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Resist.Posted: July 13, 2018 Filed under: Catastrophes, Conspiracies, Corridors of Power, Events, London scandals | Tags: Brexit fiasco, Brexit the Game Show, Impeach Trump, Joke nation, peaceful protest, Trump blimp 4 Comments
Ah! What a beautiful day for having a cup of tea in your garden, watching the birds scatter in fear at the approach of a convoy of US military aircraft. Fran Isherwood, after the late Ken Dodd.
I'm not sure who is going to be reading this, as I have totally neglected The London Column this year. My lack of attentiveness is down to a combination of factors, but can be roughly summarised as: 70% personal crises; 20% working on a different version of this material; and 10% depression at the state of the subject under discussion.
However …
It is Friday 13th and Donald Trump is in town. This morning's news headlines make for a bleach-in-the-eyes experience and one struggles to think of historical parallels. How about Suez ? That's a humiliating episode of Britain's history that isn't part of the national myth (a bit of a downer between winning the war and the Beatles) and showed the extent to which we were constrained by American power; but at least Suez showed a U.S. president acting sensibly by reining in Anthony Eden's anachronistic imperial folly.
No, the current mess has a toxic dynamic all its own. A fragile PM attempting to carry out a pitiful act of national self-harm (trying to limit the damage whilst maintaining the preposterous rhetoric to appease the loons in her own cabinet) is hosting a gleefully destructive, authoritarian president who openly despises her weakness.
Clearly, Trump despises lots of things – including the mayor of London and the multi-culturalism that the city represents. But, proving that a decent joke – or even a puerile one – can reach the parts that sober analysis cannot reach, a giant Trump baby blimp has taken to London's skies this morning. The fact that people have been worried about how this inflatable cartoon will impact Caesar's mood is a black joke in itself.
Anyway, there's a real summer festival mood this weekend, what with the Wimbledon and World Cup finals, the continuing heatwave (due to end soon), The Latitude Festival in Suffolk (where a good friend is performing Brexit – the Game Show) and a host of anti-Trump protests to choose from up and down the country. So let's enjoy the summer whilst we can; a joyous pleasure cruise to the edge of the abyss. DS.
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out.Posted: June 4, 2017 Filed under: Catastrophes, Conspiracies, Funereal, London Places, Markets, The Thames | Tags: Borough Market, London Bridge Station 3 Comments
Tate Modern, Bankside, 2002. © David Secombe.
A Londoner writes, 4 June, 2017:
Obligatory Post-Terrorism Status
Last night I felt some level of fear for the first time with these attacks, simply because I knew a lot of people within the direct vicinity of where an attack was apparently occurring at the time. It was a weird feeling, and I resent that I was made to feel it, but I think while it's normal for people to feel fear in these situations (well-founded or not), the important thing is the interpretation of, and reaction to, said fear.
There are a myriad of threats far greater than terrorism, including mundane things like the fact that around 40 people die every year from TVs falling on them. However, the nature of these events and the subsequent media frenzy sends people into a state of panic. I've already seen enough people online calling for all muslims to be deported, or sent to Guantanamo Bay, or to close our borders. These people are terrified – they fear for their lives, and they are letting that fear drive them to these statements about urgent action and retaliation. This is the manifestation of the "terror" caused by terrorism. It means it was a success, when by all measures it really shouldn't be. These people are fragile little flowers, quivering in the hot winds of the tabloid.
Banksy stencil, Park St., SE1, 2003. © David Secombe.
The way to deal with this shit is to carry on with your life as normal. Disregard the absurd actions of a handful of fucking nutters as exactly that. Don't be a fucking pussy. Go buy a grilled cheese sandwich in Borough Market. Take a walk along London Bridge, hold your head high and realise there's nothing to be afraid of, since the simple act of walking down the street is literally more dangerous than terrorists. You're a fucking daredevil.
London Bridge Station, 2003. © David Secombe.
Text © Emil Smith. Special thanks to Katy Evans Bush.
The Day They Left.Posted: June 30, 2016 Filed under: Catastrophes, Class, Conspiracies, Corridors of Power, Funereal, Health and welfare, London Labour, Pavements, Tall Tales, Vanishings | Tags: Brexit, Katie Hopkins, Nigel Farage, Tim Wells, United Voices of the World Comments Off on The Day They Left.
The first thing I noticed was that the beigels had gone
and there was a run on fried egg sandwiches.
Katie Hopkins became a nice person.
The free newspaper on the bus had actual news in it.
It turned out there actually was £350 million for the NHS.
Farage said he'd buy those of us left a pint,
which was fortuitous 'cos Wetherspoons had cut their prices.
No more forelock tugging for us, Squire,
'cos what with all the empty houses
each and every one of us got a luxury flat,
each of which came with a rent cap.
The radio could have been better. They'd decided no Kate Bush,
no P.J Harvey but there was a hell of a lot of Coldplay.
Employment was a doddle. I'd always wanted to be a doctor,
or a plumber, or have me very own fish and chip shop,
and these days all the education was free so it was
certificates all round. Gilt edged ones with a crinkle cut at that!
At the job my working day had been halved, pay doubled,
holidays extended. The light began to dawn.
© Tim Wells. Written after the United Voices of the World picket of 100 Wood Street, 29 June 2016.
Recessional.Posted: March 10, 2014 Filed under: Catastrophes, Class, Conspiracies, Corridors of Power, Housing, London scandals, London Types | Tags: banking crisis, CB Editions, filthy rich, housing crisis, Jack Robinson, Mayfair squatters Comments Off on Recessional.
Jack Robinson:
This is my father driving in the 1940s, before I was born.
He left school at fourteen to work in an iron foundry his own father had helped establish; he eventually became joint managing director. We had a comfortable life without my mother having to work; single-income households were common then. He liked cars: I remember waiting at the front-room window one afternoon, when I was four or five years old, to see him arrive home in a brand-new olive-green Riley. Fifty years on from pressing my face against that window, I know that at no time has my own income been sufficient to raise a family in similar comfort, nor will I ever own a brand-new car; and my children will, if they go to college, be already mired in debt before they even begin to earn their own money.
The ignorance of the experts concerning the financial products they were using our money to buy is hardly new. James Buchan, in the late 1980s: 'In London and New York I met people who invested fortunes in financial enterprises they simply could not describe or explain. No doubt quite soon, a bank would discover it had lost its capital in those obscure speculations; other banks would fail in sympathy . . .' The politicians were even more ignorant. It's as if for years we've been going with our tummy-aches to doctors who can't tell the difference between a blister and a cancerous tumour. No wonder we're ill.
The derivatives market conjured into existence in the 1990s was a virtual world, enabling speculation not in real assets but in the risk of speculation itself. It is addictive: the rush, the buzz, the winning streak. The opposite of which is the losing nose-dive – lose your job and you're well on your way to losing your (real) house, marriage, health and dog.
An investment banker, quoted in the Standard: 'In most cases they know their wives despise them for enslaving their lives to money, and they know that the moment they lose their job their wives will walk and take the kids, and their £3 million home, and divorce them.' A lonely-hearts ad, placed on a literary website at the time the axe started to chop: 'Ex-banker, 33 . . . Seeking woman not interested in money, fast cars, champagne, holidays, fleecing innocent hard-working gullible twats, whilst telling them you love them. Bitch.'
The above house in Mayfair, London, was squatted in January 2009 by a group that offered free workshops on welding, yurt-building, bookbinding, song-writing and de-schooling society. Hundreds of buildings are squatted; what made the press interested in this one was the stark disparity between the poshness of the building (alleged to be worth £22.5 million) and the presumed poverty of the squatters.
Bookbinding and yurt-building won't change the world for the better overnight, but nor will sending out 400,000 repossession orders (Centre for Policy Studies estimate, February 2009) to households that have lost jobs and can't keep up the mortgage payments.
I had a dream in which I punched the keys to withdraw money from a cash machine and it paid out in cowrie shells, rattling down a metal chute into the canvas bag I'd thoughtfully brought with me. As I walked to the supermarket the shells clacked satisfyingly in the bag by my side – I felt rich, rich. And then I woke up and went to my real bank and there was nothing there for me at all, they'd completely run out of money. Not a bean.
Ou sont les magasins d'antan? As well as the big ones, the small ones too. The place at the end of the road where I used to get my shoes re-heeled – where did that go? The café with over-priced food but a garden at the back where I could smoke? The minicab office in the next street? With the deadpan Somali driver who'd stop the car and get out and look up at the sky: he said he navigated by the stars, and I never knew whether he was taking the piss. Even with no office to return to, I hope that somewhere he's still driving. There are very few recession-proof businesses; here is one of them.
The intensive factory farming of money makes it prone to many diseases, some of which can be transmitted to humans. There are government regulations concerning the application of biotechnology to the breeding of money, and there are also ways around them.In the last fifty years that part of the human brain dedicated to devising ways of getting money away from others and into your own hands has increased in size by 4 per cent.
He fell down the stairs. He slipped on the ice. He was coming home from work on Friday night when he got mugged – they took his money, his cards, his identity papers. They flung back his wallet, empty except for the photo of his kids – his kids to whom he'll say, on Saturday morning, that he fell down the stairs, that he slipped on the ice
Behind this door – which is in a yard in the City of London – is the secret meeting place of a group of underground bankers. (There's no external handle; you have to whisper the password through the grille on the right.) This group is deeply suspect: they buy books and music, not yachts and ski chalets, and their vocabulary extends beyond that of company reports. They are regarded by the rest of the banking world as heretics – because the whole point of being a banker is to speak in clichés, to have a single-track mind, to buy only the most predictable goods: that way they remain anonymous, almost invisible, and are left alone to get on with their thing.
God is dead (so can't bail us out). Or couldn't afford the heating bills for a place this big, or had had it up to here with the regular early-hours racket outside the lap-dancing club at the end of the street. Whatever the reason, he's gone. But he left no forwarding address, so the mail just keeps piling up inside the door.
A selection from Recessional by Jack Robinson, published by CB Editions. © Jack Robinson 2009.
The Death of Dalston Lane.Posted: February 13, 2014 Filed under: Architectural, Catastrophes, Conspiracies, Dereliction, Housing, Vanishings | Tags: Bill Parry-Davies, Dalston Lane, Death of London, hackney council, Iain Hamilton, Open Dalston Comments Off on The Death of Dalston Lane.
Dalston Lane, May 2010. © David Secombe.
From Open Dalston, 20 December & 11 February 2014:
Hackney to demolish sixteen Georgian houses in Dalston Lane
Dalston Lane, May 2010. © David Secombe.
From Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire* by Iain Sinclair:
Dalston Lane
Once a street is noticed it's doomed. Endgame squatters, slogans. DALSTON! WHO ASKED U? PROTECTED BY OCCUPATION. Torched terraces. Overlapping, many-coloured tags. Aerosol signatures on silver roll-down shutters. Scrofulous rubble held up by flyers for weekend noise events. THIS WORLD IS RULED BY THOSE WHO LIE. They said, the ones who make it their business to investigate such things, that there was a direct relationship between properties that applied for conservation status and arson attacks, petrol bombs. Unexplained fires. Moscow methods arrived in town with the first sniff of post-Soviet money. Russian clubs were opening in the unlikeliest places. We no longer had much to offer in the way of oil and utilities, energy resources, but we had heritage to asset-strip: Georgian wrecks proud of their status.
* Hamish Hamilton, 2009.
Dalston Lane, May 2010. © David Secombe.
D.S.: The shameful saga of Dalston Lane is a microcosm of the fate of the East End as a whole: a sorry mash-up of corporate and council greed flying under the discredited banner of 'regeneration'. The cynical, Blairite language of contemporary urban development expressed by developers and local authorities deserves a study in itself: 'affordable housing' (i.e. 'unaffordable affordable housing'); councils 'competing' with other boroughs for resources (food? water? air?); 'conservation-led schemes' (wherein conservation is a synonym for demolition – along the lines of, 'We had to demolish the terrace in order to conserve it.'). It is language that might have been invented by Orwell. The fact that a Labour council is responsible for such wanton cynicism towards its own residents is deeply depressing and makes one despair for the fate of the city. The death of Dalston Lane is the death of London.
For further reading on this long-festering matter, see Bill Parry-Davies' site Open Dalston.
Park Life. Photo: David Secombe. (3/5)Posted: August 8, 2012 Filed under: Conspiracies, Parks | Tags: close encounter, disc-shaped object, inflatable, UFO over London Comments Off on Park Life. Photo: David Secombe. (3/5)
Hillyfields, Lewisham. © David Secombe 2002.
From examiner.com, 29 July 2012:
Was the UFO that appeared over the London Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night a blimp or a helicopter? In an enhanced video released by Alien Disclosure Group UK, the UFO does not appear to be either of those things. In fact, the enhanced video shows an anomalous object flying above the opening night fireworks that resembles a flying saucer.
Watch: UFO over London Olympics: Enhanced video shows flying saucer, enhanced version
The object appears to be flat and disc-shaped with a protrusion in the center. It is clearly not a blimp or a helicopter, so what is it? We may never know for sure, but some people may stand to make money off the UFO's appearance. Prior to the London Olympics opening night ceremony, some London betting houses were taking bets on whether a UFO would be seen that night.
Alien Disclosure Group UK is always an excellent source of amazing UFO videos and information. This may be the most fascinating video that they have disseminated online. ADGUK credits MrScipher for the discovery and notes that this is a confirmed UFO sighting unless proven otherwise to be a blimp, a drone or other known object.


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House debates
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Questions without Notice
2:39 pm
Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
I thank the honourable member for her question. She represents hardworking Australians and hardworking Australian businesses who want encouragement from their government to get ahead. We know that jobs are created by business. They are created by the enterprise, the investment, the vision and the risk-taking of Australian businesses. So how can we encourage them? We know that governments cannot just flick a switch and create strong business conditions. We know that we have to provide the incentives for business to get on and take on new workers and new challenges. That is why we are committed to reducing company tax. It is because we know, as Labor once did and often said, that if you reduce company tax you increase the return on investment, so you get more investment and you get more employment. That is the key.
How are we going to compete in the world for capital, for jobs and for investment when the UK is moving its company tax down below 20 per cent and the United States is heading below 20 per cent? We have one of the highest company tax regimes in the world, but capital is mobile. We have to be competitive. We owe it to Australians to ensure that the businesses they rely on for their jobs can employ them and will invest. That is what we are doing.
At the same time we are cracking down on tax avoidance. Yes, we believe that taxes should be lower—we do—but they are not optional. We do not accept a self-help approach to tax reform. So we have introduced multinational tax avoidance measures, just as we are seeking to reduce company tax. Now, as we seek to stamp out multinational tax avoidance and to lower business tax, the Labor Party oppose both. They will not support cuts in company tax—although they once did—and they voted against the Treasurer's multinational tax avoidance legislation. It is extraordinary. It shows how hopelessly politically partisan they have become.
Then, when it comes to the important issue of energy, everything we are doing is securing our energy future—making gas available, making storage available, and Snowy Hydro 2.0. What has Labor done on energy? One ideological commitment after another and a 50 per cent renewable target. We know where that leads. It leads to the situation in South Australia, with the most expensive and least reliable electricity in the nation.
Tibor Majlath
Posted on 3 Apr 2017 4:40 pm (Report this comment)
Where does policy on the run lead to? Policy on the run is a sign that there never has been a national policy concerning the important issue of energy.
At least the politics over the situation in SA and renewables has at last stirred the Coalition into belated action even if it will take ten years to implement.


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In June, a couple of my childhood friends got married. The sweetest part about their big day is that you could tell they had put as much thought and effort into planning and thinking about and preparing for the marriage as they did the wedding. They had a Friday evening ceremony followed by a dessert reception. It has been so much fun for me to learn more about the wedding by reading the bride's mom's blog, and from my lengthy q+a with the bride. Here are some excerpts of Nicole's answers.
- What was your favorite part of the planning process?
- What advice would you give brides-to-be?
- What were the small details that you hoped people noticed?
- What was your least favorite part of the planning process?
The small details like picking out rentals. I got to a point where I didn't want to look at silverware and different dishes and then calculate the best deal. There were many times I wanted to say "I don't care about that. You decide and let me know how it goes." A bride shouldn't feel guilty if she doesn't absolutely love every part of planning her wedding.
- How long in total were you able to sit down during the reception?
- Did Jordan play a large role in the planning?
- Was there anything you wanted your guests to learn about you as a couple from your wedding?
- What has become of all the wedding decor? (donated, tossed, repurposed, etc.)
Would you mind sharing your vows in part or in whole? (Nicole did share the complete vows, I shared my favorite lines for the purpose of length.)Jordan's vows:I promise you I will:Speak calmly and never be harsh.Diligently take care of and provide for you.Not be perfect nor think I am, but I will always give the best of me to youAlways see you as my standard of beautyNicole's vows:I vow to:Enrich you and better you through support, respect, and admiration.Kiss you every day.Be a safe place, where home is an oasis and is rejuvenating.
- Any places you'd suggest to someone travelling to your honeymoon location?
- As a new wife, is there any "new marriage" advice you would give others?
Don't get upset if your spouse doesn't do things on your clock. I realize that it's not fair for me to expect him to jump up on my watch. If something bothers you that you can fix, just fix it.
Photographer: Nicholas Leitzinger/Venue: Eagle Mountain International Church/Dessert Bar: Milestone Culinary Arts Center/Invitations and Programs: Amy Bomar/Flowers: The Elegant Petal/Videographer: Charis Pope/Cakes: Colleen's Cakes/Dress: By Watters from Addison Bridal Couture


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Building Next Generation Web Apps with Rails and SproutCore
A talk by Mike Subelsky at RailsConf 2009
About the Talk
May 4, 2009 9:30 AM
Las Vegas, NVLas Vegas, NV
Future web apps will be faster, more fluid, and more feature-rich. They'll be more like desktop apps, and will need to be built in a way that gives them maximum agency without needing to consult a server. They'll be built using web native technologies like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS (with a little Flash thrown in).
Conventional Rails techniques (ERB and RJS) can get you up and running with a prototype, but because they were not designed like a desktop framework would be, it's very difficult to create a full-fledged client-side app running in the browser. You need to write too much glue code, the kind of code that's very error-prone and hard to test. Too much intelligence still resides on the server.
SproutCore is a new framework inspired by Cocoa to help you build "3F" desktop web applications, and is a natural compliment to a Rails app. Using SproutCore, you can develop client and server as separate applications, each optimized for their roles. The user downloads a couple of cached, compressed, minified assets: JS, HTML, CSS, and a sprited PNG file, once, then simply talks to the Rails app using lightweight REST and JSON APIs.
Writing a SproutCore app feels much like writing a Rails server application, because it borrows several Rails conventions. Developing client apps in this way often feels like a matter of configuring and connecting software components, and not trying to create a complicated, unwieldy code edifice. SproutCore even uses ERB or Haml templates to generate much of the JavaScript and HTML you'd otherwise have to write by hand.
In this tutorial, I will guide students through the construction of a complete SproutCore client that talks to a Rails server app. Students will implement key SproutCore concepts like Key-Value Observation and Bindings, as will learn how to efficiently develop desktop applications. The students will leave the tutorial with a better understanding of what the future holds for web application development, and with the basic tools needed to get started on their own projects.
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Friday (All games start at 7:15 p.m., unless note)
• Modesto Chr. at East Union
• Lathrop at Ripon
• Bear Creek at Weston Ranch
• Big Valley at Ripon Chr. (at Modesto Chr.)
LATHROP – Often times, game films are like paintings.
Two people can spend hours studying the same canvas, examining its intricacies, searching for the deeper meaning in every brush stroke, only to walk away with different takes.
Steven Wichman and Chris Johnson have reviewed Lathrop High's game film in preparation for today's regional showdown, and – go figure – each has a different interpretation of the Spartans' 0-2 start.
Wichman is Lathrop's first-year coach, which makes him the most sensitive to the team's mistakes and stumbles.
His program has been competitive in each of its losses. Yet, the Spartans have been their own worst enemy, squandering opportunities on defense while leaving points on the field.
Lathrop had three turnovers on nine offensive possessions in last week's 21-12 loss at Capital Christian, and quarterback Kenny Garrett has thrown four interceptions.
"You can call them normal growing pains, I guess," Wichman said. "These last two weeks we've worked hard and prepared for our games. We felt like we had an opportunity to win against Liberty Ranch and Capital Christian, but there were a few things we did to ourselves – not what the other team did against us – that held us back."
When Johnson reviewed the game film, he saw the good – not the bad – in Lathrop's performances.
He saw a much more athletic and dangerous team than the one his Ripon football team rolled over last fall.
Johnson was impressed with the Spartans' line play and running back Hawaii Leaf a'Teo, who has rushed for 177 yards and one touchdown on 31 carries.
Leaf a'Teo picked up most of those yards in last week's 21-12 loss at Capital Christian. He had 119 yards on 18 carries, scoring Lathrop's first points on a 14-yard scamper.
Though Ripon (3-0) will be the heavy favorite tonight, Johnson realizes Lathrop has made tremendous strides since the 37-3 drubbing 12 months ago. On film, he says, the Spartans appear more athletic and able to compete with the established programs in the area.
"That's the message: This is not the same Lathrop squad we played last year," Johnson said. "They're the most athletic team we've played. They're bigger with some athletes we haven't seen yet.
"They play hard, hustle and seem to be in the right spot. We expect a good game this week."
Johnson was complimentary of Wichman and his coaching staff.
Of Ripon's non-conference opponents – a list that includes Bret Harte (52-0), Linden (42-0) and Ripon Christian (56-26) – he believes Lathrop will be the toughest to put away.
That said, Johnson doesn't put much stock in Lathrop's winless record. A play here or there, he says, and Lathrop is 1-1 or 2-0.
"I think they're physically talented enough to be there," Johnson said. "Obviously, they've had some bad luck. But absolutely, they have all the tools they needed to win both of those games … against some very good football teams, too."
The Spartans had an opportunity to take the lead against Capital Christian late in the first half, but the offense sputtered to a stop on the 1-yard line.
Lathrop ran four plays, but watched as its fourth-down pass was dropped in the end zone.
"We're not capitalizing on opportunities," Wichman said. "We had the ball on the 1-yard line and couldn't punch it in. On fourth down, instead of going for the field goal, we wanted to punch it in and gain some momentum but had a pass in the end zone that we drop."
Wichman doesn't see any of the same "growing pains" on Ripon's film. The Indians have won 14 of their last 15 games, success attributed to their efficiency and attention to detail.
"They're well-coached, well-disciplined. As far as making mistakes and turning the ball over, I haven't noticed any of that. They haven't done it," Wichman said. "If anything, they've caused other teams to turn the ball over. They're efficient on both sides of the ball. It's going to be a tough battle."
Wichman hopes the mistakes will cure themselves in practice and in film study.
Unlike him and Johnson, Wichman says his staff and players share the same interpretation.
"We're a developing program. We're trying to get on the right track. We have the athletes to do that," Wichman said. "It's just about directing our attention to what we need to do to walk off the field successful. It's nothing that cannot be corrected."


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Campus Safety Tips
Safety When Walking
- Avoid walking alone at night. Call the University Police Department to arrange an escort between dusk and dawn.
- Stay in well-lit, populated areas.
- If you are confronted by an attacker, scream loudly and try to run to a safe area.
- If you feel threatened, contact University Police immediately.
Protecting You and Your Vehicle
- Have your keys ready before you reach your car so you can open the door quickly.
- Look in, around, and under your car before you get in.
- Do not assist occupants of disabled vehicles. Continue driving and call on your cell phone or find a nearby phone to call 911 to report the disabled vehicle.
- If your car breaks down, raise the hood, lock yourself in the car and call 911 or private motor assistance, if possible. If someone stops to help, stay in your locked car and let the window down two inches to talk.
- Always lock your car.
- If you can't take all your valuables from your car, lock them out of sight in the trunk or glove box.
- Never leave your windows open or your convertible top down.
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- Lock up your valuables even if you are just going to be gone a few minutes.
- When entering a secure area, don't let anyone "tailgate" in behind you. Ask them to show their ID if you don't know them.
- Keep all or your personal information secure (home address, Social Security number, access PINs).
- Don't leave your desk or office keys, personal identification, or building-access cards in unsecured areas.
- Call police to report suspicious people or activities.


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The creative combination of James Mason, popular British star, and Carol Reed, the brilliant director of such films as "Night Train" and "The Stars Look Down," is sure to attract wide attention to the new British picture, "Odd Man Out," which had its American première at Loew's Criterion yesterday. And the further fact that it is fashioned from a novel by F. L. Green which is current catnip for thriller readers will not hurt the film's draw one bit—all of which is peculiarly propitious, for "Odd Man Out" is a picture to see, to absorb in the darkness of the theatre and then go home and talk about.Especially is it rewarding in its first two-thirds or so, when the galvanic talents of its director are most excitingly demonstrated on the screen. For in this part of the picture, the story and Mr. Reed are concerned almost exclusively with a matter that gives his camera its most auspicious range. This is the desperate endeavor of a wounded man to escape the police in the night-shrouded alleys of an Irish city after committing a murder for a political cause.Being a graduate master of the cinematic "chase," Mr. Reed has constructed this grim coursing like nothing he has ever done before. From the moment he joins with his protagonist in the upstairs room of a Belfast slum, plotting a factory robbery in order to raise funds for a rebel "cause," he had colored and paced this terrible manhunt with the precision of a thundering symphony. The taut stick-up of the bookkeepers, the uncalculated shooting of one, the critical wounding of the chieftain, his fall from the get-away car and then his first panicky flight to cover in an air-raid shelter are swiftly and throat-catchingly achieved. Follows, then, the fugato passages as the partisans of the missing chief attempt to make perilous contact with him and he stumbles forth from his hiding place under cover of night.All of this part of the picture—the horrible groping in the murk and the rain, the harrowing contacts with terrified people, the desperation of brushes with the police—is terrifically tense and dramatic on a purely visual-emotional plane, and Mr. Reed can be glowingly commended for his artistry in movement and mood. This part of his picture bears most favorable comparison with that classic film, "The Informer," which John Ford directed several years ago.But the latter phases of the picture, while peculiarly challenging to thought, lose the compactness and impetus of this prime and precise portion. For here the focus is expanded and the protagonist is shelved for long spells while the author and, perforce, the director go searching for a philosophy of life. In the backwaters of the city and in the ways of a span of characters, they seek for some vague illumination of the meanings of charity and faith. Through a priest, a mad portrait painter, a crafty derelict and, especially, the girl who loves and believes in the murderer, they endeavor to throw some light. But Mr. Green and R. C. Sherriff have fumbled this portion of the script, and whatever it is they are proving—if anything—is anybody's guess.Also, in switching attention from the man-hunt to these cryptic characters, they have rudely relieved the protagonist of the illustrative role. As the fugitive, Mr. Mason gives a terrifying picture of a wounded man, disheveled, agonized and nauseated, straining valiantly and blindly to escape. But the oblique dramatic construction, as the picture draws toward the end, neglects the responsibility of dramatizing the movements of his mind. Clarification of the moral—or the sympathy—is not achieved by him.Nor is it achieved by the others, no matter how finely they represent peculiar and picturesque people. Kathleen Ryan is beautiful as the girl, cool, statuesque and stoical, but it is difficult to fathom her thoughts. W. G. Fay, the great Abbey Theatre veteran, is deeply affecting as the priest and F. J. McCormick apes his famous "Joxer" Daly (of "Juno and the Paycock") as the snivelling derelict. Allowance must be made for specious writing in the performance which Robert Newton gives as the wild-eyed and drunken painter. But Dennis O'Dea is sobering as a constable and Robert Beatty, Kitty Kerwin and many others are as richly and roundly Irish as Patty's pig.Granting its terminal confusions, "Odd Man Out" is still a most intriguing film. And, even if you can't perceive its wherefores, you should find it a real experience.
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A Winning VoteDecember 13, 2007 on 3:21 am
The surest way to cast a winning vote in a Presidential election is to cast it aside. An uncast vote, you see, benefits only the winner. Why? The winner did not need it to win, and if enough of those not cast had been cast the other way, the winner would have been the loser.
There may be no better example of this than the 1968 Presidential election, won by Richard Nixon over Hubert Humphrey. Nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago that July, Humphrey was President Lyndon Johnson's incumbent Vice President and champion of liberal Democrats everywhere. The convention, perhaps the most fractious and violent in the country's history, had chosen Humphrey over Democratic senators McCarthy and McGovern, who had campaigned strongly against U. S. participation in the War in Vietnam.
To many in the party, the Convention was a sham. For them, the party bosses had handed the nomination to Humphrey on the instruction of LBJ, despite wide-spread opposition among the delegates to the war. Perhaps more importantly, the violence of the anti-war demonstrations had the party faithful – North and South, labor and liberal – questioning its direction and leadership.
Whatever the dynamics of the election, history records a 27% decline in votes cast for the Democratic candidate in the 1964 election won by LBJ as compared with Humphrey in 1968. The absolute numbers are perhaps more telling. The 43.1 million votes cast for the Democrats in 1964 shrank by 11.9 million to 31.3 million in 1968, an election won by Richard Nixon with 31.87 million votes, a margin of barely 500,000 votes.
While the candidacy of former Alabama Governor George Wallace in that year's election no doubt played a heavy hand in the final numbers, the fact remains that a good many Democrats stayed home that November. Given Nixon's winning margin of less than one percent of the votes cast, it is more than plausible to suggest that those Democrats who failed to vote that year put him in the White House. Leaving history to judge the ultimate impact of Nixon's election, responsibility for it must certainly be shared by those who would have cast their vote against him but decided to cast it aside.
This said, there is a voting technique that allows the citizen a voice without having to vote for a particular candidate. Register to vote, go to the polls, and vote for every position except that of the presidency. If enough were to do this, commentators may be moved to note that while this many millions went to the polls that day, more than so many millions of these abstained from voting for either party's candidate. While no more than a footnote to history, if that, it is a statement nonetheless. The important thing is that no matter what you do with your vote, you do it on purpose, and with purpose.
A vote is a terrible thing to waste.
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Remember my blog in April about Stop the Tsunami?
Well looks like the West Hawaii Today is trying to play the roll of breakwall.
The Kohala Blog is reporting that the West Hawaii Today has filed a second lawsuit against the Hawaii County Council Members for a seperate violation of the Sunshine laws.
Today 9/1/09 West Hawaii Today newspaper filed a motion with the Third Circuit Court to file a Second Amended Complaint in order to expose addition conduct in violation of the Sunshine Law…
I remember reading the Kohala Blog previously on this issue before today's WHT lawsuit was filed:
SHAME on the County Council members who today voted in favor of Resolution 98-09. The purpose of that resolution was to support state legislation designed to gut the Fair Election Project that would afford public funding for elections on the Big Island between 2010 and 2014. Very disappointing vote by Yoshimoto, Ikeda, Enriques, Oishi, Greenwell, and Naeole…
…HB345 should be killed — regardless of what the vote was before the Hawaii County Council. Regardless of whatever justification was given by these folks, they were simply afraid of facing a more open election process in 2010…
Here is an interesting comment left on this this message board:
Re: 2009 House Bill 345 (Amends Public Election Funding for Hawaii County Council) [by billlela on April 8, 2009]
Hawaii Island Councilman J. Yoshimoto (East Hawaii) called a special council meeting for 4/13 for the purpose of voting to kill the pilot project for the Fair Elections.
This action alone speaks volumes about why we need this act in the first place and why many worked to get it.
Yes, this is probably as rotten as it appears. As a citizen of West Hawaii Island, we are quite used to special interest politics, none of which has ever favored the tax paying side of Hawaii Island.
From that April Blog Posting:
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Evelyn has been accepted to the Life Film Festival in Hollywood, CA!
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How do you "keep it real?"
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My First Flash Fiction Challenge
So, a blogger, writer and otherwise very talented person I follow named Chuck Wendig posts Flash Fiction challenges once a week. I finally attempted one. He had used a random word generator and picked the following ten words: Library, Ethereal, … Continue reading


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Art doesn"t have to be overly large and complex. In fact, if you can imagine it, you can create it as art. I needed two pieces of artwork – cheaply and quickly! – to replace two self-portraits my kids didn't believe represented them well anymore (they felt their own images were too childish!). Not wanting to spend oodles of money and lots of time shopping, I decided to use this as an opportunity to drive home a message I repeat often: Stay Focused.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 6:00:00 PM VML 250 Northwest Richards Road, Kansas City, MO
We had a suggestion for a topic this month - Drupal 8 Configuration Management!!!
I'll put together a short overview of things I've used to try and solve some of the common problems I run into but definitely bring your favorite solutions, questions, etc.
If anyone has another topic they would like to discuss in addition to configuration management just let me know, we should have time.
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AT&T* is committed to keeping its customers and FirstNet subscribers connected during the upcoming hurricane season. With nearly 30 years of experience responding to large-scale events, the company has proven time and time again that it is ready and prepared to restore and maintain service if disaster strikes.
This year, the company is accomplishing this like never before. It has prepared with a fleet of equipment that can be quickly deployed before, during and after any storm. Plus, public safety agencies on FirstNet – the only dedicated communications network platform purpose-built for first responders – also have 24/7 access to a nationwide fleet of dedicated deployable network assets, helping them connect to the critical information they need.
"Staying connected during severe weather events is critical," said Scott Mair, president of operations, AT&T Technology & Operations. "In the last few years alone, we have responded to countless major storms and other natural disasters. Our people are experienced, constantly perfecting the process and are ready to respond at a moment's notice."
How AT&T prepares:
Boosting network capacity to accommodate increased call volume.
Testing the high-capacity backup batteries located at cell sites.
Topping off and maintaining existing fixed generators with fuel at cell sites and switching facilities.
Staging additional generators in safe locations for immediate deployment once a storm has passed.
Response equipment we use in the wake of an event:
Mobile cell sites and mobile command centers, like Cell on Wheels (COWs) and Cell on Light Trucks (COLTs)
Emergency Communications Vehicles (ECVs)
Flying Cell on Wings (Flying COWs)
A self-sufficient base camp that is complete with sleeping tents, bathrooms, kitchen, laundry facilities, an on-site nurse and meals ready to eat (MREs).
Hazmat equipment and supplies.
Technology and support trailers to provide infrastructure support and mobile heating ventilation and air conditioning.
Internal and external resources for initial assessment and recovery efforts.
The team has spent more than 145,000 hours in the field over the last 25 years. It has invested more than $650 million in the Network Disaster Recovery program (NDR), making it one of the nation's largest and most advanced.
Prioritizing first responder communications:
AT&T* knows how critical communications are to rescue and recovery efforts. That's why it partnered with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) – an independent agency within the federal government – to deliver the FirstNet communications platform to public safety. FirstNet gives first responders the unthrottled connectivity they need, no matter the emergency.
Priority and Pre-emption: In emergencies and disasters, commercial networks can quickly become congested. That's why FirstNet is the only nationwide platform that gives first responders always-on priority and pre-emption. It puts them at the front of the "communications line," prioritizing their access to the network.
Greater Command and Control: Public safety agencies have access to 75 mobile cell sites that link to FirstNet via satellite and do not rely on commercial power availability. And, to give first responders greater command and control of their network, the FirstNet Response Operations Program aligns with the National Incident Management System to better guide the deployment of these assets.
Enhanced Coverage and Capacity: AT&T also deployed FirstNet Band 14 spectrum across 600+ markets nationwide. Band 14 is high-quality spectrum provided by the FirstNet Authority with special capabilities just for public safety. During an emergency, this band can be cleared and locked just for FirstNet subscribers. That means only those on FirstNet will be able to access that spectrum, further elevating their connected experience and emergency response. When not in use by FirstNet subscribers, AT&T customers can also enjoy Band 14's added coverage and capacity.
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Soulful Seduction is all about having a good time…!
From the very beginning MJ & Bully set out to deliver gigs, news, review and features that will drive their passion and roots in soulful music along!
Both established DJ's, Radio Presenters and media moguls ensure an entertaining soulful night forward is relentless, from the promotion and driving interest to an event, all they way through to music selection on the night through to find the latest soul news. With regards to their events, no two nights are ever the same, as many hours are spent digging deep into their respective music archives before each event.
Matt comments "Quality, danceable tracks is a priority, while we also appreciate the guests love a sing song now and then"
The Soulful Seduction 'ethos' is to offer the 'grown ups' soulful entertainment
Taking the audience on a musical journey of the 'good times', reminiscent of the vast selection of club music through the years mainly focusing on soul, funk, disco and house + a few anthems for good measure.
With continuous 'full to capacity nights', Soulful Seduction have developed a brand that is reliable and committed to bringing the right feel to the audience at the right time and at the right place!
Bringing that reliability to another level, the boys set out to take their passion for music, fun and enjoyment to another level, in the shape of a blog. Bringing your stories alive, the days of clubbing, the weekenders, the people, the music and of course the djs & artists.
Two very distinct DJing styles;
'Bully' – Musical Offering – Old Skool Soul, Disco, Funk & Weekender Anthems
Bully with his witty charm (thats what he thinks), robust dj skills and music knowledge of soul, funk and disco rivals any. Bully has worked the soul scene for 30+ years on local independent commercial radio including satelite, plus dj'ed & promoted at many clubs and wine bars, as a soul night promoter & working mobile jock during the 80's & 90's. Bully offers seductive fun factor at your soul nights! With residential soul nights at clubs and bars under his belt, DJing to various abroad soul weeks and a Caister DJ, he will entertain and make you smile with not only the best in old skool tunes, club & house but also with his light hearted approach to the whole scene.
You can catch bully on Zero Radio where he produces and hosts his global networked Drive Time radio show called The Soul Sanctuary, every Tuesday | Thursday | Friday from 5pm (uk) and representing Soulful Seduction as a residential dj at various bars and clubs.
'Matts' – Musical Offering – 80s house, 90s Dance Classics,
Modern & Classic Soulful House – With a club DJ 'in the mix' style!
MJ being a new comer to the soul scene offers his vast mixing skills along side his cheeky shenanigans. His mixing style is all about teasing the audience with little snippets of tracks before he decides what track he might drop next, give him 4 decks and a complete dance floor frenzy will be sure to take off – always teasing the crowds, keeping them on their toes!
MJs first love is soulful & classic 80s house, each with a firm grounding in soul! You will find MJ dropping more of the 'clubby' sounds at our Soulful Seduction nights.
MJ has worked as a promoter, focusing on soulful house & latin nights as well as a club DJ working many London, Essex & Kent nightclubs. MJ loves to have fun and embraces crowd interaction, he has even been known to join the dancefloor mid set to enjoy the music and throw some miss-placed shapes amongst the clubbers! He doesnt take life to seriously and offers a light hearted approach to music while remaining as cool as a cucumber… but dont ever touch his hair ?


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The Center for Constitutional Rights is a proud co-sponsor of 21st Century American Militarism: Occupation Abroad and Resistance at Home, a plenary panel and fundraiser for our close partner Iraq Veterans Against the War. After more than ten years of occupations, drone strikes, torture campaigns and ecological devastation, IVAW continues to organize and fight against US militarism.
The panel will include commentary, discussion and analysis of the state and future of U.S. Militarism by Christian Parenti, Nick Turse and others.
Nick Turse is an award-winning journalist, historian, essayist, the managing editor of TomDispatch.com, the co-founder of Dispatch Books, and a fellow at the Nation Institute. He is the author of 'Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam' (2013) and several other books including 'The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyber Warfare' (2012) and 'The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives' (2008).
Christian Parenti is a professor of sustainable development at the School for International Training, Graduate Institute. He a Nation contributing editor and the author of Lockdown America The Soft Cage, The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq and most recently Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence (Nation Books, July 2011). He has a Ph.D. in geogrphy and sociology from the London School of Economics.
What: 21st Century American Militarism: Occupation Abroad and Resistance at Home, Plenary Panel of IVAW National Convention
When: Friday, August 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $10 Suggested Donation ( No one turned away for lack of funds)
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Endorsed by: Afghans United for Justice, American Friends Service Committee, Anti-War Committee- Chicago, Catalyst Project, Center for Constitutional Rights, Four Star Anarchist Organization, Haymarket Press, Illinois Coalition Against Torture, Iraq and American Reconciliation Project, Labor Beat, Mental Health Movement, National Nurses United, Peace Action National, UE- Western Region, U.S. Labor Against the War, Veterans for Peace- Chicago, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Voices for Creative Non-Violence


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Magnitude-4.9 hits Mexico, three days after magnitude-5.4 temblor
Eds: UPDATES with schools evacuated in city of Mexicali; CHANGES dateline; ADDS byline.
By LUIS PEREZ
Associated Press Writer
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- A moderate earthquake struck northwestern Mexico near the U.S. border Monday, prompting authorities to evacuate schools and resulting in at least one minor gas leak.
No major damage or injuries were reported from the temblor, which an expert said was likely an aftershock from a magnitude-5.4 quake three days ago.
The magnitude-4.9 quake hit around 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST). It was centered about 20 miles southeast of the border city of Mexicali, and 24 miles southeast of the U.S. border city of Calexico, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude was revised downward from an initial calculation of 5.1.
In Mexicali, an industrial border city of about 750,000, the quake caused the wall of a school to fall and started a gas leak in a second school, prompting authorities to evacuate all of the city's learning centers, said Alfredo Escobedo, civil protection director for the Mexican state of Baja California, which includes Mexicali. Escobedo said no injuries or other damages had been reported.
The latest earthquake came three days after the Mexicali area was rocked by a magnitude-5.4 quake that shut down factories and left 400,000 people without power. That quake was felt in parts of California and Arizona, the USGS said.
The latest temblor was likely an aftershock, said Julie Martinez, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.
A series of smaller quakes, ranging from magnitudes 2.5 to 2.9, preceded Monday's temblor and there were at least five aftershocks, including one registering a magnitude-3.6, the USGS said.
In 2000, the northern Baja California region near Mexicali was rattled by a cluster of quakes, but they did not cause any apparent damage.
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Honoring our Members: Brotherhood's Keeper of the Flame
Jewish Music Reimagined: A special concert kicks off our 75th anniversary year
Doors to the Ark: "Torah is illumination" (Proverbs 6:23)
Our Gala: An elegant evening celebrating Temple Emeth's Diamond Jubilee
As dusk falls: Our architecturally award-winning rotunda
Meaningful Opportunities: Sisterhood's book club
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Background: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterized by a highly distressing and impairing preoccupation with nonexistent or slight defects in appearance. Patients with BDD present to both psychiatric and non-psychiatric physicians. A few studies have assessed BDD prevalence in representative samples of the general population and have demonstrated that this disorder is relatively common. Our primary objective was to assess the prevalence of BDD in the Swedish population because no data are currently available. Methods: In the current cross-sectional study, 2891 randomly selected Swedish women aged 18-60 years participated. The occurrence of BDD was assessed using the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire (BDDQ), which is a validated self-report measure derived from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV criteria for BDD. In addition, symptoms of depression and anxiety were measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: The prevalence of BDD among Swedish women was 2.1%. The women with BDD had significantly more symptoms of depression and anxiety than the women without BDD. Depression (HADS depression score greater than= 8) and anxiety (HADS anxiety score greater than= 8) were reported by 42% and 72% of the women with BDD, respectively. Conclusions: The results of the present study indicate that BDD is relatively common among Swedish women (2.1%) and that it is associated with significant morbidity.
Funding Agencies|Linkoping University; Ostergotland County Council
Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are highly distressed due to defects they perceive in their physical appearance that are not noticeable to others. The condition often leads to impaired functioning in relationships, socialization, and intimacy and a decreased ability to function in work, school, or other daily activities. Although BDD seems to be relatively prevalent, it is under-recognized by people in general and by health care professionals. Individuals with BDD are secretive about their symptoms, and they usually do not recognize that they are suffering from a psychiatric disorder. Instead, in an attempt to relieve their symptoms by correcting their perceived defects, they commonly seek dermatological treatment or cosmetic surgery. However, such interventions usually do not result in any decrease in BDD symptom severity, but can rather aggravate the symptoms. Therefore, it is crucial that health care professionals recognize BDD in order to offer adequate care. Prior to the studies conducted for this thesis, there were no known data regarding the prevalence of BDD in Sweden.
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(i) To translate a screening questionnaire for BDD (the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire, BDDQ) into Swedish and validate the questionnaire in a community sample. (ii) To estimate the prevalence of BDD in the general population of Swedish women and in female dermatology patients. (iii) To explore BDD patients' experiences of living with the disorder, including their experiences of the health care system.
The BDDQ was validated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) as the gold standard for diagnosing BDD (Study I). The validated BDDQ was used to estimate the prevalence of BDD in a randomly selected population-based sample of Swedish women (n=2 885) (Study II) and in a consecutive sample of female dermatology patients (n=425) (Study III). In Studies II and III, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess symptoms of depression and anxiety. In Study III, quality of life was evaluated by the Dermatology Life Quality Index. BDD patients' lived experiences were explored using a qualitative research design (Study IV). Fifteen individuals with BDD were interviewed, and the interviews were analysed using Interpretive Description.
The Swedish translation of the BDDQ displayed a sensitivity of 94%, a specidicity of 90% and a (positive) likelihood ratio of 9.4. The prevalence of women screening positive for BDD was 2.1% (95% CI 1.7–2.7) in the population-based sample of women and 4.9% (95% CI 3.2–7.4) in the dermatology patients' sample. The positive predictive value of the BDDQ (71%) gave an estimated BDD prevalence of 1.5% (95% CI 1.1–2.0) in the female Swedish population. Women screening positive for BDD had signidicantly more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to those screening negative for BDD in both samples. In the dermatology patients, quality of life was severely impaired in patients with positive BDD screening. The overarching concept found in Study IV was that patients with BDD felt imprisoned and were struggling to become free and to no longer feel abnormal. The participants had encountered difdiculties in accessing health care and had disappointing experiences of the health care system.
The findings of this thesis indicate that BDD is a relatively common disorder in the Swedish female population, and that it is more prevalent in dermatology patients. BDD patients struggle to be free from a feeling of imprisonment, and in this struggle they encounter difficulties in accessing health care. Therefore, it is important to increase awareness and recognition of BDD among health care professionals to ensure that patients with BDD receive the appropriate care.


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Clindamycin Phosphate is an antibiotic belongs to a Lincosamidefamily of medicines known for treating bacterial infections and certain protozoal infections. This drug is indicated for the treatment of Acne Vulgaris, it is a condition in which there is an eruption of mild to severe pimples and cysts mostly on the face, back, arms and chest. It is also known as juvenile Acne. It is one of the most common condition observed in teenagers. Among this, it is also used to treat other bacterial infection like vaginal infection (vaginitis). Tretinoin is a form of vitamin A. It reduces the amount of oil released by oil glands in your skin, and helps your skin renew itself more quickly. Both the drugs in combination used to treat Acne Vulgaris.
The dose may vary according to the patient condition therefore it is advised to take this medicament as per your doctor's direction.
Retino AC is available in the form of a gel, to be applied topically on the skin surface. Apply a enough quantity of Gel to cover an infected area of the skin and rub it well, wash and clean the affected area with soap and water for better result before applying this drug. Use this drug application as directed by your doctor.
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Retino AC 0.025% + 1% (15 gm) gelcomprises of an active pharmaceutical ingredient called Clindamycin Phosphate and Tretinoin. Clindamycin Phosphateis an antibiotic that belongs to the class of lincosamides. It binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome similarly to macrolides such as erythromycin and inhibit the early stages of protein synthesis, thus stops the growth of a bacteria and this is how it cures the bacterial infections.Tretinoinis a very active exfoliator that accelerates the skin cycle. Tretinoin acid improves the pigmentation by speeding up the elimination of melanin in the dermis. It also increase collagen levels in the skin cells and improve fine wrinkles. It does not, however, have an effect on deep converges formed on the skin and ice pick scars. This medicine improves the overall skin quality.
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Bride & Groom Style Top Fold Invitation Cards With Ribbons (Set of 10) #32370
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2016-02-24 17:36:57
I love the quality of this invitation card. It's so elegant and the material is not cheap at all considering the price. Although, just a heads up there's 10 sets in each package but there's 5 mini packages in one order. I ordered 3 thinking that I will only be getting 30pcs. I now have 150pcs of these cards. I guess this gives my room for error :)
2015-04-28 03:23:24
Beautiful cards ,professionally made .
2014-09-24 03:35:56
The cards were delivered just in time:) Thank you!
2014-09-24 02:31:53
I have already received the cards I ordered. Thank you!
2014-09-19 02:41:20
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2014-09-19 00:59:31
Wow, the cards look so cute. The bride and groom on the cards look so happy that I can feel their happiness too. I will definitely order them for my wedding. I believe my fiancé will love the cards too.
2014-09-12 23:54:43
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For almost three years I've been running the 3speed website, with various designs, with various content, and with various success. It is, therefore, with great sorrow that I announce the closing of the 3speed site. I don't have the interest anymore for updating the site as it should, and organizing events like the best songs poll. I thought about this for a while, and after thinking about it well I realized this is the only solution.
The site's information won't be gone though, I will keep the site up
for as long as possible, it won't be updated anymore, but the information
that was there will stay there, as long as I have the capacity to host
it. The URL will change too, from 3speed.beautifulfreak.org to 3speed.bykr.org
Members of Jeannie's Diary are invited to take part in the new bykr board, I've created a special forum for ex-members, and i've imported some of the postings. Your user name and password are still valid so you don't have to re-register again
If you're wondering by the way, this decision had nothing to do with the recent problems with reaching the site the past few days, that was just a problem with the host.
I wish to thank you all for your support in the past three years, without
it, 3speed wouldn't even have existed. It's impossible to thank everyone
(my 'eels' folder in my e-mail client shows well over 500 messages!),
but I want to thank a few people for their special support shown over
the years:
Remember, the site will not go down and the forum will still be active, so there's no need to start mailing me for tabs or to say goodbye to the forum
If anyone's still interested in what I'm doing right now (hey, I'm not dead or something ;), you can check out www.bykr.org, my personal website. If you still have anything to say, please feel free to e-mail me
It has been a pleasure,


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Waterfall Card Instructions by Suzanne Saltwell
Many people have asked how to make a waterfall card, so for all of them and anyone else who want's to have a go at a very different and fantastic looking card; here is how to make one
Step One
This waterfall card has been adapted in size to work with Joannas Cat stamps -
The waterfall design is easier than you think to create and hopefully if you follow the instructions, you will find this to be so - the key is in the preparation of the cutting of the card and paper
The equipment needed for this project is as follows:-
Joanna Sheen unmounted cat stamps and acrylic block
White Stazon
6 silver brads
A tassel - this one is black and white
Japanese screw punch
3 A4 sheets of silvery card stock
2 A4 sheets of gloss black paper
2 A4 sheets of pearl white paper
Step Two
On this photo I have numbered the pieces for your reference - so you need to prepare the following
No. 1 - A4 silver sheet and score in half to make your A5 card - put to one side
No. 2 - 1 x Black gloss paper cut to 5.5" x 7.75"
No. 3 - 1 x Silver or any other card cut to 5.5 x 2.5"
No. 4 - 1 x Black gloss paper cut to 5.5" x 2.5"
No. 5 - 1 x Silver 9.25" x 3"
No. 6 - 4 x Silver card cut to 3" x 3"
No. 7 - 4 x Black gloss cut to 1/8th of an inch smaller than the 3" squares
No. 8 - 4 x White pearl cut to 1/8th of an inch smaller than the black gloss paper above
No. 9 not shown is 1 X Black gloss cut to 5" x 2.75" then 1 x white pearl paper cut to 1/8th of an inch smaller than the black paper - this is for the inside pull down piece of the waterfall feature.
Step Three
Right now for the fun part, take the Black gloss paper no.2 and no.4 and place the smaller piece on top of the larger sheet 1.5" from the bottom.
Step Four
Now for the stamping - using white Stazon stamp your images over the paper ensuring you overlap the image on the smaller piece of paper - this is to blend the paper into one as the top part is the key part to making the waterfall card work.
Step Five
Once finished set your stamped paper to one side to allow drying.
Once dry attach the piece no. 3 card to the back of the small stamped paper - this is to strengthen the paper as it will hold the waterfall pull - once this is done place the piece back on top of the larger sheet & make 3 holes each side with your Japanese screw punch - set to one side.
Step Six
Stamp designs - I have done one here in black on white to make it show up easier - but yours will be on the black paper, the five other cat designs can be any of your choice.
Step Seven
Take your waterfall piece no 5 - the 9.25 x 3 silver strip and score an embossed line horizontally - this is done at 2" - 2.75" - 3.5" and finally one at 4.25"
Then fold each of the lines to create the front part of the waterfall attachment.
Step Eight
Then take the silver 3" squares and attach the slightly smaller black matting squares onto the silver and matt the white stamped image onto the black.
Step Nine
Also do the same with the larger stamped image - this is the back of the waterfall pull - and attach the tassel to the bottom centre.
Step Ten
Take your scored waterfall piece and attach the stamped squares starting from the bottom scored line. Attach with Double sided tape and continue to do this with all of the remaining three images - this is shown on the image on the right.
Step Eleven
Once you have completed all four squares, the waterfall attachment will look like this - with the tassel lying behind the card - this is the bit that is tucked behind the small piece of card and makes the pull of the waterfall card.
Step Twelve
Attach the bottom of the waterfall attachment to the smaller black stamped piece (piece no.4).
Step Thirteen
Attach the large stamped image to the A5 main card and place the smaller stamped piece with the 6 holes on with the images & line up as you stamped then punch through the card to make the holes right the way through - now put the right hand (the waterfall part) onto the left hand part the main card - with the larger image and the tassel falling behind the horizontal stamped black part and attach to the main card with the 6 brads.
The card is now complete and ready for you to pull the tassel and see the card in full display


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Global GEM penetration in the notebook segment in 2011 will rise by a dramatic 11 percentage points from 39 percent in 2010. With worldwide notebook shipments expected to amount to more than 230 million units this year, GEMs will be in about 115 million notebooks by the end of 2011.
For desktops, GEM penetration this year will increase by a robust 9 percentage points from 36 percent in 2010. With desktop PC shipments experiencing a resurgence in 2010 and 2011 thanks to strong corporate replacement demand, IHS expects shipments of GEM-equipped desktop PCs to exceed 63 million in 2011.
By 2014, 83 percent of all notebook PCs and 76 percent of desktop PCs worldwide will ship with GEMs.
"GEMs are microprocessors that feature a central processing unit (CPU) as well as a graphics processing unit in a single-chip design, supplementing the brains of a PC with more graphics capability to run visually intensive applications," said Peter Lin, principal analyst for compute platforms at IHS. "With GEMs capable of generating the total graphic output of a PC, no additional graphics processor or add-in graphics card is needed. Computers today are serving up ever-richer multimedia experiences, so the graphics capabilities of PCs have become more important, driving the rising penetration of GEMs."
Intel vs. AMD
The two biggest players in the PC microprocessor field, Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), are intensifying their competition in the GEM market in 2011, IHS iSuppli research indicates. Intel at the beginning of 2011 was getting ready to launch its second-generation Core processor family known as Sandy Bridge, which integrates the CPU and graphics processor into one single piece of silicon. AMD, on the other hand, will release five application platforms with five GEM microprocessor categories.
A third player, VIA, caters to different markets with GEM solutions for embedded and industrial applications.
GEMs vs. Discrete Graphic Ccards
Despite their rising popularity, GEMs are unlikely to offer the same high level of performance as discrete graphics cards, IHS believes. Discrete graphics cards will remain the solution of choice for leading-edge graphics, providing high-end performance for applications such as games. In comparison, GEMs could be used to satisfy the needs of the mass PC market that does not require high-level graphics functionality, with the product targeted at the mainstream and value PC segments.
As a result, while some cannibalization of the discrete graphics market will occur because of GEMs, erosion of the discrete market will not be significant in the short to medium term, IHS believes.
Read More > Compute Platforms: The Rise of Graphics-Enabled Microprocessors


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This week's the Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator application tip is the most important one: The Team.
We put a heavy emphasis on team. In fact, we like to say that we look for 5 things in our application:
- Team
- Team
- Team
- Market
- Idea
Or in other words – we are known for backing the jockey, and not the horse. So, spend some time crafting an AMAZING team section. We're looking for signs that you're passionate about the problem you're solving for your customers, that you and your co-founders are resilient and capable of weathering storms together, and your team can execute on the idea you're proposing. We also want to see your roles – who will be doing what and where potential holes are.
Here's a checklist to highlight your awesome self:
- Your full name, role in the company and links to LinkedIn/Twitter/Github/attach CV.
- Highlight why you're working on this company. What was the inspiration?
- How did you meet your co-founders?
- Highlight any of your accomplishments in the past. Successfully sold a business? Say so! Won the entrepreneurship competition at University? Awesome, tell us about it! Experienced a big failure? Great, tell us what you learned from it. Started your first business (lemonade stand) when you were 6? Cool! List all this in your application as this will help us get a sense of who you are and what you're capable of doing.
- You might also ask: "What if I'm a single founder?". Single founders are a very rare breed in the Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator community. We don't fund single founders because it's really tough on them in the programme. The programme moves 88mph and is often too much for even 2 people to manage, much less 1. We highly recommend you try and find a co-founder. We've written up some tips here. Also – use the team video! Keep it short, less than 2 minutes but make sure to show us some personality. Sing, dance, draw, beatbox, be creative…
The application deadline for the Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator is December 2nd.
Don't procrastinate, Apply Now!


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Design Minimalist Bedroom Comfortable – Minimalist bedroom design has a variety of styles and variations, but however your tastes still play an important role in the design of a minimalist bedroom. A neat layout, beautifully colorful colors, or any size that makes anyone feel at home. So many variations for bedroom design, until your creativity is so needed. You can also submit designs to people who are more experts in this field. But, there is no harm and added well if you are designing your own bedroom, because you yourself know what you want.
Here are some guidelines that you need to look at when designing a comfortable minimalist bedroom:
1. Selection of bedroom colors
Color polish has an effect on your mood to occupy it. If the room is dark black or dark brown, maybe you can settle for long in it? If you are the type of person who is easily depressed or stressed, choose a combination of colors that can make you more relaxed, blue for example. Color games can change the impression of a bedroom. For example the color selection for the boys room is definitely not the same as the color of the girl room. According to one study, blue can calm and play a role in treating insomnia, gastritis, arthritis, asthma, migraine, lower back pain, and sore throat. The color of the complement is orange.
2. Minimize electronic goods
Important issues that need to be noticed that do not put too much equipment or electronic goods in your room. Refrigerator, water heater, cake toaster, and so on, can produce temperature or hot temperature in your room. Air circulation in the room can be more smoothly if you do not put too much stuff in the room until the air inhaled will feel more fresh.
3. Bedroom lights
The lights you use to illuminate the room also have an effect on comfort while in the room. Lighting should be noted so that your eyes are not easily tired. Wear dimmer lights, until you can adjust the intensity of the bedroom light according to your needs and tastes
4. The size of the bedroom
If the size of the bedroom is not too big, do not force to display all your goods / collections. Place the stuff in the bedroom with more careful and neat, until the bedroom feels neat and spacious and you can rest more comfortably


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New laws have passed the houses of parliament, to be gazetted by the end of the year. In an article on the ABC politicians were on hand to talk up the "tough new laws" which will see serious sexual or physical assaults during a burglary on a dwelling carry a minimum mandatory term of 75% of the maximum sentence. This would see rape during a home invasion carry a minimum 15 years imprisonment (maximum 20 year penalty) and those that commit an assault during such a burglary receiving a minimum 7 and a half years jail (maximum is 10 years imprisonment).
Police Minister, Liza Harvey, rightly gave the usual snake oil promises of "we'll need to measure this over a few years" and the "hope" for a drop in the rate of related crime. Of course, the fact that studies have shown a rather tenuous links between mandatory sentencing and an actual drop in crime question the effectiveness of such measures. What it does do, as with any mandatory penalty, is leave no discretion to the judiciary which is precisely what their job is.
WA's Attorney-General, Michael Mischin, has then chimed in to provide the ignorance that A-G's seem to make famous by not being "aware of any instance where anyone has been jailed for aggravated sexual assault taking place in a home that is anywhere near half" the maximum of 20 years. Of course a 5 minute search of the Supreme Court of Appeal lists a number of cases. To demonstrate this is not a recent fad I'll list a number of cases over the years:
- McKenzie (2015) was for assault and burglary, he received 12 years imprisonment,
- Ugle in 2012 getting 11 years (he was only 18 years of age),
- Ugle (2007) received 11 years 4 months (even though there were no aggravating circumstances),
- Cooper (2009) received 12 years imprisonment (even though he had no record of violent or sexual offending), and
- Royer (2009) received 16 years imprisonment (again, no prior violent or sexual offences).
All these highlighted cases received more than half of the maximum and two received more than the 75% minimum now being mandated (7.5 years for McKenzie, 15 years for Royer). All these cases had their sentences affirmed on appeal. I'm sure there are plenty more examples demonstrating the incorrect statement of our Attorney-General.
Are there cases below the minimum being touted? Yes, of course there are, because we expect the judiciary to place the appropriate penalty. Setting an arbitrary minimum does nothing except win politicians brownie points. There has been no study suggesting that the "75%" minimum will do anything, and everything points to it being arbitrarily imposed by someone who has plucked a number out of the air. Our jails are already overcrowded; this will just mean more taxpayer dollars funding prisoners instead of ways to implement diversionary tactics to stop it happening in the first place.
Do I know the solution to stop such crimes? No. But sadly, mandatory sentencing isn't it.


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Known to be an excellent treatment for even the most serious cases of addiction, Ibogaine is truly unlike any other addiction treatment available. It has shown unprecedented results in helping people to overcome both the physical and psychological components of addiction and does so in an extremely unique way.
Ibogaine is one of the strongest psychedelics known and having an understanding of this before going into treatment is a good idea. While an experience with Ibogaine is different for each person that takes it (it tends to be highly personalized for each person's unique psychological make-up), it is still a substance that will ultimately change your perception of the world around you.
The Ibogaine Trip
The entire experience of Ibogaine lasts approximately 24 hours with the strongest portion in the first 8-12 hours. During this time, patients are awake (yet in a perpetual state of "dream like" vision) almost the entire time.
Ibogaine begins to take effect approximately an hour after administration. Here you are likely to feel ataxia (the loss of full control of bodily movements) set in, as well as a feeling of an "out of body" sensation. Many people also experience a mild to intense buzzing sound as well. Nausea is also typical for the first couple hours after beginning treatment.
At first, Ibogaine works deep within the biological make-up of the mind. Ibogaine floods neurotransmitters and different receptor sites in the brain with the Ibogaine alkaloid. This is where brain chemistry is "reset" and when physical dependency is mitigated.
After the flood of alkaloids, visual stimuli becomes heavy and the intensity begins. It's common to see past memories that you've forgotten pass through the mind almost like a slideshow. Many have compared the psychedelic experience of Ibogaine to a "waking dream state" where everything makes sense, but doesn't make any sense at the same time.
Patients often uncover the reasons (through their experience) that they've been led to their present addicted state of mind. This can prove to be an extremely insightful time, yet doesn't happen in the "typical" way one usually receives insight. The hallucinatory nature of Ibogaine can be very strong and are what ultimately guide one to realize the nature of their addiction and perception of the reality around them.
After the Initial Trip
About 8-12 hours after it is initially taken, patients are guided (through the urging of Ibogaine itself) to work through the emotions and visions that were uncovered during the hallucinatory period. During this time ataxia dwindles and you will begin to come back to your body.
Here the Ibogaine allows people to not only identify with what was uncovered during their experience, but also helps them to gain fuller understanding of exactly why they experienced. The final hours of Ibogaine treatment are known to be extremely introspective. It is here where people are able to finally shed their past for good, forgive themselves and others, and, hopefully, move into a future of unlimited potential.
Because of the nature of the plant, the length of time it stays in one's system, and the fact that the individual is awake for up to 24 hours during treatment, the comedown from Ibogaine can make people feel sad, irritable, and weak. These feelings usually go away after getting some sleep, but it's important during this time to not let fear or misunderstanding take over. Sleep will help and, afterwards, most patients feel cleansed on an emotional, physical, psychological, and spiritual level.
Understanding Ibogaine and the nature of the way it works on the human mind and body is important. If someone has never taken psychedelics before, it's difficult to gauge what the experience will be like. Even for those who have experience taking psychedelics, a trip with Ibogaine is unlike anything you've ever taken before.
Because Ibogaine is illegal and banned in the US, traveling to Mexico or Canada to receive treatment has become norm for those wishing to receive this powerful treatment. There are also various treatment centers throughout Central and South America as well. Taking Ibogaine on one's own is NOT recommended and even dangerous, even if there are numerous "underground" treatment options available in the US.
Ibogaine is going to be decidedly different for each person that takes it, but there is a general experience that everyone undergoes. Ibogaine has the ability to not only help with addiction, but has the potential to help you reset your entire outlook on life. The world around you becomes more vivid as you take in a refreshed reality that comes from a true cleansing of the soul.


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