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Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. - Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Sunday, May 25, 2008
The Traditions of the Dead: Adventures in Historical Tourism
Hey all, Lisa sent me an e-mail asking if could put her on the list of my "blog from Italy." I hadn't really figured it as a blog, but maybe in fact it is. So, here is a more proper web-log. In order to give it some shape, I've decided to center it around popular notions of history -- fitting, I think, since so much of Italian tourism is "historic." The title of the blog is a reference to a quote by Karl Marx, from an essay on the philosophy of history (he was more than just a critical economist and a failed prophet). I hope that focusing these writings doesnt' make them too pedantic; I hope y'all can make it through.
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OAKLAND — A man charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting the person he thought had killed his sister was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in federal prison, after he admitted to selling stolen guns throughout the East Bay.
Diontae Valentine, who pleaded guilty to stolen gun possession and selling guns without a license, was one of eight Oakland men indicted on federal conspiracy and gun trafficking charges in December 2016, after an investigation by the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. While out of federal custody on bail, he was charged with attempted murder in state court after he allegedly shot a man he suspected had killed his sister. The man survived and has not been charged in Valentine's sister's death.
Citing that incident, federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar to sentence Valentine to 10 years in federal prison, though the assistant U.S. attorney on the case conceded that the applicable sentencing guideline range was only a fraction of that; 27 to 33 months.
The defense asked for a sentence of 30 months. Tigar sentenced Valentine to 33 months and three years supervised release.
Two other defendants in the gun trafficking case, Michael Comeaux and Jylyn Richardson-Green, have received sentences of 33 months and 51 months respectively. All charges against one of the eight defendants, Kyle Jackson, were dismissed after it was revealed he'd been misidentified as a suspect, according to court records.
Four others — Corinthian Cain, Rashad Cain, Terrell Joseph, and Lajon Timmons — are likely to be sentenced later this month.
In court records, federal prosecutors say members of the group stole guns from stores around California — so many that in one instance a gun store owner was forced to go out of business — and used social media sites to advertise them for sale. The ATF believes more than a dozen stores were hit and more than 200 guns were stolen, and that everyone played a different role. Some would steal the guns, others would coordinate the sales, and others would make the transactions.
Evidence against the defendants included screen shots of social media postings advertising guns, recordings of the defendants, and the statement of an undercover ATF agent who bought numerous firearms from the group.
Valentine is believed to have been involved in gun sales, but not to have participated in the burglaries. In February 2017, he posted $100,000 bond and was released from federal custody, records show.
In October, three years to the day after his 28-year-old sister Tanecia Proctor was shot and killed Oct. 23, 2014 in Oakland, Valentine allegedly shot a man he believed was responsible during a vigil for his sister. Court records allege Antoine Proctor beat the man, and Valentine shot him five times in the torso at close range. He survived.
Valentine and Antoine Proctor were both charged with attempted murder a month after the shooting. They are still awaiting trial, and face a possible life sentence if convicted.

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Do YOU Forgive?
Just about everyone can point to at least one friend they have in life. Similarly, just about everyone could point to someone in their life they don't particularly want to be around. Will Rogers, you know, was a liar.
Even if you answer Yes to the second statement, are you willing to forgive that person, not hold a grudge, wish them well, and press on with your life? Let me give you an example.
When I was a "wee tot" in kingergarten, first, and second grades (later I moved), there was this kid, Richard "Dick" Otway. Now I had entirely forgotten there was a Dick Otway. That is I'd forgotten him until a fellow playmate I just discovered the other day, reappeared! And he asked me about Dick.
I told him I didn't recall Richard, but somehow the name DID seem slightly familiar. I thought and thought and thought about him. And as that is the way my mind works, I eventually, through whatever processes were involved, realized I knew him and he was probably this bully guy I used to shy away from.
But I didn't mention this to my former playmate. So I looked for Richard online. BOOM! BANG! I found him DEAD. But not dead at 68, 57, 43, or even 35. Dead at 26. Now I just had to read his obituary. Eventually I did read it.
This poor guy worked as a bouncer and was shot dead. I was appalled. Murdered. Oh, the courts might not call it murder, but murder it was.
So I mentioned to my former school chum what I had thought Richard was toward me when I was a kid. He agreed wholeheartedly that he was a mean bully. So no doubt, he was. But you know something? I wish he was alive. I wouldn't want anyone to suffer needlessly. Anything he may have done toward me, I had forgiven.
And that is my way of life now. Do you forgive? Or do you gloat over the misfortunes of a person whom you felt mistreated you in life?
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March 23, 2011
Where, Oh Where Should I Spit?
I need to spit. I need to spit. Where should I spit? Oh, I guess anywhere except on that white piece of paper is good.
(real sign seen in India)
February 20, 2011
Two Views In Pune, India
Standing in a corporate building, looking out the windows on both sides. The view on one side is of the people living in a tent village and on the other side of the progressive buildings of the future of business. Photographed both views, without moving my feet.
January 27, 2011
Everything Is Square in O Hotel in Pune
The decor was something to see. The O hotel has much circular decor in the lobby, but everything in the guest room is square. The couch, chairs, sink, and even the toilet. A thing to see for sure.


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AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli feels he's his worst critic.
Balotelli is back in form after victory over Bologna on Friday.
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"It doesn't bother me when journalists criticise me because I will already have done it myself.
"I am very happy to be able to be playing. Last year when I was watching from the sidelines I suffered slightly.
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"Am I a champion? I think I am a good player.
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Wellington in Bloom has been working for the community for 30 years, writes Isabel Ward, winning awards in the South West in Bloom regional competition. The photographic Exhibition in the Churches Flower Festival at the end of this week is to highlight WIB's achievements over these years.
In the early years emphasis reflected the trend for floral displays of annual bedding and hanging baskets planted in town centres and parks provided by local council staff. Whilst these displays are important, as they are looking good in our town centre and park this summer, they are not the only areas Wellington in Bloom look after.
In 2002 the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) took over Britain in Bloom and introduced new categories for villages, small medium and large towns, and coastal resorts according to their electoral rolls. Wellington with a population of between 12,00 – 15000 is a medium sized market town. The RHS widened the criteria to include the absence of vandalism and litter in our streets, environmental improvements, conservation projects and wildlife nature reserves. We were asked to grow our own vegetables, create wildflower meadows and encourage public participation with groups entering their neighbourhood. But most important of all is the work with pre-schools and schools to assist them with their eco projects and give advice on the natural world.
To continue our efforts we need volunteers to help us with the manual maintenance of clearing paths, planting bulbs, weeding beds, and generally keeping our town floral, friendly, flourishing and foodie! If you can help us, please view our Exhibition from 17th-20th July in the United Reformed Church/hall from 10.00am – 6.00pm.
We also have a display in the Museum window showcasing our trophies and awards over the years.
We also have a Floral display in the church with the theme from South Pacific as part of this year's theme 'A Night at the Movies'. Don't miss it – IT'S ALL FREE


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Wildcat Creek festival is Saturday
The fifth annual Celebrate Wildcat Creek festival will be held at historic Adams Mill near Cutler from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 6.
The event honors the creek that passes through five counties. The public is invited to join the fun of enjoying the creek in one of its most scenic and historic spots.
The National Trails Day event honors the creek as a wonderful water trail. Free canoe trips along the creek will occur throughout the day. These are carefully supervised by experts from the Wildcat Guardians.
On land, the new perimeter trail of the Adams Mill Oxbow Natural Area will be open for hiking between the mill and the covered bridge. Also, guided nature walks will be conducted.
Event goers will be able to tour Adams Mill. Built in 1845, the old grist mill also served as an electric power plant for the Cutler area for a time during the early part of the 20th century.
Food for purchase will be provided by the Promoting Wildcat Valley organization. Proceeds from these sales go to a fund for a memorial with the old Methodist Church bell to be constructed at Ball Hill Cemetery.
The three sponsoring organizations of the event, Wildcat Creek Foundation, Wildcat Guardians, and Wildcat Creek Watershed Alliance, will share their missions and goals to preserve and protect the creek as well as present ways for citizens to get involved.
Artists will be on site demonstrating their craft. Other local historical and conservation organizations will also have booths to inform the public and celebrate their connection to the creek.
Adams Mill is located one half mile east of Cutler. Cutler is on County Road 500S, just off State Road 75.
For additional information, visit www.wildcatguardians.org. For National Trails Day information: www.americanhiking. org/NTD.aspx.


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I discovered something very interesting just now. I was looking through past posts in my google reader from blogs I follow, and I found one that I wanted to reference. When I clicked the link to get the exact address, I received an error that the page did not exist on that blog.
So I went back to the reader to confirm, and there it was. But it's not on the blog. This means the author must have decided against including that post and deleted.
But I still have it.
Similar to the old "if a tree falls in the woods" story, if a blogger writes and publishes a post, and then deletes it, is it really gone? Not if it was published and then picked up by feeds and sent along the way to inboxes, apparently.
Along those same lines, I think that our idea of time has changed. Our lives can change so quickly with instant notifications. News is spread faster than ever - good, bad, gossip, truth. But along with that is the fact that what we write in this cloud of html stays out there forever. There is no piece of paper to shred, no file folder to throw away. We can try to delete all we want, but the right search phrase can bring it back to life in an instant. So now has become smaller than a pinpoint in time, and forever is truly, well, forever.
I sometimes wonder why it takes me so long to publish even the simplest post. I guess it's because the UNDO button is a lie - after a certain point, nothing can truly be undone. So I review, and rethink, and rewrite ... until I'm comfortable with forever.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Back to the Beginning
For as polite as the Austin Film Festival was with their rejection, the Script-a-thon was quick, like ripping off a band-aid. I was waiting, expecting to hear on the 20th, but I got an email today that the finalists are posted. Even though I knew I wasn't a finalist (since I hadn't heard from them at all), I checked the list anyway. Bummer.
So I'm back to where I was before submitting. I must admit, I did allow myself about a 1-hour pity party, but I think I'm over it now. Maybe the screenplay was a great step on the way to writing the story as a novel. Maybe someday I'll show someone the screenplay, and they'll spot the genius of it (wink wink) and rush it to a theater near you. And maybe it will join my first novel, Crossroads, on my shelf. But it was worth the effort. I still believe in the story. Now I move to Plan B.
Unfortunately, Plan B is even less exciting to read about than Plan A. There are no deadlines, no notifications, no contest prizes. Just me sending queries to anyone who might be in the market for a young adult screenplay.
Maybe I'll create a tally widget for this blog that will show the number of queries and count the rejections as I receive them. Because I know there will be rejections. Probably lots of them. Will that make it sweeter in the end? Maybe. Only time will tell.
Friday, September 10, 2010
The Kindest Rejection
And that is the good news.
I really did not have the screenplay in shape when I sent it. Now, if I could do it again, I'd be more patient and not enter this year. I'd wait until next year, after it was refined and revised and improved. But there's always that little sparkle of hope that maybe it's better than I think, maybe I'm too hard on myself, etc. Nope. Not true.
In fact, looking back at what I sent them, I'd actually be convinced that their contest was a scam if I had made it into the semi-finals. What I sent was bad. Yep, bad.
But it's much better now. And I just have 10 more days to hear about the semi-finalists in the Script-a-thon.
I have to quote some parts of the rejection letter I received from Austin. It is better than any college rejection I've ever seen:
Regretfully, I must inform you that your screenplay is not one of the top 10% that advanced to the Second Round in the Drama category. Don't let this discourage you. Your writing talent and the measure of your script's success in the marketplace are not subject to the outcome of a competition. I encourage you to continue working to get your script recognized. Competitions are a good start, but don't stop there. This is an industry that demands persistence. If writing is your passion, continue to pursue it!
Now I know that is a form letter, and I know that every one of the 4000 or so rejected screenplay writers received one of these, but I have to say that it made me smile as I read it. And isn't that the mark of an excellent writer - someone who can make you feel good even as he's telling you that your work is crap? Love it. So thanks, Matt Dy, Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Director. You actually made my day with your letter.
I believe that if I have another screenplay next spring, and I just might, that I'd definitely enter this contest again. And I can't help but wonder how amazing the Congratulations letter would be!
Friday, September 3, 2010
No More Excuses
Austin Film Festival contest (not really - don't think I will be hearing from them) and the Script-a-thon (slight maybe - I keep checking their website, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up). But now the Script-a-thon has changed notification to September 20th and there's no news from Austin, so I'm out of excuses. I need to get back to writing.
I've been making mental notes on a wide variety of projects, but nothing has grabbed me yet. So I'm going to try an experiment starting next Tuesday - the first day of school for my crew. I'm not sure exactly how it's going to work, but I hope it will keep me writing and keep you somewhat entertained while we wait. If it works, I'll explain next week.
I thought August would be a long, wonderful escape from writing. I would take a break, enjoy some new books, and not worry about writing until September 7th. But I miss it. Desperately. So that tells me two things:
I've been making mental notes on a wide variety of projects, but nothing has grabbed me yet. So I'm going to try an experiment starting next Tuesday - the first day of school for my crew. I'm not sure exactly how it's going to work, but I hope it will keep me writing and keep you somewhat entertained while we wait. If it works, I'll explain next week.
I thought August would be a long, wonderful escape from writing. I would take a break, enjoy some new books, and not worry about writing until September 7th. But I miss it. Desperately. So that tells me two things:
- I need to write every week, if not every day, to feel at peace.
- School needs to start BEFORE Labor Day next year.
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ERIE, Pa. - The Kitchener Rangers keep rolling. The same can't be said of the Erie Otters
Kitchener remains the Ontario Hockey League's only team without a regulation loss after the Rangers beat the Otters 4-1 on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the Otters dropped their fifth straight game. They have lost eight of nine since a season-opening win in Sudbury.
The Rangers' No. 2-ranked power play struck early as Tyler Randell deflected Patrik Andersson's point shot past Otters goaltender Shane Owen at 6:31 of the first for a 1-0 lead.
The Otters' power play, which snapped an 0-for-11 streak with three goals on Saturday in Barrie, responded late in the period to tie the score.
Defenceman Tyler Hostetter's shot from the wing deflected off rookie winger David Broll's shoulder and past Rangers goaltender Brandon Maxwell at 17:31.
Kitchener (7-0-1) regained the lead 8:04 into the second, as Alex Aleardi slipped a shot through Owen for an unassisted goal.
Mike Mascioli's first goal of the season for Kitchener - a rebound in front of a sprawled Owen - gave the Rangers a two-goal at 17:31.
Erie (2-6-2) have allowed at least three goals in all 10 games this season - 47 in all.
Aleardi and Randell led the Rangers with a goal and assist each.
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About CTF Contests
If you don't know what CTF contests are you're at the right place to get to know it :)
Different Types of CTF Contests
Three common types of CTFs exist: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense and Mixed.
- By the Jeopardy-style all teams get a couple of questions (tasks) divided into various categories. For example, Web, Forensic, Crypto, Binary or something else. Each team can gain points for every solved task. Usually, teams get more points for more complicated tasks. The next task in the chain of tasks can be opened only after a team solved all the previous tasks. When the game time is over the teams are ranked according to their score (sum of points). A famous example of such a CTF type are the Defcon CTF quals.
- By the Attack-Defense type of CTF every team has its own network (or only one host) with vulnerable services. Every team has the same setup, services and vulnerabilitier. Usually each team has some time for patching its services and developing exploits before the network is open for the game. The objective is to protect its own services to gain defense points and hack the other participating teams to gain attack points. Historically, this is the first type of CTF, everybody knows about Defcon CTF -- the World Cup of all competitions.
- Mixed competitions may vary in formats. For example a wargame with special time for task-based elements or bonus points with Jeopardy-style exercices.
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Even if you do not have any CTF experience, you can join us if you're interested in IT security, programming, or general hacking IT. Based on our experience everyone can contribute, everyone has helpful knowledge and everyone can help to hack. An active participation will be worthwhile and everyone is welcome!
So far we expanded our knowledge, we had a lot of fun, and we were in touch with new exciting aspects in IT Security in every CTF contest we participated in!
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In this article we will look at the code that we used to create a program that enabled us to load an XML document into DOM. This article is the fourth part of a four-part series that covers Delphi, XML, and the DOM.
Then we start to add the nodes. The nodes will contain the text that will describe them. The text is also added:
NText := Anode.NodeName;
if Anode.IsTextElement then
NText := NText + ' = ' + Anode.NodeValue;
NTNode := tv.Items.AddChild(TNode, NText);
The attributes are added next, using a loop:
for I := 0 to Anode.AttributeNodes.Count - 1 do
AttrNode := Anode.AttributeNodes.Nodes[I];
'[' + AttrNode.NodeName + ' = "' + AttrNode.Text + '"]');
The child nodes are then added to the main nodes and the procedure is called again. The procedure itself is recursive:
// add each child node
if Anode.HasChildNodes then
for I := 0 to Anode.ChildNodes.Count - 1 do
DOMShow(Anode.ChildNodes.Nodes [I], NTNode);
When the application starts up, it looks in the "MyXMLFiles" folder to see if any XML files are stored there. If so, it will load the names of those files in the treeview control. As you add more and more XML files to your application, you will not want to press the "load" button every time. You might just want to click on the file name to load it into the DOM.
The procedure that is responsible for loading the files at start up is listed below. It starts by searching for XML files in the MyXMLFiles folder. The search is done using the findfirst() function:
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
// Try to find regular files matching *.xml in the current dir
if FindFirst('MyXMLFiles*.xml', faAnyFile, rec) = 0 then
The root node is created with the text "MyXMLFiles." It is then automatically selected:
with tv1.Items.AddFirst(nil, 'MyXMLFiles') do
{Set the roots image index}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
{Set the roots selected index. The same image is uses
as for the ImageIndex}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_ROOT;
By selecting the root, you will be able to add child nodes to it, which is what the next line of code does:
with tv1.Items.AddChildFirst( tv1.Selected, rec.Name) do
{Set the image used when the node is not selected}
ImageIndex := IMG_NODE_CLOSED;
{Image used when the node is selected}
SelectedIndex := IMG_NODE_OPEN;
The process is repeated until there are no more child nodes available:
until FindNext(rec) <> 0;
// Must free up resources used by these successful finds
If no files have been found, then an appropriate message will be added to the root node:
else begin
with tv1.Items.AddFirst( nil, 'No Files Found' ) do
Selected := true;
For convenience I've added an extra procedure that will help if you should decide to avoid using the load button. This procedure basically enables you to double click on the treeview control that lists all of your XML files, and then automatically adds that file name to the xmldocument component that loads it into the DOM. Below is the code:
procedure TForm1.tv1DblClick(Sender: TObject);
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Hardware Procurement
TSTS takes up procurement of hardware, software, networking components and other IT goods and services on behalf of government departments. The IT goods and services are directly provided by the vendors to users under the supervision of TSTS. The entire procurement process is steered by a committee called the Technical-Cum-Purchase Committee (TCPC) which comprises representatives relevant government departments and TSTS staff.
TSTS Procurement Functions
- Assisting the user department in finalizing specifications for goods and services
- Estimating cost for the indented goods and services
- Inviting bids or Request For Proposal (RFP) from interested vendors.
- Bid/RFP evaluation by TCPC members
- Selection of vendors raising purchase orders
- Follow up on delivery
- Verification of delivery and conduct of Acceptance Tests
- Bill processing and payments to vendors
As a first step, the product/services procured for user department should meet the minimum technical requirement, before the product is considered for price evaluation. To meet the above requirements, the tender evaluation is conducted in two broad stages.
Technical Evaluation
For large scale procurement, technical evaluation will comprise pre-qualification of bidders, followed by technical evaluation of product/services. In other cases, the first stage will have only one evaluation i.e. technical evaluation. Pre-qualification or technical evaluation will be followed by financial evaluation in both the cases. In brief, for large scale procurement, the procurement process comprises a three step evaluation and for other cases it consists of a two step evaluation. In all these steps sequential process of evaluation is followed i.e. product/ services being evaluated must pass through the first step, before they can be considered for the second step. A product/service which does not qualify at the first step will not be considered for further evaluation
Financial evaluation
Total cost of ownership and product meeting user expectations form the basic criterion for financial evaluation.
TSTS is providing consultancy for selection of service provider for development of Software and maintenance of portal to provide the services. M/s Vayam Technologies is providing O&M Services on e-Procurement project. Identified M/s Cambridge Technologies Enterprises Ltd. to design, develop a new updated e-Procurement & e-Auction System for Government and the software development is underway.
Some of the key feature of e-Procurement Portal
- Online Enrolment of the Government officials & the bidders
- Tender creation & Publishing , Publishing of Corrigendum, & pre-bid meeting documents
- Online bid submission/re submission
- Two Factor Authentication
- Facility for Online payment collection through Bank Payment Gateway
- Encryption of bids submitted by the bidder using Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
- Tender opening online & Automatic evaluation of the financial bid
- Updation of the committee recommendations at each stage of the tender process
- Mail/SMS communication at various stages to bidders/Government officials
- Digital Signing file documents using DSCs
TTo Provide consultancy services to Government Departments, Government Companies/ Corporations, Government Aided Bodies/ Institutions in the purchase of modern office equipment including computer hardware and to assist in preparation of site and installation of all such equipment and hardware and to provide consultancy services to upgrade computer and other electronic systems to the aforesaid departments, companies/ Corporations and bodies/ institutions already processing them. TSTS has a flexible consultancy approach and considers the specific requirements of each department/agency of the government.
E-Governance Initiatives
e Government Solutions TSTS has been involved in a large number of e-government initiatives taken up by the Government of Telangana.
The e-Government solutions provided by TSTS include the following
- Security Audit
- Consultancy for Mee Seva and eSeva
- Consultancy to Transport Department computerization
- Consultancy to IT E&C Department
- Consultancy to Finance Department - Budget
- Consultancy to Finance Department - PAO computerization
- EPIC - for GAD Elections Department
- Scholarship Information system for Social Welfare department
- Connectivity on TSWAN to Different Govt. Depts.
- Consultancy to Police Department
- Video Conference
- Service Centre Agency of ESD
Man Power
TSTS will hire the Technical Manpower on behalf of the User Departments from the open market as per the norms of the government and provide the IT Personnel services to operate the systems and to provide consultancy to user agencies for recruitment of professionals and to create computer awareness and provide detailed training to user agencies at various levels.
Mission Mode Projects
eDistrict GOI : TSTS is ' Implementing Agency'
- Conceptualized to improve ,enhance the efficiencies of various Departments at the district-level for seamless service delivery to the citizen.
- Districts are the de-facto front-end of Government where most Government-to-Consumer or G2C interaction take place.
- Front-ends - in the form of citizen facilitation centers, are envisoned to be built at District, Tehsil, Sub-division & Block levels and Village-level.
- Front-ends would be established through Common Services Centres (CSCs) for delivery of services.
Security Auditing
To host the application in the SDC, the application has to be audited against the security vulnerabilities and has to be certified by IT security auditor.
Identified (CERT-In) empanelled IS auditing agency and has entered in to Contract Agreement along with Non Disclosure Agreement with
- M/s KPMG Advisory Services Pvt.Ltd. –for Information Systems Security Audit of State Campus Area Network (SCAN)
- M/s AKS IT Services Pvt. Ltd.- for Information Systems Security Audit of SDC & IS Audit of Web Applications on rate contract basis.
TSTS Vendor Registration Process
TSTS deals in procurement of various goods and services indented by various user departments. Registration of vendor is open in following specific areas:
- Hardware procurement
- Software procurement
- Office equipment procurement like Fax machines/photo copiers/telephone systems etc.
- Networking and maintenance services
- Training
The process for registration of vendors shall be by publication of an advertisement in the daily newspaper having circulation throughout AP. This exercise is done every year in the month of January/February.
Use of Vendor database:
The list of registered vendors is used by each of the TSTS divisions for one or all the following purposes:
- For inviting quotations/tenders/offers/proposals for supply of goods and services under limited tender system
- For inviting rate contract prices for various items/services every month
Specific Qualifications:
The vendor should be a manufacturer/authorized representative of a manufacturer and should be in business of manufacture/supply and maintenance of the offered items/services for a minimum period of one year in Hyderabad (Telanagana)
General strength of organization in relation to ability to provide goods/services, technical capability to supply and maintenance goods and services and financial strength for executing work order.
The vendor should be a manufacturer/authorized representative of a manufacturer and should be in business of manufacture/supply and maintenance of the offered items/services for a minimum period of one year in Hyderabad (Telanagana)
Satisfactory track record of vendor for last one year in supply and maintenance of goods.
At least 1.) one service centre at Hyderabad with 5 service engineers and 2.) three additional service centers spread across Telangana with at least 3 service engineers at each centre.
(Note - Condition no.1 is mandatory for all cases and condition no.2 is mandatory for those vendors who wish to be registered for supplies outside Hyderabad)
Rate Contract Functions
- Identifying goods/services for rate contract
- Identifying vendors for such items.
- Calling quotes periodically for rate contract prices
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It's been raining cats and dogs here in St. Louis, MO for the past (what feels like forever but is really 4-5 days). And today is the 4th of July. That is why I'm home for the 4th of July holiday.
Happy Independence Day!
Although the rain may clear up later, it is going to be cloudy, humid and muggy. Not exactly the weather we had planned for the pool party at my parents'. So, it looks like we will be BBQing and entertaining here, and having a few family and friends over.
Normally, I would be really worried about the menu and what we were serving, but since people are coming over and we've had some lazy days here, I have some major cleaning up to do. Luckily, once everything is picked up, it will be ok for other humans to enter my home. Here's why:
I have my furniture arranged to be people-focused for when these entertaining opportunities pop up out of the blue. That is, my couches are facing each other, there's plenty of space to get to the available seating and there isn't clutter or decor in the way.
Have you ever gone to a person's home and wondered where to sit? It's not that there isn't couch cushions available, but maybe that the space doesn't look clean or isn't easy to get to. What a conundrum.
In feng shui, as well as general etiquette, it is recommended to clear the clutter and arrange your furniture to be people focused. So, while you might use your living room as a TV room, really look at it as a comfortable meeting space. Have your furniture facing each other instead of the TV wall and see what happens next time you have people over.
As I learned at the Red Lotus Master Consultancy Course, the only problem you might have with this furniture arrangement is getting people to leave after entertaining!
To read more about how I got started in feng shui, check out my first feng shui post here.


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OK. 30 second Wikipedia test for J. Max.
Pharisees is not shorthand for 'people I don't like'. Pharisees were a political and religious force in Jewish life during the Second Temple period.
They were the force of popular religion. They believed in books and interpretation beyond the Torah. They believed in life after death.
What you mean to say, J.Max is that the Boogernacle Eliteses is like the Sadducees. The Sadducees held to a strict othropraxic view of religion. The Sadducees were the elite.
Hermaneutertics is not an apologetic weapon (actually, it's not a word at all, and I'm a comic cat blogger)
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So bugger off, ye bastards bugger off (Fuck You)
Ye're like a herd of fuckin' swine that refuse to leave the trough
Ye'll get nae more this evening so ye'd better bugger off.
Meridian just sold out for 35 bucks a bottle blueberry juice.
Here's a little selection of the email.
Promised exponential growth? Check.
Hitting the Mormon buttons like debt free, missionary minded (check out the link under ol Rover there)? Check
Total scam like all of the MLM 'opportunities' that come out of southern Idaho? Check.
You're not the right kind of snarky! Boundary Maintainence! Boundary Maintainence! Shame the whores and libruls!
New wine in old wineskins still can't help the Bloggernacele's version of the 'Half Hour News Hour'. That's because funny is inherantly transgressive. Transgressive
Alternatively, you can just dick around for 700 posts for an audience of 30 people a day….. cough… cough.
ht to the fascinating Bridget Jack Meyers. Honestly hon, I quit reading anything but posts on Snarkernacle about a year ago.
See, historical references jest ain't like the scriptures. They have these things called 'Context' and 'Historical Milieu' that have to be respected. Linkin' such nasty terms to the Demoncrats juest don' work since ol Tricky Dick debuted the 'Southern Strategy in the 70's to siphon off the racist element to the Republican Party.
(oh, and the raging puppy above is wildly anachronistic. The Peoples Party didn't show up until the 1870's in Utah politics.)
Tsk, tsk, tsk, already went out via the Google Bots. And so tantalizing!
Post the post Dr B.
Oh Yes! Ban the federal reserve! Ban it baby, ban it!!!!
Classic straw man argument. Yes, the outdoor protests are ugly. They're also totally unrelated to the matter at hand.
The birther/deather crowd are being encouraged and given legitimacy by significant officials in the Republican party and their fellow travelers. There is no truth to what their protesting about.
These are consultations that specifically invite members of the community to raise concerns about the health care billS, that's a plural, as in more than one, up before the House and Senate. These are not closed door meetings, like the WTO, that specifically exclude the people who will be most affected by the policy decisions. The disruptions, threats and intimidation are anti-democratic, and would be just as anti-democratic if instigated by progressives.
Can you really blame the left for taking total and complete advantage of the screaming lunacy of the right?
DKL is a dick. The current crop of commenters at MM are dicks. Then again, if you're reading this, you already knew that.
Short answer to your question. YES.
Does that make the objectivist critique of religion any less wacky? NO
The best kind of spaz-out, the total, batshit, burn all the bridges kind.
And in Hello Kitty Darth Vaders.
And in Flying Saucers from the Earth Tummy.
And in kicking the Book of Mormon to the curb like Connor just did. We hates the Anti-Nephi-Lehis, we hates the liberal pacifists, we hates them, we hates them!


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Support » Plugin: Just Map It! » [Plugin: Just Map It!] can't get JMI to work
[Plugin: Just Map It!] can't get JMI to work
Resolved titnuj
I can't seem to be able to get JMI to work !
Installed json api plugin then JMI plugin, activated it… nothing except "Sorry, an error occurred[…]
can anybody help ?
thanks in advance,
Hi Thierry,
Can you please include the url of the website on which you installed the Just Map It! plugin ?
We are going to make some investigations on your installation.
Could you please re-enable the JSON-API and JMI plugins on your wordpress blog ?
Thank you.
The same here! I already filled in the form and sent it to you. My url is http://thomas-leisner.de
Thanks! Thomas
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your feedback.
We received your form submission and we are investigating on this issue.
The plugin didn't work as expected because it couldn't construct the JSON API root URL properly with your installation. You configured WordPress to have a home URL that is not the same as your main URL (http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
You also added a redirection from http://thomas-leisner.de/ to
http://thomas-leisner.de/en/ preventing access to JSON API from http://thomas-leisner.de/
We made a fix to get the JSON API root URL from WordPress site url instead of WordPress home URL which seems more appropriate.
You can download a JMI plugin version with the fix here : downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jmi.2.0.2-jsonurl.zip
Can you please test it and confirm that it works for you, so that we make it available for other plugin users ?
Thank you for the quick reply.
I tried the new version, but it still doesn't work for me. Can I leave the API base as is (http://thomas-leisner.de/api) in my case or should I change it?
Regards, Thomas
You can leave the API base default value.
Can you please open the file named "jmi.php" of Just Map It! plugin through your blog administration section (plugins -> editor menu) and confirm that you have the following value on line 22:
$this->jsonURL = site_url('/index.php?json=jmi.');
Yes, I have got the same on line 22:
$this->jsonURL = site_url('/index.php?json=jmi.');
(Copied this from my installation)
Best, Thomas
Then we need more information.
Can you please paste here the values set for WordPress address and Site address options ? You can find them on the administration section, under Settings -> Global.
Moreover can you explain how you configured url rewriting for your website ?
Hi Jonathan,
I have WordPress adress and Site adress at top level, that is:
http://thomas-leisner.de. I have chosen the option "day and name" in permalink settings (is that what you mean by url rewriting?), that is:
I am using the plugin "Polylang" to split my site into german and english parts. I deactivated it, but that also didn't solve the problem. In case you want to look at it you can find the plugin page here.
Thanks for checking this,
We made a fresh install of WordPress with the "Polylang" plugin enabled and it worked out of the box with the Just Map It! plugin. We created 2 languages and several pages and posts and the map was successfully generated and displayed at the bottom of blog posts.
The only difference I see in your case is that calling JSON Api at your blog root URL does not work. you should be able to access it when JSON API and Just Map It! plugins are both enabled : try http://thomas-leisner.de/index.php?json=jmi.last_posts&id=869&max=30 for example.
Can you please post the content of the .htaccess file ?
Which version of WordPress and of the JSON API and Just Map It! plugins are you using ?
Hello Jonathan,
I have 1.07 for JSON API, 2.0.2 for Just Map It! and 3.4.1 for WordPress. This is the content of my .htaccess file:
# BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress # BEGIN Audiobar <IfModule mod_headers.c> <FilesMatch "\.(mp3|ogg|oga|flac|wav)"> Header set Content-Disposition attachment </FilesMatch> </IfModule> # END Audiobar
Does it matter that I have several domains on my server, so some kind of "URL rewriting" on the server side (don't understand much of this, just an idea)?
Best regards, Thomas
It must be related to URL rewriting somehow.
http://thomas-leisner.de/index.php?json=jmi.last_posts&id=869&max=30 is redirected to http://thomas-leisner.de/en/ with an HTTP 302 code (temporary redirect)
Do you have access to the blog configuration server side ? (web server configuration files (apache ?))
Could please also post all activated plugins on you blog with their version ?
Hi Jonathan,
I don't think I can access the blog configuration server side. The webspace is hosted by a big german telecom company (1und1.de) and I make adjustments via their website. I couldn't find anything looking like access to configuration files there.
I have activated the following plugins (latest version each):
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I use a theme called "The Frances Wright".
I guess the redirection is done by Polylang, as it organizes URLs into german (/de) and english (/en) (in my case) and automatically directs german users to the german part and others to the english part. I guess that an unknown address will be directed to the homepage instead, but I have no idea how that works. As you tested Polylang on a clean install that shouldn't be the problem.
Best, Thomas
Hello Thomas,
Thanks for all that information, it sure helped.
I was able to reproduce the issue on a clean install of WordPress 3.4.1 and the latest polylang plugin.
Playing with the polylang settings lead me to the same situation, experiencing a redirection when calling the JSON API URL.
A new fix is available for download here: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jmi.2.0.2-polylang.zip
Can you please test it and give some feedback ?
Thank you.
Hi Jonathan,
sorry to say that, but it still doesn't work. (Btw., I think I made this thread explode with my list somehow and don't know how to fix it, sorry for that.)
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Scholarships for Military Children Program
The Defense Commissary Agency business partners and others are in the 12th year of awarding scholarships and in 2012 more than 600 scholarships were awarded for a total of a million dollars.
Only dependent unmarried children under age 23 of active duty personnel, reserve/guard and retired military members, or survivors of service members who died while on active duty or survivors of individuals who died while receiving retired pay from the military, may apply for a scholarship.
Recipient must be enrolled or planning to enroll full-time in a four-year undergraduate college or university or students attending a community college must be enrolled in a program of studies designed to allow the student to transfer directly into a four-year program accredited in the U. S. They must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 basis. The minimum GPA requirement applies to both high school and college students.
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Injuries, especially old injuries can be stubborn. Sometimes after months pain free, a little tweak or new activity can cause imbalances to return. Active people frequently develop overuse syndromes over time. Early intervention with one or two physical therapy sessions can prevent symptoms from progressing. Many patients schedule regular monthly or quarterly Tune Ups to maintain their pain free active lifestyle.


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As with many things in life, humans place importance on dates and milestones. Birthdays, anniversaries, and historical dates have become tradition and most expect something special to happen on one of those days. If it's not a surprise birthday party, an anniversary date celebrating a moment in a rationship, or even a national, global, or religious holiday, humans love to acknowledge a day that often took years to arrive.
Scuba is no different. Learning to scuba dive comes easy for some, with trials for others, and for those that continue diving see milestones as way way to judge their progress and reward themselves for making it to the next year, next certification, or next dive number. For me, the milestone of dive number 100 met me with excitement but also fills me with grief. There really isn't a way to know how long it will take to get there as I got to 100 dives in 9 months. Most of my students do 4-6 dives during certification then often 6 dives on a vacation destination. That usually wraps up their year. I encourage my students to do at least 24 dives a year. 24 dives a year should be able to fit into anyone's schedule as it works out to only two dives on any one day in a given month. 24 dives a year is twice the minimum recommended from the "NAUI Safe Scuba Diving Practices" guide.
If everyone dove at this rate, it should take around 4 years to reach 100 dives, much longer if you don't. If you think about other things that take 4 years to complete, we could include: high school, a bachelor's degree, the arrival of the next Olympic games, the presidential election, and for those that have children, watch this video to see all the milestones this father sees in his son over four years (teething, walking, talking, potty training, and overall growth).
When you look at it this way, four years is a long time. The amount of things one can learn in that time is stupendous...!!! However, if you think about the time the diver comits to diving, it is realistic to assume they have 66 hours under there diving education belts the first year (8 hours of self-study, 6 hours of review with the instructor, 6 hours of pool, 16 hours of open water, and 30 hours on the next 20 dives - - allowing for setup, the dive, debriefing, breakdown, for each dive and that's being generous - - assuming that everyone will learn something on dive days during the half-hour not in the water. In-water dive time the first year, supposing that each dive was an hour in duration (which would be very unlikely) is 24 hours.
So in the first year, the new diver has the experience of 24 in-water hours and 66 total-hours of training, extrapolated to four years, that's 96 hours in-water and 174 total-hours of training (66 + [24×1.5] × 3).
At this point it starts to become confusing as to what was really learned in that time because it is more likely that anyone with less than 100 dives thinks they are just diving, just fine, and rarely evaluates their progress. Similarly, it is very likely that the only time that a diver practiced all of the skills introduced to them in the first year, was in the first year...
I've asked divers to reevaluate their skills at 100 dives, but haven't gotten any takers.
What does all this mean? It means that scuba diving as a recreational activity is not taken seriously.
I mentioned earlier that a 100th dive milestone met me with grief. I was present at a divers death on his 101st dive. The death was due to diver error. There was no failure of his equipment...
We don't celebrate dive number 25, but dives 25, 50, and 75 are equally as important. I encourage everyone to keep their skills sharp, practice what was learned in open water, continue your scuba diving education (during your first four years, if not longer), and if you ever feel that conditions are beyond your skill, comfort, or ability, end the dive.
If anyone is interested in an evaluation of your skills at dive 25, 50, or 75, it will be free to you.
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NEW YORK - I've always been a firm believer in experience-based education. As an educator who teaches government, history and a class on leadership, immersing myself in both the Democratic National Convention in Boston and the Republican National Convention in New York City has provided me with a tremendous amount of insight this summer.
As I moved into my last day as a "political correspondent" with the News-Review, I must share that the intensity level at both conventions has been extremely high. What an incredible experience … observing, listening and engaging in political dialogue with advocates from both the left and right.
U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, a conservative Democrat from Georgia, stepped across party lines Wednesday in Madison Square Garden and gave a rousing speech endorsing President George W. Bush for his second term in the White House. The speech emphasized Kerry's lack of support for the development of certain high tech weapons that have been used in recent U.S. engagements.


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A passionate marketer and a Google Top Black Talent mentee in the past, Elizabeth is well aware of the importance of representation and diversity – something she feels is distinctly lacking on bookshelves, in business and politics. After reading Sheryl Sandberg's LEAN IN, Ariana Huffington's THRIVE and Sophia Amoruso's #GIRLBOSS, Elizabeth keenly felt the absence of a self-help book that spoke to her as a young, black, twenty-something woman navigating careers and all aspects of her life. Failing to find a book that acknowledged the uniquely challenging experiences of minority women, she relayed the idea to Yomi Adegoke, her co-author, and suggested they be the women who write it. Their first book, SLAY IN YOUR LANE: The Black Girl Bible, is published by 4th Estate in July 2018.


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Z. Zhao, J. Liu, II, B. Shi, M. D. P. Willcox; Cytokines in Human Tears and Their Changes in Diabetic Patients. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):4981.
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Cytokines participate in many fundamental biological processes. Diabetic retinopathy is a sight-threatening, chronic ocular disorder that eventually develops in nearly all patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate cytokines in human tears and their changes in patients with diabetic retinopathy.
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Type 2 diabetic patients with or without diabetic retinopathy and non-diabetic controls, 15 age and gender matched subjects in each group, were recruited and basal tears were collected using a blunt glass capillary tube. Concentrations of IL-1β, IL-1ra, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, Eotaxin, FGF-basic, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1, MIP-1β, RANTES, PDGF bb, VEGF and TNF- were simultaneously evaluated using multiplex bead-based sandwich immunoassay kits. Total protein concentration was also assayed in the samples using Lavapep protein quantitation kits.
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The major cytokines detected in normal tears are listed below.DIV>The level of all other cytokines was below 200 pg/ml. In comparison with non-diabetic controls, IL-1ra was elevated in diabetics without retinopathy (9641 pg/ml, p<0.05), IP-10 and MCP-1 were elevated in diabetics with retinopathy (14410 and 92 pg/ml respectively, p<0.05) and diabetics without retinopathy (14201 and 91 pg/ml respectively, p<0.05). MCP-1 level in control group was 61 pg/ml. No statistically differences were found between the two diabetic groups (with and without retinopathy) for any of the cytokines. Total protein level was also significantly elevated in diabetic patients.
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Many cytokines exist in tear fluid with different concentrations. IP-10, MCP-1 and IL-1ra levels are elevated in diabetic tears. The biological relevance of the cytokines in tears and their increase in diabetes remains to be explored.
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Hi all, the combination of (a) having to restore all of my computer's damaged data and more importantly (b) traveling for two days midweek to support my parents during my grandfather's final weeks has resulted in (c) no update. I would apologize, but it seems silly to apologize for taking care of family.
My grandfather was a distinguished bomber pilot during the War, flying a complete tour over Germany. He went on to work in PR – have you seen Mad Men? Yes, it was a bit like that. He was also an aspiring cartoonist, in the magazine gag genre. I've always found it funny that I picked the one ridiculous bohemian career that he, in his squareness, could be excited about. Granted, he keeps asking me when I'm going to break into the syndicates with my "strip". These days I just tell him "soon, Grandpa".
Updates will resume next week. Thank you all for your patience and notes of sympathy.
By an unknown artist: Jigoku Dayu, the "Hell Courtesan." (I can't help but suspect that's a mediocre translation.)
It continues to amaze me that people read this comic, because I am making jokes about Biblical scholarship. Remember that last comic I did, guys? People got hit in the face with chickens in that comic. For the next one you can expect, I don't know. Hungarian puns, maybe. Whatever will throw off the bell curve.
Anyway: the book! It's off to the presses! There's no turning back now. That typo I probably didn't notice on page 171? That typo is going to be there FOREVER. I'm taking lots of long walks and trying to breathe through my nose.
See you next week! There's some harsh and unfortunate stuff kicking my family around at present which might well knock me off the rail, but I'll do my best to stick to schedule as long as it seems healthy.
Hey all, just a brief note: my computer is in the shop with a busted video processor (luckily nothing I have to pay for).
Since all of my image software and all of my shipping accounts are tied to that machine, this means no shipping and no comics updates until after I get it back; hopefully Friday, likely Saturday.
I will be checking e-mail in the meantime, so if you have any questions about an order or suchlike, please feel free to contact me. Thanks for your patience! Oy. I really wanted to get going on everything.
Funny to be reminded of one's dependency on a particular piece of technology. I wonder how many medieval monks, scratching away at their illuminated manuscripts with goose quills, were driven to unexpected despair when their favorite feather supplier was struck by bird-plague.
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I'm so excited to finally share with you today the final installment in the Lilly Frank trilogy, a project I've been working on for the last seven years. It's at once thrilling and terrifying to think I've completed Lilly and Torren's tale.
Let's get this party started!
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- Hop on over to Mari Wells's blog for several guests posts and Lilly Frank features, including: my vampire mythology, my thoughts on vampires, an interview with Lilly and Torren (conducted shortly after Awakening 2), and a review of Awakening 3.
- Hop over to Sione Aeschliman's blog to read an interview about why I write romance and erotica.
- Learn about the origins of the Lilly Frank series in this post.
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Books synopsis
Nearly fifty years after the events of Awakening 2, Lilly decides to stop running away and returns to Italy only to find the threat of a vampire civil war growing. With the help of Beth, Carrie and Jamie, Lilly learns how to face her feelings about her tragic past and to accept that, whether Torren wants her or not, her heart wants him. But when she finds Torren in Rome, not only is he still with Vittoria, he doesn't seem to remember Lilly at all.
Can Lilly convince Torren to leave Vittoria to be with her and help the Organization find a peaceful solution to the conflict, or will Vittoria and a vampire war come between Torren and Lilly and their happily ever after?
Format: e-book
Length: 44,700 words (approx. 150 pgs)
Language(s): English
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From beneath the calm surface of the sparkling blue Adriatic water, Lilly Frank's dark head and smooth pale skin silently emerged. She sucked in a deep breath and her lungs stopped stinging; she'd stayed down for the full twenty-two minutes she'd learned was her body's limit. The stark contrast between the chilly water and the afternoon sun beating down on her shoulders and neck sent goose bumps racing across her skin.
Water droplets sprayed in all directions as she shook her head. With one hand she removed the diving mask, and the other wiped the sheeting water back away from her eyes, which were calm but had a haunted look about them. She had hoped that the busy, multi-colored world below the surface and then the sting in her lungs would be enough to take her mind off the small, dense stone in her chest, but these strategies—like all the others she'd tried lately—had failed.
Her back to Susak Island, Lilly's gaze swept the horizon to the north and then drifted westward, where she knew the shores of Italy lie drowning in the setting sun. Only recently had she realized that for the past three years she'd been circling closer and closer to Torren's homeland, a place she hadn't returned to since the night she was kidnapped and tortured. That night Torren was reunited with Vittoria, and Lilly had seen in his eyes a mystical wonder when Vittoria had called him a name unfamiliar to Lilly. That night he'd brought her back to life and Lilly had lost everything all over again.
The distant sound of a motorboat rescued her from dwelling on these thoughts. She listened for a moment and decided it was the afternoon patrol. Not wanting to be caught swimming in protected waters, she turned toward the island, realizing only then how far out she'd come. Swimming the several miles back to the island gave her the opportunity to push herself; she put all her energy and concentration on the strength and speed of her strokes and kicks and soon reached the base of the cliffs against which the seawater pushed.
Knowing that the patrol always gave half a kilometer clearance around the island, she swam underneath an overhang in the rock where she would be indistinguishable in the shadows even if they knew where to look for her with their binoculars. As she waited for the patrol to round the point and pass by her, she contemplated the heavy feeling that had followed her around and had become harder and harder to forget over the last several years.
The heaviness had been with her for as long as she could remember—even in her human life—but it had intensified after she'd risen from the stones of that dungeon cell and Torren had been too lost in Vittoria to notice as Lilly walked out the door. Over the years it had come and gone; she'd learned to leave it behind by keeping busy—focusing on her martial arts training, traveling, exploring continents and the limits of her new vampire body—but it had never hung on like this before. For the last eighteen months she'd lived like a hunted woman, moving every few weeks to a new place, looking for solace in others' blood and beds, trying to substitute some other emotion for the ones that plagued her night and day. But she finally had to face the fact that none of that was working anymore. She needed a new plan.
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#1 just moved to new apt, ordered furniture, driver told office he could not get in building, when I asked how could he leave me notice on my doorbell if he could not get in building, fedex got rude with me and told me my package was at location A when I got to location A was told it was really at location B went to location B they gave me package it weighed 100 lbs, so I thought that's why he lied about not being able to get in building. I am 76 and had to deliver my own package.
#2 today I left note on doorbell asking him to leave small package at my door and signed note, he wouldn't deliver again, one day I met fedex driver and he said this wasn't his normal route, he lied again. I think they all say that so they wont be confronted about their arrogance to customers.
today I filed a complaint about driver and was told fedex would call me lets see how long that takes. I called amazon and told them I wold stop ordering from them if they made another fedex delivery they said they also are getting a lot of complaints about fedex.
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Building a luxurious home doesn't start with the materials or tools - it starts with imagination, with a client's desire and the ability to work closely with the client to bring their imagination to fruition. The idea is that a home is more than a house. It's a work of art, a reflection of the owner, of how far they've come in life and that they get to now share this luxury with their family. V2 Group understands this and has a lot of experience in bringing client's dreams to reality. These luxury homes are so gorgeous that it's borderline criminal!
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