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Review for A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories
I was looking at one of Darcy Coates books, and spotted this one as being read by other readers. It sounded pretty awesome, and so I had to try it.
The book has 12 stories, 1 for each month. They each tie in with the month, or an event happening in that month (for instance October has a Halloween story/poem, and Christmas has a Christmas story). I quite like that this is done, I was thinking it would just be twelve stories, so imagine my delight to see one for each month.
I also liked that the author tells us a little bit about the story, and how he came upon the idea of writing it. It always makes the stories a bit more special. A bit more fun.
Like with the other short story books that I read lately, I will post my thoughts + rating for each story. The rating may have changed from when I posted the status update about the story. Sometimes I just felt it could use a bit higher, thinking back on the story and what it held.
January: Crow Manor: 4 stars. Definitely was a great story, didn't expect it to be so long though. As there are only 253 pages, and with 12 stories I expected each to be quite short, however this one took 31% of the book.
I could have told them that this was a bad idea, and I think Gina wanted to tell Matt, but Matt was too stubborn. I didn't like Matt that much. POV switched all over the place. The ending was o.0.
February: Fear of Torture: 4 stars. Ah, this one was a short one, and pretty good. I didn't like the woman that much, she could just have waited for a divorce, but eh. Poor guy. It was a pretty creepy story, and the ending was good.
March: Squish: 2.5 stars. Ewwwww, this was a bit too much for me. The ending, well it seems someone else is also getting a portion of Karma. I felt sorry for those motor people. 🙁
April: Purgatory: 3 stars. A decent story, though I was confused up until the ending, then every piece of puzzle clicked and I understood what happened. Still don't really get why the truck was following them/hurting them, but eh. Poor Cassie. 🙁
May: A Knock in the Night: 2 stars. What the hell? What the hell? WHAT THE HELL? The story was quite good, but a bit too much for me, especially that ending. o.0 No one deserves that. I thought they were friends. o.0
June: The Closet Monster: 4 stars. Oh my, this was a good story. Creepy, spooky, haunting, and definitely awesome! I would have just gone for the Terry Pratchett way though, bring a baseball bat or a fire poker and kick some butt. 😛
July: The Tank: 1 star. Sorry, but what? This one was too weird and even the ending didn't make sense. It could have been good, but nothing was explained, and I just wanted to know more about why he got in that tank, why him, who is that masked person that feeds him, and so many other questions.
August: Welcome to Paradise: 2.5 stars. That was just a weird story. It also felt a bit too long, too stretched out. I just knew from the get-go it would be a bad idea to go to that town. The pastor guy was also insta-creepy. The ending was good, but I am worried for Hannah now.
September: Skinwalkers: 0.5 stars. Meh. That is all. Meh. Not really my kind of story. It had some good elements, but it just kept on going and going and didn't seem to go anywhere. My least favourite story, I mostly just skimmed through it hoping it would be over soon.
October: The Spirit of Halloween: 3 stars. Whut? Why suddenly a poem? I also didn't like the formatting, on my reader it was just one wall of text, not really making it easy to read it. Still it was a nice idea, and I did like what happened in there, it was quite creepy.
November: Rattrap: 3.5 stars. That was quite good, right up to the end. Then it started to go down the drain. 😐 It was still exciting, but sorry, the ending was just a bit too weird for me. How do you not notice THAT in your house.
I also didn't like the characters that much, but their petty arguments did add to the story and the excitement. I was also kind of thinking it might be just one of them doing all this.
December: The Vending Machine: 4.5 stars. Ohhh I liked this one. A vending machine that doesn't only give you cola, but also fulfils wishes! I was worried about the ending, but in the end it turned out to be a very nice ending. It wasn't as creepy as the others were. OK, sure, there was some excitement, but in the end it was just a cute Xmas story.
All in all, a pretty good story collection. There were some that I quite liked, and some I just couldn't like at all. Would I recommend this book? Yes. It may be a bit mixed bag, but the stories I did like were good and I want others to read them as well. 🙂

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Question: We are less than 2 weeks from options expiration for our RUT and SPY Feb bull put spread options, the DOW is UP today almos 200 points, how about if we were to open some Feb bear call spreads today and bring in some premium.
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Four doctoral students at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis each received a $10,000 scholarship from the Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar Program to pursue their passion to teach new nurses.
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare's national initiative, the Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar Program, is designed to increase the number of doctorally prepared nurse educators and leaders. Christy Adams, Emma Blackmon, Charlie Dharmasukrit and Claire Valderama-Wallace now have the opportunity to connect with a national network of future leaders and add a unique dimension to their academic training.
"I applaud Barbara and Donald Jonas for their vision to establish this program a decade ago," said Heather M. Young, founding dean. "These dedicated individuals, through their generosity and advocacy, advance our potential to impact health care in a positive and meaningful way."
Every year, U.S. nursing schools turn away thousands of qualified applicants from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, the majority reporting they do so due to a lack of faculty. The UC Davis School of Nursing strives to increase the number of doctorally prepared nurses to teach future nurses at four-year institutions.
"At some point in all our lives we depend on nurses and they deserve more support," said Donald Jonas, co-founder of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare. "In this new era of health care it is especially important for the philanthropic and business communities to invest in nursing education, particularly at the doctoral level."
The Jonas Scholars at the School of Nursing are made possible by a grant from the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare. The program provides financial assistance, leadership development and networking support to expand the pipeline of future nurse faculty and advanced practice nurses.
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Adams is focused on the reduction of the public health burden of unintentional injury within aging and vulnerable populations in the community in hopes of developing effective care models for the safe transitions of older adults from the acute-care setting to the independent-living environment.
Including these four recipients, 10 students over the past five years from the UC Davis School of Nursing have received scholarship support totaling $120,000. The School of Nursing welcomed its seventh doctoral class at a welcoming ceremony Sept. 15.
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Published: Thursday July 9, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Thursday July 9, 2015 MYT 8:02:22 AM
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KUALA LUMPUR: A High Court has ordered the former consultant of National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp), Shamsubahrin Ismail, to stop publishing statements about the company's executive chairman on Facebook.
The interim injunction was issued by Justice Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab yesterday following six allegedly defamatory Facebook postings against Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail between May 19 and June 23.
The interim injunction is valid until Monday, when the court will hear arguments from both parties.
Lawyers Al Firdaus Shahrul Naing, who represented Salleh, also told the court that they would be applying to disqualify counsel Zarina Ismail from representing Shamsubahrin.
On July 3, Mohamad Salleh filed a suit against his former consultant for the alleged defamatory postings.
Mohamad Salleh is seeking damages for libel, malicious falsehood, aggravated and exemplary damages as well as an injunction to remove the statements and pre-vent similar postings.
He had claimed that Shamsubahrin was angry because he had been convicted by a Sessions Court on May 18 for cheating.
Shamsubahrin had been sentenced to eight years jail and ordered to be whipped four times for cheating Mohamad Salleh.
Shamsubahrin's appeal against the judgment is pending in the High Court.
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3. Congress will grant trade promotion authority, conditional on labor and environmental standards. My sense has always been that economists are pretty unsure as to whether such standards actually help the developing world. Here, for example, is the first real piece of research on the effects of child-labor bans -- and the result is that the ban actually caused child labor to increase and child wages to fall. On the other hand, Nancy Birdsall argues that developing countries end up "importing" the environmental standards of their richer trading partners -- which makes you think that maybe these standards don't undermine developing countries.
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I've been checking your blog multiple times a day to see your thoughts on the episode! I'm thoroughly obsessed with this show! So have you somehow already seen or read the script for episode 9 since you know about Julie uncovering a mystery??? I have been scouring the internet for clues and have found only tidbits about each of the upcoming episodes. I just HAVE TO KNOW that Jack and Elizabeth end up together! Ahhhh, I feel like a little school girl when I watch the chemistry and sweet love blooming between them! I keep telling myself, this is Hallmark...they will end up together but you never know how a series might end! Please give me some hope if you have any insight! ;)
P.S. I believe I was wrong about the voice in the preview not being Jack's...saw a clip on Home & Family that showed him asking for her hand as he asks her to dinner! He better ask for her hand for real at some point!
Hi, Angela! Thanks - my apologies it took so long! :) I didn't get it watched to review for last Saturday then because of a slow connection, I had to wait far to long to download episode eight (loved the sweet story about the father returning to his family - aw!). Ah, technology! It's always something, right!?
I'm really enjoying this series, too, and yes, I had a chance to see episode nine which is why I share thoughts on the episode that will air tomorrow night. Hallmark is doing a fantabulous job at keeping upcoming plots under wraps - and that's hard! Good for them; I think (if what I read serves me right) episode 10 involves more about Julie (getting herself into MORE trouble) and something about Abigail finding out a horrible secret, so get ready for more intrigue. :)
I'm like you, because it's Hallmark, the likelihood of Jack and Elizabeth eventually getting together is very high. It'd be SHOCKING if they didn't - even if it takes until the end. All I know right now is for the short term, fans may be a bit brokenhearted at the end of episode nine BUT you'll be smiling again by the time 10 rolls around if the episode photos are to be trusted. ;)
We both guessed wrong - Hallmark is sneaky... making us think Jack was actually proposing!
I love the fact that they were sneaky about it. It made me all giddy and then when he did ask for her hand and made his very special proposal, it was even more "romantical." He is quickly becoming the new Mr. Darcy and I love him for it!
Sigh. I keep trying to comment with my Google Account, but for some reason, it isn't working as I intended it to do so. I subscribed to your blog earlier today as A Girl. My name is Sarah Leigh.
That's what good shows do, right, Sarah!? ;) Those sneaky writers.
No worries about the Google account - usually people have their name linked with Google but it's just nice to know who I'm chatting with. Thanks for subscribing! Hope you visit anytime. :)
What a lucky girl you are to have already viewed episode 9! I just can't wait any longer to see it and to see that love between Jack and Elizabeth continue to blossom. I'm glad you shared some insight and have somewhat set my mind at ease about them ending up together. I think I may sob uncontrollably if they don't! ;)ReplyDelete
And I agree with you...Jack could talk in an English, Australian, or whatever accent...even a foreign language and I would listen! Wow...ReplyDelete
Right? I'll be shocked if they don't eventually end up together though if the series gets a second season, they will probably drag it out - this playful back and forth could be sticking around for a while. ;)
Me, too! I guess Daniel was in a short-lived U.S. series called Last Resort also though I've yet to see it. Considering my enjoyment of this series, I may have to watch it just to see him in something else. ;)
Thanks SO much for the blog follow, Angela (if you're the same Angela who is a new follower :D). Visit anytime.
These posts of your about this series makes me really miss having cable!! I'll have to get the series some other way because it sounds fabulous and definitely something I want to see!ReplyDelete
We've never had cable Tressa so I'm constantly trying to find alternate ways of seeing programming like Hallmark because if they do release their DVD's it's a year or better later. Ah, well. With all this streaming, technology has made it easy. I forgot to add the links (I think they're in an older 'When Calls the Heart' review) but you can purchase the show on Amazon or iTunes if you'd be interested. (I'll add in the links.)
If you liked Christy or Little House, you'd enjoy this series, Tressa. It's so refreshing to find a series that is wholesome and takes that title seriously. Love it. :)
I want to see this so badly! It looks so good :)
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It's lovely, Hannah. :)
You can purchase the show on Amazon or iTunes if you have the capability to watch it that way. :)
Question for you Rissi...with a show like this, awaiting the word from Hallmark on a season two, how do they end their first season? Most shows of course end the season with some kind of cliffhanger in anticipation of the next season. When they aren't sure there will be a second season and taping of first season has already completed, how do they end this season? You can't leave us with a cliffhanger if you're not sure a second season will come to solve that cliffhanger! As you can tell I'm still grasping for any ray of hope that Jadk and Elizabeth end up together at the end of THIS season! ;) And I really don't see how Hallmark could not go ahead with a season two with all the support this show is receiving.ReplyDelete
JACK not Jadk...sorry!Delete
There may have been a decision made already about a season two order and the executives just haven't announced it... I'm not sure. (I think we're over halfway through the S1... though I'm not sure if S1 just consists of 12 episodes... or more.) I just know that Twitter and FB are leading the way for a campaign to see it renewed. Writer's sometimes bank on their ratings being enough to inspire a S2 order also if they do choose to end on a cliffhanger (here's hoping they don't! It's good enough to get fans to return without one :D) then they're just trusting the network to renew. If they don't renew for a "seasonal" show, what Hallmark may do is produce films to wrap up the story, which wouldn't be out of the ordinary for a network like this.
...as for Jack and Elizabeth, we'll all keep our fingers crossed they'll be together by S1's end. Writer's could do that as in the books these are loosely based on, Elizabeth does marry her Mountie and the following books chronicles them moving to new posts and experiencing hardships while adjusting to rough frontier life. Like you say, a S2 seems inevitable given the fan base. *crosses fingers* ;)
Have watched episode 9 over and over and over and...you get the point! Soooo good, romantic, and sad at the same time! Counting down the minutes till episode 10! Look forward to your reviews of the upcoming episodes!ReplyDelete
Aw, I'm glad you enjoyed episode nine, Angela - I though all of the fans would feel some sadness (thus I mentioned that in the review) but have every confidence things will turn out okay. :)
...and thank you! Hopefully Friday or Saturday they'll be a new review.
I didn't feel sadness. It was like reading a romance novel. They sparred, came together, now something is tearing them apart, but they'll reunite and their love will hold them even more closely together. I simply cannot wait until the next episode!Delete
Yay! Glad you feel good about episode nice, Sarah. Usually fans are "worried" over such things (i.e., when there is a "break up" or as you say, writers tear the couple apart) so that's why I mentioned it. I agree - they will come back together. :)Delete
I love this show! So grateful for some wholesome entertainment for a change. It reminds me a lot of Christy which is one of my all-time favorites. I just watched Ep. 9 and I have to say, Jack and Elizabeth better get married soon! Haha. ;) I love Jack (ever since Last Resort) and I agree about the accent. ;) Great review, Rissi!ReplyDelete
Hi, Bekah. Glad you stopped by.
I agree - I love this for its sweet wholesomeness; that is what makes it shine. Christy ended far too soon; I know we can read the book, but really... how could they leave us with such a cliffhanger!? ;) I expect if this show gets a S2, writer's will work hard to keep us in suspense with Jack and Elizabeth... but one never knows! I think there is an episode coming up in which someone arrives who presents Elizabeth with a new choice - between Jack or another man. That sounds interesting.
Glad to know about Last Resort. I've been looking at that one and may have to try it; I mean, really, it has "Jack" in it! ;)
I know, right?! After the series I bought the last three Christy movies, but it just wasn't the same with different actors, except for the doctor. Oo...now that sounds interesting. I like love triangles...lol. As long as she eventually ends up with Jack!
About Last Resort, I loved that show! You should definitely check it out. I was super disappointed when it was canceled. All of my favorites seem to get canceled. :( Hopefully we'll get a S2 for When Calls the Heart!
I saw those films too. They were entertaining enough (again it was nice to watch family-friendly programming) but missing the majority of the same cast was a huge set back. Kellie Martin IS Christy for me. Tyne Daly IS Miss Alice.
I read somewhere that "someone" presents a complication for Jack and Elizabeth which led me to think love triangle but since they already have done that... maybe it's something else entirely. Perhaps someone from her family...?
Glad to know Last Resort is good. It looks like my kind of show but considering it ended prior to a full season, I was nervous about its ending! Cliffhangers with no promise of more are the worst. I hear ya. I fell in love with Pushing Daisies and well, it only got two seasons. *sigh* Us "Hearties" (I guess that's what the fan club has been dubbed...?) will hope for more on When Calls the Heart! :)
That's exactly how I felt too! I kind of want to go watch it again now...lol.
Oh! Well, that does interesting. Hopefully it's good.
The producers knew that Last Resort was going to get canceled, so they didn't leave the show with a huge cliffhanger. It ended resolved, even though their was a bit of mystery just in case in got renewed. But it wasn't bad! Oo, I was thinking of watching Pushing Daisies. Maybe I'll try it!
Hearties? Lol I love that!
*High Five*
Hopefully this new plot WILL be good on When Calls the Heart. We can deal with anything along the way so long as Elizabeth and Jack wind up together, right!? ;)
Oh, good! I'm so glad you approved of the end in Last Resort; a small mystery I can handle. It sounds great - and yes, Pushing Daisies is really adorable, especially if one doesn't mind a mainly quirky story. It's one I've re-watched episodes to here and there and still, it makes me smile.
Right?! Who wouldn't like being a "Heartie"!? ;)
The stretch of episodes 7,8, and the first half of 9 was my very favorite part of a great season. I liked having Jack and Elizabeth taking their time developing their relationship without any obstacles.
I thought Julie was a great addition, particularly how her story with Nathaniel ended up weaving into other parts of episode 9 (and 10). I think the writers presented her just right: she could, at times, be a little annoying to Elizabeth, for example, telling the students that Elizabeth was afraid of bugs, but she wasn't annoying to me as a viewer. I liked how much the sisters cared about each other's happiness. Julie was so happy for Elizabeth when she went on that date, and so terribly sad for her sister when Jack got transferred.And I thought Julie had a lot of spunk!
One of those numerous little amusing moments was when Patrick O'Reilly moved his wife's picture into the 2nd jail cell, and hung his suits on the bars, as though moving into jail was the most natural thing in the world for a law-abiding constable to do.
Although I was sad to see Elizabeth and Jack's happiness interrupted by his job transfer so soon after starting to officially court, I loved the scene at the end when they both planned to do what would make the other one happy. Very touching.
Finally, everything about Abigail's cafe story line has been wonderful.
Watching a series break from putting obstacles in the life of their leading couple is refreshing, Jordan. I never like it when there are a barrage of things keeping them apart – it just doesn't work well, this is especially true for those of us who have been with the franchise from the very beginning. This Heartie fanbase is a new one so we cannot complain TOO much. Yet. ;)
Loved Julie! The only thing that bugged me about her was her claims to be "in love" with Nate a mere days after she rescued him. I would buy her being attracted to him and wanting to get to know him but claiming love… yeah, I don't "get" that even in this time frame – talk about the ultimate "insta-love." That being said, it was fun having her appear in the series and in future, I'd like to see her appear again.
Abigail is a lovely character – so wise and always considerate of everyone's feelings. I'm super happy with her storyline even with the bittersweet ending in episode 12 – something I suspect won't wind up being what it looks like.
Rissi, I forgot to mention the scene in epsiode 8 that I thought was one of the most revealing of the whole season: when Jack talks about his father while trying to convince Adam Miller to return home.
Up to that point it had seemed contradictory to me that Jack, who admired his father both as a family man and as a mountie, would think that the 2 things did not go together. But when he discussed his father's long absences, and his injury and early death, it all made sense to me. Yes, he admired his father, but evidently did not want to put a wife and child through long absences, nor the possibility of leaving them without a husband and father.
Jack has had 2 versions of the "mountie and marriage don't mix" mantra: It seems the mounties told him that they don't mix at all, yet he stated that he would like to marry some day (presumably after field work was over). In episodes 9 and 10 he met 2 men who embodied these versions: Sam, who was about to retire alone after never marrying, and Patrick, who had had the excitement of field work, but who recently married and chose to switch to a more sedate (and family-friendly) post such as Coal Valley.
I think meeting those 2 men helped him figure out his feelings. He seemed to definitley not want to be like Sam, for whom mounties and marriage never mixed. And he ultimately decided that he didn't even want to be like Patrick, for whom mounties and marriage didn't mix until field work was over. He was starting to realize that he wanted Elizabeth right now.
I thought it was brilliant how the Tolliver capture gave him everything he wanted: in that one act, he already made a career achievement bigger than most men might have ever accomplished in a whole lifetime in the field. Thus, his desire for the excitement of field work seemed completed. And Sam told him that it was such a major accomplishment that Jack would get his pick of assignments. Thus, not only did Jack desire to return to Coal Valley, he no longer risked getting fired if he requested to do so.
I really think this should have been the final obstacle of the season. It was superbly resolved, and made sense with what we saw all season. Unfortunately, it ended up being a mere side comment from Jack to Elizabeth during the penultimate episode during the whirlwind of the Rosemary obstacle. I think that's a shame. I think they had a wonderful climax to the season, and ultimately downplayed it as they threw in one more obstacle -- one that seemed to come out of nowhere, and was one obstacel too many.
--- As to Julie. I agree with you that she was foolish to think she was in love. I think she relies too heavily on the romance novels that seem such a huge part of her life!
Glad you decided to share these thoughts, Jordan!
I'm hopeful that both Adam and the miner courting the widow (cannot remember their names!) will return for a possible second season because there is definitely more "growing" there to be done in terms of writing. That being said, it was nice to use Jack's own personal experience as a way to help a fellow Coal Valley resident. He turned his disappointments into something stronger for this man and it was also a chance to get a perspective on Jack's childhood.
Meeting those two Mounties was a huge reason Jack was able to find a new perspective on marriage. It was that conversation with Patrick who got him thinking that a family was possible while still being a Mountie and it was his perception of Sam that made him realize he didn't want to walk through life without experiencing the joys of family – a wife, children. It's really sweet how Elizabeth and Jack's romance has blossomed and hopefully we'll be able to continue to see it in a second series – though I'll settle for movies, too.
Honestly, I'm not too worried about Rosemary. Sure, she'll present some "problems," but ultimately, I'm confident Jack won't want to be with anyone but Elizabeth and no matter what, he'll honor that and her. Plus, while Hallmark may wait until the end of the When Calls the Heart run to bring them together for good, they will be a couple and that is enough for me not to be ruffled by this latest obstacle! ;)
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June 22-23, 2016
Ever seen a lunar rainbow? If so, raise your hand.
And by that, I don't mean a halo around the moon. The real lunar rainbows are just like the solar ones only far less bright. And extremely rare. No wonder I don't see many hands up in the air. 🙂
On very rare occasions – only four in eight years – I have even seen lunar rainbows. In fact, moonbows are so rare that many people are not even aware they exist. They do. But you have to be up at odd hours to see them.
Last night, just before midnight, I finished my nightly meditations and incantations and was getting ready to get back into the house. As I looked toward the west a faint light stopped me dead in my tracks.
"A lunar rainbow?" I wondered more instinctively than by sight.
I looked again. There it was. Clear as a bell, at least to my naked eye. I went into the house to get the camera and see if I can document this extremely rare celestial event. I did not hold out much hope for a clear picture. The light was so faint. So I recorded live my narration of what I was looking at.
And then, some eight hours later, a double rainbow formed across the southwest sky. I looked at the clock. It was 7:42 AM.
"Rainbow bookends," I whispered in awe. Just like on Oct 19-20 of last year (see LUNAR RAINBOW LAST NIGHT FOLLOWED BY CLEAR SKY RAINBOW THIS MORNING – http://wp.me/p3R16m-2gY).
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The last two days have been pretty momentous for Elizabeth and me, the Rainbow Shower owners and caretakers (https://www.facebook.com/rainbowshowersacred/).
Three landscaping problems that I have been having to grapple with for the last two months disappeared this afternoon. Just like that. Poof! And they were all gone.
Of course, I did ask my Spirit guides to help me with these issues. But I did not know when or where they would choose to grant me my wishes.
First yesterday, the Home Depot delivered my new riding mower. No, strike "delivered." It felt more like they just dropped it in from the sky like a caged animal. Take a look at the crate. Like a prison cell.
And I had to rescue it from it. It took several hours of axe and hammer work to break its wooden bonds. Then try to get it out of there. Which I could not do on my own. Had to pay someone $25 to help me. Then test it. Then fuel it. Then…
Get the picture? It was totally a "do it yourself" project. Which I hate. I can do pretty much anything I can set my mind on. But I hate being a "handyman" or a mechanic. So today I called the Home Depot manager to give him a piece of my mind about that kind of
"customer care."
That was yesterday. Today, it was the opposite. Our jade and travertine tabletop on the lanai was used as a helipad for a drone shoot. That also took a lot of doing.
First, the six satellites required for navigation took their time lining themselves up for us. Then the camera malfunctioned. Then the memory card. Then the drone battery.
Finally, after almost an hour of arm-wrestling the modern technology, the drone took off into the sky. And we took some hopefully wonderful photos. I will share them with you when I get them from the photographer.
So it goes… something comes down, something goes up. 🙂
Ever tried to get rid of a non-functioning riding mower? Hope you never have to. Because mine has been a constant irritation ever since it failed some two months ago.
In its final dying moments, the rear wheel locked up tight. So I could not even tow it properly with my trusty El Jeepo to a scrapyard. But I did manage to literally drag it several hundred yards up the hill and along our gravel driveway to within 50 yards or so of the road. Its wheel plowed two deep tracks in the gravel. Which I have had to fill in and level manually.
That's where it had been sitting for the last week or so. Because the local scrapyard owner failed to keep her promise and send her truck to pick it up. When I called Maui County "solid waste," they said they only pick up "white trash."
"What's that?" I asked.
"You know, fridges, stoves…"
"Well, I can paint my mower white," I joked. "Will you come and get it then?"
At first the County clerk did not get my joke. Guess they don't get to talk to many taxpayers with a sense of humor. But when finally the penny dropped, she cracked up and laughed heartily.
Bottom line? I was still stuck with my RED wreck of a mower.
And then I had an inspiration this morning. I'll spare you the gory details. But with a combination of brain, brawn and luck, I was able to use El Jeepo to tow the old Red Wreck about a mile up and down the hills to the scrapyard – with the rear wheels locked up tight.
Well, that shall remain my secret. 🙂 It suffices to say that it was a dangerous undertaking. That's where the luck and my spirit guides help came in.
El Jeepo is our hero. Late yesterday afternoon, he performed another rescue mission. While riding my new mower down the steepest slope from the Upper to the Lower Rainbow Shower, I temporarily lost control of it. The brake would not hold. So the mower and the rider were skidding and hurtling toward the creek and the AHA (my sacred place) like stunt drivers.
Eventually, we stopped, the mower lodged atop the AHA between the two railroad ties which acted as brakes. It felt as if I put the mower back in the crate, only deeper. ☺ There was no way I could budge the mower out of that position. So I had to walk back up the hill to the house, get El Jeepo out of the garage, and then bring it down to the gulch for another rescue mission.
It worked. And nobody got hurt. The mower and I went on about our business and finished the cut before sundown. Then I thanked my spirit guides. Because both the mower and me could have been in for a lot of hurt the way we were hurtling down that steep hill. So to make sure we know better the next time, as the final act for the day, I drove the mower down the same steep hill. Kind of like teaching a dog new tricks. 🙂
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June 24, 2016
I went down to the gulch to do my usual rounds of the Rainbow Shower in mid-afternoon. I noticed this green lizard on our green Giraffe Bridge soaking in the sunshine.
He did not mind me. I did not mind him. So I just left him enjoy a lazy summer afternoon.
When I finished my chores, though, about half an hour later, my new green friend was still where I had left him before.
I took a closer look. His eyes were closed. He was evidently having his afternoon siesta.
"How cute," I thought.
I hiked up to the house to get the camera. "Wonder if he'd still be there when I get back?"
He was. So I took these pictures.
In fact, when Elizabeth joined me for another walk in the gulch, some two hours later, our friend was still there. Only this time, his eyes were open and he was shifting his weight from one foot to another.
Elizabeth looked uncomfortable.
"Surely you're not afraid of a little lizard like this?" I asked.
"Maybe he could jump up at me?"
I was lost for words after that remark. 🙂
Anybody knows a proper biological name for this happy creature?


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Like Most journalists nowadays, I pride myself on being armed with the latest technology — mobile phones and laptops able to download facts and figures from the four corners of the world, or send information in an instant.
But when I delved through dusty old newspapers to research my book on Victorian criminals, I was surprised at how our professional predecessors were able to find out so much, so quickly.
Five years ago, I wrote a feature for Press Gazette revealing dozens of serious crimes, ranging from armed robberies, rapes and even fatal road accidents that had either not been released, or had been released days or even weeks later.
Recent examples have included an escaped prisoner being shot by police with a taser gun near a market place in Blyth on a Saturday morning. The story was not released to the media, although the Newcastle Evening Chronicle picked up on it three days later.
Recently, police were appealing for witnesses to a sex attack on an 11-year-old girl in the Metro Centre in Gateshead. That had happened a month and a half earlier.
Police nowadays are often terrified to give out details, in case they breach the Data Protection Act or the latest Home Office directive concerning "the fear of crime".
I've been a journalist for 21 years. As a trainee on the Sheffield Star, I worked alongside hacks who drank with coppers and had dozens of contacts on both sides of the law.
We had a city centre office and, first thing each morning, we would walk over to see the police, who would give us a print-out of every crime from the previous evening. Only particularly sensitive information — such as the victim's identity — would be blanked out.
My next job was that of crime reporter on the Sunderland Echo, where I worked throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Like many newspapers nowadays, the head office was out on an industrial estate, but it was still rare that a serious crime or incident from the previous night was not reported in that day's paper.
Nowadays, there are more and more examples of newspapers carrying stories about serious crimes that happened weeks, or even months ago.
Sadly, too many of us are content to sit in an office and call a robotic machine called a police "voicebank".
Once that has informed us that everything is quiet, we can be assured that all is well in the world.
Perhaps 19th century journalists were blessed by not having such technology.
Speedy reporting In 1888, the crimes of Jack the Ripper brought terror to the whole country. On the morning of Sunday 23 September, a young woman was found stabbed to death near a railway line in Gateshead. Her body was so badly mutilated that it immediately led to fears that the Ripper had ventured out of London.
By the Monday morning, the region's newspapers printed every gruesome detail. Three weeks later, on Monday 15 October, the Evening Chronicle even carried a story detailing how a Ripper suspect had sailed from the Tyne on the Saturday.
Another example appears in the Sunderland Echo in 1883 and involves a woman called Elizabeth Burton, who was found bludgeoned to death in a country lane.
The body was found at 9pm on Tuesday 8 May. On the Wednesday, the Echo had every last detail of her injuries and her clothing, as well as the fact that three large stones were found near the victim's head.
By the Thursday, the reporter had the fact that her husband had been arrested and that he was a laudanum addict who had wed his victim while still married to another woman.
The journalist also told how Burton had tried to hang himself in the police cell, but had been saved by another prisoner.
Obviously, our Victorian counterpart would not have worried about contempt of court and other laws that now limit what we can write. But the amount of information he was able to pick up — separate to what was given out in court — is still impressive.
But it wasn't just the major stories that 19th century journalists seemed to get really stuck into.
On 17 October 1898, the Chronicle carried an incredibly detailed story about a daring burglary at a jeweller's store in Newcastle.
The police told journalists that up to £1,500 worth of property had been stolen (the equivalent of £120,000 today). Nowadays, the best we can hope for are the words "a substantial sum". In fact, up here on Tyneside, we'd be lucky to be told about the burglary at all.
During my research, I was able to access a fascinating collection of police photographs from the 1890s.
Not only are the mugshots of incredibly high quality (ironically better than those taken by police today), but they also included the names, dates and offences of those arrested.
With the use of old newspapers, I was able to uncover a wicked world of married women forced to make money by prostitution, children sent out to steal by their parents and even paedophiles who preyed on young girls.
But, while combing through these tragic tales, there was one case that made me laugh.
William Pugh appeared before North Shields Magistrates in 1897. The court heard how the 14- year-old had a passion for pinching horses and carts and treating his friends to days out in the country.
I couldn't help looking at William's face and thinking: "Was this Britain's first joyrider?"
Magistrates told William he would receive "just" nine strokes of the birch.
And, while the subject of paedophiles receiving soft sentences may cause hysterical headlines today, the problem existed in Victorian times.
On 5 July 1893, James Basham appeared before North Shields Police Court, accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl called Margaret Russell (one noticeable aspect of Victorian court reporting was the cruel habit of naming sex assault victims, no matter how young).
Basham, who was 73, had been "harbouring" young girls in his shop for some time. He received a one-month prison sentence, with the chairman of the magistrates "advising him to have less to do with little girls in future".
Prostitution was another major problem. A report from 1883 revealed there were at least 100 brothels in Newcastle. One man walking from the central station to Grey's Monument at 11am was accosted by no fewer than 32 women of ill repute.
Binge drinking was also alive and kicking in Victorian times. On Saturday 23 August 1873, 500 holidaymakers were returning to Newcastle after a train trip to Edinburgh. The train stopped at Galashiels for 15 minutes for the engine to take on water.
The Journal told how: "As soon as the train drew up, the excursionists jumped out of the carriages and crowded the refreshment room, where only one young woman was in attendance.
"At first, what they took was paid for, but, shortly after, a general scramble took place and everything that could be readily lifted was carried off without acknowledgement, including teapots, bottles and glasses.
"The tap on the whisky barrel was turned on and each helped himself as opportunity offered. The whole party escaped with their booty and the train started before steps could be taken to arrest them."
More than 130 years later, here in the Northeast, we still have drunken mobs roaming the streets.
It's just a shame that we modern day journalists have lost our thirst for information.


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Halfway through November, we're beginning to feel the chill and some of the holiday spirit (without being too grouchy about it). It's also the time to start bringing out the holiday foods! Even in our home, we pull out all the Christmas mugs.
I feel very fortunate to be someone who celebrates more than one holiday so I get some extra special noms in addition to your typical Western holiday goodies! Spoiler alert: they are all sweet.
Seasonal Lattes from Starbucks
JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT WHITE DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T BE BASIC. Also they're delicious. I mostly buy them for the whipped cream topping. When people suggest cutting out your extra coffee as a money-saving tactic, they're talking about people like me who have a Starbucks shame secret. #GoldCard
Fun fact: every year when "red cups" start trending, I always think there's a flip cup championship happening somewhere.
(If only.)
This isn't actually a seasonal drink, but it sings "Trinidadian Christmas" in my heart. Peardrax is a delicious bubbly pear cider — non-alcoholic but tastes vaguely of champagne. While the drink is available year-round, my parents would buy a case only around Christmastime. It would be gone by New Years. The day I learned you can buy tiny bottles from Caribbean restaurants was the best day of my life. Once I found 6 tiny bottles stocked at a small grocery store in Kingston, ON, and I bought them all.
They never re-stocked.
Gulab Jamun
(Or as my Canadian friends call it — "Tim Bits in syrup.")
This has been my favourite Indian dessert since I was a child. Yes, it's little cake balls soaked in syrup. Try not to call them "Tim Bits" or doughnut holes though. It's pronounced "goo-lob jaw-moon" and it takes a lot of effort to make which is why my mom will usually save it for Diwali.
Diwali is my other holiday for the season, celebrated with family time, food, lights, and fireworks. I don't make Indian sweets a big part of my life but I'll usually find myself in an Indian restaurant getting take out dessert to share for Diwali.
Pumpkin Pie
I'm not a huge pie person but I'm a huge pumpkin person! And I don't mean I'm a person made of pumpkins. Though if I were this blog would be way more impressive! Pumpkin pie is my special treat to make up for the fact that it's cold and miserable. People who don't serve pumpkin pie at holiday gatherings: who hurt you?
Ferrero Rocher
My mother works as a receptionist and lab tech for a medical clinic. She's great at her job and her patients love her. For the holidays she'll often receive a plethora of sweets, most commonly packs of Ferrero Rocher and Turtles. As a child, Turtles was my hands-down favourite Christmas treat but as an adult I just love the light crispy shell of a Ferrero Rocher and the creamy innards. I get about 3-4 boxes every Christmas because my mother can only eat so much chocolate. So thank you, kind patients, your gifts are not going to waste. They are going to mah belleh.
Honestly with such a sweet tooth and no will power there's no wonder I plump up every winter.


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A CATAMARAN lost steering and power and had to be helped into a harbour.
The sailor on board called 999 as he was coming into Langstone at Hayling Island.
Portsmouth Lifeboat was tasked at 11am on Saturday but the Langstone Harbour Master vessel was able to bring the boat in safely.


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Read More: Best Shoes
The Best Shoes For Standing All Day
Who Does This Affect?
You work as a teacher, nurse, retailer, or other job with lots of standing and not enough rest. You wear the wrong shoes. As a result, you might experience:
- Calluses
- Knee Pain
- Back Pain
- Foot Cramps
- Weak Arches
- Sore Ankles
- Other Aches and Pains
What Causes Tired and Aching Feet?
Standing for 10 to 12 hours a day in the wrong shoes! The wrong shoes will be:
- Too Narrow
- Too Small
- Too Tight
- Too Loose
- Too Big
- High Heels
If you work on your feet all day in the wrong shoes, you've probably learned to live with all of these aches and pains.
What Can You Do to Eliminate Aches and Pains?
- Make Smart Shoe Choices
- Use Good Posture
- Practice Breathing Exercises
- Take a Break! Rest lets your feet recover
- Stand on a modified floor, any type of padding releases tension
- Low Impact Exercises (like yoga or other light stretching)
- Wear slip resistant footwear
- Keep extra shoes at work
- Practice Good Foot Care: Soak Your Feet, Apply Analgesic Creams
- Support Your Feet! Use insoles, arch supports, or orthotics
- Reduce Your Standing Time: Sit during breaks
- Wear Comfortable Socks
What To Look For in The Best Shoes for Standing All Day
- Width of the Shoe: Should be wide enough for your feet, but not so wide it is loose
- Shoe Material: Choose material that is lightweight, breathable, and durable.
- Heel Height: The best heels are actually about a 1/4 of an inch lift. Flat shoes are not good for problem feet, and high heels are the worst!
- Secure: Make sure you choose shoes that are not too loose, nor too tight, and provide support for your foot and ankle.
- Technology: A basic, flat shoe may seem comfortable, but it actually doesn't provide enough support. Choose a shoe that has the technology needed to support your unique foot size and shape.
- Style: Of course you want shoes that look stylish to you, shop around until you find comfortable, supportive shoes that fit your look and style.
- Lightweight: Heavy shoes will drag you down, making you exert extra effort, leading to increased pain in the body. Choose lightweight shoes to reduce tension on your feet and legs.
- Price: Some of the best shoes for standing all day will be high priced shoes. While you want to save money, you also want to reduce pain and problems. Choose the right shoes for you, and be willing to pay a bit more to get the best quality within your budget.
- Reviews: Read the reviews of each shoe that you consider. Find out what people who have been wearing these shoes for a long time are saying. Through reviews you can find out how these shoes will make you feel after one or three months.
- Avoid High Heels! This is the most important! High heels are terrible for your feet, especially if you are standing for 10 or 12 hours a day. Choose shoes with a low heel, preferably about 1/4 inch.
How to Find the Best Shoes for Standing All Day
Well Fitted: You need to wear shoes that are suited to your unique foot! Many people wear shoes that are too big or small. Get your feet measured and buy shoes to fit you, both in length and width.
Supportive: Buy shoes that have good arch support and cushioning. This can help reduce knee and low back pain.
Roomy Toe Box: Your big toe should not touch the end of your shoes. Appropriate shoes have enough room that you can easily wiggle your toes.
Closed Back: Flip flops or sandals may feel comfortable, but they are terrible for your feet. Get shoes that have a closed back around your heel. This provides the extra support your feet and legs need.
Flexible and Firm: Your shoes should have a flexible sole that bends and moves with your foot, but a firm midsole to provide the support your arches need to stay healthy.
Breathable: Nurses shoes often have lots of holes in the top. Why? Because breathable shoes are important for foot health. This prevents sweating and foot fungus issues, while keeping you comfortable.
Insoles: Gel insoles are widely available at many different footwear shops. These are a cheap solution that can help give your feet support and keep you comfortable through long days.
Outsoles: The outer sole should have a good grip to prevent you from slipping and falling. Make sure you buy shoes with supportive outsoles, and excellent control across the top, keeping shoes snug and comfortable on your feet.
OSHA Complaint Shoes: Made for hospital workers, OSHA compliant shoes are some of the best best shoes for standing all day. These closed toed shoes with no holes will prevent your feet from needles.
Removable Footbed: If you have foot problems, a removable footbed will allow you to change your shoes to suit your needs.
Top Quality Shoes: most of all, be willing to spend a little extra to get the best shoes for your unique feet.
Tips for Buying the Best Shoes for Standing All Day
- Check the Features: Don't just buy shoes because someone tells you to! Check that the features fit your unique needs.
- Check the Shape: Do you have falling arches? Wide feet? Check that the shape of the shoe is suited to the shape of your feet.
- Breathable and Lightweight shoes are the best shoes!
- Shop in the evening: Your feet swell during the day, you want shoes that will accommodate this swelling. Shop at the end of the day for the best results.
How to Find Shoes for Problem Feet?
Recognize Your Unique Foot Type!
Everyone has a unique foot, but there are certain types of feet that we can identify. This mostly depends on the arch of your foot, or the space between your heel and the bottom of your foot.
Neutral Arch: A standard arch, it isn't too high, and it doesn't fall inward towards being flat. Most people fall into this category.
Gait: Heel first, roll across the floor, push off with big two plus two more.
Best Shoe: Padded Running Shoes
Fallen Arch: Arch of the foot has collapsed towards the ground.
Gait: Foot rolls inwards, called pronation.
Best Shoe: Fitted shoes with insoles to help reduce pronation
High Arch: Only a thin arch connects the ball and heel of the foot.
Gait: Walks on the outside of the foot.
Best Shoe: Very flexible, well cushioned to help with ease of movement.
What Pair of Shoes Should You Select?
The truth is that the right shoes are different for each person. Try many different shoes and different insoles to find the perfect fit for you.
Should You Buy Good Shoes on the Internet
If you don't have a high quality shoe store nearby, you may need to shop online. Just make sure the shop has a generous return and exchange policy, in case you need to change!


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Louisville, KY 40299-2300
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About Baptistworx
Baptistworx is an occupation medicine clinic in Louisville, KY located at 11630 Commonwealth Dr.. The hours of operation for this clinic are not known, however most walk-in clinics are open daily and for extended hours. Baptistworx appears to be individually owned and operated and not part of a larger network of occupational health clinics. There are, however, 2 walk-in clinics within 20 miles of Louisville in cities including Jeffersonville and Parkway Village.
Occupational health clinics like Baptistworx primarily serve as partners to local employers assisting their employees with routine physicals, immunizations and drug screens, as well as non-emergent treatment of workplace injuries and illnesses. Some occ med clinics, as they are casually referred to, may see regular walk-in patients, but most strictly serve partner employers on a contract basis. If you need more general urgent care, the following are the closest centers to this clinic:
- Baptist Health Urgent Care (1.8 mi)
- Norton Immediate Care Center - Tyler Retail Village (2.1 mi)
- CVS MinuteClinic (2.4 mi)
If you are suffering from a true medical emergency, go to the emergency room in Louisville, KY or call 911 immediately.
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The wait time for an employer requested drug screen should be no more than 15 minute wait time -still waiting @ 30 minutes my license was requested and still not returned
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Tax-deductibility and Refunds
- How do I get a tax receipt for my donation?
- Is my donation tax-deductible?
- Is my donation tax-deductible outside of the U.S.?
- Can people who buy items I sell to raise money get a tax receipt?
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
eduDroid (free Android apps for kids)
eduDroid is not a very polished app and in several spots is missing important things like images that are supposed to appear, but it includes a HUGE volume of material. There are word searches, handwriting, phonics, spelling, reading, eBooks, quizzes, multiplication, number bonds, precision teaching, sound recording, money counting, hundreds tens and units, time, and flash cards in eduDroid. So, it's definitely worth a download - if for no other reason to see if the developers get closer to reaching this app's potential.
Please note that this is a UK developer so the money sections are UK money.
Are you a school, teacher or parent and would like to use android device(s) for your child's education and learning? If so, our content is aimed at children in KS1, KS2, children with SEND and it can also be used in secondary schools.
Current learning content includes... word searches, handwriting, phonics, spelling, reading, eBooks, quizzes, multiplication, number bonds, precision teaching, sound recording, money counting, hundreds tens and units, time, flash cards and more... all in one app.
Children can explore eduDroid on their own or by using it as teaching tool with you.
To activate the app lock: Select adult mode from the menu then type in "p@rent" as the password. Select the apps you wish to lock and turn the app lock on.
eduDroid is all about children learning and engaging with technology. Our aim is to be able to assist children in development in EVERY lesson without devices or software breaking the school budget.
We have designed our system to allow easy management of a network of android devices with no limit on how many devices the school operates. Once the latest update has been uploaded to your server your devices will self-update automatically. The major benefits of this are time-saving and no need to have the Play Store activated on each device.
Once you have eduDroid set up in school mode you have access to...
Sessions - Create your own content for each module or differentiate to a class or individual child's needs. Adults can also block modules they do not want being used so the children stay on task.
Internet Browsing - Type up to 5 web addresses per session to give your pupils' instant access to the websites you want. (This is a huge time saver).
Voting pads - Turn all of your android devices into a class voting system. Adults have the ability to pause voting, add extra questions and get instant feedback from the class. Results are instantly displayed on the adult's device.
Print - If your network printers are compatible you can also print directly to them.
Direct Links - Add auto-logins to sites like education city to make your tablets even more valuable to your class.
By purchasing eduDroid for your school you can distribute unlock codes to parents so that the child's learning can continue at home.
Visit http://www.eduDroid.co.uk for more information.
*Cost - At the moment our app is free, however, there will be a small yearly cost of £150 to schools and 99p to parents to help us to continue making the app.
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To use our Google Malware Checker Tool, simply type the complete URL of the website that you would want to check for malware on the space provided, click on "Check" button; and then you will be redirected to Google's safe browsing diagnostic page.
You will know that a website is safe once the report says that the website is not listed as suspicious. As you read through, a report is given from the last 90 days since Google has visited the website.
Google Malware Checker is a program that has the ability to scan websites and provide users with web security reports. This free online website scanner analyzes if the website that you want to visit contain malicious content, suspicious scripts, and other web security threats that are hidden within the website content.
The malware report will provide you with a list of all affected pages including the possible reasons for detection. Should there be any suspicious script within the content that can pose a threat to the user's browser, then it will show the level of threat severity in the scan. This way the user of this online website malware scanner can better understand the scan report according to each scanned file.
Do I need to register to use this Google Malware Checker
The user doesn't need to register to our website to use this online malware scanner, and it is totally free!
All you need to do is to enter the URL or the link to the website that you want to check and then click on the "Check" button to scan if the website has malware. Our online website scanner will process your request and will investigate the URL; then, it will show you the report right away so you can take the appropriate action, whether to proceed or not to proceed in opening the website.
What is Malware
Malware is the short term for Malicious Software. This kind of software is dangerous because it can secretly access a device without the user's knowledge to steal information.
There are different types of malware; it can be in the form of adware, spyware, phishing, viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, rootkits, and browser hijackers.
A sign that your computer is infected by malware is when it is running slower than usual. It also involves frequent crashes on your browser, pop-ups, and spam. To help you know if you are infected you can use malware scanner.
Just in case you get infected by malware, the best course of action is to get rid of it using a powerful and reliable malware removal tool.
Why do we need to scan a website for malware
If you want to secure your website from hackers, it is a must to always check websites before opening them using a malware scanner because these hackers can steal personal information and other important data that are stored on your website through Malware (the short term for malicious software).
At present, there are many sites on the web that are embedded with malware. Hackers use this in getting access to different websites to steal personal information of users and other important data on the website that can greatly disrupt the business. They can also spread virus infected software and malicious script that can be damage the computer and other devices of the website visitors.


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In my previous blog, we've seen the basic features of the welcome screen of Articulate Storyline such as New Project, Import, Screen recording etc. In this blog, we will learn about the components of the story view.
Now Click on New Project to open a blank project. Below is the Story view of your project. In that you see:
- The Ribbon
- Scenes
- Slides
- Triggers Panel
- Slide properties panel
Let's explore each of them.
The Ribbon: It contains various tabs such as:
- Home
- Insert
- Design
- Animations
- View
- Help
It also shows the Format tab, when we select any object.
These tabs can be used to perform all functions such as inserting different shapes, pictures, videos, audios; designing the slide; animating objects; viewing slide master and feedback master and more.
- Scenes: This is very useful in categorizing the slides of different subtopics of our course. For example, we can have slides of a subtopic in Scene-1 and the slides of other subtopic in Scene-2. This helps us avoid confusion.
- Slides: This is where we present our content, graphics, and animations. We generally cover one topic in a slide.
- Trigger panel: This area displays all the triggers (Player triggers, slide Triggers and other triggers) of our project.
- Slide properties panel: This area displays all the properties of the slide. You can see them when, you select a particular slide from the story view.
These are the components in the story view. In the next blog, we will see some of the exciting features of Storyline. So, stay tuned.


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Kim Severson Crosses Borders To Take Blenheim CCI3* Title
It's been sixteen years since Kim Severson last visited the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, winning the CCI*** aboard the legendary Winsome Adante....» Read More!
It's been sixteen years since Kim Severson last visited the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, winning the CCI*** aboard the legendary Winsome Adante....» Read More!
It's an early start for the final horse inspection at @blenheimhorse but RF Demeter and @hanniesue look fresh as a daisy nonetheless! #morningpeople #goeventing A post shared by Eventing Nation (@goeventing) on Sep 17, 2017...» Read More!
The 2017 Event Rider Masters series roared to a thrilling finale today at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials as Izzy Taylor topped the podium for the first time. The win is the latest...» Read More!
Fancy taking your own trip around the influential track at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI***? How about doing it aboard the incredible Vandiver? Silly question, right – who wouldn't! Check out Doug...» Read More!
Two Americans are well in the hunt for a top placing after the cross country phase of the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI***. Kim Severson may not have contested the track for sixteen...» Read More!
ERM afternoons are always a bit of a pressure cooker, as the seeded order of go means that the crown is passed from rider to rider in quick succession as increasingly competitive scores are thrown...» Read More!
Someone obviously got wind of the fact that Jonty Evans is the absolute MAESTRO of cross country course previews, because the lovely lot behind the Cross Country Course app have put together these brilliant interactive...» Read More!
Is Tim Price Eventing's yummiest mummy? Alice Plunkett meets baby Otis as mum Jonelle warms up in the background. Puppy Scooby just out of shot but present too. #familyaffair #letsbuytimapapoose #goeventing #bpiht A post shared...» Read More!
It's a big weekend at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, which is hosting a CCI3*, CIC3* for 8/9-year-olds and the Event Rider Masters finale this weekend. We have a slew of American and Canadian riders...» Read More!
We all saw it coming, right? Julia Krajewski, the Queen of All Things, was BOUND to put a competitive score on the board – and when she did, she really did. Riding Chipmunk FRH, she...» Read More!
"I think he wants to move in!" Vendredi Biats gives Blenheim Palace the eye after moving into the lead in the CCI*** with Kitty King. #girlpower #bpiht A post shared by Eventing Nation (@goeventing) on...» Read More!
It's a blustery morning at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials – perfect for what can only be referred to as flying an equine kite. Fortunately for collective stress levels, everyone kept hold of said...» Read More!
It's Throwback Thursday and we're taking a look back at the 8/9-year-old CIC3* cross country action at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials thanks to our good friend David Robinson, better known as harvetwetdog. Kylie Lyman...» Read More!
Bettina Hoy led the Blenheim Palace CCI3* from start to finish on Seigneur Medicott and there could hardly be a more popular winner. Adding only cross country time penalties to her dressage score, she's a...» Read More!
What an exciting conclusion to the inaugural Event Rider Masters Series today at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials. Great Britain's Oliver Townend put his foot down on the cross country to finish only two...» Read More!
Sunday couldn't have been more different from yesterday's conditions at Blenheim, and the footing this morning was practically perfect on David Evans' CIC3* cross country course. Willa Newton was the eventual winner on the chestnut...» Read More!
All three remaining U.S. combinations in the Blenheim Palace International CCI3* were accepted this morning at the Final Horse Inspection under thankfully sunny skies, and so will move forward to the show jumping phase this...» Read More!
Today was a particularly special cross country day at Blenheim. It was the tenth year that Eric Winter has designed the course here and also his last, as next year he'll move on to Badminton...» Read More!
Saturday at Blenheim brought the promised rain – on and off between steady, pouring and torrential. This made the CCI3* cross country course even tougher, and for the U.S. contingent especially it was a day...» Read More!
The final leg of the inaugural Event Rider Masters Series takes place this weekend at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials. The winner of this final leg will walk away with £16,000, but the results of...» Read More!
The top three from Thursday after dressage in the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI3* remain unchanged as we head into the cross country on Saturday. Hannah Sue Burnett keeps her third place on Harbour...» Read More!
Friday morning at Blenheim dawned much like Thursday afternoon — bright and very breezy which although it makes dressage somewhat more complicated with flapping flags and rattling marquees, is an improvement on the forecast rain...» Read More!
As expected we were treated to a beautiful display of dressage this afternoon by Bettina Hoy and Seigneur Medicott, and accordingly their score of 32.9 gives them a whopping overnight lead over Harry Meade in...» Read More!


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I initially opened a bug for this downstream (See Fedora #523903[1]), but the Fedora mod_fcgid maintainer Paul suggested I open up the discussion here. I was recently working on configuring some of my servers to use the worker MPM instead of prefork to be able to handle more concurrent connections without additional memory. Some of these servers use PHP, and it's well known that PHP is not very thread-safe so I started using mod_fcgid to handle PHP scripts. This worked great until I started testing PHP scripts in UserDirs, when suEXEC would then prevent the scripts from running since my FCGIWrapper is set to /usr/bin/php-cgi and that script isn't in the UserDir or owned by the user. After additional reading on suEXEC, I renamed the suexec binary to disable suEXEC, but this has the drawback that if the httpd package is updated, the binary will come back, too and re-enable suEXEC on the next httpd restart. I did some searching and found this post on the old mod_cgid lists where a user had the same problem and suggested (along with a patch) adding a configuration flag for mod_fcgid to disable suEXEC [2]. While a configuration flag like that would indeed fix my issue, I'm not convinced it's the right approach to this issue. Other possible solutions I had thought of: * Since Fedora (looks like RHEL does, too) compiles in suEXEC support and the recommended way to disable suEXEC support is to change the perms or delete the suexec binary, make suEXEC support a configuration/startup value and edit the startup scripts to do finagle the suexec binary before starting up Apache. * Introduce a global "SuExecDisable" setting that will disable SuExec in that configuration context. * Go with a mod_fcgid specific SuExec disable setting as mentioned earlier. Thoughts? -Dave [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523903 [2] http://firstname.lastname@example.com/msg00154.html
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The long awaited re-painting of the Norwegian House in Gornji Milanovac was finalized this week after 6 days hard work. The house was in dire need of a re-paint and through funds provided by the Friensdship Association Norway – Western Balkan, supported by the Friendship municipalities in Norway, this came to a successful conclusion.
The work and paint/material came to a total cost of 25.000,- NOK (320.000,- RSD) for the house alone. Of the total amount 20.000,- NOK was financed from Norway and the Norwegian Association – Serbia, financed the 5.000,- NOK necessary to renovate and paint the terrace.
We thank everyone involved in this important task and wish you welcome to a great stay and excellent food in the "new" house.


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I watched the silly but mostly engaging pilot episode of Terra Nova last night. Terra Nova follows a family who travels back in time through a rift in the space-time continuum to 85 million B.C. because… I don't know, the air is bad in the future or something. It's not important.
Anyway, the family had been in dino-land for about 5 minutes when something happened that has to happen on any TV show with a teenager on it: namely, the teenager turned into a big dick.
The dad on the show, you see, had gone to prison for 2 years because he violated the oppressive future regime's strict population control limit. Actually, I guess he went to prison because he punched the cop who found his daughter. So I'm not sure why his wife wasn't in prison too, come to think of it. Whatever. Also not important.
Anyway, the dad breaks out of prison and risks his life to be with his family in 85 million B.C. with its breathable air, brontosauri and other local attractions, and his adolescent son goes all "YOU CAN'T JUST SHOW UP AFTER 2 YEARS AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" on him.
Because this is what television teenagers do: wherever (or whenever) they are, they turn into dicks halfway through the first hour of the pilot. Because this makes for Riveting Family Drama.
Except it doesn't. It's just annoying. I don't give a shit what happens to this kid, because he's an asshole. I want to see him torn apart by a T-rex. I don't need to turn on the TV to see teenagers being annoying. Apparently the premise that a family can travel 85 million years backwards in time to get some fresh air is perfectly reasonable, but the notion of a teenager who does not inexplicably turn into an asshole halfway through the first show is considered "unrealistic."
It was this same sort of lame, arbitrary inter-character conflict that doomed the superhero family drama No Ordinary Family. They ripped off The Incredibles but forgot a key factor: All of the family members on The Incredibles basically liked each other (and were basically likable). Sure, there was intra-family conflict, but it was in the context of a family that mostly got along — and when they fought, it was about stuff that mattered to the plot.
Now that I think about it, irritating intra-family drama has killed off (or at least not helped) a lot of sci-fi shows recently: V, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Invasion, The Bionic Woman. Every one of these canceled shows has one thing in common: at least one really irritating teenager.
Contrast that list with this one: Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, and Supernatural. All these shows featured teenage (or young adult) characters who were edgy without being assholes. And they all lasted at least six seasons. In fact, I can't think of a single show that I watch regularly that features an annoying teenager as one of the main characters.
The writers of Terra Nova and other TV dramas should consider this before writing any more Riveting Family Drama.


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Archway Number Nine
Giants Give Fans What They Want...Fans Now Speechless
So, you know that feeling when you have an expectation of what someone is going to say and you have an argument all prepared for someone:
How are they going to screw it up this time?
And then they say exactly what you wanted them to say, but not what you were expecting them to say, and they're all like:
Check THIS roster out.
And then you're about to be like "Well what about this?" but then it sinks in that they told you what you wanted to hear and you're like:
That's pretty much how my day went yesterday with all the Giants roster moves and news. And it left me searching for the ammunition I usually need to fire a couple quick ones back at the front office, and all I can come up with is..."But Chris Stewart was really cool, and I liked him."
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Discussion in 'NDS - ROM Hacking and Translations' started by fristi, Jan 4, 2008.
i want to know how to create action replay codes
is there a tutorial somewere?
learn hex dude thats what they basically are. and btw i am a ex halo modder i know these things
Read this entire document.
If you don't understand, then you're hooped.
thanks for proving my statement
lern binaty lol tat's basicly wut tey r. also i hax so i know tese tinghs
How to hack a code (simplified).
Get an emulator, because you're not going to have the hardware needed for code hacking on hardware.
Look for the "search for cheats" button. If there isn't one, something that hooks the process might work, although it will get messy later on when you have to convert it to an actual code.
Locate the address you want to edit by elimination whilst playing the game.
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The moment you follow someone, you cease to follow Truth.
— Krishnamurti
Quite right — but with reservations.
Krishnamurti's is a (privileged) statement made by someone already free.
If you follow only yourself — who is NOT yet free — you will probably remain in bondage because — being unfree — you will take things as "freedom" which are not and fail to see the portals to real freedom when they open.
Get real: If you can't trust your intuition to steer you away from an unsuitable teacher, you surely cannot trust your intuition to guide yourself on the spiritual path — which has many pitfalls and dead ends which will cost you valuable time and can even harm you.
You will find the teacher you merit, in accordance with the degree of your sincerity. "Sincerity" on the spiritual path is not the strength of your opinions, it is a condition of the heart and discrimination.
If you want a lightshow or are secretly looking for personal validation, you'll find someone who offers those things and they will become the places you get stuck. The question is not whether so-and-so is a "false teacher" — are you an authentic student?? If you travel the path for the pure love of Truth, you'll find the teacher who mirrors the nascent truth of your own being back to you in a way you can recognize and which draws you evermore-deeply into it and gets you through the brutally-hard parts of the stages of purification which must come before the stages of flowering.
The authentic teacher wants nothing from you except your freedom, and by apprenticing yourself to such a teacher, his/her freedom CAN rub off on you. (See What the Teacher Does.)
The 'path' of freedom leads only to captivity. It is the path of discipline that leads to liberty. —Hazrat Inayat Khan


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Home > VRAB > Vol. 41 (2014) > Iss. 1
Volume 41, Issue 1 (2014)
Letter from the Editor(s)
Content Editors' Transition
Maureen Burns
Association News
Feature Articles
Visual Materials in the Archive: Determining and Maintaining Value in a Postmodern Climate
Jasmine E. Burns
Teaching Visual Literacy Skills in a One-Shot Session
Molly J. Schoen


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BENEFITING: American Cancer Society
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Hello my name is Nitza Granados and I am raising money for Relay for life. Cancer is an issue that affects us all, and your donation supports the American Cancer Society's lifesaving mission. Our goal is to help give more birthdays to those affected by cancer. I am a part of a team called Faith trust Fight Past Dusk, we are a high school team that participates in our Bergen County Academies Relay for Life event. Our goal is to raise as much money as we can so we can give aid to those who have been affected. Each one of my team mates has been effected by cancer in some way. Personally I participate in honor of my grandfather who passed away due to colon cancer. For the Relay for Life event we stay up all night walking the track as a remind that cancer never sleeps and neither shall we. Please help us in raising money for this wonderful cause and organization and maybe we can help someone see another birthday. If you would like to donate go to http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=56344&pg=personal&px=28544242.
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The US is known to have targeted training camps run by the Al Nusrah Front in northwestern Syria. On Sept. 22, the opening day of US airstrikes in Syria, the US "fired 46 cruise missiles at eight locations" belonging to the Al Nusrah Front, The Associated Press reported. At least one of the strikes is thought to have targeted Idlib, as civilians were reported killed in the province.
"Ha! Our camps were sand, rocks and trees before you bombed and now they are sand, smaller rocks and firewood, still. "