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Chord Overstreet & Emma Roberts Split AgainSaturday, June 02, 2012
Maybe some couples are just too beautiful to last. According to a friend of Chord Overstreet and Emma Roberts, the couple has decided to officially call it quits — again. "They're done," the friend tells Star. "The last few weeks have been really rough."
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Mali Islamists whip unmarried couples in public
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Islamists in the north of Mali gave three unmarried couples 100 lashes of the whip each on Thursday in the town of Timbuktu, witnesses told AFP.
"Last week, the Islamist police in Timbuktu
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three unmarried couples," one resident said.
"And today, each of the six received 100 lashes of the whip in a public square in Timbuktu," he added.
"The three unmarried couples were whipped in the small market in Timbuktu, in the town centre," said a former civil servant who witnessed the punishment.
He said around a hundred people had turned out to watch the punishment, which was carried out under the Islamists' interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
The armed Islamists now in control of the town, which lies in the northwest of the country, have in the last two days also started raiding homes to seize satellite dishes, which allow people to watch foreign television channels.
One local journalist said there were at least 11 dishes at the Islamists' offices, with six alone seized on Thursday.
"The Islamists say that foreign television 'is Satan'," he added.
Timbuktu is controlled by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Ansar Dine. They are among a number of groups who took advantage of the confusion following a military in Bamako earlier this year to seize Mali's entire north.
Their interpretation of sharia law has already involved arresting unveiled women, stoning an unmarried couple to death, publicly flogging smokers and amputating the limbs of suspected thieves, according to residents and rights groups.
Last month, the Islamists took a bulldozer to a monument to Mali's independence in Timbuktu.
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(CBSNews) "On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a "60 Minutes" story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy. In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers. She reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently home recovering. Update: Logan left the hospital on Wed. Feb. 16, to recover in her Washington, D.C. home. She received a call from President Obama expressing his concern."
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It took women and 20 Egyptian soldiers to rescue Lara. There is no mention about men rescuing this defenseless woman! I suppose they were too engrossed in raping and beating Lara Logan.
Is this the new dawn breaking for freedom in Egypt that the international media is gushing over? May God bless and protect all those journalists, particularly women, working in the field.
Many among us are aware of the plight of women in such countries that are the epicenter of warped religious aficionados and skewered views of what women represent, e.g. a receptacle for the male libido and a breeding machine, nothing more.
I shall pray for you, Lara Logan, that you will continue to be in the line of fire to report the insanity of humanity that we see unfolding. May you continue to be a beacon light for the empowerment of women around the world.
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ZENONIA 2: The Lost Memories has been highly enhanced in every aspect compared to the original. Full character and control customization, four characters following individual epic storylines, three different modes, asynchronous online PvP feature and an extended world of ZENONIA guarantee greater enjoyment!
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KIGALI, RWANDA – A man accused of crimes against humanity who has evaded International Criminal Court warrants for seven years has surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, officials said Monday.
"I can confirm that this morning Bosco Ntaganda … walked into U.S. Embassy Kigali. He specifically asked to be transferred to the ICC in The Hague. We're currently consulting with a number of governments, including the Rwandan government, in order to facilitate his request," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
She said she didn't think U.S. authorities had any advance notice that he would surrender.
News of Ntaganda turning himself in was also reported in a Twitter post from Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo.
The ICC first issued an arrest warrant for Ntaganda, who at different times has been a Congolese rebel leader and a general in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2006. That warrant alleged that Ntaganda had forced children to become soldiers in the DRC.
A second ICC warrant issued in July 2012 accused Ntaganda of murder, rape, attacks on civilians and slavery.
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On some occasion I was gifted a calendar. It displays a math quizz every day of the year. Not really exciting in general, but at least one of them let me raise a group-theoretic question.
The quizz: consider an hexagon where the vertices and the middle points of the edges are marked, as in the figure
One is asked to place the numbers $1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13$ (mind that $7$ is omitted) on points $a,\ldots,\ell$, in such a way that the sum on each edge equals $21$. If you like, you may search a solution, but this is not my question.
Of course the solution is non unique. You may apply any element of the isometry group of the hexagon. A little subtler is the fact that the permutation $(bc)(ef)(hi)(kl)(dj)$ preserves the set of solutions (check this).
Question. What is the invariance group of the solutions set ? Presumably, it is generated by the elements described above. What is its order ? Because it is not too big, it must be isomorphic to a known group. Which one ?


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Ryan is founder and CTO of Rally Software. He can be contacted at www.rallydev.com.
Are you preparing your organization to "go Agile"? Have you personally committed yourself to an Agile initiative? Or are you planning to have the teams figure it out and report their successes to you?
Agile software development has been around for a while. It is probably fair to say that it has crossed the chasm and is truly mainstream, at least as far as being accepted in the IT lexicon. That may be why you are now cautiously ready to make your move. But what does it really mean to "go Agile"? What books have you read? Which case studies gave you the guidance to move forward with your initiative? Do you really understand what your teams will be doing? Do you, in turn, know what YOU will be doing? What are the most important actions to take in adopting Agile? In fact, do you have anything at all to do in the adoption since you've heard it is just a development group activity with engineering practices?
Through Rally's work over the years helping organizations large and small adopt Agile, we've come to figure out some fundamental components of what success looks like. Yes, there are roadblocks and challenges. And Agile is not a silver bullet. Yet we believe Agile can bring increased productivity, higher quality, increased ROI, faster customer feedback, and higher morale. How does this happen? What is at the core of this success? Two simple tenets: commitment and a disciplined path for Agile rollout.
What I Mean by Commitment
We can understand how commitment works at the team level. Agile teams commit to delivering a set of features from a prioritized backlog every timeboxed iteration. They then make a daily commitment on what they will do toward the successful completion of their iteration commitment. At the end of the iteration, the team demos what it was able to complete of its commitment. After review and retrospection, the Agile team then moves to its next iteration, planning what its commitment will be for the next timebox. This team commitment is at the heart of Agile
Where do you fit in with this Agile work? You too must have an Agile commitment. At a high level, transition commitment is often called "executive championship," a "funded business case" or "executive buy-in." To me, these are soft commitments; they are pushed down the organization where the real commitment is enforced. In Agile, the opposite is true. What is really required for Agile success is a commitment I call "The Agile Social Contract." As the lead of an Agile rollout, you create this Agile social contract with the stakeholders and the teams, to answer the question "What is in if for us, and what is your commitment to us?"
The Agile Social Contract
This notion of a Social Contract is not mine. Isreal Gat is my mentor on the topic and forms the background of its use. It was a pleasure of mine to meet and work for Israel Gat at BMC back in 2005. I learned about his Social Contract in his office at BMC, but you can read about it on his blog in two posts "A Social Contract for Agile" and "Addition to the Social Contract." What you notice quickly about his contract is that it addresses the true elephant in the room. "If I do this for you, am I going to lose my job?" To me, this declarion of commitment hits at the source of much of the fear, uncertainty and doubt that accompanies any organizational initiative. And, as in Israel's case, it is all the more important to offer this commitment given the economic challenges occurring right now. The Agile Social Contract can't answer the employment question directly, but it does spell out the issues and commitment with empathy and consequences.
To paraphrase Israel:
We have to become more competitive, and Agile is the approach that does this by increasing value delivery, quality and reducing costs. It cuts cost by making the operations cheaper. If we do not do this, none of us will have a job. You might still lose your job to a cheaper labor source. But the chances are lower with good Agile skills. So, I am going to invest in you with training and professional development to increase your skills in an area that is very marketable. In return, I want you to support this effort with everything you have.
This economic imperative may not be the setting that everyone is facing with their Agile rollout. But this type of contract is one that gets everyone rowing together. As Israel noted, this is leading from within. What if your organization is doing well and not feeling this type of economic downturn pressure to adopt Agile? I would suggest that you either find a strategic imperative that you enable through Agile. Or resign yourself to a long boat ride of trying to gain true commitment and real Agile adoption. With the commitment you offer via an Agile Social Contract such as Israel's executive level one, your teams can offer their commitment at the team level. One level of commitment sustains the other. This is key to your Agile success
A Disciplined Path for Agile Rollout
With a clear Agile social contract, the entire organization can follow a very simple, step-wise adoption process to successfully adopting agility beyond the team level. This process and its success are in your hands. Your Agile Social Contract binds you to commit to all it entails. In return, you will reap the benefits of Agile you had contracted to your organization, the stakeholders, and the teams.
Jean Tabaka and I have written and spoken at the Agile conference about Flow-Pull-Innovate, as a Lean model for successful Agile rollout. It is a simple structure that guides your scaling and maturing of Agile team to teams of teams, to the entire organization. Our five-step process works incrementally and iteratively to mature your organization's level of agility, level of discipline and realization of benefits. These steps are discrete transition states for any team, program or organization. Organizations that understand these steps are very effective at developing strategies to move states quickly and efficiently. That is, they inspect and adapt without wasteful thrashing and churn. These firms plan and experiment with changes in the tools, techniques, methods and infrastructures that prove and enable these states at a small scale before moving to the entire organization.


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What is the EIN?
The European Ideas Network is an open pan-European think-tank process designed to promote new thinking on the key challenges facing the countries of the European Union. Sponsored by the EPP Group, the largest political group in the European Parliament, the network was launched in the summer of 2002 and has rapidly emerged as an important meeting-point and intellectual cross-roads for the centre-right in European politics.
With an active membership of around 3000 policy-makers and opinion-shapers across the European Union, the EIN brings together politicians, businessmen, academics, policy advisers, think tankers, journalists and representatives of civil society who share a common outlook Europe-wide, as well as outside non-party experts and commentators interested in the public policy issues being addressed. The network offers a unique forum in which to develop innovative ideas about the policy challenges facing Europe in the years ahead and to evolve practical solutions to help to address them.
The EIN operates through twelve working groups on broad policy questions and a large annual conference - the EIN Summer University - normally held each September. The network also serves as a framework for national think tanks and political foundations of the centre-right to work together at European level. Currently 264 such organisations are associated with the EIN in this way.
The policy statements contained on this website are generated by working groups within the European Ideas Network. As such, they do not necessarily represent the views of all EIN members, nor are they official positions of the EPP Group which sponsors the network.
Aims of the european ideas network
The European Ideas Network aims to:
- promote new ideas and exchange best practice on how to address the social, economic and foreign policy challenges facing Europe today;
- broaden the vision and experience of policy-makers and opinion-shapers, so that issues are seen in a wider, more global context;
- operate on a deliberately Europe-wide basis, to allow access to and exchange of thinking not always available in a national setting;
- strengthen the collective intellectual resources of, and improve the quality of policy-making within, centre-right politics in Europe;
- involve centre-right think tanks and political foundations more closely in the evolution of policy and offer them a framework in which to cooperate more effectively at European level;
- reach out to people and groups not otherwise involved in party politics, especially by encouraging the younger generation to participate in political argument and debate;
- organise conferences and seminars across Europe, backed up by a conscious strategy of exploiting new technology to promote the exchange of ideas.
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The European Ideas Network is organised, administered and funded by the EPP Group in the European Parliament. The Presidency of the Group appoints its Chairman and Board, and assigns staff support to its operations.
Vice-President of EPP Group responsible for the EIN:
Paulo RANGEL MEP
The day-to-day activities of the EIN are coordinated by a Network Centre located in the EPP Group secretariat in Brussels:
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When it comes to shaping up Mischa Barton is nothing but serious. Currently in New York City to shoot the TV show A Beautiful Life, the actress has been hitting the downtown Equinox gym and even hiring a trainer.
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The focus on fitness might be just what Barton needed. "She has big self-esteem issues," a source close to her told PEOPLE last month. "She hates her legs. She isn't comfortable with her body. It's been a big source of stress and self-hate."
Since relocating to New York City in late July, Barton has been trying to change that. "Mischa has been doing a lot of conditioning with weights as well as cardio on the treadmill, and some kickboxing," says a source. "She's been very consistent and she seems focused."


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eGo-T type A electronic cigarettes are the second generation of the highly popular eGo e-cigs, which have won appreciation with both experienced smokers and amateurs. These e-cigarettes are considered to be extremely powerful and, at the same time, highly economic ones. All these features were gained thanks to the latest developments and considering all the matters of comfort for consumers.
As a basis, eGo-T type A e-cigs have similar construction with other eGo e-cigarettes, but if to compare eGo-T type A ecigs with previous ones, they are simpler and more convenient to use than their predecessors. For instance, these e-cigarettes win a lot due to their powerful atomizers. Unlike the previous models, atomizers of these electronic cigarettes have a special dual system of air circulation. It allows creating a far richer vapor with a strong pleasant fragrance.
Another great thing about this model of eGo e-cigarettes is its modern tanking system. They do not use cotton in eGo-T type A electronic cigs, and its due to this system of atomization, that the vapor gets its stronger taste. It is very easy to re-tank these e-cigs, and even amateurs can do this with no troubles.
Sometimes there comes up the question of difference between eGo-T type A e-cigs and their siblings of eGo-T type B. They are indeed similar in construction, but the main difference is in the fact that the eGo-T type A has a cone-shaped atomizer, while the eGo-T type Bs one is cylinder-shaped. This, basically, explains the difference in the cartridge capacity: eGo-T type A can hold 1.1 ml of nicotine liquid, while eGo-T type B holds 2 ml. This is the only distinctive feature between these two types of eGo-T e-cigs.
The battery used in eGo-T type A e-cigarettes is a powerful one, providing several hundred puffs, and recharging within a couple of hours. Thank to the special USB charging device suitable for eGo-T type A electronic cigs, it is possible to recharge the battery through a computer or a wall adapter, and even use the e-cigarette, while the battery is being recharged. There is another great feature about the battery used in eGo-T type A: it is the possibility to turn the battery on or off depending on the necessity, to save the power and prevent the cigarette from any possible occasional activation.
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Many Unhappy ReturnsMillions of Them
It's the 100th anniversary of the 16th Amendment. Don't forget to file your taxes.[A version of this article appeared February 2, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal.]
A century ago, on Feb. 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution authorizing a federal income tax was ratified. But the amendment's adoption was more an accident than an act of political will, and tinkering with the Constitution was not even required for the federal government to tax Americans' earnings.
The country's first income tax was implemented to raise money during the Civil War. The tax was repealed in 1872 because the revenues were no longer needed. The idea was resurrected in 1894 as a populist measure to tax the rich when William Jennings Bryan successfully championed passage of a 2% income tax on annual income over $4,000. The rich denounced it as communistic and predicted that many would flee the country rather than pay the tax.
They didn't have to flee. The following year, a tax case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that an income tax on wages, professions and trades would be constitutional. But the court determined that the tax's application to rental income amounted to a tax on real property, violating the Constitution's "direct tax" clause. For that reason, the income tax was declared unconstitutional.
Initially, the decision was tied 4-4 with Justice Howell Jackson too ill to participate. So the dying Jackson was carried to court for a rehearing. He voted to uphold the tax. But another justice changed his vote, ultimately leading to a 5-4 decision declaring the income tax unconstitutional. It is believed that Justice David Brewer was swayed by his uncle, Justice Stephen Field, to switch. (Yes, an uncle-nephew team sat on the Supreme Court from 1889 until 1897.) Pollock v. Farmers' Loan remains one of the court's most controversial decisions.
But the federal government still wanted another revenue source for the Treasury, which had relied mainly on tariffs and excise taxes for its revenues. The House passed legislation in 1909 imposing an income tax and the Senate seemed likely to concur. The law would tax wages, professions and trades while excluding rents, which would meet the Supreme Court's 1895 test.
The Senate boss, Finance Committee Chairman Nelson Aldrich, together with President William Howard Taft concocted a compromise to stop the income tax bill that the House had passed. Congress would immediately pass a 1% "excise" tax on corporate income over $5,000in effect the rich were being taxed. As a further sop to income tax advocates, Aldrich would sponsor an income tax constitutional amendment.
Aldrich was quite candid about his scheme to block the House bill that had been passed, declaring to the Senate: "I shall vote for the corporation tax as a means to defeat the income tax."
The compromise passed unanimously in the Senate and by a vote of 318 to 14 in the House. The corporate excise tax would be levied, and the income tax constitutional amendment would be sent out to the states for ratificationwhich Taft and Aldrich thought was impossible. After all, the Constitution had not been amended in 40 years. Of the 15 amendments that had been adopted, 10 were included in the Bill of Rights. The 11th and 12th were adopted in 1789 and 1804, and three had resulted from the Civil War.
The plan went awry. After 1909, the U.S. underwent a major political transformation. Democrats and progressive (Teddy) Roosevelt Republicans swept many state elections. Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election. Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. On Feb. 3, 1913, the legislatures in Delaware, New Mexico and Wyoming voted for the amendment, pushing the total to the required 36 states. The 16th Amendment was officially adopted on Feb. 25. Three and a half years had passed since the Taft-Aldrich compromise supposedly relegated the income tax to the dust bin.
Congress quickly heeded President Wilson's call to dramatically lower tariffs and impose an income tax in 1913. The tax was supposed to be a flat 4%, but Ways and Means members John Nance Garner (later Franklin Roosevelt's vice president) and Dorsey Shackleford turned it into a graduated tax of 1% to 7%, attuned to "capacity to pay."
After the tax law was passed, judges embraced itfor everyone else, just not themselves. Judges across the land proclaimed that the Constitution prohibited diminishing their salaries (and those of the president and state employees) through taxation. They emphasized the point by issuing court rulings in their own favor, excusing themselves from the tax. This lasted until the Depression, when the force of public opinion essentially shamed them into relenting. Under a law passed in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt became the first president subject to the income tax, but he refused to pay an increased rate that he helped enact in 1934. FDR insisted on paying the lower 1932 rates.
Before World War II, only one-third of the population earned enough to be subject to the income tax. After the war, the tax still affected only half the population. As late as 1947, farmers paid little or no income tax even when crops were goodit was generally accepted that they kept no books and were not expected to do much paperwork.
Over the years, the personal exemption and standard deduction have not kept pace with inflation, so today 70% of the population is subject to income taxes. Almost 60 million returns, mostly under $20,000 in gross income, pay no income tax, largely the result of the earned-income and child tax credits. The individual income tax today raises $950 billion annually through 144 million tax returns. Of this, the top 40 million returns pay about $856 billion and the bottom 104 million returns only about $94 billion.
The U.S. could easily reduce the tax-filing population to pre-World War II levels by dropping two-thirds of taxpayers from the drudgery of filing annual returns. For instance, a nonrefundable 3.4% withholding tax on $2.8 trillion gross income of those in the lower two-thirds. But nothing is so simple when it comes to the tax code.
The constitutionality of the 16th Amendment was challenged from the beginning, and it is still assailed by tax protesters. A frustrated Tax Court, in addition to reliably ruling in favor of the IRS when such cases come before it, adds a penalty of up to $25,000 against anyone raising the frivolous constitutional argument in court. The protesters don't seem to realize that repeal of the 16th Amendment would not mean abolition of the income tax. Alas, tax relief must come from Congress.
A version of this article appeared February 2, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal.


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The family of a hairdresser fatally stabbed in a beauty salon last night have paid tribute to their "beautiful, happy and loving girl".
Hollie Gazzard, 20, died following the "vicious" attack at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty, where she worked, in Southgate Street, Gloucester.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, in the city centre, at around 5.50pm, after reports were made that Miss Gazzard was being attacked by a man.
Today, it emerged that during the attack, and as paramedics and police officers desperately tried to save Miss Gazzard's life, bystanders were filming on their mobile phones.
Gloucestershire Police have appealed for anyone with footage of the "horrendous" incident to hand it in to officers and not share it on social networking sites.
Chief Inspector Neil Smith, of Gloucestershire Police, said officers were monitoring social media websites for the footage, which does not yet appear to have been posted online.
"I am told there were member of the public who were videoing on their phones during the incident, especially when the officers were trying to save this lady's life, " Mr Smith said.
"I would like to put in the press very strongly that individuals who took part in any filming do not put this on social media and do not put it on the internet.
"I am sure anyone related to the lady who has died would not like to see this footage uploaded onto social media websites.
"It would not be a respectful thing to do, especially when the family are in mourning. This was a very, very nasty incident."
Officers arrested a 22-year-old man, who remains in custody at Cheltenham police station, at 2.30 this morning on suspicion of murder.
Mr Smith said Miss Gazzard and the suspect were known to each other and had previously been in a relationship.
"I would like to reassure members of this community, both residents and local businesses, that this is an isolated incident," he said.
"These offences don't happen in Gloucester regularly. This incident was very tragic, however; both victim and suspect knew each other.
"They were in a previous relationship. That doesn't lessen this horrific incident but it would be good for us to reassure the local community."
Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty, on the city's main shopping street, has been cordoned off by police.
Forensics officers have been inside the beauty salon. Mr Smith would not comment on whether a weapon had been seized from the scene.
"These are still very early days," he said. "That is a part of the ongoing investigation."
Miss Gazzard was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital following the incident, but later died.
The coroner and her family have been informed.
In a tribute issued through Gloucestershire Police, Miss Gazzard's family said "the brightest star" in their lives had gone out.
"Hollie is our daughter and was a beautiful, happy and loving girl," the statement said.
"She was full of life and we are very proud of her. She was at the beginning of her life and to have it taken away in this manner is very hard to bear.
"Everybody she came in contact with loved her, enjoyed her company, her happy nature and her sense of fun. The world has lost a treasure, she was so loved by all her family and friends and the brightest star in their lives has now gone out.
"The only comfort we have at this time is that Hollie is now free and at peace and that no harm can ever come to her as she lives with the angels in heaven.
"We are grateful for all the support of our family and friends and would like to express our thanks to the medical staff who tried so hard to save Hollie and to the police for their sympathetic and understanding care.
"We would ask the media to respect our privacy and allow us time to come to terms with our loss."
On Fringe Benefits' website, Miss Gazzard is described as a hair designer for the salon. An accompanying description, apparently written by Miss Gazzard, states that she began working in the industry aged 16, after being offered an apprenticeship in a Gloucester salon.
The description said: "I have recently worked on a cruise ship which was an enlightening experience but was not for me. I am now back in my home city and very excited to join Fringe Benefits and be part of their lovely team.
"I enjoy spending my free time with friends and family and going on shopping trips. I also like to keep fit and own a Pomeranian which keeps me on my toes."
Floral tributes have been left at the scene of the attack.
One read: "A true friend that was always there. So much fun & laughter that will never be forgotten."
Social media users have also been expressing their sadness at Miss Gazzard's death.
Writing on Twitter, Stephanie Anne wrote: " RIP Hollie Gazzard such a beautiful girl!! Gonna be truly missed babe xxxxxxx."
Shaun James tweeted: " May your soul rest in paradise Hollie Gazzard. Such a beautiful girl. R.I.P x."
Mike Conley wrote: " Life is precious, live every single day to the full. If you love someone tell them. Hollie Gazzard you are beautiful inside and out. RIP."
Stephanie Carter said: " RIP to a beautiful girl. You were truly an amazing person! This world is too cruel."


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This group of cosplayers was taken with a piece of Disney superheroine fan art by Deviant Art illustrator Byron Bojengles III, so they boosted that sketch's roster by over a dozen at Comic-Con 2012. There's no shortage of devotion on display here, but it's Belle's literary war hammer that wins the day.
You can see further photos at their Facebook page and via photographer Caesar Vivid.
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Today started at 10h00 with a skippers meeting at the Rotonde du Kursaal. The low pressure had crept over and the low lying clouds only lifted around 13h00. Announcements were made every hour on the conditions, but unfortunately the wind didn't arrive and no kitesurfing was possible.
That didn't stop the many people that came down to enjoy the sun. The local organizers, Dunkerque Flysurfing Club really know how to keep you entertained, with our without wind.
The flying box was in full force, the playground kept the children entertained and the sea was flooded with smiling faces of those enjoying the water. Another attraction for all to experience was paddle boarding on the flat water and to enjoy the mini skateboard ramp erected on the promenade.
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Lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4 or LFP) is the safest of the mainstream li-ion battery types. The nominal voltage of a LFP cell is 3,2V (lead-acid: 2V/cell). A 12,8V LFP battery therefore consists of 4 cells connected in series; and a 25,6V battery consists of 8 cells connected in series.Rugged
A lead-acid battery will fail prematurely due to sulfation if: - If it operates in deficit mode during long periods of time (i. e. if the battery is rarely, or never at all, fully charged). - If it is left partially charged or worse, fully discharged (yacht or mobile home during winter time). A LFP battery does not need to be fully charged. Service life even slightly improves in case of partial charge instead of a full charge. This is a major advantage of LFP compared to lead-acid. Other advantages are the wide operating temperature range, excellent cycling performance, low internal resistance and high efficiency (see below). LFP is therefore the chemistry of choice for very demanding applications.Efficient
In several applications (especially off-grid solar and/or wind), energy efficiency can be of crucial importance. The round trip energy efficiency (discharge from 100% to 0% and back to 100% charged) of the average lead- acid battery is 80%.
The round trip energy efficiency of a LFP battery is 92%.
The charge process of lead-acid batteries becomes particularly inefficient when the 80% state of charge has been reached, resulting in efficiencies of 50% or even less in solar systems where several days of reserve energy is required (battery operating in 70% to 100% charged state). In contrast, a LFP battery will still achieve 90% efficiency under shallow discharge conditions.Size and weight
Saves up to 70% in space Saves up to 70% in weightExpensive?
LFP batteries are expensive when compared to lead-acid. But in demanding applications, the high initial cost will be more than compensated by longer service life, superior reliability and excellent efficiency.Endless flexibility
LFP batteries are easier to charge than lead-acid batteries. The charge voltage may vary from 14V to 16V (as long as no cell is subjected to more than 4,2V), and they do not need to be fully charged. Therefore several batteries can be connected in parallel and no damage will occur if some batteries are less charged than others.
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Scrapy 0.14 documentation¶
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Possible Duplicate:
How to stop Gmail from serving us auto translations based on our IP address?
This is annoying me to no end.
Edit: Google is translating its pages and serving them translated. This not happening on client side (Chrome).
I live in Czech Republic and everytime I visit a Google page like gmail.com, market.android.com etc. It shows up in Czech language.
Even worse, for some reason google.cz is default search in Chrome. I would really like google.com and no other.
Even though I speak Czech it bothers me. I wonder why this is?
I have English Windows, English Regional Setttings, English Chrome. I think it looks up geographic location and sees I'm in Czech Republic.
What about people who don't speak Czech? I imagine this must be a pain.
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If I am just quickly stopping in, I'll grab an almond pastry to go. What's not to love about a place that makes their croissants from scratch and fills it with a luxurious almond paste? There have also been plenty of times when I come, sit down with a cup of coffee, and select one of their mouth-watering mini desserts.
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I can't say enough about this charming little cafe. Oh wait, yes I can.
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My braces arrived in good time, safely wrapped and as described. They are well made of good quality materials and suited my needs perfectly.
Excellent braces. Highly recommended
nice wide elastic good strong clamps well made good price fast delivery happy with purchase
Excellent quality braces good delivery service reasonably priced so overall I'm very happy with my purchase and would definitely use them again
Excellent service no complaints.Will definitely purchase these braces again,, great product.
1st class Braces and made in the United Kingdom at a reasonable price . Fantastic.
Excellent braces that will not let me down, or my trousers! Also prompt delivery.
This is the 2nd time I've bought braces from you. Each time the parcel has arrived within the time limit given & in perfect order. As a larger man, my husband needs braces & yours fit the bill in every way. Solid, DEPENDABLE clips that attached easily to all trousers & don't release unexpectedly, unlike others I have bought; wide straps that don't slip off the shoulders & limit arm movement and great designs (just because you're a 72 year old man doesn't mean you no longer enjoy looking good!) Best of all, my husband (a confirmed shop-a-phobe) wants more. Thank you.
Prompt service good product good price
Excellent fast service and a great product
Good choice and very good service
Items easy to find on web site and delivered within ststed timescale. So far braces appear to be good vallue
Quicker than expected delivery, product fully met exceptions.
Reasonable price, good quality and exceptionally quick delivery.
Well made. Strong clips.
Braces exactly as advertised. Very satisfied with the quality and the prompt delivery .
Fantastic products. Most braces I've had in the past from high street retailers have been available in One size only and were too short with only one anchor point at the back. These are brilliant. Delivery was quick.
I was looking for braces with strong clips and these are just the job.
Very pleased as the grips seem most secure and I like the colour, too.
Delivery was much quicker than I had expected and the quality of the braces are high. Will probably buy from here again in the future
such a pleasure to use braces which hold to the trousers and not keep slipping off as clip fastenings do.
These braces are comfortable and stylish.
My order for "airport safe" braces was delivered promptly. Excellent product. Shame they only come in black. I like the strong plastic clips. I would think they will last me for years.
from my son, he says, great fit well made, thank you.also 10 star for your post service.
Very happy with the product and the service and will reorder
Great product. Just what i wanted.
Excellent quality and fast delivery. Very satisfied.
Very happy with the braces we chose, quick delivery and good prices
very pleased with my braces
Braces came quickly very impressed with quality and service provided
Very wide and strong elastic.. so comfortable to wear plus don't ping loose if you are doing something energetic. Very good value
I love my braces! They're sturdy and well-made, the clips are strong and I look dapper as heck. Already recommended British Braces to ladies who come up to me in the bathroom to compliment me on my braces.
Best Braces I've ever worn. Excellent service too!
Excellent service and goods
Quick postage. Quality braces, although the children's aged 5-8 braces that I bought come up pretty small on my (somewhat petit) 7yo. It fits, but only just. Another surprise is that they're american braces resold, rather than british braces, which the website name might suggest.
My only caveat is that the braces are not British. The numerous pairs I have had from BB have all been made in the USA, but this is a very minor point compared with having your trousers fall down and exposing you to general ridicule.
Brilliant service and very good quality. Given as a present my husband was delighted.
This was my second order from British Braces. The first was for two pairs, BB-255 and another pair (I don't recall the stock number). I didn't start using the second pair until one of leather ends on BB-255 had torn. The other pair were described as 'heavy duty' and the leather fasteners were so thick and inflexible that I found them very difficult to fasten to my trousers; I discarded them. I shall be ordering from British Braces again, but I shall only want braces with leather fasteners like those on BB-255. It would be helpful if your web site could give an indication of those braces that have these kind of fasteners.
Brought as a present for my dad and he absolutely loved them. Very good quality.
Stunning, excellent, luv em, quick delivery. The US braces are very good quality particularly the clips.
Supplied exactly what I wanted, with heavy-duty clips that don't slip off, and very reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend British Braces
Good choices available and quick delivery what more can you want.
Good braces just what I was looking for.
I bought a pair of broad white button on braces which were delivered within 48 hours. They are of excellent quality at a good price. Took me two goes to get the front buttons on the trousers in the right place but I am very pleased with the result and the improved comfort.
I have a complaint I received two pairs of British braces in a very short time whilst opening the packet my neighbour who was by my side said they look good can I have a pair! So now I need to order some more braces from you.
I'd looked for some braces in 'leading retail' outlets but they only did usual skinny versions. Being rather Old School I reluctantly turned to the webbything and thankfully found this company. Good choice of size and designs to choose from and well chuffed with the two pairs I bought and at a reasonable price. Excellent service.
At long last I have a set of braces that fit! (I'm 6'3"). Very happy chappy
Bought as a gift and recipient was very pleased
Prompt delivery and good quality braces
Great quality braces, arrived quickly and well packaged. Lovely present for my husband.
I have now purchased 2 sets of braces from British Braces and both are of very high quality at a good price. Both were shipped efficiently with good packaging. The only reason this isn't a 5 star review is that in addition to my order, I also wrote to them with a question that I hoped they would answer, but have not received anything back. Outside of this small issue I rate them highly and will order again.
Very good quality and service
Bought these for a friend and he was over the moon with them. He told me these are the best braces he owns.
Excellent choice and efficient delivery. Good robust braces.
Ordered some braces for my brother for christmas, perfect! He's a mechanic and DIY man and the braces were a tape measure with tools on, brilliant, totally pleased with British braces.
Well made and very strong
We brought these braces as a Christmas present and they certainly delivered! The braces are very well made and the recipient remarked on how comfortable they were.Lovely jazzy braces, would definitely buy from you again!
These are the first ones that my husband has had that dont ping off and are long enough .. brilliant
The width of the braces is excellent. All in all very satisfied with everything.
Ive had 2 orders from you & both were excellent ,good"s are good quality very strong & well made .
Fast delivery and nice quality. He is very happy with these.
Excellent, quick, no fuss service! Did exactly what it says on the tin, plus it feels good to buy British!!! Thanks 👍
Excellent product, received within days of order and will definitely be using your company again


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While the web is full of information to help you on your way with the worlds favorite pinning platform, there is little help giving advice on what not to do on Pinterest? Here's our top 5 things to avoid when using Pinterest
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Locked Donut Strand - Gala
Locked Donuts offer a fun and trendy necklace that make a statement. Donuts are securely fastened to the strand with our super strong and non-toxic cording. Locked Donuts are intended to be worn at a shorter length, so they rest in the perfect place for baby to reach and twiddle while nursing. Add a little pizzazz to any outfit with a Locked Donut.


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Not only are eggs delicious any which way you cook 'em, they're gooey fun when you break 'em too. And when you break eggs in slow motion, the fun turns spectacularly epic. Slicing eggs with swords, smashing eggs with tennis rackets and drilling holes into eggs — it's a hot sticky mess that's kinda hard to stop staring at.
Pop Spot created the slow motion video and I don't even know how many eggs were destroyed to make this video. [YouTube via Laughing Squid]


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Brandon Trebitowski is the author of iPhone and iPad in Action.
In the past versions of the iPhone SDK, audio recording was a daunting task. It required intimate knowledge of audio processing as well as a lot of code. With the release of the 3.0 SDK, Apple has provided us with a much simpler way of achieving this functionality. All of the classes for recording audio can be found in the AVFoundation framework. In order to use these classes, you must add AVFoundation.framework to your project.
Initializing the Audio Recorder
When initializing a new AVAudioRecorder object, you should avoid using the default constructor init. This is to reduce complexity, as this class requires quite a bit of configuration. The constructor you should is initWithURL:settings:error. It will allow you to specify the location on disk to record the audio to as well as provide various audio settings.
The first parameter is the location where the recording will be stored. Although it is expressed as an NSURL, it is really a local path that points to a location on disk. In most cases, you will want to store recordings in the Documents directory.
The next parameter is an NSDictionary that contains the settings for the recording. Table 1 lists some of the settings that you might want to consider when setting up your recorder.
|Setting Key
|A sample rate, in hertz, expressed as an NSNumber floating-point value.
|A pretty common value for this is kAudioFormatAppleLossless
|The number of channels expressed as an NSNumber integer value. We can set this value to 1.
|A key that refers to the quality of the audio being played.
There are quite a few other settings that can be specified when creating your recorder. These settings are all optional and all have default values. You can use these settings to fine-tune your audio recording. Listing 1 demonstrates how to build an AVAudioRecorder object with some basic settings.
NSString * filePath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents/recording.caf"]; NSDictionary *recordSettings = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: [NSNumber numberWithFloat: 44100.0], AVSampleRateKey, [NSNumber numberWithInt: kAudioFormatAppleLossless],AVFormatIDKey, [NSNumber numberWithInt: 1], AVNumberOfChannelsKey, [NSNumber numberWithInt: AVAudioQualityMax], AVEncoderAudioQualityKey,nil]; AVAudioRecorder * soundRecorder = [[AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath] settings: recordSettings error: nil];
One thing we want to point out is the filePath. This is an NSString that points to a file named recording.caf in the documents directory. This path is then converted to an during the construction of the recorder.


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Fund: Sigma Partners
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-10-26
I had been warned by a colleague that pitching Wade Woodson at Sigma would be a waste of time. I should have listened. Met with Wade in Menlo and he was very sharp, seemed to get it quickly and promised "7-10" days to get back and get going on due-dil. He was genuinely excited.
30 days later, no response. 60 days later, one call. 75 days later he wants to "learn more" etc. and so on. Hey, we're all busy, but if you're not interested then just say so, I have a company to run.
Oher people I have dealt with at Sigma have been great. Smart, diligent and involved.PRIVATE: Members Only (270 Characters)


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WACO, Texas (March 7, 2013) - A genetic analysis by Baylor University biologists suggests that the stocking of Florida bass in Texas reservoirs impacts bass populations far beyond the actual stocking location.
The native largemouth bass has a long and nearly continuous stocking history in Texas. However, the Florida bass is widely considered a better sport fish because it grows to a greater size. Subsequently, stocking efforts in Texas reservoirs have transitioned from largemouth bass to Florida bass.
The Baylor researchers analyzed the genetic composition of 69 largemouth bass in nonstocked streams of central Texas. These results were compared to DNA from 27 largemouth bass and Florida bass specimens provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department that represent stock lineages as well as wild fish from outside of the sampling region.
Their analyses found the presence of Florida bass DNA in bass at all sampling locations, including sites more than 50 miles upstream from the closest documented stocking location.
"This presence of Florida bass DNA at the sampling locations indicates that the influence of stocking reaches far beyond managed reservoirs," reported Patrick D. Danley, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of biology in Baylor's College of Arts and Sciences. "Although the stocking of non-native Florida bass in reservoirs may enhance fishing opportunities, it also has the ability to alter stream systems that are directly connected to stocked reservoirs."
Because of the methods used, the researchers could not determine if Florida bass migrated upstream or if the movement of their DNA was due to hybridization with native populations.
"At this time, we cannot determine whether our samples represent a hybridizing group of largemouth bass and Florida bass or two distinct co-occurring species," Danley said. "Further studies using nuclear markers would be useful for differentiating hybrids from pure lineages of Florida bass and largemouth bass and would shed light on the impacts of Florida bass stocking on native largemouth bass populations in central Texas," he said.
Additional researchers involved in the study include Ryan S. King, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, doctoral student Martin Husemann, and former doctoral student Jesse Ray.
The study was published in a recent issue of Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. http://www.
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The College of Arts & Sciences is Baylor University's oldest and largest academic division, consisting of 26 academic departments and 13 academic centers and institutes. The more than 5,000 courses taught in the College span topics from art and theatre to religion, philosophy, sociology and the natural sciences. Faculty conduct research around the world, and research on the undergraduate and graduate level is prevalent throughout all disciplines. Visit http://www.


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The Rain Cape
The Rain Cape provides a stylish and functional solution for rain protection. Features such as the cord pull systems, reflective piping, a high collar and billed hood make the Rain Cape a versatile option for bicycling in less than sunny conditions. One Size. Available in water resistant yellow and silver (pictured) and waterproof fabrics in olive and khaki (beginning in April 2013).
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Talisman v9.1 [Unlocked]
Requirements: 2.3 +
Overview: Talisman: Digital Edition, the classic fantasy adventure board game for 1-4 players.
This officially licensed version of the Games Workshop game uses the 4th Revised Edition rules. In Talisman, you embark on a perilous quest for the ultimate treasure, the Crown of Command. Choose from 14 characters such as the Warrior, Assassin, Thief or Wizard and race your opponents through a perilous realm. Each character is unique in their strengths, weaknesses and special powers. To win the game, you must journey to the heart of the land to find the Crown of Command, and then use its ancient magic to cast a mighty spell to subdue all your rivals. Only by gradually building up your adventurer's powers, gathering valuable allies, and winning potent magical items will you stand a chance of surviving the ultimate test that lies beyond the Portal of Power. This family friendly game is simple to play – roll a die to move around the board and draw cards on spaces to encounter dangerous foes and claim powerful rewards! Build up your character's power until you are ready to travel to the more dangerous areas of the board. Beware though, each character has the same goal and will stop at nothing to be the first to the Crown!
Features list: – Officially licensed Games Workshop game, using the Revised 4th Edition rules with official artwork. – Fully expandable game with more cards and characters available as in-app purchases. The Reaper and The Frostmarch are available now with more coming soon. – Local multiplayer – Pass to Play mode. – Real-time online multiplayer mode for 2-4 players. Play against your friends or anyone in the world! – Play against AI characters in offline games. – Optional House Rules included. – Interactive tutorial. – Online rulebook. – AI speed settings so you can play the game at your own pace. – Turn log – view all game actions in a detailed log. – Earn XP as you play! Earn enough XP to level-up and unlock special Runestone cards, exclusive to this digital edition. – Languages – English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Polish. – Achievements – Leaderboard – How do you compare to the World's best players?
FAQ – Will you be making more expansions? Yes! The Reaper and The Frostmarch are already available. We'll be releasing more characters and all of the official expansion packs for the board game. Can I play with my friends by passing the device around? Yes! Get your family and friends together and race each other to the Crown! Do I need to buy expansions to join an online game with expansions? No! You do not need to buy expansion packs in order to join a game that is using them, but you cannot choose the characters from it until you purchase it. Does the game have asynchronous play? No. Talisman doesn't really suit asynchronous play due to players having to react to spell casting.
The Blood Moon expansion released! This eighth expansion pack for Talisman: Digital Edition adds 111 new Adventure Cards, 10 new Spell Cards, 1 Time Card, 6 Lycanthrope Cards, 3 Alternative Ending Cards, 3 new characters and the Werewolf! Fixes – Grumpy Wizard lock-up. Black Ice spell problem. Card visibility in local multiplayer fixes. Wanted Posters were sometimes worth 3 gold. Everfull Purse still worked when Destroy Magic was in effect. Lots of general AI fixes and improvements.
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5 New Coffee Inventions Spotted at the Specialty Coffee Expo
What happens when you gather thousands of coffee industry professionals in one large room to show each other all their newest innovations? Well, to tell you the truth—most of them skip past the gelato making machines, conveyor toasters, lid companies, and booths adorned in the traditional textiles of coffee-producing nations, and gather around five or six booths in particular which have the very coolest toys. Here are a few of our findings of the new and cool from last weekend's Specialty Coffee Association of America show in Boston, some of which may be appearing on counters near you very soon—maybe even your own.
No, it's not dressed up in skinny tie, but it's still a sharp-dressed piece of coffee equipment: this piece of counter revolution takes all the biggest infrastructure elements of commercial brewing out of sight of the cafe customer and stows them all away. Modbar reveals only a supersleek bar-top with built-in taps for the simplest and prettiest pieces of the brewing process: a pourover coffee stand with controllable water sprayer, an espresso spout, and a milk steaming wand. Look, ma, no boilers! None showing, anyway.
This beauty, which drew both investment backing and technical input from minds at espresso machine manufacturer La Marzocco and water-heating experts Marco, comes from a three-person company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and debuted at the Counter Culture Coffee booth this weekend. Will you be able to throw your espresso machine, water tower and fancy kettles away now? Stand by as they hammer out the details.
La Marzocco Linea PB
Hotly anticipated at this year's SCAA was the big reveal of the new La Marzocco Linea PB, an updated version of the company's classic, 20-year-old workhorse espresso machine—if you've gone out for an espresso, you know, ever, you've seen one. This machine brings the user-controllable enhancements La Marzocco's more recent machines have made standard, but to this sturdy, streamlined model. Individual boilers—which the barista can control the temperature of—better lights, digital controls to attenuate all the finer elements of brewing, improved temperature stability—espresso simplicity just got a little more elegant.
Bonavita Ceramic Immersion Dripper
Leave it to the busy hands at Bonavita to continue a steady stream of "why didn't someone just make it like that?" coffee inventions. This time they're back with a ceramic full-immersion drip cone brewer, or in simpler terms: someone finally made a Clever-style dripper that isn't made of plastic. It's ugly as sin (possibly more ugly than the Clevers they were knocking off to begin with), but something coffee people have wanted for years. Like a Clever, the dripper allows for a full-immersion brew for as long as you prefer with final release over top of a cup using a manual valve. We can't wait to try one.
New Award-Winning Aeropress Technique
Still a brew method more popular in Europe than in its home country, the Aeropress stealthily claims its own international competition space alongside better-known contests like the World Barista Championship (to take place in Melbourne in May), World Cup Taster's Championship (to take place in Nice, France, in June), and so on. Washington, DC coffee-master Andy Sprenger (himself a repeat Brewer's Cup champion) took the US Aeropress title this weekend with his new, multi-layered Aeropress brew method, demonstrated with this sexy video over at Sprudge.com. Beyond simply using the Aeropress as a brewing chamber, Sprenger created a two-stage brew where he pours a second dose of coffee over top of the coffee in the Aeropress using a paper V60 filter. What? You'll have to see for yourself—and of course try it at home.
Steampunk Brewer
We've written about the Steampunk before on these pages, but the Utah-based company has gone back to their design hive and tweaked and tinkered with their pipe-organ-cum-French-press brewing masterpiece and brought it back to the SCAA show for the second year in a row, now ready for the real world. Look for it to debut in cafes nationwide in coming months, as it officially launches in New York, Philadelphia, Santa Cruz and beyond. Oh, and another thing—it also makes tea.
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Erik Van Buggenhout
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Erik Van Buggenhout is the lead author ofĀSEC599 - Defeating Advanced Adversaries.ĀIn addition to SEC599, Erik teachesĀSEC560 - Network Penetration Testing & EthicalĀHacking andĀSEC542 - Web Application Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking. He has been involved with SANS since 2009, first as a Mentor, working his way to Community Instructor in 2012 and finally becoming a Certified Instructor in 2016.
Erik loves explaining deeply technical concepts by using war stories, adding a few funny anecdotes here and there. As a testimony of his technical expertise, he has obtained the GSE, GCIA, GNFA, GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH, and GSEC certifications.
In addition to his work with SANS, Erik is the co-founder of Belgian cyber security firm NVISO, which focuses on high-end cyber security services, specializing in government, defense and the financial sector. Together with his team of 20+ technical experts, Erik delivers a wide array of technical security services, including penetration testing, security monitoring & incident response.
Prior to NVISO, Erik spent five years at Big 4 firm, starting as a junior penetration tester and evolving into a subject matter expert for the EMEA region.
A self-confessed speedĀwalker, if you see Erik rushing around at a conference: feel free to stop him and say "Hi!"
Here is What Students Say About Eric Van Buggenhout:
"Erik is a great instructor. The course as a whole has been amazing, the way Erik prepared and taught it." - Wouter Doerflein, Ordina