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All items > Knives > Folding Knives > Hinderer Knives (Folding) > Half Track
- Overall Length:6.625"
- Blade Length:2.75"
- Blade Thickness:0.16"
- Blade Material:CPM-S35VN
- Blade Style:Clip Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Bead Blast, Stonewash
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:3.875"
- Handle Thickness:0.53"
- Handle Material:Titanium
- Color:Bronze
- Weight:4.30 oz.
- User:Right Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Up
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Flipper
- Lock Type:Frame Lock
- Brand:Hinderer
- Model:Half-Track
- Designer:Rick Hinderer
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
This Blade HQ Limited Edition Half Track Osseus has a bronze anodized titanium frame lock handle with satin accented cutouts and a Blade HQ shield logo engraved on either side of the handle. This overbuilt frame lock folder is armed with a durable CPM-S35VN blade in a working finish. Its handle is contoured to offer a full grip, and ensures the knife stays firmly in hand during use.Features:
- Skeletonized Ti construction offers a durable, lightweight frame.
- Pocket-friendly size allows comfortable & discreet carry.
- CPM-S35VN blade provides excellent wear resistance and edge retention.


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Childrens Hour: What Happened In Karbala? The Cartoon
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Ahlulbayt TV this year has coupled together along with Dahshan Productions to present to you this exclusive cartoon narrating the story of Karbala. This unique cartoon series narrates to you the story of Karbala. Broadcasting as part of the Ahlulbayt Kidz show starting on the 1st of Muharram. Not to be missed! For more information please visit: www.ahlulbayt.tv

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Although it is not a must, experience reveals that it is constantly best to employ a lawyer for your migration journey or for your permit. They can be a huge help!
If your primary objective is to obtain a permit which will allow to reside in the United States of America, as well as be used there for a rather long-term period, then you ought to know that the guidelines and paperwork might get really made complex. Any migration treatment can be prolonged and elaborately complicated, and the United States migration is no exception. There can be governmental hold-ups, there might be a blend and there might be hold-ups too. All this can have extremely destructive impacts on your migration procedure.
The types that need to be filled can have a frustrating impact on you – filling them needs loads of persistence!
So the general experience is that many people do adopt a lawyer to assist them through the procedure – and the majority of them enjoy with that choice.
Why Is the Green Card Application Process Difficult?
The permit procedure is rather challenging naturally because the law itself is not extremely simple to follow and understand – legal representatives who remain in the field themselves take years to obtain completely familiarized with all the nitty-gritty and guidelines of the land. There is a different type of visas – permits and so on and they include different benefits and drawbacks, apart from the advantages. While the guidelines have actually been made to assist immigrants to unify with their households, for example, they have actually likewise been made to guarantee that no unneeded people get entry into the nation – individuals who may impersonate health or security dangers to the United States.
And inevitably it takes place that your files get lost by the federal government, or you will be bothered by the authorities for documents that you might not have; this keeps taking place all the time.
Attorneys have geared up in much better methods the sense that they often convene to find methods to obtain through the bureaucracy. If you do not have a lawyer then you might find yourself investing hours on the whole procedure of going to the migration workplace, just to be offered a lightweight factor.
What If You Want to Do It on Your Own!
Try taking a seat with the kinds and migration sheets that you need to fill and you may just change your mind!
The roadway to immigration is paved with obstructions. Despite the fact that you might feel that you would be much better off researching and the spade deal with your very own you might be putting your case out there to run the risk of.
In the long run, although the lawyer situation might be rather costly, as any legal representation is, when you think of all the time and tension that you might save, you may think that working with a great lawyer might be worth it after all.
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Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - From June 30 to July 2, the annual national meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, and brings together diocesan delegates and chaplains from migrant communities working in all of the dioceses of Argentina. The theme is that of the Pope's Message for World Day of Migrants 2017: "Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless". As noted in the note sent to Fides by the Argentine Bishops' Conference, this is an "intense moment of reflection, formation and exchange of pastoral experiences throughout the country with regard to human mobility".
This year Fr. Fabio Baggio, CS, Undersecretary, Dicastery for Human Development will be present. The Legal Section of the Episcopal Commission on the Pastoral Care of migrants and travelers will guide the reflection on the national Law on Migration and its repercussions, while the technical section will present a laboratory for the design and management of communication for each diocese.
As written in the note, one of the most important moments of the meeting is the sharing of the reality of the migration Pastoral of every diocese. This exchange on human mobility at a diocesan level contributes to the enrichment of mutual knowledge and the ability to replicate service initiatives for migrants and refugees in different places. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 30/6/2017)


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Known to the government as Erik Rogers, E-Rock is a Dayton, OH based roadie and an experienced FOH engineer and monitor engineer. E-Rock was most recently the monitor system engineer for Stevie Wonder. In early November E-Rock will a brand new father. Mrs. E-Rock has several tasks and projects listed for him to complete while preparing for the birth a brand new daughter.
With this addition of a child to his family, E-Rock needs to be back out on the road as soon as possible to feed this new addition. E-Rock will be available for touring again in late December, but is available for corporate work, one-off shows, and fly dates immediately. His resume/CV is available upon request along with references.
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Speed limits during and after construction
Safety is our primary concern. During construction, we are reducing speed limits as traffic conditions change. This helps to protect you and our workers.
The following general speed limits apply to work zones from Bulla Road to Power Street:
- during night works, between 40km/h and 60 km/h
- all other times, 80 km/h.
These speed limits are being enforced.
Some of the changes we are making to the freeway will have a permanent impact on speed limits.
When construction is finished, the speed limits will be:
- Melbourne Airport to Melrose Drive, 100 km/h
- Melrose Drive to CityLink Tunnels, 80 km/h.
This is consistent with speed limits on the M1 which are already set at 80 km/h.
VicRoads is considering introducing a variable speed limit outside peak hours for this section in consultation with Transurban, RACV and other stakeholders. Closer to the end of the CityLink Tulla Widening Project, VicRoads will confirm speed limits on sections of the Tullamarine Freeway during off peak hours.


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According to the "Global Gynecological Devices Market 2014-2018" report Gynecological devices have been broadly classified into wide categories based on their operations. These devices are used for the treatment of different gynecological conditions that affect the female reproduction organs, female fertility, menorrhagia (heavy menstrual periods), infections, and disorders such as endometriosis, gestational diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, uterine fibroids, and pelvic floor disorders. Every woman faces a gynecological condition at some point in her life. Several conditions may be easily treatable and several may be life threatening. The gynecological devices help by having an impact on a woman's infertility , treat serious illnesses, and treat the devastating consequences that are life threatening. The gynecological devices are made to perform with advanced technologies and procedures to improve the treatment of complex gynecology surgeries. Several devices are portable, disposable, and very easy to handle and can be used in any gynecology centers.
Analysts forecast the Global Gynecological Devices market will grow at a CAGR of 6.63 percent over the period 2014-2018.
Covered in this Report
This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Gynecological Devices market for the period 2014-2018. The Global Gynecological Devices market can be segmented into four divisions: Gynecologic Surgical Devices, Diagnostic Imaging Systems, Gynecological Chairs, and Hand Instruments. These are sets of methodologies and technologies that transform unstructured and structured data into meaningful and useful information processes.
This report, the Global Gynecological Devices Market 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Gynecological Devices market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
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Key Regions
- Americas
Key Vendors
- Bayer AG
- Boston Scientific Corp.
- CooperSurgical Inc.
- Ethicon Inc.
- Hologic Inc.
- Medtronic Inc.
- Olympus Corp.
- Stryker Corp.
Other Prominent Vendors
- ATMOS MedizinTechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- BTL Medical technologies Inc.
- KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
- Meditelle Medical Equipment Ltd.
- Richard Wolf GmbH
- Welch Allyn, Inc.
Key Market Driver
- Increase in the Prevalence of Gynecological Conditions
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- Increase in Use of CAM and Drugs
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- Ongoing Technological Innovation
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One year after its introduction, Lytx ActiveVision is making giant leaps toward eradicating distracted and drowsy driving in some of the country's largest trucking fleets, each on a quest to get their drivers to their destinations safely.
The ActiveVision service employs machine vision technology combined with real-time in-cab alerts and video event capture to better reveal how, when and why driver distractions take place, and then delivers precise coaching insights to help the drivers improve their safety.
(Fleet vehicle accidents caused by distracted and drowsy are now much easier to detect & prevent using ActiveVision℠. ActiveVision℠ offers real-time audio and visual in-cab vehicle alerts to help you better manage and maintain the safety of your drivers. Courtesy of Lytx, Inc. and YouTube)
Swift Transportation, YRC, Melton Truck Lines, and Cargo Transporters are among the top names in trucking who've adopted the ActiveVision service to help keep drivers alert and distraction-free.
Results to date show that adding ActiveVision to the DriveCam® program identifies and addresses unsafe behaviors that would have previously gone undetected by standard telematics programs.
Among the results, ActiveVision helped fleets detect:
- 60 percent more lane departures and the root causes behind them
- Up to 24 percent more drivers who are driving while distracted
- Up to 65 percent more events where the driver is identified as following too closely, and the root causes behind them
"The behaviors behind these driving events drive up risk dramatically," said Brandon Nixon, Lytx Chairman & CEO.
"The National Safety Council reports that one of the biggest distractions – using a cell phone – makes it four times more likely to be in a collision."
All ActiveVision triggers are in full force to help identify even more risk in fleets.
ActiveVision detects line markings, road signage, and surrounding traffic and assesses if patterns related to the following driving event occur:
- Lane Departure: Leaving the lane without signaling
- Following Distance: Not enough space between driver's vehicle and the vehicle ahead
- Critical Distance: Increased potential for impact with vehicle ahead
- In-lane Fitness: Maintaining the boundaries of a single lane
These triggers generate in-cab audio and visual alerts to signal the driver and give him or her the opportunity to correct the behavior.
If the alerts go unheeded and the behavior continues, the event recorder will capture video and corresponding data for use in coaching the driver.
"Since using the ActiveVision service, we've been able to dramatically reduce distracted driving by sharing video events in one-on-one coaching," said Victor Malchesky, Corporate Director of Safety and Compliance for Swift Transportation.
"Swift has ActiveVision deployed in 14,000 of its trucks. "Many times drivers don't realize they have driving habits that need adjusting until they can see it in an ActiveVision event recording."
"We adopted DriveCam with ActiveVision to protect our drivers in more ways than one," said Sean Saunders, YRC's Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Safety.
"We're helping our drivers fine-tune their driving skills, we're helping them stay alert and engaged behind the wheel, and with the video that DriveCam provides, we have a better understanding of the facts, which can lead to the exoneration of our drivers."
ActiveVision is available now.
At Lytx® we harness the power of data to change human behavior and help good companies become even better. Our flagship product, Lytx DriveCam™ sets the standard for driver safety in the industries we serve, and our RAIR® Compliance Services helps DOT-regulated fleets comply with safety regulations, complementing the DriveCam® Program.
Lytx ActiveVisionSM service helps detect and address distracted and drowsy driving, both in real time and over time. We protect more than 1,400 commercial and government fleet clients worldwide who drive billions of miles.


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A new annual cycle of EU economic policy coordination – aka the European Semester – has begun with the European Commission's (EC) latest Annual Growth Survey (AGS). The AGS sets out the EC's views on the EU's social and economic priorities and provides the building blocks for the policy recommendations it will put forward in the spring.
In recent years, the European Semester has largely been used to promote austerity and supply-side economic policies aiming at creating favourable conditions for companies. The publication of the AGS was eagerly awaited by the S&D group in the European Parliament; the group has put acute pressure on the EC, demanding a clear policy change in the face of a fragile economic recovery with continuing high unemployment as well as rising inequality and poverty in Europe. Does the survey constitute a fundamental shift in the Commission's economic policy orientation? What kind of structural reforms do we need to bring the EU back on track towards inclusive growth?
Progressive aspects are taken on board…
Well, there are some signs of hope in this year's AGS. First, the Commission underlines the crucial role of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in addressing the investment gap in Europe and pledges to engage in a dialogue with Member States in order to identify and remove nationally specific obstacles to investment. Even more striking is the explicit reference to social investments and the EC's assertion that those in education and training systems, healthcare, childcare, housing support and rehabilitation services form the basis for higher productivity in EU economies.
Worth noting is also the emphasis put on the Europe 2020 strategy. The EC acknowledges that more action is needed to fight poverty and social exclusion and encourages Member States to make sure that the Europe 2020 goals play a prominent role in the preparation of national reform programmes (NRPs). Finally, an important shift can also be discerned regarding the Commission's approach to fiscal policy: it is willing to accept deviations from the budgetary goals of the Stability and Growth Pact in order to help Member States manage the exceptional inflow of refugees. Here the EC undoubtedly reacts to demands that have been made forcefully by progressive forces in the EP in recent years.
….but a neoliberal narrative prevails
Despite these positive rhetorical shifts the overall thrust of the report remains, however, squarely rooted in a neoliberal economic policy narrative. Most importantly, the EC fails to recognize the importance of domestic demand for sustainable recovery. The Alert Mechanism Report clearly shows that economic growth is fragile and mainly export-driven. The Eurozone has one of the highest current account surpluses worldwide. Nevertheless, the Commission continues to be preoccupied with budgetary consolidation and competitiveness. There are three aspects of the report that constitute major obstacles for inclusive growth:
First, the EC still focuses on attracting private investment. Here, it continues to promote supply-side economic policies and argue that a better regulatory framework and a reduction in public debt are vitally important to increase levels of private investment. In contrast to this, the S&D group argues that it is not an unfavourable regulatory framework or public debt that hampers investment but lack of domestic demand.
What's more, this year's AGS constitutes a further attempt at intervening in national wage-setting frameworks. As in recent years, the Commission argues that "real wages must continue to move in line with productivity". This demand often comes with a call to allow for more flexibility in collective bargaining and does not take into consideration that a redistributive component is also part and parcel of some national wage-setting mechanisms. As such, the Commission not only inadmissibly intervenes in national collective bargaining systems but also de facto institutes a policy of wage moderation in Europe, lowering domestic demand that damages investment.
Finally, the EC fails once more to adequately address rising social inequalities. The Joint Employment Report rightly acknowledges that at-risk-of-poverty and inequality indicators remain at a worryingly high level. This not only accelerates the social divide in Europe; a high level of inequality is also detrimental for sustainable growth. Yet, the Commission remains silent on how to tackle the problem of these rising inequalities. On the contrary: its tax policy recommendations and the emphasis on shifting the tax burden from labour to consumption diminish the progressive impact of national tax systems and reduces their redistributive function. Such a policy benefits top earners and increases social inequalities.
Towards an alternative agenda of structural reforms
What we need is a progressive growth agenda that aims at increasing domestic demand. Regarding investment policy, a stronger emphasis on public investments is indispensible. Additionally, the Social Investment Package launched in 2013 must be revived, expanded and linked with more flexibility in the Stability and Growth Pact in order to encourage more social investments. Labour market policies need to target the precarious forms of employment that have increased all over Europe in the last decade. A European pact for minimum wages and an effective monitoring of the quality of employment in the Semester framework would be a step in the right direction. Finally, inequality needs to be tackled by a fairer set of tax policy recommendations and by effectively fighting tax fraud and avoidance. Important proposals have recently been made in the final report by the EP's special TAXE committee: new rules to force multinational companies to report their profits and taxes paid on a country-by-country basis, a common consolidated tax base for corporate taxation (CCCTB) and a European blacklist of tax havens are necessary.
What's more, social developments need to play a more prominent role in the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure in order to take into account the negative impact of high levels of inequality on economic growth. Most importantly, a socially balanced European Semester is fundamentally dependent on comprehensive democratisation by giving the EP, national parliaments and social partners a greater say in the process of economic policy coordination.
Further details of the fourth alternative/independent AGS can be found here supported by the S&D Group in the EP.


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Alcohol-related problems cause management difficulties for many GPs. It is now well established that:
- There is good research evidence that certain interventions can reduce alcohol-related problems.
- GPs believe this work is important, but often believe patients are unwilling to change their behaviour.
- A variety of social factors cause GPs to be selective about the kinds of patients they intervene with.
This study, carried out by Professor Carl May, Dr Eileen Kaner and Dr Tim Rapley from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, aimed to identify and describe the clinical and social factors that regulate the discussion of alcohol-related problems, and how such factors promote or inhibit effective engagement with certain types of patients. Through a series of one-to-one qualitative interviews, we explored twenty-nine GPs' experiences of the detection and management of alcohol-related problems in the primary care consultation and asked them to describe, in detail, some of the consultations they have had where they have discussed alcohol with patients. We then presented the findings of these individual discussions to three task-groups containing nineteen participants. Two of these group interviews were with doctors who had taken part in the one-to-one interviews. The other group interview was with a primary care team. In the group interviews the participants discussed, challenged and enhanced our findings.
Irrespective of their knowledge of alcohol brief interventions, the vast majority of the GPs were able to describe various elements (though not necessarily the same) of brief interventions as a routine and normalized component of their work, but the GPs' detection of alcohol-related problems was variable.
The GPs believe that this work is important, but they feel due to their practical experience that until patients are willing to accept that their alcohol consumption is problematic they can achieve very little. They work to introduce alcohol as a potential problem, re-introduce the topic in future consultations, and then have to wait until the patient decides to change their behaviour.
GPs' own consumption and their perceptions about the problems experienced by, or the receptiveness of, different groups of patients can result in variable engagement with alcohol issues. Patients' social class, sex and age can influence the GPs' diagnosis and intervention work. When working with specific groups of patients, like the elderly or middle class professionals, some GPs would forget to ask about alcohol or be surprised that a patient was drinking excessively.
That a mosaic of clinical, organisational, practical and social factors cause GPs to ask questions like 'what needs to be done?', 'what can be done?', 'how can it be done, and when?' in relation to each specific patient over multiple consultations.
The development of future educational interventions for clinicians in primary care should be launched not solely on the basis of education, skills-building or dissemination of the current evidence-base but rather on the basis of enabling GPs to recognise the array of skills they already have and currently use when working with alcohol and alcohol related problems.
Educational interventions need to take account of the very practical problems and dilemmas that GPs face on a day-to-day basis and seek to explore the range of solutions that the participants currently employ. They should seek to empower GPs to recognise and enhance their current good practice. Above all, such sessions should seek to generate a range of very practical tips, strategies and advice and should supply them with a checklist of potential courses of action to act as sources of support and reminders for their future practice
Research Team
Professor Carl May, Dr Eileen Kaner and Dr Tim Rapley from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.


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Fear that Barack Obama is going to win another four years is beginning to seep into the ranks of Mitt Romney supporters.
About 200 people turned out to see Romney on a campaign stop in Virginia Thursday. It was not a big crowd but it was a loyal one, expressing hope against hope that the Republican candidate might yet turn in a dazzling performance in the first of the presidential debates next week.
And yet, in the wake of polls on Wednesday showing Obama ahead by 10% in Ohio and 9% in Florida, there is a grim, growing recognition that hopes of the White House might be starting to slip.
"At this point, I have my fears that Obama will be back and we will see four years more of no growth," said Patrick Gallagher, 59, a former army engineer.
Having said that, he expressed a distrust of polls, based on his experience of previous elections and hoped the three debates coming up might swing independents. "The election in this state and nationwide will hinge on what happens in these debates," Gallagher said. "It is a chance to see them go head to head."
Romney's speech, at an American Legion hall in Springfield full mainly of vets, was targetted at voters either in the military or ex-military, warning that proposed Pentagon tax cuts will cost jobs and put America's security at risk.
As a piece of micro-targeting, it is clever. Republicans are strongest in the south, but to win Virginia Romney needs also to take votes in the north, and people with military links are a good bet.
But he showed little enthusiasm or passion, looking like someone weighed down by the polls and wondering how he could go on delivering speeches like this week after week all the way to November 6.
He said it was unthinkable that the government would cut military spending when the world remains "troubled and dangerous". The problem for Romney with this as an attack line is that the Republicans, including running mate Paul Ryan, voted for those very cuts.
He demonstrated yet again he is not an inspirational speaker. Even when he won an ovation when he said "when I become president", it was not long-lasting, with people just popping out of their seats and quickly sitting down again.
Mackie Christenson, 65, from Leesburg, Virgina, said she believes Romney can still win in spite of the polls. "Reagan was down 9% at this point against Carter," she said.
She is not upset that Romney has changed tack over the last few days, more positive about Obama, acknowledging he cares about America. Romney is "basically a nice person. Politics is a blood sport, and he is swimming with sharks.".
She predicted Romney will win the debate next week because he will have a chance to call out Obama on what she said were repeated lies about contraception – Republicans are not opposed to contraception, she said – the killing of ambassador Chris Stevens and other issues.
She is especially annoyed that so many women are backing Obama. "Women make up 75% of the unemployed. They are having to cope with high food prices. And yet they are for Obama because they think he is cute."
Gallagher said that Obama's poll leads might even backfire. "I think the poll leads could hurt Obama. If Obama supporters think he is going to win, they might stay at home," Gallagher said.
That is far from being a vote of confidence in Romney's chances.
This article was written by Ewen MacAskill in Springfield, Virginia, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 27th September 2012 22.08 Europe/London
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All borders should be closed. There should be no mingling of countries ever again. We have an internet now so there is no reason to ever travel to another country. It is much safer to live on your couch and avoid any danger. I can watch culture on the television
If Europe closes it's borders to avoid it's putting more and more borders on the European Union thus making it less of a union. Separation of people usually makes them more nationalistic and even less likely to co-operative with other nations. The power to close the borders is a symbolic power of separation from unity. A solution to this problem is the European Union calling for huge humanitarian efforts from the countries forcing them to unite to financially help the immigration crisis or to invest in the raids of Isis or something to help. Humans and nations alike can unite or Seperated in times of crisis like the Axis separating from peaceful circumstances during the great depression and going to war with other countries and the Allies uniting to defend humanity from facism.
When countries close their borders to immigrants, it creates nothing more than a society where each country becomes more dependent upon itself. Our world will only be successful if each country can accept every other country. By telling a country "no, we won't accept your citizens who are in need," we are showing our stubbornness and will only create more animosity between the countries.
The real terrorists want other countries to close the borders. That way even more people will turn against these countries and be more likely to join the ranks of the terrorists. We also show the terrorists that we are afraid of them, and they want us to be afraid of them.
The problem is people who have decided to hate an entire group of people instead of focusing on who is causing the real harm. Much of the hatred is within our own borders, and closing them won't do anything to alleviate the problem. We would be teaching love, not building walls and shutting other people out.


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(PRWEB) August 18, 2014
Flip HTML5 has upgraded its popular HTML5 flip book maker to version 2.0.0, impressing book and magazine readers across the globe with its new hip mobile features. With the latest version released by the company, users can create a more fluid experience for mobile readers on their devices. Many small details have been improved in this new release – most importantly, the elements of what it takes to make reading online or on a mobile device that much more splendid. Mobile readers can have more pleasure from reading when they slide fingers on the screen of iPad, iPhone, iOS device, or other mobile tablet. At the touch of a finger, content moves seamlessly to absorb more information and graphics.
Satisfaction from content creators and readers is what the company was aiming for. Templates are available for the quick HTML5 flip magazine conversion. It also allows content creators and designers to customize the look and feel of the interface and interactive elements by choosing background images, music, theme design and color, orientation and flip controls, navigation, and more.
Users of the software are able to convert PDF documents into an online HTML5 page turning story book at fliphtml5.com for absolutely no charge. The software is free to use for its baseline features. The app provides page editor functions that allow for more fluid and interactive flip books to entice readers and customers. Content creators can also embed YouTube & Vimeo videos to create a life-like reading experience, tantalizing the senses. The app also features the ability to insert sliding text or a hot spot to highlight the important content. Finally, the app features a drag-and-drop desktop interface that is completely code-free, making it the preferred user-friendly digital app for publishing.
All of these new upgrades are available on the company's website: http://fliphtml5.com. Those new to Flip HTML5 can sign up for a free account and start publishing today and take advantage of the newest upgrades.


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Bucknell 66, Colgate 50
Bryan Cohen scored 12 points as Bucknell defeated cold-shooting
Colgate 66-50 Wednesday night to win its 11th straight game and
remain undefeated in Patriot League play.
The Bison (19-6, 9-0), who maintained a two-game lead in the
league standings, extended the longest conference winning streak in
the nation to 19 games, going back to last season.
Bucknell, which never trailed, led by as many as 12 in the first
half and 26-15 at the break after the Raiders shot just 17.9
percent (5 of 28) from the field.
After Colgate (7-17, 1-8) trimmed the lead to eight to open the
second half, Mike Muscala's layup sparked an 11-0 run and the Bison
led by at least 16 from there.
Muscala and Joe Willman added 11 apiece for Bucknell, which also
defeated Colgate 70-57 on Jan. 11.
The Raiders had no double-figure scorers, with Sterling
Melville's seven points leading the way.


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Some unknown person – or persons – is trolling Facebook with the Brock Turner Family Support page.
Stanford University student, Brock Turner got what basically amounts to a slap on the wrist for a disgusting crime. Six months in jail with probation for assaulting an unconscious woman.
The sentence, which falls short of Californian guidelines on minimum sentencing and is an offensively small fraction of the maximum sentencing of four years, has been the source of much controversy.
Judge Aaron Persky, also a graduate of Stanford, has come under fire for his infuriatingly lenient 6-month sentence, of which Turner is expected to only serve half.
In the weeks since the trial, letters have emerged from Turner's father, friends, and ex-girlfriend – all rallying around the heartless criminal.
In the most recent bid to show solidarity with the Turners, whose son has been banned from USA swimming for life, a 'Family Support' page has been set up on Facebook.
The description of the page reads:
They are dealing with a monumental life-changing and tragic situation and their expenses continue to mount!
Must be tough. You can really feel the pain. The poor family having to live through something as horrible as having a convicted rapist in their gene pool.
It is not so much that this page exists at all, what's not going over too well with people online, is the disgusting content being shared on the page.
This 'who's the real victim' puke worthy post is pinned to the top of the Facebook page:
The post refers to the victim as a 'coward' and 'a liar'.
It has been months and the accuser has yet to publicly come forward to face our son. Instead she chose only to read a victim impact statement in the courtroom like a coward. Embarrassing our son before his friends and family. She refuses to put a name and a face to her story for the world to see. Why? She is terrified that the world will See her for who she truly is. A liar. She is terrified what may be unearthed if someone were to dig deep enough into her relationship history. She is terrified that the world will find out she is a co-conspirator in labeling our son a criminal. A co-conspirator in keeping him from achieving his dreams.
Most people, and particularly their families, would normally slink away and hope all of this would blow over. They'd hide in shame and hope that no one knocks at the door. They'd move, change their names, and do everything possible to just get through this.
The Bustle reports that "the Turner's attorney confirmed in an email that the family did not create it [the Facebook page] but nevertheless, its posts expose some of society's darkest corners."
The page's infuriating content has effectively one-upped the letter Turner's father addressed to the judge at the beginning of the trial, dismissing his son's sexual assault of an unconscious woman behind a dumpster as "20 minutes of action." Adding salt to the wounds of sexual assault survivors, posts on the page compare Turner's crime to "failing to drive in the winning run in your little league game" and shame the victim for choosing to protect her identity amidst the lasting trauma.
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Chinese leaders actually see their hardcore nationalists as rubes to be controlled so this is sort of accurate pic.twitter.com/HifEaHsn3P
— Asriel (@woke8yearold) December 5, 2016
Not sure about the thesis, but the meta-memetics is good.
Chinese leaders actually see their hardcore nationalists as rubes to be controlled so this is sort of accurate pic.twitter.com/HifEaHsn3P
— Asriel (@woke8yearold) December 5, 2016
Not sure about the thesis, but the meta-memetics is good.
Learning is hard.
Venezuela suffers from hyperinflation, empty shops, out-of-control violence, & the collapse of basic public services https://t.co/QlRaRQzjDF
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) June 7, 2016
(Via. Follow the link for an expandable version.)
ISIS shoots up Paris. France bombs the Internet. The war on modernity seems to be going well, from all sides.
… in Venezuela:
Unpegging the bolivar would almost certainly trigger hyperinflation. But unless the bolivar is allowed to float, Venezuela faces a FX crisis despite its trade surplus.
This isn't how dialectics are supposed to work!
The rise of the Islamic State was clearly anticipated by the American security establishment — it seems — in a manner that can only be considered remarkably relaxed:
According to Brad Hoff, a former US Marine who served during the early years of the Iraq War and as a 9/11 first responder at the Marine Corps Headquarters Battalion in Quantico from 2000 to 2004, the just released Pentagon report for the first time provides stunning affirmation that:
"US intelligence predicted the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), but instead of clearly delineating the group as an enemy, the report envisions the terror group as a US strategic asset."
Anybody shocked by this probably hasn't been paying serious attention.
A warning at The National Interest:
COULD A U.S. response to Russia's actions in Ukraine provoke a confrontation that leads to a U.S.-Russian war? Such a possibility seems almost inconceivable. But when judging something to be "inconceivable," we should always remind ourselves that this is a statement not about what is possible in the world, but about what we can imagine. As Iraq, Libya and Syria demonstrate, political leaders often have difficulties envisioning events they find uncomfortable, disturbing or inconvenient.
As a general principle, the future can be expected to deliver the 'unthinkable'. (It's in our nature to forget, very quickly, how much of that happens.)


text: These brand new units were the heart of a drug screening machine that became available due to a design change at the factory. We have very limited data on these except the following: When the USB cable is connected to a Windows PC, it will show up in the device manager as an HID device, a green "on" indicator will light up and a beep will be heard indicating that the device is ready. Since we don't have the software for this device we cannot test it further. When taken apart you will see a small PC board which has a Cypress microcontroller type CY7C68013A-56PVXC, a 4 bit binary counter AC161M by TI, a Micrel MIC5219 3.3V regulator, a crystal, and an ADCM2700-000 VGA camera with 18 pin flex cable that can be easily removed from its connector. The camera lens has been glued for a fixed focus distance. There is also a bright white SMD LED that must be used for illuminating the specimen to be tested. The device looks very interesting to experiment with, however we have no other data and it was part of a complete drug screening unit (which we don't have). Size is about 4.1" diameter x 4.4" high. Sorry, we have no other data or other information on this (we were told that the ADCM-2650 data sheet probably applies to this camera too, however we don't know -the data sheet is on the internet). Brand new in original manufacturer bag.


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The Jackson County School System welcomed an additional 278 students for the first day of school on Thursday.
Shannon Adams, superintendent of the county school system, said the district grew four percent from the last day of school in May with 6,476 students to 6,754 students for the first day of class. The figures don't include pre-K students or evening school enrollment.
The school system is expected to welcome more students this week.
Gum Springs Elementary School, which opened this school year, welcomed 684 students on Thursday. The West Jackson school is expected to have an estimated 720 students.
Some students at West Jackson Primary School and West Jackson Intermediate School were shifted to Gum Springs Elementary School for the new school year.
Even with the redistricting, WJPS and WJIS grew by a combined 66 students for the first day of school.
For more information on the start of the new school year and the Jackson County Board of Education, see the Aug. 13 issue of The Braselton News.
Jackson County schools grow by four percent
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The secretary desk is one of the longest desks that have been in use over the centuries. Before there were any electronic gadgets that would handle of the secretaries tasks with the click of button, a secretary would handle all the operations for their employer and would use this desk to their job. The most common secretary desk has a plank that can be swung down and would be used for handling the correspondence.
In choosing an elegant wood writing desk for your home, what should you look at first? The price? The practicality /functionality? Or how stylish it is? It really depends on what you want and need. However, whether it is more for practical purposes or otherwise, the principle of choosing the sturdiest and most quality desk applies to both situations. Settling for an extremely ornate wooden desk with unsure quality would be damaging in the long run. Not only would you probably have to pay more, it would also be an eyesore to your home. Ask advice from people knowledgeable about furniture - they may know of furniture brands with good quality.
Sitting for long hours in an awkward or unnatural position can lead to neck and back pain which in turn can lead to repetitive strain injury as well as Carpal tunnel syndrome. A good ergonomic desk allows the user to adjust the height and angle of the keyboard shelf and monitor shelf for a more natural posture. It should also allow for proper clearance for the user's legs as well as allow for natural placement of computer accessories to avoid putting the user in an uncomfortable position when attempting to work at their desk and use a computer.
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text: Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to a powder. All the rest was merely the proper application of overwhelming force.


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The Genevra Ducro Papers consist of a photograph album, biographical information, and photographs. The material chiefly relates to her time as a student at Mount Holyoke College, 1918-1922. Included in the album are numerous snapshots depicting social activities and college traditions. The majority of the photographs show Ducro and her friends atop Mt. Holyoke Range on Mountain Day, participating in theatrical performances, and playing in the snow. A few photographs also show Mount Holyoke College students at the Young Women's Christian Association summer camp at Silver Bay, N.Y. Scenes of different parts of campus, the interior of a dorm room, and pictures from the 1922 Commencement are also included. The biographical material, 1925-1987, includes a biographical note, a newspaper clipping discussing an automobile trip Ducro took with classmate Florence Brugger and her obituary. Two copies of a photograph taken during her senior year at Mount Holyoke College are also included in the collection.
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Some videos simply need to be seen to be believed.
Yes, on the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OIL), said oil and gas are pollution free:
People complain that we are buying "" importing from the Middle East "" oil and gas. And then they find out that we have it all right here. We don't have to do that. If their argument there is "Well, we don't want to use oil and gas because we think it pollutes" "" which it doesn't "" but if that's their argument, then why are we willing to import it from Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East?
Just for the record, the Natural Resources Defense Council wrote in a 2008 report:
Oil and gas drilling operations can release a number of hazardous pollutants, including hydrogen sulfide, benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, and diesel exhaust. Exposure is known to lead to short-term illnesses, cancer, or even death. For example, benzene and formaldehyde are both known to cause cancer, and diesel exhaust contains a number of compounds known to cause cancer. Emissions can come from oil and gas itself, chemical additives used in drilling, or fuel combustion.
And Think Progress further notes the obvious:
Of course there are also oil spills; big oil spills put approximately 37 million gallons of oil into the world's oceans each year. Several hundred million more gallons wind up in the waterways through other means, such as air pollution.
For Inhofe, it's not enough to absurdly assert that global warming is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." Now it turns out pollution of all kind is a hoax. What's next — coal is actually clean?


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I Miss Old Priest Racials
- May 23rd, 2011
- Posted in Old School . Racials
- By Tomaj
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We'll call this a "retro post." Contrary to previous posts I've made recently, I actually wanted to discuss something that I actually find that I've been missing recently. Besides, it can't always be about theorycrafting and OMGSRSBZNZ stuff all the time. Remember, WoW is a game, it's there for entertainment. So here's a "fun" post that has nothing to do with all the number and maths for a bit. Well, sort of.
Back until 3.0 hit, priests were unique relative to all other classes in that they had racial abilities that they could train at levels 10 and 20. I'm not sure how much, if any, debate this caused regarding other classes and how "fair" it was for priests to have their own special abilities. But I do know this – it made racial choice a little more important in both PvP and PvE, since this was long before race and faction transfers were available.
So, I just want to give a quick rundown first of all the different racial abilities each race had – and how (if at all) they've been implemented in the game to date.
Shadowguard. Shadowguard was essentially a Shadow version of Lightning Shield – it even had the same icon! – and was specific to troll priests. It had no cooldown, and had three charges, so refreshing it was largely not an issue. Its current incarnation is more or less a shadow priest's mastery, with Shadow Orbs. It actually has a much cooler graphic now than it did back in the day (which was just a color swapped Water Shield).
Hex of Weakness. Hex of Weakness was actually an interesting one – and a fairly useful one, too, for PvP. It was sort of a combination of a warlock's Curse of Weakness (back when it was AP reduction) and Mortal Strike. It reduced damage done (not just physical, but all), and also reduced healing received by the target by 20%. Without a warrior, rogue or hunter for a normal Mortal Strike type ability, this would've been pretty worthwhile, since reduced healing effects were in limited supply. In current content, we'd see the reduced healing from Improved Mind Blast, though priests currently do not have a reduced damage ability or talent.
Touch of Weakness. Touch of Weakness was an interesting racial In that it was a buff applied to the caster, but would then be transferred to an enemy once hit with a melee swing, reducing melee damage done by the enemy. Though a bit dangerous, it would help against melee classes, specifically rogues, in PvP, and while soloing. It also caused a very small amount of damage, but so little as to be considered negligible. Currently, there is no equivalent to this spell in game.
Devouring Plague. Devouring Plague has seen a few different iterations since its inception, but this was the undead-specific racial. For a very long time, this was the only caster DoT that wasn't a curse or magic debuff, and instead a disease (feral druids were the only ones until death knights otherwise that had anything that was a disease debuff). It deals damage over time and heals the caster. Originally, it also had a cooldown, which allowed it to potentially be cast on multiple targets. We still have this spell in game, and it is a large portion of Shadow DPS, and can only be cast on one target at a time.
Blood Elf
Consume Magic. Blood Elves also had access to Touch of Weakness, but their specific racial was called Consume Magic. This allowed the priest to remove any singular priest buff on themselves in order to restore mana. This could include any possible priest buff available at the time – Renew, Prayer of Mending, Power Word: Shield, Power Word: Fortitude, Shadow Protection, Divine Spirit, Inner Focus, Inner Fire or Touch of Weakness. This was also one of the first spells that could scale with level, and no additional ranks needed to be trained. There currently is no other spell that works in a similar manner.
Fear Ward. Well, Twirling Braids™ aside, dwarves were originally the only race that was able to have Fear Ward. This has seen a few changes, but most notably, this originally was on a 30 second cooldown, and had a 10-minute duration. That made this exceptional for encounters like Onyxia and Nightbane, and amazing for PvP. Currently, it has a 3 minute cooldown and duration, but can be glyphed for 2 minutes.
Desperate Prayer. Desperate Prayer was also one of those spells that was once a racial. Instead of 30% maximum health as we see now, it was a set amount, but it was still fairly powerful, on a relatively long cooldown of 10 minutes. Currently, Desperate Prayer is a tier 2 talent in the Holy tree, and has a much shorter cooldown of 2 minutes.
Chastise. When Fear Ward was given to everyone, Dwarves (and Draenei) were given Chastise to compensate. It worked exactly the same as Holy Word: Chastise in its natural state now, except the disorient was for 2 seconds instead of 3. It got changed to a root after a while, and eventually was removed in 3.0. Come Cataclysm, this is actually the freebie for specializing into the Holy tree, and is modified via Revelations to different Holy Words depending on Chakra state.
Symbol of Hope. Short of Arcane Torrent, Symbol of Hope was quite possibly the most overpowered racial at any given time during Burning Crusade. While Draenei also had Fear Ward (and subsequently, Chastise), Symbol of Hope was the race-unique spell. It was your basic mana regeneration spell, but at the time, it did not require channeling. It also restored (relatively) more mana than Hymn of Hope does. Over time, Symbol/Hymn of Hope has seen several changes, both in terms of it being channeled, not channeled, what level it got trained at, and how much mana restoration occurred, and to whom. In today's game, Hymn of Hope is pretty much the current incarnation of this spell, though woefully annoying to use.
Feedback. Humans got Desperate Prayer right alongside the dwarves, but their unique racial came about with Feedback. It was likened to a "Thorns for casters," which it kind of was, but a little more than that. So, imagine you take Mana Burn, and convert it into Thorns, and Thorns procs off of spells absorbed by Power Word: Shield, and every single tick of channeled spells, in addition to any spells that are not absorbed or resisted. That's pretty much how feedback worked, as a 15 second buff, with a 3 minute cooldown. It could have potentially been a game breaker (versus Shadowplay, RMP), or a waste (Cleave teams). There is currently no similar spell, short of Mana Burn itself, to this old racial. We'll all be better if there never is one, either.
Night Elf
Elune's Grace. Strangely, night elves are the only ones aside from trolls that had not one, but two, unique priest racials. Perhaps this is sort of to lend to the idea that night elves and trolls were related in some way? Food for thought. Elune's Grace was similar to Hex of Weakness, after a fashion, in that it reduced damage, but it was reduced incoming damage, rather than reduced outgoing damage. However, this spell was in the Holy school, which prevented it from being cast while in Shadowform. At Patch 2.3, this was instead changed to be a reduced chance to be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 20%, and with only one rank, since it was constant. Unfortunately, this also came with a fairly prohibitive cooldown, so for a very brief period of time, Elune's Grace was a ridiculously good racial for PvP (since all racials were removed at 3.0), but since it did have a 3 minute cooldown, using it where its effects would be of greatest use could have been difficult to do. There is no current version of this spell, but perhaps it could be likened to Dispersion, in a way.
Anyway. Starshards was night elves' other racial. This one was, sadly, fairly miserable damage. Moreover, it was originally channeled and lasted 6 seconds, to boot. However, it did get a significant buff in patch 2.3, making it instant cast, a magic debuff, lasting 15 seconds, with a 30 second cooldown. This would have made it a possible help for shadow priests at the time (who were largely mana batteries due to the way Replenishment worked at the time), or just soloing in general. The closest we have to this spell is, believe it or not, Starfall, for Moonkin druids.
So like I said originally, I really do miss the old priest racials. They added a bit of flavor to your choice for rolling a different race, rather than just your standard racials.
Blood Elves and Arcane Torrent are still overpowered, I might add. What about you? Do you miss having a reason to roll a particular race, or did you like the way certain racials worked for different priests? Maybe you know something more about all this stuff I forgot?


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We do driver checks, driver training, driver verification which includes background checks as well as vehicle checks to ensure the car you're in is in tip top condition. Grab is regionally accredited by ISO 9001:2015. It is the latest version of the world's leading quality management standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system. This certification underpins our commitment to safety. View our Quality Policy here.
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This was the first app I bought once I got my iPad. I've been using this for the past 1.5 years and I find it an indespensible tool for a system administrator.
iSSH has some key features that attracted me to shell out US$9.99 for it. SSH, VNC, XServer, Telnet, SSH Keys Support and works the same on iPhone and iPad.
After you have installed and made the necessary security configurations, when you next lauch it you will be prompted for a PIN. This is good to keep prying eyes or kids off from your servers.
Although the app allowed for you to store your login and password for each host, it too supports SSH keys. We use SSH keys at work so as to better manage access to a server. After importing my personal SSH key, I was ready to rock and roll.
iSSH allows you to maintain a list and folders of hosts, this allows for better organization of your host list.
It supports SSH, Telnet & Raw Connection. If you select SSH, you can also choose to access Shell or VNC through SSH. If you select Raw and then VNC, then you are hitting the VNC server straight without using SSH tunnelling to access VNC.
iSSH supports ssh, VNC and XServer display redirection which allows you to run GUI based applications from the shell account and you could see the GUI output on your ipad, cool huh?
Buying app can be a daunting task, sometimes the app does part of what you need so you end up buying a few apps just to fulfill your needs. In this case, I need mostly to access linux servers so iSSH is sufficient as an emergency tool for me. Usually when I am out of the office and one of our servers or client's server requires immediate attention, iSSH on the iPad will save me a trip back to the office or home.
SSH, Telnet, SSH keys, VNC, XServer display redirection.
No RDP support, would be most complete if it supported RDP.


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Mary Jane Marley Stretched Out and Tickled - F/F (HD)
Sexy 19 year-old Mary Jane Marley is topless and STRETCHED on our awesome tickle board! She tells Addie that she's "sorta" ticklish and Addie just smiles and says, "Oh, we'll see about that." Sure enough, she shows Mary Jane that she's a hell of alot more ticklish than she thought she was! Mary Jane's belly and sides and ribs are the MOST ticklish, with her underarms coming in a close second. And don't get me started on her feet - delightfully ticklish with fingernails and several different implements! Mary Jane giggles and howls; she's NEVER been tickled like this! Her pretty pale skin blushes up quickly as she's tickled brutally and mercilessly!
Nerdy Addie's Tickle Revenge on Nerd Girl Sinn Sage (HD 1080p)
Sinn Sage has been RATHER naughty and deserved to get her comeuppance. She ties up a sleepy Sinn and whenever she awakens, she decides to tickle her as revenge! To add to the tickling torture, Addie publicly shows this clip as added humiliation for Miss Sage. Addie loves tickling Sinn's feet with her fingers and her nails. She giggles and yells "Stop it!" in between laughing fits.
Rubbing her exposed belly, Addie lays it on thick. She'll straddle Sinn to gain better access to her underarms...oh man, Sinn's armpits are DEFINITELY ticklish. No amount of begging will get you out of this one, Sinn. Just lay there and take it all when Addie gropes your thighs and belly button. Taking off her panties, you'll get a spread-eagle view of Sinn's super tickly privates as Addie taunts her all over!
Jezabel Knight Couch Tickled by Addie J - F/F (HD 1080p)
Introducing the lovely Jezabel Knight to Tickle Chicks! Jezabel's feet are in a spreader bar while Addie tickles her on a couch! She holds the bar up, lifting her feet up into the air and she tickles the bottom of her sexy soles with her long fingernails. Yikes! Jezabel giggles and squrims, trying to get away, but to no avail. Addie slowly moves up her body starting with her inner thighs, then to her hips, then up to her sides and belly and, holding her arms above her head, attacks her very ticklish armpits. Jezabel fights to shield them, but Addie just too strong and focuses on them. Poor Jezabel laughs and laughs as Addie lightly runs her fingers up and down them, which proves to be very effective. Enjoy this very cute (and hot) video!
Cheyenne Jewel Tickled Mercilessly in a Chair by Alura Jenson (HD 1080p)
Alura Jenson is having a lot of fun with Cheyenne, teasing her at first and dancing around the fact that she is going to tickle the out of her! She's helplessly tied to a chair, so even when she flails around she cannot get far. Alura LOVES this and goes around from body part to body part finding the ways to make her squirm. Toes- yep! Belly- oh yeah! Using those bright red fingernails, Alura lightly tingles and scratches against Cheyenne's young beautiful skin. She'll even give her a raspberry- blowing right on her tummy! To make this more fun, Alura puts a hand over Cheyenne's eyes to keep the element of surprise.....if you like giggling and tickling- this is for you!
Heather West and Jacquelyn Velvets' Play Tickle Fight Lapdance Finale (HD 1080p)
Heather West just BARELY survived the tickling competition with Jacquelyn Velvets. After two rounds of intense foot and belly tickling, Heather West says, "Uncle" and has to give the winner a Lapdance. Reluctantly she agrees to show off her bra and panties by dancing around in front of Jackie, and excitedly, Jacquelyn runs out to play her jam! Shaking her white booty, Heather rubs her chest in Jackie's face. These two playful girls tease one another. Heather swings her hips over Jackie's lap, bouncing her ass as she moves. For someone who keeps saying "I hate you," Heather seems to be really getting into this! To add insult to injury, Jackie gives a few quick jabs to Heather's side making her giggle while she dances.
Heather West and Jacquelyn Velvets' Play Tickle Fight Part 2 (HD 1080p)
Jumping in right where the girls left off in Part 1, Jacquelyn has pounced on Heather West to tickle her torso! They've decided that they would tickle feet first, then bellies, and whoever can outlast the other will be the winner. Jacquelyn's good at talking , but she also knows how to bring it! Heather tosses her head back laughing out loud at the tickling. Using her nails to graze Heather's sides very slightly sends shivers across Heather's body. She can barely catch her breath before the next assault. Now for Jacquelyn's turn! Heather grabs her sides and squeezes in between her ribs so that she screams, "No! No!" Now that Jackie's laying on her back, you can see her chest rise and fall with each breath. Straddling her, Heather overpowers Jacquelyn with tickles, but will it be enough? The new rule is that the loser has to give the winner a lapdance....but who will it be? Find out next in "Heather West and Jacquelyn Velvets' Play Tickle Fight Lapdance Finale"
Heather West and Jacquelyn Velvets' Play Tickle Fight Part 1 (HD 1080p)
Silly girls Jacquelyn Velvets and Heather West are hanging out enjoying some girl time when Jackie innocently touches Heather's side and realizes how ticklish she is! Playfully, Heather decides to get her back by squeezing at her ribs. Jackie remarks that Heather was able to find her most ticklish spot right off the bat. The two need to settle this whole tickling business once and for all and decide to have a tickling contest with a few rounds doing different VERY TICKLISH body parts to determine who is more ticklish!
Jackie starts by grabbing Heather's feet and using her nails on the soles of her feet! Without even letting her catch her breath, Jackie pokes and prods in between her toes and then all over the bottoms of her feet. Squirming and yelling out "You bitch!" shows how incredibly ticklish Heather really is! She can't even take 2 minutes of her feet being touched and tickled! Now for Heather's turn to get a revenge tickle! Jacquelyn's not messing around and throws her feet right up in Heather's lap, but doesn't even seem to respond at first when Heather works and kneads at her feet. She's not nearly as ticklish as Heather is (or at least her feet aren't). These curvy babes show off a lot of skin in their bra and panty sets when they twist and turn under the tickling torment. See the next body part in the competition "Heather West and Jacquelyn Velvets' Play Tickle Fight Part 2"
Maxine X and Addie Make a Tickle Bet (HD 1080p)
Miss Maxine X and Addie Juniper sit down together for some fun tickling talk and decide that it's been awhile since they've gotten the chance to tickle one another, they should find out who is better tickler (or who will cave first). They decide to put $100 bet on the table to make it interesting: who will be able to outlast and win? Poor Maxine randomly chooses the "Chair Tied" position, so she goes first having her ankles in shackles while Addie goes to work on her feet. Cackling laughter ensues when Maxine X cannot stand to have her feet tickled! But of course, any girl loves having her thighs and the back of her knees tickled, so Maxine wiggles trying to free herself from Addie's tickling hands. Her HUGE chest flies up in the air while she writhes in the chair.
Lucky for Maxine, she'll get the chance to pay Addie back for her vicious tickling. Addie Juniper is tied with her wrists and ankles behind her back leaving her totally vulnerable to Maxine's LONG fingernails. She starts by taking off Addie's shoes and getting the bottoms of her feet, but it's fun to find lots of new places to make Addie squirm. Addie screams out and laughs from all the tickling, and at the same time, Maxine X giggles with delight at her conquest. Can't wait to find out which of these playful beauties is the winner!
Gia Steel Gets Chair Tickled by Coco and Monroe (HD 1080p)
Coco's got an idea for a game to play, and now it's time for Gia Steel to get on the receiving end of some two-girl tickling! Tied up to a chair, she can't escape and even though Monroe and Coco attack her with feather dusters, she sits squirming and screaming. Since her legs aren't tied down, she tries to use those to kick and thrash around, but it's no use as Monroe and Coco each grab a foot and start ticking in between her toes- yikes!
Clenching to try to stop the tickling madness, Gia pouts and tries to hide from the onslaught. She even curls up to try to lessen any exposed skin, but it's too hard to do in a chair. These bully girls tease her about peeing her pants and try to keep tickling until she cracks- or leaks? Gia must be super ticklish!
Madison Chandler Stretched on the Rack and Tickle Tortured (HD 1080p)
Completely naked and helpless, Madison Chandler is stretched out and shackled. She will have to submit to some torturous tickling. She's pulled tight so you can see her cute bod squirm while she's subjected to various tickles. She can't help but convulse as her inner thighs, under her kneecaps, and her toes are touched. Wow- just wait until the green feather comes out! Her pierced nipples become rock hard, and she'll twist and turn to avoid the torment.
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Gateway to Nepali Politics and Civil Society
Human Rights
Civic Education
Caste & Ethnicity
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Back to FES Nepal
Some NGOs working in different sectors:
Backward Society Education,
grass-root social organization, works through education, social mobilization and community development.
BSP Nepal
Biogas Support Programme
Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies
Centre for Micro-Finance in Nepal
Communicaction Corner
provides technical know-how, research services, radio programme production training and media consultancy to community establishments and governmental and non-governmental organisations.
- Centre for Victims of Torture Nepal
, working for rehabilitation of torture survivors and advocacy against torture.
Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre,
pioneer organization in Nepal for the rights of the child and against child labour exploitation.
- Working for uplifting the socio-economic conditions of the rural poor and discriminated groups
(Gender equality in Nepal)
, working towards equal involvement of men and women in development programmes in Nepal
, helps to improve the living conditions of the people of the himalayas
Educate the Children
, an NGO, sponsoring community development programme
Education, Language And Development Training Services
- an online communication skills resource for South Asian development professionals.
Enabling State Programme,
a project,supported by British government for Nepal, aiming to help Nepalese achieve pro-poor governance.
Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen Organization
Health Net Nepal
NGO that serves the Nepalese health community by providing affordable Internet service, access to health information, and technical support for several regional information-sharing initiatives.
Health and Education for Nepal
- aims to support the people of Nepal in implementing projects to improve healthcare and education services
Himalayan Kingdom Foundation Trust
- one of the largest nonprofit socio-cultural projects ever undertaken in Nepal
Himalayan Project, Denmark
, Danish development aid NGO working primarily with education and culture among remote area dwellers
HURPEC Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Campaign Nepal
Informal Sector Service Centre,
a prominent Human Rights advocate organization
IHNURED International
, active in monitoring the violations of human and environmental rights in development projects
Institute of Human Rights Communication, Nepal
Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP)
, King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation
Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre - LACC,
an independent non-profit, non-partisan and non-governmental legal resource organization.
LWF Nepal
, working to empower the disadvantaged in Western Nepal and to assist Bhutan refugee and affected community
Maiti Nepal
- organization working against girl trafficking and women in exploitation
Martin Chautari
NAFA Queensland
- Nepal-Australia friendship association of Queensland. Assisting with sustainable development projects in Nepal. Assisting Tilganga Eye Clinic, Village Health and Education Project
National Labour Academy (NLA)
Nepal Community Development Foundation (Canada)
- NGO active in Ilam district.
Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists
Nepal Participatory Action Network
Nepal Press Institute
NGS Nepal
Nepal Geological Society
Nepal Internet Users' Group
an electronic networking project for sustainable development in Nepal
Nepal School Projects
- Nepal school projects welcomes everyone with an interest in development activities in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
Himal Association
a Kathmandu Valley-based not-for- profit organisation established with the objective of informing the Nepali people of various issues, local, national and international, to help them become aware and responsible national and global citizens.
Nepal Press Institute
Organization Development Centres,
an institution that helps organizations to develop, transform and to grow
Peace Corps/Nepal Youth Development Project,
many American Peace Corps volunteers working with Nepali citizens in Nepal
Population and Environment Journalists Society
Sancharika Samuha,
a forum of women communicators, established after the Beijing conference in April 1996, with the objective of promoting a more healthy and gender sensitive media.
SAP Nepal
South Asia Partnership-Nepal
Shangrila Home
provide shelter for streetkids in Kathmandu
SME Center Nepal
owned by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) this site plans to help small business to do big business
Social Educational Environmental Development Services
providing relief at the most basic grass roots level to some of Nepal's poorest villages.
Society of Environment Journalists, Nepal
Tengboche Monastery Development Project
aiming to protect the environment and to face the pressure from the increasing number of tourists.
The Gurkha Welfare Trust
Transparency International - Nepal (TI-N)
- A civil society institution dedicated to increasing public accountability and curbing corruption in all walks of life.
Indian NGOs
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Shrew Who?: John Cleese as Petruchio
Shakespeare is and was in his time no stranger to controversy. He approached topics such as royal succession, what makes a good ruler and the war between honour and life, all of which were extremely controversial in his time. As we move closer to our time, Shakespeare courts different kinds of controversies, especially where the sensibilities of his time clash with our own. Usually this has a detrimental effect on the frequency of stagings of certain plays, and this week's play is one of the victims of this.
The Taming of the Shrew was for most of its existence an extremely popular play. Fairly unique among Shakespeare's plays – depending on how one wishes to classify other, similar storytelling tools – it has a framing story, which has not always been deemed worthy of inclusion in its staging. This framing story – a drunk commoner being played a practical joke on by his liege lord, in that he is being duped into thinking his life has been a dream and now he is a lord, for whom the actual play is being staged – has occasionally been adapted into full-fledged plays, for example by the Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg in his Jeppe of the Hill, or The Transformed Peasant.
But in our time of at least ideological – if rarely practical – equality between the sexes, the story of how a spirited and individual-minded woman is cowed by a brutish man in an arranged marriage, as the main story of the play goes, presents us with some problems. Consequently as is depressingly more often the case, we cheerfully ignore its existence, preferring to stage it much more rarely than plays such as Hamlet, where the controversy is not unpalatable to us.
Thus The Taming of the Shrew is relegated to two kinds of staging. The experimental – of which Hall's 2007 all-male staging, that I did not have the opportunity to attend myself is an example – and as part of completionist staging such as the one in the BBC's project to film all of Shakespeare's plays that ran in the years leading up to and following 1980.
The Text
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's take a short look at the text first, foregoing the framing story.
A nobleman in Padua has two daughters: sweet Bianca and wilful Kate. Suitors abound for Bianca – two men of Padua, Gremio and Hortensio, and a young man of Pisa, Lucentio – but no one pines for Kate. The father – Vincentio – therefore decides that none shall be allowed to court Bianca unless Kate is also courted, promptly causing the three rivals to concoct elaborate ways to sneak into the household to, as it were, pre-court Kate in preparation for the actual courtship to begin.
Enter Petruchio, an old friend of Hortensio, who bursts onto the scene looking for a wife of means, who can make his relatively impoverished life tolerable. He agrees to court the well-endowered Kate and proceeds to do so in a fashion that takes her quite aback – he simply tells her they will be married, which they eventually do in a ceremony that is designed to humiliate Kate publicly.
Taking Kate with him back to his crummy household in Verona, Petruchio proceeds to grind the wilfulness out of her to an extent that, when they at the end of the play return to Padua for a feast, Kate is the most pliant of all the wives of the men dining there – including fair Bianca, who turns out to have become quite shrewish almost overnight after marrying the poor Lucentio.
The Production
As I intimated above, the BBC produced all of Shakespeare's plays in the years around 1980 in the vein of the old 'filmed theatre' school. That is to say that the cinematography is not lush, the costumes are not impressive, the sets do not evoke a sense of realism, but the acting and the direction of the actors are at centre stage.
Directed by Jonathan Miller, their Taming of the Shrew is populated by well-meaning actors who ranged from quite good – such as Anthony Pedley as the servant of young Luciano – to the merely average – such as Susan Penhaligon's Bianca.
But overshadowing them all is a surprising performer in this context, the performance of whom is the key to Jonathan Miller's solution to the problem of how to film a play, that basically condones domestic violence and makes light of it: John Cleese as Petruchio.
The Cleese
Cleese brings a quality to the boisterous role of the gentleman from Verona that it is frankly astonishing for whoever discovered it in the text to have found, and which demonstrates the range of Shakespeare's play. Where Petruchio is traditionally seen as a staunch defender of the status quo as regards to gender roles, Cleese shows him to be a quiet rebel and a person with a knack for noticing absurdity and hostility in the world and trying to make the best of it.
While most productions have Petruchio dominating Kate at the end, it is obvious from the performances that such is not the case here. Rather the two have developed an understanding and an actual respect for each other.
Indeed while the most poignant scenes for Petruchio are often made out to be his battles of wit and violence with Kate, it is obvious that Cleese and the production considers the pivotal scene to be his short, poetic soliloquy at the end of act 4, scene 1.
Delivered by candlelight after an exhausting day, Cleese wearily speaks the words that lesser Petruchios would be bolstering all over the place. Quietly and calmly, he outlines his plan with a tonality in his voice like that of a man who meticulously chooses exactly the most absurd response to any stimuli simply to prove a point. It is not that he must decide everything for Kate, however, but simply and reasonably that they cannot function as a married couple if they fight about everything. Thus he meets her irrational demands not with demands of his own, but instead with well-designed, absurd responses.
We see it again later on, in act 4, scene 5 where Petruchio is mostly seen and played as simply wanting compliance from Kate to his every whim, when he insist that the sun is the moon and the moon is the sun. Cleese adds a touch of awareness of his own absurdity to Petruchio, which makes it clear that this sort of behaviour is not his nature, but is being undertaken by him to prove a point to Kate.
But which point? Well, rather than admonish her for being wilful or engaging in a misogynist battle of the sexes, Cleese's Petruchio is on a mission to show Kate that her wilfulness simply will not do, because it is not possible for people to live like that. He demands not compliance from Kate because he wants it, but because he wants to show what she is demanding from the world.
In another scene usually only played for laughs, the wedding in act 3, scene 2, Cleese's absurd bluster in waving about his ridiculous hat and his clearly inappropriate posturing in the ludicrous costume he expects to be wedded in, has the wonderful subtext of showing Kate that this is how she seems with her insistence on doing things her way or not at all.
The Shrew
Quite apart from the dismal message that productions of The Taming of the Shrew usually have to contend with, the message of this production is instead that we are not set in our ways and that we can change our nature if we work at it.
All of this hinges of course not just on the performance of Cleese, but also on the wonderfully faceted performance of Sarah Badel in the role of Kate. She starts out in the proud tradition from Elizabeth Taylor's version in Zefirellis production from the 60s, portraying Kate as essentially a spoilt child who rebels without any sense of direction. It is clear that she finds the demands of society idiotic and inconvenient, but she does not try to change them, she just acts out her rage very much like a child would.
As she struggles to comprehend Petruchio's outlandish behaviour, we see that Badel – unlike Taylor – actually uses this character choice moving forward. This is not so much a taming as a maturing of the shrew, as Kate grows up. Petruchio is holding up a mirror in front of her and like a child she at first does not recognise that it is herself she's seeing.
It seems to her that Petruchio is just one more instance of a world being unreasonable, harsh and repressive, but gradually Badel shows us Kate coming to grips with the fact that the person in the mirror is her. Like a child finally recognising herself in the mirror and not attempting to play with this new friend anymore, Kate grows up and becomes a reasonable person. She learns, and we learn with her, that the proper response to an unfair world is not blind rage, disgust and self pity, but instead reason and thought.
If I make no outrageous demands of Petruchio, he will be reasonable towards me. It is a madman who fights fire with fire, and Cleese's Petruchio makes this abundantly clear to Badle's Kate.
The Kate we see in the final scene where she answers the summons of her husband, though the other wives will not, is not a cowed and repressed woman in a dysfunctional relationship. No, this is a woman who – solely among the women of the play – has grown up from daughter to wife. And as is plain from Cleese's acting and he and Badel's interacting in this scene, Petruchio is the only man in a roomful of boys, however ancient some of the others may be.
The Message
This message – that what Petruchio does is that he rescues a child into adulthood rather than dominating a poor woman – seams through the production. The outlandish plans that Bianca's suitors conduct are highlighted as idiotic by the advanced age of Gremio and Hortensio. Hortensio's buffonish winking and pointing during his lesson with Bianca in Act 3, scene 1 is the perfect example of this. He is clearly not of the persuasion that he is addressing an individual capable of actual thought, but a child. Petruchio does not want to be married to a child. He needs a woman for a wife.
Reportedly Jonathan Miller had problems with persuading Cleese to act in this, the first Shakespeare production the comedian did. It is fortunate that he was successful, though. Although we cannot in good conscience acquit Shakespeare himself or his contemporaries of misogyny, we can however – with this production in hand – show that the text must not necessarily be interpreted thus.
And this is really the most we can hope for in a performance: to show us things about the text that we had not considered.
This has been a review of the 1980 BBC production of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Jonathan Miller. The picture was found via Google.
July 6, 2014 at 10:11 pm
This is the best review I've read of the best version of the play I've seen. If I'm correct, Cleese was at that time associated with family therapist Robin Skynner. (They wrote a book together, Families and How to Survive Them, and later served as system consultants to corporations.) Many of the "techniques" Petruchio used to "treat" Kate were part of the armamentarium of family therapy—the abrupt changes of scene, the absurd non-sequiter, the paradoxical instruction…. I remember a training video of family therapist Salvador Minuchin forcibly restraining an obstreperous (if memory serves) 14-year-old boy and saying, in effect that "some people have to grow down before they can grow up." (I've done the same.) Such is necessary if Kate is ever to claim a rewarding life.
To feminists understandably offended by the play I can only note that the play is not entitled The Taming of the "Woman," but the Taming of the "Shrew." A shrew, like a tyrant among males, is a three-year-old in an adult body, flailing away at a world that does not bend to its childish purposes. It is a miserable state and will not result in a life that "works" in any world, much less in Shakespeare's time when women were chattel. In his genius, Shakespeare anticipates just what therapists have discovered about helping such a person "grow down." In effect Petruchio saves Kate through "tough love" and receives for his efforts a partner with a fire and a wit to match his own—not to mention a dowry that will let them enjoy their life together. (Therapists get paid for their hard work!)
If we moderns have anything to learn from the play it is that our shrewish or tyrannical moods or modes of behavior have little to offer in a loving relationship. I extend thanks again to Shakespeare, our eternal teacher.
April 6, 2014 at 5:38 pm


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Published: June 12th, 2013 at 10:19 am ET
Title: Pandora's Promise: Would You Buy a Nuclear Reactor
Source: Seattle Weekly
Author: Brian Miller
Date: Jun 11 2013
My ears prick up whenever I hear how Bill Gates and Paul Allen are spending their money. Putatively a documentary about the resurgence of nuclear power, Pandora's Promise is actually an infomercial for a business still stigmatized by Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima, and our fears of all things atomic. […]
[…] Pandora's Promise, which was produced by CNN and Paul Allen's Vulcan Productions. (Robert Stone is the director-for-hire.) […]
But the doc's bigger flaw is that no one is allowed to make a reasoned anti-nuclear argument. […] And when I hear Pulitzer-winning author Richard Rhodes (The Making of the Atomic Bomb) say that "to be anti-nuclear is fundamentally to be in favor of burning fossil fuels," it sounds perfectly sensible. And that's the problem with Pandora's Promise: Though many of its claims may be truthful, the film is dishonest to its core.
See also: Experts: The planet can be powered solely by wind, water and solar energy (NO 'fossil fuels' or nuclear power)
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text: Political drama directed by George Clooney and starring Ryan Gosling as an idealistic young press secretary who gets caught up in the cynicism of a modern day election campaign. Based on a play by Beau Willimon, the film finds Stephen Myers (Gosling) working for progressive candidate Governor Mike Morris (Clooney) as he hopes to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Stephen is the right-hand man of experienced press secretary Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and coveted by the director of the rival Democratic campaign, Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti). After an ill-advised secret meeting with Tom - not to mention an equally ill-advised secret romance with young staffer Molly Stearns (Evan Rachel Wood) - the tables turn and Stephen finds himself facing life on the political scrapheap. The victim of 'dirty politics', Stephen appears to face a stark choice between maintaining his ideals, thereby losing his career, or fighting fire with fire.