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With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Egypt, the military and security services have increasingly become involved in confronting the coronavirus at the expense of other government bodies, including the implementation and monitoring of the curfew, the provision of treatment supplies from abroad and transporting health care-related logistical supplies, the collection of information about the infected cases and monitoring their movements, and controlling dissemination of information on real numbers of the dead and infected persons, with the aim of controlling societal reactions and avoiding the repercussions of transparency with respect to numbers of victims that may highlight the failure of the health service system, and accordingly exacerbate the societal tensions and economic crises.
Egyptian security services and coronavirus crisis
On February 14, 2020, the Egyptian Ministry of Health officially announced the discovery of the first COVID-19 infected case[1]; then Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on March 24 issued a package of measures to confront the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Egypt, most notably imposition of a partial curfew on citizens[2]. Also, several government decisions were issued according to the directives of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi related to the halt of construction works for a period of 6 months and imposition of fines on construction law violators. These coronavirus measures placed more burdens on the shoulders of the security system that has become entrusted with overseeing the implementation of many precautionary measures as well as facing a number of emerging challenges, most prominently:
– The likely collapse of the health system, and its inability to meet the needs of citizens, which may lead to an increase in community discontent, and accordingly the eruption of mass protests.
– The likely worsening or collapse of the security system in the event of the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic among its cadres.
– The decline of the State's revenues from tourism, remittances of Egyptian expatriates, the Suez Canal, as well as the slowdown in global trade and cessation of many local economic activities, which would lead likely to deterioration of economic conditions, social unrest and insecurity.
– The likely exploitation of the regime's preoccupation with the coronavirus crisis by some armed groups, especially in the Sinai, for intensification of their attacks and activities.
– The exploitation of the deteriorating economic situation and the deterioration of health services by the opposition media in inciting citizens against the ruling regime.
To face these challenges, the security system worked to exploit the coronavirus crisis in further tightening the security grip on society, through employment of the strategies that have been adopted since the 2013 coup to achieve the political goals of the ruling regime.
To do this, the security services have relied on the following practices:
1- Follow up of regularity of medical services
The Council of Ministers' Crisis Management Committee has entrusted the Interior Ministry's National Security Sector (NSS) and the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) to carry out daily inspection of quarantine hospitals, assigned with isolation and treatment of COVID-19 infected cases to ensure the regular attendance of medical teams, and to oversee the availability of medical supplies and medicines[3]. It is noteworthy in this regard that at least 6 doctors were arrested for criticizing the State's administration of the coronavirus crisis. Security forces also surrounded the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS) headquarters on June 26 to prevent a press conference that the EMS had decided to hold in response to Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's accusations of some doctors of negligence in facing the coronavirus[4].
2- Acting firmly against any criticism of the regime's policies in addressing the coronavirus
The Ministry of Interior acted firmly against any criticism of the regime's policies in addressing the coronavirus crisis, regardless of being objective, which manifested in:
– Arrest of admins of any social media groups that are critical of the Egyptian government policies in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The security forces arrested the admin of the WhatsApp group "Egyptian Mothers' Call of Distress" on March 14 from her home in Giza governorate[5], under the pretext of spreading rumors about the spread of the coronavirus.
– Launching an arrest campaign against a number of media professionals working with Al Jazeera network in light of efforts to prevent the broadcasting and filming of videos critical of the country's health services. The arrests included producer Moataz Abdel Wahab, Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Haitham Mahgoub, Coptic journalist and documentary film maker Sameh Hanin. The Interior Ministry released a video showing journalist Sameh Hanin while confessing what it called "the filming of videos against the Egyptian State for Al-Jazeera network"[6]. The Interior Ministry also dealt a blow to the media committee of the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, by arresting 6 of its cadres after a raid on an apartment they used as a headquarters for editing filmed videos to be sent to opposition TV channels abroad[7].
– Restrictions on the foreign press in Egypt, as the State Information Service (SIS) announced revoking the press accreditation of the correspondent of "The Guardian" British newspaper in Egypt, where the authorities asked the Guardian to publish an apology for its report on the spread of COVID-19 in Egypt[8], adding that in the event of failure to respond, all available legal measures will be taken against the British newspaper, including closing the newspaper's office in Cairo and withdrawing its press accreditation. The Egyptian authorities also issued a final warning to the New York Times correspondent in Cairo for spreading false news about the spread of coronavirus in Egypt. At the end of March, the Guardian correspondent was forced to leave Egypt.
– Launching widespread arrest campaigns against previously released detainees and political activists to 'deter them from inciting citizens' against authorities. In April, the following persons were arrested: Alexandrian leftist activist Noha Kamal, daughter of Parliament member Kamal Eid, leftist activist Kholoud Amer, head of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's publishing department translation unit[9], and the translator and leftist activist Marwa Arafa[10]. The arrests also included a number of activists on social media who wrote posts critical of Egyptian policies related to confronting the coronavirus crisis, such as political researcher Abdo Fayed[11]. Also, the journalist Nora Yunes, the editor-in-chief of Al-Minassa website, where Fayed used to publish some of his articles, was arrested for one day. After her release, Nora wrote an article explaining that during his interrogation, Abdo Fayed was asked about his relationship with Al-Minassa website[12].
– Maintaining the policy of blocking opposition websites: On April 9, the editor-in-chief of the Darb news website, Khaled Al-Balshi, announced that the Darn website, affiliated with the left-wing "Popular Alliance Party", was blocked, about a month after its re-launch. By blocking the "Darb" website, the number of blocked sites in Egypt, since May 2017, have reached 547 websites, including 125 press websites. It is noteworthy that Egypt ranked 163 in the Press Freedom Index of 2019, among a list of 180 countries, according to the annual ranking carried out by Reporters Without Borders[13].
3- Overseeing implementation of the curfew
In light of the fact that Interior Ministry enjoys possession of large numbers of forces and strong armament, it was assigned with the task of overseeing the implementation of the curfew imposed in the country, where the police arrested thousands of curfew violators on a daily basis, bringing the number of detainees in one day to 5 thousand detainees[14], while the daily number of detainees was not less than 4 thousand detainees during May. However, those detainees are usually discharged after payment of due fines, which makes the arrest process a source of obtaining exorbitant funds as fines from citizens.
4- Suppression of any mass protests
The security services were keen to confront with utmost determination any popular movements related to the coronavirus, as dozens of people were arrested on April 11 in the village of "Shubra Al Bahou" Aga, Dakahlia Governorate, and accused them of inciting people to gather and try to prevent the burial of a doctor who had died of coronavirus infection[15]. In August, the Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced 42 people (almost half of them in absentia) to prison terms ranging from one to ten years, after they had been convicted in the case[16]. The ruling was aimed at acting as a deterrent to citizens to dissuade them from holding any protests. At least 20 people were arrested in the "Zaffat al-Kaaba" march (organized in celebration of the advent of Ramadan) in the Muharram Bey neighborhood of Alexandria, before they were released on bail of EGP500 each, where they had been charged with breaking the curfew.
5- Laundering the regime's reputation by arresting Tik Tok girls
Following the entry into force of the decision to close mosques and preventing worshipers to pray therein in April, the security services launched an arrest campaign against some girls active on the social media program TikTok, to show the regime as preserving ethics public morals in response to accusations against it after closing mosques for political reasons, not for the outbreak of the coronavirus, while the subway and other facilities with high human density were still operating.
That campaign began on April 21, 2020, with the arrest of a student at the Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University, Hanin Hossam, on charges of inciting "immorality or debauchery" on her TikTok account that is followed by about 909 thousand viewers[17], then the belly dancer Sama al-Masry was arrested with the same charge, after a report was filed against her by the TV presenter Reham Said. In July, the Economic Court sentenced the "TikTok" girls, Hanin Hossam, Mawadda Al Adham, Manar Sami and three others, to two years in prison and a fine of EGP300 thousand, on charges of infringing on the family values and principles[18]. These cases were referred to the Economic Court due to its jurisdiction over information technology crimes.
6- Maintaining the policy of physical liquidation of alleged gunmen
Despite the coronavirus crisis, the police liquidation of alleged militants continued. In March, the Interior Ministry announced liquidation of 6 persons in the North Sinai city of Bir al-Abed. Then, in May, it announced the killing of 39 people in the vicinity of the city of Bir al-Abed[19]: where on May 3, it announced the liquidation of 18 people[20], and on May 23, it announced the liquidation of 21 others[21].
7- Reducing the over-crowdedness of prisons by releasing criminal prisoners
To alleviate the over-crowdedness in Egyptian prisons, the Interior Ministry released about 19,000 criminal prisoners, based on 12 presidential pardons issued during the period from February 1 to August 31, 2020[22]. Only a very limited number of political prisoners were released at the beginning of the spread of coronavirus, most prominently 15 people[23] that had been supportive of the July 3, 2013 coup, but later criticized some of the regime's policies, which caused their detention, most notably: Hassan Nafaa, Hazem Abdel-Azim, and Shadi Al-Ghazali Harb. As for the political detainees who maintain rejection of the coup and its aftermath, no prominent figures have been released so far.
The Interior Ministry announced suspension of visits to prisoners, starting from March 10, under the pretext of concern for the public health and safety of inmates in light of the spread of coronavirus. However, the Interior Ministry announced resumption of visits to prisoners, starting from August 22, provided that the visit is booked once a month by phone, allowing only one visitor to attend[24]. These measures increased the suffering of the families of detainees, as it has become difficult for them to arrange group visits, where they share the costs of transportation (several families usually cooperate to rent a microbus or minibus with the aim of reducing the transportation costs for moving from distant places to prisons) as well as their social repercussions due to preventing detainees from seeing his family members after limiting the visits to only one person at a time instead of three, as it used to be. Deaths also increased among political detainees in light of the poor medical care provided to them in prisons.
8- Legalizing the powers of the National Security Sector
In August, the House of Representatives (parliament) made amendments to the Police Authority Law, the first of their kind, for legalizing many of the Interior Ministry's National Security Sector (NSS) practices that had been conducted informally. Among the most prominent of these practices was the NSS participation in setting security policies in the State and following up their implementation, which is considered a theoretical reduction of the powers of the General Intelligence Service (GIS), that is authorized to set the State's security policy according to the GIS law issued in 1971. The amendments also authorize the National Security Sector (to assist State institutions in facing threats by providing them with advice and security recommendations)[25], which legalizes the influence of the NSS over State institutions. The amendments also empower the NSS to monitor problems facing the State, measure the public opinion tendencies, and submit reports in this respect to concerned authorities to take necessary steps towards solving these problems and containing their effects.
9- Tightening penalties for infringement of public employees
In August, the Council of Ministers agreed to increase penalties for assaulting public employees and wasting public funds, under the pretext that some categories of public employees, such as police personnel and workers in public health facilities, are more likely to be attacked by angry citizens. The issuance of this law reflects the increasing anger of citizens towards the government's public employees, which is manifested in the escalating violence against them.
The efforts exerted by the security services in Egypt were not aimed at addressing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Egypt as much as they aimed to address the likely political repercussions of the outbreak of the pandemic in the Egyptian scene. In fact, this is mainly related to the legitimacy crisis felt by the Sisi regime, which realizes that its rule is based on coercion and not on popular consent, which makes it always feel threatened by the people.
Among the key indicators of the extent of legitimacy in a particular country: is the periodic selection of State leaders in a way that most citizens consider fair and impartial, with the existence of a high level of popular participation in political practices, which is not available in the case of the Sisi regime that monopolizes the political scene and bans any kind of real popular participation in politics.
To sum up, it can be said that the Egyptian security system has succeeded in confronting the challenges that it faced during the coronavirus crisis through the use of an iron security grip, consolidation of its control over society, and maintaining policies that are aimed at stifling the regime opponents or any voices that criticize its policies.
Although these security policies may have succeeded in the short term, but it remains a gamble, as the harsh economic decisions made by the Sisi regime along with the coronavirus repercussions have greatly accumulated the latent popular anger which is likely to suddenly explode at any time[26].
[1]Coronavirus: The first COVID-19 infected case discovered in Egypt, BBC, February 14, 2020, Link.
[2].9 important government decisions to confront outbreak of the Coronavirus … most notably curfew, Akhbar Al-Youm gate, March 24, 2020, Link.
[3] Madbouly instructs governors to carry out daily inspection of hospitals to ensure the availability of medical supplies, Al-Bawaba News, June 1, 2020, Link..
[4]Arab Foundation for Civil Society and Human Rights Support calls for release of 6 doctors arrested for criticizing conditions in hospitals, Al-Masry Al-Youm, July 1, 2020, Link..
[5] Arrest of admin of "Egyptian Mothers Distress Call" WhatsApp group in Giza, Cairo 24, March 14, 2020, Link.
[6] Defendant Sameh Hanin: I produced videos against Egypt for the benefit of Al-Jazeera TV channel for $150,000, Al-Ahram Gate, May 22, 2020, Link.
[7] Islam Hegazi of Muslim Brotherhood confesses, Al-Ahram Gate, July 23, 2020, Link.
[8] State Information Service: Press accreditation of the Guardian correspondent in Egypt revoked and the New York Times correspondent warned, Darb, March 17, 2020, Link.
[9] Details of arrest of translator, Kholoud Saeed, from home in Alexandria, and taking her to an unknown location, Darb, April 23, 2020, Link.
[10] Marwa Arafa arrested from home in Nasr City, Darb, April 21, 2020, Link.
[11] A week after disappearance: Researcher Abdo Fayed accused in Case 535 State Security, Al-Minassa, May 31, 2020, Link.
[12] Norah Yunus, Charge: Administration of a website, Al-Minassa, June 28, 2020, Link.
[13] Blocking the "Darb" website … a new blow to press freedom and the Egyptian left, Arabi 21, April 10, 2020, Link.
[14] Interior Ministry: 5,000 violators of curfew arrested within 24 hours, Mobtada, May 16, 2020, Link.
[15] Arrest of 22 residents of "Shubra al-Bahou" village for refusing to allow burial a female doctor that died of COVID-19 infection, Al-Masry Al-Youm, April 11, 2020, Link.
[16] Prison sentences from 1 to 10 years for 42 people accused of preventing burial of a doctor that was a victim of coronavirus, Al-Watan, 19 August 2020, Link
[17] Arrest of Hanin Hossam for "incitement to immorality", Al-Masry Al-Youm, April 21, 2020, Link.
[18] Collapse, crying and fainting … Hanin Hossam and the Mawadda Al-Adham after imprisonment sentence: We did nothing, Youm7, July 27, 2020, Link.
[19] Egyptian security forces kill 6 militants in Sinai, Russia Today, March 16, 2020, Link.
[20] Egyptian Interior Ministry announces killing of 18 terrorists in Bir al-Abd, Russia Today, May 3, 2020, Link.
[21] Interior Ministry announces new details about killing of 21 terrorists in Sinai, Al-Mougaz, May 23, 2020, Link.
[22] Prisons Authority releases 4,011 criminal prisoners upon a presidential pardon, on the occasion of Egypt's "Sinai Liberation Day" celebrations in April, and then Interior Ministry releases 9,000 inmates in implementation of two presidential pardons on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr in May, AlMarsad.
[23] We publish list of 15 people released from State Security Prosecution, Darb, March 19, 2020, Link.
[24] With precautionary measures … resumption of visits in all public prisons today, Sada El-Balad, August 22, 2020, Link.
[25] Amendments to the "Police Authority" law awaiting issuance by Sisi after being ratified by Parliament, Youm7, August 24, 2020, Link.
[26] The views expressed in this article are entirely those of the author's and do not necessarily reflect the views of EIPSS.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. — September 16, 2021 — More than 6.5 tons of donations are en route to Culp Inc.'s production facilities in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, for distribution to earthquake victims in affected areas of the country. CULP led a community-wide "Hands in for Haiti" donation drive, which began immediately after the August 14, 2021, earthquake. CULP's facilities are not located near the epicenter of the quake, and the company did not sustain any damage or harm to its facilities or employees. However, many CULP employees have family members who have been affected by the disaster.
Knowing that some of the extended CULP family needed help, and with the logistical capability to get supplies to Haiti, the company quickly reacted. With the hopes of making a sizeable impact, CULP expanded its reach beyond its employees and opened up the donation drive to the community. The amount of donations received was nothing short of amazing.
"Our company is grateful to be a part of the caring community of High Point," stated Iv Culp, president and CEO of Culp Inc. "The combined efforts of our CULP employees, the community, and the industry have been remarkable. We want to thank everyone who played a part in this magnificent effort of generosity."
To follow the journey of the "Hands in for Haiti" donations or find ways to be a part of the CULP family, find Culp Inc. on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or go to www.CULP.com.
Posted September 16, 2021
Source: Culp, Inc.

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After decades in the towing business, George McRae was expecting a tough assignment when police called him — yet again — to dislodge a tractor-trailer from Smugglers' Notch in Vermont.
But he wasn't prepared for this.
A driver taking a shortcut to the Ben and Jerry's factory had hit a sharp rock on the edge of the winding, narrow road, destroying the tire. In his "infinite wisdom," the driver disconnected the tractor and drove to the bottom of the mountain, where he called police, McRae recalled.
It was a sunny day in June, so the 3.5-mile ribbon of Route 108 was crowded with tourists exploring the picturesque Green Mountains. McRae was able to get the trailer out, but the process took hours, with the road blocked the whole time.
"The guy got spanked by the police pretty good," McRae, 67, recalled. "The company was happy with me that I kept the reefer running and kept the load cold. But they weren't happy with him."
In Boston, the perennial problem of truck drivers hitting an overpass — or realizing they are about to and trying to back up into traffic — is known as "Storrowing," after Storrow Drive, which has height signs at all access points. On Smugglers' Notch, the boulder-lined pass between Stowe and Cambridge, a similar situation is called a "stuckage," and it causes at least as much trouble — if not more.
Like the mishaps on Storrow Drive, the problem has also defied efforts to stop it, confounding residents and state and local officials. For some weary truckers, the lure of a shortcut is too difficult to resist, even on the most forbidding of roads — instead electing to ignore the many posted warning signs and follow their GPS, with popular mobile apps failing to alert drivers the pass is unnavigable for their vehicles.
"It takes a special kind of a driver. A Vermont boy isn't going to go up through there," McRae quipped. By his count, he has gotten more than a dozen trucks unstuck from the road over the years, and now charges between $3,500 and $5,000 for his service, on top of the fines the ill-fated drivers must pay the state.
As in Boston, the driving setbacks serve as head-shaking entertainment. One local referred to trucks getting stuck in the Notch as the "most unifying thing we have in this state," a phenomenon that has spawned mocking memes, a running joke on the Vermont subreddit, annoyed musings on social media, a toy collectible, discounts at local businesses to honor the occasion, and friendly competitions between friends.
The scenic pass snakes through two mountain peaks, at times dropping down to a single lane as it twists its way through rocky outcrops. It typically closes in November and reopens in the spring once the snow has melted. When open, it serves as a key link for hikers heading to nearby trails, tourists and adventurers traveling to resorts, and locals hoping to shave off some time from their drive. Until a stuckage, that is.
The Notch, as locals call it, is a foolhardy course for larger trucks, which struggle to navigate hairpin turns around roadside boulders. Yet year after year, despite warning signs all the way back to the interstate and hefty fines, commercial drivers continue to venture up the road.
"It's a disaster. You have to plan," said Jill Anne, 49, who has lived in Stowe since 1997. A real estate broker for Four Seasons Sotheby's with a tight schedule, she factors in the possibility of a truck getting stuck whenever she has a showing. That usually means taking the extra 45 minutes to drive around.
"It's not worth the gamble," she said. "It's kind of a joke, but it's also super inconvenient."
From 2011 through 2022, an average of 8.2 trucks have gotten stuck in the Notch each year, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation. But after a dozen incidents in 2013, 2014, and 2017, the number dropped to five in each of the past two years, thanks to mitigation efforts such as increasing the amount of warning signs and establishing consistent law enforcement patrols, said Todd Sears, deputy bureau chief of operations and safety at the agency.
But Sears has a clear target in mind: zero.
"It's a very Vermont thing. It's not a safety issue, but it is an aggravation issue because you get a truck stuck up there, and it just shuts down traffic on both sides," he said. "It's a mystery, like what is not getting through? Why are people still trying to make it through there? We don't know but we are making progress."
On its website, which includes a number of cheeky reminders that trucks will get stuck on the road, the agency specifies that under state law, vehicles longer than 40 feet and those with trailers longer than 45 feet cannot use the Notch road. Fines start at $1,000 and can exceed $4,000 for a second offense.
Based on costs associated with delays, each stuckage is estimated to cost the state roughly $6,000 an hour, Sears said. The primary culprit seems to be GPS apps that identify the Notch as the quickest route, causing out-of-state drivers to ignore the prominent warning signs along the way.
Officials are continuing their efforts to work with — and now possibly take action against — navigation providers that do not alert truckers they are not allowed to use the pass.
State officials have also hired the engineering consulting firm Dubois & King to analyze possible solutions that can be added to the roadway, Sears said, such as a roundabout that would allow a truck to turn around. The study is nearing completion, but it would be "a matter of years," before any project is undertaken, he said.
With the road set to open later this spring, Paul Ravelin of the Vermont State Police said it's only a matter of time until the annual tradition resumes.
"We scratch our heads every time," said Ravelin, who said the agency expends a "significant amount of resources" during the four to six hours the road is closed. "Everyone at this point is just like, 'Ah, there's the first one.' We kind of giggle about it, and say, 'Oh, here we go.'"
This year has brought a new twist to the stuckage fanfare: a raffle organized by the Stowe Rotary Club. For $10 a ticket, participants guess the time and date when the first truck become stuck. Half of the proceeds will go to their scholarship fund, while the lucky winner will take home the other half. More than 200 tickets have been purchased so far.
"We can raise money, and we can also try and bring attention to the issue. It becomes a win-win," said Robert Roper, 54, member of the board of directors who lives in Stowe. "It is extremely annoying. This is a problem that needs to be solved."
Ravelin said the spirit of the raffle is characteristic of the state.
"There's a general frustration, but in true Vermont fashion, they've taken it in stride. That's how we react sometimes when it's just a true head-scratcher," he said. "We shake our heads at it and we move on."
Shannon Larson can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her @shannonlarson98.


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Trellix, the first product from the company of the same name, combines several ideas familiar from existing applications with an innovative "document map" that gives it some unique capabilities. The result is a new type of application that makes it very easy to create hypertext documents, and that also offers a very simple way for unsophisticated users to create and manage Web sites.
At first glance, Trellix seems fairly similar to presentation graphics programs like PowerPoint. You can use it to create and edit interactive on screen slide shows templates, automatic formatting, and on screen tips make the process easy for inexperienced users. However, unlike presentation programs, Trellix is not designed to create 35mm slides or overhead transparencies, and it doesn't manage speaker's notes.
As you dig deeper, you find similarities to WYSIWYG HTML editors and Web site managers. You can easily create frames, insert graphics, create hyperlinks between pages of a Trellix document or from Trellix pages to Web pages, and add, remove, or rearrange pages with a few simple mouse clicks. However, while you can use Trellix to create and update Web sites, it can't actually edit HTML documents, or manage sites not created with Trellix.
Trellix is also reminiscent of Adobe Acrobat it comes with a free viewer, so you can access Trellix documents on PCs without the application. Since Trellix documents store all pages and graphics in a single file, they can be easier to distribute than their HTML counterparts. This potential advantage is significantly reduced by the bulky viewer: the setup file alone is 4.3MB.
What sets Trellix apart from these other types of applications is its document map. As in most Web site managers, the map provides a graphical representation of the pages in the document and the links between them. What's unique about Trellix is that the map is an editable part of the document: you can arrange the page icons manually, in whatever way makes them easiest to understand, and can add titles, labels, graphics, explanatory text, and color blocks to annotate and highlight logical groups of pages.
Creating a Trellix document is much like using a presentation graphics program. You can start from scratch, but you'll usually save time by beginning with one of the included templates (presentation, Web site, project plan, or white paper), which creates a document with several pages already organized into a map. By default, the map appears in a frame across the top, and summary information about the page appears in a narrow column at the left; depending on the template, the page title appears at the top of the page body, or in its own frame under the map.
As in presentation programs, you can simply replace the template's text with your own. Each page's title is also its label in the map, so as you revise the template the map automatically update. If the title's too long to fit in the small space available on the map, you can use the page's property sheet to define a shorter one that will appear only on the map.
Formatting options are fairly basic. For text, you can select font, font size, color, and bold, italic, underline, or strikeout. For paragraphs, you can select alignment (left, right, center, or justify), set right and left margins relative to the frame, adjust paragraph spacing, create first line regular or hanging indents, and choose from six kinds of bullets. There are also named paragraph styles, to which you can add your own custom formats. You can set the color of each page's background, or place or tile images on it.
I would have liked to see an option to use HTML standard formats, or at least help on choosing formats that would be most compatible with HTML. However, if you stick to the defaults, the exported HTML files look very good.
Support for graphics is somewhat limited. You can position them freely only in the map; elsewhere they're treated as characters, with no text wrap or positioning options. You can crop and resize a graphic, and set a transparent color to let the background show through and simulate irregularly shaped graphics.
Adding pages is simple. You can create new blank pages anywhere in the map window, or copy and paste existing pages to use their formats. You can also split a page, which moves any selected text to a new page and puts a "more" link button at the bottom of the original. If you split a page in a sequence, the new page is automatically added between the original and the next page. You can remove a page from a sequence by just dragging it off the connecting line in the map.
Trellix largely eliminates the need to create links manually between various pages, the way you typically would have to on a Web site. First, you can move around simply by clicking on pages in the map. Also, when you link one page to another, Trellix automatically adds an "up" button that let you climb back up the map's hierarchy toward the home or main page. When you define a series of pages as a "sequence" (equivalent to a presentation program's slide show), Trellix adds forward and back buttons as well.
When you do need to create a manual link, Trellix makes that easy, too. You just select the jump text, then the map icon of the page you want to link. To create a new, standalone link, you click where you want it to appear, choose whether you want the link text to be the target page's title or summary, and click the target page. Once the link is created, the link text automatically adjusts to reflect changes to the target page's title or summary. Each page has three extra fields in its property page that you can use for alternate link text, if desired.
A very common approach to Web site navigation is to have a list of pages appear in the same place on each page, with all but the current page showing up as links. If you've defined a series of pages as a sequence, you can insert such a link list with a single command. As you add pages to or delete them from the sequence, Trellix updates the link lists automatically. You can also use such lists to create a table of contents for the whole document.
One of Trellix's biggest weaknesses is its inability to read HTML files, so if you want to convert an existing Web page or site to Trellix you'll have to do a lot of copying and pasting, and recreate the hyperlinks manually. If you have Word 95 or 97 installed, it can import their files, and can even break them apart into multiple Trellix pages every time it encounters page breaks, headings, or large fonts. Unfortunately any URL links in the documents are lost, though it's easy to find where they were since the link text is underlined and blue.
Despite its flaws, Trellix is perhaps the most interesting new product to come along since the original Mosaic Web browser. While over the past decade hypertext has become familiar to all computer users, first through online help and more recently on the Web, actually creating it has been a challenge for the average user. Trellix finally makes creating hypertext documents as simple as using Word or PowerPoint.
Trellix's limited compatibility with HTML, the hypertext standard, could prove a serious obstacle to its becoming a popular product. The concepts the program pioneers, however, will surely be widely imitated which would be ironic, given that Trellix is the brainchild of Dan Bricklin. In 1978, he and Bob Frankston wrote Visicalc, the first spreadsheet program. After a few years of brisk sales to Apple II users, it drifted into obscurity after the new IBM PC market instead embraced one of its imitators, Lotus 1 2 3.
Copyright © 1998 Robert Lauriston. All Rights Reserved.
Here's the Trellix document shown at the beginning of this report as it appears after being converted to HTML and opened in Netscape Navigator. The colors in the frames to the left and right of the text have been lost, which means the yellow "Home Page" label in the right-hand frame is unreadable, but otherwise the two versions look almost identical.
In addition to the map view, Trellix can display the structure of a document as an outline. This can make it easier to navigate since the page names appear next to their icons. Notice how the current page's icon turns yellow in both the map and the outline.
Here I've used the "Add page" command to insert a new page in the sequence. Notice how Trellix automatically adds the backgrounds, navigation buttons, and dummy text.
Here I've restructured the document simply by dragging the icon for my new page off the sequence line, dropping it, and adding a new link. The page title does not appear on the map automatically--I would have to create and place a label manually. Notice how Trellix removed the navigation buttons when I took the page of of the sequence.
Here's a Trellix document in which the map's taking up so much of the window that you can't see much of the text.
For easier reading, you can toggle off the map by clicking a toolbar icon.
Another toolbar button lets you zoom in on the map for a more detailed view. One nice thing about the zoom view is that the page names appear under their icons; unfortunately, in this first release there didn't seem to be any way to adjust the text labels so they'd be more readable.
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H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Al Rabie, Secretary General, Arab Economic Unity Council League of Arab States, emphasized that the "League" is seeking to enhancing Fintech in the region countries, as it believes in the importance of fintech's role in improving the economic growth of the region's countries, as well as its ability to meet the expectations of the Arab youth, and support their innovation, production, to pioneer in digital economy, this would enable them to play their natural part in the renaissance of their Arab society. The League of Arab States supported fintech through issuing the first draft of the Arab Common Vision for Digital Economy, which aims at enabling and improving cooperation based on digital knowledge, developing technological and legal infrastructure, and supporting plans for digital transformation and technological development in the Arab region.
And within his speech, on Tuesday, the second day of "Seamless North Africa 2019" conference, H.E. explained that the League of Arab States has developed around 50 pioneering projects for digital transformation in all the Arab countries, keeping into consideration economic and social circumstances of each country, following the studies performed by the Council of Arab Economic Unity, to produce the first draft of the Arab Common Vision for Digital Economy. This is part of the efforts of the League of Arab States, to cope with the global major changes in the fields of digital economy, through mobilizing the Arabic capabilities along with international expertise, and enabling Arabic cooperation to achieve a group of objectives of positive effect, that would raise the Arab societies.
H.E. Mohamed Al Rabie added that cooperation among Arab countries, and collaborative efforts, towards digital transformation, are considered main resource for building the productive potential, that would be suitable for the new digital economy, he also emphasized the role of H.E. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and his government, for total transformation towards digital economy, pointing to the Egyptian national program for economic reform, that includes a comprehensive view at improving the country's economy.
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Small house in Bresilley near the river Ognon
About this Holiday rental
Discover this bright and flowery house a few meters from the owners' house in the small village of Bresilley, in Haute-Saône, on the border of the Jura department. The house is located a few meters away, on the right bank of the river Ognon. For history lovers, this small village is full of history and legends that the owners will be happy to tell you.
The accommodation is located in a closed property with a large accessible and shared ground in which you will be able to park your vehicle. You will have garden furniture at your disposal. The owner pays particular attention to the flowering of the grounds to make your stay pleasant.
The entrance to the house is on the first floor, through the dining/living room with a flat screen TV, a table and armchairs. The room opens onto a kitchen equipped with a dishwasher, a mini-oven, a coffee maker, a toaster, a fridge, a kettle and also a small table. Through the kitchen you will have access to independent sanitary and WC.
On the second floor, two independent rooms are there to welcome you with for the first, a bed of 140cm and for the second two beds of 90cm.
The visitor's tax is not included, the bed linen and the toilet linen are included in the price of the hiring and the animals are accepted.
Best features:
- Proximity to the Jura
- The Onion, a pretty little river nearby
- Functional and bright apartment
Address of the accommodation
Type of property : House , individual, floor, village
Type of accommodation : Ancien
Area : 85 m2
Lift (elevator) : Non
Number of rooms: 2
Bathroom : 1
Sleeps: 3 persons
Kitchen : Kitchen
Baby equipment : Oui
Pets welcome : Non
Parking: Private parking
Payment : Check, Cash,
- Sheets provided
- Bathroom linen provided
Chambre indépendante N°1 : 2 x 80 cm,
Chambre indépendante N°2 : 1 x 140 cm,
- Television
- Internet connection
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Private washing machine
- Coffee maker
- Microwave
- Court
- Garden
- Common garden
- Garden lounge
- Terrace
450 €
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After a not-so-short delay because of the B1G tournament final, the NCAA Selection Show aired on CBS, announcing to the world that your ACC Tournament Champions Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will return to the NCAA Tournament seeded in #1 seed Illinois's region as a #9 seed. Tech will face off against #8 Loyola-Chicago in its first tournament appearance since 2010 at 4pm ET on Friday, March 19th at Butler University's Hinkle Fieldhouse. Jim Nantz, Bill Raferty, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson will call the game on TBS.
Loyola-Chicago, known for its 2018 run to the Final Four as an 11-seed, won the Missouri Valley Conference double, finishing 16-2 in conference and beating Drake in the MVC tournament final. The Ramblers finished the season with a 24-4 record, ranked 9th in KenPom, 10th in NET, and 18th by the AP.
Some selected articles from the site the last time Tech made the tournament:
The Tech women's basketball team will get notice of when their one shining moment starts tomorrow at 7pm, when the women's selection show airs on ESPN.
14-Mar-2021 10:48pm ET: Updated to reflect announced tipoff time and game location. h/t to Ken Suguira at the AJC.


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Teva and OncoGenex announce top-line survival results of Phase III SYNERGY trial evaluating custirsen in combination with first-line docetaxel and prednisone
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced results from the Phase III SYNERGY trial…
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE:TEVA) and OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:OGXI) today announced results from the Phase III SYNERGY trial, a randomized, open-label, two-arm study comparing the combination of custirsen and standard first-line docetaxel/prednisone therapy to docetaxel/prednisone alone in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Top-line survival results indicate the addition of custirsen to standard first-line docetaxel/prednisone therapy did not meet the primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic CRPC, compared to docetaxel/prednisone alone (median survival 23.4 months vs 22.2 months, respectively; hazard ratio 0.93 and one-sided p-value 0.207).
"We are disappointed with these results. Addressing treatment resistance is critical in the fight against cancer. We are working with OncoGenex to more fully understand these data," said Michael Hayden, MD, president of global R&D and chief scientific officer at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
The adverse events (AEs) observed for custirsen were similar to its known AE profile.
Full efficacy and safety data from SYNERGY will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming scientific conference.
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Why is Kennedy the Most Respected Name Among Boundary Surveyors of Melbourne?
Building or remodelling is a very exciting undertaking, but delays drain your excitement and budget. The most frustrating time is when you sit down with your architects, but they cannot start work because the information they need is either inaccurate or incomplete. Sometimes it is not even available. They need to know exactly where the site markers are and not just have a general location. Which of the service markers connote gas and which show the water? The same is true when the construction crew arrives. They must have accurate and complete information, or you will have to pay them to do nothing.
Enter Kennedy Setouts and Surveys. We provide you with the most accurate information on the market at the most reasonable price for all of your boundary survey needs. That includes both commercial and residential and the same goes for all of your setout needs too.
Avoid Delays and High Costs of other Melbourne-area Boundary Surveyors
One of the ways we help you complete your construction project on time, and on budget is by completing your job as quickly as possible. Our standard time of completion is within 4-5 days. No more waiting weeks to get your feature or topographic survey. Next, we use the most accurate technology and software: The Robotic Total Station (RTS). It is far more accurate than the old equipment still used by many companies and designed for use by one person. The savings in man hours means many jobs can be completed quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
However, equipment is not our mark of distinction. It is important that you know you can trust the work before commencement. For over thirteen years Kennedy has provided accurate and reliable boundary surveying services in and around the Melbourne area. That is experience you can trust. Your developer or architect will be provided with electronic directions of your surveyed area that are easy to follow. A detail survey is useless if your developer cannot understand the details.
Controlling your costs is also imperative to you. Those savings start by providing free estimates, and your overhead will control your prices. The single office location in Harpers Crossing services everywhere from Epping and Wyndham Vale to Geelong and Outer Melbourne. Kennedy brings experience and the best surveyor's equipment while keeping down costs.
Call Kennedy on 0431 576 538 for Reliable Boundary Surveys at Competitive Prices
You plan to build or remodel your house. Or you are pushing hard to build 200 units as soon as possible. Perhaps you have wildly uneven terrain or difficult objects to consider. The first step is an accurate boundary survey. You want it done quickly and accurately without busting the budget. You want it done by surveyors you can rely on and with a proven track record of success, and you want it done right the first time for a smooth transition from setout or survey to planning and construction. The only question you have now is why wouldn't you call Kennedy Setouts and Surveys?
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text: Looking a bit like a giant barbecue grille/smoker, this small glass and black steel shelter exists for one purpose, to focus on nature. Dropped adjacent to Lake Immelin, Sweden, the shelter is simplistic but premium in its execution. Designed and built by Swedish company Vipp, the unique 592 square-foot home sleeps four and includes a kitchen, dining area, bathroom, fireplace, and sleeping quarters. The ultramodern home also happens to showcase many of Vipp's home furnishings that match the structure perfectly in minimalist, black, white, grey, and silver. Rent it for about $1,125 for two nights or just buy one for $585,000 and drop it somewhere remote.


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Content warning: This article discusses death, murder, suicide, violence and mental illness.
Since 2013, the disappearance of 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles has captured the internet's attention, causing much speculation about the strange circumstances of Lam's death. Now, director and executive producer Joe Berlinger (executive producer of "Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes" (2019) and "Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich" (2020)) brings a four-part docuseries to Netflix in an attempt to uncover the truth behind the Elisa Lam case. The series reached number one of the top 10 TV shows in the U.S. on Netflix last weekend."Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel" (2021) (one of whose other producers is famed actor and director Ron Howard) features a third-year student at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, John Sobhani, as a source on the case. Sobhani recently spoke with the Daily about his experience working on the series, as well as how he first got involved investigating the case itself.
A quick overview of the case: Lam was a tourist from British Columbia in Los Angeles staying at the Cecil Hotel. The hotel itself carried a reputation of violence, murder and suicide prior to Lam's stay; for example, serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as the "Night Stalker," is believed to have stayed there in the 1980s. After disappearing on Jan. 31, 2013, Lam was discovered dead almost three weeks later in one of the water tanks on the hotel's roof.
During their search, police released the last known footage of Lam in the hotel's elevator to the internet. During the video, Lam behaves very strangely — peering outside the elevator door, darting back to the corner of the elevator as though she's hiding, exiting the elevator and seeming to converse with someone in the hallway — which led to all sorts of speculation online.
The documentary tracks all the clues of Lam's disappearance, and contextualizes it within a conversation about the Cecil Hotel's history, the systemically oppressed area of Los Angeles in which the hotel is located, the police response and mental health.
One particularly notable facet of the case, however, was the internet's involvement in figuring out how Lam disappeared. Online investigators' theories ranged from measured and methodical to wild and conspiratorial, even paranormal. The documentary includes testimony from a few of these 'web-sleuths,' of which Sobhani is one, in order to fill out this crucial aspect of the Elisa Lam case.
Sobhani has been investigating Elisa Lam's disappearance for the last eight years, starting the day she was reported missing in February of 2013.
"The case drew my concern," Sobhani said. "When the news broke out when Elisa went missing, notifying the public of her disappearance, it put me on high alert."
During his investigations, Sobhani was actually able to visit the Cecil Hotel.
"I did visit the area, and eventually went inside," Sobhani said, "and, from what I saw, it lived up to its reputation."
As for the case itself, Sobhani explained some of his findings and observations from his investigations.
"Basically, Elisa had gone missing for two weeks, and the last known footage of her was an elevator video, and it's difficult to tell, but she was not acting as someone would normally act when they're entering an elevator or exiting an elevator. With that said, if that was the last known footage of her before she went missing, it makes you wonder what happened," Sobhani said.
Sobhani also pointed out some of his observations regarding the autopsy report: "At first, if you look at the autopsy report, something was marked that opened the possibility of thinking that there were suspicious circumstances that led to her death, then... it was erased [and] corrected to accidental drowning. And then looking deeper into the autopsy report, which I spent a lot of time studying, there are a lot of questions."
One complication in the Elisa Lam case, which Sobhani made sure to address, was that Lam struggled with mental health issues, including bipolar disorder and depression.
According to Sobhani, "Elisa was on two different medications and it was known that she had suffered from depression, and one of the medications is documented to have overpowering effects over another medication. And, unfortunately, the medication that has that overpowering potential has a side effect of suicidal ideation. That's not to say that suicide was definitely the cause, but it's a reason as to why people have different opinions regarding the case."
Because the elevator footage of Lam eventually went viral, many groups on the internet have had their own speculations about her disappearance — whether she was murdered, whether she committed suicide or whether someone was pursuing her the night the elevator footage was captured.
Sobhani's investigations eventually led him to create a Facebook group and a documentary about his findings. Online, Sobhani had a keen interest in combating much of the exaggerations or speculations surrounding the case.
"I emphasized simply presenting facts. A lot of my work throughout these last eight years has been telling people, 'No, this is rumor. It's not been documented — this is something that Elisa has been labeled as, but it's not necessarily what really happened,'" Sobhani said. "I guess through the creation of the Facebook group and through my own documentary that I was directing over the years, I detailed the vulnerabilities and possibilities of what could've happened, emphasizing representing facts, separating facts from rumor, despite many, and to present, I have been doing my best to present Elisa as a human being rather than as a subject."
It was through this Facebook group, according to Sobhani, that a producer of "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel" reached out to him, asking to provide his expertise on the show.
"I had a wonderful experience working on it," Sobhani said, "and I'm grateful for the opportunity every day."
Throughout all of this, Sobhani emphasized his desire for people to understand Elisa Lam as a person.
"I hope that the viewers' takeaway is being aware of Elisa's case," Sobhani said. "I want people to open up about mental health, for one thing. I also want people to know that Elisa mattered, and that she was a human being deserving of love and dignity. We should take more care to people with mental challenges … It would be great if people watched the documentary to understand what really happened, and I hope that I can be a small part of helping to give her a voice so that I can bring further attention to those suffering with mental illness, as well."
Though he did not reveal any conclusions about the case that the Netflix series may or may not reach, Sobhani did end his interview with an assurance.
"You will have an answer when you watch the show to the end," he said.
"Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel" is on Netflix now.


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Computer issues blamed for long lines at a Riverside County voting site
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - Some Riverside County voters experienced frustration at the polls on Saturday.
Computer problems hit some of the voting centers in the area, causing a backup at the lines. Election officials say computers that were used to look up voter registration were overwhelmed, causing the delays.
County officials say the problem was not with the ballot machines so it did not affect the actual votes.
California Senator Melissa Melendez was not about the delays.
"This is completely unacceptable," Sen. Melendez said on social media.
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If you have just bought your camera, you may be wondering what camera accessories are necessary to improve your photography experience. There are many types of equipment available in the market. You may get confused by seeing so many accessories. Not all of them are necessary also. However, there are a few things that are extremely important for making your photographic life extraordinary.
Tripod proves to be one of the essential camera accessories for capturing photographs in low light or long exposures. Tripod is also beneficial while taking landscape photographs and self-portraits. While capturing a photo in low light, you must have a slower shutter speed so that enough light reaches the imaging sensor. The tripod will help keep your camera still; otherwise, the images will become blurry due to hand movements. Moreover, in landscape or portrait photography, you have to capture several images of the same scene. A tripod will help you keep your hands free to adjust the settings accordingly or make changes in the portrait subject. A tripod is also required while taking continuous shots of a moving subject to capture the movement. Tripods are available in different sizes and are made of other materials. You should choose one according to the size of your camera and your budget.
Remote Shutter Release
As you can understand from the name, this remote shutter release helps you release the shutter with the help of remote buttons without even touching it. This camera accessory further prevents any shaking of the camera. Moreover, you can use this accessory to click images from a remote location. Many expensive remote shutter releases also act as an intervalometer to click several pictures after regular intervals. You can also delay the timing of the shutter release. They are generally available in two different types – cabled and wireless. The wireless remotes use Bluetooth connections or infrared radiations to release the shutter.
Polarizing Filter
You may also need a polarizing filter to improve your photography by removing extra light and reflections, improving colour saturation, or darkening bright images. Polarizing filters come in two different forms – linear and circular. Both of them have similar effects on the images. However, circular polarizing filters are easy to handle and offer better exposure.
Camera Bag
A camera bag is essential to keep your camera protected from rain, dust, and other particles. Moreover, this is a great way to carry other camera accessories also. There are different types of camera bags available in the market. A camera backpack is an excellent way for long-distance travel. However, you have to bring down your backpack each time you take out your camera. Shoulder bags can help you take out your gear quickly, but they may be uncomfortable as the entire weight of the camera is rested on a single shoulder. The recent addition is the sling bag that combines the comfort of a backpack and the utility of a shoulder bag.
Extra Batteries
A spare battery is another vital camera accessory that we ignore generally. Many times, while travelling, the battery life of your camera may expire while taking photographs. In those circumstances, having an extra battery is helpful. If you are going to buy batteries, always buy OE batteries; that is original equipment. Buy batteries that your camera company manufactures.
Memory Card
Though cameras come with in-built storage space, it is limited and it may get full. Thus, an additional memory card becomes vital in those situations. Memory cards are available in a few different formats. SD cards are the most common type. Other types are CFast and XQD cards. The type of memory card will depend on your DSLR camera model.
If you have a camera with larger sensors, a more significant number of pixels, or high frame rates, you will need a high-speed memory card. Otherwise, buffering will take place and this will hamper the continuous clicking of images. You will find the minimum memory card speed requirement in the user manual of your camera.
It is always better to spread your images and videos across several memory cards when it comes to memory card capacity. This will help you in case your memory card gets lost or damaged. So, instead of buying a 64 GB memory card, you can go for two 32 GB memory cards.
You can visit the Bajaj Finserv EMI Store to check more camera accessories. You will get plenty of products at the most affordable price ranges. You can also choose attractive EMI schemes and can buy your product on No Cost EMIs.
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Many people use pornography because they enjoy watching other people in the act of sex. It helps them become aroused, so they can be satisfied and satisfy their lover. For some people, pornography is strictly a form of entertainment. They
Victims of such gruesome acts like pornography have a hard time leading a normal life. They build a protective shell around them and make this their comfort-zone of deep-seated fears and anger and live as prisoners of their own sorrows.
How To Quit Porn
Embarking on a journey to quitting your porn habit can be one of the best decisions you make. Leaving porn can help you get rid of a spectrum of psychological problems that come with it and can help you live
Letter to your future self – please stop porn
Hi future me, If you continue watching, thinking and wasting time with porn, then you'll never be the person you wnat meant to be. Porn is very debasing and everytime you consume porn, you're losing value. I understand it's much easier than
Quitting Porn Is Hard
Although it may seem unlikely at the moment, but quitting porn is not hard. It all depends on whether you're actually ready to quit. But first you have to; stop watching porn, thinking about porn and masturbating to porn. Only
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Pornography addiction is a problem many people suffer from worldwide. If you believe you've become addicted to porn, the following ways to quit can help. Quit Pornography Good for you for deciding to take control of a potential issue in your life,
Pornography was previously considered a safe habit. But now, psychologists and mental health experts are highlighting porn as a problematic addiction, responsible for a spectrum of mental issues. Porn is an unnatural and unethical way to instantly reward ourselves. While it


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by Calculated Risk on 5/26/2012 01:02:00 PM
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Schedule for Week of May 27th
• Summary for Week Ending May 25th
The key report this week is the May employment report to be released on Friday.
Other key reports include the March Case-Shiller house price index on Tuesday, the second estimate for Q1 GDP on Thursday, and the April Personal Income and Outlays report on Friday.
Auto sales for May will also be released on Friday.
All US markets will be closed in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
9:00 AM: S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for March. Although this is the March report, it is really a 3 month average of January, February and March.
This graph shows the nominal seasonally adjusted Composite 10 and Composite 20 indexes through February 2012 (the Composite 20 was started in January 2000).
The consensus is for a 2.7% decrease year-over-year in Composite 20 prices (NSA) in March. The Zillow forecast is for the Composite 20 to decline 2.6% year-over-year, and for prices to increase slightly month-to-month seasonally adjusted. I expect these indexes to be at new post-bubble lows, Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA). The CoreLogic index increased 0.6% in March (NSA).
10:00 AM: Conference Board's consumer confidence index for May. The consensus is for an increase to 69.7 from 69.2 last month.
10:30 AM: Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey for May. The consensus is for 3.0 for the general business activity index, up from -3.4 in April. This is the last of the regional Fed manufacturing surveys for May.
7:00 AM: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the mortgage purchase applications index. This index has been weak this year, although this does not include all the cash buyers.
10:00 AM ET: Pending Home Sales Index for April. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in the index.
8:15 AM: The ADP Employment Report for May. This report is for private payrolls only (no government). The consensus is for 154,000 payroll jobs added in May, up from the 119,000 reported last month.
8:30 AM: Q1 GDP (second estimate). This is the second estimate from the BEA. The consensus is that real GDP increased 1.9% annualized in Q1, slower than the advance estimate of 2.2%.
This graph shows the quarterly GDP growth (at an annual rate) for the last 30 years.
The Red column is the advance estimate for Q1 GDP.
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for claims to be unchanged at 370 thousand.
9:45 AM: Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for May. The consensus is for a decrease to 56.1, down from 56.2 in April.
11:00 AM: New York Fed to Release Q1 2012 Report on Household Debt and Credit.
8:30 AM: Employment Report for May. The consensus is for an increase of 150,000 non-farm payroll jobs in May, up from the 115,000 jobs added in April.
The consensus is for the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 8.1%.
This second employment graph shows the percentage of payroll jobs lost during post WWII recessions through April.
The economy has added 3.75 million jobs since employment bottomed in February 2010 (4.25 million private sector jobs added, and 502 thousand public sector jobs lost).
There are still 4.6 million fewer private sector jobs now than when the recession started in 2007. (5.0 million fewer total nonfarm jobs).
8:30 AM ET: Personal Income and Outlays for April. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in personal income in April, and a 0.3% increase in personal spending, and for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.1%.
10:00 AM ET: ISM Manufacturing Index for May.
Here is a long term graph of the ISM manufacturing index. The consensus is for a slight decrease to 54.0 from 54.8 in April. The regional Fed surveys were mixed this month. Also Markit has introduced a new "Flash PMI" for the US showing "the seasonally adjusted PMI falling from 56.0 in April to 53.9". This would suggest a larger decrease in the ISM index.
10:00 AM: Construction Spending for April. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in construction spending.
All day: Light vehicle sales for May. Light vehicle sales are expected to increase to 14.5 million from 14.4 million in April (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate).
This graph shows light vehicle sales since the BEA started keeping data in 1967. The dashed line is the April sales rate.
TrueCar is forecasting:
The May 2012 forecast translates into a Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Rate (SAAR) of 14.5 million new car sales, up from 11.7 million in May 2011Edmund.com is forecasting:
Edmunds.com estimates that 1,391,163 new cars will be sold in May, for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 14.4 million. This would be a 17.5 percent increase from April 2012 and a 31.1 percent increase (unadjusted for number of selling days) from May 2011.


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Finger Lakes Winemakers chime in on Terroir Date part 2
"All grapes have an affection for gravel, slate or stony soils as all the preferred acres are so infertile and stony that a corn farmer would not even take them as a gift," notes Jeff Cox in his book From Vine to Wine - A complete Guide to Growing Grapes where he discusses the latitudes and altitudes for growing grapes.
Is one plot of land so much different from another? The French word Terroir has no direct translation in English, but is defined as the complete natural environment, including factors such as the soil, topography and climate.
A geology survey of topography shows all contours and elevation chagnes which comprise the second factor of Terroir.


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From Tired to Tiles: the Reinvention of Microsoft
By tech industry standards, it's been an eternity since Microsoft ascended to dominance in the field of personal computing with its Windows operating systems. It's thus not surprising that people have typically spoken of them as unfashionable dinosaurs, functional but not innovative. As they push hard for a sizeable share of the booming mobile sector, can they ever truly shake off the stigma that still surrounds them?
Firmly Entrenched but Lagging Behind
Let's get one thing straight first: no amount of complaining about crashes or updating issues has ever put too much of a dent in the Windows juggernaut. Microsoft have kept their place at the top of the pile, at least when it comes to sheer numbers of laptops and desktops (though critics may point to familiarity, inertia, and a sheer lack of viable competitors as significant contributing factors.) With the business licenses they offload for Windows and Office releases, and the profitability of the Xbox division, Microsoft are unlikely to relinquish their influential position in the tech industry any time soon.
Regardless, it has been clear for a long time that they have a lot of work to do. Their failure to anticipate the rise of the user-friendly capacitive touchscreen device cost them greatly. By the time they gathered some inkling of how all-encompassing mobile computing would become, they were woefully behind their main competitors and still backing the outdated and clumsy Windows Mobile platform. Was it complacency? It seems reasonable to assume as much. Perhaps they had come to think of themselves as so secure in their position that they were untouchable.
While the Xbox line was smoothly received (having been backed early on by big developers and consequently largely unaffected by Microsoft's image problems), their other endeavors–including the Zune line–never gained much traction in the public consciousness. When Windows Phone and Windows RT came about, they were hampered by a limited store and powerful rivals in the form of Google and Apple. The Surface line, expensive and overshadowed by the iPad, didn't sell too well.
Handheld Resurgence
As we look at their fortunes now, though, we can see that Microsoft are showing some signs of having learned from their mistakes. The Surface RT was a little too expensive, yes, but it was beautifully designed and engineered. With some tweaks to the pricing, and the right campaign, a next-generation Surface line could prove quite successful. Furthermore, Windows Phone has shown signs of growth recently as their alliance with Nokia starts to bear fruit, and offers an interesting user experience using live tiles and bold colours which sets it apart from the broadly similar front-end designs of Android and iOS devices.
To what can we attribute the progress they have made, other than the obvious nearly-unlimited financial backing? I think a key aspect is that they have shown a willingness to try different things and a renewed sense of directional flexibility. They could have forced out something familiar and contented themselves with picking up the scraps left by the big players in the mobile market, but they opted to come up with something new which (while not quite universally loved) at least offers an unparalleled level of cross-platform consistency. Windows to Windows Phone to Xbox, all tiled – if you can use one of them, you can probably understand them all.
Public Image
Of course, having not really had to fight for popularity for so long, some of their marketing efforts seem a little feeble; consider the Surface-wielding synchronised dance numbers, for example, or this week's reveal of Internet Explorer (their beleaguered web browser) as a virus-fighting schoolgirl in a downright peculiar anime adventure. There may not be anything inherently wrong with these things, but years of their software being present seemingly by default established Microsoft as representatives of the mundane and the quotidian; there are whole generations who will never see them as fashionable, no matter how much advertising time they devote to youthful figures doing backflips or anything similar.
Ultimately, though, it may be that none of these things will ever negatively affect them to any great degree. After all, while Microsoft will never have the kind of coolness factor that Apple has so carefully cultivated, the positive direction of their market shares seems to suggest that it simply might not matter too much if they can put out sufficiently compelling products. With a little maturity and the steady development of a loyal user base, the mobile Windows platform could well become a real force in the near future.


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Entropic to Demonstrate Sharing of HDTV Movie Downloads From Starz Entertainment Group Over In-Home Coax Network at CES
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- Video-on-demand movie services are expanding from the familiar pay-per-view model, as companies such as Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) have begun offering subscription packages featuring web-based downloads of popular entertainment directly by broadband to the PC with STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies.
Initially offered for viewing only on the PC, consumers with heavy investments in plasma screens and HDTVs are looking for display options beyond the desktop, and thats where Entropic comes in. Entropics technology permits networking of digital entertainment from PCs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and other consumer electronics over the standard coaxial cable already installed in virtually all U.S. households.
A demonstration of downloaded high-definition movie content from Starz Entertainment Group, stored on a PC hard drive, and transmitted over the in-home coax to a HDTV screen in another room, will take place at next months CES in Las Vegas in Entropics Booth 26815.
Were interested in expanding the horizons of people who want to download high-quality content from the web onto their PCs, said Bob Greene, SEG senior vice president, advanced services. Partnering with Entropic on this demo shows what a powerful model this can be, as STARZ! movies stored on a PCs hard drive can be accessed and shown on any set connected to the cable jack in the wall.
Entropics c.LINK-270 chipset, when built into a variety of consumer electronics such as set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and televisions permits seamless networking over the existing coaxial cable infrastructure at speeds as high as 270Mbps. The high speed and reliability of coax make it the ideal medium for networking high-bandwidth applications such as video.
We believe that traditional service providers such as cable MSO will continue to offer VOD for hundreds of titles, many of which will be available in HDTV format, said Patrick Henry, Entropics president and CEO. However, there will be tens of thousands of titles of more niche content, including old-run TV programs and movies, that will be available over the web. STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies reliably delivers this content to the home in a very secure way, and Entropics technology moves the content around the home in a very reliable and secure way using the in-home coax.
Entropic is a founding member of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(TM)), formed to standardize technologies for linking consumer entertainment devices over existing coax cabling. Other members include Cisco Systems, Comcast, EchoStar, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Motorola, RadioShack Corporation, and Toshiba. For more information: www.mocalliance.com.
About Starz Entertainment Group
Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 167 million pay units. SEG offerings include the Starz Super Pak(R), with up to 13 digital movie channels and more than 750 movies per month, Starz On Demand(R), the only on-demand pay TV subscription service available on the cable and satellite platforms, and its broadband equivalent, STARZ! Ticket(SM). SEG also offers a suite of advanced video offerings, including STARZ! HD(SM), Encore HD(SM), and Starz On Demand HD(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L, LMCb), www.starz.com.
About Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications is a privately held semiconductor company based in San Diego, Calif., enabling home networking for digital entertainment. Entropics products allow consumers to easily share digital entertainment throughout the home by leveraging the existing coax infrastructure to fundamentally change the way content such as movies, music, and images are stored and networked by the average user. For more information: www.entropic.com.
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Materials: Kassett, pictures, Mod Podge
Description: I had a couple calendars sacrificed by friends at the end of the year and a need to dress up the Kassett boxes for our Expedit TV stand for use as toy storage boxes.
I cut out the best images from the calendars (in this case Curious George and Dr. Seuss), and used the Mod Podge to glue one to each side of the box, facing the top. (It's easiest to do this while the box is still unfolded and flat.
After the images dry, coat the entire box with three coats of Mod Podge or so, which seals the images to the boxes, makes them a bit shiny (unless you use matte Mod Podge) and offers a bit of waterproofing–essential if you want to be able to wipe them down.
Assemble, and you're done. I've got double-sided boxes–Curious George on one side, Dr. Seuss on the other.
~ Thomas, United States


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Transporting mulch. Photo by Mike Imwalle.
by Mike Imwalle
The United Way Day of Caring provides an opportunity to give back to the community through a morning of helping out various nonprofits in the Santa Barbara area. It is the single largest volunteer event in Santa Barbara County with more than 1600 volunteers laboring at 51 work sites. For more than the last decade Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation staff has worked with Day of Caring volunteers to make repairs, routine maintenance, make adobe bricks, and garden at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park.
Whitewashing the Chapel. Photo by Mike Imwalle.
This year more than 25 volunteers including groups from Westmont College, and our neighbors Anacapa School, and the accounting firm of Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset. Volunteers helped SBTHP staff complete a variety of important projects. SBTHP staffers Eduardo Garcia and Isidro Ruiz supervised the whitewashing of the exterior of the Presidio Chapel. Using rollers, long poles, and scaffolding, volunteers were able to whitewash the walls and buttresses to a height approximately 24 feet above the ground. This is an enormous task and is only accomplished when large groups of volunteers can be assembled.
Cleaning King Carlos. Photo by Mike Imwalle.
Eduardo also supervised two volunteers who cultivated the soil around all the trees in the Cañedo adobe orchard. When they were finished, they hopped on to ladders and cleaned and waxed the statue of King Carlos III. This does not need to be done often, but when it does it always provides some good photo opportunities.
SBTHP Board Member and volunteer Tim Aguilar supervised a small group of volunteers who scraped and sanded the posts and beams of the choir loft and stairs inside the chapel. Last year volunteers helped a paint the interior of the doors, this year they prepared the other interior woodwork so that it could be primed and painted to match. The reconstructed chapel was dedicated on December 12, 1985, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. For more than 30 years it has once again served the community as a gathering place for lectures, films, concerts, memorials, weddings, and a variety of other special events. The volunteer efforts to keep this building maintained inside and out are always appreciated.
Scraping paint in the Chapel interior. Photo by Mike Imwalle.
Pruning the herb bed. Photo by Mike Imwalle.
SBTHP Executive Director Anne Petersen and Anacapa School volunteer Wes Izuno supervised a group of volunteers in the Presidio Heritage Garden. They pulled out the summer crop of tomatoes, peppers, and cabbages and pruned our sage, lavender, and rosemary. Volunteers also meticulously pruned our Misi Luki bananas, and all the plants in our demonstration plant garden. Garden volunteers also hauled 2 cubic yards of mulch and topsoil the garden planters to prepare for our fall plantings. Anne also served as our "chicken whisperer" singlehandedly giving "dirt baths" to all six of our Minorcan Black Hens!
The 2016 United Way Day of Caring El Presidio SHP team!
Thank you to Sue Udden for organizing the sign in table, morning coffee, and pizza lunch for everyone. Thanks to Anna Ogden and Lindsay Rorick of the United Way of Santa Barbara County for organizing the volunteers. Special thanks to all the volunteers who made the 2016 Day of Caring such a productive day at El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP.
Mike Imwalle is the Associate Executive Director for Cultural Resource Management at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.


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Analysis: At E3, Sony Says 'Just Wait' - But Can Consumers?
Gamasutra's Christian Nutt returns from attending Sony's E3 2008 press conference to look past the announcements and analyze the trends, asking primarily - was Sony's message to con
July 16, 2008
[Gamasutra's Christian Nutt returns from attending Sony's E3 2008 press conference to look past the announcements and analyze the trends, asking primarily - was Sony's message to consumers targeted to the now, or to the soon?] The most important theme of Sony's press conference this year seemed to be "just wait." That's not a good sign for a company whose next-generation platform has not yet hit its stride and which - it was revealed at the conference - will still cost $399.99 in the U.S. at year's end, albeit for an 80GB model. While SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton promised "a lineup that features the biggest exclusives in the industry" and reminded the audience that "as many of you have already written, 2008 is the year of the PS3," his promise that "we've just begun to scratch the surface on what we intend to deliver to consumers in the years ahead" was probably the most important message at the conference. Recapping the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 lifespan, Tretton reminded us that big hits didn't appear on those systems until middle and later in their lives - for example, God of War II didn't hit the PS2 until nearly seven years after the system's launch. The same, it was implied, would hold true for the PlayStation 3 - but in the meantime, here's Resistance 2. Sony does have one game it can rely on for generating goodwill in the mainstream and hardcore press like no other - and that game was used to deliver a typically staid presentation of the hard numbers to the attendees, which very much took the edge off (and served as a clever way to show the game without debuting any new features.) Yes, LittleBigPlanet was used to deliver a PowerPoint presentation in gorgeous, amusing, and clever 3D. Tretton reminded us (with help from LBP's Sackboy) that the company has three very active platforms, with calendar 2008 sales in North America of 1.8 million for the PS3, 1.6 million for the PSP, and 1.5 million for the PS2. Tretton announced Latin American distribution for its consoles is commencing. Worldwide goals for the systems this year are 9 million PS2s, 10 million PS3s, and 15 million PSPs - showing continued confidence in the uptick the portable has seen in recent months. Painting the PS2 as an "incubator for next-generation adoption", Tretton promised 130 titles for the system in the year and showed a video with no surprises whatsoever - relying on Madden and Tiger Woods from the perennial EA Sports lineup. The PSP video was similar, though a Resistance game, developed by Sony's Bend Studio, was revealed later. Tretton also talked up Sony's social gaming efforts, showing Buzz titles for every Sony platform and plenty of Singstar titles for the PS2. Earlier, Alex Evans, co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, expressed his happiness that his game is appreciated by a "wide range of people" and "what I find amazing is that this concept of creative gaming, people have just really got it." Fortunately, LBP is not the only effort Sony is making to reach out to creative, networked gamers. Tretton revealed that there have been 180 million downloads on the PlayStation network since November 2006, across 10 million accounts. Snarkily, after announcing a new download-only Ratchet & Clank game for PSN, Tretton remarked "We're not interested in filling up our store with titles nobody wants to play s owe can say we have the most games." Gran Turismo TV, a video-on-demand service for motorsports video which operates from within Gran Turismo 5 Prologue was unveiled. With licensed content from around the world, including Japanese and British programming (BBC's Top Gear), it appears to offer an almost unrealistically hardcore channel for race fans. Basic promises for the eventual release of PlayStation Home came next - with nothing new or significant about the platform shown. Tretton said, "I absolutely guarantee that when PlayStation Home is available through our extended beta program, your patience will be more than rewarded." I'm still optimistic about Home, but waiting to find out what it will really offer is wearing somewhat thin. Tretton next announced and demoed the PSN video download service with the help of Eric Lempel, PSN director of operations. It does look easy to use and impressive, and should help stave off the "Netflix advantage" Microsoft is enjoying, per its announcement yesterday. Next, Sony presented a video reel of developers talking up developing on its PlayStation 3 system - to try and instill some sort of confidence in the press (and perhaps, other developers) that the platform has unique features, has matured its tech, has gained the necessary audience, and offers a future that is worth participating in. Points touched on included that it has much untapped power, that programmers can really use the complicated SPU architecture properly now, and the system was packed with "forward-looking" features "including disk space", according to Dominic Guay, tech director at Ubisoft Montreal, who joined others from EA Tiburon and Bethesda in praise of the machine. A CG God of War III teaser was shown, but the final unveil was Zipper Interactive's MAG: Massive Action Game (pictured), which is the owner of both one of the worst titles in the history of games and impressive technology that will allow 256 players to join together to fight massive battles - presumably, anyway, as the trailer seemed to be target footage and not show gameplay-specific action. Andy Beaudoin, lead designer at Zipper, promised that "It's a real workout for even the PS3 architecture - it's not remotely possible anywhere else... there's nothing like it on the market today." Tretton summed it up like this. Having earlier recalled that we are now reaching the 15 year anniversary of the fateful meeting where the original PlayStation was greenlit at Sony, "If this is what year two of the PS3 lifecycle looks like, imagine years three and beyond." The problem, of course, is that imagination can only go so far in such a competitive market, and with important exclusives like Final Fantasy XIII falling by the wayside, the price of the unit not coming down fast, and sequelitis becoming a real potential problem, it's not clear if the PS3 will be able to pull out of its current trend of doing pretty well, but not well enough.
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