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- IPS protection – is enhanced with greatly expanded categories enabling you to better optimize your performance and protection.
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- Client authentication – gets a major update with a variety of new enhancements such as per-machine deployment, a logout option, support for wake from sleep, and MAC address sharing.
- Sophos Connect – is our new IPSec VPN Client, free for all XG Firewall customers, that makes remote VPN connections easy for users, and supports Synchronized Security.
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Morning from London!
I am from Edinburgh and unfortunately we have far too many 'girls' (I say that as they all now look 34 rather than 19 due to their excessive sun bed usage over the past 5 years) running around with bleach blonde hair and disgusting different shades of oompa loompa skin.
Please find attached a few photos of a particularly bad offender called [name omitted], please also feel free to name and shame her.
loving the blog, please keep up the good work
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Reader submission: Filthy-Tan Barbie
15 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2010 at 2:40 AM
Why, oh why do these retards keep wearing lip stick that's lighter than their skin tone! It looks completely ridiculous.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Even her hair is bad. Is it fake too?ReplyDelete
Oh and chalky lipstick is fad right now no matter what your skin tone may be. Sad.
This look was big in my home city about 6-7 years ago. They'd often put foundation on their lips instead of lipstick. Plus not brush their hair for months on end. I still don't get it.ReplyDelete
and her arm is dead.ReplyDelete
They look like scary modern clownsReplyDelete
She looks like the negative of a photograph. What is normally white is black and visa versa. Creepy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 6:21 AM
She makes me want to vommit.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM
How can you all be so judgmental ? Are you all absolutely naturally stunning ? Lets face it, probably not. If you did you'd probably be out having a life rather than writing horrid comments on sites like this. You dont even know her. It's so harsh. Maybe time you all looked at YOURSELVES.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 10:58 AM
HAHAHAHAAHHAH whoever wrote this makes me want to laugh. so you have time to sit around and write articles about the way i look goddddd you must be a loser no sorry I am not hurt., just honesty flattered that you feel the need to creep on my facebook photos that are way back in my old albums and write petty comments on the way i do or dont look. listen up! Get a life and stop creeping on mine and pale DEFIANTLY NOT the new tan you pasty fuck!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- AnonymousApril 15, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Does any1 know her name?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 8:06 AM
I think she's beautiful (: I love her tan. You all are rude.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 21, 2011 at 11:14 AM
This ho du-jour is making a fool of herself with that look. The head in the second pic looks like a skeleton! Relax little ho, be normal!ReplyDelete
i think those girls are pretty,, get over itReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 11:06 PM
sorry, fugly. You can try to convince yourself otherwise, but it's self delusion.ReplyDelete


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- 2.1 (1) "It's Complex" by Joshua Brown
- 2.2 (2) "Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders Says World's Educators Should Learn From Singapore's Success in Science and Math"
- 2.3 (3) "Ads on Tests Add up for Teacher" by Greg Toppo and Janet Kornblum
- 2.4 (4) Call for Papers: "Models in Developing Mathematics Education" Conference in Dresden
The Mathematics Specialist Credential Will be Addressed at Next Week's CCTC Meeting
Source: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC)
URL: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2008-12/2008-12-agenda.html
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing's agenda for next week's meeting includes an information item entitled, "The Mathematics Specialist Credential: Discussion of Current Authorization, Adopted Standards, and Possible Future Uses of this Authorization."
Excerpts from this agenda item appear below, with the full text available at http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2008-12/2008-12-3G.pdf
… At the November 2008 Commission meeting, staff presented a plan for addressing the issues related to the authorizations to teach Mathematics. At that time, the Commission requested that the issue of the Mathematics Specialist be among the first topics to be addressed. This agenda item presents information about the current Mathematics Specialist credential and proposes that with the increased focus on instruction in mathematics, including Algebra, it may be the appropriate time for the Commission to review and possibly revise the related program standards as well as the authorization statement for the Mathematics Specialist credential.
At the October and the November 2008 Commission meetings, staff presented information from the California Department of Education concerning K-12 student achievement in mathematics. These data indicated that while there is a need to improve student achievement in the area of 8th grade algebra, there is also a need to improve the teaching of mathematics in the early grades that is preparatory for the teaching and learning of algebra.
In reviewing the factors that affect the teaching and learning of mathematics in grades K-8, one factor that stood out as being within the purview of the Commission to address was the issue of the initial preparation of teachers for teaching grades K-8 mathematics. Within that framework, the discussion at the Commission meeting focused on one potential option that could assist current teachers of grades K-8 mathematics: using the services of a Mathematics Specialist credential holder to provide support and assistance to both students and teachers. To begin to examine this possibility, the Commission requested that staff provide further background information and options for the Commission to consider.
The Mathematics Specialist Credential Authorization
Currently the Commission has the authority to issue and has adopted program standards for Mathematics Specialist Instruction Credentials (Math Specialist). As previously stated at the November 2008 Commission meeting, however, there are currently no approved programs to prepare Math Specialists.
The current Title 5 Regulations for the Mathematics Specialist credential are as follows:
The Mathematics Specialist Instruction Credential authorizes the holder to teach mathematics in grades twelve and below, including preschool, and in classes organized primarily for adults. This credential also authorizes the holder to develop and coordinate curriculum, develop programs and deliver staff development for mathematics education programs coordinated by school districts and county offices of education.
The Mathematics Specialist authorization does not authorize an individual to teach anything in addition to what an individual with a Single Subject teaching credential in Mathematics is already authorized to teach. However, the authorization states that an individual holding a Mathematics Specialist credential may coordinate curriculum, develop programs and deliver staff development which allows the individual to provide services beyond teaching in a classroom.
Program Standards for the Mathematics Specialist Instruction Credential
The Mathematics Specialist Instruction Credential was originally designed for veteran teachers with subject matter knowledge in mathematics. There are four specific requirements that an individual working toward the current Mathematics Specialist credential must meet prior to being recommended for the credential: 1) possess a major in mathematics acceptable to a Commission approved institution, or a passing score on the Commission-approved mathematics examination; 2) hold a valid teaching credential; 3) have a minimum of three years of full-time classroom teaching with demonstrated aptitude for classroom teaching; and 4) complete one academic year or its equivalent of professional preparation including graduate coursework in mathematics…
The knowledge and skills that an individual must have to earn the Mathematics Specialist Instruction Credential are defined in the program standards that were adopted sixteen years ago and the guidelines that were adopted over 23 years ago… The complete standards are available on the Commission's web page: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/standards/mathspec12.pdf … The current standards… and guidelines… are outdated. Further, the California's Mathematics Frameworks have been revised twice and the Commission's own Single Subject: Mathematics Teacher Preparation Standards have also changed in recent years. Therefore, if the Commission was to determine the Mathematics Specialist credential concept worth continuing and updating, new program standards would need to be developed.
Possible Future Uses for the Mathematics Specialist Authorization
…An updated Mathematics Specialist credential could be modeled on the more widely used Reading Specialists authorizations. Described below are four settings where a Mathematics Specialist credential might be used. These settings are not a comprehensive list but may serve to start a dialogue concerning the future of this credential.
* Remediation within an elementary school, much like the current Reading Certificate and Reading Language Arts Specialist Credential. The authorization could focus on elementary school and middle school (up to Algebra I) where the individual holding the authorization works with small groups of students who are significantly behind in their comprehension of math. The individual would have skills in diagnosis and remediation of students' misunderstandings of mathematics.
* Professional development, collegial instruction and support for multiple subject teachers. The individual might provide professional development, demonstration lessons and observations in the multiple subject teacher's classroom focusing on mathematics. This authorization could focus on the elementary and middle school years (up to Algebra I).
* An individual with a Mathematics Specialist credential might be an appropriate person to work with students who have struggled in Algebra I and need to retake the course, and/or with students who are below the Proficient level on state assessments in math.
* An individual with a Mathematics Specialist credential might serve in a leadership role within a school, district, or county office developing and coordinating mathematics instruction.
Proposed Plan to Review and Revise the Mathematics Specialist Credential Requirements and Program Standards
If the Commission wishes to pursue updating the Mathematics Specialist Credential authorization and related program standards, staff could begin the process of convening an expert panel to review the credential requirements and program standards and subsequently to propose revisions to the Commission. The application process for the establishment of the panel would be conducted consistent with adopted Commission policy. If staff is directed to initiate this process, the application period could extend through February 2009, with the panel work beginning in March 2009. A potential draft charge for such a panel is included as Appendix A, and a description of the potential timeline for the panel, in accordance with Commission policy, is provided in Appendix B. [See http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2008-12/2008-12-3G.pdf]
(1) "It's Complex" by Joshua Brown
Source: University of Vermont
URL: http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=2844
…Intuitive problem solving, [Peter Dodds] thinks, is not simple to explain and even harder to replicate with a computer. It's way beyond the best artificial intelligence programs, and it would be charitable to say that neuroscience has a firm grasp of how the brain manages such a task. But it's not magical either.
"It's complex," he says.
And complexity lies at the heart of Dodd's research and teaching as an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics. He's part of a group of researchers who make up the University of Vermont's Complex Systems Center launched in 2006…
"In its most simple form, a complex system is many distributed parts interacting in some distributed way," Dodds says, "giving rise to some interesting, often unexpected, macrophenomena." Take a neuron. Alone, it's a cell that conducts a chemical signal. But billions together, each woven with thousands of links that adapt and change over time, emerge as a brain capable of following a hunch and the smell of coffee.
While the human brain may be the ultimate complex system, other examples appear everywhere. Take army ants. Despite their name, they have no general, and their queen sends out no instructions. No ant is aiming to get across that gully, and there is no blueprint or traffic light. Yet millions of ants, following the same instinctive rules of individual behavior, can build bridges with their bodies and forage for food along vast efficient highways.
"That's emergence," says computer scientist Maggie Eppstein, director of the UVM Complex Systems Center. "You can't just look at the rules each little thing is following and then describe what is going to happen in the whole system. You've got to run the model or observe the whole to understand what happens at the next scale."
Ferociously chaotic air currents resolve into a tornado that moves across the landscape maintaining its form. "In complex systems, through local interactions and self-organization, stable or semi-stable patterns emerge at a next level or a higher scale," she says, "but they are difficult to predict because they are so sensitive to small changes in the system or initial conditions."
Applying insights like these, Eppstein and her colleagues across the university are helping to lead the rapidly developing field of complex systems science. They aim to bring new approaches to some of the world's most vexing problems like improving hurricane forecasts, understanding the effects of phosphorous pollution in a watershed, slowing the spread of invasive species, making robots that can start to discern the intentions behind an action, and untangling the genetic and environmental threads that lead to heart disease….
"Complex systems science is just the evolution of science," Dodds says. Since the revolution that Newton and Descartes helped launch, the main thrust of so-called normal science has been to look for smaller pieces and more fundamental laws. Molecules yield atoms yield quarks.
"There are many problems that we figured out by breaking things into little pieces," Dodds says. "Scientists figured out DNA with its double helix. And then they figured out the human genome by measuring like crazy. There was a sense conveyed that once we understood all the bits of the genome, we'd understand everything human," he says, "but that's totally insane."
"It's like saying once we understand atoms we understand matter," he says, "But we don't."
Of course, many of the underlying ideas behind complex systems are far older than the name. It was Aristotle who stated that the "whole is more than the sum of the parts." But complex systems science takes this realization further. As physicist PW Anderson wrote in a seminal 1972 paper in Science, in a complex system "the whole becomes not only more than, but very different from the sum of its parts."
"The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe," Anderson wrote…
(2) "Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders Says World's Educators Should Learn From Singapore's Success in Science and Math"
Source: The Pearson Foundation – 20 November 2008
URL: http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/pr/081120-ccssoreport.html
A new report from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Pearson Foundation identifies key factors in Singapore's success in teaching science and mathematics and recommends that educators around the world extend and develop these practices in their school systems.
Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders documents the conclusions from the International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, held April 28-May 1 in Singapore. This conference, created and presented by CCSSO and the Pearson Foundation, convened delegates from 13 countries and six continents to explore firsthand the educational and cultural drivers that consistently help Singapore students to score at the top of international surveys such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
The report cites specifically Singapore's country-wide investment in teachers; the development of their administrative leadership; and the educational system's adoption of innovative core curriculum designed to foster students' creativity and independent thinking.
"We convened this first gathering, focused specifically on science and mathematics, in Singapore in the hope that this worldwide delegation could learn from Singapore's success," said Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO's Executive Director. "Our spirited discussions set the stage for the continued exploration of these issues–one we invite others to share by means of this publication."
Small working teams from countries including Brazil, Canada, England, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States also shared key educational, assessment, and professional development practices that ensure student success in mathematics and science education in their respective countries.
Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders is the first in a series of annual reports from CCSSO and The Pearson Foundation that will present shared conclusions of CCSSO members from around the world. The partners announced the series and presented the first report at the CCSSO Annual Policy Forum (APF) and Business Meeting in Austin, Texas.
"One of the report's clear conclusions is that educators have as much to learn from other countries as they do from the achievements of their own teachers and administrators," said Pearson Foundation President Mark Nieker. "With CCSSO, we hope this report provides educators everywhere a chance to reflect on their own practices and to share ideas to improve outcomes for the students they serve."
Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders can be downloaded via the CCSSO and Pearson Foundation websites (www.ccsso.org; www.pearsonfoundation.org). These sites also contain details of next year's Summit, which will be held in Finland to focus specifically on teacher quality and technological innovation.
(3) "Ads on Tests Add up for Teacher" by Greg Toppo and Janet Kornblum
Source: USA TODAY
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-12-01-test-ads_N.htm
Tom Farber gives a lot of tests. He's a calculus teacher, after all.
So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they'll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam.
"Tough times call for tough actions," he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.
San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out.
That worries Robert Weissman, managing director of Commercial Alert, a Washington-based non-profit that fights commercialization in school and elsewhere. If test-papers-as-billboards catches on, he says, schools in the grip of tough economic times could start relying on them to help the bottom line.
"The advertisers are paying for something, and it's access to kids," he says.
About two-thirds of Farber's ads are inspirational messages underwritten by parents. Others are ads for local businesses, such as two from a structural engineering firm and one from a dentist who urges students, "Brace Yourself for a Great Semester!"
Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but he notes, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.' "
To Farber, 47, it's a logical solution: "We're expected to do more with less."
The National Education Association says teachers spend about $430 out of their pockets each year for school supplies. This semester, Christine Van Ruiten, a teacher at E.C. Reems, a charter school in East Oakland, has spent $2,000. She scours Craigslist for free supplies and posts requests to DonorsChoose.org, which matches teachers with donors.
Founded in 2000 by Charles Best, then a Bronx teacher, DonorsChoose has funded about 65,000 projects totaling $26 million. Best calls it "a more dignified, substantive alternative for teachers than selling candy door-to-door–and certainly than selling ad space on final exams…"
(4) Call for Papers: "Models in Developing Mathematics Education" Conference in Dresden
Source: Alan Rogerson
URL: http://math.unipa.it/~grim/21_project/21_project_Dresden_2009.pdf
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project and The University of Applied Sciences (FH), Dresden (Germany) announce our 10th International Conference:"Models in Developing Mathematics Education," to be held 11-17 September 2009 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany in full cooperation with the Saxony Ministry of Education.
International Organizers are Dr. Alan Rogerson, Coordinator of the Mathematics in Society Project (Poland) and Prof. Fayez Mina, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University (Egypt). The Chair of the Local Organizing Committee is Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paditz of the Dresden University of Applied Sciences.
You are warmly invited to attend and present a paper at our conference in the heart of the historic and beautiful city of Dresden.
The Second Announcement can be downloaded from http://www.informatik.htw-dresden.de/%7Epaditz/SecondAnnouncementDresden2009.doc For all further conference details and updates, please email Alan Rogerson at email@example.com


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The Fort Collins Book Festival is excited to again partner with Old Firehouse Books as the official bookseller of the 2018 festival.
The popular indie bookstore will have copies of The Big Think authors' books available for purchase at their store (232 Walnut St., Fort Collins) prior to the festival. They will also have book sales set up onsite at various festival venues on the main day of the event (Saturday, Oct. 20) for author signings.
"Old Firehouse Books is proud to be the official bookseller for the Fort Collins Book Festival. It is a great program, and the one thing we love more than (okay, the same as) books is getting to work with other members of our community. Without the support of our community, Old Firehouse Books wouldn't be what it is today, so we are happy for any chance we have to give back and say thanks," says Renee Becher, events manager at Old Firehouse Books.
All book signings are open to the public. It is each author's discretion whether or not they will personalize book signings or sign collectibles or other paraphernalia. Please contact Old Firehouse Books with any questions: 970-484-7898 or www.OldFirehouseBooks.com.
These guidelines have been put in place to ensure the best possible experience for both authors and attendees.


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Alexa, How Secure Is My Data?
"Okay Google, will it rain today?". This is only one of many voice commands that we can give to the so-called virtual assistants. The top dogs among the providers of smart speakers are the American companies Google, Apple, and Amazon. How the products of the respective companies work is clear. But what about data protection? This question will be investigated in more detail in the following article. At the end of the article, you will also find our five tips for the secure use of smart speakers.
Hey Google, What Do You Know About Me?
Google Assistant is installed on many devices. In addition to the Google Nest and Google Homepod, companies like Sonos and Bose also rely on the Google Assistant, as well as many other smart home providers.
When taking a look at the privacy policy of Google Assistant, it becomes clear that data is not only recorded and processed while actively using the Assistant. To make your profile as personalized as possible, your web protocol is accessed. Among other things, Google combines data concerning your search queries, which websites you have visited, and which YouTube videos you have watched. Here you can get an insight into your collected activities and delete them if necessary. This is recommended for all users, as Google itself will not delete your data.
According to Androidcentral, Google's smart speakers could be able to detect a voice command without the common wake words "Hey Google" and "Okay Google" in the future. The assistant is supposed to recognize and execute commands in certain situations, such as answering a call via voice shortcuts. However, the microphone has to be activated automatically for this, which could lead to faulty recordings.
Alexa, What Data Are You Storing?
With its Echo products, Amazon has been the market leader in smart speakers for several years. As with the Google Assistant, Alexa voice control is included in several smart home devices.
Looking at the Alexa Privacy Hub, it is shown when and which data is collected and where it is then stored. After Alexa recognizes one of the four activation words (Alexa, Echo, Computer, or Amazon), the voice request will be transmitted to Amazon's cloud and stored there in encrypted form. Data that is stored by Alexa includes the content of the command and, in the case of third-party devices, the device's location and network connection.
Through a signal tone and a blue ring, users can recognize whether they have activated the Echo device and if the recording has started. As with Google Assistant, customers have to delete recordings of Alexa devices themselves. According to Amazon, recordings for the respective day can be deleted either in the app or via voice command.
To ensure that Alexa only hears what she is supposed to, you can turn off the microphone. According to Amazon, the power supply to the microphone is interrupted and thus deactivated. For devices of the "Echo Show" series, you can also cover the integrated camera. Again, we advise users to do this after every video call.
Hey Siri, Are You Listening?
Siri has been carrying out voice commands of its users with Apple products since 2011. In February 2018, Apple released its first smart speaker, the HomePod, which was designed to compete with existing Google and Amazon devices.
In terms of data protection, the recording of conversations is similar to Google and Amazon.
Apple's privacy policy for the HomePod reveals the current amount of data collected by the smart speaker. In addition to the device location and vocal data, the user's contact list is also sent to Apple and stored. Data transmitted to Apple's servers is allegedly encrypted and protected by anonymous IDs. However, Apple is criticized for not providing precise information on whether data from European users are sent to servers in the EU and processed there. According to the GDPR, this would be mandatory for data collected from EU citizens.
If you do not need Siri, we recommend you to deactivate the microphone, at least for the time being. Users can do this either in the "Home" app on iOS or iPadOS devices or via the voice command "Hey Siri, stop listening". Similar to the Amazon Echo, you can see on the top of the HomePod whether Siri has been activated and voice recording started.
Smart speakers make everyday life easier for many users. On the one hand, controlling various devices in a smart home with the sound of your voice may sound fantastic, but data protection should also be taken into consideration. As the article by Built In states, smart speakers do not only listen when the user says the activation word. To recognize the trigger words at all, microphones are usually constantly active and start data transmission as soon as the corresponding command is given. However, smart speakers are prone to errors and misinterpret incoherent sentences from TV shows or conversations as an activation word and start recording.
For everyone that is not keen on giving up their smart speaker but still wants to improve their device in terms of data protection, we have gathered 5 tips on a more secure usage.
5 Tipps for the Secure Use of Smart Speakers
- Deactivate the microphone and, if possible, the camera when you are not using your smart speaker.
- Delete voice recordings from the device on a regular basis.
- Perform frequent updates on your device to close security gaps.
- Connect only necessary accounts to your smart speaker to minimize your vulnerability in case of a hacking attack.
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text: Today I hosted a Fall Harvest Shoot, and photographed 9 families (each had 30 minute sessions)... and wheeww I'm exhausted. But it was a good time, filled with gorgeous smiling families, hot cocoa, and bread cakes/muffins. Did I mention it was at 90% chance of rain last night, and miraculously it ended up staying clear and bright ALL day.


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Surplus Carcano M91 Bayonet with Scabbard. These are original Italian Carcano M91 Bayonets, from the Italian Carabinieri and they are in Very Good to Fair Surplus condition. These bayonets have probably been sitting in the Carabinieri's armories for at least 70 years.
This lot of bayonets is in Very Good to Fair Surplus condition, the majority of these bayonets have very strong bluing (almost black) on them. The appear to all be in working order.
The bayonets and scabbards are made by various manufacturers, some will have markings some will not. Some will have serial numbers, some will not.
The scabbards have either brass or steel fittings. The leather on the scabbards appears to have been treated with leather conditioner. They may have cracks in the leather, and other assorted marks. Scabbards will be intact unless otherwise noted.
These Bayonets, will fit all M91 (Model 1891) rifles and carbines except for the Cavalry Carbine, and M91 TS with the transverse bayonet lug.


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Information for individuals
Useful resources related to autism
Seeking a diagnosis
You can make a referral to the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Services (LADS) yourself by calling 01138 550 712, or your GP can make this referral for you.
Your first step is to visit and talk to your GP, who can refer you to a Autism Diagnostic service that will conduct the assessment.
Visit and talk to your GP, who can refer you to an appropriate diagnostic service.
As autism is a developmental condition it is important that a family member or carer is involved in this process where possible. Signs and symptoms are most obvious between the ages of 4/5 and so having somebody involved that knew you well when you were that age will be helpful.
GPs need to understand why you need to be referred for a diagnosis, so take as much information and evidence as you can to support your request. There are a number of self-assessment forms and tests online that you can complete – individually these will not be enough for a diagnosis, however they will be helpful when speaking to your GP.
It is useful to take a list all the difficulties you are experiencing on a day to day basis which may relate to autism, do not be put off if the GP is reluctant and be very firm in your request for a diagnosis.
If you do receive an autism diagnosis you can also have a Community Care assessment – this is done by Adult Social Care. You are legally entitled to this, find out more information about this below.
Assessment of need
and the care pathway
Once you have received a diagnosis you are eligible to receive a community care assessment. This is completed by Adult Social Care in your area and is sometimes called an Assessment of Need or Care Act Assessment.
What to do next
You (or someone on your behalf) need to telephone adult social care, you will then speak to the duty team. Ask for an assessment of need. Tell them you have a diagnosis of autism and why you feel you need help and support, they will ask you questions to find out the information they need.
You should tell them about the difficulties you are having because of your autism. They may ask you about any help or support you are already receiving from family or friends. If you are not receiving any help or if they are having their own difficulties, it is important that you tell them this too.
The Care Act states that the social worker appointed to you should have knowledge and experience of autism. This is to ensure that they are best able to assess your needs. You can ask for a social worker with this experience.
The assessment
A social worker will contact you to complete an assessment of need (this is a big form). If you do not want to do this over the telephone you can arrange an appointment for them to visit you.
The social worker will come to your home (or a location of your choice) to complete the assessment (sometimes over a number of visits). This assessment will identify any areas where you may need support.
Before the meeting it may be helpful to talk to someone you know and trust and make a list of the things you are finding difficult to help you remember. It is a good idea for this person to be with you when the social worker visits as they can help you to answer the questions.
The social worker will ask about your strengths (things you are good at) your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, your long-term goals and what you would like to do, and any support or help you are already receiving.
What happens next?
Once an assessment has been completed, the Social Care team will decide if you meet the eligibility criteria, dependent on your level of need.
They may signpost you to free services, or groups that are already available in the local community. If you feel that you would not be able to access these groups you need to tell them. They may also decide that you would benefit from services such as Specialist Autism Services, and they may pay for this service. They may decide that you need a combination of these types of support.
There are different ways that the council may pay for services, you may be given a personal budget to pay for support services, this could be in the form of Direct Payments or an Individual Service Fund or the council may pay the support services directly. In all of these cases, you may need to make a financial contribution, this is dependent on your income or benefits you receive. They will carry out a financial assessment. It is important that you mention all the additional expenses you have to pay due to the impact of your autism and any sensory differences you may have.
Your social worker will then give you a Care Plan, outlining who will be providing services, when, and what those services are expected to provide for you.
Contact your local
Adult Social Care
01132 224 401
01274 435400
01904 555 111
01422 393000
You may be eligible for different benefits depending on your circumstances.
Disability benefits
These benefits can be paid if your disability means that you have care needs or mobility difficulties regardless of whether you are in work or in education and regardless of how much money you have or who you live with. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can help you with some of the extra costs if you have long term ill-health or disability. For example, this money could be used to pay a financial contribution towards the support or services you receive to enable you to have a better quality of life.
Benefits for people that are unemployed
Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) is a benefit for people who are able to work and can prove that they are actively looking for work. Employment and Support Allowance is the benefit for people who cannot work or who have a limited ability to work due to having a disability or health condition.
Accessing your local hospital
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) can add a flag on to your inpatient electronic notes to alert staff that you have autism. You choose if you want this flag to be attached to your electronic notes. When hospital staff see this alert, it prompts them to ask if you have any reasonable adjustments and if you have a hospital passport that they can look at.
Useful numbers
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Please don't hesitate to contact us if you require more information, or if you have any useful information that could be added.


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Sometimes we take life for granted and become a little selfish. I know I do. Then I read this at The Thrifty Chick blog thru Frippery. It is sooo very heartbreaking. I didn't know her personally but just the fact that she was a fellow blogger just breaks my heart. Her precious babies and her husband. So Sad!
My prayers are with them. May the Lord comfort them.
Let's treasure every moment in our lives, my fellow blogger friends.


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Incidentally, several states share 42° as an official boundary:
Category Archives: GIS
Burn Map
The area burning is in a dense Ponderosa forest known as the Black Forest. I never went around there when living in the Springs from 1992-96. But remember it as a kid (much earlier). It was really pretty. But you look at the maps and can see why all the houses there have been destroyed. The map that shows lost houses (http://gazette.com/article/1502250) is somewhat marred spatially because they used lot centroids rather than pinpointing the structures. When it's all over, I'm going to suggest to their fire marshals (as well as "fire community" people I know) that when pre-mapping lots they have their GIS people identify the center of the largest visible structure. Why? Because when analyzing the data post-mortem or trying to educate the public it will show which structures were the most vulnerable.
Of course it isn't as simple as saying, "Being right under the trees will guarantee destruction. Being in a clearing will not." Embers travel for miles. And often it's some structural or landscaping flaw, e.g. dry vegetation right up against the house and under the eaves that causes ignition. An informative public presentation would show time lapse fire and wind travel superimposed on aerial imagery, along with contextual images of damaged structures.
My condolences to anyone who has lost a home in that area.
The "Evil" GEOMETRYCOLLECTION
Recently we encountered a bug in SQL Server's spatial aggregation algorithms. Sets of polygons that should have been combined strictly into WKT (well-known-text) POLYGON or MULTIPOLYGONs were being stored as GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONs instead. Turns out the algorithm was inserting one or two LINESTRINGs (of two points each) into the collection, forcing it to be stored this way. The bug was supposedly fixed a couple years ago, but I'm going to submit a new bug and sample dataset to Microsoft. Because I've double-checked we're using the latest version of the DLL, etc.
So why do I think the GEOMETRYCOLLECTION is "evil" (or at least don't think highly of it)? Primarily because it caused our customer to question both the integrity of our software and the use of SQL Server to store AND manipulate spatial data instead of relying on purely an ESRI ArcGIS solution. We were unable to open the SQL Server datasets via ArcCatalog or ArcMap (using the Database Connection in 10.1). On a broader note, I tend to side with ESRI in not supporting more than one data type in a layer, so I'm perplexed that the creators of the WKT standard even thought up such a datatype. I can see where it might make sense to group related geometric objects but believe there are better ways to do that.
I'm tempted (hey, in a post where the word evil is mentioned it seems appropriate word use) to say that this never would have happened in the first place if a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION wasn't a possibility. But I know that even if the bug gets fixed, Microsoft and others will still adhere to the WKT specification for storing data and ESRI will continue to invalidate coverages that contain multiple datatypes. So we will improve on the hack below to ensure that what gets output in the end is valid by our customer's definition.
// Well, semi-verified anyway. At least it won't contain any LINESTRINGs. public SqlGeometry VerifiedPolygonGeometry(SqlGeometry inputGeometry) { SqlGeometry outputGeometry = null; try { var goodReservoirGeometriesList = new List<SqlGeometry>(); int numGeometries = (int)inputGeometry.STNumGeometries(); for (int i = 1; i <= numGeometries; i++) { var geometry = inputGeometry.STGeometryN(i); if (geometry.STGeometryType() != "LineString") { goodReservoirGeometriesList.Add(inputGeometry.STGeometryN(i)); } } var agg = new GeometryUnionAggregate(); agg.Init(); foreach (SqlGeometry geometry in goodReservoirGeometriesList) { agg.Accumulate(geometry); } outputGeometry = agg.Terminate(); } catch (Exception exception) { Debug.Write(exception.Message); } return outputGeometry; }
Lovin' Me Some Cheap Libraries
In my MT State Library days, we worked with double metaphone in conjunction with the GNIS placenames data we had. It was remarkably accurate. I see now that the author of that algorithm has a new version, which is available as a C#, C++ or Java library for $40…quite reasonable for what it does. One of the problems I've had with open source is that it sometimes precludes decent code from being propagated because the developer has no way to at least receive some modest compensation. On the other hand, I come across insane prices for code libraries all the time.
What I like is something such as this where it makes sense to purchase because it works and it is so cheap. Recently, I paid $35 for a DLL that does datum shifts (moving lat/lon coordinates from one geodetic model to another). The code was available (after much digging) in Java. But I would have spent 3-4X that amount converting and testing it.
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Using SMO to Create a Spatial Index
With the advent of ArcGIS 10.1, you can now direct-connect in a read-only fashion to spatial data on SQL Server. That has worked well and while the read-only aspect means no editing, it also means no locks on the data, which is a problem with File Geodatabases. I've found that I can programmatically refresh or rebuild a table in SQL Server and just by panning or zooming have ArcMap redraw it. I'd never be able to leave an FGDB open in ArcMap while trying to do the same.
However, I ran into one problem with really large datasets brought into ArcMap. They couldn't be exported to FGDB or Shape format without a spatial index on the table in SQL Server. Understandable and really it's better for performance if a spatial index exists. Since it's an application that creates the tables and populates them, it fell to the application to also create a spatial index.
I could, of course, have used a parameterized SQL command to do this, but since I'm already using SMO to create a tabular index thought I'd try it for a spatial geometry column. Of course, as I soon realized, there's a catch…one that almost makes it just as well to use parameterized SQL. But if you like being able to specify things like:
SpatialIndexType = SpatialIndexType.GeometryAutoGrid
as needed, then there is some case to be made for mixing SMO with SQL…and mix you have to. Because here's the catch, you can't create a spatial index if you don't already know the bounding box (or envelope) coordinates. The only way I know to do this is via a SQL query to the server first. So here's a code sample:
var serverConn = new ServerConnection("servername"); serverConn.ConnectTimeout = 180; // provide appropriate login credentials here var srv = new Server(serverConn); Database db = srv.Databases["tablename"]; var tb = db.Tables["tableName"]; try { if (db != null) { // Perform spatial query to get the bounding box var sql = String.Format(@"SELECT geometry::EnvelopeAggregate(GEOM).STPointN(1).STX AS MinX, geometry::EnvelopeAggregate(GEOM).STPointN(1).STY AS MinY, geometry::EnvelopeAggregate(GEOM).STPointN(3).STX AS MaxX, geometry::EnvelopeAggregate(GEOM).STPointN(3).STY AS MaxY FROM {0}", "tableName"); var dataSet = db.ExecuteWithResults(sql); if ((dataSet != null) && (dataSet.Tables.Count > 0) && (dataSet.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)) { var boundingBoxXMin = (Double)dataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0]["MinX"]; var boundingBoxYMin = (Double)dataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0]["MinY"]; var boundingBoxXMax = (Double)dataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0]["MaxX"]; var boundingBoxYMax = (Double)dataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0]["MaxY"]; //spatial index var spatialIndex = new Index(tb, "Spatial" + tableName) { SpatialIndexType = SpatialIndexType.GeometryAutoGrid, BoundingBoxXMax = boundingBoxXMax, BoundingBoxXMin = boundingBoxXMin, BoundingBoxYMax = boundingBoxYMax, BoundingBoxYMin = boundingBoxYMin, CellsPerObject = 16, PadIndex = false, CompactLargeObjects = false, DisallowPageLocks = false, SortInTempdb = false, OnlineIndexOperation = false, DisallowRowLocks = false }; spatialIndex.IndexedColumns.Add(new IndexedColumn(spatialIndex, "GEOM")); spatialIndex.Create(); return true; } } } catch (Exception err) { Debug.WriteLine(err.message) }
What's in a map projection?
If you take a look at the map below of the contiguous U.S. you might ask, "I see that Maine has the easternmost point in the lower 48, but shouldn't it also have the northernmost point?"
Projections can sometimes be misleading. Well, they're all misleading in some aspect or another. Take, for example, the Mercator projection, which is used in mapping services like those provided by Bing or Google. (There are sound technical reasons for this BTW). It greatly distorts areas the farther north or south you go. However, in this case, it does make it easy to see that the northernmost point of Maine is south of quite a bit of the U.S.-Canadian border:
So, how far north does Maine go? Approximately 47.46°, which puts it south of that large stretch of the border that runs along the 49th parallel. Incidentally, Sumas, WA – because of a surveying error – extends just slightly past the 49th parallel (49.002389,-122.261111).


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The following review appeared 25 April 2016 on the Mark Twain Forum.
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Those familiar with Steve Courtney's previous writings, like his insightful biography of Joseph Twichell (2008), his lavishly illustrated guided-tour of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, The Loveliest Home That Ever Was (2011), or his collection of ghost stories associated with the Mark Twain House, We Shall Have Them With Us Always (2013), will have high expectations for this volume, and they will not be disappointed. This handsome collection of exactly two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations that document Mark Twain's Hartford and his life there, is the latest volume from Arcadia Publishing and The History Press, whose ubiquitous "Images of America" series will be familiar to anyone who has ever sought out the history of a city or town, or spent a few minutes in any drug store, airport bookshop, or museum gift shop. Of the more than 12,000 titles issued under these two imprints, more than half have been in the "Images of America" series whose covers typically feature a sepia tone vintage photograph with a distinctive title cartouche at the top and an authorship cartouche at the bottom. Their uniform size (9 x 6 1/2 inches) and format (128pp. with 200 illustrations) have proven to be a satisfying and successful way of presenting entertaining histories of cities, towns, neighborhoods, counties, ethnic groups, department stores, cemeteries, sports stadiums, parks, bridges, prisons, and even famous earthquakes, floods, shipwrecks, and hurricanes.
As an Austinite this reviewer would be remiss not to mention that previous books in this series have included five books on Austin neighborhoods, two books on Austin's nearby Lake Travis, and books on Austin jazz, murders, ghosts, and cooking. Having only scratched the glimmering surface of Austin, Texas, the series editors allowed themselves to be distracted and produce some books on Hartford that include a three-volume history, separate volumes on East Hartford and West Hartford, books on "Lost" Hartford and "Victorian" Hartford, and books on Hartford's trolleys, radio in Hartford, and fire-fighting--but apparently nothing on insurance. They've also produced books on familiar Mark Twain haunts like Hannibal, Elmira, and Virginia City, Nevada, and even a volume on the Big Bonanza. Steve Chou's book on Hannibal was reviewed in the Mark Twain Forum in 2002. Many of these books mention Mark Twain of course, and John Muller's Mark Twain in Washington, D.C. (reviewed in the Forum in 2013) appeared under their affiliated History Press imprint, but this seems to be the first book in their "Images of America" series to focus on Mark Twain. Most of their books are written by curators, local historians, and scholars, and this reviewer hopes that certain folks in Hannibal, Elmira, and Virginia City might take all of this as some sort of hint.
Mark Twain had hardly settled into his new home in 1874 when accounts of the house and his life in Hartford began appearing in print (The Daily Record of the Times, July 22, 1874, p. 2) and stereoview photographs of his home which could be slid into hand-held viewers that made the images appear 3-D were being sold commercially that same year. Henry Darbee's Mark Twain in Hartford (1958) was followed by a string of books and leaflets, of which Wilson Faude's Renaissance of Mark Twain's House (1977) and Steve Courtney's previously mentioned book are the best. The home has been featured in Hartford tourist guides since at least as early as 1884 and included in at least two dozen books about famous American literary shrines and homes. But with the notable exception of Kenneth Andrews's Nook Farm (1950) these publications have tended to focus on the house itself and its architecture, or on Mark Twain and his family life. Few have gone to great lengths to portray Mark Twain in the context of the Hartford of his day, giving the reader an idea of what Hartford life was like, the places and events Mark Twain experienced when living there, how it all looked and felt.
This is precisely what Courtney does. Cindy Lovell's brief foreword explains why Hartford suited Mark Twain so well, and Courtney begins his task with an introduction, "An Author and His City," that shows the reader what attracted Mark Twain to Hartford in 1871, what kept him there during the most productive years of his literary career, and what drove him away in 1891. In eight chapters he shows how Mark Twain became acquainted with Hartford and provides accurate visual evidence of what he saw, explores the city as it was at that moment, introduces and pictures the people Mark Twain came to know, examines Mark Twain's home life, visually documents the events and changes that occurred in each decade of his residence there, and concludes with a chapter on how Mark Twain and his family came to leave Hartford and their life afterward, and a final chapter on how the house itself managed to survive and become the magnificent living museum that it is today.
Along the way, the seasoned Twainian will encounter the inevitable familiar images of Mark Twain and his family and the house itself, but will more often be confronted by less familiar scenes, especially those of the city and its people that seldom figure prominently in biographies of Mark Twain. What makes this visual tour informative and pleasurable is that this is no mere picture-book, but a fascinating photo-album, with each image hand-picked for a purpose which is explained in the ample captions that are often stories in themselves. The photo of Mark Twain's library being used as a class-room with only vestiges of his wonderful walnut bookshelves remaining will make Twainians wince, but the elephant parade up Main Street will bring a smile. Readers can imagine Mark Twain's carriage lined up with others on Main Street, gaze upon a horse-drawn streetcar like those Susy mentioned during her final deliriums, feel the chill of a snowy Hartford street that could have been the very one taken by Mark Twain when he took his son Langdon along for a ride shortly before Langdon became sick (from other causes) and passed from his life, and imagine Mark Twain and Joe Twichell plodding up the steep path to Bartlett's Tower, just outside of town, where they liked to walk while deeply immersed in conversation. Twainians will chuckle at the photograph of actor Will Gillette (Mark Twain's first successful impersonator) sprawled in a chair, and will understand why his nickname in Mark Twain's household was "the ladder." Susan Warner plays the piano for us, while her husband Charles Dudley Warner holds a book. Henry Ward Beecher and Governor Joseph Hawley both look their parts, as do the workers by the huge covered bridge over the river and the crowd gathered to celebrate the Battle of Antietam. Nursemaid Rosina Hay, housekeeper Kate Leary, coachman Patrick McAleer, and business manager Frank Whitmore all stand at the ready. A photograph of a "snow-tunnel" on a Hartford street during the blizzard of 1888 makes clear that Mark Twain would have been no better off in Hartford than where he was at that moment, stranded in New York City. If you've ever wondered about the husband and wife team who served as caretakers of the house in the 1890s after Mark Twain and his family moved out, they are pictured here too.
All of these events and all of these people played major roles in Mark Twain's Hartford years and this nicely balanced blend of pictures and text brings them back to life for both Twainians and the general reader alike. Can companion volumes on Mark Twain and his other cities--Hannibal, Elmira, and Virginia City--be far behind? Perhaps another book on Austin?


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Corbett National Park for Diwali brought about a series of firsts:
First safari of the season
First elephants of the season (6)
First snake of the season (1, rat)
First barking deer of the season (1)
First tigers of the season (2)
My first stay at the nearby Vanghat (Hopefully the first of many) , on the banks of the Ramgangar also brought about a series of seasonal firsts:
A 2km trek into a lodge (1)
Digital detox (3 days of heaven)
Bamboo raft (4, fun)
Jungle treks (2, half day, invigorating)
Tiger pug mark in fresh wild elephant dung whilst trekking (1 – exciting!)
Waterfalls (3, mesmerising)
River swims (oh yes we did! 1 – refreshing!)
New to me species of birds (many)
And, my first Campfire of the season………
Possibly with an Old Monk (How many? No comment).
Vanghat is one of the few truly remaining reminders of what a visit to the jungles must have been like in the time of Jim Corbett himself. The only way to reach is by a 2km trek with 4 river crossings to negotiate, 1 by stepping stones, 1 bridge, 1 bamboo raft, 1 walking of the plank. The joy of being in a remote location, the omnipresent sound of the river, nature's natural de stress, to be able to walk through the forest, the sounds of an agitated barking deer a frequent reminder of the proximity of a predator, and being able to swim in the crystal clear waters of an unpolluted river is a combination that is such a rare privilege these days.
Don't expect luxury, this is no frills, simple yet comfortable accommodation, good food, lovely staff, an orchestra of birds and a porcupine or two and an extraordinary location,. A place for the true nature lover who values the simplicity of jungle living.


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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Flintlock rifle from 1920s Tibet
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Kham then and now. A photoblog showing how eastern Tibet looked in the 1920s and how the same places and people look now. Based on the explorations of botanist Joseph Rock.


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Delusions of Empire – Iran in Iraq 15 Years After Bush's War
Everyone who wants to know already understands how disastrous President Bush's Iraq War has been. Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, perhaps several million displaced people and financial costs in the $ trillions. This to depose a dictator not much different than many dictators the US has supported and continues --->> read more -->>


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Store Credit
I am not talking about lay-by here.
Buy now, pay (dearly) later. You must read (and ensure you understand) the fine print. This type of debt is sold as "Nothing to pay 'til 2024", with 6, 12, or 24 months interest free. It is NOT sold as what the interest rate is after the end of the interest free period. Why? 'Cause if they told you in the ad what the interest rate was, you wouldn't take up the offer.
If you forget to repay the loan or you find yourself in financial strife by the due date and you pay just one day late, interest is charged from the day of the purchase, NOT from the end of the interest free period. Buying this way also dramatically reduces any bargaining power you may have. People who buy using store credit with an interest free period will likely have to pay the marked price.
Some types of store credit require regular payments during the interest free period, and on the surface they look like a good deal, until you add all the extra fees and charges that are built into the loan.
If you have obtained more than one interest free loan from one lender, the lender can allocate your repayments to whichever loan it wants. This can result in your loans not being repaid within the interest free period.
If you decide to purchase something using store credit because you don't trust yourself to use a credit card responsibly, then you need to know that many of these interest free contracts come with a credit card that you don't separately sign up to. It is mailed to you after you have taken on the store credit, and it will have an average interest rate of about 27%.
A guy who used to work in retail once told me how he and his colleagues were under an incentive to push customers into purchasing goods using interest free terms. He said that there was no need for the customers to prove their income and no formal credit checks were done either. Interest free loans were given to people who were obviously not in a position to take on more debt and they often ended up paying rates of interest as high as 39%. The salespeople would push these loans not because they believed they were doing their customers a service, but because they were earning between a third and half their income from loan commissions.
Even when you think you will not be paying interest, you might if you buy a bed from Sleep City in Fyshwick. Looking at this ad, you'd reckon if you bought this bedroom package for $1,345 that you could pay it off over two years without being hit with interest. Multiply your $12.93 weekly payments by the number of weeks in 24 months (12.93 x 104) and the grand total comes to $1,344.72. Read the fine print and it says, "Paying only the minimum monthly repayment will not pay out the loan before the end of the interest free period." Huh? Surely they are not talking about a matter of 28 cents!
Keep reading that fine print: "Establishment fee, account service fee and other fees and charges are payable." To be fair on Sleep City, it's actually GE Money who set the conditions for this credit.
I do not recommend store credit. With any type of credit, if the offer sounds really good, ask yourself how the promoter can afford it. You'll find the answer in the fine print.
Places like Harvey Norman, through companies such as Flexirent, will often offer store credit alongside rental agreements. Read the fine print and you find clauses like:
- Late payment fees of at least $25 per day;
- You agree that Flexirent can collect personal information about you from insurers, any of your employers, former employers, debt collection agencies, private investigators, lawyers, landlords, government authorities and the internet (among others);
- You agree that your personal details can be disclosed to any person as permitted by law (personal details that you can have access to, for a fee); and,
- The chance to return the equipment at the end of the lease without having to pay more.
Source: Flexirent Advantage Computer Credit Guide Application Booklet
That's nice of them. No fee to give it back. Pretty rough, particularly considering the rental of a $1,200 computer costs about $1,600 for 12 months.
Don't go to Harvey Norman if you can't afford to pay upfront for your new, expensive bed. Go to Fantastic Furniture. Or Ikea. Buy a bed that you can afford and sleep well knowing you don't owe money on it.
What about Afterpay? Although it's not store credit, Afterpay is a buy now, pay later business that requires payment in instalments due in full six weeks after the purchase is made. You won't pay interest with Afterpay but if you pay late, expect fees of up to 25% of your purchase price. Oh, and merchants are charged between 3-7% for using Afterpay. So you would expect businesses that don't offer it to be selling goods and services at anything up to 7% cheaper prices.


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- Your star sign is Virgo.
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- The season was Summer.
- You were born in the Chinese year of the Sheep.
- The US President was George W. Bush (Republican).
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Yesterday, the UFC announced BJ Penn's removal from his UFC 199 bout against Cole Miller due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. Back in March, Penn disclosed his use of an IV in excess of 50 ml in a six-hour period. The IV ban went into effect in October.
Penn does not deny the IV use. Rather, he claims he was unaware the IV ban extended out-of-competition.
Regardless, Penn's violation raises questions. Namely, how long has Penn been using IVs?
In July, Penn tweeted: "I love the new PED and IV ban in the UFC. I never took an IV in my life after a weigh-in. IVs are for wimps! #BeerAndHotDogs." It's clear now that Penn was particular in his language. Never taking an IV and never taking an IV after a weigh-in are two very different things.
It's not just Penn's words that are incriminating, however. Take a look at his fight career. Penn competed at lightweight for the first eight fights of his career. At UFC 46, he moved up to 170 pounds and defeated Matt Hughes for the UFC welterweight title. He proceeded to leave the UFC for K-1 and took fights at both middleweight and heavyweight.
It's clear now when looking back: Penn had a problem with IVs. How else can we explain this sudden rise in weight? Unable to keep control on his addiction, he was forced to fight well above his ideal weight class. That he found success – he went 3-1 during this time – is a testament to his prodigious talent.
Penn had to face the reality of his situation when he returned to the UFC in 2006. Thinking he was using IVs in moderation, he took welterweight fights against Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes. He lost both. It was at that point that Penn found the courage to face his demons and rid himself of the IVs that had plagued his career.
He won three straight fights at 155, winning the vacant lightweight title against Joe Stevenson at UFC 80 and knocking out the former champ Sean Sherk at UFC 84. It seemed like Penn had his life back on track.
But as it often is, battling addiction is not a linear proposition. Penn bounced back and forth between welterweight and lightweight as his weight bounced up and down through his use of IVs. The siren song of the saline solution constantly calling out to him.
It's clear now that Penn is a danger to himself. His use (or, rather, abuse) of IVs has gotten to the point where he's manipulating doctors into giving him his fix for weeklong benders.
Thankfully, Penn revealed as such to USADA during an IV stupor. And it's clear now just why exactly these rules were set in place last year. Thankfully, the UFC and USADA have made it their mission to put fighters' well-being above all else.
The above is pretty obviously satire, so don't sue Michael Fagan or MMA Sucka.


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As part of the MEXTRÓPOLI festival in Mexico City early last month, Singapore-based firm WOHA debuted their first exhibition in the Latin America, GARDEN CITY MEGA CITY. WOHA's architecture introduces biodiversity into public spaces, turning high-rise courtyards and hallways into teeming community assets. In this exhibition, the architects show how their work has addressed both climate change and the social challenges that occur as a result of rapid (upward) urban development.
We had the chance to speak with Wong Mun Summ y Richard Hassell − partners and founders of WOHA − so that they could tell us more about their practice and their intentions behind bringing the exhibition to Latin America.
The things we are suggesting are maybe not terribly radical in some ways; it's simply how people have lived for centuries. But for some reason, people feel like when they want to live in a dense city they have to give up all these things – like the idea of going out to a garden or sitting somewhere nice and having a meal with their neighbors in a nice corner. So in some ways it's very simple banal ideas about how people like to live and just making sure we don't lose those when we move to a high-density environment.
See the full interview above and find more details about the 4th edition of the MEXTRÓPOLI festival, here.


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We live in an amazing time. There's no two ways about it, what is considered commonplace today, would –– not even fifty years ago –– be considered close to a miracle. We can look up the Prime Minister of Australia on a phone that fits in our pocket. We can ask our car for directions. We can receive amazing medical treatments to deal with just about any issue we may have: from laser-eye surgery to correct poor vision, to reversing a tubal ligation with a tuboplasty procedure –– there doesn't seem to be any problem modern tech can't resolve. However, despite all the noteworthy technological, medical, and engineering advancements of the past few decades, sometimes the best experiences in life are the simplest ones. And when you take a trip, there are certain activities that need to be lived out to appreciate fully. Indeed, no amount of tech can truly recreate the most basic joys of travel. To that point, here are five simple travel pleasures everyone should experience at least once in their life:
Feel the Sand Between Your Toes
It may come as a surprise to the millions of people who live in coastal cities, but there are plenty of landlubbers out there who've never tasted fresh fish, taken a dip in the ocean, or enjoyed the sublime jubilation of walking on a soft, sandy beach. If you haven't done so yet, make sure your next vacation includes a getaway to a proper beach.
Get Lost in a City
No it may not sound like the most enjoyable activity, but there's no surer mark of a fabulous traveling story than getting lost first. Only then can you really get to know a new place intimately. So whether you find yourself trying to navigate the London Underground, or working your way through a winding street in Buenos Aires –– don't fret if you feel lost. Rather, embrace the opportunity for adventure.
Can flying be stressful, boring, tedious, difficult, and uncomfortable? Yes. Still, everyone always remembers their first flight. And it's impossible to replicate that feeling any other way.
Converse in a New Language
Even if you only learn enough to say hello and ask for directions to the bathroom, speaking another language with someone else is a thrill that many Americans miss out on. Don't revert to English just because you assume other people speak it. Try the native tongue first; don't worry about screwing up, either. Most people will appreciate the effort and your mistakes will only serve to endear you further to them.
Eat Actual Foreign Food
If you think that Chinese food in America actually tastes like actual food from China, you're in for some kind of awakening. Far too many travelers stick to the meals they're familiar with when visiting a new country. But nothing beats discovering a foreign delicacy that isn't available at a kiosk at the mall. Be willing to try new things –– especially foods –– on your next trip. You won't regret it.


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Gone are the days of relying on your buddy's baking and math skills when you're looking for a cannabis edible. Now that they're legal, you can take the guesswork out of cannabis edibles and make sure you're getting only the quantity you want.
Ready to explore the cannabis edibles landscape? Who knows? We might even learn something along the way.
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"Due to the economic situation they pulled the contract, which left me unemployed," said Sattaral El.
And now in just the last month, 11,000 more jobless Californians join him.
"What you are seeing is a lot of people getting back into the job hunt," said Jack Kyser, economic analyst for the Southern California Association of Governments.
Kyser says many of the newly unemployed are former census workers. Other government jobs are also gone.
The local breakdown: the unemployment rate for Los Angeles County is up from 12.4 percent to 12.6 percent.
Yet there are areas of growth: One is the motion picture industry. Another is in ports and trade.
"We've seen very, very strong growth in import activity," said Kyser.
That port activity also benefits the hard-hit Inland Empire. Unemployment is 15.3 percent in Riverside County, the same as last month.
In San Bernardino County, the unemployment rate is down from 14.8 to 14.2 percent.
Many containers are trucked to the Inland Empire for distribution.
Ventura County's rate declined slightly from last month, from 11.3 to 11.2 percent. It is helped by new cars arriving through Port Hueneme.
Who's doing better?
"Orange County is definitely in a recovery mode," said Kyser.
Because of the hospitality and travel industries, the jobless rate is down from 9.9 to 9.6 percent in Orange County.
For steady work look for jobs where there is investment in infrastructure. The Exposition Light Rail Line, for example.
"They're all union employees so they make good money," said one worker. Thirty dollars an hour plus benefits. The project will last through next summer.
As for Raajib Sattaral El's outlook?
"I have a wife and four children. That motivates me a great deal, so I am going to keep trying of course. There's no giving up," said Sattaral El.


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The Arborealists will stage their third exhibition at St Barbe Museum and Art gallery, Lymington, 23rd April – 4th June 2016, featuring new works by 35 artists. Each will show just one work to emphasise the diversity of art practice prevalent within the group – in terms of size, medium, style and philosophy. Continue reading "The Arborealists"
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Ivon Hitchens, Oak Tree in Purple Woods, Southampton City Art Gallery
In 2013 St Barbe Museum in Lymington organised an exhibition entitled Under the Greenwood: Picturing British Trees (accompanied by an impressive book published by Sansom). The exhibition was curated by Tim Craven of Southampton Art Gallery, himself a painter. Continue reading "Arboretum"


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Join us for a virtual discussion on the changing roles of Australia and the United States in the Indo-Pacific, led by Indo-Pacific expert and advisor, Erin Watson-Lynn.
This Diplomacy Delivered session will discuss the Australia-U.S. Alliance in the Indo-Pacific; what the Alliance is doing effectively to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific, how India is shaping the Indo-Pacific, and how the Australia-U.S. relationship will be sustained in the region into the future.
This session is also an opportunity to ask questions about pursuing a career in international relations and foreign policy, as well as learn about opportunities available for Australians to engage with the United States.
Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with Ms. Watson-Lynn during the Q&A session. You can email any questions for Ms. Watson-Lynn in advance to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The discussion will be facilitated online by the U.S. Embassy Canberra from 3.30-4.30pm AEST on Wednesday, April 29 via teleconferencing platform Webex.
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879: Brooke Bonham Miller and Josh Miller - Seeking Support from Spencer Fluhman and the Maxwell Institute in a Faith Crisis Pt. 3
This episode of Mormon Stories Podcast is an interview with Brooke Bonham Miller and Josh Miller about the difficulties they faced during their Mormon faith crisis. They also share a wonderful and challenging experience they had speaking privately with Dr. Spencer Fluhman (Head of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship) about their questions and doubts. This interview highlights Brooke and Josh's background in the LDS Church, what doubts they encountered, why they decided share their doubts with Dr. Fluhman, and their reactions to the answers he provided.
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Available in 3 colors, this chariot adds another level of creativity to Sphero. Let it carry cargo, turn it into the ultimate spy-bot by adding a phone to the custom carrier, snap on toy building bricks to design your own creation, or just battle friends in an all out chariot race.
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