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Which new Chinese adventure drama do you want to see on DramaFever?
Are you a fan of adventure shows? Do you fantasize about have an exciting new experience? There are a few Chinese adventure dramas coming out that will give you a whole new perspective. And you don't need to be interested in the field of archaeology to join in on the fun! Which new Chinese adventure drama do you want to see on DramaFever?
1. Candle in the Tomb
Star: Jin Dong from Nirvana in Fire, Joe Chen from Fated to Love you
Synopsis: Set in the 1980s, the novel follows former soldier Hu Bayi and his partner as they raid tombs in search of valuables. The two team up with an American archaeologist after they fall victim to a curse, and to release themselves from it they must seek clues found among ancient mythical sites across China.
The title is derived from an old Chinese saying, credited by the author to genuine grave robbers: "A human lights the candle and the ghosts blow it out." According to Muye, grave robbers would place a candle in the south-east corner of a tomb after entering, in an attempt to make contact with the dead. If the candle was extinguished it was a sign that the spirits within opposed the intrusion, and the robbers would be obliged to depart, leaving everything intact and undisturbed.
2. The Adventure For Love
Star: Danson Tang from Murphy's Law Of Love, Eva Chen from Chronicle of Life
Synopsis: Xia Meng Xun, Tang Chao, and Bai Zhou are three individuals from rich families brought together by 3 mysterious Buddha statues. They embarked on an adventure filled with dangers to uncover their family secrets and find love in the process.
3. Old Nine Gates (The Mystic Nine)
Star: Lay(Zhang Yixing) from EXO, William Chen and Zhao Liying from Journey of Flowers
Synopsis: During the era of the republic, the town of Changsha was guarded by nine big families known as the "Old Nine Gates / Mystic Nine Clan". They were incredibly powerful families who wield supreme power over everything in Changsha.
In year 1933, a mysterious train ended in Changsha station. The leader of the Nine Gates, Zhang Qishan / Fo Ye (William Chan) who was also the army commander of Changsha, started to investigate with Qi Tiezui / Ba Ye (Ying Haoming) and they discovered a highly suspicious mine just out of Changsha. In order to solve the mystery of the mine, they decided to engage the help of Er Yuehong / Er Ye (Zhang Yixing) who was an opera singer that came from a family of archaeologists. However Er Ye was reluctant to help them as his wife Ya Tou (Crystal Yuan) was terminally ill. In order to procure the medicine for treating her, Fo Ye travelled to Beiping with Er Ye, Ba Ye and Ya Tou and they met the young mistress of the hotel Ying Xinyue ( Zhao Liying) there. The five of them later returned to Changsha and discovered the how the mystery of the mine was connected to their families' histories and the Japanese's sinister plot against Changsha.
4. The Lost Tomb
Star: Yang Yang from Love O2O and Tiffany Tang from Perfect Couple
Synopsis: Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family's past. With the help of his grandfather's notes and his team – the quiet Zhang Qiling, the resourceful Pang Zi , the experienced Wu Sanxing, San Xing's loyal helper Pan Zi, and the skillful Ah Ning – Wu Xie sets out to find the lost treasures as well as the people responsible for the massacre of his family.
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Speaking at a Q&A for the drama, which recounts the 1831 slave uprising led by Nat Turner, at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, Union reflected on her own sexual assault.
"When I was 19, laying on the floor after being raped on the floor of a Payless shoe store at gunpoint, I decided never again," Union said. "I decided I was going to use my celebrity, my platform ... to talk about the horrors of sexual violence and what it does to your soul and to your psyche and to your sanity and to your family and to your relationships."
Although her role is small and comes with no lines, Union said, "I thought it was more important to be the symbol that people can recognize to put the face to voicelessness and powerlessness that sexual assault leaves us with."
"And there's a scene where [Colman Domingo, who portrays Esther's husband Hank Turner] is literally waiting for his wife who has been snatched away from him to be used and abused," she explained. "And he's waiting there for her to welcome her back in. And so many of us have not been welcomed back in and I needed people to see that, that is real, there is hope, there is faith, you are not broken or forsaken... There is a community that will love you, and that is what I have received from Hollywood."
Union, 43, said that thinking about her rape often makes her want to "vomit." Still, she promised to continue to be vocal and raise awareness.
"My personal discomfort is nothing compared to being a voice for people who feel absolutely voiceless and powerless," she said. "We all want a lot of things, but the only thing we can control is ourselves. If there's any message I could get out to anyone who's ever sat in my seat, is: You are not broken, you are not alone, you have a tremendous amount of support whether you speak out or you keep your pain personal, you are real, you are valid, you are loved, and you are worthwhile."
The discussion closely followed Birth of a Nation director, actor and producer Nate Parker's comments about his own involvement in a 1999 college rape case, which has received renewed interest following the revelation that his accuser committed suicide in 2012.
Parker, now 36, said earlier this summer that he was "filled with profound sorrow" when he learned about the woman's death.
Asked Sunday why he never apologized to his accuser, Parker told a reporter, "I've addressed this a few times and I'm sure I'll continue to address it in different ways moving forward."
He noted earlier during the event that "we had over 400 people involved in this project," and encouraged the focus be moved to them, rather than his personal life.
Union previously promised she would not take allegations against Parker "lightly," writing in The Los Angeles Times, "Since Nate Parker's story was revealed to me, I have found myself in a state of stomach-churning confusion."
The actress said that she has read all 700 pages of Parker's trial transcript, admitting, "I still don't actually know. Nor does anyone who was not in that room."
Birth of a Nation opens in theaters Oct. 7.

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Falls prevention in older people should be a priority for everyone. It is Australia's leading cause of disability due to injury. A simple fall can lead to a broken hip, shoulder or wrist – any of which can cause big changes in your life, or the life of a family member. Podiatrists play an important role in working to prevent falls. This Info Sheet will explain how we can help to keep you and your loved ones standing and walking for longer.
As we age our overall strength and balance will decline. Additionally our feet begin to lose strength, flexibility and feeling. These changes put older people at a risk of falling over. A podiatrist can assess for risk factors that can be modified to prevent falls including foot pain, foot deformity, muscle strength, footwear and gait (how we walk).
Foot pain
If your feet are painful, you will alter the way you walk to compensate for the pain, which may increase your risk of falling. Eliminating pain may be as simple as attending a routine general nail care appointment to ensure the nails are kept short, not too thick and to remove any corns or callus. Another source of pain may be mechanical and due to the way you are functioning. A podiatrist can conduct a full assessment of the muscles, tendons and joints to identify what is causing the pain provide treatment to eliminate or lessen the pain.
Foot deformity
Includes toe deformities (claw toes and hammer toes), bunions, osteoarthritis and more. Foot deformities cause an abnormal pressure distribution under the foot and can impact on balance. We have a number of treatments we can use to move pressure away from painful areas.
Muscle strength
The muscles in the foot have an important role in creating stability and balance. Podiatrists can conduct tests to identify any weak muscles and show you some exercises to do at home to help strengthen them. Examples include holding on to sturdy furniture and slowly lift both heels off the ground and then slowly lower them back down and if you have good balance you may be able to try balancing on one leg for a certain amount of time.
It is important to wear appropriate shoes that have been fitted properly. Your feet provide your brain with feedback information on the surface you are walking on to provide the right amount of balance and postural control. If you are not wearing correct shoes it will affect this process. The worst thing you can do is walk around barefoot, in socks or stockings only as this creates a higher chance of slipping. It is also not good to wear unstable shoes like high heels or thongs. Opt for shoes with a sturdy sole that has a good amount of grip on the bottom and fastenings (lace-up, Velcro, buckle or a zip) to keep your foot in the shoe. It is a good idea to get your shoes fitted at a shoe store or checked by your podiatrist as your needs may have changed as you have gotten older, for example you may need a shoe with a wider toe box to accommodate for bunions.
This is the word podiatrist's use for how a person walks. On assessment abnormalities can be picked up and addressed in order to reduce the chance of having a fall in the future.
It is a good idea to check your home for any tripping hazards. Things to look for include rugs on the floor (tripping over the edges), electrical cords running across the floor and cluttered furniture. Another tip is to have good lighting throughout your home.
Side effects of medications or taking multiple different prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs is linked to an increase in the likelihood of falls. Side effects can include drowsiness, dizziness, light headedness or confusion. If you are concerned about feeling unsteady on your feet due to your medications you should consult your general practitioner. You may have noticed a change in your stability after a recent change in your medications or becoming ill with the flu or a bout of gastro.
Blood pressure
When you go from lying down to sitting up, such as when you get out of bed, or sitting to standing from your lounge chair, your blood pressure drops. When your blood pressure drops there is less blood travelling to the brain and you may feel light-headed or dizzy.
To discuss any of the mentioned risk factors for falls with a professional, book an appointment with your local podiatrist.


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Chromebooks are a different breed of computers that have been flooding the market in the recent times. Thanks to their simplicity and price, people are starting to give it some well-deserved attention. In this Acer Chromebase DC221HQ wmicz review, we are going to take a good look at this latest Chromebook from Acer.
Usually, Chromebooks are preferred as a laptop but this one here is a desktop computer. With some very good specs, this can be your next chrome OS machine. If you are keen to buy a Chromebook then do read this review till the very end.
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This is an all-in-one desktop from Acer. Any all-in-one desktop needs to be designed well as it has everything in one place and issues like heat management should be handled well. The desktop comes in white and the first impression is pretty impressive.
This desktop is not the thinnest in the market. There is a stand at the back that supports the desktop and offers two standing modes. The ports can be found at the back and are easily accessible. The front-facing speakers should be able to provide a good audio experience.
The desktop weighs just around 9.7 pounds. Even though not the lightest, it may not be that hard to move it around when the need arises. Overall, it is a very good design for a desktop computer.
Acer Chromebase DC221HQ wmicz Specs
When you turn on the PC you are greeted with a 21.5-inch full HD touchscreen LED-backlit display. This display comes with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels which results in a very good picture quality. The viewing angles are also decent, thanks to the panel.
The touchscreen is very responsive. With the chrome OS, it is just like working with an Android operating system in a bigger screen. The display is great for streaming videos, playing online games and also for work.
The Acer Chromebase DC221HQ wmicz desktop computer is powered by a Nvidia Tegra K1 processor. This is a very good choice for a Chromebook. You can run the applications that are available in the chrome OS without any hiccups.
The 4GB RAM in the memory department is a very good amount of memory for a Chromebook. This allows you to do a lot of work at the same time. Imagine streaming a video while downloading an application or listening to songs while working on a document.
There is no way to upgrade the RAM capacity, but we think that is unnecessary. The chrome OS does not have regular applications that eat a lot of RAM. Here we only have web apps and chrome OS apps which aren't great consumers of RAM.
There is no regular hard drive in this Acer Chromebase DC221HQ wmicz desktop. We only have a 16GB solid state drive which is super fast. The booting time of the desktop is just in seconds. The opening and closing of apps is also a lot faster.
This is more like a feature of a Chromebook. You only get SSDs and the not the regular SATA drives. As a result, you are restricted with a low storage solid state drive.
Gaming is possible if you are planning to play it online. The graphics performance of this Tegra chip is very good. As you can't play mainstream games, this isn't a great option for hardcore gamers.
There is a USB 3.0 port and also a headphone jack at the back. There is also a media card reader which can be handy for some.
Acer Chromebase DC221HQ wmicz Review: Verdict
That wraps up this review. This is a very good investment if you spend a lot of time on the internet. Pretty much anything you do on the internet can be achieved with this Chromebook. If you are searching for a Chrome OS desktop that is worth buying, then this is a good choice.


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American History: Examining Years of Economic Strides
This Atlanta district, like many U.S. districts, has seen scores on end-of-course history tests fall dramatically—from about 639 points in 2005 to 429 points in 2009. Examining Years of Economic Strides, or EYES, will immerse high school teachers in a 1-day kick-off event, eight 1-day education matters events, a 5-day summer academy, three days at the American History Conference, two book study circles, five resource library activities and five days of field research each year. With additional activities, teachers will be involved in more than 400 hours of professional development during the grant period. Four cohorts of 37 or 38 teachers each will participate in two years of professional development; this will enable every high school history teacher in the district to be part of the project. EYES aims to use the lens of economics to make American history fresh, engaging and relevant, and to encourage critical thinking and historical investigation into central themes and concepts. For example, the content of Unit A (1) will include examination of the colonial economy in a global context, property rights among American Indians, and the costs and benefits of American independence. EYES will use a blueprint, or rubric, to help teachers and project leaders track instructional strategies, such as using primary documents and applying historical thinking skills. Participating teachers will post materials about their studies and the lessons they create to the district's social studies Web site, and they will present at conferences, including state and national conferences, plus a local one that they will host in conjunction with historians who lead project activities.


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[IMGCAP(1)]Accounting firms transitioning to cloud computing face a unique set of concerns. They're the keepers of highly sensitive financial data, and their clients expect the ultimate level of security and data protection, yet cloud computing for many remains a question mark.
One big question for firms is 'if I move my client's data to the cloud, can I be assured the data is completely secure? ' Moreover, if data is lost, how fast can it be recovered and what, if any, threats to data integrity should my clients be aware of?
The good news is that moving to the cloud can be more secure than data storage on site, if certain security and backup systems are in place. One example is from Matthew Patrick, of Patrick Accounting in Memphis, who successfully moved to a cloud computing model for his small business clients and found it to be the right choice.
"The fear factor really started for me when I thought, 'what if a tornado hit our office building? What would happen? How could we serve our clients?" Patrick said. He decided the solution was to move to the cloud. "I liked the security of knowing that, if I could access the Internet, I could be back to work again."
Patrick began assembling a cloud computing system and quickly fell into a common trap -- what the industry refers to as "cloud sprawl." The accounting firm winds up dealing with different cloud companies for file storage, file sharing, CRM (customer relationship management) and other functions critical to day-to-day operations. As a result, critical data is everywhere, and it's next to impossible to maintain a consistent SLA (service-level agreement) across these disparate environments. The accounting firm ends up with a needlessly complicated system, when in fact they're looking for a simple solution to managing – and protecting – their data.
After a few years of cloud sprawl, Patrick chose a full-service provider capable of hosting all his applications in the cloud. Now, all data is in one place, providing him with greater control and sharing capability. Eliminating cloud sprawl has meant immediate improvements in efficiency and data security.
Security and Reliability in the Cloud
Accounting firms such as Patrick's also require the highest levels of cloud-based security and reliability, to ensure that client data is fully protected and accessible at all times. Indeed, because Patrick serves his clients as their outsourced accounting department, downtime is unacceptable. The flow of work is non-stop, from end-of-month closing to payroll, and the myriad other tasks that depend on secure, available data, 24/7.
Typically, when businesses think of factors that undermine reliability, power loss, hardware failure and connectivity failure at the ISP level come to mind. In response, businesses implement redundancy in power, connectivity and hardware, and plan for business continuity in the event of system failure. The only problem is, this strategy is seriously flawed: it focuses on hardware failure as the primary cause of downtime.
In practice, downtime can be triggered by any number of events and conditions: attacks originating from the Internet, malware, spyware, viruses, data loss, poor performance, and even scheduled maintenance. Malware and related threats must be stopped before penetrating – and corrupting – data in the cloud. The key is an intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), currently the most advanced security on the market. An IDPS goes well beyond typical firewall protection, which is incapable of stopping all threats and merely serves to limit the "surface area" of a protected system. Firewalls don't prevent attackers from targeting known vulnerabilities in applications.
The IDPS, by contrast, looks outside and above the firewall layer, detecting threats a firewall would not flag, including spyware, viruses beyond the perimeter, denial of service or brute force attacks, Botnet, code execution, SQL injection and phishing. To protect data, the cloud hosting provider also needs to screen out malware at the perimeter before it can reach the virtual infrastructure.
Another important advantage of a well-implemented IDPS is that it can also identify anomalies in "normal" network traffic, offering yet another level of security for accounting firms managing data in the cloud.
To further protect client data against threats, make sure the cloud host provider places servers in isolated VLANs (virtual local area network), situated beyond a firewall. This will prevent customers' servers from communicating with other customers' servers in the host provider's system.
Even with every security protection in place, data loss can happen, whether the result of hardware failure or other events. If data loss occurs, an "application-consistent" backup is the preferred method to restore data rapidly and in the cleanest possible manner. This kind of backup procedure flushes the database and file system transactions prior to taking a point-in-time snapshot. Doing so ensures that the file systems will be error-free, databases consistent, and restoration will be quick, without requiring any post-restore cleanup.
Whether or not restoration is instant depends on the storage area network (SAN) employed. The alternative -- the "crash-consistent" backup method -- can miss data, result in file corruption, and take hours, or even days, to restore. In addition to the technical IDPS controls, it's a good idea to ask your host provider if they have completed the SSAE (Standards for Attestation Engagements) No. 16 Type II audit, which confirms their level of service and reliability.
As part of the audit, accounting firms should confirm that background checks were conducted on technical employees. And because data is so critical, it's wise to inquire about employee training and 24x7 support guarantees. Moving to the cloud offers firms the opportunity for IT systems to be efficient, easy to service and scalable, supporting future growth. Indeed, any accounting firm can grow its business using cloud hosted services, and with a robust security system in place, provide clients with optimum service as they grow as the accounting firm does the same.
Adam Stern is founder and CEO of Infinitely Virtual, a provider of virtual server cloud computing services for businesses.
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British player wins Scrabble title
A British Scrabble champion today clinched the world title when he won a best-of-five showdown against a US opponent by three games to one.
Craig Beevers, 33, from Guisborough near Middlesbrough, is the first British champion to win the world title since 1993, and only the second British player to clinch the accolade.
Beevers and his opponent, Chris Lipe, from Clinton, New York had competed with more than 100 players from more than 25 countries over five days to reach the final and battle it out for the title and £3,000 prize money.
Rachel Riley from Countdown with Scrabble champion Craig Beevers (Richard Lewis/Mattel/PA)
Beevers organises Scrabble tournaments and was UK national champion in 2009 and has been playing for more than 12 years.
His decisive play was with the word talaq, meaning a Muslim form of divorce, scoring 42 points and giving him an incontestable lead in the deciding match. He finished the fourth game with a score of 440, beating Lipe's 412.
Other words played in the final game included ventrous, meaning adventurous, scoring 65, gleet, meaning inflammation of the urethra, scoring 24, and diorite, meaning igneous rock, scoring 69.
Beevers said: "I am absolutely thrilled to have won, it was a closely fought championship and Chris was a very impressive opponent to play.'
The Scrabble Champions Tournament final took place today at the ExCeL Centre, London, in association with Mattel and Mind Sports International.
Craig Beever's first winning board against his opponent Chris Lipe during a best-of-five games to clinch the world title at the Scrabble Champions Tournament final in London (Richard Lewis/Mattel/PA)
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HARRISBURG, April 13 – Rep. Maria Donatucci, D-Phila./Delaware, is set to introduce legislation that would provide savings for both state and local taxpayers.
Donatucci called for support of her reform bill that would provide a clear process for school administrators to follow when closing a school building due to financial, enrollment, charter revocation under the state charter school law or other applicable reasons. Under current state law, there are no procedures in place to guide administrators who are in the process of closing a school.
"The closing of a traditional or charter school can generate chaos for any local community and force area parents into a frustrated scramble for alternatives," Donatucci said.
The bill, H.B. 1204, would require administrators to provide ample notification of a school closing to parents, the community and the state, and set forth a clear procedure for reporting and transitioning students to other facilities and programs.
This legislation would also protect students, parents, taxpayers and communities, and provide guidance and assistance to administrators at all types of public schools in Pennsylvania -- including traditional neighborhood, brick-and-mortar charter, and cyber-charter schools.
Donatucci said that with enactment of her bill, the state also would have the opportunity to develop a database for those unused or underutilized school facilities in Pennsylvania to ensure their potential sale or reuse of taxpayer benefits.
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Monday (Raw), Tuesday (ECW), Friday (Smackdown), and certain Sunday nights (ppv) are off limits for him; he will be parked in front of his tv wearing his replica WWE Championship Spinner Title Belt with his phone turned off so he doesn't miss a thing. He wears his NWO and Austin 3:16 shirt with pride. He considers The Marine oscarworthy and has the complete box set of Thunder in Paradise on dvd. He collects wrestling action figures (and whatever you do don't call them dolls). He has named his pet snakes Damien and Lucifer in homage to Jake "The Snake" Roberts. He still hasn't been kissed by a girl yet because he is "saving himself" for Stacy Keibler. He has a lifetime subscription to Pro Wrestling Illustrated under the name Hulkamaniac and has it mailed to his parents house where he lives in the basement (note he doesn't live with his parents; he pays rent and has a separate door to his "apartment").
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Also, there is a deeper component to this demographic change in software programming. What happened to the Birkenstock and flannel wearing woman developers of the past? Some of you may not like my explanation, but hear me out, Im going to tell you a story.
I have often written about my social awkwardness as a child. I was homeschooled and not often around children my age. When I was 14 I let my parents know I wanted to go to a real school, so I entered the local public high school. It took a lot of adjusting, and many embarrassing situations but after a year or two I developed a group of friends.
One day the topic came up, If you could be smarter or more beautiful, which would you choose? I answered first, knowing exactly what the right answer was: Smart, of course. I was greeted with a sight I had become quite used to at the time blank incredulous stares. Are you serious, Sara? You wouldnt want to be prettier??
I remember reeling from that response for a long time. I believe that this attitude drives this generation. No longer is it good enough to be the smart girl, in fact its much better to be the pretty girl. Look at every piece of media that enters our brains all day: perfect proportions and beautiful faces. Before you judge us for being easily manipulated, please think of the last time you did something about this particular social issue. What magazines do you read? What video games do you pay for? What shows do you watch?
Frankly, the smart girls know what is marketable.
Does that make us inferior developers? No way, in fact I would say that we girls have to fight harder to beat the stereotypes. You learn very quickly that all the smiles and laughs wont get you far, and so far Ive seen many ladies exceeding expectations and raising to the challenge. Im proud ladies, I really am.
So, youre considering hiring one of these geekettes, what should you expect? Well, it will probably be less of an adjustment than you think. Though were nerds of a different gender, were still nerds. We love this stuff for the same reason you do. A lot of us have the same habits and hobbies. Even those women who dont like BG, STNG, xkcd, or MMORPG still can contribute a great viewpoint to your team just like any other developer. Developers : Comic-Con is now like Designers : Hybrids; the majority lean that way, but you dont have to in order to make a difference.
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Cyber attacks on nuclear systems could lead to 'inadvertent' missile launches
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEMS are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, a report has warned, which could lead to the 'inadvertent' nuclear launches.
The 'Cybersecurity of Nuclear Weapons Systems: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences' report, put together by think-tank Chatham House, warns that the likelihood of attempted cyber attacks on nuclear weapons systems is "relatively high and increasing", but notes that the potentially-devastating problem has so-far received "scant attention".
The think-tank this partly on the failure to keep up with fast-moving advances, lack of skilled staff and the slowness of institutional change.
"Nuclear weapons systems were developed before the advancement of computer technology and little consideration was given to potential cyber vulnerabilities. As a result, the current nuclear strategy often overlooks the widespread use of digital technology in nuclear systems," the study reads.
"The likelihood of attempted cyber-attacks on nuclear weapons systems is relatively high and increasing from advanced persistent threats from states and non-state groups."
As an example of what is possible, Chatham House points to a Washington Post report published in March 2017 that said the US had infiltrated parts of North Korea's missile systems and caused test failures.
"Recent cases of cyber attacks indicate that nuclear weapons systems could also be subject to interference, hacking and sabotage through the use of malware or viruses, which could infect digital components of a system at any time," the research paper said.
Related: Trident failure could be to blame for IT system glitch
"At times of heightened tension, cyber attacks on nuclear weapons systems could cause an escalation, which results in their use. Inadvertent nuclear launches could stem from an unwitting reliance on false information and data."
Commenting on the report, Javvad Malik, security advocate at AlienVault, said: "There are many risks with connecting legacy systems, we've seen in the past years an increase in the attempts to attack critical national infrastructure such as electricity. Going after connected weaponry is the next step, be it for espionage purposes, or something more sinister.
"Owing to the legacy infrastructure, rapid patches, or constant monitoring is not always feasible, therefore, it is in the best interests to keep such systems as segregated as possible to minimise the risk of external actors being able to access." µ


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Capcom's influence on the gaming world becomes stronger than ever. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis starring Jill Valentine was released on PlayStation One. Gamers were petrified by the most gruesome zombies seen yet as Jill was mercilessly hunted by one of the most evil creations ever, The Nemesis. (Also released on PC)
One of the best games of the year, Resident Evil Code: Veronica was released on Dreamcast. It took the series gripping storyline still further giving the world horrific suspense in a superbly crafted nightmare game.
Power Stone 2 was released on Dreamcast giving up to 4-players realistic 3D fighting action. With more weapons and more objects to use, many saw this as one of the best multi-player games around. (Also released in Arcade version)
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Street Fighter EX3 was launched with a new character, Ace. Gamers could personalise Ace with the ability to edit and develop your own special moves. With the power of PlayStation 2 behind it, this was without doubt the best-looking Street Fighter game yet.
Onimusha: Warlords launched as one of the most technically advanced games ever created. Featuring motion picture quality production, Onimusha: Warlords was an epic saga of a Samurai in 16th century Japan. The storyline was written by Flagship, famous for their work with Resident Evil and featured a hugely atmospheric score played by a 200-piece orchestra. Winner of the SIGGRAPH 2000 Computer Animation Festival Best of Show award, it was the first game to sell over a million copies in Japan and went on to sell more than 2 million worldwide.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X was released to critical acclaim on PlayStation 2 featuring the most frightening zombies seen yet. Claire Redfield takes up the reigns as she searches for her brother and tries to uncover the truth behind the evil Umbrella Corporation.
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Annyhall, TPTB saved the best for last to get the biggest thrust in ratings in a long while. Look how much time it is taking to get to the crux of the matter compared to the other nameless couple. What I meant about the bumpy road is that they are dragging everything possible to prolong the event of this Cane & Lily reunion because they want a large audience. They know that LANE fans are out there and will only tune in to support LANE! Ladies, this is one of the biggest fan bases ever. So instead of completely destroying the couple as intended, they got wise and decided to support them for the ride to higher ratings. Let's see what happens. Vive La LANE!!! (Hope you read this b/f its edited)


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2011 Hyundai ElantraAnother episode of "Revenge of the four-bangers"
Cars like the Elantra are supposed to be like a care package, not real tasty but the key to going. So who snuck in the box of truffles? Let's drive the 2011 Elantra GLS. It's all new in Check The Tech. This is the 2011 Elantra, a clean chic design and miles from that little dough ball you were imagining, the last one. In the category, crowded with Corolla, Civic, Mazda 3, Focus, Cruze, Sentra and others, you gotta do something to standout. Hyundai's trump card has always been value. Let's see how they play it. Now the first thing they want you to notice this time in Elantra and you should is the exceptionally high level of materials and style for a car in this price class. For that matter, for a car in the next price class, it's really nicely done inside compared to the other Econo-boxes; you got nice finishes here and there, soft multi-layer interiors. Now the technology in this car is what's interesting. It can go from really bare to really quite nice. Really bare would be according to the build side on Hyundai, air-conditioning is optional. What? I've seen a car with AC optional in years but maybe it is, we do have the airconditioning system but there's no automatic temperature control for example. Here is the optional head unit, because we have navigation, now don't get excited about the LCD being based, it's not that well-equipped but this is a pretty well-priced package. Here's your map screen, good not audacious but the important stuff is done right, clear and crisp. You have live traffic and more, you can get a list or see it on the map. That's part of the navigation package because we get a screen and they coupled that with a rear view camera, which is pretty good image quality, fairly basic otherwise, voice control on this car is for other than navigation by pushing this button here or for the Bluetooth hands-free, you can use that button or as you also noticed, for the media system as well. Speaking of the media system, even the base rig on this car is a 172 watts, kinda nice, 6 speakers, it sound fun, AM/FM and XM Satellite Radio, then you've got the dual connector here with aux and USB using a special cable for iPod, iPhone, what have you. That by the way is stuck on the base car even without the upgrade to Nav or be upgrade to better fidelity which is like 360 watts on an external amp. You see my iPod shows that really nicely, this is one of the better, clearer systems. I mean that's just clean design and the menu when you go in to various things like sorting by songs or playlist or genre, moves really quickly. There's my A2DP Stereo streaming on my Bluetooth hookup, it also brings in media. I don't have any metadata; it just shows me basically if the phone is playing and the fact that I'm playing music. I'm not getting artist, track, title, what have you but I've got my transport controls right here and of course we have a single optical slot here for CD or MP3 CDs, right above the display. By the way that stereo Bluetooth streaming is optional, As is Bluetooth, one of the concessions in this car, along with no base airconditioning, like I believed that is it doesn't come with Bluetooth standard, you do have to option that and is part of the preferred equipment package. Now on the GLS, the more basic of the 2 Elantra is you have a choice of gearboxes, a 6 Speed Manual or 6 Speed Automatic, which is kinda pricey as we'll talk about it later but it's got a shiftable gate here, no paddles on the wheel or anything and you'll see an ECO Light on the dash-room time to time. As I understand it as of our shoot today, the 2011 Hyundai Elantras will have an ECO Light that just tells you when you're kinda basically off the throttle, driving very efficiently, other cars, 2012 Model year and going forward will have a button called ECO Mode that is going to change the behavior of throttle response trans-axles and shift points, things like that. So make sure you check that difference out, if you're going to buy one of these. Another way that they're saving gas in this car is the electric powersteering, there's no pump being driven off the engine with parasitic loses to power a hydraulic ram instead of an electric motor move the wheels, basic gauges on this car, tach and speedo and then you've got your temperature and your fuel, redone this in electro-fluorescent. Straight-forward stuff, but everything is very clean in this vehicle and again it looks a lot richer than it is. The new Elantra has an in-line 4 without much clever going on but it's just modern, 1.8 liter, 148 horsepower, 131 foot-pounds of torque, very average. That gets this light 2700 pound car up to 60 in a perfectly adequate 8.4 seconds while delivering 29/40 MPG. And I average closer to the top end of that. Now one thing you can accuse the Elantra of is looking like everything else, they've ram a lot of stuff in to the sheet metal here, all this whooping kind of sculptured stuff that Hyundai is doing these days. I'd say it's more style than taste, capiche? Part of that is because they've rammed all this in to a much shorter frame, this kinda of look is carried off much better on the Sonata, because it got a little more length but the cardinal sin in this category is to look like an Econo-box. They avoid that, whether you think it's pretty or not. On the road, the Elantra is just a little gutless, I have at least test drive the 6 Speed Manual but it is smooth and of a piece, not the rattle-box that was a Hyundai of your. Shifting around in the transmission gate, added a little snap but the car wasn't missing enough in the first place to warrant that hassle. Just get in and get where you're going. Now note, the Elantra gets 40 Highway MPG in every configuration, while the Cruze can do 42 and the Focus can get to 40 also but they have to be ordered in special trimmed levels that are not base configurations. Okay let's place this little guy starts of for a GLS, the base trim at just under 18,000 but that's with the manual gearbox, if you want the automatic which is also a 6 Speed with that ECO Mode, whatever that means on your model year, that's gonna add a rather on constable 2250, very pricey for an automatic in this day and age specially on a car of this caliber. Other options would include airconditioning, I don't really believed thatâ?¦ 550 bucks for the preferred package, that's gonna get you Bluetooth hands-free, Bluetooth streaming, steering wheel audio controls, 16 inch alloy wheels, these are nice upgrades for 550. The big tech payload is the Nav Package, upgrade audio, that nice touch screens, 7 inch color LCD Nav with traffic, stocks and weather and you get the rear-view camera, for 1850, even though I'm not a huge fan of built-in navigation, that's a pretty good value for that package.


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1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK 320 CoupeReview
Princess Mercedes — very nice car from mercedes benz concern. build with quality and passion. cupe style which never get bored. very nice leather interior. my engine is 2liter non kompresor so its weak point of this car. dont need repairs but is slow.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Pros: mercedes star that you proud of
Cons: dont take small engine
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1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK 320 CoupeReview
Looks And Luxury But It'll Cost You! — This is a fantastic car to drive due to its sporty but smooth ride and the sports auto gearbox makes it especially enjoyable. This car has every luxury imaginable from heated electric leather seats to the twin climate control system, it wants for nothing. Not many sports coupes come better looking than this one and with the added AMG extras it definitely stands out from the crowd. Sadly all this luxury and comfort comes at a price of £50,000 new so if you want one you'd better save your pennies!
Pros: Very luxurious
Costs a fair few quid new and petrol isn't cheap but then what do you expect from a 3.2
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1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK 320 CoupeReview
Safety, Class, Economy In One Beautiful And Eyecatching Piece Of Engineering — Have basic model, auto. Wonderful to drive, everthing to hand; cruises quietly and with supreme comfort; powers into life effortlessly; brilliant road holding; masses of room in comfort; extremely spacious rear passenger seats and legroom; cavernous boot holds multi golf clubs and shopping - drop down seats and compartment allows carriage of long items. A real good looking car which everyone admires. Good fuel economy, particularly for the 320 and fully comp. insurance for me of £400 p.a. What more can I say - next car? A CLK, of course!
Owner for 3 years, 0 months
Miles Driven per Year:10,000
Pros: Comfort, safety, ease of driving, economy, eyecatching quality.
Cons: People seem to want to vandalise it! Not absolutely ideal for carting aged parent around at times. Air mass sensor just been replaced - an apparent common fault!
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1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-ClassReview
Stylish But Expensive To Run. — The 200K engine isn't amazingly fast but it's good enough. 5-speed manual gearbox isn't great but does the job. The Elegance trim offers enough in terms of equipment. The suspension is set up for comfortable cruising, feels too soft in some of the faster corners.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Pros: Style, Badge
Cons: Gearbox, Prices
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2009 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Reviews
Best Car I Have Owned!
Mercedes really does build a very nice car. It looks great and very comfortable and exciting to drive. I loved driving it on the winding hilly roads with the top down, if your a convertible fan then t... Read More
It Is A Great Car, It Manages Very Nicely, Its Quiet, No Exterior Noise.extremely Comfortable.
The thing I did not like about this car is when the tire sensor came on, which meant that one or more tires was low on air, so one has to be precise on the amount of air in the tires. It is a nice... Read More
2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Reviews
Clk 350 Is A Masterpiece! Quality All The Way Around!
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2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Reviews
An Affordable Dream Car.
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2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Reviews
It's A Machine. Not A Car.
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Alaskans got a preview of next month's Coastal Management road show when Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell was joined Monday by those for and against the ballot measure to kick off the first-ever series of initiative public hearings.
Election reforms adopted in 2009 requires new financial disclosures of those waging initiative campaigns, as well as providing new information to voters about what the initiatives will actually do.
But when Treadwell introduced leaders of the Alaskans for Yes on 2 and the Vote No on 2 campaign committees, it was clear that the hearings were going to leave final decisions up to voters.
"Alaskans must have a say in their own future in dealing with the federal government and dealing with our own resources, said Terzah Tippin Poe, co-chair of the Alaska Sea Party, which sponsored the initiative.
But Rick Rogers of the Vote No on 2 committee, called the measure "deceptive and defective" and blamed how the measure was developed.
"It was written behind closed doors with no hearings or independent analysis," said Rogers, who is also executive director of the Resource Development Council, a group including mining and other industries.
Rogers said the measure, if approved by voters Aug. 28, could be used to block needed investment in Alaska.
Poe disputed that.
"Nothing in this initiative gives communities the ability to veto projects," Poe said.
Under the new initiative disclosure rules, it will be up to the Lieutenant Governor's Office, which oversees the Division of Elections, to provide voters with information to help them in their decision making.
In addition to the voter's pamphlet, that will also include holding a series of public hearings around the state in which a detailed analysis of the initiative will be presented, costs will be revealed, questions can be asked and presentations by proponents will be made.
Those hearings will be spread through July, with the final one being July 26 in Juneau at the Assembly Chambers.
Treadwell his office would conduct the hearings, being as close to a "neutral broker" as it could be.
The schedule for the hearings was developed with the contending groups, which have made arrangements to have representatives at every hearing. If they are unable to attend, Treadwell said his office would present written material on their behalf from the voters' pamphlet.
The hearing will be modeled after legislative hearings, he said, with a section-by-section explanation of the initiative, presentation of cost estimates from the Office of Management and Budget and questions being asked, just the way legislators conduct hearings.
"In this case, you, the voters, are the lawmakers," Treadwell said.
The voters' power to pass initiatives is beyond even what legislators themselves have, said Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, one of the sponsors of the bill creating the hearings.
The governor cannot veto initiatives, and initiatives can't even be repealed by the Legislature for two years, she said.
"They are incredibly powerful, so we think it is important to hear both sides," Millett said.
On Monday, both sides of the debate warned of bad things that would happen if the other side prevailed.
Rogers said passing the initiative would create a "massive new bureaucracy," tie up projects in court and impact private property rights of Alaskans.
Without the program, which ended last year when the Legislature failed to renew it, Alaska will be the only state in the nation without a Coastal Management program to give its residents a say in the federal lands that make up two-thirds of the state, and its many miles of coastline.
If the initiative doesn't pass, "Alaska will be without a Coastal Management program for the foreseeable future," she said.
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Lucky Sims are closely followed through life with a comforting sense of luck. They win often and they win big.
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Taking forward the theme of DISHA on transformational HR, Mr. Chinchore spoke extensively on the tale of two worlds – Indian workers and Indian management. He focused on the recent upsurge in industrial strife and labor unrest in the manufacturing sector. He explained the variety of reasons – from career growth to job security- that play a role in causing worker dissatisfaction and how sometimes the management in its zeal to grow more and more often neglects this human element.
He then went on to share his personal experience of the TE story it survived through a similar labor challenge. TE had to suffer a nine day long sit in tool down strike by the workers which severely impacted their production scale. He narrated that TE being an export driven company with client relations as their top priority had to eventually give in to the workers demands. He spoke as to how that settlement led to a lose-lose rather than a win-win situation for all as was expected. There is a need for adequate conflict management and he emphasized on the three ways to manage conflict – Dominance, Surrender and Co-creation.
After suffering such losses due to the conflict between the management and the union, TE went back to the drawing board and took to actively understanding the main challenges they had to face. They realized that they were three major areas every company has to focus on. They are firstly the Employee needs. One of the needs being Aspirationality: Basically the fact that a worker today does not want to retire as a worker. He wants to transition from the unskilled labor to a white collared worker. For workers, often the value creation in their entire lives remains stagnant. The second being understanding the nuances of their export oriented business and the third was enabling an effective work culture. There has to be active intervention by the management on ground and he spoke how TE pursue good employee relations through various engagement activities, employee town halls, productivity incentives, employee volunteering and job redesign.
In the end, he reflected that there is a need to create an ecosystem for 'Make in India' to really flourish. For that there has to be a labor policy framework and skill enhancement. To conclude, Mr. Chinchore stressed on the fact that more than the ability one must have the conviction to see change for transformation to really take place. Through him the students gained some very valuable insights about management in the manufacturing sector.


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Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D., is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a Resident Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is also a Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., and a former Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows. His 2007 proposal for universal health insurance, "Healthcare for America," was instrumental in bringing the "public option" to the forefront of the national healthcare debate. He has testified before Congress and written articles for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and American Prospect. His most recent book, "The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream," was published by Oxford University Press in 2006 (paperback, 2008).
The architect of the public option defends his healthcare solution against criticisms and counterproposals, including the co-op model.
Amidst a recession, two wars, and a climate crisis, healthcare reform has now passed its key test in the Senate. The architect of the public option explains why this is the moment for a bill to pass.
Jacob Hacker assesses whether the President's healthcare policy has been what the doctor ordered—and what his campaign promised.
Yale political science professor Jacob Hacker grades the 2009 House healthcare bill and predicts its fate in the Senate.
Jacob Hacker's 2007 "Healthcare for America" was the rare academic paper that transforms policy debate. Have Hacker's ideas themselves changed since?
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We offer a stately luxury villa with an elegant modern interior design, located only 5 min' walk from the American School and only 5 min' drive from the train station. The villa offers open floor plan with spacious full of light living room, fully equipped kitchen with the latest appliances trends, dining area and 6 bedrooms including a master bedroom with private balcony overlooking the green garden with fruit trees and swimming pool. The villa extends over 500m2 building area on 3 levels, features full basement with home theater and outdoor kitchen with BBQ area.
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You might want to get healthy but you're not sure where to start or you don't want to start living at the gym. The good news is that you don't have to to get some great benefits.
Firstly, if you want to lose weight you do need to start exercising. At least three times a week, 30 minutes each time. This is what you'll need for weight maintenance. For those who want to lose weight, step it up by exercising more regularly every week, and for 45 minutes to one hour for each session.
You don't need to exercise more than one hour per session because it can have diminishing results on your weight loss. You don't want to be overworked otherwise your body will reduce its metabolic rate.
Incorporate resistance training (muscle building) and cardio (aerobic exercise) for a good balance. You can bring in more activity to your daily routine by walking instead of driving or taking the stairs. Here are some other simple fixes to kick-start your weight loss.
Don't be in a Rush when you Eat
Sit in a relaxed position and allow yourself the time to enjoy your meal. Give yourself a minimum of twenty minutes to one meal. This isn't a race, when we rush through our meals our body doesn't get the time to savor it and it is more likely to want more sooner. By eating slower or at a more controlled pace your body will feel fuller and you are less likely to overeat.
Control your Portion Size
Portion size plays a huge role in deciding the amount of foods you consume at one time and can have a big effect on your waistline. If you cut the portion size of your meal, you will naturally consume less which means less calories to burn later.
More than just your weight, you know that overeating puts you at risk of developing medical problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, the list goes on. Don't skip any meals just cut them in half and you'll see changes in half the time.
Let yourself Recover
Work your body and give it everything you've got but don't forget to let it recover when you're finished destroying it. Maintaining your fitness also means taking the time to give yourself a break.
Learning how to take care of yourself can be harder than it seems. So many girls are working or managing day to day responsibilities, trying to fit in a work out and take wonderful care of their families. . But when it comes to ourselves we often never get around to the same nice treatment.
Take a minute for yourself, it will actually help you get the results you're after quicker. Try:
A soothing bath
Treating yourself to a pedicure
Get a relaxing massage
Read a good novel in bed
Enjoy a favorite movie
Get Out on the Dance Floor
Whether you enrol in a class, such as ballet, jazz, tap, swing, salsa, or country line dancing, or just get out and dance at a club, you'll be sweating to the music and getting fitter as you have fun. If you do go out remember it's for the dancing not the alcohol, you don't want to ruin your results with empty calories and dehydration.
Use Flavoured Vinegars and Oil
Instead of dumping dressing that is loaded with fat, sugar, and calories on what would otherwise be a healthy salad, avoid the high-calorie salad dressings and replace them with flavoured oils and vinegars.
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Instead of looking at yourself and seeing your flaws, look at what you love about yourself. Whether it's your eyes, your nails, your skin, or your stomach, find at least a few things that you think are beautiful about yourself, and whenever you're looking in the mirror, turn your attention toward those. This way, as you work to reach your fitness goals, instead of feeling discouraged when you look in the mirror, you'll feel happy and that positive attitude will help you work through those tough workout weeks.
Start to imagine what your ideal body looks like. Is there a picture of you from years ago in which you're a size you want to get back to? Stick that on the fridge or on the bathroom mirror as inspiration or create an inspiration board that you can check in on each day. This can be a great way to keep you focused.
Eat more often – and add some protein.
Try switching from two or three large healthy meals to five or six smaller ones of 300 to 400 calories.
For each of your healthy meals or snacks, eat both protein and carbs, such as cereal with milk, an apple with peanut butter or a turkey sandwich. Protein takes longer to digest than carbs, so you'll stay satisfied longer. By eating more often, you're less likely to get cravings and eat anything in sight. You will also keep up your energy, concentration and alertness levels


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Fun, great looker and something to get buried in when I die!!!
Everything, I built it! It took me a while to iron out the bugs, but now it is great, fun, and cool.
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I took me 9 months to build; I lengthened the fibreglass shell so that the VW floorpan would be standard. I then added a 1.6L Subaru engine. It looks great and is great to drive.
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Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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Ashley Tisdale is Paty's Pretty
Ashley Tisdale and her boyfriend Jared Murillo grab lunch at one of their favorite eateries, Patys Restaurant, in Toluca Lake, Calif., on Wednesday afternoon.
The happy couple looked very relaxed after returning from their vacation together in Hawaii.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year will launch its first official trailer @ 7:55PM ET/PT on Sunday, July 13, on the Disney Channel. Don't miss it!
Days later, Murillo and his music group, V Factory, is having a listening party in NYC!


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Open Thread: Talk About Sex & Love — No Conversation Is or Ever Will Be Off Limits Here
Here's your place to come talk about sex and love whenever you feel like it.
Most of my knowledge about dating predates 2003, as I spent pretty much the entire last decade in a monogamous relationship.
I've never seen "Lost," either, but I have a pretty basic understanding of its major plot twists just by virtue of that fact that I'm on Twitter, have a subscription to Entertainment Weekly and am generally tuned in to what's floating around in the cultural ether. What I'm saying is: I know what "the hatch" is and I also observed plenty about dating culture throughout my non-dating years.
I've looked around on OKCupid and thought to myself, "Daters deserve a medal, because people are fucking horrible." And while for the most part I've always found the process to be mostly fun, I understand that for a lot of people, dating sucks. It sucks to be vulnerable, to put yourself on the line night after night. It sucks to meet people with whom you don't even seem to share a fundamental language.
And as far as I can tell, the only antidote to dating's soul-sucking nature is kindness, and the willingness to see the person you're out with as more than just a jumble of potential assets and weaknesses, but a fellow human like yourself.
Essentially, when it comes to dating, we should all be following the golden rule: Treat others as you'd wish to be treated.
Which is why I winced when I clicked on the link to this article entitled "18 Things You Wish You Could Ask on a First Date," and read questions like, "How much money do you make?" and, "What age did your Dad go bald?" and, "Can you lift up your shirt for a sec?" YIKES. Is that really where we are now?
And it's not just this one article. I've long cringed reading status updates in which my female friends eviscerate potential dates, mocking them for dorky quips or ill-advised pictures. I'm all for having standards, but it seems like so many of the women I know demand perfection in a potential partner, no matter what baggage she herself may be lugging around. And the more successful and intelligent the woman, the more likely she is to be downright cruel about enforcing those standards.
"I'm going out with a short ginger!" a co-worker proudly proclaimed to me a few weeks ago, continuing when I just stared at her unblinkingly, "I just think he's been passed over a lot because of those things, but I'm going out with him. And later this week I'm going out with an overweight bald man," she finished up.
It was like she wanted a medal for being willing to give a human being who didn't fit her physical ideal a chance.
In general, I don't think 1-1 comparison when it comes to these sorts of things makes sense -- women have been oppressed for thousands of years, men haven't -- but in this case, imagining a man saying these things about a woman he's dating, or dissecting her profile on his Facebook page, makes me feel extremely icked. I mean, let people be people for god's sake.
Maybe it's the proliferation of Internet dating that's led to a general meaning of dating culture. Just like those crazed dickholes on YouTube telling cute kittens to go kill themselves and calling supermodels "fat," a lot of Internet daters seem to lose track of the fact that there's A PERSON behind that collection of info slapped up with a couple of pictures. (I personally tried to remember that not everyone is a great writer, and a lot of guys online are perfectly nice people who are doing a poor job representing themselves.)
Or maybe it's that we women get dicked around by so many dudes that we develop some kind of Post Traumatic Shithead Disorder, wherein the perfectly reasonable desire to watch out for red flags and dealbreakers morphs into a complete, paranoid intolerance of any human flaws.
To be clear, it is important to enter into any potential relationship with your eyes open, and there are lots of very real warning signs one should heed. (Senam covered a few of them here.) I'm from the Oprah school of thought that people who are bad people usually let you know pretty clearly and early on, and it's important to listen.
It's also possible I'm overly invested in giving people a chance due to the fact that I am a pretty robust and constant mistake-maker. There's a lot about me that doesn't fit the traditional package of what a man is expected to be looking for -- I have a history of addiction, I'm a bit overweight, I'm on antidepressants, I'm "slutty." I'd never make it past the radar with most of the women I know.
Ultimately, I'm not above a little gallows humor. One of my friends recently went through a breakup and she regularly texts me screenshots of some of the real fuck-this-life "I wanna eat your pussy"-level messages she gets to her online dating account. But while some guys really are dickheads, some guys are just not for you, and wouldn't it be kind of you to give them a pass without comment? It's just good karma.


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Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Renaissance Club
Renaissance Club Advisors:
D. Paquette & Kevin Zdroykowski
The Renaissance Program at Chicopee Comprehensive High School is a nationally-recognized movement to reward student achievement. The club's goal is to recognize and reward students' academic and personal achievements within the school setting. The Renaissance Rewards program acknowledges students who earn Honors, High Honors or Perfect Attendance during each term of the school year. The Standout Student program allows teachers to nominate students who have performed in an outstanding way in the classroom on a weekly basis. The Good Samaritan program allows school staff to nominate students who have performed acts of kindness in the school setting. A random drawing of the nominees is conducted bi-weekly and the winners are recognized school-wide. Members of the Renaissance Club work with the advisors to coordinate activities, network with community businesses for program sponsorship, and develop new programs to reward student achievement.
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Being a yoga teacher I meet many people and very often what I hear from their sharing are the most incredible, projects, creative ideas and dreams.
I can see their uniqueness and the beautiful opportunities available in their lives, even with a strong intention things are hard to manifest, why?
In order for things to manifest, becoming concrete/ solid transforming from the element of air - where mind allows thoughts and ideas to come into surface - into the element of earth - where creation can take place with the element of earth and water - the only thing we need is a solid ground and the nurturing that comes with it.
Creation and creativity are two similar things, both equally important to create the life we deserve.
Creativity comes from our imagination, it enables the mind to see things that are needed and already available around us to let creation take place.
Creation is the manifestation of our creativity.
Other thing necessary is Focus, Direction, having an idea of what we want helps the mind to find what we need to move forward in life.
Whether you know or not what you want in life, being grounded is the base, our path is on this planet, when we are ungrounded and detached from the physical body, it's very unlikely to have a direction in life allowing the seeds we plant to grow and blossom.
In this 5 weeks course you will experience:
kundalini yoga & meditation to manifest what you deserve in this life time
Dietary Suggestion for Grounding (Printed material)
Body Strenght & Focus:
Core, Legs and Frontal Lobe of the Brain
Chakras Focus:
First, Second, Third and Sixth
Please Collect your Yoga Mat at the Reception and Return it when you Leave.
Wear soft Comfortable Clothing, bring a Water Bottle, mats, cushions and blankets are provided.
Pranayam - breath work - helps slowing down feeling more balanced and relaxed which enhance creativity, optimism, a sense of connection within yourself and inner peace.