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In the wake of his team's fourth-place finish at the Class 1A Dual Team State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Beardstown coach Joe Gorman already is excited about next year.
The Tigers will lose just one senior from their lineup: 195-pound Blake Brown, who went 1-2 at state on Saturday to finish 16-13 for the season.
The top returnee will be current sophomore Chad Grimm, who finished fifth at 182 at the individual state tourney and went 3-0 at Bloomington on Saturday to finish 46-8.
But Grimm was just one of nine sectional qualifiers for Beardstown, which won its second straight regional title before earning its first state berth.
Auburn, which fell to eventual runnerup Wilmington in Saturday's quarterfinals, also made it its first state appearance.
Tigers had more manpower
Beardstown coach Joe Gorman, whose team finished 26-10, said the Tigers were focused for Saturday morning's quarterfinal against Chicago Hope Academy, which had beaten Beardstown at Abe's Rumble in late December.
The Tigers on Saturday had three wrestlers who weren't in the lineup at Abe's Rumble: Brown at 195, Julian Perales (145) and Jorge Chavez (138). All three took wins against Hope in Saturday's rematch won by Beardstown 48-18.
"It seemed like a different team," Gorman said of the Tigers' performance against Hope. "I've never seen so much energy; we really got after it. "You could tell they knew what was at stake."
Gorman acknowledged his team was up against squads from much higher levels in the semifinals (eventual champ Lena-Winslow) and third-place match (Stanford Olympia).
"Lena had nine state qualifiers in their lineup," Gorman said. "There weren't a lot of options there. The kids kind of knew they were outmatched.
"The kids knew Olympia was going to be tough, too. They beat us badly at Abe's Rumble, too. But they knew they'd accomplished their goal (a state trophy) after beating Hope. We're still happy."
Pretzels' Hemberger picks Culver-Stockton
New Berlin senior Claire Hemberger, a 5-foot-9 setter for the Pretzels' volleyball team, has announced she will attend Culver-Stockton College and play for the NAIA school in Canton, Missouri.
In helping New Berlin to a 24-12 record and Class 1A regional title this past season, Hemberger had 517 assists, 197 digs and a school-record 70 aces. She finished with the most career aces (150) in school history and was No. 2 on New Berlin's career assists list with 923.
Hemberger was named third-team All-Sangamo Conference her junior and senior seasons.
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New Berlin senior Jacob Pearson plans to enroll at Culver-Stockton College and play basketball and run track for the Wildcats.
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Rick Perry Says Mitt Romney's Bain Record Could Be a 'Fatal Flaw'
(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry calls his rival Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital a potentially "fatal flaw" which could imperil Republican chances to win back the White House in November.
Perry, who is trailing badly in the polls, spent the week attacking Romney as a "vulture capitalist," whose work at Bain allowed him to reap huge profits by dismantling companies and laying off workers.
Perry's criticism has sparked a backlash by some prominent Republicans. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani denounced the attacks as "ignorant and dumb." Fox News host Sean Hannity compared them to the rhetoric of Occupy Wall Street. And influential Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., warned that Perry's charge "really gives the Democrats a lot of fodder."
Sunday morning, Perry defended himself to George Stephanopoulos.
"This is not something that we knew wasn't coming up," Perry said on "This Week." "It's better to be talking about it here in January in South Carolina than it is in September and October with a nominee. So if it's a fatal flaw, then we need to talk about it now."
Perry said he's not ready to buy into Romney's claim that he created more than 100,000 jobs while at Bain, saying, "I think the question is out there and it's a good conversation to have. We're going to get tested by Obama and his group, so you better have all of these answers done early. No surprises in September and October."
Perry, once considered a strong contender for the Republican nomination, placed a disappointing fifth in the Iowa caucuses. That night, he told supporters he was heading home to Texas to "reassess" his campaign. Many thought he would give up the fight, but Perry quickly returned to the trail. He has invested heavily in South Carolina, the first primary in the South, which takes place on Saturday.
When I asked him if he'd drop out if he fails to finish first or second in the Palmetto State, Perry said: "We'll make that decision on Saturday. Our intention is to win South Carolina and go forward from there. But to try to plan your campaign months in advance, I think is a little bit of a stretch."
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Of Women & Monsters - A Collection of Dark Poetry
I'm really pleased to announce that my new book, Of Women & Monsters, is now available on my website and soon will be available on Amazon and the like. This book is more of a concept collection of darker themed poetry that contains some previous material as well as new material. This book also contains an extensive collection of some of my darker concept themed photographs that go along with the theme of the book.
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she was a woman
and a monster
bathed in luminous light
living amongst the shadows
she was as she feast upon
my soul
she must have been as she
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alas I am not much more
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The National Automobile Dealers Association's (NADA) program for dealerships to establish a fixed rate for dealer reserve was strongly endorsed by legal experts at the Automotive Resource Network conference here this week, according to a report by Automotive News.
"It would not surprise me if the finance source starts requiring you [dealers] to include this," said Jean Noonan, a partner in Hudson Cook law firm's Washington, D.C., office. The firm, based in Hanover, Md., specializes in consumer finance law.
The "NADA Fair Credit Compliance Policy & Program," introduced by NADA in January, is aimed at helping dealerships avoid trouble with lenders and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over allegations of discriminatory lending.
Under the program, each dealership establishes a fixed percentage rate for dealer reserve, an amount of interest — usually up to 2 percentage points — that lenders allow dealerships to add to the buy rate on an auto loan as compensation for arranging the loan. The fixed rate is never to be exceeded but can be discounted, say, to match a specific competing finance offer. Every discount the dealership gives must be documented in writing based on a set of preapproved reasons.
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Survivor - Micronesia spoilers alert!
Too soon for another survivor post (especially after the big break in-between). However, Ozzy getting snuffed deserves a post. Really glad that he is out. I have hated Ozzy since Ep 1 this time and he seems to have showed his true colors this time around. It was hard considering I was a big fan of his after Cook Islands. But now, I am just glad.
Also, Cirie earns a few brownie points for getting rid of the Oz and is probably the only "favorite" I wouldn't mind winning the game (the chances being pretty bleak though). Just like I lost interest after P.G was out in China, I think I am going to lose interest in couple more episodes, as soon as Jason gets voted off!
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Ashley Madison 'confident' it can pull off 'major comeback' following hacking scandal
Despite being victim to a high-profile cyber attack that leaked the personal details of 30 million users, controversial dating site Ashley Madison says it has attracted five million new users in the wake of the scandal, as it shifts its communications focus onto open relationships rather than adultery.
In the summer of 2015, a team of hackers released the details of 35 million members of dating website Ashley Madison in one of the biggest data breaches ever seen. The rest, as they say, is history.
For any brand this would have been an unqualified PR disaster but for Ashley Madison, which was built on enabling married people to commit adultery discreetly, it rocked the very foundations of its business.
Yet despite being handed what many would consider a poisoned chalice, lifelong marketer Rob Segal – who was recruited as Ashley Madison's new CEO in April to takeover from Noel Biderman – exudes confidence in an interview with Marketing Week.
Since the scandal broke last July, he says Ashley Madison has added five million new users. Negative headlines, he insists, have only added intrigue.
"[The scandal] opened us up to the mainstream and we realised there was suddenly a lot of intrigue around Ashley Madison," he says. "People want to explore their own sexuality and have more open relationships; it is a global phenomenon and the hack didn't stop that.
"After the scandal happened, we very much saw Ashley Madison as a Hollywood starlet who went off the rails and needed to go to rehab."
Rob Segal, CEO, Ashley Madison
Focusing on women
Admitting that he had considered scrapping the Ashley Madison brand altogether, Segal says the "global exposure" it attained from the scandal would have made that a "foolish decision".
Instead Ashley Madison's parent Avid Media, which also owns smaller, tailored dating brands such as Cougar Life, rebranded to Ruby – a move intended to change the very DNA of how the business operates.
"By making our parent into Ruby, the business becomes inherently feminine, modern and clean. It is a new culture that is then built from the inside out."
Ashley Madison has also completely changed its brand messaging, something made immediately evident by the three TV ads it launched earlier this year. Such was the drive to make people forget about the hacking scandal, it premiered one of the female-focused ads on prime time American TV.
"We ran it on NBC and it opened the door to a market Ashley hasn't been exposed to before," Segal reveals. "The campaign made us grow our female users by 18%."
It has replaced the provocative previous slogan, 'Life's short. Have an affair', and the mischievous wedding ring motif in its logo, introducing the new strapline 'Find your moment'. The overarching goal is to make Ashley Madison a female-focused brand that prioritises open relationships rather than affairs.
With a ratio of five male users to each female (Ashley Madison has previously admitted using female bots to add greater balance), this shift makes a lot of sense. However, Segal insists the rationale goes a lot deeper than that.
"We began to humanise the brand in our discussions and decided to treat it as feminine and to make her a person," he explains.
"We looked at the data very closely and it showed us 45% of people on the site were single and of those in relationships many were looking for open experiences. So we felt the old positioning might be a little narrow and polarising, and that the brand should become ubiquitous with open-mindedness."
Addressing security concerns
But what about security? After all, a lack of security created the mess in the first place.
Segal says Ashley Madison has become the "quickest company in history" to be awarded PCI level 1 compliance. The credit card security award means it must now have yearly on-site reviews by an internal auditor and requires network scans by an approved scanning vendor.
However, he still cannot give any assurances that Ashley Madison will not be compromised by hackers again.
"This is 2016 and the reality is nobody can make an assurance this won't happen again – that's just the world we now live in."
Rob Segal, CEO, Ashley Madison
He adds: "But Privacy and security, I can assure you, is our main focus right now. It is something we are investing millions into monthly.
"The reality is we are working with Deloitte, the top in the field, daily to assure our users are protected and we are now approved by the most stringent credit card confirmation programme in the world. Yes, we are probably seen as an example to the business world, but hopefully they can learn from what happened here."
What comes next…
Since its inception, Ashley Madison claims 48 million people have signed up; it operates in 46 countries and in 30 languages.
But despite this scale Segal is aware he has a "tremendous rebuild job" ahead of him that will take "years, not months" to complete. He is also acutely aware the brand will have to go much further than just a new marketing campaign to rebuild trust. And with a federal trade investigation ongoing, he knows the negative headlines are not about to disappear.
Segal, however, is hoping his expertise as a marketer will help him accentuate the positives. "I worked for an ad agency for over four years after college, then I built from my apartment bedroom an agency that grew to 130 employees. We handled Ford, PlayStation; we even brought Facebook into Canada.
"That experience will help me, as the task at Ashley Madison is a marketing challenge first and foremost." He pauses. "Probably the greatest marketing challenge I've ever been faced with."
Although Segal uses outside agencies to buy its media, Ashley Madison is creating all of its above the line campaigns in-house. This, he insists, is "the best strategy".
He concludes: "I am intrigued by what lies ahead. People have said it would be the greatest comeback story of all time. I am confident in my team and it is about building trust and becoming a more open, transparent organisation every single day. If we do that, we can only see success."


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At the risk of sounding like a crank: Love is the problem with "Chagall: Love, War, and Exile" at the Jewish Museum.
The show's insistence on a happy ending glosses over some of Chagall's less familiar, more difficult work. Yes, an exhibition called "Chagall: War and Exile" would have been a tougher sell, but it would have shown a thornier side of an artist known for sentimental paintings of floating couples, flying goats and fiddlers on the roof. The show, which opens on Sunday, hinges on a group of paintings and drawings of Jesus on the cross, most of them made during, or shortly before or after, World War II. In these dark and anguished works, Chagall unexpectedly adopts Jesus as a Jewish martyr, as a symbol of a persecuted people and of the refugee artist in particular.
Chagall had tried to ride out the war with his wife and daughter in the Provençal village of Gordes, France. But in 1941, when he was 54, they sailed for New York with the help of Alfred H. Barr Jr., the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Varian Fry, an American journalist who rescued European Jews and intellectuals through his Emergency Rescue Committee in Marseilles.
In the United States, tormented by news from Europe and the guilt and helplessness of exile, Chagall continued to paint Jesus on the cross. As the war ended, he was confronted with personal tragedy: the sudden death of his wife, Bella, from a viral infection. Eventually he found love again, and with it, apparently, another wave of nostalgia for the shtetl. This is where the show leaves us, with flowers blooming and cows holding parasols and wine glasses.
Organized by Susan Tumarkin Goodman, the museum's senior curator emeritus, the exhibition surrounds the Crucifixion with other paintings and drawings from before and after the war. The chronology isn't strict, as befits an artist who often reworked his paintings over the years; "The Fall of the Angel," for instance, carries a date of 1927-33-47.
Works like that one, a fiery and disorienting painting of a red-winged figure plummeting through a smoldering Cubist sky, have the potential to convert viewers who are put off by Chagall's sappier tendencies and to counter the prevailing wisdom that only early Chagall is worth looking at. It would be have been interesting to see more of them, and fewer of the maudlin midcentury canvases that close out the exhibition.
"The Fall of the Angel" follows several paintings of isolated men, like "Sleeping Talmudist" and "Solitude." Like them, it includes an observant Jewish figure — here, a man clutching a Torah scroll in the foreground — but also features a small Jesus on the cross along the right edge.
That peripheral image sets the stage for a gallery of Crucifixion paintings that are astonishingly varied. There are figures with Byzantine-style halos, as in "Exodus" (1952-66). "Christ in the Night" (1948) looks like a medieval woodcut or a painting by Georges Rouault. And there is a self-portrait as Jesus, "Descent from the Cross" (1941), in which the letters "MARC CH" replace the traditional "INRI" on the cross, and an angel holds a palette and brush.
There is even a Cubo-Futurist Jesus, "Calvary," from MoMA's collection. Painted in 1912, it demonstrates that Chagall's interest in Jesus went back to his formative years in Paris, where he developed a style that merged Russian icon painting with Cubism and Fauvism. The Jesus of "Calvary" wasn't a political figure so much as a familial one. He later recalled, "I wanted to show Christ as an innocent child," and compared the figures at the base of the cross to his own parents.
In his wartime works, there is no mistaking the symbolism of Jesus as a Jewish martyr. "White Crucifixion" (1938), not in the show but in the catalog, is typical; Jesus is ringed by burning pogroms. In the smaller gouache "The Crucified," Chagall responds to news accounts of a battle in his Byelorussian birthplace, Vitebsk, with images of Jewish villagers nailed to crosses.
He wasn't the only Jewish artist of the day to reclaim Jesus. Ms. Tumarkin-Goodman points to a 1942 exhibition at Puma Gallery in Manhattan, "Modern Christs," that featured 16 Jewish artists, including Adolph Gottlieb and Louise Nevelson.
Chagall's interpretations of Jesus raised eyebrows at the time nonetheless. Criticism focused on the artist's supposed naïveté in using the Crucifixion to evoke the horrors of the Holocaust, but in hindsight, it seems a shrewd decision. What better way to ensure that his message spread to the broadest possible audience?
While the Jesus pictures may counter the view that Chagall's vision was childlike, the show reinforces it with a gallery of fanciful paintings. This final section finds Chagall in the mood for love — revisiting his early life in Vitebsk and Paris with Bella, for example, or celebrating a budding romance with the woman hired to look after him, Virginia Haggard McNeil. Jesus is still with him in "Self-Portrait With Clock," appearing in a painting on the easel next to a ghostly bride who represents his wife. But the dominant image is of the artist, as a red goat embraced by a blue-faced woman.
Color, in this and other works, has a manic intensity that sometimes cuts against the themes of contentment. The blazing oranges and icy blues in "Cow With Parasol" and "The Flayed Ox" remind you of Picasso's observation that "when Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only person left who understands what color really is."
But despite its flashes of turbulence, "Chagall: Love, War, and Exile" winds down with a classic marriage plot. In "The Wedding Candles" from 1945, a bride and groom hover in a mystical fog, a cow toasts the happy couple, and all is right with the world.


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This afternoon at about 1:38pm, a Sergeant assigned to District 3 heard multiple gunshots coming from the Hazelton Street area of Mattapan. As the Sergeant proceeded toward Hazelton Street, he observed a black male walking up Hazelton Street away from Harvard Street. When the suspect observed the police car, he turned around and ran in the direction that he was originally coming from. The Sergeant began to pursue the suspect on foot and lost sight of him. A witness reported to the Sergeant that the person he was chasing ran into a back yard of a blue house on the corner and pointed to the dwelling. After the Sergeant checked the back yard, he was informed by another witness that the armed suspect was inside the hallway of 78 Westmore Street with a female. A perimeter was set up and residents were evacuated while Negotiators and the Entry and Apprehension Team Members arrived. After one hour of securing the perimeter, the suspect voluntarily exited the dwelling and was placed under arrest. After placing the male under arrest, a female exited the hallway and was secured by officers. A firearm was recovered from the hallway of 78 Westmore Street. With information from a witness, B3 Detectives discovered that while the Sergeant was pursuing the suspect, out of view from the Sergeant, the suspect was holding the firearm in a raised and outstretched position. The witness stated that the suspect appeared to be waiting for the Sergeant to turn the corner. The Sergeant became distracted speaking with possible witnesses, and the suspect ran into 78 Moreland Street. Antoine Hicks, 19, of Mattapan will be arraigned tomorrow in the Dorchester District Court where he will be charged with a second offense of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm.


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They were pens, I tell you; not pieces of silver!
By Diogenes (articles ) | Mar 24, 2010
When he signed the health-care reform bill, President Obama gave commemorative pens-- the traditional gifts for people who were instrumental in securing the passage of legislation-- to 18 members of Congress and of his administration, and just 2 outsiders. They were: Vicki Kennedy, the widow of Senator Ted Kennedy, for whom health-care reform was a lifelong crusade; and Sister Carol Keehan, the president of the Catholic Health Association, whose organization undercut the US bishops' efforts to protect human life and Christian consciences.
Altogether the President passed out 20 pens. Pens, I said-- not pieces of silver.
Today President Obama signed the executive order which gave Democratic lawmakers a pretext for supporting the bill. Although meaningless in fact, this executive order was explained to the public as a measure that would allow passage of the bill while satisfying pro-life concerns. Sister Keehan was not invited to today's signing ceremony.
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No surprise about Sister Keehan. She is representative of those religious who have become a law unto themselves, and undercutting the bishops is and always will be a perverse victory for them. They are feminists to the core.
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He signed it behind closed doors, in darkness to the American people. He did not see the EO as something to be proud of, rather something to be ashamed of. I wonder if he had his fingers crossed behind his back when he signed it!!!


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Many people in Hampden Park were amazed to read Annemarie Field's comment [Out In The Field, October 14] let alone the Hampden Park in Bloom members.
We wonder where or from whom Annemarie got her information. About 12 to 18 months ago the people she mentions, Ian and Julie Price, spent a few times with us then left.
They certainly did not plant any boxes up or the crown which was destroyed and have never created any of the displays. Hampden Park in Bloom was started many years ago by Olive Woodall and she still leads us today at the age of 90.
A member of staff from Paperlane rang me and told me about the damage to the crown. Olive, Hazel and myself went to sort it out with Philip Hearn who designed and made the display for us. He said Ian and Julie were not there.
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If you've studied any of Shakespeare's sonnets you may have heard of "iambic pentameter"… but what exactly is iambic pentameter?
Iambic Pentameter Definition
In a line of poetry, an iamb is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable. For example, deLIGHT, the SUN, forLORN, one DAY, reLEASE. English is the perfect language for iambus because of the way the stressed and unstressed syllables work. Interestingly enough, the iamb sounds a little like a heartbeat.
Pentameter is simply penta, which means 5, meters. So a line of poetry written in pentameter has 5 feet, or 5 sets of stressed and unstressed syllables. In basic iambic pentameter, a line would have 5 feet of iambs, which is an unstressed and then a stressed syllable. For example 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' from Shakespeare's sonnet 18.
This line has 5 feet, so it's written in pentameter. And the stressing pattern is all iambs:
shall I | compARE | thee TO | a SUM | mers DAY?
da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM
Put simply, iambic pentameter is a metrical speech rythym that is natural to the English language, and one that Shakespeare made use of. Shakespeare used iambic pentameter because it closely resembles the rhythm of everyday speech, and he no doubt wanted to imitate everyday speech in his plays.
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Perpignan is but a brief and colourful memory, as we make our way back north towards the roman influenced Nîmes. But like most highways, this road is nothing but tedious and dull.
On a whim we decide to take a detour and head for the ocean. We pick Cap d'Agde on our map, not knowing what we'll find. We stumble on yet another sleepy seaside town, vaguely preparing for an onslaught of vacationers to descend a few weeks from now. The mighty hordes of July. The wild ones.
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In addition to all of the usual concerns such as locking shared data, a library should be well behaved with respect to forking a child process when only one thread is running (the one that called fork()). The problem is that the sole thread in the child process might try to grab a lock that is held by a thread that wasn't duplicated in the child.
This is not a problem most programs are likely to encounter. Most programs call exec() in the child right after the return from fork(). However, if the program wishes to carry out some actions in the child before the call to exec(), or never calls exec(), then the child could encounter deadlock scenarios.
Each library writer should provide a safe solution, although not providing a fork-safe library is not a large concern because this condition is rare.
For example, assume that T1 is in the middle of printing something (and so is holding a lock for printf()), when T2 forks a new process. In the child process, if the sole thread (T2) calls printf(), it promptly deadlocks.
The POSIX fork() or Solaris fork1() duplicates only the thread that calls it. (Calling the Solaris fork() duplicates all threads, so this issue does not come up.)
To prevent deadlock, ensure that no such locks are being held at the time of forking. The most obvious way to do this is to have the forking thread acquire all the locks that could possibly be used by the child. Because you cannot do this for locks like those in printf() (because printf() is owned by libc), you must ensure that printf() is not being used at fork() time.
To manage the locks in your library:
Identify all the locks used by the library.
Identify the locking order for the locks used by the library. (If a strict locking order is not used, then lock acquisition must be managed carefully.)
Arrange to acquire those locks at fork time. In Solaris threads this must be done manually, obtaining the locks just before calling fork1(), and releasing them right after.
In the following example, the list of locks used by the library is {L1,...Ln}, and the locking order for these locks is also L1...Ln.
mutex_lock(L1); mutex_lock(L2); fork1(...); mutex_unlock(L1); mutex_unlock(L2);
In pthreads, you can add a call to pthread_atfork(f1, f2, f3) in your library's .init() section, where f1(), f2(), f3() are defined as follows:
f1() /* This is executed just before the process forks. */ { mutex_lock(L1); | mutex_lock(...); | -- ordered in lock order mutex_lock(Ln); | } V f2() /* This is executed in the child after the process forks. */ { mutex_unlock(L1); mutex_unlock(...); mutex_unlock(Ln); } f3() /* This is executed in the parent after the process forks. */ { mutex_unlock(L1); mutex_unlock(...); mutex_unlock(Ln); }
Another example of deadlock would be a thread in the parent process--other than the one that called Solaris fork1(2)--that has locked a mutex. This mutex is copied into the child process in its locked state, but no thread is copied over to unlock the mutex. So, any thread in the child that tries to lock the mutex waits forever.
The standard vfork(2) function is unsafe in multithreaded programs. vfork(2) is like fork1(2) in that only the calling thread is copied in the child process. As in nonthreaded implementations, vfork() does not copy the address space for the child process.
Be careful that the thread in the child process does not change memory before it calls exec(2). Remember that vfork() gives the parent address space to the child. The parent gets its address space back after the child calls exec() or exits. It is important that the child not change the state of the parent.
For example, it is dangerous to create new threads between the call to vfork() and the call to exec(). This is an issue only if the fork-one model is used, and only if the child does more than just call exec(). Most libraries are not fork safe, so use pthread_atfork() to implement fork safety.
Use pthread_atfork() to prevent deadlocks whenever you use the fork-one model.
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_atfork(void (*prepare) (void), void (*parent) (void), void (*child) (void) );
The pthread_atfork() function declares fork() handlers that are called before and after fork() in the context of the thread that called fork().
The prepare handler is called before fork() starts.
The parent handler is called after fork() returns in the parent.
The child handler is called after fork() returns in the child.
Any one of these can be set to NULL. The order in which successive calls to pthread_atfork() are made is significant.
For example, a prepare handler could acquire all the mutexes needed, and then the parent and child handlers could release them. This ensures that all the relevant locks are held by the thread that calls the fork function before the process is forked, preventing the deadlock in the child.
Using the fork all model avoids the deadlock problem described in "The Fork-One Safety Problem and Solution".
pthread_atfork() returns a zero when it completes successfully. Any other returned value indicates that an error occurred. If the following condition is detected, pthread_atfork(3T) fails and returns the corresponding value.
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Best coffee I had on Manhattan Island was from Olives. Reminded me of home. Nice. Sandwiches were pretty good as well. Taking second prize in the coffee comp was La Colombe, nice fit out. Went to the one on Lafaette, think there's a bigger one somewhere else.
Best dish of the trip was hands down this little anchovie treat! From the oyster bar attached to the ACE Hotel on W29th Street.


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Stupid Things Bosses Say!/
Rebels at Work exist because organizations and leaders fail sometimes, or maybe more often than that. When we talk to managers and leaders, however, most of them say they sincerely want to encourage new ideas from their workforce. But what they don't comprehend are the unintended consequences of the words they use. Words that bosses think encourage new ideas from their workforce just don't...and sometimes they actually turn off the spigot.
Let's see how you do on the following True-False test. These phrase may or may not encourage team members to share their ideas for improvement.
Do you have any comments?
FALSE. Probably the most common phrase bosses use to end meetings. We've yet to talk to any employee, however, who thought the phrase actually was an invitation for anyone to speak. Usually said after a 50-minute monologue, this question seems more intended to indicate that the meeting has come to an end. Certainly what you get is...crickets.
I have an Open Door policy.
FALSE. A reliable chestnut for "good bosses" everywhere and yet remarkably ineffective. I'm sure some of you are wondering what could be wrong with having an Open Door policy. Think about where that phrase puts the onus for action--not on the boss, of course, but on the employees. Yes, you can share an idea with me but you have to come into the official Boss Space to share it. The best way for a boss to have an "open door" policy is not to ever mention it, not to make a big deal of it, but simply, through her actions, to demonstrate that she is always approachable. We're reminded of the apocryphal story concerning what St. Francis of Assisi said when asked about the best way to evangelize:
Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary use Words!
I manage through consensus.
FALSE. Another popular management "best practice" that we take issue with. When you say you value consensus you are of course sending the clear message that you don't like disagreements. Your employees will wonder what standard their concerns or opinion must meet to warrant mentioning. This is not a productive dynamic.
Don't bring me a problem unless you have a solution.
So of course by now the attentive reader knows we think this is FALSE. In fact, we would go so far to say that it is one of the stupidest notions in modern management. When an employee notices something is amiss, he should be encouraged to mention it as quickly as possible. Asking the observer to also provide the solution reinforces the unhealthy view that excellence in organizations is about individual performance. Excellence is more sustainable when it is team-based. An individual who notices a problem should be encouraged to engage his coworkers early on to identify a solution.
So what should bosses say to encourage Rebels at Work. It's actually pretty simple.
What did I get wrong?
What are we missing?
What would you add?
How would you do it differently?
Why don't you take the lead?


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Some religious leaders say that the disciples and apostles were given authority by Jesus to forgive the sins of others just like what Roman Catholic priests do in their confession booth. And they use John 20:23 and James 5:16 to support their claim.
"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld." (John 20:23, ESV)
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." (James 5:16, NIV)
Only God Forgives Sins
Daniel 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness…"
Even in the Old Testament, a Levite priest cannot pronounce absolution of sin to the repentant sinner. The priests can only communicate the forgiveness that God has already given to the sinner based on the ceremonies and rules in the earthly sanctuary God gave to Moses.
Leviticus 4:26 "And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him."
The verse never said "and the priest can now forgive the repentant sinner".
The Jews knew that God alone can forgive sins (absolution). This is the reason the Pharisees accused Jesus of blasphemy when Jesus forgave the sin of the paralytic man in Mark 2:3-12.
The same is true in the New Testament. Nowhere in the Bible mentioned that the apostles nor disciples exercised the forgiving of sins of their fellow men in behalf of God. Why? Because they fully understood what Jesus exactly meant in John 20:23. The remission of sin is the prerogative of God alone.
1 John 2:1 tells us that we have only one Advocate or Mediator with the Father, and that is Jesus Christ. This Advocate can forgive sins as what He had demonstrated in His earthly ministry.
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So What Did Jesus Mean In John 20:23?
Like the Levitical priesthood in the Old Testament, believers in the New Testament belong to the royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:5) and are given privileges. And one of those privileges is to "communicate the forgiveness that God has already given" to the repentant sinner. The priest both in the Old and New Testament never proclaim absolution of sins, rather they just relay the outcome for a repentant sinner, or for an person who chose to be outside God's leading.
These "binding and loosing, or forgiving or not forgiving, or the acceptance or a disfellowship of an individual" is always based on the Gospel entrusted by God to the Church. In the Gospel, God has already pronounced the result for those who will repent their sins. In the Gospel, God has already given His judgment for those who will hardened their hearts. And so, it is still God who forgive and not forgive sins.
Jesus gave the steps to His Church of what to do if a brother committed a sin to someone.
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church,let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. (Matt 18:15-17, ESV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1Jn 1:9 , ESV) This is the remission of sins which is in accordance to the will of God.
Sins are forgiven by God with confession, repentance and restitution (Proverbs 28:14; Acts 3:19).
What was Jesus saying in John 20:23 is that any Christian can declare that those who genuinely ask for forgiveness and repent the sins he committed and accept Jesus and His Gospel will have his sins forgiven by God. However, for those who will hardened their hearts and not accept Jesus and follow His Gospel will die from their sins. Jesus gave that privilege to any of His followers.
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Did you know that even in MCGI sins are being confessed in public during "consultation" hour/s?! After the confession of a sin of a member, Mr. Soriano will then bring down his judgment of the "case" which is often suspension of membership until further notice of his forgiveness, or he may grant forgiveness on the spot.
Mr. Soriano is preaching almost the same as you wrote in your article above against Catholic church members but then when you get inside MCGI it's even worse than a confession in private unto a priest.


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Over the past few months Iv'e been getting a lot of requests for a nail tutorial. Many of you have spotted my nails over on our Instagram and Facebook pages so I thought the time had come to finally get around to sharing it with you! :D
This is my go to manicure for a quick and cute polish. It dries really quickly and is super simple to do. So let's get started shall we...
So to do this nail tutorial you basically need two colours of nail polish. One darker and one lighter works best. I'm using a lilac and a dark blue. You will also need some sponge (!) I cut a sponge into 1cm x 2cm pieces.
Apply your nail polish like so! I do a lighter colour first and then the darker colour at the tip. This doesn't have to be neat just as long as it's on your nails! :D
Dab it with a sponge to blend. Now if you're careful with this you shouldn't get any on your fingers. But if you do a Q-tip and some nail polish remover will do the trick! Repeat this method over all nails doing one finger at a time.
Once you have done one coat like this, go back and do a second coat and seal with a clear varnish.
Next apply a glittery varnish for instant sparkle! Now you could just finish here or why not add one of your favourite Rockin Claws nail transfers?
I'm going to try out our new mandala Rockin Claws!
and here's how it came out! Our Rockin Claws come with full instructions on the reverse so follow the packing to apply these. :) <3 font="" nbsp="">The mandala would have probably looked better on a lighter base but I actually love the effect!3>
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
Coming of Age in Bergen: Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: Book Five
Having read almost 3000 pages of My Struggle thus far, I've been with Karl Ove Knausgaard for the long haul. Every book of My Struggle has had me eager to read the next one.
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what draws me in and keeps me coming back; there's voyeurism in looking at his life. I found myself fully engaged reading Book Five, feeling a mix of recognition tinged with despair, and the satisfaction of simple narrative anticipation.
Whereas there was a kind of romantic youthful innocence an easy settling in Book Four, with Book Five we live with Knausgaard through that difficult period that is the twenties. Of the five books so far, Book Five is where Knausgaard reveals himself becoming serious about his life. This might be the most fraught, most difficult time of a man's life. For Knausgaard, it's that period where he discovers the first inklings of adulthood with the casual recklessness of relationships, the reckoning with a career and the daunting prospect of trying to imagine life going forward. As this is a writer's memoir, Knausgaard is searching for his voice at this time, also, to become a writer and find the inspiration to take to the page. I'm reminded of Bryan Charles's There's a Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From, though in that memoir the writer is coming to terms with similar issues, a kind of extreme social anxiety was the narrative driver.
I've had many of the same experiences that Knausgaard had growing up in the seventies, though of course with different landscapes and cultures. There's the curiosity of the unfamiliar, which is embodied in the Norwegian customs and rituals, the rural differences. This is an enthrallment of an unfamiliar, or an eerily familiar, like an alternative universe paralleling my own. All of which made me feel present and involved in his life in the way the best fiction manages to engage. His musical references are mine, also: XTC, The Smiths, Simple Minds, are among some of the bands he is often profoundly affected by. On the other hand, I never went through the desperate relationship that he had with his father, nor did I have a gravitational attraction to alcohol. In some way, the crying he readily admits to feels manipulative of the reader; it can smack of forced sentiment. But his life is lived on his sleeve. The helpless anxiety that Knausgaard expresses at believing his future wife, Tonje, is going to slip away from him and fall into his brother's arms--is palpable. It has already happened, after all, with another girlfriend early in the book. The pain and shame that is clearly a burden of an alcoholic father and wrestling with a major drinking problem himself, as well as a tendency to self-harm, feels painfully real to me as a reader.
Reading Knausgaard becomes an act of empathy. On the other hand, Knausgaard comes off as a sad case, and the inclination to take pity on him is there. But he's not exceptional. His initial words on the book are retrospectively bleak:
"All that is left of the thousands of days I spent in that small, narrow-streeted, rain-shimmering Vestland town is a few events and lots of sentiments. I kept a diary, which I have since burned. I took some photos, of which twelve remain; they are in a little pile on the floor beside the desk, with all the letters I received during those days. I have flicked through them, read bits and pieces, and this has always depressed me, it was such a terrible time. I knew so little, had such ambitions, and achieved nothing."
This might be a near universal sentiment for anyone looking back on their youth. I avoided seeing his story this way, perhaps out of some further sense of identity with him. Halfway in to the book comes the recognition that the engine that drives his life, is Knausgaard coming to terms with a shame instilled by an abusive father.
Knausgaard overcomes the role his father portrayed: brute, quick to anger, alcoholic, everything that's the opposite of Knausgaard's mother. This awareness is a component of the first few volumes, assuming one has read them in sequence, and this knowledge, I think, colors our subsequent reading. In a sense, a man learns the role from his father, good or bad and all in between. The male of society is not typically thought to be a natural nurturer.
Questions linger, unresolved in Book Five. Why do the two sons—Karl Ove and Ygnve--hate their father so much--and how overwhelming to them is his death? They are rife with sadness, as much as his passing might be a relief to them. In Knausgaard's life, the death of the father becomes a kind of transfer of the role. When Knausgaard goes into family life, he seems to want to overcome his own father's terrible life and legacy. That's the struggle of My Struggle. Shame is the more obvious statement, as some reviewers have grasped onto, but is it shame at being like his father? Or not being obedient enough as his father demanded of him? What is really the source of shame? When you are sensitive, and you are shamed for it, it can be one of the most crippling experiences. I almost added the phrase "to overcome", but I think one does not overcome their true nature: one learns to live with it.
Moving forward with a family for Knausgaard, would seem to suggest a sort of bargain. He's confused about his life going into his thirties; as difficult as the family situation is, however fraught or full of joy and tribulation--it's not easy. But as he leaves his family, he returns to one. The difficulty of his life with his father lingers and seems almost unresolved. AS much as he struggles with his new life, having children saved him. At least it makes him less self-involved. In them, his life carries on.
In a sense, in Knausgaard's closing words at Book Five, his escape from Tonje and Bergen is, as he says, a way of not thinking. To play armchair psychologist, could we surmise that his eventual marriage and four children is also a way to move forward without thinking about the past? In other places in the memoir he talks about how he will do right by his children--it is stated almost as if it's in spite of himself. It seems more as if he believes it's the only thing he can do to not become his father--which some would say he is fated to do anyway.
Labels: adolescence, Bryan Charles, Coming of Age, Karl Ove Knausgaard, memoir, My Struggle, Norway, Poetry, writing from experience
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My printer broke because I pulled paper out from a paper jam - the wrong way - actually I yanked the paper out with one hand because I was talking on the phone with the other hand.
`Haste makes waste' so so true.
I made a mad dash to the store and bought one to hold me over until a new printer got delivered.
August resulted in some new designs I am happy with.
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SBE Schedules RF Safety Course
The next RF Safety Course, presented by Richard Strickland of RF Safety Solutions, will be held online at noon ET on Sept. 25.
Attendees can participate from anywhere via the Internet. Strickland will discuss how to prove compliance at a broadcast site, the biological effects of RF radiation and the distinct differences between RF radiation and ionizing radiation, FCC and OSHA regulations, RF hazard protection equipment and other topics.
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Raytheon unveils next-gen TOW EagleFire launcher
Raytheon Company has introduced its TOW® EagleFire™ launcher, an evolutionary development designed to bridge the capabilities of existing launchers and eliminate obsolescence issues.
Designed to fire both the wire-guided and wireless radio frequency missiles, TOW EagleFire provides increased capabilities over the TOW 2 launcher at a lower cost.
"We improved target acquisition and engagement found in the older TOW 2 launcher system," said Duane Gooden, vice president of Raytheon's Land Warfare Systems. "TOW EagleFire is simpler to maintain and more reliable, thanks to built-in test equipment and a significant reduction in system subassemblies."
Other improvements include:
Integrated day-and-night sight with range-finding capability
Ergonomic handgrips
Extensive Built-in-Test capability
TOW EagleFire's lithium-ion power source allows for a nine-hour silent watch capability, when a vehicle's engine is off, along with built-in AC and on-vehicle charging capability.
"Because the new system is less complex, we can provide superior performance in a reduced package," said Gooden. "By planning today for tomorrow's upgrades, TOW EagleFire will accommodate future missile evolution."


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It probably was my first exposure to non actiony/scifi type anime (the only kind I saw as a child).Love Hina was one of the first anime I watched more-or-less as it aired (and among the first I watched, period). I remember liking it specifically because it had energy. Motoko was my favorite girl.
I also miscategorized it as shoujo, which shows how much I fucking knew about Japanese cartoons back in 2000 A.D.
And really it was all about Naru, even if she was a psychotic.
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Smart Ideas: Experts Revisited
Why Every Party Should Have Strippers.
Nowadays, jobs are more stressful compared to the past because of the long working hours and the technicalities of the job. You can forget about this if you can find a means to unwind and relax after a long working day. If you look around your vicinity, there is always a party going on every day. The direction the party will take and how much people will get excited or interested in it is dependent on the people who are entertaining them One of the trends with the current party organizers are not being left behind at is that they're not leaving strippers out of the picture when they are planning for the events. Stripping is not just entertainment for those who are participating in it but even for those who are watching from a distance.
In some cases, when you inform your guests that you having a certain party, they will automatically ask if you are hiring strippers too. Do not be the person who is known for throwing that most boring parties and this means getting strippers when the event calls for some. Most people who throw parties have something to celebrate or a reason for bringing everyone together A party with a lot of people will be very successful. You will not have a hard time convincing people to come to your event if they know they are sure they will find strippers there Needless to say, it is not a matter of just getting the stripper who comes your way. They are male strippers as well as female strippers. The ones you choose will be determined by the kind of the party you'll be organizing. It is a tradition for men who are getting married to have bachelor parties and it is expected for them to be female strippers.
You can depend on having agencies that manage Gosford strippers in getting some because you'll be able to get a variety to choose from even if it is at the last minute. Also, you'll get professionals who know what their job entails and they will do their best to give just that. Stripping is not something that is done by people who do not have a purpose in life but currently, it is a lucrative profession. Across the continent, there are many agencies that are offering the services and you can always find several you can work with. They are the best professionals who can make you and every other person in the party forget how demanding their lives or jobs are but you ought to ensure they are treated with utmost respect.
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Hello everyone
So we are sooo close now to a full default release update. I intend this beta release to be the last release before then and the only thing I want different is any bug fixes that I'm currently not aware of.
So where do we begin. The truth is I've not been keeping a full check on the updates I've included so I will be highlighting the biggest I can think of and know that there are a load of others that I've forgotten to include. So here comes the list.
1. Rewritten into C Sharp
Full programing language change. I've rewritten Whirligig to be entirely in C Sharp. This although a massive change shouldn't have an impact on the main running of Whirligig, although during the switch over I've also tried to optimise some of the code. Hopefully this should make Whirligig a bit more stable and quicker. This in the long run is to help with my ability to convert Whirligig to run on Android devices so I can support headsets such as the Oculus Go and Vive Focus.
2. Settings Menu Update
I've got a designer friend in to help with remaking the settings menu to make a lot of the hidden features more accessible and also make it easier to find and add new feature. During this process I've rewritten the code for this menu so again improving the ability to add new features.
3. Improved Input Menu
The input menu needed an overhaul in both design and code. The previous versions coding meant that it was very slow and had a chance of breaking. This new menu system works in a similar way to be before but is much cleaner in both design and code. Hopefully it should feel smoother and more stable.
4. Worked on the main design of the UI
In the redesign of the menu I've also remade the main UI. One of the less know but big features of Whirligig is the ability to change the menu design to other premade ones of varying degrees of complexity and colour. This was an opportunity to remove some of the old basic designs, remake the main default design to be much more simple and provide better access to the other menus. If you don't like the simplicity of the new design you can simply go back to the old one.
5. A new Second monitoring system
Whirligig has for a long time had the ability to have none VR support. When you don't have VR attached you can use the player as a 360 degree 3D video player with anaglyph. This feature has again like so many other features has been a bit hidden. I decided to dust it off, improve it and make it a part of the player properly. What this means is you can now have your desktop monitor work as a second screen which full mouse support so while a friend is watching the video in VR you can be navigating and using the player with the mouse on screen. I feel this feature has many very useful applications. I work in a situation when I have to demonstrate videos to people and this automatically makes my life easier.
6. Force Mono
When watching some 3D films sometimes the 3D is done so badly that it is just better to be able to turn it off. This allows you to do that while still maintaining the 3D settings such as Over Under, Side by Side.
7. All major plugins, engine and SDK's updated to their latest release.
Keeping these up to date helps to make Whirligig and stable and powerful as it can be.
So this are the currently updates I think people might be interested in. As I say I've updated so much there are defaintly many features, bug fixes and improvements I haven't listed here. To biggest thing to note is that this is the last Beta release before the default build updates on all platforms Oculus, Vive and Steam. There won't be any new features. This is being put out to check for bugs before for being released as default. For that reason if you find any problems with this build please let me know. I'm very much in debt to the community for bug reports and feedback. A lot of the updates are directly because of feedback so I take this very seriously.
Apart from all that I hope you enjoy this release and look forward to hearing what you have to say :)
Until next time
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I suppose every moment is divinely orchestrated, but I am acutely aware of the synchronicity of the past few days especially.
Those who know me well (or try to get in touch with me), know (or soon learn) I don't answer my phone very often, nor do I check for messages regularly. I recently had 25 voice mails dating back to Easter. So the chances of me getting yesterday's important message was a miracle. And the only reason I checked messages yesterday is because my Bowen therapy appointment for that morning had been cancelled and I was expecting a call to reschedule.
Normally weeks go by before I get to my phone messages, or even to get my regular mail, so isn't it wonderful that my appointment got cancelled? :) :) :) :)
When I got this morning's call, Rhonda and I were working and I was there to pick up the phone. So glad I was able to speak to Brian's brother in law and so very grateful he and Brian's sister were there yesterday when I was, so that we could exchange numbers.
Although I spent the morning in tears, I am truly happy that things unfolded as they did to line me up with my dear friend Brian before he left this world. I am so blessed. So grateful. So in love with life and the process of living it.
I have deemed today a generous self care day for myself, as well as a time to celebrate the gift of life and the gift of Brian's life.
I'm filling my day with the things and people I love (as always) and this includes yummy meals, lots of hugs, nature and the sun.
I also decided to go buy myself a special present, and so I headed to The Art of Home on Main St. in Cambridge because it's just so beautiful there and I knew I would find something I would love.
I know the owners (huge TGT fans) and when they asked how I was...well I couldn't lie. Their eyes teared up as I shared, and then in walked the previous owners of that space (pictured here...remember Enchanted Castle?) who are also dear friends of mine (as well as the very first Mandyland Radio sponsors in 2010) and I had not seen them since they closed their shop last year.
Sooooo many hugs (and tears) were shared and I thanked the universe inwardly for sending me so much love as I go through this day. I am so spoiled. Thank you, life.
And not only that, I purchased this orange Gurgle Pot (yes, it gurgles!) because that's my favourite colour and I will smile every time I pour water out of it :) They have it in many colours. I think everyone deserves a Gurgle Pot! :) :) :)
Now I am off to treat myself to lunch, and after my TGT Freebie Friday contest at 4 I'll be heading to Waterloo for my favourite panini at the Princess Cafe, as well as a movie and maybe even some dancing.
A hugfest would be most welcome today, so if you'll be in the area and want to join in on this evening's festivities, please do.
With love,
Mandy xo
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A few more entries to have a look at before we embark on an epic trip across Spain & France (via Andorra)
- First up we have one of our fantastic support teams. This year we are joined for the first time by James Gardner & Matt Parkinson. Both are mechanics by trade and regularly marshal and support rallies. It's fair to say they guys have just about every eventuality covered and have created this fantastic "International Rescue" vehicle…Thunderbird 2. What I want to know is which of the guys is Virgil!
- Next up is James & Mark from Keyline in the BMW Z4 (minus point for being over budget there guys!) This will be James's second rally and Mark's first. Do you think the beemer transforms into a people carrier to carry all there luggage!!
Next we have the Jefe de Rally's car, the mighty Millenium Falcon piloted by Dave Gardner (DG) as Hans Solo and his co-pilot Paul Hodgkinson from Wienerberger. I have to say for a space ship that is mostly round the Landrover Disco might seem like an odd choice but having seen the photos it does work! This will be DG's 3rd rally and Pauls 2nd. With the weather forecast looking like lots of rain we might need a tow from the 'Falcon to get us out of the campsite!
Don't worry if your cars not been featured yet…I will have plenty of time on the ferry to make sure everyone makes it on the blog!


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Kelechi Iheanacho confident Man City will win trophies this season
Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has told ESPN FC he is certain the club will end the season with silverware.
Iheanacho, 19, enhanced his growing reputation with his fifth goal of the season in City's 3-0 victory at Norwich City on Saturday.
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The FA Cup third-round victory keeps the Blues in the hunt for all four major trophies and Iheanacho is convinced his side will win of them.
"I think we're going to go far this season and we're going to get something," the Nigerian said.
"We're going to get trophies this season because we have the players to get it and the manager. We pray we don't have any injuries and if we don't get any we will win trophies."
Shoot for the stars! #mondaymotivation pic.twitter.com/rpwn5PYuKE- Manchester City FC (@MCFC) January 11, 2016
Iheanacho impressed at Carrow Road with a composed all-round display that was capped by a side-foot finish for City's second.
He now averages a goal every 61 minutes despite starting only two games this season and there is a clamour among supporters for him to be given more game-time.
But Iheanacho is not eligible to play in Europe after being overlooked by manager Manuel Pellegrini for the Champions League squad in September.
However, Samir Nasri could drop out after surgery on a tendon injury, which is expected to keep the French midfielder out until the semifinal stage.
With just two strikers to choose from -- Sergio Aguero and Wilfried Bony, who have both suffered periods out with injury this season -- Pellegrini could now promote Iheanacho into that squad, and the forward insists he will be ready if called upon as City aim to shake off their tag as European under-achievers.
"We can compare [to the biggest sides in Europe] if we really put our mind in that and say to them 'we can do it in Europe,'" Iheanacho added.
"We can prove to the [critics] we can achieve something in Europe. They are just players like us.
"European football is the same as any other football. We just have to keep working hard, believe in ourselves and believe in our team-mates.
"If I'm in the squad I will help the team. But I'm sorry for Samir that he's injured. He's a great player, a great man and a friend and I'm sorry for him and I pray that he recovers soon."
Champions League success would still be an achievement for City while they are still five victories away from FA Cup glory.
The Capital One Cup is probably the Sky Blues' easiest chance of silverware but they must first overcome a 2-1 semifinal first leg deficit to Everton, while they sit three points behind leaders Arsenal in the Premier League.
City have already lost five Premier League games but in a topsy-turvy season, where any team is capable of beating any other, Iheanacho believes City have the quality and experience to secure the title.
"I think every year that comes, comes with different games, different kinds of players, different coaches and different philosophies, I know that," he said. "But I think City has all it takes.
"They have great players, a good team, a good manager, so the games that we've lost, it's past. We have to focus on the games ahead and we have to keep winning. But if we lose we have to put it behind us and keep working hard and at the end of the season we hope to get our hands on the trophy."
Jonathan is ESPN FC's Manchester City correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @jonnysmiffy.
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Ordinarily, Valentine's Day is a celebration of a special someone that you already love, however, this year it transpired that it was a day for finding a new love.Step forward Joanna Gruesome. As legend would have it, the band's members met while attending anger management classes and I had to work hard to quell my own anger at previously dismissing them as hipster nonsense, based solely on their flippant name.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
MILAGRES - Violent Light
Milagres is the band to have caught our ears this week; the talented foursome from Brooklyn has bashed out yet another set of golden sounds. Entitled Violent Light, the name of the LP alone screams the over-synthed luminosities of multicolour techno-pop. Yet what you really find with indie group Milagres' glowing new LP is a refreshing mega-mix of pop, trippy synths, rock and edge. The album is simultaneously emotional, hard and charismatic; it marks a move from their debut Glowing Mouth, released in 2011, which hits darker notes reminiscent of a gloomier time for frontman Kyle Wilson, who spent a stint in hospital following a climbing accident producing the band's first release.
POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS - Pink Fur
"You strike me as the kind of person who has never made love before, therefore you are easily satisfied in general and with everything". So shrieks James Smith to bring to a rather unceremonious end 'Brat', the schizophrenic closing track on Post War Glamour Girls' debut album 'Pink Fur'. It might seem a rather presumptuous claim, but judging by this record Smith's band are extraordinary judges of character – 'Pink Fur' sounds like the human mind set to music, capturing its euphoric highs as well as its empty and paranoid lows. And it is absolutely sublime, from the dignified musicality to the madcap lyrics. Comparisons abound with the likes of Nick Cave, the Smiths and the Birthday Party, but PWGG have a sound all their own, a heady blend of light and dark which is simply addictive.
THE JEZABELS - The Brink
The release of new LP 'The Brink' later this month signals the return of Sydney-born rock band The Jezabels. And what a comeback it is; after a whirlwind success with their debut album Prisoner, the foursome has hit a new note with their second album of newfound guitar riffs and feistier drum rolls. Whilst the band's previous album saw a more understated style of rock and roll, the upcoming collection basks in a Paramore-like vibe, upping the volume to give nostalgia and adventure a brand new voice.
AUGUSTINES - Self Titled album
To mark a new name, attitude and record, indie band Augustines formerly known as We Are Augustines are set to release self-titled album February 3rd 2014. Following publication of their debut album Rise Ye Sunken Ships in 2011, the band have left behind their heartbreak and come back fighting with a record packed with cheer-filled anthems and expectant choruses. Previously admired for their 'scrappy vitality' and 'gruff yet sophisticated rafter-raising' (SPIN), Augustines' new album encompasses exactly that. The Brooklyn-born trio is the success of former indie rock outfit Pela, of which Eric Sanderson and Billy McCarthy were members. McCarthy forms the band's guitar lines, whilst Sanderson accompanies on bass, vocals and keys. With the addition of drummer Rob Allen, Augustines formed and moved camp to Seattle.
A WILHELM SCREAM - Live at Leeds Cockpit - March 11th 2014
Prior to A Wilhelm Scream's pulsating set, sprightly UK punks Gnarwolves delivered an energetic if largely uninspired batch of throaty punk very much in the vein of the recently reunited Basement. It's been hard to avoid the hype the Brighton outfit have been on the receiving end of over the past 12 months, but there's little on show to convince they they've got the songs in their arsenal to rise above this level. Their unpolished pop punk is functional enough, but there's just not enough big tunes on display to get this jaded old hack hot under the collar.
Monday, 24 March 2014
ST VINCENT - St Vincent (self titled album)
Annie Clark, otherwise identified by her more majestic moniker St. Vincent, is the female art-rocker of the moment. Bold, beautiful and anything but self-conscious, the rock queen released her fourth self-titled album on February 25th, 2014, a follow up record to her earlier works Marry Me, Actor and Strange Mercy. Clark also worked on a collaborative album with David Byrne entitled Love This Giant in 2012, and made an appearance on the film soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: New Moon after working with Bon Iver on the song 'Roslyn'; it is fair to say St Vincent has well and truly earned her place in musical stardom.
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN - The Classic
Joan Wasser aka Joan As Police Woman is back with her fourth studio album, The Classic, set for publication on March 10th 2014. The Maine-born singer-songwriter began her career as a violinist for the Dambuilders, and has since released three albums as a solo artist: Real Life in 2006, To Survive in 2008 and most recently 2011's The Deep Field. The Classic features the same soulful, multi-layered harmonies we expect from the star, yet its sound is instilled with a maturity and mellowness absent in her previous work.
MUTUAL BENEFIT - Love's Crushing Diamond
Sifting through impending musicians, rock star wannabes and fame-thirsty instrumentalists can for any reviewer be a barren harvest. However, the inevitability of eventually stumbling across the glint of a hidden gem makes the whole process worthwhile. One of these fruits, and a juicy one at that, is Jordan Lee's Mutual Benefit, and their magnificent forthcoming album Love's Crushing Diamond.
PATTERNS - Waking Lines
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"I need 3 pages on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire"
"Give me 5 pages on the Underground Railroad"
"Well, just for that, make it 10 pages on owls" (this really did happen after mistakenly asking Sister Judith "who?")
In addition, to sitting up straight, keeping our hands to ourselves and forming a single file, we have been historically taught to communicate based on length. How many late nights in high school did you spend stretching your 2 page thought to 3 pages? The preponderance of length now negatively affects the way we professionally communicate.
Recently, I was blog coaching a group of amazing professionals. Their ideas were off the chain. Yet, the first question I was asked, was how long should it be. Suddenly, I'm quoting the professor I loathed: "as long as it needs to be to get your point across."
Meh. I hated that line.
Therein lies the professional conundrum of bloated content created daily based solely on the dated mantra that bigger is better. If Floyd the business analyst wrote a 545 page spec, then surely he has been working hard and the project is abundantly significant.
Or is it?
Some of the most impressive projects I have seen, particularly in agile development, stem from 1 page specifications detailing the workload for the current sprint.
I have a mental catalog of dozens of instances where the less written, the more effective the project.
But you know what? I'm going to shut the hell up.
After all, I got my point across.