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The incidence in women in their 20s almost doubled between 1992 and 2006 - rising 43 per cent - even though rates in all other age groups have dropped.
The figures, from a Manchester University study, show the cervical cancer rate per 100,000 women aged 20 to 29 rose from 5.5 to 7.9.
In absolute terms, the number of cases in this age group rose from 215 to 283. Although that is only a rise of 32 per cent, because the number of twenty-something women has dropped from 3.8 million to 3.3 million, the incidence rate has risen more steeply.
Robert Alston, study author, who is funded by Cancer Research UK, said: "Our results show that although numbers getting cervical cancer are dropping in the immediate years after cervical screening began, the numbers of women in their 20s now developing the disease have been rising since the early 90s."
The research is being presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) annual Cancer Conference in Liverpool, which starts on Sunday.
Cervical cancer is caused by strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), transmitted during sex. The virus is endemic but only turns cells cancerous under certain conditions.
Hazel Nunn, head of health information and evidence at Cancer Research UK, said rises in other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) indicated that women were having unprotected sex earlier and with more sexual partners.
Smoking could also be a factor among the one in four women in their 20s who smoke, as chemicals in cigarettes can damage cells in the cervix, making them less able to fight off infections and protect against the disease developing.
Some have concerns that the Department of Health's strategy for protecting women from cervical cancer means more women in their 20s slip through the net.
Those a few years younger have been given the anti-HPV vaccine Cervarix. Since 2008, all 12 to 13-year-olds have been offered it. There was also a two-year catch-up campaign for 14 to 17-year-olds.
Campaigners had wanted to extend this to an older age group, but it was decided against because the vaccine is much less effective in those already carrying HPV.
From 25, women in England are offered smear tests under the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. However, a few will already have developed cervical cancer by then.
Nunn said there were good reasons for this, as screening was less effective at correctly identifying cervical cancer in young women for biological reasons.
She added: "These figures show just how crucial it is for all 12 to 13 year-old girls to have the HPV vaccination.
"Human papilloma virus is a very common infection and the major cause of cervical cancer.
"The HPV vaccine protects against two strains of the infection and is most effective when given to women before they are exposed to the virus.
"The vaccine is available for no cost to all 12-13 year old girls and is usually given at school. Older women can pay to have the vaccine if they wish.
"Whatever your age, if you have any bleeding between periods, during sex or after the menopause, you should go to your GP."
Robert Music, director of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said: "The results of this research are a big concern as we know that cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease thanks to cervical screening.
"But reminding younger women that they can take pro-active steps to reduce their risk of cervical cancer by attending screening continues to be a very real challenge.
"Around 34 per cent of women aged 25 to 29 didn't attend screening last year whilst in Wales and Scotland who start screening at 20, almost half of those aged 20 to 24 did not take up their invitation last year.
"It is essential we make every effort to find targeted ways to educate and persuade younger women to attend screening when invited and remind them that quite simply it could save their life."


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'Love Not War Stories' SONG ONE
SONG ONE- "Love Not War"
This song was born from a song-of-the-week group, and I started with an acoustic demo that sounded rather different than the final version. It was a little too straight. My long time partner in crime Greg Maragos (aka "the Secret Weapon") and Mr. Patrick Berkery (aka "Cadillac Pat") came over one night & helped get the feel & arrangement together, then laid down a kickass rhytm track. I tried to keep things as live as possible with many of the songs and what you hear is essentially one live take once we got the groove, with a few notes or beats tweaked here & there.
I then put a good acoustic guitar & decent vocal on the song & my friend Shelley Weiss came over just before she left for Seattle. I was hoping for some kind of melody to occur in the intro & turnaround, as she was plucking her violin to hear the notes & come up with an idea I said "That's It!!!". Pizzicato violin run through a Leslie simulation & spring reverb became the signature riff. Shelley also played some fine violin & viola throughout to help make the song lush.
I enlisted the uber talented Jason Loughlin to add some tasty electric guitar to the song from afar, and I grabbed him just before he had to leave town for a while. He cut some electric guitar from his studio in NY and sent me the tracks which I automatically loved. Sweet 70's inspired riffs take the song out to the end of the fade.
I headed to Greg Maragos' one afternoon to drink some beers and see what he might come up with keyboard-wise. We actually drank many beers and cut keys for a number of songs in one sitting, for this one Greg gave it the ol' piano & wurlizter combo to keep the 70's feel solid.
The bridge still needed something, so one evening I pulled David Kershner from his busy schedule & he laid down the trumpets in the bridge, sealing the deal in the best kinda way. David also doubled the violin on the turnaround with a muted trumpet. Yeah!
When you get to the end of the song I must point out the bongos. Pat B laid down one hell of a bongo track that I loved so much I made sure it stayed way up in the mix. Once everything was on I cut a bunch of final vocals & guitar then mixed the song & sent to Steve Turnidge for mastering.
And that is the (partial) story behind the song "Love Not War". Buy the EP at http://www.tallboyrecords.com/

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01) DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars
I believe this is from 2009.
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Point O' Woods, New York
Point O' Woods
|Coordinates: 40°39′05″N 73°07′43″W / 40.65139°N 73.12861°WCoordinates: 40°39′05″N 73°07′43″W / 40.65139°N 73.12861°W
|United States
|New York
|Time zone
|UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
|• Summer (DST)
Point O' Woods is a hamlet that consists of a private vacation retreat on Fire Island, New York, in Suffolk County. Although it resembles a village or small town, with services such as a ferry port, a general store, church and fire department, it is open exclusively to members and their guests, who are the only persons allowed in through the hamlet's gate, or allowed to use the private ferry which runs to Point O' Woods from Bay Shore on Long Island.
Location and history[edit]
Point O' Woods is located within the Town of Brookhaven, between Ocean Bay Park and Oakleyville; immediately to the east is the Sunken Forest, a park situated below mean high tide level.
Point O' Woods is not a municipality and has no government as such. Like a few other Fire Island enclaves, it is a privately owned parcel of land. It lies under the political jurisdiction of Brookhaven Township in Suffolk County; local law enforcement is the duty of Suffolk County Police Department's Marine Bureau. The beaches themselves, however, are (a) open to the public, and (b) regularly patrolled by state and local police as well as by the National Park Service and US Coast Guard.[1]
It is said to have been the first settlement on Fire Island, though Cherry Grove also makes that claim.[2] It was originally organized in 1894 for religious retreats, some from the Chautauqua assemblies. In approximately 1898, the Chautauqua group went bankrupt, and ownership passed to the Point O' Woods Association, which administers it today.[3]
Today Point O' Woods serves as a summer vacation retreat for Association members and their families. This vacation spot has many people from the East coast, but also from the West coast. The hamlet is opened by the Association in the mid-Spring, and closed in early autumn each year.
As on much of Fire Island, cars are not permitted in Point O' Woods and bicycles are the principal means of wheeled transport. Despite this restriction, the community uses its private railroad, a half-mile long, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge[4] line to transport freight from the dock to key buildings in the town. It is not used for passenger service. In addition, the community uses a small number of motor vehicles for maintenance, recycling and pest control.
Essentially a village-sized private club, Point O' Woods is famous for its insularity and exclusivity.[5] The land on which the cottages are built are technically owned by the Association, which then offers long-term leases to the members who reside in them. Many members' families have summered there for generations.
The hamlet is separated from its nearest western neighbor, Ocean Bay Park, by a six-foot chain-link barrier known simply as "the Fence". The Sunken Forest serves as a natural barrier to the east. Tourists are not welcome; the ferry from Bay Shore, L.I., is privately owned and uninvited visitors who board may well be met by an Association member when they arrive at the Point O' Woods dock.[2]
Point O' Woods has its own church and volunteer fire department, and until Nat Hentoff's complaint (described below), a post office.[5]
Its insularity and tight restrictions have permitted Point O' Woods to preclude the commercial development and expansion that has affected the rest of Fire Island; it is still well known for its peaceful atmosphere, safe environment and its orientation towards family life.[5]
In spite of its storied exclusivity, Point O' Woods has established intramural relationships with summer camp sports programs with other Fire Island communities. The Volunteer Fire Department regularly trains with counterparts in Ocean Bay Park.[citation needed]
A July 25, 1932 advertisement in Time magazine for Point O' Woods vacation info requests led to complaints of restricted lodging. In 1968, journalist Nat Hentoff protested that club rules denied him access to the federally funded U.S. post office located within the Point O' Woods grounds. Eventually, the hamlet resolved the dispute by giving up its federal post office, and now has no ZIP Code. Mail is delivered to Bay Shore by the USPS and then brought by ferry to Point O' Woods, where it is distributed privately.
The wreck of the Elizabeth[edit]
On July 19, 1850 the English barque Elizabeth sank after running aground on the Fire Island sandbar just off of Point O' Woods. Famed feminist author Margaret Fuller perished in the wreck along with her infant child. Three days after the sinking, Fuller's friend Henry David Thoreau arrived at Point O' Woods to search for her remains. Her body was never recovered.[6]
In popular culture[edit]
- In Mad Men season 2, episode 6, "Maidenform", Trudy and Pete tell Bud and Judy Campbell they'll summer at Point O'Woods, so Pete can stay near the office, where (he says) his presence is important.
- ^ Fire Island#Other locations
- ^ a b Ketcham, Diane (August 28, 1988). "Point O'Woods: 90 Years of Gentility and Privacy". The New York Times. p. LI12. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Paul Krassner Leads Fire Island Incursion", by Tony Ortega, The Village Voice, July 28, 2010
- ^ Small Layout Scrapbook
- ^ a b c Taylor, Candace (July 10, 2008). "Big Changes Afoot on Fire Island, Except for One Enclave". New York Sun. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Cheever, Susan (2006). American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-7432-6461-4.
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|Preceded by
Cherry Grove
|Beaches of Fire Island
|Succeeded by
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On Saturday, I erected one of the upright 4 X 4's, and bolted it to a pillar. I put a couple of test pieces on the top so I could place a rafter on it to determine the actual height of the ledger board on the wall. It was a lot of work for me, because my dedicated helpers were missing yesterday. But I struggled through, but by the end of the day I was whacked. Here was yesterday's accomplishment.
With this post in place and a rafter placed on it, I was able to mark the wall over the door, the draw a level line across the door and mark the center position. I decided to call it a day after doing that, and we would be ready to put up the ledger board on Sunday.
On Sunday I initially had my son son Dave helping out. We marked the ledge board for the hangers and the bolt holes. I drilled the bolt holes and then placed the hangers on the board and screwed them down. I left one hanger off so that it can be used so the rafters can be trimmed to size because the foot boxes and rafter hangers are measured for trimmed lumber, and instead of being 3-1/2"square and 1-5/8" thick respectively, they're actually 4" square and 2" thick respectively, so all the rafters will need to be planed down to fit the hangers.
Having prepared the ledger board it was time to get it up on the wall over the door. It was then that I realized there was no way I was going to be able to do this. I just didn't have the strength. So I pressed my step-son Aaron into service, and between the three of us (them doing the heavy work) we succeeded in getting the ledger up on the wall.
We marked where the first hole needed to go, drilled the hole, placed the anchor in the hole, then bolted the board to that first anchor.
We then swung the ledge board up with a level on top of it and when level marked the last hole. We drilled that hole and placed the anchor, then swung the board back up and bolted the board up.
Once the ledger board was in place, we marked the remaining holes, brought the board down on one end, and drilled the remaining holes and placed anchors in them.
Then swung the board back up and bolted the end bolt in again and then proceeded to bolt all the remain bolts in the board (10 in all).
Finally, the task for today was complete. We were all beat because these boards, weighing in at about 100lbs a piece, and a temperature of 73°F, take it out of you manipulating them. Next week we'll put up the second post and brace it, and put up the two cross members. Then we can put up the rafters and anchor them down. Stay tuned, we're getting close.
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I tend to keep quiet about the various hotly contested topics in the audiophile world, such as cables. Having said that, I have to respectfully state that Audiophile-grade receptacles are 97% snake oil. Fact.
I'm an electrician by profession, and these so-called audiophile receptacles are nothing more than rebranded standard hospital-grade receptacles, at best. They are made by plug manufacturers like Leviton or Hubbell, sold bulk to companies like BIS and Shunyata, where they are put in a different box and sold at 200%-500% of retail price. Shunyata's site mentions removing all ferrous metals from the design, but receptacles don't have any ferrous metals that comprise any part of the circuit path.
also a separate high current line - I found these made a worthwhile difference to my Naim solid state system, but these didnt make any apparent difference to the sound of my vintage fisher 500c tube receiver- was that due to the latter's transformers perhaps doing some isolating and filtering? I agree with what you note here re the plug. I got a bright orange 'hospital grade' or similar plug from a home depot stor for about $5.00. It grips alot tighter than std ones and is sturdier but the metals used seem similar to the cheaper std wall plugs that sell for $1-2. IMO S'phile badly needed a pro electrician to weigh in on their gear reviews and provide technical support. All too often their gear reviews lacked any grip technically, despite the technical specification sound equipment testing discussions,resulting in sometimes lame speculation re why something sounds good or bad.


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Experimenting With java.math.BigInteger In ColdFusion
In the past, I've use Java's BigInteger class (java.math.BigInteger) when dealing with HTTP requests that need to be digitally signed. I've used this class based on other examples that I've seen; but, I've never really taken the time to understand what it does. As such, I thought I would take a little time this morning to get more familiar with the BigInteger class and how it can be used in ColdFusion.
In Java, the core Int data type contains 32 bits. While I don't fully understand how signed vs. unsigned values work, from what I see happen, the first bit in the int is the sign and the remaining 31 bits represent the absolute value. To see the maximum signed Integer that can be represented in Java, we can convert a 31-character string of "1"s into an int:
- <cfoutput>
- Int: #inputBaseN( repeatString( "1", 31 ), 2 )#
- </cfoutput>
Running this gives us the following output (I have added the commas for clarity):
Int: 2,147,483,647
If we were to try and create an integer that contained more than 32 bits - for example, changing the 31 in the above code to 33 - we would get the following error:
Invalid argument for function InputBaseN. The argument 1 of InputBaseN which is now 111111111111111111111111111111111 must be a valid number in base 2.
While this looks like a Base2 error, the underlying problem is that Java is trying to create an integer using more than 32 bits, which it cannot do. And, because ColdFusion lives on top of Java, it is constrained by the same data type limitations.
ColdFusion does a great job of protecting us from this limitation when it can. For example, the dollarFormat() function will almost never break when using integer values beyond the max value:
- <cfoutput>
- DollarFormat: #dollarFormat( 2147483647 * 2147483647 )#
- </cfoutput>
As you can see here, we are taking the maximum int value and squaring it, before getting its dollar format. Running this code gives us the following output:
DollarFormat: $4,611,686,014,129,999,900.00
Older versions of ColdFusion would have thrown an error here; however, ColdFusion's recent releases have done a great job of trying to hide the data type limitations from us. Of course, this is not always possible (as with our inputBaseN() example). In cases where we simply cannot use the int data type, we can use the BitInteger class.
The BigInteger class allows us to model big integers, perform mathematical operations on them, and convert them to other bases:
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- <cfset bigInt = createObject( "java", "java.math.BigInteger" ).init(
- javaCast( "string", "255" )
- ) />
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- <cfset char = createObject( "java", "java.lang.Character" ) />
- <cfoutput>
-
- Int: #bigInt.toString()#

- Hex: #bigInt.toString( javaCast( "int", 16 ) )#

-

-
- Min Radix: #char.MIN_RADIX#

- Max Radix: #char.MAX_RADIX#

-

-
- <cfloop
- index="baseIndex"
- from="#char.MIN_RADIX#"
- to="#char.MAX_RADIX#"
- step="1">
- Base#baseIndex# =
- #bigInt.toString( javaCast( "int", baseIndex ) )#

- </cfloop>
- </cfoutput>
As you can see here, I am modeling the value, 255, as a BigInteger. Then, I am outputting it in all possible bases. When we run this code, we get the following output:
Int: 255
Hex: ff
Min Radix: 2
Max Radix: 36
Base2 = 11111111
Base3 = 100110
Base4 = 3333
Base5 = 2010
Base6 = 1103
Base7 = 513
Base8 = 377
Base9 = 313
Base10 = 255
Base11 = 212
Base12 = 193
Base13 = 168
Base14 = 143
Base15 = 120
Base16 = ff
Base17 = f0
Base18 = e3
Base19 = d8
Base20 = cf
Base21 = c3
Base22 = bd
Base23 = b2
Base24 = af
Base25 = a5
Base26 = 9l
Base27 = 9c
Base28 = 93
Base29 = 8n
Base30 = 8f
Base31 = 87
Base32 = 7v
Base33 = 7o
Base34 = 7h
Base35 = 7a
Base36 = 73
So far, this is pretty straightforward. This base-conversion is the same thing that inputBaseN() and formatBaseN() do; except for now we can do that with values greater than 32-bits.
The BigInteger functionality that seems particularly interesting to me is the fact that it can work with byte arrays. Rather than creating a BigInteger based on a string, we can create it based on a byte array.
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- <cfset message = "Katie is hot!" />
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- <cfset messageInt = createObject( "java", "java.math.BigInteger" ).init(
- javaCast( "int", 1 ),
- toBinary( toBase64( message ) )
- ) />
-
- <cfset newMessage = toString( messageInt.toByteArray() ) />
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- <cfoutput>
- Message: #newMessage#
- </cfoutput>
Here, we are taking a ColdFusion string and converting it into a binary value (byte array). Then, we are creating our BigInteger instance using this byte array. Then, we are getting the bytes back from the BigInteger instance and converting them back to a string. Running the above code gives us the following output:
Message: Katie is hot!
When we move into the land of bits and byte arrays, I start to get lost. This is simply not how I am used to thinking about data. As such, I wanted to try and re-work the previous example, but perform the conversions manually rather than letting ColdFusion and BigInteger do all of the heavy lifting. In the following example, I am going to again create a BigInteger based on the binary representation of our string; but this time, I am going to take the integer value of the BigInteger and convert it back into the string manually.
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- <cfset message = "Katie is hot!" />
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- <cfset messageInt = createObject( "java", "java.math.BigInteger" ).init(
- javaCast( "int", 1 ),
- toBinary( toBase64( message ) )
- ) />
-
- <cfoutput>
- Int: #messageInt.toString()#

- </cfoutput>
-

-
- <cfset bigInt = createObject( "java", "java.math.BigInteger" ).init(
- javaCast( "string", messageInt.toString() )
- ) />
-
- <cfset bits = bigInt.toString( javaCast( "int", 2 ) ) />
-
- <cfoutput>
- Bits: #bits#

- </cfoutput>
-

-
- <cfset paddedBits = reReplace(
- rjustify( bits, (8 * ceiling( len( bits ) / 8 )) ),
- " ",
- "0",
- "all"
- ) />
-
- <cfset bytes = reMatch(
- "\d{1,8}",
- paddedBits
- ) />
-
- <cfloop
- index="byte"
- array="#bytes#">
- <cfoutput>
- [#chr( inputBaseN( byte , 2 ) )#]
- </cfoutput>
- </cfloop>
When we run this code, we get the following output:
Int: 5972272967631508465388574700577
Bits: 100101101100001011101000110100101100101001000000110 >> 1001011100110010000001101000011011110111010000100001
[K] [a] [t] [i] [e] [ ] [i] [s] [ ] [h] [o] [t] [!]
This is kind of involved, so I'll try to break it out a bit. When we convert our string to a byte array (binary value), each byte represents the ASCII value of a single character within our string. When we then create a BigInteger value based on that byte array, the BigInteger class concatenates all of the bits in our byte array into a single integer.
So, for example, if we had the string "abc", the byte array would look like this:
[ 97 ][ 98 ][ 99 ]
Here, the integar values represent the ASCII characters in the string. In bit-format, this would be:
[ 1100001 ][ 1100010 ][ 1100011 ]
When we create our BigInteger value based on this byte array, it creates an integer that concatenates these bits:
BigInteger == (1100001 & 1100010 & 1100011)
This string of bits then gets modeled as the integer value, 6382179.
In our previous demo, when we end up with this integer value, we then get it back from the BigInteger class in Base2 (our bit-representation) and parse the bits back into ASCII values manually.
Byte arrays are hard for me to model mentally. But, this exploration helped me wrap my head around it a bit more. Now, when I go to work with an encrypted value using the BigInteger class, I'll feel a little more confident about what is actually taking place.
Reader Comments
I've written soooo many frickin' Base-36 encoder/decoder functions. It never even occurred to me that BigInteger might be able to do it natively.
Touche, sir.
Yeah, it seems to have some cool functionality. For standard 32-bit ints, you should just be able use formatBaseN() and inputBaseN(); but when you go bigger, it looks like BigInteger does the trick.
The byte-array stuff still trips me up mentally, though.
What if you've got a massive hexidecimal number like a UUID (without any hyphens) and you want to shave 7 characters off it by converting it to base36? It would first have to be converted to decimal but the number is beyond CF's computational powers.
e.g. Take d4938b0d155d011808b8d800d447d431 and convert it to a bigInt and you get 4.53235556861E+076 according to CF - which isn't able to display the entire number. Therefore CF can't perform any further computations on it. But maybe Java could? Or am I making this too complicated. Perhaps there's a Java function to do a straight conversion of base 16 to base 36?
I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do exactly. When you say convert the UUID to a big int, are you using the "byte array" approach that I used in the demo?
Once you have a BigInt value, you should be able to perform math on it... but only using other BigInt values.
ColdFusion does have something called PrecisionEvaluate() which will evaluate expressions that have huge values. I have never used it before; perhaps it's time for me to look into it.
I took some time to dig into the precisionEvaluate() function:
It's pretty cool, if you're doing big-math operations.
As always Ben - You've helped me out of another pickle!
I'm using bits for filtering leads in our CRM - All was good before I ran out of bits and had to go to the magic number 2147483648 and my world fell to pieces (Well, the code stopped working).
Thanks again


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I would like to introduce everyone to just a few of my coworkers.
First is Kelly, I'll start with her because she is my neighbor. Yes, my boss is my neighbor and no I don't mind it. Actually I have been greatful to her on many occasions. Just a few weeks ago I was at the bus stop with my little boy and he was very thirsty. I was afraid to leave the bus stop because I didn't want him to miss the bus and I also didn't want him to be thirsty for the long bus ride to school. As I was sitting there debating if I should run back to the house and get him a drink and make it back on time, Kelly pulled up on her way to work. Every morning she stops and says a kind word to us. This morning I told her my dilemma and she said to me " Go ahead, go back to the house and get him something to drink and I'll wait here for the bus and tell them to wait". As little as a thing it might of seemed to her, it meant a lot to me.
Kelly has been with the company for 24 years as the Office Administrator. She oversees staff members in all departments. She also handles the accounting functions relating to property management among other things. She is a women of many hats. She has an A.S in accounting that she received from NHVTC, Nashua, NH. She is is a Florida Notary Public, has a State of Florida Sales Associates license and is a member of The Fort Myers Association of Realtors. Her favorite thing is spending her free time on the beach.
Judy is the realtor who showed me my home. At the time my son was in the process of being diagnosed with Autism so I decided to become a stay at home mom. We were downsizing from a house to a condo. She listened and understood all of our needs. She showed us a condo that was almost the same square footage as our previous home with an extra bathroom for a fraction of the price we were paying. So really it wasn't like downsizing at all.
Judy has been with us for 18 years as our property manager. She is originally from Buffalo. NY and has been in property management and rentals for her entire career of over 30 years. Her excellent communication skills, exceptional market knowledge and education of landlord/tenet procedures have been essential to us. She is a member of Fort Myers Association of Realtors, a Certified Florida Residential Manager (CFRM), has a State of Florida Sales Associates license and is a member of the FARPM/NARPM ( National and Florida Associations of Residential Property Managers ) She is married to a wonderful husband named Tony, has two yorkies named Chance and Charlie and one cat Cody. She loves the sunshine here in Fort Myers, expecially since she comes from the snowbelt of Buffalo. She spends her free times riding ATVs.
Rhodes is last but not at all the least. He has been to our home on several occasions in the last 6 years and thank goodness for him. A few years ago our hot water heater decided to break at night. We called the night hotline and he called us back right away. He was there bright and early the next morning with a new one ready to put it in. I don't think we have ever experienced that fast of a reply and fix of something anywhere we have lived.
Rhodes has been with us for 17 years. He is the Maintenance Superintendent and Construction Project Manager. He has a B.S from Michigan State University, is a HVAC specialist, and has advanced electrical and mechanical knowledge. He has step kids and grand kids. The best thing about Fort Myers to him is the boating and fishing. He likes to spend his free time casting a line.
These three are just a few of my wonderful coworkers. As you can see just by the years of dedication they have had to Malt Realty and the experience I have had with them on a personal level. They are some of the best people in the business. If I had it to do all over again I would rent from them in a New York minute.


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OK, Katie, do it again!
7 comments:
- 3LittleByrds said...
Dina, that is to funny. We were watching the game tonight and Ireland started doing the same thing. She'd talk about Jesus being a baby and the gospel. Must have been the lesson at church today in all the classes. Too cute. I totally had to video Ireland saying it but I left her in her pjs. Haha. :)
- February 3, 2013 at 11:30 PM
- d said...
I love it! I would have done the very same thing and put my little one in a dress,too-and gotten the same result!
We are Ravens fans in our house so it was exciting last night to watch the game! Now I am dreading grumpy kids waking up in a few minutes.
- February 4, 2013 at 5:45 AM
- the undomesticated wife said...
So funny!!
- February 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM
- Tracy said...
Oh My Gosh... so dang cute! She is so smart and funny! Have a Blessed week!
- February 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM
- donna said...
You should send Katie's video to the Super Bowl planners. Maybe they'll make her the entertainment next year.
- February 4, 2013 at 5:19 PM
- Kacie said...
She is precious! And hilarious! Thanks for the smile! :)
- February 4, 2013 at 5:21 PM
- Erin K said...
She is precious!
- February 5, 2013 at 7:15 AM


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While not many of us were noticing, the U.S. Navy was off the coast of Virginia on Tuesday, changing the game of naval aviation forever. The X-47B is a demonstration platform that first flew on February 4th, 2011. On Tuesday, the unmanned aircraft was successfully launched from the USS George W. Bush and landed at Patuxent River, Maryland after performing several aerial maneuvers.
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There are approximately 1,500 different cryptocurrencies on the market right now for trading with a combined market capitalization of $560 billion. BTC makes up a large portion of that value, about 35%. The problem with labeling cryptos as currencies is that they are not actually currencies in the traditional sense. They function more like digital assets for people to trade. The commercial utility to use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange for goods and services isn't practical on a large scale. Today the vast majority of BTC being exchanged is for speculation purposes. It's the greater fool concept that it doesn't matter if I pay more for something because someone else will eventually pay me even more to buy it. This only lasts as long as people can afford to dump money in.
Already Bitcoin has fallen about 40% from its peak back in December of 2017. Its price crashed from nearly $20,000 to around $10,000 in the span of a month. It's bounced back a little bit and is currently hovering around $11,500. This means that people who have mortgaged their homes and borrowed money on credit cards to buy BTC late last year would be deeply in the red right now.
Generally speaking currencies have to exhibit certain characteristics to be widely accepted as a medium of exchange. Often is has to be easily understood by the general population. But blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are still a relatively new concept in the world compared to fiat money and hard commodities. People are often confused by what bitcoin is and how it works. Even if a person understands what a bitcoin is and the history behind it, they will often still not know how they can confidently buy it without being scammed.
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A currency also has to be generally accepted and used, but this is not the case with bitcoin. Most companies don't accept cryptocurrencies. And even if they do most of their customers won't see bitcoin as a practical way to pay for groceries and gas if their country's native currency is relatively stable. Bitcoin holders don't want to buy pizza with their bitcoins.
Another issue is that currencies should have low overhead costs when transacting. But bitcoin is very expensive to transact with. There are updates now with the lightning network, but that involves certain trade offs that not everyone will agree is worth it.
The last problem is that currencies should be a trustworthy store of value. But as of now, putting money into any cryptocurrency is a gamble. The price could move up or down 10% within a single. If I had $100 in 2008, it would be worth about $85 today due to the effects of inflation slowly eating away at the purchasing power of the dollar. But at least it's a slow and somewhat predictable decay over a long period of time. You can assume what will happen to the value of your money if you hold it for 5 years. But there is no way to tell what bitcoin's value will be 5 years from now. Cryptocurrencies have no assurances. This is why everyone still values goods and services with dollars, and not bitcoins. If an appliance store advertises a dishwasher for 0.25BTC nobody would understand how that's valued. Its perceived value could change a lot from one day to the next because of how volatile BTC is. But if the dishwasher has a price tag of $2,500 then everyone would know exactly how much that's worth. Maybe Bitcoin will become a currency someday, but right now none of the cryptocurrencies can be taken seriously as currencies. They are simply financial assets that only exist in digital form.


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"Highly professional, extremely reliable, and a ton of fun!" -Doug Wroten, Disneyland
"Corday is always fun and entertaining. I know I can count on her to make a good event, a great one! A real crowd-pleaser." -Andrea Meyerson, Women On A Roll
Award-winning singer songwriter Jennifer Corday performs a riveting all-original solo set, or entertains your crowd with cover songs from all eras. Corday's use of loop and harmony pedals, backing tracks and tambourine percussion makes Corday an exceptionally high energy solo act.
Also available to play cello (w/piano backing tracks or additional string players) for a classy addition to any show!
Corday, backed by the band! Performing a variety of cover songs, from classic rock favs to today's hits. From local bars to private parties and weddings, Corday Undercover is extremely versatile and will design the perfect playlist for your venue and demographic. Request a quote for duo, trio, or 4 piece band.
The same awesome band presents a top-notch tribute show performing the greatest hits of the 60s 70s and 80s! Campy costumes and crowd singalongs make this show a real crowd pleaser! Bon Jovi, ACDC, Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Beatles, Stones, Heart, Joplin, Boston, Queen, Foreigner, Ozzy, Guns n Roses, Queen and more! Specify your favorite decade or let us do them all!


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What does organic actually mean?
Organic products are now a familiar sight in our shops. Everyone has an idea of what 'grown organically' involves; it just means something has been allowed to grow naturally. But how does that actually work?
Organic vegetables
There are some things that aren't done when growing vegetables organically. Farmers aren't allowed to use artificial fertiliser, which keeps the soil – and the vegetables – healthy. Chemical and synthetic pesticides are banned as well, with preventive measures being the main weapon against disease and insects. And organic farmers do their weeding by hand, just like we used to do. To stop soil exhaustion, they also sow different crops on a rotating basis in the same field. This multi-year plan prevents the soil from being depleted of its nutrients.
Organic chickens and organic eggs
Which came first? Naturally, if you want organic eggs, then you have to look after the chickens properly. In organic farming, chickens are kept in separate sections with no more than 3,000 animals, which works out at six chickens for every square metre. During the daytime, they can also roam around outside, where each one has four square metres of space. Naturally, the chicken feed is also organically grown: wheat, sunflower seeds, soya and maize – 100% plant-based. And the end result of all the farmers' efforts? A delicious organic egg.
The EU organic label
Once a product meets all the appropriate standards, then it can be labelled as organic. These products are marked with the green logo of the European organic label, so you can be sure you are buying something that meets strict organic farming regulations and has undergone stringent checks before going on sale in our shops. This certificate is also part of European legislation so, if you see it on a product in another European country, you can still be sure of its organic origin.
With this initiative, we contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.


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Oliver I. (Bud) Schulz
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Oliver I. (Bud) Schulz was born on his Father's Homestead southeast of Nenzel, Nebraska on February 4, 1919 to Charles C. and Mabel (Bliss) Schulz. He passed from this life October 13, 2012.
He had three siblings, Homer, Marie and Leona. He attended school at a rural school two miles from his home with his older brother and sister when he was five years old. He graduated from 8th grade in 1932 and attended part of the ninth grade at the same school. Bud worked with his father on the farm/ranch for the next 25 years, slowly taking over management of the place until his father died, and then taking full management of the place.
June 5, 1941 Bud was united in marriage to Helen L. McDonald at her parent's home northwest of Chadron, NE. To this union were born four daughters, JoAnn, Barbara, Diana and Margaret. He was a member and chairman of the Forest Users Association and pastured cattle on the forest reserve for 61 years, trail driving cattle 10 miles each way in the spring and fall. Bud also served on the election board in Nenzel for many years.
In 1969 Bud and Helen moved to Rushville, NE. He attended the Billing MT Western School of Auctioneering in 1970. He then worked at the Gordon Livestock Auction in marketing and as yard manager from August 1972 until 1987. He also worked as an auctioneer for Dierks and Hupp Auction Servic3e selling household, farm and ranch sales during that time. After he retired he enjoyed spending time at the ranch helping with haying, repairing buildings and corrals and whatever he found that needed to be done. He drove Highway 20 many times and had friends from Rushville to Valentine. Bud and Helen lived in Rushville until September 2008 when they moved to Prairie Pines Independent Living in Chadron, NE.
In 1934 he received Christ as his Savior and became a member of the Kilgore Baptist Church. After he moved to Rushville he moved his membership to the Rushville Methodist Church. He was very active in both churches and served on various committees in both churches.
Bud was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, his parents, Mable and Charles Schulz, and all of his aunts and uncles, sisters, and brothers, son-in-law Ronald Drummond and grandson, Evan Hoffmann.
Bud is survived by his daughters JoAnn Drummond, Barbara (Lawrence) Hill, Diana Hoffmann, and Margaret (Carroll) Dunn, grandchildren, Rhonda Parks, Annette Drummond, Laura Hill, Greg Hill, and Rachel Townsley. Seven great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren
Funeral service will be held on Friday October 19, at 10:00 A.M. at United Methodist Church in Chadron with Pastor Adam Davenport officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore, Nebraska at 2:30 P.M. Following the burial the family would like to invite friends and family to join them at the community hall in Kilgore for coffee and cake.
A memorial has been established at the Old Timers Rodeo Association. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron P.O. Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.
Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com
Chamberlain chapel is in charge of arrangements.


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1965-1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupe - Collectible Classic
America's Marshall Plan footed the bill for rebuilding Fiat after World War II and helped tiny Alfa Romeo become a mass-market manufacturer. But Lancia, Italy's second-largest carmaker before the hostilities, had to fend mostly for itself. In those early days of the Cold War, the antifascist proclivities of Turin's Lancia were perceived as signs of incipient communism.
Unfortunate it was, because the engineering-driven firm founded by Vincenzo Lancia in 1906 not only built great cars, it achieved many production firsts. The world's first unibody, V-4 and V-6 engines, and five-speed gearboxes all came from Lancia. The company's mission had been serving the well-off, not eliminating them.
Lancia soldiered on undaunted, surviving independently for more than two decades after the war before collapsing into Fiat's arms in 1969. Although Lancia nearly went bankrupt twice along the way, the company's secret for success in this final period lay in its dedication to future-forward automobiles. The Fulvia, Lancia's all-time best-seller, carried the firm forward and all the way to the brink of insolvency. It was that brilliant.
Antonio Fessia arrived to fill the mighty shoes of the company's famous chief engineer, Vittorio Jano, following the Lancia family's decision to sell out in 1955. Fessia rose to the occasion in 1963 with a scaled-down derivative of his 1961 Flavia. The first Lancia Fulvia was an upscale sedan of compact dimension and microscopic displacement. With just 1091 cc at its disposal, it followed in the contrarian, luxury economy-car tradition established by Lancia's Augusta in the 1930s. But the Fulvia was even more avant-garde, because it was, like the Flavia, driven by its front wheels.
The Fulvia sold well. It was an exceptionally smooth mechanical package, unusual, too, for its four-wheel disc brakes and transverse-leaf-spring front suspension. That might have been that, but in 1965, a handsome Fulvia coupe broke cover at the Geneva auto show. It is this model, which remained in production until 1976 and became an international rallying icon along the way, that concerns us today.
Although Lancia routinely availed itself of Italy's famous designers, this Fulvia variant was an in-house effort, a handsome, slim-pillared coupe that was as desirable as it was practical, offering ample room, peerless visibility, and a large trunk. Coachbuilder Zagato was set loose on the platform, too, but the result, the Fulvia Sport Zagato, was less elegant than the standard coupe.
The first time you drive a Fulvia, pin-sharp controls telegraph its technical specification. This realization is joined by one's sense that this machine-so much better than it had to be-also represented a selfless gift to humanity. This is precomputer, twentieth-century Italian engineering at its hard-core best, metallurgy at its most joyous.
Unlike the Flavia, which was burdened with a lackluster flat four, the Fulvia was given a revvy new V-4 whose narrow (13-degree) angle allowed for the use of a single, twin-cam head, a concept Volkswagen borrowed many years later for its VR6. Bumped to 1216 cc and outfitted with two carburetors, the Fulvia's V-4 produced 80 hp (DIN) and 78 lb-ft of torque. But at 2100 pounds, even the lowliest Fulvia coupe was quick enough to reach 60 mph in about thirteen seconds. The late Bernard Cahier, the celebrated motorsport photographer, noted at the time that this placed the Fulvia's performance "in a very favorable position among the fastest two-liter European production cars."
There were three series of Fulvia coupes. In time, the 1.2-liter gave way to a 1.3, four-speed transmissions would be replaced by five-speeds, while later Fulvias boasted up to 1.6 liters and output ranging up to 115 hp. Each of the various engines was canted 45 degrees to reduce its height, but the cars' personalities differ significantly. At the top of the performance heap are the various HF (High Fidelity) models, which benefited from aluminum bodywork, plexiglass windows, and other boy-racer modifications, as well as more power.
My 1966 Fulvia, the 1.2-liter, four-speed coupe you see here, is a plain vanilla first-series car that spent the better part of two decades on ice before a partial restoration in 1996-97. Since then, it's become a favorite driver. Unlike the HF cars, which are faster, rortier, and more frenetic, the 1.2 is impossibly relaxed for something with an engine so small; it feels almost modern. It will hit 100 mph, cruise at 80 mph, and reliably return 35 mpg. The ride is exceptional, steering feel is sublime, and it corners with almost no body roll. Reliability has been excellent.
There's no doubt about it, Lancia went down fighting
The Specs
Engines:1.2-1.6L DOHC V-4, 80-115 hp, 78-113 lb-ftTransmissions:4- or 5-speed manualDrive:Front-wheelSuspension, front:Control arms, leaf springSuspension, rear:Rigid axle, leaf springs Brakes:DiscsWeight:1820-2140 lb
Years produced1965-1976
Number producedAbout 160,000 (including 7102 Fulvia Sport Zagato versions)
Original price$3450 (1966)
Value today $5000-$20,000 (Fulvia); $15,000- $30,000 (Zagato); $20,000-$40,000 (HF); up to $60,000 (1.6 HF Fanalone)
Why buy?Elegant looks, great mechanicals, and serious craftsmanship. Moderately expensive in its time, today the Fulvia is undervalued by any sensible measure, although prices are rising. Economy of operation and reasonable parts availability are both pluses. Limited availability of post-1968 Lancias in the U.S. is remedied by a supply of freshly imported cars.


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A player on Ultimate Bet or Absolute Poker? Don't hold your breath.
The two websites last week filed for bankruptcy protection in Norway, according to MSNBC.com
Madeira Fjord of Norway, which represents shareholders in the poker websites' parent company, Blanca Gaming of Antigua, said in an email to shareholders this week that it planned to file for bankruptcy protection in Norway after being informed that the latter company had "no cash on hand and no prospects for any cash flow for the foreseeable future."
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Volvo City Safety is an autonomous emergency braking system designed to help a driver avoid a low-speed crash or to reduce its severity. At vehicle speeds between 3.6km/h and 30km/h, City Safety uses a lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) sensor positioned at the top of the windscreen to monitor an area 10m ahead of the car for vehicles which might present a threat of collision. If a collision is likely, City Safety first pre-charges the brakes and makes the Emergency Brake Assist system more sensitive so that, if the driver should notice the risk, the car is ready to respond more quickly to his braking action. However, if the driver still takes no action and a collision becomes imminent, City Safety independently applies the brakes very hard. If the relative speed between the car and obstacle is less than 15km/h, the car will be able to brake such that the collision is avoided. At higher relative speeds, City Safety will not be able to prevent the collision but will reduce the impact speed.
If the driver intervenes to try to avoid the accident, either by accelerating hard or by steering, City Safety will deactivate. City Safety is unusual for an autonomous emergency braking system in that it does not give the driver a warning of the impending collision, and brakes very hard, very late. This is intentional: the way in which the system intervenes is not comfortable and drivers will not become reliant on it to avoid around-town accidents.
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Volvo City Safety is a technology designed to mitigate and, in certain circumstances, avoid low speed rear-end collisions with vehicles which are stationary or travelling in the same direction. Rear end collisions are extremely common. According to some estimates, around a half of all accidents involve a rear-end collision. City Safety operates only up to 30km/h so focuses on the sorts of rear end collisions which take place during urban driving. Fatal and severe injuries are not common for car occupants in accidents below 30km/h. However, soft tissue 'whiplash' injuries are frequent, not only for the occupants of cars struck from behind but also for those in the striking vehicle. It is estimated that City Safety could provide a useful benefit (i.e. avert or mitigate the accident) in more than a half of all rear end collisions, and almost a fifth of all car to car collisions.
City Safety is turned on by default at the start of each new journey but can be switched off by the driver. If it switched off, the system defaults on again at the beginning of the next journey. City Safety functions only between 3.6km/h and 30km/h, so will not assist in accidents at 'highway' speeds. Its lidar can detect vehicles which are at a standstill or which are travelling in the same direction and works at night as well as during the day. However, the sensor is compromised if it is covered by dirt or snow, or in adverse weather conditions such as thick fog or heavy rain. To mitigate this, the sensor is sited in the area which is swept by the windscreen wipers.
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Volvo undertook extensive tests, both on a test track and on roads, during the development of City Safety. On the test track, the efficiency of the system in identifying 'true positive' events (i.e. those situations which represent a real risk of collision) was established: cars were driven at different speeds and with different degrees of overlap at 'dummy' vehicle rear ends. In each case, it was established whether or not the system had responded correctly: whether the braking system was precharged at the correct time and whether the collision was avoided or the desired speed reduction achieved before impact. Road tests were done to ensure that the system did not perceive a threat and apply the brakes in benign situations.
The system has also been independently evaluated, especially with regard to driver reaction and acceptance, and has been found to increase the perception of safety.


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The training sessions of the FC Barcelona Soccer Camp have been designed for players to improve their technical and tactical skills using the FC Barcelona methodology. Players will be given a complete perspective on tactics to understand each role and position on the field.


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This is the personal blog for the maker of the Monster Tubulum. The section this link is pointing to is the FAQ's for people who want to build their own PVC instruments.
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4 Sexist Moments From Past White House Correspondents' Dinners That Are Unfortunately Relevant Today
Ahh, the White House Correspondents Dinner. "Nerd Prom," as people insist on calling it — despite the fact that past guests include Hollywood A-listers like Bradley Cooper, Kerry Washington, and Brody Jenner — is an opportunity for White House press corps to hobnob with members of the administration they cover. Like most things in Washington, the event has historically been overpriced, full of old white guys, and of course, kind of sexist.
Though it has ballooned over the years into a star-studded, weekend-long series of galas, breakfasts, meetings, and parties, in addition to the main dinner, the first White House Correspondents Association dinner in 1921 only had about 50 guests. The dinner honors journalism with awards and scholarships, and features big-name speakers and entertainment. Since the '80s the featured speaker has usually been a comedian who gently, or not-so-gently, roasts the Washington elite.
While the event has faced criticism in the past for being an example of the overly-chummy relationship between the White House press corps and the administration, that's not likely to be a problem this year. President Trump, who has called the media "the enemy of the American people", will be the first president in over 30 years not to attend the annual dinner. The last president not to attend was Ronald Reagan, and that's only because he had been shot in the chest less than a month earlier. And he still phoned in.
Even though the Misogynist-in-Chief won't be in attendance, he has attended a number of Correspondents' dinners before and, true to character, made some wildly inappropriate comments about women. So join us, won't you, as we look back on some of his, and the dinner's, most sexist moments.
Women Weren't Invited Until 1962
Although the Correspondents' dinner has been happening since 1921, women were not allowed to attend the event until 1962. That year, reporter Helen Thomas, who was the first female member of the White House press corps, pushed for women to be included. At her urging, President Kennedy refused to attend the event unless women were invited. The ban was grudgingly lifted.
There Have Only Been Five Female Hosts
In the dinner's almost 100-year history, only five women have ever hosted. Comedian Paula Poundstone was the first, in 1992, followed a year later by comedian Elayne Boosler, singer Aretha Franklin in 1999, and ten years later, comedian Wanda Sykes. Most recently, SNL's Cecily Strong hosted in 2015. This isn't entirely surprising, considering women weren't invited to the dinner for the first 40 years, and we've had to put up with articles like "Why Women Aren't Funny" as recently as 2007.
Donald Trump
In 1993, then-shady real estate mogul and non-president Donald Trump was invited to the White House Correspondents' Dinner as a guest of Vanity Fair. He sat next to model Vendela Kirsebom, and promptly began spewing his garbage opinions on women's bodies.
"He did talk about other women's breasts and the size," Kirsebom told the HuffPost. "If you are flat-chested, you are not really worth anything — tons of derogatory talking about women. If a woman would be successful, it would definitely be because she had bigger breasts. Stupid stuff that made no sense to me whatsoever and made me upset."
Donald Trump
In 2011, then-shady real estate mogul, reality TV star, birther conspiracist, and still non-president Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents' dinner again, where he was faced with a number of jokes at his expense.
"Donald Trump is here tonight!" President Obama said in his speech. "Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald. And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"
Host Seth Myers made his jabs more succinct.
"Donald Trump has been saying he will run for president as a Republican — which is surprising, because I just thought he was running as a joke."
Since then, journalists and pundits have hypothesized that these ribbings were an important factor in Trump's decision to run for office. In 2015, the New Yorker's Adam Gopnik, who had been seated near Trump that night, wrote:
"On that night, Trump's own sense of public humiliation became so overwhelming that he decided, perhaps at first unconsciously, that he would, somehow, get his own back - perhaps even pursue the presidency after all, no matter how nihilistically or absurdly, and redeem himself."
If this is in fact the case, it is certainly one of the most sexist moments in the history of the White House Correspondents' dinner, because president Trump represents a very real, very alarming threat to women's rights in America today.


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The Saint James Performing Arts department did an amazing job with their 2012 Caboret! This marked my first STJ Caboret and I was very impressed by what I saw. Here are several (219) shots from the performance: http://goo.gl/8VuTl
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As an administrator, you can manage the shared drives in your organization and the members of a shared drive. You can also migrate folders to a shared drive and perform other tasks.
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You can enable or disable a user's ability to create new shared drives for specific organizational units, such as a sales department or regional office.
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The Europe Test
The present European crisis is manifestly economic, with insolvency just over the horizon for much of the continent. But, as I see it, there is another profound matter that must be put into the calculus in assessing Europe today: the post-modern sensibility.
This sensibility includes the following characteristics: ethical relativism, the death of the Enlightenment meta-narrative, and the deconstruction of reason.
European leaders often act as if there aren't historical antecedents. The new Europe not only rejects the past, it rejects the ethical foundation on which Europe was built. For example, the Treaty of Westphalia, which established nation-states, has been deposited on the ash heap of history in an effort to adduce consolidation, or at least the consciousness of consolidation. In doing so, however, it has undermined social and customary rules of human engagement and heightened social tensions.
Then there is the virtual destruction of the European meta-narrative that relied on a defense of Christian civilization and with it the conditions attached to the Enlightenment, i.e., individual rights, the rule of law, and a respect for private property. In the emerging Europe, with large Muslim minorities, individual rights are challenged by group rights, law is only what is defensible, and private property is at risk through cradle-to-grave tax policies designed for the equalization of privilege.
As a consequence, there is no longer a basis for democracy in Europe. Procedures dictate policies. The metaphysical and religious dimensions of life have been replaced by the political in which a Hobbesian worldview of power and influence is what counts. The European Union is, in fact, a closed society run by bureaucrats. Right and wrong are the subjects of procedures rather than antecedent conditions, and truth is whatever Brussels' bureaucrats say it is.