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The instruments employed by Art-Test are the result of a thorough and complex study carried out by experts with wide experience in this field, with the objective of optimizing both performance and portability. Most of the appliances that Art-Test employs have been designed and realized in-house, thanks to the know-how and expertise acquired by its professionals and by our partner companies, specialized in scientific instruments, as well as to the cooperation with research institutes.
Some of our devices are for sale. If you are interested ask us for a quotation!
Vidicon scientific camera
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A breakthrough exclusive technology (patented by Art-Test) that produces an image stratigraphy of the painting surface. A non-invasive method that allows to look underneath varnishes and retouches without the need to physically remove them. The ultimate solution for conservators and art historians!
Cooled CCD camera
Scientific Cooled CCD camera (DTA) .
– Image sensor:KAF 6303e (Kodak), UV enhanced, high quantum efficiency till 1100 nm, front side illuminated transparent gate true two phase technology sensor 3072×2048 pixels, 9×9 micron.
– Full Well Capacity: 100 ke
– Dark Current: 0.5 e-/pixelsec
– Quantum Efficency a 450,550,650 nm: 40, 55, 64
– Fill Factor: 100%
– 16 2" interferential filters (LOT oriel). spaced at 50nm from 350 nm to 1100 nm, typical peak transmittance of 80-90% and FWHM of 40-50 nm
– Proprietary dedicated Software by Art-Test
Intravedo IR Scanner
Un nuovo strumento che riunisce le funzionalità di scanner per riflettografia e di posizionatore, per misure precise ad esempio in ed-xrf, come per acquisizioni di aree in sequenza
– IR sensor: InGaAs Photodiode, spectral sensitivity 0.8 – 1.7 micron
– Lighting: 2 halogen lamps 10 W
– Spatial Resolution of Scanned Area 101,6 – 404,6 dpi
– Reflectogram gray levels: 12 bit/pixel resolution
– Overall amplitude XYZ Area Analysis in a single acquisition: 1.8 x 1.8 m
– Acquisition speed: about 1h30'/m2
– Modular and transportable device, easy to assemble
– Size: depending on the acquisition area chosen (depth 70 cm)
– Light structure, easy to transport
– External stabilized power supply 24 V
– Computer controlled
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No problem! Here are the ones we get asked most frequently. If yours isn't here, please get in touch and we'll get back to you tout suite.!
We love your videos but got a quote from another videographer who charges lesser than you. Are you able to drop your prices?
With respect, no. We believe in the premium quality of our work and take a lot of time during the edit to achieve this quality and make sure our films are truly unique to each couple. We also only work with a limited number of couples each year, ensuring our undivided attention and focus. Naturally, this attracts a premium. As the saying goes though, 'You get what you pay for' and our super-duper thrilled couples attest to that.
How many hours will you need with us on the day?
Wedding days are notoriously busy, so we go out of our way to streamline the process and stay out of your (beautifully styled!) hair. We normally spend 45 minutes with the groom, 1 hour and 15 minutes with the bride, and we aim to be at the ceremony spot 30 minutes before it starts to set up. During the reception, we normally finish 30 minutes to an hour after the formalities are done, ensuring we can get some dance floor action to capture the vibe and atmosphere of your night. If you've got a unique farewell planned (we love us some sparklers!) you can always add more hours to your package and have us stick around to capture the magic.
Can we choose our own music for our film?
Whilst it would actually be easiest for us to just use whatever you want for music, we take a different approach. Why? Because it's important to us to go the extra mile and find truly unique music that complements your footage and makes your video stand out from the crowd. We find these hidden gems on Musicbed, which is a compilation of great indie artists with amazing, undiscovered tracks. In our Highlight Films, we usually use a few different tracks – enabling us to separate the sentimental moments from the 'Let's go crazy and dance!' stuff.
Using Musicbed also means we're able to purchase the music licence, meaning you can share your video online without any issues (or the risk of being sued by a record label!).
Can we give input / suggestions to our film?
Absolutely! Your input is so important to us. We also supply one draft version of the film before we finalise the video, ensuring you're 100% happy. With that said, it's also important for you to trust us and give us creative freedom so we can create the best film for you. If you love our previous films, you'll love what we create for you!
Do you also record audio of the ceremony and speeches?
Yes, audio is one of the most important memories of your day! Usually we mic up the groom and the celebrant's PA during the ceremony, and we mic up the lectern or the DJ / house system during speeches. We record the ceremony and speeches in full so you'll have them in your Raw Edit to listen to for years to come.
How long after our wedding will we receive our video?
We are super fussy and spend a long time getting your edit exactly right. This means the wait can be up to 2 to 3 months, but if you just can't wait, we can rush it through for a small additional fee (pending availability).
How will you work together with our photographer?
We're very flexible on the day and have a candid and natural style, so we work well with photographers who have the same approach. We can still work with your photographer even if they're a little more directive and like to create poses. We usually let them take the lead and ask for just a few extra seconds once they get their shot so that we can capture different angles and moments.
We love your videos and we're keen beans! What's the next step?
Awesome, we can't wait to meet you! Please get in touch to arrange an appointment so we can get to know each other and discuss your special day. Just so you know up front – we book out well in advance, so if you can, it's worth securing your date as soon as possible. We require a 30% deposit upon booking to secure the date and the rest due before your wedding day.

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Viacom fiasco is an ominous wake-up call for anyone who cares about his or her online privacy. Today Viacom, tomorrow some other company, another day a government, can arm-twist Google into giving away log data containing user names, IP addresses, keywords, watched content, mouse-clicks, email, and any other information that Google collects.
So far, Google has only used user data for directed marketing. At least it is only about wringing money out of people's thoughts and desires through the ad sense infrastructure. The problem is, the same data can be easily massaged into revealing political, ethical, racial, religious, sexual, and other personal leanings of a person. There may be money to be made out of this data as well, but more importantly, there is the real danger of misusing this information as a pretext for prosecution or blackmail.
Google publicly defends its privacy record. Unfortunately, user privacy is not the most important objective for a publicly traded company. It is shareholder value. And to create shareholder value, a company needs to survive. A determined government can easily make the survival of a company subject to compliance with the government's wish. Google says it "Does no evil". Trouble with this slogan is, who decides what "evil" is?
Another scary scenario can be built around theft of sensitive user data. The media reported that Google is handing over 4TB of You-tube log data to Viacom. Now 4TB is a substantial, but not a lot for future data storage technology: We may have 4TB USB pen drives within the next 5 years. What if one disgruntled employee smuggled this data out of Google and auctioned it off to blackmailers for a few hundred grand?
No easy answers here.
I can keep ranting about Google and privacy and all that, but I am writing this blog on Google property (Blogger)!!! My wife and I are avid Gmail and Orkut and Google Reader and Google search and Google news users. Are we toast? Or, can we wean ourselves from Google?
I parsed our Firefox history over a few weeks to figure out where we stand in terms of Google-to-non-Google websites visited in order to get an idea of our Google dependence. The results are not pretty. Google properties accounted for just over 50% of all the websites visited (Figure 1).
Fortunately, there are non-Google alternatives to all Google applications. So in theory we can start using other applications instead of Google. Off course, there is nothing to guarantee that other websites will not yield to the same pressures as Google. But at least we can spread our web footprint - one entity will not have a complete view of a our web presence as Google does today.
The Firefox history indicated that we visit a few websites often and the rest are rarely visited (Figure 2). The often-visited websites were the usual suspects - search, web-mail, social networking, blogs, and news - and Google dominated this space. This is a great sign because it shows that even though Google is big in terms of visits, it is not very heterogeneous in the content/services it offers. Google is not my bank, not my bookstore, not my voip provider, not my university, and not my community. In fact, if I remove the top-6 Google properties from the data then the distribution starts looking much more uniform. My web log data spread on heterogeneous websites. Doesn't this flavor of obfuscation help privacy?
There may still be hope for privacy on the Internet.


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RIP Fatiha Nkrumah
Source: the East African Standard.
First Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah's widow, Fatiha, passed away last week in Cairo, her home town, where she has lived for most of the years since her husband was overthrown in February 1966.
As to be expected, all kinds of tributes have poured in from all corners, including people and institutions that have never cared what became of her and her three children since Nkrumah died. Many conspicuous mourners did not even realise that Fatiha was alive all these years.
The worst of the hypocrites is Government. Those in power had the power, if the will was there, to have honoured Fatiha, recognised and provided for her and her family. But successive Ghanaian governments pursued a policy of benign neglect, outright hostility or opportunistic association and gestures towards the family.
This is not because Fatiha has lived outside Ghana. The same treatment was experienced by the oldest of Nkrumah's children, Dr Francis, the first son of Nkrumah with his Ghanaian first wife, or Sekou (Fatiha's second son) who live in Accra. The government announced that it would give Fatiha a State funeral befitting a former First Lady. But of what benefit is this posthumous honour when she was neglected while alive?
African hypocrisy transforms a dead person into a friend of everyone, with nobody saying anything negative about the departed. Some of this is due to guilt. We tend to over compensate by making all kinds of commitments and gestures after death. However, the guilt soon subsides and life continues as before.
The loved ones are left behind to pick up the pieces, as they must. Tears of some of the politically correct mourners go dry as soon as the TV cameras are turned off.
The way we treat the families of national and Pan-Africanist heroes does not inspire confidence that devotion to Africa means anything. Their families suffer: Absent fathers and husbands. The children grow up feeling victimised by the 'struggle' and after the hero has gone or is no longer in power, the family might as well have been dead.
Fatiha was much younger than the Osagyefo when he married her in a union that typified Nkrumah's refusal to accept the Saharan African divide. The three children they had together were all toddlers when Nkrumah was overthrown, and only teenagers when he died in 1972. Fatiha was barely in her mid 30s.
With no husband, father or State provisions, the family survived on goodwill, sometimes from strangers who never met Nkrumah, but treasured his contribution. The family could not live in Ghana, but thanks to President Gamal Abdul Nasser (after whom Fatiha's first son, Gamal Gorkeh, was named) of Egypt, the family got a befitting home on the banks of the Nile.
That house progressively became damaged for lack of maintenance since the family could not afford to maintain a modest but stately building. The Ghana for which Nkrumah laboured and the Africa he toiled for ignored his family. It is an insult to shed crocodile tears at the passing of his widow. It is an insult to the family for Ghana to offer a State funeral to a person largely ignored in life.
The State showed similar hypocrisy when Nkrumah died in exile in Conakry, Guinea, and later brought his remains to Ghana for State reburial! The embalmed body was for many years left to deteriorate in his home village before shame, political expediency and influence of Nkrumahists forced former President Jerry Rawlings to accept a mausoleum for Nkrumah in central Accra. Even then, most of the money came from Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi!
The spirit of Nkrumah continues to haunt opportunists and ideological parasites who use his name in vain. It should shame us into honouring heroes and heroines in life and death, especially the widow and children they leave behind.


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Then I started thinking generally about investing, and I'm hoping you will share your opinion.
Here's the question: would you invest your Roth IRA in a more conservative way or a more aggressive way?
I've read various articles in the past and have heard opinions of financial managers. Some say that since all the capital gains can be taken out tax-free, it's best to go with a more conservative approach. This way, the probability of the IRA losing value over the years will be minimal and you can enjoy the tax benefits.
Others say that you should be more aggressive because of these tax benefits. By choosing to use an aggressive approach, you have the chance of great gains and keeping all of these gains.
What would you do, or for those who have IRA's, what do you do?
Note: you can also blend the two, either by using both at the same time (10% aggressive, 90% conservative, etc.) or by being more aggressive at a younger age and then turning more conservative.
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I listened to the conference call (stockdiva, what did you think?) and I wasn't thrilled, but saw some potential. I wrote down some notes and hopefully I got all the figures correct. Sales increased by 21%, but the bottom line was hit by an increase in expenses. The quarter ended with a net loss of 1 cent compared to a 3 cent profit last year. So far things are just looking so-so, but the increase in expenses was due to brand awareness and marketing costs for promotions with Target. They seem positive with their Target results, so these expenses will probably be worth it in the long run. But they better be right with their expectations of the Target program.
Sales did increase at a strong rate, but the increase in expenses of $1.1 million was huge when compared to the increase in sales. So these operating expenses were to increase brand awareness and boost their Target sales. The next few quarters will be important to see if this increase in op expenses were worth it (especially the figures for the summer months).
Other notes:
- They talked more about expanding, and I think they should definitely use more outlets. Target is a huge chain, but I think that it will be important to continue with Kroger and other chains as well.
- The organic tea line is exceeding expectations
- The gross margins held fairly well and they intend to lower freight costs
- It seems that they are banking on nice growth figures for the near term future because they had greatly higher operating expenses (mentioned above) and they are increasing their inventory (inventory turnover went form 49 to 61 days). From one side, it looks like a big risk, but from another side it also looks like they have full confidence in their numbers and estimates for strong growth.
- They plan to move to Nasdaq and will provide benefits for the future. In the near term, this could make the outlook appear fuzzy because of the increase in expenses. I looked on the Naz site and the fees for listing as a small cap can't exceed $50k (they also noted this during the CC). The annual fees will also be $21k per year. These expenses, along with other promotional expenses could hinder the chance of profitability for the near future.
- They are going to do a Halloween promotion where they are hoping people will buy small cans and give them to trick-or-treaters. Honestly, I'm not so sure about this one (I rather get candy). Hopefully they aren't putting too much money into this, and I'm not sure if they said any estimates.
- One caller talked about the pricing of cans of soda vs the bottle prices. I think this was a strong point, because it could become a cannibalization of sales. Rather than adding to sales, people who originally bought the bottles would now buy the cheaper cans. Definitely something to watch.
- They were able to increase their prices, which just shows the strength of the brand. They had good top line growth with an increase in price, nice.


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Let's be honest, most men are hard to shop for! It doesn't matter if it's a birthday, Christmas, anniversary or Valentine's Day, us ladies are usually stumped! We've put together a list of gifts that men will love! Whether they are the gift type or the memory maker we're sure to get your ideas flowing this Valentine's Day!
1. Physical Gifts. This is for those men who will actually use and appreciate a physical gift given to them! Lots of men will say they want something but never buy it for themselves, now is your time to remember what that something was!
For the business man: a watch, a new brief case, a grooming kit, etc.
For the Athlete: a gift basket of athletic gear/snacks that they love, a pair of sneakers they are hesitant to buy for themselves, etc.
For the outdoorsy man: camping gear, hiking accessories, fishing themed basket, beard grooming supplies, etc.
2. Sentimental Gifts. This type of gift giving is for you ladies that have a man that truly appreciates something from the heart.
Collectables: does your man collect something like coins or cards? This gift isn't about the price, but more about the time you put into finding that item they don't yet have in their collection.
Sentimental Items: maybe someone close to them has recently passed away, a great way to keep their memory alive is to make something new out of their loved ones tie, t-shirt, etc.
3. Memory Making Gifts.
Adventurous Guy. Plan a day trip for a hike, take him to an escape/mystery room - what does he love to do?
Thrill Seeker. Race car driving, white water rafting trip, dog sledding weekend, etc.
Music Lover. Concert tickets, guitar lessons, etc.
We hope this little list has gotten your idea's flowing for your fiancé!
Happy Valentine's Day Brides!


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PODCAST: Will elections in Europe and Ukraine change EU-Russia relations? With Nicu Popescu
RUSSIA & CIS: Following a lunch event, Practice Lead for Russia, CIS and CEE, Alexander Smotrov and Nicu Popescu, Director of the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, discuss recent elections in Europe and Ukraine, and their potential impacts on EU-Russia relations.
Crimea: lost but not found
Last week marked the fifth anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine (referred to as "accession" in Russia itself). President Putin descended on to Crimean soil to mark the date by opening new power stations while Moscow staged a three-day street festival to remember the Crimean "homecoming". However, the public mood both in Crimea and in Moscow is notably different than five years ago. So, what is the ultimate price paid for this geopolitical gamble and who might have benefitted from it?
The real challenge of Romania's first EU presidency
Romania's presidency of the EU Council - formally launching this week - has already received a dose of high-profile scepticism both in Brussels and Bucharest. Politicians ranging from president Juncker to president Iohannis expressed doubts about Romania's preparedness for its first ever stint at the helm of the EU, 12 years after its accession. In fairness, it will not be a routine rotation as the next six months will signify a turbulent and eventful period for the European Union.
For Brussels, Macedonia by any name must be European
The long-anticipated constitutional referendum in Macedonia on Sunday has been watched carefully both in Brussels and in Moscow. The seemingly convoluted question in ballot papers – "Do you support EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between Macedonia and Greece?" – in fact provided an unequivocal direction for 1.8 million voters in the Balkan nation. The resulting 91% vote in favour of the proposal by the pro-EU government led by social democrat Zoran Zaev looked very good on paper but turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory.
Bridging the Council divides: east and west
This is an excerpt from Global Counsel's latest publication Europe in the Global Economy, which can be downloaded in full here.
Europe in the Global Economy
A distinctive feature of President Juncker's "political" European Commission was a single set of collective top-down priorities, rather than a stitching together of the agendas of individual commissioners. In 2014, this meant a focus on economic reforms to restore growth lost during the 2008 financial crisis: a digital single market, a capital markets union and an investment plan for Europe. Events inevitably challenged this strategy — an unprecedented refugee crisis, Brexit, the emergence of new security threats — but it proved more resilient than many expected at the outset of the "last chance" Commission.
Is Poland's government reshuffle an olive branch to Brussels?
Just under a month following his first attendance before the European Council, Poland's new Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has piqued Brussels' interest in his young premiership with a major cabinet reshuffle. The move targets the most hard-line, nationalist ministers with portfolios core to the EU's agenda: defence, foreign affairs, digital and the environment. The timing of this announcement – just before Morawiecki's meeting with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and vice-president Frans Timmermans – has been labelled by some as a canny attempt to appease Brussels. Should the reshuffle be interpreted in such a binary way?
Vladimir the fourth goes forth
Vladimir Putin's announcement to run for his fourth, and probably final, presidential term is no surprise. Thus far, all the polls indicate he will romp home on 18 March next year. Indeed, polling day has been moved to mark the anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea to reinforce the significance of Putin's proudest achievement in his third term in office.
Will ANO say 'Yes' to Euroscepticism and 'No' to Brussels?
The parliamentary elections in Czech Republic last weekend produced an unsettling but not unexpected result. The moderate populist ANO party won nearly 30% of the vote, but fell far short of a majority in the parliament. Other anti-establishment parties – the Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD) and the Pirates Party – have significantly strengthened their positions. Support for the traditional parties, including Social Democrats who led the previous government for four years, dropped to single digits. Only Eurosceptic Civic Democratic Party (ODS) managed to regain some of its centre-right ground lost in the previous elections.
Does the migration stick for Visegrad countries require a carrot as well?
Migration has drawn the most serious division line between the 'old' and 'new' EU member states in a decade. This week's European Commission infringement decision against Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic for their refusal to pledge to accept refugees is just another strong indication of that.
A Brexit pill for Romania
When you mention EU states competing to win a prestigious and powerful European regulatory agency from Britain after Brexit, most people would probably think of the European Banking Authority. But the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is also up for grabs, and the most intriguing bidder is Bucharest.
Donald Tusk plays Ukrainian trump card
The EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Thursday just ended on an unusual note - and not just because Donald Tusk delivered some of his closing remarks in Ukrainian. He also officially said that the EU now bears the entire responsibility for successful completion of the visa facilitation process and the Association Agreement implementation impeded by the results of the Dutch referendum earlier this year. This was quite a concession. So why make it?
Russian economy minister arrested, but the ship sails on…
Russia woke up this morning to news unprecedented in its modern history – a serving minister has been arrested for an alleged $2 million cash bribe over the 50% privatisation of Bashneft oil company by the powerful Rosneft. An operation led by the Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service reminded some of infamous high-profile night-time arrests in the 1930s.
Will the LinkedIn case start a chain reaction for US tech businesses in Russia?
This week the Americans elected a new president who is portrayed by some as an agent of change for US-Russian relations and a potential advocate of large US businesses operating in Russia. Donald Trump was quickly congratulated by President Putin, who publicly sought to restore severed links with Washington. What happened within the next 36 hours to two large US tech companies working in Russia could be a pure coincidence however, it sends a clear warning signal to American businesses.
United Russia victory as a silver bullet for PM Medvedev
The pro-Kremlin United Russia party secured a supermajority of 76% of the seats in the State Duma elections earlier this week. The result reflected changes to the boundaries (merging rural and urban areas), voting system (combining single constituency and lists) and indeed the season (from mid-winter to early autumn). These changes led to a rock solid position for United Russia deputies in the parliament, a reduced turnout and no repeat of the street protests that gave Vladimir Putin his closest brush with mortality in the winter of 2011.
A state-controlled Rosneft privatisation under BP watch
The long-anticipated privatisation of the 19.5% government-owned stake in Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft has finally started to take shape with the government expected to reveal their offer to investors in the next two weeks. With BP owning 19.75% of Rosneft, making them the largest single private shareholder, this process will be watched as closely in St James's Square as in Red Square.
Russia: Big Brother for 'Big Four'
Just before the Russian State Duma was dissolved for the September elections, it voted for the controversial amendments to the counter-terrorism legislation dubbed the 'Big Brother Law'. The new amendments signed by President Vladimir Putin yesterday could completely change the country's mobile industry landscape and seriously affect Russia's preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
SPIEF: talk business, think sanctions
When the guests of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) land at Pulkovo airport the first thing they see are the huge advertising posters of the US-sanctioned Bank Rossiya alongside with numerous adverts of familiar Western brands – from Total and Mercedes to Coca Cola and Pepsi. Indeed this year's 'Russian Davos' was largely a question of talk business, think sanctions.
Embracing isolation: Russia's new protectionism
Russia is now more isolated than at any time since Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985. This is a consequence of President Vladimir Putin's response to the Maidan revolution in Ukraine. The western sanctions and Russian counter-measures pose more than just a set of legal questions for trade lawyers to understand. Russia is attempting to reduce its exposure to the west. This means protecting and supporting home-grown Russian enterprises. It also means prioritising trade and investment relationships to the east and south. For western businesses with operations or trading partners in Russia this poses a new set of questions about the merits of doing business there. This Global Counsel Insight note explains the current trends, the risks that these pose and the implications for business.
EU-Ukraine: what Russia does next
Last Wednesday Ukraine reached a major political milestone in its relations with the EU when the Ukrainian government gave the green light to the signing of an Association Agreement between the two in Vilnius in November this year. After ten years of hesitation, Ukraine is choosing between two distinct and probably incompatible economic and geo- political alignments. Moreover, by rejecting Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Economic Union in favour of closer economic integration with the EU, Kiev is making a choice that is likely to provoke Russian resentment and retaliation. This is far from a definitive statement of Ukraine's European orientation: public attitudes are still ambivalent and Moscow remains a constant source of pressure. But it is a significant geopolitical setback for Vladimir Putin's regional agenda. What he does next will matter for business.
The Moscow election: too big to jail
Later this week Moscow will go to the polls to choose a new mayor in an election for control of a city that is both the centre of the Russian political economy and not quite like anywhere else in Russian politics. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, appointed the current mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, and he released from jail his chief critic - charismatic lawyer and anti-corruption blogger, Alexey Navalny. The fact that Putin has chosen to stage a showdown between a long-time critic and a long-time Kremlin loyalist may be further evidence of his power to pull all the strings in Russia, but it is also a serious concession to Muscovites' expectations of a different kind of politics in Russia. It may be a sign of things to come.
Nabiullina's Bank of Russia
This week Elvira Nabiullina will formally become next governor of the Bank of Russia. Nabiullina is an interesting, and largely unexpected, candidate for the job. She is a low-key Putin loyalist who has also developed a reputation as a moderniser, a liberal and a private advocate of a Russian 'normalisation strategy' – piloting Russia into the WTO in 2012. She is likely to bring the same instincts to the Bank of Russia, on both monetary policy and in the new responsibilities of the Bank of Russia for financial regulation. But managing Russian politics, and a dramatically beefed up institutional remit will test her undoubted skills.


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Affiliate Marketing For Dummies and Beginners – How Does It Work?
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SAN LUIS — On May 4, Costilla County Deputies along with the help of other agencies conducted a thorough investigation involving Zanis McDonald, 43. McDonald is currently in custody on other unrelated charges.
The investigation led to McDonald being charged with 28 charges to include: 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child, 2 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (threatens retaliation), 5 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (use of force), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (pattern of abuse), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a child (position of trust younger than 15), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault (position of trust pattern of abuse), 3 Counts of Aggravated Incest, 3 Counts of Child Abuse, 1 Counts of Assault in the 2nd Degree (strangulation), and 2 Counts of Reckless Endangerment.
McDonald is currently being held on a $250,000 bond. The Costilla County Sheriff's Office thanks the Costilla County Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, and the 12th Judicial District Attorney's Office for their assistance in this investigation.
SAN LUIS — On May 4, Costilla County Deputies along with the help of other agencies conducted a thorough investigation involving Zanis McDonald, 43. McDonald is currently in custody on other unrelated charges.
The investigation led to McDonald being charged with 28 charges to include: 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child, 2 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (threatens retaliation), 5 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (use of force), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a Child (pattern of abuse), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault on a child (position of trust younger than 15), 3 Counts of Sexual Assault (position of trust pattern of abuse), 3 Counts of Aggravated Incest, 3 Counts of Child Abuse, 1 Counts of Assault in the 2nd Degree (strangulation), and 2 Counts of Reckless Endangerment.
McDonald is currently being held on a $250,000 bond. The Costilla County Sheriff's Office thanks the Costilla County Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, and the 12th Judicial District Attorney's Office for their assistance in this investigation.
McDonald charged with sex assault MAY 13, 2017
A Tilton man charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old remains under investigation by police who say they're pursuing leads about other potential victims.
Charles H. Beckley, 53, was arrested Thursday night in downtown Franklin on a warrant issued by Tilton police. He currently faces two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault.
Police say Beckley sexually assaulted the teenager on more than one occasion during a six- to 12-month time period. Beckley knew the 13-year-old and her family at the time of the abuse, according to Police Chief Robert Cormier.
Tilton police began investigating Beckley after a local mother reported May 3 that her daughter had been sexually assaulted, Cormier said.
On Thursday, detectives executed a search warrant at Beckley's home on Grange Road.
Following his arrest that evening, he was interviewed at the Tilton Police Department and then booked at the Belknap County jail in Laconia. Beckley remains incarcerated for lack of $20,000 bail. He was arraigned by video from the jail Friday morning.
Before noon Friday, Cormier said detectives had received new information from witnesses who had heard about the case. He said additional interviews would be scheduled soon.
"It remains a very fluid investigation," he said.
Tilton police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the department at 286-4442.
Tilton man charged with sexually assaulting child ALYSSA DANDREA May 12, 2017
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A yearlong investigation into allegations that a Springfield man sexually molested several children beginning when one of them was 4 years old has resulted in felony charges.
David LaClair, 60, pleaded not guilty Friday in White River Junction criminal court to three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. He was taken to the Springfield prison for lack of $5,000 bail.
"These are not three separate acts on a single child, but rather three separate children," Deputy State's Attorney Heidi Remick said in court.
LaClair " admitted to sexual contact with each of these three children," the prosecutor said, and the children described abuse lasting much longer than the admitted acts.
Remick said investigators believe the abuse spanned four or five years beginning around 2010 when LaClair was staying with friends who had young children.
The children reported the repeated acts to high school counselors and teen phone hotline, according to an affidavit by Detective Matthew Sweitzer of the Vermont State Police.
One of the children told investigators she reported the alleged abuse to her mother, who did not believe her at the time, Sweitzer said.
Remick said the children's accounts were consistent, " and each observed at least some of the abuse of the others."
When LaClair was interviewed Thursday, the detective said, he initially denied even knowing some of the children. But he later told investigators "he drank alcohol and consumed cocaine and heroin" during the period in question, and " maybe ( he) watched pornography while children were present," the affidavit said.
LaClair came to court voluntarily Friday and stood behind the defense table with oxygen tubes in his nostrils.
" I would note that Mr. LaClair is in exceeding poor health,"defense attorney Erik Braghirol said.
" He requires oxygen 24 hours a day and he has surgeries scheduled on both his lungs for June at Dartmouth-Hitchcock."
Remick asked the court to hold LeClair without bail, noting he could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted of all charges, and has a history of alcohol-related offenses.
Judge Theresa DiMauro set bail at $5,000.
"His physical condition suggests he does not pose a substantial risk to public safety under his present circumstances," she said.
A Mesa County jury returned a mixed batch of verdicts Friday in the trial of a 45-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a boy and girl over a span of several years.
Trini Lamar Trujillo, of Grand Junction, was arrested in April 2014 after investigators learned an elementary school girl told her foster mother that she had been molested by him.
A man who is now in his 20s also came forward and told investigators he had been sexually abused by Trujillo as a young child.
The man said he didn't tell anyone about the abuse until he was 16 because he was afraid and didn't think anyone would do anything about it, earlier reports said.
Trujillo was eventually charged with 18 counts including sexual assault on a child, tampering and child abuse. He pleaded not guilty and took his case before a jury.
The younger victim, who is still in elementary school, testified in court May 3, describing one instance of sexual assault that she called "the big incident."
"I remember screaming," the child told jurors. "He used his hand to cover my mouth."
The girl recalled incidents where she saw pornography on a computer and when Trujillo warned her not to tell anyone.
Jurors returned guilty verdicts in eight of Trujillo's 18 charges, including both sex assault charges related to the man's claims and three of 13 sex assault charges relating to the young girl.
However, he was acquitted in 10 sex assault-related charges brought based on the girl's allegations.
Trujillo was also convicted on charges of tampering, protection order violation and child abuse.
He will be sentenced June 22, when prosecutors plan to ask that he be sentenced as a habitual criminal.
Junction man found guilty of eight sex-assault charges against boy, girl Gabrielle Porter May 14, 2017
A 77-year-old Aurora man was arrested late last week on charges he sexually assaulted and abused a girl he knew over an eight-year span.
Inocente Delgado, of the 500 block of Binder Street, was charged with five counts of predatory sexual assault of a child younger than 13 and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, all of which are felonies, according to Kane County court records.
Delgado is accused of committing the crimes from May 2007 to May 2015, records show.
Aurora police said the Kane County Child Advocacy Center, which is an arm of the state's attorney's office that investigates crimes against children, handled the case. The CAC does not comment on investigations or cases.
Delgado was being held on $1 million bail, meaning he needs to post $100,000 to be released while the case is pending.
If he does post bond, court records show, he is to be placed on electronic home monitoring, is forbidden to have any contact with the victim, and is banned from going near an address on the 1500 block of Liberty Street in Aurora.
Delgado is next due in court May 26 and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the most severe charge, along with lifetime registration as a sex offender.
Aurora man charged with child rape, abuse over eight years 5/15/2017 Harry Hitzeman
SANTA CRUZ >> A neurosurgeon who, until recently, was employed by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and a Dominican Hospital nurse have been arrested on multiple charges of sexual offense against children.
James Kohut, 57, was arrested Sunday at a residence near the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor on 4th Avenue on one charge of oral copulation with a child under the age of 10 and two charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. He was booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail and is being held without bail.
Kohut, most recently practicing in Arkansas, was one of three doctors at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center and one of two doctors at Dominican Hospital who specialized in neurological surgery.
Kohut ended his employment with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and parent company Sutter Health in 2016, according to a representative of the organization.
Rashel Brandon, 42, was arrested May 10 and charged with 11 felonies including sodomy, oral copulation and lewd and lascivious acts with a child as well as multiple charges related to the production of child pornography.
Brandon was arrested at a residence in the 500 block of Cirvelo Street in Watsonville, which is located a half block from Ann Soldo Elementary School, according to Santa Cruz County Jail records. She has been employed by Dignity Health since June 2016, according to a LinkedIn page.
A third, unidentified suspect is in custody outside of California.
"I can confirm we have three people in custody and that this is a very serious sexual abuse case," said Watsonville police Capt. Jorge Zamora. "I can also confirm the case crosses state lines."
In addition to the Watsonville Police Department, other investigating agencies include the FBI, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, a national network of 61 coordinated task forces representing over 3,500 federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
The Watsonville Police Department will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. Thursday to release more details regarding the case, Zamora said.
Kohut had recently joined Sparks Clinic Neuroscience Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, according to the Sparks Health System website.
Kohut was disciplined for attempting to remove a temporal aneurysm from the right side of a 36-year-old patient's head on May 21, 2002, when x-rays clearly showed the aneurysm was located on the left side, according to medical board records.
He was also disciplined for viewing pornography on University Medical Center computers while working at the institution as a neurosurgeon between 2002 and 2003, according to medical board records.
Kohut is married and has two college-age children.
BUCYRUS - He told police he raped a 5-year-old girl, and now could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Donald C. Fisher, 56, of Bucyrus, was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years after he entered a plea of guilty to one count of first-degree felony rape.
Fisher was arrested in February two days after he molested the child, according the Crawford County Prosecutor Matt Crall. It wasn't the man's first sex-related conviction— Crall said Fisher was found guilty of gross sexual imposition in 1988.
Crall explained that the child's mother left the girl alone with Fisher while she went grocery shopping Feb. 25. When she came home, she noticed the man's pants were unbuckled.
"He said the child had put her hands down his pants," Crall said.
Crawford County Common Pleas Judge Sean Leuthold explained to Fisher that his crime was so severe that even the judge himself couldn't keep Fisher out of prison.
"You have to spend 15 years in prison before you're eligible for parole," Leuthold told the man. "You may very well spend the rest of your life in prison."
The judge reminded the man at the start of the hearing that he was entitled to call upon 12 of his peers for a full jury trial should he wish to avoid such a lengthy sentence, but the man's attorney told Leuthold that Fisher had no intentions of denying his guilt.
With that, the judge asked the man how he wanted to plea to his rape charge.
"Guilty, Your Honor," Fisher told Leuthold.
With that, Leuthold told the man he was now a Tier-3 sex offender. For the rest of his life, Fisher must tell the county sheriff every time he moves, buys a different car, finds a new job or even creates a new email account. The felon must also visit the sheriff's office in person every 90 days, until he dies.
Leuthold told Fisher that it would be up to the parole board to decide in 15 years if Fisher will ever be released from prison.
The judge wanted to know if the man had anything to say for himself.
"I know what I've done is wrong, and I'm sorry to cause this hurt and confusion for the victim and her family," Fisher said. "Maybe someday I can be forgiven."
Leuthold appeared unmoved by the felon's sentiments.
"Mr. Fisher, it's not my job to forgive you," he told the prisoner. "It's my job to punish you."
The judge said he was particularly disgusted by the way the man built trust with the victim's family, then struck when he had time alone with the little girl.
"You've got a lot of things in your life to make up for," Leuthold said. "I can't even comprehend how you will do it, but I would try, if I were you."
A 48-year-old man is going to state prison for 15 years to life for molesting two underage female relatives, including one over several years of sleepovers in Fullerton beginning when she was 7.
Amador Estrada received his 15-to-life sentence Friday after having been convicted of three counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, with jurors also finding true sentencing enhancement allegations for multiple victims.
Evidence was also presented during the trial alleging Estrada also victimized a third relative, but he was not charged for that.
The successful prosecution covers molestations that happened between Oct. 21, 2009, and June 19, 2012, when Estrada's youngest victim told friends at her elementary school what had happened to her, and the word spread to the principal, who contact police.
The girl had previously informed family members, but they did not contact authorities. The Fullerton police investigation uncovered the stories of the other girls, including one who accused Estrada of "licking his lips" as he leered at her crotch.
Convicted Molesters and Enabler, Accused Child Rapist, Porn Collector and More MAY 15, 2017
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Music teacher arrested for child sex trafficking 17 maggio 2017
Man Gets 5 Life Sentences For Sexually Abusing Children 16 maggio 2017
TEEN RAPISTS 28 17 maggio 2017
17-year-old sexually abused 12-year-old boy for years 17 maggio 2017
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Disabled artists show off art at Lee Library gallery show
David Gardner can hardly speak on his own, but his artwork says plenty.
Gardner, who uses a wheelchair and has limited physical mobility, worked with an able-bodied artist to paint, exactly, whatever Gardner asked.
The final product: A car made of basic geometric shapes, with splashes of paint dribbled around the cloth canvas.
"He likes drawing cars," said Ebenezer Yankey, Gardner's caregiver. "Last year he drew a police car that sold for quite a bit."
Gardner's work is just one of 33 hanging in the gallery of the Lee Library through the end of the month. The exhibit, hosted by Community Access to the Arts (CATA), showcases work from artists with physical disabilities. It was made possible by a $200 grant from the Lee Cultural Council.
A reception was held for the artists and their work Tuesday. Many of them were there, and almost all of them were in wheelchairs.
The theme of the artwork is "Vital Signs," and "everybody here has a different interpretation of what vital signs are," said Sandy Newman, the founder and executive director of CATA.
Artists who don't have the physical capability to paint on their own use an approach called Artistic Realization Technologies, or A.R.T. A trained artist, or "tracker," does exactly as the disabled artist tells them -- they paint exactly what the artist wants, where they want it on the canvas, and in whatever color the artist wants.
"The tracker acts as the artist's hands," Newman said.
An entire wall of the gallery is comprised of paintings that utilized A.R.T.
"It's a project to make it happen," said CATA development and marketing director Liana Toscanini, "but once you get used to it, you start making amazing pieces."
Carol Neuhaus, one of the A.R.T. artists, gave props to CATA and its teachers for showing her how to pursue art despite her physical limitations.
She took pride in her work on display: A canvas painted blue, peppered with different-colored stars.
"When I first started, I didn't think I could do it," Neuhaus said. "If you put your effort into it, you never know what's going to come out of the painting until it's dry."
Myles Tosk, another one of the artists in a wheelchair, was a man of few words, but said he hoped one of his two abstract pieces on display "helped people out." He said he wasn't sure how, though.
"It makes me feel joyful when I look at it," Newman told Tosk while surveying the A.R.T. work.
The other walls showcased art by those with physical disabilities, but who have the ability to draw or paint themselves. Jewelry and stationery featuring some CATA artwork were also available.
The pieces were hung in the library's gallery at the beginning of the month, but the reception was held off so people could settle back into the Berkshires after the holidays.
"We haven't done anything in Lee for a while," said Jeff Gagnon, the program and marketing associate for CATA. "The more eyes on [the artwork], the better,"
At least one of the pieces sold by the end of the reception.
For 20 years, CATA has provided access to creative visual and performance arts to Berkshire residents with physical disabilities.
"Everybody can be an artist, and that's what the message is here," Newman said. "Everyone involved with [the program] is an artist in their own right."
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The two Andrews men sat opposite one another at Press's huge kitchen table. An observer would have seen extreme similarities in the two men. Only age in one had tempered those likenesses.
Both were tall—hitting an easy six-feet-three-inches—broad-shouldered, with well-toned physiques. The Senator made daily use of the Congressional facilities; the son used his completely equipped facility on the second floor of his house and took daily runs of at least ten miles.
The handsome faces certainly resembled one another. Preston had the scar below one of the dimples that both men displayed above strong, square, chiseled jaws. The elder Andrews had a few crow's feet, but they just added character—or so his mother always said.
Their smiles, not on display at the moment, would have shown strong, straight white teeth for which no orthodontist had been required.
The thick, shining black hair—expertly cut in both cases—had turned to thick, shining silver for the Senator. The blue eyes were somehow colder—icier—in the son's case. This was true for the color as well as the impact of his glance in your direction. He always attributed that to being a cop. The father's were a deeper blue, almost the color of lapis.
It took the first pot of Starbucks for them to both become alert. Midway through the second, Press finally started to open up. With it came the pacing back and forth across his designer kitchen.
"I told Probst I was planning on going to Seattle to help them find her. The son-of-a-bitch shot me down!" Press slammed his fist down on the counter.
"As well he should have, and you know it, Son. You're too close to this one—certainly too emotional right now. Look at yourself, Preston. You can't get to sleep, can't sit long enough to have a conversation! How would you help?"
"Dad," he froze where he was, looked up at his father with his eyes so full of tears, it was amazing that he managed to keep them from falling. "I can't just sit here and wait for some Probst-robot to mess things up. Just wait for the call that tells me they've lost her—I've lost her."
"Hum. It seems to me that you don't think much of FBI agents." He'd learned when Preston was a boy that it was best to lead him to reason, not force it on him.
"You think?" Press shouted, the pacing continued once again.
He was revving up for a good blow of temper, which his father knew all too well was truly a remarkable sight.
"I don't know Rachel very well yet. What kind of agent is she?" the Senator asked, maintaining his quiet, most reasonable tone. His fellow legislators knew this could cover his true emotions, and it was often used to plow right through his opponents before they knew what hit them.
"Rachel's the best! She's tough as nails when she should be; her martial arts skills are unbelievable—she ever-so-gently dropkicked Palmer during a practice session one day. He was speechless—unharmed, but speechless." He was smiling for the first time since Probst's call. "She's tender-hearted for the victims, smart, capable. What's your point?" Press sat across from his father.
"Well, isn't she one of Probst's…what did you call them? Robots?"
Press put his head in his hands, and the tears finally flowed. "I can't lose her, Dad."
"I know, Son. Moreover, I believe that once you calm down, you'll be able to give Probst and his agents a hand on the case and you'll find her. However, for now…right now…you're too upset. You don't want to jeopardize her safety?"
"Of course, I don't want…" Once more, he was yelling. Damn it all, here he sat bellowing at the man who had put everything aside to come to his aid in a crisis.
"Oh, Dad, I'm sorry. I don't seem to be able to get control of this—or myself." Press was too honest to ignore the obvious. "Probst, damn his hide, was right."
"I understand how important Rachel is to you, Son." He reached over and touched his son's hand.
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William had known his son loved Rachel—enough to ask her to marry him—but now it really hit him just how much Press loved her. His son had finally found the love of his life—just as he had found Rosemary, all those many years ago.
"I told your mother I would be staying here with you for a few days. Unfortunately, we have a vote coming up, so I'll have to be back in DC by Friday. However, for now, I'm here for you. Now, what can I do?"
His son was in pain and he would be here for him, no matter what. If he did nothing more than listen to him rant and rave—get it out of his system—so be it. If he had to deal with the worst—well, they'd deal with that, too.
Rosemary had fought him, wanting to come along. However, as a man, he knew this was time for a man to have another man to lean on. His son's woman was in danger. Only another man could understand how that made you feel—the impotence it implied in your own mind.
Dear God, let the boy's love be all right. Bring her home safe!
Preston wouldn't want his mother to see him weakened and in pain. He'd know it would hurt her too much, and he'd try to be strong, for her.
No, he needed his dad for this one. Preston knew his dad could handle seeing him lose those tears, vent his soul, cry out to his God, and understand without falling apart himself.
A mother…well, despite a spine of steel, Rosemary's heart was just too tender for the job that needed doing right now.
Rosemary had finally agreed to stay in DC—but she certainly wasn't happy about it.
He understood, all too well, just what possibilities lay ahead of him and his son. He didn't want his dear heart around for those possibilities.
Little did she know—and she'd be shocked to hear it—but William Andrews knew he would kill anyone who dared threaten his Rosemary.
Oh, their love, their relationship had changed over the years. They were no longer the young, giddy kids in love and lust—how few young people truly understood the difference. No, now it was richer—understanding, patience, and years of shared experiences had made it richer, stronger.
Of all people, Preston's dad understood.


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Californian startup Gigsky offers frequent travelers a universal SIM card which enables them to stay connected in a simple and convenient way when they go abroad.
Due to the high cost of mobile phone 'roaming' charges and Internet data downloads in many countries, international travelers often have to resort to turning off their device and connecting only through their hotel WiFi. So people who travel a lot and are used to being constantly connected find themselves penalized when abroad. Aiming to help the mobile generation stay connected worldwide, Gigsky has now developed an international mobile broadband data service which is easy to use, fast and reliable. This service is of particular benefit to people who move around a lot, especially those who need to travel on a regular basis for their work. The Gigsky system means they no longer have to go through the hassle of finding a new operator and a new SIM card in each country they visit on business.
A universal SIM card
The Palo Alto startup offers travelers a universal SIM card which enables them to stay connected easily when they travel overseas by connecting to the local 3G/4G network without incurring exorbitant roaming charges or having to juggle several SIM cards and mobile service providers. Before traveling abroad, a user simply needs to insert the GigSky Universal Data SIM into any unlocked smartphone, tablet, laptop or mobile router, and then download the GigSky app. On arrival, the traveler can open the app and select a suitable broadband data plan. The app then helps the user manage charges incurred for access and usage in each country. With the SIM card costing under $20 and rates starting at just 10 cents per MB, Gigsky aims to provide tourists and business travelers with an affordable mobile broadband data service, already available in over 70 countries.Additionally, Gigsky will provide 10MB of free mobile broadband service the first time a traveler lands in each country where Gigsky offers coverage. The GigSky international SIM card works with smartphones, tablets, laptops, mobile broadband hotspots and USB data sticks.
Staying connected, worldwide and non-stop
By providing convenient and better quality international mobile Internet access, Gigskyoffers a new approach to the way mobile consumers travel and communicate worldwide. In addition to offering a cheaper service for international travelers, the company also benefits mobile operators by putting them in touch with new customers. Gigsky's forte is that the company works with partners worldwide, so that it can offer an enhanced customer service experience and is also in the box-seat when it comes to responding quickly to changes in customer needs, the market, and innovations in technology. For the increasingly mobile consumer, being able to connect and stay connected on one's travels the world over is also becoming a must. Another company on a similar mission is Gogo, which enables passengers to stay online, sending and receiving messages throughout their flights on the majority of US airlines.


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7:00 AM | Clouds dominate for the next several days with up and down temperatures that peak on Monday
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Mostly cloudy and quite cool, light rain can break out at any time, but mainly rain-free, highs near 50 degrees
Cloudy, chilly, light rain possible, lows in the low-to-mid 40's
Mostly cloudy, much milder, maybe a shower or two, but mainly rain-free, low 60's
Saturday Night
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Mostly cloudy, cooler, showers likely, low-to-mid 50's
Mostly cloudy, much milder, periods of rain likely, low-to-mid 60's
Partly sunny, breezy and colder, mid 40's
Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40's
High pressure has moved off the coast and this has opened the door for lots of moist air associated with several weak low pressure and frontal systems. Clouds will dominate the scene from today through Monday and there will be off and on rain in this same time period with topsy-turvy temperatures being down today, up tomorrow, down on Sunday, up on Monday and down again on Tuesday and Wednesday. This unsettled weather pattern will continue until a strong cold front sweeps through the region later Monday night paving the way for colder weather on Tuesday and Wednesday following a very mild day on Monday just ahead of the front.


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How to ISTA/P error 94201 10007 97020
I just installed full version of ista along with icom emu 3.0.3.
After some trying with the network settings, i finally got the icom to show in ista.
I am trying to get ista to work with my k+dcan-usb cable with my BMW E87 1 series.
I started up ista and and the icom emulator on my windows 8 computer with VMware Workstation 10 and connected the k+dcan cable to my car. It worked and made contact with the car and started reading out different values like my vin number and production date etc.
But suddenly i got a pop-up window with 4 errors..
It says: "An error occurred on execution of the measure."
94201 Technical service initialisation failed (EDIABAS) - IFH-0009: ECU not connected or not responding
10007 (CIP) - Error during initialisation of EDIABAS
94020 Determination of the vehicle context failed
Google and talked with some bmw users on forum. I was told that that this could be because the car had MOST connection but unfortunately i don't have MOST in my car that i know of.
Here is a useful tip i got in a bmw forum, about how to check MOST. Post it for sharing with all.
The best way to find out MOST connection is to 'get your hands dirty'. First you should check for a square shaped cap/cover about 4x4cm size on the plastic cover above the feet pedals. If it is there, then you can get a flat head screw driver and pry it open gently from the inner side(the side that you cannot see easily). Doing so, it will allow you to pull down the MOST interface cover/adapter/connector assembly.
To use the MOST connector, you have to disconnect the 'L' shaped cover from the pointy adapter. To do this you have to first disconnect the MOST connector from the pointy adapter, then pry aside an arrow-head shaped hook on the pointy adapter while pushing it toward the pointy side. The pictures below will make it clear.
I chose to take off the entire cover above the pedals(using a Torx screw driver set) to see what sort of craziness is going on in there, and also took apart the MOST interface/adapter/connector assembly. Note that if you intend to use an ICOM, then you want to use that pointy adapter connected to the MOST connector so you can insert the pointy portion into the ICOM's 'ICOM B hardware' (MOST-USB-ICOM A interface connector).
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2. Entire cover pulled down
3. MOST connector
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Yesterday I happened to pass a garage sale on my way to the store. I kind of like that people are having Friday yard sales too now, more opportunities to stumble upon goodies in need of love. I've been working on changing our school room into Emma's room for the past month. I'm not done and ready to show it all yet, not by a long shot, but we're getting there! I moved our school room out to what used to be the play room.
this tutorial from DIY Kinda Girl. I bought a quart of Zinsser Cover Stain Primer. I chose this one because she said it was designed to stick to any surface without sanding. You can click over and read her instructions, but basically I just did two coats of primer, followed by two coats of white paint that I already had on hand.
used to look like here. I peeled off the old vinyl lettering and added the peace sign, hearts, and pennants to match her room.
I think this turned out to be another great yard sale find. I should be ready to share her room in another couple of weeks. I still need to buy or build a headboard.
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night stand $8
primer $8
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Have you ever seen an apartment building wearing a sweater?
It's not as wild an idea as it sounds, according to the Vancouver architect behind what will be the country's largest near-zero emissions building when it's finished.
The 85-unit, six-storey rental apartment building, located at East Hastings and Skeena streets, meets the European-pioneered Passive House standards, the highest environmental certification in the world.
"The first thing you do is put a really good sweater on the building," explained Cornerstone Architecture principal Scott Kennedy, "that keeps the cold out in the winter and keeps the cold in in the summer. The idea is to actually moderate your climate better than a typical building.
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This is a call for abstracts for a book on DISRUPT 3.0. Failing to Succeed.
The book builds on the FWN's first leadership book called DISRUPT. Filipina Women. Proud. Loud. Leading without a Doubt launched in 2014 and DISRUPT 2.0. Filipina Women. Daring to Lead launched in 2016.
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Aggressive second presidential debate leaves analysts split on who won
Americans on Tuesday night saw a more aggressive President Obama in his second debate with Mitt Romney, as political analysts appeared split on a clear winner after predominantly giving Romney the edge in the first debate.
"I think it's a split decision," Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, a Fox News contributor, said after Tuesday's town hall-style debate at Hofstra University.
While both parties talked up their respective candidates, both sides appeared to agree the president -- as promised -- rose above his lackluster performance in the first debate. But both candidates took the tension up a notch in responding to voters' questions.
"This was a boxing match," conservative columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer. "This was Frazier vs. Ali. This was a very tough fight."
Krauthammer was also among those who awarded the decision to Obama on the basis that, despite another good performance from Romney, Obama was much improved.
Top Obama campaign advisers David Axelrod and Jen Psaki vowed all last weekend that Obama would be more aggressive in the debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Romney's performance in the Oct. 3 debate in Denver helped the Republican presidential nominee surge in battleground and national polls, which essentially meant the president could not afford a second bad performance.
"I was surprised at the confrontational style," Trippi added. "Obama had a much stronger debate than he had last time. Democrats had to be happy with that."
About three weeks remain until Election Day, and the final presidential debate is Monday at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
Some commentators Tuesday night appeared more willing to declare outright winners.
"It was really clear that Romney played the bully and the president stood up to the bully," MSNBC political analyst Al Sharpton said.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, meanwhile, said Obama "couldn't defend the truth" on where the country is on two key issues – the economy and what happened in Libya last month that resulted in the killing of four Americans.
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Got out in the boat last weekend with Chad and Duncan. Fish weren't very active, Duncan fished dang hard and only managed a sucker. I fished much less hard, drank coffee and mostly just enjoyed being on the water with some buddies.
After the float, Fenesa shuttled Chad back for the trailer while Dunc and I guarded the boat and had a few beers. Fun start to the '17 fishing season.


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I'm late posting pictures for Roy this month.
Julie's reminder on Wednesday had me scrambling to see what I had.
Packing up and relocating lock stock and barrel means we've been eating out quite a bit and I've discovered a fair amount of green in the gallery on my phone.
So what do I have.
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Google AdWords has launched a series of changes for advertisers, including updates to AdWords Editor, a new Display Benchmarks Tool, and improvements to enhanced campaigns with flexible bid strategies. Here's a recap of the latest AdWords updates.
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