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Fifty games into the season, the Bulls are exactly where most people thought they'd be, 25-25 and fighting for one of the last playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference. They kicked off their six-game road trip on Wednesday with a surprising blowout win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, which gives them a head start on meeting Dwyane Wade's criteria for a successful trip: a 3-3 finish.
The next few weeks will be crucial for the Bulls, heading into the All-Star break. They still have to face the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors on this trip, and their last two home games before the break are against the second- and third-best teams in the East, the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors. As they enter this critical stretch, I've decided to start taking mailbag questions from readers. Obviously, there was a lot of interest in possible trades, with the deadline less than a month away, but there were plenty of other interesting topics, too. I'm going to tackle as many as I can here.
@highkin @TheAthleticChi What two teams and packages make the most sense for Butler & Chicago if were to be traded?
— Avi Saini (@AvikarSaini) February 2, 2017
To me, there's only one team in the league that has the assets to swing a Jimmy Butler trade where the Bulls could feel like they were getting fair value back, and that's the Celtics. They make a ton of sense as a trade partner: with point guard Isaiah Thomas playing out of his mind and having just signed 30-year-old Al Horford over the summer, they're very much in win-now mode, and with Cleveland struggling over the past month, there's an opportunity there for a team like Boston to add another star and take a shot at it. There won't be a better time than now.
As far as the actual package they could put together, for me, it would have to start with both of the coveted Brooklyn Nets picks, this year and in 2018. That's my baseline. One wouldn't get it done. I'd need both. (The Celtics have the option to swap picks with Brooklyn this year.) Jae Crowder and Avery Bradley are popular names to throw into these fake trades, but I'm not sure how much sense Bradley makes for a rebuilding team, which is what the Bulls would be if they decided to move Butler. Bradley's contract is up after next season and he's going to want to get paid. I'd be more interested in the likes of Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart or Terry Rozier, younger players with higher ceilings on cheap rookie deals with years of team control left. But the other pieces in the trade could be figured out — the centerpiece would be the two Nets picks.
I think two high lottery picks is a fair price for arguably a top-10 player in the league, in his prime, on a team-friendly contract for two more seasons after this one. Despite the recent reports of a strained relationship between Butler and the Bulls' front office, they know what they have and they aren't going to trade him just to trade him. They'd need a great return, and for me, that would start with those two picks.
As far as other teams, maybe if the Lakers wanted to part with some of their young core prospects like D'Angelo Russell, Larry Nance Jr. or Brandon Ingram, that could start a conversation? But they seem committed to rebuilding with a youth movement. I wouldn't bet on that. As of now, the Celtics are the only viable trade partner. But Boston general manager Danny Ainge would have to be willing to actually part with his prized treasure trove of assets, something he's been reticent to do in the past.
@highkin @TheAthleticChi how much will the Bulls refuse to pay Felicio this summer?
— Bernardo Falquetto (@BFalquetto) February 2, 2017
Ha. I've been told the Bulls have no plans to let young center Cristiano Felicio walk in restricted free agency this summer, but management said the same thing about Omer Asik in 2012. The specifics for Arenas Rule players like Felicio have changed in the new CBA to make it harder for teams to steal non-first round draft picks with backloaded poison-pill deals like the one the Rockets gave to Asik that summer. My colleague Stephen Noh wrote a great piece about Felicio's free-agency scenarios a few weeks ago with more details on the cap mechanics.
If Felicio signs an offer sheet with another team, I would think eight figures per year is in play. Remember, teams always overpay in restricted free agency in order to make their team think twice about matching. The most he could get as an Arenas Rule player would be a four-year, $70 million offer sheet, but I don't think anyone is going that high. Maybe somewhere closer to $40 or $50 million over a four-year deal, and I would guess the Bulls match an offer sheet in that range. Management has taken a lot of deserved criticism for a lot of things over the past few years, but finding Felicio as an undrafted player out of Brazil (by way of a shady prep school in California) is an unqualified success and something they deserve a ton of credit for. Don't think they don't know that. They'll pay him.
Read my recent feature on Felicio's unlikely journey to the NBA, which now comes in Portuguese too.
@highkin @TheAthleticChi Considering the "thrify" (cheapskate) ways of the front office, what would have to happen for them to fire Fred?
— Haven Kaplan-Miner (@hkaplanm) February 2, 2017
I think the earliest that conversation would take place would be in the middle of next season, if the Bulls miss the playoffs again this year and get off to a slow start next year. But at this point, I'd be shocked if Fred Hoiberg didn't go into next training camp as the Bulls' head coach.
The money is obviously a big part of why I don't see a coaching change happening anytime soon — Hoiberg is owed $5 million per year over the next three years after this one, which they'd have to pay him if they let him go, on top of paying his replacement the market rate for an NBA head coach, which can be anywhere from $5-$7 million per year depending on the caliber of name. The relationship had to get as bad as it got between management and Tom Thibodeau before they pulled the trigger on firing him with two years left on his deal in 2015.
But it isn't only about the money. Bulls management hired Hoiberg after parting ways with the extremely well-respected and successful Thibodeau, and they did it without conducting a real coaching search and sold Hoiberg as an offensive guru who would reinvent what had become a stagnant Bulls offense. Hoiberg is their guy. If he flames out after just a couple of forgettable years, that's a bad look for the front office that sold him so hard to the public. They're going to give him a long leash for their own sake as much as anything else.
@highkin out of these four, who is most likely to get traded and who is the least likely? Taj, Mirotic, McDermott, Portis?
— Wesley Rizal (@wrizal) February 2, 2017
Taj Gibson is definitely the most likely candidate to not be on the roster after the Feb. 23 trade deadline. He'll be a free agent at the end of the season, and he turns 32 in June. This will be his last chance to earn a big contract, and if the Bulls want to get (ahem) younger and more athletic, he doesn't really fit their timeline. Gibson is also the kind of player — a versatile two-way big man with an impeccable reputation as a teammate and locker-room presence who plays through injuries and never complains about his role — who could make himself useful on any team he winds up on. If they could get a late first-rounder from a contender like, say, Toronto, who needs an upgrade at power forward, I think they do it.
Mirotic would be next on the list. He's a restricted free agent in July and still hasn't shown the kind of consistency they hoped he would by now, in year three. If they can get a pick for him, don't be surprised if that's something they'd look at, but I'm not sure how much value he has around the league.
McDermott is probably the least likely of those four to be moved now, for a variety of reasons. The Bulls have invested so much in him (remember, they gave up five draft picks to get him in 2014), and he's one of the few 3-point threats they have on the roster. He's also got another year left on his rookie contract, so they don't have to make a decision on his long-term future until summer 2018.
@highkin @TheAthleticChi should the bulls ditch mirotic and develop zipser instead?
— Alex Wang (@alexwithnoander) February 2, 2017
I think we're already starting to see that happen. Zipser has been Hoiberg's first sub off the bench lately, and gotten most of the spot starts ahead of Mirotic when it comes to injuries or passive-aggressive fake benchings for Wade and Butler. The organization is very high on Zipser, who has been solid as he's gotten more playing time. They still don't know what they have in Mirotic, which is a problem given they have to make a decision this summer on whether they want to keep him around long-term, potentially at a high price.
@highkin @TheAthleticChi any chance the Bulls can land a top-tier FA and who?
— Jacob Bleiweis (@jbleiweis12) February 2, 2017
If you go on past trends, probably not. The Bulls have a history of going after the biggest names on the market (Carmelo Anthony in 2014; LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in 2010; Tracy McGrady in 2000), and they're always the runner-up. Getting Wade this summer was a special set of circumstances that happened to work out perfectly for them in ways no one saw coming on July 1, between his falling-out with Miami president Pat Riley and his hometown team being able to clear cap space. And that was for a past-his-prime version of Wade. If the Bulls thought going into free agency that they could be in the market for the biggest names, they would have at least given Kevin Durant's people a call to ask for a meeting, and I've seen no indication that they even did that.
This coming summer is also kind of underwhelming in terms of big names. Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin and Kyle Lowry aren't going anywhere, and Paul Millsap is 32, which doesn't really fit their timeline.
Then again, you can never predict what this franchise is going to do. Maybe Wade will recruit Chris Paul. Maybe the Chris Bosh thing is real. Who knows?
@highkin @TheAthleticChi when was the last time a #1 draft pick got sent down to the minors?
— Al Pindara (@apindara) February 2, 2017
The Cavs' 2013 first-round pick Anthony Bennett spent some time in the D-League last season when he was with the Raptors. He's the only No. 1 overall pick that's ever been sent to the D-League. There's still a bit of a stigma attached to it in the NBA, although that's gotten better over time. The Bulls, Nets and Hornets started their own D-League teams this season, with the Hawks, Bucks, Timberwolves and Grizzlies set to get teams next season. That leaves only five teams (the Nuggets, Clippers, Blazers, Wizards and Pelicans) without their own D-League affiliate. It's only a matter of a few years before all 30 teams have them. Between that and the introduction of two-way contracts in the new CBA, the next several years could see the D-League start to function as something closer to a true farm system in the way that Major League Baseball's minor leagues do. I think that would be good for the sport.
@highkin who is the greatest player in Bulls history?
— Adi Joseph (@AdiJoseph) February 2, 2017
Paul Zipser.
Thanks to everyone who sent in questions. I'm going to try to do this every week for the rest of the year and into the offseason. If you have a question you want me to answer in the next mailbag, feel free to tweet me @highkin or email me at [email protected].


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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Things I Hope to Never Forget | Precious Moments
Viola and I were joking that she has Precious Moments eyes.
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Exhausted and an Update
Today the boys and I traveled the earth in search of an Advent wreath and calendar. I know you can make both, but I never think about these things until the last minute, hence my frenzied run around town today. I found both, and they are okay. I really wanted an Advent wreath like Grace's, but they are no longer available. (Great post and blog, by the way.) Mine looks like the traditional wreath, except it's flocked and has winter berries...and maybe an apple? I can't remember. I'll take pictures of it this Sunday so you can see it in action. Yes, you are that lucky; no need to pinch yourself. ;)
The Mister and I are will be leaving shortly to visit Isabella in the ICU. Thank you for your fantastic prayers and well wishes. Everyone is touched and moved and inspired. I, for one, am so grateful I have so many people I can turn to when I need something. It is such a comforting feeling. Now, on to Isabella. Are you ready for this? Three or so weeks ago she fell off the second step of a flight of stairs. I mean, not even a big fall. Just a whoops! She cried for ten seconds (you know, that cry where it hurts but they get over it fast?) and that was it. Hours later, she threw up once, and thinking back to the fall, Viola took her to the emergency room where she charmed everyone into thinking she had a stomach bug because of her easy going demeanor and steady eyes. False. Apparently she has had a slow bleed every since.
The bleed stopped sometime in the last two weeks, but there is a stubborn amount of blood that is still lingering. On top of that, fluid is building and causing pressure. They are allowing her to eat, and if she vomits, they recommend surgery to relieve the pressure in her head. If she doesn't, surgery is still a possibility if Sonny and Viola want it. They can also wait several months to see if the pressure goes down on it's own. The debate on whether to have surgery is because the complications are great. It is brain surgery on a 21 month old, after all.
I will update with more information as I have it, but thank you again for even caring! It's a great feeling, really. You know what else is great? Knowing I and my emetophobic compadres were right all along: barfing sucks and is good for nothing but trouble.
Monday, November 24, 2008
I've known Sonny since elementary school. We went to different high schools and lost touch--although we heard of each other's goings on through friends. Sonny met the Mister long before I did when they were both working in restaurants. It was while working as a bouncer in the bar portion of a restaurant that Sonny met his wife, Viola, who I knew from high school. Viola knew the Mister because she and her friends would go into T.G.I. Fridays, where he bartended, after they got off work.
We didn't officially all meet and become friends until Sonny called my dad who called the Mister who helped Sonny get a job at his company. Got that?
Sonny and Viola had there first set of twins 5 months after Mikey. Their second set of twins (yes, 2 sets of twins!) were born 11 days after Nico. We are decidedly outnumbered by children when we go out to eat, which is infrequent because we are all tired.
See that little one holding hands with Mr. Nico? That's Isabella. Not too long after this picture she got what everyone thought was a stomach bug. Except it kept coming back. She'd be fine for a few days, and then suddenly she'd start vomiting again. After a couple of days, she'd be fine again.
Three weeks and several tests later, nothing. Until today, when she had an MRI and doctors found she has a bleed in her brain and needed to be rushed to the emergency room. I don't know anything more than that, because that is all Sonny knew when he called. Bleed. Brain. Bad. Please pray for my little girl.
It's been an hour and a half, and my phone is silent.
Would you do me a favor? I told Sonny I would pray for Isabella and tell everyone I know to do the same. Hello, everyone. Please do say a little prayer for my honey-haired girl. And if you don't pray, we'll take warm wishes or positive thoughts, too. Just leave a little comment here on this post when you do so I can show Sonny and Viola how many people are rooting for Isabella.
Thank you.
Finishing touches: Children and Independence
Pretty soon most kids will want to do things on their own, and from that they achieve an incredible sense of accomplishment and pride. Whenever Mikey wants to do something on his own, like pick out his clothing, make his own snack, or buckle himself in his car seat, I usually let him. Sometimes I end up having to help him (like with the car seat buckle,) but I only jump in to help after he is done attempting it on his own and is frustrated enough to ask for help.
Then there are times when I can't possibly let him leave the house without the threat of a visit from social services. Like when he insists on brushing his hair.
This right here? This is what he calls perfection. He doesn't see the fact his hair is plastered flat from the water in the spray bottle only in the middle of his head. He is blind to the two cowlicks that stick out like devil horns. He doesn't see the rat's nest that is the back of his head.
All he knows is he did it by himself and he looks hottt. "Mama. Did you see how handsome I look?" So I let him brush his hair. But, I've also developed a strategy that allows him to wield the brush of independence without him leaving the house looking like a ragamuffin. Mikey brushes his own hair every morning. In his pajamas. Then, we get dressed for the day.
Now, as often happens when you are taking off pajamas and putting on shirts, his perfectly coiffed hair will get tousled. Bummer. That's when I come in and try to repair his work.
Mikey: "But, mama! I already brushed my hair. Remember how handsome I am?"
Jules: "Of course! But while we you were changing your hair went a little crazy. I'm just putting on the finishing touches."
So now, every morning I put on the "finishing touches." Is it duplicitous? Maybe. However, I doubt years from now Mikey will lament from his spot on the therapist's couch that I never let him leave the house with messy hair. The way I look at it, Mikey feels like he is doing something on his own and I don't look like a neglectful parent. Everyone is a winner. Especially me, because even with tornado hair, I still think he is a bowl of sugar.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Blog Crush {My Timing is Impeccable}
This week I was going to write a post about my crush on the blog, The Misadventures of Kelly and Kelly, but it seems she is taking a modified break to reevaluate the direction of her blog. Gah!
Regardless, do go through her archives. I am always happy to see her blog highlighted with a new post in my blog reader. Without fail, each week she provides me with at least one great link I would have never discovered and seems to be on the same mission I am: to find joy and peace in the minutia of life and to value the blessings we have in the present. She's giving me many great links with that goal in mind.
Which brings me to my request. Kelly, you can change whatever you like about your blog, but don't deny me those great links. You're shaving hours off my day by doing all the work for me. ;)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Favorite Moment | Books
I had a terrible week and the boys were trying my patience, so when I called the Mister yesterday and asked if he would like to meet us somewhere for lunch, he quickly agreed. Secretly, I think he was worried I would dust the boys' lunch with crushed Excedrin PMs if he didn't take us out for burgers and fries. Wise move, the Mister.
Mikey is still obsessed with dinosaurs. We go to the library weekly and bring home 3-4 books and videos, which he spends devouring the rest of the week. The idea of taking him to the library was mine after one exceptionally expensive trip to the bookstore. Prior to dino-mania, trips to the bookstore were not so frequent that they hindered our ability to buy food and diapers. But, it turns out, they are many, many books on dinosaurs--and Mikey wants all of them. So, perhaps, the Mister and I weren't thinking strategically when we decided to meet for lunch at our favorite outdoor '50s diner, which happens to sit across the street from Borders.
On our way to lunch I promised Mikey lunch and a trip to the park with daddy, which had him very excited. But when the rods and cones in his eyes feasted on that large, national bookstore with a cavernous children's section and an entire shelf devoted to dinosaurs, he could think of nothing else.
Jules: Mikey, eat your food before it gets cold.
Mikey: Oh, mom. I can't eat another bite.
Jules: Another bite? You haven't had your first bite, my friend.
And so it went. The Mister and I imploring Mikey to eat his food while he tried to convince us to take him to the bookstore.
Jules: Mikey, I'm serious. Eat your food.
Mikey: Mom, I can't! My tummy is telling me something. It's telling me I need to go to the bookstore.
What Mikey needs is to go into network marketing because he is a relentless salesman. When the Mister and I bought our first house, we made the mistake of allowing a water purifying salesman in the door. Three hours later, the Mister was forcibly pushing him out the door while the salesman yelled he could outsell the Mister any day of the week while he waved the checks of little old ladies as proof. Mikey is that guy. An hour into lunch, and he was still presenting to us the features and benefits of visiting the bookstore.
The Mister: Mikey, we said no. We're going to the library this weekend. If you want a book, maybe you should ask Santa.
Mikey: Well, actually, the bookstore is a really good idea.
The Mister: Mikey, we said NO.
Mikey: Well, I think when we get there you will think it's great.
Finally, the Mister had enough of Mikey's sales presentation. He was going to put an end to this compaigning by hitting Mikey where it hurt: taking away the trip to the park. Mikey, like every little boy out there, loves the park. He loves climbing, running, jumping, swinging, and getting sand in his shoes. Me? I can leave the park. There are germs everywhere and I can't function when there is but one grain of sand in my shoe. The Mister loves the park, so he was confident he had the upper hand when he told Mikey, "Okay, buddy. I guess we won't go to the park. What's more fun? The park, or the bookstore?"
To which Mikey responded, "Oh, Dad, books are better than everything."
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A corrupt former cop is taking over the Port of Stockton. This cigar-chomping crime boss is elbowing in on the racket of the local motorcycle gang. Could mean an all-out war.
A corrupt former cop is taking over the Port of Stockton. This cigar-chomping crime boss is elbowing in on the racket of the local motorcycle gang. Could mean an all-out war.
The Hollywood Reporter says so. The trade magazine reported this week that Peter Weller ("Robocop") will appear in season six of the FX TV biker drama "Sons of Anarchy."
"Weller will play Charles Barosky, a crooked ex-cop who has taken advantage of the city's failing infrastructure to become boss of the Stockton, Calif., port," the story said.
"He crosses paths with SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original charter) - and it looks like he'll bring trouble with him."
Remind me someday to ask the creator of "Sons of Anarchy" why he picked Stockton, of all places, as the setting of his TV show.
The show adds a fictional layer of rampant corruption and violent mayhem to Stockton. This program really gilds the lily. You go home and watch your city in a parallel universe where things are even crazier.
Inquiring minds also want to know how an ex-cop takes advantage of "failing infrastructure" to become a port director. Does that carry a lot of weight with the port commissioners?
The funny this is, the exact reverse of the TV universe is true. Despite Stockton's "failing infrastructure," or government distress, not to mention the recession, the Port of Stockton just had its best year ever.
"And next year, we're going to exceed those numbers, just because of the marine highway," said real-life Port Director Richard Aschieris.
� The port in late June opened its "marine highway" of container barges circulating to the Port of Oakland (and keeping at an estimated 2,500 trucks off the road).
� In the past five years, the private sector invested more than $2 billion in projects at the port.
� Operating revenues in fiscal 2012-13 are the highest since the first ship arrived at the port in 1933 after the creation of the Port Authority: $35.5 million.
� 120 businesses, 1,600 "direct" jobs that create, conservatively, over 4,500 jobs total.
� Reservations for free boat tours of the Port of Stockton through July and August overflowed into stand-by lists. The port extended tours through September.
It is true that the port is accelerating forward while both Stockton and the national economy are in reverse. But the recession hurt the port, too.
Before the crash, a mainstay of the port was cement. And U.S. Gypsum announced plans to build a huge wallboard plant there. The crash killed both.
"If The Great Recession hadn't hit, I think it would have been even more impressive," said Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at University of the Pacific.
Michael believes the port has thrived because of an economic cross-current strengthening in San Joaquin County, the rising logistics sector.
Which is surprising. If consumer spending is down, and imports have dropped off big, how can goods movement be growing? It's not growing, Michael said. It's moving here.
Warehouses, trucking and other goods movement businesses, are relocating here from the Bay Area because the area is a competitive place to do business.
"Maybe someday we'll get the Silicon industry to move over from the Bay Area," Michael said. "But we've definitely seen the logistics move out here."
With the preternaturally bad luck the city of Stockton has endured these past five years, it's worth celebrating the port. It is a boomtown-within-a-town.
Even Bill Jennings, an environmental activist who butted heads with previous port management over pollution, gives the port a good review.
"I've sued the port several times, and most of its tenants individually," Jennings said. "I don't have any lawsuit against anybody over there now. My impression is they're operating much better than they historically were."
By the way, the season premiere of "Sons of Anarchy" is Sept. 10 at 10 p.m. on FX. That's when Charles Barosky muscles Aschieris aside.
"Oh, well," Aschieris joked. "I guess I can find something else."
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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The stark glass and concrete envelope is sculpted to maximize high-rise drama at the corner of State and Illinois Streets, providing a sleek glass south elevation along Illinois Street. The complicated massing of the rest of the building relates to the adjacent AMA Building, with which the project shares the block, and resolves a number of zoning and programmatic challenges which required a dizzying array of setbacks at varying heights. The project will be GREC's first built high-rise design in Chicago. The firm currently has other projects underway in Chicago and Abu Dhabi.
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Artist's Choice 2016 Closing Reception
October 7, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmfree
Come join us October 7, 6pm – 9pm, for the closing artist reception of "Artist's Choice 2016". A collection of small works (8″ x 10″ and under), this collaborative show between artist and framer shows the creative talents of some of Whatcom counties best artists and the frame design talents of the FCF staff.
The gallery is located at 311 W Holly St, in the heart of Bellingham's Old Town District. The show will hang in the gallery until October 8. Gallery hours are 10am – 5:30pm Mon – Sat. For more information visit our website, www.fourthcornerframes.com, or call 360-734-1340.


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Microsoft on October 12, 2012, release their operating system. These operating system Microsoft 8 introduced lot's of change, such as security system, user experience etc. Microsoft also releases their operating system for the smartphone user. Now Microsoft was competing with Android OS and IOS. The user can accept these operating same like Android and IOS. With updated technology, Microsoft invents a new form of operating system Windows 8.1 and windows 10. Now back to the topics, here you provide you how to windows 8 password reset. Sometimes we forget our PC (personal Computer) password. But when we wear this kind of problem, then we go to the nearest computer service center, or let the computer with a new Windows. As a result, a lot of useful things that our data is lost. But you can also manually solution to this problem, without spending any money and without any bootable disk. You may be wondering how it is possible. Yes, it's possible, just carefully read our instruction and use it. So let's see how to windows 8 password reset.
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How To Windows 8, 8.1 Password Reset Using Bootable Disk.
1. First Turn on your Windows 8 operating system, I mean turn on your PC.
2. Here you see password box and you don't know the password.
3. Insert a windows 8 bootable disk on your PC and restart your PC.
4. Now boot this disk using boot key, like F12, F9, F10, F5, F2, ESC.
5. After booting disk, you get a windows 8 booting page and press NEXT button.
6. Now press Repair your computer >> Troubleshoot >> Advanced Options >> Command Prompt.
7. Now input the command and hit enter key
cd windows
cd system 32
ren utilman.exe utilman_bak.exe
copy cmd.exe utilman.exe (Note: here you see 1 file<s> copied)
8. Now Turn Off you PC.
9. After Turn off PC start again and go to password page.
10. Click on Ease of Access icon and get cmd.
11. Now input this command and hit the enter:
Control userpasswords2
12. Here you got a user accounts page.
13. Select user account and click Reset Password, here input new password and click Ok, again click OK. Then close cmd and Login to windows.
14. Again Open cmd and write the command and hit the enter:
net user <write your user account name> <write new password> Ex: net user itech password1122
15. Now go to Desktop>> Computer >> Local Disk (C:) >> Windows >> System 32 and find utilman file then delete.
16. Find utilman_bak file and Rename utilman file. (Note: Maybe you don't rename this file, because you don't have permission. For the rename permission, right click on utilman_bak and go to properties >> Security >> Advanced >> Change permission >> Change >> write your username on (Enter the object name to select box) and click Check Name then click ok , then Apply OK >> back to the security page and select Users >> Edit >> again select Users and check all permission for user then click Ok) Now you have to change the file name.
17. Ok your windows 8 password reset is done and enjoy it.[/sociallocker]
How To Windows 8, 8.1 Password Reset Using Software.
1. First Turn Off your windows 8 , 8.1 operating system.
2. Now you need another PC to Download and install Windows Password Geeker Advance software.
3. Plugin a blank USB flash disk and run the software.
4. Now check burn to USB and select your USB flash disk name from the pull-down list and then click Burn button then click Yes. (Note: Your USB will be format, confirm your USB flash disk is blank then click Yes)
5. Waiting a few minutes for burning process.
6. Now Turn On your locked PC and plugin the bootable USB flash disk in these PC and then boot the USB flash disk, using F2, Delete, F9, F12, F10, F5, ESC.
7. Now you see your PC will start Microsoft windows PE. After few minutes the "Windows Password Reset Advance" software is open automatically.
8. Here select "1. Administrator" and then click "Reset Password" click Ok, now see your "Administrator"Show blank password.
9. Now Reboot your PC. After restart you see that your password is hacked and your PC is run without any password.


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Annual Christmas party! Once again it was a lot of fun being around family, eating, talking, being silly! Thanks to Greg and Tracy for opening your house up again!
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White elephant gift exchange! It was fun and was a little bit PG-13 because of the gifts Burk and Mishelle ended with!
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Television has become very vital these days. Many programmes are directly hitting to your toddlers mind. One research says that everyone of us watch televisions nearly everyday. our children also surrounds us somewhere. So, we need to be very careful while choosing programmes to watch when the toddler is near. Our babies also want to watch their favorite cartoons. Before choosing right cartoon for them, you should know which cartoons are educational for them, because some cartoon can be toxic for your child which doesn't provide good stimulation for a strong, creative and healthy brains. Have you read the blog Mon Bébé Chéri ? Its really nice I like it a lot !
In a conference a doctor was asked, "Cartoons for your baby : a good idea for his development ?" and he suspiciously replied, do you think? He said cartoons are just fillers, these are not enough for the development of your kid's brain. He said, to make your child smart and stronger the kid should be exposed to few activities which will actually make his brain strong and physically fit. Also he added that a recent research by CMCH scientist shows that when television is ON, kids less interact with their parents or anyone else. they are so lost into that. They also start talking like those characters which they see on TV.
Television rays are also very harmful for your babies.
· Babies younger than two years even couldn't recognize the colors, noises and images which are confusing for them.
· Nowadays cartoons are filled with violence and those are not anymore for your kidos.
· They are enough smart to identify the real and imaginary world. By seeing those cartoon they couldn't differentiate between the real and imaginary world and they start imaging cartoon world as a real world.
· Cartoon watching becomes addictive. They start watching it, they want to watch more and thus they can fight over watching too.
· Parents are loosing patience of handling their toddlers so they are more comfortable to switch on the television and let their kid watch cartoon to make them quiet and happy.
· Time spent on watching television has taken away the most precious time of their healthy life which can nurture the development of their brain.
The best thing to engage your kid is to make him exposed to physical environment. make him interact with outside people as well. This way they will know how to behave and survive into external world. Also, you can make physical environment at home, give him blocks or clay to play. Give him some creative problems where your kid can exercise his brain. While you prepare food you can give your kid some pots or wooden utensils and let her play with that. Give your toddler some soft toys to play with when you are not around, so that there is little chance your baby gets hurt. You can play music and let your baby dance on that.
Pull your baby into such activities which will build their brain and for growth both physically and mentally and also you can get your own time to work for you.


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I was named after the Palestinian city Jenin. Neither side of my family is from there, but my parents liked the name. Jenin is home of The Freedom Theatre, established by Juliano Mer Khamis in 2008.
The video below was filmed after the destruction and slaughter in Jenin. "Yes, they destroyed everything, but we will rebuild it despite their presence," says a young Palestinian girl in the documentary.


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Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) defended House Republicans' stand on the partial government shutdown with Bob Schieffer of CBS News on Face the Nation.
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Nate Silver is a statistician originally known for creating the Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm (PECOTA), a system of prediction for Major League Baseball players' future achievements. More recently, he started the website FiveThirtyEight.com – a reference to the 538 electors in the electoral college – where he successfully predicted the winners of every 2008 Senate race as well as the results of the presidential election in every state except Indiana. His accurate system of prediction, which outperformed every traditional polling organization, won him acclaim in the United States and internationally. He continues to write political commentary and statistical analyses for the website.
On April 20, Silver visited Iowa State University's Memorial Union to present the lecture "How Obama Really Won the Election." Afterward, he shared his thoughts on a variety of topics with the Ames Progressive.
On Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's reelection prospects in 2010:
It's all a question of whether he's going to retire or not. It seemed to me for a time, when you had [Ohio Senator George] Voinovich retiring and [Missouri Senator] Kit Bond announcing his retirement, [Connecticut Senator] Judd Gregg [announcing he probably wouldn't run for reelection], all the Senators of that generation seemed to be bowing out.
From what I've heard, Grassley is going to run for reelection. If he runs, he'll win. He's an institutioner. His strongest challenger, [former Governor Tom] Vilsack, is in the cabinet anyway, so I think it's one of the less exciting Senate races.
But the guy's pretty old; he could have a change of heart. It's not as fun to legislate from the minority party, so obviously if he retires then it's a top-tier race, and probably a lean-Democrat race. But I think he's going to give it one more shot. I guess [Bruce] Braley would probably have the best [chance of Iowa's House members against Grassley].
But you never know. If Grassley did retire, then [Governor] Chet Culver could run potentially. People don't want to run a losing race. Good candidates in particular don't want to run a race they're going to lose. Lots of people will become interested if it's an open seat. If it's not you'll have some token opposition most likely I think.
On Obama appointing other once-potential Senate candidates Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to his cabinet:
Those two women, if they ran [for Senate], Democrats had a shot, and no other Democrat is really in a strong position to succeed. Maybe in Arizona, a [Representative] Gabrielle Giffords could run and be competitive. But why would you want to run against John McCain when you have the other Senate seat coming up just two years later? McCain's going to be the subject of some sentimentality having lost the presidency, I think. He's a tough guy to beat. But Napolitano was term limited.
One thing people maybe don't look at enough is maybe what are kind of the personal incentives for people to run for office. Number one, don't lose, [don't] damage your brand when you're not a favorite. But number two, if you get term limited, if you have other kinds of ambitions, then the rules might change. And in both those cases you had governors who were going to have nothing else to do in 2010 but run for Senate. Maybe they still could, but it seems like now that you have states like Connecticut, for example, that look like they might be competitive, or Illinois, states that you would think would ordinarily be safe for Democrats, they are I think running a risk.
Then again, Sebilius told Obama, I have no interest in running for Senate. I like being part of the executive branch. Being a senator would be the last thing I'd ever want to do. So we can't presume it would have happened. But definitely in cases like that it's an opportunity that they're potentially giving up.
On perceptions of Barack Obama's performance as president:
Obviously there are debates on the left about strategy…. My whole website is about how you win elections. So naturally I tend to think very pragmatically about, you know, how is Obama using his political capital? Is this a good use of that or a bad use of that? You're not necessarily thinking so much about which things are things you shouldn't trade off. Maybe you have to prosecute people for torture even if it does cost you political capital. Maybe you have to permit gays in the military. Maybe you have to do certain sorts of things.
It's tough though. I think people also forget the kind of degree of difficulty that he's operating under, and also that he was elected to represent a broad-based coalition. I think people on the left have to do more talking about what things are most important to them. And of course, because the left is a big tent and has a lot of constituencies, you're going to have a lot of disagreements about that. But a lot of the debates which seem to be about tactics, like how should Obama handle this or that, are really about priorities. So if there's some way to work toward having a priority list….
And for me it's still health care and the environment. Those are the two big reasons why I voted for Obama still, I think. Those seem like the two things that if we don't address them now they're going to get a lot worse and harder to fix later on. But there's a lot of other things going on right now. It would be fascinating to see the world where the economy hadn't fallen apart last fall, where we would be. Would the first hundred days be all these accomplishments, or would there still be other problems he was encountering and so forth?
But I think he's done relatively well given the circumstances, overall. I wouldn't say he's exceeded my expectations but my expectations were pretty high. I still think the key test will probably be health care. I think that will kind of be the litmus test on whether his first term is successful or not. The political litmus test. I'm sure the economy will have an impact on how people will perceive him, but can he muscle through 60 votes or use reconciliation where he needs 50 or whatever else on health care or not? If that goes down, though, he might be seen as a failure, potentially, and Republicans know that. So they have every incentive to not be helpful necessarily. But on the other hand it's pretty popular with their constituents by and large. It's becoming more popular with the business community itself. So it will be interesting to watch.
On the state of the Republican Party:
I think in general people worry a little bit about complacency among Democrats. I think if you looked in 2002, 2004, it seemed like there might be a permanent Republican majority. People were so frustrated in 2004 where, gosh, look at everything Bush did wrong and nevertheless he still beat John Kerry and did so with high turnout.
There are shifts. I think there's a very slow shift socially toward more liberal policies that's been going on for a long time. I think economically it's less clear how people really feel about how wealth should be distributed.
I think the most interesting thing going on right now is this backlash against the rich, which in a certain way seems long overdue. It's kind of amazing that taxes for the wealthy are so much lower than they once were. And I'm not saying there aren't some economic arguments for it – I'm kind of a free marketer to an extent – but just the fact that you would think that the top two percent can't possibly be that powerful to outweigh the rest of the people. If you had a tyranny of the majority you would have the rich taxed much higher than they probably should be economically.
So to see how that plays out and which party it benefits I think is going to be really fascinating. But there are so many things going on right now that I don't know. I wouldn't take for granted at all that 2012 won't be competitive. I think we'll learn more. I think the fact that Obama himself is very popular and smart will help, but I could see the Republicans getting a majority back in the House in 2010.
Not in the Senate. In the Senate they happen to have bad luck as far as all these retirements and just the seats that are up. You could have really weird things like where the Democrats have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and lose the House.
The Republicans right now aren't setting themselves up to win the side of the bet where the economy recovers. Their opposition to the stimulus package I think was probably a smart thing politically to do, but if the economy improves Obama says, "We made it better. They didn't help. They lose." And I think they're in a lot of trouble.
If the Republican Party keeps losing every election, eventually they will just say screw it, we're going to moderate and we're not going to have so many of the Sarah Palin kind of Republicans. And that's really a question for this year, is can a Republican Party based on religious cultural conservatism still win the majority of the national vote at this stage? Because that was always sort of a Faustian bargain, really, where a lot of people weren't having their economic interests represented by the Republican Party. With that kind of coalition falling apart, I think, and them slowly losing ground on gay marriage, which was such an important issue for them in 2000, 2002, 2004, [that question is raised].
They might have to come up with something new, and I think they might. It's just what issues will emerge over time. Random things: if the economy stays bad, crime could become a problem again. That seems like a very old fasioned, kind of 1980s kind of issue, but Nixon's whole victory in the '70s was brought about by fears of crime and drug use and the whole counterculture and stuff like that. It's hard to know how things will develop and can develop in relatively short periods of time, especially when there are so many interesting things going on in the world as there are now.
On drug policy and gay marriage:
Marijuana's another issue like gay marriage to some extent, except we're basically – a majority of every kind of generation from age about 55 on down, the majorities of them have at some point in their lives smoked marijuana. But then you see a big drop-off once you get past people that kind of came of age in the late '60s, pretty much. By-and-large, people are okay with it when they're younger.
That's actually an example of an issue where if you had lived in 1972 you probably would have guessed, well, by 1990 they'll have legalized marijuana. Then you had Nancy Reagan and Just Say No, and you had the crack epidemic, which was not the same kind of drug as marijuana but was a very serious problem and really ripped apart urban communities and so forth. And so for a long time support for legalization of marijuana was going down. And now finally with the crack epidemic being to them distant memories it's kind of going back up again and kind of following that generational path.
But I think people are overly convinced about the inevitability of certain kinds of things. Gay marriage is the one where it's so strongly [linked to] generational support that I think it's a bit more predictable, but not entirely so. If the Supreme Court rules at some point on a national case on same-sex marriage then that could affect the next election. It will be a big argument, I think.
On what he reads to generate ideas for FiveThirtyEight.com:
Really, if you want to be lazy you just go to different aggregators. I go to memeorandum a lot. I go to Huffington Post, Drudge Report, Daily Kos. You can kind of see what's driving traffic pretty quick, and that's where you get a lot of your ideas, really. Sometimes it's like your eighth link down on Drudge where an interesting story idea will come from. Or it's often people e-mailing you about things. I read the Atlantic a lot; I still read The New Republic. I try to read the National Review. I read Open Left; even though I often wind up disagreeing with them they're always kind of interesting and provocative and have an actual point of view that's not just derivative of what other people are saying.
Usually there's too much to write about, not too little. A lot of times I write half-baked drafts of different things, where there's like a graph and I never find out how to tie it into something else. But it's just trying to find an interesting angle on something.
On how he decides what to write on the website:
I do think it's possible to be both partisan and fair at the same time. Maybe partisan's the wrong term. But I think half the people on TV – well more than half, like 90 percent – you know full well who they're voting for. So I think in the Internet world we can be a bit more open and biased about that stuff. But it's also partly part of the time of year we're in. Most of the people following politics this time of year, even though engagement's much higher now than it might have been say four years ago, are people who are partisans, so that's partly kind of the conversation we're tending to have a little more. Whereas when the election comes around it's really more of an even split what our traffic might look like, so maybe I'm a little more trepidatious, you know, looking at things that seem like they're from a partisan angle.
But there are also things, like, we were the only liberal quote-on-quote blog trying to I think give some kind of fair attention to the Tea Party protest, which personally I obviously disagree with but I think deserved a bit more respect than they were treated with, and we did it by trying to count how many people went to them, for example.
And we occasionally take stances that are not with the liberal kind of conventional wisdom by any means as well. I mean, it's really kind of my – I don't want to say stream of consciousness because it's more thought out than that – but it's kind of what filters through my political brain on a given day or given week. In general I'm a Democratic voter so in general it's the way I tend to think about things. I think of things very analytically and I kind of get tired of people who seem to have a lot of foregone conclusions about different kinds of issues and not really think them through necessarily….
For the most part we're just trying to be interesting to people. I think we differ from a lot of blogs. We very rarely just say, okay, here is this that's going on and here's what Ezra Klein said and Ezra's great, so you should read…. Instead, we actually – everything we do we try to actually have some original kind of substance there. We don't just do a lot of linking around. In some ways, it's not a very bloggy kind of blog.
But it makes it harder too. The minimum time it takes me to compose a post is like 40 minutes. If I have one thought I want to express I still want to have some kind of take on it. And some things kind of last, like this last thing on the Tea Party protest, which I thought was going to be a throw-away post [where I'd] just collect some accounts of turnout estimates, [turned into] like why am I taking like fucking 10 hours of time? Because it's like okay, now we're going to try and be comprehensive, and keep coming in and [using] every newspaper you never thought existed. It was kind of fascinating though, to read about those. And they weren't, frankly, all that well organized. One time there was one protest, there's another protest at the shopping mall down the street, and they joined together. So you see from reading that that it wasn't necessarily some big organized thing.
But, I don't know, we just kind of go off on tangents and it's usually entertaining [laughs]. I usually manage to amuse myself.
On his upcoming project:
I have a book that's supposed to come out in September 2010, but I can't really talk about it because I haven't really worked on it yet. I'm getting nervous even thinking about it. And that would kind of be looking at predictions in general. So we talk to weather forecasters and look at predictions markets and all that different kind of stuff. Like how do you predict which kind of tech companies are going to take off and which won't? Fashion trends. Volcanoes. Anything you can forecast. It's a very broad topic area right now. We're going to try to distill it down.
But there haven't been a lot of books on forecasting, per se, and what works, what doesn't. Obviously with the economy in general people who thought they were doing a very good job of forecasting the market or macroeconomic factors were doing a terrible job in retrospect. So there's that angle too, kind of the whole black swan-y kind of stuff.


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Supermodel Christy Turlington Isn't Aging with Plastic Surgery
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Christy Turlington isn't covering magazines anymore, she's now moved on to covering hot topics for women, from motherhood to aging. One thing she isn't doing? Botox.
At 43 years old, Christy Turlington still has the sweet smile that made her a fashionable favorite back in the '90s. But although many of her former co-models have turned to plastic surgery and fillers like Juvederm or Botox to get rid of wrinkles, Christy seems to be staying true to her word and relying on skincare products to look her best and stay relatively wrinkle-free.
In the past, Christy has said, "I'm not afraid of aging. I would absolutely not do Botox. It actually makes me feel happier about my face when I look at people my age…who've had it done (See Make Me Heal's story on Christy Turlington's Botox stance)."
Although many models and actresses change their mind when they start showing obvious signs of aging, Christy looks like she really is relying on ayurvedic products and yoga to stay beautiful. Christy has some small wrinkles and crow's feet, which could benefit from Botox, but they look good on her otherwise smooth skin.
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Out-of-this-world Natasha Henstridge left a Canadian trailer park to pursue a career in modeling. She then went from mannequin to man-eater, skyrocketing to skinternational fame in Species (1995) and Species II (1998). Watch out boy, because Natasha wants to nosh ya in the Species series, as a sex-crazed extraterrestrial who eats her mates just after they give her the ultimate pleasure. Luckily she shows her ample extraterrestrials and celestial body throughout both flicks. On a 1997 episode...Join Mr. Skin for the full bio >>
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A man found guilty of attempting to burglarize Paris Hilton's home has been sentenced to two years in jail.
Nathan Lee Parada was arrested in August 2010 after he woke the socialite by bashing a downstairs window with a knife.
He was taken into police custody before harming Hilton and later convicted of first degree residential burglary.
An LA Superior Court judge ruled this week that aside from serving two years in prison, Parada should also submit to mental health therapy, according to Reuters.
Parada's attorney had argued that his client committed the burglary only after refraining from taking prescribed antidepressant medicine for several days.
A rep for the World According To Paris star has not yet commented on the court order.
Kathy Hilton recently admitted that she is heartbroken over daughter Paris's split from former boyfriend Cy Waits.
The World According To Paris airs Wednesdays on Oxygen.
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The manuka or 'tea tree' is a common small tree or shrub found around New Zealand, particularly in drier areas where it is generally the dominant shrubland plant. The manuka plant is related to the Australian 'tea tree' (melaleuca) and both have many medicinal uses. The plants became known as tea tree because early pioneers used it to make a tea, although it would be safe to say that flavour isn't one of manuka tea's strong points! Manuka sawdust, however, is used for smoking fish and meats to impart a delicious flavour.
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Manuka honey is highly prized not only for its distinctive strong taste but it has been shown to have extraordinary anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It is often used topically to help heal boils, burns, cuts and even acne as well as soothe sore throats when taken either by the spoonful or in freshly brewed lemon, manuka honey and ginger tea. If you're buying manuka honey for its healing properties, look for a seal certifying the highest "Unique Manuka Factor" (UMF) you can find, or afford. UMF is still being studied, but its amazing healing properties is said to be due to a unique ingredient only found in New Zealand manuka honey and its health benefits haven't been duplicated by any other type of honey or natural remedy.
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The Manuka, our New Zealand hiking tour, was named after this plant that grows prolifically just north of the township of Te Anau, on the drier eastern edge of Fiordland National Park. The manuka plant can be seen on most of our South Island adventure tours that explore Milford Sound. Look for an evergreen shrub that grows up to 5m (16 feet) high and has small spiky leaves and very dark branches. The plant has pretty white flowers (sometimes pink) and it's commonly confused with its close relative, kanuka, which has softer leaves and grows taller.


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Today is accomplishment for me. I completed my first item to showcase on this site. Yay me!!!
I figure it will take me some time to build credibility and crochet inventory so I am going with an Independence Day theme to get started. By the time July 4th rolls around I should have something more solid going on.
This first item is a red, white, and blue American flag themed beer koozie.
(or it can easily be used as a water bottle koozie)
I made it as a tight fit, so it may not work for those fatter water bottles. I will say, though, the beer bottle I used is a bit wider than a typical bottle so there should be no problems there. It'll even work for those tall skinny beer cans.
The dimensions are:
8.5″ circumference x 6″ tall
I made it with Red Heart worsted yarn in cherry red, white, and blue using a Susan Bates hook size K. I can make this koozie in any color.
I still have work to do as for as setting up my ecommerce to make this American flag themed crocheted koozie and my pattern available for sale. In the meantime I'll also be working on crocheting more items.
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Friday, September 01, 2006
What Would Jesus Say?
Mike Yaconelli was one of the great voices in youth ministry and his legacy lives on despite his untimely death in 2003. He was co-founder of Youth Specialities and served as editor of "The Door," an irreverent magazine that took on religion and culture. Mike used to joke that he pastored the slowest-growing church in the U.S. because it had few members now than when he started. When Mike wrote or spoke about ministry with young people, he was always completely candid and honest and spoke from the heart in no uncertain language. There was no "B.S." in his theology, and here is great example of why his teachings still continue to guide my own ministry.
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The Masters Men started a new company –
Master Security.
Have you been waiting for those hunky brothers to return? Well, your wait is over. They've all decided to go all in at Ace's security business, Master Security. The business has grown into more than just designing systems. Now, they test, design, and install systems for anyone. The job can be a major company or someone's home.
First – let's look at the newest release.
Security Florida style. (Book 4)
Acclimating to civilian life is okay…
Until his past smiles at him…
And his present explodes.
Captain Misha Martin finds returning to Cocoa Beach and integrating back to a civilian isn't easy and can be dangerous. When he's blindsided by his past in the form of Jasmine Beckett, self-control sails into the Atlantic. The moment she hugs him, he knows he's in trouble. Then his job brings them closer and a string of burglaries have his hard won peace crashing over him like a tidal wave.
Jasmine is amazed and thrilled to see Misha back home. She's always felt drawn to him as a friend, but now something else calls to her. He needs someone to help break down his well-established walls of isolation and she's just the girl to do it. But, can the anger simmering deep inside him drown her hopes before she begins?
Misha's Minefield is the fourth book in the romantic suspense series, Master Security. If you enjoy emotional page turners, feisty females, and deliciously brooding heroes, then you'll love this latest suspense by Sandra S. Kerns set on the sunny coast of Florida.
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Security teams for special events. (Book 1)
A rancher in trouble.
A vexing trespasser.
A frustrated security man.
Marley Jasper can't deny trouble is knocking on her door when she has to shoot at an intruder. She needs to make her guest ranch secure before the season's kick-off barbecue. When she walks in the Master Security office, the last person she expects to see behind the desk is the baseball player she had a crush on in high school.
When a gorgeous woman walks through the office door, Chance Dugan thinks his luck for the day has changed. Then she introduces herself and he realizes his mistake. The daughter of a rancher is definitely too good to be seen with the dairy farmer's son. Too bad she looks even better than she did in high school. When she tells him she shot at an intruder, the past is pushed aside by his protective instincts. The problem is those instincts don't work to protect him.
If you like strong heroines, determined heroes, and a little suspense added to the mix, you'll love Securing the Rancher's Heart.
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A woman in danger.
A psychotic intruder.
A reluctant protector.
Burke Goffe survived the war, but at what cost? Dealing with changes back home didn't go well. Landing a job with Master Security as a system designer, allows him to distance himself from people so he can't screw up again. Then his boss asks for a personal favor he can't turn down and his self-contained life explodes.
As a teen, Stella Printz beat cancer and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she's living her fantasy in Colorado where she opens a dinner/dance club. She never imagined her dream would turn into a nightmare. When her business is vandalized, she turns to Master Security for help. One problem. The man assigned the task is antisocial to the nth degree. But Stella's faced worse than him and kept smiling. She'll bring him out of his shell if it kills her.
Unfortunately, it's the killing her part that has Burke worried. Can he keep her safe? Can he survive her endless cheerfulness? Or will they both become victims of a psycho's game?
If you like spunky heroines and hunky but brooding heroes, A Risky Assignment is the book for you. Buy it now and get ready for a chilling twirl on the dance floor.
Need to Mellow out? (Book 3)
A Dangerous Decision
A Romantic Dilemma
An Explosive Experience
Josiah Poe faces an unprecedented business failure. Mysterious problems threaten the Colorado fishing cabins he bought to rent out. Hiring a security firm seems like a good plan until he meets Brynn Maddox. She's upbeat, feisty, blunt, and beautiful, all making it hard to stick to his no relationships line. A line she keeps crossing. He may help others, but he doesn't need any. He's definitely not stupid enough to try his hand at love again. Then Brynn's safety is threatened and he needs to protect her and his heart.
Brynn doesn't need Poe to protect her. She's capable to take care of herself and then some. Poe, on the other hand, needs help with more than security. There aren't enough good men in the world that she can stand by and let one close himself off from love. Breaking through the emotional barriers he's built is hard, but she's up to the challenge. However, the threats he receives could be more than she can defy.
As sparks fly between the two, more trouble finds its way to Mellowbend. Will sparks be enough to unite them or will Poe fall back on past behavior and push her away?
Mischief at Mellowbend is the third book in the romantic suspense Master Security series by Sandra S. Kerns. If you like damaged but determined heroes and feisty, sure-footed heroines, you're sure to love Mischief at Mellowbend.
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I have searched everywhere and am unable to find what I need. Currently, the posts in any forum show up "newest to oldest" I prefer that they show up "oldest to newest". When I open a thread I want to see the initial post first. It is just easier for me to follow along that way. How do I change this? I have looked at all of the setting options and can't find it. Thanks for the help guys.
So, when you click on a thread and go into it, the newest post is showing up at the top and the initial post that started the thread is at the bottom? If so, let me know. I've never seen that happen, but I'll dig around and see if there is a way to change it.When I click on a thread, the first post I see at the top is the initial post that started the thread.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A massive release of water from a dam in Cameroon submerged 250 villages in neighboring Nigeria and killed an unknown number of people.
Eighteen bodies were recovered Monday from the Benue River in the Nigerian state of Adamawa, The Guardian reported.
Kobis T. Ari, secretary to the state government, told journalists Adamawa officials received a letter from the Cameroon government on Friday advising that water would be released from the Lado Dam, at the upper reaches of the Benue River.
Ari said the release was done before villagers could be told to leave flood-prone areas.
Cameroon regularly releases water from the dam.
Ari said Cameroon should compensate the victims of the flooding and enter an agreement with its neighbor on how to avoid the "yearly disaster."
He said the flooding was the worst since 1958.
Schools, hospitals and government offices also were submerged.
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Chapter 8: Managing Data Using JDBC and Databases.
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Industrial décor ideas can be associated to spaces that will make you feel more lived-in. it consist of high ceilings, exposed walls and flooring, and the unfinished walls with no ceiling. This look nowadays is achieved by renovating or reinventing a certain space because the decorators or designer strip the living room. For example, old wallpapers or ceiling, leaving the brick, concrete walls, beams and vents exposed.
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As they continue to pursue a federal grant to help chronically low-performing schools, Jefferson Parish school officials have narrowed their focus on possible intervention strategies, in the process ruling out the chances that any school will be closed.
The Jefferson Parish school system is applying for a highly competitive School Improvement Grant, covering 13 low-performing schools, through the Louisiana Department of Education. The deadline, originally last Friday, has been pushed back to March 25. The state will decide by the end of April which applicants will share in $45 million.
Applicants can choose among four intervention models, including closing schools and moving students to the highest-performing school, other than advanced studies academies, closest to their homes.
However, Deputy Superintendent Richard Carpenter said Jefferson officials are not considering that option under the grant program.
But, he said "that does not preclude consolidation considerations on other fronts for budgetary purposes." Officials are studying that possibility, among other cost-cutting ideas, but are awaiting the results of an independent study on building use and other issues before making a recommendation.
Under the grant application, Carpenter said officials are focusing on turnaround and restart models. Under the latter, one or more schools would be closed and reopened as charters. The charter management organization would be selected through a rigorous review process. Students who previously attended these schools would be allowed to enroll.
Under the turnaround plan, principals would be replaced, and all staff members would have to reapply for their jobs. No more than half of the staff would be allowed to return. Principals would be given more autonomy in operating their schools and could opt for longer school days or an extended school year.
"Our district will have at least one school under the restart/charter model and possibly more," Carpenter said. "We would like to meet with respective faculties, staffs and parents before any announcements are made." If Jefferson wins the grant, it is unclear when the changes would occur.
One might be Norbert Rillieux Elementary School in Waggaman, which was mentioned as a possible choice for a charter conversion at a School Board meeting earlier this month.
Rillieux was also among 12 persistently low-achieving schools -- nine in West Jefferson and three in East Jefferson -- listed last month as being eligible for the grant. Carpenter said 13 schools will now be included in the grant.
Carpenter said the complete list along with the projected models for each will be given to board members at their next meeting April 6.
The targeted schools are at least six points below 75, the minimum performance score that all Louisiana public schools are expected to reach for the 2011-12 school year. Schools that don't reach that number will be considered "academically unacceptable" and could be taken over by the state.
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|With enough storage for all your prized possessions, this weathered-oak classic nightstand will have you resting like royalty. Louis XVI Closed Nightstand, $595, Restoration Hardware
|Available in a variety of colors, this modern side table is a fresh addition to any bedroom. Kartell Ghost Buster Side Table Small by Philippe Starck, $480, Stardust Modern
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