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The start of a new year is a good time to reiterate cybersecurity best practices and what can happen when we get careless. If anyone believes he or she is immune, it won't happen to them, or the security rules are just too inconvenient, remind them about:
- Target and the 40 million credit and debit cards stolen in November and December, along with the mounting law suits
- It only takes one mistake, i.e., opening an infected attachment or clicking on a fake link in an email
- The loss of a mobile device that has no password or a weak password and contains company data
- One of the many other pitfalls that could enable the bad guys to steal and disrupt the business
Training is one of your best defenses. Businesses are in a constant battle between convenience and security. Ever had an employee use a workaround to avoid security practices because he/she thought it was too inconvenient? An employee who understands the threats to data, what hackers are looking for, and why and how hackers get in is more likely to adhere to security practices instead of ignoring them as overkill.
Make a list of some of the more notable breaches to emphasize the seriousness of following security practices. Some good examples would be:
- Target
- Recent cyber heists
- The loss of hundreds of thousands of social security numbers and other pieces of personal information from states such as Utah and South Carolina as well as numerous health organizations
Explain how the breaches were orchestrated. The common denominator in most breaches involved employees opening infected attachments, clicking on fake links in emails, or losing unprotected mobile devices or backup tapes.
Finally, constantly remind employees about cybersecurity tips. Let employees know what their responsibilities are through training and policies. Remember, the attitude toward security is driven from the top. If the top executives and business owner(s) do not follow the rules, neither will the employees. The "do as I say not as I do" attitude will not work. Make the rules simple, easy to follow, and logical. If a rule does not make sense and/or makes an employee's job more difficult, consider how best to implement the security without disrupting workflow.
For example: I did an assessment for a manufacturing company. Best practices require changing passwords every 90 days. This created a dilemma for the company because in order to change passwords on the equipment, they needed to shut down production, losing valuable hours. So, we implemented a workaround wherein they used very long and complicated passwords and only changed them once a year. In the interim, they watched for potential red flags and would change passwords if something did not seem right.
Best practices are an excellent guide, but they are not one-size-fits-all. Security needs to make sense for your organization. Cybersecurity is not a mystery; it's primarily commonsense. However, some convenience will have to be sacrificed.
Here are some cyber tips to assist:
- Never share your passwords with anyone, including help desk staff. It's your password and must be protected.
- A good strong password should include special characters, numbers, and both uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Do not write your passwords down or leave them near your computer. If you need to write them down, keep them secure. You can even use a password keeper, but make sure you can trust the software or app.
- Always encrypt and password-protect sensitive information.
- Always lock your computer when you leave your workspace. It may be tempting for others to get on your computer when you are not around. Same goes for mobile devices. Password-protect them, and set them to lock after a minute or two of inactivity.
- Always store CDs, USB drives, or other removable devices containing sensitive information in locked drawers. This is part of the "clean desk" policy. When you are not around, others, such as a cleaning crew, may come through and have access to everything.
- Any electronic device used to store company information must be properly erased before it is discarded, disposed of, or donated.
- If you are issued a company-owned laptop or other device or if you store company data on your device, make sure that you connect it to the network frequently for security updates and other patches.
- Beware of third-party software applications. They can affect the operation of both your computer and the entire company network.
- Never open email attachments if you are unsure about the origin or reason for the attachment. If need be, contact the sender to verify its authenticity.
- Think before you click on a link.
- Make sure the company Wi-Fi is secure.
- Back up, back up, back up. If you're not familiar with the recent virus called CryptoLocker, look it up and you will understand why backups are your best defense.
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Have you ever met someone and knew right away that you would have an amazing relationship with them? What if you haven't ever actually 'met' that person yet? Does it still count? Can they still be one of your BFFs? Well, I think so.
I met Malisa through our BFF, Katie. Malisa is awesome. She's someone who gets excited, and she's a 'go-getter'. She's bright, kind, and yet super down to earth. Malisa is a wife and mother of three. One of her greatest joys in life is her family.
I think you're really going to enjoy getting to know Malisa a little better after her Co-Hosting post. She reminded me that no matter how 'put-together' someone is, they are all still overcoming their own battles.
~The MFP
My name is Malisa and I met The MFP through my friend of many many years, Katie. The MFP inspires me. She inspires me to put my thoughts out there and not be afraid of what others think. It is my life, right? I will do as I please! I have goals in life, and I am going to do anything I can to achieve them. So I am going to take a few minutes to bore you all with a bit about me and my life.
I am currently a fairly new Mary Kay Beauty Consultant who was introduced to the company because I had won a free facial/makeover for myself and as many friends as I wanted through the company in which I was buying my wedding gown. Besides my Mary Kay business, I also work full-time as an office manager at a manufacturing company (I drive one hour each way to get there).
Now here is my story. I was told I could never have children so I was very blessed when I met my husband and his two children that we have full time. They filled the gap in my heart of knowing I would never have my own biological child.
I struggled for a while with the wonder of "Why me? Why can I not have my own? What did I do wrong?" Well, a little less than 2 years ago, God decided it was time for me to go through the joys of child bearing and I was ecstatic! How many women say they are ecstatic about growing pains, morning sickness, and so forth? I was!!!
January 30th 2012 I was blessed with my miracle baby (Landen)! Shorty after that, I suffered from postpartum depression and I didn't understand how I could be depressed after experiencing the most amazing thing in the world, having my own child. I started seeing a therapist, whom I still see today. Landen is going to be 1 on the day you will be reading this! Who would have thought that the reason I was always so on edge was because I suffered from anxiety for years, which did not by any means help my postpartum depression!
I took 6 weeks off work and stayed home with my bundle of joy. Those 6 weeks sure went fast and I enjoyed every minute of it. I contemplated staying home, I dreaded going back to work. Not because of my job (I have a really good job), but because I did not want to leave my baby. My boss offered me a great package that at that time everyone said, "You are crazy if you do not go back to work". So here I am, back at work, dreading each day I walk out of my house and leave my little man for 10 hours.
My old hours required me to leave my house at 6:30am and get home at 6:00pm. With my new hours, I leave at 7:30am and get back home about 5:30 pm. Landen goes to bed between 7-7:30pm. This still only gives me an hour and a half a day with him and once in awhile, the depression hits. I think to myself "He's going to call the babysitter mom" and "He won't know who I am." It breaks my heart when I am not the first one to see one of his "firsts". I hate that I get about an hour and a half a day with him, it is simply not enough time. I decided enough was enough. I needed to be home more with the kids so I contacted the lady who did my Mary Kay party.
Having Landen is what truly inspired me to start Mary Kay. I can be having the worst day ever, but when I walk in that door and he comes around the corner, wanting up and giving me the biggest hug ever, he makes me forget about whatever it was that made my day bad. I do not want any bad days, I want more time with the kids. I do not want to miss the older boys' games. I want to be a part of everything in my family.
Mary Kay has also helped with my anxiety in many ways. It has given me more confidence so I feel better about myself and it has given my family more financial freedom so we do not have to worry about which bill to hold off on for a week, etc.
With Mary Kay, dreams can become a reality. Yes I know, you are all probably sitting there thinking "blah blah blah". I was one of you thinking "blah blah blah", before I gave it a chance.
But, Mary Kay is making my dreams come true.With Mary Kay, I create my own hours, work when I want, and determine how much I want to make. I work my business around my family activities, not my family activities around my job and the recognition is amazing! I've earned a ton of jewelry and other items. Before too long, Mary Kay will be buying me a car! How many companies buy you a new car every two years and give you diamonds?
Mary Kay has made my dream a reality. My dream of wanting more time at home was never going to happen. Now after starting with Mary Kay, I can honestly say that I see the opportunity of going part time at my current job, and hopefully soon be able to proudly say "I'm a Stay at Home Mom" with her own Mary Kay Business!
Make sure to go check Malisa out. You can find her on Facebook (where she posts lots of great make-up/skin care tips) or you can email her at email@example.com If you would like to place an order, you can go to www.marykay.com/mmcloud. She ships anywhere in the US. There is a 5.5% tax and small shipping fee added after the order is received.

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A week ago, the ALIA National Advisory Conference came to Perth. The topic was 'Future of the Profession'. You can get some idea of what was said from the Storify, but the guest speaker was my good friend and mentor Kathryn.
Kathryn made a number of excellent points and at one stage she asked the room to embrace shambrarians. Now this is an easy thing for me for reasons I'll get to, but apparently not everyone in the room was so supportive. Indeed, in the last week, Hoi and Peter have both written excellent blog posts on the matter, which I'd encourage you to read.
So just what is a shambrarian? I would count them at minimum as qualified professionals who work in a library doing librarian-y tasks but have non-librarian qualifications. I'm talking teachers, historians, people with degrees in communication, IT, etc.
In my job I'm fortunate enough to work closely with a number of shambrarians. My opinion on this topic was formed early in my time as a librarian when I was accepted into the graduate program at the State Library of WA. The year I started, the program included me and one other graduate, Theresa. She and I quickly became close friends and I gained a great deal of respect for her intelligence and capabilities. She had a degree in teaching and had just finished Honours in history. This meant that from the outset she was far more knowledgeable about the State Library collections than I was, as she had used them in her research.
Unfortunately it didn't stop some people from treating her differently because she didn't have a library degree. This irked me because it was apparent that she was a fast learner and was no less capable than I. Indeed, I could see that her skills and knowledge were really useful because they were different to those of the other staff (in the same way, skills I'd gained before becoming a librarian were also particularly useful).
It seems that some people believe that their library degree automatically makes them better at everything to do with libraries than people without one. This sentiment was somewhat apparent at the NAC when mention was made of non-librarians getting jobs in libraries (with the implied subtext of 'stealing our jobs'). I believe that no degree is a meal ticket. If you want to get a job, you need to ensure that you're the best candidate. If you're not, then it's wise to look in the mirror before casting elsewhere for blame. I know that it's a tough time to get a library job, but I have a lot more sympathy for the librarians in this discussion who are looking for ways to improve their technical skills rather than those who would shut the door to a more diverse range of skills.
Now I work in a team with, among others, Theresa and Carina (another ex-grad shambrarian) as well as Jocelyne who has a teaching background. My manager is also an ex-teacher and my director is a historian. Shambrarians to the max and I love it! I also really enjoy working with library officers who often show as much or more initiative and willingness to learn than some librarians.
I believe that a certain amount of diversity is going to be vital for libraries if we are to survive and prosper. Hiring people from different work and study backgrounds really helps to avoid myopia and brings a broader wealth of experience and ideas to the table. I can see many ways that this is of benefit to my workplace and to the profession. I don't feel threatened by shambrarians and I love working with them. I'd love to see them become more welcome in and involved with our professional organisations and conversations.
Do you agree? Disagree? I'd love to hear from people who have alternative viewpoints and can give me (preferably objective ) reasons that they are not in favour of shambrarians.


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Leading online financial comparison site, Mozo.com.au, has recognised bcu as Home Loan Credit Union of the Year for 2017 in their prestigious Experts Choice Awards.
In addition to winning Home Loan Credit Union of the Year, bcu was awarded top marks for its Low-Cost home loan, Fixed home loan, Split home loan, Variable home loan and its Fixed rate investor loan products.
With bcu's continued commitment to investing in product development and enhancement, it certainly seems to be a strategy that continues to pay off for our customers, who can be rest assured that they are getting products that offer genuine value, while also supporting a local financial institution who supports the community in which it operates.
Mozo's Kirsty Lamont said "This year's winners have earned a spot among the top 10 per cent of home loans in each Award category which is no small feat given that our banking experts reviewed over 500 home loans from 89 lenders. Our Experts Choice Home Loan Awards are designed to recognise the providers that are leading the pack in terms of the value they deliver to home loan customers."


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As the Sydney season draws to a close with The Australian Ballet, it also signals the year winding down of a huge 2014 for everyone, including the dancers.
We are performing our last shows of The Nutcracker at The Opera House while other dancers across the world are treating audiences to their Nutcracker performances too. Young dancers are treating their parents to their annual Dance Christmas concert – it used to be the highlight of my dancing year when I was younger too!
When I was 4, we danced the 12 Days of Christmas at the Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols at Riverstage in Brisbane and I was the little Partridge in a Pear Tree. I still remember by poor little arms struggling to hold up the ring I had in my arms but also that I couldn't stop smiling the entire time.
Which all leads to the fact, that almost unbelievably so, Christmas is just around the corner. This thought is enough to bring a whole lot of anxiety, stress and pressure to a lot of people, which I wish was sadly not the case. You can feel the energy in the air as people are rushing around cities and shopping centres wired on caffeine and stress hormones rushing around their bodies.
People feel pressured to provide presents that are 'good enough' and often causing a whole lot of strain on the family finances. We all hope we can provide a Christmas that our loved ones enjoy and will remember, while looking cool as a cucumber on the outside of course!
We are aiming to please everyone, get to all the pre-christmas and day and evening events as if it was the only chance to catch up with loved ones.
We often stuff our bodies full of food without even taking the time to really enjoy the taste before rushing off to the next event, with the hope that showing your face will mean it was worthwhile, fighting the traffic along the way. It can also bring up a lot of stress for people who are missing loved ones on the day, it can be a really lonely day when you are missing someone special.
And afterwards we crash, our digestive systems and liver struggling to process all the food and our nervous system unable to sustain that level of stress. Not to mention the crankiness, puffiness, fatigue and headaches!
My Christmas wish as we head into the Christmas period is that we really become aware and be present in this period. I wish we can all experience the true indulgence and delight of spending time with loved ones and honouring ourselves with extra special self-care and self-love activities that we all individually enjoy.
"I wish that we can all stop to be thankful for what we have in this world; our health first and foremost, to be cared for my family and friends, to love those around us, to enjoy the simple pleasures of a delicious sleep in, or to mindfully relish a piece of home-made Christmas cake passed down throughout the family thinking of those who came before us.
To enjoy balance within and around the festivities, to celebrate each other and celebrate each other and ourselves.
To feel joy and to be mindful, to reflect on the year that has been and the one just around the corner where lies infinite possibility. To be grateful and thankful for our lungs that keep breathing throughout it all. And be mindful of our precious heart that never skips a beat but is full of boundless love."
I would also like to share with you my own 12 Days of Christmas here at The Balance Point(e). Over the next 12 days, I will be posting here on the blog about some of my favourite things, not just for Christmas, but for achieving daily balance across the year. My very basic but essential Balance Point(e)s that are also useful during the stress and intensity that Christmas brings.
There will be links from my Instagram so make sure to follow me here too!
You can also check out my Balance Point(e) Christmas competition I am running on Instagram. You can win your very own personalised Christmas gift from me, so make sure you check it out and enter!


text: OK bit of a funny one this, see if I can explain. A couple weeks ago I came on the game, not many players, was in a regular room I think with a few others, general chat and banter at the bottom of the screen. Bit by bit other players drifted away till there was only me and one other player. The game continued, just us, and we were "sort of" playing, and you know how when someone is chatting to you, you sometimes write whatever your reply is on the drawing area. Sometimes when it was a word we couldn't be bothered to draw, instead of skipping we'd scribble the word. Anyway we were doing this when all of a sudden I got skipped and points removed. I got an "Admin" warning me about writing ... I was quite surprised. And annoyed. We weren't breaking rules as such ... and weren't cheating, it was just two people in a room, talking, messing around. If others had come in, we'd have stuck to the rules proper. But it was just us. OK so now you may say, why not make a private room. Well being one of the older players on the game, I didn't know anything about this other player - male female, young old, black white, blah blah - and I wasn't going to make a private room for that. It just looks creepy. So then I thought, well hold on, if an Admin can see in this room without being there, what about other private UC rooms? Can they lurk and snigger and criticise these rooms' conversations / draws ? How far do their powers go? I won't name and shame, as that's not allowed. But still - I'd like to know.


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Monday, 11th September, 2017, 01:32 PM #1
List the Third-Party 5th Edition Campaign Settings
This is a wiki thread. You are able to edit it. If you know of a published 5E third party campaign setting, please add it!
Below is a list of existing published campaign settings. To qualify to be on this list, there are three requirements: it must be by a third party publisher, it must be published and for sale (if we listed all the fan creations, the list would be impossible), and it must be for 5th Edition D&D.
- 2099 Wasteland (Legendary Games) - post-apocalyptic setting
- Adventures in Middle Earth (Cubicle 7) - Tolkien's setting of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
- Aigyptos (Skirmisher Publishing) - Egyptian-themed adventures.
- Amethyst: Quintessence (Dias Ex Machina Games) - Science versus Magic, in a future Earth.
- Blood & Bone (Arcana Games) - dark, gritty setting with no gods or magic.
- Ebonclad - A Thieves' Guild Setting (Dan Coleman Productions).
- Esper Genesis (Alligator Alley Entertainment) - 5E sci-fi.
- Filbar (Adventures in Filbar) - standard fantasy setting, 5E and 1E/2E
- Godsfall Worldbook (ndependent, Aram Vartian)
- Hypercorps 2099 5E (Legendary Games) - superhero fantasy cyberpunk (also in Pathfinder)
- Land of Azurth (Hydra Cooperative) - American myth-inspired fantasy.
- The Lost Lands: Bard's Gate Player's Guide, The Lost Lands: Bard's Gate for Fifth Edition, The Lost Lands: The Blight, The Lost Lands: Borderland Provinces (Frog God Games) - high adventure in a declining empire.
- Midgard (Kobold Press) - Dark Eastern European Fantasy
- Mists of Akuma (Storm Bunny Studios) - Eastern fantasy noir steampunk.
- Neurospasta (Dias Ex Machine Games) - cyberpunk transhumanist setting.
- Parsantium: City at the Crossroads (Ondine Publishing) - Byzantium/Greco-Roman city setting.
- Ponyfinder Campaign Setting (Silver Games) - world of Everglow ruled by fey ponies.
- Primeval Thule (Sasquatch Game Studio) - dark setting inspired by Conan and Lovecraft.
- Scarred Lands (Nocturnal & Onyx Path) - Greek-inspired dark fantasy.
- Swords of Kos (Skirmisher Publishing) - Dark Ages fantasy Mediterranean.
- Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting (Green Ronin) - Matt Mercer's Critical Role setting.
- World of Farland (S. Baker) - detailed world ruled by evil.
- ZEITGEIST: The Gears of Revolution (EN Publishing) - political/urban setting with steampunk elements colliding with magic.
- Zodiac Empires (Starcalled Studios) - early industrial setting with airships.
Coming Soon:
- Lost Citadel (Green Ronin)
- Journey to Ragnarok
- Talislanta the Savage Lands
- Arcanis
- Worlds of Empyrea (Frank Mentzer) − cancelled
Tuesday, 12th September, 2017, 05:22 AM #2
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I probably went overboard in listing out the parts of FGG's The lost Lands setting. ;-)
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Not sure how to add things in, but you forgot Esper Genesis from Alligator Alley Entertainment. Sci-fi for 5E. Free basic rules and a free starter adventure are on Drivethrurpg now and the full rules will be coming soon.
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I added Darkplane, but I'm not sure if it qualifies... it was on kickstarter
Tuesday, 12th September, 2017, 01:14 PM #6
Starfrontiers from the frontiersman magazine. I'll add it when I get to a computer.DMSGuild Hottest items
Note that both the above links have my affiliate id.
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Added Pugmire.
It's really neat how 5e has exploded into a bunch of 3rd party campaign settings.
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Also something called Rhym: Under the Rings that I found by typing in "Campaign setting 5e" at Amazon. Looked interesting so I ordered it and Tal'Dorei the other day. Anybody have a release date for Midgard 5e?
I didn't add Rhym into Morrus's list because I don't know how to make it look nice and with links.
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text: DNA could solve Oregon mystery after 88 yearsThursday, May 1, 2014America's oldest missing-person case could be drawing to a close in Portland. In 1926, a 75-year-old Tigard man took a bus to Portland to visit his daughter. Marvin Clark, a former town marshal, was last seen at a bus terminal in downtown Portland. He then disappeared. Loggers found a complete skeleton in 1986 in northwest Multnomah County alongside a .32-caliber pistol and shoes known as "police loafers." The skull had a bullet hole in the temple. Now, the state's forensic anthropologist has used DNA analysis to connect the skull with Clark. If confirmed, it would solve the oldest missing-person case in the nation's medical-examiner database. Learn the details in this Oregonian article.


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Horrors – V
A modern take on the New Wave material originally made famous by Sir Gary Numan, V is a stunning album from the Southend-on-Sea natives. I have not come across their work before, but I found V to be a hypnotic and brilliant record, one which gives a new take to a genre that can be handled with a little bit too much respect. Songs like "It's A Good Life", "Ghost" and "Hologram" sound brilliant, with sweeping synths and a dark sense of the macabre. One of the darkest synth gems to be released in 2017.
9 out of ten– Almost perfect, almost....
Top track– It's A Good Life
PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs – Feed the Rats
Released at the beginning of 2017, Feed the Rats by North-East of England band PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs is something that must be heard to be believed. If ever there was a prize for hidden gem of the year, this album would almost certainly on the shortlist. Three tracks long and over thirty-five minutes long, Feed the Rats is a sludge/amplifier worship album that is designed to let you tune in and zone out. It is a fantastic record; the production is huge, and it never gets old or boring. Get this one now!
10 out of ten – This is proof there is a deity
Top track – Psychopomp
Robert Plant – Carry Fire
After the fantastic lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar, Carry Fire is something of a disappointment. The traveller feeling of the previous has not been brought forward to the latter, instead it has been replaced by far too many ballads for my liking. Don't get me wrong, Robert Plant's vocals still sound fantastic as ever, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing as well, especially when it comes to this record.
4 out of ten – Well, it is alright, but still.....
Top track – The May Queen
Wolves in the Throne Room – Thrice Woven
Thrice Woven might be the latest record from this group, but it does nothing to change my opinion of Black Metal legends, Wolves in the Throne Room. Where others see genius, I see mediocrity and Thrice Woven continues that path of dull Black Metal for me sadly. I applaud the fact that they have an organic background, I appreciate that they brought Black Metal back to the table for a lot of people, but I still find them dull. You're not going to like everything you hear in life, something just don't align with your way of thinking, but this is not it for me.
2 out of ten – If only there was some quality control
Top track – Angrboda
Suffocation – ……. Of the Dark Light
Death metal legends Suffocation returned earlier this year with ……. Of the Dark Light, their first album since their 2013 Pinnacle of Bedlam. There are no surprises here, you rarely get those with technical death metal, but you do have some sick cuts on this one, solos that sound like the rally calls of the damned and it sounds so good!
7 out of ten – This is good and worth checking out
Top track – Clarity Through Deprivation
Alice Cooper – Paranormal
In the days where rock legends are sadly going behind the curtain invisible, there is a comfort to be found within a new album from a legendary star. There is nothing on Paranormal that you have not heard before from Alice Cooper, the most amazing fact about this album is that Alice is still with us to be honest. However, Paranormal is a great classic rock record, there is something comforting that his sound has returned to that classic sound that made his name. This is essentially for the fans ony, but that is never a bad thing when it comes to Alice.
7 out of ten – This is good and worth checking out
Top track – Paranoiac Personality
Fever Ray – Plunge
Plunge is an album that comes eight years after Fever Ray, the debut release under the Fever Ray name by Swedish singer, Karin Elisabeth Dreijer. It has been a long time coming, some might even say too long. For me, I am happy that it has been released at all, at one point I was sure that Fever Ray was just going to be a one-off release. Plunge is a worthy successor, a great follow up and as dark a piece of electronica as you will find. Its political messages, the way it deals with sexuality and the aggressive nature of the album are hard to ignore. It is an album that is hard to ignore, but it's also one that can only be approached from one direction. I like it, I respect it, but much like the latest LCD Soundsystem, I don't love it.
7 out of ten – This is good and worth checking out.
Top track – As Part of Us (Feat. Tami T)
Galactic Empire – Galactic Empire
A metal Star Wars album, that is right – this is an album of songs from the Star Wars series, which have been re-created as metal versions. I am sure this has been done before, it will probably be done again. This is a novelty release at best, with limited appeal and whilst I cannot fault the players, I have a feeling this will only ever come out during a Star Wars themed night at your local rock bar.
4 out of ten – It's alright, but still.....
Top track – The Imperial March
Neck Deep – The Peace and the Panic
The Peace and the Panic is a standard Pop Punk release, songs about broken hearts, the strains of life and all done within a restricted timescale. Whilst Neck Deep are making headlines for their live shows, this album sort of feels a little too worn, even when it's brand new. This is a decent sounding record, but it has a bit if a generic feeling to be honest. Nothing amazing, but not bad either.
6 out of ten – Now I see where you were going, but it is not quite there.
Top track – Critical Mistake
Paradise Lost – Medusa
As Paradise Lost get older, they seem to be returning to their old ways. Medusa retreats further to their doom roots, sounding as if the funeral is in full flow with the skies as black as thunder. This is both a good thing and a bad thing; going back towards that earlier sound (in some peoples' eyes) could be viewed as retreat, an admission of failure. However, when it sounds as good as this, who really gives a fuck! Paradise Lost are doing what they do best, massive doom metal songs which sound best when they are played as loud as possible. Granted, it is not their most instance record, but the most you listen, the more reward it becomes.
9 out of ten – Almost perfect, almost.....
Top track – Blood & Chaos


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Jumping into the Apple Ecosystem
I think stay sharp in the tech industry, you have to be in a constant state of uncomfortableness. If you think you know everything and/or aren't always trying something, you'll lose your edge fast as your ability to notice trends and adapt atrophies, and when the Really Big Disruptive thing happens you'll be unable to find your legs.
It's easy to be a little uncomfortable - constantly asking yourself "what's under this?" and "how does this work?" is the healthy curiousity you need that will save your bacon when production inevitibly fails at 4 in the morning. Better understanding the systems you work with is a good habit that pays dividends.
However, it's not enough to know only the systems you're paid to know. Your company may have been on the bleeding edge once, but is it now? How would you know if you're missing out on some really helpful tools or technologies? This can be a drawback with working on Unix-like systems - they're stable, effective, and boring, but that means new concepts take a while to shake out everywhere (if at all), and with the variety of systems it's easier to cling to POSIX tools like a life preserver. If you think of how long it took for the boolean type to end up in C, you know that you can go a long time with niceties folks using other systems take for granted.
Once a year I try to take a quick spin in an ecosystem I'm totally unfamiliar with, and for the holiday break this year (truncated to just a few days for reasons I can't get into) I decided to take a look at the Apple Developer ecosystem.
I Should Cocoa
Now for the longest time I've kept away from the NextSTEP stuff (Cocoa, Objective C, etc.), and stayed within the comfort zone that is the Darwin core (UNIX/BSD).
You can treat a MacBook Pro like a really pretty terminal emulator for years, and you'll probably be fine (I certainly managed, and I know many people who have also done the same). But ignoring all the other parts of the ecosystem means I'm not able to play with the fun graphical bits of my computer, or sell premium egg timer apps in the App Store.
What I wanted to learn first was the Swift programming language. I've heard Swift grouped in with Go and Rust as a next-generation systems language. The basic syntax and control flow isn't crazy, but I've not done a whole lot with it besides basic Hello World stuff. I need to wrap my head around how they've extended enumerations ("it's like C, but flexible" sounds a little terrifying), and I've had some problems with the documentation (which I'll get into below).
Of course, using the Apple ecosystem pretty much requires Xcode IDE. While it's using LLVM under the hood, I imagine trying to do all the wrangling for apps without Xcode is an exercise that's only worthwhile if you're doing app work full time (and even then, it looks like Xcode is the well-worn path). As a Vim die-hard, it was a little hard letting go to work in Xcode, but it turns out that a lot of the behaviour that I've augmented Vim with (via plugins) is out of the box functionality with Xcode. The playground was pretty neat, and handy for learning Swift, as it continually executes and displays the output to the side.
My main problems with Xcode are the screen clutter (I'm used to just a few terminals displaying what I need) and how it consumes so much of the system resources that it basically runs standalone on my older Mac. The refactoring tools are really good, but their only appears to be out-of-the-box support for Objective-C and Swift (although I suspect this could be extended). Problems aside, after several days I found myself enjoying Xcode, and I'm wondering how to get some of that functionality into Vim.
After getting my feet wet with Xcode and Swift, I figured it was time to build an iPhone app. I've seen enough 12-year-olds hawking their apps, so I figuring that this should be a cakewalk. However, this is where my Unix background slams into the wall. I've done a lot of OO-programming, but I don't often work with the UI (often sticking with HTML output, which is easily manipulable in a terminal). I managed to get an app partially done, and with any luck I'll find the time to finish it and drop it in the App Store.
I was still hitting some mental roadblocks while trying to get a basic application out the door, and at this point I figured the problem might be with the documentation in Swift. I still like Swift, but after looking at the API docs I still couldn't see how everything would fit together, and there was too much "give you the fish" and not enough "teach you how to fish." So that's when I decided to take a look at Objective-C, which I figured might be the Rosetta Stone to me grokking how to really work with the built-in frameworks.
Jumping into Objective-C seemed to be the trick. I forget where I heard the anecdote, but there's a line of reasoning that the C-style languages have survived this long because the documentation has to be more in-depth. Objective-C may be a superset of C, but to use its power requires learning a lot of new syntax and behaviour. That said, the docs were a lot meatier on the how-and-why.
A bite from the forbidden fruit
It's worth bringing up the bit about "diminishing returns." After working with any system after 10 years, digging deeper and deeper into its guts, the work you'll put in to better understanding better yields less and less reward. Spending a few days learning more about macOS has been more beneficial than if I'd spent my time reading some GNU coreutils source code. It's easy to get a little over-specialized, so it's good to spend a few days a year getting outside of your comfort zone.
I'm still a big believer in open systems - if you can't fix it yourself, you don't really own it. And that's where I get uneasy after spending some time in the Apple ecosystem. It's a walled garden, but a really good walled garden. There's a lot of thought put into the interfaces of their frameworks, and they're solving real problems instead of continuously re-inventing the wheel. It's not hard to make a simple program that looks good. After getting a whiff of the Kool-aid, I can confirm it smells mighty delicious.
I've taken a quick look at GNUStep, and while it addresses the Cocoa aspect, it says right on the tin that they're not striving to be an operating system. In classic bazaar fashion you're expected to cobble together the parts yourself. But having looked at the macOS experience a little more deeply, I can see a big part of the appeal is that macOS supplies you with decent default programs. Tools, docs, and frameworks right from the start, and for many people they will happily use these Good Enough defaults. An open-source operating system using the Linux kernel, GNUstep, and good default programs seems like a great idea - I wish I could be the person to start something like that, but I think that's a project for someone with some time.


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text: Starbucks' Schultz: Blockchain and digital currencies are bringing us into a new age 0 Bitcoin, Starbucks 2:10 PM A+ A- Print Email Starbucks (SBUX) executive chairman Howard Schultz has been saying that retail was going to witness "a seismic change" in consumer behavior because of technology, most notably the Amazon effect and the explosion of e-commerce."I think if you look at the history of our public life, one of the I think real benefits of what we've been able to accomplish as a company has been the entrepreneurial DNA of Starbucks and constantly having the curiosity to see around corners and make big bets," Schultz said on the company's first-quarter earnings call with investors on Thursday. He added that there's "probably no better example" in recent years than what the coffee company has done with digital mobile payment in its brick-and-mortar stores.Schultz sees another change on the horizon linked to the rise of cryptocurrencies and the underlying blockchain technology."I believe that we are heading into a new age, in which blockchain technology is going to provide a significant level of a digital currency that is going to have a consumer application. And I believe that Starbucks is in a unique position to take advantage of that," Schultz said. "Now, I don't want anyone to hang up on this call and assume that we have this all figured out because we don't. Or that we're making a significant investment in this, because we're not."Schultz drew a comparison to the rise of the internet in the late 1990s and the subsequent impact on businesses."We all can probably remember 20 years ago or so when someone tapped us on the shoulder and asked us anything about this thing called the internet? And we probably all can remember that moment," Schultz said. "Well, 20 years later or so, the world has been completely transformed."For Schultz, the question retail faces today is what could happen with cryptocurrencies?"I mention this is not because I'm talking about bitcoin (BTC-USD Looking at what the future of consumer behavior might look like, Schultz said that he believes there will be "one or a few legitimate trusted digital currencies off the blockchain technology.""That legitimacy and trust in terms of its consumer application will have to be legitimatized by a brand and a brick and mortar environment, where the consumer has trust and confidence in the company that is providing the transaction," Schultz added.With hundreds of millions of dollars invested in this technology, there will likely be an arms race."There's going to be a lot of winners, a lot of losers," Schultz said. "But we are in a very unique position to take advantage of what other tech companies and the blockchain technology will provide in terms of the rails to potentially be in the mix of this and benefit financially, benefit in terms of consumer behavior and incrementality and significantly create long-term shareholder value."Sourcehttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbucks-schultz-blockchain-digital-currencies-bringing-us-new-age-155116087.html Get Widget Share to:


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In 1981, Karol Wojtyla (aka Pope John Paul II) published an encyclical on work, entitled Laborem exercens, in which he called for the Roman Catholic Church to form a "spirituality of work." It's in response to this call that Michael Naughton has written The Logic of Gift: Rethinking Business as a Community of Persons.
Picking up on a major theme of the late Pope, Naughton argues that a business ought to see itself as a community of persons, not a society of individuals. For it is only as such that it can fulfill its good purpose – actually three, good purposes:
- Creating wealth through sustainable capital
- Producing goods and services which bring people into relation with one another
- Designing work which develops people socially and spiritually
The outlook for business, however, isn't entirely optimistic. If the business operates as a collection of individuals, looking out primarily for its own interests, it will do more harm than good. This becomes clear in the classic shareholder model of business which incentivizes a business to overlook the concerns of some for the benefit of others. Quoting Upton Sinclair, he writes:
It is hard to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it.
In contrast to such a model, Naughton looks to family and religion for insight. There he sees a "logic of gift," whereby persons exercise their gifts in service to one another. When the household was the center of economic activity, Naughton argues, this logic of gift was natural to work. In the wake of the industrial revolution, however, businesses will need to endeavor to learn from the family (household) to give, and more importantly to receive, the gift of service.
While The Logic of Gift raises several good points along the way, the little book says very little. Scoped almost exclusively to papal interest, readers will be hard pressed to find any direct reference to Scripture. This is important because, even for Catholic readers, it will be hard to uphold such lofty concepts as the "community of persons" and the "logic of gift" without rooting them in the normative speech of the church.
Nevertheless, Naughton does not always stay conceptual, and, particularly toward the end, he does touch the ground with a meaningful example of how a business may begin to look like a community of persons. In particular, his critique of the stakeholder business model challenges, however briefly, the generally accepted alternative to the older shareholder model. Such a criticism has the potential of really addressing some of the major issues in the current trend of B-corporations.
In the final analysis, the book makes its greatest contribution in its movement from a broad theological vision (i.e. perichoresis of the Godhead) toward the crucible of contemporary Christian life: the workplace. While much literature has undertaken the critique of market systems and social ideologies, few find their way into the day-to-day experience of the average Christian. The Logic of Gift does just that.


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|Frasier Dinner at Eight Frasier and Niles decide to take Martin out for a tip-top meal but end up at his favourite restaurant - the Timber Mill House of Beef.
|Frasier I Hate Frasier Crane When Frasier becomes the target of a hate campaign organised by a local newspaper columnist, Martin and Daphne encourage him to fight back.
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|The Big Bang Theory The Decoupling Fluctuation Sheldon intervenes when he learns that Penny is thinking about breaking up with Leonard, but he is hampered by his inability to keep a secret. (S6 Ep2/24)
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|Four in a Bed The competition kicks off in north Norfolk at The Hero, run by best mates Harry and Rowan, who both quit university to follow their dream of becoming hospitality entrepreneurs.
|Four in a Bed The second visit is to The Cleasewood Guest House in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, a labour of love for rookie B&B owners Debbie and Arthur Callaghan. But are towels hiding some dirty secrets?
|Four in a Bed For the third visit of the week the B&B'ers head to Peel Hey on the Wirral, where boss Helen Holmes and assistant Suzanne hope their seven decades of experience will give them the edge.
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|Sun, Sea and Brides to Be In this episode, high heels and steep steps cause one bride a headache, and will a wedding cake mix-up spoil planner Aaron's best laid plans? (Ep5)
|Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer catches up with Lauren and Paul in Hertfordshire - who previously struggled to find a house they both liked. There's also a return to Dave and Kerrie in Somerset. (S31 Ep8)
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1. Recount Stories. This tends to be where one person recounts a crazy thing they did and then everyone else is waiting to tell how their crazy story was even better. A lot of the time these are related to alcohol or drugs.
2. Solve Problems. Where the back and forth is talking about hypothetical or real problems. In the world or in our lives and trying to come up with solutions.
They don't seem to be related to the people's socioeconomic status or profession. Not sure what does determine how people tend to interact.
Recounting stories is interesting since this used to be the only way that people could get new information. So, it was highly valuable. Now if you're in a recounting stories conversation it tends to be a matter of "one-upmanship" or just waiting until your turn to tell your story.
Especially bad in my opinion are the drinking stories. Or crazy drug experience stories. They just don't seem to add anything to anyones lives. To be fair, I've been guilty of that in the past too. Especially in college. But, hopefully its something that I've grown out of a bit.
I find much greater value in the hypothetical conversation to solve problems.
Even though its often an exercise where you don't actually have the right solution, it helps to train your brain. For when you actually have to solve real problems.
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An ancient Mediterranean tale has brought to our times the story of Ayaks, a greek hero of immeasurable skills, who founded the city of Ajaccio, capital of Corsica. However, centuries have brought characters of more transcendency for World History. Napoleon, for example, stands out above all others; to him Corsica was motherland.
It's not time to speak of the great corsican battles and the imperialism that have now remained in history. Although it is true, those napoleonic times, as well as the seven centuries of Roman Occupation, gave birth to such a beautiful island.
Also known as "The little Italy in France", for having been once an italian city, Corsica has maintained the remains of its transalpine culture, for it was long under italian influence. But Corsica is plainly a mountain eloping from the land and forming hard to imitate panoramas for a mere whim of mother earth.
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Ajaccio, capital of the island, deserves a visit too. Be submerged into the galo-italic culture that it shelters and transmits from every corner.
The beaches cannot pass unnoticed either. In Corsica, the geographic features are more than just a portion of sand melting into the water. Its seasides distinguish themselves, alongside their extension, due to the way their sand fades gently the greens of the forests. Rondinara, Santa Giulia and Palombaggia are three beaches that should not leave unvisited.
For the lovers of tranquility and historical sceneries, Porto Vecchio and its old city could become the perfect choice. To walk through its narrow alleys full of history, and the tiny, so typical restaurants of the islands is completely beyond compare.
Finally, in our little guide through this "Bit of Italy in France", we cannot forget to mention Bonifacio, on the south of Corsica, whose port and striking cliffs will surely amaze anyone who dares to see.


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Friday, May 22, 2009
Capturing China
John Thomson, photographing China in the early 1870s. Link…
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what wonderful photos
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- Linda said...
Fabulous Photos. I looked for an English parallel page on the museums site, with no luck. I can only guess at the subjects of the photos.
- 8:42 pm
- tellurian said...
I'm happy to have brought them to you both. Linda - You'll find some cursory descriptions (like Manchu Bride and Chinese Merchant) of some of the pictures here.
- 9:16 am
- Linda said...
Thanks tellurian.
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Download key generator for Industrial Strength Records - Rudeboy Bass
Rude Boy Bass doesn't play nice. This Dubstep pack fights back with round upon round of heavyweight basslines primed by the pros at Industrial Strength Records to wobble the walls and rattle the senses. Get ready to dig into deep Dubstep bass samples. These booming loops are supported by a slew of raucous Tearouts, vivid Dubstep Riffs, and sick sounds to lay down the foundation and finishing touches of your modern Dubstep creations with a single audio soundest.
The possibilities only begin from there: Rude Boy Bass is formatted for Apple Loops and Wav, and each baseline clocks in at 140 BPM for instant mixin n' matchin.
Like all ISR packs, you'll hear top-quality 24-bit, 44.1 kHz files, which translate to clarity and depth for your daw.
Pair Rude Boy Bass with ISR's Dubstep Massive and encounter a duo to reckon with by expanding your range with even more tight drum loops, infectious synth melodies, and a slew of NI Massive patches to tweak. All the makings for a deadly pair.
So to get you started this wicked ISR pack also contains some super cool bonus packs such as Future Clash, Drum Shots Vol.2, and of course Dubstep Massive which features audio and 5 Ni Massive patches. Rudeboy Bass also contains drum loops, effects and everything you here in the booming demo track.
Tech Specs:
24 Bit Quality
23 Bass Patterns
16 Bass Shots
23 Complex Bass Combos
20 Drum Loops
12 Effects
05 Vocals
10 Gritty Basslines
10 Talking Bass Loops
09 Misc Bass Loops
10 Sub Loops
10 Drops
11 Wobble Loops
10 Synth & Pads
13 Assortment Demo Clips
23 Demo Clip Bass combos
20 Future Clash Samples
13 Dubstep Massive Samples
05 Dubstep NI Massive Patches
10 Drum Shots Vol. 2 Hits


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U.S. travel demand is ready to be a subject at resort and travel conferences in Berlin this week. Along with Syria, the U.S. ban of a minimum of 90 days impacts travelers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, including these with twin nationality that includes one of those international locations. It is also necessary to just remember to have lots of activities to your youngsters to do while traveling by RV. These activities should embody more than simply watching movies or taking part in video games, as highlighted above.
Opt for one thing with a spill-resistant" or spill proof" cowl to ensure no leaking even when your travel mug is dropped, knocked over, or jostled around. Considering that she or he will be up and about whereas traveling then internet cafes are the most suitable choice to go with when internet entry is required by the traveler. Patrick Chong is the Managing Director of InsureMore, an award-winning group of specialists in international single journey, household and annual travel insurance for those planning to travel for enterprise or leisure.
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TUCSON — I grew up a cliche: the ninth of nine children in the Kentucky hills, son of a man who made whiskey as his father and his father's father had done. My family made it legally until the government made it illegal, then we broke the law until the government changed its mind, and the big companies moved in and took over. When they did, my father went to work for Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, where he stayed until he retired in 1975. After more than 30 years, his salary (raised steeply in the last couple of years of his employment) was $17,000 a year. On this he reared children, all of whom attended college; built one home and then a second; and gave time and money extravagantly to anyone who needed help.
A full-tuition scholarship from Seagram brought me to California, to Stanford University, a school about which I knew nothing except that it was as far from the Kentucky hills as I could get. There I learned many things: I learned that I was poor, though I had never thought of myself that way and my parents would have been outraged at the label. I learned that because I spoke with an accent I was racist and ignorant, though my mother defied convention by inviting black children into her home and I was a straight-A student. My classmates roared with laughter whenever I opened my mouth, until I locked myself in my dorm room with a tape recorder and practiced talking as they did, as I was supposed to talk. I hit my head with a book each time I sounded like the hillbilly that I was.


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It's hard enough to find a psychic, let alone vet them for authenticity. But now you have Psychic Source, a no-nonsense, no-gimmicks resource that helps connect people with exactly the kind of psychics they need. Find out how it works – what types of psychics and readings are available, and how you can get one.
Types of Psychics and Psychic Readings
Psychics are people who are typically born with a special ability or abilities that often run in the family. Two such not uncommon gifts are clairvoyance and psychic mediums. Clairvoyance is the ability to see things clearly. This doesn't refer to eyesight, but rather to a sort of sixth sense that reveals the past, present and future to these Clairvoyants.
Psychic mediums have been made famous, or rather infamous, by Hollywood blockbusters like Ghost and the hundreds of television serials that make use of mediums as the basis for their ghost stories. But that's not exactly what Psychic mediums really do. They can foresee the future and are able to create a bridge between our world and the spiritual world, allowing you to gain a sense of peace and quiet if you know for sure that your loved ones are indeed resting in peace.
Similarly, you can get psychic readings and tap into the gifts of love psychics, pet psychics, intuitive psychics, career psychics, clairsentients, clairaudients, etc. There are structured psychic readings based on sets of symbols and patterns which your psychic advisor can translate for you. Unstructured readings are based on intuition and whatever the psychic can sense or divine about you and what you need during a session.
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Psychic Source allows you to search for the psychic and type of reading of your choice, based on availability at the time you want it. You can simply pick a Psychic Advisor and use the "Call Me" feature on the site to initiate a Phone Reading. You can also ask for a return call if the advisor is unavailable at that time. Psychic Source also allows you to do readings via chat, by clicking on the advisor's "Chat Reading" button.
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Mid Island Youth Field Lacrosse Girls Free Try-It Sessions (all ages)
Mondays & Wednesdays from Sept. 17-26
6:00-7:30pm at the Cowichan Sportsplex Field
Highlighters 4v4 Girl's Field Lacrosse House League 2018
Season: September 28 - November 16, 2018 (8-weeks)
U11 Ages: 2007-2010 (8-11 yrs.) U15 Ages: 2003-2006 (12-15 yrs.)
Fee: $100 (includes BCLA registration)
Practises: Once a week -alternating Mon/Wed's 6:00-7:30pm
Games: Friday's U11 Scrimmage 6:00-7:00pm (Field B)
U15 Game 1 6:00-7:00pm (Field A)
U15 Game 2 7:00-8:00pm (Field A)
Details: U15 players will be divided up into four teams and match up in a 6-week round robin series, with semi final and final games. U11's will practise on the same nights as the U15's and have weekly Friday scrimmages. All games are played at the Cowichan Sportsplex field in Duncan. Games are played half field, with 4 players per team on the field. There are no restraining lines, and players run both ends. Target sheets will be used in replacement of goalkeepers. Standard women's field lacrosse rules apply. New and experienced players welcome.
U12 and U15 Girl's Tournament Team Information
Tournament teams: If there is interest, registered Mid Island players can travel as teams to the mainland in U12 and U15 Divisions. The fee to play on a tournament team will be $25-50 seed money per player, for each tournament. Travel fees in addition.
Tournament Dates: Coquitlam 7v7: Sept. 29, 2018 ~ U12 and U15 Divisions
Richmond Romp: Nov. 9th-11, 2018 ~ U15 Division only
*Provincials : Feb. 9th-11th 2018 ~ U12 and U15 Divisions
*Team(s) would practise twice a week in January for Provincials.
Details: U12 is played Half Field with 8 players per side (including goalkeeper). The U12 game is modified with smaller nets and is limited to below the shoulder stick-to-stick contact. U15 is played Full Field with 10 players per side (including goalkeeper). There are offensive and defensive players held behind restraining lines and players rotate through attack, midfield, and defensive positions. New and experienced players welcome. • Players can choose to play in the Highlighter's League, and not participate in tournaments, or play in as many tournaments there is interest for.
Required Equipment: Women's field lacrosse stick, goggles, mouth guard, cleats optional.
On-line Registration on this website
For more information email email@example.com
Volunteers Still Needed - "Many hands make light work"
The Mid Island Youth Field Lacrosse Association is still looking for volunteers to help with the 2018 - 2019 season.
The current MIYFLA Executive has volunteers who have assumed 2+ positions to make the season possible. For example the MIYFL President, is also the Treasurer, is also a Coach. We welcome more volunteers to lighten the work load and enable the MIYFL Association to provide field lacrosse to Cowichan Valley youth that is rewarding, challenging and memorable.
We are looking for a Treasurer, Referee Allocator & Head Referee and Field Coordinator. It doesn't take as much time as you may think! Please contact Erica Beech, Secretary, at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Thank you to the following volunteers who have stepped forward!
MIYFLA Executive
President Lucas Rankin
Vice President Bill Sanderson
Treasurer Lucas Rankin
Secretary Erica Beech
Registrar Kim Schiavon
Head Coach Bill Sanderson
Director Positions
Head Team Manager Katrina McCormick
Head Referee & Referee Allocator vacant
Field Coordinator Bill Sanderson
Booster Club Kristie LaChance
Web & Communications Erica Beech
Hi Everyone:The Ministry of Education has asked that we circulate their survey regarding External Sport Credits to our membership. It would be good if you could take a few minutes (literally, a few minutes) and complete the survey, and following is an explanation. The link to the survey is http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/openschoolbc/external-credentials-program-survey-1/The Ministry of Education, along with its education partners, is working to redesign the Grades 10-12 curriculum to help ensure students are learning in a way that connects them to the collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills that are so important after high school. As part of this transformation, the Ministry is also undertaking a review of the External Credentials Program to ensure alignment with the broader changes in the curriculum, such as the principle of flexibility. As well, we would like to assess stakeholders' familiarity with the EC program in British Columbia and gauge the value and accessibility of the program.We hope to reach many of our stakeholders, so we invite you to share the following survey with your current and former students, parents, and colleagues: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/openschoolbc/external-credentials-program-survey-1/The survey will remain open until November 30, 2016. Results will inform our review of the EC Program and recommendations for future program design, which will be communicated next year. Regards,Rochelle


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Some people who criminally violate the law protecting the privacy of medical records may not be subject to government prosecution, a new Justice Department ruling says.
The ruling asserts that individuals who work for an entity covered by the law are not automatically covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and may not be subject to criminal penalties. While these penalties apply to insurers, doctors, hospitals and other providers, employees or outsiders who steal personal health data may be out of the bounds regarding penalties or disciplinary measures.
The Justice Department said that federal regulations apply just to "covered entities." Only these entities can be prosecuted for criminal violations. Here's an example: If a hospital criminally violates the law that hospital will be prosecuted. However, a hospital clerk who commits the same act would not be liable because he or she is not considered a covered entity.


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After the rendering was completed (10/15 minutes), I modifed my picture in Adobe Photoshop
to improve it and give it more details and some effects I couldn't get in Max.
I did all the changes on layers so I could get back at any time and take off some elements. I discarded away, for example the munitions and the smoke from the cigar that I had added.
The first thing I did was to put the chains I had rendered separately in front of the camera. I rendered them apart so I could be able to blur, move and scale them as I wanted, to make the picture deeper. I also blured the first and bigger broom in front of the camera for the same reason.
Then I had a lens flare on the window to make the chains more visible, and the light stronger. A tip for lensflare on Photoshop: As you can't do a lensflare on an invisible layer in photoshop, this is what I do generally: I create the lens flare on a black layer in screen mode. It allows me to change its color, to put it between two layers, to move it or to delete it. Even at the end if I want. That's what I did for example for the lens flare which is supposed to be a small explosion on the broken broom.
As the combustion for the guns were not enough, I drew a yellow laser fire. A line duplicated on various layers lighter and thinner each time. (which gave a Star Wars saber look) It was almost the same technique used for the laser coming out of the glowing "M" on his chest.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Birthday Song
I kind of like 2 Chainz music. I'll admit he says some of the most perplexing things at times but in all fairness it suits him. His flow is weird but it works. The fact that he had a few hits out before his album definitely pushed his stardom as 2 Chainz and Not as Tity Boi. Plus, having Kanye West as somewhat of a mentor never hurt anyone. Here is his random, funny, sexy and weird Video for "Birthday Song".
Image and Video via: Missinfo
Posted by Mr Bru Cru at 1:16 PM
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Election Day Disaster: Our Comics That Never Ran
These were supposed to run on November 9th, 2016. And then something else happened.
Posted November 9th, 2017
Comics from John Martz, Matt Bors, and Matt Lubchansky. Ugh.
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Rise and Shine.
Rise and Shine.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
10 Most Brilliant Lines From "Slaughterhouse Five"
10. When we saw a river, we had to stop so they could stand by it and think about it for a while.
9. Mary admired the two little girls I'd brought, mixed them in with her own children, sent them all upstairs to play games and watch television.
8. That table top was screaming with reflected light from a two-hundred-watt bulb overhead.
7. Billy turned on the Magic Fingers, and he was jiggled as he wept.
6. Through the valley flowed a Mississippi of humiliated Americans.
5. The hallway was zebra-striped with darkness and moonlight.
4. She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all.
3. The girls screamed. They covered themselves with their hands and turned their backs and so on, and made themselves utterly beautiful.
2. She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Men looked at her and wanted to fill her up with babies right away.
And my favorite line requires a little explanation. As a reporter, the author is sent to tell a woman her husband was just crushed to death by an elevator. The whole exchange between them is:
1. She said about what you would expect her to say.
Have you read the novel? What other lines stuck in your head?
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A top is a toy designed to be spun rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of inertia. Such toys have existed since antiquity. Traditionally tops were constructed of wood, sometimes with an iron tip, and would be set in motion by aid of a string or rope coiled around its axis which, when pulled quickly, caused a rapid unwinding that would set the top in motion. Today they are often built of plastic, and modern materials and manufacturing processes allow tops to be constructed with such precise balance that they can be set in motion by a simple twist of the fingers and twirl of the wrist without need for string or rope.
The motion of a top is produced in the most simple forms by twirling the stem using the fingers. More sophisticated tops are spun by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string or twisting a stick or pushing an auger. In the kinds with an auger, an internal weight rotates, producing an overall circular motion. Some tops can be thrown, while firmly grasping a string that had been tightly wound around the stem, and the centrifugal force generated by the unwinding motion of the string will set them spinning upon touching ground.
A top is clothing that covers at least the chest, but which usually covers most of the upper human body between the neck and the waistline. The bottom of tops can be as short as mid-torso, or as long as mid-thigh. Men's tops are generally paired with pants, and women's with pants or skirts. Common types of tops are t-shirts, blouses and shirts.
The neckline is the highest line of the top, and may be as high as a head-covering hood, or as low as the waistline or bottom hem of the top. A top may be worn loose or tight around the bust or waist, and may have sleeves or shoulder straps, spaghetti straps (noodle straps), or may be strapless. The back may be covered or bare. Tops may have straps around the waist or neck, or over the shoulders.
In mathematics, the category of topological spaces, often denoted Top, is the category whose objects are topological spaces and whose morphisms are continuous maps or some other variant; for example, objects are often assumed to be compactly generated. This is a category because the composition of two continuous maps is again continuous. The study of Top and of properties of topological spaces using the techniques of category theory is known as categorical topology.
N.B. Some authors use the name Top for the category with topological manifolds as objects and continuous maps as morphisms.
Like many categories, the category Top is a concrete category (also known as a construct), meaning its objects are sets with additional structure (i.e. topologies) and its morphisms are functions preserving this structure. There is a natural forgetful functor
to the category of sets which assigns to each topological space the underlying set and to each continuous map the underlying function.
Next can refer to:
Next is the second album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The album was released in 1973. It was released separately on CD, though it is widely available on a 2 in 1 album, the other album being their debut album Framed.
"Swampsnake" was covered by American rock band Zilch on their 1998 debut album 3.2.1..
"The Faith Healer" was covered by Australian psychedelic rock band The Church on their 1999 covers album A Box of Birds.
All songs written and composed by Alex Harvey and Hugh McKenna, except where noted.
Next Magazine is a weekly gay lifestyle magazine published in New York City by Multimedia Platforms, Inc. It addresses topics of fashion, life, entertainment, sex, and LGBT culture news, and is distributed freely in gay bars and other locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Long Island, and New Jersey.
On July 1, 2009, Next Magazine became the only free local glossy gay night life publication in New York City, following the closure of longtime rival The New York Blade.
The first issue of Next Magazine "hit the streets of New York" on July 23, 1993. It was founded by co-publishers David Moyal and nightlife promoter John Blair in response to the gay sexual revolution happening in and around the West Village and Chelsea neighborhoods of Manhattan. Their first offices were located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 20th Street.
The need for an all-gay publication rose in the early 1990s when the LGBT community began having a political voice. Manhattan's megaclubs were beginning to grow and gain notoriety, heavy drug use became commonplace in the gay community, and the AIDS epidemic was spreading rapidly. After the March on Washington and the election of Rudy Giuliani, the gay community (more specifically gay men) was in need of an open publication that catered to their needs.


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For a more detailed breakdown: Most Popular Coding Languages of 2015
For a more detailed breakdown: Most Popular Coding Languages of 2015
Below is a good all around tutorial on the MEAN stack (Kind of like LAMP [can mean multiple setups), but in this case actually uses a framework [mean.js])
A critique of MVC/MVVM as a pattern for game development
An interesting article on using the MVC/MVVM patterns for game development. Go here to read further.
I drug my feet on this one a bit, but finally last week I upgraded my work, personal and son's rigs to use SSD's (for the OS and certain apps for now). I knew there was a performance jump, but surprised by how much. Why the wait, mainly because I knew it would require a lot of moving of files, re-installs (I could clone, but a fresh install never hurts and most of the main apps/media are on HDDs that are separate from the OS). Next up, putting one in my 2011 Mac Mini, and see what new life I get from it. Because sadly it's an over glorified NetFlix viewer right now. Oh and I went with the Crucial M500 line, and quite pleased with them. I will try the Samsung 840 series next for comparison.
I'm really liking Brackets (latest code editor on the block). It's almost to the point where I could replace Sublime with it. It's still got some features to go before I make that leap, but it's coming along great. I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already.
I wish Verizon's FiOS was available in my area (central Iowa). Or at least some fiber-optic network, not so much for the d/l speeds but higher upload bandwidth and ridiculously low data caps. The current caps in place (200-350 GBs/mo) is absurd these days. With most services switching from downloading to streaming HD content (Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, the new consoles, etc…) plus the ever growing size of applications, games, and so on.
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So, as I squeeze a bit of school work between the wash and dry cycles of my laundry, I thought I'd take a short break to share with you Rome's bit of wisdom commemorating International Women's Day…
Vatican: Washing Machine Liberated Women – World news | Newser
The Vatican's newspaper appears to have come out in support of the washing machine as God's greatest gift to women in the 20th century, Reuters reports. A weekend article in l'Osservatore Romano suggested that the time-saving gadget polls ahead of birth-control and suffrage in liberating the fairer sex. It's called "The Washing Machine and the Liberation of Women—Put in the Detergent, Close the Lid and Relax."
I must admit that I wouldn't want to go back to the days our elder sisters describe…standing over vats of scalding water, risking fingers and hands operating huge mangles. However, I can't seem to put the washing machine over the right to vote or to work outside the home as the most significant contribution to the liberation of women.
I don't know about you, but my experience with time and labor saving technologies is that once I begin to reap the benefits of these technologies, the bar is raised and I am expected to add additional work to my already full plate. Is that your experience as well?


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Very quick post in my effort to try a post a day in November.
I have posted on my passion for baking macarons before. My foolproof Italian meringue recipe was one of my first posts and is here.
Having recently discovered freeze dried fruit, I have been experimenting with macaron shells and fillings. I filled the raspberry ones with a white chocolate ganache.
I have never made just one batch of macarons, well, once you have everything in place you might as well vary the colours! So I tried out the freeze dried pumpkin and added a little orange colouring. I filled these with Biscoff and mascarpone- a totally delicious mix- try it and tell me what you think.
If you haven't yet tried making these little gems, have a go.


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Welcome to the spheric world
After years of experience working for large and small brands worldwide, agencies in the field of audiovisual production and marketing, we have realized that there is a great lack in the development of audiovisual branding of brands, as well as the lack of visual coherence that Identity to all its contents.
Nowadays and more than ever, everything communicates. New technologies, new devices and interpersonal relationships are based on an audiovisual language in continuing evolution.
For this reason, Spheric was born with the firm objective of creating, directing and accompanying all the audiovisual actions of the brands.
Our claim "Visual Thinkers" refers to all those guidelines and details that result in a certain audiovisual behavior. In this way, we managed to provide a greater presence and visual coherence to all the audiovisual content generated by the brands.
At Spheric we write, produce and direct stories within a strategic and innovative framework.
We are artists, strategists, technologists, creators, thinkers, writers, producers, designers, storytellers, hard workers, inspirers, composers, builders …
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Redshirted as a true freshman in 2017 ... Moved from defensive line to tight end midway through the 2017 season.
Redshifted as a true freshman in 2017.
Force on the strong side of the defensive line ... Sack machine that can overpower offensive linemen on his way into the backfield ... Consensus three-star prospect ... Ranked as the No. 4 defensive end in Louisiana per Scout ... Rated as the No. 43 player in the state according to Rivals ... Bounced back from elbow and thumb injuries that cost him his first two seasons at Catholic ... Broke out during his junior campaign, logging 54 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and 11 sacks in 2015 ... Earned Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State accolades his junior season, helping to lead the Bears to their first-ever state championship ... Voted District MVP and was a 5A All-State selection his senior year ... Coached by Dale Weiner in high school.
Son of Jill and Tommy Moffitt ... Father Tommy is LSU's director of strength training ... Older brother, Clay, pitched LSU-Eunice to a NJCAA championship his sophomore season and is a member of the LSU baseball team ... His dad has helped lead LSU to 18 straight bowl appearances, four SEC titles and a pair of national titles since joining the staff in 2000 ... Born April 6, 1999 ... Majoring in sport administration.


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XRP Ghost Prediction - which way will XRP go?
BITSTAMP:XRPUSD Ripple / Đô la Mỹ
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two options, lets follow this and see.
Bình luận: Looks like on the daily, we are in a downward wedge pattern. Whereas on the hourly we are in a slight upward pattern.
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