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I signed the No More Page 3 petition a year and a half a go. To be honest, I kind of expected Page 3 to have become extinct by now, but its still there, and this week – in a surprise move – its trying to encourage women to check their breasts for lumps.
I've had a look at the campaign. It leaves a funny taste in my mouth. It makes me feel uncomfortable and weird. I actually find that the idea of the The Sun trying to give me medical advice and encourage me to cop a feel of my own breasts left me feeling a bit invaded. I agree with the New Statesmen – they focus on breast cancer because they're obsessed with breasts. Of course breast cancer worries them – you can't be a page 3 model if you've had a mastectomy! I feel like they're telling me to make sure I keep my breasts nice and healthy, so they're still nice and healthy to be oggled at by men. That's how shallow this campaign appears to me.
I do think in the cover photo of Rosie Jones saluting, she looks beautiful. It does reflect what they've claimed is to be celebrating natural beauty, youth and freshness. But it shouldn't be in the newspaper. That shouldn't be were you find pictures of beautiful, naked women. What's more, the cheeky photos sexualise the activity of checking breasts for lumps…its not a sexy activity. Its like trying to sexualise breast feeding. It just feels inappropriate to me, and I don't want to associate The Sun and David Dinsmore with checking my breasts for lumps!
In the Guardian, Gaby Hinsliff seems to think the ends justifies the means, but I find her opinions patronising when she says the cheeky tone of the campaign "is probably a good match for the mood of young women who still feel too immortal to heed conventional public health campaigns" . I'm a young woman and I can tell you – it's not a good match. In fact, I find it patronising that the Sun thinks it can use a sexist feature to try and educate me about my breasts. I know about my breasts, and I know about the Sun, and I don't like page 3.
It is a bit of a tricky conundrum, as in the end, page 3 doing this has reminded me about checking my breasts for lumps. Which is a good thing. But the Page 3 vs. Breast Cancer campaign doesn't make me feel empowered or enlightened or helped out by the friendly newspaper, it makes me feel queezy.
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John Doe
Case Details
Case Type: Unidentified
Height: 6' 0"
Case Status: OPEN
Weight: 160 lbs
Identifying Marks: Bushy mustache
Incident Date: 08/14/1989
Agency: Pueblo Police Department
City: Pueblo
Date of Birth: Unknown
County: Pueblo
Date of Death: 08/08/1989
Agency Case #: 89-16501
Age: 39
Judicial District: 10th Judicial District
Gender: Male
Year Solved:
Race: Caucasian
NamUs Case #: 9865
Eyes: Unknown
NCMEC Case #: Unknown
Hair: Red/Auburn
About this Case:
Height and weight are estimates. Clothing-blue, yellow and white flannel shirt with arms cut off, old blue jeans, black Athletix tennis shoes, black Casio watch with plastic band.
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Five Reasons Why Liverpool Can Win the Champions League
2018 has been something of a renaissance for English clubs in the Champions League. Five out of five made it through the group stages, Tottenham ripped Real Madrid apart at Wembley, Chelsea ran Barcelona close in the last 16 despite an indifferent league campaign and Manchester City waltzed through the quarter finals. It makes you wonder why the national team can't perform similarly! The world cup odds for a England wining the world cup give them very little chance.
However, it was a domestic foe that stopped City in their tracks as Liverpool produced a stunning display to beat the Premier League champions home and away. Jurgen Klopp's team then blitzed Roma 5-2 in the first leg of the semi-final to leave them on the cusp of a first Champion's League final for 11 years. Their opponents won't relish the prospect of playing the free scoring Reds, who will be gunning for their 6th European title. Here are Zurich Premiership's five reasons why they could get it and why it might be worth have a crack at sports spread betting to maximise your winnings.
- The Mo Show
It would be silly to start this list anywhere else. Few could have predicted the incredible season that Mo Salah has enjoyed at Anfield since joining from Roma last summer. He's dispelled all memories of a disappointing stint at Chelsea earlier in his career to earn the PFA Player of the Year award and is on the verge of beating Ian Rush's record single season goals tally of 47 in all competitions. If he fires Liverpool to European glory, he may just provide real competition to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when the Ballon D'or votes are counted. It's been a remarkable rise for the Egyptian.
- Klopp's Clout
Jurgen Klopp is a big name manager and he's proved it again this season. In addition to the two Champions League victories over Man City, his Liverpool side also beat them at Anfield in the Premier League – City's only away league defeat of the season. The German has a big personality and relishes the big occasion. His brand of football always provides a threat to the big sides, especially those who like to control territory. Expect him to instruct his team to counter attack at will in Rome and he's likely to devise a similar plan for the prospective final. His effervescent personality is reflected in his team's play.
- Pace and Power
Salah has rightly grabbed all the headlines in recent months but let us not forget the contribution of Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. They have terrorised defences across Europe with their powerful running and quick combination play. Firmino has been just as productive as Salah in the Champions League – both have 10 goals – while Mane's 8 means the trio have scored 28 goals between them. It would appear almost impossible to successfully stop all three in the same game. Liverpool will hope that the triumvirate will maintain form as the Champions League builds to a crescendo.
- Midfield Maturity
Liverpool's attackers attract most of their plaudits due to their incredible achievements in front of goal. However, the spine of this team looks much stronger than it did a year ago, and it's underpinned by an increasingly strong defence and a hard-working, efficient midfield unit. You'd be wrong to dismiss the midfield as merely functional, though. Liverpool's personnel is perfectly capable of creativity too, as evidenced by James Milner's 9 assists in this year's competition – a new record. Salah, Mane and Firmino need a supply line, and Liverpool's midfield provides it.
- Precedents and Pedigree
It's now the 27 years since Liverpool won the domestic league title. Few could have predicted that given their dominance in the 1970s and 1980s. Despite that, no other British team can boast their record in Europe. The Reds because European Champions for the fifth time back in 2005 when Steven Gerrard inspired them to victory having trailed 3-0 to AC Milan in the final. They've also won the UEFA Cup in 2001, the UEFA Super Cup twice and reached another Champions League final since they last tasted domestic success. The personnel may change over the years, but big European nights seem to bring out the best in Liverpool players of any generation. Who would bet against the latest crop lifting the club's sixth European Cup/Champions League trophy in 2018.


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A 21-year-old intern who worked grueling hours at Bank of America's London office died just a week before his internship was to conclude.
Moritz Erhardt, a University of Michigan student from Germany, reportedly had worked until 6 a.m. for three days straight and was found dead in his flat. Erhardt, who suffered from epilepsy, collapsed in his shower, according to reports.
"We are deeply shocked and saddened by the news of Moritz Erhardt's death," BofA said in a statement. "He was popular amongst his peers and was a highly diligent intern at our company with a promising future. Our first thoughts are with his family and we send our condolences to them at this difficult time
John McIvor, the bank's head of international communications, told CNBC.com that he could not confirm the circumstances surrounding Erhardt's death, though he did provide some insight into the life of an intern.
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Piano Playing Tips
Piano playing is a musical artwork that has been around for centuries.Many people have learned to play it and some have even become internet sensations.And with a few tips, you can learn to play the piano like a pro, too!
Tip #1: Always have good posture
It's important for piano players to have good posture.If you have good posture you can play for longer periods of time because it doesn't stress out your body and makes it easier to balance and play!
Make sure that your:
●Back is straight.
●Wrists are lifted slightly up, for better striking technique.
●Forearms are parallel to the floor.
●Feet are flat on the ground.
Use these posture tips to help you become a more balanced piano player.
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Tip #2: Learn music theory
Take a class or look up some lessons online.Get to know the staff, the clefs, and the notes that all come with reading music.Learning music theory will help you understand the music you read and ultimately make piano playing easier for you!
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And with all of the resources available to us today, it's relatively easy to find ways to learn music theory.
Tip #3: Practice
You know what they say: practice makes perfect. Well, maybe not perfect, but it does make habits!
When you practice:
●Warm up a little first.Get relaxed and ready to go!
●It's more effective to practice frequently for short amounts of time.
●Use a metronome to help you with timing.
●Make sure you're moving your hands the right way so you can play faster notes more efficiently!
●Challenge yourself!Practicing the same things over and over won't make you better at anything else other than that.
Tip #4: Location is key
If you put your piano in a room that you're never going to go in, then you'll never play it!Also, having good lighting in the room is crucial.You don't want to strain your eyes trying to read sheet music or from looking down at the keys.If the lighting in your room isn't the best, a piano lamp is always a good tool!
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Tip #5: HAVE FUN!
Playing classical music is important, but don't be afraid to play songs you like.Whether it be your favorite theme song to a television show, or that one song on the radio you can't get out of your head, just try it!If you're passionate about something, you'll only be more motivated to put in the work.And seeing your hard work transformed into something beautiful is a magical and rewarding experience.
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There is more text, and pictures, at the link. At the main page, there is a (probably unrelated) picture of passengers riding on top of the passenger cars. Seeing as how the trains in India always seem to be overcrowded, that probably contributed to the high number of deaths.India train crash: 115 killed in derailment near Kanpur
20 November 2016
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has reached at least 115, with more than 150 injured, police say.
Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur.
Rescuers are still trying to reach the injured and recover the dead from the twisted carriages.
The cause of the crash near the village of Pukhrayan is not yet known.
However, the Times of India quoted sources as saying a fracture in the track could have been to blame.
The death toll has been rising steadily all day and is expected to increase further. [...]
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When I arrived in Sinaia, the falling snow was an unexpected touch. The fresh snow drifting down so gently covered the southern range of the Carpathian mountains.
Although there is a new church, the monastic church was founded by Mihail Cantacuzino in the late 17th century after he returned from a pilgrimage to mount Sinai, hence the name, Sinaia.
The eyes of the Virgin Mary under whose protection I have placed myself as I travel, search deeply into the soul of those who enter the temple of her Son. This will be the final image of the Virgin I will see on my journey into the artistic heritage of the Romanian people, rooted in the Christian faith. This image will remain in my mind as I begin my journey to central Asia to journey a little bit on the Silk Road on which so much cultural interaction occurred.
The church in Bucharest that evoked a powerful spiritual emotion within me was the Stavropoleos. The monastic church which today is the heart of the life of prayer of the sisters who live there makes me realize how important prayer is at the heart of the city. I would like to share with you what I found striking.
Icon screens always appeal to me because they speak of the mystery of the Mass.
My eye always turns to the all-powerful Christ because it reminds me I must stand before him and render an account of my life.
The icon of the Virgin draws me to prayer. The greatest impression on me has been the very careful way in which people make the sign of the cross three times and then venerate the icons. I have seen people bless themselves three times as they walk in front of the church. I have even begun to do that! The sign of the cross is so ancient and the people of the cross should take deep spiritual consolation in that through the cross joy has come into the world. The greatest gift I have been given through the public piety of the Romanian people is a renewed sense of the beauty of the sign of the cross.
The roadside shrines dedicated to the cross abound and not just a cross but a cross with the image of Our Lord.
And people even place the cross on the apex of the roofs of their home. The cross is the sign of the victory of truth.


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On Monday, 14 May the World Sailing Council met in London, Great Britain, during the international governing body's Mid-Year meeting to discuss and vote on the events that will make up the Sailing Competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Before the meeting it was confirmed that five of the current events would be retained, those being:
There are however many unanswered questions that remain. The equipment that will be used for the three new events is yet to be decided and there is also some doubt over events that have equipment under antitrust review – namely the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X.
The format of the new 'Mixed One Person Dinghy' event is unknown and the RYA anticipates considerable change to the formats of some other events – most notably both Men's and Women's windsurfing.
What is clear is that kitesurfing will now be part of the Olympic sailing program and we are looking forward to working with the British Kitesports Association to identify and support the best British kitesurfing talent for the future.
Ian Walker, RYA Director of Racing, commented: "There is a lot for us as a National Governing Body to consider, but as a former 470 sailor who has raced three Volvo Ocean Races but also enjoys recreational kitesurfing you can see that I, like the Events Committee and Council, was very conflicted. There was never going to be a decision that kept everybody happy.
"I am confident that whatever formats and equipment are finalised this November at the World Sailing Annual Conference, it will be an outstanding regatta at Paris 2024 and our coaching team and sailors will find ways to adapt and excel."
Andy Gratwick, British Kitesports Managing Director, added: "We are delighted to see World Sailing's significant steps towards inclusion of kiteboarding in the 2024 Olympic Games and potential exposure in Tokyo 2020 as a demonstration event.
"This is a huge and positive step for kiteboarding worldwide. We are excited to be involved in this new era of the sport and look forward to working together with the RYA on a performance pathway to ensure future British success in Olympic kiteboarding."
The message from World Sailing is very clear – sailing must be gender equal at all levels, appeal to the next generation of sailors, be event based and it must also appeal to the wider public and media.
There has been a clear mandate for change from the International Federation, but there still remains a great deal of work to be done on the racing formats for the new events and the presentation of sailing as a whole to meet the expectations of the IOC and increase the public appeal of the sport.
The RYA and its staff will continue to support World Sailing with this process and are confident that sailing will emerge stronger than ever for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Assign, coordinate, conduct, assess and supervise all activities of the STI FEA-RP. Make statistic and analytic reports. Cooperate in the specification, installation and management of the unit's servers. Cooperate in carrying out support to users for requests relating to domain accounts, email accounts and server resources.
Along with Information Technology Commission, assist in establishing methods, metrics and internal and external rules to allow the correct execution of the activities by members of the STI FEA -RP team.
Receive requests and feedbacks from STI FEA –RP team on the issues related to the section and to the agenda of the meetings of the Information Technology Committee. With respect to requests and feedback, analyze, return, grant, overrule or forward to the appropriate level. Report the STI FEA -RP team definitions and guidelines set by the Information Technology Committee.
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Ensure compliance with the rules of use and security established by USP central organs of technology.
Keep up to date on the management processes, metrics, methodologies, technologies, processes and methods of all activities in STI FEA-RP while checking for information and request update courses or new technologies.
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Specify, install, manage, maintain and operate the equipment centralized at the unit network, of data and telephony, of FEARP, according to quality standards and safety regulations.
Some of the main activities are planning, monitoring and controlling the network services and servers and the applications that depend on this infrastructure. Planning is facing the project acquisition, installation and to maximize performance, provisioning resources, minimizing failures, documenting and maintaining configurations, ensuring the safety of the elements of the communication network.
Guide, supervise and monitor the performance of interns´ activities regarding networks / servers, if any.
Keeping up on the technologies, processes and activity methods to check for information and requesting refresher courses or new technologies.
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Keeping up on the technologies, processes and methods of the activity to check for information and requesting refresher courses or new technologies.
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Keep equipment for use in audiovisual activities ( camera, camcorder, projector, sound board , speakers and related equipment.
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I'm a research scholar at the Sanford School of Public Policy here at Duke University. Sanford has been my home since I retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2010, and it has given me a chance to think more deeply about the issues I worked for 28 years in postings as diverse as Jakarta, Brussels and Bamako.
In the last decade of my diplomatic career I focused on North American questions. I served in Quebec City as the U.S. Consul General, in Ottawa as the Deputy Chief of Mission, and in Mexico City, again as DCM. Problems with the U.S. border with Canada and Mexico occupied much of my time, leading me to visit dozens of land border crossings. I also dealt with energy, immigration and trade issues: Canada and Mexico are major oil suppliers to the U.S., and our No. 1 and No. 2 largest export markets. Concerns about the drug trade and border security also loomed large. This experience became the basis of courses I taught at Sanford on the U.S. border, energy security, and North American regional security. As it has turned out, all these are still hot button issues, thanks in no small part to President Trump. I tried to provide my students enough context and history so they could propose their own policy solutions to these complex problems.
Before joining the Foreign Service, I was a reporter for three U.S. newspapers, including the Charlotte Observer, for which I was the Raleigh and later the Washington correspondent. I have gotten back to my journalistic roots in recent years by writing op-eds for various publications, mainly on borders, energy and immigration. Starting this academic year, I have stepped out of the classroom to spend more time writing and researching these topics as a research scholar in the Sanford School.I graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and hold a master's degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College in Washington, D.C. I served in the Peace Corps in Zaire after college, and picked up a few foreign languages over the years, including French, Indonesian, Dutch and Spanish. All but French are badly rusted. I got to teach two semesters at Duke's new campus in Kunshan, China, a country where energy, border and security issues are just as touchy as they are currently in the U.S.
Stephen R. Kelly is a Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. His specialty areas are energy, security, and North American issues, including trade, immigration and border management. He has been teaching at Duke since 2008 in connection with his assignment as the U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence assigned to Duke from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Kelly officially retired from the U.S. Foreign Service at the end of 2010.
During his 28-year Foreign Service career Mr. Kelly served at seven foreign postings on four continents. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Kelly was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to Mexico, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic establishments in the world. Mr. Kelly focused in particular on the myriad border issues with Mexico, growing law enforcement and immigration problems, and on efforts to further North American integration.
From 2000-2004 Mr. Kelly was Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Mission to Canada. Mr. Kelly also served as Consul General in Quebec City from 1995-1998, where he was the chief U.S. reporting officer on the Quebec Sovereignty Referendum of October 1995.
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He has his faults, sure. There's the obvious language barrier, though he can get his point across if he needs to thanks to the timing and inflection of his beeps (besides, C3PO does nothing but talk, and look often that got him into trouble, or shut down, or blown to pieces). He has a nose (wait... maybe a sensor?) for trouble that has on several occasions, and on at least one literal one, gotten him in over his head (luckily that swamp monster on Dagobah didn't like the taste of him). He's a little impulsive, and will roll off his own into the desert night without really thinking it through, Sand People or not. And he has the knack for picking up the weirdest human habits.
But all that aside, R2 seems like the kind of droid you not only need in your life, but would probably choose to share a life with, too. Lucasfilm's own Bonnie Burton certainly thought so, and married him in front of the Force, two Sith lords, an America's Next Top Model winner, and fandom assembled at Star Wars Celebration V last year.
And you know, who can blame her? For a little guy often physically compared to a rolling trash can, he's kind of a catch.


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The Search for the Perfect Mac Desktop Gmail Client
I'm still lamenting the death of Sparrow Sparrow - A New Gmail Desktop Client for Mac Users Read More , a fantastic mail app that was acquired by Google and thrown into the recycle bin. I'm not over it yet. Since Sparrow's untimely demise, I've tried a number of alternatives to find the best way to use Gmail on a Mac.
A few specific things are important in my search. My highest priorities are support for Gmail labels and stars, multiple-account support, sorting options, and, if possible, a pleasing interface. Of these, strong support for Gmail labelling is the most important, as I use it to manage an overwhelming amount of communication.
Here's what I found.
Apps That Didn't Make the Cut
First, let's take a quick look at which desktop clients aren't in this review. There are a few notable ones here, and I'll address them quickly. I didn't include Apple Mail How to Make Apple Mail a Better Desktop Email Client Take the time to set up Apple's boring email client just right, and make email processing as painless as possible. Read More , because it just doesn't work all that well with Gmail. You can copy emails to folders to mimic the labelling functionality, but there's no way to label an email and leave it in your inbox. It works, but it's not great.
Inky, Thunderbird, and MailPilot weren't included because they don't have label support. To be fair, some of the apps below aren't great with labels either. But they have some cool features that seem worth including. MailPlane and Kiwi are just the browser interface taken out of your browser. Boxy is the same, but for Inbox.
I'm sure there are others out there. If you're foaming at the mouth because I missed something, let me know in the comments.
Airmail ($10)
Although all of the apps listed here are purported to work well with Gmail, Airmail Airmail for Mac OS X Is Making Email Beautiful Again When I first heard of Airmail, I must admit I questioned if I really needed a new way to check my email. Like many people, Mail.app satisfied all of my email requirements, and I struggled... Read More was clearly designed from the ground up with it in mind. For example, it's easy to label and archive messages. And it's possible to label messages without archiving them. This is a rare feature outside of the browser interface, and can be extremely useful.
It's easy to switch from a unified inbox to a label view from a single account, making this a good option for people with multiple accounts. It also works well with non-Gmail accounts, making it very flexible. Stars work the same way they do in Gmail, so you don't have to worry about them getting messed up during a sync. And Gmail shortcuts Essential Shortcuts to Browse through Gmail Faster Read More mean you can continue flying through email with your keyboard.
Because this app integrates so well with Gmail, you can use the Gmail or Inbox mobile apps without messing up labels, stars, or archiving. Airmail also has an iOS app, available for $5, but the desktop app's perfect sync capabilities mean you don't need to buy it if you're happy with one of Gmail's native options. I'm currently using Airmail on my Mac and Inbox on my phone, and it works very well.
Unibox ($16)
This "people-centric" app places a strong emphasis on the idea of natural conversation in email. In order to do this, your emails are grouped by person instead of by conversation. You can still view your email conversations if you need to, though. While I found this method of organization difficult to get used to, some will find it natural.
I ran into a couple small snags while testing Unibox. For example, some emails that I had previously archived were showing up in my unified inbox. I also found that the app uses folders instead of labels. When you select "Move To," the message is archived with a specific label. So my system of labeling items in the inbox isn't supported.
That being said, anyone looking for a client that organizes mail by contacts should check out Unibox. The interface is very minimal and stays out of your way, it's easy to set up, and does its job.
Postbox ($40)
Postbox provides solutions to most of the problems Gmail users will be looking for. The interface is fairly minimal, and provides a lot of shortcuts for getting to specific sets of emails. The focus pane lets you get to specific tags (not labels) quickly, as well as filters by things like "has attachment" and "subscription."
Unfortunately, there's no support for labels. As with most desktop clients, they're simply treated as folders, and when you assign a folder, the email is archived. You can add Topics, which function sort of like labels, but you'll need to customize the list; it's not imported from your labels in Gmail. And they aren't displayed especially well.
Beyond the lack of good label support, this is a good option that will let you work through your email quickly. You can also use Gmail keyboard shortcuts, which will help longtime Gmail users adjust. Is it worth $40? Unless you really love the tagging and focus pane, probably not.
MailMate ($50)
This is billed as an email client for power users; customizable keyboard shortcuts, Markdown capability Learning Markdown: Write For The Web, Faster Markdown is the best way to write in plain text but still create complex documents. Unlike HTML or LaTex, for example, Markdown is simple to learn. Read More , advanced search and smart mailboxes, encryption, and a host of other features make this one of the most capable email clients out there. It's not especially intuitive, but once you learn it, it can be a very powerful way to manage your communications.
Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I couldn't get it to connect to my Gmail account, so I can't tell you a whole lot about it. Many of our readers recommend MailMate, and say that it's worth the hefty price tag. Like Postbox, you can't directly use your Gmail labels, but you can tag your messages and deal with them that way.
If you're comfortable with the more technical side of importing accounts (like IMAP and SMTP IMAP vs. POP3: What Is It and Which One Should You Use? If you have ever set up an email client or app, you will have certainly come across the terms POP and IMAP. Do you remember which one you chose and why? If you are not... Read More ) and you're not afraid of a steep learning curve, this may be a great option.
After this search and a lot of testing, Airmail is the app I'll be using on my own desktop. The fact that it works so seamlessly with Gmail sets it clearly above the other options. If you want a desktop client for Gmail, it's absolutely worth $10.
Do you use a desktop client for Gmail, or do you prefer webmail? Which clients have you tried? Share your experiences in the comments below!
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Throughout the year, the Office of Career & Student Development maintains extensive listings of current job openings within the legal profession, including full- and part-time positions for students and graduates, fellowship opportunities, internships, on-campus student research assistants, and other workstudy positions.
In conjunction with Pathways, a resume posting and job listing service, these openings are online and accessible via the Internet. With Pathways, students and alumni may post their resume online and view job openings, and employers may submit job openings directly online from their computer.
Pathways (formerly Symplicity) for Employers
You may schedule on-campus interviews or post a job to Pathways, our web-based recruiting system.
To post a job opportunity, visit the Pathways Web Site and enter your username and password. If you do not have this information, you may register for a new account by clicking the "Sign Up for an Account" link.
If you have any questions about this process, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pathways (formerly Symplicity) for Students
Pathways is an online recruiting system that you can use to manage your career search. It is accessible 24/7. You will be able to view and apply for positions with employers who contact the Office of Career & Student Development with an interest in hiring Elon Law students.
The Pathways system allows you to create a profile, store documents, apply and search for jobs, and participate in on-campus interviews and resume collections.
Pathways becomes available for 1L students October 15th. We will offer a 1L Pathways Training Session and provide first-year students with a user name and password in early October.
Elon Law recognizes and adheres to Standard 211 of the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools which provides that: "Non-discrimination and equality of opportunity in legal education includes equal opportunity to obtain employment." In accordance with this Standard and the School of Law's commitment to the principle of equal opportunity in all of its programs and practices, the School of Law expects every employer to whom the Office of Student and Professional Life furnishes assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement functions to observe principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability in regard to hiring, promotion, retention and conditions of employment.
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The Chef Server LDAP module does not work when FIPS is enabled in the linux kernel.
Chef Server also has a FIPS mode. While in FIPS mode we use a custom version of the crypto library. The library we use can be found here: https://github.com/chef/erlang-crypto2 and that library does not include a generate_key function.
When folks attempt to login to a Manage instance running on a Chef Server that has been integrated with AD/LDAP and has a FIPS kernel module active, they will see messages similar to the following in /var/log/opscode/opscode-erchef/current when chef-server.rb has what would otherwise be the proper settings to communicate with an AD/LDAP server.
[error] gen_*** <****> in state hello terminated with reason: call to undefined function crypto**:generate***key******/2 from ssl_connection:*******/3 line 1531
[error] CRASH REPORT Process <> with 0 neighbours exited with reason: call to undefined function crypto**:generate***key*****(dh, [<<*******.>>,...]) in *******:terminate/7 line 626
[error] Failed to connect to ldap host or an error occurred during connection setup. Please check chef-server.rb for correct host, port, and encryption values: "connect failed"
[error] Supervisor tls_connection_sup had child undefined started with {tls_connection,start_link,undefined} at <*******> exit with reason call to undefined function crypto**:generate***key(**, [<<*******,...>>,...]) in context child_terminated
[error] {<<"method=POST; path=******/authenticate_user; status=504; ">>,"Gateway Timeout"}
This crypto:generate_key business and the failure to connect indicates that something is interfering with the communications. That something would be the FIPS kernel module.
In order to integrate a Chef Server with an AD/LDAP system, remove the FIPS module from the Linux kernel.


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It was not easy to wait until they made their public announcement. I was ready to tell the world after hanging up the phone. This morning it was a thrill to wake up and see it officially on Facebook! I took some screen shots so that I could always remember the joy of this day.
Meesha is the woman I have prayed for since the day Spencer was born. They are such a great couple, we see so clearly how God brought them together, and how they were made for each other. Three years ago Spencer arrived in Kona, Hawaii from Krasnodar, Russia. Several months later Meesha came to Kona from Pune, India. Both of them are biracial, and bi-cultural, and both of them are children of missionaries. Their story is such a sweet one and their friendship is real and beautiful.
We are so blessed to be adding a daughter to our family...blessed indeed by her grace, her smile, her love of life, and her passion for God. Her love for our son warms our hearts and we see how she completes him and fills him with peace.


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One of my favorite things about Comic-Con are all the people that cosplay. Since I'd never been to a convention outside the United States, I wasn't sure what to expect when I went to London Comic-Con yesterday afternoon. Would anyone dress up? Are fans in London the same as the rest of the world? After spending hours walking around the convention, I'm happy to report geeks and nerds are the same no matter where you live.
However, while many at London Comic-Con cosplay, I found more people dressed up as their favorite anime/manga/video game character instead of a movie/TV show character. Since I only attended London Comic-Con yesterday, it's possible that over the weekend, the percentage would be the same. Either way, some of the costumes were pretty great, so hit the jump to check out about 100 pictures including Doctor Who, The Last Airbender, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Thor, Portal, Batman, Zelda, Mortal Kombat, and a lot more.
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A black and white look from NYFW a while back. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Vanessa from Sheer Noir who was in town from Canada. We grabbed tacos and sangria, wandered around SoHo, and discussed our love of monochrome and simplicity.
It's always a pleasure to meet people with the same passion as me, who make doing what they love a priority amongst work and life's other responsibilities. As Vanessa put it, "Style blogger by night, and every minute in between."
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A good in-home service has a cell phone policy for caregivers
by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief
Cell phones have become as much a part of our culture as cars. While cell phones are a wonderful convenience and occasionally a life saver, they can also be a toy and a distraction. Excessive cell phone usage has become a frequent complaint by families who hire in-home agencies to care for their elders. Every in-home agency should have a strictly enforced policy for cell phone use by their employees.
Cell phones were something that I didn't have to think about when I was using in-home care agencies for several of my loved ones. However, I have received a number of e-mails from people who question the frequent use of cell phones by people who are supposed to be caring for their parents.
When I received my first e-mail from a family member complaining about cell phone use by a caregiver, I was surprised but felt it was just an unusual incident. I responded to the person but didn't write about the issue. However, as I've begun to hear more and more about this problem, I've started addressing it.
Elder Care and Cell Phone Use
I began by contacting two national in-home health agencies and asking them about their policy. They both told me that their caregivers are not to use their cell phones for any reason. They can use the client's phone in an emergency, but that is all.
While the strictness of this rule surprised me, it's likely sound. If I were a family member of someone being cared for by an in-home agency, I would certainly expect that the caregiver's job is to focus on my loved one. Texting or chatting on the phone to friends and family is not what they are paid to do.
I wouldn't have a problem with someone checking in with a child or spouse, but that can be hard to monitor, thus the hard and fast rules.
Elder Care: Three Major Reasons to Nix Cell Phone Use
The danger of cell phones has several elements:
- The caregiver is distracted by the phone call or the text messaging. This is time you are paying for, but more importantly, during this time of distraction, you loved one could fall, take the wrong medication or just plain feel lonely and left out.
- Many elders have hearing problems. They may think the carer is talking to them and get confused when they respond and don't get an answer.
- Someone with dementia may become paranoid. They hear a person talking to someone who isn't there. This can lead the person with dementia to wonder who else is in the house and become an issue that lasts far longer than the phone call by the carer.
Elder Care: Ask Agencies about Cell Phone Policy Use
After hearing from these people, I've started advising potential agency seekers to add to their list of questions when they interview a care agency a question about cell phone use policy. A good agency should have one in place. If they do not and you bring it up, they should be honest and say there isn't one but there should be a policy by the time your loved one is added to their agency care list.
It's often surprising how many seemingly small issues can become large issues when a vulnerable elder is involved. Cell phone use by a caregiver is one of the newer ones.


text: I'm a very mood/seasonal reader. So around this time of year I'm definitely on the hunt for scary dark books, thrillers, creepy weird stuff you wouldn't normally find me reading in the dog days of Summer. I recently did a TBR of what I want to read this spooky season I thought I'd offer some good book recommendations of things I already read and loved!


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With UNC Pembroke's successful reaccreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) behind her, Dr. Elizabeth Normandy has taken on another challenge as interim associate vice chancellor for the Office of Academic Affairs.
Dr. Normandy, who led the last two 10-year SACS reviews, received word in December that UNCP's accreditation was affirmed without a hitch. SACS is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states.
In her new position, Dr. Normandy will take on a number of important projects from planning new degree programs - including the Doctor of Physical Therapy program - to implementation of a campus-wide writing program (QEP).
Dr. William Gash, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said Dr. Normandy has the administrative experience to make a significant contribution to the University's future.
"I am delighted that Dr. Normandy has agreed to assist Academic Affairs during this time of transition," Dr. Gash said. "Liz's broad knowledge of UNCP, her work with various accreditation processes and her ability to work with faculty and staff will be very valuable to us all."
Dr. Normandy replaces Dr. Kathleen Hilton, who retired at the close of 2011. A member of the Political Science Department faculty, Dr. Normandy said she is pleased with her newest challenge.
"I am very excited about this opportunity to serve the University in a new role," she said. "The SACS reaccreditation is a great news and our results were outstanding."
Over two years, Dr. Normandy and the SACS Committee produced more than 800 documents. UNCP was found to be in compliance with all standards and requirements.
"It was especially good news that they found no issues requiring follow-up," Dr. Normandy said. "That is not always the case."
Chancellor Kyle R. Carter was elated to hear the news.
"I received a call from SACS about our affirmation, and it is great news!" Chancellor Carter said in December. "That is as good a report as we can get.
"I congratulate all of you for your hard work in preparing for the reaffirmation review," he continued. "I know how much time and effort is required."
Part of SACS mission is to stimulate institutional improvement, and Dr. Normandy will lead the key piece of that commitment with the QEP initiative.
"We will not be sitting idly over the next 10 years," she said. "An important piece of our accreditation plan is the QEP or writing program."
The writing initiative will touch every student and every department on campus.
"The QEP promises to enrich the learning experience for students at UNCP," Dr. Gash said. "Written communication skills are vital for academic and career success and indispensible for engaged citizenry."
Dr. Normandy leaves her post as director of the Teaching and Learning Center. And, for the first time in her 23 years on the faculty, Dr. Normandy will not teach in the spring semester.
She will be busy, and her duties are wide ranging:
- coordinate several grants, including one from the N.C. Rural Center for outreach to small communities in the region;
- work with the Summer Bridge program that supports student success among promising students who do not meet admissions requirements;
- sit on the Curriculum and General Education committees;
- conduct assessment planning; and coordinate communications with UNC General Administration.


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GitHub Readme.md
Easily run stack-based Haskell projects on Heroku.
heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/nejstastnejsistene/heroku-buildpack-stack
You can read more about using custom buildpacks here.
This installs
libgmp and
stack, calls
stack setup to install GHC as specified in
stack.yaml, and then runs
stack build. This will probably take a long time the first time a slug is compiled, but subsequent compilations will use cached data to speed up the process.
The default behavior without a
Procfile is to run the first executable listed in the
.cabal file. This should work most of the time, kind of like
cabal run used to.
$(grep ^executable *.cabal | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
PATH so it doesn't have to be explicitly defined (see
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WoW-Pro 2.3.6A Leveling, Dailies, Professions, WorldEvents, and Achievements Release Notes
This update includes:
- Updates, as we incorporate the suggestions and bug fixes from YOU, our community! There are 159 guides, of which XX had updates.
- A promise to update the guides frequently, until we get MoP settled down.
- A few bug fixes and enhancements.
The updated guides include:
- Will fill in more tomorrow!
- Pandaria updates, more dailies and achievements.
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We have 6 bug fixes/enhancements this update:
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- The dreaded Cross Real Zones bug has been found and SQASHED
- A long standing memory leak was found and fixed
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We have 1 known bug this release:
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New Guide not loading
Submitted by Emmaleah on Thu, 2012-11-22 00:09.
I'm working on a tillers guide (as I'm sure ive said before) and my newest problem is that it wont load into the guide frame unless I click on scroll mode (if its already on, toggle it off, then on again) if its off, just turning it on works. It does however load into the current guide. (So if you click on current guide in the menu, there it is). After I get it to show in the guide frame it seems to work fine
I put the guide on github if you wanna look at it. I can't see how its differant than other guides that would cause this?!? Its totally not ready for distribution yet as there are several steps that don't autocomplete that I think should. (so I am still muddling thru on that). And I'm not sure I have all the one time quests where I want them in the guide.
Any other helpful comments on the guide wouldnt hurt my feelings.
Related to that I modified my copy of wowpro_broker.lua to include the new faction levels (stranger to best friend) The above error occurs whether I'm using the modified or the original file. These are the changes if you want that too. but I'm not positive they are right, since this loading error also affected the guide I made to try and test them. (First line is the line above the insert for each of the two inserts.)
replvl = tonumber(replvl) or 0
- if repID == 'stranger' then repID = 1 end
- if repID == 'acquaintance' then repID = 2 end
- if repID == 'buddy' then repID = 3 end
- if repID == 'friend' then repID = 4 end
- if repID == 'good friend' then repID = 5 end
- if repID == 'best friend' then repID = 6 end
elseif repmax == 'exalted' then repmax = 8
- elseif repmax == 'stranger' then repmax = 1
- elseif repmax == 'acquaintance' then repmax = 2
- elseif repmax == 'buddy' then repmax = 3
- elseif repmax == 'friend' then repmax = 4
- elseif repmax == 'good friend' then repmax = 5
- elseif repmax == 'best friend' then repmax = 6
Hope that made sense.
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deleted original post.-started over
Submitted by Emmaleah on Fri, 2012-11-23 12:14.
I thought I was giving up, but I finally managed it. Did you notice Im not good at giving up on things...
I did determine that dispite the initial research I did before posting the above... I have found its not that easy.
the function GetFactionInfoByID() - which returns:
name, description, standingId, bottomValue, topValue, earnedValue, atWarWith, canToggleAtWar, isHeader, isCollapsed, hasRep, isWatched, isChild
The variable ischild shows whether its a friendship rep. If that is a nil, it is a normal rep; if its "1", its one of these friendship reps.
To get the faction level of the friendship reps you then do the following function: GetFriendshipReputationByID() which returns:
friendID, friendRep, friendMaxRep, friendText, friendTexture, friendTextLevel, friendThresh
The value in friendTextLevel will be stranger, buddy, etc. which is what I was hoping to use in the guide...
posts of interest (or not)
OK, I did homework. and thought about how to change it, but it is still beyond me. I think it would be something like
if ischild = 1, then friendID, friendRep, friendMaxRep, friendText, friendTexture, friendTextLevel, friendThresh = GetFriendshipReputationByID(factionIndex) if friendtextlevel = 'stranger' then standingID = 1 end if friendtextlevel = 'acquaintance' then standingID = 2 end if friendtextlevel = 'buddy' then standingID = 3 end if friendtextlevel = 'friend' then standingID = 4 end if friendtextlevel = 'good friend' then standingID = 5 end if friendtextlevel = 'best friend' then standingID = 6 end end -- inserted just above the following (i.e. line 289) if (repID <= standingId) and (repmax >= standingId) and (replvl == 0) then skip = false
but I know there are more pieces to it than that. I hope that gives you something to work with.
because I cant leave stuff alone... who knows I may figure it out, but atm, I'm going to play
PS. you will need this for the anglers too (I think... since Nat Pagle has the friendship levels... its not just for me
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re: friendship
Submitted by Emmaleah on Sun, 2012-11-25 23:06.
it wouldnt really matter what numbers you assigned as long as you assign the same ones both places.
The integer returned for standingID for the function GetFactionInfoByID, if its a friendship type rep is NOT the value you want as it is the value on the "normal" scale. That is the reason for the 2nd function, but unfortunantly, the GetFriendshipRepuationbyID returns a text value instead of an integer value. (You have probably figured this out before you read this...its pretty self expanatory once you look at it... but just in case you hadn't gotten to it yet.)
Thus you are assigning the integer value for both sides of the comparison, therefore, as long as they agree it wouldnt really matter which numbers you use, and maybe you can just use text compare, but that was a bit beyond me, I didn't because I wanted to not have to wrote the whole skip step as differant for friendship vs normal factions
I also toyed with it using 3-8 since 'best friend' = 42,000-42999 just like exalted.
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Tillers guide/friendship
Submitted by Emmaleah on Thu, 2012-11-29 12:02.
Today for the first time, it {friendship reps filtering properly] actually worked right. I changed the broker file to use 5-8 (but I don't see why that would matter) anyway. I want to run thru it one more time tomorrow, then I will post it.
i was hoping to get a 3rd char to test it on... but that will have to wait a day or two longer. One of mine has finished all the quests/gotten the final achievement and both of my husbands lvl 90s have. We each have an 89 that will get to start them soon :) So right now, I only have one to truely it test with :(
A question about dailies guides? I am requesting clarification if what I am seeing/experiencing is the way it is designed or is it a bug?Should steps that are to be skipped (because you didn't get that quest that day) still show in the guide frame? If so... it would be much better if they were checked off? Especially with stickies. If I could post a pix , this would probably make more sense but here goes...
___quest A (sticky) needs done
_X_quest B (sticky) doesnt need done
___quest C (not sticky) needs done
___qiest D (not sticky) doesnt need done
___quest A (unsticky)
___quest B (unsticky)
They all show with the unchecked box in the guide frame, except the first instance (where it is stickied) of quest B will have a chekcmark (the unsticky line will not have a chekcmark) I am finding to do dailies with the guide I have to keep my quest log open too, so I can see which quests I am actually on. Also, the stickies (sometimes there are 4 or 5) fill up the whole guide frame and cause any use items to scroll off the bottom of the page. So, even if I know what I am supposed to be doing, I can't do it. (that particular example is from the Klaxxi guide (Quest=Meltdown\QID|31507) where you use the item when fighing the scorpians) I would scroll down to it, use it, fight, next mob, it would be back at the top of the list. then I would try to scroll... dang im in combat, no scrolling, open quest log, use from there. back to killing it... was frusterating.
I have been trying to rearrange things so that doesn't happen in the tillers guide, but there are so many quests and I haven't figured out a way to know which ones will never be offored together, so all the stickies - for that area - are together followed by the non stickies, then the unstickies. For example in the Hozen area, there are 11 quests available to be done, it seemed appropriate to sticky 5 of them. You will at most have 5 daily quests to do in an area (and the occasional non daily chain). So, even if you set it to only have one step visable you are still looking at the 5 stickies some of which may check off , and some of which don't but you still don't need to do them, and when you finally get passed them, they skip properly. In the meantime it is confusing
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Submitted by Emmaleah on Sun, 2012-12-02 01:02.
woo hoo. I can (hopefully) not have to tell people to check steps off for a couple of days until they get far enough into the faction :) I will edit the tiller guides sometime soonish.. (i.e. maybe not until tomorrow-certainly not until after you have checked in your fix.) to put that in. Hopefully fixing the 2nd bug you mentioned above will solve the issue i was having :). I was noticing things not checked off that should be when i reset the guide. I was leaving it along, as there was nothing I could do to resolve it at this time.
Emmaleah == bravely leading the way since ... um a long time ago...
I had a friend in EQ that had
Submitted by Emmaleah on Fri, 2012-11-30 08:10.
I had a friend in EQ that had an eye operation and I never saw him again... He did log in again, but it was months later and by then I had quit and moved to WoW. It occured to me that maybe it sounded too dire... so I had to add the 2nd statement.
Emmaleah == bravely leading the way since ... um a long time ago...
Submitted by Emmaleah on Sun, 2012-11-25 08:20.
I put a version on github that seems to work. Unfortunantly with my tillers guide... which uses this logic I get an error whether or not I use the modified broker file... so . like I said there, it may not be right.
editted cuz i cant spell
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With Spanish you'll be able to communicate with lots of people – not only in Spain. Spanish is the native language of 400 million people, and an estimated 548 million people speak Spanish as their first or second language. It's spoken in 19 countries in the Americas, plus Spain itself – 20 countries. In the European Union, Spanish is the mother tongue of 8% of the population, with an additional 7% speaking it as a second language.
Related languages
Spanish is related to other popular languages. Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, and it has a lot in common with French, Italian, Portuguese and other Latin-based languages. So if you already know one of these languages, Spanish will be easier for you. And if you don't, then knowing some Spanish can help you learn these other languages later.
#3 world language
Spanish is the third-most spoken language in the world by total number of speakers (after Mandarin and English). Internet usage statistics for 2007 show Spanish as the third most commonly used language on the Internet, after English and Mandarin.


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This past weekend saw the annual Midwest gathering of costumed anime zealots at the Anime Central convention in Rosemont, Illinois ("ACen" for those in the know). A few Knox students attended the famed convention, dressed to the nines as characters from their favorite Japanese series with the intentions of wandering through "merch halls," chatting and taking pictures with others dressed in costumes and enjoying discussion panels focused around any and all anime series. I live about five minutes away from the Rosemont Convention Center, and I cannot express how surreal it is to see Pokmon trainers and Sailor Moon clones walking around outside of my local pizza place.
Until this year, the most I knew of anime was the little amount of it I watched with half of my attention when I was young. And then there's Studio Ghibli movies directed by the great Hayao Miyazaki — you've probably seen either "Spirited Away" or "My Neighbor Totoro." Aside from that, I associated anime with the dark side of fiction-loving. Then I was introduced to the 2013 anime series "Attack on Titan."
If there has ever been a perfect example of a gateway television show, "Attack on Titan" takes the cake for anime. The dark subject matter, nuanced characters (including multiple fleshed-out females), stunning animation and thrilling pacing make for one of the best series I have ever had the pleasure of viewing.
I decided to focus on "Attack on Titan" of all animes for my post-ACen review because of its booming popularity among the masses. I was recommended the show not by an avid anime-niac (appreciate it, appreciate it), but by someone who told me, "I wasn't expecting something this good from the anime genre." It's not all over my Facebook newsfeed, but it's there and people are genuinely talking about it. Ok, so what the heck is it?
The story follows a young Eren Jaeger living in some post-apocalyptic time in which giant monsters called "Titans" are newfound threats to the human race. The grinning three-to-15-meters-high ogres seem to posses one goal: eat people. Yes, specifically Homo sapiens. Non-human animals aren't on the menu.
It has been 100 years since the Titans first showed up on the scene, and Eren, his adopted sister Mikasa and their friend Armin live relatively peacefully within the towering walls of their safe town. Shockingly, a 60-meter Titan peers over the walls and breaks through, shattering the village's security. Those who survive flee to a deeper village behind yet another supposedly impenetrable wall, and many begin training to fight the most immediate threat to the human race since the gay agenda.
It's epic. Not for kids. Lots of blood, sweat and tears. Just watch the show's intro theme and your pulse will quicken as your cursor moves farther and farther away from the "pause" button; once you start, it's almost impossible to quit (summer will be a good time to watch.)
Now, if I gave you that synopsis and commendation and I said that Joss Whedon was the man behind the curtain, you'd give "Attack on Titan" a watch without a second thought, right? But it's anime. Just the word itself seems to reek of unwashed cosplay costumes and otherworldly candy-colored hairdos.
Yes, the animation is different from anything you'd find domestically. Yes, there is a lot of shouting. Yes, there's a sense of self-seriousness that we tend to mock because that's the cool thing to do. But I guarantee that it'll blow your mind. "Attack on Titan" is better than most mainstream television shows that we get nowadays, and certainly rivals HBO's massive hit, "Game of Thrones."
The English dub was released last month, and I'd recommend it if you're new to the anime genre. They have thus far aired the first three episodes with the English dub. My only choice when I watched the series a while back was to watch the original Japanese voice acting with English subtitles, which was completely fine, but because I'm trying to push this show to an even wider audience than it already has, I have to mention the dub. It's a fine dubbing, actually, with some freshly polished animation to boot. The dub is not yet on Hulu or Netflix, but if those are your main sources of television, they do include the subtitled episodes. The dub should be up fairly soon, not to worry.
You may not think that "Attack on Titan" is "your thing," but trust me when I say that it probably is. Besides, everyone needs a break from "Game of Thrones." every once in a while, am I right?
I have to agree with this article a 100%. I never liked anime really growing up and never watched it. Im a college student and randomly was told to give this show a shot and keep an open mind….It blew my mid and is one of the best shows I've ever seen and thusly has made me as well as several other friends get into some other anime as well in the past few weeks just by AOT's influence.
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I've worked on updating the style pages here at the site and I made its own section here! Now you can see more of Lena's favorite accessories, which make up brands she uses, examples on her looks private and on the red carpet and much more. Hope you like the read and the details 🙂
Now and Then
Fashion & Style
Hair Styles
Beauty Buyography


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A bit of handy advice, given at the right time, will likely be welcomed by any parent. This articles offers a variety of solutions for parenthood's most challenging times.
Think about what you're teaching your child. It is important to build and maintain trust with your children.
You can have your child lay face up on the counter with their head over the sink and a towel under their neck and let them have a small towel for their face and eyes. This technique is beneficial for toddlers who are afraid to dunk their head or be doused with water.
If you are traveling with a young child, stick with a sleep and meal schedule that is consistent with the one you use at home. Young ones and babies will feel the stress of travel more than you realize. When you keep them in their proper bedtime routines and mealtimes, you will help them adjust better to the different environments they are in. This will keep them happy so you can relax and get the sleep you need and they need as well.
Transitions can be hard for any preschooler. When they must quickly change tasks, they can become stressed.
Parents of teens who are trying to choose a college should not pressure their teens to select a college based on the desires of the parents. Teens who feel pressured may make an entirely different choice as a way of shunning their parents' control.
Taking a break from your children every now and then is important. Get a family member or sitter to watch them, even for a short time. Tension often arises after parents have gone too long without a break from the kids. As tension rises, so does the stress of the household, which can cause everyone to be unhappy.
Framing clear family rules that use positive words can go a long way to help reduce fighting and help your children to get along with each other. For instance, instead of saying "no hitting" as a rule, you can reposition it as "always be gentle when touching".
Bringing Up A Child is not an easy thing and there is no foolproof method. Every now and then, you will be faced with a situation that you will not know how to handle. Hopefully the child-rearing tips you've read in this article will help you through times when raising a child throws challenges your way. Now that you have it, you can put this valuable advice into practice!


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An old man and a young boy, collateral victims of Mozambique's civil war, take shelter in a charred bus and find solace from a dead man's journals.
Country Focus: Mozambique (Mocambique in Portuguese)
Sleepwalking Land
By Mia Couto
Translated by David Brookshaw
Originally published in Portugal as Terra Sonâmbula by Editorial Caminho, 1992.
My edition: Serpent's Tail, 2006.
213 pgs.
Genre: Fiction
Time period: unclear, but sometime during Mozambique's Civil War, which lasted from 1977-1992.
World Lit Up Rating:
(On a scale of 1-5, with 1 book = turned off and 5 books = lit up)
Named one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century, Sleepwalking Land was Mozambican author Mia Couto's first novel. He opens the story with two unlikely companions: Tuahir, a bony old man, and Muidinga, a limping young boy. Their country has been warped by civil war. Walking along a road, they come across a burned-out bus and decide to turn it into a shelter. Muidinga finds a pile of notebooks inside the suitcase of a dead man, and he begins to read them aloud to Tuahir to pass the time.
Tuahir and Muidinga rapidly grow enthralled with the life story of Kindzu, the author of the notebooks. Kindzu leaves home to join up with the naparamas, mystical warriors who fight for peace, but instead he ends up falling in love with a woman who has isolated herself on a foundered supply ship, and subsequently searches for her long-lost son.
Couto alternates the contents of each of Kindzu's eleven notebooks with brief chapters about Tuahir and Muidinga's daily struggles. The pair's relationship grows more intimate. They role play, with Muidinga acting as Kindzu and Tuahir taking the role of his father, Taimo. Reality and the contents of the notebooks become intertwined, and they notice that the landscape around the bus changes from day to day.
Both Kindzu's notebooks and Tuahir and Muidinga's lives include elements of the fantastic, like Xipocos – ghosts that enjoy schadenfreude, Tchoti – dwarfs who fall out of the sky, and the Mampfana, a bird that ends journeys. The cast of characters is equally bizarre. There's Juney, a boy whose family turns him into a chicken; Skellington, an insane one-eyed villager; Nhamataca, a man who attempts to dig a river; Juliana, a blind prostitute; and Romão, a corpse who bargains with a city official to get his old business back.
Along with the mind-bending amount of characters and plot lines, Couto tosses in digs at corrupt officials, Portuguese colonialists, the primitive practices of African tribes, and the black majority's prejudice towards Indians. Sleepwalking Land is nothing if not "thinky", and quite overwhelmed me.
Kindzu's final notebook, a recount of his dream of witch doctor's rallying speech against war (part of which is excerpted below) is the highlight of the novel and Couto goes on to wrap up the story surprisingly well. If I was an African literature professor looking for a short novel to keep my students occupied for an entire semester, I'd have hit the bullseye.
Do you weep for the present? Well, know that the days to come will be worse still. That's why they made this war, to poison the womb of time, so that the present would give birth to monsters instead of hope. Don't seek your relatives any more, those who have left for other lands in search of peace. Even if you find them again, they will not recognize you. You have turned into beasts of the wild, without family, without a nation. For this war was not made to take you away from your country, but to take the country away from within you. Now, weapons are your only soul. They have stolen so much from you that not even your dreams are your own, nothing of your land belongs to you, and even the sky and seas will be the property of outsiders.


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1 Find "Access Point Names"
Press Applications.
Press Settings.
Press Wireless and network.
Press Mobile networks.
Press Access Point Names.
2 Create new data connection
Press the Menu key.
Press New APN.
3 Enter data connection name
Press Name.
Key in Vodafone Mail and press OK.
4 Enter APN
Press APN.
Key in live.vodafone.com
Key in live.vodafone.com
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5 Enter country code
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Key in 272 and press OK.
6 Enter network code
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Key in 01 and press OK.
7 Select authentication type
Press Authentication type.
Press PAP.
8 Select APN type
Press APN type.
Press Internet.
9 Save and activate data connection
Press the Menu key.
Press Save.
Press the field next to Vodafone Mail to fill in the field.
Press the Home key to return to standby mode.
10 Find "Email"
Press Applications.
Press Email.
11 Create new email account
If email accounts have been created already:
Press the Menu key.
Press the Menu key.
Press Accounts.
Press the Menu key.
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12 Enter email address
Press Email address and key in your email address (e.g. firstname.lastname@example.com).
13 Enter password
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15 Enter sender name
Press the field below Your name (displayed on outgoing messages) and key in the required sender name.
16 Retrieve email messages
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Wait while the phone retrieves new email messages.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Vehicular Homicide
My "Goonsmoke" painting from the Sci-Fi Western art show (see yesterday's post for all the gory details on that) sold to a guy named John who ran the Toyroom Gallery in Sacramento. He later got in touch with me and asked me to make a poster design for an art show he was putting on at the gallery and here be the result. There was a nice big silkscreen version of this poster. I guess not many were printed of that (I only got one copy myself) but I don't know exactly what the print run was. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
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Marilyn Piccirillo
University Fellow
Marilyn is a Clinical student in the Anxiety and Psychotherapy Laboratory, working with Tom Rodebaugh. Her research interests focus on the cognitive and behavioral factors that maintain social anxiety, especially within the context of interpersonal relationships. Marilyn has a special interest in processes like post-event processing and safety behaviors that socially anxious individuals may use within the context of friendships and plans to study how these processes effect the initiation and maintenance of friendships.


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Wine Spectator: Ca' Marcanda Earns Two-94 Point Ratings
May 16, 2018
Camarcanda 2015: "A tightly wound version, with black cherry, blueberry, tobacco and iron flavors etched into a sleek, tensile texture. Balanced on the tannic side and in need of a grilled steak or lamb. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2021 through 2033."– Bruce Sanderson.
Magari 2016: "Black currant and black cherry fruit mingles with mint, olive, graphite and tobacco notes in this red. Elegant, with ample density and bright acidity, ending in a firm, fruit-, mineral- and herb-tinged aftertaste. Well-proportioned and classy. Cabernet Franc blend. Best from 2020 through 2030."– Bruce Sanderson.


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How to Fill Flower Pots on a Budget–Three Weeks Later
What a difference three weeks makes!
This post is a photo follow-up three weeks after my "budget" pots were originally filled with seeds, seedlings and transplants. I was planning to wait a full month before posting again, but some of my veggies in my pots need to be picked now, and I want you to see the pots before I start plucking! If you would like to know what's been planted in each pot, please refer to my original post on how to fill pots on a budget.
If you missed the original post, these pots have been done on a budget because number one, I'm crazily frugal, and number two, I'm currently laid off from my job which makes me even more crazily frugal. I consider them budget-friendly because they're filled mostly with transplants that would have normally been thinned from my vegetable garden and discarded. Many of the other plants were taken from my yard and placed in the pots, or were planted from seeds. I think the pots are beautiful so far, and it's a nice change from the same old flower pots. And I get veggies from them! My first radishes–I can almost taste the vitamins now…
To be honest about my reporting, I must confess that I lost one spinach transplant, one transplant of lettuce and my tiny basil sprig. I'm not sure why they bit the dust, or bit the dirt, I should say, but no matter. I've still got lots of veggies to spare.
Next is a succession of photos. The first in each set of photos shows pots as they looked after being planted May 1st, and the subsequent photos of the same pots were taken May 20th. So three weeks later, here's their progress.
Here's my first pot.
You can finally see the red cabbage plant in the center that will take over the pot after the lettuce, spinach and radishes have been harvested. Unfortunately, I have to start picking my veggies because they are taking over the cabbage, and that isn't what I have in mind!
Remember this fern and stone crop starts that I took out of my yard?
They're looking great now!
And here's my cutie patootie radish pot three weeks ago.
And here's my radish pot now.
We've had a hot day today, and my poor pepper plant is a bit under the weather, but you get the idea.
A Roma Window Box Tomato is the main plant in this pot.
So far I'm pretty happy with my onion experiment in my planter boxes.
This little pot is one of my favorites. I love putting colorful lettuce varieties in a decorative pot.
My stone crop seems to be flourishing despite the fact that this pot doesn't have a drainage hole!
This window box hasn't changed too much.
Remember this pot is also full of plants that I pulled out of my yard.
The remaining pots are in this post just for fun–no veggies in these.
These next two pots came from garage sales. I love them, and have had them for years, but have lots of trouble growing plants in them since there aren't any drainage holes in them. So far, so good, but I'm not getting my hopes up. It should be a law that all pots come with drainage holes.
The first pot has plants that I've taken out of my yard.
I put some bulbs in this pot a couple weeks ago that grow in full shade, which is where this pot lives. I've never put bulbs in a pot before, so this is a new one for me. I actually splurged, and bought these in the store! Lord have mercy. The package said it's an annual, but I'm thinking if I stick the pot in my garage this winter, it'll come back next year. One tiny sprout is finally showing itself. I almost gave up on this one!
Here are my newest garage sale additions. As a matter of fact, all but a couple of the pots in this post are from garage sales. It's an inexpensive way to get some great pots, garden utensils, sprinklers, gloves, birdbaths, plants–you name it. Anything you can think of that's garden-related, I'd be willing to bet I've bought at a garage sale.
This garage sale bargain was purchased just last week, and took a bit of work to whip it into shape since it's not really intended to be used outdoors with live plants. (I may post later on how I altered it to make it work for me.) It has a combination of store bought plants, and lamb's ear from my yard.
If you live in zone 5, now in mid to late May is a great time to get some pots going. Just look what you can have a few short weeks from now! It may be too late to be planting cool weather plant seeds like lettuce and spinach, but there are still lots of vegetable and flower seeds and transplants to choose from. So go check out some seed packets or head to your local nursery to see what can be planted now in your zone, and go for it! I hope to report back next month with new photos. See you then!
Be sure to check out my updated post, "How to Fill flower Pots on a Budget–Five Weeks Later".
This blog was written by Tracy Evans who is a Certified Home Stager, Certified Redesigner and a Journeyman Painter servicing the Bloomington/Normal, IL area. You can view her portfolios at www.HelpAtHomeStaging.com for more before and after photos.
If you have an interest in home decorating, organization and home spruce ups on a budget, please feel free to check my other blog at HomeStagingBloomingtonIl. You can find additional before and after pictures on my website at www.HelpAtHomeStaging.com.


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The St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Management (SLCPD/OEM) Internship Program provides students with a unique opportunity to apply classroom skills and theory to real life work situations. This hands-on program is designed to strengthen fundamental emergency management concepts and develop the confidence and skills of the next generation to prepare them for future employment opportunities.
As an intern, participants are expected to employ their skills and abilities to contribute to the objectives of their assigned host organization. Internships provide exposure to industry professionals and promote career development. To support that endeavor, interns will be placed based on interests, academic standing, and a background check.
The internship experience should be one that strengthens an area(s) where the intern is lacking in real-world knowledge and experience. Students who intern with the OEM will be able to use the experience to build resumes, gain valuable experience in homeland security and emergency management principles, and gain entry into the emergency management / public administration field.
The internship should be at least sixteen (16) weeks in length during the standard school semester (Fall/Spring). For the summer session the weeks will be reduced to twelve (12). The goal of this program is so the student can gain enough experience in the emergency management field to benefit him/her in the workplace.
Further information on the St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Management Internship Program may be found in the links below:
St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Internship Program Information


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RFIDTraxx introduces new AssetTraxx asset tracking system
Ohio-based RFIDTraxx LLC has announced the introduction of AssetTraxx, its new RFID asset tracking software. The AssetTraxx software enables the user the ability to monitor the movement of tagged equipment while giving him or her the flexibility to check assets in and out as needed.
The system uses Ingecom active 2.45 GHz RFID tags combined with Microsoft SQL Server with active RFID tags and readers from Ingecom.
AssetTraxx also features an alert system built in to the software that immediately notifies a manager when an asset has been removed from its pre-assigned location


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Spring Starts Central Oregon Biking Season: Facts and Tips!
March 20 marked the first day of spring! So it's not too early to think about your child's bicycle safety, as kids will no doubt be begging to get out and ride.
Our Central Oregon injury lawyers know that the city officials have been keeping closer tabs on bicycle trends and related crashes in recent years, as bicycle ridership has increased over the years. In part this is due to certain bicycle friendly improvements throughout Central Oregon, including many miles of bicycle lanes in various locations.
Wearing a helmet, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, reduces the risk of brain and head injuries by nearly 90%. Yet, the NHTSA noted, just 25% of kids between the ages of 5 to 14 actually wear a helmet when biking. Teens report numbers close to zero.
In the last ten years, an average of 130 children aged 14 and under die in this country each year in bicycling accidents. You can't force motorist to abide by traffic safety laws, but you can do everything in your power to keep your children safe.
To do this, keep the following tips from NHTSA in mind:
- Wear a helmet, and make sure it is property fitted. You can learn more about how to ensure a proper fit by clicking here. www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/easystepsweb
- Adjust the fit of your child's bicycle. Have him or her stand over the bike and make sure there are 1-2 inches between your child and the top tube and that the seat is level front to back and adjusted to allow a slight bend at the knee when the leg is fully extended.
- Teach your child to check the inflation of the tires and the brakes – every time – before heading out.
- Instruct your child on how to best make him or herself visible. Whether it's day or night, wear bright or even fluorescent colors, as well as something that will reflect light, such as reflective tape or flashing lights. Understand that just because you see a car doesn't mean the driver sees you. For this reason, it's better to avoid riding at night.
- Your child should know how to watch for road hazards, like potholes, gravel, leaves, broken glass, puddles and dogs.
- Children under the age of 10 should not be riding in the street. They should be on the sidewalk.
- Teach your child to watch for parked vehicles, as there is a risk of them backing out or a door suddenly opening.


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Articles Under: Mischa Barton
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Mischa Barton displaying a great cameltoe while doing a photo shoot for 138 Water in Malibu. In a few pics we can even see some nice pokies!
I don't know if you guys are aware or not but it seems there are some new leaked photos of our beloved celebs! New leaks include Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried and many others. Obviously I can't put up the photos and videos here but you can (before they get removed) over our friends at !
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We are already used to see all these VIP women braless while attending all sorts of events. It is no surprise! It's like the morning pray. You open your PC, enter some websites and voila! X is braless, Y has a see-through whatever, Z is topless under the jacket. Am I right?
For example, today, we see Mischa Barton, braless in a a SEE THROUGH dress, at Globe Fashion Week X China Moment during the Fashion Show in New York City. Mischa has a classic, casual look for me. Nothing eccentric, pretty simple and beautiful. Simple can be gorgeous. In fact, simplicity has its own number of followers, these days. You need to wear what fits you! You sometimes need to say "F*ck fashion!" and go with whatever you like. Own style can be sexier than trend. Enjoy Mischa and this gallery!
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How wonderful the day the bra was dismissed from the red carpet! is of course no stranger to the rule and wears a stylish braless white shirt at the screening of "Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain". We admit it, we didn't get a look at her black skirt because all the goodies were upstairs! ;) She sure let her hair down while watching the movie and let a nipple slip to the camera! We enjoy the unaware sideboob as well; it's as if the tit got lost in her shirt, but we were there to catch – a look! As far as we know it, a breast massage at the cinema is frowned upon, do you know if it's true?
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Special Limited Edition KRONOS with a lush red gradation finish and a new Italian Grand Piano.
With a red gradation finish that makes it identifiable at a glance, this KORG KRONOS features the new Italian-made grand piano that debuted on the KORG Grandstage. It also comes with the pre-installed "KApro Showcase" that collects only carefully selected sounds from KApro (*), who provided more than 100 of the KRONOS Sound Libraries. The gorgeous color and sound delivered only by KRONOS will make an unmistakable difference on stage. The KRONOS Special Edition is available in a lineup of three models: 61-key, 73-key, and 88-key.
Italian Piano
In recent years, this Italian grand has drawn dramatically increased attention from the worlds of classical and jazz music. The presence of its sound and its detailed resonances have captivated audiences worldwide. A full concert grand previously used in international competitions was specially adjusted and sampled for the KRONOS.
KApro Showcase
This includes orchestral strings that sing with emotion, as well as brass, woodwinds, choir, and phrases. It's a showcase of sounds from KApro, who has developed more than 100 titles of Korg sound libraries. This collection will be a gateway for you to further expand your sonic variety.
(*) KApro
Kurt Ader: founder and sound designer of KARO Sound Development, recently established his own company, KApro ("Kurt Ader Productions"), in which he will continue sound design for the KORG KRONOS and also for other KORG gear in the future. Kurt has been working very closely with Prof. Dr. Peter Jung and has now begun offering high-quality sound libraries.
* All specifications other than color, Italian piano, and KApro sounds are identical to the standard model of the KRONOS2.