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SOURCE: VeriSign, Inc.
October 01, 2009 08:00 ET
Free VIP Access for Mobile Application Now Supports Apple iPod Touch, Additional BlackBerry Smartphones, Windows Mobile and Hundreds of Other Mobile Devices
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - October 1, 2009) - In response to a growing demand for
advanced security solutions among mobile device users, VeriSign, Inc.
(NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the
networked world, is putting its acclaimed VeriSign® Identity Protection
(VIP) strong authentication into the hands of millions more users.
VeriSign today announced that the latest release of VIP Access for Mobile
is now available for Apple® iPod touch®, additional BlackBerry®
smartphones, and devices running the Windows Mobile® operating system --
in addition to hundreds of mobile devices supporting J2ME, the most
ubiquitous application platform for mobile devices. The application already
supports Apple iPhone®, BlackBerry smartphones and mobile devices from
Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo, Pantech and more.
VIP Access for Mobile is a free mobile application that now transforms more
than 200 different mobile devices into VIP authentication credentials. VIP
Authentication Service -- also known as strong or two-factor authentication
-- offers an additional layer of protection to any number of employees,
partners or customers -- anyone who needs highly secure remote access to an
organization's network. Two-factor authentication works by requiring each
user to provide not just a username and password but also a unique one-time
six-digit security code generated by a user's VIP authentication
"Today, VeriSign is dramatically extending the global distribution channel
of VIP authentication by adding millions more potential end-users via these
additional mobile devices," said Kerry Loftus, vice president of User
Authentication at VeriSign. "With the latest release of VIP Access for
Mobile, we're accelerating the ubiquitous adoption of strong authentication
by making it fast, easy and free for mobile subscribers to install and use.
Our support of these additional smartphones will help enterprises deploy
strong authentication among their employees, partners and customers at
virtually no cost to them."
The latest release of the easy-to-install VIP Access for Mobile application
features an enhanced download and activation process -- with no text
messaging required -- making it easier than ever to quickly enjoy the
protection of VIP authentication globally on VIP-enabled Web sites.
Additionally, support for simple copy/paste of a security code and
credential ID into a mobile browser or application enhances the user
VIP Access for Mobile is available today for:
-- Apple iPod touch and iPhone users from the Apple® App Store(SM) by
searching the Business category for "VIP Access." Users can also download from the iTunes® App Store and sync their
iPhone or iPod touch
-- BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry App World™ at www.BlackBerry.com/AppWorld
-- Windows Mobile device users, as well as J2ME phone users, at
When online businesses protect their sites and users with VIP
authentication, they become members of the unique VIP Network, which allows
users to use a single security credential to authenticate themselves across
any VIP-enabled Web site. With the cloud-based VIP service, enterprises and
online businesses lower their total cost of ownership, speed deployment of
two-factor authentication, and improve ease of use for IT administrators
and end users.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet
infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each
day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in
communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and
information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
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constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
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and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such
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services, including VeriSign Identity Protection services; the possibility
that VeriSign's announced new services may not result in additional
customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition and pricing
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Ken Kamins has served like faithful Samwise to movie mogul Peter Jackson's Frodo Baggins for 21 years as the director's agent, manager and executive producer for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films.
If it weren't for Ken Kamins, Middle-earth fans might never have seen a single Lord of the Rings movie.
Kamins (C83) represented Peter Jackson long before the film director became a household name, when he was first pitching his Lord of the Rings screenplay based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic around Hollywood. The project was originally set up in 1997 at Miramax Films as two movies to be shot back to back. After working on the project there for two years, Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein wanted to take Jackson's two-film plan and reduce it to one film, due to cost. Jackson refused, and Kamins was given three weeks to find another studio home. Most studios, however, balked at Jackson's high-budget plans and relative inexperience directing blockbusters.
But Kamins, Jackson's agent at the time, never gave up on the young director from New Zealand. "It was easy to believe in Peter because he believed in himself," he says.
Jackson had spent his own money creating a video that Kamins jokes could be called "The Making of the Making of The Lord of the Rings," in which Jackson tried to prove to the studios why it was time to take on this project and why he was the man for the job.
"His thesis was that technology had finally caught up with Tolkien's imagination," Kamins says.
Every studio turned them down until they approached New Line Cinema. After hearing Jackson and Kamins' pitch for two movies based on the Tolkien trilogy, the studio heads said they liked it, but they didn't want it to be two movies. Kamins and Jackson groaned, all too familiar with the request to shorten the plans to just one movie.
"Then they said, 'Tolkien did your job for you. It's three books, it's three movies,'" Kamins recalls.
And so The Lord of the Rings became three films, one of the largest movie projects ever undertaken. It took Jackson eight years (1995–2003) to develop and produce. The trilogy was a commercial success, earning $2.92 billion at the box office worldwide, as well as winning a total of 17 Academy Awards.
Kamins has been at Jackson's side through most of the director's successful moviemaking career, first as his agent and now as his manager and executive producer through Kamins' management company, Key Creatives. Hollywood insiders know Kamins' name primarily through his 21-year association with Jackson. They also know him through the eight movies with which he has been involved as an executive producer, including Valkyrie, District 9, The Lovely Bones and Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin.
Most recently Kamins has been an executive producer on Jackson's series The Hobbit, a three-film adaptation of Tolkien's book of the same name, which follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins as he joins 13 dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, under the watchful eye of Gandalf the wizard. The second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, will be released Dec. 13.
Originally Jackson was only planning to write and produce the Hobbit movies, but he later came on board as director when Guillermo del Torro dropped out of the project in 2010 because of production delays.
Just as he helped navigate the thorny path from the Weinsteins to New Line for Jackson on the Lord of the Rings movies, Kamins was essential to making the Hobbit movies, says former Warner Bros. president and current Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn. (Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM are distributing the Hobbit films.)
Horn says Kamins navigated negotiations between Jackson, Warner Bros. and MGM (which was going through bankruptcy at the time) in a complicated situation where Jackson had originally been happy with his deal to serve only as a writer and producer.
Horn says that even though it was clear Kamins was Jackson's representative, he seemed to have everyone's best interests in mind. "He took the drama out of it," he says. "He was very straight-forward, very direct."
The first movie in the series, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, was released in December 2012 and has grossed more than $1.02 billion.
Throughout both the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies Kamins has had the challenging task of acting as a liaison between Jackson and the studios, which is not always an easy feat when Jackson is working in New Zealand and the studio is located in Los Angeles.
"That's a 6,500-mile distance, and there has to be someone in between whom both sides can talk with, to make everybody feel better about that distance," Kamins says.
As an executive producer on the Hobbit films, Kamins navigates between Jackson — who at one point oversaw a crew of more than 3,000 people — and the 12 different departments of Warner Bros. that touch these films: marketing, distribution, home entertainment, merchandising, publicity and video games, to name a few.
Friends say that Kamins, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Judy, remains a down-to-earth family man. Although the father of three keeps a low profile, he was at Jackson's side when The Return of the King, the final film in the Lord of the Rings series, swept the Academy Awards in 2004.
Before the awards ceremony Kamins went to Jackson's hotel, the Four Seasons, in Beverly Hills, where the director had a Maori group perform the "haka"— a traditional tribal war dance — to get the cast and crew pumped for the night. Then they all headed to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, where Kamins had the thrill of parading down the red carpet. Excited to share his moment in the spotlight, he phoned his mother.
"I called her and said, 'Hey, Mom, I'm on the red carpet. Can you see me?' And she said, 'Yes. Lose the gum,' " he remembers, laughing.
Kamins says his rise to manager for some of the film industry's biggest moguls began at Northwestern. After working for WNUR as a freshman (where he once hosted a 72-hour radio marathon for muscular dystrophy), he applied for the chairmanship of A&O Productions his sophomore year.
Although he had never worked for the student-run events programming organization, he got the job and soon developed a talent for entertainment management. Kamins became known around campus for creating a student entertainment fee that allowed A&O to bring in more popular, mainstream acts.
Although Kamins had been accepted as a radio/TV/film major, he switched to communication studies after his first quarter.
"I didn't want to be a director," he explains. "I wanted to be on the business side in communications. So I thought, correctly as it turned out, that classes in argumentation, persuasion and rhetoric would be more appropriate for me."
After graduation Kamins returned home to New York and used his experience as A&O chairman to land a job with MGM/UA in the non-theatrical department, renting 16 mm prints to college film programs. Then RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video hired him as eastern regional sales manager.
"It wasn't the highest end of the film business, but it didn't matter to me," Kamins recalls. "I was in the film business on the business side, where I wanted to be."
He was eventually promoted to national sales manager, which prompted his relocation to Los Angeles. Kamins decided after a few years that he wanted to become more involved with the creative side, so he moved into acquisitions, where he was exposed to contracts and the global film business. Once, when he passed on a movie, the agent pitching it invited him to lunch to find out why.
The meal marked a turning point for Kamins. His host suggested that Kamins might make a good agent.
"Not dissimilar to my A&O experience, where they wanted an outsider, this guy wanted an outsider too," Kamins says. "At that time, people became agents only by going through the traditional route — mailroom, assistant, then agent. I didn't do that. I was hired as an agent due solely to my experience in distribution and acquisitions."
Kamins became an agent at InterTalent and soon met Jackson, who became his client in 1992. They've had a close working relationship ever since.
"We've functioned on a handshake, which is unbelievably rare in this business," Kamins says.
Six months after Kamins joined InterTalent, the company folded. Kamins was one of 13 InterTalent agents who joined International Creative Management, a large talent and literary agency. He worked as an agent at ICM for 11 years, representing filmmakers such as Robert Altman, John Frankenheimer, John Boorman, Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet and Ed Zwick.
In 2004 Kamins left ICM to form Key Creatives, a management-production company.
"When you work at a big agency, even though you have clients of your own, you still have responsibility for the agency's entire list. I didn't think that I could do my best work if I had to be responsible for hundreds of clients," explains Kamins. "I really wanted to zero in and focus on a small handful of clients as their manager."
Agents in California are regulated. They can solicit work for clients, negotiate deals and troubleshoot when there's a specific deal problem, says Kamins. Managers, however, are not regulated, which means they can produce their clients' work and offer strategic guidance.
"I'm not looking for 'jobs' for Peter," Kamins explains. "I'm helping him plan the next three years, the next five years. I'm helping strategize not just about his and his partner Fran Walsh's careers as writers, directors and producers. I'm also on the board of Weta Digital, their digital effects company, and involved in the long-term plan for that. Those are things that I can do as a manager that I really couldn't do as an agent."
Kamins marvels at the responsibility Jackson carries. "He is not just a filmmaker; he is a human flag of New Zealand," says Kamins. "The facilities he's built have made the country a destination for the world's great filmmakers.
"Jim Cameron will be moving there and shooting the next installments of Avatar. The increase in tourism as a result of the country's association with Middle-earth is enormous. There is no other filmmaker in the world who, when you hear his or her name, your immediate association is with an entire country. Queen Elizabeth II recognized this, which is why she knighted him in 2010." (New Zealand is part of the British Commonwealth of Nations.)
Kamins has also been moved by Jackson's charitable efforts. He says Jackson and Walsh's work to free the West Memphis Three went unknown until the men were released from prison. Jackson and Walsh funded the documentary West of Memphis, which Kamins executive produced. The film makes a case for the innocence of the three West Memphis, Ark., teenagers who were tried and convicted in the brutal deaths of three young boys but had their convictions called into question by new forensic evidence, which Jackson and Walsh also funded.
Kamins says Jackson has a huge interest in all things World War I and World War II. He has one of the largest collections of entertainment memorabilia in the world, filling warehouses with treasures that include the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car and props from The Sopranos.
"The public knows more about him, or at least his persona, than they do about most other people in his position," Kamins says. "He's up to more than a million followers on Facebook, which is unusual for a film director. He's always made it his business to interact with his fans."
When the Hobbit movies wrap up, Kamins says that Jackson will likely take some time to find his next project. He notes that Jackson has now spent almost a quarter of his life working on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Kamins says his own plan for the future is simple — sleep. His hours are irregular due to the 21-hour time difference between New Zealand and Los Angeles. He says he is constantly on call, and he even brings a Wi-Fi hotspot with him to Dodgers games so he doesn't miss anything with the Dodger Stadium's spotty cellphone reception.
Kamins will also continue working with his other clients. He also represents screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who won an Academy Award for The Usual Suspects screenplay and also wrote and directed Jack Reacher. McQuarrie will next direct actor Tom Cruise in the fifth Mission Impossible film.
Kamins will also make some time to enjoy The Desolation of Smaug. He says his favorite Lord of the Rings film is the second installment, The Two Towers, which is why he is so excited about the second Hobbit film.
"The first movie and the third movie in a trilogy have burdens," he explains. "The first film has to spend time establishing the world, the characters and the geopolitics. The last film has to wrap up all the various storylines.
"But the second movie is a bridge that has to take you from the end of the first movie and catapult you into the beginning of the third movie. In many ways, the second is the hardest movie to make and yet creatively for me has the potential to be the most satisfying. It's like playing three-dimensional chess."


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SACRAMENTO, CA --The head of the state parole system, Matthew Cates, admitted Tuesday that the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard fell through the cracks. But, he blamed it primarily on a mistake by Phillip Garrido's unnamed parole agent.
Cates testified at a State Senate hearing that the agent ignored what could have been a break in the case because of Garrido's parole status.
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Thousands of Filipinos have found jobs at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport, as the new economic hub in northeast Luzon continued to draw fresh investments and international tourists.
Cagayan Economic Zone Authority administrator and chief executive Jose Mari Ponce said the number of potential jobs in the economic zone increased exponentially in just seven years, from just 195 in 2002 to 5,918 as of August 2008.
The 2008 employment expectation in the economic zone rose 80 percent from 3,283 potential jobs registered in 2007. Potential job generation was estimated at 2,541 in 2006.
Once these investments become fully operational, we expect more jobs to be created for Filipinos not only in Cagayan province, but also in other provinces of Cagayan Valley [Region 2], said Ponce.
Cagayan Valley groups the northeast Luzon provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Batanes.
Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport in Sta. Ana, Cagayan is the fastest-growing industrial, logistics and tourism hub in the country. It was established in February 1995, by virtue of Republic Act No. 7922. Ceza manages the free port and attracts new locators into the economic zone.


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1. Durian
This goes without thinking. Every new arriver in Singapore gets handed out warning instructions together with the immigration card, about the dangers of Durian fruits. They are the locals favorite dessert / fruit / dinner / lunch / bbq everything item, but they are so smelly that they are officially not allowed in public transport systems. Not kiddin'!
Every now and then my local friends try to tell me how wonderful the taste is once you get over the smell.. unfortunately I will never get over the smell.
(Read: 5 Best Dishes In Singapore – Must Try!)
2. Stinky Tofu
If you call something already "stinky", there is no doubt the smell will be the one of roses or fresh cut grass, its horrible! There are times when I cant decide if stinky Tofu (I also call it "Rotten Tofu") or Durian are worse, both make me turn around on the spot with the arrival of the first scents of possible "threat".
I haven't found much "stinky Tofu" in Singapore though, since it is more of a delicacy in Hong Kong…but at least be warned!
3. Braised Pig Intestines (Or all other sorts of intestines)
Let the discussions begin, there's no doubt about the first two cases, but I guess when it comes to braised Intestines the ones will love it, the others hate it.
For me personally just alone the idea of smelling (and eating) somethings intestines makes me wanna throw up again. However I agree it might come as a nice thing for others. Just my own 5 Cent..
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4. Century Eggs
Probably one of those things where my first reaction really was like "YOU DON'T EAT THAT!? DO YOU??"..
Everybody learns in his school's chemistry classes how bad rotten eggs ak hydrogen sulfide ak H2S smell.. now imagine eggs that are left on purpose to age… and age.. and age… until they really become "Century Eggs". I am Ang Moh so please don't ask me about the procedure's details, but they look horrible and they do smell so as well.
5. Fermented Seafood
Usually sold in Korean or Japanese grocery stores the fermented seafood easily can compete with the four items above. Once you open the glass or plastic container you will understand why it only gets sold sealed. I didn't know squid can smell at all until one of my friends presented this "nice" delicacy at one of our last BBQs… Stay away, that's all I have to say!


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While I do report and write for a living, this is my personal blog. It serves as a cyber-scratchpad for my extracurricular obsessions, adventures and observations. I've been posting here at HeyElise since I left my Blogger home in 2009. Ever-scattered, I also maintain way too many Tumblrs: my work Tumblr on life in East Asia, my main personal Tumblr for my Instagrams and favorite quotes, an "Inappropriate Use of Quote Marks" Tumblr, a Tumblr of funny NPR Whiteboards, my daughter's daily photo blog and some now defunct projects.
I'm Elise Hu. A political junkie since I was just a lowercase E, I covered the races and faces of Texas politics for half a decade before joining NPR as the digital editor and coordinator of its state public policy reporting network, StateImpact. After getting StateImpact launched, I returned to reporting.
I'm currently an international correspondent for NPR, based in Seoul and covering both Koreas and Japan, as well telling stories from other parts of the Asian continent on occasion. You can hear me on NPR's national news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Previously, I was a founding journalist at The Texas Tribune, where I led multimedia efforts, television partnerships and experimented with new story forms but also covered state government and politics for the Tribune and its partners at The New York Times.
A former television reporter, I worked from 2006-2009 at KVUE-TV in Austin and served Belo Corp-owned sister stations, KENS-TV (SA), KHOU-TV (Houston) and WFAA-TV (Dallas), where I was a regular contributor to its Sunday morning politics program.
My work background includes time outside of Texas, too. I followed the political animals of South Carolina and their wild ways, covered the hurly-burly 2002 US Senate race between Jim Talent and Jean Carnahan in Missouri (Talent won) and spent much of my 5th grade year studying in great detail the presidential primary bid of once and future California Governor Jerry Brown.
I prefer prose over poetry, hobbies over habits and mayo over mustard. I love salmon nigiri, long chats with my mom and the time of year when the sun stays out real late.
Previously in my never-dull existence (and not in this order) I… lived with an Asian boy band (resulting in a lot of karaoke), worked as a teen model, lifted a lot of monstrous gear to earn a journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, consumed thousands of hot dogs, spent the strangest two years of my life in Spartanburg, South Carolina (where I actually covered a man-on-dog rape), got my homes and cars burglarized a combined
four five times, followed my jet-setting mom and dad on travels around the globe, interviewed Barack Obama in a bathroom, and in 2001, I started blogging when they were called "web journals". That proved to be a good decision.


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Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson reshoot some scenes for their upcoming film, Water for Elephants, on Friday (January 14) in Los Angeles.
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The same day, Reese's fiance, Jim Toth, was spotted spending some time with her son Deacon at the Brentwood Country Mart.
Earlier this week, Reese went for a jog and grabbed lunch with a friend.
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Marcus Lee lands in Sydney after five-year Dubai ordeal
A welcome-home party, waving Australian flags, greeted Marcus Lee at Sydney Airport on Monday, when the executive explained why he had been trapped in Dubai for five years.
"Unfortunately, I've been caught up in a grubby dispute between a lot of self-interested property developers," he said.
Acquitted three times of property fraud before he could finally return home, Mr Lee landed in Sydney at 8.10am with his wife Julie - three days after State Security in Dubai, in a bureaucratic error, stopped them from boarding their scheduled flight home.
Mr Lee did not want to elaborate on the "grubby" deals that led to his arrest with fellow Australian Matthew Joyce on Australia Day in 2009, but he said he might seek compensation and damages from the United Arab Emirates for his "unjust" treatment.
"It's just overwhelming to see so many people here," Mr Lee told reporters.
"It's been what we've dreamed about for five years now, and look, even down to the last couple of days it's been quite traumatic."
Mr Lee said he and Julie just wanted to "get on with our lives" now the ordeal was over.
"I wasn't just once acquitted in Dubai on appeal; I was acquitted three times from the outset," he said.
"Look, I was speaking to Julie on the plane and I said, 'You can give me me $10 million, $20 million, $30 million tomorrow, but how do you rebuild five years of your life? How do you get back your 40th birthday in solitary when the guards were laughing at me. How do you get that back?' "
Mrs Lee said her husband still had violent dreams, but when they were halted at the airport on Friday, "I felt so ill, I felt so sick, [but] I looked at Marcus and he was just calm."
"I think I was just numb," Mr Lee said. "It wasn't any heroics."
"I think throughout all this you've just maintained your dignity and shown to be just a wonderful man," Mrs Lee said.
Mr Lee and Mr Joyce were jailed for nine months, then held under effective house arrest until last November, when both were finally acquitted of fraud charges.
An Australian firm, Sunland, had claimed Mr Joyce and yet another Australian, Angus Reed, duped it into believing Mr Reed's company, Prudentia, had secured a right to develop a plot of land on Dubai Waterfront known as D17.
Sunland and Dubai prosecutors had alleged they split the proceeds of $13.5 million which it paid Prudentia so Sunalnd could then buy the plot from the state-run developer, Nakheel.
But Australian courts found Sunland's executives were unreliable witnesses and that the firm knowingly paid Prudentia the money to walk away from a joint venture on D17. The Dubai Court of Appeal finally found that Sunland's claims could not be substantiated.
Mr Joyce and his wife and three children returned to Melbourne last month.
Surrounded by television cameras, Mr Lee said it became clear early on - even to the prosecutors - that he played no role in the alleged plot and he was simply doing his job.
He praised his Australian lawyer, John Sneddon, who has worked on the case pro bono from the outset.
"He's been an absolute rock for us and we just couldn't have done it without him.," Mr Lee said. "I don't know how ever we'll repay him. I said I'd be his coffee person for the next 20 years, and you [Julie] his tea lady."
Mr Lee has not been allowed to work while fighting to clear his name, which has meant selling their Australian home to pay the legal bills.
They have lost everything, and five members of Mr Lee's family – including his father and stepfather – have died in his absence.
Mr Sneddon said they were happy that Mr Joyce had been cleared and that he and his family were home safely.
What now?
"Julie said I've got to look at taking a bit of a break but I think one of the best things I could do is go back to work and start to exist in a bit of a normalised society again, and have a beer after work on a Friday and talk about some rubbish over football or something."
Mrs Lee described the fear the couple had experienced in Dubai as "unbelievable".
"It was totally unknown, it was totally out of the blue," she told reporters.
"It's unbelievable how tough it has been."
She said the couple's Yorkshire terrier Dudley, who had at one point delayed their exit from Dubai, was also on his way home.
"He's going through the quarantine process at the moment so he'll be with us shortly," she added.
Mr Lee's mother, Carol McKinley, said she never thought her son would get home.
Rick Feneley is a news and features writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. His column, Then Again, appears on Saturdays. He was the paper's long-term night editor before returning to writing in late 2008.
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I've made two builds: the first against fighters if you see the opponents team have feed fighters or smth this build should help.
And the second one against mages ***pecialy if they have stuns and debuffs you can easily escape them and tank them.
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mastery tree i use 8/21/1
runes i use the hp ones because i see some malphites using magic penetration or smth and i think the hp and def is better.
now for items:
doran's shield- good for early game gives hp regen HPand def good for 1st blood.
Ninja tabi- i buy them for the armor but you can buy any shoes you like i just like when you have smal amount of hp and they miss you sometimes.
sunfire cape- you deal damage all around you and itas much easyer when your going 1 v 1 and the p.def and HP is nice to.
Randuin's Omen- i like it for the p.def but most for its active skill it maybye short but its good for escaping.
frozen heart- give's you alot of armor and 25% cooldown very useful wehen your trying to cach someone i just mostly use it for the armor and cooldown.
guardian angel- is good if you reach it because you should be a nice tank now and you will revive and that will make you a double freath.
Thornmail- a 100 armor and damages enemys whoare ataking you also very useful for this item you should sell doran's shield and buy this one.
2nd build:
mastery tree 9/21/0
i use cleanse for escaping mages debugffs or slows.
doran's shield- again good for early game.
mercury's treads- use it for the m.def and its good abaility to make the stuns and other debuffs shorter.
sunfire cape- the same you deal extra damage.
banshee's veil- removes the first debuff you get very usefull when run away or when your chasing enemys. also for the hp and magic ressistance.
force of nature- now your have a bit more of magic ressistance with this item youll have more of it and you have extra speed now you can chase down those idiot mages.
Gurdian angel- the same double freath
the last item i use the Aegis of the legion for the m.def and to support others but you can buy anaything again for the last items sell doran's shield.
Dont be hard on me iots my first build but comment on my mistakes. ty.


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Ashton Kutcher tries to be discreet as he walks down a crowded street with sunglasses and a cap on Saturday (October 13) in Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old actor rushed into a nearby store to avoid the mass crowds.
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Started interesting but became lame very quickly.... Story sucked..... Not giving more than 2 stars.... Waste of time and money.... Hi
it was surprisingly very entertaining with plenty of action. There was little swearing, no nudity, but dome killing. The driving was astounding. This movie is not boring and does have a good story line too.
Using music they way they did was a creative idea and they COULD have nailed it... but they got lazy in the second half of the film. The opening scene is incredible and thoroughly thought out with really creative transitions. The later part of the film became a bunch of messy action scenes and the film lost its music-focus. I wish they had put the same amount of effort into the whole movie as they did in the opening scene. It would have been Oscar-worthy.
Wonderfully creative and very unique. Jon Hamm doesnt pick bad movies to be in and this keeps hia streak alive. The ensemble cast is excellent and the soundtrack stays in your head for days. Highly recommended!!
No star. This is about one of the dumbest movie I've. I know you are supposed suspend your beliefs in action flicks to some degree that is. This flick is packed with action, if mindless entertainment you are after go see this movie. But if you are capable of critical thinking you'll be disappointed.
Very disappointed in this lame movie. Even good actors couldn't save this film.
Excellent action flick! Way better than the standard fare for this genre. Well written and well acted. Great soundtrack too
I liked the way the music & movie intertwined. I really enjoyed it.
For what the movie was, they did a good job with it. One of only a few movies so far in 2017 worth the price of admission and concession. If you don't like extreme violence in movies, pick a different movie. If you do, then grab a friend and check it out.
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figure large in contemporary geopolitics. Libya's under-reported situation
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The unexpected decision to 'Leave' the EU (Brexit) in the recent referendum, ranks high in the current geopolitical profile of the UK and of Europe. Two of the four regions within the UK are at varying stages of weighing the option of leaving the UK itself. Prime Minister May has made it a priority, clearly seeking to hold the UK together, to visit these two particular regional leaders in Edinburgh and Belfast. She also went to Cardiff (all three of these have devolved government, as well as sharing in UK government via the Westminster Parliament). Both Scotland and Northern Ireland had substantial majorities to 'Remain' in the EU and now are considering their options for the future; whilst Wales perhaps surprisingly, since it has been a major EU-funding beneficiary, had referendum results similar to those in England with a tiny majority for Brexit.
Meanwhile, amongst many of "the 48%"or "48-ers," as some 'Remainers' now describe themselves, the reaction to what they consider as a disastrous decision in the referendum, is to find what legal and political options might exist, to force reconsideration and prevent UK withdrawal from the EU. Peter Crisell's contribution: "The UK & the EU: What Now and What Next?" updates all the known possibilities reacting to the concept of the UK leaving the EU. The Liberal Democrat party, always communitaire, has planted the European flag firmly at the head of its agenda and invited all Brits of goodwill and like mind, to join with them. They have attracted many thousands of new members. The trauma of the Labour Party where the head-on collision of the old socialists with the modernist social democrats, has after some seventy years of co-existence "boiled over," as it last did 30 +years ago with the SDP – remarkably for much the same reasons.
"France Under Attack": the current terrorist activities on French soil, and their effect on the nation's politics in an electorally critical year, are described here by Sara Bielecki. Again, with the natural individual fear at these brutal random attacks and also the concern provoked by nationalist reactions, the characteristic serenity of the French way of life is now under threat. The so-called terror franchise of hard-line Islamic militant organisations, like Al Qaeda and ISIS appealing to distant loners, typically 'drop-out' sons of moslem families, that came to the west ( often ironically to escape extremists in their native countries), have proved to be hard to integrate, in terms of community crime prevention. Western societies have never before been subject to such a sustained and irrational assault from a religious minority, apparently convinced of divine approval but also by their personal empowerment against random newsworthy targets, through possession of lethal weapons and explosives.
'The State of Libya' takes a careful look at the current situation in that divided nation, strategically close to European interests, that has provoked intervention again, not least because of the raging war between ISIS and various adversaries including an array of western Special Forces, but also the rivalry of different elements of potential stability. There are de facto, two rival governments at opposite ends of this large country that to us suggests a federal solution, plus innumerable armed tribal elements pursuing their own interests, as well as powerful criminal gangs running Africa's largest frontier-busting refugee rackets, drawing their Europe-bound paying customers from apparently every middle eastern nation and those deep into Africa. Our contributor, a seasoned regional observer, necessarily un-named, describes the state of play across the nation as a whole.
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The referendum result and its immediate aftermath
On the 23rd June, Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union (EU). The Leave (or Brexit) vote was 51.9% and the Remain vote was 48.1%. More than 30 million voted 71.8% of those eligible to vote, the highest turnout in a UK-wide vote since the 1992 general election. The European Union Referendum Act 2015 does not require that the UK government implement its results. It was a pre-legislative, advisory referendum that allowed the electorate to express its opinion before any legislation is introduced.
On the 24th June, Fintan O'Toole of the Irish Times wrote: "Did you ever see a slightly drunk man trying that trick with the tablecloth? He thinks he can whip the cloth off the table with a fast, clean snap, but leave all the crockery perfectly intact. He gives a sharp tug and stands back with a triumphant flourish as the plates and glasses come flying to the ground and shatter all around him. That's what Brexit is like. Those who have driven it have successfully pulled the cloth off the table – the underlying fabric of modern Britain has been whipped away with a shocking suddenness. They stand in triumph, sure that they have pulled off the trick of removing a whole layer of political reality without disturbing all the family tableware. They have yet to notice that so much that was on the table is now at their feet, broken, perhaps irreparably. [
In the past year France has
experienced violence on its territory on a scale unprecedented since the Second
World War. Since the terrorist attacks in Paris of November 13 2015, which
claimed the lives of 130 people, the country has been in an official state of
emergency, and, in the words of President François Hollande, "a state of war
against Daesh", (IS) the terrorist organisation which perpetrated the attacks,
along with that against the editorial team of Charlie Hebdo in January of the
same year. The terror attack in Nice on July 14 of this year saw the state of
emergency extended for another six months. Tensions in social, political and
security terms are running high and are all feeding into the campaigns for the
presidential elections to take place next year.
Among the candidates are likely to be, from the Socialist Party, incumbent President Hollande (though he has not stated yet whether he will run or not); former PM and centrist figure Alain Juppé; controversial former President Nicolas Sarkozy and most redoubtably, the leader of the extreme right wing party Le Front National, Marine Le Pen. The latter has capitalised on terrorist atrocities to stoke fears about immigration among discontented, underprivileged French voters. Britain's decision to leave the EU has given her even more ammunition. Shaking the European project to its core, the Brexit has allowed her to delight in a validation of the idea that the electorate, in no matter which country, prefer sovereignty and the security of their own borders to a supranational, largely left wing structure. [continues...]
Duplicitous European policy
facilitates oil production but enhances political divisions
The Libyan State oil company, 'Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) has agreed to merging with its section in rival Cyrenaica, which has its base in Benghazi, managed by the very same Libyan 'government' which the international community has not formally recognized. NOC said that the current president of the company Mustafa Sanallah will stay in Tripoli, while the Benghazi counterpart Naji al-Maghrebi will join the Board of Directors. So, just like 'the good old days' of the Qadhafi era, there is only one NOC, which remains at the service of all Libyans. Indeed, it was the one institution that always worked properly in Libya, regardless of who was in charge politically. The NOC, it seems, has also proven an ability to withstand anarchy, because while oil production appears to have found a reason to unite Cyrenaica and Tripolitania (Eastern and Western Libya), politics has not.
Will NOC's re-established unification manage to speed up a political reconciliation, setting the stage for stability? [continues...]


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How long has it been since your company's staff and customer privacy policy was reviewed?
Businesses operate in a very active, transparent, fast paced business environment where emails, social media interaction, websites, online shopping etc are an everyday occurrence. The Privacy Act 1993 promotes and protects individual privacy and imposes controls on the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
To be effective in running a business we need to have access to relevant, accurate and timely information. The way data is collected and the information used must meet specific legal requirements.
Businesses retain information on employees, customers or member groups. Much of this is personal and confidential - eg names, contact details, email addresses - and as such, is subject to the Privacy Act legislation designed to protect individuals from misuse of personal information by others. It gives them the right to see their personal information and prevents it being processed if it is likely to cause damage or distress. In addition it lays down rules for how that information may be used.
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Airlines scramble to evacuate residents ahead of Hurricane Irma
By Alana Wise and David Shepardson
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Airlines are racing against the clock to clear as many customers as possible from the likely Florida path of Hurricane Irma, as social and political pressure mounted for carriers to play a bigger role in aiding evacuations.
As the powerful storm threatened to rip through the Florida coast by Sunday, airlines ramped up the number of flights available out of south Florida airports, where operations were likely to temporarily cease through the weekend and beyond.
Despite added service, flights out of the area remained extremely limited. Airlines have been working to add more flights, but one big issue is the availability of crew and flight equipment.
American Airlines, which has one of the larger operations in south Florida, said on Thursday it had added an additional 16 flights out of Miami, amid more than 2,400 forced cancellations through Monday.
Delta Air Lines Inc said it had upsized aircraft and added flights to increase the number of available outgoing seats by 2,000. United Airlines added an additional six flights out of Miami to its hubs, including Newark and Chicago O'Hare.
All three carriers said they planned to mostly wind down south Florida operations by Friday evening.
Under pressure from some members of Congress following social media reports of price gouging, airlines have taken the unusual step of publicly announcing price caps between $99 and $399 on tickets out of areas in Irma's path.
Airlines' customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark-ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.
Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who had been pressuring airlines to aid in evacuating Florida residents, spoke with airline executives on Thursday and urged them to add more flight outs of Florida.
His office said Nelson is "pleased" airlines were doing everything they could to "help get impacted Floridians to safety."
The FAA is holding twice daily phone calls with airlines to talk about airport conditions but does not plan to close the Miami airport on Friday, officials said.
Airlines are still planning for airport closures, however, and said they expect their operations to be impacted in the region at least through the weekend.
Also affected by the storm, Carnival Cruise Lines, which has major operations out of Florida ports, said on Thursday it had canceled four of its Caribbean cruises, though it still planned to operate several more under modified itineraries.
(Reporting by Alana Wise and David Shepardson; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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Choosing a GPS vehicle tracking system can be challenging. There are dozens of products on the market with a very broad range of features. This article will help you determine which features your business really needs. It will also tell you what you should look for when researching options of a fleet GPS system.
Vehicle tracking is one of the fastest growing markets for GPS technology. Companies of all sizes are taking advantage of modern GPS devices. If you have more than one company vehicle, you have a fleet – and GPS fleet tracking saves businesses money!
The ability to track vehicles at all times can significantly reduce your business operating costs. To ensure your company is operating at maximum efficiency, necessary costs such as fuel and employee overtime can be closely monitored and verified by a GPS fleet management system. For example, excessive vehicle idling not only uses excess fuel, but it also causes unnecessary vehicle wear and tear, and produces harmful greenhouse gas emissions. By effectively utilizing the data and reports produced by a real-time vehicle fleet tracking system, fuel costs can be drastically reduced by over 20 percent.
There are two general categories of systems to choose from in terms of data update frequency: "Real-time" or "Passive". Both have the capability to provide you with vehicle speed data, vehicle stops data, length of stop data and route taken data.
A real-time GPS vehicle tracking system system utilizes a wireless network to allow you to receive your information and view the location of your vehicles in real-time. Real-time GPS tracking is often used by companies or individuals who wish to track fleet vehicles. Some features of real-time systems include real-time driver arrival alerts, speeding alerts and the ability to locate the nearest vehicle to a particular address.
Passive systems are recommended for companies who do not have a need to review the activities of their fleet in real-time. When a passive unit is installed in a vehicle, the GPS location data is stored in the GPS receiver and downloaded from the vehicle usually once or twice a day. Passive systems can be downloaded manually at the end of the day, or automatically where your data is transferred wirelessly to a computer when the vehicle travels within a certain distance of the system.
Most companies want to know how fast their drivers have been driving at any particular time of the day. Their goal is to prevent unnecessary gas consumption, speeding fines, wear and tear on the vehicle and prevent accidents. Odometer reading is another parameter that can now be accessed remotely. Companies can eliminate manual mileage tracking which can be time consuming and error prone.
Diagnostic information is beneficial as it allows you to get early warning of a vehicle problem enabling you to repair small problems before they become larger more expensive problems. Having a precise description of the problem ahead of time can streamline the repair process for technicians. Diagnostic monitoring also allows you to reduce vehicle downtime because the vehicle is better maintained.
Some companies offer a type of diagnostic device whereby an employee must remove the device from the vehicle at the end of the day to download the data. Other companies, however, send diagnostic information wirelessly and immediately to a website. Some systems also calculate properties from the information monitored directly from the vehicle's on-board diagnostic system.
A geofence is a defined distance away from the vehicle that the vehicle must travel before it activates an alarm. The alarm can be turning on a siren in the vehicle, sending an e-mail alert to the vehicle owner or sending a Short Message Service (SMS) which is a brief text message by cell phone. Fleets use this feature for different reasons. For example, when their drivers travel beyond the boundaries of their usual work area. Wireless coverage is excellent in most areas of the continental United States and Canada. However, slightly different coverage areas do exist between carriers. Some GPS companies provide store and forward capabilities that store location data in the event a vehicle travels outside of a wireless coverage area and transmit the data once the vehicle roams back into an area with wireless coverage.
Some GPS fleet tracking systems allow drivers to send and receive data by using an in vehicle display. For example, when a driver has completed a set of deliveries, he could type in a message which would verify the job was done and there were no issues.
Different fleet tracking systems offer different reports. One of the best fleet tracking system reports is FieldLogix. Here are a few examples of the many reports you can set up and use:
* Alerts Report–active and pending diagnostic trouble code and scheduled maintenance alerts.
* After-Hours Report–allows a fleet manager to see if vehicles are being used after business hours.
* Excess Speed Report–speed violations for any or all vehicles in the fleet.
* Stop Detail Report–stop details for any vehicle in your fleet.
* Idle Time Report–shows how long a vehicle spent idling during a certain time frame.


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Daily Crystal Horoscope Monday *09/26/16*
Crystals for the day: Rhodonite & Heliodor.
What a fabulous day this is! The energy of Jupiter is giving us its best and it will make a difference in your day and how you approach future enterprises. It begins the day in a conjunction with the Sun that will make you want more out of life and, most importantly, be excited about working to achieve that goal. You will be optimistic about your future and confident in your ability to get what you want. Focus on your personal success, but retain a generous spirit that takes others into account. Rhodonite will remind you that you get what you give. The planet of expansion is your ally during this influence, so the benefits you receive from helping others could be many. Later Venus moves in, urging you to create a life filled with meaningful qualities like love, prosperity and happiness. Does it seem that you are lacking in any of these areas? Maybe you aren't and don't realize it, so work with Heliodor for a fresh perspective. If you do need to make adjustments, this is the positive attitude to use to make them.
Number of the day: 8
8 will let others see your true worth and attract rewards for your efforts. Azurite will open your eyes to all of the ways that you are appreciated.


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I started my dread journey using the TnR method about 12 weeks ago and overall i'm very happy with how theyre locking up. However, I'm concerned that the thickness of my baby dreads has essentially doubled from the sized they were when I originally did TnR. The first day I was very satisfied with the size and did expect them to get a little bit larger, but not this much. Will my dreads get skinnier as they tighten, or just continue to grow?
Here are some pictures of the original sectioning of my hair before TnR, some of my dreads the first couple of days, and a picture of them from a couple days ago
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Scene Magazine's Renée Duggan Shares Her Travel Experiences.
Travelling with Andrew was fun as a baby but as he grew it became more daunting. Travelling with 2 children one with CP was very hard. As Andrew grew older and could no longer sit in my lap on the airplane, they then had to put a harness on him. It was very funny as nobody really new what to do and now I tell them how to attach the the H harness and the best way to thread the seat belt so the person behind can still use the fold down table.
I have travelled with all 3 major Airlines in Australia and they are all helpful and will go out of their way to help you and settle you into the plane. You need to let the airlines know that you have a person with a disability travelling with you as they have to make arrangements for you and your child. Qantas will let you take the wheelchair until you board and then come and get the wheelchair just as you are boarding. They met me at the front and had me done and dusted within 10 minutes. I can still carry Andrew onto the plane as he is still manageable but this will change as he gets older.
All airlines will offer an alternative wheelchair to use , but the wheelchairs are not good for Andrew. You need to board before everyone by at least 5 minutes. This stops you and your child from being the centre of attention and it gives you time to be settled before take off, also gives you time to get all the stuff food,drinks, bibs and so on, so it's ready and within reach after take off.
Andrew loves the take off but gets very unsettled when we are about to land as the air pressure in the cabin does not agree with him. The longest I have been on a plane with Andrew is 2 hours and for me at the moment this is long enough. It's also best to be the last off the plane so you won't feel rushed and you will be heartened by all the offers of help from strangers to carry bags and help with any toddlers that you have with you as well.
We have never had anyone whinge if Andrew has had a couple of screams in frustration. And I have had a quite a few lovely compliments in the way I have managed Andrew while on board.
Don't be scared to travel you will get plenty of help.
Renée Duggan writes for Scene Magazine
Please check with the carrier regarding their mobility and accessibility policies before you book:


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New Construction Training Partnership Builds a Better Future
According to the latest Construction Skills Network report , construction output is expected to grow by 1.7% over the next five years, with 179,000 jobs to be created.
Among the jobs most in demand are highly skilled drylining professionals. The brand new 'BuildBack' training programme – devised by FIS and delivered locally at Tyne Metropolitan College's specialist construction campus, TMC – offers real job opportunities for local individuals with employer partners primed and ready to provide work placements and exciting lifelong careers.
The BuildBack programme offers job seekers who are serious about developing a career in drylining a two-week Specialist Upskilling Programme (SUP) in drylining course at Tyne Metropolitan College's TMC Campus to develop the skills and competencies required for installing drylining. This is followed by a two-week work placement on-site with a local employer.
All trainees are offered at least one job interview and those who secure full-time employment with an employer will have their fees paid for to complete ongoing training to NVQ Level 2 in drylining. All trainees will also receive free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and have their CSCS card paid for.
The BuildBack programme also offers huge advantages to employers, allowing them to boost their workforce with highly skilled labour within six months. Candidates will be site-ready and able to add value to the business immediately, having benefited from two weeks' basic training in dry lining. The cost and arrangement of recruitment, training and assessment for their full level 2 NVQ qualification will be funded by the BuildBack programme; this means a hassle-free experience for employer partners.
Helen Yeulet, Director, FIS Skills, said: "We have worked closely with partners including TMC, Job Centre Plus, the DWP and numerous employers to create this innovative pilot scheme. Since its launch in March 2017, we are now progressing our second cohort of trainees through their two week training programme and subsequent work placements.
"Bringing expertise together in a joined up way has led to an influx of interest from candidates to our oversubscribed training programmes. We're fully committed to helping these enthusiastic individuals to fulfil their potential and get them into jobs and earning money as quickly as possible."
Alyn Carr, Deputy Head of Construction, TMC, said: "TyneMet realises that partnerships are key to the development of relevant training programmes to provide a timely and appropriate response to employers' needs."
Alyn continued: "To be recognised by FIS as a trusted, expert dry lining training provider marks our determination, passion and forward thinking business ethos to equip our locality with the latest skills and qualifications."
Mary Glindon MP, Labour Party Member of Parliament for North Tyneside, praised the partnership and was enthused by the live training at the event: "It's great to see this purpose-built facility in our constituency and to witness motivated individuals training and re-training to hone their specialist skills and boost the local economy."
She continued: "Gaining a much needed skill to secure employment for the rest of their working lives is clearly the motivation for these local people. With the constant concern of skills gaps, it is a delight to see our local college, TyneMet, in this successful partnership with FIS and to hear about the end product of a potential job for the individuals involved."
The third and final cohort in this pilot training programme will start in May 2015 – local employers can register their interest in the BuildBack programme by emailing: email@example.com
For more information about TyneMet's specialist construction campus, TMC, visit www.tmcbenton.co.uk
For more information about FIS, visit www.thefis.org and for further information on BuildBack and all partners involved, see www.thefis.org/skills-hub/sector-training/buildback-programme
2017-2021 Construction Skills Network Report, published in Feb 2017: http://www.citb.co.uk/documents/research/csn%202017-2021/csn-national-2017.pdf


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Mazzarri calls for professional Inter
Walter Mazzarri has urged his Inter side to be professional and see out the task in Thursday's UEFA Europa League tie with Stjarnan.
The Serie A side put one foot in the group stages after leaving Iceland with a 3-0 victory in last Wednesday's play-off first leg.
However, head coach Mazzarri has told his team to put that result out of their minds at San Siro and play the game in the right manner against the lowest ranked side in the competition.
"I hope there will be a great atmosphere tomorrow that helps us get through," Mazzarri said at the pre-match news conference.
"I've asked the players to forget the first-leg result, we need to focus on our target - making the group phase.
"They need to show everything that I've always tried to put across to the teams I've coached.
"You can't achieve anything in modern football unless everyone pitches in and the boys believe in that approach.
"The first thing we want to prove is that we're a team that fights and can be a match for anyone."
Mazzarri also confirmed that he will make changes to his starting line-up with goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo and striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo set to start.


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Butte County has a Mediterranean climate where drought conditions occur naturally from May to October. During the recent drought, a wide variety of succulent plants became popular with local gardeners.
Not only are succulents drought tolerant, they grow almost anywhere. They require little care and only small amounts of soil to thrive. They are bold and colorful. Some are able to take short dry freezes and hot sun, although most need some filtered shade in the heat of the Sacramento Valley.
Succulents are one of the easiest plants to propagate. This can be done in a variety of ways: by removing "pups" or offsets, or through leaf cuttings, stem cuttings or divisions. Propagation is performed most successfully in autumn and spring. Although succulents are easy to propagate, some will take a year or more to become mature.
Offsets are small plants that grow at the base of the main specimen. Aloe, Echeveria, and Sempervivum (hens and chicks) all produce offsets. To propagate more plants from a mature offset-producing specimen, follow these steps:
1) Remove offsets with a sharp clipper, or by twisting gently.
2) Be careful to avoid damaging any roots that have already emerged.
3) Place the offsets into cactus mix or a combination of sand and perlite.
4) Spray water directly, but gently and sparingly, on the offset daily. Do not soak the soil.
5) Wait three to four weeks for strong roots to develop.
Sedum, Crassula, and Graptopetalum are best propagated by leaf cuttings. Each leaf can become a new plant. For propagating these species, follow these steps:
1) Choose a leaf in good health.
2) Pull the leaf off neatly. Leaves that drop from the plant can be used if they are healthy and plump. If you use clippers be sure the end of the leaf is not cut off.
3) Let the leaf end dry for 1-3 days. Do not water. This allows the wound to seal and keeps pathogens out during the rooting process.
4) Once the leaf ends are dry, place the leaves on top of dry cactus soil. Do not bury or semi-bury them into the soil. The roots will find their way into the soil on their own. You can also create a rooting medium by mixing together a 50/50 combination of compost and fine pumice or grit.
5) Spray with water sparingly every one to two days for four to six weeks. Do not soak.
6) After a few weeks you will see pink roots at the ends of the leaves and then tiny baby plants will begin to grow.
7) Once small plants have developed, separate them out and plant them in well-draining cactus soil, then water well once a week.
All succulents can be propagated by division or stem cuttings, but it is more efficient to divide or stem cut Aeonium, Sedum, Cotyledons and Sansevieria, as follows:
1) For Aeonium, cut the rosette from the stem. For Sansevieria, cut a leaf in sections marking which way is down. For Sedum and Cotyledon, cut sections of the plants with leaves attached.
2) Let all the parts dry out and create a callous where they have been cut.
3) Once they are dry, put the sections into cactus soil.
4) Spray on top of the cuttings regularly but sparingly. Do not soak.
5) They are rooted when you see new growth.
If a succulent looks leggy and unhappy simply cut it back and create a new healthier plant. From one plant you can propagate enough succulents to plant them in masses. Enjoy the plant magic of propagating succulents.
The Master Gardeners will run a workshop on succulents 10-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, at their Demonstration Garden at Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway, between Chico and Durham. Learn how to select, plant, and care for succulents, and how to combine different succulents for color and textural interest in the garden. Registration is required at ucanr.edu/p/56426.


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Catering, concession business Lush Lola's finds its niche
FARGO - When WE Fest came calling in 2012 seeking a food vendor for one of the music festival's campgrounds, Shannon Malzahn knew she needed to say yes.
She had just created the Drunken Pig, her now-signature beer-braised pork shoulder topped with rum barbecue sauce. She thought it was the right time to reinvent her family business.
In a month's time, she developed new products and a new name – Lush Lola's, a reference to the use of alcohol in cooking and the large ceramic piggy bank she calls Lola that adorns their food stand.
"As soon as we said yes, it hit like a ton of bricks," said Malzahn, of Osage, Minn.
Their catering calendar for the next year filled almost immediately. She left her full-time job in 2013, and her husband, Jim Malzahn, did the same this June.
They now cater weddings, picnics and other events, largely in Fargo and Detroit Lakes, Minn., booking events as far as 18 months in advance.
They also have a storefront event center in Detroit Lakes that can be rented for parties or meetings.
Besides catering, they do festivals around Minnesota and North Dakota, and recently bought a new mobile kitchen. This will be their third year at WE Fest and second at the Fargo Street Fair, which runs today through Saturday.
Lush Lola's has also been selling food at the Rockin' the Rourke concert series in Moorhead, and will be at the Roots on the Red on Sept. 6-7 at Bluestem and the Junk Market on Sept. 19-20 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds.
Shannon and Jim began doing event concessions in 2008 as an offshoot of their farming operation raising hogs. They kept doing events after they got out of farming in 2011.
Shannon grew up working at her mom's food stand at regional festivals and at the Minnesota State Fair, where she learned the importance of customer service.
Neither Jim nor Shannon identifies themselves as a chef. They stress they have no plans to open a restaurant.
"We like to have fun and cook food," Jim said.
Their catering menu includes a whole hog roast, a backyard cookout and fajita bar. They also offer beer-braised meat sandwiches, like the Slathered Pig, Tipsy Cow and Wobbly Chicken.
They do their food preparation out of Square One Kitchen in Fargo. Casey Steele, owner of the commercial kitchen space, describes them as a true family-owned business, noting the Malzahns' daughters help out a lot.
"It's been cool to watch them take off," Steele said. "I think they've found a good niche in the catering community that wasn't filled here."
Jed Pahan with the Downtown Community Partnership, which organizes the Street Fair, said their barbecue food is gourmet and unique.
"It's exciting to feature local entrepreneurs, especially with the quality of their food," Pahan said. "They're just wonderful people to work with, as well."
Business profile \
What: Lush Lola's
Ownership: Jim and Shannon Malzahn
Where: Lush Lola's has an event center at 113 Graystone Plaza, Detroit Lakes, Minn. Kitchen operations are at Square One Kitchen, 1407 1st Ave. N., Fargo
Contact: (218) 234-2712
Online: www.lushlolas.com


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Dec 30, 2009
Hi, I was detected in 1998 and I been in treatment since then, my CD4 where going up and Ive being undetectable since 2004. I recently got divorced and I went on depression so I stop my meds completely for 4 months, I had my blood work done and it came back that my CD4 are 203 and my viral load is 49,900 Im really scared bc I had umprotected sex with my bf. I would like to know what are the chances he contracted HIV? Please help me I think im gonna go crazy if I dont find an answer...Thank you
Response from Dr. McGowan
Sometimes the stress of life can effect our decisions about our health. Your divorce has obviously caused you to be depressed and stop your medications, which is against your best interests. If you stopped your meds all at once (rather than going through a period of missing doses and sporadic treatment) then it is unlikely that your virus has developed resistance to treatment and you should be able to get back in control and restore your immune system again. You need to contact your doctor and discuss working to be ready to restart treatment. Unprotected sex with your boyfriend can put him at risk for becomming infected with HIV. Have you told him that you have the virus? That is important so that he can get himself tested, and time permitting, get on preventive treatment (post-exposure prophylaxis). The risk to him depends on several factors: the amount of virus in your blood (which is in the average range), the type of exposure (oral-less, vaginal- more so), and whether he or you had any sexually transmitted disease or cut/sore on the genitals. You should look for help to deal with your stress and the divorce and not let it cloud your decisions about your health. After all, there is no connection between the two. There is no reason, when you think about it, why you should not be able to take your meds and deal with whatever life has in store. If you have no one in your life to turn to for support, seek help at your doctor's office, that will be the best place to get linked up with the resources you need.
What is your stand on HPV vaccine for men?
i need PEP
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Ms Limodin joined the Radiocommunication Department of the Telecommunications Direction of the French Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 1979. Until 1986 she was responsible for the application of the ITU Radio Regulations to French and European satellite networks (ESA and EUTELSAT) in the capacity of notifying administration. She actively contributed to the elaboration of Radio Regulations provisions dealing with satellite networks, and in 1983 was the deputy head of the French delegation to the regional conference for the planning of the satellite broadcasting service for Region 2. In 1987 she was made responsible for the application of French national regulations on use of the citizen's band and radio amateur activities, and, from 1988, for the application of the Radio Regulations to French broadcasting stations.
In 1990 she joined the Frequency Bureau of the France Télécom Group as deputy bureau head, in charge of technical and regulatory spectrum use issues and responsible for preparations for world radiocommunications conferences. In this position she served as deputy to Pierre Aboudarham until 1993 and François Rancy until 1997. She continued to contribute actively to the development of Radio Regulations provisions for satellite networks, in particular non-geostationary satellites, at the 1992 World Administrative Radio Conference and subsequent conferences. She was due to retire in January 2006.
France Télécom Group - 1990-2005
Deputy Head of the Frequency Bureau
Ms Limodin has participated in various world and regional radiocommunication conferences of ITU and related CEPT and ITU meetings. She has prepared and presented contributions concerning space services, in particular non-geostationary satellite networks.


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HOLLYWOOD — Mrs. Brodeen wasn't invited to walk down the red carpet with Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat and the rest of the cast of "Anna and the King." Nor is her name mentioned in the list of credits that follow Andy Tennant's lush historical epic about English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam.
But a long-remembered science experiment in Mrs. Brodeen's 4th-grade classroom, in south suburban Flossmoor, does provide an important lesson in the film -- one that probably wasn't part of the curriculum of a Southeast Asian classroom in 1862.