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A Novel
Rainbow Rowell
St. Martin's Griffin
There was a boy in her room.
Cath looked up at the number painted on the door, then down at the room assignment in her hand.
Pound Hall, 913.
This was definitely room 913, but maybe it wasn't Pound Hall—all these dormitories looked alike, like public housing towers for the elderly. Maybe Cath should try to catch her dad before he brought up the rest of her boxes.
"You must be Cather," the boy said, grinning and holding out his hand.
"Cath," she said, feeling a panicky jump in her stomach. She ignored his hand. (She was holding a box anyway, what did he expect from her?)
This was a mistake—this had to be a mistake. She knew that Pound was a co-ed dorm.… Is there such a thing as co-ed rooms?
The boy took the box out of her hands and set it on an empty bed. The bed on the other side of the room was already covered with clothes and boxes.
"Do you have more stuff downstairs?" he asked. "We just finished. I think we're going to get a burger now; do you want to get a burger? Have you been to Pear's yet? Burgers the size of your fist." He picked up her arm. She swallowed. "Make a fist," he said.
Cath did.
"Bigger than your fist," the boy said, dropping her hand and picking up the backpack she'd left outside the door. "Do you have more boxes? You've got to have more boxes. Are you hungry?"
He was tall and thin and tan, and he looked like he'd just taken off a stocking cap, dark blond hair flopping in every direction. Cath looked down at her room assignment again. Was this Reagan?
"Reagan!" the boy said happily. "Look, your roommate's here."
A girl stepped around Cath in the doorway and glanced back coolly. She had smooth, auburn hair and an unlit cigarette in her mouth. The boy grabbed it and put it in his own mouth. "Reagan, Cather. Cather, Reagan," he said.
"Cath," Cath said.
Reagan nodded and fished in her purse for another cigarette. "I took this side," she said, nodding to the pile of boxes on the right side of the room. "But it doesn't matter. If you've got feng shui issues, feel free to move my shit." She turned to the boy. "Ready?"
He turned to Cath. "Coming?"
Cath shook her head.
When the door shut behind them, she sat on the bare mattress that was apparently hers—feng shui was the least of her issues—and laid her head against the cinder block wall.
She just needed to settle her nerves.
To take the anxiety she felt like black static behind her eyes and an extra heart in her throat, and shove it all back down to her stomach where it belonged—where she could at least tie it into a nice knot and work around it.
Her dad and Wren would be up any minute, and Cath didn't want them to know she was about to melt down. If Cath melted down, her dad would melt down. And if either of them melted down, Wren would act like they were doing it on purpose, just to ruin her perfect first day on campus. Her beautiful new adventure.
You're going to thank me for this, Wren kept saying.
The first time she'd said it was back in June.
Cath had already sent in her university housing forms, and of course she'd put Wren down as her roommate—she hadn't thought twice about it. The two of them had shared a room for eighteen years, why stop now?
"We've shared a room for eighteen years," Wren argued. She was sitting at the head of Cath's bed, wearing her infuriating I'm the Mature One face.
"And it's worked out great," Cath said, waving her arm around their bedroom—at the stacks of books and the Simon Snow posters, at the closet where they shoved all their clothes, not even worrying most of the time what belonged to whom.
Cath was sitting at the foot of the bed, trying not to look like the Pathetic One Who Always Cries.
"This is college," Wren persisted. "The whole point of college is meeting new people."
"The whole point of having a twin sister," Cath said, "is not having to worry about this sort of thing.
Freaky strangers who steal your tampons and smell like salad dressing and take cell phone photos of you while you sleep…"
Wren sighed. "What are you even talking about? Why would anybody smell like salad dressing?"
"Like vinegar," Cath said. "Remember when we went on the freshman tour, and that one girl's room smelled like Italian dressing?"
"Well, it was gross."
"It's college," Wren said, exasperated, covering her face with her hands. "It's supposed to be an adventure."
"It's already an adventure." Cath crawled up next to her sister and pulled Wren's hands away from her face. "The whole prospect is already terrifying."
"We're supposed to meet new people," Wren repeated.
"I don't need new people."
"That just shows how much you need new people.…" Wren squeezed Cath's hands. "Cath, think about it. If we do this together, people will treat us like we're the same person. It'll be four years before anyone can even tell us apart."
"All they have to do is pay attention." Cath touched the scar on Wren's chin, just below her lip.
(Sledding accident. They were nine, and Wren was on the front of the sled when it hit the tree. Cath had fallen off the back into the snow.)
"You know I'm right," Wren said.
Cath shook her head. "I don't."
"Please don't make me do this alone."
"You're never alone," Wren said, sighing again. "That's the whole fucking point of having a twin sister."
* * *
"This is really nice," their dad said, looking around Pound 913 and setting a laundry basket full of shoes and books on Cath's mattress.
"It's not nice, Dad," Cath said, standing stiffly by the door. "It's like a hospital room, but smaller. And without a TV."
"You've got a great view of campus," he said.
Wren wandered over to the window. "My room faces a parking lot."
"How do you know?" Cath asked.
"Google Earth."
Wren couldn't wait for all this college stuff to start. She and her roommate—Courtney—had been talking for weeks. Courtney was from Omaha, too. The two of them had already met and gone shopping for dorm-room stuff together. Cath had tagged along and tried not to pout while they picked out posters and matching desk lamps.
Cath's dad came back from the window and put an arm around her shoulders. "It's gonna be okay," he said.
She nodded. "I know."
"Okay," he said, clapping. "Next stop, Schramm Hall. Second stop, pizza buffet. Third stop, my sad and empty nest."
"No pizza," Wren said. "Sorry, Dad. Courtney and I are going to the freshman barbecue tonight." She shot her eyes at Cath. "Cath should go, too."
"Yes pizza," Cath said defiantly.
Her dad smiled. "Your sister's right, Cath. You should go. Meet new people."
"All I'm going to do for the next nine months is meet new people. Today I choose pizza buffet."
Wren rolled her eyes.
"All right," their dad said, patting Cath on the shoulder. "Next stop, Schramm Hall. Ladies?" He opened the door.
Cath didn't move. "You can come back for me after you drop her off," she said, watching her sister. "I want to start unpacking."
Wren didn't argue, just stepped out into the hall. "I'll talk to you tomorrow," she said, not quite turning to look at Cath.
"Sure," Cath said.
* * *
It did feel good, unpacking. Putting sheets on the bed and setting her new, ridiculously expensive textbooks out on the shelves over her new desk.
When her dad came back, they walked together to Valentino's. Everyone they saw along the way was about Cath's age. It was creepy.
"Why is everybody blond?" Cath asked. "And why are they all white?"
Her dad laughed. "You're just used to living in the least-white neighborhood in Nebraska."
Their house in South Omaha was in a Mexican neighborhood. Cath's was the only white family on the block.
"Oh, God," she said, "do you think this town has a taco truck?"
"I think I saw a Chipotle—"
She groaned.
"Come on," he said, "you like Chipotle."
"Not the point."
When they got to Valentino's, it was packed with students. A few, like Cath, had come with their parents, but not many. "It's like a science fiction story," she said, "No little kids … Nobody over thirty … Where are all the old people?"
Her dad held up his slice of pizza. "Soylent Green."
Cath laughed.
"I'm not old, you know." He was tapping the table with the two middle fingers of his left hand. "Forty-one. The other guys my age at work are just starting to have kids."
"That was good thinking," Cath said, "getting us out of the way early. You can start bringing home chicks now—the coast is clear."
"All my chicks…," he said, looking down at his plate. "You guys are the only chicks I'm worried about."
"Ugh. Dad. Weird."
"You know what I mean. What's up with you and your sister? You've never fought like this before.…"
"We're not fighting now," Cath said, taking a bite of bacon-cheeseburger pizza. "Oh, geez." She spit it out.
"What's wrong, did you get an eyelid?"
"No. Pickle. It's okay. I just wasn't expecting it."
"You seem like you're fighting," he said.
Cath shrugged. She and Wren weren't even talking much, let alone fighting. "Wren just wants more … independence."
"Sounds reasonable," he said.
Of course it does, Cath thought, that's Wren's specialty. But she let it drop. She didn't want her dad to worry about this right now. She could tell by the way he kept tapping the table that he was already wearing thin. Way too many normal-dad hours in a row.
"Tired?" she asked.
He smiled at her, apologetically, and put his hand in his lap. "Big day. Big, hard day—I mean, I knew it would be." He raised an eyebrow. "Both of you, same day. Whoosh. I still can't believe you're not coming home with me.…"
"Don't get too comfortable. I'm not sure I can stick this out a whole semester." She was only slightly kidding, and he knew it.
"You'll be fine, Cath." He put his hand, his less twitchy hand, over hers and squeezed. "And so will I. You know?"
Cath let herself look in his eyes for a moment. He looked tired—and, yes, twitchy—but he was holding it together.
"I still wish you'd get a dog," she said.
"I'd never remember to feed it."
"Maybe we could train it to feed you."
* * *
When Cath got back to her room, her roommate—Reagan—was still gone. Or maybe she was gone again; her boxes looked untouched. Cath finished putting her own clothes away, then opened the box of personal things she'd brought from home.
She took out a photo of herself and Wren, and pinned it to the corkboard behind her desk. It was from graduation. Both of them were wearing red robes and smiling. It was before Wren cut her hair.…
Wren hadn't even told Cath she was going to do that. Just came home from work at the end of the summer with a pixie cut. It looked awesome—which probably meant it would look awesome on Cath, too. But Cath could never get that haircut now, even if she could work up the courage to cut off fifteen inches. She couldn't single-white-female her own twin sister.
Next Cath took out a framed photo of their dad, the one that had always sat on their dresser back home. It was an especially handsome photo, taken on his wedding day. He was young and smiling, and wearing a little sunflower on his lapel. Cath set it on the shelf above her desk.
Then she set out a picture from prom, of her and Abel. Cath was wearing a shimmering green dress, and Abel had a matching cummerbund. It was a good picture of Cath, even though her face looked naked and flat without her glasses. And it was a good picture of Abel, even though he looked bored.
He always looked kind of bored.
Cath probably should have texted Abel by now, just to tell him that she'd made it—but she wanted to wait until she felt more breezy and nonchalant. You can't take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are.
At the bottom of the box were Cath's Simon and Baz posters. She laid these out on her bed carefully—a few were originals, drawn or painted just for Cath. She'd have to choose her favorites; there wasn't room for them all on the corkboard, and Cath had already decided not to hang any on the walls, out where God and everybody would notice them.
She picked out three.…
Simon raising the Sword of Mages. Baz lounging on a fanged black throne. The two of them walking together through whirling gold leaves, scarves whipping in the wind.
There were a few more things left in the box—a dried corsage, a ribbon Wren had given her that said CLEAN PLATE CLUB, commemorative busts of Simon and Baz that she'd ordered from the Noble Collection.…
Cath found a place for everything, then sat in the beat-up wooden desk chair. If she sat right here, with her back to Reagan's bare walls and boxes, it almost felt like home.
There was a boy in Simon's room.
A boy with slick, black hair and cold, grey eyes. He was spinning around, holding a cat high in the air while a girl jumped and clutched at it. "Give it back," the girl said. "You'll hurt him."
The boy laughed and held the cat higher—then noticed Simon standing in the doorway and stopped, his face sharpening.
"Hullo," the dark-haired boy said, letting the cat drop to the floor. It landed on all four feet and ran from the room. The girl ran after it.
The boy ignored them, tugging his school jacket neatly into place and smiling with the left side of his mouth. "I know you. You're Simon Snow … the Mage's Heir." He held out his hand smugly. "I'm Tyrannus Basilton Pitch. But you can call me Baz—we're going to be roommates."
Simon scowled and ignored the boy's pale hand. "What did you think you were doing with her cat?"—from chapter 3, Simon Snow and the Mage's Heir, copyright © 2001 by Gemma T. Leslie
Copyright © 2013 by Rainbow Rowell


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SUBJECTS: Syria, national security legislation, climate change.
JULIE DOYLE, PRESENTER: Tanya Plibersek, thanks for joining me. Let's start with the situation in Syria. There's a lot of discussion about the need for a political solution in Syria to end the conflict. How feasible do you think that is with so many different groups operating in that country?
TANYA PLIBERSEK, DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION: I think it's difficult but it's also vital. We've been saying for years now really, realistically, that there has to be a political as well as a military solution in Syria. And of course an addressing of the massive and growing humanitarian crisis there too. I think a political solution with the support of the international community including countries that have been in strategic competition in the area is absolutely vital.
PRESENTER: There's been acknowledgement that there may be a need to keep the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power in the short-term. Can you see that working in any kind of arrangement?
PLIBERSEK: I think it has to be a managed transition out of power. Of course, countries such as Iran and Russia that have been supporting the Assad regime will only want to be part of a peace process or a political resolution that does see some managed transition but I don't see how a man who has killed hundreds of thousands of his own citizens can be seriously considered as part of the medium or longer term solution for Syria. I don't think the Syrian people would accept a long-term solution that involves Bashar al-Assad. In the short-term, of course countries like Iran and Russia will want some ability to manage the political transition but not as a long-term solution.
PRESENTER: On that time frames that have been posed, the head of parliament's intelligence and security committee Dan Tehan has suggested that President Assad could be removed within six months, what do you think of that kind of time frame?
PLIBERSEK: Well, I'm not really sure that it's particular productive to start picking numbers out of the air. I don't think that's an assessment based on any information that's not publicly available. Dan Tehan is guessing like the rest of us, what this might look like. The more productive thing to focus on is the structures that are being put in place to form this political transition, making sure that countries that have been in competition in the area are brought into the discussion, we now see of course that because of the tragic downing of the Russian passenger jet in Egypt perhaps a stronger motivation for Russia to be involved in resolving this situation in Syria and perhaps a sharper focus on fighting IS rather than just fighting groups that are opposed to the Assad regime more generally. Our hope is that the international community can come together in a more productive way, as for time frames I think it is difficult to put time frames, the Vienna conference have certainly set some guiding time frames, they've suggested a time frame for the removal of the Assad regime, a time frame for a transition to a unity Government or democracy in the longer term. People are speculating about whether those time frames are idealistic or not. I think actually working across the international community, the countries that are most interested, is the most important next step.
PRESENTER: Based on the information that you have and the briefings that you've received, how confident are you that all this talk of some kind of political agreement will actually amount to something?
PLIBERSEK: I'm hopeful. I think it's important that all of us focus on this as an important step in bringing peace to Syria. I don't think - talking about confidence is not really the right way to approach this. There has to be a political solution to the conflict in Syria. How soon we can get there really depends on the efforts of the international community and on the large players that have been using this as a proxy war being prepared to set aside some of their conflicting interests and come to the table.
PRESENTER: Looking at some of the discussion about terrorism laws, counter-terrorism legislation, back home here in Australia, we know the Opposition supports the changes as far as the citizenship changes for dual nationals but what about the Government's proposal for control orders to have them apply to younger people, reducing the age there, what's Labor's position on that?
PLIBERSEK: We'll look very closely at the proposed legislation and I think the committee processes around these changed national security pieces of legislation have been very important. We've seen each time that a set of legislation has been referred to the national security and - committee of the parliament, we've seen quite substantial improvements to the safe guards around legislation, we are very keen to work in a bipartisan way with the Government to ensure the safety of Australians but as well as protecting Australians we need to protect the rights of Australian citizens and having a process where a bipartisan parliamentary committee takes evidence from experts and considers in very minute detail the implications of suggested legislation is the proper way to go forward.
PRESENTER: Finally Tanya Plibersek, the President of Kiribati has again called for a worldwide moratorium on new coal mines, he wants it debated at next month's climate change summit in Paris and he said today the world is running out of time and needs to focus on concrete action, does he have a point there?
PLIBERSEK: I think the leader of Kiribati Anote Tong has been a very strong and admirable global voice on the effect of climate change because his country is in the front-line of climate change effects, this is not a potential future threat for Kiribati, it is a real life reality now and an existential threat. 97 per cemt of the land mass of Kiribati is less than 5 metres above sea level, these tiny islands are already experiencing coastal erosion, fresh water being polluted by salt or brackish water, a change in the crops that they're able to grow, reduced water for drinking, it is a real threat for Kiribati and Anote Tong has played a fantastic role not just for his own nation but for small island states everywhere and for Pacific nations in particular.
PRESENTER: But is he right though, is it time for a moratorium?
PLIBERSEK: I think it's time for strong action to reduce the threat of climate change and Labor is absolutely committed to measures that would take us to no more than 2 degrees warming, we are absolutely committed to a 50 per cent renewable energy target, and we are also committed to helping Pacific leaders make their case to the world.


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Sell A House For Cash In Kansas City – Advantages Of Working With M&C Properties
Do you want to sell a house for cash in Kansas City Missouri? If so, read the rest of this article to learn about our local home buying program here at M&C Properties and how it works. Here at M&C Properties, we're an established home buying company based in MO. If you'd rather connect with us … Continued


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We are a stamping challenge so we do need to see stamping on your project.
To qualify for the winner's prize we especially need to see that the stamping is the focal point on the project and that the stamping follows the format of the theme.
No digi stamps are allowed but you may use digi downloads for enhancement of your projects … but the main focal point must be stamping.
The winner of each challenge will receive a very generous voucher of $20 for Flonz's Store
You certainly loved challenge #103 'WORDS' as we had some absolutely fabulous entries. Please pop back on Tuesday to see who the winner is and for the top 3 plus the spotlights on Saturday
'Changing Seasons'
Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. Choose one, two, three or all four as Laura has done.
In our part of the world the changing season at the moment is Autumn. For Dot, who lives in Australia, her changing season is Spring. You can choose whatever season you want for your make as long as it follows the theme. When you have chosen the path you want to take then come back and show us the results with Mr Linky below.
Claire chose the theme this time round so she starts her solo walk with a card that has a plethora of gorgeous colour tones of Autumn. She has also used lots of different mediums on her collaged make which all fit together beautifully.
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The catwalk this fortnight is full of gorgeous artistic makes for you to feast your eyes on.
All the Fashion Stampettes have their own unique distinctive style and they would love it if you popped over to read how they have come up with these awesome pieces.
So let's take that catwalk stroll to see each of their pieces starting with Laura whose stamped images represent all four of the seasons.
Each season has their own unique colours so Laura decided on a sepia combination for her make so each colour tone did not detract from the other. How stunning does it look?
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Making Smart Choices About the Right Internal Hard Drive for Your Computer
Most people who have a computer know that their hard drive is going to play a major role in keeping it running well. Even though your computer requires a processor in order to run at all, you'll still tend to find more value in the hard drive that keeps all of your records, photographs, data, and ideas. You're going to find that it is a lot easier to put a brand new processor into the system than it is to restore corrupted or lost data on a hard drive.
Those who are putting their own computer together will need to spend a bit of time thinking about the kind of hard drive that they would like to purchase. If you're serious about protecting your data and getting to use your computer as effectively as possible, the quality of your hard drive is going to be very important. A lot of consumers without much computer experience are going to have a lot of questions about how they can go ahead and pick out a hard drive that works for them. With the help of the guide below, you're going to be able to make a smart choice about your next drive.
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Fanggu, written in Chinese as 仿古 (fǎng gǔ), is originally know as another phrase: 仿鼓 (fǎng gǔ). 仿鼓 means the teapot is modeled after the appearance of drum. This style started since Qing Dynasty. Till now people still make this teapot by imitating its old crafting style. So it is renamed as 仿古, meaning making the teapot in an antique style.
At present, TeaVivre have three Fanggu Zisha Teapots: Classic Fanggu Teapot, Handmade Fanggu Teapot, and this Qing Xin Fanggu Teapot.Qing Xin Fanggu Teapot. Compared with other two Fanggu Teapots, the prominent characteristics of this Qing Xin teapot is the artificial carving calligraphy and painting on the body, with the author's name, production year and Chinese words "Qīng xīn kě pǐn chá 清心可品茶" on the front. The five Chinese words mean that you can find your inner peace by drinking teas. On the other side of the body it is carved with bamboo branches and leaves, the author wants to seek a quiet world, so this teapot is named "Qing Xin".
Qing Shui Ni: the ore of purple clay, a kind of hematite with much mica, a common mug in the early time. Because it contains relatively smaller ratio impurities than other material, and the big fire won't change its shape and glaze, it is widely used. And as it is mellow ruddy, it is also called red purple clay or Hong Qing Shui. The clay looks quaint, and after long time use the same teapot to brew the same teas, the taste of tea will be better. And there are many traditional models; both the makers and teapot lovers like to use this kind of clay.
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Huang Wei, a post-70s young Zisha artist, painter of handicraft, was born in Dingshu town, Yixing city, Jiangsu province and his father is also a Zisha artist. He knew the Zisha art from his father since his childhood, and has accomplished a great deal in the field of Zisha teapot's handcrafted formation.
Yixing County, the Pottery Capital of China, has a very long history of pottery making for around 6500 years. Yixing boasts abundant resources of argil, tea, bamboo and charcoal, all of which build the important material resource basis for making pottery. Yixing Zisha products have been awarded many prizes both in home and abroad, some excellent works have been presented as national gifts in international communications.


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The ruling will prevent discrimination of gay employees and their partners in India, where activists say members of the LGBTQ community are singled out and blackmailed.."This is a victory for individual liberty in India that is long overdue," said Milan Vaishnav, director of the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C..Colonial Law.The move to overturn a law implemented by the British before India's independence in 1947 comes after a Hong Kong court in July allowed giving visas to spouses of gay expatriate workers in Asia's main financial hub. The move has put pressure on other Asian capitals to make themselves more attractive in the race for global talent. Australia legalized same-sex marriage late last year..Although the ruling will not permit same-sex marriage, it is a step towards greater equality and brings India closer to other jurisdictions across Asia, which are liberalizing laws to make their economies open, welcoming and more inclusive.."India is operating as part of the global economy," said Parmesh Shahani, who heads the Mumbai-based conglomerate Godrej group's in-house India Culture Lab, which helps Indian companies adopt inclusive workplace policies. "It's not just GDP numbers that make you part of the global economy -- it's also these values.".The judgment is result of decades of back-and-forth rulings in lower courts and legal challenges from activists, social groups and various individuals. A lower court in India previously decriminalized homosexuality by declaring that Section 377 was unconstitutional in 2009. That ruling was overturned by a two-judge panel at the Supreme Court in 2013, which said a change in the law could only come from India's parliament..Prison SentenceBut last year, activists got an unexpected boost when a rare ruling by a nine-judge bench upheld citizens' right to privacy and also recognized sexual orientation as an essential attribute of an individual's privacy and dignity.Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, drafted by British rulers in 1860, outlaws "carnal intercourse against the order of nature, with any man, woman or animal." While offenders face prison sentence and a fine, prosecutions are rare.The petitioners behind the current case include the Naz Foundation -- a non-government organization working on HIV and sexual-health issues -- and Keshav Suri, the executive director of The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group."It's historic," Anand Grover, a lawyer for the Naz Foundation, said after the verdict was delivered. 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In the early hours of Friday, May 12, cyber criminals released ransomware dubbed "WannaCry" (aka WannaCryptor) that disrupted the services in multiple hospitals, telecom companies, universities, and car manufacturing plants across Europe. Within 24 hours, this strain of ransomware has spread across 150 countries, locking up more than 200,000 computers. Businesses are bracing for the worst in the coming weeks, afraid to find out if all their computers have been hijacked by WannaCry, grinding their organization to a halt.
Targets are large and small
According to Reuters, hundreds of hospitals and clinics in the British National Health Services (NHS) were shut down on Friday, forcing them to postpone operations and send patients home. Car manufacturer Renault had to halt production lines on Saturday in France, as did Nissan in northeast England. Telefonica, a telecommunication company operating across Argentina, Spain, and Portugal was targeted. In Singapore, MediaOnline – a company that supplies digital signage had all their kiosks infected. FedEx was targeted by this ransomware in the U.S.
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Once WannaCry infects a laptop or server, it encrypts all the files on that system and prevents you from accessing your data. A ransom note is displayed, as shown here, demanding $300 in bitcoins to receive the key to decrypt your files. In many cases the attackers have found people/businesses are willing to pay the ransom, because it is a life or death situation (hospitals), a disruption to business-critical operations (manufacturing), or blocks regular users from accessing crucial documents like tax records.
WannaCry spreads faster than regular ransomware
Most ransomware spreads like a virus, via an attachment to a phishing email or through a url/link to a malicious website. It infects one endpoint at a time, only when a user unknowingly clicks on the malicious link or email attachment.
WannaCry spreads much faster, like a worm. It is infecting any vulnerable system/device that is plugged into the network without anyone having to activate it. This ransomware exploits a known Windows vulnerability in the Simple Message Block (SMB) protocol. This worm-like behavior makes it the perfect tool to bring down unpatched servers, patient monitoring systems in hospitals or industrial control systems in manufacturing plants, which are running older versions of Windows OS. Microsoft issued a patch for this SMB vulnerability (MS17-010) back in March 2017.
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Ransomware shows no signs of slowing down. Here are concrete steps that all business can take to minimize the risks posed by any ransomware, including WannaCry. Dark Reading published the following best practices for Small and Medium Businesses from Arctic Wolf Networks, which are also applicable to the WannaCry ransomware.
- Patch all your systems immediately: Your IT staff should be installing the latest patches on all your laptops, servers, and devices, as soon as the patches are released by the software/system vendor. Run the Microsoft Security Analyzer to identify systems running older versions of Windows OS that are susceptible to WannaCry. Install the emergency patch issued by Microsoft for unsupported versions of Windows 8, XP, Vista, and older versions of Windows Server.
- Backup critical data/files regularly: You should be backing up your business-critical data regularly to ensure that any data held in ransom can be recovered from backup at any time. Without a backup strategy, businesses will end up paying the ransom.
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A woman could be facing charges after allegedly tossing feces inside a Tim Hortons in Langley, B.C. this week – a shocking incident that was captured on the restaurant's surveillance camera.
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Would the friend answer:
Don't bother me now, all my children are in bed and it is too late. I cannot get up and help you?
I tell you this, even though he would not get up and help you because of your friendship, he would get up just to get rid of the nuisance and noise you caused at the midnight hour.
I say to you:
Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
If a son asks for a loaf of bread will the father give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? Or if he asks for an egg will he give him a scorpion?
If you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them who ask him?


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Ike and Kenny: Birthdays For Former Bullets/Wizards
While Andray Blatche will be celebrating his 24th birthday a bit early this evening, there are a couple former Bullets/Wizards who are actually turning an additional year in their lives on today's date, August 18. Now, these aren't franchise greats by any means — in fact, one didn't make it to 60 games in Washington and the other came just short of 100 games — but both hold places near and dear to the fun-loving hearts of those who have suffered with this futile team.
So here goes …
[image via DC Sports Bog, David Bergman – AP]
Isaac Austin turns 41 today. Yes, the same Ike Austin who the Wizards traded for in August 1999 in exchange for Terry Davis, Jeff McInnis, Tim Legler and Ben Wallace. Austin was fresh off a 49-game 1998-99 campaign with the Orlando Magic where the center shot 40.8-percent and averaged 9.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.7 blocks and 2.3 turnovers during 25.7 minutes per game … I guess those numbers were impressive to someone at the time. His 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds he averaged in 19.9 minutes over 59 games with Washington in 1999-2000 (hey! his REB% improved! — 10.9 to 13.8) earned him the famed Ike Austin Cheese Boot and being made fun of years later for loving donuts. Austin was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Obinna Ekezie, Felipe Lopez, Cherokee Parks and Dennis Scott in August 1999.
But don't feel that bad Wizards fans. In a sense, Magic fans should feel worse, even though they did pawn Austin off on the Wiz (like I said, "in a sense"). In '95-96 the Magic won 60 games and made the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the Chicago Bulls in a 4-0 sweep. Then Shaq bolted for L.A. and left Penny Hardaway all on his own.
Next season, the Magic won 45 games and lost in the first round of the playoffs with Rony Seikaly getting the majority of minutes a center. The following season, '97-98, the Magic only won 41 games and didn't even make the playoffs — with Seikaly only playing 47 games, Orlando turned to the likes of Bo Outlaw, Horace Grant and Danny Schayes to hold down the paint. It wasn't working for Penny, who only saw action in 19 games that year himself. He just had to do something.
So let's turn to the Sport Illustrated Vault and a February 1999 story by David Fleming to see what went down:
… during the off-season Penny invited Austin, the NBA's Most Improved Player in 1997, to stay at his house in Orlando, where his private chef saw to Austin's every culinary need. The lesson: The way to every 270-pound pivot's heart is right through the gullet. After his last visit to the Hardaway house in mid-January, the 29-year-old Austin called his agent and told him to cut a deal with the Magic. The two sides later agreed on a three-year, $15 million contract. "If Penny ever needs to get another job outside the NBA, sales may be the perfect opportunity for him," says Daly. "Without him, we don't even get close to signing Ike."
"We haven't had any respect since Shaq left," adds Hardaway. "I think we're going to regain a lot of respect from around the league with a guy like Ike Austin. This team is going to be pretty scary."
Scary indeed. The '98-99 Magic went 33-17 in the tail end of a lockout shortened season, which tied them with the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers for the third best record in the Eastern Conference. But Orlando lost to the 6-seed Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. And Austin, he was traded to the Wizards less than seven months after the SI article was written. Yay.
Anyway … Happy Birthday Ike Austin!
And of course, there's an Ike Austin mix on YouTube (set to some weird, emotional foreign music, and nary a highlight while he's wearing a Wizards uniform is to be found … most of them come from Austin's time in Miami. I imagine this is how Mike Miller highlights will go moving forward.):
Kenny "Sky" Walker has the second past franchise player birthday on August 18 … he's turning 46 (and probably should've been mentioned before Austin).
The Kentucky alum signed as a free-agent with the Bullets in October 1993 after spending the first five seasons of his NBA career with the New York Knicks ('86-91), and then some time playing in Italy and Spain. He appeared in 73 games, starting five, in '93-94 and averaged 4.8 points and 4.0 rebounds as a role player in 19.1 minutes per game off the bench. D.C. fans were quickly attracted to his high-flying hustle plays. Walker injured his knee during training camp in October '94, which was especially devastating given the knee injury history he already had, and only appeared in five games with the Bullets in '94-95. He would finish his professional basketball career playing in Spain during the '95-96 season and finally in Japan during the '96-97 season.
So, Happy Birthday to Walker … now let's watch his YouTube mix:
And of course, the 1989 NBA Slam Dunk contest that he was most known for:


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March 18, 2014 – Kidnapper, Bank Robber Arrested With Bomb In River State
Rivers state police officials have released the picture of a man from Nasarawa state, Ibrahim Aliyu who was arrested with explosives.
According to Police Commissioner, Tunde Ogunsakin, 30-year-old Aliyu was nabbed in Ndele city, Emouha LGA yesterday.
He was caught with large quantity of dynamite explosives with a detonator and cordless wire.
The suspect confessed to be member of a kidnapping syndicate based in Ogbogoro Town and member of a bank robbery syndicate that operates between Port Harcourt and Akwa-Ibom State," the statement said.


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I know I am a little late in posting this, but it had to be shared!! Justin hasn't been able to go to Scouts in the last 4 months. Half that time he was having meltdowns, and the other times my husband was out of town. So Justin missed making the Father's Day gift.
My husband didn't even get to go to church on Father's Day—he had to take care of Justin. Imagine my surprise when the Webelos leader came up to me and handed me this…
The card says, "The Webelos made the pencil holder for Justin. It was a gesture to help him make it for you. We all love Justin and we also think you are a wonderful Dad. Happy Father's Day."
I cried. Big surprise, I know—but seriously, how thoughtful is that!! Not only did the Webelos leaders think of Justin and his dad, but the Webelos were taught compassion that night–and how to show empathy. Something they are VERY good at already, but it was still a remarkable life lesson. They not only thought about Justin not being there, but the impact of Justin not being able to tell his dad how wonderful he is. Those are words that as Justin's parents we don't get to hear. It was a small thought that had a huge impact on me, and I'm sure the boys as well. Another great Autism and scouting experience!!


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Australian flag producers prepare for a lean season after Team Australia decides that it could maybe spend less than $500,000 on flags in six months.
Perhaps we can use our nation's collective flag stocks as shrouds for people who have died from domestic violence or who have died because of a lack of funding to essential services.
Okay, that was a little black. Restarting the positivity drives. Have a glorious summer day in lieu of kitten videos.


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Photo Tour of Mormon Country Part Five – Sunday is the Sabbath
Our last day at the cabin was Sunday. Before packing up and driving back to Salt Lake, we had a family sacrament service (my brother-in-law had received permission from his bishop). We gathered in the living room where we sang … Continue reading
Photo Tour of Mormon Country Part 2 – Everything's Cuter in Utah
When I was a college student, I took a trip during summer vacation to visit my roommate from Flowermound, Texas. As she showed me around her hometown, she repeatedly explained, "Everything's bigger in Texas." Now Utahns might take issue with that statement. When it comes to the size … Continue reading


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2020 Dodge Interior
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Honda tells us its long historical past in racing is what permits its manufacturing cars to journey and handle a lower above the competitors. In the case of the 2020 Dodge Interior sedan, coupe and hatchback, we'd have to agree. The turbocharged 1.5-liter engine is each satisfying to drive and remarkably simple on fuel. Even base models with the normally aspirated 2.0-liter engines have plenty of zip, particularly when paired with the 6-speed manual. Unfortunately, for the bulk of sedans and coupes, a turbocharged engine means a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) is the only choice, and while Honda's CVT is one of the finest we've tested, it's simply not as sporty as driving a stick. If you want more power and better dealing with, you'll have to move as much as the Si or 306-horsepower Sort-R, both of which come only with a handbook transmission. As for the remainder of the 2020 Dodge Interior line, the vehicles are undoubtedly extra dialed-in than a Chevrolet Cruze, Toyota Corolla or Hyundai Elantra, however nonetheless not as adept at cornering as the Mazda3.
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Normal on all but the high-performance fashions, the Honda Sensing suite of driver assists contains forward-collision warning, lane-keeping assist, adaptive cruise control with low-speed comply with, road-departure mitigation and low-speed collision avoidance with emergency braking. Handbook fashions don't include low-speed comply with and will deactivate round 20 mph if the motive force doesn't downshift to avoid stalling. APPLE CARPLAY AND ANDROID AUTO A feature increasingly necessary to smartphone-addicted drivers, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto permit the car's infotainment system to combine with a smartphone, giving the driving force access to navigation, music, apps and text messages without having to fumble with their phone.
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Interior The 2020 Dodge Interior interior is filled with premium supplies and top-notch plastics. Ergonomics is amenable to drivers of all sizes whereas the massive, easy-to-read infotainment contact display screen also serves as the management heart for audio, Apple CarPlay and the optional navigation system. The 2020 Dodge Interior boasts a number of the finest inside quantity among compact vehicles. Rear-seat legroom is spectacular within the sedan, but watch out for the large sills when getting into and exiting. At 15.1 cubic ft, the 2020 Dodge Interior trunk is large. Hatchback 2020 Dodge Interior boast 25.7 cubic toes of house with the rear seats up and a few 20 further cubic toes with them down. Exterior Honda took chances when the company redesigned the 2020 Dodge Interior they usually have paid off. The 2020 Dodge Interior shape is daring and innovative, with an aggressive new entrance end, a long, low and wide stance and unique C-shaped taillights. The 2020 Dodge Interior sedan and coupe feature elegant sloping rooflines, whereas the 2020 Dodge Interior stands out with its bulbous rear finish, high-mounted spoiler and the gaping faux vents on both facet of its rear bumper. Sport and Sport Touring hatchbacks might be spied by way of their center-mounted dual-exhaust shops, whereas the brand new Si boasts its own edgier exterior cosmetics. The Kind R gets a hood scoop, three exhaust pipes and a gargantuan rear spoiler. Notable Normal Gear The least costly 2020 Dodge Interior sedan consists of Honda Sensing, computerized local weather management, rearview digicam, folding rear seat, and a Four-speaker AM/FM audio system with USB port, Bluetooth connectivity and 5-inch screen. The Sport adds aggressive exterior design parts and 7-inch display audio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. We think most buyers will favor stepping as much as at the least an EX, which includes an computerized transmission, the 1.5-liter engine, remote engine begin, moonroof, 60/40-split-folding rear seat, LaneWatch side-view digital camera, 17-inch wheels, updated audio with eight audio system (10 audio system in the coupe), a power driver's seat, heated entrance seats and leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. Notable Non-compulsory Gear As is the Honda approach, choices are bundled by trim, and not a la carte as with many opponents. Exclusive to the sedan line is the EX-L that adds leather seating surfaces, an auto-dimming rearview mirror and HomeLink. The top-of-the-line Touring brings 18-inch wheels, paddle shifters, LED headlights, rain-sensing wipers plus upgraded audio and navigation. Touring sedans alone receive heated rear seats and a 4-way-power passenger seat. Underneath the Hood Two engines and two transmissions are used within the high-volume members of the 2020 Dodge Interior. LX and Sport sedans and coupes use a 158-horsepower 2.0-liter Four-cylinder available with a 6-speed handbook transmission or an excellent CVT automatic transmission. Sport hatchbacks and EX and higher sedan and coupes get a 1.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder that is more powerful and efficient. This engine will also be related to a 6-speed handbook transmission in the Sport hatchback, but all others come with a CVT automated. Sport and Sport Touring Hatchbacks get a power bump, whereas the 2020 Dodge Interior pairs its 205-horsepower 1.5-liter turbo engine with a 6-speed handbook as does the Type R with its 306-horsepower 2.Zero-liter turbocharged engine. All 2020 Dodge Interior stay front-wheel drive, but while the baseline fashions burn regular unleaded gasoline, the Si and Type R require premium to use their full efficiency potential.
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He had folded his arms on his breast and hung his head
"And I did not know that you cared to be seen as yet A misunderstanding evidently. An honourable misunder standing. But it does not matter now."
He raised his head after a silence.
"How gloomy this forest has grown! Yet surely the sd cannot have set already."
She looked round; and as if her eyes had just opened, she perceived the shades of the forest surroundinjj her, not so much with gloom, but with a sullen, dumb, menacing hostility. Her heart sank in the engulfing stillness; al that moment she felt the nearness of death breathing on her and on the man with her. If there had been a sudden stir of leaves, the crack of a dry branch, the faintest rustle, she would have screamed aloud. But she shook off the urn worthy weakness. Such as she was, a fiddle-scraping girl picked up on the very threshold of infamy, she would try to rise above herself, triumphant and humble; and then happiness would burst on her like a torrent, flinging at her feet the man whom she loved.
Heyst stirred slightly.
"We had better be getting back, Lena, since we cant stay all night in the woods—or anywhere else, for that matter. We are the slaves of this infernal surprise which ha been sprung on us by—shall I say fate?—your fate, or mine.
It was the man who had broken the silence, but it was the woman who led the way. At the very edge of the fores'
she stopped, concealed by a tree. He joined her cautiously. "What is it? What do you see, Lena?" he whispered. She said that it was only a thought that had come into
her head. She hesitated for a moment, giving him over her shoulder a shining gleam of her grey eyes. She wanted to know whether this trouble, this danger, this evil, whatever it was, finding them out in their retreat, was not a sort of Punishment.
"Punishment?" repeated Heyst. He could not understand ffhat she meant. When she explained, he was still more sur3rised. "A sort of retribution from an angry Heaven?" he aid in wonder. "On us? What on earth for?"
He saw her pale face darken in the dusk. She had Jushed. Her whispering flowed very fast . It was the way bey lived together—that wasn't right, was it? It was a guilty fe. For she had not been forced into it, driven, scared into :. No, no—she had come to him of her own free will, with er whole soul yearning unlawfully.
He was so profoundly touched that he could not speak >r a moment. To conceal his trouble, he assumed his best feystian manner.
"What? Are our visitors then messengers of morality, rengers of righteousness, agents of Providence? That's cerlinly an original view. How flattered they would be if they 5uld hear you!"
"Now you are making fun of me," she said in a subdued sice which broke suddenly.
"Are you conscious of sin?" Heyst asked gravely. She lade no answer. "For I am not," he added; "before Heaven am not!"
"You! You are different. Woman is the tempter. You took te up from pity. I threw myself at you."
"Oh, you exaggerate, you exaggerate. It was not so bad : that," he said playfully, keeping his voice steady with 1 effort .
He considered himself a dead man already, yet forced ) pretend that he was alive for her sake, for her defence. le regretted that he had no Heaven to which he could scommend this fair, palpitating handful of ashes and dust —warm, living, sentient, his own—and exposed helplessly to insult, outrage, degradation, and infinite misery of the body.
She had averted her face from him and was still. He suddenly seized her passive hand.
"You will have it so?" he said. "Yes? Well, let us then hope for mercy together."
She shook her head without looking at him, like an abashed child.
"Remember," he went on, incorrigible with his delicate raillery, "that hope is a Christian virtue, and surely you can't want all the mercy for yourself."
Before their eyes the bungalow across the cleared ground stood bathed in a sinister light. An unexpected chill gusl of wind made a noise in the tree-tops. She snatched hei hand away and stepped out into the open; but before she had advanced more than three yards, she stood still and pointed to the west.
"Oh, look there!" she exclaimed.
Beyond the headland of Diamond Bay, lying black on a purple sea, great masses of cloud stood piled up and bathed in a mist of blood. A crimson crack like an open wound zigzagged between them, with a piece of dark red sun showing at the bottom. Heyst cast an indifferent glance at the ill-omened chaos of the sky.
"Thunderstorm making up. We shall hear it all night, but it won't visit us, probably. The clouds generally gather round the volcano."
She was not listening to him. Her eyes reflected the sombre and violent hues of the sunset.
"That does not look much like a sign of mercy," she said slowly, as if to herself, and hurried on, followed by Heyst Suddenly she stopped. "I don't care. I would do more yed And some day you'll forgive me. You'll have to forgive mef
STUMBLING up the steps, as if suddenly exhausted, Lena entered the room and let herself fall on the nearest chair. Before following her, Heyst took a survey of the surroundings from the verandah. It was a complete solitude. There was nothing in the aspect of this familiar scene to tell him that he and the girl were not as completely alone as they had been in the early days of their common life on this abandoned spot, with only Wang discreetly materialising from time to time and the uncomplaining memory of Morrison to keep them company.
After the cold gust of wind there was an absolute stillness of the air. The thunder-charged mass hung unbroken beyond the low, ink-black headland, darkening the twilight. By contrast, the sky at the zenith displayed pellucid clearness, the sheen of a delicate glass bubble which the merest movement of air might shatter. A little to the left, between the black masses of the headland and of the forest, the volcano, a feather of smoke by day and a cigar-glow at night, took its first fiery expanding breath of the evening. Above it a reddish star came out like an expelled spark from the fiery bosom of the earth, enchanted into permanency by the mysterious spell of frozen spaces.
In front of Heyst the forest, already full of the deepest shades, stood like a wall. But he lingered, watching its edge, especially where it ended at the line of bushes, masking
the land end of the jetty. Since the girl had spoken of catd ing a glimpse of something white among the trees, he b< lieved pretty firmly that they had been followed in the excursion up the mountain by Mr. Jones's secretary. N doubt the fellow had watched them out of the forest, an now, unless he took the trouble to go back some distanc and fetch a considerable circuit inland over the clearing, h was bound to walk out into the open space before the bui galows. Heyst did, indeed, imagine at one time some mov< ment between the trees, lost as soon as perceived. He stare patiently, but nothing more happened. After all, why shoul he trouble about these people's actions? Why this stupi concern for the preliminaries, since, when the issue wS joined, it would find him disarmed and shrinking from til ugliness and degradation of it?
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"What's the good of shirking the evil hour? I've these candles for a sign of our return. After all, we migi not have been watched—while returning, I mean. Of court we were seen leaving the house."
The girl sat down again. The great wealth of her W looked very dark above her colourless face. She raised W eyes, glistening softly in the light with a sort of unreadaH< appeal, with a strange effect of unseeing innocence.
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