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Anonymize data
You might want to mask sensitive personal data when indexing log events. Credit card numbers and social security numbers are two examples of data that you might not want to appear in a Splunk index. This topic describes how to mask part of confidential fields so that privacy is protected but there is enough of the data remaining to be able to use it to trace events.
Splunk lets you anonymize data in two ways:
- Through a regex transform
- Through a sed script
Through a regex transform
You can configure
transforms.conf to mask data by means of regex expressions.
This example masks all but the last four characters of fields
SessionId and
Ticket number in an application server log.
An example of the desired output:
A sample input:
"2006-09-21, 02:57:11.58", 122, 11, "Path=/LoginUser Query=CrmId=ClientABC& ContentItemId=TotalAccess&SessionId=3A1785URH117BEA&Ticket=646A1DA4STF896EE& SessionTime=25368&ReturnUrl=http://www.clientabc.com, Method=GET,IP=220.127.116.11, Content=", "" "2006-09-21, 02:57:11.60", 122, 15, "UserData:<User CrmId="clientabc" UserId="p12345678"><EntitlementList></EntitlementList></User>", "" "2006-09-21, 02:57:11.60", 122, 15, "New Cookie: SessionId=3A1785URH117BEA& Ticket=646A1DA4STF896EE&CrmId=clientabcUserId=p12345678&AccountId=&AgentHost=man& AgentId=man, MANUser: Version=1&Name=&Debit=&Credit=&AccessTime=&BillDay=&Status= &Language=&Country=&Email=&EmailNotify=&Pin=&PinPayment=&PinAmount=&PinPG= &PinPGRate=&PinMenu=&", ""
To mask the data, modify the
props.conf and
transforms.conf files in your
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/ directory.
Configure props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/props.conf and add the following stanza:
[<spec>] TRANSFORMS-anonymize = session-anonymizer, ticket-anonymizer
Note the following:
<spec>must be one of the following:
<sourcetype>, the source type of an event.
host::<host>, where
<host>is the host of an event.
source::<source>, where
<source>is the source of an event.
- In this example,
ticket-anonymizerare arbitrary TRANSFORMS class names whose actions are defined in stanzas in a corresponding
transforms.conffile. Use the class names you create in
Configure transforms.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/transforms.conf, add your TRANSFORMS:
[session-anonymizer] REGEX = (?m)^(.*)SessionId=\w+(\w{4}[&"].*)$ FORMAT = $1SessionId=########$2 DEST_KEY = _raw [ticket-anonymizer] REGEX = (?m)^(.*)Ticket=\w+(\w{4}&.*)$ FORMAT = $1Ticket=########$2 DEST_KEY = _raw
Note the following:
REGEXshould specify the regular expression that will point to the string in the event you want to anonymize.
Note: The regex processor can't handle multi-line events. To get around this you need to specify that the event is multi-line. Place
(?m) before the regular expression in
FORMATspecifies the masked values.
$1is all the text leading up to the regex and
$2is all the text of the event after the regex.
DEST_KEY = _rawspecifies to write the value from
FORMATto the raw value in the log - thus modifying the event.
Through a sed script
You can also anonymize your data by using a sed script to replace or substitute strings in events.
Most UNIX users are familiar with
sed, a Unix utility which reads a file and modifies the input as specified by a list of commands. Splunk lets you use
sed-like syntax in
props.conf to anonymize your data.
Define the sed script in props.conf
Edit or create a copy of
props.conf in
Create a
props.conf stanza that uses
SEDCMD to indicate a
sed script:
[<spec>] SEDCMD-<class> = <sed script>
Note the following:
<spec>must be one of the following:
<sourcetype>, the source type of an event.
host::<host>, where
<host>is the host of an event.
source::<source>, where
<source>is the source of an event.
- The
sed scriptapplies only to the
_rawfield at index time. Splunk currently supports the following subset of
- replace (
- character substitution (
- replace (
Note: After making changes to
props.conf, restart Splunk to enable the configuration changes.
Replace strings with regex match
The syntax for a
sed replace is:
SEDCMD-<class> = s/<regex>/<replacement>/flags
Note the following:
regexis a PERL regular expression.
replacementis a string to replace the regex match. It uses "\n" for back-references, where
nis a single digit.
flagscan be either "g" to replace all matches or a number to replace a specified match.
Let's say you want to index data containing social security numbers and credit card numbers. At index time, you want to mask these values so that only the last four digits are evident in your events. Your
props.conf stanza might look like this:
[source::.../accounts.log] SEDCMD-accounts = s/ssn=\d{5}(\d{4})/ssn=xxxxx\1/g s/cc=(\d{4}-){3}(\d{4})/cc=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-\2/g
Now, in your accounts events, social security numbers appear as
ssn=xxxxx6789 and credit card numbers will appear as
Substitute characters
The syntax for a
sed character substitution is:
SEDCMD-<class> = y/<string1>/<string2>/
This substitutes each occurrence of the characters in
string1 with the characters in
Let's say you have a file you want to index,
abc.log, and you want to substitute the capital letters "A", "B", and "C" for every lowercase "a", "b", or "c" in your events. Add the following to your
[source::.../abc.log] SEDCMD-abc = y/abc/ABC/
Now, if you search for
source="*/abc.log", you should not find the lowercase letters "a", "b", and "c" in your data at all. Splunk substituted "A" for each "a", "B" for each "b", and "C" for each "c'.
Configure indexed field extraction
How timestamp assignment works
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.0.10, 5.0.11, 5.0.12, 5.0.13, 5.0.14, 5.0.15, 5.0.16, 5.0.17, 5.0.18
Q1: Can wildcard characters be used in ""? For example, if I want a transformation to be apply to all sourcetypes could I do the following in props.conf ? "[*]"

Q2: Can I compound "" expressions? For example, How would I apply a transformation to a file named "abc.log" only on 2 out of 3 of my servers.


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When I was a university I would make jewelery for some extra cash and Spacetrader was the best place to go, as they were online, and their range was vast and was great value.
This post is a tribute to them and to say thanks for all the great beads I have bought from Spacetrader over the years.
I am also writing to tell you how great the sale is. I have just purchased a lot of crystal beads as they are such good value. I highly recommend if you are a beadie that you get in quick before they close their doors.
|Photos taken of the recent bead purchase from Spacetrader
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'I just want to make good music,' says producer
Calvin Harris has warned that his next batch of new material "probably won't get into the charts" due to a change of direction.
Last month, the Scottish DJ and producer became the first artist to gain eight Top Ten singles from one album due to the popularity of his most recent LP '18 Months', which boasted tracks including 'We Found Love' featuring Rihanna and 'Sweet Nothing', his collaboration with Florence Welch.
The album's success led to Harris being crowned Songwriter Of The Year at this year's Ivor Novellos but, according to Music Week, he said: "I'm doing more dance music that probably won't get into the charts. I was in the studio yesterday. I just want to make good music; this award is like drawing a line under the past two years where I've just been intensely fucking working to try and make singles and hit records."
In December last year, Harris claimed that he found making pop music easier than "making a ham sandwich". Speaking about his creative process, he said: "It's incredibly easy to do, but hard to do perfectly. I'd struggle to make a perfect ham sandwich because I never make them, whereas pop music comes naturally to me – it's what I do every day."
'18 Months' was the producer's third studio album and was released in October last year. In addition to collaborations with Rihanna and Welch, it also featured the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah and Example.


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It must be around this time three years ago my Lymphedema started. I have made a change in the "about me" section overhere to the right, as it felt a little depressing everytime I updated it to yet another six months with Lymphedema. This way I don't have to worry about it and people can still figure out how long I have had it.
Yesterdays outfit: The new trousers I got on sale recently, haven't worn them until yesterday. They are so comfy, the material is so light and great for summer and the ends fold just the way I like it. Stylists may advice against it but I like it and until I get those darn high-top sneakers this will have to do. I don't think my legs look enormous like in that other post recently with the widelegged jeans.
The sneakers I'm wearing are some really cheap ones I got in two different sizes, 38 for the good foot, 39 for the bad. No one can tell.


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Gilead Sciences and Celgene Corporation Have Great Growth Potential
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you'd like to add some health care and biotech stocks to your portfolio but don't have the time or expertise to hand-pick a few, the Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (NYSEMKT: FHLC) could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which stocks will perform best, you can use this exchange-traded fund to invest in lots of health care and biotech stocks simultaneously.
Why focus on health care stocks? Well, the planet's growing and aging population will keep demand rising for health care products and services -- and will thereby boost the fortunes of health care and biotech stocks. On top of that, Obamacare is ushering more Americans into health coverage, delivering more customers to the companies treating them.
The ETF's basics
ETFs often sport lower expense ratios than their mutual fund cousins. This ETF sports an expense ratio -- an annual fee -- of 0.12%. It's too young to have a meaningful track record, and it's fairly small, too -- so if you're thinking of buying, beware of possibly large spreads between its bid and ask prices. Consider using a limit order if you want to buy in.
On your own, you might not have selected Gilead Sciences or Celgene as health care and biotech stocks for your portfolio, but this ETF included them among its 300-some holdings.
A closer look at Gilead Sciences
Gilead has been in the news recently with its recently approved oral hepatitis-C treatment, Sovaldi, which immediately secured blockbuster status by blowing away sales estimates in Gilead's first quarter, raking in $2.3 billion. There's a problem, though: Sovaldi's steep price (about $84,000 for a 12-week course) has met criticism and controversy. Still, Gilead is making the most of Sovaldi, moving forward with a Sovaldi combination drug that could treat even more hep-C cases and applying for approval in the big market of Japan (estimated to be worth $500 million annually).
There's more to Gilead than Sovaldi, though. Its HIV drug Stribild is also selling briskly and might earn blockbuster status, too. Gilead is actually a leader in HIV treatments, which have generated much of its revenue. Meanwhile, Gilead's first quarter blew away expectations, with net income more than tripling over year-ago levels.
Gilead recently announced a doubling of its $5 billion share buyback plan. That can make a meaningful difference to shareholders by boosting the value of existing shares, but only if the company is buying back the shares at attractive prices. Fortunately, that seems to be the case, as Gilead seems appealingly priced with a forward P/E ratio near 11 and less than half its five-year average value -- even as the stock has averaged nearly 34% annual growth over the past two decades and risen 62% over the past year.
Still, there are risks, including competition with other entities. Merck, for example, is developing drugs to tackle hepatitis-C. Effective alternatives might force Gilead to cut its prices -- though competitors might alternatively price their own products high. Another interesting wrinkle is that steep price aside, Sovaldi is, for many patients, not a treatment but a cure -- meaning that Gilead won't be able to sell to them for long.
Overall, Gilead is a compelling opportunity, with strong Sovaldi sales appearing to be just the beginning. The company has many more potential winners in its pipeline, including some tackling cancer and HIV.
A closer look at Celgene Corporation
Celgene has been a whopper of a performer for shareholders, rising 48% over the past year and averaging annual growth of 33% over the past 20 years.
Its anemia drug, Revlimid, is a blockbuster, expected to generate about $5 billion in sales this year, and potentially $11 billion by 2021. Celgene is aiming to boost its sales by expanding its applications. Celgene isn't a one-trick pony, either. Its new multiple myeloma therapy, Pomalyst, enjoyed sales of $305 million last year and $136 million in the recent first quarter. Its Abraxane drug, which treats metastatic breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and non-small-cell lung cancer, has also been selling well and winning approvals abroad. Its sales grew by about 50% year over year in the first quarter, and it's expected to generate close to $900 million this year. Celgene's psoriatic arthritis drug, Otezla, received FDA approval this year. Celgene expects an FDA decision in September regarding approval for Otezla to treat the larger indication of plaque psoriasis -- which affects some 3% of the population. Otezla is expected to ultimately generate more than $1 billion.
But wait -- there's more! Celgene is investing heavily in other companies with promising early-stage drugs, a move that could pay off handsomely in many years, not months. As my colleague Stephen Simpson has noted, Celgene has "a deep early stage pipeline of oncology drugs" and "meaningful label expansion opportunities for approved drugs."
Celgene does have some risks, though, such as a patent challenge to its Revlimid. But the dust hasn't settled on that yet, and the company has many other irons in the fire, too.
Despite all its growth, Celgene appears to be undervalued, with its forward P/E ratio near 19. It offers no dividend at this point but has been spending a lot on share repurchases. It has also long been spending money acquiring other companies, and with more than $5 billion in cash and free cash flow topping $2 billion annually, it's well positioned to keep making smart purchases. Some have suggested it would be a great acquisition for a large pharmaceutical company.
The big picture
It makes sense to consider adding some health care and biotech stocks to your portfolio. You can do so easily via an ETF. Alternatively, you might simply investigate an ETF focused on health care and biotech stocks and then cherry-pick from its holdings after doing some research on your own.
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by Lisa Perry, D.M.A The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
In early December, the SPCO's Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center presented David Lang's immersive musical experience, darker, at the Ordway Concert Hall. Accompanying Lang for the performance were visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra and video processing artist Jeff Larson, who created a live liquid light show that was projected in conjunction with the composition. The continuous hour-long work featured twelve musicians from The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mischa Santora.
As part of his visit, Lang recorded a "Music in the Making" podcast co-produced by the SPCO, American Composers Forum and Minnesota Public Radio (to be released this spring). In attendance were musicians from the SPCO along with a devoted crowd of new music enthusiasts and Liquid Music supporters. With host Steve Seel of Classical MPR, Lang discussed several of his works (including darker and Crowd Out for 1000 voices) and detailed his creative process.
darker, Lang explained during the podcast interview, is a piece dedicated to the memory of a friend who had recently passed away. His intention was not to convey a specific emotion, but rather to create a musical and visual landscape that could allow audience members to focus on their own emotions and experiences as the work unfolds. Contrasting many pieces that encompass a broad range of feelings, emotions, and gestures, Lang intentionally created a work that remains largely static, only changing by subtly altering the music through slight variances in harmonic colors, orchestration and dynamics. In an interview with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Lang stated:
Highlighting the subtle changes in the music during the performance at the Ordway Concert Hall was the live liquid light show by Bocanegra and Larson. Using colorful oils, powder and natural materials (such as branches and dried leaves), Bocanegra created live art that was projected onto a screen behind the musicians. The constantly evolving visual illustrated the prolonged and subtle transition from light to dark, while enhancing the atmosphere of the overall work.
Together, the visuals and music created a highly unique and powerful immersive experience for those fortunate enough to be in attendance.
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"The Powers" and "Empire": Annotated Bibliography
The theme at this year's summer conference ("peace camp") of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America is "As the Powers Fall: Sustaining Our Faith and One Another as Empire Crumbles." [Berea College, Berea, KY 23-28 July 2007–I can't wait!]. I was asked to prepare an annotated bibliography on the themes of "the Powers" and "Empire" as a resource for the conference, marked as to level of difficulty and/or amount of background needed. I share my results with all of you and, since the bibliography is hardly exhaustive, invite additions as well as other feedback. (P.S., I will not be able to blog from the conference, this year, but I will be taking many notes and photos and, as with last year, will share them on this blog afterward.)
An Annotated Bibliography on "The Powers" and "Empire" for the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.
by Michael L. Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.
Key: Items marked with an asterisk (" *") are introductory or for beginners in these fields of study. Those marked with the number sign ("#") are of intermediate difficulty. Items marked with a plus sign ("+") are more difficult or presume background knowledge in biblical studies, theology, and/or political theory.
I. The Powers
Throughout the New Testament, but especially in the Pauline epistles, there is a range of terminology referring to the spiritual dimensions of organized power, e.g., powers,authorities, principalities, thrones, dominions, angels, demons (the latter two terms may have other meanings, but when qualified as "the angel of" a church, etc. or the "demon of" a particular city or kingdom, they definitely refer to the spiritual dimensions of an organized power), aeons, etc. They are often referred to collectively as "The Powers and Authorities," or "The Principalities and Powers," or simply "The Powers." They refer to (the spiritual dimensions of) governments, economic systems, the institutional dimensions of religion, ideologies ("isms" such as capitalism, communism, communitarianism, authoritarianism, individualism, creationism, Darwinism, Marxism, Freudianism, etc. as well as democracy, theocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy, etc.), systems, culturally dominant philosophies, etc.–semi-personal forces that shape, even rule, human life.
#Arnold, Clinton E. Powers of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul's Letters. InterVarsity Press, 1992. Argues, against the consensus, that the "principalities and powers" refer only to occult, demonic, beings.
#Berkhof, Hendrikus. Christ and Power. Trans. from the Dutch by John Howard Yoder. Herald Press, 1962. The Dutch original was the work which began the modern study of the Powers.
+Caird, G. B. (1917-1984) Principalities and Powers: A Study in Pauline Theology. Clarendon Press, 1956. This was one of the most thorough early studies. Written by an Anglican pacifist N.T. scholar.
+Carr, Wesley. Angels and Principalities: The Background, Meaning, and Development of the Pauline Phrase hai Archai kai hai Exousiai. Cambridge University Press, 1981. A revision of the author's Ph.D. dissertation, University of Sheffield, 1974.
*Davenport, Gene L. Powers and Principalities. Pilgrim Press, 2003. A brief introduction for beginners in the field.
#Ellul, Jacques(1912-1994). The New Demons. Translated form the French by C. Edward Hopkins. Seabury Press, 1975. A political theology based on the new work by Berkhof, Caird and others on The Powers. This theme became interwoven into all Ellul's work, but this is the most accessible account.
*Gingerich, Ray C. and Ted Grimsrud, ed., Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice, and the Domination System. Fortress Press, 2006. Builds on the work especially of Walter Wink. Includes two essays by BPFNA's own Glen H. Stassen.
*Stringfellow, William.(1928-1985). An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land. Word Books, 1973. A non-technical interpretation of the Book of Revelation as a political theology. Two chapters on The Powers. The "Babylon" passages of Revelation are read as applying to the U.S. scene that Stringfellow knew so well. Walter Wink was deeply influenced by Stringfellow.
+Wink, Walter. Cracking the Gnostic Code: The Powers in Gnosticism. Scholars' Press, 1993. A nice contrast between the function of "Powers" language in the Gnostic writings and the canonical NT ones. This work will make you glad that the Gnostic writings are NOT part of the N.T. canon.
+__________. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination. Fortress Press, 1992. The 3rd volume of Wink's original "The Powers" series. This is a full-blown political theology from the perspective of the work he has done on The Powers theme.
+____________. Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament. Fortress Press, 1984. This is the most serious exegetical work on this theme throughout the New Testament since Berkhof's original work. This is the first volume in Wink's trilogy "The Powers."
*___________. The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium. Doubleday, 1998. This is a popularizing digest of Wink's "The Powers" trilogy designed for the non-specialist.
+___________. Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces that Determine Human Existence. Fortress Press, 1986. Second volume of Wink's "The Powers" series, this begins his theological reflections on the biblical work done in the first book.
*____________. When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nations. Fortress Press, 1998. A popular look at practical peacemaking that is informed by Wink's work on The Powers.
+Yoder, John Howard(1929-1997). The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster. 2nd edition. Revised and Expanded. Eerdmans, 1994. Original edition, 1972. Chapters 8-10, but especially chapter 8, "Christ and Power."
II. Empire
The theme of "empire" has become widespread in recent biblical and theological studies, as well as recent political studies. Political theorists debate whether or not the U.S. is an empire (remember that Rome was called an empire in its colonies long before that language was used back in Italy, where the trappings of the earlier republic were kept for some time), whether globalized capitalism forms a new kind of empire, and related matters. For brevity's sake, I am including only biblical and theological works, although they may reflect on contemporary issues. In general, the anti-imperialist tone of the biblical writings has become newly emphasized in these studies.
#Avram, Wes, ed., Anxious About Empire: Theological Essays on the New Global Realities. Brazos, 2004. These are collected papers from a conference held in light of the unveiling of the "Bush Doctrine" in 2002 which proclaimed that the U.S. would tolerate no military or economic rivals and would launch "preemptive wars" against any and all perceived threats. Most of the contributors are quite critical of this doctrine, but political ethicist Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago Divinity School, once a liberal just war theorist, has become a vocal apologist for the Bush administration and the "war on terrorism."
*Carter, Warren. The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide. Abingdon Press, 2006. This is an excellent place to begin exploring the recent biblical works on this theme.
#___________. Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations. Trinity Press International, 2001.
*Cassidy, Richard J. Christians and Roman Rule in the New Testament: New Perspectives. Crossroad, 2001. A good introduction from a brilliant Catholic New Testament scholar who is also a peace and justice activist.
#___________. Jesus, Politics, and Society: A Study of Luke's Gospel. Orbis Books, 1978.
#____________. John's Gospel in New Perspective: Christology and the Realities of Roman Power. Orbis Books, 1992.
+____________. Society and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles. Orbis Books, 1987.
*Crossan, John Dominic. God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now. HarperSanFrancisco, 2007. A popular-level book with rather sweeping conclusions, some of which may outrun the exegetical evidence.
#Crossan, John Dominic and Jonathan L. Reed. In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom: A New Vision of Paul's Words and World. HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
#Cullmann, Oscar (1902-1999). The State in the New Testament. Scribner's, 1956. Contrasts the vision of the state as "God's instrument to you for good" in Romans 13 with the vision of the state as demonic "beast from the sea" in Revelation 13 and says that discernment as to when the state is more in line with Romans 13 or Revelation 13 is a major Christian task.
+Griffith, Lee. The War on Terrorism and the Terror of God. Eerdmans, 2002. This is a difficult, but very important book. Griffith had already completed much of the book prior to 9/11. That terrorist attack and the U.S. response simply reinforced most of these conclusions.
*Howard-Brook, Wes and Anthony Gwyer, Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now. Orbis Books, 1999. This is a serious study of the Book of Revelation, but written in the easy-to-read style of all of Howard-Brook's works.
*Howard-Brook, Wes and Sharon Ringe, eds. The New Testament: Introducing the Way of Discipleship. Orbis Books, 2002. This is an excellent introduction to the New Testament from biblical scholars committed to radical discipleship and nonviolence. Two chapters deal especially with our theme: "Paul's Letters: God's Justice Against Empire," by Neil Elliott and "Revelation: Claiming the Victory Jesus Won Over Empire" by Wes Howard-Brook.
#Horsley, Richard A. Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. Fortress Press, 2003. Glen Stassen warns that some of Horsley's biblical exegesis in this book doesn't seem very careful. What is certain is that Horsley has changed his mind considerably since his earlier work, Jesus and the Spiral of Violence. Harper & Row, 1987. In that earlier work, Horsley argued that Jesus dealt almost exclusively with Palestinian village society and that his teachings on nonviolence and enemy love did not address the question of Rome. Horsley has had a rather large change of heart in this regard.
*____________. ed. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Trinity Press International, 1997.
*Horsley, Richard A. and Neil Asher Silberman. The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World. Putnam, 1997.
+Horsley, Richard A., ed., Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpretation: Essays in Honor of Krister Stendahl. Trinity Press International, 2000. Includes several scholarly essays on the theme of empire.
+____________., ed. Paul and the Roman Imperial Order. Trinity Press International, 2004. A collection of very deep scholarly essays.
#Keller, Catherine. God and Power: Counter-Apocalyptic Journeys. Fortress, 2005. Keller is a feminist historical theologian who has co-written and co-edited works with the more famous Rosemary Radford Ruether. While I share her negative attitude toward the normal idea of apocalyptic writings, I argue that the only biblical examples, Daniel and Revelation, use the genre of apocalypse to subvert the usual expectations. I would not want to be "counter-apocalyptic" in the sense of counter-Daniel or counter-Revelation.
*Laarman, Peter, ed. Getting on Message: Challenging the Religious Right from the Heart of the Gospel. Beacon Press, 2006. See the chapter, "Easter Faith and Empire: Recovering the Prophetic Tradition on the Emmaus Road." by Ched Myers.
# Northcutt, Michael B. An Angel Directs the Storm: Apocalyptic Religion and American Empire. I. B. Taurus, 2004.
+Phillips, Kevin P. American Theocracy: The Perils and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century. Viking, 2006. The author is a former political strategist for the U.S. Republican party who has become alarmed at the direction of his party and the nation.
+Sugirtharajah, R.S. The Bible and Empire: Postcolonial Explorations. Cambridge University Press, 2005. A difficult, but rewarding, study from the viewpoint of a liberation theologian from India.
+Stringfellow, William (1928-1985). Conscience and Obedience: The Politics of Romans 13 and Revelation 13 in Light of the Second Coming. Word Books, 1977. A popularization of the work of Oscar Cullman on the state and application to the U.S. that Stringfellow knew.
#Taylor, Mark Lewis. Religion, Politics, and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Powers and American Empire. Fortress Press, 2005. Very important reflections from a contemporary theologian. Medium difficulty.
+Thompson, Leonard. The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire. Oxford University Press, 1990. Difficult, but rewarding reading.
+Wengst, Klaus K. The Pax Romana and the Peace of Jesus Christ. Fortress, 1987. This is an important and very careful study of the contrast between the kind of peacemaking that Jesus taught and the "peace through strength" policies of empire.
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Great bib. Thanks, Michael. I've made some additions to my wish list thanks to you.
One small adjustment: Paul and Empire is only edited by Horsley. You just need to add the ", ed."
Comment by Thom Stark | July 15, 2007
Oh, and another book of great relevance, also edited by Horsley, is Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul. James C. Scott is of course the anthropologist of Southeast Asian peasant societies behind such gems as Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts, The Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia, and Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes To Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. Reading Jesus and Paul in light of his work has been fascinating for me, and especially of note in the Horsley book is the essay by Bill Herzog on Jesus and the taxation question. Herzog actually argues that Jesus opposed taxation, but rather than overt rebellion reinterpreted the payment of taxes as an act of purging Israel of foreign idolatry.
Comment by Thom Stark | July 15, 2007
That's interesting. Do you remember where it was that you read it, apart from Herzog? If not, that's cool. But I'd be very interested.
Comment by Thom Stark | July 15, 2007
I've read Wengst. I thought the first half of the book was great, but his treatment of Luke-Acts is unfortunately very dated and I think he rather missed the boat. I've got Ched Myers' book sitting on my shelf. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Comment by Thom Stark | July 16, 2007
I'm surprised not to see any of the work by David Ray Griffin referenced in the "empire" section of the bibliography. Given his considerable standing as a theologian and his extensive writing describing the implications of the empire mentality in our current events, I can only assume that omission was deliberate. So are theories of 9-11 that differ from the empire's off limits. What's with that?
Comment by Berry Friesen | August 8, 2007
Michael, perhaps you could engage Richard A. Horsley around your questions. He may not be as prepared as David Ray Griffin to assign responsibility for the events of 9/11 but he has called for a new investigation, thereby signally his conviction that we have not been told the truth about what happened and who is responsible.
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Join FWISD board member Ashley Gage Paz, FWISD board member Matthew Avila and the RPIA board as we discuss changes to the Daggett Elementary School attendance boundary. The proposed change will place all of Ryan Place within the Daggett Elementary School boundary.
The school district has asked for the neighborhood's input on this proposed change and this meeting is our chance!
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London: Alastair Cook's unbeaten fifty strengthened England's grip on the first Test at Lord's after South Africa had to toil in the field without Vernon Philander on Saturday.
England were 119 for one in their second innings at stumps on the third day, a lead of 216 runs in this opening match of a four-Test series.
Former captain Cook was 59 not out, after more than three hours of typically painstaking effort, with fellow left-hander Gary Ballance unbeaten on 22.
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"England are in a strong position, there's no hiding from it," said South Africa batsman Temba Bavuma, who made 59 on Saturday.
Philander, whose five-wicket innings return saw him bowl the Proteas to a series-clinching win at Lord's five years ago, did not bowl a single one of the 51 overs the Proteas sent down Saturday.
He was off the field after going for an X-ray on a hand injury suffered when he was hit by James Anderson while making 52 in South Africa's first innings 361 earlier in the day.
It was a worrying absence for the Proteas given they are already without Kagiso Rabada, another member of their pace attack, for next week's second Test at Trent Bridge after he was banned for verbally abusing England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday's first day at Lord's.
South Africa, with Dean Elgar leading the side for the first time in the absence of Faf du Plessis on paternity leave, wasted their two reviews in the first 80 overs on Cook.
Both times they challenged sound not out decisions by umpires Paul Reiffel and S Ravi in response to lbw appeals.
But Cook was still on his tea score of 31 when partly unsighted wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock missed a stumping chance off left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj.
Keaton Jennings, born in South Africa but England qualified through his mother and residence, helped Cook put on 80 for the first wicket.
But he fell for 33 when, trying to cut a Morne Morkel ball that was too close to him, he was caught behind by de Kock -- who played in the same XI as Jennings when they were both pupils at Johannesburg's King Edward VII school.
Jennings's exit brought in Ballance, under pressure in what was now his third chance at Test cricket and out for just 20 in the first innings.
Cook's three on another sun-drenched day at Lord's saw him to a 127-ball fifty including eight fours of which a cover-drive off Maharaj was the pick.
South Africa resumed on 214 for five -- still 244 runs behind England's first innings 458 which featured Joe Root's 190 in his first Test as England captain as well as fifties from Moeen Ali (87), Stuart Broad (57 not out) and Stokes (56).
Bavuma was 48 not out and nightwatchman Rabada unbeaten on nine.
Both Rabada (27) and Bavuma fell to spinners Liam Dawson and Ali respectively.
But after Root took the new ball, de Kock twice struck fast-medium bowler Broad for three successive fours -- the best a whipped drive through mid-on from a ball pitching outside off stump.
It was a typically dashing display by the left-hander, who completed the second-fastest Test fifty at Lord's in a mere 36 balls, including 10 boundaries.
But his next ball proved his last, de Kock slicing Anderson to short square cover where Stokes took an excellent low catch.
"As much as I would love to say it was my idea, it was Joe's," said Anderson of the unusual field placing."
Anderson added: "He's doing well. In particular, yesterday (Friday) when it was a really hot day he could have let bowlers bowl really long spells but he chopped and changed and got the best out of the bowling attack.
"We were really happy to keep them below 400."
Philander made a fine fifty of his own before he was last man out slogging at off-spinner Ali, who finished with fine figures of four for 59 in 20 overs after he completed both halves of the Test 'double' of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets on Thursday.
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Christmas FrenzyBy Randell Tiongson on December 6th, 2009
From my good friend, the deliberate blogger Larry Uy.
I just got off the phone with a credit card company; I've been trying to have one of my credit cards cancelled for almost 3 months now. Come to think of it, it is now easier to apply for one than to cancel.
I can remember the time that I had 8 credit cards to my name and I can buy a 3 series BMW with them. Credit cards are loaded weapons on the wrong hand, believe me, it was my old life….
To read on please click on:http://lawrenceuy.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/christmas-frenzy/


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This animation was created for ACIS, the leader in educational travel. I've been illustrating the cover of their catalogs for 5 years. My good friend Peter Jones is the president of ACIS. We live in Ashfield, a small town in Western MA. For years when my kids were little we hung out at the beach at Ashfield Lake. Peter lives in Boston and spends weekends in Ashfield. For a few years we'd nod hello at the beach - but never spoke. Finally one year we started talking and when he told me the name of his company, it turned out I'd worked with a Boston design firm and illustrated a logo for a division of his company! SMALL world. Little did we both know that our meeting would be the beginning of an incredible creative relationship.
He asked me to show some ideas for the 2014-15 cover. He was happy with what I came up with and liked working with me, so that's how it started! Now, each year we spend months working on the cover and 10 full page inside illustrations. This year the designers came to me with the idea of a collage - based on sketchbook drawings they'd seen of mine. I knew I could be in for a roller coaster ride of changes and options with so many elements and that's exactly what happened. So by the time I finished and everyone was happy, I was very relieved.
Then I had the idea to animate the cover as a promotion to encourage people to order the catalog. I contacted my wonderful animator John Ryan / Dagnabit and told him my idea. He was available - so I told Peter my idea and he loved it. He said I could do it if I could work within his proposed budget. I went to work on the storyboard. I then had the idea that Peter (who is an excellent writer and a big music appreciator) co write a song for it with my daughter Sonya Kitchell, who is a very talented singer songwriter. Peter is a big fan of Sonya's and loved this idea. We increased the budget to allow for this original song, and the two of them began to work on lyrics. I knew the feel I wanted for the music and sent Sonya a list of songs to listen to - including Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean? That song had just the right feel for what I wanted. Sonya is a very accomplished musician and she was super professional to work with. I looked at many animated commercials, and was very inspired by New Renault Twingo's TV ad by French artists Kuntzel+Deygas with music by Beck.
John gave me some poses to paint for the dancer, I made sure all my art from the cover was in neat layers, and adjusted all of it to work for the animation, put it all in Dropbox, John started animating and Sonya started working on the song. I saw two rough versions, everything was looking great and then I left to go on assignment to Grenada. I flew out of NYC and stayed with Sonya who loves in Brooklyn, the night before leaving. That night John sent what he hoped was close to the finished animation and it was good - but it wasn't done and the ending was just not working. I'd pushed him a lot, I knew we were close to the edge of the budget/time for his work, but I also knew it had to be perfect. And I just wasn't sure what the solution was. I showed it to Sonya and her comment was something like, time for you to just step up and figure it out! I knew I wasn't happy with the flamenco dancer, so the first thing I did after arriving in Grenada was paint 50 stills of her, based on poses that John gave me. ( luckily, painting the estate I'd been hired to come there and paint could wait a few days)
I had so scanner - so took photos with my phone.
Then I began researching more short animated commercials for inspiration for the ending, mostly in the Motion Award winners! For some reason, Why Have I Sprung a Leak vimeo.com/149360435 produced by Todd Albertson, spoke to me. I wrote Todd - a total stranger - and asked if I could hire him as a consultant to help me finish the animation. He was a huge help! And then John made it all work.
A great experience all around! Below is the front and back cover.


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Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to HBO on Sunday, October 1st.
Dear White People was renewed for a second season on Netflix.
Live PD got an additional 100 episode order from A&E.
Outlander's third season will be hitting Starz on September 10th.
QVC is buying their competition out, the Home Shopping Network, for $2.1 Billion!
Six, A History Channel action drama, has Olivia Munn joining the cast. Yes, that Olivia Munn.
The Exorcist is getting a new cast member for its second season in the form of John Cho (Star Trek).
The Carmichael Show on NBC is not coming back for a fourth season.
The Little Couple's newest season will be premiering on TLC on September 19th.
So by now, I'm sure you noticed the new logo from SYfY. It's part of a thing NBC is call ing the Syfy Reboot, as they look to get back to the core of their foundation, sci-fi.
Now to be honest, a little less than 10 years or so ago, when they started airing wrestling and reality TV, we lost a lot of sci-fi programming. But THEY SAID, that for them to survive, they needed to make money any way they can. And they also said that as they get back on their monetary feet, they'll be reintroducing new and good sci-fi programming back into the lineup.
And sure enough, a few years ago, they have upped the count of sci-fi shows so that the channel is no longer generally referred to as the Star Wars, or Star Trek channel.
But now they're spinning it up a bit because most people have forgotten the promise they made way back then. And recently at a press conference, they said they're aiming to get back to "space and sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and supernatural, and superheroes and comics." They're also looking to expand their coverage beyond San Diego Comic-Con and hitting up other cons throughout the year. Which, as far as I can tell, would be great for the entire comic con-based community, because folks, there are many more comic cons out there.
A few years back, Syfy had a hit on their hands with Battlestar Galactica, until Moore fucked it up with that stupid-ass ending. But ever since then, Syfy has been trying to replicate that dark, depressed and entertaining feeling, even to the extent of screwing over the last Stargate series with a similar, dark and depressing feel, which failed them miserably, considering how much they changed up the franchise's fun feel. Dumb ass and seemingly desperate move? Or a way to move a property off the schedule because it was fading anyway?
They're getting back on track with things and they keep trying new things, some which fail horribly despite it's source material being incredibly successful, others, treading water in the ratings world. For them.
I for one am glad they're taking another swing at things... or to be exact, continue to take a swing at things. Sci-fi is a tough medium to sell in the world of mindless reality TV where 30% of an episode is just people repeating something already said earlier in that segment or episode. OMG, seriously, Big Brother, they recap last weeks' ep, then someone in the diary room recaps what happened, then they move forward with a contest, force the rules on us, then we watch multiple people recap the rules in the diary room and so forth and so on. Give me a fucking break!
Any way.... I digress.
Go Syfy and your new logo and concerted effort to keep it fresh and competitive.
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Forbes' Love Affair with Grays On Main
As most of you know, one of our latest projects is Grays in Franklin TN. As we continue to help multiple bars across town, this project is definitely the lead horse in the race right now. It's been an honor to be a part of a concept that's gaining so much national recognition in only 3 months of being open. In addition to our bar program being featured in Imbibe and our drinks socially mentioned by USA Today, Forbes gave us a glowing review that I'm simply just quite proud to share. Read the full article on their thoughts of Grays and brandy in general here


text: The family of a man who was hit and killed by a freight train has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home he wandered away from. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home negligently failed to supervise the patient who suffered from dementia. The home knew this patient was at risk for wandering and failed to keep him secure in the facility and additionally it did not follow the company's policies for missing residents. The patient disappeared on October 25 and police later found his body near the train tracks that run close to the nursing home. To read more on this tragic story, click here.


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My review ran on the cover of the Style section in Saturday's Post, which means it got the full color treatment and everything.
I loved the book. It's laugh-out-loud funny at points and surprisingly tender at others. For more from author Matthew Norman, check out his blog, The Norman Nation.


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Technically, the daily chart is suggesting that Ether price is trading near a crucial juncture.
Can Ether Price Recover?
Yesterday, Ether price declined further and posted nasty declines not only against the US dollar, but also versus the Bitcoin. The ETH/USD pair negative sentiment was boosted that took the pair below the $10.00 level. Moreover, the ETH/BTC pair posted a new three month low below 0.0140BTC.
When we look at the 2-hours chart of ETH/USD, there was a clear rejection around the $10.00 level. The price sharply recovered after dipping below the stated level, and currently trading above it. The last 3-4 candles on the same chart looks positive, and signaling an initial sign of a possible recovery.
The price also traded above the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the last decline from the $11.52 high to $9.67 low. This can be considered as the second sign. However, it would be very early to call the recent rejection near $10.00 as the start of a recovery.
There is a bearish trend line formed on the same chart, which is a major resistance area on the upside. If there is a break above it, the chances of a reversal may increase in the near term.
In order to understand the importance of the $10.00 support, let us look at the daily chart of ETH/USD. We can clearly see that the stated level acted as a monster support area where buyers protected downsides many times.
So, there is a high possibility the price may recover from the $10.00 support zone, and traders need to keep a close eye on it. Remember, a daily close below $10.00 would be a very strong bearish signal, which could result in a monstrous decline.


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K.I.T.E. Conference
(Knowledge. Independence. Togetherness. Empowerment.)
A mini-conference for parents, family members, self-advocates and professionals
Hosted by SOAR, DSAW-Fox Cities and Wisconsibs
Registration starts at 8:30am, conference from 9:00am-2:00pm
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Appleton Alliance Church (2693 Grand Chute Blvd, Appleton)
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For Americans and Canadians, multicultural consumers are a rapidly growing demographic. Understanding the social lives of such consumers — their values, beliefs, habits and preferences — is of great importance to brands and their marketers. An annual day-long event called the Multicultural Media for Multicultural America Forum will explore this demographic. Presented by marketing research consultancy Horowitz Associates, the March 21st, 2012 conference will focus on ". . . how the concept of community impacts programming, marketing, and advertising geared toward America's new multicultural audiences."
One of the new things the conference presenter will be doing this year is to conduct multimodal research to learn about the multicultural consumer who may, more and more, consume media on various platforms. Three reports will be presented during the event:
Viewing the Viewer — an in-home videography of multicultural households.
State of Cable and Digital Media — a quantitative survey of US-multicultural consumers
Consumer Voice Community — This 8-week research online community is focused on the media lifestyles of US-multicultural consumers and how they are adopting to a rapidly changing media world.
For disclosure purposes, Ramius, a technology partner to Horowitz Associates, is pleased to support the Forum with our new Recollective software which powers the Consumer Voice Community.
This new data should foster interesting discussion among the Forum delegates with confirmed representation by media organizations such as NBC Universal, Telemundo, mun2, Comcast, ESPN, Imagina US, History en Español, Ella (MGM Networks Latin America) and TV5MONDE.
Check back to this blog for an upcoming profile of Horowitz Associates and for a conference recap. For those who will be attending the Forum, we look forward to meeting you in New York!


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Hitting the Hay - Two Horny Peasants On A Lunch Break
Let's travel back in time a couple of hundred years, and join our two peasants in today's hardcore porn movie shot in Full HD. Meet the innocent looking Russian blonde and blue-eyed Alessandra Jane and Sabby, the hunky farmer servant. It's their lunch break but instead of getting their stomaches filled up with food, horny Alessandra drags her catch into a hidden barn and prepares to get some meat served up her tiny pink fuck hole. She looks innocent and Sabby follows her without resistance when she suddenly starts kissing him. He knows what she wants and needs, plants her on one of those hay bails, spreads her legs and starts licking and fingering that shaved clit until she is eager for more. Sliding that dick up her cunt, he bounces her doggy style but hey, it's a farm so let's not forget that wild cowgirl ride as well! After another blowjob and some nipple sucking he nails her into the hay and prepares to cum all over her nice little vagina, she enjoys that extra protein, rubs it gently into her pussy and then licks her fingers while thanking you for watching with a seductive smile which calls for more.


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Jonathan Garcia
Born in Sicuani - Cusco - Peru (25 years), he discovered his passion for music to age 16 through the saxophone, entering in 2003 to the Public School of Music "Leandro Alviña Miranda" in the city Cusco, 2005 entered the National Conservatory of Music in Lima, and 2007 entry Dramatic and Musical Conservatory Dr. Carlos de Campos "in the city of Tatui - São Paulo - Brazil, in 2009 is the 1st. Peruvian graduate as saxophonist specializing in classical music under the direction of Master Marcos Pedroso in the Tatui Conservatory. Formed part of different groups of Music as Youth Symphonic Band of the National Conservatory of Music in Lima (2005-2006), the National Symphony Orchestra - Peru (2006), the National Youth Symphony Orchestra - Peru (2006), the International Association JazzPerú (2005), the Young Symphonic Band of the State of São Paulo - Brazil (2008), Banda Conservatory Youth Symphony Tatui-Brazil (2007-2008), the International Big Band Miranda Palito-Paraguay (2007), the Hector Costita Big Band - São Paulo (2008), the Big Band de Azevedo - Tatui - Brazil (2008), the Big Band Tatui Young Conservatory - Brazil (2009), was invited as a soloist with the Conservatory Youth Symphonic Band of Tatui (2008-2009), as a student guest soloist with the Big Band SAMJAZZ - Brazil (2008), was selected from 60 young musicians more important from Latin America to form part of the first OLV (American Latin orchestra of winds) - YAMAHA (2009) returning to be selected again for the year 2010, participated in the SAXFESTCOSTARICA in the city of San José - Costa Rica (2009), was finalist in the national competition for young soloists "Prelude"TV-culture in São Paulo, Brazil (2009), he was the first foreigner to reach the final, was invited as a teacher and jury of the 2nd. Meeting and International Competition for Clarinet and Saxophone in La Paz, Bolivia (2010), invited as a teacher in the 1st. And 2nd. Winds International Meeting City Eten-Chiclayo (2009-2010), in the XI National Brass Festival in the city of Trujillo (2010), in the First National Festival of Winds in the town of Cajamarca (2010), in the II Festival of Winds in the city of Cusco (2010), he founded, organized and directed the project Saxophone Meeting PERUSAX-2010 in Lima, welcoming over 250 saxophonists from all over Peru between guests and participants. He participated in master classes and workshops by Eduardo Neves (Brazil), Dilson Florencio (Brazil), Vinicius Dorin (Brazil), Eugenne Rousseau (France), Jean Charles (France), Emiliano Barri (Argentina), Francisco FERREMAD (Portugal), Kenneth TSE (Hong Kong), Arno Bornkamp (Netherlands), Branford Marsalis (USA). He currently lives in Peru and is running workshops, master classes for Saxophone and Functional Harmony in different schools, colleges and music schools in Peru and ouside Perú. He is founder and president of the Peruvian Association Saxophonists PERUSAX, Director and Organizer of the I Festival and International Saxophone Competition PERUSAX-2011.


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Al Gore: The Future
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Join former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore as he discusses his new book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, which examines the critical, emerging forces that are reshaping our world.
Following in the footsteps of his best-seller An Inconvenient Truth—made into an Oscar-winning documentary—Gore's latest book surveys the interconnectedness of digital networks, the shifting balance of world powers, increasing economic globalization, and other factors influencing the future of our planet.
This program is part of the Center's 10th anniversary celebration as the museum of "We the People."
Please note that programs are subject to change; call the National Constitution Center or check this page for the most current information. Programs begin promptly and latecomers may not be admitted.
Parking is available for $9 at the National Constitution Center parking garage located at the rear of the building on Race Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Be sure to pick up your discounted parking voucher at event registration.


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Why did you decide to attend the Fashion Program at Ryerson?
I've always been interested in fashion and art, a curiosity (to my parents displeasure) manifested in me haphazardly altering all of my clothes from a young age. By the time high school rolled around, however, I was designing and sewing a large portion of my wardrobe and began to look into different fashion programs. Ryerson had a great reputation and at the time was the only university program offering bachelor degree studies in fashion communication. It was important to me to find a balance between academia and the creative field, and Ryerson allowed just that.
Tell us more about your job and what you enjoy the most about it.
I'm currently the Coordinator, Brand and Creative Strategy at Holt Renfrew. The position is quite niche, as while we do "brand strategy," we primarily do it within the lens of social responsibility. As part of that, my team manages a specialty department within Holt Renfrew called H Project, which supports culture, craft and artisans from around the world through the marketing, merchandising and sale of socially responsible products – whether they're made by an artisan cooperative in Kenya, are environmentally produced, or have a charitable component. On top of that, we also drive Holt Renfrew's Corporate Social Responsibility program. What I enjoy most about my position is being able to work within a company with almost 180 year roots in the fashion industry, and having the opportunity to propel it into the future in innovative ways – in turn, hopefully pushing the fashion industry in a socially responsible and sustainable direction.
I also currently freelance write and am the Communications Director for Sophomore Magazine, a Toronto-based feminist fashion magazine for twenty-somethings.
How did your academic experience at Ryerson help you with getting to where you are today?
Ryerson was an extremely hands-on learning experience – from the very first semester we were reaching out and working with people in the Canadian fashion industry, forming those connections from day one. The internship program definitely propelled me into the industry much earlier than a traditional university experience might, which allowed me to graduate with several years of solid experience under my belt.
If you had to do it all over again, what would you change about your time here at Ryerson and why?
If I could do it again, I would explore Ryerson's student resources more thoroughly, and take advantage of the programs they offered. There were a lot of opportunities I wish I had taken advantage of that I wasn't aware of at the time.
What does a day in the life of Naomi Nachmani look like?
It's busy! If there's one major skill Ryerson taught me, it was how to multitask and properly time manage. Since I'm still at the beginning of my career and exploring different areas of interest, I'm definitely trying to milk that energy and take advantage of every opportunity while I can – whether it's a freelance job outside of work, or an event invite, I think everything is worth exploring.
Do you have an area of expertise you want to grow and learn about?
I've always been really drawn to the digital world. In university I interned at the fashion and lifestyle website Refinery29 and worked as Editorial Assistant at The Coveteur, both experiences that allowed me to view the inner workings of small digital companies. I found the interaction and consumption of digital content by consumers really interesting, and it's definitely an area I would love to dive more deeply into moving forward.
What is your favorite part about working in the fashion industry?
I love working in the fashion industry because it's ever changing and open minded. Fashion is such an incredible platform to showcase creativity and explore one's self, and because it changes so quickly season to season, it really forces you to push yourself and your brand outside of your comfort zone to remain relevant.
What advice would you give a fashion student interested in brand strategy?
I think it's important to explore many different areas of work and life and really understand all the sides of the industry. If you want a program to be successful, you need to be able to put yourself in the shoes of everyone involved, from the sales team, to the media, to the consumer. You need to understand what makes them all tick and what they'll respond to, and without ever being in those positions yourself, that's difficult to do.


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Room 9: Woodcock
With a large Super King bed that can also be made into a twin, large bathroom with power shower and bath, this room with two other rooms are our garden rooms. These rooms are slightly bigger than the rooms located inside the pub.
Booking enquiries
For all reservation enquiries, please contact us at the following address:
tel: 01485 520827
email: email@example.com
Check availability
Accommodation Rates
House Double room rates:
£110 (Apr 1st – Oct 31st) | £100 (nov 1st – Mar 31st) per night.
New Garden Double room rates:
£130 (Apr 1st – Oct 31st) | £120 (nov 1st – Mar 31st) per night.
These rates are for bed and breakfast, the double room price is based on 2 people sharing. Single occupancy rates available on request. Credit card details required at the time of booking.
Child under 16 years: £15 per night.
Child over 16 years: £40 per night.
Additional zed-bed : £15 per night irrespective of child's age.
Pets: Pets welcome in selected rooms £10 per night by prior arrangement only.
Weekend Supplement may apply
Arrival time: from 3.00pm
Departure time: 11.00am
Bookings cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be charged the first night's accommodation.


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P.E Nation is so excited to announce its debut capsule collection with premier American full-body indoor cycling and lifestyle brand, SoulCycle.
Stocked exclusively online at SoulCycle and within all 83 SoulCycle studios across the US, P.E Nation + SoulCycle is a sixteen piece collection that will leave those wearing it feeling comfortable, confident and strong.
The collection of body sculpting and studio-to-street basics includes mid and high-rise leggings, crop tops, tanks, hoodies, sweatshirts, a signature tote as well as a flat brimmed hat.
Shop the collection HERE


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Savage Soccer is a robotics program that can be used and adapted by schools and groups to help their students learn more about engineering, design, and robotics through fun competition. Savage Soccer began as a team-building activity for the WPI/Mass Academy FIRST Robotics team in 1995 and has since grown to be a national competition with events at several sites throughout the country.
One of the goals of Savage Soccer is to keep events affordable for both participating teams and those running the event. Anyone with a VEX kit can compete and event registration fees range from free to $50 per team.
Each year, WPI students work to develop a new game for the Savage Soccer competitors and organize a large tournament on campus. Several other venues around the country use that or previous s game to run a tournament in their local area. The event uses the same basic field structure year-to-year with new challenges and game pieces that can be created inexpensively.
While this site focuses on the main Savage Soccer event held annually at WPI in Worcester, MA, anyone interested in finding out more information on the game, field, rules, other event information, or starting their own event can use this site to get information or contact us directly (firstname.lastname@example.com) to learn more.
- The 2018 Rules have been posted! Introducing Pizza Palooza
- Registration is open for the 2018 season, register now!


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We are working on a new approach to display custom controls on E-mail, Task and Calendar dialogs in Outlook. We are using subclassing of the Outlook windows, which allows us to display our .NET controls in Outlook. This approach was working quite well until Microsoft created Social Connector plugin in Outlook 2010. There are some conflicts between the panels and sometimes the Outlook windows does not get redrawn.
We are trying to improve this mechanisms to avoid those problems. The improvement will based on the FormRegions which were introduced in Outlook 2007. This technology allows us to create your custom areas in Outlook dialogs. Also those areas might be displayed in the preview pane. As soon as those FormRegions are implemented right in the Outlook code there should not been any draw problems or conflicts with other addins.


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Confident yet quiet, informed by intelligence and good taste.
We took this luxury Italian menswear brand directly to their customers with the design and build of a smart, sophisticated digital flagship.
With a growing customer base, it was time for Luciano Barbera to launch a digital flagship as refined as their beautiful Italian suiting. We paid attention to every detail of the digital experience, from providing art direction for all photography and video shoots to selecting typefaces and developing a content strategy for the site's editorial sections.
The Luciano Barbera customer is a man with good taste, who knows what he likes. The Shop section fits his needs for a simple yet elegant experience, characterized by detailed photography and styling suggestions.
The shoppable collection look book is part of Sellect's full feature suite. Customers can view product details for each look book piece, and pre-order or shop once available.
The Heritage section tells the story of Luciano Barbera's Italian origins and the fine level of craftsmanship that is ingrained in each garment.
Sprezzatura, a sense of quiet confidence, drives the brand ethos. To engage customers with this essence, we created a section that lets the brand curate and publish news, social media and blog posts through Sellect Social and CMS integration.
The site is a true flagship for this brand without brick and mortar – a place to easily shop new collections and add some sprezzatura to their lives.
"King & Partners reinvigorated the Luciano Barbera digital world. From suggestions for typefaces to video implementation to driving exceptional photography, King & Partners delivered a beautiful, on brand experience.
With a true understanding of luxury, branding, and superior aesthetics, King & Partners consistently provides incredible moments — both for end-consumers and their own clients. The entire team is professional, efficient, focused and a joy to collaborate with.
For Luciano Barbera and 'Entirely Made in Italy,' King & Partners listened, executed, and elevated."
Todd Barrato, CEO


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This masterpiece is inspired by one of the most famous statues in the world, The Statue of Liberty. Since the lady wants to enlighten the world, Luxxu intends with this elegant design to enlighten all your projects. It's made in brass and crystal glass.
Body: Brass & Crystal Glass
Body: Gold plated
70 kg | 154,32 lbs
40x g9 Halogen Bulbs (40W max) *USA not included
Voltage: 220-240V
H 203 cm | 79,9''
L 85 cm | 33,5''
D 85 cm | 33,5''
Chain Height: customizable on purchase
*Production time is between 6 to 8 weeks for LUXXU collections. Delivery time is not included. All of our furniture can be made to measure and it is available in different finishes. Please note that the colours and materials shown are for reference only. Small variations may occur.


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Whether you have stumbled upon my website or have sought it out, welcome.
My name is Mike Carrozza and if you are reading this, chances are you may have misspelled my last name a few times until you got the right one. I commend your perseverance and appreciate your dedication.
Thanks for being here.
Hi, mom.
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NEW YORK — Half of Americans object to the online availability of graphic war images, though millions have actively sought them out, a new study finds.
In a report released Thursday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project also found a major cultural divide: Men, Democrats and younger Americans were more likely to approve of having such images on the Web.
Television, newspapers and the Web sites of mainstream media outlets generally refrained from using the most graphic images of Iraqi prisoner abuses and the killings of Nicholas Berg and other Americans in Iraq.
But photos and even video could be readily found elsewhere — at anti-war sites, Web journals, the Drudge Report and discussion boards frequented by sympathizers of terrorist groups.
According to the study, 24 percent of adult Internet users, or 30 million people, have seen such graphic images online, and 28 percent of those people actively sought them out. That comes out to more than 8 million active seekers.
More Americans disapprove
Yet overall, Americans disapprove of the postings by a margin of 49 percent to 40 percent. Another 4 percent say approval depends on circumstances, while the rest wouldn't say or have no opinion.
A third of the Americans who saw the images — some 10 million — regret doing so.
Sree Sreenivasan, a Columbia University online media professor who is not connected with the study, said Americans aren't always prepared for what they click, even though many links carry warnings about the images' graphic nature.
"Our experiences on the Internet are built upon experiences with previous media," he said. "What's graphic in most people's minds is a slasher movie or a Sopranos episode with a beheading. Those don't prepare you for how graphic (these images) could be."
More is better, but not always
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew study, said Americans generally embrace the principle that more information is better, "but once they encounter real-life applications of that principle, in many cases, they are unhappy."
MSNBC.com cloaked the more disturbing images with a black "curtain" carrying a warning before visitors click. But the most graphic images were left off the site entirely, consistent with NBC broadcast guidelines, said Dean Wright, the site's editor in chief.
"We want our Web site to be a place where the mainstream news consumer can feel safer," he said.
He said a small number of visitors complained that the site was censoring the reality of war, just as a small group complained that even the moderate images were too much. But he said visitors were overall happy with MSNBC's judgment calls.
According to the random telephone-based survey of 2,200 adult Americans, conducted May 14 to June 17:
- Internet users approve of the images' availability by 47 percent to 44 percent, which is within the margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Only 29 percent of non-users approve having the photos, while 58 percent disapprove.
- Fifty-three percent of men approve, compared with 29 percent among women.
- Fifty-two percent of adults under 30 approve, while only 31 percent of those 50 or over do.
- Fifty-two percent of Democrats and 53 percent of independents were OK with having the images, compared with 42 percent of Republicans.
© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Hello and welcome to my website! My name is Benny Wilson. I am a professional and hobbyist game programmer.
My work history also includes positions at id Software, Gearbox Software, and Paradigm Entertainment, . My resume can be found here.
Please do come in and have a look around. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com


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So, on that note...who doesn't love to see awesome bikes?!
This is an invitation for you to email me 1-3 photos of your personal bikes. On my Facebook page I will post a bike photo once or twice a week.
Email photos of your ride(s) to josieleah03 at gmail dot com
or message me on the Facebook page!
What else?
Earlier this year I had a post where two women shared what they found important to their enjoyment of riding. Product suggestions, if you will. Why padded shorts, shoes, water, snacks, etc. are important things to consider.
Here is a link to the earlier post: What Women Recommend
If you would like to participate with "My Favorite Things" same applies as above. Email me or message me, tell me what your favorite things are and why you won't be without them! Anyone is welcome to participate (Guys, that means YOU!)
Another topic I would like to get some input on- your first mountain bike...
Did you borrow from a friend, buy used, or new?
If you bought a bike, was it more entry level or did you splurge?
What were pros/cons of either decision?
Did you upgrade and why?
Did you upgrade and why?
If you could go back and give yourself advice, what would you say?
I would also be willing to open this up to a topic that covered all kinds of bicycles. So commuters/road riders are welcome to share experiences based on their bikes!
Feel free to comment, send an email, or message me if you would like to participate with the topic.
We all started somewhere and there are always thoughts/ideas that we can share to make an experience better for the next person! To give them ideas, thoughts, and encouragement so they can make the best decision possible.


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The Reports Tab
SpaBoom Reports can be used for a variety of reasons. They cover everything from info about your clients to how many emails are sent out with your Email Marketing campaigns, to detailed analysis of your Instant Gift Certificate sales - great stuff!
The Reports tab opens up to the Dashboard, which provides a quick graphical summary of some of the most popular reports.
To the left of the Dashboard, youll see a number of different categories weve put to allow you to keep track of different records, cash flow, clients, and referrers for website clients.
Nifty Report Features
- Each individual report "remembers" your last view setting - so if you always like to sort by amount and show a specific date range, you'll be brought back to that view automatically - neato!
- All reports can be exported (via a new task just below print) to a comma separated value file (CSV) which can be opened by just about anything, including Microsoft Excel.
- You can control which Professionals can see your reports using Professionals Security in each user's account
Client Detail will show you an overview of your client list, with columns for name, ID, email, phone, address, birthday/anniversary, registration date and whether or not they receive email marketing and/or text messages.
The Client Journal is a tool for you to keep notes/tabs and or follow ups for your clients, appointments with them, medical issues they may have, or any other information you wish to keep track of. System entries are created as Journal records when you email a campaign to your clients, or when they purchase IGCs, etc.
GCs - Gift CertificatesThe Analysis report shows some revealing figures about your Instant Gift Certificate sales. You can specify any date range you'd like (all time, custom, today, yesterday, this month, last month, this year, and last year), and how you want to group the sales - day, month, or year. If you would like to see individual GCs and their details, use your GCs tab instead.
- First 4 columns show your grouping, total sales, the number of GCs, and the average dollar amount
- Service %: percentage of GCs purchased for a service as opposed to a dollar amount.
- Email %: percentage of GCs emailed instead of printed.
- Delayed %: percentage of GCs emailed at a later date.
- Existing Client %: percentage of GCs purchased by a client that has previously purchased a GC.
The Unredeemed report will let you know how much money (balances) are remaining only on unredeemed gift certificates. The type of GC (online, manual or retail) will be listed as well as the current balance, and the totals for the sales. This is a periodic report to run to get a quick snapshot of "what's out there" that your future clients are holding in their wallets and purses.
The Balance report will let you know how much money (balances) are remaining on unredeemed and redeemed gift certificates. The type of GC (online, manual or retail) will be listed as well as the current balance, whether or not the GC is expired, and the totals for the sales. This is a good end of quarter or end of year report to run to make sure your company is staying on top of the cash flow coming in.
The Cash Flow report will let you know how much money youre making from the GC sales in general. It will cover all of the information in the balances section as well as giving you a running total of the amount of money youre making selling Instant Gift Certificates online.
The Voided report shows Voided gift certificates for any date range you choose. In conjunction with the Cash Flow report this is a good tool for accounting purposes.
See your online booking requests and successful confirmations all in one place - watching your seasonal patterns and learning from prior client habits.
The With Confirmation report, like the GC Analysis Report, shows detail about your Online Booking trends and behaviors. You can specify any date range you'd like (all time, custom, today, yesterday, this month, last month, this year, and last year), and how you want to group the entries - day, month, or year. If you would like to see individual items and their details, use your Booking tab instead.
- First 4 columns show your grouping, number of appointments, value for total sold and average item.
- Scheduled (dollar amount) and % are the next columns, giving you a snapshot of your success at fitting in the requested appointments.
- Open and %: percentage of bookings still outstanding on the calendar
- No Response and %: percentage of appointments without client followup
- Unable and %: How many followed up but didn't get on the schedule?
- Existing Client %: How many are repeat customers?
The Email Campaigns report will tell you in a glance the results of your email marketing efforts.
Each email campaign is
listed by subject line, separately on the date it was sent.
Emails: The number of email recipients for this campaign.
If the number seems low, it could be that you have imported clients
that have not yet opted in. To see those, see the Client Detail report
and look for status "Pending".
Responses : The number of recipients that clicked on a link in the email. This is not an "opened email" number - tracking # opened is actually close to impossible. How many clients actually clicked on a link is a truer barometer of your really interested customers.
GCs Sold: The number of Instant Gift Certificates you sold from a recipient clicking on a link in the email.
Appointments: The number of appointments scheduled by recipients after clicking on a link in the email.
Conversion %: The percentage of recipients that purchased a GC or scheduled an appointment.
Unsubscribes: How many recipients unsubscribed from your email newsletter, by clicking the Unsubscribe link in the message.
Text Messages is a log of SMS messages you've both sent and received, as well as system texts sent as part of routine client upkeep (subscribes, replies, confirmations). You can view all messages grouped by date, with grand totals at the bottom.
This report shows the number of Click to Calls and Reply calls (like when you call a text message number) along with their minutes. It also shows number of outbound texts, texts to Professionals, and received text messages (1, STOP and other messages that are forwarded as emails to the org email address).
Failed or no-answer calls are not included in the counts.
For billing purposes, viewing a month at a time will give you an idea of how much will end up on your next month's SpaBoom invoice. You'll also see Click To Call statistics, including number of minutes spent.
Upcoming Birthdays and Upcoming Anniversaries reports gives you a peek at your own clients' upcoming personal holidays.
Glance at your Reviews from your clients in this handy report. The review date is shown, as well as the source (Gift Certificate or Appointment), what kind of review is it (Gift Certificate purchase or Business review overall), and other important measurements like: is the review highlighted, have you hidden the review, is it private only to you (not visible on your site), and did you respond. The rating number is shown and the text of the review - everything at your fingertips!
The website section will give you reports on all kinds of cool statistics that we've collected: who is visiting your website, where they are coming from, if theyve purchased a gift certificate after visiting, et cetera. Please note: these reports are only applicable to our Dynamic Websites. If your website it maintained by another company, you will need to contact them to obtain this information or switch to one of our Dynamics to utilize the reports.
Referrer is the location from which they found your site. This can be Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine. Also, it could be from typing the website address in directly.
Visitors will tell you how many people have visited your website in total. This is any hit to your home page, whether they clicked on a link to get to your site or have merely typed in the address.
Visitor Percentage corresponds to the number of visitors from different search engines and websites.
Average Views relate to the amount of people (on average) are having a look around your website. A hit to the home page is not necessarily considered to be a view.
GCs Sold is the number of GCs that have been sold on your site. Each corresponding referrer will have the number of GCs sold after a client found you from a specific location (i.e. Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc.).
Bookings can be tracked through two places: the Bookings tab in your SpaBoom account and here in Reports. Here you can see the number of bookings made, but for more details, take a look at the Bookings tab, which has a few more details available about the client and what they've requested.
The Conversion Percentage is the percentage of people that come to the site and actually purchase a GC. The conversion percentage is a success rate of sales vs. "just browsing" visits.
Email Sign-ups indicates the amount of email sign-ups you get on your website through the your built-in form or the events link.
Like the difference between the visitors and the visitors percentage, there is a Sign-up Percentage for the Sign-ups column. This will show you what percentage of the email sign-ups came from particular referral sites as well as coming directly to the website.
The Billing History covers any and all charges that we have charged you as our client. Under the history link, youll be able to see the past invoices that have been charged to the credit card we have on file. The invoice will be broken down into sections. The sections are Online Gift Certificates, Website hosting fees (if any), and Online Booking (if using the premium service). Any outstanding fees will also be noted in this section.
We rarely charge any other fees for services. If we do, they will be outlined in the invoice statement. These can be printed up any time you have access to the internet.
Most of the reports can be easily printed or exported to a CSV file for your further analysis or record keeping - handy!


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Gifts Given Between Countries
Gifts given between countries can be used wisely to settle political differences, show good faith or just be polite. In most cases this is exactly what happens, however, some presents that seem like a great idea at first can actually turn out to be quite the opposite. We have explored both ends of the spectrum in our infographic "Gifts Given Between Countries: The Weird and The Wonderful".
From the Christmas Tree that England from Norway that is proudly displayed in Trafalgar Square every year to the camel Mali gifted France that was accidentally eaten in a stew, we have found some of the best and worst examples of international gift giving!
So next time you're stuck thinking of a gift, take inspiration from the countries that got it spot on and spare a thought for the diplomats that couldn't just settle for smelly soap and got it very wrong as a result!


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Hyundai Genesis GV-80 SUV revealed at United States
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Hyundai has revealed its first SUV under the Genesis Luxury brand, the GV-80, at the New York Global Auto Show. The new SUV gets a plug-in hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. Hyundai's upmarket sister brand Genesis has not yet produced an SUV, so it's likely that the GV-80 concept gives us a glimpse at the brand's first such production model, given the prevalence of the segment in the European and US markets. It appears that Genesis has squarely aimed the car at the same market segment as the Jaguar F-Pace, given the two cars' design-led approach and similar size.
Genesis claims that the GV80's powertrain is alike to examples which will be used further down the line, as parental company Hyundai continues hydrogen fuel cell and electric vehicle (EV) development. Inside, ash wood has been used on the dash as well as the floor, with carpets eschewed in favour of floorboards. The dashboard is dominated by a curved 22 inch digital monitor, which can be used individually by the driver and passenger, and extends into the instrument cluster. Software incorporated into the system includes handwriting recognition and capacitive touch, so the touchscreen can be used with gloves on.
There are two seats in the rear of the GV80, each with an infotainment touchscreen.
The styling of the GV80 – including the spine running the length of the car, and the 23-inch alloy wheels – is likely to be toned down before production. However, the car carries an evolution of the brand's present design language which is likely to make it to the next gen of Genesis models. Genesis has not shown any more details of the plug-in hydrogen fuel cell powertrain in the GV80, but it's likely that the concept encompasses both battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell technology (in keeping with the brand's hydrogen fuel cell development efforts).


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The Newsnight anchor said Mr Morgan told him he was "a fool" if he did not change the security settings on his mobile phone, explaining how a factory default setting could be used to access other people's voicemail messages.
He said Mr Morgan also teased Ulrika Jonsson about her relationship with the former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, adopting a "mock Swedish accent" as he told her he knew about a conversation they had.
Mr Morgan has previously told the Inquiry that phone-hacking did not happen at the Daily Mirror while he was editor between 1995 and 2004. In his diaries, he said he became aware of phone-hacking in 2001.
Mr Paxman told the Inquiry he was invited to a lunch at the Mirror's offices by its chairman, Sir Victor Blank, which he remembered because it was unusual to be invited into "such a bestiary".
He said Mr Morgan turned to him and said "Have you got a mobile phone?"
"I said yes and he asked if there was a security setting on the message bit of it. I didn't know what he was talking about.
"He then explained the way to get access to people's messages was to go to the factory default setting and press either 0000 or 1234 and that if you didn't put on your own code, his words, 'You're a fool'."
He said that when Mr Morgan told Miss Jonsson he knew about conversations she had had with Mr Eriksson, "I don't know if he was repeating a conversation he had heard or he was imagining this conversation. To be fair to him I should imagine both possibly because he probably was imagining it.
"I was quite struck by it because I'm rather wet behind the ears in many of these things. I didn't know that that sort of thing went on. It was clearly something he was familiar with and I wasn't."
He said Mr Morgan's treatment of Miss Jonsson was "close to bullying", adding: "I didn't like it."
Piers Morgan responded to Mr Paxman's evidence via his Twitter page, saying: "Right - that's the last time I'm inviting Jeremy Paxman to lunch. Ungrateful little wretch."
Clive Goodman, the former royal editor of the News of the World, and Glenn Mulcaire, a private detective, were jailed for phone-hacking in 2007.


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Our installers are highly trained individuals that go through extensive training with all the different types of roofing we install.
Our residential roofing supplies are fully backed by manufacturer warranties.
From modern designer asphalt shingles, stone coated metal shingles, snap-lock metal roofing panels and all types of flat commercial roofing, each and every system is installed by factory certified and trained employees. This ensures that not only do we install a quality product, but our customers can rest assured that their property is fully protected and their biggest investment is taken care of properly.
• 100% Free Estimates: No Cost, No Obligation
• Residential and Commercial Projects
• New Construction Roofing
• Leak and Bonding Repair
• Corrections for Shrinkage, Surface Erosion, Shingle Damage
• Roof Decking (Decks are roofs that can bear foot traffic and furniture loads)


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Continuing with our belief that life is a journey, Key Stage 4 builds upon the work studied at Key Stage 3, but at a level more suited for our students as they mature. We continue to study religious education, careers education, health and relationships education. Our core PSRE lessons run on a carousel, so students are taught by different members of staff, specialising in a particular area.
We strongly believe each child is individual and so we strive to provide relevant and suitable courses for our students. In Years 10 & 11 we provide access to our Vocational course which runs alongside GCSE subjects. This is a mix of practical work and learning based at Wiltshire College and ASDAN CoPE taught in school.


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ruffle apron tutorial
So here's how I made it: (some of the pictures are of a different apron I made)
1. Cut the ruffles: cut your first panel, that will be the bottom ruffle 23" tall x 45" wide. Second panel, 15" x 45" and the top ruffle will be 8" x 45"
2. Make the ruffles: finish all of the edges of the panels except for the top edge, you can leave that un finished. By "finished" I mean fold over the edge twice and then just do a top stitch over it. (*A tip that will help for this project, for finishing the edges, fold over the fabric and then iron it so that the fold stays. That makes it so much easier to sew). For the actual ruffle, sew a straight line across the top of the panel, make sure to leave extra thread on both sides. Pull one of the strands of thread to create the ruffle. Be careful not break the thread as you are pulling it.
11. Attach the bodice of the apron to the skirt. I don't have any pictures for this step... I think I must have forgotten or something. Sew the bottom of the bodice to the top part of the skirt, with the WRONG side of the fabric to the WRONG side. This will leave the unfinished side of the stitch on the front of the apron, but you will cover that up with the waistband. Iron that stitch flat so that it's not bunchy under the waistband.
12. Attach the waistband. Make sure to measure where the middle of the waistband is so that it matches up with the middle of the apron. Lay it over the seam where the apron and the bodice are sewn together. Then do a topstitch right on the waistband attaching it to the apron.