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A road rage incident that erupted Thursday morning in the drive-through line at a McDonald's in Riverview came to a head when a woman stabbed a man in the buttock, according to Hillsborough County sheriff's officials.
The trouble began about 9:15 a.m. when Rebecca Simmons, 45, tried to cut in front of Mohammad Abukhder, 35, in the drive-through at 13118 U.S. 301 S, authorities said. Abukhder got mad and shouted obscenities at Simmons, deputies said.
That, in turn, angered Simmons, who got out of her car and rammed a knife into the hood of Abukhder's 2000 Honda Civic, deputies said. The damage was estimated at $200.
Abukhder got out of his car and walked to Simmon's car, intending to remove the key so she could not drive away, deputies said. Simmons followed, and when they both arrived at her car, she stabbed Abukhder once in the rear end, deputies said. He suffered a small puncture wound that did not require medical attention, authorities said.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the McDonald's soon after. Simmons was arrested and taken to the Orient Road Jail, where she was booked on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief with property damage. She was later released on $8,000 bail.


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Y'all may remember her by being the first operatic singer to have stepped into the Junior Eurovision stage back in 2014. After this experience Federica has gained a lot of popularity in her native Malta as she made her nation feeling so proud after her performance of "Diamonds" which eventually did not win but was awarded a respectable 4th place. This happened after Gaia Cauchi's win in 2013 with "The Start" who managed to bring the contest to the Mediterranean island being held inside the Malta Shipbuilding.
Not only TV appearances, editing a book of their lifetime-experiences in the music business and continuing her studies but Federica will give her professional career another big shoot as tomorrow she will be part of the premiere of the brand new Maltese TV series "Division7" which will be aired on Maltese TV channel "One".
Division 7 is a new television series being produced by a local Maltese media company named DBA Entertainment Ltd. This is their first project and Federica is one of its first and most promising new talents. A press note points that "the story cannot be put under a specific genere for the simple reason that it is meant to target all types of audiences". Division 7 will air every Wednesday in Maltese language One TV (local tv station and also live streaming and on demand on www.one.com.mt/one) starting on the 28th of September 2016 for a total of 39 weeks (39 episodes).
Argument comes up as the following: "Sacha is a tomboyish teenager who went through some rough time at home during her childhood. Her mother is in prison while her father is unknown to her. Nowadays she is spending her time with a couple of friends, namely Andre' and Bjorn, who aren't exactly the best example of trustful and loyal friends. Andre` is her best friend, also a classmate whilst Bjorn is an 18 year old who does nothing during the day except for bribing money to his mum and running around with her car. Sacha is the mind and soul of this group, the most intelligent and careful one, although sometimes she lets herself carried away with what the others say and ends up doing things she doesn't really want t do, like small crimes here and there. Will she ever come out of this though life she's been put into?".
We strongly recommend this for you all Maltese people who love to follow this kind of TV projects and the career this star is currently building which looks much better from promising! Will we get to see Federica representing Malta in the senior contest? Time will tell, stay tuned!

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Missing HUD Tag # on Manufactured Homes
Sometimes NO HUD Tag number can be found…
Regarding Manufactured Homes (MFH), sometimes NO HUD Tag number can be found on, or in, the MFH. However, this number is required to be entered on the 1004C appraisal form. Loans for MFH's cannot be processed without these numbers.
The HUD Tag is the metal plate(s) attached to the rear of each section. Numbers are usually sequential, with three letters as the prefix. Inside the home, someplace, should be a paper 'Data Plate' with the home serial number, HUD Tag #'s, and other data. But often the Data Plate cannot be found, and sometimes the HUD Tags are removed when a home is re-sided, remodeled, etc.
In such cases, include the PDF form embedded below in your report. Put this 2 page form AHEAD of the 1004C, so that the underwriter sees it first when examining the report. Then add commentary in the report that the required numbers could not be found anywhere on or in the home.
THE APPRAISER DOES NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS FORM TO ITBS or pay the submittal fee. It is a lender responsibility.
NOTE: This attached 2012 ITBS form replaces the older form, which is now out of date, and should not be used. Tip: include this new form in your MFH report templates. If you find the required numbers on the home, just remove the form from the report.
NOTE #2: HUD Tags are used on MFH manufactured homes built June 15, 1976 and after. Before that, you may not find any tag, and technically an older home is a MOBILE home (for description purposes), not a manufactured home.
NOTE #3: Do not confuse manufactured and mobile homes with 'modular' homes. Legally, MODULAR homes are built to the Uniform Building Code standards and can be compared to regular site-built homes for comparable use. Manufactured and Mobile homes are built to codes different from the UBC. For report purposes, the different types should not be mixed as comps unless local sales are extremely limited.
If you have this kind of housing in your market, I encourage you to take a CE class on appraising factory-built housing. You will learn lots!
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Addressing Bullying Effectively—Step 1
The term "bullying" is bandied about very freely in our society. Recently, many celebrities have felt compelled to "speak out" against bullying, as a result of some recent events that garnered significant media attention. It is generally assumed that we all know what bullying is, but as a US citizenry, we actually have no clear concensus on the actions and factors that constitute true cases of "bullying".
True bullying is, in fact, a very serious event which needs to be handled forcefully and immediately by adults in authority. Children cannot handle bullying on their own—they need adults to intervene. The most important step in protecting children against bullying is teaching them to effectively identify and report it. If adults cannot reliably and clearly explain exactly what "bullying" is, how can we expect children to know? And how can they secure the protection they need if they don't know the correct words to put to their experiences? I continually notice that children are very confused when it comes to knowing the difference between "teasing" and "bullying", and most of the "anti-bullying" programs of the last decade do more to muddy the issue than to help. As adults, we have a responsibility to clearly understand the issue before leading children astray through emotional vilifying and uninformed proselytizing.
The specific actions that someone engaging in bullying does may vary widely. A useful definition of bullying focuses less on the specific actions of the perpetrator and more on qualities related to the interaction between the perpetrator and the target.
1. The cruel behaviors are repetitive, perpetrated by a specific person or group against another specific person or group. It is not a one-time incident and it is not accidental.
2. The perpetrating person or group has more power than the target. This may be physical, intellectual, or social power.
3. The target person or group feels scared, powerless, and may want to avoid going to school to avoid the perpetrator(s).
Adults need to be able to identify what bullying is and isn't so that they can empower children to handle situations effectively. A child who learns how to deal with teasing and bugging on his own will learn a valuable life skill that he will take into adulthood and continue to use regularly. A child who receives immediate, pointed, and powerful assistance with a case of true bullying will feel protected, valuable, and safe.
An aside: As a society, we are quick to demonize those nasty "bullies" and coddle the "poor victims". However, we fail to realize that bullying exists in all levels of society and we actually reward and support it in many ways. Children don't come up with this stuff on their own—it is partially hardwired by our survival instinct and partially passed down by parents, communities, and the mass media. The power differential applies to adult relationships, as well—it often appears economically, politically, and socially. We are often afraid to go to work, to certain gatherings, or even to the polls to avoid the powerless feeling we get from experiencing bullying. When we as adults understand true bullying and learn to identify it, maybe we can let go of the victim mentality and stop supporting bullying with our votes, dollars, and admiration. Then we will be effective role models for our children and the best anti-bullying campaign will have begun.


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Children's books and book reviews - reading resource for kids, teachers, librarians, parents
In My Dreams I Can Fly
by Eveline Hasler, illustrated by Kathi Bhend
Ages 4-8
32 pages
November 2009
Five friends - a grub, two worms, a beetle and a caterpillar - prepare for the coming winter. But not all goes according to plan when one of the pals disappears and another finds his food stores for the winter to be unexpectedly diminished. Luckily, spring is coming.
This warm and sweet book celebrates the arrival of spring as seen through the eyes of little critters surviving the winter underground.
In My Dreams I Can Fly!
was originally published in Switzerland, and some of the text of the story sounds disjointed, suggesting that something may have been lost in the translation into English. The artwork, while gorgeous, evocative and dream-like, appears to be designed with adults in mind rather than young children.
In My Dreams I Can Fly!
is a solid addition to a child's nature library, but may well hold more appeal for the adults reading the book to the child in question.
Usha Rao
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text: Haha, my favorite track is Halfway Right and my next two favorites are Sorry for Now and Sharp Edges. My least favorite tracks are Good Goodbye, Heavy and Battle Symphony. Now, if you say the only song you don't enjoy at all or maybe actually dislike is Good Goodbye, I'm going to wonder if you're me from the future driving a flying DeLorean lol.


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Story Sent in by Danielle:
John had picked me up and we headed into town for dinner. He parked on the side of the street and we stepped out. He whipped out his phone and looked at it for a long time.
I finally asked, "What's wrong?"
He said, "It should be here."
We were in front of a nail salon. I pointed across the street. "There's the restaurant. Ready to go?"
He shook his head. "It should be on this side. GPS said it was on this side."
I said, "Well, it's right across the street. Maybe your GPS is just wrong."
"It's never wrong. It should be here."
"Well, now it's there. Come on. Let's go."
He said, "You go. I'll meet you there. I have to fix this."
I asked, "Fix it? How? GPS can be wrong. Can we just go to dinner?"
He jumped back into his car, said, "I'll meet you there. Just have to fix this," and drove away.
I walked across the street to the restaurant, awaiting his return. When he finally came in, he told me he parked on the restaurant side of the street and triple-checked the address. He said, "No doubt. The GPS is right. We're in the wrong restaurant."
I said, "This is the right place. Can we just have dinner?"
He said, "I can't. The world has gone to hell. Have a nice life," and left. I guess he forgot that he was also my ride.
I called my brother to pick me up and I took him out to dinner to thank him for making the evening not a total loss.
Global Positioning Missed 'Em
Labels: Stories, Written by a Girl
7 comments:
Eeewwww, OP dated her brother...ReplyDelete
how did your brother know which side to go to? GPS is god.ReplyDelete
Autism spectrum disorder. That's my guess.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/12/2016 2:24 PM
Definitely someone on the spectrum or OCD.ReplyDelete
I used to find myself in transportation issues on dates. That's why you should always bring your own car. If the date goes bad... easy access to escape.ReplyDeleteReplies
Or have enough money or a credit card for a taxi.Delete
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Genetics of adaptation on viviparous lizard
Since the 90s, a viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) population is monitored yearly on the Mont-Lozère (France). A pedigree of the population is reconstructed using micro-satellites (e.g. to infer paternities). I am continuing this survey initiated by Jean Clobert, with a focus on the genetics of adaptation of the population.
My main questions are:
- What are the selective factors impacting the population? Which traits are adaptive, i.e. subjected to those selective factors?
- What are the genetic bases of these adaptive traits? This question can be answered without (heritability, genetic correlation between traits) or with genomics (genetic architecture of the traits).
- What is the adaptive potential in the population? How is it expected to respond to selection on the long run?
Between-population quantitative genetics
I'm currently starting some projects to study better the behaviour of tools to perform between-population quantitative genetics, and see whether we can develop better tools.


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Over the last few days I've been working on the handout for Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain or The Impractical Color Wheel. One more review and I'm ready to go to print with it. There are options for designing your color wheel from a simple series of circles to a graduated squares. Every one is unique and their color wheel gets to represent their work.
We're going to cover some color basics including how to choose colors, working with the color you love, and get into making a few more complex choices.
All the while we'll be figuring out quilting motifs that we've always wanted to do. I'll be demoing, and drawing motifs for you.
I'll be bringing several quilts that will show how I learned to use color and how I taught color when I worked in the shops.
There's a bit of room in the class, and I'd love to have you join me! Call the Quilt Basket at 845-227-7606.
Happy Stitching!


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Putting on men's designer clothing has very apparent benefits, but it may be costly. Yet, while you find out about the benefits of putting on designer clothing, why you should pay reasonably limited for this will begin to seem sensible.
What are these benefits you receive from putting on men's designer clothing?
1. Produce a better impression on your own.
Clothes result in the man. It's an old adage, but true. Designer clothing can produce a better impression individuals on other occasions. Unlike ordinary men's clothes, designer menswear will help you create an effect on others.
Research conducted by John Townsend and Gary Levy, and printed within the Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied demonstrated that ladies have a tendency to find men that used "high status attire" as increasing numbers of attractive and much more available to developing relationships varying from just conversation and occasional even up to marriage and heavy participation. This is among the most recent studies. Through the years, numerous research has proven that clothes affect how others see, judge and interact with someone else based only on his clothes.
Clothing is a standing symbol. It impacts how people consider you. If you would like individuals to regard you highly, designer clothing can get the job done effectively.
2. It's not only a standing symbol.
Clothes could be empowering. For instance, you typically affiliate a white-colored lab gown with doctors and would instantly trust somebody putting on it. Uniforms also have a similar effect. Actually, if you notice somebody inside a police uniform, you realized him some thing inside a certain manner. Plus, clothes will help you be confident too. A Brand New You are able to Occasions article delved into this phenomenon. The content reported Dr. Adam Galinsky who described that it is because people frequently experience "embodied cognition" for the reason that we believe with this brains in addition to our physiques. In a nutshell, we have a tendency to affiliate our physical encounters with abstract concepts which affects the way we think.
They noticed that wearing certain kinds of clothes will help you become more ready to defend myself against a job and will help you increase your fundamental abilities. Another study requested 74 students to put on a doctor's coat or perhaps a painter's coat, also it discovered that the audience putting on the physician's coat exhibited increased attention than other groups.
So next time you hear that men's designer clothes cause you to well informed and empowered, then realize that there's scientific proof to every part it is not only all within the mind.
3. Suit your requirements.
If you wish to be unique, or if you wish to be considered a trendsetter in order to be innovative, then designer clothing might be the best choice. Cheap designer clothing are mass-created in certain factory in India or China, and therefore, you are more inclined to see the very same clothes on another man.
4. Designer men's clothing is frequently of higher quality.
Designer men's clothing is frequently made much better than your run-of-the-mill men's clothes. We are saying frequently since this is not always the situation constantly. Should you consider it, much more thought adopts designer menswear. They are not only stronger than ordinary designer clothing, however they look better for you plus they fit better, too. Popular, you receive that which you purchase.
Men's designer clothing affects the way a man considers themself and just how others view him. In addition designer menswear are extremely durable, stylish and different. Fundamental essentials stuff that help distinguish it in the cheap stuff making it worth having to pay reasonably limited for. In this way, these aren't just clothes, it's happiness and confidence that you could put on.


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After months of construction, some parts of 17th Avenue are finally starting to take shape.
One of these finished projects is the Pocket Square at 5A Street and 17 Avenue SW, next to Western Canada High School. The lot previously filled with gravel will now be a space for Calgarians to gather.
The new space was suggested by The Bench Project – a volunteer organization that looks to improve public space.
RELATED: Tompkins Park potty posing problems on 17 Ave SW: Woolley
The Bench Project member Matt Knapik said the Pocket Square was a great way to get the community involved with beautifying their own space.
"We did community engagement with the citizens of Cliff-Bungalow and Mission," said Knapik.
"We brought people in and we had them build models, do drawings, and complete exercises: Really rich workshop type things in order to build community ownership over the idea."
Pocket Square connecting the community
Knapik said the project has been a great experience which shows the connection the area's community. Everything from the community association to the local high school to the Business Revitalization Zone has been involved.
"My biggest recommendation, to anyone who wants to replicate this, is to first talk to your community association," he said.
"They play such an important role in our city and we built a great relationship with them right away."
This multi-leveled involvement, he said, has helped make this project possible. Knapik said the BRZ has agreed to upkeep the space so it doesn't fall back into being a run-down, empty space. The 17 Avenue construction also helped this project come together, the Pocket Square project worked with the construction project to bring the design of the space right to the edge of the road.
A point of pride in the project, Knapik said, was the benches in the square, they were designed in Calgary and made here in Alberta. Made from polyethylene they are recyclable, as well as graffiti and weather resistant. The pocket square on 17th Avenue will be the world premiere of these benches.
A press release from the The Bench Project and the Cliff Bungalow-Mission Community Association – the joint creators of the space – said the project received funding through the City of Calgary:
"In 2017, the citizen-driven initiative successfully obtained funding through the Council Innovation Fund due to the project's unique approach to creating public space in a dense neighbourhood where land can be prohibitively expensive to acquire," stated the release.
The official opening of the space will be on Thursday June 27th from 4-6pm.


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We have all been to a restaurant. I'm sure most of us enjoy it too. The pretty hostess greets you with a smile; the cute bartender sends you a free shot and the food borders on orgasmic. To end it right… No dishes! Life is good when you go to a restaurant.
Now go spend an hour in the kitchen… You probably won't see the Chef there. Nope. The Chef: the guy who designed the menu; he's outside mingling with the guests, fidgeting with paperwork and probably screwing some employee in the freezer. If you do see the Chef, he's very likely yelling at somebody.
Welcome to Hell! It's hot, steamy and loud. Yeah! I know it sounds like the description of a porn flick, but hardly. The typical cook spends a good 10 -12 hours standing in front of a hot stove or fryer, getting constantly yelled at, burned, cut, made to carry heavy shit and all while the rest of the world eats and gets drunk. Yup, my idea of the perfect job! NOT! (In case the sarcasm wasn't evident.)
No, I'm not a chef… I was married to one! I also worked as a waitress for some time. And I can tell you, the restaurant world is Hell! And the cooks are the ones who pay for it all. If I wrote about servers as slaves… (you have no idea about chefs! At least servers get tips.)
Like I said, cooks spend 10+ hours a day sweating in the kitchen. In Puerto Rico, a lot of them don't even get a full break to sit down and have a meal. When it's slow, it's not so bad, but once that rush begins the tension rises. Sounds of pans clanking, meat sizzling, someone yelling about a dish, the printer that keeps shooting out orders… Chaos unfolds. Suddenly, a waiter comes in and returns a dish. Some client complained about the term of the meat. The whole line gets backed up.
"La cocina está arrollá." It's how they say it in Spanish; when the rush hits and there's 20 dishes to put out all at once. Those were the moments when, as a waitress, I behaved my most humbly towards the guys in the back. (Yes, most of them are men. Women chefs are either lesbians or tom boys. Sorry, not a bias or anything, just a fact. Those Barbie girls could not possibly survive back there!) You don't want to piss off the guy with the big ass knife!
If you look down at the guy with the big ass knife, you will notice a ball and chain on his leg. Yup. He's a slave. The worst kind of slave; hard manual labor. You would think that the sacrifice is getting rewarded with good pay, but that is just not the case. Most cooks start earning minimum wage and as they move up the kitchen ladder they stop getting paid hourly rates and instead get a salary. Ha! Poor guy thought he was moving up. Only in name. Now he earns more, but spends 3 to 4 extra hours a day in his beloved Hell. End result: He's a "not so poor" slave with white pallid skin and circles under his eyes. Yup! Your dream guy! Most are single and available at any decent restaurant. Free for all. Good luck!
The slaves are kept subdued by alcohol and whatever drug might be available. I urge all kitchen workers to request payment instead of beer as an end of the night chill break. Really, seriously, they don't do this to be nice or reward you. The bosses know the beer will make you forget you're in hell. And when you finish the first one, you'll want another one! Now the slave, like the "jornaleros" of the past, spends his check in the same place he makes it. Nice little trick. Works every time!
So now we have a man (or woman) who works half the day in a hot place, with people yelling and screaming and never sitting down, and slowly being turned into an alcoholic so their life becomes nothing but work. And to top it all off, when it's time for a vacation, God forbid they should let you off during Christmas. Nobody gets a vay-cay during high season! And you can forget about taking 3 weeks in a row or something like that. 1 week and they're threatening to fire you! Work, work, work, work, work… that is of course… as long as the season demands it. As soon as it starts to slow down… know your hours will be cut.
Meanwhile the head chef keeps coming out of the freezer with a curious little smile on his face. Did I just see a hostess come out the freezer behind him or was it the kid from the dessert station? You won't know unless you actually go to the kitchen and see the chains, knives and saucepans for yourself.


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Sus Vasquez
Sus Vasquez is a professional female guitarist based in NYC. Whether performing live or in the studio, she's most known for her ability to adapt to different styles of music and settings.
She's currently the guitarist for the top selling and Grammy winning Latina artist Karol G, where she performs in major festivals, tv and radio shows as well as important venues across Europe, US and South America.
She was the guitarist for the Anuel AA and Karol G on the Culpables Tour 2019 playing sold-out arenas and stadiums across 11 different countries in Central and South America.
In 2019 she also performed in the Billboard Sessions with singer Lolo Zouaï
In 2016, she was one of the Top 5 finalists of the Kiesel Guitar Contest.
Sus is currently featured as an LsL instruments artist and sponsored by Gibson, Dunlop, Elixir, Fractal Audio, Eventide, Analysis Plus, Vertex effects, Walrus Audio and among others.
Professional Experience
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- TV/Film
- Tours
- NYC/Tri-State Area
Maestra Expertise
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Recording Studio Engineer
Primary Instruments
- Guitar - acoustic
- Guitar - electric
- Synthesizer
- Ukulele
- Ableton
- Logic
- Pro-Tools
- Sibelius


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A very special event took place in Bangkok organised by the national reform committee on Culture, Sports labour and Human resources. It was attended by many important speakers, chaired by Prof Dr Nithi Mahanon and certainly IOC member and executive board member of the national committee of Thailand KHUNYING Patama Leesawadtrakul.
Khunying Patama made a detailed presentation on sport and active society and to promote sport for all from the grassroots to elite level in all provinces of Thailand. This is very much in line with IFMA's vision on promoting inclusion, non-discrimination and Muaythai for Every Body. IFMA was represented by President Tapsuwan and Secretary General Stephan Fox at this important gathering.


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It's the end of a rough-and-tumble week, and in at least one aspect of his life and business, Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos might be calling it quits.
The Washington Post (also owned by Bezos, lol) reported Friday that Amazon is "reconsidering" its plan to establish a second headquarters in New York City, after local politicians and activists have essentially crapped all over the idea of giving the richest man in the world billions of dollars in subsidies and carte blanche to uproot an entire neighborhood of Queens.
Amazon.com is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of opposition from local politicians, according to two people familiar with the company's thinking.
The company has not leased or purchased office space for the project, making it easy to withdraw its commitment.
"The question is whether it's worth it if the politicians in New York don't want the project, especially with how people in Virginia and Nashville have been so welcoming," said one person familiar with the company's plans.
Essentially, Amazon is sore that the people of New York City are not rolling out the red carpet, because, huh, weird, they don't trust Amazon at all and don't like the way the company has circumnavigated normal regulatory frameworks:
In the past two weeks, the state Senate nominated an outspoken Amazon critic to a board where he could potentially veto the deal. City Council members for the second time aggressively challenged company executives at a hearing where activists booed and unfurled anti-Amazon banners.
Key officials, including freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), whose district borders the proposed Amazon site, have rallied against the project. And opponents went door-to-door to warn people in Queens of looming rent hikes and displacement, much as Seattle experienced during the company's explosive growth there.
Amazon's virulently anti-union stance has bothered even the ass-kissiest of officials, like NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and NY Governor "Amazon" Cuomo.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, when asked at an unrelated news conference about the back-and-forth over unions, said: "Welcome to New York City. We're a union town."
"There is going to be tremendous pressure on Amazon to allow unionization and I will be one of the people bringing that pressure," he added. "I believe that ultimately that pressure will win the day."
The Post noted that this is all talk at the moment, and could be a ploy by Amazon execs to put pressure on city officials to start playing ball.
Union leaders immediately jumped on the potential weakness, putting the blame squarely on Amazon for any erosion of the deal. Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), one of the largest unions courting Amazon employees, issued this statement:
If the Amazon deal falls apart, they will have nobody to blame but themselves. A major problem is the way the deal was put together shrouded in secrecy and ignoring what New Yorkers want and need. They arrogantly continue to refuse to meet with key stakeholders to address their concerns, despite requests from New York's top elected officials to do so. With their long history of abusing workers, partnering with ICE to aid their persecution of immigrant communities, and contributing to gentrification and a major housing crisis in their hometown of Seattle, New Yorkers are right to raise their concerns and opposition to this plan. New Yorkers wont be bullied by Jeff Bezos, and if Amazon is unwilling to respect workers and communities they will never be welcome in New York City.
A spokesperson for Amazon sent Splinter a thoroughly unhelpful boilerplate statement when asked about the Post's report:
We're focused on engaging with our new neighbors - small business owners, educators, and community leaders. Whether it's building a pipeline of local jobs through workforce training or funding computer science classes for thousands of New York City students, we are working hard to demonstrate what kind of neighbor we will be.
Wow. A "pipeline" of jobs. Truly every city's dream, to have their jobs just pumped on in from the union-busting factory.
Additional reporting by Bryan Menegus


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THIS IS A RATHER SHORT LISTof famous last lines from even more famous movies. Just in case you've forgotten, I'll prompt you a bit.
Who can forget Vivien Leigh's final words as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind", 1939.
"I'll go home and I'll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!"
Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz", 1939. "And oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home."
Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in "Now Voyager", 1942. To Paul Henreid: "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."
Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding III, "Some Like It Hot", 1959, to Jack Lemmon: "Well, nobody's perfect!"
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, "The Silence of the Lambs", 1991, into the phone: "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."
Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in "Casablanca", 1943, to Claude Rains: "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
And I hope not last.. So happy to have received this Kreativ Blogger award from the talented and original Marty at Dark Star Discovery. I am one of those creatures who likes to collect stuff. Can't help myself! Will gratefully display this honor! Will blog for food!


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A large degree of uncertainty still remains as Hurricane Lorenzo heads towards Ireland but its possible routes have been narrowed down.
At the moment Met Eireann and the National Hurricane Centre are hedging their bets that it will head in over the west of Ireland which will still have a big impact on Cork - but we will avoid the most powerful winds.
But our neighbours in the UK are also monitoring the storm very closely and have narrowed it's path down to three possibilities.
The Met Office have made a very informative video which details where the hurricane will head next and what it will mean for us here in Ireland.
Here's each possibility and the likelihood of it happening.
Path 1 - the west of Ireland
This is increasingly becoming the most likely path with the front thundering in over the west of Ireland late on Thursday.
It will bring damaging gusts and torrential rain for a time as the then ex-tropical storm surges over the country towards the northwest.
Cork will of course not escape this as the heavy rain and high winds will still have a major impact on our weather but it hopefully won't be as powerful as elsewhere.
Path 2 - the south of Ireland
This is the worst case scenario for Cork and everywhere else in Munster - the Met Office say it is possible the cyclone will track down towards the south of the country.
It would therefore see Cork, Kerry and the rest of the South get the worst of the wind and rain before it bashes its way into the UK.
Thankfully at the moment this is the least likely of the three to happen but with such uncertainty the Met Office say they cannot rule it out.
Path 3 - far away from us
This is the ideal scenario and would see the hurricane tail off towards Greenland at the last minute which would see Cork avoid any damaging weather.
This is again not overly likely with path 1 above the overwhelming favourite at the moment but it can't be ruled out as of yet.
Regardless of this path Ireland would still have very bad weather on Thursday and Friday but it will be nothing like Storm Ophelia two years ago.
Track the storm
We here at CorkBeo will be keeping an eye on the hurricane and how it will affect Cork in our live blog here right up until the storm arrives.


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If Not happy being single!
"If you are not happy being single,
U'll never be happy in a relationship..!!
Get your own life first,
then try 2 share it with someone"
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To Give Pleasure To A Single Heart By A Single Act Is Better Than A Thousand Heads Bowing In Prayer
A single rose can be my garden A single friend, my world.
There's no Special reason for this msg, I just wanna steal a single moment out of ur busy life & hope I can make u smile n say: I Miss U.
If I had a single flower for every time I thought of you I could walk in my garden forever, never finding the end.
*If You Are In Love: -Get The Best Of It -Forget The Bad Things -Enjoy It Because Nothing Lasts Forever *If You Just Broke Up: -Never Cry! Remember That You Were Happy -Never Stay Alone! Your Frinds Are There -Hug More People -Stop Listening To Music! It Only Make Things Worse.. *If You Are Single […]
A Single Lie Discovered... Is Enough To Create Doubt Over , Every Truth Expressed. . . ~Author Unknown
In each single day we smile and laugh so many times. We never thank Allah after every smile but we do blame / complain Him for every tear we cry.
On Ur Single Smile Thousands People Die So Keep Smiling n Reduce Population Of PAKISTAN But. Never Smile In Front Of Da Mirror Warna Lene K Dene Par Jayen Gay.
- New Advertisement - WANTED SINGLE GIRL, Able To Cook, Love And Have Job, Must Have HOUSE & CAR. Plz Send Picture 0f HOUSE & CAR ... =P =D
To give someone a single-lip kiss, take one of their lips between yours and gently suck or tug on it. It's an awfully romantic kiss, and if you do it right, you'll send tingles up and down your sweetie's spine.
In your life, may there always be Love and laughter in the air; Someone wonderful to pair; Warm kisses and life to share; And you're always in top gear! Happy New Year!
A single candle can illuminate an entire room A true friend lights up an entire life Thank u 4 bringing this light of friendshp in my life Happy Friendship Day
Nothing is old nothing is new, Its just a matter of point of view, Enjoy life as happy days r few. Bcz life is ocean & happy moments r like dew.
Worrying Doesn't Reduce Yesterdays Sorrows, But It Empties Todays Strength". So DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY & Make Others Happy.
May ur neighbours respect you, Trouble neglect u, The angels protect u and Heaven accept u Happy Christmas and Happy Holiday
Staying In A Relationship When You�re No Longer Happy Is Like Fooling Yourself. Letting Go Of Someone You Love Is Painful But Time Will Come You�ll Realize That It�s The Best Thing You�ve Done For Yourself.
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Wishing U a Very "HAPPY EASTER" Wid Luv And Best Wishes.. May That EASTER Day Brings LOT of Happiness And JOYS in ur LIFE. May u Live Long LIFE... And That EASTER day Will comes in UR life Hundred Times... Remember me in ur prayers..
A SIMPLE WAY for "HAPPY LIVING".. FORGET 2 things in LIFE., 1) the GOOD you do for others. 2) the BAD done by others 2 you.
Happy new month I pray the month of june will bring forth to our life: J...joyful noise. U..unlimited favour. N..new mercy. E..everlasting grace
In our life happiness is more important than smile cause smile comes from lips but happiness comes from the heart so BE HAPPY FOREVER
"happy birth da 2 U" May ALLAH give u lots of such joys & happy moments. May U live long & live happy. May worries, thoughts,angers & bad lucks remain away 4m u. I wish u good luck. A nice & lovely life 2 come. Bright & joyful future & all the goods that U […]
My New Year Is Happy, Because You Are In My Life, You Have Been My Rock, Lover And Confident. I Am Very Happy That You Are My Wife. If I Could Relive The Past, I Would Not Have Taken So Long To Make You My Wife.
As the candlelight flame Ur life may always be happy, As the mountain high U move without shy, As sunshine creates morning glory fragrance fills years as Flory, All darkness is far away As light is on its way. Wishing U all a very Happy Vijaya Dashami.
Happy new year in advance to you & your family. This year will bring u prosperity, wealth, success, pleasure & leasure. Happy 2021. Enjoy evry bit of life
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Here are My Wishes for You.. H-Hours of happy times with friends and family A-Abundant time for relaxation P-Prosperity P-Plenty of love when you need it the most Y-Youthful excitement at life simple pleasures N-Nights of restful slumber (you know – don't worry be happy) E-Everything you need W-Wishing you love and light Y-Years and […]
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I have made this recipe so many times, now I buy a large pack of 8-10 thighs and quadruple the ingredients so I can eat this meal for a week! Here is what you will need to get started. This recipe is from the ruled.me cookbook.
2 6 oz. Chicken Thighs (Bone In, Skin On)
1/2 tbsp. Olive Oil
1 tbsp. Reduced Sugar Ketchup
1 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
2 tsp. Sriracha
1/2 tsp. Minced Garlic
1/2 tsp. Minced Ginger
1/4 tsp. Xanthan Gum
Salt and Pepper to Taste
The recipe makes 2 servings
Combine all sauce ingredients together in a small container.
Mix until a thick paste is formed.
Debone the chicken thighs if you wish and pat dry. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
Coat the chicken with sauce on both top and bottom. Lay the chicken thighs on a wire rack over a baking sheet.
Bake for 40-50 minutes until skin is crisp and charring appears.
Remove from oven and let rest.
Enjoy your low carb meal with spinach or vegetables, the chicken is very tender and has a fabulous tangy taste.
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Monday, June 27, 2016
is RBAC in Microsoft Exchange flawed?
Is RBAC in Microsoft Exchange flawed?
If you ask Microsoft, they will tell you that it is not. If you ask me or my friend, we think there is a rather serious flaw in the way that permissions via RBAC work in the Exchange world.
RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) is the method in which permissions are granted to accounts in Microsoft Exchange. By using a combination of Management Roles, Management Role Assignments, Management Role Entries as well as Role Groups and Role Group Members, it is possible to assign fine-grained policies for Microsoft Exchange tasks. For example, you could permit one user account to only be able to mount and dismount mailbox databases beginning with the letter A, or you could let an account be able to change any attributes on distribution groups in a certain Active Directory OU.
So what's the problem then?
The problem is that when an Exchange PowerShell command runs, it is not actually run under the user account that executes the command, rather, RBAC checks that the user has the necessary permissions, and then runs it in the context of the Exchange Server itself.
Well, I sort of understand that, but why is that a problem?
Do you know all the accounts that are able to log on locally to any of your Exchange Servers worldwide? Are you sure? Every single backup account, antivirus account, SCCM account, etc.? Are you sure somebody can't do a Mimikatz, or even reset the local Administrator password on one of the Exchange servers with a Live CD?
Not sure, but why is that important?
Try this (only with your Exchange Admin's permission of course): Log on locally on an Exchange Server with an account that is a local admin, preferably with an account that has absolutely no Exchange permissions whatsoever and run a "PSEXEC –sid cmd" (you might need to download the PSEXEC command). You now have a cmd box running as the Exchange Server itself. From there you can start Active Directory Users and Computers, or PowerShell (Exchange Management Shell), or the Exchange MMC snap-in (the last one only in Exchange 2010) or whatever.
Yeah, so I'm the Exchange Server, whoopee, so what?
Well, if you're using the split RBAC permissions model that Microsoft recommends (but not always used) then it's not too bad, you just have full Exchange Organizational Admin permissions across the entire Org, you can stop and start databases, create and delete them, set permissions on any mailbox, create, change and delete connectors, just about anything really, you're basically an Exchange god for the complete Exchange org… so just for fun, run a "get-mailbox –resultsize unlimited | remove-mailbox -whatif". That would (without the –whatif) cut down a lot of your Email traffic, deleting every single mailbox throughout the complete Active Directory forest. (Don't really do this, people may get upset).
Additionally… if you're not running the split permissions model that Microsoft recommends, then, using this method, you are not only Exchange god as explained in the previous paragraph, but also quite a powerful Active Directory Admin , you can create, delete and modify users, groups and contacts in ANY domain throughout the forest (that have been domain-prepped for Exchange which is normally all of them), reset any non-AdminSDHolder password from any domain, the only thing you can't play with are AdminSDHolder accounts from an Active Directory point of view (although you can still play with their Exchange attributes)
Well that sounds quite serious, do Microsoft know about this?
Yes, the matter was reported to Microsoft, but their answer was simply "If you can't trust your Admins, you've already lost". Now that maybe O.K. for them to say, but for some companies, it is sometimes not possible to know every Administrator in every location, never mind knowing every user that has physical access to an Exchange server with a trusty reset-password boot CD to hand, but you're still meant to trust them.
What do we think?
We can understand Microsoft from the point of view that if your server is compromised, you've already lost, but the differences between a compromised Exchange Server compared to other Microsoft Server products is rather great. Compromise a SQL Server, whoopee, you've got a SQL Server. Compromise a SharePoint server, whoopee, you've got a SharePoint Server. But, if you're able to log on to one Exchange Server, you've got the whole Exchange Org under your control, and possibly, depending on if you have not split the AD Permissions, 99% of the Active Directory forest (yes, forest, not domain).
Is there a solution?
Sort of, although you're probably not going to like it. Change to using the split-AD permission model, remove all possibility of anyone being allowed to log onto an Exchange server that is not an Exchange Org Admin (including SCCM, SCOM, …) and physically secure the servers. Also, make sure that the backup account passwords are only known by the Exchange Org Admins or find some other way of doing backups. There's more… if you're particularly paranoid, lock down the AdminSDHolder accounts in all domains so that the Exchange Server cannot modify their attributes. Also, you may want to turn on Bitlocker, and/or use BIOS passwords, so that the Password reset CD will not work. Now just make sure that nobody has access to the local users and computers on any Exchange Server so that they can't add anybody to the administrators group, and you're almost done. Finally, though, keep your fingers crossed, you never know, it might help.
Is there a better solution?
Yep, simple to state, hard to implement, but Microsoft could change RBAC so that the command actually runs in the user context instead of the server context, but as you've already heard, it's not an RBAC issue, it's a trust issue, so there's no need to fix it.
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Jon Wiener: Sarah Palin and the JewsRoundup: Historians' Take
Sarah Palin took the biblical Queen Esther as her role model when she became governor, according to her former pastor--a report that suggests her ties to Jewish history are stronger than you might have expected.
When Palin took office as governor in 2006, according to the New York Times, she asked her former pastor in the Assembly of God church in Wasilla for"a biblical example of people who were great leaders and what was the secret of their leadership"--that's what Paul E. Riley, the pastor, told Kirk Johnson and Kim Severson of the Times. He recommended the Old Testament story of Esther, the beautiful Jewish queen who persuaded the Persian king to save the Jews from annihilation and instead let them kill their enemies. The story is celebrated by Jews annually in the Feast of Purim.
The parallels are clear. Esther was selected queen in a beauty contest; Palin was runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.
So Queen Esther apparently provided the role model for the former beauty queen who went to our own king and asked for earmarks for her people.
The Palin/Queen Esther report has sparked a flood of commentary from fundamentalist Christian web sites. One reports that"Sarah Palin, like Esther, was an unlikely choice. Sarah Palin, like Esther, is bold and courageous in the face of fear. Sarah Palin, like Esther, proves you can be loyal and devoted to your family while having a high position. But perhaps, more than anything, . . . we are seeing someone right before our eyes who is capturing the hearts of the American people in a way that defies description" - just like the Bible says,"And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her."
Another says"Every once in a while a woman comes along who is made for the times. Sarah Palin is such a woman. . . . Another woman, Esther, was brought on the scene by God at just the right time. God's timing was perfect for he used Esther to save the Jews"--and now he is using Palin to save the Republicans.
One problem with this view -that God sent Palin the way He sent Esther -- is that the Book of Esther never mentions God. It never says God sent Esther to save His people, or even that Esther's belief in God gave her the power to defeat her enemies. Somebody should point this out to the fundamentalists.
If you follow the logic in the story - as another fundamentalist Christian website did - you find a"major, and creepily precise" parallel between the threats to Jews then and now. In Esther's day the threat came from Persia - and what country is the modern successor to Persia? Iran, of course --"the same Iran that has vowed to wipe Israel off the map and is well on their way to acquiring the nuclear weaponry to do so . . . . And along comes tough, clear-eyed, plain-speaking Sarah Palin."
The implications for Palin's Iran policy are clear. In the Bible, after the Jews are saved from annihilation, and after the first day of Jewish revenge against their enemies, the King tells Esther the Jews have killed 500 people, and asks what she wants to do next. Esther says she wants permission for a second day of killing - so the king grants the Jews the right"to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish the entire host of every people and province that oppress them, small children and women, and to take their spoils for plunder."
The Bible says the Jews then killed 75,000 more of their enemies. It doesn't say anything about Jewish casualties, which makes it seem like a one-sided slaughter. (This part usually doesn't get mentioned at the Purim carnival.)
The cover of Newsweek this week is a photo of Palin with a shotgun. The Iranians should be worried - and so should the Americans.
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David Andrew Burton - 9/16/2008
Jon Wiener has given an ambiguous passage of scripture the least probable and most shocking interpretation possible, in a way which distorts the advice given to Sarah Palin by her former pastor.
The most popular Bible translation used in evangelical Christian churches like the Wasilla Bible Church is the NIV, and the NIV translation of Esther 8:11 is very different from the version that Wiener chose. This is how Esther 8:11 reads in the NIV Bible:
"The king's edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate any armed force of any nationality or province that might attack them and their women and children; and to plunder the property of their enemies."
In other words, the Hebrew men in Persia were authorized by Ahasuerus (Xerxes) to destroy the armies that threatened the Hebrew men and their families. So the women and chindren referenced in that passage were Hebrew women and children, who were being protected. Winer's dubious interpretation has the Persian king authorizing the Hebrew men to slaughter Persian women and children, which is not an interpretation required by the text (and which seems like a highly unlikely thing for a Persian king to do).
Dave Burton
Cary, NC
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The North Node is in Cancer, and the South Node is in Capricorn. The lunar nodes will stay in Cancer and Capricorn until May 5, 2020.
What The Nodes Are All About, And Why They Are Important
The Nodes always move backward – in fact, they are the only 'planets' that move backward.
A good way to think about them is to think about a retrograde planet, with the distinction that a planet goes retrograde only a fraction of the time, while the Nodes are always retrograde.
That's why the Lunar Nodes are associated with past lives and karma (the backward movement symbolizes going back in time).
But that's not the only reason. The Nodes are where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic. The ecliptic is the apparent path the Sun makes around the earth. The Nodes thus where the divine design (the Sun) and material reality (Moon) meet.
The Lunar Nodes create the eclipses. We have two eclipse seasons every year and that's when the world goes crazy.
This is when events tend to happen on a large scale: kings and queens are born (or die), scientific breakthroughs or discoveries are made (or great natural disasters occur), wars end (or start).
Eclipses are 'regulating' our collective karma. Eclipses also 'regulate' our individual karma, especially when they align with sensitive points in our charts. This is when people like you and me have a strong pull to take action, to make a decision, to sort themselves out.
When we are in the eclipse season (twice a year) the world seems to go crazy. Why? Because people feel in their soul the call of destiny.
North Node vs. South Node
We have two lunar nodes, the North Node, and the South Node. Although both nodes are connected to karma, it is only the South Node that is connected to past lives and past karma.
The North Node instead is connected to our future karma and with the possibility for us to alter our karma. The North Node is our possibility to change the script of our destiny.
Why is the South Node connected to past karma? The South Node is also called the Descending Node because it is literally descending, going down. The South Node represents our unresolved karma, what we need to 'sort out' in this lifetime.
The South Node represents chances you haven't taken, the opportunities you've missed, things you haven't quite manifested in your past lives.
Let's say you were a talented dancer in a past life. If you haven't engaged with this talent, this talent will get passed on to your next lifetime, so that this time you will make good use of it. That's why you were born with it in this lifetime. To finally make it work, to manifest it.
The Fine Balance Between The South Node And The North Node
The question is, how to make it work? The answer is, through the North Node.
The North Node is the opposite of the South Node. If the South Node is familiar, the North Node is completely unfamiliar. The North Node is a skill you don't master, that thing you stumble upon. Yet, your North Node is exactly what you need to master.
When you focus on the North Node, everything flows in perfect alignment with the universe.
If there was ONE thing in your chart you want to focus on, that would be your North Node.
When people focus on their North Node, all their problems get solved. It's as simple as that, yet it may not be that easy to follow this North Node, because at least at the beginning, you don't know where you should start from.
But that's what astrology is for, to show you something that you wouldn't know otherwise.
Does that mean we should dismiss the South Node and completely focus on the North Node? No, not at all. Your South Node is, in fact, a gift. But it is a stagnant gift, a gift that needs to be taken in a different direction.
That direction is the North Node. The South Node gift becomes a problem when we get stuck in it and refuse to change. When we do the same things over and over again. The solution to the South Node problem is always the North Node.
The paradox is that once you solved the South Node problem with the North Node, the outcome is not the North Node, but the South Node. The South Node is the ripening karma, for good and for bad.
The Lunar Nodes equation:
Problem (South Node) → Solution (North Node) → Outcome (South Node)
Cancer and Capricorn – The Mother and the Father
Now that the North Node moves into Cancer and the South Node moves into Capricorn, you may wonder what it means. In traditional astrology, Cancer (and the ruling planet, the Moon) is the mother, and Capricorn (or the ruling planet, Saturn) is the father.
But it's much more to these symbols.
Cancer is what makes us feel nurtured, safe, and protected (just like our mother's womb fed and protected us). Cancer comes from Latin "crab" and the crab is protected by its shell. In the same way, Cancer represents our need to feel safe, to have a home.
Capricorn is the highest point in our chart, where the Sun shines at its brightest, and represents what we aim for. The highest point in a chart is also the point of greatest visibility, so Capricorn is also where we feel exposed.
In the past, the women stayed in the cave to protect the weak (Cancer) while men went outside, got exposed, and fought against nature for survival. Capricorn rules hierarchies.
Both Cancer and Capricorn are about survival, but while Cancer meets this need in the inside, by creating a safe 'home' and inner resilience, Capricorn meets this need on the outside, by gaining status, respect, and by playing an important role in the hierarchy. The most primal needs of people are the needs of security (Cancer) and status (Capricorn).
What Does It Mean To Have North Node in Cancer And South Node in Capricorn?
As we said, the 'problem' is the South Node. A South Node in Capricorn is all about fighting to fit in, to gain status, to climb hierarchies, to meet goals, to have a career. But this comes at a price. When you put all your energy in the outside yourself, you neglect the inner world.
It is important to realize you cannot only work, work, work, work, work. The mountain goat might reach the top of the mountain, but it's pretty lonely up there. When you're always focusing on the next goal, on the next achievement, you forget who you are.
The solution? North Node in Cancer, i.e. building a strong inner foundation, nurturing yourself, doing what's safe and comfortable.
The outcome? South Node in Capricorn, i.e. true progress, true achievements that come from a space of comfort and self-confidence.
When you really know who you are, when you're strong on the inside (North Node in Cancer) there is nothing that you can't achieve (South Node in Capricorn).
Example: if you don't get the promotion you are hoping for, the solution is not working harder. The solution is taking a holiday. Spending time with your family. Taking care of yourself. And the paradox is that when you do that, the promotion (or another achievement that is more aligned with who you are) always comes.
North Node In Cancer And South Node In Capricorn Key Dates
- South Node conjunct Pluto (April 2019)
- South Node conjunct Saturn (May-October 2019)
- South Node conjunct Jupiter (January 2020)
- North Node and South Node square Chiron (March 2020)
The North Node in Cancer and the South Node in Capricorn will bring us the following eclipses:
- Solar Eclipse in Capricorn (South Node Eclipse) on January 5th, 2019 at 15° Capricorn
- Solar Eclipse in Cancer (North Node Eclipse) on July 2nd, 2019 at 10° Cancer
- Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn (South Node Eclipse) on July 16th, 2019 at 24° Capricorn
- Solar Eclipse in Capricorn (South Node Eclipse) on December 25th, 2019 at 4° Capricorn
- Lunar Eclipse in Cancer (North Node Eclipse) on January 10th, 2020 at 19° Cancer
- Solar Eclipse in Cancer (North Node Eclipse) on June 20th, 2020 at 0° Cancer
- Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn (South Node Eclipse) on July 4th, 2020 at 13° Capricorn
If your birthday is around one of these dates or if you have personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars) or angles (Ascendant, Descendant, MC, IC) around the degrees of the eclipse, you will be especially affected by North Node in Cancer and South Node in Capricorn in 2018-2020.
The Nodes come back in the same place every 18 years. The last times we had the Nodes in Cancer-Capricorn was:
- April 10, 2000 – October 31, 2001
- September 25, 1981 – March 16, 1983
- December 24, 1962 – August 25, 1964.
What happened in your life back then?
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Rubio: Too Glib for His Own Good?
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — On the cusp of a perplexing Republican primary, the political curse hanging over Marco Rubio is that his greatest strength — the ability to deliver a stump speech with emotion and conviction — has become a crippling liability.
In Saturday night's GOP debate, a suddenly ascendant Chris Christie hammered Rubio over his addiction to the "memorized 25-second speech." Rubio's baffling response was to return four times in the debate to the same scripted line about President Barack Obama's left-wing agenda.
Presidential debates rarely matter as much as over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived reporters think they do. But there are exceptions, as Rick Perry and Dan Quayle can testify. The Boston Herald, in a reminder of why God invented tabloids, put Rubio on the cover of its Sunday paper with the devastating one-word debate summation: "CHOKE!"
In the rinse-and-spin cycle after the debate, Team Rubio tried to put the best face possible on the Florida senator's momentum-killing performance.
"What Governor Christie was trying to do was to take Marco down," said senior adviser Todd Harris. "He took his best shot and failed."
That overly charitable interpretation did not appear to be shared by many New Hampshire voters still shopping for a candidate in the final 48 hours before the first primary. Even as an impressive crowd of 800 voters and curiosity-seekers shoehorned themselves into a school cafeteria in Londonderry for Rubio's first appearance Sunday morning, you could hear echoes of the debate everywhere.
Mark Almquist, an airline pilot who lives in Londonderry, said he had been undecided but tilting towards Rubio in his quest for a candidate who could beat Hillary Clinton. But the debate gave Almquist pause as he went back to seriously considering Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
"With Christie, Marco did get a little flustered," Almquist said as he waited for the late-arriving Rubio. "In politics, you need to be able to think on your feet."
When Rubio arrived, he launched into, yes, his well-honed stump speech, making only a few small cosmetic alterations in the script that had vaulted the freshman Florida senator to third place in Iowa.
His only acknowledgement of his time of troubles was a brief nod to the virtues of repetition: "It's interesting that after last night people are [saying], 'Oh, you said the same thing three or four times.' I'm going to say it again." Rubio then launched into his well-traveled critique of the president.
It is perhaps telling that Rubio's line of defense was almost word-for-word identical to what he had earlier said in a Sunday morning interview on "ABC's This Week."
After the Londonderry speech, a middle-aged candidate shopper named Jim (his governmental work abroad made him skittish about providing his last name) said Rubio had failed to close the deal. Troubled by Rubio's sputtering debate performance, Jim had brought his 11-year-old daughter along for an in-person look. No dice. "It was all generalities," Jim complained. "There's no substance."
It is Rubio's fate to be seeking the presidency in a year when voters appear to crave authenticity, even in its wildest forms like the vulgar and simplistic Donald Trump. The stump speech — burnished to a shine like a standup comic's monologue — has suddenly become regarded as an artifact of 20th century politics.
All candidates repeat themselves endlessly. (You try talking in public for three hours every day with always fresh material). But a Bernie Sanders with his hair flying in all directions can make familiar lines about a "rigged system" seem fresh with the soapbox-in-Union-Square intensity of his delivery. Even Trump's free-form invective is punctuated with guaranteed applause lines about fencing Mexicans out.
But Rubio — whose natural political gifts are probably greater than anyone's in the Republican Party — has come to be seen as too glib for his own good. Even Rubio's ad-libs give off a whiff of being practiced in front of a mirror for hours.
As a result, Rubio is saddled with a Peggy Lee problem as undecided voters in New Hampshire worry, "Is that all there is?" The 44-year-old senator (like youthful candidates before him from John Kennedy to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) would always have had to contend with concerns that he was too much a young man in a hurry. But the same polish that has long impressed political insiders and pundits can come across as a sickness of slickness.
This perfect veneer (as well as his Cuban heritage) may explain why Rubio has been over-valued as a political commodity from the moment he entered the 2016 race. Coming out of Iowa, the result was that Rubio won more rapturous press coverage for finishing third in the caucuses than Ted Cruz garnered from his surprise victory. It is why the betting pools last week (after the Trump crumple) installed Rubio as the favorite for the nomination.
But New Hampshire has always been a state that enjoys deflating political egos. Which is why the story coming out of the Saturday night debate is that the half-forgotten three governors (Christie, John Kasich and Jeb Bush) chose the perfect moment to make their move in a state rich with undecided voters.
Anyone who looks to polls to handicap the baffling primary should think about an undecided voter named Joe Wheeler, an emergency medical dispatcher who lives in Litchfield.
Before Rubio spoke in Londonderry, Wheeler confided that he was just beginning to focus his attention on the primary. Wheeler recorded Saturday night's debate and hopes to watch it. But as he explained, "I'll get all my research done today and tomorrow. I have until Tuesday to decide who to vote for."
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Thanks for the info @order#10248 From my testing the qwerty layout works perfectly. Id love to help with that but I dont have that model for testing. Just wanted to also point out so temp fixes for 2 of the remaining issues. HDMI - Basicly from what i have found, this is an issue with the android display server not destroying the qt.screen properly. I am still working on a solve but a temp fix that wont require you do a full restart is this command: sudo initctl restart lightdm Its not even close to a proper fix but its somthing. Lock Animation - This one is a funny
dual-boot [GUIDE] PRO1, How to set up dualbooting for UBTouch and Lineage OSHey @benoitjeffrey, 1 : The data partition is accessiable through both os's but not by default. You will need to change the ownership permissions in UBTouch and use a root browser on android. 2 : As for backup i know twrp offers a great solution but I havent tested. If you do give it a go, let me know how it goes and if you need any assistacnce. ~Zahkc
dual-boot [GUIDE] PRO1, How to set up dualbooting for UBTouch and Lineage OSI think that's a great idea @order#10248, I just made this post and I have already "patched" two major bugs with ubuntu touch.
@Raksura wrote this list a while back and from my testing and with my patched the following are now working: Backlight, Cellular Internet, MMS and Telephony. So it is getting much more usable as a daily driver IMO.
[Guide] Fixing issues with Ubuntu TouchHey all, I've been using Ubuntu touch for about a week now and Ive started working on patching some of the issues with them. I thought some of these fixes would be appreciated by you and I also wanted a public forum to discuss problems and potential solutions for them. The main issues I have noticed with fresh install of Ubuntu touch my new pro 1 are as follows: GPS ❌ - Straight up not working. I may be able to patch driver support across from the lineage git but im too busy rn. Flashlight ❌ - I believe this one shouldn't be to hard to patch, just a matter of finding the right g
dual-boot [GUIDE] PRO1, How to set up dualbooting for UBTouch and Lineage OSLineage dose not reset the Bluetooth chip to the right RF state and UBTouch isn't able to resolve it for whatever reason. You will need to ensure Bluetooth is off in lineage before switching to UBTouch.
dual-boot [GUIDE] PRO1, How to set up dualbooting for UBTouch and Lineage OSI havent tested it yet but i think updating may be possiable but not exactly easy. In theory, if you keep the lineage recovery in slot a you should be able to sideload "OTA" updates to it without loosing data but this is of course much more tedious. Additionally i would think that UBTouch would do live updates and wouldnt require a second slot. Not to sure but the update scheduale for the pro 1 isnt particulary often so ill let you know more once ive tested it. Additionally, I have been using ubtouch as my daily driver and find with a little tweaking it is pretty stable. Once yo
dual-boot [GUIDE] PRO1, How to set up dualbooting for UBTouch and Lineage OSWell thats a much easier way to do it 🙂 Thanks for the write up mate.
I figured it out and wrote up detailed instructions for anyone else looking to do this.
Alright, after toying with it for a few days I have cracked dual booting and decided to write up the steps myself. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR DATA DOING THIS. Credit to @order#10248 for proving the concept. First thing you will want to do is re-flash stock android on your phone. There isn't an official repo for this yet but @Waxberry has kindly provided one on this post. Download and extract the files from there and run the script fastboot_all.bat or you can download my modified linux version flash_all.sh. While that is flashing, download the latest version of Lineage here. Yo
So glad to see this is possible. I have been trying to set this up for the past few hours and Ubuntu and lineage keep overwriting each other. I am doing the fastboot set_active a & b during setup but I think the stock recoveries are overriding it. Would you mind doing a quick writ up of the process so others can replicate? Cheers,


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I will have my cards for sale at World of Treasures Curios and Collectables at 324 Fergusson Drive, Heretaunga in Upper Hutt.
Here is a small selection that I have made for the shop. I have used a combination of Creative Memories papers and embellishments, cuttlebug dies and embossing folders and sizzex dies. I have also printed off papers through my Storybook Creator to make the envelopes to match the cards. I have got the template through Pinterest.
If you are up that way pop in and say hello to Pauline. She has a lovely range of curios and collectables to view.


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Together we will build a mock client project with Ruby on Rails using all the varied skills our developers use on a daily basis including how to manage client requests and expectations, project management, communication, development workflows, architecture, database design, working in a team and more. You will also have the opportunity to pair program with our developers each fortnight.
You should have an understanding of general programming concepts and know Ruby on Rails. You should be able to build a Ruby on Rails application following a tutorial or even know enough to find your way on your own idea. If you don't have these skills, you have time before the course. We can recommend a long list of resources to help get your started, here are a few. If you want any additional please let us know.
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Since the Noble Research Institute announced the creation of the new voluntary ecosystem services market Feb. 21, the steering committee and eight working committees guiding the effort have been exceptionally busy. The goal of the Ecosystem Services Market (ESM) initiative is to advance ecosystem service markets that incentivize farmers and ranchers to improve soil health systems that benefit society.
The main thrust for 2018 is to develop a go-to-market strategy plan that offers a blueprint for piloting and launching a national Ecosystem Services Market program by 2022.
The plan will be informed by a host of research, assessments, and findings in the technical, protocol methodology, supply, demand, and financing arenas. It will detail the technical needs of the program and the supporting protocol to enable producers to be rewarded for the creation of verified ecosystem services impacts on a pay-for-success basis.
A firm has been awarded the contract to develop, in collaboration with the Noble Research Institute, this first-of-its-kind ecosystem impacts protocol, which will cover rates of carbon sequestration, water quality improvements, and water quantity gains resulting from the adoption of conservation practices on working agricultural lands.
The Noble Research Institute has also awarded the economic assessment scope of work to a firm that will report on the aggregated national value of the ecosystem services market to inform the potential demand and supply of these positive soil impacts. The Noble Research Institute is also due to select a firm this month to develop an assessment of national and regional policy mechanisms that are pertinent to supporting a program such as this.
This week, a request for proposals will be released to select companies to solicit an agency of record to support the ESMprogram. A firm will be selected to help the ESM program develop its branding and positioning strategy and help devise outreach campaigns to ranchers and farmers, key stakeholders, investors, buyers, and program supporters.
Members of the steering committee are actively engaging with partners and stakeholders across the country in an effort to harmonize soil health efforts, build partnerships and share best practices.
The ambitious initiative is on track to pilot the protocol in 2019 in select regions before moving into a pre-launch phase. The goal of the formal launch for the ESM program is still on track for 2022.
The ESM steering committee includes representatives from the Noble Research Institute, General Mills, the Soil Health Institute, Newtrient, National Association of Conservation Districts, Gordian Knot Strategies, DRD Associates, Strategic Conservation Solutions, and Oklahoma and Texas farming/ranching communities. The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides the ESM program with technical assistance on quantification tools and conservation practices.
For more information on the ESM initiative, please email Adam Calaway, Noble Research Institute director of communications and public relations, at email@example.com.
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Access to finance is a constant challenge facing games businesses in the UK. For many developers, the idea of equity funding from venture capitalist funds, or angel investors is a strange and unknown process, while the availability of funds to 'just make games' are very few and far between.
However, there is funding out there, if you know where to look and who to speak to. Our friends at UKIE have created an Access to Finance event which should help highlight some of the opportunities available to developers and studios.
Taking place on Thursday September 3, from 10:00 – 15:00, the free Access to Finance event will feature a broad range of speakers and experts from the worlds of finance, game development and publishing.
10:00AM – Building a Global Games Group to Stand the Test of Time
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Steve will walk you through the thrills and challenges of Tonic's journey from start-up to the present day, exploring the key commercial decisions which have underpinned their success. 15 years in the making, they are a 300 person strong developer-publisher group with studios around the world, their latest game, Fall Guys, should need no introduction. It's one of the breakout hits of 2020. Steve will share the insights into how you too can build a successful and sustainable studio to last.
10:30AM – UK tax relief for the Games Industry and the Accountant's role
Terry Bourne & Gurvir Cheema, Shipleys LLP
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- Elena Egorova, Corporate Development Director, EG7
- Spike Laurie, Venture Director, Hiro Capital
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- Des Gayle, Founder and Producer, Altered Gene
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