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WASHINGTON, February 6, 2016 — In Thursday's Democratic debate in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton said she had been "smeared" by Bernie Sanders. "There is this attack that he is putting out, which really comes down to, anybody who took donations or speaking fees from any interest group has to be bought."
Sanders responded, "There is a reason why these people are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. It is undermining American democracy and it is allowing Congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors …"
There is growing opposition to the role of money in politics from the left—the Occupy Wall Street movement, for example—and from the right—the Tea Party movement. Clinton received $675,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street firm that has agreed to pay $5 billion to settle claims for its role in the 2008 financial crash.
Clinton Cash said to expose Hillary Clinton's money making machine
Did they pay $675,000 for three speeches without expecting anything in return? This seems unlikely.
In her 2003 book, "The Two-Income Trap," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, accuses Clinton of shifting her position on bankruptcy legislation to appease her Wall Street donors when she became a senator from New York. In Warren's view, "She could not afford such a principled position. Campaigns cost money and that money wasn't coming from families in financial trouble."
Ties to Wall Street cut across party lines. Sen. Ted Cruz's wife was an executive at Goldman Sachs and Cruz had large unsecured—and unreported—loan guarantees from that firm. Special interests contribute to both parties so that whoever is elected will feel obligated to do their bidding.
After he criticized "New York values," Cruz received this rebuke from New Jersey's governor, Chris Christie:
"Ted Cruz has no problem with New York values when he's collecting (money) from New York hedge funds. … I'm sure when they are writing him seven and eight figure checks … If he really has a problem with New York values then he should return that money."
What big money buys is big government. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), our long term fiscal predicament is getting steadily worse. This year, the federal budget deficit as a share of the economy will resume growing for the first time since 2009, and that will continue through 2026. At the end of 2026, according to the CBO, the publicly held federal debt will be 86 per cent of total output, more than double its pre-recession level.
There are some conservatives who welcome unlimited political spending as a form of free speech. How they came to this view is difficult to understand. In its 1986 opinion on Massachusetts Citizens for Life, the Supreme Court ruled that nonprofit advocacy groups can spend money in elections and it clearly distinguished them from business corporations.
In its 2010 Citizens United decision, the Court opened the floodgates to political spending by corporations, which has led to the super-PAC culture of today.
Traditional conservatives would find it hard to understand the reasoning of those who embrace this view. In his 1960 book "Conscience of a Conservative," Barry Goldwater declared that political fundraising should come from "individuals and individuals alone." He said, "I see no reason for labor unions—or corporations—to participate in politics."
In Goldwater's view, "The role of money is way out of line. It's strangling us. The influence of money distorts everything. Government of and by the people is waning."
He advocated limits on overall spending in election campaigns, both by the candidates themselves and by independent spenders, and suggested trying to persuade the Supreme Court to reverse its 1976 decision holding that limiting campaign spending also limits the First Amendment.
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"Our nation is facing a crisis of liberty if we do not control campaign expenditures. Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process."
In 1983, Goldwater supported campaign finance reform:
"Our nation is facing a crisis of liberty if we do not control campaign expenditures. We must prove that elective office is not for sale. We must convince the public that elected officials are what James Madison intended us to be, agents of the sovereign people, not the hired hands of rich givers."
Former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., wrote after Citizens United:
"Supreme Court opinion notwithstanding, corporations are not defined as people under the Constitution and free speech can hardly be called free when only the rich are heard."
Professor Richard W. Painter of the University of Minnesota Law School, author of the book, "Taxation Only With Representation: The Conservative Conscience and Campaign Finance Reform," argues that,
"All Americans should be alarmed about the effects of money in politics. But it is conservatives who should be leading the fight for campaign-finance reform. Unfortunately, none of the Republican candidates for president have taken on this issue … Big money in politics encourages big government. Campaign contributions drive spending on earmarks and other wasteful programs—bridges to nowhere, contracts for equipment the military does not need, solar energy companies that go bankrupt on the government dime and for-profit educational institutions that don't educate. When politicians are dependent on campaign money from contributors and lobbyists, they're incapable of holding spending programs to account."
Campaign contributions also lead to more regulations. "Companies in heavily regulated industries such as banking, health care and energy are among the largest contributors," notes Painter.
"Such companies donate with the hope of winning narrowly tailored exceptions to regulations that help them and disadvantage their competitors. Politicians sometimes say they want to roll back regulations wholesale, but they rarely follow through because they know that less regulation will remove the incentive for future contributions. Some would call it extortion, but that is how the regulatory game is often played."
Painter believes that our campaign-finance system is a "national-security risk" because in a global economy, corporate wealth is no longer mostly American; many American companies are owned by, borrow money from and do business with foreign governments. Equating corporate wealth with free political speech, as Citizens United did, means that global economic power will help choose our government. Groups that are not required to disclose the identities of their donors produce election ads. Who knows where the money for such ads is coming from?
Campaign Promises: Hillary Clinton to Solve Campaign Finance Problems


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Now who doesn't need a little bit of me time once in a while. A few weekends ago, I took my man and I off on a little spontaneous trip, which ended up us both getting ill. Whether it was the air con, too much smoking, late nights or an OD of Burger King, I needed to get better asap for the week ahead at work. Of course I headed straight to my beauty stash and remembered I had this little box waiting for that day!
Meet my first box of British organic hand made goodness from Soak Yourself. Indulge in a bath experience that is unlike anything out there, bringing together your mind, body and soul with a ritual all in one little box. I was lucky to try Soak Yourself's Remedy Soak c/o (£25.00), which has been specifically made to help relieve you from the symptoms of a cold or at least get you back on the road to recovery. Perfect for me.
So to the ritual. First run a hot bath and pop the kettle on for a cup of Lemon and Ginger tea, which you can find all ready and waiting in the box for you. Add the big pot of Fizzing and Foaming Bath Crystals to the bath that are made with Epsom salts and a blend of Eucalyptus and Black Pepper that smells heavenly, along with 10 drops of Eucalyptus oil, Ground Ginger powder and the star Anise that is provided. Once they are all in the bath, I can't explain how it smells apart from the aromas literally cleared my head instantly. The combination of these ingredients help unblock congestion, heal your aches and pains along with whisking you away to a better and calmer space.
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At Rogosheske, Rogosheske, & Atkins, PLLC, Alex Rogosheske represents both creditors and debtors. On the creditor side, he represents companies or individuals that are owed money for work or services provided. Alex works to get the money back at first through the informal process of sending a letter to the debtor. If no agreement can be reached then a formal lawsuit can be filed in either Conciliation Court or District Court, depending on the amount owed.
After a judgment is docketed and entered then Alex and the client will sit down and map out the best strategy to get your money back. If we know where the debtor works or banks or if they have other assets those strategies may include wage garnishment, bank levies or sheriff seizures. If you don't know a lot about a debtor's assets we can request that the debtor fill out a Financial Disclosure Form. If they fail to complete the form we can request an Order to Show Cause Hearing where if they do not show up (which is usually the case) a warrant could be issued for the debtor's arrest.
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BMS is not intended to provide the functionality of a control system, but provides the transfer of key information from the BMS system into Concept™, to allow the issue of run-time maintenance and alarms.
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BMS feeds data directly into Concept™, allowing real-time monitoring of user-selected alarms and maintenance of critical equipment based on runtime hours. Many types of equipment have non-uniform usage and for that reason maintenance by actual hours of use can provide a better policy for equipment care than frequency based maintenance.
BMS is compatible with most third-party building control systems. Standard drivers for the BMS module include Satchwell™, Trend, Cylon©, TAC© and other leading control suppliers. The module is also compatible with other monitoring systems, such as ICA (Instrument Control and Automation) and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
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Custom Cocobolo Kiku, u87
What has 6 strings, a barione ukulele body and sounds like a dream?
A Lichty Kīkū! When an instrument evolves past its traditional design and sings with a voice that is unlike any other it stands out from the crowd and it stands alone. Such an instrument deserves a spotlight and begs for its own distinct name. So it is that the name Kīkū (pronounced kee koo) is born. It is a name coined by Zanuck Lindsey, acclaimed Hawaiian musician and Nara Cardenas, a Hawaiian Native language speaker and cultural consultant.
Lichty Guitars is proud to have been chosen to design and craft this custom Cocobolo Kīkū for a project with Zanuck Lindsey. This project represents a facet of our ongoing collaboration with Hawaiian ukulele master Kimo Hussey.
Learn more of the story … Kīkū – latest offspring in the ukulele family.
Features: This model features a Lichty baritone ukulele size body, a side sound port, radiused fretboard and K&K pickup. Cocobolo back, sides and head plate, Carpathian spruce top, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard with koa binding, ebony bridge, slotted headstock, camel bone nut and saddle, cocobolo rosette
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text: Rest peacefully, Gershwin Wednesday, March 07, 2018We have some very sad news to share. Gershwin the calf was rescued from the dairy industry and he had been at the vet for a few days due to health complications. We received the devastating news that he had a fatal and contagious bovine virus that was going to make his life short and full of suffering. So we listened to the advice of the vets at Cornell University and made the difficult decision to let him go.Shelter Manager Hervé with GershwinWe are completely heartbroken. We're sorry, Gershwin, that we couldn't save you. But you experienced love and kindness during your short life here on earth, and that gives us some solace.Gershwin was a victim of the dairy industry — and he was one of millions. We will continue to speak out against this industry built on exploiting female reproduction and killing babies. This unconscionable cruelty must stop.We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and support we've received from all of our friends and supporters. And we're grateful that we were able to give Gershwin a few days of love."The song is ended…but the melody lingers on." Irving Berlin


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Thirty-five Years Ago:….I returned from a July vacation to find the steel city of Johnstown devastated by a flash flood that took the lives of almost 80 people. Bethlehem Steel closed its mills in Johnstown shortly after and the city never recovered.
Last week I returned from a July vacation to find the city of State College devastated, not by an act of nature, but as a result of human-inflicted punishments for the child sexual abuse crimes at the University.
Although no lives were lost and the streets are not piled high with flood debris, the parallel is chilling. Many of us are wondering and worrying if State College will go the way of Johnstown. What if there are 50,000 empty seats at Beaver Stadium for each PSU home football games for a decade? What will become of us?
Well, State College is not Johnstown. Our economic base is more diverse, and there is much more to the University itself than football. Nevertheless, some drop in income can be expected for the University, the community, and yes, our parish. The "days of wine and roses" may well be over. We will need to appreciate iced tea and carnations, so to speak.
In any event, the events of the past eight months have left me with much homiletic material, or at least something to write about in the bulletin for a while. As I like to say - stay tuned!
Attention Married Couples: As part of his Marriage Building Initiative, Bishop Bartchak has asked that each parish in the Diocese ask prayers once a month for those married couples of our parish who are celebrating a wedding anniversary that month. We will be announcing the anniversaries on the weekend of August 18/19. If you are celebrating your wedding anniversary in August and would like to be mentioned in the announcements and included in the petitions, please notify Diane at the church office by August 16.
Annual Parish Bazaar: The date for this year's Fall Bazaar has been set - Saturday, Nov. 10th! And we have a new coordinator - Chris Kirkpatrick! Chris can be reached at 237-7832, ext. 204. We plan to have a tailgate, crafts, ethnic food, baked goods, theme baskets, and a raffle once again, plus bringing back the silent auction, children's games and live entertainment! If you would like to help in one or more of these areas, or another area, please let Chris Kirkpatrick know ASAP.
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Best Stick Vacuum For Cat Litter – Reviews In 2019
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Have you ever wondered to yourself why cat has to scratch things and then leave with the scattered mess. Lots of them are tiny little pieces that are not so easy to spot and clean. Especially if you have an open litter box, your feline would love to make a mess out of it and leave you with litter falling everywhere around. A vacuum probably would get the job done, but how do you choose the best stick vacuum for cat litter?
One of the key factors to consider if you're still deciding which one to use is the "horse power" and the ability to reach difficult areas. Good suction will make sure all the dirt is collected and the reaching ability will be necessary when dealing with hair balls under your sofa and bed. The following cordless vacuum cleaners will serve you well cleaning up your cat's litter mess.
Best Stick Vacuum for Cat Litter Reviews
#1. Dyson V8 Absolute Cord-Free Vacuum - Best Pick for Cat Litter Vacuum
Editor's Rating: 4.7/5 Overall Score
It's the ultimate cleaning machine for your home. The vacuum has been designed effectively to reduce the weight by removing all the excessive components. One single bin for filtering and storing the dust. The removable stick will increase the ability to reach deep or high areas. This vacuum is cordless and hassle-free. Equipped with a HEPA filter that gets rid of allergens and bacteria. The simple dust bin makes it easy to dump out the dirt and clean the filter. Also, the battery can last for about 4-5 hours depending on the suction level.
The vacuum also included with an awesome docking station for easy storing your vacuum. It also acts as a battery charger so your vacuum will always be at full. Overall, it's a really worth-buying piece of the machine if you consider the performance and convenience. The only reason making users hesitate to choose this vacuum is the expensive price.
- Strong motor for considerably more powerful suction
- Cordless for better cleaning experience
- Long battery life
- Cool additional equipment
- Easy to use and clean up
- Light weight
- Expensive in comparison to other vacuums
- Might not necessary for home use
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#2. Sunny&Honey Pet Stain Odor Miracle - Cheapest Stick Vacuum for Cat Litter
Editor's Rating: 4.2/5 Overall Score
Looking for some cheaper considerations? The Hoover Linx BH50010 is definitely a good choice. The vacuum is cordless and equipped with a fade-free battery that will not affect the vacuum performance even when the power is running low. It's pretty light if you compare to other vacuums at the same price range, especially those with a cord. It also comes with a simple dust cup making it easier for storing and disposing of the dust.
The vacuum doesn't have a strong motor, so you might experience difficulties when cleaning dust in cracks. The lack of a high-quality filter makes it more vulnerable to you and family when being exposed to allergens.
- Good price
- Considerably light in comparison to others at the same price range
- Cordless
- Medium-power suction
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#3. Eufy HomeVac Duo 2-in-1 Vacuum Cleaner for Cat Litter
Editor's Rating: 4.2/5 Overall Score
True to its name, the vacuum comes with a cool feature that allows the user to use the vacuum separately as a hand vacuum or attach it to other parts to make a stick vacuum. The vacuum is ideal for small cleaning tasks like cleaning your pet wastes like hair, litter, and scattered food. Despite the cheap price, the vacuum still provides a decent suction with a cyclonic system that spins the dust away from the motor. In stick mode, the pad can spin 180o giving us more flexibility. And the handheld mode can be used in any places without carrying too much weight on your hands.
The cost for all that is the reduced battery size. It's only capable of 25 minutes of fade-free and 60 minutes on power-saving mode. Also, the vacuum is not good with heavy tasks so you might want to reconsider if you're aiming for a more powerful vacuum.
- Good with simple tasks like cleaning pets wastes
- Good price
- Decent motor
- 2-in-1 handheld and stick vacuum
- Low battery capacity
- Can't handle heavy tasks
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Things to consider
It's good to have an additional filter for your vacuum. Especially if you have a cat or dog. It can get rid of all the hair, bacteria, or allergy during the cleaning process and eject clean air.
Corded or cordless Cat Litter Stick Vacuum
It depends on your requirements which are the cleaning areas, the type of dirt we're dealing with, and convenience. Cordless one is more flexible and can reach the difficult spot at ease while with corded ones you won't have to worry about battery life and power stability. The above models are mainly battery operated, check out our reviews of the best corded vacuum for cat litter.
Bagged or bagless
There has been a disagreement between users when it comes to this. They're split into two group and both have their own claims on the effectiveness of their choices. The bagged one will need time to change the dust bag when it's full but the dust will always be kept inside. While bagless ones may seem more convenient, the dust can spread out uncontrollably when you're dumping it into the trash can. Especially with pet hair, these things can easily get lifted in the air and fly without control.
Do you need a wet vacuum?
This type of vacuum can also act as a mop. Usually, there will be three cleaning stages which can be used separately. They're vacuum, wash, and dry. They are proved to be effective with wet spots like vomit, saliva, and urine. But if only need a simple vacuum to clean hair, dust, and litter, you won't be using them.
Do you need a commercial vacuum?
Probably not considering your requirements when cleaning cat wastes like litter and hair ball. We only need a medium vacuum with decent suction power and a full vacuum kit to clean small and deep spots. Commercial ones are often used for heavy tasks so it would be a waste if you just buy it to clean your cat litter. Unless you're doing it in large scale.
Bottom line
These are the best stick vacuums for cat litter, we've chosen them depending on your specific requirements with each type of dirt and waste. All are cordless which makes them even more perfect for cleaning small and scattered spots.
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The NCAA Tournament's 5 Most Overrated Teams
When the NCAA Tournament bracket is announced each year, there are plenty of complaints with regard to teams who built solid regular season records, but were left out in favor of undeserving teams.
While the committee did a pretty fair job in including the right teams this year -- Syracuse and Illinois State may disagree with that -- they clearly made some mistakes with the seeding. We are going to look at five teams that were overseeded (i.e. overrated).
To determine which teams are being overrated in terms of their seeding, we are going to use a little math, more specifically our nERD metric. For those of you unfamiliar, nERD measures the number of points we'd expect a team to win by against an average squad on a neutral court.
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Let's see which teams were most undeserving of their respective seed.
Maryland Terrapins
nERD Rank: 44th
Seed: 6
The Maryland Terrapins were given a 6 seed after finishing 24-8 and in a tie with the Wisconsin Badgers for second place in the Big Ten. They come into the tournament with a 10.40 nERD rating and a 44th place standing in our power rankings.
If we use a bit of history, the average 6 seed in past tournaments posted a 12.02 nERD rating -- 1.62 points better than the Terps -- showing us right away that Maryland's metrics are underwhelming compared to what we should expect. By comparison, the other 6 seeds -- SMU, Cincinnati, Creighton -- have an average nERD of 14.95, roughly 4.5 points better than Maryland.
The Terrapins don't do one thing particularly well, as they ranked 86th or worse in both offensive and defensive efficiency. While they have a quality wins over teams in the field of 68 -- Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and Michigan to name a few -- the Terps finished the season in a slump, winning just 4 of their last 10 games.
Seton Hall Pirates
nERD Rank: 51st
Seed: 9
Based on a strong finish in the Big East -- 8-3 in their last 11 games -- the Seton Hall Pirates were rewarded a 9 seed for their efforts. They were 21-11 overall and 10-8 in conference play while posting a 9.76 nERD rating, good for a 51st overall. The Pirates' rating was nearly a full point less than the average nERD score of the three other 9 seeds in the tournament -- Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt.
One of the best rebounding teams in the nation thanks to junior forward Angel Delgado (led Division I with 13.1 boards per game), the Pirates play a grind 'em out style. They rank in the 39th percentile for quickness of pace, and despite that, their defense doesn't dominate like you'd would expect. Seton Hall allowed 70.1 points per game, ranking 120th -- out of 351 teams.
Their defensive efficiency wasn't much better, either -- the Pirates landed 131st overall and didn't get that much better when adjusted for strength of schedule (41st).
Southern California Trojans
nERD Rank: 58th
Seed: 11
The USC Trojans were awarded one of the last at-large bids in the field of 68 after posting a 24-9 record to go along with a 5th place finish in the Pac-12. Their nERD rating of 9.00 was the second-lowest score for any at-large team besides their opponent in the First Four game, the Providence Friars. While both teams are overrated, USC takes the spot due to the way they finished the season.
The Trojans started the year 14-0, but became average once conference play started, going just 10-9 over their last 19 games. Even seven of those wins came against teams with a rank of 119 or worse, according to nERD.
USC's defense is one of the worst in the country, ranking 211th in points allowed and 185th in unadjusted defensive rating. Their defense at the perimeter is simply bad, allowing opponents to shoot 36.5% from three, ranking 260th in the nation.
Arizona Wildcats
nERD Rank: 19th
Seed: 2
The Arizona Wildcats earned a 2 seed after tying for the Pac-12 regular season championship and winning the conference tournament. They finished with a 30-4 record and impressive wins over a pair of 3 seeds in Oregon and UCLA. While those are some nice accolades, the numbers aren't as impressive as the committee was with 'Zona's resume.
Per sports-reference.com, the Wildcats' strength of schedule ranked 61st in the country, likely due to the Pac-12 being extremely weak beyond the first three teams. Wins against Washington, Washington State, and Oregon State, aren't going to do much to boost your numbers. All three were 160th or worse in our power rankings. Arizona was also 6-4 against teams in the field of 68, with half of those wins coming against USC (11 seed) and Texas Southern (16).
Their nERD rating of 15.38 was by far the worst of all 2 seeds. In fact, all the 3 seeds and even all but 1 of the 4 seeds (Butler) posted a better nERD rating than the Wildcats. Their nERD score is low due to an unremarkable standing in both offensive (23rd) and defensive (53rd) rating. They're a solid overall team, but not one worthy of such a high seed.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
nERD Rank: 31st
Seed: 5
The Minnesota Golden Gophers snagged a 5 seed after going 24-9 overall and 11-7 in the Big Ten. They finished with a 12.03 nERD rating and a 31st place standing in our power rankings.
Minnesota ended with a nERD score well below their fellow 5 seeds. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were the closest, and they still owned a 14.26 mark. If we look back on the average nERD rating from past 5 seeds, the Golden Gophers fall nearly 1.0 point short.
While their defense is respectable (38th in defensive rating), the offense has been horrid. Minnesota ranked 123rd in points scored and 169th in efficiency, but when you look at their shooting woes, it gets worse. The Golden Gophers ranked 202nd in three-point accuracy (34.5%) and 231st in field goal percentage (43.5%).


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Hey, you there! Yes, you! How the heck are ya? I'm well. It's raining here in MD and has been for the past 2 days…ugh. I suppose the rain is good for the earth and those that suffer from allergies but I'm kinda over it. It has brought cooler weather though which is a plus, not quite Fall yet, but we're getting there. And that wraps up my weather forecast for today.
In other news, the new house is coming along nicely. The last time we went to see it, the drywall was done and the cabinets were in. So lots of progress…. YAY!!
And to conclude this edition of more useless personal info about myself, this weekend is starting to look pretty busy. My son's school has their homecoming football game tomorrow and as a marching band member, you know it's all about the band for us! Saturday the marching band will be performing in a competition in WV. YAY. Who knew the life of a marching band member/parent was so rigorous?! I for one DID NOT!
So now what you came here for, the polish. Today I have the 8 piece fall collection inspired by photos and names submitted by the BLUSH Beauties Facebook group members! Let's take a look!
**All swatches are done using QDTC and matte top coat. Swatch photos are taken using artificial lights.**
Colliding Constellations
A dark teal blue jelly with iridescent orange glitters and gold and copper holo glitters
Fall Flame
A tangerine base with subtle red tones and a sparkling multichrome micro flake shimmer of orange-gold-green and a light touch of scattered holo pigment
Falling Up
A faded teal with a pink-bronze shifting shimmer, small orange holo glitters and a touch of scattered holo
Floral Engagement
A deep berry purple with a shifting green-blue-red shimmer, holo pigment and gold-red-green flakies
Frosted Foliage
A black/grey jelly base with a strong red/orange-gold-green shifting shimmer, a linear holo and red-orange-gold shifting flakies
Spiced Cocoa
A deep chocolate-brown with an orange-red-gold-green shimmer
The Last Carnival
An olive base with a gold shimmer, gold flakies and holo pigment
The Scenic Route
A creamy yellow crelly with copper-gold-bronze shifting flakies
Overall Thoughts – Blush Lacquer – Blush Beauties Fall Collaboration Collection
Formula / Application: I simply adore this collection. The colors and formula are true Blush quality. The coverage is amazing and no VNL in 2-3 thin, easy coats.
Opacity: 2-3 coats
Availability: Friday, October 20th at 7pm EST in the Etsy
Price: Full Set: $73.00
- Colliding Constellations: $8.00
- Fall Flame: $10.00
- Falling Up: $9.00
- Floral Engagement: $9.00
- Frosted Foliage: $12.00
- Spiced Cocoa: $9.00
- The Last Carnival: $8.00
- The Scenic Route: $8.00
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Top Blogger Picks: Frosted Foliage and Colliding Constellations
Overall: With each swatch my heart fell deeper and deeper in love. I honestly don't know how Victoria does it, the amgid she creates collection after collection! And the brushes, Blush has the best brush for wider nail beds like mine.


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The Late-Night TV Melee of 2014: Who's watching whom, and when?
When Jay Leno took over The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson in 1992, there was no visible late-night TV war to be waged. At 11:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, there was The Tonight Show, or there was Arsenio Hall. Leno's ascension over David Letterman, however, revealed a civil war within NBC that wasn't at all civil for the next two years, as Letterman bolted Late Night for the greener pastures of CBS, the Ed Sullivan Theatre and the Late Show. NBC hoped by remembering its history, it would not repeat it in 2009, giving Leno a five-year warning before giving his...Read More


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We need to cut consumption of meat at least to half, as a start. Even if there were no health concerns like the fact that 17% of all commercial cow meat has been injected with growth hormones and even more is laden with pesticide residue, ethical reasons are plentiful. Untold numbers of people are hungry and starving in the world. Terrible conditions for raising animals prevail in commercial farms, with infringement of animal rights, and pollution from industrial factory farms etc. Raising animals for food is distasteful, for moral as well as environmental reasons. Destruction of natural resources like land, water, and soil, and rising greenhouse gas levels result from this type of operation. Food Democracy Now Blog.
When you eat less meat, your health improves, and you cut down on medical expenses. Eating a vegetarian or vegan diet that is whole food (not processed or fast food) can save you big bucks too.
-- John Robbins, author of "Diet for a New America", and President, EarthSave Foundation, Santa Cruz, California
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Safety & risk management is one of SROM's greatest priorities. From training staff and instructors, to pre-course paperwork, to debriefing and review, SROM's approach to safety & risk management encompasses all aspects of programming. However, we can not do it alone. The safest course is one on which all participants partner together to be vigilant and considerate of safety & risk management issues.
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Read carefully through all your pre-course paperwork. This includes the acknowledgement and assumption of risk and release and indemnity form, the terms of agreement, the medical history form, student goals, travel information, and the information in your Course Information Packet (CIP). It is also crucial for each student to follow all of the instructor's directives. Behavior issues are a safety hazard and are treated as such. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please call us at 307.755.0642.
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Canada's 1982 constitution guarantees freedom of expression and freedom of the press. The government may legally restrict free speech with the aim of ending discrimination, ensuring social harmony, or promoting gender equality, but hate speech is punishable by law and its definition remains vague. In November 2010, the Supreme Court began hearing the case Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott, in which Christian activist William Whatcott's flyers and messages against same-sex relations were found to be in violation of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code by the local human rights tribunal. In October 2011, Whatcott's lawyer argued that defining "hate" is extremely difficult. The Supreme Court continued to review this issue, and the case was ongoing at year's end. In previous cases, the Supreme Court has ruled that inciting hatred is a criminal offense, but the threshold of guilt for such an act is high: it must be proven that the person engaged in hate speech willfully and publicly.
In 2009, the Supreme Court attempted to strike a balance between freedom of expression and protection of reputation, creating greater protection for journalists against libel lawsuits by allowing them to evade liability if they are able to show that they acted responsibly in reporting a matter of public interest, even if the statements were untrue. Despite this law, in April 2011 a criminal libel complaint was filed against three Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) journalists because of a so-called international conspiracy against fashion mogul Peter Nygard. If guilty, the journalists could face prison sentences; the case had yet to be resolved at year's end.
Legislation requiring journalists to reveal their sources in criminal cases continued to be used in 2011, weakening media rights in an otherwise vibrant environment. In January, Elaine O'Connor, reporter at Vancouver's the Province, was ordered to identify a source by a British Colombia judge. O'Connor had reported on campaign overspending in October 2007, and the allegations were made by an unnamed source. She was ordered to tell the court the name and method of communication with the source. This is among a string of recent source confidentiality cases. In May 2010, the Canadian Supreme Court ordered the Toronto-based National Post to forfeit documents in a case concerning the constitutional right to protect confidential sources that could have potentially broad implications for journalists' freedoms. The court ruled that in this case, the public interest in the truth was greater than the need for protecting the identity of informants. In a separate case in October, journalist Daniel Leblanc won the right to protect his sources. The Supreme Court in this case said journalists should be able to protect confidential sources if they can demonstrate that it is in the public interest. This disparity between cases will continue to lead to confusion regarding the issue until a clearer distinction is articulated.
Despite the Access to Information Act (ATI) that passed in 1983, it remains challenging to obtain information from the federal government. There are typically long waits, and acquiring the information is hampered by the federal democracy as well as by the governing party. According to local group Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, 44 percent of requests made under the ATI exceeded the required 30-day limit. Further hindering the public's right to know, in January 2011 the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that media outlets will not be allowed to film or record outside the courtroom. They also ruled that media outlets will not be allowed to broadcast audio recordings of court proceedings. Because of the 2004 ruling that limited the media from reporting by electronic means from court, this ruling further hinders the ability of the media to report the occurrences in court.
Journalists in Canada are generally free from violence or harassment, and there were no cases reported in 2011. However, in 2010 there were issues concerning the treatment of journalists surrounding the Winter Olympics in Vancouver as well as the G-20 summit in Toronto.
Both print and broadcast media, including the public broadcaster CBC, are free to express diverse views. The CBC broadcasts in French and English. Broadcasting rules stipulate that 30 to 35 percent of material must be Canadian. This is part of an effort to maintain Canada's national identity because of the proximity and influence of the United States. Concentration of media ownership remains an issue and is spreading to the broadcast sector. Bell Canada, the country's largest telecommunications company, spans its control across various sectors, including television broadcasting and content creation, radio broadcasting, wireless internet, and mobile phones.
Internet use is widespread and unrestricted in general, with 83 percent of the population accessing the internet in 2011. In a minor victory for press freedom, the Supreme Court ruled that simply providing a hyperlink to a defamatory story "does not make the author of the link a publisher of, or liable for, what is contained in the hyperlink." The court also recognized that the internet cannot convey information without links, and that hindering this would have a chilling result on access to information on the internet.


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Honeytrap producer's birds eye view of SXSW
Producer Sarah Sulick celebrates Honeytrap's SXSW premiere
March 2015
London-based producer Sarah Sulick went to SXSW in Austin, Texas, this week with Rebecca Johnson's Honeytrap. In the second of two blogs from the festival, Sarah discovers the ten things that happen in SXSW which would never happen in Cannes
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Can't quite believe it's already my final full day at SXSW. A big night of tequilas and live music on 6th Street has left team Honeytrap a bit fragile this morning – we all ended up dancing pogo-style at the Thirsty Nickle 'til the wee hours.
What's special about SXSW is that concurrently with the film festival there is a proper film conference going on in the Austin Convention Centre (where you log 10 miles per day wandering around) and I have been attending some fantastic seminars. The Mark Duplass keynote was a highlight. His golden filmmaking nugget: "accept that the cavalry is not coming and make yourself into the cavalry". Which was basically our ethos when making Honeytrap so it really strikes a chord.
Also enjoyed anecdotes from showrunner/writer Beau Willimon of "House of Cards". Back in 2011 when negotiating with Netflix, he and David Fincher insisted on "no pilot, you must commission the entire first series or there's no deal", to which Netflix replied, "well actually you have to commit to 2 series because we need the content". His screenwriting nugget: "Out of 1000 ideas, 2 might be original. Ride the wave until you hit something that goes to the gut". However, achieving this takes 100 hours per week/50 weeks per year in the writer's room.
In terms of films, Jamie Babbit's Fresno is outrageous and makes me fall in love with Judy Greer all over again: she has one particularly hilarious scene that rivals Meg Ryan's deli display in When Harry Met Sally. Also have fallen in love with Claressa Shields, the 19-year-old US Olympic gold medal winner for middle-weight boxing, who is the subject of documentary T-Rex. Austin-set 6 Years showcases the startling Taissa Farmiga (Vera Farmiga's sister) in a low-fi story of a crumbling relationship. And Seven Chinese Brothers gives us an intimate portrait of Jason Schwartzman's very close bond with his (actual) dog, Arrow.
Another inspiring talk back at the ACC is "Music Makes Movies". Music Supervisor Randall Poster discusses working with Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes and Richard Linklater, showing a string of clips including the Rushmore montage to The Who's "You are Forgiven", reminding me how much I love that movie (and Bill Murray). I nip off to a quick catch-up meeting with my US rep at the Driskell (which seems to be the best hotel by a country mile as it's not a massive faceless chain), where we discuss good early reviews for HONEYTRAP in littlewhitelies.com and spindle.com, and she summarizes buyer screening status. I round the day off with the panel "Boyhood Post-Production: 13th year of a 12-year movie". Producers take heart: when they found out they got into Sundance in late December, none of the music had been cleared (and still wasn't a month later).
In the evening, Gia Coppola and Dazed Magazine host a 'Females First' dinner at Soho House Austin to launch their new scheme funding shorts and videos from up-and-coming women filmmakers. The pop-up club is located deep in East Austin's back of beyond but has the usual Soho House flair – and the food is truly divine. But it's back to Blighty after the final screening of Honeytrap in the morning, so here's my blog wrap-up.
Ten things that happen in SXSW which would never happen in Cannes:
1) You eat at least one taco per day, usually for breakfast.
2) The ticketing system is incomprehensible but you still manage to get into all screenings.
3) There is loads of free stuff given away freely (beer, massages, popcorn, sunglasses, freshly squeezed juices etc).
4) You are inspired by speakers/panellists about the filmmaking process.
5) Everyone is friendly – even (or especially) when inebriated.
6) You watch three films set in Austin in the same number of days.
7) You cycle everywhere.
8) You listen to live music every day (even at the airport) and the standard is high.
9) You feel like you're part of a filmmaking community.
10) You never want to leave and you can't wait to come back.


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We support the communities where our employees live and work. We make large donations each year to community initiatives through a wide range of sponsorships, events and activities.
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7 Alcohol-Free St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas, Because Green Beer Isn't For Everyone
St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland but his holiday has devolved into such a big party he seems to be the patron saint of booze, especially on March 17. There are so many reasons to keep this St. Patrick's Day a little drier or even totally free of alcohol — you might be pregnant or nursing, you might not want to drink around your kids, or you might just be totally over the whole thing. If so, there are lots of alcohol-free St. Patrick's Day party ideas that you can partake in, and still feel like you're celebrating.
St. Patrick's Day fun doesn't have to be alcohol-based. It's easy to go to the party store, buy some shamrock decorations, get some green plates and cups, and come up with holiday-themed games. Often it's just a matter of finding a St. Paddy's day twist on a tried and true activity or favorite food. You can also encourage your friends to come dressed in green and get St. Patrick's Day fake tattoos ($15 for set of 72, Amazon) or green face paint ($13, Amazon) for anyone who'd like to add an extra zing.
Many of these ideas work for adults-only parties, but there also pretty benign and can be done with the kids around, too. Though good luck getting your kid to eat green food!
1. All-Green Food Fest
Asparagus, bagels, peas, pickles, kiwi, not to mention any smoothie with spinach in it — you can feast your way to green heaven. Put pesto on a little pasta (or anything, really). You can even make an avocado cheesecake and serve it with matcha lattes. If you are looking or natural ways to to turn foods green, liquid chlorophyll or spirulina powder are some superfoods you can try, as suggested by Nourishing Joy. But of course you can also use green food coloring.
2. Irish Jig Lessons
Go over to iTunes, download some Irish music and learn the jig. You can hire someone to teach your crew or download some YouTube videos and try it yourself. If you want to add a competitive edge, Party 411 suggested you have everyone dance at once until they can't anymore. Last one standing wins the Pot of Gold (or shamrock cookies with green sprinkles).
3. Lucky Charms On Everything!
Try subbing Lucky Charms into Chex Mix, Puppy Chow, or Rice Krispie treat recipes, use it to decorate a cake, and sprinkle it on the top of a milkshake. Want to keep it simple? Serve it old school, in a bowl with milk. If you're having a big group over, set up a mini cereal bar where guests can make their own bowl.
4. Chopped — Green Edition
Have a cooking contest, but with only green foods. You can include challenges like "best use of hidden spinach" and "brightest shade of green."
5. Shamrock Shakes
Stop over at McDonald's and grab a few of these classics to share with your party guests. Want to try a version that's chock full of veggies, but also delish? Stephanie from Hello Glow created a healthful green shake that contains spinach, mint, and coconut cream, with toasted cacao nibs sprinkled on top.
6. Paper Bag Skits
Fill four paper bags with random green, Irish and St. Patrick's day-related objects. Break your group into four teams and have them create skits using the objects in their bag.
7. Irish Celebrity
Test your guests' memory ability (and celebrity trivia skills) with this game. Here's how to play:
- Designate one person to be the emcee.
- Each player writes down the name of an Irish celebrity on a piece of paper and puts it in a bowl.
- The emcee reads each through the names in the bowl, twice.
- Each player takes a turn trying to remember one of the names and guessing which guest wrote the name down. If they are correct, that player who submitted the name is out.
- Keep going until name has been guessed. The last person standing wins.
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Giant clams are one of the most ecologically important organisms on a coral reef, known as a keystone species. Like hard corals, giant clams use symbiotic algae (zooanthallae) to produce a shell that adds to the reef structure. In addition to this, they clean nutrients from the water that could otherwise go towards the growth of macroalgae, smothering and killing corals.
A single giant clam can filter 100s of litres of water in a single day, and only where there are giant clams do we see high coral abundance and biodiversity. Unfortunately, these slow growing clams are being harvested for food and decoration, a practice which is unsustainable and benefits only a few individuals. Save Koh Tao developed a long term nursery. to help repopulate Koh Tao's reefs.
Any significant ecological benefits will likely only accrue where giant clams are present in healthy, i.e. self-sustaining, populations and hence their conservation is paramount.Neo and Todd (2013)
The breeding and propagation of giant Clams is done at Fisheries Department's breeding centre based in Prachuap Khiri Khan about 3 hours south of Bangkok. The project was started under the auspices of the Queen of Thailand , Queen Sirikit. For the past few years, Koh Tao has been the recipient of approximately 1000 – 1500 juvenile giant clams each year for the development and improvement of our reefs.
Many of these have been placed in protective cages for a year and are around 1-3 years old when received. After a year of care these clams are transplanted on designated reefs under Koh Tao's 'Adopt-a-Reef' program. Under the Adopt a Reef program, local environmental centres and dive schools take environmental responsibility for a particular dive site that they dive or visit frequently.


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Yellowstone Part 2 by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
Camping in Yellowstone is fading into memory already. Our family had a great time, and I'm glad I took the 300+ photos so that we will have a way to recall the best parts.
Yellowstone National Park was the first of it's kind, created in 1872. At the time, it was also the first national park in the world. The park has evolved over the years into a great family friendly place, but keep in mind it's still not an amusement park. Kids are bound to be bored by some of it, so the park (as well as other national parks) have a Junior Ranger program. Erica was given a 12 page activity booklet, sort of a treasure hunt for information. The front page shows the Junior Range pledge to preserve and protect the park. The back page had questions that pertained to the park, it's rules and it's history. Erica was required to answer the questions to earn a Junior Ranger patch, and Park Ranger Miller made sure she had completed her booklet – no cheating! He pointed out that few kids complete the prediction of geysers, the "math" part of the book as she did, correctly! He also complimented her on her written answers (I was just glad he could read her writing). Then he made a very official announcement and presented Erica with her patch, and we and other visitors applauded her (to her delight!).
Canyon Village was our home for the first two nights. We camped in a pop-up truck camper, and having the showers in the village and restrooms with running water in the campground was really nice, although the teenage girls monopolizing the restrooms was a little frustrating. About twenty feet from our campsite was evidence of wildlife – bear scat. Let me say that if the size of the scat pile was proportioned to the bear that left it, we had missed seeing a pretty big bear. There was a smaller pile nearby, which probably was from a cub. We never did see the bear, but I'm okay with that. Yellowstone is not really good for pets, and I would not suggest taking your dog. We had to leave ours in the camper more than I expected, as dogs are not allowed on any trails or boardwalks near the geysers and springs, and there was always the worry of coming across a bear.
Canyon was my favorite area of Yellowstone, and the area to the north at Tower Fall. Here is where the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (photo above) stands tall above the Yellowstone River. The views of the canyon are awe-inspiring, and the rock is many different colors. Each viewpoint gives a different aspect of the falls and it's beauty.
Around the entire park we saw many dead lodgepole pine trees, standing like stakes in the ground, thirty to forty feet high. Surrounding them were millions of new trees, growing in every available inch of the forest. In 1988 there was a massive forest fire which burned more than 150,000 acres. The lodgepole pine reseeded naturally after this fire, since the heat of the fire scorched the pine cones and releasing the seeds, and allowing them to take root. I was continually amazed by the density of the "new" twenty five year growth of the trees. Most are six to eight feet tall, tightly packed together, but creating a beautiful wall of green. Fire may be devastating at first, but it's crucial to a forest to evolve.
The park has a great recycling program that allows visitors to reduce the waste that is hauled out each day and it was easy and convenient. Large dumpsters were available for glass, paper, even propane cylinders, and canisters of bear spray (hopefully unused!). It was a good reminder of how much of what we use we can recycle, even after we are back home.
We were lucky to have great weather while we were at Yellowstone. A local group from our area went the week after we did and were greeted by snow! We also had the benefit of fewer tourists, since we were there just after Memorial Day. We did notice many people from around the world coming to see our country's great park, many from places that have nothing like it. I was as impressed as they were. The combination of scenery, natural wonders, wildlife, visitor centers, and great people working to make any visit an adventure all came together for a wonderful trip. I'm grateful for those who had the foresight to protect and preserve this area for our generation and those to come.
Tags: bears, family vacation, Yellowstone


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Friday Harbor Labs Info Session 1/17
Friday Harbor Labs Info Session: Spring/Summer Quarter 2017
Spend spring or summer quarter studying at the UW's marine field station in the San Juan Islands. Get started by attending the following info session:
INFO SESSION: Spring and Summer Quarter at Friday Harbor
When: Tuesday 1/17, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Where: Marine Sciences Building Room 123
RSVP: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/jkob/320432
Learn more about what spending a quarter studying full time in the San Juan Islands can mean for you. Courses are available for students starting their exploration of marine biology up to senior undergraduates. Meet some of our teaching faculty and learn how to apply and fund your quarter at 'FHL'.
Why Study at Friday Harbor Labs?
- Explore the marine environment of the Salish Sea where your classroom is a marine preserve, and the boats are just steps away from your dorm.
- Fall courses for students at all levels and majors: intro marine biology, creative writing, environmental literature, and oceanography are just some of the topics.
- Get to know your teachers with class sizes frequently less than 20 students.
Explore FHL
"A Very Sticky Fish": award winning video created by autumn 2015 students in the FHL 305: Biology of Fishes course.
Student profile of Susan Harris ('15) and her experience with FHL
Working and Living at Friday Harbor Labs
Information about the town of Friday Harbor
UW Marine Biology Adviser: Joe Kobayashi: firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday Harbor Labs Adviser: Stacy Markman: email@example.com
Courses may be applied to a Minor in Marine Biology. Check with your major adviser to see if they can apply to your major.
Application deadline for spring quarter is February 1.


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ClearSound Productions chooses Electro‑Voice XLD
Acky Polichroniadis, Managing Director of ClearSound Productions in Melbourne, Australia, has used Electro-Voice equipment for the past 25 years – in both his personal and professional life. Recently, ClearSound Productions purchased their first Electro-Voice XLD281 line array system.
The decision to purchase the XLD system came from a number of experiences with the product. "Several years ago I needed to make a decision on which direction to take the business," Acky explains, "the major consideration being the purchase of high-end speaker systems. The introduction and increasing popularity of line arrays put all this on hold. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to mix on many different line-array systems, which has provided me with insight into how most of the high end systems sound.
"A quick check on stage, a little equalization at the desk channel, and it sounded great. This convinced me how good the XLD system really is."
"In early 2010, I had the opportunity to use the XLD system at the Rainbow Serpent Festival, with the system running for days playing dance music," he continues. "A couple of months later, I used an XLD system at Costa Hall in Geelong with Glenn Shorrock. I was so impressed with the XLD on both of these events; it delivered the horsepower for the dance festival and the clarity and definition for a live band in a theatre. The final clincher was when the MC came up to me at Costa Hall just before showtime, and told me he was going to use a lapel microphone because he needed his hands free to hold papers. I had already sound checked the band and had no idea how that was going to turn out. A quick check on stage, a little equalization at the desk channel, and it sounded great. This convinced me how good the XLD system really is."
ClearSound purchased their 16-box XLD system in November 2010, and made its debut at an outdoor gig in Coburg in suburban Melbourne. Electro-Voice representative Peter Altis was on-hand to ensure it all ran smoothly. The result, according to the organizer, was the best sound that they have ever had, confirming the XLD as the right choice.
Acky adds, "Now, having used the system several times with the new Electro-Voice Dx46 processor with FIR-drive, it sounds better than ever. The prediction software for the XLD is fantastic. The translation between the computer-generated plot and real life is extremely accurate. The sound we achieve after setting up the system is exactly how the prediction software tells us it will sound. This makes for easier and quicker setups. We've never had the need to bring the rig down to re-adjust – every time we've flown the system it has stayed up. Finally, the sales and technical support provided to us has been beyond our expectations; that was a big contributing factor to our purchase decision."
The XLD series has been in the marketplace for five years and continues to win new friends, with over 300 cabinets in the Australian marketplace. The XLD is noted for its robustness and sonic purity, as well as one of the quickest and simplest fly systems in the industry. XLD cabinets can be run in either bi-amped or tri-amped mode. (ClearSound's system is tri-amped).
Photo 1: XLD at the Drum Theatre, Melbourne - Flood Relief Concert
Photo 2: XLD at Coburg Carols


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What is the best piece of advice you were ever given for your game of choice?
I don't really remember what gaming advice I've been given, what advice I've adapted to gaming from other sources, and what I've determined on my own. I can remember several "aha" moments in my gaming career, like when I first realized DMing was something I could do or when I learned about player agency, but most of those qualify more as events than advice. A lot of the guidance I can quote is something I already knew but phrased in a way I hadn't considered. For example, "retreat to the intellectual safety of combat" is an idiosyncratic shorthand for "fights, with their clear goals and limited tactical options, provide a spike in session pacing to soothe players stressing over the ambiguity of navigating diplomacy, mysteries, or other freeform encounters". It's good advice, but it's not superlative and it's most notable for its pith.
I think the best advice I've ever gotten for gaming is the best advice I've ever gotten in general: communicate. If you want to know what your players think of something, ask them. If you want your DM to give you something, tell her. If you want the rest of the party to treat your character a certain way, say so. Nobody knows what anybody else is thinking; we're all going on our best guesses based on observation and reasoning, and sometimes those guesses are wrong. You need to say what's on your mind if you want other people to know it, and if you have to ask what somebody else thinks if they're not going to tell you on their own. Communication is the principle behind cooperative design, session zero, this blog itself, and the very concept of cooperative tabletop play. If players and DMs don't talk to each other, you don't have a game at all.


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Forged Money Identification System
PAPILON-BLIP is an Automated System for Examining Forged Banknotes and Documents by the method of "Yellow Tracking Dots".
In order to prevent counterfeiting; a yellow dot which is not visible by bare eye is printed up the banknotes. By analysing the yellow dots can help forensic experts to overcome fraud by identifiying the device that the copy of banknote printed, so that the relationship is revealed amongst the printer and the manufacturer.
- Image acquisition directly from scanners, digital cameras, graphics files and files created and stored in PAPILON RASTR databases.
- Automatic visualization of the printer's yellow tracking dots which cannot be seen by bare eye
- Automatic extraction of the code pattern identifying the printer
- Side-by-side comparison of the images with matching code patterns to determine that two specimens were produced by the same printing device
- Transmission of matching images to PAPILON RASTR for making an examination report
- Export and import of data to other agencies


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Monday's Smorgasbord of free patterns this week consists of many hot crochet looks. We have some home decor, hats, infinity scarves and even a dress. I love the designers in my group and I will expand more. So, take your time and look around. Chose your favorite and share it with me.
Hot Crochet Patterns on Monday's Crochet Smorgasbord
Bulky Faux Mistake Rib Scarf by Underground Crafter
Finished Size
Adult: 59.5" (151 cm) long x 6" (15 cm) wide after blocking.
Lion Brand Scarfie (5.3 oz/150 g/312 yds/285 m/100% acrylic) – 1 skein in 208 Oxford Claret, or approximately 312 yds (285 m) in any bulky weight yarn.
US Size K-10.5 (6.5 mm) crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain gauge.
Yarn needle.
Ciuci Sun hat by My Hobby Is Crochet
– 3 skeins of DK (11 wpi) cotton yarn (150 g )
I have used Drops Cotton Light – White (Weight/yardage pro skein: 50 grams (1.76 ounces) = 105 meters (115 yards)
– small amount of contrasting colour, here Drops Cotton Light – Turquoise for the cord
– 3.5 mm crochet hook, for example Clover Amour Crochet Hook, Size E, 3.5mm
– 1 stitch marker
– Yarn Needle
– Scissors
Cranny Hexagon Potholder by Crochet For you
Skill level: easy
Finished size: 10" wide (corner to corner)
Materials (I used):
4-Medium weight / Worsted / 100% Cotton / Approx: 120 total yards
(You can also use DK weight yarns obtain the gauge below)
(I used)
Rico Creative Cotton Aran
7/ 4.5 mm crochet hook
Tapestry needle for weaving ends.
It's Football Season Beanie by Eye Love Knots
Flamingo Wallhanging by Winding Roads Crochet
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn, Aquamarine
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn White
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn, Rose Shocking
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn, Pink Grapefruit
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn, Mustard
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Yarn, Black
Clover Amour Crochet Hook, Size G, 4.0mm
Dole Rod Cut to the Width of your Wall Hanging
Fiskars Scissors, 5 Inch, Orange
Crochet Hippo Rattle by Crochet 365 Knit Too
Open Chevron Table Runner by Posh Pooch Designs
Men's Checkered Brim Beanie by Crochet For You Blog
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished size: (adult men)
Crown (1 to 9) 7″
Hat circumference = 23″
Hat height = 9″
Mermaid Tears Beanie by Salty Pearl Crochet
1 Skein Lion Brand Landscapes Yarn, Sage, 100% acrylic, worsted (4) weight yarn, 100g/147yd
L/8.0mm crochet hook
Mini Tassels Plant Rim Cover by Winding Roads Crochet
Materials for Mini Tassels
Skein of Embroidery floss (Each Skein makes 4 tassels)
Skein of Contrasting Embroidery Floss
Rapids Beanie by Unraveled Mitten
-Bernat Super Value Yarn in 2 colors or similar #4/worsted weight yarn
–5mm/H Clover Amour Crochet Hook
-Needle to weave in ends
Shark Freezie Freeze Sleeve by Trifles & Treasures
Materials Used:
Worsted weight yarn (Blue, Gray, White, Black)
Size H/8 (5.00mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle
Simple Twist Beaded Necklace by Stitches N Scraps
60 [20] yds, size 10 crochet thread
Size 5 (1.9 mm) steel crochet hook
Beads, size 6/0
270-300 for necklace
90-100 for bracelet
Beading needle
Tapestry needle
Slight Trail Men's Gloves by Linda Dean Crochet
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished Size: men's size gloves-10" circumference
Materials List:
Size I/9/5.5mm hook or hook size needed to obtain gauge
1 skein of Lisa Souza Baby Alpaca Sport, sport weight, 100% Baby Alpaca Yarn (330yds/3.4 oz)
Stitch Marker
Tapestry needle
Spring Kisses Infinity Scarf by Country Willow Designs
Picnic Bay Summer Dress by Stitch & Hustle
Ok so there ya have some pretty great designs on Mondays Crochet Smorgasbord, right. Commenting if free and it really makes me feel good when you comment. You are what keeps me going! Thank you in advance for your comments!


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Royal visit at Arctic lecture
Derek Muir, holder of the King Carl XVI Gustaf Visiting Professorship in Environmental Science at Stockholm University, gave his introductory lecture on March 13th. Both King Carl XVI Gustaf and Heather Grant, the Canadian ambassador to Sweden, were present at the lecture.
Derek Muir's area of research is environmental chemistry with a focus on studies of organic and inorganic pollutants, especially in the Arctic, and he is considered one of the leading environmentalists in the world. He also works with different methods for identifying new environmental pollutants, then charting their global emissions and providing tools to follow them in the environment. With such knowledge, society can regulate and hopefully replace these with more environmentally friendly alternatives. His research at Stockholm University is focused on studying how climate change affects how environmental contaminants move in the Arctic environment.
Muir's lecture focused on the Arctic, where he among other things highlighted how emissions travel through the atmosphere and along ocean currents to gather in the Arctic region. Afterwards scientists Matthew MacLeod and Anne Sörensen gave supplementary lectures on future potential pollutants and how mercury is released as the Arctic becomes warmer. The University Vice President Claes Hättestrand and Professors Jonathan Martin and Cynthia de Wit welcomed everyone and introduced the speakers.
Derek Muir is the twenty-third holder of the King Carl XVI Gustaf Visiting Professorship in Environmental Science.
Last updated:
March 13, 2019
Source: External Relations and Communications Office
Coming dissertations
- The Art of Discretion : Essays on Earnings Management, Governance, and Capital Structure
- Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas : A satellite altimetry perspective on ocean circulation
- A preschool that brings children into public spaces : Onto-epistemological research methods of vocal strolls, metaphors, mappings and preschool displacements


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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack is one of the most wide-spreaded and dangerous network attacks. Attack might cause the partially or even completely unavailable target service to actual visitors or users, networks, systems and other resources. Due to DDoS Attack, servers supporting web site forced to execute the fake requests and web site becomes unavailable for actual user.
Who might suffer from DDoS Attack?
The victims of such attack are commercial and information web sites. Lately hackers use such attacks to extort money for the sake of attack termination.
How DDoS Attack is executed?
The scheme of DDoS Attack is as following: the victim's server flooded by huge number of fake requests originated from different parts of the worlds. In consequence of attack the server spend all their resources to elaborate these requests and become unavailable to actual users. The users of PCs that distribute fake requests might be even unsuspicious that their machines are under control of attackers. The software installed by attackers on these computers are dubbed as "zombie". There are variety of ways to transform the PCs into "zombies" – from infiltration into the unprotected networks to use of Trojans. Probably, this preparatory stage is most difficult to attacker.
Inside of DDoS Attack
DDoS attack executed via the infected by special malware large number of PCs – botnet (zombie-network), which in response to a command launched from the server controlled by attacker start to send a significant number of special requests to target computer and thus block the access to it to actual users.
The scheme includes quite many participants: those who implement software for botnet creation and execution, those who make an order for it, administer and rent it and the customer who order the attack. The botnet owners and his customers remain "behind the scene".
Information security experts distinguish the following types of DDoS Attacks:
· UDP flood –flooding the target system by large number of UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packets. This approach were used in earlier attacks and recently is considered as less dangerous. Software using this type of attack is easily detected, since the data exchange between command control server and agents carried out via not encrypted TCP and UDP protocols.
· TCP flood – flooding the target system by large number of TCP packets so that network resources are taken down.
· TCP SYN flood – sending a large number of request to initialize TCP-connections with the target system, which, as a result, consumes all its resources to track these half-open connections.
· Smurf-атака – ping ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) requests with broadcast distribution with spoofed source address that becomes the target of attack.
· ICMP flood – attack is similar to Smurf, but without distribution.
Most dangerous are programs that use several types of aforementioned attacks. In particular, TFN and TFN2K are samples of such attacks and their perpetration requires the high level of preparation.
One of the newest program to DDoS attack perpetration is Stacheldracht that allow execution of different types of attacks and creation of large stream of broadband ping requests with encrypted data transmission between controllers and agents.
However, the range of programs is much more extensive and constantly complemented.
Due to the same reason, the description of generic reliable DDoS protection methods is quite infeasible. The generic methods of protection are not exist; however, the general recommendations to reduce the danger and attack damage are following: proper configuration of anti-spoofing and anti-DoS features on routers and firewalls. These measures limit the number of half-open connections and so prevent overloading of system.
On the level of server, it is desirable to have the server's console output to other IP-address via other SSH-protocol to remote server restart. Another sufficiently effective method of DDoS attack mitigation is IP-address camouflage.
How to prevent the DDoS Attack?
Combat with this type of attack is quite difficult since the requests are coming from different sides. As a rule, the defense includes such activities as infiltration and black holing, server's vulnerabilities elimination, resource expansion, decentralization (building distributed and duplicated resources in order to continuous users' maintenance), deviation (deviation from direct attack from other connected resources, IP-address camouflaging).
Early DDoS Attack detection
If you possess own servers you should have means to detect attack targeted to you. The earlier you detect the availability issues caused by DDoS attack, the earlier you might take measures to repel it.
One possible way of DDoS detection is mechanism of inbound traffic profile. If you know the average volume and dynamic of traffic change on your server, you have better chance to detect anomalous behavior. For majority of DDoS attacks typical the abrupt rise of inbound traffic, at that the profile mechanism signals whether this rise is attack or not.
The effective way is enabling the complementary connection channels, even if the throughput calculations show that they are needless. In this case, you will be able deal without consequences with the abrupt traffic rise, e.g., that are result of advertising campaign, special offers or citation of your company in mass media.
The difficulty of DDoS defense:
· Inherent network vulnerabilities. The lack of vulnerabilities within network explored by attackers. The attack is successful because of practically all computer platforms have some threshold for inbound traffic. PCs, clusters and cloud systems – all of them – have physical limits on number of requests executed in particular period. Successful DDoS attack should simply generate sufficient volume of traffic to exceed this threshold number. In order to eliminate the majority of other attacks, it is sufficient to use special patches, configure security systems or change policies. However, neither of these approaches have the effect to DDoS. Services should be always accessible and consequently they are vulnerable to such attacks.
· Impossible to block the crowd. DDoS is difficult to block since the attack might originate from many different sources. The effective defense from the attack perpetrated from the large number of IP-addresses is difficult. Potentially thousands of IP-addresses should be simultaneously added to blacklist to stop the attack. If the attacker use spoofing, the innocent hosts might fall into blacklist.
· Search of liable side. Here we deal with third issue: it is difficult to distinguish between the users who execute legitimate requests and those who participate in DDoS. Since the computers that got the access to server, create the load to the server, all of them even without their consent participate in attack. There is necessary to provide accurate check to distinguish between "good" and "bad" hosts. It is necessary to make many calculations and make them quickly before making any decisions.
The targets of DDoS Attack
The critical in defense from DDoS attack is delimitation of potential dangers. In respect to attack target there are exist:
· Heavy packets with spoofed source addresses that exhaust the connection channels and make impossible the access to website by legitimate users. The high throughput of connection channels might help to defend from this type of attack.
· If the system resources are subject to attack, the system performance degrades and, as a result, the system works slowly and even crushes. The attackers perfectly know which data packets necessary to send the victim for download.
· Software vulnerabilities used to execute crushing attack that can change configuration and system parameters. Any unauthorized changes should be tracked and eliminated. The custom DDoS defense script is used in every separate case.
Vulnerable elements are server, firewall and Internet channel
· Servers are vulnerable for no other reasons than the attackers often organize their attacks so that they consume more resources than server has.
· Internet channel becomes vulnerable for attacks aimed to exhaust system throughput and got the name "volumetric flooding". The examples of such attacks that consume channel throughput are UDP-flood or TCP-flood.
· Despite the fact that the firewall is the tool to provide the defense and should not serve as vulnerability used for DoS/DDoS attack perpetration, during execution of the attacks such as SYN-flood, UDP-flood and connection overload, the fraudsters might generate many states that exhausts the resources of firewall and, finally, turn it to the weak chain of infrastructure.
Measures to take in case if you subject to DDoS Attack
· Make sure that the attack executed. Exclude the general causes of operation disruption, including wrong DNS configuration, routing problems and human factor.
· Address to technical specialists. With assistance of technical specialists define which resources are subject to attack.
· Set the priorities of applications importance. Set the priorities of importance to safe most important applications. In case of intensive DDoS attack and limited resources it is necessary to focus on the applications serving as the main revenue sources.
· Defend remote users. Provide the operation of your business and add IP-addresses of trusted remote users, who need access to resources, to white list. Make this list primary. Distribute this list within the network and send it to connection service providers.
· Define the attack class. Which class of attack you faced with: Volumetric? Low-powered or slow? You service provider inform you about whether this attack is extremely volumetric or not.
· Assess the ways to combat with IP addresses of attack sources. In case of comprehensive attack, your service provider unable to determine the number of sources. Block the small lists of attack IP addresses within your firewall. The larger attacks might be blocked on base of geo location data.
· Block the attacks on application level. Determine malicious traffic and check whether it generated by well-known tool. Particular attacks on the level of application on every separate case might be blocked using countermeasures performed by you using in hand means.
· Enhance your demilitarized zone Probably, you faced with asymmetric DDoS attack of Level 7. Focus on the defense on application level: use login system and persons' recognition system.
· Limit your system resources. If the aforementioned measures have no effect, then you should limit resources – thus, the "bad" as well as "good" traffic will be limited out.
· Manage social connections. If the attack become public, prepare official announce and inform the stuff. If industry policies involve this, approve the fact of attack. If no, reference to technical difficulties and recommend the stuff to address all question to Header of the Department on Public Relation.
In preparation of this article, KZ-CERT used open source information.


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|Published in the "Ruidoso News" ... New Mexico
"Since 1973, Dieter Gerzymisch had heard the same question over and over.
|But Ivana is getting ahead of herself. She wants to mention first that this is a prime spot for group gatherings–be they friends, family or coworkers. The wait staff is able to cope with anything and they've probably seen it all (with 10 different dining rooms, they can seat 600 people, and groups of less than 15 don't even merit a reservation).
The dining rooms are handsomely decorated Southwest style, with Navaho rugs, wagon wheel chandeliers and assorted vintage wheeled conveyances.
After getting your party settled in one of them (Ivana's personal favorite is one in which there are several large trees growing), your friendly and patient server will take orders all around. Then you have a good 20 minutes to explore the grounds, which won't be nearly enough time, but you can come back and work up an appetite for dessert. There are ostriches to admire, donkeys to pet, goats and prairie dogs to amuse, as well as rabbits, bison, horses, cows and peacocks. The more energetic in your party can wander as far as the lake, or get lost in the Indian Maze.
If you time your visit between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, there are free tractor-drawn hay rides out to the movie set from the 1990s film "Courage Under Fire." Hay rides can also be booked in advance.
Meanwhile, back at the dining room, the family-style platters of pineapple cole slaw, beans and corn on the cob arrive, as well as the best mesquite-smoked ribs and tenderest steaks you've encountered in quite a while. "Grande" is the style here, though they thankfully have a "Small Appetites" section on the menu. There are several steamed seafood entrees as well as a nod to chicken and pork, but honestly dear readers, this is cattle country, let us go with the flow, as it were.
For the real masochist, there are 18 different ice cream drinks as well as the house dessert, the Queen of Sheba, a whipped cream confection built with chocolate wafers and a foundation of cherries. And if it happens to be your birthday, it's on the house.
Ruidoso News is a biweekly published in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
©2008-2012 Copyright by Indian Cliffs Ranch, Inc. — All Rights Reserved including any reproduction of text or images.


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