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WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that "manipulation" of undercover videos by abortion opponents make those recordings unreliable for any official inquiry.
"A thorough review of these videos in consultation with qualified experts found that they do not present a complete or accurate record of the events they purport to depict," the analysis of a private research company said.
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, underscored that in a cover letter to the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker John A. Boehner, both Republicans, and to Senator Harry Reid and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leaders.
Shortly after the release of the analysis, the anti-abortion group responsible for the videos dismissed the attempted debunking as "a complete failure" and attributed gaps identified in the videos to "bathroom breaks and waiting periods."
With Mr. Boehner's urging, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee opened an investigation of Planned Parenthood in July after the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group, began posting online secretly recorded videos. The center claims the videos show that Planned Parenthood affiliates illegally profit from selling tissue from aborted fetuses to researchers and, in some late-term abortions, prevent a possible live birth.
Planned Parenthood denies the charges and says that the videos were deceptively and misleadingly edited.
The analysis was by Fusion GPS, a Washington-based research and corporate intelligence company, and its co-founder Glenn Simpson, a former investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
The videos, recorded by two activists posing as representatives of a biotechnology firm procuring tissue for researchers and universities, continue to be released online about once a week. One of the activists, David Daleiden of California, told The New York Times last month that his "thousands of hours of videotape" was enough to release videos into the fall. That will coincide with Congress's final budget debate, and the videos have stoked growing Republican threats of a government shutdown unless Planned Parenthood is stripped of about $500 million it gets annually, mostly to care for low-income Medicaid patients. By law, public funds cannot pay for abortions.
The analysis commissioned by Planned Parenthood covers the first four videos and transcripts from the Center for Medical Progress, which were recorded in California, Colorado and Texas. Several have been released since with footage repeated from earlier videos, though the most recent ones focus not on Planned Parenthood but on a company, StemExpress, that procures fetal and human tissue globally for research.
The reviewers looked both at edited videos that are about eight minutes to 15 minutes long and at what Mr. Daleiden said were full-length recordings, some more than two hours long, that he released simultaneously.
A transcription service was hired to transcribe the videos, without being told that Planned Parenthood was the client, to compare with transcripts publicized by the anti-abortion group. That comparison, the analysis said, showed "substantive omissions" in the group's version. Mr. Simpson was assisted in the analysis by several others, including a video forensics expert, Grant Fredericks, and a television producer, Scott Goldie.
According to the investigation, the reviewers could not determine "the extent to which C.M.P.'s undisclosed edits and cuts distort the meaning of the encounters the videos purport to document."
But, it said, "the manipulation of the videos does mean they have no evidentiary value in a legal context and cannot be relied upon for any official inquiries" unless C.M.P. provides investigators with its original material, and that material is independently authenticated as unaltered.
For example, Mr. Fredericks said recordings in Houston and Denver were each missing about 30 minutes of video, judging from time stamps and frame counters on the recordings.
The analysis also supported Planned Parenthood's objection to two allegations that have elicited some of the most outrage from anti-abortion forces, disputing that Planned Parenthood staffers at one point say of fetal remains, "It's a baby," and in a second instance, "Another boy."
Mr. Daleiden, in a statement posted on the Center for Medical Progress's website, said, "Planned Parenthood's desperate, 11th-hour attempt to pay their hand-picked 'experts' to distract from the crimes documented on video is a complete failure."
He added, "The absence of bathroom breaks and waiting periods between meetings does not change the hours of dialogue with top-level Planned Parenthood executives eager to manipulate abortion procedures to get high-quality baby parts for financially profitable sale."


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Interviewer: Hi, I'm Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink.com and I'm here with Bob Tupelo, who is the 25th Public Printer of the United States.
Bob Tupelo: Hello, Cary. Good to see you.
Interviewer: Welcome. So happy to see you here.
Bob Tupelo: It's always a pleasure.
Interviewer: You know, we see this EFI logo behind us, we're at EFI Connect, you just delivered a great key note and we're hoping to have a copy of that to be able to post. So there's lots of great information about the GPO in there that I think you'll help us with that.
Bob Tupelo: Absolutely.
Interviewer: And gee, we talked a while back about what happens, as you came into office, what advice would you give, or what would you say to the next Public Printer. Well, now I guess you have an opportunity to really think about that. And we kind of new when there was a new President that there might be a new Public Printer and now we know that's going to happen. Maybe you can talk a little bit about that whole process.
Bob Tupelo: Well you know, it's an interesting process. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve both President Bush and President Obama as well as to lead the men and women of the Government Printing Office. The President has selected, or made his intention to nominate Bill Boreman to the 26th Public Printer. I've known Bill for a number of years and I couldn't think of a better choice. Bill once worked at GPO and event though his career took him elsewhere; he was always both a champion and a friend of the Government Printing Office. And I hold him in just the highest personal regard. I guess if I were to think of what I were to say to him, and in fact, I have told this to him because we spoke on Friday, is you know Bill, and it's actually the same question you asked me when I became Public Printer, what do I want to say to the next guy. And it's, I leave you a vibrant organization on which you can build and expand. It's kind of an interesting process. When I was speaking in the keynote, I talked about GPO celebrating its sesquicentennial, 150 years. Public Printers come and go.
Interviewer: I'm glad you defined that because I had no idea was a sesquicentennial was.
Bob Tupelo: You can't go from 1860 to 2010?
Interviewer: Well I can do that.
Bob Tupelo: But public printers come and go. I'm number 25, Bill will be number 26, Bruce James was number 24. But the institution itself lives on. And it's not about the public printer, it's about our roles and responsibility and our mission to keep America informed about the workings of its government, to make the documents of our democracy widely available to the public and kept in perpetuity. And that lives on beyond any individual.
Interviewer: Well, under both Bruce James and you, I didn't have the pleasure of knowing the former public printer, but I had the pleasure of spending a fair amount of time with both you and Bruce. There's been an amazing transformation of the GPO, and I give you guys a lot of credit for what you've done in really a relatively short period of time.
Bob Tupelo: Well, thank you. I don't know, I guess the way that I would say this is that if you look at what's taking place in the industry in general, we've kept pace with the industry.
Interviewer: Yeah, which is unusual for the government. Sorry.
Bob tupelo: It is unusual for the government perhaps. But remember, while we are a government agency, we're basically the equivalent of a wholly owned government business because our direct appropriations represent less than 13% of GPO revenue. The rest of it comes from selling products and services to other federal agencies. And so we're like a wholly owned government business. And so we have to be nimble if we wish to not only survive, but as I talked about during my tenure as public printer, I want GPO to thrive and I believe we are. And I believe that Bill wants GPO to thrive as well and so I'm actually looking forward to seeing where he's going to take the agency over the next few years.
Interviewer: And so maybe you can just talk briefly about what the transition – you're going to help him with a seamless transition, but what is that transition process?
Bob Tupelo: Cary, I wish I knew. I can talk basic process. The President announced his intention to nominate, and then the President would send the nomination down to the Senate, the Senate then has to provide advice and consent, which means a confirmation. And that will be referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; there'll likely be a hearing. And then the full Senate needs to vote on it, and then the President can then make the appointment. The process could take anywhere from a month to a year. I mean, it's –
Interviewer: Yeah, they have a lot on their plate right now.
Bob Tupelo: They have a lot on their plate, and I've been in Washington long enough to know that I am certainly never going to question or judge the pace of the United States Senate. And I have no idea how long it's going to take. I hope Bill has a smooth confirmation because I think it's in the best interest the Government Printing Office, and more importantly our 2,300 employees.
Interviewer: Right, right. And what's next for you?
Bob Tupelo: I'm not sure. I hope to take a vacation, maybe.
Interviewer: That will be nice.
Bob Tupelo: I really don't know, but I'll tell you, I'm young. And we were talking about that earlier, and you know, my life has been a whole series of really interesting and exciting chapters. And I'm actually very excited about what this next chapter means. And I don't know what it means, but now I can start thinking about it. And so I actually find that very exciting.
Interviewer: Well we'll be interested to follow the two prongs of the. What happens with the nomination and the ultimate transition into the 26th Public Printer and how he handles things. And we'll also be interested in seeing what you do in your new life.
Bob Tupelo: Maybe I'll become the next WhatTheyThink.com, commentator. How about that Cary?
Interviewer: Oh wow! I'm in danger. My diva position is in danger. Thank you so much Bob.
Bob Tupelo: Hey, good to see you Cary.
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Mason Graphite Reports High Grade Intercepts in North-East Extension of
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Focused on the exploration and development of one of the highest grade graphite deposits known in the world
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - July 29, 2014) -
Mason Graphite Inc. ("Mason Graphite" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LLG)(OTCQX:MGPHF) is pleased to report positive assay results from the 2013-2014 drilling program at its Lac Gueret project in northeastern Quebec. The drill program consisted of 97 holes totaling 15,108 metres and was designed to pursue three objectives:
-- to explore for mineral extensions to the North-East and beyond the defined resource envelope of the GC Zone (18 holes totaling 2,085 metres); -- to explore for mineral continuity within the defined resource envelope of the GC Zone (68 holes totaling 11,323 metres); and -- to conduct exploration drilling on graphite showings on the property outside the areas where drilling was conducted in the past (11 holes totaling 1,700 metres).
This press release reports assay results from drilling conducted in the North-East extension; the remaining drilling results from other areas noted above will be reported in upcoming communications.
Results Confirm Continuity of N-E Extension in GC Zone
Intercept highlights from the assay results in the North-East extension of the GC Zone, include:
-- Hole LG-459 intersected 73 metres at 28.5% Cg close to surface (9 metres), including 41 metres at 39.0% Cg; -- Hole LG-469 intersected 86 metres at 27.8% Cg, including 31 metres at 42.3% Cg; -- Hole LG-472 intersected 70 metres at 28.8% Cg close to surface (4 metres), including 25 metres at 42.0% Cg; -- Hole LG-489 intersected 66 metres at 30.0% Cg close to surface (4 metres), including 46 metres at 38.3% Cg; -- Hole LG-491 intersected 98 metres at 29.8% Cg close to surface (4 metres), including 56 metres at 36.2% Cg.
"We are very encouraged with the results from the North-East extension. This exploration target is located at the edge of the defined mineral resource, and adjacent to the pit design from the preliminary economic assessment we completed in April 2013. These results confirm mineralization near surface with excellent widths and mineral continuity beyond the current mineral resource boundary." said Benoit Gascon, President and CEO of Mason Graphite.
Table 1 - Most relevant drill results from the NE Extension (18 holes totaling approximately 2,085 metres)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section Drill hole # From (m) To (m) Length(1)(m) % Cg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1350 LG-460 4 41 37 34.0 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 4 32 28 39.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-468 No significant mineralization ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-469 44 130 86 27.8 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 54 85 31 42.3 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 105 130 25 30.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-488 108 124 16 14.3 ------------------------------------------------ 129 140 11 21.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-489 4 70 66 30.0 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 6 52 46 38.3 ------------------------------------------------ 89 106 17 17.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1400 LG-459 9 82 73 28.5 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 9 50 41 39.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-466 33 117 84 27.4 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 57 93 36 36.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-473 56 77 21 13.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-477 6 43 37 8.2 ------------------------------------------------ 49 96 47 20.2 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 69 90 21 31.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-490 109 127 18 12.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-491 4 102 98 29.8 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 11 67 56 36.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1450 LG-456 11 74 63 20.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-472 4 74 70 28.8 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 27 72 45 38.9 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 27 52 25 42.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-478 4 63 59 18.8 ------------------------------------------------ incl. 4 41 37 23.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1500 LG-462 48 55 7 16.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-479 No significant mineralization ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-492 No significant mineralization ---------------------------------------------------------------- LG-493 4 44 40 13.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Lengths are measured drill intervals - the true thicknesses are not known at this stage; 2. Length figures are rounded to nearest integer for clarity.
Figure 1 - Lac Gueret project map with drill hole locations is available at this address: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/959898e_Fig1.pdf
Operational Update and Upcoming Milestones
Mason Graphite has retained the services of Roche Ltee for the calculation of an updated mineral resource estimate including the results from the 2013/2014 drilling program. The updated block model will be used as an input for the upcoming feasibility study for the Lac Gueret project.
Also, in preparation for the upcoming feasibility study, the Company has been working with the metallurgical laboratories, COREM (Quebec City) and URSTM (Rouyn-Noranda), as well as consulting firm Soutex Inc. (Quebec City) for the optimization of the concentration process. A mandate was also awarded to Montreal-based consulting firm Hatch, to conduct trade-off studies and peripheral studies (hydro-geological and geotechnical) required for the development of the feasibility study.
A 100-ton bulk sample was collected at the Lac Gueret property in early July for the upcoming pilot plant test program, which is scheduled to commence this fall in conjunction with the feasibility study.
About Mason Graphite
Mason Graphite is a Canadian mining company focused on the exploration and development of its 100% owned Lac Gueret graphite property, located in northeastern Quebec. The property hosts a National Instrument 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource featuring 50,024,000 tonnes grading 15.6% Cg, including 6,672,000 tonnes grading 32.4% Cg, in the Measured and Indicated categories and 11,861,000 tonnes grading 17.1% Cg, including 2,637,000 tonnes grading 30.5% Cg, in the Inferred category (see press release dated December 5, 2013). Excellent potential exists for further mineral growth. A Preliminary Economic Assessment study was completed on a 7.6Mt mineral resource estimate from July 2012 which features 22 years of production at 27.4% Cg and a pre-tax internal rate of return of 33.7% (see technical report entitled "Technical Report on the Mineral Resources Estimation Update 2013, Lac Gueret Graphite Project, Quebec, Canada" issued on January 17, 2014). The Company's senior management team possesses significant graphite expertise from their experience at Timcal/Imerys, including Benoit Gascon, CPA, CA, who held executive positions for 20 years, including over 6 years as President and CEO; Jean L'Heureux, Eng., Executive Vice-President, Process Development, with over 20 years of experience; and Luc Veilleux, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, with 8 years of experience. Timcal, now owned by Imerys, is one of the largest graphite producers in the world.
Qualified Persons / Quality Control and Assurance
Yves Caron, P. Geo., Mason Graphite's Director of Exploration and Geology and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the drill program and has reviewed and approved geological, scientific and technical content of this press release.
Jean L'Heureux, Eng., Mason Graphite's Executive Vice-President Process Development and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the metallurgical, scientific and technical content of this press release.
Analyses for this drilling campaign were carried out by AGAT Laboratories Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario, a company independent from Mason Graphite and ISO 17025 certified. A thorough Quality Control and Assurance program (QA/QC) was exercised, with Mason Graphite inserting one blank, one standards and one duplicate every 50 samples. Carbon as graphite ("Cg") assays reported in this press release were obtained by using a LECO instrument following analytical technique ASTM E1915-07A with a detection limit of 0.01% Cg. Drill holes were sampled over an average of 1.5 metre intervals.
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For more information about Mason Graphite, visit www.masongraphite.com.
Cautionary Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All information contained herein that is not clearly historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. Generally, such forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: (i) volatile stock price; (ii) the general global markets and economic conditions; (iii) the possibility of write-downs and impairments; (iv) the risk associated with exploration, development and operations of mineral deposits; (v) the risk associated with establishing title to mineral properties and assets; (vi) the risks associated with entering into joint ventures; (vii) fluctuations in commodity prices; (viii) the risks associated with uninsurable risks arising during the course of exploration, development and production; (ix) competition faced by the resulting issuer in securing experienced personnel and financing; (x) access to adequate infrastructure to support mining, processing, development and exploration activities; (xi) the risks associated with changes in the mining regulatory regime governing the resulting issuer; (xii) the risks associated with the various environmental regulations the resulting issuer is subject to; (xiii) risks related to regulatory and permitting delays; (xiv) risks related to potential conflicts of interest; (xv) the reliance on key personnel; (xvi) liquidity risks; (xvii) the risk of potential dilution through the issue of common shares; (xviii) the Company does not anticipate declaring dividends in the near term; (xix) the risk of litigation; and (xx) risk management.
Forward-looking information is based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable at the time such statements are made, including but not limited to, continued exploration activities, no material adverse change in metal prices, exploration and development plans proceeding in accordance with plans and such plans achieving their stated expected outcomes, receipt of required regulatory approvals, and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. Such forward-looking information has been provided for the purpose of assisting investors in understanding the Company's business, operations and exploration plans and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update such forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.
The quantity and grade of reported inferred mineral resources in this news release are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define these inferred mineral resources as indicated or measured mineral resources and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in upgrading them to indicated or measured mineral resources.
The PEA is preliminary in nature and includes Inferred Mineral Resources, which are considered too geologically speculative to have mining and economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty that the reserves development, production, and economic forecasts on which the PEA is based will be realized.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Investor Relations [email protected] Simon Marcotte Vice-President Corporate Development +1 (416) 861-5822 Benoit Gascon, President & CEO Head Office (Greater Montreal) 3030 Le Carrefour blvd. Suite 600 Laval QC H7T 2P5 Toronto Office 65 Queen Street West, Suite 800 Toronto, ON M5H 2M5 Source: Mason Graphite Inc.
- See more at: http://www.masongraphite.com/news/news-details/2014/Mason-Graphite-Reports-High-Grade-Intercepts-in-North-East-Extension-of-Lac-Gueret-One-Hole-Intersected-98m-at-298-Cg-Near-Surface-Including-56m-at-362-Cg/default.aspx#sthash.J9ISANnP.dpuf


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This blog/website/venture that I am on, I would have never though that this would get to where it is today, where I have over 250 followers on Twitter and over 100 likes on Facebook. It totally blows me away. I am privileged to have this opportunity to share my experiences with all the people that read this, that interact with my on the different social medias.
The way in which Muay Thai has changed my life in a way that I never thought it would is the ability to be able to push myself further than I ever thought was possible and also to not give a damn what anyone thinks about me. I don't mean that in a negative manner, I mean that if I want something, I wouldn't let anyone else's opinion make me deviate from my goal or target. For instance, the job I am doing at the moment, I have recently applied for a new job within the bank and my colleagues were talking about how I shouldn't have told anyone that I was applying for it and should have done it under the radar.
Why would I do that? I confided in the people that I trusted and hoped that they would be happy for me that I am wanting to progress, but yet, I get told that I shouldn't be applying for another job because it shows that I am not dedicated to my current role. No. I am dedicated to anything that I am doing, I just want to progress to be the best that I can and doing Thai boxing has helped me push myself to be able to do that by overcoming the personal barriers I encounter while in the gym and doing my training. Being tired after 90 seconds of sparring knowing you have another 90 seconds to go until you get a rest, knowing that the rest you get is barely going to be enough to recover from the pasting you have just been given. Thinking about everything you are doing, footwork, defence, attacks all while making sure you are breathing and keeping yourself alive.
Okay, maybe a bit dramatic about keeping yourself alive but you get what I mean. It's such an amazing feeling. A feeling that cannot be matched by anything else, even when you are doing it with your friends and you are doing some light sparring, it still challenges your mind to push further and further each time. When you get to that point where you think that you can't go for one second more, where you think your lungs are going to collapse because they are crying out to be filled with air, your mind then decides to push your body one step beyond. If you can get to that point and do that, you can do anything!
I love the respect that comes with the art. The respect you have for your trainer, your peers, your opponents and the respect you learn to have for yourself all helps contribute to make the sport such an all round amazing experience. You quickly learn when doing Muay Thai that your team mates and friends are the people there to hurt you, push you, teach you, make you feel better, make you feel as though you can take that extra step to be able to become the fighter you want to be. For that, you learn to have a massive amount of respect for everyone.
You can spend 9 minutes punching and kicking each other black and blue, broken noses, black eyes even knocking teeth out! Then when the bell rings, you shake each others hand and say "good game!" This isn't just for your peers, this stands for the fighters that you might end up going against in the ring. I can imagine it being a special kind of thing in the ring really. Just you and one other person, giving each other everything they have, fighting until you literally can't go on, then when the bell rings for the last time, the killer instinct has gone and you can shake their hands and thank them for giving everything they did.
This is something that I look forward to experiencing one day. It's kind of surreal even hearing myself thinking like that really, I would have never thought that I would be thinking I would like to get in the ring and punch someone's face in for some laughs. 8 months ago, when I first crossed the threshold of NK I knew there and then that this was where I belonged. After a couple of short months I was already ready to do an interclub, which was awesome! Having the experience of building up to a fight, running through things in your mind, wrapping your hands, putting on your shin pads and hearing the spectators cheering at the people in the ring all goes towards your thought process and mentally preparing for the bout that you are about to delve into.
I can get that having an actual fight will be different to an interclub but the basis of it remains the same. To learn how to deal with the situation, remain calm, relaxed and composed. Getting ready to jump in and give whoever it is that you are up against a good thrashing! Learning a lesson or two, reflecting back on it and assessing what you were happy with and what you could have improved which is all part of the process. All part of your Muay Thai journey!
Which brings me to this. Muay Thai Blog UK. I like writing. I love Muay Thai. It just makes sense to combine the two and try and make something out of it. Whether it be a business venture, which I am hoping it may one day become or just a place where people can come and talk about their love for Muay Thai and share their experiences and hopefully one day use it as a place to come and learn about it.
It takes a lot of work and there are so many variable factors included within doing it. What to put on the blog, how to present the blog, is it a blog? Is it a website? How to develop the blog, how to bring in different aspects of Muay Thai and portray them in a way that people can easily understand, building the site, getting the content put onto it consistently all things that cross my mind when trying to build on MTBUK. I have a vision in my head of what I want it to look like, a vision of which direction I would like it to go in, it is just getting it there that is, for me, a mammoth task.
It's not something I will be giving up anytime soon and the blog/website will begin to flourish over time I have no doubt about that, if I keep at it and maybe get another person on board to help me along the way with the technical side of things it might actually begin to get some pretty awesome exposure! I am massively overwhelmed by the power of the internet and social media to be able to get your information and thoughts out there to other people. It is amazing really!
I really hope you enjoy some of the content I write and put onto MTBUK, hopefully over the next coming few months I will be in a position to release a new and improved site, where I can begin to sell things and inform you of different events that may be on in your area, continue with my training journals etc. I am looking into the prospect of becoming a personal trainer to couple with this venture, so look into the nutrition side of things, what workouts are good for building what muscles, what you should be eating when. I need to get my game into some sort of shape before I do this, currently weighing in at 95kg isn't where I want to be when I become a personal trainer!
Well thank you all again for continuing reading, it really does mean a lot that you all take the time to follow what I do. Remember you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
Head over, give each of them a like and remember to keep being awesome! You are all capable of much more than you think you are if you put your mind to it! Take care of yourselves!
Peace! – Dom – MTBUK


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Nov 11, 2014 10:18 PM GMT
I sustained a mallet finger injury (tendon torn from last finger joint) playing volleyball. The treatment entails wearing a straightening finger brace (currently quite bulky) for the next six weeks (or more). I'm looking for suggestions for upper body exercises that don't require a lot of hand/finger griping. Pushups are still doable, but other suggestions would be appreciated.


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In France, buckwheat crepes are traditionally thought of as savory, but in this recipe, they skew very slightly sweet. Buckwheat crepes are one of those warm, comforting desserts that just feel right in the fall and winter, especially when paired with brown sugar, cinnamon-laced apples, and ice cream. Best part? These sweet crepes from our latest cookbook Taste & Technique are versatile, so if you don't have time to make the apples, toffee sauce, and ice cream, you can still enjoy the crepes with maple syrup or jam.
The apples alone are a quick and fancy no-bake dessert, perfect for when you're craving something satisfying but not too complicated. You can use any kind of apple, but we particularly like crisp varieties that hold their shape when cooked, like Jonathan, Jonagold, Braeburn, Winesap, Melrose, or Granny Smith.
The trick to making perfect crepes is learning to pour and swirl the batter simultaneously. As soon as you pour the batter with one hand, start tilting the pan with the other so the batter coats the entire surface. Your first few crepes may turn out thicker or more wrinkled than is ideal, but with practice, the motion will become natural. Use a lightweight pan, which will be easier to pick up and swirl the batter one-handed. There are also special crepe pans that make the motion easier.
Buckwheat Crepes with Sautéed Apples and Toffee Sauce
Note: You will have some leftover spice blend, which can be used in a hot toddy or sprinkled over pies and other pastries.
Reprinted with permission from Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking by Naomi Pomeroy with Jamie Feldmar, copyright © 2016. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
How to Make It
Make the crepes. Put the flours, salt, sugar, eggs, and milk into a blender and blend on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. With the machine running, slowly pour in the melted butter. For the best results, transfer the batter to an airtight container and allow it to rest in the refrigerator for 1 ½ to 2 hours before making the crepes. This allows the flour to become fully hydrated and helps develop the flavor of the crepes. Stir the batter well before cooking the crepes.
Heat an 8-inch black steel or small crêpe pan over medium heat. Using a paper towel, wipe the pan with a tiny bit of the room-temperature butter, coating it evenly with a thin layer. Using a measuring cup or a small ladle, quickly pour a 2½-inch pool of batter in the pan with one hand and simultaneously swirl the pan with the other hand to cover the bottom with a very thin layer of batter. If the pan is hot enough, the batter will immediately bubble and turn brown and lacy at the edges. It's important for the pan to be hot, because if the batter cooks on the bottom right away, it will cling to the pan and allow you to swirl the rest around and completely coat the pan. If the pan isn't hot enough (or if it is coated with too much butter), the batter will melt and swirl around but won't cook quickly enough to form a thin crepe. Having a thick crêpe is okay, but your technique should improve as you work through the batter.
When the surface of the crepe starts to lose its shine and the edges turn brown and dry, use a fish spatula to flip the crepe. Cook very briefly on the second side, about 10 seconds. Transfer the crêpe to a plate and repeat with the remaining batter, stacking the crepes on top of each other; you should end up with 16 to 20 crepes. Very lightly wipe the pan with more room-temperature butter between crepes if they start sticking. The first crepe usually looks less than presentable, but they will get better as you continue pouring, swirling, and flipping. The crepes can be made up to 6 hours ahead of time and kept at room temperature, uncovered, on the plate.
Make the spice blend. Mix together all of the ingredients for the spice blend and set aside.
Make the spiced sugar. Mix together all of the ingredients for the spiced sugar and set aside.
Make the sautéed apples. Cut the apples into quarters, then notch out the core of each quarter. Cut each quarter into 4 or 5 wedges about ¼ inch thick.
Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. (You may need to cook the apples in two batches to avoid crowding the apples or they won't caramelize correctly.) Add the butter, and when it melts, add the apples. Allow the slices to sear for a few seconds, and then stir so they're evenly coated with butter and starting to sizzle. Let cook, undisturbed, for about 3 minutes, until they begin to color slightly.
Sprinkle the spiced sugar over the apples and stir. Let the sugar bubble and caramelize. When the sugar looks melted and the apples appear slightly softened, after about 5 minutes, remove from the heat and spread out the apples on a plate. It's important to spread them in an even layer across a flat surface because they can overcook and lose their lovely caramelized edges if they are piled on top of one another.
Make the toffee sauce. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the vanilla bean seeds and pod half (if using vanilla extract, you'll add it later), cream, brown sugar, and salt and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Turn down the heat to a medium simmer and cook for 10 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove the vanilla pod half and discard; remove the saucepan from the heat. If using vanilla extract, stir it in now.
To serve, preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Fold 16 crepes into quarters, place them on the prepared baking sheet in a single layer, and brush generously and evenly with the melted butter. Bake for 2 or 3 minutes, until warmed through. Using a fine-mesh strainer, dust the confectioners' sugar onto the warm buttered crepes. Squeeze the lemon wedges evenly across all of them. Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons of toffee sauce on the bottom of each of 8 plates. Place 2 crepes on top of the sauce on each plate, lay a few apple slices alongside, and add a scoop of malt ice cream.


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In perhaps one of the most intriguing 100 Years of Style videos yet, Mode.com looks at the evolution of handbags over the last century, exclusively premiering on ELLE.com. Watching the purses get bigger and bigger is fascinating (the 1910s bag could barely fit an iPhone, for reference), but what's most striking is what's inside them when they're emptied.
Makeup and sunglasses change significantly; random knickknacks (think fans, monogrammed handkerchiefs, and walkmans) come and go; and cigarette holders stick around a lot longer than you'd think. Take a look:


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Let's face it, smartphones are pretty masculine. From the sleek black to the glass front, devices are lacking what they used to boast: customization.
"One of the biggest complaints we have is that smartphones are too similar and too masculine."
LG, in a recent interview with PocketLint, told the website that they are planning to bring back customization, but this time to the smartphone market. They plan on doing this with customizable and interchangeable back plates.
"In terms of what is included in the box, that hasn't been decided, but it's most likely to be one back cover. You'll be able to buy more back covers to change the appearance of the phone," Choi tells PocketLint.
With this approach on smartphones, we will not only see smartphones in different colors, we will see them become more of an option because they will be becoming less intimidating to new users who would like to have their phone be a bit personal.
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Soon after I clicked the "Publish" button on my blog dashboard, I realized I had made a mistake.
I'd read my post through three times before hitting that button, but somehow missed adding a crucial word — the word "don't". Inadvertently, I had told my readers that they "have to sacrifice too much to lessen their cost of living," . Furthermore, two of the hyperlinks I had added were broken.
I am a sloppy self?editor, mostly because I am forgetful. I realized it was time to create a standard checklist to remind myself of all the steps I have to take before clicking "Publish".
Since creating this checklist, I've made fewer mistakes and I haven't had another "oops" moment. I created a similar list for my fiction, too. Anyone who does creative work should have a similar checklist to ensure that their projects are polished before submitting them.
Why Have a Standard Checklist?
Apart from remembering the small yet essential steps to finishing one's work, there are other reasons why a standard checklist can be useful:
- Smoother workflow. Since all the steps to a polished project can be seen in a single page, you spend less time asking yourself "Is there anything I'm forgetting?" Once you've checked each item on the list, you can look at your project one more time and feel confident enough to send it.
- Objectivity. Ideal list items should be objective enough for you to check off each one without much thought; it's hard to measure items like "Make the design pop" or "Write compelling copy". Opt for quantifiable points, such as "Test design/copy with 10 different users and make sure that at least 8 take the preferred action".
- Consistency. A standard checklist for major projects allows you to deliver a consistent output. Plus, it becomes a handy reference when you're subcontracting work.
It helps to look at the project checklists of other knowledge workers for inspiration, so you might want to look at the following examples:
- A web site accessibility checklist by Aaron Cannon.
- A comprehensive content quality checklist by Colleen Jones from UXMatters.
- A list of essential checks before launching your web site by Lee Munroe from Smashing Magazine.
Making My Own List
For my blogging projects, I spent half an hour listing the important things I had to do before publishing a post. Some of the items I included were as follows:
- Print the article and read it. Spot all spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes.
- Make the necessary corrections on the soft-copy.
- Read the revision backwards, sentence by sentence to check for overlooked mistakes.
- Add post tags.
- Use correct HTML for punctuation.
- Preview the post, click each hyperlink and make sure they work correctly.
To make the list reflect how I work, I also noted the gaps and weaknesses in my process for the last three posts I wrote. While I added an odd item from time to time, I had to remind myself that the goal was not to create a longer list. The goal is to make sure that each article I deliver is as clear, concise and as polished as it can be.
Which brings me to my final point: Know the reason why your checklist exists. By having a clear objective, you'll know whether your list works or not. It's supposed to streamline your process, rather than adding another step to an already saturated workflow.
Do you have a project checklist that you use before handing finished work to clients?


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As we have spoken before about recycled photos and others laying claim to them, we have yet another tangled web of folks trying to push their way to the top for attention using recycled hoax photos. But who was really the one pushing their way to the top is the question?
In 2012 a The Bigfoot Evidence Blog shared a picture of an alleged Sasquatch from Happy Camp California allegedly along the Klamath River.
Source: http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-footage-happy-camp-bigfoot-photo.html
The above picture had been debunked by a researcher named David Timmons clearly showing an obvious hoax submitted to the Bigfoot Evidence Blog which they clearly noted their suspicions in the last sentence of the article.
What caused a stir a few days ago was a post caught by Hoaxer's Exposed Group, Darren Lee, by PacWest Bigfoot.
As of this morning PacWest Bigfoot has removed the post post from site, but what made it more interesting was a group member of the page, claimed it was her photo!!! Both reference it as being taken in Washington State, but as we see from the original claim it was allegedly taken in California.
I attempted to inquire as to how the original poster got the photo, but it seems she decided not to answer, which I find highly suspect.
What is most condemning of the PacWest Bigfoot post, appears to be an embellishment of the alleged submitted story.
What we see is a hoaxed story behind the post of the hoaxed picture on the PacWest Bigfoot Facebook page. from the person that originally posted, is up in the air.
It is noted, on the PacWest post it as did with the individual posting the hoaxed pic stated the location was Washington, and a male subject as the submitter. Matter of fact, the original source of the hoaxed photo dating back to 2012 stated the picture was from a female from Happy Camp, California. It is noted in the original source narrative, it went from a "her" to a "he."
Also another interesting note is that in January, after numerous inquiries, PacWest Bigfoot, admits that what they do is for entertainment purposes. David the owner of PWB readily admits creating the back stories to Bigfoot encounters and does not want to be confused with what the really great researchers do out there.
So dear readers, be careful what you read or listen to out in cyberspace. Rest assured what we do is sometimes for entertainment, but it is always the truth, the good, the bad, and the ugly. We always strive, when possible, to source and verify. We will never knowingly put something out there untrue.
The effects of these types of programs on Bigfoot research will be the topic of a future blog.
This week on Squatchdetective Radio
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Osborn Picks Up Key Union Endorsement
August 30th, 2011
Posted on Patch.com, by Kurt Orzeck
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 is backing the California Assembly candidate.
The news keeps getting better for Torie Osborn. The liberal activist, who is hoping to fill California's 50th Assembly seat, announced Tuesday that she is being endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, one of the state's biggest unions.
"Torie Osborn has the leadership skills, the vision and passion to help get California's economy back on track, and we want to help her win," IBEW Local 18 Business Manager Brian D'Arcy said in a statement. "When we back a candidate, it's because we know they have their priorities straight, and they'll fight to create more good paying jobs."
IBEW Local 18 represents 8,000 public-sector employees, including utility workers, electrical workers and clerical workers.
"It is a real honor to have the support of IBEW Local 18," Osborn said in a statement. "With the nation's second-highest unemployment rate, currently at 12 percent, Californians are struggling to make ends meet. When I go to Sacramento, my top priority will be good paying jobs speeding up our economic recovery."
The endorsement is one of many that Osborn, a first-time candidate, has received in recent months. In June, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley announced she is backing the candidate. Osborn has also been endorsed by Sheila Kuehl (who was the 41st District representative from 1994 to 2000), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Congresswoman Karen Bass and Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl.
Last week, Osborn received endorsements from Agoura Hills Mayor Harry Schwarz, Agoura Hills Mayor Pro-Tem Dan Kuperberg and former Agoura Hills Mayor Ed Corridori.
Osborn raised $215,000 in the first half of 2011, bringing her total fundraising to $294,400.
The top two vote-getters from the 50th District primary contest, regardless of party affiliation, will face off in the November general election.


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- weekend pass to the festival
- ad in festival playbill
- select meals during the festival
- preferential invitation to teach a simple 45-minute craft workshop (This is optional. Instructor time to be donated. Materials fees to be collected from participants who sign up in advance. On-the-spot attendees accepted at the discretion of the class leader.)
- good karma <3
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Crafty person needed
Seeking a chairperson for Omniofest's HANDCRAFTS committee. Volunteer post involves serving as liaison for those offering crafts at the festival and acting as point person for the crafts room staff. Perqs include:


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Tue April 3 Adult Ed: Transformation @ Housing Works
Wed April 4 Lucid NYC: Food science, robotic sailboats, gaming @ Drom
Wed April 4 Math Encounters: Proofs with Günter Ziegler @ Baruch College
Thu April 5 Eric Kandel & Alan Alda @ 92Y
Sun April 8 Entertaining Science: Loops & Waves @ Cornelia St Cafe
Mon April 9 The Perils & Promise of Fracking w/ProPublica @ Tenement Museum
Mon April 9 Columbia Cafe Science: Extraordinary & Pathological @ PicNic
Tue April 10 The Social Conquest of Earth w/E.O. Wilson @ NYPL
Wed April 11 Free Will and the Science of the Brain w/Michael Gazzaniga @ Cooper Union
Thu April 12 Yuri's Night: Space Party! @ Polar Lounge, DROM, and National Arts Club
Fri April 13 Nerd Nite: Mafia, First Dates, & Entomology @ Galapagos
Sat April 14 Brainwave: Using and Losing Language @ Rubin Museum
Mon Apr 16 Asteroids: Friends or Foes? @ Hayden Planetarium
Tue Apr 17 SWINY: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It @ Society of Mech Engineers
Tue Apr 17 Feminism Meets Neuroscience @ CUNY Graduate Center
Wed Apr 18 Story Collider: Travel @ Union Hall
Fri Apr 20 Story Collider: Skeptics Edition @ 92YTribeca
Wed Apr 18 An Evening of Fate, Chance, & Mystery w/Lord Whimsy @ Coney Island Museum
Thu Apr 26 Secret Science Club @ The Bell House
Sat Apr 28 The Science of Learning @ Rubin Museum
Sat Apr 28 Obscura Day! @ multiple locations
April Nerdlist
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Small information about GTK3 support and typofix
Adding future task after the migration
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Thunderbird is a email/news/chat client with a possible RSS feed aggregation developed by Mozilla.
Debian has used long time a unbranded version of Thunderbird due some legal and trademark issues, the package was called Icedove. After almost 10 years of this and Icedove related packages, from January 2017 there are Thunderbird based packages back again available in Debian started with version 1:45.6.0-1.
De-branding of Icedove (and related packages)
To get Thunderbird back in Debian we need to de-brand the existing src:icedove package. Debian and Mozilla have been acknowledged to refuse the issues about the branding of Thunderbird inside the Debian repositories. There is a Bugreport (816679) that will collect the whole steps and reports for Icedove. It's mainly based on the de-branding of Iceweasel to Firefox (815006).
It was and is planned to switch all Icedove versions to Thunderbird above the whole archive while the increase of one version. Thanks to the security team we can do this as new binary packages for Thunderbird will be accepted. The LTS team will adopt this behavior for the Wheezy release. Also the release team is agreeing to release Stretch with Thunderbird packages and move the Icedove package into transitional packages.
Tasks for the De-Branding
The de-branding is a complex thing and we can't overview yet which side effects will be visible later, unfortunately we can't do a hard and quick switch in one go. The first steps for the de-branding was going to start at the end of spring 2016. The following tasks are known to be needed and visible by the current status.
Remove the name branding on iceowl-l10n packages
Switch to packages named "lightning-l10n*"
Add transitional packages for "iceowl-l10n*"
Remove the name branding on icedove.l10n packages
Switch to packages named "thunderbird-l10n*"
Add transitional packages for "icedove-l10n*"
Remove iceowl branding around/inside iceowl-extension package
Rename iceowl-extension to lightning, dropping old iceowl.js
- Reviewing the postinst of lightning
no further action needed here
Removing the name branding inside Icedove
- Rename package(s) to thunderbird*
icedove-dev -> thunderbird-dev
icedove-dbg -> thunderbird-dbg
Adjust the package icons and the installation of those
Add transitional package(s) for icedove
- Rename package(s) to thunderbird*
Move the configuration inside the Icedove package itself (/etc/icedove -> /etc/thunderbird, plugins, ...)
- Needs some stuff inside preinst|postinst
- moved needed parts to thunderbird.maintscript, adjusted thunderbird.postinst
- Needs some stuff inside preinst|postinst
Add optional helper to migrate $HOME/.icedove to $/HOME/.thunderbird
Thunderbird is looking what MOZ_APP_PROFILE is pointing. MOZ_APP_PROFILE is a static variable while built if needed, we will use this variable to let Thunderbird look in ~/.icedove for releases wheezy-security and jessie-security.
Adjust the *.desktop file to visualize Thunderbird instead of Icedove
Adopt the autopkg test to the new binary names
Adding some notes into README.Debian about the name switching
Changing the helper scripts inside debian/ to build thunderbird and lightning archives
- adopting build folders for l10n data in debian/rules afterwards (to be done after first "new" import)
Generate own Thunderbird icons preferable from a SVG file
Review and Rework of the manpage for thunderbird (previously icedove) after the de-branding
Remove WhatsNew linking via mailnews.start_page.override_url (vendor.js)
Switch to compat level 9 if possible, use dh-exec for files that change there name
make wrapper script /usr/bin/thunderbird smart enough for passing Thunderbird options through
- more improvements to the wrapper script
- move the specific part of the migration into separate file
- do better proofing (for files) before starting any migration, make the script here idempotent
work on the current Lintian output into the new packages
Prepare some notes about the changes (like profile folder) for Stretch
- prepare some information for the release notes of Stretch
- prepare announcement for d-d-a about the new de-branded packages
- start a Wiki page for Thunderbird, especially with information about the migration from Icedove
- do the same as a text file for /u/s/d/thunderbird
- review the copyright file more in deep
reactivate the Crash Reporter feature
- writing a blog post?
Left over issues?
- We need two desktop files, one for the existing Icedove and the new one for Thunderbird. The logical content is the same, except the 'NAME' thing is differing. For Stretch the desktop file for Icedove is moved into the transitional Icedove package. For Jessie and Wheezy there are objections to keep the icedove.desktop file inside the Thunderbird package. Why?
- Due this we can keep existing local links on the user desktop made for Icedove pointing now to Thunderbird with the new icon in Jessie and Wheezy.
- For Stretch we only keep the Thunderbird desktop file, if the user is doing a dist-upgrade from Jessie the personal linking has to be redone with the new desktop file.
Remind users to delete or move the old created backup from the ~/.icedove folder after several versions. Adding a hint into README and NEWS maybe too.
Migration from Icedove
User Profiles
By the transitional character of the Icedove packages the user will automatically get installed the dependent respective Thunderbird packages. In detail there are:
old package
replaced by
Thunderbird Main application
Thunderbird Development files
Thunderbird with debugging symbols
Lightning, aka Calendar for Thunderbird
l10n localization packages for Thunderbird
l10n localization packages for Lightning
There is no transitional or new package.
The Thunderbird application uses a different folder for the user profiles than Icedove. The profiles are collected in ~/.thunderbird, Icedove was using ~/.icedove. Because of this the user profiles need to be moved and adopted. The Thunderbird package comes with a wrapper script in /usr/bin/thunderbird what will do the users profile migration (if possible). It will be triggered automatically if a user is calling thunderbird from a CLI or via the desktop file. The script will check if there is already a folder named ~/.thunderbird and continues only if not. Mind, user may have used or use the Thunderbird binary from Mozilla and there is a existing profile folder then.
In case there wasn't found a existing profile folder the script will copy the complete old profile folder ~/.icedove into ~/.thunderbird and renaming the old folder to ~/.icedove_moved_by_thunderbird_starter. If successful the script will also modify possible existing wrong Mime associations for http(s) and file in the existing file(s) mimeTypes.rdf in the profile(s). And also, if existing, fixing entries in ~/.config/mimeapps.list with icedove.desktop after making a backup of that files named mimeapps.list.copy_by_thunderbird_starter. If anything is going wrong while these steps a pop-up window will be seen with some further hints, also some logging is done into /var/log/syslog.
The wrapper can be called as thunderbird -v to see some more verbose output on a terminal in case something is going wrong. That should help to catch possible issues. There will never be done any deletion by the wrapper! The old folders and files can be moved back and the wrapper can be called once more after the reason for the issue was solved. In case of trouble please ensure you alway have a backup before going further.
System wide Configurations
The Icedove package was allowing some system wide setup of variables for running Icedove by modifying the file /etc/icedove/pref/icedove.js or adding own files here with a *.js extension. All files here are also being migrated to the Thunderbird package and the respective folder /etc/thunderbird/pref. So if a sysadmin or user has placed some modified files here they will be moved into the new directory. One exception, a modified file /etc/icedove/pref/icedove.js is gone moved to /etc/thunderbird/pref/icedove.js.dpkg-backup and need to be adopted by the user into place.
Possible Issues
Happily not much yet. It may happen that href links are not working after the migration. The user probably has done some own "tuning" of Mime file association, any help here is appreciated to find the reason for that behavior.
GTK3 support is still no upstream default in the build configuration for a Linux build. Thunderbird in Debian will switch to GTK3 if Mozilla is setting this as the default.


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Fundamental Aspects That Make up the Best Martial Art Center.
Modern martial arts classes have been employed as a great form of learning self-defense and life skills. It is evident that martial arts are useful in developing the social- physiological qualities of an individual. It has been noted that children who have undergone through martial arts classes are trained on discipline and respect aspects. It is therefore important to have your child enrolled into the martial art classes. Martial art is also an important sport that could turn out as a future career for your kid. This is also one of the reasons why most adults are into this game. Martial art is also a form of workout and therefore becomes an essential form of weight loss. The following are important guidelines for choosing the best martial art center for your kid.
The initial thing that you should check is that is of certification. Ensure that you get your child enrolled in a licensed martial art institution. This is an important way of ensuring that the center is legitimate. With a certified center, you will be sure that the center operates under-regulated standards. It will also show that the center has been qualified to offer professional martial arts training.
The other important detail is to assess the practice level of the important martial arts center. While planning to enroll your child in a martial arts center, it is advisable to find a facility that has proficient professionals who have enough experience in this form of instruction.
Also, take time to assess the domain of the martial arts center. You will note that there are different types of these games. In this case, assess the style of martial art provided to gauge whether it can suit your needs. For instance, you may try the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Georgia who will focus on training you on how to resist a fighting partner and evading violence. A high-level martial art center will offer classified and modified martial arts training for various categories of age groups. In this way, you will benefit from quality techniques suitable for your kid.
Furthermore, ensure that you evaluate the training approaches of the relevant arts institution. Find a martial arts training center that focuses on multi-faceted methods of training. Ensure that you choose an institution that offers training in self-defense and other life skills.
The other important detail that you should check is the reputation of the specific center. Find a martial arts center that is reputable for providing high-quality services. In this regard take time to review the online client's feedback section for details of their services. It is advisable that you compare various martial arts institutions before settling on one of them.
Lastly, choose a martial arts center that can easily be accessed. Find a center that can easily be accessible by your child. This is additionally an essential factor in ensuring that you get to assess the quality of services for this center.


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i found this lovely guesthouse from airbnb while searching for a place to stay while in jogjakarta. rates have hiked up and everything was fully booked. but there're slot for the dates i want in this place, so i asked through whatsapp. after negotiating for a while, my book was placed.home. far away from home
(tip for locals, ask through whatsapp/call to get cheaper rates!)
the place is what homey all about. although it lies just five minutes from the bustling tourist spot malioboro, the place was quiet, homey, and clean. the alley where it's located might look shady, but once you reached the place, it was an absolute getaway. the room was small but managed to fit for 3 people with extra bed. they also provide free breakfast with limited selection of indonesian and western cuisine. they were excellent. i also sleep peacefully every night. also the design, the design!! everything is top notch in its simplicity. jogjakarta's own modesty.
i don't take many photos because we're practically going places on 2,5 days of our stay in jogjakarta. but the photos in airbnb and instagram can give you glimpse about the place.
funny story. when i checked-in on path app, a friend commented that this place was her aunt's and her cousin was the architect. funny how coincidences met.
more of jogjakarta and trip to borobudur on next installments of how i popped my backpacker cherry!


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Murphy Business is one of the largest business brokers with offices throughout North America. Professional, experienced intermediaries provide the following unsurpassed brokerage services:
Murphy Business has a local presence in the Dakota Lakes South Dakota (SD) market with strong connections in Brookings, Watertown, Pierre, Huron, and Aberdeen. A strong presence in the community provides insight into the local market. Murphy Business deals with local companies daily which helps them gain the respect and grow experience in the Dakota Lakes South Dakota (SD) community.
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Mount Tai--Tài Shān
Mount Tai--Tài Shān
Mount Tai (Chinese: 泰山; pinyin: Tài Shān) is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an, in Shandong province, China. The tallest peak is the Jade Emperor Peak (Chinese: 玉皇顶; pinyin: Yùhuáng Dǐng), which is commonly reported as 1,545 metres (5,069 ft) tall, but is described by the PRC government as 1,532.7 metres (5,029 ft).
Mount Tai is one of the "Five Great Mountains". It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five. Mount Tai has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years and served as one of the most important ceremonial centers of China during large portions of this period.
Sunrise at Moun Tai
According to historical records, Mount Tai became a sacred place haunted by emperors to offer sacrifices and meditate in the Zhou Dynasty over 1,000 years before the Christian era. A total of 72 emperors were recorded as visiting it. Men of letters also came to acquire inspiration, to compose poems, write essays, paint and take pictures. Hence, a great many cultural relics were left on the mountain.
The Temple of the God of Mount Tai, known as the Dai Temple (Chinese: 岱庙; pinyin: Dàimiào), is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in the area. It is located at the foot of Mount Tai in the city of Tai'an and covers an area of 96,000 square meters. The temple was first built during the Qin Dynasty. Since the time of the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), its design has been a replica of the imperial palace, which makes it one out of three extant structures in China with the features of an imperial palace (the other two are the Forbidden City and the Confucius Temple in Qufu).
Dai Temple in winter
The temple has five major halls and many small buildings. The centerpiece is the Palace of Heavenly Blessings, built in 1008, during the reign of the last Northern Song Emperor Huizong. The hall houses the mural painting "The God of Mount Tai Making a Journey", dated to the year 1009. The mural extends around the eastern, western and northern walls of the hall and is 3.3 metres high and 62 metres long. The theme of the painting is an inspection tour by the god. Next to the Palace of Heavenly Blessings stand the Yaocan Pavilion and the entrance archway as well as the Bronze Pavilion in the northeast corner. The Dai Temple is surrounded by the 2,100 year-old Han Dynasty cypresses. Oldest surviving stair may be 6000 granite steps to the top of the sacred Tai Shan mountain in China.
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Hi everyone. I just joined after reading an AP article of tips and tricks for my S3. I've seen AP around a lot in my Googling so I thought it was about time I became a part of the community. I'm not as big a geek as my niece, although she does tell me I'm her 'ubergeek uncle'. I remember the first time I got a cell phone (after being a steadfast landline user for years) - it was a clamshell Motorola model on the Sprint network. We've come a long ways since then, haven't we?
I've been with Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile and now I'm with Boost. Had a few nice smartphones so far (Droid Turbo, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5). The Galaxy Note 5 was an awesome phone, but unfortunately it had a few issues (as well as the carrier) so I had to return to Boost. Got the S3 again. For some reason I keep coming back to Boost and the S3, lol. Must be a sign.
Anyway, nice to be here and I hope I can get some great advice, tips and help (as well as contribute, if I can).
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Wrestling is a big part of the sports program at Winter Springs High School, and it just became much bigger. The wrestling team had a great season this year, and for some, the season is still on a roll. Four of the wrestling team members are going to state this year. The wrestling coach, Coach Ciero, is very proud of his team members.
"The four qualifiers are Matt Phillips (132lbs), JJ C. (138lbs), Bobby Williams (182lbs), and Jessiah C. (195lbs). All of them worked really hard this season, and that's why they're in the spots that they're in, and are getting to the state tournament," Ciero said.
For the past few years, the school's wrestling team has been very successful. There have been students qualifying for bigger titles such as conference, district, state, and even national titles. Winter Springs' wrestling has been and still is very productive over the years. There are multiple banners in the school's gym involving the wrestling teams past success over the years.
"All four of our members have a pretty good shot at placing next week, as long as they keep up the same hard work and dedication, and even the mentality that they've had thus far, so we'll see what happens," Ciero said. "The only downside is that not everyone on the team could make state, but overall I am still extremely proud of this team's success this year."
Students at Winter Springs High will be cheering for their schoolmates, and wishing them well, as they battle against other schools fighting for state titles. The wrestling team has the support of its coaching staff, school administrators, teachers, and students as they fight to have yet another banner hung in the gym ceiling.
Winter Springs High School's wrestling team owes its success to Mr. Gomrad for building up this teams' winning name and mentality over the years and their head coach, Coach Ciero, for stepping in and taking over by keeping the ball rolling this year and getting our four members to state competition in hopes of them bringing the title back to Winter Springs High School.


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Stretching is essential for many reasons in maintaining health & wellness. It can be done by anyone, at any time – and is very easy to do, and it is alright if you are unsure as I will show you how in this post. In general, the main benefits attained from stretching include:
- Increased flexibility or Range of Motion (ROM)
- Reduced likelihood of injury
- Improved benefits when completing aerobic & resistance exercise
Before I go on, I would just like to let you know, I have created a new Facebook page called Exercise Cancer Community: Health & Wellness, to create a supportive environment for people to share their experiences. Please visit the page, click the Like button on the side of this page or on the FB site and pass it on.
Now, stretching is important for basically anybody to maintain or improve their physical health, but it is particularly important for cancer survivors who have undergone treatment such as a surgery. For example, women with breast cancer who have undergone a mastectomy tend to experienced reduced should flexibility, strength & mobility due to muscle and tendon tissue damage. In fact, here is a great article by Dr Robert Kilgour displaying that home-based stretching can assist in reversing these results, as published in the Journal of Breast Cancer Research Treatments. By engaging in stretching exercises (and eventually resistance training exercises), you will be able to achieve a level of health pre-surgery, or even greater. But if not, simple daily tasks around the house such as reaching into cupboards above the head, discomfort whilst driving or picking up a baby may become challenging.
Before I show you individual stretches, here are the guidelines for stretching:
- Stretches can be done daily or most days of the week (can do them up to 3-5 times/day)
- Hold each stretch for 15-30 seconds
- Repeat each stretch 1-3 times on each side
- Have a deep breath in when commencing the stretch
- Only complete the stretch to the full range of your joint (and not to a painful point)
- Stretching is most effective when the muscles are warm, so after a walk is perfect
Here we go: If you are only a few weeks post surgery (1-3 weeks), you may consider doing "range of motion" exercises, that is just moving your joints to their point, and not pushing further.
Above: Shoulder flexion & extension
Above: Shoulder abduction
If these are simple, then lets move on to more stretches for the upper body:
Chest stretch:
- Arm at 90 degrees against a wall, with forearm on the wall
- Rotate body away from wall & hold
Shoulder stretch:
- Arm across the body
- Other hand presses the elbow closer to the body & hold
Triceps stretch (only if your flexibility allows you to do so):
- Arm above and behind your head, with elbow in the air
- Hand above your opposite shoulder
- Using your other hand, pull the elbow across your body & hold
Biceps & forearm stretch:
- Arm directly in front, with fingers facing downwards
- Using opposite hand, pull the fingers back & hold
Do you see how simple some of these are? Definitely can be done at the office, in an elevator or at home! I constantly will be doing stretches to help aid my training sessions in the gym and at soccer around the office. Now here are some lower body stretches to do for the lower body:
Calf stretch:
- Place hands on the wall
- Take a step backwards with one leg, with foot placed flat on the ground
- Bend the front leg, straighten the back leg and feel the stretch
Hamstring stretch:
- (seated or on a yoga mat) put one leg out as straight as you are able to
- Lean towards your foot, with your hands together
- Aim to keep your back straight
- Point your toe backwards for a greater stretch
- Resistance bands can also be used for a greater stretch
Quadriceps stretches:
- Find a stable object for support (wall, table, exercise bike!)
- Grab your foot of the leg you are stretching
- Keep legs in-line with each other and pull until you feel a stretch
- You can also use a resistance band or rope around your foot to assist if you have limited flexibility
Remember, every day you can partake in stretching, and before you know it, you will be improving your flexibility in no time. Combine this with your aerobic and resistance exercise and you are on your way to achieving a fantastic lifestyle.
Keep up the great work and please remember to provide encouragement to those in need, pass this resource on and keep continuing to send me questions and personal experiences.
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When I arrived at the Hammer at 8:30 Wednesday night I thought I'd be lucky to catch the opener but when I got out to the atrium all I saw were people milling about enjoying the nice L.A. weather. It felt more like a summer patio party than anything else. Which must have been all part of Megapuss' ingenious plan. Megapuss spent the hour between the eight o clock start time and their set mingling with the crowd in full costume and ready to go so by the time they did leave whatever discussions they were having to walk the couple of feet to the stage I felt like I was hanging out and watching a friend's show. Which, while not absolutely essential to the Megapuss experience, is incalculably important. So where was the opener? Whether or not this social hour signifies a different conception of a show's beginning on Megapuss' part or is just a result of the mechanics of a show at the hammer, this hour was effectively the opening act. I would like to think though, that Megapuss had a certain feeling they wanted to create. There just has to be some sort of preface to seeing five grown men wearing skirts made of inflatable penises over tights, safari gear, and a vest of a wookie-wildebeest hybrid creature. In this case there were two. The second was their formal introduction in which the crowd was informed that every song we'd be hearing had been written in under ten minutes. By my calculations, on the conservative side, Banhart should be releasing an album every week.
Because from what I could tell Megapuss is pretty much the people that bring us Devendra Banhart records. Megapuss has so far been billed as a Devendra Banhart/Greg Rogove joke project. But Rogove, who drums for Priestbird, is a member of Banhart's band as are Noah Georgeson, who played a comically skinny red bass, and the drummer who I was unable to positively I.D. (later found out it was Fabrizio Moretti from the strokes) Aziz Ansari of Human Giant also appeared as a special guest. The thing is, for the amount of time that probably went into these songs they were really good. And in terms of the fun factor of the whole project, it was through the roof. That's why I could almost believe the quote that naturalismo posted on his blog where Banhart says "to our surprise and shock, we started writing songs, and we've written eight songs that I'm really proud of and excited about. We're gonna record a real record." These guys probably play together enough that they could make songs in their sleep and the breezy folky sound that they have really suits that type of spontaneity. Even when the drummer took over the mic and forgot the words he was able to just ad lib some with with a bubbly beat and tie it all together with a "Shabop Shalom" before the "what it is" refrain without losing anything at all from the song. Every mistake was met with boyish grins from the rest of the band that added to the feeling that I was watching a group of children that had somehow landed in men's bodies perform their ideal comedy album. Devendra's "dick skirt" pretty much set the tone of the set. He stopped the first song in protest of his picture being on the projector because it was "just too creepy." Throughout the starts and stops the band promised to keep playing a Tears For Fear cover until their demands were met. It was really quite charming and I discovered that Banhart has pretty good comedic timing. I should also mention that at this time Rogove was playing what looked to be a bow and arrow. The instrumentation was pretty standard for the most part though with the exception of "Surfin" which had a guest harpist and where Georgeson took a break from his bass duties to blow a mean conch shell. If I do say so "Surfin" is one of the finest re-creations of the feeling one gets floating on surf. And seeing Georgeson hold that conch up with pride was one of my favorite moments of the show. The top one would have to be when Georegeson's bass got caught on Banhart's skirt and he had to hold up on a song saying "wait, my bass is caught on your dick-skirt." That's just something I could never imagine hearing. Male genitalia seems to be Megapuss's bread and butter. They were everywhere. On their persons, in their songs, animated onto the projector slides. At one point a very happy, and very naked, Banhart and Rogrove were animated to look like they were jumping on an off camera trampoline slowly coming into frame to reveal some prosthetic dongs. That's not to say there weren't some really touching moments. "Chicken Tits" was a great song to "hold your special someone" to and had an old doo-wop feel to it; quite soulful.
I realize this rambling but I've tried to write a review three different times and I just don't think there's any other way it could be. I think Megapuss would be pleased by that. Banhart said "we wrote alot of songs, these were the worst. Which is kind of the point of this band." You try translating that type of show into a blog post. Here's the setlist:
To the Love
Adam and Steve
Lavender Blimp
Duck People Duck Man
Mister Meat
Crop Circle Jerk 94
Chicken Tits
I'll leave you with my favorite Human Giant video
*edit* many thanks to naturalismo I caught a couple of pretty big mistakes on here thanks to reading his entry.