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The Market's Crashing! What Should You Do Now?
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Last week's mini-plunge produced the expected blizzard of stories on the theme: "The Market's Crashing! What Should You Do Now???" The implication, of course, is that smart investors should pay close attention to what the market is doing and adjust their strategies accordingly. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Let's consider the Wall Street Journal's version of this bad-advice staple. It kicked off with the predictable lead—"What should you do now?"—then painted a picture of busy experts adjusting to the new world: "On the heels of a difficult week for stocks, highlighted by Tuesday's dramatic 416-point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, investors are revisiting their portfolios, and top financial advisers and analysts are mapping out strategies for clients."
Like other stories in this genre—"The market's soaring; what should you do now?" "The market's drifting; what should you do now?"—the post-crash strategy review makes for great investment media. Who wouldn't want to read a story or watch a show purporting to know what everyone should do now? What makes great investment media, however, often makes terrible investment advice.
To the Journal's credit, its story did contain a lot of smart advice. The writers noted "the folly of trying to time the market" and cited work by the Hulbert Financial Digest showing that "even experts get [market timing] wrong." Unfortunately, as usual, these sage comments were blended with suggestions that readers react to the sell-off by buying "high-quality stocks" and paring back risky investments like emerging-market stocks. In other words, the Journal advised readers against reacting to market events, then told them how to react.
Readers of this column will already know why this is bad advice:
- No one but Nostradamus knows what the market is going to do. Last week's sell-off does not make it any more or less likely that the market is going to go up or down this week (or, for that matter, this year).
- No one but Nostradamus can time the market consistently. If you knew the market was going to crash, the answer to "What should you do now?" would be obvious: Short the world. Alas, numerous academic studies have shown that successful market-timers are, at best, an extremely rare breed.
- If it really matters to you what the market does in the next several months or years, you shouldn't own stocks. Sorry to alarm you, but stocks are a very risky investment over periods of less than five to 10 years, no matter what the market is doing. If you need your money before then, you shouldn't have it in stocks.
- The last thing you should base your investment strategy on is what the market has done. One of the most common and most devastating mistakes investors make is "driving with the rearview mirror," as Warren Buffett puts it. Specifically, they buy investments that have done well and sell those that have done badly. Although this strategy feels comfortable, it is idiotic.
Could last week's downturn turn out to be the start of a multiyear crash? Yes. Could it also be a head-fake that, with the help of articles titled "What Should You Do Now?" scares you into changing strategies, paying unnecessary taxes and brokerage commissions, and, worse, missing additional gains? Yes. The only thing you can be reasonably certain of is that, if you have an appropriately long-term time horizon and an appropriately diversified portfolio, what the market does in the next few months or years won't matter a bit.


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If my fucked-up serial-cheating douchebag of a stbx doesn't want to *share* his last name with me....then he is more than f'n welcome to go to the courthouse and change his own damn name 'cause that is the ONLY way that he and I will have separate last names.
Fucking moron. Life is not a graphic novel that you can just *erase* and re-fill in a manner that *suits* you best.....
In my effort to be *concise*, I often come off as blunt and harsh. Sorry, don't mean to be offensive.
My xWH is threatening to pursue legal action to make me stop using his name.
I will share the same last name with my kids until *I* decide that I won't. (and I cannot imagine that day ever coming......) And again. If stbx doesn't like it...he is more than welcome to change HIS name. I've *honored* our name a LOT more than he has anyways.......
I have been single now 19 years, my son is 32. He is so ashamed of his father that is now in prison, guess what. Yep, he wants to change his name. We may do that together. My maiden name was not so bad and that is what he is wanting to change it to.
Just something to think about.
*Insert clapping smiley here*
It sucked to change it, I have used it for 17 years, and it is my business name, but very worth it for me.
And as someone on this board said, do I really want to have that name on my tombstone for all eternity? Not a fu**ing chance.
They have a choice: they can live in my new world, or they can die in their old one." Daenerys Targaryen
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it.
What an idiot. If my fucked-up serial-cheating douchebag of a stbx doesn't want to *share* his last name with me....then he is more than f'n welcome to go to the courthouse and change his own damn name 'cause that is the ONLY way that he and I will have separate last names. *Insert clapping smiley here*
Gonna, I love how you think.
I sure as shit wouldn't have changed it just because he asked me to.
Its just a button to press. Ignore it. You have your reasons and it is none of his damned business.
We've seen BH's on here forced to endure WWs keeping their last names. There's nothing they can do and there's nothing this STBX can do either.
ETA: Maybe if you asked him to *please* fuck off and die he might oblige?
[This message edited by SBB at 6:14 AM, December 8th (Sunday)]
Ex-shat's brother went through a D (not infidelity related) and wanted to demand the same of his soon to be x-wife. I remember looking at him like, "Really? she choose to take your name, she gets to choose when she unloads it."
It's a name. What does he care? It's not like he's royalty or anything....uh...ok, I get in his mind he thinks he's a sultan...but sheesh, he needs to find something more interesting to bother you about.
My kids are the only reason I consider keeping it, but when they get out of school in about a decade, I don't think they will care very much at all.. And then there is the ridiculous amount of paperwork required to change my name again, but I shouldn't let that sway my decision.
Anyhoo, you can do whatever you want with your name. Don't consider his wishes as part of your decision at all.. FTG.
I didn't change my name. It wasn't about children, it was about I was just starting a new job, had filled out reams of paperwork with my married name, had agency ID badges printed, passports printed etc. and the thought of re-doing all that and have to announce to 100s of new colleagues who I barely knew that I was changing my name & not for a happy event was beyond me.
My social media profiles all list me as Cayc Maiden Name Last Name. So over time, my colleagues who have learned what's what have gravitated to calling me by my maiden name. I kind of like it!
I'm one of the one's who wants to re-marry. I figure I'll change it then. Until then, a rose by any other name etc & so forth.
The request is just one more piece of evidence that proves how arrogant he is.
Funny thing is, I don't really even associate the name with him. It's mine. It's me. It's been my name for almost 1/2 my life. My kids are older and would probably understand if I told them I was going to change it.....but I want to have that connection to them.
But who knows. Maybe at some point after the divorce I'll change my mind about it, but I doubt it. It seems like it would be a humongous pain in the ass to do. I would gladly undertake the task if I thought it would give me a sense of *freedom*, but right now it seems like such a minor issue that it's not worth the effort, kwim?
It is MY choice and MY decision. Period. He can go eat rocks.
a rose by any other name
My xWH is threatening to pursue legal action to make me stop using his name. he never made nor asked his first wife to stop using the last name. She still uses it to this day and she remarried 2 times after him
And yes, SBB. I just ignored it.....after first. If he ends up wanting to make a federal case about it and starts harassing me about it.....I'll just buy a bunch of billboard space all over town and plaster my face and name on them just for sport.
The timing seemed strange -- like there was some weird atmoshperic thing going on that made crazy people crazier.
He's such a maroon, gonnabe.
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be. ― Sarah McMane
I agree that he is trying to punish me for daring to divorce him and actually having a good and happy life.
I also feel that the last name is more than him. It's me now, it's my kids, it's the extended family that doesn't want me to change my name, like his mom and his brother. They are supportive of me. It's not all about him and I won't cower down and allow him to have any say over me any longer.
PS I am totally holding my breath waiting to be served those legal papers.
[This message edited by IrishLass518 at 11:13 AM, December 8th (Sunday)]
I will share the same last name with my kids until *I* decide that I won't.
PS he never made nor asked his first wife to stop using the last name. She still uses it to this day and she remarried 2 times after him.
Funny. My aunt uses her first husband's last name and she's been married 2 times since him.
3 boys: 10.5 years, 9 years, and 8 months
One thing this whole episode has taught me, is that my FOO rocks!
Double Betrayal D-Day 7/26/2013 Divorced 11/18/2014
Were we married to the same idiot? My xWH is threatening to pursue legal action to make me stop using his name. Umm, no. Divorce said I keep the name.
Holy guacamole, we were all M'd to the same ass-goblin.
X Mr. Vulcanized turned bright purple screaming about how I was going to no longer use his name. Hey, OW was cool sharing XH w/me, she can be cool sharing my last name, too. Provided XH actually M's the little piglet ...


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June 10th, 2011, 1:00 am by Jeff CollinsAn auction to sell luxury home agent John McMonigle's 20,000-square-foot headquarters building near Fashion Island has been postponed a week at the lender's request.
The sale had been scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. Friday outside Orange City Hall, but has been reset to 9 a.m. June 17.
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The number of resale home deals fell 35 per cent in the Greater Toronto Area last month compared with a year earlier, according to a tally by the Toronto Real Estate Board.
And the average price was down 10.6 per cent, to $352,974 from $394,646.
The realtors' group tracked a 13 per cent price decline in the central city to $376,896 and an eight per cent pullback in the suburban 905 area to $336,049.
The number of properties listed for sale swelled 32 per cent from a year earlier to 27,277.
The overall region booked 5,155 home resales in October, down from 7,915 in October 2007 and 6,876 in October 2006, the board said today in a report headed: "Resale housing market continues to reflect economic times."
However, board president Maureen O'Neill stressed:"There's no doubt that real estate will continue to be a solid long-term investment in our country."
O'Neill suggested that "consumer confidence is being unduly affected by media reports on the United States economy," and she emphasized: "There's no question that in Canada the economic fundamentals to support a healthy housing market remain in place."
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Using Numbers to Catch the Criminal Day 1 of 3
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Objective: SWBAT generate data from real world measurement, graph the data as a scatter plot, find the linear regression model for the given set of data, and then use the regression model to make predictions.
Big Idea: Use gripping clips from the TV series Numb3rs to engage students in hands-on application of scatter plot and regression models.
Most of the lesson today will be spent reading and reviewing the scenario so students are aware there is a criminal at large and how we plan to find him/her. I usually say that the criminal is among us and by the end of the activity, we should be able to make an arrest. You can even get very elaborate with the "game" of finding the suspect by asking a school resource officer to come in and present the case to the class for added effect and interest. You can make the case details different and specific to your school such as saying the criminal broke into a vending machine and took all the cash or something silly like the criminal ran off with all the pencils for state testing. Any introduction that will make the students engage with the activity and want to find out who in the class is the thief.
Partnerships: I usually put students into partnerships for ease of measuring their body parts. I partner girls to girls and guys with guys because they are touching each other's hips and legs so I just play it safe with same gender pairing.
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Close the lesson by asking students to record their measurements as a scatter plot for each of the bivariate data: Femur vs. Height, Armspan vs. Height, and Foot Length vs. Height. I use the large graph paper, chart paper that resembles a post-it note. I pre-label each graph with a title, x and y-axis labels and numbers along each axis. Students can graph their data in less than a minute using a colored marker.
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I have the videos for the lesson hook online now. Thanks for bringing this up! I hope you enjoy the lesson.
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At the end of the 1990's I made a personal push-back against using slides in presentations, as I was tired by poorly designed bullet-points presentations. For around a decade, I gave keynotes with no slides at all. In the last year or so I've started using slides again - primarily inspired by watching my colleague Neal Ford who turns the dreaded slide-deck into a genuine enhancement to his talks (and is collaborating on a book project to pass on his techniques). As I've been working with slides again, I've also been thinking about what makes a set of slides an effective part of a talk. Thee main principle I've tried to follow is to think of them as a visual channel that complements the audio channel which is my spoken words. I find that thinking them of separate channels in this way helps me avoid common problems with presentations - many of which are rooted in the commonplace bullet point slides.
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As I've been using slides again as a visual channel in my talks, I've been making use of animation with diagrams to help communicate my points. The major presentation programs (Keynote and Powerpoint) have long supported animation, but I've been inclinded to look for motion grahics tools that are more powerful and easier to use.
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InfoQ Interview with Jez and me on Continuous Delivery
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Scattered impressions from my recent trip to Australia for the Agile Australia conference.
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One of the steady themes I've seen throughout my career is that of the nature and importance of software development. A few years ago a prospect told one of our salespeople that "software is like sewage pipes, I want it to work reliably and I don't want to know about the details". This is the kind of approach that Nicholas Carr talked about in IT Doesn't Matter. On a contrasting note we've done work for many businesses where IT has been a clearer strategic enabler to their business, allowing them to enter new markets or significantly increase their market share. So is IT a utility, like sewage pipes, or a strategic asset?
29 July 2010
I've not seen myself as an iFanboy. I didn't get an iPhone for ages after it came out, and only got one because it was the only way to upgrade my data plan to 3G. I use a mac, but I also have an Ubuntu desktop. But I have got an iPad, and I think it's a significant product.
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Agile Brazil Interview
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During the last fifteen years or so, I've given a lot of keynote talks. I've always found these kinds of talks rather awkward. If you give a talk during a session at a conference, you pick one subject to talk about. You know that there's multiple tracks, so if people come to your talk that implies a certain amount of interest in your topic. But with keynotes you're speaking to the whole conference, so I feel I can't make my talk too tightly focused. I may like talking about the intricacies of modeling temporal events, but I feel that that's too narrow a topic for a broad ranged audience
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We've just returned from a week's vacation on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. For those contemplating a similar trip, here are a few scattered impressions.
15 April 2010
When I discussed VersionControlTools I said that it was an unscientific agglomeration of opinion. As I was doing it I realized that I could add some spurious but mesmerizing numbers to my analysis by doing a survey. Google's spreadsheet makes the mechanics of conducting a survey really simple, so I couldn't resist.
8 March 2010
One of the goals that my colleagues and I urge on our clients is that of a completely automated deployment process. Automating your deployment helps reduce the frictions and delays that crop up in between getting the software "done" and getting it to realize its value. Dave Farley and Jez Humble are finishing up a book on this topic - Continuous Delivery. It builds upon many of the ideas that are commonly associated with Continuous Integration, driving more towards this ability to rapidly put software into production and get it doing something. Their section on blue-green deployment caught my eye as one of those techniques that's underused, so I thought I'd give a brief overview of it here.
1 March 2010
Here's a common misconception about agile methods. It centers on the way user stories are created and flow through the development activity. The misconception is that the product owner (or business analysts) creates user stories and then put them in front of developers to implement. The notion is that this is a flow from product owner to development, with the product owner responsible for determining what needs to be done and the developers how to do it.
4 February 2010
One of the prevailing assumptions that fans of Continuous Integration have is that builds should be reproducible. By this we mean that at any point you should be able to take some older version of the system that you are working on and build it from source in exactly the same way as you did then.
30 November 2010
I've been intending to upgrade my laptop to Snow Leopard for ages. Particularly once I got Aperture 3, which I'm told works better. But I never quite got around to it, after all operating system upgrades are usually such a pain. (Although Ubuntu upgrades are much less painful than most.)
9 November 2010
One of the most common arguments in favor of FeatureBranch is that it provides a mechanism for pending features that take longer than a single release cycle. Imagine you are releasing into production every two weeks, but need to build a feature that's going to take three months to complete. How do you use Continuous Integration to keep everyone working on the mainline without revealing a half-implemented feature on your releases? We run into this issue quite a lot and feature toggles are a handy tool to deal with it.
29 October 2010
Last week I attended the Agile 2010 conference in Orlando. Agile 20xx is the major US agile-oriented conference whose roots go back to XP Universe and the Agile Development Conference. I've not been a regular attender of the main agile conferences, but I did go last year as well. Rather than make an attempt at a consolidated description, here are a few scattered impressions.
16 August 2010
A common thing you find in agile projects is that the development team sits in a single open team room. It was advocated early on in Extreme Programming and called out as one of primary practices in the second edition. Agilists favor a open team room as it promotes lots of informal and deep communication between people on the team.
14 June 2010
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Neal Ford and Martin Fowler
Neal Ford and I gave a talk at USI in Paris (2010) on some aspects of why agile works (as opposed to how). This probes at some of the core forces that makes agile effective, rather than looking at techniques. In particular we look at role of communication and feedback and how they interplay in agile environments.
June 2010
Like many obsessive snappers, I've recently got hold of the Canon S90 camera. It's small enough to fit in your pocket, but has the kind of things that people with pretensions to seriousness like: full manual controls, RAW file support, a good sensor, and an f2 lens.
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SEMAT (Software Engineering Method and Theory) is an effort initiated by Ivar Jacobson, Bertrand Meyer, and Richard Soley. Its stated aim is to "refound software engineering based on a solid theory, proven principles and best practices". Like many notorious people in the software world I was invited to participate. Thus far I've declined and feel the need to explain why.
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Richardson Maturity Model
A model (developed by Leonard Richardson) that breaks down the principal elements of a REST approach into three steps. These introduce resources, http verbs, and hypermedia controls.
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One of the arguments used to support the adoption of lean techniques in software is the success of Toyota. So do Toyota's recent quality failings undermine the case for lean software development?
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If you spend time talking to software developers about tools, one of the biggest topics I hear about are version control tools. Once you've got to the point of using version control tools, and any competent developers does, then they become a big part of your life. Version tools are not just important for maintaining a history of a project, they are also the foundation for a team to collaborate. So it's no surprise that I hear frequent complaints about poor version control tools. In our recent ThoughtWorks technology radar, we called out two items as version control tools that enterprises should be assessing for use: Subversion and Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS). Here I want to expand on that, summarizing many discussions we've had internally about version control tools.
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Based upon the customer reviews and feedback about my book, it seems that readers appreciate that fact that not only have I lived with lupus for over 9 years, I continue to live with it and deal with it every single day of my life. As I say in my book and have said in my blog, lupus isn't something you conquer...it's something you learn to manage on a daily basis so that you can live well, despite it.
Some days, it's easy...and I hardly give lupus a second thought. Other days - my disease gets a lot more air time. And although it's tough to swallow, on those days when lupus is ever present (either because of a nagging symptom, a medication snafu, or the accommodations that it requires), it reminds me that lupus and I are a work in progress. The reality of the situation is that a chronic illness deserves continued respect, attention, and a little allowance - so that we, the patient, get the respect, attention and allowance WE deserve. So did I have a little rejiggering to do last week as I traveled all over the state of Indiana, speaking and engaging in lupus activities? You bet!
I had to contend with a few swollen joints over the course of the week. Nothing big deal. And nothing that didn't subside within an hour of me taking my prescribed prednisone. But, boy, does it make me think long and hard about future speaking gigs, as my tummy continues to grow and my energy becomes more important to conserve.
I also did a lot of car traveling during the week - fitting in visits with many special people throughout the state. Family, friends, even other lupites who wanted to connect. And I loved every minute of it. But truth is, my joints didn't. Again - nothing to write home about (although I guess I AM writing about it, so scratch that), but at least nothing that lasted more than a morning. But it makes me realize that again, life with lupus is not a free-for-all. I have to gauge my activities, I have to prioritize my activities, I have to choose well day after day after day.
In my next post, I'll talk a little bit more about this concept of choosing well. I've been recently convinced that the title of the first chapter in my book could have been "Choose One" just as easily as it was named "Choose Well." Stay tuned for an explanation!


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"Based on an initial review of the footage, it would seem to indicate the downing of a helicopter and the removal of crew and passengers from the craft."
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Summer was just about to leave Mount Maelstrom when she happened to notice there was something happening nearby. The Keepers of the Earth, whoever they were, needed defeating and who better than an Elementalist for a job like that? Also if she failed it would be a fine excuse to waypoint back and save a long walk.
It was a tough fight. Summer called up two Earth Elementals of her own to keep the Keepers back while she scorched them with fire, sleeted them with ice and sent flickers of lightning skittering across their earthen hides. She rolled about in the dirt an awful lot, too. When at last she brushed the dust from her eyes and looked around to see the shattered fragments of her Elementals beside the fast-dissolving bodies of the Keepers she was surprised to find herself the only one left standing.
Not half as surprised as she was to see a Mystical Portal hanging in the air right where the Keepers had been crouching. Keepers. Clue is in the name. No adventurer worthy of the calling can ignore a Portal, even one that asks you "Are you sure?" and then warns you "It might be dangerous..." Especially not one of those.
Stepping out of the blue, Summer found herself in perhaps the most lovely place she'd ever seen; a hidden valley, surrounded on all sides by high cliffs reaching up to a haze of sunlit cloud. Plants grew rich and dark above deep, cold pools of clear mountain snowmelt. In the center a jumbled pile of rocks topped by a giant tree almost begged to be climbed.
It was around then that Summer noticed the mosquitos. Bigger than her head? They were bigger than her! And what was rumbling down there beneath her feet in those great fissures? Earth elementals, of course. Suddenly the climb looked less like an invitation, more like an imperative. Summer scrambled.
High above the floor of the valley a Sylvari sat, comfortably reclined under the ancient tree. She introduced herself as Dierdre. These were her Steps. "And what are you doing here, my dear?"
"Searching for treasure", Summer heard herself answer. For heaven's sake! That really doesn't sound good. Alright, it's true but you could at least dress it up a little! Maybe there's something in the clear air that compels honesty or perhaps even a white lie looks too black against such beauty. Either way, it's out now.
"You might want to look in that chest over there, then", said Dierdre. "Only it's locked. You need four Cantles. I'm sure you can manage that, strapping big Norn like you". Summer looked around. There were mushrooms, those big, flat ones that grow out of trees, growing out of the tree. They looked unnervingly like stepping stones.
"Oh I get it", Summer said. "It's one of those."
I'd never heard of Dierdre's Steps. Some research after the fact told me that it was added with the Halloween patch. The full details, together with a video, are here at the invaluable Dulfy site. If you asked me I'd tell you I'm useless at jumping puzzles and hate doing them. That's not entirely true. I'm actually not that bad, probably no worse than average and I do enjoy having done a jumping puzzle. It's the actual doing of them I don't like. It's stressful and I prefer to avoid anything that raises my heart-rate.
Still, you can't not, can you? Not when you're there. And there was a chest. Who knows what might be in there? So up the magic mushroom trail I hopped. It was fairly tricky and very scary. These things are not for acrophobics. Fortunately I'm not scared of heights. Just don't look down. And definitely don't twitch.
Jumping Puzzles in GW2 go a lot better since I learned how to disable double-tap to dodge. That would have got me killed in short order here. I made it to the top without mishap and picked up the Cantle of Sun. Cantle is a word with which I was previously unfamiliar but there was plenty of opportunity to get to know it better because I still had three of them to get.
As I was pondering how to get down, by sheer chance I happened to spot something at my feet. Diving goggles. Slipped them on and all Summer's clothes fell off, leaving her in an acceptably modest bikini. Over the side, a forward-somersault, splash into the ice-cold water and pop an achievement. Exhillarating.
Next up, Cantle of Earth. Easy one. It's just a quick hop down a hole, dodge the purple-con Veteran Earth Elemental, grab the Cantle and scarper. That left the Cantles of Sea and Sky and I was almost at the top of the climb for the Sky when a spider jumped out and I did that thing I said not to do. Twitched. At least I had the presence of mind to twist as I fell and land in the water, fully dressed this time.
It was at this point that I went and watched Dulfy's video. The thing I really hate about jumping puzzles is having to redo them because I fell. If I can't do it first time I tend not to want another go. It was my suspicion, though, that this valley might not be so easy to find a second time so I thought that if I was going to do it at all I probably ought to get it done while I had the opportunity.
Skipping through the video it certainly seemed the hardest climb was the one I'd already done. Encouraged, I set off again, bounding like a mountain goat up the familiar trail, all the while telling myself not to get overconfident. I got overconfident. Summer slipped on a perfectly straightforward step, clawed desperately at the rock-face and plummeted. This time she did not land in a pool.
There's no waypoint in Dierdre's Steps. Yak's Bend were struggling on the Frontier and I needed my tea. She recalled to Wayfarer Foothills and that was that. I'm still two Cantles short of a Treasure Chest.
To get back in she'll need to do one of the events, assuming she can find one that's up. At least now she has waypoints. She won't have to walk all the way next time. And there will be a next time. Dierdre's treasure shall be mine.
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According to a recently released report, attackers continue to target Android more than any other mobile operating system. Googles platform has apparently played host to all but one of the new mobile malware families discovered last year. Microsofts Windows Phone was the subject of the lone non-Android malware discovery, while Apples iOS escaped the year relatively unscathed. The data was revealed by Symantec as part of the companys annual internet security threat report.
The various app stores, both official and third-party, available to Android users continue to represent the platforms biggest weakness. In one scenario, a Remote Administration Tool, or RAT, appeared last summer in a number of apps in the Google Play store. To highlight the app stores vulnerability, Symantec called out the following:
The release of an instant messaging application by a well-known smartphone vendor on the Android platform. Attackers in turn took advantage of the popularity of the new app and released a variety of counterfeit versions bundled with adware. These apps were quickly removed from the Android marketplace, but not before accumulating a large number of downloads.
The report mentions the following regarding the matter:
The attraction of the mobile environment to attackers is clearly based on the size and growth rate of the user base today. Yet it's also based on the amount of personal information that's easily attainable once an attacker is on the device. With the right permissions the device's phone number, GPS coordinates, camera, and other information become readily available.
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Return to Castlerama Review
- Impressive use of lighting.
- Plenty of open space.
- Extremely limited interactivity.
- Plot delivered via huge blocks of dull text.
- No real incentive to explore.
- Slow walking speed frustrates.
While committed adventure game fans might be able to excuse some of Return to Castlerama's many faults, most gamers will not be satisfied by wandering around picking up scrolls.
- Full Review
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When Castlerama was released in 2011, it was described by its creators as a "photo-realistic walk". Its apparent success has led to a full fledged game known as Return to Castlerama. In this case, the term 'photo-realistic walk' is only partially apt. While the are some nice lighting effects, it's hardly what we would call photo-realistic. But you definitely do a lot of walking.
You play as David, the son of a herbalist who discovers that he has a greater destiny as saviour of the Gorendal Valley. While this set-up could intriguing tale, it is undercut at every turn by a narrative which is delivered via several scrolls containing huge chunks of text. These seemingly random parchments offer the only form of interaction in the early game. You walk around, pick up some scrolls, maybe find a tarot card.
And that's it. You can jump and run and look around, but it's all to no end. For instance, once you leave your house you encounter merchants around the town. You quickly realise that unless they're tied to the rudimentary puzzle you're trying to solve, you can't interact with any of them. You don't even know which doors you can enter unless you walk up to them and get a prompt to go inside.
This lack of interactivity is made worse by the movement controls. It seems that we're supposed to slowly roam around the world marvelling at the landscape. But when ninety percent of the game consists of trudging around at a snail's pace, it really puts you off exploring further. And, while the lighting is decent, the rest of the presentation is not all that impressive. The humans models look downright creepy. While the world is large, especially when you get outside the city gates, it's not rich or impressive enough to justify all the trudging about.
It seems that effort gone into creating the world and lore of Return to Castlerama. It's also obvious that the creators had a story they wanted to tell. Somewhere in the process, though, they forgot about the gameplay. Some might have the patience to press forward regardless. But ultimately, this is a highly niche title, one that even adventure game fans are going to have a hard time enjoying.


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Anti-abortion activist found guilty of murder
It is no surprise that it took a Kansas jury just 37 minutes to find Scott Roeder guilty of the murder of George Tiller. Dr Tiller was a provider of legal abortion services, and Roeder is a religious fanatic who thought it was okay to kill him because he disapproved of what Dr Tiller did.
Troy Newman, president of Wichita-based Operation Rescue, which organised protests against Tiller's clinic, said "pro-life was not on trial. An insane man doing an insane thing was on trial".
All religions have their fanatics. The good thing with Christianity is the religious leaders always condemn people who murder people in the name of God. In Islam, you often get shall we say a mixed message at best.
Roeder could be considered for parole after 25 years. But prosecutor Nola Foulston said she would seek to ensure that he serve at least 50 years before being eligible for parole. Sentencing was set for March 9.
I don't think he can ever be let out, as someone convinced they have a right to kill people is always going to be dangerous.
Roeder, the sole defence witness, testified on Thursday that he considered elaborate schemes to stop the doctor, including chopping off his hands, crashing a car into him or sneaking into his home to kill him.
But in the end, Roeder told jurors, the easiest way was to walk into Tiller's church, put a gun to the doctor's forehead and pull the trigger.
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Sir Michael Rocks, aka Mikey Rocks, apparently has plenty more solo material in the works for the coming year. And as much as we like what he does with Chuck Inglish as the Cool Kids, we were equally impressed by Rocks' solo efforts, Rocks Report and Premier Politics. That goes for these two newly released jams, "Imagine" and "Out the Jam," which showcase both sides of his approach to writing raps. The Cardo-produced "Imagine" is your typical laid-back, bravado-heavy tune from Rocks while "Out the Jam" has him storytelling mode over a breezy Monsta Beatz production. You can stream and download the tracks via the Soundcloud players below. [illRoots]
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You should sell an upgrade kit, that contains black and yellow spray paint !!
Or ship it LOL!!
Prototyping the new bulb is out twitter .
You see this, It means I work on whatever I want!
"The new boss cat has, this list of demands"
"this is how we cows escape!!!"
"Who's been taking the pencils from the ceiling"
Nice !!! he's got a bright future ahead of him!!!
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Journal Journal: growing up?
As a student, I want to contribute, make a difference, use the unbelievable good luck that has catapulted me into my position to share wealth with those that are willing to fight for freedom of body and mind.
As a grown up, I can feel the same thing happen to me that I once scoffed at when I noticed it happen to others. I am hardening, growing apathetic, the world is callous, people are evil, uncaring. Why help such people? We blow things up, kill, rape, abuse, and a few good things. I imagine that I'll either be broken by this apathy or I will find the strength to fight out of it. I do pray that I have the wisdom to know who my real friends are.


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Two escaped murderers who were mistakenly released from a Panhandle prison were caught Saturday at a Panama City Beach motel. Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins, both 34, were found at Coconut Grove Motor Inn.
They were arrested without violence, the agency said. They are expected to be booked into the Bay County Jail Saturday night. The capture came about four hours after a news conference in which relatives of the two men, who were serving life sentences at Franklin Correctional Institution, implored them to turn themselves in.
"We want you to return home safely," Walker's mother, Lillie Danzy said. "We love you. We believe in you. We just want you to surrender yourself to someone you trust, who will bring you back in safely."
After his release, Walker hung out with family and went to church. Jenkins returned to Orange County with relatives wearing new clothes they bought on the way to pick him up from the prison.
The releases, triggered by falsified court paperwork, led to changes in the way the Florida Department of Corrections verifies documents that change inmates' sentences.
Walker, who was convicted of a 1999 second-degree murder, was released Oct. 8. Jenkins, who was imprisoned for the 1998 first-degree murder of a father of six, was let go Sept. 27.
Both men registered as felons at the Orange County Jail three days after they were set free, a process that includes providing fingerprints. Registration is required of newly released inmates.
At the news conference, Henry Pearson, described as a father figure to Jenkins, said the family received a call from the prison about 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27.
"We took off immediately," said Pearson, who is related to Jenkins through marriage and referred to him as a "our nephew."
They arrived about 9:30 p.m. and handed over the clothes they had bought. About 11 p.m., Jenkins walked out wearing them.
His first stop was his grandmother's house. The next was to visit his mother. Then he went to Pearson's house. Relatives planned a birthday party Oct. 1, but Jenkins never showed up, Pearson said.
Danzy's attorney, Rhonda Henderson, said Danzy received a call from the Franklin Correctional Institution Oct. 8 notifying her that her son would be released immediately. She called the prison back twice to be sure and got the same information.


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Located in Disneyland® Paris within 2 miles (3 km) of Parc des Commons, Auberge Du Cheval Blanc is within a few miles (5 km) of Val d'Europe Shopping Center. This 26-room, 3-star hotel welcomes guests with a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and free self parking. Disneyland® Paris and Val d'Europe Business Center are also near this Jossigny hotel.
For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 7 AM to 10:30 AM. The onsite restaurant is perfect for a quick bite to eat.
All 26 air-conditioned rooms provide safes and desks. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Bathrooms offer deep soaking tubs, hair dryers, and free toiletries.
Property features
Guests of Auberge Du Cheval Blanc enjoy free WiFi in public areas, a meeting room, and a terrace. If you decide to drive, there's free parking. The front desk has multilingual staff standing by 24 hours a day to assist with luggage storage and securing valuables. This smoke-free hotel also has wedding services.
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
- 24-hour front desk
Auberge Du Cheval Blanc
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Auberge Du Cheval Blanc is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 26
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Terrace
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1700
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Wedding services
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
Auberge Du Cheval Blanc offers 26 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.
Bathrooms include bathtubs with deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. This Jossigny hotel provides complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub only
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Auberge Du Cheval Blanc has a restaurant on site.
Start your morning with a buffet breakfast, available each day from 7 AM to 10:30 AM for a surcharge.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 10 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 7 per pet, per night
- 1 per room (up to 16 lb)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
24-hour check-in
No rollaway/extra beds available
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.10 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 10 for adults and EUR 6 for children (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 7 per pet, per night
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 10 per night
Hotel Name
- Auberge Cheval
- Auberge Cheval Blanc
- Auberge Cheval Blanc Hotel
- Auberge Cheval Blanc Hotel Jossigny
- Auberge Cheval Blanc Jossigny
- Cheval Blanc Auberge
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Set meals are served in guestrooms only (no menus or public dining).
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- 2013
- Lecture
- 70 Minutes
- Monday, April 15, 2013 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are not required for Jorgensen Lectures
"Over fifty years have passed since Nelson Pereira dos Santos made his first film, yet he continues to work with youthful enthusiasm on new projects," wrote Darlene Sadlier in her book on Pereira dos Santos for the Contemporary Film Directors series published by University of Illinois Press. "His career is long and diverse" and "his various projects are unified by a leftist political point of view and a desire to make his audience think as well as feel."
This lecture will be interview format, led by Professor Darlene Sadlier.
This series is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Brazilian Consulate in Chicago, Office of the Vice President of International Affairs, College of Arts and Humanities Institute, Film and Media Studies, Department of Communication and Culture, African Studies, Black Film Center/Archive, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, American Studies, Latino Studies, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Brazilian Association at Indiana University and IU Cinema. Special thanks to the Academia Brasileira de Letras and Darlene Sadlier. This visit is also in partnership with UCLA, Wexner Center for the Arts and City College, New York.


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I use really bright lights that run warm. They're really, really hot, though, so I would change it to something that didn't heat up so quickly.
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I do my makeup in front of my screen door, haha.
I do it in front of the window in my dorm room! My window faces north so there's a decent amount of sun in the morning…if it's not over-cast. It normally is, though. At least any natural light is better than artificial for makeup application, in my opinion.
No light at all, opaque boxes for every product I own. This is the best way to storage one's makeup ( or a chest of drawers but always avoid light at all costs ).
I normally do my make-up in the bathroom, so I have a bit of a lighting issue. The window is to me right hand side when facing the mirror, so I generally get shadowing on one side of my face. Otherwise I can turn on the light above the mirror which runs extremely warm– enough to distort colours when doing blush, etc. Ideally, I'd like to change the above-the-mirror light to a cool white, which I think would be perfect lighting, but I doubt the globe it needs comes in cool light.
I use a task lamp pointed at my face but the light is too golden… Always makes colors look less bright than they are so it's easy to overdo it. I need a new set up!
Really really bad lighting! 😛 I'm a student who rents a studio and the lighting in my bathroom is just awful, but still the best for doing my make up. (Can you imagine!) I have a 30×30 cm mirror which I take outside the bathroom after I finished my look to check if it doesn't look weird in other lighting. 😀
Natural daylight.
Natural light during the day, and bright hollywood lights at night, but I'm unhappy with my current setup. I want to do something I saw my friend do years ago, fix a lamp behind my mirror so it diffuses the light. Clever gay guy who is into interiors lol.
The current lighting I have is terrible aka I have none, so I have to do my makeup in the bathroom. Ideally I would like a large backlit mirror on a vanity 🙂
I have a table with pretty strong lights but I find them too warm so I usually go to the window anyway
I have a totally crappy light in my bathroom at home. I did replace the incandescent bulb with a florescent one, which makes it a bit brighter. I would love to have the room to put rows of lights down the sides of the mirror just for makeup, or have a brighter bathroom so I could use regular daylight to see by.
On weekday mornings, I do my makeup in the change room at the gym under the florescent lights. This is my favorite place for makeup as I can stand right in front of the mirror (I'm sooo near-sighted) and I can tell that everything is even. It's the perfect place to try new color combos, being so bright and unforgiving. I can't overlook a single mistake there!!
Ott Lights! I couldn't live without them.
Same here! I recently got the OttLite Natural Makeup Mirror and love it
I, have had mine for a while and love it too! I just hate how it tends to turn for no reason! I put tape to prevent that from happening!
I am lucky to be able to use natural light! It's almost always sunny in SoCal, and my vanity is right by the window 🙂
I use a makeup mirror with open bulbs over the bathroom sink and if during the day, that room has a large southwest window, so diffused natural light (i mean, no glaring sunshine). It's a great room for natural light.
(it's a good place right now, until my daughter is old enough to shower – steam/moisture not good for cosmetics – and get into my stash!)
My light isn't great, two overhead wall sconce type lights pointing down above the mirror but I do have those GE Reveal light bulbs in them which makes the light much better. And I have a lighted magnifying mirror I can use for close up work.
A gigantic florescent light in my bathroom. I hate it. If I tried to do my make up in the living room near the window to get natural lights, all of my makeup would become cat toys and disappear instantly.
I use whatever lighting I can, depending on where I'm doing my makeup and time of day. Ideally I'd use natural light, every time
The only time I find light to be an important factor is when applying foundation, but I've been using a TM most of the time, and I really research foundation shades by applying them, then checking them in natural light. Once I have the right shade, light isn't a huge factor. I've been wearing makeup for so long, I have a pretty good idea of what shades work for me, and what they look like applied.
Timely post! I just upgraded all my makeup brushes, foundation and concealer for 2013. I decided it didn't make sense to spend all this time and money investing in MAC brushes/makeup only to rely upon bad lighting. After weeks of research including the infamous (and overpriced) OTT lighting, I bought a great mirror from my local Bed, Bath and Beyond store that has dimmable natural light and sun light. It swivels, magnifies and points out my weak spots like its Joan Rivers (lol). So far, I love it. Name brand is Zadro.
Amendment – dimmable sun light, not natural light (I wish).


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Judge Blocks Oversight For NYPD's 'Stop And Frisk' Policy
Thursday, October 31, 2013
A federal appeals court judge has put a temporary hold on changes to the New York Police Department's controversial "stop-and-frisk" policy ordered by a lower court and suspended the judge that made the earlier ruling.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted New York's request to stay the changes, which include a monitor to "ensure that the practice is carried out in a manner that protects the rights and liberties of all New Yorkers, while still providing much-needed police protection."
Judge Shira Scheindlin said in her August ruling that stop and frisk "demonstrated a widespread disregard for the Fourth Amendment." She said the NYPD had violated the rights of tens of thousands of people by profiling black and Hispanic men.
But the Court of Appeals panel on Thursday said that Scheindlin "ran afoul" of the judicial code of conduct and damaged any appearance of impartiality by talking to the media in response to criticism of her decision. The panel also criticized Scheindlin for "how she had steered the lawsuit to her courtroom when it was filed in early 2008," The New York Times says.
NPR's Joel Rose in New York tellsAll Things Considered that the stay will remain in effect until the city's appeal can be heard, probably next year.
He says that since stop and frisk has become such a hot issue in the mayoral race, it's possible that the policy might be on the way out regardless of the court's actions.
Shortly after the August ruling, New York's City Council voted independently to approve additional oversight for police, overriding a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. One bill creates an inspector general for the NYPD and another makes it easier to sue for racial profiling.
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Two weeks after a performance review led to Menifeeâs top-ranking administrator stepping down, the City Councilâs scrutiny has fallen on the city attorney.
The Menifee City Council is scheduled to hold a performance evaluation for Joseph Fletcher in closed session during a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at City Hall, 29714 Haun Road.
âWeâre just going to sit down and have a chat to see where it goes from there,â said Scott Mann, who organized the closed session.
This will be the first meeting for Mann and another newly elected council member, Greg August. They beat two incumbent members, Sue Kristjansson and Darcy Kuenzi, in Novemberâs election.
Fletcher said he new nothing of the performance review until city staff called to tell him, but he was not surprised.
âIâve not been contacted regarding the closed session,â he said, but âitâs obvious the council would want a chance to evaluate me.â
The council appointed Fletcher to the post of interim city attorney after the previous city attorney, Karen Feld, unexpectedly quit in November 2011.
Fletcher has worked on the staff of several southern Californian cities for more than 24 years. He was Santa Anaâs city attorney for 14 years ending in 2010 when he formed a one-man law firm with only two clients â" the other is the city of Ojai in Ventura County.
Mayor John Denver had nothing to do with organizing the performance review and is pleased with Rawlingâs performance, he said.
âIn general, I think heâs doing a very good job since heâs been on. Did he make mistakes? Of course. Could he improve? Of course, but itâs a touchy job and heâs done very well,â Denver said.
No sooner was Fletcher appointed than he found himself playing a major role in a controversial move. Councilwoman Sue Kristjansson, who was appointed in August 2011, announced she planned to remove Planning Commissioner Marc Miller from his post.
Miller was appointed by Councilman Fred Twyman, who died before his term expired. Kristjansson was appointed to replace Twyman and felt she had the right to replace his Planning Commission appointee.
Fletcher sided with Kristjansson, saying she inherited the right from Twyman, and she replaced him with Commissioner Chad Warren.
Mann has not targeted the city attorney specifically but has criticized previous council members for failing to hold high-ranking staff accountable for their performances.
âWe had what I felt was anemic sales tax growth ⦠somebody construed that as me wanting to get rid of senior management,â he said. âThat really couldnât be further from the truth.â
In the past, the council failed to hold the staff responsible for their performances, Mann said. For example, former City Manager William âBillâ Rawlings was scheduled for a performance review in October but they did not have one, he said. âWhy didnât that occur?â he asked.
As a result, the review defaulted to âsatisfactory,â in accordance with the conditions of his contract. When the manager stepped down from his position last month, he received a $9,500 bonus for getting a satisfactory performance review.
Mann has spoken with the cityâs staff, and they seem happy about the new council.
âTheyâre excited about the new council, theyâre excited about having leaders who can set strategic objectives so they can achieve their own goals,â Mann said. âThey said thatâs whatâs been missing in the city.â
Fletcher is a contract employee, and few rules regulate his parting ways with the city.
His contract states âCity may discharge Attorney at any time. Attorney may withdraw with Cityâs consent or for good cause. Good cause includes Cityâs breech of this Agreement, refusal to cooperate or to follow Attorneyâs advice on a material matter or any fact or circumstance that would render Attorneyâs continuing representation unlawful or unethical.â