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What is Heartbleed?
Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160), the vulnerability was discovered in a software library used in servers, operating systems and email and instant messaging systems and allows anyone to read the memory of systems using vulnerable versions of OpenSSL software.
What is OpenSSL?
OpenSSL is an open source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols by which email, instant messaging, and some VPNs are kept secure.The vulnerability is called Heartbleed because it's in the OpenSSL implementation of the TLS/DTLS heartbeat extension described in RFC6520, and when it is exploited it can lead to leaks of memory contents from the server to the client and from the client to the server.
What is the vulnerability?
Using these vulnerability attackers could take advantage of the bug to eavesdrop on communications, steal data directly from server or client systems, and impersonate users and servers.
"This compromises the secret keys used to identify service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content," the researchers wrote on a website dedicated to the bug. Without using any privileged information or credentials, attackers will be able to steal the secret keys used for our X.509 certificates, user names and passwords, instant messages, emails and business critical documents and communication. Because such attacks are not traceable, it's not clear how widespread the bug is or was, but it is thought that at least two-thirds of websites could be affected, as the most notable software using OpenSSL are the open source webservers Apache and nginx.
Systems are likely to be affected either directly or indirectly. OpenSSL is the most popular open source cryptographic library and TLS implementation used to encrypt traffic on the Internet.
Recovery from this leak requires patching the vulnerability, revocation of the compromised keys and reissuing and redistributing new keys," the researchers said. "Even doing all this will still leave any traffic intercepted by the attacker in the past vulnerable to decryption.
How to discover Heartbleed?
The Heartbleed bug was uncovered by a group of security engineers from Codenomicon and Neel Mahta from Google Security. On April 7, 2014, they announced vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic library to the Internet community. Labeled as the Heartbleed bug, this vulnerability affects OpenSSL versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f (inclusive).
It is important to understand that Heartbleed bug is not a flaw in the SSL or TLS protocols; rather, it is a flaw in the OpenSSL implementation of the TLS/DTLS heartbeat functionality. The flaw is not related or introduced by publicly trusted certificates and is instead a problem with server software.
So what can I do to protect myself?
Check your package manager for an updated OpenSSL package and install it. If you do not have an updated OpenSSL package, contact your Service Provider to obtain the latest version of OpenSSL and install it.


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I've been noticing a lot of disillusionment with blogging lately among some of my favorite writers. Not so much the creative blogs (photography, food, crafting, etc), but rather the personal ones. The mommy blogs, the spiritual journey blogs, the emerging church blogs (among others)---these are the bloggers that are opening up there hearts and making themselves vulnerable by being honest about their feelings and opinions.
And honestly, I've been feeling a little disillusioned myself. As encouraging as this blog is to me as an outlet for my thoughts and a door to connection with others...it can also get so discouraging. Criticism can feel like rejection, you risk writing for an audience rather than for yourself, or you can feel like you should or shouldn't be writing about certain things finding that you are being less open than you set out to be. After all, it's not a journal, other people do read it. And that is a funny little contradiction isn't it? It's an outlet for me---but I knowingly make it public because of the connection that creates with other people.
A tension seems to come up on a regular basis between wanting it to be private (quitting, making it truly personal, not opening myself to the possibility of getting hurt) and the fact that it has created a connection with others that has become very meaningful, sparked valuable conversations and maybe even inspired someone else now and then.
So. *deep breath* To get back to the heart of why I write, to the heart of honest thought and creating connections with others...I am going to be surrendering my blog to some other voices very soon. I'd like to bring some other perspectives to the conversation and to be honest, I also just want a breather because I need to refocus and to remember why I do this.
This doesn't mean I'm going to be silent or stop writing, but I want to slow down a bit. I want to be inspired again. I want to be inspired by other writers and I want to write my posts for the right reasons and not let worry become the filter for my thoughts. I just want to take time to breath and remember why honesty is so important to me and why connection matters for us all.
So if you notice a shift, a slowing, or wonder why there are suddenly other voices on the blog---that is why. Thank you all for sharing my heart and reading my thoughts.


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MMA Crossfire - "Suga" Rashad Evans visits Toronto's MMA World Academy Saturday Dec. 21st
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion will conduct a seminar and sign autographs
Toronto fans, mark off Saturday December 21st on your calendar.
"Suga" Rashad Evans, a former UFC light-heavyweight champion currently moonlighting as a FOX analyst with friend and recent opponent Chael Sonnen, is coming to town.
Evans will be conducting a seminar along with posing for pictures and signing autographs afterwards.
It all takes place at MMA World Academy, 15 Grand Marshall Drive in Scarborough, from 11 am – 1pm.
Welcome back to The Crossfire.
The seminar costs $39,99 to attend and is from 11am to 12 noon. The autograph session is $19.99 and runs from 12 noon to 1pm. You can purchase both for $44.99.
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Do you have questions about the Garnet & Gold Scholar Society? Drop by to speak with a program administrator and learn how to become involved and earn this recognition.
*Drop-In Advising has ended for the Spring 2019 semester. Email email@example.com to schedule an appointment.
If you are unable to attend drop-in advising email firstname.lastname@example.com to make an appointment to meet with a program administrator.
Access the APPLICATION
The application assists you in planning your engagement activities and helps better ensure that you understand what is expected of you to meet the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society requirements.
Remember that the application is simply a plan. You do not need to have all activities completed in order to begin the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society process.
Please note that acceptance of your application does not guarantee induction into the Garnet & Gold Scholar Society. You are responsible for ensuring that you meet the criteria for each of your engagement areas.
Engagement Areas and Criteria
In order to complete your application you will need to know which of the three areas you would like to participate. Within each area, you will also need to state how you plan to fulfill the engagement criteria. Be as specific as possible, especially for activities that you have already completed. Include specific names of activities, programs and courses and the semesters experiences will be completed or have already been completed.
The Engagement Area Checklist is designed to assist in planning your application. Use this checklist to plan to complete the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society program. The questions on the checklist are the questions you will be expected to answer regarding your experiences in each of the three Engagement Areas.
Overall Program Advisors
You will need to specify your Overall Program Advisor within your application. The Overall Program Advisor will assist you in making sure you are meeting criteria and deadlines, and will ultimately be the person who reviews your final Synthesis Project. Advisors work in various departments on campus.
You have three options for choosing an Overall Program Advisor.
- You will be able to select three potential advisors from a list within the application.
- If you have no preference for an Overall Program Advisor, you may indicate this on the form. An advisor will be chosen for you.
- If you have a particular faculty or staff member with whom you already have a relationship with and who has agreed to serve as your Advisor, you may indicate this on the form. Once you select this box on the application, you must email GGSS with the name of your selected advisor.
A list of Overall Program Advisors can be found here . Please know, you may not be paired with your preferred advisor as they may already be advising their maximum number of students for GGSS. If this is the case, we will do our best to pair you with another compatible advisor.


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The network security experts at FireEye have concluded that Kemoge can be found within legitimate applications that are distributed through alternate app stores, and it has already spread to 20 different countries. The adware infects a device by overwhelming the user with unwanted advertisements. Yulong Zhang, a security consultant with FireEye, cites evidence suggesting that this particular strain of malware was created in China, and attached to legitimate applications to get the most bang for their buck. By repackaging this malicious code with legitimate software titles, Kemoge is able to spread effectively.
CIO acknowledges that Kemoge adheres to the following process when infecting a device:
Kemoge not only displays unwanted ads, but it's also loaded with eight root exploits that target a wide range of Android devices […] A successful attack using those exploits means an attacker would have complete control over the device. Kemoge will collect a device's IMEI (International Mobile Station Equipment Identity) and IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) numbers, information on storage and apps, and send the information to a remote server.
Moreover, the malware suggests that users download other applications infected with the malware, and it scans the device for vulnerabilities. It also installs the exploits that are deployed for remote control, while sending information to a remote server. In essence, it hijacks Android mobile devices and allows the hackers behind it to extract information, and install and uninstall applications. This can render a mobile platform useless.
To combat this potential disaster, we first want to suggest that the only place you should be downloading applications for your Android device is from Google Play. Apps from the official Google Play Store will be less likely to include malicious or hazardous code. It's also best practice to be mindful of the apps you download, whether you use a company mobile device or not.
From an organizational perspective, you'll want to ensure that your network's mobile device users understand your policies regarding the acquisition of new applications. It's also a good idea to educate them about the importance of mobile device security and the effects it can have on their devices, your network, and the organization as a whole.
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The number of people opting for Tarot Readings sessions online is at an all-time high. In the former days, people seeking a session in tarot free reading were supposed to get in touch with a psychic reader either by visiting him or her in person or by having a telephonic session with the tarot reader. But, these days, any person has the option of seeking psychic or tarot free reading sessions can opt for the tarot free reading online sessions for getting answers to the questions that buzz in his or her head. These free tarot reading online accurate sessions can be opted in several different languages including national and regional.
When it comes to free psychic reading or Tarot Readings sessions, there are multitudes of facts and possibilities that majority of the people are still unaware of. These possibilities and facts are as follows:
- Tarot free reading love sessions helps in getting the tarot advice for seeking advice on matters related to love marriage as well as the future prospects a potential partner in relationship or marriage holds.
- Generally, tarot reading websites offer sessions of all kinds and the enables the users the option of making the payment for the sessions via credit cards or PayPal or any other money transfer facility. But one should always avoid giving out all the credit details.
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The Direct to Video Connoisseur
I'm a huge fan of action, horror, sci-fi, and comedy, especially of the Direct to Video variety. In this blog I review some of my favorites and not so favorites, and encourage people to comment and add to the discussion. If you click on an image, it will take you to that post's image page, which includes many more pics from the film and other goodies I couldn't fit in the actual review. For announcements and updates, don't forget to Follow us on Twitter and Like our Facebook page. If you're the director, producer, distributor, etc. of a low-budget feature length film and you'd like to send me a copy to review, you can contact me at dtvconnoisseur[at]yahoo.com. I'd love to check out what you got.
Hi everyone, it's been a while since I checked the page, and I wanted to make a few announcements.
First and foremost, it appears a dubious site has claimed the old url, meaning any link in any review that goes to the old mattmovieguy url is corrupt. I'm in the process of trying to remove them all, but it's a lot! It's best not to click on any link without hovering over it first to make sure it doesn't have mattmovieguy in the url.
Second, it appears since my last trip to the blog, Photobucket has decided to charge for third party hosting, meaning none of my images are appearing anymore. That's simply an aesthetic issue, but still annoying.
Thank you all for your patience, and again, hopefully this will all be fixed soon.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Dream Warrior (2003)
I found this on Netflix Instant when I was looking for more Richard Norton. It turned out it had been buried in my Instant queue for a while, but with over 400 movies in there, it's not inconceivable that something would be lost in the shuffle. I know, that's way too many, but what can I do, I run a review site, I'm always looking for more material, and throwing something in the Instant queue seems like the right thing to do at the time, but at this point, with so much out there and me only doing three movies a week, most of those will probably never been seen or reviewed. But we're doing this one, so let's see how it went.
Dream Warrior takes place in the post-apocalypse after an asteroid hit the earth. A small community is run by a dictator, Lance Henriksen, who is very religious, very cult-like, and has his group of people to vilify: the Freaks, or mutants who looks like regular people, but have special powers. Dar from Beastmaster is one of them, and Henriksen wants to hunt him down. While escaping, he runs into an enclave of fellow Freaks, including Sherilyn Fenn, who has the ability to heal people. Dar wants to take Henriksen down, and a prophecy has foretold that he will do that through Henriksen's newborn son, who also has special powers. Will good prevail?
I don't know what to say about this one. First and foremost, the cover has nothing to do with the film. No badass knight, no spiked bat, no broken Statue of Liberty. There are aspects of the movie that are fun, like the construct of Henriksen's dictatorship, and the people with special powers fighting him; and there are a lot of fun performances, from Dar, Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Norton, Henriksen, and Isaac Hayes-- who is listed as a "special appearance", but is in it with a solid supporting role as a stoic mutant master in a cloak. The big problem for me though, and what is often the problem with these films, is the inconsistencies/Plot Convenience Theater. Dar is telepathic, but he can't sense that one of Henriksen's men is spying on him. What? Another guy has the ability to touch the ground and figure out where he is and where other people are nearby, yet he too can't sense that the guy is following them until, again, it's convenient to the plot, then we find out he has that ability to know if someone is nearby. Then, we have a third guy, who has the ability to see the future, and he can't sense that this guy is spying on them. The other issue, which might be more egregious, is the shaky cam syndrome during the action scenes. I think that was a budgetary issue, because this was obviously made on a shoestring budget, and probably most of the money was spent on the cast, but still, it's hard to watch at times. I don't know, it's not the worst thing ever, but it's not the best.
Richard Norton was our one Hall of Famer, and he was pretty sweet as Henriksen's main hatchet man. He plays a great baddie, but he plays a better good guy, meaning I need to dig into his 80s and 90s D-grade stuff that's only available on import VHS to see some of that great stuff where he's the lead. Also, in this film, he was the second unit director, and the stunt coordinator, both jobs he also did for writer/director Zachary Weintraub in another film, Amazons and Gladiators, that came out in 2011. We don't get a lot of Norton martial arts here, but in the fight scenes we do get his expertise, which is almost as good. Unfortunately, we have that shaky cam thing so we don't see them as well.
Sherilyn Fenn was very interesting here. The character was great, and she was great playing it, but it was like, man, this is a really low budget film, why is she here? I know I say this when she was in the Asylum flick Bigfoot with Danny Bonaduce and Barry Williams, but still, for some reason here she was a different actress among everyone else. Like seeing her act opposite Dar, it was hard to swallow. The thing was too, her character was really strong, yet the writing betrayed her and made her play second fiddle to both Dar, and the guy who could touch the ground and know where he is (played by Matthew Porretta of both The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Beverly Hills 90210 fame). It was weird, she should've been the leader, and Dar the outsider who needed to work through her to get everyone's help; and while it started like that, that aspect fell off for some reason, and made Fenn's presence that much weirder.
We love Henriksen here, and he was great as the baddie. He always plays a great baddie. It's like he taps into that smug, Conservative, money-grubbing politician ethos, and puts it into the bad guy he's playing. Like, all you have to do is replace "I want him dead" with "I want transvaginal ultrasounds in this bill", and he's Rick Perry or Scott Walker. Of course, we know Henriksen is acting, which makes us love him while we loathe him. The other big name in this was Isaac Hayes, and he was some kind of mystic or guru, an older mutant with all kinds of powers who was helping Dar fulfill the prophecy. Again, I have no idea why he was listed as a "special appearance", because he was in it enough to be a co-star. The opening credits to these movies can be all over the place sometimes. Then of course there's the star, Daniel Goddard, aka Dar of The Beastmaster. He's very Dar-ish here too, though much more fully clothed. As someone who's telepathic, it seemed like his telepathy came and went. He couldn't talk to animals though, so that was a disappointment. In fact, I don't remember there being any animals in this. Goddard was the guy who needed a few consecutive syndicated TV shows to cement his status as a lead before he jumped into DTV flicks, but, sadly, that world of syndicated TV shows disappeared before he had his chance. Now, according to imdb, he's on The Young and the Restless.
Finally, this woman above played the queen of The Orphanage, a gang or unruly kids in cool make-up that Dar finds himself the prisoner of before Isaac Hayes helps him out. It's only a short scene, which was disappointing, because this is the kind of thing we come to a movie like this for, and it was barely in the film as little more than an afterthought. Maybe the issue was that there weren't any of the big names in the gang, so they couldn't have as much screen time. It felt underwritten though, which maybe is a metaphor for the film, because it had the most character.
While this is on Instant, it's not the worst thing ever, but it's not the best either. I'd say it's more a 3AM rabbit hole movie than one to pick specifically from all the titles on Instant, but also, if you like anyone in the cast, it's fun to see them in this. Sometimes, with movies like this, that's all you need. (Oh yeah, and this has nothing to do with the Dokken song or the Nightmare on Elm Street film, but it did sufficiently get the song in my head!)
For more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322651/
Posted by Direct to Video Connoisseur at 11:19 PM
Labels: action, Daniel Goddard, Isaac Hayes, Lance Henriksen, Richard Norton, sci-fi, Sherilyn Fenn
1 comment:
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2013 at 1:36 AM
Yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said. I checked this out fairly recently as well and also specifically for Richard Norton. Twasn't Richard Nortony enough though.ReplyDelete
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Friday, 10 August 2012
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Study on time taken for elderly to cross roads will help LTA in enhancing existing system
SINGAPORE - It takes about 2.16 seconds for the elderly to take the first step onto the road if they have a shopping cart and 2.1 seconds if they are pushing a stroller. This is compared with their normal speed of about 1.81 seconds.
This is according to preliminary findings from a study led by Assistant Professor Kong Pui Wah from the National Institute of Education (NIE), which aims to provide more ideas on the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) Green Man Plus Scheme.
The scheme allows elderly or disabled pedestrians three to 12 seconds of extra crossing time, depending on factors such as the average walking speed of the elderly, how wide the road is and how heavy the traffic is.
While she felt LTA's Green Man Plus Scheme is "an excellent idea", Asst Prof Kong felt the findings from her study could potentially allow the scheme to "adjust accordingly" to suit individual needs if each elderly has a card that carries their individual gait information.
This could also apply for other groups in need, such as people with disabilities, added the researcher.
On average, LTA's Green Man Plus Scheme currently provides an additional crossing time of five seconds.
According to the NIE study, which was awarded a S$10,000 grant by the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation, preliminary analysis of the data supports researchers' hypothesis that the elderly were slower in their response to initiate walking and they also walked slower.
The motivation for the study came from Asst Prof Kong's personal experience and everyday observation on the roads.
"I myself struggle sometimes to clear the road within the green man time, especially when pushing a stroller, and I always wonder how the elderly can make it," said Asst Prof Kong.
Thus far, the researchers have completed their study of 50 subjects, about half of whom are above the age of 60.
All data collection, according to Asst Prof Kong, should be completed by October this year, and primary analysis of the data conducted by January.
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Howard Music Festival
3 Days of Country – Blues – Soul & Rock
Right here on the Fraser Coast
The Howard Music Festival is headed by the original urban cowboy
James Blundell
and featuring bands and artists from around Australia including:
The Jesse Morris Band, Brewn, Dogwood Crossing, Darryl & The Devil, Derek Smith, the Dennis Sisters and many more!
The Howard Music Festival is 3 days of the hottest country, blues, soul and rock music that will blow you away
The venue is right in the centre of Howard so you will have access to plenty of onsite and nearby food options.
There's an affordable camping ground nearby and Howard is just 25 minutes from Maryborough and Hervey Bay and both towns have plenty of accommodation to choose from.
Plenty of camping available and a FREE shuttle bus
Powered sites are available at the Burrum River Caravan Park just down the road from the venue for $33.00 per night
See the Park's website for bookings or call 1800 649 721
Non-powered sites are available at the Torbanlea Racegrounds and Recreation Area for $10.00 per night.
Call Tracy Waters for bookings on 0439 602 181
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Dredging/land drainage is it a solution or the problem?
As were are all aware these days of the huge problem of flooding along our river basins. We search for an answer to this huge problem and we hear of many different solutions to it. One of the solutions that is on many a lip is that of dredging/drainage of the rivers.
Is this the answer?
In the last century the OPW carried out a major arterial drainage programme. They dredged many of our finest rivers during this programme. Back then there wasn't many if any housing or commercial developments carried out on the flood plains of our rivers. The object of this programme was not to prevent the flooding of homes and business properties, no it was to increase the use of the land along the banks of our rivers. They wanted to gain more free draining land for agricultural use. Free and fast draining land was gained but at what cost? Our once beautiful rivers were decimated by this dreadful programme.
They dug drainage channels through this land, land that was once the natural flood plains of the rivers. They dredged the river beds leaving them devoid of all life. The lands were then set out for agricultural use. Along then came the spreading of slurry on these lands. This slurry spreading practice has been carried out year after year on these same lands. The constant spreading of this slurry leads to these lands being over saturated with this slurry and this in turn leads to rainfall not being soaked up naturally. This in turn leads to the rainfall running of the land quickly into these drainage channels and from there straight into the rivers.
Yes, we have increased the speed at which rainfall reaches out rivers.
Now we must look at the decimation of our midland peat bogs. Bord na Mona have absolutely destroyed most of our raised peat bogs. These peat bogs most of which are located in the midlands along the banks of the river Shannon. These peat bogs use to soak up the rainfall and then released it slowly into our watercourses and rivers. Thousands of Hectares of these peat bogs are now lost forever all that is now left is a vast waste land of marl and stone. These vast waste lands offer no soaking up of rainfall, they only add to the speed of which rain water reaches and increases the level of water in our rivers.
Now add to this the over grazing of our uplands. Overgrazing these lands leaves them exposed and devoid of the natural vegetation that soaks up a lot of rainfall. This coupled with the burning of our uplands also leads to rainfall quickly running off the lands and into the watercourses and on then quickly into our rivers. This also adds to the speed of which our rivers fill up and overflow.
Now add in to the mix the increased amount of land which is now in use as forestry. These same lands are planted mostly with non native fast growing species. The planting of these new forests are such that they are set out with drainage channels. This also adds to the fast rate of which rain water runs away from these forests and on into our watercourses and then on into our rivers.
We now must take into account the large scale of developments that was carried out during the "Tiger Years" A lot of these developments took place on the natural flood plains and water meadows along our rivers. The same flood plains and water meadows which flooded frequently during our winters. Developers also culverted natural watercourses and land drains leading to the restriction of natural flow of them.
Now for the big ones! Climate Change, Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels.
Rising Sea Levels will mean that the tides will reach higher up our rivers further increasing the risk of flooding. We all see the effects of Climate change and Global warming has on our weather and on seasonal change. Our winters are becoming warmer and much more wetter.
The problem with the flooding we now have has been a long time in the making, unfortunately it is now here to stay. Is there a long term solution to this flooding?
To what extent would the rivers be dredged? Would the be dredged from source to sea? Would dredging our rivers offer a long term solution?
Many questions which need answering!
Will all this flooding of our rivers have a major effect on the rivers as fisheries? I think no, no not as much as the effect of dredging would have on them.


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Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP': Review Revue
Lady Gaga's third album ARTPOP has arrived, and we've declared it in our own review to be "her most cohesive work to-date," adding that it's "here that she finally cements her 'sound'." Other critics find the record to be either smart, a challenge, all over the place or, in some instances, a complete mess. We've gathered up a sampling of what The Internet is saying about Mother Monster's new LP below. Give it a lookover, then let us know your own thoughts on ARTPOP!The Daily Beast states that "ARTPOPis not a bad album. There are smatterings of genius on it, even, though moments of great never morph into songs of greatness," while later adding that it "is 'art' in every way: polarizing, indulgent, and, as is often the case, raises the question, 'What's the point?'"
:: Buzzfeed feels the LP lives up to its title: "It remains to be seen whether or not this album will be a major commercial success on par with her previous records, but the album is proof that Gaga hasn't become out of touch with her best instincts as a pop musician. ARTPOP is interesting in that it's somehow both deeply weird and conventional at the same time."
:: Consequence Of Sound finds the album to be faulty: "Her ostentatious style, culled from MoMA art pieces and Madonna, Brooklyn drag fashion and Bowie, no longer has the shock-and-awe power it once did, and so her equally ostentatious musical style, influenced by many of those same factors, suffers from the same problem. On ARTPOP, Gaga lacks forward momentum in the same way she did on Born This Way."
:: USA Today is on the fence: "One can easily imagine the songs as a sturdy vehicle for her delightfully over-the-top stage shows, and in small doses, they'll fuel the Little Monsters on the dance floor. But given the scarcity of sing-along choruses, the rhythmic pounding and the absence of nuance in her powerhouse voice, the overall effect is exhausting if you're listening to the album all the way through. Even the lone ballad, 'Dope', is too much of a slog to provide much relief."The Backlot praises Gaga's unwavering style, even if, in their opinion, it's holding her back at this point: "Along with her funny and obnoxious gall, self-awareness has always separated Gaga from contemporaries like Beyonce, Rihanna, and Katy Perry, unerringly safe ciphers who've spent the past five years emerging with state-of-the-art singles and throwaway sentiments at precisely the right radio moment. As those vocalists change up their game when trends demand it, Lady Gaga is still brandishing her mic like a disco stick and demanding pop radio adapt to her… And yet, that's why her new album ARTPOPisn't as fascinating as it could be: Though the 15-track disc has triumphs and follies aplenty, they're mostly the same triumphs and follies from her previous three albums, only now they're crunching and thudding harder in ARTPOP's dizzying, somewhat unfounded aggression."
:: Says Metro, "Gaga remains a pop icon who prompts frequent comparisons to other names; the same was arguably never true of Madonna. The Euro riffs of 'Venus' recall 1990s camp connoisseurs Army Of Lovers; the couture-grotesque of 'Donatella' feels like an arch retread of Bowie or RuPaul; the 'don't want your money, want your love' refrain of 'Jewels N' Drugs' even weirdly evokes Transvision Vamp. Sometimes, you suspect the same fabulous effect could be achieved with a lot less money."
:: The Chicago Tribune is also lukewarm on ARTPOP: "For all that firepower, the music is catchy but tame – she's cozying up to chart-topping formulas rather than disrupting them. The flamenco guitar and noir-movie atmospherics of 'Aura,' the anthemic Meat Loaf-isms of 'Gypsy,' the Philly soul of 'Fashion!' and the jittery synths of 'Applause' offer glimpses of the stylistic sprawl Gaga had in mind. But there's way too much that doesn't move the dial beyond its well-defined box…"
:: SPIN notes, "'Applause,' the charging, atonal ode to being onstage and basking in her fans' adulation, closes out this sprawling, seemingly flawed-out-of-necessity record. As a final statement, 'Love me, because I love you' certainly transcends both art and pop; she remains singularly compelling and lovable as a celebrity, even if her records don't always match up to her outsized persona. Even at their worst, they only prove that the art is sometimes unworthy of the artist."
:: Finally, Muumuse sums it all up with this: "In a year when Lady Gaga's fellow heavyweights didn't really seem to try very much at all — when Beyoncé inked a $50 million deal with Pepsi to go on a tour to promote nothing in particular and tease snippets of songs in H&M commercials that no one can buy on iTunes, when Britney landed in a helicopter in the middle of the desert for no reason to announce a Vegas residency that she may or may not even want to do, and when Katy Perry released an inoffensive collection of Teenage Dream B-sides for 14-year-olds — pop music's greatest try-hard gave us the year's most fabulously over-the-top shitshow that absolutely deserves your applause."
Let us know your own thoughts on ARTPOP below, and get an eyeful of even more pop music coverage, from artist interviews to exclusive performances, on Idolator's YouTube channel.


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A clutch is a friction disc and it's one of the most important components of a manual transmission car. It's responsible for transferring the power from the engine through to the transmission, so it can drive the wheels.
Over time, a clutch can wear out and begin to lose performance. When that happens, symptoms such as noise, vibration and slippage will start to occur. If left unchanged, a clutch will eventually wear out, and fail to transfer any power to the wheels. There are a few easy tests to see if your clutch is fully functioning, or if it needs to be replaced.
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What Is Yoga?
The word yoga in Sanskrit translates as "yoke" or "union." It describes the integration of mind and body to create a greater connection with one self.
The origins of yoga are Indian and can be traced as far as 4500 BC. Yoga is considered one of the six branches of classical philosophy and is referred to throughout the Vedas. The Vedas is amongst the oldest texts in existence.
At this time people relied on dedicated Vedic Yogis to teach them how to live in harmony. These Yogis were gifted with the ability to see truth through their practice.
The Vedas, and later, the Bhagavad Gita praised yoga as an important spiritual element, however, the first "yoga manual" was not written until c.200 BC-the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
It is composed of 195 or 196 aphorisms or sutras which describe the eightfold paths which literally means eight limbs" (ashta=eight, anga=limb). These eight steps act as guidelines on how to live a meaningful and purposeful life. They serve as a prescription for moral and ethical conduct and self-discipline; they direct attention toward one's health; and they help us to acknowledge the spiritual aspects of our nature.
The period that followed Patanjali yoga sutras is known as postclassical period. In prior years yoga had focussed on meditation and contemplation. During this period, yogis began to probe the hidden powers of the body. Yoga masters designed advanced yogic practices that would rejuvenate the body and prolong its life. This led to Hatha Yoga.
All throughout these 5000 years yoga has been changing and evolving but the biggest transformation has occurred in the last two centuries, initially used as a medium to reach spiritual enlightment, in the 21st century, the main focus has turned more towards physical benefits.
In fact posture orientated forms of yoga only began around 1920, as before that asana were looked down as distasteful.
Probably the most influential person to draw attention to Yoga in the West was Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), the main disciple of Paramhansa Ramakrishna (1836 – 1886). Vivekananda travelled and lectured in the USA and also Europe introducing for the first time a different concept of yoga emphasising physical experience.
But the man that began the spread of yoga in the west never travelled outside India. He was a pioneer in refining postures, sequencing them optimally, and ascribing therapeutic value to specific asanas. He particularly stressed the importance of combining breath work (pranayama) with the postures (asanas) of yoga and meditation (dhyana) to reach the desired goals. His name was Krishnamacharya.
Not only was he a great innovator but in his shala in Mysore he taught many of the men who would popularise yoga across the world including Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, the father of Ashtanga yoga, BKS Iyengar, the creator of Iyengar yoga and TKV Desikachar, his son and founder of Vinyoga.
Current yogis owe a debt of gratitude to the Maharaja of Mysore. Not only did the Maharaja fund the school at which Krishnamacharya taught he also paid for these talented yogis to travel around India demonstrating yoga.
People from the West began traveling to Mysore to study with these masters, and the gurus began going west themselves, starting in the late 1890s, however, it wasn't until the 1960s that yoga really becomes more widely known in the west.
The Beatles were certainly quite influential in this process. In 1965 they met Swami Vishnu-Devananda, the founder of Sivandana Yoga and this encounter gave birth to their interest for yoga and Eastern philosophy. A number of yoga teachers such as BKS Iyengar, Sri K Pattabhi Jois and Swami Vishnu-devananda began travelling to the west, raising awareness of yoga. Yoga enjoyed a second boom in the 1980s driven as much by its effectiveness as a way of maintaining health as its spirituality.
More recently celebrities such as Madonna, Sting and Gwyneth Paltrow have helped to increase its popularity. Professional athletes such as Ryan Giggs, Lebron James, John McEnroe and even Evander Holyfield.
It is estimated that around half a million people practice yoga regularly in the UK and the figures is more than 16m in the US.


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Just The Beginning?
Several weeks ago, when the New York mayor proposed the ban on large sodas, it started turning the wheels in my head. Is the next step going to be the banning of cases, 12 packs and 2 liter bottles in stores? Are grocery stores going to be linked in order to keep track of the quantity of soda being purchased? Is sugar now considered a controlled substance?
If soda is banned what is next? Why not limit the quantity of alcohol that can be purchased by one person? Are we going too soon see single serving cans and bottles, whether they be hard alcohol or wine and the elimination of cases, 12 packs and kegs? Are stores going to keep track of the quantity that we buy and once we have reached our limit we will no longer be able to purchase?
Why did the mayor choose soda? Doesn't tobacco cause more health ailments? Doesn't alcohol have more of a negative impact on society? Was this just a first step? Is this just the beginning of what is soon to be an out of control nanny state?
What other consumables will become rationed? How will the limits be determined? Are we seeing the beginning of a pre-determined creation of new state and federal agencies?
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't sit well with me. Have we really reached the point in our society where individuals are no longer able to make their own decisions whether they are good or bad? Do we really want to go down this path? I do not. You should not. What happened to individual responsibility? What has happened too common sense?
Just some thoughts weighing on my mind…
July 18, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Great Blog! Just like the fast food argument, or home cooked food If you think it makes you fat, eat less or not at all. As you stated, just the beginning of a controlled state-or country.
July 19, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Here's the problem with that logic:
An average of 13 hours (or 780 minutes) per year is spent on nutrition education in our public schools, out of 1,003 total hours per year. Contrasting that, an FTC TV Study showed that in 2004, children on average were exposed to 2,202 minutes of food advertising, and teens 2,193 minutes in TV ads alone (not counting radio, billboards, mailers, internet, smartphone, etc.)
The average person is constantly bombarded with messages designed by experts who specialize in changing their behavior. In densely populated areas, the bombardment is amplified with visual prompts nearly everywhere you look. Telling people it's just a matter of willpower ignores that they are a) probably not adequately educated and b) being manipulated. Somebody needs to level the playing field.
July 18, 2012 at 2:29 PM
The key perspective on this conversation is to look at the serving size (different than quantity) and the supply side marketing behind the strategy.
Giant serving sizes are not the product of consumer demand, but rather the outcome of marketing data and distribution / sales strategies (artificial demand). That data says that if you offer a larger single serving of sugary soft-drink, people demonstrate they will buy it. If data supports consumer activity, that justifies increased production. Increased production justifies lower unit costs. Lower unit costs increase sales. Increased sales at a lower unit cost with smart distribution means significant, incremental increases in profit.
The soft drink marketers were not responding to any consumer demand when they started offering super sizes. They were implementing a serving size strategy they had market tested to increase profits.
The proposed ban is on serving sizes over a certain quantity. It does not apply to the actually quantity.
Now a few key distinctions to keep in mind regarding some of the other contextual considerations:
. Alcohol and tobacco are regulated and illegal for sale to or consumption by minors. This ban is trying to protect kids from giant super size portions that they buy regularly because they can.
. Alcohol and tobacco carry with them a certain social stigma (disclaimer: I have a hearty appetite for both!) Most would think twice before purchasing 40's throughout their day. Most don't think twice about buying giant sized sugary drinks throughout their day.
. The conversation is about the serving size of sugary soft drinks, not alcohol nor tobacco, so we should keep the conversation grounded in the merits of soft drink serving sizes.
So when you consider the…
1) lack of real demand, instead profit motivated, marketing driven, artificial demand
2) the real health consequences hitting real people
3) what distinguishes sugary soft-drinks in the consumer market from other potentially dangerous consumer products…
…the proposal doesn't seem so insane. I'm not asking anyone to agree, but I am asking to consider this point of view.
July 18, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Understanding it was no doubt a campaign by the fast food industries to make more money on soft drinks, or just to out do each other in what they offer. Setting aside that fact, no matter what size drink you order, refills are free, so you can still drink as much as you want. There is also the fact,that someone might stick to a 16oz drink, but have 2 double qrt. pounders w/ cheese, fries,ice cream,ect. What's worse for you? And from what I understand there are not outlawing the 'Big Gulp' purchased in conv. stores. But even if.. there's no logical point to this. I would like to know who put the bug in Bloomberg's ear about this and why.
July 18, 2012 at 8:03 PM
I agree. I think "Society" or "Government" can interfere and influence us at the level of defaults, but choice should be ours.
As an example, I'd support Regular Milk be the default choice over Cream. Defaults actually alter our behaviour. I think it's society's responsibility to offer people the smart/wise defaults. There's lots of research to support this as being effective.
I don't believe you can enforce choices as all you will do is force people to go elsewhere. That's a perfect example of bureaucrats interfering beyond the bounds of their skills or knowledge.
July 19, 2012 at 7:57 AM
I'm with Beau: while I think the "soda ban" in New York was handled incredibly poorly, I think the ultimate intent was about advertisers, not individual behavior.
I think the ultimate intent was to prevent marketing companies from presenting an amount larger than the capacity of the human stomach as a "single serving." There is a lot of research out there about the psychology of supersizing. Marketing companies have spent billions of dollars (significantly more than is spent on nutrition education in the US) to manipulate the public into buying more than they really want – remember that in 1940, a single-serve coke was 6 or 7 ounces, and everybody was happy with that.
Mayor Bloomberg did specifically say that those who want more soda can buy two, or refill their soda. The ban was not about individual choice and behavior – but I think New York didn't state clearly enough that the purpose of the rule was to prevent consumers from being manipulated by marketers.


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For six years, this year, and this, and this, and this, I did not love him. And then I did. Then I was his. I can count the days I was his in hundreds. The days we bedded. Married. Were Happy. Bore Elizabeth. Hated. Lusted. Bore a dead child... which condemned me... to death. In all one thousand days. Just a thousand. Strange. And of those thousand, one when we were both in love, only one, when our loves met and overlapped and were both mine and his. And when I no longer hated him, he began to hate me. Except for that one day.
I've always been fascinated about Anne Boleyn and have been reading anything I could lay my hands on about her, but when it comes to movies, I tend to procrastinate. It took me almost 32 years to finally watch Anne Of The Thousand Days, the famous movie adapted from a Broadway play of the same name, and when I did, I was somewhat disappointed. It's not bad at all, but I guess, after all the hype, I expected something different... better. I can see why the movie got mixed reviews when it came out because I have mixed feelings about it too.
Let's start with the good. Richard Burton is the best Henry VIII I have ever seen. He just exudes the Tudor monarch from every pore. He perfectly portrays Henry's obsessive lust for Anne, his desperate determination to have a son, and his tendency to blame others for his problems and justify his cruel actions towards them. Had they died his hair red, his transformation would have been complete.
Genevieve Bujold was equally good. Her Anne is fiery and beautiful, not afraid to speak her mind about what she thinks nor to fight for her rights and those of her daughter. You would have never guessed this was her first role in Englis. She is my second favourite Anne Boleyn after Anne Dormer, although that's mostly because of limitations imposed by Bujold's Anne by the script. Whereas Dormer played Anne in a mini series that allowed her character to develop and show all its facets, Bujould had only two hours and a half to portray Anne Boleyn.
Because of that, you don't get to see the vivacious charms, quick wit, and gracefulness that so captivated men. Henry is already captivated by Anne when the movie starts, not giving the viewers any reason about what caught his eye about her other than her beauty. And Anne's wit comes out only to rebuff Henry's advances and makes fun of him, his clumsy attempts at courting her, and his failures to get his first marriage annulled. The movie doesn't even show her interest in religious reform. It was Anne who gave Henry a book arguing for the supremacy of kings over Popes, but in the movie it's actually Cromwell that points that out to him.
Anne Boleyn should be the star of the movie, and although she has many great lines, like the one mentioned at the top of this post, her portrayal only shows us some sides of her character. That's why I felt that this movie was mostly about Henry VIII and his obsessive lust for Anne than Anne herself. Bujold's performance, though, is too good to relegate her Anne in the background.
Because the movie "only" lasted almost two hours and a half, it is quite rushed. Some parts of the movie, such as that about the divorce proceedings, are too condensed, short, and, to someone who's not familiar with the whole story, a little confusing too. There are also quite a lot of inaccuracies. While it's perfectly normal and acceptable for liberties to be taken in movies, there are some of them that are harder for me to forgive. Two examples are Henry's presence at Anne's trial, during which he personally interrogates Mark Smeaton, and his last meeting with Anne while the jury is deliberating. In reality, once Anne was arrested, he never saw her again.
Overall, Anne Of The Thousand Days features brilliant actors that make their characters come to life again, beautiful costumes, and poignant quotes. But it is too rushed, takes too many liberties with history, and, most importantly, doesn't portray all the complex facets of Anne's personality that made her such a fascinating and charming woman and allowed her to both rise so high and fall so low.
Have you seen this movie? If so, what did you think of it?


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Spring 2010 Male Athlete of the Year:
BRANDON THOMPSON, Junior—Tennis
* State singles champion
* WMC All-Conference, first team
The legacy of Brandon Thompson continues to grow.
In three high school seasons, he's led Waynflete to Class C championships every year. He added a singles state title this spring and has become not only the best player in the state, but one who is highly respected by teammate and foe alike. One also who will be highly coveted at the next level.
All of those factors convinced The Forecaster to name Brandon Thompson Waynflete's Spring 2010 Male Athlete of the Year, marking the third year in a row he's been honored.
Thompson started playing tennis at the age of eight and immediately made his mark at the high school level. He stepped right into the top singles role as a freshman and made it to the singles final (losing to Mt. Ararat's Mike Hill) while helping the Flyers win the state title. Deja vu was in store his sophomore year as he again lost to Hill, but led Waynflete to the Class C pinnacle.
This time around, no one could stop him.
Thompson won all eight of his regular season matches in straight sets, dropping only 20 games in the process. In the singles tournament, he lost only 16 games in beating every foe in straight sets, including teammate Patrick Ordway in the final. In the team playoffs, Thompson losing only one game in three straight set victories.
Thompson will compete in tournaments over the summer and can expect to hear from a lot of interested colleges in the months to come. He's like to go somewhere warmer, where he can play outdoors for a longer period of time.
It's hard to imagine what's next for Thompson to conquer. He's already won everything there is to win at the high school level. Just make sure you enjoy him while you still can as he looks to cap his dominant career with more glory next year.
Based on his resume to date, continued excellence is a certainty for Brandon Thompson, Waynflete's Spring 2010 Male Athlete of the Year.
Coach Jeff Madore's comment: "Brandon is a really coachable kid. He's very intelligent, but also very modest and reserved. He sets a great example with his sportsmanship and respect for the opposition on and off the court. He faced a lot of expectations this year and met them."
2009 winner: Brandon Thompson (tennis)
2008 winner: Brandon Thompson (tennis)
2007 winner: David Cutler (lacrosse)
2006 winner: Ben Whipple (tennis)
2005 winner: Reid McMullan (lacrosse)
2004 winner: Matt Lacasse (track)
Spring 2010 Female Athlete of the Year:
MORGAN WOODHOUSE, Senior—Lacrosse
* All-American
* WMC All-Conference, first team
* Senior All-Star
For four years, through 12 sports seasons, Morgan Woodhouse has etched her name in Waynflete lore.
Naturally, she saved one of her most dazzling campaigns for last.
Helping an unproven Flyers team make it back to the state final, Woodhouse dominated all over the field this spring, winning draws, stealing the ball on defense, transitioning without rival and producing a scoring touch that opposing goalies could only flail away at helplessly.
Woodhouse was at her best on the biggest stage, winding up as arguably the state's best female player. In light of all of her accomplishments this spring, combined with her sensational career, it was easy for The Forecaster to name Morgan Woodhouse Waynflete's Spring 2010 Female Athlete of the Year.
Woodhouse has spent her whole academic career at Waynflete and captured athletic headlines throughout her four high school years.
On the pitch in the fall, Woodhouse scored countless pivotal goals, led the Flyers to a Class C championship and two other regional finals. In the winter, she emerged as one of the state's finest post players on the hardwood, helping unheralded Waynflete reach the Western C Final in both her junior and senior seasons. Although lacrosse isn't her top sport, she was a natural, and played an integral role on the 2008 and 2009 state titlists.
This spring, she excelled virtually every time out, scoring three times against NYA, four times against Yarmouth, five (with four assists) versus Cheverus, four times against Kennebunk, four at Yarmouth and four in a season-ending home loss to NYA. The biggest thrill came May 12 in a 15-5 win at Falmouth, when, on her 18th birthday, Woodhouse had seven goals. She also won 18 of 20 draws in a win at Cape Elizabeth.
In the playoffs, Woodhouse had five goals against Wells in the semifinals and led her team with two in the state game loss to NYA.
For the season, Woodhouse had 51 goals and 27 assists. She was named an All-American for the second consecutive season.
She takes her show to Bowdoin College next year, but won't be forgotten at a certain small private school in the West End. Morgan Woodhouse, Waynflete's Spring 2010 Female Athlete of the Year, has set the standard for superb performance.
Coach Cathie Connors' comment: "Morgan is a natural team leader and an exceptional role model for younger players. She was crucial all over the field for us. She's an accomplished athlete, but always remains modest and humble. I'm sure her name will be brought up for years to come."
2009 winner: Christine Ordway (tennis)
2008 winner; Laura Armstrong (lacrosse)
2007 winner: Christine Ordway (tennis)
2006 winner: Christine Ordway (tennis)
2005 winner: Gretchen Koch (lacrosse)
2004 winner: Lily Hoffman (lacrosse)
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About Tryfor5
Celebrating Vegetables!
14 - 20 October 2018
Tryfor5 is an annual campaign powered by Nutrition Australia encouraging Australians to increase their vegetable consumption to the recommended five serves per day, launching during National Nutrition Week (where awareness is raised around the role of food on our health). Despite the latest studies and recurring healthy eating messages only 4% of Australian's are eating enough vegetables each day. The average person eats only half as much as they should, which is the inspiration behind Tryfor5.
2018 Theme
This year's Tryfor5 theme is "Small Change, Big Gains" where we've transformed some of Australia's favourite recipes by adding more veg, making them even more healthy and delicious, forming part of an overall healthy, balanced diet. Our biggest-ever competition has been announced, plus tasty tips to enjoy more veg every day, so stay tuned for more info! Thanks to our valued partners and supporters for helping us inspire Australians to discover more ways to add veg to their day!
Did You Know?
Latest research shows a healthy diet has mental health and memory function benefits
What Can You Do?
There's plenty you can do to improve your veg consumption and ultimately, your physical and mental health
About Nutrition Australia
Nutrition Australia is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation and registered charity that aims to inspire healthy eating for all Australians.
It is comprised of five independent state divisions that provide local programs and services, while collaborating on national initiatives such as the Healthy Eating Pyramid and National Nutrition Week. Visit the Nutrition Australia website for more information regarding programs, services, recipes and nutrition information. www.nutritionaustralia.org
In a Snapshot
Low Percentages
Only 4% of us eat the recommended amount of veg each day with the average person eating half as much as they should. Children 2-18 years averaged 1.8 serves per day and less than 1% usually consumed their recommended number of vegetable serves.
Worldwide Issues
Health issues connected to unhealthy food are being seen worldwide. Latest research reveals diets and mental health are related.
Brain Food
Areas of the brain connecting memory and learning can be affected across all ages with diets lacking in vegetables.
What We Eat
Fruits and veg, whole grains, lean meats and fish, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds are frequently replaced with processed foods laden with unhealthy fats, salt and sugars.
Australia's Favourite Recipes
We hear you Australia! We understand you want a simple approach to cooking, with familiar, family-favourite meals high on the list, as well as practical tips and advice on improving healthiness of meals.
Building on this insight; the 2018 Try for 5 campaign has transformed some of Australia's favourite recipes by adding more veg so they not only taste delicious but are super-healthy to boot!
Remember, simple and small changes in your diet can help increase vegetable intake, resulting in big health gains for generations. It's win-win for everyone!


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New parking regulations for the NW Plan District considered by Planning and Sustainability Commission
The Northwest Parking Update Project had a hearing before the Planning and Sustainability Commission (PSC) on March 8, 2016. Staff had proposed changes to two parking-related regulations in the Northwest Plan District:
- Adding minimum parking standards for new multi-dwelling development with more than 30 units.
- Liberalizing existing rules that allow accessory parking to be used as commercial parking in the Residential and Central Employment zones (sometimes referred to as "shared parking"). For example, this would allow spaces in a private parking garage to be rented by non-users (e.g., Legacy's staff and patient parking garage).
The PSC did not recommend support for the parking minimums portion, based on concerns about a potential impact on housing affordability, whether directly via increased building costs or indirectly by reduced supply. But Commissioners voted to recommend forwarding the "shared parking" changes.
City Council will hold a public hearing on the NW Parking Update project on July 6, 2016. Check the Auditor's website for details and to confirm.
For more information, visit http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/68136.


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Report: 17% Of Marketers Using (Or Planning To Use) Pinterest For Business Purposes
With the recent mobile/tablet app additions and public opening of Pinterest, adoption rates within the marketing community are rising. A recent study by the Creative Group showed that 7% of marketers are currently using Pinterest in their marketing mix and that 10% of marketers are planning to.
The survey was made up of marketing and advertising executives from randomly selected companies with more than 100 or more employees.. The majority (44%) of respondents replied that they were not interested in using Pinterest for business purposes and 17% were interested but still hesitant.
For more information, see the official press release from The Creative Group.
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It is our joy to share the depth and beauty of our way of life with young women and inspire within them a profound love for Jesus Christ through retreat opportunities. Each year a number of retreats are held at our Provincial House in St. Louis (Kirkwood), Missouri, for single, Catholic women 17-29 years of age. All retreats include an experience of our way of life through participation in our communal prayers, the chanting of the Divine Office, Holy Mass, and recreation with the Sisters. Retreats further include talks given on the theme by a Sister or priest, time for silence with the Lord, and an opportunity to meet other young women discerning God's call.
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A COMMUNITY organisation has been left without phone lines and Broadband by telecoms giant BT after a nightmare six months.
The Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) – a small and not-for-profit company – has been without landlines since moving to new premises in November.
ACoRP, a federation of more than 60 community rail partnerships, promotes local rail services. It has three full-time staff and four part-time.
It organises events, conferences and seminars.
ACoRP, previously based at Slaithwaite Civic Centre, told BT of its plans to move to Huddersfield town centre in August.
But after a catalogue of failed appointments, ACoRP is still relying on costly mobile phones and a Broadband dongle.
Staff can't order new stationery because they still don't know what their number will be.
In desperation office manager Dawn Wolrich contacted BT chairman Sir Michael Rake and chief executive Ian Livingston.
Mr Livingston replied by email on January 15 apologising and said the "high level service team" would investigate.
But the organisation has heard nothing since and Dawn said: "We've just been left hanging on."
Dawn told how the organisation, which had two BT lines and broadband, started planning its move to newly-refurbished offices at The Old Water Tower at Huddersfield Railway Station last summer.
"I contacted BT about moving the phone lines and keeping the same numbers but was advised, due to ongoing costs and the fact the lines would need to be moved to a different exchange that I should cancel the old lines and set up a new system," said Dawn.
"Our first appointment for the installation was October 9 but the engineers turned up and realised there was no wiring into the premises."
After that engineers have made numerous appointments but lines have yet to be installed.
"We have been told they need to take wires across the road but there have been so many excuses why they haven't been able to do it," said Dawn.
"We were told they couldn't do the work over the Christmas and New Year period because of an embargo on roadworks imposed by Kirklees Council.
"Now they say they can't get access in the street because of gasworks.
"On other occasions they have said they couldn't get access because of parked cars, then because they need some kind of permit from the council."
BT says contractors needed council permission to work in the highway but by the time plans were in place there was a Christmas works embargo which ran from November 23 to January 10.
The council then said the work could only take place on Sundays and a date was fixed for February 10.
However, a gas leak was found and repair work has been ongoing since.
It is understood BT will try again for March 10.
Dawn said: "This has caused us massive inconvenience and we started planning in plenty of time.
"We moved in November but we still can't get letterheads, business cards or compliment slips printed.
"We are having to use mobiles and pay for a broadband dongle and our members – many of whom are volunteers – are having to ring expensive mobiles which they are not happy about.
"We are also paying for a franking machine that we can't use.
"We send out a lot of mailshots and we're having to pay full price for stamps because the franking machine needs to be connected to a phone line.
"BT doesn't keep us informed and I always have to chase them."
A BT spokesman said: "We understand and appreciate the frustration and inconvenience experienced due to the delay of this installation.
"Unfortunately BT and all utilities must have the necessary permissions to compete work within the highway and this has not been granted, initially due to a Christmas embargo and then by ongoing gas works in the vicinity to repair a gas leak.
"We are continuing to liaise with the local authority and as soon as permission is granted work will commence."


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One-liner # 11 She reblogged in hope of producing something similar some day.
Ten sad one-liners.
- He stinks of old memories…or is that alcohol?
- He leaves first thing at dawn after he's answered the call to Lust.
- She laughs at the mirror, in horror.
- Her eyes are as blue as the bruises around them.
- The maid looks at the acid with pity; she knows what it's like to burn so much.
- Mother used to sing him to sleep, now the monster under his bed has devoured her.
- The glass shards of empty beer bottles break like his bones under strain.
- They are called many names; family is the worst one.
- Some people buy freedom from cages at the price of chains.
- His hand trembles when he holds the cane. 80 year old but childhood memories stay the same.


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'The Devil's Candy': TIFF Review
Australian horror hand Sean Byrne follows his 2009 Toronto hit 'The Loved Ones' with this Texas-set story of satanic bedlam.
Parents, don't let your kids listen to doom metal. Australian writer-director Sean Byrne has some malevolent fun with the familiar perception of Satan's music as an invitation to evil — or, failing that, a means to drown it out — in his first American feature, The Devil's Candy. But the movie runs out of ideas after an offbeat start, losing most of its dark humor along the way. Teasing us with the promise of a haunted house only to scale back to a tale of parallel possession, and then downsize further still to restrict its principal mayhem to one crazed psychopath, this is strictly VOD fodder.
Byrne made a splash in Toronto's Midnight Madness section in 2009 with The Loved Ones, about a spurned prom date who turns torturer with daddy's help. That film's crafty repurposing of ingredients lifted from the John Hughes cookbook marked the director as a subversive original in the making. But this decently acted, disappointingly generic follow-up is a more familiar beast, with very few surprises up its sleeve.
Jesse (Ethan Embry) is an unfulfilled artist, painting butterfly murals for banks on commission when he'd rather be doing darker stuff like the tattoo art adorning his hard body. (He paints shirtless, so we get to see a lot of it.) His teenage daughter, Zooey (Kiara Glasco), shares his taste for loud headbanger music, while his wife, Astrid (Shiri Appleby), tolerates it with an indulgent smile. Byrne winks at the audience by dousing the establishing happy-family scenes in songs like "Everyone Dies" and "Already Dead."
When a dream property in rural Texas turns up on the market with a roomy studio space for Jesse to work in, the family takes the plunge. The bargain price trumps the realtor's full-disclosure warning that two people died there.
One of those deaths has already been seen in the prologue, when hulking, jittery Ray (Pruitt Taylor Vince) and the demonic voices in his head are introduced, and his mother makes the silly mistake of threatening to send him back to the hospital. It's not long before Jesse also starts hearing the same Beelze-babble, which breathes new life into his work. Suddenly the butterflies have the faces of terrified children, including Zooey's, and sinister gallery owner Leonard (Tony Amendola) develops an interest after previously giving Jesse the brush-off. (Everyone knows art dealers are Satan's minions.)
Meanwhile Ray decides he wants to come home, developing a dangerous obsession with Zooey once she shares her love of Metallica and the Gibson Flying V that he also thrashes in his moments of darkest unrest.
Naturally, all this spells escalating chaos and carnage as Jesse struggles to protect his family while increasingly falling prey to the tenebrous forces in his head. If Byrne is going for some kind of Faustian theme with the artist's fruitful new muse, it doesn't take root. And Ray is such a lumbering presence in his red velour jogging suit that it's hard to believe he keeps evading the cops. In truth, they barely seem to be on his tail. This is one of those movies in which multiple children have been disappearing, but the guy in the area with the history of violence and psychiatric hospitalization appears only now to have raised suspicions.
Byrne throws in some arch fire-and-brimstone talk via a late-night TV preacher (Leland Orser), but the wit generally is in short supply. When the blood starts flowing and the flames of hell begin raging, there's not enough character development, storytelling vigor or enveloping atmosphere to make us do much but sit back and wait until the family in peril inevitably claws its way out of the inferno.
Production companies: Snoot Entertainment
Cast: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kiara Glasco, Tony Amendola, Craig Nigh, Leonard Orser, O'Ryan Landa
Director-screenwriter: Sean Byrne
Producers: Keith Calder, Jessica Calder
Director of photography: Simon Chapman
Production designer: Thomas S. Hammock
Costume designer: Stacy Ellen Rich
Music: Michael Yezerski
Editor: Andy Canny
Visual effects supervisor: Johnny Han
Casting: Sarah Dowling
Sales: HanWay Films, CAA
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SEM TWO 2010 – Upcoming events and planning
SEMESTER TWO INFO UPDATE: Post grad meeting Friday July 23
Coming up:
- next Wed 28th July
- 9am: Colour Illusions lecture from Vis Science ( LT)
- Ipm: Something in the air floortalk CMAG (Viv et al )
Thurs 29th: Manuka opening 6pm: KALINA PILAT
Week of Aug 9: Juan Davila visit
- Juan will be here for one week from Aug 10 . See his show currently at Drill Hall. He will be available for studio appts and to take small groups to see his show. Discuss arrangements (suggest Fri 13, Mon 16th?)
Thurs 12th Aug:
- Opening at Manuka: FIONA LITTLE< DIONI SALAS HAMMER<LIANG LUSCOMBE- Floortalk : FRIDAY 13th at 1.30pm
- Fri 13th Aug: opening of new M16 Gallery (Greg, Derek, Savandary , Ria etc)
Sat Aug 14th:
1.30-4.30 AGNSW Paths to Abstraction:
Abstraction and colour forum: John Gage, David Briggs, Zena O'Connor, Daniel de'Angeli on modern colour theories, symbolism, meaning & practice
Sat Aug 28: OPEN DAY
Wed 8 Sept: Ruth W opening at Watters
Oct 7: OPENING of Abstraction show: SOA Gallery + ANCA M16- symposium ? (details to be sorted next week with Leah Peter M etc)
For Discussion:
- 1.Re Juan visit
- 2. Re Intensive – rescheduling? Ideas re form, content
- any other matters?
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The ultimate escape: Phi Phi Island. A tropical island surrounded by aquamarine waters and shallow reefs; a luxurious Balinese style pool villa, nestled a stone's throw away from the beach among lush palms and vegetation; and our suggestion of activities to balance relax and discovery for an unforgettable and exclusive holiday.
Arrival | 1 night in Phuket Our chauffeur will wait for you at the exit gate of Phuket Airport to provide hassle free transportation to the Ayara Hilltops – a fantastic 5 stars resort with spectacular view over Surin Beach.
Take your time to enjoy the facilities of this hotel or go for a walk around. Surin Beach is one of the loveliest in Phuket and has a wide selection of delicious beach side restaurants and nice bars. We'll provide you with a list of our favorite ones, handpicked for their food and ambience, but can also arrange for a chauffeur car should you prefer to dig in the crazy nightlife of Patong, which is only 15 minutes away. If some relax is what you need after you flight, just let us know, and we'll arrange for you a massage treatment to release stress and prepare you for your next 7 days in a tropical paradise.
Phi Phi: The Phi Phi Islands are among the most famous destinations in Thailand, if not in all South East Asia, and well in their right so. The islands have all the traits of a tropical paradise: limestone cliffs, coral reefs, crystalline waters, white beaches and lush jungle.
Discovered some two decades ago by adventurous backpacker and made internationally famous by the movie "The Beach", the Phi Phi Islands are breathtaking, even in a region of the world renowned for its stunning destinations. 20 years of development – and all the problems associated with it – have certainly changed the islands but there are nevertheless many reasons why Phi Phi remains a stunning destination: besides Phi Phi Don, the rest of the archipelago remains unmanned and untouched, if not for the boats heading there for day trips.
On Phi Phi Don, between Ton Sai and the northern tip of the island, are a few lovely and peaceful beaches, accessible only by the sea and still as beautiful as 20 years ago. Here we have selected our favourite resort on Phi Phi Island, an exquisite luxury spots: the Phi Phi Island Village.
At a short boat ride away there are some amazing snorkelling and diving spots, all the most appealing if visited in the afternoon when daily boat tours crowds are leaving. All in all, Phi Phi offers choices to every taste, from the crowds and party atmosphere of the Ton Sai Bay to the peace and tranquillity of its northern beaches, and lots of natural attractions of stunning beauty – even if today you must know where to look to find them. If you have this edge you'd be sure to find Phi Phi a memorable place.
Phi Phi Island Village Resort and Spa: A Phi Phi Island Village and Spa minivan will pick you up at Ayara Hilltops to provide hassle free transportation to the Ao Po Grand Marina, where you will board a luxurious catamaran to Phi Phi Island.
Enjoy comfortably the 1 h. and 30 min. needed for the sea-transfer while sipping a fresh drink, seated in the air-conditioned saloon cabin furnished with comfortable plush leather seating or even outside for a first tanning session while admiring the wonders of Andaman Sea.
Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort & Spa is a 4.5 star tropical resort nestled amidst an atmosphere of natural tranquillity surrounded by lush vegetation. It occupies the full 800 meters length of Lo Ba Gao Bay white sandy beach, so there'll be plenty of room for you to find an area to relax.
Sun lounges are provided along the foreshore while the beach bar takes care of preparing your favourite cocktail to sip whilst taking in the spectacular views. Among the resort's facilities: an expansive 1000m2 freshwater infinity pool with Jacuzzi overlooking the beautiful Lo Ba Gao Bay and equipped with a swim-up bar to enjoy a refreshing cool drink, a deck pool bar to enjoy light meals, and children's pool with water slide for the younger ones to enjoy; a well equipped fitness room; 3 restaurants and 2 bars; a recreation centre offering a wide selection of exclusive activities; the wonderful Wana Spa for a heavenly selection of massage and treatments. Upon your arrival, you'll be shown to your exquisite Hillside Pool Villa, privately secluded on the gentle slop of the rainforest, comprising a master bedroom, a living room and an outdoor area with a 6x4 meters private pool with Jacuzzi offering amazing views over Loh Ba gao bay.
Not included in the offer
Spa Treatments: most people love to be pampered and Phi Phi Island Village Wana Spa, set in a lush natural tropical setting on the hillside overlooking the islands of the Andaman Sea, is a perfect venue to experience the ultimate indulgence in Spa treatments.
Wana Spa specializes in Traditional Thai massage, including facials, body treatments, body scrubs and a wonderful vast array of Spa packages. Features include a beauty salon, private massage therapy pavilion, Jacuzzi bath, sauna and steam room. Wana Spa harmonious environment offers the visual delights of an ocean view, and the silence paramount in keeping with tradition to the well being for mind, body & soul.
Island Exploring & Snorkeling: experience the beauty, the colourful marine life and coral reefs of Koh Phi Phi's Marine National Park with all the comforts of your resorts own speedboat or long tail boats. Special private tours with an experienced guide can be personally arranged to suit your own individual itinerary. Visit the spectacular scenery around Phi Phi Islands taking in the beautiful Rantee Bay, Hin Phae and Loh Samah Bay.
Check the famously renowned film setting "The Beach" in Maya Bay and then relax on its fine powdered white sands, swimming or snorkelling in its crystal clear waters. For a special highlight, this tour also include Pi Leh's most amazing lagoon, resembling a scene from the movie Jurassic Park thanks to its forest covered mountainous limestone peaks; the acoustics here will astound you.
Jungle Trek: some of the best view you can get from Phi Phi is from above. Ask for a trekking session with the resort experienced guide to the panoramic view point of Phi Phi Don Island and amaze at colors and brightness of the nature in this part of the world. You'll have the chance to observe a great variety of native plants and wildlife along the way. Ensure to bring along your camera to capture one of the most picturesque sights and breathtaking view to remember. The journey back to the resort will be by a traditional long-tail boat so to let you see it all again, but from a different perspective
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Phuket, Phi Phi Island
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