text:
The Briefing
Friday 5 August
00:00 / 00:00
5 August 2016
Episode 1237
31 minutes
As Turkey issues an arrest warrant "in absentia" for Fethullah Gulen following the attempted coup, we hear the latest from Istanbul. Plus: business headlines, Bulgari's renovation project of Rome's Spanish Steps and our very first Olympic Minute on the day of Rio 2016's opening ceremony.
5 August 2016
Share episodeDownload
Want more radio episodes like these in your inbox?
Sign up to Monocle's email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop.
The Briefing - latest episodes
Wednesday 20 February
Can Europe's Nato members rely on the might of the US military? Plus: Russia's relationship with Belarus, the resignations of senior members of the UK's Conservative Party and the world's greatest railway journeys.
Tuesday 19 February
Has the era of two-party politics in Europe had its day? Plus, Trump's border-wall struggles, Germany prepares to allow joint defence projects with France and we examine the legacy of Karl Lagerfeld, who died today.
Monday 18 February
As seven Labour MPs quit the UK party, we look at new divisions and the need for more central politics in the country. Plus: escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, and a round-up of the week's top transport stories…
Friday 15 February
India threatens to "completely isolate" Pakistan after a suicide attack in Kashmir. Plus: Australia reopens another detention centre, a look ahead to London Fashion Week and Apple's mysterious new streaming service.
Thursday 14 February
Why is Airbus halting production of the world's largest passenger plane? We also preview high-level trade talks between China and the US, ask whether Spain's government is teetering on the brink and find out how Japan is…
Wednesday 13 February
Will Donald Trump block attempts to end the war in Yemen? Plus: the man behind Emmanuel Macron's election victory leaves the Élysée, Serbia's opposition boycotts parliament and Paris's first international wine fair.
Tuesday 12 February
Monocle's Madrid correspondent Liam Aldous has the latest on the trial of Catalonia's separatist leaders. Plus: the latest on Brexit, Mark Dittli reviews the Swiss newspapers and cherry blossoms in Japan.
Monday 11 February
Who will face Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election? Plus: the UK's trade deal with Switzerland, Australia's multibillion-dollar submarine fleet and the importance of Lapland to Finland's economy.
Friday 8 February
When will US forces withdraw from Syria? We also find out how Germany's politicians are clamping down on the internet giants, take you on a tour of an expressionist landmark in Vienna and ask whether Melania Trump's mete…
Thursday 7 February
Is Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the victim of a political witch hunt? Plus, how Brexit could affect Ireland, the politics of hosting an international summit and a revamp at Helsinki's airport.
Wednesday 6 February
What should we know about Russia's plans to build a new missile system? Plus, the possible merger of Europe's two largest rail companies, the age of Japan's politicians and the high demand for Estée Lauder's products.
Tuesday 5 February
Will Angela Merkel play a pivotal role in brokering any potential Brexit deal? We also discuss plans to find a political settlement in Venezuela, explore North Macedonia's attempts to join the Nato alliance and find out why…
Monday 4 February
We ask whether the US is in danger of being dragged into an armed conflict in Venezuela. Plus: Emmanuel Macron takes on France's far-right, Australia's banks face tougher regulation and we explore plans for a cycling trail…
Friday 1 February
What should we know about Lebanon's new unity government? We also examine The Kremlin's attack on the BBC's World News service, Australia's attempts to use rugby league to woo the Pacific region and a turbulent week for…
Thursday 31 January
What Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption drive has achieved, Donald Trump's relationship with Taiwan and the financial cost of Brexit. Plus: our Eurovision expert Fernando Augusto Pacheco gives us a brief history of the compe…


text:
Pattaya, Thailand- The Royal Cliff Hotels Group is pleased to announce the recent appointment of its new General Manager Mr. Antonello Passa, an Italian national with over 28 years of international experience in the hospitality industry.
Mr. Antonello Passa at the Award-winning Royal Cliff Hotels Group
Mr. Passa is a seasoned international hotelier whose passion for the industry has resulted in an impressive career in hospitality management spanning Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, holding senior management positions at Hilton Worldwide, IHG and Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
Educated in Switzerland, he is fluent in English, French and Italian and holds a degree in Hospitality Management from one of the most elite hotel schools in the world, "EHG" in Geneva.
Mr. Antonello Passa's drive and commitment to excellence will continually inspire his team of dedicated hotel managers and staff to further live the Royal Cliff Hotels Group values and vision. His personal motto is - Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do. He joins the Royal Cliff Hotels Group together with his wife and daughter.
Situated on a 64 acre private parkland estate overlooking the stunning Gulf of Thailand, the Royal Cliff Hotels Group has been honored with multiple awards including TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice (given to only 1% of hotels around the world) and recognition from organizations of national and international repute. Furthermore it is the only resort in Asia/Pacific to be elevated in TTG Travel Hall of Fame for 7 consecutive years. It is home to four award winning 5-star hotels offering a sensory experience defined profoundly by its style, culture and elegance - all presented with the distinctive spirit of the State of Exclusivity and Fascination.
For more information on the Royal Cliff Hotels Group and PEACH, please visit www.royalcliff.com and www.peachthailand.com.
Tel:(+66) 38 250421 Email: email@example.com
For promotions, privileges, lucky draw & news about PEACH.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Video: Barilla Pasta Gets Pro-Gay Ad Spoof!
September 28, 2013
If Barilla Pasta wants to get back into the good graces of the gays, might we suggest they do some targeted advertising??
Adam Dubowsky and Jacob Soboroff of TakePart Live are lending Barilla a little guidance in this pro-gay Barilla pasta ad spoof! Check it out!
Image Source


text:
Vote in the Great Paint Giveaway!
It's time for someone to win a complete exterior makeover worth up to $2,500 from The Paint Factory.
Who do you think deserves it most? Voting will run from June 10-16. We'll announce the winner the next day!
This is what is up for grabs:
- Jayson Thompson and Jeff Keller of The Paint Factory will meet with you to discuss the entire project and make professional recommendations on prep and execution
- Industrial power washer rental
- Loaded tool bucket with caulk and primer for prep of exterior
- Your choice of top-quality exterior house paint or stain from Benjamin Moore, Pittsburgh Paints or Sikkens Stains, enough to cover a home up to 3,000 square feet.
- Airless paint sprayer rental
- On-call consultation with paint experts from The Paint Factory
Which home in southwest Montana deserves a $2,500 paint makeover?Even if you don't win, you can still get great discounts at the Paint Factory with this "Buy Like A Pro" coupon.


text:
It was "Turn Back the Clock" night with both teams wearing "throwback" uniforms. The Bisons were dressed in the blue uniforms worn by the NAIA National Championship team in 1979.
The Bisons are 13-25 overall. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the country, is 30-9.
It was the first time a Bisons player has driven in seven runs in a game since Tennyson Dodd did it May 8, 2009 against Campbell.
Hale leads the Bisons with 12 home runs. He is tied with Zach Messer for the team lead in doubles with 10. He is also tied with Messer for the team in multiple-RBI games with 11.
Tyler Wilson had two hits, his 18th multiple-hit game of the season. Lee Wilson also had two hits for this 16th multi-hit game. Tyler Wilson also stole his 30th base of the season. He needs nine more to tie Ted Jamison for the all-time school season high in stolen bases. Jamison, a member of the Lipscomb Athletics Hall of Fame, set the record of 39 in 1971.
The Bisons started the game with a 3-0 lead in the first inning as Hale collected his first three RBI of the game with a three-run homer to center field.
Vanderbilt answered with four runs in the second as Jason Esposito drove in two of his five runs with a single through the left side to highlight the inning.
In the third inning Vanderbilt added one. They scored two in the fourth, three in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh. Esposito picked up two more RBI in the fourth with a two-run round-tripper to left field.
The Bisons came back with two more runs in the fourth on a two-run homer to left by Andrew Nickerson. They added another run in the sixth on an RBI-single to left field by Ryan Wilkins.
Drew Hayes remained unbeaten for the Commodores, throwing five innings and giving up four hits and five runs. He walked two and struck out seven.
Will Clinard earned the save for the Commodores. In four innings he allowed seven hits and five runs. He walked three and did not strike out a batter.
The Bisons used four pitchers starting with Chris Nunn who was credited with the loss, his second in as many decisions. Nunn and Josh Cotham each gave up five runs. Blake Fonfara allowed three. Matt Bowling closed out the game with a scoreless and hitless ninth inning.
Cotham was the only Bisons pitcher to record a strikeout. He fanned three in three innings.
The Bisons are back in action at home Wednesday night when Tennessee-Martin visits. The first pitch is scheduled for 6.


text:
Walnut/Distributed Computing/Multiway when-catch
From Erights
Multiway when-catch
If you need to resolve several references before making a computation, use a multiway when-catch, in which you specify several arguments in the structure:
# E syntax def maxTempVow := vehicleSpecsRcvr <- getMaxEngineTemperature(carType) def engineTempVow := carRcvr <- getEngineTemperature() when (engineTempVow,maxTempVow) -> { if (engineTempVow > maxTempVow) {println("Car overheating!")} } catch e {println(`Lost car or vehicleSpecs: $e`)}
In this when-catch, since all the arguments are vows, the corresponding parameters (engineTemp and maxTemp, to the right of the "->") are simply local objects (integers in this case). How do we know that these integers will be local, not remote, even though we retrieved them from Rcvrs? Because integers are passed by construction, as discussed next.
Pass By Construction and Pass By Proxy, References Far and Near
In the above example, the temperature is an integer and is guaranteed to resolve to a local integer object upon which you can make immediate calls, even if the car is remote. Transparent immutable objects, such as integers, floating point numbers, booleans, strings, and the E data structures ConstLists and ConstMaps, are always passed by copy(which is the most common form of Pass By Construction), so you always get a local copy of the object on resolution if one of these is returned by a method call or send. This local copy can of course accept immediate calls.
Mutable objects, like the car in this example, reside on the machine upon which they were constructed. Such an object is passed by proxy. If such an object is on a different machine from the one on which your piece of the system is running, even when the promise resolves it will only resolve into a far reference (as opposed to a near reference for a local object). Far references accept eventual sends, but cannot accept immediate calls.
So in general, if you created the car using an eventual send to a possibly remote object (a receiver), you would probably have to interact with the car using eventual sends forever, since only such sends are guaranteed to work with remote objects.
# E syntax def carRcvr := carMakerRcvr <- ("Mercedes") carRcvr <- moveTo(2,3) carRcvr <- moveTo(5,6) carRcvr <- moveTo(7,3) def fuelVow := carRcvr <- fuelRemaining()


text:
Follow This Company
Want a job you'll LOVE?
Our Sub Shop serves made-to-order submarines and wraps using delicious ingredients and freshly baked bread. In this area, you'll work with a team to deliver incredible service and prepare fresh, great tasting meal solutions for our customers. If you have a passion for food and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, then this could be the role for you!
Looking for Career Growth? Watch our video!
How do I make a difference?
Providing Incredible, Knowledge Based Customer Service
Ensuring High Quality Products & Ingredients
Living Who We Are
Seeking Candidates Who…
Preferred Skills and Experience
Work Environment
* Employment at Wegmans may be contingent upon your completion and our evaluation of a drug screen and/or criminal background check. All Applicants will be screened; only those closely matching the job posting will be interviewed
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a 62-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The family-owned company was founded in 1916. Wegmans is recognized as an industry leader, an innovator, and is known for its strong commitment to the communities where it operates stores. It has been listed among Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For in America" for five consecutive years.


text:
Collectible Music Boxes Are Heirloom Treasures of Song
The Bradford Exchange Online offers a wide selection of collectibles you won't find elsewhere, including figurines, clocks, steins, dolls, personalized music boxes and more. In fact, when it comes to collectible music boxes, we are a premiere destination for heirloom musical treasures celebrating a wealth of passions and relationships. If you are looking for a collectible music box for yourself or as a meaningful gift, we invite you to browse our site and see which one is "playing your song."
One of the most special things to celebrate with a collectible music box is the bond you share with the important people in your life. The love between a mother and her daughter, a grandmother and her granddaughter, between two sisters or even treasured friends: each relationship is unique and should always be honored. Our heirloom music boxes that are graced with sweet sentiments and symbolic imagery, and play touching tunes, making them wonderful ways to honor those relationships, either as a reminder for yourself or as a keepsake gift to that precious someone. But music boxes celebrate meaningful relationship are merely the beginning of our distinctive offerings. We are also proud to offer music boxes showcasing the accomplished stars of the silver screen, the legendary teams of professional and college sports, musical tributes to the U.S. Military, Christmas celebrations and so much more.
Discover Christmas music boxes, Disney music boxes and a variety of musical treasures that are sure to delight when you shop with us. And don't forget that all of our collectible music boxes are backed by the best guarantee in the business, with returns up to one full year and free return shipping. Ready to find your perfect song? Shop Now!


text:
From the depths of the Abyss we rise, silent and unseen. We live our lives in silence and darkness, bringing death to those that oppose the American Way. The Army may march, the Air Force will soar, and the Marines will crawl, but a Submariner is a force of nature that is unseen and unheard until it is too late. From beneith the waves we bring death from above and below. We rip the stars from the heavens to rain destruction around the world. Hidden by wave and shadow, escorted by the Leviathan, Posiedon himself bows to us. Fear us, for we are the unknown, the unknowable. We are Death.
Seaman Shmuckatelli, qualified Submarines.
*Ding Ding, Ding Ding*
(Later, on shore)
Women: Oh my god, he's got dolphins! I want him so bad, he's a submariner!
*Ding Ding, Ding Ding*
(Later, on shore)
Women: Oh my god, he's got dolphins! I want him so bad, he's a submariner!
by Fleming September 18, 2006
Steely eyed stern jawed salt encrusted killers from the deep, prowling seas in their sleek black messanger of death
Royal Navy Submariners eat their young, oh yeah, watch out skimmers...
by lajopi 292 August 09, 2007
An almost forgotten superhero from the Marvel Universe, Lord Namor of Atlantis protects his undersea kingdom with a ferocity equalled only by the Incredible Hulk. At first hating humans, he now has a rather grudging respect for them.
by pentozali September 14, 2012
buy the domain for your art blog


text:
Rap Hip Hop Tickets
CCardi B Tickets
Childish Gambino Tickets
Color Me Badd Tickets
Comethazine Tickets
Common Tickets
Coolio Tickets
Curreny Tickets
Details of Rap / Hip Hop and the Ticket Luck value
Rap and Hip Hop are two different musical genres on their own, but in today's world, they are viewed as one. This is because, Rap, or rapping, is a main ingredient of Hip Hop music. Rap is a genre of R&B music, consisting of rhythmic vocals delivered over melodic back-up of usually electronic drum beats and also digitally isolated sound bites, known as samples. Hip Hop, on the other hand, is a style of popular culture (pop culture), which includes dance styles, fashion, graffiti art, lingo (slang) and last but not the least, rap music. Therefore, Hip Hop is an umbrella term that covers innumerable interrelated cultural practices. In recent times, Hip Hop is universally used as a synonym for Rap music. Thus, joining the two genres together and coining a newer term - Rap Hip Hop.
Originating in the mid 1970s, in the area of South Bronx, New York, U.S.A., Rap music has similar origins with Rock 'n' Roll music that shaped during the 1950s. Both, Rap and Rock 'n' Roll began inside the Afro-American society and were recorded by small and independent record labels and were marketed more or less wholly to a black community in the beginning. As rock 'n' roll was started by a white singer - Elvis Presley, who then became a chart-busting artist, rap was introduced by a group of whites, coming from New York - the Beastie Boys. Rap includes a persistent and recurring beat pattern which provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often vain rhyming speech, which is fluently uttered by a vocalist(s). As funk music is the rhythmic foundation of rap music, rap artists sample greatly from the genre. This new style, called Rap, increasingly attracted white musicians as well. Eventually, after 1986, samples and declaimed vocal styles started being used commonly in the popular music of both black and white artists. This radically altered earlier concepts of what makes up a genuine song, composition, or musical device.
Hip Hop is a word that is believed to have originated from the City of New York during the 1970s, especially from the club DJs of the era. The term comes out in the lyrics of some of the earliest rap hits, such as 1979 released Rapper's Delight, a song by the Sugarhill Gang. Soon, in the 1980s, the term Hip Hop also launched a new form of dancing, called break dancing, which became a part of the hip-hop dance on the whole. Today, the word 'rap music' is frequently used synonymously with the term 'hip hop music'. The famous Rap Hip Hop artists are: 2 Pac, Eminem, Big Daddy Kane, Wu Tang Clan, Coolio, AZ, Eazy E, Puff Daddy, and many more.
Starting to influence the American culture through the music world, Hip Hop has also influenced the culture on the whole. Besides introducing the rap music and break dancing, the Hip Hop sub-culture moreover encompasses other forms of expression, which includes graffiti art, a new fashion sense, and the most prominent one being the unique slang vocabulary that even gave birth to the word Rap itself.


text:
Two Bennington massage businesses targeted for human trafficking, prostitution
Senior Staff Writer
BENNINGTON -- Bennington Police, with the assistance of the FBI, executed search warrants Tuesday afternoon at two massage parlors in Bennington as part of an ongoing investigation into human trafficking and prostitution that may include as many as 10 women.
Local police and federal agents from Rutland and Albany, N.Y., served the warrants simultaneously at Green Spa at 412 Main St. and Cozy Spa at 240 North St. The search warrants, served just before 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, were granted by the Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division.
Bennington Police Detective Sgt. David S. Rowland, who is leading the investigation, said police seized computers, cell phones, "thousands" of dollars in cash and "many" business records, which he said were the primary focus of the searches.
"What we have to do now is go through all of this stuff and see what it means and what it corresponds to," Rowland said.
The searches involved six officers from Bennington Police, eight FBI agents and two Vermont State Police troopers.
No arrests were made Tuesday, but are expected in the future.
Rowland said investigators have been investigating the parlors for nearly two years, conducting surveillance and interviewing people who have been to the two businesses. They received letters and complaints about the spas that prompted the investigation.
"It started off with rumors and different things flying around. Then we start looking at different things, talking to people. There were surveillances conducted at both locations -- joint surveillances and information was garnered from that. Some information was gained through the Internet. Lots of interviews done over the past six months," Rowland said.
Police spoke with three women of Chinese descent at the two spa locations on Tuesday. There could be between five and 10 women forced into working at the spas in Bennington, Rowland said.
Evidence was recovered indicating that human trafficking and prostitution has occurred at both spas, Rowland said. Activity at Green Spa may be linked to a larger ring, he said, while any criminal activity at Cozy Spa appears to be isolated.
"There's ties to a larger city and information points in that direction," Rowland said when asked about Green Spa.
Agents with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement were not on scene Tuesday but helped to provide the immigration status of the three Chinese women. Rowland said Tuesday evening that the status of the two women police spoke to at Green Spa was unclear.
"We have confirmed that one is here legally, has been here legally for a long time. The other two we're still in that checking phase," he said.
There were also indications that some people associated with the spas may be working against their will, according to Rowland. He said "deceit" and information about family members in foreign countries has led them to that belief.
Rowland said a victim of human trafficking may not always appear to be a victim to passersby.
"It's not typically what we would think of somebody chained in a corner. It could be financial indebtedness and different things like that. To an onlooker it would look like somebody is free to walk out the door, yet, they really aren't," he said.
The two massage parlors are "marginally" connected. "There was a common denominator at one point that may or may not be still around," Rowland said.
Some women involved are being looked at as victims, according to police. Advocates were on hand Tuesday to provide assistance with any needs they may have had. However, none of the three women accepted any offer of assistance, Doucette said.
Help will continue to be available for anyone that comes forward as a victim of human trafficking, Doucette said.
Police are also looking into the spas' clients. Rowland said clients have traveled "a great distance," often an hour or more, to visit the spas. "We know that from the surveillance conducted," he said.
Business records seized on Tuesday may include names, addressed and payment information, Rowland said.
Around 2:15 p.m., shortly after police left the Cozy Spa, a woman who would not provide her name said police found nothing at the business. "Not here. Nothing going on here," she said.
The Cozy Spa business name was registered with the Vermont Secretary of State's office by Young Shin in December 2011. Police said they spoke with her at the North Street location on Tuesday.
The woman at Cozy Spa, believed to be Shin, denied that any improper activity occured at the business. She said there are no other employees at the business. The woman also suggested the spa would be more popular if the allegations were true.
"Do you ever see any customers? You better believe we'd have more customers," she said. "We're not the place."
The doors at Green Spa were locked around 5 p.m. when a Banner reporter approached. A woman came to the door but declined to comment. State records show that the business was registered in the name of Yu De Jiang in July 2012. Inson Everitt is also listed as an agent of the company.
Police said they did not see any licenses issued by the state at either spa that would allow them to function as a massage business. Rowland said local police have no authority to shut them down. However, he said it's unlikely they will be able to function well as a business.
"I suspect that based upon what we took they're not going to be able to run very efficiently," Rowland said.
FBI agents are interested in determining if human trafficking is part of the businesses. Doucette said the FBI provided a translator Tuesday and agents will likely return to Bennington next week to help sort and analyze evidence.
Contact Neal P. Goswami at firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow on Twitter: @nealgoswami
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


text:
Ford has created a password management app for iPhone that implements Bluetooth technology to wirelessly manage passwords, and automatically log you in when within range of your computer.
Ford and many other car manufacturers have long used NFC technology to allow drivers to get into their cars without having to bother with a key. Ford is now bringing a simliar technology to mobile devices and computer browsers with their Ford Keyfree system. We're not exactly sure how this promotes their keyless car entry but it's definitely ingenious.
Ford Keyfree will function as a Chrome browser extension that will save your Facebook, Google, and Twitter passwords. When you're within range of your computer with an approved smartphone like the iPhone, it will unlock all your sites and auto-fill passwords. This means no more manually entering passwords.
Of course there are apps that store passwords and create generated ones like DataVault and 1Password but Keysfree seems to take it one step further. You won't actually have to enter any information. If your iPhone is within range of your computer and you've got the extension installed, you can just navigate wherever you'd like to go and you'll be signed in and ready to work. Your iPhone will server as the unique ID since Bluetooth technology can offer individual identifiers on a per-device basis.
This has to make many wonder what Ford could possibly be planning to do with this technology when it comes to computers and automotive. It'd be silly for this not to have something to do with any of their main product line at some point in time.
For now the app is only available in France but you can check out the demo video below to see how the system actually works.
Source: Co.Design


text:
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Tuition Waiver for Supervising Teachers and Resource Teachers for Teacher Interns
Western Kentucky University supports public school teachers working with student teachers and teacher interns through the adoption of the following policy relevant to SB77, Section 9.
- In recognition of valuable service to the preparation of teachers and the need for all teachers to have continual professional growth, a supervising teacher or a resource teacher for teacher interns may, with prior approval of the course offering institution, take a maximum of six (6) credit hours per term at any public postsecondary institution and pay no tuition. The postsecondary institution shall waive the tuition up to a maximum of six credit hours.
- The teacher covered in this section may exercise the tuition-free course option, only if there is available space within a given course offering. A postsecondary institution shall not be required to establish a course to meet teacher requests.
- The tuition-free courses may be used to partially satisfy requirements for an advanced degree.
The following conditions must be met for the tuition waiver to be effective.
- Public school teachers wishing to apply for the tuition waiver must be admitted to graduate studies at Western Kentucky University with a planned program of study on file in the Graduate Studies Office and/or Teacher Certification Office.
- Public school teachers are eligible for enrollment in tuition-free courses upon verification of the completion of an assignment as a supervising teacher (student teaching) or resource teacher under the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program. The written certification must include the supervising or resource teacher's name, social security number, the inclusive dates during which the public school teacher served as a supervising or resource teacher, a statement that he/she has submitted the final student teaching evaluation report or KTIP final report, and the signatures of the public school teacher and his/her principal verifying the completion of the experience. The request for waiver of tuition should be sent to the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean, Western Kentucky University.
- Public school teachers serving as a student teaching supervisor for one full semester are eligible for six hours of tuition-free courses for each semester of supervision during an academic year. Those school teachers serving as a student teaching supervisor for one-half semester are eligible for three hours of tuition-free courses for each half semester of supervision during an academic year. Intern resource teachers are eligible for six hours of tuition-free courses for each year during which they serve as a resource teacher.
- Course eligibility must be used within one academic year after the end of the semester during which the assignment as a supervising teacher or resource teacher is completed. Academic semesters refer to Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall semesters.
- Public school teachers are responsible for payment of all required fees, books, and supplies in addition to any application costs and are responsible for gaining admission to their desired program of study.
Western Kentucky University reserves the right to modify policy, procedures, and program eligibility.
For questions about the tuition waiver, contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Download Application
Some of the links on this page may require additional software to view.


text: The walking, talking ashtray that is Abby Lee Miller returned to our television sets last night on the season premiere of Dance Moms. She's still screaming, she's still bitching, and she's still accusing her students' parents of being bad moms. Having had a taste of reality television success, Abby knows that she has to amp up the drama, so she decided to tell one working mother that she needs to quit her job in favor of attending her daughter's dance rehearsals. Yes, it's ridiculous, but really, no more ridiculous than said mother keeping her child at Abby's studio. We've already questioned why these moms subject their children to Abby, but now we're wondering why they subject themselves to her. The answer, of course, is obvious: to be on television. The horror these people suffer at the hands of Abby is worse than that of the contestants on Fear Factor. I'd rather eat bull testicles than have to listen to that beast rasp about how she had to learn about menstruation from her father.


text:
Have an account?
Need an account?Create an account
This document describes how to configure and troubleshoot the Antivirus (AV) Definition Update requirements in the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Appliance, formerly known as Cisco Clean Access.
This document assumes that Cisco Clean Access, which includes both Clean Access Manager (CAM) and Clean Access Server (CAS), is installed and works properly.
The information in this document is based on Cisco Clean Access 3.4 and later.
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.
The AV Definition Update requirement type can be used in order to update the definition files on a client for supported antivirus products. If the client fails to meet the AV requirement, the Clean Access Agent communicates directly with the installed antivirus software on the client and automatically updates the definition files when the user clicks the Update button on the Agent dialog.
AV Rules incorporate extensive logic for 24 antivirus vendors and are associated with AV Definition Update requirements. For AV Definition Update requirements, the configuration is similar to that of custom requirements, except there is no need to configure checks. You associate AV Definition Update requirements with one or more AV Rules, user roles and operating systems and also configure the Clean Access Agent dialog instructions you want the user to see if the AV requirement fails.
Note: Where possible, it is recommended to use AV Rules mapped to AV Definition Update requirements in order to check antivirus software on clients. In the case of a non-supported AV product, or if an AV product or version is not available through AV Rules, you always have the option to use Cisco provided pc_checks and pr_rules for the antivirus vendor or to create their own custom checks, rules, and requirements through Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent. Use New Check, New Rule, and New File/Link/Local Check Requirement.
This figure shows the Clean Access Agent dialog that appears when a client fails to meet an AV Definition Update requirement.
AV Rules are preconfigured rule types mapped to the matrix of vendors and products sourced in the Supported AV Product List. There is no need to configure checks with this type of rule.
There are two basic types of AV Rules:
Installation AV Rules—This rule checks whether the selected antivirus software is installed for the client OS.
Virus Definition AV Rules—This rule checks whether the virus definition files are up-to-date on the client. Virus Definition AV Rules can be mapped into AV Definition Update requirements so that a user that fails the requirement can click the Update button in the Agent in order to automatically execute the update.
AV Rules are typically associated with AV Definition Update requirements. These steps are required in order to create AV Definition Update requirements:
The Cisco NAC Appliance allows multiple versions of the Clean Access Agent to be used on the network. New updates to the Agent add support for the latest antivirus products as they are released. The system picks the best method, either Def Date or Def Version in order to execute AV definition checks based on the AV products available and the version of the Agent. The AV Support Info page provides details on Agent compatibility with the latest Supported AV Product List downloaded to the CAM. This page lists the latest version and date of definition files for each AV product as well the baseline version of the Agent needed for product support. You can compare the AV information of the client against the AV Support Info page in order to verify that the definition file a client has is the latest. If you run multiple versions of the Agent on your network, this page can help troubleshoot which version must be run in order to support a particular product.
Complete these steps in order to view Agent support details:
Choose Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Rules > AV/AS Support Info.
Choose Antivirus from the Category drop-down menu.
Choose an Antivirus Vendor from the drop-down menu.
Choose Windows Vista/XP/2K or Windows 9x/ME from the Operating System drop-down menu in order to view the support information for those client systems. This populates the tables as shown:
Minimum Agent Version Required to Support AV Products—shows the minimum Agent version required in order to support each AV product. For example, a 188.8.131.52 Agent can log into a role that requires AOL Safety and Security Center Virus Protection 1.x, but for a 188.8.131.52 or earlier Agent, this check fails. Note that if a version of the Agent supports both Def Date and Def Version checks, the Def Version check is used.
Latest Virus Definition Version/Date for Selected Vendor—displays the latest version and date information for the AV product. The AV software for an up-to-date client must display the same values.
Note: The Agent sends its version information to the CAM, and the CAM always attempts to use the virus definition version for AV checks first. If the version is not available, the CAM uses the virus definition date instead.
Tip: You can also view the latest definition file version when you choose an AV vendor from the New AV Rule form.
Complete these steps in order to create an AV Rule:
Make sure you have the latest version of the Supported AV/AS Product List.
Choose Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Rules > New AV Rule.
Type a Rule Name. You can use digits and underscores, but no spaces in the name.
Choose an Antivirus Vendor from the drop-down menu. This populates the Checks for Selected Operating Systems table at the bottom of the page with the supported products and product versions from this vendor for the selected Operating System.
From the Type drop-down menu, choose either Installation or Virus Definition. This enables the check boxes for the corresponding Installation or Virus Definition columns in the table.
Choose an Operating System from the drop-down menu, either Windows Vista/XP/2K or Windows ME/98. This displays the product versions supported for this client OS in the table.
Type an optional Rule Description.
In the Checks for Selected Operating Systems table, choose the product versions you want to check for on the client. In order to do this, check one or more check boxes in the corresponding Installation or Virus Definition columns. ANY means you want to check for any product and any version from this AV vendor. Installation checks whether the product is installed, and Virus Definition checks whether the virus definition files are up-to-date on the client for the specified product.
Click Add Rule. The new AV rule is added at the bottom of the Rule List with the name you provided.
These steps show how to create a new AV Definition Update requirement in order to check the client system for the specified AV products and versions with an associated AV Rule. If the antivirus definition files of the client are not up-to-date, the user can simply click the Update button on the Clean Access Agent, and the Agent causes the resident AV software to launch its own update mechanism. Note that the actual mechanism differs for different AV products, for example, live updates versus command line parameter.
On the Clean Access Agent tab, click the Requirements submenu link, and then New Requirement.
For Requirement Type choose AV Definition Update.
The Do not enforce requirement option is checked by default, which designates the AV Definition Update requirement as optional.
Note: Because the Windows Update process runs in the background, Do not enforce requirement is set by default in order to optimize the user experience. It is recommended to leave this requirement as optional if you choose the Automatically download and install option. A WSUS forced update can take a while, and is launched and run in the background.
Choose the Priority of execution for this requirement on the client. A high priority, such as 1, means this requirement is checked on the system ahead of all other requirements and appears in the Agent dialogs in that order. Note that if a mandatory requirement fails, the Agent does not continue past that point until that requirement succeeds.
Choose an Antivirus Vendor Name from the drop-down menu. The Products table lists all the virus definition product versions supported for each client OS.
For the Requirement Name, type a unique name to identify this AV definition file requirement in the Agent. The name is visible to users on the Clean Access Agent dialogs.
In the Description field, type a description of the requirement and instructions to guide users who fail to meet the requirement. For an AV Definition Update requirement, you must include instructions for users to click the Update button in order to update their systems. Keep this information in mind:
AV Definition Update displays the Update button on the Agent.
AS Definition Update displays the Update button on the Agent.
Windows Update displays the Update button on the Agent.
Check one or more of these check boxes in order to set the Operating Systems for the requirement:
Windows All
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows XP (All) or one or more of the specific Windows XP operating systems
Windows Vista (All) or one or more of the specific Windows Vista operating systems
Click Add Requirement in order to add the requirement to the Requirement List.
Once the requirement is created and the remediation links and instructions are specified, map the requirement to a rule or set of rules. A requirement-to-rule mapping associates the ruleset that checks whether the client system meets the requirement to the user requirement action (Agent button, instructions, links) needed in order for the client system to comply.
On the Clean Access Agent tab, click the Requirements submenu, and then open the Requirement-Rules form.
From the Requirement Name menu, choose the requirement to map.
Verify the operating system for the requirement in the Operating System menu. The Rules for Selected Operating System list is populated with all rules available for the chosen OS.
For AV Virus Definition Rules (yellow background) , you can optionally configure the CAM to allow definition files on the client to be a number of days older than what the CAM has available from Updates. See Rules > AV-AS Support Info for the latest product file dates. This allows you to configure leeway into a requirement so that if no new virus definition files are released from a product vendor, your clients can still pass the requirement. In order to do this, complete these steps:
Check the AV Virus Definition rules, allow definition file to be x days older than check box.
Type a number in the text box. The default is 0, which indicates the definition date cannot be older than the file/system date.
Select one of these options:
Latest file date—This allows the client definition file to be older than the latest virus definition date on the CAM by the number of days you specify.
Current system date— This allows the client definition file to be older than the CAM system date when the last Update was performed by the number of days you specify.
Scroll down the page and check the Select check box next to each rule you want to associate with the requirement. The rules are applied in their order of priority, as described in this table:
For Requirements met if, choose one of these options:
All selected rules succeed—if all the rules must be satisfied in order for the client to be considered in compliance with the requirement
Any selected rule succeeds—if at least one selected rule must be satisfied in order for the client to be considered in compliance with the requirement
No selected rule succeeds—if the selected rules must all fail in order for the client to be considered in compliance with the requirement
If clients are not in compliance with the requirement, they must install the software associated with the requirement or complete the required steps.
Click Update.
Once requirements are created, configured with remediation steps, and associated with rules, they need to be mapped to user roles. This step applies your requirements to the user groups in the system.
Note: Make sure you already have normal login user roles created.
On the Clean Access Agent tab, click the Role-Requirements submenu link.
From the Role Type menu, choose the type of the role to configure. In most cases, this is Normal Login Role.
Choose the name of the role from the User Role menu.
Check the Select check box for each requirement you want to apply to users in the role.
Click Update.
Before you finish, make sure users in the role are required to use the Clean Access Agent.
The Clean Access Manager automatically validates requirements and rules as they are created. The Validity column under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Requirements > Requirement List displays requirement validity, as shown:
—The requirement is valid.
—The requirement is invalid. Highlight this icon with your mouse in order display the validity status message for this requirement. The status message states which rule and which check causes the requirement to be invalid, in this format:
Invalid rule [rulename] in package [requirementname] (Rule verification error: Invalid check [checkname] in rule expression)
The requirement must be corrected and made valid before it can be used. Typically, requirements and rules become invalid when there is an operating system mismatch.
In order to correct an invalid requirement, complete these steps:
Choose Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Requirements > Requirement-Rules.
Correct any invalid rules or checks.
Choose the invalid Requirement Name from the drop-down menu.
Choose the Operating System.
Make sure the Requirement met if: expression is correctly configured.
Make sure the rules selected for the requirement are valid, which means they have a blue check mark in the Validity column.
A rule is a conditional statement made up of one or more checks. A rule combines checks with logical operators in order to form a Boolean statement that can test multiple features of the client system.
The Cisco NAC Appliance provides a set of pre-configured rules and checks through the Updates link. Pre-configured rules have a prefix of pr in their names, such as pr_AutoUpdateCheck_Rule. See Cisco Pre-Configured Rules ("pr_") for more information.
A check is a conditional statement that examines a feature of the client system, such as a file, registry key, service, or application. Pre-configured checks have a prefix of pc in their names, such as pc_Hotfix828035. This table lists the types of checks available and what they test.
|Check Category
|Check Type
|Registry check
|File Check
|Service check
|Application check
The Cisco NAC Appliance provides a set of pre-configured rules and checks that are downloaded to the CAM through the Updates page on the CAM web console, under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Updates.
Pre-configured rules have a prefix of pr in their names, for example pr_XP_Hotfixes, and can be copied for use as a template, but cannot be edited or removed. You can click the Edit button for any pr_ rule in order to view the rule expression that defines it. The rule expression for a pre-configured rule is composed of pre-configured checks, such as pc_Hotfix835732, and boolean operators. The rule expression for pre-configured rules is updated through Cisco Updates. For example, when new Critical Windows OS hotfixes are released for Windows XP, the pr_XP_Hotfixes rule is updated with the related hotfix checks.
Pre-configured rules are listed under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Rules > Rule List. Pre-configured checks have a prefix of pc in their names and are listed under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Rules > Check List.
Note: Cisco pre-configured rules are intended to provide support for Critical Windows OS hotfixes only.
This section provides information you can use in order to troubleshoot your configuration.
Complete these steps in order to resolve this issue:
In the CAM, choose Device Management > Clean Access > Requirements > Requirement-Rules.
Deselect the pre-configured rules (pr_), if any.
Select the appropriate AV rules.
If you suspect the CCA does not detect or recognize the certain AV checks, you need to run the OESIS diagnostic tool in the client.
Complete these steps:
Enable logging.
Refer to Enable Debug Logging on the Clean Access Agent for instructions on how to enable debug logging on the client.
Attempt to login.
Run the OESIS diagnostic tool.
Disable logging.
Note: If you can grab an export of the registry key structure from the AV product, normally located at HKLM\Software\<av_vendor>, that is helpful too.


text:
This detailed plastic Case IH Combine from ERTL is a fun model for young farmers. With a swing out loader and realistic detailing, this is a great 5" model for kids 3+. Tough and detailed, a winning combination! Not recommended for kids under three as the long arm could pose a choking hazard.
© Copyright 2017 Kidstructive Fun
Ecommerce Website Design by Off the Page Creations


text: Curvatura By Mountains And Sun, Natalie Allyger by Kivanc Kahraman on April 12, 2017 add comment 385 views facebookTwitter Google +Pinterest TumblrEmail Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Did you find apk for android? You can find new Free Android Games and apps. facebookTwitter Google +Pinterest TumblrEmail The author Kivanc Kahraman Kivanc is a resident of Istanbul, Turkey whose interest turned into a passion when he founded Feetrica in 2015. He was inspired by the outpouring of art on different media platforms, and felt he could make a contribution. Along with being an avid art lover, Kivanc is also an adept business and marketing strategist. you might also like Clémence Lognonné By Vincent Amar Photography and Illustration work of Leo Xandre and Beril Irman Anna Gusarenko by Edward CH Lai Raven Sky by Richie Lubaton Sarah Friedeberg by Alexis White Leave a Response Cancel reply CommentName Email This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
HoHoHo! Today's ornament is a jolly old soul. He is soooooo cute! I based him on a pattern I bought on etsy... I plan to make a much larger version for my preschool class. Check out the pattern here...
I cut the pieces out of felt. I hand stitched them on using dmc floss and a needle.
I stitched the front and back together and gave them a little stuffing before sewing them up.
I think they are awfully cute! I hope you are home crafting today instead of dealing with all the crazy crowds! One more ornament before I'm finished with the series! Come back tomorrow for a simple and sweet Baby Jesus ornament.


text:
Ukraine's president urged the resumption of an offensive against militants after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit, as an agreement with Russia to ease tensions in the former Soviet republic's east neared collapse.
With eastern Ukraine in control of "terrorists" supported by Russia, the separatists have "crossed the line" after bodies of a local lawmaker and a member of the Batkivshchyna party were found today, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement on the parliament website. Biden expressed U.S. support for Ukraine during a visit to Kiev.
With the April 17 accord in tatters, Ukraine is inching closer to a renewed push to dislodge militants in the restive east. The "active phase" of the military operation was suspended four days ago as Ukraine's government pledged to abide by the agreement negotiated in Geneva by Ukraine, the European Union, the U.S., and Russia.
"The opportunity to generate a united Ukraine, getting it right, is within your grasp," Biden told a group of prominent Ukrainians including confectionery magnate Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko. "And we want to be your partner and friend in the project. We want to assist."
A Ukrainian military plane was damaged by gunfire during a reconnaissance flight near Slovyansk, where pro-Russian activists have seized government buildings and set up road blocks, according to a statement by the Defense Ministry.
Pro-Russian forces who took over buildings in eastern Ukrainian cities have said they are not bound by the Geneva deal. The government in Kiev accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of stirring unrest and exploiting the situation to possibly lay the groundwork for an invasion, while the U.S. underlined its support for Ukrainian politicians.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday that "there will be consequences" if Russia doesn't act "over the next pivotal days" to restrain separatists in Ukraine, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in Washington. Lavrov called on the U.S. to hold Ukraine's government accountable for not reining in what Russia portrays as right-wing militias.
The U.S. offered Ukraine $50 million in aid to help it pursue political and economic changes to stabilize its government, Biden's office said in a statement. That includes $11.4 million for a May 25 presidential election that Biden said "may be the most important election" to date for the country of 45 million people on the Black Sea.
IMF Assistance
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) executive board will receive within days a staff report detailing Ukraine's proposed loan program, in an effort to approve emergency financing by early May, a board official said.
The report, which will describe the economic outlook, financing needs, and policy steps Ukraine agreed to take, may trigger a request for an expedited board review, according to the official, who spoke about private discussions on condition of anonymity. That means a typical two-week period for the board to study the report may be cut in half, with a vote next week, the person said.
The IMF is leading a $27 billion international loan package with a contribution of as much as $18 billion, which was agreed to in principle almost four weeks ago. The fund is seeking to complete its report as a multinational agreement with Russia to ease tensions in the former Soviet republic showed signs of collapse.


text:
Results 1 to 1 of 1
South Texas Select Showcase RGV Football Camp
We're headed back down to the RGV for a summer football camp. This is a great opportunity for kids in the RGV to get some work in and get better. We had more than 30 RGV players come to our HS Showcase in Corpus a few weeks ago. Darius Hernandez of La Feria was named rhe most outstanding RB and San Benito's Hector de Jesus was named the most outstanding OL.
We also had a number of RGV participants in our Youth Camp and Combine.
Online registration ends tomorrow at 12:00pm and all participants who sign up before then will receive STSS camp t-shirts. If you have any questions please let me know.
http://sotxshowcase.org/2017/06/2017...mp-mcallen-tx/The poster formerly known as TX22!
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
A total of 20 hours with grades of "C-" or better is required. Courses other than those offered only as Pass/No Pass may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis for this minor.
RP233 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (4)
RP332 Mediation (4)
Required: 4 hours from the following.
RP231 Introduction to Quakers (4)
RP236 Introduction to Critical Thinking (4)
RP239 Value and Ethics (4)
RP333 Exploring Christianity (4)
Required: 4 hours from the following.
PS333G-SS Case Studies in Nonviolence and Reconciliation (4)
RP330G-HU Comparative Religions (4)
RP339G-HU Nonviolence and Social Change (4)
Required: 4 hours from the following.
RP470 Internship (4)
RP495Senior Project (4)


text:
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Blu-Ray Review: THE DEADLY SPAWN (1983)
Rightly considered one of the most ambitious micro-budget monster movies of its era (or any era, for that matter), The Deadly Spawn was a mainstay of video stores throughout the big-box VHS era. Produced by Ted A. Bohus and directed by Douglas McKeown (at least partially--more on that below), the movie was made on a truly paltry budget of about $25,000, yet boasts one of the most memorable and effective creatures ever to grace a video cover. And now Elite/MVD Entertainment has released a Blu-Ray edition of this essential slice of American indie-horror history, and graciously sent a copy to the Vicarage for review.
First, the movie itself--if you're a fan of cheesy sci-fi from the 80s, a celebrant of shoestring ingenuity and champion of the cinematic underdog such as the Duke and myself, then here is a movie tailor-made for your enjoyment. As the Mother Spawn grows larger, ickier, hungrier and ferociouser in the basement, a familial comedy of errors starts taking shape upstairs. The mother and father of the house are planning a long getaway of some sort, and have invited Aunt Millie and Uncle Herb to look after the kids while they're away. Because of their early planned departure time and Mom's conscientiousness about writing instructive notes before getting ready to leave, no one thinks it strange that neither parental unit is around when the rest of the house awakes--which is unfortunate, because they both have of course become Spawn-food in the interim.
On the fortunate side, though, is the fact that the orphaned-but-oblivious kids are uniquely well-suited to deal with the alien menace festering in their root cellar. Elder son Pete is an astronomy major just waiting for a radioactive bug bite to turn him into a superhero--nerdy, scrawny, but incredibly knowledgeable about all things to do with SCIENCE! His younger brother Frankie is a borderline autistic Monster Kid who enjoys wandering around the house in a devil cape and ape mask trying to scare Aunt Millie (and failing miserably). While Pete invites his school friends over for a study session and Pete talks to psychiatrist Uncle Herb to see if monster movies have warped his brain, a surprising number of expendable extras wander into the basement to be eaten by the Slimy Spawn.
Once Frankie discovers the toothy worm and its sperm-like spawnlings (gnawing on his mother's disembodied head! A circumstance which distresses him less than one would imagine), things get turned up to eleven--Spawn Babiez spread out in the neighborhood, attacking a vegan lunch party (seriously) and devouring Uncle Herb. Can Pete, Frankie, and the rest of the Mystery Incorporated gang find a way to defeat the Deadly Spawn before the neighborhood, and presumably the planet, becomes a bloody buffet?
The Deadly Spawn is a lot of fun, and all the more impressive due to its miniscule budget. Clearly a labor of love for all involved, it has that idealism and enthusiasm that I love so much, and that is sorely missing from many of the low-budget efforts of our era. And the creature effects by John Dods (who also did the effects for Don Dohler's immensely entertaining Nightbeast (1982)--a movie I've been meaning to review for ages!) are simply fantastic. Sure, there are some technical shortcomings and the expected sliding-scale acting, but it sets out to give the audience an icky fun time, and in that it more than succeeds.
As to the Blu-Ray presentation by Elite/MVD...well, I wish it were a little better. Whether due to the transfer or to the state of the source materials available, the picture here is somewhat less than hi-def. An improvement over a washed out VHS, sure, but just barely. There's a good amount of bonus materials. The commentary by Bohus and editor Marc Harwood is a hoot, as the two men clearly enjoy one another's company and love reminiscing about the film. We hear about technical triumphs, scheduling snafus, and tensions between McKeown and Dods which eventually led to McKeown's departure from the project and Dods stepping in as director. There's a gag reel, casing footage, trailer, TV spots, and more--more than enough for any Spawn fanatic.
In short, it's a great indie monster movie and worth adding to your collection, if you don't already have the DVD or are the sort of movie fan who just *has* to have everything on Blu-Ray.
Movie: 2.5 Thumbs
Disc: 2 thumbs
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 11:59 AM
Labels: '80s, 2-3 thumbs, Aliens, Blu-Ray Review, Monsters Amok
2 comments:
- bruce holecheck said...
Once upon a time I had a few meetings with Ted Bohus about licensing this film -- it was to be one of the initial films for my DVD label (others we were in talks for included ATOMIC CAFE and DARKNESS). Synapse ended up offering the better deal, so the film went there, and unfortunately our money-men got cold feet over a few other aspects, so that was the end of that.
Word is the new Blu is simply an upconvert of the 2004 Synapse DVD! After being taken to task for it, Bohus has stated they're doing new, *real* hi-def tests from the original negative.
- March 1, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Wonderful flick from that golden early '80s period. Amazingly effective considering the budget!
- March 2, 2012 at 4:15 AM


text:
Don't Touch This ETN: It's Exchange-Traded Nitroglycerin
At the end of last month, I warned that surging trading volumes in the iPath VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYS: VXX) and the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYS: TVIX) could have ominous implications for investors. Less than a month later, investors holding the latter product suffered a bloodletting, losing 50% over a two-day period, during which the VIX Index (INDEX: ^VIX) lost just 2%. If you weren't a party to it, count yourself lucky, but take heed of the lessons of this miserable episode -- it won't be the last of its kind.
The painful end of a relationship
But Alex, I hear you say, TVIX doesn't promise it will deliver twice the performance of the VIX Index as such. In fact, VelocityShares' documentation states explicitly that "the ETNs are not linked to the VIX Index." Fair enough, but the TVIX is supposed to replicate twice the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index ER, before investor fees. Let's see how the TVIX held up by that standard:
March 22
March 23
|S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index ER
|VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN
2 * 1.4% = 2.8%
2 * (7.3%) = (14.5%)
|VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN
*Before investor fees. Source: Author's calculations based on data from Bloomberg and Yahoo! Finance.
Houston, we have a problem! Incidentally, TVIX lost another 17.8% yesterday, although that does happen to match its objective, since the underlying index lost 8.5%. In the space of three trading days, the TVIX has suffered a stunning cumulative loss in excess of 60%! No wonder documentation on the TVIX warns:
The ETNs [exchange-traded notes] may not be suitable for investors who plan to hold them for longer than one day. The long-term expected value of your ETNs is zero. If you hold your ETNs as a long-term investment, it is likely that you will lose all or a substantial portion of your investment.
Fair warning, I suppose. In the era of high-frequency trading, maybe three days qualifies as a "long-term investment.")
Precious and risky
Incidentally, investors in precious-metal exchange-traded products (ETPs) also face complex risks. With the rise in popularity of these products, there is increasingly a "dog wagging the tail" phenomenon, even among products such as the iShares Silver Trust (NYS: SLV) and the SPDR Gold Shares (NYS: GLD) that own the physical metal instead of futures contracts. A forthcoming article in the Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds concluded:
The empirical findings of this study suggest that there is a strong statistical significant positive contemporaneous relationship between the inflows and outflows in the precious metals ETPs and the returns of the underlying metals. This interdependence raises the risk of potential severe redemption pressures on certain types of ETPs in cases of market turmoil, which could in turn hurt the large asset managers and banks active in this market.
English language translation: The activity in precious-metal ETPs and ETFs is affecting the spot metal prices (i.e., prices in the physical market). That impact raises the risk that anyone who has exposure to these products will suffer in a period of market stress.
Are ETNs right for you?
Should you own futures-based ETPs? Here is a seven-question checklist I've put together:
- Do you use volatility/commodity ETPs primarily for speculation?
- Are you a professional investor?
- Do you manage your portfolio like a professional investor? (Just looking at your portfolio value on a daily basis doesn't qualify as a "yes.")
- Do you understand the structure of ETNs?
- Are you familiar with all of the following terms and the underlying concepts: cash-and-carry arbitrage, contango, backwardation, and roll yield?
- Have you read and fully understood the "Risk Factors" section of the prospectus for all of the ETPs you own?
- Did you understand the earlier quote from the article on precious metals without needing to read my translation?
If you answered "no" to any of these, you need to make an honest assessment of whether you have the knowledge and experience to trade these products. If you answered "no" to three or more, I'd suggest you seriously consider giving up using them altogether. If you do decide to continue, keep in mind VelocityShares' warning: "You should proceed with extreme caution in considering an investment in the ETNs."
Avoid this fetish
Unfortunately, I don't think the individual investors who trade these products will read (or heed) this warning. The result will inevitably be the one that institutional brokerage Oscar Gruss & Co. CEO Michael Shaoul predicted in Barron's Online yesterday: "The fetish of volatility trading will eventually be discredited, but not before it has caused a great deal of angst in the investing public."
Why do investors always want to look for "complicated returns" when The Stocks Only the Smartest Investors Are Buying are right before their eyes?
At the time this article was published Fool contributorAlex Dumortierholds no position in any company mentioned. You can follow himon Twitter. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe thatconsidering a diverse range of insightsmakes us better investors. The Motley Fool has adisclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2012 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text:
Anonymous on 01/10/2012
Bed bugs all over northhampton sq. The worst part about it is that they give you one treatment when clearly one is not enough, move in at your own risk
Anonymous on 01/10/2012
no description
Anonymous on 10/17/2011
Started getting bitten in 8/2011. Found a bedbug crawling on the bed as well as a nest in the mattress. When I called management and told them that my apartment had bedbugs, their first question was, "Is this your second time?" So obviously they've had this issue before. The apartment was treated quickly, but I left because it's clear they are dealing with multiple infestations within the building, and it sounds like a losing battle. Management appeared pretty well versed and experienced in the
protocol for treating bedbugs, so that was pretty telling.
128 bedbug reports near this address:
|Best Western Roundhouse Suites
|0.601 km
|BEST WESTERN PLUS Roundhouse Suites
|0.625 km
|791 Tremont St
|0.852 km
|Estabrook Rd
|1.069 km
|402 Columbus Ave
|1.151 km
|400 Massachusetts Ave
|1.176 km
|38 Cunard St
|1.233 km
|97 Appleton St
|1.256 km
|134 Chandler St
|1.320 km
|The Midtown Hotel
|1.373 km
|The Colonnade Hotel
|1.426 km
|63 Berkeley St
|1.470 km
|Boston Marriott Copley Place
|1.489 km
|311 Huntington Ave
|1.561 km
|313 Huntington Ave
|1.564 km
|Westland Ave
|1.566 km
|319 Huntington Ave
|1.577 km
|55 Saint Stephen St
|1.578 km
|88 Saint Stephen St
|1.585 km
|331 Huntington Ave
|1.591 km
|John Hancock Hotel And Conferen
|1.605 km
|1.616 km
|The Westin Copley Place, Boston
|1.621 km
|24 Westland Ave
|1.625 km
|Courtyard By Marriott Boston Copley Square
|1.637 km
|115 Saint Stephen St
|1.640 km
|Hilton Boston Back Bay
|1.674 km
|The Fairmont Copley Plaza
|1.680 km
|1.687 km
|Sheraton Boston
|1.689 km
|103 Gainsborough St
|1.697 km


text:
Here is the baptism record for two of Ole and Mari Finnestad's great granddaughters, Ester (Esther?) Eleanor and her sister, Lillian Ruth Sanderson.
Ester seems to be a forgotten child of Mary (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson, the 11th of their 14 children, (Though Seward had a total of 15 children, one having been born to his first wife, Martha Cody) because this is the only document I've come across with Ester's name.
Ester was born February 17, 1914 and was baptized at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Lee County, Illinois on November 14, 1915 (listed 4th from the bottom). She apparently died prior to the 1920 US census, since her name is not listed, nor has she been listed on any other record from the Calvary Lutheran Church.
Ester's older brother, Charles LeRoy Sanderson was born May 13, 1913 so Mary (Vallem) Sanderson apparently didn't have any time off from having children. Her younger sister would have been a couple of months premature considering Lillian Ruth Sanderson was born September 17, 1914.
Lillian was baptized a few months before Ester on August 22, 1915, (last line) leading me to believe Ester may have had illnesses as an infant. If I come across any documents that clarify Ester's birth, I'll post a correction.
Ester and Lillian's grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis Vallem.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Ester Eleanor and Lillian Ruth Sanderson - baptism
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Worldly Travel
(United States)
Phone: 703-999-6853
Send Private Message
Worldly Travel
Service Description
Welcome to Worldly Travel!
We are a travel agency that provides you with personalized travel to create memories that will last a lifetime. What does your dream vacation look like? Is it a family adventure or a romantic getaway? Is it a cruise to Alaska, the Caribbean, Europe or Asia? Is it the ultimate spa getaway or a spring week in Paris?
Whatever your dream vacation looks like, we can make it happen! We have discount packages for all the major cruise lines, all-inclusive resorts and more. We can tailor your trip to meet all your needs at the best prices possible. We specialize in destination weddings and honeymoon packages to make your special event memorable without the stress of dealing with the details. We'll even take care of your guests! My services are no charge to the customer, when you book, we get paid by the vacation supplier.
Prices and Packages
Please visit our website at www.worldlytravel.net for the latest travel deals.


text:
Dont let Evlina's sweet and innocent looks fool you. Shes a dirty little cocksucker with a pert and fuckable bodyVisit My Website
Join my site & access the ENTIRE TAC AMATEURS NETWORK
No other network even comes close
Cute Evelina Juliet shows her natural girlie hippie style. Starting in front of the window and walking on to the bed she smiles in a suggestive way. Laying next to her erotic paintings, she teases showing her panties. As she gets bored of teasing she starts to take his shirt and bra of showing her large natural breasts with puffy nipples. She plays her nipples and slowly go further, teasing with her undies a lot until she's fully nude showing her natural full bush. Posing differently she shows herself from all over. In the end she lays on the bed and pricing herself with dark chocolate. As she gets excited with that, she teases with chocolate, and even mess her pretty body with chocolate sauce.
The original British Big Boobed Amateur Porn Queen. Claires 32HH natural boobs have been keeping her members happy for years.
Sugarbabe is the ultimate definition of a perfect British MILF. Sexy, mature and with fantastic all natural 32GG tits.
Jolene is the perfect MILF slut with a petite 5ft2 schoolgirl figure, juicy 32DD tits and a filthy streak that she loves to show off
Saucy Savana could be that sweet mature lady from next door you like to fantasise over. The one with the ample breasts and sassy figure. Well shes right here.
There is nothing fake about Janey. With her natural boobs and hairy pussy, this hot English MILF is just the way nature intended
Kimberly Scott is curvy 28 year old XXX adult model and all round filthy party girl. Fetish, Gangbang, Bukkakees. Kimberly does it all
Bee is a kinky mature European housewife who freely admits to being a cum-slut. Dont miss her
HotMilf is exactly what her name says. The perfect all natural hot and horny MILF from Germany
Anal Queen Tracey is a petite nymphette with a pert body and a tight little ass. Watch as she gets ass fucked by older guys
A mature adult star whos featured in numerous top shelf magazines from the 70s right up to today
Melody is the perfect British MILF. A bisexual exhibitionist with mouthwatering 32FF tits. Get your hands on her NOW
Jenny is a gorgeous blonde TV with a big cock for those of you who like your women with a bit extra
Susi is a gorgeous blonde German MILF with a perfect mouth-watering butt that will leave you drooling for more
A curvaceous, clean shaven 30 something with suckable DD delights. Dee describes herself as a Filthy Slut with a mouth for suckin and an ass for fuckin
Vanessa is a stunning 30 somthing MILF with a figure that women would kill for and tits that men would die for
Denise is an awesome British Porn Star with fantastic 36KK All Natural tits that will leave you drooling for more.
Lily May is a mature and curvy adult glamour model from Wales with mouth watering and all natural 34F tits. A must see for all big boob fans
Sweet Daisy Haze is the perfect little hardcore porn princess. Petite, all natural big tits, nice round ass and obsessed with sex


text:
Sherlyn Chopra is a Actress from India. She was born in Hyderabad on February 11, 1984. She is listed on FreeOnes since 2012 and is currently ranked 11082th place. She currently has 7 gallery links in her own FreeOnes section.
Our records show that Sherlyn Chopra is currently active which means she is still making movies, doing live shows and/or doing photo shoots.
Currently we have only a few links of Sherlyn Chopra. You can help us out by submitting more photos and videos links to Sherlyn Chopra galleries.
To submit new links please click here
No need to register!


text:
Category: Religious News
Aids - HIV Faith Summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and other evangelical leaders have met in the nation's capital to discuss the role of the faith community in the international effort against HIV-AIDS.
The International AIDS Conference is meeting in Washington this week.
Both President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney addressed the faith gathering by recorded video statements. Obama said "the work of the church" is crucial in the battle against HIV-AIDS. Romney said "faith-based organizations play a vital role."
World Vision International AIDS global advisor Cristo Greyling said he is encouraged about changing attitudes about the role of the church in addressing the crisis. He said church leaders are not only providing care "but full also providing full information on prevention." Greyling, a hemophiliac, says his church rejected his call for an AIDS ministry until he disclosed he was HIV-positive.


text:
by Rico & Ron ©
The poor girl had just decided to have a drink or two in the bar after work. She had been on her feet all day. "Poor thing" the bartender has said as he handed her the drink.
As she was finishing her second drink the door to the bar was opened and in walked six men, all dressed in biker's leathers. They looked around and before she was aware of it they had surrounded the table...all of them. She looked up startled, but without a word they walked to the bar and began harassing the bartender with their drink orders. She saw them looking in the mirror at her and whispering to each other. With a couple of drinks in her she was a little slow to realize that she was alone in the bar with the six of them. She saw the bartender was going back into the storeroom for a case of beer. One of the gang members quickly blocked the door so he couldn't get back in. She tried to get up and walk out but as she tried to slip past her audience, two of them stood and grabbed her by each arm and forced her to stay put. Standing in front of the leader she saw the guy who had followed the bartender come out from the back laughing and move to the front door to lock it.
The two bikers held her in place as the leader walked up to her. Smiling at her pleas to be released he caressed her face in both of his hands. Slowly working them down to her neck then in a swift movement he rips open her blouse exposing her bra-clad breasts to the onlookers. Her nipples, hardened with fear, poke through the material. Pulling out a knife, the leader cuts first one strap, then the other. Finally, despite her moans, he slips it under the front and slices it open completely. The remnants of the bra disappear quickly and her breasts are assaulted first. The leader grabs her breasts and squeezes them hard. She immediately stops squirming, trying to not betray the pleasure the man's touch brings to her nipples. The leader, one of them called him Ace, laughs in her face as she lowered her eyes in humiliation. Ace lowers his head and starts to suck her nipples, biting into her flesh just a little to keep her "on her toes."
As he unzips his trousers to let his hard 8" cock free the two "guards" use their free hands to raise her skirt and push her panties down to her knees. They force her back down on a table with her legs hanging off. The other three guys now move closer, for a better view, and Ace motions 2 of them to hold her legs open. He kneels between her parted thighs and begins to roughly lick her as Spike the co-leader unzips and frees his cock right in her face.
She closes her eyes, trying to block out the sensation of Ace licking her...just as Spike thrusts his cock into her mouth. She almost gags he's so big and he just pumps in and out of her mouth, not caring if she can breath or not. He fucks her mouth, as her breasts are squeezed and pinched, Ace's tongue pushes deep into her.
Then Ace stands and quickly thrusts himself inside her. In one deep push he buries his cock in her all the way to until his balls slap against her ass. Ace continues his attack on her pussy. She gets close to cumming ... and is totally humiliated. The shock of his 8 inch cock inside her takes her over the edge. He presses his thumb on her clit, feeling her walls contracting around him, milking him...her body responding as much as her mind rejects this humiliation/pleasure.
As she starts cumming, squeezing his cock, two of the bystanders twist her nipples hard. She tries to cry out but Spike's cock filing her mouth stifles her cry. Ace pounds her pussy harder and harder giving her a wild raw fuck, unlike anything she's ever imagined possible. Hands are everywhere on her body, each one causing a different sensation, pain here, and pleasure there.
Suddenly her mouth is defiled with hot cum as Spike shoots streams of it into her throat. Pulling out to let it drip on her face then thrusting it back in. With a cock in her mouth and one in her pussy, cum filling her mouth now, hot and salty dripping on her face. She begins to feel apart from what is happening. Her body overloaded by sensations has take over, responding against her will.
Spike removes his cock and she is flipped over and another instantly replaces it. Without realizing she begins to lick and suck it... Ace isn't far behind...she can feel him throb in side her tortured pussy as with on final hard thrust his hot seed pours into her, overflowing, running out beside his still hard and grinding cock.
No sooner has Ace pulled out of her then she is grabbed and flipped around, bent over the table. Two thick fingers plunge into her sopping pussy, and then are rubbed over her ass with special attention paid to her asshole. Her nether opening is getting all slick and shiny. Dimly she realizes that she is about to loose her last virginity, A hard knob of flesh is pressed against her. She barely has time to open her mouth to scream her protest before the cock rams into her at full force. Just as hot cum shoots into her mouth again, she feels her ass opening forced wide as the hard cock forces its way into her. She cries out, choking on the cum that is running down her chin, but that only acts as encouragement..
The pounding assault on her ass get harder and faster. She is held fast to the table as her asshole is pummeled over and over. Her hair is grabbed forcing her face up as yet another cock finds her mouth muffling her cries and choking her even more. She feels every inch of the cock in her ass, her chin bounces off the table as the cock in her mouth pistons in and out.
The cock in her ass pulls out but only long enough for her to be rolled off the table and onto the floor where she is forced to sit as the cock finds its way back into her ass. The other cock returns to her mouth just as she feels the last one entering her pussy. She is now completely filled and she is tugged back and forth like a rag doll.
An unbelievable
rhythm starts, as all three cocks are moving in and out, at the same time.
Filling, emptying, filling again. Her body betrays her again as her orgasms
come over and over crashing one on top of another. She has lost all control
of her body, jerking and writhing as she cums.
The bikers, tired of their fun, get up and exchange high five's. Muttering to each other what a hot fuck she is, they head for the door just as the bartender comes into the room. They look at him on their way out and say "Thanks for the entertainment."
The poor girl lays slumped in the floor and he sees her cum covered body lying there. He walks over to her and gently helps her to her feet. Cradling her in his arms she looks up at him, just staring through the haze of the feelings running through her. He kisses her lips and says " Well honey. I hope you enjoyed my buddies acting out your fantasy as much as I did video watching it." He points to the security cameras located around the room and says, "I even got different views. When you are ready well decide which is best."
She looks into his eyes and kissing him she says, "Thank you Love. Next time it's your turn for a fantasy."
|Send all comments about this story to Rico & Ron.
Home | Story Index | Contact Us | Other Sites
All contents
© Copyright 1999 by literotica.com.


text:
If I qualify for a subsidy to help pay for my health care, how does it work? Do I just get a check every month? Or do I have to wait until the end of the year and then get it like a tax refund?
Short On Cash
Dear Short On Cash,
The tax credit to help you buy health insurance is "advance-able", meaning that you do not have to wait until the end of the year. The government will pay the health insurer directly for your health insurance; you will pay the difference between what the government pays the total cost.
Your subsidy is based upon your income, which you will report as part of your application to a plan. When you file your taxes for 2014, you will have your actual income which may be higher or lower than what you reported earlier. So, if you qualify for less subsidy than you got (which would happen if your income went up), you will pay the government back; and vice versa, if you qualify for more subsidy, your tax refund will be greater.
You can get an estimate of your subsidy at the Kaiser Family Foundation website. Keep in mind that these calculators are estimating what your plan will cost. They may be higher or lower than what you see on the calculator.
There are also subsidies for paying your plan's deductible and co-pays. These are also based upon your income, though it's not clear how these would be adjusted "after the fact" if your income goes up or down.


text:
Firefighter arrested for selling drugs out of fire station
This was not Mark Monroe's first run-in with local law enforcement
This was not Mark Monroe's first run-in with local law enforcement
A Norwalk firefighter has been suspended from the department following his arrest Thursday on numerous drug and weapons charges.
Firefighter Mark Monroe is facing a laundry of charges list after a months-long investigation during which he allegedly sold drugs to an undercover officer at fire headquarters.
Officers with the Norwalk Police Department's Special Services Division executed four arrest warrants and three search warrants on Monroe's June Avenue home on Thursday. The 45-year-old firefighter was arrested without incident when he arrived to meet an undercover officer at an undisclosed location on Main Avenue in Norwalk, police said.
During that meeting, police say Monroe sold the undercover officer three packages of cocaine weighing approximately 3.8 grams each. Police said Monroe had sold cocaine to the undercover officer on four separate occasions, two of which occurred at the Volk Central Fire Station on Connecticut Avenue while Monroe was on duty. The other two transactions took place in parking lots on New Canaan Avenue and West Avenue.
Fire Chief Lawrence Riley said Monroe was placed on administrative leave as soon as the department was notified of his arrest.
"He will remain on administrative leave during the course of the investigation," Riley said, declining to comment on the alleged drug transactions at the firehouse.
Officers carried out a search warrant at Monroe's home, where investigators said they recovered five additional bags of cocaine weighing a total of 12.3 grams. Police also seized 5 Alprazolam pills, 152 Cialis pills and 21 pills with no markings, none of which were stored in their proper containers.
Police said the drugs appeared to be illegally obtained controlled prescription pills. Officers also recovered 11 vials of suspected steroids, and 300 hypodermic needles. While searching his vehicle, officers found Alprazolam, Oxycodone and amphetamine, as well as another 3.8 gram bag of cocaine.
Officers also searched Monroe's personal locker at the central firehouse, but nothing was found.
In addition to the drugs, officers said they found a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol located on top of a dresser. Monroe was charged with possession of narcotics and other drug and weapon-related charges, 24 counts in all. He was held on $150,000 bond, and is to appear in court Feb. 17.
This was not Monroe's first run-in with local law enforcement. In June, he was charged with evading responsibility and falsely reporting a stolen vehicle stemming from a May 21 incident.
At the time, Monroe reported his vehicle stolen. Using the On Star tracking system, officers determined the vehicle had been involved in an accident on West Rocks Road.
Court records stated that a witness observed the truck enter the parking lot at iPark, 751 Danbury Road, at a high rate of speed, and circle the lot twice before leaving.
Upon recovering the vehicle, police said that there were blood stains inside and a small baggie of a white powdery substance —later identified as cocaine — was found on the floor of the truck.
After police questioned him, Monroe reportedly admitted that he had filed a false complaint. Charges in the case are still pending and Monroe is to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Sept. 20 for those charges, according to court records.
Riley said Monroe was suspended without pay for one week for "unbecoming conduct" following the incident, but the punishment was unrelated to the court proceedings.


text:
Less sunlight and shorter days are thought to be linked to a chemical change in the brain and may be part of the cause of SAD.
Melatonin, a sleep-related hormone, also has been linked to SAD. The body naturally makes more melatonin when it's dark. So, when the days are shorter and darker, more melatonin is made.
There are two types of SAD:
The following are the most common symptoms of SAD:
Symptoms tend to come back and then improve at about the same times every year.
The symptoms of SAD may look like other mental health conditions. Always see a healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Depression often happens with other conditions, such as heart disease or cancer. It may also happen with other mood disorders, such as substance abuse or anxiety. For these reasons, early diagnosis and treatment is key to recovery.
A diagnosis of SAD may be made after a careful mental health exam and medical history done by a psychiatrist or other mental health professional.
The treatments for "winter depression" and "summer depression" often differ, and may include any, or a combination, of the following:
There are also things you can do for yourself to help relieve symptoms:


text:
2013-02-16 • An Uneasy Exodus
Start: 21:08:59
HistoryBuff: Hey Jhonora
jhonora: Good Evening HistoryBuff!
HistoryBuff: How are you?
jhonora: Doing well, and yourself?
HistoryBuff: I'm good. Thanks for asking. What news of any research have you?
jhonora: Nothing new on my genealogy, I have been doing some historical research and genealogy for others Any new discoveries for you?
HistoryBuff: Nice. I recognize that you have a talent for historical research. I just received a book I ordered from Amazon about Black Migration.
jhonora: Really, is it on migration in general or to a particular city?
HistoryBuff: Oops
jhonora: wb
HistoryBuff: Black Migration in America from 1915-1960: An Uneasy Exodus (Studies in Twentieth Century American History) by E. Marvin Goodwin Thanks I met the author back in 1997 during a family reunion.
jhonora: I'll have to look into it, two-thirds of my grandmother's family left the South in 1903. On my father's side many people left around WWI.
HistoryBuff: Yeah got to include the migration stories in the family history. The author was a distant cousin on my maternal grandfather's side. I recently remember he had told my mother and grandmother that he wrote a book regarding black history. I had been meaning to get it.
jhonora: The crowd must be late this evening lol
HistoryBuff: My watch has 9:25 pm EST.
jhonora: 8:25 here
HistoryBuff: Yes you must be on Central Standard Time. They may drag in. I certainly have dragged in late after experiencing computer trouble.
jhonora: Lately, I have been helping a friend of mine whose family took the name "Citizen" after the Civil War.
HistoryBuff: As for the aforementioned author, unfortunately his passed on about 2007. I lost contact with his immediate family after they asked for some kind of donation. I interpreted that as a way for me to leave them alone. That's an interesting surname. What's the story behind that?
jhonora: A donation toward what?
HistoryBuff: As best as I can remember it was for something religious. I thought it was it strange.
jhonora: The family had been enslaved to the Leger family in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana before the war, but afterwards the father declared he was a then a "Citizen" and took that name.
HistoryBuff: Very interesting. I take Mr. Citizen took on the opportunity to vote. take=take it.
jhonora: I'm sure he did, I'm still working on more of there history.
HistoryBuff: Wonderful. In the midst of catching up, I have been reviewing the family tree of my maternal grandfather.
jhonora: What is the family name/location?
HistoryBuff: The Scott family of Fordyce, Arkansas ( Dallas County).
jhonora: Arkansas seems to have a wealth of black information from what I've been told.
HistoryBuff: I've heard the same. See like we are the only chatters tonight.
jhonora: It seems that way
HistoryBuff: Okay, I'll step and work on the RootsMagic while I can. Have a good evening, Jhonora.
jhonora: Same to you, take care!


text:
You might call it the forgotten protein.
Seven years ago, Syngenta hosted plot tours featuring its new VipCot cotton trait stack for more than 200 growers, retailers and consultants at its Southern Region Technical Center near Leland, MS.
The insecticidal protein, discovered nine years earlier by a Syngenta scientist, seemed to offer a broader spectrum of control for such pests as bollworms, fall armyworms and other lepidopteran insects than other proteins.
At the time, Syngenta scientists were working with plant breeders for Delta and Pine Land Company to insert the VipCot trait stack — Vip is short for vegetative insecticidal protein — into Delta Pine's elite germplasm. Before that could happen, Delta and Pine Land was purchased by Monsanto, which already had its own brand of insecticidal traits.
Fast forward to 2010 and it looks like the Vip3A protein, the unique mode of action for insect control in VipCot, may finally be coming into its own. Pending final regulatory approvals, growers will see the Vip3A protein, the foundation of the Agrisure Viptera trait in corn, in plot trials this summer and in commercially available hybrids in 2011.
"It has been an interesting journey for VipCot," says Todd Martin, head of the independent seed business for Syngenta. Martin worked for the company in Memphis, TN, before moving to the Syngenta Seeds main office in Minnetonka, MN, this winter.
"The story of the Vip3A protein actually began in 1994 when Greg Warren, a Syngenta scientist working in North Carolina, discovered it," he says. "Some milk had soured in his refrigerator and, rather than just throw it out, Greg decided to test it. Material in the milk proved to be active on corn earworm and other caterpillar pests."
After Monsanto introduced its Bollgard cotton trait, which involved the insertion of the Cry 1A Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt protein, into the cotton plant, most companies stepped up their development of insecticidal proteins.
Rather than build or buy its own cottonseed company, Syngenta decided to work through existing entities that had already carved out a share of the cottonseed market. Although VipCot has experienced some hurdles, Syngenta's efforts to develop a new, broader spectrum Vip class of proteins for cotton continued and now appear to be on the verge of paying off.
The unique Vip3A protein acts differently than the Cry proteins that have been inserted in other cotton germplasm. The Vip proteins bind to different receptors on the insect mid-gut than the Cry proteins. The disruption causes the pest to stop feeding and die.
"The combination of the Vip3A and Cry genes will result in an incredible product that provides a broader spectrum of control and helps make all of the Bt products more durable," Martin says. "It will help all of the Cry products."
Syngenta has entered into agreements with Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences to insert the Vip3A protein in Monsanto's Bollgard III cotton and Dow's new generation of WideStrike Bt cotton. Bollgard III could be launched as early as 2013 and Dow's new advanced WideStrike technology is slated for introduction in 2012.
"We believe this is a real confirmation of the work of Syngenta's scientists — to see these other companies using Vip3A in their next generations of Bt cotton products," Martin says.
In Syngenta research trials, the Vip3A trait has demonstrated efficacy on corn earworm (also known as the bollworm in cotton), western bean cutworm, black cutworm, fall armyworm, common stalk borer, and sugarcane borer. Competitor Cry traits only list suppression of corn earworm.
"The corn earworm typically appears relatively late in the season in corn when it's difficult for growers to spray and achieve effective control of the pest," Martin says. "That's why the Agrisure Viptera trait could be very important for growers in the South. We're seeing some beautiful ears of Agrisure Viptera corn."


text:
Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - Street Hunting - Anton Malac - GONZO
Latest Sets at MaleFeet4U.com
Our previews from malefeet4u.com today are two great looking guys, Daniel Paulik and Karel Tichy. You can see their full shoots at www.malefeet4u.com.
If you haven't recently checked out the foot site, now is a good time to do so, Franky as completely redesigned it.
Also, thanks for the photo and video suggestions for foot fetish shoots. Please keep them coming by writing firstname.lastname@example.com
|Karel Tichy
Open Karel Tichy MaleFeet4U.com Set
More about Karel Tichy - MaleFeet4U.com ...
|Daniel Paulik
Open Daniel Paulik MaleFeet4U.com Set
More about Daniel Paulik - MaleFeet4U.com ...
The End of William Higgins Newsletter


text:
Some product component dependencies can be satisfied with product components deployed on remote hosts. The uninstaller does not recognize these dependency relationships.
For example, if you uninstall Directory Server, the uninstaller does not warn you that Access Manager depends on Directory Server, even if both products are deployed on the same host. This is because another Directory Server instance on yet another host could support Access Manager.


text:
Black Rhino Grey Karoo Wheels
- Gloss gunmetal wheel finish
- Offered in many sizes, bolt patterns, and offsets
- Constructed of dependable cast aluminum
- Five year structural warranty
- Two year finish warranty
- Sold individually
Black Rhino Hard Alloy wheels are the latest up and coming truck wheels and they came out the gate swinging. Offering unique and aggressive wheel designs for you truck or SUV, Black Rhino is taking the wheel game to a whole new level.
The latest innovation from Black Rhino, the Grey Karoo, is made from durable cast aluminum finished in a stunning gloss gunmetal finish. Available in a variety of bolt patterns, sizes and offsets, you're sure to find the right fitment for your truck's taste.
Backed by a five-year structural warranty and an additional two-year finish warranty these wheels are sure to last. Get your Grey Karoo wheels from Black Rhino at RealTruck.com to receive free, fast and convenient shipping. Got some questions? Give our wheel experts a call!
Order NotesRealTruck will not accept returns for wheels that have been mounted and balanced. If you are unsure of the correct wheel configuration to purchase, please give us a call 1-888-257-3323.
Lug nuts are not included with wheel orders (Note - Mounted and balanced wheel and tire packages do include lug nuts as part of promotion). New lug nuts are recommended with any wheel order. Check out the lug nuts RealTruck.com has available here - Lug Nuts.
View Available Part Numbers For This Product Line