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Essentials For Your Baby After Birth
Mums, the biggest urge to shop for the soon-to-arrive bundle is strongest during the final months… You may have been a controlled-shopper till now, but as the day approaches nearer and you know that your mobility is somewhat going to be restricted for the first few days or weeks, you want to stock up on everything for the little one.
It is an awesome experience to shop for your infant, but sometimes, we end up with goods that will have no use for the first few months, and will be a total waste of money and space back home.
To make it a little easier for you, we made a list of the essentials you would actually need once the baby has arrived:
1. Baby lotion, baby powder, baby cream, baby shampoo, nappy rash cream. You may also go for a top-to-toe baby wash that can be used on the head as well as the body. Check what suits your baby's skin and your pocket.
2. You will need to stock up on loads of cloth nappies. During the first few days you will have to discard the nappy each time after it gets soiled.
3. Dettol. You need to disinfect all of baby's clothes with the antiseptic.
4. Baby thermometer. The latest in the market is a strip that needs to be placed on baby's forehead for as little as 15 seconds to see the temperature. You may also go for the traditional ones or the new ones that come with a beep once the temperature is recorded.
5. Baby dresses. Only buy in pure cotton for summers. Go for the ones which have buttons in the front as buttons in the back are uncomfortable for baby to sleep and can hurt their skin.
6. Baby bed linen. You usually get a full set that comprises of a sheet, a night suit, a cap, small pillow and a spread. Also, buy a baby comforter or blanket as per the weather.
7. Antiseptic cream for baby.
8. Baby booties and mittens.
9. Baby nail-cutters. You will be surprised to see how soon the nail growth takes place in babies. You trim baby's nails and they will be back to their sharp and grown stage within 3-4 days!
10. Infant/Baby diapers. For the first few weeks you will need to take baby for regular check-ups. Doctors will advise you to put them in a diaper during such visits.
11. Baby carrier.
12. Dim lights. With a new-born in the room you would require to have some light on even when it's goodnight time.
13. Baby scrap-book. Get this if you want to keep a track of your little one from the time of birth.
14. Sanitizer. You would need a big bottle of sanitizer right after baby's birth as relatives and well-wishers begin to pour in and you would want them to first clean their hands.
15. Baby cot. You may not make baby sleep in the cot during the night, in most Indian households, babies always sleep together in the same bed with their parents. But during the day, when you are busy in other work or when you need your own rest, it is a good idea to keep baby in the baby cot during sleep time. This will also help baby sleep better.
16. Baby wipes. These will be your saviour for at least the next 3-4 years.
17. Baby Sweaters and jackets
18. Last and one of the most important on the list – A BABY NAME !!!
Everyday Ways To Connect To Your Little One
Mommies, ready for a fun week ahead with your little one? Come on, as much as your little darling makes you tear out your hair, accept the truth that your baby also makes you go back to those fun playful days of your own childhood, isn't it? There is absolutely so much you can do with your little one, playing and doing things together and bonding!
You do spend a lot of time with your little one, but other than diapers and feeds and schoolwork, are you really spending that fun time together? Why not book a full hour of one-on-one fun with your little one? If your baby is too young to speak, pick her up in your arms and talk to her with lots and lots of smiles. Hear the giggles and gurgles, make some of your own and be a baby with baby!
Massage time is essential time for baby's growth and development, and massage time can be an important connect time too. Remove all the noise from the room and make it your and baby's special time; as the little one enjoys your caring fingers shaping and strengthening those little baby arms and legs, sing a rhyme or play a lullaby or share a story. You'll be amazed at how soon your little one learns these stories and rhymes!
Time for a bath? Of course there are a lot of bath toys that your baby loves, but what about baby's best friend jumping in to play with water as well! YOU Mamma! Splash spray and squirt…have fun, play with water with your baby as you clean up your little one, and have some cuddly moments as baby comes wrapped in a towel right in your arms!
Bath over its time for a sleep? As the baby mobile or the rhyme-toy plays a lullaby, sing to your baby, look into those little bright eyes and bring in the sleep fairy…your baby will love the bed-time ritual, we promise!
Going out for a little walk with little one? Identify the birds and flowers as baby toddles along with those baby steps..
Play together….what more fun to have some baby-mamma time together than to play along with baby and baby's favourite toys!
Create..take a few old paper sheets and use all kinds of colours you can. Baby crayons are quite a fun way to colour up the day! And sometimes, it's okay to let your little one get a little dirty, of course under constant adult supervision.
Books That Help Young Parents
As young parents, there are many questions that will come up million times as you begin the new phase of life with your little one. Sometimes, you may have family and friends around who can help with practical and real advice, but most of the times, you're pretty much on your own.
While it's true that parenting doesn't come from a book, it's also true that these days, you can read about and understand almost everything related to babies and parenting. We decided to tell you about a few books that we feel might help you and your partner as a parent:
1. What To Expect Before You're Expecting: If you are still a couple who is looking forward to begin a family, it's a good idea to read this one together. From the author of the world's bible in pregnancy and childcare, this books helps you plan a healthy pregnancy for a healthy baby, with advice on how to conceive, practical tips and reassuring advice – a must-have guide for all parents-to-be.
2. What To Expect BabySitter and Nanny Handbook:If you are trying to make time as a couple while having a little one at home, chances are, you may be taking the help of a babysitter or a carer. The book provides information for anyone who is looking after a baby/child, from birth till 6 years of age. With information from why babies cry, how to talk to a baby and how and what to do for baby in an emergency, this is one book that every baby home should have.
3. 101 Most Important Things You Need To Know Before You Have A Baby:Ready to embark on this exciting journey? Then read this book together with your partner to read about topics like time management, patience, faith, memories, laughter, hope and gives you simple tips and tricks that help you create a balance in life.
4. 365 Days of Baby Love:Wonderful ways to help parents and babies enrich each others' lives – playing, growing and exploring with babies from birth till 2 years of age.
5. The Secret Language of Babies:Understand what your baby is trying to tell you and make parenting a little more easier and fun!
6. Smile Baby Smile:A cute book that gives you useful thoughts and ideas to stop baby crying and bring back those smiles, for your little one and you!
7. Trouble-Free Travel With Children:Packed with over 700 helpful hints for parents on the go.From fussy newborns to demanding toddlers, this book gives ideas to make your family trip a fun and memorable one!
8. Siblings Without Rivalry:Not a new parent but concerned about how the new baby will affect your older one! This book offers practical and sensitive advice on how to make your siblings grow together with love, making you smile each day.
9. Games Babies Play From Birth To Twelve Months:Tells you about games and structured activities designed to stimulate the intellectual development and motor skills of infants.
10. Juggling Twins:Practical advice and a healthy dose of humour – this book has exactly what parents need to help them survive and thrive with multiples.
How to Choose a Breast Pump
Breast pumps are used when women need to store the feed for the baby. Breast pumps are ideal for the women who are ready to get back to work. Storing the milk ensures that the baby is not denied of the mother's milk. There are other reasons why a breast pump can be used, for ex. if a mom is under medication that is incompatible with breastfeeding, an increase in the milk production or an occasional separation.
Basic Types of Breast Pumps
There are a variety of breast pumps available in the market. It is recommended that you try it out well before you return to work or leave your baby at the day-care
Breast pumps fall in three categories:
Manual Pumps
Manual breast pumps come with a pump piston or a squeeze handle that allows you to create a suction to empty the milk from your breast. Manual breast pumps are lightweight, and are easy to carry around. These also work quietly allowing you to express milk discreetly anywhere, anytime.
Since a manual pump empties only one breast at a time and involves the use of both the hands, some moms can find this very tiring and time consuming. There are new models available in the market that need occasional compressions on the handle after achieving let-down. Manual breast pumps are best suited for women who need to use this pump occasionally
Battery-Operated Pumps
Most battery operated pumps are hand held. This pump is ideal for the mom who needs to use this occasionally. While the pumps in this are portable, it could generally take a little longer to express milk. Batteries in this pump need to be changed constantly which can be costly.
Electric Pumps
Electric breast pumps come with single or double pumping capabilities. If you are a full time working mom, it is a good idea to invest in a double electronic pump. These allow milk to be expressed from both the breasts at a faster rate. Most of the newer designs are easy to use and also give options to store the milk. There are single electronic breast pumps that are available in the market which are a less-expensive alternative. These are better suited for a mom who works from the home.
Packing the hospital bag
The time that you have been waiting for all the 9 months has finally arrived. You are about to deliver! Much as the fact that you are pretty excited, you also need to be prepared when you go to the hospital. Here are a list of things that are a must-have in your bag. Oh yes, first of all buy a bag 🙂 and also a diaper bag that you will need to store all the baby stuff. Let us make a checklist for you, the mommy first. Here is a list of what we think you would require when you check in to a hospital for your delivery:
- A comfortable pair of night dresses/ gowns that you can discard post delivery
- A comfortable pillow if you need one. Nursing pillows to use post delivery.
- Cameras and camcorders if you want to record the delivery
- A pen/pencil and a note book to make a note of the feed timings of the baby
- Nursing tops that can be used post delivery
- Socks that you can discard because you could end up walking up and down your room during labour.
- Gifts for the baby's older sibling if any.
- A bathing robe or towel
- Undergarments
- Nursing bra's and nursing pads
- Toiletries to wash yourself
- Combs, rubber bands if you have long hair, lip balms
- A stock of sanitary napkins
Now that you have a diaper bag ready, let's make a checklist of what you require for the baby. Here we go,
- A packet of new born diapers
- A packet of wipes
- A roll of sterlised cotton or cotton buds
- Ganji's or vests for the new born
- Baby bedsheets/ blankets to swaddle the child
- Baby bib to use when you are feeding
- Protector mats that will not wet the bedding
- A soft towel for the baby
- Wash cloths to wipe the baby
- Toiletries you will require to bathe the baby.
www.FirstCry.com | Medela® Pump In Style® Advanced
Medela® Pump In Style® Advanced
The original 2 phase expression, BPA Bisphenol free, No. 1 choice of hospitals and mothers
With this electric Breastpump in a a trendy backpack the active and working mother is fully equipped for pumping – any time, any place, every day.Ideal for frequent and extended use.
- Single or double pumping
- Gently massaging SoftFit™, Breastshield
- Removable motor unit and cooler carrier
- Electric or battery-powered
Features: Unique 2-Phase Expression® – designed for faster let-down and milk flow:
- Mimicking a baby's natural nursing rhythm more precisely than any other system
- Initial fast pumping rhythm at 120 cycles per minute called Stimulation Phase. Followed by a slower pumping rhythm at 54-72 cycles per minute called Expression Phase
Two Pumping Options for the mother:
- Automatic or Individual option, both comprising stimulation and expression mode
- Automatic- Fully automatic switching from stimulation to expression mode after two minutes
- Individual – When the milk let-down occurs before the 2-minute stimulation has elapsed and the mother wishes to reduce the stimulation time, she has the choice to continue with expression immediately by pressing the Let-down button
One-Knob Control:
- For mothers convenience one knob combines vacuum level and the number of cycles per minute in the expression phase
- This means, the mother adjusts the vacuum to her individual comfort level and the Pump In Style Advanced will automatically apply the optimum frequency for that specific vacuum level. Thus, taking away the confusion of two separate buttons and therefore adding to the ease-of-use and comfort
Compare Kit : Everything a mother needs to pump, store and cool breastmilk is included
Ergonomic Backpack Design
- With adjustable, padded shoulder straps, for handsfree portability
- Discreet black microfiber backpack with extra storage pockets, resists water and stains
- Chollapsible interior partitions with removable motor unit and cooler bag to configure the bag to the mother's needs
- No overflow into the pump possible
- Mains adapter, battery operation or car adapter
Single and double pumping possible:
- Double pumping reduces pumping time and can help increase milk supply
- It is possible to start with double pumping and to continue with single pumping or vice versa, by simply inserting the port plug while single pumping
- Fully automatic operation with physiologically natural suction principle
- Simultaneous pumping
- Quiet, discreet operation
- Accessory set can be used as a manual breastpump
Recommendation for use:
- Ideal for frequent and long-term use
- Specially designed for active and working mothers
- Several times per week, e.g. 3 – 5 times per day
- Single user product: Personal care item
Consisting of:
- 2 SoftFit™ Breastshields (24 mm)
- 2 Connectors
- 2 Valve heads
- 2 Valve membranes (two spares included)
- 4 Breastmilk bottles with imprint (150 ml)
- 2 Tubing
- 4 Lids
- 4 Discs
- 2 Bottle stands
- 1 Piston
- 1 Rubber seal
- 1 Cylinder
- 1 Cooler bag
- 1 Cooling element
- 1 Mains adapter
- 1 Backpack
- 1 Motor unit
- 1 Battery Pak™
- 1 Car adapter (sold separately). Batteries not included
Useful Hints/Trouble Shooting: Minimum vacuum is always automatically set at 50 mmHg
Rs. 24500.00 | Rs. 22050.00


text: I really like the white interior on the X, but my wife is concerned that it will wear fast, especially in our family car. It's a fair concern. So, while I realize that the leather material is different between the S and the X, I'm curious how the early sig S cars with the white interior are holding up? I don't mind a little extra care. Has it been a lot of work? Black is out, and we already have tan in our S. I was lucky to be at the X event and thought the white was the best choice by far.

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NEW JERSEY—MarJam Supply Co. (MarJam) has acquired the mortgages, through an affiliate, and occupancy of a 65,000-sq.-ft. industrial site at 342 Schuyler Ave. in Kearny, N.J. Jones Lang LaSalle VP Dean Brody represented MarJam, which is relocating from Newark.
Situated on approximately five acres, the three-building complex is in close proximity to Route 280 and the New Jersey Turnpike, providing a good location for MarJam, which distributes an array of building materials.
"For three years, MarJam has sought a space that meets its very specific operational needs, and this site is a great fit because of its structural amenities," Brody said. "Additionally, the property provides a choice location, offering easy access to Jersey City and New York City, both of which are key MarJam markets."
Built in 1960, 342 Schuyler Ave. includes a 40,000-sq.-ft. warehouse, a 20,000-sq.-ft. maintenance garage and a 4,500-sq.-ft. office building.


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Brake Strobe LED Knight Riderz Light Bar
Single intensity light bar with 12 Red LEDs. There are three built in strobe patterns that will demand attention from anyone behind your vehicle. There is a constant strobe pattern, a double beat and a quad beat pattern. When the brake is applied the LED will strobe based on what pattern you have selected. The unit comes pre-taped with 3M™ double sided tape for easy mounting to any flat surface. Works with any 12VDC system, no load equalizer or resistors required. Dimensions: 4.5"L x 0.7" W x 0.7" H Lifetime warranty against LED failure. Sold Each.
Optional 3M™ Adhesive Promoter must be shipped Best Method or UPS Ground. If alternate shipping method is selected, 3M™ Adhesive Promoter will be removed from package contents.
12 Red Single Intensity LEDs
3 Strobe Patterns Available -
Constant Strobe, Double Beat and Quad Beat
Dimensions: 4.5"L x 0.7" W x 0.7" H
24 Gauge 45" Wire Lead
Lifetime LED Warranty
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A guy named Sergeant Willie Pete breaks down Lauren London's responses in a recent King magazine interview. I couldn't stop laughing at his raw analysis of black women who love them some thug men. But after the laughter, the cold reality is that this is how our young black women think.
Here's an excerpt from the article that the sergeant most objected to:
KING: So you want a man who's both honest and thug?
London: An authentic gangsta—that deletes about half the rap game off your list. I love guys who are street. I won't even give soft guys a chance. Menace II Society is my ****! Caine was like my first crush. Actually, O-Dog was my true dream guy. I was in love with him, from that opening scene where he pops the convenience-store worker. He had me from that gunshot [laughs]. He was 'hood, and I loved that.
Listen to this guy's Rant!:lmao002: :clownonground:
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The other day I was trying to move a 5 MB mailbox from one server to another (both running Exchange 2013) when I noticed the move request was stuck on Queued for a long time. The first thing I did was checking the statistics of the move request by running the following cmdlet:
Get-MoveRequest | Get-MoveRequestStatistics | FL
In the stats I could see the following warning/error:
Job is waiting for resource reservation. MRS will continue trying to pick up this request. Details: Resource reservation failed for 'LocalServer/ServerRead' (Processor): load ratio 4.2, load state 'Overloaded', metric 64. This resource is currently unhealthy.
This would change intermittently to the following warning/error:
Message: Resource 'Processor' is unhealthy and shouldn't be accessed.
This could also be seen in the Application Event Log of the server:
Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchange Mailbox Replication
Date: 1/19/2017 10:25:09 AM
Event ID: 1121
Task Category: Request
Level: Error
Computer: server.domain.com
Description: The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service was unable to process a request due to an unexpected error. Request GUID: 'e2f8d856-f258-4cab-a1d1-dde19df2a000' Database GUID: '3479f71f-df65-48ff-a80d-9379495b6aac' Error: Resource 'Processor' is unhealthy and shouldn't be accessed.
The cause is self-explanatory: high CPU usage. When I checked the server's CPU, this was indeed the case:
The possible workarounds are to stop any CPU-intensive processes (if there are any that can be stopped), investigate what is causing the high CPU and fix it, or wait for the CPU usage to come down at which point the move request will resume automatically.
You may also see similar warnings for other resources such as disk IOPS for example:
Resource reservation failed for 'MdbWrite("database_name")' (MdbLatency("database_name")): load ratio -1, load state 'Unknown', metric (null).
Resource reservation failed for 'Mailbox Database/MdbWrite' (CiAgeOfLastNotification("database_name")): load ratio X.XXXXXXX, load state 'Critical', metric 2147483647. This resource is currently unhealthy.


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Who We Are
Pastor Judie Bryant
I was called to MVCC in June 2012. Before my first interview, my husband, Geoff, and I drove up to Mont Vernon and parked in the parking lot across the street. I simply sat in our car and looked at the church and I knew that God was calling me to this place at this time. It felt so right. Thankfully the search committee and congregation felt the same way. Prior to serving MVCC, I served a church in Massachusetts for about 19 years, first as the Director of Christian Education and then as the Acting Associate Minister for Congregational Life. Geoff and I have three children, Chris, Katie and Daniel, all adults and finding their own paths, and two grandchildren – Alex Lilyrose and Dezmond Sacha. Our two Wheaten Terriers, Sammy and Bailey, still live at home. I earned a Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Center, MA. I'm presently in a two year program to become a Spiritual Director. I love to read, walk in the woods, bike, laugh, write, listen to people's stories on The Moth, have good conversations, learn new things, binge watch favorite TV shows and visit historical homes. You can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Abbie Velez
Hey! My name is Abbie Velez and I'm the music director at MVCC. I've spent my whole life studying music. I started at 3 years old on the piano with this crazy musical gift and I quickly became a child prodigy studying with prestigious teachers and dreaming of Juilliard. God had other plans for me however! I'm now a busy mom of 4 boys and have spent the last ten years using my musical gift for the church. I play piano, organ and clarinet! I sing and direct our choir and praise band. I love what I do! I am so thankful God blessed me with this gift and that I use it every day to praise Him!
Cathy Leonard
Children have been the main focus of my entire adult life. I have six children of my own, and I have also worked with and supported elementary age students as a Para Educator for eight years. I have also had the opportunity to tend and care for the children of Mont Vernon Congregational Church nursery. In addition, I have taught weekly Bible classes at church for children ranging in ages from birth to ten years old for most of the last thirty years or so. My greatest passion is to educate all children to know and love their God.


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Join us in welcoming Jean Hicks and Wren Ross, our summer Artists on Farms resident artists. They'll be creating art here this summer and you can see samples of their work on display in the Picasso Gallery this August. Look for workshops and other community projects from them. Their bios are included below.
Our Resident Artist Community
The Resident Artist Studio community is designed to act as an incubator for the visual artist. Through a working studio space, neighboring artists, supporting programs, and exposure to the public and art community, Studio Space will provide participating artists with a foundation to further the impact of their art, expand their patron base, increase their exhibit schedule and market their work. This partnership between Artist and Gallery will strengthen both entities.
Gallery One Visual Art Center offers individual studios to artists at an inexpensive rate to support local artists and to create an atmosphere of energy and the production of art. Artists are allowed the use of the facility and are encouraged to be open during First Friday events to talk to patrons and show and sell their own work. They are also invited to an annual exhibition in the Eveleth Green Gallery.
Justin Colt Beckman
Video, Installation, Sculpture, Photo
Based around an investigation of the unique characteristics of small-town life, Justin Colt Beckman's work explores and presents ideas surrounding the urban/rural dichotomy and its associated stereotypes. Essentially a city boy with country boy tendencies, he uses photo-based works, film/video, sculpture, installation, and new-media to engage in rural activities vicariously through his art-making. www.beckman.ws
Neil & Tamara Caulkins
Guitar Music
A forgotten manuscript of duets by Isidro de Laporta (fl. 1790-1820) on the shelves of the Royal Conservatory library in Madrid introduced Neil and Tamara to a wealth of early nineteenth century music for two guitars. They are currently bringing this repertoire to life through research in archival sources and a study of historically informed performance practices including improvisation. Neil plays a replica of a seven string guitar made in Mirecourt, France, by Aubry-Maire in 1840 and Tamara plays an original anonymous French instrument from about 1825. The duo curates a Guitar Arts series of intimate performances by visiting musicians in the luminous space of the Eveleth Green Gallery.
Find out more about the duo and keep up with their performance here: www.caulkinsguitarduo.com
Cindy Deck
Cindy Deck is currently working at making functional art in ceramics. She is interested primarily in the abstract sculptural form. Her subject matter often deals with human nature, communicating this through use of organic shapes and surface treatment.
Ellensburg Film Festival
Since its inception in 2004, the Ellensburg Film Festival has grown into a major film and arts event in the northwest with over 2,000 people in attendance. The three-day festival is noted for its outstanding selection of critically acclaimed films, numerous screenings and venues, diverse cultural and artistic offerings, and a fun and relaxed atmosphere open to all.
Tabitha Klucking
Mixed Media
More info to come.
Robin Mayberry
Fiber Arts
Robin Mayberry is a mixed media maker who loves to create with textiles, paper and wax—sometimes all at once. Her work has been published in Sew Somerset and Somerset Studios, and has been shown in a number of local exhibitions. When not creating her own art, she loves to inspire others by leading lively, hands-on demonstrations and workshops. www.robinmayberry.com
Teresa Francois
More info to come
Nick Bosso & Antonia Sloan
Jewelry, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture/Lighting
Antonia is a jewelry artist and works in sketching and doodles. The jewelry she creates in her studio exhibits ornate stones, geodes and whimsical creations. She works in the community as a Marriage and Family Therapist and certified Art Therapist. Nick Bosso uses vintage radios and natural materials to transform them with modern technologies by creating lighting features and audio devices.
Patrick Stanton
Jeweler and Lego Artist
A resident of Ellensburg since 1989, Pat began his career by winning the coveted, "On the Fridge with a Dominos Magnet as high as he could reach Award" at a very early age. Most recently his work has been seen in the Gallery One, Larsen Gallery, Sarah Spurgeon and Alley Cats Galleries. His jewelry work is generally in Sterling, 14k Gold and Enamel. He enjoys making personalized wearable jewelry; rings, broaches, pendants and necklaces, but has also ventured to the world of bicycle bells.
He is also regionally acclaimed Lego Artist. It is a very small region, mostly his living room. www.saintsjohn.blogspot.


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Circulation growth puts Daily News ahead of the pack
YOUR very own Warwick Daily News is proud to report we brought home the strongest circulation result of any daily newspaper nationally for the last quarter of 2012.
Figures released by independent monitor the Audit Bureau of Circulations show the Monday to Friday editions of the Daily News recorded 4.8% growth for the October to December quarter of last year, as compared to the same period in 2011.
The only other daily title in the country to end the year in the black was the Saturday edition of the West Australian, up by 1.3%.
Metro dailies - including The Courier Mail and major Fairfax titles - all recorded a circulation decrease.
Daily News general manager Bruce Partridge said the result meant more than 400 extra readers every day for the period opened a copy of our region's foremost title.
"Advertisers will always get better results when readers have a good reason to read the news on their page," Mr Partridge said.
"Why? Because we support local people and events - no other media outlet gets to as many of the Warwick and Southern Downs region's activities as we do.
"In recent years there have been cheaper alternatives but the Daily News' strong readership base is proof our coverage is growing, and that helps the whole community."
We're also tracking well online, with the Daily News website recording an 84% rise in visitation for January, and our Facebook is "liked" by 3310 people.
The Daily News is part of the APN media group, the largest regional daily newspaper company in Australia, accounting for 35% of all audited newspapers sold nationally and 54% of all those sold in the Sunshine State.
Queensland was also the strongest performing state for regional daily newspapers, again reinforcing the unique connection that regional communities within Queensland have with their dailies.


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Sustainable Winegrowing with Vineyard Team
About This Show
Get the latest science and research for the wine industry with Sustainable Wine Growing. Vineyard Team brings you the experts on resource issues and business trends related to sustainable agriculture to help you put sustainability into practice. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.Read more »


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Press Releases: July 2017
EFF to FCC: Tossing Net Neutrality Protections Will Set ISPs Free to Throttle, Block, and Censor the Internet for Users
FCC Plan to Scuttle Open Internet Rule 'Disastrous' For the Future of the Internet, Experts Say
Washington, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the FCC to keep in place net neutrality rules, which are essential to prevent cable companies like Comcast and Verizon from controlling, censoring, and discriminating against their subscribers' favorite Internet content.
In comments submitted today, EFF came out strongly in opposition to the FCC's plan to reverse the agency's 2015 open Internet rules, which were designed to guarantee that service providers treat everyone's content equally. The reversal would send a clear signal that those providers can engage in data discrimination, such as blocking websites, slowing down Internet speeds for certain content—known as throttling—and charging subscribers fees to access movies, social media, and other entertainment content over "fast lanes." Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T supply Internet service to millions of Americans, many of whom have no other alternatives for high-speed access. Given the lack of competition, the potential for abuse is very real.
EFF's comments join those of many other user advocates, leading computer engineers, entrepreneurs, faith communities, libraries, educators, tech giants, and start-ups that are fighting for a free and open Internet. Last week those players gave the Internet a taste of what a world without net neutrality would look like by temporarily blocking and throttling their content. Such scenarios aren't merely possible—they are likely, EFF said in its comments. Internet service providers (ISPs) have already demonstrated that they are willing to discriminate against competitors and block content for their own benefit, while harming the Internet experience of users.
"ISPs have incentives to shape Internet traffic and the FCC knows full well of instances where consumers have been harmed. AT&T blocked data sent by Apple's FaceTime software, Comcast has interfered with Internet traffic generated by certain applications, and ISPs have rerouted users' web searches to websites they didn't request or expect," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz. "These are just some examples of ISPs controlling our Internet experience. Users pay them to connect to the Internet, not decide for them what they can see and do there."
Nearly 200 computer scientists, network engineers, and Internet professionals also submitted comments today highlighting deep flaws in the FCC's technical description of how the Internet works. The FCC is attempting to pass off its incorrect technical analysis to justify its plan to reclassify ISPs so they are not subject to net neutrality rules. The engineers' submission—signed by such experts as Vint Cerf, co-designer of the Internet's fundamental protocols; Mitch Kapor, a personal computer industry pioneer and EFF co-founder; and programmer Sarah Allen, who led the team that created Flash video—sets the record straight about how the Internet works and how rolling back net neutrality would have disastrous effects on Internet innovation.
"We are concerned that the FCC (or at least Chairman Pai and the authors of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) appears to lack a fundamental understanding of what the Internet's technology promises to provide, how the Internet actually works, which entities in the Internet ecosystem provide which services, and what the similarities and differences are between the Internet and other telecommunications systems the FCC regulates as telecommunications services," the letter said.
"It is clear to us that if the FCC were to reclassify broadband access service providers as information services, and thereby put the bright-line, light-touch rules from the Open Internet Order in jeopardy, the result could be a disastrous decrease in the overall value of the Internet."
For EFF's comments:
For the engineers' letter:
For more about EFF's campaign to keep net neutrality:
We Must Keep the Internet Free and Open. EFF, Tech Giants, Startups and Internet Users Tell FCC: Don't Sell Out Net Neutrality To Appease ISPs
AirBnB, Amazon, ACLU, Google, Etsy, Y Combinator Among Organizations Standing Up To Government Plan To Let ISPs Block Content, Charge Fees for 'Fast Lanes'
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a broad coalition of user advocacy groups and major technology companies and organizations joined forces today to protest the FCC's plan to toss out net neutrality rules that preserve Internet freedom and prevent cable and telecommunications companies from controlling what we can see and do online.
Without net neutrality, Internet service providers (ISPs) can block your favorite content, throttle or slow down Internet speeds to disadvantage competitors' content, or make you pay more than you already do to access movies and other online entertainment.
To show just how important net neutrality is to free choice on the Internet, EFF and a host of other organizations are temporarily halting full access to their website homepages today with a prominent message that they're "blocked." Only upgrading to "premium" (read: more expensive) service plans will allow users access to blocked sites and services, the message says. (Don't worry, the sites aren't really blocked. Clicking on the message will take you to a link for DearFCC, our tool for submitting comments to the FCC and making your voice heard.)
"We're giving subscribers a preview of their Internet experience if the FCC dismantles the current net neutrality rules," said EFF Legal Director Corynne McSherry. "AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon will be able to block your favorite content or steer you to the content they choose—often without you knowing it. Those without deep pockets—libraries, schools, startups and nonprofits—will be relegated to Internet slow lanes."
The online community—gig economy site AirBnb, maker site Etsy, file storage provider DropBox, and hundreds more—have joined EFF and other user advocates today to deliver a message to the FCC: we want real net neutrality protections.
"It's our Internet and we will defend it," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien. "We won't allow cable companies and ISPs, which already garner immense profits from customers, to become Internet gatekeepers."
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AT&T, Verizon, Other Telco Providers Lag Behind Tech Industry in Protecting Users from Government Overreach, EFF Annual Survey Shows
Amazon Fails To Follow, Much Less Lead in Privacy Best Practices, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Fail to Promise They Will Stand Up to FBI Gag Orders
San Francisco, California—While many technology companies continue to step up their privacy game by adopting best practices to protect sensitive customer information when the government demands user data, telecommunications companies are failing to prioritize user privacy when the government comes knocking, an EFF annual survey shows. Even tech giants such as Apple, Facebook, and Google can do more to fully stand behind their users.
EFF's seventh annual "Who Has Your Back" report, released today, digs into the ways many technology companies are getting the message about user privacy in this era of unprecedented digital surveillance. The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we say, our political affiliations, our religion, and more.
"This information is a magnet for governments seeking to surveil citizens, journalists, and activists. When governments do so, they need to follow the law, and users are increasingly demanding that companies holding their data enact the toughest policies to protect customer information," said EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman.
EFF evaluated the public policies at 26 companies and awarded stars in five categories. This year EFF included two new categories: "promises not to sell out users," and "stands up to NSL gag orders." The first reflects our concern about the stated goal of several members of government to co-opt tech companies to track people by their immigration status or religion. We awarded stars to companies that prohibit developers and third parties from capturing user data to assist governments in conducting surveillance.
We also awarded stars to companies that exercise their right to make the government initiate judicial review of gag orders that prohibit them from publicly disclosing they have received a National Security Letter (NSL). NSLs—secret FBI demands for user information issued with no oversight from any court—permit the FBI to unilaterally gag recipients, a power EFF believes is unconstitutional. Facebook, Google, and Microsoft have failed to promise to step up and exercise the right to have the government put NSL gag orders before a court.
Nine companies earned stars in every category this year: Adobe, Credo, Dropbox, Lyft, Pinterest, Sonic, Uber, Wickr, and Wordpress. Each has a track record of defending user privacy against government overreach and improved on their practices to meet the more stringent standards in this year's Who Has Your Back.
Two tech companies lagged behind in the industry: Amazon and WhatsApp, both of which earned just two stars. EFF's survey showed that while both companies have done significant work to defend user privacy—EFF especially lauds WhatsApp's move to adopt end-to-end encryption by default for its billion users around the world—their policies still lag behind. Online retail giant Amazon has been rated number one in customer service, yet it hasn't made the public commitments to stand behind its users' digital privacy that the rest of the industry has.
AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile, and Verizon scored the lowest, each earning just one star. While they have adopted a number of industry best practices, like publishing transparency reports and requiring a warrant for content, they still need to commit to informing users before disclosing their data to the government and creating a public policy of requesting judicial review of all NSLs.
"The tech industry as a whole has moved toward providing its users with more transparency, but telecommunications companies—which serve as the pipeline for communications and Internet service for millions of Americans—are failing to publicly push back against government overreach," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Nate Cardozo. "Both legacy telcos and the giants of Silicon Valley can and must do better. We expect companies to protect, not exploit, the data we have entrusted them with."
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This year, we went to The Stables Restaurant at Beamish Hall because the service and food is always fantastic, they have a great selection of drinks and the atmosphere and ambiance is second to none. This cosy roaring fires, rustic wooden tables and twinkling warm white fairy lights.
My look was smart but comfortable with a hint of festive sparkle thanks to the Scarlett and Jo Twist Knot Lurex Tunic. Mine is black lurex with a sparking silver thread running through it but it is also available in couple of other black and metallic combinations.
This tunic is the perfect addition to a winter wardrobe as it glitters but isn't too OTT and it feels special and eye catching while still keeping you covered on colder evenings. It has floaty angel sleeves, an uber flattering v neckline and is long enough to cover the bottom, making it the perfect choice to wear with leggings or closer fitting trousers.
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These are a great fit and look absolutely gorgeous. I've worn them so frequently with tops this winter; I even paired with with a black velvet bardot top for more of a lounge suit co-ord feel and the two together made a great set.
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The History Teaching Institute at The Ohio State University is the P-16 portal of The Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at the Ohio State University. Along with other content, on this site we house a variety of lesson plans for students k-12. Lesson plan topic areas include Central Asia in World History, the Scientific Revolution, current events, Historic Clothing Artifacts, Opper cartoons and more.
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The Navy in WWI
Photo: Australian submarine AE2 with crew on deck at Portsmouth, ANMM Collection Gift from Mrs D Smyth.
The histories of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli and the Western Front are well documented but less is known about the involvement of the Navy during World War I.
The exhibition features excerpts from several unpublished journals by:
Rare artefacts
Get up close to special keepsakes made by sailors for their loved ones during World War I and see the typical uniforms of the day. Find out about the Bridging Train and learn about the role of the submarine AE2 at Gallipoli.
The exhibition features many rare World War l artefacts from the collections of the Australian National Maritime Museum, the National Film and Sound Archives and the Australian War Memorial.
Watch several short films including dramatic scenes depicting Australia's first naval battle between HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMSEmden.
Take a sneak peek at one of the films on display in the exhibition. It's a compilation of footage from the National Film and Sound Archive of troops and transport ships of the first overseas convoy of Australian infantry, October and November 1914:
Follow the War at Sea blog to find out why warships were painted in striking patterns and colours during the era of 'dazzle camouflage', and read about the oft-forgotten troopships that transported over 400,000 troops and 139,000 horses.
The museum's fleet includes three ex-Royal Australian Navy vessels open for visitors to explore.
The destroyer Vampire is Australia's largest museum vessel and is the last of the country's big gun ships. These powerful, fast ships were designed principally for the machinery and weapons of war. One look at the cramped living spaces onboard and you will see that comfort came a poor second!
At the museum's wharves you will also find our submarine HMAS Onslow which was decommissioned in 1999, just weeks before coming to the museum. It's still close to operational condition. So, if you venture onboard, listen out for the diving alarm!
And don't forget to explore our patrol boat, HMAS Advance. Commissioned in 1968, this hardworking boat served out of Darwin until 1980. In that time it helped shadow a Russian fishing boat suspected of spying, expelled illegal foreign fishing boats, weathered Cyclone Tracy in 1974, helped with hydrographic surveys of Australia's north-west coast and became a TV star on the ABC.
Follow @WarregoJohn for snapshots from the 100-year-old personal diary of John Brown, a wireless radio operator aboard HMAS Protector, Warrego, and Brisbane.
"A very funny thing happened during the first watch that night. I had the lookout from 11 to 12. I saw what I thought was a ship's masthead light on the horizon, so I reported to the officer of the watch 'light on the starboard bow sir'… He said "You are a damned idiot, that light is the evening star…" 8 Oct 1914
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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A graphic panel display based on the major touring exhibition War at Sea is available for bookings. The display has been shown in RSL Clubs, museums, libraries and visitor centres and is provided free of charge to your venue.
It highlights the contribution the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) made in the 'war to end all wars', less widely known than those of the soldiers at Gallipoli and the Western Front.
You may choose to screen the banner display for a weekend or for up to three months. ANMM will provide marketing materials, an education pack and copies of five films, which can be screened at your venue. It is easy to set up, and easy to take down. It includes eight 2 x1.5 metre banners.
For bookings and enquiries, please contact Emily Jateff: email@example.com
This display is sponsored by RSL Queensland.
I loved the plentiful diary extracts of those who were at sea. What an intimate look at their lives.
This exhibition is long but informative. I just wished I had more time to read, watch and listen to everything. Well done to anyone who worked on it, you have done a great job.
D Troy 21/12/14
As the daughter of a British naval officer who took part in the Second World War I found this exhibition absolutely fascinating. So much primary evidence to read, but so sad at so much loss of brave young men.
E Showan 7/1/15
This was a very thorough exhibition. Well done! My son loved it!
Fabulous displays and information. Thank you!!
Hank and Deb 13/3/15
After all these years the memories can still convey the pain and the sacrifice. Incredibly moving. Thank you.
Ria Epps 22/3/15
Thank you for an interesting and at times what felt like a very personal connection with the sailors in WWI.
R & K Faulkner 26/11/14
My brothers about to join the navy. It was great being able to see all the history behind it. Wonderful exhibit!
Melania 26/1/15
Our father served in HMS New Zealand (sister ship to HMAS Australia) at the Battle of Jutland and was captain on a motor torpedo boat at Zeebrugge. An excellent exhibition particularly the drawers with the extracts of letters from those who were there.
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Minority report: Predicting where to put your policeman
11 November 2013
"In about 2000, we started using techniques from epidemiology to see whether the risk of burglary spreads like disease," said Professor Shane Johnson (UCL Security & Crime Science). "And that's what we found: if a burglary occurs at one location, very swiftly others nearby are more likely." Read: CNBC


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A brief U.S. Embassy statement said shots were fired Wednesday morning on two vehicles carrying U.S. military personnel near a Saudi National Guard compound where a U.S. training unit is based. The convoy returned immediately to the compound. The statement said a driver, whose nationality was not given, was slightly injured. It was not clear whether the driver was shot.
"Saudi Arabian authorities are investigating the incident," the statement concluded.
This latest attack could send oil markets soaring even beyond Tuesday's spike of $42 a barrel, an historic high, reports CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer. It's likely to further undermine confidence in the world's largest oil producer.
Saudi security officials had said earlier that no one was injured in the shooting in the southern part of the capital. The conflicting reports could not be immediately reconciled.
The residential compound at one time housed U.S. military servicemen, but is now home to Saudis, other Arab expatriates and some Westerners, a Saudi security official said on condition of anonymity. Calls to the compound switchboard reached an automatic answering service that identifies is as an installation of "OPM SANG" — Office of the Program Manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard. An operator who picked up later refused comment.
In Taif, 465 miles southwest of Riyadh and just south of the holy city of Mecca, Saudi security forces Wednesday killed two key militants with alleged ties to a shooting attack and hostage-taking in eastern Saudi Arabia that killed 22 people, the Interior Ministry said.
The ministry, in a statement reported by the official Saudi Press Agency, said security forces surrounded the two men in a remote area in al-Hada, on the Taif-Mecca highway in western Saudi Arabia, and killed them after they threw grenades and shot at the troops.
There was no immediate word on what involvement the two allegedly had in the weekend violence in Khobar which was said to have targeted westerners.
The identities of the two men were not released. The statement said one of the men was disguised as a woman. It said there were no injuries among security forces.
Saudi authorities began a high-profile crackdown on Islamic militants after a May 2003 attack on a Riyadh housing compound killed 35 people, including nine suicide bombers. Since then, there have been numerous shootouts with militants on Saudi streets.
On Sunday, Saudi commandos and security forces ended a 25-hour shooting rampage and hostage siege in the eastern oil city of Khobar in which the 22 people — mostly foreigners working in the oil industry — were killed. One gunman was wounded and arrested; three others escaped.
In Washington Tuesday, U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher reiterated his government's advice that Americans leave Saudi Arabia.
Boucher said Americans were being urged to leave even though "it's clear that Saudi security forces are very aggressively pursuing the terrorists who are operating in their homeland. They have been successful in preventing several attacks. And, in many cases, that cost Saudi lives as well."
Boucher said the United States and Saudi Arabia were working closely together against terrorism.
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has vowed to destabilize the Saudi government, which the Saudi-born extremist views as insufficiently Islamic and which he derides for its close relationship with the United States. Saudi officials have linked militant violence in the kingdom to al Qaeda or to other groups believed inspired by bin Laden.
The Khobar attack sparked increases in already high global oil prices, amid fears that the Saudi government, which controls the world's largest proven crude reserves, cannot protect its vital oil installations.
In Lebanon Wednesday, Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi said his country was taking adequate steps to safeguard its most important facilities.
The Saudi oil minister moved fast to reassure the world his government will bring oil prices down to around $28 a barrel by increasing production, Palmer reports. But that will only work as long as the Saudis can protect key installations.
"The illusion that terrorism threatens petroleum facilities in the world is not true. I assure you that installations in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia are secure because they are under intensive protection to prevent such acts," he said in a speech at the Beirut offices of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Naimi was in Beirut for a formal Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting Thursday on production policy. Saudi Arabia is already boosting its own production to try to get prices down, Naimi said earlier that he would urge OPEC to raise its output ceiling by as much as 2.5 million barrels a day, or 11 percent.


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Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923 / Wellington)
Jangling Memory
Heavens above! here's an old tie of your--
Sea-green dragons stamped on a golden ground.
Ha! Ha! Ha! What children we were in those days.
Do you love me enough to wear it now?
Have you the courage of your pristine glories?
Ha! Ha! Ha! You laugh and shrug your shoulders.
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TV: 'Dexter' Gets a Sixth Season!
Anyone keeping up with "Dexter" can attest to the fact that it's still going strong, and this new "Bonny & Clyde" angle is bringing a breathe of fresh air. So it comes as exciting news that Showtime is getting ready to announce a renewal for "Dexter". The show just had its second highest ratings ever on Sunday night, delivering 2.5 million viewers, up 43% from the fifth season premiere. That almost certainly means the upcoming finale on Dec. 12 is going to set a new viewership record. In 2008, Showtime confidently renewed "Dexter" for two seasons. That's not likely to happen this time, since key talent deals will need to be renegotiated before the show's seventh season. Personally I hope they keep Julia Stiles as an intricate part of the series from here on out, she brings a whole new dimension to the killing.


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Thanks to Kou for coming along and filling in the shoes that zenrii left behind.
I honestly doubt anyone waited for us, but here's episode 10. 11 is currently being worked on as well.
I believe I said we would be doing this once upon a time, so here it is!
Also, Chloe is changed to Clo where appropriate since I wasn't paying enough attention to her name while Herz was airing. I believe some of you pointed that out too so I'll be changing that for the batch and/or BDs if we ever get around to them.
Joint with Cthuko.
No translation for the ED yet. We couldn't figure it out. Unless lyrics pop up out of nowhere, you can assume that there won't be any karaoke until the official lyrics come out.
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And that's it ladies and gentleman! This season of Illya has been a really big letdown for me but it still had its moments. We'll probably be doing 3rei when it comes around. Well, I want to at least. We'll see how that goes.
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Oscar Adriano Pereira from East Ham passed his driving test the first time in Tilbury Essex. Oscar Adriano Pereira had about 4 hours of driving lesson in around Tilbury and 2 hours blocking booking around East London.
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When it comes to these two, I am never surprised about anything. I can see both of these two releasing these stories of their "reunion" to the media and/or the stories of their "bickering" to the media. That's why I like reading Michelle's blog, Straight from the A, I have to be real, I've been reading her blog for a couple of years, and this woman ALWAYS has the tea. And when I say always, I mean ALWAYS.
Via Straight from the A:
Kim and Nene are rumored to have officially squashed their ongoing beef and Zolciak gladly spilled the news via twitter a few weeks back, that she was back in Leakes' good graces, stating:


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PLL Season 6 premiere: The Liars aren't who they used to be
Pretty Little Liars? has heralded in another deadly season for us: the #SummerOfAnswers.
The show returned for its sixth season with no time wasted, picking up right where we last left our favorite Liars as they were trying to break out of the freshly named Charles and his dollhouse.
More:Pretty Little Liars theory: We will never see Big A's face
In fact, the show picks up moments before where we last left the ladies, with a kinetic pace not dissimilar to a season finale of Lost. Instead of the Dharma Initiative and Henry Ian Cusick's Desmond and Mama Cass, we get Sara Harvey for the first time (played by Dre Davis on the show, but previously shown as a stock photograph model), and the return of "Don't Fence Me In" and Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight."
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Escaping the dollhouse
The Liars escape out of the dollhouse, but are stranded just beyond its bunker door, trapped by the threat of 10,000 volts that are waiting for them should they try to breach the fence there. After suffering for a time in the heat and the cold, with no food and no water, there's some dialogue that is so wonderfully silly and gruesome from Hanna and Emily about which bodily fluids they'd be willing to consume just to survive. For Hanna, it's a pee ice cube, and for Emily, the sweat from a jockstrap. And as they said that, there I was giggling as I flashed back in my mind to Aria screaming to Emily about the accident she had in her pants when A kidnapped them from their prison transport van at the end of last season.
But then Charles reopens the gates to his personal underworld and the Liars eventually decide to take the chance on enduring that psychological torture again rather than die outside — much like us viewers. Not long after the Liars descend back into this fresh, nostalgic hell, they end up waking up from the dead. Literally, they find themselves naked, under sheets, on metal slabs in what appears to be Charles' makeshift morgue in the dollhouse because, of course.
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There's not much time to enjoy their metaphorical rebirth because they're greeted by Mona, forced to play Ali again, complete with Ali's candy-striper outfit from Season 1. You have to love how much fun the show is having celebrating its own mythology here, digging under its own skin and bringing things back, twisted and remixed. Mona tries to tap into some of the Liars' unified strength and gets defiant with A, even after she's warned the others that that kind of rebellion gets you thrown in "the hole." And sure enough, that's where Mona ends up, in a Silence of the Lambs-like pit in a bunker under the ground.
The Liars are then consigned to their own pits, their faux rooms there in the dollhouse. We don't know what horrors lie beyond those doors for each of the girls, but we do certainly hear their offscreen screams of terror as they're greeted by those "surprises." The doors scream, we hear Spencer plead, "No!" and the Liars are locked away from us by a title card that reads, "Three weeks later." This is chillingly effective.
We see the Liars emerge all those weeks later, and for the most part, they're dressed like approximations of who they used to be. Spencer's back in preppy argyle, Emily's back in swim team jumpsuits, Aria's dressed like Harley Quinn again and the pink streaks in her hair are back. And I think this will be key: We're told again and again that A has a soul because of the twisted remnants of nostalgia he keeps there in the dollhouse and seems to fetishize, presumably because that's where he's trapped, in a way. And now he's forcing the Liars to be who he sees them as, who they once were. And they definitely look changed from their experiences there, and unable to deal with the effect it'll have on them, and afraid to put it into words.
More: The Pretty Little Liars Season 6 flash-forward will likely upset fans
A new side to Alison
In this episode, we see a new side to Alison, the one who acknowledges how important her friends are to her and puts herself on the line to try to save them. This includes working with the Hardy Bros, Caleb and Ezra, to fool the cops while Alison basically volunteers herself to be kidnapped by A and taken back to his pretty little lair. This whole sequence was wonderful in how it paid lip service to so many wonderful clichés from movies, from "The call is coming from inside the house!" right up to Caleb giving Alison fancy new footwear with a tracking device in it. This is another great sequence that goes from the Kissing Rock to another evil GPS navigation system in a car to Alison acting out her own horror movie: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Through the Dark and Forbidden Woods, while in the infamous yellow top.
You know, the one from that night. That night from the pilot in which Alison drugged her friends and confronted pretty much every other character on the show to either threaten or be threatened by. She was then clobbered over the back of the head and buried alive by her own mother, just to crawl out of that grave and be helped by the psychic lady from PLL's spin-off and Nerdy Mona, and then begin her life on the run with the rest of the world thinking she's dead. I feel like not only is that important, it's also the show enjoying how naughty and enjoyable its villain is with all this self-referencing.
More: Pretty Little Liars' Sasha Pieterse reveals 14 new details about Charles
Back in the dollhouse
A has the Liars unpacking some of Ali's old things, which alerts the girls to the fact that Alison's arrival is imminent. After some examining some of the crimes Alison has committed upon the world, like calling Lucas "hermy" and, you know, the blinding Jenna thing, the Liars decide that enough is enough. It's time to break out. No more existential terror, no more of this dollhouse and no more being somebody's plaything, whether it be Charles or Alison.
Under the faithful guidance of Spencer, the Liars break their way back into Charles' "soul room," where they again find that old home movie with the now dearly departed Mrs. D and what appears to be baby Ali and two blond boys, presumably little Jason and little Charles. You see, Spencer found a toy mixed in with Alison's stuff earlier, one that had the initials "C.D." on it, and Spencer has worked out those anagrams found under Mona's hand mirror from last season so that she can inform her friends, "Charles is a DiLaurentis."
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They know Charles is watching them, and has them trapped, but they're resolute. They're sold on the idea that he has a soul, and that it is physically embodied in the stuff he's collected in this room, from baby pictures to a crib to an old popcorn machine. It's the simulacra of a life that should've gone out to a garage sale. The girls have been tortured by Charles for almost a month now, with seemingly some dark part of themselves reflected back at them, and they're going to bargain for their freedom in true Pretty Little Liars style: They're going to light it on fire and let it all burn. Starting with, Spencer decides, those old home movies of Charles' that she purposely let heat into a blaze in the projector. I could not love Spencer more than when she does this. This is PLL's answer, possibly, to the carousel scene from Mad Men, I hope. Mona played with dolls when she was A, Charles plays with body parts and his victims' psyches and Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily play with fire.
The timing works out for the Liars because as they're torching the trinkets in the soul room while A (who briefly literally becomes the Man Behind the Curtain) watches, Alison approaches. And now Charles has an impossible dilemma: save his possessions, or capture what is possibly his most sought-after possession, which is Alison.
And now
The Liars have escaped the dollhouse, but what shape are they in, body and soul? Sara Harvey is alive and free. Who, not what, is Charles and how does he fit in with the rest of the DiLaurentis clan? What is going on with Andrew? Is the Rear Window Brew still open while Ezra is growing stubble and hanging out with teenagers? And will our Pretty Little Liars still be able to attend a real prom and graduate before the long-promised time jump?
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On Thursday, the IRS official at the center of the agency's scandal involving a lavish 2010 conference at Disneyland that cost taxpayers $4.1 million conceded the price may have been $5 million.
Testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, Faris Fink, the Small Business and Self-Employed Division Commissioner, admitted he only had 90% of the documentation about the cost of the trip.
Responding to questioning from Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Fink initially said the conference cost $4.1 million. Meadows asked him whether the cost of the conference could have been much higher.
When Meadows asked if the conference "could be $5 million," Fink said yes. "It could go higher," he replied. "Absolutely could go to [$5 million]."
When Meadows asked if the conference could have cost $6 million, Fink said he was not sure of that figure.


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