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"Life Is Such a Simple, Yet Cruel Thing" By Vladimir Putin
by Vladimir Putin, Russia-Insider President Putin pens recollection of his family's experience during the Leningrad seige Frankly, father did not even like to touch on the subject of the war. Rather, I became informed about it through those random occasions of which I happened to be present when adults were talking to each other in remembrance of one thing or another. All the information about the war – particularly in regard to what happened with my family – came to me from those overheard conversations between adults; although at times I was addressed directly. My father served in Sevastopol as a sailor in the submarine squadron, having been drafted in 1939. After returning from service, he worked at a factory in Peterhof where he lived with my mother. I think they even built a house there. He was working at a military enterprise when the war started, which gave him the so-called 'reservation' that exempts one from conscription. However, he applied to join the party, and then applied again to go to the front. He was dispatched to a sabotage squad of the NKVD. It was a small detachment of 28 people who were deployed into the near rear to carry out acts of sabotage – undermining bridges, railway tracks, etc. However, by an act of betrayal, they were almost immediately ambushed. They came to a certain village, subsequently left it, and then later returned only to find the Nazis waiting for them. They were chased through the woods. My father survived by jumping into a swamp where he spent hours under water breathing through a reed. This I remember from his own story. He said that while he was in the swamp breathing through the reed, he could hear the German soldiers passing by, just a few steps away from him, and how the dogs were yapping. This happened in the beginning of autumn when it was already very cold. I also remember well how he told me that the head of their group was a German. A Soviet citizen, but German nonetheless. And here's what's curious: a couple years ago, the archives of the Defence Ministry handed me the case of this group. I have a copy of it in my home in Novo-Ogaryovo. There is a list of the group – names, patronymics and brief descriptions. Yes, 28 people; and their leader was a German. Everything exactly as my father told me so many years ago. Of the 28 people, only 4 crossed the front line back to our side. The other 24 were killed. They were then reassigned into the active army and sent on to the Nevsky Pyatachok. It was probably the hottest place during the whole of the Leningrad Blockade. Our troops held a small bridgehead four kilometres in width and some two kilometres in depth. It was supposed to be a springboard for the future breaking of the blockade, but it never got used for this purpose. They broke through the blockade elsewhere. Still the spot (Nevsky Pyatachok) was held for a long time and there was very heavy fighting there. There are commanding heights above and all around it; it was shot at throughout. Of course the Germans were also aware that it's there that a breakthrough may be attempted, and tried to simply erase the Nevsky Pyatachokto from the face of the earth. There is data about how much metal there is in each square meter of the land. There's still metal all over the place there. My father told me how he was wounded there. The wound was severe and he lived the rest of his life with shrapnel in his leg as not all the fragments could be taken out. His leg always ached and he could never move his foot properly after that. The medics preferred not to touch the small fragments so as not to shatter the bone, and thank God, the leg was saved. Because he had a good doctor, they did not have to amputate and he received second group disablement. As a disabled veteran, he was eventually given an apartment. It was our first separate apartment – a small two-room place. (Translators remark: Before that the Putins lived in a communal apartment, where several families share the facilities, corridor and kitchen, and sleep in separate rooms.) Before we were given the apartment, we lived in the city centre and now we had to move, not quite to the outskirts, but to a newly-built area. That did not happen immediately after the war, but when I was already working at the KGB. I was not given an apartment then, but my father finally got his, and it was cause for great happiness. He recounted how he got wounded: He, together with a comrade, did a little sortie into the rear of the Germans, crawling, crawling, and then it becomes both funny and sad at the same time. They got to a German bunker, from which a huge guy emerged and looked straight at them. They could not get up because they were under the machine gun sight. My father told me that the man looked at them very carefully, then he took out two grenades and threw them at them. Well, life is such a simple, yet cruel thing. What was his biggest problem when he woke up? The fact that it was already winter. Neva was icebound, and he had to somehow get to the other shore to medical care. But, of course, he could not walk. There were few people willing to drag him to the other side, because Neva was in full view there and exposed to fire both from artillery and machine guns. The chances of reaching the opposite bank were almost non-existent. However, purely by chance, a neighbour of his from Peterhof was nearby, who pulled him over without hesitation and managed to get him all the way to the hospital. The neighbour waited for him at the hospital, made sure that he was operated on, and the said, "All right, now you're going to live, and I am off to die." And off he went. I later asked my father if that man really did die. He said that he never heard from him again and believed he was in fact killed. He was never able to forget that episode and it tormented him tremendously. I remember that sometime in 1960s, I don't remember the exact year as I was still very young then, but sometime in the early 60's, he suddenly came home, sat down and and began to weep. He had run into his saviour in a shop in Leningrad. Like their earlier encounter, it was purely by chance, a one-in-a-million coincidence that both men were in the same store at the same time. They would meet again later at our home. My mother told me how she visited father at the hospital where he lay after he was wounded. They had a small child who was three years old at the time – that time of blockade and hunger. My father gave her his hospital rations secretly from the doctors and nurses, and she in turn took them home and fed them to the child. When he began fainting from hunger in the hospital, the doctors and nurses figured out what was going on and prohibited my mother from visiting him again. It was at this time that her child was taken away from her. It was done, as she later recalled, in a compulsory fashion in order to save small children from starvation. All the children were collected in orphanages for further evacuation. No consideration was given to any of the parents.
It was there that he fell ill – my mother said that it was with diphtheria – and didn't survive. My parents were not even told where he was buried, and they never came to know afterwards. It was just last year, without my knowledge, that people working on their own initiative, searched through the archives and found documents about my brother. And it really was my brother, because I knew that after fleeing Petrohof from the advancing German troops, they lived at one of their friends' place – and I even knew the address. They lived, as we call it, on the "Water Channel" (Vodnyj Kanal). It would be more accurate to call it a "Bypass Channel" (Obvodnyj Kanal), but in Leningrad it's called the "Water Channel". I know for sure that they had lived there. Not only did the address where he was taken from coincide, but the name, surname, patronymic, and date of birth coincided as well. It was, of course, my brother. The stated place of his burial was Piskaryovskoye Cemetery. Even the specific area was given.
My parents were told nothing of this. Apparently, other things were of higher priority back then. So everything that my parents told me about the war was true. Not a single word was invented. Not a single day was moved. Everything told to me about my brother, the neighbor, and the German group commander – everything matched, all confirmed in an incredible way. After my brother was taken away with my mother all alone, my father was finally able to walk with crutches and was sent home. When he made his way to his building, he saw that there were medics carrying corpses out of the entrance. He identified one of them as my mother. He came up to them and it seemed to him that she was breathing. He told the medics: "She's still alive!" "She'll pass away along the way", said the nurses. "She'll not survive now." He said that he pounced on them, attacking them with his crutches and forced them to lift her back into the apartment. They told him: "Well, we'll do as you say, but know that we will not come here for another two, three, or four weeks. You'll have to sort it out yourself then." My father nursed her back to life. She survived. She lived on until 1999. My father died in late 1998. After the blockade was lifted, they moved to the homeland of their parents in the Tver province and lived there until the end of the war. Father's family was quite large. He had six brothers, five of whom were killed in the war. This was a disaster for the family. My mother's relatives also died. I was to be a late child as my mother gave birth to me when she was 41 years old. Our situation was not unique. There was, after all, not a family from which someone didn't die. And out of all the grief, misfortune, and tragedy that my parents endured, they still harbored no hatred for the enemy, which is simply amazing. To be honest, I still cannot fully understand it. My mother was a very kind and gentle person. I can remember her saying: "Well, what kind of hatred can one have toward these soldiers? They are simple people and also died in the war." It's amazing. We were brought up on Soviet books, movies, and hatred. But she somehow did not have it in her. I can still clearly remember her words: "Well, what can you have against them? They are also hard workers, just like us. They were simply forced to the front." These are the words that I remember from my childhood.


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Everyone is aware of the need for conducting periodic maintenance on their cars and their homes, or undergoing periodic checkups for their health. But what about your estate plan? Simply adopting a "create it and forget it" approach to estate planning, with no checkups, can sometimes be harmful to your estate plan's well-being, as one case going before the U.S. Supreme Court, Hillman v. Maretta, highlights.
In 1996, Warren Hillman named his wife, Judy, as the primary beneficiary on his Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) policy. Two years later, the couple divorced. Warren remarried in 2002. Warren and his subsequent wife, Jacqueline, remained married until Warren died in 2008. However, Warren's insurance policy beneficiary designation remained unchanged from when he created it in 1996, leaving ex-wife Judy as the named beneficiary.
Both women filed claims for the $124,000 policy benefit. Hillman's ex-wife ultimately received the payout, because the policy named her as the intended death beneficiary. Jacqueline sued, contending that, under Virginia law, Warren and Judy's divorce triggered an automatically revocation of the beneficiary designation in favor of Judy. The Virginia Supreme Court, however, ruled for the ex-wife, deciding that federal statutes governing FEGLI trumped Virginia law, and required giving first priority to "the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee," which, in this case, remained the ex-wife. Under the federal law, Judy's relationship to Warren was irrelevant.
The wife appealed the ruling and the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take the case. What makes the facts of this case such a cautionary tale is that the dispute, and subsequent protracted litigation, was entirely avoidable. There are many common mistakes people make with estate planning, with the chief one being never creating a plan at all. However, even those who create a plan fall into traps too often, with the Hillman case hinting at two of those.
First, it is vital to realize that your estate plan encompasses more than just your will and/or revocable trust. In addition, it also includes your life insurance policies, as well as other assets that have designations transferring them at the occasion of your death (such as a bank account with a pay-on-death designation or real estate with a transfer-on-death deed, among others.) Second, it is essential to remember that you must maintain your estate plan to make it work properly, just like your body. Certain occurrences necessitate a trip to the doctor. Similarly, certain life events, like divorce, remarriage, death of a spouse, or birth or adoption of a new child, just to name a few, require checking with your estate planning attorney to see if your plan is still functioning properly, or if changes are in order.
A popular series of commercials by a major insurance provider encourages customers to undergo a "double-check" to search for additional cost savings on their policy premiums. Similarly, submitting your estate plan to a periodic "double-check" is also extremely important, as it may prevent an outcome from occurring after your death that you never intended or desired. Our Premium Trust Package clients have checkups every 3 years to be sure they have things covered.
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Chile started hot, with two goals in the opening 14 minutes, then fought off a feisty underdog in Australia to take their opening Group B match 3-1 at Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba.
Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez got it started in the 12th minute, rifling home from close range, before teammate Jorge Valdivia doubled that advantage with a sumptuous strike from the edge of the box. Australia's all-time leading scorer and New York Red Bulls star Tim Cahill got the Socceroos on the board with a header in the 35th minute to cut into the deficit.
Australia had its chances in the second half, but Chile never relented and Jean Beausejour dealt the final blow with a long, low strike in stoppage time to secure the three points. Chile kept pace with the Netherlands atop the group, while Australia is ahead of defending champion Spain on goal differential with all having played one game apiece.
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Discussion in 'OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)' started by Lyons00, Aug 8, 2012.
What program is the best for opening rar files, on Mountain Lion?
Thanks, Jerry
Personally, I use Entropy... but the best free app for decompressing .RAR archives is The Unarchiver.
Thank you!
Or you could use unrarx and replace the older unrar (executable) 3.60 by the new official 4.20 from rarlab. Works perfectly.
I too searched a lot for a RAR program when I switched to a MAC, after testing many apps I decided to stick with BetterZip.
It cost $19.99 but You can also get it from aB@yFull0fPir@te5
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After such a long wait Google and Samsung finally released the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in a media event in Hong Kong with the retail availability expected in November. This also marks it as the first device to get the Ice Cream Sandwich love which for sure will be followed by the other popular devices. By now most us already know that Galaxy Nexus supports some impressive specs ranging from the gigantic 4.6-inch Super AMOLED HD screen, to the 1.2 GHz processor from Texas Instruments. Device also supports 1GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage NFC capability among a host of other nice features. But here we want to point out the camera that is integrated with the Galaxy Nexus – a 5 megapixel shooter that performs surprisingly well and capable of taking some beautiful stills comparable to the recently released Apple iPhone 4S and may be even beating it in some subjective tests as we will show in the sample pictures that we received from Thismynext.
Just for the reference here are the specs of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus:
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- 9mm thin
- 4.65-inch 1280 x 720-pixel Super AMOLED HD with curved glass
- TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz
- 1GB of RAM
- 32GB of built-in storage
- 5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel in the front
- 1080p HD video capture support
- LTE/HSPA depending on carrier
- Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
- 1,750 mAh battery
As you can see from the sample pictures posted below Galaxy Nexus camera looks really impressive, and in at least first sample picture comparison seems to take better photos than the iPhone 4S camera. Second picture comparison is very difficult to tell as both show very good image quality but with different image characteristics, tone and color temperature.
Now lets turn to the video department… As you might have noticed from the above listing of specs of the Galaxy Nexus that it does support 1080p video capturing capability despite having only a 5 mega pixel image sensor. And we can ensure you that it can indeed capture some amazing footage in 1080p. Want a proof? here is video that shows a clip shot on Rockaway Beach, Pacifica, California. This video was filmed with a Galaxy Nexus and includes time-lapse sequences shot with the new camera application in Android 4.0. See for yourself the video embedded below:
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A state appeals court Wednesday said Alphonse Della-Donna may pursue his libel lawsuit against Hamilton Forman, the source of 1978 newspaper stories about Della-Donna`s role in the attempt to rescind the funds promised to Nova University from a unitrust.
In July 1979 Della-Donna, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, had sued Forman, an honorary Nova trustee, over comments attributed to him in stories in the Fort Lauderdale News.
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Derivatisation is a technique used in chemistry to transform a compound into another with similar structure, called a derivative.
The derivative has different chemical and physical properties than the parent compound.
The derivative chemical structure contains the original compound structure untouched – No rearrangement – No internal alteration.Making it special compared to other chemical reactions.
This change in functionality without rearrangement is achieved by attaching another molecule to a reactive functional group during the derivatisation process.
It is important to not alter the original molecule particularly in a forensic context as an identification or confirmation technique requires considering the entire target molecule. Therefore the core molecule has to be preserved.
Derivitisation in Gas Chromotography
Derivatisation is used in GC because the compound of interest cannot be analysed as it is.
Too polar
Not volatile enough
Naturally unstable
Show a very short lifetime
-As a result derivsatisation increases volatility by reducting absorption in system
-To improve peak separation and peak symmetry
-Also to improve detector response
Derivatisation in Mass Spectrometry
Derivitasation in MS Improve analytical efficiency
In mass spectrometry analysis reduction of specificity of ions occur this also lower their value as pieces of evidence – the question of "are they really fragments of the compound analysed for?" arised
Thefore increasing the molecular weight of the target analyte by derivatisation yields bigger specific fragments.
Derivitisation in ms also increase the molecular weight of very volatile compounds (invariably small).
which in turn generates a more complex mass spectrum and increases confidence for drug identification.
Derivitisation reagent
Based on which functional groups requiring derivatisation – taking in account which other functional groups are present and the reason the derivatisation is performed:
Characteristic of a good derivatisation reagent:
Produces a reaction that is 95+% complete
Does not induce rearrangement or internal structural alterations
Produces a derivative which does not interact with the column
Produces a stable derivative – shelf life
Types of Derivitation
Alkylation is the transfer of an alkyl group from one molecule to another
Commonly used to derivatise molecules presenting acidic hydrogens (Carboxylic acids and phenols)
Can be used alone or coupled with other types of derivatisation reagent
An acylation is the process of adding an acyl group to a compound
Good at derivatising highly polar multifunctional molecules (Carbohydrates and amino acids)
Silylation involves the replacement of an acidic hydrogen on the compound with an alkylsilyl group.
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GreenThumb, the UK's leading lawn care company, is looking to expand its presence in the UK after forming a new partnership with premier lawnmower manufacturer, Mountfield.
This partnership is designed to promote the brand's lawn treatments, and will include a full integrated campaign. As part of the deal, GreenThumb will see its 'cheaper than DIY' lawn treatment offered to people purchasing a Mountfield lawnmower from their local dealer and online.
The nationwide firm, which has its Head Office base in North Wales, is expecting the alliance to serve as 'a complementary relationship between two providers of quality' according to its Directors.
They continued: "We know that many consumers who invest in a quality Mountfield lawnmower will want a lush, green and weed-free lawn to match. Our partnership provides us with a unique opportunity to work with the brand to showcase our premier lawn care treatments, which incorporate the very latest advancements in lawn care technology from around the world. With Mountfield's reputation, as it is, it made perfect sense for GreenThumb to be involved."
Mountfield has a long history of manufacturing rotary lawnmowers at premises in Maidenhead since 1962. Mountfield design and deliver products to make gardening as pleasurable an experience as possible for customers. Today's partnership announcement is a great example of how GreenThumb continue to invest in the lawn care industry and the commitment to reach consumers.


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Thanks to Tim we've got a simple workaround to get our own compiled Apache version 2.2.6 running on Leopard with a proper SSL module. The solution is to just use the original mod_ssl module from the original installation. The original mod_ssl module can be found in
To use this original module the best way possible use these commands:
sudo mv mod_ssl.so mod_ssl.so.old
sudo ln -s /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so mod_ssl.so
Restart the server, uncomment the mod_ssl module in your httpd.conf and restart the server to see it working.
You could also copy the module from its original location but I choose this method because it will benefit from any update that might happen with a security update from Apple.
I can only hope it will also work with a new version of Apache, but we'll have to wait and see.
Thanks for the quick answer. I am using a Mac book pro. There are no /usr/local/apache2 directory
In addition to the above post, the mod_ssl problem only happen after I install PHP5.2.5 Prior to PHP, I was able to start and stop Apache 2.26 fine with mod_ssl.so module loaded. After installing PHP, Apache server broke whenever mod_ssl.so is loaded..
That is strange, never seen that one before. Did you compile PHP yourself as well ?
Yes ..I compiled PHP myself according mostly from your site installation. BTW your site is a life saver.. very informative and helpful..
Apparently there is a difference between where Leopard put the httpd.conf file versus Tiger. Tiger used etc/httpd and Leopard used etc/apache2.. I am pulling my hair our trying to figure out why there are 2 directories for httpd.conf and which one is in effect. My Laptop comes with Tiger which I upgraded to Leopard. Have no idea that it decides to put new layout on and not cleaning up the old one
I have no clue where Leopard original mod_ssl.so resided. It probably got overwritten since I use the Leopard config.layout as specified in your "Compiling Apapche on Leopard" post instead of using the diymacserver layout..
I don't have a /usr/local/apache2 directory either, the only apache2 director I can see is in etc/ and that doesnt have a module directory!
Peter, the problem is no longer there with the latest Apache version. Please read the Docs for more information on how to compile and install the latest version.


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The FluoroProbe ascertains the algae and divides them into various spectral algae classes (blue algae/cyanobacteria, green algae, diatoms/dinoflagellates/chrysophycia, cryptophycia). PC software for data analysis is included, which allows numerical and graphical interpretations to be displayed,. Data can also be exported to a spreadsheet program (eg. Excel). All settings and calibrations are performed by the software.
This means depth profiles can be created. A 20m profile can be evaluated within 1 minute. Also available are a BenthoFluor Kit (benthic algae measurements), a Flow-Through Unit (continuous operation in e.g. pipes) and a Cage for protection against damage in rough weather or from the quayside.
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The Nevado del Ru'iz volcano erupted yesterday morning, burying the town of Armero in a bed of ash and debris and sparking flash floods in nearby provinces. While the death toll continues to mount, officials said they feared at least 15,000 to 20,000 dead, making the Colombian tragedy possibly the worst volcanic disaster in South American history. Officials said 10,000 people were rescued late Thursday in the farming town of Armero, about 30 miles from the Andean volcano and 105 miles northwest of Bogot'a. The town, in the state of Tol'imo, had a population of 50,000.
Mud and snow swept down to the Langunilla River when the volcano erupted and sent gushing waters crashing into Armero when most residents were still sleeping. The volcano has been spewing smoke, ashes, and gases since last year.
The Colombian Civil Aeronautics Administration prohibited all private and commercial flights into the area because of poor visibility due to ash still in the air, a CAA captain said.
Ambulances and rescue workers were having difficulty reaching Armero, because the mud destroyed the highway and five bridges leading into the town, the CAA official quoted civil defense workers as saying.
Dr. Darrell Herd, deputy chief of the US Geological Survey's Office of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering in Reston, Va., said the volcano's last eruption of this magnitude was in 1595. Since then it has been active with minor eruptions.
He said the volcano reawakened with a series of strong earthquakes on Dec. 22.
He said that between then and a steam eruption Sept. 11, it averaged 35 earthquakes a month. He called the eruptions until now ``literally clearing out the volcano's throat.''
He said the activity was similar to the 1980 activity at Mt. St. Helens before it erupted in 1980.
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Mr. Firica said he had heard during his voyage of Miroslav Medvid, the Soviet seaman who twice jumped into the Mississippi River, only to be returned to his ship. Mr. Medvid later returned home aboard his ship.
Another Romanian sailor defected last week in Florida.
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Meanwhile, more than 230 prisoners in South Africa were reported to be on a hunger strike to protest being held for more than 14 days, the initial detention period under South Africa's state-of-emergency regulations.
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Appalachia gets flood aid; elsewhere, snow eases off
Hundreds of flood survivors in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland began signing up for federal aid as National Guard helicopters shuttled doctors and nurses, vaccines and emergency supplies, for the estimated 22,000 left homeless by floodwaters that killed at least 54 people. Meanwhile, to the west, despite travelers' advisories extending from California to western Minnesota, weather officials predict a slowing down of the snowstorm that stranded hunters and hikers and ripped down power lines early this week.
Efforts stepped up in Beirut to free Islamic Jihad hostages
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The man with a shaggy lawn still guilty, but his fine is cut
A judge upheld the original conviction of nature-lover Stephen A. Kenney, who refused to cut his shoulder-high front lawn, but reduced his fine from several thousand dollars to $50. The judge denied Mr. Kenney's contention that the ordinances on which he was convicted were unconstitutional because they were vague, and the judge also decided he knew his actions were illegal. Kenney told the Monitor he intends to appeal the decision. (See Monitor article ``Not everyone is wild about wildflowers,'' July 1, 1985.)


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Kristen Stewart took the stage of Scream 2010 to accept the Best Fantasy Actress award for her role in The Twilight Saga. In the speech for the award presented by Araon Eckhart, Kristen Stewart goes over how happy is to be at Scream 2010 and that it is her first time at the award show. Check out the video below and leave your thoughts on it. The other Scream 2010 winners can be found here: Scream 2010: Award Winners. Scream 2010 was held on Saturday Oct. 16, 2010 and will air on SpikeTV on Oct. 19, 2010 at 9pm.
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At one point in the film's long wild night, Mitchell (John Cena) finds himself butt-chugging beer from a keg in an effort to — deep breath — stop his daughter Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan) from losing her virginity to a man-bunned hipster teen nicknamed "The Chef" because he's known for baking goods laced with THC. Mitchell has joined on this mission by fellow "blockers" (that's cock blockers, if you missed the conspicuous rooster on the poster): single mom Lisa (Leslie Mann), the clingy mother of blonde beauty Julie (Kathryn Newton); and absentee father Hunter (Ike Barinholtz), who's blase about teen sex until he realizes that his closeted gay daughter Sam (Gideon Adlon) has hesitatingly agreed to lose her virginity to a boy. Hence the aforementioned butt-chugging, in order to infiltrate a prom after-party where the parents suspect their daughters may be entering bone zone.
Lose-your-virginity comedies are nothing new, but the American Pies of the world usually show thorny teen boys' efforts as some holy quest. But these parents race to cock-block their daughters' cherry-poppin' pact like they're on a mission to stop the apocalypse. That's an obvious double standard here, which one character points out. But Cannon's film always lets the girls call their own shots, on their own terms.


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Friday evening December 4th, 2009. Featuring a beautiful and authentic collection of Men's and Women's Jazz Age Vintage Fashion of the 1920's 30's and 40's on the Runway! Brought to you by your fashion hostess Lorraine O'Neal.
The Roaring 20's, the somber 1930's, the wartime 1940's, times defined by dramatic change in American and European history. Times of revolution in every sphere of human activity, Politics and Cultural norms and values, from the new found freedom of the Women's Liberation movement to changes in technology, mass media, music and dance. Changes in fashion during this time were no exception, but a sign of the times. Come celebrate a runway view of vintage fashion, and live history through these fashions.
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Levittown Center
Our Levittown Health Center focuses on an integrative approach to better health and well being for you and your family. Thanks to our association with New York Chiropractic College - the leader in integrative care - we offer comprehensive services to patients who appreciate the value of holistic healthcare.
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Disk Space Analyzer is an easy to use the program that can help you analyze disk space usage. It shows directory tree along with the size information (including graphical diagrams). You can use Disk Space Analyzer to easily explore and analyze disk space (network disks as well) and search for...
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The Haworth Augmented Reality app allows you to use the camera on your device to visualize how Haworth furniture will look in your space. After downloading the app, go to Store.Haworth.com and print the app marker. View the introduction video that will load after opening the app. Place the marker...
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Software::Packager::Svr4 is the Software::Packager extension for System VR4 packages. SYNOPSIS use Software::Packager; my $packager = new Software::Packager(svr4); This module is used to create software packages in a format suitable for installation with pkgadd. FUNCTIONS new() This...
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Software::Packager::Solaris is the Software::Packager extension for Solaris 2.5.1 and above. SYNOPSIS use Software::Packager; my $packager = new Software::Packager(solaris); This module is used to create software packages in a format suitable for installation with pkgadd. The process of...
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Social App suite is an app suite which contains many social mobile apps. It is well designed and developed to work faster and smoothly on any Windows Phone 8 Device. Social App Suite includes mobile apps like - Facebook - Yahoo - Pinterest - My Space - OkCupid - Google+ More apps will be...
Platforms: Windows Phone
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All problems will be removed through Video to Flash converter for mac, a Flash FLV and SWF creator, which can assist mac users to create flash video by converting video to Flash video format (FLV or SWF) on mac. Video to Flash Mac converter is a workaround for all popular video formats, like 3GP,...
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Designed to create True 3D Flash flipping books from MS Word documents. Have you ever wished to show your Microsoft Word documents to friends or virtually anyone on the Internet without having them to install special software? Flipping Book 3D for Word lets you automatically convert your...
Platforms: Windows
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Are you distressed in how to embed a video to your own website or blog for promoting your business or sharing your idea? Still headache for creating a flash video to share it but don't know flash video creation actionscript and programming? Want to make a flash intro, welcome video, animation or...
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As a famous sub-structure of Bayesian network, causal polytree is able to recover the causality very efficiently. Here, I implement pearl's classical algorithm here for easy using. Details can be seen in Pearl's paper[1]. To recover general Causal polytree, one can download "Fisher's exact test"...
Platforms: Matlab
|License: Shareware
|Cost: $0.00 USD
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Supports all video websites and video-sharing sites such as Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, IMDB, VEVO, AOL, iFilm, My space, Blip.tv, Vimeo, Video.google, Movieweb, Video.yahoo¹, etc for download.
Downloads online movies, streaming videos, audio files, pictures, etc.
Platforms: Windows
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|Cost: $59.99 USD
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50% off Now !! Limited Time Offer Just 0.99$ Wallpaper is a kind of material used to cover and decorate the back screen of your device background, it is one aspect of interior decoration of your mobile phones. it is usually the background for the home or idle screen. Though most devices comes...
Platforms: iOS
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Listen to free songs of Damadamm 1. Aaja Ve (Remix) - Himesh Reshammiya 2. Aaja Ve - Himesh Reshammiya 3. Bhool Jaoon (Promotional Video Song) - Feat. Sachin Gupta 4. Damadamm (Remix) - Himesh Reshammiya & Various 5. Damadamm - Himesh Reshammiya & Various 6. Hum Tum - Himesh Reshammiya, Vaishali...
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Nubian Ear Media is an Indie Record Label that is changing the way artists market, distribute and profit from the music that they create and produce. Nubian Ear Media distribute content to the following online music sites. 1. ITunes 2. Amazon 3. Google Music 4. Rhapsody 5. Spotify 6....
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My Buddy Icons is an easy-to-use icon tool to customize, modify or create your own AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) buddy icons, then send them directly to your AIM messenger. The program includes more than 150 original icons which were created by Newera IconCool Team and it allows you to customize...
Platforms: Windows
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Design scientific, astronomy or space-oriented projects with readily available graphics. Space Icons collection contains 60 images dedicated to space technology. Images representing Astronaut, Spacesuit, all planets of the solar system, Sun, Satellite, Constellations and Comets, Black Hole,...
Platforms: OS/2, Windows, Mac, *nix, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server, Palm OS, Android, Pocket PC, Handheld, Other,BlackBerry,iPhone,iPod,iTouch,Palm,Java,AS/400
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Free Large Android Icons picture various space creatures, such as robots, crawlers and androids. Not only does the set present the creatures themselves, it also shows their moods and actions.
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Dinosaur icons for mac, including an itunes, my documents and my imac icon.
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Hide My Messenger is a protective tool that allows you to hide running applications and tray icons completely with a move of the mouse or a single hotkey. It provides a quick and easy way for home and office PC users to quickly get sensitive materials off the screen without closing programs or...
Platforms: Windows, XP, 2003, Windows Vista, XPX64, 7, 7x64
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My Icons theme - Not glamorous, not glossy, drawn with ballpoint pen, scanned and colored in GIMP. There is still much work to support many applications and major DE. Theme still has the status "work in progress ", but now you can try it on your desktop.
Platforms: *nix
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Customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Animate icons, swap your own icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, Favorites and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer. It also lets you change default mouse cursors, make icon text labels transparent, change...
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good content engages
Good content engages your customers with a clear and focused message. As a native English copywriter, I can articulate your story so it resonates with your customers. My concise copywriting style works for websites, content flows, apps, micro-copy and voiceovers.
how i can help
Web copywriting
Web copywriting is about storytelling, clarity and understanding the customer journey. Have written for apps, branding, e-commerce, style guides, product launches and corporate sites.
UX writing and content design
A good UX writer can improve the flow of your website, which makes a big difference in conversions. Have written and designed content flows, sign-up forms and call-to-action buttons.
Technical writing
A good technical writer can explain complex ideas and technologies in a clear and helpful way. Have written how-to manuals, online help systems, product sheets and system generated mails.
Information architecture
Today, attention spans are measured in seconds. I can simplify the structure of your information so people can complete their tasks quicker.
Sometimes the spoken word is the best way to tell your story. Have written voiceovers to describe a software product, explain a complicated technology and promote a good cause.
Print copywriting
Despite the rise of digital, you may still need print materials. Have written ads, brochures, annual reports and investment folders.
don seidenberg
My name is Don Seidenberg. I'm a freelance copywriter living in Amsterdam. My passion is making complex products and applications easy to understand and use. Achieving simplicity is at the heart of everything I do. Hence my Twitter name: @clarityguy.
For the last 15 years, I have specialized in online content with a focus on technology. My writing can inform, persuade and improve the user experience. My experience includes: apps, corporate sites, branding, product launches, e-commerce and technical writing. I also write brochures, product sheets and voiceovers.
When inspired I blog about clarity, web content and user experience.
what clients say
"Arguably one of the most difficult things in creating new businesses is finding the right words to express – often – abstract ideas in clear and clean language. Don has been extremely helpful in guiding us in the right direction through his writing and editing. He asks the right questions and is able to find the right tone & voice."
Bob Luijt, Founder SEMI Network (ING Innovation Studio)
"We needed a copywriter who is very flexible and can deliver high-quality content very quickly. This is especially important for an early stage and fast-changing technology company like ours.
Don's strength really lies in his ability to communicate complex content very clearly and to the point. He truly understands the fundamentals of our software niche business. With this knowledge, Don can easily bring clarity to relatively difficult technical concepts. Crucial for an innovative technology company bringing a new concept to the market."
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text: January 10, 2018Weakness in inflation is a problem that's not improving. Import and export prices, which had been showing some life, came in flat in December and do not point to any improvement for tomorrow's report on prices at the wholesale level or Friday's key report on consumer prices. Strong demand for the afternoon's 10-year Treasury auction reversed early selling and triggered an afternoon rush into bonds. The 10-year Treasury yield, which had been up on the day, fell 4 basis points following the auction to end unchanged at 2.55 percent. Stocks posted slight losses with the Dow down 0.1 percent to 25,369. An eighth straight draw in weekly oil inventories helped oil extend its run higher, gaining another 50 cents to $63.50.


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Stochastics Seminar
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 3:05pm
1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Skiles 005
A highlight in the study of quantum physics was the work of Knizhnik, Polyakov and Zamolodchikov (1988), in which they proposed a relation (KPZ relation) between the scaling dimension of a statistical physics model in Euclidean geometry and its counterpart in the random geometry. More recently, Duplantier and Sheffield (2011) used the 2-dim Gaussian free field to construct the Liouville quantum gravity measure on a planar domain, and gave the first mathematically rigorous formulation and proof of the KPZ relation in that setting. Inspired by the work of Duplantier and Sheffield, we apply a similar approach to extend their results and techniques to higher even dimensions R^(2n) for n>=2. This talk mainly focuses on the case of R^4. I will briefly introduce the notion of Gaussian free field (GFF). In our work we adopt a specific 4-dim GFF to construct a random Borel measure on R^4 which formally has the density (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) being the exponential of an instance of the GFF. Further we establish a 4-dim KPZ relation corresponding to this random measure. This work is joint with Dmitry Jakobson (McGill University).


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Men's "Kneel For The Cross" T-Shirt
Regular price $23.95
An entire NFL team stayed in the locker room instead of standing for the national anthem. Another player was on the ground stretching. Please consider buying one of our shirts to let people know you would never kneel during our national anthem.
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The popularity of couponing is growing extremely fast. More and more of the British public, through choice and necessity, are now teaming couponing with other techniques to save money on their supermarket shops.
Last year, couponing grew 35%, compared to 2012. During the year, UK shoppers redeemed 603million coupons worth £1.7billion - that's 115million more coupons than the year before.
This rapid growth is great for those of us looking to save on our everyday shop, whilst offering the chance to try new products and brands risk-free.
Over the last few years it has been supermarket coupons and rewards that have driven most consumer savings, however, with more competition and rising food prices, shoppers have been forced to become smarter, shopping for the best deals.
This shift in the market has allowed manufacturers to step in, reward and encourage customers to choose their products through incentives, such as coupons - ideal for those wanting to stick with their favourite brands, yet not see their shopping bills increase.
Have you missed out on savings?
The average family saved £63 last year on coupons alone. Using a variety of money saving techniques means we can still buy the products we love, but purchase them at the best value.
Five ways to save on your food shop every week
1. In-store savings
Research the best prices for the products you love before you shop. A great site to start is mysupermarket.co.uk and don't forget to swing by the reduced section in store for last minute bargains.
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Once you've bought your shopping, check cashback apps and websites to see if brands are offering any cashback rewards. This will allow you to reduce your bill even after you've bought the goods.
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Sign up to supermarket loyalty rewards, even if you shop around. They offer savings and sometimes even a free tea or coffee while you shop.
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According to Advertising Age, Omnicom Group is considering the designation of a "lead negotiator" to handle nearly $3 billion in national TV spending for the holding company's individual units. And Interpublic Group of Cos. is shifting all of Ammirati Puris Lintas' broadcast buying to Interpublic's Western Initiative Media.
Welcome to the latest round of Agency Salesmanship 101, wherein media buyers try to convince clients the more dollars ("clout") agencies wield at negotiating tables the better rates clients will get.
Not that I am against clout or deny size has its advantages. However, an examination of the databases at our company, Morgan Anderson Consulting, which represent 10 years of analyzing billions of dollars in media spending by major marketers, suggests media-buying clout is a concern of less and less relevance today, particularly among larger shops.
When these data are dovetailed with our conversations with global and regional advertisers as to their real concerns, Omniclout, it turns out, masks issues of fundamental importance.
For example, one would think media-buying prowess has increased in the marketplace because of the increasing dominance of large unbundled media-buying "brands." You would be wrong.
Although media-buying efficiency overall is improving, the range between "best" buyer and "worst" buyer has not narrowed. In fact, the difference may have widened between "best" and "worst" buying agency among comparable buying organizations using identical specifications. Large variations still remain in every medium-from network TV to spot TV to cable to radio to print.
In other words, large buying units with equivalent billings-or clout-vary tremendously in cost-effectiveness in buying media. Clearly, some do better than others; but the reasons are not readily apparent and vary tremendously from client to client-and size of client media-buying volume does not necessarily mean efficient buying.
A critical mass of buying volume is not irrelevant; a certain minimum annual investment in a daypart or market is now the price of entry for a media-buying resource wanting to play in the big leagues. But it is over-simplifying to get hung up on clout.
If we weighted all the criteria necessary to consider in selecting a "best" media-buying agency, we would rate clout at no more than 30%. Other criteria include media effectiveness, staffing/marketplace experience, strategic thinking, media creativity, financial stewardship, agency culture/philosophy and computer systems.
Our experience indicates that, over a certain billings base level, even another 50% or 100% in buying volume is irrelevant under most circumstances. The real edge is still an agency's talent, client history and media relationships.
Let's not kid each other: networks know better than anyone what deals are being done, what categories (such as automotive and movies) need what inventory and, most importantly, when they need it. Rarely would the "superclout" of incremental buying volume be relevant unless multiple-client demo targets and buying objectives are identical. With the trend away from mass marketing, this is less and less the case.
One of our assignments was with a group of buying units of comparable size, type and reputation for a national TV buying plan against identical buying specifications. The quality and quantity of the buys, through stewardship programs initiated by the client, were guaranteed by the buying units for a specified period. The buys themselves ranged from a base of 100 to a high of 153-a whopping 53% difference.
This means one client could invest $100 million with one buying agency to achieve the same plan and specification that another client would spend $153 million on with another buyer. If clout is at play here, who is benefiting?
In a spot TV assignment with a group of buying agencies of similar type, size and reputation, the index ranged from 100 to 145. A variation of 45% on spot TV buys for brands that need lots of local broadcast weight is highly material-and costly. How would "superclout" eliminate such enormous discrepancies?
Variations in spot radio ranged from 100 to 142. National print came in with lower variations; our database indicates the most expensive buyer was 24% over base.
Let's look at compensation for media agencies. Compensation requests tend to be all over the lot. The trend continues to evolve towards compensating media agencies with an activity-based (scope of work) annual fixed fee driven by quantity and quality of people working on the account rather than by a more traditional, agency-of-record commission rate driven by spending volume.
It's clear media-buying agency economics is not, by and large, driven by the volume of media investment from year to year. Brand agencies have learned this; their profit margins have increased substantially over the past five years as the use of fee arrangements has increased and use of commission arrangements has decreased.
There have always been big differences in what like agencies charge for like services. We find no correlation between higher compensation levels and better (or, in the case of media, more efficient and effective) services. The reverse is often true. For identical scopes of work, compensation-whether annual fee or media commissions-can vary by upwards of 100%. That's right: double.
So, while a lead negotiator at Omniclout might be a useful vehicle to prune a few TV negotiators from a holding company's payroll, the ultimate question for advertisers is this: Can an advertiser obtain, for the commission it pays its media agency, more than its "fair share" of the agency's "best" media talent. If yes, clout will take care of itself. If no, clout will not solve the problem.M
Mr. Anderson is a managing principal of Morgan Anderson Consulting, New York, a management consultant that specialize in analyzing the effectiveness of