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For those folks who still refer to Brown Thursday as "Thanksgiving" and for whom Black Friday is all the more reason to stay indoors, here's some of what you missed, according toblackfridaydeathcount.com
-In Connecticut, an 11-year-old was hospitalized after being trampled by a crowd at Walmart and a shopper was pepper-sprayed after arguing with a store manager and attacking a cop.
-In Virginia, at another Walmart, a man was stabbed over a parking spot.
-In Rialto, California, at yet another Walmart, a brawl sent a cop to the hospital.
A Walmart spokeswoman described the latter incident as an "unfortunate and isolated incident."
The Thursday night scrum at the Walmart in Saginaw didn't make blackfridaydeathcount.com, presumably because no one was seriously injured. But a video clip of the 8 p.m. rush toward a display of Blu-Ray players, GPS units, and speakers did make YouTube, where it's nearing 1.3 million views.
We'll let Joseph Solis, the 21-year-old who shot the footage, describe the scene.
"It was kind of like The Hunger Games," he told NBC 5. "It was just like everyone just rushed towards the middle and that was it."
The end of the clip shows an injured man being escorted away from the crowd. WFAA caught up with him on Friday.
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"When they said go, I started to approach the pallet where the products were at, and as I was grabbing some of the products, the display gave way," he told the station. "I fell on top of the display and I had probably 10 or 15 people on top of me. The next thing I know, my wife is pulling people off, my brother's trying to get to me, the cops were pulling people off. After that it was just a blur."
He wasn't seriously hurt, he said, just sore thanks in part to the shoulder surgery he had in September.
In a statement to NBC 5, Walmart described the Saginaw dogpile as an "isolated incident."
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Welcome to the worlds of Nancy Lee Badger, Donna Steele, and Elena Dillon! Each author is giving away a fabulous prize in honor of VALENTINE'S DAY!
Yes, that means you have
Donna Steele's latest release is The Melting, Book 3 - Cohesion , a sci-fi/paranormal romance. Donna shares her best memories of Valentine's Day - 'hat I remember most about Valentine's Day growing up was, of course, the candy and the cards. Daddy never forgot to lavish us that day, because it was his birthday. Yep, on his birthday he always had to give away gifts. I thought that was a little unfair, but not enough not to get the candy.
He arrived a 2 a.m. that morning in 1923 and Grandmother – who was like no other grandmother – called him one year (I think when he turned 50) at 2 a.m. as pay back for waking her that morning long ago. She always was the feisty one.
Momma always got the very fancy fold down cards that made a lovely romantic scene and chocolate covered Brazil nuts. Sis and I got the smaller heart shaped boxes and Sis gave me anything that had nuts in it because she didn't like those.
But I did get more candy that way. We'd have a special dinner to celebrate
(okay it wasn't romantic for them, but I wasn't thinking in those terms).
One year we even had a coconut cake with the candy hearts on top as decoration
along with the candles to be blown out.
Sis and I would look for Valentine/Birthday cards as we got older. There were usually two different ones put out by Hallmark, never a very wide selection. He'd get both of them and pretend to complain that he was being cheated out of either a Valentine or a Birthday card each year.
I still celebrate his birthday, taking cards and candy into work and leaving them for everyone in the suite. Happy ValenBirthtine Day everyone!
Blurb -
It began in the north, in the ancient cold before the birth of man. Whether from the actions of man or the cycles of the planet, the primordial ice is melting and bringing back to the atmosphere a virus. One with no known cure for modern day humans.
Rachel Gerhart has been a survivor her whole life, now she's been changed by the virus that destroyed civilization. She trying to keep her differences under wraps, but Sid Saylor knows her secret. He's been changed as well. Can their new abilities help with the rebuilding of a human civilization?
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I do, however love a happy and romantic ending so I guess that's where the romance comes in. I love bad boys that aren't so bad, heroes that will sacrifice anything for the love of their lives and edge of your seat endings where you hope no one dies so they can live happily ever after.
So I was really excited when Nancy Lee and Donna asked me to be part of the Valentine's Giveaway. I'm giving away the first three books my Breathe series each in a different format.
The Breathe series centers around the Rourke family but each story has a different set of main
Here are the blurbs:
Gone: The Breathe Prequel
Trane Braxton lives a double life. He can't risk getting close to anyone until Daisy Rourke , his longtime crush, insinuates herself into his very dangerous world.
A short story that goes back to the beginning, to the events that started the Rourkes on their journey…
Trane Braxton lives a double life. He can't risk getting close to anyone until Daisy Rourke , his longtime crush, insinuates herself into his very dangerous world.
A short story that goes back to the beginning, to the events that started the Rourkes on their journey…
Jasmine's life wasn't normal for a 16 year old girl. It hadn't been normal since the murder of her older sister, Daisy, two years ago. Her life had been changed forever. The monster that murdered Daisy was never caught. That was the reason her family decided to move away from their hometown in Southern California, to start over. Hopefully in a place where the last name Rourke wouldn't bring on staring or judgment or morbid curiosity.
In Lafayette, Louisiana things are quite a bit different but in a good way. Good manners, Cajun accents, and a whole lot of Southern Hospitality all make her think things are going in the right direction. On top of that the most gorgeous boy she has ever met is interested in her. Her new friends are better than she could have hoped for, even if she is worried about what they might think when they find out who she is. Life would be perfect if odd things didn't keep happening. Creepy phone calls, texts, and flowers in her locker start adding up quickly to something terrifying. Could the Monster have followed them to Lafayette? Was he coming after her this time? Maybe she was just worrying unnecessarily…or not.
Chandler Raines and her "dad" are on the run. Never staying in one place for very long. It's just not safe. When they arrive in Lafayette, Louisiana, Chandler quickly realizes this is the place she wants to call home. Friends, a cute boy, and competitive cheerleading have her taking dangerous risks to have the life she always wanted. Risks she promised she wouldn't take.
When her lies catch up to her, a decision has to be made. Stay or run? Will the evil that's chased them for the last four years catch up to them? When Chandler's past comes screeching into the present she'll have to sacrifice everything to keep what she loves safe. But will it be enough?
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"When I met my hubby at college, he wore cowboy boots that added two inches to his already impressive 6' 4" height. All my life, I felt taller than the boys at my other schools. He was a refreshing sight, and we soon hit it off. 38 years of marriage and two wonderful sons later, he is still my Valentine!"
Book Blurb for My Dark Highlander
Stranded in 1603 Scotland, veterinarian Jenny Morgan is eager to get home to New England. Hiding her ability to read auras, a powerful witch comes to her aid. All Jenny will miss is the man who stole her heart, one dark night.
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Infrequent bowel movements and excess body fat often go hand in hand, so it may seem logical to assume that they are related. But while there is often a correlation, neither condition causes the other. According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, infrequent bowel movements, a condition commonly known as constipation, are a symptom typical of a poor diet. And a poor diet is typically responsible for unwanted weight gain.
Digestive Health
The National Institutes of Health defines constipation as having a bowel movement fewer than three times per week. Constipation is often associated with hard, dry stools that are difficult and sometimes painful to pass. If you have to strain or bear down for longer than 10 minutes to pass stools, you are constipated. Hard stools can lead to tearing of anal membranes and can cause hemorrhoids. The NIH lists inadequate water consumption, low dietary fiber and lack of physical activity as the primary causes of constipation.
Inadequate intake of dietary fiber slows your digestion. Fiber works to cleanse the colon, binding solid waste with water and moving it through your digestive tract and out of your body. According to resources at Colorado State University Extension, dietary fiber is the portion of plants that is not digested in the intestinal tract. Refined grains like white rice and white flour have had the fiber removed. To ease constipation, the University of Washington Women's Health Care Center recommends increasing your fiber intake to at least 20 to 35 g daily. Examples of high-fiber foods are beans, wheat bran and fruit.
Not drinking enough water on a daily basis can lead to dehydration. Water helps food move through your digestive tract and binds to fiber to form soft stools that pass through your system easily, requiring little or no strain as they leave your body. The University of Washington Women's Health Center recommends you drink a minimum of eight glasses of water or herbal tea daily and that you avoid juices and caffeinated drinks. It also recommends drinking several cups of warm-to-hot water or herbal tea in the morning to stimulate bowel movement.
Weight Gain and Constipation
The lifestyle practices that cause constipation are also linked to weight gain. Physical inactivity, dehydration and overconsumption of low-fiber refined and processed foods are behaviors that slow your metabolism and lead to increased body fat. Improving your diet and increasing your physical activity are healthy strategies for controlling both constipation and weight gain. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 30 minutes or more of daily moderate-intensity activity, such as brisk walking, and two weekly sessions of resistance training for all of your major muscle groups.


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New Microbial Fuel Cells Could Turn Sewage Plants Into Power Plants [Monster Machines]
Microbial fuel cells are notoriously inefficient. Electrodialysis systems are notoriously expensive. However if you combine the two and add some poo, they can turn waste water into a viable power source. The future of green energy is brown. More »


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if the Conjuring series were shot in late 70s or 80s Scott and Devere would be great casted as Warren family. Just a remark!
Lot of butt-hurt people on the intrawebs who are convinced that shooting some of a movie in Canada makes it a Canadian film.
They took issue with the term 'American ghost story movie' but it's a movie made about an American ghost story so you could shoot it wherever you want but so long as it's set in America and tells a story about a ghost in America, it's an American ghost story movie (which, I think, has a very different tone or feel than a British ghost story movie or a Japanese ghost story movie). I'm not sure why people on social media are taking issue with that, but whatever.
Anyway, it's a fine film, but I've said elsewhere, it's as Canadian a film as Police Academy.
My point, which people taking issue with the view seem to be missing, is that regardless of where it was shot, it's a movie about an AMERICAN ghost story. Therefore, it's an American ghost story movie, even if it was shot mostly in BC. Calling it an American ghost story movie, when it's clearly a movie about an American ghost story, doesn't take away from where it was shot nor specifically mean it can't be a Canadian movie - but it is 100% a movie about an American ghost story. That's not really debatable, which is why I didn't - and won't be - changing that text.
You need to do your researrrrchhhh, paaaaaaalllll.
It blows my mind people are bitching about you referring it as an american ghost story because it was shot in canada.
Who gives a flying shit. Seriously people get a life. If you think that's a problem I can't imagine what your reaction to an actual problem would be.
You guys probably just hate Canada.
I hate Canada.
Sneaky undercover Americans...


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This year I stayed at SXSW for two days of the Music part of the festival and I'm really happy that I did, next year I hope to stay for the whole festival (though I won't stay at a hotel across the river if I do so, the time it took to get back to/from my hotel this year was a bummer). I heard 9 full performances of bands I sought out over the two days of Music and many partial sets. Of the nine full sets all of them were fantastic (a record I suspect I won't be able to sustain in future years). It says a lot that Amanda Palmer's afternoon set at the Paste Showcase was my least favorite of the nine sets. (look at the photos on her blog – I was there for the Paste Showcase though not in that shot I think and I was walking past the same intersection as she was taking the photo of her lying down in the street, that's SXSW for you!)
Now I should be clear – I really enjoyed Amanda Palmer's show – and I plan on seeing her again and getting her music (both her latest album Who Killed Amanda Palmer and probably her earlier work with the Dresden Dolls) it is just that I really saw some truly amazing music this year at SXSW. Her show was good – some of the other sets were astounding and transendent.
On Wednesday afternoon I bounced around between a number of the day parties – caught full sets by Amanda Palmer at the Paste Showcase and a full set by The Vivian Girls and many partial sets. Then in the evening I saw five out of the six acts at the KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Showcase (slightly inaccurate post about the showcase w/many links). I really wanted to see The Vivian Girls and they did not disappoint, though the set I caught was on the shorter side.
The KCRW showcase was so amazing that next year my plan is to find that showcase and spend my entire evening at that showcase from start to finish. Sure, as I did this year that may mean I miss a great concert such as the Decemberists playing their new album live, but based on this year's showcase, it will be an amazing evening of music. More importantly it will be an evening exactly suited to my tastes in music – eclectic but in my opinion great sounds, writing and performing from the start to finish. And you can, as I have already, download the full Decemberists' concert from NPR Music.
Writing almost a week after the KCRW showcase I'm not sure I can do each performance justice – they were all different and all great. But a few highlights. Angus and Julia Stone were a revalation, I had not previously heard them (or indeed heard much about them) but I really enjoyed their performance. School of Seven Bells, which was the group that more than any other was why I wanted to attend the KCRW showcase did not disapoint – a truly amazing show (I agree with the Entertainment Weekly reporter who called it the best performance of the day) though it was then followed by a really great show by Zee Avi which was to a then nearly empty room (the fact that she started at 1am may have been the reason) but she was well worth staying up late for (and heck, I'm a night owl and was still on CA time). Again, I agree with the EW reporter's assessment of her show and I'm eagerly awaiting Zee Avi's album when it comes out in May.
On Thursday I started the afternoon by exploring a number of venues and events, then ended the afternoon at the Rhapsody Rocks concert at The Mohawk. I caught the very last song of School of Seven Bells then heard performances by Glasvegas followed by … and you will know us by the trail of dead. (links are to appropriately Rhapsody pages for those bands – on the Rhapsody Rocks page see a link for a free 14 day trial)
Here is the full list of acts I saw full sets of this year:
- Amanda Palmer
- Vivian Girls
- Other Lives
- Port O'Brien (partial set at Paste Showcase, full set at KCRW Showcase)
- Angus and Julia Stone
- School of Seven Bells (partial set at Rhapsody Rocks, full set at KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic showcase)
- Zee Avi
- Glasvegas
- … and they will know us by the trail of dead
when I can find a good way to link to tracks from each artist I will update this post – suggestions for the best way to do that are more than welcome – please leave them as a comment below!


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"He who defends everything, defends nothing," said Frederick II (1712-1786).
President Barack Obama is defending everything: the economy, earmarks, his health care plan, environmental plan, energy plan, education reform, government spending, bigger government, the rights to free and open seas (re: China), a stronger U.N., an encircled North Korea, the Muslim world, the power of negotiations (with Syria, Iran, and others), the ramp up of troops in Afghanistan, etc.
You get the idea.
In many ways I see this president as going the right things. But then again he is doing everything.
He is pro-immigration and today he said he'd send troops to our border with Mexico, maybe.
Michelle doubts that.
But then again: doesn't everything depend upon the economy; followed closely by national security and stoppong terrorists?
But terrorists and terrorism are gone from our public discussion….deleted from the Obama lexicon.
From Rasmussen Reports
Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. voters worry that America's preoccupation with the ongoing economic crisis will make us more vulnerable to a terrorist attack, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
But 43% disagree and say it's not a concern while 16% are not sure.
Forty percent (40%) also say America has more enemies than friends among the nations of the world, although 44% say we have more friends.
Voters are closely divided, too, over whether the current worldwide economic crisis is more likely to create tension between the United States and other nations or more likely to foster cooperation. Forty-four percent (44%) see more tension to come, while 43% expect greater cooperation between America and other countries.
Confidence in how America is doing in the War on Terror dropped dramatically in late February, but it is not yet clear whether the numbers are a statistical blip or a reflection of recent news developments.
Iran continues to be the country the plurality of voters (35%) expect to be the first to seriously test the Obama Administration. Nineteen percent (19%) say North Korea will be the new president's first major threat, while 12% predict China. Eight percent (8%) say Russia will be the first serious challenger, but one-out-of-four voters (25%) are not sure which country is the greater threat.
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It has come to the Trust's attention that scammers are using the name of the Better Communities Trust. The Trust will never phone or contact individuals or organisations and request funds or bank account details.
A Fresh Start
The Better Communities Trust was formed as a Charitable Trust in 2013.
Better Communities wants to achieve just that: better communities.
We are about supporting charitable projects that benefit New Zealand's communities, with a particular focus on mental health. Our goal is to work with partners who share this vision and progressively the improve the lives of people in New Zealand. We bring training, workshops, forums and conferences with experienced practitioners to New Zealand to share their vision, wisdom and passion.
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Title: Little Nightmares
Genre: Action – Adventure – Platformer
Works on: Windows (7, 8, 10)
Released: April 28, 2017
Company: Tarsier Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
About this game:
Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears! Help Six escape The Maw – a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal. As you progress on your journey, explore the most disturbing dollhouse offering a prison to escape from and a playground full of secrets to discover. Reconnect with your inner child to unleash your imagination and find the way out!
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Memory: 4GB
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QUANG NAM (VNS) — The smoke coming from a charcoal fire killed a one-year-old baby, while his parents fell unconscious in Dien Quang Commune in Dien Ban Town.
The commune's administration said the family had lit a fire in a stove under a bed to keep the bedroom warm on Tuesday night.
A relative of the family found the unconscious couple and the dead baby boy at noon on Wednesday.
The parents of the infant have been taken to hospital.
The administration said the bedroom was full of smoke when they broke into the house.
Local people in the central region often use firewood stoves at home during cold weather. — VNS


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Older borrowers: why we need a more joined-up approach
Published: 7 August 2017 | Author: Jackie Wells
Earlier this summer, consultants Jackie Wells & Associates were commissioned to publish the report, Later Life Borrowing, New Mindsets: Old Silos - The Advice Framework for Older Mortgage Customers.
In this article, Jackie Wells highlights the difficulties for older borrowers in accessing the information, guidance and advice they need, and says that attitudes among consumers and within the lending industry need to converge.
Many of those in their late 50s and beyond are proud of their achievements in becoming first or second generation home-owners. Owning their home affords a strong sense of financial security, status and control. And because of house price rises, it gives them a sense of wealth that many never expected to have.
For those who have paid off their mortgage, have an adequate retirement income and sufficient rainy-day funds or investments, their property wealth may well serve as an inheritance for fortunate children or grandchildren. However, as this project now being taken forward by UK Finance demonstrates, it is perhaps only a minority of older home-owners that are lucky enough to have all three of these elements required for a comfortable retirement.
A growing number are arriving at retirement not having paid off their mortgage, not having enough income or without adequate savings – and perhaps all three. For some, financial difficulties are compounded by health issues that prevent them working in later life or require them to modify their homes.
Chart 1: Age at which mortgage ends, 2012-2016
"Sam found himself having to take early retirement due to health problems, although his wife still works part time. Rather than paying off the mortgage, they found themselves having to extend the term and move to interest-only. He now finds himself considering equity release as a way of paying off the mortgage and giving him a lump sum to spend as he wants or give to his children."
From a consumer interview undertaken by Jackie Wells & Associates for the research report Later Life Borrowing: New Mindsets, Old Silos published June 2017
Working through the options
Having to borrow later in life can be uncomfortable and the process may not be straightforward. Later life borrowers often find it difficult to navigate the market and analyse the options available to them. The world of mortgage brokers is not something that many are familiar with but their first and natural port of call, the high street lender, may not be willing to extend them a mortgage and may be unable to provide any help with equity release. Friends and family may not be able to provide any useful insights and may simply warn against borrowing in later life. And, while some will investigate online, the internet is not accessible to all.
Those willing to consider an equity release plan may become aware of providers through advertising and direct mailing by specialist advice firms. However, until recently, these firms tended not to deal with traditional mortgages, leaving consumers wanting to make a comparison between the two options with few places to go.
"Sarah and her husband live comfortably but she is worried about their pension funds (in drawdown) running out and, with interest rates so low, not having enough to pay for house maintenance or repairs. She is considering borrowing against the house again and would consider equity release. None of her friends know much about equity release but she recognises that people are 'warming to it' more than ever before. She feels that it's perhaps the most important decision that people make at this time of life."
From a consumer interview undertaken by Jackie Wells & Associates for the research report Later Life Borrowing: New Mindsets, Old Silos published June 2017
Operating in silos
Many industry players recognise that they do not currently provide later life borrowers with the tools they need to compare across their options for borrowing against their property. Different products, risks, funding models, sources of advice, and methods of remuneration and regulation all serve to make the industry operate in two distinct silos – one for residential mortgages and another for equity release.
Lending to those in later life is often more complex for both lenders and advisers. The financial affairs of borrowers are more complicated, the sales process is extended, provider research is less streamlined, compliance and regulatory costs are higher, and conversion rates are lower than for traditional mortgages.
The research for our project suggests that, first and foremost, consumers need more help in navigating the market for borrowing in later life. People need help in finding an intermediary or lender who can help them evaluate the options available to them and the risks to which those choices may expose them.
Advice and guidance
Ultimately, later life borrowers would be best served by being able to access information, guidance and advice on the full range of products, on the high street or online, but there are a number of other steps that government and industry can take. The new single financial guidance body being developed by the government should have a key part to play comparing options and signposting consumers to information and help. The industry could support this with the provision of generic information and guidance that crosses the two parts of the market.
Increasingly, later life borrowers look likely to need products that transition between traditional and lifetime mortgages. Traditional mortgages may also need to adjust to the new realities of retirement finances and changing working lives.
More than anything, the different attitudes to borrowing in later life that exist among consumers and industry need to converge. Recognising that borrowing in later life is about supporting retirement finances rather than acquiring a home will do much to bring about that alignment.


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The Image of the City
Lynch, Kevin. 'The Image of the City', Images: A Reader ed. by Manghani, Sunil., Piper, Arthur., Simons, Jon. (London: SAGE Publications, 2006) 247-249 Originally: Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. (Cambridge,MA: MIT Press, 1960) 1-13 p.247 Looking at cities can give a special pleasure, however commonplace the sight may be. Like a piece of architecture, the […]
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Preconstruction can simply be defined as the processs of building the project on paper before we start in the field. At Goudy Construction, we try and take this a little further.
This is the time where we can create the greatest project efficiencies, and develop the communication tools that will lead to a successful project. We emphasize:


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|Speak to Jorlak at Scarstone in Cobalt Scar. ( 4297, -821, 397 ) /waypoint 4297, -821, 397
What does this information mean?
Steps Edit
- Click on the Tear of Veeshan inside the command tent.
- Return to where Jorlak was and use the portal. You will zone into the New Combine Drakelands.
- Speak to Jorlak.
- Click on the sparkles at ( 23, 1, -19 ) /waypoint 23, 1, -19 to place the Tear of Veeshan.
- Follow the dialogue, watch the events.
- Kill the Doomscale reavers (100^) that attack.
- Mercenaries are suspended in this zone, so you may want healing potions.
- If you happen to die, you can single pull the reavers.
- Kill the Awakened chronomages (100^^). We attacked them with ranged and they seemed too preoccupied to fight back.
- Watch and wait for Yelinak to discover an alternate method of returning to your side...
- Speak with Jorlak.
- Return to Cobalt Scar.
- Speak to Norg Gorefist in front of the command tent. He will zone you into Scarstone Commander's Tent: New Combine's Requiem.
- Follow the dialogue and events.
- Speak with Queen Antonia Bayle (good aligned) in the Qeynos Palace or Lucan (evil aligned) in Freeport's Dethknell Citadel to complete the quest.
Rewards Edit
- At least 1p 25g
- At least 36449 status
- Tear of Veeshan Replica
One of the following (based on your archetype and alignment):
- Qeynos Cloak of Protective Valor (fighter)
- Qeynos Cloak of Arcane Valor (mage)
- Qeynos Cloak of Divine Valor (priest)
- Qeynos Cloak of Masterful Valor (scout)
- Freeport Shroud of the Overlord's Will (fighter)
- Freeport Shroud of the Overlord's Acumen (priest)
- Freeport Shroud of the Overlord's Power (mage)
- Freeport Shroud of the Overlord's Tenacity (scout)
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Non-profit Health Care Related Organization
The organization had shifted its strategic focus but was finding it difficult to change the perceptions of customers and prospects. Management realized that perceptions of the organization had to change internally before they could expect tangible changes externally. In order for clients to change perceptions of the organization, they needed to witness some fundamental changes, e.g. to the product suite.
We developed a comprehensive view of the key stakeholders we needed to influence, and conducted extensive internal and external research to gauge opinions about the current and future brand perceptions. Defined a new brand positioning and brand attributes while also developing a new brand governance system and initiated a tracking study.
We worked with a design company to change the logo and visual identity system. The brand was successfully launched internally and all departments completed their year one goals to be more "on brand". The client is developing new products that will depart from their current range and will help change perceptions.


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Author: Katerina A. Charalambous (Eurofast Global)
A lot has taken place since the Russian President Vladimir Putin had called for the deoffshorization of the Russian economy in order to repatriate capital being channeled in offshore jurisdictions and to combat tax avoidance.
The Draft Law on Deoffshorization was initially made available for public discussion on the 18th of March 2014 and the floodgates had opened. Since then, extensive discussions between the business community and governmental bodies have taken place both in Russia and abroad as this new Law is expected to significantly affect foreign jurisdictions as well. After a prolonged emotional rollercoaster caused by the various revisions of the initial text, the Draft Law was submitted to the State Duma and it was adopted on the 18th of November 2014 in the second and third readings.
The Law establishes a mechanism for the taxation in Russia of incomes of CFCs, in the case where such companies do not distribute their incomes to the benefit of Russian controlling entities, controlling such companies. Thus, according to the Law adopted, the definition of a CFC refers to companies that are not tax residents of Russia and are controlled by individuals or legal entities that are Russian tax residents.
The "control" over the CFC shall be determined both by the ability of the controlling person to exert influence on the decisions of the CFC with regards to the distribution of its profits and by their level of participation in the authorized capital of the company, of more than 25%. Also, in the case where the overall share of Russian tax residents in the company is more that 50%, then the level of participation in the company in order to determine a controlling person shall be reduced to 10%. It is important to note that the transition period which was previously set from 2015 until the end of 2017 has now been reduced. As such, a level of participation of 50% shall apply for the purposes of determining a controlling person up to the end of the year 2016.
The Law also defines the foreign companies that shall fall outside the scope of the legislation and their profits will be exempt from taxation in Russia:
The Draft Law was almost unanimously voted by the State Duma (439 votes, zero - against, and two - abstentions) without accepting the amendments proposed by the Government. Now the final word lies with the Federation of Council in Russia however it seems that the possibility for further amendments to the Law may still be in play as commented by the Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov "I very much hope that we will be able to return in the spring to the CFC law, in order to correct it".
This article first appeared on mondaq.com.
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Actually I'm just a mid twenty, book-addicted, female nerd. But the truth behind is that life is richer on unexpected things and interesting people than one thinks. So please don't judge a book by its cover.
I write this blog about the books I currently read, but also about films I've seen and that I like or that impressed me in the one or the other way. Furthermore most posts are written in German for this being my mother tongue, but there are also a few English posts to be found.
For my practical semester I've taken some books with me I hadn't read so far or I wanted to reread, but I couldn't finish the list during winter semester 14/15, so this will still dominate my posts for the next time. I also started to go "back to the roots" mainly in fantasy and science-fiction literature, so please don't wonder if there are posts about fairytales, quite old authors or children books.
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When creating art…why just play? PLUS a little trick….
When creating art why just relax and play….BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE…FUN! If you've been reading you know I've been just playing around with encaustic. And just a list tip…Encaustics are EXPENSIVE….so I have a little tip….
- If you take beeswax that you can by at any art or hobby store…mix a small amount of the beeswax with an artist oil pastel (I got the cheap kind knowing what I would be doing with it) Let it melt and mix…it works like a charm and you have all the colors you want without spending $60 for 6 colors…. just a little tip
NOW, don't get me wrong I LOVE LOVE LOVE the brand of Encaustic shown and that's the starter kit I got….I love them but they are pricy to say the least so if you're playing…like me….some cheaper alternatives are nice.
So I'm driving home from seeing my parents the other night and the sun was setting in such a way the it looked like a trophy descending from the sky…..the sun with the beam of rays coming out in triangle form was just breathtaking and since I'm not the type to come home, whip out my oil paints and create a life-like representation…if you know me I'm just not built that way….it has to be weird and have a little bit of my touch of crazy so here's my encaustic sunset. The biggest complement I got, from my husband who although is my biggest fan highly prefers me sitting down and doing a representational oil painting that looks like a photograph….anyway he said…it looks like a trophy!!! I squealed and said "That's exactly what it looked like!!! Thank you!!" He looked at me like I was crazy thinking…that wasn't meant to be a compliment but it was to me!!! My husband paints too and you should see the two of us at an art festival together….it's hysterical!! We can't find each other because we're always stopping at different tents with exact opposite art!!
But anyway…here's my crazy version of the sunset and I hope you like it as much as I had fun playing making it. This is my first BIG encaustic piece. The others were small 6"x4" boards. This is 24"x 18″…. So this was a big step for me…
So if you want to play with encaustic, try the tip I gave above and go at it. You may just fall in love as I have. A good book to look at as well is
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Market Overview
Last week was a great week to be long, as all 3 major indexes made gains each day of the week, with the exception of the Dow Jones which needed to rest Monday before joining the S&P & Nasdaq in considerable gains for the week. The Dow was able to pick up .80% gain for the week, the S&P gaining 1.3% and the Nasdaq making up the most ground with 2.4% for the week. As we stated last week, the odds favored the market beginning its next up leg, and we saw just that with green across the board for a vast majority of indexes & stocks. The Dow made a textbook reversal on Tuesday as it found support at the 50 dma and finished each day of the week with more reversal bars, which is always a positive sign for the overall strength of the market. Currently, the Nasdaq & SP-500 are both bumping into overhead supply that may slow or stop last weeks advance. In addition, September is the worst month of the year statistically; this isn't a month to be greedy, but instead, capture your profits and make sure to use a tight stop. Look for lots of volatility with shorter runs of a few days.
Long-Term Herd The LTH is overbought after seeing the market make considerable gains last week. Wait for setups to form and price to come back in the buy zone before jumping in with both feet.
Short-Term Herd: The STH proved correct last week as the market found higher and higher prices each day. Market is overbought as we enter Tuesday as odds favor lower prices to start the week.
Bull Market Status: The bull is still strong. No early sign of a looming bear market or correction anytime soon.
Stocks & Trade Ideas
Trading Psychology
The Number One Goal-Setting Mistake Traders Make in Trading
The number one goal-setting mistake traders make is setting goals related to money. Active traders will often tell me that they have a goal of making X-dollars a day or X-points a day. That's just not a good way to structure a goal.
Trading Goals Related to Money
What happens when the market trades in a very narrow range? Typically, price movement will remain within the first hour's range throughout the day. That range might only be 5 or 6 points — too narrow to offer much trading opportunity. It is very difficult to make money on such narrow range days.
So, if you goal was to make X dollars a day how do you do that on a narrow range day? Since it is nearly impossible to make good trades on such a day, you would have failed to achieve your goal. And, if you couldn't read that the market has narrowed its range and instead tried to reach your money goal, you would have likely been trying to trade at every little turn and wound up over trading a choppy, range-bound day. At best your money goal had set you up for failure because you couldn't achieve it. Worse, your money goal caused you to force trades in a choppy market, and maybe you lost money. Goals that promote failure, poor trading habits, and losses are not useful goals.
A Better Trading Goal
A better goal focuses on your development as a trader. It will help you improve your trading knowledge, skills, or abilities. Rather than thinking about money, think instead about the process of trading. The process of trading simply refers to the skillful actions a trader takes in trading effectively. A useful question to ask is:
What trading process, if I were to improve and develop in this area, would add to my ability as a trader?
Example of a Better Trading Goal
An example will help to illustrate how to do this. Let's say you want to improve your ability in trading trends. You have done a self-assessment of your trading on trending days and find that your greatest limitation is that you tend to counter trade the trend. A simple solution might be to notice whether the market is moving with momentum and making higher lows and higher highs (for a bullish trend). A useful process goal then becomes:
Prior to taking a trade that fades a move, I will assess whether the market is moving with momentum and making higher highs and higher lows. If it is trending, I will not take the trade. I will execute this process on at least 85% of all trades considered over the next 20 trading days.
Note that this goal is useful because it builds skills and ability in assessing market movement. It also keeps the trader from taking poor quality trades. The next step for this trader would be to develop a goal to execute trades consistent with the trend – again, a process goal.
Trading goals should be designed to help you achieve. Goals related to money, points, or other 'stats' won't help you do that. Work on trading goals that are related to achievement by helping you to develop your trading skills.
Source: Dayton, Gary. "Trading Psychology – The Number One Goal-Setting Mistake Traders Make in Trading". Ezine Articles. September 16, 2010. http://EzineArticles.com/5048406. September 4, 2017.
Good luck this week. Don't force trades, take what the market will give you. As always, don't forget to use a stop loss!
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Good morning, I was out last Wednesday with a couple good sticks and they made my day as a guide fun and excitable. I had not been out on the water with this new decreasing flow and heard some horror story's on how it was playing havoc with hooking up on fish. We stated the morning off with the home run stretch strippin streamers from the bank and only caught two so I started to worry.. After the morning rush went up river we fallowed and to my amazement four mile was open. Being early in the morning 9-9:30ish I new that the drop had not hit the lower river so we pulled in. For the first time in a months I tied on the ol chop special and nymphed double midges and we started to hook up. From the top of fours riffle to the bottom were it meets deeper water we were getting takes. Played there for about a hour,about the time the decreasing flow arrived we could see the bite had slowed so moved on. We then went to an old hole were one was throwing a streamer into the main current and the other guy doing a Dry dropper on the big schools of merging midge followers. The fish on the dropper were all young and under 11″ but still the anticipation of a dry take makes it fun. The rest of the day we spent up river were we Pegged a Egg for the first time this year and it was good. Catching nice colored up fish and an average of 14″ made my day. So with the eggs bite on we went back down river were and got on some Reds and had some fun sight fishing. We landed the nicest fish of the day there, a fish pushing the 17″ border and nice an healthy male surprised us both when he surfaced. We threw three times in his red the first two I could see him chase the bead down and just so close both times, finally the third time was a charm sticking him and getting him to the net was the highlight of the day. We caught fish multiple ways and never got skunked at any stop. Was a great relief with the other reports I had been worried about. To top this all off I spotted a group of 5-8 HOGS!!! These fish got my blood pumping and they are hands down the biggest fish i have ever seen on Lees Ferry. We couldn't find a way to hook into them but I'm going to do nothing but find out how, I cant wait to get down this weekend and get to work on them. I'm sorry for no pics but I took a pic a nice fish on Monday and while releasing him my camera went for a swim. I will keep you updated on the hogs and get here while the spawn still is on!
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Face primer substitute! What they are for and why they needed.
Face primer substitute! Foundation primer, eyeshadow primer, eyelash and lip primer. A layer that keeps makeup and eye shadows on the skin for longer. Some swear the others do not see any sense in it.
Today I take a closer look at an alternative to foundation primer – why use it and when, how exactly?
First of all, many primers work so well because they contain silicone. If you do not mind, you can use the power of these products. Those who avoid this ingredient must go to the tedious search for a silicone-free primer. These are mainly found in brands that do not exist in Germany. For example, Sephora (private label) and Becca. Also, Korres offers a product without silicone, which I chase after a long time. Silicone are controversial companions in beauty products and have fallen into disrepute with parables, aluminum, sulfates, and glycerin. I do not want to start a discussion on ingredients, I think it's the same as with food: each one according to his taste. But one thing I can recommend that many people ask question what to wear instead of face primer? or can you use lotion as a face primer? so mu answer will be a big No.We can't use anything instead of primer not even lotion because at weddings, photo shoots or big events, primers is very useful, it gives security, as far as the make-up is concerned.
In addition to the skin-smoothing property, many primers offer even more benefits. Thus, some shimmer for the ultimate glow, conjure up redness or make the pores look smaller.Today we talk about what primer is?why should we use it ? how to choose a right primer?how to apply primer correctly and diy face primer for oily skin.
The primer is the basis of every good makeup
Do you know the problem? The makeup lasts only a few hours and at the latest then pimples, wrinkles or shiny skin come to light. A Face primer substitute that should always be your makeup foundation from now on helps against this problem.
Makeup is for many women the nuts and bolts of perfect styling. But even if the makeup looks impeccable immediately after application, it can be quite different after a few hours. After all, makeup only stays on the skin in the long term if a good foundation is created. Here a primer helps.
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What is a Face primer substitute?
The English word "to prime" means as much as priming and betrays, which is this make-up sense. The Face primer substitute is also referred to as a make-up base because it acts as a primer under the foundation. Unlike a foundation or powder, the primer is transparent or has a milky color in green or pink. The respective coloring has different effects on the final result.
In addition, there are not only primers for the face, but also primers for the lips and eyeshadow bases.
Why should you use a primer?
By applying a Face primer substitute, your skin not only looks even and smoother, but is also supplied with moisture and care substances. If you apply makeup directly to the face, it covers the skin like a protective layer. So no moisture can get on your face and your skin dries out. In addition, the make-up without a primer literally by the natural sweat production, washed away from the face.
Another advantage of the Face primer substitute is the powdery consistency, which blends perfectly with the makeup and provides for a longer hold of the Foundation.
With a colorless primer you can not go wrong, because it is suitable for all skin colors. However, there are special Face primer substitute that provide different effects. With colored primer products you can specifically change your skin color. For example, a green make-up base counteracts redness. A pink shade should remove the gray haze from the skin and make your complexion look livelier. Yellowish tones, on the other hand, correct shadows. There are even primers that work with mother-of-pearl particles. These provide a natural glow of the skin when daylight falls on your face. This primer can therefore be used not only as a makeup base, but also as a highlighter.
Choose the right primer
Face primer substitute can easily adapt to normal and combination skin types . If you tend to oily skin, you should buy matting products. For dry skin, it is best to choose a primer that is rich in moisture. Mature skin benefits from a primer with antioxidants. Be advised on ambiguities in the perfumery or the drugstore. By the way: You will recognize a good advice that you are asked for your skin type.
Hide wrinkles and pores
Use one Water-based foundation, makes it easier to fade a matching primer with her. For best results, dab the primer on your skin as if you wanted to replenish wrinkles, pores and scars. With ingredients such as tea tree oil or vitamin A, some primers can provide even more beautiful skin in the long term. For oily skin suitable primers contain powder, which mattifies the complexion.
Radiant complexion
Pink or purple primers can turn a pale Make the complexion look healthier and radiant. For a slightly shimmering look, you can resort to a primer with light-reflecting particles. Oils provide your skin with moisture and combat dry spots.
Even skin tone
discoloration can be concealed with tinted primer. Redness is best neutralized with a green primer, as it is a complementary color. But apply it only on red areas, otherwise it could be seen under the Foundation. If you are prone to dark discoloration, you can cover it with peach-colored primer.
Apply primer correctly
Cleanse your face with water and a light cleansing lotion and then treat your face with a moisturizer. Wait about five minutes for this to retract. Then put some primer on your fingertips and massage it from the middle of your face to the edges. Wait a few more minutes for the primer to retract, then apply your foundation or powder as usual. Note:You can't use lotion instead of face primer but you can use it before applying primer for give your dry skin moisture.
diy face primer for oily skin
Homemade foundation primer is a good choice if you are in a situation and asked a question to yourself i ran out of makeup primer what can i use now and also if you have a oily skin .You can make diy face primer for oily skin by using home product easily at home.Even makeup artist swear by this recipe.
- Liquid foundation
- Transparent aloe Vera gel
- Toothpick/brush
- Container
How to make it :
Put needed amount of your foundation within the instrumentality. Now, combine with a strip or the top of your makeup brush to dissolve lumps. you'll be able to add some drops of Aloe Vera gel to the present formula and create it skin nutritive. Aloe Vera will provides a matte end to the oily skin.Add additional foundation thereto if you wish a stronger coverage for spots. This formula for works nearly as good as high-priced primers offered at makeup counters. Also, keep it within the icebox to avoid its consistency from cutting. Plus, it'll have a cooling impact on your oily skin after you apply it.
As many people ask me a question that is makeup primer necessary?
Yes, it is necessary to use a makeup primer whether you buy it or make it at home.Because makeup primer can cover all your pimples and spots if you have an oily skin .Since all the ingredients are natural, you do not have to worry about putting any chemicals on your sensitive oily skin that could harm its health. Just don't forget to wash that makeup off!


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Theres always someone who want his software to do something slightly crazy (me!). In this case its getting it to synchronise with a multitrack recorder. Other softwares of this type provide continuous resynchronisation either on playback only or on record and play. Continuous resynchronisation on record and play is necessary to be absolutely sure that hard disk and multitrack will always be in step, at the cost of a slight risk to audio quality. Session offers only trigger sync which means that it finds the right place then the two machines go their own sweet ways. In theory even two digital machines will drift due to slight differences in their clock rates. However, I tested Session with my Fostex RD-8 ADAT and sync is as near perfect as makes hardly any difference at all. I couldnt guarantee that it will be the same for you, I might just have been lucky, so make sure you check Session out with your own equipment if accurate synchronisation to multitrack is important to you.
Check this out with your local Mac guru, but it has been brought to my attention that not all Power Macintoshes have 16 bit audio capability. The internal CD-ROM may do 16 bits, but the part of the computer we are interested in is only 8 bit. This doesnt sound very promising for would-be Session owners so, seeing as the Mac range changes so frequently, my advice as always is to check that the whole system will work the way you want it to before you part with any cash.
Although not strictly relevant to this review, you may be interested in a little problem I had when I installed Session. I allowed the installer to place Session and its associated files on my hard disk automatically and everything worked fine straight away. A couple of days later I wanted to use another hard disk recording package on my computer and found that when I tried to create a new file I got a Mac OS error which sounded pretty grim. I did the normal things like rebuilding the desktop and running Norton Utilities with no joy. I also ran Apple Personal Diagnostics which reported a System error, even after I reinstalled the System files from scratch. The only answer, I thought, was to reformat my hard disk which involved painstakingly removing all the installs of the copy protected software I use (and I nearly missed one!). Amazingly, the problem persisted. Of course I should have realised but the nature of the error message threw me off the track. The Session installer had quite legitimately replaced my Digisystem INIT file with the latest version, which just happened to be incompatible with my other disk recording software. The solution to the problem, I feel, is always to make a copy of the Extensions folder when installing new software, and wait a few days until you are sure that all your existing software runs okay before trashing it. That way you can always get back to square one easily if you need to.Come on the FREE COURSE TOUR
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Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009)--known as Les Paul--was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was the inventor of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on sound),delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention.
His innovative talents extended into his playing style, including licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many guitarists of the present day. He recorded with his wife Mary Ford in the 1950s, and they sold millions of records.
Among his many honors, Paul is one of a handful of artists with a permanent, stand-alone exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is prominently named by the music museum on its website as an "architect" and a "key inductee" along with Sam Phillips and Alan Freed.
Early life:
Les Paul was born Lester William Polsfuss outside Milwaukee, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to George and Evelyn (1888-1989) (née Stutz) Polsfus. His family was of German ancestry. Paul's mother was related to the founders of Milwaukee's Valentin Blatz Brewing Company and the makers of the Stutz automobile. His parents divorced when he was a child. The Prussian family name was first simplified by his mother to Polfuss before he took his stage name of Les Paul. He also used the nicknames Red Hot Red and Rhubarb Red.
While living in Wisconsin, he first became interested in music at age eight when he began playing the harmonica. After an attempt at learning the banjo, he began to play the guitar. It was during this time that he invented a neck-worn harmonica holder, which allowed him to play the harmonica hands-free while accompanying himself on the guitar. Paul's device is still manufactured using his basic design. By age thirteen, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music singer, guitarist and harmonica player. While playing at the Waukesha area drive-ins and roadhouses, Paul began his first experiment with sound. Wanting to make himself heard by more people at the local venues, he wired a phonograph needle to a radio speaker, using that to amplify his acoustic guitar. At age seventeen, Paul played with Rube Tronson's Texas Cowboys, and soon after he dropped out of high school to join Wolverton's Radio Band in St. Louis, Missouri, on KMOX.
Early career:
Paul migrated to Chicago in 1934, where he continued to perform on radio. His first two records were released in 1936. One was credited to "Rhubarb Red", Paul's hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues-artist Georgia White. It was during this time that he began playing jazz and adopted his stage name.
Paul's jazz-guitar style was strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, whom he greatly admired. Following World War II, Paul sought out and befriended Reinhardt. After Reinhardt's death in 1953, Paul furnished his headstone. One of Paul's prize possessions was a Selmer Maccaferri acoustic guitar given to him by Reinhardt's widow.
Paul formed a trio in 1937 with singer/rhythm guitarist Jim Atkins (older half-brother of guitarist Chet Atkins) and bassist/percussionist Ernie "Darius" Newton. They left Chicago for New York in 1939, landing a featured spot with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians radio show. Chet Atkins later wrote that his brother, home on a family visit, presented the younger Atkins with an expensive Gibson archtop guitar that had been given to Jim Atkins by Les Paul. Chet recalled that it was the first professional-quality instrument he ever owned.
Paul was dissatisfied with acoustic-electric guitars and began experimenting at his apartment in Queens, NY with a few designs of his own. Famously, he created several versions of "The Log", which was nothing more than a length of common 4x4 lumber with a bridge, guitar neck and pickup attached. For the sake of appearance, he attached the body of an Epiphone hollow-body guitar, sawn lengthwise with The Log in the middle. This solved his two main problems: feedback, as the acoustic body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and sustain, as the energy of the strings was not dissipated in generating sound through the guitar body. These instruments were constantly being improved and modified over the years, and Paul continued to use them in his recordings long after the development of his eponymous Gibson model. In 1945, Richard D. Bourgerie made an electric guitar pickup and amplifier for professional guitar player George Barnes. Bourgerie worked through World War II at Howard Radio Company making electronic equipment for the American military. Barnes showed the result to Les Paul, who then arranged for Bourgerie to have one made for him.
While experimenting in his apartment in 1940, Paul nearly succumbed to electrocution. During two years of recuperation, he relocated to Hollywood, supporting himself by producing radio music and forming a new trio. He was drafted into the US Army shortly after the beginning of World War II, where he served in the Armed Forces Network, backing such artists as Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, and performing in his own right.
As a last-minute replacement for Oscar Moore, Paul played with Nat King Cole and other artists in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles, California, on July 2, 1944. The recording, still available as Jazz at the Philharmonic- the first concert- shows Paul at the top of his game, both in his solid four to the bar comping in the style of Freddie Green and for the originality of his solo lines. Paul's solo on 'Blues' is an astonishing tour de force and represents a memorable contest between himself and Nat 'King' Cole. Much later in his career, Paul declared that he had been the victor and that this had been conceded by Cole. His solo on Body and Soul is a fine demonstration both of his admiration for and emulation of the playing of Django Reinhardt, as well as his development of some very original lines.
Also that year, Paul's trio appeared on Bing Crosby's radio show. Crosby went on to sponsor Paul's recording experiments. The two also recorded together several times, including a 1945 number-one hit, "It's Been a Long, Long Time." In addition to backing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters and other artists, Paul's trio also recorded a few albums of their own on the Decca label in the late 1940s.
In January 1948, Paul shattered his right arm and elbow in a near-fatal automobile accident on an icy Route 66 just west of Davenport, Oklahoma. Mary Ford was driving the Buick convertible, which rolled several times down a creekbed; they were on their way back from Wisconsin to Los Angeles after performing at the opening of a restaurant owned by Paul's father. Doctors at Oklahoma City's Wesley Presbyterian Hospital told him that they could not rebuild his elbow so that he would regain movement; his arm would remain permanently in whatever position they placed it in. Their other option was amputation. Paul instructed surgeons, brought in from Los Angeles, to set his arm at an angle--just under 90 degrees--that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. It took him nearly a year and a half to recover.
Guitar builder:
Paul's innovative guitar, "The Log", built after-hours in the Epiphone guitar factory in 1940, a 4" × 4" chunk of pine with strings and a pickup, was one of the first solid-body electric guitars.Paul Tutmarc of Audiovox Manufacturing Co. built a solid body electric bass in 1935 and Adolph Rickenbacker had marketed a solid-body guitar in the 1930s and Paul A. Bigsby had built one for Merle Travis in 1948 and Leo Fender also independently created his own (the Fender "Broadcaster" later changed to "Esquire" for copyright reasons, a single pickup model) in 1948. Although Paul approached the Gibson Guitar Corporation with his idea of a solid body electric guitar, they showed no interest until Fender began marketing its Esquire which later had a second pick-up added and became known as the Telecaster.
The arrangement persisted until 1961, when declining sales prompted Gibson to change the design without Paul's knowledge, creating a much thinner, lighter and more aggressive-looking instrument with two cutaway "horns" instead of one. Paul said he first saw the "new" Gibson Les Paul in a music-store window, and disliked it. Although his contract required him to pose with the guitar, he said it was not "his" instrument and asked Gibson to remove his name from the headstock. Others claimed that Paul ended his endorsement contract with Gibson during his divorce to avoid having his wife get his endorsement money. Gibson renamed the guitar "Gibson SG", which stands for "Solid Guitar", and it also became one of the company's best sellers.
The original Gibson Les Paul-guitar design regained popularity when Eric Clapton began playing the instrument a few years later, although he also played an SG and an ES-335. Paul resumed his relationship with Gibson and endorsed the original Gibson Les Paul guitar from that point onwards. His personal Gibson Les Pauls were much modified by him--Paul always used his own self-wound pickups and customized methods of switching between pickups on his guitars. To this day, various models of Gibson Les Paul guitars are used all over the world by both novice and professional guitarists. A less-expensive version of the Gibson Les Paul guitar is also manufactured for Gibson's lower-priced Epiphone brand.
On January 30, 1962, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued Paul a patent, Patent No. 3,018,680, for an "Electrical Music Instrument."
Multitrack-recording innovations:
Paul had never been happy with the way his records sounded. During a post-recording session talk with Bing Crosby, the crooner suggested Paul try building his own recording studio so he might be able to get the sound he wanted. At first Paul discounted the idea only to give it a few more minutes thought before deciding Crosby was right. Paul started his own studio in the garage of his home on Hollywood's North Curson Street. The studio drew many other famous vocalists and musicians who wanted the benefit of Paul's expertise. The home and studio are still standing, but both had been moved to Pasadena at some point after Paul no longer owned the home.
In 1948, Les Paul was given one of the first Ampex Model 200A reel-to-reel audio tape recording decks by Crosby and went on to use Ampex's eight track "Sel-Sync" machines for Multitrack recording. Capitol Records released a recording that had begun as an experiment in Paul's garage, entitled "Lover (When You're Near Me)", which featured Paul playing eight different parts on electric guitar, some of them recorded at half-speed, hence "double-fast" when played back at normal speed for the master. ("Brazil", similarly recorded, was the B-side.) This was the first time that Les Paul used multitracking in a recording (Paul had been shopping his multitracking technique, unsuccessfully, since the '30s. Much to his dismay, Sidney Bechet used it in 1941 to play half a dozen instruments on "Sheik of Araby"). These recordings were made not with magnetic tape, but with acetate discs. Paul would record a track onto a disk, then record himself playing another part with the first. He built the multitrack recording with overlaid tracks, rather than parallel ones as he did later. By the time he had a result he was satisfied with, he had discarded some five hundred recording disks.
Paul even built his own disc-cutter assembly, based on automobile parts. He favored the flywheel from a Cadillac for its weight and flatness. Even in these early days, he used the acetate-disk setup to record parts at different speeds and with delay, resulting in his signature sound with echoes and birdsong-like guitar riffs. When he later began using magnetic tape, the major change was that he could take his recording rig on tour with him, even making episodes for his fifteen-minute radio show in his hotel room. He later worked with Ross Snyder in the design of the first eight-track recording deck (built for him by Ampex for his home studio.)
Electronics engineer Jack Mullin had been assigned to a U.S. Army Signal Corps unit stationed in France during World War II. On a mission in Germany near the end of the war, he acquired and later shipped home a German Magnetophon (tape recorder) and fifty reels of I.G. Farben plastic recording tape. Back in the U.S., Mullin rebuilt and developed the machine with the intention of selling it to the film industry, and held a series of demonstrations which quickly became the talk of the American audio industry.
Within a short time, Crosby had hired Mullin to record and produce his radio shows and master his studio recordings on tape, and he invested US$50,000 in a Northern California electronics firm, Ampex. With Crosby's backing, Mullin and Ampex created the Ampex Model 200, the world's first commercially produced reel-to-reel audio tape recorder. Crosby gave Les Paul the second Model 200 to be produced. Using this machine, Paul placed an additional playback head, located before the conventional erase/record/playback heads. This allowed Paul to play along with a previously recorded track, both of which were mixed together on to a new track. This was a mono tape recorder with just one track across the entire width of quarter-inch tape; thus, the recording was "destructive" in the sense that the original recording was permanently replaced with the new, mixed recording.
Paul's re-invention of the Ampex 200 inspired Ampex to develop two-track and three-track recorders, which allowed him to record as many tracks on one tape without erasing previous takes. These machines were the backbone of professional recording, radio and television studios in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1954, Paul continued to develop this technology by commissioning Ampex to build the first 8-track (multitrack) tape recorder, at his own expense. His design became known as "Sel-Sync" (Selective Synchronization), in which specially modified electronics could either record or play back from the record head, which was not optimized for playback but which had acceptable sound quality for musicians to listen to for the purposes of recording an "overdub" (OD) in sync with the original recording. This is the core technology behind multitrack recording.
Les Paul & Mary Ford:
Paul met country-western singer Colleen Summers in 1945. They began working together in 1948, at which time she adopted the stage name Mary Ford. They were married in 1949. The couple's hits included "How High the Moon", "Bye Bye Blues", "Song in Blue", "Don'cha Hear Them Bells", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise", and "Vaya con Dios". These songs featured Ford harmonizing with herself.
Like Crosby, Paul and Ford used the now-ubiquitous recording technique known as close miking, where the microphone is less than 6 inches (15 cm) from the singer's mouth. This produces a more-intimate, less-reverberant sound than is heard when a singer is 1 foot (30 cm) or more from the microphone. When implemented using a cardioid-patterned microphone, it emphasizes low-frequency sounds in the voice due to a cardioid microphone's proximity effect and can give a more relaxed feel because the performer isn't working so hard. The result is a singing style which diverged strongly from unamplified theater-style singing, as might be heard in musical comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.
Radio and television programs:
Paul had hosted a fifteen-minute radio program, The Les Paul Show, on NBC radio in 1950, featuring his trio (himself, Ford and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton) and his electronics, recorded from their home and with gentle humor between Paul and Ford bridging musical selections, some of which had already been successful on records, some of which anticipated the couple's recordings, and many of which presented re-interpretations of such jazz and pop selections as "In the Mood", "Little Rock Getaway", "Brazil" and "Tiger Rag". Over ten of these shows survive among old-time radio collectors today.
The show also appeared on television a few years later with the same format, but excluding the trio and retitled The Les Paul & Mary Ford Show (also known as Les Paul & Mary Ford at Home) with "Vaya Con Dios" as a theme song. Sponsored by Warner Lambert's Listerine mouthwash, it was widely syndicated during 1954-1955, and was only five minutes (one or two songs) long on film, therefore used as a brief interlude or fill-in in programming schedules. Since Paul created the entire show himself, including audio and video, he maintained the original recordings and was in the process of restoring them to current quality standards until his death.
During his radio shows, Paul introduced the fictional "Les Paulverizer" device, which multiplies anything fed into it, like a guitar sound or a voice. Paul has stated that the idea was to explain to the audience how his single guitar could be multiplied to become a group of guitars. The device even became the subject of comedy, with Ford multiplying herself and her vacuum cleaner with it so she could finish the housework faster.
Later career:
In 1965, Paul went into semi-retirement, although he did return to the studio occasionally. He and Ford had divorced in December 1962, as she could no longer cope with the traveling lifestyle their act required of them. Paul's most-recognizable recordings from then through the mid-1970s were an album for London Records/Phase 4 Stereo, Les Paul Now (1968), on which he updated some of his earlier hits; and, backed by some of Nashville's celebrated studio musicians, a meld of jazz and country improvisation with fellow guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Chester and Lester (1976), for RCA Victor.
In 1987, Paul underwent heart surgery. He then returned to active live performance, continuing into his 80s even though he often found it painful to play the guitar because of arthritis in his hands. In 2006, at age 90, he won two Grammys at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards for his album Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played. He also performed every Monday night, accompanied by a trio which included guitarist Lou Pallo, bassist Paul Nowinksi (and later, Nicki Parrott) and pianist John Colaianni, originally at Fat Tuesdays, and later at the Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway in the Times Square area of New York City.
Composer Richard Stein (1909-1992) sued Paul for plagiarism, charging that Paul's "Johnny (Is the Boy for Me)" was taken from Stein's 1937 song "Sanie cu zurgălăi" (Romanian for "Sledge with Bells"). A 2000 cover version of "Johnny" by Belgian musical group Vaya Con Dios that credited Paul prompted another action by the Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society.
For many years Les Paul would sometimes surprise radio hosts Steve King and Johnnie Putman with a call to the "Life After Dark Show" on WGN (AM) in Chicago. These calls would take place in the wee hours of Tuesday Morning following his show at the Iridium Jazz Club. Until they ended their show on WGN, Steve and Johnnie continued to honor Les on Tuesday Mornings at 2:35 AM with their segment "A Little More Les" drawing from around 30 hours of recorded conversations with Les.
On August 13, 2009, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York. His family and friends were by his side. Paul is survived by his four children and his companion Arlene Palmer. His attorney told the media that he had made several hospital stays over the past few months. His last concert took place a few weeks before his death.
Upon learning of his death many artists and popular musicians paid tribute by publicly expressing their sorrow. After learning of Paul's death, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash called him "vibrant and full of positive energy.", while Richie Sambora, lead guitarist of Bon Jovi, referred to him as "revolutionary in the music business". U2 guitarist The Edge said, "His legacy as a musician and inventor will live on and his influence on rock and roll will never be forgotten."
On August 21, 2009, he was buried near Milwaukee in Waukesha, Wisconsin at Prairie Home Cemetery which indicated that his plot would be in an area where visitors can easily view it. Like his funeral in New York on August 19, the burial was private, but earlier in the day a public memorial viewing of the closed casket was held in Milwaukee at Discovery World with 1,500 attendees who were offered free admission to the Les Paul House of Sound exhibit for the day.
Awards and honors
Paul was initiated into the Gamma Delta chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at the University of Miami in 1952. He has earned the Presidential award from the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
In 1979, Paul and Ford's 1951 recording of "How High the Moon" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Paul received a Grammy Trustees Award for his lifetime achievements in 1983, and in 2001 the Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award.
In 1988, Paul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jeff Beck, who said, "I've copied more licks from Les Paul than I'd like to admit." In 1991, the Mix Foundation established an annual award in his name; the Les Paul Award which honors "individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of audio technology". In 2005, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his development of the solid-body electric guitar. In 2006, Paul was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was named an honorary member of the Audio Engineering Society. In 2007, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In 2003, Les was ranked as #46 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
A one-hour biographical documentary film The Wizard of Waukesha was shown at the Los Angeles International Film Exposition (FILMEX) March 4-21, 1980, and later on PBS television. A biographical, feature-length documentary titled Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90 made its world première on May 9, 2007, at the Downer Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paul appeared at the event and spoke briefly to the enthusiastic crowd. The film is distributed by Koch Entertainment and was broadcast on PBS on July 11, 2007, as part of its American Masters series and was broadcast on October 17, 2008, on BBC Four as part of its Guitar Night. The première coincided with the final part of a three-part documentary by the BBC broadcast on BBC ONE The Story of the Guitar.
In June 2008, an exhibit showcasing his legacy and featuring items from his personal collection opened at Discovery World in Milwaukee. The exhibit was facilitated by a group of local musicians under the name Partnership for the Arts and Creative Excellence (PACE). Paul played a concert in Milwaukee to coincide with the opening of the exhibit.
Paul's hometown of Waukesha is planning a permanent exhibit to be called "The Les Paul experience."
In July 2005, a 90th-birthday tribute concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York City. After performances by Steve Miller, Peter Frampton, Jose Feliciano and a number of other contemporary guitarists and vocalists, Paul was presented with a commemorative guitar from the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
On November 15, 2008, he received the American Music Masters award through the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a tribute concert at the State Theater in Cleveland, Ohio. Among the many guest performers were Duane Eddy, Eric Carmen, Lonnie Mack, Jennifer Batten, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Dennis Coffey, James Burton, Billy Gibbons, Lenny Kaye, Steve Lukather, Barbara Lynn, Katy Moffatt, Alannah Myles, Richie Sambora, The Ventures and Slash.
In February 2009, only months prior to his death, Les Paul sat down with Scott Vollweiler of Broken Records Magazine, in which would be one of Les Paul's final interviews. His candid answers were direct and emotional. Broken Records Magazine had planned to run that cover feature the following month but due to delays was held until the summer. 3 days before the release, Les Paul died. The issue would be his final cover feature of his storied career.
In August, 2009, Paul was named one of the ten best electric guitar players of all-time by Time magazine.
On June 9, 2010, which would have been Les Paul's 95th birthday, a tribute concert featuring Jeff Beck, Imelda May, Gary U.S. Bonds and Brian Setzer among others, was held at the Iridium Jazz Club where Les Paul played nearly every week almost to the end of his life. The concert was released on the live album Rock 'n' Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) in 2011.
On June 9-10, 2011 Google celebrated what would have been Paul's 96th birthday with a Google doodle of an interactive guitar.
In 2010, Paul was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Paul married Virginia Webb in 1938. They had two children, Gene (Lester Jr.), born in 1941 and named after actor-songwriter Gene Lockhart, and Russell (Rusty), born 1944, before divorcing in 1949. Later that year, Paul and Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers) were married. They adopted a girl, Colleen, in 1958 and their son Robert (Bobby) was born the following year. They had also lost a child, who was born prematurely and died only four days old. Les Paul and Mary Ford divorced in 1963.
Paul was the instructor of rock guitarist Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, to whom Paul gave his first guitar lesson. Miller's father was best man at Paul's 1949 wedding to Mary Ford.
Paul resided for many years in Mahwah, New Jersey.


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Apache NiFi is an open source project mainly designed to support automation of data flows between systems.
This blog is part of a complete guide divided in 3 separate posts:
- Part 1: Apache NiFi – Basic installation with HTTPS/SSL & LDAP Configuration
- Part 2: Apache NiFi – Configure Data Flow & NiFi Policies
- Part 3: Apache NiFi – Cluster configuration
The complete guide will basically show you how to install and configure an Apache NiFi instance with SSL, LDAP Authentication, policy permissions and also configuring a NiFi cluster using either the embedded zookeeper service or an already configured zookeeper quorum in your current environment.
Configure NiFi & DataFlow Policies
If you followed the previous blog, you will now have a NiFi instance set-up with HTTPS, LDAP User Authentication and an admin user to start editing the required policies.
There are two types of policies in Apache NiFi and these are configured separately:
- The Policy to access the Web UI of NiFi, viewing templates, configuration history, etc… This can be accessed from the clickable button in the top-right corner near the username.
- The Policy to view/modify processors, clearing flowfile queues, creating dataflows, viewing DataFlow policies, etc… This can be access by clicking on the key icon as show below
Apache NiFi Policies
- Configuring the policies to access NiFi itself. Near your admin username, you will notice a clickable button which will show you various options:
We will start by adding some LDAP users and creating NiFi groups to make policy configuration easier.
- Click on the "Users" option and a larger window will open, showing you current NiFi users and Groups.
- Click on the button to add either a user or a group.
- You will notice two tickable options:
- Individual
- This is where you can add LDAP users. Use the same user account format used in LDAP to "link" them together (e.g. name.surname)
- Group
- This is where you can add or create new groups. To "link" groups to LDAP you would need to do further configurations inside the authorizers.xml file.
- Individual
- We will start by creating new NiFi groups called "NiFi-Admin", "NiFi-Operator" and "NiFi-ReadOnly".
- Once the groups are created, you can then start adding users to the specified groups.
- You can add created users to the group by clicking on the near the username and selecting the group you want.
Now that the users and groups have been created, you would need to setup the necessary policies for users to access your NiFi instance.
- Click on the "Policies" option and a larger window will open, showing you current NiFi users and Groups depending on the policy.
- The policies are in the form of a drop-down list. You would need to go through them to configure the specific policies depending on users and/or groups.
- Adding a user and/or group is similar to creating them. Click on the
- Search for the required user and/or group and add as required.
- Some policies will have another drop-down list to give you the option to configure whether the permission should be that of "view" or "modify".
Apache NiFi DataFlow Policies
As stated above, the dataflow policies are separate from the NiFi policies. These policies need to be set for users to start creating their own dataflows.
- On the left hand-side you will notice an "Operate" box. Click on the key icon to access the dataflow policies.
- You will notice that the policy format is the same as the users policy. The policies are in the form of a drop-down list.
A better explanation of the policies:
- View the component
- Allows the user to view what processors are being used and how the dataflow is configured. If the permission is not set for the user, the user will just see the following:
- Modify the component
- Allows the user to create his own dataflows, modify/configure processor configurations, start, deleting, etc…
- View the data
- Allows the user to view/list the data found inside the queues. Important to note is that the "Node Identity" configured in authorizers.xml should be given permission to this policy
- Modify the data
- Allows the user to empty the data found inside the queues should they become stuck or no longer needed. Important to note is that the "Node Identity" configured in authorizers.xml should be given permission to this policy
- View the policies
- Allows the user to view the dataflow policies currently in place
- Modify the policies
- Allows the user to modify the dataflow policies for all other users
Hope this guide helps you out, if you have any difficulties don't hesitate to post a comment. Also, any needed improvements or mistakes done in the guides feel free to point them out.


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I'm really getting annoyed with people and all their judgements. Why, as a culture must we be so quick to jump all over each other and beat each other down? Why is it so hard to reserve judgement and not make assumptions? Our differences are what makes this world such an interesting and fun place to live. It really is okay that we're not the same. Really.
I have a very strong faith and belief system, and I live it to the best of my ability. For me, it is right and what I know to be true. Do I disagree with other people's beliefs and actions? Without question. Do I avoid situations and events that I don't "agree" with, yes. Does that mean that I am better than anyone else, No it doesn't.
I almost never swear, and I rarely drink. But some of my most favourite people curse like truckers and drink copious amounts of liquor. I LOVE them in spite of our differences. I attend church weekly, and yet many of my friends and associates, don't. I still thoroughly enjoy my time spent with them and enjoy the things that they bring into my life. I have many friends that support causes that I don't support, watch movies that I question, and fight for things that I don't believe in. I choose to wish them well, and go the other direction. I may not participate in your events or join you in a solidarity march, but I won't call you names or belittle you. I just ask that you give me and my beliefs the same respect.
I challenge all of you with strong beliefs and attitudes to show some compassion when sharing about yourself. Recognize that others are just as convicted by their truths as you are about yours. Do I suggest that you compromise yourself and what you know? Absolutely not. But it won't kill you to stand there with a listening ear, and be respectful to what they have to say. What you do with their information is up to you.
Frankly, if what you believe in is so important, you may want to leave the lines of communication open. Someday, these very people who you so freely judge may want to learn more about your truths and what you believe. If you honestly care about sharing what you believe, stop being such a jerk and practice what you preach.
So please, as we enter the Christmas season where opinions and judgement thrive, Choose Grace. (grace – a disposition to kindness and compassion.) And please know that when I wish you a Merry Christmas and you reply with a Happy Holidays, I love you in spite of our differences.


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It's a new year, and it's a clean slate for reading. I failed in many of my goals for 2017, so I'm going to try to be realistic about what I'd like to read in 2018.
I would like to read more nonfiction. I have a big shelf of science books, and I hope to get to at least a few of them this year. I'm hoping to read at least three nonfiction books.
I want to read some classic novels. This goal obviously didn't work out for me last year, but I'll try again. I think part of the reason I didn't make last year's goal is that I just wasn't that interested in the five books I chose. I think that if I choose books I'm more interested in, I have a better chance of achieving this. I'm going to aim for three classic books. I have some titles in mind: Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights (I've read it before, but not in many years), and The Portrait of Dorian Gray.
I would like to try to read fewer books than in 2017, emphasizing quality over quantity. We'll see how that goes. In 2017, I read 125 books. This year, I've set a Goodreads goal of 75.
I'm hoping to post more on this blog. I did better in the second half of the year, and I want to maintain that momentum. I need to get back to the original purpose of the blog, re-reading my childhood favorites. I would like to alternate re-reads with new books.