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Through 14 seasons, Elizabeth Ford has won over 70 percent of her games (160-67-1; .703) and three North Coast Athletic Conference championships, while maintaining Wooster's reputation as one of the best NCAA Div. III West and now Mid-South Region women's lacrosse programs in the 2000s.
Highlighting Ford's tenure, the Fighting Scots added NCAC titles in 2007, 2009, and 2010, marking their fourth, fifth, and sixth over a 10-year period, and with them, received berths into the NCAA Tournament. Her teams have reached double-digit win totals 12 times, including 12-5 in 2007, 12-4 in 2009, 12-4 in 2010, 12-5-1 in 2012, 13-5 in 2013, 13-4 in 2015, 11-6 in 2016, 11-5 in 2017, 12-4 in 2018, and 16-2 in 2019, and for her efforts, Ford was the 2009 IWLCA West Region Coach of the Year, the 2007 NCAC co-Coach of the Year, and the 2018 and 2019 NCAC Coach of the Year.
Last season, Ford's squad advanced to the championship game of the NCAC Tournament for the 13th time in program history and second consecutive year.
Outside of Wooster, Ford gained international coaching experience during the summer of 2011, as she headed the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) under-19 team at the Women's Lacrosse World Championship in Hannover, Germany.
Ford only had to make a cross-town move when she was named the College's head coach in July 2005, as she was formerly the head girl's lacrosse coach at Wooster High School. She helped the Generals to winning records four of five seasons, including an 11-3-2 mark in 2002, and they reached the Round of 16 at the Ohio State Lacrosse Association Tournament in 2004.
Ford also brought significant experience at the collegiate level to the position. In fact, she was an assistant coach at Wooster during the 1998-99 academic year, and prior to that, a graduate assistant in field hockey and lacrosse for two seasons at Washington (Md.) College.
Originally from Glassboro, N.J., and a graduate of Glassboro High School, the former Liz Garrett was a four-year starter in field hockey and three-year starter in lacrosse at perennial national power Rowan University. She helped the Profs to NCAA Tournament appearances twice in each sport and picked up all-region honors in lacrosse as a senior captain in 1995.
Ford, who holds a bachelor's degree in history from Rowan and a master's in history from Washington, also was a teacher for several years at various schools in New Jersey, Maryland, and Ohio. She is married to Graham Ford and they reside in Wooster with their son, Preston (7) and daughter, Sierra (3).


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Real User Monitoring gives your team actionable insights into performance issues that are affecting your applications. When you plug Raygun into your app for the first time, you might be wondering what all the statistics mean. Here we'll explain the data Real User Monitoring collects.
The Live tab gives an overview of your site's performance in real time, live session geo-distribution for your application, live requests and session trends over the last day.
Five metrics at the top of the screen provide a quick snapshot of information:
The Health Score shows how responsive the site currently is based on the page load time. It is calculated as a rolling average of the last 1,000 requests.
The score is categorised as follows:
- Excellent is under 500ms
- Good is between 500ms and 1000ms
- Needs work is between 1000ms and 4000ms
- Poor is at 4000ms and over
Load Time is the average page load time for the 100 most recent requests that your site has received. This is updated frequently and uses only live requests, not historic data. The load times are added up and divided by the number of load times collected.
Sessions provides the number of current active user sessions on the site. A session is considered active if it has had a page view within the last 5 minutes.
The Users metric provides the number of current users with active sessions. A user is considered active if they have viewed a page within the last 5 minutes.
On occassion the Users and Sessions metrics may not line up exactly, this can occur when sessions aren't ended nicely (e.g the device loses network connectivity) and the system auto-expires it on the backend once it has detected it isn't live. Alternatively, a user can visit anonymously, then log in, temporarily recording 2 active users but with one session (until the 5 minute window expires the anonymous user).
The Recent Crashes metric shows the number of site crashes in the last ten minutes.
With the Live active sessions table, you can view active session locations on the map. Hover over the pulsing circles to view session numbers:
The Active Users pie graph displays the total number of users, broken down into new and returning users. You can also view the live session count and 24-hour session trend.
In the Most recent requests table underneath the world map, you can view the ten most recent static/virtual page requests.
In the Latest crashes table, you can view the five latest crashes on the site, if you have activated Crash Reporting. This is especially useful so you can take further actions to determine if these recent crashes need to be fixed.

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Back in 2009, 37% of North American companies used video for content marketing. Last year, that number rose to 52%. While almost every company uses websites, e-mails, and print media to get their message across, video is becoming more and more important. We all knew that, but ContentWise and the Custom Content Council recently did a study just to confirm what we believed: companies are finding video to be a valuable tool in their business for content marketing. And of all the resources in content marketing, video is showing the largest increase of any other medium.
Video And Branded Content Marketing: It's Getting Bigger
Let's take a look at the graph, courtesy of emarketer.com:
So it looks like 54% of the respondents in this study plan to do more video. Everything else is either increasing or decreasing slightly, or with no change whatsoever. Now why do you think that is? Well a lot of it has to do with the fact that video has room to grow and other digital content areas have basically been maxed out. There's not much you can do with e-mail anymore.
But also, with video, with the emergence of all the different networks like YouTube and their tremendous reach is growing because video is uniquely powerful in a way that these other forms of content only wish they could be. Videos are entertainment, the branding can be non-intrusive if done the correct way, and they sell a brand with sight and sound rather than descriptions or static pictures.
It's amazing how quickly video went from being used only slightly as recently as 2009 to more than half the companies feeling the need to get into video or increasing their interest in it within 2 years.


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Does Wanelo Have a Target Audience?
Let's take a dive in and try to make sense of Wanelo's target audience. Currently, the majority of the sites users are categorized as young and female. Even though the digital shopping platform attracts many different kinds of people, they are not targeting any specific demographic at this time. Rather they are focused on building a platform for shopping that is open-ended and powerful enough for anyone to use. When we take a look at the landscape of the internet and the social media boom that has occurred in recent years, it's seems obvious to say that teenagers and young adults are usually the target audience for new social platforms. Even if a social network isn't specifically targeting millennials and young people, they are the ones who have grown up during the rise of social media and often times make up the majority social network user bases.
Wanelo's focus is centered on pushing trends and highlighting products that the masses like. When more users like a product, that product gets more and more exposure. Because this is such an integral part of what Wanelo is doing, a large majority of their users are millennials because they are the consumers who are pushing and following trends. The most popular styles and brands on Wanelo cater towards young people. Even more so, the applications features cater to young females due to the culture that surrounds fashion and the strong correlation between women and fashion. Teens and young adults have grown up sharing their thoughts and ideas online. This concept can be a bit abstract for older individuals because they simply aren't as accustomed to it. Millennials are often the ones posting products on Wanelo and pushing them to trend and in some cases they are the product makers and designers themselves.
In an interview, Sean Flannagan, VP of Product at Wanelo, had this to say when asked about the age groups that Wanelo appeals to other than teens,
"A lot of Wanelo users are in their 20's, 30's, and 40's and beyond. Wanelo users definitely skew younger than users of other sites in this general category, but we at Wanelo are not doing anything to target a particular age group, and we're seeing Wanelo appeal to a really wide range of people."
It will be interesting to see how Wanelo's user base continues to grow and evolve. While they may not be targeting any particular demographic right now, they may have to as other digital social shopping networks establish loyal customer bases as competition.
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At the recent Scholars Celebration at Stonehill College, Samantha Smith '14 of Whitman, Mass., received the Robert E. Reardon Award in recognition of her outstanding academic achievement in the Political Science Program. Samantha is applying for research assistant positions at universities in the Boston area and for assistant positions at think tanks and agencies both in Boston and in Washington, D.C., with hopes of going to graduate school after gaining some work experience.
Political Science Student of the Year
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So you need to print these puppies out...
Then get to work!
Leave some blank and then color some clothes pins.
Then color different patterns on the sheets.
Then laminate them. If you don't have a laminator these are just as awesome...
Then play!
Here is my daughter following the pattern.
Store in a plastic bag. Then in a gallon size.
Perfect for travel, or in this case church. Sssh!
My son made his own pattern!
We are going on a 20+ hour road trip for the first time next week and I have been working hard on different things to do on the road. I don't want my kids stuck watching movies or playing on their leapsters or any other electronic device the whole time. That isn't the point of a road trip. They are going to enjoy what they see and have fun and talk and learn things...crossing fingers.
We will be gone for 2.5 weeks, so when we get back I will post what worked and what didn't!
Have a safe 4th of July!


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|11 Feb 2013
Include Folder in Library clarification please
Since folders in Public Libraries could not be 'relocated' using the 'Properties>Location' method, I moved the contents of Public Music, Pictures, Videos to a storage area on different HDD. I named them G:\Music, Pictures, Videos. (Of course these were all done individually.)
Can I include the G:\Music, Pictures, Video folders in the respective Public folders, and expect them to be shared with the user libraries.
Am I correct in assuming that only a connection is established, that all the files remain on the G drive.
I am doing this to reposition library files off the existing C drive in preparation to mirate to a new SSD as the C drive.
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|11 Feb 2013
Hello TaskMaster,
It sounds like you may just be misunderstanding libraries with their included folders.
You could include the G: folders into libraries of your choice, but not in a Public folder. The Public folders are included in the libraries.
Library - Include a Folder
You are correct that the G: folders will actually be on the G drive, but also accessible from any library that you include the G: folder in.
When you migrate to the new SSD, you would just need to include the G folders to the libraries again to have them back.
Hope this helps, :)
|My System Specs
|11 Feb 2013
Hello Shawn
Thank you for the response.
Ok, the G: Music, Pictures, Video folders will have to be included in each individual users Music, Pictures, Video library.
I think I got it.
|My System Specs
|19 Feb 2013
Hello Shawn
Back to the same confusion about libraries.
Prior to migrating to the SSD I 'relocated' My Documents folder from the old Win 7 Documents library to another drive.
The SSD is now up and running Win 7 Pro. It has a My Documents folder in the Documents library. It contains 3 folders from a new install of Family Tree Maker. In the same user library is also Public Documents, and the My Documents 'include in library' from the earlier 'relocation'. My Family Tree Maker application, when Open is selected, can't see beyond the first My Documents folder. The FTM working files are in the second My Documents folder.
What am I missing?
|My System Specs
|19 Feb 2013
Please go ahead and post a screenshot showing this to see if it may help reveal what the issue may be. :)
Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums
|My System Specs
|20 Feb 2013
Hopefully I have attached a screenshot of the libraries described in the previous post.
|My System Specs
|20 Feb 2013
Since you moved your "My Documents" folder to the K: drive, that would be why the FTM folder is there.
The FTM program may still be wanting to use your C: location since there is a FTM folder still there. Is there anything in the FTM folder at your C: location? If not, then you could remove the "C:\Users\Linda\Documents" location from your Documents library to not see it anymore.
In addition, did you want to keep your Documents library "grouped by" folder path, or have everything display together without the tree? If you prefer together, then you could click on View -> Group by -> (None) to do so.
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Katie Waissel is reportedly planning to sing Elton John's 'The Bitch Is Back' on this week's X Factor.
According to The Mirror, Waissel hopes that her song selection will show viewers a more playful side to her character and demonstrate that she has a sense of humour about herself.
It was previously confirmed that this Saturday's X Factor live show will have an Elton John theme.
A source said: "Katie has been a diva but has also had her fair share of problems on the show, and the idea is this song will show she doesn't take herself too seriously.
"The track shows she is up for a laugh and can see she isn't universally liked. It will be a bit tongue-in-cheek. She knows she can't be everyone's cup of tea but wants to get across a jokey element."
However, the source noted: "This could be the perfect song to do that, but clearly some people might take it literally because they have already made their mind up about her."
Waissel recently defended herself against accusations that she is 'fake', claiming that she is "just a girl that wants to go and sing".


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March 9, 2012
In Libya the interim Prime Minister has thanked the US for what he called "tremendous support"' in overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi. But the new Libyan authorities are facing an uprising of their own from a group of powerful tribal leaders who have declared partial autonomy in the east of the country. Political analyst Pepe Escobar told RT, that Washington is likely to take little interest in political developments in post-Gaddafi Libya. And Sara Marusek, a Beirut-based researcher for Syracuse University says that what's happening in Libya now, under a Western backed government, is exactly what prompted foreign military intervention in the first place.
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Where Have I Been?
Some of you may have noticed last week my complete lack of response to comments to posts here (there were quite a few), and wondered what may have been up. It's even possible some few of you were worried.
Well, the following almost sums up what became of me during the week.
Yes, well, that only tells part of the story – but it's the only part with a snazzy song sung by They Might Be Giants and a Tiny Toons music video to go with it. Alternately, the following could serve as an illustration of the latter leg of my trip:
That's right: I spent last week first in the city of Istanbul and then in that cradle of Greek Mythology (of which Clash of the Titans is something of a bastardized kin), in Athens. It was an awesome trip.
This was part of the MBA program that I'm wrapping up this semester – the last requirement that I need to fulfill, excepting the class I'm in right now. The school calls it an "International Colloquium", and the goal is to learn about real business as it happens in an international context (in this case Turkey and Greece). Which meant I spent a good amount of time there in company and agency visits learning about the business and investment climates. But there was no shortage of site-seeing, either. I'll have a few pictures up later this week (my camera died upon arrival in Athens, so I'll be waiting for a few classmates to post some pictures from that leg, but I'll share a few gems from Istanbul momentarily). Expect a write-up of the experience later this week or early next…
BT's mama permalinkMarch 9, 2011 10:49 am
…and no, dear wife did not get to join the excursion. Sadly, spouses were not permitted on the trip this year.
March 9, 2011 11:11 am
I should have wished you "kalo taksidi" before you left (bon voyage). It sucks that Dear Wife couldn't come with you. I agree, it would have been more fun.
I hope that in Athens you got to try some Greek coffee, and partook in Gyros (those mouth watering greasy heart attack in a pita…mmm..). Looking forward to photos 🙂 I've never been to Istanbul, but E has. One day I'll get there.
March 9, 2011 4:03 pm
Sounds like you had a fun trip. Those two locations must have been very interesting to see with the events of the past year (Greece's monetary fund issues & the protests sweeping the middle east (yes, Turkey is one of the democracies, but it must have been on people's minds)).


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How Old Do I Have To Be To Have Facebook
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Facebook users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:
1. You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
2. You will not create more than one personal account.
3. If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.
4. You will not use your personal timeline primarily for your own commercial gain, and will use a Facebook Page for such purposes.
5. You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.
6. You will not use Facebook if you are a convicted sex offender.
7. You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.
8. You will not share your password (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.
9. You will not transfer your account (including any Page or application you administer) to anyone without first getting our written permission.
10. If you select a username or similar identifier for your account or Page, we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe it is appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user's actual name).
The answer is clear. Facebook needs its users to be 13 years old in order to make use of the service. If you are under that age, Facebook will certainly not permit you to give your actual age as well as birth day in your configuration. If you attempt to do it, a banner will certainly appear claiming:
" You are disqualified to sign up on Facebook."


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An opportunity to see some works from the great Michelangelo should never be shrugged off and, given how rare it is for museums to loan their works from this great Renaissance artist, credit must be given to the National Gallery for collating so many of his drawings, and even a couple of his sculptures, together for this show.
Yet this exhibition isn't a straightforward opportunity to marvel at Michelangelo's greatness – though that is appreciated. More than this, it is a genuinely interesting and illuminating glimpse into art history. For what the National Gallery has set out to do is explore the friendship, collaborations and rivalry of two Renaissance artists – Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547) – through some of their work.
Remarkably, their friendship lasted 25 years, though it did end rather acrimoniously just before Michelangelo started work on the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Nevertheless, their friendship spanned a rather tumultuous time both for Italy and its artists, including Michelangelo's feuds with Raphael, the latter's death in 1520, and the Sack of Rome in 1527. Their own friendship wasn't always smooth and much of the intimacy and tensions in their relationship, as well as the big events at the time, are reflected in their letters on display in the show.
It seems remarkable, given the art surrounding the display cabinets, that their correspondence should be such a draw but these letters from their own hands are fascinating. Michelangelo's ego is unfiltered – at times he mocks his friend, even to third parties, which is painful to read – and yet at times they could be so mutually supportive of each other.
And that support is behind some of the collaborations included in this exhibition.
The big loan for this, literally as well as metaphorically, is the huge Lamentation over the Dead Christ, (or the Viterbo Pieta) 1512-16. Rarely seen outside Italy, the painting was radical for its separation of Mary from her dead son. The two bodies are usually shown in some form of connection, such as the cast of the mighty Pieta nearby where Mary is cradling Jesus. But here they are split with Mary praying as her son is laid out before her. And, just as radically, the scene is one set at night; the background a dark, hostile terrain.
This painting was the result of their shared vision but, as ever, there is always keen debate about how much involvement Michelangelo had. It's known that he gave suggestions to Sebastiano and drawings too, though this his motivation in doing so may have had more to do with his personal desire to check the success of Raphael, who he envied, rather than an act of generosity to Sebastiano.
However, either way, when this painting was finished, it secured Sebastiano's reputation as an artist of great repute. Only, to look at it now, there is not much that is attractive about it. Christ's body seems awkwardly placed, his head jarred upright as if to squeeze it on to a canvas where room was rapidly running out. And the head is not in proportion to the body either.
There's also nothing feminine or serene about this Mary. She is a very bulky woman. With her extremely thick neck and bulging biceps, this bears all the signs of a male figure. Such a decision seems unlikely to come from Michelangelo, who always seemed to promote a reverence for the divine through its depiction as immaculate beauty.
A more remarkable collaboration comes later in the show in the form of a mightily impressive colossal three-dimensional reproduction of the Borgherini Chapel in Rome. The primary scene is one of Jesus's flagellation in the cells before his crucifixion and, here, Jesus's body just reeks of Michelangelo's touch – the powerful muscles, and the dynamic movement of the body as it breaks under the whipping. And that is supported by the preparatory drawings around the print where you can see the development of Michelangelo's ideas for the painting.
If all of this seems to undermine Sebastiano's talents, well, maybe that does seem harsh. But not all of his solo efforts here bring the Oohs of wonder. His own version of the Lamentation of the Dead Christ, 1516, tries desperately to conjure up drama but his figures lack the anatomical accuracy and weight of the Renaissance greats. They don't feel fleshed out.
And similarly for his The Raising of Lazarus, 1517-19 (which does incorporate designs from Michelangelo), the composition is set out to be dynamic but the drama just isn't there. The faces lack expression and individuality.
In truth, you've got to feel a bit sorry for Sebastiano. It's a tough gig having your work hung alongside a great such as Michelangelo – your pieces are always going to come off second-best – but there are some attractive pieces here that do showcase his talents.
His Mary and Elizabeth (The Visitation), 1518-1519, is a close-cropped study of these two women's faces – Mary's soft, unlined features a stark contrast to the far older Elizabeth, whose face shows all the signs of a hard life. Sebastiano has filled this intimate scene with so much emotion – you can sense the anxiety and concern in both women, their furrowed brows and their clenched fingers accentuated by a great use of light and shadow.
And there's a terrific Judith (or Salome?), 1510, which shows the influence of his mentor Giorgione in the simple setting, the sullen expression on the young woman's face, and her billowing sleeve that almost falls out of the painting towards us.
But though these are highlights from Sebastiano's showing in the exhibition, it is Michelangelo's greatness that shines brighter.
As well as the opportunity to see a version of the Pieta (a quality cast not to be sniffed at. Many can't travel and its always an honour to see the detail in this masterpiece up close), there's also The Risen Christ, 1514-1515, a life-size marble statue of Christ and his cross, his marble marvel, the Taddei Tondo, 1504-5, of the infant Jesus playing with a young Saint John the Baptist as the Virgin Mary looks on, and a myriad of preparatory drawings for the Sistine Chapel.
Each of these is wondrous. Michelangelo's skill really was breath-taking. His talent for capturing the human body in all its dynamic movement and emotion, whether that be carving it out in marble or capturing it in drawings, is something to behold.
Overall, this is a genuinely fascinating show. Perhaps not all the paintings hit the high notes but perhaps that has a lot to do with context. It's hard to be come across as more than just 'very good' when your work is hanging alongside a great's.
National Gallery, London, to June 25, 2017
Admission £18 (concessions available)
Image Credits:
1. Michelangelo, The Risen Christ, 1514-15. Installation image by me.
2. Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Pietà), Sebastiano del Piombo, after partial designs by Michelangelo, about 1512-16 © Museo Civico, Viterbo
3. Christ at the Column, Michelangelo, 1516. Preparatory drawing for Borgherini Chapel © The British Museum, London
4. The Raising of Lazarus, Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo, 1517-19 © The National Gallery, London
5. Judith (or Salome?), Sebastiano del Piombo, 1510 © The National Gallery, London
6. The Risen Christ, Michelangelo, about 1532-3 © Royal Collection Trust / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II


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Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Victoria Packard, coordinator of instructional services and distance learning at the Jernigan Library on the campus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has been named a recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Packard is among the first to receive this award which celebrates professional accomplishments and longevity as a Marquis biographee. In order to have been considered for this award, Packard must have met at least three of the five requirements. Less than five percent of Marquis listees qualify for this award.
About Victoria Packard
Packard joined the staff of the Jernigan Library in 1995 as government information/maps/reference and instruction foundation center cooperating collection supervisor. She became a tenured associate professor in 1999. She is currently a professor who teaches Information Literacy in addition to her regular library duties.
Prior to coming to Texas A&M-Kingsville, Packard worked at the Hodges Library at University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
She received her associate's degree in psychology and sociology from Kishwaukee College. She earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts-art history, weaving and textiles from University of Northern Colorado. Packard received her master's degree in government documents, cartography, reference and instruction from University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
She has numerous publications and presentations both refereed and non-refereed. Packard has been honored several times by MERLOT including Peer Reviewer Extraordinaire twice and being named Co-Editor to the Library and Instruction section and being appointed to the Library Editorial Board.
About Marquis Who's Who
Founded in 1899, Marquis Who's Who has remained the standard for reliable and comprehensive biographical data. Each year, they strive to continue the tradition established by the founder, Albert Nelson Marquis.
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LANmic distribution
To show you the impact of China's massive number of Android users/devices, We are going to show you some statistics from one of our app, called LANmic in this article.
Only listed on Google Play Market after a month (Before)
LANmic is a free app supported by advertising and was first released on Google Play market at 5th March 2014, which was just a month ago. As of 5th April 2014, on the Googe Play developer console, it shows there is 169 total installs by users with 62 current installs. In the top 4 countries, 24 (14.20%) installs of comes from United States, 14 (8.28%) installs comes from Taiwan, 13 installs (7.69%) comes from Brazil and 13 (7.69%) installs comes from China.
If we look at LANmic via Flurry which tracks all users and app installs regardless of the download source, the marketshare of the different countries is completely different. Flurry reports a total of 425 unique users with 148 active users. If we look at the new users map across all time, we can see 286 (67.3%) installs from Asia, out of which 252 (59.3% of total) installs comes from China.
When we first noticed this abnormality, we are shocked by the number of users, i.e. the percentage share of users who come from China. Until today, we had not make any attempts to market or even publish this application in China. The only place we had officially release this application was on Google Play store, where the percentage share of China users is only 7.69%!! At first, we did not believe this data, so we cross-reference it with the number of add request/impressions from our admob account as well. Needless to say, admob's data matches the result reported by Flurry, indicating that this is no mistake. This data is real!!
What happened? Where does these China users comes from if they did not download it from Google Play store?
We investigated and we were able to find LANmic listed on two China app stores, namely Baidu and apk.91.com. On baidu, there is a direct link where one is able to download the apk directly to your computer or through Baidu mobile helper app. On apk.91.com, there is no download link at all and it seems to be merely an index of Google Play store.
So, it is safe to assume that these China users had acquired LANmic solely from Baidu app store. If you look at our article on the marketshare of these China app stores, you can see that Baidu app store only accounts for around 7.80% of China's app store marketshare, yet it somehow end up contributing to ~60% of our total installs. What do you think might happen if we officially publish LANmic to China's top app stores, making LANmic accessible to most Android users?
Why these app stores indexed or include our app?
Without realizing its potential impact, when we release LANmic, we have actually included simplified and traditional chinese translation inside the app strings as well as in our Google Play Store market description. We did this in the hope that this will increase the number of users who might find this application useful. However, we would have never imagined that China users would end up accounting for more than half of our users......
Only listed on Google Play Market after 2 months (Before)
This is the last update before we submit LANmic to China's app stores.
As of 3th May 2014, on the Googe Play developer console, it shows there is 241 total installs by users with 73 current installs. In the top 4 countries, 37 (15.35%) installs of comes from United States, 21 (8.71%) installs comes from China. 18 (7.47%) installs comes from Taiwan and 14 installs (5.81%) comes from Brazil.
If we look at LANmic via Flurry which tracks all users and app installs regardless of the download source, the marketshare of the different countries is completely different. Flurry reports a total of 805 unique users with 121 active users. If we look at the new users map across all time, we can see 614 (76.27%) installs from Asia, out of which 564 (70.06% of total) installs comes from China.
After listed on top China app store (after)
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Brenda Beust Smith photo
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Do you have a favorite secret garden? One I love to see is hidden in the back of Bayou Manor retirement community. The stairway to my Mother's apartment fortunately for her has a landing half way up so she can take a breather. That's my mother, Carmita Gracida Beust, standing against the railing that overlooks an everchanging collection of pots.
A gorgeous bougainvillea has spread the shed that covers, I assume, some electrical equipment. Climbing the sides are black-eyed susan vine and potato vine.
A candlestick tree comes and goes (I assume at the whim of pruning shears) but often surprises with its brilliant yellow blooms. In and around the pots are ixora, daylilies, amaryllis, lantana and myriads of other blooms. I suspect many of these are gifts given to residents who discard them once the flowers fade.
But here in Mother's and my secret garden, they survive to rebloom and constantly delight.


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"I realize that I have been blessed with health and strength to overcome not only the miles on the road, but also to overcome the hard times in life when you want to throw in the towel. When I cross the line now, it is a celebration of the fact that I didn't quit."
Tasya Lacy, U.S. Navy Human Resources Officer
Tasya Lacy, U.S. Navy Human Resources Officer
This quote is so real for me. I have this relationship with running that isn't so much about training as it is about dealing with life. Let's face it, life freaking sucks sometimes. You fight with your spouse. You experience loss. Your job is stressful. You lose a job. The list goes on. How do you cope with these things?
For me, it is running. Don't get me wrong. Running does not solve these problems, but it sure as hell takes the edge off. I talk about this because I wish I could give some people what I have in running. I want to share this with people I love and care about. I want to share it with the guy on the side of the road. Running is my drug.
I took up running after college. Well…I "ran" in college, but it was only three miles at a time give or take. It was only to combat the "freshman fifteen." It worked. Anyway…after college, I felt like I had accomplished several goals I set out to, and I was kind of in that place of, "now what?" I am a goal setter. I enjoy having something to work towards. My friend Daniela posted on Facebook that she had ran a half marathon. To me, this sounded absurd ..who runs 13.1 miles for fun?! However, in the spring of 2008 I printed off a training schedule and registered for my first half in Gateway, CO.
Scared to death, I did not miss one.single.training.run. To date, that is still my slowest half (including the one I had to walk part of due to knee issues). And yet I trained so hard. However, that race was a breakthrough for me and I will never forget it. Since then, I was hooked.
Running has pulled me out of depression. Running has pushed me through heartache. Running has allowed me to escape from little trials and sadness. Running has made great days even better. Running gives me permission to eat EVERYTHING (which is the main reason I do it… hahaha). Best of all, running has taught me I can do things I never thought possible. I have ran 13.1 miles several times "for fun." I have climbed a mountain pass (Imogene) on a 17.1 mile run that has forever changed me. I plan beating my marathon plague and putting the first one in the books in May. Running helps me reach down deep and search for the pure grit inside my heart.
Get out there. I promise it is not easy. I also promise it is worth it.


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As I've disclosed before, I'm an ardent supporter of Ted Cruz. I've donated multiple times to his presidential campaign, and I've done a lot of work to promote his candidacy in my writing. That being said, during his recent appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," one of Cruz's answers set off an alarm in my mind.
As Colbert pressed Cruz on his personal beliefs regarding same-sex marriage, Cruz did what he does, and deferred to the Constitution. Ted Cruz is a strict constitutionalist—he describes himself as such, and his record is nearly spotless in this regard. I say "nearly" because as I was preparing to put this piece together, something unusual came up that I can't square away.
During his exchange with Colbert, Cruz said:
"Well actually, let's be precise. Under the Constitution, marriage is a question for the states…the Tenth Amendment says 'If it doesn't mention it, that's a question for the states.' That's in the Bill of Rights."
Cruz is 100% correct in his assertion that constitutionally, the definition of marriage should be left to the states. And Cruz has been almost flawlessly consistent in this interpretation, except for one instance. When section three of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013, Cruz objected.
Cruz said:
"Today's Supreme Court decisions on marriage are a regrettable overreach against the will of the people as expressed through large, bipartisan majorities in Congress and directly through referendum in California—a markedly blue state."
Cruz was referring not only to section three of DOMA, but to the striking down of Proposition 8 in California. With regard to Prop 8, Cruz was on the money. The people of California voted to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, then the Supreme Court struck that down. This violated the people of California's right as a state to define marriage.
However, on section three of DOMA, Cruz seems to value federal law over states' rights. The full text of DOMA reads:
Section 1: This Act may be cited as the `Defense of Marriage Act'.
Section 2: No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.
Section 3: In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Disregarding section one, because it's simply a title, section two sits right in line with Ted Cruz's constitutionalist principles concerning states' rights. However, section three, which was the piece of the legislation undone by the Supreme Court, asserts a federal right over marriage.
While DOMA correctly allowed all fifty states the right to define marriage within their own jurisdictions, asserting their autonomy, section three gave the federal government the ultimate power of defining marriage. This seems antithetical to Cruz's deference to the Tenth Amendment. This would mean that in decrying the Court's decision regarding section three of DOMA, Cruz landed on the side of the federal government defining marriage.
I'm not a legal analyst or a constitutional scholar—so perhaps I'm missing a nuance—but I cannot find a reason for Cruz's apparent inconsistency.
The only thing I can imagine is that when Cruz said "…against the will of the people as expressed through large, bipartisan majorities in Congress," he meant that because Senators and members of the House are elected by the people, the legislation they pass is therefore the will of the people. However, that would mean that anything passed by Congress is the will of the people, and we know that's not the case—with specific regard to something like Obamacare, which was widely unpopular, but shoved through on a slim margin.
Even if Cruz meant that Congress enacted DOMA because the majority of the American people wanted it, it still violates the notion of states' rights that Cruz promotes, as it was not a state by state decision, but a decision on the federal level.
If majorities of certain states didn't want DOMA, and their Senators and Representatives voted in accordance with their constituencies, would it not be a violation of state autonomy to force DOMA on the states that didn't want it?
As of yet, I can't find an answer to this question, and I'd appreciate one from the Cruz campaign. I don't want a candidate who holds inconsistent positions. I'm averse to the "I evolved" argument, especially given Cruz's past studying the Tenth Amendment, but I'd take anything, so long as it answers my question.
Is marriage a state decision, or does the federal government have a say? If it is a state decision, as Cruz maintains, how was the repealing of section three of DOMA an overreach? Wouldn't it have been a good move on the part of the Supreme Court?
I hope he answers this question soon.


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Carnegie Project UpdateMarch 23rd, 2012 by Julie Sharkey
The renovation of Carnegie is underway and will continue through the summer. Projects include the reopening of the main entrance, replete with Diana statue, and the renovation of the second floor Reading Room, which will be returned to library use. The reading room tables and chairs will be refurbished and table lights replaced with a streamlined model that has 6-8 outlets in the base. The library service desk will be relocated adjacent to the Reading Room, along with current journals and a new books display. The surrounding corridors will be upgraded with new lighting, flooring, ceilings, and walls.
The first floor "pit" will be converted into two classrooms on the same level as the rest of the floor. A third classroom, a tiered 90-seat auditorium, is also planned but may not be completed this summer. Renovations at Carnegie are scheduled to continue over several fiscal years and include new restrooms, a new elevator, and a computer lab.
Because of the noise and disruption that will result from construction, the Science and Technology Library and the Mathematics Library will both be closed from May 12 through August 5th. Items needed from either library may be requested at the Circulation Desk on the 1st floor of Bird Library; they will be retrieved and available for pickup at the desk or delivered to faculty offices.


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The Wellness at Work Awards are sponsored by Healthiest Maryland Businesses, the state's initiative to support healthy workplaces. Employers may earn a Gold, Silver, Bronze, or On the Path award. To be eligible for an award, businesses are required to establish leadership support for wellness, create wellness committees, survey the needs and interests of their employees, set health improvement goals, and develop monitoring tools to track their outcomes over time.
Launched in 2010 and based at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Healthiest Maryland Businesses helps organizations create customized wellness plans, set wellness goals and monitor progress. Six regional coordinators around the state provide personalized guidance to businesses of all sizes. To date, over 460 companies have signed on to take advantage of this program.
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People have been complaining for the past few weeks that Michael Schumacher's return to Formula 1 has been disappointing and that the seven-times world champion has lost his way.
Now although he hasn't been up to his championship winning standard lately, I've completely disagreed with these views. I think he's put in solid performances, with a car that's not fully up to scratch and a body that's not a physically fit as it was.
But today I think we can all agree that Michael Schumacher has indeed returned. I've never known a driver to be as wiley as Schumi, nor cause as much controversy with the rules. Today he did both those things.
The last three laps of the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix were held under the safety car. All except the last corner. That's right, for reason's known only to Charlie Whiteing, the safety car peeled off at this point and the track was supposedly clear. Schumacher took advantage and sneakily got his car in front of Fernando Alonso, taking the Spaniard's position.
Now I saw this as a very smart move and saw nothing wrong with it. Michael waited until after the safety car line, from which you SHOULD be able to overtake.
However, it seems in a little known rule, this isn't allowed of it's the end of the race, don't ask me why because I don't really understand. I also don't understand why the marshalls were waving green flags at this point if it wasn't supposed to be clear racing. But apparently it wasn't and Schumacher was docked 20 seconds, knocking him (in my opinion unfairly) out of the points.
As far as I can tell the fans were the only people robbed today. We see an extremely clever opportunistic move by a driver and as a reward they get docked positions. The rules are poorly written, poorly interpreted and it seems even the on-track marshalls weren't sure of the situation. And it's not the first time the FIA have penalised for an overtaking move, I remember a few years ago JP Montoya and later Lewis Hamilton often got penalised for their creative moves. It's as if they don't want overtaking in their sport.
It's a complete disgrace and something I thought the FIA had moved past.
OK, so some people will think I'm over-reacting, but for me this incident sums up everything wrong with F1. There's too many vague rules, too many poor controversial situations and (I say this as a Ferrari fan) too much Ferrari bias… maybe they should've formed that break-away series…
But as I said at the start of this article, we saw a creative move, some stupid controversy and a penalty (that'll probably be appealed against) at the end of it… yep, Schumi's back!
… oh and by the way, congrats to mark Webber on an impeccable drive!


text: Track Review: Relics of Humanity – Stench of Burning Heavens October 27, 2017Roman Rozic No Comment We get a wonderful dose of brutality from Minsk, Belarus, for Relics of Humanity have released their seventh single "Stench of Burning Heavens" just a few days ago. At two minutes and fifteen seconds, this has got to be one of the best short songs ever created. Seriously, there are so many segments and varying paces that one cannot help but look through the band discography to hear the other singles. Vocally, the track sounds like Devourment, yet instrumentally, this is without doubt the type of brutal death metal that calls out the likes of Suffocation and Aborted to a lion brawl. The best way I can really describe this band's versatility are a series of blast beat segments transitioning naturally and flawlessly into chromatic chugs – I cannot get over how many structures they fit in such a short duration. Being a sucker for zigzagging fretwork, I am tempted to learn this song on my set of strings. This is exactly what the butcher ordered. In this age of Slam, Deathcore and Tech-Death dominating the death metal scenes, it's nice to hear a different approach. I urge everyone to check out Relics of Humanity. Reviewbrutal death metal, relics of humanityShare : Tweet


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Relationship between British and Indian states: Various concepts for exams
This article delves into the relationship between British and Indian states: various concepts for exams required for exams like UPSC (See UPSC calendar here) and state PCS exams.
Relation between states and British
1. Struggle by East India for the subordination of Indian states(1740 -1765)
- In 1751, with the coming of Dupleix was the start of Anglo-French rivalry. East India Company captured Arcot in 1751 and asserted the political identity over India ending French hold over except for Pondicherry.
- In 1756, acquired the diwani of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar and became the significant power in India.
- In 1757, the Battle of Plassey acquired the political power in India. East India Co. formally took over with this victory.
2. Policy of Ring Fence (1765 -1813)
- Used by Warren Hastings war with Marathas and with Mysore for creating the buffer zone,i.e. ensuring cooperation of neighboring states to defeat the enemy.
- Policy of subsidiary alliance was extented by Wellesley. Yet another trick to gain control of states,wherein a state would resort to British army's protection in lieu of money. This ensured no state had permanent standing army,rendering them vulnerable.
- Powerful states like Awadh , Marathas and Hyderabad accepted this subsidiary alliance policy.
3. Policy of Subordinate Isolation (1813-1857)
- Due to spread of ideas like imperial ideas and theory of paramountcy, Indian states accepted its supremacy.
- Surrendered all kind of sovereignty and their external administration,now they had control of only internal administration of their states.
- The charter act of 1833 , ended this act.
- Adopted the policy of lapse by Dalhousie to obtain the Indian states. In this policy if no adopted successor can be the king of the throne.
- Enraged masses led revolt against the authority resulting in Revolt of 1857.
4. Policy of Subordinate union (1857-1935)
- The policy of annexation was vacated and right to adopt their heir was accepted.
- The Act of 1858 transferred powers into the hands of the crown that is queen of Britain and known as Kaiser-i-Hind.
- The supremacy of Princes over their territory were abandoned but their right was recognised as gift from the paramount power.
- The fiction of the princes standing on a status of equality with the queen as sovereign independence states came to an end.
- The queen also exercised the right to regulate the status and statues of the princes in all the matters of ceremonials.
- The British Government has right to interfere in internal administration of Indian states and also external controls over them.
- Princes have to work shoulder to shoulder with the Governor General of India, it was Lord Curzon's approach and view.
All these new schemes resulted into three categories by the chamber of Princes, further.
(a) Directly represented
(b) Jagirs or feudal holdings.
(c)Represented through representatives.
- To take Indian princes in confidence as under the policy of subordinate isolation(1813) this shift was made. Whenever it was possible for the company annexed states.
- To use the princely states as break waters in political situation in future , this policy of subordinate union was adopted.
- In the rebellion of 1857,due to their loyalty to the Britain , they were given liberal treatment as compared to others.
5. Policy of Equal Ferderation (1935 to 1947)
- The princely states were to be brought into a direct constitutional relationship with British India which was the part of the scheme.
- In the Act, States were to send representatives to the Federal Legislative.
- The nominees of the rulers of these states and not directly elected representatives of the people.
- These representatives were 1/3 of total number of Federal Legislatures.
- The Federation of India was to come into existence when rulers of states representing not less than 1/2 of the total population of the state and entitled to not less than half of seat allotted to the states in the upper house of the Federal Legislature agreed to join the Federation.
Integration and Merger
After the world war II, revolutionist adopted the policy of non-cooperation.
- British government tried to stop the deadlock through the cripps mission in 1942, Wavell plan in 1945, Cabinet mission in 1946 and Attlee statement in 1947.
The muslim Nawab of Junagarh wanted to join Pakistan but the Hindu masses of Junagarh wanted to remain in India so decision was in favour of India.
Hyderabad did not intend to join either dominion Pakistan or India. Hyderabad went on to appoint trade representatives in Europe and commencing negotiations with the Portuguese to buy Goa to give it access to the sea. But the violence in Hyderabad forced India troops to restore law and order, in November 1949 Hyderabad acceded in India.
Kashmir that is Jammu and Kashmir was ruled by a Hindu price but have majority of population muslims. Prince didn't wanted to accede in either of the states but Pakistan wanted attack to Kashmir so he decided to became part of India in October 1947.


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A little while back a bunch of East Midland parent bloggers came together to support blog it for babies and to create a window for a Luminarium entitled Exxopolis which is today on show at Nottingham University. It was a huge effort (very tricky) and lots of fun. Penny who co-ordinated the event should be rightly proud of what she initiated. The big luminous building now standing at Nottingham University Park is an inspiring testament to effort, energy, community and goodwill. It is also a glorious piece of art. To see some great photos and read about the Exxopolis launch see Penny's blog about it . Here is the window we made.
Inspired as I am by art you will probably know by now it is people that inspire me most. Though not a blogger herself an old friend of mine and Jen's ( www.lovechicliving.co.uk) rolled up to help us parent bloggers create our community window and raise much needed funds for #blogitgforbabies. She is shy so I am not going to put her full name or a full photo and embarass her.
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Catherine is a special lady in that she is (without any doubt) probably one of the very best people I have ever known. She is to her very core, a kind and good person. She also seeks to see the good in people and understand them, she is absolutely lovely, She is smart and extremely funny too but in a quiet way and she is unassuming and humble about her talents. She is a real pleasure to know. It was typical of her to pitch in and help. Across the board everyone I know who knows her feels the same about her. My mum was similar with her amazing sweetness. Catherine is a real shining light….I aspire to be as nice as her. Nice may not be a massive word but it is underrated in my book – it's absolutely the best quality you could wish for in a friend.
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|1. Michelin, one of visitors in JAKJAPAN MATSURI 2015.
|2. Bella, one of cosplayers in JAKJAPAN 2015.
|3. Ayu, one of the cosplayers in AFA ID 2015
|4. HH Boy (Humble Hilarious Boy), anyone whom I already met twice. First, American Superheroes Convention. Second, in Comic Con 2015.
|5. Arra, an Ukainian girl, one of the SPGs in Grand Internationan Indonesia Automobile Show 2015.
|6. Johnny Siagian, my big cousin.
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|9. Alexander Bobby Wijaya, anyone who always supports me not to give up very easily.
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Jeudi 24 janvier - Linear wind-forced beta-plumes with application to the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent
Jan 24, 2013
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Dr. Ali Belmadani, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Linear wind-forced beta-plumes with application to the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent
Abstract : Two numerical ocean models are used to study the baroclinic response to forcing by localized wind-stress curl (i.e., a wind-forced β-plume, which is a circulation cell developing to the west from the source region and comprised of a set of zonal jets): an idealized primitive-equation model (ROMS), and a global, eddy-resolving, general circulation model (OFES). In addition, theoretical ideas inferred from a linear continuously-stratified model are used to interpret results. In ROMS, vertical mixing preferentially damps higher-order vertical modes. The damping thickens the plume west of the forcing region, weakening the near-surface zonal jets and generating deeper zonal currents. The zonal damping scale varies monotonically with the meridional forcing scale, indicating a dominant role of vertical viscosity over diffusion, a consequence of the small forcing scale. In OFES, the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent (HLCC) has a vertical structure consistent with that of idealized β-plumes once the contribution of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) has been removed: without this procedure, a deep HLCC branch appears artificially separated from the surface branch by the large-scale intermediate-depth NEC. The HLCC in OFES also exhibits a sensitivity to the meridional wind curl scale that agrees with the dynamics of a β-plume in the presence of vertical viscosity. The existence of the deep HLCC extension is confirmed by velocities of Argo floats.


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As the dusk slowly stole its way across the sky, the woman who called herself Nellie Vincent waved goodbye to the last of the schoolchildren and locked the door of her curio shop. For the ninth year running, she had made arrangements with the deli and bookstore on either side of her to sponsor a Lunch-and-Learn for the children from the horribly underfunded elementary school one district over.
Nellie dragged herself slowly upstairs to her apartment. She was tired, but a good tired. Tomorrow, she would be helping with the blood drive at St. Catharine's Hospital, and then on Saturday her weekly visit to the children's ICU with her storybooks –
"Envy," said a man's voice from the top of the dark stairs. She froze. There wasn't supposed to be anyone else here. There certainly hadn't been last night, and no men had come in today.
"What?" Nellie called, "Who's there? What are you doing in my home?"
"I was Sent," said the voice, and suddenly all the upstairs lights flared on at once.
The light, oddly tinged with sickly green instead of the usual cheery yellow, revealed a man. He had corpse-pale skin that hung loosely on his skinny frame, as though he had recently lost a lot of weight. He was mostly bald, though a few remaining tufts of hair were wiry black, and he was dressed in nothing but a pair of stained grey sweatpants.
Nellie was sure she had never seen him before. "Who are you? What do you want?"
The man had started coming downstairs, but at this his grim expression flickered into exasperation and he goggled at her. "This? This is what I'm talking about. You've been away so long, you've forgotten your brothers and sisters."
She had reflexively backed down the stairs away from him, but by the time she reached the bottom, he drew level and glared at her. "I am Sloth!"
Nellie blinked in confusion. "That… that poor man from 'The Goonies'?"
Sloth rolled his eyes and pushed past her, into the shop. "No! I'm not a movie character! I am Fourth of The Seven! Letalis Sopor!" He sat down at an ornate table clearly labelled "$1999" in Nellie's careful handwriting. "I am the Sin of Sloth. I am one of Hell's bishops. And so are you!"
"Sir, I do not know who you think you are–" Nellie began, but he cut her off.
"I just TOLD you! Oh, damnation, I'm tired of this. See for yourself."
Sloth snapped his fingers. The click seemed to echo a long distance, as all the light in the shop flickered a deep, black-tinged red for a moment. When the light returned to normal, Sloth was carrying on his back a pair of huge feathery wings, as black as Sin – and so was Nellie.
"Now will you please, for the love of Beelzebub, sit down? I've been sent to give you a warning, and I've wasted too much time on it already." He slouched in his chair and tried to look as unfairly put upon as a Sin could.
Nellie's eyes, which had always been a striking rich green, flickered with verdant light and she frowned. "As if you would do anything other than waste time. You are the living embodiment of 'wasting time'."
He glared at her as she sat across from him. "You remember. That's something, I suppose. You're not the only one who thinks that; frankly, it's why they sent me to talk to you. Pride couldn't bear stooping to be a messenger; Greed and Gluttony kept demanding payment, and Wrath just yelled constantly at everyone to shut up. I agreed to come mostly because it was the easiest way to get away from them."
"What precisely do you want?" Envy asked.
Sloth snorted a laugh. "It's so weird to hear that from you. Wanting is your job."
She glared and said nothing.
Sloth sighed. "Fine. Look, it's like this. You've been away too long. We have a duty to perform, and a very irate Master to please. You have to come back Down with me, right away, or there will be terrible consequences. Which, I am pleased to say, I will not have to carry out. They sounded like a lot of work, all that drawing and quartering and so on."
"Sounds rather serious."
"It is."
They stared at each other. Seconds passed by, marked by various timepieces on the shop walls that almost, but not quite, ticked in unison.
Finally, Envy broke the silence. "I'm not going."
Sloth blinked and sat upright. "What? But… but you have to! This is an order straight from the Throne!"
"No. I am staying here." With a rustle too quiet for human ears, a few black feathers dropped from Envy's wings.
"You can't! I'm not even certain you can escape punishment if you come back now! They know what you've been doing!"
She met his shocked gaze with stony resolve. "Oh, do they? What precisely do they think they know?"
"You've been –" Sloth stopped himself, then looked around furtively and lowered his voice. "You've been doing charity work! Helping people, smoothing out conflict, generally being an extremely good citizen. I hear you haven't even unloaded a single cursed knick-knack on the locals in the last three towns – Lucifer's toenails, what do you think they even gave you this shop for?"
"I don't care. I'm done with all of that. You can have the shop back if you want it. I don't find it very needful any more." Feathers fell all around her, in a nearly-silent deluge.
"You… what? You can't just quit! This isn't some volunteer job at the soup kitchen – which I note you've been doing, too – this is forever! Sin is Forever!"
"I can, and I do. I'm done. You can tell them that for me – including the Throne."
Sloth turned, somehow, even paler at the idea of carrying this news to the Prince of Lies. "I really don't think I can. Damn everything! Who do you think you are!?"
"You tell me, my 'brother'. Who am I?"
"Envy! Sixth of The Seven! Invidia Totalis!"
All the black feathers had fallen now. For the first time since her unwelcome visitor had arrived, Nellie Vincent – Envy – smiled at him, as behind her spread wings of purest white.
"Yes. I am Envy, who craves the joys others have." Her smile widened and her eyes glistened, hinting at a kind of love never found in Hell. "Did you really think I would never meet an angel?"


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