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Genius Sword Immortal - Chapter 197
Chapter 197 ->Misses it just by a half inch
When a series of adversity fell back to back, it stunned the surrounding audience.
What was the matter, even though the masked man was chopped down into two by Log Mo'ran's sword, but actually he changed into a blue smoke and disappeared? How was this possible, it was totally unscientific, wasn't he a human?
Immediately after, from the truck, Miss Lin also unexpectedly operated the anaesthetic gun. She was also quite stupid, why did she blend in this kind of thing? Now she had really annoyed Long Mo'ran, even several hundreds of Miss Lin was insufficient for the homicide, ah!
And then, something happened which sprinkled salt on his burn. Actually, an arrow also shot him in the buttocks, making some people instantly know what the matter was and it sent a shiver down their spine, the broken magical Crossbow was considered as the exorcist's exclusive weapon! Who could have thought that today, even an exorcist was also present there, but was still hiding somewhere and waiting for an opportunity to attack Long Mo'ran. Could it be that the masked man had spent money to invite him?
However, these were still nothing.
Because, even if all these attacks were added together, still were unable to kill Long Mo'ran. Even the weapon just now used was the so-called Broken Magical Crossbow, but still, it couldn't do anything remarkable on him since his Cultivation was very profound.
Surprisingly, he still had the considerable fighting strength left as before!
But at this time, a figure similar to a ghostly form suddenly appeared behind him, immediately after, a golden light flashed, followed by a sword which stabbed him in his chest right from behind at one fell swoop!
In the rainstorm, this scene like a picture frame all of a sudden freeze in the eyes of the surrounding people. The elegant white and long robe of Long Mo'ran was completely dyed with fresh blood quite soon, which was bubbling out and running down on the ground mixing with the rain water.
The black dressed man with a face mask and the golden sword, he was exactly the same man 'Mo Jiuge' as the rumour spread.
How he floatingly went behind Long Mo'ran and thrust his sword into his chest?
Could it be that Long Mo'ran was such struck that now he wouldn't survive?
Was it going to be an inexplicable death at the hands of a young masked man?
Thunderstruck, Long Zi, Long Qing, hiding Shu Shu, as well as remaining other martial artists all at once opened their mouths widely in shock, it was a jaw-dropping situation for them as they were totally unable to believe that this scene genuinely occurred right before their eyes.
Extremely shocking!
However, in the field, only three people knew that the sword had missed its target.
It missed it only by a half inch.
This explained, how profound Long Mo'ran's Cultivation, accompanied with a rich fighting experience as well. Just relying on his intuition, his body happened to move aside a bit and avoided the deadly vital parts.
Ye Feng missed this superb chance just by a half-inch, or else he would have shaken up the entire martial arts world by know if he had really succeeded in killing him, but unfortunately nothing happened like he expected.
He was aware of it.
But interestingly, Long Mo'ran also knew about it.
Moreover, with the help of Soul Search Technique, Long Wan'er also noticed this thing, but in spite of being stunned, she began to get ready to launch a strike with her all strength .........
Although Long Mo'ran was stabbed by a sword, but still it couldn't stop him. Immediately his inner qi started condensing in his both legs and then with a lightning fast speed, he quickly turned around and forcefully kicked a foot aiming at him. Seemingly it was the legendary Dragon Tail Technique!
The three supreme feats of Long Clan, Romantic Sword, Dragon Leg and Gentle Palm Technique, each one of them had the wondrous use.
Actually along with this kick ''Dragon Tail'', Long Mo'ran condensed his whole body's inner qi in his legs and threw a solid kick towards Ye Feng, at the same time, opened his mouth, squeezed out some more qi from his Dantian and the next moment launched the great ''Dragon Cry Realm'', it was again a sound wave attack!
Employing two-pronged approaches simultaneously to achieve a goal, Ye Feng's spirit was jolted out by the fierce dragon roar. But just within an instant, he responded, quickly wanted to pull his sword back and escape. However, before he could do anything, was actually got kicked by the opposite party heavily in his waist.
The formidable force of the foot all of a sudden invaded thoroughly within his body and kicked him in mid-air!
The sudden outbreak of Long Mo'ran once again changed the complexion of the surrounding people.
What a pity, that sword really couldn't kill him ........
Fortunately, the head of the Clan didn't die, besides, one must know it wasn't that easy to dispose him off like this ..........
Now, the masked man would be screwed ..........
''Coughs ...''
Since a sword had pierced his chest just now and immediately after that, the golden Zhenqi sword was pulled back suddenly, causing even more severe injuries to him, making him unable to bear and he coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.
By this time, the effect of magic array finally gradually dissipated. Now in his eyes, that group of Long Wan'er finally resumed their original appearances, originally they were trees, other martial artists, even were large rocks .........
He raised his head and looked towards Ye Feng, who was just now severely kicked by him. Seeing him hadn't yet landed, his eyes once revealed the ominous light accompanied with a killing intention to kill him right here right now!
Just in a fraction of a second, he drew his right leg and immediately his left leg leapt as he wanted to kill Ye Feng right in midair.
However, right at this time, a dark blue arrow, carrying an infinite power, suddenly was shot towards him from behind the truck! Star arrow was quite bright just like stars in general, in addition, its appearance was not so common, actually, it was shot by Long Wan'er.
Although Long Mo'ran had received several serious injuries, but still he did everything to kick Ye Feng. While on the other side, ignoring other circumstances, Long Wan'er watched for quasi-opportunity and then, immediately congealed out a Star Arrow and projected it at one fell swoop.
Long Mo'ran saw that and suddenly his heart was aghast. He wanted to get away hurriedly, but since just now had been hit by an anaesthetic bullet as well as Broken Magical Crossbow, so finally they began to display their effect.
Suddenly his whole body turned stiff, making him feel all dizzy. The only thing he felt that the circulation of inner qi in his meridians had become incomparably slow, so now he was only able to slightly lean his head.
The Star Arrow suddenly stuck to his shoulder and ripped it apart from his shoulder. Actually, the powerful penetrating power directly shot his right arm with which he had held a sword!
Because of the tearing sort of pain, he couldn't bear but give out a blood-curdling screech, because this dark blue arrow, more than just penetration, had also shot his arm down!
The formidable force, carrying one of his arms along with it, fired towards the dark woods seaside and then quickly disappeared from the sight of the surrounding people. Now there was no trace of his right arm and searching in this kind of stormy weather was also extremely difficult.
Shockingly an arrow had ripped off Long Mo'ran's arm!
The surrounding all people quickly shifted their eyes towards the place from where the dark blue arrow was shot and were all surprised to see Long Wan'er was there behind the truck. It was just that, she had been preparing for a long time to launch this shot.
This sneak attack could actually produce such a terrible effect. That arrow really left everyone around with huge shock! Didn't Long Wan'er have already discarded her Dantian, then, just now, what was that technique all about?
Besides, neither that shot looked like a martial arts technique, nor she had held any weapon in her hand. In that case, how did she project that deep blue arrow?
Since Long Mo'ran had just now gone through such a heart-chilling experience and injuries, making his whole facial expression look completely abominable and hateful. He had never imagined that he, the God's favoured person and a renowned martial arts hero, would ever suffer such a big and humiliating loss and that also because of two young kids.
He started raging with fury.
Because of the boiling anger in his heart, he almost lost his intellect and rationality.
Now he just wanted to catch the masked man together with Long Wan'er and tear them into shreds while they were still alive!
Until this time, Ye Feng's body finally heavily fell to the ground, Long Mo'ran's foot was indeed too frightening, which had almost shattered his whole body's internal organs.
Seeing this, Long Mo'ran again made an effort under his foot to tread him upon. While totally ignoring his chest injury as well as his severed right arm, the whole person suddenly jumped high.
''Dragon in the sky!''
Descending Dragon Leg Technique was another move abruptly displayed by him. Taking his present Cultivation, the strength of such a foot was fully capable of crushing ten thousands of megaliths!
This was sufficient enough to crush Ye Feng under the foot.
If he was clouted by this foot, then considering his present Cultivation, he would absolutely die without any burial ground.
Did Long Mo'ran want to decide who bagged the victory?
Everyone's heart jumped to their throat while they were constantly gazing towards the field.


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Franschhoek and Berg River Valley from Franschhoek Pass
Franschhoek shown within Western Cape
|Coordinates: 33°55′S 19°08′E / 33.917°S 19.133°ECoordinates: 33°55′S 19°08′E / 33.917°S 19.133°E
|South Africa
|Western Cape
|Cape Winelands
|• Total
|3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
|Population (2011)[1]
|• Total
|• Density
|4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
|Racial makeup (2011)[1]
|• Black African
|• Coloured
|• Indian/Asian
|• White
|• Other
|First languages (2011)[1]
|• Afrikaans
|• IsiXhosa
|• English
|• Sesotho
|• Other
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Franschhoek ([frɐnsˈɦuk]; Afrikaans for "French Corner", Dutch spelling before 1947 Fransche Hoek) is a small town in the Western Cape Province and one of the oldest towns of the Republic of South Africa. It is about 75 kilometres from Cape Town and has a population of slightly over 15,000 people. Since 2000 it has been incorporated into Stellenbosch Municipality.
The valley was originally settled in 1688 by 176 French Huguenot refugees, many of whom were given land by the Dutch government in a valley called Olifantshoek ("Elephants' corner"), so named because of the elephants that crossed into the valley to calve. The name of the area soon changed to le Coin Français ("the French Corner"), and later to Franschhoek (Dutch for "French Corner"), with many of the settlers naming their new farms after the areas in France from which they came.[2] La Motte, Champagne, La Cotte, Cabrière, La Provence, Bourgogne, La Terra de Luc and La Dauphine were among some of the first established farms — most of which still retain their original Cape Dutch farm houses today. These farms have grown into renowned wineries. Many of the surnames in the area are of French origin, e.g. Du Toit, Marais, Du Plessis, Malan, Malherbe, and Joubert.
This heritage is shown today by the Huguenot Monument which stands at the end of the town. The museum nearby chronicles the history of the first settlers, with each of the original Huguenot farms having its own fascinating story to tell. The Cape Dutch architecture in much of the village is unspoilt, as restrictions have been placed on the extent of renovations and new construction in order to preserve the spirit of the original settlers to the area.
In 1904 a 27 km branch line was built between Paarl and Franschhoek to serve as an alternative to ox drawn carts for farmers wanting to get their produce to market. Steam locomotives operated along the route until diesel locomotives took over in the 1970s and then, in the 1990s, as the need for rail transport decreased, service along the railway line was discontinued. The branch line was reinstated in 2012 [3][4] by a private operator and now sees service as the Franschhoek Wine Tram,[5][6] a tourism project utilizing a newly constructed tram modeled after the open-sided Brill Trams of circa 1890 to transport tourists between wine estates in the area.
Recent developments
Once a sleepy country retreat, the village began experiencing a boom in the 1990s, and property prices have sharply increased. The ideal summer weather, snowy peaks in winter and proximity to Cape Town have turned Franschhoek into one of South Africa's most sought after residential addresses. The construction of the new English-medium private Bridge House School outside the village has also attracted many urban dwellers to the village.
Franschhoek is notable for having some of the top restaurants in the country within its borders. This fact, together with the strong wine culture, and pristine natural and architectural beauty has made Franschhoek into what many describe as the "food and wine capital" of South Africa. The city hosts one of the TOP 50 restaurants in the world, according to the "S.Pellegrino world's 50 best restaurants"-ranking and a famous Belgian Pâtisserie for Belgian pralines.
The attributes of the village have turned Franschhoek into a popular tourist destination, with dozens of bed & breakfasts and small cottages available for accommodation.
Franschhoek's weekend Bastille Festival has been celebrated every July since 1994, the year of the first South African general election with universal adult suffrage marking the end of the apartheid era.[7][8]
See also
- 1 2 3 4 Sum of the Subplaces Langrug, Groendal and Hugenote from Census 2011.
- ↑ [The Old Buildings of the Cape, Hans Fransen. Jonathan Ball Publishers:Cape Town. p.283]
- ↑ Cape Argus - Fran tram to rattle winelands
- ↑ Paarl Post - Franschhoek wine tram here
- ↑ Virgin Atlantic - Cape Winelands: New Franschhoek Wine Tram
- ↑ Franschhoek Wine Valley - Franschhoek Wine Tram
- ↑ "Oui, it's Bastille Day in Franschhoek". Mail & Guardian. 14 July 2007. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Franschhoek Bastille Day Festival". CapeTownMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
This time around, the annual get-together celebrates its 21st birthday
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franschhoek.
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Franschhoek.

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Welcome to Free Erotica Friday
Every Friday we give you FREE erotica from some of the very best authors in the world of erotic fiction. We have been supporting the erotic arts for many years, and regularly hold book readings and launches at Sh! where highly-respected authors read their sexy stories aloud to a spell-bound audience.
We are very excited to have Aoife Brennan, the author of The Cougar Diaries, with us today bringing you some scorching Free Erotica! Aoife started off writing a non fiction book about divorce which suddenly segued into fiction – so she took all she knew about dating again and fictionalised it! What a hoot!
She says; "I am the author of my own destiny now – I am writing the ending. So I can lead my main character through the valley of death, despair and trouble, but I am giving her a fabulous ending!"
Extract from The Cougar Diaries, Part I. by Aoife Brennan.
The name of her lover is changed so as not to be a spoiler for the plot
Walking back to the hotel, we fell into a companionable pattern. Out steps were in sync and our breathing even. Crossing the main road in front of the hotel, Mark held my elbow. It felt kind of natural. 'Do you fancy a night cap,' he asked as we entered the foyer. I looked at him. 'Yes, that would be nice,' I said.
Several night caps later, Mark and I were roaring with laughter. His sense of humour was very wicked and poor Matt had received a terrible ribbing in his absence. I dreaded looking at him in the morning. In the spirit of the new world I also confessed my recent dates, and gave an edited but highly amusing account of my disastrous BDSM experiences. Mark laughed until the tears rolled down his face. 'Only could happen to you Aoife – although I must confess I thought you were a paragon of virtue.'
'So did I.'I laughed. 'They just sort of happened, by accident if you like.'
'Sex by accident,' said Mark. 'Now that's a great title for a book. You should write it.'
'Yeah, just what my kids would like.'
Finally, I looked at my watch. 'It's late, well it's only nine thirty, but it's the early hours in Ireland and I need to sleep,'
'Do you?' asked Mark touching my knee. I stiffened and then relaxed. I looked intently at Mark. 'Do you think that is a good idea?' I asked.
Mark smiled. 'I am a great believer in what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.'
'That's arse-ways,' I laughed. 'It's what goes on tour, stays on tour and we are in San Francisco anyway. '
'All the more reason for it to stay in Vegas,' said Mark.
'So, you would like to have sex by accident with me, 'I said.
'Very much,' said Mark. 'You can call it research for your book.'
'How kind, except I'm not writing any book,' I laughed.
We went to my room giggling as we walked along the corridor. We passed a guest and it was all I could do not to burst out laughing. 'Oh, now we'll be found out,' said Mark in my ear. 'Why did you have to laugh?!'
Falling against the door, I tried to insert my card. It took several attempts and Mark had begun nuzzling my ear now. I giggled harder and as the door opened, we both fell in. 'I think I'm a bit tipsy, 'I said.
'I think you are too,' said Mark, 'and I like it. Drop your knickers Aoife Brennan, now!'
'Feck off Mark. I'm done with all that BDSM crap,' I said. 'If I want to be tied up again, I'll be, I'll be, I'll become a parcel.'
'A what?'
'You know, tied up like a parcel. Oh feck it, you know what I mean.'
'You are the funniest thing, Aoife Brennan,' said Mark and began pulling down my knickers.
'Stop calling me by my full name. I'll think I'm in trouble.'
'You are. I'm the big bad wolf and I'm going to eat you up,' said Mark who had also
managed to remove my blouse and bra. I looked at him. 'What happens in Vegas?'
'Yes, stays in Vegas.' Mark nodded seriously and began kissing me. He pushed me back on the bed and I fell giggling. 'How come I'm naked and you are not?'
'Easily remedied,' said Mark and undid his trousers, let them fall and kicked them off with a flourish. Then as I watched, still giggling, he pulled his shirt over his head, swung it around and chucked it flying through the air. He hooked a finger on each side of his boxers and pulled them down and up again just before his cock could be seen. He did this several times until in a fit of giggles I demanded he …'Ger' em off!'
'For you my sweet,' he said and pulled them down in a single movement. He stood naked with a large erection and his socks. I pointed at the socks, 'Off!'. Mark growled and jumped on the bed on top of me. 'My saucy wench wants to the give the orders now,' he barked. 'If I want to wear my socks, then I shall. It's safe sex after all.'
I giggled even more. 'So you're going to put your socks on your cock?' I said. 'That'll make it pretty safe alright!'
In answer Mark started kissing me. He stopped my giggles with his tongue and by slowly rubbing his erection against my leg. I pulled my arms around him, feeling his shoulders and rubbing my hands down his back. I came to his buttocks and squeezed. 'Oh,' moaned Mark into my mouth. He kissed down my neck and reached for my right breast. 'Oh my god, your nipples are divine Ms Brennan,' he said and bit them.
'Oh Mr Wolf,' I said panting, 'Eat me, eat me!'
Mark obliged, moving down my belly, kissing and nibbling until he reached between my legs. With one hand, he pulled my lips apart and moved in to suck my clit. I let out a long sigh. His tongue went in and out very deep, licking me out before returning to my clit and sucking and pulling. He put one finger in my pussy and began to pulse it in a rhythmical beat. Then he put two fingers in and moved them in a 'come hither' motion. I gasped. This was very good. Mark put three fingers inside and stopped sucking, concentrated instead on thrusting his fingers into me. I could feel a building urge. 'Yes Aoife, come on,' he said never varying the rhythm. I could feel something very different inside me, I could feel something building, his fingers pulled steadily deep and strong. 'Yes, Aoife, you can do it,' he said. I cried out and suddenly felt a release. I squirted all over Mark. 'Oh my God, what have I done?' I said in horror as Mark was drenched in my liquid. Mark laughed. 'Oh, is that a first?' he said. 'You have just squirted Aoife Brennan and I love it.'
I half cried, half laughed. 'Is that normal? I'm so sorry,' I said horrified and fascinated all in one. 'That is fantastic,' said Mark. 'Now for the safe sex.'
I looked at him half expecting the socks to make an appearance, but he drew a condom from his trouser pocket. 'You brought one with you, 'I said. 'Were you always going to have sex with me?'
'I'm a boy scout,' said Mark, tearing the wrapper and putting the condom on in a swift move. 'Now, prepare to be boarded, Ms Brennan.' He fell on top of me and pushed his cock into me. 'Oh, you have the tightest pussy,' he said and began thrusting into me. I was still groggy from the unexpected squirting, but arched up into him and held him. He kissed me and began going faster. Mark was still damp and he moved slickly on top of me. He pulled me up into him and bent his head onto my shoulder. His breathing quickened and his thrusting became more urgent. Our bodies moved in unison as he cradled me to him. 'I'm coming,' he said and he did. I could feel his cock vibrating and quiver inside. He collapsed on top of me and breathed heavily. I stuck a tongue out to lick his shoulder. It tasted of me. I marvelled at the sensation and the wetness. I had never, ever done that before. Wow, another first, I thought. Then I remembered the socks.
'We had sex and you never removed your socks,' I said in mock indignation.
Want to know what happens next?
Well, you'll have to buy a copy of The Cougar Diaries! *wink*
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Taos Fest Fetes "Smoke Signals"
by Mark Rabinowitz
The Native American film community is going to take back America "five
acres at a time," said actor Gary Farmer, as the film in which he
starred, "Smoke Signals," won the Taos Land Grant Award at the
conclusion of the 1998 Taos Talking Pictures Festival (TTPF). The award,
consisting of five acres of land on the top of a mesa with a view of the
Rio Grande Gorge, is to "recognize a talented, passionate and innovative
filmmaker who uses his or her talents to tell powerful, socially
relevant stories," according to a statement from the festival. "Smoke
Signals" was directed by Chris Eyre, and written by Sherman Alexie from
his book "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." "Signals" also
starred Tantoo Cardinale and Adam Beach.
indieWIRE spoke to TTPF Director of Programming Kelly Clement who
indicated that he was "extremely happy with the way (the festival)
went." He continued, adding, "We had a great group of films and the
festival ran as smoothly as it has ever gone." While this is only the
fourth year of the festival, Clement indicated that it was "getting
easier" to put the event on.
The second award of the festival was the George Melies Cinematography
Award for the film "Nude Decending, My House is on Fire," given to Riad
Galayini. The award recognizes excellence in cinematography in shorts,
and includes $10,000 worth of goods and services from Kodak, Allied's
New Independent Labs and Hollywood Rentals.
The five acres of land is part of a large tract of land being bought by
private individuals, and while the plots are rustic, to say the least,
there are plans to develop the area. Besides "Smoke Signals," the other
two finalists for the Land Grant Award were Clement Virgo for "The
Planet of Junior Brown" and Juliane Glantz for "Wilbur Falls."
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text: DigitalHow The National Post Newspaper is Making a Splash with Social Media [Interview]The National Post, a daily Canadian newspaper, has done some interesting things with FourSquare and other social media, and embraces a balance between traditional media and extending its reporting into social media. We had the opportunity to chat with Chris Boutet, Senior Producer, Digital Media at the National Post, about why social media is a natural extension of what goes on in the newsroom.By Lauren Dugan|November 17, 2010 ShareBy Lauren Dugan|November 17, 2010 Share The National Post is a daily Canadian newspaper that's trying, like all newspapers, to find its footing in an increasingly digital world. The Post has done some interesting things with FourSquare and other social media, and embraces a balance between traditional media and extending its reporting into social media. We had the opportunity to chat with Chris Boutet, Senior Producer, Digital Media at the National Post, about why social media is a natural extension of what goes on in the newsroom. How does the National Post approach social media? What are its goals?How the National Post approaches social media speaks to the way the Post operates in general. We are a leaner paper, and don't have too much of a hierarchical structure – we're given goals and guidelines, and a large part of what happens is a result of conversations that reflect the interests of the people who work here.I know some other organizations might get into social media because they think they have to, but with us it was very much a product of the way we – the editors and reporters – engage with information online. We got into it because of how we want this information delivered to us.Engagement is a big goal at the Post. Gone are the days of creating an awesome website and waiting for people to come to you. So much of the way you reach people online is by providing information in the spheres that people are already engaged in.Another driving goal that we had getting into social media was to provide information in a timely fashion in the areas we knew our readers already were.We also wanted to show people the character of the Post. We are an irreverent paper that has a lot of dry wit, we don't take ourselves too seriously, and beneath it all we have a vaguely disguised optimism. This personality is able to come through in social media.Let's talk about the different platforms that the Post has a presence on – Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare. How did each of these come about? And what type of presence do you have on each?First, our Facebook page. It started as a National Post "lite", and it's constantly evolving to meet the needs of our readers. Now, there is a lot more focus on politics and commentary, because that's what people wanted to engage with more. At the end of the day, the community should play a strong role in developing the product alongside you.We started our flagship National Post and Financial Post Twitter accounts back in March 2008, which began as more of the information-gathering aspect of the Post. Everyone at the Post agreed that Twitter had this viral aspect, and the initial idea was to put ourselves out there because people were there and looking to find and share content.Our experiments with FourSquare came about really organically. Again, it was born out of the interests of the people who work here. A group of us was using FourSquare last spring – checking in was fun, and we got into creating venues and playing around with it. A co-worker of mine even created my "soul" as a check-in…and he's they mayor of it today.One day just sitting at the cafe patio talking about FourSquare, we began discussing how we could apply it to the product we create at the Post. Could it be useful as a news delivery tool?We did a few small experiments, and eventually captured FourSquare's attention and got an official brand page.We now have someone comb through the newspaper every day and add locations to as many stories as possible – and we now have over a thousand tips for our readers!During the Toronto International Film Festival 2010 we created the FourSquare TIFF Insider's Guide, which gave our TIFF experts a chance to share their knowledge with our readers based on locations around Toronto.And during the recent 2010 mayoral elections, we created a FourSquare experiment that asked people to check-in at the Toronto Mayoral location we created and tell us who they voted for. We really wanted to see if it was possible to run a mobile exit poll.Where do you see the intersection of social media and traditional media headed in the future?When it comes to the iPad and mobile versus print versus the web, I don't think anything is really going to replace anything else. All three spaces have their advantages and disadvantages. Smart news organizations are going to learn where we can overlap those so we can create a better overall product.We want our readers to use everything we create, because it's all integrated – our Twitter account is an extension of our newspaper, our FourSquare experiments an extension of the newsroom.Also, I think we'll see a lot more customization when it comes to web products. The advantage of digital media is t hat you can give people a lot more control over what they engage with on your site. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2k6es9j copy Adweek Adweek


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Up to After Effects CS6 it was possible to export Films to MP4 – H264 but in new versions this does not seem possible anymore.
In After Effects CC 2013 you can re-enable this feature in your preferences under the tab "Output" – "Show deprecated formats".
Unfortunately, in CC 2014 and newer Versions of After Effects this feature was entirely removed. Adobe wants its users to export to Adobe Media Encoder. This comes at a fatal price though.
Adobe Media Encoder does not use Multi-Processing for rendering multiple frames simultaneously on each Processor-Core, meaning your renders will take much longer than before.
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My card share today is another birthday card since I am bringing back birthdays, or at least trying to. I done with my May birthdays and starting on June. To make my card I started with a Blushing Bride card base and added a panel of the Birthday Bouquet DSP. To follow the sketch I added a Tip Top Taupe strip down the left die and some washi tape with a strip of white glitter tape to the right side. For the greeting I used some Watermelon Wonder to cut out the Happy word die for Winnie & Walter and then embossed the word Birthday from the Number of Years set from Stampin Up with white embossing powder on a strip of Tip top Taupe.
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Apart from sharing photos and videos with friends, Facebook apps and games too have helped the social networking giant to evolve and grow bigger. It has also enabled users to come back more often and stay a while longer on site. Ever since Facebook introduced Open Graph, everything on Facebook has evolved to a greater extent. When it came to social games, be it a developer or a Facebook user, the number of users spending time playing games on Facebook has drastically increased.
Now, things will get more interesting and a lot more fun as Facebook has announced a new feature that will enable users to try out games directly within the News Feed. Facebook calls the new feature as "Feed Gaming," which enables developers to create a short demo of their game that users can play when they see it mentioned in News Feed and Timeline.
The best part about this is that users need not have to authorize or install the app to play the game, and no user information is collected. This is more like a demo version, where users can try out the game beforehand, and if they like it, they can go ahead and play the game completely. Once the user has completed playing the demo, they are prompted to play the full version of the game.
"We're launching the ability for people to try games directly in news feed. Feed gaming enables developers to share a playable version of their game within news feed and timeline stories, reaching new users through some of our main distribution channels," Facebook said.
Featured games like Idle Worship, Angry Birds, and Bubble Witch Saga are already using feed gaming to increase engagement and drive acquisition.
Advantage That Developers Can Take
Facebook suggested more ways for developers to engage with potential game players in a post on its developer blog:
- Competing with friends: Angry Birds encourages people to challenge their friends to beat their high score on a specific level.
- Rewarding engagement: Bubble Witch Saga offers a higher reward of "coins" for better game play, encouraging people to play and then click through to install the game and collect their coins.
- Track performance of feed gaming stories: To track performance for these stories, pass in a ref param (for example, "ref=feed_game_a") when publishing the story, and Facebook will begin tracking that story type in insights for your app.
Developers can know how effective their games are, including the number of players. With the Facebook app insights, it will now show the number of impressions, clicks and CTR of each feed game story. Developers can find more details in Facebook's documentation here.
Feed Gaming is a great feature, at least for users who are addicted to games on Facebook. Also, for new users, staying anonymous and trying out the game is a great advantage. However, demo games are not something new. We have already seen downloadable demos offered for Xbox 360 since its launch, and not to forget the trial version PC games which were available for free download.
Nevertheless, do you think the new feature would benefit you in any way? Would trying a game on Facebook make you more likely to install it? Let us know by adding your comments below.


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It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a large garden, must be in want of a lot of weeding. And ooh my giddy aunt, do we ever have weeds! I would say at least 99% of my time in the garden is spent weeding. All this rain has meant that previously dry dusty borders are a verdant oasis of lush weeds growing in a bed of sticky mud.
Luckily the rain has meant that weeds are easier to pull. And winter is the best time to get things under control before they seed and the pesky buggers really take off. You know, "one year's seed, seven years' weed."
My lovely Hunter boots are full of holes, so I've been a bit hesitant to attack the weeding without proper footwear. Problem solved this week when Hugo and I went to the local rural supplies store for some sturdy new gumboots. The shelves were almost bare, I guess there's been quite a rush with half the valley underwater, but I did manage to score a pair. And a red pair for Hugo.
I feel much more confident striding around the mud in these robust beauties. A bit like Mr Darcy really.


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Freak the Mighty is a story of the power of friendship. Two boys who were so different, and yet so much alike, found companionship and comfort from one another. Each had their limitations, but together they became the unconquerable dyad, Freak the Mighty. The story gets its power from the point of view, the character development, and the conflict of the plot.
The book is written in first person, in the words of Maxwell. Known as a giant without a brain, he is satisfied being just that until Freak comes along. Max would most likely have remained in the down under forever if Freak had not rescued him from himself. Through their adventures, Freak and "his steed" seem to become one entity. When Max loses Freak it is like losing a part of himself and the source of his identity. Because of the point of view, we feel the pain of that loss as well.
To anyone who looked at them, Freak and Max would seem to be contrasting foil characters. Indeed, there are very pronounced differences between the two. Max is very large, somewhat of a slow thinker, and a follower. He runs when there is trouble, or if he can't run, he doesn't resist. The only time he stands up to someone is when another person, Loretta, is in danger. Freak, on the other hand, is very small, but amazingly smart, and not afraid to go anywhere or face anyone. He is the leader of the group and very outgoing and inventive. When the two combine forces, nothing can stop them.
Taking a closer look, the two boys are very similar. Both have not known their fathers, both have something that handicaps them, and both are hiding from something they fear. For Max, the thing to fear is life; for Freak, it is death. Max deals with his by retreating to the down under. Freak deals with his fear by believing that he will be saved by bionics.
By joining forces, both are able to overcome their opponent. Max learns that he needs to live. Because he is busy rescuing damsels, unearthing treasure, and slaying dragons, Max does not even realize that he has begun to live. Freak knows that he must die, but at the very end, he also knows that he will live on through Max's story. It is only by his death, that Max is compelled to tell it.
Along the way, Max learns several important lessons. The first is that life cannot be lived alone… "no man is an island." He realizes that he needs another person in his life for him to meet his full potential. He also learns that he is not "dumb." Maybe he doesn't fully realize it until he writes his story, but Freak helped him to learn that he could do things that no one else thought that he could. One of the most important lessons he learns is that he could choose not to be "an accident of nature." Grim tells him that, "All you got from him is your looks and your size. You've got your mother's heart, and that's what counts" (139).
Another important lesson Max leans is about death. He learns about the loss that is involved, the hurt, and the anger. He feels lost and does not want to do anything with himself anymore. After all, what was the point since we are all dying anyway? Finally, Loretta gives him some wisdom by telling him that doing "nothing is a drag. Think about it" (160). He does, and, realizing she is right, he begins writes about his time with Freak until it doesn't hurt to remember anymore.


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Sixth EuroMillions Jackpot Rollover
Updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
No lottery ticket entered for the EuroMillions game last night succeeded in matching all seven of the numbers drawn, and that led to a sixth consecutive jackpot rollover, with just three draws remaining before Christmas Day. We will talk more about Christmas shortly, but first we should tell you that the EuroMillions results for Tuesday 11 December were 01, 04, 09, 43 and 50, with the numbers 06 and 08 appearing as the Lucky Stars. Over two million entries won a prize of some kind, and one ticket matched the Millionaire Raffle number ZVX850594 to win £1 million.
Three tickets matched five main numbers and one Lucky Star to win €432,597 each, and we gave you that prize value in euros because none of the tickets were purchased in the UK. Another three tickets matched five main numbers only, and two of those belonged to UK players who won £101,230 each for their trouble. 43 tickets won £3,531 each by matching four main numbers and both Lucky Star numbers, and 903 tickets matched four main numbers and one Lucky Star to win £147 each.
The sixth EuroMillions rollover in as many draws means that the jackpot in the next game this Friday 14 December has been given an estimated value of £61 million. Winning that kind of money would probably be enough to get a 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' from Ebenezer Scrooge himself, so if you fancy having a go you know exactly what to do – visit this page to buy your tickets online and keep your fingers crossed for some festive luck.
Getting back to the subject of Christmas Day itself, don't forget that the Millionaire Raffle game on Tuesday 25 December will create 25 brand new millionaires instead of just one. The Millionaire Raffle game on New Year's Day will do exactly the same. We are reminding you of this because if you play the same numbers for multiple draws in advance it is already possible to guarantee your participation in both games.
If you want to do this, simply enter your numbers for the next six EuroMillions draws in advance and they will have a chance to win you a life-changing fortune in every game from this Friday 14 December to Tuesday 1 January, 2013, inclusive. Enter your numbers for the maximum of eight draws in advance and you won't have to worry about buying a ticket until after the results have come in on Tuesday 8 January. That would leave you free to focus on enjoying the festivities and you would still have a chance of becoming a millionaire – or multi-millionaire – twice a week for four weeks.
Whether you play EuroMillions in advance or you prefer to enter your numbers for each draw individually, good luck with your tickets and be sure to let us know if you land yourself a jackpot!
Written by Tony Sharpe
Lottery News News Archive


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Some of my more astute readers may point out that I'm a few weeks behind on commemorating 2012. To them I say, get over it. I have a life, you know.
Shut up, yes I do.
Besides, given my propensity to go for increasingly longer periods of time without posting anything, the fact that I'm writing at all should be enough of a distraction from being 23 days off the ball. Sorry you've had to make due with archives since April.
(If anyone was wondering, no, I still don't know who signed me up for Match.com, yes, I'm still getting semi-creepy e-mails from it every day, and no, I haven't caved into the temptation of bacon — I just celebrated my one year mark for becoming vegan.)
I already did a post on this, so I'll keep it to highlights:
Class trip for business tours (learning!)
Alcatraz and Pebble Beach (sight-seeing!)
Computer History Museum (full-fledged geek-out!)
Stole a bike at Google Headquarters (photographed by Asian tourists!)
Free wine (learning!)
Mostly it was California in January.
Ah, St. Patrick's Day. I'd launch into an impassioned speech about the historical meaning of the holiday and its significance in Ireland, but I know that none of you care.
March 17th is a bit different when celebrated in the motherland, which really isn't a terrible thing. In 2011, I witnessed a bizarre-ish cultural parade. In 2012, I witnessed Part Two of the greatest Struggle Bus Loras has ever seen.
The genius minds behind organizing and orchestrating our Homecoming Miracle Mile created the first-ever Green Mile, and proved that when it comes to bringing people together for day drinking and block parties, lightning can indeed strike twice (as can random Frisbees to the face, which I also had the misfortune of learning that day).
It was a gorgeous day, and a complete blast. I'm not sure if the parents of all the high school students who were touring that day, however, felt the same way.
3. Las Vegas
I will say that Libby has to be my favorite person to travel with, because every time we travel anywhere, something like this happens.
4. Xanadu
Oh, Xanadu.
Easily the most ridiculously outlandish stage production I have ever been involved in (yes, including that time I was a dancing cow), I am still beyond proud of how hard everyone worked and how amazing it turned out.
I miss being involved with choreography and theater like crazy. So Mr. Sawyer, if you're reading this, I know you're doing Hairspray this year. I know there's a ton of awesome dance numbers in that show. And I know I can only send so many e-mails about being available to help out before I start coming off as a crazy person.
But seriously, I'd love to help out.
5. Graduation
Four years later, and all I got was a diploma for my Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems. OK, that's a pretty good trade-off.
I even behaved during the ceremony.
6. McGladrey
I started my big girl job in June.
After some shuffling between teams based on project availability, I'm now (happily!) a permanent member of the NetSuite team as an IT Business Solutions Consulting Associate.
I also have some really fantastic coworkers, which makes it fun to go to work. That's not to say they're better than coworkers I've had elsewhere, there's just a much higher ratio of awesome ones at McGladrey.
7. Guinness
On the off chance you haven't been on Facebook since July and haven't seen the obscene amount of photos I've posted since then, I am the proud owner of an Irish Terrier puppy named Guinness, who is now almost nine months old.
They say dogs take after their owners. She's got red hair, long legs, loves beer, doesn't always listen well, and can be very dramatic. I'm assuming they're talking about all that, and not her magnificent beard.
8. Schaumburg
Part of my grown-up job was my first grown-up business trip!
Granted, it was a Consulting New Hire Conference, so it felt slightly more like college orientation than an actual business trip.
I spent a week in Schaumburg, learned about business cases and etiquette, made some awesome business contacts for later down the line, and got to make a Build-a-Bear for a sick kid in a hospital.
I'll chalk that up for a win.
9. Homecoming
Hey there, Dubuque. We[were] baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
I now understand (even more!) the big deal about Homecoming. I missed my people. A lot. I also missed Dubuque, and campus (read: Fat's), and downtown (read: Lounge, Busted, Mason, Paul's, etc.). Mostly my people, though.
And in true Loras form, we went to Gin's on Friday and had to catch the Struggle Bus to the tailgate.
10. Wedding
As an infamous pirate once said, "A wedding? I love weddings! Drinks all around!"
There were plenty of drinks all around. Drinks everywhere, actually. We're talking about the Thynes.
My super awesome cousin got married to an equally awesome guy, in a fantastically awesome ceremony in October.
What can I say? I love weddings, and I love seeing my family. Particularly in a partying environment. Plus for once in my life, my hand-eye coordination didn't completely fail me.
Congratulations, Dave and Keri!
11. Who-fest (Part I, II, III, IV)
I'm not going to waste my time educating all of you about what is easily the greatest show to ever grace the airwaves, or the fact that it's currently celebrating its 50th anniversary of existence, or even that it provides me with legitimate cosplay options now that Harry Potter is done premiering things.
No, I'm just going to say that I thoroughly enjoyed all the nights that I spent with my other geeky, Doctor Who obsessed friends watching the premieres of new episodes, our favorite old episodes, and bouncing insane theories off each other all while draining an excessive number of wine bottles.
And aside from the Bad Wolf cake incident, we always have a ridiculously fun time because being a geek is amazing, albeit sometimes slightly frightening.
12. Christmas
Four words: Remote controlled flying shark.


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How to change default journal when I create a new customer invoice?
How to choose the default selected journal in a new customer invoice?
How to choose the default journal according to logged user?
Odoo is the world's easiest all-in-one management software. It includes hundreds of business apps:
CRM | e-Commerce | Accounting | Inventory | PoS | Project management | MRP | etc.
You activate Developer Mode. In developer selection view you find Set Defaults. In this way, you set default value of any field.
Oh! So easy and I didn't know. Thanks!
It works! Thank my friend.
Bonus answer. You mentioned that you want to set the default based on the logged user. If you have a lot of users, setting it from Developer's mode is not economical. You can access the Settings >> Technical >> Actions >> User-Defined Defaults to set it for each user.
very interesting. thanks
Pleasure to help.
I managed to do that by adding a condition like Laetitia Gangloff asked.
But, when I create an invoice based on an order, this condition doesn't work. :-(
How can we really change the default journal for invoices please … ?
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The PHP $_SERVER superglobal allows you access to some truly useful information about the client browser, the web server environment, and the current page context. We all know the basics of what this array holds, but here I go into a bit more detail to find out what else it can tell us…
WordPress has a low barrier to entry and encourages experimentation, which are both good things for developers. But once a WordPress site is up and running, you need to get it running fast enough to keep Google happy. Luckily WordPress performance is easy to get started with: there are quite a few quick things you can do to improve the performance of vanilla WordPress installs.
In Session 2 of our Yii Framework Tutorial we'll move on to the database schema. We'll examine the functional requirements, then draft and refine a list of tables from that. We'll also draft a list of attributes and use that to create a complete SQL statement to generate the database. (more…)
Opening the factory doors: An MVC web app design from scratch. Ok, so as I've already mentioned, I'm writing a series of tutorials where I build an MVC web app entirely from scratch in the Yii Framework. This post outlines what the project is, outlines the web app design and some approaches I will be taking. (more…)
Check out the video for an overview of the wordpress cron system. Here's some background information:
Sometimes on a wordpress site you need to run a job at regular intervals. Say, for example, you store draft customer details when people are browsing your site; and you want to remove them if they haven't completed their registration after a couple of days. Now, there is a good system in Unix OSes called cron that will do this, but it's not always suitable… (more…)
I've been doing some work with random strings lately and, in an effort to improve the speed of my code, did some testing. I discovered an interesting alternative to php rand… (more…)


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In a new report that was printed in May by Mintel, they reported that British women are anything but fashionable when it comes to buying underwear. Grey, saggy knickers, holey vests and fraying bra straps don't conjure up the sexiest image! They go on to say "But this is what it takes for British women to go out and get themselves some new underwear. In fact, this research from Mintel finds that 60% of women will only ever buy underwear when it needs replacing. By comparison, just three in ten (31%) splash out on bras and pants for special occasions".
"Despite the return of saucy Burlesque shows by Dita von Teese and others, check out the my blog entry about Dita and check out what she gets up to and also check out the Dita Posting- Dita wears jeans on the Schultz Blog. British women still take a functional and practical approach to underwear, and clearly don't see it as something that can be really sexy and alluring," comments Katrin Magnussen, senior fashion analyst at MINTEL.
- "The underwear industry needs to encourage women to go out there and spend their hard earned cash on beautiful lingerie that makes them feel really special. We need to see more advertising that is fun but also seductive, as the last time we really saw anything along these lines was the 'hello boys' campaign from Wonderbra, and that came out almost 15 years ago," she adds.
- Popular TV programmes such as 'What not to wear' and Gok Wan's 'How to look good naked' recommend that women should always have a combination of structured underwear to look good and sets that are a little racier to feel good. And yet, Mintel's research shows that only a third (34%) of women buy matching bras and knickers and a similar proportion (36%) still mainly buy multipacks. The message is just not getting through.
- They go on to say – Britain's women are also not investing in the underwear that they do buy. In fact, Mintel's research shows that most women (63%) spend less than a tenner a month on their undies, compared to just 7% who spend between £21 and £40 a month.
- What is more, swarms of women are now also buying their smalls from value retailers and supermarkets. In fact, although M&S still leads the way, with 51% of women buying underwear there, almost half (48%) went to Tesco, Matalan, Primark or ASDA for their bras and pants last year.
- "Buying underwear at value retailers or down the local supermarket does mean that women get more pants for their pound. But buying cheap often comes at a price, as the underwear is unlikely to last as long as more expensive pieces and will need to be replaced more regularly," explains Katrin Magnussen.
- With women increasingly looking to bag a bargain, the market for bras and pants has seen only around 3% growth year on year since 2004, with spending last year reaching £1.2 billion.
- "To try and stem the trend towards cheaper underwear, retailers including Primark and Topshop, are now introducing more up-market ranges to convince women that they should invest a little more. With some real care and attention going into the design and manufacturing of these ranges, they are also less likely to fall apart quite as quickly as some of the less expensive ones," comments Katrin Magnussen. Men need to pull their socks up
- And while the ladies refuse to shell out for new underwear for themselves, men still depend on other people to do their dirty work. In fact, over one in four (27%) men say that their partner buys their underwear, while 15% receive most of smalls as gifts.
At Schultz we find that the ladies that buy our underwear love the exciting and flirty underwear and come back and buy even more, with new ranges on the horizon this will give our customers greater choice and more exciting straplines and colours. Underwear needs to be comfortable is the feedback we get from a lot of our customers and Schultz Underwear for women fits that bill. It is comfortable and made from 100% pure cotton that fits snugly and sexily. We may not make the matching bras but I know some great companies that do such as Ultimo, Agent Provacateur if you want to spend more money and of course other good online sites are Naturallyclose and Bravissimo for the fuller cupped lady, to name but two. Come on ladies we have no excuse and especially with the sales on at the moment we can bag a bargain as well as some new undies. So throw out the old and on with the new and let's feel hotter than ever.
Talking of hot Schultz Pink Heatseeker briefs have proved a very popular number leading up to Christmas – we can only guess that many of them were presents and nestled under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning.
Or the very popular "Coming Soon" yes very flirty! White Y-Front. As everyone loves an optimist, and none more so than everyone here at Schultz Jeans. We love having fun and we think these pants are sure to raise a smile…an eyebrow and who knows what else! The brilliant white Coming Soon Y-Front Briefs are fun and flirty and cut to fit the contours of a women's body. At Schultz we guarantee Underwear will never be the same again, practical and fun that's what we promise you. Fun and flirty rolled in to one all for you to show off, just be careful because they may want to get their hands on them! Arousing who ever gets close to you in these 100% White Cotton Y-Front briefs with a blue trim.
So ladies let prove this report a sham! and that we are proud of our knickers we love buying new underwear and love to wear it and show it off so let's buy, buy, buy and prove the statistics wrong!


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Some days — most days if you have an eye on the standings — being a Maple Leafs fan can be quite tough.
No Stanley Cup win in more than four decades, and only one playoff appearance in the last nine years — one that ended in an allegiance-testing Game 7 meltdown in Boston.
Even though it's been "trying times," both Paul Bulla and Walt Graziani say they have "blue blood." The friends and long-time business partners from Cambridge, Ont., share an unabated love for the team.
They were watching faithfully on little black-and-white portables as kids when the Leafs last took home the Stanley Cup in 1967. And they were there for the Leafs last game at Maple Leaf Gardens, before the team moved to the Air Canada Centre.
But when their access to a friend's seasons tickets dried up in 2002, they decided to find a more creative way to keep tabs on their team.
Sparked by a six-game road trip in 2003, the goal quickly became to see the Leafs play in every NHL arena, all 30 of them.
"(Bulla) came into my office and said . . . you know, we should do this," Graziani said. "It took me, maybe, two seconds and I said, 'OK, I'm in.' "
Everything was meticulously planned (the only arena they missed was Atlanta, when the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg). They would see two or three games a year, all organized to ensure the timing matched their work and personal schedules. It was all carefully tracked on a master spreadsheet.
A decade later, Graziani and Bulla capped off the challenge in Pittsburgh with more than 30 friends and family members and personal jerseys to commemorate the quest.
It was a lesson, of sorts, in fan enthusiasm.
"The ACC can be pretty quiet sometimes," Graziani said. "A lot of the other venues we went to, the atmosphere in them for watching hockey was just great — electric — because the fans were so vibrant."
In Los Angeles, the friends were shocked to see more than 60 per cent of the fans wearing Leafs jerseys.
"It was sort of crazy," Graziani said.
Bulla expected that scene in Ottawa or Buffalo.
"But L.A.? Like, California?," Bulla said in amazement.
In Florida, they met Leafs fans from Chicago and they still keep in touch today. Their new friends even hosted them when they went to watch the Leafs play the Chicago Blackhawks later during their quest.
In New York, Islanders fans expressed their admiration for the arena tour, calling them "heroes" and jokingly wondering how they got their wives to approve.
But that's "never been an issue," Bulla said with a smile.
What was an issue was finding their way to the Western conference team arenas, like Chicago, St. Louis, and Minnesota.
"They were hard at the time because a few years ago (the Leafs) only played one time against that team so one year it'd be Toronto, next year it'd be Minnesota," Bulla said. "So if you miss it, it would be two years later before you could actually get another chance."
That involved a little more forethought, including some doubling up of games. But the planning was worth it.
There was the time, back in 2002, when former Leafs right winger Tie Domi jokingly accused Graziani and Bulla of following the team when they showed up an NFL game that a couple Leafs players just happened to be at.
There were the beers they shared with former general manager John Ferguson, Jr. and former head coach Pat Quinn.
And there was the time in Tampa Bay where they ate in the same restaurant as several players, ordering them a round of beers only to have former player Kyle Wellwood shout: could he put his sushi on their tab too?
Now, the "Leafs lifers" will revive some of the road trip spirit when they head to Michigan next week for the Winter Classic.
And should the NHL franchise expand, both are adamant they'd hit the road again for their team.
"At this point in time it'd be kind of crazy for us to change allegiances," Bulla said.
"Other than it's getting pretty tough," said Graziani.


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Resolving Conflicts
In solving conflicting feeling, there should be no winner or loser. The objective is to resolve feelings, not win an argument. If either has to win over the other, both will lose! If one feels there is a problem to be solved together, both have a problem. One can't just say "That's your problem".
Golden Rules
- Share feelings, don't duck out.
- Listen with your heart and spirit as well as your mind. Many people feel they are great listeners because they can repeat back word for word what was said. However often their mind is jumping ahead with possible solutions, evaluations, reactions or judgments concerning what is being said. Under there conditions the person sharing feelings will not feel listened to or understood. Feel with the person what is being said.
- Don't attack, or hit for sensitive spots.
- Use "I fee" messages, not "you are" messages. You are... you always... you never...why do you...etc. are accusatory. They only want to defend themselves.
- Don't criticize or accuse the other person.
- Don't be judgmental, or tell the other person his/her feelings are wrong or stupid to say things like "You don't feel that way." Feelings are neither right or wrong. They just are. They have to be listened to and respected if true communication is to take place.
- Do not involve third parties who may take side.
Think of the other person's needs and feelings and not just defend your own.
- Stick to the immediate subject, the feelings you want to share and what you are upset about. Don't drag in old garbage from past discussions. If they've not been resolved before, resolve them and forgive them, so your relationship can move on. Forgiveness is the most divine act man can do.
- Sit close to each other and try to keep a warm, loving, caring attitude toward each other. You're not fighting each other, but trying to solve a mutual problem, a 'we' problem.
- Sometimes you will agree to disagree but this should be seldom. Compromise the disagreements when possible.


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Keeping on the front foot, where it matters
By Jim Patience
Date 19 November 2009
You're on the board of a serious company and you're aware that among the many IT initiatives that run every year, maybe three or four would have a critical business impact on the firm, for better or worse.
You've got your best people running them, so why the niggling worry?
You may be thinking about getting your internal audit folk to give these programmes a once over. You're aware though that they have no more experience of big complex programmes than the people you have running them. You're also aware that by the time a problem becomes self-evident it may be too late.
If getting it right is the only option, timely objective insight could keep you on the front foot.
No substitute for experience
Programmes of change are tough for those in the thick of it. It's a major challenge to cover every aspect as multiple threads move from idea to delivery.
At the top level, your team is constantly managing the expectations of the business, keeping track of changing priorities and ensuring that the programme is still delivering what the business is expecting. At the foundation layer, the team are making technical decisions that may or may not be in line with the future needs of the business. The problem with such technical decisions is that they are so fundamental and once made, so hard to change. And it's hard to keep on top of the business demands and maintain a technical perspective.
Has your Programme team got ability to step away from the action, the experience to focus on the right areas and the objectivity to honestly answer the questions that you are asking?
A paradox, take a step back to keep on the front foot
The team driving the programme are understandably focused on getting the job done. They rarely see the need to step back, to take in the big picture or to delve into the high-risk areas.
Your Board may be thinking of having Internal Audit or some other group carry out an in-house assessment. Internal audit may deliver a tick in the box for "following the process", and they are also likely to identify some of the obvious issues; but they won't always take away that niggling worry that they haven't really got to the bottom of the matter. You need a couple of "been there and done it" individuals who know what to look for, where to find it, and what to do to fix it.
The cost of an independent review is a drop in the ocean in a business critical programme, so if you've never done one, choose the programme that really matters, the one that keeps you awake at night, and do it now. Because the later you leave them, the harder and more expensive they are to fix.


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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Mexican News Reporter Mayte Carranco
OIL - Unemployment Numbers Sink Spot Crude Oil
Spot crude oil prices dropped following worse than expected U.S. new unemployment claims. Prices rose prior to the negative unemployment numbers after Chinese GDP data was stronger than expected. This followed a volatile trading day after U.S. crude oil inventories showed crude oil stocks declined.
Concerns still persist as the economic picture has not improved as fast as many traders would like. A surplus of supply still exists and many oil refineries continue to operate below capacity. Further fundamental numbers will be needed to give traders a reason to bid spot crude oil prices higher. Until then, spot crude oil may find support at $86.30.
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You'd think the opening parties at a porn convention would be a hate free zone. Think again.
[UPDATE #4 – Monday 4/4/16]
Sometimes even the ugliest matters have forward-looking outcomes. Tihomir sent The Sword the following statement regarding his involvement in the anti-gay incident we have been following:
Thank you again for taking your time today and talking to me face to face.
As explained earlier today have I no memory of such a shameful and inappropriate behaviour. Which – to be honest – scares me the most.
Yes, it was a long night and probably a few drinks too much, but that is no excuse, and as you have hopefully realised yourself today I am not that person and strictly reject any such behaviour.
So whomever it is I accordingly hurt/scared at that moment, please pass on my apologies. Which I will hopefully get the chance to do in person, too.
That said I hope it is clear that I have nothing against the gay community and am not homophobic at all.
Everyone is on board with the fact this should have never happened in the first place. Tihomir was contrite and sincere. Something else everyone is on board with, the impact on the PornTeam representative it happened to was more than regrettable. It diminished his feeling of personal safety to the detriment of his experience for the entire show.
Homophobia is lessened one evolved mind at a time. This is one of those times with an impact we hope will last far beyond the duration of this show. The Phoenix Forum has always fostered not just tolerance, but acceptance. That may be truer this year than ever before.
[UPDATE #3 – Sunday – 4/3] Tihomir came to meet with The Sword before we left Arizona. He expressed regret and contrition. We are expecting a statement from him within the next 24 hours. We have also reached out to the PornTeam representative for an updated statement from him as well. We will keep you posted.
[UPDATE #2 – Saturday – 4/2] Tihomir Perkovic has made contact via mutual friends. He avoided the venue this evening to prevent further exacerbating things. He also said he will be personally reaching out to apologize. The Sword will keep you abreast as the situation continues to develop.
The Phoenix Forum is for professionals in all aspects of the adult industry gay and straight. Sexuality, either your own or the audience of the company you work for, shouldn't be an issue at a porn convention. Only some hating Neanderthal named Tihomir made it one.
The event as going full swing, and like any party, everyone ended up congregated around the bar. That included a representative from PornTeam, the gay DVD online store.
There was a large group having a lively conversation about sex when the PornTeam rep said to one of the men in his immediate air space, Tihomir, that under the right circumstances, wouldn't he let a guy suck his dick? It was a question posed as a statement.
Tihomir grabbed the rep by the throat and snarled "NO!!!" This was not pretend. This was not for laughs. This was an assault. This was especially virulent given the universal atmosphere of acceptance that is a trademark of The Phoenix Forum. Nonetheless, everyone in the room recognized it for what it was: an expression of unbridled hate.
April 5, 2016 at 3:04 am
They were both pricks. And your friend is too weak and sensitive. He needs to harden his core.
April 4, 2016 at 9:25 am
Reactions like that from 'straight' men, especially when so emphatic, always make me think CLOSET CASE!
April 26, 2016 at 11:04 pm
you wish! and i understand you do..have you seen him? gorgeous
April 3, 2016 at 3:29 pm
He's at a Porn convention well aware that it's a mix of gay and straight companies, I don't care how idiotic the question is, that's just some fucked up homophobic shit.
April 3, 2016 at 1:03 pm
Tihomir Perkovic is Croatian, lives in Germany and is NOT Swiss.
He just works for a company with its registered address in Switzerland… No neutrality needed here…
April 3, 2016 at 11:52 am
There are plenty of guys that would not welcome a blow-job from another guy. There are plenty of guys that would welcome a blow-job from another guy. Whether a particular guy works in a particular industry (the Adult Industry, Fashion, Construction, Teaching, etc.) says nothing about what they will do, or won't do with another male! Plenty of guys in the gay adult industry are unwilling to perform certain sex acts (leather, domination, piss, scat, etc.), while other guys are willing participants. Nor does working for a "white label dating site" says anything about what the guys are willing to do, or have done to them of a sexual nature.
Are we now going to suggest that just because a person does a certain job or earns money from a certain industry – that implies what "they must do …"? Or to be astonished that such a person does not "do something"? For example – "You're a stripper, and you don't work the streets?" Making such a connection from a person's "job" and what they will or will do in their private life is a big leap!
To most guys, asking the question – "Are you willing to let a guy give you a blow-job?" – is often a personal question! That kind of question is not "academic" or the kind found on a census form! It is a personal question of that person's sexuality, however expressed. There are several interpretations and inferences that can be made from such a "not simple" question.
Each person has the right to decide for themselves what they are willing or not willing to do in a sexual way with another person, and to not have any judgements about such activity. That is something that gay folk have fought a long time for – respect for their sexual lives – what ever that life entails. Straight folks also deserve such respect – even if they decline to participate in male on male sexual activity.
Could Tihomir Perkovic have handled that personal question in a better way, and without touching or assaulting the person who asked it – YES!! He could have easily thought a proposition or sexual advance was being made, or he could have simply have been uncomfortable about such a question in public. This person could easily consider that question as a statement on their fidelity to their partner and their relationship. The person asking the question does not always have control over how the question is received and understood – they may have intended one meaning while another meaning was received.
Imagine yourself at a job-related convention and someone you've just met asked you – in a group with other folk – "Under the right circumstances, wouldn't you let a guy suck on your breasts?"
April 3, 2016 at 10:48 am
For me he is a legend!!
April 3, 2016 at 9:17 am
Fuck him.
April 3, 2016 at 5:30 am
Tihomir Perkovic is not a Swiss name. This person is not Swiss — he is likely from the Balkans, Rumania, or Bulgaria.
April 3, 2016 at 5:45 am
Try Croatia or Serbia!!


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"A player of Indian women's hockey teams complaints of sexual harassment by the coach"
"A woman leaves her job, citing differences with management, when the actual reason was her senior's constant unwanted touching."
"An upcoming actress is asked for sexual favors in return of a significant role in the movies"
"A 14yr girl suddenly refused to attend school. Her behavior changed to irritable and violent. On psychiatric evaluation it was found that her class teacher had been kissing and fondling her for past 6months. He constantly threatened to fail her in exams if she spoke about it."
"A man is pinched on the butt by her female boss, and a few days later asked to attend a party at her house. On the day, at the venue, he finds himself alone with his boss who is dressed in sexually provocative style. During the interaction she repeatedly forces herself onto him, he runs out of the apartment just to find himself fired from job next morning."
These are common examples of the great social evil called "sexual harassment" that plagues our society. Sexual harassment is probably the most common crime committed thru the entire spectrum of social involvement. Every day thousands of men and women are sexually offended at hospitals, schools, corporate houses, offices, courtrooms, etc.
It also has the distinction to being one of the most neglected and concealed crimes within the society. I recently met with a few clients who had quit their jobs because of this evil. The most devastating part was that senior management who knew of what was going on, offered them "significant compensation" a.k.a "a monetary benefit or good remark on the appreciation card" to keep it secret and in some cases to even keep suffering it.
Family pressure, Management pressure, Social pressure, Religious pressure are some of the reasons that 99% of such crimes are never brought to light. Thou it can happen to both men and women. The society has a myopic view point when a man is involved and a crucifying one, when a woman is involved.
Hereby, let's look at what the whole spectrum of sexual harassment compromises off.
What is sexual harassment?
It's commonly defined as intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange of sexual favors.
The Supreme Court Guidelines on Sexual Harassment, 13 August 1997 has defined sexual harassment as unwelcome sexually determined behavior such as:
a. Physical contact
b. A demand or request for sexual favors
c. Sexually colored remarks
d. Showing pornography
e. Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature
This definition has been further described in detail as following categories of sexual harassment:
The verbal form of sexual harassment include any one or more of the following incidents:
1. Sexual or gender-based jokes or teasing or comments.
2. Comments about clothing, personal behavior, or a person's body.
3. Requesting for sexual favors.
4. Pressure for dates or meetings outside the professional boundaries.
5. Graphic descriptions of pornography.
6. Obscene phone calls.
7. Spreading rumors about a person's personal or sex life.
8. Turning work discussions to sexual topics (using "puns").
The non-verbal forms of sexual harassment include any one or more of the following incidents:
1. Staring Sizing up a person's body (looking up and down).
2. Derogatory gestures of a sexual nature.
3. Sexually suggestive looks- Facial expressions of a sexual nature; winking, licking lips.
This includes:
1. Unwelcome hugging or kissing.
2. Standing too close to or brushing up against another person, leaning over, invading a person's space without her/his permission.
3. Patting, stroking, grabbing or pinching someone.
4. Blocking someone's path with the purpose of making a sexual advance.
5. Actual or attempted sexual assault or forced fondling.
Visually sexual harassment is defined as:
1. Presence of posters, cartoons, drawings, calendars, pinups, pictures, computer programs of a sexual nature.
2. Notes or e-mail containing sexual comments
The criminals?
Sexual harassment is a very dangerous behavioral trait. The perpetuators of such a crime are normally using such behaviors to manifest one or more parts of a defect in their personality. They require immediate neuro-psychiatric help. If not helped and left untreated such menace of the society can go on to commit serious crimes like sexual molestations of minors, sexual perversions (inflicting physical pain to their sexual partners), date-rape, rape, or even murder.
The Victims?
The victims of such a sexual offence suffer with severe emotional and psychological damage. Keeping in mind that social, religious and moral teachings say that Privacy, modesty and sexuality are the most sacred traits in an individual's personality. When an individual suddenly faces with unwanted intrusion into this personal space, the unconscious mind tries to retaliate. If the intrusion is persistent and the victim helpless to control it, it immediately leads the unconscious to dive into despair, hopelessness and worthlessness. This had devastating consequences on the self-esteem, which are manifested by severe medical problems like clinical depression, addictions, inappropriate sexual behavior and suicides.
How to fight Sexual Harassment?
1. If you know of anyone or any form of sexual harassment happening within your social limits, raise your voice against it.
2. Spread the knowledge about sexual harassment to all your friends and family.
3. Children should be educated to come and share about any awkward behavior by teachers or instructors. Children should be given confidence of parents standing by their side no matter what happens.
4. Children and Adults should be educated on healthy sexual practices, so they never develop such behaviors.
5. If you know anyone who has suffered such an atrocity, stand by that person. Give them support, and help them seek professional help if required so.
An educated society is the first step in fighting the evils of sexual harassments.


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Give an example of something positive you've learned from working in IT…
In my 7 years working in IT I feel that my problem-solving skills have improved greatly. There are so many different issues that pop up on a daily basis that can be solved differently, and I love being able to go away and figure out a solution and keep the customer happy.
What's your favourite film in the whole world and why?
Jurassic Park – It's a film I can watch again and again. I loved Jurassic World as well, but the original is still special because of the story and special effects of the time. I recommend reading the book which differs from the film quite a lot.
What makes you laugh heartily every time and why?
An episode of Still Game always makes me laugh. Comedians like Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr as always great to watch as well.
If you had a whole week out to do something you really wanted and were given £1000 gratis to do it, what would you do and why?
I would put the money towards a holiday for my family as my kids have not been abroad yet.
Tell us something that you personally aim to achieve inside the next 5 years.
I currently can't drive so that's something I'd like to change within the next couple of years.
Give us one reason that you wanted to work with GM…
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Though many people may not know the name Zachary Fernandez, they've certainly seen how he changed the iconic landmark and took social media by storm on New Year's Day.
"About 2:20 a.m. I got dropped off and I ran up and noticed that there was no security guard at the gate," Fernandez said. "I checked the handle and it was locked. I look at the gate and thought, 'I can probably hop this.'"
Fernandez said he did in fact hop the gate. After going up the mountain and jumping over a second fence, he finally reaching the iconic sign.
He admitted to climbing the huge letters and covering the O's with cut-out bed sheets to make the letters look like E's to spell out "Hollyweed."
It's not what #tourists expected see when they came up to see the #hollywood sign! Crews now working on removing tarps put up by a suspect. pic.twitter.com/gR8ZnQYo96— Leanne Suter (@abc7leanne) January 1, 2017
Fernandez said his plan was thrown together in just a couple of days. His goal was to pay tribute to the original prankster who did the same in 1976 and also to get people talking about the new state marijuana laws.
"The main purpose was to start a conversation," Fernandez said.
The 30-year-old said the hardest part wasn't climbing up the mountain, but coming back down.
"I started running and I rolled my ankle as I stepped on a rock," Fernandez recalled.
But the artist said it was all worth the trouble.
"Looking and seeing fireworks going off and thinking, 'Wow, this is pretty special up here all by myself,'" Fernandez described.
MORE: Security to increase at Hollywood sign after prank
He may have climbed the Hollywood sign all by himself, but his ex-girlfriend said she was the one who helped him stitch the sheets together. She admitted to having second thoughts about the prank.
"Throughout I felt I was just going along for the ride and wondering if this was actually going to go through or work," she said.
Fernandez surrendered to authorities on Monday and was booked for misdemeanor trespassing.
He was out on bond and scheduled to be in court on Feb. 15.
Fernandez said he turned himself in because people should take ownership for their actions.


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The 2019 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group will be held from 11-14 June 2019, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Find out more
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Despite the severity of the global financial and economic crisis of 2007, Africa did not deep into a recession but rather saw its economies significantly slowdown. The channels, through which the crisis affected Africa, included among others, plummeting trade, the drying up of the flows of financial capital and remittances as well as treats of bank runs and weak financial intermediation. These negative influences caused Africa to register an average growth of 2 percent in 2007, significantly down from about 5-7 percent beforehand. Although there are currently turbulent head-winds coming out of the Eurozone, the 2007 financial storm is behind us and Africa's economy is roaring back, forecasted to grow between 5-7 percent from 2013-2015. It is worth noting that that six (Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Congo, Ghana and Zambia) of the world's ten fastest-growing economies are in Africa, recording at least 7 percent growth rate. The optimism beaming around the globe has led some commentators to predict that the average African economy will outpace its Asian counterpart in next five years. According to the respected Economist magazine, Africa which it dubbed a decade ago as a hopeless continent is currently bullish about the economic prospects of the continent, calling it the hopeful continent.
A question one may ask is how did Africa withstand the 2007 crisis? Although no definitive answer can be offered, one could suggest that the positive performance of Africa is due to the solid policies run by many African countries prior to the crisis. These policies, which inoculated the African economies against the severe ramification of the crisis included: low-inflationary monetary stance, prudent fiscal management (strengthened budget positions, reduced debt burdens and reformed tax structure), and reasonable foreign currency reserve cushion. Improved fiscal position allowed countries to use the budget to counteract the crisis, rather than making it worse. Fiscal policy was therefore expectedly countercyclical in many African countries at the time of the crisis. It should be said that the fiscal cushion helped a great deal to protect the poor and vulnerable as social spending was not cut during the crisis.
Despite the current robust economic performance, Africa should not rest on its laurels as it remains vulnerable to shocks from different sources. These shocks could potentially come from volatility in commodity prices, natural disasters, climate change, wars and conflicts as well as weakened flow of remittances, aid, and financial flows. The challenge for Africa is to continue to pursue an agenda of strong inclusive-growth at the same time reinforcing its resilience to shocks. This requires that Africa stay on course on its pursuant of sound macroeconomic policies. Hence policy buffers must remain in place to allow for future countercyclical responses including prudent fiscal policy and the use of reserves. Social safety nets needs to be strengthened as well. Social and income inequalities must also be aggressively addressed so as not to heighten tensions within the population in times of economic downturn and make shocks more destabilizing.
Experiences from other parts of the world indicate that if African countries continue their current economic performance then the rapid growth recorded prior to the financial crisis would result in substantial structural changes within the economies of many countries. The goal of many African countries, as enshrined in their development plans or strategies, is to reach middle-income-country status by the next decade. However, moving from low- to middle-income status would not only require an increase in per capita income but also structural transformation of the economies as an important part of development.
A key challenge facing many African policymakers is how to maintain the pace of rapid growth while embarking on structural transformation. One can recall that the industrial planning strategies embarked by post-independent African countries in the 1960s and 1970s was a failure as it led to economic mismanagement and poor economic growth. On the other hand, the adoption by African countries in 1980s and 1990s of the Washington-Consensus-promoted policies of the laissez-faire market oriented strategies successfully yielded macroeconomic stability but failed to produce structural transformation and sustained growth.
The success of Asian and Latin American countries to embark on structural transformation of their economies to significantly uplift living standards of the poor raises several important questions for Africa. First, can Africa draw lessons from these countries? Second, what are the roles private and public sectors as well as agriculture sector should play in initializing and sustaining a transformation? Third, what is the impact of initial policies during the early stages of transformation on a country's long-term development path? The purpose of this paper is an attempt to answer the questions raised. However, to answer these questions there is a need for a better understanding of what constitutes structural economic transformation.


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Five Entertaining Tips for Easter…
1. It's the Experience that Counts! I'm really passionate about creating memorable experiences for my family and friends. I want my guests to not only remember that the food was great, I want them to smile when they think about the great conversation we had and most of all I want them to say we had so much fun we can't wait to get together again!
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