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Launched in late 2016 as "insider access to extraordinary experiences," New York by New York members got early access to sales at retailers, a newsletter with tips on how to thrive in the city and access to a private Instagram feed (which has since been made public).
There will still be special discount codes and early access to sales at retailers, but more emphasis on exclusive food and drink events, ideally hosted by editors of its Grub Street vertical. Earlier this week, for example, New York by New York members got together to eat an entire pig with food critic Adam Platt and Grub Street editor Alan Sytsma at Gramercy Italian restaurant Maialino.
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During that first year, Cho and Alison Hutchison, an associate manager of business development, whipped up "around 160" offers for members, including VIP ticket packages to hit musical "Hamilton" and a private tour of The Richard Avedon Foundation led by New York's design editor Wendy Goodman.
Cho will use the responses to those offers to make the program more structured. For example, food and drink events were a hit, so Hutchison is now responsible for putting together at least one exclusive food event per month.
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Along with the change in focus, the program also will get new marketing creative to reflect the focus on food events. Initial tests across a number of promotional channels, including Facebook, print ads in its magazine, newsletters and in-person promotion at events, haven't yielded satisfactory results in sign-ups.
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When you wake up from a nightmare there is a brief moment of lingering fear. You open your eyes and look around your bedroom. Everything seems to be in the same place as it always was. The blankets, sheets, and pillows comforting you as the terrible memory of whatever monstrous thing you were dreaming about fades away until you may be only able to recall one or two key things about the dream. After all of that you get up and go about your day or try to fall back asleep and drift off into better places.
For me, this was not one of those times. A moment ago I was falling into an infinite void of utter nothingness, praying for an end to it. Hoping that at least death could free me from whatever I had stumbled into. Now, I am sitting in a stool in front of a blackjack table in a nearly empty casino. I say would say it was empty if it weren't for me and woman standing at the opposite end. The woman wearing the high end black and gold dealers uniform and a smile that eerily resembled a vampire's smile. When I first saw her smiling at me and thought of vampires crossed my mind I almost wanted to laugh at the thought she could be one. Right now however, I am not so sure I wasn't too far off.
I slowly bring my hands up and place them on the edge of the table, griping the cushioning. They shook violently and I squeezed hard to try to get them under control. This sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and labored breathing told her I was afraid. That's when I saw the fingers on my left hand were bleeding. I remembered scratching the floor trying to run away from her, it still hurt so I eased up my grasp on the table.
"I see I have your attention now. Mr. Reynolds, place your bet" She said softly, taking the black deck in hand. With a flawless grace the woman begins shuffling the cards, her movement captivating. Movements such as these would be practiced but it all just seemed to flow so naturally to her. Every card seemed to know where it was going as it slid alongside one another, barely making more than a whisper of a noise in the hall.
The black poker chips had been set out in front of me. I place my right hand over the stack and I felt a warm sensation emanating out of them. My hand shook less at the feeling. The warm traveled up my arm and washed over me. The sickly feeling I had numbed a bit.
"Wh-what is going on" I stammered.
She tilts her head to one side and gives me a curious look as if I had just asked something really obvious.
"We are playing blackjack. What does it look like? Didn't I already explain that?"
I could only stare at her blankly. The memory of her other form was still very fresh in my mind. The vivid image of the teeth, claws, the graying skin, and those eyes faint and glowing deep in her skull was still fresh in my mind. She could kill me if she wanted to. What was she waiting for?
"Like I have already said, this will be a standard game of blackjack with a few rule modifications. You are not allowed to surrender a hand. As you have already seen, you can't walk away from the table" She laughs as she finishes that sentence. "We play to ten hands or until you are out of chips and lastly, all you need to do is come out ahead at the end of those ten hands to win"
"What happens if I lose?"
She only sighed at the question and her smile fades. "Mr. Reynolds, you will find I don't much in the way of patience". Her skin began to grey again, her eyes slowly retreating into her skull. "I will make you a deal, for every hand you play I will answer one question if it makes you feel better."
I might have thought about running again, but I didn't know where I would go. For all I knew the entire building was floating in an endless space. The only option I had was to play. I picked up one of the black chips from the stack; it was heavy, far heavier than a simple chip should be. I set it down on the betting area indicated by the white circle in the table cloth. It plops down as I let it go, hitting the table with an ominous thud that echoes through the empty halls, the sound reverberating in my chest.
"Cut it" She says with a cold tone while offering me the freshly shuffled deck. I didn't want to touch it for fear some other horrible thing would begin happening. The hesitation I felt was noticed.
"Do you really want to leave it to chance, or is this where you want to have some say in what happens to you?" It sounded like a challenge I was being issued. I outstretch my hand timidly taking the cards. The deck, like my chips, was smooth, but unlike the chips these cards irradiated a mixture of feelings. One moment I felt this sensation of comfort and I had a single hopeful thought I may get out of this place and see my apartment again. As soon as I place the other hand to cut the deck, the sinking despair I was feeling returned with a reinforced sensation. I quickly cut it close to the bottom and put it back on the table.
The woman's smile returns to her face as her skin regained its color and the eyes protruded to their original place. Gracefully she deals the cards from the deck in regular blackjack fashion. Two cards were placed in front of me; face up, two cards she placed in front of herself, one face up and one face down. My cards I observed were a jack and a six. The cards were different than any deck I had seen or played with before. The symbols and numbers appeared to have a grainy texture to them, the colors vibrant. The six card had roman numerals in the corners instead of a regular six to represent the value. The jack was displayed on the card in a medieval art style. His facial expression was stoic, cold and disinterested with a hand on the hilt of a sheathed knife. The art style was an old one, but the cards appeared in excellent condition. The card in front of the woman revealed a three.
When I saw that the game we were playing with had only one deck I started to feel a bit better. It would be easy to keep track of which cards were being played. Like a distant memory, the things I learned about basic strategy and counting practice I had done came back from a far away place in my brain. It was in my favor to stand this hand and hope she would bust in hitting.
"Stand" I say.
She flips her down faced card to show a seven. She draws another card from the deck and reveals a five. I notice her look of drunken contentment returning to her face, the same look she had playing next to me when I first saw her. Drawing another card from the deck she calmly places it down to show another three. I had stood on a sixteen; her hand gave her an eighteen.
With that same look on her face, never missing a beat she easily picks up the black chip, held it between two of her fingers and I watched at it begin to vanish particle by particle into thin air until nothing was left of it. As I watched the chip dissolve, my eyes widened and started to water. This shooting pain coursed through my heart and I choked on something unseen. I coughed violently and came off of my stool, held up by my right hand clinging to the table and my left holding onto my chest. A few moments like this and the coughing fit dies down and I slowly rise to compose myself. One final cough expels a spurt of crimson onto the hand I had been dealt. I continue staring at the blood I stained the cards with as red seeped into them, and strangely vanished altogether, never tarnishing the card's mint condition.
"What happens if you lose Mr. Reynolds?" She says whimsically. "You die".
I look up at her to see her giggling at me, mocking me. I would have been angry at the mockery if I hadn't been so terrified. My gaze turns to my remaining nine black chips. It became obvious to me that my life was now tied to those remaining chips. If I was ever going to get out of here, I was going to have to win. I looked back at my hand and what I saw made me take a step back. The picture of the jack had changed. Now the jack held the knife to his mouth, tongue licking a spot of red from the tip of the blade, his eyes closed.
"What are you?" I say, after trying to swallow the remaining blood traces in my mouth.
"One hand, one question Mr. Reynolds" She says sweetly while tapping the betting circle. "We have at least nine more hands to go." She wipes the table of the cards previously played and collects them in a pile she places to her right.
I regain my breath and pick up another of my chips. It was a bit heavier this time than I remember, but only just. Were the chips actually gaining weight or had I gotten weaker after losing the first one? The woman sees me looking at the chip in my hand and she gives me this look like she seems to know what I was thinking.
"Thinking of changing the question you want to ask me?" She smiles again.
I don't respond but only put the chip down in the betting ring in a defiant manner. The deep thud of it echoing once more through the building. She laughs at my facial expression. "Whatever helps you cope with this Mr. Reynolds" she giggles.
The cards get dealt again with that same graceful style and drunken expression on her face. I almost smiled myself as I saw that my cards this hand were a five and a six, the woman's a seven. Not many ten cards or aces had been played yet so that told me I had a good chance of getting one.
"Double Down" I tell her as I move another chip to the betting pile. As I placed it down with another deep thud the muscles in my arm relaxed in relief. These chips were definitely getting heavier.
My decision seemed to excite her, she giggles at seeing the increased bet. At once she draws another card and places it next to the hand, showing another three. My heart skips a beat. She taps the table and says "Good luck". It was either sympathy or mockery. I didn't care anymore; I only wanted to see her cards. It was the only thing that mattered anymore.
Flipping the down card to be yet another three it made her total to be ten. Almost knowing what the total would be she draws another card, not missing a beat. The next card was a queen; the image displayed had the queen with her head on top of her interlocked hands, elbows on a surface. The queen's facial expression, again apathetic as the jack was.
"Sorry darling" The woman coos, collecting the cards and adding them to the discard pile. Leaning down till her upper half is parallel to the table she blows gently from her lips to the chips on the betting ring. As the air billows over them they disintegrate just as the last one had. The black particles rise and rush past my face, I was in mid breath as the flowed over me. Some of it flew into my throat and again I choked.
I clenched my throat and tried to cough. I couldn't get the air through my lungs to clear it. I could feel my face go red and I shut my eyes in pain as I felt a blood vessel pop. I slam down on the floor, dizzy and suddenly my throat clears. I gasp like the air itself was life. As soon as I feel decent enough I try standing. My legs nearly buckle again and give way as I scrape my head on the edge of the table. Something wafts downward as I pull my head back away from the table. It was a tuft of hair. My hair.
"What am I Mr. Reynolds?" She says flatly as I tilt my head up towards her. "I am not entirely sure of myself. I just exist; I have for quite some time. I have a job to perform in this universe, and that job is ensure the wheels of the machine you call life keep turning. I am the driving force behind what you could say is chance or luck."
I gave her a weak puzzled look. There was no way to be sure I had just heard her correctly. "Are you telling me, you are god?"
She begins laughing hysterically at me. "Oh my no, I didn't create anything. I don't have a divine plan, I simply exist to move things around, keep things happening, moving forward. I don't profess to really understand it myself. I am the money you find on the street, the medication that was labeled incorrectly because both bottles looked the same, the iceberg that sank the titanic, and I was the locked engine in your mother's car the day she died."
There was silence as she finished that sentence. I did not want to believe what I was hearing. I didn't want to believe anything that was happening to me. "You killed her?" I finally said in a hushed, cracked voice.
"I did not exactly kill her. It is a more accurate thing to say that I facilitated her death. Chance, luck, fortune, these things come into play every day. It comes at everyone constantly, changing seemingly without whim. I am the harbinger of fortune. Your mother's fortune just turned sour that day. I still remember the rush it gave me, the ecstasy of her life force ending, filling me up, your life forever changed by bad luck"
I could only stare at her, my mind a blank. I felt a slip of sanity at the thought this woman, this thing in front of me, was responsible for the shaping of all of history. Of my life.
"Jake" She finally says. "I don't intend for anything to happen to anyone, I am simply compelled to be where I am at any given moment. I have an innate need to change the flow of occurrences one way or the other. There is no rhyme or reason to what it is I do. I simply must. Invoking chance fills me with a feeling greater than anything you could imagine. It is an eternal addiction I cannot switch off even if I wanted to. I do what I do simply because that is how things are for me. I do not have a choice"
When she says this I could almost swear I felt a note of sadness to it. Did she pity herself? It was a thought I couldn't begin to understand. I am losing my mind, and my life bit by bit and she feels sorry for herself?
"Why Me? Why are you doing this to me?"
"I think I thoroughly answered your last question. Time to live up to your end of the bargain and play another hand" Her smile comes back.
"….No…" I say. It was the only thing I could think of. The one little bit of power I had over her. She needed me to make a call or she couldn't deal. If I die here, I wanted to know why.
"Look at you, pretending to be brave" She giggles. "I know for a fact this is not the kind of man you are Mr. Reynolds. The Mr. Reynolds I know would rather let the world decide what to do with him, rather than take a stand."
"You don't know a damn thing about me." I raised my voice. She was right though I wasn't brave, but maybe I didn't care anymore. After everything I had seen, the fall, that monstrous self of hers, feeling my own life slip away piece by piece as I lost hands in a fucking game of blackjack.
"You dropped out of school because it required more effort than you were willing to put forth. At your senior prom you didn't show up because you couldn't get a date. The reason you were dateless was that you didn't want to risk rejection in asking a girl out, none of them asked you out. In elementary school you always got pushed to the back of the lunch line by a bully. You thought risking getting the smaller piece of dessert cake was worth not pushing back or getting a teacher. I know exactly who you are." Her voice became booming and terrible as she talked, I even heard the building's support beams move and crack as the lighting dimmed.
Then I saw something as I hurriedly looked around the hall. A black spot at the very top of the white marble colored ceiling. Bits of the surrounding structure flying upward through the hole, little by little the spot grew bigger. The woman saw me staring at the unnerving sight. Only her laughter broke my gaze.
"I can't make you finish what we have started, but I can give you incentive" She smiles almost politely.
I quickly pick up another chip; I almost need both hands this time to move it. The blood is pounding in my ears so hard I don't hear the thud this time. The cards go out once more. I see I have been given a three and a five. The woman's down faced card was an eight. I stare at the three hard. I may not have been in the best state of mind but I could swear I had already seen four threes played. I look up at the woman and she only nods at me, confirming what I was thinking. By now I shouldn't have expected anything, for all I knew this deck changed at a moment's notice every hand we played. It meant most of my strategy was meaningless. Hell, the game could have been rigged for all I knew. Maybe, just maybe, it all came down to luck.
If that was how we were playing than I did not see how anything I did really mattered. I felt dead already. To this day I couldn't tell you what possessed me to do this, but I lifted another chip over to the betting area, not caring about how heavy it was to move.
"Double Down" I shout.
"Now we are really playing" She says excitedly. She swiftly deals me a card. I take in a breath I didn't even know I stopped breathing as I see the ace displayed on the card. The woman looks at it too. I can't be sure but there was the smallest moment of pause from her. Then still smiling, still with that expression of intoxication, she flips her down faced card to reveal a king.
"You finally won a hand" She says as she gives me a soft golf styled clap of her hands.
I hear a click as my pile of chips move a little. Two more black chips have appeared on my pile. This warm sensation washes over me, diluting the pain and weakness only a moment ago I had been suffering. I still did not feel quite right, but then again I was still down by one chip.
The thought this game was stacked against me, that I was doomed from the beginning may not be true. The woman tilts her head to the side as she taps the table, clearing her throat.
"Excuse me Mr. Reynolds, but we have seven more hands to be played. Also, you are on a deadline" She points upward. I look back up at the ceiling to see much of it had faded away into the blackness that was slowly replacing it. The void had almost reached the walls of the second tier in the grand hall.
"This game is far from over" She says softly.
Whatever small hope I felt from winning the last hand now escaped me. I place my right hand over my remaining chips. Their warmness licks my flesh like a candle flame. My only light in an unending nightmare.
Credit To – Author Mike Gilbert. Special Thanks to Bob Vetter and Eric Garcia for their input.
**This is the second entry in the Miss Fortune Series, which will be published one entry per day from Nov 14-16.
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In the first Semester students will undertake an introduction to case study research module (10 credits). The aim of this module is to prepare students for the independent research they will undertake in their second Semester.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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Hi, can u guys tell me in detail pertaining to picture and most importantly about its voice quality. Do comment on its overall working, durability, reliability and how many message can we save in the phone memory. Waiting for reply!!!!!!!
i just buy this phone...very nice..but i don't know how it can't play mpeg-4 file...my phone can't detect it.
and then i can't upload game. i already instal teh software in my PC but when i connect the phone, my pc respond is found undifined hardware and it was error. can anybody help me??
Dose kf510 support softwares? softwares like Music players, picture aditors others
nikolai, 24 Nov 2008does the mobile use a 4GB memory card? Actually, it's possible with 4GB Memory.... but it will be geting some problem with phone processing. it will be going slow than you used 1GB Memory...
jay, 24 Nov 2008Somebody told me that, the display become very dark in direct sun light, so we cant see any t... moreI'm not sure too about your question but I have one ideal about it. Your phon might was getting error with Phone Light's sensor. Because its possition to control the light go up or down when you used it at day time......
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Somebody told me that, the display become very dark in direct sun light, so we cant see any thing in the sun light. Is that true? Please answer me. Thanks in advance. Nokia 5500 sports has the same problem, whether this phone has that too.
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Don't you think This Layer is a screen protector??
Hmh Jaxta can you say me if you have a plastic layer same here http://www.noelshack.com/uploads/DSCN0343012061.JPG
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i bought this phone yesterday. have to say it is probably the best phone i have ever owned.
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Syria, April 6th 2018 – The city of Douma, which hosts one of the main bases of the Syrian rebel army as it fights against the Bashar Al-Assad government, suffers a chemical weapons attack, killing both military personnel and innocent civilians. Casualties number in the scores, along with many hundreds injured. World authorities immediately condemn the attack and, despite Assad's denials, the UN starts an investigation. On April 21, inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) were permitted to enter Douma and started collecting samples as part of the investigation. Assad remains the main suspect.
Syrian children after the attack on Douma
April 8th – A missile raid strikes a Syrian T-4 military base near Homs, killing at least a dozen Syrian military personnel. The Syrian media and Russian President Putin initially blame Israel for the attack, though it is later revealed that the USA, UK, and France collaborated in firing more than 100 missiles at the targeted base. President Trump declares he doesn't exclude the possibility of further attacks against Syria. Putin accuses the UN of heightening tensions by blaming Assad for the attack on Douma, but the American spokeswoman Heather Nauert accuses Putin himself of approving Assad's dictatorship and its murderous attacks on civilians.
Nauert's tweet
April 17th – The famous reporter Robert Fisk enters Douma and visits the hospitals. According to his reports in The Independent, he talked to Assim Rahaibani, one of the first medics to assist the victims of the attack, who claims that civilians were harmed not by chemical weapons but by "oxygen starvation." Others claimed that they "never believed" that gas was being used, rather that these stories were propaganda spread by islamist groups. Yet, Fisk discloses that Rahaibani shows signs of strong bias in favor of the Assad regime, while France has announced it has sure evidence that chemical weaponry was used by the Syrian government. The WHO has "said its partners on the ground treated 500 patients 'exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals'". US Media have "quoted sources" claiming the same. The situation, on the verge of becoming a diplomatic crisis, remains contentious and precarious.
Link to Fisk's report:
Robert Fisk
Updated to: 27-04.2018
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Details of medical centres, doctors, GPs, surgeries and pharmacies in Gloucestershire and how to find your nearest. For alternative therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, private dentists etc, please see under Services>Health.
Information on opening times, services, repeat prescriptions, internet appointment booking, out of hours service.
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Bradbury Loveseat in Brandy Top Grain Leather by Hydeline Leather
Hydeline Leather Bradbury-LV Amax Bradbury Loveseat Brandy Top Grain Leather
This rich Bradbury leather upholstery beautifully accents the padded rolled arms, exemplary detailed show wood that scrolls beautifully throughout this collection, plush pillow back design and supportive seating cushions. With an elegant flowing design featuring these exquisite detailing, the Bradbury collection captures the true beauty of grand transitional styled furniture.
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Arugula Mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- Sea salt
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 ½ cups tightly packed arugula
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolk, mustard, vinegar and large pinch of salt. Beginning a drop at a time, whisk in oils. As it emulsifies, add oil a little faster in a slow, steady stream. When mixture is thick, taste, and adjust seasoning. It should be highly seasoned.
- Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor, add arugula, and puree. (Add a tablespoon of water, if necessary, to get arugula flowing.) Taste, and adjust seasoning before serving.
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Last week I made a comment on Paul Murphy's blog about how the thin-ness of Sun Rays is really up to interpretation. Today he's decided to dedicate an entire blog to explaining why I'm wrong, because he figures if I have an incorrect understanding of Sun Rays, then a lot of people have an incorrect understanding of Sun Rays. He's probably right, although I don't think my understanding is that far off base, and he's been kind enough to let me see a draft copy of his blog so I can get a head start on the response. Here's what I said:
Smart, Thick, Thin, Display
It's all word games. Depending on how you define "processing," there is processing going on. It still has to render graphics, translate keyboard and mouse events, etc. A SunRay is just a compacted Sun workstation of yesteryear without a harddrive and special firmware designed to work solely as an X-Windows server.
The problem is the attempt to make "smart displays" seem more fundamentally different from other similar solutions just muddies the waters. People like me groan because yet another term has been introduced that means almost the same as other terms that will need to be explained to the higher-ups. The higher-ups get confused and either latch onto it or, more likely, have their eyes glaze over.
Anyway, enough with our industry's incredible ability to make sure words are completely meaningless...
The problem with Sun Ray and other similar solutions is that they are really a local optimum based on today's technology and practices for a relatively narrow range of priorities. Change the priorities and the solution is no longer optimum. Introduce distributed computing techniques with the same low administrative overhead and they lose out entirely.
As far as I can tell, the first part is technically accurate. Older Sun Rays ran a 100Mhz UltraSparc II, had 8mb of RAM, and ran a microkernel. See here and here. Newer ones use an even beefier system-on-a-chip.So the Sun Ray client is obviously processing something, and actually has a fair amount of processing power. Just because it is not maintaining any application state, doesn't mean it's not doing anything. Murph asserts that a Sun Ray is not an X-Terminal, but he'll have to explain the difference to me. He could be right...I don't know. It's been about 7 years since I've used a Sun Ray, but from what I remember it felt just like using Exceed on a PC under Windows, which is quite common at my employer. He did mention this:
Notice that the big practical differences between the Sun Ray and PC all evolve from the simplicity of the device in combination with the inherently multi-user nature of Unix. In contrast the differences between the Sun Ray and X-terminal arise because the X-terminal handles graphics computation and network routing -making it more bandwidth efficient, but marginally less secure.But the Sun Ray quite clearly has a graphics accelerator and talks over the network, so while there is probably a subtle difference in there that I'm not grasping, it doesn't seem particularly marterial. But that's not really the meat of the debate, it's just a technical quibble over what consitutes processing and an operating system. He's dilluting the debate by calling Sun Ray's "smart displays" instead of "thin clients" and thus drawing a false dichotomy, and I'm doing the same by pointing at internal technical specs that have little to do with actual deployment. The real debate is: "Where should processing take place?" I'll give you a contrite answer - as close to the data as possible. Any computation involves a set of inputs and a set of outputs. It makes no sense to shuttle a million database rows from a database server to an application server or client machine in order to sum up a couple fields. It makes much more sense to do it where the data is, and then ship the result over the network. Likewise, if you have a few kilobytes of input data and several megabytes/gigabytes of results, it makes sense to do the computation wherever the results are going to be needed. So this is my first issue with the centralized computing paradigm. Right now I'm typing this blog in Firefox on Linux, and my computer is doing a fair amount of work to facilitate that interaction with Blogger. I've also got a dozen other Windows open. Most of the memory and CPU I'm consuming is dedicated to the local machine interacting with me, the local user. Only a couple pages of text are being exchanged back-and-forth with blogger. So why not let the Sun Ray run Firefox (and an email client, a word processor, etc.)? The new ones have the processing power. They probably would need $100 worth of RAM or so to keep a stripped-down Unix variant in RAM, which could be loaded from the network. Intelligent configuration could make the client smart about whether to run an app locally, on a server, or on an idle workstation down the hall. Murph gives seven reasons: 1. portability Murph asserts that with Sun Rays you gain portability, because you can halt a session one place and immediately resume it another place. I don't doubt that is true, but I don't see any technical reason why the same could not be accomplished with a distributed architecture. All that happens is your terminal becomes the processing server for a remote application. Remember, in Unix, there isn't a fundamental difference between a client and a server. I'm not going to address the laptop debate right now. Murph has made some very good arguments against laptops in the past based on the security concerns of them being stolen, despite strong encryption. I think he underestimates the value of laptops and is probably wrong, but there are a substantial number of people who could live with a "portable terminal" because their homes and hotels have sufficient bandwidth. 2. reliability This is where the distributed model really shines. In my experience, networks just are generally one of the less reliable portions of the computing environment, especially WANs and my own internet connection. A pure thin-client solution simply stops working when the network goes down. In the past, Murph has asserted that everyone needs network connectivity to work, so this doesn't matter. But in my opinion most professionals can continue working for several hours, possibly at reduced productivity, when disconnected from the network. That buys time for IT to fix the network before the business starts bleeding money in terms of productivity. Keeping processing local, along with caching common apps and documents, increases the effective reliability of the system. 3. flexibility Murph lists nothing that cannot be done with a locally-processing workstation. 4. security Don't use x86 workstations, especially running Windows. The security gains are from a more secure operating system on a processor architecture designed for security and reliability. Eliminating permanent storage from the client does buy some security, because there is then no way to walk out the door with all the data, but distributed processing doesn't preclude centralized permanent storage. There are, of course, substantial advantages to having local storage, like being able to make a laptop that can be used in an entirely disconnected fashion. But I think that's a separate debate. 5. processing power There's nothing about a distributed computing model that says you can't install compute servers. Heck, this is done all the time with Windows (both to Windows servers and more commonly to Unix servers). Murph's example of a high-performance email server has nothing to do with the thin-client architecture, and everything to do with properly architecting your mail server. 6. cost There aren't significant cost savings in terms of hardware when switching to Sun Rays. Hardware is cheap, and you can throw out a lot of pieces in the common PC to reduce the cost. In fact, I bet Sun Rays cost more because of the servers. I don't doubt that when effectively administrated they cost less to keep running than a Windows solution, but that's mostly because of Unix. I'll admit that it is probably cheaper to administer Sun Rays than my distributed model because I think it will require greater skill and discipline (meaning higher paid admins), so in abscense of detailed numbers I'll say it's a wash. 7. user freedom This is partially a consequence of using Unix instead of Windows, and mostly a consequence of changing culture. So as I said before, Sun Rays, and centralized computing in general, represent a kind of a local optimum for a given solution and today's practices. But I don't think they make a solid generalized approach. Distributed computing can be successfully with all the advantages of Murph's Sun Ray architecture using today's technology, it just isn't common. Now I've ignored the elephant in the room: Much essential software only runs on Windows, and the minute you introduce Windows into the mix (local or centralized), you start compromising many of the advantages outlined above. Of course, what good is a computing environment if it won't run the desired software? Consequently, I think it will be a long time before anything like this flies in most enterprise environments. Sphere: Related Content


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This week, I want to share Screen Time with you, which offers teachers and parents a way to control the amount of time students spend on a device. It's relatively easy to use: just set up a passcode, choose a time limit and hand it to your student. When the time runs out, the phone will lock up and the only way to unlock the phone will be to enter the pre-chosen passcode. You can designate different users if you have multiple students using your device, and set different time limits per user or each time you hand the device over.
Although this may seem a little reversed for someone who encourages the use of technology to share an application that would limit the use of technology, I believe that students need to be monitored and guided with this technology, especially at a young age. While I firmly believe that technology provides an immense amount of opportunities for learning and engagement, I also believe that students can often spend too much time on trivial applications that have no greater purpose for their growth. Even though I myself enjoy fun games with no greater purpose than defeating villains or catapulting birds at pigs, I eventually have to stop playing and resume my other tasks. As the adults involved, we can use this sort of an application as a tool to monitor and coach students to manage their time with these sorts of applications.
Here's a couple screenshots to get a better idea of what the app looks like:
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willy street co-op Coconut, Chocolate and Banana Cream Pies
Celebrate summer with our new line of mini cream pies! Local eggs and butter, organic flour, fair trade organic bananas. The only box these cream fillings come from is our kitchen (which is sort of box-shaped) where they are made from scratch! Great for picnics and gatherings. Available at Willy East and Willy West.
Creme de la Coulee Alpine Select
Pasture-based animals produced the milk for this cheese, Bill Anderson's foray into a large format alpine wheel. Supple paste akin to a Raclette or Morbier, it is a style of cheese steeped in history and produced right in your backyard. Come and get some at Willy East and Willy West.
Cesar's Cheese Smoked Cheddars
Cesar wows us again with his Original Smoked cheddar and Jalapeño Smoked cheddar. These are actually hickory-smoked, no liquid smoke involved. They're medium cheddars with great texture and still plenty of melt for burgers or what-have-you. If you're looking to bring the smoke into your home without needing to open all the windows, this is the cheese for you. Available at Willy East and Willy West.
Bambeco glassware
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Beautiful bamboo plants grown in Chicago! A large variety of shapes and sizes—bamboo plants make a wonderful gift. Available at Willy East and Willy West.
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Handmade with certified Fair Trade, unrefined shea butter and argan oil to leave skin soft after washing. Support Alaffia's empowerment programs with every purchase! Available at Willy East and Willy West.
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A new deodorant from Herban Cowboy! 100% vegan. We love Herban Cowboy products. They are a small family-owned company, with only five (yes, 5!) employees, and have been in business for 15 years. Everything is USA-made. Their box manufacturer uses windmill power, and 83% recycled plastic on their containers, with soy or vegetable inks. Available at Willy East and Willy West.
McClure's Relish
Like McClure's premium pickles? Then try their relishes! Just in time for summer grilling season, this is a perfect accompaniment to all your grillables or sandwiches! Two varieties: garlic and spicy. Available at Willy East.
Paeleon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Our newest olive oil is locally owned, with deep roots back to the Southern Peloponnese region of Greece. We're talking dating back to 1920, when the owner's great grandfather planted seventy olive trees to nourish his family. Today, this number has grown to 12,000 trees. The groves are comprised solely of Koroneiki olive trees, which are known for producing olives of superior quality. The olives are pressed immediately after harvest. This is currently our only Greek olive oil! Excellent for cooking, dressings, and dipping. Also try the infused varieties: basil, lemon, and red chili pepper! Available at Willy East and Willy West.
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Another locally owned family product based in Wisconsin, the recipe for Augusta's Antipasto hatched in Italy in the early 1900s. Antipasto means "before the meal," and is served prior to courses of soup, salad, pasta, and dessert. It is a savory dipping sauce, excellent paired with crackers and wine. Or eat it out of the jar! Available at Willy East and Willy West.


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When OWA's default configurations aren't good enough
OWA runs fairly well with its default configurations in Exchange. But it could run better. Microsoft Exchange Server expert Brien Posey explains why it's important to determine the appropriate virtual directory and why you should simplify your OWA URL.
Exchange 2007's client access server enables Outlook Web Access to run well with its default configuration. However, it doesn't run optimally. Microsoft Exchange Server expert Brien Posey explains why determining the appropriate virtual directory is important and offers a way to make things easier for your OWA users.
One of the first steps after installing OWA is to determine which IIS virtual directory users should use to access OWA. This can be tricky.
Assuming that the Client Access Server role is running a dedicated Exchange 2007 server, choosing the appropriate virtual directory is fairly straightforward. If all of your mailboxes are being hosted on Exchange 2007, then users will access OWA through the /OWA virtual directory. If you're running Exchange in mixed mode -- Exchange 2007 mailboxes and legacy mailboxes on Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 -- use the /Exchange virtual directory.
When using the /Exchange virtual directory, the client access server automatically redirects users with Exchange 2007 mailboxes to the /OWA virtual directory. Users with legacy mailboxes are provided with mailbox access with no further redirection.
Things get a bit more complicated if the Client Access Server role and the Mailbox Server role are hosted on the same server. In this case, users who attempt to access OWA through the /Exchange virtual directory are automatically rerouted to the /OWA virtual directory, regardless of where their mailboxes are actually hosted. The /OWA virtual directory doesn't work with Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailboxes.
If you need to combine the Client Access Server role and the Mailbox Server role onto a single server -- but still require legacy mailbox servers -- you'll need to maintain two separate URLs if all users access their mailboxes through OWA. One of these URLs would have to point to the client access server's /OWA virtual directory. The other URL would have to be directed to a legacy front-end server.
Simplify an OWA URL
Once you've determined which virtual directory you want to use, you may be able to avoid a few help desk calls by simplifying the URL associated with the virtual directory. For example, suppose you configure OWA to require SSL encryption (as you should). Most users probably aren't used to typing HTTPS:// in front of a URL. If they fail to do so, they'll likely receive an error message.
Likewise, a user may also find themselves in unfamiliar territory if they accidentally omit the /Exchange or /OWA portion of the URL. You can prevent these situations by simplifying the URL for users.
The exact method to accomplish this task will vary depending on whether your client access server is running on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. To simplify the OWA URL on a Windows 2003 server, open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and navigate through the console tree to: Web Sites/Default Web Site.
Next, right-click on the Default Web Site container and choose the Properties command from the menu. You will now see the properties sheet for the server's default website.
Select the properties sheet's Home Directory tab and click on the A Redirection to a URL option. Enter the full URL to the OWA virtual directory into the Redirect To field and select the Exact URL Entered Above check box, as shown in Figure 1. Click OK to complete the process.
Figure 1. Enter the URL that you want to redirect your OWA users to.
Note: OWA doesn't provide access to Exchange public folders unless Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is deployed.
About the author: Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a five-time recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award for his work with Exchange Server, Windows Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), and File Systems and Storage. Brien has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once responsible for the Department of Information Management at Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, Brien has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies. You can visit Brien's personal website at www.brienposey.com.
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Wow, things have a been hectic lately.
It's getting closer to the deadline for my FMP 'Supernaut' and I know I haven't posted any updates, and that's due to me being so overwhelmed with work i've barely had time to scratch my bollocks. That and i'd rather keep it all as a surprise for the grand opening.
I found this really good tutorial on digital painting for all of you who are interested.
It's helped me a lot and when I get some time after the film is made you can expect to see a whole bunch of nice stuff on here.


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Industry leaders in the construction sector are set to look at ways to deal with future challenges. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has asked a group formed of representatives from across the sector to create a list of recommendations in a bid to make improvements.
The Future Leaders' Group, which will look at ways to improve collaboration and digitisation throughout each part of the construction industry, includes representatives from across the full supply chain. Made up of individuals from design straight through to sub-contractors, the group will have to present its report to the CBI's Construction Council later in the year.
Formed of 35 chief executives, the council is due to meet in November. At this time it will discuss the recommendations put forth by the group. Once all of the recommendations are agreed on, they will be sent to members of the Construction Leadership Council in order to inform the work it does. On top of this, they will be sent to relevant ministers in case they are required to inform policy.
A total of 18 members all aged under 35 make up the Future Leaders' Group. Each of them has been chosen from construction firms ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to major companies. It represents a full spectrum of jobs within the construction sector, including contractors, construction products and services, ensuring a good range of ideas.
Each member has been handpicked by their respective boards, said Mark Dittmer-Odell, head of construction at CBI, in a bid to bring a fresh approach to challenges faced by the industry. It is hoped that the group will encourage innovation and develop methods so that firms are better able to meet the challenges presented by infrastructure aims set by the government in terms of roads, housing, rail and nuclear power. It will also address ways in which the industry can collaborate more effectively.
Mr Dittmer-Odell went on to say that the new group will complement the work that is already being done by the Construction Leadership Council, as it will provide new perspectives built on experience from sites across the country.
Richard Howson, chief executive of Carillion and the chair of the Construction Council, said: "Convening the next generation of construction leaders, who will bring a fresh, young perspective to the challenges the industry faces has the potential to move the dial forward within the industry, delivering practical, implementable solutions that can ensure better collaboration across supply chains.
"Their hands-on industry experience, alongside support from leading figures from within the industry and the CBI makes this a unique and exciting project."
The recommendations being made by the group will likely benefit large firms, SMEs and individual contractors, helping the sector as a whole.
If you're a contractor hoping to make the most of positive changes in the construction industry, save yourself time when it comes to admin by enlisting the services of a contractor accountant, allowing you to put more focus on building your business.


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A powerful combination of an enviable lifestyle, a thriving world class capital city surrounded by stunning beaches, underpinned by commitments for massive investment in infrastructure and amenity, strong employment growth, and a high level of housing affordability.
With a population of around 3.5 million, the SEQ region is set to grow by another 1.9 million by 2041. Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast account for 70% of net interstate migration to Queensland which continues to trend upwards and outperform every other state in Australia.
The total infrastructure pipeline for Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast is currently $70 billion – the greatest concentrated infrastructure boom SEQ has experienced. And SEQ is set to be awarded the largest City Deal in the nation which is estimated to be worth $58 billion to the local economy
Economic and employment growth, relative affordability, low vacancy rates, superior rental yields and declining supply validate the SEQ investment story and expert opinion that SEQ will lead the next residential property cycle.
New figures from the 2016 census confirm that Brisbane is following the same trajectory as Melbourne and Sydney in terms of the composition and distribution of the metropolitan area.Read more
Data is now showing that a growing number of residents of Melbourne and Sydney are now choosing to rent in their own home towns rather than buying property in their excessively expensive cities. However, in order to get a foothold on the property ladder, these same residents are now looking into the Gold Coast, among other areas, to invest in property.Read more
This is a key factor as to why Brisbane and South-East Queensland represents an appealing market for property investment and development, given its strong vision for the future and commitment to invest in critical infrastructure that will continue to transform the city.Read more
The fundamentals for SEQ remain strong and it has been cyclically ready for some time now. However, regulatory measures to control Sydney and Melbourne, combined with media reporting that has been mostly negative, has created a level of sentiment that has hampered the SEQ market from reaching its full potential.Read more
A new report has found Queenslanders are the most well off of all Australians, thanks to their homes – with half of homeowners in the capital expecting properties to increase in value this year.Read more
The Sunshine Coast has beaten Brisbane and the Gold Coast to lead Queensland growth prospects, the latest Hotspotting report has found, thanks to a massive $20 billion infrastructure pipeline of projects either completed, in the process or in planning.Read more
The 6th largest significant urban area in Australia, The Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt recently stated the Gold Coast has the highest employment-to-population ratio outside of our capital cities.Read more
Not all property, or the suburbs/zones they are built in, should be tarred with the same brush. There are some key metrics that should be considered when trying to recognise a healthy suburb for your investment.Read more
For people interested in investing in property it's encouraging to note that despite what you may read in the main stream media consistently, Australia contains multiple other property markets outside of Sydney and Melbourne, and these markets do not rise and fall on the same tide.Read more
I'm often asked what is the key to the success of Mosaic Property Management. The answer is a multitude of things – a culmination of quality service, always going above and beyond, and we're leasing Mosaic product; because at the end of the day, the quality of the property for rent is also critical to the success.Read more


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When I first started educating special education , greater than half of my college students have been in my classroom the majority of the day. International Inspiration (II) is a programme geared toward giving the world's youth a holistic and an inclusive sports education expertise," said II trainer and SMK Keningau, Sabah, physical training (PE) trainer Bilong Ngerong. We're encouraged that the District is finally implementing the very best observe service supply model emphasizing inclusion, as conceived by the Joint Special Education Task Force.
She is the founding father of the Women's Organization of Special Education Professionals (WOSEP), which she started with a purpose to create higher communication and outreach opportunities inside the particular training group and to provide the public with environment friendly information regarding resources and services. Once you complete the Bachelor of Science in schooling course, you might be legible for the New York state accreditation to childhood training. Employment of particular education teachers is projected to develop 6 percent from 2014 to 2024, about as fast as the typical for all occupations.
Here in England, once pupils are identified or statemented as having a Special Educational Need or Specific Learning Difficulty, the specialist instructor or SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) oversees an IEP for each scholar. Those fascinated by a management role where they'll work directly with authorities agencies, training officials and leaders, and nonprofit organizations might want to full an EdD. My wife has been a teacher for the previous 20 years and would vastly benefit from this lens.
To expect them to dedicate off work hours; their own finances to provide a classroom and particularly obligated to teach a normal schooling classroom in an inclusion setting after which not know the right way to teach the student because we demand of a trainer what they themselves have not been taught but. Thank you Ex Teacher = haven't prepared for tomorrow = I hate to do this to the children but I assume I am too pressured to stand in entrance of them – Have spent the entire day crying and being very scared. This is expensive, but will most likely be more complete than the evaluation carried out by the Department of Education.
Some terminology will differ in several states, such as the terms used to explain the particular education referral process. With the English instructor's commentary, as well as reviews from his other lecturers, the case-provider got here to the realization full inclusion was not working effectively for Pete. Education Oasis gives detailed steerage and variations on the Madeline Hunter template for creating lesson plans. Special education lecturers are expected to have good job opportunities, which is able to stem from the necessity to exchange teachers who depart the occupation every year.


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LAHORE - As the world marks this year's World Environment Day with a theme Think, Eat, Save by launching an anti-food waste and food loss campaign, it is sickening to be living in a land marred by severe food scarcity and huge waste at the same time.
An estimated 40-50pc potential and actual food is lost or wasted each year in Pakistan, where as much as 60 per cent of its over 180 million people are either food insecure or downright malnourished.
Globally, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year. This is equivalent to the amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. Besides the issues relating to the climate and physical environment, culture has much to do with the massive losses of fresh and ripened or stored foodstuff. Next time you attend a wedding, just be a passive participant and watch people ravaging the food, and you will feel the gravity of the problem. But it is not just food wastage that bedevils us, our overall environmental situation too is critical. In fact, we are in an environmental mess.
Along the Indus Delta, unpredictable torrential rains are damaging the wheat harvest. Melting glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram Himalaya mountain range, which provides water for 90pc crops, are causing devastating flash floods and disrupting water supplies.
Scientists say that in the past two decades, the average temperature in Pakistan has risen by 0.57 degree Celsius and the country has faced 141 extreme weather events -- including a 2010 deluge that displaced 20 million people. Experts say the whole climatalogical system is being disrupted. As temperatures continue to rise, they warn against too early monsoons or too much of much of them. It's already happening in both India and Pakistan.
Environment protection and climate change is somewhere down the priority list of a state grappling with terrorism, sectarian violence, energy crisis and water scarcity.
Activists and government officials say there is not enough money to pay for the country's $13 billion to $32 billion in annual climate change needs. And interestingly, a former Pakistani environment minister recently projected that climate change could cost the economy up to $14 billion per year.
So here is the deal - either we just lose this much money and see these losses go soaring as our environment worsens over time, or we invest this amount in our future and save it. The best sector to make this investment is education. Our children must be taught what they are going to face in future and how best they could deal with it.


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I only very recently learnt the meaning of 'greenwashing', so I completely understand the confusion going on in your head right now. The exact definition of 'greenwashing', as provided after a quick google search, is; Greenwashing is the practice of making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology…Read More
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If you stumbled off of George Street and just kept walking down the hill, where the cobble stones are poking out of the road and pointing you in different directions (health and safety warning; try not to wear mules), you will eventually come across a Starbucks. Now the Starbucks is actually irrelevant to this story,…Read More
Pretty Pink
Pretty Pink Edinburgh was founded by Ilana Ewing, born and raised in Brazil. Shortly after moving to Scotland, fuelled by home sickness, Ilana began to create and craft her own sustainably sourced jewellery. Over time I began to concentrate more fully on eco-jewellery and on designing and creating collections that were colourful, contemporary, stylish and…Read More
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At the Jam House in Edinburgh, some of the most fashionable people gathered to watch the R Sustainable Fashion Show, an event which I arrived an hour late to but never missed a second. Long flowing coats, platform shoes, paper-bag styled trousers and a lot of midi rings, the audience wandered around, small talking and,…Read More
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In this page you will get information about the following themes:
- The rules of obtaining the Russian visa
- Entry – filling of migration card
- Registration
- Solving possible problems
Let's start from the beginning
1. The rules for obtaining the Russian visa
(Here you can read about conditions of entrance for the foreign citizens to the Russian Federation with diplomatic, official, special, or regular all-civil passports)
Procedure for obtaining visas for entry is regulated by Government of the Russian Federation dated June 9, 2003 № 335 "About Approval of the provision on establishment of visa forms, procedure and conditions of its registration and issuance, its extension, restoration it in case of loss, as well as the order of cancellation of visa".
The authorized state authorities which are entitled to issue, to extend the validity of the visa, to reestablish or cancel a visa are the following:
- 1 – Diplomatic agency or consular office of the Russian Federation,
- 2 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,
- 3 – Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial authorities in the Russian Federation.
There is the state fee established by the legislation of the Russian Federation for visa registration, including for extension of term of its action and restoration.
The following documents are submitted to an authorized government body:
- 1. Valid foreign (office, ordinary) passport;
- 2. Completed visa application form with one photo;
- 3. The health insurance valid for the stay in the territory of the Russian Federation (in reality it is not usually required);
- 4. The certificate on absence of HIV from the foreign citizen if he applies for a visa for more than 3 months.
A tourist visa is provided for the foreigners who are going to visit Russia for the purpose of tourism for a period of less than 1 month. Obtaining a tourist visa requires that the tourist submits an invitation from a Russian "host". The voucher or so-called invitation is issued only by the tourist companies, that have accreditation by the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it also includes confirmation on reception of the foreign tourist by the organization which is conducting the tour operator activities or an invitation (the hotels mentioned in invitation letter are the only form of confirmation of the tourist's reception). There you can easily get such an invitation for business or tourist purposes.
The example of a tourist voucher is on the right.
It takes about 20 working days from the date of referral to the consulate to issue of the visa.
2. What to do upon arriving in St Petersburg
At the entrance to the Russian Federation, you must obtain and fill out the migration card, which affirms the right for a temporary stay in the country. Migration cards are given free of charge by officials of border control services or representatives of the organizations rendering transport services to foreign citizens, driving to the Russian Federation. The form of the migration card should be completed with Russian letters. It is permitted to use the letters of the Latin alphabet according to the data specified in an identification document.
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3. Visa registration
You need to notify the local office of Federal Migration Service (UFMS) about your arrival within 7 days from the date of entering St. Petersburg, otherwise you will need to pay a fine and also have some restrictions for the future visits of Russia.
Tourist organizations are offering this service for an extra fee. You have to provide the company with identification document (passport), the migration card and the visa (usually the copies are enough). Territorial governing body of the Federal Migration Service of the city of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, or a post office, who accept the notice of arrival, put down a mark in a detachable part of the form about receiving the notice.
This mark is a confirmation of a foreigner's accomplishment the responsibilities of the registration at the place of stay. The detachable part of the notification with the mark on it is given to the foreigner and should be kept safe till the departure from the Russian Federation. At departure you return detachable part of the notice to the officials of boarder control services.
4. What should the foreigner do if he has lost his passport with the visa and migration card?
a) Go to any nearest police station with the statement of loss / theft of the document
b) Take the Statement of Loss to his country's consulate in St. Petersburg, where he receives a "Certificate of homecoming." If there is no consulate of his country here, the foreign citizen must go to the embassy in Moscow. The police certificate is enough to buy a train ticket. (If for some reason this reference is not enough, the foreigner may apply to the Federal Migration Service (Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue, 39, Monday-Friday: 10:00-17:00 (13:00-14:00 Lunch ), Saturday 10:00-13:00) for the accompanying document, with which it is possible to buy the ticket to Moscow)
c) For the citizens of the European Union, Norway, Israel and Montenegro, two documents are enough: the certificate about the loss of the document given by the police and the certificate from the consulate / embassy.
d) It will be necessary for the citizens of countries other than Norway, Israel, Montenegro or those in the European Union, to restore the Russian visa.
In order to restore the visa, the foreigner should contact the nearest place of the Department of Visas and Registration (usually the schedule of those places is the following: Monday-Friday: 10:00-17:00 (13:00-14:00 lunch, Saturday 10:00-13:00, Wednesday and Sunday – days off).
The state duty for recovery of the visa – 300 rubles (as it was stated on the 2014)-may be paid in any Sberbank branch of the Russian Federation. Term of recovery of the visa: 7-20 days. Information for this section was taken from the information portal of St. Petersburg www.ispb.info.
If you are going to travel on your own, without the tourist group, I would recommend that you use the services of a verified multilingual company (mentioned there) in order to pay for the right documents.


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My Soul to Keep
My Soul to Keep is a movie starring Parker Smerek, Remington Gielniak, and Arielle Olkhovsky. Like many 9-year-old boys, Eli Braverman believes something menacing lives in his basement. When his older sister leaves him home alone...
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"Life doesn't always go according to plan. In fact, it has a nasty habit of veering off the map. So when my job led me to New York City, something extraordinary happened…her script merged with mine."
Hadley Theater, New York City, New York - Night
ENTER STAGE LEFT-Rowan Townsend, a twenty-nine year old Broadway starlet, strolls onto the dark, ominous stage. The bright spotlight finds her and she smiles broadly, her body buzzing in anticipation.
Serendipity is a funny thing, isn't it? It jumps out from behind the bushes and offers an unbelievable chance at happiness. It's hopeful and intriguing, and maybe even a little terrifying.
Serendipity is a funny thing, isn't it? It jumps out from behind the bushes and offers an unbelievable chance at happiness. It's hopeful and intriguing, and maybe even a little terrifying.
ENTER STAGE RIGHT-Lark Hawthorne, a striking twenty-nine year old FBI agent and self-proclaimed liar, marches to Rowan and grabs her arm, coaxing her off stage.
Rowan, what are you doing? We need to leave. It's not safe here.
Rowan, what are you doing? We need to leave. It's not safe here.
Rowan and Lark look out into the audience and a menacing shadow in the back of the theater catches their attention. Her eyes expand in panic and he grips her hand tighter, offering reassurance.
It's now or never. Are you ready?
It's now or never. Are you ready?
EXIT STAGE RIGHT. Fade to black.
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Two unlikely people meet one night and suddenly things are not as it was.
We meet Rowan Townsend, a twenty-nine year old Broadway starlet, who strolls onto the dark stage. As the spotlight hits her she smiles. Unknown to her serendipity strikes at that moment.
Lark Hawthorne, a handsome twenty-nine year old FBI agent and self-proclaimed liar walks to Rowan and grabs her arm, moving her off stage.
He tells her that she is not safe as he whisks her away to a secluded cabin. Can she trust this man despite his known ability to lie? The chemistry heats up between them in their secluded cabin. Who is after her and why? Will they be able to be safe or will the people come hunting for her? A quick read that moves at a steady pace.
"I should probably go." Lark begins to move off the bed, but I grab his hand. He takes a few breaths before turning toward me. And when he does, his eyes plead with mine.
"Lay with me? Just for a little bit."
His eyes look to the door and he doesn't answer. I can see warring emotions on his face. He seems to be weighing our odds.
I impatiently wait for his answer, but he doesn't let go of my hand. He squeezes it, still watching the door.
After agonizingly long seconds, he kisses the top of my hand and walks to the door, closing it with a soft click.
Walking to the bed and pulls back the covers, slides into bed. He lies down next to me, slipping his arm behind my head, pulling me close to his body. I wrap my arm around his torso and entangle my legs with his.
I want to believe this could be easy. I want to pretend it wouldn't be complicated as hell. So, instead of dwelling on what can't happen, I lay my head on his chest, breathe in his unique, woodsy scent, that'll I'll never be able to forget, and listen to his heartbeat. He kisses the top of my head, his lips lingering for a long moment, and rubs my back in a gentle circular motion.
Before I know it, I'm fast asleep in Lark's arms.
And when I wake later in the morning, the only sign that he was ever in my bed is the indention his body left in the sheets and his scent on my pillow.
Oh…and my memory.
Cassie Graham is the author of Unable to Resist and Anyone But Him. She also hates talking about herself. It makes her nervous and somewhat sweaty. So, she's going to make this short.
While writing is her true passion, her family is even more important. Her ultimate happy place is sitting in her house with her husband and daughter while writing stories about lovers who are meant to be together. She'd live in that world forever if she could.
She lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and two crazy puppies.


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