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Your hometown and your favourite thing about it? Swannanoa, North Carolina. It's easy to say!
Favourite recipe?Too many! But this a good one.
Strawberry Shortcake CookiesMakes about 2 dozenStir together and set aside:12 oz. strawberries, remove stems and dice into ¼ inch pieces1 tsp. lemon juice2 Tablespoons sugar Wisk together:2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder½ teaspoon coarse saltCut in, or rub in with fingers, 6 Tablespoons of cold unsalted butter into flour mixture until it looks like coarse crumbsStir in 2/3 cup of heavy creamStir in strawberry mixtureDrop small scoops onto parchment lined baking sheetSprinkle with sugarBake until edges are golden 24 - 26 minutesEat immediately! Don't keep for more than a day.
What do you enjoy most about making your products? Where do you draw your inspiration from? We love what we do. The best part is in the beginning stage of any piece when there is a lot of excitement about it. We will find inspiration in the weirdest places. I think we got this way from growing up in Indiana - where you have to be inspired by bad weather, flat farm land, and billboards...
What makes your products unique? We truly put our hearts and minds into the creation and production of our work. We hope this comes through in our art works and makes it unique.
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We were met at Nashville airport by "Bob & Barb", parents of good friends of ours. They graciously let us stay with them in their gorgeous house for the time we were there. Nashville is Tennessee's capital and sits on the Cumberland River. Getting around the city is pretty easy and there's plenty to see, especially if you're a music fan.
We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and also did the RCA Recording Studio Tour. This was of particular interest to David who is a massive Elvis fan (Elvis recorded much of his catalogue here). David would have been happy to stay in that studio all day... Once I had dragged him away, we walked down Broadway which is quote touristy, however found some nice places including "Brewhouse & Mojo" (which serves over 70 beers on tap) and Ernest Tubb Record Shop. We also wandered down to the Cumberland River where we sat and soaked up some Tennessee rays.
During our stay we hired a car (as we were staying quite a way out of town). Actually it was more of a truck than a car, and David nearly killed us both when he forgot momentarily which side of the road we were supposed to be driving on, thank goodness we were in a 4wd on steroids as the other cars just parted around us until we made it back to the right side of the road!
In the CBD, we found some great little art galleries tucked away and made some great purchases. Word on the street was to check out "Hillsboro Village" as far as handmade local art was concerned. We headed out there and found some absolute gems. Shops specialising in handmade products of all types where we were able to obtain lots of contact details of local artists. Again, more great goodies to add to the nest!
Hillsboro Village is a cool hub, made up of mainly students (that attend the surrounding universities), cools bars, shops and galleries including the Fitz. The food we found was also brilliant. Salmon and avocado burritos....mmm... yum... I still get hungry thinking about them now.
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Botulinum Toxin—or Botox as you probably know it—is touted astheanti-wrinkle treatment, gifting all faces it comes into contact with a younger, fresher, wrinkle free exterior.
This month officially marks 15 years since it received FDA approval in Australia, and in that time it's garnered much support and admiration (we are ranked as one of the world's largest spenders on the injectable). To celebrate its birthday, we grilled Sydney's leading injector and Cosmetic Nurse Natalie Abouchar on all the weird, wonderful and non-wrinkle related things that Botox can do for your face…
#1. Cure 'orange peel' chin
The contraction of the mentalis muscle on the chin creates an orange peel look on the surface of the skin, which, over time can lead to superficial lines and wrinkles permanently etched into the skin. "It will also give a witch like appearance to the chin when it contracts creating a deep horizontal line between the chin and the mouth called a mental crease," explains Abouchar. Dysport injections can be used to smooth this area and prevent further wrinkling.
#2. Put an end to 'Resting Bitch Face'
"We have a muscle which attaches to the corner of the mouth and extends down to the jaw," says Abouchar. "When this muscle contracts normally, it can pull the corners of the mouth down giving that Resting Bitch Face appearance." Botox can be injected to subtly lift the corners of the mouth.
#3. Pull back a vanishing top lip
Abouchar recommends having injections "placed just above the border of the lip" to stop it from rolling inwards and disappearing when you smile. This slightly everts the lip, even providing a subtle fullness without the use of fillers.
#4. Rejuvenate an ageing neck
"Our neck is covered in a muscle which can form long stringy bands when it contracts," says Abouchar. To counteract an unsightly turtle neck and less than defined jawline, Botox can be injected into this muscle to rejuvenate the area.
**#5. Hide a gummy smile**
Showing a bit too much gum when you smile is indicative of overactive muscles around your nose and mouth, "causing the lip to be pulled up much higher than normal," says Abouchar. "Injections into the muscles just beside the alar base of the nose can relax the excessive pulling up of the lip and allow you to improve the look of your smile."


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In what appears to be an isolated incident, a man in Illinois has reportedly saved thousands of dollars during the July 12th "Amazon Prime Day".
Mr. Smith shared with our reporter, "I used this same technique on Black Friday last year, but as it was new to me, I only saved a few hundred."
He went on to explain his money saving technique in greater detail, "It is so simple I am amazed I did not think of this sooner. I start by clicking on a sale item that looks particularly attractive to me. For example, earlier today I was going through the trending deals and spotted the Blu-ray disk for "Pride + Prejudice + Zombies" selling for 69% off list price. At that discount I was really tempted even though I don't care for Jane Austen and zombie movies have never appealed to me. Pressure was mounting because the web site said 40% were already claimed and there was only 14 hours, 46 minutes and 44 seconds remaining. After several minutes agonizing over my decision, I finally moved my mouse past the "Add to Cart" button on up to the "x" to close the window. It was that easy to save $19.93! If you add in the tax I did not pay on the purchase I did not make, I saved a bit over $20. I have been doing this all morning and at this point I have saved over $3,453 simply by closing the window each time I considered a purchase. Although each one was a small non-purchase, I have looked at and not purchased a dozen Blu-ray disks so far. That matches perfectly with the Blu-ray player I did not buy last November when it was on sale for a really great price."
Some economists are concerned and hope this practice does not spread to the general public. Dr. R. Langdon, professor of Economics and Applied Usury at the University of Goldman-Sacks, expressed this view, "As long as this remains a limited aberration, it should not effect the market. Our concern is what would happen if thousands or millions of consumers stopped buying sale items they did not need. Not only would the retailers suffer but think of the impact on waste collection and landfills. These industries are central to the American way of life and careless frugality could put them at risk by reducing demand for their services."
Ignoring the negative impact he might have on the price of landfill stocks, Mr. Smith celebrated over his latest non-purchase, "I just passed up a great deal on a Curved 70-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV that was going for a paltry $1,974. If they had been willing to throw in just a couple of more buzzwords or another acronym, I would have had to buy it but I am going to wait for the next model that will have more features I do not use and cannot understand."
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A Peruvian appeals court has ruled that the former President Ollanta Humala and his wife must remain in pre-trial detention for up to 18 months while they are investigated for campaign contributions.
Peru's Ex-President Humala Sentenced to 18 Months Before Trial
Humala led Peru from 2011 to 2016.
Both he and his wife, Nadine Heredia, are accused of receiving money from the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, the Peruvian firm OAS and the Venezuelan government.
The couple has denied the accusations and said a lower court's July 13 ruling ordering them to be jailed while public prosecutors finish the probe violates due process.
"We're clearly taking this to the Supreme Court," Defense Attorney Wilfredo Pedraza told reporters, calling the measure "disproportionate."
Last month, Judge Richard Concepcion Carhuancho ruled that there was a "high probability" that they would try to evade justice.
The judge ruled preventative detention was "appropriate and necessary."
The finances of the Peruvian Nationalist Party which Humala and Heredia co-founded in 2005 have been probed for years.
Humala is in the same prison as the former president Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights crimes and graft.
While another of the country's ex-leaders, Alejandro Toledo, has also been ordered to pre-trial detention in connection with the Odebrecht investigation.
Peru is trying to extradite Toledo from the United States.
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Tailor-made travel is all about the client: what do they really want from the trip, when do they want to travel, which parks do they want to visit, do they want to include some cultural tours or relaxation, what type of accommodation would they like to stay in, and what is their budget? We can only answer all these questions by spending quality time in dialogue with our clients on the phone, by email or post…..lots of time! Yes it is very labour intensive, but it means that our clients arrive in countries well informed, and start trips that they have helped design; trips that they really want.
The term tailor-made travel is seen on nearly every travel site these days, reminding us of the bad old days when all companies were trying to 'green wash' their products and services without the neccessary credentials. For many travel companies this is simply a marketing tool without any real substance behind the statement. We would encourage travellers to dig a little deeper and discover for themselves the level of bespoke service that these companies are able to offer.
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Measurements96" W x 33" D* x 34" H
*Extends to 42"
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That's right, I just flew in from New York, and boy, are my jokes tired. Wait, I think I've already used that one before...which I guess proves my point. Anyway, I've returned from Christmas break with the family, and looking forward to resuming normal production soon (for you newbies that's 2.5 videos every week!).
Technically, we're not supposed to work until the New Year, but it's been too long without a video, and I'm starting to get the shakes, so I'm going to film something today. By the way, the photo shows a very successful experiment I did cooking a prime rib "sous vide" style in a cooler. Now that I think about it, the title should actually be, "New Bag in my Tricks."
I got the idea here, and it worked beautifully! I don't think I'd be able to film, edit and post before New Year's Eve, but rest assumed this will be shared on the channel at some point. Stay tuned. I missed you all!


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Sasquatch, IV: Wolves in the Storm's Eye
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There are moments particularly on side B where IV borders on too perfect — thinking of songs like "Wolves at My Door" and the shorter "Corner" — but, 12 minutes shorter than its predecessor, there's no filler on Sasquatch's fourth, and even where their songwriting modus is most laid bare with a, "Let's make this into a verse and chorus," mentality, the quality of the material stands up to the familiarity of the intent. In addition, Gibbs has dialed back some of the Chris Cornell-style vocals that came out on III cuts like "Pull Me Under," so that even in slower, more-open tempo stretches like that early into "Smoke Signal," he sounds more like his own singer, giving IV all the more a sense of accomplishment. That song, "Smoke Signal," is one of two included that top seven minutes long — the other is "Drawing Flies" — and both are used to close out their respective sides, underlining the classic album structure of IV overall as a collection of high-quality individual pieces set to the best working order to bring out a dynamic feeling of movement between them. The earlier "Eye of the Storm" (5:12) reaches for some of the same ground, but ultimately finds itself distinguished more for the strength of its hook in following ultra-catchy opener "The Message" — simply one of the finest choruses the band has ever written — despite also slowing the tempo from that track. Built around motor riffing and straight-ahead uptempo groove, "The Message" arrives at its chorus to find Gibbs' double-tracked and singalong-ready with a cadence and lyrics that are simple enough to leave an immediate first impression that lasts through the rest of the album and of course the first of many stellar solos layered in atop rhythm tracks in a way that's professional but not overdone, a long feedback outro adding to the edge en route to the guitar opening of "Eye of the Storm," which has a more melodic riff and makes itself felt with a wash of crash from Ferrante and glorious bed of low end from Casanova. Vocal harmonies distinguish the chorus further, leading to second-half stomp that recalls some of the last album's more weighted stretches, an Ozzy reference tossed in ("…the white horse it's symbolic of course") tossed in for good measure in a deceptively intense ending. Seems surprising they don't go back to the original chorus at the end, but that's likely the point.
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And sure enough, they don't. "Wolves at My Door" and "Corner" are the two shortest cuts on IV, and while "Me and You" recalls some of side A's verse/chorus tradeoffs, the feeling of space in Ferrante's cymbals and the swing of the song overall remain in line with "Wolves at My Door" as well, and Gibbs' vocals stay singly-layered as well, marking another distinction. Sasquatch would hardly be the first rock band to put the big choruses up front, but "Me and You" stays plenty catchy anyway, honing in on a Dixie Witch-style delivery ending with (of course) a big rock finish that rings out and moves well into "Corner," which is essentially based around the single riff that Gibbs establishes at the outset, a fuzzy bridge serving as a kind of instrumental chorus between verses punctuated by tom thuds, until with less than a minute to go, the band shifts to a catchier progression, changing up the structure in what feels like a purposeful way but one that doesn't necessarily serve the song itself so much as the album as a whole. Still, the band has never been much for playing to burl and where they easily could on "Corner," they don't, giving the nonetheless dudely swagger a more natural, unforced vibe, fading to a quick finish to let "Drawing Flies" reference "Eye of the Storm" in its melodic, open tone and "Smoke Signal" in its echoing spaciousness. In a way, IV can be seen as being about its payoffs — namely, about its moments of arrival in "Smoke Signal" and "Drawing Flies." That's not to say the rest of the album doesn't offer its own satisfactions, because yes, it does, but once either of the two longer side-closers kicks in, you know in listening that you've gotten to where the band wants you to be. "Drawing Flies" is slower than anything since "Smoke Signal" as well, restrained in its pace, but nestled into a flowing mid-paced groove that's given breadth all the more thanks to Casanova's bassline, shifting at its midpoint to nod-ready riffing that, in turn, stops to amp buzz topped by Gibbs' vocals before the chorus kicks back in. This is IV's triumph and its final thrust, and Sasquatch do right in riding it out, Gibbs taking a solo with under two minutes to go that adds drama to the finale, which comes on in a wash that comprises the last minute for an ending as big as the rest of the album justifies, holding up even more on repeat listens owing to the depth of approach that comes out across the second half after the more immediate impact of the first. Varied, unfuckwithably tight in its composition and performance, and showing a level of heavy rock mastery that even III didn't as high as its peaks were, IV seems to find the balance that Sasquatch have been looking for all along and might prove over time to be their strongest outing to date. No wonder it felt so long in getting here, since as soon as you hear it you'll feel like you've known it forever.
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Top 5 tax time tips
It's time to get your tax affairs in order as 30 June is fast approaching. So whether you keep your records and supporting documentation in a shoebox or on a computer, it's time to start preparing for your tax return.
Here's a handy checklist we've asked our tax expert to put together for you in order to maximise your deductions for the year.
1. Working from home? Make a claim!
If you work from home - either occasionally or all the time - and run a home office, you are entitled to deductions for costs arising from working at home.
The expenses that you can claim include:
· Heating, cooling and lighting
· Cleaning costs
· Decline in value (depreciation) of home office furniture and fittings, office equipment and computers (for items over $300)
· Computer consumables, stationery, telephone and internet costs
· Items of capital equipment (such as furniture, computers and associated hardware and software) which cost less than $300 can be written off in full immediately
Methods of claiming:
· Diary method/actual running expenses
You will need to keep a diary to work out how much of your running expenses relate to doing work in your home office. You can only claim the work-related proportion. The diary needs to detail the time you spend in the home office compared with other users of the home office. Keep diary records for a representative four-week period.
· Tax Office rate per hour method
You can use a fixed rate of 45 cents per hour for home office expenses for heating, cooling, lighting and the decline in value of furniture instead of keeping details of actual costs. You just need to keep a record of the number of hours you use the home office and multiply that by 45 cents per hour. Under this method you can also include the decline in value of office equipment (i.e. computers, faxes, etc.) but not furniture.
The following costs are not deductible as part of home office expenses: mortgage or interest costs, rates and taxes or depreciation on the home.
2. Did you use your car for work? Don't forget the tax deduction!
You can claim motor vehicle expenses related to your work. There are two methods you can use to do this:
· The cents per kilometre method. You claim a flat rate of 66c for every kilometre travelled for work purposes. You can only use this method if you travelled 5000 business kilometres per vehicle or less. This covers all expenses, so no other claim is possible.
· Alternatively, you can use the log-book method. You must use this method if you travelled more than 5,000 business kilometres per vehicle. This allows you to claim each individual expense (such as fuel, insurance, servicing, depreciation). However, you must keep detailed substantiation (receipts, invoices, etc) and keep a logbook.
Now is the time to check that your log-book is up to date and that you have all the receipts, invoices and records of journeys which you will need to calculate and substantiate your claim
3. Completed a course for work? You might be able to claim the cost as a tax deduction!
If you undertook a course of training or study during the year which was related to the job you do and which you paid for yourself, you can claim the costs related to that course. That doesn't just cover the cost of the course, it also covers all the incidental costs related to your study, such as airfares, accommodation and meals (if you travelled interstate), motor vehicle expenses (if you drove to the place where the course was held) and home office costs, if you studied at home. If you purchased a computer, laptop or tablet for use in your studies, you can claim the relevant portion of the cost either straight away (if the cost was less than $300) or over several years (if the cost was more than $300).
4. Gather written evidence. You'll need it to claim deductions!
Gather together all your paperwork into a well-organised file. Whether you are self-preparing or lodging through an accountant, it makes the process easier and quicker if you have all your documentation on hand, complete and in the right order! Sadly, if you don't have supporting documentation for each deduction (if they total more than $300), you can't claim the deduction so it pays to hunt around for missing documentation.
5. Offset capital gains against capital losses!
If you've disposed of shares or any other form of investment and you know you've made a capital gain, take a look at your investment portfolio and consider disposing any assets, which you own that are sitting at a loss. The resulting capital losses can be offset against the capital gain.
Be careful though! If you sell shares sitting at a loss and then buy them back, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) takes a hard line against so-called "wash sales". This refers to the sale of an asset before the year-end and the purchase of a substantially identical asset immediately after the year-end, such that the owner has a continuing economic exposure to the asset. The ATO has issued a tax ruling, which states that they can apply the anti-avoidance provisions to cancel tax benefits and apply penalties.
And finally…seek expert help
Speak to your tax agent. They can identify exactly what you need to do to get into shape for the 2016 tax season and maximise your deductions.
Mark Chapman is H&R Block's director of tax communications.


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LONDON (Reuters) - The boffin behind James Bond's lethal array of gadgets like car ejector-seats and exploding toothpaste - known only as "Q" - has always been portrayed in the 007 films as a man.
Actors who have played him include Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Bayldon and John Cleese.
But in real life Q is actually a woman, the chief of Britain's MI6 intelligence service has revealed.
Speaking at the Women in IT Awards in London, Alex Younger invited his audience to consider a job with the service.
"If any of you would like to join us ... the real-life Q is looking forward to meeting you and I'm pleased to report that the real-life Q is a woman," he said.
The agency's chief, who has previously said he wouldn't hire James Bond as a spy, also felt the film stereotype of spies being posh and educated at elite universities was unhelpful.
"That stands in the way of something that I regard as being so important which is that we can reach into every community in Britain and make sure that we get the people that are the best, regardless of their background," Younger said.
'Q', short for 'Quartermaster' was most recently portrayed by British actor Ben Whishaw in the Skyfall and Spectre films.
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The South Asia-Middle East-North Africa (SAMENA) Telecommunications Council has partnered with Booz & Company for a major project to assess regional ICT policies and how to drive digitization in the region.
SAMENA, non-profit telecommunications industry association that represents over 40 telecommunications operators in 25 markets, will work with Booz & Co to assess policy regimes, and identify areas where improvements could be made. The study aims to generate recommendations that can be shared with regulatory and policy institutions, particularly in the countries covered by the SAMENA council network.
The study began on 9th September, and is due to conclude in November this year.
Thomas Wilson, SAMENA's CEO and executive managing director commented: "This policy assessment initiative has been the subject of our focus for well over a year. SAMENA will be able to bring strong value to its membership and to its Board through tangible results, which Booz & Co. is going to help us achieve. Our study directly supports the interests of SAMENA Council's membership as well as various stakeholders in the region. It also underpins SAMENA's strategic stance on digitization as an incentive for continuing network infrastructure investments in the region."
Dr. Karim Sabbagh, senior partner with Booz & Company added: "Digitization offers unprecedented potential for economic, social and political development and has proven to have a significant impact on economic growth, job creation and governance. A co-ordinated effort by all stakeholders in the region can help the region prosper and realize the full potential of digitization."


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Shot in the famous Mid-City in Los Angeles, California, Noon Goons share their exciting Spring/Summer 2018 collection.
Noon Goons encompasses the organic and original vibe that the City Of Angels is renowned for. Inspired by the youthfully anarchic skating, surfing, art and music scenes based in Los Angeles, the collection reflects the Southern Californian spirit in its oversized, relaxed fits and streetwear edge.
Dropped hems, elongated sleeves, stripes and pastel shades make up the majority of the collection, which all work to create a nonchalant and understated vibe in outfits that can be worn from day to night.
The lookbook and accompanying video was shot and styled by Sam Jarou and Daniel Regan in the city's famous Mid-City district. Its models are all young and local members of the creative community, who epitomise the brand's born-and-bred-in-LA philosophy.
The collection will be available to buy in Dover Street Market and Mr Porter.
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San Antonio has lost its last two straight games for the first time this season partly because of Tim Duncan's absence, but more so, because of both he and Tony Parker's are now injured. Before Tony went down, the Spurs were still racking up the wins with Manu "The Flopper" Ginobili picking up Timmy's slack and averaging 37 points in the first two games that Duncan was out for. Now that Tony is also sidelined there is just too much slack for the rest of the Spurs to untangle resulting in their most recent, 96-84, loss to the Golden State Warriors and, 102-97, defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers.
On the other hand, the Nuggets are a team that is seemingly starting to put all their loose pieces together with five wins in their last six games, and they still don't even have a full roster of players.
What else is new, right?
Things to look for in tonight's game are which team dictates the tempo, shooting percentages (which, for the Nuggets, will also be closely tied to the tempo of which the game is played), Denver's assist total, and San Antonio's offensive rebound total.
If the Denver Nuggets want to leave the Alamo city with a win tonight they will need to get out and run the Spurs into submission. San Antonio is a team that likes to milk every possession for the absolute best scoring option and have been the best team in the league for years now because of how efficiently they do it. Good shots are what the Nuggets hope for. Great shots are what the San Antonio Spurs work for. Denver needs to limit San Antonio to contested, decent looks at the basket and then rebound like gangbusters to get the legs of the fast break established.
This is where things get pivotal.
From there, one team should be able to establish a favorable shooting percentage with the Nuggets hopefully doing so by getting a plethora of fast break opportunities from point number one. San Antonio wants to grind the clock and finish every 24 seconds with a deuce and shoot the ball about 80 times making about 37 of them while limiting the Nuggets to about 75 shots when all their turnovers are accounted for. The Nuggets need to get about 90 shots on their basket and make about 42 of them to win. Which, again, is why the game's shooting percentages for both teams is so closely tied to the tempo.
Denver will also have to share the ball somewhere in the vicinity of 25-30 assists to defeat the Spurs. The Nuggets are 17-1 when AI double-doubles with assists and points and if he can give Denver 10-12 assists with at least one other person, ehh hmm Anthony Carter or Carmelo Anthony, recording at least half of what AI does the Nuggets chances of victory are greatly increased. The Nuggets can ill-afford to have Marcus Camby snatching junk off the glass and then putting the ball on the floor, so my prescription is for everyone to get the ball to a guard and run the floor like someone is chasing you. The pass is coming, rest assured of that, but the assist total can't grow if the Nuggets get caught having sticky fingers.
My last point to take notice of is how many offensive rebounds the Spurs can grab, and If you add up all my previous points it shouldn't be hard to understand why this is so important. If the Nuggets give the Spurs two and three chances to score on too many possessions they will surely lose because 24 seconds is a long time to play defense for; let alone trying to play respectable D for 48 seconds or, gasp, over a minute. My pivotal point in this aspect of the game is eleven. If the Nuggets can hold the Spurs to eleven or fewer offensive boards they can, and should, win this game. If the Spurs collect more second-change opportunities than that… It could be a long night!
Should be a good one. Let's get some chatter in here, Nuggets Nation!


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PJRC Bromsgrove tour 2019 a real success
The Pembrokeshire Junior Regional Cricket Squad recently toured to the Bromsgrove Cricket Festival held at Bromsgrove School. The squad produced some outstanding cricket over the three day festival to return home unbeaten. Led by captain Finley Lewis and vice-captain Tomos Lewis, this was a great achievement by the boys against strong opposition from Isle of Man, Worcestershire and Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan.
Pembrokeshire 230 for 3 beat Isle of Man 93 all out by 137 runs
Day one and Pembrokeshire were invited to bat on a pitch which looked pretty flat. Openers Tomos Lewis and Will Allen set the tone with an excellent 72 partnership, Allen being the aggressor with six boundaries in his 40 runs. Finley Lewis joined his namesake in another productive partnership of 75. Tomos Lewis accelerated the scoring in a mature innings before retiring for a well-deserved 50. After Finley had struck a patient 29 runs, it was Rhys Eynon and Jack Phillips who took their team to the close. Eynon hit a belligerent 26 not out, Phillips supporting well with 13 runs before being unselfishly run out from the final ball.
A total of 230 looked imposing and so it proved as the Isle of Man batsmen struggled to get away against sustained accurate bowling and sharp fielding. Noah Williams (2 for 12) made the early breakthrough, before Phillips and Oscar Willington entered the attack. These two ripped the heart out of the beating order, Phillips returning an excellent 2 for 7. The batsmen struggled to cope with Willington's pace seeing him collect 3 for 10. Cian Rees and Cai Lewis then took over with 1 for 9 apiece to leave the opposition at 46 for 9. A spirited last wicket stand between Ryder Spencer (25) and James Harding (14no) took the score to 93 before skipper Lewis finished the game with 1 for 0.
An excellent bowling performance was supported by the fielders. Allen grabbed three catches behind the wicket, Charlie Bujega and Tomos Lewis each grabbing sharp low catches. This was an excellent team effort, setting the tone for day two.
Pembrokeshire 56 for 0 beat Worcestershire 53 for 8 by 10 wickets
Following prolonged morning rainfall and the loss of several hours play, Worcestershire batted first in this T20 contest. Another eye-catching bowling performance followed from Pembrokeshire, seeing the batsmen find the boundary only once in 20 overs and no-one reach double figures.
Once again Williams (1 for 6) made the breakthrough, skipper Lewis also opening with a miserly spell of 1 for 5. Willington once again troubled the batsmen with his pace and bounce to pick up 2 for 9, aided and abetted by Rhys Eynon who found the opposition unable to deal with his off spin and notching a superb 3 for 3 spell. Rees's left arm seam added the eighth wicket without conceding a run. The fielding was again of high quality, epitomised by a really sharp catch from Dillon James.
The chase proved little challenge for Pembrokeshire. Openers Finley Lewis and Dillon James put together 45 runs with a combination of strong hitting and excellent running between the wickets. Lewis retired for a good looking 27, seeing Rhys Phelps (6no) come to the crease. He and James (11no) eased their team home in only 8.1 overs to notch a second victory in two days.
Pembrokeshire 68 for 1 beat Cardiff & Vale 66 all out by 9 wickets
The final game saw Pembrokeshire maintain momentum in a 35 clash against a strong Cardiff team. Pembrokeshire won the toss and opted to field first, looking to make use of the overcast conditions. They did not disappoint as another relentless bowling and fielding performance saw the opposition shifted for a meagre 66 runs.
Bujega pouched a run out in the first over, Williams (1 for 21) then trapping Lewis Popple (12) in front.
Skipper Lewis returned excellent figures of 2 for 8 to see Cardiff in trouble. Once again Willington did not let the opposition off the hook, producing another pacy spell to claim 2 for 10, including the prize wicket of Theo Walker (16). This saw Willington finish the tour as top wicket taker with the impressive cumulative figures of 7 for 29. No other batsman managed double figures as Bujega (2 for 2) and Tomos Lewis (2 for 8) produced some excellent bowling to close the innings.
That left Pembrokeshire needing 67 to complete an unbeaten tour. Tomos Lewis and Allen returned to the opening berths and did not disappoint. Lewis (13no) again batted with aplomb but it was Allen who, having seen rain approaching, put the Cardiff attack to the sword. Allen struck nine boundaries in what was his maiden half century, finally being bowled by Oliver Goad (1 for 8) for a tremendous 50. This saw Allen finish as top run gatherer with an impressive 90 runs from two innings. It was left, maybe appropriately, to skipper Finley Lewis to hit the winning boundary, seeing his team home in only 11.3 overs.
The players represented Pembrokeshire with distinction on and off the field, leaving their coaches very proud. Nick Daley was beaming come the conclusion of the tour. 'The players have been fantastic. They set high standards on day one and maintained these throughout. They should be extremely proud as are Jon and I. Definitely a tour to remember.'
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This year seems to by flying by and February will be over before we know it. I am hoping we have an early spring this year. The freezing, below zero temperatures started January 3, and have not let up. We have had a day or so that it was warmer and not freezing cold. I guess calling 46 degrees warm is stretching it a bit. In the summer if we think about 46 we think that is cold. Nevertheless what ever it is we have to endure it and be happy for another day. I have been doing a lot of wood working and making bunnies too. I enjoy making bunnies and thinking about Easter time. It is a special time of year. The deer number has grown here and it is always a treat to look out the window and see them coming for dinner. There are twelve now. I keep food in their trough and bird seed in the feeders. The one deer who started coming first I call Deary. I did not have the special deer food then so she would tip the bird feeder and lick all the seed out. She is the only one who does that and doesn't eat the deer food now. She is special and I love to watch her. My neighbor Elouise told me she saw Deary come one day and there was no bird seed so she stood for ten minutes and looked right at the house. I must have been away and the birds had emptied the feeder. So now I fill the feeder up late in the evening so she always has plenty. Sad to see them trying to find food when the snow has been on the ground for so long. I also have a one legged crow who comes every day to eat. He is Hoppy. He has a difficult time eating and the other crows try to chase him away. We have been here over two years now and we are almost finished with the changes we have planned to do. We moved my Mother out of the house I grew up in and closer to us last year. She has had a better winter this year and stayed warm and well. I hope you are enjoying a wonderful week and are staying warm. As my Mother would say..."It has been cold, cold, cold, cold, cold!" The degree of cold requires more times said. Have a wonderful day! ~Carol
As my Mother would say..." It has been Cold, Cold, Cold, Cold, Cold!"
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When D&AD chose Elliott Erwitt to give yesterday's President's Lecture, they snapped up a photographer of rare wit and talent. Mark Wilson spoke to him
Conceptual photography "bores the shit" out of Elliott Erwitt. He thinks that photographers should loosen up a little and has been known to wear wigs at work, particularly big bushy ones on fashion shoots, to ham up the photographer's role and "play the game", as he puts it. His children bought him a baseball cap with a ponytail hanging from the back because it seemed that "ponytails had become standard procedure for photographers", but the kids had to have the ponytail streaked grey so that it co-ordinated with his natural hair colour. Then it became fashionable to wear the ubiquitous baseball cap the wrong way around. "This made work very difficult," explains Erwitt.
Erwitt has surely seen it all. With more than 40 years' experience as one of the world's leading photographers and as a member and former president of the Magnum photo agency, he was there at John Kennedy's funeral and captured the arresting image of a grieving Jackie Kennedy. He visited the set of The Misfits and took the memorable picture of Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Clarke Gable together, and also took shots of Grace Kelly at her engagement party with Prince Rainier.
Aside from his news and celebrity images, his career as a magazine advertising and portrait photographer has remained buoyant for more than 30 years, with Magnum maintaining a constant trade with his stock images. One of his most recent award-winning advertising commissions was a series of press ads for the London-based agency Lowe Howard-Spink for Tesco. Throughout this time, Erwitt's production of trademark black and white work has remained prolific, along with numerous exhibitions and the publication of 14 books containing his personal snaps.
Erwitt was born in 1928 in Paris to Russian parents. The family later moved to Milan, although Erwitt has lived in New York since 1939. "When I was young," he recalls, "I tried to figure out a lifestyle for myself, a way to put food on the table and progress through our vale of tears with minimum pain and effort while staying in charge of my time and independence. I always knew that I couldn't work for an employer. While going down the alphabetical list of professions, I stopped at photographer, and thought – that's it. Freelance photography – a deceptively attractive, glamorous profession which requires no training and no special skill other than a certain spirit of adventure and curiosity combined with a skin thick enough to withstand rejection and other forms of humiliating abuse," he says.
"The successful professional photographer is often a happy person in this world," he continues. "He pays his bills and can afford to send his children to private schools. Often, when he retires, he has saved enough money to open an antique shop or restaurant."
After working in a darkroom and spending two years taking pictures, Erwitt met Robert Capa, who had just started to run a "little photo agency" and told Erwitt to look him up in Paris sometime. Stationed in France and nearing the end of a two-year stretch of military service, Erwitt contacted Capa and within 20 minutes of changing into civilian clothing was signed up with the agency as a Magnum photographer. In the late Sixties, he became Magnum's president for three years and is currently vice-president of the agency's Tokyo office.
Erwitt seems to embody the best qualities of a freelance photographer. He doesn't underestimate the importance of meeting clients' needs, believing that "the profession does require discipline and some respect towards authority", but he marries this necessary business acumen with "the desire to make a personal statement".
Erwitt continues: "While a big layout in Italian Vogue may approach a kind of artistic expression and a well done advertising campaign will enrich you and provoke jealousy from your associates, the feeling may persist that you are nothing but a well-paid plumber or a mechanic at the mercy of indifferent editors. And worst of all, that you are easily replaceable. You feel that your inner soul hasn't been tapped, and that you are not making your contribution towards solving the riddle of human comedy."
Erwitt's solution to this human dilemma is "photographic schizophrenia". By that he means the sharp separation of the two aspects of photographic life – personal and public and professional and amateur. According to Erwitt: "Amateur is a most serious state of being.
Literally, amateur means to love. And when you love, very little else matters. Amateur photography for me is the act of looking, recognising, reacting quickly and organising a picture with the appropriate geometry, which is to say a combination of composition, harmony and balance. With no client looking over my shoulder and no one to answer to. It means taking hundreds of photographs without getting one good one and not worrying about that. It also means trying different ways, taking risks, not being concerned with practical results, and most of all it means following your own photographic nose," he says.
While professional photography is logical, amateur photography, to Erwitt, is chaotic. "I love both aspects of my photographic dichotomy, and I have navigated happily within them for all my working years," he says. His personal work consists mainly of atmospheric black and white shots. He prefers monochrome film because it gives him more control. He is very suspicious of darkroom trickery and image manipulation techniques, believing that these techniques take away the credibility of the photographs.
A fascination with dogs stems from his belief that our furry four-legged friends are "essentially people". "But if I really took pictures of people doing the things that dogs do, I'd get into trouble", he explains. Neither would Erwitt turn down a strange work request for a commissioned dog calendar, for example. "Oh, I've done loads of dog calendars. I like silly requests because they put you more in contact with interesting situations," he explains.
Looking through Erwitt's books brings on a strange feeling of déj vu, not in the sense of definitely knowing the pictures, but a feeling of familiarity with the idea, the essence of the photographs. This is due to many things – his images have had a lot of exposure, he is continually "being ripped-off by his fellow photographers", he says, and he doesn't have a problem with carrying through the creative idea of one of his "amateur" photographs to a commercial commission. "Why should I? I'm trying to make a living as a professional photographer." He admits he doesn't get too upset when his work is copied by an ad agency because then he can "sue and get lots of money".
Elizabeth Grogan, advertising director at Magnum, believes that many ad agencies are scared to approach the agency with a commission for a photographer of Erwitt's calibre.
"A lot of people tend to think of Magnum as a bit of an ivory tower," she says. "They also think that it would be an insult to ask Erwitt to recreate one of his famous images and that he would probably be too expensive. All of which is untrue," she explains.
Erwitt's joie de vivre, charm and confidence continue to show through in his work. With three marriages, several children and a romantic European background, he has done his fair share of travelling and living. "He embodies everything that people love about his work – wit, humour and magic," Grogan explains.
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Narayani Higher Secondary School was established in 2020 BS (1963 AD) as a primary school and was later upgraded as a higher secondary school. Currently, 320 students (171 boys and 149 girls) are studying in the school's ECD to Grade 12.
3 TFN Fellows, Anjana Pokhrel, Rabindra Dangol and Rusha Adhikari have been teaching there since 2015 AD. Besides, 2 Office Assistants, 1 ECD teacher and 12 permanent teachers are providing their services. The SLC Pass Percentage in 2014 AD was 86.66%.
The community has people from backgrounds like Brahmins, Chhetris, Magars and Tamangs and very few are Dalits. They follow Hinduism, Buddhism and also Christianity. People are mostly engaged in farming and small scale local businesses and some are into foreign employment. Crops like paddy, maize, wheat, barley, millet and beans are grown. The students have to walk for about 3 hours to attend the classes. There is no hostel facility.
Located in Gimdi VDC in the south of Lalitpur, the school is 70 km far from the district headquarter. You can reach there by bus from Chapagaun to Ashrang Bensi. From there, mini trucks carrying goods are found frequently.
There's a sub-health post as well as a police station at Gimdi and it's in ten minutes walking distance from the school. CDMA and Smart network services are available. Drinking water is available directly from the source and it is not purified.
Facility of toilets is there but they aren't enough and not managed well. Electricity is available from local hydro only for the evenings and it has 3 KW solar back up plant. The library has only a few books and is not managed well. The school lacks a Science Lab and a Math Lab. There is a Computer Lab with solar backup, which wasn't used much before TFN Fellows started helping the teachers to use them. There are enough desks/benches for the students and each classroom has a whiteboard. Nepali and Tamang languages are primarily used for instructions and English is used very occasionally. There is SMC as well as PTA in the school.
Students who appeared in the SLC examinations in the last three years:
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There's this common trope/assumption in romance, whether as a genre or as a side plot in a general story, that real romance is unspoken. That passion is a man grabbing a woman and kissing her mid-sentence, that sparks fly when everything emerges according to chemistry and hormones and instinct. That the touch comes first, and how the girl (or guy, but usually the girl) reacts is the answer: kissing back or a slap to the face. That asking for permission before you do something lacks spontaneity, and if there's no spontaneity, there's no sparkage.
One thing I've learned as I write erotic romance, it's that consent is sexy.
Don't get me wrong. I've written before on the value of ravishment fantasies within erotica. I love some good forced pleasure in fiction.
My point isn't that fictional non-consent isn't sexy. It's that there is definitely chemistry in permission. And the reason why can be summed up in one word: respect.
It's funny. I'm partial to erotic horror romance, and the things I tend to punish most in my stories is men's lack of respect for women. It's a mostly unconscious theme, but I notice it a lot in retrospect. You see it quite a bit in the Arcanium series, actually, which is fucking hilarious when you think about it.
My lovely villains will torture, maim, kill, damn, whatever. But consent is incredibly important to Bell. He has his own ethical code that flies in the face of most human codes, but if anyone touches his people without their permission, he takes revenge of biblical proportions. His incubus and succubus can't feed from people in his circus, his sadistic Ringmaster can't whip the people in the circus without cause, and those he tortures on a daily basis are usually that way because they broke his one rule of consent. It's rooted in the whole vampire/demon idea of invitation and will to sin (although I'm not saying that what anyone is doing is sinful). But the result is a surprising respect among the demons and jinn of Arcanium for the lovers they choose, because when someone does choose the kind of things their kind offer, it means so much more.
Right now, I'm working on a long erotic novel—kind of an Old World gothic fantasy type thing with vampires and werewolves—Nocturnal Creatures. And while the monsters of this novel do some terrible things, they still value consent. My vampire king moves at my protagonist's pace at every turn, pushing the boundaries to help her grow but not penetrating them. The wolves act on instinct and a certain level of sadism/masochism, but they still feel around the protagonist's limits, checking periodically that what they're doing is okay for her, asking what she likes, accepting what she doesn't.
Bringing us to the Sanctuary trilogy. Call for Blood is coming out this month, in fact. And one of the themes that (again, unconsciously) runs through it is a deep value of consent. Renee wants her buttons pushed, but she needs the right to say no and have that 'no' respected. As soon as it's not, she and her shifters have a problem.
I'm sure it's not always perfect in my stories. The lines of consent are drawn differently between species. Incubi and succubi, in particular, blur the lines because they can't help how much sexual energy they put out, and people certainly don't consent to being consumed, whether by vampires, sex demons, or worse. And sometimes people are simply imperfect.
But asking for consent, gauging body language for continued permission, punishing non-consent while welcoming its illusion, the level of control necessary to restrain one's non-human sexual desire… all of it is actually fucking hot.
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This company restored by court order has a restoration filing available, but the website doesn't show it (only "overview" is shown, the "filing history" tab is missing)
As a workaround, you can navigate to it directly if you know the URL.
There are missing details (eg registered address, officers etc), but I'll overlook these given previous discussion here about lack of data for these court-restored companies long after original dissolution date (possibly ~1982 in this case).
There seems to be a similar display issue for all CIOs/SCIOs:
Perhaps because their "Company added to register" filings are all categorised for some reason as "court-order"?
"filing_history_status": null,
"items": [
"description": "legacy",
"type": "CO-ADD",
"paper_filed": true,
"links": {
"self": "/company/CE012896/filing-history/MzE5NTE2ODY4NGFkaXF6a2N4"
"date": "2018-01-12",
"category": "court-order",
"description_values": {
"description": "Company added to register"
"barcode": null,
"transaction_id": "MzE5NTE2ODY4NGFkaXF6a2N4"
I agree that these are odd and unhelpful responses from the API.
For the restored company it should be clearer what is going on here. Maybe even CH can't make sense of their data and thus Beta doesn't show all the info in tabs! My guess would be this one is particularly odd - even WebCHeck only shows the one filing for a company that was incorporated 17 May 1954. Might be this one was dissolved for so long (before being restored by court order 28/07/2016) that all records were removed? The company profile returned doesn't have a "filing-history" entry in the links object (not that either CH or anyone else would / should necessarily rely on that).
I wasn't aware that any filing history details were recorded for charities (CE / CS). The law you mentioned when you brought these to my attention in a previous post seems to state that only the charities' names should be recorded.
I imagine such cases are outside the vast majority of data - and indeed interest - for Beta / the API e.g. getting info on limited companies which are created then dissolved and that's it. For the rest - which are quite diverse - maybe a simple improvement might be to add constants to those used in the "partial_data_available" field in the Company Profile? Currently it's just used where:
I'd have thought CH should certainly add a constant to cover the case of charities?
Two other points might be tidied up:The "filing_history_status" field in the filing History list should be consistent. Here, for the restored company 00533417 this was "filing-history-available" and for the charities the field was absent. I suppose in a way that's correct but wouldn't be what I'd expect - for charities surely if you call filing-history enpoint you should really get 404 rather than an erzatz filing?
The "links" parameter on the Company Profile object would idally be the "switchboard" for indicating whether "meaningful" data was available. Mostly this seems to work but the "filing history" entry is missing for the restored company here. It was also not present for the charities - but then I'd expect that. I didn't expect that they'd have a filing history, even a "dummy" one.
For reference here are some previous threads relevant to restored companies - there doesn't seem to be a "standard" process.Fullest discussion of companies which are restored by court order - the issue was not really resolved however:
Cases where companies have been restored but date of cessation is set unexpectedly, plus where company is listed as active in e.g. webCHeck but not available in Beta.Case where a company was restored according to bulk data product but not on Beta.Order of court to restore but company gives 404


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A compact that aims to expedite the process for doctors obtaining medical licenses in multiple states launched in Wisconsin last week.
So far 18 states have passed legislation to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which aims to make it easier and faster for doctors to get a license in other participating states.
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota have entered the agreement. Other states, including Michigan have bills pending in their legislatures that would allow them to join.
The compact began accepting and processing applications from qualified physicians on April 6, according to a statement from the commission overseeing it.
Mark Grapentine, senior vice president of government relations at the Wisconsin Medical Society, said there are still details to work out before the compact process is functional among all participating states. But Iowa and Wisconsin are ready to go, he said.
"It will greatly help physicians and patients who may cross the Mississippi River to either give or receive care," he wrote in an email.
Dr. Donn Dexter, vice chief medical officer at Mayo Clinic Health System northwest Wisconsin, said the compact will help attract doctors to the state, particularly in underserved areas.
It will also support educational efforts by making it easier to get a license in Wisconsin, allowing doctors in neighboring states to "come over and work and train in our community and hopefully stay," he said.
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Mark your calendars. The Obama/Biden ticket is about to "change." I think you all know that I get information from all sorts of places. 😉 The following was in an email sent to me by a source I trust totally. They have "cred":
"On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2. [This will avoid Hillary having to bear an hour of unflattering side-by-side comparison to Sarah Palin.]"
For weeks now, we have all watched as Joe has demonstrated repeated symptoms of that common ailment, foot in mouth disease. We have all seen how 'sick' he has been. But now, it seems poor Joe is having heart problems – specifically 'aneurysm' – or at least that is going to be the official line. That gem comes "from excellent sources within the DNC."
Are YOU going to buy that line? I am so not. I am sure that Obama's VP selection committee thoroughly checked into the medical history of any would-be VP contenders. Given Joe's advanced age and all, (lol) I am thinking that his records may have comprised about 70 pages also..(And yes – after Senator McCain's records being released, does anybody REALLY believe the line that Governor Palin is a "heartbeat" away from the Presidency. Puleeeeeeeze. John McCain will outlive a lot of his dimdem opponents – trust me on this. But I digress.) So, what this latest change is, is Obama and his minions "hoping" that the American people will not look closely into more of the smoke and mirrors that IS their campaign against the American people. Yes, I did say "against."
I have to ask what Joe Biden has been promised for him to fall on his sword. Seriously though, Obama is probably doing Joe a BIG favour removing him from the Obamaland future landscape. THAT is probably better for Joe's heart….
And then we have Hillary. Can we say: "Don't do it, Hillary!!!" Anyone who has watched Hillary and Bill over the years, knows what a political animal Hillary is. When Obama and his committee (of 2 was that? lol) chose Joe instead of Hillary, I kept saying that Hillary was nowhere near shrinking off into the background…
Everything any of us think we know about Hillary, told me that Hillary was nowhere near done on the VP/Presidential trail. So now we have Obama throwing Joe under the bus, scared out of his wits of Sarah Palin. I could rehash all the shenanigans we have seen from the cynical, RACIST (yes, they ARE the racist ones!), CRIMINAL, (Logan Act just for one…)sexist, lying…( about McCain's record on Fannie Mae for just one example.) manipulating, 'in your face' – add your own adjectives – efforts to hoodwink the American public into believing a brand new dawn is upon America.
Don't you buy into this upcoming piece of theatre put on by the Obama boys and girls. I could tell you – again – everything that is wrong with this. I'll spare you, except to ask you to imagine what will happen when America's representative, sent by Obama, goes to 'chat and have tea" wth any of the despots of the planet. Halfway through pouring tea, ("will you be 'mum'?" – a Brit will get the humour there.lol) Obama yanks the rep, and replaces them with another. "Uh, uh , um, oh, let me clarify. What I really mean was…" That'll add to the American credibility worldwide. No wonder places like North Korea are thrilled at the prospect of Obama moving into the White House.
This American election season reminds me of the plot twists and turns of a soap opera. If only the consequences were not so serious. However, I have faith that Americans are smart enough to refuse to accept the cynical political manipulations being foisted upon them at a dizzying pace.
The end of the email I received has a couple of gems that I have to share with you.:
Question: Does this maneuver fall under the category of
Change we can believe in!
Change we can hardly believe!
Change – because Sarah's whipping my ass!
Change – because picking that Old White Lifelong Liar Guy was a boneheaded blunder!
All of the above?
So is this the traditional "October Surprise"? I can just imagine what deals the Clintons are getting – in writing – to go along with this scam! At least her campaign debt will be paid off, – probably with a bonus. Probably Bill gets to be SecState after all. Maybe Chelsea gets to fill Hillary's Senate seat. The possibilities are mind-boggling!
But given what happens to the friends of the Clintons, – Obama should ask for a lot more Secret Service protection!
Ain't Democracy fun!?!
Oh, and just for the record? Don't bother asking me who my source is. And I don't use yahoo mail.
Stay tuned.
"And the wheels on the bus go round and round…" Sing along with me, now!
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As people outside of Ireland may not know, Dana (who won the Eurovision for Ireland with "All kinds of everything") is running for president of Ireland. In the Irish presidential debate last night, she mysteriously said that a "vile rumour" about her was about to surface. This has led to much Twitter speculation about what the rumour is....
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4 Things You MUST Do When Selling or Giving Away Your Old Computer, Phone or Tablet
Here's a fun thing I like to do: buy an old hard drive on eBay, then run recovery software on it. It's a little data treasure hunt, and you'll be amazed at what you can find. Even more amazing though are people who don't even bother to delete data first; they just sell the phone or throw away the machine as is. You might as well put family photos, bank documents and your passport in a box, then leave it outside your house with a giant "steal me" sign on it.
If you don't want to be one of those thousands of people who fall prey to privacy invasions and identify theft every day, then read on. Here are 3 essential steps to take before getting rid of a device.
Even if you think you've copied everything you need, there's probably something you've forgotten – your bookmarks, or application settings, for instance.
The best backup to is therefore a complete disk image of the computer you've selling or giving away. Use SuperDuper on a Mac, or read Tina's excellent tutorial for Windows 5 Ways To Clone & Copy Your Hard Drive Read More .
For iOS devices, the computer you're synced to would have automatically made backups. When you buy a new phone, you can simply restore your applications and purchases. To check if you've been backed up, connect the device to iTunes and open it up from the sidebar (you don't even need it connected if you're on the same network and latest versions); the Summary tab includes a Backup section as well as the last backup taken.
Android devices vary greatly, but Ice Cream Sandwich version 4 and up automatically back up purchases and settings to your Google Play account. Check if this is working from the Android Devices section of your Google Dashboard. For older devices and the more intrepid hacker types, Titanium Backup (rooted only) is apparently the prefered method.
Secure format
A lot of people know as much as delete their data first, but many don't realise that deleted data can still be accessed using recovery software. That's right, all I need to do is plug your drive into my computer, and click Go: the software will extract everything it can find, combining little bits into images files, documents, and music. You can buy this software for less than $100.
This method of extracting data – even when it's supposedly been deleted – works because "deleting" data doesn't actually remove it from the drive – merely, it marks that area of the drive as available for use, and deletes the index of the file. The data itself – the 0s and 1s that make up that file, are still there.
This is where secure deletion comes in, in various levels of complexity. The basic principle is the same though: you need to write over the area of the disk where the file was stored. The most basic method is called "single pass" because it passes over the data and once and writes 0s all over it.
For most situations, a single pass is sufficient, but deeper recovery scans can still identify this data. For very sensitive data, multiple passes are required that not only zero out the data but also write random data over it a number of times. The US Department of Defence standard for securely erasing data specifies a whopping 7 passes; that is well and truly unrecoverable.
So, do you need elaborate and complicated systems to do this kind of secure formatting? Nope.
In OS X, head over to the Disk Utility and select the drive -> Erase tab -> Security Options.
In Windows, you can use the command line DISKPART utility to "clean" a drive, securely formatting it.
Note that in both cases, you cannot securely erase the system drive, because that would be erasing itself; in this case, use a boot disk designed specifically to perform secure erases such as DBAN on PCs, or insert your OS X install CD and boot as if you were going to install a new system – Disk Utility is available from the Tools menu.
For Android devices, securely delete the SD card if you have one using the Windows method described above. Although there is a factory reset method built into Android OS, it is apparently not secure. For devices with a system partition, I suggest first enabling encryption from Settings -> Security -> Encrypt; then doing a factory reset. This is only available on Ice Cream Sandwich and above though, so you'll need to search for a specific method if you're running older versions of Android.
For an iOS device, data is automatically encrypted so recovery is incredibly difficult; go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all content and settings to effectively nuke everything before you sell it.
Re-install an OS
Depending on who the computer is intended for, reinstalling the OS is basic courtesy. Most brand name PCs and laptops come with restore CDs which will put your PC back to the way it was when you purchased it; use the license key that's indicated on a sticker on the machine when prompted.
If you don't have or can't find these restore CDs, Linux is probably your best option; Ubuntu has a wealth of information out there – including a few of our own guides Getting Started With Linux and Ubuntu You're interested in switching to Linux... but where do you start? Is your PC compatible? Will your favorite apps work? Here's everything you need to know to get started with Linux. Read More , which a really nice person would download for the future owners and place on the desktop (hint, hint). You could of course just specify "no operating system supplied", but some users will have no idea what this means and it may come back to bite you in the form of bad eBay ratings or unwanted phonecalls.
Whatever you do, don't install something that you don't have a license for. It could land you both in serious trouble when they take it for repair or phone up Microsoft to get support.
De-authorise DRM purchase
A lot of media comes with DRM 4 Ways to Copy iTunes Purchases From One Mac to Another [OSX] With music purchased from the iTunes Store, it's not always clear what you can or cannot do. This is largely due to the maze of DRM restrictions, and iTunes' design, which is obviously focused on... Read More nowadays; like iTunes. iTunes allows your own purchases to be downloaded to up to 5 of your devices; these can quickly add up though if you have a Mac, an iPad, iPhone and are regularly upgrading them.
Luckily, there's a quick an easy way to deauthorize all your currently regisered devices at once – however, you can only do this once per year. To do this from iTunes, click on the iTunes Store from the left hand sidebar; then sign in to your account and view your account details. From there, you can select Manage Devices.
(Oddly, I have 6 devices authroized right now; Apple maintains the maximum is 5, but perhaps this only applies to computers and not mobile devices)
You can also authorize and deauthorize a single machine from the iTunes Store menu on that machine. The iTunes account can only be changed once every 90 days though.
Obviously, iTunes isn't the only DRMed service out there, so check up on your own services to see if you need to deauthorize anything.
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Proverbs 2:6-15 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding...
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"The Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding" (Proverbs 2:6). What a clear, understandable message. And, these words provide us with confirmation that the more we seek to grow in our relationship with God, the more knowledge and understanding we'll attain. Sounds like a good plan to me! :)
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