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Croatia (i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, listen ), is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Its capital city is Zagreb, which forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with its twenty counties. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
The Croats arrived in the area of present-day Croatia during the early part of the 7th century AD. They organised the state into two duchies by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest, the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In 1918, after World War I, Croatia was included in the unrecognised State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs which seceded from Austria-Hungary and merged into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A fascist Croatian puppet state existed during World War II. After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a constitutionally socialist state. In June 1991, Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully during the four years following the declaration.
Croatian wine (vino, pl. vina) has a history dating back to the Ancient Greek settlers, and their wine production on the southern Dalmatian islands of Vis, Hvar and Korčula some 2,500 years ago. Like other old world wine producers, many traditional grape varieties still survive in Croatia, perfectly suited to their local wine hills. Modern wine-production methods have taken over in the larger wineries, and EU-style wine regulations have been adopted, guaranteeing the quality of the wine.
There are currently over 300 geographically defined wine regions, and a strict classification system to ensure quality and origin. The majority of Croatian wine is white, with most of the remainder being red, and only a small percentage is rosé wines. In 2010, Croatia ranked 30th in wine producing countries with an estimated 50,000 tonnes.
Wine is a popular drink in Croatia, and locals traditionally like to drink wine with their meals. Quite often, the wine is diluted with either still or sparkling water - producing a drink known as gemišt (a combination of white wine and carbonated water), and bevanda (a combination of red wine and still water).
In European elections, Croatia is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twelve MEPs. It covers the member state of Croatia.
Members are elected by proportional representation using open lists.
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Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | A fascinating land with a hard-fought history in a complex corner of Europe, Croatia is emerging as one of Europe's top destinations. Sampling the very best of Croatia, we start by exploring the fabled Dalmatian Coast from dramatic Dubrovnik to crusty Adriatic island ports. Heading inland, we hike through Plitvice Lakes National Park and enjoy the thriving capital city Zagreb. Our Croatian finale: the Istrian Peninsula and its enchanting port town of Rovinj. © 2010 Rick Steves' Europe
Located in the Balkans, Croatia has become one of Europa's top tourist destination again since its War of Independence in the late 1990s. Like much of Europe, Croatia boasts its share of medieval cities and historic ruins, but what makes this country exceptional is its wealth of stunning natural attractions such as the Plitvice Lakes, the spectacular Adriatic coastlines and gorgeous islands. An overview of the best places to visit in Croatia.
PART 4: CROATIA IN MOTION The 'In Motion' Series was created upon the belief that every city has its own heartbeat. Everything that makes a city unique— its people, its character, its very cultural fabric— comes together to make the city come alive. So, we see these cities as living, moving beings. They are in motion. https://ultraeurope.com/ Music: PINES - Fate https://open.spotify.com/track/0BXKCjY49og5TgVmTInTMN https://www.facebook.com/pines.artists/ Film/edit: Maxx Mcinerney & Robert Burgoine
Croatia is one of Europe's most beautiful countries. It's filled with clear blue water, lush green plant life and even has great nightlife. Here's some of Croatia's biggest must-do's. Locations in this video: Plitvice Lakes: 0:25 Pag Island: 01:22 Zrce Beach: 02:13 Krka National Park: 02:31 Check us out on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNILADAdventure Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/UNILADAdventure
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What's the Money in Croatia? The Kuna, Not the Euro! What do they speak in Croatia? Croatian... Not German. Are you heading to Croatia and not sure what to expect. This videos covers the basics of what tourists should know before they visit Croatia. Filmed in Sibernik, Croatia Copyright Mark Wolters 2018 The 10 Shocks of Visiting Croatia https://youtu.be/xqgqQZOKPGA The Don'ts of Visiting Croatia https://youtu.be/em5lUKr7iWM Grab Wolters World Merchandise & Travel Gear at http://www.woltersworld.com/shop Help Us Keep Make More Honest Travel Videos: https://www.patreon.com/woltersworld Our Gear: Sony Alpha 6000: Our favorite camera for vlogging. One of the best selling cameras of all time and its not too expensive. https://amzn.to/2N0BStX Osprey Meridian Carry-on Size Travel Back...
A rich culture and the breathtaking landscapes of the Croatian Mediterranean. This has made Croatia one of the most popular holiday regions of Europe, already at times of the United Yugoslavia. In two episodes Hans Jöchler and his team travel the land of the countless islands and historically meaningful places on the mainland. The film shows impressive landscapes on the mainland and the islands. However it delivers an informative insight into the busy history of a multiethnic nation, which became a full member of the European Union in 2014. This first of two episodes presents well known destinations like Rovinji. Here many traces of the Venetians are to be found which once were rulers of the country. Furthermore the city of Pula and some of the 1242 islands of Croatia stand on the itiner...
Croatia, from the insane crowds of Dubrovnik to the amazing palace in Split to the Krka Falls, to the capital Zagreb, there are a lot of things a tourist should do when they visit Croatia. This video focuses on what tourists and travelers shouldn't do when they go to Croatia. From the food, to safety, to culture shock some things you should know about Croatia so you can have a great time in Croatia. Filmed in Hvar, Croatia Copyright Mark Wolters 2018 10 Things That SHOCK Tourists about Croatia https://youtu.be/xqgqQZOKPGA 10 Words of Croatian for Tourists https://youtu.be/yvEw1PIWrLw Top 10 Places to Visit in Croatia https://youtu.be/_siGUcZiML8 5 Things You Will Love & Hate about Croatia https://youtu.be/FGHqau3SkbI Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/woltersworld Grab Wolters Wor...
Top 10 Reasons to Visit Croatia Subscribe: http://bit.ly/MojoTravels Thanks to Getty Images for the pictures and videos! Top 10 Reasons to Visit Croatia This small but impressive country is growing more and more popular, and not just due to its amazing 2018 World Cup run. Welcome to MojoTravels, and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Reasons To Visit Croatia. For this list, we're looking at the most intriguing and appealing attractions of this Eastern European tourism gem. #10: Climate #9: Split #8: Hvar #7: Diving and Snorkeling #6: Island-Hopping #5: Wine #4: Seafood #3, #2, #1 . .. ??
Mario Mandzukic is the hero for Croatia as his country qualify for their first ever FIFA World Cup final, after they come from behind to defeat England. Find out where to watch live: fifa.tv/watch2018 More match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0hww7NG9ytmooEUZov2k-23 More from Russia 2018: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0ia-PWE7WoysqLao-0y7jEz More World Cup stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0j5nOjvXOP55xyW3aJCyeGo Follow all the action from Russia across the FIFA Platforms: 👉 http://www.youtube.com/fifa 👉 http://www.facebook.com/fifaworldcup 👉 http://www.twitter.com/fifaworldcup 👉 http://www.instagram.com/fifaworldcup 👉 http://www.fifa.com
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Is Croatia expensive? Find out the prices in Croatia with US Dollar to Kuna conversion. The Zagreb cost of living is...⬇ Click 'Show More' ⬇ Learn to travel full-time: http://bit.ly/2PjaPey In this travel vlog from Zagreb we look at the cost of living in Croatia - is Croatia Expensive is one of the most common questions we get, so thought it was best we dedicate a whole video to the prices. Today we tackled price of food, coffee, restaurants, gyms, coffees, super markets and more. If you're wanting to know the cost of living this is the one! We have Dollar to KN as well :) ► AIR BNB: $40 credit — http://danegerandstacey.com/airbnb ► HOTELS: $25 cash — http://geni.us/KLQnmI Oh, except for the other video on OUR living costs we'll share in a few weeks time! That will cover the full costs...
Gary Vaynerchuk Tastes 2 Whites and a Red from Croatia.
Welcome to Pelješac Peninsula and #Dubrovnik! In the third part of our "Cracking #CroatianWine" Dalmatia series, we visit the old guards of #PlavacMali--Miloš, Bura-Mrgudic, and Kiridžija--and a strong newcomer, Korta Katarina. It was hard to cherry-pick the wine producers to feature in this episode, and we've selected these four because they make four distinctly different styles of Plavac Mali wines. If you would like to understand the sensory merits of Plavac Mali, these producers should not be missed. Looking for a one-stop place to pick up all the Croatian wines you like? Check out Peninsula Wine Bar & Shop in our video. After soaking up the Dalmatia sun-powered juice of Pelješac, we visit a Unesco World Heritage Site: Dubrovnik Old Town. There we ate at Proto Fish Restaurant, one o...
In the tenth episode of "Cracking Croatian Wine" travel series, we take you to two of the most popular Dalmatian islands: #Brač and #Hvar. This is probably the most visually stunning episode we've done, by dint of the dramatic vineyards and flawlessly blue Adriatic Sea. These two islands also contain some of the very best wine producers in Croatia. In this episode, we visit - Zlatan Otok / Vina Plenković, one of the first private wineries in Croatia. - Vina Tomić, Croatia's leading wine producer best known for 'modernizing' Plavac Mali wine. - Duboković Winery, Croatia's cult wine producer. - Stina Winery, a new and ambitious winery making some of the very best wines from local varieties such as #Tribidrag, Plavac Mali, Pošip, and Vugava. - Restaurant Black Pepper Ola, a paleo-friendly r...
Exotic Wine Travel goes to Istria and visits Domaine Koquelicot, Konoba Morgan, Vina Fakin, Roxanich Winery, and Clai Winery. The peninsula of Istria is surrounded on three sides by the Adriatic Sea and bounded by the Alps on the north, allowing a wide array of microclimates. This wine region touts the moniker "New Tuscany". Driving through the countryside, it's easy to see where the similarities lie. The towns, cuisine, and wine have a markedly Italian influence. It's the land of Malvazija, Teran, seafood, pasta, air-cured meat, award-winning olive oil, and truffle. Check out part 1 of our 4-part series about Istria, Croatia to learn more about this leading wine and gastronomy destination. Video's timestamps: https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-in-istria-buje-motovu...
Exotic Wine Travel presents Croatian wines at the Astor Center in New York City. This is our 'Cracking Croatian Wine' masterclass condensed to 20 minutes. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us! Learn more about Croatian wines: https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide/ Wines featured in this episode: Daruvar Graševina 2017 Vina Laguna Malvazija 2016 Bibich Debit 2016 Matoševič Grimalda White 2015 Grgić Pošip 2016 Miloš Rosé 2017 Korta Katarina Plavac Mali Reuben's Reserve 2008 Stina Tribidrag 2015 Shop or buy Croatian wines at http://share.exoticwinetravel.com/thewineandmore (EU-wide delivery) SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WINE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/exoticwinetravel?sub_confirmation=1 OUR ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT (affiliate links help us continue to bring you...
Good vintage (Dobra berba) was established in 2013 by Saša Štula who has always been driven by enthusiasm and desire to offer something new and different to the market. Besides making quality wines in Croatia, His first breakthrough product was a winter cooked wine presented at Advent in Zagreb where it was recognised as an innovative and high quality product. Through the years this product has become a staple for all winter events all across Croatian cities and even now to surrounding countries. In 2017, Šasa has his mind set on another innovative product. A sparkling wine known as Piena. Through the technological and enological guidelines, charmat method and production from the local varieties of the Jason's region proved to be an excellent choice for this new Croatian sparkling win...
Want to know where to stay, what to eat and which wines to drink when traveling on the island of #Korčula, #Dalmatia? We have your back! In this episode, we explore the island of Korčula with two indigenous white wine grapes, Grk and Pošip, on our mind and two empty stomachs to fill. We also take a luxurious spin in this episode as we introduce one of the best hotels in Dalmatia, meet with one of the finest chefs in the country, and experience the Adriatic magic via a sailboat. Places featured: - Agrotourism & Winery Zure - (Milina) Bire Winery - Lešić Dimitri Palace & LD Restaurant - PZ Pošip Čara Winery - (Luka) Krajančić Winery Read - "The Three Faces of Grk Wine": https://exoticwinetravel.com/croatian-grk-wine-lumbarda-korcula/ Learn more about #Croatianwines: https://exoticwinetr...
Exotic Wine Travel: An overview of Plavac Mali wines from Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia. In this episode, we highlight Plavac Mali wines made in traditional style and those made with modern techniques. Peljesac is a power-packed wine region that boasts big names like Mike Grgic and Michel Rolland. Check out our travel series on Croatian Wine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twg5TeSxqJs&list=PLFOBi7-hwwStrcyKObg2M_71k5gH1lO4C To learn more about the wines of Croatia, check out https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide 10 Plavac Mali Wines To Try (Besides Dingač And Postup) https://exoticwinetravel.com/best-plavac-mali-dingac-postup Wines featured in this episode: - Milicic, Dingac, 2012 (Plavac Mali) - Donja Banda, Plavac, 2013 (Plavac Mali): http://www.pzpostup.com/#sthas...
Exotic Wine Travel is in Kutjevo tasting Croatian Wine. We are tasting our way through the wine region of Slavonia. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us! To learn more about the wines of Croatia, check out: https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide Shop or buy Croatian wines at http://share.exoticwinetravel.com/thewineandmore (EU-wide delivery) SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WINE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/exoticwinetravel?sub_confirmation=1 LET'S CONNECT! Vivino: http://www.vivino.com/users/matt.hork Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/exowinetravel Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/exoticwinetravel Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/exowinetravel
Join us in this episode of Exotic Wine Travel as we share with you the tips on wine travel in Croatia - from where to find wine to how to interpret the labels. We hope you find the information in this video useful. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us! To learn more about the wines of Croatia, check out: https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide Wine featured in this episode: Kozlović Teran 2014 - http://www.kozlovic.hr/index.php/en Shop or buy Croatian wines at http://share.exoticwinetravel.com/thewineandmore (EU-wide delivery) SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WINE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/exoticwinetravel?sub_confirmation=1 VISIT https://exoticwinetravel.com FOR MORE WINE FUN, NEWS, AND ARTICLES. LET'S CONNECT! Vivino: http://www.vivino.com/users/matt.hork ...
***Our guidebook to Croatian wine is out now! Check it: http://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide*** Exotic Wine Travel at Miva and Mohor in Zagreb showing you some top Croatian Wine. In this episode, we talk about the best Bordeaux blends in Croatia. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us! Buy Croatian wine at The Wine & More, with EU-wide delivery: https://tinyurl.com/buycroatianwine Miva and Mohor: http://www.miva.com.hr/ Wines featured in this episode: * Bibich Aleph 2010 * Boškinac Cuvée 2014 Review - http://exoticwinetravel.com/how-do-top-croatian-wines-fare-against-italian-wines/ * Coronica Grabar 2012 * G&J Vina Tvoja Krv i Moja / G&J Your Blood & Mine 2013 Review: http://exoticwinetravel.com/gj-vina-tvoja-krv-i-moja-croatian-wine/ * Meneghetti Red...
In recent years, Bruno Trapan has been recognized as one of the main characters of the new wave of young Croatian winemakers. His first vintage was 2005 and since then he didn't stop shaking the Croatian wine scene. Love, energy and courage are the main drivers of Trapan winery. Since 2005 to this day with hard work and perseverance, Trapan has created 12 hectares of ecologically clean vineyards. Bruno and his staff are not afraid of risk because they love to improvise. They are not afraid of failure because they are aware that there are better and worse harvests given to them each year. But their ultimate goal is to give 100 percent every year, to transform their emotions into wine, to create harmony in order that others can truly enjoy it. Wine is feeling. Wine is art. If you don't f...
Exotic Wine Travel with Decanter and The World of Fine Wine columnist Andrew Jefford. We recently spent a few days with him traveling and tasting through Croatia. In this video, Andrew discusses the quality of the Croatian wines, his favorite varieties, and what the countries of Eastern Europe need to do to move forward. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us! Learn more about Croatian wines: https://exoticwinetravel.com/cracking-croatian-wine-guide/ Find Andrew Jefford at: Andrew Jefford's Wine Course https://amzn.to/2Ja0Ert (affiliate links help us continue to bring you great content) http://www.andrewjefford.com/ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WINE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/exoticwinetravel?sub_confirmation=1 OUR ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT (affiliate links help us continue to br...
Serbo Croat/Eng/French Croatians have gone to the polls in parliamentary elections widely expected to strengthen the hand of incumbent President Franjo Tudjman. Tudjman fought the campaign with promises of reintegrating Eastern Slavonia, the last swathe of Croatian land held by rebel Serbs. U-S and U-N envoys are frantically trying to head off renewed Serb-Croat fighting in the area on the eve of Bosnian peace negotiations in the U-S. Croatia's early parliamentary poll has all the trappings of a vigorous democratic election. But it is widely-believed here that President Franjo Tudjman called the election a year early to capitalise on his army's recent military successes. Tudjman himself voted on Sunday for his ruling Democratic Union party. Even though the increasingl...
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Elections have taken place, directly in every member-state, every five years since 1979. As of 2009 there have been seven elections. Occasionally, when a nation joins mid-term, a by-election will be held to elect their representatives. This has happened six times, most recently when Croatia joined in 2013 (see below). Elections take place across four days according to local custom and, apart from having to be proportional, the electoral system is chosen by the member-state. This includes allocation of sub-national constituencies; while most members have a national list, some, like the UK and France, divide their allocation between regions. Seats are allocated to member-states according to their population, with no state having more than 99, but no fewer than 5, to maintain proportionality....
Croatia's First Deputy PM and Foreign Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic is talking about the first elections for European Parliament in the country on April 14th 2013. Първият вицепремиер и външен министър на Хърватия Весна Пусич говори за първите избори за Европейски парламент в страната, които ще се проведат на 14 април.
German version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAb62UgITI On 20th November 2012 MEP Ewald Stadler hosted a conference about the Ukrainian parliamentary elections 2012 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The guests and participants of this well-attended conference, among them the MEPs Bruno Gollnisch, Nick Griffin, Daniel van der Stoëp, Pawel Zalewski and Dimitar Stoyanov, enriched the discussion with their expressions about other examples of attempted election fraud in France and the UK. Additionally, host Ewald Stadler called attention to the fact that there is no country with entirely trouble-free elections. Leonid Kozhara, the vice chairman of the Party of Regions said that the elections had passed routinely, only the seemingly world record number of observers had been a speci...
http://www.ukipmeps.org | Join UKIP: http://ukip.datawareonline.co.uk/JoinOnline.aspx?type=1 • European Parliament, Brussels, 04 November 2013 • Speaker: Stuart Agnew MEP, UKIP (Eastern Counties), Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) Group - http://www.stuartagnewmep.co.uk • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development • Item on Agenda: 6.0 (AGRI/7/12305) Follow-up on the Delegation of Legislative Powers and the Control by Member States of the Commission's Exercise of Implementing Powers • Full session (video) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/committees/video?event=20131104-1500-COMMITTEE-AGRI .................................. • Video: EbS (European Parliament) .................................. • EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Repu...
Budapest, 17 April 2002 1. Hungarian flags flying on exterior of parliament building 2. Wide shot Hungarian parliament building 3. Pullout campaign poster on lamppost to street 4. Mid shot campaign posters on lampposts 5. Wide shot election billboard 6. Woman at shop stall 7. Mid shot sketch of parliament building 8. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Voxpop, Woman asked Q: who do you think will win? says "Orban." 9. Set up man 10. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Voxpop, Man asked Q: who do you think will win? says "I think MSZP will win." 11. Parliament building seen through window 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister "The present government is tougher on the ground of defending Hungary national interest and economy and foreign policy and so on. You know socialists more ...
Opposition groups have won seats in parliament for the first time in twenty years. Anna Konopatskaya, a member of opposition party United Civil Party, won a place in parliament, election results showed. Independent candidate Elena Anisim, who has links to the opposition, was also elected. Newly elected opposition member of the BY parliament, deputy chair of the Belarusian Language Society Alena Anisim. pic.twitter.com/gq2quVFWka— Belarus Digest (@BelarusDigest) September 12, 2016 … READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/09/12/belarussian-opposition-win-parliamentary-seat What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/su...
Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down as the MP for Witney, seemingly ending his political career. The move will prompt a by-election in the Oxfordshire constituency. He resigned as head of government in June, 2016, after failing to convince British and Northern Irish voters to remain in the European Union. Relegated to the backbenches, he now says he doesn't want to be a "distraction" to new Prime Minister Theresa May. "With modern politics, with the circumstances of my res… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/09/12/david-cameron-steps-down-as-mp-for-witney What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/su...
(21 Oct 2012) AP cover of president casting ballot, comments, OSCE observers Story No.: 861031 AP TELEVISION Tbilisi - 1 Oct 2012 1. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili with his wife, Sandra Roelofs, and their son, Nikoloz, entering polling station 2. Wide of Saakashvili being registered 3. Saakashvili casting vote Newly elected parliament holds first session since Saakashvili defeat Story No.: 863764 POOL Kutaisi - 21 Oct 2012 4. Wide exterior of Georgian parliament 5. Georgian Prime Minister-designate Bidzina Ivanishvili walking inside parliament 6. Wide interior of parliament 7. Saakashvili approaching podium 8. Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian President speaking STORYLINE: On October 1st 2012 voters in Georgia were choosing a new parliament in a heated ele...
(9 Jun 2017) The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party has said the result of the UK general election north of the border has shown that the Scottish National Party's (SNP) hopes of a second independence referendum are a "massive miscalculation." Speaking in Edinburgh on Friday, Ruth Davidson's comments came after the Conservatives made a number of gains from the SNP in Scotland, despite suffering a disappointing night across the wider UK - where it lost its parliamentary majority. Davidson urged Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon to "reset her course" and focus more on education and health funding. Davidson said the result "fell short of expectations," but risked causing a rift with May and the UK-wide party by stating that the loss of the Conservative majority ...
(7 Sep 2016) Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her government's handling of the flood of migrants that crossed into Germany last year, but conceded that more still needs to be done and that concerns that have led to increasing support for an anti-immigrant nationalist party need to be taken seriously. Merkel told lawmakers on Wednesday that since she addressed them at this time last year, Germany has managed to come a long way in dealing with the hundreds of thousands of migrants that flooded in to the country. On the weekend, Merkel's Christian Democratic Union suffered an embarrassing election performance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where Merkel has her parliamentary constituency, when it was beaten into third place by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, known as AfD. ...
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Croatia (i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, listen ), is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Its capital city is Zagreb, which forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with its twenty counties. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
The Croats arrived in the area of present-day Croatia during the early part of the 7th century AD. They organised the state into two duchies by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest, the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In 1918, after World War I, Croatia was included in the unrecognised State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs which seceded from Austria-Hungary and merged into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A fascist Croatian puppet state existed during World War II. After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a constitutionally socialist state. In June 1991, Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully during the four years following the declaration.
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Real name: F-4 Phantom
The F-7 Wraith is a solid first upgrade for a beginner and provides the beginner with his first weapons class plane. A fully upgraded F-7 is a formidable foe (as with all weapons class planes). I have fought some amazingly good pilots flying Wraiths - this seems to be a favorite for many higher skilled pilots.
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Hey You ! ♥
Here it iiiiiis ! Probably the last post of 2017! This year has gone by so fast it's crazy !
It's funny because I feel like everyone wants to wear sequins and shiny things for the holidays, and as much as I'm 100% up for it for new year's, I've been gravitating towards more comfy materials for christmas.
As you can see here ; Tweed has made a come back hehe. I just think this red toned sort of tweed looks so chic and elegant for christmas. I paired it with a basic black turtle neck and my thigh high boots.
Here you go : a chic and comfortable outfit, double win 😉 !
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a fabulous new year !
See you in 2018
Turtle neck – Zara (old co )
Skirt – Bershka
Boots – Zara old co
Bag – Céline nano Luggage


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Toronto City Council will consider expanding the Weston BIA up Weston Road to Church Street next week.
The city will conduct a poll of businesses and owners along the proposed area, which runs up Weston from King to Church. More than 30% of them must respond, and more than 50% must agree to join the BIA.
The BIA has been working on expanding since 2015, and hosted a meeting in September 2016, at which business owners and tenants voted unanimously to poll.
The BIA sees several advantages to growing: it will help raise money to unify the branding of the retail strip, take advantage of city money for façade and capital improvements to "address declining conditions of the area".


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Ruffian Spring 2014
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Hello Lovelies,
Finally I share with you my illustrations from the Ruffian SS14 fashion show produced for Would You Rock This. These were an absolute joy to illustrate and experience firsthand on the runway. Can you feel the cool Parisian breeze from these garments?!
Much love,
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SS14 NYFW Photo Diary
Friday, September 20, 2013
Hello Darlings,
I'm finally back from an absolute whirlwind Summer and start to Fall. For those of you who follow my Instagram and Facebook you were absolutely apart of the journey with me and I'm incredibly grateful for that. I did not formerly announce it on the blog but in addition to illustrating with designer Naomi Spindel, I was also selected by renowned illustrator Alvaro and Would You Rock This to cover the Ruffian SS14 show at New York Fashion week this past Sept 7th.
As expected I jumped at the opportunity, and had the time of my life sketching voraciously from the runway, and inside the Lincoln Center tents. Having captured much of the action via Instagram, my favorite Aussie Jordana Ripp of Perth Style put together this amazing photo collage of my experience, and I just had to share it with you all here. Thank you Jordana for this most incredible memento. I can't wait to post the final illustrations from the Ruffian show here shortly.
Much love,
Meag xx
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Illustrations for Naomi Spindel's SS14 Lookbook
Monday, September 2, 2013
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Bolands biscuits, Mikado, kimberley, Choc Kimberley, Coconut Creams and Figrolls represent the best of Irish baking traditions. This family of biscuits are essentially Irish in terms of taste and texture. No home should be without this exquisite taste experience.
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Piet Botha and Jackhammer
Another SA legend, Piet Botha had been around in SA music for a long time, I remember being with Metalmorphosis at an album launch party at Gates when Jackhammer played in about 1995 but they had already been going since 1984. They were great at Gates but to be honest at the time with my head in some pretty brutal metal like Pantera, Carcass, Metallica, Slayer etc. his brand of US blues rock didn't really stand out. It was only about 5 years later after hearing him and talking to him in the Whammy Bar that I really got into what he was all about. Piet is the real deal, a man who has a passion for the music he loves and chose the difficult path of a professional musician singing original music in South Africa. To me he is our own version of Lemmy, a rock 'n' roll lifer who is respected by everyone and who tells it like it is. Respect \m/


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August 22nd, 2017
E194: Where is Miz's Moment?!
Roadie Rob, Golda, Steve Awesome, and Adam react to the 8/21/17 showing of WWE RAW. The Miz makes his case for better moments to Cena and Roman Reigns until Samoa Joe arrives to spoil the party. Cedric Alexander gets an obvious push towards Neville's Cruiserweight title and Braun Strowman manhandles Brock Lesnar staking his claim to the Universal Title. We play some Aussie trivia and write our think you letters to the WWE. RAWESOME Awards and final thoughts close us out.


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A weary landmark in Riverside Park is a far cry from the vision Thomas Taggart had for Indianapolis as its mayor from 1895-1901.
Indiana's Democratic leadership was not enthusiastic about Robert Kennedy's presidential bid in 1968, which he had announced in mid-March, just before flying to Indianapolis to register for its May primary. The junior Senator from New York and erstwhile U.S. Attorney General who had long championed civil rights returned to stump across Indiana April 4 th.
Toward the end of the 1960s, a diminishing tax base and a deteriorating downtown prompted Indianapolis civic leaders to push for measures that would revive the city. In 1970, the Indiana state legislature provided for the consolidation of the governments of Indianapolis and Marion County.


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I had a great time photographing Candice and Sam's wedding. They came all the way from New Zealand with their families for an intimate destination wedding here in Hawaii. It was a beautiful day to have a wedding on the … Continue reading
I had a great time photographing Candice and Sam's wedding. They came all the way from New Zealand with their families for an intimate destination wedding here in Hawaii. It was a beautiful day to have a wedding on the … Continue reading
Had a super fun trash the dress session with Mimi and Steve. We started by jumping off Waimea rock, and then headed over to Sunset beach for some underwater shots. It was one of those perfect Hawaii days, empty beaches … Continue reading
Congratulations Joseph Cadousteau, the reigning World fireknife Champion. Here are a few shots I took of the finalist. To learn more about the World Fireknife Championship got to http://www.worldfireknife.com/ … Continue reading
Wow, where to start. Katie contacted me about doing engagement photos and mentioned that she and Nic are scuba divers. My mind started going crazy with ideas. I had been to Chinaman's hat the week before and knew I wanted … Continue reading
Many of my clients are visiting Hawaii for their wedding or honeymoon or family vacation. I often get asked about good places to shop, eat, visit, see, do. I will start putting up posts with some of these ideas … Continue reading
Kristen and Allen had an amazing destination wedding at the Turtle Bay resort pavilion located on the north shore of O`ahu Hawai`i. The evening was perfect. We were able to get some fantastic wedding pictures on the beach as well … Continue reading
What a fun shoot! This was a family of 15, his, hers, theirs, spouses and girlfriends. This was their last day of vacation here in Hawaii. With a group this large I decided to take them to a little hidden beach … Continue reading
I had a fantastic time photographing Marina and Lyosha from Moscow, Russia. They booked me for a four hour session giving us plenty of time to get a variety of wedding shots and also time to get some candid … Continue reading
I recently got back from a two week vacation to visit family in California. We had a great time and our kids loved every minute of it too. During the down time I worked on a video project with Ruby. … Continue reading
I photographed my last wedding of 2011 this morning at Chinaman's Hat across from Kualoa Ranch. I met Michelle and Kevin at 6:30 am for a sunrise beach wedding. Michelle and Kevin met when they were both working on President … Continue reading
Photographing this engagement session reminded me in a big way how amazingly beautiful Hawaii is. I drive on this coastline everyday and while I like to think I don't take it for granted, I can always appreciate it more. … Continue reading
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An adorable, animated tiger has taken over "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
And not a moment too soon.
"Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" — and updated, animated spinoff of the children's TV classic — has likely saved the late Fred Rogers' cash-strapped production company from being shuttered, his widow says.
"If we didn't produce a new program, we were not going to make it," Joanne Rogers tells The Post. "I think everybody knew that."
"They thought maybe they could carry on with the work they were doing — helping teachers and parents and caregivers — but it was becoming impossible."
In 2006, just three years after Rogers died of stomach cancer, execs from the nonprofit organization teamed up with "Blues Clues" creator Angela Santomero to figure out how to honor the TV icon's legacy.
"The challenge was that you can't just hire a new Mr. Rogers," Santomero says.
But they were able recreate much of his make-believe world.
"Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" — premiering Sept. 3 on PBS — features many of the familiar songs and characters that Rogers made famous during his 33 years on public television.
Daniel, the star of the half-hour weekday series, is the 4-year-old son of Daniel Striped Tiger, Rogers' very first puppet.
The town — complete with its own little red trolley — is now filled with the children of Rogers' beloved characters.
Each episode features two short, related stories designed to teach preschoolers little life lessons — like how to deal with loss or disappointment.
"There's little nods of love throughout the episodes," Santomero told TV critics in Los Angeles Sunday.
"You'll see [Daniel in] his little, red sweaters. You'll see the little traffic light. There's a lot of . . . the nostalgia."
While Daniel still lives in a world without telephones, computers or TV, the show has been updated to include a more diverse set of characters than its predecessor.
"Fred's owl was X the Owl," executive producer Kevin Morrison says. "O the Owl is his nephew. We have no clue what his parentage is. So, there is only one father figure in that unit.
"Henrietta Pussycat has a daughter, Katerina Kittycat. There is no clue there what happened to the dad. So, that is a mom-only household. And we've got a mixed marriage with Music Man Stan, who is African-American, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde, who is white."
The show also includes a child character named Chrissie — the cousin of Prince Wednesday and niece of King Friday XIII — who suffers from Cerebral Palsy.
What's missing from the neighborhood is so much as a photo or mention of the man who created one of television's most successful franchises.
"We talked a lot about how to include him," Santomero says, "and we felt if he wasn't in it in any specific way, he's in it in the entire feel of the show."


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A couple of months ago, the people at Yorkshire Tea were nice enough to send us some free gifts – probably the highlight of our year, decade and lives so far. There's no way you can return a favour like that, but the one thing I can do is write a slightly forced poem. So here's a Corpoetic based on Yorkshire Tea's homepage copy (pictured above).
As usual, the rules were that you can only use the words supplied, you don't have to use all the words and you can use individual words more than once.
Yorkshire Tea
Tea is a major cause
of lovely dreams – teatime dreams.
of cakes the size of Yorkshire.
Dreams of biscuits big as a planet.
dreams of cuppa on cuppa
of lovely, simple, natural tea.
all the people of Yorkshire Tea,
who put the 'tea' in 'quality',
grow the tea and blend the tea
and treat our teatime properly –
our love and respectful wishes.
Yorkshire Tea is so delicious.


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E. O. Wilson's new book The Creation is an open letter to a conservative Christian pastor to join with those of a secular outlook to address issues of biodiversity that are in play today due to human action and natural processes.
Listen: Ira Flatow, host of Science Friday, a radio program heard on many public radio stations in the USA, but not mine, has a 30 minute interview of E. O. Wilson, which is available as a podcast. They talk about the new book and related topics.


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Toad Hall is located off the beaten path on Endless Brook Road in Poultney, Vermont, a mile upstream from the Lake St. Catherine State Park. We offer privacy in a pastoral setting. Toad Hall has two bedrooms upstairs, each with it's own bath. Downstairs, we have a handicapped eqipped suite with seperate entrances. The suite's bath has a Jacuzzi tub and a shower. It also has a living room with a fireplace/stove and a complete kitchenette. Further down the hall, is a library, powder room, dining and living area with a large TV, and a DVD player for all to enjoy. All of the bedrooms have cable TV, and two of them have A/C. We offer daily and weekly rates. There is no smoking inside. Outside, is a beautiful patio, for dining, when weather permits. There are two ponds on the property, numerous springs, and the meandering Endless Brook to explore. Mt. Saint Catherine is at our back door, with hiking trails, and spectacular views of the lake and the Adirondacks. We are located next to Green Mountain College's Deane Nature Preserve. http://campus.greenmtn.edu/greenmap
WHAT'S TO DO?We are right off of Vermont Rte. 30, on a network of dirt roads that offer great mountain biking. We are two miles from the eighteen hole Lake St. Catherine Golf Course. We are about an hour from several ski areas: Killington, Pico, Stratton, Bromley, and Okemo. There is x-country skiing and snowshoeing here on the property and locally. There are several museums, gardens and farms to visit. The Shelburne Farms Museum is an hour north of us. There are revolutionary sites: the Hubbardton Battle Field, Fort Ticonderoga, Mount Independence and the Bennington Monument. The Adirondacks and the Lake George Recreation Area are due west. To our south is the Dorset Theatre Playhouse, the Manchester Outlet Stores and the Southern Vermont Arts Center.
Welcome to Toad Hall. We will make your stay a memorable one. It is our pleasure to direct you towards some of the best antiquing, hot air balloon festivals, horse shows and sightseeing that New England has to offer.


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A virtual private network (VPN) is one of the best and increasingly essential security tools to protect your data and your privacy.
Whether for accessing a streaming video, a webpage blocked in your country, or to use the web more securely while on public Wi-Fi, a VPN offers plenty of value.
But not all VPNs are created equal — some are downright shady. Universities in Australia, with the help of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), studied 283 Android VPN apps and found 38 percent injected malware or malvertising, an astonishingly bad result for apps meant to protect you — and these are just the bad actors.
A further 18 percent bizarrely didn't encrypt users' traffic at all, leaving users exposed. Despite this, the report found less than 1 percent of users had "any security or privacy concerns about these apps."
It's a jungle out there, and a frightening one at that.
Don't worry. We're here to help you figure out how to use a VPN, and explain both security and privacy features.
If you'd like to start with understanding how a VPN works, check out Android Authority's own Gary Sims' video. It's an invaluable lesson on how a VPN works.
To seriously review the privacy of your VPN, head over to ipleak.net as a basic starting point.
You have no privacy if you use a free VPN
Privacy and a free VPN just don't go together. Free VPNs might look ok if you're desperate, but we'd never recommend using one. Your data is the cost of use, and it can be even worse than that as well.
Hola is a popular free VPN. It works by routing data through a peer-to-peer network, rather than using their servers. If you use the service, it routes other people's data through your local router and IP address. It's great if you want to act like you're from Australia, but if someone routes dodgy data through your connection, you might be liable for any consequences. It's almost impossible to prove to an outsider examining your connection it didn't come from you.
Read Next: Best VPN routers
Another decidedly unethical "free" VPN model is offering a free service that examines all the data you use on your phone. It's how Facebook waged war on Snapchat. The social media juggernaut purchased Onavo, the Tel Aviv-based VPN company that developed an app for Android and iOS ironically called Protect, which we won't link here, that collects data from users who install it. This data included how much the Snapchat app was in use.
The Wall Street Journal reported Facebook knew about Snapchat's slowing user growth "months before" the information was publicly disclosed.
It's an incredible breach of trust; download a VPN to mask your data and protect your privacy, and instead hand all that information straight to Facebook. Of course, the privacy policy of Onavo made allowances for this, but the amount of users who only use an app after reading a privacy policy is vanishingly small.
These are just a few examples of how free VPNs can be problematic. If you're at all serious about privacy and data protection, free VPNs are not compatible.
Privacy and paid VPNs
Just like free VPNs, there are a lot of paid options and it can be challenging to understand exactly what you need and what you're getting. Price is also an influencing factor, of course.
Often we are swayed by deals or a Black Friday offer, but there's more to it than that. Your VPN choice starts with what you want it for, and which VPNs match this.
Even legally done torrenting is disabled by the well-known service TunnelBear.
TunnelBear doesn't mention you can't use torrents, but if you just want to browser from another country, that might not be an issue.
Others might log all your data, which could be harmful if you live in a place with censorship, or have aggressive services which attempt to extort money from you for file-sharing.
What a VPN can do with your data comes down to its business policies, which aren't always obvious and often require closely reading the terms of service and privacy policy of that company. Europe's landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought some upheaval as it forced many online businesses to update their privacy policies — and not just European ones.
Here are the key considerations that emerge from the depths of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policies.
What happens when your VPN connection leaks, or drops out?
If you're browsing and your VPN connection leaks, cuts out, or drops, you're at risk.
Leak checkers are also important because they monitor for problems like a DNS or WebRTC leak. Better VPNs will also provide tools for you to check if all your data is going through the provided VPN tunnel. To seriously review the privacy of your VPN, head over to ipleak.net as a basic starting point. For more detailed information you can review tools and techniques from ExpressVPN's privacy lab.
For connection dropouts, better VPNs offer a "kill switch" or network monitor to constantly check your connection and halt all data if the VPN connection has dropped out. A kill switch is mandatory, and better VPNs will offer customizable kill switch configurations to fine-tune operations.
Your VPN must offer a kill switch, otherwise disconnects will leave you without security
Why does this matter? According to The Daily Beast, a notorious hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 was exposed as working from Russia (not from Romania as claimed), when they either forgot to turn on their VPN client before logging in to social media, or their VPN dropped out during connection.
It's also important to have your VPN use connections based on the OpenVPN protocol. This is a technical area, but the short story is that this open-source protocol is superior to the PPTP and L2TP/IPsec protocols which are commonly used, due to security flaws and other disadvantages. The best will use OpenVPN with at least AES 256-bit encryption and with in-house DNS servers as well. Tick that box.
VPN privacy: Data logging
VPNs that log your data may choose to do so for their own gain, like those terrible free VPNs, or they may be forced to log for other reasons, like some kind of restrictive country law.
If privacy is your concern, avoiding VPNs that log ensures you aren't defeating the purpose of securing your data at the first hurdle. Some VPNs claim not to log anything and then still do it anyway. These VPNs may say they don't store any data logs, but by law must retain connection logs, which might be able to show something about your perfectly normal movements or whereabouts. The country of origin for a VPN will tell you more, though laws change rapidly. Panama doesn't require logs, nor does Hong Kong.
Connection or download limits? That's a log, so be careful if you need a zero-log VPN.
A big clue is in the nature of the kind of offer a VPN will make to customers. If they enforce connection or download limits on subscriptions, they must be keeping some kind of connection logs. It's the only way they can manage this.
Therefore, it's essential to review respective terms and privacy policies.
Here are some of the better VPNs and their policies:
Express VPN: Privacy Policy, Terms of Service
NordVPN: Privacy Policy, Terms of Service
Each of these services is explicit about not storing your data. Take ExpressVPN:
We do not collect logs of your activity, including no logging of browsing history, traffic destination, data content, or DNS queries. We also never store connection logs, meaning no logs of your IP address, your outgoing VPN IP address, connection timestamp, or session duration.
All of those areas are key concerns for any user. In fact, those companies both even cover what data they need in their privacy policy, such as basic registration details like an email address for a registered account. Your payment information is also worth considering.
Payment info: Another important piece of your data
Now, if you are handing over your payment information to pay for your VPN service, much of your anonymity can be lost. Not all payment options are the same, and it's really only possible to guard your information using Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency, cash, or gift cards purchased through another service.
If your payment details are being stored, you're leaving yourself open yet again.
Most VPNs will use a third-party payment portal, which means they won't get your data, but another linked party will. You'll need to go and read the payment service's terms of service and privacy policy too if you want to know how it uses your data. In short, if you're only able to pay with credit card or Paypal, some information will be collected and stored for minimum periods.
Paying with crypto limits this; it generally only requires an email address. Both ExpressVPN and NordVPN offer this, though IPVanish does not.
The Lip Service problem
Unfortunately, over the years, many VPNs have said one thing and done another. It's part of the territory of VPNs — not just looking at what they claim, but reading the fine print as well. HideMyAss was infamously embroiled in a dispute with Anonymous after allegedly giving up a LulzSec member. PureVPN went through a similar issue where the company assisted the FBI in a cyberstalking case. These are just two of the higher profile cases over the years.
Last week it also emerged that IPVanish had given up logs to the FBI as well.
IPVanish, under then parent company Highwinds Network Group, appears to have released logs sometime in 2016, before the service was acquired by the operator StackPath in 2017, approximately seven months later.
However, IPVanish claims it is a zero-logs VPN service provider, and always has been. Note the wording used in 2016. It's a simple claim, and an important one.
Yet Highwinds Network Group did provide user information to an FBI criminal investigation regarding alleged child pornography in 2016. Leaving aside the obviously heinous morality, the VPN parent company provided the very information that the VPN said they didn't log.
How could they if they keep zero logs?
As noted, this has happened before with other VPNs, who insist they've responded in line with their privacy policies. Many providers keep IP logs to show connections, connection times, amounts downloaded, and which country the VPN connected to. Most of that is required just to be able to provide you a support service if something goes wrong, or for engineers to watch in the case of tracking unexpected downtime. It's metadata about your connection.
VPNs may also be coerced by law enforcement via a National Security Letter, or NSL, to log user accounts. It's not always clear when that's the case, but the court complaint doesn't seem to suggest that.
The problem is when a VPN markets itself as one thing, and then behaves as another.
StackPath CEO Lance Crosby made two posts on Reddit in response to the claims, although those posts are at this stage made by an unverified account. In response to emailed questions from us, StackPath Vice President, Product & Marketing Jeremy Palmer further clarified the company's position.
We are glad you asked. That incident was from 2016 – long before StackPath acquired IPVanish in 2017. IPVanish does not, has not, and will not, log or store logs of our users as a StackPath company. I can't speak to what happened on someone else's watch, and that management team is long gone. But know this – in addition to not logging, StackPath will defend the privacy of our users, regardless of who demands otherwise.
It's difficult to know what's happened with IPVanish, and hard to blame StackPath for an incident outside of its ownership or control. Ultimately, it shows VPN usage is only a deterrent. It's a good option for protecting yourself on public Wi-Fi, preventing websites from tracking you, or stopping your ISP from tracking you while you're streaming or downloading.
It's clearly not enough if you want to prevent governments actors from tracking you, you probably shouldn't be doing whatever that very bad thing is at all, let alone doing it online, and a VPN is no guarantee of protection against the long arm of the law.
I want to be secure and not use a VPN
As we've shown, using a VPN isn't foolproof — it's just one way of protecting your information.
Another highly-secure method is using the Tor network. Whereas a VPN knows and can log your real IP, data sent and received through Tor is routed through a number of nodes. The key to the network is that each node only knows one point previous and in advance.
At no point can anyone know the whole path between your computer and where you try to connect.
The problem with Tor is that it's very slow. It also can't be easily used as a way to access data only available to certain countries, as it's not always possible to appear from anywhere you like.
Edward Snowden uses Tor, but that's because his data is hugely sensitive. Tor isn't for everyone.
Tor is a solution people like Edward Snowden use, because his data is some of the most sensitive in the world and privacy is everything.
For most people a VPN is a necessary first step in securely browsing the internet more. The belt-and-suspenders types may want to use Tor, or even Tor along with a VPN for the additional layer of security. Because of the speed lack of control over location, you can more or less forget streaming or downloading using Tor.
VPN choice
Every recommendation for a VPN comes with its own backstory, with experiences good and bad. The consistent top performers can fall from grace in a moment and sometimes costs are a major limitation for some users.
ExpressVPN is the one we recommend most highly, but that doesn't mean other VPNs are not suitable for you. ExpressVPN happens to meet every serious technical requirement, and has nice things like support for every major platform, high speeds, an almost unsurpassed network of countries, strong support, and genuinely keeps zero logs (court records have shown seized servers contained no logs).
Of course, it's not the only VPN out there and competitors are coming on the tough market regularly. Android Authority do also recommend NordVPN although it's not one I've used personally yet.
The main lessons here: don't trust a VPN until you do the research, don't touch a free VPN unless you have no other option and even then, probably don't do it. Finally, be aware that no logs doesn't always mean no logs, unless the VPN in question has been tested in some way. Stay safe!


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Game Engine CopperCube 5.2 released
- Realistic Realtime Water
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- Procedural Tree Generator
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- DPad support on Android
- 21 day trial
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- Lots of other, smaller changes, like sharper displayed 2D Overlays in WebGL,
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In this blog post I will discuss how using NetApp Virtual Storage Console the vSphere Administrators can perform various NetApp Storage management tasks from vCenter interface. I will cover installation of VSC, followed by Registration of VSC and basic Setup.
NetApp Virtual Storage Console is a plugin for vCenter which provides a single user interface and end-to-end management for the following tasks performed in the Infrastructure:
- Discovery of new and existing NetApp Storage arrays, aggregates, volumes and LUNs.
- Provisioning – Creating new VMFS/NFS volumes on NetApp Storage and mounting them to the ESXi hosts.
- Capacity Management – Monitor the capacity of the VMFS/NFS datastores at all levels i.e. Aggregate, Volume, LUN & Datastore.
- Backup & Recovery – Configure backup & recovery for entire datastore, virtual machine, VMDK or single files.
- Optimization – Identify misaligned VMs or Datastores and rectify them.
- Space Reclamation for virtual machines.
With VSC the gap between Storage & vSphere administrators can be bridged resulting in faster provisioning and other management tasks. VSC also has built in optimization settings for ESXi hosts which can applied to the ESXi hosts to reduce issues and support calls.
Install NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
Download the latest version of VSC from NetApp Support Site. Note that you need to have valid credentials to download this software. For this installation I chose x64 bit version of VSC and installed on a Windows 2008 R2 VM
Launch the installer to start the installation of VSC and click Next to continue
Read about the credentials required when using Backup and Recovery in VSC and click I understand to acknowledge and click Next to continue.
Select the capabilities of VSC and click Next to continue
Change the destination folder for VSC installation if required and click Next to continue.
Click Install to start the installation. Note the URL provided to register VSC, this has to be done after the installation is complete.
Register NetApp VSC with VMware vCenter
Once the installation is complete a web browser would be launched to https://localhost:8143/Register.html where the following details would be required to complete the registration of VSC with vCenter.
- Plugin service information
- Hostname or IP Address: IP Address or Hostname of the system where VSC was installed.
- vCenter Server Information
- Host name or IP Address: IP or FQDN of the vCenter Server
- Port: 443
- User name: Use firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to use the default SSO user account. If you are using vCenter Linux Appliance use root username. If you have created an Identity source for the domain user account and also set it as default then use the DOMAIN/Username.
- User Password: Enter the password for the above vCenter administrator username.
Once the Registration is complete start a new vSphere Client session to vCenter. Navigate to Plug-ins & Manage-Plugins to confirm that Virtual Storage Console plugin is enabled.
Discover NetApp Storage in VSC
Use VSC to discover any existing NetApp storage array. Once the Array is discovered you would be able to perform various storage management tasks using VSC.
To launch VSC, connect to the vCenter server using the vSphere client and navigate to Home > Solutions & Applications > click on NetApp logo
Navigate to Monitoring & Host Configuration and click on Overview > click Add to add NetApp 7 Mode or Clustered Data ONTAP storage.
Enter the following information to add the Controller
- Target Hostname: IP or FQDN of the 7 Mode Controller or Cluster IP in case of Clustered Data ONTAP
- Target Port: 443
- User name Password: Credentials required to connect to NetApp 7 Mode Controller or Cluster IP in case of Clustered Data ONTAP.
Click Ok to add the controller.
Once the controllers are added to VSC the discovered information (IP Address, Version, Free capacity, VAAI & Supported protocols) would be displayed.
It's recommended that you apply NetApp best practices to the ESXi hosts for Adapter, MPIO & NFS Settings. To do this, right click on the ESXi host and click on Set Recommended Values
To understand the details about the settings, click on Show Details.This completes installation and basic setup of NetApp Virtual Storage Console. You can now use VSC to also manage your NetApp Storage using vCenter Server.


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The Provincial Bowling finals were held in glorious sunshine at the Tetley Social Club in Warrington.
The Group was represented by the winner and runner up of the Group Bowling knockout, Peter Schofield and Mike Silver.
Mike was beaten in the first round of the main competition but progressed through to the quarter finals of the second tournament before losing out narrowly by 15-13.
Peter on the other hand, was much more successful and progressed through to the final where he played Len Hart from the Leigh Group.
Peter had been involved in some very close matches on route to the final resulting in him spending a long time on the green in the baking heat with very little time to recover between matches. At the start of the final he had been in action almost continuously for the last 2 ½ hrs.
Despite this Peter started well, taking an early lead in a tightly fought contest watched very supportively by many of the unsuccessful participants.
The match was blessed with some unbelievable bowling skill and ability and with the score locked at 20-20 it all went down to the last leg.
Peter was on the mat and placed his first bowl just 18 inches behind the jack which looked certain to be the winner, only to see Len follow him up the green and rest his bowl inside Peter's.
It was fitting that such a superb bowl should win the tournament and it was unlucky that Peter was on the receiving end.
He is still to be greatly congratulated on his marathon effort on a very hot and draining but enjoyable day and for representing the Chorley group so well.
The Provincial Grand Master had attended to congratulate everyone involved and to thank the Warrington Group for hosting such a wonderful event blessed with glorious weather.
Words and photos from Mike Silver


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Challenges – Mainly for each restaurant they have preparation of any dishes and when that goes for a toss because of less consuming, the restaurant faces huge loss. The concept was developed actually to save the food from being wasted because of excess for consumption. To maintain the live inventory was a challenge.
Solution – The solution provided to the clients helped them to arrive at a live decision about the orders, offers and discounts. The live inventory was maintained with the app.


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This is a scrapbook layout of my 2 year old Grandson having some fun with some sunglasses. The title says, "Get yourself some cheap sunglasses." The title is from the ZZ Top song, Cheap Sunglasses.
The sunglasses in my layout where from Cher from a mingle we did in our art group. It was my very first mingle in our art group, AAWA (An Affair with Art).


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The revolving door has spun around once again in Cleveland, revealing yet another quarterback change for the Browns.
For Sunday's game against the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, Jason Campbell steps under center to start an NFL regular-season game for the first time since 2011.
The 31-year-old replaces demoted starter Brandon Weeden, who was uninspiring in his chance to reclaim his grip on the job following Bryan Hoyer's season-ending knee injury.
Now, it's Campbell's turn to try to make an impression on a new Browns' regime led by CEO Joe Banner and general manager Mike Lombardi.
Although Campbell is probably best suited for backup duty at this stage of his career following average starting stints with the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders, this does represent an audition of sorts for the former Mississippi State standout. In nine NFL seasons, Campbell has passed for 14,688 yards, 76 touchdowns and 52 interceptions for an 82.4 quarterback rating.
The Browns (3-4) are tied for second-place in the AFC North with the Ravens (3-4), who hold a tiebreaker edge with a win over Cleveland earlier this season at M&T Bank Stadium.
"It's tough switching over like that," Campbell told Cleveland reporters. "At the same time, being in the league for a while, I think that's helped me a lot from having to adapt through different changes.
"It's still all about rhythm and consistency. So hopefully having a full week to prep and to run plays with these guys and grow, hopefully that can give me the opportunity to get back to where I once was."
The Browns' quarterback issues have made it difficult for their offense to gain much traction.
It's been a lot of hard luck between Weeden spraining his right thumb and Hoyer tearing his anterior cruciate ligament after leading the Browns to consecutive wins.
Browns coach Rob Chudzinski likes what he's seen from Campbell, but it's going to be a tough test for him against a fifth-ranked Chiefs defense that leads the NFL with 35 sacks. Linebacker Justin Houston has done most of the damage with 10 sacks and a forced fumble.
"They've rallied behind him like they have every time that somebody else has been in," Chudzinski said.
Campbell said he'll resist the urge to try to be a hero and will rely on his teammates.
"It's not about one person," Campbell said. "I know everyone wanted to say it's about Brandon, but it really wasn't about one person. We all, as a collective group, have to do a better job play in and play out of doing our own job. I think the only thing I should do is just try to be a leader."
As for Weeden, there are plenty of rumors that he could be a candidate for relocation with the NFL trade deadline approaching Oct. 29.
However, Weeden emphasized that he doesn't want to be traded.
"Absolutely. I love it here,'' Weeden told reporters. "I think this team is on the rise. We're doing some good things and I'm excited about the group we have. I love this town."
Weeden was once traded by the New York Yankees as a minor league baseball player, but isn't looking for a repeat despite being passed over for Campbell.
"I've been traded before, and those things are way out of my control,'' Weeden said. "I don't have a crystal ball. I can't see the future. Whatever happens, this league is just like baseball. I got traded in baseball and you just never know. Our focus is Sunday, and whatever happens on that is out of our control.
"I'm a competitor. With that being said, I'm going to support Jason just like he supported me. He's been outstanding. He's helped me a lot along the way and that's my role now and that's the way I'm going to approach it this week."
Steelers' Timmons playing hurt
Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons played through pain against the Ravens, breaking his left hand when it collided with the helmet of offensive guard Marshal Yanda during the fourth quarter of a 19-16 victory.
It didn't hamper Timmons' play as he recorded a game-high 17 tackles, including a dozen solos, helping to limit Ravens running back Ray Rice to 45 yards on 15 carries. Since reviewing the game, the coaching staff boosted Timmons' total to 20 tackles.
Now, Timmons will line up with a cast on his hand against the Oakland Raiders
"Pain is a part of this game," Timmons told Pittsburgh reporters. "You know what you sign up for when you play football. I am a linebacker. I love the physicality of it. I am excited to go out there and play with my teammates and just always do what I can do.
"Catching the ball is going to be a little more difficult. I will have to do more one-handed attempts than two. Other than that it is still the same."
In other Steelers news, cornerback Ike Taylor restructured his contract to reduce his salary-cap figure from $9.546 million to $7.968 million. The remainder of his $6 million base salary was paid out in a $2.97 million signing bonus.
The Steelers now have $1.675 million in available salary-cap space under the NFL limit of $123 million. They were roughly $200,000 over the limit until this transaction.
In 2014, his salary-cap figure is now up to $11.942 million after an original figure of $10.454 million.
First-place Bengals aiming high
If the Bengals defeat the New York Jets on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium, they'll run their record to 4-0 at home for the first time since the 1988 season when they went to the AFC championship.
In order to do so, they'll need to confuse and contain Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith.
"Obviously, it's a huge game for us," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said during a press conference. "The Jets are playing very good football. They're a strong, downhill-running team. They run the power gaps, things like that. You've got to get your pads down and play. It'll be a physical game up front.
"Defensively, they're about as strong as you can be with their front group. We've got a huge game up front, and we need to have both sides of the ball played well, and be efficient with the ball. We've got, a big game against a really good team."
Smith led the Jets to an overtime win over the New England Patriots last week with one touchdown and one interception.
For the season, Smith has passed for 1,723 yards, eight touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
"Geno's done well," Lewis said. "They've done a fine job of building their offensive team around him. Schematically, they're involving the play-action drop backs, the nakeds and the screens. And there's the involvement of the Wildcat stuff they're doing with other guys, last week with Josh Cribbs, and then to the read option that Geno is running.
"There's a lot of scheme. There's a lot of things. He's doing a good job of managing it. He's played well and efficiently, and they're winning games."


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Don't you love the smell of Christmas? We do too, at Wood Orchard! We found an inexpensive way to decorate and have that joyful smell! WE MADE OUR OWN GARLAND! It was so easy to make and it was a wonderful bonding experience. With that being said we wanted to share with you how we made our Garland.
You will need-
-Wire wrapped in jute ( we used green)
-Wire wrapped in jute ( we used green)
-22 to 26 gauge floral wire
-Assorted Branches (the more variety the better)
Step 1: Measure how long you will want your Garland to be. We suggest doing this first because it gets really heavy once all of the branches are attached.
Step 2: Cut the Wire wrapped in jute.
Step 3: Go outside and gather all of the branches you like. We used juniper, dogwood, spruce, pine and cedar. - We put them on a sheet to catch all of the needles and keep the tree sap from getting all over the place.
Step 4: Cut 6-12in. sections from each type of branch and put them into piles. (That way it is easier to make the bundles)
Step 5: Take one piece of each smaller cut branch and put it into a bundle.
Step 6: Now you can start attaching the branch bundles to the wire covered in jute with the floral wire. You need to wrap the floral wire around the start of the jute covered wire a few times, then you can attach the bundles. It works easiest if you wrap the bundles at their base and wrap the wire a bunch of times to make sure it is secure. You keep doing this until you get to your end.
Step 7: Now that you have gotten to the end of your garland string, have your last bundle face the opposite direction of your other bundles. This way your garland doesn't suddenly end and if you want to hang it on your mantle it looks nice.
We hope you enjoy making garland and had as much fun as we did! WE loved making the Market smell like Christmas.
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Middle school was so awkward.
Ahem. As I was saying, middle school was awkward. You're going through lots of changes, thrown into a bigger environment with more people, and you have tougher classes. That's just the tip of the iceberg too. I shudder to think about all of the social pressure in middle school. You've got to make sure that you have a good group of friends and that you don't embarrass yourself. No wonder tweens can have such attitudes sometimes! 😉
It's been a few years since I've been in middle school, so I had
blocked out forgotten some of the aspects of middle school. If I really want to remember those years, I have some diaries from that time period, but I would rather not revisit those! Thankfully, I don't have to reread my old diaries to relive middle school because I can read book one of the Desperate Diva Diaries Series called Catie Conrad: Faith, Friendship, and Fashion Disasters!
Written by Angie Spady and illustrated by Channing Everidge, the book follows the story of sixth grader Catie Conrad. Catie's dad gave her a journal, which she did NOT want at all, but decides to use as a prayer journal and place to put her fashion sketches since she dreams of becoming a famous fashion designer. Throughout the book, readers meet Catie's family (including her brother's pet skunk, Rosey), Catie's best friend Sophie, crush Josh, and the middle school mean girl, Miranda. We get to read about Catie's embarrassing moments, daily struggles, and her journey as she grows in faith, especially after a family mission trip to a reservation in Arizona.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There were a few times that I felt like Catie's "voice" didn't sound like a sixth grader, but for the most part, I found all of the characters believable and easy to relate to. I felt like there were a lot of good messages in the book too, particularly concerning friendship, empathy, and staying focused on God. If you have a tween daughter, then I would definitely recommend this book to her. I'm donating my copy to my local library, so if you live in my area and would like to read this book, check it out!
Disclaimer: I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.


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Before Erin Iams landed her campus job, she had to survive a professional interview and beat out 24 other applicants. Now, instead of clocking hours at a library checkout desk or a cafeteria steam table, the college junior is helping professors study the role of business classes in a liberal arts setting. She'll put in about 10 hours a week until she graduates and make $10 an hour - nearly double what most students earn at Southwestern University, a small campus in Georgetown, Texas.
"My best friend works in one of those jobs where she sits at a table for hours at a time, and she gets to do schoolwork," says Ms. Iams, who hopes to own a business someday. "For me, this job is great. It gives me the opportunity to be engaged ... and to feel like I'm accomplishing something."
The Student Associate Program started with 12 employees this semester at Southwestern, and it's expected to grow with support from a Mellon Foundation grant. It's the first replication of an idea born at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., where 40 students now earn top dollar for jobs that come with extra demands as well as extra benefits - including mentoring and training linked to their career aspirations.
With so much consternation about the high price of college, the redesign of campus jobs helps both sides of the equation - by saving schools the cost of hiring more full-time staff and by enabling students to earn more while they learn. Many young people have high-level skills to offer, especially in the field of technology. And increasingly, students want more from their work than a simple paycheck, experts say.
"Most campuses are moving in that direction," says Heather Dunn, assistant director of student employment at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. "It requires a change in culture ... but most are focusing on making sure that the educational experience is further validated by employment experience."
At Ms. Dunn's campus, more student jobs require interviews than in years past. Job titles include "senior level computer consultant" and "sustainability intern" (a student charged with improving recycling and energy conservation).
The admissions department used to hire student workers as tour guides, but now that's a volunteer position. Instead, students are paid to take on marketing and publicity research. Dunn estimates that at least half of campus jobs go above and beyond the old-school image of a student filing papers, answering phones, or running errands.
One hope is that as more students earn higher wages, they can better balance school and work. Students who work 10 hours per week or less tend to have slightly higher grades, while students who work full time have lower grades and drop out at a higher rate, according to a 2001 study by UPromise, a company in Needham, Mass., that helps families save and pay for college.
Rhodes President William Troutt was looking for ways to live up to the cost- cutting advice he doled out as chairman of the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education in the late 1990s. The college had already started saving energy and outsourcing certain tasks, but personnel costs were high.
At the same time, conversations with older alumni revealed that many remembered campus jobs as essential learning experiences. Current students, on the other hand, often felt their talents were being wasted on menial tasks.
So Mr. Troutt and Bob Johnson, dean of information services, looked for ideas on other campuses. One inspiration was Berea College in Kentucky, where every student works 10 to 15 hours a week.
The goal was not to transform Rhodes that dramatically, but to see what work students could do most effectively and what support the college should offer.
In the resulting Student Associate Program, the work of four students is the equivalent of one full-time staffer - but it costs only $16,000 to pay all four instead of $40,000, plus benefits, Mr. Johnson estimates.
Rhodes expects to hire 60 student associates next year and to continue to gradually expand. "It's part of a larger aim of the college - trying to tie student assistance to some kind of powerful learning experience," Troutt says.
Another opportunity is the Service Scholars Program. Students are paid for jobs in community nonprofits, such as after-school programs or homeless shelters. They meet with mentors and academic advisers so they can draw connections to what they're learning in class.
English major Elizabeth Brandon just finished a story for Rhodes College's alumni magazine based on interviews with 10 alumni authors.
"It was great experience - a lot of them are in the line of work I want to pursue," she says.
She's also learned marketable skills such as proofreading and editing. The senior says that when she first started working at the magazine for 15 hours a week, she wondered how she'd fit it in, but "this teaches you to economize your time. It teaches you how you're going to have to be in the real world."
Ms. Brandon is the second student associate to work with mentor Martha Shepard, editor of the alumni magazine.
"They came in ready to go, asking for this job," Ms. Shepard says. "With the talent of these students, we don't have to hire as many freelancers."
When Brandon's predecessor graduated last year, she stepped right into a job as managing editor of a local magazine.
The learning curve for these jobs gives students a head start on approaching problem-solving in a broader way, says Prof. Mary Grace Neville at Southwestern, who is supervising Iams on the business-curriculum project.
"We want her to help us think about what we don't know yet," Professor Neville says. "One of the best things that's happening is that we're developing a relationship where she's willing to come early and say, 'OK, here's what I tried, help me understand what to do next...' rather than the student response, which is to bulldoze down the path and try to make the teacher happy, and then move on to the next step."
The value of such relationships is one reason the school requires student associates to make a two-year commitment.
"For one semester, it's not worth it," Neville says. "But the trajectory that we're on feels really good. [Erin's] becoming a member of our team."