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Taking flight: From bankruptcy to the world's largest airline
On December 9th, 741 days after it filed for Bankruptcy, American Airlines Group emerged as the world's largest airline, combining the legacy American Airlines and U.S. Airways carriers. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services' Corporate Restructuring Group (Deloitte CRG) began working with American Airlines prior to its bankruptcy filing in late 2011, and was by its side all the way to the ringing of the NASDAQ bell, signifying the commencement of the mega-carrier's new ticker symbol (AAL). In what was described by American's management as "tremendous," "above and beyond," and "critical to the success of AA's emergence and merger," Deloitte CRG's efforts encompassed work-streams to prepare for the bankruptcy filing, develop vendor management protocols, maintain operational continuity with suppliers, establish cash flow management controls, assist with supplier contract negotiations, resolve pre-petition claims, and calculate complex effective-date distributions constituting more than $500 million in cash and 84 million shares of preferred equity in the new entity.
The work is being led by Anthony Jackson, John Little, and Tony Sasso of Deloitte CRG, and supplemented by personnel from other service areas within Deloitte FAS, such as Analytics, as well Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte Tax. Additionally, the collaborative approach that Deloitte CRG engaged in with Rothschild, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Winstead PC, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Garden City Group, and American Airlines management proved to be a critical driver in such a complex case that saw a merger, bankruptcy emergence, and settlement with the Department of Justice consummated nearly simultaneously.
This cornerstone project, where the Deloitte CRG team spent the greater part of the last two years in Fort Worth and Tulsa, demonstrated the breadth of services (operational, administrative, and transactional) that Deloitte CRG can provide to companies in crisis. While the "new American" will be defined in the skies, Deloitte CRG can claim its own stake in the foundational efforts that culminated on the ground.
Deloitte CRG's work with the new American will continue as the company integrates the carriers, settles on legacy liabilities, and continues to distribute to creditors.
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Kingston University graduate Tim Sanders' Microscopic Vinyl Record Groovesproject is a winner. Firstly, becuase it eases one of the mysteries in my own brain: how does a piece of plastic actually play music. And secondly, because the combination of dedicated documentation and … Continue reading
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Artist Spotlight : First Class (Ace Gifted, Jo Biggs & Just)
First Class is a hip hop group composed of rapper Ace Gifted, Jo Biggs and producer Justin "JUST" Lindsay. The group was formed in late 2009 after the three collaborated on a mixtape("Popular Demand"). In 1998, Ace Gifted (A.J. Everett) … Continue reading
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DMX "GET YOUR MONEY UP!" produced by Swizz Beatz
Can Dark Man X make a comeback?
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10 Artists Who'll Never Come Back
Hilarious Article I came across, check it out. 10 Artists Who'll Never Come Back
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Primary Unix NFS fileserver back in operation
At 3:33 PM today the fileserver that serves unix home directories unexpectedly went offline for about one hour.
The system appears stable and all services should be available now, if your workstation is misbehaving you should try rebooting it. If it's still having issues or if you notice anything else out of order please alert the CELS/MCS help desk.
No data was should have been lost.
I regret and apologize for the inconvenience.
I'm not entirely sure of all the gritty details of what went wrong at this time, but here are a few more details for the curious:
We are in the process of moving the file services to a newer system. This afternoon, as part of preparing for this process I attempted to create a new raid array on 4 new hard drives attached to the system. Unfortunately one of the drives was faulty and something about the creation process cause the system to become unresponsive. This server is a pretty long in the tooth and hadn't been rebooted in a long time. The boot process was not stable, and we needed to reconfigure some settings in the bios in order for the system to recognize the correct boot environment.
Again, I'm sorry for the interruption in service.
Unplanned network outage on Oct. 02, 2014
Last night, shortly before 6:00 pm CT one of the network routers in building 240 lost connectivity to another in 221. This caused a breakdown in large portions of the lab's network fabric, both internally and externally. CIS tracked down and fixed the problem shortly after 8:00 pm CT. The result was that many, if not all, of our services lost connectivity during this time. Most services resumed normally after the issue was fixed, but a handful were left in unknown states until this morning. We believe we have now restored all services, but if you find something that isn't responding or is responding erratically, please let us know and we'll get it fixed.
CIS is investigating how such a disruption occurred since the network is designed to mitigate these types of disruptions.
"Shell Shock" bash exploit updates
Many of you are learning of an exploit to the bash shell that was revealed last week, so I thought it would be worthwhile to post a summary of what's been happening and what you need to do.
First up, the exploit in question allows an attacker to take advantage of some poor coding in the Bourne Again Shell (bash), to launch processes on any servers or services that are exposed to the internet, such as web servers or poorly configured workstations.
We've been patching servers we manage since the announcement, and are confident we're safe from attackers on the servers that we've got externally exposed.
Generally, if you've got a machine you're managing you shouldn't have a big worry unless you're running a web server on it and allow that web server to run scripts that call a bash shell.
In any case, patching your machine is important. Linux distributions have had patches in the pipeline almost immediately, so if you're running a current build of linux you should be able to update via your regular package manager (yum, apt, etc.). If you are running an unsupported distribution, you'll need to download and compile a new bash to be safe. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you require assistance with that.
Apple released some patches for supported OS versions to address some of the vulnerabilities, but there are still some that need addressing so we expect to see more updates. The updates are not yet in the OS X automatic update package stream yet, but for those of you who manage your own machines, you can find the updates below. Also, check http://support.apple.com/downloads/#macos for future updates in the next few days.
If we manage your MacOS machine, we'll take care of these security updates for you.
Specific updates can be found here:
* Mavericks 10.9: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1769/en_US/BashUpdateMavericks.dmg
* Mountain Lion 10.8: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1768/en_US/BashUpdateMountainLion.dmg * Lion 10.7: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1767/en_US/BashUpdateLion.dmg
Anything older and you're running an unsupported and unpatched OS. It should be upgraded.
Microsoft Windows users are only affected if they are running Microsoft Unix services or Cygwin. In either case, follow the update procedures for your installation.
Proposed FY2015 Maintenance Weekend Schedule
CIS is proposing the following dates for maintenance weekends. During these weekends, various lab services can be unavailable, including networking and business systems. Occasionally, the CELS Systems Team will schedule our maintenance activities to coincide with these dates, but that is flexible and should not necessarily affect your decision on whether these dates pose an insurmountable problem.
Please look over the proposed dates and let me know if there are reasons the lab should not schedule maintenance activities during those times. If so, please suggest an alternate timeframe for any to which you object.
Proposed Dates:
- November 7-9, 2014
- January 16-18, 2015 (APS Maintenance period)
- May 15-17, 2015 Network Maintenance (APS Maintenance period)
- August 14-16, 2015
"Dash" Mobile Platform (also includes access to Dayforce)
For those who missed the announcement in Argonne Today last week, the lab has rolled out a new platform for accessing internal applications called "Dash". The goal for this is to provide a one-stop solution for internal lab applications (including Dayforce) without requiring the VPN, and better protect the lab from possibly infected mobile and user-owned devices. Included below are links to the announcement and information page. Those who appreciate irony will note that you must be on an internal network or VPN to read these links.
- https://blogs.inside.anl.gov/focalpoint/2014/09/03/dash-mobile-platform/
- http://inside.anl.gov/tools/applications/dash
- http://dash.anl.gov (no VPN required)
I'll also note that I have not yet been able to use Dash to access Dayforce from my Android devices, despite the claims of support. I'll send an update if I ever figure it out. I have not yet tested iOS. MacOS worked just fine.
If you currently access Dayforce directly via the unsupported-provided-as-a-convenience link for those with Silverlight installed, you can continue to do so with no changes. Likewise, if you connect to rdp.mcs.anl.gov (Windows Terminal Service) to access Dayforce, that will continue to work as well.
Welcoming a new member to the team: Chris Bills
Hey, folks. I just wanted to drop a quick note to everyone introducing the newest member to our team, Chris Bills. Chris comes to us most recently from a stint at IBM, and has lots of experience as a quality linux systems administrator. We're really excited to have him join us! Please feel free to introduce yourself next time you're in the area – he's sitting in 2139, sharing an office with Max.
ANNOUNCEMENT: CIS Maintenance Weekend August 15-17, 2014
CIS has a maintenance weekend scheduled for August 15-17. The details follow. Please let us know ASAP if you have concerns about this maintenance window. Please note the outage to the Argonne website (http://www.anl.gov) will also affect the MCS website at http://www.mcs.anl.gov, as it's hosted on the same service. Otherwise, services provided by the CELS systems team will be unaffected.
Argonne's quarterly IT maintenance weekend is scheduled for Friday, Aug 15, thru Sunday, Aug 17. Expect that any laboratory network and core IT services may be effected during the weekend.
· Wireless networking will experience outages throughout the weekend.
· Voice mail will be unavailable from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, August 15th. During this time, voice mail messages will not be received nor will they be retrievable.
· Inside Argonne, the main Argonne Website, Inside Argonne Blogs, Web applications and a few business applications will be unavailable from 7 p.m. to midnight on Friday, August 15th.
· Authentication to Cloud applications such as BOX, Dayforce and Service Now will be unavailable from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 16th.
· All business applications will be unavailable all day Saturday and into Sunday morning.
· MIR3, the labs mass-communication system, will be unavailable from 7:00 p.m. on Saturday until 7:00 a.m. on Sunday while the vendor performs its maintenance.
· CIS will perform verification of IT services on Sunday, August 17th to ensure all services are functioning for business hours on Monday, August 18th.
As with all IT maintenance weekends, there is no explicit guarantee that a service will be available at any given time.
Aug 15th, 2014, 5:00 p.m. thru Aug 17th , 2014. We expect the maintenance to be complete Sunday morning and will then be followed by a verification process.
Display in 3178
Please note the setup for the display in 3178 has changed. There were some failures in the components that were running it previously, and replacing those components didn't seem to help. There are new and concise directions printed and posted next to the display. They are also included below.
To use the AppleTV, the TV needs to be on HDMI1 input. You can change the input on the side of the TV by pressing the "Input" button until the desired one is highlighted. There are on-screen directions on how to connect to the unit. (At the moment, we are awaiting CIS to put the wifi reservation into place. That should be in within a day, but the AppleTV will be off-network until it's done.)
To use the wired HDMI connection on the table, the TV needs to be on the HDMI2 input. Plug the HDMI cable into your laptop or dongle. The TV will output 1080p nice and crisp, so if the display doesn't look right, check your laptop's display settings.
If you need DVI, attach an HDMI to DVI adapter to the cable. If you don't have one, you can ask for one at the help desk. I've left them in the room in the past, but they must be getting lost.
To use the wired VGA connection, follow the directions above for HDMI, but instead of plugging the HDMI cable into your laptop, plug it into the HDMI/VGA converter on the table, then plug the VGA into your laptop. This picture quality is obviously lower than HDMI and isn't recommended – it's supplied by request for older machines that need it. If you can output HDMI, you'll have a much better experience if you use that instead.
The automatic source switch that switched between HDMI and VGA is what seems to have been the cause of the problem. Removing this seems to make things work just fine again.
Android Security Warning
Please see Matt's note below on a security vulnerability that affects Android users. Here's the short version – there's an issue that allows applications to masquerade as trusted apps. Google has identified the issue and is pushing out a fix. The fix is not there yet, and when it gets there will be dependent on your phone's manufacturer and carrier. For instance, Nexus phones will probably get the update quickest. As soon as you get notified of the security update, please apply it. This only affects Android users, not iPhone users.
You can download and run this tool to assess if you've been affected. If you have, feel free to come to us for help in dealing with it. Right now it's expected you will show up as "Vulnerable" to the "FakeID" bug. The others should show Patched.
On the heels of the new IT Access Agreement to include BYOD, a security company has discovered a flaw in the Android OS. There is a patch available that has begun to get distributed to the open source code base as well as to manufacturers. It is in the new IT access agreement to keep personal systems patched and up to date.
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There's something magical about the aroma of a house when someone is baking or cooking. The spirit it brings and the memories of my Grandmother's kitchen conjure up warm nostalgic feelings of comfort. In the Spring, I love the smell of fresh flowers and fragrant herbs growing in the garden, and the texture of the earth's soil in my hands when I'm planting vegetables that will grow and be harvested to make delicious recipes. These are the things I enjoy doing in my personal time and this blog is a collection of images I photographed along with recipes and "how to's"of some of these things. *Please note that a lot of the recipes included here I've made "to taste". So please make them at your own risk because I don't always know exact measurements. If you have a question, please feel free to ask or email me: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I made this twice now. It's from a blog called Michelle's Kitchen Notebook. It was delicious. There's a lot you can do with this dish as far as adding different seasonings. The first time I made it I used Thyme. The second time I used Sage. I also added mushrooms. I made it with both Italian Turkey Sausage and Spicy Pork Sausage. It's very simple to make and I served it over steamed rice.


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To have effective auditory processing we must have:
· A relatively high speed of information transfer
· A good attention span
· A well functioning memory
· Sensitivity to the many subtleties of sound
When parts of this system do not operate effectively, listening is compromised.
The following points are not unique to children with APD, but are signs to look for as a parent, and things to be aware of as a teacher of a student with APD:
· Difficulty hearing in any noisy situation
· Easily distracted and bothered by loud or sudden noise
· Difficulty following long conversations
· Behaviour and focus improves in quiet settings
· Difficulty following conversations on the phone
· Difficulty remembering spoken information
· Difficulty understanding abstract information
· Disorganised and forgetful
· Difficulty with reading and/or spelling
· Difficulty following multi-step instructions
· Difficulty taking notes
· Difficulty with focus on an activity if other sounds are present
The main problem areas for children with APD are:
· Auditory Figure-Ground Discrimination: The ability to pick out important sounds from a noisy background. Inability to pay attention if there is noise in the background (noisy, low structured classrooms or learning environments can be very frustrating).
· Auditory Memory: There two kinds of auditory memory; Long-term auditory memory is the ability to remember something heard some time ago and Short-term auditory memory is the ability to recall something heard very recently (you might notice difficulties with remembering people's names , telephone numbers, following multi-step instructions, recalling songs).
· Auditory Sequencing: the ability to understand and recall the order of words. They may confuse multi-digit numbers, such as 74 and 47, confusing lists and other types of sequences and have difficulty remembering the correct order of a series of instructions.
· Auditory Discrimination: the ability to notice, compare and distinguish the distinct and separate sounds in words. This skill is essential for reading. They may have difficulty learning to read, distinguishing between similar sounds (boat/coat), following directions and remembering details. It can affect reading, writing and learning to spell. The child typically seems to hear, but not listen.
· Auditory Attention: inability to stay focused long enough to complete a task.
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This article is part of the teaching tip "Five Keys to Helping Students Read Difficult Texts"
- Find listeners (real or imagined). Ideal is having someone to ask probing questions, to wonder, and to contribute: a roommate, classmate, spouse, friend, study group companion, or all study group members. A teddy bear or the bathroom mirror will do, if not.
- In your own words, explain what you have learned. Have the listeners ask you questions for clarification and probe your understanding.
- Since explaining is much more than retelling, do some of the following:
- Make clear your knowledge of what the concepts are.
- Explicate the why's and how's of the concepts.
- Verify with your own examples, predictions, and supporting ideas.
- Give your opinions about the concepts, tell how you arrived at your answers, and give valid arguments for your views.
- Help your listener see the guiding principles behind the concept, problem, phenomenon, or facts.
- Use your critical thinking abilities to discuss the concepts.
- If you cannot explain something, seek answers through study and reasoning or outside sources. Then try to explain again.
- Look over the questions you developed before and during reading and explain your answers to these questions.
This is a useful strategy to use at the beginning of a group study session. It increases in power when you are doing this to help your partners really understand the text as well as doing this for yourself.1
Foot Note
1. See Walter Gong's ideas about the importance of teaching as a way to learn thoroughly and deeply and about the value of sharing your skills, strategies, and knowledge to benefit the lives of others. See Gong, S. P. (2002). Learning and teaching for exponential growth: A three person problem. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.
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Meet CryptoLocker. It's your worst nightmare. A lot of antivirus software, including the big names, cannot yet detect or stop it. If your computer gets it, CryptoLocker takes all your files hostage by encrypting them and giving you a certain amount of time to send a certain amount of money to the man behind the virus.
The encryption is very tidy, and so far seems uncrackable (well, crackable, but it might take a couple centuries). If you tamper with the virus itself, it will pretty much self-destruct and take everything with it. And the way the money is transferred, the dick programmer behind it all for the moment is pretty much uncatchable.
Back up your computer to something like an external hard-drive, or even an internal hard-drive that you just take out and stuff away somewhere for safe keeping. Make sure your antivirus is up to date, avoid skeevy sites, and don't open random emails. DO NOT download email attachments unless you know exactly what it is, because that seems to be how this is primarily being transmitted.
You can learn more about it here.
We've actually run into this at work. It's extremely aggressive and a major fucking pain to get rid of. One of our guys got infected with it and even paid the company whatever fee they charge to decrypt the files, and due to "an error processing the first payment", ended up double-charging him (no refunds, of course) and is virtually untrackable.
Literally fuck this guy with a cactus. Like, if you see him, offer to introduce him to your little cactus friend in a quite personal and intimate manner. This shit is FUCKING INEXCUSABLE.
Also, bulk up on your virus protection, limit your porn and illegal cartoon-watching and torrents to safe sites, DO NOT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS UNLESS YOU'RE EXPECTING THEM, and just be careful in general, cause this one is one of the nastiest viruses around.
I wouldn't reblog a virus alert unless I was dead serious about how bad it is.
I got an e-mail from my dad about this.
Mandatory reblog.
I almost got this virus the other day. Lucky my computer blocked me from going to the site. My dad (who does computer-y things for a living) told me how serious and bad this virus is. Everything the person above said is true but once you paid the man they used the money you transferred and the info from your files to steal your identity.
To add onto this, while paying seems to be the only way to restore files, I seriously discourage anyone to pay up the huge fine. There is nothing that guarantees they will really give you a working key (some said it works, but others have also said the key failed to decrypt their files) and even if they did, what stops them from re-infecting you again or further blackmailing you in the future? The fact that they can steal your identity is also something that will seriously bite you in the ass. And besides, by paying them, you are proving that their 'business' is successful and will only encourage them to continue developing the virus, and your money may be going into funding other kinds of crime and even terrorism.
The main mode of transfer is through emails but it seems to have also spread through botnets, dodgy Javascripts and now they are appearing in P2P sites pretending to be cracks. When opening emails, check the file extension - it may say *.pdf but if you take the time to right-click and properly examine it, it will actually be .pdf.exe. If you are downloading torrents and cracks (this post will assume it's for legal purposes lol) at least do a virus scan before opening it. As for trying to block the other methods, get a good Firewall, scan your PC for all sorts of Malware, get adblock (yes I have had viruses infect me through adverts before), Scriptsafe if you want extra protection, and consider updating or even deleting Java to minimize its security exploits (I've deleted it but not ran into problems yet - in any case you should delete outdated versions of Java).
If you are already infected, System Restore and Shadow Explorer might work although I've heard new editions of the virus try to delete shadow copies, and even if they don't, it's no guarantee that they can restore all your files.
Prevention is the best bet, and should take form of a backup that is not connected to your PC. Get yourself an external HDD big enough to copy your entire computer - they may be a bit pricey but paying £40 for a guaranteed, multipurpose and safe backup is far more desirable than either paying £300+ in ransom or losing your files forever. If you don't need something that big, USB sticks containing your most important files is another form of backup. Even using something as oldschool as CDs to burn your data onto will work.
According to what I've read, antiviruses that can immediately detect and intercept the virus are MBAM Pro and Avast Free (or pro). Sophos Pro also seems to be able to do this. However, for the purposes of keeping costs down I am using Avast Free and I have switched on its real time protection.
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Let the princess debate end here, with the release of the latest VeggieTales entry, The Penniless Princess -- God's Little Girl.
Typically, as regards stories and movies about princesses, people come down in one of two camps: either princesses are bad, because not every girl can be one-in-a-million and not every girl will respond well to believing she's in some way more special than others; or princesses are good, because with the way our culture demeans women, every girl should know she is seen as a Child of the King.
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Based upon Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1905 children's novel A Little Princess, this colorful version follows the story of Sara Crewe, daughter of "brave soldier" and diamond speculator Captain Crewe, left at Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London. Miss Minchin is a cruel headmistress, jealous of Sara's wealth and cleverness, and frustrated by not being able to find any weakness in the young girl's ever-so-kind personality -- a by-product of how her father has taught her to see herself and others as special to God.
Even when Sara has the swankiest room in the joint, she befriends the school outcast Ermie, and the servant girl Becky, overwhelming them with kindness and access to all her books and playthings. When tragedy strikes and Sara loses everything, she goes from student to servant and penthouse to chilly attic, much to the delight of Miss Minchin, who nonetheless remains frustrated at her inability to "break" Sara via this change in her circumstances.
Sara and Becky suffer, often go without food, and wonder why God hasn't yet rescued them from the situation they are in. But in their little room they pray, read the Bible, and encourage each other to love those who are unloving to them "no matter what." And so, they serve, and serve beautifully.
It's that servant's heart which is at the center of this story. Yes, the tagline on the cover says it's about knowing our "true worth," and yes, it's about loving others because God first loved us (even citing Romans 8:39 directly). But what makes this such an impressive princess story is that every Christian person - not only young ladies - can relate to the concept of being the humble servant on the outside, royalty on the inside, no matter the circumstances. Both qualities work together to move us to compassion and sacrifice. What we learn is that Sara was ever always a servant, even when rich. But that she also never stopped being a princess, even when destitute.
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I love this mascara ONLY for my bottom lashes, its the only mascara that doesnt smear on me. This is my HOLY GRAIL bottom mascara and I'm on my second tube right now. I will continuing purchasing this mascara until I find another mascara that doesnt smear on me. It's also easy to remove hence the whole waterpoof. This mascara is more on the pricey side for a drugstore macara, about $10-$12 depending on where you go. I like getting mines at ulta or target.
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Ever since i've use this mascara, its the only mascara i've been using. For my dull, straight, asian lashes this mascara works justice! It's hold curls perfectly & makes lashes look longer! This mascara even looks amazing by itself as well! The packeting is so simple & nice, cant go wrong with it! The price of the mascara is a little bit pricey for drugstore about 7-8 dollar & some change, but id say this its worth it!
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Serious the best mascara I have ever used. I was a mascara cocktailer before i found this, but now I only use this. It goes on easily, doesn't flake, and makes my eyelashes look stunning. I get so many compliments! Im madly in love.
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$8.99 USD at Target. Not cheap for a drugstore mascara, but I thought it did what it promised so it was worth the $. It's comparable to Covergirl clump crusher, but I think this one lengthens and separates much better. It does not add any volume, resulting in very natural-looking, long but sparse lashes on my short, straight, Asian lashes. I could feel the brush "gripping" my lashes and combing it out even in the corners.
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Major Lazer is the digital reggae/dancehall project of Diplo and Switch, two globetrotting DJ/producers whose previous collaborations included production work for M.I.A. and Santigold. Since 2011, Major Lazer now has enlisted producers and DJs Jillionaire and Walshy Fire to help with the production and live shows. In 2012, Major Lazer began producing tracks for Snoop Dogg for his new reggae project and persona "Snoop Lion." They also worked with No Doubt on producing their 2012 release and sixth album "Push and Shove." Major Lazer's upcoming album "Free The Universe" will be released in February of 2013.
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Australian pop outfit Gold Fields make '80s new wave-influenced dance-pop. Formed in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 2010, Gold Fields feature vocalist Mark Robert Fuller, guitarist Vin Andanar, keyboardist Rob Clifton, bassist Luke Peldys, and drummer Ryan D'Sylva. The band released a self-titled EP in 2012 on Astralwerks and their full length debut album 'Black Sun' will be coming February 26th in America and March 8th in Australia / New Zealand. Their live shows have been greatly talked about and where the band really shines and comes to life. Featuring two full drum kits and plenty of handheld percussion, the Gold Fields concert experience explodes with kinetic energy. Though the band's sound defies pigeonholing, and each song boasts a distinctive identity, a musical through-line unifies the album's eleven originals: by juxtaposing light and darkness, Gold Fields imbues even its most ebullient performances with melancholy—and vice-versa.
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|Oct 25, 2011
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|I'm a big fan of San Fransisco sourdough bread. I revived the starter and made probably the best loaf of bread I've ever made a week later. I've been baking bread on and off for over 25 years and I could never get the crumb/crust/taste like I wanted. I've been making a loaf a week for almost 6 months. The bread lasts almost a week (if no one eats it up) because of the sour culture- never any mold - and I don't refrigerate. Don't bother trying to make a starter- you may get something but who knows what? It probably won't be very good. The price and shipping at Breadtopia is very reasonable. Highly recommended. The book- 52 Loaves- very helpful also.
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Being overly cautious, I bought this live starter, and a dry starter from elsewhere. Continuing to be overly cautious, I used only half of the live starter to build up both a white and whole wheat "mother". Within less than a week both batches were quite vigorous. (No longer needing to keep the other half of the original live starter, I threw caution into the wind and discarded it.)
The dry yeast, from elsewhere, took almost a week to show any signs of life. After more than two weeks, it became usable in recipes, and only after three weeks did it become vigorous.
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I purchased this from Breadtopia and it arrived quickly. It looks smushed but I carefully squeezed the thick sour smelling dough out and followed the directions on the package. Day 3: it is so clear to see, that this dough is alive.... bubbly and clearly on a path to becoming delicious bread, pizza dough and other delicious things in the future.
I think this dough is much better than the dried granular starter that is offered at stores and online. I would recommend this product to friends and family. Making sourdough starter is easy. I am looking forward to becoming a really good bread baker AND serving fresh from the oven - warm bread topped with real butter ---- to my family and friends.
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|I agree with everyone. Great live starter & is ready to use much sooner than the dried starter I bought elsewhere. I am in Canada so wasn't sure how well it would do shipping this far but it was up & running in a few hours. Thanks so much for great product!
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My first try at sourdough, and within 2 weeks, I've made excellent sourdough bread with your starter. Just wish I could be available during the week to make more without tossing out some of the excess starter...seems such a waste for such good basis..! And even using the no-knead process..WOW! Seems like I'm cheating, but won't tell the wife 'n kids, until I can convince them to take over the duty! Thanks Eric for your work and videos - makes it really easy!
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Friday, 31st May, 2002, 10:12 PM #31
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Friday, 31st May, 2002, 10:30 PM #32
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Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 01:27 PM #34
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For a four characters of roughly 5th - 6th level.
The characters are sent to investigate the apparent disappearance of a cleric of Pelor named Azure Primavoir. More specifically, they have been asked to recover an ancient tome from Azure and return it to the cleric who has hired the party. Azure was the caretaker of an important holy site, where many of Pelors faithful make pilgrimages, on a coastal island called Damure Key. The area has a reputation for being dangerous, but the holy site and its attendant temple are important in the faith of Pelor.
To reach the island the PCs travel over by ship, a short sail of less than an hour most days, depending upon the winds. On board the ship they hear a few rumors about the town and the local waters for the most part, the captain and crew dismiss concerns about the reputed dangers of the local area, but some of the other passengers have heard stories about all sorts of sea monsters breaking ships apart and sending all aboard to the deep. Of priestess Azure, the one thing everyone who has met her can agree on is her great beauty. Some seem to resent her sermons, others are more accepting, but most would concede that most of the people in the primarily male fishing village of Damure attend her services to watch her, and if they get a little religion in the process, so what?
In town they find much the same as they did on the boat. Those who make their living on the waves dismiss the dangers of the deep, while those who live and work ashore are a bit more leery about it, having heard terrible tales. The sailors all claim that ships that are lost fairly frequently in the area, are lost because the captains are too cheap to pay for a local pilot to guide them through the rocks and reefs. A few landlubbers may reveal to perceptive or persistent characters that there are a group of fishermen in town who are actually wreckers, luring unsuspecting ships onto the reef, where they sink, then they kill the crew and steal the cargo.
The Temple and shrine of Pelor in town is behind a great wall and a locked gate. There is a warning inscribed on the gate The gates will only open for Azure or the bearer of her key, and all those who step on the grounds in absence will be killed. Naturally enough some roguish types have tried in the past, but were killed quickly when the holy ground itself seemed to rise up and crush them (Greater Earth Elementals). Should the party choose to try to invade the temple grounds without the key they will be driven off by the Elementals (elementals destroyed are replaced by new Greater Earth Elementals in 1-4 rounds).
Further investigations in town will reveal several bits of information:
1. The Shrine is believed to be the location of a great battle, where the bones and relics of a group of Saints are kept. The local thieves would very much like to get in there and see what goodies are in the Shrine, but no one has survived entry.
2. Azure has been in Damure for five years, and the faith of Pelor has gained a lot of ground in the town in those five years as she has worked hard, through sermons and deeds to shift the communitys alignment from Neutral with evil tendencies to Neutral with good tendencies.
3. Azure locked up the shrine about a month ago to go on a mission with some of her more faithful followers to investigate reports of a skeletal whale that was attacking ships in the area. Some of the fishermen claim to have actually seen it, flapping its great flukes and even breaching like a live whale, but slipping much more easily into the sea (with only bone, no flesh, it makes eerily small splashes despite its great size). Some locals have even gone missing, a detail that many seem reluctant to reveal.
4. There is indeed a thieves guild in the village that primarily operates as wreckers. Those who go out and raid and loot are told by their guild master, a one-eyed veteran named Narit, where they will find the ship to raid. No one but Narit seems to know how he knows, although some of the rogues will have caught a glimpse of the great skeletal whale, with the same details as the fishermen. Although the rogues will talk tough at first about great battles with the crews of the ships, if pressed or interrogated by an authority they will claim that there are never crews of passengers on the wrecks by the time they get there. Most have no idea where the bodies end up, and dont really care. Theyve been making an easy living on the wrecks. Narit has grown resentful of Azures efforts to clean up the town, and has a very strong desire to get the key himself and use it to raid the Shrine.
Whats really been going on is that Narit has a secret partner in the raids, a Kuo-Toa Necromancer named Gparl. GParl leads a small tribe of Kuo-Toa that make their home in the reefs in the area. The tribe is caught between the humans on the island and a tribe of Locathah further out, and were being squeezed out before GParl came to power. He contacted and brokered a deal with Narit, summoned up his great Skeleton Whale Bone-mu, and began sinking ships.
When when Bone-mu sinks a ship, the crew and passengers are cast into the sea, where they are attacked by GParls other necromantic creation, Ghouls and Lacedons. Of each crew, about half are eaten and half become more spawn. This growing undead army has helped GParl and the Kuo-Toa push back the Sahuagin, but they also need more and more bodies to feed on, which means more and more ships. Lately the passing shipping has not been enough, and GParl has taken to sending Bone-mu after some of the local fishermen.
Azure went out in a small fishing boat to try to do something about Bone-mu. She never returned. Bone-mu and GParl killed her and her companions, and GParl is now in possession of her equipment, including the Key. To retrieve the key the party will have to kill GParl.
Should the party travel by ship to look for GParl, they will encounter a few eerie bits of wreckage, with no signs of survivors. Then, eventually, their ship will be attacked by Bone-mu and a big group of Lacedons and Ghouls. Bone-mu will ram the ship repeatedly from below until there are several hull breaches, and the ship begins to take on water. Then Lacedons will appear in the water surrounding the ship, scrabbling up the sides of the sinking ship to attack the crew and party members.
There is some help for the party, if they can arrange it Narit has a stash of potions of water breathing potions that he uses when he makes his secret meeting with GParl. Narit also knows the way to a secret cove, where there is a small cave with a tunnel that leads underwater to spot in the reef quite near GParls underwater fortress.
The party negotiates or forces the aid of Narit, or under their own steam, makes their way to the underwater fortress, fights the ghouls and lacedons and Kuo-Toa that try to protect GParl, then have their final battle with GParl, who rides Bone-mu into battle. GParls underwater home is a fortress made from the accumulated bones of decades of people lost at sea Bone-mu, a Gargantuan Skeleton, is especially tough for the PCs: it takes only half damage from piercing and slashing weapons, and bludgeoning weapons are very difficult to use underwater.
Enterprising parties might get some help from the tribe of Locathah, or recruit a little extra help in town.
Once GParl and Bone-mu are defeated, the party can recover the key and return to the Shrine and use the key to enter and make their way past the Earth Elementals, recover the tome they were searching for, and complete their mission.
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Bones (A skeleton whale named bone-mu, the walls of GParls underwater fortress)
Earth elemental (Guardians of the Shrine)
Ghouls (GParls army of Ghouls and Lacedons)
Magic Key (Azures key to enter the shrine)
Kuo-Toa (GParl and his followers)
Holy ground (the Shrine to Pelor)
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Narit (Human Rog7)
Rogues (Human mostly, Rog1-3)
Greater Earth Elementals (CR 9)
Bone-mu (Gargantuan Skeleton-whale, CR 7)
Other Aquatic Skeletons (Sharks, swordfish, Dolphins, a mix of medium and large size Skeletons the Sharks, of course, will be simply great big nasty animated jaws, as thats just about all the bones there are in a Sharks body)
GParl (Kuo-Toa Necromancer, CR 10)
Basic Kuo-Toa Warriors and Rogues (CR 2 or 3)
Ghouls and Lacedons (CR 1)
Just the bare bones, but there you have it.
Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 02:31 PM #35
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I am good Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, maybe even early Wednesday... but then I have business travel till Thursday evening.
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Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 03:29 PM #36
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Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 06:48 PM #37
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A dark and lonely coast. The natives are a mistrustful sort, shunning strangers, shutting themselves up in their houses at night, whispering of foul things that lurk in the shadows. But there is one spot of light here, a small chapel with mysterious healing powers.
The chapel is one room, about 20 feet square, a grey, weathered wood, with a dirt floor. The floor is a couple feet below the bottom of the door, for it is the dirt itself that has the healing powers-- eating a small amount of the dirt will act as a gradual Greater Restoration, resoring one level/stat point per day, or a Regenerate that slowly takes effect over a week or so. The hermit who lives in the shrine implores the party to only take what they need, as the dirt loses potency within a few days of leaving the chapel, and warns the party against being out at night, inviting them to stay in the chapel.
As night falls, ghouls will appear and surround the chapel. The Hermit doesn't want to talk about them, but if pressed, will say there have always been a few around, but recently there have been a lot more. If the party chooses to investigate the next day, tracking the ghouls or a half-day searching the area will reveal an entrance to a partially flooded cave complex, inhabited by ghouls and a band of Kuo-toa. The ghouls will attack both the party and the Kuo-toa, although the Kuo-toa clerics will have used their turning to command as many as they can manage. The Kuo-toa will not immediately attack, but warn the party away. If questioned, they won't say much, but will let slip that they're only there temporarily.
In fact, the Kuo-toa are there to excavate and raise the gigantic evil skeleton of an ancient nameless evil. It is the presence of this skeleton which causes anyone in the caves or the land around to be raised as a ghoul d4 days after their death, just as if he were killed by a ghoul. The Kuo-toa have captured an earth elemental to speed the excavation, and in a large central room the skeleton is mostly uncovered, save for the skull and one leg. It is enormous: the rib cage alone is a good 20 by 30 feet, the bones are of strange proportions to humans, and detect as evil. The skeleton is bound in iron chains, with an arn padlock hanging down between the ribs, all of a scale with the skeleton, and unrusted, despite the age and the damp. The lock detects as good, and has a Magic Circle Against Evil effect around it, which extends up to any areas of the caves above it, and to the chapel, directly above. Kuo-toa clecics in this room can draw upon the power of the skeleton to add an extra 2d6 unholy damage to their lightning bolts against good characters.
In one of the submerged sections of the caves, in the head Kuo-toa priest's quarters, the party can find the key to the lock, as well as the vile tomes containing the rites the priest intends to use to control and bargain with the ancient evil. The tomes are bound in Kuo-toa skin, and will hit any good characters who read them with a negative level. The key is exceptionally heavy, weighing 50 pounds (-10 swim!), and will do one of those funny space-bending things if used on the lock, appearing to fit perfectly in both the lock and the hand using it.
If the party is sensible, they'll just off the Kuo-toa or steal the books and key to prevent the evil thing from coming back. They might also want to try to cover up the skeleton again-- this will return the ghoul creation to the previous, lesser rate. If they use the key without the evil rites, the skeleton will awaken, claw its way out of the caves (causing the ceiling to collapse, as the earthquake spell), and walk out into the sea. This will at least stop more ghouls from being created, though the party may want to deal with the unspeakable evil they've unleased on the world at some point. If the party wants to try the evil rites? Well. Give 'em a wish, to be carried out in the way that causes the most collateral damage, and then the thing starts giving orders, starting with sacrificing the hermit to it.
Oh: For some parties, the hermit being worried about the ghouls may not be enough of an adventure hook. I suggest having the party run into the slaughtered, eaten remnants of a group of Kuo-toa the next morning, with clues on them about the evil power below.
Props to China Mieville, the Santuario de Chimayo, and, of course, Lovecraft. Oh, and the Goonies, but not for anything direct. :)
Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 07:31 PM #38
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Just checking in. From the looks of it, Nem is out of town, Wicht is going out of town tomorrow, and I'll be relatively busy the rest of the weekend as well. So, I guess we're taking a by until Monday?
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Saturday, 1st June, 2002, 09:30 PM #39
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I met all of my sisters 10 friends today at the same time and they have this theory that I'm really pretty and are like vocal about it so all the other kids are being exposed to it (judging And I'm assuming they're not agreeing) and even the moms greeted me "oh hi Stacy's sister I've heard so much about you you're pretty" and I'm just there like trying to keep my head down but still trying to uphold that theory by not looking completely terrible or making weird faces but keeping myself at a good angle and far away from their naked eye. And then I have my sister whispering in my ear "I'm prettier than you" which obvi I let her know that not even she would believe that but there's just a lot of pressure on me right now
And this is not even a good photo so you can know what I'm dealing with
Day 11: Pick one thing you miss (I know there are 19238923842039402394 things) and describe it in detail.
I miss his kisses. They are perfection. I can never have too many kisses. I could never tire of them. His kisses always leave me wanting more. I wonder how many ive gotten from him. I would suppose they are a lot. I always reach for them. I love them. I miss his kisses. :(
Day 10: Favourite thing about him/her?
I love everything about Mario. I especially love the way he makes me feel. I am the happiest girl because of him.
Day 9: Favourite thing she/he has given you?
My ring! I never take it off. Unless we break up. I want to have it forever.
Day 8: Favourite thing you've given him/her?
Favorite thing i have given him is his promise ring. It is silver and has "Forever MS" engraved on the inside. I gave it to him on Christmas the first year we were together. I also love the ring he gave me a few months before. We are matchers. WERE. He lost his ring this week. :(
Day 7: How do you communicate with each other?
Mostly text
Sometimes Skype
Rarely Facebook Message
Skype Message
Day 6: What is the most random thing you know about him/her? and viceversa
I know that my love, Mario, muscle spasms twice before he falls asleep. And i love that i know that.
He knows that I am very particular about noses. He knows what i like. I dont have a fetish but i judge noses.
Day 5: Since when have you been together?
March 30, 2010
2 years, 6 months, 23 days
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My love and I met in freshman english. He was a freshman, i was a sophomore. I know i failed, i dont want to talk about it…
I sat the farthest away from the door, in front of the teachers desk so i wouldnt have to sit next to anyone or talk to them (who wants to sit in front of the teacher am i rite?) and so my crush at the time (who also failed) could sit with me.
what are the odds that my future love would randomly sit in the desk beside mine. granted that might of been the only seat left (i dont remember) or it could have looked like the most comfortable/cushionable seat to him. whatever the case, he saw that seat and sat in it and those were our seats for the whole semester.
during the class, i dont remember falling in love with him, or even liking him at all, actually i grew to dislike him. i saw him as an annoying little boy who always tried getting a rise out of me. i was more focused on my crush and what he thought of me and some other friends that sat around us. all in all, i wish i had more memories of us in that class.
i only remember one moment vividly when i was trying to take a photo of him and him of me and he would just go wild because he didnt like having his photo taken?
i wish we couldve gotten along but we didnt. after that we lost contact for a year then crossed paths again my senior year. thats when it got scandalous and the rest is history.


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According to a report from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, this year's statewide commercial fisheries harvest was the second most valuable on record.
Powered by a huge pink run, the overall catch was valued at $691.1 million, with most fish caught in southeast Alaska.
Commercial Fisheries Director Jeff Regnart said: "Our salmon managers across the state have done an excellent job of ensuring sustainability of our salmon stocks while optimizing fishing opportunity. We had an outstanding year over-all, though some areas returns did not allow for desired harvest levels."
This year, it was the pinks which boosted the overall totals as the harvest of 219 million pinks was almost double the forecast of 118 million. Fish and Game's forecast for all salmon species this year was just 178 million.
Sockeye remained the second most valuable fish, with a total commercial value this year of around $284 million. Almost half came from Bristol Bay.
Despite an active drift fishery in the Upper Cook Inlet this year, the Department says the local sockeye salmon harvest was just over half the forecast, since most commercial fishing operations were out of the water for king salmon conservation. Cook Inlet commercial fisheries brought in a little over $43 million.


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COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. — A woman was taken to federal prison after cashing in social security benefits from a man who died in her care. Carel Cody, 47, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison Tuesday. Over the course of 16 years Cody stole more than $200,000 in social security benefits from John … Continue reading »
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Social Security Thief Sentenced
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COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. — A judge sentenced a Cottage Grove caretaker, Tuesday, for stealing social security benefits. Carel Cody, 47, of Cottage Grove was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for her theft of more than $200,000 in social security benefits since a man she was caring for died. According to court records, Cody's … Continue reading »