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:: Rooh it - Privacy Policy ::
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Unless otherwise defined in this Policy, terms used in this Policy have the same meanings as in our Roohit Terms of Service, accessible at
. As used in this Policy, the terms "using" and "processing" information include using cookies on a computer, subjecting the information to statistical or other analysis and using or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring information within our organization or among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.
In this Policy, we will refer to Roohit as "Roohit", "our", "us" or "we". We take your privacy seriously. We are providing this Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information on our Service. We also want to inform you about your choices regarding information. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know (see "How to contact us" section below). Note that this Policy may be modified from time to time in our sole discretion, so check back frequently. We will notify you of any changes to the Policy by posting a new Policy and updating the "last modified" date at the top of this page.
How we collect information
We collect information in three basic ways:
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to become a registered User of our Service, and when you use certain aspects of our Service (e.g., entering an email address on a form to send an email from your Roohit account).
We collect information when you register to join Roohit by logging into an account that you already have with certain third-party social networking sites ("SNS") (including, but not limited to, Facebook and Twitter) via our Service. For example, our Service allows you to create an account and login to the Service using your Facebook account credentials through Facebook Connect. If you are not currently registered as a User on the Service and you click on "Sign in Using Facebook", you will first be asked to enter your Facebook credentials and then be given the option to register and join Roohit.
When you browse or use our Service, technological tools including "Log Data" and "Cookies" collect certain information, as explained in the following section.
What information we collect and how we use it
Personal Information
When you register with us through the Service to become a registered User of Roohit, we will ask you for certain information about you that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include, but is not limited to, your name, gender, profile photo, free-form biography, location/hometown, website and email address. If you decide to create your User account by logging into a SNS via the Service, you are using the Personal Information you have already provided to the SNS (such as your "real" name, email address and other information you make publicly available via the SNS) to create your User account on our Service; the information we collect may depend on the privacy settings you have with the SNS, so please consult the SNS"s privacy and data practices. For example, by using Facebook Connect, you are allowing Roohit to access the Personal Information in your Facebook account pursuant to the Facebook Terms of Use regarding your use of the Service via Facebook. We use your Personal Information (in some cases, in conjunction with your "Non-Identifying Information," see below) to provide the Service to you. For example:
Account registration
We create your User account for your use of the Service based upon the Personal Information you provide.
We use your Personal Information to contact you with Roohit newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications or update your "preferences" information in your account settings. (See "Your choices regarding information," below.)
Customer service
We use your Personal Information to respond to your questions and/or inquiries.
Finding friends
You also have the option to import your personal contacts (including email addresses of friend lists via SNS) to the Service so that you can find your friends on the Service, and your friends can find you on the Service.
Emailing via a Roohit Account
As part of the Service, Roohit Users may communicate with other registered and non-registered Users through use of their Roohit accounts. Where Users have selected the option of adding one or more email addresses to an online form, the message they create in the corresponding template will be sent from Roohit to those email addresses on their behalf.
Non-Identifying Information
We also collect other information that you provide as part of registration, the operation, and personalization of your boards on Roohit that cannot reasonably be used to identify or contact you (e.g., without limitation, age and individual preferences) ("Non-Identifying Information"). Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers (for example, combining your zip code with your street address) in a way that enables you to be personally identified or contacted. But the same pieces of information are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or combined only with other Non-Identifying Information (for example, your viewing preferences). We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected from other Roohit Users to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Service and to analyze and understand how our Service is used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance to deliver a product to you according to your preferences or restrictions.
Mobile Software
Our Mobile Software allows Users to access and use the Service from their mobile devices. From the Mobile Software, you also have the option to identify the location of User Content that you wish to upload to our Service. In addition, in the event that our Mobile Software crashes on your mobile device, we will receive information about your mobile device model, software version and device carrier, which allows us to identify and fix bugs and otherwise improve the performance of our Mobile Software.
Log Data
When you visit the Service, whether as a registered User or a non-registered User just browsing, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as the browser type or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Service, pages of our Service that you visit, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Service, access times and dates, and other statistics. We use this information to monitor and analyze use of the Service and the Service"s technical administration, to increase our Service"s functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor our Service to our visitors" needs. For example, some of this information is collected so that when you visit the Service again, it will recognize you and the information could then be used to serve advertisements and other information appropriate to your interests. We also use this information to verify that visitors to the Service meet the criteria required to process their requests.
Like many online services, Roohit uses "cookies" on our Service to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer or mobile device"s hard disk. We use cookies for two purposes. First, we utilize "persistent" cookies to save your login information for future logins to the Service. Second, we utilize "session ID" cookies to enable certain features of the Service, to better understand how you interact with the Service and to monitor aggregate usage by Roohit Users and web traffic routing on the Service. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer when you log off from the Service and then close your browser.You can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of the Service. (See "Your choices regarding information," below.)
Sharing of your information
Roohit Users
When you register through the Service and submit Personal Information to create a profile or collection, other RoohIt Users will see your name. If you choose to provide additional Personal Information in your profile, RoohIt Users will see such additional Personal Information, including, but not limited to, your photo, location, website and biography. Providing additional Personal Information is voluntary and should correlate with the degree of interaction you want to have with RoohIt Users. We recommend that you guard and refrain from disclosing any information you consider sensitive and confidential.
Aggregate Information and Non-Identifying Information.
We may share aggregated information that does not include Personal Information and we may otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information and Log Data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other purposes. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services (e.g., maintenance services, database management, web analytics and improvement of the Service's features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Service are used. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Social Networking Sites
We may share the information in your RoohIt account (including your Personal Information) with the SNSs that you have linked to your RoohIt account. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only for this purpose (unless the SNS has received your Personal Information independently of the Service) and not for other purposes.
Facebook Connect and Twitter
We allow Users to link their Facebook and Twitter accounts to our Service. Users can then post recent activity on our Service back to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. You will be prompted to decide whether or not your activity on the Service will be shared and disclosed on your Facebook/Twitter service. You can disable the foregoing feature at any time by logging into your profile and selecting the option to disable Facebook Connect and/or Twitter. Further, you may be able to edit your privacy settings for the content that you post which appears on Facebook/Twitter by making selections in your "Edit Profile" settings via the Service.
Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement
RoohIt cooperates with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We can disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process including, but not limited to, subpoenas, to protect the property and rights of RoohIt or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity.
Business Transfers
RoohIt may sell, divest, transfer, assign, share or otherwise engage in a transaction that involves, some or all of our assets, including any or all of the information described in this Policy, in the course of a corporate divestiture, merger, acquisition, joint venture, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or any other similar transaction or proceeding.
Your choices regarding information. You have several choices regarding the use of information on our Service:
Email Communications
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive email communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications or update your "preferences" information in your account settings
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to accept cookies from our Service for any of the purposes described above, then you can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser"s technical information. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of the Service. If you have any questions about how to disable or modify cookies, please let us know at the contact information provided below.
De-Linking SNS
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to have your SNS account (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) linked to your RoohIt account, then you may de-link the SNS account in the "preferences" section in your account settings.
Changing or Deleting Your Information
All Users may review, update, correct, or delete the Personal Information in their User account (including any imported contacts) by contacting us or by editing their profile via the Service. If you completely delete all of your Personal Information, then your User account may become deactivated. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request. We may retain an archived copy of your records as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. (For more information on how to control your User Content on the RoohIt Service, including information regarding the use and storage of your User Content, please see the "Sharing Your Content" section in our Terms of Service.)
Links to other sites and services
Our Service contains links to other third-party websites and online services. If you choose to visit another website or online service by clicking on a link, you will be directed to that third party's website or online service. The fact that we may link to a website or online service is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites and online services, and these third parties may place their own cookies or other files on your computer and collect data or solicit Personal Information and Non-Identifying Information from you. Other sites and online services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and/or disclosure of Personal Information and Non-Identifying Information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites or online services you visit before providing any information or using such websites or services.
How we store and protect information
Information Security
We care about the security of your information. We use commercially reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of information collected and maintained through the Service. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us or guarantee that information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by unauthorized persons.
Identity theft and the practice currently known as "phishing" are of great concern to RoohIt. Safeguarding information to help protect you from identity theft is a top priority. We do not request your credit card information, login information, or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. For more information about phishing, visit the Federal Trade Commission"s website.
Breach Notification
We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of stored "personal data" (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on this Service in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.
International Transfer
Your information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, RoohIt transfers Personal Information to the United States and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Our policy towards children's information
This Service is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at email@example.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our files.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Policy or any of the practices described herein, please contact us at Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, or send us an email at email@example.com.


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Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;
Enjoyed no sooner but despisèd straight:
Past reason hunted; and no sooner had,
Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait,
On purpose laid to make the taker mad:
Mad in pursuit, and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on June 1, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.

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A Skull Symbolises A Way Of Embracing And Understanding Your Fate. While The Skull Acts As A Reminder Of Death, It Also Carries An Important Message.
Your Time Is Limited, So You Should Make The Most Of It. Seize Every Day You Have And Live Life To The Fullest. Skulls Can Also Symbolize The Power Of Life. Solid 10k/14k/18k Yellow Gold With Yellow Gold Rhodium Plating And White Simulated Diamonds.
10k Gold Is 416 Parts Per 1000 (41.6% Pure Gold And 58.4% Mixed Metals - Nickel Safe). 14k Gold Is 585 Parts Per 1000 (58.5% Pure Gold And 41.5% Mixed Metals - Nickel Safe). 18k Gold Is 750 Parts Per 1000 (75% Pure Gold And 25% Mixed Metals - Nickel Safe). These Are Not Natural Earthed Diamonds, Which Are Very Expensive.These Stones Are Made From Zirconium Dioxide That Boast Fine Colour, No Colour Mixing, And A Superb Cut, Which Result In A Beautiful Duplication Of Nature. These Are Not Carbon Stones. Stone Settings In Paves, Prongs, Bezels, Channels Or Invisible May Slightly Differ As The Stones On Items Are Set By A Jeweler By Hand. All Metal, Stone Measurements And Totals Are Approximated By Production Manufacturing Computers And May Differ Slightly On 0.001 Fraction Levels.
BENEFITS OF PURCHASING THIS FINE JEWELRY. All Our Jewelry Orders Made Are Nickel Safe. 10k/14k/18k Metal Stamp For Gold As Base Metal. It Will Be The Perfect Gift For That Special Person In Your Life. All Shop Orders Are Custom Made, So Please Allow 1-3 Weeks For Manufacture From The Day Of Order Placed.
Production Time Varies With Design & Item Type. Cancellation Or Modification Cannot Be Made Once Your Order Is In Progress (It Means Production Has Started). I Draw Every Jewelry And Design It As Per The Customer's Request To Ensure Each Piece Will Be Made Special And Personalize For You.
Finding Someone With The Same Preference As Yours Would Be Impossible. Production Time Is Usually Faster Than The Estimated Time. We Take Pride In All Our Products And We Make Sure Each Piece Is 100% Handmade. That Said Longer Processing Time Is Required. Customization Such As Change Of Stone Color Or Metal Plating Is Free Of Charge. Just Leave Us A Note Prior To Checkout. If You Need This Piece By A Specific Date, Please Leave Me A Note With Your Order.Depending On The Situation, Faster Processing May Be Possible. Mens Ring Sizes We Make Are US 6 To US 12 Or UK M To UK Y Or EU 51 To EU 68 (All Half And Quarter Sizes Including, Bigger Sizes Can Be Made On Special Request). Womens Ring Sizes We Make Are.
US 4 To US 10. UK H To UK U. EU 46 To EU 62.
(All Half And Quarter Sizes Including, Bigger Sizes Can Be Made On Special Request). Plating Such As Rose Gold, Yellow Gold, White Rhodium Or Gun-Metal Plating Is Expected To Fade But With Proper Care - It Would Last For A Long Time. All Our Silver Jewelry Is Rhodium-Plated, This Is A Standard Process Across The Industry.
Rhodium Plating Is What Maintains The Lustre And Sheen Of The Metal, It Also Protects The Metal Underneath. Plated Jewelry Wears Differently On Different People Due To The Natural Oils In Our Skin And Also How Well It's Looked After. We Recommend Extra Care For Any Jewelry.
Due To Variations In Monitor Displays And Digital Renders, Final Colors Of The Jewelry And Stones May Vary Slightly. All Sales Are Final For This Item. Payments Are Non Refundable Once Production Begins. For Incomplete Address Or Address Not Updated In The System We Are Not Liable For Any Return. If You Want To Custom A Ring, Earring, Pendant, Bracelet, Etc Please Share Your Idea Or Pictures With Us.
We Will Be Really Happy To Work With You And Can Be Made With Variety Of Natural Gemstones, CVD Diamonds, Moissanite Diamonds, Natural Diamonds At An Affordable Cost. Custom Engraving Service Is Also Available. Engraving - Specialized Characters, Dates, Names & Much More. We Offer Natural Gemstones Including Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Morganite, Peridot, Topaz, Aquamarine, Rose Quartz, And Tourmaline.
We Offer CVD Diamonds Which Are Variety Of Diamonds Produced Using Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). They Are Different From Natural Diamonds And High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Lab Grown Diamonds. CVD-Processed Stones First Made Their Way Onto The Fine Jewelry Scene About A Decade Ago And Are Growing In Popularity On The Online Jewelry Market. Yes, CVD Diamonds Are Real Diamonds.Although Grown In A Lab, CVD Diamonds Are Gem-Quality Diamonds That Have The Same Elemental Structure And The Same Physical, Chemical And Optical Properties As Their Natural Counterparts. In Addition, CVD Diamonds Are Polished And Cut The Same As Natural Diamonds So The Difference Between The Two Is Impossible To Spot To The Naked Eye. Moissanite Diamonds We Use Are D-F/VVS1 Clarity, Excellent Cut, And Ethically Sourced.
It Will Pass The Diamond Test. At Times It Could Be More Brilliant Than Diamond At A Fraction Of The Cost. Everyone Would Think You Spent A Fortune With These Stones. Our Moissanite Is Among The Hardest Minerals On Earth, More Durable Than Sapphire, Ruby, Or Emerald. They Have Refractive Indices Of 2.648 And 2.691, A Dispersion Of 0.104, A Hardness Of 9¼ On The Mohs Scale, And A Specific Gravity Of 3.22, Synthetic Moissanite Is Much Closer To Diamond In Overall Appearance And Heft Than Any Previous Diamond Imitation. Will Be Certified By IGI, GIA, DGLA or IGLA. Diamonds Will Be Guaranteed And Certified. Will Come With An Authenticity Certificate If Needed.This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Fine Jewelry\Rings". The seller is "dfine-jewelry" and is located in this country: IN. This item can be shipped worldwide.


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Good Morning all!
It's Valou here for the first time, here, at "Moving Along With The Time".
Thank you to everyone that entered at our challenge last week - all your beautiful creations were lovely! Please scroll down to see if you were one of our lucky winners.
So without further ado its on to this weeks challenge
which I chose as "Sketch"!
We are lucky enough to be sponsored by Stamp Fairy.
The prize is a voucher to spend instore there.
Our lovely design team girls have been busy and made some fabulous creations to give you some inspiration :
Guests From The Stamp Fairy Design Team
Using Barry Spring
Using Barry Winter
Using Barry Balloons
Using Mimi Stars
using Hugo
Using Linda Spring
Using Hugo
Using Molly Balloons
Using Molly Fairy 4
Debs and Claire are both off this week. xxox
So now its over to you - we can't wait to see your gorgeous creations
You have until 8pm on Wednesday 3rd April to enter so.
Get Crafting
The MAWTT DT girls x


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with Brian Chan
Ice-off will be here before we know it so now is the time to get our stillwater fly fishing tackle bag in order. We all know there is nothing more frustrating than getting on the water and finding out a piece of equipment does not work or losing a big fish due to a worn leader that should have been replaced or retied. Having all the fly fishing gear in order means more time fishing and hopefully an enjoyable day on the water.
So let's start with fly lines. At the end of a fishing season it is a good idea to strip all the fly line off their reel spools, check them for nicks or cracks and wash them in a mild detergent to remove any dirt, oil or grease that may have accumulated on them. Loosely coil the lines in 12 to 20 inch wide loops and hang them somewhere cool and out of direct sunlight. Just prior to re-spooling floating lines use a fly line dressing to lubricate and improve floatation qualities.
This is also the time to replace leaders. Choose a good quality tapered leader rather than just tying on a piece of straight monofilament. The thick butt section of a tapered leader allows your fly to turn over at the end of the casting stroke. Leaders are available in various lengths and tippet strengths. A floating line being used for chironomid larva and pupa fishing may have a 16 ft. long tapered leader to which more tippet material can be added to fish deeper water. 9 and 12 ft long tapered leaders are generally used with full sinking lines. Check your spools of tippet material left over from last season. Monofilament does break down and weaken with time so be prepared to replace them. Spools of tippet are a minor cost compared to losing the biggest trout of the season. Carry spare leaders and a basic selection of tippet sizes such as 4, 5, 6, and 8 pound strengths so that leaders can be rebuilt while on the water.
Check over your fly rods for any cracked ferrules, frayed guide wrappings or loose corks in the handle. Pay particular attention to the rod guides including the tip one. Guides do wear and ones with deep grooves or nicks are hard on fly lines and leaders. Replace worn ones and pick up a spare tip guide just in case that one is broken off.
Inspect fly reels for worn pawls, loose parts and clean up any dirt or grease that may have built up. Lubricate those parts identified by the reel manufacturer. If spooling up a new reel make sure there is at least 75 yards of 20 pound test dacron backing on before attaching the fly line. That much backing should give you enough time to pull the anchor when that really big fish takes off to the other end of the lake.
The tackle bag should have some basic tools in it such as a pair of nippers for cutting monofilament and even trimming up flies. A pair of hemostats or slender needle nosed pliers are very useful for de-barbing hooks and removing hooks from fish. They can also be very helpful in removing hooks from clothing or body parts. A small hook file will salvage that hot fly of the day when the tip of the barb breaks off. Check your landing net over for broken mesh and large holes. If the bag needs replacement choose a soft cotton or soft nylon material with a tight weave or small mesh diameter. Hard knotted nylon net bags are hard on fish as they remove slime and scales when the fish is thrashing about. A small hand towel always comes in handy especially after handling a fish or on those cold wet days.
Make sure the tackle bag contains a tube of sunblock and use it. Time on the water means double exposure to the sun and harmful UV rays because of the reflection off the water. Anglers should also wear a good pair of polaroid sunglasses to not only further protect your eyes but allow one to see through the glare on the water and spot fish otherwise almost impossible to see. Wearing a wide brimmed hat adds further protection from the sun and it reduces glare and reflection off the water.
Finally, carry a small aquarium net to catch insect larva, nymphs, pupa and adults in and on the surface of the lake. Anglers that are observant not only catch more fish but have a better understanding of why they were successful.
Brian Chan email@example.com
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An official website of the United States government
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( Lock A locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
The website you're going to is not part of the AmeriCorps domain and may not be under AmeriCorps' control. Its privacy and security practices and policies may differ from AmeriCorps'. AmeriCorps is not responsible for the link, nor does it endorse the content of the third-party website.
Click on the continue button to proceed to the external website; otherwise click cancel to stay on AmeriCorps.gov.


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Recycling text - Planting forests
A work of green, generative and collective art.
- From any text you submit to treees.org, a unique virtual Treee will be generated.
- The unique characteristics of this Treee (species, colours, size...) are determined by your text, the keywords therein, its length...
- Each virtual tree can be bought printed on a t-shirt or as a high resolution digital image.
- For each virtual tree sold, we will plant a real tree.
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Romanian Translators and Interpreters in the UK
Romanian Translator offer specialist Romanian translation and interpreter services right across the UK. We also carry out translations based on the authorisation issued by the Romanian Ministry of Justice and all our work is recognised by the Romanian Embassy in London. Whatever you need, rest assured that we have the skills and experience to deliver your Romanian Translation on time and with perfect quality. Romanian is a language spoken mainly in Romania which is in Eastern Europe. This site is part of the Bostico International translation service network and is addressed both to English and Romanian language speakers. Whilst most translation companies offer vague services spread over multiple languages, we wanted to offer a better service by concentrating on one language: ROMANIAN. This site also aims to offer various language tools such as glossaries or dictionaries to assist you with language difficulties and now that Romania has joined the EU, we are here to help you with this transition.
Romanian Conference Interpreters
We are specialists in Romanian conference interpreting and have been providing Romanian interpreters across the UK since 2003. Our interpreters are certified full members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (IOL) in the United Kingdom, and/or accredited and authorised by the Ministry of Justice in Romania. We also provide quality interpreting services across the UK. Our friendly team will be more than happy to assist you with your enquiries.
Our services are of the highest standard and all our Romanian linguists are fully qualified and experienced professionals with experience in a number of fields including commercial, legal, financial, technical and political. We supply interpreters for both companies and individuals and we can comfortably cover business meetings, negotiations, conferences, court hearings, market research surveys and media work. We can also guarantee your translation delivery on or before a specific date by splitting the work across several translators.
Please select your translation:
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Please let us know if you require an alternative translation combination. We can provide a Romanian translator or Interpreter anywhere in the UK with specalist teams for London, Dorset, and Hampshire.
Check out our Romanian Translation Tools and Romanian Dictionaries
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(Weekly Column)
The staunchly conservative and moralizing Russian czar, Vladimir Putin, announced he and his wife of thirty years are divorcing.
This was met with a strange silence from Kirill I, the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch, and a Putin bootlicker who allowed the state to co-opt his racket. Vsevolod Chaplin, a spokesman for the Church, said in an interview with the Public Post that Putin's decision to end his civil marriage was "between him and his spouse."
How convenient.
Of course, this is a church whose corrupt leaders appear to care more about jewels than Jesus and comfort than Christ. Last year, the church apologized after bloggers noticed that a $30,000 gold Breguet watch worn by Patriarch Kirill was edited out of a picture on the church's website. (They noticed there was no watch on his wrist, but a reflection of the fancy ornament on a shiny table remained)
It is stunning to watch a one-time superpower transform into a superstitious nation of ignorant fools. Whether it's Putin making a parody of his manhood by posing shirtless on a horse, or the state's persecution of the band Pussy Riot, it sometimes seems as if a bizarre cocktail of Vodka, vanity and vacuousness defines modern Russia.
To highlight the hypocrisy of Putin's marriage charade, parliament's committee on the family released its "Concept of State Policy on the Family." This document urges Russian families to have several children, considers a tax on divorce, limits abortion, offers a large role in family planning for the corrupt Russian Orthodox Church, and viciously attacks homosexuality.
Speaking of which, The State Duma passed an anti-gay bill this week for allegedly "protecting children from information that can bring harm to their health and wellbeing." The new law essentially bans gay rights organizations and fines up to 1 million rubles to anyone who is accused of promoting gay "propaganda." Interestingly, if one is accused of spreading Nazi propaganda, the fine is a mere 2,000 rubles. This discrepancy tells one much about today's Russian values.
This fascist anti-gay law should be ignored, resisted, defied, and undermined at every opportunity until it is abolished. Performers should boycott Russia, and the country should be isolated culturally, economically, and diplomatically. This is a gross violation of human rights and Russia should be made to pay dearly for its ambitious descent into barbarism.
Furthermore, why should anyone respect this particular law, when Putin has eroded the very rule of law? In a show trial this week, the repressive regime is prosecuting young protesters in an effort the New York Times describes as a "sharp warning to other ordinary Russians, especially educated professionals, about taking part in street protests."
Putin has created a toxic climate of fear that is stifling free speech and abrogating liberty. On Facebook, the Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov wrote: "Putin is cracking down harder than ever and is showing he is willing to create a new generation of political prisoners unseen since the days of Stalin." Kasparov, who is now in Switzerland, says that he has no plans to return home to live in Putin's dictatorship.
The chess star is not alone in his decision to reject this ugly New Russia. The markets have also spoken and capital is not flowing into Moscow. Despite an effort to turn Moscow into a financial hub, the city competes with Warsaw – instead of industry leaders such as New York, Tokyo, or London. The Global Financial Center Index, published in March by Z/Yen, a consulting agency, placed Moscow 65th out of 79 cities studied. The ranking placed Moscow between Bahrain and Mumbai.
The reason the state is cracking down on homosexuality, punishing divorce, and demanding larger families is because they want to boost population. Indeed, 1.25 million Russians have emigrated from the nation in the past decade. Population experts say that the mass exodus is comparable in size to the migration following the Bolshevik Revolution.
Unfortunately, Russia is trying to repopulate in the wrong way. Instead of attracting the best and the brightest by expanding freedom, openness, and ingenuity, it has opted to become a police state that has no future. The population will surely continue to decrease unless the Church, with state sanction, begins pressuring families into having kids they don't want. After all, who would want to raise children in such a hopelessly glum environment?
It is heartbreaking to watch the totalitarian political class become insular and resort to a cold war mentality. Putin's thugs are cracking down on the Internet, banning foreign adoptions, and erecting new walls – even if they are just legal barriers — to keep people inside its depressing borders.
Vaudeville Vladimir wants to be taken seriously, but he is just a street punk with no vision, and ultimately a ridiculous cartoon character who brought Russia from the brink of freedom to the bottomless pit of failure.


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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tournament Time
For the third year in a row I'm here in Hoover at the SEC Tournament, and we're currently between games two and three (of four in the day). The day starts early with the first game at 10am, and the hope is that the last pitch will be thrown sometime before 2am. It's a long day of baseball.
Nevertheless, it's worth it. The SEC is often loaded with talent. In last year's draft we selected Logan Forsythe (Arkansas), James Darnell (South Carolina), Sawyer Carroll (Kentucky), Cole Figueroa (Florida), Andrew Albers (Kentucky), and Matt Clark (LSU) all in the first 12 rounds or so. The Padres haven't been alone.
In just the past three or four years many top prospects and some young big leaguers have played in this tournament, including guys like David Price, Pedro Alvarez, Matt LaPorta, Pedro Borbon, JP Arencibia, Reese Havens, Luke Hochevar, Jess Todd, Lance Lynn, Chris Coughlan, Casey Weathers, Gordon Beckham, and Padres Chase Headley, Wynn Pelzer, and Nick Schmidt. That's why the crowd is filled with Crosscheckers, Scouting Directors, and General Managers.
The second half of this day one should be a good one, as a number of highly touted players will be on the field. I just hope it's over before sunrise.
9 comments:
- David Spencer said...
Paul, I realize that you probably have to keep most of the revelations to yourself, but I'd love to hear about the guys who are clearly early-rounders and have great tournaments.
Enjoy the rest of the evening.
David - May 20, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Your Padres said...
please find us a Ryan Braun. please
- May 21, 2009 at 1:55 AM
- Unknown said...
What can you (and the scouting team) learn in virtually a couple days that you didn't learn so far? - May 21, 2009 at 4:39 AM
- cmb said...
What did you think of Vanderbilt starter Mike Minor's performance? And where does he project in the June draft?
Thanks - May 21, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Gavin said...
Paul, I have to vent. If the reports are true we are trading Peavy to Chicago for Poreda, Richard and two PTBNLs. This can't be serious, right?
I just can't believe that Poreda is the centerpiece of a Jake freaking Peavy deal. If you guys really liked Poreda you could have drafted him instead of Nick Schmidt, a "pitchability" darling (translation: #5 type who will NEVER have an impact at the ML level) who will never get the Pads an adequate return.
Unless Gordon Beckham is one of the PTBNLs (ESPN is reporting he isn't) this potential trade stinks. BAD.
As I see it you guys are basically trading our most prized asset for a player we should have already had and 3 fringe pieces, all who will never be impact players in the majors.
I can only hope Jake vetoes this deal.
Of course, if the report is untrue, I apologize...except for the Schmidt part. That still stinks. - May 21, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Schlom said...
Maybe you can explain the Gerut for Gwynn trade to us. Basically it looks like you traded a player who was your best outfielder last season to save about $900k. To me, that makes absolutely zero sense because you are sending the message that you have absolutely no intention of competing this season. Which in turn will lead to more crowds like the ones the last few games which seem like in the long run they will cost the team much more than $1m.
Also since you are dumping Gerut does that mean that Giles will soon be designated and Venable or Blanks will take his spot? - May 21, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- In Love with Betty said...
I very much appreciate the information about draft preparation, but where's the post about the big club? Peavy rejects trade, Tony Gwynn, Jr. is now a Padre and he scores the winning run in the ninth inning in a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
- May 21, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- jay in SF said...
Good lucky flying home. I am curious what you see in Gwynn or did not see in Gerut that makes this trade interesting to us.
My first reaction, frankly, was that it was deeply cynical. Trying to trade Peavy, which is horrible for the fan base but may be the right thing to do, and, so distract them with bringing in the son of the SD's favorite son. I am hoping that is not it.
Last season may have been a fluke, but Gerut was one of the best CF's last year, at least offensively. What gives? - May 22, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Padman42 said...
Speaking of scouting for the draft, the UT recently reported that the Padres are down to 5 players for the #3 pick in the draft. They went on to say it will probably come down to Donovan Tate vs Aaron Crow, and that since Crow would be cheaper they would probably pick him.
Being under "partial" new ownership and a new CEO and COO will money play a factor in drafting? It seems like a lot of people are weary of another pick like Nick Schmidt, but I am optimistic about wither Crow or Tate. I think I just want to hear that money is (and will not be) a factor in the selection in 2 weeks, but rather the Padres will pick the best player regardless of salary.
Slightly on the same topic, is their any update on Everth Cabrerra? I heard XX report that Everth took ground balls at shortt for the first time earlier in the week. How close is he to going out on a rehab assignment?
As always thanks again Paul for running such a great blog. - May 25, 2009 at 11:47 PM


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40 Questions for Christians Now Waving the Rainbow Flag
For evangelicals who lament last Friday's Supreme Court decision, it's been a hard few days. We aren't asking for emotional pity, nor do I suspect many people are eager to give us any. Our pain is not sacred.
Making legal and theological decisions based on what makes people feel better is part of what got us into this mess in the first place. Nevertheless, it still hurts.
There are many reasons for our lamentation, from fear that religious liberties will be taken away to worries about social ostracism and cultural marginalization. But of all the things that grieve us, perhaps what's been most difficult is seeing some of our friends, some of our family members, and some of the folks we've sat next to in church giving their hearty "Amen" to a practice we still think is a sin and a decision we think is bad for our country. It's one thing for the whole nation to throw a party we can't in good conscience attend. It's quite another to look around for friendly faces to remind us we're not alone and then find that they are out there jamming on the dance floor. We thought the rainbow was God's sign (Gen. 9:8-17).
If you consider yourself a Bible-believing Christian, a follower of Jesus whose chief aim is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, there are important questions I hope you will consider before picking up your flag and cheering on the sexual revolution. These questions aren't meant to be snarky or merely rhetorical. They are sincere, if pointed, questions that I hope will cause my brothers and sisters with the new rainbow themed avatars to slow down and think about the flag you're flying.
1. How long have you believed that gay marriage is something to be celebrated?
2. What Bible verses led you to change your mind?
3. How would you make a positive case from Scripture that sexual activity between two persons of the same sex is a blessing to be celebrated?
4. What verses would you use to show that a marriage between two persons of the same sex can adequately depict Christ and the church?
5. Do you think Jesus would have been okay with homosexual behavior between consenting adults in a committed relationship?
6. If so, why did he reassert the Genesis definition of marriage as being one man and one woman?
7. When Jesus spoke against porneia what sins do you think he was forbidding?
8. If some homosexual behavior is acceptable, how do you understand the sinful "exchange" Paul highlights in Romans 1?
9. Do you believe that passages like 1 Corinthians 6:9 and Revelation
21:8 teach that sexual immorality can keep you out of heaven?
10. What sexual sins do you think they were referring to?
11. As you think about the long history of the church and the near universal disapproval of same-sex sexual activity, what do you think you understand about the Bible that Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, and Luther failed to grasp?
12. What arguments would you use to explain to Christians in Africa, Asia, and South America that their understanding of homosexuality is biblically incorrect and your new understanding of homosexuality is not culturally conditioned?
13. Do you think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were motivated by personal animus and bigotry when they, for almost all of their lives, defined marriage as a covenant relationship between one man and one woman?
14. Do you think children do best with a mother and a father?
15. If not, what research would you point to in support of that conclusion?
16. If yes, does the church or the state have any role to play in promoting or privileging the arrangement that puts children with a mom and a dad?
17. Does the end and purpose of marriage point to something more than an adult's emotional and sexual fulfillment?
18. How would you define marriage?
19. Do you think close family members should be allowed to get married?
20. Should marriage be limited to only two people?
21. On what basis, if any, would you prevent consenting adults of any relation and of any number from getting married?
22. Should there be an age requirement in this country for obtaining a marriage license?
23. Does equality entail that anyone wanting to be married should be able to have any meaningful relationship defined as marriage?
24. If not, why not?
25. Should your brothers and sisters in Christ who disagree with homosexual practice be allowed to exercise their religious beliefs without fear of punishment, retribution, or coercion?
26. Will you speak up for your fellow Christians when their jobs, their accreditation, their reputation, and their freedoms are threatened because of this issue?
27. Will you speak out against shaming and bullying of all kinds, whether against gays and lesbians or against Evangelicals and Catholics?
28. Since the evangelical church has often failed to take unbiblical divorces and other sexual sins seriously, what steps will you take to ensure that gay marriages are healthy and accord with Scriptural principles?
29. Should gay couples in open relationships be subject to church discipline?
30. Is it a sin for LGBT persons to engage in sexual activity outside of marriage?
31. What will open and affirming churches do to speak prophetically against divorce, fornication, pornography, and adultery wherever they are found?
32. If "love wins," how would you define love?
33. What verses would you use to establish that definition?
34. How should obedience to God's commands shape our understanding of love?
35. Do you believe it is possible to love someone and disagree with important decisions they make?
36. If supporting gay marriage is a change for you, has anything else changed in your understanding of faith?
37. As an evangelical, how has your support for gay marriage helped you become more passionate about traditional evangelical distinctives like a focus on being born again, the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross, the total trustworthiness of the Bible, and the urgent need to evangelize the lost?
38. What open and affirming churches would you point to where people are being converted to orthodox Christianity, sinners are being warned of judgment and called to repentance, and missionaries are being sent out to plant churches among unreached peoples?
39. Do you hope to be more committed to the church, more committed to Christ, and more committed to the Scriptures in the years ahead?
40. When Paul at the end of Romans 1 rebukes "those who practice such things" and those who "give approval to those who practice them," what sins do you think he has in mind?
Food for thought, I hope. At the very least, something to chew on before swallowing everything the world and Facebook put on our plate.
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NAACP v. Alabama
Autherine Lucy, Thurgood Marshall, and Arthur Shores NAACP v. Alabama (357 U.S. 449) was the landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court formally recognized the freedom of association as a right protected by the First Amendment. The 1958 decision, a victory for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), overturned an Alabama court ruling that had restrained the organization from operating in the state and led to its eventual return to Alabama in 1964.
Unlike its guarantees for religion, speech, press, and assembly, the First Amendment does not specifically list freedom of association as a right that cannot be abridged. Social and legal observers have long argued, however, that just as an individual has the right to express his or her own views, so too does that individual have the right to associate with others who share the same opinions.
NAACP v. Alabama arose out of a 1956 lawsuit filed against the NAACP by Alabama attorney general John M. Patterson, who claimed that the organization had harmed the citizens of Alabama by promoting, among other things, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the admission of Autherine Lucy to the University of Alabama. Patterson believed that the resulting negative publicity that accompanied these events in the national media had damaged the state's reputation.
According to Patterson, the organization's activities in Alabama were not only troublesome, they were also illegal because the NAACP had failed to meet the basic qualifications for doing business in the state. Alabama law required that an out-of-state company wishing to do business in Alabama had to file a copy of its corporate charter with state officials, establish a place of business, and designate an agent to act on its behalf. Founded in 1909 in New York, the NAACP opened its first affiliate offices in Alabama in 1918 and established a regional office there in 1951. NAACP officials admitted during a lower federal court proceeding that they had never sought to comply with the qualifying requirement because they thought their organization was exempt given the non-commercial nature of its activities.
The state judge who heard the case ordered the NAACP to immediately cease its operations in the state pending a hearing to determine whether or not it was truly exempt from the requirements of the law. He subsequently ordered the NAACP to produce a number of records relative to its operations in Alabama, including the names and addresses of its members. The NAACP's initial refusal to turn over any records left the group in contempt of court with a fine of $10,000. The judge offered to reduce or even suspend the fine if the records were relinquished within five days but stated that he would increase the fine to $100,000 if the group did not comply. The NAACP did, in fact, produce many of the requested records within the five-day period but refused to turn over its membership lists. In doing so, it became subject to not only the higher fine, but also to another Alabama law that basically halted all legal proceedings, including the hearing regarding the NAACP's activities in the state, until the contempt order was discharged. After the Alabama Supreme Court twice refused to review the lower court decision, the U.S. Supreme Court took the case, handing down its ruling on June 30, 1958.
John M. Harlan II Writing for a unanimous court in NAACP v. Alabama, Justice John Marshall Harlan II declared, "This Court has recognized the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in one's associations. . . ." He went on to discuss the practical effect of compelling organizations to disclose their membership lists. In the case of the NAACP, according to Harlan, the organization proved that making known its members in the past exposed them to "economic reprisal, loss of employment, threat of physical coercion, and other manifestations of physical hostility." With those outcomes expected to recur, the court believed that forcing the NAACP to comply with the state court's ruling would likely hinder it and its members from organizing and advocating their beliefs. The court added that compelling the disclosure of the NAACP's membership might also encourage some individuals to leave the organization and discourage others from joining. In one sense, the court's ruling in this case was very narrow. The ruling technically only overturned the contempt order and the $100,000 fine against the NAACP. Five more years and several more appeals to the Supreme Court were necessary to determine the legality of the NAACP's operations in Alabama. In a broader sense, however, the freedom of association announced by the court in this case became a critical component in the NAACP's efforts to end racial discrimination in Alabama.


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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Modified Sakura Shawl
At first I thought what a waste of my time. I had just grabbed some yarn in my stash, which I was not too fond of. I ripped it out again, but was thinking why not give it another try, but a little different.
I changed the edge increases so I could pick up stitches easier later on. Next after a few pillar stitch patterns followed by garter stitch rows, I increased the garter stitch rows from the initial 3 ridges by two ridges after each pillar segment. I lost patience and interest after I reached 11 ridges (I know short attention span). It was just a whim after all. What I really was after was the edging! I always wanted to knit a sideways edging, but so far never got to it. I liked this edge design from the moment I first saw it. It comes in different sizes. Mine I picked out of "A Gathering of Lace". It takes a while to knit, but I was so happy with every stitch I made.
The truth about this project whether it would be a success or not would reveal itself after blocking. And you really have to block this shawl, because of the pillar stitch pattern it leans heavily to the right. The border opened up nicely!
I'm especially proud of the tip, with some few extra short rows I got around it in a round way:
What the heck, I did a crochet bind off on the top edge too, just so.
The yarn was some sale yarn from elann. It's Australian merino wonderful soft, but made a little scratchy by the lame thread. I WAS thinking of spinning something like that some day, but not anymore. Anyway, sometimes I like shiny.
pattern: my own
yarn: King Australian Merino & Lame, 4.5 balls, each 50g/175yds, 91% sw merino 9% lame, color# 81
needle: 4mm
size after blocking: 34" x 56"
start-finish: July 14 - 22
35 comments:
- 2paw said...
I am sad to hear that someone was not kind to you. It's an ill wind though, and your shawl is gorgeous!! I would never choose rainbows of colour for myself but I love looking at them!! The points are particularly beautiful!!!
- September 09, 2009 9:00 a.m.
- Jeanne said...
Very pretty! I love the edging....
- September 09, 2009 9:04 a.m.
- Chery said...
WOW! Beautiful! I love that edge pattern also.
- September 09, 2009 10:16 a.m.
- Alexandra said...
The edging is gorgeous! I think I'll have to get that book... The tip is very pretty!
- September 09, 2009 1:40 p.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
It's beautiful. I love that edging. Usually it's the edgings that sell a shawl for me
- September 09, 2009 1:47 p.m.
- Martina said...
So beautiful, very very nice!! I love that edge pattern also.
- September 09, 2009 1:59 p.m.
- Cathy R said...
De lurking to say:
Oh, and I really enjoy your dog photos. - September 09, 2009 2:34 p.m.
- Toby said...
I stumbled across your photos on Ravelry earlier today. I absolutely love the combination of your Sakura Shawl with this border, just gorgeous.
- September 09, 2009 3:02 p.m.
- Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog: said...
Your shawl is a stunner!!! That edging is gorgeous and I've never seen anything like it (and I've seen a lot - LOL). I'm so pleased that despite the ungracious manner of the person who inquired - something really special and nice happened as a result.
- September 09, 2009 4:13 p.m.
- Marissa said...
Love This! I love the color, that edging, and the crochet edge as well. Gorgeous!
- September 09, 2009 4:51 p.m.
- momsue84 said...
So sorry you had to experience someone's nastiness. She should have been thanking you for the gorgeous pattern. The edging is just stunning. Have you thought about starting a Ravelry store? I'd be your first customer.
- September 09, 2009 5:01 p.m.
- Maggie said...
Monika, this is gorgeous! I really like how the yarn gives a warm gray general colour, and then there is the rainbow when you look more closely.
I'm behind on your blog! Wow, the photos of Happy...he's growing so fast! Seeing him next to Biko is mind-blowing. - September 09, 2009 5:09 p.m.
- Sharon V said...
Your shawl is beautiful and I like the colors a lot! I've heard several people say they got their shawl edgings from A Gathering of Lace. Maybe it's time for me to check out that book.
Thanks for the pics, and the tip! - September 09, 2009 5:38 p.m.
That looks great. I like the sparkle in the yarn and the edging is great.
- September 09, 2009 5:44 p.m.
I saw this in Ravelry today - so gorgeous! I love the edging. People really don't seem to work things out for themselves much lately - I think the precise instructions have spoiled/ruined them a bit. I've heard of people who can't read charts, for heaven's sake.
- September 09, 2009 6:42 p.m.
- hakucho said...
I love it!! That edging really makes the shawl special and the pattern without the edging is none too shabby by itself!! Very beautiful :)
- September 09, 2009 6:44 p.m.
- lookinout said...
That shawl is really interesting. I like the colour and the overall effect. You work amazingly fast.
Gillian - September 09, 2009 8:35 p.m.
I am thinking that I will be making this soon too - I have so many of your lovely projects in my queue - just stop being so clever and nice though ok?
- September 09, 2009 9:11 p.m.
- Sherri said...
It's beautiful ...
- September 09, 2009 10:20 p.m.
- hannah said...
What a beautiful shawl!
What was that person thinking? That you are some sort of employee?! She should feel honoured that you helped her out! - September 10, 2009 1:26 a.m.
- illusions said...
It's incredibly delicate and beautiful. Fantastic knitting.
- September 10, 2009 4:21 a.m.
- Renata S. P. said...
Monika, that's really pretty with this edge! I love it!
I understand your point of view about "asking for help", and I have the same opinion. It also happens to me. - September 10, 2009 7:37 a.m.
- Tina said...
What a beauty! And so fast knit up! Can't believe it. Do you ever sleep? Sorry for that bad experience. I thought knitters were friendly...
- September 10, 2009 1:23 p.m.
- susannasplace said...
Oh wie wundervoll.
Gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut, diese Kombination der Farben. TOLL! - September 11, 2009 3:21 p.m.
- Irene said...
You blow my mind woman!!! This is stunning!
- September 11, 2009 4:10 p.m.
- knittink said...
Großartig! Der Original-Sakura ist ja leider nicht so mein Fall, aber diese Version ist wirklich klasse.
Andrea - September 12, 2009 4:31 a.m.
- kathy b said...
My goodness don't let the puppy near that beauty!
- September 12, 2009 10:14 a.m.
- Judy said...
I appreciate your response to your reader. I recently had a question about a pattern by a blogger who is widely read. Even though I asked the question on her blog and on Ravelry, I did not get a response from her. I frogged the project and chose another pattern. So, thanks for answering the question that was asked of you.
- September 12, 2009 12:07 p.m.
I love everything about your shawl. It is gorgeous to start with, and the colors in the yarn with a little sparkle make it fun, too. Congratulations on a job well done.
- September 12, 2009 3:28 p.m.
- Pat said...
That sure is a sparkly colorful beautiful shawl and I'll echo everyone else...the new edging is GORGEOUS!
- September 13, 2009 11:01 a.m.
- Ann said...
The edging looks gorgeous!
- September 13, 2009 7:56 p.m.
- sefika said...
hi Monica. I like it tooooo much. I love this. could you please explain how can I make it.
- September 14, 2009 2:21 p.m.
- Kathleen said...
Beautiful! Good job turning a negative into a positive.
- September 15, 2009 9:03 a.m.
- Queen of the Tea Cosies said...
Where have I been? Look at YOUR beautiful lace making. So clever. So well executed. So stylish. I'm not the jealous sort.... well I am a little bit jealous.
- September 15, 2009 7:21 p.m.
That is truly beautiful. And people tend to be so rude because they hide their bad behavior behind the email/internet - it's really sad.
- November 02, 2009 7:03 p.m.


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15 March 2013
Xu's team is perfecting drugs with two molecular parts – one that functions as a guiding mechanism, and the other as a warhead. When it comes to cancer, for example, the drugs are designed to move through the human body rather innocuously, ignoring the many good cells that make up a healthy human body.
But things quickly change when one of these two-headed drugs finds a bad guy. The drug enters the offending cell and unloads the pharmaceutical warhead, serving up a cellular annihilation that tumor cells so richly deserve.
One beauty of the approach is that many molecular warheads have already been developed.
"Lots of drugs are very effective in killing cancer cells, but when they kill cancer cells, they also kill healthy cells, or damage healthy cells," said Xu, a researcher in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. "Doxorubicin, for example, is a very powerful anticancer drug, but it will also cause heart damage – a patient can only use a certain amount of that drug over a lifetime, otherwise the patient will have heart problems."
A polymer chemist, Xu leads a team of scientists that crafts a polymer coating, or carrier, for a drug like doxorubicin. The coating encapsulates the powerful anticancer agent, rendering it harmless until released. The polymer coating also has design features that help the drug find a tumor cell, work its way inside it, and only then release the anticancer cargo.
"The carrier I'm using is a nanoparticle," Xu said. "It has a size about 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair."
Working with colleagues Remant K.C. and Bindu Thapa at USC, Xu published a paper in Molecular Pharmaceutics (released online Aug. 9, 2012) detailing a nanoparticle polymer containing a 2-(pyridin-2-yldisulfanyl) side chain that reliably releases a doxorubicin cargo after moving from an extracellular environment to an intracellular one. The polymer also has other molecular "handles" to which the chemists can attach cellular targeting moieties.
Xu and K.C. followed up with a paper in the Dec. 18, 2012 issue of Advanced Materials that shows how to use both doxorubicin and paclitaxel to provide a "cocktail therapy" option with their drugs, achieving a strong synergistic effect. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy has taken notice, awarding Xu a highly competitive New Investigator Award in 2012.
And it's not just cancer that Xu has his eye on. "We're trying to extend the work into other areas as well, such as diseases of the central nervous system – Alzheimer's disease – and liver disease," he said. "We've also just begun a collaboration involving cardiovascular disease. The goal of my research is to give the patient the right drug, to the right tissue, to the right cell, in the right dose, at the right time."
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Line Up
Confession of Murder
- Action Thriller
- Nov. 08, 2012
- JUNG Byung-gil
- JUNG Jae-young, PARK Si-hoo
- 119min
On the day the 15-year statute of limitations expired on a high profile serial murder case that claimed the lives of 10 women, a family member of the victim throws himself off the building in front of the detective in charge of the case. 2 years later, a man called Lee Du-seok publishes a book titled "Confession of Murder" claiming responsibility for the murders that took place 17 years ago. His book becomes a bestseller because of the author's charming looks and his vivid depiction of the crime. ?The detective and the self-claimed murderer meet face to face on a television debate show. Detective Choi maintains that Lee is nothing but a con artist posing as the murderer for the fame alone. Detective Choi renews his search for the ultimate truth.


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Solarix – Trailer and Screens
An upcoming first-person survival horror game from indie developer Pulsetense Games
News – September 6, 2013
An alpha version of Solarix is currently in the works. New content is being created; polish is being added to existing mechanics, character models and weapons; AI is being tweaked to be more realistic.
Monsters will be human but totally inhuman. The scale of level design will be humbling and full of detail.
Pulsetense is focusing on quality over quantity and striving to create a genuinely scary game by all aspects of its existence.


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Venture capitalist (Grossman Ventures https://grossman.vc), Internet protector and industry creator. Founded WhiteHat Security & Bit Discovery. BJJ Black Belt.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Sentinel dynamically generates ModSecurity rules
Many of our customers have Apache installations, large and small, and prefer to go with a software WAF rather than a device. Reasons will vary, but cost is always a concern and ModSecurity is free. :) You can pay Breach for rule support and commercial grade management appliances if you need it, cool stuff. What customers asked for though is a path to go from Sentinel identified vulnerabilities to custom ModSecurity rules (virtual patch) - VA+WAF.
Once Sentinel pinpoints the location of a vulnerability (class, url, parameter), its verified by our operations team, and a dynamically generated ModSecurity rule becomes part of the web-based reporting (see screenshot). The custom rule is a blacklist meta-character match narrowly focused on the vulnerable URL, parameter value (multiple params are supported), and class of attack. A parameter known to be vulnerable to SQL Injection probably has no legitimate use-case for receiving quotes, semicolons, dashes, parens, etc. Similar can be said for XSS.
Sentinel users then copy/paste the custom rule into their Apache config. We recommend the rule be tested in "pass" mode ensuring no false positives exist that might block legitimate traffic. Once confidence in the rule is established, which may take an hour to a couple days, "deny" mode can then be used to block attacks. False positives are minimal because only identified attack traffic where a vulnerability of that type is specifically known to exist in that location is affected. Finally the re-test button can test the single issue and should everything work properly the vulnerability status would be automatically closed out.
Hopefully in the coming months I'll get some good case studies going and statistics to measure how the time-to-fix windows are shrunken.
8 comments:
Very very nice
- June 4, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I'd beware of false positives. This could cause DOS on a web site that implements automatic rules.
I always think automation is a bad idea when it comes to filtering unless of course AI is used and implemented well (But I don't think we're quite there yet). - June 5, 2008 at 3:29 AM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
@anonymous, thank you. We're hopeful we can knock out significant portions of XSS and SQLi this way.
@Gareth, this approach is not automatic though. Someone has to manually copy/paste the rule in and then when their ready, put it into deny mode, but only after testing first. - June 5, 2008 at 6:28 AM
I've never had issues with mod_security other than the fact the way I have it set up does not include SQL injections. Everything else is nicely filtered and logged, but as I've said before it is not a replacement for securing one's code.
- June 5, 2008 at 6:33 AM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
@andrew, agreed. Just looking to give people a little bit of time to improve the code without being easily exposed.
- June 5, 2008 at 6:37 AM
Ah, cool nice feature then :) - June 5, 2008 at 7:33 AM
In reading through the rules... I saw the word xsshole...
a perfect term for those exploiting XSS. - June 9, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
apparently some of our developers have a sense of humor. :)
- June 9, 2008 at 4:35 PM


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It has been a fantastic learning experience for me with the thread painting of blocks using Aurifil thread for blocks one through four! To see more of my thread painted blocks visit one, two, three and four.
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I have seen the spectre he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses I have been removed
Holy Moses I have been deceived
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
Holy Moses I have been deceived
I'm going back to the border
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
I can't take any more bad water
I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes
Holy Moses I have been deceived
Holy Moses let us live in peace
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
There's a man over there what's his colour I don't care
He's my brother let us live in peace
He's my brother let us live in peace
He's my brother let us live in peace
-- Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Elton John (1970)
Open U-tube of song here
The general Malay rejection and pro-free market Chinese acceptance can predictably be expected from Tun Musa Hitam's press statement to seek for WPI exemption from Malay affirmative action policy. One will expect Tun Dr Mahathir to raise a barn this Thursday; he is due to speak in Johor Baru.
Is PM Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi serious about WPI to set as the precedent towards abolishing NEP? For the sake of FDI? After all, he and Dato Seri Najib gave words of comfort that credible Bumiputera would have their fair share.
Dark Musa
The lead to that question lies in a comment received from an UMNO political veteran. "Musa is all about politics. He doesn't speak other language." True enough, Musa's first line in a March 9th Straits Times interview was, "I was a political activist".
This latest episode confirms the prediction of the late MGG Pillai's Christmas 2002 article that spot-on predicted Musa working behind Abdullah to revenge, disassemble the legacies, and reduce former boss Mahathir into a non-entity in Malaysian history.
Vision 2020 diluted into Islam Hadhari, a grandiose heresy and National Mission 2057, confused mission beyond possible predictability. With Proton due for sale soon, the can-do spirit driving Mahathir's Industrialisation will extinguish. To replace, mega corporate with objective lacking vision, sense of mission, and compassion for society. The Malays is asked to "Balik kampong tanam kacang" by returning to agriculture.
Analyse this and other events, and Musa's background, you'll see Musa written all over. Musa is decades out of touch and these reversals are Malaysia according to Musa.
His hands-on familiarity is only rural development of Tun Abdul Razak's day, administrative function, and political positions in UMNO. Musa's understanding of global economy is only as, to quote from his interview, "a 'copycat' economic climate". He missed and misunderstood the essence of Mahathir's Mini Industrial Revolution. Never touch base with the Information Age.
How will it jive with 60% urban population, according to latest World Bank data? And, a rapidly rising population?
With his accomplice running Mahathir to the ground, Musa is in a last ditch attempt for more space of himself in the history book. With the help of protégé Abdullah, his public visibility has revived. He was made Eminent Person to chart the direction of Asean + 3 in a KL Forum in 2005, despite not knowing the head and tail of it. A job better suited for the originator of the EAEC idea, Mahathir.
Already, "I made it", exclaimed Musa privately to his former boys on the Tunship award. A similar tone of excitement can be found in his words on super mega WPI. For that, he is willing to throw away his lifelong UMNO struggle with the proclamation of "No place for nationalism in the globalised world."
Another episode in Malay annals of betrayal by its leader.
Back Against The Wall
FDI, economy, general election, Chinese votes, and public confidence.
The five birds of problem Abdullah is trying to kill in one stone, before he can comfortably call for an early General Election. Read the excerpt of AP news report today, March 24th, 2007 below:
"Malaysia's ruling coalition faces a tough task trying to keep its large parliamentary majority in the next general election, a news report quoted the country's deputy leader as saying, amid speculation that polls could come within a year."Using the word made famous by Musa, Abdullah is in political "desperado". He won 90% of the Parliamentary seat and recaptured Terengganu in the last 2004 General Election with a 53% popular vote majority. His election manifesto and sloganeering touched the heart of Malaysians.
The tide receded and it's getting more difficult. If the recent Merdeka poll is any indication, some 60% of non-Malay vote is going Opposition. These are the voters that saved UMNO in 1999. Although Malay support looks secured, UMNO was denied the chance to test at the Raub by-election. Words are Anwar Ibrahim orchestrated the boycott.
Abdullah will face a General Election with his nice guy and "Mr Clean" image tattered by Mahathir's expose of his nepotistic and questionable political practices and business dealing. His silly comments, factual ignorance, and off guarded antics at press conference, speeches and public event is common fodder for ridicule. And, he's been caught lying too often.
No press control and manipulation can stop the barrage from alternative media, and the ground talking, both within and without UMNO. Abdullah could not deflect the attack on his weak leadership and administrative ability, imposing son-in-law and his band of anarchist in Abdullah's office. Too much fire to extinguish for his "bomba".
Grumbling amongst Malay professionals, businessmen and middle class will spillover to the rural power hinterland. Abdullah has been undertaking major reforms beyond his own ability to comprehend. Its pro-IMF policy is dismantling the 50 year-old political economy structure of Malaysia and antithesis to UMNO's nationalism with multiracial cooperation ideology.
His austerity drive in the early one two years, badly planned and executed GLC reform, and de-industrialisation program put the economy directionless with low growth, high inflation, massive retrenchment of educated middle class, and graduate unemployment. There is no new sectoral growth area and FDI has plummet.
However, by hook or by crook, Abdullah needs a General Election soon. The theory goes that having delayed UMNO's party election, he needs the General Election to rid his distracters to enable him to stay long enough for Khairy's probable succession to Premiership.
Give a person power and constant praising; even a mediocre will start to have dreams.
SJER is My Idea
The first salvo came from Mahathir as he questions some insidious automotive policies to "kill off" Proton. But, it was the flip-flop cancel-build-cancel of the Johor Bridge that turned into an all-out war on Abdullah and opened the Pandora Box of other issues from Scomi, ECM Libra, Pantai, and lots more.
The Johor Bridge or Scenic Bridge was Mahathir's plan to boost Johor as a serious competitor to Singapore as a logistic centre with multifunctional role. Till today, no justifiable reason was forthcoming. The fear of lawsuit from Singapore cannot be a basis because both disputing parties have to agree for an International Court settlement first. It is crystal that Abdullah succumbed to Singapore pressure to what is within our sovereign right? Some believed he is "bought".
Certainly, having Johorean revolt is something no UMNO President can ignore. Johor is home base and historical origin of UMNO with 500,000 of the 3,200,000 UMNO memberships. It was Johor's Constitution that gave justification to oppose the 1946 Malayan Union. It was Sultan Ibrahim of Johor that supported the formation and movement of UMNO till Malayan Union was disbanded and the Independence could be seriously sought.
Abdullah need to remove the ghost of the Johor Bridge. Led by Zaki Zahid, his Head of Policy and Dr Vincent Lim, his Chinese Political Secretary, the boys put together a team of ten to hatch on a plan for Johor. This is done outside the usual planning process of EPU and State UPEN.
To fit with Khazanah's long outstanding Nusajaya development, the South Johor Economic Region or later named as Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar was hatched.
The monstrous property development was given a political touch for Abdullah to announce. No Malaysian will forget or convince when Abdullah claimed, "Ini semua rancangan saya, bukan rancangan orang lain".
Seeing through the mishmash of the elaborate conceptual plans, WPI is nothing more than beefed-up extension of Nusajaya township development meant to attract foreign purchases. Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim, managing director of UEM Land commented in November last year, "I don't think there is enough (local) market to pick it up."
It's basically an expanded idea of Free-Trade Zone from Musa's working days, with Free Access Zone. This way Singaporeans and other Nationalities, including Israelis, can seamlessly enter and exit, own properties, work and lounge around without need for passport. Employers are not restricted to employ locals. Goods can enter and leave seamlessly.
To give comfort to Singaporeans, they call it another Shenzhen. The difference is Hong Kong and Shenzhen are in the same country. And, Singapore Changi and PSA are claimed as the main transport hub. There is even discussion for Singapore to open a Consulate, thats just 20-30 miles away from the border.
All this to bring in some US$105 billion investment over 20 years? That's more than our existing EPF money. Even the biggest project of Mahathir era, Bakun Dam is only expected to cost RM6 billion. Do you think Abdullah's leadership, managerial panache, and technical savvies can ever pull off a project of such magnitude that even Mahathir never would attempt?
After some four months, investors shied from the project. Why would "kiasu" Singapore want to empower Johor with huge capital, without lots of concessions?
This is not concessions as precedents from Multimedia Super Corridor or Labuan Off-Shore Financial Centre, as Dato Shahrir claim. These are impetus for specific sector of the economy. In fact, one key member of the ten men think-tank, privately questioned the economic rationale of WPI.
Even during the launch of WPI November 4th last year, Johor Sultan still insist on destroying the Causeway and wasn't serious in the use of his name. Without his Majesty's full blessing and heart in it, many Johor Baru locals believed this a super mega project doom for failure.
This is something Abdullah could not afford to do since WPI is practically his life craft. Already, he has bamboozled last year's Johor UMNO Convention, before the UMNO General Assembly, from uttering any word of SJER. Just 2 weeks earlier MB Dato Gani Osman was reported in Utusan Malaysia of his intention to discuss at the Convention.
Can the land code cater for the planned Federal involvement in WPI? Malaysia is technically a Federation of States and not a unitary State. Federal Government cannot interfere in state land matters.
Desperation is written all over when more incentives and even had Musa asked for the revocation of NEP for Johor. Don't forget Musa the fox. That remark is likely an attempt to appease non-Malay voters for the coming General Election.
Will it hold water? Asks any Malay men, don't be alarmed to hear a response, "Langkah mayat aku!"
Lets stay calm. This is not about NEP. Let's not be duped. The problem of NEP is its implimentation. NEP's principle is fairly accommodative and flexible.
- Its about a GLC stretching its resources with political muscle, insensitive to socio-political implication!
- It's about Abdullah playing racial card for political support!
- Its about Abdullah desperate for FDI!
- Its about Abdullah haunted by the ghost of the Johor Causeway!
He's my brother let us live in peace
A Voice
Kuala Lumpur
January 24th, 2007 11:45 p.m.


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Given the market's buoyancy over the past two months since the Powell Pivot, we could all be forgiven for thinking the Fed's jawboning is just as good as actual policy action. There was a fair amount going on under the radar though which contributed to that potentially false sense of security. Back in January, I outlined a case for market strength through the end of February, based on a temporary reprieve from tight liquidity conditions (QT) which were otherwise stifling markets through the Three Phases cycles in 2018. I was focused at that time on the upcoming dynamics of the Treasury General Account, but there was another fortuitous dynamic at work too in the Fed's securities roll-off that I missed, which I'll briefly detail below. The upshot is that right when the Fed began to signal their plans to end QT "later this year," quirks in the balance sheet dynamics actually resulted in periods of growth of bank reserves. This meant a sneaky and unintended pause in QT right when the Fed discussed a permanent end to it at some unknown future date. The market got a dose of what no-QT feels like, but now in March, the reality of $50 billion per month of liquidity withdrawal is likely to return.
In January, I suggested that because of a requirement in the 2018 legislation which suspended the debt ceiling, the Treasury would be required to spend down its "checking account" held at the Fed (the Treasury General Account or TGA) by a substantial amount by March 1st. They did that (Chart 1), and for reasons I laid out in the last post, this had a similar impact on the money supply as Quantitative Easing.
Auspiciously, at about the same time as the Treasury was a net spender of money into the economy, there was a bit of a dead spot in the roll-off of securities held on the Fed's balance sheet, so that in aggregate, the QT amounts did not reach the desired $50bn per month pace. For the six weeks ending February 13, 2019, only about $31bn worth of securities matured, which is less than half the speed of QT allowed by size of the roll-off caps. After February 13th, the TGA effect intensified.
The combination of these two effects has generally held the quantity of bank reserves in the system so far in 2019 roughly flat, whereas the pace of reserve drain in 2018 proceeded briskly without interruption (Chart 2).
This is about to change. We expect the Treasury to rebuild the TGA as they undertake the first phase of "Extraordinary Measures," in which they free up some space in the debt ceiling through accounting maneuvers with the Treasury holdings of various Federal employee pension funds. The timing of that is uncertain, but at a minimum the TGA should stop shrinking here for a time. Additionally, the roll-off calendar for securities held on the Fed's balance sheet is less friendly. In essence, the dead spot is over and QT is now proceeding on-pace for $50bn per month.
Reluctantly, I still feel like this sets the market up for one last period of stress which ultimately forces the Fed out of QT. In other words, I think QT ends on the market's terms, not the Fed's. I say that because I still think that negative balance sheet flow – a shrinking monetary base – is a negative thrust on asset prices even if the Fed has already clearly signaled their intention to end it "later this year."
Simultaneously, there is significant optimism in the market right now for the growth effects of Chinese stimulus – particularly the January spike in Total Social Financing which injected a record 5% of GDP worth of new loans in just one month. That is a green shoot for sure, but prior episodes of Chinese stimulus through an acceleration of indebtedness (a positive credit "impulse") had a demonstrably lagged effect on global growth, industrial production, EMFX, and the Chinese domestic economy. Historically, those lags were about 6 to 9 months. So, that takes us to July for the effects to show up in the data. Meanwhile, the near term trajectory of data in Europe, China, and US may or may not improve, but any improvement probably won't be because of Chinese credit creation. The timing of this lagged effect of Chinese stimulus also leaves us with a potential void of helpful data over the near term while the markets await confirmation of the size and effects of Chinese stimulus.
Bottom line, my expectations for the year as a whole have not changed since January, but the markets and the calendar have moved on to the next part of the pathway where near-term caution is once again warranted.