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Attack on Titan
Kite posted a topic in Anime / Animation / Manga / ComicsThis new anime is awesome Setting One hundred years prior to the beginning of the story, giant humanoid creatures called Titans (巨人 Kyojin?) have forced humanity to devolve to a medieval level of technology and to retreat into a system of concentric Walls (ウォール Wōru?) known as Wall Maria (ウォール・マリア Wōru Maria?, outermost), Wall Rose (ウォール・ローゼ Wōru Rōze?, middle), and Wall Sina (ウォール・シーナ Wōru Shīna?, innermost). Inside these walls, humanity lived in peace for one hundred years. But in the beginning of the story, a sudden attack by a gigantic sixty-meter Titan and a smaller Titan covered in armor plates causes the outermost wall to be breached, forcing mankind to abandon the land between Walls Maria and Rose, leading to famine and turmoil. Little is known about the Titans, giant creatures that are usually between 3-15 meters tall with a few exceptions. The Titans attack and devour ordinary humans on sight instinctively, although apparently they do not need to feed to survive, as they do not prey on other animals, even with the absence of humans, surviving by absorbing sunlight. They have hard skin and regenerative abilities, and can only be killed by a deep incision on the base of the neck. This weakness led to the development of the 3-D Maneuver Gear (立体機動装置 Rittai Kidō Sōchi?), allowing humans to navigate quickly in a three-dimensional space to access the Titans' weak point. Though it allows great mobility to a skilled user, it carries a large risk of overtaxing the muscles, thus a special physical conditioning and sense of balance is necessary to master it What struck me is the easy the characters die, it is not glorius, it is not pretty, is is unkind and raw. the characters are scared, but some have the will to push on, others break, many die, it is such a good anime It has insane battles using high speed maneuvers using harpoon harnesses and swords here is the opening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKzum5xCGjQ
Halo Anime
Kite posted a topic in Anime / Animation / Manga / Comicshttp://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/25794/halo-legends-anime-series-announced.phtml Microsoft has announced it has teamed up with top Japanese anime studios to create a collection of original short films that it says will take the Halo franchise "to new frontiers". "Halo Legends" will bring the Halo franchise and its sci-fi saga to an entirely new medium, in the form of several original anime short films. The short stories will explore different times, themes and characters from the Halo universe and will be distributed globally by Warner Home Video with release and distribution plans to be revealed soon. In the meantime, Xbox 360 gamers can look out for previews on Xbox LIVE in the autumn with a new experience called "Halo Waypoint" due to bring Halo news, podcasts, trailers, screenshots and exclusive video footage.
Superman Vs Goku
Kite posted a topic in Movies, TV & Bookshttp://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/death-battle-goku-vs-superman The results speak for them selves, the stats they do are awesome
Almost Human
Kite posted a article in TVhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwxg534yAw Looks very good and high production for a tv series Judge Dredd meets iRobot Karl Urban + JJ Abrams = awesome cant wait The show will be predictable, solve murders each week, while the robot teaches the human what it means to be alive and how the human grows to trust the robot but this is one ill be following Also i am glad when film stars do TV shows as the quality is usually higher (24) but the worry is they don't like to be tied up for too long due to a film deal that pays way more for a lot less time
Almost Human
Kite posted a topic in Movies, TV & BooksLooks very good and high production for a tv series Judge Dredd meets iRobot Karl Urban + JJ Abrams = awesome cant wait The show will be predictable, solve murders each week, while the robot teaches the human what it means to be alive and how the human grows to trust the robot but this is one ill be following Also i am glad when film stars do TV shows as the quality is usually higher (24) but the worry is they don't like to be tied up for too long due to a film deal that pays way more for a lot less time Click here to view the article
Falling Skies
Kite replied to DeathscytheX's topic in Movies, TV & Bookscant finish s3, Something just feels off about the show, dont know what though..
Kite replied to DeathscytheX's topic in Movies, TV & BooksI think back is the better colour for what he is, Black is a colour associated with tactical squads / special divisions of law enforcement like SWAT. H now seems more cyborg then robot, which i think will be peoples biggest gripe Alex died, and was re-animated as a cyborg, more machine then man, and learnt humanity again this take seems to be more cyborg, that is essentially an augmented human, human feelings with a programmable body, Personally i don't think the film needed to be remade, but that doesn't mean it will suck,. it will be entertaining at least. I look forward to it, Back when robocop was made in the 80's people could barly fathom the idea of touch screen, 3d imagining or even flat screens. I am curious to the take of the future this film will have. Personally I think he should be more mobile, stronger faster and smarter. Why does he need 3 inch layers of steel to be bullet proof when new compounds of metal can be 5mm thick and more resistant, Less walking tank more walking arsenal.
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Trask Industries Sentinel Program
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in Movies, TV & BooksIf the sentinals are this height, most mutants with damage style powers should rolfstomp them Optic blast should take out a dozen or so in second
League of Legends player arrested for Facebook comment
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in News ColumnStupidity should be punished, but not 8 years of prison, (anal therapy) a fine 30 days jail seems more reasonable..
a modern anime with no fan service, just action and story,,,, rare
Who was Kaede?
Kite replied to Pchan's topic in Randomwas a she,
i think the animation does help it, I imaging it might be boring as a manga, but the anime is very well made
New Terminator Movie - Reboot
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in Movies, TV & BooksI think people would be rooting for the terminator,
Your Zombie Apocalypse Plan?
Kite posted a topic in RandomImagine your self in Ricks position, You wake up 30 days after the world went to hell, Main goal is survival for you and any survivors you find I personally would seek shelter, but IMO you dont want to have your back to a wall or be too exposed where you can get flanked, Zombies are not fast or sneakey, but can easily swarm you in crazy numbers, My plan would be head for the coast Sea air should increase decomposition of the zombies, if they decompose to the point of ligaments rotting they wont be mobile anymore, and significantly weaker to blows from blunt objects Also while on land keeping on beaches will benefit in that the ocean can disguise noise and strong sea smell might cover the scent of fresh meat, and worst case scenario, swim out 30 ft and the zombies will loose you. My main goal would be Finding a medium to large yacht and anchoring like 200ft off shore so i would be a save heaven to rest. eat and most of all sleep Using a boat it will be easy to travel up and down the coast looking for supplies, many beach houses will be stocked with supplies and rich people will have plenty of spare boats if you need a bigger one or more fuel. Fish!! endless supply of food, assuming you are alone or a small group, a couple hours a day fishing will take care of hunger, During winter you can sail south for more ideal climates, Places in the Caribbean will have coconuts growing near the sea so you wont have to venture in land too much, Lastly raiding coast guard ships / bases will get you guns and ammo. Anyone have a Zombie apocalypse plan?
Kite posted a topic in Movies, TV & Bookshttp://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/177283-photos-from-the-set-of-birdman-starring-michael-keaton It could be good if done right, it is ment to be a dark comedy, Either ay, I though Michael Keaton was too old personally for the role. This post has been promoted to an article
Game of Thrones
Kite replied to gokuDX7's topic in Movies, TV & Booksfor that episode this sprung to mind
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in Movies, TV & BooksOnce upon a time was surprisingly good show It has all the fariy tails we know, but each has a spin,
Playstation 4 Will Have 50% More Raw Graphical Power Than Xbox One
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in Gameshttp://i.minus.com/iBzvb2JSpQNRM.gif Gif explaining xbox1
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD First Promo
Kite replied to Sledgstone's topic in Movies, TV & BooksI always saw shield as more military then how this show seems to be moving towards the stars all look like models who wear skinny jeans and designer hair cuts apart from coulson who for some reason was retconned to be alive and nick fury will be suprisingly absent also will super heroes cameo, Or will it be c list heroes at best like iron fist...
Kite replied to Pchan's topic in Movies, TV & BooksThis is just a bit unbelievable Seems like every crime is a Vesen, and every time he is surprised it is a vesen... Also not much seems to happen in Grimm overall, It is very much a monster of the week show at the moment, with a weak overall story Supernatural had a few bad seasons, but still going very well, Supernatural has the brothers always travelling, they go to the crazy, Grimm just seems too centralised, also they need to explore Grimms more, are there more then 1 family of grimms, could there be a few dozen, maybe have him leave portland for a few ep's to go vesen hunting for some reason... Sup's problem us 65% of every season is filler and the overall arc story is awesome, but too few ep;s focus on it. grimm is still young, so i hope they pick up the pace and scope
Sleepy Hollow (TV show)
Kite replied to Pchan's topic in Movies, TV & Booksi was going to skip this, but that trailer looks great I wonder is the horseman will be the series bad or will it be monster of the week routine a bit like grimm / supernatural


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Yes, another article on burnout, but I like the inclusion (in the magazine version of this article) of pithy bullet-point advice on how a manager can prevent burnout on his or her team. Example: "Advocate for the resources your team needs to perform." Or, "Share what you're learning and how you're doing it." This is a quick read by a management coach.
Source: Valcour, M. (2016, Nov.). Managing yourself: Beating burnout. Harvard Business Review, 94(11), 98-101. Click here: https://hbr.org/2016/11/beating-burnout Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Aug. 15 — More and more deal documents relating to the acquisition of private companies are including attorney-client privilege assignment clauses, attorneys told Bloomberg BNA.
These relatively new clauses seek to assign the attorney-client privilege relating to deal negotiations to shareholders of the target companies or their representatives. The provisions are important to ensure that the shareholders retain their right to privileged communications after the deal closes.
It isn't so much of an issue when public companies are acquired because their shareholders are unlikely to be sued over the purchase.
Disclosure of the communications occurring during the deal "can obviously have a dramatic impact on post-closing indemnification claims and other post-closing disputes" between the buyer and the seller, Jonathan Corsico, a Washington-based partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, told Bloomberg BNA in an e-mail.
Parties that fail to resolve this issue in their merger agreements can end up with "counter-intuitive results," he said.
However, while a growing number of private-company deals are including such provisions, there appears to be no consensus as to how they should be drafted, according to a recent white paper by SRS Acquiom, which provides services for shareholders in private merger and acquisition deals.
As of Aug. 15, buyers this year have completed at least 155 acquisitions of private companies valued at over $500 million, according to data compiled through Bloomberg Law: Corporate Transactions' Deal Analytics. These include deals of more than $1 billion dollars, including Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of Vogue International for $3.3 billion, and Sysco Corp.'s acquisition of Brake Bros. Ltd for $3.1 billion.
This indicates that the need to address the post-closing status of the target's attorney-client privilege is not just a problem for private equity funds and smaller acquirers, but is playing a role in the negotiation of major transactions.
Sellers of private companies started to push for attorney-client privilege assignment provisions in deal documents after a 2013 Delaware Chancery Court ruling— Great Hill Equity Partners IV LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I LLP, 2013 BL 316872.
In that decision, the court held that absent a contractual provision that states otherwise, the privilege over the seller's pre-merger communications, including those related to the deal negotiations, are transferred to the surviving corporation.
SRS Acquiom, which analyzed over 50 transactions that closed after the Great Hill decision, found that two-thirds of the merger agreements included attorney-client privilege provisions.
These provisions are becoming standard, said Scott Freeman, a New York-based partner at Sidley Austin LLP and co-leader of the firm's M&A and private equity group.
While it is the responsibility of the target company's counsel to ensure they are included, the buyer's attorneys are unlikely to fight such clauses, Freeman said. However, the buyer's counsel may seek to narrow the provision to ensure the privilege is retained only for deal-related advice, he said.
According to SRS Acquiom's research, agreements that addressed the privilege were divided on whether to assign it to the target company's shareholders as a group or their post-closing representatives. Thirty-nine percent assigned the right to a shareholder group, 34 percent assigned it to the shareholder group's post-closing representative, and 15 percent assigned it to the shareholder group and its representative.
The final 12 percent addressed the privilege but didn't assign it to a particular party.
Paul Koenig, co-chief executive officer of SRS Acquiom, told Bloomberg BNA that problems can arise when the privilege is assigned to the selling shareholders as a group. For one, it raises the question as to whether each shareholder has the right to waive the privilege for the entire group, he said.
Koenig also said that if the privilege is assigned to an individual, it may be better to assign the privilege to a shareholder representative or an outside investor to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
It is "certainly a deficiency" for a private-company acquisition agreement not to address the privilege issue, said Corsico, whose practice focuses on M&A deals. However, some agreements that address the matter do so in "language that is so confusing that it's not clear what has actually been agreed to."
Corsico suggested that when the parties are drafting and negotiating the provisions, they should specifically define what privileged communications are captured. Many agreements struggle with this part, he said. In addition, the parties should provide an easily understood rule as to how those privileged communications are to be handled post-closing.
The most basic construct is that all pre-closing privileged communications that relate to the transaction itself, such as negotiations between the buyer and seller, and the preparation of legal agreements for the deal, are to remain within the control of the seller before the deal closes, Corsico said.
Corsico also suggested that in less traditional situations, additional provisions may be appropriate. For example, if the seller is involved in major litigation partially involving the target company, the seller—by allowing the privilege to pass to the buyer—could end up having the buyer release privileged communications after the deal closes, which could be damaging to the litigation.
In such circumstances, the parties may want to agree that all privileged communications impinging on the lawsuit should require the consent of both the buyer and seller before it can be released, he said.
One topic that is often overlooked is how the parties should address privileged communications that inadvertently end up in the hands of the buyer, Corsico continued. He noted, for example, that it is very common that privileged e-mails are contained in the target company's servers, which become the buyer's property after the deal closes.
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Dr. Nancy Wei awarded Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Research Grant
Dr. Nancy Wei, an assistant professor at the International College at the University of Bridgeport, has been awarded a 2010 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Research Grant to support her research in Taiwan.
The grant was awarded by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. The nonprofit foundation was established in 1989 after a group of professors of Chinese descent at major American universities wrote a joint letter to Ching-kuo, the late president of the Republic of China, expressing their concern about the decline of Chinese-studies programs at overseas academic institutions.
Dr. Wei said the research grant enables her to travel to Taiwan in July to interview politicians and scholars about the impact of China's so-called Anti-Secession Law that was passed in 2005 and how it affects U.S.-China-Taiwan relations.
Dr. Wei's research was recently selected to appear in the Winter 2010 issue of the Yale Journal of International Affairs. Her article, "China's Anti-Secession Law and Hu Jintao's Taiwan Policy," was the result of research she conducted for many years.
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A customer has changed the location of the user profiles from a remote file server to the local Citrix Server due to a file server failure. After that the client would receive a 0C-0000003C error attempting to access one very large application or a small application with a lot of files. Rebooting the server would resolve the issue temporarily and we saw these events in the SFTlog.txt:
[07/30/2007 12:36:14.317 ???? ERR] {tid=649C:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
CVirtualRegistry HandleError 0x8 UploadReadOnlyBlock[07/30/2007 12:36:14.333 ???? ERR] {tid=649C:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
CSuite::InternalUpload failure 0xF00980C0000003C while uploading VirtualRegistry [07/30/2007 12:36:14.333 SWAP INF] {hap=951:app=SomeApplication
Elapsed time for upload: 0.594 seconds [07/30/2007 12:36:15.317 SWAP INF] {hap=94F:app=BOPS 6:tid=6444:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
Elapsed time for launch: 4.031 seconds [07/30/2007 12:36:19.270 SWAP INF] {hap=94E:app=BOPS 6:tid=6450:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
Elapsed time for launch: 7.953 seconds [07/30/2007 12:36:20.411 TRAY ERR] {tid=38B8:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
The SoftGrid Client could not launch <SomeApplication>.An unexpected error occurred. Please report the following error code to your System Administrator.
Error code: 41112E-0F00980C-0000003C [07/30/2007 12:37:13.504 SWAP INF] {hap=7BA:app=NEWTLOG
App shut down [07/30/2007 12:37:15.848 SWAP INF] {hap=5A6:app=BOPS 6:tid=3D60:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
App shut down [07/30/2007 12:37:22.832 SWAP INF] {hap=5A5:app=ADP 1
App shut down[07/30/2007 12:37:50.050 SWAP INF] {hap=952:app=Excel TS:tid=4E14:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
Elapsed time for upload: 0.453 seconds [07/30/2007 12:37:50.972 OSDF INF] {hap=952:app=Excel TS:tid=4E14:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
Elapsed time for synchronous pre-launch script
\\xxxxxxxxxx\tsprof\REDIRE~1\acampagn\APPLIC~1\SOFTGR~1\FileName.bat: 0.922 seconds [07/30/2007 12:37:54.644 SWAP INF] {hap=952:app=Excel TS:tid=4E14:usr=xxxxxxxxxx}
Elapsed time for launch: 5.750 seconds [07/30/2007 12:38:21.643 ???? ERR] {tid=1FBC:usr=SomeUser}
CVirtualRegistry HandleError 0x8 UploadReadOnlyBlock
0x8 is the key here 0x8 = Not enough storage is available to process this command.
(net helpmsg 8)
You may also find the following event in the event log:
Type: Error
Date: 26.07.2007
Time: 16:04:36
Event: 333
Source: Application Popup
Category: None
Computer: <computerName)
Event Msg: An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably. The Registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the Registry.
Resolution: This issue turned out to be caused due to Page Pool memory starvation or fragmentation. Sometimes the fix for this kind of issue can be as simple as upgrading the SoftGrid client to 4.1 or higher. Due to some changes we made in version 4.1x these errors are much less common. Of course if you cannot upgrade your client or if you're already at 4.1x then your next step would be to try implementing the changes in following KB article:
Server is unable to allocate memory from the system paged pool – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362
Just be sure you back up any registry keys before making a change, just in case. Oh, and I suppose you could always increase the reboot cycle of the the affected server (more than a couple have gone this route) but all that's really doing is masking the problem so keep that in mind.
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posted on 12-15-09 at 07:21 PM
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New computer build
Just thought i would post my new Christmas build I am waiting on.
Have just gotten my CPU and RAM, now waiting for motherboard and cpu Cooler to come in later this week (hopefully)
(in case the IMG dont work)
Originally i did not get the motherboard i wanted.
I have been waiting for the computer market to go down over December,
and i seemed to have purchased all my gear, when all prices where at an all time low.
Just the next day, the cpu and mems had gone up, and have now gone up 3 times.
So my parts are already worth 4-5 euros more total yay!
So they all ran out of Gigabytes GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
Which i mostly favored for the excess SATA3Gb/USB2 ports, plus dual gigabit Ethernet.
It was one of the better motherboards out there in performance as well.
But i had to settle on a Crosshair III Formula.
Which is also a very nice card, for the same price.
Lacks the dual Ethernet, and only have 5 SATA ports and one eSATA.
Does however come with the add on sound card X-Fi, that has noise reduction and HD sound acceleration etc.
And something I am extra happy for, as is the purpose of this build.
A little monitor that reports temps,errors, and ability to clock on the fly from it.
Which will come in handy as im looking forward to seeing how far i can take my new shiny
Phenom II 965BE (C3 stepping 125W model of course) with a pair of Kingston DDR3 1600Mhz 1.65V CL8 (2x2Gb)
Reaching 4Ghz on air alone on this one seems to be easy.
With an average OC of 5025Mhz, from its stock 3.4Ghz (info taken from HWBot.org)
So a grand total of 16,000Mhz sounds very awesome, as i remember my old 12Mhz 286 back in the day, that i
played Commander Keen on.
Will try to see the maximum Clock for this particular chip, hoping to reach at least 4.2Ghz before any
uncontrollable temperature increase.
I will go with the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Rev.C for cooling, and hoping it will be enough.
I bought it after reading alot of reviews, and i managed to find it here in the stores, and im always trying
to make my computer as silent as possible.
Other specs for the machine is my older parts:
Club3D 4870 1Gb (830/960Mhz)
1Tb Samsung F3 hard drive (HD103SJ)
So far i managed to get the CPU,RAM and motherboard for 380
Will be exited when i get to play with it all, Christmas will come a bit early.
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sounds like a good xmas indeed
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Hehe yeah, slowly getting there.
Just got the cpu cooler, but motherboard is still missing, should have arrived last week.
Tiny bit of a problem with the cpu cooler, its way to big for my case (160mm)
So I am going to have to do some changes to the case, so it will stick out trough a hole on the side.
Before i probably purchase a new case (Thinking the cheap good Antec 300)
Thing is huge!
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After Christmas Continuation ( yeah we celebrate on 24th :)
So finally got the motherboard, so i could start the assembly.
Even the box for the card was impressively overkill.
Like a tiny display monter.
Came with 5 sata cables and the various i/o ports.
And the SupremeFx X-Fi sound card.
Now carefully unboxing the cpu, and putting it all in place.
Read on the net, how the new cpu might not yet be supported by the motherboard.
So did not think i would get it up running.
But cpu in place and now for the new cooler, the massive cooler.
Changing out the back plate to the one that came with the cooler was needed, as it was 2mm higher.
Made the whole motherboard get crooked, as i tightened the screws too tight on the original back plate. Whoops
But got it all in place, and its actually not as heavy as i thought it would be.
Motherboard will have no problem holding it up.
Then all into the case, and the cooler stands out about 2Cm to the side too much. Will just leave it like this for now.
Now for the nervous moment of pressing the start button.
Never had a computer boot up properly without some kind of problem after assembly.
It all lights up with tons of LEDs and no error beeps so far.
As quiet as my old parts id say.
To my surprise:
It booted, with no error,fuck yes.
Its a first for me, so now for some clocking.
It started getting unstable closer to 4Ghz, upped the voltage but it had no effect. Might be the HT link that needs some more juice.
But I haven't studied all the settings in the bios yet, so will tackle it later.
Will settle for 3856.4Mhz per core for now.
The cooler seems to be working fine tough, the cpu temp didn't even budge even with higher voltage. NB SB got a bit hot tough, up in 55C.
But with the case open i don't get the best airflow.
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The Luxury ocean going liner, Celebrity Eclipse, docked in Southampton yesterday, back from a mercy mission to pick up 2,000 Costa-loving plebs from Bilbao.
Who had been left stranded by that volcano. You know the one.
Anyway, not surprisingly, the rescue, designed as a goodwill gesture to aid stranded travellers, did not quite pass off without incident.
One crew member complained that the people the ship had rescued were certainly not the calibre of people which one might expect to find on a cruise ship.
Some reports alleged that the ship had run out of lager on the trip back, and that the crew had become frustrated by the constant demand for full English breakfasts, egg sandwiches, bacon rolls, fish and chips and doner kebabs.
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What has The MLA Water Level Task Force (WLTF) been up to since the flood and ice of April 2016?
The WLTF has embarked on a number of different Initiatives in the last 6 months.
- WLTF had been in direct contact with its members, local associations and political leaders.
- Meetings were organized and completed with Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry (MNRF) representative's locally in Parry Sound / Muskoka District and at Queens Park through the Ministers' office and Chief of Staff. The WLTF also met with Tony Clement and Norm Miller, our Muskoka region MP and MPP respectively.
- In the 3rd week of April, a highly successful survey was sent out asking for conditions of shorefront, docks and boat houses. We had well over 1000 responses, with solid information on location and estimated damage amounts across the region. The District of Muskoka worked with the MLA to produce a series of maps of the damages.
- Currently we are putting together a presentation to The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. We hope to have support of Lake Associations and major Muskoka organizations to give credibility to our request for re-examination of The Spring Freshet contributing factors.
- We met with hydrologists in Haliburton. The Coalition for Equitable Water Flow (CEWF) were very forthcoming and supportive. One of the take away from this meeting was that the CEWF is successful because they reached out to 30 associations therefore have representation of the entire watershed.
- We are resilient in our Queens Park MNRF initiatives, however, with a Minister change from the Premiers summer cabinet shuffle, we have been challenged! A connection with the new Chief of Staff has been established, and we are optimistic about more collaborative activity with MNRF.
- The WLTF will not cease from its campaign of relationship building with the local MNRF at all levels. We are confident that this attitude will assist us in being involved in helping develop the new Muskoka Watershed Management Plan and short term actions to more effectively manage the spring water levels.
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This Great Dane is making it very clear that he's not at all happy about all the attention his canine counterpart is receiving from the family.
In a video uploaded to YouTube by the dogs' owner Ron Cameron, Dinky is obviously feeling left out as his brother RoRo is being lavished with affection.
Dinky grumbles as he's told he's "tired and crabby" and to sit back on the couch.
But not content with being confined to the sofa, Dinky pushes his luck as he edges closer and closer to his owner's chair for his share of the stroking.
The pampered pooch is heard growling and whining as he tries desperately to win back owner Ron's affection.
At the end of his childlike tantrum the dog flops onto the couch, exasperated as his efforts fall on deaf ears.
Trying out a different tactic, Dinky begins to ignore his owner and stares steadfastly ahead into the distance to prove how unhappy he feels.
In a last ditch attempt, he even throws a pleading look to his 'mum' as she films the poor pooch's desperate pleas for attention.
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Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv qualified for the finals of the Israeli State Cup after rallying in the fourth quarter to edge Maccabi Ashdod 76-73 at Menora Mivtachim Arena on Monday night. Maccabi will have a chance to defend its Cup crown and go for its ninth consecutive Israeli Cup title against Hapoel Holon on Thursday. In the first semifinal clash, Maccabi Tel Aviv trailed for most of the night, and fell behind 53-61 with eight minutes to go. Sek Henry's layup gave Ashdod a 57-65 advantage two minutes later and forced a Maccabi Tel Aviv timeout, but what followed was 12-0 run during which Jake Cohen had a three-point play, and John DiBartolomeo a triple to help make it 69-65. Resilient Ashdod did not go away, however, after Norris Cole and Cameron Long traded three-pointers in the final minute, to make it 72-71, Pierre Jackson hit from downtown and drew a foul, with 12 seconds remaining, helping Maccabi Tel Aviv to hold on. DiBartolomeo paced the winners with 18 points and 4 assists, while Cohen finished with 13 points. andMichael Roll had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in victory. Alex Chubrovich amassed 18 points plus 18 rebounds for Ashdod.
In the second semifinal game, Holon beat Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 67-76 in a game of runs. Jerusalem used an 11-0 run late in the second quarter to lead 37-36 at halftime, but Holon finished the third quarter with a 4-18 spurt to take a 48-56 lead and scored the first 8 points of the fourth quarter to open a 16-point margin, which it protected the rest of the way. Glen Rice Jr. paced the winner with 23 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, while Calin Lukas scored 18 points for Jerusalem.


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2. 2 pinches of salt
3. 1 tablespoon of black beans
4. 1/3 of 1 avocado
5. 1 tablespoon of cheddar cheese
6. 1 tablespoon of salsa
7. 1 whole wheat tortilla
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2. On a medium to high heat place the eggs in the water.
3. Cook for about 5-7 minutes occasionally stirring the top when foam arises. Cover the top with a lid in between stirring.
4. Once eggs look formed and the whites form into a solid, take out with a spatula.
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Afghan forces claim victory in major Taliban battle
Afghan security forces on Saturday claimed victory against a Taliban offensive in the country's volatile Helmand province after days of fighting seen as a test for the country's security forces as NATO-led troops pull out.world Updated: Jun 28, 2014 22:44 IST
Afghan security forces on Saturday claimed victory against a Taliban offensive in the country's volatile Helmand province after days of fighting seen as a test for the country's security forces as NATO-led troops pull out.
The Taliban's onslaught in Helmand began on June 19 when at least 800 fighters launched the offensive centred in Sangin district, a hotbed of opium production and intense fighting during the 13-year insurgency.
"The Taliban offensive has been beaten back, their plan to gain territory and capture districts have totally been foiled. Some 260 of the terrorists have been killed", Afghanistan's interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told AFP.
Sediqqi also said that 28 Afghan forces were killed in the fighting.
The Taliban's drive into Helmand province is seen as the biggest test of Afghan security forces so far in the current summer "fighting season" and comes as the government is locked in a stalemate over the presidential election.
Government forces had started a push to retake the areas they had lost in the early days of the offensive, Seddiqi said, but their progress had been "slow" as the areas that the Taliban had been pushed out of were "heavily mined".
"Just yesterday police defused 60 landmines in Sangin district," Sediqqi said.
A high-ranking Afghan army corps officer in Helmand said earlier in the day that the insurgents had also been beaten back in three other districts - Kajaki, Nawzad and Musa Qala - which they had attacked at the beginning of their offensive.
A Taliban spokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi, rejected the claim made by the government, saying that fighting was still ongoing in Sangin.
"Our mujahideen have attacked several security checkpoints in Sangin district," Ahmadi told AFP.
The battle in Helmand comes as NATO's combat mission winds down by the end of this year, and Afghanistan's army and police are fighting against the Taliban with decreasing support from the US-led military coalition.
The clashes in Helmand have also raised fears of instability as Afghan politics is stuck in a stalemate over the ongoing election vote count, with presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah alleging massive fraud by his rival Ashraf Ghani.
On Wednesday UN special envoy for Afghanistan Jan Kubis warned of "rising tensions following the second round (of elections), including increasing ethnic overtones".
A contested election result "might lead to protracted confrontation with a danger of a slide into violence", he added
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Owning an antique, whether it be a piece of jewelry, a vintage automobile or a dining table from the early 19th century, is a rewarding and fulfilling proposition. Pride of ownership is apparent in most people lucky enough to possess such treasures, and that pride is displayed as often as the piece.
Owning a piece of the past, however, is often an expensive proposition—even a luxury in some cases—and most of us cannot afford to own something of significant size or extreme value if it does not contribute something concrete to our lives; something more substantial than the esoteric "feel good" things we often associate with the ownership of antiques. This is especially true of older and antique furniture.
Furniture in its barest form is functional sculpture. The key word here is "functional." Furniture is made for a specific purpose to fit in our daily lives. It may be no more than a box to put our clothes in or frame upon which to rest our frame at night. But whatever it is, it was first built to fill a physical need. The beauty and art must come later.
This is especially true when the piece of furniture is not a Federal Pembroke table from New York, ca 1800, worth many thousands of dollars, but is a second- or third-generation, machine-made, factory-produced, American Empire drop-leaf lamp table, circa 1900, worth only a few hundred dollars at best. You may really like the dark rich mahogany veneer on the lamp table and admire the solid feel of the thick brass lock in the top drawer, but that broken base that makes the whole table tipsy is starting to bother you, not to mention putting the $500 lamp in jeopardy.
And as nice as the lamp table is,, and as much as you admire the style and historic references incorporated into it (Duncan Phyfe, Honore' Lannuier et. al.), you can acquire a brand-new, very nice looking and most important of all—stable—new lamp table at the mall for about what you paid for the Empire piece, or less. In other words, the Empire piece is no longer fulfilling its prime function: that of providing a stable platform and is being tolerated merely for its form.
Don't do it! If you like the lamp table, for whatever reason, invest in getting the old one properly repaired—for less than the cost of the new table—but get it done before you break both the table and the lamp beyond repair. If you don't want to invest more money in the old piece then sell it, at a bargain, to someone who will. They aren't making those old tables anymore and when they are broken beyond repair that's one less there will ever be.
The same especially holds true for chests of drawers. Most of us confront a chest at least once daily to retrieve clothes and other personal items. Is it one of those transparent events in your life that you barely notice, or is it a struggle to be dreaded with drawers that are either stuck shut or falling out? Older chests are notorious for recalcitrant drawers, and drawers that have problems like this are creating other problems for the older or antique chest. Prominent among the secondary problems is the chipping of veneer on the lower rail, the horizontal piece below the drawer.
Also, if the drawer sides are worn and allow the front of the drawer to hit the rail each time it closes, it damages the veneer or at least the finish on the rail. It probably is also wearing a notch in the rail at the corners. Tugging at stuck drawers eventually will weaken the case structure and will cause the pull or hardware to break sooner or later. Don't continue to frustrate yourself and cause further harm to the chest. If you like the piece, have it repaired so that it is functional as well as old and pretty. Be aware that drawer repair is often a difficult job and usually requires some work inside the case. It may be expensive, but a good professional repair will add many decades to the life of the piece and increase the quality of your daily life.
Older beds are notorious for being less than stable sleeping platforms. If your antique bed wakes you at night with its squeaks and groans, get some help before it dumps you on the floor. Most truly old beds are assembled with some type of bolt arrangement and the fix may be as simple as tightening the hardware. Twentieth-century beds with hooks, rather than bolts, are harder to repair but it can be done. The most important item of bed care is not to attempt to move a bed ANY distance at all—even just two inches—with just one person. It takes two no matter how strong you are because you can't drag a bed. It must be carried. A bed frame is built to withstand downward pressure, not lateral pull. But whatever it takes, either fix it or get rid of it!
The last category of chronic disrepair is chairs. Probably more than 50 percent of all older and antique chairs that you will ever see are loose and in need of repair; most of them not for the first time. Virtually all chairs that have legs entering the seat bottom, especially Windsors, are loose somewhere, as are most turn-of-the-century oak press backs. The longer you wait to have them repaired the less likely you are of getting a good repair. Eventually, they are not worth the cost of making the broken pieces from scratch or not repairable at all.
Upholstered chairs and sofas are almost as bad. When a spring goes or webbing starts to poke out the bottom, its way past time to visit an upholstery shop. Continued use with broken springs and rotten webbing places undue strain on the frame of the chair and the longer you wait to fix the upholstery the more likely you will need to fix the frame too.
In other words, make your antiques work for you and pay their way as functional pieces. It usually costs less to repair an antique than it does to buy a new piece, and the satisfaction of owning an older piece that actually functions well generally exceeds the cost of repair.
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|June 24, 1924
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The New York Daily Mirror was an American morning tabloid newspaper first published on June 24, 1924, in New York City by the William Randolph Hearst organization as a contrast to their mainstream broadsheets, the Evening Journal and New York American, later consolidated into the New York Journal American. It was created to compete with the New York Daily News which was then a sensationalist tabloid and the most widely circulated newspaper in the United States. Hearst preferred the broadsheet format and sold the Mirror to an associate in 1928, only to buy it back in 1932.
Early on, several bright young writers and photographic journalists joined the Daily Mirror, such as Ring Lardner, Jr., Hy Peskin and the political commentator Drew Pearson.[1] The poet-songwriter Nick Kenny was the paper's radio editor, and Edward Zeltner contributed a column. The gossip columnist Walter Winchell was hired away from the New York Evening Graphic, given his own radio show and syndicated, in his prime—the 1940s and early 1950s—in more than 2000 daily papers. In 1927, the paper devoted substantial resources to the exploitation of scandal with repeated stories on such events as the divorce trial of real estate tycoon Edward West "Daddy" Browning who at age 51 had married 16-year-old Frances Belle "Peaches" Heenan. Management of the Mirror estimated that its content was 10% news and 90% entertainment.
By the 1930s, the Daily Mirror was one of the Hearst Corporation's largest papers in terms of circulation. However, the paper never became a significantly profitable property as its earnings were mostly destined to support the company's faltering afternoon papers, and in its later years it declined substantially despite numerous efforts to turn things around.
Despite having the second-highest daily circulation of an American newspaper at the time, the Daily Mirror closed on October 16, 1963, after the 114-day 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike.[1] The Daily Mirror name rights were at that point acquired by its rival the Daily News.[2]
On January 4, 1971, publisher Robert W. Farrell revived the New York Daily Mirror in name only, as a tabloid, published in Long Island City, Queens. Operating on a shoestring budget,[2] the paper faced obstruction from the Daily News[3] (from whom it had acquired the Daily Mirror name rights after the Daily News let them lapse).[2] This new iteration of the Daily Mirror ceased publication on February 28, 1972.
In popular culture[edit]
- "New York Mirror" is posted on the door through which Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) leaves after an interview at the end of the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada.
- Sportswriter and columnist Max Mercy (played by Robert Duvall) wrote for the New York Daily Mirror in the 1984 film The Natural.
- The alternate history novel Sideslip, by Ted White and Dave van Arnam, depicts an alternate reality where Earth is ruled by extraterrestrials and the New York Daily Mirror continues publication into 1968.
- In the 1972 film The Godfather, characters Michael Corleone and Kay Adams find out that Vito Corleone has been shot from a copy of the New York Daily Mirror at a newsstand.
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- ^ a b Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 107.
- ^ a b c Pricci, John. "Truth Can be Overrated," Horserace Insider. (June 1, 2011). Accessed Sept. 20, 2011.
- ^ "533 F.2d 53: Daily Mirror, Inc., Plaintiff-appellant, v. New York News, Inc., et al., Defendants-appellees; United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. - 533 F.2d 53", Justia. Accessed Sept. 20, 2011.


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I've been busy doing a little scrapbooking this past week. Why is it that every time I get busy with a project (especially scrapbooking!) it looks like a tornado went through my studio!?
I swear....every flat surface is covered with a pile of supplies. Because I just have to pull out everything that could possibly work on my pages, and then decide nope, don't need that! I even had to drag in an extra table for my DSP!
Look at my messy desk...I end up with just enough space to barely work. Then I spend way too much of my precious stampin' time searching for things that I misplaced. It drives me nuts! Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this! OK...rant over, and my space has been cleaned, so time to share my page.
I had a "special reason" in mind when I purchased the Special Reason Bundle...creating some pages featuring our new grand daughter. I decided to use one of my favorite photos I took of her during our first official photo shoot for my first page. She was wearing a little purple headband...so I wanted to use purple on my layout...off to a good start!
I thought so...until I searched through stacks and stacks of beautiful paper (part of the reason for mess!) looking for the perfect print to use with the photo...only to realize I'm seriously lacking in DSP featuring a shade of purple anywhere near close to the headband! How could that be? Purple is one of my favorite colors, and I have enough pretty patterned paper to open a scrapbook store! (Don't tell my husband!) So I decided I needed to make my own Designer Series Paper.
Right now the closest shade that Stampin' Up! carries to the headband is Wisteria Wonder. I like the way it looks with Sahara Sand...which is featured in the lace printed paper from the Falling In Love pack, so I went with those two colors for this page.
In addition to the Special Reason stamp set I used Timeless Textures, Gorgous Grunge and Jar of Love (tiny flower and leaves) to create my own patterned paper. The tiny flower from Jar of Love is a smooth, solid image so I used the kissing technique with the burlap image in Timeless Textures to add some texture so they better coordinated with the flowers in the Special Reason stamp set. I die cut some of the leaves from the Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper that was available during SAB to add a little sparkle. I love that this set has a stamp and framelits to create layered labels, used here to record her name & age.
I used the retired Pennent Punch to create part of the title. I stamped the word "sweet" using the retired Occasions Alphabet set and punched them out with 1/2" Circle Punch. I made the bow using Wisteria Wonder Seam Binding Ribbon. I miss having the seam binding ribbon in the catalog...sure glad I stocked up on that before it retired.
Speaking of retiring...today is the day we find out which items in the current catalog will be retiring. Even after so many years as a SU! demo, I still have a hard time saying goodbye to my favorites. That's why I end up keeping most of my old sets!


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Paris, June 13: Portugal's veteran defender Pepe believes they have everything needed to reach the Euro fil and win it.
They are scheduled to kick-off their opening group stage game against Iceland on Wednesday.
"We have everything we need to reach the fil and win it. It will be tough. Of course we know it will be very difficult, because there are other teams with lots of quality and even more experience than Portugal, as they've played in lots of fils," Pepe was quoted as saying by uefa.com. "But we're very ambitious and hungry like all the other teams ."
Portugal this time around have players in their squad who are coming into the tourment at the back of great domestic seasons and therefore Pepe also said they are high on confidence.
"We are high on confidence. A lot of our players have won trophies at club level. Myself and Roldo won the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and it's good to have this winning mentality in a squad," he said.
"We're 23 players who will each give our all to help Portugal win and we dream of lifting the UEFA Euro 2016 trophy."
"We have a mix of young and older players. I'm 33 but you never lose the ambition of wanting more, wanting to do more for Portuguese football," he said.
Coach Ferndo Santos has had a key role in bringing the squad together. He has also brought in a few new faces which has helped boost an otherwise ageing team.
"We are confident and the team spirit is very good. I think all the players here have the ability to play, which is excellent.
"The coach picked young, ambitious players. We, the more experienced players, have the same will to win. We have a good healthy mix, with a lot of competitiveness within our squad, which can only help." IANS


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A recent Microsoft (news, site) update shows Office workers at play on the forthcoming Windows phones.
Want to Work on the Go?
As the race for Enterprise 2.0-capable phones hots up, users want to see how they can work and collaborate. We've seen a few words and pictures appearing from people who've been playing with the forthcoming Windows Phone 7. Even users who have criticized Microsoft's past mobile mistakes seem keen on the device.
But, the best evidence, lacking actual phones to play with, is in the form of video so we can see exactly what's going on. This clip shows the on-screen keyboard, accessing (and locking) shared documents, collaboration and making notes.
Steve Clayton, one of Microsoft's cloud gurus, reckons its all a vast improvement on previous efforts and shows a level of usability unseen in earlier devices.The email video below shows smart Outlook and calendar integration, easy navigation between different categories of message and features like maps, all seamlessly navigated.
The phone range will cover three types of models released by new and current Microsoft phone partners, there will be a large screen touch phone to rival Apple and Android models, for the nimble fingered user, a slide out model with a keyboard at the bottom and, possibly, a budget candybar -- to make the series accessible to all budgets.
But the big sell for enterprise users will be MS Office compatibility, with SharePoint and OneNote. As the video shows, there is no real hopping between applications or jumping through hoops to work on or share information.
Prepare for Launch
We've seen very little about the range of phones since the initial announcement, and with Apple making a big noise about its enterprise-friendly update on 7 June, it now has to start pumping out some consistent information to build awareness and desire before launch.
If Microsoft can keep juggling the many demands of a slick interface, ease of use, good collaboration and security while maintaining access to enough features for workers to be productive, it could be onto a winner.
But with Apple boosting the iPhone's feature set and BlackBerry preparing a better business experience and with Android rapidly accelerating its feature set, the battle will be fierce.


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Welcome to the last day of our 6 Days of Summer Fun with the SUPERMOMS!
I hope you have learned something this week and maybe found a project or two to do with your kiddos this summer.
My final project is:
Upcycled Sand Toys
Upcycling is taking something that would otherwise be considered trash and turning it into something useful.
There are four main reasons that I love this project:
Thanks for joining for 6 Days of Summer Fun! I hope everyone has an awesome summer!
There are four main reasons that I love this project:
1. It's basically free
2. It's good for the environment
3. If the kiddos lose or break it, no big deal!
4. Easy clean up and storage
So here is how to make your very own upcycled sand toys!
*First*, collect containers that you think would make great sand toys. I collected yogurt cups {my boys eat the kiddie yogurt so our sand toys have characters on them at not extra cost}, plastic juice bottles, and various small bowls. Clean out all the containers well. You could even try spray painting or decorating the containers if you wanted to. Ours were cute enough on their own, so we didn't paint them.
*Next*, you will need a net produce bag. Mine is from a small bag of lemons, but you could use the bigger ones that oranges come in. Use a piece of duct tape and cover the label of the produce bag. Use that space to write your child's name or to decorate the bag a little with a permanent marker.
*Last*, put all your new upcycled sand toys in the bag. Weave a piece of ribbon through a few of the holes in the produce bag and then tie up your bag with the ribbon. You can also tie the ribbon at the top so that it makes a handle.
When it is time to leave, clean up is SUPER easy. At the beach, place all your toys back in the bag and dip it a few times into the water. If you are playing at the sandbox, a good spray with the water hose will get rid of most of the sand.
Thanks for joining for 6 Days of Summer Fun! I hope everyone has an awesome summer!


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Publication date: October 3rd 2013
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
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Bookish college sophomore Sydney Baker wants Evan Taylor with every ounce of her being. The hottest stud on campus, Evan is six foot four, ripped, stacked with muscles. He's even easy to talk to.
There's just one problem: he's her roommate Melanie's boyfriend.
But when Melanie tragically dies after a night of wild partying, Sydney and Evan turn to each other in a time of intense grief. And it doesn't take long for their close friendship to blossom into something more.
Unfortunately for Sydney, secrets from the past soon put her relationship with Evan to the test. Especially when a sexy blonde freshman makes her way into Evan's life, and tries to rip away everything Sydney holds close to her heart.
Crashing Into You by B.D. Rowe
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book was a quick read. I did enjoy it, but it ultimately lacked the special something that would have made it great. The idea behind the plot was a good one - a college girl who has been personally affected by the horrible consequences of drinking and driving - but I felt like Sydney was so condescending and controlling of her friends that the intended message came across as preachy and judgemental instead of the real and moving cautionary tale it should have been.
Sydney (the female MC) was hard to like and it really wasn't surprising that she doesn't have many friends. Even her best gay friend, Lukas, gets fed up with her bossing him around and trying to dictate both his drinking and his love life. I mean, they are college students so it's understandable that Sydney's anti-drinking crusade is unpopular, no matter how smart it is.
Add into the mix that Sydney is in love with her roommate's boyfriend, and doesn't discourage him from making a move on her, and she's downright unlikeable.
Overall, the book was okay. I felt like Evan and Sydney's relationship was a little forced, and I wasn't completely on board with it. And it seemed a little far fetched that Sydney wouldn't have noticed something was wrong with Melanie for three days, finals or not. The whole thing with Michelle was a little crazy, and I didn't feel like there was enough explanation to really understand her motivations. The last big event was interesting, but really sad, and I think it did set up a second book nicely.
I'm not sure if I ended up being hooked in enough to the characters and story to pick up the next book, but I'm gonna add it to my TBR list just in case.
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B.D. Rowe is a Sacramento native with a penchant for crafting tales of romance, mystery, and intrigue. You can often find B.D. at the local coffee shop drinking white chocolate mochas and writing into the wee hours of the night. This is B.D.'s first New Adult novel.
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Yahoo confirmed that data from more than 500 million accounts was stolen after potential nation state hackers breached their network in 2014.
According to a press release, an investigation by Yahoo found that the attackers were able to obtain "certain user account information" that included everything from names to hashed passwords.
"A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor," the press release states. "The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers."
"The ongoing investigation suggests that stolen information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information; payment card data and bank account information are not stored in the system that the investigation has found to be affected. Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen and the investigation has found no evidence that the state-sponsored actor is currently in Yahoo's network."
Those with Yahoo accounts should take the following steps to protect their accounts:
Change Your Password
While changing your password may seem like obvious advice, there are several things to consider when doing so.
Firstly, make sure your password is long, complex and most importantly unique. Use letters, numbers and special characters. If your current Yahoo password is one you also use on other websites, you will need to change those too. If a hacker obtains your password, he will likely attempt to use it on other websites in order to access your online bank and social media accounts.
Use A Password Manager
Remembering long and unique passwords can be difficult. Obtaining a password manager – an encrypted database that allows you to create and store complex passwords – is a great way to increase the security of your online accounts.
Two popular password managers include KeePassX and 1Password.
Enable Two-Step Verification
If you are comfortable giving your cell phone number to Yahoo, enabling two-step-verification is a must for increasing the security of your account. Once enabled, Yahoo will text you a randomized code to enter online. This way, if any hacker does get ahold of your password, he will be unable to access your account without your cell phone.


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Virginia Stage Company to Present THE HONKY TONK ANGELS, 1/21-2/9
From the author of Always Patsy Cline comes a wild ride of a show guaranteed to make you stand up and cheer and dance in your seats! Virginia Stage Company invites all to join us for this raucous musical that will blow the roof off the Wells!
The Honky Tonk Angels, written by Ted Swindley and originally produced by The American Theater Company, KitTy Roberts, Producer, Tulsa, Oklahoma, follows three very different women all with the same passion and gift on their journey to Memphis and stardom. Laugh, cry and sing along with us in this new country musical featuring all your favorite songs, Delta Dawn, 9 to 5 and These Boots are Made for Walkin', just to name a few!
VSC will present this lively show, directed by Associate Artistic Director, Patrick Mullins, with a band on stage and a working bar in the theatre. Grab a drink and tap your toes to what is sure to be the most fun you've had at a live theater production!
The Honky Tonk Angels runs from January 21st through February 9th, 2014. Opening Night will be Friday, January 24th at 8 pm, and regular performances will run Tuesdays at 7:00pm and Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8:00pm. Matinee performances will be offered on Saturday afternoons at 4: 00pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00pm.
Each Friday stay after the show, for karaoke on stage with the cast, crew and staff. We will hold a post-show discussion on Sunday, January 26th after the 2pm matinee, where audience members will have the chance to participate in an open discussion with the director of the play.
Tickets for The Honky Tonk Angels range in price from $10.00 to $55.00. Tickets may be purchased online at www.vastage.com or by calling our Box Office at 757-627-1234. Group discounts are available by calling 757-627-6988 ext. 358.


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Hello everyone! It's Delphine here with some Copic inspiration and a simple airbrushed background. One of the reasons I LOVE my airbrush is, if you are like me and colour images first, it is perfect to make your own papers and have an exact colour match with your image. Here is my card...
I used the cute Ualani by Little Miss Muffet Stamps and coloured her with my Copics. I die cut her with an ovel die by My Favorite Things, then used my airbrush to add a bit of colour around my image. If you are careful, there is no need to mask your image to do so. For the background, I used a heart stencil by Kesi' Art and picked 4 Copic markers I used to colour my image. I then added a little wooden heart coloured with a red Copic.
Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 02, 11, 23, R20
Hair: E49, 53, 55, 59
Outfit: R81, 83, 85, V09, 12, 15, 17
Glasses: V09, 17, 15, Y26
Tulips: YG01, 03, 17, R32, 35, 37, 39, 89
Heart background: R35, 83, V15, 17
Image border: V01
That's all from me today! Have a lovely day! Hugs,