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Thank you very much. I was about to post this query in the Malware Forum:
Query regarding modern malware scans on older computers
One of your tech colleagues (non malware) has suggested that my computer be tested for malware.
I have previously had a bad experience with an advanced rootkit scan.
Would you kindly tell me if this is ok to run on my older computer, a Dell Desktop 8100 (I have successfully run OTL on it in the past):
OTL by OldTimer is a modern, more powerful replacement for HijackThis.
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MGM Worldwide TV hires Ian Hogg
Will head up distribution across Asia-PacificSYDNEY -- MGM Worldwide Television has named Ian Hogg senior vp and managing director for Asia-Pacific.
Based in Sydney, Hogg will oversee the distribution of MGM film and television properties on pay TV, basic, free TV and digital media platforms across the region, Gary Marenzi, co-president of MGM Worldwide Television, said Tuesday.
He also will work closely with Marenzi on co-production and business development initiatives for MGM Worldwide Television.
With over 20 years of television production, distribution and digital media experience in the Asia-Pacific, Hogg joins MGM after seven years in Singapore, where he was founder and chief executive of Theatre Red Pte Ltd. In late 2007, he sold Theatre Red and recently returned to Sydney, where he's been consulting for regional TV group Prime Media Ltd. He also has held positions with the Becker Group, Network Ten in Australia and TV3 in New Zealand.
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As the holidays are quickly approaching, this is a good time to think about parenting time. Whether this is your first holiday season dividing parenting time or you are a pro, you can enhance the chances of fond holiday memories by making sure you and your family have a good plan in place.
Remember that holiday parenting time, like all other parenting plan aspects, should be based on what is in your children's best interests. Parent's wishes are typically considered, but the plan should not be based on what the parents are going to miss. Kid's typically take their ques from their parents and if you can keep a positive attitude and be creative and flexible, your kids will typically follow suit.
Begin with referencing any existing Court Orders. If you have a temporary or permanent parenting plan, now is the time to review the wording for the division of time, pick up or drop off guidelines, and any other particulars. If you have questions regarding the plan be sure to check with your attorney for clarification. If one parent is travelling, exchange itinerary details so the kids can be prepared. And make sure that all communication goes through the parents, not the children, when discussing parenting time issues. It is also a good idea to get any agreed upon changes or revisions to your plan in writing. Check with your attorney, but typically parents can agree to small modifications on their own. Keep in mind that agreements not filed with the Court are not Court Orders.
If you don't have an existing holiday parenting plan, talk to your attorney about getting an agreement in place. Typically, counseling or parenting professionals and Judges like to take time off at the holidays too and their availability can get tighter during the holiday season. Parenting plans can be prepared to fit your children and family and our experienced attorneys can assist you with details that are well-suited to your situation. Do you want to divide the holiday break, divide the actual holidays and leave the standard plan in place, or have one parent exercise the entire holiday on a rotating basis? Are you in a place where you can all be together for some of the holiday? Part of your plan can also be additional communication with the children during holiday times. Is it important that the children be able to have brief Facetime, Skype, or Google hangout contact with the parent not exercising the actual day? Or is your child used to a call with grandparents or other siblings they aren't with during the holiday? Again, the plan should be based on what the kid's needs are and supporting relationships. Your attorney can help you draft a plan that works for you.
The holidays can be stressful and depressing for some, and missing time with your child can be an additional stressor. Being flexible and working outside of the box can help combat some of the stress. Build new holiday traditions with your children like seeing holiday lights, holiday baking, or volunteering in the community, that don't have to be tied to a specific day. Building new memories can help make the holidays happier and more fulfilling, even when it's not your year to exercise the actual holiday.
This is also a great time to let your children know that you value their relationship with both parents. Be careful not to make it a competition between the activities at each house. Help your child get a gift or make something for the other parent. And accept a gift that the other parent helped your child with graciously. Your planning, flexibility, and attitude can make all the difference for you and your kids to enjoy the holiday season.
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even though i know i'm being ridiculous, i'm just going to let it all out. feel free to skip this entry if you don't want to hear a spoiled, petty graduate student moan about the injustices of her life.
today sucked, as days go. i am looking forward to going to sleep so that tomorrow can be better. i'm not saying that there was any momentous event that upset me, or that anything truly tragic happened, but it was just not a day i'd choose to repeat if i ever got the option of being reincarnated as myself.
1. dark. i woke up, and it was dark. i hate that. you know, what i've always wanted is a light in my room that would gradually brighten to simulate a sunrise, peaking just as my alarm was set to go off. then, ideally, an automatic coffee-pot would turn on, and the aroma would drift tantalizingly up the stairs until my maid glides on up to bring it to me in my silk and cashmere-laden bed. yeah.
2. bp. british petroleum, that is. i had to get gas in the rain this morning. it was cold. and the gas cost me $22. for the love of god.
3. lab. actually, i don't have any specific complaints about lab today, but i was only there for 2 hours.
4. narcolepsy. my 2-second sleeping-fuse strikes again. if i am bored for more than 5 minutes, i will fall asleep, regardless of how well-rested i am. josh (who has a similar 'disorder') claims that this is actually useful, because i can use my sleep-meter to gauge my true interests. i fell asleep in signal transduction colloquium today. i realize that to most people, this is very understandable, but i'm supposed to like this stuff. more importantly, i thought i was supposed to be able to understand it. and i didn't. i felt like the presenter was speaking in another language. it didn't help that he had quite an accent (he was from argentina), but still. it disappointed me that i wasn't able to pay attention. and i really did try. more fuel for my (josh says) irrational worries/doubts about belonging in the phd program. argh.
5. pizza. so there was a free lunch after the colloquium. i went because i wanted to meet some of the other grad students, and also for the free food (i admit it). i expected it to be something good, like salad or sandwiches or even burritos, but it was pizza. now, don't get me wrong, i love pizza, but not all pizza. and, interestingly (to someone, maybe), i'm not a big fan of pizza for lunch. see, i have learned by experience that if i eat one piece, i'm invariably starving a few hours later. and if i eat 2, it puts me into a severe postprandial coma and it always makes me feel kind of nast. so yes, even pizza is on my list of complaints for the day. this is no-holds-barred complaining.
6. class.
a) bratty girls: overheard:
girl1: "oh my GOD, you don't know what the nutrient cycle is?"
girl2: "um, well, NO, i wasn't a toxicology major. so . . ."
girl1: "well, it's--"
girl2: "do you mean the CARBON cycle? oh my GOD, of course i know that."
i hate when people act like things are common knowledge when they're not.
b) bratty girl #1 was carrying a giant phi beta kappa keychain. vomitrocious.
c) professor kept referring to the 'premeds' in our class. she also kept asking questions, like "do you know what this drug does?" [yes] and then answering them before we had a chance to say anything. it's not that i'm so eager to display my fund of pharmaceutical knowledge, or anything, but if you're a professor and you don't want people to answer your question, then you shouldn't ask!
7. fat lady. if i had been 5 seconds faster, i would have gotten a good treadmill at the gym today -- the kind where you don't have to hold your cd-player to keep it from vibrating wildly and skipping. but i wasn't. this big lady lumbered onto it JUST before i did, and she didn't even have a cd-player. at least she didn't have an iPOD. then i would have hated her more.
8. dog. this stupid black dog that belongs to these scary people who live 2 doors away keeps running in our yard. i am scared of this dog, because it barks and doesn't seem very afraid of humans. and also because i have a minor phobia. when i got home from the gym, mr. dog was waiting to greet me. i stayed in the car until josh made him go away, because i am pathetic. people can't just let their dogs run all over the place, though. jesus.
that's it. i am bitched/moaned out. it feels good to have it all out of my system. as scarlett o'hara always said, "tomorrow is another day." or something like that.


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We know how easy it is to simply pick your favorite color and move forward with your design project. Because, after all, you're happy with the way it "looks" and there are other things to consider; such as photos, content, layout, and the actual development. But, today we're here to caution you on that mindset and give a little background on why color is important and deserves your undivided attention.
Why is color important?
Color carries emotional resonance with it- in that, when we see a color, we have an emotional response towards that color. Blue can be sad, calm, and confident while yellow is happy, light, and cautionary. We naturally associate colors with emotions because it is hard to put words to what we are feeling.
Colors connect to our feelings in a unique and memorable way, which makes them a powerful marketing tool to keep in mind for your design projects. The colors in your design need to be purposeful and have meaning in their use. You want to discern what message you want to share about your upcoming event, business, or product and make sure your color choices reflect that. It's also important to keep in mind the print medium and size and how it will be perceived by the passing audience and what can draw their attention. Particularly, in large format print projects, color matters because that is what will draw the eye and be the first line of communication.


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Sure, the title and subtitle start promisingly…
Ghent prostitutes told to wear more clothes
Prostitutes in the Belgian city of Ghent have been told to cover up and stop suggestive gyrating in their windows as of next month.
…but then they spoil the whole thing by using a staggeringly inappropriate photo: which is to say, a photo where none of that is going on. I spent half a minute squinting at the blessed thing before reluctantly concluding that it probably was a stock picture. Look, I expect decorum of this sort from American news media sources; but this is the British press that we're talking about, here. They have a certain… reputation… when it comes to opportunities to exhibit a little skin.
Ach, this fallen world.
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RANDOM - Aged Without Age
You have to love Francis Ford Coppola's seemingly newfound indie spirit! He was absent from cinema's stage for about 10 years, after 1997's The Rainmaker. He returned in 2007 with the critically mixed Youth Without Youth, a film he financed entirely on his own, which certainly didn't set American box office receipts on fire, playing on 18 total screens across the country, but made a much bigger splash overseas - no surprise there, given the stylized nature of the film.
In an interview with Telegraph, accompanying the worldwide release of Youth Without Youth, Coppola stated, "I always wanted to be a personal filmmaker, to be inspired by the European movies we saw when we were 18 or 19 [...] But in a funny way I became an important studio director when I was very young, and I always wondered what happened to the director I wanted to be. Maybe I can go back and be him now."
Indeed... indeed... Of course it's easier to rediscover that indie spirit when one is independently wealthy, thanks to the winery and wine labels he owns, as well as stakes in a business that produces pasta and pasta sauces, plus the 2 cafes he owns in San Francisco, as well as the 4 resorts in Belize and Guatemala... amongst other interests.
He's a business man who made smart business decisions with the money he earned during his earlier profitable Hollywood days, when he gave us the 3 Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now, and several others; and those investments are paying off!
The wealth he created for himself now gives him the freedom to make the kinds of films he wants to make, since he doesn't have to go begging studio execs for funding for each project. He writes his own checks... Must be nice!
We could all learn a thing or two from Mr Coppola. I hope you're listening Tyler Perry! In 30 years when you're Coppola's age, I certainly hope we're not still being exposed to you in a fat suit, dress and wig. Perish the thought...
After briefly dancing with the studio system while living on the west coast, I had a somewhat similar plan, right before moving to New York: work hard at some well-paid corporate job for 10 - 15 years, and invest every single penny not allocated for basic bills. Why not, I thought - I was still in my mid-20s, and understood that I would be around 40 years old when I "retired" from corporate life. The plan was to accumulate as much financial capital as I could, which would then enable me to produce the kinds of films I wanted to, and even distribute them myself, without having to rely on others for any stage of the process.
Obviously that would mean low-budget productions with very limited release schedules; but, enough to create valuable awareness of each film, which I hoped would pay off eventually, and not necessarily immediately. I cherish being self-sufficient, and just can't think of living and working any other way! And while I certainly didn't entirely abandon the plan, 10 years later, I can say that I did not diligently follow through with it either. But as an ex-girlfriend once said to me, it's not too late to start again!
Anyway... Coppola has returned 2 years later, with another self-financed "personal film" titled Tetro, which stars the always enigmatic Vincent Gallo, and is being shot entirely in Argentina.
A site for the film is already online, where you can find brief write-ups about the film and cast, but most importantly and interestingly, a video blog featuring Coppola himself, talking about the film and his process, shot hand-held by Coppola, roaming through his Napa Valley estate. It's unpretentious, unassuming, and dare I say energizing. As a filmmaker myself, I'm inspired by his independent spirit and can-do attitude, and I'm looking forward to seeing what develops. In the video, he promises future video blogs about the project.
It's great to see a filmmaker of his generation (he'll be 70 this year) embrace new technology, and exploit it to his advantage!
Tetro is Francis Ford Coppola's first original screenplay since 1974's The Conversation. I was less than a year old then! The film's site states, "it is his most personal film yet, arising from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional. It is the bittersweet story of two brothers, of family lost and found, and the conflicts and secrets within a highly creative Argentine-Italian family." Creative they most certainly are - recall his daughter Sophia is certainly taking after her father, blazing her own trail; his son Roman is also a filmmaker with one feature currently on his resume.
Check out the site and watch his first of many v-blogs HERE.


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Northern Soul thread
Let's post some songs and we can all have a dance together!
- jimitheexploder, Und_Gorgeous_Cars, and furio this'd this
All that dancing will make us hungry
Let's have some bar-b-q:Und_Gorgeous_Cars this'd this
So far some awesome posts!
More please!ma0sm this'd this
Evie Sands- Anyway that you want me
Written by Chip Taylor who also wrote Wild Thing, and Angel of the Morning
This song's about me!
Eddie Holman - Eddie's my namebornin69 this'd this
Probably my all time favourite:
Too Late by Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson:
How have we got this far
without mentioning Seven Days Too Long by Chuck Wood? Along with Do I Love You, my fave Northern track ever. Ably covered by Dexys on their debut.georgiabeth this'd this


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Sichuan Chemical Issues $20 Million Strategic Investment Letter of Intent to Prospect Global Resources
September 19, 2013 (Source: Businesswire) — Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. ("Sichuan") has issued Prospect Global Resources Inc. ("Company" or "Prospect") a Letter of Intent indicating interest in up to a $20 million strategic investment in Prospect to further the development of the Company's Holbrook Project. Prospect and Sichuan Chemical entered into a potash supply agreement in 2012.
Xiaojun Chen, Chairman of Sichuan Chemical's Board of Directors, stated, "Sichuan has been looking for ways to deepen its cooperation with PGRX. We look forward to working with PGRX in order to bring its Holbrook Basic project to completion and Sichuan will continue to pursue additional avenues of cooperation going forward."
The Company recently released the results of a Pre-Feasibility Study and is underway on its infill-drilling program. Prospect plans to complete a Definitive Feasibility Study by the third quarter of 2014.
Terms of the Sichuan investment are to be agreed to and subject to final approval by the Sichuan Provincial Government and affiliates.
About Prospect Global Resources Inc.
Prospect Global Resources Inc. is a Denver-based company engaged in the exploration and development of a potash mine located in the Holbrook Basin of eastern Arizona. Prospect Global's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol PGRX.
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About Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding (Group) Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. (SCIHC) is a provincial state-owned enterprise with assets of RMB 20 billion. It is a large-scale conglomerate involved in production and marketing of fertilizers and chemical products, including phosphorite and coal. Additional business lines include international commodities trade and chemical and technical services. SCIHC has 24,300 full-time employees, more than 5,000 of whom are technical professionals. Sichuan Chemical has been a leader of China's chemical industry for more than 50 years.
Source: Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding (Group) Co., Ltd.
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
With the exception of historical matters, the matters discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projections or estimates contained herein. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding current and future classification of Prospect Global's potash resources, development of its potash resources and potash mining facility and the Pre-Feasibility Study. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projections or estimates include, among others, potash prices, economic and market conditions, and the additional risks described in Prospect Global's filings with the SEC, including Prospect Global's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013. Most of these factors are beyond Prospect Global's ability to predict or control. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, Prospect Global does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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Adobe's PDF files are common way to share information with students in a format that doesn't change depending on the browser. Not all PDFs are accessible since there are three types of PDF documents—unstructured, structured, and tagged—only tagged PDF files are optimized for accessibility. Few authors are currently creating tagged PDF files, either because this requires additional effort or because of lack of awareness. Authors are also limited by the capabilities of their word processing or desktop publishing tools, many of which have PDF export capabilities that do not currently support tagged PDF format
CAUTION : Although the information listed below suggests how to make your materials accessible, before making any PDF document available to the public, it should always be tested thoroughly for accessibility using the Adobe Acrobat Professional OR actually testing the document with a screen reader like JAWS. Not only will the Acrobat Professional accessibility application test the page, it will provide detailed instructions on how to remedy any errors that are reported.
These guides describes how to use Acrobat's PDFMaker with Microsoft Word to make accessible PDF files. Some of the techniques apply to the Microsoft Office productivity suite as well, such as the PowerPoint presentation graphics program.
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Consultation on defined benefit pension schemes: security and sustainability
February 20, 2017
The Department for Work and Pensions are seeking views on a number of suggested measures to help ensure security and sustainability in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. It covers a number of areas across: funding and investment; employer contributions and affordability; member protection; and consolidation of DB schemes. The deadline for comments is 14 May 2017.


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Discussion in 'Transformers Fan Art' started by Draven, Mar 12, 2007.
Actual still from Episode II:
SO nice to have a PC capable of rendering this now....
Wow, cool! That looks great!
Sorry, I haven't really kept up to date with your poject and don't really know much about it other than waht I saw on the first episode. When is this due out do you think?
Amazing scene Draven! You do all that using lightwave? Looks like it will have taken alot of patience for that. Im curious if you would recommend using lightwave over Maya (which i use), or have you not tried maya? I look forward to more.
Gorgeous as always!
Being cheeky for a second, do you have any spare time to perhaps work on a intro scene for the freeware TF game I'm making :O.
cant wait for this to be finished!
Can't wait to see this at Botcon Draven. Will you have DVDs of Redemption available for purchase at the con?
Maboroshi: I'm planning on premiering it at Botcon. It'll on the net shortly afterwards.
prime_force: Everything you see visually in Redemption is done in Lightwave. As for which is better, I haven't tried Maya (although I'd like to at some point). I'd reccomend getting demos of each, and seeing which one you find suits you better.
Showster: Sorry d00d, but at the moment, free time isn't something I have any of...! LOVE your work though!
Mako: Bring a blank DVD, and it's yours.
you really should try maya draven, at least just download it and import your lightwave files so that you can render it out using mental ray.. heres a really simple bot scene i made (also an actual still but the movies only 10 seconds long haha) with a bit of mental ray magic dust sprinkled on.. imagine if your scene above was mental-rayed..
actually, mental ray is also in softimage, 3ds max.. come you know you wanna swap away from lightwave, all your models and scenes will be compatible or you mgiht even be able to get hold of a stand-alone mental ray renderer to use alongside lightwave..
actually enough of my crappy amateur first efforts, here are some proper images that have been rendered with mental ray:
and finally this one should give oyu an idea of what your transformers will come out like:
and jsut to prove its not all just due to fancy models etc..
seriously... use mental ray
Wow i love computers, theres an infinite amount of stuff as to what one can do with them. Anyways, what computers do you guys happen to own? Im planning on buying an apple desktop pretty soon.
Edit: I meant laptop lol sorry
And what, kjeevahh, would the rendering time in Mental Ray be for a 1020 frame sequence, containing roughly 8000 objects that occupy 650Mb of RAM?
Little tip, for any 3D people out there:
There is no magic dust. Only hard work.
It's what you do with your tech that counts. Using a different rendering engine is not a magical solution to everything. I often think that people forget that.
I do not want to swap away from Lightwave. If you think that Mental Ray is the only way to get decent images, you might want to go look on Newtek's website at the list of TV shows & movies that Lightwave has been used on. And while you're at it, brush up on your own techniques, rather than relying on the app you use to make things look good FOR you.
If I had the time to crank up the settings on my renders (use radiosity ans so on) I would. Changing & relearning renderers (necessitating a change of app in general) isn't at all high on my list of priorities right now. Or at all, in fact.
Frankly I'm half tempted to ask the mods to remove your little advert for Mental Ray from my thread. Pissed me off rather a lot, it has.
Still, thanks for the crit on my work.
Oh no, that's right; you didn't PUT one, did you. Not a thing, except to try and peddle a different app to me..
Modelling/rendering/video editing machine:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+, with 1Gb RAM, GeForce 6200 Gfx card
Windows XP64
Lightwave 3D V9.2 (3D)
Photoshop 7 (image editing)
Adobe Premiere Professional 2 (video editing)
Soundtrack/recording/audio editing machine:
3Ghz Intel Pentium 3, 1Gb RAM, GeForce 6600 Gfx card
Windows XP Pro
Reason 3 (score composition)
Samplitude Pro 8 (audio recording)
Soundforge 6 (audio editing)
Nuendo 2 (soundtrack production & synching to video)
Hmm, wow those programs you have there take up a lot of space, but i guess every mb is worth it. Now as far as the still from youre story goes, I think you did a great job but I would add more detail to the center building, being the main object and center point of that setting. =)
Very much so
Heh. I wouldn't worry about that.
The full shot is 1020 frames long; it starts inside the building, goes out through a window, down the front of it (showing the detail on it) and then moves out over the city.
That is amazing, Pete! Loving all the detail!
O, well in that case forget what I said, and great job dude! =)
Looking great Pete, if you ever need any rendering farmed out I have a Dual 3.8 Xeon that'd be happy to help out. You'd need to do all the render setting stuff though, not got a clue about LW, I like my Maya and Max. Keep it up dude.
Cool city scape.
Looks great, man!
I think Draven does a fine job using Lightwave. How about you appreciate his work instead of trying to have him switch to something you feel is better?
That still render is looking great dude! Can't wait to see a camera flying through it.
I use Maya.
And I doubt I can do something as good as Draven.
Software is useless without talant, and LOT of hard work.
Things like Mental Ray whith advanced features good for still image but useless if you need render 10 - 15 minutes of video on your home PC.
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EUSTIS — City patrolman Shane Matthews suffered a broken wrist and a severely lacerated shoulder Wednesday morning when the car he was driving was hit head- on.
Matthews had to be cut from inside his two-door car after the 8:25 a.m. accident.
Florida Highway Patrol officers investigated the accident because Eustis police do not investigate accidents involving their own officers. Matthews was in uniform and on his way to work in his personal car.
Troopers said a vehicle driven by Michael Dale Weaver, 25, of 1701 Orange Ave., Eustis, crossed the center line of Lakeshore Drive and hit Matthews' vehicle. Weaver was charged with failing to drive within a single lane and having defective equipment -- bald tires.


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The Last Dinosaur is the musical project of Jamie Cameron, whose last album under this moniker was 2010's fantastic Hooray! For Happiness. This new album, The Nothing, has been eight years in the making, and you can hear them in its details. It's an album of varying sounds and textures, with different ideas and instruments, but the tangling themes of heartbreak and hope persist throughout. The record is inspired in part by the tragedy of losing his best friend in a car accident and being unable to confront it, through periods of depression and confusion, until now.
The album is broken up with beautiful instrumentals, including 'The Body Collapse', where a simple piano riff is slowly surrounded by intricate, building, detailed sounds until it becomes crystal clear why his previous work has featured on popular playlists like 'The Most Beautiful Songs In The World'. When we spoke to him a month ago, Cameron explained that "the beauty of instrumental music is that you're able to evoke strong feelings without telling the listener how they should be feeling."
There's a very close, intimate feel to the album, with Cameron's whispered delivery prompting you to lean in, listen closer, and focus on the fragility of life. Tracks like 'Goodnight', which closes the album, combine the whispered vocals and almost classical instrumentation for an ethereal, goosebump raising experience. 'The Sea', the only song here recorded outside of his home, feels just as close, despite the electronic influence.
While 'Atoms' is the most direct track here, with its carefully strummed acoustic guitar acting as a platform for gently soaring strings, 'Wings' is one of the albums main highlights. It grows slowly, in a similar manner to 'Atoms', but with a more cinematic quality, building up to a swirling hurricane of violins. The entire album is an emotional journey. Without much progression or even lyricism, it tells the story of tragedy and pain, and most importantly, overcoming them.


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I am reading the biography of John Adams by David McCullough. It strikes me that those who most turn to waving the flag proclaiming "Don't Tread On Me" haven't the faintest clue as to what this particular, and genius, Founding Father believed was the importance of a republican form of government. What he said and thought was intelligently conceived, and wisely prescient. I could paraphrase, but his words are plainly clear and more eloquent…
"The happiness of people is the purpose of government, and therefore, that form of government is best which produces the greatest amount of happiness for the largest number."
"Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant"
"…I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls… There is one thing, my dear sir, that must be attempted and most sacredly observed or we are all undone. There must be decency and respect, and venerations introduced for persons of authority of every rank, or we are undone. In a popular government, this is our only way"


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"Our line-up of PS3 games that will be available through the holidays is unprecedented in terms of volume, variety and innovation, surpassing any previous competitive launch catalog and even our own original offerings for other PlayStation¿ platforms," said Kaz Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We are pioneering a new era of true next-generation gaming through such titles as Resistance: Fall of Man, a visually arresting game that takes advantage of the large storage capacity and exceptional visual clarity offered by Blu-ray Disc; and NBA 07, running at full 1080p for the highest resolution image possible, creating hyper-realistic characters and gameplay never seen before.
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I recently took the time to read Machiavelli's "The Art of War," not to be confused with the much earlier Sun Tzu work. The two have no relation, save the subject. Machiavelli was, if I dare say so, long-winded, but he was a fountain of useful information concerning what was in his time, merely a vision of the future, but which would become the modern army in times to come, based on the old Roman army; and because the old Roman army featured so prominently in his conception, he was very detailed concerning Roman arms as well.
One very small thing which I learned from a different source: the reason the Macedonian phalanx was able to employ both a long spear and a shield was due to the use of counterweights on the butts of the spears. While the force of a single person's thrust was thus virtually non-existent, the thicket of points facing an enemy in a united advance was very difficult to penetrate effectively. However, the counterweight made the mere act of holding the spear steady relatively easy. The Romans did employ a spear, but, if I recall correctly, only on their rearmost line; Machiavelli explains that there were less men in the second and third lines of a cohort, consecutively diminishing, so that should the first, densely packed line fall, they have somewhere to form up that can (more or less) accommodate their entire number and be immediately stiffened against all attack. Thus, a Roman cohort is like a video game character with three "lives" until it is Game Over.
Machiavelli relates how Julius Caesar and others have destroyed armies allowed to move half their number across a river before attacking, as advised by Sun Tzu, and how deception in war is vital in attack, retreat, and maneuver to the success of the brilliant general. Also, acts of personal generosity and honor by individual leaders did just as much as the force of arms to win over provinces (or "new principalities" in The Prince parlance), even if we can say that such acts were not more important than force of arms, without which such leaders would be merely loved, but not feared as well.
I hope I've summarized some of the best parts, because reading that book is a slog, even with a translation into modern English. Still, it's refreshing to read a work written by someone with such a sharp mind for detail and such zeal for classical warfare.


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I couldn't resist stopping om way home tonight to take this photo. Its no Nat Geo shot. Just made me feel great looking out over the water. I you enjoy like I did.
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But any ambitions he had to become the next Bobby Knight ended after he got his first taste of the marketing of sports and entertainment. That led to a thirst that has landed him one of the more prominent jobs in the sports marketing business, where he will have a particularly strong role in 1998.
In his Coca-Cola sports post -- he's also a VP in the company's marketing division -- Mr. McCune oversees the soft-drink giant's sponsorships of the Olympics and the World Cup. And next year will see the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the World Cup in France.
But don't think of Mr. McCune, 40, as a former jock who has found an afterlife in sports marketing.
"I'm an active participant in sports, but I wouldn't use the term sports fan," said Mr. McCune. "I'm in the marketing business. I'm passionate about how sports can be a vehicle for our company to link with consumers, drive our business and get results."
Mr. McCune was trained in how to marry business with the pleasure of sports. After graduating from Wittenberg in 1979, he got his MBA in sports marketing from Ohio University, one of the first schools to offer such a program.
After his two-year coaching stint, Mr. McCune went to work for Anheuser-Busch, where he held several key positions within the company's media, sports marketing and brand-management departments. He came to Coca-Cola in 1994 as assistant VP-director of strategic media.
Mr. McCune was promoted to his current post in July, replacing Stu Cross, who earlier was appointed president of Coca-Cola's Central America/Caribbean division. He's now gearing up to implement programs that leverage the two marquee sponsorships.
In Japan, Coca-Cola will use the Winter Games to build its Georgia coffee brand, which will sponsor the Olympic torch relay. The Coca-Cola brand will be positioned as refreshment for fans attending the Games, while Aquarius -- a PowerAde-like sports drink marketed in Japan -- will be positioned as refreshment for athletes.
With the World Cup, Coca-Cola will pursue the world's youth. Through its Coca-Cola Youth Program, the company will send 1,600 kids to France next summer to serve as flag bearers and ball kids and represent their respective countries in pre-match soccer contests.
Coca-Cola will leverage its Winter Olympics and World Cup sponsorships in countries around the globe. Mr. McCune is looking to refine his company's sports marketing strategy with a think globally, act locally approach.
"The Olympics and the World Cup are global in nature but they are consumed locally by fans in each market in ways that are most relevant to them," he said, "whether that be watching games on TV, attending games in person, or purchasing licensed products.


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According to EW.com's Michael Ausiello, Desperate Housewives is about to be visited by Torchwood's Captain Jack.
Yes, John Barrowman will be heading down to Wisteria Lane for five episodes in an arc that will begin in early April. Barrowman will play the mysterious bad guy at the heart of the Angie (Drea de Matteo) storyline.


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The Reprobate Keynesian Mind
By Donald Hank ~ Posted in Opinion, 3 April 2013.
information: George
Bush: The Unauthorized Biography
We live in the world Keynes built. Given that Keynes' mind was warped and twisted, is it any surprise that a world governed by his system of economics is depraved and in decline?
I recently had a stimulating discussion with a UK pastor regarding the imminent legalization of a radical new definition of marriage, which for 5000 years, in over 600 languages and dialects, has always referred to a union between a man and a woman. True, some cultures have included polygamous marriages in this definition, but still, marriage was never between members of the same sex. The suggestion of such a union had always been regarded as unnatural.
This pastor made a startling assertion: the power in Europe is in the hands of sexual perverts.
(The occult and perverted Skull and Bones illustrates it well!
Please read America's Secret Establishment: Introduction to The Order of Skull & Bones
Video 1. Antony Sutton lecture: The Order of Skull & Bones ~ Video 3: Skull & Bones, Part 3
The word for reprobate as used by Paul in Romans 1:28 is adókimon (αδόκιμον), which is a composite of a (α) meaning not, or without, and dókimos (δόκιμος), meaning approved or simply proved, and is a derivative of dokimazo (δοκιμάζω), meaning to prove or put to the test.
Now the word could mean, according to the first equivalent, "unapproved." But according to the second, it would suggest something that had been tested and failed the test.
Paul applies the word to homosexuals, who he says reject the Creator but worship the creation. He says God abandoned them to "reprobate minds."
Note that a mind that God has allowed to be changed fundamentally from a mind that has passed quality control to a failed (reprobate) mind will fail not only morally but in every other sense, and specifically in the processing of vital data for the conduct of daily activity. Such a mind in control of a national economy could only produce disasters because it would be incapable of foreseeing obvious potentials for economic problems and a catastrophic breakdown of law and order.
This is because common sense is God-given, and when God withdraws this gift (abandoning one to a reprobate, or in other words, failed, mind), then the mind is no longer functional and this failure is allowed by God, or in other words, success is no longer allowed by God. There can be nothing more terrifying!
Now also note that the Western world, including the US and Europe, have long adopted an economic model known as Keynesianism. We are supposed to believe that this model actually succeeded in the FDR administration and enabled us to pull out of a severe depression. A study by a team of economists at UCLA, however, showed that, far from promoting recovery, FDR's policies delayed the recovery by 7 to 8 years.
In actual fact, we recovered only because America still had a strong manufacturing base, whereas Europe's manufacturing was destroyed in the war, providing us with a captive export market. Ask yourself: Do we still have a strong manufacturing base to support a recovery? The Keynesian Richard Nixon promoted and won Most-Favored-Nation status for Mao's communist China, sealing the doom of American industry.
Japanese experiments with Keynesianism, based on the false FDR model, failed.
America and Europe have tried Keynesian 'stimulus' as well, with the result that the job situation is still poor, growth is almost at a standstill, inflation is our most abundant export and the euro zone is failing dismally. Economic failure is accompanied, predictably, with a breakdown of law. Ask any Cypriot. Or look at the gangs of illegal immigrants terrorizing American cities.
But who was Keynes, the mastermind of this economic model that has failed consistently?
Well, according to Paul's definition, John Maynard Keynes was a prime example of a reprobate mind.
If you have the stomach, you may read this chapter of "Keynes at Harvard" to see why Paul would call him morally reprobate:
If you have the time, you may read the whole book:
The economic debacle in the US and Europe is a direct result of putting power in the hands of reprobate minds—minds that can do nothing but fail. ... Look around you. Look at the cost of staples today, compared with last year. Can anyone argue with that?
Can anyone argue that our power structure is in the hands of people with reprobate minds?
Donald Hank has been the owner/operator of the Christian news and views site Laigle's Forum since 2006. His work has been published by WorldNetDaily, Canada Free Press, Christian Worldview Network, Etherzone, FedUpUSA, Renew America, Desert Conservative and Midia Sem Mascara. From 1971 to 2009 Don was the owner and operator of a technical translation agency. He has translated professionally from over 20 languages and is the author of Japanese-to-English Technical Translation Manual and French-English Dictionary of Aluminum Manufacturing Terms. He is now retired and residing in Panama.
Copyright © Donald Hank. Used with permission.


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lol yeah I always try to find an explaination for weird things lol. If I can't find one, thats when I freak out lol.
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lol yeah I always try to find an explaination for weird things lol. If I can't find one, thats when I freak out lol.
When I find something I can't explain I just claim it as a figment of my imagination. I just can't bring myself to say it was anything else. Which is odd because I think it would really be cool for things like that to exist and make things more interesting.
When I was nine, my family moved to Vicksburg, MS and we lived there for three years. Apparently, Vicksburg is supposedly loaded with ghosts. I'd hear stories from classmates and my older sister; however, other than an uneasy feeling that I'd occasionally get, nothing ever happened to me. Consequently, I'd get excited as I heard the tales, but I didn't really believe in the supernatural. Not until I was 10 or 11. I was making my way to my room when a ghost in the form of a floating white dress crossed my path in the living room and disappeared into the wall on the other side of the room. Nothing super scary or cool, but it had me frozen in shock. I recovered after a minute or two and then continued to my bedroom, walking fast. I brooded about it for a while before I told anyone.
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Scariest place? Guys public restroom. Not even the undead would haunt there.
Anyway, I don't remember where I heard/learned it from, but I vaguely remember being told cats can see/sense spirits....and maybe chase them away.....I guess.
Watching K-dramas instead of sleeping....;D
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Scariest place? Guys public restroom. Not even the undead would haunt there.
Anyway, I don't remember where I heard/learned it from, but I vaguely remember being told cats can see/sense spirits....and maybe chase them away.....I guess.
That reminded me of a funny incident with our cat. He would just stand in our dining room and stare up at the ceilling as if he were watching something and he would stop and just stare over near our front door too. He did this a lot and it started to worry my brother and freak my mom out because they wondered if he saw or sensed something. Then I pointed out that he was just staring at his reflection in the doorhandles and metal base around the dining room light.
I secretly believe some of that stuff might be true lmao, but when something can't be explained it creeps me out and drives me nuts. I think about it over and over again.
I have seen and experienced many things that I have no explanation for and constantly replay the incidents in my head trying to think of explanations. In the end I am still stuck saying it was my imagination or I lost my mind.
Well I don't have any experiences with supernatural. Actually I was surprised when I read those posts above. There are some stories but they're all very old at least 3 or 4 hundred years. But never happened anything unusual at those places. Also those places are now quite populated soo maybe ghosts just said goodbye and went away
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I lived in an apartment once in Kent, WA that strange things would happen. (<-- edit: wow, grammar fail) There was no 'materialization' of a spirit or anything, but here are a couple of things as an example:
Whenever I was in this apartment together with my SO, we would get in constant fights over small, inane things. The moment we would step out, our mood would instantly improve only to crumble when we were in the apartment again.
Occasionally, the smell of urine would come out of nowhere. We had a cat at the time, but she has never had any issues going anywhere but her litter box. It was an incredibly pungent smell that would literally fill the entire apartment with no tangible source. Fights would typically ensue after the fact.
As soon as we split, both issues resolved themselves.
I've never been to a haunted area. In theory, I would absolutely love to go to one because it sounds fun and exciting! In reality, I'm a huge scaredy cat and would probably cry once a little thing happened.
It's the Madison at Ridgegate apartments off..4th was it? Whatever that main street is that takes you to like Dairy Queen, Red Robin, and Target.
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We've been going to this carnival for the past few years now, and I really love the traditional feel of this one. We found an old gypsy caravan, traditional fudge seller, a tombola and loads more. And we didn't have to spend a fortune either! Everything was reasonably priced, even the food stalls. Except for the bouncy castle, which we certainly won't be going on next year!
It's a pity so many of these summer fayre's we like to attend have been cancelled this year because of the terrible weather we've been having. Still, we always find a way to have fun!
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A friend of mine recently questioned my shopping. 'Don't you feel empowered when you don't buy something?' she asked. Sadly, my answer was no. I want things; I need things.
When I see an item I want, I can picture it in my life. I can imagine my lifestyle with it and see how much it would improve or create the perfect image. A toy for Annika equates a better childhood and makes me the perfect mom. If I don't purchase the item, I can't stop thinking about it. I agonise over whether or not I should have bought it. I feel sad that I won't have it in my life.
Unfortunately, these emotions that I've equated to stuff has caused me to rack up my credit card. All of a sudden those great feelings of acquiring things has left me in debt and feeling panicky.
I recognize that I would much rather be able to teach my daughter how to be good with money than have every toy and decoration. I am sure I will also be a better mother under less stress.
So I'm getting back on track. I am taking my head out of the sand and recognizing that the debt isn't just going to go away. I will live on cash from now on (cutting up one of my credit cards as soon as I sign off). I used to follow the advice from Dave Ramsey and was able to cut a huge chunk of my debt off. I think it's time to re-read his book.
When shopping, I will really try to remember that the pain of being in debt will far outlast the small joy I get in purchasing an item. Which I almost find funny writing because it's also something I have to remember with food. Many of the foods I eat, I choose because of the pleasure I experience while eating them. I have to remind myself that the happiness I will experience being at a comfortable weight will far out weigh the pleasure I'm experiencing while eating.
I guess it comes down to a few things, making conscious decisions and acknowledging emotions rather than eating or purchasing them.


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Learn to Resell Tickets
Seeing the Opportunity
The opportunity exists to make money on the side selling tickets to events. Those events include sporting, concerts, races or anything that needs a ticket for admission. It can be done by anyone with a connection to the internet and a small amount of effort. Like any other business opportunity the process of making money by selling tickets is always changing and one strategy won't always work forever. This process is done entirely from the comfort of your own home and doesn't mean standing in front of a packed stadium or concert hall waiving tickets over your head to the highest bidder.
Make Money When You Buy Not Sell
Making money selling tickets for a profit boils down to one simple concept; you make money when you buy not when you sell. Like investing in stocks or real estate, tickets are only profitable when you know the market value and buy significantly under value. Buying tickets below market value in today's environment means getting in on face value tickets before they are all bought up. A few ways to do this exist, but the most effective is to receive pre sale offers from the concert promoters, concert venues, and fan clubs. Pre sales are offers to purchase face value tickets prior to the release to the general public. These sales can be found by subscribing to newsletters from promoters and venues and other outlets that specialize in the sale of tickets.
Ticketmaster is by far the most common way to purchase tickets, as a huge majority of venues use their services to sell their tickets. Knowing how to use Ticketmaster is essential to this business, and not knowing how will mean not making any money. When you find out the pre sale and regular sale dates of tickets being sold to an event you would like to buy tickets to it is important to be there at the exact time of the sale. Many events sell out within 5 minutes of being on ticket master so the early bird gets the worm.
Understanding Value
Knowing the value of your tickets prior to buying them is difficult but not impossible. Many times you can check sites like Stubhub or Ebay and find listings for tickets prior to the initial sale. Use these listings to gauge the secondary market value prior to purchasing your own tickets. Stubhub specifically has a function that allows individual selling tickets to see actual sales data for the event to price tickets accordingly. Gauging demand based on previously concert sales is also helpful. For a recent example of demand being a good indicator of sales, Taylor Swift's new album "Red" has topped the charts. Her first wave of concert dates released after the ascent of the album have sold out in less than 5 minutes in all the major cities of the U.S. Several prime seats for those concerts will be sold for four or five times face value.
Marketing Your Tickets
Putting your tickets on the secondary market is important to the process. Many avenues exist to do this, but the two most popular currently are Stubhub and Ebay. These sites facilitate the exchange of tickets by buyer and seller with relative ease. Both of these sites do charge a commission so factoring that into your decision on where to sell should be considered. Pricing is a complicated issue with resale of tickets. Trying to be the cheapest ticket on the market is a good idea but every attempt should be made to research value to not leave money on the table. The last thing someone selling tickets wants to see is making a sale to find out later the tickets could have been sold for twice as much.


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Team GSK takes home the Nicholas Hall Marketing Award!November 6th, 2017
The Nicholas Hall Awards for marketing and creativity highlight and reward outstanding achievements in the OTC medicines market. They have done much to spur ever-higher standards of innovation and execution. Winning a Nicholas Hall OTC Marketing Award is regarded as one of the most meaningful accolades in the industry.
Our GSK team managed just that, and brought home the APAC Best Creative Award in Consumer Healthcare – well-done team!


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Sriperumbudur (TN): A deeply maimed survivor in the dastardly suicide attack that killed Rajiv Gandhi yesterday said there was nothing wrong in releasing theprisoners as they had undergone punishment for over two decades.
"Whether they did the alleged crime or not only the God knows, there is nothing wrong in releasing them now after they were put behind bars for 23 years," K K Sulaiman, an elderly Congress functionary of Sriperumbudur who was severely wounded with pellet injuries on the fateful May night of 1991
told PTI.
"I am a pious Muslim, I must only speak the truth. This is what I feel. Also, there are strong allegations that the crimes have not been proved conclusively," he said.
Recounting the terrible times he underwent after the bomb attack, Sulaiman said how his right thumb was severed and pellets maimed several parts of the body besides suffering burn injuries.
"I was in the General Hospital in Chennai for over a month. Even now, I am continuing medical treatment for my pellet injuries. It continues to be painful."


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Avoiding all the things that represent a threat to our health is impossible. Some people like to light up a cigarette from time to time, some like to eat sweets and candies, and some do not really like exercising.
The question that poses here is how often we repeat these habits that are not good for us. Take a look at these 12 things we do every day and thus harm our health and wellbeing subconsciously.
1. Too much sleeping is bad, but insufficient sleep is also very bad for our health
The lack of sleep causes troubles with the memory and the process of thinking, while people who sleep too much have problems with the quality of their night's sleep. It is a vicious circle, you either sleep too much or you do not sleep enough. Either of the two affects the quality of your night's sleep in a bad way.
2. It is not recommended that you take a shower too often or wash your hair on a daily basis
This may sound strange, but the frequent and long showering may harm your skin. Also, it is not good for you to wash your hair every day. The frequency of washing of course depends on your hair type, so you would need to follow the signs it provides and wash your hair in accordance with them. However, it is a fact that you need to make pause between two washings. The more often you wash it, the oilier it would get.
3. Breathing from your chest
This is the way most people breathe in. However, this is bad and improper, as it leads to insufficiently deep breathing. The right way for us to breathe in is inhaling from the diaphragm or the abdomen. While breathing from the chest causes our heart to beat faster, the deeper breathing helps us regulate our blood pressure, blood circulation, and deal with stress. One of the ways in which you can learn how to breathe properly is by taking yoga classes.
4. Pay attention to the position you sit in
This is something you need to take seriously as it may cause various physical and mental issues. The improper position of your body can affect your organs, especially your lungs and your heart. Also, too much sitting can make you slower. Shortly, the more you sit, the less energy you have.
5. Elimination of a huge group of ingredients
We all try to avoid the intake of carbohydrates or fat, but their complete elimination from our dietary regimen is not the smartest idea. Our body needs all the types of nutrients in order to function optimally. Both carbohydrates and fat are pretty important for our energy levels and the cognitive processes.
6. Excessive exercising
Excessive exercising can be as bad as inactivity. In case you exercise too much, you need to know that your body won't take this well. You always need to make a balance between your workout, your diet, and your rest, or you will feel tired and week. Moreover, you will also feel depressed, and you will experience mood swings and lack of enthusiasm.
7. Watching TV before sleeping
Watching TV before sleeping is a habit you need to avoid, especially watching horror movies or movies with an upsetting content. The light that is being emitted from the TV screen is not good for the brain that is getting prepared for sleeping. Moreover, this may also affect your dreams.
8. High heels
High heels are bad for your feet, knees, ankles, bones, and your spine. Yes, the wonderful shoes you love that much do affect all of these body parts in a negative way. You do not have to completely quit wearing them, but you should still try to wear them as rarely as possible.
9. The suspicious effects of the antibacterial soaps
These soaps definitely eliminate the bacteria; however, this can be both good and bad. Another problem is the fact that these soaps won't kill the bacteria. It is really questionable how helpful these soaps can be when it comes to prevention of certain diseases.
10. Your washing machine must be clean
People tend to wash everything, from towels to clothes. Some things you put into your washing machine are very dirty, and when this process is being repeated for so many times, especially when a lot family members live together, the result is frequent doing laundry and a lot of dirt into the washing machine. This is why the washing machine must be cleansed from time to time. Otherwise, you pose yourself and your family at risk of getting sick with Escherichia coli.
11. You wear your contact lenses for too long
This is a bad habit because of a few reasons, one of them being the fact that your eyes need to take some break from wearing contact lenses so that they come into contact with oxygen. This explains why you feel terrible when you wear your contact lenses for quite some time or when you wear them while sleeping, having forgotten to take them off. If you wear your lenses for too long or too often, you can cause them damaging your cornea.
12. Exercising before sleeping
During the workout, your heart rate increases, and all of your muscles become tense, so it is hard for them to relax after the workout and get ready for a nice and peaceful night's sleep.


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- I have 3 tables related 1 to many records: A < B < C
- All 3 have a get(recordmodificationcount) field.
- Table B also has a calc field called 'mod_sum'= A + B + sum(C). A script is used to generate/ update records on a related table: B < D IF 'mod_sum' is > 'mod_sum_old' on Table B. 'mod_sum_old' has it's value set as 'mod_sum'+1 at the end of the script, so that they are =.
The above works. The problem comes when I export/ import records because there is always a difference between 'mod_sum' and 'mod_sum_old' when often there shouldn't be because there were no intended changes to records in A, B or C. All the above calc fields are unstored. I confess I've never used a stored calc field, but wonder
a) whether I should be storing the get(recordmodificationcount) values and
b) what it's properties are, ie. does it still 'get(recordmodificationcount)' when that count changes and what happens to the value when exported/imported?


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Your pet can suffocate in an empty chip bagsThis is a must read story posted by the Center for Pet Safety
Center for Pet Safety releases 2015 Carrier & Crate Crash Study ResultsIn 2015 Center for Pet Safety and Subaru of America renewed a partnership with the intent to study the crashworthiness of pet travel crates that claimed "testing", "crash testing" or "crash protection". Additionally, other popular pet travel carriers were sampled and tested to help Center for Pet Safety educate pet owners about the performance differences of distraction prevention carriers and crash protection carriers. Read the press release and the results from the Center for Pet Safety
Safety tests on Dog Automible HarnessesOn October 3rd, 2013 the Center for Pet Safety sponsored by Subaru of America recently completed a landmark study on the crashworthiness of pet harnesses. See an introduction to the Center for Pet Safety below. Eleven pet harnesses were tested. See videos of the actual tests along with the press release of these findings. CPS and Subaru have also developed a safe travel brochure to help you plan for your adventures together! CPS designed the first of its kind pet harness study that included crash testing as one of its measures. Pet harness crash tests mirrored the test used for determining the effectiveness of child restraint systems for autos.
Winner of 2014 & 2013 Constant Contact All Star Award
|The Constant Contact All Star awards recognize clients who excel at using Constant Contact tools to engage with their own customers and build great relationships. This status is an annual designation that only 10% of customers achieve. Critter Cozy customers noticed and responded positively. Critter Cozy stood out from the more than 500,000 organizations internationally who use Constant Contact. Every year the competition gets tougher as the best clients just get better!
How safe are the Pet products you buy?Do you know there are no safety standards for products such as animal life jackets and pet seat belts? Each manufacturer designs their products to their own ideals. In the manufacturing of human devices with such purposes, there are regulations which manufacturers must adhere to and test specifications that must be met. There are organizations such as the Consumer Union (the organization behind the "Consumer Report" magazine) which provides testing and ratings on important purchases.
Did you know toads can be dangerous to your petOn September 1st an article appeared in the Carroll County Times titled "Family warns others to keep pets away from toads". This is the story of a a Jack Russell terrier that became fataly ill from biting a toad. This is not a unique situation. According to the web site All About Dogs by lowchensaustralia.com Domestic dogs can die within 15 minutes of eating a toad. If your dog has seizures or convulsions one should see veterinarian assistance immediately!
How Safe is your Pet?Have you really ever asked yourself that question? I'm sure your pet has all the love you can give. No doubt, great toys are all around for exercise and general enjoyment. I'll bet your pet is well fed and cared for. However, Would emergency responders know you have pets in the dwelling?
According to the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association it is estimated hundreds of thousands of pets are killed by house fires each year. Just go to you favorite web search engine and enter "how many pets die in fire". Thousands of articles, blogs, and related stories will be result. Placing a brightly colored decal to your home's windows and/or doors is an inexpensive way to alert the emergency responders that there are pets inside. Pet Alert is one such product.
Pet Bed WarmerNever use a human heating pad for your pet! Human rated heating pads reach much higher temperatures than a pet's body temperature (102 degrees) and may cause injury. Human heating pads are designed to be placed on top of the body and not laid upon.


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Pâté may seem like a highbrow delicacy, but it's really just a genius way to use up chicken livers. While some rustic-style chicken pâtés are finely chopped, this version is passed through a strainer to create a smooth texture. The rich, slightly sweet flavor is balanced out with black pepper and fresh greens served on the side.
Game plan: To serve the pâté as a first course rather than an hors d'oeuvre, chill it in small 2- to 3-ounce ramekins (depending on how many servings you need) and divide the crostini and greens among individual serving plates.
This recipe was featured as part of our Halloween Horror Movie Menu.
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Research on access to electronic health knowledge in Africa: Policy brief
This briefing summarises the results of a survey to describe Internet access patterns and awareness of initiatives that enable free access in postgraduate doctors working in national medical institutions in four countries in Africa, and semi-structured interviews to explore factors influencing use.
Policy implications relevant to the following groups are highlighted:
- Senior staff in medical training institutions
- National policy makers
- International stakeholders.
Annex 1 consists of a HINARI programme information sheet.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, 4 pp.
Research on access to electronic health knowledge in Africa: Policy brief
Published 1 January 2006


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Honestly, most of the eye candy stuff posted here is total BS and I see some otherwise average looking dudes being fawned over by women, they would definitely look like shit without fame and makeup.
So here is a NO BS list of people I can think of off the top of my head. If you know some more, do add. These are mostly men who would look good regardless of their fame and money based on their facial features alone.
1. Matt Bomer
2. Marcello Alvarez
3. Sidharth Malhotra
4. Chace Crawford
5. Burak Oscivit
6. Zayn Malik
This is only 1% and there are still a hell lot more, but I'm a little short on time. I'll make new myTakes to add based on what i know and if you have some to add, go ahead. My point is people have no clue how to judge.


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I love a good listicle. Don't you? If you don't, you're probably lying and trying to hastily close that tab containing Buzzfeed's "Top 25 Pictures of Mashed Potatoes that Look Like Taylor Swift."
So I'm gonna do that thing I do where I tell you stuff I liked from this year, and you're probably going to disagree with me. Feel free to slag off on me in the comments.
TOP FILMS of 2017:
I won't order these, but these are my faves from 2017. They shift up and down depending on my mood and the rising of the tide.
John Wick Chapter 2
WORLD. BUILDING. I don't think I have ever been so thoroughly impressed by the escalation of storytelling and mythos in a film franchise as I was with Chapter Two of JOHN WICK. Yeah, I'm thinkin' he's back…with a meticulously developed exercise in world-building and narrative invention the likes of which action cinema rarely seeks to attain.
I legitimately believe this might be the only X-Men branded film I will be able to watch in ten years time and still be able to enjoy. There is something about the central films; a baggage that I can't get over. James Mangold's LOGAN is the only entry in the franchise so far that aspires to anything beyond surface level drudgery. While there are elements of the main series that work well, I feel like they play things just a little too safe. LOGAN relies on tropes, yes, but in service of subverting them in interesting ways. I admit that that same subversion relies on lesser films in order to provide the necessary context, but the finished product stands on its own enough to outshine its origins. Heh. Origins. Now that was a terrible film.
Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot could stab me in the leg with a rusty pair of pliers and she's so goddamn enchanting that I would probably thank her for it. WONDER WOMAN could have been a massive misfire. But instead it was the first solid entry for a DC character since 2012. Not to mention it essentially became a beacon of hope for young girls the world over who have been clamoring for female representation in superheros beyond Scarlett Johansson's barren "monster" uterus and Harley Quinn's hotpants.
Baby Driver
Can Edgar Wright go back in and digitally replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer? Because I loved this movie beyond reason and I hate that further viewings are going to be marred by that flubby bag of human garbage. Putting aside the problematic element of a serial predator in a prominent role, the film is excellent in every respect. If it doesn't snag multiple awards for editing, there is no justice in the world and that is God's gospel truth.
Interstellar left me cold. I'm sorry but TARS and Anne Hathaway's ugly crying did nothing for me. I appreciated the attempt at thematic weight but Nolan forgot that everything in space is weightless, just like the film ultimately wound up being. But its okay! DUNKIRK understands actual human emotion in a way that some of Nolan's other films truly do not. The structure of the film is ingenious and the violent ramping of tension makes it one that stands apart from the glut of WWII films that have tried to engage the viewer on a visceral level and failed miserably.
I know what you're thinking; "but it didn't have NEAR enough child orgies!" Well, I'm sorry that it didn't clear your bar but this is, for me, the definitive Stephen King horror adaptation. Sure, Shawshank and Green Mile are all-time masterpieces but when has King's HORROR ever been so adequately portrayed on film? Pet Semetary? Are you kidding me? This is the real deal. What I've been waiting for since I was fifteen. This is the good stuff. This is the opposite of whatever the hell THE DARK TOWER was. This is dope.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi


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COI Office Review
All certifications received indicating no outside Signification Financial Interests related to University of Houston research undergo an administrative review within the COIC office. A memo is generated acknowledging that the investigator has reported no potentially conflicting financial interests; this memo is sent to the investigator, and archived by the COI Office.
Certifications submitted with associated disclosures are first reviewed in the COI Office for completeness. Based on content, office staff may request additional information or clarification from the investigator prior to routing the disclosure to the Conflict of Interest Committee for review.
At this time, the COI Office will also check to make sure all Public Health Service (PHS) funded investigators have completed required online training for COI. Online training is provided through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), of which UH is a member. FCOI modules 1 and 2 must be completed prior to utilizing PHS funds and at least once every four years. Refer to these instructions (PDF) for how to access the FCOI modules. If your COI CITI training is expiring, you should take the COI CITI Refresher training. Instructions for the refresher modules are here.
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All disclosures are placed on an agenda for review at a convened COIC meeting. A primary and a secondary committee reviewer are assigned to review the disclosure and associated documents, and present the information to the full committee. Upon committee discussion, a determination will be made regarding whether or not a conflict exists between the significant financial interest and the research that could be perceived to bias the design, conduct or reporting of the research. If a conflict exists, the investigator will be asked for a plan (or an updated plan, if necessary) to manage the conflict.
Note: If not enough information is provided regarding the financial interest or how it may appear to conflict with the research, the disclosure will be tabled and a request for further clarification made. This will delay a final determination until the committee conducts additional review at a subsequent meeting.


text: There is a beautiful star BOM going on right now on this website. http://www.patchworktimes.com/. Unfortunately when the woman posts the next step, she removes the step before. There are a few of us missing the first BOM star. Is there anyone out there that is doing this same pattern and happen to have the first block that was posted earlier this month????


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Maya Angelou
One of the foremost figures of the Civil Right Movement, Maya Angelou was a true visionary writer and performer who changed the landscape of the both the literary, political, and cultural world, and whose legacy will forever resonate with people around the world.
Troubled Early Years, and Rising Above Adversity
Yet Angelou's childhood would be fraught with grief; when her father returned Maya and her brother into their mother's care, Angelou faced sexual abuse from her mother's boyfriend, known as Freeman. She would become silent for nearly five years; after telling her brother about the abuse who in turn informed the family, Freeman was consequently jailed only for a day, but then murdered a few days later allegedly by Angelou's uncles. Though Angelou had support from her family, sexual abuse was a subject even more stigmatized within the African American community back then than today. Resources and medical facilities dealing with specific sexual problems were not readily available, especially to African Americans, and recovering from such traumatic experiences was particularly challenging. Angelou would become one among many strong women to overcome this in solidarity of sexual abuse survivors. Because Angelou believed it was her voice which resulted in Freeman's death, she refused to speak; symbolic of the life which many women in her community faced, she was voiceless. Yet it was through this difficult period that she cultivated a deep love for literature and writing, learning to listen to the world she lived in and gaining her courage.
She returned to live with her grandmother in St. Louis, and through the help of her teacher Mrs. Bertha Flowers and inspirational works by Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Frances Harper, Anne Spencer, and Jessie Fauset, Angelou began to speak once more. Her voice would return to ultimately become one of the most powerful and passionate of her generation and several which followed.
Beginning Her Career: Music, Writing, and Civil Rights Influences
Angelou once again returned to live with her mother in Oakland, and worked in San Francisco as the first African American female streetcar conductor while attending California Labor School. After the birth of her son, Clyde, Angelou would experience the challenges of living as an African American single mother. Occasionally employed in a series of jobs ranging from cook to prostitute, Angelou faced a struggle which many fellow women from her community did without the resources to get back on their feet. Angelou was only able to extend her options when she began to study and practice dance in New York and San Francisco, and after a few meetings with figures such as Alvin Ailey and Ruth Beckford, and a short marriage (Angelou was married a few times, but the number is unclear), she began to forge her own identity as "Maya Angelou" after performing Calypso at "The Purple Onion", touring Europe in Porgy and Bess, and releasing her first album, Miss Calypso.
Angelou's move to New York at the end of the 50's would prove to be pivotal; focusing on her writing career at the advice of novelist James O. Killens, she would meet legendary figures of the Harlem Renaissance including John Henrik Clarke, Rosa Guy, Paule Marshall, and Julian Mayfield, and in 1960 Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspired by King's movement, she and Killens would go on to become fundamental in organizing Civil Rights events like the Cabaret for Freedom for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference where she would become Coordinator and begin her anti-apartheid activism as well. She continued to perform in plays with artists like James Earl Jones and Roscoe Lee Brown.
Around the World, and Emergence As a True Voice
Already published, Angelou's experiences around other parts of the world would also heavily influence her writing. Her journey to Africa would enable her to meet Malcolm X and Vusumzi Make, and work as an editor with papers like The Arab Observer, The Ghanaian Times, and The African Review among others, as well as doing gigs for Radio Ghana and Ghana's National Theatre. Her experiences and connections with Africa would resonate with her deeply, and Angelou's writing would flourish prolifically. Her return to the United States would see the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., where she would fall into depression and grief. Yet as always, Angelou would rise again. While her community was grieving, she wrote, produced, and narrated Blacks, Blues, Black!, covering blues music and African heritage, and wrote her first biography, the iconic I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Published in 1969, it made waves in the international community, elevating Angelou to great acclaim.
After a lifetime of incredible achievement, Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014 of natural causes. Leaving behind a world which has been moved by her words and influence and her inspirational stories of overcoming her struggles, Angelou's legacy will always remain as a thinker and compassionate fighter whose simple yet thoughtful words of wisdom have changed the lives of people from across the globe, and especially within the community. Her poetry, writing, performances, speeches and lectures have helped to shed a light not only on the struggles of movements and generations, but cultivated hope for better futures through empowerment and courage. Angelou will always be remembered for her timeless contributions and courage in the face of adversity, and though the world has experienced a great loss, she has left us with a great gift of her memory and work.
Henrietta Cast is a freelance writer based in London, England. She grew up in NYC and has spent most of her writing career covering history and her heroes and inspirations from the past.