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What is Wav_list ransomware? And how does it carry out its attack?
Wav_list ransomware is a new crypto-virus that appends a ".wav_list" extension in every file it encrypts. According to researchers, this threat does not belong to any well-known ransomware group. It is a typical ransomware infection that follows a common pattern in its attack.
Once it carries out its attack, it drops its payload file in the system which is the one that establishes a remote connection to a C&C server. After that, Wav_list ransomware will download its malicious components from this remote server and places them to system folders. This allows the ransomware to manipulate system processes. It then employs a data gathering module which is used to gather information from the infected computer. The harvested data will then be used for the next module called stealth protection used to scan digital signatures of security and antivirus programs installed in the system. Once it finds these programs, it either disables them or completely removes them from the computer to keep them from interfering with the attack. Additionally, Wav_list ransomware also modifies some registry keys and sub-keys in the Windows Registry which allows it to run on every system startup automatically. Once all the system changes are applied, it starts encrypting its targeted files using the AES 256 encryption algorithm. Following data encryption, it appends the .wav_list extension to every file affected and releases a text file named "HOW TO DECRYPT[5me7h].txt" which contains the following message:
- Do not try to recover your files on your own or with someone else,
because after the intervention you can remain without your data forever.
Files encrypted using encryption AES256-CBC.
Its impossible to recover the files without the correct private key.
- You can send a file to test our ability to recover your files (~2 mb).
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How does Wav_list ransomware spread over the web?
Wav_list ransomware could spread the web using one of the common distribution methods for ransomware infections which is through spam email campaigns. The crooks usually disguise this email with a catchy subject telling you that it's an urgent matter and that you have to open the email and download its attachment. When you see this kind of email, you have to be cautious and check if the sender is reliable or not. Cyber crooks use these corrupted attachments to drop the ransomware's malicious executable file on the computer and start its attack.
To effectively eliminate Wav_list ransomware from your PC, make sure to follow the removal instructions below.
Step 1: First, you have to stop the malicious process of Wav_list ransomware by opening the Task Manager. To do that, simply tap the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys on your keyboard.
Step 2: Under the Task Manager, switch to the Processes tab and locate any suspicious-looking process that takes up most of your CPU's resources and is most likely related to Wav_list ransomware.
Step 3: After that, close the Task Manager.
Step 4: Tap Win + R, type in appwiz.cpl and click OK or tap Enter to open Programs and Features under Control Panel.
Step 5: Under the list of installed programs, look for Wav_list ransomware or anything similar and then uninstall it.
Step 6: Next, close Control Panel and tap Win + E keys to launch File Explorer.
Step 7: Navigate to the following locations below and look for Wav_list ransomware's malicious components such as HOW TO DECRYPT[5me7h].txt, and [random].exe, as well as other suspicious files, then delete all of them.
- %WINDIR%\System32\Tasks
- %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\
- %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
- %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Step 8: Close the File Explorer.
Before you proceed to the next steps below, make sure that you are tech savvy enough to the point where you know exactly how to use and navigate your computer's Registry. Keep in mind that any changes you make will highly impact your computer. To save you the trouble and time, you can just use [product-name], this system tool is proven to be safe and excellent enough that hackers won't be able to hack into it. But if you can manage Windows Registry well, then by all means go on to the next steps.
Step 9: Tap Win + R to open Run and then type in regedit in the field and tap enter to pull up Windows Registry.
Step 10: Navigate to the following path:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
- HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Step 11: Delete the registry keys and sub-keys created by Wav_list ransomware.
Step 12: Close the Registry Editor and empty the Recycle Bin.
Try to recover your encrypted files using the Shadow Volume copies
Restoring your encrypted files using Windows' Previous Versions feature will only be effective if Wav_list ransomware hasn't deleted the shadow copies of your files. But still, this is one of the best and free methods there is, so it's definitely worth a shot.
To restore the encrypted file, right-click on it and select Properties, a new window will pop-up, then proceed to Previous Versions. It will load the file's previous version before it was modified. After it loads, select any of the previous versions displayed on the list like the one in the illustration below. And then click the Restore button.
Complete the removal process of Wav_list ransomware by using a trusted and reliable program like [product-name]. Refer to the following guidelines on how to use it.
Perform a full system scan using [product-code]. To do so, follow these steps:
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Gospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21 (6th Saturday of Luke)
The Lord said, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

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In the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has not ceased to fight against the walls of the world, the result of fear, aggression and selfishness, pointing the finger at those 'visible and invisible walls' that break the world into incoherent pieces, a world which, paradoxically, is increasingly globalised. From the so-called Israeli security barrier…Read more


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Google has unveiled Android Pay in its recent update. Android Pay is basically an upgraded and sophisticated version of Google wallet. As I mentioned Android Pay is a mobile wallet application which helps you to store your credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards and so on. This application is yet to be introduced worldwide, as of now it is active only in few countries which include England and USA. This app is available in the Google Play store and can it be downloaded in the countries which allow Android Pay.
One of the primary ideas behind the development and reinvention of Google Wallet to Android pay is to make it more convenient to the users and the merchants. The user can add a debit or credit card within the app. If the user had cards associated with their Google accounts then it can connect in few steps to your Android Pay account. Adding a new card can also be done by taking a snap of the card. This is the easiest way to add a card to the system.
Once the cards are added then just by tapping you can pay to any stores you want to pay. To pay at any contactless terminal open the Android Pay app and tap the button. It can also be seamlessly integrated with Android Watches.
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When they first unveiled Android Pay, it was said that the user will be able to pay for the products by just simply unlocking the phone. Another feature here is for under £30 the user can pay without even unlocking the phone. For these type of purchases, you need to authenticate the purchase.
Authentication is nothing but a tap and bingo, the transaction is done. You don't even have to open the app, the virtual swipe does the job. Once the transaction is done, you will receive the confirmation details on your phone.
When you pay at some selected retailers, your locality points and so on the offers will be auto updated during the checkout. Being a company heavily relying on advertisements integrating the brands, stores and localities to the product help in personalising the offers to the users to a greater extent. So there is a high chance for you to receive specialised offers for Android Pay. This may also increase the proximity marketing and loyalty programs to a greater extent.
Google Playstore:
Synchronising the app store apps with buy with Android pay for the apps and built-in payment within the app for further purchases will make it easier for the user to buy products through mobile. Apps like Chipotle, Domino's, Dunkin Donuts in the US. Apps like Deliver, JD Sports, Zara in the UK have already implemented it.
Chrome Extension:
Google has announced that it might enable Android Pay through chrome to make the business easier for the companies/stores which don't have apps. This opens the possibility for various stores and eases the process of payment for web based apps. Google is yet to announce the release date for this update though.
As we have seen a lot about the Google Pay app, we need to wait until it is released worldwide to experience the new wave of payment. If this can provide success then your mobile phone will be your new credit card.
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There's an echo--or whatever the opposite of an echo is--of Joe Versus the Volcano in the much briefer opening of Snowball Express. Baxter doesn't have a terminal diagnosis, of course. Rather, his great uncle (who he apparently didn't even know) died, and this is Baxter's new lease on life. Get out of the "smudge pot" of the city, the office, and go run a hotel in Colorado.
I just learned this is based on a book called Chateau Bon Vivant--a true story apparently--about newlyweds Frankie and Johnny O'Rear who "arm themselves with a four-hundred-page volume entitled Theories of Hotel Management, two cases of bourbon... and a Vermont beagle" and set about a "twelve-year comedy of errors" running a ski-lodge in Quebec" (Back Cover Description, near as I can tell). Some details have been changed, of course. Frankie is Susan. Johnny is still Johnny but he left the office instead of the navy. Instead of two cases of bourbon, they've got two kids. And, instead of a beagle, they've got a Saint Bernard...
But, I want to back up a bit. To the office.
Christopher Borelli, writing for the Tampa Bay Times in 2011, starts his exploration of "office culture" with an evocative line: "Linda Schroyer got pinched. But then, everyone got pinched. All the women, anyway." Talking about office culture in the early 70s, referencing Mad Men and the realities it echoes. In that brief office bit that starts Snowball Express we see a great little microcosm of that office culture of the time--a lot of white men working on typewriters, one big computer, a water cooler, a time clock, and that one woman... who Baxter draws attention to in his little quitting speech. He awards his stapler to "that man who has logged more hours at the water cooler and managed to survive, Jim Cullen, Mr. Water Cooler himself." He awards his scissors to "George Ball 'cause he demonstrated exceptional courage and ingenuity at last year's Christmas Party when he cut off Mr. Carruthers' tie." Then, he calls out Beverly Boxer for "the outstanding achievement award, my staple remover, goes to that person who has demonstrated that she can contribute the most to office morale. Miss Boxer, I think I can say without fear of contradiction that you have the greatest legs in this office, if not on the whole 40th floor. They have been a distraction. They have caused mad hours wasted. They've made life here bearable." She is, of course, wearing a minidress that shows off those legs.
And, this is mere moments before we know that Baxter is married with children. But, of course, 1972, this is normal office behavior. "She would always get pinched, patted. Then she would laugh. Everyone would laugh," Borelli continues.
Nobody thought much of it; or rather, nobody said much. She wore a ponytail and a miniskirt--because she wanted to, she said, because she was in her 20s and that's what lawyers in the Statehouse [or, here, men in an insurance office] expected, and because she was looking for a husband.
"It was all a great big game," she said. "And when I got pinched, I even felt like I was getting a compliment. Isn't that funny?"
By today's standards, not really. But, that wasn't today. And, neither is Snowball Express. But, as I said with Blackbeard's Ghost, then and now are all wrapped up together in my head. That is the point of this current exercise here at the Groundhog Day Project, after all. For example, what about this scene with flirty Naomi Voight (Joanna Phillips) and the more nebbish Miss Ogelvie (Alice Backes) next to her on the sleigh with Baxter? Why this juxtaposition of women? Except for more inherent, if not deliberate, commentary on the roles of women at the time. The women of Snowball Express are seven:
Beverly Boxer - has some job at Indemnity and Casualty, has great legs. We don't get to know anything more about her. Oh, and she kisses Baxter on his cheek after he awards her his staple remover.
Susan - Baxter's wife, questioning when she needs to be, supportive when she needs to be, serving the plot as she serves her husband.
Chris - Baxter's daughter, serving little purpose except to be the other child--Richard gets the more useful moments, and Chris' best moments rely on a) her inexperience with alcohol while trying to serve drinks and b) being the barely registering (except for a classic case of pairing the spares) object of Wally's (Michael McGreevey) affection, which just leaves her as desperately crying for Wally to be saved when he falls over the side of the cliff.
Miss Wigginton (Mary Wickes) - Ridgeway's assistant, who serves little purpose story wise but to let the audience know Ridgeway isn't to be trusted... except, Susan voices that concern more directly. In the end, she does turn against Ridgeway, but then it's really Richard who manages the deus ex machina solution to all the Baxters' problems. She's there simply to tell us what a) we would have no other way of knowing any more than Baxter would and b) to explain what it means. Like a secretary for the audience. Richard gets a handshake, a hug and a "good work, son." Wigginton gets nothing, except maybe she's going to lose her job.
Naomi - who is introduced flirting with Baxter, who asks Susan about him later (not realizing she's his wife), and Susan says of her, "You get much nicer to Naomi Tightpants, she might stay through the spring." She, like Beverly Boxer in the office, serves as a distraction in the film. In a different era, Baxter might actually be tempted toward an affair. But, this isn't that kind of film.
Miss Ogilvie - A counter to Naomi... But why? Couldn't Naomi have her room invaded by Stoutheart? Is it funny to see that Baxter, with a good wife back at the hotel, is sitting beside these two very different women? It's as if the film only knows a couple roles for women. They are wives, they are sexual objects, or they are something far from it. There are no in betweens. Not that register in this story, anyway. But, this story, like Blackbeard's Ghost revolves around something more stereotypically masculine, climaxing around a sports competition (track there, a snowmobile race here) that doesn't quite get the win the protagonist wants. Also...
Miss Grable - who might as well have been Miss Ogilvie again, when she serves as Wally's first ski student, serving really as a setup for Wally's fall, Baxter going to save him, the donkey engine mishap getting underway, and the Grand Imperial getting a hole burst in its side. She's just a trigger, not a character.
Did these limited roles matter at the time? As Borelli says, "Nobody thought much of it; or rather, nobody said much." This is after second ave feminism has had a big effect in America, in the office, in the home. And, maybe it's almost a positive that the film offers up the wife and the flirt and the nebbish woman. There should be more to a realistic portrayal of women, but at least they are not all exactly the same.
I could also ask, did I notice?
But, it doesn't matter what I noticed. I mean, consciously. It matters that it was there. That I watched this many times, and so many other male-centric films. The patriarchy writ into the fabric of cinema.


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Our society focuses on fictional superheroes because we're drawn to the seemingly impossible. Lines of people will wait to see a new Ironman or Captain America movie… but probably don't give a second's thought to the real heroes out there. There are thousands of men and woman that save the lives of others, but no one knows that they are doing it.
Take, for example, this man in China. He was just walking down a street when he noticed tragedy in the making… and then stopped to help. Most passers by kept on going, but he and another man stopped to save a life.
Immediately, they acted… and one man saved the life of a child.
Watch his heroism in action; your jaw will drop when you see just how miraculous his save was.


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Jammie Thomas hit with $1.5 million verdict
The woman who has been battling the recording industry over 24 songs illegally downloaded and shared online loses another round in court.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota woman who has been fighting the recording industry over 24 songs she illegally downloaded and shared online four years ago, has lost another round in court.
A jury in Minneapolis decided today that she was liable for $1.5 million in copyright infringement damages to Capitol Records, or $62,500 for each song she illegally shared in April 2006.
The Recording Industry Association of America--the trade group that represents the four major music labels--applauded the verdict.
"We are again thankful to the jury for its service in this matter and that they recognized the severity of the defendant's misconduct," the RIAA said in a statement. "Now with three jury decisions behind us along with a clear affirmation of Ms. Thomas-Rasset's willful liability, it is our hope that she finally accepts responsibility for her actions."
Thomas-Rasset is expected to appeal today's judgment before Michael Davis, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, who had previously slashed the damage award in an earlier judgment against Thomas-Rasset.
"We intend to raise our constitutional challenge again before Judge Davis," Kiwi Camara, an attorney representing Thomas-Rasset, said in a statement to CNET. "The fight continues."
The trial is the third for Thomas-Rasset, who was originally accused of sharing 1,700 songs--enough to fill about 150 CDs. After one jury found her liable for copyright infringement in 2007 and ordered her to pay $222,000, the judge in the case later ruled that he erred in instructing the jury and called for a retrial. In the second trial, which took place in 2009, a jury found Thomas-Rasset liable for $1.92 million.
Thomas-Rasset subsequently asked the federal court for a new trial or a reduction in the amount of damages in July 2009.
But earlier this year, the judge found that amount to be "monstrous and shocking" and reduced the amount to $54,000. Following that, the RIAA informed Thomas-Rasset that it would accept $25,000--less than half of the court-reduced award--if she agreed to ask the judge to "vacate" his decision, which means removing his decision from the record. Thomas-Rasset rejected that offer almost immediately.
Updated at 8:20 p.m. PT with comment from Thomas-Rasset attorney, and at 9:10 p.m. to emphasize the illegal sharing aspect of the copyright complaint.
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Over the past decade, challenges to traditional periodizations have flourished as a self-reflexive critique in medieval and early modern studies, tracing the foundations of our fields alongside the growth of European nationalisms and empires. These studies have had broad implications for other literary fields, including postcolonial theory and transnational studies. "Periodization" is the dividing of temporal continuities, but as David Wallace and Jennifer Summit suggest, "a template for dividing up not only time but also place."[1] A period, such as "the Middle Ages," or medieval, conjures up images and ideas that are perceived as antithetical to the definition of modernity, and might also be ascribed to other, non-European cultures. Modern deployments of the term medieval or feudal as a rhetorical tool to signify the "backwardness" of Eastern and global South cultures, betrays the most basic elements of Orientalist and colonialist representations of Muslims going back to the twelfth century, and exposes the Western anxiety about positing European origins onto colonial subjects and geographies. Kathleen Davis, in particular, has argued that the categories which post-colonial theorists had traditionally taken for granted, such as feudalism and secularism, should be understood as bound up with concepts of sovereignty and political shifts occurring between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries towards defining a "secular" and modern English state.[2] In such a construct, according to Davis, "Europe's 'medieval' past and cultural others – mainly colonized non-Christians – were defined as religious, static, and ahistorical – thus open for narrative and territorial development."[3]
The mirroring of Europe's medieval past with its colonial modernity is precisely how Islam has been historically situated as bookending the beginning and end of medieval Europe. The Belgian historian Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) argued in his thesis that with the appearance of Islam in the seventh century, the Western Mediterranean was "closed off" from the wider Mediterranean world, forcing Europe to withdraw into itself, thereby creating a hermetically sealed-off space in order to generate a sense of a distinctly European and Christian identity. He suggests, in his final book Mohammad and Charlemagne, that
Islam had shattered the Mediterranean unity which the Germanic invasions left intact [. . . ] It was the end of the classic tradition. It was the beginning of the Middle Ages, and it happened at the very moment when Europe was on the way to becoming Byzantinized.[4]
For Pirenne, the eastern Mediterranean was a "Musulman lake," quoting (via second-hand reading) the fourteenth-century historian Ibn Khaldun as saying that "the Christians could no longer float a plank upon the sea." In the fifteenth century, the Conquest of Constantinople by Ottoman Turks, and the Conquest of Granada by Catholic Spain, serve as two markers that initiate an early modern period that redraws Europe's periodized geography: in this modernity, Iberia becomes wholly "European" and Byzantium ceases to be Europe and reverts to "Asia."
Postcolonial medievalist criticism of periodization highlights Western assumptions about secular modernity that largely structures discourses about contemporary globalization and transnationalism. An emergent field, for example, of "global medieval studies" would attempt to challenge neo-liberal ideologies of modernity by re-reading the pre-modern against Eurocentrism. When globalizing the "medieval," though, medievalists should beware not to repeat the colonial narratives of that defined European empires in the Americas, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia. In understanding both the medievalisms of the postcolonial world outside of Europe, and also the margins of medieval Europe itself (in places like al-Andalus, Sicily, the Maghreb, Russia, and the early Ottoman Empire), we may come closer to understanding how our current geo-political imaginaries shape our ideas about pre-modern temporalities.[5]
[1] Summit, J., and D. Wallace. "Rethinking Periodization." Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 37, no. 3 (October 2007): 447–451. At 447
[2] Kathleen Davis, Periodization and Sovereignty: How Ideas of Feudalism and Secularization Govern the Politics of Time (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008).
[3] Davis, at p. 77.
[4] Pirenne, Henri. Mohammed & Charlemagne. Courier Dover Publications, 2001. 164.
[5] Kathleen Davis and Nadia Altschul, eds., Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World: The Idea of "the Middle Ages" Outside Europe (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009); Karla Mallette, European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean: Toward a New Philology and a Counter-Orientalism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010).


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Nesco Ltd is a diversified Indian-based company with business interests in the engineering, realty, and services sectors. The company's manufacturing group includes Nesco Engineering and services groups include Bombay Convention & Exhibition Center and NESCO Realty. The company manufactures engineering products, including forging hammers and presses, blowroom lines and high production cards for textile industry, and sucker rod pumps for onshore oil recovery. Their manufacturing facilities are located at Karamsad and Vishnoli in Gujarat and Mumbai in Maharashtra. Nesco Engineering provides equipment to Indian Railways, Ordnance Factories, Forging Plants and others. The company's Bombay Exhibition Center is situated along the Western Express Highway in Goregaon, which is a permanent venue for conventions, exhibitions and trade fairs in India. Nesco Realty operates in realty business, including developing and providing built up spaces for multinational companies and corporate at their various properties. Nesco Ltd was incorporated in the year 1946 as New Standard Engineering Co Ltd.
Initially, the company was operated from Byculla and then they set up two more plants at Parel and Santacruz. In the year 1959, they consolidated their three operations and moved to Western Express Highway at Goregaon in Mumbai. In the year 1986, the company diversified into realty business, developing and providing build up space for multi national companies and leading Indian corporate. In the year 1992, they set up an exhibition centre named as Bombay Exhibition Centre at its complex on the Western Express Highway at Goregaon, Mumbai. In order to reflect the company's transformation from engineering company to a diversified company, the name of the company was changed from New Standard Engineering Co Ltd to Nesco Ltd in January 2001. During the year 2004-05, the Indabrator Ltd along with their two plants in Gujarat and an 85,000 sq ft premises in Mumbai merged with the company with effect from July 1, 2004.
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Last year, we celebrated the 25 years of Mix Brasil, and in our catalogue introduction we
mentioned "a conservative obscurantism wave" finishing the text with a premonitory
statement, saying that the Festival "has been and would keep on being the most consistent LGBT cultural act in our country". It wasn't possible by then to predict that the feeling of insecurity and the LGBTphobic rhetoric would escalate and reach not only those historically marginalized groups of our community. In this 26th edition, it's clear that Mix Brasil role ismore important than ever.
The Resistance we talk about it today, it's not only about Civil and Human Rights, the
acquired ones as much as the ones that were up for discussion. Culture itself is at risk.
But that's why we are here, existing and resisting.
This year, there will be more than 100 films screened, with an emphasis on the increasing number of FEMALE directors and a lesbian film historic retrospective. Among Brazilians, who have been gaining importance year after year in the programme, we'll debut the National Panorama, which is added to the Brazilian Competition with a total of 20 feature films, a record. We shall also highlight the powerful short films production coming from Rio de Janeiro, an artistic evidence of resistance from the city that's been more sharpingly facing the economical crisis and the ultra conservatism effects. São Paulo keeps on being the top and more diverse production hub, and North and Northeast regions have been developing new and peculiar cinematographic languages with significant presence of LGBTQI characters and themes.
In order to show that there are many of us and we are making our presence felt in all
audiovisual areas, we open the Games axis in partnership with Abragames and
BIG Festival.
Literature returns in full force bringing debates and workshops with more than 60 essential names of the national publishing scenario.
Mix Music and Theater in Scene, as usual, make a recap of performances and names that
marked the music scene and the scenic arts.
And for a better understanding of the moment and an exchange of ideas, we'll have our 4th Conference edition, produced in partnership with Pajubá and a number of groups to talk about Politics, Market, Health, Identities and Feminism these times.
João Nery, a symbol of courage and persistence for the global trans community who
recently passed away, is honored with the Mix Icon Award.
2018 has been quite hard, and we already know that next year will be even more
challenging. 26th Mix Brasil Festival of Cultural Diversity provides us eleven days to think
together on the smartest, most empowered and effective ways of resistance.
Just like the words of Johnny Hooker's song, our trailer topic this year, "a new era will
overcome so that we can flourish and love, love with no fear".
Andre Fischer, João Federici and Josi Geller


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Bookman L
Avant Garde
Zapf Chancery
New Century Schoolbook
In short: We present a release of UFO source files for the Ghostscript fonts, a set of typefaces created to replace (and mimic) the proprietary typefaces present in the specification of Adobe PostScript. Download them as a zip, together with installable fonts, or fork them on GitHub. Let me explain.
I want my generic medication
Like medication for which the patents have expired, popular typefaces sprout generic sisters and brothers. For Helvetica: Swiss 721, CG Triumvirate, Pragmatica, Nimbus Sans.
All of this is possible because copyright protection on fonts is not very strong, especially in the United States. The thing that is copyrightable, though, is the series of points contained in an actual font file, i.e. the digital artefact that constitutes the typeface. That is why, in any End User License Agreement, the legal language refers always to the font as a program: a program, as a series of written instructions, is copyrightable.
The DNA of the 1990ies
Desktop Publishing is what happened when personal computers got powerful enough to create layouts for print publications. If you want to find one document that represents the DNA of Desktop publishing, the Adobe Postscript specification would be a good candidate. PostScript, as a language that describes page layouts, and the vector drawings and typefaces used in these layouts. In the late 1980ies, it is the glue that binds together layout programs such as Aldus Pagemaker, Adobe Illustrator and printers such as the Apple Laserwriter.
In the 1990ies, virtually all graphic designers find themselves moving to the desktop computer. Yet even if its production has moved to the screen, the image of Graphic Design in the 1990ies is still tightly coupled to print. David Carson's 'Print is Dead' is a book, not a website or a tv show. Designers make their name with magazines and record covers. And even if Truetype, a format developed by Apple & Microsoft, makes a lot of progress in adapting vector typefaces for the screen, it is Emigre's and Fontshop's typefaces, designed for print and executed in PostScript, that seem to capture the design aesthetic of the era.
It is also in this time that we see a number of auto-reflexive typefaces, that deal with the nature of the vector curve in general and PostScript in particular. Neville Brody's FF Autotrace is a reflection of the passage from the analog to the digital, and more precisely, from raster to vector. Simulating the effect of a rushed automatic 'vectorisation' script on a bitmap of a Helvetica like grotesk, it is a meditation on the kind of transformations that are performed over and over again in the process of Desktop Publishing.
An analogue drawing might first be scanned to get it into the computer, which produces a raster image, then transformed into vectors to be able to scale it in dimensions. To make the image visible though, it will need to be rasterised again, first on the screen of the designer, and finally by the printing device.
Letterror dives into the very fabric of PostScript when creating FF Beowolf, what they call a RandomFont. Just van Rossum and Erik van Blokland have added an extra command to the PostScript language: freakto. Instead of the more predictable curveto and moveto commands of regular PostScript, the points are slightly random. Letteror says 'Beowolf demonstrated that digital fonts are data and code, and therefore instructions that can modify themselves.'. Pierre H. tells me, it used to get you banned from printshops (the PostScript execution taking place in the printer, printing a document in Beowolf takes significantly more time and computing resources then printing a regular document).
It is only today, when every design agency also produces websites and mobile applications, PostScript has lost its position of the central language. When designing for the screen, a 'page description language' is not flexible enough. The defining language of today is probably the markup language HTML, which trades in the (typo)graphic precision of PostScript for the kind of flexibility screen based media require. The main standard for eBooks, ePUB, is based upon it.
The ghost in the shell
Every language needs interpreters. Early laser printers had their own PostScript interpreter, translating the vector image into a rasterisation. You also need an interpreter when you want to rasterise a PostScript document to the screen. A PostScript interpreter that is Free and Open Source (and who's history also goes back to the 1980ies) is Ghostscript.
As part of the specification for PostScript, Adobe specifies a set of 35 fonts each PostScript capable device should be able to handle. Because these typefaces are not available under an open source license, GhostScript has a problem creating a Linux version. The solution: the company developing GhostScript convinces the Hamburg based font design company URW to license a set of their generic typefaces under the GPL license:
The copyright holder of these fonts, URW++ Design and Development Incorporated (the successor to the former well-known URW company), was willing to release the fonts with the GPL and the AGFPL because they judged (correctly in my opinion) that these particular fonts have become such a commodity item, with such low profit margins, that the value to URW++ of having URW++`s name widely visible and appreciated on the net is now greater than the loss of profit from those future sales that the free licenses will cause not to occur.
If PostScript is the DNA of Desktop Publishing, these 35 fonts represent its typographic genes. Thus, while none of the fonts are extremely interesting in their own right, they form a great backdrop for showing procedural transformations on typefaces. Examples are OSP's NotCourierSans (chopping the serifs of the Nimbus Mono), Patin Helvète (adding serifs to the Nimbus Sans) and Limousine (attempting to maximally change the character of Nimbus Sans through minimal modifications). And it is because of the free and open source license of the GhostScript fonts, that these alterations and their redistributions are allowed.
What's the fuss
You can get the original release of the Ghostscript Fonts on Sourceforge. These are PostScript Type 1 fonts. If you want to continue building on them, the UFO font format is more suitable. That is why we prepared a release of all these font files in this format (an added convenience: less cryptic filenames). We see these fonts as finished, but there are some technical implementation details that could still be improved: you can find more info in the README.txt. More importantly, you might find ways to abuse them for your own ends—if you were formed in the 1990ies, PostScript is in your blood: and these are the fonts you will feel all Oedipal about.


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New Legislation to Help Longstanding Barbers
Rep Wingard Pushes for Changes After Case of 82-year old Sherwood Barber
Salem— After a recent case involving an 82-year old barber in his district, State Representative Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville) is now pushing new legislation to help others in a similar situation in the future.
Wingard is proposing amendments to House Bill 2144 which would grant lifetime licenses, at no cost, to barbers who have been licensed in good standing for over 45 years. HB 2144 comes up for a hearing on Wednesday, March 2nd at 3 pm in the House Health Care Committee in Hearing Room D at the State Capitol.
Dale Smith, owner of Dale's Barber Shop in Old Town Sherwood, was recently told by the Oregon Board of Cosmetology that he would have to undergo a series of complicated tests in order to reinstate his license to practice. Smith's license had lapsed without his knowledge four years earlier.
"When you have a guy like Dale, who has been a barber for over 50 years, they should be granted a permanent license that would be good until they retire," said Wingard. "The state bureaucracy forced Dale into a position where he had to sell his barbershop and give up the profession he loves. My hope is that after we enact these legislative changes, what happened to Dale will never happen again."


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There is no question that the groundbreaking treatments being developed in Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) are fundamentally changing the way patient care is managed around the world. As with most revolutionary breakthroughs in medicine or any other industry, the supply chain is critically important. These revolutionary therapies only have value if you can effectively get them to the patients, or in the case of CGT, into the patient's vein. Furthermore, CGT treatments are extremely fragile and require weeks to develop in multiple facilities. It cannot be stressed enough that a fail-proof supply chain is necessary.
The pharmaceutical supply chain is already one of the most complex in the world and rightly so; to ensure that the pills, vaccines or liquids have not been adulterated and are safe for consumption, every aspect of the supply chain must be vetted to ensure quality and integrity. CGT takes this to a whole new level. For conventional drug development, a multitude of qualified suppliers work with manufacturers to bring a product to market in a robust and vetted GxP process that has resiliency and redundancy. Risk is mitigated through multiple suppliers and manufacturers around the globe in redundant supply chains. If a batch of gel caps doesn't pass final QA release because they sat on a hot tarmac too long, they can simply be discarded, and another will quickly take its place. There is no such luxury in CGT development. In the CGT process, one treatment for one patient can easily exceed $400,000. The patient is the supplier in many cases, and the margin for error is nonexistent. A patient's life may literally hang in the balance.
From a logistics standpoint, CGTs are extremely sensitive to variations in temperature, requiring very strict controls. From the time of blood withdrawal to patient dosing, every aspect of the supply chain must be actively monitored and controlled. Time, temperature, and product security are just a few of the critical elements that need to be constantly monitored. Each stage of the supply chain plays a critical role in determining treatment effectivenss. To ensure success, a complete and vetted shipping system must be used.
CGTs are most often transported in a cryogenic state of liquid nitrogen contained in a vacuum dewar. On the surface, this sounds simple – it's a process and technology that has been used for decades. However, when transporting a single treatment with a value in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the process needs to be much more robust. A shipping system should include the following elements: validation and shock absorption through advanced internal and external packaging that exceeds ISTA standards; state-of-the-art dewar technology and revalidation processes that ensure cryogenic holding times are actively monitored and confirmed for every shipment; active shipment level tracking that is based on redundant GPS, cellular and WiFi networks constantly monitored around the globe; and 24/7/365 support personnel who can intervene in emergencies. No exceptions. These are the standards that must be adopted globally to ensure patient safety and CGT success.
Currently Cryoport is using our years of industry experience and advanced technological expertise in helping set these standards with the governing bodies across the globe. Watch the video below to learn more about Cryoport's proactive role in creating the critical guidelines necessary to develop and distribute regenerative medicine.


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Faith Dawson
The National Institutes of Health awarded an $11.3 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to the Tulane Center for Aging. The grant means an additional five years of funding for the multidisciplinary project that began in 2012.
The COBRE award further establishes the Tulane center's research into aging and regenerative medicine by junior investigators, expanding its cardiovascular focus to emphasize musculoskeletal aging. The center will also examine chronic low-grade inflammation, a hallmark of many age-related diseases, such as osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's and macular degeneration.
"The access to cutting-edge technologies through COBRE is critical for execution of my project."
Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak


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The ORIGINAL gathering place for a merry band of Three Percenters. (As denounced by Bill Clinton on CNN!)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Stewart Rhodes of Oath Keepers is going to be live on the Chris Matthews Show on MS-NBC with SPLC's lying castrato Mark Potok at 1700 Eastern today.
7 comments:
- Skullz said...
2/3 as fake....
- October 20, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Well, that was just a little biased.
SPLC got to drone on about his views.
- October 20, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Kevin Patrick said...
I have a hard time believing that people like Matthews can actually believe those things they are saying.
Of course our Rights were threatened under Bush. Of course they are threatened under Obama.
Just because we elected a black man, doesn't mean that he won't fall victim to same the corrupting influence of power.
The fact that this infringement is supposedly for our 'best interest' doesn't make it any less tyrannical.
God save us from all the do-good'ers.
- October 20, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- W W Woodward said...
Just watched the circus. Mr. Rhodes did an extremely good job of holding his ground and not allowing Matthews to put words into his mouth.
I can only hope that others who were sitting on the fence were able to recognize that fact.
- October 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- USMC VET said...
I signed on with Oath Keepers 4 (countem four) days ago...
Since then, over 2,000 more have joined our ranks...
The word is out and they can't stand it...
They call us racists and haters...
Still the the numbers keep climbing...
We are two peoples occupying the same land...
Though they have eyes and ears, they refuse to see...refuse to hear...
This is going to be very ugly...
I pray I am wrong...
I will stand with any one of you threepers...
God help us save the Republic...
- October 20, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Amen USMC_VET....I live my life by the motto "Pray for peace, prepare for war."
I have long thought since my childhood that major machinations of this nation would unfold in my lifetime. I fear that time is near, not because there will be a fight, but because many a brave soul will no longer be with us when it's over.
Be that as it may....it is time for this generation to sacrifice so that future generations might reap the rewards of liberty.
It is time.
- October 20, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Oath Keepers National President Stewart Rhodes
Forces SLPC Spokesperson Mark Potok,
to concede that Oath Keepers is not a
racist white supremacist group or militia.
- October 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM


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Whizz Kid: Vikings RB (and league substance abuse policy violator) Onterrio Smith caught in airport with the Whizzinator, a device used to foil drug tests that "includes a prosthetic penis attached to a jockstrap and plastic bag." But he was transporting it for his cousin, so we're all cool.
Couple of pre-emptive strikes: I think the NFL substance abuse policy is largely stupid and I think the TSA has no business going through people's luggage unless there is a reasonable suspicion of a security threat. That aside, I just couldn't resist the chance to include the words "prosthetic penis" on a FPP. My list of things to do before I die is now one item shorter.
posted by holden at 06:10 PM on May 11, 2005
I think the NFL substance abuse policy is largely stupid I think Onterrio Smith is largely stupid. That being said, he's obviously a caring family man. Any human that would go so far as to purchase a fake crank for his cousin (yeah, right) can't be all bad. Hopefully the people at the Prosthetic Penis Outlet didn't screw up his order and send him the small white one.
posted by dyams at 06:50 PM on May 11, 2005
I'd like to point out that this is the absolute funniest thing I've read in weeks, that I plan to purchase stock in the company manufacturing the Whizzanator for its brilliant use of photos on its web site, and that Mike Tice has already been reprimanded for scalping tickets to women who want to watch Vikings players drop their pants at random tests.
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:48 PM on May 11, 2005
By the way, possible Whizzanator slogans: Accept no other substiroot! We beat the piss out of the competition! It's a weiner! Get one or urine trouble! Possible Whizzanator spokesmen: Keyshaun Johnson Woody Hayes Jeremiah Cockheran Michael Bishop Doug "Skin" Flutie and, of course ... Dick Trickle Full disclosure: in researching possibilities, I stumbled upon this web site, which lists the 50 worst nicknames for a penis. Personal faves -- President Johnson, The New York Post and King Ohyeah.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:03 PM on May 11, 2005
Ha fucking ha. This story rules. Didn't Onterrio play his college ball in Eugene, OR for the Ducks? They should get some sort of dispensation. Having said that, you can't bust a guy for having this. Yes, obviously common sense tells you exactly why he has it, but it isn't banned. The price he will pay is some poor schmoe will have to actually watch him leak into the cup. Any volunteers?
posted by vito90 at 11:38 PM on May 11, 2005
According to the police report, a bag Smith was carrying set off security alarms before an April 21 flight. The alarms later were traced to a tube of toothpaste. Seriously? I've never had trouble with toothpaste, and I always bring some with me in my carry-on. Whatever, though. Back to the fake penis jokes.
posted by Samsonov14 at 12:49 AM on May 12, 2005
How can you be 'caught' with something that isn't illegal? Man just wants to beat a drug test.... That apparently he has no idea when will happen. Because, me - I'm putting my Whizzinator in cargo. The odds of needing it during the flight are probably remote. However, chance favours the prpared mind and all that. By the way - whatever happened to just drinking a shitload of cranberry juice? Oh god - have the authorities caught up? Do we all need fake penises? Because in some ways that would be awesome.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 07:11 AM on May 12, 2005
At least he wasn't caught with a sausage in his pants like the guy in Spinal Tap. That would have been embarrassing.
posted by rcade at 07:34 AM on May 12, 2005
As long as he doesn't get suspended, hey.
posted by shaitan at 09:40 AM on May 12, 2005
cut him what is this two seasons in a row at a boy smith.
posted by HitmanTennis at 01:57 PM on May 12, 2005
Word spreads fast. Or would it be Whizz.
posted by HOE.O.K. at 06:01 PM on May 12, 2005
This is only the tip of the iceberg. There appears to be a whole industry on how to "beat" a drug test or cleance yourslef quickly for one. I suspected that congress would get involved sooner or later!
posted by daddisamm at 01:06 AM on May 13, 2005


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When a data set is cataloged, it can be referred to by name without the user needing to specify where the data set is stored. Data sets can be cataloged, uncataloged, or recataloged. All system-managed DASD data sets are cataloged automatically in a catalog.
Cataloging of data sets on magnetic tape is not required, but doing so can simplify users' jobs.
In z/OS, the Master Catalog and User Catalogs store the locations of data sets. Both disk and tape data sets can be cataloged. To find a data set that you have requested, z/OS must know three pieces of information:
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– Unit (the volume device type, such as a 3390 disk or 3590 tape)
You can specify all three values on ISPF panels or in JCL. However, the unit device type and the volume are often not relevant to an end user or application program. A system catalog is used to store and retrieve UNIT and VOLUME location of a data set. In its most basic form, a catalog can provide the unit device type and volume name for any data set that is cataloged. A system catalog provides a simple look-up function. With this facility the user need only provide a data set name.
Master Catalog and User Catalog
A z/OS system always has at least one Master Catalog. If it has a single catalog, this catalog would be the Master Catalog and the location entries for all data sets would be stored in it. A single catalog, however, would be neither efficient nor flexible, so a typical z/OS system uses a master catalog and numerous User Catalogs connected to it.
A User Catalog stores the name and location of a data set (dsn/volume/unit). The master catalog usually stores only a data set High-Level Qualifier (HLQ) with the name of the user catalog, which contains the location of all data sets prefixed by this HLQ. The HLQ is called an alias.
As a general rule, all user data sets in a z/OS installation are cataloged. Uncataloged data sets are rarely needed and their use is often related to recovery problems or installation of new software. Data sets created through ISPF are automatically cataloged.


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Home Comfort Trends for 2017
Picture it: you are collecting your things at your office and miles away at your home, the range turns on to make dinner. The AC system is notified and lowers the temperature to deliver more cool air to balance out the oven's extra heat. When you get home the lights automatically turn on as you walk in, dinner is made, and your home is at the perfect temperature.
That's the ideal experience! And also the type of advanced home interconnectivity that is obtainable now and 2017 could be a crucial year for advancements in how your home's HVAC system functions as part of the team.
"Smart phones transformed our lives in part because they allowed countless apps to make our lives less challenging and richer," said Rob Haines, Marketing Manager for Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning. "We anticipate that in 2017, developers will be centering on more new apps that allow all your home's systems and appliances to interact opposed to being siloed, and this will create breakout new advancements in how your home's heating and air conditioning system work."
Smart thermostats and newer, updated HVAC systems can already send alerts to you about energy usage and regular maintenance such as when it's time to change the air filter. Future systems could even be able to determine a potential equipment failure before it happens and notify your HVAC repair company to reach out to you and schedule a technician's visit. The technician will get to your home with prior knowledge about the problem and the required parts to repair it.
Another work in progress is the use of infrared heat sensing in the home that will conclude which rooms are in use by residents and actually send heating and cooling specifically to those areas.
"Zoned HVAC systems have been one of the largest growing parts of the HVAC industry for several years, and that will remain a large opportunity," said Haines. "Also, systems will center on heating and cooling specific regions of the home as needed to improve comfort and energy efficiency."
And yes, Haines adds, the millennials are helping to drive the trends for at-home connectivity and more efficient heating and cooling systems. "As millennials invest in their homes, they expect their home systems like HVAC to not only do what they are told, but to track and adjust themselves and to proactively provide feedback to the homeowner. We also see that the millennials and Generation X are much more sophisticated about energy efficiency and those consequences of their HVAC systems."
While February is the right time to look at trends for the year, it's also a fantastic time to look into savings that will pay off in the upcoming seasons. For the next several weeks many Service Experts centers are giving free or deeply discounted equipment when you buy a qualifying item, such as a free furnace when you buy an air conditioning system. Heating tune-ups are also deeply discounted just in time for the coldest months of the year. Call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Raleigh today to schedule a free in-home estimate or to set up a Precision tune up to make sure your heating equipment is ready to keep you comfortable and safe all winter long.


text: Gracen and I had so much fun with today's art project that we actually ended up doing it twice! It's the simplest technique, but the results are absolutely stunning and in this case, perfect for Valentine's Day too! {Though my original thought was to use the pieces as art in Miss G's bedroom…}


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- Our group maintains you notified and ensures that insurance policy firms will certainly move the insurance claim along.
Fire Damages in Bloomington TX
Smoke damages is among the worse points to need to manage since it is not constantly necessarily noticeable yet it influences all your belongs including our garments and furnishings, and also belongs. Then you will be safeguarded versus the smoke damages, if you have fire insurance coverage. If you have fire insurance coverage and your home was damaged or damaged when you are allowed back right into your houses, you ought to promptly speak to personal insurances asserts adjusters to refine your claims. As a result of the lot of homes impacted there will be a several cases submitted so it best to obtain some type of concern.
Call Bloomington Public Adjusters for Help
There may even be some government help that you might qualify for. Once more a specialist insurance coverage asserts adjusters will certainly be your best choice to get all those benefits. So start accessing your problems and also start determining exactly what you need to do to fix your property and also just how much it will set you back to do all that.
Reconstruct Your Bloomington House Fast
When your residence was drastically damaged or lost entirely, you require aid fast. Our action prepare for house owners is composed of the following:
- We secure your plan advantages by setting up immediate emergency aid.
Our adjusters establish your plan coverage and also study all benefits and also exemptions.
- We make certain appropriate real estate and created a case that is within your insurance protection, allowing you to rebuild your residence.
- We put together accurate data regarding all your losses.
Our team will certainly be the liaison between you as well as the insurance provider.
- With your assistance, Insurance Adjuster Bloomington develops an efficient insurance claims approach to minimize the inconvenience of being displaced from your house.
Maintain Good Records
In order to effectively submit any insurance claims you have to keep great information records of what you had prior to the damages, as well as what it set you back for you to fix it. A successful insurance coverage negotiation is one that pay you the price to main you hold. Therefore, at any time you make any type of renovation to your home, you need to maintain records of every little thing that you did, maintain the invoices for all of your acquisitions, and take pictures of all of the job that you had actually done so that you can verify the previous existing state of the house. You require to get an assessor to appraise the repair service price to fix your residence, assuming you have not repaired it. In every phrase of your insurance coverage claims, the insurance adjusters are going to attempt to decrease the value of your insurance claims to make sure that they could pay you much less compared to you could confirm. They do this by inspecting your receipts, the replacement price that you are requesting. That is why it's a good concept to collaborate with a independent insurance adjusters who have access to the exact same data that the insurance policy firm trusts. He or she could then utilize their expertise of how the insurance adjusters work and also existing information that will certainly assault the insurance provider plans to lessen the worth of your insurance claims.
Bloomington TX Insurance Adjuster Role
In the insurance coverage organization there are exactly what they call insurance policy cases adjusters. These are people who are involved in handling clients or customers insurance policy claims. They are the ones who will certainly explore an insurance coverage policy holder's insurance claims as well as eventually launch a certified settlement.
The settlement that the adjuster identifies will certainly depend upon the plan holder's insurance protection and also the damages for which they have declared. Many insurance adjusters would certainly be firm workers, however it is possible to find independent consultants that will certainly stand for the plaintiffs.
There are the some points you will certainly should find out about insurance policy declares adjusters if you are going to be included in any kind of procedure involving an insurance policy business.
Most of the bigger insurance provider have their internal training programs and when they hire insurance adjusters they will take their educational history, experience and also certifications right into account before choosing where they will place them.
If a person has a building or design history then the firm will use them as industrial adjusters, an example of this would be that. Depending on their specialty or background they are generally put where they would be most helpful.
If a person was going to be utilized as an auto insurance adjuster they would need analytic skills and abilities to interact with individuals, it is reasonable to say that. For primarily, Insurance Cases Adjusters, need to be individuals who ready in individual relationships.
So, if you are a homeowner you need to be prepared as well as have a little knowledge of how you can manage them and their prospective 'venture out, especially if they are under the work of among your insurance companies. Not all insurance firms have scheming insurance claim adjuster there are some firms that do anything in order to make the most of revenues and keeping payouts to a minimum is one way of achieving that function.
How long does it take an insurance adjuster to come out?
There are approaches where an insurance case adjuster could utilize towards their client in order not provide them a direct response, as an example they might tell you that they will certainly refer you to an additional insurance adjuster that can react to your concern as they is in cost of that location of business.
How insurance adjusters are paid?
Some insurance coverage case adjusters may make an offer of something besides money designed to appease you in an offered circumstance these could include, a ticket for a trip or if the plaintiff is young after that they would offer a Play Terminal 3, an iPod, or a Nintendo Wii.
It is very important for the plaintiff to not allow the insurance policy case adjuster to push them. Surreptitious case adjusters excel at exactly what they do and among their methods of putting pressure on the homeowner is by calling them at the incorrect time of the day like early in the early morning when the children are rushing to institution or you are attempting to get to function. By doing this they're not offering you time to assume and pressure you in concurring with their offer. So when handling an insurance provider, court them by their employees or agents and threaten any type of underhandedness with a war their online reputation.
What does an insurance claims adjuster in Bloomington do?
If you have fire insurance coverage and your home was damaged or ruined as quickly as you are allowed back into your homes, you ought to quickly contact personal insurances declares adjusters to refine your cases. In every expression of your insurance cases, the insurance adjusters are going to try to decrease the worth of your cases so that they could pay you much less than you can verify. That is why it's a good concept to function with a independent insurance adjusters who have accessibility to the very same information that the insurance company relies upon. He or she can then utilize their expertise of just how the insurance adjusters job and existing information that will assault the insurance firms plans to lessen the value of your cases.


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Alert ST. Johns
PLEASE NOTE: Some addresses within St. Johns County may not be immediately recognized by the Alert St. Johns system. If yours is one of them, follow the instructions to have your address added manually.
Residents of St. Johns County can be notified of Public safety issues by high-speed telephone emergency notification services. The Alert St. Johns system gives county and city officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notification/information messages to the entire county or to targeted areas. Officials from the Sheriff's Office, Emergency Management, St. Johns County Fire Rescue, St. Augustine Police, and St. Augustine Beach Police Department have been trained on the system to ensure all citizens can be informed of any public safety issues.
The system can be used on a variety of events to include, but not limited to, hazardous weather conditions, fires, bomb threats, gas leaks, missing children or adults, escaped prisoners, hazardous material emergencies, or sexual offender or predator notifications.
Such systems are only as good as the telephone database supporting them. If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be called. The system gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly to the system's telephone database.
All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the past year, and who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone. Sheriff Shoar explained that the Alert St. Johns system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency notification calls in any given situation. It also works fine for cellular phones, but they have to be matched with a street address.


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[Blind Gossip] Here's another celebrity who wants to lecture you on how to live.
She wants you to pay attention to nutrition and the environment.
It isn't because she wants you to buy her new product line. Oh, no. It's because she has deeply held convictions about keeping our bodies and the environment healthy.
So please keep listening to our reality TV star lecture you about how you should feed your child healthy, organic foods and about how you should refrain from using plastic utensils because they hurt the environment.
Then watch her hop on a private jet with a box of fried chicken from a national fast food joint.
Similar: Big Mouth Small Deal
[Optional] Which member of her family is the biggest hypocrite?


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Drifting the entire course is something that is truly on another level. But that's exactly what Formula Drift Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. did.
Using a supercharged Ford Performance Aluminator 5.0 XS powered Mustang RTR, Gittin conquered the legendary course and showcased his precision driving skills.
Watch this video to see Gittin drift through Nürburgring's treacherous curves.
Gittin's specially prepared Ford Mustang RTR uses a Vortech JT trim supercharger, capable of 700-900 horsepower and a PPG Performance 6-speed sequential gearbox to row through the gears of the tight and technical course.
Road-legal Nitto NT555 G2 tires, SCT Performance GTX tune and XForce Exhaust made the magic happen as he was shredding tires and performing automotive acrobatics.
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Hi everyone!
In 2013 I was lucky enough to visit Northern Italy. I visited many beautiful places! It was a fabulous trip!!
Here are three paintings from my trip ...... I hope you like them!
|Bellagio Point, Lake Como, Italy, 25 x 35 cms POA
|Mountains of Griante, Lake Como, Italy, 25 x 35 cms POA
|Gulf of La Spezia, Northern Italy, 23 x 44 cms POA
POA = Price on Application
If you are interested in purchasing one of these paintings please do not hesitate to contact me!


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Mannerist architecture is not exactly an easy topic, and it's even more difficult to understand when you can't see it in situ (and when photos are prohibited in this location!). But for anyone who has had, or will have, the fortune of stumbling into the oddly silent courtyard beside the church of San Lorenzo, Michelangelo's Laurentian Library is a true gem. This article helps you understand why this work of architecture is truly revolutionary.
The Laurentian Library was named in honor of Lorenzo de' Medici (aka Il Magnifico), who was a great collector of ancient and modern texts and who greatly expanded Medici library at end of 15th century. He had a famous collection of books that was seized during Medici exile in 1494; it was later recovered and moved to Rome under Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici.
The idea for a library at San Lorenzo in Florence seems to go back to 1519 along with creation of the Medici Chapel by Michelangelo in the same complex, but the plan only really took off in 1523 when Cardinal Giulio de' Medici became Pope Clement VII. As part of his plan to glorify the Medici in the area of Florence traditionally dominated by this family, he wished to bring the Medici book collection back to Florence and unite it under one roof.
Between 1524 and 1527, Michelangelo worked steadily on this wonderfully well-documented commission: letters between M and the Pope are about everything from lighting, site, cost, structural issues, design of doors, tabernacles, reading desks, ceiling decoration, etc. He was helped by a large workshop and the easy availability of local building materials (a rare moment that he was not using Carrara marble). Then in 1527 the Medici were exiled; work came to a halt and was finished after the artist moved to Rome, with the execution more or less to his plans and with some involvement via courier.
Surpassing Structural Challenges
At the Laurentian Library, Michelangelo had to surpass interesting structural challenges: the monastic complex already exisited (with monks' dormitories and adjacent church) and the rest of the neighbourhood was already built up so there was only one place to put the library, and that was above the extant structure. For this reason he had to make it particularly light. The location on the third floor also accommodated certain other necessary aspects of library construction such as being high up in case of floods and being near the monks' dormitories so that it could be easily accessed (think of the placement of the library at San Marco, for example).
In the photo above of the exterior, you see a long area on the left – that's the "reading room" – and a taller space on the right, which is the "vestibule". The latter is a kind of ante-chamber that contains a staircase (built by Ammannati in 1559) that leads into the other room. Have you ever seen a room just for a stairwell before? Probably not.It's a particularly tall and weird space! It's also a little dark, since the pope didn't agree with Michelangelo's plan to install skylights here – he said you'd need two monks to work full-time just to clean the dust.
Mannerism in the Laurentian Library
This space is one of the most discussed architectural spaces of the Renaissance, and this discourse is focused on Michelangelo's bold architectural innovations, in which he breaks with normal Renaissance usage. As John Shearman writes in his 1967 Mannerism: "The principal development here is an application of licence to all architectural members, major and minor. It is the first building that seems to have been turned outside in, for the massive treatment of the interior walls belongs by tradition to exteriors."
One of the examples of this licence is the use of columns, which are in fact here in pairs. Contrary to logical usage, they are actually embedded into the wall (as are the pilasters in here, but that's a bit more normal). For Shearman the resulting effect is that "it seems that the wall is squeezed forward by the order, or as if the architecture had become organic, capable of movement."
Below these double columns are giant volutes (scrolls) that seem to hang there like tongues – they, too, serve no purpose. And in fact they are rather too large for the space, so that in the corners they, as James Ackerman says, "seem to mate rather than meet".
The stairway itself is also particularly impractical and unusual. I have always felt that it looks like the flow of lava spilling down onto the terracotta floor. Did you know that Michelangelo wanted to make the stairwell in walnut wood like the reading desks in the room next door, but this idea was discarded… because the squeaks would have been distracting to the studious monks!
In the current pietra serena version, if you walk up the central area, the curved fronts finish in curly cues that are extremely effective in catching shoes. There is a "hand rail" of sorts down the center, but there is no rail or protection at the sides – there is no way this would pass ANY building code nowadays! These dysfunctional elements are intentional because the staircase was conceived of as a freestanding work of sculpture rather than functional architecture.
Michelangelo was generally praised by contemporaries for his "good judgment" in breaking the rules of ancient architectural theory in this space, while other architects were heavily criticized for following his example. Vasari worried that misunderstanding Michelangelo's example could lead to bad architecture and said: "Certain plebeian and presumptuous architects lacking in disegno have in our times produced all their monstrous things, worse than the German."
By contrast, the adjacent reading room constitutes an independent architectural system that totally does not relate to the vestibule and has a much more calming, normal, and warm effect thanks to the traditional layout, regular windows, and beautifully designed walnut furniture.
How to visit the Laurentian Library
When this article was written in 2010, regular visits and photos were not permitted. I am happy to report that it is open regularly and can be visited with a combined ticket to the church. See the official website for details.
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Alexandra Korey
Alexandra Korey aka @arttrav on social media, is a Florence-based writer and digital consultant. Her blog, ArtTrav has been online since 2004.


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I built this popsicle stick bridge to complete my short popsicle bridge series. This bridge uses the Howe Truss design. Previous to this I had built bridges using the Pratt and Warren trusses. This bridge was 13.5 inches long and used 50 popsicle sticks. It ended up holding 117 pounds before failing. Here is a video of the testing procedure:
I changed up the testing with this bridge. Instead of placing one very large weight directly on the bridge, I started with a small weight. This increased the concentration of the load in the middle of the bridge. I figured this would be more realistic to the way bridges would be tested when built by other people. This is why I think this bridge held significantly less than the Short Pratt Truss Bridge.
You can purchase blueprints for this popsicle bridge in my store.