader in cloud-based security intelligence solutions, today announced that it has again been identified as a "Trail Blazer" in the Endpoint Security – Market Quadrant 2013 report by The Radicati Group. The independent analysis recognizes Webroot SecureAnywhere® Business – Endpoint Protection and Webroot SecureAnywhere® Business – Mobile Protection for their cloud-based threat detection, performance and manageability.
Continued growth in the volume of malware, and the need to support workforce mobility continues to leave businesses vulnerable to malware infection. A recent Radicati report indicated, infections are affecting each business user among the businesses surveyed an average of 3.9 times per year, and each incident required nearly 3 hours to clean up.
"The growing interest in cloud-based deployments is driven by an increasingly mobile workforce where users work from home or while on the road and need quick, secure access to the business network," said Sara Radicati, president and CEO of The Radicati Group. "As a trail blazer, Webroot offers an innovative and effective endpoint protection solution that makes it easy for companies to mitigate significant business risks, and protect the expanding network perimeter."
Webroot's cloud-based threat detection, high performance, lightweight agents, and single, web-based point of control have changed the way businesses think about protecting mobile devices, PCs and servers. Using global threat intelligence, and innovative behavioral analysis, every user of Webroot SecureAnywhere solutions is protected the moment a new threat is detected anywhere in the world; regardless of whether they are on or off the corporate network.
"We are very gratified by The Radicati Group's continued recognition of Webroot as a trail blazer," said Dick Williams, CEO at Webroot. "Our double-digit growth and market share gains have also shown us that businesses are recognizing the value of a more effective, less disruptive approach to endpoint security."
Radicati Market Quadrants rank vendors based on a four quadrant system, which includes Trail Blazers, Top Players, Mature Players and Specialists. Trail Blazers are defined as companies that offer cutting-edge technology and hold the power to dethrone current market leaders by growing their customer base and market awareness. Top Players are the current market leaders, who must fight complacency and continue product innovation to avoid being replaced by the next generation of Trail Blazers.
What can businesses do?
The new "Endpoint Security – Market Quadrant 2013" report provides a comprehensive analysis of the endpoint security market, and deals only with products and solutions which address business customers ranging from SMB to very large organizations. The full report is available at http://www.webroot.com/radicatiMQ.
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Joseph continues his Aussie adventure in Australia's island state -- Tasmania. From the capital of Hobart and its harbor, markets and elegant neighborhoods he heads out across the state and traces Tasmania's convict origins in the prisons of Port Arthur, hikes Cradle Mountain National Park, rides out the ups and downs of a fast paced eco-cruise along Tasman National Park's spectacular coastline and meets the devil -- the Tasmanian Devil, that is. Along the way he samples the best of the local food and wine and gets to know Tasmania's colorful and multi-cultural inhabitants.
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The Truth About Tech Company Perks
If you can't write code, should you get free lunch?
The war for tech talent is reshaping employer policies from coast to coast, with free snacks, booze and dry-cleaning becoming standard at many offices. Companies usually offer these perks to sales associates, marketing managers and developers alike; bosses reason that they have to, or risk causing tension among the employee ranks. But do they really want to?
Not particularly, says Glenn Kelman, the CEO of real-estate brokerage Redfin Corp.


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Smart Coin: Currency Converter by Alexandra Mazurina
Smart Coin is a simple and compact currency converter.
This one-screen app will give you clear and fast results, with no redundant features or tons of extra information.
Key features:
- supports iPhone and iPad
- 150+ world currencies available
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- calculate exchange for up to four currencies simultaneously
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Mark Jacobson's 50.4 pound flathead catfish
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Big Fish Info
Species: Catfish
Size: 50.4 pounds
Date: May 11, 2012
County: Clinton
While jig fishing with my wife for sauger and crappie. I thought I had snagged bottom, until the snag started swimming away from the boat. An hour later I netted the largest freshwater fish I've ever caught!


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Very good. I live in 49ers country, but my kids live in Bears and Patriots country. Good advice for all of us.
Now my friend Dick Karth passes on somewhat similar articles from the Chicago Tribune.
And another:
This is going to be a fun off-season.
I know. I think Detroit is our only divisional opponent that isn't freaking out right now. The comments are hilarious too. There are a fair number of rational people but then you have the fans who are convinced the Packers suck, Rodgers is overrated and their team is amazing and just got screwed.
I do agree with the Star Trib article in that you need to be careful how you celebrate around fans of other teams. If only not to invite bad karma on your team.
Karma? Nope – that false God won't hunt. But good manners are always in vogue.
I was joking about the karma aspect. But I agree about the good manners. I don't mind a little smack talk with Viking fans, but only with people I know won't take it personally or go to far. There is being fans of rival teams and being jerks.
Yep, I have yet to call, text, or email any of my many friends who root for the Vikings or Bears and given the crap I took last year and after the first Bear's game this year I would be more then justified with a little smack talk.
But, what's the point? What can a Bear's fan say at this point? We beat them twice on the way to a championship. What can we say about their QB that most of their fans haven't said already.
Viking fan's seem more despondent then normal. Never has the difference between them and their hated rival seemed so stark. We have a young star QB. They have a retired washed up jerk. We have one of the best organizations in the NFL and they have a owner who wants to move to L.A.. We have the best stadium experience in the NFL and they have a broken dome that nobody likes but are unwilling to build anything new. We have 13 championships. They have none.
I don't think that article gets posted if the Vikingswin the super bowl. I live in Minneapolis, and i can say they are the most bandwagon fans in the NFL. They talk trash when they are good, and aren't fans when they are bad.
Sit down, strib. I hope you guys get moved to LA. Then watch – within two years all minneapolis citizens will be packer fans.
That's not to say that Pack fans should talk trash. Just saying i don't like where that article is coming from.


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harpestrings necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 137 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We are a unique, upscale furniture and home accessories business. We want a catchy, yet classy logo that can be presented professionally in print ads, billboards, signage, business cards, letterhead, etc.
Wooden Acorn -www.woodenacorn.net
furnishings, home accessories & gifts
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Autumn colors; see main description
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We are a new furniture and accessories store selling unique, eclectic, rustic elegance pieces on the Cumberland Plateau in East Tennessee. We are \"everyone\'s hometown\". We hope to draw our clientele from surrounding communities. Our logo design should reflect an image of warmth and comfort, a feeling our customers will experience the moment they walk through the doors. We want them to take that feeling home with them and tell their friends about us.
Our thoughts are an acorn in the place of the \"o\". Autumn colors, with brown, cream and pumpkin being dominant. Of course, YOU are the designers and that\'s why we\'re asking for your help! Open to diverse ideas!
We will be housed in an historic building on Main Street. An oval sign hanging from a filigree bracket above the inviting double front door is planned.
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We look forward to interacting with all the designers who participate!
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May 6, 2013, 4:49 pm
Day's Worst: Wiki Weapons
Technology is a wonderful thing, but it can also be used for evil purposes.
And there's no other way to look at the news that someone has created the world's first printable handgun than to conclude that this is a bad idea.
Cody Wilson, 25, a law student at the University of Texas and the founder of Defense Distributed, is expected to release his controversial blueprint for a gun he has dubbed the "Liberator" online this week, according to Forbes.
This is essentially a handgun that anyone with a 3D printer, an in-home machine that makes plastic goods from computer designs, could turn out.


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Security Checklist/Testing and Development
From Joomla! Documentation
< Security Checklist(Redirected from Security Checklist 3 - Testing and Development)
Secure Testing and Development
Develop locally, deploy globally
- Develop and test your site on a local machine first. Installing Joomla locally is not as hard as it may sound, and the exercise will greatly boost your confidence.
Use an IDE
- Consider using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). One free IDE that many Joomla! developers use is Eclipse. See Setting up your workstation for Eclipse development for instructions on installing Eclipse.
Use a versioning system
- Be able to roll back to an earlier version of your site using a modern version control system, such as CVS, Subversion, or git. The Eclipse IDE indicated above includes a Subversion plugin. This allows you to work with the Joomla! source repository as well as other projects hosted on JoomlaCode.
More suggested tools
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Setup a backup process first
The most important rule
- Thou shalt at all time be able to return your site to a previous working state through regular use of a strong, off-site backup and recovery process.
- Be sure your backup and recovery process is ready and tested BEFORE your site goes live.
- This is the single best way (and often the only way) to recover from such inevitable catastrophes as:
- A compromised/cracked site.
- Broken site due to a faulty upgrade.
- Hardware failure, such as dead hard drives, power failures, server theft, etc.
- Authoritarian government intervention. (More common than some think.)
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Tandon Doss is just a rookie, so he's still learning about Baltimore. His first lesson: the only two reasons to go to the Inner Harbor are the Aquarium and the chance to watch brawls at the many many chain restaurants (I saw a guy get shanked at the Cheesecake Factory once). Doss wasn't there for the dolphin show:
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the dispute broke out in the restaurant in the Pratt Street Pavilion about 4:30 p.m. He said two men, one police believe to have been angry about getting fired, cut the 34-year-old manager with a knife.
Guglielmi said the two men, both former employees, ran from the restaurant but left the knife behind. The manager suffered a minor cut on his chin and was treated and released from an area hospital, the spokesman said.
Doss, a 21 year old who was the club's fourth-round pick in April, wrote via Twitter, "Jus had to break up a fight at five guy. Baltimore is too ratchet!!!"
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A ghostwriter writes your book or blog, but you get all the credit. Sounds pretty good, does't it? Of course, you'll pay for the service, which is why it can be a good deal for the ghostwriter too.
Your ghostwriter takes your creative ideas and turns them into the book (or other product) you would have written if you'd had the time, the inclination or the skill. You've got the idea, the story, the dream you recognize should be turned into a book.
Working closely with you I turn that idea into great writing – writing that fulfills and even exceeds your reader's need to be informed, moved, entertained and excited.
Here's what one satisfied customer of mine said:
Over a five week period of time I would meet with Anne once a week. Each week she would give us her writing based on the conversation we had the previous week. Each week I marveled at her result. The only thing I could think of saying was, "did you write that or did I? That was exactly what I wanted to say"; and she said it better than I could have said it. THANK YOU!!!"
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Ghostwriting FAQs
What kind of relationship is ghostwriting?
Ghostwriting is an oddly intimate relationship. Your ghost has to be able to get in your head enough so the final words sound as if you'd written them. A good ghostwriter leaves their own personality behind and steps, in a way, into yours.
How can I trust a ghostwriter?
Good ghostwriters are good at keeping secrets, including the fact that they wrote your book, blog, article, etc. They should offer, or at least be willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Here's a sample of the one I use, which can be amended to suit you.
How do I get the information from my head to the ghostwriter's?
There are all sorts of ways for you to get the information needed to the ghost, including:
- If you've given a class, the class notes can be a good place to start. If there's a recording that can be transcribed into text.
- The ghost interviews you either by phone (the most efficient) or face-to-face to get the information.
- You write (or maybe already have written) rough drafts of all or most of the information that the ghost takes and works with.
- You've written the whole manuscript, but it needs fixing. This is often called book doctoring and isn't quite ghostwriting.
Or some combination of these and other methods.
What do I need to have in place before I hire a ghostwriter?
It really helps if you have a clear Vision for your book. That is, you know what you want to write about, who you want to write it for and why you want to write it. If you need help getting clear on these elements before deciding you want to proceed I offer Get Clear About Your Book Coaching.
What can I expect from a ghostwriter?
There are several things you can expect from your ghostwriter, inculding:
- Guidance through the book writing process.
- Help in making the trade publisher / self-publish decision.
- Of course, the writing.
What will I have to actually do?
Although you are hiring someone to do the writing for you, you need to participate if the project is to be completed successfully. Such participation probably includes:
- Regular attendance at meetings with your ghost – on the phone (the most efficient), or face-to-face or a combination.
- Timely return of manuscript drafts with edits and comments. This is probably the most time consuming from your point of view. But it is up to you to correct errors of fact and of tone and to make sure the whole book reflects what you want it to reflect.
- The ability to pay the ghostwriter. Unless you've already got a publisher lined up for your story it's unfair to expect a ghostwriter to work on only the hope that the book will make money. There may be rare exceptions to this 'rule,' but they are indeed rare.
You may also be asked to pay someone to transcribe tape recordings, pay for final proofreading or copy editing (both you and your ghost will be too close to the project to do a truly excellent job of proofreading,) and if you're self-publishing, to provide cover design and even interior book design if you want something fancy.
I've Got Questions
As well you should. Hiring a ghostwriter can seem daunting, but I'm pretty easy to talk with, either by phone or email. Contact me and we'll find out if I'm the right person; if I'm not I'll try to point you in the right direction.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Greivis Vasquez had 18 points and 13 assists to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 104-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night for their fourth straight win.
Eric Gordon added 16 points, Ryan Anderson had 15, Jason Smith 14, Al-Farouz Aminu 12 and Roger Mason 10 for the Hornets, who have won five out of six with Gordon in the starting lineup.
Luke Ridnour scored 20 points to lead a balanced Timberwolves offense. Nikola Pekovic added 18 points, Andrei Kirilenko 17, Dante Cunningham 12 and Alexey Shved 11.
New Orleans trailed 29-14 after the first quarter but outscored Minnesota 56-32 over the next two periods to take a 70-61 lead.
The Hornets hit the century mark for the first time since 113-102 loss to Minnesota on Dec. 14.


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A subdued Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday described dinner at home, chatting and looking at cell phone photos with Reeva Steenkamp on the last night of her life. Then he erupted in anguished howls and heaving sobs while testifying at his murder trial about the moments when he says he realized he shot his girlfriend through a closed toilet door.
The shocking spectacle of what appeared to be a tormented man highlighted the drama of Pistorius' inspirational rise and sudden fall. The South African double-amputee runner captured the world's attention when he successfully fought for permission to run in the 2012 Olympics on his carbon-fiber prostheses. The very next year, he was facing charges for killing the woman he said he loved.
The court in Pretoria, the South African capital, adjourned because of the star athlete's breakdown, ending a day in which Pistorius spoke of the loving aspects of his relationship with Steenkamp in testimony designed to counter a prosecution picture of him as temperamental and overbearing, and then outlined his version of the final hours before the shooting.
"I sat over Reeva and I cried," Pistorius said, telling how he broke open the stall door in his bathroom in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013 to discover his bloodied girlfriend slumped in the cubicle. "I don't know how long I was there for."
Pistorius has said in statements that he shot Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder in his bathroom. Tuesday marked the first time he has spoken publicly about the details of the fatal shooting. Prosecutors call Pistorius' story an intricate lie and maintain he intentionally killed his 29-year-old girlfriend, a model and reality TV show star, after an argument.
The 27-year-old Olympian faces a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years before parole if convicted of premeditated murder. The judge, Thokozile Masipa, will deliver the verdict because South Africa does not have a jury system.
Pistorius has often shown emotion while listening to testimony since the trial began March 3, burying his head in his hands, weeping and even vomiting on a couple of occasions. Tuesday's outburst on the witness stand was his most demonstrative, and it forced a brief adjournment. Pistorius didn't stand up when the judge left, and also started to wail as he slumped in his seat. His brother and sister went over to comfort him. After a while he left the courtroom through a side door, still crying.
When Masipa returned, she ended proceedings for the day. Pistorius had by that time come back, jaw clenched, to the witness box. He was composed when he left the court and walked to a waiting vehicle. The trial was to reconvene on Wednesday.
Led by defense lawyer Barry Roux for the second day of his testimony, the runner provided more detail about his timeline of events leading up to the shooting. He said the couple had dinner about 7 p.m. and later sat chatting in the bedroom with the television on, and that Steenkamp showed him some photographs on her phone. He said he fell asleep between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and woke up early the next morning.
At that point, he said, Steenkamp asked him: "Can't you sleep?"
'"No, I can't,'" Pistorius said he replied. Then he said stepped out to the balcony to get fans, and when he returned to the darkened bedroom he heard a noise from the bathroom.
"That's the moment that everything changed," Pistorius testified.
Pistorius said he felt fearful and vulnerable as he moved to the bathroom, walking only on his stumps because he had removed his prosthetic legs before going to bed. He said he was screaming for Steenkamp to call the police.
"I wasn't sure if someone was going to come out the toilet and attack me," he said. He also testified he heard a door slam, which he said he took as "confirmation" that there was an intruder in the bathroom, and fired four shots at the toilet cubicle with his 9 mm pistol.
After the shots, Pistorius said, he searched for Steenkamp in his bedroom, patting the bed where he says he thought she was in the dark, searching on the floor next to it where he thought she might be hiding, and also behind the curtains.
"It was at that point ... that it first dawned on me that maybe it was Reeva in the toilet," Pistorius said. He said he screamed for help.
Neighbors of Pistorius who were called by the prosecution have testified that they heard a woman's terrified screams before and during what they thought were gunshots. Some also said they thought they heard a man's voice. The defense has suggested that the neighbors heard only Pistorius screaming and not a woman.
In earlier testimony Tuesday, Pistorius denied three other charges against him relating to firing a gun in public on two occasions, and illegal possession of ammunition.
He said he wasn't to blame for a shot going off in a busy Johannesburg restaurant because a friend handed him an "unsafe" gun with a bullet in the chamber under the table. He also said he wasn't guilty of illegally possessing .38-caliber ammunition in his home because he was safekeeping it for his father and he had no intention to use it.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones because of a congenital defect, and his legs were amputated when he was 11 months old. He ran on carbon-fiber blades and is a multiple Paralympic medalist. He competed at the London Olympics but didn't win a medal.
In a dramatic scene before the packed courtroom Tuesday, Pistorius left briefly at one point to change out of his dark suit and into a white shirt and shorts, similar to the clothes he was wearing when he killed Steenkamp.
Prompted by his lawyer, Pistorius then took off his prosthesis and stood on his stumps by the bullet-marked toilet door, which has remained in the courtroom for much of the trial. It appeared to be an effort by the defense to illustrate what they describe as the Olympian's vulnerability at the time of the shooting.
Torchia reported from Johannesburg.


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Marcia Domack and John Wagner, engineers in the Advanced Materials and Processing Branch at NASA Langley Research Center, have worked with Boston-based metal fabricator Spincraft, focusing on a one-piece manufacturing process called spin forming. The team used the spin-forming technique to create a model of the forward pressure vessel bulkhead (FPVBH) of an Orion-type crew module.
NASA Tech Briefs: What is spin forming?
Marcia Domack: Spin forming is a metal fabrication method that enables us to form launch vehicle components in one piece. The way the process works is we start with a flat piece of plate, and put that essentially on a machine, kind of like a very large lathe, a piece of metal turning equipment. The plate spins in the plane, which is analogous to a record spinning on a turntable, and we use torches to heat up the material to an elevated temperature. Using a roller on the outside surface of the plate, we push it over a tool that is a shape of the component we want to make, and basically cause that material to drape over the tool and take on its shape.
John Wagner: Some of the components that we target are large, 10- to 12-foot diameter components that are made either by hogging out or machining out thick plate, a process which has a very high material scrap rate. Then, these parts are welded or riveted together. So spin-forming is a greener manufacturing process. You don't have a lot of machining chips or wasted material, and it's closer to the final shape. It eliminates the majority of welds, which is a good thing, because welds a lot of times are where you'll have a lot of problems or material defects. If you can get rid of rivets, your part count is down as well. It all ends up in saving money.
NTB: How do these benefits stack up against traditional manufacturing methods?
Wagner: For example, if we just take "near-net-shape" forming in general, which is a wider area of technology that we're pursuing, spin forming is just one of these areas. There are others, like flow forming and roll forging, but the external tank on the shuttle, for example, weighs approximately 60,000 pounds. But they have start off with 600,000 pounds of material approximately, and machine away 90 percent of the material, and you're left with a thin shell with stiffeners. So we're trying to get away from that high scrap rate of 90 percent into something more like spin forming, where maybe the scrap rate might be 10, 20, or 30 percent, depending on how close to near-net-shape you can get it.
Domack: From a material properties standpoint, the work that we have done with other near-net-shape fabrication processes has yielded us mechanical properties that are very close to other more traditional raw products used in the multi-piece assembly-like plate. From a material performance standpoint, these processes offer comparable properties and therefore comparable performance, but we can greatly reduce cost by eliminating lots of the steps like heavy-duty machining and the multi-piece welding inspections. We can reduce cost as well as improve the performance of the components and reduce their weight.
Wagner: And make it safer for the astronauts.
NTB: How so?
Wagner: Welded areas are typical areas where you might get a structural defect, so if you can eliminate those locations where you might have the propensity of defects, it'll be safer for the astronauts.
Domack: We end up with a structure that has a higher reliability, which is good for design, by getting rid of those potentially defect-prone sites.
NTB: Where are we seeing spin-forming in action currently?
Domack: The process is used by commercial companies around the world to make domes for cryogenic tanks that are used on existing launch vehicles, existing rocket assemblies.
Wagner: For example, a cryogenic propellant tank is made up of barrel sections, which are the cylindrical sections typically. Then they have the ends of the tanker domes, and they used this spin forming technology, both domestically and internationally, to make these. What we were trying to do was a little bit different. The Orion configuration or module isn't just a dome. It's a front bulkhead, plus a barrel section. It has more contours and more radiuses of curvature. It's more complex than, say, a dome geometry. This was a challenge for the fabricator.
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So, there I was flipping through the channels late last night/early this morning, and what caught my attention?
The midnight repeat of an episode of TLC's "Yes to the Dress" that featured not a bride-to-be, but a Denver debutante, Molly Struna, selecting her presentation gown.
Filmed at New York's fabled Kleinfeld Bridal, the segment shows Molly, who will make her debut at the June 18 Le Bal de Ballet, trying on several contenders before settling on a $6,600 confection by Israeli designer Pnina Tornai.
She loved it, as did her parents Susan and Steve and friend Hannah Boe, who had accompanied her to the salon. But the purchase couldn't be completed until the ball's registrar of dresses gave her the green light.
Cell phone pictures were snapped from several angles and e-mailed to the registrar. And, after several nail-biting moments, approval was granted when the Kleinfeld sales associate gave the trademark inquiry: "Are you saying yes to the dress?"
Molly is a senior at Regis Jesuit High School where she is captain of the varsity cheer squad. She also is a member of the Rocky Mountain Elite Worlds Level 5 Cheer Team and has been designated an UCA All-American Cheerleader. For her community service project, she spent a month in India teaching English and building a school house for children in the village in which she was staying.
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Precious time is often lost through the handling of Retail Pos System . Similarly, the more cash is handled the greater the security risk in stores. Fortunately, Point of Sale (POS) technology is making better control of cash in retail stores possible, resulting in benefit for both staff and customers.
One German furniture company has estimated that the payment process and handling of cash at the checkout takes between 15 to 25 seconds. As this is only one part of processing pos system, 15 to 25 seconds is quite substantial time and, when the seconds are calculated for the cash handling from every sale throughout the day…till operators are spending more time on this process than most business owners would like.
Then, there is also the concern of cash robbery and theft. On any given day in a retail business, one, a few or many more employees will handle cash. Think how many different times and how many different people will handle cash in a supermarket on any one day. It is also probable that many managers are reconciling cash and making deposits, which is why they use point of sale systems.
How Do You Select the Best Point Of Sale Systems in Retail Pos System ?
There are a number of channels of distribution available to the producer, which may be employed by him to bring his products to the market and use point of sale software. Consumer goods may be distributed generally through channels, in each of which the manufacturers may use the sales branch or sales office as the additional alternative. One of the channels used is Producer-Consumer, where no middleman is involved. Sales are made from house to house or by direct mail.
A second channel is Producer-Retailer-Consumer, by which goods may be purchased directly from manufacturers. Retail stores may also be opened by manufacturers by this channel.
A stockist or distributor or wholesaler is also a large sized operator but not on par with the marketer or sole selling agent in level, size and territory of operation. Stock holding and sub-distribution, as per the policies laid down by the manufacturers or the marketers, are the main functions of stockists/distributors pos retail equipment.
What Is A Point of Sale System?
An organized enterprise does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is dependent on its external environment. It is a humble part of many systems, such as its own industry, the economy, and society as a whole. Thus, the enterprise receives various inputs, changes them somehow, and releases the outputs to the environment.
However, this simple model needs to be expanded and developed into a model of operational management that indicates how the various inputs are transformed through the managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. Clearly, an open system model that includes interactions between the enterprise and its external environment must describe Point of Sale systems.
One should never forget that the customer, who is the reason for the existence of virtually all businesses, is outside a company. It is through the Point of Sale systems that the needs of customers are identified; this knowledge enables the firm to provide products and services at a profit.
Retail Point Of Sale
In a competitive market, point of sale displays help solve several of a marketer's short-term hurdles. The impact of sales promotion measures is not durable like the results obtained through advertising and personal selling. Sale displays by and large are understood and practiced as a catalyst and as a supporting facility to advertising and personal selling.
Point of sale displays differs from advertising in many ways. Whereas advertising is mostly an indirect and subtle approach towards persuading consumers to buy a product, sale displays is a direct and almost open inducement to consumers to immediately try the product. Secondly, advertising normally has long-term objectives like building brand awareness or building consumer loyalty or repositioning a brand, sale displays performs an immediate task of increasing current sales. Finally, advertising helps sales by adding some durable and long-term value to the product, while point of sale displays aid selling by temporarily changing the existing price-value relationship of the product.
The above categorization is based on the marketing problem to be tackled. If we look at the target group to whom sale displays measures are normally aimed at, we find four broad target groups, viz. the consumer, the trade or channel and influential groups. Bulk of the sale displays effort is aimed at the consumer and the trade.


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Flirting gives rise to attraction and tension, but it has to be done in the right way. If you do it the wrong way, the girl you like can sneak away without looking back. Like all flirting, the attraction of body language is a fun process, but do not rush. Get into position step by step so you can flirt with confidence with the girl you like and, most importantly, you can have fun doing it.
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Make him notice you
Know her Think about the things you like and your interests. Ask him if you're not sure. Understanding their interests helps you find common ground, so that you have a reason to see and talk with her, which takes you a step further to physically flirt with her. As you get to know her, be kind and considerate or maybe she will not let you get too close.
- Move slowly. If you walk and put your arm around a girl, without knowing her or flirting before, she may be offended and think you are going very fast. Flirting gradually over a period of time (even a short one) is the best way to get a girl out with you.
Make a compliment. The compliments give you the ability to make him notice you, so you can physically approach him. When you talk to her, give her a compliment that sounds sincere. Otherwise, you may think that you are trying to "play" with it.
- Girls like compliments as long as they do not sound like a phrase to try to flirt. Superficial compliments can make her not want to hear you or talk to you.
- Make compliments that are unique to her and that are specific. For example, flatter your ears, your freckles or your eyes.
- Remember that many girls, even pretty ones, are very insecure. When you try to compliment him, maybe he does not take you seriously, since he'll think you're kidding. So confirm that you do not.
- Do not say an ambiguous compliment. "You're cute to be brunette" is not a compliment.
- Never make it the object of a joke. Also, if someone tells you something impolite (even if he says it in jest), ask him to stop. Then, quickly look at it. If her eyes get bigger or if she smiles slightly, then it means that she is impressed and grateful.
Make eye contact when you talk to her. This not only lets you know that you are listening, but it also gives you the feeling that it is worthy of your full attention. Eye contact creates tension and attraction. Try not to stop looking at her for a while, even if there are distractions around. Ignore them. She will be impressed that you do not allow the surrounding chaos to distract you from her. Then, it is more likely that she is more receptive to you.
- It imitates your body language. If you lean forward, lean forward. If you step aside, step aside. Imitate their body language is a subtle way to let you know that you are interested. Even if you do not know it consciously, you can unconsciously begin to pick up the signal.
- Observe her body language and see if she imitates you. Imitation is a sign that she likes you, even if she is not ready yet for flirt contact.
Pay attention to him in the middle of the crowd. Sometimes a girl may feel lost in the middle of a crowd or even be with her friends (especially if her friends are attractive). She may think that some of her friends receive more attention than her because they are prettier or more outgoing, which means that it may be difficult for her to feel that they see or hear her. So make him feel that he stands out from the others by paying more attention. When speaking, give special attention. Prioritize talking to her directly instead of talking to others. When the group makes a decision about where to go or what to do, ask her what she thinks the group should do.
Call her just to talk. Make sure you know that you really want to know her better. Calling her alone to talk (especially since text messages are much more popular) lets you know that you're really interested in knowing her better. Talk about your interests, your current activities or just call her to say hello or briefly let her know you think about her. You must not be someone you are not, just be "normal".
Take him something. Nothing important. It can be something small like a snack that you see it eat often. Make sure you remain an observer and not a repulsive stalker who likes to stalk you.
Do not be discouraged if you reject your gift. Maybe he does not want to immediately accept something from you. He does not want to feel that he owes you something because you gave him something. If you insist a couple of times, you may give in and accept the gift.
Send him a text message to ask him to meet somewhere. If she accepts, do not talk about other girls or talk about topics that make her think you're not interested, unless you know that she likes those topics. You do not want me to believe that you just want to be his friend. You must make him feel special, not as another member of the group.
Method 02
Touch it furtively
Touch your knees with yours. Slowly move your knees toward hers until touching them lightly. Make sure you touch your knees gently and then persist, so that you do not think you push your legs because you need more space for yours.
- Flirting with accidental touches gives rise to attraction because it creates tension. The little touches here and there leave her wanting more. But remember to keep your eyes open to catch the mutual signals. If you do not seem to enjoy it, stop.
Touch it in your hand or arm when you laugh. Say something funny or laugh at their jokes. While you laugh, gently touch the top of your hand or your forearm as you say "how funny". It must look casual and natural. It should look like you do it with everyone when you laugh. If you are sitting when it happens, take this opportunity to casually slide your chair closer to hers.
Put your hair behind your ear. This works best if you have a stray hair strand or a strand hanging on your face. Delicately, put the hair behind her ear to clear her face.
Put your hand close to hers. When you are sitting near her at a table, always place your hand very close to hers. A finger away or a little closer is a good distance. To take a step forward, place your hands over hers for a second, as if it were an accident.
Play with the feet. If you are sitting at a table or desk in front of her, gently place your feet over hers. Playing with the feet can be a bit childish, but it is a way to get the girl's attention in a jovial way. Also, it lets you know that you are interested in it. If she looks at you from under the table and smiles, then she is happy that the person who kicks her gently is you.
Method 03
Flirt with her openly
Hug her. It is a reason to touch it in a non-sexual way. It is also a legitimate reason to touch her without appearing very flirtatious, especially if you greet her with a hug. If you do it every time you see it, you will begin to understand that this is your way of greeting it. [14] You may receive a hug every time you see her.
- If you want to take a step forward, embrace it more often. Give him hugs without any reason if you know him well enough. Over time, this can progress and maybe she will start giving you hugs.
- However, you should also bear in mind that some people do not like hugs. So it is important to pay attention to your body language and facial expressions. If you do not like it, stop and, of course, if it asks you to stop, you should do so immediately.
Play with your hair. Some girls like this. Concentrate on the hair at the nape of the neck, since playing with hair from that area will probably give you chills (in a good way). If she feels comfortable with you, play with the hair that is close to the torso or bust (but be respectful
- From there, if the girl still feels comfortable, take a step further. With the back of your hand, gently push the hair that hangs in front of her behind her shoulders (but do not do it if it seems as if she has spent a lot of time combing her hair.) Even if you try to flirt with her, she will be angry with you for ruin your hairstyle). If all goes well, start rubbing your neck as if you were giving her a massage.
Put your hands around your waist from behind. If he likes you, he'll probably lie on you. Touch it gently so you do not scare her. If you both feel comfortable, maybe I'll let you slide your hand a little lower.
- Once she feels comfortable letting you put your hands on her waist, take her and make her turn. Then, she will be in front of you. Lean down and say something in your ear or tell it openly. You can tell if she liked her expression (be careful: some girls are extremely ticklish and tend to scream or laugh when someone touches them at the waist).
Push it jovially. When you walk beside her on a sidewalk or on a road, gently push her out of the way. It will probably also push you, which will start the jovial flirting. Even these childish shoves is a way to flirt (but do not do it on a busy street, because someone can be hurt).
Put your head in your lap. If you are already friends and you see a movie, read or talk with other friends, come closer and put your head in your lap. Let her play with your hair. If he pushes you, just laugh. This only works well if you've flirted with the girl many times before.
Tickle her Good areas for tickling are under your ribs or on the sides or in your stomach. If you like it, it will also try to tickle you (probably while laughing or smiling). However, watch the signs, if you do not like it or move away, stop. You do not want to bother her and ruin any opportunity to approach her again. If you move away, return to physical contact that seems comfortable to her and do it for a while.
Be respectful. Pay attention to your body language and anything you say. You must not exceed your limits. The open contact must be consensual. Some people feel uncomfortable with public displays of affection or allowing them to touch them. All people are different, so it is important to pay attention to their verbal and non-verbal cues. If he asks you to "stop" at some point, then stop. If it looks uncomfortable, stop. You may believe that you invade their space and possibly that you harass them. What is not attractive or respectful?
- Do not make rude comments about your body.
- Do not ignore her when you are with a friend she does not know (this is something disappointing). On the contrary, present it.
- If it is insecure, do not make fun of it. It will only make her feel bad about herself.
- Try to smell good.
- Invite her to leave in person. You will see more sure.
- Do not look at it in the breasts. Be respectful of your body. Make eye contact, she will appreciate it.
- Do not talk about sex near her, unless you know for sure that she likes it.
- Do not touch your backside or any other part of your body without permission.
- If you do not like being touched, hugged or tickled, stop.
- Give the girl you like the most attention and put the other girls aside.
- Do not buy things at random or do too many compliments.
- Remember that each girl is different and each one will respond differently.
- Make sure you are not with your partner.
- Never talk to her while you look at someone else.
- Pay attention to your body language to measure if she likes your conquest techniques.


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SPARKS, Okla. - Oklahomans more accustomed to tornadoes than earthquakes suffered through a weekend of temblors that cracked buildings, buckled a highway and rattled nerves. One jolting quake late Saturday was the state's strongest ever and shook a college football stadium 50 miles away while another of lesser intensity struck before dawn Sunday.
"That shook up the place, had a lot of people nervous," Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon said of the late Saturday quake, the strongest of a series of quakes that began hours earlier. "Yeah, it was pretty strong."
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake Saturday night was centered near Sparks, 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, and could be felt as far away as Tennessee and Wisconsin, according to reports received by the U.S. Geological Survey. A magnitude 4.7 quake early Saturday was felt from Texas to Missouri.
The Survey said the latest quake hit at 3:39 a.m. Sunday, measuring 4.0 in magnitude and centered 36 miles east of Oklahoma City. Like Saturday night's quake, it said, the quake Sunday took place a little more than 3 miles underground.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage from the quakes or many small aftershocks, but a number of homeowners and businesses reported cracked walls or fallen knickknacks. At Shawnee, the fire department said one spire on the administration building at St. Gregory University had been damaged and another one was leaning, according to KWTV in Oklahoma City.
"Earthquake damage in Oklahoma. That's an anomaly right there," Todd McKinsey of Moore told The Oklahoman newspaper after a magnitude 5.6 temblor centered 50 miles away left him with cracked drywall.
Oklahoma typically has about 50 earthquakes a year, and 57 tornadoes, but a swarm of quakes east of Oklahoma City contributed to a sharp increase in the number of temblors. Researchers said 1,047 quakes occurred last year, prompting them to install seismographs in the area. A cause of the uptick wasn't known.
Saturday night's earthquake jolted Oklahoma State University's stadium shortly after the No. 3 Cowboys defeated No. 17 Kansas State. The crowd of 58,895 was still leaving when it hit, and players were in the locker rooms beneath the stands at Boone Pickens Stadium.
The temblor seemed to last the better part of a minute, rippling upward to the stadium press box.
"Everybody was looking around and no one had any idea," Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden said. "We thought the people above us were doing something. I've never felt one, so that was a first."
An emergency manager in Lincoln County near the epicenter said U.S. 62, a two-lane highway that meanders through the gently rolling landscape between Oklahoma City and the Arkansas state line, crumbled in places when the stronger quake struck Saturday night. Other reports in the early hours Sunday were sketchy and mentioned cracks in some buildings and a chimney toppled.
The magnitude 4.7 earthquake that struck the area early Saturday and a number of aftershocks following both large quakes rattled homes and businesses, but emergency officials said no injuries were reported and that there had been no immediate reports of major damages.
"Nothing is destroyed or anything like that," Prague City Police Department dispatcher Claudie Morton told the Tulsa World after the Saturday morning quakes.
But authorities said they would need to await daybreak for better light to assess any damages from the later, more powerful quake.
Hours before dawn on Sunday, the latest quake set nerves on edge anew.
At the Prague Community Hospital in the region, registered nurse Jessie Plumb said no injured people had come into the emergency room after the late Saturday quake. But she said she and other hospital staffers felt the 4.0 magnitude quake early Sunday while on the second floor of the building.
"It kind of gave a little bit of a shake, a little bit of rock `n roll," she told The Associated Press by phone. "I would say it was 20 or 25 seconds." She said she worried because of the number of quakes and the intensity.
Saturday's late-night quake was slightly less in intensity than a temblor that rattled the East Coast on Aug. 23. That 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered in Virginia and was felt from Georgia to Canada. No major damage was reported, although cracks appeared in the Washington Monument, the National Cathedral suffered costly damage to sculpted stonework, and a number of federal buildings were evacuated.
If the 5.6 magnitude from Saturday's late quake is confirmed, it would be Oklahoma's strongest. USGS records show that a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck El Reno, just west of Oklahoma City, in 1952 and, before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, a quake of similar magnitude 5.5 struck in northeastern Indian Territory in 1882.
"Oh, man. I've never felt anything like that in my life," Morton told the Tulsa newspaper. "It was the scariest thing. I had a police officer just come in and sit down and all the sudden the walls started shaking and the windows were rattling. It felt like the roof was going to come off the police department."
Morton said the office was flooded with calls, but no one reported any severe injuries or damage. She said residents told her that picture frames and mirrors fell from walls and broke, drawers worked loose from dressers and objects tumbled out of cabinets.
"We do have several damaged buildings downtown, but it's just cracks and things like that," Morton said.
Oklahoma Geological Survey researcher Austin Holland told Oklahoma City television station KOTV that the earthquake and aftershocks occurred on a known fault line.
Residents in Prague and Sparks felt an intense shaking, but for those farther away the quake was more of a dull rumble, he said.
"It shakes much more rapidly when you're closer to it," he said. "Because it's a large earthquake, it's going to rumble for a while."


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India's Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) again is raising the issue of building a Hindu temple on the site of a Mughal-era mosque destroyed in the 1990s, a sign of electioneering ahead of national polls next year. Just over 20 years ago, a Hindu mob destroyed the Babri mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya, claiming Lord Ram, a Hindu deity, was born on the site. Since then, legal disputes between Hindu and Muslim groups that continue to drag on have stymied attempts to build a permanent Hindu temple to Lord Ram. The issue receded as the Hindu nationalist BJP, which in the 1980s and 1990s played a leading role in the drive for such a temple, realised that pushing the agenda alienated many voters, including secular Hindus and Muslims. Even when the BJP came to national power in 1998, it was unable to advance the temple construction due to concerns from coalition partners that such a move could spark sectarian violence. But the demand has never faded completely, as more conservative supporters of the BJP still back the proposed temple building. The party has renewed such calls ahead of national polls in 2004 and 2009. Last year, during elections in Uttar Pradesh, the northern State where Ayodhya is situated, the BJP again promised to construct the temple.
And now, the BJP's newly-installed president, Rajnath Singh, is making a similar vow, likely with the calculation it will reenergise the party's base in the run-up to national elections due in 2014. "It was our pledge and will remain our pledge to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya," Mr. Singh was quoted as saying by the Times of India. Mr. Singh, who was attending the Kumbh Mela, a massive religious gathering of Hindus in Uttar Pradesh, said the party would do so once it came to power with a majority – a prospect which is unlikely given India's fractured electorate.
Shortly afterwards, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a conservative Hindu organisation whose opinion is valued by BJP's senior leaders, passed a resolution to build the Ram temple. The VHP has been one of the leading backers of the temple over the years and has passed many such resolutions in the past. Ashok Singhal, a senior leader of the VHP, said "Hindus have lost their patience" over the temple issue. The question now is whether Mr. Singh's remarks are just lip-service to party dogma or whether the BJP's leadership believes putting the temple issue back front and center will help them get back to power since losing to the secular-minded Congress party in elections in 2004 and 2009.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a BJP spokesman, said that Mr. Singh's comments were a reiteration of what is in the party's manifesto. He denied the party was gearing up to use Ayodhya in the 2014 polls and instead would campaign on issues involving development, inflation, corruption and law and order.
"A section within the BJP want the Hindu votes to be polarised in their favour, and hence, have started to make noises," said S.K. Dwivedi, a political science professor at Lucknow University in Uttar Pradesh.
"Taking a moderate stance over the last decade or so hasn't given any political dividends." Attempts to reach Mr. Singh were not successful. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a BJP spokesman, said that Mr. Singh's comments were a reiteration of what is in the party's manifesto. He denied the party was gearing up to use Ayodhya in the 2014 polls and instead would campaign on issues involving development, inflation, corruption and law and order. "We are not a religious party," he said.
Still, a look at the BJP's 2009 election manifesto shows religious matters remain important to its cadre. "The BJP will explore all possibilities, including negotiations and judicial proceedings, to facilitate the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya," that election pledge said. The BJP has to balance its core vote-bank, strong in the northern Hindi-speaking belt, with the need to build a coalition from across the political spectrum. It was these more-secular allies that stayed the BJP's hand from pushing the Ayodhya temple issue when it headed a national Government between 1998 and 2004. The BJP has not yet named a Prime Ministerial candidate to take the party into elections. A leading candidate, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat State, is viewed as an able administrator who has turned his State into an investment hub. But he also has faced criticism for failing to stop the killings of innumerable people, mostly Muslims, in communal rioting in Gujarat in 2002. That could make him unpalatable to some BJP allies that want a "secular" candidate for Prime Minister. Attempts to reach Mr. Modi were unsuccessful. He has denied wrongdoing in 2002.
Any move towards religious politics could be "disastrous" for the BJP, said B.G. Verghese, a political analyst at Center for Policy Research. For one, the BJP's current allies could move into the Congress fold. "BJP may gain some votes in the north, but would surely lose in most other parts as modernising Indian voters are moving away from such divisive politics," Mr. Verghese said. Most Indians, especially younger voters, are more keen on riding economic growth in the country than getting caught in divisive politics, he added.
But the need to woo its allies does not mean the BJP can ignore "Hindutva" issues, or those prized by Hindu nationalists, said Narendra Kumar, Head of the Political-Science Department at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow.
The party, he said, could be forced to "revive its Hindutva agenda", to go with the development platform to woo voters. "They don't have too much of an option. They went with just development in 2009 and failed miserably. So this time, the section calling for a return to the past may have their way."
Political analysts say that despite a large percentage of voters having moved away from voting on religious lines, parties can't ignore the fact that nearly 80 per cent of the voters in the country are Hindus, especially in the crucial State of Uttar Pradesh – which elects 80, or nearly a fifth, of the members to the Lok Sabha, or lower house of India's national Parliament. In 1998, the BJP won 57 seats in the State; in 1999, that tally fell to 29; and it garnered only 10 seats in both the 2004 and 2009 polls.
This is where some in the BJP hope Mr. Modi could play a vital role at the national level – combining development while appealing to conservative Hindus, say analysts.
Mr. Modi addressed college students in New Delhi recently, stressing development as the "solution to all problems" in India. "His image alone could help bring in Hindu votes," said Mr. Dwivedi.
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Here are 5 Things You Need to Know About Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Before You Start Taking Classes or Lessons at a BJJ School
by Stephan Kesting, BJJ Black Belt, CSW Coach, Kajukenbo Black Belt, Instructor under Dan Inosanto, Published Author in Black Belt and Ultimate Grappling Magazines, and Instructor/Producer of the Grapplearts Instructional DVD Series
1 - Technique
There are a LOT of techniques in Brazilian jiu-jitsu - probably more than in any other martial art. In order to get good at groundfighting you will have to learn submissions, escapes, and transitions from every possible position.
All this information can be a little overwhelming at first. A valuable thing you can do right away is to develop a big picture of the art; don't get fixated by trying to memorize every technique you come across. A big picture will help you with goal setting, and figuring out which specific techniques you need to learn next. How to understand the overall ground game is extensively
2 - Repetition
I can't sugar coat it: many grappling movements are inherently complex, and often require each of your limbs to be doing a different task at the same time. It takes a while for newcomers to develop the sport-specific coordination required to be smooth and relaxed on the mats. The smart beginner combines repetition of specific techniques, with movement drills to develop sport-specific body awareness and coordination.
3 - Sparring
Learning how to apply the techniques you've learned against a resisting opponent in sparring is the very essence of Brazilian jiu-jitsu training. Sparring doesn't always need to be an all-out dogfight, though - there are ways to structure your sparring so that it's safe and productive for both people.
To get good at Brazilian jiu-jitsu you need BOTH quality instruction, and good sparring. While you can make some headway by only sparring (without having any technical instruction), this is a short term strategy and will limit your long term growth in the art.
4 - Conditioning
Technique is important, but don 't let anybody fool you: strength, speed and endurance also matter. One of my instructors (Dan Inosanto) said it best, "If you are tired you're not strong, if you are tired you're not fast, if you're tired you don't have good technique, and if you're tired you're not even smart".
The outcome of two equally-skilled people sparring is often decided by conditioning. Any additional conditioning you do will help, but remember that Brazilian jiu-jitsu is an incredible workout in itself and will improve your fitness even if you do nothing else.
5 - Strategy
As I pointed out at the beginning of this article, Brazilian jiu-jitsu has a lot of different techniques. A good strategy helps narrow down your choices, allowing you to react faster than you would if you had to evaluate about every possible technique individually. This means you avoid confusion and frustration when you spar.
Not only do you need a strategy when you spar, you also need a strategy when you're learning. If you have a strategy about what techniques to learn, and how to best practice those techniques, then you'll be way ahead of the pack. In fact, you'll learn BJJ at least twice as fast!
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