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on flickr there's a pic of a FISTO dub from about 1990 in this exact spot with oldschool tags around it.
It's weird that there's now a graff history, when I got into graff 20 yes ago "old" meant about 4 years ago. Now it means a previous generation!


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Scent has the ability to transport us back in time, wafting between memories, good or bad, standing still in the continum of time, feeling like the moment was within reach. And as fast as we are transported there, we come quickly bounding back to the present once the fragrance has fully danced its way through our senses.
Laubahn Perfumes Collection Box Review
Laubahn Perfumes are the brainchild of Stacey Bresnahan (aka Sassy AyR), with Master perfumer, Ralph Schwieger lending his creative talents to two of Laubahn Perfumes fragrances, Naughty Garden (not in the Collection Box) and Hinterland. The perfumes are based on an otherworldly nature where hybrid plants and flowers abound.
Laubahn Perfumes Collection Box contains four, 7.5ml portable perfumes. In the future, Laubahn Perfumes will sell each of these fragrances individually in 50ml size. The four fragrances are Lost in the Moment, Ridge, Cognac and Hinterland.
With every purchase of this collection box, Laubahn Perfumes will make a donation to The Lower East Side Girls Club, Step Up and Girls for a Change.
The aroma coming from this box, as all of the notes are intertwined, is AMAZING.
Lost in the Moment Perfume Review
In Sassy AyR's book, Life on a Star (the book all of the perfumes are based on), Lost in the Moment is the name of the beach that is often the gathering place of the characters in the book. But it's not just any beach, it's very sci-fi with turquoise waters, snow-white sea lilies floating on the surface, where the white sand feels like cashmere on your feet as you walk its shoreline smelling the mix of salty air, fruit trees and wildflowers.
Top notes: Apricot, lime, orange and peach
Middle notes: Basil, geranium, jasmine, rose, violet leaf
Base notes: Sandalwood and vanilla
I love the femininity of this perfume. It's airy and has a sweetness to its floral fragrance. It's an every-ocassion type of scent. While all of the perfumes are unisex, to me this appeals most to women.
Ridge Perfume Review
The name Ridge comes from a mysterious character in the book, and one that many of the women gravitate towards.
Top notes: Lime
Middle notes: Basil, neroli
Base notes: Cedarwood and sandalwood
Years ago I fell in love with a scrub that had neroli in it and this fragrance brings me back to the day I first used that scrub. It was in the very beginning of my blogging, so we are going back more than a decade. I love that this perfume has a clean yet smokey scent. This one is definitely wearable as a unisex fragrance.
Cognac Perfume Review
Cognac is the perfect mix of flowers, fruit and spice. It's warm and inviting, and irrefutably sexy. It has a crisp, ripe freshness to it at first spritz, then ginger wraps itself around magnolia, then rose and dives deep into the sandalwood. This is another one that has unisex appeal.
Top notes: Apple, blackberry
Middle notes: Ginger, magnolia, plum and rose
Base notes: Indian sandalwood, musk
Hinterland Perfume Review
Hinterland is the one that surprised me most. I am not a fan of incense, the top note in this perfume, but somehow Ralph Schwieger was able to give it an interesting twist of bell pepper. I've honestly never worn bell pepper nor have I ever longed for it in a fragance, yet here we are and I am loving it.
This fragrance is rich and takes you on so many twists and turns. Jasmine and Lily of the Valley peek through, but not making this an overly female-centric scent. At the base is patchouli, another note I have never liked, yet my younger sister would wear it frequently as a teenager. It brought a smile to my face knowing she would love this fragrance.
Top notes: Bell pepper, incense
Middle notes: Neroli, jasmine, Lily of the Valley
Base notes: Truffle, boxwood, patchouli, musk
Interesting enough, I love each of these perfumes equally and I don't really have a favorite. They are all just that good. I can envision myself wearing them for all different occasions and they'd match the mood/event perfectly.
Whether giving this box as a gift or keeping it for yourself, it won't disappoint.
Laubahn Perfumes Collection Box is available for $95 at www.LaubahnPerfumes.com. Find them on social via Instagram @LaubahnPerfumes and Facebook @LaubahnPerfumes.
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Simple case, for comments:
- Navigate to a question page that has a link away from the current SE site.
- Upvote a comment. [Most probably there's an issue with flagging as well.] The comment score is updated.
- Click the link. [Most probably the link is not essential and any navigation works.]
- Click the browser back button to return.
- Observe your upvote is not displayed, try to upvote once more.
- Get an error popup saying "you cannot mark a comment more than once", observe that your upvote is still not displayed. Refresh page, observe your original upvote is correctly recorded.
Complex case, for questions and answers (could actually be a feature, or rather a somewhat confusing workaround that wasn't applied to comments by mistake):
- Do steps 1–5 above, but for a question or answer rather than a comment.
- Observe what looks like a successful upvote. Refresh page, observe that the question score has (correctly) only been increased once even though you pressed clicked the upvote arrow two times overall.
ETA I'd argue that, even if showing the page as it was when I navigated from it is infeasible, at least the reaction to upvoting an already-upvoted comment should be the same as for upvoting an already-upvoted question or answer: either both should show an error message, or both should succeed.
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Jun 01, 2015 05:23 am
Michael said: B
Outstanding film noir, somewhat spoiled by irrelevant nuclear effects.
Jul 24, 2015 07:47 pm
Steve said: C
Over-rated, like so many old movies. The only thing "deadly" was the pace of the movie. Dialogue was cheesy. The "great whatsit?" Good God. Every 3 minutes a new character is introduced. And the mechanic with his "va-boom." Stupid.
Dec 08, 2017 09:41 pm
Betty said: B
C+: Kind of silly in places & plot not well thought out; disliked the ending. I think Ralph Meeker makes a good Mike Hammer.
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Wise gardeners say, "If you plant weed seeds, you won't get much of a lawn, but it could be green."
I took the pleasure to re-read Steven MR Covey's book, The Speed of Trust. As is my habit, this second read caused me to ponder on how trust-building impacts my relationships and how to incorporate this more fully into my product marketing practice.
I think it'll take a third read [and maybe a fourth], but for now, this is what I learned:
- Honesty (congruence) – do I walk the talk? Do I stand for something positive?
- Motive and behavior (trust building) – do I intend and promote an agenda based on the best interests of others?
- Go with strengths (capabilities) – do I know where I am going? Is this clear to others? Am I accelerating my growth and others' abilities too?
- Track record (responsible) – it's not enough to say I'll do it, I have to DO it!
What's all this got to do with planting weed seeds? Plenty – let me explain.
A weed seed generally looks the same as grass seed. Weed seeds are planted and grow the same as grass seed. The final results are worlds apart.
If as a leader I do not act consistently with honesty and congruency, I sow weed seeds. The lawn is still "green" but filled with nasty things. Non-sustainable. Such a waste.


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What is a unit?
A unit is any code that encapsulates an implementation. It could be one or a combination of individual functions or triggers.
Thus, a unit could also refer to a local function. A unit, from the C/AL perspective, has the following:
- Inputs: Database state, input parameters, global variables
- Outputs: Return values, Parameters passed as VAR, Changed state of database, Error raised
Why write a unit test?
A unit test must pass an input to the unit and verify that the output is as expected. It should be coded as a procedure in a codeunit of Test subtype.
Since unit tests are written to safeguard the implementation contract, they are not necessarily tests for functional requirements. The latter is the domain of functional tests. A successful refactoring project may result in changing some unit tests, but must not make any functional tests fail.
Since unit tests are quick low-level tests, it is affordable to have many of them. A larger number of unit tests make it possible to have a smaller number of functional tests, as the base behavior already gets tested as one goes towards higher-level tests.
What does a unit test have?
Typically a unit test consists of the following sections.
- PRECONDITIONS – This is the first step, which creates the setup data required by the unit during the EXERCISE step. Since one of the purposes of unit testing is fast execution, data not required by the unit test at hand should not be created. It must be noted that the purpose is not to create an object that makes business sense (those that are made via GUI) but rather to create data that can serve as input to the called unit.
- EXERCISE – This should typically be a one-line call to the unit being tested.
- VERIFICATIONS – The output from a unit needs to be verified by means of assertions. The post-conditions could include invariants for a certain unit, i.e. rules that are always conformed to for a certain unit. Example: No value entry records should have Cost is Adjusted = FALSE after a cost adjustment routine has been executed.
- TEAR-DOWN – It may be necessary to restore the state of the database to what it was when the test started, so that other peoples' tests can be executed from a "clean slate". This step can
be skipped if the TestIsolation property is enabled on the TestRunner codeunit.
What is the purpose of a unit test?
- Unit tests safeguard the implementation contract to ensure that a certain piece of code behaves as coded. This could be achieved by checking for the contract of the interface of a unit, if the unit is sufficiently small. Some examples of such units are:
- The OnValidate trigger for Variant Code field in the Sales Line tabl
- The procedure MakeDateText in the TextManagement codeunit.
- Increased ratio of test code compared to application code that these tests cover.
- More specific verification of individual code lines in the application.
In some cases, unit tests may also be used as an alternative to full functional tests, because:
- There may be a need to target a unit too small to justify a functional test and/or,
- Unit tests are faster to run and/or,
- The code-coverage metrics on the application code more closely resemble the code that is being tested, unlike functional tests, which may use application code to both create setup data as well as test it. For more information, see best practices for the PRE-CONDITIONS step.
Best practices
With the perspective of the above objectives, a list of best practices has been drafted, which may serve as a guideline to those who create unit tests. The list should be treated as an addition to already existing best practices for writing good C/AL test code.
- Have clear demarcation between the three sections: PRE-CONDITIONS, EXERCISE, and VERIFICATIONS. This improves readability.
The PRE-CONDITIONS step:
- Create only data (records and fields in the records) that is needed for the test.
- Setup data should be created using direct assignments only (":="). Using VALIDATEs and other C/AL procedures to set up data may go through unnecessary paths unrelated to the test.
- Avoid using any functions or triggers in the production code, as that results in "usually" doing more than what the unit test requires. For example, in a case where items need to be sold from inventory, the items may be added by two approaches:
Avoid Making a posting through item journals Prefer Create item ledger entries directly
- It may not be necessary to fill in all primary key fields, as they may not be relevant to the test. For example, in a test that checks the OnValidate trigger on the Location Code field of the Sales Line table, it may not be necessary to put in the Document No. field.
- Because of the above reasons, the use of libraries to create business data should be limited, as they tend to make "complete" business entities. Instead, use LOCAL helper functions to promote reuse of code. As an example, some unit tests may only need (as part of their setup data) an Item record, with the Base Unit of Measure field filled in. Although the base unit of measure for any item should always have Qty. per Unit of Measure set to 1, this requirement may be irrelevant in case of such unit tests.
LOCAL PROCEDURE CreateItemWithBaseUOM@1(VAR Item@1000 : Record 27);
ItemUnitOfMeasure@1001 : Record 5404;
ItemUnitOfMeasure.Code := 'NewCode';
Item."Base Unit of Measure" := ItemUnitOfMeasure.Code;
- Improving the performance:
- Database changes should be limited to only INSERTs. MODIFY calls should be avoided. This limits the number of database calls and speeds up the test. For example, in order to create an item with a base unit of measure:
Avoid The helper function to create an item record in the previous example. Prefer
LOCAL PROCEDURE CreateItemWithBaseUOM@1(VAR Item@1000 : Record 27);
ItemUnitOfMeasure@1001 : Record 5404;
ItemUnitOfMeasure.Code := 'NewCode';
Item."Base Unit of Measure" := ItemUnitOfMeasure.Code;
- Taking the approach of minimal data creation, calls to INSERT(TRUE) should be avoided. Plain INSERTs should be used as in the above example.
- In case record variables are to be passed to helper functions, it is recommended to pass them as VARs even though the records themselves are not going to be altered. This is faster than passing the record variables as
The EXERCISE step:
|SalesLine.VALIDATE("Location Code", InputValueLocationCode);
- Global variables need to be instantiated to the correct values before making the call. For example, in a test to check the creation of inventory movement for assembly:
- A Report object needs to be prepared before calling itself. The following code sample illustrates the call to test if the report returns the bin content:
BinContent.SETRANGE("Item No.",BinContent."Item No.");
- In case the unit is an action to be called on a page, some preparation for the corresponding TestPage object is needed, as illustrated when testing the Show Availability action on the Assembly Order page:
// The next line tests the InsertPickOrMoveBinWhseActLine procedure
Arranging the unit tests:
- Unit tests are typically quicker to run and may therefore be grouped together with only its own kind for the first level of regression testing.
- Since the two kinds of tests may have been written with different intents (those making the implementation and those testing it), it may be a good idea to keep them in separate test codeunits as well.
Examples of unit tests
Examples are based on the W1 application code in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013.
Example 1
Business purpose
Test that changing the Costing Method on an item to Specific leads to an error if the tracking code is not Serial number specific.
The unit
OnValidate trigger of the Costing Method field on the Item table:
The test
// SETUP : Make item tracking code without SN Specific Tracking
// SETUP : Make item with above item tracking code
// EXERCISE : Validate Costing method to Specific
// VERIFY : error message
The target unit was a very specific line and the above test was therefore short and precise.
Example 2
Business purpose
Test that posting a sales order creates a posted shipment line with the correct quantity.
The unit
The OnRun trigger in Sales-Post codeunit.
The test
// SETUP : Make item with above item tracking code
// SETUP : Create sales header with item and quantity
// SETUP : Create the sales line
// EXERCISE : Call the codeunit to post sales header
// VERIFY : A Posted Shipment Line is created with the same quantity
The targeted unit is large and there are many lines before the code to set the quantity on the Sales Shipment Line is reached. In order to reach this line a large setup is needed in the test as well, which makes the unit test bulky. It may be better to write a functional test in this case.
– Soumya Dutta from the NAV team
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Marketing's original mantra is to "find needs and fill them." The company finds needs by listening to or interviewing customers and then prepares an appropriate solution to each need. Today, however, there are few needs that companies don't know about or address. Pietro Guido, an Italian marketing consultant, wrote a book called The No-Need Society to make this point.
But there is another answer to the "no-need society"—that is, to create new needs. Sony's Akio Morita, in his Made in Japan, said: "We don't serve markets. We create markets ." Consumers never thought of videotape recorders, video cameras, fax machines, Palms, and so on, until they were made.
Of course, new needs will emerge even if the old ones are satisfied. Events can create new needs. The tragedy of September 11, 2001, increased the need for greater security in the air, food supply, and transportation and the country rapidly responded with new security measures. Trends can create new needs, such as the interest in "Down-Aging." As people get older they want to feel and look younger, and this leads to buying sports cars, having plastic surgery, and using exercise equipment. So we can distinguish between existing needs and latent needs. Smart marketers will attempt to anticipate the next need and not only confine their attention to today's need.
Sometimes a need is obscured because a company has taken too limited a view of customers. Certain dogmas get set in concrete, such as the cosmetics industry dogma that women basically use cosmetics in order to be more attractive to men. Along came Anita Roddick, who started The Body Shop with the assumption that many women want products that will give good care to their skin. She added another value: that many women care about social issues and will patronize a company that cares.1
Greg Carpenter and Kent Nakamoto have challenged a core assumption of marketers that buyers initially know what they want.2 Instead they learn what they want. And companies play a strong role in teaching buyers what to want. Different brand competitors add new features to their computers, cameras, and cellular phones that buyers may not have known of or asked for, and in the process, buyers form a better idea of what they want. Such companies are not just market driven (by customer needs), but are market driving (by innovation). In this sense, competition is less a race to meet consumer needs and more a race to define these needs.
One reason that early market entrants (such as Xerox or Palm) often gain sustained market leadership is because the attributes they initially build into their products define the wants that were otherwise ill-defined. Consumers see the attributes as defining the category. Late-entry competitors are forced to supply the same attributes at a minimum as well as innovate new ones.
Copyright© 2003 by Philip Kotler. All rights reserved.
Published by John Wiley & Sons., Hoboken, New Jersey
1. Roddick, A. (1991). Body and Soul: Profits with Principles, the Amazing Success Story of Anita Roddick and the Body Shop. New York: Crown.
2. Carpenter, G. S.& Nakamoto, K. (1989). Consumer preference formation and pioneering advantage. Journal of Marketing Research, (August), pp. 285-298.


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Vrtti Sarupyam Itaratra: At other times [the Self appears to] assume the forms of the mental modifications.(Patanjali – The Yoga Sutras, 1.4)
In his translation and commentary on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sri Swami Satchidananda writes:
"You seem to have lost your original identity and have identified with your thoughts and body. Suppose I ask you who you are. If you say, 'I am a man,' you have identified yourself with a masculine body. If you say, 'I am a professor,' you are identifying with the ideas gathered in your brain. If you say, 'I am a millionaire,' you are identifying with your bank account; if 'a mother', with a child; 'a husband,' with a wife. 'I am tall; I am short; I am black or white' shows your identification with the shape and color of the body.
But without any identifications, who are you? Have you ever thought about it?"
With Mother's Day around the corner, many people wonder how to best honor and celebrate the mother(s) in their lives. One blog – more humorous in tone – likened a moms' feelings to how we pretend to our love our breakfast in bed even though it's made of burnt toast and over-scrambled eggs. While we are actually just thinking about the inevitable mess of crumbs and (very likely) messy kitchen that we'll have to clean up later, we still receive that burnt toast and overdone eggs with joy and gratitude. From that perspective, Mother's Day, in essence, can be chalked up to "Let's make our children feel good about themselves" Day.
A friend of mine once asked her Facebook mommy friends the following question: 'If you would have a whole day for yourself, what would you do?'
Most moms said that they would want to sleep for an entire day, which is something I can relate to. For a long time, I've said that as soon as my kids could handle me being away overnight I would book a hotel room and just sleep and stay in bed for a weekend. But upon reading all those responses to my friend's Facebook post, I began to reflect on the last day that I actually took off for myself.
On this particular day off, I didn't stay in bed. I didn't sleep, not even a little catnap. It's not that sleeping for a day doesn't sound like one of the most amazing things to me right now. On that particular day I just felt I needed to use my valuable time differently. And lingering in bed would be the ultimate confirmation of my role as mom.
I wanted to have a break from being a mom.
Another idea I had that day was to take one or more classes at our yoga studio. Anyone who owns a yoga studio though, or any other business, knows that it's impossible to just walk in and act like a customer. You won't be able to leave for at least another hour – answering questions, folding towels or cleaning mirrors.
So I dismissed it.
While I considered taking yoga class at another studio in town, I felt that in order to truly letting go of all those roles and identifications I hold on to, I should do something completely different. I set the intention to be completely open to what the day would bring and where my intuition would take me. What began to unfold was wonderful! I had a massage and bought a yummy smoothie. I took a long drive down a scenic route with the windows open and music on and my hair blowing in the wind. I impulsively stopped at a park I had never been to before.
The very best part of the day was when I took a leisurely walk on the beach, not bothering to look at my watch or my phone, and a homeless guy approached me for a chat. For a change, I didn't hurriedly hand him a dollar to hastily continue with my important stuff. I didn't have an agenda for the day so I just let him tell me all his stories. And they were fascinating. After 40 minutes or so he asked if I was interested in a game of ping pong. I immediately accepted. He was delighted because most people always tell him they don't have time for ping pong. And that was that. We played a game of ping pong and then said goodbye. I was amazed at how much fun I had with a homeless stranger on the beach.
This day made realize how freeing it was to detach from all roles and identifications. In doing this, we allow other unexpected experiences, feelings and thoughts to bubble up to the surface of our being.
The best gift to give your mother on Mother's Day is to give her an opportunity to, even just for a little moment, connect with her Self. And if she doesn't own a yoga studio, gifting her a yoga class might be the ultimate way of doing that!


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Hello again jggimi,
Interesting. State would not be 100% accurate though right? For example if I were to reboot the system the states logs would be reset to 0 I presume?
I would be interested in seeing any example how to implement this none the less though.
It would be nice if there were a more exact way of handling this either through another program or if PF/ALTQ were expanded to support it.
pass in on.... from $host ... port ... max bps number/days or something.
Anyway thank you for your input.
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The London Cloud Security Summit 2018 was a day of educational, inspirational and sometimes terrifying discussions about the state of cloud security in 2018—attended by the industry's brightest and best. In this series of blogs focused on the presentations from the event, I've already talked about the threats facing your business, and the expanding and diversifying cyber threat landscape. Now it's time to dive head-first into the world in which security researchers strive to protect our online selves with a look at a breakout session titled "Lessons Learned from the Cybersecurity Front Line"—presented by Dan Pitman, a senior solutions architect with Alert Logic.
Cryptomining Increasingly Detected as Malicious Activity on Servers
Musing on a career in the dark trenches of cybersecurity, Dan's presentation took a dive into several cybersecurity trends he's witnessed in 2018, including cryptojacking. Cryptojacking is a form of cyber attack in which a hacker hijacks a target's processing power in order to mine cryptocurrency on the hacker's behalf.
Mining cryptocurrency involves performing complex calculations to demonstrate 'proof of work' to the currency network to generate currency. Cryptocurrency mining has increased both as a topic and activity as cryptocurrency usage itself has grown exponentially in the last few years.
Turn a Cyber Profit
Dan chose to focus on this element of cybercrime for one reason—its extreme profitability as a means of low-risk cybercrime. Dan shared an example that compared cryptomining to pickpocketing—a scenario where the attacker attempted to make quick money by scanning port 8545, looking for Go Etheruem—or Geth—clients and stealing their cryptocurrency. Researchers at Netlab 360 initially discovered the attack. They returned a few months later to see how the campaign was going and found that the thief had amassed more than $20 million in Etheruem.
The main point Dan made is that—moral or legal considerations notwithstanding—there's tremendous profit to be made from cryptomining.
Fun and Games in Hackers' World
Dan shared his opinion that cryptojacking is similar to ransomware in a couple of key ways. Dan walked through a couple recent ransomware attacks that seem to lack any financial motivation. The goal seems to be simply to annoy or educate, or for the attackers just to have some fun. Koolova, for example, shows a warning screen but asks only that you agree to stop downloading unsafe applications off the internet and do the associated "recommended reading" in order to decrypt the files. It essentially acts as an educational ransomware instead of a genuine criminal enterprise.
Attackers are constantly adapting tools and techniques to shift the threat landscape. Dan's presentation demonstrated that as ransomware fades from popularity, cryptomining—and cryptojacking—are growing threats that represent huge potential profit with relatively little risk for the attackers.
If you were not able to attend the Cloud Security Summit, you can view all of the sessions at our Virtual Cloud Security Summit.


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Greek Terracotta Antefix: Maenad
A large ancient Greek terracotta antefix with the bust of a Maenad, her unruly hair bound in a topknot.
Metapontium, Lucania, Southern Italy.
Antefixes were ornamental pottery caps that covered the open ends left by semi-cylindrical tiles at the edge of a temple roofs. They were often adorned with apotropaic images like Gorgons and Satyrs.
Formerly in the S. G. collection, New York; previously in the C. collection, Switzerland, 1960's.
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China - Penalty for Dangerous Goods Misdeclaration
In the overall interest of safe operation onboard, please note that for mis-declaration of hazardous cargoes prior to shipment, Hapag-Lloyd will implement a penalty of USD 15,000.00 per container, effective as from September 15, 2019.
Failure to properly offer and declare hazardous cargoes prior to shipment is a violation of the Hazardous Material Regulations. Such violations may be subject to monetary fines and/or criminal prosecution under applicable law.
To ensure the safety of our crew, ships and other cargo onboard, Hapag-Lloyd holds the Shipper liable and responsible for all costs and consequences related to violations, fines, damages, incidents, claims and corrective measures resulting from cases of undeclared or misdeclared cargoes.
For best possible prevention efforts, please ensure properly suited measures are implemented to avoid such occurence.
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Over on the official site of The Macallan - Leica Akademie Tutor Robin Sinha shares his account of meeting Elliott Erwitt, the world's most influential living photographer and reflects on his chance to capture his icon's character in "Meeting Elliott Erwitt by Leica's Robin Sinha."
Leica Akademie Tutor Robin Sinha shares his account of meeting Elliott Erwitt, the world's most influential living photographer and reflects on his chance to capture his icon's character...
"On hearing Elliott Erwitt's name muttered in a conversation, my ears suddenly pricked up. It seems like a very long time ago that I first came across his work while studying for my photography degree. Back then, I never would have believed that one day I would be taking this iconic photographer's portrait.
News of Elliott Erwitt visiting the Leica Store Mayfair for a special event with The Macallan was met with huge excitement and disbelief: 'So Elliott Erwitt, the legendary Magnum photographer who worked alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson (often cited as the father of photojournalism), will ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY be coming to the Leica Store Mayfair?!?' Working as the Leica Mayfair Akademie Tutor, I was asked whether I would be available to take some photographs of the special event and perhaps take a portrait of Elliott himself. I didn't have to be asked twice!
On the day of the event, I arrived at the Akademie just after 2pm. There was already a queue of journalists forming at the door. Clara, a Leica colleague, whispered, "He's in there", pointing to the main Akademie room. I unsubtly shuffled past the door and, sure enough, Elliott was in there munching on some fruit. The team from The Macallan warned that he was rather tired after travelling from Paris, and that there may not be an opportunity to take a portrait. Remaining ever hopeful, the adjacent studio was set up. After Elliott had finished his interviews, he stood up, wrapped his scarf around his neck and started heading towards the door. My heart sank before one of The Macallan team swiftly asked, 'Would you mind posing for a couple of quick photos?' to which Elliott replied, 'Sure, why not?!'. Elliott was in good spirits and was happy to see me using a Leica! I had chosen to shoot with the Leica S as its medium format qualities would ensure top-notch resolution. My one hope was that I could capture his sense of humour.
The evening event, held in the Leica Studio-S, featured a private view of Elliott's photographs shot for the 'Masters of Photography' project. I had been tasked with documenting the event while sporadically e-mailing off photos for live uploads. For this job, I opted to shoot with the Leica M, following in the footsteps of Elliott and Henri themselves! Its silent and discreet nature made it ideal for weaving through the crowd and picking off shots of guests enjoying The Macallan's exquisite refreshments. Towards the end of the night, I managed to have a few words with Elliott and he happily agreed to sign my book. A fantastic end to an unforgettable day.
The Leica Akademie operates internationally offering a unique collection of educational workshops that inspire creativity and strengthen photographic skills. Open to photographers of all levels, you can choose one-on-one sessions or intimate group workshops.
Feeling inspired by Robin? Grab your camera, capture the character of your land and enter our Masters of Photography competition. Why not reward yourself with 'The Elliott' cocktail? In a whisky tumbler simply stir in The Macallan Amber with 20ml of Bols Dry Orange and a dash of barrel aged bitters and enjoy.
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She's back at it. Mia Khalifa has called out another athlete for attempting to slide into her DMs.
After putting Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly on blast two times, she called out Chicago Cubs star catcher Willson Contreras this time, after he tried to holler at the former adult film star on Twitter.
Its unclear why Khalifa is so harsh on anyone trying to shoot their shot, especially since Contreras didn't get disrespectful. But, you can check the screenshots of his attempts below:
Cubbies, your man's is wandering around left field. Can you come get him? @Cubs pic.twitter.com/7kdtGGb5jR
— Mia K. 🇱🇧 (@miakhalifa) September 5, 2017
Khalifa didn't give any love from the Twittersphere for putting Contreras on blast either. Most called her out, saying she only did it for attention, while others got disrespectful, bringing up her past adult films in an attempt to roast her.
See some of the chatter below:
Agreed. Females like this disgust me. Got your attention now girl, congrats. 🙄
— sara darling (@ramblin_babe) September 5, 2017
The similarities are just awesome. You like blasting the poor men and they love blasting on your face
— Tom #LFGM (@daAlonsoStan) September 5, 2017
Why you putting dude on blast
— Hi-Rez – Only For The Fans (@HiRezTheRapper) September 6, 2017
— Jeff 😈🐯🐏🏀🏒⚽ (@HeelShow1992) September 5, 2017
If it was anybody from the Nationals, they would've been 7 innings deep in you by now lol smh
— Chuck ⚡ 5-9 ⚡ (@SSBChuck) September 5, 2017
Only shot she likes starts with a c and ends in um
— Tom #LFGM (@daAlonsoStan) September 6, 2017
Contreras is actually claiming he was hacked here, though its unlikely a hacker would waste their time saying "Hey" to Mia Khalifa in the DM.
A spokesperson for the agency that represents Contreras released a statement saying his "Twitter account was hacked", while adding that they're working to resolve the matter.


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Microsoft recently released Power BI Desktop, a stand alone program which provides a subset of the functionality of Power BI independent of Excel. It is available as a free download from this Microsoft download link.
Power BI Desktop allows importing tables from Excel, Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and many other sources and defining relationships among tables. It includes a query editor to shape the data and a design surface to easily create visualizations including bar charts, pie charts and many other formats.
Dustin Ryan has written a blog post giving a good introduction to using Power BI Desktop on his blog.


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KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' defenseman Ryan Rehill was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 2014 NHL Draft in Philadelphia Saturday. Rehill was selected in the fifth round and 131 overall by the Devils.
The towering 6'3" and 213 lb defenseman was a steady force on the Blazers backend last season. Rehill was one of only two players to play in all 72 games and had four goals and 20 points. He also led the WHL in penalty minutes with 182 and had 15 fighting majors on the year.
The Edmonton native led the team in the plus/minus department finishing the year at only minus -4 despite playing against the opposition's best players every night.
The Blazers' assistant captain also collected a ton of hardware at the season ending awards. He was named the Blazers' best defenseman, most dedicated player and recognized for his inspirational leadership ability.
Coincidentally, the last Blazer to be picked in the NHL Draft was Cole Ully.
Ully was chosen in the same spot as Rehill, in the fifth round, 131st overall to the Dallas Stars in 2013.
The last player from the Kamloops Blazers to be chosen by the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Draft was Scott Niedermayer, who was selected third overall in 1991.


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When American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis' story of 1980s yuppie culture as told through the perspective of a well-groomed maniac, hit bookstores in 1991, it came prepackaged with a substantial amount of outrage.
The author's two previous novels, Less Than Zero and The Rules of Attraction, told tales of youth gone cold. Page after page, readers were given a startling look into the lives of young adults who went far beyond the the culture of vapidness and shallowness that was omnipresent throughout what is arguably America's most vapid and shallow decade. These characters wandered into a world of extreme desensitization in which drug overdoses, sexual assault, and snuff films didn't even elicit a simple batting of an eye.
Readers thought Ellis had taken them to the very edge of the cliff and given them a view of the abyss. And that's when the author gave them a little push, showing them that the abyss is exactly where the real story lies.
American Psycho took the concept of desensitization up a few dozen notches. While the characters in Zero and Attraction were merely indifferent observers of inhumane acts, American Psycho featured a main character who was actually the perpetrator of these unspeakable horrors. Patrick Bateman, something of a cross between Ted Bundy and Charlie Sheen's character in Wall Street, took the materialism and ethical bankruptcy of the Reagan era to its psychological conclusion. Premium business cards, reservations at exclusive restaurants, and state-of-the-art home entertainment appliances held a great deal of value. But human beings?
While most young urban professionals saw mankind as nothing more than obstacles, marks, and opportunities, Bateman takes this ice cold outlook to its absolute limit. To him, people are meat and little else. Especially if we're talking about women, which Bateman sees as inconsequential collections of cells and Christian Dior that are meant to be raped, bludgeoned, stabbed, dismembered, and even eaten.
So why is the FilmBar showing the film adaptation as part of its "Women In Horror" series? Because like Bateman himself, American Psycho is not what it seems.
Feminist groups and icons such as Gloria Steinem fought to keep the book off shelves for the obvious reasons. They objected to the use of female characters as murder fodder, and Ellis' first-person narrative only bolstered their argument in a way. Bateman describes his atrocities with ice-cold apathy, and as is the case with most outrage bred from misunderstanding, critics threw concepts on nuance and context by the wayside and incorrectly concluded that perhaps Ellis was the one who was talking, not Bateman.
When news of the film's impending production surfaced, Hollywood knew these objectors would make their grand return to ensure Bateman never made the leap from the page to the screen. Their response? Have Guinevere Turner and Mary Harron pen the script, and put Harron in the director's chair.
While it can be argued that the studio's choice came from the same place that phrases like "I'm not sexist, I have female friends" are born from, you can't argue with the results. While the book's murders were seen through Bateman's soulless eyes, Harron chose to show these monstrous executions from a different angle. Audiences would see the horror on the faces of the women, the panic as they did their best to escape Bateman's ultra modern apartment with all their limbs intact. The butchering was no longer just Bateman's story to tell. The unmitigated reality of such carnage was served raw, whether the audience liked it or not.
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In doing so, Harron told a story that stayed true to the book's criticisms of rampaging capitalism and its figurative cutthroat consequences, while simultaneously putting Bateman's literal cutthroat consequences front and center. With this slight turn of the dial, Harron avoids the pitfalls that films like Scarface or The Wolf of Wall Street tend to fall into. This film's protagonist is in no way meant to be celebrated. His environment didn't create him, it merely enabled him. You'll hear no excuses and you'll find no glamorization, but you will feel the visceral impact of the violence, no matter how hard you try to brace yourself. Make no mistake. Patrick Bateman is a very, very bad man.
American Psycho could have been a straight-up sexist slaughter-fest destined for a straight-to-DVD existence, but Harron and Turner's point of view gave the film an undercurrent of unfiltered honesty that doesn't always translate off the pages of a book. For these reasons and more, it's no surprise why FilmBar chose this one.
And of course, Christian Bale's performance is incredible. Just ask his stepmother, Gloria Steinem.
American Psycho. 10 p.m. Friday, February 22, at FilmBar, 815 North Second Street; 602-595-9187; thefilmbarphx.com. Tickets are $9.95 via FilmBar.


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Dear Evann,Thank you for this wonderful site! I have been trying to celebrate Saint Feast Days more often in our home. We hosted a St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's day celebration today. We had fun preparing our own home altar and had our two younger children make their own. My daughter, J, made the one on the bottom - - I asked her why she put St. Joseph on the bottom rather than the top where he should be, and she told me that St. Joseph was humble and wouldn't want to be on top - - go figure! We also used your recipe to make Spada dough - - though we had to adjust it as my mixer will not handle five pounds of flour. I also used one of your coloring pages to cut out a plaque for my St. Joseph. I don't have a large St. Joseph, so I traced it onto MDF and cut it out with a jigsaw and painted it. Now I have a St. Joseph for our home altar as well as our future St. Joseph's Altars. Thanks, again!!! We really had a good time with our friends.In Christ,JF
Thanks, JF, for sharing your mini altars! Visit Homespun Love, JF's home on the web, for more feast day planning and Altar pics.


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Claudio loves life, cooks and enjoyes a delicious meal. This will show itself as soon as you step into the restaurant of Malvarina Agriturismo! A typical Hosteria with hanged homemade prosciutto, pecorino, bread "cotto a legna", and wine on the table. These products are mostly from his own production.
Enjoy the typical gastronomy with natural products that are mainly products in the Agriturismo like the pecorino cheese and the bread. Mamma Maria with her 80 years of experience guarantees real Italian countryside dishes.
Enjoy Umbria from the heart, Assisi. By car will take less than half hour to reach Assisi, Spello, Perugia, Castiglion del Lago, Todi and Spoleto…
The apartments and the rooms are all spacious and well furnished. Plenty of space for your meal outside and to enjoy the wonderful panorama of the Umbria's hills.
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Mural — Streetmeet 2017
Like the poster a few posts before already announced, me and a bunch of friends had a nice time around August while painting the former barracks in Würzburg in the context of this years' "Streetmeet"-actionweek. The mural was made during a week without a concrete plan and was concepted like an ongoing (communication-)process. The only thing, we fixed, was a shortened quote of the Dalai Lama ("Much in the window, nothing in the room.") in dependence on nowadays spirit of time, that we all see very critically. This topic fits also formally, because actually the mall is completely empty inside; for the upcoming Landesgartenschau 2018, which is going to take place inside the barracks, we already put something beautiful in the window.
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Lindås is an excellent base for paddling. In addition to the large number of lakes more or less connected to each other, the Lindås Sea is a great experience. Here you can also see the art works at the Sea Park at close range or experience the Sea Locks.
Rental at Lindås
Canoe and kayak for hire during summer at Vågseidestranda Feriesenter.
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"If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her, then don't let her go…"
—Nicholas Sparks
Lindsay Eileen Photography spent a wonderful fall evening celebrating the engagement of Bobby Gallagher and Kelsie Murphy near their home in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania! These two are so much fun to work with, and I couldn't be happier with the results of their engagement session! I met Kelsie at a bridal showcase in my hometown this past January and was instantly charmed by her smile and sweet personality, so I was thrilled when she booked me to photograph their wedding next October! Kelsie and her fiancé Bobby are such a fun couple, and their engagement session really reflected that! They even checked off a button on my session wishlist for this year by adding in some amazing canoe shots! Our session ended in a gorgeous field and we were really able to take advantage of the haze setting sun for some truly epic portraits!


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After Christmas, I'll be releasing 30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author's Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds.
Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds?
Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next?
30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world.
This workbook will help you to:
- Break the epic task of worldbuilding into easy steps
- Build a full and complete world with prompts you may not have thought of
- Tie your worldbuilding into your story to increase tension and conflict
- Bring your worldbuilding back to your characters to get your readers hooked
This book also includes a bonus lesson on building magic systems that work.
By completing just one prompt each day, you can have a fully created fantasy world in a month. You will also have an invaluable book of worldbuilding notes to keep beside you as you write.
Get 30 Days of Worldbuilding today, and stop getting lost in your world.
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text: Lisa Kleinke grew up in Zionsville, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University. With 17 years of experience as a Realtor, Lisa has established herself as a successful and knowledgeable real estate consultant. Lisa is the executive assistant to Carrie and is the marketing and operations director of the Carrie Holle Group. She is vital to the team's success. Lisa has served as Chairperson of the Cherry Tree PTO board and resides in Carmel with her husband Todd, two sons and yellow lab, Buddy.


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Skip to comments.Saudis top cleric warns against mixing of genders
Posted on 01/04/2013 9:13:31 AM PST by Olog-hai
Saudi Arabias top cleric has warned against the mixing of the genders, saying that any attempt to violate a strict separation threatens female chastity and endangers society.
(Grand Mufti Sheik Abdul-Aziz) Al-Sheik said it is forbidden for women to unveil in front of men, warning that this will destroy the morals and values of society.
(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...
That's how we got Justin Bieber.
No mixing except in the case of muslim on infidel rape.
I totally agree with the cleric. Muslim men should have no contact whatsoever with females of any background,ever. Eventually, the problem will solve itself, although there is likely to be a lot of sore goats running around.
I needed a good laugh.
LOL - I was thinking something very similar!
Let them have each other ...
One hears that they do.
Calling foul. What is seen cannot be unseen.
"Let me see your kid!"
Then why does he wear a dress and have sex with other males?
Thanks Olog-hai.
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I'm not going to lie, this is a bit of a filler post just so I can hit 30 posts. I woke up feeling a bit under the weather, but here's what I'm gunning for in 2017.
- Win her over.
- Work out
5 43 times a week.
- Be less judgemental
- Play the guitar at least once a week.
- Age gracefully.
- Learn to cook a good lamb vindaloo.
- Stock a refrigerator so it doesn't look like a bachelor's apartment.
- Finish this 30 For 30 without failing.
Seeing as it's 11:16pm, this barely gets it in!


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Farm Wedding
Farming, not really synonymous with Milton Keynes. Sure we have concrete cows (i'd love to rebrand Milton Keynes to get rid of that one, they're so crappy) but beyond that, most people think of roundabouts. If you say to someone, as a Milton Keynes wedding photographer, that is the immediate response 'oh the place with all the roundabouts, yeah i drove through there once' or 'yeah I've been to the shopping centre' (in it's defence, the shopping centre is quite handy).
I'm sure it was the longest in Europe at one stage, maybe that was a load of rubbish made up in the seventies to encourage people to move there. If it is, then it worked. Milton Keynes is now thriving, in fact the expansion has happened so fast that the roads tell the story of a town that grew without adequate infrastructure in place.
Moving back to MK after ten years away has made that abundantly clear, a place where you could breeze through town in my youth has now gone the way of all other major cities in the UK, at 4.30, you don't want to be on the roads. This may seem like a moan, but it's actually a sign that MK is on the up. Redevelopment, investment, new businesses setting up headquarters, another twenty years and it will be a major player in Britain's economic portfolio. Well that's enough of that advert for MK, where was I. Oh yeah, farming.
The beauty of MK lies in the fact that you can have all the amenities you need within a twenty minute drive, but then also have the joy of driving for twenty minutes in the opposite direction, and find yourself in the countryside. I live in a wee little village called Yardley. I can be at MK central station in fifteen minutes, or I can open my front door, walk two hundred metres and be in a field full of sheep. It's amazing. I often run around the fields (exercise, not just a a maniac) with Kites only a few metres over my head, it's food for the soul to be in touch with nature.
Upon first reaching the farm, I was greeted by a terrifying sign, beware of the dog. Now i'm not scared of dogs, but I don't inherently trust them in the same way other people seem to. Dogs are tribal, they look after their own pack. Being on a farm I'm expecting to see a beast of a dog bound up to me and bark bark bark until i'm deaf in one ear.
You'll see from the pictures however, that this guy is far too interested in snoozing than patrolling. It turns out in fact, that the sign was merely a comedic jab at the dogs expense. So notorious is he for failing to be roused from his slumber when strangers appear, it seemed fitting to put up the sign for sarcastic purposes only. Not only did I love the dog, but I also knew that any person who takes sarcasm so seriously would also be my best friend, turns out i was right, this family was awesome.
Tipi parties are a fantastic idea if you've got the land to put them up on. When I got married the venue took up half of the budget. Being able to cut that right down would have been a major win. For anyone looking for a wedding venue, have a look at your local farmland and ask around if any of the fields are up for grabs, it could save you big bucks in the long run and you're not at the whim of the local councils 'keep the nose down' laws, party on Garth!
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The only thing I love about winter is Christmas. I survive winter living through memories of summer. When I say summer, I say Greece. For an European, Greece is one of the most wonderful summer destinations: the water is crystal clear, the sand is white, the food is tasty, and so is the wine, all available for an affordable price, and only a few hours away from home.
It's impossible not to love Greece: there are so many islands that you can easily find a great spot to spend a great vacation that you would later remember, when your cold hands will be unpacking winter clothes. Like now.
But there's more than the sun and the sea to love about Greece. Greek people have a great sense of design, and I'm not talking about the ancient architectural sites or temples. When in Greece, looking around at their simple yet exquisite homes will provide you a lot of design ideas that you steal to improve your home and garden. I know I did, and now I'm sharing my ideas with you in this post.
Maybe you haven't been there yet, but if you check the article below you will agree with me about how inspiring Greece is. I took a lot of pictures, and it was really hard for me to choose just a few of them to support my statement about Greek design.
1. White Walls and Fences
This is just an intro for what's next. Think about these white walls and fences as a canvas for the colors that cover so many other parts of their homes. And how gorgeous is a pink flower climbing on a white fence??
The house you see above is in a small town called Panagia (which is on Thassos Island), and it's widely known among tourists for its bold colors and the uncommon outdoor decorations. You would love to have such a colorful house, then you have a chance to own it, because it's for sale. This 1940 3 bedroom house can be yours for 180,000 euros, according to this source.
2. Marine Colors
Since the white canvas was first, colors come in natural order. First, let me show you what kind of color I'm talking about:
The sea and the sky are the primary source of inspiration, so blue, green and turquoise are the most common colors you would see in Greece. You will find furniture, fences, porches and even full houses painted in these airy colors. I loved it!
4. Doors and Windows in Bold Colors
I know I've mentioned blue, green and turquoise before, but this one has to go by itself since white and blue is an iconic color combination for Greece. Aside from blue and green, you can find also wooden doors that are just lovely!
3. Murals
Greek paint their life on the walls, which contain stories about the sea, their fishing boats and their women. Not to mention that their women are really beautiful…
5. Decorating with Stone
Did you know that the Greek island of Thassos has the whitest marble in the world? Greek is made of stone, or at least a big part of it (that part which is not water, I'd say). Once you cross the border entering Greece, you will see the rocky hills covered in pines and wild olive trees. This is a landscape you will easy recognize once you see it.
Having so much stone around, using it for construction and decorations becomes common practice. The Greeks are using it for walls, fences, roofs, stairs, porches, everything, and are doing it so well that you will be astonished.
If you're not ready to play big on stone, don't despair since smaller options are available too. Round shiny stones from Greece are perfect for painting and doodling, as I wrote in my article about painting on the rocks from Greece. Check it up, you'll find what tool you need to transform these wonders into lifetime memories.
If you want to do it by your own, take a walk on the beach and pick some stones for a project like this:
6. Decorating with Sea Shells and Water Stars
The sea is literally one step away, and so are the shells and the marine creatures. Have you ever seen a sea urchin moving around you leg? Well, here's the perfect place to meet them!
Back to decorating business, here are a few ideas that I loved about using shells and sea stars. Isn't that wind chime made of shells just lovely?
7. Olive Trees and Clay Pots
In most of the cases, they are together in harmony and live happily ever after. On the other hand, olive trees are as common as stone at least on the islands, so they might not need a clay pot to look gorgeous. And if you look around for an olive tree in the wilderness, keep an eye on the fig trees too. If you have the luck to be there in mid September for example, you might eat the tastiest figs you would ever find.
A Few More Words About This Beautiful Country
There's much more to be said about Greece. If you are a cat lover you'll be happy, since you would find a lot of felines walking around there. And the Greeks love them too.
I love the sun rising from Marmara Sea, the white rocks on the beach, and the sea that is a few steps away from the villa I live in during my summer holidays in Greece.
I would return anytime there to spend a summer, a holiday or even a few days. I would return to tranquility and water, because I belong to the beach and the sea.
There are so much to get from there and so many decor ideas to inspire from!
What is your favorite Greek decor?


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Disney Brings Woody and Gang to Android in Toy Story Smash It!February 28, 2013 | Vincent Messina
Disney is known for favoring a certain fruity company, however, once and a while they throw us Android users a bone. That's exactly why Disney's latest game release had my kids running for the Nexus 7. I'm of course talking about Toy Story Smash It!. Read More


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January 18 - March 3, 2018
Personal exhibition of Stephane Zagdanski at the Modernism gallery in San Fransisco.
Friday January 23th, 2015 - Wednesday January 28th, 2015
Gallery Eric Dupont will be closed from the 23th january to the 28th january 2015. You are welcome to visit the exhibiition Slippery of Gabrielle Wambaugh from the 29 january.
Retour sur l'abîme, l'art à l'épreuve du génocide
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Pascal Convert participates at the exhibition "Retour sur l'abîme, l'art à l'épreuve du génocide" at the musée des beaux Arts of Belfort.


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- On That Old Hawaiian Shore with You
- Everybody Does It in Hawaii
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Hank Snow often misses out when the greatest country & western singers of all time are surveyed, but he was certainly one of the best. A Canadian transplant, he understood the desolate life of the Southwest deeply, and evoked it perfectly. (Even though he grew up in Nova Scotia, he spent most of his adolescence on a fishing boat.) His deep, steady warble resisted most attempts at crossover, but he used it perfectly; it's no coincidence that Willie Nelson, who often phrased closer to blues or jazz than country, loved him and recorded a full album with Snow in 1985. Bear Family has surveyed Snow's studio career over a series of box sets -- including no less than 20 discs just for the American-based, major-label recordings that began in 1950 with his hit "I'm Movin' On" -- but they also offered a series of four thematic compilations in 2008 for those who want a steady middle ground (more music than the hits compilations offer, but less than the completist route). In total, they serve as a good portrait of Snow's great career, although they bypass the straight country and honky tonk material he did so well. Snow in Hawaii includes 28 Hawaiian songs, recorded throughout his career (1941-1978), and includes all of his lone Hawaiian full-length from 1967 (titled the same as this collection). Snow had a few hits with Hawaiian material, including "Tradewinds" (a song he wrote), but most of these songs were relegated to B-sides or album filler. Still, Snow understood the Hawaiian influence in country music from a young age -- he was playing a steel guitar bought by his mother before he reached his teenage years. Snow in Hawaii may not be a critical compilation for most overviews of Hank Snow's career, but it offers a good snapshot of a great artist.
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Chet Atkins Guitar,Leader
Hank Garland Guitar
Johnny Gimble Fiddle,Guitar
Lloyd Green Steel Guitar
Anita Kerr Choir, Chorus
Bobby Wood Piano
Anita Carter Vocals
Anita Kerr Singers Choir, Chorus
Byron Bach Cello
Brenton Banks Violin
Harold Bradley Guitar,Electric Guitar,Ukulele
Kenny Buttrey Drums
Jerry Carrigan Drums
Lightnin' Chance Bass
Marvin Chantry Viola
Solie Fott Violin
Ralph Gallant Drums
Melvin Gentry Steel Guitar
Dennis Good Horn
Charles Randolph Grean Bass
Buddy Harman Drums
Herman Harper Choir, Chorus
Hoyt Hawkins Choir, Chorus
Lillian Hunt Violin
Millie Kirkham Choir, Chorus
Sheldon Kurland Violin
Ernest Ernie Newton Bass
Louis Dean Nunley Choir, Chorus
Hargus "Pig" Robbins Piano
Kayton Roberts Steel Guitar
Randy Scruggs Acoustic Guitar,Rhythm Guitar
Jerry Shook Rhythm Guitar
Robert Chubby Wise Fiddle
Joe Zinkan Bass
Dorothy Ann Dillard Choir, Chorus
William Puett Horn
Byron Walls Choir, Chorus
Culley Holt Bass (Vocal),Choir, Chorus
Akira Nagai Violin
Jack Shook Guitar,Rhythm Guitar
Hugh Gordon Stoker Choir, Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Henry Newton "Tommy" Vaden Fiddle
Jerry Reed Hubbard Guitar
Ray C. Walker Choir, Chorus
Joseph Hale III Talbot Acoustic Guitar,Steel Guitar
William Guilford Wright Choir, Chorus
Clarence E. Snow Acoustic Guitar,Rhythm Guitar,Leader,Vocals
Marvin H. Hughes Piano,Vibes
William Matthews Choir, Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Neal Matthews Choir, Chorus
Velma E. Williams Smith Guitar,Rhythm Guitar
Joseph W. Tanner Guitar
William Paul Ackerman Drums
Joe Osborn Bass
Martin Kathan Violin
Eugene "Johnny" Beaudoin Steel Guitar
Teddy Miller Bass
Technical CreditsChet Atkins Producer
Hank Snow Contributor
Mel Tillis Composer
Buddy Knox Arranger,Composer
Chester B. Atkins Producer
Cliff Friend Composer
Chuck Glaser Producer
Mack Gordon Composer
Ronnie Light Producer
Steve Sholes Producer
Stephen H. Sholes Producer
Clarence E. Snow Composer
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John Kalapana Composer
Elsie McWilliams Composer
Harry Owens Composer
Betty Rose Composer
Dusty Rose Composer
Clement Scott Composer
Jean Sopha Composer
Dorothy Stewart Composer
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Comics for Grownups Episode 20
by Joshua Malbin on Aug.06, 2013, under Comics
Comics for Grownups Episode 20 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here. In this episode we are joined by Tom Hart, acclaimed author of many beloved comics and the founder and driving force behind the Sequential Artists Workshop. We talk about SAW and his current project Rosalie Lightning, plus:
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Sammy the Mouse Vol. 2 by Zak Sally
Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault
Optic Nerve #13 by Adrian Tomine
Lazarus #1 and 2 by Greg Rucka
Finder by Carla Speed McNeil
Abe: Wrong for the Right Reasons by Glenn Dakin
Optic Nerve #12
by Joshua Malbin on Oct.03, 2011, under Comics
My favorite part of the new Optic Nerve comes at the very end, after the letters page, in what Adrian Tomine describes as "a pointless, dashed-off autobio. strip." It's a two-page spread that describes the lengths he had to go to get a new issue of the comic into stores. See, nobody in the "serious" graphic novel business wants anything to do with the old monthly magazine trade anymore. The profit margins are too low, and none of the new generation of graphic novel buyers want them anyway. The existence of a "floppy" Optic Nerve is due entirely to Tomine's nostalgia for the old format and all its ancillary special features. He mentions "the incidental drawings and gags in Eightball, the hand-drawn 'plugs' in Yummy Fur, the letters pages in Dirty Plotte" (and I'd add the fake ads in The Acme Novelty Library).
I identify deeply with that nostalgia, and with Tomine's sense of shock at discovering all those things are gone. Until I read those two little pages I didn't recognize they were never coming back, either, and now I'm in mourning. I'm sure the brave new internet-let world will develop its own stylistic signatures and quirks, but these were the ones I fell in love with and it's sad to realize they're almost gone. Will it still be comics when we lose the ritual of visiting the store every Wednesday to see what's new?
Appropriately enough, the first of the two longer stories in the issue also revives a dying form, in this case the newspaper comic: six four-panel strips followed by a full-page color spread, with radically simplified figures and a punchline (or something given the weight of a punchline) in the end panel each "day." Everything has to be conveyed through dialogue, nothing through drawn facial expressions or boxes of narration, which eliminates the reflective mood Tomine's stuff usually has. It's unfortunate because the story itself–about a suburban gardener who for years tries and fails to sell his new form of art combining sculpture and living plants–is very much his kind of plot. If he'd allowed himself his usual devices to create and nurture characters I think it would have been stronger.
The second of the two is much more in his usual style, and it works much better. It's a ten-pager about a young woman who discovers she bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain porn actress, and all the problems that causes her with men throughout her young adulthood. It's the kind of intimate, minor-key short work that Tomine has always done extremely well, going all the way back to his mini-comics, and seems almost calculated to remind readers of what he used to do in early issues of Optic Nerve, before he made a full issue of Summer Blonde, poured three issues into Homecoming, and tossed off Scenes from an Impending Marriage.
I guess that means all parts of Optic Nerve #12 trade in nostalgia, and I think we can only assume there's a good chance we never see another magazine-format issue from Tomine again. That makes me even sadder.
Scenes from an Impending Marriage
by Joshua Malbin on Feb.14, 2011, under Comics
I like Adrian Tomine a whole lot. I've bought every issue of Optic Nerve going back to the collected mini-comics, and I admire him for getting new collections of Yoshihiro Tatsumi's manga published in English.
I'm going to turn my head, therefore, and pretend Scenes from an Impending Marriage never happened. A brief discussion within the slim book suggests he wrote it as a party favor for his wedding. It should have stayed one. It's him doing funny pages humor. It's kind of beneath him.
But it'll probably stay in print forever as a gift book and make a fair bit of money, which he completely deserves, so that's good.
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We had our Canadian Bacon and Pepperoni Pizza last night. I used Hormel's turkey pepperonis and their Canadian bacon, that is the same size as the pepperonis. We really like these two products. I cut back on the cheese a bit to save a few fat grams and calories. Logan still gave the pizza an 8 out 10 rating!
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I truly believe that through the daily practice of Pilates anybody can improve their physical fitness
I started my Pilates journey in 2010, after an ongoing hip injury failed to improve through medical intervention. I was introduced to Pilates to help strengthen and balance out my body, I haven't looked back since. After seeing the benefits in my own body with increased flexibility, mobility and alignment, I was thrilled that every aspect of my fitness regime was improving, from weight training, to HIIT, to Yoga. I began training with Body Control Pilates to pass along the countless benefits that Pilates provides. I truly believe that through the daily practice of Pilates anybody can improve their physical fitness, whether an avid fitness enthusiast or those new to exercise.
As Joseph Pilates said "Pilates develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind and elevates the spirit."
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Gate Keepers - Open the Gate! (DVD 1 of 8)
Title: Gate Keepers - Open the Gate!
Volume: DVD 1 / 8
Running time: 75
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Release date: 2001-09-25
Suggested retail price: $29.98
Age rating: 13+
1969. Stranger invaders threaten Japan's recovery from the devastation of World War II with a shocking form of guerilla warfare. Fortunately, a new type of hero has been discovered among the teenage population of Japan - the Gatekeepers! Able to channel "gates" to other dimensions, this new generation of heroes are the only thing standing between Earth and total annihilation!
From GONZO (Blue Sub. No. 6) with character designs by Keiji GOTOH (Nadesico).
(added on 2001-08-09, modified on 2001-10-18)
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13 March 2014, 09:08 | Updated: 13 March 2014, 09:10
A man has needed hospital treatment after he was beaten with a baseball bat in a pub in Southminster.
Two men went into the White Horse at around 9.20pm on Thursday 20 February.
One of them then approached a 57-year-old man who was sat at the bar and hit him with the bat several times.
The victim suffered rib injuries and cuts and bruising to his head, which needed hospital treatment.
The men involved then left the premises.
A 52-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault the following day and has been released on bail.
PC Tom Hurrell, of Chelmsford Police Station, said: "I would very much like to hear from anyone with information about this attack.
"We have arrested one man in connection with our investigations but I still need further information about the second suspect.
"There were a number of people in the pub drinking at the time that this happened and I'm sure some of them must have seen what happened or will have heard something about this attack.
"This victim was sitting at the bar minding his own business and the motive for the assault is still unknown."
Anyone with information about the assault can call PC Hurrell at Chelmsford Police Station on 101 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Congratulations to our 2018 Walden Ladies Club Champion, ANNA EMMONS. Anna retains the Club Championship for the eighth year by scoring 73, 83 for a 156 in the two day event. Our Super Senior Champion is KATE HIGBY. We applaud Kate's win with a score of 190. In First Flight the winner were ANNA EMMONS (156), SUSAN SMITH-SNIDER (161). Second Flight winners in a score card play-off were LINDA WILSON (1st place) and MARGARET SHARP (2ND flight). Both ladies scored 194 in the day event. Way to combine talent and hard work, ladies. A very big thank you goes to Special Tournament Chairwoman BEV MANNEN for organizing the Championship Tournament and four other special tournaments throughout the year. A personal thank you from my family goes to the LGA and MGA's recognition of our granddaughter's fight against D.I.P.G. The players sported yellow gold ribbons through the weekend. Gold is the representative color in the fight against pediatric cancer.
Again on the personal side, our granddaughter Mackenzie entered Cycle 2 of clinical trials this past week. One of the hurtles in entering Cycle 2 is "scoring" 1000 on the neutrophil white blood count. She "passed" on Thursday, started the second round of testing, and is now back at home in South Carolina. Mackenzie will continue medications at home and will return to the hospital once a month for testing.
The Friends of Stewart Library invite you to the last general meeting of the year at 10 AM, October 29th. The guest speaker will be Major Helene Windish of the Salvation Army. Plans for the Christmas Open House will be discussed and the 2019 officers will be elected. The community is invited. To really get us going in the Christmas spirit EVA RAINS and committee of this year's silent auction of the parade of Christmas trees, have chosen a theme honoring the new Lake Creek High School. "Lions" will be their mascot and their motto is "BE BOLD". Their colors are Navy Blue and Gold. This should make for very inspiring decorations. They are asking for your decoration donation. Please that these are 3 foot trees so be sure your decorations are in proportion in size.
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. (Alex Levine). No wonder I like it. 'Til next week.
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Margarita Soto: A life with PNH
FEATUREComplement Margarita Soto: A life with PNHBY ISHANI GANGULIMargarita Soto had her first blood transfusion to treat her anemia at the age of 16, when she was pregnant with her second child in Puerto Rico. She began to notice her urine was dark soon after, and by the age of 18, in the worst of her hemolytic episodes, pain and exhaustion from her anemia kept her from walking up stairs, let alone playing volleybal
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Margarita Soto: A life with PNH
Margarita Soto had her first blood transfusion to treat her anemia at the age of 16, when she was pregnant with her second child in Puerto Rico. She began to notice her urine was dark soon after, and by the age of 18, in the worst of her hemolytic episodes, pain and exhaustion from her anemia kept her from walking up stairs, let alone playing volleyball or basketball with other kids her age.
She moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, then Hartford, Connecticut, to stay with relatives there and seek better medical care. But the steroid treatments she was given did little for her. In 1999, she found hematologist Bob Siegel when her usual hematologist made her wait two days for an appointment and she "decided to cross the street and pick someone new." Siegel remembered the words of a mentor who had challenged him to find a case of paroxysmal nocturnal hematuria (PNH). "But having found it, I felt terribly inadequate in my ability to do anything at the time," he says.
Soto tried to hold jobs at several auto parts stores, but the longest she lasted was eight months. After struggling to care for herself and her now three children, she was able to get disability payments. Soto would often get tired and dizzy, and would suffer from migraine headaches that would land her in the hospital. She had to have blood transfusions up to three times a month.
In February of last year, Siegel came across a study [P. Hillmen et al., "Effect of Eculizumab on hemolysis and transfusion requirements in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria," N Engl J Med, 350:552-9, 2004] that reported preliminary data on eculizumab's Phase Ib trial. Impressed, he called Alexion and became an investigator in their next, double-blinded trial (TRIUMPH) so that he could enroll his single PNH patient.
When Siegel told her about the trial, "I started crying," Soto remembers. And for six months, she stayed on what she quickly realized was the placebo treatment because she still needed transfusions. "I know you're giving me that water stuff," she remembers telling her nurses. But, she used to say, "I've been waiting almost 16 years, do you think I'll mind waiting another year? ...Sooner or later I was going to get the real stuff." And that she did, in September of 2005.
The day after her first eculizumab treatment, Soto had "awful migraine headaches" and a low grade fever. She was rushed into the hospital to rule out meningitis, the most serious known side effect of the drug. She had been vaccinated prior to the trial, however, and the scare was unfounded. Within the week, her migraines disappeared, she regained stamina, her urine was back to normal, and she no longer needed transfusions. "I was so happy when I [could] finish my laundry," she says.
Every other Tuesday at 10 am, Soto goes in to Hartford Hospital for her 30-minute eculizumab treatment and stays a few hours to sleep off the medication so that she can drive home to her kids, who used to miss her for up to days following transfusions. With her renewed energy, she hopes to start working again this September. In the meantime, she looks forward to cheering for her youngest son, 11-year-old Richard, at his baseball games, and spending time with her first granddaughter, Cheila.
"As an oncologist and hematologist, I've seen many many drugs," says Siegel. But "I've never seen one that has so clearly and unequivocally improved someone's quality of life and changed the course of her disease."


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A powerful and loving Wizard passed on from our human realm. Brian Viziondanz, Peace Activist, Mistletoe Wizard and Inspirational Film-Maker passed on peacefully in is sleep and will be missed by thousands of people who he has inspired throughout his life.
I still feel him, laughing, I close my eyes and see his, bright and sparkling with a mischievous wildness and I can't help but smile myself. Despite the sadness and the deep sense of loss I feel at his passing.
Brian was a true Wizard, practising real magic and brightening the days of all those he encountered on his path. He would not want us to be sad, he would want us to celebrate life, to embrace the fullness of our being alive in this world.
Known by many as the mistletoe Wizard he would take huge bundles of mistletoe from Glastonbury to London. He had a sign that said, 'take what you want, give what you want'.
Brian was never formally paid for his dedicated work, his vision was carried out with little funding and he did what he could with what he had, for the love of it. He dressed like the archetypal Wizard, often sporting a fine hat and robes, he had a heartfelt connection to humankind, seeing the beauty in everyone.
When he wasn't Wizarding, he sustained himself with roofing jobs. I often chuckled to myself, imagining him up there on the roof, fixing the tiles and making it all better. I am sure he would be 'viziondanzing' up there, coming up with the next new action that would encourage people to get together, to talk and love and dance together.
Brian created magical transformation wherever he went, and he travelled widely; he was such a vibrant and active force for change in this world. If I were to write about all he achieved, I would be here for months, and it would be worth it, for Viziondanz has lived a fascinating life. Inspiring many people to 'Reclaim the Conversation', changing the world with 'Social Acupuncture', and encouraging us all to 'Say YES! to Peace.
He had so many records and films of his own life and of the people and projects he encountered. There are hours and hours of film; raw and unedited footage of the different aspects of his life and the inspirational folk he connected with. Before he died, he joked that it couldn't be his time to go; he had 20 yrs worth of editing still to do! A quick search on Google or on You Tube will begin to reveal just how active this Wizard was in the world.
Viziondanz's website stands as a testament of his influence in the world. From The Pyramid of Infinite Possibility to the Stonehenge Campaign and more recently, The Kitchen Table project, many innovations and campaigns have been inspired by Brian's passion. www.infinitepossibility.org
His world was one of love and unity, believing that we are all one; that 'every single raindrop entering the ocean becomes the ocean'. Chalk for Peace, spreading the message of love through the world and Reclaim the Conversation have become powerful active forces of transformation.
I don't remember when it was I first met Brian. It may have been in a talking circle at a Rainbow Gathering or when I first visited the Pyramid of Infinite Possibility at the Big Green. Maybe it was outside Stonehenge, when we all passed the time chalking love hearts and messages of peace on the tarmac whilst waiting to be let in for the Solstice Celebration.
I think it was probably when he arrived at the Meta-conceptual arts gathering. In his great big bus, with a wooden roof rack bolted to the roof, carrying all manner of magical structures for the festival. We talked about firewalking and Brian inspired me to write. (That book is nearly done Brian!)
I remember being at a 2 million people strong demonstration in London, carrying a banner with 'Say YES2PEACE' on one side and 'You may say I'm a Dreamer, but I'm not the only one.' on the other. Feeling the awesome unity of the crowd, then spying Brian handing out his flyers, spreading the double positive message.
This spirited little Wizard popped up like magic in so many different environments…..from city streets to sacred sites and festivals. His social experiments and projects will live on in the hearts and actions of those who he inspired. Each encounter I had with him was fun, magical and filled with joy. His name will still be spoken with happiness and love, and without a trace of shadow. He will be missed, he will live on in the vibrant visions and actions he began, he will be remembered with love.
'Greet someone new today
look into their eyes,
smile, say hello,
shake their hand…
Brian Viziondanz – shine on sweet brother! Continue to dance the dream awake!