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Yay!! I got my Golden Tote on Monday! If you remember, I got the $49 option, picking the Chic V-Neck Dress. Obligatory recap of what GT is: their sales go live the first Monday of each month. You chose between $49 or $149 tote options. If you pick the $49 option, you select 1 item from their boutique and receive 2-3 surprise items (up to $200 value) and if you get the $149 bag, you'll get 5-7 (up to $600)! Their style/options remind me a lot of Anthropologie but for a fraction of the price (in fact, I believe a few of their items have been sold there before) and they have their own in-house brand that's great. It's a fun way to get beautiful clothes and they have fabulous customer service. Anyway, enough rambling, onto the goodies!
1) Up first, my pick for the month, the chic v-neck dress by renee c:
Very light and gorgeous in person. I loved the print to death. It's perfect for spring/summer and will be great with a pair of cowboy boots and if it ever is chilly here in Phoenix, a denim shirt. I only wish the v-neck was a little lower and that the elastic waist sat a bit differently. I think after I lose a few more lbs, I'll love the dress even more. If not, I'll trade it away because GT has a very active trade group on Facebook!
2) This amazing renee c. dress
When I first pulled it out of the box, I wasn't sold. I didn't think I would like it on my body, thought the print would be too loud, the back too open, etc. But once I put it on, hot damn! It looks smokin! It's a smidge tight on the bottom, but J.Lo booty + Pilates will do that to a gal! I am soo happy with this dress and I think I found a new neckline to love!
Here's a closer look at the back. There are two black slits with one center panel. The top is buttoned with a faux diamond. I love it. I usually don't do open backs because of bra situations, but I will make this one work, because, well, it's fab. Great job Golden Tote on this pick!
3) Last, but not least, this Flawless bralette that's been popping up in most of the totes.
Now, when I first saw this around the boards, I thought frak, there is NO way these bb's are going to be contained in that thing. I assumed I would immediately be putting it up for trade if I received it. I thought wrong. I tried it on for shits and giggles and fell in lurrrrve. It's so pretty and feminine and surprisingly, the gals are contained! The pink is a great color too, not TOO obnoxiously neon, and the lace wasn't itchy at all.
Overall, I am soo happy with my tote! $49+ shipping and I got 3 lovely pieces 🙂 I personally recommend that you sign up for Golden Tote's newsletter today so you never miss a sale again, I promise you won't be disappointed / you will want to spend all your money always.


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The Con, the first 3D fighting game for PlayStation Portable, looks and moves and breathes and bleeds like a fighter. That's part of the con in The Con. Every punch you throw in this game is a conscious decision on your part, because the object of this game isn't to just put your foe flat on his ass. The real goal is to make bank on bets running against the fight. There will be fights where you'll come away a beaten sack of meat, but you'll be grinning through your busted teeth when you think of the money you'll take home for taking a dive.
IGN had a chance to go deep into the making of a con job with an almost final version of The Con. SCE Santa Monica and Japanese developer Think & Feel are jointly working on the title together, and the result is a game that's half fighter and half RPG-strategy game. The concept is solid, with a ton of depth built around faking the fight and planning your efforts for what you'll do when you step into your street fight.
The Con starts off as a single-character game. You have just been released from prison, and are looking for a way to get back on your feet. There's easy money in street fights, and you've bulked up while in the joint. The thing is, you don't know the politics of the business yet -- that's where the real money is. Your first few bouts are just scrap-ups to learn how to move and how to stick your hits. You'll receive info on how to fight and play the game, and you'll become accustomed to the controls.
Things really pick up once your past those few training bouts. From there, you become the leader of a squad of fighters, and get to recruit two teammates. For one, this is where you get to choose your player from the game's multiple figures (the beginning player is a generic that you don't get to pick, but you can customize your guy in the character builder, which we'll talk about later.) More importantly, this crew is what takes you into the big leagues, where you enter street brawling tournaments, build respect, earn bank, and work your way up to the fight with the boss squad, Team Phantom. You've got to choose your squad carefully, as that team of three is yours throughout most of the story mode. Each bout is a best-of-three tournament, where the members of your team are randomly matched up with an opponent, so be sure to pick your characters carefully and balance out your team for any kind of comer.
Preparing for the fight is half the battle. You'll need to prepare your strategy, figuring out whether you'll go for a con or a knockout. It's not as simple as just always betting on black. You can bet on yourself to win every time, but injuries carry over from fight to fight, and you'll get winded from going full-out every time -- even if you've got control skills, it's best to pick your battles. On the menu for choosing a fight, there are a number of challenges open, each ranked for skill. There is also a marking underneath each challenger for how many weeks out the fight is scheduled, which is critical to your choice.
You'll need those weeks to choose between training your fighter, resting up, or healing your injuries at the hospital. The break-down lets you choose the gameplan for each fighter and each week for that fighter. The meter shows bars for all of your skills (strength, stamina, power, etc.), with yellow on the bar showing how much fatigue and injury affects each stat and the size of the bar showing how much max ability you have for each stat when fully rested and healed. If you've got six weeks before a bout, for instance, you can train all six weeks and build up your skills (assuming you didn't get too tired from the last meet), but you may get tuckered out from working out so much and not have all of those skills at max level even though you've earned the raised stats. Alternately, you can choose to stagger your training and resting, but that resting time will mean you'll have to play the game longer to get maxed out and be ready for the tough bosses.
After your skills are where they'll be for the fight, it's time to brawl. The odds tell you where to steer your money, and although it'll hurt your pride to bet against yourself, sometimes you've got to put the bet on the winner. Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you can take him -- when the odds are good enough, laying down can get you a nice, fat check. There's strategy in how you place your bet as well as where. You can set a time limit on the bet, to help draw the crowd in and get a whole lot more money tossed in the pot.


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Tonight, or any June evening, look south and west (below and to the right) of the star Spica for the constellations of Corvus the Crow, Crater the Cup, and Hydra the Water Snake.
You'll be looking in the south to southwest sky around nightfall. In 2018, the brilliant "star" to the east (left) of the star Spica is really the planet Jupiter, which lights up the sky almost as soon as the sun goes down. Jupiter is near Zubenelgenubi, the alpha star in the constellation Libra the Scales. And Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, is your guide to the Crow, Cup and Water Snake.
Okay … got Spica? Now, as nightfall deepens into later evening, watch for a number of fainter stars to become visible. That's when the Crow, Cup and the Water Snake will come into view.
In Greek mythology, Apollo sent the crow to fetch a cup of water. The crow, Corvus, got distracted eating figs. It was only after much delay that he finally remembered his mission. Rightly figuring that Apollo would be angry, the crow plucked a snake from the water and concocted a story about how it had attacked and delayed him.
Apollo was not fooled and angrily flung the Crow, Cup and Snake into the sky, placing the Crow and Cup on the Snake's back.
Then the god ordered Hydra to never let the Crow drink from the Cup. As a further punishment, he ordered that the Crow could never sing again, only screech and caw.
None of these constellations has any bright stars, but Hydra holds the distinction of being the longest constellation in the heavens.
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Transfer deadline day is logged in the calendar of many football fans for its frantic entertainment and excitement.
But in the above video Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier revealed he is not a fan of it and said the entire window is in fact "unfair" on managers and players.
The 22-year-old made the comments ahead of England's game against Slovakia on Sunday, which will be Sam Allardyce 's first in charge.
Speaking to reporters, Dier said he does not think the window should be open once the Premier League season begins.
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In the video, he adds: "I think it's unfair on the managers and the players.
"I guess it's good entertainment for everyone, but once the season starts I like to be at a club where everyone is pushing in the same direction and everyone knows where they stand.
"I don't think it helps players and managers once the season starts."
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In regards to Internet connectivity, rumored had it that the Xbox One would use "always-on" DRM, meaning an Internet connection is required at all times to play a game, even in single player mode. Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One will use a restrictive DRM but it is not "always-on." You will be allowed to play on your home console for 24 hours without a connection, but after that you will need to login again to continue playing and get another 24 hours. If you log in with your Xbox account to someone else's console, you will need Internet every hour, even in single player mode. Blu-ray, DVD and TV watching is not affected.
The company also confirmed that sections of some games will require a cloud connection, but that is at the discretion of the developers.
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Microsoft says you can buy games on disc or in digital, but they will be charge of the digital sales. Once you purchase a digital copy, it sits in the cloud for your to install when you can. If you want to play on another console, you will have to login, download and install it there, without need for disc.
Reports had claimed that Microsoft would charge a fee to play used games, but that does not appear to be the case:
"Today, some gamers choose to sell their old disc-based games back for cash and credit. We designed Xbox One so game publishers can enable you to trade in your games at participating retailers. Microsoft does not charge a platform fee to retailers, publishers, or consumers for enabling transfer of these games."
You read that right. Microsoft will not charge, but publishers are allowed to block used game sales. Publishers don't make a penny off of used game sales, so it is clear that used games will likely be blocked on the Xbox.
On the bright side, you can share games within your library with up to 10 members of your family. "Just like today, a family member can play your copy of Forza Motorsport at a friend's house," says Microsoft. "Only now, they will see not just Forza, but all of your shared games. You can always play your games, and any one of your family members can be playing from your shared library at a given time."


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The CW's The 100, Bitter Harvest TV Show Review. The 100: Season 3, Episode 6: 'Bitter Harvest' suggested a reaping of some sour seeds sown; but seemed like more of a forecast. It better be, since what actually came of the episode, itself, was pretty frustrating – the kind that could pay off big, down the road, or get a lot of money-back-guarantees called in.
To start things off, an artistically tender Clexa moment got a reality check, from both Lexa's (Alycia Debnam-Carey) predecessors (when even dead monarchs start warning you, about the new girl messing with the drapes – take the hint), and a loose end – boxed & delivered courtesy of Roan – dropped at her & Clarke's (Eliza Taylor) feet. As some may have noticed, from the not quite spoiler free trailer to the ep, the jackass-in-the-box was Emerson (Toby Levins); and he would've been the happiest person on Earth, for having set eyes on Clarke again, if the show were set on Bizarro World.
This would turn out to be a test, for Clarke. Not of her resolve, but of her post-Wanheda "Blood must not have blood" conviction, and what – or whom – she was willing to put up, as collateral, for it. The twin matters of Grounder justice (Dealing with Emerson, and responding to the latest Skaikru massacre of Grounders) took Titus (Neil Sandilands) from a cautionary counterbalance to Clarke, to being at complete odds with her.
Clarke's resolution, to the cross-purpose agendas presented to her, should have been a model of idealist consistency; but, instead, came across as more of her imposing such ideals on others. In Emerson's case, she was sure to make her ruling a punishment – complete with the kind of curse you wouldn't recognize, should an irate cook place it in your fortune cookie.
As memorable a line as it was for her to close the 'Mountain Slayer' chapter on, Clarke seemed to forget two things. One was that you don't always get to decide when & where to close matters of beef; the other, that she has made a history of having her sentiments come back to haunt her. The throne of Heda may not be the only contest of succession, this season, as Emerson may find himself serving a much more lasting position than the one he lost – and some lasting peace to go with it. It's unlikely that such an outcome would be of any comfort to Clarke.
The odd thing about watching a movie, or TV Show: you often find yourself seeing patterns to characters that no one on screen – particularly the characters in question – ever seem to see. After all the talk about people dying for her decisions & ideology – a fact not entirely lost on her, given her self-imposed exile – you'd think Clarke would have some appreciation for what she was putting Lexa up against. You don't u-turn generations of tradition with pretty speeches & good intentions. Well, it seems the only one who can knock Clarke down a peg is Clarke – by constantly making herself agonize over the price others pay for her. By all indications, it seems Lexa has been designated a target-by-association, and will be added to Clarke's angst wall, sooner or later.
The real question is how will the next shoe drop, and which characters will be left with bare feet. Given that she stands to betray an entire way of life, her death could come from a random source; but I don't think the showrunners have the guts to do something as infuriating to fans as the random killing of a major character. No, it will have to have some kind of devastating ramification to it, and someone to hate over it. That said, Titus' devotion to Lexa brings to mind the thin line between love & hate – as does Indra's (Adina Porter); but I'm mostly mindful that, of all the bad blood Lexa has/ will amass, some of it could very well be black.
Another reaper forecast would be the one involving the great Arkadian divide-in-progress. Wounded Knee continued to be the order of the day, as Pike (Michael Beach) continued to be the embodiment of Manifest Destiny. Fortunately for Kane (Henry Ian Cusick), he had key assets in place for the makings of some kind of resistance movement. Both sides of the divide would see a promotion for regular background characters, like Miller (Jarod Joseph), Monroe (Katie Stuart), and Jackson (Sachin Sahel); but that didn't turn out to be a good thing for everyone included.
I'd just like to take a moment, to mention that this review's apologies come courtesy of the letter M.
For one thing, Team Pike brought Monty (Christopher Larkin) into the fold; and while having a voice of reason onboard should make for some interesting discourse – forcing the likes of Bellamy (Bob Morley) to plainly state the stakes – it sets up a reckoning with his mother, Hannah (Donna Yamamoto). A moment of apparent Hannah compassion was more fleeting than her would-be victim's footwork. With little to show, in the way of redemptive value, Hannah has been shaping up to be something of a personal crisis for her son, down the road (sorry, Monty).
BTW, who's Bryan (Jonathan Whitesell)? I know he means something (particularly to Miller), but, seriously, who is this guy? He was also placed at the newly sharpened tip of the Pike, with all the fanfare of a Red Shirt walking; but, alas, others were well ahead of him, on that waiting list. For a moment that seemed so long in the making, it almost seemed too soon, now (sorry, Monroe).
Team Kane, for its part, was lucky to have Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos) as its field agent. Unfortunately for Bellamy, his response to Monty's challenge left him squarely on Octavia's sh*t list. Here was the perfect example of the episode setting up more bitter harvests than it collected. Unfortunately for Octavia, one bummer crop it did collect on was the massacre her brother participated in. Between Miller's efforts, back at Arkadia, and her own earlier heroics (I'd point out that if tree sap scalds your skin, you probably shouldn't turn your eyes up to the stuff – but it was nice to see mutated flora & fauna still in effect), Octavia was able to head off a follow up massacre. Tragically for Octavia, however, was the fact that no deed goes unpunished, while two good deeds in a row leaves you back on the outs with both sides.
The third half-measured reaping involved Thelonious 'Baltar's got Morpheus' bag o' pills' Jaha (Isaiah Washington), and his take-this-all-of-you-and-eat-it tour becoming a bitter pill for Abby (Paige Turco) to swallow. While T-Monk matter-of-factly dispelled my fears, about the nature of Raven's (Lindsey Morgan) 'indoctrination' into the Shining Happy People society, he & Alie (Erica Cerra) did get her in on a little trojan action – and not the good kind.
This element could have been an opportunity to put Jasper (Devon Bostick) out of our misery; but it seems the show may need his agita to beat back the Scourge of Smiles. What we did get, however, was potentially the biggest freshly sown field, yet. Up next, on the 100 brave new world tour: V-ger – no, wait: Kra-gl – ahhh, no… Pol-is – yep, Pol-is is going to be the thing to be done/ needs doing about. For the moment, however, Raven may not have silicate pathways to her brain; but whatever it is, Jackson seemed happy about it, and Jasper was left wanting it, but Abby wasn't about to have any of it. She closed down the T-Monk Shining Time Station (sorry, 'Monk').
On its face, 'Bitter Harvest' had a lot going for it. Levins & Sandilands both gave standout performances, with Levins getting enough pathos out of Emerson to warrant a redemption arc, on a show like this; but what I think (read: hope) they have in mind for him works better. Titus, on the other hand, continues to be portrayed as a man so torn – between his sense of duty, and his sense of personal loyalty – that it has left him in visible knots. It turns out, however, that he has recently acquired an outlet for all that angst. Sorry, Murphy (Richard Harmon).
Given the title, however, I don't think it unreasonable that I expected at least as much payoff as promise from it. What it did promise was plenty intriguing, sure; but something has to be done about this game of keep-away vibe they've sort of settled into. As obvious as some of these threads seem to be, it comes across almost like stalling… or worse, stretching.
Don't get me wrong – it could still turn out to be a good kind of crazy season; I just don't like what only feels like makeshift measuring, is all (… sorry, me).
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Niven was born in Los Angeles and educated at Washburn University, Kansas. He began his career as a prolific author of technologically inventive science fiction in 1962. Begin with Ring World (1970), the central work in his celebrated Tales of Known Space series, in which aliens and humans unite in exploration of a gigantic artificial world built around a distant star. The book continues from World of Ptavus (1966), featuring the escape from an imprisoning 'stasis field' of a hostile survivor of an extinct civilization. A Gift from Earth (1968) recounts a revolt over economic conditions on a planet colonized by humans. The descendants of a terrestrial space-crew inhabit a gaseous envelope around a neutron star in The Smoke Ring (1987), which describes their attempt to discover their origins from the computer program on their ancestors' spacecraft.
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I'm supposed to say some stuff about myself and nominate some other blogs that I like.
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Inter- and intragrain transport measurements in YBa2Cu3O7-x deformation textured coated conductors
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The Seahawks get to go north of the border into Canada as the NFL has it's annual Buffalo Bills home game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Matchup: Seattle vs. Buffalo
Venue: Rogers Centre
Time: 1:05 (local)
Weather: Roof Closed 22C. Roof open high 6C, low 5C Showers
Team Records: Seattle 8-5. Buffalo 5-8
Standings: Seahawks 2nd NFC West. Bills 3rd AFC East
This is a road game for the Seahawks, but technically it is a road game for the Bills as well, even though the close proximity between Buffalo and Toronto will mean a lot of Bills fans will be there.
So at least this is the last away game of the years for the Hawks, and the supposed last great hurdle before facing the 49ers and Rams to finish off the year.
The 9ers play away at New England, and we saw what they did to Houston last week, so this really is a must win for Seattle if they plan on making that final push for the divisional title this year.
Game notes/How they match up
As mentioned above, this is an away game for the Seahawks, so anything goes.
After last weeks blowout against Arizona, the team looks like it is gelling at the right moment of the season, but Arizona is a terrible team so that theory may still be untested.
Buffalo comes in after a close loss to St. Louis last week, a win that put the Rams into the Wild Card talk, even if that is all it is, talk.
Both teams of course will want to win this game, but honestly, besides their pride, the Bills have nothing left to fight for this yeas, as opposed to the Hawks who have basically everything.
What to watch: Seattle
First off, will we see any of the magic from last Sunday, or did we use it all up?
Secondly, can the Seahawks make it two a row on the road?
Everybody will need to be on point in this one, it is a strange atmosphere up in Canada, and it is an away game on the east coast, which besides the Carolina game, we tend to do awful in.
Last weeks monster performance by Marshawn Lynch could be repeated, at least yardage wise. If he could get into the end zone even once this week I will be happy. (Especially since I have him in two of my fantasy leagues).
Russell Wilson needs to get that air raid back on for the Hawks too. With Sidney Rice looking like he will be a go, he will have his two favorite targets to throw to.
What to watch: Buffalo
The Bills have just said goodbye to RB Fred Taylor for the year, placing him on the IR.
This is a big blow for the team's running game, though they still have C.J. Spiller and Tashard Choice in the back field.
Playing in the AFC East is a lot like being the Toronto Blue Jays in baseball. No matter how well you think your team is, you will most likely never catch the giant at the top of the division (New England).
Even with a great young group of players on offense, the Bills have a tough time every year gaining ground in the NFL.
This season is no different.
Nor is this week. After already losing to San Francisco and St. Lois, this weeks game against another NFC West foe is not going to be any easier for them.
Not quite miracle talk, but it will take a major lapse on the Seahawks part for Buffalo to come away the victors.
Seattle O vs. Buffalo D
The most feared name on the Buffalo D is Mario Williams, second to that is his backup Shawne Merriman.
The Hawks will have to avoid that section of the field on running plays, as well as have excellent pass protection from the quick Williams.
Sidney Rice, who did not practice mid week, was listed as probable on Friday after going through the full practice with the team that day.
This is huge news for the Hawks, especially after saying goodbye to Braylon Edwards last week. With both Rice and Golden Tate in the game, the Seahawks passing game gets that much more dangerous.
Buffalo O vs. Seattle D
If I were Ryan Fitzpatrick and C.J. Spiller, I would be very afraid coming out of the tunnel before the game on Sunday.
You know they have been watching the game tape from the beat down all week, and the horror must be etched into their heads by now.
Stevie Johnson is always a threat, but the defensive backs of the Seahawks are no match for the Bills, or at least shouldn't be.
Brandon Browner is out of action again this week (suspension), so the Hawks will be a man short in the D backfield.
Injury Report
Out: Walter Thurmond, Marcus Trufant. Probable: Red Bryant, Kam Chancellor, Marshawn Lynch, Sidney Rice.
Out: Fred Jackson, Eric Wood. Questionable: Mark Anderson, Nick Barnett, Jairus Byrd, Marcell Dareus, Spencer Johnson, Donald Jones, Andy Levitre, Leodis McKelvin, Justin Rogers. Probable: Ron Brooks, Scott Chandler, Da'Norris Searcy, Lee Smith, C.J. Spiller, Kraig Urbik, Chris White, Aaron Williams, Kyle Williams, Mario Williams.
The Hawks are favored by 5.5 this week, that is a huge number for a road Seattle game. This may be right, but I'm going a little higher than that margin.
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When Rashad Evans was shown twisting his nipples directly before his UFC 88 fight with Chuck Liddell, we wondered if the Greg Jackson camp knew something we didn't; after all, Evans's teammate Georges St. Pierre did the same thing before his title defense against Jon Fitch last month. Turns out it was just a simple goof on GSP. As Evans explained to TAGG Radio:
"Georges St. Pierre was the first do it, and it's just sort of an inside joke…Georges said it was supposed to be good luck or something, so I said, 'Cool, alright,'" Evans said, laughing.
Good luck, huh? Never heard that one before. Can't wait to try it out at the roulette table.
Evans also talked about the Bill Gates mugshot t-shirt that he wore during his cage-entrance, which bore no apparent sponsors, and which some assumed was viral marketing on the part of Microsoft. If Gates paid Evans to wear it, Sugar wasn't letting on:
"[Gates] was arrested in Albuquerque, N.M. He started off Microsoft in the basement of the Bank One Building. That's right next to the (Team Jackson) gym."
That's the only association right now, but the team is hopeful Gates could become more involved with Team Jackson someday.
"Maybe one day he'll be part of my crew," Evans joked.
Meanwhile, in an interview with MMA Weekly, Evans credited another Jackson teammate, Keith Jardine, for helping him with his strategy for the Chuck fight:
"Keith said 'you're gonna get his timing, and there's a point when you're going to see em' coming,'" Evans said. "'When you see it coming, get off first — don't sit there and wait.' And that's what I did. As soon as he had me against the fence, you can always tell when he's coming, so as soon as I see him make that face, I just tried to bust off first."


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These technologies have other applications than warfare, however the sources who developed these technologies in the modern day are probably interested in Directed Energy Weapon based psychological operations with these technologies more than anything.
Technological Optical Illusion Methods:
-Project Bluebeam Tech (Projected Holograms)
-Synthetic Optics (Ability to Create Visual Hallucinations+ with Synthetic Signals in the Brain)
-Virtual Reality (Mind Hacking to Produce an Artificial Virtual Reality)
Rumored Psychological Operations with these Technologies:
-Religious Themed Images in the Sky (Crucifix, Mother Mary, etc)
-New Age Psychological Operations
-Potentially Behind Reptilian Shapeshifting Illusions
-Fake Alien Invasion (I doubt this will happen but listing it anyway)
-Anything that Effectively Manipulates the Public
The military industrial complex seeks to develop and exploit/weaponize any and all possible warfare applications for any technology that they have ever discovered...
***Update with Further Research***
"Hologram Weapons:
Hologram, Death. Hologram used to scare a target individual to death. Example, a drug lord with a weak heart sees the ghost of his dead rival appearing at his bedside and dies of fright [149:4].
Hologram, Prophet. The projection of the image of an ancient god over an enemy capitol whose public communications have been seized and used against it in a massive psychological operation [609].
Hologram, Soldiers-Forces. The projection of soldier-force images which make an opponent think more allied forces exist than actually do, make an opponent believe that allied forces are located in a region where none actually exist, and/or provide false targets for his weapons to fire upon. New concept developed in this document."
Sources: (1) || (2)
Covert Transhumanism
The Electronic Control Grid
Black Project AI
Modern Day MKULTRA Cover Stories
Electronic Telepathy - Synthetic Telepathy - v2k
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Saturday's Starting Block and Project Blue Events Open to All SWOSU Students
The News Student Orientation Office at SWOSU wants to invite students to several events that the office hosting during Dawg Days on the Weatherford campus.
The first activity is a freshman event, The Starting Block, which is Saturday, August 13, from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Wellness Center. The freshmen will meet with their Orientation Leader and their freshman orientation class as a group. They will do icebreakers and get to know each other as they talk about all of the night's activities and upcoming events for Dawg Days.
Following The Starting Block will be Project Blue. This event will be held at the Wellness Center, 7:30-10 p.m. It gives both freshmen and upperclassmen a chance to get plugged in to campus life beginning after Move-In Day earlier that day.
Events to be held at Project Blue include: exotic petting zoo, spray-on tattoos, inflatable games, digital pictures, picture frame decorating, dancing, 3-on-3 basketball and dodge ball tourney, board games, massages, prizes, food and more! One of the bigger prizes is a flat screen TV. The entire event is free to students.
SWOSU Collegiate Activities Board (CAB) is co-sponsoring the exotic animals and will be giving away prizes using the famous prize wheel.
This event is sponsored by NSO with help from Chi Alpha, SWOSU Collegiate Activities Board (CAB), SWOSU Guard Officer Leadership Development Program (GOLD), SWOSU Wellness Center Staff, and the University Bookstore (Follett).
The Orientation Leaders will offer campus/building tours on Monday, August 15, at 10:30 a.m. The students will meet on the front steps of the Stafford Center and become more familiar with the buildings and the locations of their classes. This event is for freshmen and transfer students. It is also open to any other students interested in becoming more familiar with SWOSU. It is helpful if the students will bring the most updated copy of their class schedule. At the conclusion of the tours, BancFirst will be providing ice cream from 12- 1 p.m. at the Clock Tower.
For more information about The Starting Block, Project Blue, or campus/building tours contact the NSO Office at 580.774.3233 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. For additional Dawg Day activities check the online calendar at http://www.swosu.edu/calendar.


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JOKAB Safety, represented in Australia by Sensor Safe Pty Ltd , has a safety relay that makes it possible to install up to 30 safety devices in the same safety circuit and still achieve safety category 4 according to EN 954-1.
The Jokab 'Vital' module is what makes this safety system possible.
Vital is a small (22.5mm wide din mount) electronic safety relay that is based upon a dynamic single-channel concept as opposed to conventional dual-channel safety relays.
Up to 30 dynamic sensors can be connected directly in the safety circuit and be supervised by only one Vital module. The Vital therefore replaces several safety relays.
Most safety components on the market can be connected to the Vital module.
Dynamic sensors enable safety category 4 to be achieved in a single-channel system. For example Jokab's non-contact Eden sensor and Spot light beam.
E stops, mechanical switches and third party devices can be connected to the Vital with the aid of Tina adaptors and still achieve category 4.
All sensors are connected using a five-core M12 cable. The sensors are connected in series, minimising cable and installation costs as only one cable run is needed.
The Vital has automatic or manual supervised reset selection, dual safety outputs and an information output for reset indication and status information for PLCs. It has detachable connector blocks that simplify connection, trouble-shooting and exchange of module.
Sensor Safe Pty Ltd supplies and installs industrial safety solutions including Jokab's Vital, Pluto PLC and Quick-Guard systems.


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IT is the splendid collection of European paintings that is getting top billing these days at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. But on a visit there the other day in search of the restoration of spirit and senses that art can provide, I was drawn instead to a modest video installation in one of the smaller galleries generally reserved for contemporary art.
Several days later now, its images are still with me. Y. David Chung's ``Turtle Boats'' video provides windows into the memory of a Korean immigrant working in a grocery store in an inner-city neighborhood - a store presumably like the ones looted during last year's Los Angeles riots.
``I'm interested in the way a person lives today in an American city and the peculiar contradictory elements that come crashing together,'' Mr. Chung has said. ``How do you deal with this? This work is about a Korean immigrant, his experience. People have a vast store of memories in their heads, but you can't see it.''
The piece seems at first simple enough: A placid-faced shopkeeper serves his (off-camera) customers from behind a (presumably bulletproof) glass partition. A little revolving door set into the partition enables him to deliver the goods and collect the cash in one motion. The encounters with the (generally black) customers seem pleasant enough, although the thickness of the glass partition causes some communication problems for the merchant, surrounded with a zillion items for sale, each of them a bright-colored triumph of American packaging and marketing.
It is for the moment a benign environment - except for the somehow threatening dull roar of automobile engines off-camera as customers drive up to and then away from the store.
But then the roar of car engines yields to a more sinister roar of warplanes, as memory transports this Korean back to wartime Asia. Black-and-white historical footage, its graininess an apt way to signify the graininess of memory, suggests our hero as a young boy, watching the soldiers of the occupying Japanese Army march by.
Other images of more recent memory, of dinnertime at a comfortable suburban home, suggest that his life has not been all struggle, but then we see images of the Los Angeles riots.
Are those his memories from direct experience, or did he just see it all on television too?
And what of the ``turtle boats'' of the title? We are told that they were a type of ironclad vessel the Koreans used to repel a Japanese invasion in 1592. We see them in the video, another image glimpsed through the windows of memory: The boats' oarsmen pull the vessels bravely forward through the water.
The mild-mannered immigrant's story is about survival, about holding one's own against whatever challenge, warfare or urban riots.
We can be grateful to Chung, an artist born in Germany in the 1950s to South Korean diplomat parents, for reminding us of the whole world each of us carries within. But in a society with about a quarter-billion individual stores of memories, so many of them of immigrant experience, of slavery experience, of poverty and deprivation, the larger wonder may be that they don't ``come crashing together'' any more often than they do.


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I haven't updated here in a long time and while I still intend to take this down the depression has to go first. So here's the story for now. Yes, I am still severely depressed. The hospital got my meds back to where they were when this episode started. It wasn't enough. After some confusion with Dr. Brain last week I saw her Monday. We have a complicated plan.
She contacted my inpatient dr. to see if I am a good candidate for ECT (shock therapy). I am rather hoping this is possible because it is something new and not medications. But there is still trickiness; we have to have some med to go on when the treatments are done that will hold me and keep me from just winding up back in the hospital for more ECT.
For right now we increased Emsam to the absolute highest dose. So now I'm on a strict MAOI diet which is weird after being able to be fairly lax with it for years. I'll know if that is helping in about a week, so about Monday. So far I've slept all day the last 2 days since increasing it. I don't think it's related.
There are 2 new anti-psychotics on the market and Dr. Brain is checking into whether one of them might be helpful. One of them I discovered last night has a high risk for the same problems I just got over so it's probably out. The other is a derivative of Abilify which I had problems with when I was on it years ago. So she has to figure out if the same risks exist for it. Getting off Seroquel is one plan because it doesn't seem to be as effective as it once was.
If all that fails then I will go in the hospital and come off Seroquel and go on the last resort medication, Clozaril. It's a big deal to go on that one; every week for 52 weeks blood has to be drawn and you get 7 days worth of medication after the labs are checked. So it's a big commitment just for that and some of the side effects can be scary beyond the one requiring the blood draws (which is that your immune system can tank and you can get really sick if not monitored). I am terrified of this drug but I'm also terrified of what it will do to me to keep trying and failing meds. That makes me feel so very hopeless.
So I'm not sure what else is going on. Dr. Brain thought she'd know about ECT yesterday to tell me but I didn't get an answer. So either the hospital dr. didn't answer her or she ran out of time because today was Yom Kippur and she'd be off work for that. I'm not even clear whether we'd go for ECT now or at what point in that plan we'd try that. I know she wants to avoid the side effects (memory loss) if we can treat this otherwise but it's no secret that there aren't a lot of options remaining.
So the status right now is increased Emsam and something else will happen soon.Which is a lot better than waiting to see if my body would stabilize itself after the hospital made a lot of changes really quickly. It did not. I understand why we had to do that but oh the wait was awful.
9 months of this. I don't even remember feeling good anymore. And now I need to go change my patches and set my alarm to see Dr. Mind tomorrow. Because I will forget and then everything blows up.


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'It's only 2-0' - Ajax boss Bosz rues fantastic Fahrmann
Ajax head coach Peter Bosz was thrilled with his side's display in their 2-0 defeat of Schalke, but was left with a feeling of regret they could not earn a healthier advantage.
The Eredivisie giants dominated the Europa League quarter-final first leg from start to finish in Amsterdam, Davy Klaassen's double handing them a significant lead.
Pochettino looking to be like Fergie
But for Schalke's Ralf Fahrmann, Ajax would have been out of sight. The goalkeeper made a string of fine saves in the second half to keep his side in with a chance ahead of next week's return in Gelsenkirchen.
One save in particular with less than 15 minutes remaining to tip a Donny van de Beek drive onto the crossbar was remarkable and could prove crucial come the final reckoning.
RESULT: Ajax 2-0 Schalke
Klaassen 23 (P), 52
#UEL pic.twitter.com/c2pCj0i4bE — UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) April 13, 2017
"I'm happy with our game, but not completely satisfied with the outcome. It's only 2-0, but we should score more goals," Bosz said.
"This outcome means next week is still a real competition. I am satisfied that we have had no goals against.
"Was this the best Ajax [played] under my leadership? Also against Feyenoord and Copenhagen we have played well here in the Amsterdam ArenA.
"We gave them so little time on the ball. Tonight I might have most enjoyed the cooperation between the fans and the team. The whole stadium stood behind our team."
Bosz's opposite number Markus Weinzierl, however, was less than impressed with his side's display - Fahrmann apart.
#Weinzierl: "We're all very disappointed but highly thankful to Ralf #Fährmann that the result wasn't higher." #AJAS04 #s04 pic.twitter.com/F1tRvrbOxW — FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) April 13, 2017
"We gave the ball away far too quickly and left the Ajax players too much space. They took advantage of that," he said. "We need to work past this game quickly and put in a much improved performance in the second leg.
"We're all very disappointed but highly thankful to Ralf Fahrmann that the result wasn't bigger."


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- AmberEyes
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: October 2010
So in May 2010 I had surgery to remove my cysts.
Last year I had to have surgery again to remove my uterine polyps and to check if my fallopian tubes are open.
Yesterday, when I met up with my doctor again, she said I have to have another surgery, as the polyps came back.
I'm no doctor, but I feel like this many surgeries is traumatic to my body, which may make my infertility worse. Maybe it's all in my head. I would appreciate some words of advice from you wise ladies. Also, if anyone else can share their surgery experiences with me, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Sep 2010 21:49 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
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H.264 royalties
by westlake on Fri 17th Sep 2010 05:50 UTC
The enterprise cap on H.264 is $5 million a year.
The H.264 licensors include Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, JVC, Mitshubishi, NTT, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba.
There are 837 H.264 licensees.
H.264 is a broadcast standard. It is a cable, broadcast and satellite distribution standard. An industrial video standard. It is a home video standard. [Blu-Ray, HDTV] A theatrical production standard.
If you are producing hardware or software or content for any of these markets, you will be licensing H.264 and WebM is a wash.


text: Black Hatters, Well, I did it. I broke down and bought Social Blaster (Allows you to mass spam ping.fm accounts) . You can write your own content for it, or you can have it generate content from an RSS feed and then it will stick your link on the end (Cha-ching). I'm still a noob around here and I wondered if anybody had any good recommendations to find RSS feeds that could be used as "tweets" (or "pings") (so less than 140 chars). I have done quite a few good Google searches for RSS content, but I haven't really found anything terribly useful. Also, does anybody know of a way to use Anchor text with Twitter/Ping.fm/Identi.ca? Any good recommendations will get the "thanks" button. Thank you in advance, ~The Internet Viking~


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It Gets Better: A Letter to Doubters
I remember thinking – knowing really, during that indescribably difficult and painful time of my life when all of my doubts were finally being dealt with, that this darkness and self-hatred was something I was destined to endure until I died. I remember this feeling, hopelessness, being all that I could feel for some time.
I was losing my faith. I was losing the core of who I thought I was. I've tried to describe this pain before but my words can't do it justice. This was an involuntary reversal of that which I once KNEW; that my god existed, loved me, and had plans for my life. To know something and then to no longer know that something, especially something so vital to my own existence can be absolutely devastating. It was for me.
For over two years I wanted to end my life every day. It seemed like the only way.


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By Adam Newman, action photos by Margus Riga,
When Rocky Mountain set out to redesign the genre-bending Altitude trail bike they had a broad stroke of travel lengths – and wheel sizes – to choose from. When the dust settled, the 650b wheels were combined with 150mm of travel and a novel, adjustable-geometry linkage.
Ride 9
Bikes in the slightly ambiguous "trail" category run the gamut from burly XC speedsters to stripped-down gravity sleds, so Rocky Mountain incorporated an all new technology in the Altitude: Ride 9. By adjusting two concentric squares at the upper shock mount, the rider has nine adjustment points to choose from. By effectively moving the shock mount forward and back they can adjust the headtube and seattube angles as well as bottom bracket drop. Check out how the changes work on the fly with Rocky Mountain's Ride 9 microsite.
Alternatively, by moving the mounting point up or down, it will change the amount of force required to bottom out the shock, useful as riders can vary in weight as often as they do height. WIth the shock mounted in the upper portion of the square it requires a higher air pressure, useful for lighter riders to prevent an under-pressurized shock. In the lower positions of the square, heavier riders won't require as much air in the shock.
By adjusting the chip, the rider can adjust the Altitude's headtube angle from 66.6 to 68.3 degrees, the seattube angle from 73.6 to 75.3 degrees, and the bottom bracket height by plus or minus a full 10mm above or below the axle line. All sizes share a 428mm chainstay length. If the seattube numbers seem steep to you, it's because Rocky Mountain runs what it calls Straight Up geometry, keeping the rider from falling too far behind the bottom bracket when the bike is sagged.
The bike also incorporates Rocky Mountain's Angular Contact Bushings first introduced on the Element 29er platform, saving a full 120 grams over sealed bearings and what it claims is twice the rear end stiffness.
Rocky Mountain uses a patented SmoothLink suspension system that keeps a straight line from the main pivot to the rear pivot above the axle line at all points of travel. By keeping the rear pivot low, it achieves a near parallel path to the pull generated by the chain. The bike I rode was a pre-production prototype aluminum model with a mixed parts spec, but it was more than capable of tackling the trails surrounding Whistler, BC. The suspension seemed quite active, and I made good use of the Fox CTD remote while shuttling, but I didn't have time to really fine-tune the shock pressure.
With the Ride 9 adjustment chip moved to a more slack and firm platform for the second half of the ride, the change to the headtube angle made for a subtle, but noticeable difference in the bike's descending stability. Given the trend in geometry and rider preference for longer, lower, slacker in recent years, I can't imagine many riders opting for the steeper setting.
As with other 650b bikes I've ridden in this segment, the wheel size plays a smaller role in bike's overall character than you might imagine. Unlike the jump to 29-inch, it takes a second of looking at a 650b bike to notice the increased diameter, and the same subtle difference is felt on the trail as well. The Altitude never feels long or awkward, and can handle tight moves without sacrificing roll-over ability.
There will be five spec levels in all: A full-carbon 790 MSL, the carbon front/aluminum rear 770 MSL and 750 MSL, and full-aluminum 750 and 730. The full-carbon version will be available as a frame-only option. All models share a 142mm thru-axle, ISCG chain guide mounts, a BB92 bottom bracket, 2×10 drivetrains, Shimano direct-mount derailleur hangers, and cable routing for dropper seatposts and rear shock remotes.


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Create deeper relationships with your audience by using Sequential Advertising
Advertisers looking to create a deeper relationship with their target audience may like to consider sequential advertising as a strategy for their next advertising campaign. Similar to roadblock advertising, Sequential Advertising is a tactic used to tell a story or to continue an advertising message through a user's visit to a site or group of sites.
Unlike roadblock advertising where the messaging is consistent, sequential advertising is a series of messaging which on occasions rely on the audience seeing or engaging with previous advertisements. Basically each view, engagement or click with sequential messaging informs the next message sent to the consumer creating a deeper, unique, and compelling dialogue.
An example of a sequential advertising campaign could be with video in an island ad unit. When a viewer clicks to play the video it plays then stops with a call to action. If the user doesn't click the call to action but goes to a 2nd page on the website, the island ad unit serves the next video in the sequential advertising campaign to continue the advertising story or key messaging. Concurrently every other ad unit is loaded with a static ad unit reinforcing the call to action.
Sequential Advertising performs well across the network
So apart from simply running sequential advertising across just one site, sequential advertising can be run across all sites in Gourmet Ads. Even if the users don't visit the second and third sites in the one session, the user still can be served the entire sequence during the period of a campaign.
Sequential advertising campaign does require a little planning from a messaging perspective, however when implemented across Gourmet Ads, sequential advertising can be a very effective advertising tactic to gain engagement and consumers.


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Have a definitely dream come true wedding dress with this lace and satin ensemble. It is strapless with the bodice in pure flawless satin adorned with a bow sash that spells perfection. The skirt is in lace starting from the natural waist and fits down to the lower hips. A flared skirt is then revealed that progresses to a court train. It has covered buttons for back closure.


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SEARSPORT, Maine — A risk assessment study released this week by former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard A. Clarke recommends that the town of Searsport not proceed with a $40 million, 23 million gallon liquid propane gas terminal and storage tank project.
The Islesboro Islands Trust this summer commissioned the study from Clarke's firm, Good Harbor Consulting. The island land conservation group has opposed industrial development on Searsport's Sears Island and the Mack Point port facility, where Denver-based DCP Midstream has proposed building the energy project.
The controversial project has received permits from agencies including the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The project now awaits a decision from the Searsport Planning Board, whose volunteer members have long indicated their willingness to examine Clarke's findings. Clarke will make a presentation on the matter on Wednesday during the first of three scheduled public hearings this week about the liquid propane gas project. The hearings will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Searsport District High School, with subsequent sessions planned for 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
"I think it's good news for Penobscot Bay," Steven Miller of the Islesboro Islands Trust said Monday afternoon of Clarke's recommendation that the planning board deny permits to DCP Midstream. "It's good news for all of us."
But Roz Elliott of DCP Midstream said Monday afternoon that after examining the long report, she and others at the company were not impressed with its conclusions or methodology.
"This report is questionable on so many fronts," she said. "There was certainly a long delay of three months for a report that makes several assertions without any backup."
Among the 138-page report's findings:
• Regional public safety and security resources are not sufficient to address a significant land or maritime incident.
• Although agencies including the Searsport Police Department and the Searsport Fire Department signed "letters of compliance" in regards to their ability to respond to incidents, "no emergency management plans have been developed" to show how compliance will be established and maintained.
• There are no dedicated marine firefighters in the immediate area, or teams trained to respond to an incident involving a fire aboard an LPG carrier.
• The waterway in Penobscot Bay needs to be dredged before building the project.
• If LPG facilities were regulated as strictly as liquid natural gas facilities, the one in Searsport would not meet the federally regulated criteria. "LPG and LNG pose serious risks," the report stated.
Additionally, Clarke questioned whether Searsport is really the right place to locate a gas import facility.
"If the price of gas continues to decline and if there are alternative, cost-effective measures to transport gas to the region, the Searsport facility may become a shuttered eyesore, unable to financially support the emergency response augmentation that building the facility requires," stated the report's executive summary.
Elliott of DCP Midstream said that, among other things, Clarke appeared in the report to essentially attack the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Congress by stating that they hadn't taken federal statutes far enough.
"That's insulting to those agencies that take safety very seriously," she said. "We're really looking forward to Wednesday night to rebut this report's inaccuracies and sloppiness."
Bruce Probert, chairman of the Searsport Planning Board, said he was looking forward to hearing Clarke's ideas. The report originally had been expected to be completed in November, he said, adding that he would have been "very surprised" if Clarke had determined the facility to be a good idea for the area.
Islesboro Islands Trust officials have said that although they commissioned the risk assessment report, Good Harbor Consulting is an independent agency.
"I look at it with an open mind," Probert said. "The more information you get, the better. We take constructive criticism, or ideas. Maybe Clarke has some good ideas in there."
However, the planning board ultimately will make its decision based on Searsport's ordinances, he said.
"Not by whether someone says 'We want it or we don't want it,'" Probert said.


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Last Friday, J. Lynne Bredfeldt announced the launch of her new full-service public relations and event planning firm, J. Lynne PR LLC. Bredfeldt formed the company in June, but wasn't focusing on the business full-time while she worked in a temporary position in the public relations department at Bloomingdale's.
Bredfeldt's Chicago-based boutique firm will specialize in event development and management for store openings, product launches, fashion shows, and galas. Her current client roster includes Italian clothing shop Dismero, Tula Boutique, and nonprofit organization Landmarks Illinois.
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VIBS Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center was established in 1976 Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS) has been a pioneer in the domestic violence and rape crisis movements.
Over the past 40 years, we have been providing counseling and advocacy to victims, and their families, of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault.
Or mission is to assist adult and child survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and trafficking; to prevent the incidence of these crimes through education and services; and to raise community awareness of the need for justice and compassion for victims.
This year, VIBS will provide services to over 7,000 survivors in Suffolk County, New York.
VIBS provides services that empower survivors of violence and promote dignity, self-sufficiency and safety. VIBS is the sole non-residential domestic violence service agency and rape crisis service in Suffolk County.
VIBS runs the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) units, the only rape crisis centers in Suffolk County, which are located at Good Samaritan Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center and Stony Brook University Medical Center. We have nurses on call that are dispatched to the hospital that the victim is referred to and we have Rape Crisis Counselor there to help with their immediate well-being and any other procedural issues that may arise.


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A Reader writes in:
"My PC is being shared by my roomies – they mainly use it for watching films – virus threats from USB is paramount. I have no issue with CD drives. But USB's are a no-no. So its really important that I do this (block or lockdown USB ports)."
There are plenty of ways to disable usb ports and you don't need any special software.
Disable USB Ports By Disabling Autorun
Most of the malware that spreads through USB devices spreads because of the Autorun feature which automatically executes a said file mentioned in the autorun.inf file located at the root of the USB device folder tree. Something as unsuspicious as "Open folder to view files" to the untrained eye can be easily made to run any desired file on the drive and can thus infect your computer. So disabling autorun is always one of the better options. To do so:
- First, the key combination Win + R and type Gpedit.msc
- Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components, then click Autoplay Policies. (XP users should try Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System
- In the Details pane, double-click Turn off Autoplay.
- Click Enabled, select All drives in the Turn off Autoplay box to disable Autorun on all drives.
Microsoft Help and Support has more details and methods
Option 1. Disable users from connecting USB devices
You can prevent selected user accounts from connecting USB devices to your computer. So if you share your laptop/computer with a friend, you should create a separate user account and deny his/her account the ability to connect USB devices. Microsoft Help and Support provides steps to obtain such fine grain control.
Or you can simply navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor and set the value of Start to 4. To enable access again change the value back to 3
Although the site mentions that this applies to Windows XP, 2000 and 2003 it worked just fine on Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well.
Option 2. Change BIOS, disable USB ports, password protect BIOS
Enter your system's BIOS, just when you press the Power On button. Look for anything that allows you to disable USB ports, disable them and make sure you add a BIOS password.
Option 3. User Device Manager to disable USB
- Go to Device Manager (Right click My Computer, choose Manage, choose Device Manager in left pane)
- Now look for USB Devices in the right pane, right click on the device and choose disable.
Of course you would like to make it a little easier to enable/disable the USB ports. For that you need to create a reg file that modifies the appropriate registry key. Here is an example (make sure to spell everything correctly):
Now double clicking on this file will enable access, similarly you can change 00000003 to 00000004 to create a reg file for disabling access.
None of these are fool proof, there is always someone smart enough to find a way around. If you really want to go all the way you can fill the ports with some epoxy or a similar substance! This is of course not a recommended solution for your personal computer but might come in handy for large organizations trying to prevent employees from using USB devices.
All in all the options are good enough to stop accidental, non intentional spread of malware/compromise of your computer as mostly happens when a USB device is plugged into different computers. However don't bet your life on these if some one is really determined to use a USB device on your computer for whatever reason.
How do you protect your computer from malware spread via USB drives?
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Type in Run window regedit and click OK
After registry editor Open Goes to the
In the Right Pane Double Click on Start and Type in Value 4
USB Port is Disabled
Type Value 3 For Enable USB Port
Or Simply Download the Application Called USB Port Operator
For Enable and Disable USB Port. its worked for me
Their is another method from BIOS search over internet for it.
from http://softlinklabs.com/2012/12/download-usb-port-opearatorexe.html
Why not just scan the drive for malware with Spybot, Malwarebytes', Super Anti-Spyware, etc?
I ran scans with Malwarebytes' and Super Anti-Spyware, Malwarebytes' picked up some spyware and autorun.ini files, and Super Anti-Spyware detected to Trojans, both were on my iPod.
I think they solved it in Windows 7 .
I use USB 1.3 (yes, the app is named "USB") to prevent autorun files from executing. A lightweight, portable program that works. It's been reviewed on MUO before.
Another choice is iKill, but I will not recommend it due to its dangerous requirement, that to disable the autorun file, you must remove the usb and then reinsert it. You can imagine how annoying and potentially dangerous this can be.


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Wendy Potter here, president of the Alumni Association. Clive Soden continues to volunteer his time to the design and maintainance of this website.
We all know how fortunate we are to have grown up in Laguna Beach. We all especially love the way Laguna was back in the 50's, 60's and 70's - the best times of our lives. Getting together every year and hearing all the stories are what make the picnic so special. Along with getting together every year, it is also the Alumni Associations time to make money for scholarships for the graduating class. Over the previous 5 years that I have been in charge we have given $20,000. The reason we are able to do this is because of your donations at the picnic and online to our Paypal account.
Every year we receive at least 20 letters from graduating seniors who are direct descendants of many of us. Each year I enjoy getting to read those letters, and I wish we could give money to every single applicant. But we only have so much money every year. I'm asking you again to please donate even if you are not able to attend the picnic. The yearly dues are $20 and, of course, you may donate more if you so choose. Every year we start back at zero because I give all money to scholarships. Your most recent donations have helped the graduating class of 2017!
If you are able to make the picnic I look forward to seeing you! Please be sure to join the Alumni Association each year.
Also, I'm looking for someone to take over my seat. If you or anyone you know who would like to be president and take over the reins it would greatly be appreciated. Please contact me.
Warmest Regards, Wendy Potter, Class of 78'
On May 5, 2018, the all-class picnic and reunion for all Laguna Beach High alumni had another good turnout at Heisler Park, 375 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach. Plan on attending the next annual picnic on the first Saturday in May. The event is usually held from 11 am to 3 pm.
Here's link to photos of 2018 Alumni Picnic
Also, we are always looking for volunteers to help with our annual picnics. If interested, please contact our alumni president, Wendy Potter, by clicking either the Contact button above or the Facebook logo at the bottom of this webpage.
To see recent alumni photos, click the Facebook logo at the bottom of this webpage.
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According to Wikipedia, the high school nickname was originally the Breakers. But after only 19 months, civic pride with Laguna's art community culminated in a student body vote on June 4, 1936 to change the name to "Artists." In 2003, the student body voted to return to the "Breakers" nickname.
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We are sorry to announce that Chip Harrell the owner/partner of the Sandpiper lounge has passed away.
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals. We provide scholarship funds for students of Laguna Beach High School.


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Bar staff serve drinks in venues like pubs, clubs, wine bars, hotels and leisure centres.
1. Entry requirements
There are no set entry requirements, but customer service experience may be helpful.
You'll usually need to be at least 18 to work in a bar, although you could start a relevant apprenticeship at 16.
2. Skills required
You'll need:
- the ability to get on with a wide range of customers
- numeracy skills
- the ability to remember drink orders
3. What you'll do
You could work for a large chain or an independent business. You'll be responsible for creating a welcoming, friendly atmosphere and talking with customers.
Your day-to-day tasks could include:
- using a till to take orders and payments
- handling cash
- serving drinks and snacks
- keeping the bar clean and well stocked
4. Salary
Starter: £12,000
Experienced: £17,000
Highly Experienced: £20,000 to £35,000 (bar manager)
You may be paid by the hour at the national minimum wage.
Your salary may depend upon experience, the type of bar or restaurant and its location.
Tips from customers can increase your earnings and some organisations offer subsidised food and other benefits.
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
Hours will vary and you're likely to work shifts including evenings, weekends and public holidays. Seasonal work is common.
You may have to work in a noisy, hot or crowded environment. You may be asked to lift heavy items like crates of drinks.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could progress to supervisor, deputy bar manager and bar manager.
You could also become a publican or bar manager for a hotel chain.
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Because 2010's MacGruber wasn't enough, New Line is moving forward with their feature adaptation of MacGyver. Horror auteur James Wan (Insidious, Saw) is now in talks to direct the film, reports Variety.
Based on the 1980s television series, MacGyver starred Richard Dean Anderson as the fictional government agent of the same name, who would use his wits and whatever was laying around to fight bad guys. As of right now, no plot details have been divulged, but expect the involvement of a paper clip, some chewing gum and a piece of string.
Raffaella and Martha De Laurentiis will produce the pic through their Dino De Laurentiis banner, along with Lee David Zlotoff. Wan, meanwhile, recently wrapped on New Line's The Conjuring, which is scheduled to hit theaters this summer.
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The first three PFFP requirements are linked below. Completing these will get you started in PFFP:
The PFPP lets us know who you are and some information about your academic career at Marquette. It is the first step getting started with PFFP. After you submit the application, you will be contacted by the PFFP Coordinator about your participation and you can start completing the Individual Development Plan.
2. Individual Development Plan
A fundamental mission of Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals is to provide a trajectory for your pursuits after graduate school. The Independent Development Plan (IDP) is an important tool in this mission and provides the foundation of your PFFP participation.
The IDP is designed to help you identify potential career pathways, assess your strengths and opportunities for development in light of those pathways, generate appropriate goals and identify resources for attaining those goals. You will identify your initial PFFP track and the concentrations associated with that track during this process. Information about track details and concentrations can be found here.
The Individual Development Plan is both a process and a product: by engaging in developing an IDP you will plan and create a plan. To this end, detailed below you will find the recommended steps for planning as well as a template for constructing a plan.
The basic process for development planning includes:
Ideally, you will revisit and update your plan throughout your graduate career to reflect the ways in which your experiences and growth inform your planning and lead to modifications to your plan. Recognizing that IDP is an ongoing process and a living document, near the end of your participation in PFFP you will be required to reflect on your initial IDP, describing the milestones in your development, and the ways in which you modified your plan during the program.
3. Mentor Plan
The Mentor Plan is designed to help you find a mentor and take initial steps developing relationship(s) with your mentor(s). It is comprised of two parts: resources for finding and developing mentoring relationships and an initial mentor identification/development report.


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Ode to Earth: Makeup inspired by Nature
Traveling is always a pleasure but even more so when it is for leisure!
After a few weeks of busy schedules I took a few days off to visit my cousin and her family in her farm located in the heart of the mountains in Antioquia Colombia.
It is a beautiful cottage surrounded by green pastures, a small stream runs through it and birds never stop singing. She has a magnificent view and a hammock or "Hamaca" that invites you to lay back with a great book and forget about the rest of the word for a while.
I always travel with my favorite makeup products from Artistry and could not have found a better scenario to play with the new shades and colors from the spring collection, especially the Eye Shadow Palette in brown and earthy tones that can be worn in broad daylight or in the evening with a little more drama.
My niece Amalia was the photographer in charge of this shoot and she did an amazing job! Gracias Bella!
I started step by step to mix the eyeshadow tones to create a dark and smokey eye, which I enhanced with a little bit of black eyeliner pencil on the upper and lower lash line.
The final touch was of course mascara and Artistry has a fabulous option to define and lengthen your lashes.
Since the eyes had a lot of color the lips were soft in one of my favorite pink shades from the new Lip Color Creme Collection. The name is called "Delicate" and could not be more perfect. I always start by defining the lips with lip liner in a neutral shade and then proceed to apply the lipstick. This technique prevents the color form bleeding and gives you a perfect pout.
Lip color Creme en Delicate. $17.00
Last but never least a beautiful new blush to enhance the cheeks and get a special glow that nature in these amazing places gives you just after a stroll in the mountains. This palette has two beautiful tones blended together and it only takes a couple of strokes with a thick brush to create a lovely complexion.
Cheek Color Dúo in Sunrise. $35.00
So there it is! Glamorous and yet natural. What a treat!
For any beauty or makeup products from Artistry please visit their website: www.artistrybeauty.com


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PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Supporters of a North Carolina museum honoring James K. Polk, America's 11th president, are learning a lesson that's hitting home at other monuments to lesser-known American leaders: Government spending on their memorial sites is declining, so private money and grants had better be found quickly.
The small museum on the land where Polk was born is the target of Republican state lawmakers looking for places to cut the budget.
Similar money problems are besetting other sites that honor some of the American presidents least likely to make the historians' top 10 list. Ohio has been cutting funds for the state-run museums honoring Rutherford B. Hayes, Warren G. Harding and Ulysses Grant.
The North Carolina budget proposal initially removed nearly all the $110,000 needed each year to run the Polk museum south of Charlotte, meaning it would close for all but a few days a year. Now, the House and Senate are trying to reach a compromise plan that makes some cuts, with hopes that private gifts or grants could make up the difference.
However, even the compromise might be a fatal blow to the Polk site, said Ben Pelton, treasurer of the Polk Memorial Support Fund, which has also morphed into a group called Keep Polk Open in the fight to save the site.
"We are not structured to raise money. We're a support group. How are we going to find $110,000 a year quickly?" Pelton said. "How can the state shut down the birthplace of a president? How many other states have one of those?"
Just 21 states can claim a presidential birthplace. More than half of those birthplaces are in four states: Virginia, Ohio, New York and Massachusetts. Presidential birthplaces and museums are a patchwork of national historic sites, state run facilities and private museums. Many have cut back the days and hours they are open. For lesser known presidents like Franklin Pierce, Chester Arthur or Martin Van Buren, tourists have to visit during the summer because they aren't open for most of the year.
The state-owned President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville includes 21 of the 150 acres that Polk's parents owned, farmed and lived on when he was born in 1795. The site has a museum and two buildings renovated to look like a home and a kitchen from the period. They are not the Polks' home — those were torn down a long time ago. Instead, officials moved similar buildings from that era to the land in the late 1960s when they decided to build the museum, said site manager Scott Warren.
The Polk site had 16,100 visitors last year, including more than 2,800 third-graders on field trips from Charlotte areas schools. The small museum also includes a short film on the president who went to war with Mexico and cut a deal with Great Britain over the Pacific Northwest that led to America stretching from sea to shining sea — a man many historians consider the country's most successful one-term president, or its least-known great president.
Polk's family moved from North Carolina when he was 11, and he is much better known as a Tennessean. The federal site dedicated to Polk is at his adult home in Columbia, Tenn. That location also has Polk's presidential papers.
North Carolina's Polk site is just beginning to deal with what some other presidential sites across the country have already handled when Great Recession swallowed funds for museums and historical sites.
Ohio, home to seven presidents, has cut funding to its presidential museums. The home of Warren G. Harding ended up in Ohio's hands in the late 1970s when the private organization overseeing it ran out of money. The museum is now open just five days a week and only in the afternoon, said Sherry Hall, site manager for the Harding Home President Site.
Harding is a tough president to sell. His administration was tainted by the Teapot Dome oil bribery scandal and several of his appointees went to jail. But he also supported women's right to vote and advocated for educational and economic opportunities for blacks — a progressive stance in the 1920s.
"We're not one of the big guys either. But I like not being one of the big guys," Hall said. "People think they know everything about Lincoln, Washington or Jefferson. They often don't know a lot about Harding, or what they know is wrong. I like being able to teach them something new."
The people who run the home of fellow one-term president Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio, don't work 40-hour weeks any more to save money. Back in 2002, the site got $700,000 from Ohio taxpayers. This past year, state money made up just $281,000 of the center's $1.4 million budget, executive director Christie Weininger said.
The museum started closing one weekday and cut hours to save money. Sometimes Weininger feels like she spends more time figuring out ways to make money than how to tell the story of the president who abandoned Reconstruction in the South after a disputed election and championed civil service reform.
"Our mission is not to raise money. Our mission is to provide wonderful educational, programs," Weininger said. "But you are always looking at your events, wondering, how can we make money off of this?"
Weininger thinks governments can't abandon museums and historical sites because they create a vital link to the past.
"Presidential history is incredibly important to our history and to the understanding of ourselves. We can't be ignorant of our own history and expect to properly prepare of the future. That doesn't make sense. You have to understand where you came from," Weininger said.
The chance to see living and breathing history is what appealed to 11-year-old Luke Protasewich as he recently walked around the Polk site with his mom and another home-schooled family. In the brilliant sunshine, he could imagine a young farm boy running around that same patch of land and growing up to be president.
"A president was here when he was growing up," Luke said. "That's pretty cool."
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